QLD havent won at the MCG in over 30 years! Laurie under pressure & Cleary injury | Kenty Blitz EP180
6/17/202629 min
Can the Maroons break their 31 year MCG drought? Plus, Laurie is under pressure despite being 1 - nill up. How will he handle it? And Nathan Cleary taking painkilling injections... how will the Blues react?
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Start
00:10 - Laurie under pressure
12:32 - Cleary's injury
13:56 - Underwhelming Tedesco
23:19 - The famous 'Queenslander' call
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First 90 secondsWarren Smith· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Welcome to Kenny Blitz, your daily hit of NRL News, Origin Day, Paulie.
Paul Kent· Host0:05
Like Christmas morning, isn't it, hey?
Warren Smith· Host0:07
You're fair dinkum think. [laughs] Queensland won game one.
Paul Kent· Host0:10
Well, given ... If, if, if you're reading the, the papers and you're listening to te- television, uh, reports and all the rest of it, you would. Uh, like, it's all about h- what Laurie's gotta do right this time around. It's all about Queensland just coast along, everything's sweet as a nut. Uh, uh, uh, like you said, if you hadn't been aware of the f- result of game one, you, you, you'd think Queensland had won this game and they're leading the series one-nil. Like, there's, there's, uh, it feels like there's no pressure on Queensland. All the pressure's on New South Wales. It's all on Laurie Daley to justify his coaching. He's up one-nil in the series [laughs]. I just find that ... I get fascinated.
Warren Smith· Host0:47
Well, I guess his record over the years hasn't been great, but- [laughs] And [laughs] it's funny though, because even Queenslanders don't question Billy.
Paul Kent· Host0:57
Mm.
Warren Smith· Host0:57
Like, Billy gets there and he says, "Oh, well, it is what it is."
Paul Kent· Host1:01
Yeah.
Warren Smith· Host1:01
You know, "How are you gonna play Reece Walsh? Uh, that's, we'll keep that to ourselves." And they say, "Oh, no worries, Billy."
Paul Kent· Host1:06
Yeah.
Warren Smith· Host1:07
"No worries." Whereas New South Wales, even, even though every great you hear, whether it be Blocker Roche, Wade Graham- Yeah ... you know, every single person that talks about it is questioning Laurie's bench.
Paul Kent· Host1:19
Yeah.
Warren Smith· Host1:19
The makeup of the team.
Paul Kent· Host1:21
Yeah. Well, look- It's a different ...
Warren Smith· Host1:23
It's a different- It's a different feel. Mm.
Paul Kent· Host1:24
The thing about that, mate, is this. When Billy pulled the trigger last year and dropped Daley