WEBVTT - 🏉 NRL Analysis - Reese Walsh: the rising star 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:13.880 Better than the Lego, better than Leo. Yes, dogs were fantastic, 0:00:14.160 --> 0:00:17.320 really good. Tricky one for match because yesterday it was 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:21.720 about Mitch Mitch Moses. I reckon, buy at halftime Mitch 0:00:21.760 --> 0:00:25.560 Moses had the new south Well seven jersey full time. 0:00:25.720 --> 0:00:27.720 What do you think I reckon he would have been 0:00:27.760 --> 0:00:30.400 disappointed just that he didn't put the game away. You know, 0:00:30.440 --> 0:00:34.040 you're up for eight, we're ten minutes ago. You just 0:00:34.120 --> 0:00:36.680 got to kick through the corner reever. But we spoke 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:37.240 about before. 0:00:37.320 --> 0:00:38.000 That's the big men. 0:00:38.240 --> 0:00:41.120 You know, when you get that momentum with your big fellows, 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:42.480 you've really got to put the nail on the coffin. 0:00:42.560 --> 0:00:44.559 I thought a couple of the options when they were 0:00:44.560 --> 0:00:48.280 down to twelve men the Bulldogs. You know, Mitch finds lane, 0:00:48.720 --> 0:00:52.199 Lane spills the beans, you know, the great opportunity. But 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:54.840 maybe just play the percentage players. You can't give up 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:57.120 more in those sort of areas. You've got to make 0:00:57.160 --> 0:00:59.360 them work. You've got to take the juice out of 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:01.960 their tank. Another time, I think it was down like 0:01:02.040 --> 0:01:03.120 play two, they turn it over. 0:01:03.160 --> 0:01:05.600 I think maybe Junior Poulo. Yep, you just can't let 0:01:05.680 --> 0:01:06.080 sides off. 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:07.440 And I reckon that would have probably been in the 0:01:07.480 --> 0:01:10.839 back of Matge's mind, like Queensland had an advantage against 0:01:10.920 --> 0:01:14.399 us and they made us pay. You know, watching that yesterday, 0:01:15.600 --> 0:01:17.440 how are we going to make Queensland pay from that? 0:01:18.319 --> 0:01:18.520 You know? 0:01:18.920 --> 0:01:21.080 And I have a defense with Nicko Hines too. Nico's 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:24.800 kicking let him down, noted about that. But you've got 0:01:24.800 --> 0:01:27.040 to consider sometimes do we forget the fact that Nicko 0:01:27.160 --> 0:01:29.600 was operating with twelve in a slide of twelve man 0:01:30.000 --> 0:01:32.000 never once in the game when they got thirty and 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:35.520 you got twelve. And I'm speaking, you know, basics, thanks Scoop, 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:39.120 but you never you never have a numerical advantage, and 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:41.920 most of your sets will start in the middle field. 0:01:42.000 --> 0:01:44.400 You worked at the posts and you so that's where 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:47.080 it all starts. And every single time you look it 0:01:47.160 --> 0:01:49.680 up and they've got five and you got four, I mean, 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:51.080 what are you going to do? I have to say 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:52.440 that because he's copped a fair bit. 0:01:52.520 --> 0:01:54.920 Nick and Maddie, I reckon we didn't help him out. 0:01:55.000 --> 0:01:58.680 It took us twenty twenty five minutes to adjust when. 0:01:58.600 --> 0:02:00.880 To put Steve right on the other side of the thing. Yeah, 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:02.080 like that's where they were going. 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:05.040 We should have knew like Nico, he's got those demons 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:07.680 from Game one last year defending it right center. Yep, 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:10.240 why wouldn't we help the bloke out put our best? 0:02:10.280 --> 0:02:13.480 Like Steve Krome may what a player mate, his strength 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:17.120 to strength, you know what? A couple of things with Crichton. 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:19.040 I really like it. Like he's just about the best 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:21.720 defensive I've never seen a better defensive center. I mean 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:24.840 Steve Rodgers growing up as a kid watching sludge as 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:29.320 a defensive center was incredible. Ruben WICKI was great defender, 0:02:29.520 --> 0:02:32.799 scary when he played in the centers. Crichton's decision making 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:37.040 and he's just second or none and he can hold 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:40.280 a defensive pattern. But also he allows himself his instincts. 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:44.200 Hence he picks off intercepts and gay. 0:02:44.360 --> 0:02:46.960 It's sort of like he defends in between, but then 0:02:47.320 --> 0:02:49.080 nine times out of ten he makes the right decision. 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:50.840 Like I've never defended out why and I don't want 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:53.560 to because it's a scary place. Cobbo looked like he 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:55.200 was just shut down completely when he was there, Like 0:02:55.200 --> 0:02:57.560 some of the bootleg tackles mate remarkable. 0:02:57.600 --> 0:02:59.240 The other thing I like about him is strength, Like 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:02.000 is lead ship and his strength to personality. He came 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:03.640 on the show on a Sunday night a beit a 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:07.600 month ago, him and Jacob kraz Jacob what a lovely bloke. 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:10.079 Jacobs sitting there, you know, and he's a young guy, 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:13.799 and we're asking questions. I'm asking questions at the two 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:16.760 of them, and Steve sort of pausing a little bit 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:19.399 after I answered a few, waiting for Jacob to kick 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:22.160 in and he's having to answer it anyway. At one 0:03:22.160 --> 0:03:25.560 point we went to some I asked the question. Steve 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:28.200 started talking and we went to some vision and he 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:32.200 slapped Jacob on the arm and said, you' pick up 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:34.680 yeahttle bit, that's right. 0:03:35.960 --> 0:03:38.160 I was sort of question mark, why is he captain? 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:38.600 You know? 0:03:38.640 --> 0:03:41.840 Then started the year made He's pasted every test. He's 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:44.000 been absolutely unbelieve I actually tossed him up he could 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:46.040 beat and so I was captain when they hadn't made 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:49.800 Jakie captain because the job he's done at Canterbury it's unbelievable. 0:03:49.840 --> 0:03:53.280 He's been brilliant. I'm really happy for the dogs too. 0:03:53.880 --> 0:03:56.360 I love the way they play. They've got a smaller 0:03:56.360 --> 0:03:58.240 pack of forwards, but they now how to make it work, 0:03:58.240 --> 0:03:59.760 you know, to play with a little bit of subtlety 0:04:00.240 --> 0:04:04.760 staying odin for one second. Okay, the SWI you send off, 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:07.880 it was to send off, isn't it about that? Cooper 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:09.760 said to me last week and he said, you know, 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:12.440 how would you defend Rhys Walsh? And I said, well, 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:14.760 you don't compress and slide out because you're making a 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:16.800 foot race. You going to burn you. You've got to 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:20.039 defend him outside in. But we see defending outside in 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:22.080 as high risk. There's not a lot of there's not 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:24.280 a lot of room for error. Yeah, you've got to 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:25.480 sort of bend that back a little bit. 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:28.359 Noticed where I've watched the replays of it, Maddie, he 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:30.479 was in control into that last second when he dips 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:32.760 his head. Yeah, that turns it from like careless to 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:36.280 reckless and that's probably where he's let himself down. But 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:39.320 like you said, a blowerve Reese Walsh, he's that scary 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:41.280 to defend because as a middle you've got to get 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:43.440 up and squeeze him. But then because he just burns 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:45.839 you nine times out of ten, the outside I've got 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:47.520 to come in and make a decision, like you said, 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:49.600 if they don't shut him down. 0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:52.360 For him personally, what I really missed when he got 0:04:52.520 --> 0:04:55.400 sent off as a rugby league fan was when he 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:57.920 had that first touch of the football, that first run 0:04:57.960 --> 0:05:00.360 he did and just tapped and went and just went 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:03.840 straight at Tommy did And. I turned to your mate 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:06.719 Cooper John's and said to him, at the end of 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:09.719 eighty minutes, this kid's going to be a superstar. You know. 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:11.240 I love about him. Look at his size. 0:05:11.279 --> 0:05:12.479 Look at that bush. 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:13.880 That's like, that's not easy. 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:16.719 He's running into three men isolates Tommy did in there 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:18.080 and look finds his front. 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:19.320 That's what you want from the start to see. 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:21.599 I original would have had him at wing, yeah, because 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:24.000 it just sort of it just dulls down. Is what 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:25.440 he's got to worry about in the game. I just 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:27.200 want you to carry every time I reckon. He's had 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:28.719 a great game for the Roosters. He's been a winger 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:31.520 and he's just so hard to handle. For me origin 0:05:31.560 --> 0:05:33.719 outside back. You need big bodies slogs to can leap 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:35.880 and get you out of trouble. But I thought that 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:37.480 that statement in that first carry. I was like, this 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:39.120 is going to be a big eighty minutes for did. 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:40.279 And and they're lucky. 0:05:40.320 --> 0:05:42.560 Woulds he your big oragin moments. 0:05:42.960 --> 0:05:46.000 Well, mate, the first origin moment for me obviously we 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:47.880 were sort of dominating in the possession. It was just 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:51.720 after I think it was just before Swali did this 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:52.400 end off. 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:53.679 Last play option. 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:57.159 Nicka Heines goes that line and does does something doesn't 0:05:57.240 --> 0:06:00.680 usually do a left foot grubber yep, just rolls a 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:03.240 little bit dead and they get a twenty meut restart. 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:05.240 But from that twenty met to restart, they get a 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:07.960 couple of quick rucks. You know, Cherry Evans, I've heard 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:09.880 you talk about before with Cooper, like at training when 0:06:09.920 --> 0:06:11.440 we train he chairs, you don't know what he's going 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:13.200 to do. When he goes dummy half he'll show. 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:15.080 To come out you're dummy, He'll come back. 0:06:15.520 --> 0:06:18.479 But the two veterans, Cherry Evans and Hunt, they just 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:22.200 know each other's game inside out and they just if. 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:23.760 You watch Ben, he just keeps moving forward. 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:26.600 Cherry goes down a short side, steps back and he 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:28.919 sort of just throwzer Hawl Mary offload. But he knows 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:31.520 there's a combination they've had over time with Ben Hunt 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:34.080 just go straight through and that just that is so. 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:37.400 True about Ben Hunt and you're seeing because that's trademark. 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:39.920 Cherry isn't scoop and I've seen him. I've seen him 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:42.440 go down two men to short sides where there's no 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:45.520 new miraicle event. He just scoops and goes down, goes 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:47.200 I'm running down a cold to sack you, and then 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:48.880 just turns and wanders back and field. 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:51.080 Doesn't it train all the time, Maddie, Like we've got 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:53.600 like hub Blokeslot Nathan Brown allout trying to call the 0:06:53.640 --> 0:06:55.600 set up plays, you know, try to bring Brooks into 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:57.560 the game and you just see chairs, you'll scoop it up. 0:06:57.920 --> 0:06:59.680 You think they're going to go the markers, go the open. 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:01.839 Then he goes down to short side and then he'll 0:07:01.880 --> 0:07:03.200 look like he's going to throw and then he'll just 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:05.960 drop Homoli underneath. And it's just like mate, like I said, 0:07:05.960 --> 0:07:06.720 there's no number of. 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:07.280 Eni there at all. 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:09.240 Other big moments, the second one was. 0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:10.200 So they lose. 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:13.240 Whereas Walsh, you've got someone like the big Hemmer. He 0:07:13.280 --> 0:07:17.400 hasn't done much training at fullback for Queensland to position 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:19.840 himself to stop Spencer Lenu from scoring that try. 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:21.000 Yeah, and if you. 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:23.360 Think about that, right, Nicko, Heines probably hasn't had the 0:07:23.360 --> 0:07:25.440 greatest start of the game. Yep, he sets up that 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:27.600 little play for lend you on the inside. I think 0:07:27.600 --> 0:07:30.200 it's that could create a little bit momentum for Nicko. 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:31.920 But what it does is like, mate, we can't score 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:33.560 against these bloke. They just keep turning up. 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:35.800 Yeah they do, aren't they? And it's just was Yeah, 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:38.720 without a doubt, it was God, he had some sort 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:41.800 of game, unbelievable chess mant of the match. I got 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:44.080 to say, all to give it to Hemma. So three tries, 0:07:44.280 --> 0:07:48.200 try saver, three tri cysts and then mate the last one. 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:50.120 I've heard a lot of people speak about it. I 0:07:50.160 --> 0:07:51.120 think it was. 0:07:51.520 --> 0:07:54.400 You know, Nicko has a great kick, you know, goes 0:07:54.440 --> 0:07:56.320 to kick for the forty twenty, looks like it's on, 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:58.720 gets a great bounce, but they just somehow recover it. 0:07:58.840 --> 0:07:59.840 Yep, I think it was David. 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:02.160 Yes, the back knocks the back. 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:03.920 We thought it was out, but it was clearly knocked 0:08:03.960 --> 0:08:04.200 back in. 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:05.000 It was a great play. 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:08.520 Three plays later, Cherry Errands just creates a little bit 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:11.000 option sees Lomacs out of position. 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:15.840 Throughout origin history. Well certainly certainly you know during that 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:20.160 amazing run they have of wins the thing that turns. 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:22.920 How they turn the momentum of the contest is that kick, 0:08:23.120 --> 0:08:25.840 that early kick and chase and what's interesting there. We 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:27.640 always talk about state of origin. You've got to play 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:29.920 the full lady. Well, it's not necessarily meaning you're in 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:32.520 a play. Yeah, you've got to last to the eightieth minute. 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:35.439 It's you can't take a rest and they'll recognize it. 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:37.760 What you see there is we get where she enjoyed 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:40.400 a bit of a sentence there watching and going a secret. 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:42.920 This could be one of the greatest upsets we get 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:46.600 twenty to sixteen. We got the ascendancy. We're going at 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:50.000 him and you just see our back three, just take 0:08:50.040 --> 0:08:56.400 a little bit of take a breath and he recognizes. 0:08:54.559 --> 0:08:54.920 You know what. 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:57.560 But it happened when I play when they won the 0:08:57.559 --> 0:08:59.880 eight series, right, we used to have a course Smith 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:02.720 it means he'd kick and it'll always be when they 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:04.400 set up right side of the field because he had 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:06.480 a great left foot yep. But then we were sort 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:08.440 of putting the black there. But then Smith being the 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:11.040 genius is he can just hook it back. But you 0:09:11.080 --> 0:09:13.319 do it at moments when you where we've got full 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:15.760 momentum and what it would be right, Cooper, Kank would 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:19.120 stay flat JT. You know Chambers, they just had that 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:22.280 nap of reading camera Smith well and that kicked along. 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:23.559 Mate, took us three places again. 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:27.360 That's you're going. You're going, you know, upfielled me and 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:29.560 Miles now in defense and all of a sudden he 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:31.480 goes bang, not at sixty meters down. 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:33.600 And then we forced we come up with an error 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:35.880 or something and they go, how we in this position again? 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:36.240 Yeah? 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:40.200 I know. I tell you what. One thing, ladies and gentlemen, 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:43.240 bring the rock star in Latrell. Mitchell got to read 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:45.120 him in, Mate, like the bigger the stage. 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:45.640 Mate. 0:09:45.679 --> 0:09:51.520 He's got presence and Latrell. It's just got that rock 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:55.080 star superstar mentality. You know. He can elevate himself and 0:09:55.080 --> 0:09:58.960 will elevate himself. He'll be right after the change. It's funny. Yeah, 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:00.960 when you talk about players who can do that, the 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:03.200 one that comes to mind was a bloke who I'm 0:10:03.200 --> 0:10:07.400 related to, Andrew. Really, I said, right altitude not talking 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:11.760 to it. That's melted a little bit. Like if we 0:10:11.760 --> 0:10:13.880 talk about two thousand and five, that comeback he did. 0:10:15.120 --> 0:10:17.920 It was interesting when you look at what led up 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:20.280 to it. So two thousand and forwards. He did his 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:24.400 acl missed a lot of time out of football, and 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:26.600 fair to say that Joey wouldn't have been the perfect patient. 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:30.000 His social life probably elevated a little bit so when 0:10:30.040 --> 0:10:31.880 he came back in two thousand, just a little bit 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:37.079 two thousand and five, he was terrible. His leg had 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:39.920 no power in it. I remember once they played a 0:10:39.960 --> 0:10:42.400 game against Canberra. They got boot and I didn't see 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:46.839 the game somewhere and phone rings and I was thinking 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:51.560 the games it's not finished anyway. The game had literally finished. 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:53.320 He walked straight off the field, picked up his phone, 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:57.000 rang me and said, I'm quitting. I've lost it. Really, 0:10:57.160 --> 0:10:59.080 I never knew I could play so bad, you know, 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:01.640 it was the emotion on it. But it was in 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:03.880 what happened the following week. It might have been the 0:11:03.880 --> 0:11:06.040 following week of the week after, I'm not sure. Which 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:07.920 turned out to be a blessing in this guy's He 0:11:07.960 --> 0:11:11.720 broke his playing the Warriors and broke his jaw and 0:11:11.920 --> 0:11:13.800 went off the field, and what he did, he was 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:16.160 out for about I think he was about five weeks. 0:11:16.520 --> 0:11:18.640 That five weeks. The Knights immediately send him up to 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:21.800 the Queencine Institute of Sport and they just worked on 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:25.600 them there at the time. I think Kelvin Giles was there, 0:11:25.600 --> 0:11:28.160 who's like the godfather of strength and conditioning in Australia 0:11:28.480 --> 0:11:30.280 and some other guys. They've done a lot of really 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:33.200 great work of people recovering from a CL's. So they 0:11:33.200 --> 0:11:36.560 sent him up there and when I saw him after 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:38.960 he came back, I couldn't believe how fit he looked. 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:41.720 They just tortured him and worked him hard. He looked 0:11:41.760 --> 0:11:45.600 rock hard fit. His first game Backwoods, he I believe 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:48.400 was I think might have been the might have been 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:50.920 the opening A son caught stadium again. Bronco has gone 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:53.600 back there. He led the Knights to a win and 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:55.600 Joey just carved him up. But they didn't pick him 0:11:55.640 --> 0:11:58.480 for state of origin going into game too. They picked 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:00.920 Bass I think it was trmparent and he strained a 0:12:01.000 --> 0:12:02.000 quad in training. 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:03.920 Because that was the back of the Naughty intercept Naughty. 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:07.600 In a set, and then they went Joey, he's not ready. 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:12.040 They went with Trent who tweaked his quad and Ricky said, no, 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:14.439 I need you to be training. So who were going 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:17.679 to bring in and take a chance on Joey and Hind. 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:19.880 It's all the story that when he came into training 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:23.920 everything changed. He walked into training directing everyone around and 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:26.960 he said, mate, I just I couldn't believe the control 0:12:27.040 --> 0:12:29.720 he had, and he said, I never knew football could 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:32.760 be so organized and so easy. Now on that night 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:35.400 he went out there and I was a little bit 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:37.520 nervous as a family member. Gown. 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:38.960 You can interview him on the bus. 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:43.400 That was a test match. Yeah, he just completely completely 0:12:43.440 --> 0:12:46.280 carved him up one of the great origin games. And 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:50.079 what it was was he was his ability to elevate 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:54.079 himself emotionally. When players aren't great, players aren't in great form, 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:58.000 you pick them. And that's where Queensland don't make that 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:00.719 mistake he's seen for years and pick blow and they 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:02.880 put the jersey on and they elevate. 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:05.840 For me with the trills. It's his arrogance, but in 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:06.400 a good way. 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:09.599 Yes, Like I hate playing against him because you know, 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:11.400 when you've got to tackle him, he's got these the 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:13.400 great reach and like when you're on the ground, he'll 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:16.760 hold you getting up and he'll just cross that line yep. 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:18.920 And I think that's what we lacked a little bit, Yeah, 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:21.480 just a little bit of the physicality and you watch 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:23.360 if someone comes near him on that it will be 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:25.760 left edge. If I'd have him at left center, Yep, 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:29.080 they're right mate. He'll make a statement early on, you know. 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:32.440 And he's a guy that you can't just go you know, Cobber, 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:33.840 you will just be able to defend. No, No, you've got 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:36.680 to have a couple on him. He has that presence. Well, 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:38.440 he has that fear and that's when it brings in 0:13:38.440 --> 0:13:41.280 the likes of Well depends if they pick Mitchell Moses 0:13:41.800 --> 0:13:44.040 you can bring the show and go because you got 0:13:44.440 --> 0:13:47.040 they're all the threats with Latrell, or you can use 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:47.760 the outside man. 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:50.280 Yeah, that's right, and then you go to Latrell. Well, 0:13:50.640 --> 0:13:53.000 I mean look at the combination. Yeah, we talk about 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:55.280 great combinations as far as state of origin. You got 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:57.880 Jeene Miles and Melvininger like imagine you know the New 0:13:57.920 --> 0:14:00.320 South Wales with galling about Miles and Meninga like what 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:01.040 are you going to do here? 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:01.559 Mate? 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:06.439 Crighton and Latrell Mitchell talking about presence that that's red hot. 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:09.240 When we speak about Latrell, did you watch him on 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:12.040 the weekend? Yes, it was incredible, it was different. 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:15.160 I was at I was at the Fortune of War 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:18.600 at the pub at the Rocks, and I sat there, 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:20.520 I had a skin, I had the pan of paper 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:22.600 in front of me and knocking notes down and remember 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:25.640 people looking going and it was just bloke and mate 0:14:25.720 --> 0:14:28.400 when he did that free center canear when he went 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:31.000 bush and then just went pop to see a big 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:34.440 man like that was such beautiful soft hands. I stood 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:36.200 and applauded. A couple of old people next ton the 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:38.240 next table just went what about that? It was just 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:39.360 incredible performance. 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:41.080 And he's got that instinct too. Like you know, we 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:44.280 speak about Crichton with intercept. Latrell knows the right. He's 0:14:44.280 --> 0:14:46.480 been a great system the Roosters. He was unbelieva. We're 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:48.400 best in in the competition for that period of time. 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:50.960 And like I said to you, he can ball play 0:14:51.200 --> 0:14:53.440 goalkicker as well, and if you want, you can find 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:54.760 in the middle and do the torpedoes. 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:56.960 And mate, he's got great instincts he does. So what 0:14:57.200 --> 0:14:58.840 what you do with Latrell. I mean, have a look 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:02.000 at the year that we had Tom Travoid Bitch and Latrell, 0:15:02.240 --> 0:15:04.160 and what they would do is the old fashion work 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:06.720 the ball toward a sideline to a scrum line and 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:09.600 let them sweep and go together. And now Crichton and Latrell, 0:15:09.960 --> 0:15:12.520 both of them great instinctive players. That would be a 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:13.480 huge weapon. 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:15.560 You know when they always at the old champions saying 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:19.320 you just keep knocking the mate, he would love this moment. 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:22.120 Get that up. Years I've still got it. And he's 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:23.960 not playing fullback. He doesn't have to do as much work. 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:26.000 Try you know, he can just be so solid, say. 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:26.440 I come in. 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:28.280 We don't want him to play. You know, the yard 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:30.680 is carriers. We've got the low maaxes. You know, we've 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:32.480 got those bogs to do that when we're down a 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:33.280 good board, we need to have. 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:33.840 A bit of threat. 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:37.240 Yeah, and he and Madge, like Madge needs to stop 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:40.720 communicating to Latrell through the media. Just ring mate. I 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:42.560 tell what I'd be doing, mate, I would be hopping 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:44.280 in the car. I'd have in my left hand, I'd 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:47.000 have the Blues jersey and the pedal would be to 0:15:47.040 --> 0:15:49.040 the medal. And I'm going straight to his house and 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:52.920 I'm saying, Latrell, I'm not leaving here until you give 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:53.600 me the assurance. 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:57.160 I need you. I need you. You're our mamn, Benji. 0:15:57.280 --> 0:15:59.560 Have you spoke to Benji in FG? 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:02.200 Yes, said mate, I give him heads up you know 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:03.440 coming after. Yeah. 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:07.360 Look, he's a different cat to what other coaches are. 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:10.600 He's not a Craig Bellamy. You know, Des has a 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:13.720 million mile, twenty five hours you know, seven days. 0:16:13.600 --> 0:16:16.040 A week coach. He likes to have that little bit 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:17.720 of a luxury. It's the way he played like he's 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:18.200 a gambler. 0:16:18.400 --> 0:16:18.520 You know. 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:21.000 He'll have his set ups, like he's got his foundation 0:16:21.080 --> 0:16:22.640 and what he wants to do, but. 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:25.120 He'll always risk it, you know, those type of blokes. 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:27.960 Look he is to say he's a little bit frustrated. 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:30.920 I think he wouldn't want ten losses in a row, Maddie, 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:33.720 Like it'd be killing him. He's an Absolutely, he's a competitor. 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:35.360 He's not just a bloke that sort of just goes 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:37.600 through emotions and comes up with his flick bass. He 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:39.720 used to practice that NonStop a trainer, but he was 0:16:40.000 --> 0:16:41.920 huge on those. Like we had little games where would 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:45.360 bring his style into play. He'd be few of the mouth, 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:48.600 like he'd be absolutely ropable with losing. But I just 0:16:48.640 --> 0:16:50.480 think it's the little parts of his games, like you know, 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:52.920 of what he's trying to coach these boys, Like I 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:55.960 watched on the weekend, and yeah, they were told to offload, 0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:59.120