The Waterboys - June 10th

Hosts: Brent Costelloe and Cam Brown

0.00 - Hour 1 Opener

04.05 - Elton Broderick (Pickleball Tasmania Vice-President)

09.39 - Richard Welsh (Launceston Running Festival)

14.22 - Miles Barnard (Devonport Strikers Player)

21.34 - Ben Daniher (Fight MND)

28.48 - Hour 2 Opener

30.43 - Jaidyn Stephenson (North Melbourne FC Player)

36.44 - Lachie Keefe (GWS Player)

46.30 - Milton Doyle (Tasmania JackJumpers Import)

52.48 - Good Sport Award and Show Close

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
No matter what they spied, where it's played, or the
team's behind it, We've got it. This is the water Boys.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
Thanks to Tasmac, Devin Port, Montstern, Bridgewater.

Speaker 1 (00:11):
And Smifton, your local Koboda dealer.

Speaker 3 (00:13):
Good morning everyone, Welcome to the water Boys for another
super Saturday of sport. It is Brent Coast alongside a
Cam Brown this morning to Dave Brannie.

Speaker 4 (00:21):
Brent, how are you this morning?

Speaker 3 (00:22):
Better than you? Your dog's lost last night? I just
couldn't get Nearport Adelaide in the end, sixteen eleven seven
to thirteen seven eighty five. What's going on place?

Speaker 5 (00:32):
Well?

Speaker 4 (00:32):
Port were too good, Brent. I thought their foot skills
and their ability to transition the ball to the outside
and they're inside fifty kicking was a feature, and I
thought the dog's tright hard and I thought it was
a gallant comeback in the last quarter. But in the
end they've see they've got some problems to dogs. They've
got to work out what they're doing down back their
best mix. I think it's time for Norton to go

(00:53):
back there. Who's an outstanding underage? So you really did player?
He was fourth and the best and fairest in his
very first year at the border.

Speaker 3 (01:00):
Thanks good.

Speaker 4 (01:01):
You won't know unless you try a bread, take a
risk and see what the miss the mix might be.

Speaker 3 (01:07):
Don't mind that one game of the TSL last night
to kick off the latest round, North Fonnie absolutely wiping
the floor with lonzest in fourteen twelve ninety six to
four to three twenty seven. So big win there for
the Bombers. They are absolutely flying at the moment. Stumps
in the World Test Championships at day three, Australia four
for one twenty three at two hundred and ninety six

(01:28):
run lead. Marnus Labashane unbeaten on forty one. Camp Green
seven not out. Cummins was the best of the balls
before we started batting again with three for eighty three.
What happened in the NRL last night, cam.

Speaker 4 (01:39):
Big result this one. Brent Manly fifty eight defeated the
Dolphins eighteen forty point.

Speaker 3 (01:44):
Fin fifty eight.

Speaker 4 (01:45):
That's extraordinary, huge gore line and that brings them up
to eighth on the NRAL ladder, so an important win
for them.

Speaker 3 (01:51):
Koker Bar had a big win in the early hours
this morning two against the Netherlands. The number one rank
Netherlands two if you don't mind, seven to two. Our
guys up, and we've got our finalists in the French
Open for the men's tournament too, Caspar Route defeating Alexander
z vere overnight in three sets, six three, six, four
six love, and Novak Djokovic got the job done against

(02:13):
Carlos al Karaz. There was a bit of talk that
Alcaraz would probably win that, but looks like he had
some cramps or a bit of an injury. But Djokovic
got it done six three, five, seven, sixty one, sixty one.
And of course the women's final tonight too is fire
Tech versus Carolina. Much of us so looking forward to that.

Speaker 4 (02:30):
Just check me on Djokovic, but I'm pretty sure if
he wins this one, that puts him one ahead of
Nadal and the all time Grand Slam.

Speaker 3 (02:37):
He does indeed, Yeah, no, big, It's huge, isn't it.
And obviously Rafa out so opened it right up to
with the French Open. Hey, we've got a big show
this morning, camp massive, massive, names left, right and center.
We're actually starting with pickleball this morning. The pickleball titles
are on down at Kingbo this weekend, so Elton Broderick
will join us from Pickaball, tas Mania. Richard Welsh will

(02:58):
jump on too to talk about the Lunce, longest and
running festival, which is on tomorrow. Massive weekend of soccer
with the state wide cup finals. Miles Barnard from Devonport
will join us to talk about the lack of sel
Jack Cup final and Ben Danaher as well will join
us Big Freeze at the G. Ben is Neil's son,
so we look forward to talking to him about the
big slide at the G on Monday. What's coming up

(03:18):
in our two and extra time here.

Speaker 4 (03:20):
We afl footy tomorrow Brent North Melbourne versus g WS,
and we've got a couple of guests from the respective teams.
Jaden Stevenson will join us in the second hour along
with Lachland Key from GWS and Milton Doyle. Yes, big
were shining that Brent human waiting for that one, yep,
exactly listening to the commentary and at one stage I
was a little bit wobbling.

Speaker 3 (03:41):
Sign I said, all along, don't panic. You were right, Yes,
I said, don't panic. It will get done and it has.
Ellie Blackburn will join us too from your mob of
the Western Mordoc. She was in town yesterday for the
SFL Women's in Footy women in Footy Breakfast, which was
an outstanding event. Down at rest Point. That's all the
head for you over the next couple of hours here
on the water Boys. Don't go any It's going to
be a big show.

Speaker 1 (04:02):
This is the water Boys.

Speaker 3 (04:05):
Thanks to our great friends at Tasmack. You are listening
to the water Boys with Brent Costello and Cam Brown
for your Saturday morning. We are turning our attention to
pickleball now because massive event coming up today and tomorrow
down at the Kingbog Sports Center in southern Tasmania. We've
got the Tasmanian Pickleball Open. And joining us on the
line to have a chat about it is Pickleball tasbani

(04:25):
At Vice President Elton Broderick, Welcome to the show.

Speaker 6 (04:28):
Elton morning, Brent, thanks Ane, thanks for being there. Good
morning Cam.

Speaker 3 (04:32):
Great to talk to you mate. This is a massive event.
Is it the biggest pickle ball event in Tasmania this weekend?

Speaker 6 (04:38):
It's certainly what's only the biggest one this year. This
is our third Tasmanian Open since pickleball has been going
in Tasnya. It's by far the biggest and I hope
it's going to be the best because on the tournament organizer.

Speaker 3 (04:50):
I'm sure it will be. I'm sure it will be.
Now you've got players not just from Tasmania competing those
and players from the mainland are coming down as well.

Speaker 6 (04:57):
We have a number of in the state players I
think about I think one's thirty twenty eight or twenty
nine or something from just about every state West Australia,
Victoria and your South Wales, Queensland. Very bigaballs, very popular
around the country. So a lot of people are came
to travel and participate in tournaments wherever they can.

Speaker 4 (05:13):
What do you actually put down the growth of the sport,
because you're right, it is really gathering some momentum with
lots of participants and we know it's it's really snowballing
in a terrific way in Tasmania. Where do you think
the impact and influence has been.

Speaker 6 (05:29):
There's no doubt that there's a lot of actually, like
coming out of America has become it's really exploded over
there because it's been around for sixty odd years in America,
but it's only been the last teen has really sort
of taken off and it's becoming almost a mainstream sport
over there. Now they have a professional tours. There's millions
of dollars in prize money being available and that's flown

(05:52):
across so that's sort of like shipped across to us
in Australia and the sports picked up as has become
more popular over there. Now we're now seeing great over
here of like literally fifty to one hundred people are
a week of joining up around the country as that
it continues to go and growth.

Speaker 4 (06:09):
And Elton, in your role obviously as vice president, how
much time have you spent obviously co ordinating the event
this weekend?

Speaker 6 (06:17):
A lot more than I probably expected to a voluntary position.
But the good thing is I'm I've got a great
team behind me and there's another three four people that
have been working on this and they've done an awesome job.
They just put in so many hours and as I said,
it's voluntary. They get nothing out of this other than
the pleasure of seeing these tournaments come together and watching

(06:38):
people have a great time and then just saying the
air comes.

Speaker 4 (06:41):
It's all positive and Elton, even for people that might
be familiar with this sport of pickaball, can you bring
our listeners up to speed about the key skills and
ingredients that are involved in the game.

Speaker 6 (06:53):
Sure, it's a kind of in this basic term, it's
a small version of tennis, a paddle, not a racket.
It's something like a larger table tennis paddle if you like.
It's played on a bad minton sized court, which makes
it very good for indoors, for indoor play, which is
probably good for tagic because we don't have the best
weather down there at times. But if you've got any

(07:16):
sort of racket skills, if you've played badon tennis table tennis,
you know that, then you're halfway there, because that's where
all of the skills come from. But the game itself
has got a little bit more finesse than that, so
it's not just standing at the baseline banging the ball
back on the forwards, which is over anette, of course,
it's more of that. There's a bit of touch in it,
there's some finesse, there's quite a bit of strategy in
the way you move around the court, so there's a

(07:36):
lot to learn. But in a spasic form, anybody from
a nine year old to an eighty year old can
play it, but in its higher level, it's very competitive
and it's a high level of fitness to play.

Speaker 3 (07:49):
Elton Broderick is our guest on the water Boys this morning.
Pickleball Tasmany Vice president Brandie Artaya, who is playing in
the Pickleball Tasmania Open. That's my beautiful mother, Sue cost O.
Have you come across her work.

Speaker 6 (08:01):
Yet, Elton, No, I haven't you. Mada didn't know that
she was playing here, and I will make sure to
We'll look after him. Unders No, no, no special favors
or anything, but make sure she's looked after. There's a
there's a there's a I thine it's very popular. I
know that, so I'm not surprised that there are a
lot of people playing that we know from other places.

Speaker 3 (08:20):
And I've read with interest on your press released during
the week Ossie Tennis Champion curios NFL like on Tom Brady.
NBA players Kevin Jurant and Lebron James are among a
big list of names and champion athletes who are investing
in Major League pickleball franchises in the US. That's extraordinary.

Speaker 6 (08:37):
That's where that's where the money is really starting to
flow in now there's a there's a recognition I think
that this is this is a growing sport and that
there's opportunity in there's this good exposure. And even there's
a couple of tennis players now that have moved across
the pickleball that these are guys that are at a
higher level, but they might be in the one hundred
and fiftieth or two hundred or two hundred and fiftieth
ranking and that's not really making a living out of that,

(08:59):
whereas they can move across pickleball and suddenly find themselves
in the top twenties in the world. So there's good
money to be made. And it's a very popular viewing
sporting to light because he also has a wide range
of ages, but because it's in a smaller area, it's
you're a lot more up close and personal. You're kind
of really part of the action, and it's really becoming

(09:19):
very popular as in a viewing, whether it's on live
streaming or whether it's in person.

Speaker 3 (09:24):
Well in Broaderick, it's going to be a big weekend
of pickaball action down at the King Briot Sports Center
for the Tasbannian Open. Thanks so much for joining us
on the water Boys this morning and good luck with it.

Speaker 6 (09:33):
Thanks man. Thanks to you guys for putting us on
the water.

Speaker 3 (09:36):
Boys, thanks to Tasmak your local Koboda dealer. It is
the water Boys with Brent Costello and Cam Brown for
your Saturday morning. Oh yes, massive day of running in
lawn sestin tomorrow with the annual Lonseston Running Festival, and
the man and the brains behind it is our man

(09:59):
Richard Welsh who joins us on the water Boys this
morning to day well.

Speaker 7 (10:02):
Sheet, good morning, gentlemen, very.

Speaker 3 (10:06):
Well, thank you not as good as you that because
you've got a big day ahead tomorrow, four different races
you got going on in lon cest and tell us
all about it please.

Speaker 8 (10:16):
Well, it's the exact same program that the World Road
Running Championships. If we have a mile a five k
at ten k which includes a traditional non sestem ten
and I think big half mass on which we added
to the program in twenty twenty and it's gone on
really well. It's two of the three editions has been
the fastest half manthon in Australia and the conditions look

(10:36):
pretty good tomorrow and we're hoping for something similar once
again with nearly four hundred entered in just that half manthon,
which is really exciting.

Speaker 3 (10:44):
Yeah, I had look at fifteen hundred I think runners
and walkers over all the events, and six Olympians are
in town, which is exciting. Who's in town place?

Speaker 8 (10:53):
Well, the Wedding's ten k has a really strong field,
so we've got Lisa Weightman has a five time Olympian.
Easy about Doyle. She'll be going up against Leanne Pompiani
and that's probably the best race of the weekend. The
winner of the Bernie tam last year, those three Millie
Clark and Nellie Pashley go heads your head in the

(11:13):
half marathon and then in the men's half mouth on
you got Ryan Gagson makes his debut, the former Australian
record holder over fifteen hundred and the other Olan being
is Brett Robinson who's the Australian record holder for the
half and the full marathon after making rob Decacell's record
last year, and he's going to run the ten case

(11:34):
for the first time where he's going to go against
defending champion One person's own James Hansen, and well, she.

Speaker 4 (11:40):
What about the course itself is that you know, you've
been involved in these sorts of events for a long time,
but how does it compare is it? Are you going
to be a difficult course for the runners?

Speaker 3 (11:50):
Do you think?

Speaker 8 (11:52):
No? This is absolutely the fastest and best ten kilometer
and a half marathon course in the country. Unfortunately I
have to get around to most of them. And the
Tasmanian courses run the Bridge, Burnie, Tan.

Speaker 9 (12:05):
And Luntest and are all good and unique, but the
lunest of one, the flattess that's got.

Speaker 8 (12:09):
The least turns and that's why it produces some of
the best times. And you know, we've got eighty three
national level athletes that have you know, send me an
email or a text or Facebook message and said I
want to come down and do this. So there's stack
fields and often we see a lot of back Troy
performances and the runners will be extremely inspired because I

(12:31):
don't know if you guys saw an hour ago in
Paris there was three world records on the track all
and just once running events. It's exacting weekend.

Speaker 4 (12:39):
And well, she too, We've been talking about the elite
runners that are going to be involved. But you know
the great thing about this event, people from all shape
and sizes can rock up and have a go on
the day.

Speaker 8 (12:50):
Well, that's what's unique about our sport is that you can.
You can't go and play around of golf with Tiger
Woods or they turn us with Novak, but you can
stand on the line with these guys and it doesn't
matter how big these events get and go to over
the years. You can be jogging around and seeing superstars
next to you putting the issues on and we don't

(13:11):
really separate them. We're providing a couple of extra services
for the lead athletes, but ultimately they choose the same track.
And you know, we don't need to build a statement
for a burner. We can just close the roads and
let the world class athletes do their things.

Speaker 3 (13:26):
Yes, yeah, that's exactly right, Richard. We won't go and
mention the S word, don't. We haven't got time for
a debate on that today, but we do like you
joining us on the show. Thank you very very much,
and good luck tomorrow. It should be a ripping day
and you're doing a wonderful job. As always, appreciate your
time on the water Boys.

Speaker 8 (13:43):
Thanks guys and everyone's chasing a lad entries and jump
at Long Test and Running first. We've got coins Youtil
three p Intack.

Speaker 3 (13:49):
Very nice, can't wait for it. Tomorrow the Long Sest
and Running Festival will be an absolute beauty up there
in the States North. Don't worry about that. Have you
got lots more so to come on the water Boys
this morning to this hour, Ben Danaher and Neil Sun
will join us head of Big Freeze at the g
But up next with turning our attention to soccer, I
got to talk to Miles Barnard from the Devenport Strikers
heead of today's lack of cel Jack Cup final. Also

(14:11):
have a look at ange Pasta Conglu and his big
move during the week as well. That's after this here
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Speaker 1 (14:19):
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Speaker 3 (14:22):
Thanks to tas Mack, your local Cobota dealer. It is
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Speaker 1 (14:27):
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Speaker 3 (14:30):
Massive few days of soccer ahead here in Tasmania with
the state wide Cup finals taking place at KG five.
The first one he is this afternoon the Lack of
cel Jack Cup where Devenport and South Hobart will go
head to head. And one man that's been the thick
of the lack of cel Jack Cup for many years
is Miles Barnard from the Devenport Strikers, who's been good
enough to join us on the line this morning.

Speaker 2 (14:51):
Get a Miles, goody mate, thanks for having me.

Speaker 3 (14:54):
Great to have you on board, mates. I think this
is the fifth time in eight years South Hobart and
Devonport we'll can test a lack of Cup final. It's
become a real rivalry, hasn't it in TASI soccer?

Speaker 5 (15:05):
That's correct, mate, Yeah, it's massive.

Speaker 2 (15:07):
It feels like nearly every time we're in the final
there right there with us, so it's going to be
another tight contest.

Speaker 3 (15:13):
I'm sure absolutely. What does this cup mean to you
guys at Devenport You got enough of them now up
there at Valley Road. It's extraordinary trophy cabinet. But with
what's on the line to get the Australia Cup. We
saw your draw the A League team last year in
Wellington to Valley Road. There's so much to play for,
isn't there?

Speaker 2 (15:29):
There is too much to play for almost. I mean,
it's such a big carrot to get into the National Cup,
the round of thirty two, and so yeah, I mean
obviously you want to be Tasmanian champions, but then to
get that added reward of going on to the national
stage and all the exposure that comes with it and
all the excitement for the community, it's massive. I mean, yeah,

(15:51):
it's probably the biggest game of the season and probably
the biggest game of some blows careers.

Speaker 5 (15:55):
To be honest.

Speaker 3 (15:56):
Absolutely. I was talking to your coach Tom Valentine and
at press conference. Yes, we agree that it's a tricky
thing to get a read on South Hobard at the moment.
I suppose the form has been a little up and down,
but I guess anything can happen in a final. So
you just got to be on your ties today, don't you.

Speaker 2 (16:11):
Absolutely a one off game, anything's possible, you know, unlucky things, bounce,
the balls, that sort of thing, all coming to play
and these guys have been hot and cold. So we've
just got to make sure that our boys are switched
on from the very first whistle, really bring our game,
try and close ourselves on South Hobra. So whether they

(16:32):
run hot or they run cold, we do what we
do and hopefully it's enough.

Speaker 4 (16:35):
For the results and mis what about your own form?
We know you kick the winner for Clarence Zebras against
Clarence Cebras recently, but have you assisted and what will
be your role come game day?

Speaker 9 (16:47):
Well, yeah, my.

Speaker 2 (16:48):
Own form, I would say there's a lot of it.
I've been coming off the bench for a few minutes
here and there. I mean it's probably pretty obvious what
my role in the team is now as a sort
of older station. I'm there to perhaps snag a goal
late from a set piece or something if we need,
and make sure the rest of the boys get up
and about. Maybe I can win a bit of the experience.

Speaker 4 (17:08):
In the chainber And and my was the experience obviously
against Wellington Phoenix for us. You know they're obviously follow
their game. How would you describe the jump obviously from
NPL to a league. It must be significant, Yep.

Speaker 2 (17:24):
It is certainly significant. I mean, you know, when guys
are getting paid to play and they train every day
of the week and they're in that sort of environment,
you'd expect them to be significantly better than some of
the MPL players.

Speaker 5 (17:38):
So they are. So it's a huge leaf, but that's
not to say that I.

Speaker 2 (17:43):
Think there'd be a few people around Tazzy who have
given the opportunity, you know, they'd be capable of making it,
making a mark or having a career in the A League.
I mean, we've seen Andy Brennan before play for Newcastle
jetson and we've got a couple of talented guys.

Speaker 8 (18:00):
The last and even.

Speaker 2 (18:02):
Young Alo has come across from Aldust and then if
they keep set in high standards and pushing, I could
see them playing in an A league in a few
years time.

Speaker 4 (18:10):
And your dual sportsman minds, we know you play cricket
with a greater Northern Raiders. Have you got a preference
for a sport out of the two?

Speaker 2 (18:19):
My preference with the try and play six months of
one and six months of the other. But unfortunately the
years have gone on, sports seems to be more sort
of heading down there. You can only play one at
the moment because the preseasons of each tender run heavily
into the other. I think cricket's probably something I'll be
able to play a little bit longer, will probably wrap

(18:42):
up maybe this season or the season after depends on
how the body goes, but you enjoy them both equally.

Speaker 3 (18:47):
Well mate, all the very best today. We hope we
hear the Fox in the box in commentary at some
point throughout the game. As we said so much on
the line, I wish you are the very best against
south how about the south Tonons? Good luck? Thanks very much,
thanks Miles. Miles Barnard there one of the gun players
with the Devenport Strikers who's a very experienced player here
in Tasmania as well. Brannie. I guess the other big

(19:10):
story of the week was Ange postera Cooglo going to Tottenham,
and before I get your take on it, here's what
Ange had to say upon his arrival at the club.

Speaker 10 (19:17):
It's great to finally get started as a manager of
this great football club. I'm really looking forward to our
task ahead. I think it's an exciting opportunity for us
to now sort of set off on a new direction
play football and a great environment that embodies the values
and traditions of this fantastic football club. Hopefully a team

(19:39):
that you can all be proud of and more importantly
get excited by. I can assure you that right through
pre season we won't leave any stone unturned, myself, the
staff and the players to make sure that when the
league comes around that you'll all be as excited as
I am about the season ahead.

Speaker 3 (19:54):
Now, I thought of you straight away when I heard
Angree was going to Tottenham, Brownie, because I know you
love a pos To Cogli, but you don't like the
hot Spurts. Is that fair to say?

Speaker 8 (20:04):
No?

Speaker 4 (20:04):
Because I'm an Arsenal supporter, so you're born almost to
have a professional disdain for Tottenham the opposition. But oh look,
that's fantastic positive that he's got this opportunity. And we know,
you know, it wasn't easy for him in his coaching
pathways early on, even with a junior level of Australia,

(20:25):
but we know what he's done in this country at
a league and representative level at national level with the
Sokka Rus and then went to Japan and Scotland and
now to I mean they'd being the best, well the
biggest four or five clubs in England, Tottenham, So what
an opportunity gets. I'm just going to find interesting to
see what happens with Harry Kane. You and I were
talking off air. He's got another year on his contract

(20:48):
so if they yeah, but he hasn't been able to
will win silverware at Tottenham. Does he stay there one
more year do you think? Or if does he jump early?
For instance, it would be interesting to see to be
a pivotal signing. I would have thought for Ange posta
Cooglo in the group.

Speaker 3 (21:06):
There a great story still remember interview on Ang at
KG five. That's how far he's come when he was
coach of Victory back in twenty twelve, so it's a
wonderful story. Wish him all the very best. Looking forward
to the rest of the show, We've got plenty coming
up in our too. Jaden Stevenson from North Melbourne and
Locke Keith from The Giants will join us, along with
Milton Doyle from the Jack Jumpers. But up next we're
talking about Big Freeze at the g with Neil Danaher's

(21:26):
son Ben. Here on the water Boys do it All
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Speaker 1 (21:32):
This is the water Boys.

Speaker 3 (21:34):
Thanks to Tasmack, your local Caboda dealer. It is the
water Boys with Brent Cooscelo and Cam Brown. This morning
Now this has become bigger than Ben her The Freeze
MND game at the MCG. It's all happening again on
the King's Birthday public holiday this Monday.

Speaker 7 (21:49):
We take everyone to fight MND most in neuron disease.

Speaker 3 (21:53):
It's a disease that destroys. We all need to fight together,
all in.

Speaker 10 (22:01):
Everywhere.

Speaker 7 (22:02):
Everyone, Bye, Beannie and support the big Freeze.

Speaker 3 (22:10):
Yes, it's become massive the M and D game at
the MCG. And joining us to talk about it now
is the son of the great Neil Danaher. It is
Ben Dana Hurth.

Speaker 5 (22:19):
Ben.

Speaker 3 (22:19):
Thanks so much for your time mate on the water boys, guys,
thanks having me, thanks for jumping on mate. First of all,
how is your dad? This is obviously such a big
week for you and your family. How's he? How's his
health at the moment, and how's he How much is
he looking forward to it to Monday?

Speaker 7 (22:35):
Yeah, he's going okay. He wouldn't come into surprise to
anyone that neuron disease is a beat of a disease
that's starting to slowly chip away him. If you've seen
some media recently us and his speech isn't so good anymore,
and he uses a machine to type it out. But
other than that, he's going really well. He's he sciting

(22:57):
the to the Monday. He always always find of the
ways to get up for the big phrase. He absolutely
loves it. And he'll see him again at the top
of the top of the slide pushing everyone down and
as he's tackling. So, yeah, he's starting to slow down
a bit, but no, he could be more excited for Monday.

Speaker 3 (23:13):
That's fantastic. I was reading with interest that the machine
he uses he can use his eyesight to speak and
point to words or something. Is that right, it's it's
it's amazing technology.

Speaker 7 (23:24):
It's incredible, and it just with with once you lose
your speech, it's it's one of those last a few
bastions of of your of your independence, and not being
able to speak was one thing he was he was
really concerned about. And this this this I gave machine.
So he uses his eyes just to type it out
like you would just you know, on your iPhone sort
of thing, and it and it creates words for him

(23:44):
so he can contribute. And he does consider himself a
funny guy, so he's still trying to drup jokes on
it all the time. So it's good and he keeps
him involved and keeps him involving conversation, which just makes
it a lot of difference.

Speaker 3 (23:58):
That's outstanding to hear. Now see, as we said, the
big Phraz at the g game has become bigger than
being her in recent times. And the ninth edition come Monday,
and you've got some ripping sliders going down this way
on Monday.

Speaker 7 (24:11):
Yeah, it's going to be incredible. And year nine we
wouldn't have Yeah, we wouldn't have thought it would have
got this far.

Speaker 8 (24:17):
You know.

Speaker 7 (24:17):
I think year one Dad was just thinking about, you know,
a few meat raffles and throwing some pires down at
the foot and it's just absolutely got an upper matches
thanks to the sport of the of the of the
AFL community and Australia as a whole. And I know
that plenty of been He's floating around in Hobart, so
he's just wrapped and he just wants to get to

(24:38):
a point where we don't have to have big freezes
anymore because we've we've found a treatment in QL but
we've got a little way to go and and but
Monday is another step towards that. Lots of money going
to be raised, and some are from sliders. I'm looking
forward to Eric Danner the most. I think I probab
shouldn't my favorite, but Eric Danner is a big name

(24:59):
out of Hollywood. I'm look important to see what he dresses,
that does, and how he goes down this life.

Speaker 4 (25:04):
Ben Danaher, the son of Neil danahert ahead of the
Big Freeze Game at the MCG on Monday Bennett's came here. Ben,
can I ask you this is the ninth of ven
as you alluded to, how much money so far has
been raised and is there an aspirational figure that you're
looking to achieve on Monday?

Speaker 7 (25:23):
Yeah, it's so the big phrases of the life known
is it just raised over nine million dollars and it's
all been committed to research, which is just being incredible.

Speaker 8 (25:34):
So I suppose on behalf of Dad.

Speaker 7 (25:36):
We just wanted to show how.

Speaker 8 (25:38):
Grateful we are for the support that.

Speaker 7 (25:40):
We've gotten over the years and the aim for it
for mondays to raise two million dollars by Monday. So
if you want to donate, obviously a lot of beanies
floating around, but you can also jump onto a website
fight Mnd dot org they used to donate mos surely
we can raise two million.

Speaker 6 (25:59):
Bios by Monday.

Speaker 4 (26:01):
And Ben, you mentioned obviously your dad's health and the
challenges he's got ahead of him, but it just seems
on the surface, it's just been wonderful to watch just
how much the family has galvanized around him and almost
taking this to another level and the support of such
an important fundraising event.

Speaker 7 (26:19):
Yeah, he sort of led the way, I think in that.
I know when he was first diagnosed, there was me especially,
and I think a lot of our family like this
is this terrible, very grim situation. How are we going
to hand all this? But he just took it on
himself and said, look, this is not good, but you've
got to say the opportunity in it. And he attacked

(26:40):
it with such positivity and he wanted to show a
bit of grit and determination, and in that way, he
sort of led the way and showed us it's how
to really attack it and get something out of it.
It's obviously a grim situation, but there's an opportunity and everything,
and that's what he's always sort of taught us to to,

(27:00):
I suppose, handle these situations. So, yeah, it's been it's
been incredible and we're just trying to help him as
much as we can and support him as much as
we can, because it's going to take all of us
to get to a point where there's where there's a
treatment and the cure for this thing, and that's what
we're trying to raise as much money as we can
so so families in the future don't have to deal

(27:21):
with this disease at again.

Speaker 3 (27:22):
That leads me to my next question, Ben, I guess
as good as the big phrase game is, hopefully one
day you won't have to have it because you will
have raised enough money to form that cure.

Speaker 7 (27:31):
Yeah, that's exactly right. I suppose that's the aame. I
know my sister who's the campaign director at Filament Day,
she wants to be eventually made redundant from from five
M and D because they've founded cure. So yeah, that's
the game, I know. And we we're not you know,
we know that there's a long way to go and
these things don't happen overnight. But each day we're each

(27:54):
dollar raised, each any soule, we're getting a step closer.
So that's the game at the end of the day,
and hopefully yeah, we have a.

Speaker 3 (28:00):
World free of em and d well Ben Danna Hurt.
It's been great to have you on the show this morning, mate,
just to give us a bit of an insight in
the lead up to Monday. Really appreciate it. We hope
you raise all the money you need to and thanks
very much for joining us on the water Boys this morning.

Speaker 7 (28:13):
No problem, guys, thanks having me.

Speaker 3 (28:15):
Thank you Ben Ben Danaher there the son of the
great Neil Danaher. Ahead of the big Freeze game at
the MCG on the King's Birthday public holiday on Monday.
That brings us to the end of a really big
first out of the show. Plenty more still to come.
An extra time this morning, we're going to chat to
North Melbourne's Jaden Stevenson, also Lockie Keith from the GWS Giants,
and of course our newest recruit, well he's not really new,

(28:36):
but he's back. Milton Doyle from the Tasmania jack Jumpers.
Ellie Blackburn will also join us from the Western Woodogs
as well. That's all to come for you in extra
time of the water Boys this morning. Stick with us
over the next sixty minutes for more fun and for
Volnce No matter what.

Speaker 1 (28:48):
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Speaker 3 (29:01):
Massive first hour of the show, but only going to
get bigger and better in our two this morning. Before
we get to what's coming up, let's go through the
overnight scores. Cam and your dogs went down to Port.

Speaker 4 (29:10):
Ten in a row for Port the unbelievable form and
they're too good for the Bulldogs last night sixteen eleven
hundred and seven to the dog. He's thirteen to seven
eighty five Dix with four for the winners. Now the
cricket Brent, it's in an interesting stage. I think still
think Australia are pretty well place. We lead by two
hundred and ninety six runs with six wickets in hand
four for one hundred and twenty three Manus Labushane forty

(29:33):
one nine out at this stage. That's after we bowled
India out for two ninety six Rahani with eighty nine commins.
The best of the bowlers was three for eighty three.
Now the Cooko Bars played last night too.

Speaker 3 (29:44):
They did indeed a big win. Against the number one
ranked Netherland seven two if you don't mind, which was great.
And we've got the tennis last night too, our finalists
for the French over and have been decided for the
men's tournament. Caspar route is through as is Novak Jocovici.
We got the job done against our Karaz in the
end and Casparo defeatings wherev And we've got the women's

(30:05):
final tonight's fire Tech versus Carolina. Much of us so
looking forward to that, looking forward to our two of
the show this morning. We've got Jaden Stevenson from North
Melbourne about to join us after the break, Lockie Keith
from the GWS Giants and Milton Doyle the news signing
for the Jack Jubbers for two years. Brownie, it's huge news.
We won up the show too with Ellie Blackburn from
the Western Bulldogs and announced the next winner of our

(30:27):
good Sport. We want to talk to you about Live
Gulf two Cam a huge thing happened during the week
and NBA finals as well. That's all I head for
you over the next sixty minutes. Don't go anywhere. We've
got our two of the water boys coming away.

Speaker 1 (30:39):
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Speaker 3 (30:43):
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Boys for your Saturday morning. We're turning our attention to
the big game at Bluntston Arena tomorrow now seeing it all.

Speaker 1 (30:58):
Chorus Melbourne.

Speaker 3 (31:00):
It's going to be a crack at North Melbourne and
g ws A three twenty bounced tomorrow and one man
that's going to be out there for the Kangaroos is
Jaden Stevenson who's been good enough to join us on
the water Boys this morning to day.

Speaker 9 (31:12):
Jaden, Hey boys, there's a going very well.

Speaker 3 (31:16):
Thank you and looking forward to seeing you here in
our beautiful state running around tomorrow afternoon. It's going to
be a big game, isn't it. Obviously a really tough
loss for your mob last weekend the Giants had a
really close loss to Richmond as well, so it's all
set up beautifully tomorrow.

Speaker 9 (31:30):
Yeah, it's really exciting.

Speaker 5 (31:31):
In the last few weeks, we obviously had.

Speaker 9 (31:32):
That tough loss to Sydney with the umpire infringement, and
then we showed we were good enough against the Pies
at times, and last week was obviously devastating but we've
got a good chance to get our first meet on
the board for a while and hopefully we.

Speaker 5 (31:48):
Can do that.

Speaker 3 (31:49):
Do you feel that the tide slowly started to turn
for the kangaroos. You've got some really good young talent,
She's of course, Ward Law, all those guys coming through.
It's a pretty exciting time to be at the club,
I imagine.

Speaker 8 (32:01):
Yeah, I couldn't agree more.

Speaker 9 (32:02):
Will Phillips has been awesome too, and as you mentioned,
she'sl and Wardlaw have been amazing. Just their attack on
the ball and their composure for young kids is amazing.
But we're in most games. We're playing at the moment,
so where every opportunity on Sunday.

Speaker 4 (32:19):
Talking to Jaden Stevenson from the North Melburne Footay Club
this morning on the water Boys.

Speaker 6 (32:23):
Jaden.

Speaker 4 (32:23):
It's obviously been well publicized for the reasons why Alistair
Clarkson had to step aside from coaching duties. But from
the outside, externally it looks like Brett Ratton or Bert
you haven't got the results, but he's been able to
quickly galvanize the group. Where is his impact and influencing
and messaging been over the last three weeks?

Speaker 9 (32:45):
Yeah, well, Rats, he's obviously an assistant coach at the
club while Clarko was there anyway, so the messaging has
all stayed the same. It's still Clarko's game plan and
Rats is just sort of keeping the keeping the seat
warm until clark Go's back. But Ratter's ability to create
relationships and sort of keep the place a fun and

(33:05):
jovial place has certainly gone a long way.

Speaker 4 (33:08):
What about your own form, Jane, you must be really pleased.
I think seventeen or eighteen goals so far and you're
on track for a thirty five goal plus season. And
it's not an easy role that you do play. But
how have you assessed your own performances so far?

Speaker 9 (33:24):
Yeah, it can be tough playing that small, higher forward role,
but our ball movements improved so much. The last two
years of ball hasn't really come in that well and
we've had to fight and scrap for every goal. But
I think with a bit more structure and a bit
more game plan the midst the backs are moving the
ball a lot better. It's giving us a lot more

(33:45):
opportunities to score and I.

Speaker 4 (33:47):
Guess there's a strong Tasmanian connection in the North Melbourne
Football Club. But can I ask you about Hugh Greenwood
in particular. Obviously found his way at different stages this
season out of the team, but looks like he's stumped
back in and really played that inside midfielder ball that
you're looking for. But it's almost come at the expense
of Ben Cunnington too in the team. But yeah, just

(34:11):
an assessment on how you're seeing Hugh so far.

Speaker 9 (34:14):
Yeah, he's been great. I think he's so reliable because
you just know what you're going to get. He's strong
at the contest, he tackles hard all day. He fights
two from how right until the end. So that's the
sort of thing that we need in our midfield because
we've got some young boys in there. Like we mentioned before,
we need that strong, mature head in there, I suppose.
And it's a big loss not having him in the

(34:37):
side this week, and.

Speaker 4 (34:38):
It's been well publicized. Taron Thomas has been out of
the team obviously in the early part of the season,
but he's come back. I thought his performance was pretty
strong last week, Jade, and I don't know how you
saw it. And Aaron Hall at different stages he's found
his way out of the team and why I guess
has that been is from the outside as a team mate,
has that been He's defensive pressure that in there to

(35:00):
needed to work on because certainly from a product to
a product point of view in terms of winning the footy,
that's never been a problem for him.

Speaker 9 (35:08):
Yeah, like you said, I thought he came back last
week and was really good. We're definitely a better side
when he's playing. He can do some amazing things that
a lot of others can't. So hopefully he continues to
build and can help help us thrive in the second
half of the year. In regards to Holly, I think
at times they've maybe tried to go for more a

(35:29):
youth tactic and that's maybe why he hasn't been getting
a game. But like you said, once he gets the ball,
he typically knows what to do with it.

Speaker 3 (35:37):
And before let you go Jaden a comment on the Giants,
So how do you think they'll go tomorrow? Obviously they're
hard to get a read on it at the moment.
Obviously getting a windown at a long couple of weekends
ago and then that close lost to Richmond last weekend.
As we mentioned, you're up against a pretty good team.
There was some really good players.

Speaker 9 (35:54):
Yes, certainly. I mean you look at the scores every
week and Toby Green's always having twenty and kicking a few,
so he's going to be very hard to stop. But
hopefully we can put things in place to nullify his
impact on the game. And like you said, yeah, they've
been playing in some close games, so I'm hoping it's
the same again and we can maybe get the chocolates.

Speaker 11 (36:14):
Well.

Speaker 3 (36:14):
Mate, really appreciate your time on the eve of the game.
Much appreciated. It's great to give the fans an insight
of Hey, you guys are shaping up. But thanks so
much for your time and good luck tomorrow.

Speaker 9 (36:24):
No worry. Thanks for your times.

Speaker 3 (36:25):
Gone to Jad and Jad and Stevenson there one of
the stars of the North Melbourne Footy Club will be
in action tomorrow at Blunston Arena. After this we get
the other side of the equation when Giants play out
Locke Keith joins us on the water Boys. That's after this,
do we all. Thanks to tas Mak, your local Kombota dealer,
Thanks for your company on this Saturday morning.

Speaker 1 (36:41):
This here's the water Boys.

Speaker 3 (36:45):
Thanks to tas Mak, your local Koboda dealer. It is
the water Boys with Brent Costello and Cam Brown. We
just heard the North Melbourne side of the equation. Let's
hear from the other mole from the west of the town.

Speaker 1 (36:56):
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Speaker 6 (36:59):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (37:00):
The Giants coming to town, which we're all very very
excited about. And our next guest is playing a milestone
match's one hundredth AFL game I speak of lockey. Kifu
has been good enough to join us on the water
Boys this morning today. Lockie, Well, we're very well. Congratulations
made on the milestone one hundred games in the AFL.
You must be pretty proud of that, ah.

Speaker 5 (37:21):
I reckon it's achievement At times I probably didn't think
would happen. But yeah, lucky enough and proving enough to
be able to obviously be involved in the AFL, and
then one hundred games is yeah, a milestone. Obviously not
to be scoffed. That's been around long enough now and
seen a few things and experience a lot of things.
But this will go down probably at the end of

(37:42):
the career when you look back at it as one
of the one.

Speaker 6 (37:44):
Of the fond memories.

Speaker 5 (37:45):
For sure.

Speaker 3 (37:46):
Had some adversity too, with injuries and things across your career,
but no doubt you look back on your hundred games
with fondness.

Speaker 5 (37:54):
Yeah, no doubt at all. I think, you know, I
think this is fifteenth or sixteenth season in the league.
It's taken a bit of time. Obviously some self inflicted
worms with two years off and then had a couple
of erecos as well. So I mean, you know, you
talk to most people in the AFL and they've got,
you know, some sort of story that's impressive in one

(38:15):
way or another. But my past a little bit less
todden than most. Grew up in Queensland, didn't really know
what the AFL was until the lines sort have started
winning those premierships to early two thousands, and you know,
I grew up in Gimpeia and then went to boarding
school in Brisbane which is rugby dominated and pretty much
solo into AFO and because of a couple of my

(38:35):
classmates at the boarding school followed it and watched it.
So from from that seven year old kid who you
know basically had touched the footage, now it's it's been
a fair journey, but one definitely proud of. And you know,
and my astone this week and then they get celebrate with.

Speaker 4 (38:51):
Family and friends and lock you're just listening to you there,
even your draft journey from memory. I think you're a
rookie back in twenty fourteen or two thousand and in fifteen,
So yeah, why was that? Obviously you alluded to the
pathway and footy you were relatively new to the game.
But was it you know, did you play underad underrating

(39:12):
championships for instance?

Speaker 7 (39:14):
No, I never never went.

Speaker 5 (39:16):
Through the junior pathways. You know, the path that's well
trodden is obviously I was kicking too, you know, junior
development programs and away you go from there through the
underrating program. But I was, you know, I'd try my
hand a basically no sports as a kid, but growing

(39:38):
up from Queen's End, AFL at the time wasn't as prominent,
so I never really touched the Sharon until I was
about sixteen seventy eight and basically just did it because
we got out of school on a Monday afternoon, so
I got to skip the last two classes on a Monday,
so put my hand up for that and sort of

(40:00):
away we went and went through some rookie talent so
sort of programs and went through my under eight a
year with Sunny Coast Power and then Queensland.

Speaker 8 (40:12):
As well.

Speaker 5 (40:14):
Where we played. We used to be the old dip
two championships with the new South Wales and t has
but Queensland that great that year, but it was it
was there was a bit of a bit of noise
around the new Gold Coast team coming in, so there
was a bit of excitement around that, and I went
pass a little bit different because I hadn't played NFL before,
I was able to sort of choose what team I

(40:37):
go through. It didn't have to go through the draft process,
so a little bit like Stay the Irish Boys or
someone like a Mason Cox. So fortunate enough that Collingwood
saw something in me and was able to land on
a list at seven in two thousand and eight.

Speaker 4 (40:52):
Was my first year and even your experiences at IFL
level lucky. You mentioned Collin with Dair drafted too. You know,
you could argue the biggest club in an Australia, almost
a global brand, out of all our AIFL franchises, and
then you go to an expansion club in GWS, so
you juxtaposed that against you know, it's a real contradiction

(41:13):
in terms of where you've played your footy.

Speaker 9 (41:16):
Yeah, it's a.

Speaker 5 (41:17):
Sort of definite end of the spectrum for sure. You know,
as a seventeen year old Queen's Landa and Melbourne going
to coming with at the time, who were sort of
starting to play files and obviously I'm culminating in that
twenty ten Granny win and then the eleven Grand Final
appearance as well. You just saw how big, how how

(41:39):
big an organization was that that they were the still
are and you sort of, as any of young fellow
you just think that's how it works all the time.
But and I really enjoyed my time at the Pies
and Melbourne has, you know, being the football state it
is as well. But reached an agent and obviously it
didn't work out with the Pies and the Giants having opportunity,

(42:03):
and really enjoyed my time in Sydney, so built some
great relationships and great experiences, you know the club the clubs,
like you said, are slightly different and similar in many
ways but obviously different in culture and history. But really
enjoyed my time in Sydney and I feel like we're
doing some really nice things up here.

Speaker 4 (42:23):
And obviously the team this year. I think the form
has been pretty good in terms of I know you
haven't had the wins, but apart from I think maybe
the pie has got hold of you, I think you've
been pretty competitive in a lot of the matches, have
you seen. And also the influence of a new coach,
Adam Kingsley coming in. How would you describe him as
an early leader and trying to galvanize this group going forward.

Speaker 5 (42:48):
Yeah, clearly a new voice in uh in king Is
and also you know, pretty much the whole coaching panel
by one A knew they were refresh from last year,
so never been super impressive.

Speaker 7 (43:02):
I work.

Speaker 5 (43:03):
I've been working closer with Bret Montgomery, who's our back
line coach, really technically and technically savvy. Learn a lot
from him. Obviously, king Is is steering the ship and
and we all feel pretty confident in the direction we're going.
Like you said, we haven't quite put it together you
fully yet and you're going to get that at times

(43:24):
with a young list demographic, but that's no excuse. And
we want to win some games and we still feel
like we're a sneaky chance for finals, so you know,
looking to build and as you said, been in most games,
but generally speaking, you get what you get what you
deserve and the latter position probably shows that where we're at.
But we still feel like we've got plenty of growth
and there's no reason why it can't be us, you know.

Speaker 9 (43:47):
Come finals.

Speaker 3 (43:48):
Loki Keif will play. He's one hundredth game for the Giants.
Tomorrow is joining us on the water Boys this morning.
You're coming up against a team that's been pretty close
to the last few weeks, Locky in North Melbourne. Now
what's the trick debating them tomorrow, you think? And they're
in they're exciting young players.

Speaker 5 (44:03):
Yeah, they're showing you know, then probably they feel like
they're on a similar past to us as well as
shown some real competitive competitive minister in the season and
then especially in the last two weeks. So you know,
we're gonna have to be on and especially in the middle.
They're they're they're really impressive contested ball side, so we're

(44:23):
gonna have to match them in the middle. And then
they they've been using Victorida more than most in the
recent time, so we have to take away their bulbo
and we're in the middle. Spread from there, take away
their boulder and hopefully we can bring it for to
be four of what we've been working on our strengths

(44:44):
as well. So you know, it's probably know it be
goes out saying, but it's going to be a big
game for both of us and we need to be
able to stay in touch with those teams that around
the the top eight.

Speaker 3 (44:57):
And just quickly before you go, you've got strong links
aatized on you. I believe you. You're wafted from here
and you were married he recently as well.

Speaker 5 (45:04):
Yeah, yeah, so looking forward to that. It's it's interesting
how that works. Like played my first game years and
years ago against against North and looks we roll out
and played one hundreds against North as well. And obviously
the links is as you mentioned, my my partner and
her family a Tasmanian so originally from the north up

(45:26):
in Devonport, but she has a brother lives in right
now and and so my family will be there and
obviously extended fam through Emma and and her rellies and
then a couple of sprinkle sprinkling of mates. So I
really really love the Tasy connection. Been lucky enough to

(45:48):
get down there and for Christmases and off seasons and
a good part of the world, so looking forward to
getting back and extend fond memories and hopefully another one
this week.

Speaker 3 (45:57):
Well mate, all the very best. It's not easy feet
getting to one hundred games of AFL footy, so I
really respect what you've done and all the very rest
of you and the Giants tomorrow. Thanks so much for
talking to us on the water Boys.

Speaker 5 (46:09):
Thanks boys, enjoy the weekend.

Speaker 3 (46:10):
Luckeye Keith joining us from the GWS Giants head of
the big game at Blunston Arena tomorrow afternoon. Up next
to we're switching our focus to basketball when our superstar
import Milton Doyle joins us from the jack Jumpers. That's
right after this on the water Boys doing it all
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Speaker 1 (46:28):
This is the water Boys.

Speaker 3 (46:30):
Thanks to taz Back, your local Koboda dealer. It is
the water Boys with Brincos, Solo and Cam Brown. We
are now switching our focus to basketball. Yes, big news
out of the jack Jumpers this week with the club
finally getting them man for not one but the next
two NBLS seasons, which is unbelievably exciting and you can

(46:54):
see why the Ants were so keen to get Milton
Doyle signature after he lit up his first season in
the competition, which ended with him betting the team's MVP.
He was also named one of the best five players
in the league. I'm pleased to say Milk joins us
on the show this morning. Thanks so much for your time. Mate.
As I just said two years back with the jack Jumpers,

(47:15):
tell us about the decision. Was it an easy one
for you and your family.

Speaker 12 (47:19):
Yeah, we talked about it while I was out in Turkey,
and the good of Tasmania outweighed everything else that I
was looking at, so he made a decision to go back.

Speaker 3 (47:30):
Fantastic. Now, given the season you had, I'm sure there
was big offers coming in from elsewhere, But sometimes is
it about more than money when you've got a family
involved as well?

Speaker 12 (47:39):
Yes, definitely, just I think it's even without the family.
I think it's the comfortability of being somewhere you like.
So picking Tasmania made it easy for me. I loved
being there at this past season and everything that came
with it.

Speaker 3 (47:53):
What was it specifically about Tazi compared to other places
you've played around the world.

Speaker 12 (47:58):
The coaching staff. First off, they allowed me to be
me and play my game. They didn't want me to
do anything that was not me and in terms of
style of play on the court and those type of things,
and I think that's that was the biggest change for
me being in Australia because usually in Europe, I they

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want me to play just specifically a two guard and
just run off screens and do those type of things.
But my style of play is different and coach Scott
allowed me to play that way, So that was the
first part. Then being in Tazzy for my family and
how wellcoming the staff was made it easy for them
to adjust and I think they it was probably the

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best pot for them to actually enjoy life outside of
just coming to games.

Speaker 3 (48:45):
Absolutely, and I guess with imports too it's typically on
the a one year deal, so to get two in
that certainty moving forward must be really plasing.

Speaker 12 (48:53):
Yeah, definitely. I don't have to look for a job
this next summer, so that's always good.

Speaker 3 (48:58):
Absolutely. Nodat about that now. You mentioned a little bit
about Scott before and being able to play the way
you like to play. How big influence was the coach
and getting you back to Tasbaniar as well.

Speaker 12 (49:10):
Yeah, definitely him and the whole coaching staff. He made
my job easy. He tested me on the court, off
the court and film, and he made me a better player.
So I got to see the game a little differently.
I tried to test him a little bit too off
the court and on the court, just with plays and
different things. So I think it was a good relationship

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to have, and then maybe he's for me to come back.

Speaker 3 (49:34):
Jack johnis superstyff. Milton Doyle is a very special guest
on the water Boys this morning. I guess being an
import player, do you feel that extra pressure to come
in and perform? And no doubt after what we saw
for me last year, the team and the club and
the fans, are we hyping for even more.

Speaker 5 (49:49):
Yeah.

Speaker 12 (49:50):
Always being an import, that's the one thing you have
to do. You have to stay consistent and get better
every year because it's a million guys coming in that
wants your job and it's a limited limited spot, so
guys coming in from college, NBA, G League, everywhere from overseas,
so I have no choice but to get better.

Speaker 3 (50:10):
You mentioned it was a pretty easy decision to come back,
but did you get lots of offers from other teams?
And did you have to make a difficult decision at
one point.

Speaker 12 (50:18):
Not really, not really a couple of NBL clubs f reestyut,
but they didn't they didn't really make it tough for
me to choose, choose Tazing and go back.

Speaker 3 (50:28):
Yeah, fantastic. Now, one thing you mentioned in the press
conference during the way because it you've got unfinished business,
is that what's driving you this off season after falling
out in the semi final series against New Zealand last season.

Speaker 12 (50:40):
Yeah, definitely. I think we had had a little bumps
and bruises going on in the playoffs where Jed got hurt,
we missed him which has been a big help to us.
Then just uh, we jailed at the end even more
than we did in the beginning. So I thought we
were we were looking good. So just knowing that and
we felt, well, a little short. So I'm excited to

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see what we do this season.

Speaker 3 (51:04):
And how to top your first year obviously as a
jack Jumper. Bit do you feel with a year in
the NBO under your belt now you could even further
as a player.

Speaker 8 (51:13):
Yeah.

Speaker 12 (51:13):
I gotta feel for the league, style of play, the
rest and how they ref the game, different different guys
in the league and how they play, So I think
I think it would be easier and better for me
to adapt when I come back, just to the style
of play. But like any year, it's a new season.
It's gonna be new guys in the league and new

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scouting reports and everything else, new play, so it's still
a learning process and I just have to be better
with every game.

Speaker 3 (51:43):
And just finally, are you looking forward to a bit
of a bright now? Suppose you finish the NBO sason here.
You practically went straight to Turkey and started applying there.
Your season finished last week, we know that, but you
must be looking forward to having some dawn tone with
the family before getting back here to Australia.

Speaker 12 (51:58):
Yes, definitely looking forward to some vacation time and chilling
with the family, rest my legs and rest my mind
and just take a little bit of time to myself
and kind of recruit from everything that was going on.
Had a heavy season in Australia going to the playoffs,
that went to Turkey, had a heavy three months there

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and we ended up going to the playoffs also, so
a lot of basketball, so right now I just need
a little breaks from it.

Speaker 3 (52:26):
Well, Milton I think I can comfortably speak on behalf
of old Jack Jumpers fans to say it's an absolute
relief to get your signature across the line for the
upcoming season and the next one too. Of course, we
can't wait to see you back here in Tasmania. Enjoy
some down Tom, and thanks so much for joining us
on the water Boys.

Speaker 12 (52:43):
I appreciate you. See you some water Boys.

Speaker 3 (52:48):
We're just about at the end of another big episode
of The water Boys, but before we go, there's.

Speaker 1 (52:52):
Been doing the hard guys this week. Thanks to McDonald's,
it's time to announce the next winner of the water
Boys Good Sport Award.

Speaker 3 (52:59):
Yeah, without the segment, we get to give away one
hundred dollars to spend it into sport thanks to McDonald's
fancy juicy chicken covered in crispy mouthwatering spicy coding try
them spicy Ranger at Macers Cam Brown. Who's our winner
this week?

Speaker 4 (53:11):
I winned this week is Angus Saunda Brent. Now, Angus
loves the jack Jumpers and the Hawthorne Football Club. His
favorite players are Milton Doyle. Well that's timely with this
new signing during the week or the resigning for two
years and James Sicily and he lives and brees sports.
So congratulations to Angus Saunda, this week's winner of the
Good Sport Award.

Speaker 3 (53:31):
Good on your Angus. You win one hundred dollars to
spend at into sport. As I said, thanks to our
great friends at McDonald's. And if you like to dominate
someone for the Good Sport Award, head to the website
of the station and you're listening to us on right now.
It could be a player, it could be a coach,
it could be a volunteer, anyone that's doing a wonderful
job in the local sporting community. Hey, big day of
footy down at North Hobart Oval today.

Speaker 5 (53:51):
Cam.

Speaker 3 (53:51):
We've got the sfl W, we've got the NWFL, we've
got the NTFA. They're all playing around Robin over the weekend,
the long weekend and maybe a game next weekend as well.
And we had a big breakfast down at rest Point
yesterday for the SFL and it was the Women's in
Footy breakfast. It was fantastic. The guest speaker was Ellie Blackburn,
who captains the Western Bulldogs afl W side managed to

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catch up early for a quick chat, and I started
out by asking her what the feeling was like on
the mainland about Tasmania's entry into the AFL.

Speaker 11 (54:21):
We're really excited by it all, you know. Obviously there's
been plenty of mixed views and opinions in regards to
it all, but personally, for me, I'm really excited that
Tazzy gets a team, and it's an opportunity for you know,
another thirty old women to be able to play the game,
and then you think about the career opportunities it provides
from then on in and I think it will then
grow the game further on a community level down here,

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so you know, and in the mainland as such, where
I think we're really excited by the game growing and
growing down here and Tazzy.

Speaker 3 (54:51):
It's pretty exciting, how isn't it? Because, as you rightly said,
a lot of the girls that are sort of getting
drafted the AFL w now have come through that whole
pathway from Ozkick right through.

Speaker 11 (54:59):
Yeah, I have, and you know, I suspect myself I
was pretty fortunate enough to go through a similar path.
I didn't quite get sort of the NAB League or
Coach League now experience as such. But you know, I
got to go through I was kicking junior footy with
the boys, youth girls and senior women's footy to where
I am today. But now to see you know, already
made footballer in the likes of you know, a Maddie
Presparkas is absolutely incredible.

Speaker 3 (55:22):
What was a lot for you growing up? Were there
a lot of girls playing at your age or were
you sort of playing with the boys then suddenly things
started to change for you.

Speaker 11 (55:29):
Yeah, Initially early on, I didn't know of any other
women playing. I felt like I was the only one
that played the game, and until I actually a couple
of guys from the local senior men's team were like, Hey,
there's a senior women's team around the corner.

Speaker 3 (55:43):
Do you want to go have a look?

Speaker 11 (55:44):
And so sort of open up my eyes to women's
footy from that space, and then I realized that I
wasn't the only one playing, and there's a league out
there that was pretty close to home for me, which
was one of the first youth girls leagues in the country,
I believe. So to then step into that pathway and
be part of that was something that you know, I
really cherish. But yeah, early days, it felt like it

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was just myself out there as the only.

Speaker 3 (56:08):
Female AFLW st Elie Blackberni is our guests on the
water Boys Western Bulldogs upcoming AFLW season. How do you
think you'll go?

Speaker 11 (56:16):
Yeah, we're really excited. I mean, we've been able to
maintain a really consistent list over the last couple of
years and I was sorder in that age group now
where you see the players take the next step in
their development in football. So we're hoping that happens this year.
And you know, we're really passionate about winning premierships. And
you know, if you're playing at this level or any level,
that's a big part of why you play the game

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and why you push yourself to that limit. So you know,
we're really excited about the upcoming season. The girls are
shaping up really nicely at the moment. I mean it
is early days, so it's hard to sort of get
a gauge as to what the rest of the competition
looks like, but I can only speak of ourselves, and
you know, we're excited and ready to roll.

Speaker 3 (56:54):
Ellie Blackburn and great to see you and Tazzy and
thanks for having a chat to us on the water Boys.
Thanks for having me. Yeah, great to catch up with
Ellie at the Women in Footy breakfast yesterday. Hey Branding.
The other big story during the week was the live golf. Amazing,
isn't it how this has turned out?

Speaker 2 (57:08):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (57:08):
That broake during the week, didn't it. The PGA Tour,
they released a statement that really rocked the sporting world
and essentially changing the way we know the game of
golf forever. Really interesting because Greek Norman was pivotal, wasn't
he in the move to live golf? But yeah, and
he was in a bit of dispute with him. But
in the end, from what we read, an amalgamation and

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even the players only found out about it at the
same time as you and I did, Yes, when this
story broke so and Norman spoke about the need for unification,
didn't he to grow the game of golf globally? And
that's what came out in the commentary exactly what he predicted.
I think Donald Trump said to a lot of the players,
didn't he a year or two ago? You might as

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well jump because trust me, this is what's going to happen.

Speaker 5 (57:56):
So do you go?

Speaker 3 (57:57):
And we've got to touch on the NBA Finals too
before we go. Game four is on later this morning.
Of course, Denver leads at two games to one at
the moment, and they get the home court advantage today,
so it's gonna be half Miami, isn't it.

Speaker 4 (58:09):
They've lost the home court advantage. They pitched one off
off the Nuggets, didn't they early on? But Jamal Murray,
who was outstanding in the last win and also Jokich
best player in the NBA, how it didn't win the
MVP is astonishing, had thirty two points, twenty one rebounds,
and ten assists, and Murray thirty four points, ten rebounds
and tennis sists in the last game. So it's going

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to come down to Jimmy Butler. I think he's going
to have to produce one out of the books.

Speaker 3 (58:37):
Yep, absolutely, you can't wait to see how it all
pans out. Big Show been awesome, great to have your
company cam and you know, if you haven't got enough
of us, we commentating the foot of this afternoon two
on the live stream. Big gained out of the twin Ovals,
the Tigers and the Demons, So tune in for that.
If not, we'll catch you next Saturday morning. For more
fun and for volity here on the water Boys have
a great weekend. Everyone