WEBVTT - Washington Calling | UFC at the White House, Origin Game II Preview & Cam Murray to Start?

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back to another week of the podcast. We're about

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<v Speaker 1>to be joined by Matthew live from Washington, DC, going

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<v Speaker 1>to tell us all about the UFC. Some of his

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<v Speaker 1>funny interactions over there are also going to get some

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to preview State of Origin Game two at

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<v Speaker 1>the MCG. What a game. It's going to be Queensland,

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<v Speaker 1>New South Wales Queensland. We saw how Demona they were

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<v Speaker 1>in game one for sixty minutes, but news Wals ended

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<v Speaker 1>up getting the win after the Calum Pong has sand

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<v Speaker 1>off so and some shocking team selection that has got

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of backlash that we're going to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>ask Matthew's opinion for but stay tuned this week. Also

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<v Speaker 1>when this comes out and with our review on Wednesday postmatch,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a new batch of mate versus mate hats up

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<v Speaker 1>Queensland and New South Wales. Vena wants to head to

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<v Speaker 1>the Instagram the link trees in the bio, go and

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<v Speaker 1>get yourself one in time for game three whatever state

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<v Speaker 1>that you follow. But nonetheless let's get into Matthew who's

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<v Speaker 1>joining us right now, and we're joined by the Fella

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<v Speaker 1>right now, the one and only Maddie John's live from

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<v Speaker 1>Washington made. How how are things over there?

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<v Speaker 2>Buddy? They're good, They're good. We are. Yeah, we've got

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<v Speaker 2>press conference coming up a little later. Got to go

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<v Speaker 2>in there and with all the fighters and whatnot. So

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<v Speaker 2>but yeah, things things are going really good. Plenty going on.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you get along with the fight? Do the

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<v Speaker 1>fighters and like the UFC people, do they do they

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<v Speaker 1>accept you?

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<v Speaker 2>Accept me? Which way?

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<v Speaker 1>Like I said, do they Obviously you go into a

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<v Speaker 1>rugby league press conference, you're very well respected, but you're

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<v Speaker 1>going into a place where they don't know rugby league.

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<v Speaker 1>How do they How do they take to you?

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<v Speaker 3>Uh?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? I think it gives you an insight into what

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<v Speaker 2>it would be being just journalists, you know, like a

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<v Speaker 2>neutral you're going there and make you just basically go

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<v Speaker 2>in there coop and just got a job to do,

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<v Speaker 2>you know. And so yeah, like you know, I must

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<v Speaker 2>say the fighters are really really good. I mean there's

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<v Speaker 2>a lot to learn about the Like with the UFC,

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<v Speaker 2>I know that what we got at the moment with

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<v Speaker 2>the NRL, we've got that new rights still going on,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, talk about four bon dollar deal and people

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<v Speaker 2>need you know, like the broadcasters need needs stuff for

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<v Speaker 2>that four billion dollars and the UFC is the best example.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, I know we're going to talk a

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<v Speaker 2>second about Volcan you know being going around Washington with

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<v Speaker 2>Alex Volkanowski. Mate, he gets mobbed everywhere he goes. And

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<v Speaker 2>I'm talking about I'm not talking about middle aged man

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<v Speaker 2>and bloke and jungblos your age. I'm talking about school kids.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone just mobs him. It is UFC has gone from

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<v Speaker 2>being an outliers sport, you know, five ten years ago,

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<v Speaker 2>to a mainstream sport, and it's getting bigger and bigger

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<v Speaker 2>and bigger. And I remember like there was like a

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<v Speaker 2>nine year old girl rushed up and was like so excited,

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<v Speaker 2>and I said, I said, like, how do you know

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<v Speaker 2>had in know Alex? And she goes, Oh, my dad

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<v Speaker 2>loves the UFC and me and my brothers sit and

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<v Speaker 2>watch it as well. And that is the tale of

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<v Speaker 2>the tape. I mean, this is the next generation coming

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<v Speaker 2>through which view that don't look at the UFCS, as

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<v Speaker 2>I said before, a sort of niche sport. It's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>they viewed as a main street, mainstream sport. It is

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<v Speaker 2>just so big over here, and Volt's a big deal

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<v Speaker 2>in Australia. Right, he's a big star in Australia. Over

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<v Speaker 2>here he's much much bigger.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, Matthews, anything particularly surprised you about Washington? One about Washington,

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<v Speaker 3>but also around the UFC you stamping their mark for

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<v Speaker 3>the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Nation.

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<v Speaker 2>Washington. Firstly, I've had no want or desire ever to

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<v Speaker 2>come to Washington. But coming here, it's a really good city.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a really contained city, a very easy city to

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<v Speaker 2>get around. It's really good, I must say. At the

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<v Speaker 2>moment is so hot, like today it was nearly forty

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<v Speaker 2>degrees so that's going to be a factor coming it

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<v Speaker 2>come Yeah, yeah, it was. It's been incredibly hot today

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<v Speaker 2>and so that's going to be a big factor on

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<v Speaker 2>fight day, you know, or fight night. I mean what

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<v Speaker 2>it is at this time of the year, Like when

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<v Speaker 2>you boys were young fellows in England, that doesn't get

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<v Speaker 2>dark till eleven o'clock at night in England in the

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<v Speaker 2>middle of summer. Over here, it's similar, but at the

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<v Speaker 2>moment it doesn't get dark till like nine pm. And

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<v Speaker 2>so fight night, you know, for a lot of the fighters,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, it's going to be up around thirty degrees,

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<v Speaker 2>so that's going to be a big factor. But the city, Jack,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a really really good city, a lot of really

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<v Speaker 2>good people. Yeah, I've really enjoyed it. It's been great.

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<v Speaker 1>What's runners through the tour because we've seen a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of stuff on socials, the White House. We saw the

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<v Speaker 1>visual of the stadium at the front with the big

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<v Speaker 1>claw sort of shelter over the top of the ring.

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<v Speaker 1>But did you get a tour of the White House itself?

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<v Speaker 1>Was it sick?

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<v Speaker 2>Just outside the White House? Couldn't go into the Oval

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<v Speaker 2>office and that. But we're all around the grounds of

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<v Speaker 2>the White House, strolling around the White House, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>of course the venue I mean basically on the main

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<v Speaker 2>on the main law and of the White House now

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<v Speaker 2>has been termed into the USC Stadium, and so it's man,

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's crazy. It's it's so impressive. But it was

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<v Speaker 2>interesting on the media day that we went there, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>roll and honestly it was bizarre. It was like the

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<v Speaker 2>world's media were there and there were people that I

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<v Speaker 2>was looking at, like some of the world's best writers,

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<v Speaker 2>a fellow called John Ronson, who would mean nothing to

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people, but right. John Rosson is one

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<v Speaker 2>of the world's best authors. He wrote a couple of books,

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<v Speaker 2>like one of which men who's stare at goa to

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<v Speaker 2>George Clintety tend to emerge. Yes, and so all these

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<v Speaker 2>people are there, and what you're gonna understand is the

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<v Speaker 2>world's media are there for for for the fight, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>but for different reasons. Probably half the people there purely

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<v Speaker 2>for the fight and the excitement and really positive, and

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<v Speaker 2>the other half were there, or probably another quarter was

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<v Speaker 2>there under just trying to basically work out is this

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<v Speaker 2>the right? Is this right to have this usc event

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<v Speaker 2>on the lawn of the White House and this iconic location,

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<v Speaker 2>And then the other quarter are there, probably to engage,

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<v Speaker 2>probably to poop Pio to a certain extent. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>New York Times sobers. I got cornered by a New

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<v Speaker 2>York Times journalist, you know, and he just said to me,

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<v Speaker 2>he heard my accent, said to You're Australian. I said, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>he guys, can I ask some questions? Yeah? Yeah, And

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<v Speaker 2>he said basically he got to He asked me a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of Dorothy Dixon's and then he got to the

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<v Speaker 2>question he wanted, and he said, I just think it's

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<v Speaker 2>really trying to think of a word. He said, I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's quite tacky, and I think it's quite grotesque

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<v Speaker 2>to have this event on the lawn of the White House,

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<v Speaker 2>like you know, you think about, you know, the place

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<v Speaker 2>of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and what not. Said what

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<v Speaker 2>do you think about that? My reply to him was

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<v Speaker 2>simply this. I said, Hey, brother, it ain't my fucking

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<v Speaker 2>country and ain't my fucking president. I'm just here for

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<v Speaker 2>the fight and a good time, and that's that's what

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<v Speaker 2>I'm there for. And I never thought he would quote

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<v Speaker 2>me word by word, but today in the New York

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<v Speaker 2>Times that I did.

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<v Speaker 1>I did see that. Yeah, I did say that, and

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<v Speaker 1>I love that. It said a reporter from Australia like,

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<v Speaker 1>you're an accredited reporter, which are obviously not. But because

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<v Speaker 1>you've done you've had interviews with Dana White before so

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<v Speaker 1>and we actually Jack sent a message to the k

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<v Speaker 1>Ruse brothers, who are big on social media. They're overdoing

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<v Speaker 1>some stuff with Ko as well. I actually used to

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<v Speaker 1>play with Nick in SG ball and Manly and his dad, Richie,

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<v Speaker 1>cause was the coach. We talk about Richie quite a lot. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but they said, They said, a lot of people come

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<v Speaker 1>over here and they're a little intimidated by it and whatnot.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, they won't ask two edgy questions. But I

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<v Speaker 1>think everyone saw the question you asked Dana White. They said,

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<v Speaker 1>it's good your old man just sort of got over there,

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<v Speaker 1>and because you know, he's a bit older, and he

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<v Speaker 1>didn't really he doesn't really care what anyone thinks. He

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<v Speaker 1>just went in hot. And you know, you asked a

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<v Speaker 1>little running with Dana White, saying that you know, you've

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<v Speaker 1>come a long way and don't fuck it up. Was

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<v Speaker 1>there any backlash from that or not?

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<v Speaker 2>Now? Well, I got there and he was standing there,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're right, everyone's really nervous, because everyone's really nervous

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<v Speaker 2>standing there because I mean, he's there for the reason,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, and press conferences, you're on show. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's very easy for a person to put you on show.

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<v Speaker 2>But as I said before, at this sort of age,

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<v Speaker 2>I being embarrassed doesn't worry me any way, shape or formant.

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<v Speaker 2>I just said to him, wearing a chat about something

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<v Speaker 2>and I was talking to some judge, Justin Gachee, and

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<v Speaker 2>Justin Gachie was talking about where he's from and Gechie

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<v Speaker 2>who's on the main card fighting Ilia. He was like,

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<v Speaker 2>he's a legitimately sort of a really tough kid Midwest

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<v Speaker 2>America from a long run of coal miners. I really

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<v Speaker 2>liked him. And he said, yeah, this is us doing

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<v Speaker 2>of the Ward White House. It sort of divides people,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and it's hard. But at the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the day, if you know, if people aren't for this,

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<v Speaker 2>then and he paused and then went, well, they're they're

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<v Speaker 2>they're fucking losers. That's what he said. And then I

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<v Speaker 2>quoted that to Dana White, and Dana White, that's a

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<v Speaker 2>bit harsh. And then he said a few things and

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<v Speaker 2>I just said, well, listen, mate, I'll come along way

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<v Speaker 2>for this. Don't fuck it up.

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<v Speaker 3>And yeah, that's gonna that's gotta be the coverage over.

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<v Speaker 2>He was good, he was he was sweet. And then

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<v Speaker 2>after the press conference, I'm standing to the side and

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<v Speaker 2>it finished and he saw me come over and he

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<v Speaker 2>laughed and said, you cheeky motherfucker.

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<v Speaker 1>Did the I do Like in the UFC, particularly, they're athletes,

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<v Speaker 1>like they say a lot of like sometimes they go

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<v Speaker 1>too far with what they say, but they're current like

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<v Speaker 1>they because I suppose it's not a team sport, and

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<v Speaker 1>you're all individual you can basically there's no guidelines, like

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<v Speaker 1>you're not really being adjoined by a team that have

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<v Speaker 1>sponsors and stuff. You're you're the brand itself. So they

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<v Speaker 1>say just whatever they want.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all mate, it's the fighters so impressive. Like so

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<v Speaker 2>the main value that justinch against Ilia, who's the Ilia

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<v Speaker 2>was born is Georgian parents, Georgian heritage, but lives in

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<v Speaker 2>Spain now and you know, talking to people here, they

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<v Speaker 2>reckon he'll be the goat. He'll end up to being

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<v Speaker 2>the greatest of all time. He beat Vulk. Talking to

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<v Speaker 2>Vulk about him, he said, he's an incredible fighter, just

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<v Speaker 2>a real technician. And when you see the two fighters,

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<v Speaker 2>go Chie's a guy like I said before, He's just

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<v Speaker 2>a legitimately tough guy. Right. The other bloke though, Ilia

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<v Speaker 2>just looks like a natural born Hollywood killer and mate,

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<v Speaker 2>real good looking dude, real smartly dressed, but make class acts,

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<v Speaker 2>speaks so well. But maybe he's just super confident.

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<v Speaker 1>I do. I do love the fact that another video

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<v Speaker 1>that's going viral that you've done for little content over

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<v Speaker 1>there was the Japanese reporter who comes up to you

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<v Speaker 1>thinking that you're a fighter because you are in the

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<v Speaker 1>shape of your life and you're short, so a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of those your sea fighters are short. And but I

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<v Speaker 1>love that he he thought you were And you've come

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<v Speaker 1>up with the character of Steve McGregor Condor McGregor's brother

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<v Speaker 1>who apparently doesn't even have an Irish accent, which I

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<v Speaker 1>thought was weird.

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<v Speaker 2>But you think about just how long will you think

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<v Speaker 2>about this? Imagine that he came to me and said that,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, he was brothers with the Korean guy, even

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<v Speaker 2>though it was Japanese. I don't know the language. Would

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<v Speaker 2>I know who could give us if someone was talking

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<v Speaker 2>Korean or that is.

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<v Speaker 1>Very Yeah, it's a good point. It's a good flag

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<v Speaker 1>it from you. I just the video is hilarius itself.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there any ambition because you used to be big

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<v Speaker 1>on your characters back in the day, but you haven't

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<v Speaker 1>done a character in a long time. A lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people are calling for Steve McGregor to be a regular

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<v Speaker 1>sort of character in the show.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I haven't really given any thought. It

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<v Speaker 2>was funny the Japanese guy come up and just grabbed me, going,

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<v Speaker 2>oh strong man, you fired out and I was like, yeah, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and then just went with it and then

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<v Speaker 2>buggerb he quickly your piece here and it was asking

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<v Speaker 2>me to talk live on air and in Japan from

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<v Speaker 2>Fuji TV talking about stereotype stereotype to television Fuji TV

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<v Speaker 2>in Japan, and I was like, I don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>to say it. I was going, yeah, you know everyone

0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:40.440
<v Speaker 2>in Japan, you know you have seen two fifty Freedom

0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:43.640
<v Speaker 2>to fifty. Yes, Steve McGregor, you don't get me higher. Mate.

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<v Speaker 2>He was just so happy, and for the rest of

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<v Speaker 2>the prescott, like the rest of the tour we did,

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<v Speaker 2>he was just following me around and give me his card.

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<v Speaker 3>So mate, it was imagine that it's making Steve McGregor

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<v Speaker 3>like novelty like action figures. Over there.

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<v Speaker 2>The New York Times writer he saw the exchange and

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<v Speaker 2>that's why he came over to me and he said

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<v Speaker 2>to me, hey, can what's your name? And the Japanese

0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:14.040
<v Speaker 2>guy was nearby, and I actually started the interview with

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<v Speaker 2>the New York Times Journal with Steve McGregor, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>the Japanese guys moved away. I had to say that, hey, mate,

0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:22.760
<v Speaker 2>I'm really sorry. My name is Steve McGregor is that

0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:26.280
<v Speaker 2>And he was like dumbfounded, going like why would you

0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:28.080
<v Speaker 2>why this is?

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<v Speaker 1>I can't imagine like obviously that because that video is

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<v Speaker 1>going pretty viral online. Imaginef it gets back to like

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<v Speaker 1>the Japanese station, he gets fired, ends up homeless.

0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:41.480
<v Speaker 3>And honors a very powerful thing over there.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and he's one goal is to come back here

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<v Speaker 1>and kill Steve McGregor.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't need to perform Harry Curry, but he.

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<v Speaker 1>Just he ends up killing Paul McGregor instead.

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<v Speaker 2>I must say, the the setup is, the setup is unbelievable.

0:14:03.960 --> 0:14:06.040
<v Speaker 2>It's just incredible. You know, you're on the White House

0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:08.800
<v Speaker 2>steps and then straight in front of you just short

0:14:08.840 --> 0:14:12.800
<v Speaker 2>walk down like literally, you know, in fifty meters on

0:14:12.840 --> 0:14:15.640
<v Speaker 2>the front there you've got the UFC Stadium that's been built,

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<v Speaker 2>and then they've got the outside area, like the fans area,

0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:20.440
<v Speaker 2>which they reckon is going to be about eighty thousand

0:14:20.440 --> 0:14:24.360
<v Speaker 2>people there. It's just it's just massive. But it's like

0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:26.640
<v Speaker 2>I said before, like there's been so much going on.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got the NBA Finals, like we're in the we're

0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:33.200
<v Speaker 2>in a bar watching the you know that that amazing

0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:35.920
<v Speaker 2>comeback from the New York Knicks. Yeah, and then coming

0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:38.680
<v Speaker 2>back and win an NBA game. Also, mate, you've got

0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:42.280
<v Speaker 2>too many Mexico. The other day, me and Volk we

0:14:42.320 --> 0:14:45.320
<v Speaker 2>went to Many Mexico and watched Mexico versus South Africa

0:14:45.360 --> 0:14:48.440
<v Speaker 2>and the opening of the foot of World Cup. So

0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:50.440
<v Speaker 2>there's just so much going on here at the moment.

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<v Speaker 1>It's pretty crazy time to be over there. Fifth World Cup, obviously,

0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:57.160
<v Speaker 1>NBA Finals and now this big Like it's a talk

0:14:57.200 --> 0:14:59.760
<v Speaker 1>about a good time to go watch the UFC obviously

0:14:59.760 --> 0:15:02.160
<v Speaker 1>on the lighthouse, but like it's just a pumping time

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<v Speaker 1>in America.

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<v Speaker 2>It is a pumping time, and we went you'll see

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<v Speaker 2>it when our thing comes out of being vaulked doing

0:15:08.760 --> 0:15:11.680
<v Speaker 2>our tour. There's also a place called Ben's Chili Bowl.

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<v Speaker 2>It's an iconic thing in right Washington, d C. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a place that's been around. But the original owner she's

0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:20.080
<v Speaker 2>still there. She had she over her when she was

0:15:20.120 --> 0:15:22.600
<v Speaker 2>twenty four. She's now ninety two. Her and her son

0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:26.960
<v Speaker 2>still running. And like everyone's been there that it is

0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:30.200
<v Speaker 2>a place that is synonymous. It's an icon of Washington,

0:15:30.280 --> 0:15:33.320
<v Speaker 2>d C. It's on Anthony Bourdain and made the nicest

0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:35.520
<v Speaker 2>people but they've had on the wall. There's pictures of

0:15:36.320 --> 0:15:39.680
<v Speaker 2>Barack Obama, Denzel Washington, Martin Luther King used to go

0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:43.640
<v Speaker 2>there and eat all the time. Yeah, we met mate.

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<v Speaker 2>And when I was in there, like, I mean, you

0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:48.960
<v Speaker 2>guys wouldn't know this felt, but this guy walked in

0:15:48.960 --> 0:15:51.680
<v Speaker 2>into the the you know the area there the diner

0:15:52.360 --> 0:15:55.040
<v Speaker 2>and looking at him and go, I know this play

0:15:55.120 --> 0:15:56.840
<v Speaker 2>from somewhere. I went up and said, you're a professional

0:15:56.920 --> 0:15:59.280
<v Speaker 2>athlete and he said, yeah, my name. I used to

0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:02.800
<v Speaker 2>play NFL at ball for Detroit Lions and New England Patriots,

0:16:02.800 --> 0:16:06.560
<v Speaker 2>all these different clubs. It's Phil called Otis Smith. Otis Smith, Yeah,

0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:10.240
<v Speaker 2>NFL cornerback. So you're running into people at this over

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<v Speaker 2>here at the moment. There are people from just everywhere

0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:16.240
<v Speaker 2>that have come over for this event and it's it's

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<v Speaker 2>been fantastic.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, Matthew, Matthew, can I ask you quickly because you

0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:22.320
<v Speaker 3>what a couple of days out now from the actual event,

0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:25.800
<v Speaker 3>the fight, and obviously it's going to be a massive

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<v Speaker 3>crowd there that it might have eighty thousand fans and

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<v Speaker 3>you've got four thousand what executives and VIPs around the ring.

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<v Speaker 3>What are you doing to sort of prepare yourself because

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<v Speaker 3>I imagine it's going to be like a massive day

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<v Speaker 3>for work wise, but also just a massive event.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Jack, it's funny. There's I think we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>On the day, we've made a decision that we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to we'll go into that main area, you know, to

0:16:50.160 --> 0:16:52.480
<v Speaker 2>watch the fight, like the four thousand where you sit there.

0:16:53.160 --> 0:16:55.360
<v Speaker 2>One of the things is to sit in that area,

0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:59.000
<v Speaker 2>you must blog, like that's the thing. You must be blogging.

0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:01.560
<v Speaker 2>You just can't sit there spectator. So I've had he

0:17:01.640 --> 0:17:04.320
<v Speaker 2>under Benny Hogarth. I'm gonna they're just going to give

0:17:04.359 --> 0:17:07.480
<v Speaker 2>me a computer and I'm going to act like av

0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:11.760
<v Speaker 2>a vogging, So just sitting there send anything back. As

0:17:11.760 --> 0:17:13.560
<v Speaker 2>you know, I don't even know how to open a computer.

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<v Speaker 2>They're going to do that. Then we're going to get

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<v Speaker 2>into the main zone with the eighty thousand people watching it.

0:17:18.880 --> 0:17:21.560
<v Speaker 2>But the other one too. The other day we went

0:17:21.680 --> 0:17:25.639
<v Speaker 2>there's a young blow watch. He's a young Brazilian guy,

0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:30.080
<v Speaker 2>Mauricio Rufie. He's now what he is. He's a young

0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:34.120
<v Speaker 2>Brazilian that is the Vault trains so made his volt reckons.

0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:35.639
<v Speaker 2>He'll he could end up one of the best of

0:17:35.680 --> 0:17:38.639
<v Speaker 2>all time. He reached out the vault from Brazil and

0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:41.800
<v Speaker 2>when I just love you he went down. He was

0:17:42.560 --> 0:17:46.520
<v Speaker 2>living he was living in down around Wollongong in window

0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:49.919
<v Speaker 2>with vult training down there, and he's he's on the

0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:54.040
<v Speaker 2>card as well, so just keep an eye on him.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we will now look very exciting obviously, But here

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<v Speaker 1>in Australia, State of origor just aroound the corner as well.

0:18:02.200 --> 0:18:04.639
<v Speaker 1>I don't know how well versed you are across a

0:18:04.640 --> 0:18:06.560
<v Speaker 1>lot of the Origin news, so as you've been quite

0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:10.320
<v Speaker 1>busy over there. But the New South Wales sides come out,

0:18:10.560 --> 0:18:15.600
<v Speaker 1>it's relatively unchanged. Relatively. The big sort of news out

0:18:15.640 --> 0:18:19.320
<v Speaker 1>of New South Wales is Stephen Crichton shoulder injury, so

0:18:19.400 --> 0:18:21.800
<v Speaker 1>Casey McLane is in the center's Toller Cola stays on

0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:26.639
<v Speaker 1>the wing. But the bigger mission is Hamalwatu has dropped

0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:30.240
<v Speaker 1>the twentieth man and a friend of ours, Dylan Lucas

0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:33.200
<v Speaker 1>has coming to the starting lineup. Lots of people had

0:18:33.400 --> 0:18:36.320
<v Speaker 1>different stuff to say. I think both back rollers deserve

0:18:36.359 --> 0:18:38.680
<v Speaker 1>a spot in that team, both of them playing out

0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:42.680
<v Speaker 1>of their skin. But your initial reaction to the Hamale

0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:44.920
<v Speaker 1>dropping and Dylan coming into that side.

0:18:45.560 --> 0:18:49.159
<v Speaker 2>Look, I was surprised about Hamalo being dropped. What I

0:18:49.160 --> 0:18:51.359
<v Speaker 2>thought would happen. I thought Hamalo of course would keepy

0:18:51.480 --> 0:18:54.359
<v Speaker 2>spot and I thought Dylan. I thought Dylan should have

0:18:54.400 --> 0:18:56.640
<v Speaker 2>been there for game one. He should have been part

0:18:56.640 --> 0:18:59.360
<v Speaker 2>of that squad. I thought he'd move into you know,

0:18:59.400 --> 0:19:02.720
<v Speaker 2>maybe Jersey fifteen or sixteen. But he's gone all the

0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:06.120
<v Speaker 2>way through to the starting lineup. That surprised mate. He's

0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:09.720
<v Speaker 2>earned his jersey. He's been fantastic. And you know what

0:19:09.720 --> 0:19:13.520
<v Speaker 2>what makes big stars at the moment, Dylan, Dylan is

0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:16.120
<v Speaker 2>an emerging star in the game, even for his age.

0:19:16.160 --> 0:19:18.280
<v Speaker 2>You know, he's not to see a really young guy,

0:19:18.280 --> 0:19:23.200
<v Speaker 2>but he's just emerging. But what made superstars, What made

0:19:23.240 --> 0:19:27.000
<v Speaker 2>superstars the people that excel on the origin stage, right,

0:19:27.400 --> 0:19:31.440
<v Speaker 2>And this is Dylan's opportunity. And I've seen it before

0:19:31.440 --> 0:19:34.520
<v Speaker 2>other places. You said about Paul McGregor before. I think

0:19:34.520 --> 0:19:37.600
<v Speaker 2>Port McGregor made his Origin debut about twenty five something

0:19:37.600 --> 0:19:39.440
<v Speaker 2>like that, and at the time he was a bloke

0:19:39.720 --> 0:19:42.280
<v Speaker 2>who sort of man. I think about two years earlier

0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:45.480
<v Speaker 2>he was playing for Dapto and then because he just

0:19:45.520 --> 0:19:47.080
<v Speaker 2>wanted to play with his mates, then he ended up

0:19:47.119 --> 0:19:48.840
<v Speaker 2>going to the Aura Selas. A couple of years later,

0:19:48.880 --> 0:19:51.800
<v Speaker 2>he's playing State of Origin plays great and he's the

0:19:51.840 --> 0:19:53.640
<v Speaker 2>star of the game, you know, And that's what State

0:19:53.640 --> 0:19:57.600
<v Speaker 2>of Origin does to people. The thing I get a

0:19:57.600 --> 0:20:00.919
<v Speaker 2>lot here is Dylan playing on the right where in

0:20:01.040 --> 0:20:07.440
<v Speaker 2>Newcastle he plays on the left. Hey, look like players

0:20:08.359 --> 0:20:11.800
<v Speaker 2>like players should be able to play both sides of

0:20:11.880 --> 0:20:14.400
<v Speaker 2>the park right, And this is this is the thing.

0:20:14.440 --> 0:20:17.119
<v Speaker 2>I'm going on a slightly different tangenty, but just go

0:20:17.280 --> 0:20:20.719
<v Speaker 2>with me. We're playing, we're playing. Coaches and clubs are

0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:23.679
<v Speaker 2>paying some of these players, whether it be centers or

0:20:23.680 --> 0:20:26.800
<v Speaker 2>back rowers, almost a million dollars or a million dollars

0:20:26.840 --> 0:20:29.359
<v Speaker 2>a year, and yet they're not teaching them to play

0:20:29.400 --> 0:20:32.680
<v Speaker 2>both sides of the park. Elite players should be able

0:20:32.720 --> 0:20:34.320
<v Speaker 2>to play as well on the left side as they

0:20:34.400 --> 0:20:36.680
<v Speaker 2>do on the right side. And so people are going, mate,

0:20:36.720 --> 0:20:38.920
<v Speaker 2>what still, Lucas he's a left side back rower. No,

0:20:39.359 --> 0:20:41.800
<v Speaker 2>he's a back rower. He's an edge back rower. You know,

0:20:41.880 --> 0:20:44.080
<v Speaker 2>He's a guy that could excel on the left, but

0:20:44.480 --> 0:20:47.080
<v Speaker 2>most probably can excel on the right as well, and

0:20:47.119 --> 0:20:49.159
<v Speaker 2>that's the way it should be. So don't you know

0:20:49.200 --> 0:20:52.160
<v Speaker 2>the very fact he plays on the left side at Newcastle. Look,

0:20:52.200 --> 0:20:55.120
<v Speaker 2>in my opinion that they wouldn't. They would not pick

0:20:55.160 --> 0:20:56.800
<v Speaker 2>him there. They would not put pick him on the

0:20:56.880 --> 0:21:01.440
<v Speaker 2>right unless they've had consult him or somebody to say,

0:21:01.640 --> 0:21:03.480
<v Speaker 2>you know, is he able to play there? Is he

0:21:03.520 --> 0:21:05.720
<v Speaker 2>comfortable playing the right hand inside of the field, And

0:21:05.760 --> 0:21:08.119
<v Speaker 2>in my opinion, Bill, Bill would be I don't think

0:21:08.119 --> 0:21:09.560
<v Speaker 2>it'd be an issue.

0:21:10.320 --> 0:21:11.919
<v Speaker 1>He seems like and Jack and no more on this.

0:21:12.000 --> 0:21:13.520
<v Speaker 1>He seems like the kind of player that could you

0:21:13.520 --> 0:21:15.800
<v Speaker 1>could put him sort of on both sides. He's a

0:21:15.800 --> 0:21:18.520
<v Speaker 1>bit more of a football player than But there are

0:21:18.560 --> 0:21:21.680
<v Speaker 1>there are some factors that I know why he likes

0:21:21.720 --> 0:21:24.480
<v Speaker 1>and Jacke. He likes the left side because he's he's

0:21:24.560 --> 0:21:26.920
<v Speaker 1>got a very much a natural left foot side step,

0:21:27.320 --> 0:21:30.639
<v Speaker 1>so he does like coming back at inside shoulders on

0:21:30.680 --> 0:21:33.520
<v Speaker 1>the left side of the football field. But I imagine that,

0:21:33.960 --> 0:21:36.200
<v Speaker 1>you know, although he's not as dynamic off his right

0:21:36.240 --> 0:21:38.239
<v Speaker 1>foot on that right side of the field, there are

0:21:38.240 --> 0:21:42.840
<v Speaker 1>other strengths that can bring to that right side right Jack, Yeah.

0:21:42.359 --> 0:21:45.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, absolutely, Jack. You know Jack, you know him inside out.

0:21:46.160 --> 0:21:48.840
<v Speaker 2>I imagine Jack, you'd say that it would not be

0:21:48.880 --> 0:21:52.120
<v Speaker 2>a drama. He'd have no issue playing on the right side. Yeah.

0:21:52.320 --> 0:21:54.639
<v Speaker 3>He actually he actually started his career playing on the

0:21:54.720 --> 0:21:57.280
<v Speaker 3>right side, so basically he played his first few back

0:21:57.359 --> 0:21:59.760
<v Speaker 3>row games on that right side. The big one is

0:21:59.760 --> 0:22:01.440
<v Speaker 3>going to be flipping him to the right. I don't

0:22:01.440 --> 0:22:03.919
<v Speaker 3>think it's going to be about whether it can do it.

0:22:03.960 --> 0:22:05.879
<v Speaker 3>I think it's going to be more about the workload.

0:22:05.920 --> 0:22:09.240
<v Speaker 3>Like it's a huge ass on debut origin to play eighty.

0:22:09.520 --> 0:22:12.520
<v Speaker 3>Like you know, I'molo's been playing eighty for years and

0:22:12.600 --> 0:22:16.280
<v Speaker 3>years now and he sort of struggled that game one.

0:22:16.520 --> 0:22:18.240
<v Speaker 3>And let's be honest too, they were like the first

0:22:18.240 --> 0:22:20.160
<v Speaker 3>twenty thirty minutes, they were just out of the pump.

0:22:20.240 --> 0:22:22.439
<v Speaker 3>Like the amount of juice that was taken out of them,

0:22:22.480 --> 0:22:24.480
<v Speaker 3>it's so surprising that they even had the juice to

0:22:24.480 --> 0:22:26.520
<v Speaker 3>go all the way with it to end up winning

0:22:26.520 --> 0:22:29.160
<v Speaker 3>the game anyway. But it'll be more about that because

0:22:29.160 --> 0:22:32.639
<v Speaker 3>they've got such a deadly left edge there for Queensland,

0:22:32.720 --> 0:22:35.400
<v Speaker 3>it'll be Yeah, it'll be a massive test for him,

0:22:35.400 --> 0:22:37.680
<v Speaker 3>but I'm sure it's a test he can handle for sure.

0:22:38.240 --> 0:22:41.199
<v Speaker 2>I'll say this, boys, I think I think there'll be

0:22:41.359 --> 0:22:43.560
<v Speaker 2>I think they're just looking at the new South Wales lineup,

0:22:43.640 --> 0:22:45.880
<v Speaker 2>how they're picked at the moment on paper, I think

0:22:45.920 --> 0:22:48.920
<v Speaker 2>there's some ducks of Drakes going going on. I can't

0:22:48.960 --> 0:22:53.400
<v Speaker 2>marry in my opinion, must start, he must start. That

0:22:53.400 --> 0:22:56.480
<v Speaker 2>that's for me, is that no brainer? So okay? So

0:22:56.600 --> 0:23:01.720
<v Speaker 2>what happens here? So paying has Okay, I'll preface this

0:23:01.800 --> 0:23:06.600
<v Speaker 2>by saying this, My starting middles would be Cameron Murray,

0:23:08.040 --> 0:23:11.440
<v Speaker 2>Adam Vanula Blake and Paynhass. Now I start with those.

0:23:11.640 --> 0:23:14.399
<v Speaker 2>I start with those three powerhouse players because of this.

0:23:14.880 --> 0:23:19.520
<v Speaker 2>If those three bloats are on and firing, mate, put

0:23:19.560 --> 0:23:22.359
<v Speaker 2>the Q in the rack Queensland Like, honestly, you can't

0:23:22.359 --> 0:23:26.280
<v Speaker 2>contain that. That is just, honestly, at their very best,

0:23:27.160 --> 0:23:30.840
<v Speaker 2>that middle combination cannot be beaten in any era. You

0:23:30.840 --> 0:23:33.360
<v Speaker 2>don't get any better than that. So for me, that

0:23:33.359 --> 0:23:36.399
<v Speaker 2>that should be my opinion. The starting lineup at the

0:23:36.440 --> 0:23:39.480
<v Speaker 2>moment Adam and Kem Murray on the bench by gat Field.

0:23:39.480 --> 0:23:42.400
<v Speaker 2>As that Kem Murray will start. I think it might

0:23:42.480 --> 0:23:46.040
<v Speaker 2>be for Mitch Barnett. I think Isaiah might move up

0:23:46.480 --> 0:23:51.280
<v Speaker 2>into another part of the middle. Yeah, but you know,

0:23:52.040 --> 0:23:55.879
<v Speaker 2>again coming back to the fact I at the start

0:23:55.920 --> 0:23:58.959
<v Speaker 2>of the game, I just like size and power, So

0:23:59.440 --> 0:24:03.640
<v Speaker 2>I don't think he'll make two changes, but I think

0:24:03.720 --> 0:24:07.200
<v Speaker 2>I think he'll go in for Mitch. But again, like

0:24:07.280 --> 0:24:09.639
<v Speaker 2>a come back to the fact i'd have Fanua Blake

0:24:09.680 --> 0:24:12.560
<v Speaker 2>and camp Murray starting. That's a big that's a big

0:24:12.680 --> 0:24:15.119
<v Speaker 2>change to do it with both of them, But it

0:24:15.200 --> 0:24:16.919
<v Speaker 2>would not it would not surprise me.

0:24:18.040 --> 0:24:20.679
<v Speaker 3>I actually think you're on the money there, Cobba, because

0:24:21.680 --> 0:24:24.800
<v Speaker 3>something you know, leading into the to this game and

0:24:25.119 --> 0:24:27.840
<v Speaker 3>after game one, everyone talking about how Billy's such a

0:24:27.840 --> 0:24:30.960
<v Speaker 3>great you know, he's so good at managing the team

0:24:31.040 --> 0:24:33.520
<v Speaker 3>and how he's out coaching Laurie and stuff like that.

0:24:33.840 --> 0:24:35.920
<v Speaker 3>Did you actually notice that the new South Wales team

0:24:35.920 --> 0:24:39.000
<v Speaker 3>got announced on The squad got announced about eight pm

0:24:39.040 --> 0:24:41.639
<v Speaker 3>on on the night, so the players went into the

0:24:41.680 --> 0:24:44.840
<v Speaker 3>camp and then the team was announced the following morning.

0:24:44.920 --> 0:24:46.919
<v Speaker 3>I feel like it was it was Laurie's chance to

0:24:46.960 --> 0:24:49.400
<v Speaker 3>get in there communicate what's going to what the plan

0:24:49.480 --> 0:24:51.960
<v Speaker 3>is with those whether it be one, two, three or

0:24:52.000 --> 0:24:54.239
<v Speaker 3>four players that are going to be moved around, so

0:24:54.280 --> 0:24:56.320
<v Speaker 3>they were on board before the team got announced the

0:24:56.359 --> 0:24:56.840
<v Speaker 3>next morning.

0:24:57.720 --> 0:25:00.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, Jack, I think there's Ducks and drakeson. He

0:25:01.040 --> 0:25:06.720
<v Speaker 2>played here and yeah, I don't think significant changes, but

0:25:06.840 --> 0:25:11.760
<v Speaker 2>I think I would be shocked if Kem Murray doesn't

0:25:11.800 --> 0:25:13.760
<v Speaker 2>come into the starting lineup for me. That is a

0:25:13.840 --> 0:25:17.280
<v Speaker 2>no brainer. And another one, you know like Katoni Katoni.

0:25:17.440 --> 0:25:21.119
<v Speaker 2>Big challenge for Katoni. Katoni in game one. You know,

0:25:21.280 --> 0:25:24.439
<v Speaker 2>like Billy, Billy does his homework on every single player.

0:25:24.480 --> 0:25:27.439
<v Speaker 2>He knows every player's tendencies and what they're likely to

0:25:27.440 --> 0:25:30.919
<v Speaker 2>do under pressure. And they just targeted Katoni, not just

0:25:31.000 --> 0:25:35.000
<v Speaker 2>target you know, I will say this. They didn't go

0:25:35.080 --> 0:25:37.120
<v Speaker 2>and just find him and go right. That's the black

0:25:37.160 --> 0:25:39.959
<v Speaker 2>we're going at To be fair to Katoni. That is

0:25:40.080 --> 0:25:43.879
<v Speaker 2>he is defending a Caleb Pomer's favorite attacking spot and

0:25:43.960 --> 0:25:46.280
<v Speaker 2>so he just kept going at him and Katoni early

0:25:46.320 --> 0:25:49.040
<v Speaker 2>on was sort of turning out and Kaylen was going

0:25:49.080 --> 0:25:51.119
<v Speaker 2>half through and then later on he started turning in

0:25:51.160 --> 0:25:54.120
<v Speaker 2>on him. He just he drove Katoni mad, He drove

0:25:54.200 --> 0:25:59.280
<v Speaker 2>him insane. That's the big matchup, you know, where where

0:25:59.520 --> 0:26:03.560
<v Speaker 2>Where positions himself. It's really good coaching by Billy, and

0:26:03.560 --> 0:26:06.399
<v Speaker 2>he used to frustrate the out of me at Newcastle.

0:26:06.720 --> 0:26:09.600
<v Speaker 2>Kaylan has got a sweet spot, as I've said, just

0:26:09.680 --> 0:26:12.359
<v Speaker 2>on that left side. And rather than Kayl and go

0:26:12.480 --> 0:26:16.040
<v Speaker 2>looking for the football. Billy's going no, no, no, Caylen,

0:26:16.119 --> 0:26:18.760
<v Speaker 2>you sit there, the football is going to come searching

0:26:18.880 --> 0:26:22.040
<v Speaker 2>for you. So it's they're bringing the ball to him

0:26:22.160 --> 0:26:24.320
<v Speaker 2>in his favorite spot all the time. It's going to

0:26:24.359 --> 0:26:28.000
<v Speaker 2>be huge pressure on that right side defense, particularly on

0:26:28.080 --> 0:26:30.600
<v Speaker 2>containing Yeah.

0:26:30.359 --> 0:26:32.560
<v Speaker 1>And you have no doubt. We saw how Lethally was

0:26:32.600 --> 0:26:35.280
<v Speaker 1>that first half against you, so Wells and now dominant

0:26:35.280 --> 0:26:39.400
<v Speaker 1>Coenslane where they they know they've basically got their blueprint

0:26:39.480 --> 0:26:42.000
<v Speaker 1>Queensland of how they want to play and we as

0:26:42.240 --> 0:26:44.520
<v Speaker 1>new so Wales know how they're going to play. It's

0:26:44.600 --> 0:26:47.119
<v Speaker 1>just how do you contain especially those individuals. We know

0:26:47.119 --> 0:26:49.640
<v Speaker 1>where they're going to go. But the Queensland big news

0:26:49.680 --> 0:26:54.480
<v Speaker 1>out of there look a relatively unchanged side apart from Britain.

0:26:54.520 --> 0:26:59.040
<v Speaker 1>A Kora comes into the starting back row with Ruben

0:26:59.119 --> 0:27:02.200
<v Speaker 1>Cotter at Locke and Kirk Kate well as the other

0:27:02.240 --> 0:27:05.440
<v Speaker 1>back row I've given Patty Carrigan got hurt so he's

0:27:05.440 --> 0:27:08.320
<v Speaker 1>out of the side. But the big one, Rhys Walsh

0:27:08.359 --> 0:27:11.919
<v Speaker 1>has come under the bench. Now you know a lot

0:27:11.960 --> 0:27:15.399
<v Speaker 1>of people saying they how do they implement him, whether

0:27:15.800 --> 0:27:18.679
<v Speaker 1>you know he plays through the middle or similar to

0:27:18.760 --> 0:27:20.800
<v Speaker 1>like back in the day walkers On, or like when

0:27:20.840 --> 0:27:23.360
<v Speaker 1>Billy Slater was at fullback klea Ponga debut, they brought

0:27:23.400 --> 0:27:25.280
<v Speaker 1>him on through the middle to play together. Is that

0:27:25.320 --> 0:27:29.439
<v Speaker 1>how you see them slutsy sort of using while she cooper?

0:27:29.440 --> 0:27:33.280
<v Speaker 2>I think so. I think. I think what is predictable

0:27:33.440 --> 0:27:37.520
<v Speaker 2>about how Billy will use Rus is that it will

0:27:37.560 --> 0:27:40.960
<v Speaker 2>be in predict unpredictable, that makes sense. I think you'll

0:27:40.960 --> 0:27:44.880
<v Speaker 2>throw him on in a really unorthodox position and he'll

0:27:44.920 --> 0:27:47.600
<v Speaker 2>be He'll be a massive he'll be just a huge

0:27:47.600 --> 0:27:50.879
<v Speaker 2>handful of noble of where he's on. It's really funny, right, boys,

0:27:52.119 --> 0:27:57.120
<v Speaker 2>Game one, Game one really didn't pick didn't didn't pick

0:27:57.240 --> 0:28:00.119
<v Speaker 2>Ruth And do you know what I reckon? Right, just

0:28:00.160 --> 0:28:04.320
<v Speaker 2>go with me on this one. I reckon, I reckon.

0:28:05.080 --> 0:28:11.000
<v Speaker 2>I reckon. Really thought that Reese still had a little

0:28:11.000 --> 0:28:13.040
<v Speaker 2>bit of unfolding to do, if that makes sense. Like,

0:28:13.160 --> 0:28:16.560
<v Speaker 2>I think he still thought that there were some tough

0:28:16.600 --> 0:28:18.760
<v Speaker 2>weeks ahead of him before he was ready to rebound

0:28:18.800 --> 0:28:20.880
<v Speaker 2>and really come back, and that's why he didn't pick him.

0:28:20.920 --> 0:28:24.879
<v Speaker 2>And everyone was going after how he played up against

0:28:24.880 --> 0:28:26.800
<v Speaker 2>the Gold Coast, so a lot of people were like, oh,

0:28:26.840 --> 0:28:28.960
<v Speaker 2>maybe he's not going to pick Reees, but I think

0:28:29.000 --> 0:28:32.000
<v Speaker 2>at that point he's probably going right up. Okay, Reese

0:28:32.040 --> 0:28:37.399
<v Speaker 2>has almost hit hit base and now he's ready to

0:28:37.440 --> 0:28:40.480
<v Speaker 2>rebound back. And that's one of the reasons I reckon

0:28:40.480 --> 0:28:43.560
<v Speaker 2>he picks him. I think Billy's got really good instincts.

0:28:43.720 --> 0:28:46.160
<v Speaker 2>I think he knows when players are about to bounce back,

0:28:46.200 --> 0:28:48.719
<v Speaker 2>are about to start to find get back toward their

0:28:48.720 --> 0:28:51.040
<v Speaker 2>best form or towards you know, or start to really

0:28:51.040 --> 0:28:53.480
<v Speaker 2>start to play good football. I think that's one of

0:28:53.520 --> 0:28:56.280
<v Speaker 2>the reasons he's picked him. It's a really interesting makeup

0:28:56.320 --> 0:28:59.360
<v Speaker 2>Brittain Ncora, you know, coming in the starting lineup, which

0:28:59.400 --> 0:29:03.720
<v Speaker 2>is interesting. Max Plais, who I thought was fantastic in

0:29:04.160 --> 0:29:07.080
<v Speaker 2>Game one in that first half he reversed to the bench,

0:29:07.320 --> 0:29:11.080
<v Speaker 2>Finnifu Yaki onto the bench, Murray Tulaney on the bench,

0:29:11.120 --> 0:29:14.760
<v Speaker 2>Hill and Lukey number twenty. It's a I look at made,

0:29:14.800 --> 0:29:17.680
<v Speaker 2>it's a They've got a it's a very very strong

0:29:17.720 --> 0:29:21.400
<v Speaker 2>coins land side, very dangerous.

0:29:20.480 --> 0:29:22.520
<v Speaker 1>And I'm just going back to your Walshie theory for

0:29:22.560 --> 0:29:26.040
<v Speaker 1>a second. It's it's a It's it's almost like the

0:29:26.120 --> 0:29:28.800
<v Speaker 1>old the old theory of you know, you know when

0:29:28.800 --> 0:29:32.520
<v Speaker 1>a goalkicker right right before the game. He misses twelve

0:29:32.560 --> 0:29:35.160
<v Speaker 1>in a row, and some kickers go geez, they lose

0:29:35.160 --> 0:29:37.400
<v Speaker 1>all their confidence. But a coach might come up and

0:29:37.400 --> 0:29:38.840
<v Speaker 1>grab him and say, don't worry. You just got rid

0:29:38.880 --> 0:29:41.000
<v Speaker 1>of all your bad ones, you know. Yeah, And they

0:29:41.080 --> 0:29:42.360
<v Speaker 1>and they go out there and a goal kicker and

0:29:42.440 --> 0:29:44.360
<v Speaker 1>it sounds weird, but they'll go kick six from six

0:29:44.440 --> 0:29:46.840
<v Speaker 1>or they won't miss one on the day. And look

0:29:46.920 --> 0:29:50.040
<v Speaker 1>you said. Billy Billy knows you know me and manage

0:29:50.120 --> 0:29:53.120
<v Speaker 1>and he understands players very well. But on top of that,

0:29:53.680 --> 0:29:56.720
<v Speaker 1>Rhys Walsh, how he plays the game. He's mentality where

0:29:56.720 --> 0:29:59.160
<v Speaker 1>he always wants to attack. He wants he doesn't mind

0:29:59.160 --> 0:30:01.160
<v Speaker 1>making errors because he wants to attack the game at

0:30:01.160 --> 0:30:03.880
<v Speaker 1>all times. He's very much got the same mentality of

0:30:03.880 --> 0:30:07.120
<v Speaker 1>Billy Slater like as a player. So Billy Billy's had

0:30:07.200 --> 0:30:09.960
<v Speaker 1>and Billy spoken about bad times in like bad form

0:30:10.040 --> 0:30:11.920
<v Speaker 1>times when he was playing or dropped in North Sydney

0:30:11.960 --> 0:30:14.640
<v Speaker 1>Bears one year when they were the feeder club of

0:30:14.680 --> 0:30:18.240
<v Speaker 1>the Storm. He knows that he sometimes gets worse before

0:30:18.280 --> 0:30:20.640
<v Speaker 1>it gets better. So I mean, you might be you

0:30:20.720 --> 0:30:22.000
<v Speaker 1>might be right on the money there.

0:30:22.480 --> 0:30:24.800
<v Speaker 2>I remember that year. I remember that year in two

0:30:24.840 --> 0:30:27.720
<v Speaker 2>thousand and six, Billy played it, played a game in

0:30:27.960 --> 0:30:31.640
<v Speaker 2>likehard oval and he did it. He sort of pig

0:30:31.720 --> 0:30:35.600
<v Speaker 2>rooted and kicked I think it was Chris Hyington in

0:30:35.640 --> 0:30:39.120
<v Speaker 2>the head and got about a four weeks suspension and

0:30:39.160 --> 0:30:41.480
<v Speaker 2>Billy wasn't in good form. The side weren't going that gray.

0:30:42.360 --> 0:30:45.760
<v Speaker 2>Billy came back through North Sydney. I remember, I actually

0:30:45.800 --> 0:30:48.800
<v Speaker 2>remember I was at that game with Billy A. I

0:30:48.800 --> 0:30:50.880
<v Speaker 2>remember Billy when he did that kid group and he

0:30:50.960 --> 0:30:55.720
<v Speaker 2>went mate, he was filthy, and I remember I think

0:30:55.720 --> 0:30:57.920
<v Speaker 2>Billy said to me after game, he said, mate, I'm

0:30:57.960 --> 0:31:00.560
<v Speaker 2>going to I've just got to make I've got to

0:31:00.600 --> 0:31:03.120
<v Speaker 2>make a statement on Billy and it made him come

0:31:03.160 --> 0:31:05.560
<v Speaker 2>back through. But the moment he got back in, he

0:31:05.840 --> 0:31:10.320
<v Speaker 2>just started. It's started the run of the Billy Slader

0:31:10.720 --> 0:31:16.200
<v Speaker 2>that we know, like that fruously talented but frugiously consistent.

0:31:16.680 --> 0:31:19.320
<v Speaker 2>And so you're spot on. I mean, and you know,

0:31:19.400 --> 0:31:23.960
<v Speaker 2>like podcasts are all about storytelling, rad and you said

0:31:24.000 --> 0:31:26.160
<v Speaker 2>before about the bloke who gets out there and kicks

0:31:26.160 --> 0:31:30.000
<v Speaker 2>and misses all of them. I mean, Uncle Joey, you

0:31:30.000 --> 0:31:33.640
<v Speaker 2>know I think about that story, Uncle Joey and he's

0:31:33.800 --> 0:31:36.360
<v Speaker 2>spoken to YouTube blugs about it to share it with people.

0:31:37.160 --> 0:31:38.800
<v Speaker 2>You know, when he was a young player. We had

0:31:38.800 --> 0:31:41.720
<v Speaker 2>the ninety ninety five World Cup Final Wembley Stadium, like

0:31:41.920 --> 0:31:46.160
<v Speaker 2>the Wembley Stadium, one hundred thousand people. Anyway, we go

0:31:46.240 --> 0:31:48.400
<v Speaker 2>onto the field before the game to warm up and

0:31:48.520 --> 0:31:51.880
<v Speaker 2>Joey's putting the ball down and he's kicking around. I

0:31:51.920 --> 0:31:55.280
<v Speaker 2>reckon the warm up Joey kicked about I reckon two

0:31:55.320 --> 0:31:59.080
<v Speaker 2>from fifteen, just and make the English crowd were just

0:31:59.320 --> 0:32:02.960
<v Speaker 2>into him. Lucks and all of Ma and wore chatting

0:32:03.040 --> 0:32:08.240
<v Speaker 2>going off, going off the field, and he goes, I

0:32:08.400 --> 0:32:10.760
<v Speaker 2>just want to put one, you have one more shot

0:32:10.800 --> 0:32:12.240
<v Speaker 2>for a go back in and he put the ball

0:32:12.240 --> 0:32:14.520
<v Speaker 2>down and all of a sudden, over the loud speaker

0:32:15.040 --> 0:32:18.480
<v Speaker 2>stuck in the middle by Steve Miller band Steelers Will

0:32:18.640 --> 0:32:22.960
<v Speaker 2>stuck in the well. I don't know what yea. Anyway,

0:32:23.040 --> 0:32:25.880
<v Speaker 2>Joey's there and I said, mate, just relax and start

0:32:25.960 --> 0:32:28.000
<v Speaker 2>to go with the music, and Joey's sort of dancing

0:32:28.400 --> 0:32:30.760
<v Speaker 2>and all of a sudden goes bang kicks and it

0:32:30.840 --> 0:32:32.880
<v Speaker 2>goes over and I think in the World Cup Final,

0:32:33.160 --> 0:32:35.440
<v Speaker 2>I think he kicked five from five knocking him from

0:32:35.480 --> 0:32:38.080
<v Speaker 2>the sideline everything you know, and it's it's running in

0:32:38.160 --> 0:32:41.400
<v Speaker 2>that in that pre game, just exhausting all your bad

0:32:41.520 --> 0:32:44.719
<v Speaker 2>kicks and then just finding your rhythm after that. Is

0:32:44.720 --> 0:32:46.600
<v Speaker 2>that a story that relates to what we're talking about?

0:32:46.880 --> 0:32:52.680
<v Speaker 2>Maybe not, no, no, no, it is it is.

0:32:52.720 --> 0:32:55.640
<v Speaker 1>Well's talk about bouncing back from from form, because at

0:32:55.640 --> 0:32:57.520
<v Speaker 1>the end of the day, it's four bad forms, like

0:32:57.560 --> 0:33:00.000
<v Speaker 1>an avalanche, and the harder you try to dig out

0:33:00.040 --> 0:33:02.520
<v Speaker 1>of it, sometimes it just snowball snowballs until you hit

0:33:02.960 --> 0:33:05.920
<v Speaker 1>a family or you hit like a cabin and.

0:33:07.440 --> 0:33:10.160
<v Speaker 3>Just tips, Can I ask you and Dad Cooper both?

0:33:10.480 --> 0:33:12.800
<v Speaker 3>Can I ask you? Can you think of a weirder

0:33:13.400 --> 0:33:17.680
<v Speaker 3>game two we've ever gone into? Like because everyone's talking

0:33:17.680 --> 0:33:21.720
<v Speaker 3>about how good Queensland were before the Kalin hit and

0:33:21.760 --> 0:33:25.000
<v Speaker 3>then how bad New South Wales were, when really all

0:33:25.040 --> 0:33:26.680
<v Speaker 3>it takes is a little bit of luck and a

0:33:26.680 --> 0:33:29.520
<v Speaker 3>little bit of effort from New South Wales to really

0:33:29.560 --> 0:33:32.440
<v Speaker 3>get off to a good start. Mate, who knows it

0:33:32.440 --> 0:33:35.000
<v Speaker 3>could be the weirdest series win ever?

0:33:35.680 --> 0:33:38.920
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, spot on, Jack, spot on, because you know what

0:33:39.040 --> 0:33:44.400
<v Speaker 2>Jack is that at times mate, like Queensland? How could

0:33:44.400 --> 0:33:46.760
<v Speaker 2>I say this? This is going to sound really really,

0:33:48.680 --> 0:33:53.600
<v Speaker 2>it's gonna sound stupid, but Queensland could go yeah, believe

0:33:53.600 --> 0:33:55.760
<v Speaker 2>it or not, but the Queensland could go into this

0:33:55.920 --> 0:34:02.040
<v Speaker 2>game slightly slightly complacent. Now go with me here. They're

0:34:02.080 --> 0:34:05.480
<v Speaker 2>actulightly complacent because what they've been fed over the last

0:34:05.480 --> 0:34:08.759
<v Speaker 2>two weeks is oh mate, yes, we're just given it

0:34:08.840 --> 0:34:11.160
<v Speaker 2>to New South Wales. And the only reason you want

0:34:11.360 --> 0:34:14.120
<v Speaker 2>New South Wales beakers is because Kaitlyn got sent off,

0:34:14.320 --> 0:34:17.120
<v Speaker 2>which is absolutely true, every bit of it is true.

0:34:17.440 --> 0:34:20.360
<v Speaker 2>But Queensland, if they're expecting that same New South Wales,

0:34:20.719 --> 0:34:22.520
<v Speaker 2>then they've got some stuff. They've got shit coming to

0:34:22.560 --> 0:34:24.920
<v Speaker 2>them because New South Wales will be a lot lot better.

0:34:25.360 --> 0:34:28.000
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, it's a challenge for Billy as well, you know,

0:34:28.120 --> 0:34:30.680
<v Speaker 2>to say, hey, listen, boys, even though we'll go we're

0:34:30.680 --> 0:34:32.239
<v Speaker 2>on the way to winning the game, really and we

0:34:32.280 --> 0:34:34.759
<v Speaker 2>would have won the game, don't expect quent New South

0:34:34.760 --> 0:34:37.480
<v Speaker 2>Wales to be anywhere near as bad in this first

0:34:37.560 --> 0:34:40.840
<v Speaker 2>half or in this game two. Again, So Jackie, you

0:34:40.960 --> 0:34:44.360
<v Speaker 2>make a really good point there. It's a Mitchell Moses

0:34:44.400 --> 0:34:48.200
<v Speaker 2>is an intriguing one. It's intriguing when Moses is in

0:34:48.280 --> 0:34:51.200
<v Speaker 2>that team and I see Moses and Clearing. I just

0:34:51.280 --> 0:34:54.040
<v Speaker 2>don't see how we get beat with those two blokes.

0:34:54.080 --> 0:34:58.279
<v Speaker 2>I don't think Mitch's hamstring is a crucial one. If

0:34:58.320 --> 0:35:01.840
<v Speaker 2>something happened to Mitch between now and kickoff and was

0:35:02.520 --> 0:35:07.320
<v Speaker 2>ruled out for whatever reason, I would be equally as decided.

0:35:07.600 --> 0:35:10.760
<v Speaker 2>With Ethan Strange coming going into the sixth and Isaiah

0:35:10.840 --> 0:35:14.880
<v Speaker 2>Katawa coming into the nine team, which they're talking about.

0:35:14.960 --> 0:35:19.759
<v Speaker 2>I mean, watch what I was watching the Dolphins game

0:35:20.120 --> 0:35:23.399
<v Speaker 2>the other day. That bloke, My goodness, that bloke. I'm

0:35:23.440 --> 0:35:26.920
<v Speaker 2>telling it. The Dolphins are going to be in my opinion,

0:35:26.960 --> 0:35:28.640
<v Speaker 2>in the next twenty years, they're going to be Melbourne

0:35:28.680 --> 0:35:33.160
<v Speaker 2>Storm White. I think they be a really dominant force.

0:35:33.400 --> 0:35:35.719
<v Speaker 1>If we don't have Nathan Cleary, who you know, who's

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<v Speaker 1>the best half aaker in the world as a New

0:35:37.719 --> 0:35:40.839
<v Speaker 1>South Welshman. Isaiahtah was in there already. You know, he's

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<v Speaker 1>just he's unfortunate how good he's playing the last couple

0:35:43.160 --> 0:35:45.440
<v Speaker 1>of seasons. He's just unfortunate. He's behind the best half

0:35:45.480 --> 0:35:48.439
<v Speaker 1>back for New South Wales at the minute. But going back,

0:35:48.520 --> 0:35:50.000
<v Speaker 1>going back to what Jack just said and what you

0:35:50.080 --> 0:35:53.239
<v Speaker 1>just said, how it's tough for Billy. It is interesting

0:35:53.320 --> 0:35:56.759
<v Speaker 1>like taking coaches have origin, they have a week and

0:35:56.800 --> 0:35:58.759
<v Speaker 1>a half to basically get players to buy into a

0:35:58.840 --> 0:36:02.480
<v Speaker 1>narrative and get them else up really emotionally, like the emotion.

0:36:02.840 --> 0:36:04.840
<v Speaker 1>It's not really x a's and o's. Like Steven Blocker

0:36:04.880 --> 0:36:06.520
<v Speaker 1>Road said on the potty, you just got to get

0:36:06.520 --> 0:36:10.400
<v Speaker 1>them up emotionally and really like hating the opposition and

0:36:10.800 --> 0:36:13.920
<v Speaker 1>connected as a team. But like you said, Billy's narrative

0:36:13.920 --> 0:36:15.560
<v Speaker 1>when he's in there right now is have a look

0:36:15.600 --> 0:36:17.799
<v Speaker 1>at this sixty minutes right we have one turning point

0:36:17.800 --> 0:36:19.839
<v Speaker 1>in the game. It's Caleb getting sent off and we

0:36:19.920 --> 0:36:23.960
<v Speaker 1>just couldn't defend our lead. But that sixty minutes there's

0:36:24.000 --> 0:36:26.839
<v Speaker 1>our blueprint. We were all over them. They can't handle us.

0:36:26.960 --> 0:36:29.000
<v Speaker 1>That's the narrative they're buying into, so they confidently go

0:36:29.040 --> 0:36:31.120
<v Speaker 1>into this game. But then on the other edge you've

0:36:31.120 --> 0:36:33.520
<v Speaker 1>got New South Wales who were saying, for that first

0:36:33.600 --> 0:36:36.560
<v Speaker 1>sixty minutes, we could not have played any worse. We

0:36:36.600 --> 0:36:38.640
<v Speaker 1>could not have played any worse. We didn't know what

0:36:38.719 --> 0:36:41.000
<v Speaker 1>was coming. They shocked us, they ambushed us. We missed

0:36:41.000 --> 0:36:44.920
<v Speaker 1>the start, but we got the we won like we

0:36:44.960 --> 0:36:49.200
<v Speaker 1>actually somehow managed to win despite that. So there's two

0:36:49.239 --> 0:36:52.359
<v Speaker 1>polar opposite mentalities going into this game. It's the big

0:36:52.440 --> 0:36:56.839
<v Speaker 1>challenges whether New South Wales can start better than they

0:36:56.840 --> 0:36:59.200
<v Speaker 1>did in Game one because they really didn't leave the

0:36:59.239 --> 0:37:02.799
<v Speaker 1>locker room. Yeah, but it's and whether they can buy

0:37:02.840 --> 0:37:06.160
<v Speaker 1>into to that narrative that I'm sure Laurie's feeding and

0:37:06.680 --> 0:37:07.520
<v Speaker 1>and boys.

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<v Speaker 2>The other one made, which is I think it's advantage

0:37:10.719 --> 0:37:14.360
<v Speaker 2>US is going to be the MCG, the conditions and

0:37:14.400 --> 0:37:16.719
<v Speaker 2>the surface going to be slippery. You know when you're

0:37:16.719 --> 0:37:18.640
<v Speaker 2>playing Melbourne this time of the year at night, Cooper

0:37:18.640 --> 0:37:21.600
<v Speaker 2>as you know, it's really it's difficult, particularly the MCG.

0:37:22.280 --> 0:37:24.400
<v Speaker 2>And you know the thing that's got to be you've

0:37:24.440 --> 0:37:26.319
<v Speaker 2>got to be tip top at your defense has got

0:37:26.360 --> 0:37:29.000
<v Speaker 2>to be great, but you're kicking. Your last tackle options

0:37:29.280 --> 0:37:32.879
<v Speaker 2>are imperative and look we as far as last tackle

0:37:32.920 --> 0:37:36.000
<v Speaker 2>options made, look on paper we win one hundred milk.

0:37:36.040 --> 0:37:38.600
<v Speaker 2>We've got Nathan Cleary and for long kicking, we got

0:37:38.640 --> 0:37:42.560
<v Speaker 2>Mitchell Moses that we needed. So I'm really with Mitchell

0:37:42.600 --> 0:37:46.520
<v Speaker 2>Moses and Nathan there. I you know, touch would but

0:37:46.760 --> 0:37:49.200
<v Speaker 2>I'm really confident in this game in the New South

0:37:49.200 --> 0:37:52.759
<v Speaker 2>Wales getting done well.

0:37:52.840 --> 0:37:55.800
<v Speaker 1>I you do also look at some of those the

0:37:55.880 --> 0:37:58.319
<v Speaker 1>Queensland players in Monster, Harry and Trent, they probably have

0:37:58.880 --> 0:38:01.840
<v Speaker 1>a little bit of advantage over knowing playing that Melbourne

0:38:01.840 --> 0:38:04.760
<v Speaker 1>condition at all times, and Billy himself. Billy can probably

0:38:04.760 --> 0:38:08.719
<v Speaker 1>game plan around those similar conditions. But it's going to

0:38:08.760 --> 0:38:10.319
<v Speaker 1>be a great game. I do want to get to

0:38:10.360 --> 0:38:18.000
<v Speaker 1>our tips. Matthew aka The Australian Correspondent and Steve McGregor,

0:38:19.000 --> 0:38:20.080
<v Speaker 1>what are your tips for the game?

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<v Speaker 2>Look, I'm want to get in New South Wales to

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<v Speaker 2>win and I do this and by the way, I

0:38:25.080 --> 0:38:27.440
<v Speaker 2>haven't give this like a mention, but really excited for

0:38:27.520 --> 0:38:31.480
<v Speaker 2>Casey McLean. Hopefully that ankle iss enough to one hundred

0:38:31.480 --> 0:38:33.920
<v Speaker 2>cents so he plays his best. Excited for that, and

0:38:33.920 --> 0:38:37.279
<v Speaker 2>of course excited for Dylan Lucas. Good on deal waye

0:38:38.239 --> 0:38:40.359
<v Speaker 2>Corus sounds a beauty come off the bench as well.

0:38:43.280 --> 0:38:45.799
<v Speaker 1>For our tips, sorry, can we go winner by how

0:38:45.920 --> 0:38:51.280
<v Speaker 1>much win? Our score line and a a try scorer

0:38:51.320 --> 0:38:52.040
<v Speaker 1>and amount of the match.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's do that, Okay, I'm going to go winner New

0:38:55.800 --> 0:38:59.399
<v Speaker 2>South Wales. I'll go the scoreline. I will go New

0:38:59.480 --> 0:39:06.120
<v Speaker 2>South twenty eight Queensland sixteen. You want first try scorer

0:39:06.280 --> 0:39:07.600
<v Speaker 2>or just any time?

0:39:08.000 --> 0:39:09.440
<v Speaker 1>Just got just any time.

0:39:10.040 --> 0:39:13.839
<v Speaker 2>Anytime, I'll go Dylan Lucas. I'll go deal, you know,

0:39:13.880 --> 0:39:16.880
<v Speaker 2>with Nathan and Mitchell out there with our playmakers. You know,

0:39:17.040 --> 0:39:22.040
<v Speaker 2>playmakers rely the lifeblood of playmakers, our edgeback rowers. So

0:39:22.040 --> 0:39:23.800
<v Speaker 2>he's going to get any chance of men in the match.

0:39:24.320 --> 0:39:27.520
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to go Nathan Cleary. Nathan, it's his time.

0:39:27.960 --> 0:39:30.840
<v Speaker 2>They're winning that game, that last twenty minutes in game one.

0:39:31.239 --> 0:39:33.719
<v Speaker 2>I think he's just a breakthrough and needed at state

0:39:33.719 --> 0:39:34.439
<v Speaker 2>of original level.

0:39:35.760 --> 0:39:40.279
<v Speaker 3>Jackie, I'm going Blues Cooper as well. I'm going to

0:39:40.320 --> 0:39:42.840
<v Speaker 3>go with a pretty big scoreline. I reckon it's going

0:39:42.920 --> 0:39:46.080
<v Speaker 3>to be like thirty two to ten. Yeah, I think

0:39:46.120 --> 0:39:48.400
<v Speaker 3>Blues might. It's very it's going to be tough for

0:39:48.400 --> 0:39:50.440
<v Speaker 3>them to get back up into that starting form they

0:39:50.440 --> 0:39:55.719
<v Speaker 3>had in Game one. Queensland my anytime as well. I'm

0:39:55.760 --> 0:39:57.200
<v Speaker 3>going to go to Dilan Lucas as well. Would be

0:39:57.200 --> 0:39:58.880
<v Speaker 3>a shame if I didn't do that to the old roommate.

0:39:59.400 --> 0:40:01.240
<v Speaker 3>And then I'm going to go man of the match.

0:40:01.680 --> 0:40:03.360
<v Speaker 3>I actually think it's going to be Cam Murray and

0:40:03.400 --> 0:40:05.400
<v Speaker 3>I think late change Cam Murray will start.

0:40:06.040 --> 0:40:09.480
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well okay, now I'm with you. I'm going to

0:40:09.520 --> 0:40:11.319
<v Speaker 1>New so Wales, I'm a little bit tighter than you guys.

0:40:11.360 --> 0:40:15.720
<v Speaker 1>I think twenty to eighteen. I think anytime try scorer.

0:40:16.360 --> 0:40:20.520
<v Speaker 1>I really like the idea of the Hammer for Queensland.

0:40:20.560 --> 0:40:22.600
<v Speaker 1>I just think they use him so much, especially on

0:40:23.960 --> 0:40:25.760
<v Speaker 1>and anytime they make a linebright He's there to push

0:40:25.880 --> 0:40:29.600
<v Speaker 1>and score my man of the match, same as you, Dad,

0:40:29.600 --> 0:40:32.840
<v Speaker 1>I've got Nathan clear. I think listening to some postmatch

0:40:32.840 --> 0:40:35.200
<v Speaker 1>stuff with Nathan after the game, he's copped a lot

0:40:35.200 --> 0:40:38.440
<v Speaker 1>of criticism about not being able to dominate Origin, and

0:40:39.000 --> 0:40:41.680
<v Speaker 1>now people after Game one that he played well, especially

0:40:41.719 --> 0:40:44.000
<v Speaker 1>that last twenty minutes. People are saying, oh, you know,

0:40:45.360 --> 0:40:46.879
<v Speaker 1>have a look at him, have a look at him. Now,

0:40:46.880 --> 0:40:49.399
<v Speaker 1>you know you're playing really well, really well. It does

0:40:49.440 --> 0:40:51.759
<v Speaker 1>not matter playing one good game of Savage and does

0:40:51.800 --> 0:40:53.600
<v Speaker 1>not matter unless you win the series, because no one

0:40:53.640 --> 0:40:56.400
<v Speaker 1>remembers it, no one cares about it. So and I

0:40:56.400 --> 0:40:58.839
<v Speaker 1>think Nathan knows that listening to some of his post

0:40:58.840 --> 0:41:01.839
<v Speaker 1>match stuff, so, I think he knows that the only

0:41:01.840 --> 0:41:04.000
<v Speaker 1>way I can silence critics and prove it to myself

0:41:04.000 --> 0:41:06.160
<v Speaker 1>and to the critics is is if I go out

0:41:06.200 --> 0:41:08.839
<v Speaker 1>there and really dominate this Origin series. So I think

0:41:08.880 --> 0:41:11.640
<v Speaker 1>he thinks he's got a lot of unfinished business. But

0:41:11.760 --> 0:41:13.400
<v Speaker 1>it's going to be a hell of a game. Coy's down.

0:41:13.400 --> 0:41:15.600
<v Speaker 1>I've got a great side as the new South Wales,

0:41:15.640 --> 0:41:16.600
<v Speaker 1>so I'm keen for it.

0:41:17.320 --> 0:41:19.719
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Absolutely, boys, it's going to be a great game.

0:41:19.800 --> 0:41:23.560
<v Speaker 2>Look forward. I arrive back on a Wednesday and we'll

0:41:23.680 --> 0:41:25.560
<v Speaker 2>rive straight into the game and we're going to do

0:41:25.600 --> 0:41:28.239
<v Speaker 2>our postmatch analysis straight after the game as well.

0:41:29.080 --> 0:41:31.279
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we certainly are, mate, you are a credit to

0:41:31.320 --> 0:41:34.040
<v Speaker 1>your family. Go well, hopefully get to interview Donald Trump

0:41:34.840 --> 0:41:37.120
<v Speaker 1>if you don't to talk all things two pays and

0:41:37.200 --> 0:41:44.160
<v Speaker 1>hairline and anti dandrel shampoo. But mate, we miss you

0:41:44.440 --> 0:41:46.200
<v Speaker 1>and we came to see you. My friend.

0:41:46.680 --> 0:41:50.360
<v Speaker 2>I made listen give part of my love to to

0:41:50.480 --> 0:41:52.880
<v Speaker 2>Trish and I had to listen to the family podcast.

0:41:53.560 --> 0:41:57.520
<v Speaker 2>You motherfuckers. He is all lifted without me. Where that

0:41:57.680 --> 0:41:59.480
<v Speaker 2>effort and performance when I'm here?

0:42:00.120 --> 0:42:02.200
<v Speaker 1>I said, I said the same thing. It was just

0:42:02.320 --> 0:42:06.319
<v Speaker 1>like usually you know when when someone would interrupt each other,

0:42:06.400 --> 0:42:08.399
<v Speaker 1>if you were in the room or something, it would

0:42:08.400 --> 0:42:11.080
<v Speaker 1>have erupted be because Gav was there. It was like

0:42:11.239 --> 0:42:13.400
<v Speaker 1>Jack and Mum. It was just like a lifting of

0:42:13.760 --> 0:42:17.799
<v Speaker 1>aggression off their shoulders, so maybe going forward at something

0:42:17.800 --> 0:42:20.400
<v Speaker 1>we can look at. But yeah, we'll talk when you

0:42:20.400 --> 0:42:20.560
<v Speaker 1>get

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<v Speaker 2>Back right up, boys, right