LIVE: TV host lifts lid on Joey's infamous blow-up

Wide World of Sports big James Bracey has dug up a shade of the caller State of Origin past, lifting the lid connected Andrew Johns' station crippled 3 blow-up past twelvemonth and however helium saw it coming.

Speaking connected Denan Kemp's Bloke successful a Bar podcast Bracey revealed however existent the passionateness is connected Origin night, with the legendary ex players successful the commentary container divided by authorities lines during the broadcast.

"It is legit tension. Not adjacent the Brad and Billy thing, mate, the full commentary team," Bracey said.

"The archetypal twelvemonth I started, that was 1 of the archetypal things I noticed. I went 'oh, Origin is different.

"You'd beryllium determination connected Origin nighttime and they wouldn't speech to each other, determination was this weird vibe successful the comm container earlier the game."

Bracey said that aft crippled 3 past twelvemonth helium could consciousness the choler rising successful Johns arsenic helium digested a crippled helium felt was 1 that got distant for NSW.

The big really sent a substance connection to a shaper to inquire "what bash you privation to bash astir Joey?"

"They said 'we've conscionable got to inquire him for 1 remark astir NSW?' I was similar 'okay, tin we hurry this up?'

"I'm big truthful I tin get determination erstwhile I privation to get determination truthful I yet spell 'Andrew'..."

That prompted 1 of the astir compelling TV exchanges of the year.

"It was a hard ticker retired determination for you contiguous wasn't it?" Bracey said.

Johns responded: "Yep. It means truthful much."

When Vautin asked astir wherever things went wrong, Johns fto his existent feelings rip.

"Why? Well, you won the large moments," helium said.

"Now we person to perceive to each the bullshit from you (Queenslanders) successful the adjacent 12 months. It drives you mad."

Bracey added connected the podcast that helium thought it was some cruel connected Johns and large TV.

"We're cruel successful the TV manufacture — he's sitting up the passageway and we plaything a camera astir and get a unrecorded changeable of him with his caput down each sad. I'm similar 'who are we — but deity this is bully TV'," Bracey said.

"I'm Switzerland connected the nighttime due to the fact that I'm host, truthful I'm playing fractional shaper and fractional person and you conscionable privation to cuddle the bloke.

"But that's Origin. And that's wherefore Joey is the fable that helium is. And that's wherefore you would person wanted to play for him due to the fact that that passionateness has ne'er died with him. He'd tally retired determination time if helium could. You can't bargain that, it's conscionable determination and it's raw. As overmuch arsenic Joey astir apt hated it, it was large TV."