QLD havent won at the MCG in over 30 years! Laurie under pressure & Cleary injury | Kenty Blitz EP180
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What pressure is Laurie under despite being 1-0 up?
Welcome to Kenny Blitch, your daily hit of NRL news. Origin day, Paulie. Like Christmas morning, isn't it? You'd fair dinkum think. Queensland won game one.
Well, if you're reading the papers and you're listening to television reports and all the rest of it, you would. It's all about what Laurie's got to do right this time around. It's all about Queensland just coasts along. Everything's sweet as a nut. Like you said, if you hadn't... been aware of the result of game one. You'd think Queensland had won this game and they're leading the series 1-0 like this.
What is the latest on Nathan Cleary's injury situation?
It feels like there's no pressure on Queensland. All the pressure's on New South Wales.
How is Tedesco performing ahead of the next game?
It's all on Laurie Daly to justify his coaching. He's up 1-0 in the series.
Well, I guess his record over the years hasn't been great. And it's funny, though, because even Queenslanders don't question Billy. Like Billy gets there and he says, oh, well, it is what it is. You know, how are you going to play Reece Walsh? We'll keep that to ourselves. And they say, oh, no worries, Billy, no worries. Whereas New South Wales even –
What is the significance of the famous 'Queenslander' call?
Every great you hear, whether it be Blocker Roach, Wade Graham, every single person that talks about it is questioning Laurie's bench, the make-up of the team.
It's a different feel.
How does Queensland's history at the MCG affect their chances?
The thing about that, mate, is this. When Billy pulled the trigger last year and dropped Daily Cherry Evans and brought in Tom Dearden, which is a ballsy call, Tom did in Man of the Series, Man of the Match next two games. He basically just quietened all the noise around what he does and how he thinks. And he basically – that was, I think, the moment he just said to Eric, he could say to everybody, just trust me. And whatever Billy does now, you've got to trust that he's got it right. New South Wales, sadly, have not had that same moment. And even in game one, there's a couple of things that – A little bit, how are you going? And we're all confused now about what's going to happen in game two here tonight.
From a New South Wales point of view, with Mitch Moses is playing, Ethan Strange, well, what are we going to do with him? Where does he play now?
What strategies might Laurie employ to secure a win?
Laurie opened up. Early in camp, he said he's going to play in the middle. Now he's down in Melbourne. Well, I don't know if he's changed his mind or he's confused himself, but now he's going to play on an edge. Well, he actually said he'd play back row.
Oh, play back row, sorry. I'm wondering if Laurie's still talking in the 90s.
I really was. Yeah, well, is it modern back row or old back row? Because they're two different things. Now, I don't know what he's doing. And the fascination is, if you want to go through that, the amount of back rowers or the amount of players – middle, old back rowers, locks, let's call them that, that Laurie's got at his disposal. He's got Isaiah Yostai in the game. He's got Victor Radley on the bench. He's got Cam Murray on the bench. And now he's going to use Ethan Strange in there as well, we're led to believe. How do they all get a run? I don't know.
I don't know. And if he is talking about using Ethan Strange as an edge back rower, right, well, you would think they're not going to – take Hudson Young off on the left. So it's on the right with Dylan Lucas' side, which has got Ethan Stranger on his – I know he's playing right for Canberra this year, but it's not his preferred side. He's a better left side player, yeah. And you've got Lucas out there who plays left for Newcastle but right for New South Wales. And somewhere along the lines you've come up with a decision to drop – Himalaya Oluwatu is a specialist right.
That's why people are confused. Yeah, and for that reason, there's a lot riding on this game tonight for Laurie, even though he leads 1-0 in the series, and at worst... Tomorrow we wake up and the series has drawn one all. For New South Wales, that's worse. But if that whole experiment that he's got going there or whatever plan he's got, if it doesn't work, I tell you what, Laurie, you want to put the –
thick jacket on because they're going to be coming thick and fast to sort of give you a public lashing aren't they you also get the feeling paul that he's already made his mind up that this will be his last series too so and for a proud man like lorry like we knew him as a as a player and as a coach it's gone a different way for him but this is a chance for him to sign off potentially
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What pressure is Laurie under despite being 1-0 up?
0:01–0:35
2
What is the latest on Nathan Cleary's injury situation?
0:35–0:40
3
How is Tedesco performing ahead of the next game?
0:40–1:10
4
What is the significance of the famous 'Queenslander' call?
1:10–1:24
5
How does Queensland's history at the MCG affect their chances?
1:24–2:20
6
What strategies might Laurie employ to secure a win?
2:20–4:34
7
How will the Blues react to Cleary's pain management?
4:34–7:21
8
What are the implications of a potential coaching change for New South Wales?
7:21–28:45
Speakers
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