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Speaker 2: I would say this man is football royalty, known by

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Speaker 2: AFL fans right the way around Australia. Former Carlton, former

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Speaker 2: Adelaide Wizard, the Man.

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Speaker 3: Eddie Betts joins us morning.

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Speaker 1: Morning, guys, are happy, happy Ground Final week. It's a

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Speaker 1: big week.

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Speaker 4: It's a huge week, isn't it.

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Speaker 3: Now?

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Speaker 4: Before we get into what you're doing the ground Final?

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Speaker 4: Who do you think? Who do you think is going

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Speaker 4: to take it?

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Speaker 1: It's first time in a while that Victorian team hasn't

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Speaker 1: been well. Sydney has been the best best side all

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Speaker 1: year with the likes of Enye and all that. But

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Speaker 1: Brisbane the way they played last week bell unbelievable. Playing

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Speaker 1: at the MTG. They you know, you thought they wouldn't

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Speaker 1: play like that. They've had issues playing with the MTG.

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Speaker 1: But they come over and play Geelong and beat you

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Speaker 1: long in a prelium and.

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Speaker 3: Then the other week as well.

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Speaker 5: They were down by so.

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Speaker 4: Many games, haven't they already?

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Speaker 1: They have so and you know losing it last year

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Speaker 5: I was about to say, as a player, if you've

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Speaker 1: To give you more drive of the year after surely

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Speaker 1: it does if you get the opportunity. I've played in

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Speaker 1: a Grand Final twenty seventeen against Richmond when I was

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Speaker 1: opportunity to play in another one. And they say until

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Speaker 1: you win one, that'll take the pain away from losing one.

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Speaker 1: And how long to take to bounce back after losing it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm still hurting. I'll the rest of my life.

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Speaker 3: I brought it up.

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Speaker 1: For redemption see you out there, maybe local footy, but

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Speaker 1: you know, even for someone for like president, for Charlie

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Speaker 1: for example, we played in the twenty seventeen grounds. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I get with Adelaide with myself. He lost that and

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Speaker 2: Well, there's another indigenous boy who I love watching, Klamarchie

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Speaker 2: like he turned it on last week, kicked not the

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Speaker 2: He's a bit of a magician himself, Yeah he is,

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Speaker 2: and you know he played it's a bit of mid

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Speaker 2: but then he went forward and he can take your

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Speaker 2: grab and what he didn't break, what he did in

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Speaker 2: that last last quarter where the.

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Speaker 1: Ball came down with one on one to kick that

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Speaker 4: It's going to be a great match, isn't it It is.

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Speaker 1: It'll be a great master. That's I know it's raining today,

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Speaker 1: but I think the weather is going to be sunny

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Speaker 1: and twenty so it's going to be a beautiful.

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Speaker 3: Are you doing You're doing a bit of media as

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Speaker 3: well these days, Yeah, working off everywhere.

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Speaker 1: Man, it is pretty pretty busy, but Foxwood has been

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Speaker 5: You're one of the former players doing a few cashy jobs.

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Speaker 5: Grand Final.

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Speaker 3: They don't through the invoice jobs.

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Speaker 1: Cashy. They all try to get away with it, everybody

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Speaker 1: out there, all the AFL players, ex players, they all

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Speaker 4: Week they turn up from the goodness of.

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Speaker 3: Their heart or contract. We love a bit of contrary.

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Speaker 1: Sign a contract, yeah, they sign it out.

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Speaker 4: Don't be that guy.

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Speaker 1: For me this week. I've got a pretty busy week.

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Speaker 5: Well, you've got a massive week.

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Speaker 3: Tell us about the game.

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Speaker 5: It's happening on Friday.

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Speaker 3: This is huge.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Well I've got a foundation as the Eddiebts Foundation.

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Speaker 1: I've done that for the last year. I've been doing

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Speaker 1: AFL footy. But we got twenty four boys from all

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Speaker 1: it last year, played a game against the Wide EFLs.

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Speaker 1: But we're playing a game on Friday at five o'clock

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Speaker 3: That's cool.

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Speaker 4: He's a great guy, isn't he a lovely guy?

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Speaker 1: Wonderful guy. And I remember playing on him in a

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty round final and he took me to the cleanest.

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Speaker 1: I'm hoping to get one back on him.

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Speaker 3: Oh this is your so do you play? Do you

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Speaker 3: and Basha play as well? You get a suit?

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Speaker 1: It will coach, we'll coach.

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Speaker 3: Can't play coach? You should be playing coach. Well, it's

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Speaker 3: only you should punt rode. They need an Eddie Bett's

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Speaker 3: pocket there, Well.

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Speaker 1: Okay, one, I'll tell the boy the kick one from

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Speaker 4: For those that don't know, tell us about the Eddie

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Speaker 4: Betts Foundation.

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Speaker 1: It's really about giving these young kids an opportunity, and

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Speaker 1: that's the key word, opportunity and exposure. They come from

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Speaker 4: What a great opportunity you're giving these kids. Have you

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Speaker 1: They are, every single one of these kids are are

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Speaker 1: Hopefully we'll get a lot of people to come and watch.

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Speaker 1: We'll have some scouts down there watching as well. And

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Speaker 1: you know, you know what polite kids.

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Speaker 5: So I just went out to get out one of them,

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Speaker 4: Strength on you, but just polite when you're about as

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Speaker 4: strong as a soggy let us leave. I'm not surprised you.

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Speaker 3: Put the do you bring up YouTube and showed them

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Speaker 1: No, I don't know. I don't, but I'm pretty sure

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Speaker 1: they're telling me now, yes.

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Speaker 3: Put the highlights on.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they are very cheeky, but that in the sense

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Speaker 5: What was the moment for you that it changed.

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Speaker 1: Well, sometimes I still don't feel like I belong because

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Speaker 1: try to tell these kids you do belong in all

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Speaker 1: coming to Melbourne you belong here.

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Speaker 3: Great.

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Speaker 2: I mean the word that the AFL and the clubs

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Speaker 2: which is disappointing.

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Speaker 5: Do you think the AFL has gotten better at it, Champion,

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Speaker 5: I think we can still get better.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I can still. I think clubs can still get

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Speaker 2: Who do you love watching now when it comes to

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Speaker 1: One of them's Isaac Rankin, probably whenever he's not injured

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Speaker 1: he's an absolutely start. He's freakish. He can play in

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Speaker 1: Stingle was one of the other ones in Charlie Caperon.

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Speaker 1: So I'll be watching closely just quickly.

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Speaker 5: If you're in the coach's chair on Friday for this game,

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Speaker 5: what do you like as a coach? I found out

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Speaker 5: Chris fake in this morning talking about dark on Saturday,

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Speaker 1: I coached my my son Louis under twelve side actually

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Speaker 3: I got my.

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Speaker 1: Sister's coaches and he just calmed down. They're under twelve s,

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Speaker 1: but they don't listen. I'm saying in my head, this

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Speaker 1: but yeah, I think I'll be a lot called Carma

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Speaker 1: and call I. You want these kids just to play?

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Speaker 1: I told him, don't think your natural ability is to

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Speaker 4: So you've got a couple of the young players with

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Speaker 4: for in the future. Who have we got with us

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Speaker 1: We have they're all pointing at themselves.

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Speaker 4: Yeah I know, I give them a shout out.

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Speaker 1: We have Luke webs Out. We have Jaden Gary who,

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Speaker 1: Gary Loffood who lives with me at the moment. So

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Speaker 1: he's from Beagle Bay. I going down and he goes

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Speaker 1: he's going to school here and Russell and Russell who's.

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Speaker 3: Related to one of my men.

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Speaker 1: Yes, he's sort he put his hand up there that

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Speaker 1: my brother.

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Speaker 4: We're going to watch in the anfl and they.

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Speaker 1: And we have a big day today. We're going to

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Speaker 1: Colds after this, so Cold one of our bigges spons

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Speaker 1: So we're doing a cooking course with chefs. It's like

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Speaker 1: a Missede box. It's like they all get a box each.

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Speaker 1: They don't know what's in it. Good cooked boys, they've

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Speaker 4: Thumbs up. I've just given you just quickly.

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Speaker 5: People can get along to the game on Friday. Yeah,

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Speaker 5: it's a free event.

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Speaker 1: Just come down and know that it's right next to

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Speaker 1: the mcg it's where Footy Festival is. They're around there

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Speaker 1: and you're doing nothing at five o'clock. Come over to

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Speaker 1: Punt Road, the home of the Richmond Football Club and

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Speaker 1: watch Eddie Bets Foundation and a bash.

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Speaker 3: Is an incredible ambassador for the game, isn't it?

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Speaker 1: And such a model.

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Speaker 4: For these young men and women are who are coming

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Speaker 4: to learn under you. So well done for everything are

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Speaker 4: you doing to.

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Speaker 5: Chill out with the under twelve. Yeah yeah, any bets

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