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Speaker 1: Carrying the can for everyone else. And he's bludged on
Speaker 1: a Monday and warning, but someone's going to do it.
Speaker 1: We're carrying the flag mate. Well obviously the big news
Speaker 1: over the week well out of the weekend. I guess
Speaker 1: his origin teams whiles a couple of changes. We'll start
Speaker 1: with them. Latrell out huge news, mccarryanas and mate, Mick
Speaker 1: Carryon's broke that news on Saturday, huge, huge news that
Speaker 1: brad and Best as we speak now is in the
Speaker 1: centers but he's having some skins and then I thought
Speaker 1: he's a been unlucky. Hamoli got dropped for Mitch Barnett. Latrell.
Speaker 1: Let's start with Latrell is huge out.
Speaker 2: Isn't he big out of the Blues? Latrell? I mean
Speaker 2: after his.
Speaker 1: Performance tipping Queens.
Speaker 2: We started already, Yeah, Latrell massive out. But I mean
Speaker 2: Bradman Best comes in. Bradman Best has been there before,
Speaker 2: He's performed on an origent stage. Yeah, he's been pretty
Speaker 2: solid the club as well. I mean, both Newcastle centers
Speaker 2: yesterday were on fire. But yeah, Bradman I like the
Speaker 2: I like the pick. I probably edged Bradmon over over
Speaker 2: Tommy Tommy. Yeah, just you know, fitness wise, and you know,
Speaker 2: almost also for Tommy's own well being. Yeah, he's played
Speaker 2: one game, big run of injuries. Do we want to
Speaker 2: choke him into Origin so he can last fifteen minutes
Speaker 2: and potentially get injured?
Speaker 1: Yeah? Well I think he looked if you I watched
Speaker 1: that game on Saturday night, the mainly game up in Towns.
Speaker 1: I thought Tommy just looked a bit like he was
Speaker 1: holding himself back a bit, and I reckon that would
Speaker 1: have played on the selector's minds. He just didn't look
Speaker 1: free flowing and he didn't really get the opportunity to
Speaker 1: stretch out for memory in that game. And he had
Speaker 1: a solid game and they obviously they won. It was
Speaker 1: a great win for Manley, but he just didn't I
Speaker 1: didn't think he looked ready for an Origin game.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Confidence, Confidence is a huge thing coming off the
Speaker 2: injury that he's had, but not only that, the injuries
Speaker 2: he's had. You know, and you can come back, and
Speaker 2: you can come back and come back and find form
Speaker 2: all these times, it only takes one to be like,
Speaker 2: what if I get injured again?
Speaker 1: Can I?
Speaker 2: Can I keep going? Can I keep doing this? And
Speaker 2: yeah he's Look, we all know what tom Travoyevich is,
Speaker 2: but as a Rugby League fan, and it hurts me
Speaker 2: saying this is a Blue supporter, I'd must rather see
Speaker 2: Tommy on the field long term, rush him into an
Speaker 2: Origin game and then what we see him for fifteen
Speaker 2: more minutes of this year and then we don't see
Speaker 2: him until this time next year.
Speaker 1: The other options we obviously Joey, Sue Lee and Maddie
Speaker 1: Burton probably do you think either of them warranted selection
Speaker 1: with joe played Origin one obviously and by played a
Speaker 1: little bit of it not long and Maddie Burton's been
Speaker 1: a great form for Canry won another game for them
Speaker 1: on Friday night, now was it? So you know those
Speaker 1: guys robbers Hee contention as well. But Bradman obviously played
Speaker 1: last year Game three, did a great job.
Speaker 2: Yeah, look, I think if Joey played one more game
Speaker 2: before before team select, he probably gets the nod. I think, Madge,
Speaker 2: I really like what Magic did with Joey bringing him
Speaker 2: into Game two, really making sure that the fault from
Speaker 2: Game Mob wasn't placed on him. It says a lot
Speaker 2: about the coach, and it says a lot about kind
Speaker 2: of how much they admire Joey and he's a great
Speaker 2: young player. But yeah, look, he hasn't played in eight
Speaker 2: weeks now one, six weeks, six weeks. But by the time, yeah,
Speaker 2: game rolls around and putting him into so this means
Speaker 2: he won't be playing into Origin three, which is a
Speaker 2: nine week turnaround. So yeah, look, I understand why Joey
Speaker 2: wasn't picked Berto. I mean, would have been easy to
Speaker 2: pick Berto because he's just Bulldog's been on fire the
Speaker 2: whole team. But Burt especially, he's kicking game. But also,
Speaker 2: you haven't played center all year. I think Bradman is
Speaker 2: the best. Bradmin is best. That is the best pick.
Speaker 1: What about the troll? Obviously I reckon. One of the
Speaker 1: real features of orangin Mum was the one use that
Speaker 1: well was bullied queens Origin too, sorry, was the one
Speaker 1: use that was bullied queens. And they basically any chance
Speaker 1: I had there was a little bit of a shove
Speaker 1: in the back, you know, squeeze the neck, hand on
Speaker 1: the face. All that's I mean you know, Angus got
Speaker 1: up in Dally's face. You know, Liam Martin got up
Speaker 1: in Tommy Didon's face. They were just really aggressive and
Speaker 1: Latrell was at the heart of that as well. I mean,
Speaker 1: Latrell gave you know, I watched the game back a
Speaker 1: couple of times and Latrell got stuck in the reesewsh
Speaker 1: a couple of times. He's obviously a really physical presence. Latrell,
Speaker 1: does you said, lose a bit of that? I mean
Speaker 1: he's got that. You mentioned the aura around him, but
Speaker 1: do they lose a bit of that physicality as well?
Speaker 1: Losing Latroll you reckon.
Speaker 2: Or well obviously if you lose Latroll he's not there. Yeah,
Speaker 2: you're losing. You're losing some of that. But Bradman brings
Speaker 2: something different, you know. I think what was really good
Speaker 2: to see in game two from the Blues was the
Speaker 2: fact that it wasn't the players that are always doing
Speaker 2: the niggle, doing the needle, like Leam Martin obviously always
Speaker 2: at that front of that lead, but then you've got
Speaker 2: someone like Mitch Moses. Look, Mitch Moses defensively in game
Speaker 2: two was was great and really shut down any chance
Speaker 2: that tom didn't had to kind of get a roll on.
Speaker 2: So if they can come in with that same mentality
Speaker 2: and all of them can kind of rip in, then
Speaker 2: Latrell being out becomes less of an issue. So yeah, look,
Speaker 2: Latroll huge loss. No one's saying that that's not the case.
Speaker 2: But I think as as a Blue supporter and as
Speaker 2: a fan of rugby league, you've got to really put
Speaker 2: the earnest on the guys that are playing, and I
Speaker 2: think they are more than capable of doing the job
Speaker 2: with Latron not there.
Speaker 1: What about the Mighty Morons? They mighte a couple of changes.
Speaker 1: Billy's copying a bit of flak for his dumping their
Speaker 1: open media session, they won't do an open media session
Speaker 1: and the lead up the game three, but obviously Dane
Speaker 1: gag I back no edge for Feeder, which was a
Speaker 1: bit of a surprise, Callum Ponger back, Let's not going
Speaker 1: to that, Sorry for Feeder, nook. Sorry Calen fonger back
Speaker 1: after only one game. We'll touch on touch on individually,
Speaker 1: kaylen Back. I love this selection because I love KP.
Speaker 1: He's one of the grots. I love watching KP play.
Speaker 1: It'd be interested to see I was used off the bench,
Speaker 1: but he has played that role before when he made
Speaker 1: his origin, but it was off for memory, it was
Speaker 1: off the bench playing. Is that that role the Queens
Speaker 1: that have always used when you come on and inject
Speaker 1: him in the middle of the field. He was good
Speaker 1: yesterday without I didn't see this game or I was
Speaker 1: at the other game, but I'm told he was good
Speaker 1: without being great yesterday.
Speaker 2: I think the only thing that's stopped him from me
Speaker 2: and great was just he had a lot of errors.
Speaker 2: But I mean it's expected when you're someone like Kaylen
Speaker 2: who's trying everything and close game as well, which I
Speaker 2: love to see. I love to see players not playing
Speaker 2: so safe when they're only up by four points. Kaylen
Speaker 2: was really trying to win that game, and I think
Speaker 2: that comes into his selection. I found myself over the
Speaker 2: weekend when talking to people saying, oh, Caylen plays good,
Speaker 2: I'd have him straight into the Marines team. I don't
Speaker 2: know why I was saying that, because I don't want that,
Speaker 2: like as a as a Blues fan, I do. I
Speaker 2: don't want Latrell Mitchell. I mean sorry, I don't want
Speaker 2: Kaylen Ponger in that in that Morange jumper and especially
Speaker 2: off the bench I was at game two and twenty
Speaker 2: eighteen when he made his debut and he almost won
Speaker 2: him the game. Yeah Teddymate tackle. Yeah, literally two meters
Speaker 2: out from the line, it goes any other way, slides
Speaker 2: over and they win the game in corners. So it's
Speaker 2: really dangerous. Great selection by Billy. I mean if you're
Speaker 2: if you're Billy, you've only got two options there. You've
Speaker 2: got solen Cob off the bench or you've got Kayln
Speaker 2: Ponger off the bench. And I think Kaylen Ponger just
Speaker 2: brings a little bit more because he can cover those
Speaker 2: positions in the back line. You can put him up
Speaker 2: wing and put him a full back and put him
Speaker 2: in the halves, but he can now he can come
Speaker 2: in at lock and really do some damage around their
Speaker 2: middle forwards if they get tired.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Well the go I forgot was co Collos into
Speaker 1: the team as well. Obviously miss game two with a
Speaker 1: mix of things personal reasons, I think, and some injury.
Speaker 1: You know, obviously Murray too long, he got ruled out.
Speaker 1: So Coppo is a big in for Queensland. But Dane
Speaker 1: Gagy sort of dispensed with two years ago Billy overlooked
Speaker 1: him and then he was pretty good yesterday and he's
Speaker 1: got the he's got the call up day and he's
Speaker 1: never let Queens end down daye.
Speaker 2: Well, he's still a Queenslander as Billy all Queenslanders, and
Speaker 2: he'll he'll probably he'll probably show it on Wednesday in
Speaker 2: a week's time, because like you said, he's never let do.
Speaker 1: You reckon is he would have breathed a bit of a
Speaker 1: sigh of relief and Latroll got ruled out, Dane gag.
Speaker 1: I mean, now that he's been picked, he probably knew
Speaker 1: he was in the mix, right, but when Latrell got
Speaker 1: ruled out, I mean he's a foresty character, Dane. He
Speaker 1: would have got up in Latrell's face. But now he
Speaker 1: might have to mark teammate Bradman best going knows really well.
Speaker 2: Well, I said earlier to you. Both Knight centers are
Speaker 2: on fire at the moment, so that is it's a
Speaker 2: great matchup. But when it comes to La Troll, if
Speaker 2: you're playing in the NRL, it doesn't matter who you're
Speaker 2: coming up against. You're not You're not breathing a sigh
Speaker 2: of relief because you're not you're not up against the trial.
Speaker 2: I think that might actually brought the best out of
Speaker 2: danega guy, and I think I think Bradman's a just
Speaker 2: as good of a replacement because you know, you're not
Speaker 2: going to want to let your team make out one
Speaker 2: over you. So yeah, look, is he Is he more
Speaker 2: happy that Latrelle's he's not having the line upgainst the Troy.
Speaker 2: I don't think so, but I mean probably different game plan. Now.
Speaker 2: Like you mentioned before, Ladrill and Bradman two completely different
Speaker 2: characters to completely different playing styles.
Speaker 1: It's kind a Kirk Cape on the back row rather
Speaker 1: than big Davy boy Dave for Feeder. I think a
Speaker 1: lot of us thought David be there. I thought Dave
Speaker 1: to be fair for a guy playing for an Origin spot.
Speaker 1: I thought Dave was pretty average. The other night for
Speaker 1: the Titans against Cronulla, I thought he had a I
Speaker 1: didn't think he had his best game. I didn't think
Speaker 1: he really or Thursday, I think, wasn't it that game memory?
Speaker 1: He didn't really assert himself in that game. I didn't
Speaker 1: think when when Origin was there for it looked like
Speaker 1: he was almost a little bit going through the motions
Speaker 1: that you know, I've got to get through this game
Speaker 1: and Origins around the corner.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I still would have picked him, but I don't
Speaker 2: know how you leave I don't know how you leave
Speaker 2: Davi for Feeder out, especially after game two. It's like, yes,
Speaker 2: Kirk Kirk Cape was a eight player, Yes he's done
Speaker 2: it before, but David Forfeta is so much X factor
Speaker 2: you're leaving out of that team, Like he can play
Speaker 2: the tough role you just get through the hard work.
Speaker 2: You can play that that role on on the edge.
Speaker 2: But is it almost a similar case with the Blues
Speaker 2: how Madge is leaving old Kauai tu out.
Speaker 1: We should have touched on that. I forgot overlooked that back.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I look if we look at both select both selections,
Speaker 2: are they just looking for something different like touching on
Speaker 2: al Quai too. You can look at Mitch Barnett, Rob
Speaker 2: you said Ola, who might have been a bit hard
Speaker 2: done by earlier, And yeah, he might have been. But
Speaker 2: for what the team's trying to do and maybe Queenslands
Speaker 2: are saying is just have that hard worker in there,
Speaker 2: that's gonna that's going to get through the work.
Speaker 1: Yeah, but it's probably deserves enough to the year he's
Speaker 1: had and he's unbelievable for the Warriors on on Friday Night,
Speaker 1: but very unlucky to lose that game. Mitch Barnette was
Speaker 1: starr in that game. He's one of those guys. You know,
Speaker 1: you look at guys and you go, it's sort of
Speaker 1: made for Origin. Yeah, he strikes is made Origin, sort
Speaker 1: of going, you know, tough, uncompromising, gets through a load
Speaker 1: of work, always does his job. Just seems like one
Speaker 1: of those guys.
Speaker 2: Ken mckinness was made for Origin to it.
Speaker 1: He was got rid of. He was supposed to boy
Speaker 1: to give you a chance to new So we to
Speaker 1: stick the knife into Billy, right, I don't like doing this,
Speaker 1: but I'll do it for you. He's canceled media, no
Speaker 1: open media session. What does this say to you? Because, okay,
Speaker 1: let's we'll get the people a background. Generally in first
Speaker 1: day the team's come in Origin camp, every player is
Speaker 1: available for the media. Queens and I've both been doing
Speaker 1: it for as long as I can remember, but continue
Speaker 1: to do it to do it this series. But this game,
Speaker 1: Billy scrapped the open media session, so it's only a
Speaker 1: couple of players and Billy will do media on the
Speaker 1: first day. What what do you think that says?
Speaker 2: I don't like it. I mean I like it as
Speaker 2: a fan, I don't like it as a journalist. If
Speaker 2: I'm the NROL, I really hate it. I think I
Speaker 2: think it's a you got look at bigger picture sometimes
Speaker 2: having an open media down them where they're most likely
Speaker 2: not training it they'll probably start training on the Tuesday
Speaker 2: or Wednesday. Like it's it's necessary not only for you know,
Speaker 2: the players to get really the load out of the way,
Speaker 2: because all you're doing now is we're not having a
Speaker 2: dedicated two hours to the media on the first day.
Speaker 2: Every time one of these players are up, they're gonna
Speaker 2: get peppin WI questions because that's it's putting more pressure
Speaker 2: on their players. It doesn't sell the game. We looked
Speaker 2: at our buzz looked at in his column on the
Speaker 2: weekend how poor rugby union ratings is, like do we
Speaker 2: want that? Do we want a similar thing there? Like,
Speaker 2: I think I get why he's probably thinking, oh, distractions, distractions,
Speaker 2: but there's gonna be more distraction because it's gonna be
Speaker 2: more pressure put on these players.
Speaker 1: Now, well, I think that, and there's gonna be plenty
Speaker 1: of It's given some more ammunition ammunition of the news
Speaker 1: at Wales media is sort of stick at to Billy
Speaker 1: and say, well, you know, he's under pressure, he's reacting.
Speaker 1: I suppose Billy probably doesn't care, right, because that takes
Speaker 1: the attention off the players. So maybe there's a bit
Speaker 1: of method behind the madness in that respect. But I'm
Speaker 1: a bit like you. I don't. I don't. I don't
Speaker 1: really like it because we are the conduit between players
Speaker 1: and the public, you know, And I know a lot
Speaker 1: of public go, well, it's just media complaining. But you know,
Speaker 1: and that game is probably I think it's already a sellout, probably,
Speaker 1: but you're still got to market the game, sell the game,
Speaker 1: push up TV ratings, all that sort of stuff.
Speaker 2: We're getting getting getting people into the stadiums not the problem.
Speaker 2: It's getting the viewers on TV. It's especially it's a
Speaker 2: Wednesday night, it's eight o'clock. You know. As a kid,
Speaker 2: I used to love seeing what the players were saying
Speaker 2: leading into the Origin games and what was kind of
Speaker 2: what was going on, what the team used was how
Speaker 2: the players were feeling, how you know, how Dan Go
Speaker 2: Guy's feeling getting brought back into the team. That's getting
Speaker 2: robbed from a fans perspective, and there will be people
Speaker 2: out there. They'll be like, oh, it's Tyson and Reedy
Speaker 2: complaining because they're not getting to right stories. But that's
Speaker 2: not the case. Poor Pete, Midell, poor Pete and Travyluby
Speaker 2: has just been in Greece.
Speaker 1: He's come back to that to be filthy.
Speaker 2: It's just I think it's silly. I think as well.
Speaker 2: It's this is the first time since Billy has been
Speaker 2: coached third series and that he'said pressure, like a lot
Speaker 2: of pressure running and this is what makes a break
Speaker 2: to the Coach've seen it before and I really like
Speaker 2: Billy Slatter as a coach. I think he could be
Speaker 2: a great, honor old coach, even though he doesn't want
Speaker 2: to be. But this is not a good sign.
Speaker 1: Okay Tyson suggesting Bill is about to shadow under the pressure.
Speaker 1: It's still a club like a big, big decision this morning, Paramatta.
Speaker 1: They've been a long term, long long term search for
Speaker 1: a coach to place Brad Arthur. Basically came down to
Speaker 1: Jason Rowles or Josh Hannah, and they've announced this morning
Speaker 1: to Jason Rowles the new head coach. Hell of an
Speaker 1: apprenticeship been under Craig Bellamy and Melbourne two stints, Trent
Speaker 1: Robinson at the Roosters. Eddie Jones within the Rugby Union
Speaker 1: was off of the Dragons job last year, almost took it,
Speaker 1: changed his mind sort of the eleventh hour, but he
Speaker 1: really wanted this job. And as I said, he's a
Speaker 1: guys who you couldn't have done a better apprenticeship than
Speaker 1: Jason Rowles.
Speaker 2: I mean, look at that.
Speaker 1: It's amazing when I see Roles he's a head coach.
Speaker 1: He was a lunatic as a player, yeah, just a madman,
Speaker 1: but he's become a really thoughtful and well spoken articular coach. Rolesey.
Speaker 2: I really like how selective he has been. It would
Speaker 2: have been very easy to jump into that Dragon's role.
Speaker 2: And I think I think Shane Flanagan's a perfect coach
Speaker 2: for the Dragons. I think they're doing I mean not yesterday,
Speaker 2: but I think overall the improvement's been there, but for
Speaker 2: Jason Ross to get his hands on the eels with
Speaker 2: I think the senior talent is really important to have,
Speaker 2: which you know, we see rookie coaches get put into
Speaker 2: teams with real junior talent and you know it's it's
Speaker 2: it's taking cams a rather a little bit time at
Speaker 2: the Bulldogs, but now he's finally found his feet. So
Speaker 2: to get that senior tel in there that can really
Speaker 2: help help Jason do the best job as a coach.
Speaker 2: I think that's a real big thumbs up and a
Speaker 2: real positive. I think Rosey was the best candidate to
Speaker 2: get picked as well. He's, you know, like you said,
Speaker 2: the people he's coached under. I mean, if you're a
Speaker 2: player and you've played under those people, you've won. How
Speaker 2: many premierships Assistant coaches get brushed over it as people
Speaker 2: who you know aren't really included in the big praise
Speaker 2: and things like that. But he would have played a
Speaker 2: massive role in you know, the Storm success, the Rooster's success,
Speaker 2: England rugby union success as well, and.
Speaker 1: That's one thing they really wanted. They wanted to go
Speaker 1: in a winning system and come from a winning system.
Speaker 1: It's got some big decisions to make and some big
Speaker 1: issues to resolve. Firstly, Zach Lomax. Obviously there's been whispers
Speaker 1: Zach may not want to go to Paramatta, might want
Speaker 1: a backflip. The club spoke to Zach this morning. He's
Speaker 1: in Origin care with Mitch Moses. They had a hook
Speaker 1: up with Mitch and Zach was there and they took
Speaker 1: him through the decision. But that's crucial. He's got to
Speaker 1: keep Zach Lomax and convince him. And I think he
Speaker 1: knows Zach from Woollongong. They were obviously both sort of
Speaker 1: Dragons guys. So crucially he convinces Zach to come over.
Speaker 2: Definitely, I mean, he's just start signing. He's the one.
Speaker 2: I think he's the best winger in the camp at
Speaker 2: the moment. I don't think yesterday showed it, but I
Speaker 2: don't think that it was his fault. I think the
Speaker 2: Dragon's doing to utilize him. I know he's coming apparently
Speaker 2: to play center. Apparently also might want to keep him
Speaker 2: on the wing. But yeah, you've got to keep Zach Clomax.
Speaker 2: You got to keep doing Brown. I think that's that's
Speaker 2: the number one thing. If we've heard duress in Dylan
Speaker 2: Brown's camp, Dylan Brown leaves, it is a massive hole
Speaker 2: and that sets you back.
Speaker 1: Well. The other issue they got young Blaze t Laney.
Speaker 1: They've got to try and keep him because he's self
Speaker 1: contract at the end of the year and he was
Speaker 1: waiting to see who the coach would be before he
Speaker 1: made decision on what he did. But that may influence
Speaker 1: where Zach Lomax even plays, because Zach can play sen
Speaker 1: you can play fullback. Blaze sorry, they could play center,
Speaker 1: he could play fullback. They want to move Gutho from
Speaker 1: full back and put Blaze there, they can move the
Speaker 1: centers and maybe Zach players in the wing. But he's
Speaker 1: a good young kid, plays to lung In. He's sort
Speaker 1: of the future of that footy club. We saw another
Speaker 1: kid at the week in Charlie Golen and looked really good.
Speaker 2: The commentators loved and believe it. I could not believe it.
Speaker 2: I was like, if I was this kid's pair, I'd
Speaker 2: almost think they were taking the piss. But no, he
Speaker 2: had he had a great debut. Let's touch on Blaze.
Speaker 2: Blaze is a free talent. He's so good. Still got
Speaker 2: an error or two in his game. Yeah, But I
Speaker 2: mean we see in the best players be like that
Speaker 2: as well. They kind of play on that edge. They'll
Speaker 2: they'll throw that one pass and it'll be interceptn and
Speaker 2: I'll throw it again and score them the game. When
Speaker 2: you try, I think. I mean, if you ask me
Speaker 2: what the Eels are going to do, what they should
Speaker 2: do I would put Blazer fullback. I would put Gotho
Speaker 2: in the centers and then look, if you want to
Speaker 2: keep Max happy, you'd have to play him the centers.
Speaker 2: But I think if you have Gutho and Lomax on
Speaker 2: one edge, yeah, I like that combination. Guth is not
Speaker 2: a selfish player. He'll he'll get Lomax that ball. He'll
Speaker 2: getting him in good space, and we's touching the ball
Speaker 2: a lot more than centers are these days, a lot more.
Speaker 2: They are more vital role. Lomax's carries out of trouble
Speaker 2: when off kicks first and second tackle, his finishing abilities
Speaker 2: also just his target, his target as as a as
Speaker 2: a kick target in play when they're going to score tras.
Speaker 2: We're both at that game yesterday and they couldn't. They
Speaker 2: couldn't find him the ball, and the Dragons couldn't score points.
Speaker 2: They scored six points and it was a it was
Speaker 2: a lucky try to a dummy half kind of burrow over.
Speaker 2: But when they get low Max the ball, he's going
Speaker 2: to score. And yeah, that's that's where he has to be.
Speaker 2: If they can somehow find a way to utilize him
Speaker 2: at center, great, but his best position I think we
Speaker 2: all agree is on the wing.
Speaker 1: What about Let's look at a few of the club
Speaker 1: games of the weekend. Firstly, the Rusters games. You were there, mate,
Speaker 1: spotted the Rusters looked awesome again they been They've been
Speaker 1: outstanding in recent weeks. Against the Dragons last and they
Speaker 1: played them a bit of by sixty. The Dragons were
Speaker 1: in the game sort of early in that second half,
Speaker 1: they weren't they. I think it was about fifty minutes
Speaker 1: or so they were still in the.
Speaker 2: Game, but down by two or four points.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they were closer.
Speaker 2: I feel like they and I mean as someone who
Speaker 2: watched the game, you can see I think the Roosters
Speaker 2: were all over them, right. They were lucky to get
Speaker 2: as close as they did. So I said they scored
Speaker 2: six points before I think they scored twelve. But yeah,
Speaker 2: I think the Dragons felt that they were a lot
Speaker 2: further away than they actually were, and they tried to
Speaker 2: almost go away from the style of football that the
Speaker 2: Dragons have kind of been doing well out this year.
Speaker 2: But yeah, the Ruses, I mean Jarea High stay around
Speaker 2: for another year. Him and Spencer l Enu, Lindsay Collins
Speaker 2: till May. They've got so many weapons in that team,
Speaker 2: and I loved saying that. It's like the crowd was
Speaker 2: on fire for them. You you were there ready when
Speaker 2: Spencer was running off the back fence. I haven't heard
Speaker 2: an eruption like that since since an Origins. Yeah, they've
Speaker 2: got they've got something really special going there, a perfect
Speaker 2: mix of the old with the new. And yeah, I'm
Speaker 2: I think I said it last week. I think I'm
Speaker 2: more inclined to pick the Risks to win the compo
Speaker 2: for any other team right now. And that's not even
Speaker 2: their full strength side yesterday, maybe two centers that aren't
Speaker 2: center's playing. And yeah, I think they're still trying to
Speaker 2: figure out a few things, but they're looking good.
Speaker 1: Yeah, what about the night We've spoke about the nights
Speaker 1: we'll get We'll give them a we'll move move past
Speaker 1: the break. Yeah, I'm just sort of looking at my
Speaker 1: phone because there's a bit of talk going on the
Speaker 1: Brad and best make it ruled out of origin yet.
Speaker 1: So he's got to have a scare will. We said
Speaker 1: he's getting assessed. He's on his way to Sydney to
Speaker 1: get assess so that may have changed by the time
Speaker 1: we come off the podcast. But Brad the best. It's
Speaker 1: pretty severe doubt for Origin. So we'll keeping on that
Speaker 1: during the day. Mainly great win by Manly in Towns
Speaker 1: will Man. They've been so inconsistent this year Manly, but
Speaker 1: they played real tough up there.
Speaker 2: And I pointed something, how quickly reading last week you
Speaker 2: said the Cowboys are a lot for the time, did you?
Speaker 2: And I laughed at you and asked me that next week,
Speaker 2: And I'm not putting one. If they are doesn't get in,
Speaker 2: they'll scraping at eighth. But I said to you, I
Speaker 2: said to you last week, and he kind of rinsed
Speaker 2: me for it. You were like, well, you don't think
Speaker 2: they're going to make it all like you and said.
Speaker 1: Yeah, three wins, four wins maybe.
Speaker 2: Do you think do you think after after that game
Speaker 2: they could not close it? They had that many opportunities
Speaker 2: to close that game and they cannot be trusted for
Speaker 2: they could not do it all over the place. You know,
Speaker 2: they've got a games coming up where they're going to
Speaker 2: be close like that for the remainder of the year.
Speaker 2: And he tell me they get to that situation again,
Speaker 2: are you trusting Chad downs and to kick a field goal?
Speaker 2: He trusting kick a.
Speaker 1: Field fair income, he was right in front put a
Speaker 1: twenty out.
Speaker 2: Should have me field guys, you reckon. They kicked in
Speaker 2: this game.
Speaker 1: It was I think they had six shots or something
Speaker 1: it was, and that one from Scotty drink Water was ridiculous.
Speaker 1: But they never went back to him. Did they think
Speaker 1: maybe they went back to him once for one of them.
Speaker 1: Why were you get back to Scotti drink Water after narling?
Speaker 1: Now they kept going to val and then the oldest
Speaker 1: man Dahly chair Evans, he just he's unbelievable, golden point
Speaker 1: with field goals, Daly Chairs Cherry Evans and that was
Speaker 1: It's just a huge win for Manly and suddenly they're
Speaker 1: back in the eight again and everything's swimming, everything's going swimmingly.
Speaker 1: But they played tough, you know, con they've they've just shown.
Speaker 2: A bit of.
Speaker 1: A week a weak backbone, but they showed a bit
Speaker 1: of backbone on the weekend. It's tough conditions Tommy back
Speaker 1: obviously great for them, but it's a great win for
Speaker 1: mainly it's the when you build a season on that.
Speaker 2: Is that that weekly Now, Yeah, look, it's a great win.
Speaker 2: I think I think when it comes down to it,
Speaker 2: the competition finishes in about ten weeks time. Let's get
Speaker 2: when I look back at this, because I think one
Speaker 2: of these teams will miss it on the eighth. Yeah,
Speaker 2: I probably think it will be the Cowboys. I think
Speaker 2: I think Manly's got just a little bit more more
Speaker 2: striking them and if they can really get firing, they'll
Speaker 2: be good. But yeah, like I said, manse those tough
Speaker 2: games which the Cowboys will be and finished the year.
Speaker 2: I can't see him. I can't see him securing him.
Speaker 2: Just look at the weekend.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they can't be trusted the cameras. I said. Let's
Speaker 1: touch on one final game, the Broncos Penrith Grand Final
Speaker 1: rematch Bronx played. I thought the Broncos played pretty good
Speaker 1: in this Penrith's got too many bodies out at the
Speaker 1: moment the Broncos, but I thought that a red hot
Speaker 1: go lost Jock Madden as well with a hamstring problem.
Speaker 2: Now yeah, I think, yeah, I think the Broncos were
Speaker 2: everyone said last week they they've got to win. You know,
Speaker 2: they can't lose another one. Their season is not over yet.
Speaker 2: It'll take one win and they'll be back on. But yeah,
Speaker 2: I mean it's not looking great, and it's just you know,
Speaker 2: I'm not a Broncos fan. They're not even in my
Speaker 2: top three favorite team in the competition. But to see
Speaker 2: a team with that much talent, like your top five
Speaker 2: or maybe top five. My girlfriend likes the Broncos, got
Speaker 2: to be a big fan of Patrick Rogan. But yeah,
Speaker 2: like just to say, to see a team with that
Speaker 2: much talent lose is yeah, yeah, it's a shame because
Speaker 2: I mean, I think last year both of these teams
Speaker 2: produced one of the best Grand Finals we've ever seen,
Speaker 2: and there's a good chance one of these teams don't
Speaker 2: even play in one of those finals games. That team
Speaker 2: is the Broncos.
Speaker 1: Yeah, no, they I think if they can play like this,
Speaker 1: defend like this though, and they start getting some players back,
Speaker 1: I get through Origin without any more injuries, I still
Speaker 1: think they're.
Speaker 2: A hypeither be my But yeah, I just yeah, like
Speaker 2: I said, it's just a shame. It's really a shame
Speaker 2: because like that's again, they probably would have lost, whether
Speaker 2: they're on a losing streak or not. But yeah, they
Speaker 2: they've lost games and they should have won, and that's
Speaker 2: what's hurting them now because they shouldn't be on this
Speaker 2: losing streak, anything.
Speaker 1: Else catcher over the weekend.
Speaker 2: Oh mate, I'll touch on my Tigers for a second.
Speaker 1: If like.
Speaker 2: The possum was back again as I think it was
Speaker 2: in it was a two GB or triple MS commentary. Yeah,
Speaker 2: we read about it ready to starry another but yeah,
Speaker 2: like the Tigers are going to be last or second
Speaker 2: last this year. Sadly they'll be, They'll be towards the bottom.
Speaker 2: But I really liked what I saw. Really yeah, I
Speaker 2: think just their younger player for Holly is becoming one
Speaker 2: of my favorite players. You know, his his work ethic,
Speaker 2: he's fearless. I mean, if they can really build around
Speaker 2: some of these young players coming through. I don't know
Speaker 2: it's been said, but see young players that were not
Speaker 2: talking about like the Nooly was great. You know, you
Speaker 2: add that with Locky Galvin, you add that, you know,
Speaker 2: with somebody seeing you had like happy chorus now and
Speaker 2: then and more guys coming through. As a Tigers fan,
Speaker 2: and I guess a message types fans wouldn't be, you know,
Speaker 2: kind of getting real crappy that there's a good chance
Speaker 2: that when the death thirstraight Wooden Spoon, because there's definitely
Speaker 2: been improvement. But the storm of Froight, I mean it
Speaker 2: took some It took a sin bin the two tries,
Speaker 2: while the Tigers had.
Speaker 1: The moments of brilliance from my man far Alongo as well.
Speaker 2: And Jerome Hughes.
Speaker 1: Jerome H's how good. He's unbelievable too.
Speaker 2: He's very He's he's severely underrated.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I think people acknowledge he's a great player.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but when you're talking about the best half backs,
Speaker 2: the calm having people bringing Jerome Hughes, he should be.
Speaker 1: He's in the top three. Yeah, and on his day,
Speaker 1: does he make your top three, because that's very top
Speaker 1: three is a very elast.
Speaker 2: He's in my top three, just the three Tiger Street
Speaker 2: Jersey great in their first grade. No, he's a Yeah,
Speaker 2: Jerome Hughes is a great player. As a fan, you
Speaker 2: watch him, you know, you're teams versing him and you're like, oh, yeah,
Speaker 2: stop giving him the ball because he just he makes
Speaker 2: stuff happy.
Speaker 1: That's a good note to end on the shout out
Speaker 1: to Jerome Hughes is becoming one of the great players,
Speaker 1: or is now one of the great players three top
Speaker 1: three the NRL. Thanks for joining us. Thanks Tyson You'll
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