{"id":453771,"date":"2025-06-18T21:12:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T21:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=453771"},"modified":"2025-06-18T23:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T23:13:13","slug":"daleys-telling-response-as-blues-burned-by-penalty-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=453771","title":{"rendered":"Daley's telling response as Blues burned by penalty count"},"content":{"rendered":"

L\ufeffaurie Daley<\/a> hinted at his displeasure over the lopsided penalty count against NSW<\/a> after the Maroons<\/a> caused a huge upset in Perth's State of Origin II.<\/p>\n

With the potential to take an unassailable series lead at Optus Stadium, the star-studded Blues fell to a massive half-time deficit and were unable to chase i\ufefft down in a thrilling 26-24 loss<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the opening 40 minutes, Daley's men had been penalised eight times \ufeffto Queensland's nil and that snowballed further immediately after the break, tallying nine-straight infringements before the Blues mounted a comeback.<\/p>\n

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In that same period\ufeff, Queensland were not penalised once by Ashley Klein<\/a>, before the count finished 10-2 against the Blues by full time.<\/p>\n

However, when asked for his thoughts on the officiating, Daley shut it down immediately.<\/p>\n

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"I can't tell you what I honestly think, so I'm not gonna say anything," the coach said.<\/p>\n

Some of the penalties were for foul play – most notably against Jarome Luai and Zac Lomax<\/a> – while others were more subjective and Klein blew his whistle.<\/p>\n

\ufeffBlues captain Isaah Yeo<\/a> was perhaps a little more critical, but lamented their inability to defend mistakes and hold onto the ball as the bigger issue.<\/p>\n

"There were certainly a few we were shooting ourselves in the foot with, but other ones were 50\/50 … some nights you get them, some nights you don't," he said.<\/p>\n

"You'd obviously like that to be a bit more even, but we were our own worst enemy at times. What you can't do is go and drop the ball the next set when you've got the ball."<\/p>\n

Watch the 2025 State of Origin series exclusively live and free on Nine and<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

NSW trailed 26-6 at the break after the Maroons ran in four first-half tries, but things swung the opposite direction in the second stanza.<\/p>\n

In the end, it was goalkicking that proved the difference for the Blues, who scored five tries to Queensland's four, but the aforementioned Lomax missed \ufeffthree conversions.<\/p>\n

Last year's Origin winners will now have the advantage of playing on their home turf of Accor Stadium in the decider on June 9.<\/p>\n

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When quizzed on potential changes or if he had confidence in the same players being able to bounce back and get the job done, Daley gave a definitive reply. \ufeff<\/p>\n

"Well, I was confident at half time," he said.<\/p>\n

"I know what this group is capable of and that's the thing you get disappointed with, because they never gave themselves that opportunity.<\/p>\n

"I know what our best football is and I know when we play our best football, what we're capable of doing. I've got to take responsibility, because the first half wasn't great.<\/p>\n

"I've got to look at what I've done, because something's not right.<\/p>\n

"It's 1-1 and that's what Origin is all about – it creates theatre and creates headlines.<\/p>\n

"I'm sure everyone wants a decider and they've got it."<\/p>\n

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