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UNBELIEVABLE: Young tommy gun fires as maroons triumph - The Untold Story

The gamble on debutant Tom Dearden (l) in the Queensland halves paid off in Origin III. (AAP)

Billy Slater gambled on Tom Dearden to debut in a State of Origin decider and the Queensland coach was rewarded for his bravery as the Maroons claimed a 22-12 win to clinch the series.

Last Friday, Dearden was told he was going to be the man tasked with the unenviable challenge of replacing mercurial Queensland five-eighth Cameron Munster after the latter contracted COVID-19.

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