{"id":828828,"date":"2026-07-28T10:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T10:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/828828\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T10:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T10:04:10","slug":"blues-new-dawn-daleys-final-origin-call-revealed-as-shock-factor-proves-decisive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/828828\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues\u2019 new dawn: Daley\u2019s final Origin call revealed as shock factor proves decisive"},"content":{"rendered":"

NSW Blues coach Laurie Daley has decided to step down from his role as head coach after guiding the state to a State of Origin series triumph this year.<\/p>\n

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Having returned to the Blues head coaching role two years ago, Daley has opted to walk away once again, ending months of speculation over his future.<\/p>\n

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According to CODE Sports<\/a>, he has privately informed his closest confidantes that he won\u2019t be returning for next year\u2019s Origin series.<\/p>\n

It is understood that his decision comes amid a recent health scare<\/p>\n

The decision by Daley to depart his current role means that NSWRL will now begin the search for a new coach ahead of the 2027 State of Origin campaign.<\/p>\n

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When contacted by CODE Sports<\/a>, Daley indicated that an official announcement would be made later this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do know what I want to do,\u201d Daley said when contacted by the publication on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will let people know later in the week what I\u2019m doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Laurie Daley won\u2019t be the Blues coach in 2027.Source: AFP<\/p>\n

The reports of Daley\u2019s future come as close friend and Queensland Maroons icon Paul Vautin revealed that the Blues coach had already informed him of his decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe (Daley) told me the other day he\u2019s not doing it (the NSW Origin job),\u201d Vautin said on the Fanatics podcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really happy for Laurie Daley he is one of the champions on earth as a person.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat fella and to see him win that and virtually go like this (up yours) to all his critics.\u201d<\/p>\n

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First taking charge of the Blues in 2013, Daley will end his tenure with nine victories from 21 matches at a 42 per cent success rate.<\/p>\n

His first stint came between 2013 and 2017 before he opted to return to the role ahead of the 2025 series.<\/p>\n

This move marked a return to the Origin arena for Daley, who previously made 23 appearances for the Blues as a player between 1989 and 1998, cementing himself as one of the state\u2019s greatest representatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NSW Blues coach Laurie Daley has decided to step down from his role as head coach after guiding…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":828829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-828828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828828","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=828828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}