The Blues coach wants players who run towards the fire. After weeks of injury carnage, his Origin hopes rest with Luai leading the way.
For the past few months, every time Michael Maguire has sat down to discuss a candidate for his first NSW side, he has asked one question: will they run towards the fire, or run from it?It’s why Maguire has had Cameron McInnes front of mind for weeks, why Jake Trbojevic will take on a greater leadership role ... and why Jarome Luai could be the perfect fit to step up and fill NSW’s cursed halfback role – if he needs to.
In Origin, nothing is straightforward. A few weeks ago, he was going to be lucky to make the team in his preferred position of five-eighth.But since then, Cleary has gone down with a hamstring injury, Mitchell Moses hasn’t come back from his broken foot, and Hynes has limped towards game one with a niggling calf problem.
An Origin halfback has to believe they’re the best player on the field. And belief is a quality Luai has never lacked.
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