WEBVTT - 🏉 NRL Analysis - Cameron Ciraldo's transformative coaching 

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<v Speaker 1>Better than the legal better than lego coops, the two

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<v Speaker 1>eliminated terms. The Dog's best story of the season. Uh

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<v Speaker 1>Cameron Serrella wented the season under a degree of pressure,

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<v Speaker 1>probably self imposed, probably pressure on himself. Made he was

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<v Speaker 1>He was fantastic. He's proven himself as the coach.

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<v Speaker 2>Every thought he was the worst defensive team last year.

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<v Speaker 2>Shot to the top of the defensive sharts and for

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<v Speaker 2>the majority of that game where the dominant team and

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<v Speaker 2>probably should have gone on to win. He changed the

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<v Speaker 2>style in terms of he went after let's say, character

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<v Speaker 2>and workers and guys who could tackle, move, be effective

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<v Speaker 2>as opposed to sort of talent and size. I thought,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, there are a couple of I thought Kickout

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<v Speaker 2>was tremendous. Like I thought, he's balanced between intimidation defensively

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<v Speaker 2>running the ball into halfbacks. But then some of the

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<v Speaker 2>skill that he can transfer across and south the outside

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<v Speaker 2>that I thought he was terrific. But I'll tell you what.

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<v Speaker 2>Their halves need more experience in big games because a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of their decisions cost them big time.

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<v Speaker 3>Yesterday in that second half.

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<v Speaker 2>They had a howling win behind their back, and all

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<v Speaker 2>they needed to do in that second half when things

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<v Speaker 2>got a bit crazy. Was kick earlier a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>times forced Manly to come off their trial one more

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<v Speaker 2>then give away a penalty, kick out, charge down and

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of errors that allowed those two tries to

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<v Speaker 2>Manly to win it. If they had a few more

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<v Speaker 2>big game experience, I think there's a few different changes

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<v Speaker 2>they probably.

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<v Speaker 3>Going to win that.

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<v Speaker 1>You're right, there were little moments in that second half

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<v Speaker 1>I see, like Josh Current to push that time to

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<v Speaker 1>the ground, your field positions like to give that away.

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<v Speaker 1>That's aggression, just billing over an ill disciplined.

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<v Speaker 2>So Manly, we're never going to get out of there

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<v Speaker 2>and end with that wind in their face. The only

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<v Speaker 2>way they were going to get out was through errors

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<v Speaker 2>and penalties from the Dogs, and that last play like

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<v Speaker 2>a trick like that was the only way they're going

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<v Speaker 2>to get out. If burn had had kicked earlier a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of occasions, I think it's a different result.

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<v Speaker 1>Right the Knights. Like last season, the best football come

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<v Speaker 1>at the back end of the year. But I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's time for the Knights. It's time to take that

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<v Speaker 1>next step.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I agree, crept.

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<v Speaker 1>Into the finals, but still haven't been able to really

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<v Speaker 1>establish themselves as a finals team, if that makes sense.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't go back as far as you, but I'll

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<v Speaker 2>tell you what exc Calen Ponger. That is the best

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<v Speaker 2>individual performance from a losing team in the final I

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<v Speaker 2>have seen.

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<v Speaker 1>Been phenomenal.

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<v Speaker 3>He was so good.

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<v Speaker 2>He was Yeah, he was all forms of Superman for

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<v Speaker 2>the Knights on the weekend was he was tremendous. And

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<v Speaker 2>if they're going to do that next step, he needs

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<v Speaker 2>a bit to help.

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<v Speaker 3>They need they need.

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<v Speaker 2>A half like I think, look, Cogger's probably got, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the fundamentals of the other half. It could be that

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<v Speaker 2>ConTroll in seven kick and create and provide space. But

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<v Speaker 2>they need someone else that's a little bit not as

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<v Speaker 2>dynamic as Kailyn because there's no one else around.

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<v Speaker 3>But they need.

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<v Speaker 2>Someone to compliment Kaylan with the footwork, the speed, the

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<v Speaker 2>break in the lines. Just something he can help on

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<v Speaker 2>the other side of the rock, because if Kaitlin doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>do it, and Bradman Best doesn't do it, there's not

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<v Speaker 2>enough more athleticism in around that spine ball plan that

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<v Speaker 2>can create that plan.

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<v Speaker 3>B Yeah, I'll tell you what. When plan it works

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<v Speaker 3>with Kaylen.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right, it's so good, you know, off the big

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<v Speaker 1>off season coming up capwise too, I mean off the field,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of stuff to do. That.

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<v Speaker 3>That's the thing that we don't have any insight too. Right.

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<v Speaker 2>It's easy for us to say, look, get a half

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<v Speaker 2>or whatever, but they've obviously got some issues there. But

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<v Speaker 2>if they are to take that next step, I think

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<v Speaker 2>they need to find what out there, what their best

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<v Speaker 2>spine is. I think Cogga's the obvious one, but there

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<v Speaker 2>needs to be someone else that steps up that can

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<v Speaker 2>compliment that.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of the selections were unusual, like this year. You

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<v Speaker 1>know that they just chopped and changed with the spine,

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<v Speaker 1>which made it very hard to form combinations and the

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<v Speaker 1>core of the side, including I thought the Phoenix Crosslan

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<v Speaker 1>was having a storm of a year in dummy halfs

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<v Speaker 1>and then suddenly plucked out of there and put in seven.

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<v Speaker 2>I get why we critique coaches for chopping and changing,

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<v Speaker 2>but also put it back on the players. No one

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<v Speaker 2>stands up and grabs it. There's an opportunity there, Yep,

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<v Speaker 2>there's the seven jersey, it's yours. Six weeks later you change, Well,

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<v Speaker 2>something happened that play didn't grabbed that opportunity and then

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<v Speaker 2>I get it. So maybe the carrot was there to

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<v Speaker 2>be dangled and no one really took it.

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<v Speaker 1>For Dylan Lucas was the best place. Kal was the

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<v Speaker 1>best player. I thought he was. He was terrific.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, very very good.

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<v Speaker 1>Dependth and the storm week one, how good? Well, how good?

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<v Speaker 1>Honestly man so good. Before we talk about na Isaiah,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought his performance was fantastic, very selfless performance because

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<v Speaker 1>he had Jerome Lewy in career best form, Nathan coming back,

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<v Speaker 1>and so I think in his own mind, I think

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<v Speaker 1>you thought, well, you know, I don't need to be

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<v Speaker 1>out there trying to create with my passing game still

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of it, but it was his running game.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the best running performance from Isaiah of just about soon.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think the word you use was selfless. And

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<v Speaker 2>even the Melbourne Storm like that on the weekend, when

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<v Speaker 2>one of your gun players is on play your role,

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<v Speaker 2>let that person go and then when you get an

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<v Speaker 2>opportunity you might be able to take advantage of it.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, in terms of Isaiah, they always say that

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<v Speaker 2>he's the distributor and the connector. Well, they just played

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<v Speaker 2>the power game and punched the roosters first and they're

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<v Speaker 2>on the back foot from where we go, and he

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<v Speaker 2>just went with it. While Nathan was kicking, Jerome Leui

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<v Speaker 2>was dancing and running the selfless team first mentality of

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<v Speaker 2>both Penrith and Melbourne on the weekend with their spine

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<v Speaker 2>players was pretty impressive.

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<v Speaker 1>And Nathan he hasn't already or before, he certainly has

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<v Speaker 1>entered that next realm.

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<v Speaker 3>When the best was there another realm for him to enter.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't maybe what you know, but when you sit there,

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<v Speaker 1>oftentimes people say, right, who's the best?

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<v Speaker 2>Ever?

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<v Speaker 1>They go It was a Joey was a Wally is

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<v Speaker 1>a JT you know. But Cameron Smith of course now

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<v Speaker 1>he's in that discussion.

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<v Speaker 2>One thing I will say about Nathan is he understands

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<v Speaker 2>his influence and impact for a guy that had a

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<v Speaker 2>left shoulder injury, who's coming up against and all the

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<v Speaker 2>talk was Angus Crichton dominated him. His first tackle on

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<v Speaker 2>Lindsey Collins, he didn't go to the wing, he went

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<v Speaker 2>straight to his normal position, whacked him with the left shower,

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<v Speaker 2>then went into Angus the next time that basically said

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<v Speaker 2>to the roosters will try and target me, I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to come at you first and told the rest of

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<v Speaker 2>his teammates said, hey, listen, we're going to dominate this way,

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<v Speaker 2>and if I'm going to tell you to do it,

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<v Speaker 2>follow me time.

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<v Speaker 3>Like it was a his performance.

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<v Speaker 2>Physically was, but his spirit and sort of ability to

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<v Speaker 2>tell everyone else what's happening it was pretty impressive as well.

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<v Speaker 1>And look at it when I say this, I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>insinuating players are soft, but there are some players that

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<v Speaker 1>just can't quite play with injury. And then you got

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<v Speaker 1>a bloke by Nathan and other players you could just compartmentalize,

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<v Speaker 1>can get out there and play a few times in

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<v Speaker 1>the game like Crean is doing. Oh surely you know

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<v Speaker 1>that we ran ran the charge down fell on a

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<v Speaker 1>loose ball. I'm thinking made Yeah, I was half expecting

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<v Speaker 1>it up and hold it.

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<v Speaker 3>Just you watch it closely. There's issues there.

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<v Speaker 2>He does go to grab a ball at one stage

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<v Speaker 2>pull it back, he does go to fall and rolls,

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<v Speaker 2>so there's a couple of things that he's very much aware.

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<v Speaker 2>But from the surface level he didn't give any indication.

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<v Speaker 2>But there's still an injury because there was a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of times where the ball was loose, they didn't actually

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<v Speaker 2>extend to grab it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, beautifully balanced spine. I mean clear is the centerpiece.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got to dill in there would who can play

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<v Speaker 1>like an extra forward, who just basically confustantly great.

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<v Speaker 2>He went up a level two millin like it's been

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<v Speaker 2>a big if him with Origin. Played rep foot at

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<v Speaker 2>the back end of last year and he had that

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<v Speaker 2>leg injury, but he was he was great, Like there

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<v Speaker 2>was something in the water out at Penrith for that.

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<v Speaker 1>First half over the oak Milk, Newcastle, Hexham shout out

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<v Speaker 1>of the hexam hornets the storm.

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<v Speaker 3>On the other side.

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<v Speaker 2>You talk about the impact of Cleary, there's a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of things in terms of Monsters in his career. When

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<v Speaker 2>he's dialed in, he runs the ball early in contests.

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<v Speaker 2>In his Big Origin debut, this is when he did

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<v Speaker 2>first run early in the contest. Cameron Monster doesn't wait

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<v Speaker 2>for the game, he goes to him. This was his

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<v Speaker 2>debut in seventeen. Look at the time here Game three

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<v Speaker 2>Origin Decider at Suncourt. Twenty seconds, second player of the game.

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<v Speaker 2>He's running the football. And then on the weekend, what's

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<v Speaker 2>months to do? Gets in the dummy art with a

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<v Speaker 2>minute less than two minutes. He uses up Big Nelson

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<v Speaker 2>and runs the footage.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>If there's one thing you try and stop with Melbourne,

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<v Speaker 2>you have to stop their harves from running the football.

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<v Speaker 2>But the bigger the game, the more monster runs. He

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<v Speaker 2>had seventeen cars on the weekend. Wow, seventeen carriage.

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<v Speaker 1>You're right, early on he sets his compass. I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to run the football. Just that's my tip. That's all

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to do. You know it was coops. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I was sitting there watching the game yesterday. I'm sorry

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<v Speaker 1>on Saturday, the Melbourne storm and look at the fourth crowd.

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<v Speaker 1>I went, I went to Melbourne. It's run. That organization

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<v Speaker 1>has done an incredible job. I remember going to Melbourne

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<v Speaker 1>for the first time in the early nineties. Rugby league

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<v Speaker 1>had no presence. It was almost like this foreign game.

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<v Speaker 1>And now the way that they've sold the game to

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<v Speaker 1>the Melbourne public, the way the Melbourne public have got

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<v Speaker 1>behind your club was amazing. And the Ears they just

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<v Speaker 1>don't they just don't subside. I mean the area has

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<v Speaker 1>got He had the Lazo naughty Nick how E when

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<v Speaker 1>they win the Company ninety nine under Chris Anderson. Then

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<v Speaker 1>you got the Kronk English Smith slay up Bellamy era

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<v Speaker 1>and now the next year again is Hughes, Munster, Grant, Pappenhausen,

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<v Speaker 1>Bellamire remains. But to be able to stay on top

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<v Speaker 1>all the time every time when you blokes retired Coops,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought to myself, so this is really it's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be a really testing time for Melbourne. How are

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<v Speaker 1>they going to go if suddenly they start to slip

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<v Speaker 1>down to the mid table, will they still get support

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<v Speaker 1>in Melbourne? They're showing no signs of going back.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, winning is king and consistency is the thing that

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<v Speaker 2>underpins Melbourne Storm for Craig's tenure anyway, So he is

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<v Speaker 2>the key to all that, is the consistent part of

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<v Speaker 2>all that. And I'll tell you what, like Penrith through

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<v Speaker 2>the first puncher made a statement in the first half

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four nilm and what Melbourne responded with the next

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<v Speaker 2>day was like, okay, well these two teams are on collision.

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<v Speaker 2>Cause I really liked what Melbourne in that second half

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<v Speaker 2>really shut down the Sharks, suffocate them and their best

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<v Speaker 2>players a bit like Isaiao, Cleary and Leui. When Munster

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<v Speaker 2>was on, they let him go. Then all of a

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<v Speaker 2>sudden the game shifted. Harry Grant scores three try starts

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<v Speaker 2>getting the craft, so they stepped back and then Jerome

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<v Speaker 2>Hughes come up with a couple of big players, so

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<v Speaker 2>they are a team first mentality spine. A lot of

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<v Speaker 2>teams could learn a lot of lessons from away their

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<v Speaker 2>spine operation.

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<v Speaker 1>Got interviewed Nathan Clear at the start of the year

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast and he said a turning point for that

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<v Speaker 1>playing group was when they're beaten by Melbourne in the

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<v Speaker 1>Grand Final. He said when they went back and had

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<v Speaker 1>a look at the tape, he said it was clear

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<v Speaker 1>to them that they were completely bullied. He said Melbourne

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<v Speaker 1>played like men, were playing like boys. He said, they

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<v Speaker 1>completely bullied us, and he said we made a decision

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<v Speaker 1>right there, no one will bully this again. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to bully team. So that's when they started

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<v Speaker 1>to get a bit of criticism for pushing it, but

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<v Speaker 1>that was them establishing them solt of saying this is

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<v Speaker 1>what we're about. No one will stand over us, and.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why we spoke about this before. Paramatter should have

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<v Speaker 2>done exactly the same thing when they lost to Penrith,

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<v Speaker 2>but they didn't. They started going backwards and played the

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<v Speaker 2>spoon ball and if the Broncos don't fix up their issues.

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<v Speaker 3>They should have.

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<v Speaker 2>Judged what went wrong in that Grand Final because Penrith

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<v Speaker 2>did it. And they've gone like that since Melbourne of

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<v Speaker 2>whenever they've lost one have worked out what went wrong

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<v Speaker 2>and they've addressed it and gone that way. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>where the separation in the ladder.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, it'll be interesting that they meet each other in

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<v Speaker 1>the Grand Final. It's almost full for you. And what's

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<v Speaker 1>remarkable about both those clubs is we seen with the

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<v Speaker 1>Broncos how tricky success can be. Coops. All the adulation,

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<v Speaker 1>you know.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not trigger at all. It's it's team first. It's

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<v Speaker 2>whatever helps the team trick better.

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<v Speaker 1>Not trigging for you with your personally grigging. I get

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<v Speaker 1>that for some people. You know, every year it wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>trigging for me. Too much success every year success, stop talking,

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<v Speaker 1>stop laughing.

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<v Speaker 2>Every year every team decides they want to win the trophy, right,

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<v Speaker 2>every decision you make at the training pack on the

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<v Speaker 2>field should be based on that team lifting that not

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<v Speaker 2>what can you get out.

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<v Speaker 3>Of the whole situation?

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<v Speaker 1>Sounds easy? Sounds yeah, manly that that particular playing group.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's their greatest win one of those games,

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<v Speaker 1>not their greatest performance, but what they what they're up against,

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<v Speaker 1>the whole crowd against them, and for most of the game,

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<v Speaker 1>Dogs had the whip hand, And I think it's the

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<v Speaker 1>sort of game that the belief can give you a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of momentum going through the rest of the final series.

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<v Speaker 1>Tom Travoievich early in the game Coups, I thought, he's

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<v Speaker 1>not going to be able to get through this job.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, talking about that playing group, one of

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<v Speaker 1>their greatest performances for Tom, not one of his greatest performances,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think one of his most important ones, given

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that he was nowhere near one hundred percent fit.

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<v Speaker 1>He was really struggling. But when they knewed it turned

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<v Speaker 1>it on.

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<v Speaker 2>When Crichton scored that try, you could see wanted to

0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:10.920
<v Speaker 2>extend that arm rolled over. He was obviously in pain.

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<v Speaker 2>Got another injection and more padding in at halftime. But

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<v Speaker 2>someone like him, it's like the presence, right, the presence

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<v Speaker 2>of Tom you have to respect, so you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>mark him up defensively no matter what. And I loved

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<v Speaker 2>what Cherry Evans and Brooks did. They used him up

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<v Speaker 2>as a bit of a bait or a bit of

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<v Speaker 2>a decoy, and ultimately they had to come up with players.

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<v Speaker 2>We spoke about the dogs stuffing up the kicking game

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<v Speaker 2>and giving them mainly an opportunity. If mainly were to

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<v Speaker 2>capitalize with that win in front of them, they had

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<v Speaker 2>to Whenever they got one chance, they had to take it.

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<v Speaker 2>And they got two chances on the weekend and they

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<v Speaker 2>took it. It's because Brooks and Cherry Evans were great.

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<v Speaker 2>There was the scrum play here, everything set to the

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<v Speaker 2>right hand side. They get their first opportunity, and that

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<v Speaker 2>is a brilliant play for a guy that's played two

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and thirty games, not played finals match ball.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a blind pass.

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<v Speaker 3>Isn't a hell of a pass? Yeah? Yes, And if

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<v Speaker 3>anyone was going to break.

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<v Speaker 1>Open the game, that's a great shot.

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<v Speaker 2>If anyone's going to break up the game, it had

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<v Speaker 2>to be Cherry Evans. His second half was enormous, that

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<v Speaker 2>scrum play, and then the other one was the coler try.

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<v Speaker 2>The fact is they had a big breeze in front

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<v Speaker 2>of them and they weren't going to kick themselves to victory.

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<v Speaker 2>They had to come up with something. On the fifth play,

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<v Speaker 2>he runs a ball risk first reward with that offload

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<v Speaker 2>and then this is basically the try that wins in

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<v Speaker 2>the match. So Gola was speakers on the outside of

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<v Speaker 2>sexton and that's try time. But I love they had

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<v Speaker 2>two opportunities. Cherry Evans involved in both and they struck.

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<v Speaker 2>And Turbo plays a big part in here, cooked, underdone,

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<v Speaker 2>sore shoulder. But their gun players, when they needed it,

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<v Speaker 2>stood up.

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<v Speaker 1>I said this on the Sunday Night Show. He's a

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<v Speaker 1>bit of a fun fact for you, is that back

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<v Speaker 1>in the nineteenth in the seventies, well up until about

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<v Speaker 1>nine to eighty one eighty two, that's no try because

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<v Speaker 1>you could not score a try with one boot. If

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<v Speaker 1>you lost a boot, there was no try. You had

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<v Speaker 1>to score a try in full uniform.

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<v Speaker 3>What happens if you lost two boots?

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<v Speaker 1>No try, no tie. We don't talk cowboys shortly roosters.

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<v Speaker 3>I thought, what did you make of them?

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<v Speaker 1>I thought, emotionally, I thought they left in the barriers.

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<v Speaker 1>That's you know. And lotentimes people will say to you,

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<v Speaker 1>sports psychologists will get there and say, you know, before games,

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<v Speaker 1>you just got to keep yourself nice and calm, well balanced.

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<v Speaker 1>I disagree.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes, you know, we use that analogy of a heavyweight

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<v Speaker 2>boxer and you pumped up, you walk out in the

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<v Speaker 2>ring and then one on the just throws a jab,

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<v Speaker 2>hitching the nose in your eyes water. It was almost

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<v Speaker 2>like that, Like Fisher, Harris and Leota. It's like they

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<v Speaker 2>got together before the game said this is our last

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<v Speaker 2>roll together. Yep, let's do this, and just walked out

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<v Speaker 2>there and threw the first bunch and it put them

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<v Speaker 2>on the back.

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<v Speaker 1>Floor before we have a look at the first set

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<v Speaker 1>of six. Easy to say in hindsight, but at the time,

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<v Speaker 1>I know Spencer comes off the bench regularly. But Spencer

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<v Speaker 1>really he spoke through the week with a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>intent and given the fact that finals it's so essential

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<v Speaker 1>to be up emotionally, I thought he should have started

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<v Speaker 1>to match him and to match those the lead and

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<v Speaker 1>Fisher Harris, and to not get on the field until

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<v Speaker 1>it was twenty two nil. You actually his first run

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<v Speaker 1>he looked quite deflated. Yeah, you can imagine him. He's

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<v Speaker 1>pumped and he watching out try, try, Try.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. I get that.

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<v Speaker 2>But then sort of leading into the game, you're thinking, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>how can we win this?

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<v Speaker 3>What is Spencer that?

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<v Speaker 2>Like his performances in Origin were they were devastating off

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<v Speaker 2>the bench. Maybe the concept was that, you know, if

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<v Speaker 2>you can hold that game tight and Spencer comes out,

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<v Speaker 2>starts skittling defenders, gives a little bit of momentum.

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<v Speaker 3>But hindsight's of.

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<v Speaker 1>Course, we saw the Bulldogs the way they started really physical,

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<v Speaker 1>really up from emotionally. They're probably the Rooster's first set defensively,

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<v Speaker 1>and defense is what it's what it's all about, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>because when you're when you measure intent and desperation by

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<v Speaker 1>the energy you exert in defense. See like for me,

0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:19.720
<v Speaker 1>they're lacking aggression here, but this is the big one.

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<v Speaker 1>So they hit, they make their way to halfway. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a good set. But loure this Nathan Cleary, come on,

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<v Speaker 1>where's the pressure? And I mean that when I sit

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<v Speaker 1>watching the game, there I went Roosters were in trouble.

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<v Speaker 2>That play freaking Watch that again. Watch the position to do,

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<v Speaker 2>Watch the position of doing edwards, because I think they've

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<v Speaker 2>actually spotted something here in the Rooster's sort of last

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<v Speaker 2>play defense. He's sitting here, he's ready to run. He

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<v Speaker 2>is ready to run. That's the first set of a

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<v Speaker 2>big game. You're normally going to kick and chase he's

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<v Speaker 2>in a position to run here. He's only going to

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<v Speaker 2>play at the back or inside Limb Martin. Yeah, so

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<v Speaker 2>I think they just spotted something and the Rooster's defense

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<v Speaker 2>and went for it.

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<v Speaker 3>So pretty impressive.

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<v Speaker 1>There Sharks where they're disappointing. Yeh know, there was the kickoff,

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<v Speaker 1>but at the end of the day, those things can happen.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got to be able to number one defend that

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<v Speaker 1>error and number two forget about it and get on

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<v Speaker 1>with the game.

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<v Speaker 3>It pops the balloon a first thing like that.

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<v Speaker 2>But I thought they did well to get back in

0:19:20.359 --> 0:19:22.320
<v Speaker 2>and that tried just before halftime.

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<v Speaker 1>Melbourne's dominance in the first half, it was hard to

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<v Speaker 1>believe it was fourteen ten. Yeah, but what do you

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<v Speaker 1>make of their footy? I thought their football there was

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<v Speaker 1>a lack of decisiveness. And we said about this a

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<v Speaker 1>lot about the Sharks. Sharks play their best football when

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<v Speaker 1>they play direct, nice and north south power based aggression.

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<v Speaker 1>And you said before about Munster. If you want to

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<v Speaker 1>play a certain way, you've got to start. You've got

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<v Speaker 1>to set your compass right. Munster, he's a runner of

0:19:51.760 --> 0:19:54.439
<v Speaker 1>the football. He wants to play that way. First touches,

0:19:54.680 --> 0:19:58.360
<v Speaker 1>he runs. So let's talk about the Sharks. Yeah, they've

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<v Speaker 1>got to play north south. Want you have a look at

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<v Speaker 1>the this set. This is one of the first sets

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<v Speaker 1>they have. So you get a tap, tell a kite, nice,

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<v Speaker 1>nice and straight.

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<v Speaker 3>It's pretty nice.

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<v Speaker 1>That's very nice. Now, but this, you know, and you're

0:20:09.760 --> 0:20:14.119
<v Speaker 1>starting to get sideways. So next play again, first receiver

0:20:14.240 --> 0:20:18.680
<v Speaker 1>plays across. Then they come back into the middle with

0:20:18.920 --> 0:20:23.359
<v Speaker 1>nick a another first receiver play and they end up

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<v Speaker 1>making Look this next play they go again and have

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<v Speaker 1>another play and they make some meterage. But my problem

0:20:29.400 --> 0:20:32.440
<v Speaker 1>is coops for me just set their compass wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. The thing there I pick up on that is

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of first receiver play at particularly early in

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<v Speaker 2>a big game. The line speed or you know that

0:20:41.640 --> 0:20:46.720
<v Speaker 2>the opposition get involved and defensively pushes that first receiver sideways,

0:20:47.160 --> 0:20:49.800
<v Speaker 2>and if it's a half, it's first receiver most likely

0:20:49.840 --> 0:20:52.720
<v Speaker 2>not going to run. Therefore that advantage line gets taken

0:20:52.720 --> 0:20:56.080
<v Speaker 2>away a bit. It's probably why Isa does a lot

0:20:56.119 --> 0:20:59.320
<v Speaker 2>of first receiver stuff because if that line speed comes up,

0:20:59.680 --> 0:21:00.200
<v Speaker 2>he can.

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<v Speaker 1>Just run the frond the ball. That's right.

0:21:02.880 --> 0:21:05.520
<v Speaker 2>Set them their compass more north south because they use

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<v Speaker 2>their He's got to skill that not too many other

0:21:08.160 --> 0:21:10.800
<v Speaker 2>people have. But when you put it half up to

0:21:10.800 --> 0:21:13.440
<v Speaker 2>touch the ball off the first receiver to get momentum,

0:21:13.640 --> 0:21:16.400
<v Speaker 2>that line speed can really stifle them.

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<v Speaker 3>And you know three off.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the things we've said about the Sharks is

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<v Speaker 1>do less. That's a perfect example of trying to do

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<v Speaker 1>too much in a set of seats.

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<v Speaker 3>What do you make of Niko.

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<v Speaker 1>You can see he's down, down in confidence. Well, we'll look.

0:21:31.320 --> 0:21:35.480
<v Speaker 1>I'll say this, it's your group. Put Nathan Cleary in there,

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<v Speaker 1>and I don't know how much impact Nathan would have

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<v Speaker 1>had given the fact that they were just smashed in

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<v Speaker 1>the artist battle.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's a nice direct play for the first try

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<v Speaker 2>the ball on Telly. Think his mindset was right there.

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<v Speaker 2>But this is the toughest competition in the world. Nothing

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<v Speaker 2>given to you. So my advice is to Nicko's keep going. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>don't balk now, this is a huge kind of test.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what, Nico, go watch some monster clips, Go

0:22:03.920 --> 0:22:06.199
<v Speaker 2>watch him North South early in the game. Nico, go

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<v Speaker 2>to dummy half and run the football on the second

0:22:08.560 --> 0:22:11.160
<v Speaker 2>set of six or something. Just go to the contest,

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<v Speaker 2>be physical and that should straighten him up and go

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<v Speaker 2>to the content he just needs to be more aggressive.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd sit him, double down on aggression and keep going

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<v Speaker 2>so true.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd sit him and trendle down and say, Tricky, I

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<v Speaker 1>want you to run the show. I want you with

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<v Speaker 1>the true shot caller, Nika. I want you to play

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<v Speaker 1>in the halves like a fullback. That's what I want

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<v Speaker 1>you to do. I want you to play your fullback

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<v Speaker 1>game and just run the football. I want you to relax,

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<v Speaker 1>float around the field. And I think that would leave

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<v Speaker 1>he had a lot of pressure in the build up

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<v Speaker 1>to the game in his own mind.

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<v Speaker 2>One little thing where you can say, if the Sharks

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<v Speaker 2>kick off, the halfback always sort of goes the wing defensively.

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<v Speaker 2>If that media kickoff, Nico, you go park yourself at

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<v Speaker 2>your normal position, fly down there and.

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<v Speaker 3>Make it tackle. Yeah, just like a bit like Nathan

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<v Speaker 3>did with his sore shoulder.

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<v Speaker 2>Just fly down in front of the line and get

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<v Speaker 2>in a aggressive mindset, and on your first kick return

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<v Speaker 2>instead of dishes off.

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<v Speaker 3>To one of the outside backs.

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<v Speaker 1>Have we Goops, let's talk about next week. Arli Aunt's

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<v Speaker 1>I love that both games. Darliance tasting back to the

0:23:12.960 --> 0:23:15.680
<v Speaker 1>early nineties when early nineties, when they had the major,

0:23:15.720 --> 0:23:18.720
<v Speaker 1>seventy four people would descend from all over Australia to

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<v Speaker 1>go there.

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<v Speaker 2>It need a big crowd for the Sharks Scows. I

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<v Speaker 2>think the Bruces Marely would be big.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep, yeah, yeah, I think so. Sharks Cowboys. Where do

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<v Speaker 1>the Cowboys sit? Coops?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh they were so good again on the weekend. But

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<v Speaker 2>we've said this a thousand times. I could not sit

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<v Speaker 2>here honestly and say I know what the Cowboys going

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<v Speaker 2>to do on the weekend.

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<v Speaker 3>But I will say this.

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<v Speaker 2>I think what I liked from the weekend of the

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<v Speaker 2>Cowboys is when there was a moment the Cowboys players

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<v Speaker 2>were there. I thought Carle felt at a tremendous game.

0:23:49.600 --> 0:23:52.520
<v Speaker 2>US intercept try off Kalin. If that goes the other way,

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<v Speaker 2>Newcastle score, He's tapped back for ultimately the match winner

0:23:56.600 --> 0:23:59.959
<v Speaker 2>for Cotta to score. There's just a couple of moments

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<v Speaker 2>sort of feel like the Cowboys players are putting their

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<v Speaker 2>jersey in the picture. And I think this comes down

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<v Speaker 2>the styles of Sharks for the Cowboys, because they both

0:24:09.400 --> 0:24:12.320
<v Speaker 2>play a very similar style. If they want to go

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<v Speaker 2>east west too quick, then I think the opposition might

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<v Speaker 2>get a chance. So the one thing that Cowboys have

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<v Speaker 2>over the Sharks at the moment is the cowboy's spine.

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<v Speaker 3>He's playing really.

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<v Speaker 1>Good foot, He's playing really good She's all I did.

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<v Speaker 3>He He's not east the west, straight up and down.

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<v Speaker 1>Good idea, right, make it? But what you will people

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<v Speaker 1>with North Corners Land and you know Dairy Farmers Stadium

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<v Speaker 1>up there? What about? What about this right? Waiting for

0:24:43.640 --> 0:24:47.640
<v Speaker 1>a statue Cale phelp? How much he's done for the club? Everything?

0:24:48.200 --> 0:24:50.280
<v Speaker 1>Statue of him putting that ball down the Grand Final?

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<v Speaker 1>You like it?

0:24:52.000 --> 0:24:54.480
<v Speaker 3>Yeah? I like it. He's probably already got one at

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<v Speaker 3>home of himself.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe he does. You've heard he for wins. Who wins

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<v Speaker 1>that game? Sharks, Cowboys for their reckon.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the Cowboys are probably the favorite here. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if I'm out of my mind saying this,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm going to go to Sharks and the favorite.

0:25:14.520 --> 0:25:17.000
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to say Sharks. I'm going to say Craig

0:25:17.040 --> 0:25:21.800
<v Speaker 2>Fitzgibbon has them breathing fire. And I'm going to double

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<v Speaker 2>down on Nicker. I'm going to I'm going to double

0:25:24.080 --> 0:25:27.280
<v Speaker 2>down and doubling down otherwise it's going to be a

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<v Speaker 2>huge off season.

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<v Speaker 3>So sis given Sharks and Nico. They lose this again.

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<v Speaker 1>There'll be eight finals games in a row. I think Sharks,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm backing to get it right. It's really funny. Both

0:25:39.640 --> 0:25:41.520
<v Speaker 1>of these sides, I think will be the most difficult

0:25:41.520 --> 0:25:44.120
<v Speaker 1>size you to read on the season, and both sides

0:25:45.000 --> 0:25:48.879
<v Speaker 1>very quite often a great performance is followed by a

0:25:48.880 --> 0:25:50.400
<v Speaker 1>blood shirt and vice versa.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's almost like the poor performance makes them focus

0:25:57.160 --> 0:25:59.800
<v Speaker 2>in on the simple things that make them.

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<v Speaker 3>A good footy dear. Yeah, and I think the Sharks.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the Sharks mainly Roosters going to be a terrific game.

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<v Speaker 3>What are you thinking?

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<v Speaker 1>I think mainly how do they win? Do you put

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<v Speaker 1>me on the spot here? I do like Manly. I

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<v Speaker 1>like what I thought. Homoli was very good yesterday, very

0:26:20.640 --> 0:26:25.920
<v Speaker 1>very strong. Tom. I reckon he'll be closer to one.

0:26:26.720 --> 0:26:30.080
<v Speaker 1>It will be closer the experience of d C. I

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<v Speaker 1>like Manly.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I think if Mainly are to win, you've got

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<v Speaker 2>to sort of The Roosters give away penalties, they turn

0:26:38.680 --> 0:26:42.200
<v Speaker 2>over the ball at different stages, so like Jerry Evans

0:26:42.440 --> 0:26:44.800
<v Speaker 2>struck against the Dogs, when they get an opportunity, I

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<v Speaker 2>think they need to strike And I don't think it's

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<v Speaker 2>through the middle. I think it's some of their lateral

0:26:50.320 --> 0:26:54.760
<v Speaker 2>movement and their speed involved. And Tom needs to be thereabout.

0:26:55.520 --> 0:26:58.120
<v Speaker 2>He needs to be taking some flies off other people,

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<v Speaker 2>if that makes sense. If the Roosters did to win well,

0:27:03.000 --> 0:27:05.680
<v Speaker 2>I think the return of hard Graves I think is back.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that's where it sits.

0:27:07.840 --> 0:27:08.000
<v Speaker 1>Ya know.

0:27:08.680 --> 0:27:11.520
<v Speaker 3>They can't be caught behind the start again.

0:27:12.280 --> 0:27:14.920
<v Speaker 2>You'd imagine he moved straight into starting front row and

0:27:14.920 --> 0:27:16.760
<v Speaker 2>potentially his last game for the Roosters.

0:27:17.040 --> 0:27:20.160
<v Speaker 3>There should be a lot of.

0:27:19.359 --> 0:27:21.800
<v Speaker 2>Likepression and physicality to start of the game.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, just on me. I wonder how how good books

0:27:25.080 --> 0:27:27.000
<v Speaker 1>he felt after the game. Luke Brooks, he should have

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<v Speaker 1>just been he'd have been buzzing to get that first

0:27:31.119 --> 0:27:32.760
<v Speaker 1>finals game and get up the win and play the

0:27:32.800 --> 0:27:33.359
<v Speaker 1>way he did.

0:27:33.520 --> 0:27:35.320
<v Speaker 2>And he had some nice touches early on, like he

0:27:35.440 --> 0:27:39.240
<v Speaker 2>ran the ball and you know, defensively was on. But

0:27:39.480 --> 0:27:42.440
<v Speaker 2>when they stood up at the back end like the dogs,

0:27:42.480 --> 0:27:46.439
<v Speaker 2>I thought, frontload a lot of energy and they're fatigue

0:27:46.640 --> 0:27:48.919
<v Speaker 2>just started creeping in where it probably shouldn't have and

0:27:48.960 --> 0:27:50.920
<v Speaker 2>it cost them at the wrong time. And you've got

0:27:50.920 --> 0:27:54.359
<v Speaker 2>to tip your cap to Cherry Evans scored one basically

0:27:54.400 --> 0:27:55.320
<v Speaker 2>set up the match.

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<v Speaker 1>Winner, finished with what do you think? What do you

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<v Speaker 1>think of must awful? I'm getting mistaken with Tom Selleck

0:28:04.480 --> 0:28:08.679
<v Speaker 1>in the street all the time. That's awful there it is.

0:28:08.720 --> 0:28:11.639
<v Speaker 3>That is a revolting wink.

0:28:11.840 --> 0:28:16.280
<v Speaker 1>And look that's my good side too, that's the good.

0:28:16.119 --> 0:28:19.080
<v Speaker 2>Signally sorry for Trisha every morning.

0:28:19.119 --> 0:28:20.240
<v Speaker 3>If that's the good side.

0:28:20.040 --> 0:28:22.240
<v Speaker 1>I could look at miss Off all day. Yeah, I'm

0:28:22.480 --> 0:28:24.359
<v Speaker 1>down the beach club, right, it gets weird. I go

0:28:24.440 --> 0:28:27.440
<v Speaker 1>down to the local. I sit there sometimes and I'm

0:28:27.480 --> 0:28:29.400
<v Speaker 1>having a bet. And then on the other side, Maddey

0:28:29.440 --> 0:28:33.040
<v Speaker 1>John Shall come on and I'm just look at it

0:28:31.800 --> 0:28:35.960
<v Speaker 1>and they look at this play. All the blokes, the

0:28:36.000 --> 0:28:38.800
<v Speaker 1>old boys stand there go. Mate, unbelievable. God is so busy.

0:28:38.880 --> 0:28:39.040
<v Speaker 3>You know.

0:28:39.080 --> 0:28:40.880
<v Speaker 1>We've told me, look, you're on the TV. I don't

0:28:40.880 --> 0:28:41.760
<v Speaker 1>tell much to replace.

0:28:42.960 --> 0:28:44.640
<v Speaker 3>Maybe the last time is your house. There was ninety

0:28:44.680 --> 0:28:46.320
<v Speaker 3>seven Grand Final on replay too.

0:28:46.440 --> 0:28:48.280
<v Speaker 1>It was mate, was like shrine.

0:28:48.320 --> 0:28:50.200
<v Speaker 2>You made me bow in the presence of greatness to

0:28:50.240 --> 0:28:51.680
<v Speaker 2>the jersey and the ring and everything too.

0:28:52.960 --> 0:28:56.400
<v Speaker 1>We're playing Oasis. It's full tilt. And then Trisha come

0:28:56.400 --> 0:29:00.240
<v Speaker 1>outside and told me, told me to turn off album

0:29:00.320 --> 0:29:02.080
<v Speaker 1>sisters grow on the cubs

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<v Speaker 3>Mhm