Queensland Maaroons

Daly Cherry-Evans appointed as Queensland Maroons captain

Not so long ago, the polarising playmaker was booed by Suncorp Stadium crowds as Manly skipper after enduring speculation he'd fallen out with the Maroons hierarchy.

No wonder Cherry-Evans looked stunned on Monday night that he had been asked to take over the Maroons reins from retired great Greg Inglis and welcomed back into the Origin fold as Queensland's fifteenth skipper.