WESTERN Bulldogs premiership coach Luke Beveridge has spent the past few days embedded with Queensland's State of Origin rugby league team.
Beveridge was a personal guest of Queensland coach Kevin Walters thanks to a connection through sponsor EML.
It's understood Beveridge joined the Queensland camp as early as Monday night.
He attended team meetings, including the 'captain's run' training session at Suncorp Stadium and an emotional presentation from Maroons captain Cameron Smith on Tuesday night.
Beveridge was pictured in the Queensland rooms at Wednesday night's game, decked out in an official team polo shirt.
A Queensland rugby league source confirmed Beveridge was welcomed into the inner-sanctum of the team's coaching unit on match night, including all the pre-match and post-game meetings.
It's understood Walters is also keen to learn from Beveridge's coaching experience, and the Bulldogs could return the favour at some point in the future.
Beveridge's appearance seemed to have little impact on the field, as New South Wales thrashed the Maroons 28-4 in Thursday night's game.
One Maroons official joked to AFL.com.au, "He (Beveridge) is never welcome back mate, because we lost."
A Western Bulldogs spokesman said Beveridge was on leave and not available to comment.