Shannon Noll has been confirmed as the pre-match entertainment for State of Origin Game II tomorrow night at Suncorp Stadium. MORE DETAILS: 9News
There was plenty of words spoken about whether he was ready for this stage and the 20-year-old Maroons star was oustanding."When I was a little kid, you dream to put in that Maroon jersey and I was full of nerves today. But I am very proud of the boys today.""It was just about doing my job," he said.
"Everyone is gonna question myself, but Billy is a good coach and he has trusted me and I was confident. "Every session, his pulling me in, giving me advice. One ... thing that stuck with me is he wanted me to be Reece Walsh, and that's all I needed to be and that's what the team needed me to be and to do my job. So it wasn't that hard. I just had to go out there and do my job for the team."
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