Queensland legend Billy Moore has revealed just how different Origin camps were back in the 1990s.

The man responsible for the famous “Queenslander” chant joined the Fox League Podcast in the lead-up to game two and lifted the lid on his first Maroons camp.

Moore was brought in for his Origin debut in game two of the 1992 series after Queensland had lost the opener 14-6.

He was a fresh-faced 21-year-old read to rip into training... Only to find out there was another element to Queensland’s preparation that was just as important.

“My first roomie was the late, great Peter Jackson,” Moore told the Fox League Podcast.

“I’ve turned up to my room, put my bag down on my bed and gone down the corridor and I’m sitting with my heroes.

“I’m sitting beside Allan Langer, Steve Walters and Gary Belcher. Wally Lewis had retired so Mal Meninga addressed the side. They lost game one and Wally and Mal said ‘that’s unacceptable — it’s not going to happen again’.

“I’m sitting there and had just turned 21 and I’m going ‘how good is this? I’m living the dream.

“I’ve walked back down the corridor, jumped into my room and I got my first Queensland tracksuit.

“‘Jacko’ Walked in and put his hand on my shoulder and said ‘welcome to the Queensland family... Next Wednesday night you will belong in the Queensland family’.

“I went ‘Jacko, let’s go train for Queensland’ ... and he goes ‘train? We don’t train — we go to the pub’.

“We drank until 4am for the first four nights of that camp... That’s what Origin camp looked like back then.”

“I’m not advocating it. I finished my Origin career in ‘97 and I think Wayne Bennett came back in ‘98 and adjusted how they did things.

“The ‘80s into the ‘90s it was loose.

“But what we did do was when we took the field, you turned up. You did what you did but the next day you did your job on the training park to make sure when we turned up on game day we were wearing that Maroon jersey with the pride we expected, others expected and the coaches expected.”

Moore was lucky enough to not only debut at Suncorp Stadium, formerly known as Lang Park. But he also scored on debut — Queensland’s only try in that game before Alfie Langer kicked the matchwinning field goal.

When asked what he remembers from that night, Moore said: “the noise.”

“I remember running out and I always say, you don’t run out wearing maoon at Suncorp Stadium, you float,” he added.

“To score that try was very special to me because it was the only game my mum saw me play.

“To debut, score a try, to have my mum in the stands and then to have a thrilling finish like we did — it was special.

“But the sign-off for me was that I could feel the passion and pride the Queensland public had for us on the field. To be their ambassadors wearing that jersey, I bought in — I loved it.

“That’s where the Queenslander passion started for me.

“But wow, what a place to make your debut. I scored a try after 10 minutes and thought ‘how easy is this?’ and never scored again.”