Secret meeting key to NSW victory

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Blues coach Laurie Daley talks to players during a New South Wales Blues State of Origin training session. Source: Mark Metcalfe / Getty Images

A SECRET players meeting at League Central two weeks ago could hold the key to NSW reversing seven years of Origin misery.

Josh Dugan, Jarryd Hayne, Michael Jennings, Josh Morris, Brett Morris, James Maloney, Mitchell Pearce, James Tamou, Robbie Farah, Paul Gallen (c), Ryan Hoffman, Luke Lewis, Greg Bird. Interchange: Anthony Watmough, Andrew Fifita, Trent Merrin, Josh Reynolds, James McManus, Boyd Cordner, Aaron Woods.

Consumed by desire to end Queensland's dynasty, Blues coach Laurie Daley called a series of gatherings with his most important stars in the immediate wake of their Origin II defeat in Brisbane.

But the most crucial shapes as a 3 July briefing between Daley, other coaching staff and the team's attacking brains trust: Mitchell Pearce, James Maloney and Robbie Farah.

It took place at League Central in Moore Park two Wednesday nights ago, with Daley taking his halves and hooker through a DVD of the Brisbane horror show.

While Farah was solid in the middle, Maloney and Pearce did not have enough field position to properly execute their kicking game.

Maloney was also down on himself for a crucial missed tackle on Queensland behemoth Sam Thaiday, who terrorised the Blues' left edge defence.

But according to all three players, Daley was remarkably upbeat.

"We just went through a bit of video," Pearce said.

"From the outside it's very narrow-minded about what went wrong in games.

"People say, 'It was this or it was that'. But there's so much other stuff that goes in that only us in the four walls know, whether it's structural things or things we didn't handle set backs in the game.

"That's what we pretty much spoke about. We all had our own opinions and the coaches had theirs.

"We spoke about what we needed to do as halves and the hooker to drive that during the week.

"I've got full confidence that if we stick to what we practice, we've got the team to do it."

Daley confirmed he'd also meet with the senior player group prior to entering camp for Game Three, but did hold any extra meetings after NSW's series opening win in Sydney.

"It was a week after the Origin. It's important to get your halves together before you come back into camp," Pearce added.

"We all had pretty similar ideas of what we needed to do better.

"After the game there's so much isolated stuff that gets mentioned after a loss, but footy is a snowball effect  from your defence to your attack  it all rolls into one."

The rookie Origin mentor strived to remind them of how tiny efforts and momentum swings can have a huge impact on the team's position.

Despite being filthy with some tough calls, Daley adopted a similar mindset moments before the players boarded the team bus and reminded them that they'd earned the right to contest a series decider.

Maloney said the disappointment of his Game Two performance lingered for a few days.

"To fall off any tackle is disappointing, but everything counts double in Origin so I've got to make sure it doesn't happen again in Game Three," he said.

"I was pretty disappointed. Probably the next couple of days I was down and miserable.

"If we turn it around and get the win, Game Two would be forgotten about."

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