{"id":572466,"date":"2026-08-02T23:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/572466\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T23:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:38:14","slug":"plenty-of-challenges-laurie-daley-steps-down-as-nsw-blues-state-of-origin-coach-state-of-origin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/572466\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Plenty of challenges\u2019: Laurie Daley steps down as NSW Blues State of Origin coach | State of Origin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Laurie Daley has ended months of speculation by officially quitting his role as NSW State of Origin<\/a> coach.<\/p>\n

The NSWRL on Monday paid tribute to \u201ctrue blue\u201d Daley while announcing he would be stepping down after NSW successfully won back the shield from Queensland following a turbulent 2026 campaign.<\/p>\n

The Blues claimed the series 2-1 after becoming only the fourth team in Origin history to win a decider at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.<\/p>\n

In doing so, Daley became the only NSW representative to win a series decider in Brisbane as both a captain (1992, 1994) and a coach (2026).<\/p>\n

But the Blues legend endured relentless criticism for his coaching style and selections throughout the series, raising serious doubts about his desire to carry on in 2027.<\/p>\n

\u201cNSWRL owes a massive debt of gratitude to Laurie for the service he has given to his state as both a player and a coach,\u201d NSWRL chief executive David Trodden said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is widely regarded as one of the greatest players to have ever pulled on a sky blue jumper, becoming the first NSW captain to lead his state to three consecutive series wins in 1992-94.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has also led NSW to arguably two of the greatest Origin series wins of all time as a coach, after ending Queensland\u2019s eight-year winning streak in 2014 and overcoming adversity to steer the Blues home in 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose wins transcended football. They lifted and reinvigorated the whole state. He deserves to leave the NSW Origin arena as the hero that he is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Overall, Daley finished with two series wins from six during two stints at the helm.<\/p>\n

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\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 he said.<\/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

\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Laurie Daley has ended months of speculation by officially quitting his role as NSW State of Origin coach.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-572466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}