Gallen and Ray hilariously butt heads and roast each other during the Origin pre-game
05:13 Share

Who's in the background? There's someone walking by. He's been giving you the middle finger for about five minutes. Listen, Ray, there's not a spare microphone for you, but listen. No, there's no microphone. No, don't give him a microphone. I don't want him on here. He's not getting double-dosed. He'll put an invoice if he mentions one word on this station. But...

He was there giving me the middle finger from the Channel 9 broadcast box. I happened to take a video of it, which I've now posted on social media, and I'm proud to say my 14 followers have reacted to it. The problem for you is my son is a lunatic. It'll probably go on to 4 million people.

You want to say one thing, do you? Now, listen, Tom Malone, no invoice for this, right? No invoice. He's not working here. He's just interloping into the broadcast box. What do you want, G? Congratulations, Ray, on your 98th origin. And I heard everything you just said a moment ago. You've been here...

100 times. Yeah, not in 40. No, no, but at this ground you broadcast so many times from here and always do a wonderful job as always. So you would think you would know we're punt roadies. Seriously. You'd think you'd know. Who told you? No one.

Who told you? I've been here listening to you talk about yourself. I'm asking you how do you know what Punt Road is. Mate, I'm getting old. I'm 70 in September. I can't remember everything. Fair enough. Okay? You know, you listened to the show the other day. By the way, is that Gordie? That's my man, Gordie. Tell us. There's another genius here. He's a great man, Gordie. Love you, Gordie. Now, listen. Here's the thing.

He was in my studio when I was working remotely the other day with his feet on my desk. And then he said, I'm not alone. Someone took the photo, which he published. Who took the photo? Was it you? Not me. Okay, give up. No way I'm giving up. I don't give up. Don't you dare go in my studio. You see what he said? He said, this is what he said. This is Scoop. I've been doing it for 23 years, right? 23 years. He said, you should talk about a lot of stuff. Yeah.

Thanks for listening. And to be honest, Ray, I was actually a little bit concerned. When you didn't text me back within three hours, I was a bit worried. So I decided to donate some money to the charity that you were talking about that day. He just himself. I did put myself there. I made sure I let you know I donated some money to you. Just make sure you've got the $500 ready for the next charity, MND. I'll get you. Let me tell you something. Okay, you've snuck up. You won behind me in the tipping competition. But there's one thing you don't know, right?

Luke Davis who runs it, he knows where his bread is buttered. That's true. It's not how many you tip, it's what he puts in a piece of paper at the end of the season. And I can almost guarantee that I'll be a winner. It wasn't Luke that took that photo, was it? No. No. No.

I didn't dob anybody in. I wouldn't dob anybody in. Anyway, listen. You're tipping New South Wales. Yeah, of course. I think they can get the job done. Look, it's going to be a hard game. They're always hard. Hopefully it remains third and on third in the entire time. They play well. I think so much comes down to the forwards. We talk about the

Latrell being back in the game, which is a big plus, but we can't just run the ball like the big kid in the under-60s. We've got to put him in good field position and get him one-on-one. Mitchell Mose got a kick well. I'm a bit worried about the fact he's not goal-kicking and how good his foot actually is. It's his left foot, not his right one, so it's not the actual one he kicks off, but it's the one he plants off. That's apparently...

the reason he's not goal-kicking. So hopefully it doesn't affect his general play-kicking, but if the big boys can put us in good field position, I think we'll be all right. What about playing here in this vast arena as opposed to a rectangular field? I mean, I know games are played at the SCG, but this is an even bigger...

sort of platform in relation to kicking and positional play. Can you get this oriented out there? I think they could. I think the wingers and the halves definitely could. It didn't matter to me. I was in the middle of the field always, so it didn't matter. But I think the sideboards on the other side of the field and the bench on this side of the field evens it all out, so I think it'll be okay. The thing about these big fields, it's actually easy to hear out there. Oh, really? At Suncorp, for example, you can't hear each other.

It is so loud. You talk to the blokes next year, you decide that's all you talk to and they relay messages. And it all comes down to your training and how well you're prepared, how well you know what each other's going to do. But out there, because it is so big and so far away from the actual field, you can hear each other a lot better. So it is easier to communicate out there, which will be a plus for them tonight. But hopefully they're prepared well and they'll be right anyway. Everyone's raving about the changes.

I get a bit nervous when there's so many changes. I know that the changes were brought about because of the circumstances of Origin 1, but everyone's saying it's a positive. You know, Latrell's there. Mitchell's there. It's a different side. But, you know... Well, the trouble with a different side is how quickly have they adapted to each other? Yeah, that's the problem. How quickly have they bonded? This is the thing. This Queensland side have been together for a long time now. They've obviously game one and last year, a lot of them. So, the

The Blues is a new side, and for me, the new spine could be a worry. The spine's the most important players on your team. They steer the team around the park. They tell you where to go. The rest are just soldiers and fall in line and do what they're told. But them guys need to know each other's game inside out.

The Blues, it's their first game together. It's their first game for this spine together. So how well can they gel? How well can they get it together? We'll know in a couple of hours. All right, mate. You're a good man for coming and saying good day. All the best tonight, Ray. Good luck. See you, boys. Have fun. See you, Paul. Well done. Now, listen. He didn't congratulate you on 102 games, did he? Well, you wouldn't expect him to. He's got to go. Look, he's very prepared. Missed the lunch today. It's a fallacy. Yeah, he wasn't invited.