Speaker 1: Welcome to the Code NRL Show as always Dave Rickio
Speaker 1: with Brent Reid and Tyson Jackson. Let's get into it.
Speaker 1: Biggest story of the year.
Speaker 2: Payne Hears to the South Sydney Rabbit os the contract
Speaker 2: done in stealth like mission by Paynhars and his management.
Speaker 1: I'm still wrapping my head around this.
Speaker 2: I've heard so many rumors and speculation about why pain
Speaker 2: Ass is leaving. He's now addressed the situation via an
Speaker 2: in house club interview. I'm always a little bit skeptical
Speaker 2: over an in house club interview Fellas. However, that has
Speaker 2: happened over in the UK. Paynes explained his situation and
Speaker 2: basically has attempted to water down everything that's been suggested
Speaker 2: on why he's leaving. He says he loves the club
Speaker 2: and basically he's doing it for his family. How are
Speaker 2: we seeing it? It came as a huge bombshell.
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a big, big story. Day broke on Sunday
Speaker 3: by Mickey Carianas. He got the tip and we firmed
Speaker 3: up got it out there. I think it shocked everyone. Look,
Speaker 3: I mean a lot of talk about pain situation and
Speaker 3: why it's happened. As you mentioned. It has been talk
Speaker 3: about his relationship with Madge training too hard. You know
Speaker 3: Wayne Bennett, Wayn Bennett's influence on the whole situation. I
Speaker 3: don't think you can underestimate the relationship between Pain and
Speaker 3: Wayn Bennett. It's been long standing. Wayne gave me a start.
Speaker 3: The story has been told that naughs him about how
Speaker 3: Paine was in a car with his father heading to
Speaker 3: the airport to join the Melbourne Storm. Wayne rings him
Speaker 3: and says, get yourself to Redhill. His signs with the
Speaker 3: Broncos makes us to be under Wayne, and they've had
Speaker 3: a long standing relationship. They stayed in touch, and Pain
Speaker 3: explained today it's also about family and new challenges. And
Speaker 3: look got to take him to his word, Dave. I
Speaker 3: mean I spoke at length to his manager yesterday and
Speaker 3: he said similar things. This is all about Wayne Bennett
Speaker 3: and Pain looking for fresh challenges. And he raised a
Speaker 3: good point, David. People want to talk about Pain being
Speaker 3: frustrated potentially with the the regime under Michael mcguen. How
Speaker 3: hard it is. This is a guy who his whole
Speaker 3: life has been hard work. I mean his dad when
Speaker 3: he was a teenager was getting him doing roadrun road
Speaker 3: runs to get him ready for his first grade career.
Speaker 3: This is the guy has never been afraid of hard work.
Speaker 3: No one in the NRL works harder, I would argue
Speaker 3: than Payn Hass. So that sort of I can understand
Speaker 3: their view that that that rumor, that hypothesis doesn't stack up,
Speaker 3: because it probably doesn't. Because if you're want a bloke
Speaker 3: who's not a verse or afraid of hard work, it's Payin.
Speaker 2: Hasf one thing surprised me, and again I need a
Speaker 2: little bit more convincing on this is that In your
Speaker 2: interview with Paynehas's manager, Amed Merhe he explained the overwhelming
Speaker 2: motivation of what you've.
Speaker 1: Just explained was Wayne Bennett.
Speaker 2: Today on the in House Club interview with pain Ass,
Speaker 2: Payne explains that the overriding reason was family.
Speaker 3: We can't give Wayne too much for a rap Kenny
Speaker 3: because that would that would know, because that would them
Speaker 3: reflect on his current coach. Don't you think if he's
Speaker 3: coming out going I wanted to play for Wayne Bennett.
Speaker 3: He's the greatest coach in the government.
Speaker 1: Manager has already done it.
Speaker 3: I know he has. But if Pain's coming out on
Speaker 3: and as you said, it's a Broncos in house video
Speaker 3: and going Wayne Bennett got me too, Sydney. I want
Speaker 3: to play Underwayne. That doesn't look great for it should.
Speaker 4: Just be like Payins won Set of Origin with Madge.
Speaker 4: He's won a premiership of Madge. How much more can
Speaker 4: they do together at the end of the day. You know,
Speaker 4: Wayne was Paint's first four complo.
Speaker 5: Another way, he wants he wants a challenge and anyone.
Speaker 4: I had a massive chat with Pain last year about
Speaker 4: his relationships and what he has going on in Sydney
Speaker 4: and he's still just as much here.
Speaker 5: As he is over in Brisbane.
Speaker 4: You know, Like I have no doubt that family played
Speaker 4: a big part because there's always been the amount of
Speaker 4: work that that bloke does with you know, his his
Speaker 4: siblings and.
Speaker 5: He's got he's got a family of his own.
Speaker 4: Like it's it's pretty amazing the age that he is
Speaker 4: as well and the responsibility that he's taken on. It
Speaker 4: does not surprise me one bit that there is a
Speaker 4: massive overarching theme of family here. But like you said,
Speaker 4: Wayne Bennett was probably the the selling point and everything
Speaker 4: else just made the decision easier.
Speaker 3: And he's taught himself to Wayne and he's got to
Speaker 3: get out, get out of option, tied to Wayne's future
Speaker 3: at South and Wayne's only got one year left at
Speaker 3: South Sydney and talks of an extension. Paines tied himself
Speaker 3: to that. So you know, I tend to take pain
Speaker 3: at his word.
Speaker 2: He's an honest guy. He's not like I'm not saying
Speaker 2: I'm not saying he's being dishonest. I'm not saying that
Speaker 2: at all.
Speaker 4: I just think that the rumors about the coaching stuff
Speaker 4: and situation like he's he had matched before he was
Speaker 4: at the Broncos. He had madged at the Broncos. I
Speaker 4: don't know how all of a sudden there's all these
Speaker 4: rumors that there's there's this overarching issue in manage because.
Speaker 2: He's the premieri front rower and happy players stay to
Speaker 2: play under the.
Speaker 1: Coach that they love playing under.
Speaker 5: He wants a challenge. That's that's what's pushing.
Speaker 2: That's how I'm the biggest believer in coaches have the
Speaker 2: ultimate influence over the place.
Speaker 3: I can understand why the rumor is a bit like you, Dave,
Speaker 3: I can understand my first reaction when we got the
Speaker 3: news on Sunday was was drama here because a the
Speaker 3: Broncos don't traditionally lose players and want to keep and
Speaker 3: b He's a powerful club that is going to continue
Speaker 3: to contend for years to come. If you're really happy,
Speaker 3: why would you leave? Right? So my reaction is the same.
Speaker 3: Initial reaction was the same as yours. But having spoken
Speaker 3: to his agent and sat back and considered it, right,
Speaker 3: I can see that pain potentially is looking at something.
Speaker 3: I mean, Wayne's obviously we've all dealt with Wayne Bennett. Man.
Speaker 3: Wayne Bennett sits you down the room. He's a pretty
Speaker 3: convincing guy to be like, he can make your bullet
Speaker 3: leave in anything, right, so I can't. And they have
Speaker 3: a very close relationship. And Latrell's been in his ear,
Speaker 3: Dave for Fea's been in his ear telling him how
Speaker 3: good Souse is. I'm sure at the same time they go, mate,
Speaker 3: get yourself out of Brisbane. It's a fish bowl. Get
Speaker 3: yourself to Sous. You know you'll love it here. And
Speaker 3: I'm sure that's played the part as well.
Speaker 2: We've got a snack of clearly, it's been the biggest
Speaker 2: story of the week, so we've got heaps of questions
Speaker 2: came through and one was and make sure you do
Speaker 2: write any question you want, send us a comment on
Speaker 2: the comment session.
Speaker 1: Of the YouTube clips.
Speaker 2: But also this one comes through Hals is disloyal. It's
Speaker 2: all about the money now if the Broncos can't find
Speaker 2: the money to keep paying ass if you think money
Speaker 2: is the reason, I don't think that for one second.
Speaker 4: No, it's definitely not money. And like Payne could walk
Speaker 4: in and name his price at any single.
Speaker 5: Club, and particularly the Bronco Yeah, and any.
Speaker 4: Club would would give him exactly what he wants because
Speaker 4: he's worth that. It's not about money, and disloyalty is
Speaker 4: not how many one club players do we have in
Speaker 4: the NRL like that?
Speaker 5: I can't think of any of the top of my head.
Speaker 3: Really, I disagree a little bit because I think it's
Speaker 3: always about money to extent.
Speaker 5: Is he on more money?
Speaker 3: You got more more money at House? Yes, I believe
Speaker 3: you got more money at House. Yeah, I'm sure Brisbane
Speaker 3: could have come to the party. But I don't think
Speaker 3: it's all about money. But it's always it's to an
Speaker 3: extent about money because the bank is not going to
Speaker 3: move for nothings. I reckon he got more out of house.
Speaker 1: I reckon he could have asked the Broncos for more.
Speaker 3: And would we could have on this. I think he
Speaker 3: went this, this is the Brisbane not a situation where
Speaker 3: we're not going to go tip.
Speaker 2: We've seen in the past where clubs come out and
Speaker 2: declare we simply couldn't go to that level of offer
Speaker 2: that the rival club offered.
Speaker 1: The Broncos haven't said that. I haven't said.
Speaker 2: That, and they're not a club that would. But they
Speaker 2: would ring the boss of Bloody petrol stations and say, mate,
Speaker 2: can you help tip in.
Speaker 3: He'll make a lot of money. They'll find a way
Speaker 3: a lot of money down here and TBAs yeah, yeah,
Speaker 3: a lot of money.
Speaker 4: I think it's more about the challenge for pain The
Speaker 4: Rabbits have struggled for the last couple of years. They
Speaker 4: haven't been able to find their feet since they made
Speaker 4: that Grand Final in twenty one. He gets to come here.
Speaker 4: I think that they're still not quite there for this year.
Speaker 4: Pain Hoss comes Next year, they all of a sudden
Speaker 4: look like a way different team. Just with his inclusion,
Speaker 4: they might get more inclusions. They can push for a premiership.
Speaker 4: What if they win the premiership? Actually, Painting Hoss comes
Speaker 4: and completely changes that. You could be a second Premiership
Speaker 4: with the Brisbane it's all about money.
Speaker 3: I'm saying money always plays a part, but I don't
Speaker 3: think it's the major factor, the most significant factor, not
Speaker 3: by any stretch yet, But I think it is a factor.
Speaker 5: How can it be? How can it be a factor when.
Speaker 4: You you wouldn't come play, but you just said, you
Speaker 4: just said that. He just said, you just said that
Speaker 4: the Broncos would have matched it, or they would have
Speaker 4: offered him more. So how can that be? If it's
Speaker 4: about the money, then he would stay at Brisbane because
Speaker 4: he's on because it is easier to stay in Brisbane
Speaker 4: than to come then to come to.
Speaker 3: With a massive deal by South.
Speaker 5: You just if it's about money, ready, then he can
Speaker 5: just stay because he.
Speaker 3: Gone off from Brisbane, he got a big offer from Souse,
Speaker 3: his mind standing and he didn't go. Tip didn't want
Speaker 3: to get.
Speaker 5: To me. It's not about money, it's about his decision.
Speaker 3: Like did you say that? Because if South softy eight
Speaker 3: hundred grand, you think he's going there?
Speaker 5: No? No, but he's not worth one hundred grand.
Speaker 4: He's not worth money. He's worth the money, but Brisbane money.
Speaker 4: If Brisbane offered more money and he then goes to Brisbane.
Speaker 4: Then that's about the money.
Speaker 3: Obviously they didn't.
Speaker 4: He didn't want to give him a chance though, he said,
Speaker 4: he said, I've made a chance with your interview with
Speaker 4: the Armored. Armored said that he made his decision and
Speaker 4: no matter, they're not going to backflip on it, no
Speaker 4: matter if.
Speaker 5: They come to table now. So it's not about the money.
Speaker 3: So he got initial offer from Brisbane, he clearly got
Speaker 3: offered more by Souse and he went with that. He
Speaker 3: wasn't going to go back to them.
Speaker 5: He made his well to me that says it's not
Speaker 5: about moneys, saying.
Speaker 3: It's all about money, saying money is a part. You
Speaker 3: cannot ignore money. You're going there for nothing.
Speaker 1: Do you fear this is the tip of the iceberg
Speaker 1: for the Broncos.
Speaker 3: Not really, because a lot of them are locked in
Speaker 3: long term peasants locked in long term. As was locked
Speaker 3: in long term, Reese is locked in long term payments
Speaker 3: coming off contract, is in a different situation. All those
Speaker 3: other guys, Yeah, Paddy Kagan's locked in long term, who
Speaker 3: also got Catoni just one new deal. So it's not no,
Speaker 3: I don't think.
Speaker 2: Because that's what the cynics are trying to tell us
Speaker 2: down the phone line. The calls have come through that
Speaker 2: this blokes are unhappy, could break up the Broncos.
Speaker 4: Yeah, well, inspect to Billy Walters a couple of days
Speaker 4: ago and he said that there's yeah he wants He said,
Speaker 4: he wants to be a Bronco for life if they
Speaker 4: will have him. But he said the club's not stressed
Speaker 4: because of the Brisbane Broncos. They'll get players now, they
Speaker 4: might not get another pain ass, but they'll get someone.
Speaker 5: To do the job.
Speaker 4: And he sees them, you know, going on those steps
Speaker 4: that that Penith did. They'll lose players and they'll just
Speaker 4: they'll just fill gaps and keep plugging away.
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Speaker 1: Cord only three days before round one eels the Storm.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so there's five days set a side and that
Speaker 3: that week for this hearing. Melbourne again this week tried
Speaker 3: to resolve it. Matt Tripped, the chairman of the Storm,
Speaker 3: met with Paramatter's chairman, Matt Beach. I think it is
Speaker 3: and they are unable to reach an agreement. So basically
Speaker 3: they're saying now that was the last chance saloon. Now
Speaker 3: we go to court in the court room or the
Speaker 3: side Zach Lamos, I find it hard to believe. I
Speaker 3: think they'll speak again before then if they don't March
Speaker 3: two in court. Baby, I really.
Speaker 2: Like the Melbourne Storm and have a lot of respect
Speaker 2: for them as an organization.
Speaker 1: How can't you but Jesus stunned how deep they're taking this.
Speaker 1: That Zach's a good player, right, he's a very good player.
Speaker 2: He's a good player, right, but he's now walked out
Speaker 2: on the last two clubs. And I just find it
Speaker 2: how you wouldn't do a long term they're spending You've
Speaker 2: just answered my question.
Speaker 1: They're spending thousands and thousands and thousands.
Speaker 3: Because they're covering this court covering as well as legal fees. Yeah,
Speaker 3: well that trip's got plenty.
Speaker 2: We're not talking about Nathan Cleary. Yeah, but outside back,
Speaker 2: we will add a little bit to their team.
Speaker 3: Add a lot to their team. I reckon Dave a lot.
Speaker 3: He's a match winner, do you.
Speaker 5: Think, Yeah, he's got goal kicking as.
Speaker 1: Well elements of match winning.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 3: I just think they'll be down on what Zach done.
Speaker 5: I'm just a little bit stunned.
Speaker 1: How deep Melbourne taking it.
Speaker 3: We got some money to spend, they're looking to spend it.
Speaker 5: How do you How can you pull out? If you're Melbourne?
Speaker 5: How can you pull out? Now? After you've you've gone?
Speaker 1: You can call it off. There's other players they can
Speaker 1: keep fishing.
Speaker 3: Not many.
Speaker 4: I'm a bit, I'm a bit in the whisper going
Speaker 4: around that Paramatt is trying to get Melbourne to take
Speaker 4: Ryan Madison as part of the deal, and that seems
Speaker 4: to be a roadblock as well.
Speaker 3: I think that was there was talking about doing a
Speaker 3: deal where so to get Madison off their books, Paramount
Speaker 3: paid him some money, then Madison, Melbourne signs Madison pays
Speaker 3: him out as well, Right, so Madison becomes a free agent.
Speaker 3: But with that payout, Melbourne eats some of the payout.
Speaker 3: Apparently you're allowed to do that.
Speaker 5: Wow, had enough to get to get this still over
Speaker 5: the one just.
Speaker 3: Because I haven't got it done? Is that potentially on
Speaker 3: the table?
Speaker 5: Is that?
Speaker 4: Is it not getting done because of paramatter? Is it
Speaker 4: not getting done because of Melbourne?
Speaker 3: It's not getting minus? Thing is because well, paramatter aren't
Speaker 3: accepting what Melbourne's proposing. So you could say it's both
Speaker 3: ways right.
Speaker 4: Because but I guess what is paramatter is paramatter saying, hey,
Speaker 4: you take Ryan Madison and we can almost get this done.
Speaker 5: Or is there more to it?
Speaker 3: I think there's more to it because I said they
Speaker 3: still want to play it. Melbourne's happy to eat a
Speaker 3: chunk of Madison, pay him out and he'd be free
Speaker 3: to go. But there's obviously more to it.
Speaker 2: So yeah, we're going to rule a line through round one.
Speaker 2: He's not playing around one.
Speaker 3: We should rule a line through. Talking about Zach Lamax
Speaker 3: on the show, Are you with Me? I find it
Speaker 3: very hard to believe he hasn't even okay, So I
Speaker 3: think they requested permission for him to train the storm
Speaker 3: until the hearing was when they said no, I said no.
Speaker 2: So we got heaps of comments. Here what we got
Speaker 2: there's one consistent one.
Speaker 3: What's that?
Speaker 2: And it's why the NRL threatened ten year band for
Speaker 2: players signing with R three sixty isn't being enforced against
Speaker 2: Zachi Lomax.
Speaker 3: Because he's a good player, Dave, And you're making exceptions
Speaker 3: for good players. It's pretty simple. Yeah, pretty simple. He
Speaker 3: was bloggs he'd probably get ten years. But Zach Lomax
Speaker 3: is a very good football.
Speaker 1: So in the NRL.
Speaker 3: Yeah, but Peter said, you.
Speaker 2: Know, in the NRL Card of Conduct and all their
Speaker 2: rules and regulations, there's a little asterix in a bracket
Speaker 2: that says, if you're a good player, yes, this rule
Speaker 2: does not.
Speaker 3: That's the way all sport works, that's the way life works, Dave.
Speaker 3: You've got far, you're very available. I'm sure they let
Speaker 3: all the maount of things slide with you.
Speaker 1: Yeah, be quiet, So no ten year being for that?
Speaker 3: No ten year? I reckon. I still think you'd be
Speaker 3: playing in Melbourne by round two.
Speaker 5: Round two.
Speaker 1: We should have I thought overs and unders, we.
Speaker 3: Should do a little market share. What do you reckon?
Speaker 4: If it all goes well, in week one, I reckon
Speaker 4: probably round three, round four, I wouldn't.
Speaker 5: Put him if he hasn't trained.
Speaker 1: You got around four or five.
Speaker 3: I reckay. I'm still an outside hope. But what day
Speaker 3: are we now, twenty twelve, I still thinking outside hope
Speaker 3: around one, I'm going to go around one.
Speaker 1: With no training.
Speaker 4: Well, if it gets done, if it gets started at
Speaker 4: some point within the next seven days, that that's enough time.
Speaker 1: You don't think the Eels will enforce the block.
Speaker 3: Oh that's true. I forgot about the block idea. Okay,
Speaker 3: around two, I reckon, all.
Speaker 1: Right, and then until then we may put a close
Speaker 1: on all that.
Speaker 5: No more Zach Boma's conversation.
Speaker 1: Keep your questions coming in.
Speaker 2: It's actually quite disappointing to say this because I was
Speaker 2: always a massive fan of this contest and the concept,
Speaker 2: and that is the NRL All Stars, both Indigenous and
Speaker 2: Maori All Stars. We've had the World All Stars also
Speaker 2: included in the in the fifteen fifteen year life of
Speaker 2: the All Stars. Yeah, Preston Campbell initiative, and it has
Speaker 2: done so much good for the game, unbelievable. What the
Speaker 2: players do in the community for their cultures and promoting
Speaker 2: the pathway system for the next gen players has been significant. However,
Speaker 2: when the All Stars concept was first introduced, the Rugby
Speaker 2: League calendar did not have the amount of football that
Speaker 2: we have currently in the schedule. And it's my opinion
Speaker 2: that either the All Stars needs to go or moved
Speaker 2: to another part of the season, and I certainly think
Speaker 2: the NRL will give it serious consideration whilever Vegas is
Speaker 2: still going, while ever we throw more support into the
Speaker 2: international game at the end of the year. There has
Speaker 2: to be something has to give, and unfortunately, I think
Speaker 2: it's the All Stars. And I say it, guys, I said, disappointingly. Again,
Speaker 2: we've hardly we've hardly mentioned you know what's on this weekend?
Speaker 3: Is it?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 3: Oh wow?
Speaker 2: You might struggle to name more than five players in there.
Speaker 2: That's the other big thing too. The coaches aren't supporting it.
Speaker 2: They reluctantly support it. We have preseason trial matches live
Speaker 2: on Telly now that never used to be the case.
Speaker 2: It is such a congested preseason.
Speaker 1: What do we do? I think I think we have
Speaker 1: to move it or scrap it.
Speaker 3: What do you got? Are you putting it?
Speaker 4: I went I went down to Mascot the other day
Speaker 4: where the Indigenous team was training. I spoke to Jack
Speaker 4: Whiten about this and he's so adamant that it needs
Speaker 4: to stay and whatnot. He said that if we're going
Speaker 4: to trial anyway, why can't the Indigenous boys, the Maldi
Speaker 4: boys and girls just trial in this game. So I
Speaker 4: get where he's coming.
Speaker 1: From because they're not with their teammates.
Speaker 5: But I'm telling you what he said.
Speaker 4: He said to me, he said, you know we needed
Speaker 4: we need to play footy under about someone like Jack Whydn' right,
Speaker 4: a trial game is not going to really you know,
Speaker 4: he's a slot into any team that he walks into
Speaker 4: almost But.
Speaker 5: Think the concept the way it is.
Speaker 4: I mean, you look at some of these team lists
Speaker 4: and if you're not following the lower grades, you don't
Speaker 4: know some of the people that are even playing. I
Speaker 4: think there's this community, like the Indigenous community that racked
Speaker 4: up to Mascot the other day to watch the training session.
Speaker 5: Was was huge.
Speaker 4: There was a couple hundred people there. You know, there
Speaker 4: is there is a love for this game by the community.
Speaker 4: But if we're not going to get a buy in,
Speaker 4: I remember as a kid watching you know, Wendell Saylor
Speaker 4: Jonathan Thurston. All those types playing.
Speaker 5: In these games. I mean, like the biggest indigenous.
Speaker 4: Stars, it sucks to say they aren't playing. The biggest
Speaker 4: multi stars aren't playing. How long can we keep going where?
Speaker 4: How long until it becomes a complete reserve grade game?
Speaker 1: It's just some stars.
Speaker 3: I've got a theory on this where i'd put it. Yep, Okay,
Speaker 3: So I would have a two week break before the
Speaker 3: Grand Final. Yeah, because like the IFL, what the AFL doing?
Speaker 3: I played it in the vacant weekend.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I understand that, And that is the.
Speaker 3: Two whole purpose. One is for guy gets a concussion
Speaker 3: the prelim, you can play in the Grand Final, and
Speaker 3: it gives you all stars some prominence in Grand Final fortnight. Yep,
Speaker 3: what do you think?
Speaker 1: No? I agree with you.
Speaker 5: Do you just do? You just do an all stars game?
Speaker 3: We do other stuff? And what else would you do? They?
Speaker 3: What else can you do? City First Country M thirteen
Speaker 3: game against P and G. Maybe a lot of gets
Speaker 3: played up there.
Speaker 2: But look, yeah, I don't mind the idea because I
Speaker 2: think we're heading down there.
Speaker 1: We're absolutely heading down the.
Speaker 2: Path of a concussion ruling out a key player out
Speaker 2: of a Grand Final due to the NRL's increasing hi
Speaker 2: A policy. The only cats to that, read Man, is
Speaker 2: that the two Grand Final teams could have some of
Speaker 2: the best things.
Speaker 3: They're not playing we know exactly. The other issue is
Speaker 3: some clubs have gone on holidays and blocks. You'd have
Speaker 3: to get it well.
Speaker 2: Then we're going to learn how much, how much, how
Speaker 2: passionate they are past.
Speaker 3: The r p A and all that sort of stuff.
Speaker 3: But I think it'd be perfect. Imagine that two week
Speaker 3: build up. You have all stars in the middle of it,
Speaker 3: broadcasters get something, and then you protect your big names. Again,
Speaker 3: it's potentially suffering concussion in the prelim.
Speaker 2: Look, I hope it's a wonderful game on Sunday and
Speaker 2: I watch I'll watch it, absolutely, I'll watch it.
Speaker 1: But something has to be done.
Speaker 2: Second week of the pre season trial matches are always
Speaker 2: good to see footy back.
Speaker 1: Who are looking at guys? What are you pipping an
Speaker 1: eye on?
Speaker 3: I'm looking at some young kids again. Dave gold Coast
Speaker 3: Dolphins game is a half back playing for the Titans
Speaker 3: named Zane Harrison. Huge raps on him, Huge raps on him.
Speaker 3: He's going to be specially up against the Katawa so
Speaker 3: that's an interesting matchup. A couple of bokes in Melbourne too,
Speaker 3: Cooper Clark, you go peel big raps on them as well.
Speaker 3: Love watching the kids come through.
Speaker 2: Thomas leg back for the Dolphins. Awesome comeback story, what
Speaker 2: a story. Really tend to see him go. Bulldogs are
Speaker 2: pretty much going full strength because this is their last
Speaker 2: hit out before heading to Vegas. Can you to see
Speaker 2: how and Galvin going the halves the Sharks. Liam Son
Speaker 2: back from the first time after ten months out with
Speaker 2: the torn acl Young liam Ison is a very very
Speaker 2: talented young fullback and he's the one that they believe
Speaker 2: Ken eventually take over from Will Kennedy.
Speaker 1: Kend to see how he goes.
Speaker 4: Yeah, No, Isn's a massive in for the Sharks, and
Speaker 4: like you said that, if all goes well, we're going
Speaker 4: to be seeing him as that main number one there
Speaker 4: for my liking this week and I want to see
Speaker 4: Lockie Ilias tonight. I think that's a massive story this
Speaker 4: year is you know, we got questions weren't answer last
Speaker 4: year and if Hileas was the problem or not, now
Speaker 4: we get to see, you know, and he gets a
Speaker 4: chance to push his way into maybe the halves or
Speaker 4: a fourteen jersey for the Titans at the start of
Speaker 4: the year. And yeah, Cooper Clark for Melbourne is a
Speaker 4: huge one, especially with their forward Their forward packner might
Speaker 4: have a bit.
Speaker 1: Of a short position. What's he how does he play?
Speaker 4: He isn't isn't it as like him as a front
Speaker 4: Rower's talk that he can play play in the back row.
Speaker 5: I think he's playing in the back row this weekend.
Speaker 5: But I like him as a front row. He's really tough.
Speaker 4: He's got a brother that's playing in the back row
Speaker 4: for Penrith, Zach Zach Clark is also very good, but
Speaker 4: he's he's not quite I don't think he's in the top.
Speaker 5: Thirty for Penrith. He's a development player. Both super super.
Speaker 4: Talents and yeah, it's gonna be really interesting both both
Speaker 4: brothers could come up against each other.
Speaker 3: I mentioned a couple of blokes on the Northern Beaches
Speaker 3: to a Manly on a Tony Large and Jerry Walsh
Speaker 3: and the has for the Sea the Future on a
Speaker 3: Tony large. Huge missed a lot of footy last year.
Speaker 3: I think he had a shoulder injury maybe or but
Speaker 3: huge huge raps. They got him from the West Tigers.
Speaker 1: At least all your own wraps that you're just saying, no,
Speaker 1: he is.
Speaker 3: I think I think he was a junior Wallabies captain.
Speaker 1: He was.
Speaker 3: Yeah, And Joey Walsh was a gun rug We saw
Speaker 3: him play last year.
Speaker 4: Joey Walsh, they're actually both of those guys are part
Speaker 4: of a whole spine reshake, a manly probably over the
Speaker 4: next five years, where you'll see Lehigh at the back,
Speaker 4: on a Tony and Joe Walsh in the halves, and
Speaker 4: then on Tony's brother Ashton apparently killing it is supposedly huge.
Speaker 5: I'm even hearing these raps and I'm nowhere near the mom.
Speaker 3: They're both training the house down season foot.
Speaker 5: He's back. How good