James Gallagher
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637 appearances
8 recordings
5 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 1 Jul
James Gallagher’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So what does that mean for where it starts, where it ends?
Clearly, there'll be a continuing discussion around the role that State of Origin's got to play.
The pre-season needs to support that.
And so I think to your question proposition, Cain, what we want is it to be set up in a way that enables our players to maximise their career, make the most out of it,
not be required to be there for the sake of being there, but we do want the guys and our W players, and we've actually pushed for more training for our W players over the last eight or nine years.
So we're not adverse to training, but it's about getting it right.
And the breakaway is really significant for our players, and they're playing for longer than they have before.
That's a great thing.
We're celebrating the champions of the game for longer.
Part of the reason they can do that is because of the way in which they're being prepared, and the break is a really important part of that, and we hear that from the players.
We want players to have the ability to talk about the game.
It's as simple as that.
I think we've been clear on that for a long time.
That's got to be done in the right way and there does need to be a level of respect in that and we shouldn't individualise it.
necessarily but the players know the game as well as anyone I think for all of us that's a good thing to hear from the players their perspectives on the game I know I saw a bit of your work last night Tom with Bailey Smith and he talked about his desire to speak a bit more openly and freely he's not alone I think we've heard that from a few players in recent times Charlie Common might have said similar what the players say to us is they want to give more of themselves they want to give more of their personality they want to talk more openly they
have an opinion on the game.
I think that's a fantastic thing that we should harness to help grow the game in my perspective.
And so, you know, there will always be a line in that.
I don't think we've seen many players cross that in recent times.
Did Jai Simpkin cross that line?
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