The Maroons have received a boost with backline strike weapons Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (knee) and Kalyn Ponga (quad) cleared to play in Origin I on Wednesday night at Suncorp Stadium.

Ian McMillan's guests are the Scottish Makar Peter Mackay, Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison, as well as Indian dancer and poet Tishani Doshi, and the musician Scanner.