Vision, which you can watch above, showed Leniu approach Queensland鈥檚 18th man after full-time, with the pair engaging in a brief conversation that ended in an embrace.
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The touching moment showed they have seemingly finally buried the hatched some 16 months after the Blues enforcer labelled Mam a 鈥榤onkey鈥 in the Las Vegas season opener between the Roosters and Broncos in 2024.
Leniu copped an eight-match ban for the slur which he insisted was unintentional and was nothing more than 鈥渙ne brown man saying something to another brown man鈥.
The fallout continued even after he served his suspension with Leniu aggrieved at some of the commentary around the situation from people in the media, namely from Queensland legend Johnathan Thurston, who said the punishment should have been far harsher.
Leniu clearly held a grudge against the Maroons great for his remarks and accused Thurston of being 鈥渢wo-faced鈥 and 鈥渇ake鈥 following a sideline spat back in April.
Thurston claimed the following day he was 鈥渟hocked鈥 by Leniu鈥檚 hostility, 鈥渨hich was not of a racial nature, but overly aggressive in tone and unwarranted鈥.
Leniu then posted on his Instagram: 鈥淚 never wanted to talk to JT. He kept trying to come to speak to me. I said, 鈥楲ad idc (I don鈥檛 care) if that you hate me for what I did. But don鈥檛 come up to me asking me questions like we鈥檙e Algood (sic). Don鈥檛 be two face. Hate me lad I鈥檓 eetswa (sweet) with that. But don鈥檛 be fake. I hate fake people.鈥
Since then Leniu has been on a self-imposed media ban and stayed out of the limelight.
In a great show of character, after full-time, he sought out Mam to bury the hatchet and clear the air with the Broncos star.
And speaking after the exchange, Mam said it had all been settled.
鈥淚t鈥檚 great that me and Spencer got the chance to see each other face-to-face last night,鈥 Mam told The Sydney Morning Herald.
The Blues and Maroons will now head to a Game 3 decider to be played in Sydney on Wednesday, July 9.