Kangaroos stars separated after heated exchange

Tino Fa'asuamaleaui has downplayed a fiery speech betwixt helium and Lindsay Collins aft the brace had to beryllium separated during a Kangaroos grooming session.

According to 9News Sydney, the 2 fiery Queenslanders went astatine it earlier those adjacent intervened, and the Titans prima was speedy to guarantee that determination wouldn't beryllium immoderate lingering after-effects.

"I conjecture it's the vigor of the infinitesimal retired determination successful training," helium told reporters with a grin erstwhile asked astir the run-in with Collins.

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"(We are) arrogant boys that conscionable privation to bid hard and we conscionable bumped heads a spot there, but it's each emotion astatine the extremity of the day."

Tino Fa'asuamaleaui was speedy to downplay the heated speech betwixt helium and Lindsay Collins (Getty)

Collins and Fa'asuamaleaui are nary strangers to each different having played successful each 3 of Queensland's State of Origin matches this year.

Australia has made a beardown commencement to its Rugby League World Cup campaign, with a 42-8 triumph implicit Fiji followed by an 84-0 thrashing of Scotland successful Coventry.

Mal Meninga's broadside volition adjacent beryllium successful enactment against Italy astatine St Helens' Totally Wicked Stadium.

Meninga has opted to commencement with both Nathan Cleary and Daly Cherry-Evans successful the halves for the clash against the Italians.

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