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Jarome Luai’s State of Origin scars have healed, the NSW playmaker turning a Suncorp Stadium graveyard into his field of dreams. The Blues’ five-eighth capped a remarkable 12-month turnaround on Wednesday night, steering his men to a series-deciding 14-4 win in Brisbane. Luai, without his old mate Nathan Cleary beside him, hammered away in a pulsating game dominated by defence before providing the match-turning moment after 65 minutes.
Sent off after head-butting Reece Walsh in the final moments of a series-deciding 2023 Origin II loss, Luai then copped social media abuse and death threats. The Penrith star was widely thought to have been branded with the never-again stamp, dropped for the dead rubber. But new coach Michael Maguire recalled Luai, who went on to star this series. “It’s sort of a scar, rather than me thinking about the actual game,” Luai said ahead of the Brisbane decider.
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