WEBVTT - The final countdown! Who wins decider? | Dally M fallout | Is R360 threat legit? | CODE NRL 0:00:01.440 --> 0:00:03.680 Mister Fargo has had to pick stud Here's the old flight, 0:00:03.800 --> 0:00:10.200 here's past them straight through. I like the storm just 0:00:11.000 --> 0:00:13.920 but I do worry about a fifteen minute period. If 0:00:13.960 --> 0:00:15.320 there's a lapse, they'll get punished. 0:00:21.160 --> 0:00:23.439 Welcome to a very special edition of the Code Sports 0:00:23.560 --> 0:00:26.440 NRL Show. Dave Rickier with me is the red Man, 0:00:26.680 --> 0:00:29.600 Brent Reed and Michael carriyanas Let's rip into it. Fellas 0:00:29.640 --> 0:00:32.599 the Rugby League's Knight of Knights, the gala of end 0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:34.960 of the year, the Dally M Awards has been run 0:00:35.000 --> 0:00:38.760 and won and Rooster's captain and fullback James Tedesco he 0:00:38.840 --> 0:00:39.600 is a worthy winner. 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:42.160 He went up by the length of us straight and it. 0:00:42.040 --> 0:00:47.080 Was it was pretty difficult to manage suspense, which is 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:49.879 what we normally get with the Dalms, because he had 0:00:49.920 --> 0:00:52.160 had this wrapped up for a long time. Thought Luke 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:54.600 Metcalf did a good job. Fellows, had he stayed injury 0:00:54.640 --> 0:00:58.560 free would have been in the fight. But ultimately Tedesco 0:00:58.720 --> 0:01:01.680 wins the twin twenty five Dalliam Award. 0:01:01.680 --> 0:01:03.000 I think he's a worthy recipient. 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:04.560 Yeah, I don' think it was ever a doubt. Was 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:06.360 the day I think we all thought Teddy was going 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:09.240 to win. A great year. He's had obviously big week 0:01:09.280 --> 0:01:10.760 for him. He pulled out of the Kangaroo to as 0:01:10.800 --> 0:01:12.720 well this week, so it would have been laid down 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:17.640 Mosia to go on that Ashes tour, Teddy split it 0:01:17.680 --> 0:01:21.160 out teeth back in Late Night. But he was is 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:25.160 worthy winner. Outstanding year for him, brilliant year. Yeah, so 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:27.120 he's yeah, fantastic. 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:28.360 Yeah, hard to argue. 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:30.319 You love him, You've loved him having the year. 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:31.480 He's a freak. 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:36.120 Yeah, most consistent fullback of the season, the most consistent 0:01:36.120 --> 0:01:39.119 player of the season deserves the award. Joins the rare 0:01:39.160 --> 0:01:41.680 class to win it twice now and you know at 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:44.760 different stages of his career is what makes it even 0:01:44.800 --> 0:01:47.720 more remarkable. But great season in terms of yeah, I thought, 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:50.240 look mech I'll surprise how high look Metcalf actually finished. 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:52.720 I think he played up around seventeen was probably the 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:55.440 last time he played before he here after that May, 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:57.000 and it would have been that would have been neck 0:01:57.040 --> 0:02:00.120 and no guarantee he would have won the award, but 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:02.760 it would have been close. But yeah, it was just. 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:05.360 A significant loss. He was for the Warriors, doesn't it 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:10.120 that game they were they were basically legless and directionless ones. 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:13.320 It's a misar net going too. Yeah, you can't understand 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:14.799 why they sort of fizzled out back the. 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:19.520 An nrl W player tam Ga Upton was named the 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:23.600 worthy award winner as far as the NRLW is concerned, 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:26.239 and terrific player, terrific player. 0:02:26.480 --> 0:02:27.320 It was a great night. 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:29.520 However, there's a little tip around fellows that we could 0:02:29.520 --> 0:02:32.720 see a split in the ceremony. 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:35.600 Ibout than the contade next next. 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:40.400 I'm not aware of this, but the AFL split it, 0:02:40.400 --> 0:02:41.520 don't they but they have seen as. 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:43.760 Far as nrl W having their own awards night and 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:44.720 the NRL having their own. 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:47.200 The AFL is a bit different because there's seasons are 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:50.079 separated as well, whilst our season's run together. But I 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:51.880 think that'd be a good idea to separate them. 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:55.680 Yeah, definitely, it'd be good because it does drag out 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:57.679 a little bit, right. I think it's a bit it's 0:02:57.680 --> 0:03:00.200 a bit awkward for the players that both players any 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:02.120 on stage for so long after the Team of the 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:04.880 Year and then they go through the results of who's 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:07.160 going to claim that the top gong. So I think 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:08.799 ideally it'd be great to split it he's going to 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:12.679 spend more time celebrating the highlights of both seasons then 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:16.120 instead of sort of glossing over, and it'll be a 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:18.120 shorter night. So yeah, I'd be a fan of it. 0:03:18.200 --> 0:03:20.680 Can I raise a concern I've come out of the 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:21.560 ceremony with day. 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:21.960 Yes. 0:03:22.440 --> 0:03:25.240 So Harry Grant and Joey Tarpenhay were ineligible for awards 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:27.960 because he's got suspended for two weeks, get two weeks 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:31.160 for longer. He ruled out, ruled out of eligibility for 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:34.680 awards Captain of the Year. I think for those look, 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:38.480 I'm happy with you say you cannot win the overall 0:03:38.520 --> 0:03:41.400 individual award if he gets suspended for two weeks or more, 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:44.360 but I think it should be eligible to win other awards, 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:48.280 such as Captain of the Year. Well, Joey tapers. For me, 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:49.680 it was probably the captain of the year. 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:51.440 Well if you if Ricky shewit's the coach of the 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:53.640 year for the Camber Raiders, you would think the leader 0:03:53.680 --> 0:03:58.000 of that team, captain Joe Tarpani would be would be 0:03:58.080 --> 0:04:00.720 a worthy recipient. My only cast to that is I 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:03.000 don't agree with you, read man, because you can't have 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:07.200 you can't have one rule over here where they're ineligible 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:10.840 due to suspension, and over here you are eligible to 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:12.360 win the award. 0:04:12.600 --> 0:04:13.440 And I think it has. 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:16.760 To be rules Rugby League make up rules on the 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:17.240 run day. 0:04:17.320 --> 0:04:20.480 Yeah, look again, I would have he I think you 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:22.839 should have been Captain of the Year. You agree with me, 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:24.720 But suspension. 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:28.120 Costing mixed deciding vote. I'm torn fence. 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:32.960 I don't know. I sort of agree that I agree 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:34.159 on both points that you're making. 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:38.080 My God, I don't have a distinctive tiebreaker. 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:40.080 I would have given a joey You. 0:04:40.080 --> 0:04:41.559 Agree with me? Good man? 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:42.280 Guys. 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:45.600 This is a huge eighty minutes coming from Broncos fullback 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:47.440 Bryce Walsh for. 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:48.440 More reasons than one. 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:51.719 Firstly being to win this premiership with the Brisbane Broncos 0:04:51.760 --> 0:04:56.200 against the Storm would be absolutely huge. But secondly, suddenly 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:59.479 there's an Australian jersey legitimately up for grabs for Ruce 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:03.279 Walston go and grab following the decision by James Tedsco 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:05.000 to make himself. 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:06.880 It's on the plane day. He's already on the plane 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:09.640 there is. He just needs to get through this weekend 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:10.600 and not get injured. 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:11.800 So how many fullbacks are you? 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:13.839 I think they'll take two fullbacks, but I think they're 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:16.160 going to take Teddy and Reese. I think now they'll 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:18.200 probably take Reese and Dylan Edwards. 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:19.840 You thought Dylan Edward's going to miss out? 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:22.279 He was gone, he was gone, sky wow, Yeah gone? 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:26.840 And restarts, Well, that's a bit I'm not sure about. Well, 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:31.360 I imagine was going on the plane. Imagine restarts. Yeah, yeah, 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:32.880 that's the male that. 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:35.800 I've got no issue with that start. I would have 0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:40.279 started Teddy obviously, Yeah, but yeah, I'll be starting. 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:42.840 He could light up the Ashes series Wolf. You can 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:47.120 imagine the English supporters with Reese the way he is 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:50.719 and the personality the way Mark. 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:51.599 No longer need to say. 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:54.080 He could become like a cult figure over there. 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:54.360 Yeah. 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:57.000 Huge, He could go global, Yeah. 0:05:57.320 --> 0:05:59.680 Yeah, super League style yes yeah. 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:01.800 Club who would you pick a fullback game? 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:05.880 I'm surprised you so adamant about Dylan Edwards missing out, 0:06:06.240 --> 0:06:08.839 and I appreciate he hasn't had his best season by 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:12.760 his standards, but he's an elite fullback who has been 0:06:12.800 --> 0:06:15.680 the champion fullback for a number of seasons now. 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:17.360 And you just ruled him out so quickly. 0:06:17.440 --> 0:06:20.600 I think Teddy's withdrawal has saved him yeah, I don't. 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:23.120 I don't think he would have made the fine Dave. Yeah, 0:06:23.320 --> 0:06:25.440 just because his form has been a bit off. 0:06:26.520 --> 0:06:30.280 And the other guys have been That's the other point, right, 0:06:30.320 --> 0:06:35.080 It's not like you know, other fullbacks were struggling. Teddy's 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:38.160 arguably in career best form despite his age, and then 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:42.000 you have Reese Walsh, who's just the pennies dropped for him. 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:44.440 Kenvy's got a relationship with Reese from when he was 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:45.440 the Broncos with him. 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:46.880 So that's a foot in the door. 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:47.640 That's foot in the door. 0:06:47.839 --> 0:06:49.960 Well, one thing I will say is, and there's no 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:51.880 way in the world I expect this to happen, But 0:06:51.920 --> 0:06:54.279 it's a game of rugby league and it can happen. 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:58.279 If Reese doesn't play very well in the GF, does 0:06:58.320 --> 0:06:58.960 that hurt him? 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:02.440 It does, But I still think he's on the plane, 0:07:03.400 --> 0:07:05.000 which other fallback would Yeah. 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:07.680 Yeah, well unless Bryan Papanhouz maybe plays out of his 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:08.440 I don't think. 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:10.880 He's well no, well, then we will get the R 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:12.320 three sixty debate in a moment. 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:15.120 Yeah, but I think Reese has done and dusted. I 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:17.680 think they sat down. You were there with me, Dave 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:21.960 when Peter Landy's announced that Teddy had been had withdrawn 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.480 from the twur the other day and Peter acknowledged they 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:27.640 basically picked day. They penciled in the twenty three man 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:32.640 squad on Sunday Peter and the national selectors. So you know, Ree, 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:35.400 my understanding Reese was in that squad yep. So he 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:37.680 would have to do something pretty direct. He would have 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:41.000 to play. In fact, he can't even play bad enough 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:45.080 to fall out of that. Wow, the only injury rules 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:47.840 Reese Walsh out and Mate, I'm so looking for I 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:51.200 wish I almost I'm not going obviously, but I would 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:53.880 love to be at Wembley if Reese Walsh is starting 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:56.320 the number one jersey, to see him run out for Australia, 0:07:56.320 --> 0:07:57.640 I think it would be something specially well. 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:00.960 This is a sold out Grand Fine, sold out several 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:04.520 days in advance at a course stadium and Interstate Grand Final. 0:08:04.560 --> 0:08:07.560 As far as Sydney fans are concerned, between the Broncos 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:10.720 and Storm, the two form teams have made their way 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:16.240 to the decider. It should be an absolute beauty. Interesting styles. 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:19.840 We've got the Melbourne Storm and their ability just to 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:24.280 lock the game down, but also then the exciting and 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:28.120 never say die. Brilliance of the Brisbane Broncos. How do 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:29.560 you see this unfolding fellaws. 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:33.040 Yeah, it's going to be an interesting battle because I 0:08:33.080 --> 0:08:35.640 think for the Storm they're big guns fired for the 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:40.000 first time in a while all together. But they've had 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:43.360 these lapses the Storm throughout games, and if they have 0:08:43.440 --> 0:08:46.360 any of those periods of lapses, Brisbon will hurt them 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:48.520 because they got strike everywhere and they don't fear Brismon, 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:51.000 don't have this fear factor about them. They can chase 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:51.760 points down. 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:53.160 You know. 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:55.440 The only thing that if Brisbane do get in front, 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:57.800 I don't want them to be conservative going to their shell. 0:08:57.880 --> 0:09:00.680 They need to keep playing that attacking brand of forty. 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:05.800 But I like the Storm just but I do worry 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:08.000 about it fifteen minute period. If there's a laps, they 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:08.640 will get punished. 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:10.960 I talk about form lines all the time, and you 0:09:11.080 --> 0:09:12.120 think about the Melbourne Storm. 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:16.440 They've come through the Bulldogs and then the Sharks. 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:20.199 And in both games you would argue that both Bulldogs 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:23.440 and Sharks don't have the X factor yeah and brilliance 0:09:23.520 --> 0:09:26.480 that the Broncos do. And so therefore to your point, 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:29.679 and both games, the Storm needed to fight to win. 0:09:29.880 --> 0:09:31.520 You talk about the X factor one hundred percent right. 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:33.480 You look at and who they beat on the way 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:36.040 camera have a massive X factor Kyle Weeks and obviously 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:37.839 Ethan strange in a player. But you know they've got 0:09:37.840 --> 0:09:40.080 some players that turn a game like that Penrith. We 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:43.560 know the spark they have across the field. So they've 0:09:43.600 --> 0:09:46.839 beaten teams that have that X factor. But yeah, at 0:09:46.840 --> 0:09:49.400 the moment, Brisbane have more than anyone. 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:52.199 We know the Broncos the first of the game in 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:52.720 eighty eight. 0:09:56.920 --> 0:09:59.079 How many times we have to hear that you're a 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:01.520 Queensland there you go from Brisbane. 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:05.559 What worries me is that Melbourne spine. Their record when 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:08.079 all four of those guys play together is I think 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:11.120 they've lost one. They plug played together maybe eight nine times. 0:10:11.160 --> 0:10:13.880 Is here lost once? That's what worries me, because that 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:16.760 spine is the best spine in the game. They're all 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:19.439 in good touch. Cap months has been unbelievable in the 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:22.600 latter stage of the season. Harry has been crazy since origin. 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:25.679 Jerome Hughes looked like there was nothing wrong with him 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:28.559 last week. Perhaps is the one bloke who's been a 0:10:28.600 --> 0:10:30.120 bit down on form, but I thought he was great, 0:10:30.480 --> 0:10:33.199 great last week as well. So that's my concern is 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:36.360 the broncos man that that spine is just so good. 0:10:36.559 --> 0:10:39.600 Yeah, I'm tipping the storm, but I'm basing it on 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:44.559 everything you said. Yes, the spine, but it comes down 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:46.439 of the pack. And if Stefano you took him on, 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:48.680 who can have a game like he did against Cronulla, 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:52.320 that that's what allowed the Melbourne Storm spine to go. 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:55.040 Well, he's got up well after his commentation. 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:58.120 I've tipp him for the Clive Churchill really have the 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:04.240 final Yeah, money can chat, but no, that's the key. 0:11:04.559 --> 0:11:08.559 Ultimately, Kronalla's pack were brought down and then their helves 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:09.400 didn't look as good. 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:13.360 I told you impending doom. It was spot on the 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:15.480 storm packs led Stefano. 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:18.640 Now this is up against pain half who he says, 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:22.040 and we didn't say pains stuck up, but he certainly said. 0:11:22.040 --> 0:11:23.080 He things to Broo. 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:27.880 That was named of pain, That's what I said. But yeah, 0:11:27.880 --> 0:11:31.920 that's a huge clash, right because pain is the unstoppable. 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:32.880 It's the old unstoppable. 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:33.160 What is it? 0:11:33.200 --> 0:11:36.600 The unstoppable force and movable movable object coming up against 0:11:36.640 --> 0:11:41.800 each other, and pain is the like the what's the 0:11:41.800 --> 0:11:43.760 watermark or whatever front row is now game at the 0:11:44.080 --> 0:11:48.200 telling the story. Yeah, but Stephan has been unbelievable since origin, 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:51.800 so good and if he can hold his own and 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:56.120 they could put the clamps on pain halfs that Melbourne spine, 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:58.360 as I said, it's just so good, so good, and 0:11:58.360 --> 0:12:02.200 they've got they got so many game breakers. Brisbane had 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:07.080 got rece Right and potentially Ezra Stags Stags, but in 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:10.960 the spine, Melbourne had got just four players who can 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:13.720 win the game of their own. Basically, Yeah, that's the worry. 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:19.160 Anythink West Tigers fans watch watching Stefano and would hurt. 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:21.440 It would leave him, It would hurt. 0:12:21.920 --> 0:12:25.120 There's a few former West Tigers there. Perhaps Harry spent 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:26.040 a year there. 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:26.880 I hate Sean. 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:29.880 He spent a year there. They wanted to keep him Sean. 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:34.800 Yeah, funny story, Sean was the trade between Justin Ilen 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:36.600 Yeah and Sean bo. 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:38.760 Can I tell your funny Harry Grant's story about the 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:40.719 West Tigers. I spoke to his dad the other day, 0:12:40.720 --> 0:12:45.760 Piggy Paul, Piggy Grant, and he was saying, when Harry 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:48.240 obviously went to the West Tigers, that a year of 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:51.560 Cam Smith's career twenty twenty, I think it was. And 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:54.600 his dad said to him, mate, don't go back to Melbourne. 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:56.640 You don't want to play in Cameron Smith's shadow. You're 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:59.199 only the bloke who follows Cameron Smith. And Harry said, 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:00.760 now I want to get back to me. So if 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:02.920 we listen to his dad, ro Grant might be a 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:04.000 West Tiger right now. 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:04.920 Fighting doors. 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:08.880 Yeah boys, NRL three sixty, as Peter Orlandi's calls it, 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:14.479 obviously three sixty, the impact of it, and the strategy 0:13:15.080 --> 0:13:18.120 to drop this ingrand final week to rain. 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:20.440 On the. 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:24.760 This was always the drop they don't care about. I 0:13:24.840 --> 0:13:26.000 don't care about rugby league. 0:13:26.960 --> 0:13:29.920 I don't care, which is why they're targeting final. They're 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:34.520 strategizing and to rain on the NFL's parade. We'll just 0:13:34.520 --> 0:13:35.280 wait till next week. 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:39.480 Then I think the NRL Grand Final is irrelevant to 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:40.199 what's going on with. 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:43.600 Just wait till next week. Then who these guys they 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:44.640 beat to their own drum? 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:47.160 We don't ever know who they are, what money they got, 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:48.880 what broadcasting that don't came about it? 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:51.440 That don't right. How legit is it? What's happening? 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:53.840 It's legit. It's happening. The story is coming out in 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:57.679 England now about the financial backing they've got. Where it's 0:13:57.679 --> 0:14:02.319 come from. It's come from private investment companies. It's legit, man, 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:05.800 I mean they're about to They're sent out formal, long 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:08.680 form contracts for players to sign. There's a handful of 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:11.720 NRL players who will sign them. It's not going to 0:14:11.720 --> 0:14:16.120 decimate the code. The worry is that six seven, eight, nine, 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:18.720 ten guys going out this year or next year. Sorry, 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:21.720 at the end of next year. Other players over here 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:24.520 see what they earn, see see what they're doing, see 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:27.360 it's maybe a success, and they want to follow that lead. 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:30.040 That's the concern, particularly the time when our game is 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:32.520 going to expand we need sixty more players for Perth 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:34.800 and p ANDNG. We can't afford to be losing players 0:14:34.800 --> 0:14:35.440 to rugby union. 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:36.520 Let's cut to the chase. 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:39.520 Answer the questions fans one to know when are these 0:14:39.520 --> 0:14:40.600 players need to signed by? 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:44.880 Well, they've a lot of them signed letters of letters 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:48.160 of commitment, letters of intent to start the competition of 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:49.840 October two next year. 0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:52.720 October two next year, okay, which doesn't include preseason. That's 0:14:52.760 --> 0:14:54.600 when the first game, first game. 0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:57.600 That's right, so zach Lomax, Yeah, all right. 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:03.160 If this is and zachlmax head is going there, there's 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:04.640 no one in the world he can play for Paramatta 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:05.040 next year. 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:07.280 Well that's the decision for paramatter. 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:09.760 Well you could use ultimate what could you're using for 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:11.040 ten games and then let him go. 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:13.760 Oh no, they wouldn't they, that's my point. But they 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:15.920 could say we're not releasing you until the sure season. 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:21.360 I'm told that this competition, our three sixty knows that 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:23.600 in our real players a contract at October thirty one, 0:15:23.720 --> 0:15:26.760 and are happy to wait for them, let them have 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:29.400 no preseason and just drop into the teams. 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:30.720 When maybe it's around three or something. 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:32.680 Yes, they're happy for that to happen apparently. 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:36.800 But then if you're if you're a club and you've 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:39.000 got a player in your books and you fall out 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:42.120 of finals contention, you just release them, right. 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:43.240 Because you get cat relief. 0:15:43.240 --> 0:15:44.840 You get cat relief. Sure, you go, well, I'm not 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:47.280 paying you after round twenty seven if we're out of 0:15:47.320 --> 0:15:51.840 finals contention. That's a half months or one and a 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:53.800 half months of pay that you save, and the player 0:15:53.800 --> 0:15:55.640 would have to four f that. So clubs will do that. 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:58.200 Make the great example the other other side of it 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:01.320 is a guy like Ryan Pappinez. If Ryan Papaouson goes 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:04.000 Melbourne got a really tight cap, they've got to back 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:05.480 up fullback so far long ago. 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:06.440 It's a win for them. 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:09.080 Maybe they go perhaps, if you're going to go, why 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:11.000 don't you go? Now? Go to France. It's been six 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:14.360 months playing rugby in France. Get yourself ready. It relieves them. 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:16.600 I think he's on over nine hundred grand packs. Yeah, yeah, 0:16:16.640 --> 0:16:17.840 that's a lot of money off their cap. 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:20.280 That's a bit different to Zach Max. Zach Lomx plays 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:23.600 at paramatty you do, I think so next year. 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:27.280 And waits until the determination of whether the Eels make 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:29.640 the finals before it works out. 0:16:29.680 --> 0:16:31.200 When they release him, I think. 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:33.080 So what you guys don't think you'll play at Paramatta 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:33.480 next year? 0:16:35.080 --> 0:16:37.200 I would shed them. I would shed the money from 0:16:37.240 --> 0:16:38.880 my cap. But he's not. 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:44.880 For him. What do you think he's on fifty he's 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:46.040 a good way you're signing for him. 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:53.840 I look, there's suggestions that him or people close to 0:16:53.920 --> 0:16:57.040 him have eyed off leave him straight away going to 0:16:57.040 --> 0:17:00.000 French rugby, a bit like the suggestion of Saiventh peraps 0:16:59.560 --> 0:17:01.760 and money. Then they can go to our three sixty. 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:04.080 Yeah, yeah, potentially. 0:17:03.760 --> 0:17:06.560 But there's all hinges on paramount and whether they will 0:17:06.600 --> 0:17:07.040 let him go. 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:07.360 Yeah. 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:11.760 Sure, but they've Jason Roll said that they're aware of 0:17:11.760 --> 0:17:14.960 what's happening. Yeah, well, they've been aware for weeks and 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:16.439 they would consider they'd look at it. 0:17:16.520 --> 0:17:18.360 We were talking to the Eels at the daly Ms 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:20.919 last night. What's where do they sit with it? Are 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:21.560 they just waiting? 0:17:21.680 --> 0:17:24.000 They're just waiting? Right. They've come out and said obviously 0:17:24.000 --> 0:17:26.439 that that's told them about it. They've spoken about it, 0:17:26.480 --> 0:17:29.320 but they haven't spoken any terms. There's been no official 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:31.720 approach for a release. It's all been very informal because 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:34.840 of the noise that's been generated over the past couple 0:17:34.880 --> 0:17:38.639 of weeks. So they're probably anticipating the conversation, but one 0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:39.480 hasn't happened yet. 0:17:39.640 --> 0:17:42.359 What do we anticipated around the NRL's position on this 0:17:42.520 --> 0:17:47.240 and all types of examples and suggestions being thrown around. 0:17:47.240 --> 0:17:49.240 The players will be blocked from returning to the NRL, 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:51.960 that'll be blocked from representative football, et cetera. 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:55.000 I could cop, I could cop the block from representative football. 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:57.600 Cop the block said, yeah you did? Yeah, that to 0:17:57.600 --> 0:18:02.320 be careful, but it can't be in blokes for life. Yeah, 0:18:02.560 --> 0:18:06.520 I just think that's unrealistic. Go Loo, Ryan Papers and 0:18:06.520 --> 0:18:09.399 he's off contract. I can't stop and go were he's 0:18:09.400 --> 0:18:11.719 still a rugby union players all the time, look at 0:18:11.760 --> 0:18:15.359 Mark no One. You need to so players flip between 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:19.040 the codes. But if a guy breaches his tries to 0:18:19.080 --> 0:18:23.720 break his contract, or if he's been shopped to rugby 0:18:24.080 --> 0:18:27.560 potentially when he's under contract, I think they should be repercussions. 0:18:27.600 --> 0:18:30.480