1 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: Welcome to L three sixty doub League from every angle, 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: brought to you by NIB joining me. 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:09,039 Speaker 2: Again the great Gordon Talents. 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: So it's been the Journal Australian James Hooper and Dean Richie. 5 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 1: We've got a very special night ahead with someone being 6 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,440 Speaker 1: inducted into the Hall of Well being announced as an immortal, 7 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: and a number of players are being inducted into the 8 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 1: NRL Hall of Fame. The anticipation is building good. It 9 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: sets up to be an absolute wonderful night. 10 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, it is, and it's one of those great nights. 11 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 3: I was lucky enough to be there a few years 12 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 3: ago and some of the names are that are going 13 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 3: to go in, you know, like it's amazing, Like the 14 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 3: list of players. You just realize how many stars have 15 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 3: played our game and it's a great night. 16 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 4: We should and we should honor them. 17 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 5: What oppressed to you just evening at the Sydney Cricket Ground. 18 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 5: An awesome celebration. The salary cap that will be in 19 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 5: attendance tonight that's well over one hundred million dollars and 20 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 5: I've got a commend you and I think they've done 21 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:02,319 Speaker 5: a magnificent job of promoting the Hall of fame and 22 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 5: celebrating the immortals concert. 23 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 6: Yeah, the caliber play that we see tonight is just 24 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 6: off the charts to it. It's going to be a 25 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 6: very historic night for rugby league and one gentleman will 26 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,559 Speaker 6: etch himself into rugby league history. 27 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 2: Sure is bulldog and we can't wait for it. 28 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 1: Let's head out to the SCG, Lara Pit and Cooper 29 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: Kronk on the black carpet, Lara, A very special evening 30 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: ahead for some of our greatest in our game, Braith. 31 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,119 Speaker 7: It is absolutely rugby League Royalty turning out here at 32 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:33,119 Speaker 7: the Sydney Creaker Ground and alongside me one of our 33 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:37,759 Speaker 7: newest Hall of famers, Cooper Kronk. Cooper, multiple generations of 34 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 7: rugby league stars have arrived here at the SCG. I 35 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 7: want to know leaving the household tonight with your beautiful wife, Tara, 36 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:45,839 Speaker 7: or what was it like for you leaving the kids 37 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 7: knowing when you return you've got that Hall of Fame 38 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 7: jacket on. 39 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 8: I was just trying to keep the vesiem my fingers 40 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 8: off to the suit and try and keep clean on 41 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 8: the way out look a field, to be honest, feel 42 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 8: a little bit out of place. You look at the 43 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 8: list of people in the Hall of Fame. It's pioneers, 44 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 8: it's people that change the game. And I was a 45 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 8: kid that grew up twenty minutes south of Brisbane, wasn't 46 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 8: sort of destined to play footy. More hopeful than anything. 47 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 8: Leandard two very good clubs. Timing is everything and I'm 48 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 8: a bit of a reflection of the clubs, the players, 49 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 8: the people I've played with, but very humble by it. 50 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's pretty special. 51 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 7: Over one hundred and twenty six players now in the 52 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 7: Hall of Fame, over one hundred years of rugby league. 53 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,399 Speaker 9: It's a very elite group. And you mentioned a couple 54 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 9: of clubs. 55 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 7: I want to ask about the Melbourne Storm and what 56 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 7: it would mean to them to have four champions of 57 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:29,920 Speaker 7: their club inducted tonight. 58 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 8: Yeah, it's real a club that started in nineteen ninety 59 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 8: eight to have four guys in the Hall of Fame. 60 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 8: I think it speaks volumes of the people involved in 61 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 8: Melbourne Storm, from all the early days of John rebo 62 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 8: and Anderson, Stephen Kearney, Robbie Kerns, Glen Lazarus. But then 63 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,639 Speaker 8: it goes on to what Craig Bellamy has done. Without 64 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 8: Craig Bellamy. I can't speak on behalf the other three guys, 65 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,799 Speaker 8: but I don't think this is possible without the leadership, 66 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 8: the lessons of life, and the hard work ethic that 67 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 8: he put into. So to Craig bell is a bit 68 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 8: of a tip of the cap to him. 69 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,799 Speaker 7: Really, there's a real Queensland theme amongst a lot of 70 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 7: the inductees. Tonight, I want to talk about Billy Slater 71 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 7: because when we often talk about champs champions of the game, 72 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 7: we talk about players who changed the game, change their position. 73 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 7: How does that apply to Billy? And even when we 74 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 7: look at the way fullbacks play now. 75 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 8: The best fullback we've seen ever in the game, the 76 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 8: best fullback we will see in a long period of time. 77 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,239 Speaker 8: As you said, Billy changed the game. And it's one 78 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 8: thing that people have a legacy or an impact. Is 79 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 8: any fullback that plays from here and out will be saying, oh, 80 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 8: compared to Billy Slater because Billy changed the role. It 81 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 8: went from a position that was catching the ball to 82 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 8: understanding the defense, to becoming the line breaker, to becoming 83 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 8: a try ciscuy throwing long passes, short busses. It's basically 84 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 8: a half with a fullback's speed and acceleration and the 85 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 8: one on the jersey. So he changed a game like 86 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 8: Cameron Smith did. Every dummy Hearth that comes through the 87 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 8: rest of the career in the next period of time 88 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 8: will be compared to Camera Smith, and those two guys 89 00:03:57,920 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 8: thoroughly deserve every accolade that comes their way. 90 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 7: I want to talk also about Jonathan Thurston, described by 91 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 7: one person one time as the odd couple. You did 92 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 7: so many wonderful things together in the harves for Queensland 93 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 7: and for Australia. I love the story that you once 94 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 7: caught the bus together off to different schools at the time. 95 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 7: Did you ever imagine that the two of you would 96 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 7: do what you did? 97 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 8: No, that's the simple answer. We grew up a stone 98 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:23,720 Speaker 8: strike away from each other, never really knew each other, 99 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 8: knew that our paths across at different stages. But the 100 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 8: biggest rap I can give Thurston is the bigger the game, 101 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 8: the greater he played, more responsibility, he wanted it and 102 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 8: basically when it came down origin or playing for Australia, 103 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 8: all I did was passing the ball and he did 104 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 8: the rest. So he's a star, not only a rugular 105 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 8: league genius. What he's done for the indigenous community. He's 106 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 8: an idol and a lot of players and the one 107 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 8: thing we forget about these players is that there's a 108 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 8: lot of kids that tried to do the Jonathan Thurston 109 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 8: Show and got junior rugby league across the country when 110 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 8: he was doing his thing. So congratulations to. 111 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 7: Him and Benjie Marshall, of course, talk about him. We 112 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 7: could talk about all the inductees individually. We will see 113 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 7: six women inducted into the Hall of Fame tonight. 114 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 9: We will see referees for. 115 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 7: The first time coaches as well, but of course the 116 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 7: big one will be the fourteenth mortal. And you know, 117 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 7: everybody has an opinion, and you pretty much can't get 118 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 7: this one wrong. Cooper, who do you feel deserves to 119 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 7: be inducted into Immortality tonight? 120 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 8: Every on a list deserves that spot. But one thing 121 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 8: I will say is that I think Thurston, Smith and 122 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 8: Slater will be a mortals. They are on mortals and 123 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,360 Speaker 8: I think they deserve to probably go in at the 124 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 8: same time. So if I had to choose someone, it's 125 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 8: probably someone outside of that, but one of those three 126 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 8: could definitely go in tonight. But I think what they 127 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 8: dominated same age best friends. They dominated every arena they 128 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 8: played in. I think it'd be very special for the 129 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 8: game to put them all in at the same time. 130 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 8: But I don't make those decisions, So anyone else on 131 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 8: that list deserves it, but those three might get it 132 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 8: tonight as well. 133 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 7: Yeah, well, you get to sit back and enjoy and 134 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,159 Speaker 7: to put that jacket on tonight. You are forever humble, Cooper, 135 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 7: But we think you deserve all of this and we 136 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 7: hope you get to enjoy it with Tara tonight. 137 00:05:58,279 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 4: Thanks Lars, appreciate it. 138 00:05:59,279 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 9: All right, Brad. 139 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 7: We'll be back a little bit later in the show 140 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 7: with some more Hall of Famers. 141 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 9: Here on the black carpet at the SCG. 142 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 1: You are, I was doing a fantastic job as usual. 143 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: Congratulations to the great Cooper Kronk. So seventeen players, two rest, 144 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,719 Speaker 1: two coaches, and four contributors will be inducted into the 145 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. But the big one, the next a mortal. 146 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: Let's take a look at the nominees. Bradley Clyde, Ron Coot, 147 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 1: Laurie Daily, Brad Fittler, Ken Irvine Brett, Kenny, Alan Leaner, 148 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 1: Glenn Lazarus, Darren Lockyer, Billy Slater, Cameron Smith, Peter Sterling, 149 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:40,279 Speaker 1: and Jonathan Thirst. And now that is a fair list 150 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: of players. They are the greats of our game. Very 151 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 1: hard to choose one from all of them. 152 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 3: Go well, believe it or not, I've played against all 153 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 3: of them but three, and that's Sterling, Irvine and Coot. 154 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 3: And I think to me, Glenn Lazaris is the greatest 155 00:06:59,040 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 3: front row. 156 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 4: I've played with great players. 157 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,279 Speaker 3: He's the greatest front rower I think in the last 158 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 3: forty years years. Alan Langer for me is the greatest 159 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 3: Bronco that I played with. And I'll play with so 160 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 3: many greats. And I think Bradley Clyde just flies under 161 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 3: the raider. I think he's the greatest number thirteen. But 162 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 3: anybody on that list could go in there. 163 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 2: Choose right chooser, you think who I think there? 164 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 3: I think Allen Langer in my eyes, to be small, 165 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 3: to come from where we come from, a little train 166 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 3: driver's son from Ipswich that you know just played above 167 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 3: his weight if you had all of his highlight packages 168 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 3: when Brisbane r under the pump and I just heard 169 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 3: Cooper Krong talking about Thirst and well he scored so 170 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 3: many tries and you thought they were luck. But he 171 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 3: did it every week, and he did it every half. 172 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 3: And there's no greater competitor that I played with than 173 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 3: Olan Langer. And it's a big statement because Wally Lost 174 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 3: wore that jersey as well. But I think ELF's probably 175 00:07:57,360 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 3: the greatest Bronco. 176 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 5: It's just such an illustrious list break you could make 177 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 5: a case for everyone one of those candidates. I was 178 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 5: a huge fan of Glenn Lazarus as a kid growing 179 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 5: up the brick with ice what to play five Premierships 180 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 5: at three different clubs. I think he was the first 181 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 5: player to do that and wherever he went, success simply 182 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 5: followed him. Not only did he do it at club level, 183 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 5: but then it also translated into success with your South 184 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 5: Welles at state of origin and they're also playing Test 185 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 5: match football for Australia. Laurie Daley, who knows a great 186 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 5: Major osbulldog. I wouldn't have an issue whatsoever if Laws 187 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 5: was inducted. He was such a dynamic runner of the football. 188 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 5: His combination with Ricky Stewart will always be remembered and 189 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 5: celebrated as it should as one of the all time 190 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 5: great Harves combinations. And then the one of I thinks 191 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 5: a little bit unlucky is Ricky Stewart. There are two 192 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 5: half backs on that list in Alan Langer and Peter Sterling. 193 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 5: In my opinion, Ricky Stewart absolutely deserves to be on 194 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 5: that Poe I agree, and. 195 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: Lazo has been lost a little bit in the mix. 196 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: So we just saw some of his highlights, his achievements phenomenal. 197 00:08:58,040 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: You said he's the best front No you've ever played 198 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,719 Speaker 1: with a lot of people agree. Bullock thoughts, Yeah, you. 199 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 10: Look at that list, you it is impossible to split. 200 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 10: But look the bloke. 201 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 6: They're running second on the list. Nine Grand finals he 202 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 6: won six. He captains Australia, the great Ron Court. I 203 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 6: can tell the little story in nine and eighty one 204 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 6: when the original Immortals were named, he was a bees 205 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 6: you know what from being named in nine and eighty one. 206 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 6: So Cootie's waited forty three years and he's been overlooked 207 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 6: five times to be inducted. 208 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 10: In my opinion, it's time. It's time for Ron. 209 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 2: What do you think he's been able to look? 210 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: We spoke about this last night and like you said, Ron, 211 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 1: Kurt's definitely one of the best players's ever played our game, 212 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: and everyone's got such a high opinion of him, who 213 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,079 Speaker 1: played with and against him, and is it a surprise 214 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 1: that he hasn't been in there yet? 215 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 2: And he confident he will be. 216 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm confident to be somewhere in the mix, no doubt, Brak. Look, 217 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 6: I can't reveal why he hasn't been picked. There's just 218 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 6: been probably better players. I've spoken to Ron about this personally, 219 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 6: and he has been quite hurt. 220 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 10: Quite hurt. Will be a big not He will be heartbroke, devastating. 221 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:03,599 Speaker 10: He will be heartbroken. 222 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 6: But as we've just discussed quite openly, if you miss 223 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 6: out to any one of those, you can feel, I guess, 224 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,079 Speaker 6: not so aggrieved in that you know you've been beaten 225 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:15,559 Speaker 6: by an absolute superstar. 226 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: Should the current immortals have been judging on the penalt? 227 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: Now I'm hearing that Hoops that the penal consists of 228 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: journalists Buzzes one of them. 229 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 2: They disrespect the Buzzy. 230 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 1: I love you, But when I heard that, I thought, 231 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: surely one of our mortals at least who has played 232 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: Yester Year and witness today as well, like still around 233 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: for the current modern day game, would have been on 234 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: the panel for judging. 235 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 5: My opinion, all three should be there. Melmourn Inger, Wally Lewis, 236 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 5: Joey john zare all ornaments to the game. They are 237 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 5: in immortality status, so they've earned the right. I also 238 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 5: think you need a champion coach, somebody like Awayne Bennett 239 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 5: or a Warren Ryan. I think Warren Ryan's unlucky that 240 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 5: he isn't also in the Hall of Fame. 241 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 1: You wouldn't you want the brightest minds about. 242 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 3: Someone like a Dish respect Swayne tim Sheen's and Warren Ryan. 243 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 3: You know, then you've got four coaches of the coach 244 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:18,319 Speaker 3: with different eras. Yeah, within against a lot of players. 245 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 5: I think if you do something like that, and then 246 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 5: you have bus Right because he's watched five generations foot, 247 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 5: you have Ray Hadley because he's watched and called it. 248 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,679 Speaker 5: Ray Warren should be on that panel. Again, it's only 249 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 5: my opinion, but how many generations of footballers did did 250 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 5: rabs call? So I think they can fine tune it, 251 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 5: but most importantly I'm sure they get the result. 252 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 1: Well, you guys journo's you're a journo, but you obviously 253 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:42,439 Speaker 1: you could see what we're saying here, right, it makes 254 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 1: one hundred percent. 255 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 6: I wrote about it this morning Breath that some of 256 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 6: the people in and around those three were a little 257 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 6: bit miffed that they weren't asked to have been on 258 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 6: the panel. 259 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 10: It's clear that they should have been on there. 260 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 6: We spoke off air about maybe some Hall of Fame 261 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 6: members also being on there. I think it can be 262 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 6: fine tuned, as you said, Hoops, but I think you 263 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 6: need some football brains on there, and that's no direspect 264 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 6: to any of the judges who. 265 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 10: Have done a great job up and doing well. 266 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 6: The only player right now boardy on there is Wayne Peace, 267 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 6: but he's essentially on there as a player, and because 268 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:12,560 Speaker 6: he's an aarl Well. 269 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 3: I heard Melon Radio, so that you know the peers like. 270 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 3: Getting voted in by your peers just means a lot more. 271 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 3: And if you have three immortals there and they vote 272 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 3: for you, you know, and might add a little bit 273 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 3: more to it. All right, We cross back to the 274 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 3: black carpet now Lara is with two Queensland champions. 275 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 7: Here with drew out and out Queensland Australia and club 276 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 7: level legends. They are now Hall of Famers Jonathan Thurston 277 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 7: and Cameron Smith. Jeneralan Welcome to the Sydney Criecker Ground. 278 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,599 Speaker 7: I'll start with you first, Cam. What's it mean to 279 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 7: be amongst this elite group tonight? 280 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 11: Oh it's pretty special, Lara. 281 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 12: You know, quite humbling to be honest, to be a 282 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 12: part of such a special group, particularly the guys going 283 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 12: in tonight played a lot of rugby league with a 284 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 12: couple of guys have played against as well, and you know, 285 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 12: to be joining some of the greatest players contributors of 286 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 12: our game. 287 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 11: So yeah, it's a really special evening. 288 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:04,559 Speaker 7: It feels like only yesterday, JT. You two are running 289 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 7: around and you're already here. How much you appreciate the 290 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 7: history of the game, of being a part of this. 291 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 13: Very You know, I grew up watching rugby league, playing 292 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 13: rugby league as a kid, and never in my wildest 293 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 13: dreams and I think I'd be standing here amongst this 294 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 13: group of men that I'm about to get inducted with 295 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,560 Speaker 13: and obviously join the group of men before me as well. 296 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 13: So yeah, it's a very special evening and they're very excited. 297 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 7: We're all waiting to see who's going to be the 298 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 7: fourteenth Immortal. For you, Cam, what does that player have 299 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 7: to embody? 300 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 4: Oh? 301 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 12: Well, I think you know, playing the game in the 302 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:41,720 Speaker 12: right manner, you know, the contribution over a long period 303 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 12: of time, I guess. And there's been lots of names 304 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 12: tossed about for this evening and who'll be the next 305 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 12: to Moortal. You know, there's a guy that's about to 306 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:52,080 Speaker 12: walk past us, Ronnie Coud. I think it's a pretty 307 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 12: special candidate for that. You know, a couple of guys 308 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 12: I looked up to, and I'm sure JT did as well, 309 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 12: Darren Lockyer and Alan Langer, very big parts of I 310 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 12: guess our youth and guys wanting to live out a 311 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,680 Speaker 12: dream of being rugby league players watching those two guys 312 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 12: go around. So Yeah, the guys that have been nominated 313 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:14,959 Speaker 12: for tonight's potential naming of the next Imortal all very 314 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 12: much deserving and they've all done their part to contribute 315 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 12: to rugby league and making it such a special game. 316 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 7: JD's rattled off an amazing list of players there, but 317 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 7: he's not going to say himself. Cam he's among the 318 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 7: favorites as well. What does he represent to you in 319 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 7: what he's done? I mean he's achieved everything, broken every record. 320 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 13: Yeah, played a lot of foot with him against him 321 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 13: as a kid alongside him, as a kid as well, 322 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 13: and then you know some of my greatest memories on 323 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 13: a rugby league field hav ingim right beside me. 324 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 11: So yeah, it's wonderful evening. 325 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 13: And whoever does get inducted as the fourteenth will be 326 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 13: a rest special occasion for that person. 327 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 11: And yeah, we'll see how the big fun it is. 328 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 7: We hope you have a wonderful night. Really appreciate you 329 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 7: joining us. Enjoy the night with some of your teammates 330 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 7: and real legends of the game. 331 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 9: Thanks so much, great, thanks. 332 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: Laura, Thanks Laura, Keeren Smith and Jonathan Thurston there and 333 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: Cameron Smith is one of the clear favorites to gain 334 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: immortality tonight and what a plary was incredible. His record 335 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: speaks for itself. Is he going to be named as 336 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 1: in the model time? 337 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 4: I think? 338 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 3: Look, I said on Sunday on radio that if it's 339 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 3: a resume and you're going to be the CEO, I 340 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 3: think his resume beats everybody there just because of the 341 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 3: records that he's broken and what he holds. But it 342 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 3: doesn't mean he's the best player. I mean, like there's 343 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 3: there's some guys that don't have the same record that 344 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 3: are just equal to go in there and then like 345 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 3: Ronnie Coot nine Grand finals and I think Arthur Beacon 346 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 3: said he's one of the best players that he played 347 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 3: with or again. So they've all got their cases, but 348 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 3: there's no doubt Cameron Smith in the years and you know, 349 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 3: with all those great I think he stands a little 350 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 3: bit above them. 351 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 6: Four hundred and thirty in our all games cams, how 352 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 6: many four hundred and thirty the most ever fifty six 353 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 6: Test matches and forty two origins. 354 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 10: That's equivalent of fourteen Origin series. That statistically is untouchable. 355 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 5: It's nearly five hundred and fifty games in total by 356 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 5: the time you put the Premiership games and then kick 357 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 5: the rest of them representative. 358 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 3: Seventy tackles in the Grand Final against Cronulla in the middle. 359 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 5: He was a phenomenal player. I think the biggest rap 360 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 5: that Cameron gets his in big games. His ability to 361 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 5: win was borter on sociopathic and his ability to judge 362 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 5: the tempo of the game. If it needed to speed up, 363 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 5: he could do it if it needed to be slowed down. 364 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 5: He was obviously a genius at getting inside referees heads 365 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 5: as well. Along the way, there was an origin decider 366 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 5: Gordy up at SUNCRP. I think it was twenty fifteen 367 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 5: and it was one all and leading into the game, 368 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 5: all the talk was that Cameron hadn't been running the 369 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 5: ball much and had just lost the Shandier speed and 370 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 5: did he still have the magic? Was he still going 371 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 5: to be able to produce that level? And he just 372 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 5: went out shot the lights out in you so well. 373 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 5: So I think they won fifty two to six or 374 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:06,360 Speaker 5: something like that, but it wasn't good, not for us, 375 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 5: but Cameron will always be remembered as just an out 376 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 5: and out winner. 377 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,200 Speaker 10: Can I give one more quick wrap? Brett Kenny? 378 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:15,920 Speaker 4: Yeah? 379 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 10: What do I watch him as a kid. 380 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 6: He's the most naturally gifted rugby league player I've seen 381 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,159 Speaker 6: in my life, and I've covered the game for thirty 382 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 6: five years now. There was no more gifted player, as 383 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 6: in a player born to play football than Brett Kenny. 384 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 6: There might have been better players, there might have been 385 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:37,400 Speaker 6: harder workers, but for natural ability, he was number one. 386 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 1: So many people players reporters also the same about Bert 387 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 1: and they say he's heavily underrated and probably should have 388 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 1: got more accolades than what he did. 389 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 10: Was in the Wally era. That's rightly a bit of. 390 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 2: Shadow a little bit. 391 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:53,200 Speaker 4: He'd probably say Brett Kenny wasn't. 392 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 5: Burt got a better record when they went head to 393 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 5: head in Origin, both wearing probablys jump up. Brett Kenny 394 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 5: beats Wally Lewis that that level. So that's the biggest 395 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:01,880 Speaker 5: compliment Ken. 396 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,200 Speaker 10: He bowled out Lewis and the awty tude Kangaroo to it. 397 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 6: Brett played six on that tour and while he was 398 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 6: on the bench and while he went away as vice. 399 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 1: Captain, one of my absolute phase, who do you reckon breath? 400 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,440 Speaker 1: I was just about to say, one of my absolute phase. 401 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 1: He's my favorite player growing up and I was lucky 402 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:19,160 Speaker 1: enough to meet him at the Bulldogs and train with him. 403 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: Bradley Clyde, Like what a machine. This guy was just 404 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 1: not only a workhorse, but he had the skill, he 405 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 1: had the footwork, he had the speed. I think he's 406 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 1: the fittest guy on the game. I mean even he 407 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: trained with us at the back end at the Bulldogs 408 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 1: days and he was an absolute machine. 409 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:35,879 Speaker 2: But he was. 410 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 1: Remember once I went to an Origin and you know 411 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 1: when you get down to the fence as a young kid, 412 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: I was only probably five to six Haven eight whenever 413 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: I was and I got a high five from him, 414 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 1: and I didn't have a shower for a few days 415 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: because honestly, I didn't want to. 416 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 2: Wipe his hand off mine. That's how much I loved him. 417 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 3: But he's what a player I think eighteen came in. 418 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:57,360 Speaker 3: I think he played State of Origin one a Grand Final. 419 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:58,400 Speaker 4: Played for Australia. 420 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:00,119 Speaker 3: He was the first guy that would get back, can 421 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 3: play and take play too. So how Billy Slater changed 422 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 3: the way fullbacks, He changed the way back rollers had 423 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 3: to play footy. And then I was coming through at 424 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 3: the time. I think I'm a few years younger than him. 425 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 3: But the chase Bradley Clyde and to play with him, 426 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 3: it's just unbelievable how he used to play. And I 427 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 3: don't think there's been a thirteen or locknumber that I've watched. 428 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 6: You spect to Lourie Daily, He's played with everybody who's 429 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 6: who have rugged the league and he says Bradley Clyde is, 430 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 6: without doubt the best player I've ever played with. 431 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 2: That's a fair that says it all, doesn't it all? 432 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 4: Right? 433 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 1: Round twenty five kicks off a like card Oval tomorrow 434 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 1: night and mainly. Coach Anthony sebol says Luke Brooks is 435 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:39,639 Speaker 1: prepared for a hostile homecoming. 436 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 2: But Brooks, he's pretty understated. 437 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 14: So the guy, you know, he's a really good, good 438 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:49,119 Speaker 14: person off the field, but he's a quiet guy. You know, 439 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 14: he's just got about his business as normal. I feel 440 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 14: like he's really grown in confidence. I think some of 441 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,159 Speaker 14: his performances over the last little period of time have 442 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 14: been very, very good. 443 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: Adam Dewey, who is saying that he wants the crowds 444 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: boot books the exception to there. 445 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 14: Yeah, yeah, well Adam's a good guy and yeah, look, 446 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,680 Speaker 14: the Tigers supported are very passionate, so you know they'll 447 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 14: turn up in their numbers on tomorrow night and they'll 448 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 14: probably give. 449 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:17,119 Speaker 2: Brooks a reception. 450 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 14: They probably gave him a bitter reception at times when 451 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:19,920 Speaker 14: he played for the. 452 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 4: Club as well. 453 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 2: But yeah, that's all part of the game. 454 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 14: It's it's almost done in in the right way and 455 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 14: in sort of that good natured way. 456 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, yes, Tigers fans West Tigers fans are very passionate 457 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:35,119 Speaker 1: and there's no doubt Luke Brooks was going to receive 458 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,919 Speaker 1: a frosty reception tomorrow night. It was a little bit 459 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 1: of a messy finish to his career there at the 460 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 1: West Tigers. 461 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 2: But really Luke Brooks has had the last laugh here. 462 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 1: He's going to be playing his first final series ever 463 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 1: in which he couldn't do it the Tigers, and he's 464 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: kind of reinvented, rejuvenated his career since moving to merely. 465 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 5: Of all the current NRL players, Luke Brooks has played 466 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 5: more games than any other, and not for Chard in 467 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 5: a final. So there is some justice there, I think 468 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,159 Speaker 5: for Luke. He carried that side for a number of 469 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 5: years and had to wear all sorts of bullets and barbs. 470 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 5: A lot of it was warranted, a lot of it 471 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 5: was fair, but at times it did get quite heated 472 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 5: and quite personal. I got no doubt that the crowd 473 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 5: there tomorrow will be absolutely winding up and giving. 474 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 4: Him plenty of working standing on the hill. 475 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:24,360 Speaker 5: And I'll be on the hill tomorrow, not Gordy. 476 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 2: Let's be honest. 477 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,400 Speaker 1: It's not like the West Tigers have kicked on since 478 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,639 Speaker 1: he's left either. They like it's so he might have 479 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 1: been copying it for years and maybe it wasn't himself. 480 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:40,439 Speaker 6: If they boo him, they are kidding himself when he 481 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,520 Speaker 6: put his heart and soul on of that joint. 482 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:43,119 Speaker 10: Didn't win. 483 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,360 Speaker 3: Fans are supposed to do, Gordy, he did you see 484 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 3: when Sunny Bill come back and played against the dogs. 485 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 4: I went back plaid against the Dragons. That's what happened. 486 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 6: But I'm not suggesting fans shouldn't boo players. But I'm 487 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 6: saying Luke Brooks's case. He stayed there for ten years ago. 488 00:21:58,800 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 2: It is Talus the trainer. 489 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,680 Speaker 3: Well yeah, that wasn't good, But Da've got it right 490 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 3: and I love it right mate, I'm saying, so I 491 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:07,439 Speaker 3: throwing fifty cent pieces at me, that was zimm and 492 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 3: past my head. They'll throwing apples and the police, mate, 493 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 3: and the police were handled on back, the apples and 494 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 3: the chicken bones. They hit me with everything, the dragon. 495 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 5: With the flowing locks. But now on Luke Brooks, look, 496 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,360 Speaker 5: you're right, Braith. He has been able to rejuvenate his 497 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,360 Speaker 5: career and the opportunity of this created at Mainly I'm 498 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 5: happy for Luke Brooks. He was a punching bag for 499 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 5: many years at West Tigers because of the pay packet 500 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 5: that he was on, because of the role that he 501 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 5: was in as the number seven and the conductor of 502 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,959 Speaker 5: the side. If I'm him, I'd be putting the barbecue 503 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker 5: that the previous administration gave him. 504 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 2: In the back of the ute, right. 505 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 5: I dropped that off at like ard Ovile, So you 506 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 5: guys can keep this. I don't think he's even started 507 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 5: it yet, and I'd be heading into the finals with me. 508 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 4: No, you didn't get a gas bottle with it. 509 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:51,680 Speaker 2: They left that out. Where is that? 510 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 4: But look where they look for the big woods. He 511 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 4: went there and we showed the footage last night. They 512 00:22:59,040 --> 00:22:59,640 Speaker 4: boot him and. 513 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: In sign of his house, James boot every time I 514 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 1: touched the ball. 515 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,720 Speaker 2: It's just part of it, you know, you kind of 516 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:08,399 Speaker 2: laughing off. 517 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:11,879 Speaker 5: James, Tedesco, Mitchell Moses, They've all had similar receptions when 518 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 5: they've returned there. 519 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 2: It's all part of the game. 520 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 4: I got boot at every ground. 521 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 10: I just didn't like you, I know, all right, I 522 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 10: heard it. 523 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: As for the Tigers, they've got bigger problems than Luke Brooks, 524 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 1: namely avoiding their third straight Wooden spoon. 525 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 15: Yeah, of course, yeah, no one likes to win it. 526 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 15: But at the same time, we're still fighting for sixteenth 527 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 15: and seventeenth, which is not where we want to be. Obviously, 528 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 15: you know, but we are where we are and we 529 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 15: want to do our best trying get to win this week. Well, 530 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 15: it's the elephant in the room. Like you know, if 531 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 15: you don't talk about it, what do you get out 532 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:48,199 Speaker 15: of it? So we might just address it. And we 533 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 15: all agreed that we didn't want to get it, but 534 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 15: at the same time, like we still a lot of 535 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 15: work to do to avoid it. But again we've got 536 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 15: to win tomorrow. 537 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it had to be addressed. Well said 538 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 1: there from Benji Marshall. That win last week against the 539 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 1: Bunnies is he's got them in a position where they 540 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 1: can avoid their third straight wooden spoon and to be 541 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: gay like against Manly who are traveling well at the moment. 542 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 2: What about the Tigers dog? What have he thought about them? 543 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:13,159 Speaker 6: My elephant in the room is not so much the 544 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,639 Speaker 6: wooden spoon this year. My elephant in the room is 545 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,640 Speaker 6: the first six to eight rounds next year. 546 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 10: Benji's been there for two years now. 547 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:24,120 Speaker 6: He wasn't head coach last year or beat Most people thought. 548 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:25,120 Speaker 10: He was pulling the strings. 549 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:30,360 Speaker 6: In two years they've won nine games nine If they 550 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 6: start pauling next year, I'm not suggesting Benzi will be sacked, 551 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 6: but I am suggesting that club management might now start 552 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 6: to say, Okay, we need to see some improvement here. 553 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 6: Otherwise changes have to be made. 554 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 4: Have we saw enough out of the kids? 555 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 3: Because they're young and they've got a taste, they've got 556 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,920 Speaker 3: a whole precession, you think that they should go a 557 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,200 Speaker 3: little bit better with a little bit of first grade 558 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 3: that they've got this year. 559 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,680 Speaker 5: The positives are Jering Buller is injured at the moment, 560 00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 5: but he's clearly marked his name down as he is 561 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:02,399 Speaker 5: going to develop in or superstar. Galvin looks a player 562 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 5: of the future. Some of those passes he threw for 563 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,160 Speaker 5: Trials in that victory against South were as good as 564 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:10,640 Speaker 5: you'll see. Happy Chius Out is just an absolute rock 565 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 5: right who holds aside together. And then you can look 566 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 5: at like the edge back row as Samuel Finu. There's 567 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:20,080 Speaker 5: been improvement in some of the younger generation of players 568 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:24,200 Speaker 5: across the board. I think Benji's okay next year, but 569 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 5: I think if the results continue to go down the 570 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 5: same trajectory as they have over the last three seasons. 571 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 5: With Jerome Lewi and with Sonny Taruva also into the. 572 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,359 Speaker 2: That kind of feeds into Dog's point. 573 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:39,680 Speaker 1: There is that with those players improving, which they seem 574 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 1: to have improved, and then Jerome Leui coming to the club, 575 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 1: they'd want to see some results early on next year, 576 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,359 Speaker 1: and if they don't, then you're suggesting the drums might 577 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:49,879 Speaker 1: be beating that. 578 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 10: Well, I'm just saying, Broth. 579 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,879 Speaker 6: If you were a director, or you were in the 580 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,919 Speaker 6: club management, or a fan or a fan, yeah, I 581 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 6: mean I can say this. I know there's some high 582 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 6: people at the West Tigers who are still waiting quote 583 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 6: unquote to see whether Benji can coach. Have we seen 584 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:07,200 Speaker 6: it yet? I can't see a lot of improvement. Whops, 585 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 6: you said there's improvement. Yes, here's kids coming through, But 586 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:13,440 Speaker 6: there's no category on a competition ladder that says kids 587 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,000 Speaker 6: coming through. It says W and L, and there's more 588 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 6: L than W. 589 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 5: When you looked at that roster at the start of 590 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:19,880 Speaker 5: the season, they bulldog they. 591 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 10: Were where did they're a semi side? 592 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 5: No? I did you think that they'd be competing for 593 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 5: anything other than the spoon? 594 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 4: No? 595 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 6: But I did think that the new Benji era, which 596 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,959 Speaker 6: was thrown at us with plenty of fanfare, might produce 597 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 6: something than what we're seeing right now. 598 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 3: I didn't think the Dragons were and I didn't think 599 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 3: the Dogs would be going as well. I thought the 600 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 3: Dogs were chances, you know, sitting around the eight, I 601 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:46,439 Speaker 3: didn't think the Dogs would be going well. 602 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 5: For examples of good coaching, Clearly they made changes and 603 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:52,720 Speaker 5: it didn't work out for Cameron Serraldo in his first 604 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,240 Speaker 5: season at Canterbury banks Down, but he made more adjustments 605 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,400 Speaker 5: over the summer and they got it right. He brought 606 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 5: players in Lewis is a huge sign for the Tigers. 607 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 5: I don't think we're going to underestimate that. I reckon 608 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 5: we've got to give Benji a little bit of latitude brought. 609 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,680 Speaker 10: On around six or eight. 610 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 1: We deserves a full season next year. But you know, 611 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:14,600 Speaker 1: if there's no doubt that if they struggle like they 612 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:16,919 Speaker 1: have this year next year for the majority of the season, 613 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 1: certain you'll be in trouble, especially. 614 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:22,359 Speaker 5: When you've got coaches like Sam Burgess over in England 615 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,159 Speaker 5: having as much success as Ease. Willie Peters is on 616 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,119 Speaker 5: fire over in England at the moment, with a roster 617 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,639 Speaker 5: that I don't think anybody expected to do anything. So 618 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 5: there's always options. 619 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 1: Speaking of Sam Burgess, let's cross back to the SCG 620 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:38,360 Speaker 1: Lara pitt Is with the twenty fourteen Clive Churchill Medallist. 621 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 7: Well, he's the first Englishman to be inducted into Rugby 622 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 7: League's Hall of Fame and he's made, of course the 623 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 7: very special trip out to be he Sammy Burgers. A 624 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,159 Speaker 7: bit of jet lag, but absolutely worth it. What does 625 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 7: it mean to the boy from Jewsbury to have this honor? 626 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 16: Yeah, it's actually thrilled to be here first and also 627 00:27:56,840 --> 00:28:02,119 Speaker 16: thrilled to be inducted. Really, to be honest, we're totally honest, 628 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 16: but not many things made me almost like chuffed, But 629 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,639 Speaker 16: I was really chuffed, really, and I was over the 630 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 16: moon when I spoke to Graham over the phone and 631 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:18,399 Speaker 16: then the opportunity to come back. Peter was brilliant in 632 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,159 Speaker 16: making sure I could get back and it could make 633 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,760 Speaker 16: it work in the schedule. So yeah, it's great. I 634 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:25,800 Speaker 16: got my mom with me tonight. She's over the moon 635 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,760 Speaker 16: as well. She's happy. But yeah, jet like, I don't 636 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:30,159 Speaker 16: know what day is, I don't know what time it is. 637 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:32,119 Speaker 2: Happy to be here. 638 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:35,520 Speaker 7: You're inducted alongside your South's teammate g I can you 639 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 7: believe nearly a decade, a decade since that heroic premiership. 640 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 11: Yeah, it's unbelievable. 641 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:42,760 Speaker 16: Earlier, I'm not seeing a lot of great since we 642 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:46,640 Speaker 16: sort of both finished. But I went to Bondi Junction 643 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 16: yesterday to see MG Ball and first block I bumped 644 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 16: into in Australia's great English. 645 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 11: He's doing the same thing. So yeah, I was like, 646 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 11: oh wow, it's great to see him. It was almost 647 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:58,760 Speaker 11: the first block I saw off the flight, so. 648 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 4: It's great to see him. 649 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 11: And I'm thrilled that I said to him yesterday. 650 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 16: Actually I said when I got the call to be inducted, 651 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 16: I was really nervous. I better help Gregg's in because 652 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 16: if his not, I'm going to step back and give 653 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 16: it to him because I have. 654 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 2: Felt really embarrassed. 655 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 16: But now he's such a phenomenal player, and I think 656 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 16: all of the especially in our era, the ones that 657 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 16: have been selected, just such amazing players. 658 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:29,360 Speaker 11: So I was, yeah, I was absolutely thrilled. 659 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:30,480 Speaker 9: You've got two jobs tonight. 660 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 7: You're going to get your jacket and you've been given 661 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 7: the late call up for the great man himself, Wayne Bennett. 662 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:36,440 Speaker 4: Yeah. 663 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 11: Well, Wayne rang me this morning, said well you collect 664 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:39,320 Speaker 11: my jacket for me. 665 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 4: Said, you can't make it. 666 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:43,959 Speaker 16: Unfortunately, it had been great to see him because obviously 667 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:44,880 Speaker 16: great friends with him. 668 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 11: But yeah, I collecked his jacket. 669 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:49,200 Speaker 16: I collected his jacket, and in Wayne style, I won't 670 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 16: say too much. 671 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,080 Speaker 11: Yeah, yeah, I keep it shorting. 672 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:54,080 Speaker 7: So yeah, okay, and then you've got to get quickly 673 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:55,600 Speaker 7: back on the play because you're the game on Friday. 674 00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:56,040 Speaker 9: Is that right? 675 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,480 Speaker 16: Yeah, that's right. We play Friday night back in Super League. 676 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 16: We've got Castle for the over there. So my staff 677 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,200 Speaker 16: have been great, they've run the week. My team are 678 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:07,760 Speaker 16: actually they're really we're really in a good little swing 679 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,480 Speaker 16: at the moment, so the things are just running themselves. 680 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,520 Speaker 16: I senior guards are taking over, so it's a lot 681 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 16: of the opportunity to come back. But we've got a 682 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:18,760 Speaker 16: big game Friday night and chasing the top spot really, 683 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:21,240 Speaker 16: so it's been an exciting time. 684 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 9: It's an exciting time. 685 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 7: And congratulations you dashed back to Sydney, take that Hall 686 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 7: of Fame jacket with you back to the UK and 687 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:27,960 Speaker 7: enjoyed the moment. 688 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:28,280 Speaker 4: Yeah. 689 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 1: Thanks, Lara, the great semi Burgess, the first Pomme inducted 690 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 1: into the Nerl Hall of Fame. He gave me call 691 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,360 Speaker 1: this morning. Actually he's very excited. He made the quick 692 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,520 Speaker 1: trip over and as Lara just alluded to, he's got 693 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 1: to get back for his for Warrington and only a 694 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:43,440 Speaker 1: couple of days. 695 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 2: What a big effort to get here. 696 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:46,800 Speaker 1: But what a player, what a beast, what a machine, 697 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: what an intimidator. 698 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 2: One of the great TV games. Gordy. 699 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:53,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think to play on the edge to come out. 700 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 3: I remember when he landed, he was twenty one, he 701 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:58,440 Speaker 3: was at South was absolutely outstanding. Play on the edge 702 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,320 Speaker 3: and be devastating playing the mill and be as tough 703 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:04,640 Speaker 3: and ferosius as anybody that's played the game. And he's 704 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 3: a leader of men. There's one thing about Sam. He's 705 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,840 Speaker 3: a leader of men. He always took on the bullies, 706 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:12,320 Speaker 3: which I'd love to have played with him. 707 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:14,640 Speaker 5: One of the best compliments I've heard anyone give Sam 708 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 5: was when Bobby McCarthy said he would have made any 709 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,320 Speaker 5: South Sydney pack of any era. And you think of 710 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:23,920 Speaker 5: all the champing forwards from Sadler to O'Neill to Coote 711 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 5: the McCarthy for him to get that rap, that just 712 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:30,200 Speaker 5: underlines the impact that Sam had on that club and 713 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 5: also the narrative of the way he was able to 714 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:36,640 Speaker 5: help the Bunny smash that forty three season premiership drought. 715 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,000 Speaker 5: Those scenes will never ever be forgotten. 716 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,240 Speaker 6: You look at him, Hoops, he was, as you said, 717 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:43,920 Speaker 6: both just a beast. But he would have, no doubt 718 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:46,920 Speaker 6: made that pack the late sixties early seventies which had 719 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:49,920 Speaker 6: O'Neills and the Settlers, et cetera. He was as good 720 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 6: he would have made that pack, And that alone is 721 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 6: the highest acolade you can give a penny. 722 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:54,239 Speaker 2: We've got. 723 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:58,080 Speaker 1: He's got two jobs tonight. He's picked up jacket. 724 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,320 Speaker 3: I'm a little bit disappointed for the game because I've 725 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 3: been to so many Broncos presentations. When Wayne talks, it's 726 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 3: just it's so beautiful about the game, and I know 727 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 3: what it means to him. And when you've got Sam 728 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 3: flying out from England that's made a rush trip and 729 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:14,920 Speaker 3: I jump on the plane every week for work, and 730 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 3: I know it can be a pain in the bottom, 731 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,479 Speaker 3: you know, when you're coaching and you're but you know 732 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 3: the respect for the game is Wayne coming there and 733 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:24,400 Speaker 3: grabbing that jacket because I know how much he loves 734 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 3: the game and what the game's meant to him. I 735 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:29,640 Speaker 3: think I'm a little bit disappointed for Way not talking 736 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:31,680 Speaker 3: and getting up there and getting the jacket in front 737 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:33,120 Speaker 3: of all those people. 738 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,560 Speaker 2: All Right, thank you, hoops, straight work, bulldog, one of 739 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:37,280 Speaker 2: your best. Thank you. 740 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:39,560 Speaker 1: All right up next to the Legends Agenda with Jeff 741 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:41,480 Speaker 1: Tuvy and Billy Moore, and as we count down to 742 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:45,200 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame ceremony where the games next Immortal 743 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:46,760 Speaker 1: will be revealed,