The Waterboys - May 20th 2023

Hosts: Brent Costelloe and Blair Brownless

0.00 - Hour 1 Opener

03.50 - The Week That Was

11.59 - Haydyn Nielsen (City to Casino Fun Run)

20.14 - Cam Waters (Supercars Driver)

27.18 - Tre Armstrong (Tasmania JackJumpers Player)

34.59 - Hour 2 Opener

36.47 - Kevin Bonham (Tasmanian Political Analyst)

45.56 - Blake Hardwick (Hawthorn FC Player)

52.40 - Jack Petrucelle (West Coast Eagles Player)

1.00.00 - Good Sport Award and Show Close

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Episode Transcript

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

Speaker 2 (00:07):
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Speaker 3 (00:13):
Seven straight wins.

Speaker 4 (00:15):
For Port Adelaide, second.

Speaker 3 (00:19):
And Ken he dances it die. He certainly was. Good
morning everyone, Welcome to the water Boys. After Port Adelaide
snuck home against Melbourne overnight eleven fourteen eighty to eleven
ten seventy six kickoff, Sir Doug Nichols rounded Browns, good
morning to you, big win by.

Speaker 4 (00:38):
Port Yes, good morning brown An, Good morning listeners. They
were superb weren't they Port Adelaide. There one's seven in
the row. Can you believe that? Do you know what
that Adelaide oval needs? What it needs a roof?

Speaker 3 (00:49):
It was pooring doesn't mean in the war the war.

Speaker 4 (00:54):
How was the weather conditions over there? It was bucketing.

Speaker 3 (00:56):
It was a couple of weeks ago. To remember when
Jason Horn, Francis and Kenny Haven't that the heart of
the game was bucking that day too?

Speaker 4 (01:03):
Yeah, exactly right, say but geez, Paul, second on the ladder,
they are on the charge and they're young players are
absolutely that Butter's last night, Zach. But the forty two
touches and Rosie yeah is a star as well. But
Jez did well recruiting those guys a couple of years ago,
didn't they? And none I recruit them kept them there too.

Speaker 3 (01:22):
Absolutely, that's the footy. Last night we happened in the
rugby league, the Bludwell League, is your man, Peter blandis
we say?

Speaker 4 (01:27):
Well the Eels thirty six really gave it to the
rabbit oh sixteen and the Dragons in the close one
twenty four defeated the Roosters are twenty two.

Speaker 3 (01:36):
Now a league we're at the point end we would
have turned through to the big dance.

Speaker 4 (01:40):
We have Melbourne City through Yeah, Paulsip over Sydney. That
was fantastic And tonight's the big one, isn't it. How
do you think I'll win that one? Brand a Central
Coast against Adelaide.

Speaker 3 (01:50):
Well, Central Coast won the first leg last week away,
so they're at home tonight, so they're in the box
seats to get through to the Grand Final. So Melbourne
City v Central Coast next week for me, but waiting
so it happens later it's not.

Speaker 4 (02:02):
Likely to happen that way.

Speaker 3 (02:03):
Now, big week here at home with all the politics
around the stadium and the AFL team, and we're going
to be across it this morning on the Water Boys.
We don't often talk politics on the show, we have
been lately, but we're going to get a political analyst on.
Some of them actually knows something about it, unlike us.

Speaker 4 (02:18):
Oh no, we do our research, try and present the facts.

Speaker 3 (02:23):
This man knows the ins and outs of state Parliament.
There's a big week ahead, so Kevin Bottom is going
to join us on the show a little later on.
We've got the big blockbuster at Utahs Stadium tomorrow, Blarry
seventeenth versus eighteenth, West Coast and Hawk team. Yeah he'll
be that team. Yeah, we'll be there actually and please say.

Speaker 4 (02:41):
They booked a ticket because standing room only.

Speaker 3 (02:46):
West Coast star Jack Petrocelli will join us a little later,
as will Blake Hardwick from the Hawks as well. C
fiftieth Anniversary tomorrow. I can't wait to talk to Hayden
Nilson about that. Who's been involved with every one of
the fifty extraordinary stuff from Hayden, Massive Weekend Tasmany's most
attended event as far as participation of spectators go. Sorry,

(03:09):
the supercars are on at Simmons Planes. All roads lead
there this weekend. Cam Waters from Tickford Racing and join
us as well and Tasmania Jack Jumpers News signing Trey Armstrong,
a new development player with the JJ's of course been
over in the States for the last four years trail
join us as well.

Speaker 4 (03:23):
We've got a big show head fantastic. We'll have both
brothers on because they're both at the Jack Jumpers.

Speaker 3 (03:27):
No, no, one's not. Larry Town's actually gone some with
Can's unfortunately.

Speaker 4 (03:35):
What's going on there.

Speaker 3 (03:35):
We've also got the next winner of our good Sport
Award to Announcers. Well, that's all ahead for you over
the next couple of hours Here on the water Boys.
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Speaker 1 (03:55):
Reflecting on score from the past seven days, here's the
water Boys week.

Speaker 3 (03:58):
It was lot's going on locally, nationally and internationally. Let's
start on the mainland with a big breaking story back
on Thursday with Alistair Clarkson taking an indefinite break from
the game Larry due to the ongoing saga with the
Hawthorne investigation. Unbelievable that we've got to this point, and
full credit to clark I've have been brave enough to

(04:20):
come out and say he was struggling and battling and
couldn't go on because fair enough too, his name has
been slanted through the media, as as Chris Fagan. They've
had no chance to respond to their side of the
story and we look no further getting a result here
anytime soon. A bit of mediation to come this week
by all reports, but they just need to find a

(04:42):
resolution here at asap.

Speaker 4 (04:44):
Has dragged on way too long and we've heard all
the allegations and from the Hawthorne Football Club investigation there,
but yeah, and our and poor old Chris Fagan. I
can't believe Chris Fagan has been accused of such things
and we saw that knowing personally is a great school
teacher here in Hobart before he went across to Melbourne

(05:05):
Football Club then Hawthorne. But it is amazing they have
not been able to defend themselves at this stage and
that mediation. I don't think Alistair Clarkson will be turning
up to that will because lawyers present at that. So
it's still got so much to play out, and it
was already dragged on for way too long.

Speaker 3 (05:22):
As someone said the other day, it's hard enough coaching
a team, let alone a team that's not going so
well as the rules were when Clark I did resign
will step down the other day, and then to have
all that on top of you as well, it's just
it's amazing how he's got to this and Chris Fagan
just continues to go about his business.

Speaker 4 (05:43):
And I think a lot of players that played in
that era was Lewis was talking about it the other
day and he was saying that, you know all the
Premiership reunions coming up, they're going to be a bittersweet
now because this cloud is just hanging over the whole club.

Speaker 3 (05:57):
Well, Clark I won't be there the way he spoke.

Speaker 4 (05:59):
Yeah, he's done with Hawthorne. He is absolutely sad and
the players that you know will get behind and support Clark.
So it's going to be the nasty taste in a
lot of ex Hawthorne champions in their mouth. So yeah,
that's very sad.

Speaker 3 (06:16):
How did you catch the super Netball story? During the
West Collywood looks like they want out of the competition
and that opens the door for us here. I caught
up with Mitch Colson, the Neple Tasmania CEO a few
days ago when this story broke, and he's keen to
get on the front foot here and make sure we're
our front and center of Netble Australia's minds when they
want to. Was there a committed to eight teams next

(06:38):
year with or without Collingwood?

Speaker 4 (06:39):
So the TV rights they have to have eight teams?
I think, yeah, yeah, But Collingwood's amazing that people say,
why don't the Collingwood Football Club just tip him out?
You know, the the profit margin was massive last year,
but you know, each sport has to stand on their
own two feet, and so Collingwood's netball club struggling financially.

(06:59):
But interestingly, the CEO of Netball Australia indicated that'd probably
be likely to be another Melbourne team that fills the void.

Speaker 3 (07:07):
I'm not so sure about that, really, I'm not so sure.

Speaker 4 (07:12):
And do a good put a good beat there ready.

Speaker 3 (07:15):
The thing is it won't cost you as much as
some of these other biggest sports, and we've got the
venue ready to go out at my State Bank Arena,
so no doubt it'll be a short turnaround to get
this team up and running because the season you'll have
less than probably twelve once to get this team ready.
But that's okay, let's just see what happens.

Speaker 4 (07:33):
I think, yes, and good vibes. That would be fantastic
we've got in the National Netball competition.

Speaker 3 (07:38):
You mentioned this off the top of the show. Unfortunately
we lost Taron Armstrong to the Cans type hands.

Speaker 4 (07:46):
I thought he's a package deal.

Speaker 3 (07:47):
It'd be nice if he was. But he's likely to
start up there as the number one point out, you think,
So that's a good move for him personally. He'll get
a lot of court time and chance to show he's weares.
He obviously wants to get to the end NBA at
some points, so I don't think that's a bad move
for him. And of course, as we said, we'll speak
to his brother Trey, who saw with the jack Jumpers.
A little later on in the show My Man Chase,

(08:10):
he's gone left the Kings.

Speaker 4 (08:12):
Two time Premiership coach, Championship coach, personal football. Oh yes,
championship coach. Sorry, but he's looking for green and past
years over in the NBA.

Speaker 3 (08:23):
Yeah, I think so, and I think he could walk
into and there's a few jobs going in the NBA
at the moment. Assistant coach, no, no, no, full time coach, head.

Speaker 4 (08:30):
Coach's turned the coaches over there, don't.

Speaker 3 (08:33):
They they do. And of course he's an old man.
I c Brufford, the currency, the Spurs of course, so
he's got some links over there that you know, could
could help him.

Speaker 4 (08:45):
Get a coach over there. I think, well, the NBL is.

Speaker 3 (08:48):
Considered one of the best leads outside of the NBA.
He's won two championships back to back, so why not.
He's been over there before, so I think he's start
in somewhere.

Speaker 4 (08:57):
And he put on a bit of theater.

Speaker 3 (09:00):
I was about to say the same thing. So now
we heard from David Burne during the week, the Cricket
Tasmania chairman, and of course he's also on ICC match
referee and he was asked about the roof at mac
Point and he said it could work. They need to
do some testing and things like that. But there's probably
no reason why it couldn't be played on the roof

(09:21):
if it all goes to best Match.

Speaker 4 (09:22):
Yeah, yeah, clearly one days and twenty twenty. Ye're all fine, Yah, yeah,
so Test match that's fine. Yeah, well surely they can.
I mean you're going to break new ground. I mean,
if you want Test cricket to grow and evolve and
be at suitable venues, you've got to break new ground.
And if we have this world class aufility, which we
desperately hope that will happen, you've got to be able

(09:43):
to play Test cricket there. You want everything there.

Speaker 3 (09:46):
Saw a really interesting tweet by Mitch Cleary a couple
of weeks ago. He said, and rightly so. Marvel Stadium
is a capacity of fifty thousand, So that's high. That's
a high venue because you've got so many seat beats.
They still hit the roof with the cricket ball there
they have one twenty twenty three thousand. That's going to
be a lot less high. So that's going to cause

(10:08):
some issues. I would have thought with the roof and
the cricket ball and you're hitting the behind the.

Speaker 4 (10:12):
Air turned to a lot of sky balls I'm not
so much in test cricket, there'd be a less probability.

Speaker 3 (10:18):
Yeah, twenties and for sure, sure it's an interesting point.
I'll tell you what I wouldn't want to be designing
the stadium budgets design for things like that. You've got
all sorts of things gonna have to try and work out.
So we'll see what happens there. And just quite quickly
finishing up the week, there was the Tasmanian squad to
take on Queensland in July has been announced during the week.

(10:41):
King Bra had the most players with seven, rightly, so
they're following at the moment. The time defeated the players
from outside the t CL as well, which is good
I think.

Speaker 4 (10:50):
So I think, well the coach Maduela, he's outside the TSEL,
which is fantastic. And yeah, look forward to this one
July one. As you said, but taking on Queensland your
old one year up there. Yes, destroying football had a
real impact and then told us to leave the States,
but that's okay, no hard feelings. But yeah, now I'm

(11:13):
looking forward to that. They've got some really good players
like Bailey Bogues who's been a star in Bernie for
a long time. I think they'll they'll find their way
a couple of players outside the ts ell into that
final twenty two, which'll be exciting.

Speaker 3 (11:25):
Absolutely. That is the week that was. We've got plenty
more still to come on the show. This morning we
dive into some politics in our too with Kevin Bonham.
We also talked footy with Blake Hardwick and Jack Petrocelli
ahead of the big game at Utah Stadium tomorrow, so
big loosely blurt it's going to be a shoka. And
later this hour we've got Trey Armstrong and Cam Waterers
joining us. But up next we turn our attention to

(11:45):
the City to Casino Fun Run, which takes place tomorrow
for the fiftieth time. The race director Hayden Nilsen, joins
us in the studio. Next here on the water Boys
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(12:11):
when we've got the fiftieth anniversary of the iconic City
Casino Fun Run and joining us in the studio to
preview the big event is the race director, Hayden Nilsen.
Welcome back to the water Boys. Hayden hair going very well,
thanks Bren.

Speaker 5 (12:26):
After a successful anniversary cocktail party last night which went
very well and well attended.

Speaker 3 (12:33):
Absolutely, it was great to see was and I was
lucky enough to be there and see some of the
old faces back and we had Grant Page and Kylie
Rist there, the two race winners that have won the
most titles. That was a really enjoyable event, wasn't it.

Speaker 5 (12:46):
Yeah, see both icons for someone to win in Kylie's
case ten and Grant nine of them. That's quite unique
in Australian running.

Speaker 3 (12:57):
Absolutely, how a were looking for tomorrow mates A vendors
who said fiftifth anniversary.

Speaker 5 (13:02):
Yes, we've looked to be look as if we'll have
about twenty five hundred. A little bit disappointing, but that's
the way nature of the game at the moment. I
think things like the park run and I think saturation
of market of the market down here has so many
fun runs that it has an effect on the major ones.

Speaker 3 (13:24):
Absolutely.

Speaker 4 (13:25):
Now, Hayden, you have been there for every one of
the last fifty runs. That is amazing.

Speaker 5 (13:31):
Yeah, it's quite unique when you think about it now, Blair.
I ran in the first twenty and then I was
on the committee with Noel Ruddick who ran it back
in the next next ten years, and then I've run
organized the last twenty. I've had a good team around
me though. I've had Jenny Gillard and Wayde Mason and

(13:56):
people like that. I've had good support staff. But it's
been fantastic and I've enjoyed it. But fifty years is enough.

Speaker 4 (14:03):
That is extraordinly in.

Speaker 3 (14:08):
We're having to get the five hundred shows last year.
Fifty years.

Speaker 4 (14:12):
But the early days you were, of course a well
known umpire and the footy in the local footy circuit
as well, so you dumpire on Saturday and then run
it on Sunday as a recovery.

Speaker 5 (14:22):
In fact, the first one we ever ran in nineteen
seventy three I Clarence and North Hope at Belarui and
that was a traditional, traditionally tough game because Divine and
Bingley played on all wow. So you can imagine in
the one umpire system pretty difficult though.

Speaker 4 (14:44):
A little bit happening behind play with the one true
but it's a fantastic event. It's an iconic event, isn't it.
City Casino And I don't know about you, Brent, but
when my kids were going up, we always did the
two point seven from Salamanca to the casino and ran
with the kids, and that got very competitive because there's

(15:06):
a couple of dads. Few were really dragging their kid
along to get past their friends too.

Speaker 5 (15:13):
We only introduced that probably twenty four years out and
it's become very popular and both the children and the
parents love doing it with one another.

Speaker 6 (15:25):
You know.

Speaker 7 (15:25):
The comments are quite unique.

Speaker 5 (15:27):
They're very positive about it and they enjoy enjoy the togetherness.

Speaker 7 (15:32):
I suppose absolutely.

Speaker 3 (15:34):
Hayden Nielsen, the race director of the City to Casino,
as our guest in the studio this morning. Let's have
a look at the race tomorrow because they've got some
big names taking part. In Millie Clark, our Olympian, is
signed up. During the weekend. She did the hot favorite
to win the women's race.

Speaker 5 (15:48):
She would be she's certainly running very well. But we've
got previous winners in Kate Pedley, she's won it four times,
mill Daniels has won it three times and also Miriam Dowie.
So it's a hot field in the women's races, as
is the men's.

Speaker 7 (16:09):
I think I think.

Speaker 5 (16:11):
James Hansen will win it, but Sam Clifford's been pushing
him over the last few events and last year, so
he'll push him. And you've got the ever and Nick
girl's running extremely well as well, and of course you've
got you ever Evergreen Grand Page.

Speaker 7 (16:29):
He'll keep them minus.

Speaker 3 (16:31):
Top five top five page. You think he'd be closer.

Speaker 5 (16:36):
And Dave Thomas is another one that's Evergreen that's won
up before and they keep them monitors for sure.

Speaker 4 (16:43):
Well, you've got the race in the middle too, so
that's the twelve k race we talked about. You've also
got the seven kilometer run and.

Speaker 7 (16:49):
Walk, and the walks become very popular plays.

Speaker 4 (16:53):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (16:54):
You know my wife, for instance, she's done it the
last whenever introduced. No, we've only been we introduced that
probably about thirty years ago, all right, but they enjoy it,
you know, you get a group group, group of women
doing it together.

Speaker 4 (17:15):
Yeah, mustains with their rams and things like that. Yeah, fantastic.

Speaker 7 (17:20):
It's become popular as well.

Speaker 3 (17:22):
What about just for the people listening road closures tomorrow?

Speaker 5 (17:26):
Oh yeah, that's that's crucial, very important. They're all roads
will be closed between the deck, my State Arena and
right down to Sandy Bay through Sandy Bay from about
quarter to eight through to around about say about quarter

(17:48):
to nine ten o'clock.

Speaker 3 (17:49):
Okay, So just be careful if you're traveling tomorrow, not
taking part, just the road closures around the city.

Speaker 5 (17:55):
The police are very pedantic about it with safety and
that's something that's changed over the years. I mean the
first few years we ran down through North Hobart through
the mall and we only had volunteers on corners. Changed
changed since then, and traffic management is the major cost
of the event.

Speaker 4 (18:15):
So pretty much all along the brook A Highway there
and around the Botanical Gardens side of.

Speaker 5 (18:20):
So we go down to Risdon Road, go off, turn
into around through Keneleian Bay, up that little steep pinch
to the highway behind Government House, Heartbreak Hill, Heartbreak Hill,
and then down through Sandy Bay.

Speaker 4 (18:39):
That's all downhill really from Saltomente.

Speaker 5 (18:43):
Oh yeah, yeah, So the kids kids have a fairlure
fly down hill, and of course we have buses that
can commute taking people to and from the event. They're
on a stand by all the time. So yeah we
cad a pretty you well for it.

Speaker 3 (19:00):
Well mate, well done to you. It's a magnificent effort.
I know you've got a little bit emotional last night.
It must be an emotional time because it will be
a relief of hanging up the boots. But you've done
so much for the event. So've all done on that
and I've always been great with us for the media
too with your time.

Speaker 5 (19:15):
So thanks for that and thanks very much. I really
appreciate what you've done for us too.

Speaker 3 (19:20):
No, no problem.

Speaker 4 (19:21):
So you won't be a marshal on the field somewhere
as a volunteer come back one something like that.

Speaker 5 (19:28):
I've got Tim, Tim Smith and yeah Tim and Kim
are taking it over next year.

Speaker 4 (19:34):
Yeah they're helping good hand.

Speaker 7 (19:36):
Helping me this year and I'll help him next year.
Very low, very low.

Speaker 3 (19:44):
Key, very good mate. Thanks again for coming in all
the best tomorrow. Appreciate your time on the water Boys,
Thanks very much. It's had Nielsen joining us in the
studio and it's going to be a big event to
my the fiftieth anniversary of the Mighty City Casino Fun run.
Big first out of the show. Still come for you
this morning. Not too far away is new Jack Jumper Tray.
I'm strong. But up next we're talking supercars with Tickford

(20:06):
Racing driver Cam Mortars. That's after this on The water
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lee to Simmons Planes this weekend. We love it here

(20:27):
in Tasmania, the supercar series and one man that is
a big part of it is Tickford Racing driver Cam Mortis,
who's been good enough to join us on the show
this morning. Good a Cam, Welcome to the water Boys.

Speaker 8 (20:38):
Hey mate, thanks for having me.

Speaker 3 (20:39):
Great to have your board mate. Tell us about Tasmania
and the supercars. Do you guys love coming down here
to Simmons Planes.

Speaker 8 (20:47):
Yeah, actually the racing is great, qualifying super tight and
yeah it's bloody cold as well.

Speaker 3 (20:54):
His cold, there's no doubt about that. Now, tell us
about the season for yourself so far in the teammate
usually where you're sitting at the moment.

Speaker 8 (21:02):
I wouldn't they please. We've had an up and down
start of the year, were very fast at Newcastle and
then had a bit of bad luck in Grand Prix
and then you know, last round pers found a few
things wrong with the car post weekend, so we've had speed,
just haven't really put it together. So you we're excited
for this weekend Tazzy to you know, get some points

(21:23):
on the board.

Speaker 4 (21:25):
Yeah, certainly came out and you know you won race
one in the very first race at Newcastle there, But
tell us about a couple of weeks ago, was it
last race when you there was a bit of bump
and grind and you're right, heing rear wheel on your
forward mastang you actually had to drive around with three
wheels back to the pits for a fairly lengthy period.

Speaker 8 (21:47):
I don't know if that was man or not. I
might have been someone.

Speaker 4 (21:49):
Else, wouldn't that you?

Speaker 8 (21:51):
I don't think so. I can't remember that.

Speaker 4 (21:55):
I'm sure I did my research on that. But that's
cool different.

Speaker 8 (22:00):
Oh right, Yeah, I've been not too bad this year
with running into things, which the bosses are happy about.

Speaker 4 (22:08):
Yeah, now that's fine. Now back on Simmons planes because
I want to talk about that first hairpin that gets
a lot of press actually that first tight corner, but
you do get that back straight and you can really
build up some speed on that back straight.

Speaker 8 (22:24):
Yeah, we get up to about two sixty. Yeah, well
on the back straight, so you're pretty fast. You can
slip stream and it's a good passing opportunities into the
back straight and then we've got the tightest corner in
the on the year. You know, the hairpiner turned fourth,
So you need the car to do a lot of
things well, which is a bit of a challenge for

(22:45):
the engineers, but that's why they.

Speaker 4 (22:47):
Get paid the big bus exactly right now, this is
the first time we've seen the Gen three cars here
in Tasmania. Just just reminds about the changes here and
what what differences can we expect.

Speaker 8 (23:01):
Yeah, we've got ten three this year, so totally different
car than you know the last year car. You got
people making few mistakes driving the because they're a little
bit different and got a lot less down for they
look cool and he's so far this year, you know,
qualifying and the racing has been a little bit closer.
So yeah, just can't make any mistakes, you get punished

(23:23):
pretty bad if you do.

Speaker 3 (23:24):
Cam Orders is our guests on the water Boys this morning,
head of a big weekend of racing at Simmons Planes,
Cam Brody Kostecki leading the series at the moment, Shane
van Gisberg and probably not in the usual spot we're
seeing Van giz He's in third at the moment, but
but lurking he'll start favorite. I think this weekend for
the race. If you look at the book he's you

(23:45):
must just yeah, be bracing yourself for him to make
a charge up the table.

Speaker 8 (23:50):
Yeah. I'm going to be a tough weekend for anyone,
to be honest, because it's so tight you can't make mistakes.
So you know, the Camara has been very fast so
far this year, so US four drivers are trying to
tune the forwards up and hopefully we can give it
to them this weekend.

Speaker 3 (24:06):
Absolutely. Now, tell us about the fans here in Tasbany too.
It's most attended sporting event the Supercar Series at Simmons Planes.
What's it like engaging with the Tasbani and fans when
you come down.

Speaker 8 (24:18):
That's awesome. We we love coming down to Tazzy. You know,
it's great circuit. We get a great turnout of fans
and the fans can get up close to the cars,
which which is good for them. So yeah, we love
it and just kind of want to get into the
weekend now.

Speaker 3 (24:37):
And for those that don't know, Mate, run us through
the schedule for today and what it looks like.

Speaker 8 (24:42):
We've got two thirty minute practice sessions today, then we've
got qualifying which is a knockout quality that's about half
an hour on track and then a race so that'd
be cool, you know, back to back, so not a
lot of time out the car, which is good for
good for the drivers, not good for the mechanics, but

(25:05):
yeah it'll be cool.

Speaker 3 (25:07):
Well mate, absolutely, yeah, seventh at the moment in the championship,
standing yourself on five hundred and twenty three points in
your forward Mustang. Good luck Cam. We really appreciate you
giving up your time, particularly when you've got a race
a bit later today and great for the fans be
able to hear from you here on the Water boys.
Enjoy your time and Tazzi.

Speaker 8 (25:23):
Mate cool, thanks thanks for having me there.

Speaker 3 (25:26):
He goes Cam Waters from Tickford Racing, joining us on
the water Boys plair. What on earth was that from you? Please?
That was highly embarrassing. What are you talking about? He
had no idea where you were going with that.

Speaker 4 (25:36):
Well, I'm not sure where Waters is going with that
because if you google Cam Waters and you go to
the Supercar's website and it's had fifty one thousand views.
All right, there's a mid race contact which left Can
Waters frustrated and he basically drives around. He bumped and
grind with Van Gisbergen and he drove around the rest

(25:59):
of the track for on three wheels. One wheel was
buggered up.

Speaker 3 (26:02):
So let me get this straight. You didn't see it.
You googled it, he's denied it, and you're still backing
your own story.

Speaker 4 (26:10):
I think there's some sort of rivalry there with Van
Gisbergen and he refuses to talk about it. Talk about
you think at all to do with that driver. I
think that's what your story. I'm back in my story.
I did the facts, chip. This is last night's research
he's given you absolutely honestly, Google Can Waters and it

(26:34):
comes up. It's on the super Cars website. To uphold you,
the car's website, that's a reliable source.

Speaker 3 (26:42):
Goodness to me our brand, our brand has just been
tarnished in one He loved it.

Speaker 4 (26:51):
That's all good.

Speaker 3 (26:52):
We wish him all the best today in all seriously,
he is a star and as I said, seventh in
the championship standings and hopefully he rockets up the leaderboard
weekend and more.

Speaker 4 (27:00):
He came thirty in Bath this last year and second overall,
so you absolutely.

Speaker 3 (27:06):
Don't go anywhere. Up next, we're talking basketball with new
Jack Jumpers signing Trey Armstrong here on the water Boys
doing it all thanks to tas Mak, your local Commota dealer.
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was Port Adelaide eleven fourteen eighty knocking off Melbourne eleven

(27:27):
ten seventy six overnight. But we are turning our attention
to basketball on the show now. Super exciting news during
the week where one of our own Tasmanian superstars has
joined the jack Jumpers, which is just brilliant. I think,
of course, it is Trey Armstrong who's signed as a

(27:49):
development player under Scott Roth Trey, Welcome to the water Boys.
Congratulations mate, morning boys, thanks for having me.

Speaker 9 (27:56):
Appreciate it.

Speaker 3 (27:57):
I no problem at all. Great to have you on board. Mate.
Tell us about this process we caught up a few
months ago. You were sort of keeping your options open
at that stage. But you've landed in your home state
playing NBL, mate, you must be absolutely wrapped.

Speaker 9 (28:10):
Yes, definitely wrapped, you know, blessed for the opportunity and yeah,
and I suppose the process it was one of those
things where you know, this opportunity came about and I
was definitely appreciative of it, but just wanted to see,
you know, what else would would come up, and and
it got to a point where you know, the jackie's
wanted wanted a decision from me, and it would have

(28:32):
been it would have been pretty silly to pass on
this opportunity and miss out on this great chance to
develop and play under Scott Rolf and Mark Radford and
slamming everyone else. But I'm just really excited to take
this opportunity and run with it.

Speaker 3 (28:48):
Absolutely.

Speaker 10 (28:49):
Man.

Speaker 3 (28:49):
Now, the good thing is to your development player, but
that doesn't matter under Scott Roth's coaching because he has
everyone on a level playing field, So if you do
the hard work, you'll get as many minutes as anyone else,
won't you.

Speaker 9 (29:01):
Yeah, well, I think that's that was one of the
appealing things about it too, that you can, if you
can perform and practice and put your best fook forward,
you've got to give the given opportunity. And I think,
you know, I think that's great, and that's a great
reflection on the program, and I'm excited to step into
training camp and into practice and do just that so

(29:21):
I can hopefully carve out some sort of role so
I can help the team the best way I can.

Speaker 4 (29:26):
I'm sure you will, Trey. And how have you enjoyed
coming back home and playing for the Thunder after your
experiences in the USA and the college system.

Speaker 9 (29:35):
Yeah. No, it's obviously great to come back after four
seasons away. You know, the body probably is paying for
it a little bit jumping straight back into the hoops
and probably should have taken a little bit of a break,
But I was just so excited to get back, and
you know, it's just part of it. I'll learn better
for next time, for sure. But it's been a lot
of fun and I think we're starting to turn a

(29:56):
little bit of the corner here with the fun that
we have a road trip this weekend, so hopefully we
can go and get two wins and get back on track.
But it's super cool to play back on the coast
in front of friends and family, and it's been great.

Speaker 4 (30:08):
I bet it is. Just tell us about your upbringing
in there on the coast because your dad Ben Armstrong,
absolute legend there over five hundred games of basketball up there,
and your brother Taran as well. What was it like
growing up in that extreme basketball family.

Speaker 9 (30:25):
Yeah, well, we're very passionate about the sport and I
don't think there's any real other direction that we were
going to go. You know, myself and Tarran, we're always
going to be basketball players. And it was a lot
of fun, you know, a lot of support, you know,
a lot of like good basketball minds in our family.
So we've had the advice and the guidance that we've
needed to be able to go over to the States

(30:46):
and you know, you know, playing junior Australian teams and
now get this MBO opportunity. That's because we've had some
good lat people in our corner that know what they're
talking about. So you know, we've been very lucky there
and that's definitely propelled us towards this opportunity for sure.

Speaker 3 (31:02):
New jack jumper Trey Armstrong is our very special guest
on the water Boys this morning. We obviously saw your
brother Tarren sign with Cans during the week, Tray, was
he close to being a jack jumper or was he
always sort of looking outside of Tasmania of his opportunity.

Speaker 9 (31:16):
I think that Kan's opportunity came up first and just
seemed like a no brainer for his journey and the
role that he could have on that team. And you know,
their framework of their program, have a lot of young
guys and know about development, and I think forty is
going to be really good for him. So I just
ended up thinking that Can's was a pretty easy decision

(31:39):
and the right spot for him to be, you know,
regardless of if Tazzy came up anyway, It's just just
an individual decision for his journey and really excited to
see how he goes.

Speaker 3 (31:49):
You mentioned Mark Radford earlier. I know you've got a
really close relationship with rat. How big it influences have
you been on you and was that a part of
your decision to stay here in Tasmania as well him
being involved with the JJ.

Speaker 9 (32:01):
Yeah, he's been huge and he was definitely a big
part of it. And I think, you know, after being
back for a little while, I realized, you know, I
could take this opportunity or potentially wait and go overseas
somewhere and decide that around, you know, in the July
August Mark, but I understand that this is a really
important stretch of time for me, like these next eight months,

(32:21):
and I think under him and under the other coaches,
I can truly get better as a bastball player and
also in the process try and help the team. But
ultimately there's probably a selfish decision in the fact that
I think I can become the best possible basketball player
being in Tasmania right now, and he's a huge part
of that.

Speaker 11 (32:40):
You know.

Speaker 9 (32:40):
I've been working out with him over this little period
and in the past, and I know that I can
get a lot better under his guidance, and I'm really
looking forward to continuing that relationship on the floor.

Speaker 4 (32:53):
Definitely, he's a superstar. Mark Redford. Certainly, now, Trey, we
see the match up that we want you against your
brother there when he's laying out for Keynes based on
backyard scrimmages growing up. Who would win that one on
one battle there?

Speaker 9 (33:12):
That's actually a funny story because well, I'm going to
say me.

Speaker 11 (33:17):
I'm going to say me, but.

Speaker 9 (33:19):
Quite a few years back, it just got to the
point where we would fight so much amount of fighting
that Dad basically said that we weren't allowed to play
one on one anymore. And we I think we played
a bit of one on one over at school, over
at CBU and it was basically even the whole time,
honest to god.

Speaker 6 (33:39):
Yeah, but before.

Speaker 9 (33:42):
That we were playing little to know one on one
because we were fighting.

Speaker 4 (33:48):
That I've said to their rooms, I think in isolation,
that's absolutely yeah.

Speaker 9 (33:54):
There's been much less of that than you think.

Speaker 3 (33:56):
Actually, very good mate. Well, as you said, you're off
to Victoria this weekend with a northwest thunder, so we
share all the best there and hopefully get a couple
of w's and we look forward to seeing you in
the Green Lader this year with the jack Jumpers. Mate.
We can't wait for it. And thanks so much for
giving up your time for us on the water Boys
this morning. All the best, awesome, Thanks boys, Thanks having
me there he goes Trey Armstrong. Can't wait to see

(34:16):
him in the jack jumpers kit. It is so cool
to have a Tasmania in past. A fantastic No, it's
not the first tasbanion, Blair Sad mc daniel he was born. Yes,
we can't, Sami. That is the end of a big
first hour of the show this morning. We've got lots
of footy coming up for you though in extra time
because we're going to dive into politics. We don't normally

(34:38):
do it, but there's so much gonna happen in Tasbani
in Parliament this week that Kevin Bonhom Tasmanian political analysts
will join us. After New Sporting Weather, we'll also talk
to Blake Hardwick Hawthorne Defender of course, and also Jack
Petrocelli from the West Coast Eagles will also announced the
next winner of our Good Sport Award thanks to McDonald's.
That's all after New Sporting Weather. Here on the water
Boys do we get all thanks to Taz back your

(34:58):
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Speaker 1 (35:00):
What they spot, where it's playing, all the teams behind it,
We've got it. This is the water Boys.

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Speaker 3 (35:13):
Oh big first hour of the show, but we have
got so much more for you here in extra time
of the water Boys before we get to that. Glare
Brown is a big win for Port Adelaide last night
eleven fourteen eighty over Melbourne eleven ten seventy six to kickoff.
So darget Nichols Indigenous round the AFL. In the Rugby
League too, we had a couple of games last night,

(35:34):
a close one two between Saint George and Sydney.

Speaker 4 (35:37):
Yes, and George and Sydney. So the Dragon's twenty four
and the Roosters are twenty two. That was a close one,
but the Eels thirty six were all over the Rabbitdos sixteen.

Speaker 3 (35:47):
Very nice. And we've got a team through to the
A League Grand Final.

Speaker 4 (35:50):
Well, Melbourne City four zip in that return game, so
they moved through. But a big game tonight. Central Coast
marenth is their red hot favorites against Adelaide, so you
think that Central Coast Mariners will take on Melbourne City
in the Grand Final.

Speaker 3 (36:05):
Very nice. A League season just continues to go on
and on. It just seems to be the longest running
season of all time in the A League.

Speaker 4 (36:11):
Have a little breaks in the middle there and then
they reconvene.

Speaker 3 (36:15):
Exactly now, say I alluded to a big second straight
after this. As I said off the top of the
show this morning, don't talk politics too often, but when
we do, we bring the big gun to the table.
And we've got Kevin Bonham Tasbodian political analysts joining us
after this to really unpack what's going to be a
huge and explosive week of politics in Tasmanian Parliament. That's

(36:39):
up next here on the water Boys doing it all
thanks to Tasmack your local Comboda dealer, The water Boys.
Thanks to Tasmack, your local Comboda dealer. It is the
water Boys with Brent Cosselo and Blair Brownless. Now, Blarry,
you ran for politics on people forget about this to
the next guest, people forget about this? Who was it?

(37:02):
Parmi United and Independence? Sorry?

Speaker 4 (37:05):
Independent?

Speaker 3 (37:07):
So you've got a bit of political background, but limits
it you don't know a whole lot of moving on,
moving on. Obviously, the Tasmanian AFL license is wrapped up
in politics at the moment, so who better to go
to than the number one man to analyze his Tasmanian politics,
and that is Kevin Bonham, who's been good enough to
give out some of his time for us on the
water Boys this Morning to day. Kevin, welcome to the showing,

(37:29):
Thanks for joining us. As we said, our Tazzy afl
bit is completely wrapped up in politics at the moment.
Can you just set up for us where things are at.
We had a big announcement last Friday, but for those
listeners that don't know, just bring us up to speed
on where everything's at at the moment.

Speaker 11 (37:44):
So two independents have quit the Liberal Party, putting the
government into minority, and they've since then made some rather
strange noises about what their intentions are, and yesterday they
go a rather curious interview where, among other things, lower
Alexander in one sentence guaranteed supply which is passing the

(38:08):
government's budget, and then the next sentence unguaranteed it. So
they're making noises that suggest that things are moving in
a positive direction, but it's rather hard to tell what's
really going on.

Speaker 3 (38:18):
What does that look like exactly? How would Jeremy Rockcliffe
bring them back into the camp? I suppose these two
now independents to get them back on So what would
he have to do there?

Speaker 11 (38:27):
It would probably be some kind of agreement between the
government and them where they will offer confidence and supply
in exchange for whatever they are after on the stadium
and other things. That they are mostly saying that they
want more transparency around it, not that they are not

(38:52):
that they necessarily are going to try to stop it
from happening, but that they want more information and do
they want to sort of run a rule or over
budget lines and things like that.

Speaker 4 (39:06):
Kevin, if they both Lara and John Tucker states independence
moving forward to the next election, that would work out
too well for them because they actually weren't elected members
at the previous election and therefore running as independence. You
wouldn't think they would get enough votes, would they.

Speaker 11 (39:25):
John Tucker actually was elected in his own right at
the previous election, but did rely on preferences from other
Liberals to get him over the line. Lara Alexander pold
very few votes in the last election and was elected
on a recount. It will be tough for Lara Alexander
to get re elected. Pucker, I'm not so sure about.

Speaker 3 (39:47):
Kevin Bonham is our guest on The water Boys this morning,
Tasmanian political analyst Kevin What do you expect to happen
in Parliament this week? It sounds like there'll be fireworks left,
right and center. But how do you see it all
playing out?

Speaker 11 (39:58):
So very probably going to see some kind of no
confidence attempt from Labor. Labor has said that they want
Jeremy Rocklick to move motion of confidence in his government
and that if he doesn't do it, which he quite
possibly won't, that they will move a motion of no confidence.
So they will try to test whether these independents are

(40:23):
actually willing to support the government when Bush comes to
shove when the budget comes in on Birthday, assuming that
things last that long. The Greens have also said that
they intend to move emotion to try to amend the budget,
which is a controversial sort of thing to try to do,
and at this stage Labor has been saying that they're

(40:46):
not going to go along with that, so that it's
not actually going to happen, but we will see what occurs.

Speaker 3 (40:52):
So if nothing happens as far as blocking the budget goes,
and the budget goes through as it normally would, can
anything else The stadium from happening moving forward from him.

Speaker 11 (41:03):
Well, the stadium could be prevented by a successful no
confidence motion that brought down the board, down the government
and resulted in a government coming in that wasn't going
to support the stadium going forward, or it could be
prevented if both houses of Parlement was a past some
kind of a special legislation to disallow it, which is

(41:25):
something that I haven't really heard anybody talking about.

Speaker 4 (41:29):
Yeah, right, So, just the amount of pressure on Jeremy
Rockliffe the premier at the moment. Kevin in your experience
and Peter Gutwin obviously led the charge for the push
for the AFL team and the stadium, and he was
very bullish in his manners. But the pressure that's on
Jeremy Rockcliffe at the moment. Have you seen similar type

(41:50):
of premiers under pressure in previous years.

Speaker 11 (41:54):
This is a very odd situation. Politicians have all kinds
of pressure that they have to cope with. Some premiers
have had to cope with very difficult parliaments. There were
issues with Sukiki In the previous parliament. Tony Rundle led
a minority government where the numbers were constantly changing and

(42:15):
his government was constantly getting vote down on things. But
this is very odd. It may be that this or resolves,
but we don't know until we see how these independents
start voting on things on the floor of the House,
because anything that they say at the environment could be
smoke signals.

Speaker 3 (42:33):
Kevin, if you're a betting man, where does this all
end up in ten years? Tom is a TASMANI and
ifl so I'm going to be playing at macquari Points
Stadium or do you say something different taking place?

Speaker 11 (42:43):
I'm not making predictions on that because I can't read
the minds of politicians, but I would say that I
think Labor don't necessarily want to wreck the whole thing,
but rather want to exploit the current wave of is
content about it and about the government's priorities, And so

(43:04):
whether they wanted, they would probably be more comfortable sort
of avoiding the blame for it happening, but not necessarily
stopping it either.

Speaker 3 (43:14):
Yes, so where does that leave Labor? How do they
get themselves out of this?

Speaker 11 (43:18):
Then?

Speaker 3 (43:19):
Because they're a little bit snooky in some ways, aren't they?

Speaker 11 (43:22):
That they in a situation where they seem to be
trying to walk both sides of the streets at once,
and it's a difficult act that Labor has to deal
with quite a lot lately. There's a lot of grandstanding
that can go on in Parliament that doesn't actually do anything,

(43:43):
and it's not clear at this state whether the numbers
are actually there for no confidence motion of any kind.
That will depend on the independence. I think that what
Labor wants to do ideally is to leave this situation
with the government in minority for some time so it
looks more and more unstable and makes Labour's prospects of
the next selection better and better.

Speaker 4 (44:06):
Yeah. The difficult thing for Labor, of course, Kevin, is
that the IFL have made it very clear, one hundred
percent clear that no stadium, no AFL team, but Labor obviously,
as you say, walking on both sides of the street
too also with that saying that we won an IFL
team but no stadium. But it's very clear what the
offer on the table is from the AFL.

Speaker 9 (44:27):
Yes.

Speaker 11 (44:28):
So the you know, the way that that might end
is if Labor it comes to offer someone down the
track and there's already a lot of treatments blocked in
and they'll say, oh, well, we know the government made
bad decisions, but we can't walk away from it at
this point where it would be worse that. That seems
to be where things might end up, but we don't
know because these independence are behaving very unpredictably.

Speaker 3 (44:51):
Kevin. Great to have you on the show mate, Thanks
for bringing us up to speed. It's obviously an area
we don't touch on too much here on the on
a sports show, but great to have your insights ahead
of a big week. Thanks so much for joining us
on the water Boys. Very welcome, Gon, Kevin, Kevin Bondam
there Tasmanian political analysts bring us up to speed on
what's going to be an explosive week. Larry, Yes, Tasmony
in parliament, so it's going.

Speaker 4 (45:12):
To be massive and as we just talked about there
with the two Liberal MPs who are now independence and
the discussions behind closed doors with those guys and then
see how supported they will be of the Liberal Party
will be fascinating to see this week. Let's hopefully see
that they all come back on board and the government

(45:33):
can govern in with with the numbers there, so let's see.

Speaker 3 (45:39):
We'll turn our attention to on field next because we've
got a game. I'll say a game at you Test
Stadium tomorrow between Hawthorne and the West Coast Eagles. Up next,
we talked to Hawk defender Blake Hardwick. Here on the
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(45:59):
Sell and Blair Brown this this morning. Well, it's time
to preview the big game at Utaz Stadium tomorrow between
the West Coast Eagles and Hawthorne. And we start with
the Hawks and speak to a man that's played one
hundred and thirty three games with the clubs in Stabuling
in twenty sixteen. He's a defender. His name is Blake

(46:21):
Hardwick and he's been good enough to join us on
the water Boys this morning. Morning to you, Blake, thanks
for joining us, Thanks having me. Let's start with this
weekend mate, seventeenth versus eighteenth. How do you approach the
West Coast Eagles?

Speaker 10 (46:33):
Oh, famous, same as any other game for us. Go
out there and try and try and get the win.
Obviously it's a bit out nice out birds about the game,
but we don't really we don't really listen to that
too much and just focus on getting the four points.

Speaker 3 (46:48):
What do you make of the Eagles at the moment,
Blake obviously an injury depleted list, having got a lot
of players to pick from. We even here overnight that
the fluid might have swept through the club. But if
you're going under estimating him, it could cause some problems.

Speaker 10 (47:00):
Yeah, for sure. We haven't been gone as well as
we were like either, so definitely not taking anyone easy,
and we're not in a position to do that, I guess.
So Yeah, as I said, go out there, get down
to tazzy.

Speaker 8 (47:17):
Which have performed.

Speaker 10 (47:18):
We've performed pretty well down there, but I haven't got
four points on some occasions, but hopefully we can. Yeah,
you get the wins for the fans down there, which
would be nice.

Speaker 3 (47:28):
You must love coming down to long sest in. The
records obviously pretty good here. Why do you like you
test stadium so much?

Speaker 10 (47:33):
Do you think I'm just a home away from a home.
I guess We're used to and we loved getting down there,
and other teams probably rarely really get down there. And
as you said, yeah, the record, the record and there's
pretty good, So hopefully we can get another win on
the board this week.

Speaker 3 (47:52):
What have you made of this season so far, Blake?
Obviously there's been some patches of really good form, but
there's been some disappointing moments too. How have you test
at all?

Speaker 10 (48:00):
Yeah, definitely, that's that's been the theme we have. We
have good halves and we have bad halves, and those
bad halves they turn into big momentum rungs for the
opposition and they get too much of a score on
the board. So that's our focus. Just the player play
sound cliche, but play a four quarter game and not
have those drop offs where the opposition load a few

(48:23):
goals on because it makes it makes it tough for
a young group to get that back in the in
the second half. Like last week half halftime, we came
out and we we're a different side. So if we
can do that from the start, that it'd be nice.

Speaker 3 (48:38):
Hawthorne defender Blake Hardwick is our guest on the water
Boys this morning, previewing the game against the West Coast
Eagles at Utahs Stadium tomorrow. Blake, have you assessed your
own form so far in twenty twenty three? As I
said off the top, you're approaching one hundred and fifty
games in the AFL, so you must feel really part
of the ecosystem of the competition now.

Speaker 10 (48:55):
Yeah, yeah, it has has gone, has gone very fast
when you say and the fifty games sounds scary, but
feels like I'm pretty young, still only twenty six, so yeah,
phone a couple a couple of different roles over the time,
and in the lockdown back and now kind of moving
towards not so much locking down, but concentrating on my

(49:19):
game too, on the offensive side. So it's been good
having that, having that balance, whereas when I was younger,
it's probably more of a just a lockdown. It's nice
to nice to get that balance in my game and
work with the other boys down back.

Speaker 3 (49:31):
Obviously, some really tough news breaking during the week Blake,
with your former coach Alistair Clarkson taking an indefinite break
from the game. How did those that still have a
connection with Clark Oh and your group take that news.

Speaker 10 (49:43):
Yeah, I haven't been around the group since hearing that,
but yes, it's got great news. Hopefully Clark and his
family can get back as they keep back as soon
as they can, and hopefully they sort it out as
quickly as possible, so ever runs mental health with days
in check. And yeah, so he'll go out with him

(50:04):
and his family at this time.

Speaker 3 (50:06):
And without getting too bogged down in the situation the
club currently finds itself in with the investigation. Is that
something the players can block out or is it a distraction?
How do you say that?

Speaker 10 (50:16):
No, I wouldn't say it's a distraction. We're a young
group and we're just focused on footy at the moment.
And yeah, as I said before, we haven't had a
few wins lately, so our main concentration at the moments
just getting getting some winds on the board and crowding
some spirit amongst the amongst the young group.

Speaker 3 (50:36):
How is the new regime understand going? He must be
enjoying that. And I think I'm right by saying that
you would have played a couple of games with him.
So how does that transition mean from from teammate to coach?

Speaker 10 (50:46):
Yeah, it's been good. He he creates a high energy, fun,
fun environment, which is which is tough to do with
our record at the moment, but he he he rides
the waive a bit. He doesn't get to two up
on the wins or two low on the losses.

Speaker 11 (51:01):
So he's been good.

Speaker 10 (51:02):
And yeah, I played. I think I played one game
with him. I think he was there for my first year.
And yes, it's a bit weird playing with it Chach
that you had as a teammate. But it's been good.
I've loved it.

Speaker 3 (51:17):
And a bit of COVID around the group this week, Blake,
I know Sam had it, but he was back doing media,
so he must have recovered beautifully. Anyone else struck down
by it.

Speaker 10 (51:24):
No, yeah, just just him and a couple of stuff.
It's not been has been contained pretty well. No players
to this point, I'm pretty sure. So yeah, it's been.
He's a bit crooked, and yeah he's back, and he's
back now, and he's back. Our main session yesterday and
head off the head off the Tazzy tomorrow.

Speaker 3 (51:43):
And before we let you go, what will be the
key to beating the West Coast Eagles at Utah Stadium.

Speaker 10 (51:48):
I think we'll be concentrating on what we can do
and as I said before, the four quarter effort where
we don't have lapses in the game and just containing
that that effort for the whole four quarters and not
dropping off. Is it's going to be our focus, and
we know they'll just be as hungry as us, so

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trying to contain their momentum if they get any any
gold on the board for us.

Speaker 3 (52:13):
Well, Blake Hardwick, good luck, not too much luck given
on an Eagles man, but I hope you play well
and thanks so much for joining us on the water
Boys this morning.

Speaker 10 (52:21):
No worries, mate, Thank you.

Speaker 3 (52:23):
There he goes Hawthorne defender Blake Hardwick joining us on
the water Boys. After this we get the other side
of the equation when West Coast Jack Petrocelli joins us
here on the water Boys doing it all thanks to Tasmac,
your local Coboda dealer. This is the water Boys, thanks
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Boys with Brent Costelo and at Blair Browns. We just
heard from Blake Hardwick from Hawthorne. Let's get the other
side of the equation now, how good is that song, Blaarry,
We get the Eagles on enough from being an Eagles
man on the Eagles. Very excited to have the great

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man Jack Petrocelli joined us on the program this morning.

Speaker 4 (53:11):
Jack, Jack to speed into the program.

Speaker 3 (53:13):
Absolutely, Jack, Welcome to tazzy and welcome to the water boys.

Speaker 4 (53:16):
Mate.

Speaker 6 (53:17):
Yeah, good guys, thank you very much, having.

Speaker 3 (53:19):
Great to have you on board. Mate. You flew in
late yesterday and nice and cold as you wake up
this Saturday morning in beautiful Loncessant.

Speaker 6 (53:27):
Yeah, we we did flying yesterday and it is nice
and cold. Yesterday it's nice and cold. We left been
able to blow smoke out of me. Now that's just.

Speaker 3 (53:39):
Now speaking of cold, cold whipped through the group, hasn't
it So just what you need with all the injury
crosses you're going through, you're dealing with a cold going
through as well.

Speaker 6 (53:48):
Yeah, unfortunately we are this week obviously lost lost Luke
to cold, which is no ideal. But again the other
side of that is young boys get their chance to
come in and show it they've got. So it's exciting.

Speaker 3 (54:05):
How difficult to being this year? Mate? We saw you
have the win against the Giants, but obviously tough gun
when you've only got a certain amount of players to
pick from. How's the morale around the group though? Off
the track, Yeah.

Speaker 6 (54:17):
It is difficult and a little bit unfortunate, but yeah,
it's just we have to do over the moment, but
not the Bob's pretty up there. We're pretty positive, and
I guess all we're doing is we're just working working
hard as we can to keep getting better.

Speaker 4 (54:32):
No, that's true. Jack. Now do you ever walk past
the medical room there and see how full that is
and the injuries you've had this year is extraordinary, isn't
it really?

Speaker 6 (54:43):
Yeah, it's you don't predict anything else is going to happen.

Speaker 4 (54:49):
It's bizarre, It really is bizarre. But now tell us
about your early career. I know that you actually at
the draft. Haven't you got the record for the fastest
twenty meters sprint?

Speaker 6 (55:02):
I don't quite don't quite have the record. I think
I want it for my year. But yeah, I definitely
didn't break that record.

Speaker 4 (55:10):
No, And so then you you can see yourself a
small pressure forward there and next to a couple of
big gun forwards there. That must be nice when they're
all fit and raring and playing well.

Speaker 6 (55:21):
Yeah, definitely it is nice. It's obviously pretty lucky come
and come on the West Coast early days not you know,
I was dropped in eighteen through the last year, always
had JK there and j D and Oscar and obviously
JK moving on now, it's Oscar and JD. So yeah,
always been around the big guns, which is which is

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very good to play. They're very fun to play with.

Speaker 4 (55:45):
It's very true. Now, what about the lure to come home?
I know you from Melbourne originally, and we've seen a
lot of IFL players in South Australia and West Australia
return home. How's the lure for you to get back
to Melbourne? Is it as strong or you've very happy
over there in the wild way happy?

Speaker 6 (56:02):
I would have thought, yeah, yeah, none at all, None
at all, Yeah, yeah there it's an amazing club over
there West Coast. You're very well looked after and they
make it very difficult to sort of have the factor
of why to come home. West Astralia's beautiful place as well,
so that does help also.

Speaker 3 (56:19):
West Coast for Jack Petrocelli is our guest on the
water Boys this morning. As we said, Jackie flew in
last night. I've always been fascinated by this. So do
you guys try and stick to Perth time when you
hit the road because obviously, what is it six fifteen
am Perth time here at the moment if you're if
you were back there, what do you guys do.

Speaker 6 (56:39):
Yeah, it's I think it varies various for different people.
I like to probably the first night or six the
first time, so I have a little bit.

Speaker 8 (56:47):
Of later on, but.

Speaker 6 (56:50):
After that I just sort of sort of just and
you know, I'll be on tazzy time for the rest
of the time here. But it definitely varies player player.
Some people would some people would just get used to
the time straightaway.

Speaker 3 (57:01):
Very good. Now six seventeenth versus eighteenth tomorrow, You've got
the Hawks a good opportunity to sneak a win against
a team that probably isn't traveling as well as I'd
like to as well. What's the trick to beating them?

Speaker 10 (57:11):
Do you think?

Speaker 11 (57:14):
Yeah?

Speaker 6 (57:15):
Yeah, yeah, for sure. I guess both of us liked
as bigger and better than we are. But I think
we've just got to get our contest right and play
hard footy, you know, a good, good ten day and
hopefully we can we can get a win.

Speaker 4 (57:30):
Jack, what about back in Perth the local media with you.
They're not used to you guys being near the bottom
of the ladder, and how have they responded because it
can be Yeah, you're a massive club over there in Perth,
and when things are not going so well. Did they
turn on you over there and the local media?

Speaker 6 (57:48):
Yeahs. To be very honest with you, guys, I don't
pay too much attention personally to the media and all
that stuff, but I think I don't think many would
as well. And then there's something that's you know, the
noise that we just kind of try and try and ignore.
And I'm sure it is there, but I guess if

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you get too caught up in that, yeah, you're probably
not in there. You know, it's probably no ideal for yourself.

Speaker 4 (58:15):
No fair enough. Now you've made your way to lonzest
and now in a couple of years, we hope to
have you in Hobart in four or five years Jack,
and to playing against Tasmania Insania. Oh, it actually could
be as well too with our new stadium. That would
be a very exciting opportunity with that.

Speaker 6 (58:34):
Oh absolutely, it's amazing, you know that, that's that's all happening.
And yeah, for five years time to be a team
down here. So it's it's incredible. It's it's really.

Speaker 8 (58:44):
Good to say.

Speaker 3 (58:45):
Now your at you TAZ Stadium tomorrow. Have you played?
I know the Eagles will played there before Jack but
have you personally played there. It's obviously a very successful
ground for Hawthorne too, so do you know much about
the venue itself?

Speaker 6 (58:57):
No, I don't know about the venue. I've never played
there personally. I've been the only one before playing Nobar,
but no, I never launched test. So I'm looking forward
to it playing a new ground and society.

Speaker 3 (59:08):
Well, good luck, mate. We do appreciate you giving up
your time this morning, just after flying in last night
one ten. Tomorrow you play the Hawks in lon Seston.
I'm sure there will be a lot of Eagle supporters
there because I'll be there. But there is more West
Coast supporters in Tasmania than you think because obviously we
don't have a team here, so a lot of people
my age growing up there successful.

Speaker 4 (59:29):
Successful.

Speaker 3 (59:29):
Yeah, so you'll be surprised, Jack, with the support that
turns out up there. So you enjoy it. Thanks so much, mate,
and good luck against the Hawks tomorrow.

Speaker 6 (59:36):
Thank you so much, guy.

Speaker 3 (59:38):
Good on your Jack Jack petro Chlly there, what a
superstar is. Love him, love everything about what he does
with Yes, looking forward to that tomorrow. Looking forward to
the end of the show too, because we've got to
announce our next winner of the Good Sport Award that
is next here on the water Boys Doing it All
thanks to tas Mak, your local Cobota.

Speaker 2 (59:56):
Dealers, the water Boys.

Speaker 3 (01:00:00):
We are almost at the end of another water Boys,
but before we go, who's been.

Speaker 1 (01:00:04):
Doing the hard yards this week? Thanks to McDonald's. It's
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Speaker 3 (01:00:10):
This is where we get to look after someone doing
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and the quarter pounder a classic for a reason available
after ten thirty, Am Blair. Who's that winner this week?

Speaker 4 (01:00:23):
Well, the winner this week is Trent McKenzie. He's a
young boxer actually Breno, and he's developing his skills quite nicely,
just early days learning his craft for boxing. He's got
a lot of talent and he's working really hard in
the gym. So congratulations to Trent McKenzie. You're our winner
this week.

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and nominate them. Could be a player, a coach, a volunteer,
or anyone else that's doing a wonderful job in the
local sporting community. Been a big show. Before we wrap
it up, though, good luck to everyone in the nwflv
NTFA Rep games.

Speaker 4 (01:01:15):
Traditional rivals at Denboard Oval the underratings on first and
then they're the sceniors, so they don't like each other.
These two leagues a bit of bragging rights of the
north of the state.

Speaker 3 (01:01:26):
Absolutely, so that'd be a great game there and absolutely
and we've got the lack of cel Jack Cup and
the Women's Statewide Cup semi finals this weekend to some
big games across the state. Of course. For the men
Australia Cup berth on the line for the winner of
the Lack of cel Jack Cup.

Speaker 4 (01:01:41):
Yeah, that's huge, that is huge.

Speaker 3 (01:01:42):
So a lot to play for this weekend in soccer
right across quick one.

Speaker 4 (01:01:47):
What's the latest on South Hobart the FC's bid for. Yeah,
the second tick.

Speaker 3 (01:01:52):
I think that's shortlisted.

Speaker 4 (01:01:54):
So that's good.

Speaker 3 (01:01:54):
That's that they're going beautifully really so wouldn't that be
magnificent to see him in that competition?

Speaker 4 (01:01:59):
The Progressive Club are't, but they're always looking at these
opportunities and taking them on board.

Speaker 3 (01:02:04):
Absolutely. What's on for your weekend place?

Speaker 4 (01:02:07):
Well, I'm off to actually I'm Zone three. My business.
I'm just dropping in there enough I can drop that
in or yeah, very quiet this weekend, bro, just resting
up actually and yourself. You're off to the West coast, yes?

Speaker 3 (01:02:19):
And what slide into the supercars? And then the way through.

Speaker 4 (01:02:22):
About accommodation in lonchet Now that no good.

Speaker 3 (01:02:25):
I'm saying, I'm heading to Davenport. I can't get a
bed in lon Sesteon.

Speaker 4 (01:02:29):
So you want to stay in Lunchess and you can't
count and you're in Devonport.

Speaker 3 (01:02:32):
What does that say?

Speaker 4 (01:02:34):
What does that say that says we love big ticket events?

Speaker 3 (01:02:38):
Yes? And what will that do if we get an AFL,
so it will be tenfold.

Speaker 4 (01:02:42):
Absolutely tenfold. And that new stadium there you could not
get a ticket, your old accommodation, the bars, restaurants, everything
will be buzzing.

Speaker 3 (01:02:50):
Yes it will. Indeed, that is a big water boys,
thanks for your company this morning. We all again next
Saturday with more fun and provolity for you. Have a
great weekend everyone,