Quick Hands Podcast - Who's got the power EP.49

This week Nick and George sit down and discuss RLPA, Did the bulldogs get the right coach and how good is webster "WHO" and most importanly Shaun Johnson in elite form !!

Episode Transcript

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Oh, I'm George and I'm Nickand welcome to the Quick Hands Rugby League
podcast. This is the pod thattells it luck it is. They don't
know what to do, they knowwhat to do, they don't want they
don't want to pull the trigger.Why the hell do you bring a lawyer
to it to the judiciary? Theyshould have got beautiful two years ago creates

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cat like and welcome back to QuickHands episode forty nine, George. A
little bit of a different configuration heretonight. We're missing Artie again. Where
are you? I'll miss you holidaywith the family. We can't wait to
have your back Artie. And I'msitting in your chair tonight, mate,

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so I'm keeping it warm for youuntil you get back. Let's say,
how are you, George? Yeah? Good, not bad, not bad,
mate, Not a bad busy week, busy week. But um,
we're here right. Where's round twentyone? It's in the can, It's
in the can, it's in thecane. We've got a lot to come,
roughs and I've got quite a bit. Um, So what do you
reckon? Um? Talking about um? Ardie and he's um American tour for

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the pod to expose us in America. Um, yeah, I spoke to
him during the week and he's nothaving a good time at all. Um,
well, the session went with himand he's the official driver for Fardie
and he's getting him everywhere like late, really late. He can never make

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a meeting there, the poor guy. Then you've got my nlis appening up
pop up wherever he goes, appeningup pop up shops. He's having a
terrible time, poor Ardi. Hecan't wait to get back. And then
and then, umu, mynlis heardabout VGELI is his son? How you
change the name? Awards? Nothappy at all when he gets back.

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So you know what, he's gota lot to do with when he gets
back. But anyway, good luckArdia. You've got a lot to do
with when you get back. Week. Yeah, I bet you're having the
time of your life. And Ishould we jump in the controversy corner.
We'll jump into some of the hottopics of the week. Um we've got
a few to cover off here,no particular order. Um let's start with

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the Panthers. They've resigned or Ibelieve they're about to resign. Dylan Edwards
and La Martin on big deals Edwardscould be upwards of five million for five
years they're talking about, or atleast nine hundred, nine hundred and fiftieth
seasons. So and I think he'sworth every cent I know he's not a
rep player yet, but I thinkhe's worth every cent. Um. What

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are your thoughts on that? Youknow what? Um? Um ball both
of them Martin as well, butDalan, Um you don't you do anything
to keep him in the club.I don't. I don't care what you
do. It's just so valuable toit's valuable to to that system. Um.
Um you know. I mean hemight not be a ballplayer, but

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um just she o work and whathe means to Ja penriv it's invaluable.
Um. You can't you can't.You can't replace it. Um. And
and the back rower what's his name, Martin Lee. Martin look a little
bit being injured. Star of theyear, but now in the back end
of the year we'll see we'll seehis wars in origin. Yeah. So

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again, um, I don't knowhow all the pieces are going to fit
in. I really don't. AndI feel for the Panthers every year how
they have to um, you know, shuffle the deck chairs but um,
these are two players that you can'tyou can't get rid of the thing about
Dylan that was he's not he's notreally a highlight real player. But everything
he does, his communication in theway he organizes the defense is second to

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no. Okay, and I knowwhere you heard that, and um,
he is the best fullback in termsof defense. And you know what,
it's something that us on us laymanor watch watching television, we don't see
but just a simple case of ofcounting numbers. You have no idea how
important that is, because that's that'sthe whole um. The whole duel for

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a halfback is to get one sideand one side, yeah, six and
the other side four. That's whatthey that's what they have. That's what
they work to. And and ifyou've got a fullback, a halfback or
a lock to you know, navigateall the numbers. It's a big thing.
And apparently and I know you heardit from Gus Well I heard it
there, but I mean it's commonknowledge. Every fullback does it. Come

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third or fourth tackle, he's thebest one. Come third or fourth tackle.
They drop back behind the line andthey organize the defense and they send
players left they send them, right, it's it's it's one of the most
important jobs of a fullback. Alot of people don't realize, underestimated skill,
how they communicated skill and organized.And apparently Billy Slater was the best.

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Apparently I wasn't. I wasn't awareof that. Apparently Billy it was
the best that I think Billy wasthe best of a lot of things.
Yeah, easier to say. Um. And it's funny because you know,
talking about Panthers, they're losing SpencerVenue, they're losing a few other players,
but they've lost quite a few playersover the past couple of seasons.
But the train keeps wrong, doesn'tit. It's amazing, isn't it out

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there? It's amazing. It's avery unique part of the world. And
I told you off it's it's theonly place in the world that has this
quality of of of player coming through. Now. Is it cultural? I
don't know. Is it? Isit the area and the junior league?
I don't know what it is.But they've they've been doing it for I

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was going to say five years,a decade now, Yeah, to get
to this stage. Aca, yourmate started all this this five plan.
No, No, he did.There's no plans of the sea feel good,
there's no death good pathways initials.Is it fla PG? I did
it? Yes? Um, SoI give him credit there. I'm not

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sure about everything he says that heneeds, but he's definitely planning to definitely
put the workings. Where where doesthis leave Jerome Luis now? So he'll
probably have to take a hefty paycut to remain or or I'm sure there'll
be plenty of clubs interested if hegoes open market. But there's there's two

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things. There's two question marks overhim. He is how effective is he
without Nathan beside him? And beUm? Yeah. A nice way of
the media saying it is he's apolarizing fit. He's a tool right and
the clubs want he shot himself inthe foots that many times. It's the

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kind of guy that the clubs weren'trepresenting their brand. People are starting to
think about that stuff now. Lookin terms of Nathan, I think it's
very important to be with him.But in saying that I saw him wear
it was a Tonga Samoa, what'shis team Samoa? And he was outstanding.
So I'm not sure about that.But he's definitely going to be married

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with the right half. He can'tgo to Tiger, to the Tigers franklan
sake and them expecting him to pullHe's not a struggling club player, is
He's not the kind of guy whowould turn a club around. I don't
think I don't think he shoulders thatway. I don't. I don't think
so. But in a good system, I think he's good. But you
know what, I honestly believe thathe's not going to go anywhere. He's

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been there for a long a longtime. He's with his friends. Um,
he's going to get a mean dollarsthat the Panthers. No, he's
not. Um, but I'm hopinghe'll get enough to keep him there if
he and this is all speculative,but if he had moved quicker and signed
before some of these other guys,he would have got close to that.

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Maybe Yeah, but he but um, you know, there's there's been some
signings. Yeah, um isaiho.Yeah, Yeah, there's been three or
four big, big, expensive miningsover the past couple of months. And
I've got a feeling a little Icould be close to missing the boat.
Really, he might have to takea hefty pay cut because, um,

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I mean, how many nine hundredthousand place? You know, what have
they got now? They've got twoor three? I mean clearly is on
one point two, so they've probablygot they've probably got three of them now.
And I don't know how how muchyou can I don't know how much
you can have. I know theactual you know. The funny thing is
I saw how much the pack getsthe forwards and then the rule around four

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hundred thousand dollars. Yeah, that'spretty good. It's gonna be balanced out.
It's gonna be it's gonna be balancedout. And feel Good said something
funny when he was asked who wouldyou sign from the Roosters if you had
a chance, and he said theaccountant, I remember that, Yeah,
as you would. Yeah, goodold, good old Chucks Georgia. We

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got to touch on the Bulldogs,mate, That's that's touch. We'll start
with the club captain Raymond for TaylorMariner being told that he's free to leave
only months after making him the clubcaptain. Now, apparently that's not true.
His manager denied it. He saidhe hasn't been approached now. I
feel Good on his podcast today statedcategorically it's not true. Not only have

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UM we told he said, notonly have we not told any player they're
leaving, We've not told any playerthat they have an option to leave if
they wanted. So he categorically deniedit, as did the players manager,
which makes me question where the storyarose from. I'm three to sixty was
where I heard it? It wasin one of the papers, but then

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the general So do you know anythingabout that? And what's your opinion?
Do you do you like him?Should he stay there? Are you happy?
I'm you know what? Because he'sbeen injured. I'm not sure about
him. I do know that he'sbeen in a losing culture UM for a
long time. And I think he'sa good player, and I think he's

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got he's full of heart, andI think with the right people around him
he could he can and he willbe outstanding. I'm not sure how much
he's on, but if they canmake it either but if they can make
it work, and there's there's troopscoming next year, if they can make
it work, I'd like to seehim stay. But what what worries me

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about the Canadaby Club, what theysay and what they do, is two
completely different things, or what Gussays and what he does, he's two
different things. So you know whathe might be on the chopping block.
We don't know until things just youknow, saw Yeah, because full gool
is as we all know. Um, they're they're reportedly about to announce a

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few signings over the coming days.So I've got the list here, so
um, very good, specially verygood. I watched it. There's sen
a million dollar do I put him? That's two years, five hundred year
because he's thirty two, right,Yeah, it wouldn't be in one season
he plays for I imagine it's twoseasons. He's still with um Blake Taff

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from South You've been a big supporterof his for time. I'm a big
fan of Yeah. Look I'm abig fan of Taff. I like taff
um he the good thing about TaffHe is a full back. He's a
six, he's a seven, he'sa fourteen. He's a hook guy.
He the Grand final, he's playeda Grand final. He's a very good

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I'm very surprised that he's that he'sleaving. I'm very surprised that he's leaving
South Sydney. But I guess withthe with jack in front of him.
Yeah, the jack Jack coming aswell. Um, but he's very good.
We see it every time he playsfor South Sydney. He's very good.
He's a very good young man.Jam and Salmon from the Panthers because
I'm not a fan, but Iknow what, I know. We got

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a dog. We got a dog. Um the dog is like I call
him, um, you know what, But I understand he's solid, he's
steady. He's not a highlight rulesplayer, but um, you know what,
he won't let you down and hecomes from a winning culture. So
he was good um at Para beforehe went to Penrith but well it was

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a bit of a utility. Itwas five eight initially, but he seems
to have moved on from both clubsfor the same reason. He just cannot
nail down a starting spot because bothclubs are pretty strong in the half.
Um and um, I mean he'sa great utility really is he's I mean
he's not he's not in the upperechelon of um yeah, well not yet.

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But he's a good, solid player. He looks good in the pen
system. Yeah. Um, LiamKnight, who you've signed mid season he's
he might even be playing this week. I liked loom Yeah. I like
he's a tough no nonsense. Ithink he's kind of play Yeah. So,
um, you know what, hewon't let you down. So he's
a player that I've got that problem. You know, he's not a highlight

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real players you call him, butyou know he does. He gets through
his work. He's physical and youhave to be said, Look, I
don't mind that one especially. I'massuming what Gus got him for. I'm
assuming Gusting paid dollar big dollars forhim. Knowing guys and Connor Watson's the
latest one they're flirting around. That'san interesting one. Yeah, I don't
know where they'll put him. Butisn't he a hooker? I think he's

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a little bit well okay, um, look a lot at his best.
Yes, he's an injured at themoment. No, he's the roosters.
Was the roosters the injured? Yet? Um yeah, look, you know
what bring him down? It's gotto be better than better than we've got
at the moment, because it's diabolicalwhat's happening there at the moment of the
dogs. What happened we read moneyover the weekend. Gee. Look,

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if you ask me, Um,maybe the night before, maybe on the
day, maybe the week maybe onWednesday. I don't know. But he
was told he wasn't going to play. I'm very confident he wasn't. He
wasn't ready when he went on,when he went on the field, Well
he started playing, he wasn't physicallyor mentally ready. Well, let's let's
give a bit of context. Let'sget the context. Is King right,

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Um, he started on the bench. Now, apparently he was ill.
Coach said he was sick. I'mgoing off what Saldo said in the post
match press conference. Um, andhe would have been. He wanted to
see him out, but Read insistedon playing. Um. Now, the
thing for me is that Flanningham playedhooker and he's been playing well at hooker.

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Yeah, he'll be a good hookerfor the Dragons next year. Now,
the thing is, if you're unwelland you're playing, then someone's below
their best, then you're going toput him in the position they're comfortable playing.
Right, he played Read money atlock. Strange, he brought him
off the bench. Strange. Heplayed about fifteen twenty minutes either side of

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half time as a lock ll playinglock completely out of position. Um,
unfamiliar with that role, missed moretackles. Look terrible, He just didn't
look he's never played it before,George terrible year, He's never played a
lot before. You know, youknow what, Nicole. One thing I
do know. You can't be astar one year then next year not be

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a star. There's there's something,but it's not even that he was a
star at the beginning of this year. He was. He started really really
well. So I don't know.And he's still, by the way leading
NRL missed tackles with ninety one.That's a staggering number, right, Nicole.
He's obviously frustrated. He's obviously lookinghe might have been even carrying an

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injury, we don't know, buthe's obviously frustrated it. He's obviously tired.
Um. Now I'm assuming he's playingthis week, and what I've read
probably the bit of bulldog, bestbulldog team you got. You gotta add
in the fact that he'll have sixor seven players returning. It's the best
full best bulldog team we've had fora while. Um. Look, I

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don't know, but it wasn't agood look. I feel for the kid
one thing that stood out for meinto around those pressure conferences when he was
asked about it, and he said, well, yeah, when it was
time to bring him on and Flanner, I was playing really well the hooker,
so I decided to play at Locke, which tells me planning him was
playing better than reading my like youknow that to me, that doesn't make

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any doesn't make any sense to me. Could it be? I mean,
this kid has the potential to bethe best hooker in the competition, and
I've been convinced since he was apparenthe will be. Yeah, I mean,
aside from Harry Grant, the nextQueensland hooker. Yeah. Um.
Could it be the fact that thecaptains he's weighing down on him too much.

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He's not had that kind of responsibilityuntil this question. That's a very
good question. You know, Ican't think of me anything else. I
thought of it, and and yes, yes you might be right, you
know, I mean, it's asome some some people just can't handle it
because they, you know what,but my worry about everything. They're probably
worried about the war boy. They'reprobably worried about every media player. You

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know. Maybe he's just just toomuch. For Sometimes some captains focus on
their teammates so much the lets focuson themselvesolutely. Absolutely, But if that's
the whether or not that's the case, again we don't know obviously, but
if that was the case, youhave to persist with him because like any
young captain an a couple of yearstime, I think, so, you

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know what, he's too good notto I was going to say one thing.
We do know that when he settlesdown and the waters calm, we
saw what did a paramount not oneyear, not two year, a few
years, a few years now,so we know we know what his best
wasn't As you said at the startof the year, he was outstanding,
So you know what he just got. Just look, it's a very hard

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year for the BA dogs this year, very hard year. I mean we
could could we keep on getting burdenedby forty plus so, I mean,
you know, the last five sixweeks, yeah, the last few weeks,
defense has been pretty poor, prettypoor, very poor, actually pretty
It makes me feel sick in thestomach. That's that's that's that's something to
talk about. Let's move on.Let's move on. Let's tell about something

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that makes me sick. RL PAthis thing funny that watching NROL three sixty
the other night, Gordon tell Uspointed out that it's now twenty months that
this negotiation has been going on for. That's just ridiculous. Um. Chairman
Lands came out and said that theCEO Abdo and Clinton Newton, who represents

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the players union, Um, youguys are too close to it. You're
too emotional. How about your stepaside. Abdo will step aside, Newton
step aside. I'll get in theroom with the big weeks and we'll get
a deal sorted out in a day. Um. Abdo stepped aside and refused
to. Of course, of courseit refused to. You know, you

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know what, at the start,I really wanted to believe and I'm I'm
I'm and I'm a union man interms of I want the players to get
as best deal as they can,but yours. To be fair, they've
never had it better than what theyhave today. And that's what I was
going to go to. So youknow what, if you if you apparently
want a hundred one hundred things,or it's one hundred points one items on

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the least, you're not going toget a hundred. That's what negotiation.
That's what negotiation is. And andthis is we're not talking now rugby league.
We're talking a corporate structure. Yeah, so you go into a room
and we have a chat. Wemight even have a debate. Um,
it doesn't, we don't. We'spersonal. And and you know what,
you might get fifty, you mightget seventy. And you know you walk

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out with you know, half yourgoal, three quarters of your your goal.
Do you think you want to geta hundred out? One hundred?
Not going to happen. It doesn'thappen. And you've been in this world.
You told me if you if youcould have to get one hundred,
and I'm pretty sure you're gonna sayit's like any negotiation, everyone shoots higher.
You know, you asked for twenty, so you get ninety. So
it's been going on for nearly twoyears. Okay, it's been going twenty

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months. Twenty months, and nowthey're threatening to boycott the Daily MS.
Well that that shows that shows methat um, game plan one hasn't work,
so we're going to game plan two. This is really harsh, but
you know what I would do ifI was the chairman lends and I'll tell
you why the method behind the madness? Without hesitation, I would have come
out the next day. I wouldhave It's easy for me to say that,

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right, but anyway, in anideal world, I'd come out the
next day with a press conference andsay, okay, I'm stating that for
season twenty twenty three, the dailyms are canceled, so to all the
players, to all the players whoare leading in the top three to top
five, sorry, fellows, you'regoing to miss out. And you know

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what that's going to do. That'sgoing to turn the players against Clinton ut
and you can't get the ship backinto the horse then because it's done.
Yeah, bluffs here, we don'ttake bluffs. We take action, right,
Yeah. And you know what Ias as we all know, I'm
pretty confident in every club there mightbe two players, maybe three, that
are aware of of of Clint supplMost of the players don't even know what

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they're negotiating about. I'm sure aboutthat. I'm sure about that. You
know what, I if I didn'tthink it was Clint Newton trying to um
a power player, you know,obtain power, and and you know he
wants so. One of the pointis that he wants or the commission.

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They yeah to have um the rightof everything, so they control the money.
They control so their employees. Shareme one gets through your head.
Share me guys, employees, shareme one sport, Show me one professional
sport where the lunatics running a side. I don't know. This is the
state, not only of the sport, the game that we're talking about that
we love. It's just it's areflection of the country at the times that

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we're living in. Yeah, yeah, I look at it right, It
does my head. Nicola doesn't wantit does more heading. You know what.
You know why he doesn't want valandisanywhere ne negotiating on the table because
he's scared of valandis because Valandi isa good negotiation. I mean, he's
a corporate monster. What is whatyou know about? Nothing? Nasting.

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I'm telling you he was hitting theball up a few years ago. What's
what's he done? Why he's donesome degree? If he no, he
doesn't know, he doesn't, wellhe doesn't, he doesn't. But that's
what the issue is, that thathe's got it wrong. Bigti Muton has
got it wrong, okay, andthe Enily loses in the long run.
They're gonna be the players and thefans, well, and the fans,

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because you know what, at themoment, we're not hearing from the players
after games. You know what,It hasn't really hit me. But if
he continues on, it keeps ongoing on. I mean again, last
week, Nicola, think of itthis way. The n W started.
Okay, we've got a soccer WorldCup here. Yeah, okay, what
a great right, Yeah, whata great opportunity to promote the n W.

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No, no, it's a greatopportunity to promote the socksocker. We
didn't he from none of the I'ma soccer fan, by the way,
but how how stupid are these peoplethat were actually handing the bat neighbor and
saying, here, we're gonna shutup. We're not gonna do any media.
You guys can have all the headlights. Yeah, look all the spotlights
or the headlights or the headlines.You know what. It again, there's

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just no thought behind it, youknow. And again, you know,
when I'm thinking about that press conference, it would be a good idea if
Valny's brought the broadcasters with him andsaid, by the way, we're not
paying you anymore either. They shoulddo that. We're not paying you anymore.
You'ren't getting paid anymore. I shoulddo until everything goes back to normal.
We own the game, we payyour wages. You're going to hold

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out on us. That's what Ithink. That's where I think. Somewhere
along the line in in Newton's brain, it's it's it's missed. He must
beginning advice. It's wrongly because theyare the employees. Yeah, you know
what I mean, And I realizethe employers yea. And yeah, bring
some demands, and you know what, half of them are probably valid anyway,
you know what. The NRL isan employer, but it's a stakeholder,

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the shareholders paying the wages. Yeah, well yeah, they are shareholders
being the broadcasting company. Yea.They are Channel nine and fossil, so
they should be the Channel nine,right, Yeah, they should be annoyed.
Yeah, so it should be annoyed. Let's hope it gets sorted out,
because everyone's sick of talking about someone. I'm sick of hearing it.
I'm sick of it. Honestly,they don't even know what they're fighting for.

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Yeah, you know, every time, and it's covered everywhere. He
listened to SCN that's what I talkabout. Three sixty let's talking about any
any magazine show. That's what they'retalking about. I'm sick and tired of
it, okay, because there's there'sno there's there's no you know, there's
no end of end of line here. It just continues going on and we
can all. The funny thing ishe thinks we can't tell that he's doing

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trying to do a power play.That's what he thinks. We're stupid enough
that we can't tell. But guesswhat, Clint, we're not stupid.
We know what you're doing, brother, We know what you're doing. All
you have to do in a situationlike this is called the bluff. Well
I'm sure called the bluff. Willand say, you know what, da
Liam's are canceled for twenty three.That's it and for the and who's who's
leading the deliums? Who's Nathan clearly, but that he wouldn't be in the

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top three because he spent a longtime out. I think drink water pain
has Imagine how these guys are goingto feel. It's my first shot at
getting a dam what and you thinkgoing to turn around to clear Newton and
it's too late, mate, they'reoff the can. That's it. We
don't take bluffs and we don't takethreats. Good, no, do it,
but do it? Um do it. The Cranella Sharky's George, they're

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gonna been a free fall now hasalready pointed out to us a couple of
weeks ago. They at that pointhadn't beaten the top eight team this year
and they still haven't. Now.They've lost Alphnuken for the rest of the
season, which is huge on thefield at least. And m Nikos just
hasn't been the same plays since Origeand one has he He was in such

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good form leading up to that.Has that mentally affected him? I think
so. As Zadie would say,there's trouble in paradise number one, number
two, um nigga thing I calledit. I said it. Yeah,
he hasn't been the same and I'mwaiting. I was waiting for him to
build up, build up his confidence. He just hasn't been the same year.

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You can't be Daly in one yearand produce what you're producing. But
I also think, you know,I also think you need to have a
bit of steal about your like youYeah, he's to be able to bounce
back from stuff like that, absolutely, and and that's probably maturity. And
and Nikko's a younger, a twentysix year old odds, so yeah,
a young twenty six year old.Um. And I'm not going to go

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on about uh, the origin experience, but since that point it could be
coincidental. I don't think his formerI don't think it is. And in
terms of cranala he um, hereshuffled the deck chairs. Um, if
it's given and he didn't work,he didn't work terrible. First look at

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the terrible record against teams. They'vehad the easiest draw for two consecutive seasons.
Um, and they're gonna have andsomehow they're entrenched in the eight still.
But um, one boggles how thathappens, well, because they got
the easy runs. About Nico's umwords with the sideline official talk to us

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about that. You know what itwas? It was, um that the
one that said yep, the onethe one that he got upset with wasn't
a full path. No, shecalled it forward. He ran to Belinda
and says, and yeah, surehe might have raised his voice. He
goes, it's three times now,it's three times. He just put his

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fingers up. He went three times, then all of a sudden, the
referee And do we know which refereewas? No, I don't know.
It doesn't matter. They're all thesame, they're all rubbish. The referee
schooled him like he was a child. Did you see when he walked away
from he goes, come back here, I'm talking to get over. Yeah,
I mean I thought that we're supposedto have respect for both. Yeah,

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we know what annoys me. Ihate the way they talk to play.
You know what annoys me? Ithought, what annoys me? We
can't say nothing about the referees.We can't say nothing about it. We
can't. We can't question their integrity, we can't question their rulings. We
can't say nothing. We can't touchthem. Okay, but they can do
anything to us. They can intothe players. Okay. I hate when
they call the players by their firstnames. I hate it with a passion.

(28:59):
I hate it passion. And youknow what, it's fair enough if
he yeah, that was he abusedthe touch chows. He didn't abuse anybody
anyway. Let's call call a spadea space. Yeah it was. It
was a woman, He gues,that's three times now. It was a
female. It was, which iswhy we got the hoopler. Yep,
right, that's you know what everybody'sdon't want to annoys me. Everybody's dennoying

(29:22):
it. You know that all themagazine shows scn okay, all the referees.
If that was I don't know,Vince Carter on the sideline with the
flag and he said that nothing willbe said. Okay because he was a
woman. Okay, what a minute? Are they women or are they professional
matter officials? Yeah, they're officials, that's what. Okay, it's you

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know, um, he went offhis rocker, this refereene and the way
he spoke to Nico, y,I'm talking to you, come back.
He annoyed me and annoyed me.It makes you want to It makes you
want to, like if you're theplayer going to the press conference after the
game, we can't say nothing tosay, who are these are these officials
the royal fucking family that I can'task him a question? And by the

(30:04):
way, to the referee, whydon't you try speaking to me like that
when you see me in the streetand see what happens. We can't say
nothing to God because God, Godhelp say anything faithfully. The logic that
prevailed was that he wasn't charged oranything for it. He wasn't charged,
No, he was. He wasfine for the trip that he did in

(30:25):
the game. It's fair enough.Which yeah, trips, the trip.
It was The referee was Peter SorryI can't pronounce that name, Peter Gau.
Peter Gaw. Never heard of her. Yeah, yeah, well that's
never right. Never heard it was. It was Peter Gau. So Peter
Gau. Okay, um, you'rewrong, Okay, Now they can't say

(30:48):
nothing about you, but I'm goingto say something about you. Okay,
touch touch, touch person what theycalled touches. Fans with flag, Fans
with flag, she's she's a fan. She's she's when she's on the field.
She's not a email. She's afan. She's a fan with flags.
That they don't do anything, butwhen they do make a call,
they easily get it wrong. Ofcourse, of course they do, of

(31:10):
course they do. You know howmuch I hate refs and the bunkers.
Pef I'm on your back now I'mgonna be I'm gonna be looking at you
and please make more call so Ican I can highlight on the show how
he nepthed you are and part ofthe way he's got a good reff anyway,
that's my opinion. Yeah, Pete, give yourself an upper cut mate.
Um, there's been talk about NewcastleKnights Adam O'Brien the coach. Apparently

(31:33):
they approached the Haslah So his jobhe's safe, He's not safe. Um,
he's had three great winds in arow, big wins. Um.
Does that change things? You knowwhat? I don't know if his job
was unsafe to begin with, butdoes that change things that a few weeks.
I find that intriguing. And youknow at the start of the year
I was calling for his head aswell. And you brought out a stat

(31:56):
off air that in three years thesemifinals twice after the club won three spoons,
Yeah in a row and yeah,and and I was calling for his
head and and and look three weeksago, Um, the word was out
in the streets that Um, aswe know about the hazlet we know about
that. Yeah. And just onething you want to point out as well,

(32:17):
the year they didn't make the semisswhen they lost Mitchell Piece and Pongo
for after season, that's I rememberthat I remember that so so, and
the word out on the street wasthat they're looking for for a different coach.
Now, Um, what an opportunity. Um, what opportunity he's got
Nicola. Um he's got five games. He's got five games now to make

(32:40):
the eight job. Yeah, andbasically if he makes the eight, well
it's impossible to the movie more.And you know what, if you asked
me a month ago, I'll besaying to you movie more. But you
know I've changed my tune. It'sa strange change. It's a strange one
because he's Um. Yeah. Everytime I think in Newcastle and I think
about Brian, I think of themstruggling and not doing well. But then

(33:05):
honest, when you look at it, they've done all right. If if
it's sure what you're saying, whichI don't, I mean, I have
to go back and pretty sure itis. I'm pretty sure he's been there.
Is this his fourth year, probablyright, I'm pretty sure the first
three years he made the Sammis twice. I'm definitely positive. If they won
three Wooden spoons in a row beforehe got Yes, they did win three

(33:25):
Wooden spoon and I remember what onetime they missed out on them. Oh
they were in the eight then theylost from the controversial game against Suburbs forward
pass something like that. Okay,so um, look I don't know.
Look, if he makes the eight, you can't you can't. You can't
move him on. You can't movehim on. And at the moment they're
on fire. It just sucks that, um, And I feel for the

(33:50):
coaches. But yeah, hook wentthrough all this, but they've just got
they've just got to but they've justgot to operate in uncertainty. Make a
call, or don't make a callfor me. If you're talking about a
coaching or a head coaching position,which is always should be a three or
four year, three to five yearproposition, it shouldn't be based off one
month of footy, regardless whether it'sbad or not. So make a call,

(34:14):
make a decision. Um, theguy doesn't deserve to have a cloud
over his head all the time.Was your opportunity now to lift that cloud?
And yet, actually I hope amongstthe eight, what happens if he
makes the eight and loses the firstsudden death game he's made the eight?
Yeah, okay, speaking of makingthe eight, did you see I think
It was a Monday night and Irot three sixty Andrew Webster, who Webster,

(34:37):
the Warriors coach, get interview thatquin impresses me impressively, a young
man, just very grounded, veryintelligence, super intelligent. And the one
thing that stood out for me.We've said it a few times on this
part about how the Warriors look likethey're enjoying themselves and how he said the
main things that we have fun.Yeah, I saw that and I heard

(34:58):
that, and I wasn't aware thatthat was one of his philosophies. All
I know is this now, Iknew nothing of him. Well, no,
the first time I heard of him. You you pointed him out that
Western Suburbs conference he was he dida press I think it was. I
think he was at West. Yes, I could be wrong with me.
I think it was at West andMadge McGuire and his assistant both had COVID

(35:22):
and this guy was like a thirdman up and he took the press conference
and I just like, you know, five minutes and I remember watching it
and going, Wow, this guy'sso impressive. I told you about it
at the time. Maybe I've gotthe club wrong. I'm not. The
Tigers just went man, this guyis super impressive and same thing. You

(35:43):
know. Another thing he said,you do to know yase, I don't
yell at the players, don't.I don't scream at players. That's a
that's good. That's a good thing. He's got his own way of operating
and that might evolve. I'm sureit will, um, but he just
seems really he's obviously won their respect. Yes, he's he's won. They're
buying and that's what I him.And that's what I was going to say.

(36:05):
The main thing we should know aboutWebster who is that he's gone to
a underperforming club with a lot ofpotential forever but forever underperforming and has brought
out the very best in a bunchof New Zealand based players. Now,
um, how good is the roster? Well, he's made him more fantastic,

(36:29):
he's made him more look a milliondollars and let's not talk about the
top of play that they're playing withball in hand. But um, you
know my question to you, andyou're going to say, you're going to
bring this back up. If hehad the bulldogs him or he's his best
friend there who was coaching together.Okay, has has he improved any individual

(36:52):
player in the Bulldogs team. Imean, if you if you're comparing the
too um the Bulldogs, the bullthe question is has he improved any individual
because we know Webster has no rightthe Bulldogs. The Bulldogs, Um,
they probably had the worst injury totallyseason as well, disruptions question. But

(37:13):
you know what, you look atthe Dolphins in their first season. Yeah,
so something's not Webster. Um,he's I think he's. One thing
that I picked up from his interviewas well was that he's embedded himself in
New Zealand culture on that right andand so he's won over the fans,
and he kept referring to the fansand what might be working in his favors.

(37:37):
Don't forget there's been two years awayfrom home, so the team's just
happy to be home again this season. But he's just found a way to
pull it all together, all thesedifferent aspects. And I don't want to
get ahead of myself. I wouldlove to see the Warriors win the comp
Really, I'm not saying it's possible, right, but I just think he's

(37:59):
managed to pull all these different movingparts in the same direction. And this,
for me, at least, Ithink this is the best I've sent
any Warriors team ever played. Thatincludes the Stacy Jones. You know what,
web star, he's done. Hisapprenticeship has moved around to a lot
of clubs and you know them thecrowd or the boy in you know what.

(38:21):
I think he got that from England. I watched a lot of Super
League and let me tell you,the crowd buys into every one of their
teams. And you're right about havingdone his apprenticeship. He's actually been quite
a few clubs. So in RickyStewart's press conference at the weekend UM where
they lost in Golden Point to theWarriors um and that's another thing the Warriors,

(38:45):
this show a steely nerve this yearthat they haven't had before. Ricky
Stewart was asked about him and hegoes Now, he goes, oh,
I've got a lot of time forhim. We worked together at Parramatta,
so that means he was on Ricky'sstaff ten years ago. Well, yeah,
he's done. So he's been aroundfor a while, really under the
radar and obviously someone who hasn't rushedlike you know, you got the Trent

(39:07):
Barretts and these guys who rushed intojobs. Um, he clearly hasn't.
And one thing I'm I'm really hopingbecause we saw we're seeing I should say,
you know, Craig fitzgiven we're seeingthat, I really hope that's not
the case with where b I hopecome next year, I don't think he

(39:28):
looks like the real deal. Idon't think because Cornela is exactly the same
team as that were last year.I would argue they've got a better roster
too. Coronella, Yeah, yeah, individually, yes, yeah. And
that's that's my argument with with Dolphinsand Carnola compared to to the Bulldogs.
I'm not saying they got a goodroster. All they asked a decent roster.

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All I ask people is has heimproved? Anyone one tell me one
player that he's improved this year.That's all I ask. Well, Kyle
Frannigan's improved, but that wasn't thatwas in steak. I don't think it.
I don't think. I mean,you can argue the winger, you
can argue the Carras. Maybe he'sgot a lot of potential. That kid,
Yeah, he's he's a good,good young man. But anyway,

(40:10):
Whibby's the best if he doesn't,if he doesn't get a Coach of the
Year Albion Monkeys, I am.I think he took over a stronger operation.
At the time he said it wasa basketcase we went there. No,
I'm sure it was. I mean, it always has been. But
two years ago the Dogs got thespoon. Last year they finished last,

(40:32):
but they missed out on four andagainst I'm getting the spoon. They finished
equal last. I should say thecolor so you could argue the cere they
stepped into a tougher situation. Yeah, but I mean, yeah, the
Warriors that you just don't know whatyou're ever going to get. But what
we're seeing from this season is,um, I'm really enjoying it. And
they're good to watch too. Ilove watching their their play there. They're

(40:54):
intriguing, the they're complex that theybuild, they build the game. Um
and made that lesbian Johnston the lesbian. They're the best about his try.
So let's talk about Dylan Mortennia lesbianacts try saving tackle on Sebastian Chris.

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You know you had to bring thatup, Okay, Um Sebastian Chris and
Ricky claims that's why they lost thegame. Sebastian Chris was was all money
going to score a try. Hewas over the line basically, whether they
do his dive over the lesbian comesfrom nowhere and knocks the ball out of
his hand. Now, I'm notsure, and he wasn't conclusive because the

(41:37):
bunker looked at it. Okay,his arm, his hand, his fist
might have hit his head. Okay. Now Ricky claims it's a penalty try.
That was a slap. There wasnothing in that. Really. It
wasn't some sort of touch. Now, look were penalizing touches on the face.

(42:00):
There wasn't. Of course, Ricky'sgoing to scream for a party,
screaming any coach in that situation was, you know, But if it was
the other end of the field,they'd be screaming the opposite. Oh yeah,
you know, Ricky was. Ithink, I think you know what
for him to be there to savethe try, how you saved it.
It was spectacular. It was fullof urgency, okay, and that's the

(42:22):
warrior culture and desperation. Yeah,and I loved it. You could argue
he's in career best for him.You can get argue Sean Johnson is careers.
Harris go on. They are allof them, all of them,
and they three that you mentioned especiallyOkay, and I didn't know Sean can
play that good. I mean,um, he's a highlight, real win.

(42:44):
He wants to be seen it inflashes, right, but now we've
seen it everywhere. Sistant Yeah,yeah, and Blake, my godfather.
They're all just smiling. They're happy, they're all happy. How good is
it? It's great. It's afterafter what they did for us, that
did it for us three years.I still can't believe that the NRL and

(43:05):
the other clubs didn't give away onehome game. If everyone just gave away
one home game the year, theWarriors would have played the entire season at
home. I'd love it. Ilove it. I love it. But
yeah, um, I'm looking forwardto I'm really enjoying watching them. Can't
work for this week. Let's talkabout the Dragons. Um Ardie'll enjoy this.

(43:25):
So as we know, Shane Flagan'scoming in as a new head coach
for next season, he's gonna makesweeping changes. He's He's been very clear
about what the spine, not thespine that's the wrong word, the backbone
that he wants in that club.Um, if I say the spine,
You'll think I'm talking about players.Um. He wants that, he wants

(43:47):
to introduce that hard nosed, um, tough work ethic culture in the club.
So I'm not too sure about names. You probably are better than I
do. But he's told a fewplayers they can leave. Yeah, he's
got a few players he wants tobring in. He's um, Um,
he's going to be a shattered andhe told he told Sullivan he can look

(44:08):
elsewhere, which I'm surprised as well, but uh, in in in we
trust. Um. He says thatum Hunt's going nowhere. Yeah, that's
what he said. And Zach's goingnowhere. Thank god. Zach's been Yeah,
yeah, the best best player.Um, there's a Catalan's sorry.

(44:35):
There's a lead leopard hooker who's aFijian who's an absolute gun. Okay,
and he's going to be a gunin Australia as well. He hasn't played
in Australia. Um, he's bringinghim over. Apparently another hooker he's bringing
over. Yeah he's so yeah,he'll bring his son over, you know.
Yeah, and you know what he'she's a better hooker than It's good

(44:57):
he's kidding any cup. He's agood kid man, a good kid.
He's too good for a couple.He's copped a lot of shit, the
poor kid. Yeah, I likethat since a couple of years ago when
he when he break down and thatwas well, he should never have been
put in front of the camera.I can't believe they put him in front
of the camera. Um, I'vejust had a saucepot for Flanno. Um.
We rade some players that they're thatthey're bringing. Able to write the

(45:19):
players that they're bringing. No,I don't have him. Okay, So
look he's making sweeping changes. He'sput a step, he's put the Flannegains
stamp on and addie. Um,I think there's a good days coming ahead.
Um, we've said it. Hetook him a long time or they
had to go around the block toget the right coach, but they got
the right coach and watch his space. I think, um, all the
Red the Red V supporters will besinging a different tune next year. I

(45:45):
hope. So now, seeing aswe're talking about traditional clubs and how about
the bunnies, it's we've got thetrial back this week, thank god.
Um, and they have to getit right from here on in well,
the outside of the eight nicole,and they've got to get it right from
here and long. They've got toget right. Now. They're lucky they've
got us because five six weeks,yeah, they were sitting first one.

(46:07):
Sorry, yeah, I think firstof all, somewhere about about that.
But they're lucky. They've got tobuy and they've got um some soft soft
draw um and Latroll's coming back,but they're they're there. They've got a
long way before they can recatch thatform um that saw them coming first.

(46:29):
Now I suggested that they could bein the Grand Final. Um, they've
far away from that top of format the moment. But but you know
what, this season, it's beenimpossible to predict. So many teams we
thought we're going to be. Thereare not so many ones that we didn't
think would be there are, andit's s sawing back and forth and it
is. But you know what,the Bunnies are a team. Where As

(46:51):
you said to me, the lastfour prelims five prelims, so you expect
them to be in the hunt atthe moment, they look they're not in
the hunt. Now he's Latroll gonnasolve the majority of the problems. Yes,
yeah, yes, yes, butthere's there's there's still a few um,
a few decisions that um, afew decisions that the Mitro got has

(47:14):
got to make. Um, I'vegot my concerns and this hurts me.
He hurts me so much to sayI've got concerns. Unlucky. Yeah,
he's got he's got a few weeksto fix it. Okay, but Blake
Taff, he's knocking on the doorand he'll slot in lovely at number seven.
And you know what, weaker menwould have made the swap already,

(47:37):
but Dmitro is holding his nerve,probably waiting for the lature to company.
Yeah, there's been talked that that'swhat's saved idiots. Is spotting the team
this week? Yeah, um um, because he does have a good combination
with the trial, um and andthe trial unlocks Cody. It's it's I
think you'll see a different side thisweek. But the buddies, Yeah,

(47:57):
well they're too good to um tonot be there. I think they will
be there. They'll make the eight, he will make, they'll make the
ap. I mean, I'm talkingbeyond the ad I've been in the last
couple of weekends, look on paper, and for Cody's sake, and for
the Troll's sake and for the wholething. I mean, it's southern ear.
They're beautiful to watch. Yeah,and Katie is the best, probably

(48:20):
one of the best ball players inthe game. But he can't do it
all by himself. So they needshelp. He needs he needs help from
his four wards. See um,the South City forwards get you to a
point in the field, Nicola.So the no no nonsense, they get
you to a point. Okay.So so Katie can do his sting.

(48:42):
Okay, that might have to changea little bit. They might have to
get a little bit of variations becausewhat what the defenses do? They know
what's happening. So all they dois stack stack the middle. Okay.
Then when they know three or foursover, they move over with Kate.
It's simple, Kade's going to getthe ball, so they slide over to
the kby you know what I mean. So the Miutroll wanted to do some

(49:02):
thinking as well, Okay, andI'm sure he will do I'm sure.
Look, I believe in thet hewill do the thinking, that thinking,
and he will solve the puzzle,but it just seems like such a long
way to go. I just thinkthere's such a different team with Mitchell in
him. Let's not judge him untilafter this weekend. No, no,
even because the guys missed a lotof football, so I have expecting miracles

(49:27):
from him. And you know what, he's missed a lot of footage,
and you know what, will trupprobably come first game just carve up.
He's missed a lot of footy.But I just think the Bunnies are too
good too. I think I thinkthem good now. I think so,
Um, what was Martin tupad one? I've not seen that from him.

(49:52):
I don't think. I don't,I don't. I can't explain what he
was thinking. I don't know.I don't think he intentionally tried to knee
lifts, not flying knee He's notmuch savage, But what was he think?
You know what? Was there aturtle in the field he was trying
to jump over, Like, well, what happened? I saw it happening,
and I go, what, youknow what? He was lifting time

(50:15):
something? Yeah, maybe he waslifting his knees high in a running action
and I go, oh, Thenall of a sudden he got into tackle
into tackle and he just lifts hisknee up and thank god he didn't hit
and he would have break in hisjaw. God he didn't hit him in
the head. You know, Imean, I go, what was that?
What the f was that it was? You know? It's not his

(50:39):
game, right, it's not hischaracter. He's not his game. And
I think he paid three weeks forit. Paid he paid three weeks for
it, So that's about right.He's gone three weeks for it. But
where did that come from? Ithink he must have been playing. I
think he's a ten year veteran placeto it. He is. Yeah,
he's laugh because what was that?Some uncharacteristic for the power? But look

(51:06):
he's playing the price like you knowwhat. He'll but he will be well
arrested for the semi absolutely um speakingof the Brocas had good rees. Whilst
we're looking at the next potential superstarof the game. Yes, yes,
he isn't. He's he's just gotall every all the ingredients. Oh wow,

(51:27):
he's dynamic, he's explosive, andbefore that, he's got he's got
he can handle the ball in hishand and he can count numbers. He
gets on he skips on. Heeither can skip around you or skip on
on an outside shoulder and then shortenthe line. He goes direct. Then
he's got ball skills. He canpull you apart. He's you know what

(51:50):
with him in the team. Theweek before he wasn't in the team.
Yeah, good, all right,you put him in the team different and
they're just they're just electric. He'selectric. And then you had him the
spice of carry gun and us andmy god, it's funny because you know,
before the Origin series, I don'twant to keep harping on it.

(52:13):
Everyone kind of balked it. ReeseWash but pongas the fullback. It's such
a good series last year post OriginSeries, I can't see the team without
Wash fullback. Nah. Yeah thatmuch in two games, Yeah, that
much of an impact. He's goingto be a long term Queensland number one.
And and you know what, he'sonly starting. He will improve.
Yeah, he will improve and heimprove and we've seen we're going to see.

(52:37):
He's going to be the next superstarof the game. And if he
behave himself, he'll be the nextface of rugby league. We're talking about
the power's flowing knee. What aboutseems the swing and r against Newcastle Knights.
You know what? Break that onedown for me? You know,

(53:00):
there's not much to breakdown. Youcan't you know if even if it's even
if it's um accidental, you can't. We know that you've talked about it.
You can only do that if you'recoming off the ropes as well.
Okay, But the issue was iswhen when he got sent off? Okay
for ten um, that's when theNewcastle is called mast called three tries.

(53:23):
If you need changed, the changethe whole complex of the game. Can
you imagine being in Bellamy's changing romafter that? Well you okay, Sims,
Okay, so you know what,I just would have caught a cab
home. Nicola just just quit theclub, Nicola, Um, I think
you should go and watch on YouTubethe spray Bellamy gave him at halftime.

(53:50):
You could see him Spit was flying. Actually, I didn't watch these press
conference either. Was there anything inthat they said? You just said that,
um, my team doesn't want towin, They don't want it hard
enough. But they you know,when they put cameras into the half time
from behind, you can see speedflying out. It was a spray of

(54:12):
all sprays. I love Craig.If we can just digress for a moment,
um forget what show it is.It might it might be three sixty,
I can't remember. There's one show. Every time they haven't one as
a guest. He just nodded anyas, not this again, and they
showed footage of him. I thinkit was the eighty nine or ninety Grand

(54:35):
Final camera one. He was theeighteenth man, so he didn't play.
But he's running around the field ina clean jersey carrying the trophy. But
they keep showing it and he's justlike, he just says he seen it.
But it's pretty funny. You don'tsee him laugh that often. Another
story, okay, um um,the Stormer just finished a training session um.

(55:00):
And they went to the assistant coachand they said to him, you
know what, Um, yeah,we're really got we got heavy legs.
You know, we're really battling.Um, any chance tomorrow we can do
a pool session. He goes,Okay, I'll ask Craig. But he
goes, oh, I'm pretty sureI know the answer. So he goes

(55:21):
to the Craig's aile that's going toend up working out bad. He to
the Craig's office and he goes.The boys just disastering that they got they've
got heavy legs, and you know, if if you don't mind tomorrow doing
a pool session, you got heavylegs. Out of they He walks into
the He walks into the dressing room. They're just changing. He goes,

(55:42):
your fellows got heavy legs. Yougo oh, no one said anything.
Oh, actually they went first.Sorry I missed this. They went to
camp. Some of the leading playswith the camp to Smithy and so could
you tall this to to um toCraig. He goes in. He goes,
yea, they went to the assistantcoach. Yeah. Um. He
goes, you got heavy legs boysone of the some pool sessions tomorrow?

(56:07):
Yeah, sort of half highly.I said yes. He goes, never
seen one in the pool, Hegoes, never said, am one in
the pool? You guys? I'lltell you what. He goes, he
can put your spikes back on.We're doing fucking more sprints. He took
He took him out again. Afterthe session. He goes, and they
done sprints again. You know whatI mean? You go, they learned
their lesson that I already knew thatwas going to backfire. Just you just

(56:30):
don't go there, just don't lovethat story. You just don't go there
with belly. Can you tell uswho because I certainly don't know who he
is. But there's a youngster bythe name of Kobe Heatherington. Can you
give us a bit of background onthis kid, Nicola, Kobe Heatherington.
He's on the bench, um forthe Broncos. He's got a famous father

(56:52):
who played for the for the Bulldogsand I think did he play for North
Queensland. Where did he come from, Jason Hetherington, Jason queens Did he
come from them? The Cowboys?I remember, I remember at the Bulldogs
obviously. Anyway, he spent mostof his years at the Bulldogs and the
Hills. Outstanding, um, nicOr, this kid is ready for first

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grade. He's he's a first graderugby league player and positions. Hey,
he's a background, he's ready forfirst grade. He's a first grade rugby
league player and um Bronco's embarrassments ofriches. They've got him on the bench.
Um when someone's uh, he's notone? Is he really tall?
Yeah? Because I saw a storytoday about Kevy unleashing one hundred and nine

(57:39):
that must be him, is it? Maybe? I'm not sure. I
didn't. I didn't, but he'son Fox Sport. He's a Riggies play.
He's a Rigies player. Yeah,he just he just comes into the
onto the bench when there's something,when one's short, one's injured, the
ones sent off, and he go. This kid is special, So I
mean, I'm sure they want tohold onto him. Um, And look,
I don't know what they're paying forhim, but he falls definitely follows

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a recruitment manager. I'll be ummaking some phone calls because this kid is
special. And look, he's DNAtells me that he's going to be a
hard nut because his father is oneof the hardest nuts I've I've seen these
days and need to have three goodgames and they're prociate a million bucks and
every club's chasing you. Yeah,these days talk talking about that. You

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know the two brother back rolls that. Um, yeah, five hundred thousand
dollars each. Are they insane?For four years? Each year? Five
hundred thousand? Are they insane?Are they crazy? Let's hope they becomes
something special because that's a million dollarsout of your cap for for a promise.

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Potential. One of them has playedfirst grade, one of them has.
I've seen one of them. I'mseeing the other. I saw them
mainly, and by all reports accounts, everyone has big as on these kids.
Well, I saw him in theother kids. Yeah, I saw
him in the other nineteens, andthey just to me the like serviceable rugged

(59:08):
league players, the half bake thatyou've lost. He looked like the special
kid um Ethan Sanders. Yeah,yeah, he looked like the special um.
So I didn't know Ben the worryfor me, And I mean,
I mean the Tigers then they're differentto the Dragons or the Bulldogs. They're
they're they're planning big things. They'rethey're planning or turning the club around.

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Everybody. Um, these guys willnot shine in the struggling club. No
one ever does well. You can't. So the Tigers they want to improve,
if they want to get value outof these kids, absolutely, let's
see what happens there. But Ijust when you just said the price take
and I just thought of these twokids, I think it's four million,

(59:49):
five hundred and four both of them, one hundred thousand eight. Wow,
that's crazy, Unless I misread it, that's no no, no, no,
you're right, and just just proveproves to me that Fulton's one of
the best recruitment managers in the game. It was four million dollars four years,
wasn't it again, Fulton's one ofthe best recruitment men. Looking at

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a good man he's going at themoment. They got a win, but
they almost got run down for thirtynil against the team. Hasn't been the
team. Yeah, anyway, let'sget it down and dusted. Um,
battle for the spoon kicked off,kick off, Sorry, I know anything
like that, Um kicked off.But the good news years your team won't
be coming last Dragon's eighteen Tigers fourteen. Nicol's a bit of a nail biter.

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Maybe maybe, but this was definitelyone. Um. This is definitely
one to catch up the cutlery.Maybe this is definitely a cultory. Yeah.
Um. The best thing about thisgame is that Dragons avoided the spoon.
Um. Zach Lane Max had anoutstanding game and produced an outstanding town.

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Yeah. Yeah, but I'm goingto dub this even before we get
to that section the bloody with thegame. It was a hard watch.
The Yeah, it was a hardwatch. I think it was one?
Was there one try in the secondhalf or was there? I can't remember.
It was bad, you know,you know what I I liked my
Thursday night football. But that wastough. Wasn't tough? Yeah, it

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wasn't easy that to The second gameis the one we talked about before,
turned into an absolute nail by theWarriors twenty one points to twenty over the
Raiders in Golden Point. Now theRaiders, for those of you who didn't
see it, I think they scoredtwo tries in a minute, never looked
in it right at the end anddrew the game. And Toots could have

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won it from the sideline conversion buthe missed. And then the Warriors got
the boar from the kickoff went upand Sean Johnson partted the field goal easy
as you like. Yeah, itnever looked, never looked in the game.
The Raiders, Nicola, how butyou know what they do, what
they've done all year. They're gritty, Um, they're honest, they don't

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give up. They just hang inthere. Um, And these things can
happen because just the way that theyplay. I don't understand them. I
can't work them out. I don'tI don't not I don't like what they
do, but I don't see anyupside, Like I don't believe. I
can't believe that they're in the eight. That's the way they're playing. But

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there you go. They're in theeight and who knows. Okay, So
that's um, that's that. UM. I'm going to say it on there
again, Twots might need um aweek. I'm pretty sure this is his
last season. Yeah, I wasgonna say wanted a week at Fiji and
to get us some tattoos or somethingbecause Bali Bali. I got to admit

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that Um, Timmyko keeps on inimpressing the Nicola. Yeah, I actually
like him. And Jack's just JackUm. And I've got admit after a
long layoff, Papa Josh Papa,he was pretty good. Yeah on the
day. Now on the other side, and we've I've waxed the lyrical about
him. We spoke about him before. This Warrior's team. They're ready for

(01:03:15):
semifinals. They're they're outstanding. Ican't wait to see him. They're ready
for semifinals. They're outstanding. I'mnot going to go through all the names
because we've we've went through all thenames that you're Adam from Adam for Nuka
Blake whatever or Sean Medcalfs outstanding WayLegan Way Vegan, wowhenomenal Chance Chan fullback.

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Incidentally, um Andrew Webster stated alsoin that interview they've got Roger two
of us to check coming next year. He said, Chances the fullback.
Yeah, and uh and two ofus check knows that already. Yeah,
we'll look. I think Rocko Berryis a good player, but and and
Adam Pompy, I think he's agood player too, But one of one

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of them have to have to makeway of edition. Reminding Adam, remember,
yeah, we're a great player.All I'm going to say about and
I hope you don't lose me here. Um, the Warriors are playing with
ball in hand. Let's forget thedefense because they're a good defensive unit.
We've seen they're a good defensive unit, and that's the hardest part of the

(01:04:21):
game. But what we see isball in hand. They are playing a
very advanced UM style of player,a very advanced structure. They're playing two
leads out of shape. Now,I'm not going to go on about it.
It's something that Pe done last year. They're not doing anymore. Simplified
their game. Um, we justwatch really lovely sweeping plays. But the

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way the Lesbians scoring the tries,what happens two passes in with Sean and
what happens around Sean is what's bringingthe defense short. So have a look
what happens with ball in hand,and if you really look, you'll see
how it all evolved and how theLesbian schooling to try. Um, they're
playing just this advanced style of rugbyleague and I really love watching them.

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I enjoy I enjoy watching their style. And I can watch the Warriors every
day of all my life and theyshare me something different. Because how they
how they got into Golden Point,I don't know, but guess what they
want. Yeah, they got outof it, which and that's that that's
still the nerve that we're talking aboutearlier as well, which not even when
they in the Grand Faunals, theyhad, Yeah, just t talented rugby

(01:05:34):
league players. That's kind of luckyto get there to both of those.
Yeah, um, Rabbit as well. They went at home? Were they
to the Broncos? They played,Yeah, Broncos thirty six points to twenty
over the Rabbits. An interesting gamethey call an interesting game. Um,
Latro was supposed to be back forthat one, which I think would have

(01:05:57):
made it a much better game.Um, it was close reading, it
wasn't It wasn't early early doors.Yeah, it was closed. As the
game went on, especially in thesecond half, and the forwards, the
Bronco forwards took over the Ford Broncofards took over. Then then all these
all these other people were popped uphus and and and Carrigan carry them out

(01:06:24):
of their of their red Jaine ortheir dirty ball so effectively no other two
can do what they do and payHaus my godfather, I can't stop.
Okay, he's not going to winyou a comp but what he does no
one else can do. Then allof a sudden, there's this young man
called Ruce Walsh um out of outof shape against the ball and just strips

(01:06:47):
you on the outside shoulders and andjust the line, the defensive line,
that defensive just goes into spasm.Okay, the inside forwards or the middle
forwards dain't tie in the in thatI'm move across the daytie in which we're
talking about middle middle part of secondhalf. Okay, Um, the Bronco

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fowards the Bronco Backs are having afilm day now. He ended up thirty
six to twenty. I think that'sabout right. I think that that shows
me what happened. I want to, um, just put a pad Blake
Taff outstanding, outstanding. He's agreat pickup, He's a great player.

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UM Katie frustrated because what they're doingis it was very very predictable. If
Katie's on the on the left,we just stacked the left. Um,
So what happened was the forwards aregetting you two or points at South City,
forwards get you to a point,then they play off that point.
Um, Demitri's got to vary itup. But looking Demetri, we trust

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um because of that. Because ofthat, UM, Katie had an unhappy
night. I enjoyed the game.I love the Nicorn. I enjoyed it.
And oh, um, I willsay the Mitri has got a call
to make on a very difficult callto make on unlucky. UM, I

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hope lucky with when Latroll comes back, everything changed, and he will change.
Everything will change, Everything will change. But it's been a month now,
and um, the Mitri might mightbe my my my fullest all and
and now what's going to happen whenLatroll comes back, because I certainly don't.

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You know what else happened on theweekend the Roosters one, it's more
about the Titans and they'll die bother. They went away to the Gold Coast
and they won. You know what, Um, I saw smiles on faces
I saw. Um, I sawexpansive play. I saw our favorite fullback
be the champion that he is.Again. Um, I didn't enjoy the

(01:08:57):
game because it was the one sideof this. She didn't see that game.
It was it was the one sideof the fen Nicola um Obolo.
I think they've put the queue inthe rack. I think they've had two
close losses the Titans, and Ithink they've just said, you know,
I've had enough. No ten,no, no win. Tina is a

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natural born leader. He says,give me the ball, guys follow me.
No ten no no, no,no no win. Um. Unfortunately,
um for Fela isn't that type ofplayer. UM, I'm not.
There's not much to say here,um Roosters. Let's say they're outstanding against

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it's a very not a weakened team, but emotionally a very weakened team.
Um. Yeah, the dog hasto have had a few really tight games,
a couple of gold not golden point, but um, well no,
we talked about a lot of singlepoint. Yeah. I think I think
it just wore them down. SoI think they've had enough. I think
enough enough now, I think enoughenough. And they probably said, you

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know what, you know, weshould have got one of those two and
we would have. We would havebeen talking thinking about the eight. Yeah,
and I think they've just had enough. And Little Tinos are massive for
that team, massive, massive foranything, um, obviously specifically for that
team. But Saturday afternoon at fivethirty, we had Um, you got

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it. We spoke about it earlierin Newcastle, Newcastle twenty six points to
eighteen over the Storm game of theround. Didn't said that one either game
of the round, Nicolaum. TheStorm came out for twelve really early points
and looked a million dollars a milliondollars. Then Um, then two things

(01:10:53):
happened. Um. Number one thatthe swinging swinging arm which which got um,
which sent seems to the bench,seems to the bin. Um.
And then all of a sudden Newcastletransformed into a hard running rugby league team.

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Okay, and they scored three triesat that time. Okay, and
and the captain of the Ardie sledgingteam, mister gamble, gamble, mister
gamble. Okay. Besides he wassledging everybody. Apparently a fly came on
the on the on the field,on someone's shoulder. He'll sledge in the
fly as well. Okay, kicksa forty twenty. Okay, kicks a

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forty twenty and starts sledging, startssledging the ball or something. He just
started sledging everybody. He was inone of those moods. Okay, um,
and they just completely changed the game. Um you know what Ponga ardi
um, I mean, all ofyou, how you can pick youngsters?
Ponga is in outstanding form at themoment. I'm gonna and work every part

(01:11:59):
of his one point four going toone point six next year. Um,
Bradman Best, how did you pick? In God's name? How did you
big Bradman Best? Four years ago? Are you when he was? He
was a little skinny guy. Idon't know you see he said to me,
had he said to me, thiskid's gonna play Origin at one?
Yeah, I can see nothing.I saw nothing to call it. No
one did I saw nothing. Okay, he was carving it up. It

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seemed to me that the storm hadput the queue in the rack, but
they had him because the Knights hadlifted so much emotionally. Um, they
were just just playing with their food. So I hope it continues. I
enjoy I enjoy watching the Knights inthis form. I love watching Gamble do

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gamble sort of things. UM,and I can't wait for this this week.
This was the game of the realm. Yeah it was I love Yeah,
I loved it. It was good. So following that on Saturday night,
Yeah, up in Townsville of theCowboys beat Eels UM twenty four points
to sixteen. I did see thisfine, Um, straight up, the
score did not reflect the game.The Cowboys were way way better. Paramatta.

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I just think they're not going tomake the A. They're not going
to make the A. I saida few weeks back. They're just two.
UM. Still missing Dylan Brown thisweek, UM losing their leading try
scorer Mike Receiver for four games,reading Campbell Gillard for four games, both
for two idiotic things that were avoidable. UM. Now Sean Lane's gone again

(01:13:34):
with It's It's just it's this seasonfor sure. Well, it's a dislocated
albost I don't know, maybe threeweeks. But it's just the season they've
had. There was too much damagedone earlier in the year. They just
don't deserve to better. So theywere always going to struggle with the players
that left last season, but theyactually probably handled it a little bit better

(01:13:56):
than I expected. Um. Butyeah, it's curtains for them. It's
curtains for them. Yeah. Look, I enjoyed, Um, I enjoyed.
I enjoyed watching. Um. TheCowboys were really good cowboys doing their
things. Defense was horribly soft.Yeah, the gay tried hard, Moses

(01:14:17):
tried hard. I'm trying to beI'm trying to be positive. I mean
they almost they almost came back,you know. But um, but yeah,
the Cowboys are on a hot streaktoo. Okay. In terms of
the Eels, I enjoyed cartwriting continuesto have a good season. Um,
and Junior came back and and andand showed something because the other week he

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was a bit flat. Now andyou're right everything said about the Eels,
You're right now. The Cowboys,um are in this rare, rare,
rare form and if they continue thisform, Nicola, Um I picked do
you remember who I picked for theGrand Final? No, the bunnies in
the cow bush? Okay, onetogether or one or the Yeah, I

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think so. But um uh,let me tell you this. This team
and again, I'm gonna say itagain. I have no idea where they
found this form because the first partof the year they would die ball two
different teams. They had a lotof injuries too, though they did have

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a first and talking about injuries,I think nan I, he's got to
shoulder injury. He's going to playon. Yeah, good luck to the
kid. Look kiernan I, Lucianohmy god, playing better than last year.
Okay, Reese, we know that. We know now if Chad,
if the Chad is on the outernow, I don't know how old he
is. He's thirty two, thirtythree, I'm not sure, but let

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me tell you he is what thisteam needs now if they think and they're
talking about bringing another half back infrom I don't know, here, there,
everywhere, and he just all thisnoise around the chat, I have
no idea who what someone's watching,because the chat is he's just killing them.

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Um He's the reason that they're they'rethey're clicking, you know what I
mean? Was it Jake Glanville's twohundred probably was? Yeah, I should
have checked that up. That andand the icy on the cake, the
cavia drinking again. Yeah, youknow, once upon a time he was

(01:16:30):
flashy um and and showed nothing elseand would make a mistake. He's pretty
much the full package now, Um, you got this team can win the
comb Yeah, and I'll be surprisedif they're not there on the day,
if they continue on this call.But yeah, okay, they're outstanding.
They're outstanding. Sunday Afternoon Panthers fortyfour, Bulldogs eighteen. Pretty hard to

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say you're expected any different the Bulldogsthat a host of players missing. We
expect, we expected clearly came backand it looks like he never left.
Yeah. Expected. Um. There'sreally not much to say about that one,
is there? Not? Not reallythe anything I said I said to
you the off airs. How howivan Um changed his um style of play?

(01:17:15):
I mean, obviously serrada or missedthe popular That's exactly how the pender
of system works. And he rejiggedhis attack instead of coming going from the
backs, cutting the ball up outof dirty dirty ball. Um. What
he did was he made like theGRAMD final. He made Leoda and I

(01:17:39):
forget his other front row fisher Harristo go through the middle. Um.
They both of them had UM inthirty minutes. They had UM sixteen carries
and I sorry took twelve. Onehad twelve, the one I had thirteen
carries and they were over one hundredand sixtys. So whatever game plan the

(01:18:02):
Bulldogs or mister Popular had had riddendown just got thrown out the window because
they can kind of change their style. Um. Again, there's not much
to say. We talked about theBulldogs applied and I had to just keep
on rolling on and closing out theround at Shark Park. Can you believe

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early in the second half the Sharkswere down thirty points to kneel against Many,
came back to make it thirty totwenty six, almost did enough to
steal it to equal it um,but just fell short. Um. The
Sharks early doors for seventy minutes.Um, they're atracious. Yeah, not

(01:18:43):
bad, not not manly was playingsuch elevated outstanding rugby league. They were
bad. They'll missing tackles, theywere getting pulled out of shape. Um.
They go forward was nil. Nikkowas battling to to uh with his
sweet place to find um to findsecond man. Runners would go out,

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would would go out behind because theyare very They show you some beautiful shapes
Cranola, but the shapes were there, but the penetration wasn't. Um At
the seven seventy seventieth minute came Nicolaand they either mainly either put the queue

(01:19:30):
in the rack or they're just outof their feet. I think a bit
of both and in walks in Cranala. But honestly, the score doesn't indicate
the game. Um, you saidthat Kronla will miss the eight. I
think they'll miss the eight. Ithink they'll miss the eight. I think
um if its has got some workto do. Nicgo's confidences down. Um,

(01:19:57):
I don't know. I have noidea. Now that they've lost for
Nucin as well massive blow. Welltheir packs the issue. Yeah, the
packs the issue. They can't handleother first grade packs. So um,
that's what's gonna That's what's gonna getthem Nicola at the end of the day.
So let's run through what was theI know we touched on some of

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these earlier best game in the roundthe Knights. Knights and Storm Storm Lo
the blood of the round, Ithink both The graded was the first one,
the Dragons, Tigers. What stoodout for you this round? The
teams that are going or on theedge of the eight you can see the

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desperate the desperation, your your knights, your camera which they lost, and
all those teams are around that,you know, six seven, eight,
nine, ten. You can seethat they've lifted a little bit. They're
going for it. Yeah, Imean, you know, if they're good
to go for I'm not sure,but they've all lifted their intensity. And
the run in now the run in, I noticed that the teams have lifted,

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which is good to see. Yeah. For me, I think it
was Teddy. It's good to seehim become Teddy again. I loved it.
He gets to John Chris spray thisround. You know what if you're
anyone who decides to lift their kneesup, you know, a tackle and
nearly the capitate somebody. Okay,you got you gotta get a spray from

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Johnny. You've got to get aspray from Johnny. Surely you've got to
get spread minds for Tim Schenes.What did Timmy do the same thing he
does every week. He gets intothe press conference and blame the referees for
decisions that when Yeah, I thoughtI thought Tim is better than that.
Yeah, I think struggling. He'sstruggling. They got forty eight coaches in
the box. Have you noticed that? And a woman. I know it's

(01:21:51):
all foot their coaches and the Yeah, there's so many people in that box.
I don't know anyway. They're places, their places, you know what.
They can blame anyone they want.Now, we're not going when Noli's
player the round now he no,no, no, let's to lead us
through on this one. I shouldsay, I should say Minny, because
um, I'll get in trouble.I'll get in trouble too. But VGELI,

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I can just imagine. I gotto get a faint call. He
just doesn't want to pay the moneyto call me annally. But Vargeli,
the son of my Nalis. Hemade a very clear until Dad comes back,
it's it's vgelis a play of theround, and it's one one.
It's one I didn't think of.But you know what, I think I'm

(01:22:39):
going to give it. I'm gonnaget I'm gonna get rocks friends to me
Ponga. Yeah, no, fairenough. I'm going Shawn Johnson, Sean
Johnson, Yeah yeah yeah San somoment so um yeah yeah so so Newcastle
and have a long drive for longdrive just to get her. Yeah yeah,
But he'll do it because he loveshis you. He might for the

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next Sydney game, Sean. Yethe loves you or so um and what
he does like because he's had itbefore from us, He's had a few
times. I think Artis picked him. You picked him if picked him before?
Um and and the good thing aboutthe second it settled the Warriors.
You got to buy this week.Oh, he'll come over, He'll go
to Newcastle, pick up, pickup cal and I'll go to the South

(01:23:25):
side of Sydney there and I'll tellyou one thing that he really likes.
He and again this is really liberalwith him. The palms, love the
Parlas and Nicola. You know whatI'm missing these I'm missing Artie spam and
ask Artie you know what. It'sto be honest, it's weird. It's

(01:23:48):
it's strange. Last week we hadand I want to thank and it's a
half we're probably in the and ahalf into the partner. I should have
said, yeah, just Troy,thank you for last week. Um,
you're a thankful addition or you're agood addition to us. It worked better.
Um, and we got feedback that, um, you know, bring

(01:24:11):
back Troy, as one person said, so thank you again, Troy.
But um, it's just strange,don't you know? And you know what,
I'm trying really hard to call theplayers by their right names because I
haven't got a correcting. Well,I can't even see the screen from here.
Let's let's run into crystal ball aroundtwenty one, round twenty one,

(01:24:35):
you believe it nearly Okay, Sowe're kicking off with a rip snorter Broncos
v. Roosters. I don't thinkit's going to be a rip snoiter.
I think, um, the Roosterswill put up a fight. Broncos been
third in plus. Okay, Um, what about the second that's Thursday night,

(01:24:56):
the first Friday night game, Tigershosting the rabbitos Um Tigers at nine
dollars large. Yeah, yeah,yeah, Look, this is where the
game for me to to come back, this is where it starts. I
think this is where it starts forthe rabbidos Um again it's going to be
another blowout. Um. Actually,I probably won't be a blowout. I
think they're going to try really hardto Tigers, and you know what,
every game they've played, they've triedhard, so there's there's no issue there.

(01:25:19):
Um. But I think by theend of the night, Rabbidos will
will wreck the few up. Thesecond Friday night game, Storm they're hosting
the Eels. Um they're playing inMelbourne or is the actually fleeting with the
who knows? Is it? Isit a NILS game or or storm Storm?
Okay, so they'll they'll play inMelbourne because yeah, they're playing Marvel

(01:25:43):
Marvell Stadium, so m yeah,they're playing Marble. Yeah, I'll tip
the Storm on that one. Yeah. Look, I'm going to go against
you, I really believe, becauseI don't I don't understand the Storm,
but I understand parall. I thinkPA will win because they got to win,
because they've got to think there's toomuch firepower missing. They've got a
win. Um. Also, Arthur, Yeah, that doesn't sway me,

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George. Um, So come Saturdayafternoon, the Raiders will be at home
to the Knights. That's going tobe a cracker based on form. I
don't get the Raiders. I don'tunderstand them. I think the Knights will
win. The Raiders they were hurtingafter last week. Have them up.

(01:26:29):
Yeah, look, Ricky will havethem believing this is a game they have
to win. They got a winnerand and I look, in terms of
something, I'm a neutral. Eithereither one wins like it doesn't worry me.
I just think Knights will win becauseI think they've got more five power.
But um, it's it's down there, yeah camera, Yeah, look,
I don't think might's troubled all thatworld. So uh five thirty Saturday,

(01:26:55):
Dragons hosting the Manly Sea or interestinggame, Nicola. I'm mean it's
in the gong um with mainly youjust don't know what to expand expect.
But I think I'll lead on themthis week. I think I'll lead to
mainly with with no faith and um, no faith at all. And I
wouldn't be surprised if Dragon's win.I really wouldn't be surprised. Yeah.

(01:27:15):
Closing out Saturday Night, the Panthershosting the Sharks. That's got to be
one. Yeah, I don't think. I don't trust the Sharks. I
really don't. I think they'll improve, but they're not going to be penriff
penriff that way. Sunday afternoon,the Bulldogs with all their players back facing
the Dolphins, and that's a winnablegame, is Yeah, and I think
they'll win. Yeah, I thinkthey'll win. I think I'll take the
Dogs at home on this one.I think they'll win the gola Um And

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we've got an all Queensland finale onSunday afternoon with the Gold Coast hosting the
Cowboys. Yes, the Gold Coastwill play the Cowboys and unfortunately the breaking
rights will go. Yeah, theCowboys will have the breaking rights again,
and I'm sure they've probably had itfor a long time now, but that

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will be a good Is Tino backnos three weeks? Three weeks? Is
Georgie? You got some tidbits forus? I've got some trap Let's see
if I've got it right, gotright? Change? Brother Louis, Louis

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Louis, Oh well, yes,as we spoke before Nicola about the Challenge
Cup final and what what what towhat to sensational games And let me tell

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you something. I want to goand watch rugby league in England because the
crowd it's nothing like it. AndI'm sure that you know, because I'm
sure they're similar in the soccer.We'll just watch the EPL. Yeah,
yeah, so I don't watch bills. I'm sure it said. They just
sing and and and dance and theyget right into it. And whole KR

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went to to Wigham Wigham the bigfancies Nicola, Um, whole Kay.
I just brought over forget his name, a young man from Penrith, first
first game for half back year,his first game in there, and absolutely
brained them. Had a sensational game. Um and Carle Piece Paul the back

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Rolf Wigham started off the bench,Nicola, what's his name? Carl Peace?
Paul to me, his name ispiss Paul Peace, Paul, pis
Pau. That's a piss poor effort. That's his poffert. What do you
see him? Um started off thebench and I thought a bit strange,
but when Willie Peters put him inmaster strike absolutely changed the game. Ten

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old draw, ten old draw,going to extra time, whole KR Um
slots of Phil Gold, an impossiblemiracle. Whole KR beats the big team
and whole K going to UH goingto Wembley. The second game Nicola,

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the high flying Saint Helen's. We'replaying our team Nicola and water game physicality.
Uh, Saint Helen's first half probablya touch a touch better come the
second half. Nicola. I don'tknow where they found the strength, the

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power, but they just overpowered SaintHelens, just physically overpowered that hooker that
is coming to St. George.You're talking about Joey us No, no,
no, he actually scored a try. Yeah, he scored a try
late try. Um. That hookeris absolutely carved, califorating. Yeah.
Uh. Saint Helen scored ten points, Nicola Lee Leopards scored twelve. Yeah.

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Uh. Where we're getting up earlierthree o'clock in the morning watching the
Challenge Cup one or Nicola. Butyou know what it was, it's it's
a great tournament because it's like Iguess, an FA Cup, FA Cup,
anyone could win it. It doesn'tmean that that's the beauty of those
knock out about how it happens.It's very different. It's a different mentality

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and and you know what it was, it was very intense. It was
it was um action packed what canI say to you? And and um
okay, our team Lee Leopards.They're coming seconds. So look, you
know what, we can't say thatthey weren't equal favorites with Saint Helen's,
but definitely okay, we're not favoritesagainst Wig because Wigham I keep on saying

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every week I think the other bestthing in the in the Super Blow,
you know what I mean. Sothat's uh, that's that's that Nicola.
We had NRW start Nicola and unfortunatelyit was overshad but all the bullshit with
r LPA right that it didn't getenough press, you didn't get enough Well,
there was no interviews, the games. We're just playing. And you

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know what I failed to I fouledyou this today in Nicola. This around
is women in League around No yea, I shouldn't say at the top of
the show. And where an hourand a half this coming weekend. Ye
I wasn't even aware. Yeah,look there you go. Well we'll call
it out next week for sure.Um. Unfortunately it's overshadowed, overshadowed,

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which is wrong, and that's howI thought about it. Um, what
I'm going to do in Nicola isum, I'm gonna follow the plight of
the of the of the Paramattas inthe n W. They've got us to
the great starts, didn't there?Yeah they're lost. Wasn't it against the
team in their first season? Yes, they can. We pick another team
to follow because they're stacked. WhatI'm gonna do is I'm gonna go through

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all the I'm gonna go through allthe scores because it's only ten teams,
so it's games. The Titans thenewly formed Times was sixteen against the Cowboys
six UM tight a tight game bothteams. It's their first game. See
the established women who played last yearthe year before before A sprinkled all three

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of the teams and they've brought somesome young young women in UM now.
They're very athletical and it's a goodstandard of the league for the for the
women, it's a very good standard. But they just did a few three
or four games too. They've onlyhad one one trial match. UM.
The Knights, which were last yearsgrand finalists and Grand and winners are Nicola

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and and and equal favorites thirty twoagainst the Dragons sixteens UM the highly touted
Broncos eighteen from the favorites and they'restacked roosters thirty six in that game,
Nicola, we had a we hada sensational incident, of course. Actually

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actually weird got sent off for biting. She claims he wasn't a bite.
She better. Yeah, you couldsee clearly on the ground ripping into her
arm. Yeah, he up,she bet up. The Eels made played
the Tigers and it was a closegame at the start, um but they
all scored eight and the Tigers scoredthirty six. But the score didn't indicate

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the game. Um, they've had. The Tigers bought a few that say
season players. Eels got depleted alittle bit last year. I think,
if I'm right, that's the thirdtime the Tigers have been theres in seven
or eight years years in what inwe probably probably probably probably probably do it

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again. And the Sharks, Nicola, which are a very good team,
first team, but I bought verywell twenty eight versus the Raiders fourt um
it was a tight, good game, phisicion might have to pick a couple
of them. They're very good,very good. What do you see,
Emma Tomagada? Very good? Um. As we said last week, Nicola,

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and I'll just add to this,we're following the plot of the Matilda's
and as we all know. Theybeat Ireland one nil, and tomorrow they're
playing Nigeria. And what I'm goingto do I've worked out is this,
when they get out of the groupstage, um nick idea will be back.

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I'm gonna I'm gonna throw throw itto you guys because I can.
I don't understand what i'm watching.I'm watching something I watch effort, but
technically I don't understand. So theywon my nil, but I thought Ireland
played better because they had more possessionthough more in their half. But look,

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I don't know, it was avery boring Oh you watched it?
Yeah, oh good, Okay,so it wasn't a quality No, that's
what I thought. And Island godsgave as good as I got. Yeah,
yeah, yeah. It was afifty to fifty game basically just a
school of gold. Yeah yeah,so that's what I thought. But Australia
we're missing obviously Sam cur as well, which is a big thing. I'm

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sure. Yeah. So I meanI'll write out this week, next week
or this week Australian Nigeria, butafter that, when they get out of
the group, and they will getout of the group, I think I'll
leave it up to you and Ardium in his in his section, I'll
throwl to you. Guys. Youjust can talk because I'm just gonna GiB
and I don't know what I'm talkingabout. It's well, I can see
Zef I enjoy a contest. Yeah, but I don't understand what I'm watching.

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Um uh And like you last Nicola, I UM, I got a
faint call late on Saturday afternoon.Um and our boy, our boy,
Chucky's youngster was playing around the cornerfrom my house, the Kellyville Rhinos.

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I went down to have a lookand fortunately I got to watch the top
of the table clash. They playedKennel Val Diggers. I look a very
good team, NiCoT, A veryvery large team, a very big team
physically all the way through. Firsthalf was near law and I thought the
boys had done pretty well. Umback end of the second half they the

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kelly Val team scored three tries.Um just pure is exhaustion from the boys.
But um, I think going intoI think they learned a lesson.
When I ever heard in the huddle, I think they learned a lesson.
I think their coach was saying theright the right things. And I'm interested
to see them play them again,this particular team again. I think they'll

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have every chance. And our boym all I can say, is he's
electric. Yeah. I come watchso much speed, keep saying probably m
past catch and not where it shouldbe at the moment because it's his first
year playing the league. But balledin hand and leg speed just electric.

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Electric. And they got a prettyhandy five eight as well, which we
might talk about another another day,Nicola. We've got a player in uh
in focus, Nicola, to wrapus up one of your favorite players,
one of my favorite players, BradleyClyde. Oh wow, my favorite lack
of all times. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He was an act junior

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Nicola. So he's born and bredin Canbra. He made this Traian Schoolboys
eighty five and eighty six and straightaway he got um, he got put
into um the camera. He's veryyoung, Yeah, got put in the
Camebra youngsters there twenty three is backthen in reserve grade nineteen eighty eight,

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so two years after that and hewas still young, he got graded um,
he got graded for camera the firstgrade team and as he says,
it was he was stars. Hewas stars struck sort of thing. He
walks into a team with Melminga,Laurie Daily, Stuart Stewart, bel Belcher.

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So in the center, wasn't heYeah? Yeah, so he goes,
um, I was blessed. Didthey have um Bacco, Sam Bacco?
He must have been there then BrentTodd, Yes, Toddy was there,
Yes, there, well he wouldhave, he would have been there
if not that year, he wouldhave been there in his in his And
don't forget his coach was Tim Sheene. He first he had apparently he had

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the super coach and then She's camein. Yeah. Yeah, so they
co coach, didn't they? Theyco coached, yeah, for two years
or something. He made he hadmade Grand Finals Nicola eighty nine, ninety
one, ninety four, which didthey? I'm sure he won't He won
no more, didn't they know?They lost ninety one to Penrith. Penrith

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beat Penrith in ninety and they beatthe Bulldogs in ninety four four And when
they lost eighty seven. Clyde wasn'tthere yet when they lost him, mainly
in eighty seven last ever GF fortheir CG That's that's the one. Yes,
And Cloude wasn't there yet okay,lovely. Uh did you know he
had two Clive Churchill medals? No, no, at the on. The

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other player to get two Clove Churchillmedals is Slater. Yeah, well just
him and Slater. He played ashe played for all times for himself.
Far was one hundred and seventy eightgame games for Canberra and Nicola, thirty
six for the dog Dogs and hewas a welcome edition back then. What
we don't know is he played fifteengames for Leeds in England. No,

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no, I remember he lost aChallenge Cup final in that season. Um.
Now, I Clyde, as Iwas going to say, a workhorse,
but a little bit different. Hewas sort of a stylish workhorse.
He was tough. He was tough. What I liked about Clyde's when they

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kicked, When when the other teamkicked, he was the first one there
for the hit out or get up. Um and um that was something that
Tim Sheens. Um, that wassomething that Tim Sheens worked out. He
said in his own words, umthat I never seemed to get tired.
He was just one of those guys. He was special. He just never

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got tired. Gifted, Like hesaid, he was tough as nails,
but he had that slickness about itas well, a beautiful running action,
great hands, great skills hands.And I think it was um he punched
on with Martin Beller. I wasin one of the origins. Yeah,
I remember that. What I whatI always what I always remember about Clyde

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was his m slick running style andalways hang in the round. Uh daily,
I remember I was running off.Um. They released a book together,
did they, in the nineties.You've heard of Bunny and Clyde.
It's called Lori and I think,yeah, I've got it, I've got
it. Yeah. So um,look one of our favorite players brings back

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warm, fuzzy feelings. Nicola thatwas still playing when they released that book,
were they? Yeah? On theKangarooto. It was about the k
Yes, Yeah, it was aboutthe kangaroo tour. Um. I loved
him and like I said, hebrought special memories for me. Um and
he came to my club and Iwas happy when he came to him and

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Ricky back end of their career.He didn't he didn't finish. He didn't.
I think he signed for two yearsand he didn't finish the two years.
Ye. Well, he yam meat thirty six games straight away.
They gave me an opportunity to bean administrator upstairs, he say, stayed
for another I think ten years.The bulldog's being administrator. He's he's a
general manager now of Uh, Iforget the company. I'm casting my LinkedIn

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right Yeah yeah, no, no, Well I'm very smart man, very
very tangent. I man, so, Um, I thought you might like
that. Yeah, Bradley Clyde,we got and like you last Nicola song
song of the Week, and Ithought I might indulge myself this brother Louis
Louis Louis is no. But ifI knew about it, I would have

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done that. I'll do that nextweek. Then if that's the case,
I'll do that next week. Um, what you remember the g man and
myself? What do we say?Is the best song ever made? Oh?
You guys. You guys have saidthat about numerous songs. One song
always Yes, as soon as yousay it, I'm going to know it.
But I can't think, Okay,Rick Springfield, Jesse's Girl, Jesse's

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Girl, Jeez, I hate thatsong. Uh, myself as and and
sorry the Andrew my head, theman, myself as a as a g
up. When we're around the family, we always say that, uh,
just as a goal from from Rickspring food is the best long you ever

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made. So, um, that'sall you, that's what you guys.
You guys are going to come yeahpoor, But just quickly, George before
we do sign off, what areyou looking forward to this week? That's
a good question. Um, that'sa good question. Obviously rugby league to
watch, to watch rugby league,and if it's if it's a game,

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obviously the um, you still gota bite. The Warrior's gonna be for
me, The Broncos Roosters. I'mlooking forward to that one because I'm expecting
something from the Roosters. Nights Raiders, Nights Raiders because I for something.
I sorry, I'm that's in Canberraright, yeah, it's in camera.
People are gonna rocks at me.I want I want them to continue on,

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um, continue on, uh andcontinue on playing well cool bananas.
Beside that, Nicola, I thinkwe're we're all done here. Next week
episode fifty fifty and Art's back andhe's back. They're lucky back time fifty
episodes. It's quite a stone fromthose days where we'll huddle around you said

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it before a little It feels likeyesterday we did episode twenty five. It
does, actually it does. It'sgone real quick. And you know what,
for me, it's a bit ofuse, a bit of evolution.
Because I was doing two pods withwith Ardie, you know, one night
and another night I was it waspretty it was actually tiring. Yeah,

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And I didn't bring the same contentto both pods like I didn't. I
just didn't because it's it's different peopleand in different you know ways, and
and Ardia had run things differently there. So it was really tiring for me.
And when I suggested that stood altogether, I didn't know if it was
going to work. But it doeswork, and I and I continue to
enjoy it. Yeah, And I'llsay, tom blew in the face,

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the biggest reason I do it isbecause I catch up with hearing catch up.
That's the biggest reason, you knowwhat I mean. And if we're
giving pleasure to to some people outout there that that's, um, you
know what, that makes me happyas as well. Um. But the
main reason is that, um like, I see the boys and definitely,
and we've been a bit nice thepast few weeks. We might need to
start a controversial next week. There'snot much. There's not much the someone

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to throw at must the good planabout, not much good plan about,
but the good easies. We willhave Ardie back next week. Yes,
yes, that that is good andhe can sort out this manually and mess
Gelly messages to hearing all the stories. I'm sure he'll tell us about all
the social luber driver and hopefully he'llbring bring us back around the ground.
Guy, Yes, definitely, definitely. All right, guys, well that's

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it. They're stuff for tonight.Have a great I had a great time.
Hope you did have a great week, and we'll see you next week.
I'd be believe everybody. Good night. Jessey is a friend. Yeah,
I know it's then a good friendof mine, but lateless something's changed

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to be hard. Did he findJesse's got himself a girl and I want
to make her mind and she wantswindows live and that body I just lay
night. You know what he said, I had ji Jesse's plays a love

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Does she read? That doesn't seemto be your reason to change? You
know? I feel so dirty whenthey start talking cute. I want to
tell her that a lover Book oneis broken moved because she's watching anywhere and
she's learning with that body. Ijust not and solding nute time to play

(01:48:11):
late date. You know, Iwas sure I had to see you.
I said, Jessie is down,mind woman, Jess's down. Jessie is
down woman, and I'm looking withme all the time. She see in

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me. The farty with the linescame out the wheels a finder woman.

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Jessis died. Jessie's died. Jessisgirls. When you find Jessis girls,
Jessis dies. Jessie's tied.