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Speaker 1: This is the Fitting Her with Kate Richie podcast.

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Speaker 2: Got a Color of Big Games of NRL kicks off

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Speaker 2: tonight Blue Belt Stadium, Penrith versus Broncos. It's the Grand

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Speaker 2: Final rematch and then Namara and I Roosters versus Rabbit

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Speaker 2: O's and the man that will be covering this on

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Speaker 2: Channel nine. NRL commentator Freddie Fitler joins us now Friday.

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Speaker 1: Hello, Hello, okay, Freddie.

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Speaker 3: It's not in yet, Freddy. It's very polite of you

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Speaker 3: though to go for that, but there's just an empty

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Speaker 3: seat next to me, but I'll pass on your wishes.

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Speaker 1: Go there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, she comes in a bit later, mat you too amazed?

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Speaker 3: But she comes in at about quarter two. Maybe she's

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Speaker 3: in a six thirty.

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Speaker 2: I'm not sure she's she's the big hitter that comes

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Speaker 2: off the bench, Freddy. You know what you need one

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Speaker 2: of those every now and then.

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Speaker 1: Missed one of them, Spencerina, he's gone to the Roosters.

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Speaker 1: But I know what you mean, impact, high impact, get

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Speaker 1: to run and start and goes bang.

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Speaker 3: Freddie normally up at this time. I mean you could

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Speaker 3: have said to us, no, I want to talk after

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Speaker 3: seven o'clock. But why are you up so early.

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Speaker 1: I'm an early riser. I am looking forward to day

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Speaker 1: I save and going because it's very dark. I can't

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Speaker 1: imagine what it's like when you lads wake up. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: I love morning. Sydney's a morning place, I feel. I agree.

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Speaker 2: And we love talking about your rituals because, Freddie, do

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Speaker 2: you know what you inspired me? Because I kick off

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Speaker 2: every morning with the cold shower. Is there any anything,

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Speaker 2: anything else that you've introduced into your life, Freddie?

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Speaker 1: Not really. No. I think once you got the cold showers,

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Speaker 1: you got the you get the shoes off.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yep.

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Speaker 1: I think once you've done that, I think you're pretty

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Speaker 1: much inviting most of the Earth's energy into your life.

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Speaker 3: So what about what about the infrared sauna? Freddie? You

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Speaker 3: got onto that yet?

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Speaker 1: I've got a hot sauna. Yep, I found I got

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Speaker 1: in the infrared one. We had one at our last place,

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Speaker 1: and I was in there for three hours before I

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Speaker 1: started the sweat. It's just until right.

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Speaker 3: And Marie with the kids trying to do dinner.

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Speaker 1: It was always around five o'clock and dinner time.

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Speaker 3: Wasn't even turned on.

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Speaker 1: Freddy. It's just getting away.

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Speaker 2: From everyone, Freddy. You were allowed to go back to

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Speaker 2: the club sometimes and use the gym. Do you go

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Speaker 2: back to the Roosters or more park every day and there.

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Speaker 1: I don't do give that off in these days.

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Speaker 2: You're done.

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Speaker 1: I'm done. Yeah, I'm done in public farming.

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Speaker 3: Seek of the gents share was are you Freddy? Seeing

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Speaker 3: all those wrinklely bull bags?

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Speaker 1: Me to go to the Thirst club and that old

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Speaker 1: bloke he's just you know, he's on twenty keller, just

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Speaker 1: bending over and he's dropped bags, just hanging down and

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Speaker 1: you don't.

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Speaker 2: It's like a speed ball. It's like tim on the speed.

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Speaker 3: And you don't have to you don't have to dry

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Speaker 3: yourself with a towel. That way, you can.

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Speaker 2: Just pretty Did you pull up from Vegas?

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Speaker 1: Vegas was great. There was a bit of something for

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Speaker 1: everyone if you're the die hard fan. They had a

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Speaker 1: lot of footy stuff. They had this big day where

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Speaker 1: they had all the teams down the main center of Vegas.

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Speaker 1: It's like, you know, about ten thousand people there. It

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Speaker 1: was unbelievable. The season are awesome, but are at the

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Speaker 1: same time, I want to watch you too? Madonnald was

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Speaker 1: there del f Yeah, the spirit Oh yeah, yeah, but

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Speaker 1: it is pretty you just sit there the whole time.

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Speaker 1: Obviously you two are awesome and their songs are green

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Speaker 1: and they're writing that's my generation. But the whole show

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Speaker 1: that's going on behind them, you know, they just keep

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Speaker 1: changing the backdrop which then goes up over your head.

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Speaker 1: It's pretty cool.

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Speaker 3: I'd love to say.

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Speaker 2: That is amazing, Freddie, What a what a trip to

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Speaker 2: go on. It seems like it's going to get bigger

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Speaker 2: and bigger every year. Tonight it's going to be a

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Speaker 2: huge one. But you've picked the Panthers having you Broncos

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Speaker 2: have got a few key players out tonight, Freddie, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: they have.

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Speaker 1: They missed their half bag and Captain Eda Renaldon Payne

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Speaker 1: hears their front row. So you can't couple of key out.

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Speaker 1: But you got to think, you know, it's not It

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Speaker 1: doesn't feel good losing your Grand Final, so this is

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Speaker 1: one way to turn that around. So the players there,

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Speaker 1: you know Rye Walsh alone, he's he's just incredible. If

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Speaker 1: things go right to him tonight, Dan, he just wins

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Speaker 1: your games. He's so good. I don't think I've ever

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Speaker 1: seen anyone quite like from Brisbanes. It's just amazing. Yep.

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Speaker 2: Can I ask you. Let's get on to another game

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Speaker 2: tomorrow night. What's going on with the rabbit O's at

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Speaker 2: the moment, Jason Dimitria. Do you can you see him

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Speaker 2: being there at the end of the year, Freddy. There

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Speaker 2: are whispers going around that at some stage they might

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Speaker 2: try to get Wayne Bennett back, but they just don't

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Speaker 2: seem to be themselves at the moment. The rabbit Os, Yeah.

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Speaker 1: They've got a pretty tough start though they've played mainly

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Speaker 1: in Las Vegas and mainly has been sort of after

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Speaker 1: two rounds, look like they're as good as anyone as

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Speaker 1: in their fit, their informal they're good players, are doing

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Speaker 1: what they're supposed to do. And then they also then

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Speaker 1: the second round they had to go up and play Brisbane,

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Speaker 1: who got boot in the first round. So it's been

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Speaker 1: a pretty tough start to the year for them. So

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Speaker 1: it's only two weeks in. I wouldn't what's the saying,

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Speaker 1: I want to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Yeah, yep,

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Speaker 1: you got it, Yeah, I got it, thank you. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'll do it this yet. But there's a lot going on.

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Speaker 1: The funny thing we say us is there's always distractions

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Speaker 1: going on around them. They're just one of those clubs,

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Speaker 1: but sometimes they thrive on that sort of.

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Speaker 3: Stuff, the drama, the extra drama.

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Speaker 1: The drama. I love drama.

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Speaker 2: Here's your young fellow gown, Freddy. Is he playing well?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so there are the junior competitions have about two

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Speaker 1: weeks to go. East Ball and Harro Matthews. They've they're

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Speaker 1: unbooting at the moment they're going, but they've got some

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Speaker 1: really good players. It's amazing nine year old data. In

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Speaker 1: the nine year olds, they're just massive.

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Speaker 2: They're now it's scary, scary, so so much bigger than

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Speaker 2: when you were playing, Freddy, like some of these blokes.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yes, stronger, much much stronger, and also you know,

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Speaker 1: so much more mobile. When I played, we had big players.

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Speaker 1: You know, we're blokes like Paul Syren and and you

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Speaker 1: know he would have run around about one hundred and

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Speaker 1: seven and kol but he doesn't have the footwork of

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Speaker 1: some of these people. So you're not these men coming

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Speaker 1: at you. They they've got wonderful footwork. Yeah, very different,

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Speaker 1: very different.

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Speaker 3: Well, Freddie, I think I can hear the kids waking up.

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Speaker 3: You better hit the sawna mate, You get straight.

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Speaker 2: Into that.

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Speaker 3: Good buddy.

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Speaker 1: All right.

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Speaker 2: You can stream the NRL for free on nine tonight

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Speaker 2: and also tomorrow night it's the Grand Final. Well it's

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Speaker 2: tonight you've got the Grand Final rematch penri versus Broncos

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Speaker 2: tomorrow night Roosters Rabbit as catch Freddy on Channel nine.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for coming on.

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Speaker 1: Legend Kate for.

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