<div id="storybody"><p><strong>Under-fire Brisbane Broncos flyer Steve Michaels has been included in an initial 25-strong Queensland State of Origin rugby league squad.</strong></p>
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As Manly emerged from the North Eagles debacle, coach Des Hasler and recruitment guru Noel Cleal went searching for a hardened professional who could lead and harden a young inexperienced team so they could go from average to great in the NRL.
In early months of the 2004 season they...