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Another round of margaritas are being served up in a Gold Coast resort this morning as Queensland’s golden Daddys, Billy Slater and Cameron Smith soak up another stress-free day in paradise.
Enjoying a morning tanning session poolside at the Sheraton Grand Mirage, The Advocate can reveal all is peachy and beachy in Maroons camp this week ahead of the Game II Origin clash.
With the Queensland spine unchanged and key playmakers like Munster, Cherry Evans and Hunt looking as healthy as ever, it’s believed Slater and Smith have been taking things pretty easy this week seeing as the series is pretty much wrapped up.
Taking a moment read over the news surrounding NSW’s selection headaches, the pair were spotted flicking through the back pages of the Courier Mail and having a laugh at the fact that the soon-to-be-unemployed NSW coach Fred Fittler was forced to go through the team sheets of NSW Cup games in order to find some players who might show some ticker.
“Rothfield is saying Freddy had to scout players from a Newtown Jets game last weekend,” piped up Coach Slater as he scanned the back page.
“Seriously they’ve lost it down there, they’re in absolute sixes and sevens.”
“Ahaha that’s pretty funny, cos they haven’t got either!” replied Smith as he twisted the lid off another Gold and stretched his toes in the Queensland sun.
“There’s a whisper they tried to bring Pearcey back, Mitch Pearce?!” added Slater incredulously, whilst squirting some tanning lotion onto his ripped figure.
“You reckon the NRL will make us go all the way down there just to sweep the series, surely we can just phone it in?” Cameron cackled as he rested his eyelids and settled in for a mid-morning sleep.
More to come.
