Willie Mason

Their football brains are off the charts the way they think.

I've had big conversations with them the way that they would coach.

I imagine having that Danny Bediris around there still, just some players, some ex-forwards, and then you just have those players around just because you've played the game, giving just little tips here and there.

You know, like to the middles and, you know, not controlling everything.

Like, Laurie can't control everything.

Like, is Brett White controlling all our middles with Boyd?

Is Matt King our backs coach?

Like, who's our halves coach?

Is Laurie that?

But I'm just saying.

Like, I'm like –

You've got to, I don't know, I think Queensland have that sort of fucking just ex-players greatness and a lot of, yeah, just a lot of those ex-players.

When I was playing original, we used to get like Chief Harrigan and all that sort of blokes in there.

You're like, fuck yeah.

Bradley Clyde presenting your jersey, you know, Brad Fittler even, you know, coming in there and being in there all week and you just go, I don't want to let any of these guys down because wearing that Blues jersey is a fucking honour, right?

You are part of history.

You've got your name on your back.

There's so much that goes into that jersey.

You work so hard for it and you finally get it.

And then like the last two games I'm looking at it and I go, fuck, do you even care?