After an emphatic comeback from his booze-fuelled Broncos ban, Gehamat Shibasaki has vowed to cast aside the controversial chapter that threatened to end his NRL lifeline.

The resurgent centre had been the feel-good story of the season, having risen from a train-and-trial contract in the pre-season to a shock State of Origin debut in the Queensland Maroons’ game three series-sealing triumph.

Despite arriving at Red Hill struggling to keep up with coach Michael Maguire’s brutal regimen, Shibasaki became a strike weapon, scoring 15 tries from 22 appearances before being axed ahead of the campaign’s final round.

After reporting to Monday training still feeling the effects of a night of drinking upon returning from his side’s win against the Cowboys, Shibasaki was dropped for the crucial cl

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