A State of Origin ban on Valentine Holmes has finally been lifted by Queensland coach Kevin Walters.Now Walters wants Holmes to show him how much a Maroons jersey means to him after a controversial NFL trial in the United States.Cronullas Holmes is again eligible for Queensland duty after being included in Walters 2017 Emerging Maroons squad.Holmes was among eight players slapped with 12-month Origin bans for breaking curfew at Januarys Emerging Maroons camp.Walters said there were no hard feelings with Holmes over the camp controversy.But he wanted Holmes to indicate that Origin and not NFL was his priority after his much publicised trial with Jason Taumalolo in Los Angeles.If he does make the Queensland side next year it has got to be really important to him, Walters said.I have had every indication in the past that he wants to play for Queensland.We will assume he will be ready to go next year if called on.Walters warned Holmes that his 2016 heroics would be hard to follow.Despite being banned from Origin, Holmes made his international debut for Australia in their triumphant Four Nations campaign after featuring in Cronullas historic NRL premiership.Valentine is one of those rare ones who has played for his country before his state, Walters said.The pressure will be on for him to repeat the form he showed this year, to break his way into the Origin line-up.Walters welcomed back Holmes, Cameron Munster, Ben Hunt, Anthony Milford, Edrick Lee, Dylan Napa and Jarrod Wallace to the squad despite the early 2016 controversy.The seven players plus Penriths Chris Grevsmuhl all copped Origin bans for breaking camp curfew.Grevsmuhl was not considered for the 2017 camp after leaving the NRL last month to deal with personal issues.Walters believed the players returning from their bans had all learned their lesson.They showed that on the field and in the conversations we have had with them post-Origin, he said.We have seen lots of good progress from all of them. 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The Fijian Rugby Union has hit out at Ben Ryan -- the man who led them to Olympic gold -- saying it is disappointed by his constant remarks about the sevens team.The statement comes in response to a tweet from Ryan where he criticises the FRU for having not contracted any of the players who have played in the opening two rounds of the World Rugby Sevens Series.The FRU has responded with a lengthy statement where it says Ryan has chosen to move on to other challenges which we respect and all have accepted but it seems it is difficult for him to move on and expresses its disappointment at Ryans constant remarks... and his ongoing tweets about the performance of the team.During his time with Fiji, Ryan led their sevens teams to back-to-back World Series triumphs and gold at Rio, their countrys first Olympic medal. Ryan left his post in charge of Fiji after Rio 2016 and will be replaced by Gareth Baber.?The FRU has also appointed a new coach and he will lead the Fiji mens sevens team moving forward and we all need to give Baber a chance including Ben Ryan, the FRU statement continued. It is no longer Ben Ryans team and Ben must understandd this and he must allow our new coach Baber to deal with the issues in relation to his Team.ddddddddddddll the players that were selected for the first leg of the IRB [World Rugby] Series revolved around Ben Ryans extended Squad. Their employment contracts with FRU expired after the Olympics. They, however, have all been paid their relevant allowances while in camp and while on tour for the two tournaments.The FRU CEO highlighted that coach Baber will commence duty on the January 2 2016 and the FRU believes it is only fair that he watches our local competition and selects his own team and the FRU intends to work with coach Baber in contracting the selected extended squad for 2017 and beyond. This was the same opportunity given to Ben when he started.Furthermore there is no truth in Bens comments that FRU has lost its sponsorship and funding. FRU has been having ongoing discussions with the Fiji National Sports Commission and our sponsors in relation to the contracting of our 7s players both men and women. ' ' '