{"id":559211,"date":"2026-03-23T14:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/559211\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:52:13","slug":"payton-spencer-blues-debut-son-of-carlos-interview-video-after-nsw-waratahs-win-highlights-news-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/559211\/","title":{"rendered":"Payton Spencer Blues debut; son of Carlos interview video after NSW Waratahs win; Highlights, news, reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"

There were no outrageous trick plays or taunting of the crowd, but Payton Spencer definitely has his old man’s cheek.<\/p>\n

“This guy’s getting old,” Spencer said of famous father Carlos as the pair were interviewed by Stan Sport’s Morgan Turinui on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Turinui found the smiling Spencer family in the Allianz Stadium stands after the Blues had finished over the top of the NSW Waratahs<\/a> in a 35-20 Super Rugby<\/a> win.<\/p>\n

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\"Payton<\/p>\n

Payton Spencer of the Blues in action.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Payton, 21, made his Blues debut in Sydney – coming off the bench for a 30 minute stint at fullback.<\/p>\n

A former New Zealand sevens rep and promising cricketer, Payton took the field for the Black Caps in a Test before making his professional rugby debut.<\/p>\n

Payton was a substitute fielder against the West Indies in Hamilton.<\/p>\n

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And it was appropriate that he made his Blues debut in a retro jersey celebrating 30 years of Super Rugby.<\/p>\n

“Pretty surreal to be honest, coming on with a bit of time left on the clock. It was just all excitement, to pull on this jersey for the first time. It was a pretty special moment,” Payton said.<\/p>\n

Carlos is one of the most exciting players in rugby history and wore the All Blacks jersey in 44 Tests between 1995-2004.<\/p>\n

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Blues star Carlos Spencer dodges his way through the Crusaders midfield.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Turinui shared some memories of playing against ‘King Carlos’ during his imperious 2003 season.<\/p>\n

“I wasn’t even born in 2003,” Payton – who gets called ‘Prince’ – pointed out.<\/p>\n

“I’ve seen quite a bit on YouTube and Instagram. Enough to know that he wasn’t bad in his day… I’ll get a phone call in about an hour or so – you should have done this, should have done that. But no, I wouldn’t want it any other way. He’s got a soft side as well.”<\/p>\n

\"Morgan<\/p>\n

Morgan Turinui talks to Payton and Carlos Spencer.\u00a0Stan<\/p>\n

Payton is one of three son-of-a-guns in the current Blues side.<\/p>\n

Winger Caleb Clarke’s father is ex-All Blacks centre Eroni and No.8 Hoskins Sotutu’s old man is Fijian great Waisake.<\/p>\n

“It’s a very special moment to put on this blue and white jersey.”<\/p>\n

\"Payton<\/p>\n

Payton Spencer of the Blues in action.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Carlos is now a coach and has just turned 50 – a fact Stan Sport’s Michael Hooper couldn’t get his head around.<\/p>\n

Dad was “super proud” of the chip off the old block, who displayed sharp footwork and went close to scoring near the end of the game.<\/p>\n

“He’s showed a bit of resilience over the last couple of years with injury,” Carlos said.<\/p>\n

“So he’s finally had his opportunity. Just emotional, you know, and it probably won’t really sink in until tomorrow or untll we sit down and have a couple of drinks together.<\/p>\n

“To see him run out there for the first time and, most of all, get that victory after being under the pump for most of that game – just super stoked for him. I’m very proud of him.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There were no outrageous trick plays or taunting of the crowd, but Payton Spencer definitely has his old…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-559211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}