Cherry-Evans’ Maroons motivation

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“I can guarantee you that everyone in this NRL competition faces adversity and adversity comes in different ways. I’m a professional rugby league player and my role is to play well every week.

“I try to do that and if there are incentives out there to play better, then that definitely does help, I guess.”

With Johnathan Thurston DALY CHERRY-EVANS to be fit in time for the Origin opener, Cherry-Evans is in the selection frame.

While he refused to talk up what has been arguably his most consistent season, Sea Eagles coach Trent Barrett said that his captain deserved to be named.

“He’s not going to say it but I think he should be there,” Barrett said.

“If you look at everything that all the halfbacks have done this year and he’s done equal if not better than the lot of them.”