July 24, 2025 • 5 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jersey and Amanda.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Gam Nation and tomorrow night the British Lions are going
to take on the Wallabies in a do or die decider.
The Wallabies need to win this to have to have
any go in that. There's three games we've lost the
first one, this is the second. It was an almighty
first Test last weekend. For more, we're joined by someone
who knows what it takes to go up against them,
former Wallabies captain Michael Hooper.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Wallaby Amanda Jonesy, good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Great to talk to you about walking your dog at
the moment on the streets.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Yes, yes, no British and Irish Lions jerseys at the
moment in here, Manly. I think they're all flood into
city next week. I think all of them are probably
in Melbourne at the moment.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
So well, this is the big game, that's right, the
big game tomorrow night. For those who don't follow rugby religiously,
give us a rundown of who the British Lions are
to start with them. Why this tour is so significant?
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Okay, So the British and Irish Lions, Scotland, England, Ireland
and Wales all combine, so four countries usually they just
play as their own nation combined and they come and
they travel to Australia, New Zealand of South Africa on
a rotation every four years, so that means for each
country once every twelve years. So the last time these
blokes are out twenty thirteen. I was lucky to play
(01:11):
in that series and the time before that two thousand
and one, so you flash back to John Eels, George Gregan,
those are the type of guys that were playing in
two thousand and one. So it's you're a very lucky
Wallaby if you get to face these guys because you've
got generational players that actually miss playing the lines all together.
So it's a very unique experience.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
But it's against all those other camps.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Not fair. It's not fair. I think it's a throwback
to the time because I mean this happened in the
eighteen hundred, so it's a throwback to the time where
the team would come out and travel and play forty
odd games over the course of two months, and that
actually I only found out the other day would play
some afl Ossie rules games as well. While they came out.
It was just a big, a big old tool where
(01:53):
they'd play everyone, it seemed like in the country, whereas
now it's only rugby and they do still get through
a fair few games. But it's still a bit of
a throwback to, you know, the way the teams used
to tour. They play all the states, they play, you know,
obviously Australia a couple of times, and then some invitational
teams like we've seen. So it's a hell of a tour.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
And we didn't do so well on the first one.
I know the score was twenty seven nineteen, but that
score made us look like we're better than I think
we played that first game. What's going to change this
time round.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
We've got some firepower coming back, so probably the best
Wallaby of the last couple of years, Bobby Valentini's coming back.
He's a big power runner and defender. We also bring
back I don't know if it's one hundred and fifty
kilos at the moment, but I think it might be
a bit lighter to play these games. But Will Skelton,
who's been playing over in France, is a Wallaby and
a real power go to man in the forward pack.
(02:46):
So that's they're coming into the starting team, which is exciting.
It gets us some good go forward. It's you know,
having those guys in the team, it's like a freebe
to get your ball moving forward. So that's really good.
The backline's unchanged. Look, that'll be a lot better. It's
the second game of the season so far. They played
Fiji up in Newcastle. Have a hit out lines ten
days later. The Lions are well seasoned. They've played eight
(03:09):
games or seven games together now, so they know what
they need to do. Their combinations are set. We're still
finding our So tomorrow night, in front of ninety thousand
odd people, I think they're going to be ready to go.
They're going to be better than they are last week,
and they're going to need to be. I don't think
we have the luxury of being able to play poorly
and sneak a win. We've got to be on because
(03:29):
you are playing the best of four nations.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Yeah, they're playing the world. Is it one of those
invitational things, you know when they have the Eddy the
Big Surf Challenge and they invite you to play or
surfing the Big Surf Challenge. Part of you is thinking, well,
don't call me about this. I don't want to take
on all these guys can we take on Naru or
someone like that. I'll do that.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Probably not bad.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
The thing is we won in two thousand and one,
we went to a decider in twenty thirteen. You know,
this is competitive because you are pulling together a bunch
of amazing players from Europe. But they've got to get
it going in a short period of time. The beauty
for the countries that you know, New Zealand drew with
them twenty seventeen, South they beat the South Africans in
(04:10):
twenty twenty one. Rather but they do go down. I
mean that's the great thing about team sport, isn't it
That you can have, you know, a team that knows
what it's about, good combinations, set and hungry. And they
actually almost went down to the first nation specific team
on Tuesday night down there at Marvel Stadium, which was
a hell of a game. You know, a team off
(04:31):
the back of one week coming together almost actually knocked
off the line. So you know, anything's possible in these fixtures,
and you know, I think the Wallawbies are going to
be very very hungry come tomorrow night.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Maybe the Wallabies and the All Blacks team up together.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Well they did that Australias. They did that a few
weeks ago, didn't They might.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Yes, there was an invitational team. Unfortunately it didn't reach
the heights that I think it wanted to be. The
first nation specifica game really sort of elevated on Tuesday night.
But no, that it didn't come together. Yeah, it's hard
to plan these things, right, everyone's playing around the world.
They couldn't pick from the Wallabies or the All Blacks
because the All Blacks are off playing in their test matches.
(05:10):
So it was really you weren't getting the cream of
the crop in that game. You're getting you know, people
who were pulled from around the world. So it was
still a cool experienced was pumping, but no, it wasn't.
It wasn't to be. Well.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
The British and Irish Lions Tour continues on Saturday and
catch all the action on stan Sport nine and nine.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Now.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Michael Hooper, good luck with walking your dog. You maybe
you should do a podcast to something, because that's what
everyone does these days. They dispense advice while they're walking
a dog and it gets a lot of pick ups
the poohs.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Michael, please, yes, I do pick those up and I'll
leave the I'll leave the talking to you guys. You
do it very well, so have a good one. Nice.
Thank you for joining us.
Jersey and Amanda.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Gam Nation and tomorrow night the British Lions are going
to take on the Wallabies in a do or die decider.
The Wallabies need to win this to have to have
any go in that. There's three games we've lost the
first one, this is the second. It was an almighty
first Test last weekend. For more, we're joined by someone
who knows what it takes to go up against them,
former Wallabies captain Michael Hooper.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Wallaby Amanda Jonesy, good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Great to talk to you about walking your dog at
the moment on the streets.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Yes, yes, no British and Irish Lions jerseys at the
moment in here, Manly. I think they're all flood into
city next week. I think all of them are probably
in Melbourne at the moment.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
So well, this is the big game, that's right, the
big game tomorrow night. For those who don't follow rugby religiously,
give us a rundown of who the British Lions are
to start with them. Why this tour is so significant?
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Okay, So the British and Irish Lions, Scotland, England, Ireland
and Wales all combine, so four countries usually they just
play as their own nation combined and they come and
they travel to Australia, New Zealand of South Africa on
a rotation every four years, so that means for each
country once every twelve years. So the last time these
blokes are out twenty thirteen. I was lucky to play
(01:11):
in that series and the time before that two thousand
and one, so you flash back to John Eels, George Gregan,
those are the type of guys that were playing in
two thousand and one. So it's you're a very lucky
Wallaby if you get to face these guys because you've
got generational players that actually miss playing the lines all together.
So it's a very unique experience.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
But it's against all those other camps.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Not fair. It's not fair. I think it's a throwback
to the time because I mean this happened in the
eighteen hundred, so it's a throwback to the time where
the team would come out and travel and play forty
odd games over the course of two months, and that
actually I only found out the other day would play
some afl Ossie rules games as well. While they came out.
It was just a big, a big old tool where
(01:53):
they'd play everyone, it seemed like in the country, whereas
now it's only rugby and they do still get through
a fair few games. But it's still a bit of
a throwback to, you know, the way the teams used
to tour. They play all the states, they play, you know,
obviously Australia a couple of times, and then some invitational
teams like we've seen. So it's a hell of a tour.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
And we didn't do so well on the first one.
I know the score was twenty seven nineteen, but that
score made us look like we're better than I think
we played that first game. What's going to change this
time round.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
We've got some firepower coming back, so probably the best
Wallaby of the last couple of years, Bobby Valentini's coming back.
He's a big power runner and defender. We also bring
back I don't know if it's one hundred and fifty
kilos at the moment, but I think it might be
a bit lighter to play these games. But Will Skelton,
who's been playing over in France, is a Wallaby and
a real power go to man in the forward pack.
(02:46):
So that's they're coming into the starting team, which is exciting.
It gets us some good go forward. It's you know,
having those guys in the team, it's like a freebe
to get your ball moving forward. So that's really good.
The backline's unchanged. Look, that'll be a lot better. It's
the second game of the season so far. They played
Fiji up in Newcastle. Have a hit out lines ten
days later. The Lions are well seasoned. They've played eight
(03:09):
games or seven games together now, so they know what
they need to do. Their combinations are set. We're still
finding our So tomorrow night, in front of ninety thousand
odd people, I think they're going to be ready to go.
They're going to be better than they are last week,
and they're going to need to be. I don't think
we have the luxury of being able to play poorly
and sneak a win. We've got to be on because
(03:29):
you are playing the best of four nations.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Yeah, they're playing the world. Is it one of those
invitational things, you know when they have the Eddy the
Big Surf Challenge and they invite you to play or
surfing the Big Surf Challenge. Part of you is thinking, well,
don't call me about this. I don't want to take
on all these guys can we take on Naru or
someone like that. I'll do that.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Probably not bad.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
The thing is we won in two thousand and one,
we went to a decider in twenty thirteen. You know,
this is competitive because you are pulling together a bunch
of amazing players from Europe. But they've got to get
it going in a short period of time. The beauty
for the countries that you know, New Zealand drew with
them twenty seventeen, South they beat the South Africans in
(04:10):
twenty twenty one. Rather but they do go down. I
mean that's the great thing about team sport, isn't it
That you can have, you know, a team that knows
what it's about, good combinations, set and hungry. And they
actually almost went down to the first nation specific team
on Tuesday night down there at Marvel Stadium, which was
a hell of a game. You know, a team off
(04:31):
the back of one week coming together almost actually knocked
off the line. So you know, anything's possible in these fixtures,
and you know, I think the Wallawbies are going to
be very very hungry come tomorrow night.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Maybe the Wallabies and the All Blacks team up together.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Well they did that Australias. They did that a few
weeks ago, didn't They might.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Yes, there was an invitational team. Unfortunately it didn't reach
the heights that I think it wanted to be. The
first nation specifica game really sort of elevated on Tuesday night.
But no, that it didn't come together. Yeah, it's hard
to plan these things, right, everyone's playing around the world.
They couldn't pick from the Wallabies or the All Blacks
because the All Blacks are off playing in their test matches.
(05:10):
So it was really you weren't getting the cream of
the crop in that game. You're getting you know, people
who were pulled from around the world. So it was
still a cool experienced was pumping, but no, it wasn't.
It wasn't to be. Well.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
The British and Irish Lions Tour continues on Saturday and
catch all the action on stan Sport nine and nine.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Now.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Michael Hooper, good luck with walking your dog. You maybe
you should do a podcast to something, because that's what
everyone does these days. They dispense advice while they're walking
a dog and it gets a lot of pick ups
the poohs.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Michael, please, yes, I do pick those up and I'll
leave the I'll leave the talking to you guys. You
do it very well, so have a good one. Nice.
Thank you for joining us.
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