WEBVTT - Magic Round Recap 0:00:07.680 --> 0:00:11.160 Okay, welcome everybody. Welcome to the Daily Telegraph NRL podcast. 0:00:11.200 --> 0:00:13.760 I'm here this morning with Russell Jackson and we've got 0:00:13.920 --> 0:00:19.160 Jason Hoskin digit team on debut and my name is 0:00:19.160 --> 0:00:22.920 Pamela whiley catching up after a big weekend of Magic 0:00:22.920 --> 0:00:23.600 Ground How to Go? 0:00:24.840 --> 0:00:27.000 I notice I just missed my camera shop before, so 0:00:27.120 --> 0:00:30.440 apologies there. I confused where I'm looking, but I got that. Yeah, 0:00:30.560 --> 0:00:35.519 Magic Ground was was fantastic, really enjoyed. It has a 0:00:35.600 --> 0:00:37.720 lot of a lot of footy to consume, isn't there? 0:00:38.320 --> 0:00:40.440 But I thought we got off to an absolute flyer 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:42.919 on Thursday night. I know it's not it's not officially 0:00:42.920 --> 0:00:44.639 part of Magic Ground, is it? But it should be 0:00:44.720 --> 0:00:48.320 if it's not. The women's origin was was fantastic. I 0:00:48.479 --> 0:00:51.199 love that. And then and then we finished off with 0:00:52.120 --> 0:00:55.440 pretty sort of scrappy affair there the Dolphins and Tigers unfortunately, 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:58.080 but you can't have everything, so no, but some good, 0:00:58.160 --> 0:01:01.400 some great foot he played. We saw, We saw a 0:01:01.400 --> 0:01:05.880 few surprises. Loved what the Warriors did against Penrith especially 0:01:05.959 --> 0:01:09.040 that was that was fantastic. Yeah, what are you guys? 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:12.760 What about just so many close games? I don't know, 0:01:12.800 --> 0:01:16.000 I mean but what is it is fourth or fifth year, 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:18.520 but probably the most close games in one round. I 0:01:18.520 --> 0:01:21.640 would have thought, like just sensation of captivating the whole 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:27.119 entire weekend. I thought it was great. Yeah, and seeing 0:01:27.120 --> 0:01:29.399 the Sharks sort of starting to make a name for 0:01:29.440 --> 0:01:30.240 themselves as well. 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:36.120 I loved personally David Armstrong at the Knights. Was it 0:01:36.160 --> 0:01:37.480 a hat trick? He'squed a hat trick? 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:38.120 I think it was. 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:43.400 He was fantastic, just absolutely fantastic. He so he's played 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:46.240 four games now the Knights have won their past four games. 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:50.880 It kind of genuinely how do you leave him out 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:54.040 of out of the side once Kailyn comes back. 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:57.200 It's great seeing these guys, these new so Wales Cup 0:01:57.240 --> 0:01:59.480 guys were making the most of their opportunities. We're seeing 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:01.520 we're seeing that. We saw it with the young Warriors 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:04.000 or the Warriors fall back. He's twenty four, tan Yella. 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:08.560 He was sensational as well. But I just love seeing 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:10.400 these guys make the most of the opportunities. We're seeing 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:13.880 with Green Atkinson from the Sharks as well. There's some 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:16.480 really good players in that Miss Wales Cup set up, 0:02:17.320 --> 0:02:20.120 but Armstrong is just electrifying. He's so exciting. 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:20.920 He really is. 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:23.280 And who would have thought after Ponger gets injured and 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:25.519 if you think, oh my god, you're hiding under your desk, 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:27.600 if you're a Nights fan thinking what's going to happen here? 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:32.000 But they just he's just providing so much spark. He's fantastic. 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:36.320 Absolutely, What about the another big talking point out of it, 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:38.480 Oh here we go, so yeah, here we go. We're 0:02:38.520 --> 0:02:41.600 having a look at his his highlights here. 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:41.920 Yeah. 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:44.600 He just kind of has kind of come from nowhere, 0:02:44.840 --> 0:02:49.800 I think. And as I said, just once Kailn comes in, 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:52.600 what do they do with him? Because they can't leave 0:02:52.720 --> 0:02:57.919 him out of first grade now, not with the. 0:02:57.000 --> 0:03:01.480 And I'm sure there's plenty of clubs interested in his services. 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:03.840 I think that's the big issue. Like he's he looks 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:06.760 out and out fullback, So what do you do? 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:09.600 So what you're saying is what I'm saying is that's 0:03:09.600 --> 0:03:10.919 a six experiment. 0:03:12.160 --> 0:03:14.799 Times Taylor and pong has six experiment Unless you want 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:18.360 to lose this kid. I think I think the clubs 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:20.920 will be killing up for him. He just yeah, the 0:03:20.960 --> 0:03:25.239 spark is providing. He's just such a natural natural footy player. 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:29.400 He doesn't need like sophisticated plays either because he's just 0:03:29.400 --> 0:03:32.440 so fast, you know, it's just it's just paced quite often. 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:35.680 And there is some footy smarts there, of course, but yeah, 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:39.320 he's just he's such an exciting talent. But you've got 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:41.680 to love the resolve of this of this Night's team too. 0:03:41.720 --> 0:03:43.600 They're just finding a way out. They got a bit 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:47.400 when Jackson Haysts are watching this footage of him, now 0:03:47.880 --> 0:03:50.080 a little push and sharp, he's got to he's got 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:51.000 to rain it in a little bit. 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:53.840 That was incredibly stupid. Yeah this is just done. 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:58.520 Yeah this like this really could have cost Then it's 0:03:59.440 --> 0:04:03.600 the game, and I think many believe there was a 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:04.240 little bit of. 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:08.680 All Days believes that probably the Titans should have won. 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:12.560 Yeah that no try, yeah, try, no try. What did 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:13.160 we make of that? 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:18.720 Yeah? I look, I had the first first look he's 0:04:18.760 --> 0:04:21.479 dropped it. I was surprised. Actually in commentary they said 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:23.880 straight away, oh there's no problem there, and hang on 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:27.000 a second. I rewound and when he dropped it and 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:30.719 nothing I've seen, like I need to watch too many 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:32.960 more replays of it, but I probably ended up watching 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:35.280 another ten because we put a gift up on our website, 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:38.520 so you keep watching those, they're pretty pretty good. But 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:41.080 I still doesn't the gift. The gifts a bit smaller, 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:43.080 so it makes it makes it look like you can't see, 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:44.159 like clear separation or whatever. 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:46.960 But the boor clearly bounces. I think it clearly came. 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:51.440 I couldn't see. I mean, if it was warded to try, 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:53.240 it would be here blowing up the other way. 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:53.480 You know. 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:57.800 Yeah, it's interesting. But just on Newcastle and Armstrong, I mean, 0:04:57.800 --> 0:04:59.599 they've really simplified their game. 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:02.000 It seems to be we're just look, we're looking at 0:05:02.040 --> 0:05:07.080 it now like he's you can see him lose control 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:08.160 of the ball quite clearly. 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:11.160 I think the thought was that it had been potentially 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:12.159 raked out as well. 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:16.680 If so, I mean I'm comfortable with it. 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:20.440 Yes, in the actor scoring a try. 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:22.440 You can't break it out exactly. 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:26.080 Yeah, that's right. So yeah, I think we highlighted too. 0:05:26.160 --> 0:05:29.039 Das has got bigger problems than the bunker. They missed 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:32.359 forty seven tackles in that game, so they want to 0:05:32.360 --> 0:05:36.320 fix that up firstly, and at times their attack is yeah, 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:39.839 it's pretty pedestrian, so they've got they've got bigger, bigger 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:42.640 issues up there. It's usual story you've got to hit 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:45.640 your weapons a bit more, and they got some serious weapons. 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:47.200 Two edged backgraders. 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:50.200 Go all right, so we interrupted you were about to 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:51.000 give the Knights a rap. 0:05:51.320 --> 0:05:53.040 Yeah, it's just going to give the Nights a rape. Yeah. 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:55.000 I mean they have sort of simplified the game and 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:58.000 it sort of works out well for Armstrong and he 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:02.039 sort of likes trailing up through the middle. Yeah, so 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:04.960 it'll be interesting. I mean, Caylen's still out for I 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:07.680 don't know, another eight six, eight weeks or something like that, 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:10.200 A long time anyway, so they'll really settle into a 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:14.680 combination and assuming they'll be pushing for the finals. So yeah, 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:16.400 where do you put Kaylen when he does come back? 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:18.120 You don't want to break up any momentum. 0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:19.239 Definitely genuine question. 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:22.600 What about the Sharks. I think there was still a 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:26.840 little bit. They obviously beat Melbourne last week and then 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:29.040 there was still just a little hint of a doubt 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:30.919 And I think I've said it too. Still not one 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:34.680 hundred percent convinced. I'm now kind of convinced that they're 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:36.680 a Premiership heavyweight. 0:06:36.800 --> 0:06:37.960 Do you agree? 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:42.120 But yeah, I look, there's certainly making a strong argument. 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:46.400 They played Niko Heines was fantastic. Dominic Young made a 0:06:46.400 --> 0:06:50.320 lot of aeras didn't We were just watching one there, But yeah, 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:52.960 the Roosters were I don't know. I think there's a 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:56.480 lot of upside in that Rooster's team Joey Manor who 0:06:56.520 --> 0:07:00.960 obviously wasn't there, which makes a huge difference. But yeah, 0:07:00.960 --> 0:07:02.719 as far as the Sharks are concerned, and they're getting 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:04.599 such great value about of guys like you know, Tom 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:07.920 Hazleton particularly, he has just been absolute phenomenon. But yeah, 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:11.080 they're playing good footy that well organized defensively with Craig Fitzgibbon. 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:14.000 They play a great style of footy too. I really 0:07:14.240 --> 0:07:17.360 what I liked about this game was just a style 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:21.480 that both teams played with throwing it around. The Roosters 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:24.120 in particular can be a little bit a bit careless 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:25.800 at times and make a lot of a lot of 0:07:25.800 --> 0:07:29.960 silly errors, but great, Yeah, great adversement for rugby league. 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:32.760 This game really good, really good game of footy, very 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:36.560 open and this this try from Junior Power. And there's 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:39.320 another guy who you know, makes the most of every 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:43.520 opportunity he gets, you know, minimum wage guy, just battling 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:45.960 away every time he comes into the team. He does 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:46.720 a good job, but. 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:49.480 That was an absolute coach killer. 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:54.360 But exactly the only thing with the Sharks is they've 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:56.600 they've got to get it done at the business end 0:07:56.600 --> 0:07:58.480 of the season. I think a lot of people like 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:00.800 me will only be convinced when I see that happen, 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:03.360 when I see Nico Hines win a big game for 0:08:03.400 --> 0:08:05.560 the Sharks and get I mean, I just need to 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:07.360 see that before I'm totally convinced. 0:08:08.120 --> 0:08:10.240 I agree with you, I think. But last year they 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:12.720 didn't beat a top eight side, did they not? 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:16.080 All year? And they still finished I think they finished seventh. 0:08:17.360 --> 0:08:18.840 Wasn't it bit high than that? I think it was 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:19.920 about seventh last year? 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:26.800 And yeah, so I think they were very real doubts 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:29.640 about them even though they have been winning. 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:32.120 But this is Yeah, that's kind of convinced me. 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:35.760 Too, Yeah, that they will be right up there. 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:38.920 Oh it's interesting. I mean, yeah, massive two weeks for 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:42.280 the Sharks, that they're big scalps in consecutive weeks. But 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:45.880 it's interesting when you talk about Premiership contenders and you 0:08:45.920 --> 0:08:47.920 bring up the Sharks and the have just conceded thirty 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:50.600 points in the game. So it's still plenty to work on. 0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:54.240 To get with those sort of top four sides and 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:55.679 be able to grind out a victory. 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:58.040 Yeah, still to be proven. I guess. It was almost 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:01.360 like those teams the other night just agreed like defense 0:09:01.440 --> 0:09:03.320 is optional tonight, like let's just throw it around and 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:03.839 have a bit of fun. 0:09:03.880 --> 0:09:04.080 It was. 0:09:04.120 --> 0:09:07.400 It was loose. Fights were so loose like the Sharks 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:10.840 normally see like pretty well organized defensively, but yeah, that's 0:09:10.840 --> 0:09:12.559 just everything went out the window with that game. It 0:09:12.640 --> 0:09:15.040 was like, and I like that about the Sharks. They 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:16.959 sort of thought, well, we'll just and they came out. 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:19.760 It started brilliantly, but they thought, we've got to go 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:21.439 toe to toe with these guys. If we sit back, 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:25.080 be conservative, they'll run around us. So let's let's try 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:27.440 some shots ourselves. And that was pretty impressive that they 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:27.840 can do that. 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:30.680 It was a perfect round for it, party round. Party 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:34.000 of crowd was up and about the atmosphere. Another entertained 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:34.640 it was good fun. 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:37.760 They get another test this week, obviously, so they play 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:39.319 the Panthers. 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:42.040 Where do they play that game? Let the other look here, 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:45.160 So that's at home, so they play that. Yeah, incredible. 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:50.880 The Panthers obviously had a bit of a misstep. 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:53.800 They had a huge week this week with the tailor 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:58.439 made stuff that came out which was terrible, and they 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:01.079 just seemed to completely off their game. 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:03.560 What do we think, Well, they got off to a 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:07.000 fine start, didn't they try on the first ninety seconds 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:09.000 and you know they seem to have the better of 0:10:09.000 --> 0:10:12.000 the Warriors. But but yeah, I guess his key players out, 0:10:12.760 --> 0:10:15.360 Cleary out, and a lot of other players out, and 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:18.439 they're just sort of, yeah, they're just a couple of 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:19.720 rungs below where they need to be. 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:22.240 But even that penalty like the dealer of the Dylan 0:10:22.320 --> 0:10:25.000 Edwards penalty, but you know at the end that was 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:28.720 that's something that usually yeah, would just be gravy. 0:10:29.120 --> 0:10:31.720 Yeah yeah, and you look at you know, Jerome Leui 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:34.960 was just on fire early in that game. But you know, 0:10:35.640 --> 0:10:37.480 I think you see the difference between is probably a 0:10:37.480 --> 0:10:39.640 warning for the type for Tigers fans and shows that 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:43.000 he does need to develop into that chief playmaking role. 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:46.160 Like Nathan Cleary is so good at controlling a game. 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:50.240 They were dominant and there's no way he would sort 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:52.480 of let the Warriors get back into it the way 0:10:52.520 --> 0:10:57.880 they did through some pretty scrappy unpenis like play. I 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:02.040 thought Dylan Edwards was fantastic, even though you know he 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:06.720 did get out play by his opposite this, but yeah, 0:11:06.800 --> 0:11:10.079 I just that was the thing for me. Yeah, Nathan 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:13.520 Cleary so sorely missed, not that he was goal kicking alone, 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:15.240 that the shot at the end of the game would 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:18.600 have been. Yeah, it would have been easy work for 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:20.960 for Cleary as we're watching poor Jack Cole get cut 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:24.680 in half by Bo Pompey and then yeah, sprad a 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:27.920 bit of bomb after that. But oh, the front on camera, 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:32.280 such an incredible hit. 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:34.720 I really finished him. 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:37.920 Yeah, you don't see you guys get folded like that 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:42.120 very often, but. 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:44.040 It was yeah, no, I think just they just looked 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:47.600 a little bit desperate and disorganized and they were trying 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:50.319 to win the game and they just didn't know where 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:51.360 to go, what to do. 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:54.480 And they'll have a big talk about that because Taylor 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:57.439 May we know it's going to be suspended indefinitely, so 0:11:57.800 --> 0:12:01.320 I'll be getting his life without him, So I'm sure 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:04.320 Evan we'll be having a good chat to his guys. 0:12:04.880 --> 0:12:08.280 But there's no doubt that impacted them, without taking anything 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:11.560 away from the Warriors, who were great, and it was 0:12:11.640 --> 0:12:15.600 terrific to see them win because some I think everybody likes. 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:19.440 The Warriors absolutely, what about women's origin. 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:22.400 So we had a that was a So it was 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:26.360 just over twenty five thousand people there, which is actually 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:30.679 a world record for standalone women's rugby league match, which 0:12:30.880 --> 0:12:36.560 is really amazing phenomenal. So yeah, it was just I 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:39.679 sad he last week and thought Queensland would just absolutely 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:41.320 dominate and the. 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:45.040 Opposite they came out of that was such a good 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:48.079 game and they got done in the conditioning stakes, didn't 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:54.600 they They just looked off the pace Queensland chatman electrifiing that stride. 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:59.880 It's incredible. It's just an amazing strike. Again, she's so fast. 0:12:59.840 --> 0:13:02.360 So fast, she's so tall, six foot tall. 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:06.760 She got three tries in the Grand Final last year 0:13:06.760 --> 0:13:08.880 for the Titans, came unstuck. 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:12.600 Yeah, yeah, to play. But I meant to say at 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:15.240 the top of the show, the thing that did catch 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:17.000 my eye was and we're about to see something is 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:19.920 Caitlin Johnston, Like she was just incredible that try. It 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:22.640 was just the best thing I've seen in a long time. 0:13:22.679 --> 0:13:25.320 And everything that she had to deal with leading up 0:13:25.320 --> 0:13:29.280 to the game, online trials and whatnot. I mean, yeah, 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:32.160 look at that. That's she's just the. 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:34.360 Most fun player to watch. She had such a good 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:35.079 time and. 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:37.120 You can see the players like every time she did 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:40.880 something in their game that just get around her. It 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:44.600 was great, great to watch good footy, really good footy, 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:47.360 proper play the balls. Like I'm a purist who hates 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:49.200 the way the play the balls going in the NRL, 0:13:49.240 --> 0:13:50.880 We're seeing guys just get up and chuck it through 0:13:50.920 --> 0:13:55.040 their legs and we see technically some good stuff around 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:57.080 their ruck. So I hope that. I hope that stays. 0:13:57.280 --> 0:13:59.480 I don't stay down and appeal for pan to. 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:03.080 Watch milking the wrestling and all that, and you know 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:05.280 it's going to come at some point probably they play 0:14:05.320 --> 0:14:08.760 more games and becomes more professional, but let's hope it doesn't. 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:12.320 But yeah, I love those. As a regularly purist watching 0:14:12.320 --> 0:14:15.640 people play the ball properly, I love it. 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:18.880 I just thought it was great. I mean, standalone, like 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:22.200 you say, a record crowd and some magic moments, which 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:24.480 and the women's game will start to build that sort 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:27.640 of folklore moments now, so you have another sort of 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:30.480 layer of football that more people get engaged with, and 0:14:30.520 --> 0:14:31.520 it's quality too. 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:34.960 Is there anything like from Queensland perspective, is there anything 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:38.160 they can do? Do you think we're expecting any changes 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:41.080 or anything like that, or they just yeah, is there 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:41.880 anything they can do? 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:44.920 I think that they just kind of need to get 0:14:45.200 --> 0:14:49.160 I think the difference in this was I think a 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:53.120 lot of people, me included, actually really underestimated that seven 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:55.080 weeks that New South has kind of had together in 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:59.320 camp and just you could see the relationship that all 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:03.120 those players for formed together over that time, whereas Queensland 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:07.880 had a week or so, even though they're they're pretty 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:10.080 mainstay team. 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:12.920 What was it thinking, is it's just an overside played 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:15.360 Queensland Rugby League or how were they didn't have funding 0:15:15.480 --> 0:15:16.400 or what was the reason? 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:18.160 The reason that New. 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:21.480 South Wales did that was because there's no games played 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:24.880 in New South Wales. So the New South Wales Rugby 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:29.040 League like the Harvey Norman Women's Premiership that's now being 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:30.880 played at the same time as the inner Ron Rubby 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:33.000 later in the year, so a lot of the New 0:15:33.000 --> 0:15:34.320 South Wales players didn't. 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:36.840 Have any games they're not playing, So. 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:40.200 The New South Wales camp was as a way to 0:15:40.240 --> 0:15:43.080 fix that, to get conditioning into them to replace the 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:46.480 fact that they're not actually playing club games whereas Queensland 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:49.280 are playing club games and there are a few New 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:51.360 South Wales girls who went up to Queensland to playing 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:57.160 in the Queensland competition. It was to avoid a really 0:15:57.280 --> 0:16:02.440 poor kind of opening first game, lack of poor quality 0:16:02.440 --> 0:16:04.360 opening first and lack of footy. 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:07.560 But Quentin really need to look at that. 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:09.840 I think they might change their plan. 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:13.920 They really do, because that was that was very obvious. 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:18.440 The difference in that. What about? So let's move on. 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:20.680 There's another big talking point this week. 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:22.880 I think they obviously came out of magic ground but 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:26.440 been bubbling along for a little while is what's the 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:30.640 matter of paramatter? Yeah, a bit of heat has turned 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:36.440 on to Brad Arthur. Now after that loss that was yes, 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:39.920 so forty eight to sixteen lost to Melbourne. 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:44.840 What do we think has Where do we think this goes? 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:46.960 Do we think that well? There needs to be I 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:51.760 think I think they're playing Sous this weekend and if 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:54.480 they lose that game, no matter who's not there for paramatter, 0:16:56.000 --> 0:17:00.120 the blow torch is just going to be applied to 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:03.360 Brad Arthur. At the moment he's got support at the club. 0:17:03.400 --> 0:17:05.600 But if they if they get beaten by his house, 0:17:05.640 --> 0:17:07.800 and from what I saw of Souse the other night, 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:10.080 I think that's a very real prospect of that happening. 0:17:10.880 --> 0:17:14.400 It's gonna be big trouble for for Brad Arthur. But yeah, 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:17.280 they just couldn't go with Melbourne at all, could they? 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:20.560 And I suppose there's no disgrace in that when Melbourne's 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:23.720 on like this, But you know, Paramatta is a big 0:17:23.760 --> 0:17:26.600 club and they shouldn't be sitting where are they fourteenth? 0:17:27.840 --> 0:17:30.280 They should just shouldn't be in this in this position. 0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:32.840 But yeah, no Guthus and no Moses. 0:17:33.920 --> 0:17:37.000 You know, there's some serious second half fade out this 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:40.000 season for the years, isn't it. Yes, I kind of 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:42.879 feel is I don't know, there's something bubbling amongst the 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:47.240 grip Mike receiver. His involvement was like minimal, not for 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:50.120 the first time, he's already been dropped this season. And yeah, 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:53.240 just low energy. 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:54.440 Absolutely. 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:54.920 Yeah. 0:17:54.960 --> 0:17:57.639 Well they were in it with the Broncos, weren't they 0:17:57.720 --> 0:18:00.800 last week? And then just totally fell away. And then 0:18:01.480 --> 0:18:03.639 you know they have moments where you think, oh, you know, 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:05.679 that looks pretty good and then it just is they 0:18:05.760 --> 0:18:09.359 can't maintain it and that's right, and I mean, you 0:18:09.400 --> 0:18:11.760 look at I know that they have injuries and obviously 0:18:11.840 --> 0:18:14.680 No Gatho is a big one and no Mitch Moses 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:16.280 is huge as well, but they still. 0:18:16.080 --> 0:18:20.600 Have a fairly classy caliber of players. 0:18:20.800 --> 0:18:24.520 They've got, still got a decent pack, and we just 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:29.280 see they get jumped over by CAFUSI. I think Michaels 0:18:29.320 --> 0:18:33.320 certainly knows that he's not wanted at that club anymore, 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:35.920 but he should be more professional and they need more 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:38.720 from him. I agree he's involvement, it's just it's not 0:18:38.760 --> 0:18:39.200 good enough. 0:18:40.119 --> 0:18:42.800 And I think, yeah, I mean he's not He's not 0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:44.280 the problem, is not the problem. 0:18:44.280 --> 0:18:47.120 He's an example of a guy who can do more. Like, yes, 0:18:47.160 --> 0:18:49.879 they've got those injuries to key positions and whatnot, but 0:18:50.560 --> 0:18:54.720 they need more from those experienced guys. Definitely, the only 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:56.920 thing that seems to be working for them at the moment. 0:18:56.960 --> 0:19:00.800 I like watching blades Tellugi play. Yeah he's certainly, he's 0:19:00.840 --> 0:19:04.400 certainly a real threat in that sort of thirty metor zone. 0:19:04.440 --> 0:19:08.160 But yeah, again it's just a young bloke doing his best. 0:19:08.160 --> 0:19:09.400 They need more from their experience. 0:19:09.560 --> 0:19:12.399 He hasn't committed to the to the club, hasn't so 0:19:12.760 --> 0:19:17.320 and that is a warning sign, I think, because he 0:19:17.440 --> 0:19:19.240 is a player at the moment where you look and 0:19:19.280 --> 0:19:21.320 you go, here's a bit of a spark, here's something 0:19:21.359 --> 0:19:24.119 to look forward to. Let's fight, Let's figure out what 0:19:24.160 --> 0:19:26.640 to do with him, because he's he's in the future. 0:19:27.320 --> 0:19:33.040 If he hasn't committed, Yeah, that's a I mean, if 0:19:33.040 --> 0:19:33.800 you're a Nails fan. 0:19:34.359 --> 0:19:38.480 Oh yeah, clubs are circling, Dragons circling big time. 0:19:38.560 --> 0:19:42.080 So yeah, and Eathan stands another up and coming signed 0:19:42.080 --> 0:19:43.000 with the Raid's right. 0:19:43.040 --> 0:19:45.640 Two of the guys that are standing look like they've 0:19:45.640 --> 0:19:49.600 got something. Yeah, it look like they won't. Well we're 0:19:49.600 --> 0:19:53.000 telling you, but we'll wait and see. But yeah, massive 0:19:53.000 --> 0:19:55.880 trouble for Brad Arthur, I think as it is. But 0:19:56.000 --> 0:19:59.200 if they get rolled by bys House, lookout. 0:19:59.440 --> 0:20:02.440 The hard thing is, though, now we're going to talk 0:20:02.480 --> 0:20:06.760 about you know, Wayne Bennett, he's going to South so 0:20:06.840 --> 0:20:12.360