September 29, 2025 • 30 mins
Catch up on all the Rugby League news from NRL 360, Monday September 29th, with hosts Braith Anasta and Gorden Tallis
Braith and Gorden are joined by Buzz Rothfield and Brent Read to discuss two incredible Preliminary finals, one of which saw the Broncos and Michael Maguire prove Buzz wrong, plus debate rages around whether there should have been a sin bin for Liam Martin, and is the Panthers dynasty truly over?
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Past the twenty seven rounds and an unforgettable final series.
His two teams remain in the race for the twenty
twenty five Premiership.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
And Dennis the unmatched in the mon Era brought to.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
A sudden halt as two powerhouse clubs progress through to
the grand Fine.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Welcome to Amy Park. The town of Melbourne is pumping.
Hilly cut in a stall comes across the area to
Hughes Hugh's out of meeting me in the past for Offery.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
Oh, what a wonderful play by Kennedy, and comes urns
over in the corner.
Speaker 5 (00:36):
Huge goes through Jews in the clip.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Jews comes for it to Hugh's bake Sacks broadrid ristof
Monster bit chip kick, he cups pep Pepperdhousen doesn't give
the bouch pit it grounds it anyway.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Fireworks are going off the.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Storm over the Sharks twenty two to forty a glorious
Sunday on the Fox League.
Speaker 5 (00:58):
Well listen to this. Heap chop the broncos on horf soil,
Knny pigtures and let's tug off anybody clearing away. He
wins tun off. Everybody's on his way again. Path like everybody,
you're doing all Brisbane with it all to do halftime blown.
Speaker 6 (01:19):
It's Penron fourteen Brisbane and nils awful past the grounds,
take crow and stacks. He's on the nuts, stacks and
a Risco for Brisbane. Then he's pushing.
Speaker 5 (01:32):
Hup Man and Cleari are getting it off. Get them
in the l to gone quickly brisber tep that I've
never said that before. Twn the shot sign clearly sang
the cry and it turned off. The fat away and
save your weathers wash for fourteen s bok hell hell
well shapes the post wash tummy threw up through two
(01:58):
of ding up the ball started for the line.
Speaker 6 (02:02):
He's gone for Brisby. Not broadcasts have come back front
sun cuts down.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
That's the reasons why I guess preseasons. Yeah, the things
that you do.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
Reynolds. He now steps up on the right touch line.
One of the great kickers. Here we go, a whole
band of Fens on his.
Speaker 6 (02:25):
Right, bots Redolds, kicks that take up bell bras Baal fronts.
Speaker 5 (02:32):
Last type of play pumped in the air. They come back, Yo, Claire,
how Ray he won't get the shun in. I'm going
to do it. Guns and my plot for shots. It
doesn't come up that with me.
Speaker 7 (02:48):
For the run of the purtast.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
There's a feel of whatsoever. I love to think this,
you know, Marius, they run the line and the grandfather.
This is.
Speaker 5 (03:06):
Special.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Welcome to three sixty year over league from every angle
watching by Regain joining.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Me again the great Gun tallis.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
It's been the journeys in Buzz Rothfield and Brent Reid
and what has been one of the best.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Semi final series of all time.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
It is the Brisbane Broncos and the Melbourne Storm heading
to the big dance.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Gordy how good has been well.
Speaker 8 (03:28):
Everybody spoke to said it's probably the greatest day that
they've had at the old Lange Park or sun Corpse Stadium.
They said the stadium was moving, it was rocking. Every
kid woke up this morning, put on a bit of
Marona and yellow for the Broncos and went to do
whatever they were going to do.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
But what a game.
Speaker 8 (03:44):
I think it's the greatest final series that I've witnessed,
to be quite honest.
Speaker 9 (03:48):
Not just the stadium, guys, Televisions were on across the country.
The highest rating Grand Final qualifier in the history of
the game.
Speaker 10 (03:58):
Yesterday Channel nine and on Fox Sports.
Speaker 9 (04:03):
Great news for those cheering for an afternoon Grand Finals
afternoon footy sensation.
Speaker 11 (04:10):
My wife Cole is my litmus test on everything. She's
jumping around the living room. You know it's a good
game of foot because she does normally jump around the
living room breath and she was humped up. So it
was an amazing day yesterday.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
I was jumping around the living room. I saw that. Yeah,
let's let's address the elephant in the room though. Buzz yeah,
you go far away. Great Manage McGuire, Yes, what a
season he has happened. He has had a great season.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
All those army camps, Fort Dennison, the boat with on
Belli's boat.
Speaker 9 (04:36):
The cultural experience on Thomas Wingsley, Tomson, Buddy Yeah, celebrity
cruiser Anthony Bell, all that. Well, if you want me
to sit here on a Monday night and not have
an opinion, I'm happy.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
I am. I'm happy to say quiet love you.
Speaker 9 (04:52):
At the beginning of the year, I was told that
Broncos players were struggling to come to groups with magers
intense style.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Right, that was the case.
Speaker 9 (05:03):
They then went to the Harbor Cruz Anthony Bell celebrities,
blah blah blah blah blah. They got beat by sous
I wrote the story simple as that, you know what,
I've been proven wrong, like everyone else at this desk
has at various times of the.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Years, about the moment.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
This is about the Broncos and Michael.
Speaker 9 (05:23):
Yeah, yeah, I know it's about that, and I stand
by everything I said. And you know what I'm also told.
And if you speak to a couple of players, right,
they will tell you they bought in a crisis manager,
Grant Williams, crisis spin doctor manager, right, just to calm
(05:45):
the farm a bit. He's worked with police commissioners and
some very heavy you know you're seeing to.
Speaker 10 (05:52):
Be doubting what I'm saying. Why do you bring.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
In a crisis manager to fix the crisis? Well, exactly, we.
Speaker 12 (05:58):
Had some drama going on.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Yeah, they had a lot of a movement around, so
it's not I'll say this year. I saw Madge during
that period, that tough period in Marubra, and he.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Was doing it tough. They were going through They were
going through a tough time, they really were. And that's
what makes this even more remarkable because they were in
a hole. Even the way that player, rememberabile question in
their desire, you know, and that was what they got
in there to do, was to lift their intensity, make
sure they were fitter and they had more desire and
you know, and competed harder and there was some games
(06:35):
there where they were just not even close.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
So that's what makes this so special. Gordy.
Speaker 8 (06:39):
Yeah, they've fifty games on from the last Grand Final
to go to the redemption story. They can say that
it wasn't but there must have been a little bit
of noise in the back of the head. Down fourteen nil,
fourteen nil against the side that strangle you, don't give
you anything, grind you into the ground.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
It was a great victory and before the true believers,
so to be out there and do what they did.
Speaker 10 (07:06):
Comeback two weeks earlier they did something similar in the.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Great Brenton reed. He's like he's like a horse in
the Melbourne Companies.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
He's coming down the outside lately, some great predictions after
a very dismal year, seeing Walker and all the rest
of it.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
And you've come on that strong because you're all ever
down the Bronx.
Speaker 11 (07:30):
Well I said that the team that wins a compet
have to beat Melbourne, Melbourne in the Grand Fine and
I said you have to be in the top four.
Speaker 12 (07:35):
Breath you did and Penrith throughout because they didn't finish top.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Four, proud of you.
Speaker 11 (07:39):
Well, you know, I just stuck them the gun's breath.
You've got to be committed, committed. Can I say very
quickly that was the way they played yesterday? I reckon
that's the epitome of everything that Manage McGuire wanted them
to be because they were out down on their knees.
They fought back a bit like the Camera game, but
this one just felt like there.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Was more.
Speaker 12 (08:00):
Something extra to it, the grit and that's what magic gets.
The speed buckets gets not so much. Boke.
Speaker 9 (08:07):
Yeah, look, I'm still against spear buckets and all that stuff,
but you do have to give him credit for those
comeback victories against Camberra and they were gone that day.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
You know what is because of the spear buckets.
Speaker 10 (08:20):
But you do not you don't going after the r
l P.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
I go, I don't care about.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
To foot clubs and ask them if players have spewed
in the off season at their clubs, and you know
there would be more than ninety percent saying Yeah, it
happens quite really, because most of the time you come
back out of shade too, you know, and it's.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
It's it's not even it's not even the I'm.
Speaker 9 (08:43):
Not I'm not going to go back. I'm not going
to go there. I've got strong beers on it, I've
got stress, no problem with it. Looked into it, no problem. Well,
they looked into it, they investigate. Right, what's your next topic?
Speaker 5 (09:00):
All right, let's move on.
Speaker 12 (09:02):
Now.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
You think that Kevy and Ben TiO deserve.
Speaker 9 (09:06):
Well, they do and take nothing away from Madge. I'm
telling you here and now, he's done a great job.
I want to give Kevin Walters a rap. I think
he needs to be given credit for the manner in
which he left that football club ready to challenge for
a title.
Speaker 10 (09:22):
And while they had.
Speaker 9 (09:23):
Their shortcomings last year with a lot of injuries, I
think you've got to give him a rap for the
way he left the club. And a lot of coaches
aren't judged on how they got to a club and
how they leave a club, and Kevin left in great shape.
The other guy want to wrap is Ben Tia their
minister for defense. Last year they averaged twenty five points
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a game this year. Second half of the year, they
got it down to nineteen points a game, so that's
a converted tribe per game. They're third in the NRL
for run meads conceited. They're third in the NRL for
offloads conceited.
Speaker 10 (09:58):
They're really tough.
Speaker 9 (10:00):
Fighten it up and you saw that the whole Penrith
scoreless in that second half. Penrith had some football and
some chance. It's even clear he couldn't. I recommend Teo
is a NRL coach in waiting, I really do.
Speaker 11 (10:14):
Yeah, I agree. I think Benny's been sort of around
the game for a while. Not success of the Dolphins,
Danny Gordy and the queensline Cup. Yeah, yeah, I don't
think there's any down. He's a coach in waiting, head
coach and warning at some point down the track, and
you're right, Buzzy deserves look Kevy do. There's a lot
of credit because a lot of that roster was built
under Kevy as well. That's the other thing.
Speaker 12 (10:32):
So imagine herrold a pretty good football team. I think
we all saw that.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
He's been saying that for a while.
Speaker 8 (10:36):
Yeah, Well it's look if you just bail it down
and look at that roster. It's a pretty fair rus
yeah in it so like when they run out there,
they've got two million dollars half backs. Yeah, they got
Ezra Man a great five, Vader young five eight, Reese, Walsh,
Catoni Stage young fast wingers and Paynehassened, Paddy Gergan.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
I do agree, but I must say they come telf
last year and magined in my opinion, the majority of
the credit. And it's a fair comeback from the tales
of Tiger Town, isn't it If you think.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
This is your favorite vision?
Speaker 1 (11:12):
Right he right now he won with New Zealand in
the with the Test match, then he then he wins
with the Blues and now he takes the job at
the Broncos and he's in the grand file and his
first year. Now, tell me that is an amazing, an
amazing coaching effort.
Speaker 10 (11:28):
Well it is, it is.
Speaker 11 (11:30):
And if you I mean, we're talking about great coaches
in our game, and you know, the win two premiershipstitute
different clubs. If he wins on Sunday, it's pretty amazing achievement.
There's not a lot of coaches who have done that.
So I think Madge probably stamps himself as one of
the great coaches. I mean not not a Bennett or
a Bellamy or an Ivan or a Jack Gibson, but
a great coach in his own right.
Speaker 9 (11:51):
To do it in all those forms. He's just outstanding.
And he's not the first Blake to fail out the West.
I haven't clearly failed the West. Time had to get out.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
What the other coach, Craig Bellamy coach.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
He's eleventh Grand Final, overtaking the great Wayne Bennett.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
What an achievement this is by Craig good is.
Speaker 11 (12:11):
He's unbelievable. It's just a ridiculous. It's twenty two final
series out of twenty three years as well or something.
And the one he missed was the salary cap year.
So he's just been and every year he contemplates retiring
and he goes run again and he does just as
good a job because you know, he never drops his
standards break and that's what your new go there.
Speaker 12 (12:31):
There's a standard expected of you at that football club
and if you don't meet it, you don't last that long.
And Craig.
Speaker 11 (12:37):
Makes players better just every year after year, never lose
his hunger.
Speaker 12 (12:42):
He's driven. He's an amazing football coach.
Speaker 8 (12:46):
There's some sides that wore the purple jersey that runbelieve
all right with Greg English and Can. But there's been
some Grand final size that he's got there and the
players that he's got off of scrap people whatever, to
get to a Grand Final, it's it's unbelievable.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
I don't think it would be a los that leads
me to this.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
Do you think what would be a driving force for
Craig would be to win a premiership without Cameron Smith
at nine?
Speaker 10 (13:12):
I think it made a lot to him, I really do.
Speaker 9 (13:14):
Look, he had to rebuild, he lost later, he lost
Kronk and he lost Cameron Smith, and he's brought through
the next generation of big the Monsters and the Jerham
Hughes as the towns will fall back and Harriet Grant.
Speaker 10 (13:30):
I think it's important to Craig to you know.
Speaker 9 (13:33):
I think it's there on the back of his mind
that Smithy world record player, absolute champion, future immortal.
Speaker 10 (13:41):
But to do it without him would maybe the most.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
Special one that he's I think, Actually, I think of
a probably drives Cameron a bit as well, you know,
to win a Premier Monster, Yeah, to win a premiership
with Craig without those in the team because then it's yeah,
all you've got some taking news for us about the referee.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
It's going to be appointed.
Speaker 10 (14:03):
Yeah, I just got a text message a second ago.
Speaker 9 (14:06):
I'm told that Grant Atkins tomorrow will be appointed as
referee of the Grand Final, his first ever Grand Final.
His dad played in two Grand Finals, Graham Atkins Paramatta
in seventy seven and eighty one. Ashley Klein had a
shocker in Melbourne on Friday night. Balling played twenty five
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minutes first half, not good enough, too many penalties. And
I think the Atkins appointment will be very well received
across the game. He's got a big fan club. He
lets football games. Flail didn't get a perfect mark yesterday.
There was criticism for not putting Liam Martin in the
sinbin probably should have been, and his compliance with the ten.
Speaker 8 (14:53):
The right decision though, yeah, well yes, I think referees
have a chance to make the correct decision or the
right decision.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
And I thought watching that, you know where the game
was that what was happening sin.
Speaker 8 (15:09):
And I get it, And then I thought that was
the wrong decision when actually Climb sent Hunts and Young.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
I didn't think that that game deserved, you know.
Speaker 9 (15:16):
How to this final series has been so good because
you know, the NRL have got the appointments right and
they've certainly got this way right already.
Speaker 11 (15:26):
Well, I mean it's like a footy team, right, You've
got to pick it on form, and at the moment
green Atkins is in better form and actually clne I
mean I thought that should have been that's a sin
bin any other day except that preliminary final.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
Said all four off or you leave them all.
Speaker 12 (15:42):
I don't particularly have an issue with it.
Speaker 11 (15:43):
Yeah, but you know, I think I think it deserves
to referee the Grand final because of the way you
refereend of the weekend and the way you actually climb
referend the winner.
Speaker 8 (15:50):
It's good that the players decided the winner, you know.
I mean, like they sit there and watch the fans
make the players decided that.
Speaker 10 (15:57):
I should have said to break that story is breaking
right now Telegraph website.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Okay, right now on the Telegraph website. There it is
breaking news from the great buzz roth Field. Now the
Broncos win. Let's talk more about it. Redemption for Reynolds
with that clutch conversion. What a kick it was, What
a moment it was for Adam, the Broncos and the
game of rugby league. What about It was huge resolsh
resbolsh was hitting them and not that well right, he's
(16:24):
forty twin's like he was hitting the ball well.
Speaker 8 (16:25):
Then Adam walks over and picks the ball up, you know.
And I just listened to the call and I've watched
a lot of social media, Danie Naggers, here comes Adam
Reynolds and that's what you want, right, he wanted that moment.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
You were there, right, and you said everyone was standing up.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
Everyone was on the edge of their seat or standing
up in the eleande rooms and you talk about that's
a moment.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
This is a moment for the Broncos. They're fans, but
also Adam, like you know the ghosts yesteryear, you know,
like when.
Speaker 8 (16:51):
South played South and the Grand Final. I think it
was on the other side of the field, so.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
He had that moment. I couldn't imagine what goes for
a goal kicker's head, right, like an It's not for me.
Speaker 8 (17:00):
I think it's all blokes that can just wipe it
away and all the great goalkickers just worry about this kick.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
This is the most important and that was the moment.
Speaker 9 (17:08):
I think his first kid a game story for him
to talk about Waterloo Park down near Redfurn grew up there,
I learned to kick there and just you know, got
everything sort.
Speaker 11 (17:23):
When he hit it, I thought it was going to
hook away actually a little bit and it's just straight out.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
Because that was the Western grandstand blowing.
Speaker 9 (17:31):
Commentary even before the game was should Reno come back?
That they've done so well without him? But I guess
when Kevy Weldes some belly got heard, he had to
and I knew.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
It was the right call of bringing back and have
paid off in the end.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Now there was controversy and we're going to revisit at
the Cleary Man tackle.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
Did the Broncos deserve a penalty here?
Speaker 9 (17:49):
Absolutely no question at all that he's been tackled in
the air while kicking.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
The football deserve the pal Absolutely they.
Speaker 12 (18:01):
Did well, doesn't the Liam Martin?
Speaker 10 (18:03):
Why no, what you do?
Speaker 9 (18:06):
And it's happened many times this year the first offense
is penalized, right, that's didn't know what happened.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
That's a penalty.
Speaker 10 (18:14):
You were great tackle in the air probably to the level.
But spoken to the NL about they.
Speaker 12 (18:21):
Also said that the the liam down.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
We're slowing it down. That's touching. That's touching. Let's go
back a bit there, let's go back. I reckon, this
is touching.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
Go let's keeping on his left leg on the ground,
and when he first makes contact with him, he wraps
his arms around him.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
Let's have a look. He hasn't keep it. He hasn't
keicked yet. He hasn't kicked yet.
Speaker 1 (18:43):
Still hasn't kick, hasn't kick what's on the ground, still
hasn't und He's touching.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
He's touching him. No penalty wrap title. They want to
protect the kickers. Last week when the is when he
charged the ball down was more dangerous. He tackled him
exactly how he's supposed to. He wrapped his arms or anyone.
Speaker 10 (19:06):
Taking more what Zack Hoskin did or what place?
Speaker 2 (19:10):
What are you talking about?
Speaker 10 (19:14):
I'm talking to the rules.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
You can't tackle the man the air there he was
on the ground. Made it was that much? Come on,
we're not in the bunker. Seriously, that was the banker
would have looked at it and they would have paused
it right here.
Speaker 9 (19:29):
Ready, we should booked for a dangerous tackle. That was
a dangerous tackle. I'm not changing my opinion. I don't
care what you're stopping here. It was a dangerous the
rules he does, make your own know what we I'm
not making my own rules up, broth.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
It was dangerous. Where's the next frame?
Speaker 10 (19:47):
The next frame?
Speaker 2 (19:48):
The next frames over, still.
Speaker 11 (19:52):
From the ground, and I'll tell you what then they
think gives him a slow little punch on the ground
as well, which inside of the whole thing, I did it.
Speaker 12 (19:58):
We'll watch it now.
Speaker 9 (19:59):
Watch looks like that I'm about to.
Speaker 12 (20:04):
Do and then Leam Martin comes in like a mania.
Speaker 9 (20:09):
Liam Martin is the one in the wrong here, and
that's something we can't argue about.
Speaker 10 (20:14):
And he should have been sin been for that, but
the penalty should have gone to Penrith.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
He's still at tackling there. Disagree, not the first time
this year, agreement plenty more, plenty more probably would have
done the same.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
Let's get back to a positive, let's get on the
same page, paying ass. What a performance by him, and
I mean we're not surprised, right, He's done it for
years now, and he's done it all year this year,
he's carried.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Them through some tough times.
Speaker 11 (20:42):
But performance in this game that I know it doesn't surprises,
but it should because that was remarkable from him yesterday.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
That's that was the game.
Speaker 8 (20:54):
I'd say with no Paddy Carrigan, there was no one
that's not disrespecting the other Broncos forward because they didn't.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
That's inning job. But this is the effort. Yeah, and
it's coming now.
Speaker 8 (21:04):
Just his effort, right, So he was going to cover
then just keep on moving for a keep keep your
eyes on him.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
For a big guy to play eighty minutes, that was
a massive performance.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
And the chases I haven't looked and he realizes look
at that, he's the first one there.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
That's that's unbelievable. Yeah, ready got.
Speaker 11 (21:23):
Something for he's crazy good, crazy good footballer. Break well,
we know he's different gravy, right, I mean I'm looking forward,
actually I'm looking forward actually Stefan's and pretty read on
for the moment as well.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
So what's the Hopefully I just wanted to this fellow.
Speaker 9 (21:39):
I've seen web Key, seen Lazarus go back to block
of Roach, Les Davids and Ian Roberts, all these great
great front rowers. This fellow is up there with him,
no doubt whatsoever. He's a freakish athlete to have the
speed to get in the position to stop Cleary having
that kick.
Speaker 10 (21:57):
No one Cleary, he would have kicked him that.
Speaker 8 (22:01):
The only thing is he doesn't have the success. So
what would hold him back is like when we judge,
because if we're going to judge everybody, like the half backs. Oh,
he hasn't won a comp. He hasn't won a camp.
If we go Lazo, they played in five Grand finals
in a row. Yeah, probably got sick. Yeah, and got
six Grand final rings and every club he went to one. Yes,
that is the only thing missing from pain hats because
(22:22):
he stats and I think it's probably above.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
All the other guys.
Speaker 10 (22:25):
But it's just no one could do the sort of
stuff this guy does on the football field.
Speaker 11 (22:31):
Every time he does that as well, Buzz, he's in
November one guy, right, he goes, he hits it.
Speaker 12 (22:36):
It's the open market November one. His value goes up
and up and up.
Speaker 11 (22:40):
He's one point five minimum, one point first.
Speaker 10 (22:45):
One point five million dollar front row.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
All right.
Speaker 1 (22:47):
Two of the broncos biggest stars fronted the cameras this morning.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
Take a look.
Speaker 7 (22:52):
Believed in it from the start, and you know that's
where we're heading to and you know, for myself it
is just a bagging and improved as I go. And
I guess now that we've got the same news out
of the way, then you know, all our focus on
getting out prep right for this weekend and gone from there.
Speaker 13 (23:10):
I know how and we all know here how tough
it is to get to a Grand Final, and we've
been there, We've experienced.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
It's what you want to do as a Playou's.
Speaker 13 (23:18):
Why are you work a backside off in pre season?
Speaker 10 (23:21):
We've still got so much work to do.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
You know.
Speaker 13 (23:23):
I'm not looking too far ahead, and I just want
to ride the emotions, enjoy it, soak up the week
and just have a good time.
Speaker 2 (23:31):
This is our destiny. What about these two?
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Rhys Walsh, Ezra Man Mezra Man was Allechi coming off
the bench, which makes me or leads me to ask
this question. Does Ezra remain on the bench or do
you start him at five eight?
Speaker 10 (23:47):
I changed nothing from yesterday.
Speaker 9 (23:48):
I thought he was really really effective when there's some
tide legs out there. I know what he did in
the Grand Final a couple of years ago and nearly
won the Churchill Medal on a losing side.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
Was coldy Kerrikin comes back.
Speaker 10 (24:00):
Yeah, Car again comes back in. Say look, okay, you.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
Feel right for someone that's you don't know who comes out.
Speaker 12 (24:05):
I started, I'd start as I'd start as Roman. I
put him in.
Speaker 11 (24:11):
I'd move Ben Ben Hunt back to the bench. I'd
start with fourteen. After twenty minutes, I bring you hunting
to the game.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
That's what I do.
Speaker 12 (24:19):
I get a lot right lately.
Speaker 9 (24:20):
So you do have the hot hand of the moment,
hold you back down. You're saying he's had a hold hand.
He said six teams couldn't win the car when you
picked that many. Eventually gets the ground. We're going to
come out of the top four. It's been a long year,
(24:41):
twenty seventh rounds, and I finally got this broken.
Speaker 11 (24:45):
Listen to me, buddy on the street, very convincing when
you say this, Yeah, I would start him. I just
think I thought, like you said, Broke, I thought he
was Dynamoice coming off the bench last week. But that's
the point, right, No, I'd say get him out there
from the start because I just think he's a game breakout.
Speaker 12 (25:03):
You can win the game for them. As we're sworn
the Grand Final a couple of hours ago.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
I agree with that.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
You agree with he's a special talent OA, So who
cares about our opinions right now?
Speaker 2 (25:12):
What are they going to do? What do you reckon
they do?
Speaker 8 (25:14):
Okay, yeah, because six weeks out of it he's come
back in. You would just assess the situation. Coming off
making an impact, You're going to put Ben Hunt into
number nine and it's not broken. So Ben Hunt's robust.
He can take the first twenty minutes, take a bit
of sting out of the game for him, and he
comes on.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
I know you think it, but do you think that
Major will make that call. It's a big call to make.
Speaker 12 (25:41):
I reckon he might.
Speaker 11 (25:42):
I just think I think if ams in the team,
you're start him similar to Ruben cod I during the year,
he might do that.
Speaker 12 (25:49):
I didn't really have a smart move. I know why
you didn't do it.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
You that one right. The Panthers and caught out dynasty
has come to an end or is it really over?
I mean they're.
Speaker 1 (26:07):
Champions and even in this game, until they made a
couple of errors in the second half, they were in
complete control. And I'm thinking if they if they continue
the way that they're playing so precise again, strategic executing
with ease and brilliants and poise in class, you name it.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
They had it again.
Speaker 1 (26:25):
I'm thinking that they're going to win this this, this
comp and then all of a sudden they did.
Speaker 2 (26:30):
They did. They get tight because they made a couple
of errors.
Speaker 9 (26:35):
But don't suggest the dynasties over whatever. I'll tell you
why this offseason. I don't know if they're going to
lose a great player, are.
Speaker 2 (26:44):
They They've got a similar team identical.
Speaker 9 (26:46):
This probably be the most settled they've been going into
a new season, and they were so close and to
come back from an impossible position. They'll make the top
four next year, and they're just as like to win
a big, big thing reading not losing.
Speaker 11 (27:01):
They've done traditionally in recent years. I think they made
a mistake resting all those players a few weeks ago.
I think that they have to have a reddic. They
had to have a read the top four. I think
that was crucial. They have to try and make the
top four. We've seen that, Gordy. That's been proven. If
you realized as good.
Speaker 12 (27:19):
As they are, they they were still an outside hope. Yea,
but even wh was quite outside. It was like very
it was very outside if they run out of That
was basically saying they.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
Run out of gas a bit yesterday and they didn't rest,
and they would have run.
Speaker 12 (27:33):
Out yesterday they didn't.
Speaker 8 (27:34):
Really, there's a couple of players that they'd like to
have again, they should be congratulates.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
A wonderful thing.
Speaker 9 (27:40):
They had arrested players, they would have been cooked by
the time they played their first place.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
I don't reckon they. I don't reckon they regret that decision.
Speaker 10 (27:47):
No, they probably don't coming back with us.
Speaker 12 (27:49):
No, I'm not with it all. And on the dinistic thing,
I mean, I'm with you guys.
Speaker 11 (27:54):
As long as they have Nathan Cleary, they are always
going to be in the mix because he's that good.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
Easy, he's brilliant. How was he yesterday?
Speaker 1 (28:01):
I mean again, he was in full control for the
majority of the game. Did he How was your raised
performance scored? Did he miss any opportunities?
Speaker 12 (28:11):
Yeah?
Speaker 8 (28:11):
Nathan clearic is Nathan Cleary? But this one here looked
at that there was that I think he gets tackled
in his tackle five there, and they're not normally Nathan's moments,
And that's where you say fatigues there. So a couple
of times when they went and they went at these
guys a lot because Adam Reynolds I think five tackles.
I think Catoni Stag's about five, and so was Ricky.
So they were going down there a lot, and I
(28:32):
thought they should have taken it too. They was sitting going,
why don't you take the two when it's when they're
big games? Points are so valuable, But you guys have missed,
you said, the Sharks probably shouldn't have taken it too.
But I think all the time, and I know it's hindsight.
When I was sitting there live, I said, take the too.
Speaker 11 (28:46):
You didn't that to work so hard after being last
through twelve rounds wherever they were, that to work so
hard to even make the finals, that just eventually eventually
was going to catch up with them.
Speaker 12 (28:56):
I think it just caught up with them yesterday.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Yeah, I mean, to win com shit, you need a
bit to go away, don't you.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
And although they have been the best team by a
long way for a long period of time, now you
do need a bit of luck.
Speaker 2 (29:07):
You know, you make your own luck. I'm a big
advocate for that. That's what I wrote this morning.
Speaker 9 (29:12):
The salary cap finally got hold of them and they
probably lost one or two to many players. I looked
at their twenty twenty one side that won the Grand
Final and they've lost ten of that seven and the
ten they last are all champions.
Speaker 10 (29:25):
I'm talking.
Speaker 1 (29:26):
But you know what made me think too was watching
Crafitz Gibbons press conference after their loss and how much
he said that that sort of lolder and you hurt
them missing out on the fall in the end because
how hard it is to back up every week and
to go the long way around.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
And then I thought, you know what, it.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
Started me second guessing Penrith against the Bronx. I'm thinking
they might get tired here create fitzy nosy staff and
he was telling us the impact that had on his
club couldn't catch up to Penrith, and it did in
the end.
Speaker 12 (29:54):
I know another bloke who said that missing the top
four catch up with him. The bloke who thanks very much.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
Yourself. You know I'm going to get your credits and
already stick around man.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
This Wednesday, the summer of cricket begins with Australia traveling
to New Zealand for a three match T twenty series.
Don't miss a ball from four pm Live on Fox
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Past the twenty seven rounds and an unforgettable final series.
His two teams remain in the race for the twenty
twenty five Premiership.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
And Dennis the unmatched in the mon Era brought to.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
A sudden halt as two powerhouse clubs progress through to
the grand Fine.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Welcome to Amy Park. The town of Melbourne is pumping.
Hilly cut in a stall comes across the area to
Hughes Hugh's out of meeting me in the past for Offery.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
Oh, what a wonderful play by Kennedy, and comes urns
over in the corner.
Speaker 5 (00:36):
Huge goes through Jews in the clip.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Jews comes for it to Hugh's bake Sacks broadrid ristof
Monster bit chip kick, he cups pep Pepperdhousen doesn't give
the bouch pit it grounds it anyway.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Fireworks are going off the.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Storm over the Sharks twenty two to forty a glorious
Sunday on the Fox League.
Speaker 5 (00:58):
Well listen to this. Heap chop the broncos on horf soil,
Knny pigtures and let's tug off anybody clearing away. He
wins tun off. Everybody's on his way again. Path like everybody,
you're doing all Brisbane with it all to do halftime blown.
Speaker 6 (01:19):
It's Penron fourteen Brisbane and nils awful past the grounds,
take crow and stacks. He's on the nuts, stacks and
a Risco for Brisbane. Then he's pushing.
Speaker 5 (01:32):
Hup Man and Cleari are getting it off. Get them
in the l to gone quickly brisber tep that I've
never said that before. Twn the shot sign clearly sang
the cry and it turned off. The fat away and
save your weathers wash for fourteen s bok hell hell
well shapes the post wash tummy threw up through two
(01:58):
of ding up the ball started for the line.
Speaker 6 (02:02):
He's gone for Brisby. Not broadcasts have come back front
sun cuts down.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
That's the reasons why I guess preseasons. Yeah, the things
that you do.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
Reynolds. He now steps up on the right touch line.
One of the great kickers. Here we go, a whole
band of Fens on his.
Speaker 6 (02:25):
Right, bots Redolds, kicks that take up bell bras Baal fronts.
Speaker 5 (02:32):
Last type of play pumped in the air. They come back, Yo, Claire,
how Ray he won't get the shun in. I'm going
to do it. Guns and my plot for shots. It
doesn't come up that with me.
Speaker 7 (02:48):
For the run of the purtast.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
There's a feel of whatsoever. I love to think this,
you know, Marius, they run the line and the grandfather.
This is.
Speaker 5 (03:06):
Special.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Welcome to three sixty year over league from every angle
watching by Regain joining.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Me again the great Gun tallis.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
It's been the journeys in Buzz Rothfield and Brent Reid
and what has been one of the best.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Semi final series of all time.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
It is the Brisbane Broncos and the Melbourne Storm heading
to the big dance.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Gordy how good has been well.
Speaker 8 (03:28):
Everybody spoke to said it's probably the greatest day that
they've had at the old Lange Park or sun Corpse Stadium.
They said the stadium was moving, it was rocking. Every
kid woke up this morning, put on a bit of
Marona and yellow for the Broncos and went to do
whatever they were going to do.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
But what a game.
Speaker 8 (03:44):
I think it's the greatest final series that I've witnessed,
to be quite honest.
Speaker 9 (03:48):
Not just the stadium, guys, Televisions were on across the country.
The highest rating Grand Final qualifier in the history of
the game.
Speaker 10 (03:58):
Yesterday Channel nine and on Fox Sports.
Speaker 9 (04:03):
Great news for those cheering for an afternoon Grand Finals
afternoon footy sensation.
Speaker 11 (04:10):
My wife Cole is my litmus test on everything. She's
jumping around the living room. You know it's a good
game of foot because she does normally jump around the
living room breath and she was humped up. So it
was an amazing day yesterday.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
I was jumping around the living room. I saw that. Yeah,
let's let's address the elephant in the room though. Buzz yeah,
you go far away. Great Manage McGuire, Yes, what a
season he has happened. He has had a great season.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
All those army camps, Fort Dennison, the boat with on
Belli's boat.
Speaker 9 (04:36):
The cultural experience on Thomas Wingsley, Tomson, Buddy Yeah, celebrity
cruiser Anthony Bell, all that. Well, if you want me
to sit here on a Monday night and not have
an opinion, I'm happy.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
I am. I'm happy to say quiet love you.
Speaker 9 (04:52):
At the beginning of the year, I was told that
Broncos players were struggling to come to groups with magers
intense style.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Right, that was the case.
Speaker 9 (05:03):
They then went to the Harbor Cruz Anthony Bell celebrities,
blah blah blah blah blah. They got beat by sous
I wrote the story simple as that, you know what,
I've been proven wrong, like everyone else at this desk
has at various times of the.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Years, about the moment.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
This is about the Broncos and Michael.
Speaker 9 (05:23):
Yeah, yeah, I know it's about that, and I stand
by everything I said. And you know what I'm also told.
And if you speak to a couple of players, right,
they will tell you they bought in a crisis manager,
Grant Williams, crisis spin doctor manager, right, just to calm
(05:45):
the farm a bit. He's worked with police commissioners and
some very heavy you know you're seeing to.
Speaker 10 (05:52):
Be doubting what I'm saying. Why do you bring.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
In a crisis manager to fix the crisis? Well, exactly, we.
Speaker 12 (05:58):
Had some drama going on.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Yeah, they had a lot of a movement around, so
it's not I'll say this year. I saw Madge during
that period, that tough period in Marubra, and he.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Was doing it tough. They were going through They were
going through a tough time, they really were. And that's
what makes this even more remarkable because they were in
a hole. Even the way that player, rememberabile question in
their desire, you know, and that was what they got
in there to do, was to lift their intensity, make
sure they were fitter and they had more desire and
you know, and competed harder and there was some games
(06:35):
there where they were just not even close.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
So that's what makes this so special. Gordy.
Speaker 8 (06:39):
Yeah, they've fifty games on from the last Grand Final
to go to the redemption story. They can say that
it wasn't but there must have been a little bit
of noise in the back of the head. Down fourteen nil,
fourteen nil against the side that strangle you, don't give
you anything, grind you into the ground.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
It was a great victory and before the true believers,
so to be out there and do what they did.
Speaker 10 (07:06):
Comeback two weeks earlier they did something similar in the.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Great Brenton reed. He's like he's like a horse in
the Melbourne Companies.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
He's coming down the outside lately, some great predictions after
a very dismal year, seeing Walker and all the rest
of it.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
And you've come on that strong because you're all ever
down the Bronx.
Speaker 11 (07:30):
Well I said that the team that wins a compet
have to beat Melbourne, Melbourne in the Grand Fine and
I said you have to be in the top four.
Speaker 12 (07:35):
Breath you did and Penrith throughout because they didn't finish top.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Four, proud of you.
Speaker 11 (07:39):
Well, you know, I just stuck them the gun's breath.
You've got to be committed, committed. Can I say very
quickly that was the way they played yesterday? I reckon
that's the epitome of everything that Manage McGuire wanted them
to be because they were out down on their knees.
They fought back a bit like the Camera game, but
this one just felt like there.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Was more.
Speaker 12 (08:00):
Something extra to it, the grit and that's what magic gets.
The speed buckets gets not so much. Boke.
Speaker 9 (08:07):
Yeah, look, I'm still against spear buckets and all that stuff,
but you do have to give him credit for those
comeback victories against Camberra and they were gone that day.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
You know what is because of the spear buckets.
Speaker 10 (08:20):
But you do not you don't going after the r
l P.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
I go, I don't care about.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
To foot clubs and ask them if players have spewed
in the off season at their clubs, and you know
there would be more than ninety percent saying Yeah, it
happens quite really, because most of the time you come
back out of shade too, you know, and it's.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
It's it's not even it's not even the I'm.
Speaker 9 (08:43):
Not I'm not going to go back. I'm not going
to go there. I've got strong beers on it, I've
got stress, no problem with it. Looked into it, no problem. Well,
they looked into it, they investigate. Right, what's your next topic?
Speaker 5 (09:00):
All right, let's move on.
Speaker 12 (09:02):
Now.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
You think that Kevy and Ben TiO deserve.
Speaker 9 (09:06):
Well, they do and take nothing away from Madge. I'm
telling you here and now, he's done a great job.
I want to give Kevin Walters a rap. I think
he needs to be given credit for the manner in
which he left that football club ready to challenge for
a title.
Speaker 10 (09:22):
And while they had.
Speaker 9 (09:23):
Their shortcomings last year with a lot of injuries, I
think you've got to give him a rap for the
way he left the club. And a lot of coaches
aren't judged on how they got to a club and
how they leave a club, and Kevin left in great shape.
The other guy want to wrap is Ben Tia their
minister for defense. Last year they averaged twenty five points
(09:44):
a game this year. Second half of the year, they
got it down to nineteen points a game, so that's
a converted tribe per game. They're third in the NRL
for run meads conceited. They're third in the NRL for
offloads conceited.
Speaker 10 (09:58):
They're really tough.
Speaker 9 (10:00):
Fighten it up and you saw that the whole Penrith
scoreless in that second half. Penrith had some football and
some chance. It's even clear he couldn't. I recommend Teo
is a NRL coach in waiting, I really do.
Speaker 11 (10:14):
Yeah, I agree. I think Benny's been sort of around
the game for a while. Not success of the Dolphins,
Danny Gordy and the queensline Cup. Yeah, yeah, I don't
think there's any down. He's a coach in waiting, head
coach and warning at some point down the track, and
you're right, Buzzy deserves look Kevy do. There's a lot
of credit because a lot of that roster was built
under Kevy as well. That's the other thing.
Speaker 12 (10:32):
So imagine herrold a pretty good football team. I think
we all saw that.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
He's been saying that for a while.
Speaker 8 (10:36):
Yeah, Well it's look if you just bail it down
and look at that roster. It's a pretty fair rus
yeah in it so like when they run out there,
they've got two million dollars half backs. Yeah, they got
Ezra Man a great five, Vader young five eight, Reese, Walsh,
Catoni Stage young fast wingers and Paynehassened, Paddy Gergan.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
I do agree, but I must say they come telf
last year and magined in my opinion, the majority of
the credit. And it's a fair comeback from the tales
of Tiger Town, isn't it If you think.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
This is your favorite vision?
Speaker 1 (11:12):
Right he right now he won with New Zealand in
the with the Test match, then he then he wins
with the Blues and now he takes the job at
the Broncos and he's in the grand file and his
first year. Now, tell me that is an amazing, an
amazing coaching effort.
Speaker 10 (11:28):
Well it is, it is.
Speaker 11 (11:30):
And if you I mean, we're talking about great coaches
in our game, and you know, the win two premiershipstitute
different clubs. If he wins on Sunday, it's pretty amazing achievement.
There's not a lot of coaches who have done that.
So I think Madge probably stamps himself as one of
the great coaches. I mean not not a Bennett or
a Bellamy or an Ivan or a Jack Gibson, but
a great coach in his own right.
Speaker 9 (11:51):
To do it in all those forms. He's just outstanding.
And he's not the first Blake to fail out the West.
I haven't clearly failed the West. Time had to get out.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
What the other coach, Craig Bellamy coach.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
He's eleventh Grand Final, overtaking the great Wayne Bennett.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
What an achievement this is by Craig good is.
Speaker 11 (12:11):
He's unbelievable. It's just a ridiculous. It's twenty two final
series out of twenty three years as well or something.
And the one he missed was the salary cap year.
So he's just been and every year he contemplates retiring
and he goes run again and he does just as
good a job because you know, he never drops his
standards break and that's what your new go there.
Speaker 12 (12:31):
There's a standard expected of you at that football club
and if you don't meet it, you don't last that long.
And Craig.
Speaker 11 (12:37):
Makes players better just every year after year, never lose
his hunger.
Speaker 12 (12:42):
He's driven. He's an amazing football coach.
Speaker 8 (12:46):
There's some sides that wore the purple jersey that runbelieve
all right with Greg English and Can. But there's been
some Grand final size that he's got there and the
players that he's got off of scrap people whatever, to
get to a Grand Final, it's it's unbelievable.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
I don't think it would be a los that leads
me to this.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
Do you think what would be a driving force for
Craig would be to win a premiership without Cameron Smith
at nine?
Speaker 10 (13:12):
I think it made a lot to him, I really do.
Speaker 9 (13:14):
Look, he had to rebuild, he lost later, he lost
Kronk and he lost Cameron Smith, and he's brought through
the next generation of big the Monsters and the Jerham
Hughes as the towns will fall back and Harriet Grant.
Speaker 10 (13:30):
I think it's important to Craig to you know.
Speaker 9 (13:33):
I think it's there on the back of his mind
that Smithy world record player, absolute champion, future immortal.
Speaker 10 (13:41):
But to do it without him would maybe the most.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
Special one that he's I think, Actually, I think of
a probably drives Cameron a bit as well, you know,
to win a Premier Monster, Yeah, to win a premiership
with Craig without those in the team because then it's yeah,
all you've got some taking news for us about the referee.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
It's going to be appointed.
Speaker 10 (14:03):
Yeah, I just got a text message a second ago.
Speaker 9 (14:06):
I'm told that Grant Atkins tomorrow will be appointed as
referee of the Grand Final, his first ever Grand Final.
His dad played in two Grand Finals, Graham Atkins Paramatta
in seventy seven and eighty one. Ashley Klein had a
shocker in Melbourne on Friday night. Balling played twenty five
(14:29):
minutes first half, not good enough, too many penalties. And
I think the Atkins appointment will be very well received
across the game. He's got a big fan club. He
lets football games. Flail didn't get a perfect mark yesterday.
There was criticism for not putting Liam Martin in the
sinbin probably should have been, and his compliance with the ten.
Speaker 8 (14:53):
The right decision though, yeah, well yes, I think referees
have a chance to make the correct decision or the
right decision.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
And I thought watching that, you know where the game
was that what was happening sin.
Speaker 8 (15:09):
And I get it, And then I thought that was
the wrong decision when actually Climb sent Hunts and Young.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
I didn't think that that game deserved, you know.
Speaker 9 (15:16):
How to this final series has been so good because
you know, the NRL have got the appointments right and
they've certainly got this way right already.
Speaker 11 (15:26):
Well, I mean it's like a footy team, right, You've
got to pick it on form, and at the moment
green Atkins is in better form and actually clne I
mean I thought that should have been that's a sin
bin any other day except that preliminary final.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
Said all four off or you leave them all.
Speaker 12 (15:42):
I don't particularly have an issue with it.
Speaker 11 (15:43):
Yeah, but you know, I think I think it deserves
to referee the Grand final because of the way you
refereend of the weekend and the way you actually climb
referend the winner.
Speaker 8 (15:50):
It's good that the players decided the winner, you know.
I mean, like they sit there and watch the fans
make the players decided that.
Speaker 10 (15:57):
I should have said to break that story is breaking
right now Telegraph website.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Okay, right now on the Telegraph website. There it is
breaking news from the great buzz roth Field. Now the
Broncos win. Let's talk more about it. Redemption for Reynolds
with that clutch conversion. What a kick it was, What
a moment it was for Adam, the Broncos and the
game of rugby league. What about It was huge resolsh
resbolsh was hitting them and not that well right, he's
(16:24):
forty twin's like he was hitting the ball well.
Speaker 8 (16:25):
Then Adam walks over and picks the ball up, you know.
And I just listened to the call and I've watched
a lot of social media, Danie Naggers, here comes Adam
Reynolds and that's what you want, right, he wanted that moment.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
You were there, right, and you said everyone was standing up.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
Everyone was on the edge of their seat or standing
up in the eleande rooms and you talk about that's
a moment.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
This is a moment for the Broncos. They're fans, but
also Adam, like you know the ghosts yesteryear, you know,
like when.
Speaker 8 (16:51):
South played South and the Grand Final. I think it
was on the other side of the field, so.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
He had that moment. I couldn't imagine what goes for
a goal kicker's head, right, like an It's not for me.
Speaker 8 (17:00):
I think it's all blokes that can just wipe it
away and all the great goalkickers just worry about this kick.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
This is the most important and that was the moment.
Speaker 9 (17:08):
I think his first kid a game story for him
to talk about Waterloo Park down near Redfurn grew up there,
I learned to kick there and just you know, got
everything sort.
Speaker 11 (17:23):
When he hit it, I thought it was going to
hook away actually a little bit and it's just straight out.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
Because that was the Western grandstand blowing.
Speaker 9 (17:31):
Commentary even before the game was should Reno come back?
That they've done so well without him? But I guess
when Kevy Weldes some belly got heard, he had to
and I knew.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
It was the right call of bringing back and have
paid off in the end.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Now there was controversy and we're going to revisit at
the Cleary Man tackle.
Speaker 2 (17:46):
Did the Broncos deserve a penalty here?
Speaker 9 (17:49):
Absolutely no question at all that he's been tackled in
the air while kicking.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
The football deserve the pal Absolutely they.
Speaker 12 (18:01):
Did well, doesn't the Liam Martin?
Speaker 10 (18:03):
Why no, what you do?
Speaker 9 (18:06):
And it's happened many times this year the first offense
is penalized, right, that's didn't know what happened.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
That's a penalty.
Speaker 10 (18:14):
You were great tackle in the air probably to the level.
But spoken to the NL about they.
Speaker 12 (18:21):
Also said that the the liam down.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
We're slowing it down. That's touching. That's touching. Let's go
back a bit there, let's go back. I reckon, this
is touching.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
Go let's keeping on his left leg on the ground,
and when he first makes contact with him, he wraps
his arms around him.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
Let's have a look. He hasn't keep it. He hasn't
keicked yet. He hasn't kicked yet.
Speaker 1 (18:43):
Still hasn't kick, hasn't kick what's on the ground, still
hasn't und He's touching.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
He's touching him. No penalty wrap title. They want to
protect the kickers. Last week when the is when he
charged the ball down was more dangerous. He tackled him
exactly how he's supposed to. He wrapped his arms or anyone.
Speaker 10 (19:06):
Taking more what Zack Hoskin did or what place?
Speaker 2 (19:10):
What are you talking about?
Speaker 10 (19:14):
I'm talking to the rules.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
You can't tackle the man the air there he was
on the ground. Made it was that much? Come on,
we're not in the bunker. Seriously, that was the banker
would have looked at it and they would have paused
it right here.
Speaker 9 (19:29):
Ready, we should booked for a dangerous tackle. That was
a dangerous tackle. I'm not changing my opinion. I don't
care what you're stopping here. It was a dangerous the
rules he does, make your own know what we I'm
not making my own rules up, broth.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
It was dangerous. Where's the next frame?
Speaker 10 (19:47):
The next frame?
Speaker 2 (19:48):
The next frames over, still.
Speaker 11 (19:52):
From the ground, and I'll tell you what then they
think gives him a slow little punch on the ground
as well, which inside of the whole thing, I did it.
Speaker 12 (19:58):
We'll watch it now.
Speaker 9 (19:59):
Watch looks like that I'm about to.
Speaker 12 (20:04):
Do and then Leam Martin comes in like a mania.
Speaker 9 (20:09):
Liam Martin is the one in the wrong here, and
that's something we can't argue about.
Speaker 10 (20:14):
And he should have been sin been for that, but
the penalty should have gone to Penrith.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
He's still at tackling there. Disagree, not the first time
this year, agreement plenty more, plenty more probably would have
done the same.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
Let's get back to a positive, let's get on the
same page, paying ass. What a performance by him, and
I mean we're not surprised, right, He's done it for
years now, and he's done it all year this year,
he's carried.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Them through some tough times.
Speaker 11 (20:42):
But performance in this game that I know it doesn't surprises,
but it should because that was remarkable from him yesterday.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
That's that was the game.
Speaker 8 (20:54):
I'd say with no Paddy Carrigan, there was no one
that's not disrespecting the other Broncos forward because they didn't.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
That's inning job. But this is the effort. Yeah, and
it's coming now.
Speaker 8 (21:04):
Just his effort, right, So he was going to cover
then just keep on moving for a keep keep your
eyes on him.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
For a big guy to play eighty minutes, that was
a massive performance.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
And the chases I haven't looked and he realizes look
at that, he's the first one there.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
That's that's unbelievable. Yeah, ready got.
Speaker 11 (21:23):
Something for he's crazy good, crazy good footballer. Break well,
we know he's different gravy, right, I mean I'm looking forward,
actually I'm looking forward actually Stefan's and pretty read on
for the moment as well.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
So what's the Hopefully I just wanted to this fellow.
Speaker 9 (21:39):
I've seen web Key, seen Lazarus go back to block
of Roach, Les Davids and Ian Roberts, all these great
great front rowers. This fellow is up there with him,
no doubt whatsoever. He's a freakish athlete to have the
speed to get in the position to stop Cleary having
that kick.
Speaker 10 (21:57):
No one Cleary, he would have kicked him that.
Speaker 8 (22:01):
The only thing is he doesn't have the success. So
what would hold him back is like when we judge,
because if we're going to judge everybody, like the half backs. Oh,
he hasn't won a comp. He hasn't won a camp.
If we go Lazo, they played in five Grand finals
in a row. Yeah, probably got sick. Yeah, and got
six Grand final rings and every club he went to one. Yes,
that is the only thing missing from pain hats because
(22:22):
he stats and I think it's probably above.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
All the other guys.
Speaker 10 (22:25):
But it's just no one could do the sort of
stuff this guy does on the football field.
Speaker 11 (22:31):
Every time he does that as well, Buzz, he's in
November one guy, right, he goes, he hits it.
Speaker 12 (22:36):
It's the open market November one. His value goes up
and up and up.
Speaker 11 (22:40):
He's one point five minimum, one point first.
Speaker 10 (22:45):
One point five million dollar front row.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
All right.
Speaker 1 (22:47):
Two of the broncos biggest stars fronted the cameras this morning.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
Take a look.
Speaker 7 (22:52):
Believed in it from the start, and you know that's
where we're heading to and you know, for myself it
is just a bagging and improved as I go. And
I guess now that we've got the same news out
of the way, then you know, all our focus on
getting out prep right for this weekend and gone from there.
Speaker 13 (23:10):
I know how and we all know here how tough
it is to get to a Grand Final, and we've
been there, We've experienced.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
It's what you want to do as a Playou's.
Speaker 13 (23:18):
Why are you work a backside off in pre season?
Speaker 10 (23:21):
We've still got so much work to do.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
You know.
Speaker 13 (23:23):
I'm not looking too far ahead, and I just want
to ride the emotions, enjoy it, soak up the week
and just have a good time.
Speaker 2 (23:31):
This is our destiny. What about these two?
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Rhys Walsh, Ezra Man Mezra Man was Allechi coming off
the bench, which makes me or leads me to ask
this question. Does Ezra remain on the bench or do
you start him at five eight?
Speaker 10 (23:47):
I changed nothing from yesterday.
Speaker 9 (23:48):
I thought he was really really effective when there's some
tide legs out there. I know what he did in
the Grand Final a couple of years ago and nearly
won the Churchill Medal on a losing side.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
Was coldy Kerrikin comes back.
Speaker 10 (24:00):
Yeah, Car again comes back in. Say look, okay, you.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
Feel right for someone that's you don't know who comes out.
Speaker 12 (24:05):
I started, I'd start as I'd start as Roman. I
put him in.
Speaker 11 (24:11):
I'd move Ben Ben Hunt back to the bench. I'd
start with fourteen. After twenty minutes, I bring you hunting
to the game.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
That's what I do.
Speaker 12 (24:19):
I get a lot right lately.
Speaker 9 (24:20):
So you do have the hot hand of the moment,
hold you back down. You're saying he's had a hold hand.
He said six teams couldn't win the car when you
picked that many. Eventually gets the ground. We're going to
come out of the top four. It's been a long year,
(24:41):
twenty seventh rounds, and I finally got this broken.
Speaker 11 (24:45):
Listen to me, buddy on the street, very convincing when
you say this, Yeah, I would start him. I just
think I thought, like you said, Broke, I thought he
was Dynamoice coming off the bench last week. But that's
the point, right, No, I'd say get him out there
from the start because I just think he's a game breakout.
Speaker 12 (25:03):
You can win the game for them. As we're sworn
the Grand Final a couple of hours ago.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
I agree with that.
Speaker 1 (25:07):
You agree with he's a special talent OA, So who
cares about our opinions right now?
Speaker 2 (25:12):
What are they going to do? What do you reckon
they do?
Speaker 8 (25:14):
Okay, yeah, because six weeks out of it he's come
back in. You would just assess the situation. Coming off
making an impact, You're going to put Ben Hunt into
number nine and it's not broken. So Ben Hunt's robust.
He can take the first twenty minutes, take a bit
of sting out of the game for him, and he
comes on.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
I know you think it, but do you think that
Major will make that call. It's a big call to make.
Speaker 12 (25:41):
I reckon he might.
Speaker 11 (25:42):
I just think I think if ams in the team,
you're start him similar to Ruben cod I during the year,
he might do that.
Speaker 12 (25:49):
I didn't really have a smart move. I know why
you didn't do it.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
You that one right. The Panthers and caught out dynasty
has come to an end or is it really over?
I mean they're.
Speaker 1 (26:07):
Champions and even in this game, until they made a
couple of errors in the second half, they were in
complete control. And I'm thinking if they if they continue
the way that they're playing so precise again, strategic executing
with ease and brilliants and poise in class, you name it.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
They had it again.
Speaker 1 (26:25):
I'm thinking that they're going to win this this, this
comp and then all of a sudden they did.
Speaker 2 (26:30):
They did. They get tight because they made a couple
of errors.
Speaker 9 (26:35):
But don't suggest the dynasties over whatever. I'll tell you
why this offseason. I don't know if they're going to
lose a great player, are.
Speaker 2 (26:44):
They They've got a similar team identical.
Speaker 9 (26:46):
This probably be the most settled they've been going into
a new season, and they were so close and to
come back from an impossible position. They'll make the top
four next year, and they're just as like to win
a big, big thing reading not losing.
Speaker 11 (27:01):
They've done traditionally in recent years. I think they made
a mistake resting all those players a few weeks ago.
I think that they have to have a reddic. They
had to have a read the top four. I think
that was crucial. They have to try and make the
top four. We've seen that, Gordy. That's been proven. If
you realized as good.
Speaker 12 (27:19):
As they are, they they were still an outside hope. Yea,
but even wh was quite outside. It was like very
it was very outside if they run out of That
was basically saying they.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
Run out of gas a bit yesterday and they didn't rest,
and they would have run.
Speaker 12 (27:33):
Out yesterday they didn't.
Speaker 8 (27:34):
Really, there's a couple of players that they'd like to
have again, they should be congratulates.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
A wonderful thing.
Speaker 9 (27:40):
They had arrested players, they would have been cooked by
the time they played their first place.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
I don't reckon they. I don't reckon they regret that decision.
Speaker 10 (27:47):
No, they probably don't coming back with us.
Speaker 12 (27:49):
No, I'm not with it all. And on the dinistic thing,
I mean, I'm with you guys.
Speaker 11 (27:54):
As long as they have Nathan Cleary, they are always
going to be in the mix because he's that good.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
Easy, he's brilliant. How was he yesterday?
Speaker 1 (28:01):
I mean again, he was in full control for the
majority of the game. Did he How was your raised
performance scored? Did he miss any opportunities?
Speaker 12 (28:11):
Yeah?
Speaker 8 (28:11):
Nathan clearic is Nathan Cleary? But this one here looked
at that there was that I think he gets tackled
in his tackle five there, and they're not normally Nathan's moments,
And that's where you say fatigues there. So a couple
of times when they went and they went at these
guys a lot because Adam Reynolds I think five tackles.
I think Catoni Stag's about five, and so was Ricky.
So they were going down there a lot, and I
(28:32):
thought they should have taken it too. They was sitting going,
why don't you take the two when it's when they're
big games? Points are so valuable, But you guys have missed,
you said, the Sharks probably shouldn't have taken it too.
But I think all the time, and I know it's hindsight.
When I was sitting there live, I said, take the too.
Speaker 11 (28:46):
You didn't that to work so hard after being last
through twelve rounds wherever they were, that to work so
hard to even make the finals, that just eventually eventually
was going to catch up with them.
Speaker 12 (28:56):
I think it just caught up with them yesterday.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Yeah, I mean, to win com shit, you need a
bit to go away, don't you.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
And although they have been the best team by a
long way for a long period of time, now you
do need a bit of luck.
Speaker 2 (29:07):
You know, you make your own luck. I'm a big
advocate for that. That's what I wrote this morning.
Speaker 9 (29:12):
The salary cap finally got hold of them and they
probably lost one or two to many players. I looked
at their twenty twenty one side that won the Grand
Final and they've lost ten of that seven and the
ten they last are all champions.
Speaker 10 (29:25):
I'm talking.
Speaker 1 (29:26):
But you know what made me think too was watching
Crafitz Gibbons press conference after their loss and how much
he said that that sort of lolder and you hurt
them missing out on the fall in the end because
how hard it is to back up every week and
to go the long way around.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
And then I thought, you know what, it.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
Started me second guessing Penrith against the Bronx. I'm thinking
they might get tired here create fitzy nosy staff and
he was telling us the impact that had on his
club couldn't catch up to Penrith, and it did in
the end.
Speaker 12 (29:54):
I know another bloke who said that missing the top
four catch up with him. The bloke who thanks very much.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
Yourself. You know I'm going to get your credits and
already stick around man.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
This Wednesday, the summer of cricket begins with Australia traveling
to New Zealand for a three match T twenty series.
Don't miss a ball from four pm Live on Fox
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