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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n Daly Cherry-Evans fears James Tedesco will pose an even greater threat to Queensland if recalled by NSW \u2013 and it has nothing to do with what he is doing on the field.<\/p>\n Cherry-Evans, now back in the Queensland Origin picture following Tom Dearden\u2019s ankle injury over the weekend, knows that time away from the interstate series provides the hunger to prove that you should never have lost your spot in the first place.<\/p>\n And that is the predicament facing Tedesco, who has not played for NSW since game one of the 2024 series.<\/p>\n Tedesco, 33, is in a shootout for the fullback spot with incumbent Dylan Edwards. Both players are in excellent form and have time to prove to coach Laurie Daley that they deserve the first shot at representing NSW in the May 27 series opener.<\/p>\n Following his Origin omission two years ago, Tedesco won last year\u2019s Dally M Medal and has started this season in irresistible form.<\/p>\n Cherry-Evans spent three years in Origin exile before he was recalled by Queensland, and quickly went about making the most of his second chance.<\/p>\n He knows Tedesco will do likewise if given the chance to repay any faith shown by Daley and the selectors when the teams are named next Monday \u2013 and suggests that motivation gives him a mental edge over Edwards.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s always a level of hunger for the players who play rep footy; once you get a taste of it, you understand how great it is,\u201d Cherry-Evans told this masthead.<\/p>\n \u201cIt makes you a better player, it challenges you. They are the things you want as a footy player.<\/p>\n \u201cMy break from Origin was three years. It was a long time, I had a lot of time to work on my game and prove to selectors and coaches I was good enough to get back in there.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m sure James Tedesco has got the same level of hunger, if not more.<\/p>\n \u201cI haven\u2019t spoken to him about it, but from afar, you can probably tell [how hungry he is]. If you want it bad enough, you work hard enough for it.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not the focus point, but it was certainly motivation at times throughout my career \u2013 I had motivation through my career to get back into that Queensland side.<\/p>\n Related Article \u201cI really value it. I\u2019m sure Ted is using that [as motivation] right now.\u201d<\/p>\n Good judges are split on who should be picked. Andrew Johns is in Tedesco\u2019s corner<\/a>, while his brother, Matt, is an Edwards fan, in part due to his Penrith combination with Nathan Cleary and Isaah Yeo.<\/p>\n![\"Will](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8a58fe6fbb5369d4cd0b6d57cef3d1621d37e314.jpeg\")
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Daly Cherry-Evans knows James Tedesco looms as an even greater threat to Queensland if recalled by NSW.Peter Rae<\/p>\n![\"Mal](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/719ce2c67f9a897b9d8b5c31115222a773ff86be.jpeg\")
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