{"id":839672,"date":"2026-08-02T11:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T11:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/839672\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T11:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T11:12:11","slug":"nrl-2026-nsw-coach-laurie-daley-quits-after-state-of-origin-series-win-replacement-list-of-options-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/839672\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 2026: NSW coach Laurie Daley quits after State of Origin series win, replacement, list of options, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blues coach Laurie Daley has reportedly ended months of speculation around his future<\/a>, deciding to step down as Blues coach.<\/p>\n

In quotes provided to Code Sports, Daley says he\u2019s \u201cincredibly proud to have worked alongside an outstanding group of players, coaches, management and support staff\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Daley will confirm the news on Monday morning\u2019s episode of the Big Sports Breakfast radio show, which he co-hosts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always considered it an absolute honour and privilege to be involved with the NSW Blues State of Origin team, whether that was as a player or a coach, and I\u2019ve always been ready to answer the call for my state whenever they needed me,\u201d Daley told Code Sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe faced plenty of challenges in the 2026 series and I\u2019m proud of the way the players banded together to overcome them and save their best performance for game three in Brisbane to secure a memorable series win.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dedication, resilience and care they showed for each other and for the jersey is something I will always be proud to have witnessed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been incredibly proud to have worked alongside an outstanding group of players, coaches, management and support staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thank the fans for their passion and their support, and I can\u2019t think of a better way to move on with the shield back where it belongs in NSW.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Having led the Blues to a triumphant 2-1 series victory over the Queensland Maroons earlier this year, it is understood the former Blues and Canberra legend is content in walking away from the role – especially in light of an intense few months of media and public scrutiny. <\/p>\n

The big question is now who will replace Daley as Blues coach. There are reports that a successor could be named as early as Wednesday this week, and two former Blues are short odds to take the job.<\/p>\n

NSWRL has already spoken with candidates for the NSW role, according to reports.<\/p>\n

Two of Daley\u2019s current assistants, Boyd Cordner and Matt King – former Blues who currently work under Trent Robinson at the Sydney Roosters – are top of the list.<\/p>\n

The news around Daley\u2019s departure comes as little surprise. The triumphant NSW leader fronted media last month and all but confirmed his time in charge was coming to an end.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got my mind made up (about) what I want to do. I\u2019ve enjoyed it, but we\u2019ll see what happens,\u201d Daley said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew what I wanted to do coming into this series, so for me, you don\u2019t change course.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here, foxsports.com.au breaks down the major contenders to become the new head coach of the NSW Blues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blues coach Laurie Daley has reportedly ended months of speculation around his future, deciding to step down as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":839673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-839672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839672","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=839672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/839673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}