{"id":397512,"date":"2024-05-27T04:06:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T04:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=397512"},"modified":"2024-05-27T05:04:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T05:04:44","slug":"classic-reply-when-madge-told-trbojevic-he-was-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=397512","title":{"rendered":"Classic reply when Madge told Trbojevic he was captain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blues<\/a> coach Michael Maguire<\/a> has compared Jake Trbojevic's passion for State of Origin<\/a> to that of Steve 'Turvey' Mortimer.<\/p>\n

And for that reason, Maguire said, giving Trbojevic<\/a> the Blues captaincy was an easy decision.<\/p>\n

Mortimer represented NSW 16 times – nine times under the State of Origin banner. He was skipper when the Blues claimed the first series win in 1985.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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"\ufeffI go back in history, you look at someone like a Turvey, when you're in this space, the passion of what those sorts of people bring, Jakey represents a lot of that," Maguire told media on Monday morning.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Maguire said Trbojevic\ufeff rallies behind his teammates, which in turn helps them rally behind him and each other.<\/p>\n

"I see that's a big part of leadership at this level."<\/p>\n

Trbojevic was given the captaincy after Maguire made the "tough" call to axe incumbent James Tedesco<\/a>, and name Dylan Edwards at fullback.<\/p>\n

But Trbojevic's reaction to being given the captaincy suggested the honour came as somewhat of a surprise.<\/p>\n

\"Steve<\/p>\n

"I think he held his breath a bit and went, 'Oh, oh, really?'," Maguire said.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffBut then you could just see the passion come out of him right there and then, which was exactly the reason why I wanted to go this way. He was that excited."<\/p>\n

Together, Trbojevic and Sea Eagles teammate and Queensland skipper Daly Cherry-Evans represent the first opposing Origin captains to be picked from the same club side since Roosters teammates Brad Fittler and Adrian Lam in 2000.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Maguire said he felt Trbojevic represented the people of New South Wales better than most. \ufeff<\/p>\n

Watch the 2024 State of Origin series exclusively live and free on Nine and <\/strong><\/em>9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.\ufeff<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Maguire<\/p>\n

"We're very fortunate we're from a big state … there are people out in the country, good times, tough times," Maguire explained.<\/p>\n

"Jakey to me represents a lot of that by the way he talks and the passion he has towards what the jersey means.<\/p>\n

"I've watched Jakey for a long period of time, and he wears his heart on his sleeve and I think that resonates with the people of NSW.<\/p>\n

"That made the decision for me pretty easy.<\/p>\n

"He'll probably show emotion at times, and he's a character, (but) I want that in my captain to show people what this jersey really means."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blues coach Michael Maguire has compared Jake Trbojevic's passion for State of Origin to that of Steve 'Turvey' Mortimer. And for that reason, Maguire said, […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":397514,"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\/397512"}],"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=397512"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":397518,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397512\/revisions\/397518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/397514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=397512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=397512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=397512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}