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Speaker 1: The rains of the finals begins right here. Here we

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Speaker 1: go again, there go go.

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Speaker 2: Go, let's go, oh beulorious.

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Speaker 1: What did you miss it? Super Saturday, Super Class.

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Speaker 3: Welcome to three sixty League from every angle, brought to

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Speaker 3: you by n IV. Joining me again the Great Gordon Taalosing,

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Speaker 3: the journe Stradian, James Hooper and Michael Carrianas And as

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Speaker 3: you just saw there, we have a massive Super Saturday

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Speaker 3: live and exclusive right here on Fox League. Let's take

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Speaker 3: a look at the game, starting with the Broncos up

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Speaker 3: against the Bulldogs, very important game for both sides, the

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Speaker 3: Cowboys taking on the Sharks yet again in both sides.

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Speaker 2: Need to win there.

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Speaker 3: And the Roosters trying to bounce back after that lost

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Speaker 3: to the Melbourne Storm, and the Seagulls fighting for that

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Speaker 3: top four spot. Gordy, what a weekend, What a Super

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Speaker 3: Saturday we have?

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Speaker 4: That just makes me sit on the couch. There's a

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Speaker 4: great excuse.

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Speaker 5: There's five sides trying to smit their spot in the

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Speaker 5: eighth and Brisbane obviously trying to fight their way into

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Speaker 5: the eighth. So what a super Saturday we have and

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Speaker 5: the Cowboys there.

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Speaker 6: As well, So it's all happening. You might have a

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Speaker 6: nice cold drink, Gordy while you're sitting on that couch.

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Speaker 6: It's my birthday on say, I love this Braith, and

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Speaker 6: I'm tipping that the Roosters hit back hard. I think

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Speaker 6: they will have been stung by that criticism that they

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Speaker 6: haven't been able to knock off any top eight sides.

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Speaker 6: No Homoli ol Couado still for merely he's suspended after

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Speaker 6: what happened in State of Origin. That's a massive out.

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Speaker 6: I think the Chucks after being a little bit embarrassed

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Speaker 6: and having the blow talks put on them all week

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Speaker 6: after that performance against the Storm.

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Speaker 2: Let's do game hoop. So you spot on there.

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Speaker 3: The Roosters meet coming off that loss against Melbourne. A

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Speaker 3: few question marks over their premiership credentials now that weren't

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Speaker 3: before that game. This is a pretty important one taking.

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Speaker 2: On Manly who are in form.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think both sides, when you look at their season,

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Speaker 1: you look at their potential run home, both sides are

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Speaker 1: going to be you know, the question marks over both

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Speaker 1: can they beat the top two, top three sides? Why

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Speaker 1: when they come head to head in the back end

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Speaker 1: of the year, we saw we've seen the Roosters four

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Speaker 1: against the Penner Earth and the Storms over the recent seasons,

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Speaker 1: but mainly at Red Hot at the moment, we've seen

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Speaker 1: Tom Travoyvitch in the last two weeks has just run

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Speaker 1: right and what it does, it's Fred Luke Brooks up.

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Speaker 1: Luke Brooks has been outstanding with when Tom Travoyevitch has

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Speaker 1: been back in the side, and you know daily Cherry

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Speaker 1: Evans and the strike that they have, it's going to

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Speaker 1: be a cracker of a match up for two sides

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Speaker 1: who could finish in the.

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Speaker 6: Top four respectfully met. Just in relation to the Seagulls,

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Speaker 6: they've been running around in Class three races and that's

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Speaker 6: no dispect the Gold Coast but they played the Gold

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Speaker 6: Coast and Newcastle great when over the cow Boys in

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Speaker 6: a tide encounter. But the Roosters is absolute group one

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Speaker 6: and I think I just get the feeling as though

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Speaker 6: the Roosters have been stung by a lot of the

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Speaker 6: criticism this week. I think we assume hit.

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Speaker 2: So do you think mainly will then aim up.

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Speaker 3: You're saying they're betting Class threes, so you have hesitation

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Speaker 6: I think look absolutely they're going well right and I

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Speaker 6: think that they're not no hope of winning, but at

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Speaker 6: the same time I'm learning heavily towards the Chalks and

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Speaker 6: I absolutely.

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Speaker 2: Think it is the stick for Mely.

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Speaker 5: Yes, this will tell us where to look, because everybody's

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Speaker 5: had a few question marks over Manley as well. They're

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Speaker 5: If they don't go out there and if mainly don't

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Speaker 5: think it's a real challenge for like Manly as well

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Speaker 5: heavyweights the Rusters. We've been spoking about one out of

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Speaker 5: it'll be the same as Manly.

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Speaker 4: Now.

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Speaker 3: The other one the Cowboys taking on the Coronela Sharks. Now,

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Speaker 3: the Cowboys just scraped in over the Bulldogs. The Sharks

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Speaker 3: had the buy before all that they smashed the Tigers,

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Speaker 3: but if you're talking about group threes, I don't know

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Speaker 3: what race that was.

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Speaker 2: This is an interesting one too though.

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Speaker 3: We're going to get an idea of where the Sharks

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Speaker 3: are really at because the Cowboys have hit forom Mick

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Speaker 3: and this is set to be a pretty special game too.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's hard to get a form line on either side. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: Sharks bye last week after a big win Tigers and

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys there you get a sense they're built into something,

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Speaker 1: but then when you get when they get there, they

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Speaker 1: just fall back a little bit. I think the two

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Speaker 1: games that we've mentioned, we're going to get a yardstick

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Speaker 1: for four four size because you know both of them.

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Speaker 1: You know, the Sharks are pushing for a top four,

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Speaker 1: Cowboys are trying to get into the top eight, and

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Speaker 1: I just like the Cowboys a little bit of this

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Speaker 1: one at home.

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Speaker 6: I'll help you out with the NRL handicapping West Tigers

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Speaker 6: against Croneller the other week was a class one on

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Speaker 6: that Friday, you know what, it was very close to

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Speaker 6: Burnham Mayden. The Sharks played themselves back into the form,

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Speaker 6: but they weren't up against much. This is a much

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Speaker 6: better litmus test both these sides of vying for positions

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Speaker 6: to remain inside that top eight. I get the feeling

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Speaker 6: the Cowboys are building nicely to mixed point and at

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Speaker 6: home I think they can be hard to beat.

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Speaker 5: What you well, it's a big scope in it because

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Speaker 5: the Sharks, like they had that five week period where

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Speaker 5: we thought they were going to put a little bit

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Speaker 5: it's a massive game and I probably leaned towards the Cowboys. Well,

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Speaker 5: I think when you come out of Origin and the

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Speaker 5: form that they were in in the last game, I

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Speaker 5: think everybody's in.

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Speaker 1: Well we'll forget the Sharks missing the fallback and half

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Speaker 1: Kennedy know Nico Hines against a North quays Land side.

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Speaker 3: A big challenge for all teams on Saturday and we

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Speaker 3: can't wait now. Adam Reynolds denies he's an injury risk

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Speaker 3: despite returning early for the Broncos last week as they

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Speaker 3: prepare for their must win game against the Bulldogs.

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Speaker 7: I got through a wrestle session which was part of

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Speaker 7: the schedule with Josh McGuire and I felt pretty strong

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Speaker 7: in that. Obviously got some feedback off him that I

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Speaker 7: I'm a chance I may as well ask Kevi to

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Speaker 7: being the extended squad and see how it goes in training.

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Speaker 2: And there was no risk.

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Speaker 7: There was no more of a risk than two or

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Speaker 7: three weeks time.

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Speaker 4: You still enough to go on a run. Do you

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Speaker 4: think you need to do it? A silly, silly question.

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Speaker 7: I'm always going to say, yes, I love this team.

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Speaker 7: I know what this team is capable of, seeing evidence

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Speaker 7: over it this year and last year and telling along

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Speaker 7: with hard work, wins a lot of games, and that

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Speaker 7: starts a training.

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Speaker 2: We need to make sure we get.

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Speaker 7: Our roles right and everyone's particular about their job and

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Speaker 7: they don't have to worry about anyone else who's over

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Speaker 7: there to do their job. And if they do that,

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Speaker 7: you know that's when the talent signs.

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Speaker 3: Adam Reynolds there are very confident and so were the

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Speaker 3: rest of his playing group before last week that they

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Speaker 3: still had a chance of making the finals, and what

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Speaker 3: wouldn't they be after the return of the Maestro. I

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Speaker 3: mean you're talking about a missing piece of the puzzle.

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Speaker 3: In finding it and seeing how much better their team

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Speaker 5: Brudy, Yeah, I think look the performance against Penrith when

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Speaker 5: they pushed them all the way without Reynolds, and I

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Speaker 5: know there was no.

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Speaker 4: Cleary, but that was the effort that they needed.

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Speaker 5: Like they've been expecting to win and they've turned it

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Speaker 5: off and on and you can't afford to do that.

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Speaker 5: They turned it on in twenty minutes the other night.

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Speaker 5: Oh sorry, I'm against the Drags. I thought that they

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Speaker 5: were going to win the game. But it was a

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Speaker 5: good performance. Everybody was plugged in. They were still a

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Speaker 5: bit rusty to start the game, but there's no doubt

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Speaker 5: they'd be confident that they can go on a run.

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Speaker 6: When they're on that six game losing streak. I think

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Speaker 6: some of us started to have a look just how

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Speaker 6: important Adam Reynolds is. He is an absolute out and

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Speaker 6: out champion little number seven, from his long kicking game

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Speaker 6: to his directional play to the way that he plugs

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Speaker 6: and you can see him float over the left at stages.

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Speaker 6: But he's the conductor, He is the glue. He is

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Speaker 6: the playmaker who holds it all together for the Brisbane Broncos.

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Speaker 6: And you only had to watch twenty minutes against Newcastle,

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Speaker 6: even though it was scrappy to realize that they're primed

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Speaker 6: and they can go on a run. It starts Saturday

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Speaker 6: three o'clock and they need to continue to build. It'll

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Speaker 6: be flat and fast. You would think at some court

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Speaker 6: which will suit Brisbane.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I just agree with what Hoop said. And it's

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Speaker 1: a massive task against the Cannery side because there's two

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Speaker 3: It's amazing what Adam Reynolds does for the players around him,

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Speaker 3: even if it's subtle in his own performance. He brings

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Speaker 3: that he made in that first game back. Now, you

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Speaker 3: mentioned the Bulldogs, and the Bulldogs have turned up every week.

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Speaker 3: They're just that team now that just don't go away

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Speaker 3: and are in every contest. But it is a bit

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Speaker 3: of a scary run home. Let's have a look at

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Speaker 3: it now here we are that takes on the Broncos.

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Speaker 2: This week away, which is going to be hard.

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Speaker 3: Off of that win last week from the Broncos Raiders

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Speaker 3: at home, you'd expect them to win, but still not easy.

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Speaker 3: Dragons away, that's a tough one with the Dragons in

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Speaker 3: the form that they are. The Dolphins always turn up

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Speaker 3: although the Dogs will be home to them. The Warriors away,

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Speaker 3: he is always a tough trip. Seagulls at home. If

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Speaker 3: the Seagulls continue to maintain their form, is going to

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Speaker 3: be a difficult one and the Cowboy as well. So

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Speaker 3: the Dogs have found themselves higher than what anyone would

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Speaker 3: have thought, but in a very strong position top eight.

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Speaker 2: But this may test them.

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Speaker 1: This run home, well, you test them because five of

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Speaker 1: those games against sides are going to finish between fifth,

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Speaker 1: fifth and tenth, so that they would control their own

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Speaker 1: destiny because a lot of those games are going to

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Speaker 1: be essentially worth four points because you're playing against sides.

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Speaker 1: They're going to be competing for that game against the

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Speaker 1: Dragons Dolphins in back to back weeks. If they win

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Speaker 1: both of those, they make the eighth, they lose both

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Speaker 1: of them, they might struggle.

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Speaker 5: I think it comes down to their playmakers. There's no doubt.

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Speaker 5: I don't know what the starts are at the moment.

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Speaker 5: They were the second best offensive side, so that's going

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Speaker 5: to keep them in every game that they play. But

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Speaker 4: That's all they need.

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Speaker 6: Max King is one of the most unsung and underrated

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Speaker 6: they've done an outstanding job to get to where they are,

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Speaker 6: But that run home that you just put up there breath,

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Speaker 2: You've done an amazing job.

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Speaker 3: What they do like a little bit is that class

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Speaker 3: That's where it's cost them a couple of games this

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Speaker 3: do they want Steffino? And if they do want Stefano,

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Speaker 3: how close are they to getting him?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, Well, they haven't tabled an official offer yet, but

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Speaker 6: but they're certainly talking. I think you'll find they met

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Speaker 6: here and right now. So it's either the Bulldogs or

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Speaker 6: different ways that they might be able to get the

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Speaker 6: I think the Dogs are sitting in the box seat.

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Speaker 2: What would the offer bee from the Dogs?

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Speaker 3: Because we talk about gas, we talk about retention and recruitment,

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Speaker 3: and he's very specific, one of the brightest minds in

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Speaker 6: He won't be eight hundred. Tigers have offered him e

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Speaker 6: one hundred of season by five, it won't be that.

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Speaker 6: But I'd be thinking you'd have to be competitive if

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Speaker 6: you'd have to be trying to get at the six

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Speaker 6: fifty seven somewhere around those time.

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Speaker 2: So let's go back to Melbourne then.

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Speaker 3: So, because the murmurs around the NRL that Melbourne want him,

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Speaker 2: Yep. But there's there's a stop gap there, there's something

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 6: Well, the stop gap is that you've only got X

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Speaker 6: amount of dollars to spend in terms of the cap

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Speaker 2: A yeah, what do they need to do?

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Speaker 4: Can they move anybody on?

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Speaker 6: Well, I think they've been trying to They've been quietly

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Speaker 6: They tried to negotiate a bit of a swap with

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Speaker 6: that would then alled.

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Speaker 3: That happened that because this has been going on for

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Speaker 3: a while hoops, and we've been here in this for

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Speaker 2: That Nelson they want to move him on and.

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Speaker 3: You would think eyeballing Stefan at Uto Kimani, that's their man,

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Speaker 3: but they haven't been able to do it.

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Speaker 2: What's the hole back? I don't know.

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Speaker 6: For whatever reason, West Tigers and Nelson couldn't agree. People

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Speaker 6: were trying to tell me today that the Tigers were

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Speaker 6: interested on Benji was talking know him and then they

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Speaker 6: go down that road.

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Speaker 1: They met and had a discussion around Nelson and then

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Speaker 1: pulled out and said not for me. Well, he hasn't

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Speaker 1: been playing good foota this year and there's always there's

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Speaker 1: always a concern when Melbourne force a player out. There's

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Speaker 1: a stigma attached to it, no doubt about.

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Speaker 2: Is that why?

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Speaker 3: Because I can't see there's a lot of clubs that

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Speaker 1: He's onig money. He's on Mega money. Nelson, He's on

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Speaker 1: Mega money, starts with an eight minimum and works its

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Speaker 2: Melbourn would be willing to pay to let him go.

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Speaker 1: Well, there's a lot of money if you're going to

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Speaker 1: chip in for Nelson and to try and find the

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Speaker 1: cash for the final. It's a lot. Don't discount the

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Speaker 1: Dolphins as well.

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Speaker 2: They're in there. They probably.

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Speaker 4: With them.

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Speaker 1: He's flowing there and met with him. But I'd have

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Speaker 1: the Dogs and Melbourne won too, with the Dolphins third,

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Speaker 1: but they probably put in the richest off of the Dolphins.

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Speaker 3: From this chat right here, you've got the Bulldogs leading

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Speaker 3: the race right.

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Speaker 6: Certainly, as an educated guess, the smart money is suggesting

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Speaker 6: as of today, Canterbury banks down in the box seat.

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Speaker 6: They haven't officially tabled a contract, but I think if

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Speaker 6: and when they do, I think they're sitting back and

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Speaker 6: they look good.

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Speaker 1: The Tigers were hoping for an answer today that obviously

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Speaker 1: hasn't happened. He's on a plane to New Zealand to

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Speaker 1: play the Warriors tomorrow on Friday. Sorry, so that hasn't

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Speaker 1: an answer. But I think complicated the matters is what

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Speaker 1: Hoops to speak speaking about it regarding Melbourne's inability to

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Speaker 1: probably squeeze him in with the players that are still.

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Speaker 6: There, The challenge for Melbourne is they haven't actually a

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Speaker 6: Bellamy has been speaking in great plaudits and giving him

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Speaker 6: huge wraps in the papers for months now. Right, they

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Speaker 6: can't physically eat table and offer because they don't have

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Speaker 6: the latitude or the wiggle room in terms of their

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Speaker 6: salary cap. The top thirty that they've got is absolutely

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Speaker 4: So basically it's the dog to the dolphins.

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Speaker 6: Well now I think Melbourne, Melbourne, they're still in there

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Speaker 6: the NRL about how they can possibly back end and

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Speaker 6: otherwise they might be able to get it across the

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Speaker 3: All right, you mentioned the Tigers, so why not let's

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Speaker 3: go there. Bateman he's gone for the year. We mentioned

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Speaker 3: that last night breaking news. But is he coming back?

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Speaker 1: Well, Shane Richardson said today and it's quoted in tomorrow's

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Speaker 1: paper that he'll be back.

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Speaker 2: Hang on, So he's coming.

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Speaker 1: Back apparently so apparently so, So the deal.

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Speaker 2: Is this is this?

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Speaker 1: This is apparently how it's played out over the last

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Speaker 1: thirty six hours or so. Sam Burgess reached out to

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Speaker 1: Shane Richardson. Obviously they have a close relationship from the

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Speaker 1: time at South Sydney wondered if they could get John

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Speaker 1: Bateman for the rest of the year. This is what

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Speaker 1: they're selling, right, this is what they're saying.

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Speaker 2: Respect they're selling.

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Speaker 6: I think I think they might be selling.

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying that I believe it. I'm just telling

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Speaker 1: you what they're saying. I appreciate it telling And then

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Speaker 1: it's apparently been fast track since Monday. I don't I

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Speaker 1: don't see how John Bateman's at the West Tigers next year.

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Speaker 6: I think this is the truth. I think John Bateman

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Speaker 6: has been blowing up for at least a month now

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Speaker 6: about the fact that he's unhappy at the club. Now

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Speaker 6: he's one of the senior players. He was brought in

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Speaker 6: four year deal. He's only in the second season of it.

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Speaker 6: He's unhappy and look John Bateman at his best. We

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Speaker 6: all remember when he won the Dalli m second Rold

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Speaker 6: major reason of why Camber made that Grand Final that year.

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Speaker 6: But it hasn't worked at the West Tigers and he

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Speaker 6: hasn't been able to probably play.

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Speaker 2: Well.

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Speaker 6: I've been watching him play and it looks as.

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Speaker 2: Though that a league any incidents. There has there been

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Speaker 2: any blow up, Well, there's there's.

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Speaker 6: Been a blow up since the game against South Sydney

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Speaker 6: a public set to in front of a lot of

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Speaker 6: the other players. He let Benji knowh No on certain

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Speaker 6: terms that he thinks Benji true to the senior players

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Speaker 6: as though they're rookies, and he treats the rookies as

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Speaker 2: So that's starting to make it. We're making ground. That's

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Speaker 2: starting to make sense. Isn't it good?

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Speaker 5: That doesn't make sense without the senior players leading the

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Speaker 5: young kids right, and then Wayne Bennett's Benji's mental right,

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Speaker 5: that doesn't happen. The old blows get treated with respect,

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Speaker 1: Kids that that's for lack of a better are the

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Speaker 1: And she's the senior players that have let him down totally.

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Speaker 5: And I mentioned that the other night, But then, but

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Speaker 6: I don't know good Bateman at his best, Yeah, was

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Speaker 6: a damn good player, right, Let's be realistic. He hasn't

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Speaker 6: been at his best right now. He's a smaller edge

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Speaker 6: back rower. Tom catches up with every player and I

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Speaker 6: just feel as though he was going to be able

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Speaker 6: to make an impact in the NRL anymore. I think

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Speaker 6: he was going to get dropped off the back of

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Speaker 6: the loss to South Sydney they led twenty eight twenty six.

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Speaker 6: He takes a play one carry early in a set

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Speaker 6: try as a risky offload and then South's end up

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Speaker 5: And what you want from Stefano doesn't want to stay

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Speaker 5: there either. So if the old blokes are getting treated

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Speaker 5: Galvin wanted out, didn't he know?

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Speaker 6: That was his man, that was the agent, that was

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Speaker 6: the agent playing game.

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Speaker 3: And if you're a senior player and you do have

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Speaker 3: you take it somewhere else you know you don't you

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Speaker 3: don't address it or have it out in front of

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Speaker 3: to read the room. That's what That's what I think.

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Speaker 3: If you don't want to, you know, put down the

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Speaker 3: coach or criticize, critique or criticize the coach, if you're

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Speaker 3: a leader, he's not going to come back.

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Speaker 6: That's what Cordy, That's where I was trying to get

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Speaker 6: to is I think Benji was giving an honest appraisal

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Speaker 6: of what he thought of John's performance. John didn't appreciate

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Speaker 6: it and just thought, you know what, I've had enough

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Speaker 6: to the Tigers kids, they have been their best players.

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00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,960
Speaker 6: Galvin Fanua Bowl during Buller, they're all the ones change

441
00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,199
Speaker 6: the game for him on the silver they are all

442
00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,639
Speaker 6: the ones that are actually having a red hot crack.

443
00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:24,560
Speaker 6: So they've had a bust up, which to me, you

444
00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:27,600
Speaker 6: Braith reading between the lines just says Bateman won't be back.

445
00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:30,440
Speaker 6: He'll go to Warrington. Hopefully he goes well over there.

446
00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:33,760
Speaker 6: Sammy Burgess is coaching, Mike decide he wants an experienced

447
00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:36,320
Speaker 6: English international in his pack, and then they've got to

448
00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:38,400
Speaker 6: sort out of settlement though, because they haven't been able

449
00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:39,080
Speaker 6: to resolve that.

450
00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:41,879
Speaker 3: So assuming that he does not come back, which we

451
00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,840
Speaker 3: all think he won't, and whatever they settle with, they

452
00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:46,479
Speaker 3: should have some money left over here though.

453
00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:49,520
Speaker 1: The Tigers, they've already got lots of money. They already

454
00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:50,800
Speaker 1: have lots of money, but they don't have a lot

455
00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,280
Speaker 1: of roster spots. Great if you look if John Bateman

456
00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,080
Speaker 1: is their next list, because he's still contracted a lot

457
00:19:57,119 --> 00:19:59,600
Speaker 1: of money.

458
00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,280
Speaker 4: But don't you have to who's the whole salary cap.

459
00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:03,520
Speaker 1: Is ninety seven point five percent.

460
00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,480
Speaker 4: Of your cap. So they've got a lot of money.

461
00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:08,480
Speaker 1: And not a lot of roster spots, which means are

462
00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,280
Speaker 1: they still well. It also means you look at that ross,

463
00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:13,600
Speaker 1: a lot of them don't deserve top dollar, But it

464
00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:17,080
Speaker 1: also means well, it also means that there's going to

465
00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,960
Speaker 1: be more players leave that club because with that balance

466
00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,440
Speaker 1: of that squad to try and get it in shape,

467
00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:24,560
Speaker 1: they need to they need to move fish, They need

468
00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:26,080
Speaker 1: to move two or three more players with all the

469
00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:26,760
Speaker 1: money that they've got.

470
00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:30,000
Speaker 6: Still, that's impressive from you. You love your Boon County

471
00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:34,119
Speaker 6: money seven point five per Now, I think the Tigers

472
00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:35,800
Speaker 6: have got to be at one point three million dollars

473
00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:39,119
Speaker 6: with Bateman leaving up their sleeve in terms of money

474
00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:41,960
Speaker 6: for next year. If Stefano doesn't stay, which I don't

475
00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:44,760
Speaker 6: think you will, we get at another eight hundred any

476
00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,639
Speaker 6: of two million dollars. But what's available nothing at the moment.

477
00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,920
Speaker 6: But as we've seen this is it. Look what happened

478
00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:54,040
Speaker 6: at Newcastle when Peter O'Sullivan got in there, all of

479
00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:58,199
Speaker 6: a sudden, Daniel Sefudi, possibly Jacob Jack Hetherings and all

480
00:20:58,240 --> 00:20:59,400
Speaker 6: these players become available.

481
00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:01,439
Speaker 3: The torole of me that they've gone around in circles

482
00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,680
Speaker 3: with this, and they've had money available at different times,

483
00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,399
Speaker 3: and they've paid overs for different players that have just

484
00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,440
Speaker 3: come in and out of the joint. It just hasn't worked.

485
00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:13,120
Speaker 3: So whoever's in there doing their recruitment, well.

486
00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:15,119
Speaker 6: Riche is trying to clean up the mess brace and

487
00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:17,840
Speaker 6: I will say this for all his faults, he has

488
00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:20,679
Speaker 6: got runs on the borders and administrator. He does no

489
00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:24,639
Speaker 6: players values. He is well connected with agents. He showed

490
00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:27,760
Speaker 6: when they got Jerome lawd Benji can get deals done

491
00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:29,480
Speaker 6: and they've got Taruva coming to Okay.

492
00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:32,040
Speaker 3: Well, if they can add another quality player to Taruvera

493
00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:35,760
Speaker 3: and Lewai. That'll definitely set them in the right direction. Now,

494
00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:40,760
Speaker 3: Matt Arthur leaving the Eels news coming out of Paramounta today,

495
00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:44,480
Speaker 3: son of Brad, is this a surprise to everyone?

496
00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:45,600
Speaker 2: What's the situation with this?

497
00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:46,640
Speaker 4: It's a smart move.

498
00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:49,879
Speaker 5: If I'm Jason Rowls and I'm there and you know

499
00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:53,560
Speaker 5: his dad's coach and he's moved on, you know, whether

500
00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:55,800
Speaker 5: you think he's a great player or not, you know

501
00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:57,719
Speaker 5: there's going to be rumors going back and then it's

502
00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,240
Speaker 5: about your coaching or whatever. So I think it's a

503
00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:01,520
Speaker 5: smart move for Jason Rolls.

504
00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:03,440
Speaker 1: I think as smart move for both parties. I think

505
00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:06,919
Speaker 1: it allows Matt to get away from that club that

506
00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:09,520
Speaker 1: he'd obviously be filthy with because of the way he

507
00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,240
Speaker 1: exited the club. And then for Jason Ryles, it's just

508
00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,680
Speaker 1: that that elephant in the rooms no longer there either,

509
00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:17,879
Speaker 1: So forget his football and ability, which is you know,

510
00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:19,840
Speaker 1: he's going to be a good NRL plan. It's a

511
00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,960
Speaker 1: position that they need at dummy half. But I think

512
00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,720
Speaker 1: for both parties, I think it's the right move.

513
00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:28,879
Speaker 6: What he's got the gurney out Rose, he is absolutely

514
00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,600
Speaker 6: spread well well no, he's just he's brooming anyone with

515
00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,440
Speaker 6: any sort of skin in the joint that was connected

516
00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:38,600
Speaker 6: to Brad Arthur. And I don't think this was entirely

517
00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,280
Speaker 6: a rollsy decision. I actually think is that right. Matt

518
00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:43,720
Speaker 6: went to the club and said, look, I'm not entirely

519
00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:45,560
Speaker 6: happy with the way that it played out, so I

520
00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,960
Speaker 6: think it's best for it's smart for moving on the

521
00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,040
Speaker 6: other assistant coaches. Trent Barrett's oviously been informed this week

522
00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,840
Speaker 6: the head of Performance he's putting a broom through the

523
00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,679
Speaker 6: whole joint. I just don't know who else is out

524
00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:00,280
Speaker 6: there and available that intends to bring in a set

525
00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:01,680
Speaker 6: up as the new brains trust.

526
00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:04,439
Speaker 3: Brad Arthur's good mates with Adam O'Brien. Is there a

527
00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:05,840
Speaker 3: chance that he ends up at Newcastle?

528
00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:07,960
Speaker 6: The Knights have discussed it. The Knights are keen on it.

529
00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,720
Speaker 6: Brad's obviously over at Leeds coaching in the UK Super

530
00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:14,280
Speaker 6: League at the moment, but if they can make it happen,

531
00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,320
Speaker 6: I think they'd like it to happen. And given the

532
00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:19,200
Speaker 6: events of what's happened with his young Blake today, you'd

533
00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:22,360
Speaker 6: have to think that they are extremely close. I think

534
00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,280
Speaker 6: Adam O'Brien is the godfather. I want to be his daughters,

535
00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,320
Speaker 6: so they've played football together for years.

536
00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,000
Speaker 4: Put his ego in his pocket. Well that's assistant.

537
00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:34,040
Speaker 6: That's a big one. But certainly Newcastle would like for

538
00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:37,160
Speaker 6: it to happen and have approached Brad about it happening.

539
00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,840
Speaker 6: He's only sign short term with Leeds just till the

540
00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,800
Speaker 6: end of this year, so it is it's a possibility.

541
00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:44,600
Speaker 6: The Knights like it.

542
00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,159
Speaker 1: He could do it with Adam because of the relationship

543
00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:48,560
Speaker 1: day Sha. I don't think it could be too many

544
00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:50,920
Speaker 1: coaches he could probably do that with. And we saw

545
00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,320
Speaker 1: Adam O'Brien do with Anthony Sebold a couple of years

546
00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,680
Speaker 1: ago when he was out of work. He became a

547
00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,760
Speaker 1: coaching consultant sort of thing. So at the very least,

548
00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:00,800
Speaker 1: if Brad's in Australia, I think that's the role that

549
00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,919
Speaker 1: he will have, unless it's a full time assistance role

550
00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:04,480
Speaker 1: at the Knights.

551
00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,919
Speaker 3: Very interesting, right, What about the latest on the Eels roster?

552
00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:12,320
Speaker 3: Is there any players that they're looking for going to

553
00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:14,720
Speaker 3: sign or anyone else on the way out?

554
00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,440
Speaker 6: Well there after Blaze Telang, you're right, so they've offered

555
00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:19,320
Speaker 6: him a three year deal. I think it averages at

556
00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:21,720
Speaker 6: about five hundred thousand dollars a season, which for a

557
00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,040
Speaker 6: kid who's played eleven games, I think that's probably a

558
00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:27,080
Speaker 6: pretty fair offer. The Dragons are still very much at

559
00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:29,920
Speaker 6: the negotiating table there. His family have gone down met

560
00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,800
Speaker 6: up with Shane Flanagan over the course of last weekend.

561
00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:35,240
Speaker 6: But the two players who they're really trying to shift

562
00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,400
Speaker 6: to Microsivo and Ryan Madison, and so they've both been

563
00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,040
Speaker 6: told the club's trying to work away to three out

564
00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:43,399
Speaker 6: more space in the cap so that when Roles he

565
00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:45,720
Speaker 6: gets his feet under the desk officially when is it.

566
00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,159
Speaker 1: He'll be there next week, won't he but won't be

567
00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,159
Speaker 1: coaching or anything like that, but to.

568
00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,200
Speaker 6: Sort the shake the roster up. And then also sort.

569
00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,600
Speaker 1: Of he's been doing it. He's been doing that anyway

570
00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:01,359
Speaker 1: from Afar. Yeah, and the name you know, Brigan. You

571
00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:04,000
Speaker 1: speak to clubs and you know they've heard names like Reagan, Campbell,

572
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,800
Speaker 1: Gillard and the like. That would be a last resort

573
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:08,879
Speaker 1: to shift those guys. But if they can't move some others,

574
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:10,679
Speaker 1: some other players will become available.

575
00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:11,760
Speaker 4: Well, last night we.

576
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,960
Speaker 3: Spoke about Sam Walker at the Roosters and he hasn't

577
00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:18,320
Speaker 3: re signed as yet. We're wondering if he's going to

578
00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:21,119
Speaker 3: go to market, which is not too far away.

579
00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,719
Speaker 2: Hoops, have you heard any more news on this?

580
00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:26,080
Speaker 6: Yeah, Look, it's been big talk in the game over

581
00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:29,760
Speaker 6: the course of last week about Sammy Walker. My opinion,

582
00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,440
Speaker 6: I think he's a future Coinsland and Australian halfback. He's

583
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,840
Speaker 6: still only twenty two years of age. But I think

584
00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,240
Speaker 6: the sticking point breath because the Roosters are very good

585
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:41,520
Speaker 6: Gordon at getting deals done. I think the sticking point

586
00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:43,520
Speaker 6: is that the Roosters are prepared to play a little

587
00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,440
Speaker 6: bit over nine hundred thousand, but the Walker camp are

588
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:50,560
Speaker 6: a long way apart from that. So let's not forget

589
00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:53,520
Speaker 6: we're talking about twenty twenty six. He signed for next

590
00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:56,560
Speaker 6: season with the Chuoks. He's under contracts so it's actually

591
00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:59,960
Speaker 6: for the season after that. But certainly from the Walker

592
00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,480
Speaker 6: camp's point of view, I think they're talking as much

593
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,800
Speaker 6: as one point three one point four million dollars per

594
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:07,080
Speaker 6: so's that's a lot of money.

595
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:08,080
Speaker 4: Yeah, that is a lot.

596
00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:08,479
Speaker 2: That's a lot.

597
00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:11,679
Speaker 5: That's what's the difference between the top four club and

598
00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:13,680
Speaker 5: ones that are outside the eighth.

599
00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:15,520
Speaker 4: Like if you're a half back.

600
00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,720
Speaker 5: Just say, I thought eight hundred and fifty to a

601
00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:22,080
Speaker 5: million bucks is probably about the right money at the powerful.

602
00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,879
Speaker 2: Club, definitely, because when you went outside of that.

603
00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,040
Speaker 3: What you need to think of longevity too though, right

604
00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:28,560
Speaker 3: Like if you go on, if you're in a strong

605
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,360
Speaker 3: team and in a successful club, your career is going

606
00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,359
Speaker 3: to go for longer and have more success, and your

607
00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,679
Speaker 3: value is going to go higher and hire you get

608
00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:37,080
Speaker 3: better and better as you get older.

609
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:38,600
Speaker 4: And you get the extra from playing rep footy.

610
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:39,160
Speaker 2: That's right.

611
00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:42,280
Speaker 3: But if you if you go to a club that's

612
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,360
Speaker 3: on the bottom end, you may be there for one

613
00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,840
Speaker 3: or two years as we see, and then flush straight

614
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:48,359
Speaker 3: back out as interesting. I was just looking at those

615
00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,359
Speaker 3: stats with Seam He's got one of the highest trisces

616
00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:53,680
Speaker 3: in the game. He's kick your shortcking gains brilliant here

617
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,000
Speaker 3: it is here, But I'm just looking at his run meters.

618
00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,560
Speaker 3: I think that's an issue. I think that is an

619
00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:00,840
Speaker 3: issue for the Roosters. I think they wanted to run

620
00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,440
Speaker 3: more like seventeenth in run meters. If you want to

621
00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:05,160
Speaker 3: be a premier half and you want to be one

622
00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:06,919
Speaker 3: of the best halves in the game, you need to

623
00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,320
Speaker 3: be a threat. You've got to run the ball and

624
00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,359
Speaker 3: I think that's an area that he can improve in.

625
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,520
Speaker 3: And he's long kicking game as well. Sam is their man,

626
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,760
Speaker 3: he's their game breaker. You can see it there. He

627
00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:20,280
Speaker 3: creates the most try, assist and try contributions, which is.

628
00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:20,800
Speaker 2: What we all need.

629
00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:22,040
Speaker 3: But I think when you've got to go to that

630
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,440
Speaker 3: next to talk about the next level, it's it's being

631
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,280
Speaker 3: a threat and running the footy.

632
00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:28,800
Speaker 2: And also we've seen it at original level. We've seen it.

633
00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,040
Speaker 2: We did a kicking game Tommy in the game.

634
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:35,960
Speaker 5: Go ask Tommy Diddon and Cherry Evans in the second

635
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,679
Speaker 5: game how they felt like, I think physically like I

636
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 5: think he's got everything. I think physically too, So when

637
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:43,840
Speaker 5: you want to run, I think, you know, the biggest

638
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:47,720
Speaker 5: challenge for like Sam is being physical enough. Because you

639
00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:50,960
Speaker 5: saw Game two with the back rolls. These days, it's

640
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:52,960
Speaker 5: a horrible position to be defended.

641
00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,960
Speaker 3: And one point four million dollars or around the mark,

642
00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:58,920
Speaker 3: that's what fourteen fifteen percent of the cat. Well, if

643
00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:01,399
Speaker 3: you look at every other club, if you know, probably

644
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:03,880
Speaker 3: Kalin's the only one is getting that percentage of the cap.

645
00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:05,919
Speaker 3: And look at Newcastle at the moment so you know,

646
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,520
Speaker 3: if you're if you're Sam's management or whoever's doing the

647
00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,879
Speaker 3: deal on his side, you know, if they get him

648
00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,400
Speaker 3: more money, it actually weakens the rest of the roster

649
00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,280
Speaker 3: and team in your likelihood of success weaken. So if

650
00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:20,800
Speaker 3: I'm Sam, I'm thinking, all right, let's find some middle

651
00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:21,320
Speaker 3: ground here.

652
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,800
Speaker 6: Like that's he's a level headed kid. I've interviewed him

653
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,520
Speaker 6: plenty of times. He strikes me as well. He's super impressive,

654
00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:29,520
Speaker 6: He's got his foot on the ground. He's very humble,

655
00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:33,280
Speaker 6: and I'm sure that he would be aware that probably

656
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,639
Speaker 6: where they're pushing for at the moment is a little

657
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:38,960
Speaker 6: bridge too fast, shooting for the stars. But they're still

658
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,680
Speaker 6: going to have to be a fair negotiating process, and

659
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:43,840
Speaker 6: he may well, I would suggest, as it sits at

660
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,320
Speaker 6: the moment, he is every chance of going to the

661
00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,000
Speaker 6: open market and testing.

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Speaker 3: Because if they're offer a lesson of me in the

663
00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:53,840
Speaker 3: roosters and he's he's campus saying one.

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Speaker 1: Four, well that's five hundred a lot, and you know,

665
00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:58,640
Speaker 1: and you know, a struggling club would I don't know

666
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:01,200
Speaker 1: about one point four. That seems excessive, but you know,

667
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,240
Speaker 1: a struggling club would offer him one point too at

668
00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:04,920
Speaker 1: a drop of a hat. So to get him out

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Speaker 1: of the Roosters, you'd offer him one point two to

670
00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 1: get him out. I understand that.

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00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:10,800
Speaker 4: The Big four or five clubs.

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00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,040
Speaker 1: Well, if you're Penriick, you're not swopping for Nathan Clearf,

673
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,000
Speaker 1: you're the Storm, You're not stopping for Jerome Hughes and

674
00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:16,280
Speaker 1: those sort of players.

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Speaker 3: Right, But will he be that player at that club?

676
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:20,479
Speaker 3: Will he be the player he's now at the Roosters.

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00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,280
Speaker 6: He looks happy at the Roosters. He looks really happy.

678
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:26,680
Speaker 6: I know against the Storm on last Saturday evening it

679
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:29,960
Speaker 6: probably wasn't his best game of the season, but aside

680
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,680
Speaker 6: from that, he's looked really influential, more and more comfortable

681
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:35,120
Speaker 6: as this year has gone.

682
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Speaker 5: Does Nick ever pull him off the table? Like if

683
00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:39,840
Speaker 5: he sits there and he goes, he.

684
00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:43,280
Speaker 6: Will watch go back to Latrell Mitchell with Platrell. When

685
00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:46,000
Speaker 6: that really started to get to the pointy end, Robbie

686
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:48,000
Speaker 6: drove Rand to his house and said, there's the offer.

687
00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,920
Speaker 6: It's eight hundred thousand dollars a season. And then when

688
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,400
Speaker 6: Latrell said, no, I'm out to the market, they immediately

689
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:55,360
Speaker 6: removed it. It's off the table.

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00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:57,160
Speaker 1: It's a big back end of the season for Sam

691
00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:59,440
Speaker 1: because you talk about the Storm game. If he can

692
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,400
Speaker 1: to own some of those big moments against some of

693
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,920
Speaker 1: those sizes, then he cements himself. We all think he's

694
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:07,000
Speaker 1: going to get there. We all don't think he's there,

695
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:09,920
Speaker 1: just there yet. So it is a big back end

696
00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:11,840
Speaker 1: of the season to try and justify earning more than

697
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:12,160
Speaker 1: a me and.

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00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,760
Speaker 3: I think because he's not there yet, he's not quite

699
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:15,840
Speaker 3: at that paycheck yet.

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00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:18,480
Speaker 1: Yes, that's the del and we all believe he will

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00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:18,800
Speaker 1: get there.

702
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:19,160
Speaker 4: We all do.

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Speaker 2: He's an amazing player. But that's the dilemma.

704
00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:23,240
Speaker 6: I think you also got a factor in two that

705
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,920
Speaker 6: we're talking twenty twenty six. Yeah, it's actually eight a

706
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,840
Speaker 6: months down the track now. At that stage, Ben Hunt's

707
00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:32,080
Speaker 6: getting older daily, Cherry Evans is getting older. There's going

708
00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:34,640
Speaker 6: to be a lot of movement in terms of halfback,

709
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:38,480
Speaker 6: so they could actually be a strong demand. I understand business.

710
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:42,440
Speaker 6: I can see both sides of it. Yeah, I thought

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00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,240
Speaker 6: the risk is to hold off, hold on.

712
00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:46,640
Speaker 5: He's not quite there yet, he's not quite that money

713
00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,800
Speaker 5: seems going, well, I'm going to be at that money.

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00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:50,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, just paying me now.

715
00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:52,480
Speaker 3: It's a standoff and now it's time for our Bundy

716
00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:53,080
Speaker 3: player to watch.

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Speaker 2: Brought to you by Bunderberg. Run boys. Who you got

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Speaker 2: this weekend?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, we talked about him earlier, the Broncos champion, little

720
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Speaker 6: number seven, Adam Reynolds. They need to go on a

721
00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:04,560
Speaker 6: run Suncorp Stadium, perfect conditions, Hopefully it's crack and weather

722
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,000
Speaker 6: and I think Adam Reynolds can steer the Broncost to victory.

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Speaker 1: The Saturday night game, Luke Brooks, I thought he was outstanding. Really,

724
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,760
Speaker 1: his running game was back on last week. And it's

725
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,680
Speaker 1: an opportunity against a heavyweight in the Roosters and what's

726
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:17,840
Speaker 1: going to be a cracker of a game.

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Speaker 3: You meet your hoops great as always. He's up next

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Speaker 3: to legends are in Mark Carroll and Billy Moore.

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Speaker 2: And tomorrow night at nerold W season begins.

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Speaker 3: Catch enerl W on Fox from seven pm