WEBVTT - Round 26 Takeaways 0:00:01.710 --> 0:00:05.310 Mitch Moses. Welcome, mate. How you doing? Thanks for having me. 0:00:05.330 --> 0:00:06.130 Very good, very good. 0:00:06.430 --> 0:00:08.370 Jeez, the boys played well yesterday? 0:00:08.630 --> 0:00:10.290 They were well, they were well. 0:00:10.770 --> 0:00:12.710 We wanted to put in an 80-minute performance yesterday and 0:00:12.730 --> 0:00:14.670 it felt like we did that. I thought our forwards 0:00:14.690 --> 0:00:16.890 were outstanding and our back five really laid a good 0:00:16.910 --> 0:00:18.070 platform for us to be able to play. 0:00:18.270 --> 0:00:19.590 I think they must be just trying to get some 0:00:19.650 --> 0:00:22.529 actual decent, talented rugby league minds on this show because 0:00:22.550 --> 0:00:23.790 you and I have been doing this for a while. 0:00:23.829 --> 0:00:25.989 I don't think so, not at all. Now Mitch. Is 0:00:26.130 --> 0:00:27.350 there writing on the wall for you and I? 0:00:27.450 --> 0:00:29.610 I thought the same thing when I was watching Super Saturday. 0:00:29.640 --> 0:00:37.560 LAUGHTER yesterday Mitch don't give away too many trade secrets 0:00:37.620 --> 0:00:39.190 but a little bit of the game plan because you 0:00:39.229 --> 0:00:41.830 just never let the Sharks off the canvas at all. 0:00:42.110 --> 0:00:44.950 Yeah we wanted to start fast I think they really 0:00:44.970 --> 0:00:46.849 pride themselves on starting fast and we wanted to come 0:00:46.909 --> 0:00:49.350 out of the blocks and fly at them and I 0:00:49.370 --> 0:00:52.510 felt like we did that straight away and yeah we 0:00:52.550 --> 0:00:56.010 thought there was a bit of we could get a 0:00:56.030 --> 0:00:57.670 bit of joy in an area and they're three man 0:00:57.710 --> 0:00:59.370 there so we wanted to do that as much as 0:00:59.410 --> 0:01:01.730 possible really lay there and and play back through their middle. 0:01:01.770 --> 0:01:03.090 And I felt like we did that yesterday. 0:01:03.110 --> 0:01:06.250 And do you enjoy the, the responsibility or having to 0:01:06.290 --> 0:01:09.429 be the senior ball player, having inexperienced spine members? Like, 0:01:09.450 --> 0:01:11.600 do you enjoy having to be the guy that gels 0:01:11.680 --> 0:01:14.000 everyone together, puts a game plan on and tells everyone 0:01:14.020 --> 0:01:14.440 where to be? 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:15.260 Yeah. 0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:18.520 I feel like early in my career, I struggled a 0:01:18.540 --> 0:01:21.680 lot with that, taking control enough. And as I've got 0:01:21.720 --> 0:01:23.780 a bit older, I feel like I'm, I'm at a 0:01:23.810 --> 0:01:25.450 stage now where I can, I can do that and 0:01:25.490 --> 0:01:28.130 feel really confident in getting the boys around the park and, 0:01:28.459 --> 0:01:30.240 allowing Ronnie to be able to play the footy that 0:01:30.260 --> 0:01:33.900 he's playing and really create for us and me just 0:01:33.940 --> 0:01:36.260 get the boys around the park, kick well and finish ourselves. 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:37.920 You should take a lot of credit for the Volkman 0:01:37.970 --> 0:01:40.710 performance because part of a senior playmaker is to create 0:01:40.750 --> 0:01:43.070 space for others. And there was a play yesterday. You 0:01:43.550 --> 0:01:46.650 guys drifted across the field, like turning back in some 0:01:46.750 --> 0:01:50.170 back rows at different stages. A lot of teams are 0:01:50.190 --> 0:01:52.920 doing this play where you drift across the field and 0:01:52.940 --> 0:01:56.380 the Sharks defense just come in, and take advantage of 0:01:56.400 --> 0:01:58.300 it and really hit Jack Williams and lose a ball. 0:01:58.360 --> 0:02:01.420 But the key part to this is not the actual play. 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:04.970 It's actually the conversation you have with Twiddle afterwards. So 0:02:04.990 --> 0:02:07.830 you're drifting across. You've seen something. So what are you 0:02:07.930 --> 0:02:10.609 saying here? Get the group together. What are you trying 0:02:10.630 --> 0:02:11.750 to communicate? 0:02:12.130 --> 0:02:14.530 We had that look, I think, a few sets before 0:02:14.610 --> 0:02:16.790 and I dropped Jackie Williams and then the half actually 0:02:16.810 --> 0:02:19.260 tackled him. So we had that look again and then 0:02:19.660 --> 0:02:21.380 I just felt the back row was coming out and 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:24.660 really jamming the drop runner. So, which was Jackie Williams, 0:02:24.700 --> 0:02:27.620 so I wanted to grab up her and we didn't 0:02:27.639 --> 0:02:29.739 really get it on, but I said just be aware 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:32.550 if he comes out again, just for him to hook 0:02:32.610 --> 0:02:34.830 under as well and he'll get a good look there, 0:02:34.870 --> 0:02:37.300 but we didn't actually get it back on, but We 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:39.040 tried to, we didn't really touch the ball much in 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:39.880 good ball in the second half. 0:02:39.919 --> 0:02:43.020 It's a good intel to, you know, the yin and 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:45.340 yang of halves combination, the spine members. When you've got 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:48.040 one dominant figure and you've got some inexperience, you need 0:02:48.060 --> 0:02:50.079 to get on the same page. Whether it's origin, whether 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:53.540 it's club football, that key figure in terms of the 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:55.960 halfback needs to get everyone on the same page. 0:02:55.980 --> 0:02:58.840 Yeah, it's almost like, you know, like in big games, 0:02:59.620 --> 0:03:02.370 you know, the art of communication with everyone. Like you 0:03:02.380 --> 0:03:04.260 might get a repeat set and a really big occasion, 0:03:04.310 --> 0:03:05.830 a state of origin, the crowd screaming. 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:06.640 You know, that. 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:09.460 Ability to pull the spine in, quickly have a chat 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:10.560 and disperse again. 0:03:10.639 --> 0:03:13.020 But then in origin, Mitch is playing with Nathan. 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:13.480 Yeah. 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:16.540 Right? So there's a difference. Like both equal level in 0:03:16.580 --> 0:03:18.940 terms of being able to pull the trigger at different stages. 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:19.280 Yeah. 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:22.380 How's that compared to the inexperience of what is Parramatta? 0:03:22.500 --> 0:03:24.620 Well, I probably took a few lessons out of what 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:27.210 I learned off Nathan in those situations and took it 0:03:27.220 --> 0:03:29.830 back to club then and probably in those clips, that's 0:03:29.850 --> 0:03:31.919 where you see it. But, yeah, he's so good at, 0:03:32.370 --> 0:03:34.530 you know, there's a break in play, grabbing the spine. 0:03:34.980 --> 0:03:37.480 making sure everyone's calm and everyone knows their role and 0:03:37.500 --> 0:03:40.100 everything like that. And, yeah, I feel like we're all 0:03:40.140 --> 0:03:42.300 on the same page. We both loved our footy, so 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:44.300 it was very easy to communicate around. 0:03:44.340 --> 0:03:45.740 What we wanted to do and what we wanted to 0:03:45.780 --> 0:03:46.619 get out of the game, I guess. 0:03:46.700 --> 0:03:50.990 It's a great combination because you've got Nathan who plays 0:03:51.030 --> 0:03:52.510 the game like an exact science. 0:03:52.990 --> 0:03:55.010 And sometimes in the state of origin and you pull 0:03:55.030 --> 0:03:55.550 people together. 0:03:55.390 --> 0:03:57.050 At the last moment, it's hard to do that like 0:03:57.070 --> 0:03:58.869 he does at Penrith. It takes time to bed that down. 0:03:59.090 --> 0:04:01.330 But then you've got yourself who's more of a reactive player. 0:04:01.730 --> 0:04:03.630 But the other one too, I think, which is probably 0:04:03.670 --> 0:04:07.090 emblematic of you know, how you guys worked the relationship 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:10.160 was the fact that, you know, you were doing the 0:04:10.180 --> 0:04:12.130 long kick and he was doing the short kick, which 0:04:12.220 --> 0:04:14.440 just was, you know, the cornerstone. 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:15.980 Of the win. How did that come about, Mitch? 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:20.500 I felt like we kind of picked it out from 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:24.120 the first two games that we weren't kicking the ball 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:26.200 as far, I guess, in the first two games. And 0:04:27.779 --> 0:04:30.460 how we felt origin footy was played. And if you 0:04:30.500 --> 0:04:32.920 have field position in origin footy, you go a long 0:04:32.960 --> 0:04:34.970 way in winning the game and, putting yourself in a 0:04:34.990 --> 0:04:39.510 position to win the game. So I felt like me 0:04:39.529 --> 0:04:42.710 just releasing Nathan, taking the pressure off him by doing 0:04:42.730 --> 0:04:44.910 the long kicking and allowing him just to free flow 0:04:44.950 --> 0:04:47.610 and take opportunities when he could. And I felt like 0:04:47.650 --> 0:04:51.170 the combination worked really well. And yeah, any time that 0:04:51.650 --> 0:04:54.700 I could roll around and kick a ball, I tried 0:04:54.730 --> 0:04:56.549 to as much as possible just to relieve the pressure 0:04:56.570 --> 0:04:58.310 and allow Nath just to play the footy off the 0:04:58.330 --> 0:04:58.610 back of that. 0:04:58.630 --> 0:05:01.150 Because some of the commentary is that some combos don't work. 0:05:01.190 --> 0:05:03.270 You need to have yin and yang. You need a controller. 0:05:03.290 --> 0:05:05.409 You need a ball runner. At the end of the day, 0:05:05.470 --> 0:05:09.210 that combination between Moses and Cleary basically just says if 0:05:09.250 --> 0:05:12.170 you're willing to do the team first thing and want 0:05:12.190 --> 0:05:14.790 to win for the estate, Any combination can work. 0:05:14.850 --> 0:05:15.090 That's right. 0:05:15.110 --> 0:05:16.970 The fact that Nathan and Mitch can go, well, you 0:05:16.990 --> 0:05:19.510 know what, Mitch, you've got a longer effective king game. 0:05:19.770 --> 0:05:22.600 You take the yardage ones and then I'll take these ones. 0:05:22.620 --> 0:05:24.700 But as long as I'm swinging left and you're swinging right, 0:05:24.940 --> 0:05:26.760 we can be first receiver, we can be second receiver. 0:05:27.360 --> 0:05:30.300 It does not matter. So, yes, there's a template for 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:31.660 controlling half. 0:05:31.740 --> 0:05:32.160 Yeah, definitely. 0:05:32.180 --> 0:05:34.800 But when you get the selfless mentality of that and 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:37.230 you get the best players on the field, like anything 0:05:37.330 --> 0:05:37.770 is possible. 0:05:37.790 --> 0:05:40.110 That was like, mate, your Queensland side is one of 0:05:40.130 --> 0:05:40.830 those games. 0:05:40.850 --> 0:05:45.310 You've got all these, you know, huge players, guys who 0:05:45.350 --> 0:05:47.610 want quality ball, are used to getting a quality ball 0:05:47.630 --> 0:05:50.010 all the time in good field position, but the ability 0:05:50.050 --> 0:05:52.050 to suppress the ego and coexist. 0:05:52.089 --> 0:05:55.750 Well, Jono was a first receiver, dominant playmaker at the Cowboys, right? 0:05:55.770 --> 0:05:57.370 When we went into camp, he goes, you know what? 0:05:57.630 --> 0:05:59.969 That's your strength. You take care of that with Cameron. 0:06:00.250 --> 0:06:02.270 I'm just going to float around. When I see an opportunity, 0:06:02.290 --> 0:06:03.990 you get me the ball. I mean, so as long 0:06:04.029 --> 0:06:07.210 as that's the mindset, I think any combination can truly work. 0:06:07.330 --> 0:06:11.570 What about this competition, boys, like... We've got a situation where, 0:06:11.589 --> 0:06:15.650 I mean, it's always the way. As we're starting to see, 0:06:15.690 --> 0:06:17.969 you're going, okay, you get an idea on a team, right? 0:06:18.010 --> 0:06:19.690 They're probably the team to beat. 0:06:19.740 --> 0:06:20.120 They're next. 0:06:20.150 --> 0:06:22.810 And all of a sudden, bang, injuries and suspensions. 0:06:22.300 --> 0:06:25.400 Start to happen. Last weekend, there were some big ones. 0:06:25.420 --> 0:06:27.120 The biggest one is Sammy Walker. Yep. 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:27.620 Okay. 0:06:29.460 --> 0:06:31.640 I'm not going to ask, you know, can they win 0:06:31.660 --> 0:06:33.460 the comp? Of course they can win the comp. But 0:06:33.500 --> 0:06:35.390 what does this do, do you think, in terms of 0:06:35.430 --> 0:06:37.750 the other, you know, really elite teams? 0:06:38.110 --> 0:06:39.909 I'll set up for Mitch to talk about the halves 0:06:39.950 --> 0:06:43.529 and the combo. Look, they are individually as talented as 0:06:43.589 --> 0:06:46.830 any other list in the competition. Nafahu White is a 0:06:46.890 --> 0:06:51.520 wrecking ball. Tedesco can break open anything. Mark Nwong and Etowah, 0:06:51.540 --> 0:06:54.000 so every time he touches the ball, something will happen, right? 0:06:54.390 --> 0:06:57.750 So Sam's got this ability to be more effective in 0:06:57.790 --> 0:06:59.969 the red zone than most other halves. He's sure can 0:07:00.010 --> 0:07:03.480 gain the long passing. So you imagine Cherry Evans steps 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:06.800 in or Savala steps in. Maybe they become a little 0:07:06.820 --> 0:07:09.740 bit more structured. Maybe they become like a bit of 0:07:09.780 --> 0:07:12.340 a set play mentality for one or two, three, and 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:15.260 then play off the back of that. Like if Sam 0:07:15.300 --> 0:07:19.610 Walker's effectiveness is his unpredictability, right? So maybe the Roosters 0:07:20.290 --> 0:07:22.150 narrow that down a bit and start doing a little 0:07:22.170 --> 0:07:24.670 bit of sequence play to get the best out of 0:07:24.690 --> 0:07:25.980 Savala and Cherry Evans. 0:07:26.300 --> 0:07:29.440 I think having Savala there, it's not a bad thing. 0:07:29.600 --> 0:07:30.100 You know what I mean? 0:07:30.120 --> 0:07:31.900 I think he brings his back rollers onto the ball 0:07:31.940 --> 0:07:35.860 really well. He creates for his fullback in Teddy. He's 0:07:35.900 --> 0:07:38.250 got a long kicking game and I think in finals games, 0:07:38.810 --> 0:07:40.330 in those tight games, you need to be able to 0:07:40.370 --> 0:07:44.170 kick long, hold the ball and really use your defence, 0:07:44.210 --> 0:07:47.120 I guess, as a mechanism. But But, yeah, if he 0:07:47.140 --> 0:07:50.420 can just simplify his game and allow the strike outside 0:07:50.460 --> 0:07:53.580 that you just mentioned and really narrow his footy down, 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:55.120 they'll go a long way. 0:07:55.180 --> 0:07:57.780 Well, for 20 weeks it was Penrith's title, right? They 0:07:57.820 --> 0:07:59.600 have a bit of a slip-up with Isaiah, lose a 0:07:59.620 --> 0:08:02.640 few games, the Warriors elevate. The Roosters beat Penrith. We go, well, 0:08:02.670 --> 0:08:05.430 the Roosters are in pole position. Sam Walker's gone, they 0:08:05.470 --> 0:08:07.650 lose a couple of games. So it really is the Dolphins. 0:08:07.670 --> 0:08:08.990 Here come the Dolphins. 0:08:09.570 --> 0:08:13.050 And, look, we had a yarn about this before is that, Mate, 0:08:13.110 --> 0:08:15.210 one thing about the old bloke, Wayne knows how to 0:08:15.250 --> 0:08:20.470 press play. And all year, I mean, the last two years, 0:08:20.510 --> 0:08:23.330 they've battled injury after injury, and finally they're starting to 0:08:23.350 --> 0:08:24.110 get their team back. 0:08:24.270 --> 0:08:26.510 So as a Titans owner, you had a front row 0:08:26.550 --> 0:08:29.250 seat to Souths on the weekend, just caught sucking on 0:08:29.270 --> 0:08:32.550 a couple of schooners down 28-4. But seriously, on a football. 0:08:32.330 --> 0:08:35.010 Point of view... Alcohol, when you're down 28-0, alcohol is 0:08:35.030 --> 0:08:35.550 the answer. 0:08:35.860 --> 0:08:37.580 Do you think Souths can do it? Like, do you 0:08:37.620 --> 0:08:39.059 think there's a team in the bottom of the eight, 0:08:39.100 --> 0:08:43.870 maybe it is... South Sydney. After what you saw in person, 0:08:43.910 --> 0:08:47.069 do you think South Sydney can go deep in September? 0:08:47.309 --> 0:08:49.250 There is no coach in the league who knows how 0:08:49.290 --> 0:08:52.030 to time a run like Wayne. Wayne will time a 0:08:52.050 --> 0:08:57.800 run like 90% of coaches won't risk a bad season. 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:00.709 you know, for the initial outcome. I mean, most coaches 0:09:00.730 --> 0:09:02.989 in the league, they're thinking about playing finals. So come on, 0:09:03.010 --> 0:09:04.010 let's get. 0:09:03.910 --> 0:09:04.570 Off to a good start. 0:09:04.950 --> 0:09:08.449 Wayne will risk missing finals to peak at the right 0:09:08.470 --> 0:09:11.490 time of the year. Now, the biggest thing about South 0:09:11.510 --> 0:09:14.270 Sydney is they're too generous in defence for the opposition. 0:09:14.290 --> 0:09:16.650 They let the opposition play a little too much football, 0:09:17.110 --> 0:09:18.050 but they're coming together. 0:09:18.230 --> 0:09:21.760 When you talk about time in your run... Latrell Mitchell's 0:09:21.780 --> 0:09:24.140 had an injury for eight or ten weeks. Roll him 0:09:24.179 --> 0:09:28.060 out for 20 minutes against the Titans and they got 0:09:28.420 --> 0:09:31.460 the rivalry on Friday night. You could see South Sydney 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:35.400 turning up Friday night and dominating. Latrell Mitchell's impact on 0:09:35.440 --> 0:09:39.180 South Sydney, just timing the run for the most influential 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:41.660 player in their team just to start strutting him stuff 0:09:41.700 --> 0:09:42.819 on the left-hand side of the field. 0:09:42.900 --> 0:09:44.540 Well, just before he got injured, he was winning games 0:09:44.559 --> 0:09:46.059 by himself on that left edge. 0:09:46.250 --> 0:09:47.370 He was that hard to stop. 0:09:47.380 --> 0:09:47.710 I remember. 0:09:48.250 --> 0:09:52.240 that game against Newcastle, they obviously lost that game, but 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:54.840 individually he got them back in the game just by himself. 0:09:54.900 --> 0:09:59.350 And the performance that he can put in when he's on, 0:09:59.429 --> 0:10:01.020 like it's, scary. 0:10:01.700 --> 0:10:05.190 Mate, after the game, after we sort of went in 0:10:05.210 --> 0:10:08.020 and condolences you just sort of. 0:10:07.940 --> 0:10:09.540 Skip across to the other dressing room i see you 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:11.220 went from condolences to a party. 0:10:11.160 --> 0:10:14.360 Have a beer so yeah saw wayne and mate he 0:10:14.380 --> 0:10:16.280 was up on his toes mate honestly went into the 0:10:16.300 --> 0:10:18.980 south dressing room it was like a nightclub although i 0:10:18.980 --> 0:10:20.740 haven't been to a nightclub in 15 years that's such 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:22.780 a lie i haven't been to trish come on you're 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:24.420 in vegas not so long ago yeah. 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:28.319 That's true um But, mate, it was just rocking. Everyone's 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:28.760 really happy. 0:10:28.780 --> 0:10:31.240 And I saw Jackie Whiten, right, and I said, oh, mate, 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:33.020 it's good to have the big fella back talking about Latrell. 0:10:33.040 --> 0:10:34.640 He goes, yeah. He said, mate, did you see when 0:10:34.710 --> 0:10:36.890 Curtis Moran hit him in the first run? Like, jammed him. 0:10:37.470 --> 0:10:40.109 And Jack said he went past. He said when he 0:10:40.150 --> 0:10:43.270 hit him, Latrell went, oh, and he went past and said, you. 0:10:43.170 --> 0:10:48.380 Forgot how hard it is, didn't you? Mate, it's interesting. Boys, 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:49.200 Waz Knights. 0:10:49.220 --> 0:10:52.900 This is a tough game to really get a feel of, Mitch. 0:10:52.940 --> 0:10:56.439 You wouldn't have seen this game, but... Mate, Wyles were 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:57.300 awful early. 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:00.500 Their first 20 minutes was the worst 20 minutes they've had, 0:11:00.960 --> 0:11:04.540 I reckon, in the last two seasons. Mate, defensively, there 0:11:04.740 --> 0:11:06.700 was no energy there at all. You'll see a try 0:11:06.740 --> 0:11:08.500 coming up soon. 0:11:08.460 --> 0:11:10.620 Where I forget who scores it here. 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:13.050 But even a bloke like Aaron Clarke, who's been so good, 0:11:13.570 --> 0:11:15.320 just basically... doesn't get up. 0:11:15.460 --> 0:11:17.280 Yeah, well, the Knights were up for it and the 0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:19.579 Warriors have been up for a long time. Then the 0:11:19.740 --> 0:11:24.240 Sofidi send-off happens and it completely changes it. I think 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:27.120 Justin Holbrook takes a lot of positives out of that. 0:11:27.340 --> 0:11:29.400 To be down to 12 players for the majority of 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:32.819 that game and to still score points, to still compete, 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:36.300 there's something in what Justin Holbrook has instilled in the 0:11:36.340 --> 0:11:39.370 Newcastle Knights that can be a good thing. I don't 0:11:39.410 --> 0:11:41.660 think they can go deep in September, but I think 0:11:41.679 --> 0:11:44.620 they're definitely team of the up. For me, the Warriors, 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:47.630 I think it was just their... they're not off if 0:11:47.650 --> 0:11:48.929 they make it. 0:11:49.090 --> 0:11:51.240 Like, yeah, they're going to have, there's going to be 0:11:51.290 --> 0:11:52.880 one of those games. They've been up for a long time, 0:11:52.920 --> 0:11:55.040 that slight little dip. But tell you what, it says 0:11:55.059 --> 0:11:57.520 a lot about a football side when you're, that 20 minutes, 0:11:57.540 --> 0:12:00.679 you're awful. And you got without energy and suddenly you 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:01.079 swing it. 0:12:01.179 --> 0:12:04.339 Well, the part to it is, we've spoken about this, 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:07.040 like Jack Cleary is a fifth or sixth string halfback. 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:07.339 Yeah. 0:12:07.420 --> 0:12:11.330 But the Warriors system still allows them to score 40 points, right? 0:12:11.350 --> 0:12:14.330 So I think that's probably the key for the Warriors 0:12:14.410 --> 0:12:16.809 is that they can plug in, plug out. but their 0:12:16.910 --> 0:12:20.050 system is pretty structured but super effective when you get 0:12:20.090 --> 0:12:21.670 their festering coming in and setting up tries. 0:12:21.740 --> 0:12:23.620 I feel like the Warriors, they're just such a hard team. 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:25.940 They've got such a big pack and can roll forward. 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:27.840 If you're a half in the back of that, it 0:12:28.179 --> 0:12:30.420 really simplifies your game. You kick long to the corners 0:12:30.470 --> 0:12:33.150 and really build pressure like that. They're good at holding 0:12:33.170 --> 0:12:36.290 the ball and completing high and really suffocating you in 0:12:36.330 --> 0:12:38.980 their own end. um yeah like you said they got 0:12:39.000 --> 0:12:41.260 a rookie kid there come in and jet he didn't 0:12:41.460 --> 0:12:43.940 yeah it didn't really yeah and and yeah too you 0:12:43.980 --> 0:12:47.350 like wade egan and aaron clark like they're the work 0:12:47.380 --> 0:12:49.070 they do in that middle yeah in the middle and 0:12:49.090 --> 0:12:50.770 you know to pull in and you know by the 0:12:50.790 --> 0:12:54.429 time the ball hits halves hands on that sweep they 0:12:54.450 --> 0:12:56.130 haven't got a tough decision to make you know what 0:12:56.190 --> 0:12:58.230 i mean like egan's so good at getting out and 0:12:58.270 --> 0:13:00.830 making that initial decision and it's simple for them it's 0:13:01.210 --> 0:13:02.750 pass short or run the football. 0:13:02.770 --> 0:13:04.949 Well, talk us through that, right? So first receiver like 0:13:05.010 --> 0:13:07.890 you or Nathan play a lot of on the advantage 0:13:07.929 --> 0:13:10.559 line and set up players, whereas the Warriors attack is 0:13:10.580 --> 0:13:13.600 a lot of Aaron Clark. And is it easier for 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:15.939 an experienced half to be at the back of Aaron 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:17.420 Clark or up the front? 0:13:17.460 --> 0:13:19.980 Well, I feel like even if Aaron Clark doesn't want 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:22.120 to pass, he has a carry and he gets you 0:13:22.140 --> 0:13:23.120 a quick ruck no matter what. 0:13:23.220 --> 0:13:24.439 And then he'll take as a half. 0:13:24.820 --> 0:13:26.359 And then you can step up and play on the 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:26.880 front foot. 0:13:26.920 --> 0:13:30.800 So I feel like if you're doing your role, like, 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:34.540 You simplify your role in that team as a half 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:37.040 and just get the ball to the big... You've got 0:13:37.059 --> 0:13:39.350 big back rowers there and play off the big forwards. 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:43.490 And you look at the halves that come in, they 0:13:43.510 --> 0:13:46.510 just plug in there to do their job and they 0:13:46.530 --> 0:13:47.050 get results. 0:13:47.230 --> 0:13:48.870 And Hanson, he's been good the last couple of weeks. 0:13:48.890 --> 0:13:52.510 The strength of a system right up against the free-wheeling Adlib. 0:13:52.590 --> 0:13:56.230 If Adlib works, it looks great and super hard to stop, 0:13:56.250 --> 0:13:57.230 but the system is quite. 0:13:57.490 --> 0:13:58.569 Wade Egan's a big part. 0:13:58.690 --> 0:14:00.630 Like you said, the way he creates for the halves 0:14:00.670 --> 0:14:02.940 as well. on the trial line is massive. 0:14:03.179 --> 0:14:05.040 Tough day for Newcastle, yes. 0:14:05.380 --> 0:14:05.760 The loss. 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:08.420 Mate, brave effort when you're down to 12 men against 0:14:08.440 --> 0:14:11.650 the Warriors in New Zealand, but Jacob Saifudi's gone for 0:14:11.670 --> 0:14:13.410 the season. If there's an area they're a little short, 0:14:13.470 --> 0:14:17.410 it's middle forwards. And also Francis, Manu, Lele Lua, that 0:14:17.450 --> 0:14:19.810 was a bad one. It's a bad one, you're sucking 0:14:19.830 --> 0:14:22.930 on the green whistle. I mean, the green whistle's fantastic, but. 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:25.820 Well, I think the Knights know that they're going to 0:14:26.020 --> 0:14:28.760 play finals, right? So... The thing about the Knights is 0:14:28.780 --> 0:14:30.400 they need to win week one. They've got the bye 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:33.140 now where they finish is yet to be determined. But 0:14:33.460 --> 0:14:35.560 I feel like if they can, you know, the Sharks 0:14:35.600 --> 0:14:37.580 are slipping up. Like if the Knights get a home 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:41.260 final week one, I think they can win that. You know, 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:43.950 where the Sofini or all that are there, they're best players. 0:14:44.020 --> 0:14:46.290 At home, I think if you finish in the bottom 0:14:46.330 --> 0:14:49.270 part of the eight to get that home final week one, 0:14:49.690 --> 0:14:51.890 hopefully you get through and then you play a team 0:14:51.910 --> 0:14:53.870 that's been beaten up at the top of the ladder that, 0:14:54.250 --> 0:14:56.750 feels like maybe a couple of injuries or maybe some 0:14:56.790 --> 0:14:59.490 suspensions or something, you might just get an easy way 0:14:59.510 --> 0:15:00.130 into a prelim. 0:15:00.750 --> 0:15:02.570 Mate, what about the Dolphins? 0:15:03.270 --> 0:15:06.320 Like, we sort of said, as this season started to 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:08.180 move toward the back end, you're watching them start to 0:15:08.220 --> 0:15:11.440 pick up momentum and you're watching the progression of Max 0:15:11.500 --> 0:15:15.920 Plath and Donahue and then Isaiah Katoa coming back. Mate, 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:17.700 they're coming home with a wet sail. Jeez, they're a 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:18.360 dangerous team. 0:15:18.420 --> 0:15:20.180 We versed them the other week and we felt the 0:15:20.220 --> 0:15:20.900 full force of it. 0:15:21.330 --> 0:15:22.010 Upper Brisbane, the. 0:15:24.290 --> 0:15:27.460 The way they suffocate you with Cattell's kicking game, he 0:15:27.500 --> 0:15:28.720 puts it in a corner, he makes you come off 0:15:28.740 --> 0:15:30.780 your trial line the whole game. And then the way 0:15:30.820 --> 0:15:33.220 their forwards are just flying off the line, you don't 0:15:33.260 --> 0:15:35.729 have much there. So if you're struggling to get out 0:15:35.750 --> 0:15:36.910 of the backfield, it's going to be a long day 0:15:36.950 --> 0:15:41.250 for you. But their outside backs are just– Herbie Farnworth is– Mate, Herbie. 0:15:41.610 --> 0:15:43.070 He's the hardest man I've ever had to tackle. 0:15:43.110 --> 0:15:43.370 Mate. 0:15:43.750 --> 0:15:48.050 And, you know, the question mark around the Dolphins is defensively. And, mate, 0:15:48.070 --> 0:15:48.630 their defence. 0:15:48.650 --> 0:15:51.050 Did you see that last 20 minutes defensively? 0:15:51.070 --> 0:15:51.710 Sensational. 0:15:51.730 --> 0:15:57.430 Like, try savers everywhere. Dolphins jerseys in the picture. And 0:15:57.480 --> 0:15:58.860 I think this is going to be part of the 0:15:58.890 --> 0:16:03.880 issue with the Roosters on Friday night is go look 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:06.700 at the game plan that the Dolphins did. That left-hand 0:16:06.740 --> 0:16:11.260 side attack with Herbie Farnworth attacking Daly Cherry Evans. Latrell Mitchell, 0:16:11.280 --> 0:16:12.660 Cody Walker are going to see that and they go, 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:14.860 you know what? We're doing exactly the same thing because 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:17.590 that right edge defensively for the Roosters is was under 0:16:17.620 --> 0:16:20.070 pressure from word go. And we all knew that the 0:16:20.110 --> 0:16:23.190 Dolphins attack could do that. But the question mark, was 0:16:23.210 --> 0:16:25.910 their forward pack and their defence able to stop a 0:16:25.950 --> 0:16:31.470 powerful forward pack? Well, the answer's yes. Like what Gilbert, Plath, Donoghue, 0:16:31.510 --> 0:16:36.430 what they all did, they are dead set premiership threats now. 0:16:36.670 --> 0:16:39.850 It's just a question on Max Plath. I played against 0:16:39.890 --> 0:16:43.990