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Joel Gould

Nose full of turmeric put tough Mann on Maroons path

Tough-as-teak Kurt Mann will become the second-oldest Queensland debutant in State of Origin. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Queensland debutant Kurt Mann is one of the NRL's toughest players and it all goes back to the day he played a game and ran a cross-country with turmeric powder stuffed up his nose.

Mann, 32, will play No.14 for the Maroons in Perth as they attempt to square the State of Origin series.

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