Jesse takes Over

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The Mad Dragons PODCA. Okay,good evening everyone. Welcome to the Mad
Dragons Vodcast. I'm your host,Jesse. Welcome to the show for this

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evening. Welcome at other panel members. We've got Rob, Coco, Daza
and Big Team. Unfortunately we don'thave mum our Leader Donnie, and we
also unfortunately with that Hasman and Mother. But this week we celebrate women in
League ground, celebrating all the eliteplayers, mothers, referees and any other

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females involved in the game. Cocotake us through how the Dragons line up
against Manley this Saturday night. Thankyou Jesse, and welcome everyone, and
I hope you enjoy our live andplease stay with us. And hope has
Man and Donny what have you doing? Hope you're having a great night with
Missia. But we're in safe handswith Jesse and the crew, all right,

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Sorry the Mighty Dragon. Sorry numberone, Salone, number two,
um fayey I hope that's right,Number three, Sally, number four,
Lomax, number five, Ravlara,number six, Amonai and our captain number
seven, Ben Hunt and the forwardsFrancis Molo, Jacob Little Blake, Laurie,

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Billy Burns, Dan Russell and Jackde Bellan and interchange Connor Marlison,
Michael Molo, Toby Couchman and JackBird. And our referee is Chris Butler.
Thank you, Coka their problems Okay, yes, did you mentioned Connel
high Us and has been named tomake his animal debut this week in jumping

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number fourteen, following the immediate partdeparture of most Ambay, while the rest
of the team remains intact following ourwin over the West Tigers last Thursday night.
Um so it's time for that timeof night where we hand over to
big team. He takes us throughhow the opposition will take the field and

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their big team. Give me asec. Oh my god, I forgot
the move. Dotten. Yeah,I'm going to go through the team.
X Dragon, Ruben Garry get theback X Dragon Jason sab on the wing.
Another wing is Christian to a Plateauin the center. As we have

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Brad Scorpio Parker and Coca Cola inthe halves. It's just three hundred man
Daddie Cherry, Evans, simply Crockerand Matt Lodge in the front, road,
Manly Olakahatu and Kilma to a laggyin the second round. Future Manly
Hall of favor Jakobovic locks the scrumMadison, another ex Dragon, um Woods

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Keppie bully More on the bench.Anthony Siebold is the coach. Man Is
Keyo Weeks. Keyon Weeks is ourgrandson of Jeff Weggs who played for the
Dragons in in fifty four to sixtyone and he played in the eight,
fifty eight and fifty nine Grand Finals. Keon's fullback. You can also play

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in the house. He's he's agood player. Have a look at him.
Have a look at him. Yeah, we've got now the good name
man I supported this week, umMan like us, like anybody. So
they're not coming on. But I'vegot I've got a few questions and I'm
gonna ask our panel what they thinkhe's going on at Manly. Um.

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All right, they've lost in thelast four game, they've lost, one,
lost and one so they due fora loss on that record. So
not going back any further. Upand down. Season eight wins, nine
losses in a draw. They drewwith Newcastle. Um where there I'm gonna

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dazzer this one. We're Manly missingfor their consistency. We know they should
be sort of going a lot better. I mean that to a largue is
a really good edge runner and they'rereally dangerous down Manly's right side. Yeah,

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that's something we're going to have tobe on with down our left side
because we tend to come up shorton our on our left side. So
it's going to be a key areaof focus for Manly. I would think
this week, but I think,oh, sorry, going going, yeah,
but I don't know what's going onhere on paper, they should be
going a lot better than what theyare. A little bit sum what's the

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Tommies have been going? Yeah,still a good team though, like yeah
Tommy Tommy is massive, but stillshould be going a lot better than what
they are. I would think,yeah, I um, I mean I
mentioned um to Boyvids, Jack toBoyfitch and um he's going to be a
future Hall of Famer at Manly.But he's been out of side all year

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as well so with injuries, sothey've missed him. I think that's going
that's a bit of their problem.They rely on him. They were lying
single players. Yeah, so umyeah, so that's what I think,
that's where they missed and forwards.They forwards a hot and cold all the
time, all the Kawasi hot andcold. Simply he's hot and cold.

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That's theada. I think it's ashot and cold. So yeah, we'll
still a fairly young team like US, so probably still learning the ropes,
learning consistency as well. Um,let's hope we get them on a bad
week. Yeah, let's hope.So um um, rob um, they've

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got our coach for next year intheir in their in their coaching ranks.
Um do you think do you thinkhe's in there talking to some of their
younger players and quite a coach,the favorite of the Dragons. Well,
well, my bloody hope so bigtea, that would be brilliant. Um.
You know, obviously it's not thedone thing or the same thing of
the herd thing, but it doeshappen to coaches that I'm sorry, assistant

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coaches to go to another club comeup, uh you know, flue flat
cheap coach. So it could beon the cards, I hope. So.
Um. Obviously there's a few playersthat plane is letting go and I'm
moving on. So um, ifyou can attract some some better players for
US. Bryant On I'll add alink to you too, big See,

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he isn't an intriguing how find outwe'll be the assistant coach this weekend and
plotting against us and we're getting infunding. Is gonna be rebuilding us soon,
So that's right. Yeah, he'swell too, so pretty awkward.
That isn't been a quadrey, isn'tit? Yeah, all right, Jess,
I've got this one for you.Out of the Dragons beat us on

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the the Seagles beat us on theweekend. Obviously that we saw it last
Thursday night, Raba was letting leapfree dries. He's on that side of
the field for man and just tryingto think. I think it's just biggis
that sarvanting room. We're gonna havea long night and then you got I'm
not too sure what how Alto goesa wing. I haven't sent too much

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of him play, but obviously I'mthe kicking game of Cherry Evans. Um
big T would have been happy ledQueensland to that series win. So um,
he's eating Carey best form. Ithink three game man. Yeah,
and he's showing no signs of slowingdown. He's thirty four and still one

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of the best harp accent in thecomp And yeah, if we don't shut
him down as well, we couldbe in for a long night because like
they've got as you said, they'vegot those white edge back rather than Ola
Kat who can cause the likes ofBilly Burns and Dan Russell Um some some
problems out on my edges and I'mnot there. They're they're dumby half.

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I'm not too sure about lock OnCroaker. He's not the quickest dumming half,
so I don't think he'll give usany trouble. But Cola Cola has
some a lot of speed out wideas well, so I think he plays
on that left edge. Let righton our left side, which will be
Manly's right and that's the side ofMaddie Fee and I and Moses Suley.
Um. If if Cola Din's roomto move, they could score a lot

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of tries down that side. They'renot going to catch him if he does.
No, Okay, yes, whatcan the Dragons beat mainly on the
weekend? Um? I think withBen Hunt and Amona, I think if
they have the power play and ifum Amona like um initiates um a bit

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more like stepped up from ben Huntand ben Hunt's ben Hunt, you know,
Queensland ups, you know. ButI just think if he can Um
use his power play and his speedwith the the ball like passing the ball
and initiate the attack, maybe thatwe could beat them. And we've got
like Laurie and we've got Um Jackde Bellan as well, um as our

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muscle men who can tackle and things. So I'm hoping that you know,
other players can step up, Umand don't if we lead, don't make
them come back. That's what wedo all the time. Pete the league,
don't do silly mistakes. Just keepmoving on. You know You've another

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one for you, jess Um yep. Do you think the Dragons can take
solace in Manly's capitulation last week?I wouldn't read into that too much.
I mean a lot of games thisyear. The week before that they played
the Dragons, they've found form.Obviously, man they had to win that
to keep their finals hopes alive,and with that victory they are still alive.

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Um. But no, I wouldn't. There'd be some there'd be some
things they'd be disappointed with that Coronellagot that close to them up that they
led Bertie blot Um. But theSharks can do that. They've got they
can score points. That's we knowthat the Sharks have a lot of points
in it. But man Manly oura team that don't not good at defending

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points. If we can get anattack and get our attack going, I
think we can have a lot ofjoy. And I'm really score and tries
on Manly. If we get themoff their game, that's gonna be a
tough ask. They're playing for theirseason. We've got nothing to play for.
Um yeah, I think it's goingto be a tough one. I

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think we got to start faster againstManly, Yeah, I really do.
I think we got to get themand then hold on. We sort of
go in sort of twenty minute blocksand play good for twenty minutes and then
lose it for twenty minutes, andthen play good for twenty and lose it,
you know, like the concentration becausethey're trying to hold on, they're

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trying to shut down the game.Um yeah. So it's not the way
you win games these days. You'vegot you've got to you've got to keep
going. You can't just trying toprotect your lead. You've got to that's
that's just a game. You can'tprotect your lead. You've got to go
on with the job and put theput the foot on the throat. Yeah.
Also two guys in the game againstthe Sharks, mainly with the end

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the ones one enage change. Doyou remember the few players off, including
Jake with a head knock, Sothey were down numbers as well, went
down, didn't he Yeah, andto be fair as well too, no
offense to our boys, but Ididn't think the worst ties were absolutely brilliant
as well too, So I thinkwe're in for a different class opposition this

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um, you know, this weekend, and then's Jesson there's still alive for
the top eight, so they've beenearing to play for with that as well
too. I was really surprised thatTigers didn't try and exploit our left side
a lot more. They were goingdown the right, they were going down

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l side for some reason they sawthat as a weakness. So that ended
up being a positive for me.Yeah. Well they gave Maddie fine.
They even get bad. It wasrabelas to the last Thursday night. Yea,
even even in the commentary on theradio. I was listening to the

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commentators. Maybe you see we're actuallycalling for Ryan Carlt's thinking leaving him out
there that long, letting in thosefree tribes and especially when Slaine went to
the minute at that point in thegame. As well. We will also
think Jesse that Brandon Wakeams. Nowe near the class at Cherry Evans when
it comes to a halfback kicking gameas well too, very very direct with

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he's kicking. So if he thinksthat one of our boys a week under
the high ball or you know,a long kick or whatever, he'll exploit
that. Yeah, different league ofhalf back compared to that. The Tiger
is halfback I thought really had ashocker, to be honest with you.
So the first grade halfback, Imean, he's been a cann reason,

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had limited opportunities there and he's noteven in the side this week. Luke
Books has come back, so he'snot even in the seven eight at Also,
Yeah, that shows how much theyrate him highly. I don't think
he's getting another contract of the Tigers. So any of his kicks crucial kicks
last week as well too that weren'tthe difficult, which you know was a

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difference in the game. Yeah,that would we have any of any other
winger that would have scored that trythat rather did. If he took him
off, we wouldn't have scored thattry. And that was the one on
us a game that's right, exactlyright. And you're saying Carries should have
took him off, and people aresaying should have took him off, should
have took him off because he leftthree tries him he scored our entreprenees right,

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So and I don't think any replacementwould have scored that try. No,
he was led the game anyway.Were plenty of time to talk about
that anyway. So at this timeof the night, we haven't got a
mainly fan, but at this timeof the light night, take a walk
down memory lane. But I'm notgoing to go back to the two thousand

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and seven am flogging or I knowthis game, or the two A nine
forty eight, forty eight and drabbingat Wollongong. We're going to go back
to round twenty five, two thousandand four, Tony Arches, our referee,
just under fourteen thousand brave friends,and at Oki Juma Lee, home

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of the Mighty Red V. I'mnot gonna I'm not gonna start a kickoff.
Dragon's kicked off. By the way, I'm not even going to start
at halftime. Manly led twenty fourFord half time. But ten minutes into
the second half, where are we? Ten minutes in the second half Manly

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dominate, absolutely dominated the first half, and ten minutes into the second half
they were doing the same thing.They scored a try, Snakes Do It
scored a trying of the posts,and the bunker looked at this try five
hundred times. They just kept lookingat it. What's going on on?
What's going Wasn't a knock on?Wasn't a knock on? They're not going
with wasn't a knock on? SnakesSnakes do It? Scored? And then

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they scored a key Spaine cop tryon the other side of the field where
Scott Donald flopped the ball back tothe ground and accidentally hits Luke Williamson's foot
goes over the trial and he scoresmainly thirty four ten. Everything they touched
turned to gold, turned to gold. It did. Nathan brings down down
on the sideline. It's that seriouspissing down with rain. The crowd's leaving

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in droves. They're just they're leavingthe ground. The few brave, brave
souls that stayed, most of themwere manly fans. I was one of
them because me train wasn't for anotherhour, so where was I going to
go? And we're standing there onthe hill. I think I started playing
Snake on me fan because I wasthere with two manly fans playing snake.
I mean, I wasn't even watchingthe game. Twenty six minutes to go,

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Dragons are down, but twenty fourum, three minutes of play classes
and then Nathan Blacklocks scoops onto abeautiful chip kick by Mirk Widdell, and
the score suddenly turns the thirty fourfourteen. Five minutes later, Nathan Blacklock
a perfect rubber kick by mad HeadDragons thirty four twenty Manly thirty four twenty

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Dragons are coming back. Two minuteslater. Of the strength, the power,
the skill of our little little generalfullback U Ben Hornby Under the posts
Dragons Manly thirty four twenty six dragonsFan the dragon spend there the dream,
the manly fans feeling nervans. Twentyminutes ago they had it in the bag.

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Twenty minutes ago, we were wewere gone. We were shot another
Dragons drive good head. I've meantto say a good chip by head,
good good chip boy head touched byManly. Nathan Blacklock regains kicks on the
first tackle because the referees goal sixto go Many Cooper first to the ball
Dragons Manly l thirty four thirty DaveSteths. The fans are saying, oh

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my god, what's going on?Four minutes and thirty segments on the clock,
Lands Tho, Lands, Thompson andSean Timmins to the two of the
old stores stores of the club trapPaul Stevenson in goal. Um, yeah
timm still at the club and Idon't have to say rest in peace,
mel Mate Lands Thompson. Um,do you remember the Maddie Johns and Maddie

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Nabel Timmy and Tommy show? Doyou remember that show on Fox Sport Timmy
and Tommy the two mainly fans?Well anyway, yes, yeah, yeah,
really good show. I love thatshow. Funny. Yeah, it's
funny because it's true. I've gota few mainly fans and there's special people.

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I love your Niko. Um.Four minutes the game merely drop out.
Dragons are on the attack. UmLincoln with us, scoots through,
plays the ball, beautiful ball fromDal to Head and then Head throws this
ball and it hits justin Poor onthe chest perfectly. He hits the gap

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over for a dry thirty four.All kick the com Here we go.
Everybody's holding their breath. No timeleft on the clock. Mark p Piggy
Rideal he's not kicking well for thegame. Lines up the ball fifteen from
the border in touch line. Heraises his left arm. Can we all

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do that? Raise your left arm? He mumbles to himself. It's going
over, it's going over. Hemoves in and strikes the ball, and
that's the classic. Frank Hodge usedto say, it's long enough, it's
straight. At love, it's straight. By training their sticks dragons thirty four

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thirty six, thirty four, firsttime they led in the whole game was
thirty sixers to go on the clockand as they staying the classics. The
rest is history. Back to you, Jess, Thanks big two guests,
crowd marked down memory Lane. Ithink it's one of still one of the
biggest comebacks in in our own historytoday. Definitely, um yeah, I

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remember that game. It was actuallya week out before in the finals that
ye are, and I think wewere playing for a top four finish.
I think we finished fifth that season. Yeah, and well mainly that he
did the same last week. ConeloNely got the big the biggest come back
last week. So hopefully we geta bit of a bit of luck from
men poor poor form in the secondhalf. Yeah, we've actually got a

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really good record over over mainly.Yeah. Yeah, thirty three games we
played and twenty two wins to theDragon erect yep and actually mainly have not
won in Wollongong since two thousands andthree. Oh, it's a big record.
Records are made to be broken.Well, moving to a next little

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segment to defend need to defend thatvoice. Okay, everyone, So my

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question is tonight. So it's obviouslywe've planned Manly this week. And my
question it goes back to the twothousand and eight game against Manly. It
was at Brookville Oval, So canyou tell me so it was we won
the game in the dying minutes wewould Manly lad the whole game. Who
scored the try that won us thegame? And then we had someone also

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kicked the goal. We had afamous victory at Brookwelle level where we haven't
had the best record. So Deah, can you tell me who scored the
winning try? Can name the winningscore as well, and who kicked the
goal to win us the game thatnight? So yeah, two thousand and
eight round eleven, Manly were thepremiers in that season, so big scalp

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in that season that they're one ofthe top sides. And the comments two
thousand and eight round eleven at BrookieOval to see how you go fight away
and the comments guys. And whilewhile we moved that, we'll move on
to discussion on the team. Sofirst I'll go to you Rob, So

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we're looking at the team. Mikaylieraval has been named on the wing despite
picking up an injury in that lategame. Late in that game against the
Tigers last week, are you surprisedthat Ryan Carr has picked him or you
or with finals obviously out of reach, are you surprised that he's picked him
giving him every chance to play ordo you think the only fine out comes

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in later in the week with ravaladem doun't fit to play. Yeah,
it's interesting to see, Jesu.I think in the coverage they said some
sort of corp in that they believedyou could keep going. But we'll see
Brad was linding pretty badly. Andif you remember in the game, he
actually caught a high ball and healmost did the splits on the ground and

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could barely get up off the ground. You know, he's obviously in a
fair bit of paying And we'll talklow. You scored unbelievable try as well
too while linking you know, outwide and not going a few over.
But but in saying that, yeah, I mean I wouldn't risk him if
he's obviously picked up an injury.Why not blood one of the younger guys

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in particular player we're talking about,he's got unbelievable speed. I've seen a
few tries that he scored you sofas cup, So I'd love to see
him come in and have a go. I was just talking about with the
other panel members. This is yournext Tray's player back in the nineties called
Martin Chariot's a fire who he remindsme of, got absolute pace, So

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it would be great to see himget blooded. Could be could be a
little bit of him. Yeah,just one of those things we're saying.
Red plays and he's injured and obviouslyhe comes in last minute, but I'm
not entirely sure, Jess, butI hope, so, I hope if
if Rose injured that we we justwrapping him up in componable for a week
or two for if you get fullyfit again and give this something black and

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go. So why not, ikindof city anything? Really? Reason not
to get everything to gain nothing you'lllose now. Obviously you don't want the
spoon, but I'm not going tomake the top eight, So why not
blood some of these younger blokes?Yeah? I mean yeah, you look
at it like we're at this pointof the season where you don't need to
risk players with the injuries, andI agree, like, um, why

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not why not take this opportunity toblood some younger guys and see how they
go and how they handle first thefirst great environment. You're not going to
go out now until they're ready.I think it's a perfect kind of blood
fin out. But we've been sayingthat for a few weeks now, But
obviously it's Brian Carr doesn't see thatup. Brian cart doesn't see to reason
that he sits out on Maddie Fenoylor Micaylie Ravalala I'll go to you now.

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Does so. Billy Burns and mDan Russell have been our back rons
the last couple of weeks. Theyput in some prity solid performances. Um.
Do you think if they both standout in the coming weeks and if
for the range of the season,do you think, um, Flanno looks
at them possibly staying at the clubnext year. And also Jack Bird remains

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on the bench, still struggling,heavily struck with that knee. Do you
think that's his position going forward?Playing off the bench? Not necessarily?
Um, I mean Bird can stillstart, UM a little bit concerned about
his about his legs. Um,he's had issues with his knees for a

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long period of time. So justI guess it'll depend on Jack himself whether
he whether he's coping with a witha pain of those knees. Um.
As the other two, they've they'vebeen quite good form last couple of weeks.
So they're playing for their careers,so hopefully they keep it up,

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without a doubt, without a doubt. Obviously, Doc Don he's a big
fan of Billy Burns and he'd loveto see him him the team team every
week. Yeah, I've actually alot those names, which will get into
a little bit later that he actuallywasn't mentioned that he's free to leave and
look for another club for twenty twentyfour, so it remains to be seen
whether I'm Burns remains at the clubnext year. Obviously, Dan Russell was

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brought here on a plant train andtrial deal and he made his debut a
couple of weeks ago and it's theRaiders and it looks so he hasn't looked
out of place in the top gradeand I thought he's been quite good in
his performances and yeah, hopefully youcan build off that and finish the year
on a good note. So hebelongs to him to grade. Has formed

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a good combination with Lomax and Ravs. So the game that he had a
couple of weeks to go, hewas really good. So I'd like to
see him improve on that and youknow he finish as well. Yeah,
it'd be more than happy to seehim stay. Yeah, yeah, even
even as a death pop does decideto look for some back rollers on the

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market. Yeah, okay, sowe'll let's go to our big team now.
So so what are you thinking,what are you hoping to see from
Connor Mallison, who's been named tomake his eneral debut on Saturday night.
Do you think he could play hisway into the top thirty and the if
he if he has some good gamesin the last and he stays in this

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team for the last six games,Um, I don't know, if I
don't know if you're staying on thesame next six games. Um, so
he's back soon, I think,so, I think he'll come back into
the side. Um he's got allchances. He's Um it's twenty two now,
he'll be twenty three to push hisway into the team next season.
So um yeah, I see youa bit from him there, and um

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yeah he's he's well. He's justwell, well spoken, young managed,
a little zippy zippy hooker. Umit's crafty, a little devil. So
hopefully he can he can do thejob and if he does coming to the
side, hopefully you'll do the jobthen um yeah, so yeah, yeah,
I hope hopefully can't coming to theside. And obviously you reckon us.

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There's only we only got the onetop hooker in the top thirty squad
at the moment, which is JacobLittle and you've got to have a plan
for that if something does happen toJack a little picks up an injury and
kind of kind of obviously a specialisttalk com and you need at least a
couple of upers in your top thirtysquad. I don't know if Flanner has
that plan to bring a top adummy half into our squad next year,

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but definitely gives my ass and achance to put his boward for a spot.
Yeah, but we've also I knowhe's den it, but Edwin,
I pope from the Lady Leapards.They're flying at the moment. They just
won the Challenge Cup. Yeah whento the Grand Final, wasn't it that?

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Yeah they did. They beat SaintHelens, so Saint Helens the minute
they talked to most of m boyUm they lose. So maybe hopefully he
was the he was the curse okay, Yeah, but he's a good little
player. I've seen some highlights ofEdwin and he's another crafty little number nine.

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So I'd like to see him atthe Dragons. Even though he's um,
he's denied it, it could stillbe a slim chance where the smoke
des fire. Yeah, it couldbe slight Okay, twenty twenty five will
be the year for him anyway.Yeah, well we'll hawk actually set in

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a forum last year with the membersthat my license only a couple of years
away from playing NRL. But obviouslyhe gets his chance now with the departure
of M buying and we do needa number fourteen and he gets the first
to have a crack at it ifobviously we only got I haven't got too
many other util leads at the moment, obviously. Sally Tully's scorn for the

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season ums down playing in reserve grade. Yeah, yeah, it's good to
see him have a chance in them. Good on the anglop he has his
best best game, Yeah, hopehe does, and many minutes though.
I don't think he'll be on therefor too long, but he'll get on

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to give Jake Yeah okay, Rob, Actually yeah, Rob. It was
a very low game last Thursday,and with Manly back in form after their
upset win over the Sharks, doyou expect the Dragons to have a tough

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night against the boys from the NorthernBeaches. Yeah, man, I think
I think they're in um contain tothe top eight. I really think they've
got a lot to play for.UM. They've got some really top players
in their team, different than whatyou know we're playing against the Tigers.
UM likes of Cherry Evans and UM, you know, Tavoivicum just absolutely world

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class players. So I really seemUM as a real strong opposition and UM,
like Darren said, we're gonna haveto come out really fast out of
the blocks to compete with them,because if we start slave and they start
putting points on us other light legsto CRONI, I think you know,
they could run away with it.So yeah, that's what that's what I'm

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worried about. Darren said that ifwe can place it at the start,
they could make a mess of us. Me. So yeah, but I
guess we'll see. But we're gonnahave to be a lot better than what
we were against the Tigers. Toomany mistackles, you know what I mean.
Yeah, without a doubt, Likeyou can't compare the Tigers to man.

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The Tigers are one of the telladullasof the competition, obviously looking like
they're likely to get another Wooden Spoonmainly still have arguably one of the best
half backs in the game, probablythe best, and you look at like
players like Jake Boyde Harley ol Goretoo on the cuspo of origin of Jason
sab Or. We know what Jasonsar can do when he's in open space.

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Ruben Garrick at the back, Ido a fan of his as well.
He's quite a good plan and obviouslykolat at wide he's got some speed
to burn. And if we givethem room to rome and we're not we're
not on the game. In defense, we let men get a good role
on. They could put a scoreon us. We're not too careful.
Mainly don't like to play from behindthough, so we can get our nose

(33:50):
in front. You can rattle mainly, Yeah, like that. There are
problems that they're attacked. It's moretheir defense. If if they leak a
lot of points and we can putthem all together, yep, we can.
We can really put a score onthem if if we get it together
at times two tries on them,you can put them right at their game.
And as far as do this acouple of it might have been last

(34:15):
year of the year before um yettoo they get two tries behind and then
they can quickly fall apart and thegame plane just goes out of the door.
So I reckon that's what we needto try and do. Start fast,
get some points on them and thentry and put them off their game,
just trying to drown them out ofit. Yeah, I'm just looking

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in the chat. So Mary Patterson'sactually asked why is it Page McGregor playing
in the air and other side.Um, it's a bit of a touchy
subject, so it's due to it'sjust personal reasons. I don't want to
get in much further than that.It's private matter. So yeah, that's
the reason why she's not playing inthe NLW this year. That's sad,

(34:57):
but unfortunately not much we can do. Hopefully she is all good and hopefully
everything is all right with Page.And I hope to see you back in
the Red V next year. Butyeah, all the best, Page,
hope to see you around maybe ata game. Um, still have no
one with the trivia answer, soanyway, we'll keep going. So just

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remember it's two thousand and eight atBrookwell over round eleven who scored the winning
try and kicked the winning goal inthat game. Um yeah, by the
way, in the comments, we'restill waiting on an answer. And while
we're waiting for that. We'll continueon. So we'll move on to Coco
So Coco. With the five playersnamed on the extended bench, We've got

(35:40):
Zane musgro see only fin out,Ryan Couchman, Max Fina, and Jayden
h Do you expect any of theseplayers to be a late inclusion on the
bench or possibly in the starting thirteenMm. It's so hard to know what
the coach is thinking on the dayunless someone has, like, um,
injury or maybe they just go nowAnd I don't know, Like I would

(36:02):
love to see, like I knowwe've got Toby, but I would love
to see like Ryan come in aswell, Like I don't know, maybe
but um, I don't know.It's so difficult to see or the new
that's been out, I haven't seenhim really play. So I'll sept in
the Southwest cups. I wouldn't mindseeing him, see how he goes.
Um, Yeah, it's the extendedbench. He's like, hard is there?

(36:25):
Like that? Is there still theeighteenth man, like the one in
case someone gets injured. Yeah,they always have a Yeah, I think
it will see anything now last week, Yeah, I think at the moment,
is zat muzz grow so I don't. Oh okay, yeah, yeah,
Bryan Car cuts that just before anhour, So yeah, he's the

(36:45):
one that where's the blue shirt?Yeah, I understand. Yeah, So
yeah, I don't mind anybody reallyanyone that. But I just think maybe
if he's Ryan car is happy withoutum with our team, maybe he won't
bring anyone in. He just nowthat's cut the ball. Yeah. It

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sort of depends on the players willuse this year too. You can't use
more than a certain amount of playersover the course of a year, So
I'm just not too sure how manyplayers with years to the course of the
years to they might we want tokeep a couple up the sleeve because they
come up with injuries. Yeah,I hope that makes sense. Okay,

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I'll go stay with you, Darrenso our incoming coach, Shane Flanning and
will be at Winstadium one Saturday night. Still Early's current role as the manly
assistant coach, Do you expect theteam our team to lift and looking to
impress him as he looks to planfor his seventeen next year, Well,

(37:49):
I guess you're gonna you really wantto, don't you If you're playing for
a contract next year? And yourcoach for next year is going to be
there. You really want to tryand live for that, so I would
expect so yes, the answer isyes. Um Um I can prompt to
anyone, any Um, Rob BigTea, Coca, you can. You

(38:13):
can all answer that too. Whatwhat are you expecting from the team from
um? With Flanne's presence at whinStadium one Saturday night, they go,
they're gonna want to impress um Aplayers playing for, playing for their lives,
playing for their contracts. So um, it's not just twenty twenty three,

(38:34):
they're playing twenty twenty four, they'replaying for they're also playing twenty twenty
five. Um, there's a lotof players off contract at the end of
twenty twenty four, so hopefully theytrying to impress him. And you look
at those some of those names thatobviously can chat with them from No.
Number one, I've saw some ofthose names. Um. You look players

(38:54):
like paying asks ten fast? Arewe David the feeder lay? Um?
Yeah, there's a whole list ofplayers out there there are obviously made to
test themselves on the open market,look for the high value. Jerone Luis
another player off contract. People haveactually spoken about him about coming to the

(39:15):
Dragons, I'm not too sure,Like I was saying earlier, Um Ko
Weeks, he's coming off contract too, and he's an exceptional fallback. Um
you watched the twenty nineteen SG balland ran vital and all the highlights of
Manly is Weeks. Um he's everywhere, he does everything. He's a great

(39:40):
player. Um. I got tosee him and his grandfather played for the
Dragons. Bit a bit of alink there, so you never know.
And he answered the question as well, just um, absolutely, I think
the boys would would have to lift. But the coach coming in, the
coach coming in for next and he'sphysically at the ground watching it. I

(40:01):
still think it's ironic that he's plottingagainst as well he's watching it. But
obviously you want, um, theboys to lift, knowing that the cage
is going to be there, andthat's all the boys eating the boys that
are got a contract for next yearand all that, even Benny Hunt.
You might have a banana chair andan umbrella in the change room, the
pictures of queens leaning up and thesun you know, and that sort of

(40:22):
stuff on the beach, but youknow they all want to lift. You
know what I mean, you'd haveto your new cage is going to be
there, so we'd hate. Ihope that'll be an added thing for them
too. Why don't win the gamebecause he's there in the greenstin as well
too. May so yeah, yeah, hundred percent, you would hope,
so, mate, Yeah, withouta doubt. Okay, we'll move on

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to our next point. Of course, I will go to Big Tea and
he'll run us through the NRLW side, which Jamie Sward has named this afternoon
they'll be taking on the eels.And I understand there's a personal favorite there
in the side big two of yours. Yes, there definitely is. But
before we go to that, we'vegot um, what about regular as Brendan

(41:07):
Daily. He's in he's in inthe hospital at the moment um. His
wife's better to have a baby,and I look to say congratulations, ain't
good luck? Maybe and it willbe a new little dragon span by the
end of the ninety reckons. CongratulationsIs that congratulations? Yes? Congratulations?

(41:29):
Yeah, nomois noise And he's actuallygot the trivia question correct. Josh Morris
said the winning trial and James winninggoal. We won twenty points to wait,
team, I knew it was sound. I knew it was said kicking
the goal. I thought it wasgas for the Troy What what what?

(41:52):
What are the luck for him?He wins Jack's Trivia and he's going to
have a baby. Wow, noise, congratulations, many beautiful things. Anyway,
let's go. Let's have a loup. Look at the women's team as
we go to tell him very atfullback. One of my favorites, and
I hope she has a great game, very exciting. She's poetry invasion,

(42:14):
Margot Vella number two, Kyle Mate, you can do well, um,
Kealey Brown and Bobby Law in thecenters, Cortez T Powell, I think
that's how I think that's how Isaid to Powe. Um on the other
wing, Tyler Tyler, Nathan wrotWong. Wow, she was very impressive
last week. Um. Yeah,she's just going to be a superstar.

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I think Racy McGregor, legend inthe inn or w Um, Angelina Taki
katoa Um she is the front rowwith Renee Target and Roxy Murdoch, Massilla
Um, Sarah Swartia, I thinkthat's how how you say it, and
Sharia Landroll she moves from the wingto the background. Um so yeah she

(43:01):
Wisen went to the background, soU and twenty eight is a lot as
our luck. Alexis Tornier's our look, um Kwen Costa McGraw, Wester McGraw,
West and weather all our um bench. Another one of my favorites,
Zally Hopkins. She um she inperson a man our favorite. Jamie Soward

(43:29):
is our coach. Um. Um, yeah that's a good side. Lots
of changes, um re shuffle.We've got two new second rollers. Um
although um to Te played h lastweek. I Lendrew played last week on
the wing. Um. Yeah,so it looks like a good side.

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Um. I got much about alot of the players, but that Yeah,
Taylor Tyler Lathan Wong, she wasvery impressive last week. Yeah.
She was first game of rugby leagueplaying coming over from sevens and I'm her
combination with our Racy mcgreena looked verygood and also Teague and Berry and that
will develop a season goes on.I think I just got to get Fring,

(44:12):
Tiagu and Berry into the game.War. I hope't got the names
correct. Sara, he's actually SarahSautier Sarah sat right, Yes anyway,
Yeah, Roxy Murdoch. Macilla actuallymoves into the front row this week.
She played on the ros. That'snot a big change, but from the

(44:34):
wind of the second row, that'sa huge change. Yeah. Um,
So first what I'll do is soI'll go to UKCO. So how did
you see the performance against the Nightslast week? And are you surprise that
sal It's made so many changes?Um? I think. I know.
It's the second game for the Gildand I think, um, what I

(44:55):
watched because I was watching two thingsup once, so um, I thought
what I was watch. The girlsdid well since it was their first game,
and I think if Jamie Sound needsto change the team up and see
who's better at these positions, whynot. It's the second game and it
will help the girls improved and beingthe Nights. The Nights were better on

(45:16):
the day, but I felt likethe defense of ours was as good.
Like there's just little little things thatdidn't go well. But I thought the
girls did much better than like peopleinsisted they were going. So yeah,
if if now he needs to changeit up, let him change it up.
See how it goes the whole newteam. Really, we've lost a

(45:37):
few of our good players, soyeah, just just causing effects the problems
obviously what works and doesn't work.So I'm actually lucking. I'm going to
be at the game on Saturday,so I can't wait to watch it.
Yeah, should be exciting on thisdoubleheader as well. So yeah, if
you got a ticket to the Manlygame as well, it's covered in your

(45:58):
ticket on Saturday. M Yeah,free tank kickoff on Saturday leading into the
NRL game at five thirty. Sowe'll go to you now, Rob.
So it's round two of the nw. UM. Normally the past couple of
years it's been a five week competition. Now that there's now that there's ten

(46:20):
teams in the comp the Dragons havenine weeks to build their combinations and obviously
get some wins on the board.Um, do you think now is the
time for these young girls to startget talking up some wins and having some
some consistency insidibility in the side,And or do you think this this side,
with its young and inexperience there,it's going to take time to get

(46:40):
those combinations and wins going. Then. Yeah, I think Rome wasn't built
the day and I think most ofnew players just allude to the a number
of changes to this run on teamfrom last week as well, jelling the
positions, some very significant changes positionsas well too, So I think I

(47:01):
think it will take time. Butbearing in mind we're playing Paramounta. I
think the last couple of season,Jesse crept me if I'm wrong, it
was ten ten points being won andthen twelve points won twenty one, twenty
two. So I'm hopeful, mate, we might be able to get our
first win, you know, thisweekend. Um, but yeah, look,

(47:22):
it will take time and like themen as well, to the same
thing, um, you know,with a rebuild, et cetera. So
um yeah, so I think itwill take some time, but hopeful for
a we didn't hate for a tappingthis weekend, but I'm not counting our
pressure wise whatever. Obviously they geta build up um, new players,

(47:44):
so yeah, so it's going totake a little while, but I'm hopeful.
And I love my mago Vela aswell too, so beautiful girl.
So that's my my sort of numberone player that I love watching playing other
people, the pedals, all thepeople like me, so always gotta always

(48:05):
got a part in my heart whenI'm watching her, that's for sure.
But yeah, hoping for the girlsto have well they've first been I suppose
this weekend, Jess. But yeah, it will take time as well too,
obviously. So yeah, well,actually a big plus for them for
the Dragons actually to Elsie Albert theformer Dragons for Elsie Albert, Rachel Pierce
and actually aren't playing. They're stillout injured, so it's pretty much going

(48:29):
to be the same paramedics. SoI played last Sunday that I'm actually got
bumped by Kesey Apps's West Tigers.So they the Tigers. Yeah, actually
that was the bulk of the sidethat won the twenty twenty two Harvy Norman
Premiership in New South Well, sowhile they haven't played on the NRL State
w stage before, they still havethose combinations down pat and obviously when you

(48:53):
have when you know each other's game, there's combinations will stick and it will
be seamless for them. Um,So I'll go to you now, Darren,
So, how is important that thegirls show something at home this week
in front of a home crowding?And did you like what you saw against
Newcastle? I thought we were inthat game. Us disappointing not to come

(49:19):
away with a win. But youknow, first downing, I don't expect
too much. Let's hope they showsome pride in the jersey and come out
for in this week and get usa win. Yeah yeah, putout a
doubt. Um yeah, so we'llmove on. Yeah actually, and we'll
talk about what Rob just said before. Um, so yeah, we actually

(49:42):
do have a We never actually losta Paramatter if you count at that trial
that they had a couple of weeksago. We actually played Paramatter in that
monsoon last year. We can rememberthat we won ten mil absolutely thundering rain
at win Stadium one try score actuallyRachel Peason sort of all the points for
the Dragons. They won ten nil. And then the corresponding game last year

(50:04):
at Combank Stadium, Paramatta led twelveblot. I think we come away with
the win fourteen twelve or something likethat. Paramatta had all the running and
we had to really come from mindand work hard to get that win.
So we actually two and oh againstParamatta. And we actually haven't lost an
nl W game at win Stadium either, So we've got two things working for
us there. Hopefully we can theysay things happening free. Hopefully we can

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make it free this weekend. Okay, we'll move on to our lower grade
stuff now. So with the NRLWRdouble header a wind Stadium on Saturday,
we've got the New South Wales Cupside they are taking on the Blacktown Workers
Seagulls at Ron Costello Oval in ShallHarbor at three pm. So it kind
of all Hyacinth moving into the firstgrade. Linup, Hawley fin out gets

(50:52):
promoted to the starting BIGA role withdeclin Percell and gently you coming onto the
bench. The Dragons are sitting innight position with Blacktown sitting in sixth.
The Dragons knit pretty much need allthe wins they can get with three yeah,
pretty much all the winds they canget, sitting three points out of

(51:12):
finals contention. Jersey Flags will alsobe playing down there at Roncall level.
I'll be playing at one thirty onSaturday, taking on the ninth place Manly
Seagles where the Dragons currently sitting sixthon four and against just behind the Melbourne
Store and also need to keep winningin order to play finals footing. Okay,
so yeah, that's this Saturday onethirty the Jersey Flag and three pm

(51:37):
we've got New s Files Cup downthere Ron Costello over in Shall Harbor,
So if you want to head himthere before you're head into a win stadium
for the annaw and nrroll go havea look. Yeah, hopefully we have
four wins on Saturday. Okay,we'll move into our next little segment.
Now, let's time for this littlesegment. This shugging it out in the

(52:10):
middle of the film. The dragon'sfoot row is nutty block of blocking bad.
It's time to look at the worldone battles that will deside the game.
Will it be the key position players, Will the fight be one out
wide or will it be water upfront? Scrap your your urn or program

(52:43):
pleased? Hm? Ok right,welcome to my tota questions. Welcome.
I have my top four. NowI was trying very hard to week so
my one number one would be thecaptain. So Ben Hunt versus Daily Cherry

(53:05):
Evans. If it's Daily Cherry Evansthree hundred, um, he might be
wanting to, you know, beup the auntie. So. Um.
It's the way they both like.Um. How they control the games,
their kicks, how they control theteam, um, how they will play
on the field. So I'm hopingBen Hunt will go out and strive this

(53:27):
week. Um. Also my nextone would be the number six is again
like Amonae and Shooster. Now they'reboth very good players. But I'm hoping
like if Amona can work with BenHunt this week and bear a strong passer
and runner UM and initiate the attackfor our team UM. And my next
one would be the defense, Sothe bell and versus Um, Jake,

(53:52):
Herbo Tobovich UM. I think withtheir defense mechanism and the tackling that they
do UM and they're running met is, I think both of them are very
like UM work workhorses UM and veryUM on the field. They just run
and you know UM. So Ithink that's gonna be a good matchup UM.

(54:14):
And then I just put Sloane andGarrett because the number one's Garrick is
his speed and also his kicks UMand his defense, but also Sloane can
have those moments as well UM inhis defense, but it's also sometimes hopefully
I'm not gonna put the mocking inthis week, but hopefully he'll have a
good run too and he can umone up Garrick. But if anyone else

(54:37):
on the panel or all the fansto have any others that you think will
have a good let me know,Um, I'm happy to it's or say,
but yeah, over to you guys, up to you, I hope.
And that's cocoas clashes for this week. Very good Coca. Yes,

(54:58):
another great World Done segment there,Coco. And here's some interesting matchups there.
Obviously the big one will be theben un Daily Tremans Um number seven
battle Queensland Origin teammates UM obviously UMenemies this week. And yeah, but
as you said, Daily, Travan'splaying his friends game, so he'll be
out for a big one and obviouslyagainst his mate too in ben Hunt.

(55:19):
Yeah, he'll do everything you canto UM keep manly in that finals contention
in that long gem that I'm findingfor those lower spots in that top eight,
and they look like if they canbuild up what they did against the
Sharks, they could um yeah giveus give us a hard night. And
yeah, he's obviously the key forman if they're going to win this game.

(55:40):
You reckon ben Hunt. He's primedto turn up this week. I
really reckon Benny will have a biggame this week. You watch if he
gets down to just because he's playinghis mate DC or well it's yeah,
it's a good matchup, it's it'shis mate. So I just have a

(56:00):
feeling being hand could be on.I really hope he is, because yeah,
everything what he does is key nextweek and if he can get back
to the form that we know hecan't do with the Dragons, um we
can we can be competitive. Theother intriguing match up thinking about this Shane

(56:23):
Fagan versus the Dragons Sabots. Yeahoh yeah, but finally still involved with
in the box and everything with thegame. What's the game? I'm surprised.

(56:53):
I was like, you know,one, isn't he going to get
a reception on Saturday night? He'slike, all right, guy, But
like when on the weekend? Yeahyeah, like you know, like people

(57:14):
at different clubs, you know,um, people play differently. You know.
It all depends on like the coachand the atmosphere of the club,
you know, like and the team. You know. Like I think I
think Aaron Woods copped way too muchshit at our club for the role that
he was given to d I reckonhe actually been all right. You look

(57:34):
at the stats. He wasn't badat all, you know, he was
in wasn't all his fault, buthe did his job, you know.
Yeah, for a lot of it, he was a bench player and he
came out and delivered the role thathe was asked to do. So I
don't see where all the dramas.I'll tell you one thing that I thought
of Jesse before he talked about Prokerthe hooker for Manily if it's sneaky this

(58:00):
season, He's got a couple offorty twenties behalf, so um, it
doesn't look like a kicker to me, but somehow he's got a couple,
so we'll have to watch him.Yeah, actually, yeah, you got
one against Carnal, so um,let's keep an eyeing. Yeah, you'll

(58:21):
obviously trying to do that with theDragons. They're not the best defense on
the goal line and they do getcaught that being a lot during games,
so yeah, they'll have to becareful of that. Do you think that
Kerry Evans will try and bomb Slaininstead of just going to the winds,
You'll you'll try and put Slain underpressure with some up and others. Without
a doubt that it will depend ifit's going to be a windy night down

(58:42):
down there at win Stadium. Yeah, if you see that old winds up
blowing. You know, it's goingto be your Wiley night, not just
slaying for the bombs either. He'llhe'll be bombing. Yeah. Yeah,
unpredicted this going to be a lotof traffic. Go down there or see
if I'm right. A legend nowthat they saw what rather did last week,

(59:07):
Yeah, we have one of thelegends of Gary Jack. And Gary
Jack was saying, how can youlook the bull bounce? You know what
I mean? You know, GaryJack. The fullback role has changed so
much. Like all back back inthe day had to be one of the
best defenders on the field. Yeah, your defense was everything because you were

(59:28):
the last line. But it's sortof gone away from that a lot.
So Billy Slade is the one thatchanges the fullback there. Yeah. Absolutely,
yeah, he'd be a talk he'dbe a link man. You'd have
a good passing game. That's whatyour fullbacks need now. You need to
have the passing game, organize inthe attack, tell blokes where you need
to be in defense. They're alwaysloud and screaming at their mates and if

(59:52):
they they're out of spot, I'lllet them know about it. And that's
what Sliane's got to do. Slieneeds to be organized seeing the attack and
the defense. You know, youmove over, you need to slide.
He needs to be talking more tohim. I don't know if I'm right,
but that's what I seek. Followsfirst though, you need to learn

(01:00:13):
where he needs to be in defense. Yes, we can't be telling people
there be there if he doesn't knowwhere he is in defense. Yeah.
Now that having said that, he'sgot a bit of experience there, so
he needs to start to get ittogether. Yeah, his first well,
obviously it's his first full season inthe top grade. He's really improving.

(01:00:37):
Ye, He's made some classic he'smade some more classic um defensive efforts to
stop from tries, and he scoredsome good tries too. But I think
he's just still that little bit scaredto put his full body on the line.
It's all for me, it's allabout confidence for flying exactly. Once

(01:00:57):
he knows how good he is,he's going to be playing out of his
skin and it's going to happen.Eventually, it'll happen to Peaci. Remember,
Yeah, he's very much like Yeah, it's just absolutely and I mean
Bill, yeah, same. Overtime, you'll he's defense will improved.

(01:01:19):
I think you said that it's justhis technique sometimes drops off tackles too high
out of games. But yes,you know, like once they get him
in the gym and they smash himin the gym for a couple of years,
a couple of seasons, and hisbody grows into his body and then
he confidence starts to really kick him. We are going to have a super

(01:01:42):
player once he knows how good heis. One thing I like Darren with
with Slaney uses it's like Peachies,like black Lives, like Mundine. He's
got X factor absolutely and you needthat and the like that they can make
something out another him and that's youknow, that's something I see Sloy that
he's got in bucket loads. Soyeah, it's him. Yeah, absolutely

(01:02:08):
was really skinny. Yeah, andall of a sudden, it must have
been an off season or whatever,and we saw him come out in the
pre and it was just massive allof a sudden and he just turned into
a machine. So he yep,yea. So we got the same way

(01:02:30):
U and really really focus us journeyoff season. I'm excited for him.
Yeah, Okay, we might moveon now, so I'll bring in Coco.
You're there, Yeah, yeah,yep, okay, so we'll moving
on inter news and views this thisnow. So this let me celebrate women

(01:02:51):
in leag round. Um. Obviouslywe celebrate the females involved in the game,
including the anneral W referees, coaches, mothers that take their kids to
the game, young girls playing thegame. I want to grow up and
play like b players like because andthe Achille Davison and your Emma tonegados.
Um what does what does the gameand this round mean to you? Um?

(01:03:15):
I like how they say thank youto like the moms and the and
to like that, and I alsolike how they have the end and RLW
is coming um more up in too, like the main game. Like,
I love how it's more teams arecoming in and I think it's giving you,
the young young girl opportunity to belike, yeah, I want to

(01:03:37):
be that person or I want tobe this person, Like it gives them
that opportunity and they are able toplay no matter how old they are,
no matter who they are, UM, and I love that. And for
myself, I'm a bit of acrazy passionate person, So this is another
time I can just be myself andyou know, um, just shoot my
team on and just be grateful andappreciate that I can watch, um,

(01:04:02):
you know, a game of footyand be excited and go through the roller
coaster. So yeah, I loveit. Well yeah, well the NRLW
is probably the one of the that'sprobably the most rising sport in Australia at
the moment with a participation and theand the growth of words reaching. There's
a lot of role models out therefor these young girls. And when you

(01:04:24):
look at me and things like that, and you look at mothers, mothers
that drive their kids to two games, Um, they travel all these kilometers
and yeah it's um, where wouldyou be without the females in the game.
And that's great to see. Yejudges, the partners, the ladies

(01:04:46):
who are in our women's community,thank you so much. We love and
adore you. Got to say thankyou to the Canteen ladies because Plea used
to give me my pie and afterevery game and walk up the game,
Hi missus pot can I have myplease passing my cake? And I was

(01:05:10):
happy, I think the cante ladies. Yeah, you look at the can't
Yeah, thank all the people inOlive. Then you see all all the
the media people you see people commentatingon the games, you like it.
The media personalities, Um, obviouslyyou see a lot involved in the nrl
W. Even on NURL coverage they'reinvolved. Yeah, all all forms of

(01:05:33):
what were they contributed in the game. Yeah, well we thank you for
what you've done in love women.Women in the league has grown so much
because we're not what I played,it was mostly blow because the only women
in league with the Canteen ladies.Um, but now women are coaching there.
Um, they're playing to older agesand when I play, they were

(01:05:54):
playing to third A and they couldn'tplay anymore, you know. So,
Um, that was back back inthe eighties. That was a long time
ago before they got a push.So how long before you think we have
a female coach in the mr M. It's impossible. Gonna be a while.
Yeah, I know the Eels haveone. Like in the n n

(01:06:15):
r W. Um, they dohave a women's They have a woman coach
there. It was I figured onthe name. But Ruhan Simms is there
as a do no Jesse you knowshe's assistant Simms. Oh okay, there's
no head coach woman a head coachin the in the yes, there is
there is um Karen Murphy, GoldCoast Titans head coach. That's it.

(01:06:41):
Sorry, that's probably who I'm married. She actually played, she's been on
the she's actually involved in the annialticket reunit. Um. She's an ex
copper as well, so I don'tmess with her. Then Titans girls that
want to be careful. Yeah,there'll be no address rugger scanals out there
zone. I got to say too, I missed the chee girls as well

(01:07:03):
too. Yeah, that's all stoppedas well. I love the chee girls
without cheering. That last cover match, we're doing two weed blocks doing some
cheering in the steam. You know. Well, I think I got rid

(01:07:26):
of the cheer girls first. There'snot years ago. There's not too many
teams that have cheerleaders anymore. Actuallyit's probably an updated thing, but some
people like it. I reckon theDragon's dad drum, what very that's the
writer, the writers and that guywith the drum was pissing me off so

(01:07:53):
much like the pummies. Oh weneed more songs, we need, we
need we used to have the soI can wait from the from the Dragon
army when men got the ball andthere was all those different chance they had

(01:08:15):
yeah, the Dragon Army mate usedto absolutely fire on the hill, used
to it used to be a seaof red him. Well, they were
the majority that stayed on that twothousand and four game. Was a majority
the Army state, you know.And I was there in the rain.
The train wasn't for another hour,remember, I remember watching it on TV.

(01:08:43):
I gave up. I was disappointedwhen Cronella won their first premiership because
it ruined my song that forty fiveyears and one fuck all sharky sharky sho
years, the one full shaky shakyshaky can't do it anymore, one one

(01:09:06):
so funny game Tongre used to havethe old skull there. The skull will
be there, the opposition team willwalk into the ground and skull be absolutely
to piss out of it. Yeahyeah, yeah, Okay, we'll move
on to the next next segment,next part. So we'll go to you,

(01:09:26):
rob Um. So the Dragons havereportedly told Tyrell Fumano, Zane Musgrove,
Jade and Hunt, Ben Murdotseller andJaden Sullivan to day will not be
required next season. Do you thinkthat this is just the start of Flanne's
clean out? Is this the rightmove. Look, he has to clean

(01:09:47):
out me. Um, you knowwe've got to rebuild. Um, we've
got to get better players. We'vegot to get in some cases, younger
players, stronger players across the board. I mean, I'm sad. I
know one of our panemam is aswell, Coca sad by Bud Leading.
Um, obviously looks that way,you'll want to play first grade. We

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get picked up, not hanging aroundfor the next couple of years. Obviously,
the like we would have been Huntstay. But you know, look
for the other boys that you mentioned, I see that as a fair play.
Um, we need we need strongerplayers, you know. So I
suspect that's what Plane is doing.And I suspect him. I'll be a
few others as well. And yeah, and I guess bringing on he's done

(01:10:35):
it in the past. He rebuiltPronal from last he went to first and
yeah, and he got all threegreat strong men Sharks. So and he
rebuild. And obviously, as Darrensaid, you want to premiership, you
know, with that famous song can'tsing anymore. So yeah, I think

(01:10:58):
it has to be done mate.Um, And and I think there'll be
there might be a few more tocome, but it's part of what happens
when you're unfortunately down the bottom ofthe table. And we haven't been in
the final since two thousand and theirname neither Jesse. So we've got to
do something doing to change things upand change the ground and improve. So,
yeah, it's got something up besleeve for sure, Like we're releasing

(01:11:23):
players, but in a market atthe moment now we've got the Dolphins and
good players are hard to come.Boy, he must have something, I'll
be sleeve, and he's not tellingus. So I reckon there's some conversations
going on and he's probably secured afew players and that's why he needs to
move on some other players. Ireckon, Danny might be right, and
I think there might be a few. Well we might even be one or

(01:11:44):
two really big signings for us aswell too, that you know, he's
just not going to go public withbecause obviously he'll cause a stir with the
media and all that sort of stuffif it's Yeah, so he'll keep it
behind closed doors and we might bein for a bit of a shop.
We might pick up one or twoplayers that are that are absolutely marquis,
you know what I mean. Sobringing one. We can only go from

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up to you Jesse. Well,that's that's exactly right. We don't go
any worse than what we are andum yeah, we've got to get up
and get back to where we wantto be and compete premierships and being a
force in this competition once again.Um. And you've noticed in the recent
form like Zach Lomax's has really foundthe form that I've saw him on the

(01:12:27):
cust of New South Wales a fewyears ago. Um. Obviously it's it's
happened since Flanagan has talked spoken tohim, and you've got that same thing
with Ben Hunt. Obviously Flanagan's reallysaid that he's part of his plans until
twenty twenty five. I mean hewants to build the side around him and
that I think those conversations have reallyunrekindled the form of those two players.

(01:12:49):
Um. And I think he mightneed to honest conversations with more players to
come. Um yeah. So anyyear where we lost the state of origin,
Zach Lomax, if he keeps hisformat, who would find himself in
a blue jumper next year. Now, we need to keep our team not

(01:13:10):
in origin out that's where that's wherewe aspirations that the opportunity is there for
there. He just needs to finishoff, have a good year, good
start the next year, and himselfin a jumper. Yeah well yeah,
I just get nervous with the originbecause they get injured or you know.
Yeah, but like look at BenHunt, Like really I'm a bit cranky

(01:13:34):
with my with a new coach becausehow can a thirty four I'm thirty four
years old? I my god.Sometimes that's the stories back from work,
don't I have? Ben Hunt goestrains and runs and jumps and skips and
does always stuff and let alone likeyou know, but like Bud, my

(01:13:55):
good old mate. They're my favoritepart over there. It's getting told to
leave, very upset. A lotcan happen in rugby league. You know,
ben Hunt goes to retire in twoyears, maybe Sullivan comes back.
We actually had chat spoke about thaton Sunday's show. If if Bud goes

(01:14:16):
to another club and plays well andI have success at that club, he's
not coming back. That's not Whowas that guy? Was it? Yeah?
Well, who remember how the Tigerstraded that guy? Harry Green Harry

(01:14:39):
Harry Graha with it not. Theygot Harry Gene Oh covid. Yeah,
Kis benefited me. Yeah, that'swhat we do. We did trade.
And actually going back to lone linedeal. Going back to what Darren said,

(01:15:00):
think now Ben Hunt wanting to stayif we believe it's true. I
think it's true. I think Darren'sright. I think Flanne is at a
meeting with Hunt, and he mighthave told Hunt who he's after and some
players and all that, and Ithink Hunt's taken the character now and said,
yeah, you look like you're youknow what you're doing. You're going
to rebuild and you attrack some decentplayers for us. But obviously he's going

(01:15:25):
to keep it quiet until he knowsthat he's over the line of those players
coming to the club. So Ireckon it's a I think it's odds on
that there's this stuff brewing for us. Definitely in a good way. Yeah.
Actually, I've just seen some newscoming. I didn't see it before,
but Ash Werner the Broncos was firststraight to the judiciary for biting.

(01:15:46):
Oh yeah, to spend it fortwo games? What do we think of
biting in the game? Guys,no place for him. You've got to
rest in someone's mouth. What doyou expect? That's what I was going
to say. Her hand went wonderaround to her face. And if I've
got one in your mouth, I'mgonna fucking buit it, So I can't.

(01:16:11):
I totally agree you put something insomeone's mouth. Yeah, yeah,
good, admit a good feel's sakeand red wine. You're gonna buy it,
aren't you. Well. Actually happenedto our old winger last year on
Maddie Butler. She was on thewink, playing on the wink for us.
She was actually charged with the samething. She missed one game and

(01:16:32):
we played in the pouring rain.I think she was gasping for breath and
and the good stuck her arm inher and she got suspended like she I
don't think she did it intentionally.Why I didn't think she did and proven
that she didn't. And when whenyou're gasping for air in the pouring rain
too, that's another matter on itshome. Yeah, I think the boys

(01:16:57):
are right in coming in your mouth. It's your action. It's going to
happen. But I mean, ifit's someone just binding on the arm doing
it intentionally, it's a different story. Now, don't and then you show
the Yeah, who remembers that interviewwith Benny Elias years ago were actually against
Souse. He's actually bait in hisown arm. Yeah, got look,

(01:17:18):
look Mario got sent off for thatoff. Okay, so we'll move into
the next four parts. So thisone for you does so it supported that
in the last twenty four to foureight hours, Raymond for Tyler Marinoth from
the Bulldogs has been linked or movedto the Dragons. The Dragons have since

(01:17:43):
denied interest. Have the Dragons metthe right pall or is it a missed
opportunity? Don't show the wrong thing. But I don't really rating. I
reckon we got empire. If hewasn't good enough for the Bulldogs, he's
not good enough for us, Soright decision. He was there, captain

(01:18:04):
and they've shown him the door.So yeah, and he's at the wrong
age of thirty as well. Well, yeah, he's getting on and we
don't want to be going down there. We want to build a future.
Yeah, he could bring us abit of experience, but I don't know.
I don't think he set the houseon fire at the Bulldogs. I

(01:18:27):
don't particularly want him to you.No, it was you keep Musky over
him, wouldn't you. Well,yeah, but they're showing Musgrave at the
door. I mean it's just arevolving door. You're bringing a similar prey
player. I mean he's a bitolder. Look, it's a question of
what you're going to pay him aswell. Like sometimes you can say yes,

(01:18:50):
so I do want him, thoughI don't want him, but at
what price you can get him fortwelve months? If you get him for
twelve months or a few hunderd Graham, but gen five six hundred grand nuns
at the end of the end oftwenty twenty four, we're gonna have money

(01:19:10):
and we're going to smack the market. Yeah. Well, like Big Tea
saying we're thinking about it, theopposition teams out of there. You're for
Noua Blake, You've got hash,You've got Papa League teen fifteen meters,
big bass as they can offload onehundred and fifteen hundred twenty kilos. Yeah,
you don't have players like that.If we get two in the future
like that, we're going to bea different team. Well. The other

(01:19:34):
thing to consider, remember a coupleof years time, they're going to bring
in another in our l thought aswell to take it. Eighteen teens doesn't
mean announced yet, but we knowthey're going to do it. They're not
going to run with them. Youknow, three boys a year what they
are at the moment for the nextfew years. And that's the one that's
a little bit of billing. He'sgoing to coach maybe in the future.

(01:19:57):
So that again I missed that.Is that the one that talking about Craig
Bellini Darren my coach speculation. Butthey'll definitely be another team. You can
see it coming. Don't want toYeah, sevent eight teams is an ideal.
I don't want to take any teams. You need an even team competition.
I heard I heard talk of thinkingabout pub in New Guinea. No,

(01:20:23):
don't looking at it. They're talkingabout it. You Guineas gains.
But I reckon. I reckon aSouthern New Zealand team should come in.
New Zealand are absolutely smashing it atthe moment. They're thriving that. It's
really good saying. The Warriors goingwell and you keep them. You're being

(01:20:44):
in the South Island Orcas, they'reum, they're going to smash it.
Oregon. Don't say that. TheDonnie though once a team in Perth.
Oh a team if Perth would beanother perfect time slot for rugby league,
for TV, perfect for team that'speople call it the North Sydney to a
reco come back in Perth. Wellyeah, or even on the Central coast,

(01:21:09):
but North Sydney. I've already talkedto their Perth um, the Perth
group who who want the NRL side, and they're saying that they want they
want to come to Perth, butthey want to play four games at nor
sydneable. Don't. Don't rule outanother Brisbane team yet either, like Tigers
are putting a bit read months ago. So if you know anything about those

(01:21:31):
clubs in Brisbane and I'm originally fromBrisbane, right, um East Tigers,
Well their Brisbane Tigers. Now thatis also a very wealthy club right in
the middle of Brisbane. Um alot of money, a lot of infrastructure,
very similar to Radcliff. I couldI could see them given another license

(01:21:55):
to them just because of the ofthe secure any they'd offer. Well,
look how well the Dolphins have gone. You wouldn't expect them. They haven't
gone that they've they've gone, They'vemet gone above expectations to see everyone expect
them to finish last. Yeah,but why minus under remarkable job at that
side. They say they're not inthe best situation now, but well they've

(01:22:18):
been competitive. Well we've learned,we've learned the lessons from teams gone by,
like the Seagulls and the Crashes.You may or may not remember them,
Jessie, but certainly many years ago. I used to work at the
Crushes League club when they went under. Yeah yeah, but Brisbane Brisbane just
squashed the Crushes. Um, theBrisbane Broncos squashed them. Yeah, that's

(01:22:43):
right, exactly right. They justthey just squashed the Crushes. They didn't
want them there. A lot ofpeople would know. But a dirty deal
was done between the Broncos and He'slimited and yeah. The denial was they
could if they amalgamated with the joinedNRL back with the r L, and
they agreed upon it provided there wasno team between Newcastle and the Cowboys for

(01:23:09):
a period of ten years. Wow, and that is when the Titans came
into the camp when that contract ended. That's why the crisis. Dirty dirty
Broncos. Yeah, that's why weall hit the Bronco's dads. Yeah,
so everyone everyone at the crush haslost their job. Is the chief change
in his Italians? We're getting offthe track, is he? He's yelled

(01:23:32):
out, Yeah, Donnie's put inthe comments path. Can I ask you
a question? Is Donnie in Sydneyhaving a candle dinner with Billy Vins?
Are you Donnie? Are you therewatching listening to that Billy Lucky later?

(01:23:55):
Yeah, Rob is your favoring?No, not yet, but hang on,
hang on, it's funny. Hey, yeah, shame. Yeah,
you're gonna organize the date for Jesse, one of the dragons girls. Jesse,
which dragons girl? Which dragons players? Ask you give him the name?

(01:24:21):
Mate? He's only he's only gonnabe give me thirty seconds. Done
deal. It's a done deal.They died. Yeah, you're one table.
Then there's Donny and um Billy Burns, and there's Hasman and Jackson for

(01:24:43):
jas. He's getting a very intimateand teen, I don't forget that.
Oh yeah, imagine that you're goingat like steake and veggies and with the
bear and I'm like, yeah,I saw this little thing the other week
list. Will kid us ten?Can you give me a hug? Contender,
I'll give you a hug big.There's your chance when we signed it

(01:25:11):
for twenty twenty four, twenty five, I'll be fine. Then okay,
actually we'll stay. So we've gotsome news in the last couple of days
that the Grand Final is binally beingconfirmed to be playing at a core stadium
in Sydney on the first Sunday inOctober, just for this year. Do

(01:25:32):
you believe that the biggest game onthe Rugby league calendar should be kept in
either Sydney or Brisbane? Or shouldit have that super Bowl concept of going
to the highest biddup oh, itwould be lovely, lovely to the highest
bidder. But I can't imagine umthe NRO Grand Final Glenda Purse, even
though Donnie Donnie would love it,I can't say it um stadiums for it.

(01:25:58):
We've only got two big What shouldwhat should happen is year by year
it should go Brisbane Melbourne, SydneyMelbourne. No, that's like putting like
no offense, but putting AFL inSydney and Melbourne. You know there's like
Melbourne plenty, there's plenty of Melbournesupporters that would pack. Yeah, you

(01:26:24):
get the crowds, but you'd haveto play it at the MCG Melbourne.
Storm would have to be in theGrand Final. Yeah, we can't have
it at Amy It only holds abouttwenty five thousand, and people would turn
up, They would turn up forit. That that would be, That
would be wonderful, that would bethat'd be a pot dream. But um,

(01:26:47):
it is a pot dream. Ifyou could get ten million dollars for
the En Grand Final in Perth,you'd scramble and take it, wouldn't you.
Well, the only other player ifyou can have it is Melbourne or
in Sydney. Melbourne's got the MCG. You get one hundred thousand people there.
Yeah, you're gonna have to getsixty. You only get sixty in

(01:27:11):
Brisbane and in Townsville. What isit hold up there? Thirty? So
you're just not going to get therevenue. No, you need you need
the big stadiums. Yeah, Ithink of course, stadium is our stadium.
You get sixty plus thousand, Yeahyou get you get eighty plus thousand

(01:27:32):
in Sydney, you get sixty plusthousand in Brisbane. So I think it
should stay. I'm a traditionalist.I wanted to stay in Sydney forever.
That's what they're saying with origin too, like at the moment you've got it
one in game in Sydney, onegame of Brisbane and then they got the
one game in say an Adelaide ora Perth, or in Melbourne or in

(01:27:54):
New Zealand. Jess, well,if you're going to play it at sun
Court, you need to charge threehundred bucks a ticket if you want to
go to a Melbourne Grand Final.It's not cheaps nothing. Wow. No,

(01:28:15):
it don't even like a ballot forYeah, it's mostly to a lot
of the businesses get the tickets andthen each club gets a certain allocation.
Okay, yeah, you got togo into a ballot and you got to
pay big money for it. Soyeah, thought if you've been in an
AFL Grand Final, No I haven't. It's always in Melbourne. I would

(01:28:39):
love to if the Shawney's win init, but no. Yeah, but
I like how we do it inthe NR where you get a code if
you're a member and you get togo and you know, I just like
the whole day. You know,you go like you do your South Wales
Cup. Then you get the women'sand then you get the men's and it's
like a whole day. It's prettygood. I love it. You want

(01:29:00):
good entertainment? True? Yeah,all the Grand finals that the Dragons lost
prior to that last one, sinceI think it was ninety two, I
went to all of those and welost every one of them. I didn't
go to the twenty ten Grand Finalwe won. On the jinks, I'm

(01:29:25):
never going to a Grand Final andDragons ring ever again because I'm the jinks.
Hopefully I'm wrong. The Grand finalssince the seventies, all the way
through the nineties and there's bloody BroncosGrand Finals getting the ships man sitting around
Broncos supporters. I lived in Brisbanewhen all that was going on, and

(01:29:46):
did nine cop peaks that they're soarrogant. Yeah, it's nothing worse than
losing of the Broncos. Okay,we'll go to go to our next question
now, Coca. Yes, soI was listening, so we had.
Billy Slayers has told both the NRand the Rugby League players are sergiation to
grow up, with players now planningto boycott the DAHI m Awards on top

(01:30:12):
of the already in place media band. Do you agree with Billy Slayer's comments?
Do you think he's right? Onthe money and do you think that
all NRL and NRLW players are awareof what's going on? How do you
think they solved the issue? Anddo you think the fans are being kept
in the dark on this? Well, I don't know the full story of
this whole thing. Is it money? Is it just they want like stuff

(01:30:36):
after after like but I just think, well, right now I think that
it's why are they going to boycottthe Dahi And that's where that's their night
of getting into the achievement. SoI kind of understand what Billy Slayer is
saying. How I think they doknow somewhat of what's going on behind the

(01:30:56):
scenes, because now it's when I'mwatching the footy, it's boring without the
players. If everyone's just talking aboutthe game, there's known like interaction,
and I kind of feel like likeis it over yet? Like I just
feel you know, when you haveto say like Ben Hunt come over and
go oh yeah, that was agreat game. Oh my goodness. Now
it's just like yeah, so we'rejust going to cut back to the studio.

(01:31:16):
How do you think Dragons and Tarragonsplayed today? Yeah? Well,
oh my god. It's just likeI think they need to make a decision
and speed up because yeah, I'mjust getting sick of it not hearing the
from the players, you know.Yeah, it's like that with any negotiation
you go, you go to negotiatewith your employer in the same way as

(01:31:40):
the NRL players and trying to negotiatewith your employer try and get the money
at once. So it's got tobe done. I mean, it's not
all about the money though there's obviouslythings in places they want. Yeah,
maybe no matter what they can affordand what the players think. It's finding
a common ground and then saying okay, we agree on that. But it's

(01:32:04):
probably dragon and a bit last eightmonths, I know. So just you're
very introduced. So what is it? Is it just the morning like money,
but also that guarantee after and afteran RL career. So I think
it's something like that. Like theyobviously want some security, say if they

(01:32:25):
get any injury during the season,they want to be covered for that.
They want to be Okay, youthink about an NRL player, He's got
like ten fifteen years to make hismoney. Yeah, on that what does
he do? So he's going tomake the most keen in that time?
And then he's done. No wis even less because they don't try as
long as okay, okay, it'sdefinitely do each money hello, but it's

(01:32:51):
it's well, I didn't realize,Um, he's that guys from the Knights
that is in it. What's hislet's doing? This is his name?
Yeah, that's it. Yeah,Like he's he's very like stern to the
point like he's very strong willed todo that. Like, um, the

(01:33:14):
way he's trying to respect and honorthe players, I think it's like interesting.
And if if they want to boycottthe Dahi end, that's like,
I just think it's their time toshine because they've worked hard all seasons.
It's well it yeah, it's selfish, but it's also like, I don't

(01:33:35):
know, it's a bit of both. Like I think it's just but yeah,
they would just go on holidays anyway. They might say that I'm going
on holidays, you know. Yeah, I mean as beans as NRL fans,
we want everything to be sorted right, but yeah, just to look

(01:33:57):
after and that's what you got todo as an NRL player. So as
as Donnie said, three shows yougo that dinner, weren't even talk to
Plays Association. They won't even cometo the table. This is what we
want, Yeah, this is whatwe're going to get in the discussion.
And then they're not. They're notum coming up with her. What's the

(01:34:20):
word agreement, Yeah, now that'sright, that's the word. Not if
you can't agree, disagreement a compromise. They can't can't come to a compromise.
Luck if they've made somewhere in themiddle or something like that. I
don't know something happening, because it'sgetting weird. It's getting weird because otherwise

(01:34:45):
you want to heed from the playsthat I wasn't re swats running around and
body pink underwear everywhere, and wedon't know what I've done. I've done
a few enterprise agreements in the plotin the past, from or from a
job, and they're a very toughprocess, and they do come to they
do come to a head in theend, and somebody does give, you

(01:35:10):
know, and it's normally the managementthey give. So in the NL Replays
Association have to have to stay wherethey are, they have to they can't
compromise anymore. They're saying, you'vegot to come to us. In all
say you've got to come to us. So there's normally management that fails.

(01:35:30):
First, okay, very short lived. Movie on some of your questions.
Have you got any questions for anyonehere on the panel? Fireway and the
comments, We'll go to you now. I'm Rob. So we've seen many
talk about obviously it's more about thepremiership the higher end of the table.
People are saying that this premiership isthe Panthers to lose. Are there any

(01:35:56):
teams that you could see beating themcome finals time? Oh? Yeah,
I think the Warriors. I thinkthe Warriors. I like the Warriors.
They're my second team. GoF youbeen my team doesn't make it, you
know, come on, Dragons,we can still make it. But yeah,
the Warriors, I think they're verystrong at the moment um. Smoke

(01:36:17):
Cowboys, yeah, smoking good withthe Cowboys yea. And the Broncos at
the best as well too. Yeah. This conversation at the start of season
with you, Jesse and I wasPenrith. You were Dragons both Penrith,
you were er I was Penrith.Will still be too good at the end
of the day. They reserves,the backup or whatever, unless something Dick

(01:36:42):
Dastley happens. You know what Imean. I think that they can do
it again. So but yeah,Darren, I think the Cowboys could be
smoking. I remember I said thisat the beginning of the season. I
think Donnie was laughing at me.With the Cowboys, I didn't think they
were going to be anywhere near it. Well that the way they started the

(01:37:03):
year that you would think so thatthey are the formed him to come right
now, you'd have to say apartfrom the Warriors, Yeah, I say,
I say watch out the Warriors.Hey, I look a deadly,
very hard debate. Yeah, Igot in comments. In the comments,
We've got guineagay BINGI. Um,I like that name. Look is a

(01:37:24):
regular regular on the show, alwayscomments. It's a good idea. I
ever said your name right? Iversaid your name right? She said um,
sorry, I said um. Warriorsin the undums mm hmm. I
thank yeah. Because I think everyonewent to pencils to do the three.
It's like the three familyship back toBatch. But I don't know. I'm

(01:37:46):
hoping the Warrior is just someone someonedifferent, you know, and not Brisbane
Warriors. I'd hate to play theWarriors in New Zealand in semi finals.
I would hate that they finished topfour, they get too. Yeah,
so it be hard to be bloodytough against Laura's. Even the female security

(01:38:10):
guards will be scary. You guys. The Warriors win the Grandpon, I'll
do a shoey now. If theDragons win the comb run, Hey,

(01:38:40):
I'm gonna get you pluggy yet?Is that the next ten years? Big
too? What was that in thenext ten years? Next? This year?
This year? This year, youand James Jimmy Gray running down the
street. That's right, you haveto do one. Last year, did

(01:39:00):
he do it? Who's that is? This year? He said, oh,
something about Hook getting sacked, wasn'tit. Yeah? I think he's
still he was supposed to do anew he runs something. Yeah, I
think it was something. I thinkit was something with Hook been sacked.
Now Hook's been sacked, he's gotto do it. Do it? Do

(01:39:20):
it? Do it? Hey,and tell us where you're going to be
because we're not going to be there, ye Donnie's game previews. Yeah,
okay, we'll move into um soany of your questions out there far away?

(01:39:41):
Um yeah, and then if ifnot, we'll we'll move into our
next segment, which is um marsis multi, which is um, he's
not on the show tonight, buthe has sent me through what he's got
on his multi show this week,so we'll move into that and maybe we'll
um go into some fans questions afterthat any big day. Okay, So

(01:40:45):
Maza has sent through his malti sothis week he is so this week he
has sent it through, so he'sgone with Ezraeman as any time try scorer
and the Broncos game against A theRoosters, will Warbick to get to try
any stage for the Melbourne Storm intheir game against the Parramatta Reels, Cody

(01:41:08):
Walker to score any time against inSouth's game against the West Tigers, and
Jackson Hastings to score any try Itry at any point in the Newcastle Knights
game against the canber Raiders. Umagain, umuzz hasn't any with you.
He's multis um but hopefully he getsgets a few this week. Um.

(01:41:31):
Anyone got any thoughts on those onthose um bets from us, there's value
in putting Ruben Garrick against us asany time. Yeah, we've spoken about
we don't have bets against the Dragons. We don't have I don't have Yeah,

(01:41:53):
we don't. We don't have betsgames. Um yeah, and as
always um that the proceeds do goto on family of League if if there
is anything coming out of those maltisand yeah, if you're going to have
a bet again, will responsibly.Okay, we'll move now into some move

(01:42:14):
now into our predictions. So we'llstart with big team. What are your
questions for the week. UM mypredictions for the week? Um, tyros
Lane to score our first ride,we'll absolutely la from halfway. Um you

(01:42:38):
just you just streak through and score. It would be a great ride.
Lax to score anytime because him andthe Hunt are seen to be working exceptionally
well at the moment um. Thatlittle chip for the lame Max to score
from Hunt against um yeah because ofTigers. That was sublimes a Lamax score

(01:43:00):
anytime. I think the Dragons mightjust give them. Um, I would
say Dragons by two. Yeah,um yeah, so there you go.
Okay, thanks big to you.We'll move on to um Dad's what are
your what are your thoughts on thegame this weekend? Was going to score

(01:43:21):
for sure down there right side,So look for the look for the loose
ball from Lomax to put Rabela over. Um like to see Sloane snipping around
for intercepts more be good to seemget into space, wouldn't it? Um

(01:43:45):
and Jack de Bellan to run forone hundred and fifty meters and fifty tackles.
How's that you? You back theDragons for a win this weekend?
Think we can knock over mainly?I think we well with our record over
mainly and where the buggy saw it. Yeah, we can get him,
so yeah, I think it'll beclose, but yeah, hopefully we can

(01:44:10):
get one back. I want tofinish the head of the dogs. We
need we need to. We needto get a win. Voice, come
on, get out, okay,Coco my thoughts, I will say a
mony anytime. Um Jack, no, no, not check a b on

(01:44:34):
first, maybe um Zach Loo Maxfirst, and hopefully we can win.
I'm gonna stay by four points,so maybe twenty two sixteen? Okay?
Over do you Rob? What areyou thinks gonna happen this weekend? I'm
going a little bit of the oldDarren Um, the where he's gone.

(01:44:58):
I reckon Moses Sully as an exmanly player to score any time. I
agree with Rubin Garrick and Boo thisship out of them anyhow, because I
think mainly going to be too good. And I like doing this because I
usually don't go against the Dragons,so usually if I ever go or change
a tip and fucking it up,excuse the fridge. So if I go

(01:45:23):
against the Dragons, hopefully they'll win. But I just think mainly would be
too good. Judging on the gameagainst the Tigers, I don't know.
I just didn't rate the Tigers mate, so certainly I think manly by Tad,
but Boom, I'm actually think wehave a chance of them when in
the year I think the form ofLomax. Hopefully I can get back into

(01:45:46):
the former's head home crowd um Andobviously Big Tea talked about it too on
Sunday. I did leave it outearlier. But the big crowd, we're
hoping for a big crowd this timeWin Stadium, Big Tea, if you're
still there, yeah, I'm stillhere, Yeah, Yeah, come on
get out there this week. Weneed a big crowd of Win. I'll

(01:46:10):
be up there. I'll be upthere. I'll get up there and three
o'clock, around three o'clock, thewomen are playing first up May. Yeah,
I'll be there. I'll be onthe hill. Any of my fans
out there, if you're there,I'm gonna go anyway. I'm gonna go.
Dragons, Go Dragons by four.I'll go Lomax to get the first
try. I'll go, I'll go. I'll go Billy Burns to get a

(01:46:32):
try at any point the watch that. Yeah, and I'm in the in
l W. I think Margo Vellawill get a try on her NRLW poetry
in motion, Hian Berry will baganother try at some stage in the game,

(01:46:55):
and the Dragons will win by twelve. In the NLW noise, oh
not big bounce back against the lI think, and it's just a little
defensive floor as they had. Iguess the Nights. The Nights sort of
explored that Jamie South and he's goingto fix that up this week. Yeah,

(01:47:17):
Okay, anyone happy to do therest of the game's tips, rest
of the week's tips? I haven'tthought that. By yeah, I mean
if you're happy, we can doit a great amount for us. Okay,
So Thursday, not We've got theBroncos against russ up at the Gabba.
Broncos. I think everyone's on theBroncos for that one. I think

(01:47:40):
they might even win big. Thatcould be all unanimous then Broncos for you.
I think the Broncos as well tomate. Yeah. So Saturday Friday
we actually got up to ten workup there Western New South Wales. We've
got the West Tigers taking on theBunnies. Oh good Bunnies. Bunnies need

(01:48:00):
to be back and a big wintrails back too, So that's a bigin
for think that's unanimous Bunnies. Yeah, it's down your way Friday night,
Marvel Stadium, the Melbourne Storm andthe Pyramouna reel stays. No, I'll
beat him probably by six six Yeah, Melbourne. I'll start to hit for

(01:48:30):
him now and start coming good.Yeah, that'll be disappointed with their game
against Newcastle last weekend. One daybill usually get a copper rocket this week,
so you expect to be three pmSaturday, we're up down there in
camera the Raiders taking on the Nights. Came the Dings, you'd have to

(01:48:56):
think. So yeah, Saturday afternoon, that's the night we're like the way
the Nights have been playing of late. I don't I think they'll be very
close at the start of the gameand there Yeah, um, five thirty

(01:49:20):
Saturday once actually our game. Soseven thirty Saturday night up at the foot
of the Mountains, the premiers,the Penrith Panthers. They're attacking on the
sharkis game. I think that's gamingaround. Sharks do not beat top eight
sides. We all know that thisyear by plenty, I agree. I

(01:49:43):
think the Sharks. I'm sorry,I think the Sharks will win that one.
The Panthers at home by twenty No, I think the Panthers. And
watch out for Niko Homines. Howyou got to touch Lady? Two pm
Sunday up at the Bird the Bulldogstaking on the Dolphins for the first time.

(01:50:03):
Thins are going to smash him.But they've named their top side the
best side this year. Kicks back, Hey, kick has back boxes back
is he? And now they've gotkick back and ready realized and I can't

(01:50:29):
remember who it is. It's atough game, that one, is it,
Ben? And say to your birthday? Yeah, not quite interesting game.
I think defends will get him.Think Dolphins, Yeah, I think
Wayne. No, they're still anoutside jense of making the eight. I
think the Dolphins will win that.They need to win it. Sorry,
I think you'll have him pride forit, don't get him. And the

(01:50:53):
final game of the rounds is it'sactually a battle of the Queensland Cubs,
the Titans taking on the Cowboys upthere on the Gold Coast. I'll say
the Cowboys by twenty that one.Cowboys play they they do play well away,
but I think toss the coin TitansTitans. I've actually picked the Titans

(01:51:19):
to make the finals this year andthey've let me down at this point.
So I'm tipping Cowboys. Yeah,I'm kicking um Cowboys too because I tip
last week and they hammered by thefreaking roost on the seventy dessert yep,

(01:51:41):
drink quarters on at the moment.So he's in good form. Yeah,
yeah, yeah, I think Cowboyswill continue one day run towards the finals
and that'll put it. I thinkthis will put them into the Titans chances
of playing finals. Talking about theCowboys, they put the best defensive moment
and um, i think we're gettingin their defensive coach with the Dragons next

(01:52:04):
year. Yes, being young atthe moment, the best defensive slide in
the come apparently, so that right, well in the current in the last
few games, not all, notall, but still they're coming good.

(01:52:28):
Yeah. Anything I don't like.I don't know if anyone's noticed, but
I don't like the up and installof Defense Week. We play back slide.
Yeah, anyways, believe it there. Thanks to everyone for um chewing
in tonight. Thanks to Rob Big, Tea, Das and Coco for coming

(01:52:49):
on tonight. Um, thank youon Sunday night. Um, here we
go. Come on Dragons fans,Dragon's Full Life, Baby,

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