State of Origin Wrap with Chad Townsend (09.07.26)
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Welcome back. It's 8 o'clock, SEM Breakfast. Sam Edmund, Tom Morris sitting in for Gary and Tim for the week. The McCafe menu still to come. Champion Dada's rising star, Corey Mbilla, is going to drop by. Looking forward to that. Bozza, all things World Cup as well as we pause for the quarterfinals which get underway. France and Morocco tomorrow. But for now, Tom Morris, Rugby League is dressed fully in blue today. New South Wales last night winning the decider at Suncorp Stadium. In fact, they didn't just win it. They demolished the Maroons. They got it done 30-12. And to bring us up to speed with it all and the series it was, Chad Townsend is joining us from SEN 1170. Of course, Chad, welcome. Good morning.
Yeah, good morning, boys.
Look, a fantastic morning if you're a New South Wales Blues fan, as you mentioned. They dominated last night up at Suncorp in enemy territory. And there's so many storylines to come out of the game. But, yeah, a fantastic win by the Blues.
All right, all those storylines. What's the biggest one for you then? Take us to what we need to know most importantly.
How did the Blues win the State of Origin decider at Suncorp Stadium?
Yeah, I think the biggest one is Nathan Cleary. There was a lot of questions. There's always been questions about Nathan Cleary. He's a four-time premiership winner with the Penrith Panthers at club level. There's always been this question, Mark, has he been able to dominate the Origin Arena? And he showed that last night. He scored two tries. His opening 20 minutes was fantastic. He would go on to deliver a crucial one-on-one strip later in the game as well. He ended up taking out Man of the Match Honours and then Wally Lewis player of the series as well. So a huge game for Nathan Cleary. The other one as well, Laurie Daly, the New South Wales coach. There were so many question marks around him and his decisions in and around the series with regards to selection.
Some of his interchanges in game two were questionable. There was a lot of journalists calling for him to lose his job midway through the series. He was under immense pressure last night and he coached a perfect game last night, I thought, and delivered well. New South Wales a really, really important series victory.
Good to have you on, Chad. Tom Morris here. I watched the second half last night when I got home from work, and I couldn't believe the scoreline because all the narrative in the lead-up had been how poor New South Wales had been in the second game and how well Queensland had played. Was it more last night that New South Wales played really well than Queensland poorly, or was it the other way around?
Yeah, Tom, look, to be honest, all the momentum was with the Queenslanders, and they started the game really fast and really physical, and they had a They dominated the early exchanges. They kicked early. They forced New South Wales to come out of their own end. But New South Wales, they held their poise. They stayed calm under the pressure. They continued to get to their kick. And Mitch Moses last night, the Blues 5A, his kicking game was phenomenal. I'll tell you what, boys, it would make some AFL fans proud, some of his kicks last night. Really long 60-metre kicks, getting the New South Wales side out of their own ends. And New South Wales, they just slowly grinded the Queensland away and
Why was Nathan Cleary the standout player and how did he influence the game?
Every time they got an opportunity in New South Wales, they made the most of it. They'd scored points. In Queensland, who were at home, they had no answers.
Chad, you played a lot of football over a long period of time, so you would have been, I'm sure, in successful sides and sides that were battling. Just coming back to Laurie Daly and the pressure and scrutiny that he was under as coach, his satisfaction must have been off the chart last night, not just in winning the series, which is most important, of course, but just telling those critics to stick it in their pipe and smoke it. Did it go too far, the criticism, as he suggested last night?
Yeah, look, I think, you know, in sport, I mean, we are in the business of winning football games, as you guys know.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–0:57
2
How did the Blues win the State of Origin decider at Suncorp Stadium?
0:57–2:48
3
Why was Nathan Cleary the standout player and how did he influence the game?
2:48–4:42
4
How did Laurie Daley respond to mid-series criticism and what changes did he make?
4:42–6:21
5
Did New South Wales play better or did Queensland collapse in Game 3?
6:21–11:50
Speakers
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