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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Fitzi and Whipper podcast.

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Speaker 2: Now we've been giving away a heap of cash thanks

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Speaker 2: to Ama Ultimate. It's the official change room partner of

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Speaker 2: the AFL. And we've got Josh Kennedy. He's one of

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Speaker 2: the ambassadors for Remo for the twenty twenty two season.

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Speaker 2: And you know what, we love this man because he's

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Speaker 2: just announced his retirement. It was one of the most

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Speaker 2: emotional goodbyes I've ever seen. And he joins us in

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Speaker 2: the studio.

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Speaker 3: Now, Josh Kennedy, Welcome, Josh, how everybuddy, Thanks Fitzy, Thanks Whipper.

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Speaker 2: Fifty meat a successful footballer, very similar career.

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Speaker 1: Mate.

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Speaker 2: Can we talk about the announcement to the boys, jeezus.

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Speaker 2: Leading up to that, you must have been very nervous,

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Speaker 2: because Mate, I was crying like a little baby watching

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Speaker 2: you doing that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it wasn't It wasn't easy.

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Speaker 3: I've seen a few in my time and always thought that,

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Speaker 3: you know, I'd be able to hold it together. But

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Speaker 3: it's just one of those things that you probably don't

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Speaker 3: even think about. You know, you know it's coming, but

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Speaker 3: you don't actually really can it until you have to

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Speaker 3: say it out loud, And even when I spoke to

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Speaker 3: the boys, I think ten minutes into the speech, after

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Speaker 3: I've been you know, choking up and crying a little bit,

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Speaker 3: that I realized I hadn't actually told them that I'd

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Speaker 3: be retiring. So it was it was an emotional and

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Speaker 3: emotional day, but very special two and games.

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Speaker 4: You've announced to your retirement. Swans have got the Saints,

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Speaker 4: but there is maybe a fairy tale end that if

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Speaker 4: the Swans go well in the finals, maybe you could

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Speaker 4: re enter.

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Speaker 1: So you're still a chance this year to play. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm definitely not a chance next year, but yeah, so

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Speaker 1: this year, I'm still a chance. I'm holding out hope. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: if the guys go all the way, I'm.

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Speaker 3: Pretty confident I can get myself fit and ready and

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Speaker 3: see what happens. You know, the love that it's an

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Speaker 3: amazing game and things can turn pretty quickly, and yeah,

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Speaker 3: I'm I'm just going to do everything I can, leave

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Speaker 3: no stone unturned and see what happened.

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Speaker 2: Were you were you on that footy trip when they

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Speaker 2: went over there and red Food and that came up

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Speaker 2: with the song Champagne Shower.

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Speaker 1: You had the bottle of champagne. You had the bottle

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Speaker 1: of champagne.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Nice was singing out champagne showers.

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Speaker 3: Champagne, and they came up with the song after it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's true.

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Speaker 4: That's an amazing story.

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Speaker 1: Incredible Storry. Yeah, so Red.

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Speaker 4: Food was not far from where you guys were yelling

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Speaker 4: out champagne.

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Speaker 1: We were yelling at champagne showers. But I think I

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Speaker 1: think he.

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Speaker 3: Actually didn't have him on the show years ago, and

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Speaker 3: he confirmed it.

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Speaker 5: We're in La a couple of years ago and we're

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Speaker 5: in a club and LMFA rolled.

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Speaker 2: Through, so that next door to you in the booth.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, we were having the best night out our life,

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Speaker 5: and we'd ordered this bottle of champagne and it was

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Speaker 5: going warm because we're sitting there smashing vodka. And I

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Speaker 5: said to the lady, look, can I pour this over

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Speaker 5: the whole dance.

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Speaker 4: Floor the party.

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Speaker 5: She said yep, And I just stood up on the

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Speaker 5: top and actually just shake the whole thing and just

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Speaker 5: sprayed over where six months of champagne showers came out

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Speaker 5: and we're going.

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Speaker 1: Oh, this is all about us.

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Speaker 5: And then in an MTV interview, Red Fugue, I was

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Speaker 5: having a night out one night and I felt this

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Speaker 5: wet feeling over my shoulder and I turn around there's

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Speaker 5: this crazy European guy standing up on a booth spraying champagne.

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Speaker 1: You you started, Yeah, it was one of the great

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Speaker 1: great days. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not over yet though, Josh, it is not.

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Speaker 2: And you how exciting I mean everyone, you know, you've

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Speaker 2: got such a young side. I mean, you're coming to

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Speaker 2: the end of your career, but some of these young

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Speaker 2: kids must get you so excited. And they're going into

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Speaker 2: a final series now, so there's still a big chance

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Speaker 2: to take this out.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, it is exciting.

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Speaker 3: And it's just like the team itself, the immediate supporters,

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Speaker 3: but the city in general. You can just feel it,

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Speaker 3: you know, the more people talking about it, the energy

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Speaker 3: amongst amongst the town is just grind and grown and grind.

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Speaker 3: It's it's a great place to be for the for

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Speaker 3: the footy club.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, the player, the.

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Speaker 3: Young players coming through a unbelievable you know, I've played

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Speaker 3: me some fantastic players over the course of my career,

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Speaker 3: and I'm as excited to see our young player first

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Speaker 3: three year players just develop and it could become.

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Speaker 2: Josh, congratulations mate, It's been an amazing career. But like

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Speaker 2: we said, it's not over yet for the Swans. I

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Speaker 2: mean you could get back this year at some stage.

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Speaker 2: The boys look like they'll finish second and they'll be

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Speaker 2: playing finals. But thank you very much for coming in.

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Speaker 1: Legend, thanks very much for having me us.

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Speaker 2: Thanks and remember, for whatever the game throws it, you

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Speaker 2: reach for Omo Ultimate.

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