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Buzz Rothfield and Brent Read join the boys to discuss the Queensland Origin Game 3 team and Billy's decision to leave out Reece Walsh. The boys also touch on the news that the Wests Tigers have lost yet another young gun who was under contract.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Welcome to three sixty Rubelly from every angle, brought to
you by Ford Everest joining me again, the great Good
and Tallas.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
That's been the jour Buzz Rothfield and Brent Reid and Red.
He's been a busy boy.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
The top fifty influences, powerful whatever.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
The only bloke is on my read.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
What's the feedback, Bean? Since you've been very.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Positive, breath, very positive.
Speaker 4 (00:24):
Yeah, a lot of people are very happy with their positions,
particularly you, because I think you were under seven.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
We'll get to that and sorry, I'll tell you what
I noticed. It stood out Buzz Rothfield was ahead.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
And fair enough, fair enough to I reckon.
Speaker 5 (00:38):
Your kidnn't you?
Speaker 2 (00:40):
You're a holiday one.
Speaker 5 (00:45):
Read and you think he's that close an influence in rugby?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Lea your kid?
Speaker 3 (00:50):
It was a tight call, Buzz. I'll be honest with you.
Speaker 4 (00:52):
But yeah, we thought you just held a bit a
bit more swathean mate.
Speaker 6 (00:55):
I'm told you wanted made about forty nine and Mike
carrianas bump me.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Up that I would never do that.
Speaker 5 (01:02):
But what about your weekend?
Speaker 6 (01:04):
A number seven three year contract? Don't worry about your colleague.
She wrecked our salary caps.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Nothing left for us it's what it's not you, it's
what you know.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
You know that.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
That's been a good weekend signing you deal with Fox
League and.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
He was in there to she stress card. He was
in there as well. Back number thirty.
Speaker 7 (01:31):
Was in the.
Speaker 8 (01:31):
Classified the funeral notices.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
That's page one, on page one, Mary and Nathan number one.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
The great Bullfrog. Richiell be very happy with that. He's
obsessed with that.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Nothing's about the move to Super League, isn't it?
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Apparently okay, let's move on. Queensland coach Billy Slater has
made a number.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Of selection bombshells ahead of the Origin decider in Sydney.
Speaker 5 (01:54):
Take a look, why don't go with them? Yeah?
Speaker 9 (01:57):
I just think it's the right fit for the footy
team right now and I think he's in He's in
a great stage of his career. Reese is a great player.
He wouldn't be here if he was injured. It was
purely a decision over who we thought was best for
the position at this time. There's no one more proud
than me seeing Reese back on the field and doing
what he's doing. It's a great luxury to have both
of them in camp. Looking forward to having a week
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with Reese again, Hammer deserves his opportunity to play in
the one Jersey. It was a great phone call. Initially
he thought it was just being a part of the squad.
Then I said, no, mate, you'll be playing for Coeensland.
The rise of his game over the last six months
has been exceptional. He's playing some really consistent football, a
great defender, he's got great principles in his game off
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the footy and he's a big body. Big Papa and
his wife Zeppa, they had another boy over the weekend
and Papa's actually not going to enter camp today.
Speaker 7 (02:52):
He's going to have a couple of.
Speaker 9 (02:53):
Days and make sure that his priority is being a dad.
Because there's probably something that I've had in the back
of my mind for a couple of years now.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Now.
Speaker 9 (03:00):
I was a little bit unsure of the response i'd get.
I spoke to Papa a couple of days ago and
the response was pretty much where where my head was at,
which was fantastic and it just shows you that he's
still got that fire to play for this footy team.
We're not naive to know where we're going, We're not
naive to know how good the footy team is. That
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we're playing and the individuals in the footy team, so
you know it's a it's a task for sure, but
what an opportunity.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Yes, the Queensland Maraons team has been announced after that
great win in Perth to tie the series going into
the decider in Sydney Gordier.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
There are a couple of changes.
Speaker 8 (03:42):
Yeah, it is Josh Papal which makes he makes his return.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
I love it.
Speaker 8 (03:46):
I reckon he's one of those guys in the dress
room that when he's pulling up your socks, you just look.
You just got to watch the way the Green Machines
playing at the moment when they got around him. He
kicked those goals the other week, scored a double, so
I think he's in great form and give them Shubasaki
was from left field, but he's playing really good footage.
He's been Between him and Containy Stags have been probably
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two of the informed centers in the competition. So I
can't argue with it a must win games, so must
feel a little bit disappointed. I think he's warm up
against the Warriors when he's limping around a bit.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
You've got to be one hundred percent feet if we're
going to beat in.
Speaker 5 (04:24):
He was limping around Gord.
Speaker 6 (04:25):
It didn't stop him the way he played, and I
think he's almost single handedly picked the Broncos in that
last couple of weeks. And I've got nothing against the
selection of Shibasaki.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
He's had a terrific gear.
Speaker 6 (04:37):
But my thoughts were Queensland would be a much more
dynamic side to defend up on if they had Welsh
out the back and hammering the centers and a sort
of double X factor threat, and I think it would
have been a bit more dangerous. They're now lacking a
lot of experience in the centers. Robert Doyer's had two
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games and shuber Saki's under bow, and they're up in
against Crighton and the Trail, who was very very.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
I can't argue with that. It's a tough decision for Billy.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
I would have had Reese as well, and that was
I kind of thought that even after Game two, Caylyn
didn't have the best game, didn't have the best game one,
wasn't playing really good for Newcastle. Then he brained it
against the Dolphins and I thought, Okay, they'll probably stick
with him. So when Kylen went down, I thought, well,
Rees comes in. That was just my thoughts. I can
understand why he's gone for the Hemmer and it's not
a bad decision or moved by any means, but I
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definitely would have went for him.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Now really pick and stick. They won game too, that
may change.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
That's the one that's the bones surprised me brace is
Mo for the Waker going out and Josh Populi coming in.
I know Papuli has been playing great for Canberra, but
you're right they won. We won in Perth and I
would have thought given Mo. Look, he hasn't had a
great series, but he's done his job and I'm surprised
that he's particularly Josh has played for a couple of
years and obviously I think he retired. I need footing
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for memory, So that surprises me a little bit. The
re One the Hammer the Back doesn't sprise me because
I think we saw Reese. It's been a bit propery
on that leg and Ship is sarking. You say he's
not experienced bars or hasn't, but he's an experienced play
He's been around long time and he's got a.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Big job on Crichton.
Speaker 4 (06:12):
But the big step up the Fowkers going from the
he's been planning, done a remarkable job.
Speaker 5 (06:19):
He signed with the Queensland Cup, so the.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Train and troll the other start.
Speaker 6 (06:24):
When a man or one of the Q Cup sides
and then the Broncos at the last minute gave him
the train and trial and to step into this ruin
and when they could have had those two champions out there.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
I'm surprised, yeah, but I think defensively they struggled a
bit at times on that side of the field, and
I think he'll he's a bigger body or strengthen them
in that respect.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
But yeah, the.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
Fodow Warker won't surprising me because I think he deserved
to be there.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
So Papa, I think, is it the right call. Let's
get to the bottom of them. I believe he possibly
be starting. He is probably unlucky not yeah, but he
was unlucky.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
To miss going too.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
I thought, Papa, he deserved it and he's been playing
amazing for the Raiders. So although we talk about picking
stick and we could give you guys.
Speaker 8 (07:08):
You picked the best side. We could give you some
ship to win, you picked the best side to win.
And I think, Josh, if you can ask any Coueensland
have we been bullied in any of the games in
the last couple of series, and there's been moments where
we've been bullied. I don't think anybody bullies Josh.
Speaker 6 (07:24):
And the bottom line is you do have a look
at club form and I don't think you can carry
two Titans front rowers. The way they're languishing at the
bottom of the ladder, you can't call it it. They're
running last for a reason, mate, and they haven't had
that midfield dominant.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
They haven't's made the call, to be fair, you know,
he just probably couldn't ignore it any longer.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
And he needs his best team team in form from the.
Speaker 5 (07:51):
Front row at the top of the ladder for one
at the bottom of the.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
I think it makes them a better team.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
But I think that they won the last scale and
I think my did all right.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
But look, he wasn't He hasn't been great, been big
on the.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
Pig and stick I have been whole time loyalty, so
I'm not. I can't change my tune. I can't change
my tune.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
So you are a stickler, Yeah, very very long?
Speaker 4 (08:16):
Are you a number seven makers? I'm very loyal, very
So that's a bit of concerns.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Okay, all right, now quick mentioned John Singleton is coming
up on heavy. He just can't wait to talk to him.
What the character he's We just had.
Speaker 5 (08:27):
Him in the green room Legends the Best fifteen listening
to him.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
How funny is he saying we're boring? Oh you were
not to around with seeing our back in the day.
Surely I did. I did.
Speaker 6 (08:39):
I used to go to his corporate suite of course.
Of course, he had the first corporate suite in Australian
sport at Hanson Park. He built what was called the
jet Set at the time. He used to invite the
media up there for some proms and champagne.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
This was the late seventies. He was way ahead of
his time in rugby.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
Then.
Speaker 5 (09:02):
I did have more head than I have in our breaking.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
I wish I was back in those days. Well, can
we move all right? It's head in the Blues camp now.
Laura Day joins us on the jo true Blue, Mike Laws.
You've resisted making changes after losing game two?
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Is that an advantage heading into the designer Yeah?
Speaker 10 (09:26):
Good evening break. I think it.
Speaker 7 (09:29):
Helps us where we're at.
Speaker 10 (09:30):
I think this team hasn't played anywhere near its capabilities,
and I think the more time.
Speaker 7 (09:36):
We get to play with each other, the better will be.
Speaker 10 (09:40):
And I think, yeah, being able to have the same
seventeen will be advantage. But again, we're going to play
a lot better than what we did in game two.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Yeah, Lauria, it's good to here mate.
Speaker 8 (09:50):
What did go wrong and what's the focus for the
decider in Sydney.
Speaker 10 (09:55):
Yeah, that's quite easy, Gordio. I think for us, there's
two things we need to be better at. One's our discipline.
We're poor in that area. We need to be better
and we're going to execute a little bit more and be.
Speaker 7 (10:06):
A lot sharper with the ball.
Speaker 10 (10:08):
You know, if you only have a fifty six percent
completion rate at the NRL level, you're going to struggle
against teams and if you go to the State of
Original level, you're going to do it tough. And that's
what we were in that first forty minute. So we
have to address the problems that we had in that
regard and we're going to be a more disciplined footy team.
(10:28):
So they're there two big things that I'll be stressing
all week and that'll be the message.
Speaker 7 (10:34):
It's simple, but it'll be clear Lowry.
Speaker 6 (10:37):
The nine Nael penalty count forty five minutes has been
well documented. Are you going to get into the NRL
and have a meeting with the refereeing staff or the
actual referee?
Speaker 10 (10:49):
Yeah, I won't be having a meeting with the ref buzz,
but I certainly been had a meeting with Jared Maxwell
just about the clarification on you know, some of the
rulings that happened in game two. You know, I just
want to be clear in my own mind about what
the expectations are of the referee but also the expectation
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of the referee of.
Speaker 7 (11:10):
Us because we let ourselves down.
Speaker 10 (11:12):
So we need to be better in all those areas
of the game. And again I think you know, for us,
it's a clear focus.
Speaker 7 (11:20):
We've got to be.
Speaker 10 (11:22):
Giving away less penalties and we've got to be better
and we're more smart with what we do with the
football and how we do work with the football.
Speaker 4 (11:31):
Hey, Laura, Brent Reid, I want to ask about a
couple of the queens and changes, well one in particular,
Josh Popular.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
You know him, well, why do.
Speaker 4 (11:38):
You think Billy has turned to him and what do
you think he'll bring into this game?
Speaker 10 (11:43):
He brings the presence and he's a leader. And watching
him this year for the Raiders and over the last
couple of years, you know, he's one of the reasons
why they're having so much success with the ball. You know,
he's a try scorer, but he just carries ball forward
so well for the Raiders. But the fact that he
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gives them a presence in the middle of the field.
He can whack, you know, in defense, and he and
Tno will bring that aggression up front.
Speaker 7 (12:12):
And you know, I think God him myself.
Speaker 10 (12:15):
Last year, I remember talking about it, and you know,
on my radio program, I was talking about maybe they
could bring Josh back last year, and you know, he
didn't get that call up.
Speaker 7 (12:27):
So this year he's got the call up.
Speaker 10 (12:29):
And I know what a proud Coinslander he is, and
I know what inspiration he has with a team, and
they'll feed off his energy and feed off his aggression
and his leadership. So I really understand why Billy's brought
him back.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
Laurie, I'll set it up for you here.
Speaker 4 (12:44):
I am surprised that they would have dropped Mo for
the Worker after winning that game and bringing Josh back.
Speaker 10 (12:53):
I think as a coach, what you look at is
how you.
Speaker 7 (12:58):
Can strengthen your team.
Speaker 10 (12:59):
And if you think you can't strengthen the team, then
you don't make changes. But if you think you can,
you bring other people in. And again, you know, Mo
has done a terrific job for Queensland. But I think
the fact that Josh is playing with the team that's
sitting on top of the competition, he's just forced his
way in through performance.
Speaker 7 (13:18):
I don't think he's anything against Mo.
Speaker 10 (13:21):
I think he's played well, but Josh has just been,
you know, one of the form front rowers of the competition.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
It's no.
Speaker 10 (13:28):
Fluke that the Raiders you know, are on top when
you've got Joe Tarpani and Josh Papa Lee that one
two punch.
Speaker 7 (13:36):
That's a big reason why the Raiders are having success.
Speaker 10 (13:38):
They're playing off the back of that, and I can
understand why Billies brought him into the team.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Was Nathan Cleary.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
He was very good against the Bulldogs over the weekend,
but he's still carrying that leg injury and it was
obviously it hurt him in game two. Do you think
he'll be back to full contact running kicking for Game three?
Speaker 7 (13:59):
Yeah, yeah, we think he will be. Both we think
he'll be one hundred percent fit.
Speaker 10 (14:03):
Although goal kicking, I don't think he'll be goal kicking,
but again that'll be up to Nathan and just to
see how he's traveling. But I wouldn't expect him to
goal kick. I think Zach will do a great job
for us. But yeah, it was just unfortunate that before
game one he sort of twinged his groin, so he
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was I did a really great job for.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
Us to play.
Speaker 10 (14:30):
In fact, you know, we were unsure of whether he's
going to play or not, but he and the medical
staff did a terrific job for those twenty four hours.
And you know, he's confident that he get through. But
obviously he couldn't do goal kicking, couldn't do a lot of.
Speaker 7 (14:42):
The long kicking.
Speaker 10 (14:44):
So but he's more confident now than what he was
leading into game two. And we're still, you know, nine
days away from from Origin three, so I think he'll
be close to her to one hundred percent by game three.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
Current laws, I love the pick and stick me mentality
that you've gone with.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
For the Blues.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
Have a great week of preparation and good luck next
Wednesday night.
Speaker 7 (15:08):
Thanks by thanks for to see your boys.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
There. Is the great Laurie Dailey, And yes he has
picked the exact same team as game two.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Heading in the game three.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
Looked very focused there and didn't give away too much
their loss.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
He's very nervous. Nervous is that how you are?
Speaker 8 (15:26):
No, Well, it's got to be confident, right, they've you know,
they played some pretty good footage. Well like when he
said how much person they had at fifty something. You
don't win a club game with that, So that's alarming
for us.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
Yeah, well they're at home and they should win.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
Shouldn't they to see the referees boss to try and
get the right.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
Of the green, I mean the green, just to get something. Yeah,
please started that he did. They should just say.
Speaker 6 (15:58):
The good thing is he's taken owner ship for that
penalty count and you submit her.
Speaker 5 (16:03):
That discipline was way poor. It was really bad.
Speaker 3 (16:07):
It's graceful.
Speaker 5 (16:09):
But after the game New South Wales weren't prepared to
accept that.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
But they've gone because he would have been emotional too.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
Yes, you know, straight after the game, he's had time
to look at it, sort of calm down a little bit, refocused,
resetting and be a head coach. You know, he knows
you can't be a head coach and going to a
camp thinking we're having excuses you know, the players.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
It's not going to help the players, not going to
help the.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
Team heading into this game which is so important for him.
And then and let's be honest, it's not going to happen.
It's not going to be no one Neil ready, let's.
Speaker 4 (16:39):
Let's well, I was ill disciplined as they were in
game two. Open is nine nil because that's what it
deserved to be, just a little bit so very tense
to its rubbish. Hopefully he puts a whistle away, let's
the game flow and we see a great contest.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
But I mean, yeah, if they do that a lot
in trouble.
Speaker 4 (17:02):
As we've established a lot of these penalis were justifoied Brace.
So need they need to fix up their discipline because
the Queens got in this stuff.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
Queens have got a lot of leg ups and going to.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
I was just done, like he had his hands in
the Tigers in damage control after six straight losses and
the Silver joining the Eels mid season.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
What's our thoughts on this?
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Well, I think it was all.
Speaker 4 (17:29):
Look, it was always heading down this path. Brace Once
once the tygets decided to keep up a chorus, I
mean rich. I had met with Talum to Silver and
his family and they made it pretty clear that if
he stayed, if they extended up his contract, Tellum would leave.
He had a year left in his contracts on big
money next year, and the Tigers thought, well, if it's
going to happen, and there was no way they were
going to convince him to change his mind because I've
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decided to keep because he wants to play first grade.
He wants to be a first grade hooker. He wants
to start, and he and his family take.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
The strongest stand.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
It's just I'm just asking the question, taking the strongestand
he's got a year and a half pretty much left.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Yes, he wants to be the.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
Dominant nine, doesn't want to play behind Happy, but you
don't always get your own way. When you saw on
the contract, you know who's ahead of you? Are you
know both?
Speaker 4 (18:12):
By cutting him loose, they've got six hundred thousand dollars
to play with now and.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
He was.
Speaker 5 (18:18):
Have they given up on this season?
Speaker 6 (18:22):
Fighting to avoid the wooden spoon? What if Happy Carris
how gets hurt?
Speaker 3 (18:25):
Well, they've got a kidnamed Tristan opens.
Speaker 5 (18:28):
He's a new Southwest Cup player. He's there for a reason.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
Well, this kid's not.
Speaker 5 (18:32):
They've given up on the season.
Speaker 6 (18:34):
They've let the two best young players have now left
the club, Galvin and the Silver. They are the two
best youngsters at that club, right and they're both gone.
But both were under contract until the end of next season.
Speaker 3 (18:46):
One was going to take him to court.
Speaker 5 (18:48):
So you want to I'll give you a Galvin.
Speaker 3 (18:51):
You give me a Galvin?
Speaker 5 (18:52):
Okay, This young hawker is a very good is.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
Their backup hooker? Have you seen anything to suggest that?
Tell them Silver, which you respect?
Speaker 6 (19:01):
I haven't spoken to a lot of very good judges
in the game who rate him extremely highly. That's why
Manly wanted him, by Newcastle wanted him, why Paramatta wanted him,
and for the West Tigers just to.
Speaker 5 (19:11):
Say, oh, I did a deal with his mum and dad.
His mom and dad picked the team.
Speaker 4 (19:16):
Far from the finished product right now, buzz. He's a
few years off eighteen.
Speaker 6 (19:21):
Played out his contract. What's the months they've got to
win footy games?
Speaker 10 (19:25):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (19:25):
And happy helps him win footy games?
Speaker 5 (19:27):
Can I can I just name? What?
Speaker 3 (19:29):
Can I say?
Speaker 4 (19:30):
Getting an extra six hundred thousand dollars in your salary cap.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
Who knows sign who knows what's going to happen in
the office. He's a buzz. We see it every year
players become available. There now are eighteen months.
Speaker 5 (19:41):
I'll name some players.
Speaker 6 (19:42):
Galvin the Silver you toy, Kemanu Sean Bloor was about
twenty two when he left, and there was a kid there,
a schoolboy on a Tony large.
Speaker 4 (19:53):
The show is about sixteen, but go on, well seven
heed now and he wanted the West Tigers to he
his contract to get out of that club.
Speaker 6 (20:02):
All I want you to think about is why have
five outstanding young players in the last twelve months all
wanted out of the West Tiger either than made.
Speaker 4 (20:14):
I'm not talking to okay, they've all wanted out, but
what about they've signed lat too. Funny that on someone
was before rich O.
Speaker 5 (20:21):
That was before rich O came to the club.
Speaker 3 (20:23):
You know that was Are you saying rich O's the
issue now?
Speaker 5 (20:26):
I'm not saying.
Speaker 6 (20:29):
I'm just saying to you, and I've given you names
that five outstanding young footballers walked out on that class.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Louis Taruva.
Speaker 4 (20:37):
I've just given the examples of guys who've come to
the club.
Speaker 5 (20:41):
But they're not young kids, they're not the future. I'm
going to lay it out here now and last year
I'll last you.
Speaker 6 (20:48):
If you've heard this, have you heard the stories that
Jerome Leuai and Happy Corusau are so tight with Benji Marshall.
They've got that little circle of three and there's a
lot of younger players that don't quite feel part of
that outfit. I'm sure, and you know that was a
situation with Galvin. I'm wondering if it had anything to
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do with these fellows as well.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
Well.
Speaker 4 (21:12):
They were assured by Talon to Silver and his parents
that have talent, that talent wanted to start the club,
but that if ap he re signed, he would leave,
but they rich. I was assured by his family the
talent's preference, preference was to start the Tigers and be
their long term But.
Speaker 8 (21:29):
To win a spot when when when is there going
to be a young kid to win the spot?
Speaker 3 (21:34):
Well, obviously I just go to just go to a.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
Bell main hooker with Benny Elias.
Speaker 8 (21:40):
Wasn't Neil Whitticker the club captain, and wasn't he the
number nine? And didn't he just play so good that
they had to pick him above him.
Speaker 6 (21:47):
And I want to the canber Raiders are lading the
cop they've got to kick go oh and Patty really
good hooker can't break into that first grade side because
Starling's outstanding and they've even signed the young fellow from
Newcastle Brayley. He's prepared and he's happy to buy into.
That's just can I ask you how many hookers the
Broncos have?
Speaker 5 (22:05):
How many do they have? Four lining up to get out?
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Now?
Speaker 5 (22:11):
Eighteen months out from the contract?
Speaker 4 (22:12):
Corey Place doesn't have a contract for next year, so
some of them are knowing.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
I just want to interject your circle back to what
you said, Buzz, because I first I really heard of that.
You spoke about happy Chorros Lui and Benji having this circle,
and he asked you really if you'd heard that, and
you didn't answer it.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
Have you heard that or that? Because that's news to me.
Speaker 3 (22:32):
Whether I've heard the Benji upp a Titan that we
know they're extremely.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
That's okay, But is it a healthy relationship or is
it healthy amongst the playing groups.
Speaker 6 (22:45):
I was very critical Locklin Galvin the manner in which
he's manager handled his exit. But I do know that
Lachlan Galvin on the Quoi felt a little bit locked
out once Lewai, and that they established this big three
at the club.
Speaker 4 (23:00):
All of the rumors that the war and others would
prefer to play with Lato Fan.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
I mean that was those room rumors were going around
earlier in the year.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
I don't know how to do you believe that then,
because it looks like that's how it's played out.
Speaker 4 (23:10):
In the Obviously there was something to it, because obviously
Lokie's left the club now.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
I don't necessarily think that was the case.
Speaker 6 (23:17):
I'm not being brown Silver, but I think the point
at five, you know how highly regarded on Tony Large
is he is.
Speaker 5 (23:26):
They say the best schoolboy half back going around.
Speaker 6 (23:29):
You're in your name rugby league and mate. He didn't
want to bar of the joint, want Manly to wait
for Cherry Evans. I was still a kid. I just
think it's a bad look when so much young talent.
Speaker 4 (23:44):
They've got some young Richard Buzzy got they got some,
They've got some young te they've got some young talent
coming through Macassin. He signed a lot of the young
kids on who everyone says it is going to be
a superstar. He's signed a long term deal with that club.
There's a finished god, and I think they've got a
whole lot of school boys coming through now who've signed
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long term deals with that club and are willing.
Speaker 3 (24:06):
To stay and fight.
Speaker 6 (24:07):
Hold on the Silver had a long term deal to
He's got something, definitely, And Patty, you.
Speaker 4 (24:17):
Can't compare Tommy's Darling and Jay and Brayley to Uppy
cross out.
Speaker 3 (24:21):
There's no respect to you're going to tell me that what.
Speaker 6 (24:25):
The two Hawkers who have got camp but at the
top of the ladder, you think they're spots in danger?
Speaker 5 (24:28):
Darling, I think eventually just signed again.
Speaker 4 (24:31):
I understand that, but I think Paddy will take his spot, yeah,
or they'll work together. But up he's an has been
playing eighty minutes most weeks.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
For the for the time, I think they should have
half the time.
Speaker 5 (24:43):
This is just my thoughts.
Speaker 6 (24:44):
I think they should have tried harder to keep him,
but most certainly insisted.
Speaker 5 (24:49):
You see out his eighteen months, Richard.
Speaker 6 (24:51):
When they're now in a dangerous position where they could
win a fourth Wooden Spoon.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
Richie went to his house, sat down with his family.
What more do you want him to do.
Speaker 6 (25:00):
But if you go to every moment dad who says
the kid's not happy?
Speaker 5 (25:05):
Seriously, look, I think it's lovely.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
Trying to convince them to stay buzz.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
Let's move on from the nines. Okay, you both made
your point. You both don't agree as usual, Let's get
six losses in. Let's I guess a bit of noise
around Benji. Has Richie jumped the gun on his support
for Benji or where are we at with this situation?
Speaker 2 (25:27):
Is his job safe? I don't know. Have you guys
heard anything? What's the latest?
Speaker 5 (25:30):
I think his job safe?
Speaker 4 (25:33):
Well, well, that depends probably on how he finishes the
season I imagine. I mean, if they lose every game
from here on in, Benji is going to be under
immense pressure. But I think right now rich I is
showing with the decision to sign up or retain up
he chorus rather than tell him to Silba.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
He's back in the coach and he wants to give
Benji every chance.
Speaker 8 (25:53):
Benji wanted happy, Benji want up and the club wanted
the silk.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
No.
Speaker 4 (25:56):
I don't think that's necessarily right, Gordy. I think I
think Benji wanted happy, and the club has backed their coach,
and I think that's what you've got to do in
that situation.
Speaker 1 (26:05):
They have improved this year amongst all of this drama
and six losses in a row. If you peel it
all back, they have got better and they've been a
much better team to watch.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
Think so too.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
But in saying that, the next couple of months is
critical because if they blow all that with a poor
back end of the year, considering the players they do
have on the field.
Speaker 6 (26:24):
Buzz yeah, yeah, Look, I hope Benji does finish strong
and safety.
Speaker 1 (26:30):
What do you think that, Buzz, You seem like you
just sort of hold them back you a little bit.
Speaker 2 (26:33):
No, Look, I think if.
Speaker 6 (26:35):
They run last, he'll probably lose his job because there
are other people around like Willie Peters, who's breaking records
over at Hull in England. He's coach at Newcastle, he's
coached at South He's a very good coach and he's
close to Shane and he worked under him at the
Rabbit Ducks. And I think they will if they run
last or even second last, they'll have to look at
other options.
Speaker 5 (26:54):
Not just for the way the football side's playing.
Speaker 6 (26:57):
That club needs to create an environment where people like
Talon de Silver and Lachlan Galvin want to play footy
for the rest of their careers, all.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
Right, Enough of the Tigers.
Speaker 1 (27:06):
Anthony Sebi was under all sorts of pressure ahead of
Mainly's win against the Tigers, which led to some interesting
comments around the realities of coaching in the NRL.
Speaker 11 (27:15):
Well, look, what's pressure about it. Let's put perspective on this,
what's going on over in Israel and Ukraine and all
that's pressure, right.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
The really of it is, guys, like I've got if
you think.
Speaker 11 (27:25):
About life, right, every single one of us are going
to die, every single one of us, right, and so
if you work back from that point, you really it's
not to be more, but but you really work out
what's important in life.
Speaker 5 (27:35):
And I'm really.
Speaker 11 (27:36):
Passionate about coaching, but I'm also passionate about other things
as well, So it's not pressure. You've got to put
perspective one of these things. Guys, it's a game of footy.
We'll go out there and we're going to play really
well tomorrow and I've got.
Speaker 5 (27:47):
No doubt about that.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
Well, that was intense.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
If you didn't know already, If you didn't know already, guys,
we're going to die one day.
Speaker 5 (27:58):
What are you talking about? To tell you what?
Speaker 2 (28:00):
I found very He wan't talking to me. I'll tell
you what I was. What did you think? A bit
strange under pressure?
Speaker 8 (28:10):
I think everything's just starting to get to him just
a little bit. It's starting the sense a bit of Brisbane,
you know, when it all started unraveled and he just
started going off course a little bit. And maybe maybe
that started, like it's been a tough year. If you're
a manly supporter, DCE Tommy changing positions, what's happening there.
It is a tough tough job being a coach. But
that was a little bit strange for me.
Speaker 6 (28:31):
I'll tell you the press conference that shop he was
after the game when d C was asked about Steve's
having his back, and he spoke about how tight he
was with Seabold, and you know they had had these
really good three years together, so close.
Speaker 5 (28:49):
He didn't invite him to his wedding, well he didn't,
and then he walked out on him in round.
Speaker 2 (28:54):
Three, So so you think there's a bit of.
Speaker 6 (29:00):
Po It was an odd thing to say for Blake.
It walks out in the coach and it doesn't.
Speaker 5 (29:05):
Birthday well, you might think it anything, but I do
apparently do you think it should you invite your coach
to your wedding?
Speaker 3 (29:17):
Not necessarily, Okay, I think you.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
Need to, but it shows that you are read. You
come to.
Speaker 5 (29:23):
Mind in Vegas.
Speaker 4 (29:28):
I think what those comments, what I took from those
comments was that he went through a hell at Brisbane
and he's it's given him some perspective about It's a
bit like those Nico Heines comments last year and everyone went,
what's Nico doing?
Speaker 3 (29:42):
Football should be everything?
Speaker 2 (29:44):
His be all.
Speaker 4 (29:45):
It's not right at the end of it, and we
talked about that last year with Niko good But Steves,
I think Sieves is just realized that something's more important
than what you really cool.
Speaker 3 (30:00):
It's number one baby, with the.
Speaker 5 (30:02):
Spotlight, with the blow torch.
Speaker 6 (30:04):
It's the world's hardest job coaching an n RL franchise.
And you look at chain planning and last week and
you look at that press box and the way that
the pressure was.
Speaker 5 (30:14):
You know, he didn't look well.
Speaker 4 (30:16):
That was I saw Seeds after the game on Friday night.
A man, he looks so happy, look like the way
to the world was off.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
U League all right, stigure out as we head to right.
Let's take a look at the nominees for our sports
bed play over the Round
Welcome to three sixty Rubelly from every angle, brought to
you by Ford Everest joining me again, the great Good
and Tallas.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
That's been the jour Buzz Rothfield and Brent Reid and Red.
He's been a busy boy.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
The top fifty influences, powerful whatever.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
The only bloke is on my read.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
What's the feedback, Bean? Since you've been very.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Positive, breath, very positive.
Speaker 4 (00:24):
Yeah, a lot of people are very happy with their positions,
particularly you, because I think you were under seven.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
We'll get to that and sorry, I'll tell you what
I noticed. It stood out Buzz Rothfield was ahead.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
And fair enough, fair enough to I reckon.
Speaker 5 (00:38):
Your kidnn't you?
Speaker 2 (00:40):
You're a holiday one.
Speaker 5 (00:45):
Read and you think he's that close an influence in rugby?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Lea your kid?
Speaker 3 (00:50):
It was a tight call, Buzz. I'll be honest with you.
Speaker 4 (00:52):
But yeah, we thought you just held a bit a
bit more swathean mate.
Speaker 6 (00:55):
I'm told you wanted made about forty nine and Mike
carrianas bump me.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Up that I would never do that.
Speaker 5 (01:02):
But what about your weekend?
Speaker 6 (01:04):
A number seven three year contract? Don't worry about your colleague.
She wrecked our salary caps.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Nothing left for us it's what it's not you, it's
what you know.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
You know that.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
That's been a good weekend signing you deal with Fox
League and.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
He was in there to she stress card. He was
in there as well. Back number thirty.
Speaker 7 (01:31):
Was in the.
Speaker 8 (01:31):
Classified the funeral notices.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
That's page one, on page one, Mary and Nathan number one.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
The great Bullfrog. Richiell be very happy with that. He's
obsessed with that.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Nothing's about the move to Super League, isn't it?
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Apparently okay, let's move on. Queensland coach Billy Slater has
made a number.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Of selection bombshells ahead of the Origin decider in Sydney.
Speaker 5 (01:54):
Take a look, why don't go with them? Yeah?
Speaker 9 (01:57):
I just think it's the right fit for the footy
team right now and I think he's in He's in
a great stage of his career. Reese is a great player.
He wouldn't be here if he was injured. It was
purely a decision over who we thought was best for
the position at this time. There's no one more proud
than me seeing Reese back on the field and doing
what he's doing. It's a great luxury to have both
of them in camp. Looking forward to having a week
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with Reese again, Hammer deserves his opportunity to play in
the one Jersey. It was a great phone call. Initially
he thought it was just being a part of the squad.
Then I said, no, mate, you'll be playing for Coeensland.
The rise of his game over the last six months
has been exceptional. He's playing some really consistent football, a
great defender, he's got great principles in his game off
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the footy and he's a big body. Big Papa and
his wife Zeppa, they had another boy over the weekend
and Papa's actually not going to enter camp today.
Speaker 7 (02:52):
He's going to have a couple of.
Speaker 9 (02:53):
Days and make sure that his priority is being a dad.
Because there's probably something that I've had in the back
of my mind for a couple of years now.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Now.
Speaker 9 (03:00):
I was a little bit unsure of the response i'd get.
I spoke to Papa a couple of days ago and
the response was pretty much where where my head was at,
which was fantastic and it just shows you that he's
still got that fire to play for this footy team.
We're not naive to know where we're going, We're not
naive to know how good the footy team is. That
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we're playing and the individuals in the footy team, so
you know it's a it's a task for sure, but
what an opportunity.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Yes, the Queensland Maraons team has been announced after that
great win in Perth to tie the series going into
the decider in Sydney Gordier.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
There are a couple of changes.
Speaker 8 (03:42):
Yeah, it is Josh Papal which makes he makes his return.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
I love it.
Speaker 8 (03:46):
I reckon he's one of those guys in the dress
room that when he's pulling up your socks, you just look.
You just got to watch the way the Green Machines
playing at the moment when they got around him. He
kicked those goals the other week, scored a double, so
I think he's in great form and give them Shubasaki
was from left field, but he's playing really good footage.
He's been Between him and Containy Stags have been probably
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two of the informed centers in the competition. So I
can't argue with it a must win games, so must
feel a little bit disappointed. I think he's warm up
against the Warriors when he's limping around a bit.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
You've got to be one hundred percent feet if we're
going to beat in.
Speaker 5 (04:24):
He was limping around Gord.
Speaker 6 (04:25):
It didn't stop him the way he played, and I
think he's almost single handedly picked the Broncos in that
last couple of weeks. And I've got nothing against the
selection of Shibasaki.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
He's had a terrific gear.
Speaker 6 (04:37):
But my thoughts were Queensland would be a much more
dynamic side to defend up on if they had Welsh
out the back and hammering the centers and a sort
of double X factor threat, and I think it would
have been a bit more dangerous. They're now lacking a
lot of experience in the centers. Robert Doyer's had two
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games and shuber Saki's under bow, and they're up in
against Crighton and the Trail, who was very very.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
I can't argue with that. It's a tough decision for Billy.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
I would have had Reese as well, and that was
I kind of thought that even after Game two, Caylyn
didn't have the best game, didn't have the best game one,
wasn't playing really good for Newcastle. Then he brained it
against the Dolphins and I thought, Okay, they'll probably stick
with him. So when Kylen went down, I thought, well,
Rees comes in. That was just my thoughts. I can
understand why he's gone for the Hemmer and it's not
a bad decision or moved by any means, but I
(05:27):
definitely would have went for him.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Now really pick and stick. They won game too, that
may change.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
That's the one that's the bones surprised me brace is
Mo for the Waker going out and Josh Populi coming in.
I know Papuli has been playing great for Canberra, but
you're right they won. We won in Perth and I
would have thought given Mo. Look, he hasn't had a
great series, but he's done his job and I'm surprised
that he's particularly Josh has played for a couple of
years and obviously I think he retired. I need footing
(05:55):
for memory, So that surprises me a little bit. The
re One the Hammer the Back doesn't sprise me because
I think we saw Reese. It's been a bit propery
on that leg and Ship is sarking. You say he's
not experienced bars or hasn't, but he's an experienced play
He's been around long time and he's got a.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Big job on Crichton.
Speaker 4 (06:12):
But the big step up the Fowkers going from the
he's been planning, done a remarkable job.
Speaker 5 (06:19):
He signed with the Queensland Cup, so the.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Train and troll the other start.
Speaker 6 (06:24):
When a man or one of the Q Cup sides
and then the Broncos at the last minute gave him
the train and trial and to step into this ruin
and when they could have had those two champions out there.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
I'm surprised, yeah, but I think defensively they struggled a
bit at times on that side of the field, and
I think he'll he's a bigger body or strengthen them
in that respect.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
But yeah, the.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
Fodow Warker won't surprising me because I think he deserved
to be there.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
So Papa, I think, is it the right call. Let's
get to the bottom of them. I believe he possibly
be starting. He is probably unlucky not yeah, but he
was unlucky.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
To miss going too.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
I thought, Papa, he deserved it and he's been playing
amazing for the Raiders. So although we talk about picking
stick and we could give you guys.
Speaker 8 (07:08):
You picked the best side. We could give you some
ship to win, you picked the best side to win.
And I think, Josh, if you can ask any Coueensland
have we been bullied in any of the games in
the last couple of series, and there's been moments where
we've been bullied. I don't think anybody bullies Josh.
Speaker 6 (07:24):
And the bottom line is you do have a look
at club form and I don't think you can carry
two Titans front rowers. The way they're languishing at the
bottom of the ladder, you can't call it it. They're
running last for a reason, mate, and they haven't had
that midfield dominant.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
They haven't's made the call, to be fair, you know,
he just probably couldn't ignore it any longer.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
And he needs his best team team in form from the.
Speaker 5 (07:51):
Front row at the top of the ladder for one
at the bottom of the.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
I think it makes them a better team.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
But I think that they won the last scale and
I think my did all right.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
But look, he wasn't He hasn't been great, been big
on the.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
Pig and stick I have been whole time loyalty, so
I'm not. I can't change my tune. I can't change
my tune.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
So you are a stickler, Yeah, very very long?
Speaker 4 (08:16):
Are you a number seven makers? I'm very loyal, very
So that's a bit of concerns.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Okay, all right, now quick mentioned John Singleton is coming
up on heavy. He just can't wait to talk to him.
What the character he's We just had.
Speaker 5 (08:27):
Him in the green room Legends the Best fifteen listening
to him.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
How funny is he saying we're boring? Oh you were
not to around with seeing our back in the day.
Surely I did. I did.
Speaker 6 (08:39):
I used to go to his corporate suite of course.
Of course, he had the first corporate suite in Australian
sport at Hanson Park. He built what was called the
jet Set at the time. He used to invite the
media up there for some proms and champagne.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
This was the late seventies. He was way ahead of
his time in rugby.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
Then.
Speaker 5 (09:02):
I did have more head than I have in our breaking.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
I wish I was back in those days. Well, can
we move all right? It's head in the Blues camp now.
Laura Day joins us on the jo true Blue, Mike Laws.
You've resisted making changes after losing game two?
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Is that an advantage heading into the designer Yeah?
Speaker 10 (09:26):
Good evening break. I think it.
Speaker 7 (09:29):
Helps us where we're at.
Speaker 10 (09:30):
I think this team hasn't played anywhere near its capabilities,
and I think the more time.
Speaker 7 (09:36):
We get to play with each other, the better will be.
Speaker 10 (09:40):
And I think, yeah, being able to have the same
seventeen will be advantage. But again, we're going to play
a lot better than what we did in game two.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Yeah, Lauria, it's good to here mate.
Speaker 8 (09:50):
What did go wrong and what's the focus for the
decider in Sydney.
Speaker 10 (09:55):
Yeah, that's quite easy, Gordio. I think for us, there's
two things we need to be better at. One's our discipline.
We're poor in that area. We need to be better
and we're going to execute a little bit more and be.
Speaker 7 (10:06):
A lot sharper with the ball.
Speaker 10 (10:08):
You know, if you only have a fifty six percent
completion rate at the NRL level, you're going to struggle
against teams and if you go to the State of
Original level, you're going to do it tough. And that's
what we were in that first forty minute. So we
have to address the problems that we had in that
regard and we're going to be a more disciplined footy team.
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So they're there two big things that I'll be stressing
all week and that'll be the message.
Speaker 7 (10:34):
It's simple, but it'll be clear Lowry.
Speaker 6 (10:37):
The nine Nael penalty count forty five minutes has been
well documented. Are you going to get into the NRL
and have a meeting with the refereeing staff or the
actual referee?
Speaker 10 (10:49):
Yeah, I won't be having a meeting with the ref buzz,
but I certainly been had a meeting with Jared Maxwell
just about the clarification on you know, some of the
rulings that happened in game two. You know, I just
want to be clear in my own mind about what
the expectations are of the referee but also the expectation
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of the referee of.
Speaker 7 (11:10):
Us because we let ourselves down.
Speaker 10 (11:12):
So we need to be better in all those areas
of the game. And again I think you know, for us,
it's a clear focus.
Speaker 7 (11:20):
We've got to be.
Speaker 10 (11:22):
Giving away less penalties and we've got to be better
and we're more smart with what we do with the
football and how we do work with the football.
Speaker 4 (11:31):
Hey, Laura, Brent Reid, I want to ask about a
couple of the queens and changes, well one in particular,
Josh Popular.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
You know him, well, why do.
Speaker 4 (11:38):
You think Billy has turned to him and what do
you think he'll bring into this game?
Speaker 10 (11:43):
He brings the presence and he's a leader. And watching
him this year for the Raiders and over the last
couple of years, you know, he's one of the reasons
why they're having so much success with the ball. You know,
he's a try scorer, but he just carries ball forward
so well for the Raiders. But the fact that he
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gives them a presence in the middle of the field.
He can whack, you know, in defense, and he and
Tno will bring that aggression up front.
Speaker 7 (12:12):
And you know, I think God him myself.
Speaker 10 (12:15):
Last year, I remember talking about it, and you know,
on my radio program, I was talking about maybe they
could bring Josh back last year, and you know, he
didn't get that call up.
Speaker 7 (12:27):
So this year he's got the call up.
Speaker 10 (12:29):
And I know what a proud Coinslander he is, and
I know what inspiration he has with a team, and
they'll feed off his energy and feed off his aggression
and his leadership. So I really understand why Billy's brought
him back.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
Laurie, I'll set it up for you here.
Speaker 4 (12:44):
I am surprised that they would have dropped Mo for
the Worker after winning that game and bringing Josh back.
Speaker 10 (12:53):
I think as a coach, what you look at is
how you.
Speaker 7 (12:58):
Can strengthen your team.
Speaker 10 (12:59):
And if you think you can't strengthen the team, then
you don't make changes. But if you think you can,
you bring other people in. And again, you know, Mo
has done a terrific job for Queensland. But I think
the fact that Josh is playing with the team that's
sitting on top of the competition, he's just forced his
way in through performance.
Speaker 7 (13:18):
I don't think he's anything against Mo.
Speaker 10 (13:21):
I think he's played well, but Josh has just been,
you know, one of the form front rowers of the competition.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
It's no.
Speaker 10 (13:28):
Fluke that the Raiders you know, are on top when
you've got Joe Tarpani and Josh Papa Lee that one
two punch.
Speaker 7 (13:36):
That's a big reason why the Raiders are having success.
Speaker 10 (13:38):
They're playing off the back of that, and I can
understand why Billies brought him into the team.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Was Nathan Cleary.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
He was very good against the Bulldogs over the weekend,
but he's still carrying that leg injury and it was
obviously it hurt him in game two. Do you think
he'll be back to full contact running kicking for Game three?
Speaker 7 (13:59):
Yeah, yeah, we think he will be. Both we think
he'll be one hundred percent fit.
Speaker 10 (14:03):
Although goal kicking, I don't think he'll be goal kicking,
but again that'll be up to Nathan and just to
see how he's traveling. But I wouldn't expect him to
goal kick. I think Zach will do a great job
for us. But yeah, it was just unfortunate that before
game one he sort of twinged his groin, so he
(14:28):
was I did a really great job for.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
Us to play.
Speaker 10 (14:30):
In fact, you know, we were unsure of whether he's
going to play or not, but he and the medical
staff did a terrific job for those twenty four hours.
And you know, he's confident that he get through. But
obviously he couldn't do goal kicking, couldn't do a lot of.
Speaker 7 (14:42):
The long kicking.
Speaker 10 (14:44):
So but he's more confident now than what he was
leading into game two. And we're still, you know, nine
days away from from Origin three, so I think he'll
be close to her to one hundred percent by game three.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
Current laws, I love the pick and stick me mentality
that you've gone with.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
For the Blues.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
Have a great week of preparation and good luck next
Wednesday night.
Speaker 7 (15:08):
Thanks by thanks for to see your boys.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
There. Is the great Laurie Dailey, And yes he has
picked the exact same team as game two.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Heading in the game three.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
Looked very focused there and didn't give away too much
their loss.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
He's very nervous. Nervous is that how you are?
Speaker 8 (15:26):
No, Well, it's got to be confident, right, they've you know,
they played some pretty good footage. Well like when he
said how much person they had at fifty something. You
don't win a club game with that, So that's alarming
for us.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
Yeah, well they're at home and they should win.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
Shouldn't they to see the referees boss to try and
get the right.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
Of the green, I mean the green, just to get something. Yeah,
please started that he did. They should just say.
Speaker 6 (15:58):
The good thing is he's taken owner ship for that
penalty count and you submit her.
Speaker 5 (16:03):
That discipline was way poor. It was really bad.
Speaker 3 (16:07):
It's graceful.
Speaker 5 (16:09):
But after the game New South Wales weren't prepared to
accept that.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
But they've gone because he would have been emotional too.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
Yes, you know, straight after the game, he's had time
to look at it, sort of calm down a little bit, refocused,
resetting and be a head coach. You know, he knows
you can't be a head coach and going to a
camp thinking we're having excuses you know, the players.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
It's not going to help the players, not going to
help the.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
Team heading into this game which is so important for him.
And then and let's be honest, it's not going to happen.
It's not going to be no one Neil ready, let's.
Speaker 4 (16:39):
Let's well, I was ill disciplined as they were in
game two. Open is nine nil because that's what it
deserved to be, just a little bit so very tense
to its rubbish. Hopefully he puts a whistle away, let's
the game flow and we see a great contest.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
But I mean, yeah, if they do that a lot
in trouble.
Speaker 4 (17:02):
As we've established a lot of these penalis were justifoied Brace.
So need they need to fix up their discipline because
the Queens got in this stuff.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
Queens have got a lot of leg ups and going to.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
I was just done, like he had his hands in
the Tigers in damage control after six straight losses and
the Silver joining the Eels mid season.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
What's our thoughts on this?
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Well, I think it was all.
Speaker 4 (17:29):
Look, it was always heading down this path. Brace Once
once the tygets decided to keep up a chorus, I
mean rich. I had met with Talum to Silver and
his family and they made it pretty clear that if
he stayed, if they extended up his contract, Tellum would leave.
He had a year left in his contracts on big
money next year, and the Tigers thought, well, if it's
going to happen, and there was no way they were
going to convince him to change his mind because I've
(17:50):
decided to keep because he wants to play first grade.
He wants to be a first grade hooker. He wants
to start, and he and his family take.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
The strongest stand.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
It's just I'm just asking the question, taking the strongestand
he's got a year and a half pretty much left.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Yes, he wants to be the.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
Dominant nine, doesn't want to play behind Happy, but you
don't always get your own way. When you saw on
the contract, you know who's ahead of you? Are you
know both?
Speaker 4 (18:12):
By cutting him loose, they've got six hundred thousand dollars
to play with now and.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
He was.
Speaker 5 (18:18):
Have they given up on this season?
Speaker 6 (18:22):
Fighting to avoid the wooden spoon? What if Happy Carris
how gets hurt?
Speaker 3 (18:25):
Well, they've got a kidnamed Tristan opens.
Speaker 5 (18:28):
He's a new Southwest Cup player. He's there for a reason.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
Well, this kid's not.
Speaker 5 (18:32):
They've given up on the season.
Speaker 6 (18:34):
They've let the two best young players have now left
the club, Galvin and the Silver. They are the two
best youngsters at that club, right and they're both gone.
But both were under contract until the end of next season.
Speaker 3 (18:46):
One was going to take him to court.
Speaker 5 (18:48):
So you want to I'll give you a Galvin.
Speaker 3 (18:51):
You give me a Galvin?
Speaker 5 (18:52):
Okay, This young hawker is a very good is.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
Their backup hooker? Have you seen anything to suggest that?
Tell them Silver, which you respect?
Speaker 6 (19:01):
I haven't spoken to a lot of very good judges
in the game who rate him extremely highly. That's why
Manly wanted him, by Newcastle wanted him, why Paramatta wanted him,
and for the West Tigers just to.
Speaker 5 (19:11):
Say, oh, I did a deal with his mum and dad.
His mom and dad picked the team.
Speaker 4 (19:16):
Far from the finished product right now, buzz. He's a
few years off eighteen.
Speaker 6 (19:21):
Played out his contract. What's the months they've got to
win footy games?
Speaker 10 (19:25):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (19:25):
And happy helps him win footy games?
Speaker 5 (19:27):
Can I can I just name? What?
Speaker 3 (19:29):
Can I say?
Speaker 4 (19:30):
Getting an extra six hundred thousand dollars in your salary cap.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
Who knows sign who knows what's going to happen in
the office. He's a buzz. We see it every year
players become available. There now are eighteen months.
Speaker 5 (19:41):
I'll name some players.
Speaker 6 (19:42):
Galvin the Silver you toy, Kemanu Sean Bloor was about
twenty two when he left, and there was a kid there,
a schoolboy on a Tony large.
Speaker 4 (19:53):
The show is about sixteen, but go on, well seven
heed now and he wanted the West Tigers to he
his contract to get out of that club.
Speaker 6 (20:02):
All I want you to think about is why have
five outstanding young players in the last twelve months all
wanted out of the West Tiger either than made.
Speaker 4 (20:14):
I'm not talking to okay, they've all wanted out, but
what about they've signed lat too. Funny that on someone
was before rich O.
Speaker 5 (20:21):
That was before rich O came to the club.
Speaker 3 (20:23):
You know that was Are you saying rich O's the
issue now?
Speaker 5 (20:26):
I'm not saying.
Speaker 6 (20:29):
I'm just saying to you, and I've given you names
that five outstanding young footballers walked out on that class.
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Louis Taruva.
Speaker 4 (20:37):
I've just given the examples of guys who've come to
the club.
Speaker 5 (20:41):
But they're not young kids, they're not the future. I'm
going to lay it out here now and last year
I'll last you.
Speaker 6 (20:48):
If you've heard this, have you heard the stories that
Jerome Leuai and Happy Corusau are so tight with Benji Marshall.
They've got that little circle of three and there's a
lot of younger players that don't quite feel part of
that outfit. I'm sure, and you know that was a
situation with Galvin. I'm wondering if it had anything to
(21:10):
do with these fellows as well.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
Well.
Speaker 4 (21:12):
They were assured by Talon to Silver and his parents
that have talent, that talent wanted to start the club,
but that if ap he re signed, he would leave,
but they rich. I was assured by his family the
talent's preference, preference was to start the Tigers and be
their long term But.
Speaker 8 (21:29):
To win a spot when when when is there going
to be a young kid to win the spot?
Speaker 3 (21:34):
Well, obviously I just go to just go to a.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
Bell main hooker with Benny Elias.
Speaker 8 (21:40):
Wasn't Neil Whitticker the club captain, and wasn't he the
number nine? And didn't he just play so good that
they had to pick him above him.
Speaker 6 (21:47):
And I want to the canber Raiders are lading the
cop they've got to kick go oh and Patty really
good hooker can't break into that first grade side because
Starling's outstanding and they've even signed the young fellow from
Newcastle Brayley. He's prepared and he's happy to buy into.
That's just can I ask you how many hookers the
Broncos have?
Speaker 5 (22:05):
How many do they have? Four lining up to get out?
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Now?
Speaker 5 (22:11):
Eighteen months out from the contract?
Speaker 4 (22:12):
Corey Place doesn't have a contract for next year, so
some of them are knowing.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
I just want to interject your circle back to what
you said, Buzz, because I first I really heard of that.
You spoke about happy Chorros Lui and Benji having this circle,
and he asked you really if you'd heard that, and
you didn't answer it.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
Have you heard that or that? Because that's news to me.
Speaker 3 (22:32):
Whether I've heard the Benji upp a Titan that we
know they're extremely.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
That's okay, But is it a healthy relationship or is
it healthy amongst the playing groups.
Speaker 6 (22:45):
I was very critical Locklin Galvin the manner in which
he's manager handled his exit. But I do know that
Lachlan Galvin on the Quoi felt a little bit locked
out once Lewai, and that they established this big three
at the club.
Speaker 4 (23:00):
All of the rumors that the war and others would
prefer to play with Lato Fan.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
I mean that was those room rumors were going around
earlier in the year.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
I don't know how to do you believe that then,
because it looks like that's how it's played out.
Speaker 4 (23:10):
In the Obviously there was something to it, because obviously
Lokie's left the club now.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
I don't necessarily think that was the case.
Speaker 6 (23:17):
I'm not being brown Silver, but I think the point
at five, you know how highly regarded on Tony Large
is he is.
Speaker 5 (23:26):
They say the best schoolboy half back going around.
Speaker 6 (23:29):
You're in your name rugby league and mate. He didn't
want to bar of the joint, want Manly to wait
for Cherry Evans. I was still a kid. I just
think it's a bad look when so much young talent.
Speaker 4 (23:44):
They've got some young Richard Buzzy got they got some,
They've got some young te they've got some young talent
coming through Macassin. He signed a lot of the young
kids on who everyone says it is going to be
a superstar. He's signed a long term deal with that club.
There's a finished god, and I think they've got a
whole lot of school boys coming through now who've signed
(24:04):
long term deals with that club and are willing.
Speaker 3 (24:06):
To stay and fight.
Speaker 6 (24:07):
Hold on the Silver had a long term deal to
He's got something, definitely, And Patty, you.
Speaker 4 (24:17):
Can't compare Tommy's Darling and Jay and Brayley to Uppy
cross out.
Speaker 3 (24:21):
There's no respect to you're going to tell me that what.
Speaker 6 (24:25):
The two Hawkers who have got camp but at the
top of the ladder, you think they're spots in danger?
Speaker 5 (24:28):
Darling, I think eventually just signed again.
Speaker 4 (24:31):
I understand that, but I think Paddy will take his spot, yeah,
or they'll work together. But up he's an has been
playing eighty minutes most weeks.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
For the for the time, I think they should have
half the time.
Speaker 5 (24:43):
This is just my thoughts.
Speaker 6 (24:44):
I think they should have tried harder to keep him,
but most certainly insisted.
Speaker 5 (24:49):
You see out his eighteen months, Richard.
Speaker 6 (24:51):
When they're now in a dangerous position where they could
win a fourth Wooden Spoon.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
Richie went to his house, sat down with his family.
What more do you want him to do.
Speaker 6 (25:00):
But if you go to every moment dad who says
the kid's not happy?
Speaker 5 (25:05):
Seriously, look, I think it's lovely.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
Trying to convince them to stay buzz.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
Let's move on from the nines. Okay, you both made
your point. You both don't agree as usual, Let's get
six losses in. Let's I guess a bit of noise
around Benji. Has Richie jumped the gun on his support
for Benji or where are we at with this situation?
Speaker 2 (25:27):
Is his job safe? I don't know. Have you guys
heard anything? What's the latest?
Speaker 5 (25:30):
I think his job safe?
Speaker 4 (25:33):
Well, well, that depends probably on how he finishes the
season I imagine. I mean, if they lose every game
from here on in, Benji is going to be under
immense pressure. But I think right now rich I is
showing with the decision to sign up or retain up
he chorus rather than tell him to Silba.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
He's back in the coach and he wants to give
Benji every chance.
Speaker 8 (25:53):
Benji wanted happy, Benji want up and the club wanted
the silk.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
No.
Speaker 4 (25:56):
I don't think that's necessarily right, Gordy. I think I
think Benji wanted happy, and the club has backed their coach,
and I think that's what you've got to do in
that situation.
Speaker 1 (26:05):
They have improved this year amongst all of this drama
and six losses in a row. If you peel it
all back, they have got better and they've been a
much better team to watch.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
Think so too.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
But in saying that, the next couple of months is
critical because if they blow all that with a poor
back end of the year, considering the players they do
have on the field.
Speaker 6 (26:24):
Buzz yeah, yeah, Look, I hope Benji does finish strong
and safety.
Speaker 1 (26:30):
What do you think that, Buzz, You seem like you
just sort of hold them back you a little bit.
Speaker 2 (26:33):
No, Look, I think if.
Speaker 6 (26:35):
They run last, he'll probably lose his job because there
are other people around like Willie Peters, who's breaking records
over at Hull in England. He's coach at Newcastle, he's
coached at South He's a very good coach and he's
close to Shane and he worked under him at the
Rabbit Ducks. And I think they will if they run
last or even second last, they'll have to look at
other options.
Speaker 5 (26:54):
Not just for the way the football side's playing.
Speaker 6 (26:57):
That club needs to create an environment where people like
Talon de Silver and Lachlan Galvin want to play footy
for the rest of their careers, all.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
Right, Enough of the Tigers.
Speaker 1 (27:06):
Anthony Sebi was under all sorts of pressure ahead of
Mainly's win against the Tigers, which led to some interesting
comments around the realities of coaching in the NRL.
Speaker 11 (27:15):
Well, look, what's pressure about it. Let's put perspective on this,
what's going on over in Israel and Ukraine and all
that's pressure, right.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
The really of it is, guys, like I've got if
you think.
Speaker 11 (27:25):
About life, right, every single one of us are going
to die, every single one of us, right, and so
if you work back from that point, you really it's
not to be more, but but you really work out
what's important in life.
Speaker 5 (27:35):
And I'm really.
Speaker 11 (27:36):
Passionate about coaching, but I'm also passionate about other things
as well, So it's not pressure. You've got to put
perspective one of these things. Guys, it's a game of footy.
We'll go out there and we're going to play really
well tomorrow and I've got.
Speaker 5 (27:47):
No doubt about that.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
Well, that was intense.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
If you didn't know already, If you didn't know already, guys,
we're going to die one day.
Speaker 5 (27:58):
What are you talking about? To tell you what?
Speaker 2 (28:00):
I found very He wan't talking to me. I'll tell
you what I was. What did you think? A bit
strange under pressure?
Speaker 8 (28:10):
I think everything's just starting to get to him just
a little bit. It's starting the sense a bit of Brisbane,
you know, when it all started unraveled and he just
started going off course a little bit. And maybe maybe
that started, like it's been a tough year. If you're
a manly supporter, DCE Tommy changing positions, what's happening there.
It is a tough tough job being a coach. But
that was a little bit strange for me.
Speaker 6 (28:31):
I'll tell you the press conference that shop he was
after the game when d C was asked about Steve's
having his back, and he spoke about how tight he
was with Seabold, and you know they had had these
really good three years together, so close.
Speaker 5 (28:49):
He didn't invite him to his wedding, well he didn't,
and then he walked out on him in round.
Speaker 2 (28:54):
Three, So so you think there's a bit of.
Speaker 6 (29:00):
Po It was an odd thing to say for Blake.
It walks out in the coach and it doesn't.
Speaker 5 (29:05):
Birthday well, you might think it anything, but I do
apparently do you think it should you invite your coach
to your wedding?
Speaker 3 (29:17):
Not necessarily, Okay, I think you.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
Need to, but it shows that you are read. You
come to.
Speaker 5 (29:23):
Mind in Vegas.
Speaker 4 (29:28):
I think what those comments, what I took from those
comments was that he went through a hell at Brisbane
and he's it's given him some perspective about It's a
bit like those Nico Heines comments last year and everyone went,
what's Nico doing?
Speaker 3 (29:42):
Football should be everything?
Speaker 2 (29:44):
His be all.
Speaker 4 (29:45):
It's not right at the end of it, and we
talked about that last year with Niko good But Steves,
I think Sieves is just realized that something's more important
than what you really cool.
Speaker 3 (30:00):
It's number one baby, with the.
Speaker 5 (30:02):
Spotlight, with the blow torch.
Speaker 6 (30:04):
It's the world's hardest job coaching an n RL franchise.
And you look at chain planning and last week and
you look at that press box and the way that
the pressure was.
Speaker 5 (30:14):
You know, he didn't look well.
Speaker 4 (30:16):
That was I saw Seeds after the game on Friday night.
A man, he looks so happy, look like the way
to the world was off.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
U League all right, stigure out as we head to right.
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