WEBVTT - 🏉 NRL Analysis - Magic Round Madness 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:12.160 Better than the Lego, better than Lego, Magic Grand Coops. 0:00:12.400 --> 0:00:12.840 How good? 0:00:13.039 --> 0:00:16.599 It was fantastic. You're right, I'm good mate. Now excuse 0:00:16.640 --> 0:00:21.000 me if I'm a little bit vague in I saw, 0:00:21.079 --> 0:00:21.880 I saw plenty. 0:00:22.600 --> 0:00:27.320 What was the best part? Was good answer? The only 0:00:27.320 --> 0:00:28.680 in formnutes and foot you saw. 0:00:28.880 --> 0:00:32.720 So Trish went up, she went up, your wife. She 0:00:32.760 --> 0:00:35.920 went up there to curb my enthusiasm and she failed miserably, 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:39.440 but it was good fun. We had the Family podcast 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:41.279 live on the Saturday. Then we went across the road 0:00:41.280 --> 0:00:43.880 to Fletching behind his eighties party one hundred and fifty 0:00:43.920 --> 0:00:44.599 Red Dagans. 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:45.279 So you've got this. 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:48.760 Jackson Street, let's say lunchtime Thursday, and you're left there 0:00:48.840 --> 0:00:50.600 just before your show on Sunday. 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:52.839 Something like that, something like that, you know, the good 0:00:52.840 --> 0:00:56.520 thing about like great thing about magic around Coops, not 0:00:56.640 --> 0:00:59.960 one drama, well not drunk, you know, everyone. 0:00:59.560 --> 0:01:06.240 For you or you mean in general. 0:01:03.840 --> 0:01:09.120 General generally generally, it's just like everyone is so buoyed. 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:11.080 It was. It was fantastic. 0:01:11.240 --> 0:01:13.240 It's good and it's great to see that Brisbane got 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:15.880 it for another couple of years because it's grown and grown, 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:18.320 and the fact that it's like the epicenter of the 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:21.520 rugby league world for a couple of days. Brisbane knocked 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:23.399 it out of the ballpark. The players delivered to the 0:01:23.480 --> 0:01:24.760 games were great. 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:25.880 Because a lot of people are saying there's a lot 0:01:25.880 --> 0:01:28.280 of stars missing, what are the games going to be like? 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:31.840 And talking about stars mission like the moment for me 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:34.440 of the whole round, like the Warriors were under pressure but. 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:37.520 D to a pick. Oh, like, did you see that? 0:01:37.560 --> 0:01:40.240 Did you manage to catch? I saw that. 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:43.240 I thought it was terrific because the kids played only 0:01:43.240 --> 0:01:46.440 a few games of first grade and the Warriors under 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:49.600 immense pressure against the three time premiers and this kid 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:52.160 just comes out the back of shape scores a try. 0:01:52.240 --> 0:01:54.240 Not only does he score it first and I'll try, 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:55.880 he has to take the ball back with a few 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:58.640 minutes on the clock and nail that kick. So hell 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:01.000 of a performance because you saw them after the victory 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:03.480 like it was just that they needed it. 0:02:03.400 --> 0:02:07.800 There they certainly. I'm the guy that David Armstrong for 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:11.640 Newcastle has been a revelation. It's been incredible. Yeah, he 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:14.400 did his ACL a couple of years ago and he's 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:16.000 sort of come out of nowhere. I was watching the 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:18.359 New South Wales Cup one day he took the ball 0:02:18.400 --> 0:02:19.880 and shot off and I thought, you've got to be 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:23.280 something this kid. But the way he's elevated himself, come 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:26.400 into first grade and he's just getting better with every performance. 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:28.360 He's got a good temperament too, Like you see when 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:30.400 he gets interviewed after the game, he's not over the top. 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:32.080 He's pretty humble and. 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:34.520 When he scores a try, he just turns and he 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:38.080 just walks back there. He's just booked poker face. 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:40.800 And you said they're on the upward trajectory last week 0:02:40.919 --> 0:02:44.720 and the fact that it's Kalen's at star right, but 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:47.280 it's almost like, let's say Kaln's ten out of ten. 0:02:47.320 --> 0:02:50.000 It's almost like every other player's picked up one point 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:52.560 in their game to cover the loss because they're doing 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:54.960 all the little basic things that you need to and 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:57.720 if they can hold on to that, yes and bring 0:02:57.800 --> 0:03:01.200 him back, they strong star in the team somewhere else. 0:03:01.280 --> 0:03:04.640 But it could be a blessing disguis really player with 0:03:04.639 --> 0:03:05.079 their own. 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:09.240 Nico heines for me, they beat Melbourne last week, had 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:12.440 roosters on the weekend and there was talk around easy 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:16.800 in the Origin team Easy Night and he absolutely delivered 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:19.679 a last class performance. If anyone had some reservations where 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:21.240 he's in the origent team, not after this. 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:22.400 He's got the Jewsey. 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:24.880 I think the one thing that lit it up for 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:27.040 me is if you go to Magic Around, you're playing 0:03:27.080 --> 0:03:28.720 the roosters and you're own a little bit of pressures 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:31.400 a halfback, you're probably going to be conservative to get 0:03:31.480 --> 0:03:34.680 in the game. His first touch, ranted on the fifth play, 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:36.440 got the ball back and sign they scored. 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:39.160 In the first Yeah, it was a turn. 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:43.080 I was really impressed young Ethan Strange. I was really 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:45.800 impressed with him. I was oppressed by the Raiders. We've 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:49.040 said it many times. The Raiders know who they are. 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:53.360 They're a tough, gritty side, and I just thought, yeah, 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:58.360 without Jamal Foggery, Ethan Stranger is really and he's really 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:01.520 picked up. I love about it. One thing is I 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:04.040 really look when he came into first grade, see that 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:06.560 neat left foot and he had really good acceleration. But 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:10.080 now you see how he's using his spoon and acceleration 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:14.400 to enhance his ballplayer like put Hudson through very very clever. 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:16.919 Slow fast, get to the defense quickly and put HUDs 0:04:16.920 --> 0:04:18.880 and three and good defense too. A couple of good 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:22.440 tackles have got all that, yes as well, and one 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:25.480 of the performances of the weekend because the ninety four 0:04:25.720 --> 0:04:30.520 Raiders were in the house celebrating and two sinnbins around halftime. 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:34.880 They're under pressure. Ricky signed an extension during the week 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:38.160 the emotion of everything came through and they would have 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:39.240 added one hell of a party on the. 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:41.440 Talk about the ninety four Raiders in a second tab 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:46.040 your why feeder watching him how he runs it is 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:49.840 just I reckon Like you look at him. I'd love 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:52.200 to see him like a two hundred met or four 0:04:52.240 --> 0:04:55.760 hundred meter like if he had dedicated himself to athletics, 0:04:56.279 --> 0:04:57.800 and you look at it, just the way he moves 0:04:58.160 --> 0:04:59.360 like it looks like a gold medalist. 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:02.080 Yeah, I think anyone who lights it up is look 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:04.040 like they're doing it in second gear, right. And he 0:05:04.200 --> 0:05:07.800 was good and timely too because a couple of the 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:10.680 tries that he scored were crucial in the Tiger's game. 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:13.400 And the other thing too is some injuries and he 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:15.479 had to come back in case your origin and things 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:15.720 like that. 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:17.520 So tray Fuller just a little bit of a. 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:21.080 Just a little bit back and get the job done. 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:22.960 You ninety four Raiders were great to see the ninety 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:26.280 four Raiders there we run through their Grand final team. 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:29.480 It's pretty good. Talk to me Brett Mullins, fullback wingers 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:33.080 Kenen Aegus and Noan, Andrew Ker, Sanatas, Reuben Wicki and 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:35.040 malman Inger. They could really beat you. 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:37.039 I would have got out of the right of the mate. 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:40.440 He had lur Daily, Ricky Stewart in the halfs. Up front, 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:45.599 you had Quentin Pongier rest in peace, Steve Walters. Interesting, 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:49.960 Paul Osborne, I'll go back to that. What Jason Tutsi, Croker, 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:53.479 Dave Ferner, Bradley Clyde. What was the interesting about that 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:56.640 side was that Johnny Lomax was upfront for all the 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:59.000 season but he got suspended for the Grand Final. Really 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:03.040 cruel bloke Johnny and they and they put Ozzie in there, 0:06:03.080 --> 0:06:05.960 Paul Osbourne and it was just people looked and said, 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:08.320 you know, it's a surprise selection by Tim Sheens where 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:10.440 he set up the first two tries in the twenty 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:13.279 minutes and then got subbed off. So certainly did his job. 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:16.640 The ninety four Raiders. And we said this from the 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:19.400 podcast We're far and away the best side I ever 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:20.440 played against. Coops. 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:22.080 One of the best in history, right. 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:22.599 One of the best. 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:22.720 You know. 0:06:22.720 --> 0:06:25.560 I would actually I'd love to see in your twenty seventeen. 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:27.680 So I'd take them ninety four Raiders. I thought I. 0:06:27.680 --> 0:06:29.240 Would have got to the road of Wicked Mountain. They 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:31.480 would have just strolled straight through for hat trick each. 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:34.680 I'd tear what they were good at, Coops. They were 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:37.479 excellent on both sides of the game. Now when you 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:39.760 played against them, they just burned out of gas with 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:41.920 how well they used the football. They played a lot 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:45.080 of sidelines to sideline Ricky's with just knock it out 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:47.719 to Laurie Daily. I tell what he needs to do sometimes, Ricky, 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:51.360 because you've got Meninger and Wiki out there. So you go, mate, 0:06:51.360 --> 0:06:53.560 We've got to get off the line quick. And so 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:55.560 Ricky would shape long like he was going to go 0:06:55.600 --> 0:06:57.640 to Lorry and you're spread up, and he turned further 0:06:57.720 --> 0:07:00.520 underneath all of a sudden, Yeah, you go on back 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:04.680 twenty five meters a little bit. The Coops when they 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:07.720 turned the ball over to you, mate, they just beat 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:10.080 the hell out of you. They were not just to 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:13.280 bring it attacking side, But how tough they were defensively 0:07:13.320 --> 0:07:14.440 has been underestimated. 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:18.720 And I give Ricky a rap here because sometimes too 0:07:18.840 --> 0:07:21.400 much emotion can be over the top and your players 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:25.160 sort of lose the impact. But try and tell Ricky 0:07:25.160 --> 0:07:26.880 Stewart that he didn't get it right on the weekend. 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:30.960 His team had two sinbins around halftime, his team's down, 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:34.400 the Bulldogs called multiple tries in that period. Isn't it halftime? 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:36.480 He's got the ninety four Raiders in the back of 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:38.320 his mind. He was a part of it, and it 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:41.080 was a gritty, tough performance. Hudson Young comes up with 0:07:41.160 --> 0:07:44.160 Eastern strange, couple of big plays and they put it 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:46.880 all together and they had the big celebration the next day. 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:48.320 It was one hell of a weekend if you're a 0:07:48.400 --> 0:07:49.920 Raiders fan, because they. 0:07:49.840 --> 0:07:53.520 Just keep doing it. Like you said, the DNA of 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:56.880 the Raiders this year. They won't beat themselves. They're going 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:58.920 to make it really hard for you to win. And 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:02.200 if their backs against the war they actually go better. Yeah, 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:04.440 I mean, that is a hell of a quality to have. 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:07.160 They might not have strike across all the park or whatever, 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:10.560 but I'll tell you what, you take that most. 0:08:09.760 --> 0:08:11.880 Week not the big week It was a big weekend 0:08:11.920 --> 0:08:15.840 for the Wires too. Had to win that is. I 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:19.360 think it's probably the bravest win in Warriors' history, and 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:21.560 it's one of the bravest wins that I've seen for 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:25.280 a long long time. What's interesting, Coops Nashaw and Johnson 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:28.080 lost a lot of stars before the game started, but 0:08:28.120 --> 0:08:30.960 then lost Wade Egan And when you're sitting here going well, 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:32.800 they're certainly under the pump here. 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:36.560 So basically a whole new spine to a picky wading 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:38.959 when out off, Roach went in there and they went 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:42.040 with Martin and kluk Star as the hards parent and 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:45.679 I thought tomorrow Martin was absolutely brilliant because some of 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:48.240 the players that he came up with were first class. 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:50.120 As a ball play, here's the first try they set up. 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:53.400 Watched this play short to Barnet, that's into Jack Cole. 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:55.800 The rookie half goes back to the center of the field, 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:57.959 and watch what he does. Here, goes back to the 0:08:58.040 --> 0:09:01.000 rookie half, pretends to play to by Barnett. 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:02.600 Out the back, and that's their first try. 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:05.800 That is ball playing one o one attacking the weakness 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:08.640 because he just goes back there multiple times, forces a 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:11.240 kid to get his head in a bad spot, resets 0:09:11.520 --> 0:09:13.720 and the kid now thinks, oh, we have to tackle 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:16.199 Barnett again and goes in, drags him on and just 0:09:16.240 --> 0:09:18.080 plays out the back and he hesitates that a half 0:09:18.080 --> 0:09:18.480 a second. 0:09:18.480 --> 0:09:19.880 It's an unorthodox pass. 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:22.800 Yeah, he throws this one here just as good too. 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:25.040 Just get into the line and put him up. So 0:09:25.280 --> 0:09:27.320 Isaao is off the field here. They've got a little 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:29.800 bit of luck, but if they're going to score points 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:31.679 against the Panthers, you've got to get on top of 0:09:31.760 --> 0:09:33.960 them while they're down to twelve men. And he comes 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:35.760 up with two tri cysts in this period of time, 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:37.640 the first one here and then this one over the. 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:40.400 Other side of the field. Gets in and just gets. 0:09:40.160 --> 0:09:43.360 Eyes straight to Martin and puts Pompey straight through. So 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:46.080 he's he stood up when Johnson was out, he stood up. 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:47.959 And this was the match winter here see. 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:49.680 That double partly Yeah, Yeah. 0:09:49.520 --> 0:09:53.480 Tyron Peachey comes in slightly. The double pump delayser and 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:56.240 it gives to a Picky a chance to kick the 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:56.800 goal as well. 0:09:56.880 --> 0:09:58.760 So yeah, three tri cysts. 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:01.040 The first player was brewined and this is a guy 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:03.680 that wasn't playing at a high level for the month 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:04.160 prior to. 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:05.400 This, had been struggling. 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:08.560 Sewan's gone and he basically just did what Sean's been doing, 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:10.800 but better than he had been for a period of time. 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:13.680 And you said before about Callum Pine, how that's benefit 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:16.480 not having Calen not playing pong and ball as suited 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:18.120 the Knights and made him strength in other areas. 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:21.560 Same with Johnson. Clok Star was good in the sixth too, mate. 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:24.640 I love what Clark Star did. He run, run, run 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:28.800 all the time and coops, it's funny having that change 0:10:29.040 --> 0:10:32.199 change the spine. Losing so many stars we said before 0:10:32.200 --> 0:10:34.440 at Camber, and you know what sort of side they were. 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:37.760 It forced the Warriors to play a more simple game. 0:10:38.200 --> 0:10:40.839 We spoke last week. In my opinion, the Warriors had 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:44.000 lost their way in the fact that they last year 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:46.439 in the winning games. They're starting the game quite conservative 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:48.800 and they're building in well. It was similar. 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:51.520 Well, the first half they had an avalanche of good 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:54.440 ball and that only tried to Montour was the only 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:55.079 try they scored. 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:56.920 But they didn't look like they were cracking enough. 0:10:57.360 --> 0:10:59.640 And in the second half they got lucky with Ozao, 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:01.680 but they come up with points when they had to. 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:03.960 It was a hell of a victory because the emotion 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:06.880 on every one of their faces afterwards, it was almost 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:07.960 like a finals match. 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:10.880 It was really good. Well, in a lot of ways, 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:13.760 it sort of was. Coops had to arrest that slide 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:19.720 really really quickly. Sharks prove their serious contender. We said before, 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:23.480 they've very jigged aspects of their attack Fitsie so that 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:26.800 can the better chance of winning big games. At the 0:11:26.840 --> 0:11:30.200 back end of the season, thought they were terrific going forward. 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:32.800 Now Coops, I think that they've got some big games 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:34.880 the next few weeks. It's going to be a really 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:37.480 big test. Now I'll tell you why is they've had 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:39.440 a lot of criticism of like people said, they've had 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:44.240 a soft draw and sides lived with criticism, right, And 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:47.040 apparently they spoke about that within the inner circle in 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:49.320 the dressing room, right, and no one's given us a chance. Everyone, 0:11:49.360 --> 0:11:51.640 you know, we're winning games, but they're saying we're still 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:55.400 not playing a right soyle of football. That criticism sharpens 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:58.400 the sword, you know, and that's very much you know, 0:11:58.640 --> 0:12:00.560 you see that in the last few before worrmances. But 0:12:00.600 --> 0:12:02.959 now we're going to see how they handle the praise 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:06.679 and very often praise weekends resolve and. 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:08.800 Players should get a huge rap for what they're doing. 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:11.480 But I think Fitzgibbon is obviously doing a tremendous job too, 0:12:11.480 --> 0:12:14.200 because a couple of weeks back said something about the 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:17.520 soft draw and he actually came out and said, look, 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:20.000 we are not Penrith Melbourne or the Roosters. We haven't 0:12:20.040 --> 0:12:22.559 done this over a long period time, but we're striving 0:12:22.600 --> 0:12:25.360 to get there. And he's got that criticism for the 0:12:25.400 --> 0:12:28.280 players's bubbling along that sincepiring, but he's also put a 0:12:28.320 --> 0:12:30.320 reality check and say, hey, listen, if we want to 0:12:30.320 --> 0:12:32.800 win this trophy, we're going to have to keep doing 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:35.160 this against the good teams. It's easy to do against 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:37.400 the team's below usk because that's what we have to do, 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:39.839 but this is the style of play that we play 0:12:40.080 --> 0:12:42.880 and it holds up in big games. So every win 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:45.800 or every good performance against those big teams just adds 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:48.800 another layer of confidence, another layer of belief, and they 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:50.079 are doing everything they have. 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:53.680 To and coops, it's a really well balanced site given 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:56.439 the fact a nice big pack of forwards that are 0:12:56.440 --> 0:12:59.120 playing a really good power game that make the back 0:12:59.160 --> 0:13:03.960 five the yardage game, you know, through their backs all ta. 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:07.240 Jesse Rayman's footwork for that try that he set up 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:10.439 was brilliant. I really liked that. Talkys the beast off 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:14.719 the bench as well, like impacted, Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:17.600 skilling defenders and crank quick play the balls there. 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:20.640 So there, that's a good win. I mean, the Roosters 0:13:20.679 --> 0:13:21.760 had been playing and. 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:22.280 They went back. 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:26.480 The Roosters like weren't poor in their performance. They were 0:13:26.559 --> 0:13:28.920 up for it too, and they fought back after the 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:31.920 poor start and both starts to the halves and it. 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:33.880 Was a good game of footage, terrific just for all. 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:37.320 The games were tight, hard from really Melbourne's I mean Melbourne, 0:13:37.320 --> 0:13:40.880 what a tear ceps. They are looking good. They're really 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:44.400 looking good and particularly well firstly, make the monster he 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:48.400 had the monster injury. She said. It was awful to watch. 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:51.920 If you look at the monster injury, it looks horrendous, 0:13:52.000 --> 0:13:54.960 like he ripped something off the bone or whatever. But 0:13:55.960 --> 0:13:58.280 I've had a similar injury that what he's going through, 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:01.319 and it was really weird to see that because it's 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:04.560 not really a cute pain. It's literally just a numbing 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:08.120 pain that gets worse and comes sometimes gets better and 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:09.760 he's going to have to deal with this for the 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:10.600 rest of the season. 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:13.440 He needs to be on the field for Melbourne. 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:16.480 They've been saying, well, it's been a problem all season, 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:21.520 and I heard that he's been playing games, getting on 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:23.600 the field, but then not training the first couple of 0:14:23.680 --> 0:14:24.160 days of the week. 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:27.240 I've had exactly injury after a game because of all 0:14:27.320 --> 0:14:30.080 the running and all the hits and knocks. You literally 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:32.680 struggle to walk for two or three days, and then 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:35.760 by the end of it you start to come good. 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:37.880 But then you're back in that vicious cycle again. 0:14:37.960 --> 0:14:40.280 So there's a lot of the recovery and rehab work 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:42.160 that goes into monthster plane every week. 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:44.160 And when we talk about like we said about Crinulla 0:14:44.200 --> 0:14:49.040 being well balanced, Melbourne very well balanced, and they're played 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:52.280 their football was varied for a while, they're playing a 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:54.920 bit of sideline to sideline, then they start drilling the 0:14:54.920 --> 0:14:55.640 middle of the field. 0:14:55.920 --> 0:15:00.600 I will say this, Niko hines and was brilliant, Tomato 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:05.320 Martin was good, but Harry Grant's performance So no Papenhausen, 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:09.800 no Hughes. Months to goes off and I know the 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:13.600 paramatter of paramatter, right, but his ability to just go okay, 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:15.800 it's a little bit on me here and I'm going 0:15:15.880 --> 0:15:18.720 to have an impact craft out of dumby half speed 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:21.600 his try like he probably shouldn't have got there, but 0:15:21.680 --> 0:15:23.120 his tenacity and. 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:27.200 His will to compete got him there. He was good. 0:15:27.240 --> 0:15:28.920 He was up there as one of the players of 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:29.400 the round. 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:32.120 And we had him on the show after it and 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:34.480 he's right up on his toes at the moment and 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:37.120 he was saying about the captaincy, how much he enjoys 0:15:37.120 --> 0:15:40.040 the captaincy. It's been a great decision, great Bellamy and 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:44.720 the other Blake t He's playing good Tyren Wishart because 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:47.120 he knows his game, and a lot of young playmakers 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:50.680 or young footballers it takes some while to really understand 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:53.680 their game. And I just thought the last couple of performances, 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:57.840 you see a kid who finally understands his strengths and 0:15:57.880 --> 0:16:00.240 how to play it on him because there's no you know, 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:03.360 no subtle passes. He's just bull at the gate. Run 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:03.920 the football. 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:07.720 Doesn't matter what position you play. Always bring your strengths 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:10.040 to the fall like stick. If you're a runner, run 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:12.000 the book. If you've got a good pass or kick 0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:14.440 do those things. But the other thing that underpins it 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:16.880 is a bit like Harry Grant's example, But he just 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:20.520 competes like he's in every frame that the Stormer in. 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:22.920 There's every frame, if there's a line break from the opposition, 0:16:23.280 --> 0:16:24.200 he's just there. 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:26.160 And that's a good mentality to have. 0:16:26.160 --> 0:16:31.120 A para matter. Okay, there's no ga, there's noses, but 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:34.200 that's not good enough. Another weekend, a Brad Arthur after 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:37.360 the game, he said, second half was just embarrassing. And 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:40.880 now you know, like Brad finds his self under immense pressure. 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:45.960 Yeah, it's really hard to see what happens here from Paramatta. 0:16:45.960 --> 0:16:49.360 And the worst thing for me is that this has 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:52.920 been trending for let's say, the best part of twelve months, 0:16:52.920 --> 0:16:55.520 eighty months. They got to that Grand Final and haven't 0:16:55.680 --> 0:16:59.360 recovered truly. He's been there for a long time. He's 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:02.920 had his finger p all over that team, and that 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:07.320 power game that they were known for has fallen away 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:11.760 big time. RCG and Barlow aren't contributing a lot. 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:15.680 So again it's yeah, I think it's waiting to sign 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:16.200 that contract. 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:17.040 Yep. 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:18.760 Yeah, you know what's happening there. 0:17:18.880 --> 0:17:20.520 Yeah, yeah, But. 0:17:20.480 --> 0:17:23.199 They just like get like the forty minutes was that 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:27.960 the space in the defensive line, it was exactly like 0:17:28.000 --> 0:17:28.679 the Dolphins. 0:17:29.840 --> 0:17:33.480 It was exactly like it was like dramatically, this is 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:36.120 too hard and there was no monster from the second half, 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:40.359 like you know, they operak without muster and they're just 0:17:40.480 --> 0:17:41.640 completely carving them up. 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:43.879 And free coach that Brad Arthur to me, isn't a 0:17:43.920 --> 0:17:46.880 coach that sits back and says you boys, you take 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:49.439 care of it like he's a drill sergeant. Feels like 0:17:49.480 --> 0:17:52.679 he's into into any and he's not getting a response 0:17:52.720 --> 0:17:53.520 from them at all. 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:58.160 We said, Nico's a lock new south Wale outside him all, 0:17:58.240 --> 0:18:01.280 well with him in the halves. Well, there's no guarantee 0:18:01.320 --> 0:18:04.520 Moses going to play next week. I'm not sure about that. 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:09.239 And Jerome Lewi, Jerome almost become the forgotten man. I 0:18:09.240 --> 0:18:12.640 thought he was outstanding. Jerome Lewi in a beaten. 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:15.680 Let's say, if Moses plays this weekend, is he in or. 0:18:16.720 --> 0:18:19.959 It's not like the thing with Mitch. It's not like 0:18:20.240 --> 0:18:22.160 having a broken hand where you can do all your 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:24.959 running and everything like that, you can do your kicking. 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:27.520 Is the very fact that's been a broken foot and 0:18:27.560 --> 0:18:31.119 it hasn't been able to run. It makes it It 0:18:31.200 --> 0:18:32.200