{"id":307815,"date":"2023-06-14T10:33:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T10:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=307815"},"modified":"2023-06-14T12:59:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T12:59:01","slug":"blues-star-devastated-by-tragedy-in-home-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=307815","title":{"rendered":"Blues star devastated by tragedy in home town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/nsw-blues\" title=\"NSW Blues\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NSW Blues<\/a> star <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/hudson-young\" title=\"Hudson Young\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hudson Young<\/a> has been devastated by the news of \ufeffthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/national\/hunter-valley-bus-crash-multiple-dead-injured-nsw-crash-greta\/641cf14a-cfdc-4542-8792-abc929bdb74e\" title=\"Hunter Valley bus crash which claimed the lives of 10 people\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hunter Valley bus crash which claimed the lives of 10 people<\/a> after attending a wedding, with the incident occurring in his home town.<\/p>\n<p>The crash took place in Greta, where Young grew up and played his junior football for the Greta Braxton Colts.<\/p>\n<p>Young said the tragedy has &quot;definitely rattled the community&quot; revealing that the victims will be on his mind when he takes the field for the Blues in Origin II next week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/the-mole-news-2023-roosters-players-cleanout-leaving-matt-lodge-billy-smith-connor-watson-drew-hutchison\/6f8abec9-d0b3-4598-b3fd-ee44e206294a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The $1.8m insult that led to Luke Brooks rejection<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/state-of-origin-2023-adam-reynolds-nsw-blues-team-selections-darren-lockyer-wally-lewis-exclusive\/35d61eb8-310a-4443-9888-c58507e255d4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Blues snub that &#x27;surprised&#x27; Queensland greats<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/golf\/us-open-2023-news-2023-jon-rahm-pga-tour-players-feel-betrayal-liv-merger\/2576bfc9-667b-4805-a5e2-e22eca547843\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Golf s<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/golf\/us-open-2023-news-2023-jon-rahm-pga-tour-players-feel-betrayal-liv-merger\/2576bfc9-667b-4805-a5e2-e22eca547843\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>tar reveals biggest &#x27;betrayal&#x27; in secretive deal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;\ufeffI&#x27;m from Greta, where the bus crash \ufeff(happened) and it was devastating,&quot; he told 9News Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I feel so sorry for all the families that are involved. It was such a special day and for it to end tragically like that is devastating. <\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"41cb5789-1081-4bda-8ad1-cc1b2d2b9b76\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/41cb5789-1081-4bda-8ad1-cc1b2d2b9b76\" alt=\"ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 31:  Reuben Cotter of the Maroons is tackled by Hudson Young and Jarome Luai of the Blues during game one of the 2023 State of Origin series between the Queensland Maroons and New South Wales Blues at Adelaide Oval on May 31, 2023 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe\/Getty Images)\" data-width=\"3939\" data-height=\"2625\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I don&#x27;t know anyone that&#x27;s involved, but it&#x27;s definitely rattled the community. I know Greta \ufeffis a close-knit community and I think most people involved were from Singleton, which is only a 15-minute drive up the road.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Greta&#x27;s always in my heart, but \ufeffeven more so now when something like that happens in such a small town.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch the 2023 State of Origin series LIVE and exclusive on Channel 9 and <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/9now.app.link\/1QDVFYZrWab\"><em><strong>9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Young \ufeffhas enjoyed a smoother preparation ahead of game two having overcome a niggling foot issue that hampered the lead-up into the series opener.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;\ufeffIt was actually pretty bad,&quot; he said of the injury.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;\ufeffI don&#x27;t like talking about those things, but I couldn&#x27;t get a shoe on until the captain&#x27;s run.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/edm?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\"><em><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>!\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>NSW Blues star Hudson Young has been devastated by the news of \ufeffthe Hunter Valley bus crash which claimed the lives of 10 people after <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=307815\" title=\"Blues star devastated by tragedy in home town\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":307817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=307815"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307818,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307815\/revisions\/307818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/307817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=307815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=307815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=307815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}