April 24, 2025 • 9 mins
Barra joined Smiley in the studio to chat about this wekend's special ANZAC round inclusing the Len Hall tribute matches at the MCG which The Dockers will be a part of. He told Smiley about a new medal being introduced in honour of war veteran Arthur Leggett who passed away recently for Best on Ground. He also had huge news for NRL fans and he also gives his tips for the weekend's games.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We's talk sport with the Madrian Barrage. When you've got
to get work here, you've got to get into work Blubber.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
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it you can get it or check out work clobber
dot com.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Dot at you.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Anzac Day and a big long week Head of Sport Barrow,
Good morning.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Good a smiley, how are you mate? Yes, there's a
bit going on and Happy Anzac Day eve. The big
len Hall tribute match tomorrow of course Freemantle Docers. So
what happens is you have Collingwood and Essendon at midday
and then obviously the Dockers game at six ten, so
they sort of not back completely back to back. But
(00:39):
I think that's what's going to happen permanently. I think
the Doctors are going to ask to be to play
every Anzac Day. This is the first time they played
on Anzac Day since like twenty fifteen, Is that right?
Normally they play around the games. I think it's good.
I don't think.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
I mean, the Dockers always do a brilliant tribute to race.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Yeah, and obviously the one at the MCG is absolutely massive,
sold out months and months ahead now so the Landhall
Tribute match the one here tomorrow at six ten. There's
a new medal that's been struck in honor of Arthur
Leggett did a background. He's our last World War II
prisoner of war. He just passed away this month. A
beautiful man. He was one hundred and six when he
(01:17):
passed away. Absolute legend. He said, the oath. You know
how they do the oath at Anzac Day games and everywhere.
Obviously he did the oath from home in when COVID
was on because they asked him to do the oath
and they said, oh, we're not actually having any fans
in the stadium, remember that when we had a game,
and then they sort of canceled it. And then so
he did the one from home and then in twenty
(01:39):
twenty two he was out of optus in front of
forty thousand fans. He's basically deaf and blind, a great
man when he was one hundred and three and did
it flawlessly, the oath in front of it. He remembered
it in front of forty thousand at the Dockers Carlton game.
Incredible and he was being held up by two current
Day Soldiers. I think you might have seen the vision
(02:01):
on the news. It's just he's just amazing. And his
daughter Sue. Yesterday at the media conference when they announced
that there was going to be an Arthur Legate Medal
for the best player on the ground tomorrow night, we
asked to you know, what would Arthur think about this?
This is what you had to say? He would love it. Yeah,
he would be very, very proud. And as he would say,
(02:25):
I was just a simple singleman. I just went to
war to defend my country.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
I just don't I don't think he really could get
a grip.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
On what's going on at the moment.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
You know.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
It's just, yeah, it's fantastic.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
What a wonderful way to honor mister legant and what
on it will be for the first recipient.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Yeah, that's and let's hope it is a docker Seriously,
I mean, I know that sounds crazy, but it is
for the best of few. But just I mean, it
won't really matter. I suppose it would be nice. And
the medal was designed by Craig peter As, a master
jeweler in North fromant Or. He does the Doug Medals
et cetera for Freo. Well done for it, and it'll
be selected by a panel of footy people. So I'm
(03:04):
way too smart for that. I can tell you there's
no way I was on a panel because I fun
to select a Crow. You know. So Ryan Daniels, you
know Ryan, he's I think he's the chairman of the
selection panel. I think Tim Gossage, you had to work
with the great gos Man. Certainly he would be loving
at I'm back a couple of seven footy commentators. So
(03:26):
let's say Docca wins it. Docer's Crows tomorrow six ten,
get there early. I think you said that.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Yes, let's hope we see a hungry and angry Bans
back again.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
The Crows, I think they will. I think they're pretty
good like that. It'll be the game after that, the
one you have to worry about. So the Eagles. I'll
tell you a quick story about the Eagles. When I
was at West Coast, we played a game and in
those days, Anseck Day wasn't massive. Okay, in the eighties,
it wasn't a really big thing. In fact, originally it wasn't.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
It was.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
It was sort of, you know, not not looked upon
that great. But when when we played them at Victoria Park,
the Collingwood pies they took. They just set us up
and they played the last post while we ran down
the race to just make us look bad. It just
stitched us up, the Victorians. So we come down the
(04:14):
down the race and you hear, we don't know if
we stop, we run, we keep a jogging. They made
us look so bad and the fans going to look
at these West Australians no respect, no respect. It was
the biggest stitch up. That's what the vic did is
I'll tell you off here later on. Anyway, So the
Eagles are playing the Hawks on Sunday. Liam Baker he
(04:37):
used the dreaded P word to describe the West. He
said that the dreaded pea word. I'm thinking the dreaded
P word. I thought it was P one double five week,
you know what I mean. But guess what it was.
Can you guess what the dreaded P word? Would no
idea pathetic? You wouldn't have thought that was it? Very
(05:00):
intellectually and Baker so anyway, and they said they were
pathetic last week. So they're going to bounce back tough
game against the Hawks. The boys will be attending an
Anzac Day Metal ceremony in the town of Victoria Park
tomorrow morning. All the Eagles with some per Demon's players
as well, and some of our people are going along,
so if you want to see them, they'll be at
the Town of Victoria Park so quickly the Tips. I
(05:23):
think Melbourne beats Richmond tonight. You'd think so, wouldn't you.
Melbourne have reborn again and the Tigers are going well.
Collingwood over Essendon on Anzac Day, freeman On bounces back
against the Crows. Brisbane beat the Saints even though it's
in Melbourne. Port beat North who was struggling. The GWS
bounces back against the Bulldogs who've lost Sam Darcy. Gold
(05:45):
Coast beat Sydney up in Queensland and Geelong sink Carlton.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
I think.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
And the Hawks they're a dollar in one to beat
the West Coast Eagles.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Wow, which is.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
A bit.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
When it comes to birds. The Eagle is bigger and
stronger than the Hawks.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
So I like you, mate, you work on that. That's
very good now, Smiley. I'm told that there was a
big meeting in Sydney yesterday the Australian Rugby League Commission
and they looked like a SIV rugby league. It's unbelievable anyway.
We're told that the Australian Rugby League Commission has agreed
in principle to a revised proposal from the WA government
(06:25):
for a national rugby league team in Perth from twenty
twenty seven. From twenty twenty seven, the AARLC met yesterday
morning signed off on a proposal from the WA Premier
Roger Cook and Sports Minister readA Reader Safioti. So that
paves the way for the Bears to return on the
(06:46):
West coast.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
I'll posted Western Bears.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Yeah, they it was the North Sydney Bears. They sort
of went into hibernation. A good line he is that tonight.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
I just saw it.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
And now I'll come back as the WA Bears, or
the Perth Bears or the Western Bears. I think usual name.
I think the Western Reds should have been brought back.
But we'll see, we'll see. I think the Premier speaking today,
so I see what he's got to say. The other
things I wanted to mention was there's a strange omission
from the Richmond team tonight. Noah Bolter who got found
(07:21):
guilty of that assault charge. He can't play tonight. Because
he has a court imposed curfew. So the court said, look,
you'll found guilty, but we won't send you to Jarl.
But you've got one of your penalties will be a curfew.
You've got to be home by ten o'clock. So he
can't play in the game tonight at the MCG. And
he's so it should be listed on there. No a
(07:43):
bolter not omitted. I think they put personal reasons, but
it's actually no a bolter curfew.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
How's that? So the curfy is from ten pm.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
He has to be home by ten pm and get
you know what I mean? You have to be in
your house by.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Ten pm so you'll miss night matches.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
Yeah, all right, he can't. He can't get home by
dan unless he leaves a three quarter time or there
have been offers from a fans, Tigers fans offering him
an apartment near the MCG that he can move into
during the forty season. A't it's unbelievable Swans fans. There
was a Swans fan banned from the SCG for two years.
He was only like sixteen, teenager. It looked like he
(08:21):
threw a record or a paper or a what do
they call it? The budget you know at a player
Aliah Leah. I think it's so overcooked. The kid was
clearly you know he was. I mean he's showing more
aggression than the Sydney Swans were that night, I can
tell you. But two years banned from the SCG. So
I'm not sure if that's a great decision.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
I guess it's a clear message behavior you won't be
allowed to him.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Yeah, I get you can't throw things at plays, but
it was a piece of paper, I think anyway. And
I'd like to mention that there's a blockbuster in the
waffle this weekend. My Club Perth are hosting East Perth
Saturday night, seven pm at Laplane and Zac Ceremony the
Greg Cup. It's going to be it's one v four.
They're one where four and it's going.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
To be he's had a good start to the scene.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Yeah, it's keeping their heads down, touch wood and all
the rest of it because you're want to get two
carried away with yourself. And we'll just mention the passing
of one cricket's great and also great commentator, Keith Stackpole Stacky.
He was brilliant on Radio two. Bill Bill Laurie gave
him a wonderful tribute to him yesterday as well, So
that's Varlet Keith Stackpole
We's talk sport with the Madrian Barrage. When you've got
to get work here, you've got to get into work Blubber.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Their eight trade stores are everywhere, so when you need
it you can get it or check out work clobber
dot com.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Dot at you.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Anzac Day and a big long week Head of Sport Barrow,
Good morning.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Good a smiley, how are you mate? Yes, there's a
bit going on and Happy Anzac Day eve. The big
len Hall tribute match tomorrow of course Freemantle Docers. So
what happens is you have Collingwood and Essendon at midday
and then obviously the Dockers game at six ten, so
they sort of not back completely back to back. But
(00:39):
I think that's what's going to happen permanently. I think
the Doctors are going to ask to be to play
every Anzac Day. This is the first time they played
on Anzac Day since like twenty fifteen, Is that right?
Normally they play around the games. I think it's good.
I don't think.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
I mean, the Dockers always do a brilliant tribute to race.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Yeah, and obviously the one at the MCG is absolutely massive,
sold out months and months ahead now so the Landhall
Tribute match the one here tomorrow at six ten. There's
a new medal that's been struck in honor of Arthur
Leggett did a background. He's our last World War II
prisoner of war. He just passed away this month. A
beautiful man. He was one hundred and six when he
(01:17):
passed away. Absolute legend. He said, the oath. You know
how they do the oath at Anzac Day games and everywhere.
Obviously he did the oath from home in when COVID
was on because they asked him to do the oath
and they said, oh, we're not actually having any fans
in the stadium, remember that when we had a game,
and then they sort of canceled it. And then so
he did the one from home and then in twenty
(01:39):
twenty two he was out of optus in front of
forty thousand fans. He's basically deaf and blind, a great
man when he was one hundred and three and did
it flawlessly, the oath in front of it. He remembered
it in front of forty thousand at the Dockers Carlton game.
Incredible and he was being held up by two current
Day Soldiers. I think you might have seen the vision
(02:01):
on the news. It's just he's just amazing. And his
daughter Sue. Yesterday at the media conference when they announced
that there was going to be an Arthur Legate Medal
for the best player on the ground tomorrow night, we
asked to you know, what would Arthur think about this?
This is what you had to say? He would love it. Yeah,
he would be very, very proud. And as he would say,
(02:25):
I was just a simple singleman. I just went to
war to defend my country.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
I just don't I don't think he really could get
a grip.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
On what's going on at the moment.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
You know.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
It's just, yeah, it's fantastic.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
What a wonderful way to honor mister legant and what
on it will be for the first recipient.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Yeah, that's and let's hope it is a docker Seriously,
I mean, I know that sounds crazy, but it is
for the best of few. But just I mean, it
won't really matter. I suppose it would be nice. And
the medal was designed by Craig peter As, a master
jeweler in North fromant Or. He does the Doug Medals
et cetera for Freo. Well done for it, and it'll
be selected by a panel of footy people. So I'm
(03:04):
way too smart for that. I can tell you there's
no way I was on a panel because I fun
to select a Crow. You know. So Ryan Daniels, you
know Ryan, he's I think he's the chairman of the
selection panel. I think Tim Gossage, you had to work
with the great gos Man. Certainly he would be loving
at I'm back a couple of seven footy commentators. So
(03:26):
let's say Docca wins it. Docer's Crows tomorrow six ten,
get there early. I think you said that.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Yes, let's hope we see a hungry and angry Bans
back again.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
The Crows, I think they will. I think they're pretty
good like that. It'll be the game after that, the
one you have to worry about. So the Eagles. I'll
tell you a quick story about the Eagles. When I
was at West Coast, we played a game and in
those days, Anseck Day wasn't massive. Okay, in the eighties,
it wasn't a really big thing. In fact, originally it wasn't.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
It was.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
It was sort of, you know, not not looked upon
that great. But when when we played them at Victoria Park,
the Collingwood pies they took. They just set us up
and they played the last post while we ran down
the race to just make us look bad. It just
stitched us up, the Victorians. So we come down the
(04:14):
down the race and you hear, we don't know if
we stop, we run, we keep a jogging. They made
us look so bad and the fans going to look
at these West Australians no respect, no respect. It was
the biggest stitch up. That's what the vic did is
I'll tell you off here later on. Anyway, So the
Eagles are playing the Hawks on Sunday. Liam Baker he
(04:37):
used the dreaded P word to describe the West. He
said that the dreaded pea word. I'm thinking the dreaded
P word. I thought it was P one double five week,
you know what I mean. But guess what it was.
Can you guess what the dreaded P word? Would no
idea pathetic? You wouldn't have thought that was it? Very
(05:00):
intellectually and Baker so anyway, and they said they were
pathetic last week. So they're going to bounce back tough
game against the Hawks. The boys will be attending an
Anzac Day Metal ceremony in the town of Victoria Park
tomorrow morning. All the Eagles with some per Demon's players
as well, and some of our people are going along,
so if you want to see them, they'll be at
the Town of Victoria Park so quickly the Tips. I
(05:23):
think Melbourne beats Richmond tonight. You'd think so, wouldn't you.
Melbourne have reborn again and the Tigers are going well.
Collingwood over Essendon on Anzac Day, freeman On bounces back
against the Crows. Brisbane beat the Saints even though it's
in Melbourne. Port beat North who was struggling. The GWS
bounces back against the Bulldogs who've lost Sam Darcy. Gold
(05:45):
Coast beat Sydney up in Queensland and Geelong sink Carlton.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
I think.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
And the Hawks they're a dollar in one to beat
the West Coast Eagles.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Wow, which is.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
A bit.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
When it comes to birds. The Eagle is bigger and
stronger than the Hawks.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
So I like you, mate, you work on that. That's
very good now, Smiley. I'm told that there was a
big meeting in Sydney yesterday the Australian Rugby League Commission
and they looked like a SIV rugby league. It's unbelievable anyway.
We're told that the Australian Rugby League Commission has agreed
in principle to a revised proposal from the WA government
(06:25):
for a national rugby league team in Perth from twenty
twenty seven. From twenty twenty seven, the AARLC met yesterday
morning signed off on a proposal from the WA Premier
Roger Cook and Sports Minister readA Reader Safioti. So that
paves the way for the Bears to return on the
(06:46):
West coast.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
I'll posted Western Bears.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Yeah, they it was the North Sydney Bears. They sort
of went into hibernation. A good line he is that tonight.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
I just saw it.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
And now I'll come back as the WA Bears, or
the Perth Bears or the Western Bears. I think usual name.
I think the Western Reds should have been brought back.
But we'll see, we'll see. I think the Premier speaking today,
so I see what he's got to say. The other
things I wanted to mention was there's a strange omission
from the Richmond team tonight. Noah Bolter who got found
(07:21):
guilty of that assault charge. He can't play tonight. Because
he has a court imposed curfew. So the court said, look,
you'll found guilty, but we won't send you to Jarl.
But you've got one of your penalties will be a curfew.
You've got to be home by ten o'clock. So he
can't play in the game tonight at the MCG. And
he's so it should be listed on there. No a
(07:43):
bolter not omitted. I think they put personal reasons, but
it's actually no a bolter curfew.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
How's that? So the curfy is from ten pm.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
He has to be home by ten pm and get
you know what I mean? You have to be in
your house by.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Ten pm so you'll miss night matches.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
Yeah, all right, he can't. He can't get home by
dan unless he leaves a three quarter time or there
have been offers from a fans, Tigers fans offering him
an apartment near the MCG that he can move into
during the forty season. A't it's unbelievable Swans fans. There
was a Swans fan banned from the SCG for two years.
He was only like sixteen, teenager. It looked like he
(08:21):
threw a record or a paper or a what do
they call it? The budget you know at a player
Aliah Leah. I think it's so overcooked. The kid was
clearly you know he was. I mean he's showing more
aggression than the Sydney Swans were that night, I can
tell you. But two years banned from the SCG. So
I'm not sure if that's a great decision.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
I guess it's a clear message behavior you won't be
allowed to him.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Yeah, I get you can't throw things at plays, but
it was a piece of paper, I think anyway. And
I'd like to mention that there's a blockbuster in the
waffle this weekend. My Club Perth are hosting East Perth
Saturday night, seven pm at Laplane and Zac Ceremony the
Greg Cup. It's going to be it's one v four.
They're one where four and it's going.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
To be he's had a good start to the scene.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Yeah, it's keeping their heads down, touch wood and all
the rest of it because you're want to get two
carried away with yourself. And we'll just mention the passing
of one cricket's great and also great commentator, Keith Stackpole Stacky.
He was brilliant on Radio two. Bill Bill Laurie gave
him a wonderful tribute to him yesterday as well, So
that's Varlet Keith Stackpole
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