The King Wally Lewis will be participating in a guard of honour tonight with other Queenslanders who participated in the first ever Origin match 45 years ago.

He says to see fans of both teams in their respective jerseys is a moment where he realises how lucky he is, but there was a chance he wasn’t going to wear his original jersey.

“Let me take the soft option a bit and just say misplaced it for a little while rather than lost it,” he told Ben Davis.

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