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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to aner all three sixty re league

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Speaker 1: from every Angle, brought to you by NIV. Joining me

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Speaker 1: again James Graham, Gordon Tallis and Buzz Rothfield. It was

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Speaker 1: as magic round was magic cool. But there has been

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Speaker 1: breaking news this afternoon. Eels coach Brad Arthur has been

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Speaker 1: sacked effective immediately. Buzz, you've got all the information. You've

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Speaker 1: spoken to the Paramatta CEO. Talk us through the events

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Speaker 1: and how it all unfolded.

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Speaker 2: You know, I got off the fund of Jim Sarantinus

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Speaker 2: about half an hour ago. So at four o'clock this

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Speaker 2: afternoon at their Callibrill headquarters, Brad Arthur was called into

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Speaker 2: a meeting with Jim Sarentinos Sarentinos and Shawn mackelduff the chairman,

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Speaker 2: and he was informed straight off the bat that his

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Speaker 2: contract has been terminated, effective immediately, that Trent Barrett will

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Speaker 2: step in as an interim head coach. They then rang

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Speaker 2: the senior playing group, I presume the Guthersons, the moses As,

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Speaker 2: the Parlows, etc.

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Speaker 3: Explained their decision.

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Speaker 2: Then the rest of the top thirty then sent a

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Speaker 2: text message out. The interesting part of this story was

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Speaker 2: they've told me they made the decision that they were

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Speaker 2: going to finish up with Brad on May one. So

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Speaker 2: after the Darwin Debarcle where they're flogged by the Dolphins,

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Speaker 2: they were then touched up by Manlet brook Valeval. After

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Speaker 2: that game, the board made a decision that Brad Arthur

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Speaker 2: would finish up this year. The big story is that

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Speaker 2: for the last three weeks, privately, secretly, whatever you want

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Speaker 2: to say, they have been talking to Wayne Bennett and

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Speaker 2: trying to wrestle him away from South Sydney to become

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Speaker 2: head coach of the Earls next year.

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Speaker 1: So three weeks now, while this has all been going

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Speaker 1: on secretly, they've been.

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Speaker 4: Meeting with Wayne Burnett and they've been trying.

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Speaker 1: As you said, he has his clear favorite to go

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Speaker 1: to South Sydney. Seusidney think that they've got him. Firstly,

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Speaker 1: have Souse signed Wayne? They haven't signed you, have they now?

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Speaker 2: Again, before coming on the show, I spoke to Blake solely,

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Speaker 2: the CEO, and I've been talking to him all day

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Speaker 2: about this rumor that Paramatta had come in and he

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Speaker 2: was a little bit nervous. But in the last phone

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Speaker 2: call I had he declared to me that Wayne Bennett

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Speaker 2: is committed to the South Sydney Rabbidos will sign a

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Speaker 2: contract in the next twenty four hours and it will

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Speaker 2: be announced via a press releader.

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Speaker 3: So Paramatta, I think have missed out.

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Speaker 1: You think they missed David A Feeder was committed to

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Speaker 1: the Rusters last week too, So this is the door

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Speaker 1: is opening.

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Speaker 5: Wayne does have a little bit of form in this situation,

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Speaker 5: right He had a contract a camera back in nineteen

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Speaker 5: eighty seven. He went to Brisbane right then he promised

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Speaker 5: Dragon's he was going back. He had a contract at

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Speaker 5: Newcastle then he promised me.

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Speaker 4: I think there's a bit and I think.

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Speaker 5: Everybody's allowed to do what they want to do, and

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Speaker 5: Wayne can, but I don't reckon the deal's done until

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Speaker 5: he signs. Well, it raises the immediate question South Sydney

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Speaker 5: had in in Brisbone for muchic currnt in the very

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Speaker 5: presence of Wayne Bennett, where you could hand the contract

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Speaker 5: and take that physically same copy of the contract home

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Speaker 5: to South Sydney and announced to your members and fans

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Speaker 5: that've secured his services. So, Jim, what difference is twenty

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Speaker 5: four hours going to me?

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Speaker 2: I would think that Wayne Bennett do over three years

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Speaker 2: is probably worth about three point six million, about one

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Speaker 2: point two million, And no man would sign a contract

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Speaker 2: that lucrative that big without at least bouncing it off

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Speaker 2: his lawyer.

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Speaker 5: He's accountant, and he's a seventy five year old man

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Speaker 5: that's done it all of his life.

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Speaker 4: He's not a twenty year old kid.

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Speaker 2: Well, you've got to get all these things checked out.

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Speaker 4: Of course you do.

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Speaker 2: And I've got that look and I'll say it isn't it.

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Speaker 2: I got no doubt he's going to say out. I

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Speaker 2: understand you guys want to talk about his history and

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Speaker 2: walking out on Newcastle the camp makes you so confident

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Speaker 2: just speaking to Blake sally well speaking to the Rada,

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Speaker 5: Well, will twenty four what difference is twenty four hours

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Speaker 2: Well, you know, I said Jim, he's probably got some

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Speaker 2: curve financial people he needs to bounce it off. Interesting,

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Speaker 2: he doesn't have a manager, I know. Is he is

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Speaker 2: George Mandas in the past or Sammy. He's done, He's

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Speaker 4: But we also buzz I want to I want to

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Speaker 4: believe you, and I think I don't.

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Speaker 5: I'm not saying that you're lying or anything like that,

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Speaker 5: but I think with today's announcement, So a couple of

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Speaker 5: things really, and I let me here. So the fact

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Speaker 5: that Paramatta have admitted the fact that they've been talking

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Speaker 5: to Wayne three weeks and they made the call to

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Speaker 5: move move Brad Arthur on on the first of May,

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Speaker 5: I believe, So why announce it today?

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Speaker 4: So in an.

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Speaker 5: Ideal situation today, well, okay, why announce it today? Why

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Speaker 5: not tomorrow after you've addressed the playing group in person.

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Speaker 2: I think they've got an impatient and understandably impatient fan base.

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Speaker 2: But what would was another debacle perform yesterday?

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Speaker 4: That was what I think. What Jimmy I agree with

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Speaker 4: Jimmy here.

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Speaker 1: So what Jimmy's saying and I believe, is that they've

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Speaker 1: made the call, so they don't disrespect Brad.

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Speaker 2: Arthur but then just respect him for three weeks.

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Speaker 1: They are genuinely saying they're making a play at Wayne

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Speaker 1: now that they were hiding it.

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Speaker 4: For three weeks and admit that now. Excuse me.

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Speaker 2: I did speak to Jim Sarantinous in detail about this,

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Speaker 2: and he all but conceded that there were no chance

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Speaker 2: that Jim Sarantinus believes now that he's committed to say us.

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Speaker 5: But then okay, why if Paramatta have been working at

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Speaker 5: this for three weeks?

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Speaker 4: Right, nobody? Nobody had this confirmed.

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Speaker 5: It's been rumored and we're all thinking connect the dots,

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Speaker 5: but nobody's confirmed this. Why have Paramatta confirmed that rumor

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Speaker 5: when they've lost this deal apparently?

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Speaker 4: Why would they confirm that they've lost?

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Speaker 2: I think when you do something as significant as a

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Speaker 2: coach sacking, you're aware that there's a very hungry media

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Speaker 2: pack in this city and in Queensland and they would

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Speaker 2: dig and dig and the Bennett story would have come

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Speaker 2: out anyway. So actually I applaud them for being transparent

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Speaker 2: and no, I do ok.

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Speaker 4: Up with this.

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Speaker 5: If you're a coach South Sydney sitting here, why not

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Speaker 5: get the same money wherever it is? And it's probably

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Speaker 5: not about money now with Wayne, it's probably about winning

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Speaker 4: Sitting here, Who would you go a coach? Take the

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Speaker 4: emotion take it.

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Speaker 2: I want to put myself in Wayne Bennett's position in

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Speaker 2: that the emotional attachment he has with a lot of

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Speaker 2: He's not tight with guth how he's not tight with Noses,

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Speaker 2: but he's tight with Latreill Cody.

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Speaker 5: He wasn't tight with the Dolphins players, but he gets

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Speaker 5: them to win. It's not about being tight. The tightest

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Speaker 2: Well, he was quoted over the weekend talking about the

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Speaker 2: appeal of going back to Souse.

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Speaker 4: I am convinced you guys do it all you want.

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Speaker 4: I just don't.

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Speaker 5: I don't understand paramatter's openness in this situation that they

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Speaker 5: look to squash if it came out in two or

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Speaker 5: three weeks time, that's fault those.

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Speaker 4: Guys and Wayne.

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Speaker 5: Wayne's not going to say sorry, house, I haven't been shopping.

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Speaker 5: They would. You don't understand, just.

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Speaker 2: Say you applaud it that they've I don't believe this

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Speaker 2: decision on May one.

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Speaker 3: They made it so many weeks ago, and.

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Speaker 1: Exactly that that he was talking to Paramount and Wayne

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Speaker 1: was talking to Paramount.

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Speaker 2: I asked Blake Sally as I said, I spoke to

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Speaker 2: him earlier in the afternoon he was in a meeting

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Speaker 2: and we're texting.

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Speaker 4: And I got yeah, he knew, he knew, and I

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Speaker 4: got to tell you. I put it this way.

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Speaker 2: He didn't actually say you, but there was a feeling

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Speaker 2: of nervousness around his text messages that now because he

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Speaker 2: doesn't have this.

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Speaker 4: Nah, look does he want me to forage way?

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Speaker 3: The important thing on this payout too.

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Speaker 2: We all hear of stories. Oh god, why'd they sign

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Speaker 2: him so long? It's now an eight month payout one

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Speaker 2: and a half million.

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Speaker 4: It's not.

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Speaker 2: It's about a seven hundred thousand dollars payout, Like a

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Speaker 2: lot of coaches these days, Jason Demitrio at the Rabbids,

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Speaker 2: there's clauses kpies in his contract.

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Speaker 5: But what I'm trying to get my head around, Brad

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Speaker 5: Arthur is a very good coach, right. I think in

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Speaker 5: the last five years it was finals, finals, finals, grand Final.

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Speaker 5: When he's got the roster, right, he doesn't have injuries

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Speaker 5: like most clubs. I reckon they got beaten by Pan

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Speaker 5: with the McKay in the semi final where they are

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Speaker 5: a massive chance of winning.

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Speaker 4: Right.

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Speaker 5: You don't sack someone like Brad Arthur if you don't

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Speaker 5: have someone better coming to your club, especially went to

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Speaker 5: a powerful club like Paramatter. We all know what they're like,

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Speaker 5: we know what their fan base is like. They haven't

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Speaker 5: won since ninety and eighty six. They're hungry for six.

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Speaker 1: That's interesting thing I hear it is eleven seasons, five

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Speaker 1: finals campaigns in that finals winter SETI thirty three percent,

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Speaker 1: only one Grand final and obviously a poor start to

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Speaker 1: this year was enough to see him sacked in you're right, Gordy,

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Speaker 1: this is.

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Speaker 4: What was he hard done by Brad? Or was his

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Speaker 4: the right call?

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Speaker 5: I think he's a little bit hard done by the

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Speaker 5: loser half back and we all watch it. We watched

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Speaker 5: teams that other than Penwyth and Cleary like they've got

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Speaker 5: this unbelievable record, but most teams, when you got someone

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Speaker 5: as dominant around the ball as Mitchell moses they would

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Speaker 5: touch at sixty seventy times, they do struggle to win

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Speaker 5: without anymore.

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Speaker 4: I think it is a bit hard on Brad Arthur.

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Speaker 5: I think I actually think Brad Arthur has done a

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Speaker 5: really good job with that rock. He should have been

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Speaker 5: to be very proud of his achievements there at paramount

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Speaker 5: for eleven seasons for where they were when he took over,

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Speaker 5: to get them consistently in.

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Speaker 4: And around the finals to make that grun final.

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Speaker 5: But that that season in twenty twenty two when he

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Speaker 5: did make the grund final, he was under pressure.

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Speaker 4: To keep his job moving forward.

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Speaker 5: I think that Grand Final appearance brought in some time

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Speaker 5: they would disappointed last season and it's been a case

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Speaker 5: of the scene again and you're.

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Speaker 2: Talking about Moses and Guffer being crooked now and you

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Speaker 2: can look back to the private Dylan Brown and that stupidity.

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Speaker 4: Last year and it was vital.

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Speaker 2: You know, this is a decision made from midway through

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Speaker 2: last year, like Demetrio, and into what's happened this year.

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Speaker 2: And there was a view on the Paramatta board as

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Speaker 2: much as Brad's got a good record, that he probably

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Speaker 2: squeezed everything he could out of their current roster.

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Speaker 4: And it's available. Yeah and yeah, he's a good man,

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Speaker 4: you guys.

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Speaker 1: It's uppill to swallow for him today and it's probably

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Speaker 1: who are the candidates? And this is what why I

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Speaker 4: Who is the next? Who is the next Jason.

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Speaker 4: This is all just speculation, the buzz.

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Speaker 1: you know, all those guys you mentioned are really untested

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Speaker 4: No, no, no disrespect, but you know, well.

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Speaker 1: A paramot, are willing to get rid of an experienced

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Speaker 4: Well, for a rookie coach.

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Speaker 4: Did he say that he was out of the race

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Speaker 2: He indicated to me that he was of the opinion

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Speaker 4: Was just an opinion.

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Speaker 2: He did not say, and I've got to say this,

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Speaker 2: I think he's resigned to him going to say out.

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Speaker 4: It's a little bit more.

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Speaker 2: Well, look, they've had a lot of beds, they've been

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Speaker 5: It seems so strange that they've been so honest about

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Speaker 4: It was unnecessary.

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Speaker 5: I think what I was going to say, let's let's

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Speaker 5: I think it's interesting to use the quote about they're

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Speaker 5: we look at who's currently off contract or out of

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Speaker 4: It happened.

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Speaker 5: It very seldom happens within our game, But I'm looking

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Speaker 2: Look, the last coach I can recall who was actually

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Speaker 4: All that it happens? Oh yeah, it did happen.

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Speaker 2: I don't know where they're going to go. Why did

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Speaker 2: they come out and talk about Wayne Bennett. I wrote

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Speaker 2: The board not recognized there was a problem. They were

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Speaker 2: I think what they've done today is showed their sponsors

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Speaker 2: That's the only positive I could get out, I.

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Speaker 1: Think from the kitchen sink at him as we speak.

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Speaker 1: In my opinion, I think it's not over. I think

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Speaker 4: He's done.

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Speaker 1: They're going to try and secure Wayne and see how

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Speaker 4: They should be a big call. I think will keep

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Speaker 4: I think Sous will keep you.

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Speaker 5: But I honestly evidence is what it is because it

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Speaker 4: I spoke to a given up all but no, he

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Speaker 4: hadn't gone up. He had he didn't say that he

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Speaker 6: I didn't know you were listening to the phone call

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Speaker 5: Look, I think I said it three weeks ago, maybe

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Speaker 5: I know his ego, I know how it likes to

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Speaker 3: I'm telling you to go to Souse.

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Speaker 4: He loves that club. I didn't quite get. No, I

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Speaker 5: So how do you know that that that he is

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Speaker 2: Just from various people, I've got that it's done at Souse,

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Speaker 4: He's usually on the money.

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Speaker 3: We played this back on Monday.

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Speaker 4: I'm hearing the same thing.

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Speaker 1: But like Jimmy and like Gordy, I sit here and

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Speaker 5: Because I didn't realize Brad Arthur was going to get sacked.

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Speaker 5: Looking at I think some of the players need to

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Speaker 5: So I was shocked. And then now I just look

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Speaker 4: Signed, and he's got and he's got form at doing this.

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Speaker 4: That's all I'm looking at the form.

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Speaker 2: So when he left Campe, the Broncos launching of the competition,

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Speaker 2: they had the blessing of the Raiders, Mac and Tidy

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Speaker 4: And then Broncos, sorry Broncos. The roosters, well that was

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Speaker 4: just talking about fact. Now I've got a great relationship.

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Speaker 4: You did have a great relation. I do have a

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Speaker 4: great one that doesn't talk to me, not even when

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Speaker 4: I say I don't talk to him.

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Speaker 2: You know why I don't because people like Peter Bedell

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Speaker 2: and Brent rud who broke the store on the Telegraph website,

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Speaker 3: So I don't waste for whatever it cost to bring in.

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Speaker 1: But we've got to cover good work. You eat to

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Speaker 1: the ground, good information, Thank you very much. What about

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Speaker 1: the weekend? How good it was the weekend with record

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Speaker 1: ratings and sold our crowds. It's fair to say Magic

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Speaker 1: Ground was bigger and better than ever before.

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Speaker 7: Hello everyone, game time is upon us, the start of

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Speaker 7: what is the best weekend of footy here at sancl Stadium.

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Speaker 8: This is the home of Rugby League. This is the

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Speaker 8: home of Magic Ground.

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Speaker 4: We are underway.

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Speaker 7: He cut the raiders that by shade. Here he comes,

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Speaker 7: He gets it away, He starts it through pitch chop

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Speaker 7: mann and beautiful footworking man. We're going to put the

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Speaker 7: foot down into the background. So he's got Armstrong. He's

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Speaker 7: got Armstrong.

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Speaker 3: The races on.

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Speaker 7: Armstrong has got a hand tree.

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Speaker 4: Like he to put it to bitch.

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Speaker 8: He's hazel turned. Did he get it down?

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Speaker 4: Yes?

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Speaker 5: He digs, looks to the dinner, come me from dinner.

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Speaker 8: Dinner gets out of this little terrier has scored for

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Speaker 8: the Cowboys.

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Speaker 4: Runs on to b my back held it up.

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Speaker 8: It's there for the fullback to score.

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Speaker 6: What a game.

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Speaker 8: His head turning to Pecket has level it up for

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Speaker 8: the Warriors.

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Speaker 4: River were the targets feeds all bow.

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Speaker 7: Long or no look past save by rimas spin save

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Speaker 7: me it coats are white. Now the kid, He's Harry Grant,

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Speaker 7: He's the Beth Dip the beath spectacular Melbot's stop try

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Speaker 7: a Magic tries in.

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Speaker 8: Magic Ground, the boot game in the end, really go

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Speaker 8: Ppisode Tamu I feto true of the Geese. He packs

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Speaker 8: it off now and he coast to the line. He

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Speaker 8: gets the chicken flag that'll do us and brings Magic

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Speaker 8: Round to an Indusleague. The Funnel Game, All Lady one,

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Speaker 1: Weekend, Magnificent Magic Round. The records broken here at Fox League.

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Speaker 1: The coverage was out of this world Regular season Round,

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Speaker 1: number one regular season Round of all time, Number one

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Speaker 1: Friday six PM Regular season Game of all time, Number one,

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Speaker 1: Saturday five thirty pm Regular season game of all time,

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Speaker 1: Number one Sunday four PM Regular season Game of all time.

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Speaker 1: Ratings right here on Fox League says a lot about

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Speaker 1: the coverage, says a lot about the game of rugby

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Speaker 1: league at the moment. The fans are loving it. The

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Speaker 1: Magic Round was an absolute success.

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Speaker 2: It was great and I think there's only one broad

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Speaker 2: make it up with two.

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Speaker 4: You're going to be which you had to just keep

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Speaker 3: That's okay.

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Speaker 2: You know it started six o'clock Friday night, that Canterbury

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Speaker 2: Raiders game, right, so.

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Speaker 4: That's Stanley, you know.

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Speaker 2: And the spirit that the Raiders were gone at eleven

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Speaker 4: It was fantastic.

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Speaker 5: And then the game I'm thinking, oh, well the Warriors

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Speaker 5: are and that was my favorite game. And then to

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Speaker 5: hear the crowd and sorry Penrithins they were It was

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Speaker 5: the loudest noise of the weekend. To a picky from

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Speaker 5: the sideline, scored the try kicked that this is him here?

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Speaker 4: What a player like?

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Speaker 5: They have no Roger, no Tohu Harris, no Sean Johnson,

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Speaker 5: basically no weight Egan as well. They were the Warriors

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Speaker 5: fans in Brisbane were absolutely outstanding, just snucking. That's a

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Speaker 5: big moment for that young kid. What what what? What

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Speaker 5: a play for him to see all that victory.

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Speaker 1: He came up with the match winning try and in

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Speaker 1: the end that goal was. It was a big moment

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Speaker 1: for him and the Warriors and for a number of teams.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't so good for Cameron Munster who went down

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Speaker 1: with a green injury. Unfortunately for him, he's in some

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Speaker 1: trouble now for Origin and the rest of the season.

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Speaker 5: Worried great as what you were last week when you're

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Speaker 5: talking about the new South Wales injuries.

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Speaker 4: I still stand.

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Speaker 2: Well, the thing is with coinsaying no disrespect to Cameron

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Speaker 2: months at all. Ezra Man can pop in or Tom

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Speaker 2: did and can pop in. So they've got extraordinary, extraordinary depth,

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Speaker 2: but they will miss Monster.

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Speaker 1: Say with Cameron, he was actually uppose to him last

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Speaker 1: week and he's a chance of pulling out of Origin

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Speaker 1: last week because he was really struggling with it. He

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Speaker 1: was he's been playing severe pain every every game. I've

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Speaker 1: been surprised with how well he's play considering.

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Speaker 5: He found out what the injury is because groin it's

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Speaker 5: a hip injury that affects the groins, and then.

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Speaker 1: It's got worse on the weekend to a point where

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Speaker 1: he just needs to have time off and look after

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Speaker 1: his body and they'll try and get him right for

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Speaker 1: the finals. He'll see that out and you' knee surgery

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Speaker 1: most likely about.

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Speaker 4: The end of the year. And I know what God

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Speaker 4: he's talking about.

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Speaker 2: There's no paying of Brimpson, Gilbert, Flegler, Tina, but their favorites.

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Speaker 4: Are trying to the back one of the dogs. Now.

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Speaker 4: Cameron Munster is so important to our side.

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Speaker 5: It's like last week there was a few tears on

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Speaker 5: the table when Cleary was out and there's.

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Speaker 4: No like he's he is because of those players.

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Speaker 5: Six well, I think Billy's got like I think deed

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Speaker 5: Deeden's been there before and he's really solid and you

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Speaker 5: saw his chase against Cobbo and that's an origin type

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Speaker 5: of play. And then you've got someone like Ezra Man

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Speaker 5: that was in the green last year. I'd probably go

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Speaker 5: didn't because he's been there, just just because he's been

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Speaker 5: there before.

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Speaker 4: But Ezra, look, I think it's a you talked.

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Speaker 5: To Cherry Evans side chance at five eight he could

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Speaker 5: be but then you've got two similar players with Cherry

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Speaker 5: Evans and him.

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Speaker 2: I think Deeden's a certainty in that he was drafted

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Speaker 2: into the squad last year, and you talked about they

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Speaker 2: never give up coup tackling good.

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Speaker 1: Queen's like a pick and stick, right, So if didn't,

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Speaker 1: he got his shot when Munster was and he and

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Speaker 1: they won, and.

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Speaker 4: That's why they didn't think that.

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Speaker 5: That's why I'm leaning there, But it's not by much

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Speaker 5: because I think Ezra Man, his combination with the Broncos

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Speaker 5: Christ would be important.

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Speaker 1: And Billy's not afraid to make big calls either. He did,

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Speaker 1: so no one really knows. He may have a game

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Speaker 1: plan that suits Ezra Man Billy like. He's very specific

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Speaker 1: with the way that he wants to play depends on

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Speaker 1: the players that he picks around him, so interesting to

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Speaker 1: see how it does play out. And then but Deeden's

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Speaker 1: been eighteenth Man in the last couple of years, so

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Speaker 1: he's been around the group, which A's why you're.

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Speaker 4: Probably lean to him a little bit more Queens than

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Speaker 4: still favorites. Cording were never favorites, mate, I think you are.

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Speaker 1: Anyway, Let's get to the Blues and one player who

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Speaker 1: definitely put his hand up Nico Hines. It was the

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Speaker 1: litmus test for the Kronella Sharks and boy did he deliver.

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Speaker 4: What a performance it was by the Sharks.

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Speaker 1: They definitely announced themselves on the big stage as Premiership contenders.

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Speaker 4: But this guy right here played in that position. He's

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Speaker 4: the favorite.

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Speaker 2: I don't think there should be a debate over the

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Speaker 2: heart back position anymore. And what Nick has done this

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Speaker 2: year to see that football side out outside of the

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Speaker 2: Melbourne game to the top of the ladder. He's such

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Speaker 2: a more confident player now, Fitz, He's done great one

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Speaker 2: on one work with him. I just think he's nearly

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Speaker 2: first peaked.

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Speaker 4: I'm with your balls. The performance on the weekend.

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Speaker 5: The very first set of the game, he gets outside

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Speaker 5: inside kick pressure and some would perceive that as high risk,

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Speaker 5: but it's not. It's just a pass to a person

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Speaker 5: in space. They go on through the hands, interchange of

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Speaker 5: passing kick from Raimion and they score. That is all

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Speaker 5: class and I like his his mindset as well.

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Speaker 4: He made a mistake he kicked the ball out on

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Speaker 4: the four.

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Speaker 5: Didn't FaZe him straight after, and all good ball players

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Speaker 5: play short. Was his short ballplayer that's that's what you want,

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Speaker 5: that's what works in.

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Speaker 2: That's a big thing the Cronella Club and I hope

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Speaker 2: you know there were.

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Speaker 4: Yare he is.

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Speaker 2: He's a he's huge in the show and he's a

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Speaker 2: great role model at that club, him up on the wall.

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Speaker 4: No, I don't, I don't. It's a huge opportunity to

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Speaker 4: as well.

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Speaker 5: No, I don't with what he went through last year

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Speaker 5: where he's thrown on in the center position.

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Speaker 4: Utter position.

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Speaker 3: His he defenses outstanding, he saw it's nothing wrong with him.

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Speaker 5: Tuck that personally, didn't he. I think given the opportunity

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Speaker 5: he could go into amazing.

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Speaker 4: He deserves a Jimmy and he was great at the weekend.

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Speaker 1: You're spot on bars, stick around, stick Around and Gordy

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Speaker 1: plenty more to come and following erroll three sixty, j

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Speaker 1: Duke sits down with Eels Legend Ray Price in the

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Speaker 1: latest edition of Face to Face