Tyson the Terminator

It's a massive distraction.

They managed his load through the week, and as intensity rose to the Monday because you're rising to Monday to peak to Wednesday, that's when they realized that he can't go at that level because he's saying he's not good enough yet.

Don't know.

You know what I mean?

Which is fine.

And look, I get it.

This is origin.

You want to keep as much information in as possible.

But I got a sneaking suspicion that they were hoping he was going to be okay.

They built the intensity up.

He probably woke up Monday like, nah, it's not good.

And they're like, yeah, sweet.

We'll bring anything out.

Maybe.

I don't mind it.

Look, as a – like taking away my Queensland bias, like if you're New South Wales, whatever it takes to win, whatever you've got to do to keep the pressure down on this playing group, to keep the headlines away from this group, what are you going to do to make it as quiet as possible so that you don't get caught up on the negativity –

do it so I've got no issue with the Blues doing it I just I don't believe that he twinged it on Monday I just don't because if you're saying he could be good to go this weekend that's what Laurie said Laurie said this morning it's not that bad and there's a chance he could play for Parramatta this weekend if he felt good

Listen, I've been wrong about hammies before, but I've never seen a bloke twinge it on a Monday, get scans confirming that he has something and then be good to go would be like five days later.

One I did get wrong was Burton's one though.

When he went off with heavy tightness and I had to wear a clown outfit the whole time.