It takes a bit to scare Brisbane captain Sam Thaiday on the football field.
But visions of the 124kg Dave Taylor and equally imposing Greg Inglis heading his way at full pace come pretty close.
Thaiday loves nothing more than pulling on a Queensland jumper with the two South Sydney juggernauts.
But on Friday night he'll have the job of stopping both giants from crashing Brisbane legend Petero Civoniceva's 300 NRL-game party at a packed Suncorp Stadium.
Taylor heads north under immense pressure to retain his place in Queensland's 17-man squad for the July 4 series decider after being widely criticised for his efforts in Origin II in Sydney.
Handed a starting role, he failed to deliver the goods for Queensland coming up with seven runs, 61 metres and a handful of costly errors.
Greg Dowling, the former Queensland forward who once said that former Maroon forward Dane Carlaw, "looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane", led the verbal assault on Taylor, questioning whether he was made of the right stuff for Origin.
Thaiday expected those remarks and other criticism levelled at Taylor to have the `Coal Train' steaming when he returns to the club that dumped him.
"I'm not looking forward to it actually," said Thaiday on Tuesday.
"You (media) guys shouldn't have said that stuff about him, you should have left him alone.
"I'm sure he's going to be fired up and he's got a big point to prove.
"We all know he's a great player and he'll play some great footy.
"He's like any player, as soon as you start saying things about them and bagging them a little, they seem to perform better.
"I'm sure Dave will give everything he's got to keep his place in the Queensland side.
Thaiday, who's confident of making a comeback from a shoulder injury, slipped on a selector's hat when asked about Inglis switching to fullback for the Origin decider with Melbourne's Billy Slater virtually no hope of playing.
"He could play in the front-row (for Queensland) if we needed him to. He's an outstanding player and a bit of a freak," Thaiday said.
"It'll give him a lot more freedom at fullback to get his hands on the ball and he's the bloke you want to have the ball in those big games.
"He's a scary sight and we're going to have to face him this weekend and do a great job on him."
Forward Ben Hannant (cork) quit training early on Tuesday but coach Anthony Griffin insisted he would be fine to play on Friday night.
