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Thurston reveals Maroons' reaction to spicy comment - CtrlF.XYZ

Thurston reveals Maroons' reaction to spicy comment

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Queensland large and adjunct manager Johnathan Thurston has revealed the Maroons volition "put the blowtorch" connected Bradman Best successful Origin III, pursuing the rookie's spicy comments past week.

Best volition marque his debut against the Maroons connected Wednesday, replacing the injured Tom Trbojevic successful the centres, with the Manly prima ruled retired for the remainder of the 2023 play aft tearing his pec.

Best's enactment successful the Blues squad was heavy debated, however, the 21- year-old has shown helium is acceptable to unleash successful the bluish jersey, openly declaring his "hate" for the Maroons during his Origin property league past week.

Bradman Best trains during a Blues league astatine Coogee Oval. (Getty)

"I hatred them," Best said.

"You spell to schoolhouse and you conscionable privation to person a punch-on with the boys that spell for Queensland.

"I hated Queensland, inactive do."

Speaking connected Nine's The Billy Slater Podcast Thurston said Best's comments were portion of Origin football, but warned that a people would beryllium placed connected the NSW rookie.

"Whenever idiosyncratic is making their debut you request to enactment the blowtorch connected them," Thurston said.

"I'm definite they volition beryllium trying to enactment the blowtorch connected (Queensland rookie) Corey Horsburgh.

"No doubt, determination volition beryllium a people connected those (debutant) players."

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The State of Origin shield has been retained by the Maroons pursuing their victories in Adelaide and Brisbane, with the Maroons aiming to execute an Origin whitewash.

The past Origin cleanable expanse occurred successful 2010, with Maroons coaching unit Billy Slater, Thurston and Cameron Smith each playing for Queensland that year.

Thurston said the Maroons would bring a caller level to the Blues' home ground, saying the broadside volition instrumentality each accidental they tin to triumph the game.

Johnathan Thurston yells retired from the sideline during Origin I. (Getty)

"It's going to beryllium a large juncture for some sides. New South Wales person a batch to play for, truthful do we," Thurston said.

"We person been truly impressed with our boys' performance… but we request to spell to another level down present successful (NSW's) backyard.

"It's astir warring the occurrence with occurrence but staying wrong the rules. I deliberation if we tin bash that we will springiness ourselves each accidental to triumph the game."

Game 3 of the series volition footwear disconnected connected Wednesday nighttime astatine Accor Stadium.

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