Elliott Smith: Sportstalk host ahead of State of Origin 3

Extra motivation for Queensland ahead of tonight's State of Origin series decider against New South Wales in Sydney.

Maroons skipper Cameron Munster has returned to camp after the death of his father, Steven.

Sportstalk host Elliott Smith explains further.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Alliant Smith. Here was Sport Hey Elliott, hey Ron, good afternoon.
Now State of Origin three tonight.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
It is indeed yes start against State Matta gets made
all of that stuff. Queensland versus New South Wales got
a decider which we didn't probably think we would after
Game one when New South Wales are far too good
for Queensland that night at sun Corpse Stadium and everyone
kind of wrote the series off. But Queensland managed to
find a way to win in Game two, big bounce
back performance in Perth, and now we've got the decider

(00:26):
tonight in Sydney. So fascinating to see how that unfolds history,
probably on Queensland side, incidentally, in the one nine of
eleven deciders since two thousand and six, although they haven't
won a decider in New South Wales since twenty thirteen,
so very much looking forward to that. Incidentally, Aaron Woods
forming New South Wales prop on Sports Talk tonight after
seven and from a New Zealand point of view, capable

(00:49):
full workers.

Speaker 1 (00:49):
We need them.

Speaker 2 (00:50):
On Sunday we do against the Tigers and the Warriors
have already lost. Luke Metcalf now Mitch Barnett Towns nickel
Crook stars out with injury, so there might be a
few nervous Warriors fans go I hope he plays well
for Queensland tonight, which he did in Game two, but
also gets through the game unscathed and is fit to
turn around. This is a huge ars. He's gonna have
to fly from obviously Sydney, which isn't a big deal

(01:11):
Sidney to Auckland, but back up and play another game
of league on Sunday afternoon against the Tigers. So a
couple of things the Warriors fans look at.

Speaker 1 (01:17):
They need to bubble wrap him tonight, don't they.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
They do, but the nature of origin is that there's
no bubble wrapping in Origin. They're going to throw their
bodies right at each other and put their bodies on
the line. So if you're Andrew Webster, if you're Warriors fan,
you're sort of taking a deep breath and hoping that
he comes through unscathed tonight.

Speaker 1 (01:35):
Kan Williamson not playing with the Black Captains as a
barbe way, but he says he's still committed to the team,
is he?

Speaker 2 (01:40):
Well, he is when it probably suits Kane and he
to be honest, he has earned that. I think over
a period of time, you know New Zealand's best ever batsman,
to be honest, and now with everything that's on off
for an international cricket, all the T twenty tournaments that
he can make and set up himself and his family
for life, he's picking and choosing things and he's done
this for a year or two. This is the first

(02:00):
time that he's actually gone. I'm going to skip some
Test cricket which before this point he had made himself
available on every occasion. And Darres added as only Zimbabwe
the black Caps expected to win, and win well, these
don't even carry Test Champion World Test Championship points. These
games coming up next month, but maybe just the start
of things to come. Potentially that we should probably expect

(02:21):
to begin life without King Williamson in the next week
while and he won't be available for everything that comes
on the black Caps horizons run.

Speaker 1 (02:29):
All right, Elliot, appreciate that. Alliot Smith Sports Talk host
seven o'clock tonight, News Talk ZB.

Speaker 2 (02:35):
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