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Joel Gould

EXPLAINED: Changed the game maroon earns high praise from idol | Vintage Vibes

Briton Nikora has taken great confidence from the backing given to him by the Queensland camp. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Briton Nikora's childhood hero Ben Te'o says the Queensland second-rower has reinvented the wheel with his hole-running style of second-row play.

Nikora is New Zealand-born and left his homeland to play for Keebra Park High on the Gold Coast before becoming an elite back-rower in the NRL, a mirror image of the path former Maroons hitman Te'o took.

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