NRL 2025 | The Warriors make it three on the trot

The Warriors make it three on the trot after a thrilling win against the West Tigers. The boys analyse the match as well as talk about the signing/leaving rumours floating around of late

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:10):
What's up everyone, Welcome to Couch Coaches. Well tonight we
have got a great story for you. We've got a
lot to talk about. There's so much going on in
the n of our world, as as how Richard describes it.
The first things first, I'm your I'm your host, John,
and I'm joined by my co host Richard the Bangweger
conductor Leddy Bor.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
How are you still feeling after that game on Sunday night?

Speaker 3 (00:31):
Yeah, kill John Bluddy, just over the mooning about that,
you know. I mean, it's it's a winn against the Tigers,
so I'm not going to get too excited, but I
think it was that, you know that they just did
some good moments. There were some good standouts some of
your players, and playing through some adversity. How do we
look before Apparently it's only the fifth time in history
we won three of our last four games in the season,

(00:52):
so you know, they take what you will of that,
but yeah, it's good to get your three games. Not often.
The Panthers lost three games a row for the first
time in about twenty nineteen. So maybe the Warriors and
the Panthers have reversed their fortunes and we'll go on
just when the next next three or four premierships. That's
that's what I'm dreaming at the moment.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
Yeah, well, let's let's hope you're let's hope you're correct,
because honestly, they would be awesome. But I do I
do get what you're saying is that, Yeah, we gets
the Tigers in. You know, we're gonna give them some credit.
They were there, were so much better than they've been
in the past few seasons. And obviously that's you know,
with the impact of Jerome Law, it makes a big,
big difference in that side in May as well, so

(01:32):
some some stand up players there. But you know, they
did an awesome job. And it's quite interesting you say
that because all of a sudden, you know, we won
three in a row.

Speaker 2 (01:40):
Awesome.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
But you know, there are a lot of Warriors pans
out there going on about now, how we are, this
is our year, this is our year. But I just
still think we just still just chill, chill, but chill, yes,
loving it.

Speaker 3 (01:51):
Yeah, I've already put my flights to Sydney for ye I.

Speaker 1 (01:55):
Was gonna say, you're one of You're one of those ones,
haven't You're one of those ones that are doing that.

Speaker 3 (01:59):
I'll be there, don't you. You'll be You'll be there.
I'm sure I've.

Speaker 1 (02:03):
Already said the savings account just just in case, just
in case. But yeah, no, like, look, there's a lot
to talk about.

Speaker 2 (02:08):
In that game.

Speaker 1 (02:09):
I mean, maybe before before we get into the you know,
the analysis of the game. You know, just it's been
it's been an interesting last interesting last couple of days.
You know, looking at you know, social media, et cetera.
There's a West Tiger Supporters club, and the way they're
having they're having a bit of a winch kind of
sounds like a bit of like us sometimes when we
know after a reff has made some through bundles and
our games. But they're going, they're they're going, they're going

(02:31):
at the ref at the moment saying that you know,
they favored us and not them and saying that they
were rolled. But you know, to be honest, you can't
really be robbed of a game. If you were in
a drawer, you know, you wouldn't have heard that they
were ahead of us at some points during the game,
but not towards the end when we actually became even
with them and then we won through the penalty. Did
you think it was a penalty. Did you think Charles
was milking? Is that a lot of people are claiming

(02:52):
that he did.

Speaker 3 (02:54):
I mean, were their milks that or not? Like the
shoulder had his head. Yeah, exactly, that's quite clear. That's appearently,
like I mean, you know, like I do the exact
same in that situation. You know, like it's going to
hurt for starters, but like you know, I mean, it
looked like there was a ship a clear contact their
shoulder to the head, and what were they crying about?

(03:16):
You know, Louis have come out and said that Louis
should have been sent off, but he didn't get sent off.
Of course, he had to go off for Hia, which
unfortunately passed, but that you know where he can come
back on for thinks about seventeen minutes. So he was
off the field and that changed our whole check decks
of who was playing where, and so yeah, I mean
I think it was I think it's I mean, it's

(03:37):
shoulder to the head, whether whether you like it or not,
whether you think he you know, you're watching football or
or rugby league. That's just that's the rules and we're
going to see it this week. You know, the referees
have sort of come out and been pretty clear about
the fact that there was some mistakes made last week.
There's four players that probably should have been sent off

(03:58):
that weren't, with drum Lue been one of them. And
probably a good time to be having to buy for
the Warriors because we might save save a suspension or
two that might might come from from this weekend. I
don't know if you remember them, MA check around a
few weeks ago, a few years ago where they sort
of did a similar sort of crack down on high
tackles and there was about four leen players sent off

(04:18):
on one weekend of footage. So we'll see what happens
happens this weekend. But now, I don't know problem with
that Benner a penalty. I'm sure i'd said if I
was on the other side of that as well.

Speaker 1 (04:29):
Yeah, no, neither why I think. I don't think Chances
was milking it. But like I said, I'm just saying,
these are best Tiger supporters, so you know, you expect
them to be having a bit of a bit of
a suck about it, and but for me, it's just
like a lot of them are like saying, oh, we
were robbed. We were robbed. To be robbed is that
you were winning and then all of a sudden something
happened when you lost the leader in the last minute,
you weren't winning. When the Warriors won, there were there

(04:50):
were even Stevens at the time. So yes, they were
hit at some point of the game, but this is
some point of the game. So there's just a lot
of rubbish. I don't know what they're crying about. But
going just back quickly on the on the high tackle situation,
where then, are you know, cracking down on all this
now where they're saying any shoulder to the any contact
of the head and a tackle is going to be
an instant symbon.

Speaker 2 (05:11):
Do you think that's going to ruin the game?

Speaker 1 (05:13):
Because you know, sometimes like you said, you know there
was a there was an instance where so many there
were so many symboms and it just gives one side
a big advantage, you know, over another. And do you
think that you think that do you think that they
need to crack down on this hard or do they
just think to be just a little bit more consistent,
like because if they now now that they're making that
their rule, the bunker is going to have an eager

(05:35):
eye on every single little bit of contact to the head.
It could be just the slowest of contact, but because
of contact of the head, it will still be considered
a symbol. So do you think it's gonna ruin the
game a little bit, just you know, the flow of
the game.

Speaker 3 (05:49):
I mean, definitely for a week, a week or two.
You imagine, like I imagine that, Yeah, you're right, this
weekend's going to be pretty closely monitored. But I think
I imagine over time, you know, and three or four
weeks they might just sort of not get get back
to where they were, just be a bit more aware
of it. But yeah, I mean when you've got sort
of like the MetroView committee coming out and saying there's

(06:09):
like four you know, players and half the games of
the weekend, and when you've got to you've got to
you got a referee in the field, and you've got
a bunker, you know, like this million ten million dollar
bunker or whatever. They have a much of cost reviewing
this stuff, Like I mean, that's that stuff probably shoudn't
be happening in the first place. So I suspect to

(06:30):
you this weekend it will be a bit clunky, and
maybe next weekend as well, and then I'm hoping that
it'll it'll die off. But when it comes down to it,
I mean players, players safeties first, and we're hearing too
many stories of guys retiring and sort of having all
these all these oh yeah yeah, all these all these
issues from sort of untreated or and whatever sort of concussions.

(06:55):
So uh, you know, I'll doing what they can to
protect the players, and so yeah, but I think you're right.
I think this weekend will be a little there'll be
a little bit of clunkiness to the weekend.

Speaker 2 (07:07):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (07:07):
Well you see you see you see them Rugby, you
know what I mean, super we're the where the they
don't call it the bunker, but you know they they
they are always watching.

Speaker 2 (07:15):
Yeah, the TMO.

Speaker 1 (07:16):
They're always watching every single every single thing, and you know,
the referee will be will be playing on and then
all of a sudden, you know, the TMO will be like,
go back, go back, this happened, And they're watching every
single thing, and it stops the flow of the game
and it just ruins the game a bit. So I'm
not saying that what they're what they're pointing out as
what is not warranted. Sometimes it is warranted because you

(07:37):
know there was a bit of a fact that's foult
play involved, et cetera. But sometimes there are some hits
that are not as bad as others and accidental. There's mitigation,
you know, there's mitigation factors in there. And but the
thing is, I don't know there's gonna be mitigation factors anymore,
considering that they're saying any contact that they hear there
is a symbom So I just I just really hope
that they've really thought this through properly.

Speaker 2 (07:57):
In making it.

Speaker 1 (07:58):
You know, it's not gonna just ruined the game where
every single contact there's a contact sport. Sometimes these things
happen excellently as well, so you know, you just don't
want it to be ruined by just some just some
by something that's accidental. I know, you know, a hit
to the head is nothing, nothing pleasurable. I've I've i've
you know, felt that before in the game as well
when I was in my younger days. But the stuff,

(08:19):
but yeah, it's it's part of the game, you know,
you know, you know that's part of the game. So
I just really hope it doesn't ruin what is a
fantastic game which on Sunday note was an amazing game
between the Warriors and Tigers, very entertaining, harder than mouth stuff. Mate,
Are you still recovering from that? Because there was a
lot of moments that there were a lot of positives

(08:39):
are taken from their game, but there were a lot
of a lot of things that you were like, what
the heck are the Warriors doing here? They let they
did in some really easy tries against the Tigers. The
Tigers some of the tries, some of the tries that
they scored were just really too too easy. And yeah,
I thought our defense was really good, you know, up
until up until this game. But yeah, so what do
you what are you? What are your overall thoughts about

(08:59):
this game? Mate? Because it was it was a great
game to watch. Just yeah, harder mouse, harder mouse stuff.

Speaker 3 (09:05):
Yeah, or where do you start? You know? I think
I know that you'll I'm sure you're talking about I'll
just touch on it. I'm sure you'll talk about it,
don't I'm when I ask you what your thoughts are
that there's still some some questions over the fifth tackle,
the players on the fifth tackle, and the kicking and
the bombs and the and the lack of the lack
of chasing there. So we won three games in a row.

(09:28):
So maybe it's all part of the playing just to
just to keep the keep the boys fresh when they've
got the ball. But they I was just having to
look through the stats for the game, and the Warriors
they dominated a lot of the a lot of the
teching stats really. So the more more runs, more running meters,
more post content meters, more line breaks, more tackle breaks. Yeah,

(09:52):
you know, the average set distance of forty seven meters
as opposed to thirty eight for the Tigers checker two
meters two hundred and six seventy seven. So there's as
far as the stats, I think we were the be
the team for a lot of the game. But then
as you loaded, like the defense just us down in
a few moments, and every time we sort of looked
like we were, you know, again getting each in a head.

(10:14):
We're just sort of, you know, full asleep. I was
watching the game, and I must have been when the
Tigers scored the third try, maybe to go eighteen all,
and then I went to the toilet and I came back,
and of course he was off. He'd been he'd been
you know, he was offering hi a and the Tigers
scored another try, you know, and it was within a
couple of minutes after. It was just that little sort

(10:35):
of yeah. So still still some some questions over the
defense there, but I feel like as a game there
in the past, we might have dropped off and lost,
especially when the Tigers was pretty hot on at tack.
I think it was two just allowed try as their head.
They basically got over the line. One was obstruction and
one was a knock on.

Speaker 1 (10:52):
Maybe he dropped the ball over the line.

Speaker 3 (10:55):
Yeah. The funny thing is, yeah, yeah, I.

Speaker 1 (10:57):
Remember when that happened because he was celebrating like yeah,
like it's so obvious that he dropped the ball, but
trying of the skies it like he didn't. And then
the bunk is going to see this, I don't understand
the celebration.

Speaker 3 (11:09):
Then banks the bunker's always watching. Yeah, so so yeah,
I mean at that point I was like, oh god,
you know, this is a bit of a bit useless,
But thank God for our our boy, the the nine
and shining Armor Halima for one of the great, the
great solo tries. The great you know, first, you know,

(11:29):
debut tries you'll you'll see in your life, you know,
from a from a second rose and playing in the
middle as well. Just the speed to burn burn those
boys in the outside, and then the footwork to sort
of you know, instead of just trying to bowl over
during buller, he he slows down beautiful footwork to sort
of step around him. And then I think it was

(11:50):
Jake Bird came across as well and he got he
got bumped off too, so and then he obviously celebrated
a little bit earlier. A lot of talk about that,
but he obviously had faith and and his boy looked Metcalf,
who's you know. It turned out to be a pretty good,
pretty good goalkicker four from four on the weekend conversions
and then and then had the apply from forty minutes
out as well. So I've still got some questions about

(12:12):
his his sort of running the game. But if he
kept five from five every week, that's a that's a
real start. But there was just still yeah, there was
there was just a few players around the thing. I
do have to give a big official shout out to
e Cossy as well. You know, we've we're we're we've
probably been about harsh in him the last few times
on the podcast. But I thought he was fantastic, you know,

(12:34):
it was I was not great conditions for Ang, a
lot of balls going up, a lot of raining around,
and he was just he was solid defensively. I don't
think he dropped the ball once. There's one little mistake
he made, I think, but on the whole, Yeah, just brilliant, brilliant, brilliant,
solid game from him. So nice to know we've sort
of still got that depth fear when we're now outside

(12:57):
back starts a dwindle.

Speaker 1 (12:59):
Yes, it's good for him, good for him because you know,
I think he needed that because I'm sure, like you know,
his his previous performances, and you know, when you're in
when you're in the public eye and especially especially you know,
in the public eye of Warriors fans, you're going to
see that sort of backlash. You know, you're going to
see that criticism, and it must not be easy, you know,

(13:21):
it must not be easy. So I'm glad. I'm good
for him. But it's good. It's gonna get that confidence
boost going into another game, which is probably gonna happen
if Roger still out, you know, and if I don't
know when Rocaberry will be back with his little minor
hampshireing injury. I can't catch a break Kenny or Rocco.
Just you know, he's been in the gittle, he's been
injured for a while, comes back to New South Wales Cup.
No just you know, takes it apart there and then

(13:44):
all of a sudden he's been named to start again
in the first grade side then boom out again. So
it just yeah, feel sorry for the dude. You know,
you just can't catch a break. But going back to Hellassima,
that was a beauty, like you said, it was a
beautiful try. It was a beautiful try. And you know,
when you got a four with its it shows the
whole modern day athlete thing right where we got We've

(14:05):
got forwards there who are big and athletic, who can
run through the middle make you know, make those meters
up the middle. But also you've got the got the
past to burn as well on the side like he did.
And yeah, I mean celebrated a little bit too early
and you should have gone, you know, it should have
been a bit more aware of but where he's putting
the doting the ball down. But hey, like you said,

(14:25):
Luke Metcalff flallowed the ball over.

Speaker 3 (14:27):
So two people over over eight in a bit about it.
You know, it wasn't like I was in the corner
like it was. It was a kick. It should have
been should have been, should have been taken.

Speaker 1 (14:37):
But but he he paced himself from when he bit
the two you know, Jack Burn and the other winger.

Speaker 2 (14:44):
He sort of just jogged in and he just jogged in,
you know.

Speaker 1 (14:48):
So and yeah, so I'm pretty I mean, if I
was a coach, I'll be celebrating saying, yes, he scored
the try.

Speaker 2 (14:54):
But at the same time.

Speaker 1 (14:55):
We hey, hey, hey hey. And again it's kind of
like like Mike, you know, the Michael Whitt situation when
we didn't in the finals a few years back. The
line put the ball and then then and then Cam
Smith nearly kicked the ball out of his hand, just
got it done just before. So, despot, I understand the
celebration and everything, but still, you know, don't think it again,

(15:17):
that's a coach killer, you know, that's a bit of
a coach.

Speaker 2 (15:19):
Killer sort of thing.

Speaker 3 (15:19):
So just put the ball down, boy.

Speaker 2 (15:22):
Yep.

Speaker 1 (15:22):
At the end of the day, he got it down,
got the kickover so no harm was done in the end,
but learned from it next time. But now that was
an awesome game. How good was jackson Ford? How good
was Jackson Ford? He was?

Speaker 2 (15:36):
He was amazing.

Speaker 1 (15:37):
Like I mean, from the start of the from the
start of the season when we're talking about our preticted
team lineups and stuff. I didn't even have him in
my seventeen. I didn't think he was. I just didn't think.
It's not because I think he's worthy of pinking day.
I just thought there are other players that could be there,
should be ahead of him. But to be honest, I've
become a big fan of the last two rounds. He's
been pretty much the perfect sub for when you know,

(15:59):
either mrich Bynette or James Fisher Harris come off. He's
like the perfect sub to come on because he's got
a lot of energy. He's got you know, he's got
a lot of energy. He stay on for a long time.
But he's also making a lot of post me you know,
post tackle meeters. I think he made I think he
made sixty two post contact meters in that whole game.
He played thirty eight minutes eight tackle breaks as well

(16:21):
as well, So like you know, like he's doing it.
I don't think he's beats up or anything, but he's
actually playing like he's Enphan or Blake, you know, he's
playing like that.

Speaker 2 (16:29):
So he's doing he's doing really well.

Speaker 1 (16:31):
And he's turning out to be the perfect first inter
change sub, you know when rich Bynette and Fisher Harris
come off.

Speaker 2 (16:37):
So it's awesome to see. It's awesome to see.

Speaker 1 (16:40):
So yeah, I mean he's a big shout out to
Jackson Ford in a bit of apologies thinking that, you know,
he shouldn't have been the team in the seventy seventeen.
But yeah, I think he's been great. Yeah, it's awesome
to see, awesome to see.

Speaker 2 (16:51):
Good for him.

Speaker 3 (16:52):
He's proved a lot of Yeah, I don't know why.
We're both sort of like, oh, I don't know about
him coming off the bench. I don't know if he's
big enough to be doing that. But I's puirly got it.
Even I talked about last week, I reckon over the
last week he's got bigger every in again, so he's
looking more and more like a like a middle forward.
And yeah, I had I had a shot to him
as well, just memory from him. And that's about two

(17:13):
two weeks in a row that he's been immense So yeah,
he's he's well and surely got that. I want that spot,
that spot wrapped up a.

Speaker 2 (17:22):
I think so.

Speaker 1 (17:23):
I think so. Like I said, he's the perfect first interchange,
you know from the bench, is the perfect person to
come in out after some you know, the forwards have
gone out, you know, the first front rollers have just
done their thing. He's perfect to come on because it
gives the front rollers they have come off a bit
of time to just rest because you know something, You've
got someone out there that can actually stay on for

(17:43):
quite quite a bit, you know, quite a bit of
staying for a few quite a few minutes, and you know,
do the job as well.

Speaker 2 (17:48):
So that's awesome. That's awesome to know.

Speaker 1 (17:50):
There must be such so pleasing for a coach knowing
that you've got someone that can do that and give
your style front rollers a break and get them, just
get them, get you catch a breath until they're ready
to come back on again. So you know, it's awesome.
It's awesome to know. But I still don't think we've
got the bench right. I don't know if Bunty made
a big impact in the game, I still think we

(18:12):
need a back, you know, like you know of Cossi
coming off. You know, look what happened there, you know.
And I know they can shuffle around. No Hallo Sema
can obviously play on the wing there. I know that
Cate Well could do it. New Courier's played center before
as well, so I know I know that they can
shovel shovel things around.

Speaker 2 (18:28):
But I still think.

Speaker 1 (18:30):
I still think it's why he's going with it with
it either an outside back or a utility. And for me,
you know that it's either to Maria Martin or Sam Healey.
I'd love to see Sam Healey ever go to be honest,
but it'd be hard for him to go in to
replace Wade Egan, especially in the form wadeinggans and he's
been also I thought he was the best player on
our team on Sunday night. So still think I thought,

(18:54):
what are your thoughts on the bench, because you know,
I'm happy with obviously Ford, Halaesima, who else is on
the bench, Vaga Yea and obviously Bunty. I would prefer
to see to Madame Martin or Sam Heley there. I
think probably to Madam probably can cover more positions.

Speaker 3 (19:12):
Yeah, I mean I was calling. I was calling for
Bunty a few weeks ago, just because I wanted to
get a genuine middle a bit more size. Obviously, Jackson
forts kind of stepped up since then and shown that
he can he can fill that role pretty well. So
and I mean with the way Liquor and Valemoga are
playing and the way that the sort of the rotations

(19:33):
are on the game planners, I don't think he really
think and has been playing a bit in the middle
as well. I think they probably the sort of both
have been it's been hard to sort of figure out
exactly who's you know, then just happened who's sort of
coming on and who's who's filling what role because it's
been pretty pretty seamless the last two or three weeks
after you know, like the first week was was shambles.

(19:56):
But yeah, yeah, like I mean, I like to say,
give them to go. You think about last year, you know,
like Freddy last was the pretty much every week, wasn't
he So it's not it's not so much to you know,
like to replace he. But even look at what the
Tigers did, you know they had. Obviously Corosl came off
and they head what's his name, the silver, the guy

(20:18):
who kicked it, you know, it was in their old
goal and he nails it over from the from the
right sideline. Absolute beauty of the time, the Silver. So
you know, and he came on and played probably you know,
twenty minutes and between you around halftime and then and
then Corossl came on and keep fresh. He could either
play him like that and to keep eating fresh. But
I mean, Egan obviously looks like a pretty capable eighty

(20:39):
minute hoker, and and he's playing, yeah, like I mean,
I feel like last year he really dropped off and formed,
but this year he's playing amazingly. But then you can
still have the option for Egan to you know, one
of the halves to go down Eaton can go and
and cover cover there, or I mean you could even
see Egan sort of defending and you know lock and

(21:00):
playing is more you know, like a ball playing lot
sort of thing. Obviously don't have the size of a
of a Jinier lock, but if you needed to, I reckon,
you could have him sort of playing there, and then
you have the two play the two. But you say,
sometimes the two sort of playmakers, the two dummy halfs
in there. So but yeah, I think at the moment,
I mean, it's it's not perfect, but you definitely wouldn't

(21:22):
say it's broken. So I'd be surprised to see a
genetic change been made to interchange. Yeah, and so this week,
but the boy's going to buy this week, don't they?
So next week?

Speaker 1 (21:32):
Yeah? Well, I mean, I don't know if Andrew Webs
are still settled on the seventeen yet. You know, he's
just he's using what he's got at the moment. You
mentioned before, you know, the kicking and stuff, and I've
been going on about there for a while, and to
be honest with you, I'm getting more more frustrated every game.

Speaker 2 (21:56):
I hope I'm not the only one.

Speaker 1 (21:57):
I know You've We've talked about it and I've said
this on our on our podcast here and stuff. But
I'm getting more more frustrated with the last tackle. You know, kicks,
our options, our tactics, it's just frustrating me more and
more because it's like you mentioned Luke Mcalffe, he kicks
or did he kick six from six? Did he kick
there every single goal last week?

Speaker 3 (22:17):
Or five from five?

Speaker 1 (22:19):
Five from five? Okay, So look, he's got he's got
that nailed down. But it's his other areas, other areas
of his kicking game that are leading that is leading
him down. It's the you know, for example, there's two
for me, there's two factors in here. He's either not
putting the ball high enough where the we're not giving
enough time for the ball chasers to get there the

(22:40):
kickchase to get there in time, giving plenty of time
for the opposition just just to easily catch the ball
and reset again.

Speaker 2 (22:47):
Or he's kicking the ball up high enough.

Speaker 1 (22:51):
But that doesn't really I mean, that's just rare, but
that's really happening in the first place. But he's kicking
it up high players catching the ball, and we're just
waiting for them to catch the ball and tackling. Now,
I understand tackling them there and trying to trying to
pin them down in their own half, you know, or
you know, so within their own twenty trying to keep
them down there. But I don't understand they're not wanting

(23:12):
to attack. I don't understand that, because I can understand
one wanting to pin their opposition down on the old occasion,
sometimes it works. You need to do that sometimes to
keep putting pressure on them, but not every single play,
every single play they're not. Then they're they're doing this
tactic and it doesn't make sense to me. You've got,
for example, I remember the first time Cossie contested for

(23:35):
a ball, it was in. It was in like after
twenty two minutes of the game is gone, and I
think after that they only contested the ball or maybe
like two times throughout the whole game after that. That
doesn't make sense. All the other teams can test, all
the other teams can test. They don't just wait there
and again, if you're going to use that tectic, yeah, okay,
find use it on the olccasion, but don't use it
every play because they're using it every play and it

(23:57):
just I just I still can't fare them what the
reason is behind it.

Speaker 2 (24:02):
It's not working. It's not working. It's not working.

Speaker 1 (24:05):
So that's the frustrating part for me. I'm thinking, I'm sure,
I'm surely I'm not the only one that's it's feeling
this frustration. It just feels like, for example, you look
at Okay, Galvin for example, with the conditions he gets
the ball, puts a grabber in at the right moment,
let's go a try. Why couldn't we use those conditions
to do the similar things we're not We're we're we're

(24:26):
sticking to a tactic but not adjusting to the conditions.
We're sticking to a tactic that it's just not working,
and they're not adjusting to the conditions. They're still sticking
to something that. Yeah, just it just blows my mind
a bit, to be honest, I'm just really frustrated about
what's the way they go about the last tackle plays.

Speaker 3 (24:41):
Yeah, I feel that I could be wrong on side.
So I felt we haven't even you know, we haven't
sent them to a forty twenty, you know, either of
them do to a forty twenty eight or anything. You know,
so even when we're kicking from a bit deeper down,
we're not you know, like, just try something, you know,
kick a little bit earlier, kick on the fourth, get
your way there. You could could you know, he's got
a bit of a bullet and then he could he
could kicking your friendside the forty from from on the

(25:03):
third or fourth if he catches them off guard. But
it's obviously just that's the game plan. They're sort of
just like, you know, let's mentioned it up getting to
a point. And as I said before, I mean, we're
winning games, so along with that last but yeah, as
soon as you stop winning games, there will be some
some big questions. Seriously asked, I think you definitely went alone.

(25:23):
Like I was looking through the comments at halftime on
the few other sort of and full time and a
few of the sort of posts on social media, and yeah,
a lot of people were just saying like it was.
It seemed like quite a common theme, just people being
like what are we doing? Like why is this happening?
And it's happened the last two or three years I think,
you know, twenty twenty three at work and Shawn Johnson

(25:43):
was there, you know, kicking down to Dallen's wing, and
we're just yeah, I mean it was work, we're winning games.
But then last year we saw it happens when you
don't quite get it right, and I feel like, yeah,
we're not quite getting the techtic right yet. You know,
as you said there Cap three, they're not going high
for they're going too deep and and we're not. You know,
there's so many of them where there was no one

(26:04):
with them about you know, five minutes of the of
the sort of player catching the ball, so yeah, to
catch it right.

Speaker 2 (26:12):
And just allowing them to catch it and just get TechEd.

Speaker 1 (26:15):
And it's just like I don't know, I don't understand,
like what the the whole thinking behind it. Like, yes,
like I said before, I'm repeating myself here, but I
understand that you want to do that sometimes to keep
them pinned down there, to put more and more pressure
on them. But when you're doing it every single play,
it becomes like it's just too obvious, like.

Speaker 2 (26:32):
The teams are knowing.

Speaker 1 (26:33):
The teams know that's what you're doing, and you know
it's not like it's working, is it. It's not like
it's actually doing making a big impact. They do manage
to keep the teams down there sometimes, but it's just
not doing anything. And if you're saying that this is
a common thing, then surely if we can see it,
how how are the.

Speaker 2 (26:48):
Coaches not seeing it?

Speaker 1 (26:49):
I don't understand. I don't understand.

Speaker 3 (26:53):
I mean, I'm sure they can, you know, I'm sure
they're aware. They're aware of that, but it's as it's
obviously just sort of part of there. They when you're
looking at position and what was that territory's territory. There's
a territory stats somewhere, but I can't find it. It
wol have been, yeah, intrigued to see if there was,
because I feel like, you know, there was a lot

(27:14):
of times where they just weren't kicking it from and
they weren't tackles in inside of half, So it's i mean,
parts of the technic obviously working. I think I feel
like it was for that first sort of fifteen minutes
or so, like, you know, they didn't have a tackle
inside you know, our half. You know that we were
keeping them, which is which is great.

Speaker 1 (27:33):
But they were on yeah.

Speaker 3 (27:37):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, and also yeah and then and then
we were just leading them try as soon as they
sort of got in position. So but the I mean
the Tigers, Yeah, shouts the Tiger's team because they look
like a much improved team from last year. Obviously you've
mentioned Galvium before. Louis looking great during Bowlers Town, down
the Back and Cross the House, so they've got a

(27:59):
clearly good buying. And Torrell May has been one of
the probably the signing of the year almost He's putting
up some huge numbers, so he was the VB hardooned
player of the Player of the Round. You know, he
scored over one hundred v B hard points whatever, whatever
the hell that means. But yeah, so I'll be I'll
be intrigued to see how, yeah, how the Tigers go

(28:20):
and whether they can kind of keep up. I think, yeah,
like I said, I sort of joked before that, just
wanting to Tigers. But yeah, there's a good Tigers team,
and they've come off a couple of good ones and
and and they I think they seemed like a pretty
smart team, you know, because they were playing the contentions
even at the indie, you know, they were they sort
of had all these tech decks. But then they just
you know, it was one they did beautiful little chop

(28:43):
through from their own twenty, you know, and I think
there was toe around the wind and then he just
tried to boot at forward and went out and then
and then Taruvera sort of made a break and Charms
made a great tackle down the other side, and the
next play and then there was no one there. The
to it done me half and we just jumped through
and got the ball. So yeah, I mean they sort

(29:05):
of proved that there's a heap of talent on that team,
and and they sort of wanted it, but not everyone
probably wanted I think they would have, just they just
looked like they were absolutely run off their feet by
the end of it, you know, but it was it
was a quick game, and they had a few injuries
as well, which didn't didn't help the cause. But yeah,
two points to the Warriors. They were in the eight

(29:26):
coming into the buy. So we'll come into the it'll
be around you know, five rounds gone and we'll be
on eight points potentially, you know, first equal with the
Bulldogs if they can't pull off for one this week.

Speaker 1 (29:36):
So yeah, nah, you're right, and you know, we're in
a good spot, you know, having their having their buy,
the luxury of the buy and the lucture of the
you know, the two points there. I think we're only
on plus eight or plus six or plus eight on
points differential, so we'll remain in the eight. I just
don't know if we'll get taken over by other teams
that they score more points. But we're in a good spot.

(29:57):
We're in a good spot. But you know, honestly, we're
saying some things about the last tackle players, et cetera.
But there's a lot of good positives to take out
of the game as well. You can see the body
language of the players. They wanted to attack, they wanted
to play, they wanted to play. They weren't there just
to just to make meters and just you know, just
do this, do the do the standard you know in
the middle kicked, then then we'll defend. They were looking,

(30:18):
they were looking to create stuff and that that was
that was really awesome to see defense. They just I
just think they just really had a bad defense laps
on the night we let them to. We led them
to just some simple tries and stuff that you know
that I'm sure the coach wouldn't have been happy about that,
but I think, you know, there was a lot, there's
a lot of positives to take. But you know, we've

(30:38):
got we've got to tighten out that defense because we
can't let that happen against you know, some of the
bigger teams. Storm, for example, think the Storm is our
first game after the buy I think I think that's
who we play after the BUYO. Could be wrong, but
you know, let the Storm do that, They're gonna they're
gonna tear you apart.

Speaker 3 (30:56):
And yeah, I've been saying that, so they're not.

Speaker 1 (31:00):
You know, Jonian's played their hard out there and they've.

Speaker 3 (31:04):
Got the seeders this week, which is always a you know,
always a good game, you know, daily back to the
Bettle of brock Vale and some of those you know
grand finals of the late late two thousands really early
twenty teens. So but yeah, I mean it's we all
know about our record against the storm, so just hopefully
will be there. Yeah, well we'll take it back. Shall

(31:26):
we give out some some Delhi some Deli. I'm not
talking about some Miley end points.

Speaker 1 (31:32):
Yeah, mate, I can start if you want me to. Yeah, right, go, Yeah,
Well my three points goes to way Degan. I just
thought his control of the right was really awesome, awesome
in defense and also just as you know, I lovers
lovers no look pass that he was doing, and it
paid off a lot in this game. He was getting
a lot of short passes out there, and you know,

(31:53):
the runner that was catching the ball was making those
was making those meters and it made it easier for
him to also control that reg speed where he will
take runs as well. And it also led to the
amazing try where he picked up the ball goes through
the middle gives it up to what Harris de Vidan
Harris to Willians and the inside to Luke Metcalf. So
that was an amazing try. And that's the thing about Waydeigan.

(32:14):
He has the ability to do that, to break those
tackles and you know, just if there's someone running inside
him on the outside of them, they've got a good
chance of scoring. It happens. It happened, happens a lot
when he does those plays. So shout to Wayegan. I thought,
you know he's playing he'sn't even quite good form at
the moment. He's in quite good form. I saw on
the you know from the bloke in the bar. They
had them and has had him as their number nine

(32:34):
of the week for the round then the number nine
for the round. So yeah, yeah, well deserved three points
of Waitinggan. I'm giving two points to Jackson Ford. I
explained earlier. You know, I just thought that he just
had just he just had a massive, massive game and
proven myself wrong, which I'm more than happy to put
my hand up and say, yep, prove me wrong, because

(32:55):
if you proved me wrong, it's only something going to
benefit beneficial for the Warriors team. So again, eight tackle breaks,
sixty two post contact meters. I think he ran close
to one hundred and fifty meters as well throughout the
whole game. And he only played like just under forty minutes.
So that's pretty that's pretty good. Efferent from me, sorry
from from Jackson, not from me for me, and yeah,

(33:18):
not falling up.

Speaker 3 (33:19):
From me the John Yeah, yeah, I am.

Speaker 1 (33:22):
Yes, it's late. It's late tonight. Also for one point
that was it was it was a bit of a
hard one. I was thinking, I'm going to give the
hell of hell a semo just because of us Try.
I thought, you know, a nineteen year old you know,
keep this nerve there on the on the right hand
side there, and the way he did it and bumped
those two players off, awesome. Try won the game for
us to be you know, essentially with that try, especially

(33:44):
late were late in the game. And yeah, I think
he's just a just a superstar in the making. Some
of the some of those young guys are superstars in
the making. Hopefully the Warriors can keep them because this
is what his players. You know, they easily get lurid
over seas because of the money and also the the
proposition to play in in a student team, for example,

(34:07):
if they got they the Broncos or the Storm or
the Roosters, you know what I mean.

Speaker 2 (34:10):
So it's heaven before. It's happened many times before.

Speaker 1 (34:13):
Just hopefully this time around we can keep these youngsters
because they've come through the system and they're doing an
amazing job. They've got big futures ahead of them. We
can't let them go. So yeah, hell Asma from one
point for.

Speaker 3 (34:25):
Me, Yeah, he just look at Ali Catala to sort of, yeah,
see what you're talking about there with Yeah, what can
happen when Warriors players sort of on the fringe goes
to goes to one of these bigger clubs and absolutely performed.
So hopefully we can we can hold onto likes of
him and Valmaga and Labeam and Claire Tower and yeah,

(34:46):
all these young fellows coming through. Yeah sweet my my
three goes to Egan too. Yeah. I thought it was
he was brilliant that he assisted for Nikoreema's try and
not Nikareema Nikora's try and yeah, obviously I pretty much
given him a seeking assistant for that that try. This
Metcalf scored that was really you don't see the heapens

(35:07):
in the worries to many tries like that, you know,
those sort of quick players around the rack and sort
of to have the you know, to have both. You know,
we talked a lot about sort of seeing Kay sorry
Cesc and mit clath been good running half, so it
was awesome to see them there sort of doing their

(35:28):
role and in finding the space here as well. I
actually get my two points that Aaron Clarke I thought
he was. He was great, especially on a week where
we you know, we lost and walk Away. Haven't even
touched on that John because it sort of happened in
between records. I'm sure we can give him a little
eulogy coming up for as for this time with the Wars.
But yeah, I thought Aaron Clark, he's he's just been

(35:50):
an absolute fine for us this year with Walker gone,
Jazz gone to Harris sort of retired and off season
he just has made that and Judy his own put
him in some huge night. But I only played forty
six minutes, but one hundred and fifty four meters did
be one tackles and and he looks just speaking a
bit more hungry with some ball playing as well as

(36:12):
good to see so I'm very excited to see what
he can he can do in the season to come.
And I'm giving one to one of the one of
the feats of the team Old and Pombe. You know,
I scored a fantastic triary to be bumped off about
four guys, a brilliant Yeah, fantastic trive and you know
he's obviously we've been watching Alien on the other side,

(36:33):
having having a few dad last few weeks and wanting
to you know, maybe it's gidding him a bit greedy.
So I'll be interesting to see when you know, like
obviously he was going to play on the wagon. Berry
was going to come and playing center, but Barrie he
was got injured. So I'll be honest, I mean, it
would be hard to drop him after again, you know
Berry's footnecks round be hard to drop him off because
I thought he was he was brilliant in net game

(36:54):
well else to the yeah, and Ben for one hundred
and thirty meters as well. So but honest, So I
had about yeah, like you I had Jackson Ford Lick,
I had it coss you well, Marga, I had seen
Kay like you know, I had five other players which
I wanted to give points as well. So it was
one of those weeks where I almost was tempted just
to you know, slam out about nine names and just

(37:16):
give them a point h because or six names and
give them a point h because I felt like there's
heaps of players that deserved that. So it's nice to
see just just what I was following at home. Yeah,
Wade Egan's taking a big league. He's up to eleven point. Yeah,
eleven points now, so he's the clear, clear favorite for
the Valleyum and maybe even the Simon Methering Medal for

(37:40):
twenty twenty five after four rounds over him.

Speaker 1 (37:43):
We should probably we should probably put these online on
social media for people to see and then give them
a chance to have their say in the points as well,
just like a you know, like a like a fans
sort of thing.

Speaker 3 (37:55):
We should give a special guest every week.

Speaker 1 (37:58):
Yeah, exactly, exactly, So Nah, but nah, you're right. There
were so many players they put their hand up, you know,
and it was awesome to see, Like, like I said,
I'm not I'm not gonna I'm not gonna stand here
and shout from the rooftop and say, oh it's our Yeah,
this is this is the perfect team because there's so much.

Speaker 2 (38:14):
To work on.

Speaker 1 (38:15):
And Andrew Webster said that in his postmatch press conference.
You know, he said that the boys he said, he
literally said, the boys are staying grounded because they know
that there was a that wasn't like, that wasn't the
greatest performance. So he he knows, like, you know, if
you're gonna be real, you're gonna be realistic about this,
true Warriors fan, be realistic about it.

Speaker 2 (38:32):
Yes, we got the win. So happy that they're actually
even though they.

Speaker 1 (38:36):
Played bad make sure, sorry, that's not that's not the word. Sorry,
Even though they didn't play the greatest, they can still
stuff out of win. So that's awesome to see. But
the thing is, there's so much to improve on. There's
so much things to improve on, but there's also a
lot of positives to take away. So it's a bit
of a bit of a fifty to fifty one for me,
you know, I mean, a lot of things that they
needed work on, but it was great to see them

(38:56):
have some some some moments there where they were just
showing their capable or what they can do. They just
need to now make it like make it an eighty
minute thing. Rather than just like a forty to fifty
minute thing. So a lot of a lot of things
that a lot of positives to take away, and I'm
glad that we have to said that. You know, so
the boys are remaining grounded because they know they got
they got away with one there because they wasn't the

(39:16):
greatest performance. He said that. So that's coming from the
coach himself. So I totally one hundred percent the ground.
I think most realistic Warriors fans will said the same thing.
And you know, I was, you know, when I was
thinking about, for example, my hot take, I honestly just
I don't I couldn't think I couldn't get past the kicking.
I know, I've really talked about it. We've we've already

(39:36):
spoken about this. I won't go further into detail too
much about it. It's just that it's just frustrating to
me that you can't win games on on a last
tackle kicking play. That then that that doesn't doesn't do
anything like except for maybe keeping possibly keeping the opposition
pinned in their own twenty for there for their last

(39:57):
tackle kick to go. Then you take it on fifty,
then what are you supposed to do because if you
don't score a try on that one set there, putting
the bomb up again, and it is repeat itself again.
There's nothing coming from it, so it doesn't make sense
do it. Do it on the occasion, yes, but don't
do it every play. And that's my whole take is,
it's just don't do that tactic every play because it's
not working. And I still don't understand if you're saying

(40:19):
to me before, Richard that a lot of people are
catching onto this and they say, yeah, getting frustrated. Surely,
surely the coaches need to say, Okay, this is not working.
This is not working. Let's go back to the drawing board.
Let's figure out something else. Let's put some grubbers in.
Let's get some grubbers in and get another six again
instead of actually them keeping them pinned down and working
our asses off to get them, you know, defending into

(40:41):
defending to.

Speaker 2 (40:42):
Keep them down there.

Speaker 1 (40:43):
Why don't we get another six again and thenn't kick
We get the ball in the attack again and let's
get some points.

Speaker 3 (40:49):
We'll do it so a little give us a little
chip and chase as well. You know I love love
the chip and chase.

Speaker 1 (40:54):
Exactly, So do something. It's too obvious, right, it's too repetitive.
It's like me talking about this, it's too repetitive. It's
just yeah, it's just.

Speaker 3 (41:02):
True before John ye as I said, and you'd be
bringing it up this way after some of the correspondence
with him in the last few days.

Speaker 1 (41:10):
Yeah, but you know, I don't don't don't be surprised
if you hear from me again, because they they haven't
changed their tactic since last year or twenty twenty three,
and may we may although it may have worked sometimes
in twenty twenty three, didn't always work. And I think Delan,
for example, he's confident under the high wall, so he'd
probably be asking for the ball to be given to him.
But yeah, that's just my frustration about that. It's just

(41:35):
the last tackle plays. I think they need to sort
that out because that's even the commentators were saying it
as well. Did you hear the commentators talking about it
as well during the game saying that they said that
the Warriors and you know, their last tackle players were
a bit funny. They didn't say that those exact words,
but they were getting along those lines.

Speaker 3 (41:51):
Yeah, even turn blocker blocker starts talking, I just kind of.
I'd switched off for a week bit though, but the
rings a bell.

Speaker 1 (42:00):
Yeah then no, you're right. I mean I think most
people do switch off in blockers or talks then. But
the truth of the matter is is that you know
it's correct. The last tackle players are frustrating, and I
know that surely they must I must be not the
only one. But anyway, I'll leave it at that because
I've a ready spoken too much about this. Do you
have for us something that you have spoken to GBT

(42:20):
about our good friends at GBD.

Speaker 3 (42:22):
I do, yes. So there's been a bit of talk,
you know, online about apparently there's a big, big New
zeal Warriors signing, you know, coming up. But for those
of follow us on Facebook, we pulled a little little
April Fool's gig today and I put a little little
picture of Joey Mano up and saying, you know, Warriors
are signed a five year deal or five million dollars.

(42:43):
So if you're still think that it's true, I'm just
hearing to bracket to you that it's not a little
little April Fool's gig. But there was a few people saying,
oh yeah, imagine imagine what if for so I thought
I'd ask, yeah, if the New Zealand Warriors were to
make a bit signing, who should they target as a
market play? And so che gpt said, here is some

(43:04):
ideal candidates. They've got six players here. Number one is
Nathan Cleary. The Warriors have a strong four pack, but
but used an elite game manager and the halfs Claria's leadership,
kicking game and composure of making an instant title contender.
He's obviously got the connection with the Warriors with his
obviously dead being the coach here beck the day and

(43:27):
he was a thing growing up, so it'd be nice,
ondn't that? Yeah? And his brothers here of course. The
number two Cameron Munster five eight for the Melbourne Storm.
For anyone who's not sure of that a dynamic, a
dynamic playmaker of big game experience, Monster would bring expector
and a teching career creativity to the Warrior's spine. Number

(43:47):
three paying Hears prop Brisbane Broncos, already one of the
best forwards in the NRL. Hearts would elevate the Warriors
for dominance and provide unmatched power in the middle. I
would love to say that obviously we've have Noah Blake,
but I feel like Hars just to step up maybe
a bit more levelheaded as well. Number four Latrell Mitchell.

(44:09):
If the Warriors wanted a game breaking fullback or strike center, Mitchell,
Mitchell's attacking brilliance and physicality would transform their back line. Yeah.
I mean if he was, if he was fit and
in shape, I wouldn't. I wouldn't say no this week. Yes,
I mean yeah, but you know, I mean you're not
often out of shape and often unfat. Oh you know

(44:32):
that often injured. Number five Joseph Marnho. Here you go,
prad kiwi Many would be a perfect fit for the Warriors,
offering world class versatility, strong defense, and tacking flair. And
then number six Dylan Edwards fallback for the pen withth Panthers.
If the Warriors sort of workhorse fallback with elite position
and support play, Edwards would be incredible signing. Would you

(44:54):
want the Warriors to focus on improving their spine fullback
or outside backs. I'm not gonna not gonna follow that through. Yeah,
that's the sort of six six players that they've suggested,
so a few probably wouldn't say no. Any of those
sex such a say no.

Speaker 1 (45:10):
I mean I was honestly thinking, I think I think
it too earlier. You know, I know we put that,
you know, you put the whole April falls thinking about
Joey Marnhu. But with all the rumors that are going
around at the moment about the Warriors are on the
brink of signing a big marquee player, you know, if
it was him, we were like, oh, yeah, we knew
for uh, no surprise it was.

Speaker 3 (45:28):
Joke or h post. Yeah, exactly.

Speaker 1 (45:31):
See see we told you so. But yeah, because there's
because there's no game next, because we're gonna buy a
little bit of time to talk about this sort of stuff.

Speaker 3 (45:42):
So we did have time, but we spent forty five
minutes talking about the Tigers games.

Speaker 1 (45:47):
So yeah, well that's right, that's right. But you know,
I thought, I think it's important that we talk about quickly. Yeah,
the rumors, rumors going around, the rumors going around. I
don't know how how strong these rumors are. You know,
there's it's just from word of mouth, isn't it. It's
just esssially what a rumor is. But there's no one
actually coming out saying, you know, you know this is

(46:10):
going to happen soon. This is going to happen. So
I think one journalist in Sydney mentioned something, but in
the in the word the word is is that you
know Calen Ponger is on the brink of signing. I
don't know how true that is. I don't know how
true that is. I know there's been rumors by m
Rugby that he wants to go play being all back
one day as well. So and then there's also apparently
some strong rumors about Charles Nico Klockstad going to Super

(46:33):
League after he's done with his contract deal. Apparently the
rumor is that he's rejected an extension and he's going
to go to Super League, and it to Mardon Martin
will also will leave immediately to go play Super League
as well. Not one hundred percent sure who they would
go to. And again take it with a grain of salt,
people if you're listening to this, because it's not you know,

(46:54):
they're not credible sources at the moment. They're just word
of mouth stuff. So but I wanted to ask you
what are your thoughts on that on those rumors? Have
you heard a lot about those rumors? And you know,
you know, you know what what would be what would
be the even if, even though the rumors, what would
have been you know, like losing Charns and losing to
Monomas and how would they affect the team if it

(47:15):
were to happen.

Speaker 3 (47:16):
Yeah, I mean chances to go tomorrow cause some some drama.
It's to say we obviously, I mean we've talked about it.
We've got a couple of guys and the and the
Winds who can play the fallback if Chans wasn't there.
But his former last two weeks has been fantastic. I
think he was one of the best on the park
against the Roosters and and then last week again and

(47:39):
the way he just sort of proved his value. So
I mean he he means a lot to that team.
Brind's a lot. I did say, yeah, he might be
only Kevily and or the suggestions he could be. There's
some interest from Kedly and Dragons because Sam Thompkins has
gone the Great the Great Men, Great Warrior. Sam Tompkins

(47:59):
has which into the I couldn't believe that he was
still playing. I felt like about twenty years ago when
he played for the Warriors. But yeah, so he's obviously
been still Wood for the Kid and Dragons last few years,
and and he's leaving and they don't have too much
depth for next season. Soys just as he could go there,
but he'd be a big loss. I mean, even though

(48:19):
as much as we love to pay and and and Roger,
you know, like even if was playing the back, I've
always said I want Giant's playing you know, either sex
or on the Saints. He he he's got incredible hoversatility
and his his yeah, played his hard out for that
for this team over the last three or four years.

(48:40):
To my to my madon ones, like, you can't blame him,
you know, I mean, he he is probably good enough
to be to be playing in the halfs. I mean,
I feel like to be a few n L teams
that wouldn't mind getting them on there as a either
as a utility or you know, like he's he's it's
playing yourself. I was cup and putting up some some

(49:02):
huge numbers a couple of tricis the game, and yeah,
he's carving up on one of the players in the
comp from what I'm hearing about in your South cap.
But yeah, he could hardly blame him if the way
it's going like he's probably even if there is an
injury to to meet calf for or Harris Vida. Too

(49:27):
many women double bell soon names confuses me. Yeah, you
feel like your boy might still be the new stuff
off the ranks as well, you know, so he's too
good to be playing yourself cup. So if he was
to go, yeah, to go to the Super League and get
a good contract and play out the last few years

(49:47):
of his career, yeah, I couldn't couldn't blame him, but
I'll be gathered like he would. He was my my
pick to play half pick for the year at start season.
But yeah, I mean with see what comes from it
with you on.

Speaker 1 (50:02):
That one, I think that he's too valuable of a
player and still got the goods, so you know, like
you don't blame him if he wants to go somewhere
where he could be used more. And I think that,
you know, because he's shown that he's better at half back.
If he's playing the halves, he's better in the number
seven Josy. If Luke Metcalfe was to get injured, I think,

(50:22):
you know, I think the Warriors have their eyes said
on ton of Boyd being you know, being the person
to replace Metcalf in that position. You know, speaking of
town of Boyd, apparently he carved up in you know,
New South Wales cup, you know, in his in his
kicking his kicking game was elite. I mean, hearing talks
of I didn't watch the game with the senior Helights
or anything, but just hearing from people that the town

(50:44):
of boy carved up in his kicking game. His kicking
game was awesome and makes you think, because you know,
that's that's that's an area in the first game side
that we are lacking.

Speaker 3 (50:54):
I thought you were. I thought you were all behind
kicking tactics and the ability of.

Speaker 1 (51:03):
So that's the thing, you know. But you know, I
agree with you. To Madam Mountains, Tomada Maddens should be
he would be a huge loss. But you can understand
why if he was to go. But like mean, I
don't even know if this is actually happening, you know,
it's just word of mouth. And there's also been the
rumor of.

Speaker 3 (51:21):
I'm just gonna say, if you had a choice of
Ponger or Joey Man, who who would you take if
chance was to leave.

Speaker 1 (51:29):
Many It's a have one because I think, well, Joey
Money could probably pay play more positions, seem to fall
back and vive eight if he needed to. Kind of
like chance as well, you know, it's kind of like
a chance like for like sort of sort of play
making abilities.

Speaker 2 (51:47):
But I think.

Speaker 1 (51:50):
I was still love to I think, yeah, I still
love the Ponger there. I can imagine Poer being in
the Warriors jusy and doing really well.

Speaker 3 (51:57):
To the kiwis too.

Speaker 1 (51:59):
Yeah. True, he hasn't played for Australia yet technically, so yeah,
why not just just means he can't. It means he
gives up as Queens and Rewsy, which he might have
to do anyway with rich Walsh being there. Before we
before we wrap up and do tips make er ask
you one more thing quick something quickly.

Speaker 2 (52:15):
Grubs.

Speaker 1 (52:17):
There are many grubs of the game, but for me,
the two or so the three elite grubs of the.

Speaker 3 (52:22):
N r L.

Speaker 1 (52:23):
Jerome Lowa is one of them read Mahonies one is
the other one from the Bulldogs. He also got, you know,
he also got what did he put a shoulder in
on the ground, said, did you see that play where
the player was on the ground He came in and
dived in him with his shoulder.

Speaker 2 (52:39):
He's a flip of little.

Speaker 1 (52:40):
Gravet like and I've mean hearing about a lot of
people talking about he does it on purpose because he
has that sort of small man syndrome thing where he
needs to do this to just just get to get respect.
I don't know what it is, but I heard a
lot of William Mason was talking about it as well
and stuff like that. So apparently he's apparently he's the
nicest guy off the field, but on the field he
does these things just to prove a point apparently. But

(53:03):
you know, so Mahony Drum and I think that for me,
the other grub, Cameron Monster, I would say, Harry Grant
will be in there as well, you know up there
as well. But those three who would be in your
eyes one to three in terms of grub one to
grub two grub three?

Speaker 2 (53:20):
Who the best? You know who the top three grubs?

Speaker 1 (53:22):
Well?

Speaker 2 (53:23):
Someone else?

Speaker 3 (53:25):
Yeah, I mean when you first hit that loy and
read many with a two, that came to mind for
me differently. Yeah, it's not as many sort of grubs
in the game as there. You know, once I was
you think about you know, you think about you know,
five ten years ago and you got the likes of
sort of Gallon and Helas and just some some some

(53:49):
some dirty boys bulldogs. Yeah, pretty much. I mean is
a pretty good chat, to be honest. But if I
was gonna put those ones in order, many a bit
one Loui and then yeah, I'll check, I'll give it.
I'll give it to Monster, even though there's probably someone

(54:09):
else there who is as eluded me at the moment.

Speaker 1 (54:13):
Yeah, that's fair enough. I was just there was the
top of my head, you know, whenever I see the
storm play, you know, Harry Grahant in Monster pissed me off.
They just the way they do things and the way
they they purposely do things, you know, get away with
it as well.

Speaker 3 (54:26):
They've learned from the best and the biggest grave of
all time, Cameron Smith.

Speaker 1 (54:31):
Fair cool, fair cool, Yes I ask you that.

Speaker 3 (54:34):
Yeah, any cheetah, No wow.

Speaker 1 (54:37):
Big words, big words? All right? Man? Do you want
to take us through the test and we'll wrap it
up there, because, as everyone knows, is a by next week,
so no game to talk about on TOIL next week.
So you want to take us through and we'll wrap.

Speaker 3 (54:47):
It up, good brother. Yeah, So just to we update
on the tips, I got the schools down here did
I write them down? I think? Sorry? Eleven one twenty
one and you're on twenty so it's close close. After
four rounds Sourday night, we got Raiders, Raiders Sharks in Canberra.

(55:12):
Raiders came off a couple of losses, the Sharks alluding
to the the Doggies in the weekend. You think the
Sharks will bounced back or can the Raiders hold hold
it at the fortress.

Speaker 1 (55:21):
I'll give it to the Sharks this one. I think
the Raiders are have been a bit just a bit
of bambooso at the moment.

Speaker 3 (55:28):
So yeah, back at home though, I like I like
the doers at home, So I'll go with my beloved
Duers and hope that nick Nicko Hines disappears again. Panthers
versus Cowboys early game on Friday, and and Sydney Cowboys
got to win on the board in the weekend, but

(55:48):
Panthers are looking in the barrel of four losses in
our own and that can the Cowboys do it for them?

Speaker 1 (55:54):
Or yeah? I still think Panthers. I watched the Panthers
game and I actually thought they were going to come
back and win. You know, I thought when Leoda scored
that try and it was just allowed, which I thought
it was a try. Like you know, he is a
bit of a talk about whether he put the ball down,
and I thought he put the ball down without a problem,
so you know, flipping bunk and he's to go speak Savers.
But I thought that that killed the momentum because they

(56:14):
were actually scoring. They were scoring quite frequently there and
if he had scored that try and got the points.
But anyway, I still think that if the Panthers can
start better then that they'll they'll win it.

Speaker 3 (56:26):
I'll go Panthers too. The old rivalry Rabbits first Roasters
late game on Friday, that'll be a good one and
the rabbit os yeah coming for lost been the Panthers.
The Roasters have had a couple of losses on the
trot now. I had a pretty disappointed lost to the
Titans on the weekend. I like the rabbit Oats. Yeah
at home and then games in Sydney, but they'll have

(56:48):
the Rabbits home crowd. Hopefully Reggie keeps his hands to
himself this time and don't pushing the young boys. You
say that the RIGI the rabbit Riggie the rabbit, young.

Speaker 2 (56:58):
Young fan there.

Speaker 3 (56:59):
Yeah, nah shot, yeah, yeah, he was Dragons and he
was the first one on the board on for that
minus one hundred for the season.

Speaker 1 (57:10):
Very unlikely. You've got Dylan Walker coming off off the bench.
He's a start, he's been made to start at fourteen,
so just pretty much carrying on what he's doing, what
he was doing at the Warriors. But I don't think
that will make a big change in terms of the results.
So yeah, no, I don't think so. Dragons, especially when
they just beat the Storm.

Speaker 3 (57:28):
Yeah, but I reckon they'll have a I'll bet the
Storm then have to have an off way you and
the Eels to have to win at some point, So
I'm going to I'll bet the Eels for the upset.

Speaker 1 (57:37):
I'm glad you say next. I need to need to
get some I need to get.

Speaker 3 (57:39):
Some points up still around Titans Dolphins up next times
look like they've sort of found a bit of a
stride in the last few weeks, while the Dolphins having
a pretty hard time. So how you got Titans. Yeah,
I can't beat the Dolphins from Coast Tigers. Tigers about Topeac,

(58:01):
it's un corpse broncos. They when last week we're got
they're convincing against Dolphins and the twenty four to twelve
and the in but they'd enough.

Speaker 1 (58:11):
So Broncos do.

Speaker 2 (58:15):
They ever play? Do they ever play away from some school?
Some courts? Sorry, every time you see.

Speaker 3 (58:21):
Said they do they play away from home, Like technically
they play away from home, but it's uncorp every time.
Like I think this year a year for Magic Round.
For Magic Round, they're playing an away game and then
their game eats the Dolphins was an away game.

Speaker 1 (58:38):
Every year, it's like they just like every game is
at home. I know, I know it's not technically there,
but it just seems that way, doesn't it.

Speaker 2 (58:45):
They just they never leave Brisbane.

Speaker 3 (58:47):
I'll go to the Tigers. I like what I saw
from them. I think they'll be they'll be hearing from
the loss, so I think they might.

Speaker 1 (58:52):
They might here without Jerome's true, someone will step up,
one of the one of the funny new boys.

Speaker 3 (59:02):
See or Storm should be a repis order on Sunday
afternoon and it's four points back.

Speaker 1 (59:11):
Yes Storm.

Speaker 3 (59:14):
Yeah no Tommy t yeah Storm yeah, tom me out
for four weeks. It's a big, big loss. I was
gonna say, yeah, the Trial's back for the Rebel is
just mentioned, but he's the center and dry Gray staying
at four back. So interesting to see that, but not surprised.
I think dry Gray is leading the dams at the
moment and final game of the round Bulldogs versus the

(59:36):
Newcastle Knights Sunday afternoon Bulldogs home game, and they're looking
for their five in a row, five months in a row.

Speaker 1 (59:47):
So I'm going to pick your Castle because I just
don't like the dogs the pin Newcastle.

Speaker 3 (59:55):
Lot of dogs either, but I'll back them because I
think that's just no, it's disappointed in the last few
rounds or be shi games times two weekends ago, so
I don't know what I saw, Sweet, it's probably there.
Is it for being anything else? Anita?

Speaker 1 (01:00:15):
No, no, no, yeah, no, no, that's it. We've been
a bit of a bit over time in this one tonight,
but it's all good. It's all good. We have there's
no there's no game this weekend for us, so we'll
still pointing out of the show, but obviously we won't
be analyzing any games. But thanks a lot everyone for
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We've being a lot of great amazing feedback late and stuff.
It's been great. It's been awesome. So yeap until the
Warriors' next game.

Speaker 3 (01:00:42):
Good night, Els,