Ricky Stuart won 127 games with Laurie Daley, knows Ethan Strange well, and is now coaching him in State of Origin.
Across a playing career spanning 243 first grade games, Ricky Stuart won more matches with Laurie Daley than he did with any other player.
As the champion Raiders halfback in the 1990s, Stuart had a front-row seat to the brilliance of Daley, the former Canberra five-eighth.
They combined to win 127 games.
So when news broke that Canberra's current five-eighth Ethan Strange had been parachuted into the NSW State of Origin team to replace an injured Mitchell Moses against Queensland on Wednesday night, only one phone call needed to be made.
Just like he knew Daley's games, if anyone knows Strange, it's Stuart, his coach from Canberra.