WEBVTT - Round 9 Takeaways 0:00:01.680 --> 0:00:04.480 Curbs is the big news last week. Well done to 0:00:05.280 --> 0:00:07.280 the P and G chief land of their man, Jerome 0:00:07.360 --> 0:00:10.399 Lewy where we've seen Perth really struggle to find themselves 0:00:10.440 --> 0:00:11.120 a marque. 0:00:12.360 --> 0:00:15.840 Different approach, isn't it, Perth coming in sooner? Don't have 0:00:16.000 --> 0:00:19.800 the sort of the character dangle. I've signed a few 0:00:19.800 --> 0:00:24.480 players but haven't got that big ticket and Jerome Law Yes, 0:00:24.520 --> 0:00:27.200 there's incentives that attract players to P and G. But 0:00:27.280 --> 0:00:30.200 I think one of the key characteristics if you're trying 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:32.800 to form that club is you're going to have players 0:00:32.800 --> 0:00:35.920 that care, that genuinely care about rugby league, care about 0:00:36.200 --> 0:00:38.320 a legacy, because this is a big moment in the 0:00:38.360 --> 0:00:41.320 game to take a game. A club to P and 0:00:41.360 --> 0:00:44.480 G that loves its rugby league, but it needs help, 0:00:44.520 --> 0:00:49.720 it needs infrastructure. And Jerome Lui perenrith Bourne loved it. 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:52.000 Moves the Tigers. I thought he would struggle with a 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:55.160 new identity. He's Tigers through and through now and now 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:56.800 he's going to do the same thing at P and G. 0:00:56.840 --> 0:00:59.160 I think it's a good signing an amazing legacy. This 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:01.560 can lead. As we said I said on the show 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:04.400 last night, you can't get away from the fact cold 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:07.560 hard cash, tax free doggs. Okay, but you're also part 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:11.800 of something very very special. You know, you're part of 0:01:11.840 --> 0:01:15.920 something which will transform a country. I think what we're 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:19.040 about to see what Rugby League can do is to 0:01:19.080 --> 0:01:21.720 do what nothing has been able to do, and that 0:01:21.920 --> 0:01:24.560 is just transformed this country and bring this country. 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:26.560 There's two things that everyone that signs with P and 0:01:26.600 --> 0:01:30.640 G will say, cash is king, which is obviously the carrot. 0:01:30.880 --> 0:01:33.240 The other one is they're going to say that they 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:35.680 care about the legacy in the game, But do they 0:01:35.800 --> 0:01:38.680 actually care? And that's going to be the key decision 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:40.720 because I actually believe what Jerome Lewis said in his 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:43.160 press conference, like he feels like, yes, it's a big 0:01:43.200 --> 0:01:45.360 opportunity to selp his family and all those things. But 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:49.000 I think everywhere he's gone he's proven that he cares 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:51.640 about his teammates, cares about the club, and does everything 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:54.240 he possibly can to make a difference. So I think 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:57.160 it's a good signing. Let's see the Domino four off 0:01:57.200 --> 0:01:59.080 the back of this mate coups. 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:02.200 It's a jiggle country mate like and we oftentimes we 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:03.440 think about your ginning and. 0:02:03.360 --> 0:02:04.480 We straight away were on the payroll. 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:08.120 I wish. I was like, you are some tax three 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:14.040 dollars even me, but it is an amazing country. The 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:16.720 big question is going to be who's next, because it's 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:20.160 changed the perception totally. People are going, yeah, tax three 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:22.440 dollars is that going to be enough to get players there? 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:26.720 The Jerome Luai signing is a game changer because I've 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:28.800 spoken a number of players now and I said, would 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:34.040 you would you consider now? Yeah, it's actually gone from 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:36.960 being a club yard which you know, to being a 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:40.440 club one of the most attractive clubs to sign. 0:02:40.960 --> 0:02:42.600 I think what they'll end up getting there's a lot 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:45.320 of people towards sort of the back end, like let's 0:02:45.360 --> 0:02:48.440 say thirty year olds and a lot of aspiring young ones. 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:49.760 I don't think you're going to get a lot of 0:02:49.800 --> 0:02:52.280 people let's call them in the peak of their powers. Yeah, 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:54.160 but I think that'll be their their list. 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:56.720 I'm not totally sure in this where it sits at 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:59.519 the moment, but the deal has been done through the 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:02.480 Australian government. I don't know what it means for New 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:07.040 Zealand players. I'm not sure. I'm not sure if they're 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:10.040 on as far as tax free, I don't know whether 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:11.520 it applies to them at the moment. I have no 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:16.040 clarification on it, but maybe it doesn't. If it doesn't, 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:20.560 I tell you what, that's a little bonus for the Warriors. Yeah, 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:23.080 now the Roosters and the Broncos coups. 0:03:23.600 --> 0:03:24.360 What do you make of it? 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:29.480 Tear what? It shows you how the Roosters are on 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:31.359 the climb a little bit, but also show when Roos 0:03:31.440 --> 0:03:34.600 Welsh gets into a rhythm, they can chase any school, 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:35.839 any school back. 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:39.040 It was entertainment plus, but I'm not sure you should 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:40.960 get to thirty zero and still be a chance to 0:03:41.000 --> 0:03:43.920 lose the game, to be honest. But the way I 0:03:43.960 --> 0:03:46.720 really like it is that Roosters the last two weeks 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:49.040 have sort of got the blueprint of handle how to 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:52.440 handle the new game. They're not finessing the ball sideways 0:03:52.480 --> 0:03:55.360 too often. Well, they're doing and they're centralizing their attack. 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:58.320 When they find a crack or a quick play the ball, 0:03:58.560 --> 0:04:00.400 they're staying there and they're not shifting all the way 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:02.680 from it. Because the way the game is, the longer 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:05.560 the set goes, the quicker the play the ball gets. 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:09.960 And Reece Robson was outstanding. Yes, Tedesco was good. The 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:13.400 halves had a bit, but Reece Robson here just sets 0:04:13.440 --> 0:04:16.120 the time because he sees a crack, plays straight and 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:18.760 direct and the quick play. The ball just gets bigger 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:21.240 and bigger as the set unfolds, and his service from 0:04:21.320 --> 0:04:24.360 dummy half was top shelf. There's a lot of star 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:27.480 started players in terms of cherry evans and things that 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:30.720 will get the raps, but I think Reece Robson was 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:32.800 one of the more influential players on the field. 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:35.600 I reckon could that performance as cementity spot in the 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:38.600 State of Origin because my thing with there's three men 0:04:38.640 --> 0:04:41.200 we talk about. We talk about Rece Robson, Abby Chorus, 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:46.160 and Blake Brailey. My thing was Robson is tough and 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:48.400 rugged and make his tackle. You've got the toughness of 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:52.320 State of Origin. Think about Brayley defensively, might have a 0:04:52.360 --> 0:04:54.280 little bit of shortcoming, but he can give so much 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:56.680 an attack. I was learning Chorus how because he can 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:58.480 do a little bit of both. But what you saw 0:04:58.560 --> 0:05:01.720 there from Rice Robson, you know, is that he was 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:04.919 showing us there, Hey listen, yeah, I can attack, and 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:07.040 you show one there before Cooper, I think a really 0:05:07.040 --> 0:05:10.400 good example of you know, basically, if you've got your 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:12.600 foot in the door. You just keep going. And it's 0:05:12.680 --> 0:05:15.200 a great example. He goes through Pacey's nose through and 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:17.839 what I like here it's Teddy. They made a dip 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:20.280 in the wall. Mate, they just keep going direct at 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:23.200 him again, exactly what you said. If you're firing into 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:25.919 a damn wall, just keep firing the same spot. Sinancially, 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:26.680 little Crack. 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:29.400 Teams train overspeed. What I mean by that is they 0:05:29.440 --> 0:05:31.760 train where they play. The ball speed is above what 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:34.200 anything would happen in the game, and the best way 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:36.599 to take advantage of that is exactly that way, Like 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:39.799 you don't go finessing the ball sideways unless it's an 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:44.120 obvious numbers advantage. Rehys Robson went the crack was there, 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:46.279 Teddy decided to go again and that was just a 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:48.880 short pass. Cherry Evans looked for a short pass, but 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:51.120 the dummy came out to play and he ran the 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:54.360 ball as well. So I think out of all the teams, 0:05:54.440 --> 0:05:58.360 who's playing that sort of best style that takes advantage 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:00.680 of it. Because for me, I think the game is 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:04.640 at thirty nil the Roosters after about fifty minutes, well, 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:07.080 at halftime was twenty four nil. They had nearly seventy 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:11.440 percent possession, restarts, penalties, they score the points on the 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:13.960 second half, it flips the other way around. The Broncos 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:16.440 got the penalties, they got the restarts, and it was 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:18.200 Reese Waltz that took advantage of it. 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:20.400 Well, we're going to talk. We were going to show 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:23.520 like all Teddy's handles in the first half, but I 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:25.200 think we're pretty clear. We know how he's playing at 0:06:25.200 --> 0:06:27.480 the moment. It's just drilling the middle all the time. 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:29.680 Let's have a little look at Rys Walsh. You know 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:32.159 what you know his handles and what he did in 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:35.440 the second half to get his side going. And I'm curious. 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:39.159 I haven't seen them as a collective, but it's like 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:44.440 when he gets going, it's just like mate, it's it's unbelievable. 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:47.039 I think there was a tactical change from Michael McGraw 0:06:47.040 --> 0:06:50.040 at halftime. The Rooster's middle forwards were getting the line 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:53.320 speed and shutting down any momentum that the Broncos had, 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:55.760 and the little shift was getting the ball to the 0:06:55.880 --> 0:06:58.279 edges and tacking the Rooster's edges on the back foot. 0:06:58.640 --> 0:06:59.160 Every time. 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:02.400 You know, Ree had a din it was because Cantoni 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:05.320 Staggs on the right hand side was doing damage and 0:07:05.360 --> 0:07:07.440 he was on the left hand side like attacking Sam 0:07:07.480 --> 0:07:10.720 Walker there, Yes, that's the thing, not attacking Lindsay Collins 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:13.280 and Victor Radley and Rhees Robson through the middle. He 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:14.200 was going at the edges. 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:16.920 Yep, he was, you know, and he assumes a lot 0:07:16.960 --> 0:07:20.240 more first first received responsibility and a little bit like 0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:22.280 hoind I've heard a few people say this. You know, 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:26.440 when Reno goes off the field, you know the side 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:29.800 looks better, et cetera, et cetera. Well, you don't win 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:31.720 a competition and you don't get the finals in my 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:35.080 opinion against without that pure halfback of Annam Reynolds. But 0:07:35.560 --> 0:07:38.920 it's certainly when Reno's not there it forces him forward. 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:41.680 Yeah, his touches go through the roof and that can 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:44.960 be only a good thing when, particularly when they're chasing points. 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:48.720 The thing I liked about it is that when there 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:53.080 was a touch he just went run first mentality as 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.840 opposed to pass. A lot of players get into pass 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:57.760 mode and it's not the right thing. He was looking 0:07:57.800 --> 0:08:00.720 to run first, and then Sam Wall or the center 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:02.520 turned in and that's when the pass happened for it. 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:05.320 There a lot of talk in the game about how 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:08.080 quick the game's go on and purists saying, on you 0:08:08.120 --> 0:08:10.840 know there's too many points scored. Well, I'll tell you what. 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:15.000 I could watch that Knights versus South games every day 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:17.640 in the next two weeks. I loved it. It was 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:21.160 one of the most entertaining games that I've seen dry 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:24.520 Sunday afternoon football. With two teams. They've got the ability 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:26.920 to move the ball around the field. I thought that 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:31.120 night's early on. I mean the combination Brown Ponger Fletcher 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:34.319 Sharp is going to work. It clearly is They look very, 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:34.800 very good. 0:08:34.840 --> 0:08:38.520 I think Oldbrooks coaching is just it's glass half full, 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:42.600 go and try it. Don't do that if you make sense. 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:46.600 So the fact that they know they've got some ballplaying 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:48.880 nuances that they need to improve from a technical point 0:08:48.880 --> 0:08:50.880 of view. But when they've got the confidence of belief 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:53.640 that their coach backs them in, they can move sideways, 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:58.839 they can play straight. Klyn Ponger Jesus wish didn't get injured, 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:00.679 because I think he'd be up there in the dais. 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:02.280 He looks in great touch. 0:09:02.080 --> 0:09:04.400 Every time he touches a foot and really. 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:07.360 Cares on the like he's high five and his teammates 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:11.480 and every I noticed every try, every try assist he did. 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:13.920 It wasn't look at me, it was high five and 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:15.760 every one surround and there's a bit of energy. 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:19.040 And chip and blokes who made the like La Tron 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:22.000 Mitchell Coops at the moment. My god. We've seen some 0:09:22.040 --> 0:09:24.520 great power athletes in rugby league. I mean is the 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:26.360 first one, but way way back in the guy blokes 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:32.240 like Billy Boston and g I mate, honestly, I mean 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:36.720 Kaylen Pong, just Kaylan Pong is a big man. He's big, 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:39.440 thick around the rump. Make him hold his own defense. 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:41.319 To talk about the one he ran over the top 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:41.640 of him. 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:44.600 Yeah, yeah, I mean, look at that touch there, that flick. 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:47.000 But you know when he ran over the top of 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:50.200 Kaylen here that mate, I don't know. I don't know 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:51.240 why he dislikes gags. 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:54.720 Look at that that. 0:09:54.800 --> 0:09:58.760 He's unbelievable loves of course he kicks his here and 0:09:58.800 --> 0:10:00.800 the Ice fans would have been a give him the 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:03.079 Bronx tier and a little bit of stick. And as 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:06.120 I said in the show last night, I've heard Latrell 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:08.440 has said to me mate. I love turning it on 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:11.079 a Newcastle because they didn't pick up control for the 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:12.600 Knights that we didn't pick him up. 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:16.240 This is a compliment or to say about Latrell when 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:19.440 he plays with that arrogance, and I mean like the 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:22.480 arrogance like he is the best player, like it is 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:25.480 infectious for the rest of his team, and he delivers 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:28.160 the majority of time when he sort of sits back 0:10:28.200 --> 0:10:30.760 and is just yeah, I can get through this or whatever. 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:33.600 He comes in and out of games and I don't 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:36.280 know what Wayne Bennett did to him before that game, 0:10:36.320 --> 0:10:38.560 but he's done enough. In the last period of time 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:41.360 against Melbourne he was exactly the same. Whatever is he's 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:44.280 done the last let's call it a month. That is 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:47.560 the blueprint for the next twenty weeks for Latrell because yes, 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:50.880 he's going to have some people comment about his arrogance 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:52.679 in a good way, so people aren't going to like it. 0:10:53.000 --> 0:10:55.079 But for South Sydney's fans and for them to win 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:58.960 football games, if he carries that swagger, his team will believe, 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:01.360 his fans will be believe they can win, and he 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:05.280 normally lifts the occasion. Yeah, it was like Joanah Loomu 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:07.640 did something similarly in Rugby World Cup. 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:10.160 Phenomenal that was That was Calen Pong. 0:11:10.240 --> 0:11:13.320 As you said, it's not just a rookie, is a 0:11:13.360 --> 0:11:15.320 big frame and puts his body on the line and 0:11:15.360 --> 0:11:16.160 he just ran over. 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:16.959 Him like he was roadkill. 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:19.440 Really important win the other night for the Dolphins. If 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:21.480 they had lost their game, they'd be two and six. 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:24.720 That's a disastrous start to the season. They're three and five. 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:29.960 They've lost some tight games, but they're lost games. A 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:31.720 bloke who came back in the side and we racked 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:33.480 him a lot last year. I just think he's a 0:11:33.520 --> 0:11:38.720 fabulous player. It's Kurt Dona who he he provides so 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:42.120 much assistance to Isaiahatwa and just a little one he 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:43.800 leads up to the first try, just a little bit 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:47.280 here and he catches his first Just watch just said 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:50.559 that little skip. It is Cartower like and obviously he 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:54.000 watches Isaiah. They work a little bit together, but just 0:11:54.120 --> 0:11:56.480 that little bit of a pause go forward, dragged him 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:58.720 in a little bit and then he then he gets 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:01.280 the ball at first receiver here in Oxford across the line. 0:12:01.559 --> 0:12:04.520 You know, it's just just things like that which I 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:06.880 think he makes a really big difference to this football team. 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:09.720 Yeah, he's a half back that's playing in the middle forwards, 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:11.800 and I think he can be a really big ace 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:14.640 up the sleeve of Christian Wolf from the Dolphins because 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:18.400 you put whether it's Gilbert or someone else that's the 0:12:18.400 --> 0:12:20.600 middle forward, put them out there for the first twenty minutes, 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:22.600 and when there is fatigue, this is the guy that 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:25.800 would take advantage. I like Isaiah or Victor Radley for 0:12:26.280 --> 0:12:29.320 the Russes. I like the fact that he realized that 0:12:29.360 --> 0:12:30.760 Harry Grant was pressing him. 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:32.800 Instead of running sideways. 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:35.160 Like most babble some ball players do, he actually leant 0:12:35.160 --> 0:12:36.920 into it and said, come to me and I'll create 0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:37.959 the space to the outside. 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:40.960 It's a big katoa plate pause, yep, come on, bring 0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:41.200 it on. 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:43.439 And I think Cartel needs a little bit of help 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:47.439 that he's wrestling through teams trying to give him different looks, 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:50.120 like be aggressive or passive, because he hit the ground 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:52.679 running last year and was carving them up. So I 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:55.760 like that he can come in Donahue and help out 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:57.520 with a little bit of the ball playing, just to 0:12:57.520 --> 0:12:58.400 free him up a little bit. 0:12:58.720 --> 0:13:01.960 There's players in the in the Dolphins side who are 0:13:02.440 --> 0:13:06.960 when Kirton who's not there. They're a side where there's 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:09.680 some explosive forwards, but there's some really workman like forwards. 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:11.880 He just needs that one player in the team with 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:13.960 just a little bit of class with the football to 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:14.480 help him out. 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:16.800 And he's tough too. It's not as if like he's 0:13:16.880 --> 0:13:19.679 a turnstile defensively. He can defend for long periods of time. 0:13:19.800 --> 0:13:22.839 Melbourne Storm, A lot of talk on that's so far 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:29.679 long ago. Was good, an incredible ridiculous number of things. Look, 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:34.720 we've spoke, we've spoken about the Storm and just this 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:37.400 year just surprised one how slow out of the blocks 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:40.800 they booon. Isn't the new rule? Well, I don't know, 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:45.280 as you know, the Storm should should But their ability 0:13:45.320 --> 0:13:47.520 to control the ruck through the middle has been a 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:51.160 cornerstone of their success. The spreading up of the rucks 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:53.200 has affected that. But there was something the other night, Coop. 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:56.720 It was about system in us to go. Melbourne's strength 0:13:56.920 --> 0:14:00.440 is just maintaining that middle, you know, And just this 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:02.839 rolls forward and I just want you to see at 0:14:02.840 --> 0:14:04.920 this point how tired and how loose the middle is. 0:14:04.960 --> 0:14:06.320 And that's a slow play the ball. 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:10.160 And there was a. 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:12.280 Few times in the game with some of the players 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:16.360 when the ball was shifted around and moved around, they 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:19.720 just looked out on their feet, you know, not so 0:14:19.840 --> 0:14:20.880 much lazy. 0:14:21.080 --> 0:14:23.160 Turn their back on the ball carrier of rule number one. 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:23.920 I don't do that. 0:14:25.680 --> 0:14:27.760 Just some of that stuff there where blokes are just 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:32.360 completely gone. It is clear clear how fatigued they are. 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:35.120 So Trent Liero caused that by turning his back of 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:37.480 the first ruck, which allowed the dummy half to get out, 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:39.360 and then that just put the middle forwards on the 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:41.280 back foot. And you do not turn your back when 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:43.680 there's a broken line. You've got to somehow get a 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:46.360 straight line. And if you have to concede meters, concede 0:14:46.400 --> 0:14:49.640 the meters. There's just a couple of things, like defensively, 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:52.080 I don't think it's the rule change that's hurting Melbourne. Yes, 0:14:52.160 --> 0:14:55.400 they have been defensively strong and dominate the ruck for 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:57.200 a long time, but yeah, they should be able to 0:14:57.240 --> 0:14:59.400 adapt to that. I think one of the things is that, 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:03.120 like we highlighted with Rhys Robson, I don't think Harry 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:05.560 Grant is getting dynamic enough play the balls for him 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:07.800 to be the first access to either run or pass, 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:10.320 so they need to find out ways to generate quicker 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:13.640 play the balls in the middle and when we marvel 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:17.480 at Munster and Hughes when they play laterally, I think 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:20.800 they just need to work out going around them is 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:23.640 not the best way every time. With these new rule 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:26.840 Sewer has proven that get him back on the inside 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:29.000 of players more often than on the outside of players. 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:31.600 I think that is a little fix for the Melbourne Storm. 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:34.520 And Cooper man, who's had an incredible impact on your life. 0:15:34.560 --> 0:15:36.920 Craig Belly me. Of course, the moments come out battling 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:40.240 illness and we send our best to belliate. No one 0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:43.320 who's more respected in the game than Craig, but Coop. 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:48.440 There's the respect like the father like impact it has 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:51.080 on all those players. There's no doubt this has had 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:51.560 an effect. 0:15:51.720 --> 0:15:52.680 Yeah, I think it has. 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:56.640 You know he would have been wrestling with this in 0:15:56.640 --> 0:15:58.320 his own mind at different stages. 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:00.560 Do I say something me? Do I know? 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:03.720 His natural tendency is no, I'm not going to tell anyone. 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:08.760 Then the perfect stormer upts in terms of losing games, 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:12.600 him feeling a bit rattled, et cetera, et cetera. And 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:15.400 then those those players may have felt a bit of 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:18.080 a disconnect or something like that. But at the end 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:20.880 of the day, Craig Bellamy is still a very good coach. 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:22.160 He is still a. 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:25.680 Very good man, and he will turn those players from 0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:28.000 average players into great players. 0:16:28.520 --> 0:16:31.520 He can still coach. I never doubt himself. Craig development. 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:44.320 Mate the Cowboys. I thought the Cowboys slow start to 0:16:44.360 --> 0:16:51.640 the year had them in the Sharks so hard like 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:56.840 again the middleman. I just thought of the Cowboys, Tom 0:16:58.000 --> 0:17:03.120 h Thomas mcayley, and Matt Lodge. Matt Lodge, I think 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:04.960 he's playing the best football I've ever seen. His crew. 0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:07.919 Taw Malalolo has just wound the clock at Mckayley's just 0:17:07.920 --> 0:17:09.160 been devastating off the bench. 0:17:09.560 --> 0:17:12.359 Tel Malolo has played some really good games, but what 0:17:12.400 --> 0:17:15.000 he's doing this chunk is really good. What he just 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:18.760 equal thirst as most games played. He'll break that this weekend, 0:17:18.800 --> 0:17:21.720 play three hundred in a couple of weeks. I think 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:25.640 they're call this accidentally well built for the new rule, 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:28.840 because this rule came out in January of Februar or whatever, 0:17:29.240 --> 0:17:32.880 and I don't think too many teams have recruited this way. 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:37.240 But they've got big power, physical middle forwards that can 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:41.240 bend the line and create momentum. Ried Marty's had an impact. 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:43.760 He's doing some nice creative things. But as soon as 0:17:43.760 --> 0:17:47.560 that line is disconnected, they've got running halves, They've got 0:17:47.760 --> 0:17:50.840 Chester and perdue that as soon as there is a 0:17:50.880 --> 0:17:53.840 break in play or someone step back, that gap is 0:17:53.840 --> 0:17:55.960 going to be too big for them to slip through. 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:00.720 I don't know if they meant it, but they've accidentally 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:04.000 fell into prototype because it's a bit like we highlighted 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:06.639 with the Roosters when they find a crack through Tel Malolo. 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:11.280 If I'm telling Dearden or Clifford Orde, as soon as 0:18:11.280 --> 0:18:15.520 Telmlola runs, you should think run next, because there is 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:18.359 just chaos and a disconnected defensive line that that is 0:18:18.400 --> 0:18:21.280 the opportunity to run, not shift the ball, go through 0:18:21.320 --> 0:18:21.960 the front door. 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:24.080 This is going to be an intriguing State of Origin 0:18:24.160 --> 0:18:27.240 series because of the new rule, the thirteen. The thirteen. 0:18:27.800 --> 0:18:30.040 You know, if you come to a change, I think. 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:32.960 The referees will referee it the same way years now, 0:18:37.280 --> 0:18:39.760 a little bit more go yeah. I think the penalties 0:18:39.760 --> 0:18:43.399 in the restart are playing a big chunk in teams 0:18:43.400 --> 0:18:47.920 getting possession right and if you've got smart, powerful forwards 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:52.280 and running backs. You'll take advantage of that. In origin, 0:18:52.320 --> 0:18:55.240 they shouldn't change, but I think they will. I don't 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:59.000 think it's going to be as chaotic given that the 0:18:59.040 --> 0:19:00.920 whistle normally goes in the the Dogs. 0:19:03.080 --> 0:19:04.880 They get very annoyed when we talk about the Dogs 0:19:05.040 --> 0:19:07.680 when everyone anyway does. They always talk about outside noise. 0:19:07.720 --> 0:19:09.959 But the bottom line is we're all talking about them 0:19:09.960 --> 0:19:13.440 when they're firing. They are a big club, a huge support, 0:19:13.640 --> 0:19:16.360 very important Western Sydney club and at the moment they're 0:19:16.720 --> 0:19:19.720 straggling Coop. When we talk about the Dogs all the time, 0:19:20.200 --> 0:19:25.920 we're always referring to their attack, and their attack is suffering. 0:19:26.600 --> 0:19:29.119 In my opinion, I think they're obsessing over their attack 0:19:29.160 --> 0:19:31.120 a little bit too much. They're always trying to get 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:33.440