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Speaker 1: Jason Lauren on it has been a huge twenty four

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Speaker 1: hours in football, A third generation cat, good friend of

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Speaker 1: the show. It's three hundred and fifty nine games, the

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Speaker 1: games record holder at Geelong. He's a Premiership player, a

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Speaker 1: bloody legend and he is hanging up the boots. Tom

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Speaker 1: Hawkan's good morning, Morning, Tommy.

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Speaker 2: Morning, Jason Lauren, thank you for the kind word.

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Speaker 3: How are you feeling?

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Speaker 4: Hawk?

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Speaker 3: A big day for you guys yesterday.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a big day, Lossie. It's it was

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Speaker 2: a bit of a sad day, but also in some

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Speaker 2: respects it was. It's exciting. It's I've known for a

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Speaker 2: little while that this year was going to be my

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Speaker 2: last year, and it's it feels quite relieving just to

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Speaker 2: have that question answered for a variety of different reasons.

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Speaker 2: But I think the most important ordan part is that

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Speaker 2: I get to really enjoy the last moments that I

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Speaker 2: have at the football club. So I'm not unlike Dusty,

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Speaker 2: which was quite unique. We did it on the.

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Speaker 4: Same day that immediately I know, I know he actually

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Speaker 4: messaged me last night saying congratulations and talked about the

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Speaker 4: fact that it was it was pretty amazing.

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Speaker 2: We went out the same day I reckon.

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Speaker 3: He would have been pretty happy to share the spotlight.

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Speaker 3: He doesn't loved the spotlight on him, Dusty, but he

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Speaker 3: went first time, so it seems like you followed him.

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Speaker 2: He did, I must have been. I had a funny

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Speaker 2: conversation with one of my teammates once we heard the

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Speaker 2: Dustin Martin news, and he didn't quite know that it

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Speaker 2: was true. He thought I was pulling his leg. And

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Speaker 2: then I said to him moments before, about twenty minutes

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Speaker 2: before we walked into our team meeting, I said, well,

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Speaker 2: what do you think maybe I should get up and

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Speaker 2: announce my retirement day? Knowing full well, so this is Brandon,

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Speaker 2: Parfitt and Tyson, Yeah, well what was about to happen?

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Speaker 2: And he and he thought it was a great idea.

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Speaker 2: So I get up. I'm nervous as I've ever been,

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Speaker 2: and he's looking at me smiling in the front. Everyone

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Speaker 1: And he thought it was a stitch up.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So it was like holding in laughter for the

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Speaker 2: first two minutes. So it was actually quite comforting because

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Speaker 2: I got a bit emotional seeing him smile when everyone

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Speaker 2: else could probably see the riding on the wall. It

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Speaker 2: was a very funny moment and made me a little

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Speaker 2: bit more at ease telling.

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Speaker 1: Everyone what was about to say. When you heard Dusty

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Speaker 1: had pulled the pin, does part of you go, oh,

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Speaker 1: it happening on the same day.

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Speaker 2: Look, I had it planned for a little period of time. Look,

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Speaker 2: I was conscious and I felt a little bit uneasy

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Speaker 2: going in because it's Jeremy Cameron's two hundred and fiftieth

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Speaker 2: game this week. Browfooty oh well of AFL football obviously

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Speaker 2: now represents us and there's been such a legend, And

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Speaker 2: I was really conscious though I didn't want to take

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Speaker 2: directed recovery day on Monday that I wasn't aware of

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Speaker 2: two weeks ago when we started to get the wheels

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Speaker 2: in motion. But once I committed, I was pretty keen

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Speaker 2: to go through with it. And then, yeah, look it's

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Speaker 2: quite nice, you know Dusty, and rightfully so is a

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Speaker 2: legend of our game and will leave a big, a

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Speaker 2: big hole at the Richmond Football Club and across the community.

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Speaker 2: Whether he knows it or not, he just will. So

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Speaker 2: he's a champion. And look, it was nice I think

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Speaker 2: to be able to share it with him on the day.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, there's many heavy hearts in the AFL community today, Tom,

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Speaker 3: But at Geelong, I mean, you've been part of the

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Speaker 3: furniture there for so long. I remember back in two

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Speaker 3: were just a young little boy really running out there.

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Speaker 3: Did that young man think then that you'd be hanging

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Speaker 3: up the boots playing three hundred and fifty nine games,

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Speaker 3: one of the most I know you're so humble, Tom,

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Speaker 3: but you are one of the most loved players in

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Speaker 3: but did that young man ever think that you'd be

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Speaker 2: No, No, not really, Loss. It's been half my life.

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Speaker 2: So it's been a huge journey that I've been on.

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Speaker 2: I've walked in, as I said, as an eighteen year

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Speaker 2: old boy, and I'm leaving the game as a thirty

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Speaker 2: I mean, I had no I didn't think that this

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Speaker 2: I didn't think it'd be thirty six and three hundred

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Speaker 2: playing football until I couldn't. But I had no idea

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Speaker 3: Will we see the three hundred and sixtieth.

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Speaker 2: Game, Hawk, Yeah, Look, I'm feeling really good. I've had

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Speaker 2: a couple of really positive, positive running sessions. It felt

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Speaker 2: fact that I'd announced it. But I've got a big

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Speaker 2: I was probably two weeks ago, I maybe I was

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Speaker 2: confident now, after having some running sessions under my belt,

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Speaker 2: albeit at low level, that that I can get back

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Speaker 1: Or two weeks time, they're playing in Geelong against the Eagles.

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Speaker 1: Put the date down two more weeks to stretch Tommy,

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Speaker 1: I reckon. The Cats fans would love to see it. Hey,

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Speaker 1: surely surely you keep.

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Speaker 3: Your parking spot there for future games games record holder?

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Speaker 2: Surely? Yeah. Well, well, Jason's interesting car parking is a

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Speaker 2: But my great mate, my great mate that I've played

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Speaker 2: a lot of footballer is over three hundred games, has

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Speaker 2: a stand named after It was not a car park,

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Speaker 2: maybe just maybe a sea to a room.

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Speaker 1: Room.

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Speaker 3: Sure, I mean he got the stand, Tom, you broke

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Speaker 3: his record, So Tom Hawks.

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Speaker 2: I didn't want to.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they've still got that standing area there, don't they in.

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Speaker 2: The new standards. It's quite unique and very much very geelong.

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Speaker 2: But look, that's obviously off for me either side. But

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Speaker 2: it would be a cool bit of history at some point.

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Speaker 2: But ultimately, I never never got into the game to

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Speaker 3: But it'd be a great result.

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Speaker 1: I'll take some pain along. Just we'll put the sign

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Speaker 3: Your wife Emma would do plenty of her best work

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Speaker 3: in that bar. I imagine Tom being a footy player, so

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Speaker 3: much of the family have to sacrifice so much for you.

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Speaker 3: Was there a tiny little smirk on Emma's face yesterday?

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Speaker 3: And she already booked her flights to Europe for summer

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Speaker 3: next year because I know she's missed it for many years,

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Speaker 3: supporting you. Is it time for a mid year holiday?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the poor thing hasn't been able to go Herepe

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Speaker 2: for ten years. Look, no, she We were both really

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Speaker 2: comfortable with the decision, so it's not like it was

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Speaker 2: surprised upon us or you know, we have to quickly

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Speaker 2: make it at the end of the year. We're so

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Speaker 2: fortunate that we can sort of go out on our

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Speaker 1: How many people get to do that.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, and look, she's been amazing. She's one of

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Speaker 2: and now she's now she's going to be walking out

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Speaker 2: when the season's done. So hey, Tom, it'll be a

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Speaker 2: big part of footage that's gone. But you know we'll

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Speaker 2: both miss it.

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Speaker 1: You were saying the body is still a bit sore.

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Speaker 1: Who do you think was in more paint? You after

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Speaker 1: a house party with our very own Lauren on Saturday night.

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Speaker 3: Sorry about that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no, this is good because I didn't think we

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Speaker 1: We're going to get to it. We are going to

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Speaker 2: A few of a few of my children had some

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Speaker 1: Where was mummy?

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Speaker 3: Or two in the morning she got we got her

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Speaker 2: She had a suffice to say, she had a lovely

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Speaker 3: How did she go at Nippers on Sunday morning? Did

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Speaker 3: she make it because Bell won an award? Didn't she?

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Speaker 1: Did the kids have to rescue her from the surface.

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Speaker 2: Well, I had an appearance Sunday around lunchtime, so I

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Speaker 2: had to duck off for a few hours, not as

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Speaker 2: not as many as she was away for. But she

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Speaker 2: so it was a bit, was a little bit tough

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Speaker 2: She's missed that sort of stuff too, Like.

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Speaker 3: We were celebrating your retirements, retirement announcement, that's what were

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Speaker 1: Went early.

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Speaker 3: Actually she had a few drinks and started telling people

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Speaker 3: I was like Emma stop.

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Speaker 2: And so.

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Speaker 1: The way, mate, I know all the Cats fans would

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Speaker 1: be very sad but very proud of you today. So

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Speaker 1: hats off to you, mate. It's an incredible career. You've

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Speaker 1: inspired a lot of kids out there.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you, No, it's it's it's been a it's

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Speaker 2: been a dream to play for the Gelongball Club as

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Speaker 2: a supporter going up, I've met some wonderful people along

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Speaker 2: the way. You know you you included was eighteen years ago,

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Speaker 2: which has been the most special part. There's going to

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Speaker 2: be great memories, but friendships that are going to last

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Speaker 2: long a long time beyond football.

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Speaker 3: We love you, Tom and we can't wait to hopefully

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Speaker 3: see you out there again before the end of the season.

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Speaker 1: You are an absolutely told me at the party he'll

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Speaker 1: be back.

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Speaker 2: I love your Hawk.

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Speaker 3: Thanks for joining us.

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Speaker 2: Thank you guys, appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: What a legend.

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Speaker 3: I love him. Lauren wake up feeling good on number

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Speaker 3: one hundred.

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Speaker 2: Lauren on socials