July 9, 2025 • 7 mins
It's the decider!
Whoever wins Origin 3 in Sydney tonight will lock up the shield for another year.
Proud NSW man and former player Aaron Woods spoke to Elliott Smith on Sportstalk.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Dancy Waldergrave
from News Talk ZEDB.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Sports Talk and time now to talk state of origin.
Just a couple of hours or thereabouts out from the
decider between New South Wales and Queensland and Sydney. Who
would have thought that we would have had a decider
after this comprehensive Game one victory at sun Corpse Stadium.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Full time New South Wales.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Mill credit to the Morons and Perth they fought back.
Written on dismissed empty suspected Queensland, I'd risen from the
dead again, all set up rather nicely for the decider
tonight's at a Core Stadium in Sydney and joining us
to look ahead to the match. She played fourteen times
for New South Wales. Now I'm broadcasting He's going to
(00:56):
be calling the game for Triple em in a matter
of ours. From the prop. Aaron Woods joins the program
here on News Talk ZB. Aaron, thanks so much for
your time.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
No no worries, thanks for having me legend appreciate it.
It's time and speaking to people in New.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
Zealand other than that Princess Shaw Johnson, So I'm really excited.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Well, how good is a state of origin decider. I mean,
I know that you'd rather win it in a clean
sweet but this has surely got the Eastern seaboard absolutely pumping.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
Ah, you're not wrong. Look, game one to win up
a sun court for the Blues. We're pretty confident going
into game to in Perth. But as the Queenslanders do,
when everyone's against them, the backs against the ropes, they
stand up and they just had a great performance led
by the one on only camera Monster. You've just seen
the look in his eyes when he came out. You
could tell he was on for that game. But now
we got a decider there. This is what This is
(01:43):
what the NROL want. This is what us I and
Queensland people want. They're coming to our home ground, these Queenslanders,
and tonight, I honestly cannot wait.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
There's been so much talk, the drama, the theater.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
You know, obviously the devastating news for the captain of
the Coins inside losing his father. In the build up,
Billy Slater's made some huge decisions, bringing back Josh poppet
Lee out of retirement of origin Shibasaki in there and
the Blues PA they're just flying under the radar. I
think there's a big storm brewing and you know what,
I think it's going to hit the Queensland side at
eight ten tonight.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Do you think the weight of expectations now on Queensland
given they did level the series back in Perth a
couple of weeks back.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
Yeah, Look, I think we're expecting Queensland to do a
queens THEND. There's so much talk in this build up
is the miracles coming? Obviously Game two was I was
going to win by how many? But it didn't happen.
As I said, the great queens and size, they stand
up when they need to deliver, and tonight I just
believe that a lot of the pressure it's going to
be on Queensland.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
Billy Flatter's made some big cause.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
You know, they're talking about this fairy tale, the Queensland spirit,
it's all you know, all the stars are aligning for them.
But the one thing that I'm happy as as a
New South Wales fan is that the news of US
Blues are flying under the Raidar has been very quiet
on our end and we just don't know what's coming.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
We've had Latrell Mitchell's had a really quiet series.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Dal On Velaris is finding for him, and Nathan Cleary's
not injured, so anything could happen tonight.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Is there one player in particularly that you think needs
to stand up for the Blues this evening, Well.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
Well, no doubt, obviously we need we need Cleary Clear
is our main man.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
He's He's the pivot that you know I was need.
He went into the game.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Too, he twins he's growing goal kicking the day before
for game two and he just he was limited. He
couldn't do the long kicking in the game and he
could tell it really harness his running games. So this
time he's fit. I don't think he'll be goalkicking. I
think he's just going to let Zach Lomax do that.
Hopefully Zach Loomas kick some goals tonight, because we've scored
more tries than the Queens and Side last time, but
just couldn't convert them into goals.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
But I reckon this is this is the moment, this
is There's been so much talk. Is clearly a great player.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
I already think he is a great player, winning four
competitions in a row, but to go that next level
to be classes immortal of our game, I think he
really needs domat Origin and I think this is his time.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
He's ready to go. He's twenty eight years of age.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
He's matured his body, he's fit, and I think we're
going to see a big performance from Nath tonight.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
You played under Laurie Daily when he was new South
Wales coach the first time around. What have you seen
from him this time around in the way that he's
adapted to he's part two of his coaching career in Origin.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
I think the big thing for Os is how he
handles coming out of a loss.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
And you know when I was there in those series previously,
he sort of not to go hide and you'd looked
a little bit quiet and you could just tell the
you know, just the persona of Laura Dale. He's a
big you know, he's a strong figure. He just looked
like he was just taking down a peg. Whereas this
time he's held his own, he's held his team straight,
which is really good. You know, winds of Joways had
the same mindset going into the next one and this
(04:39):
one like, look he's come out. You know, obviously with
the devastating news as I said before, with Karen Montz's father,
you know, he's come out and said, you know, there's
things that are bigger than the game. And probably before
in his series when he did coach, he probably wouldn't
try to mention that. He might have just tried to
lay low and just stay out of it. But he's
front foot of it. He's acknowledged what they did wrong
in Game two. Not once did he blame the referees.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
He was not happy with.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
Our discipline of New South Wales side. So he's own
where they've been wrong. And they've had ten days in
this camp and to speak about things that they've done wrong,
they really need to action it. So I really love
what Laurie's doing. And there's a lot, Like I said,
there's a lot of question marks over lost. This is
an unlosable series after winning Game one at Suncourt, but
origin it's a funny thing and it can happen.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
So happy to see how he's going. He's still got
the big smile on his face.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
Former Blues prop Aaron Woods with us. Just a couple
of final questions, Aaron, Josh, Papa Lee, you mentioned him before.
How big is him coming out of retirement to help
the Maroons and could it be the winning difference tonight.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
I know you won't want to hear that. It's massive.
He's one of those blokes. As soon as he walks
in the change and you look next him go jeez,
I thank god he's playing with me tonight. He's got
that comfort for players around him. He's got that aura
he's been He was part of that Origin series where
they won eight in a row. So he's one of
the legends that knocked off Miss so Wallas for a
long period of time. And he's one of the players
(06:01):
that a lot of the kids in that side of
the Coeensland team. But what's growing up So to have
a bloke you're idolized as a kid there next to
you and then now you're going out to go to
War or play in Origin with jeez, you must grow
a leg and it's just exciting.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
It just adds to the theater.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
Billy Slader probably had the chance to do it last
year but held back, and then he's thinking that this
is the right time to pull the sugar on it.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Populy playing our standing footy for the Raiders.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
They're coming first for a reason and I reckon you'll
go there and he's first twenty minutes it'll either make
or break the game.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Aaron Woods give us a prediction. Will the game be
won and lost tonight and who wins?
Speaker 4 (06:35):
I reckon that New South Wale was win obviously building
a blue I be blue.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
I reckon this. I was win by twelve.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
I think we kick all our goals and I just
reckon the start from New so well, they're going to
be very disciplined. They're not going to give away eight
penalties in the first half and that's just a job
for them to do and to do it in front
of their home state.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
They're going to love it. So a big victory for
I was by twelve points.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
We looked forward to that game tonight and miss Luck
with your co commentary tonight. Aaron Woods, thanks for joining
us across New Zealand on News Talk ZB no IRIS.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Thanks to appreciate for having me.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
For more from sports talk. Listen Love to News Talks
It'd be from seven pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Dancy Waldergrave
from News Talk ZEDB.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Sports Talk and time now to talk state of origin.
Just a couple of hours or thereabouts out from the
decider between New South Wales and Queensland and Sydney. Who
would have thought that we would have had a decider
after this comprehensive Game one victory at sun Corpse Stadium.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Full time New South Wales.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Mill credit to the Morons and Perth they fought back.
Written on dismissed empty suspected Queensland, I'd risen from the
dead again, all set up rather nicely for the decider
tonight's at a Core Stadium in Sydney and joining us
to look ahead to the match. She played fourteen times
for New South Wales. Now I'm broadcasting He's going to
(00:56):
be calling the game for Triple em in a matter
of ours. From the prop. Aaron Woods joins the program
here on News Talk ZB. Aaron, thanks so much for
your time.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
No no worries, thanks for having me legend appreciate it.
It's time and speaking to people in New.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
Zealand other than that Princess Shaw Johnson, So I'm really excited.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Well, how good is a state of origin decider. I mean,
I know that you'd rather win it in a clean
sweet but this has surely got the Eastern seaboard absolutely pumping.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
Ah, you're not wrong. Look, game one to win up
a sun court for the Blues. We're pretty confident going
into game to in Perth. But as the Queenslanders do,
when everyone's against them, the backs against the ropes, they
stand up and they just had a great performance led
by the one on only camera Monster. You've just seen
the look in his eyes when he came out. You
could tell he was on for that game. But now
we got a decider there. This is what This is
(01:43):
what the NROL want. This is what us I and
Queensland people want. They're coming to our home ground, these Queenslanders,
and tonight, I honestly cannot wait.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
There's been so much talk, the drama, the theater.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
You know, obviously the devastating news for the captain of
the Coins inside losing his father. In the build up,
Billy Slater's made some huge decisions, bringing back Josh poppet
Lee out of retirement of origin Shibasaki in there and
the Blues PA they're just flying under the radar. I
think there's a big storm brewing and you know what,
I think it's going to hit the Queensland side at
eight ten tonight.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Do you think the weight of expectations now on Queensland
given they did level the series back in Perth a
couple of weeks back.
Speaker 4 (02:19):
Yeah, Look, I think we're expecting Queensland to do a
queens THEND. There's so much talk in this build up
is the miracles coming? Obviously Game two was I was
going to win by how many? But it didn't happen.
As I said, the great queens and size, they stand
up when they need to deliver, and tonight I just
believe that a lot of the pressure it's going to
be on Queensland.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
Billy Flatter's made some big cause.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
You know, they're talking about this fairy tale, the Queensland spirit,
it's all you know, all the stars are aligning for them.
But the one thing that I'm happy as as a
New South Wales fan is that the news of US
Blues are flying under the Raidar has been very quiet
on our end and we just don't know what's coming.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
We've had Latrell Mitchell's had a really quiet series.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Dal On Velaris is finding for him, and Nathan Cleary's
not injured, so anything could happen tonight.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Is there one player in particularly that you think needs
to stand up for the Blues this evening, Well.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
Well, no doubt, obviously we need we need Cleary Clear
is our main man.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
He's He's the pivot that you know I was need.
He went into the game.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Too, he twins he's growing goal kicking the day before
for game two and he just he was limited. He
couldn't do the long kicking in the game and he
could tell it really harness his running games. So this
time he's fit. I don't think he'll be goalkicking. I
think he's just going to let Zach Lomax do that.
Hopefully Zach Loomas kick some goals tonight, because we've scored
more tries than the Queens and Side last time, but
just couldn't convert them into goals.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
But I reckon this is this is the moment, this
is There's been so much talk. Is clearly a great player.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
I already think he is a great player, winning four
competitions in a row, but to go that next level
to be classes immortal of our game, I think he
really needs domat Origin and I think this is his time.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
He's ready to go. He's twenty eight years of age.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
He's matured his body, he's fit, and I think we're
going to see a big performance from Nath tonight.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
You played under Laurie Daily when he was new South
Wales coach the first time around. What have you seen
from him this time around in the way that he's
adapted to he's part two of his coaching career in Origin.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
I think the big thing for Os is how he
handles coming out of a loss.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
And you know when I was there in those series previously,
he sort of not to go hide and you'd looked
a little bit quiet and you could just tell the
you know, just the persona of Laura Dale. He's a
big you know, he's a strong figure. He just looked
like he was just taking down a peg. Whereas this
time he's held his own, he's held his team straight,
which is really good. You know, winds of Joways had
the same mindset going into the next one and this
(04:39):
one like, look he's come out. You know, obviously with
the devastating news as I said before, with Karen Montz's father,
you know, he's come out and said, you know, there's
things that are bigger than the game. And probably before
in his series when he did coach, he probably wouldn't
try to mention that. He might have just tried to
lay low and just stay out of it. But he's
front foot of it. He's acknowledged what they did wrong
in Game two. Not once did he blame the referees.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
He was not happy with.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
Our discipline of New South Wales side. So he's own
where they've been wrong. And they've had ten days in
this camp and to speak about things that they've done wrong,
they really need to action it. So I really love
what Laurie's doing. And there's a lot, Like I said,
there's a lot of question marks over lost. This is
an unlosable series after winning Game one at Suncourt, but
origin it's a funny thing and it can happen.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
So happy to see how he's going. He's still got
the big smile on his face.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
Former Blues prop Aaron Woods with us. Just a couple
of final questions, Aaron, Josh, Papa Lee, you mentioned him before.
How big is him coming out of retirement to help
the Maroons and could it be the winning difference tonight.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
I know you won't want to hear that. It's massive.
He's one of those blokes. As soon as he walks
in the change and you look next him go jeez,
I thank god he's playing with me tonight. He's got
that comfort for players around him. He's got that aura
he's been He was part of that Origin series where
they won eight in a row. So he's one of
the legends that knocked off Miss so Wallas for a
long period of time. And he's one of the players
(06:01):
that a lot of the kids in that side of
the Coeensland team. But what's growing up So to have
a bloke you're idolized as a kid there next to
you and then now you're going out to go to
War or play in Origin with jeez, you must grow
a leg and it's just exciting.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
It just adds to the theater.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
Billy Slader probably had the chance to do it last
year but held back, and then he's thinking that this
is the right time to pull the sugar on it.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Populy playing our standing footy for the Raiders.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
They're coming first for a reason and I reckon you'll
go there and he's first twenty minutes it'll either make
or break the game.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Aaron Woods give us a prediction. Will the game be
won and lost tonight and who wins?
Speaker 4 (06:35):
I reckon that New South Wale was win obviously building
a blue I be blue.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
I reckon this. I was win by twelve.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
I think we kick all our goals and I just
reckon the start from New so well, they're going to
be very disciplined. They're not going to give away eight
penalties in the first half and that's just a job
for them to do and to do it in front
of their home state.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
They're going to love it. So a big victory for
I was by twelve points.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
We looked forward to that game tonight and miss Luck
with your co commentary tonight. Aaron Woods, thanks for joining
us across New Zealand on News Talk ZB no IRIS.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Thanks to appreciate for having me.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
For more from sports talk. Listen Love to News Talks
It'd be from seven pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
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