Origin Unpacked! Will NSW Make Mass Changes? The Knights Cement Their Place In The Top Four & Mid-Season Report Card | Saturday Scrum
episodePreviously titled “Origin Unpacked! Will NSW Make Mass Changes? The Knights Cement Their Place In The Top Four And Our Mid-Season Report Card | Saturday Scrum” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 3, 2026
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What is discussed at the start of this section?
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Big names.
Nathan Hindmarsh, Wade Graham and Dave Riccio.
Big opinions. Lomax wouldn't have made a lick of difference to that side.
I think it's one of the weakest plays in origin history. It's not a club, it's not mired by more drama.
But not so big on facts.
Um...
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Ahoy, ahoy. Lovely to have your company. Saturday Arva. Great to spend it with you and great to spend it with Nathan Hindmar, Shane Flanagan and Danny Weidler. Welcome, gents. Lovely to see you, Hindy. And just what, we're a day off the absolute mid-winter and you've got the shorts going? Yeah. It's a beautiful day outside.
I've been watching a bit of rugby league. Got up early this morning. For the Socceroos? No, just got up early. But it was on TV, so I thought I'd better watch it. It was a disappointing start, wasn't it, for the Socceroos?
Well, yeah, when you... When you own goal. You get it 5am and by 11 past five there's an own goal. That's not good.
Yeah, it wasn't good. But, you know, they fought hard in the second half and that's all we like to see.
Yeah, well, they'll probably need to get points against Paraguay or a point draw there.
Yeah, what happens here? Do we know what the result will be? No, we don't know what the result's going to be, but what do we need to happen?
Well, in about an hour, I think Paraguay will take on Turkey. Turkey probably should do that, get that job done. Yeah. But you'd think the Socceroos will need to get at least a draw against Paraguay. I know. If they play that, like they played in the second half. Your thoughts on the Socceroos this morning, Flo?
5am, where were you, buddy?
Yeah.
Well, I got home from Newcastle about 1.45 this morning. Excuses. Yeah, and then the grandkids came in about five o'clock. Grandpa, can we watch the football? Yeah, the soccer was on, but they didn't pay much attention when I saw the school.
Is it Poppy or Grandad?
Poppy. Poppy. Yeah, Poppy.
Poppy flying. I'm a pop. You're a poppy. I'm a poppy, yeah. I like that. I'll be Grandad, I think. Not yet, anytime soon. What do you mean? You're officially Grandad? I'm going to be called Grandad, yeah. That's a bit formal, isn't it? Well, I'm the granddad.
I'm the granddad. Anyway. Did you watch the Socceroos go around, Danny? I listened to it on the wireless.
On the wireless? Yeah. Old school. Old school. Old school. Walking the dog on the wireless. And yeah, I'm blaming Laurie Daly for the Socceroos loss. Bench rotation or something. Yeah.
Well, there was talk that Tony Popovich didn't play the two guys who scored goals. That's true. Aaron Kunda didn't get a start. He came off the bench a bit later on. There was that kind of talk. But you can understand that they were sort of overexcited about what happened in that first game against Turkey, and nobody expected that win. So maybe there was a bit of that in the way they started flat in this game. You're saying we got ahead of ourselves.
Is that what you're saying, Tony?
I'm saying they got a little bit overexcited. It's a very young team. The Yanks were very quick.
They were very fast, weren't they? Yeah. Yeah, they were. Yeah, and they were in our face the whole first half. They were definitely in our face a lot more.
They've got a full of players who play at the high levels through Europe and, you know, that kind of pressure they're used to. We've got a lot of young guys in that side who just were outstanding game one.
Can you imagine the smugness that's going on? That's right.
It'll be as bad as Queensland. Yeah. I'm going to say they're as bad as each other. The Yanks and Queenslanders are on par, aren't they?
It's been a bad week for New South Welsh people who follow both the rugby league and the soccer.
And we lost the 19s boys on Thursday night. And the girls.
And we lost the girls as well.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:00–30:24
2
What changes should New South Wales make after their loss?
30:24–54:08
3
How did the Socceroos perform in their recent match?
54:08–54:21
4
How do coaching styles impact team performance in rugby?
54:21–55:03
5
What strategies are discussed for improving New South Wales in future games?
55:03–55:26
6
What are the key factors in assessing player performance and preparation?
55:26–55:53
7
How do the current teams compare for the upcoming season?
55:53–1:55:19
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