WEBVTT - GAGR's Talking Teams The First Test Team 0:00:00.530 --> 0:00:02.449 You don't know anything about rugby. Don't talk. 0:00:02.720 --> 0:00:07.520 Gregan. Drop go from Larkham Australian creep forward. They've got 0:00:07.520 --> 0:00:08.360 the advantage. 0:00:08.420 --> 0:00:10.550 Worst press conference. Well done boys. 0:00:10.580 --> 0:00:12.740 Hi everyone and welcome to the Gadget Teams podcast for 0:00:12.740 --> 0:00:15.380 the week. I'm the happy man and it's just Sully 0:00:15.380 --> 0:00:17.329 with me tonight to go through the first wallaby squad 0:00:17.329 --> 0:00:20.239 of the year. Evening, Sully. How are you going? 0:00:20.239 --> 0:00:23.119 I'm good mate. How are you? Good, good. 0:00:23.329 --> 0:00:25.070 Just a bit of a change to run on a Thursday. 0:00:25.070 --> 0:00:27.260 But we waited until the teams were announced so that 0:00:27.260 --> 0:00:31.580 we'd have something to talk about. Loving life. Uh, ladies 0:00:31.580 --> 0:00:34.040 and gentlemen, thank you very much for your support. It's, uh, 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:38.780 improving nicely week on week. Please, uh, don't forget to download, rate, subscribe, 0:00:38.780 --> 0:00:40.909 review on all the platforms we're on YouTube and all 0:00:40.909 --> 0:00:44.330 those sorts of things. Uh, tonight's probably just going to 0:00:44.330 --> 0:00:47.900 really just drill into the Australia and Wales game. We'll 0:00:47.900 --> 0:00:49.460 touch on a few of the other games that are 0:00:49.460 --> 0:00:52.460 going on around the world and uh, go for uh, 0:00:52.460 --> 0:00:55.060 a bit of a shouting at clouds moment at the end. Sully, 0:00:55.060 --> 0:00:57.400 what were you what was your highlight of the week? 0:00:57.430 --> 0:01:01.000 Oh, man. It's, uh, it's, uh, rinse and repeat for me, mate. I, uh, 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:04.600 had a had a check in on the Maori, All Blacks, uh, versus, uh, 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:09.190 Eddie Jones's team, and, uh, he got smashed again, so 0:01:09.190 --> 0:01:13.330 I'm happy about that again. So I'm, I'm, I'm sad 0:01:13.330 --> 0:01:17.110 about Japan. I mean, they don't deserve that, but it's 0:01:17.110 --> 0:01:20.890 Eddie Jones and I just don't care anymore. So I'm 0:01:20.890 --> 0:01:23.890 over him. He's had done enough to Australian rugby and 0:01:23.890 --> 0:01:30.070 the Reds over the years and I'm done. So. Yeah. Yeah. 0:01:30.400 --> 0:01:34.630 Schadenfreude is good for the soul, my friend. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. 0:01:34.660 --> 0:01:38.890 I just like the, uh. I like the fact that the, uh, team, 0:01:38.890 --> 0:01:41.800 the Australian team looks like. And the Australian coaching seems 0:01:41.819 --> 0:01:44.550 to be looking like it's run by adults at the moment. 0:01:44.550 --> 0:01:48.450 So long may that continue. But we're at that point 0:01:48.450 --> 0:01:51.450 of the year where hope and expectation meets reality. We're 0:01:51.450 --> 0:01:55.890 about get stuck into the big games so quickly. Let's 0:01:55.890 --> 0:01:58.500 run through the team for the for the Australians. We've 0:01:58.500 --> 0:02:03.420 got uh. James Slipper, uh, at loosehead Matt Fezler at 0:02:03.420 --> 0:02:07.890 uh hooker Taniela Tupou starts at tighthead. Jeremy Williams and 0:02:07.890 --> 0:02:12.570 Lukhan Salakaia-loto make up the locking combination. Uh Liam Wright 0:02:12.570 --> 0:02:16.440 is at six and captain with Fraser McBryde at seven, 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:20.940 Rob Valentini at eight, Jake Gordon at nine, Nilo Lucio 0:02:20.940 --> 0:02:25.170 playing at fly half, Filipo Daugunu and Andrew Kellaway on 0:02:25.169 --> 0:02:28.050 the wings. Hunter Paisami and Josh Luke make up the 0:02:28.050 --> 0:02:33.960 centres and Tom Wright starts on at fullback. The substitutes 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:36.750 we've got Billy Pollard as a hooker, Isaac Kelly and 0:02:37.020 --> 0:02:42.900 Alataua as the props. Angus Blyth, Charlie Kyle make up 0:02:42.900 --> 0:02:47.850 the loose trio in the back and Tate McDermott, Tom 0:02:47.850 --> 0:02:51.420 Liner and Dylan Peach are the back replacements. What do 0:02:51.419 --> 0:02:52.769 you think of the Australian team? Sydney? 0:02:53.010 --> 0:02:56.840 Um, yeah, I'm surprised how strong it is, mate. I'm. 0:02:57.800 --> 0:03:03.140 I'm a little bit, um, concerned about combinations. Like, we've got, uh, 0:03:03.139 --> 0:03:06.140 props from three different clubs. We've got, uh, locks from 0:03:06.139 --> 0:03:10.130 two different clubs, you know, back row, um, from two 0:03:10.130 --> 0:03:15.200 different clubs, uh, halves from different clubs. Um, as I 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:18.740 was saying to you earlier, the finishing without injuries, the 0:03:18.740 --> 0:03:24.410 finishing backline would have a few players or mostly from 0:03:24.410 --> 0:03:29.359 from one club. If if everyone stays fit, but just 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:34.640 meshing together quickly in like, what was it been two weeks? Uh, 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:37.310 it might be difficult to get some cohesion there, but 0:03:37.310 --> 0:03:39.800 I'm liking it. They all seem to be like form 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:45.100 players playing well. The big surprises like two weeks ago 0:03:45.700 --> 0:03:48.370 before the squad was named, would you think Angus Blythe's 0:03:48.370 --> 0:03:49.960 name would be on that list? 0:03:50.710 --> 0:03:54.730 You could have. Yeah. There's no chance I would, I 0:03:54.730 --> 0:03:57.610 would have. He for me, for mine. He's the biggest star. 0:03:57.610 --> 0:04:01.000 He's the biggest surprise. If you look at body of 0:04:01.000 --> 0:04:06.490 work availability what he's actually done this year. I think 0:04:06.490 --> 0:04:09.700 if you asked him, he'd be surprised. Yeah. So he 0:04:09.700 --> 0:04:12.640 just I don't think he's done enough. I think there's 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:15.280 there's a whole stack of players who I think have 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:19.870 done more. Uh, so yeah, it's a massive surprise for me. 0:04:19.870 --> 0:04:23.890 Massive surprise. I can I can only hope that they're 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:28.330 they're seeing something that I haven't for a number of years. Really. 0:04:28.330 --> 0:04:33.250 Well, he's he's, uh. He he looks he physically, he's 0:04:33.250 --> 0:04:39.070 got everything that an international lock should have. It's just 0:04:39.070 --> 0:04:43.960 an attitude adjustment that. Yeah. So maybe that's happened. Going 0:04:44.860 --> 0:04:47.830 in his limited time this season, I thought I could 0:04:47.830 --> 0:04:51.669 see a change in him, but that hasn't been enough 0:04:51.670 --> 0:04:55.859 time to bed that in for me. So. yeah. 0:04:55.860 --> 0:05:00.029 Look, if I'd have, you know, using the term that 0:05:00.029 --> 0:05:02.130 I had last week about Cocker's law, if you say 0:05:02.130 --> 0:05:04.230 that someone you don't think someone should get the job, 0:05:04.230 --> 0:05:07.140 you should name a replacement. I think you'd go Nick Frost, 0:05:07.140 --> 0:05:11.190 Darcy Swain. Both would be more able replacements. And that's 0:05:11.190 --> 0:05:12.990 coming from a Queenslander. Yeah. 0:05:13.350 --> 0:05:15.780 Well, I think Darcy Swain suffers from the same thing 0:05:15.779 --> 0:05:18.630 that Angus Bligh's suffers from his little head explosion. 0:05:18.630 --> 0:05:21.510 So a little bit, a little bit. But I think 0:05:21.510 --> 0:05:25.349 he's limited that last this year. So I and I 0:05:25.350 --> 0:05:28.200 think Nick Frost is the sort of has, you know, 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:32.909 some big athletic, high quality second rower that I think 0:05:32.910 --> 0:05:36.810 I would probably have on there. And at a pinch 0:05:36.810 --> 0:05:38.670 you can throw him at six as well. 0:05:38.670 --> 0:05:40.950 So it's I'm surprised not to see him in the 0:05:40.950 --> 0:05:41.760 side at all. 0:05:42.029 --> 0:05:43.110 Yeah yeah. 0:05:43.110 --> 0:05:43.500 Yeah. 0:05:43.500 --> 0:05:43.920 Yeah. 0:05:44.040 --> 0:05:48.810 I thought, uh, Jack Gordon was. Was lucky. I'm surprised 0:05:48.810 --> 0:05:49.380 to see him. 0:05:49.380 --> 0:05:53.160 Yeah. Yeah. He's had a few chances to start in 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:56.549 wallaby teams. And I'm surprised the new coaches, I guess. 0:05:56.550 --> 0:05:58.470 But I'm surprised to see him get another chance. 0:05:58.890 --> 0:06:00.270 Yeah, yeah. Look. 0:06:00.660 --> 0:06:04.440 It's very hard to take his form because he was 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:08.419 playing behind a pack that was really suffering a lot, 0:06:08.930 --> 0:06:11.570 you know, so the Waratahs really had a difficult year. 0:06:11.900 --> 0:06:15.740 Maybe they've they've seen him play, you know seen him 0:06:15.740 --> 0:06:17.630 go around at training where he's actually got a bit 0:06:17.630 --> 0:06:20.420 of decent ball and, and said well you know what. 0:06:20.420 --> 0:06:23.659 He can play a bit flatter. He's probably to be honest, 0:06:23.660 --> 0:06:25.969 he's got a bit of a superior kicking game to, um, 0:06:26.510 --> 0:06:29.810 Tate McDermott. But I would have thought Nic White would 0:06:29.810 --> 0:06:32.750 be in a better place than either of those to, 0:06:32.750 --> 0:06:37.250 you know, to be the starter. Uh, I don't I like, 0:06:37.250 --> 0:06:39.590 take McDermott off the bench because I think he's got 0:06:39.589 --> 0:06:43.250 that capacity to speed the game up if you want to. Well, 0:06:43.339 --> 0:06:44.030 the back end, but. 0:06:44.029 --> 0:06:45.589 I think you choose Nick white if you want to 0:06:45.589 --> 0:06:50.330 play off nine. Mm. Uh, I, they obviously don't want 0:06:50.330 --> 0:06:52.430 to pay off nine. They want to play off ten. So. 0:06:52.790 --> 0:06:53.270 Yeah. 0:06:53.510 --> 0:06:57.070 Yeah. And potentially they want to give Lucy a bit 0:06:57.070 --> 0:06:59.529 of breathing space. Maybe they've gone with Tate on the 0:06:59.529 --> 0:07:02.170 bench because of Tom Warner. They maybe they think they 0:07:02.170 --> 0:07:05.770 can bring them on as a tandem. Yeah. Uh, really 0:07:05.770 --> 0:07:09.520 excited for Liam Wright. He's had a difficult run with injury. 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:14.020 And getting getting the captaincy band is is a testament 0:07:14.020 --> 0:07:16.990 to his to his work. I do like the fact 0:07:16.990 --> 0:07:21.520 that they've, uh, named him just for this test series. Uh, 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:24.760 which basically seems to be a bit of a thing 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:29.200 of your form will have to dictate that you picked 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:31.210 in the team, and then we'll have a series of 0:07:31.210 --> 0:07:35.950 captains who will go to on that basis. Uh, yeah. 0:07:35.950 --> 0:07:36.730 I must be a. 0:07:36.730 --> 0:07:39.400 I absolutely agree with that. I'm. I don't think you 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:42.400 should pick a captain for a year. I think that's 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:45.700 that's just wrong. I think you should have a leadership group. 0:07:45.940 --> 0:07:47.710 And if your captain doesn't make the team, you pick 0:07:47.710 --> 0:07:48.670 a new captain. 0:07:49.690 --> 0:07:54.460 But yeah, the days 35, 40 years ago of guys 0:07:54.460 --> 0:07:56.920 being the captain, the coach not even talking to them. 0:07:56.920 --> 0:08:01.000 Half time a long gone with modern technology. You know, 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:03.970 people are talking at all times to the players on 0:08:03.970 --> 0:08:08.410 the field calling whether to go for posts or do whatever. Ultimately, 0:08:08.410 --> 0:08:11.130 that seems to be a bit of a thing. Look, Liam. 0:08:11.670 --> 0:08:14.850 Liam. Liam Wright has had injury problems, but they haven't 0:08:14.850 --> 0:08:19.770 been similar injuries. And they've all been injuries during matches 0:08:19.770 --> 0:08:21.330 and haven't like. 0:08:21.780 --> 0:08:22.950 Yes. Yeah. 0:08:22.950 --> 0:08:26.640 And having said that, he has played all but 16 0:08:26.640 --> 0:08:29.400 minutes of this season. So he's. 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:29.700 Played. 0:08:29.700 --> 0:08:33.510 A massive I think it's 1100 and something minutes of 0:08:33.510 --> 0:08:37.260 the season. He's played a massive amount of minutes. So 0:08:37.260 --> 0:08:41.190 any any worries over injury concerns about Liam Wright this 0:08:41.190 --> 0:08:45.480 year or should be just forgotten as far as I'm concerned. 0:08:45.929 --> 0:08:46.829 Yeah, yeah. 0:08:47.130 --> 0:08:49.740 100%. I do like the look of our back three 0:08:49.740 --> 0:08:54.510 with Andrew Kellaway, Tom Wright, both the form players in 0:08:54.510 --> 0:08:55.439 their position. 0:08:56.220 --> 0:08:59.840 Yeah, I wouldn't worry about which one's the fullback. Um, no, 0:09:00.110 --> 0:09:04.100 it's as far as I'm concerned, it's a shared role. Yeah. And, um, yeah. 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:07.220 Both have a good kicking game. Can come up into 0:09:07.220 --> 0:09:10.429 the line. Yeah. If, if you think about, you know, 0:09:10.429 --> 0:09:15.410 using the Irish comparable playing Andrew Kellaway at uh on 0:09:15.410 --> 0:09:17.809 the wing is very much like a mack Hansen kind 0:09:17.809 --> 0:09:19.939 of role where, you know, you can play a bit 0:09:19.940 --> 0:09:22.040 of ball, he can come into second receiver, you can 0:09:22.040 --> 0:09:24.950 do a lot of different things. So I expect to 0:09:24.950 --> 0:09:27.470 see him in a bit of a roving role. The same. 0:09:27.470 --> 0:09:27.710 With. 0:09:28.490 --> 0:09:31.699 Luke and Daugunu. I wouldn't worry about which ones are 0:09:32.450 --> 0:09:35.090 the winger and which ones? The outside centre either. I 0:09:35.090 --> 0:09:37.370 mean they around quite easily. 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:38.660 Yeah, yeah. 0:09:38.660 --> 0:09:43.969 And congratulations to Filipo Daugunu. He's really he's progressed quite, 0:09:43.970 --> 0:09:46.880 quite a lot over the last year and a half. Uh, 0:09:47.059 --> 0:09:49.910 I think Brad Thorn struck gold when he put him 0:09:49.910 --> 0:09:54.650 at outside centre. Yeah. Through necessity at about 18 months ago. And, uh, 0:09:54.950 --> 0:09:57.440 hasn't taken a backward step so can play outside center 0:09:57.440 --> 0:10:01.400 can play on the wing. Strong defender. Great over the ball. 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:02.630 Well you could see. 0:10:02.630 --> 0:10:06.650 Immediately when when thorn did it, it was like a, 0:10:06.650 --> 0:10:09.830 uh it worked instantly. And, uh, I was surprised he 0:10:09.830 --> 0:10:12.370 didn't stay there. He. I think he only lasted a 0:10:12.370 --> 0:10:16.510 week and he went back to wing because I think 0:10:16.510 --> 0:10:18.100 it was fluke who was injured at the time. I 0:10:18.100 --> 0:10:20.080 can't remember who it was, but, um. Yeah. 0:10:20.950 --> 0:10:23.199 Yeah, yeah, but it was, uh. 0:10:23.860 --> 0:10:26.410 Yeah. And, uh, I think he's played every game at 0:10:26.410 --> 0:10:28.300 outside centre this year. I think it this will be 0:10:28.300 --> 0:10:30.429 his first game at the wing this year. Um. 0:10:31.450 --> 0:10:32.290 So yeah. 0:10:32.860 --> 0:10:34.960 I like the balance of our back row with Liam Wright. 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:37.809 He just gets in and does all the hard work. 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:40.240 You've got Fraser Mcreight with a bit of the all 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:43.119 court game. And then uh, Rob Valentini obviously is a 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:47.319 good run running eight. So I think that gives us 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:54.310 really good options there. Yeah, uh I agree. Yeah, obviously 0:10:54.309 --> 0:10:57.280 it's an inexperienced side, but uh, again, I don't think 0:10:57.280 --> 0:11:00.719 there's a real natural capacity there for for experience to 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:04.440 come through, given what Eddie did to the team last year. Uh, 0:11:05.010 --> 0:11:08.370 robbed it of any, any of its real experience and then, uh, 0:11:09.059 --> 0:11:11.910 picked on a lot of the, the wrong people to 0:11:11.910 --> 0:11:16.559 be to get, get debutants. So it's a it is 0:11:16.559 --> 0:11:20.160 a highly inexperienced team when you think that of the starters, 0:11:20.160 --> 0:11:23.400 Taniela Tupou is the got second highest test cap at 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:28.740 50 and a mere 84 behind James Slipper. And then 0:11:28.740 --> 0:11:33.690 the next highest is what, 39 for Valentine. So there's 0:11:33.690 --> 0:11:35.940 there's not a lot of experience there but there's certainly 0:11:35.940 --> 0:11:37.140 a lot of ability. 0:11:37.530 --> 0:11:38.160 I don't know. 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:40.949 Um I'm not sure they have they haven't added um, 0:11:40.950 --> 0:11:42.510 all the reserves. 0:11:42.510 --> 0:11:42.840 Um. 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:45.930 Things for Allan Alaalatoa have a few caps. 0:11:45.929 --> 0:11:47.309 He would, he Haywood. 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:51.390 Tate McDermott will have a few, but Dylan Pietsch, Tom liner, 0:11:51.390 --> 0:11:56.340 Charlie Cale, Angus Blyth all looking at, uh, and Isaac 0:11:56.340 --> 0:12:00.989 Collier all looking at uh, debuts. And Billy Pohlad's got 0:12:00.990 --> 0:12:05.130 one test. So not exactly what you'd call an experience 0:12:05.130 --> 0:12:08.339 sponsor closes, but it needs must. 0:12:08.850 --> 0:12:13.250 And Liam Wright's rights. Never started a, never started a 0:12:13.250 --> 0:12:16.339 started a test match. And he's, uh, got the captain's armband. 0:12:17.240 --> 0:12:20.030 Yeah, yeah, but to be honest. 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:25.370 Liam Wright's been, uh, captaining teams since junior, you know, age, 0:12:25.370 --> 0:12:29.570 age grades, teams. So he's no stranger to that that 0:12:29.570 --> 0:12:30.229 role at all. 0:12:30.890 --> 0:12:34.310 Yeah. And been he's only 26 and has captained the 0:12:34.309 --> 0:12:38.840 Reds for since he's been about 22. Uh, and I 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:41.660 think I think uh, Brad Thorn installed him as captain 0:12:41.660 --> 0:12:44.840 when he, when he first got there. Uh, has done 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:49.819 a sterling job through difficult and now slightly better times. Yeah. 0:12:49.820 --> 0:12:53.660 So yeah, it really, really, really liked the look of 0:12:53.660 --> 0:12:56.510 the team. I think I would have had, uh, maybe 0:12:56.510 --> 0:13:00.099 Nick Whitestone instead of Jake Gordon, but to be honest, 0:13:00.100 --> 0:13:01.810 you got to look through it and say, that's pretty 0:13:01.809 --> 0:13:05.740 much on on form. Maybe Darcy Swain or, uh, Nick 0:13:05.740 --> 0:13:09.280 Frost instead of Jeremy Williams or, uh, or Angus Blyth. 0:13:10.120 --> 0:13:10.900 Uh, yeah. 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:14.440 You got to say, uh, just just because you have 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:16.210 to say it too many times. 0:13:16.210 --> 0:13:17.470 Too many times. There's only one, mate. 0:13:17.620 --> 0:13:19.209 Well, there's two technically now with. 0:13:19.210 --> 0:13:19.450 Andrew. 0:13:19.450 --> 0:13:19.870 Kellaway. 0:13:20.500 --> 0:13:21.699 Too many stars, mate. 0:13:22.059 --> 0:13:24.280 Too many stars. Two, two, two too many. 0:13:24.400 --> 0:13:25.300 Just for me. 0:13:26.230 --> 0:13:28.720 Maybe that's the, uh. Maybe that was the thing. They 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:31.360 they can have no fewer than two in any team. 0:13:31.540 --> 0:13:33.220 So they had to they had to pick their two 0:13:33.220 --> 0:13:35.170 best ones to, to go from there. 0:13:35.170 --> 0:13:35.709 Yeah. 0:13:37.510 --> 0:13:40.990 With the uh let's move on to Wales shall we. 0:13:41.890 --> 0:13:45.280 With the Welsh team. Really a big bunch of unknown. 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:49.540 It's a I follow a little bit of northern rugby 0:13:49.630 --> 0:13:54.280 and the Welsh. It's a bit hard to follow the URC, uh, 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:56.650 from down here. We don't really have that a platform 0:13:56.650 --> 0:14:01.150 to do. So the, uh Welsh teams, I can tell 0:14:01.150 --> 0:14:04.480 you don't haven't been doing well in the URC. Most 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:07.780 of their team, their uh, their, their squad is picked 0:14:07.780 --> 0:14:11.679 from the, from the Welsh teams within the URC, but, uh, 0:14:11.679 --> 0:14:16.590 but some notable names in there. Uh, you've got Tommy Raphael, 0:14:16.620 --> 0:14:20.880 who's fantastic, uh, flanker. Gareth Thomas is a well known name. 0:14:20.880 --> 0:14:25.350 Liam Williams from Saracens is obviously known to everyone. Uh, Nick, 0:14:25.350 --> 0:14:28.979 Nick Tompkins is also known to a lot of people, but, uh, 0:14:28.980 --> 0:14:31.890 there's there's not a lot of experience that Christians are 0:14:31.890 --> 0:14:35.880 playing at Exeter and is a good player, but in reality, 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:39.630 it's a pretty. They're probably just as inexperienced as the Australians. 0:14:39.630 --> 0:14:41.340 I don't know what their cap number is. 0:14:41.340 --> 0:14:45.600 I think it's it's about 15 less than us. We, 0:14:45.600 --> 0:14:48.030 I think we got about 340 caps and there are 0:14:48.030 --> 0:14:51.780 about 325 from. Yeah. Memory. Yeah. 0:14:52.290 --> 0:14:52.740 Yeah. 0:14:53.250 --> 0:14:56.700 Yeah. And if you think Australia's got some poor form 0:14:56.700 --> 0:15:00.450 running into it off the World Cup, Wales are if 0:15:00.450 --> 0:15:03.560 they are on a seven match losing streak, they lost 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:06.860 every game in the Six Nations, including to Italy. Obviously 0:15:06.860 --> 0:15:09.500 they lost to South Africa a couple of weeks ago 0:15:09.500 --> 0:15:13.610 and they lost their quarter final against Argentina. So they're 0:15:13.610 --> 0:15:16.940 not exactly coming down here in red hot form. Uh, 0:15:16.940 --> 0:15:19.160 listening to a couple of listening and reading to a 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:22.010 couple of things with their captain, they're talking about putting 0:15:22.010 --> 0:15:25.250 in a base game. So I think that that's code 0:15:25.250 --> 0:15:26.810 for we're going to kick the daylights out of the 0:15:26.810 --> 0:15:32.690 ball and defend like anything. Uh, which will be interesting. Uh, look, 0:15:32.690 --> 0:15:35.270 the the names that I do know that in that 0:15:35.270 --> 0:15:39.710 Welsh squad who are worth looking looking at for them. 0:15:39.710 --> 0:15:42.320 Mason Grady is the I think he's the, uh, one 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:45.650 of the centres. He's a very good player. Needs to 0:15:45.650 --> 0:15:49.010 work on his defence a little bit, but is very good. Very. 0:15:49.010 --> 0:15:52.340 the big body kind of George North kind of player. Uh, 0:15:52.340 --> 0:15:56.900 Tommy Rafael is high quality. He was probably their best 0:15:56.900 --> 0:16:01.310 best player during the Six Nations. For those that watch the, uh, 0:16:01.310 --> 0:16:02.540 Christians is. 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:04.160 Um, what does. 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:05.540 What position does Tommy Rafael. 0:16:05.540 --> 0:16:05.810 Play? 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:09.560 He's, uh, I think he plays seven. Okay. Seven, six, 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:12.890 eight kind of player. Um, you know, just that kind 0:16:12.890 --> 0:16:16.390 of real hard on ball, tough player who, you know, 0:16:16.390 --> 0:16:21.250 just takes a lot of lot of beating, uh, there 0:16:21.250 --> 0:16:25.630 obviously then they're without their, uh, their captain from when 0:16:25.630 --> 0:16:28.390 they played Australia and gave us a proper flogging at 0:16:28.390 --> 0:16:32.860 the World Cup. He's injured. Uh, so, you know, they're. 0:16:32.860 --> 0:16:33.460 They're. 0:16:33.460 --> 0:16:36.640 They're a team that's certainly in transition, probably even more 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:42.370 so than Australia at the moment. Uh, I'm actually expecting 0:16:42.370 --> 0:16:45.670 them to play a lot without the ball and try 0:16:45.670 --> 0:16:48.520 and work their way back into in and keep the 0:16:48.520 --> 0:16:51.310 game close and hopefully pinch it at the end. That's 0:16:51.310 --> 0:16:54.070 my expectations of how they're going to play. Where have 0:16:54.070 --> 0:16:56.170 you got any comments about the Welsh team my friend? 0:16:56.290 --> 0:16:59.859 No, I'm I'm terribly underprepared for the for the Welsh mate. 0:16:59.860 --> 0:17:02.680 I haven't seen them um play. I haven't even seen 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:06.190 them play against South Africa last week. So I'm just 0:17:06.190 --> 0:17:08.350 winging it here, mate. Unfortunately, yes. 0:17:08.950 --> 0:17:10.869 Well, for those of us who are a bit old, 0:17:10.869 --> 0:17:13.480 you can, uh, certainly feel old by knowing that, uh, 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:15.460 one of the reserves for the Welsh is a guy 0:17:15.460 --> 0:17:20.110 by the name of James Botham. And for context, he's 0:17:20.109 --> 0:17:24.490 not Ian Botham's son, he's Ian Botham's grandson. So comes 0:17:24.490 --> 0:17:27.180 from good stock. But, uh, you know, you're getting old 0:17:27.180 --> 0:17:29.699 when you're watching somebody. When I was growing up, I 0:17:29.700 --> 0:17:35.910 liked Ian Botham and his grandsons now playing international rugby. Uh, 0:17:35.910 --> 0:17:37.170 so that's, uh. 0:17:37.320 --> 0:17:39.510 One thing I did pick up is the only player 0:17:39.510 --> 0:17:43.300 left from the team that beat Australia, uh, 40 to 0:17:43.300 --> 0:17:47.220 6 in the World Cup was, uh, Liam Williams the 0:17:47.220 --> 0:17:50.760 only player still in the team from that game? Yeah. 0:17:51.270 --> 0:17:57.240 So it's a major turnover, um, of, uh, players since then. And, uh, 0:17:57.240 --> 0:18:00.060 from what I can hear, what I've heard is Warren 0:18:00.060 --> 0:18:04.860 Gatland has been searching for, um, new players like to 0:18:04.859 --> 0:18:09.840 take over from, you know, that that, um, that group 0:18:09.840 --> 0:18:14.480 of players that took them through that golden era. Yeah. Uh, 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:18.590 from from his first in as coach. We've just all 0:18:18.619 --> 0:18:20.180 got old like the rest of us. 0:18:20.690 --> 0:18:21.260 Yeah. 0:18:21.320 --> 0:18:24.500 Look, you've got to gotta take your hat off to 0:18:24.500 --> 0:18:27.770 Gatlin for going back to back to the. Well, look, 0:18:27.770 --> 0:18:31.250 he's gotten Wells awfully close a couple of times. If 0:18:31.250 --> 0:18:34.790 you go back to, you know, 2011, they were basically 0:18:34.790 --> 0:18:38.030 a red card away from getting getting to the final. 0:18:38.030 --> 0:18:41.870 They would have beaten France. Uh, they made the semi 0:18:41.869 --> 0:18:45.410 final in Japan. They've they've been a high performing. He's 0:18:45.410 --> 0:18:49.730 managed to squeeze that lemon pretty dry. I my biggest 0:18:49.730 --> 0:18:51.649 concern is I think they're just a bit light on 0:18:51.650 --> 0:18:56.179 cash at the moment. Uh, their under 20s aren't going great. 0:18:56.180 --> 0:19:01.760 They're they're sort of struggling at every level. Uh, and 0:19:01.760 --> 0:19:04.160 it's going to be a bit of a push for 0:19:04.160 --> 0:19:08.540 them to, to get, uh, get results going forward. But 0:19:09.170 --> 0:19:12.680 they'll give a good account of themselves. Yeah. I'm going 0:19:12.680 --> 0:19:15.800 to tip Australia by ten points. But look, I would 0:19:15.800 --> 0:19:18.590 pick Australia against anyone just because I'm Australian. 0:19:18.590 --> 0:19:20.330 So so with. 0:19:20.330 --> 0:19:25.100 The limited um, with the limited time together, what game 0:19:25.100 --> 0:19:28.840 plan do you think Australia is going to trot out? 0:19:28.840 --> 0:19:32.200 Are they going to, you know, uh, try and kick 0:19:32.200 --> 0:19:36.430 their way out and defend and hope for scraps? Or 0:19:36.430 --> 0:19:38.920 are they going to try and run the ball and attack? 0:19:38.950 --> 0:19:39.160 Look. 0:19:39.700 --> 0:19:43.360 I think they'll be smart enough to not try anything 0:19:43.390 --> 0:19:47.320 too amazing. I think they'll they'll have worked out a 0:19:47.320 --> 0:19:52.060 whole stack of starter plays and they'll be pretty on 0:19:52.060 --> 0:19:55.720 point as far as that's concerned. There. I don't think 0:19:55.720 --> 0:19:58.480 they're going to try. I don't expect them to try 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:00.430 and play too much from deep. I think they'll really 0:20:00.430 --> 0:20:02.230 just try to work themselves in the right parts of 0:20:02.230 --> 0:20:06.250 the field and then go from there. They I think 0:20:06.250 --> 0:20:08.590 they'll back their aerial game. Dangun is good in the air. 0:20:08.619 --> 0:20:10.510 Callaway is good in the air. Tom Wright's been very 0:20:10.510 --> 0:20:15.010 good in the air this year. Uh, look, our back 0:20:15.010 --> 0:20:19.500 three I think is is looking pretty solid. The and 0:20:19.500 --> 0:20:22.740 I think we can actually we can actually take them 0:20:22.740 --> 0:20:26.370 apart up front there there scrums not been going well 0:20:26.670 --> 0:20:31.740 and they've actually got a, a more inexperienced scrum coming out. 0:20:31.740 --> 0:20:36.119 So as opposed to at the World Cup where they 0:20:36.119 --> 0:20:41.490 absolutely handed their asses to us, They I believe they'll 0:20:41.490 --> 0:20:44.400 they'll struggle at scrum time. This this time around I 0:20:44.400 --> 0:20:48.060 would have gone with Alataua starting and Tupo off the bench. 0:20:48.060 --> 0:20:52.109 But hey potato, potato. Maybe they're looking at getting 30 0:20:52.109 --> 0:20:54.600 30 minutes out of two start or whatever. See how 0:20:54.600 --> 0:20:56.850 he's going. Uh, but yeah, I'm going to I'm going 0:20:56.850 --> 0:21:00.060 to take Australia by ten. I just think we'll, we'll 0:21:00.060 --> 0:21:02.640 have a little bit, bit more going on than they will. 0:21:02.640 --> 0:21:05.280 I think they've had a long season, haven't had a 0:21:05.280 --> 0:21:09.150 lot of time together. Two weeks ago they played South Africa, 0:21:09.180 --> 0:21:14.580 got beaten pretty handily. Uh, yeah I think we and 0:21:14.580 --> 0:21:19.080 but that's more hope than reality. We've not seen these 0:21:19.080 --> 0:21:21.660 guys together for some time. It's not like we can 0:21:21.660 --> 0:21:24.479 point back to last year, last year's World Cup and say, oh, 0:21:24.480 --> 0:21:26.310 this is what our game should look like. 0:21:26.310 --> 0:21:27.119 Yeah, South. 0:21:27.119 --> 0:21:29.210 Africa is a completely different beast to what we put 0:21:29.210 --> 0:21:32.570 out like this. You know, like they're all power. And 0:21:32.570 --> 0:21:36.409 this is all, um, speed sort of thing, that's all. Yeah. 0:21:37.160 --> 0:21:40.369 Yeah. But we're also, you know, we don't know what 0:21:40.369 --> 0:21:42.350 Australia is going to look like because they haven't played 0:21:42.350 --> 0:21:47.540 together and the coaching team is completely changed. Yeah. And realistically, 0:21:47.540 --> 0:21:50.990 I couldn't see any real discernible game plan at any 0:21:50.990 --> 0:21:54.199 stage last year for Australia. We really didn't seem to 0:21:54.200 --> 0:21:57.679 have a clue of what what they were trying to achieve. Uh, 0:21:57.830 --> 0:22:02.480 so no, I'm I'm just reliant on the fact that 0:22:02.480 --> 0:22:06.620 we've got adults running the show. You know, Laurie Fish 0:22:06.619 --> 0:22:09.740 is going to make us good at contact. The Welsh 0:22:09.740 --> 0:22:11.960 will be hard on the ground, hard on the ball, 0:22:11.960 --> 0:22:16.780 on the ground. Uh, my biggest concern is one of 0:22:16.780 --> 0:22:21.220 my favorite TMO. Marius Jonker is having a having a crack. Yeah, 0:22:21.220 --> 0:22:26.050 he's he's an awful TMO. Maybe it's just a South 0:22:26.050 --> 0:22:33.100 African accent, you know check check. So but yeah but 0:22:33.280 --> 0:22:35.290 generally I'm excited. You know we're. 0:22:35.920 --> 0:22:37.149 Generally excited week of the. 0:22:37.150 --> 0:22:40.060 Year. Uh in rugby mate Australia was stern before the 0:22:40.060 --> 0:22:43.720 test match. Um. Your natural. I've been writing about it 0:22:43.720 --> 0:22:48.640 for for the weekend edition. Um, like the the Australian, 0:22:48.640 --> 0:22:50.649 the Wallabies could be anything this week. We could be 0:22:50.650 --> 0:22:53.290 world beaters. We could we could be winning the cup 0:22:53.290 --> 0:22:55.060 in a in a in a month or two. You know, 0:22:55.060 --> 0:22:59.560 we could be we could be, um, you know, we 0:22:59.560 --> 0:23:01.390 could be on our way to winning the World Cup. 0:23:01.390 --> 0:23:03.100 You know, this is the best week in the year 0:23:03.100 --> 0:23:04.600 because nothing's gone wrong yet. 0:23:04.910 --> 0:23:06.830 Yeah, exactly. 0:23:06.950 --> 0:23:10.280 New coaches. We've got a new squad. It's. Yeah. And, um, 0:23:10.280 --> 0:23:13.370 the natural Australian optimism is in full flight. 0:23:13.850 --> 0:23:14.540 Correct. 0:23:14.750 --> 0:23:18.320 So, um. Yeah. It's wonderful. It's just like this and 0:23:18.320 --> 0:23:20.810 the and the the week before the Super Rugby season 0:23:20.810 --> 0:23:27.050 starts is just, um. It's, uh. Nirvana. Yes. Wonderful. 0:23:27.050 --> 0:23:27.500 Yeah. 0:23:27.619 --> 0:23:32.850 100%. 100%. I look, I just, I we'll all have 0:23:32.850 --> 0:23:34.650 a little bit more context next week as to what 0:23:34.650 --> 0:23:36.630 we can say that they, they look like and how 0:23:36.630 --> 0:23:38.670 they played and who played well and all that sort 0:23:38.670 --> 0:23:41.280 of stuff. But ultimately, I think we look at the 0:23:41.280 --> 0:23:45.899 Australian team and with the parameters they put around, who 0:23:45.930 --> 0:23:48.960 they were going to pick and who they have picked, 0:23:49.410 --> 0:23:53.850 they're pretty much on form. There's there's only really two 0:23:53.880 --> 0:23:56.520 out of the 23 that I can, I can look 0:23:56.520 --> 0:23:58.830 at and go, no, I think they shouldn't be there. 0:23:59.130 --> 0:24:02.310 So so I was just looking at the games for 0:24:02.310 --> 0:24:04.560 the weekend to see if Japan was playing. See if 0:24:04.560 --> 0:24:06.840 I can salvage something from the weekend. No. 0:24:06.840 --> 0:24:08.940 Japan's got Mary all black again, so. 0:24:09.060 --> 0:24:09.540 Oh, I'll. 0:24:09.690 --> 0:24:11.490 Be I'll be right then. I'll be happy next week. 0:24:11.490 --> 0:24:12.900 Yeah. Okay. 0:24:13.170 --> 0:24:15.840 So how much are you picking Australia by my friend. 0:24:16.320 --> 0:24:19.850 Uh, I'm going to go about like. It's hard to 0:24:19.850 --> 0:24:23.060 put a number on it because we've got no form for. 0:24:23.060 --> 0:24:25.730 I've got no form, really, for either team. I'm. We 0:24:25.730 --> 0:24:28.310 do have form whilst has lost seven in a row. 0:24:29.270 --> 0:24:31.760 Australia got no form for because it's a new team, 0:24:31.760 --> 0:24:34.700 a new coaching team. We can no this form of 0:24:34.700 --> 0:24:38.090 the players individually and it's pretty good I reckon. Like 0:24:38.090 --> 0:24:43.820 there's no there's no real duds there. Um, I mean, um, 0:24:44.630 --> 0:24:47.359 Angus Blyth was playing all right. Hasn't got a lot 0:24:47.359 --> 0:24:49.280 of games on it, but he's a reserve and he's 0:24:49.280 --> 0:24:53.030 going to be on for half an hour. Um. Tennille. Tupo. 0:24:53.180 --> 0:24:56.780 Not the fittest he's ever been. Um, but they're all 0:24:56.780 --> 0:24:59.630 playing reasonably and was playing his way into in pretty 0:24:59.630 --> 0:25:03.860 good form. He's getting better every week. Um, Jake Gordon 0:25:03.859 --> 0:25:06.230 was probably one of the better Waratahs players as much 0:25:06.230 --> 0:25:08.570 as we give him crap. So yes, there is good 0:25:08.570 --> 0:25:12.350 form individually whether they can meld them quickly into a 0:25:12.350 --> 0:25:16.609 team and that works pretty well is another thing. But, um, 0:25:16.609 --> 0:25:19.130 you as a as an Aussie, I'm going to back him, 0:25:19.130 --> 0:25:23.180 I'm going to say by 10 to 15. So two 0:25:23.180 --> 0:25:27.740 tries either converted or unconverted. So 10 to 14. Um 0:25:28.070 --> 0:25:33.850 hoping for a smashing, but who knows? Um, that's. Yeah, 0:25:34.330 --> 0:25:37.150 but it's a it's a lottery, isn't it? 0:25:37.540 --> 0:25:38.260 It is. 0:25:38.260 --> 0:25:45.520 It is. Absolutely, absolutely. Look, uh, we'll just quickly touch 0:25:45.520 --> 0:25:47.590 on some of the other games for the weekend. 0:25:47.619 --> 0:25:50.170 It's a smorgasbord this weekend. It is. 0:25:50.170 --> 0:25:53.230 A smorgasbord. Some of which you can see and some 0:25:53.230 --> 0:25:55.720 of which you can't. But, uh, for those of you 0:25:55.720 --> 0:25:59.949 who've got rugby pass TV, the Australian under 20s are 0:25:59.950 --> 0:26:04.959 playing Italy in a at 3 a.m. tomorrow morning. But, uh, 0:26:04.960 --> 0:26:08.560 do yourself a favor. Get up, turn your socials off, and, uh, 0:26:08.560 --> 0:26:11.080 jump on and watch it. Uh, directly after that. It 0:26:11.080 --> 0:26:14.200 should be fine. Uh, other games. 0:26:15.160 --> 0:26:15.520 You know. 0:26:15.520 --> 0:26:17.200 Pretty sure you can get that on YouTube. 0:26:17.200 --> 0:26:18.550 Yeah, you can, you can. 0:26:18.550 --> 0:26:20.139 They do stream it and I think they link it 0:26:20.140 --> 0:26:22.629 through YouTube. But, uh, if you've got the Rugby Pass 0:26:22.630 --> 0:26:24.909 TV app, it's actually got a whole stack of content 0:26:24.910 --> 0:26:28.810 on there. It's really good resource. And, uh, you can 0:26:28.810 --> 0:26:33.729 see some really cool games across the whole of the spectrum. Uh, 0:26:33.730 --> 0:26:40.270 the men's internationals this weekend we've got Samoa are playing Italy. The, uh, 0:26:41.140 --> 0:26:43.620 should be an interesting game. I've seen the Samoan side. 0:26:43.619 --> 0:26:46.410 It's got a fair few names that we recognize. It's 0:26:46.410 --> 0:26:49.650 been played in Apia, so that'll be a cracker. Be 0:26:49.650 --> 0:26:52.560 a great occasion. Uh, hope to get some footage of 0:26:52.560 --> 0:26:56.490 that for my one of the games of the of 0:26:56.490 --> 0:26:58.619 the weekend. Georgia v Fiji. 0:26:58.740 --> 0:26:59.400 Yeah. 0:27:00.180 --> 0:27:06.359 At 2 a.m. on, uh, on, uh, Saturday. It's going 0:27:06.359 --> 0:27:09.600 to be played in, uh, in Georgia. That'll be a 0:27:09.600 --> 0:27:13.139 cracking game. Real contrast of styles. Most of all, the 0:27:13.140 --> 0:27:16.020 Fijians will be in the team. So it'll be a really, 0:27:16.020 --> 0:27:22.830 really good game. The USA are playing Romania the and 0:27:22.830 --> 0:27:25.800 obviously for our for us the big games for the weekend. 0:27:26.310 --> 0:27:29.790 Uh New Zealand are playing England. I'm going to take 0:27:29.790 --> 0:27:32.390 New Zealand. What about you, Sally? 0:27:32.630 --> 0:27:36.860 Yeah. Anyone? Anyone against England? Yeah. New Zealand, definitely New Zealand. Um, 0:27:36.859 --> 0:27:39.949 that'll be so interesting. Um, you know, new coach for 0:27:39.950 --> 0:27:45.290 New Zealand. So like, not. Oh, I'm interested to see 0:27:45.290 --> 0:27:51.050 how good, how long. Um. Sami Peni Finau last international. 0:27:51.050 --> 0:27:51.409 Rugby. 0:27:51.410 --> 0:27:55.250 Before he gets his first yellow card. Um or Or 0:27:55.250 --> 0:27:59.240 he can go his kamikaze hits. Um, yeah. Like hits. But, um, 0:27:59.240 --> 0:28:02.990 that's an interesting team. Um, what was the comment all 0:28:02.990 --> 0:28:07.610 Aussie front row for? Yes. But, um, yeah, I think 0:28:07.609 --> 0:28:10.100 the All Blacks can get up against England. That's going 0:28:10.100 --> 0:28:11.000 to be a good game though. 0:28:11.450 --> 0:28:12.500 Yeah, yeah. 0:28:12.500 --> 0:28:13.969 No, I said that just to get a rise out 0:28:13.970 --> 0:28:14.990 of Carl, but, uh. 0:28:15.260 --> 0:28:16.460 It didn't really work. Yeah. 0:28:16.940 --> 0:28:21.230 Apparently Codie Taylor's first junior club was Logan in Brisbane. Um, 0:28:21.410 --> 0:28:25.580 Logan boy. Tyrel. Tyrel Lomax obviously is from Canberra. And, uh, Ethan. 0:28:25.580 --> 0:28:27.230 The group was born on the Gold Coast. So there 0:28:27.230 --> 0:28:30.950 you go. Um, now I look, I, I like New Zealand. 0:28:30.980 --> 0:28:34.700 They let's be let's be honest, they're it's a very 0:28:34.700 --> 0:28:38.030 good looking team. Hoskins. Sotutu didn't get it. Didn't make 0:28:38.030 --> 0:28:41.540 the squad. I have no idea how, but, uh. And 0:28:41.540 --> 0:28:44.200 he could well be Super Rugby player of the year. Yeah, 0:28:44.200 --> 0:28:49.240 the good team all throughout the English fancy themselves. They 0:28:49.240 --> 0:28:51.370 really do. Listening to a few of the English podcasts 0:28:51.370 --> 0:28:54.040 this week and some of their media, they, they sort 0:28:54.040 --> 0:28:56.980 of think they've got a good, good shot at winning. Look, 0:28:56.980 --> 0:29:00.820 I think reality's going to bite them. When don't they 0:29:00.820 --> 0:29:03.100 really do have a high expectation of what they should 0:29:03.100 --> 0:29:05.830 be doing. But yeah, I'm I don't think. 0:29:05.980 --> 0:29:08.560 They're still telling us that they were the better team 0:29:08.560 --> 0:29:12.100 in the ashes. Um, last year was it last year 0:29:12.910 --> 0:29:17.920 with the baseball when, um, both. We got, um, stumped, 0:29:18.190 --> 0:29:20.980 which was the anniversary last week or something. Yeah. So 0:29:20.980 --> 0:29:24.580 they're saying that they they flogged us. So they're still 0:29:24.580 --> 0:29:27.970 even in hindsight, they're the better side as far as they're. 0:29:28.270 --> 0:29:29.260 So yeah. 0:29:30.430 --> 0:29:33.150 Anyway, we'll see what happens on the weekend, obviously. Uh, 0:29:33.150 --> 0:29:38.490 then that's the game before the Australia Wales game. Then 0:29:38.490 --> 0:29:41.880 immediately after about the same time, Japan will be playing 0:29:41.880 --> 0:29:45.420 the Maori All Black again. So. So they'll be hoping 0:29:45.420 --> 0:29:48.450 for another 5050 gap on them again. 0:29:49.350 --> 0:29:54.720 They personally. Yeah. Especially if the, the uh yeah. If 0:29:54.720 --> 0:29:57.330 the worst happens anyway, it go. Yeah. 0:29:57.780 --> 0:29:58.770 Uh, South. 0:29:58.770 --> 0:30:02.130 Africa are playing Ireland. This will be a good this 0:30:02.130 --> 0:30:04.590 would be a cracking game. This this will be worth 0:30:04.590 --> 0:30:06.630 getting up at 1:00 in the morning to have a 0:30:06.630 --> 0:30:11.190 look at. I, um, Ireland have won I think the 0:30:11.190 --> 0:30:15.780 last 2 or 3 against South Africa. Um, they've won 0:30:15.780 --> 0:30:17.459 like five out of the last six, but like the 0:30:17.460 --> 0:30:21.120 last six games apparently have all been less than a score. Uh, 0:30:21.210 --> 0:30:23.880 the Spurs are up for it. You can really tell 0:30:23.880 --> 0:30:27.930 some of the commentary. They've really been trying to build 0:30:27.930 --> 0:30:31.860 some beef with Island. Uh, you know, some of the 0:30:31.860 --> 0:30:35.280 commentary is just absolutely crazy, you know? Oh, well, you know, 0:30:35.280 --> 0:30:37.260 getting upset because they said to them after they beat 0:30:37.260 --> 0:30:39.480 them in the pool stages, we'll see you in the final. 0:30:39.900 --> 0:30:43.710 How is that something that you should be thinking is derogatory? Um, 0:30:43.740 --> 0:30:46.040 you know, or because you think you're going to beat 0:30:46.040 --> 0:30:47.960 the All Blacks? They only lost by a point to 0:30:48.650 --> 0:30:51.920 point or two points to the All Blacks. So no, it's, uh, 0:30:52.400 --> 0:30:56.060 South Africa are a weird mob. I'm probably going to 0:30:56.060 --> 0:30:58.490 take Ireland in this game. I think they're they're good. 0:30:58.490 --> 0:31:01.400 They're missing the they're missing their halfback. They've got a 0:31:01.400 --> 0:31:03.740 few players out injured and one's going to the, uh, 0:31:04.280 --> 0:31:06.530 going to the, uh, Olympics. 0:31:07.370 --> 0:31:10.820 Oh, I don't know, mate. It's that, uh, it's the altitude. 0:31:10.820 --> 0:31:12.470 And it's in South Africa. 0:31:12.650 --> 0:31:12.980 Okay. 0:31:12.980 --> 0:31:16.190 Glasgow in the USA said seemed to prove that altitude 0:31:16.190 --> 0:31:16.910 didn't matter. 0:31:17.090 --> 0:31:17.630 Okay. 0:31:18.230 --> 0:31:18.620 Yeah. 0:31:19.250 --> 0:31:21.350 But that was robbed, mate. They were robbed. 0:31:21.440 --> 0:31:23.570 They were robbed? Yes. 0:31:24.440 --> 0:31:27.709 Yeah. Look, it'll be it'll be a cracking game and, um, 0:31:27.710 --> 0:31:32.840 it'll be next level physicality that one. Argentina are playing 0:31:32.840 --> 0:31:36.250 The French don't know which French team is going to 0:31:36.250 --> 0:31:38.140 turn up. Apparently they've sent out the bunch of kids 0:31:38.140 --> 0:31:42.730 to Argentina. Now DuPont, obviously all of their top 13 0:31:42.730 --> 0:31:45.430 players were playing in the final last week, so I 0:31:45.430 --> 0:31:47.230 don't know what that French team will look like. They 0:31:47.230 --> 0:31:51.700 generally don't tour well in their off season. Uh, and 0:31:51.700 --> 0:31:52.840 then Chile are playing Hong. 0:31:52.840 --> 0:31:53.620 Kong. 0:31:53.740 --> 0:31:57.580 And Canada are playing Scotland. So plenty of uh, plenty 0:31:57.580 --> 0:31:58.780 of games this weekend. 0:31:58.870 --> 0:32:00.760 That is a crap. Yeah. 0:32:00.760 --> 0:32:04.450 And yeah. Like those those, uh, the Kiwis in England 0:32:04.450 --> 0:32:07.690 and uh, Springboks and uh, Ireland are just that's the 0:32:07.690 --> 0:32:10.570 cream of the crop and that, uh, Fiji game. I 0:32:10.570 --> 0:32:11.920 reckon that'll be a cracker too. 0:32:11.920 --> 0:32:15.580 Yeah. Me too, me too. I'm, uh, an investigate how 0:32:15.580 --> 0:32:17.830 I can watch that. Because I think that will be 0:32:17.920 --> 0:32:22.180 a really interesting game. Yeah. Georgians Jordan's playing at home. 0:32:22.240 --> 0:32:23.650 I wonder what the temperature is going to be like 0:32:23.650 --> 0:32:25.870 in Georgia this time of year. I'm not sure what 0:32:25.870 --> 0:32:26.320 it'll be. 0:32:26.350 --> 0:32:30.010 I have to find out it. From my understanding of Georgia, 0:32:30.010 --> 0:32:33.460 it's either one of two things. Really, really hot or really, 0:32:33.460 --> 0:32:34.660 really cold. 0:32:34.690 --> 0:32:38.710 Yeah, well, you have to think it's hot. Yeah. 0:32:39.430 --> 0:32:41.170 Yeah. This time of year, you'd have to expect it 0:32:41.170 --> 0:32:45.190 would be really hot. So. Yeah. So that's what we 0:32:45.190 --> 0:32:48.720 think of the, uh, the weekend. Uh, anything on your 0:32:48.720 --> 0:32:49.770 mind that you want to have a bit of a 0:32:49.770 --> 0:32:51.780 rant about at the moment, Sally or. 0:32:51.780 --> 0:32:55.380 Oh, no, I'm just all all wrapped up in, um. 0:32:56.430 --> 0:32:58.410 I'm all wrapped up in the build up to this, uh, 0:32:58.410 --> 0:33:02.850 test match. I'm. I'm just loving it. I'm checking the forums, like, 0:33:02.850 --> 0:33:05.700 every half hour just to see what people are saying. 0:33:05.700 --> 0:33:10.180 And I've been. So I was excited to see the 0:33:10.540 --> 0:33:13.060 the squad. I was excited to see the team or 0:33:13.060 --> 0:33:15.940 the speculation of the team. Yeah, okay, I'm going to 0:33:15.940 --> 0:33:18.880 have a rant about one thing I'm sick about. I'm 0:33:18.880 --> 0:33:22.420 I want the team to be released. Like I want 0:33:22.420 --> 0:33:25.180 to sit and wait for the team to be released. 0:33:25.690 --> 0:33:28.810 At the time. I don't want it to be leaked. Uh, 0:33:29.020 --> 0:33:31.870 you know, I don't want all such and such is 0:33:31.870 --> 0:33:34.610 going to be captain or. Or this guy is going 0:33:34.610 --> 0:33:37.250 to be the halfback. I just want I don't want 0:33:37.250 --> 0:33:39.860 little bits and pieces to be leaked. I just want 0:33:39.860 --> 0:33:43.040 the team to be released. And I think that just 0:33:43.040 --> 0:33:46.850 builds the tension more than just all these little leaks, like, um, 0:33:47.390 --> 0:33:50.960 I basically filling in for you for the Thursday news 0:33:50.960 --> 0:33:54.950 this morning, I was I was able to put together 0:33:54.950 --> 0:33:59.570 20 of the 23 players in the right positions today 0:33:59.570 --> 0:34:02.870 from all the leaks, and that takes a bit of 0:34:02.870 --> 0:34:05.810 the I mean, some people love it. For me, it 0:34:05.810 --> 0:34:08.420 took a bit of the fun out of it. Yeah. No, 0:34:08.719 --> 0:34:12.020 I would prefer just to wait till I don't know 0:34:12.020 --> 0:34:13.969 when it came out 12:00 today was it. 0:34:14.600 --> 0:34:15.560 Yeah, something like that. 0:34:15.980 --> 0:34:19.339 And the team to come out and be surprised. I 0:34:19.340 --> 0:34:22.399 would love that. So yeah. RA some of us would 0:34:22.400 --> 0:34:24.680 just like to tend to come out without the leaks. 0:34:24.980 --> 0:34:25.640 Thank you. 0:34:26.630 --> 0:34:26.870 Yeah. 0:34:27.500 --> 0:34:30.230 Yeah, I, I couldn't agree more. That was going to 0:34:30.230 --> 0:34:33.950 be my, my little shout at the moment it's I 0:34:33.950 --> 0:34:35.900 just yeah I'd like it to be a bit of 0:34:35.900 --> 0:34:38.330 a sense of occasion. Even if they whether they choose 0:34:38.330 --> 0:34:40.730 to announce it on the Tuesday do it early to 0:34:40.730 --> 0:34:43.370 try and build it. This is who the team is. 0:34:43.370 --> 0:34:45.650 But I don't want it. I don't want a drip feed. 0:34:45.650 --> 0:34:49.330 I don't like it, I, I think they should do the, 0:34:49.360 --> 0:34:51.970 you know, do the Elon Musk thing and like different 0:34:51.969 --> 0:34:55.210 things to different people and see, see or tell different 0:34:55.210 --> 0:34:58.180 things to different people, whoever they think is, you know, 0:34:58.300 --> 0:35:02.290 getting getting backhanders from Christy Doran and, and find out 0:35:02.290 --> 0:35:05.440 who who's actually doing what and then go, right, fellas, 0:35:05.440 --> 0:35:08.920 you know, this is who we're you're you're the leaker. 0:35:08.920 --> 0:35:09.880 You're out. 0:35:09.880 --> 0:35:12.640 I'm I just assumed that they knew who they were 0:35:12.640 --> 0:35:16.180 leaking it to. Then it was done on purpose. I'm not. 0:35:16.180 --> 0:35:18.640 I don't think they're there. I mean, I don't think 0:35:18.640 --> 0:35:22.810 they're accidental leaks. No, it's part of their their, um, strategy. 0:35:22.810 --> 0:35:24.250 But if if. 0:35:24.250 --> 0:35:28.240 It's a strategy, it's annoying me. If it's accidental, they 0:35:28.239 --> 0:35:31.210 need to find out who it is and and bullet them. 0:35:31.210 --> 0:35:32.980 But. Yeah. No, the build up. 0:35:32.980 --> 0:35:36.270 To this test, the first, uh, test in July. I 0:35:36.270 --> 0:35:39.090 just love it. I love it like the speculation on 0:35:39.090 --> 0:35:41.430 who's going to be in the squad. Just. And then 0:35:41.430 --> 0:35:44.460 when the squad is announced and then when like even 0:35:44.460 --> 0:35:48.000 when it was trimmed and, and even the speculation are when, uh, 0:35:48.239 --> 0:35:53.820 Ryan Smith got cut, um, we still don't know. You know, 0:35:53.820 --> 0:35:57.720 why Ryan Smith got cut from the team? Um, and 0:35:57.719 --> 0:36:00.480 then the teams announced on the build up to the 0:36:00.480 --> 0:36:04.680 team and people picking their their first test team. And 0:36:05.340 --> 0:36:10.080 nearly everyone, no one picked that test team. Yeah. I mean, 0:36:10.080 --> 0:36:12.779 and and, um. Yeah, I just love the build up 0:36:12.780 --> 0:36:14.910 for the first test. So that's what's been on my 0:36:14.910 --> 0:36:16.320 mind mostly this week. 0:36:16.620 --> 0:36:17.069 Yeah. 0:36:18.090 --> 0:36:22.830 And yeah. So my rant is the leaks for the 0:36:22.830 --> 0:36:25.770 build up to the first test for the test team. 0:36:25.770 --> 0:36:27.960 Just spoil it a little bit for me. 0:36:28.530 --> 0:36:29.220 Agreed. 0:36:29.370 --> 0:36:32.339 It feels like it should be a sense of occasion. Yeah. 0:36:32.790 --> 0:36:36.930 You know, the the the team should be. Particularly this 0:36:36.930 --> 0:36:40.799 one because it's it's a clean slate. It's not like 0:36:40.800 --> 0:36:43.919 you're looking at it going, oh, well, you know, who 0:36:43.920 --> 0:36:47.640 are you kind of in the past. You know you've 0:36:47.640 --> 0:36:50.520 kind of been going, okay, we know roughly what 10 0:36:50.520 --> 0:36:53.239 or 12 of the team are. Maybe they're going to 0:36:53.239 --> 0:36:55.370 change around a little bit on the outside, but you 0:36:55.370 --> 0:36:59.240 sort of had a clue. Whereas this this really is 0:36:59.239 --> 0:37:02.930 a clean slate. He could have picked if he, you know, 0:37:02.930 --> 0:37:06.470 had the opportunity and picked 15 debutants and pretty much 0:37:06.469 --> 0:37:09.380 everyone would go, well, it's it is a clean slate. 0:37:09.380 --> 0:37:13.430 You can start again. Yeah. Uh, look, win, lose or draw, 0:37:13.430 --> 0:37:16.310 I just hope there's, uh, a fair amount of goodwill 0:37:16.310 --> 0:37:21.950 that's retained towards, um, Joe Schmidt. Like it's taken an 0:37:21.950 --> 0:37:24.110 excavator and a lot of digging to get to where 0:37:24.110 --> 0:37:28.880 Australia Australian rugby is at the moment. I feel like 0:37:28.880 --> 0:37:31.820 this is, you know, let's be a little bit patient 0:37:31.820 --> 0:37:34.190 about how we're going to dig out, uh, start climbing 0:37:34.190 --> 0:37:35.060 our way out of it. 0:37:35.330 --> 0:37:36.900 Yeah. well, look. 0:37:36.900 --> 0:37:41.670 Looking at the team, like, besides Frost and Swain, who 0:37:41.700 --> 0:37:44.279 who would you have in there besides those two? 0:37:45.030 --> 0:37:46.680 Yeah, I mean, I'd. 0:37:47.400 --> 0:37:50.009 I'd Nick Ward instead of Jake Gordon. 0:37:50.880 --> 0:37:55.440 Yeah. And, um, maybe Hodgeman instead of Kalia. 0:37:56.280 --> 0:37:58.200 Yeah. Yeah, that's probably fair. 0:37:58.560 --> 0:38:00.730 But it's probably fair from that. 0:38:01.600 --> 0:38:06.040 And Donaldson maybe I don't know. I mean, Donaldson say 0:38:06.250 --> 0:38:07.150 a few tests. 0:38:07.450 --> 0:38:08.710 Yeah, yeah. 0:38:08.830 --> 0:38:12.130 If, uh, I probably could have. I could have lived 0:38:12.130 --> 0:38:16.030 with Donaldson on the bench as opposed to Tom liner, because, 0:38:16.030 --> 0:38:18.640 to be honest, if Tom liner, if Tom one of 0:38:18.640 --> 0:38:22.210 our centres go down, we're we're moving. You know you've 0:38:22.210 --> 0:38:23.950 got to means you've got to move to new new 0:38:23.950 --> 0:38:29.049 in and you know, so you've kind of got to shuffle. Yeah. Uh, 0:38:29.050 --> 0:38:33.340 whereas Tom liner really can't play inside centre. So, you know, 0:38:33.340 --> 0:38:36.130 if Hunter Paisami goes down who fills his spot, you know. 0:38:36.130 --> 0:38:39.250 So there's there doesn't Donaldson you could argue you could, 0:38:39.250 --> 0:38:43.060 could fill a fair bit of, uh, capacity in that backline. Yeah. Uh, 0:38:43.090 --> 0:38:47.290 I think they're getting Tom liner to go to sort 0:38:47.290 --> 0:38:48.640 of give him a bit of a taste, see if 0:38:48.660 --> 0:38:52.469 he's up to it. Yeah, it'll be interesting if it 0:38:52.469 --> 0:38:54.870 if it's tight in the lot. It'll take a fair 0:38:54.870 --> 0:38:58.230 bit of fair bit of bravery if it's tight with 0:38:58.230 --> 0:39:01.350 ten to go or 20 to go to go. Right. 0:39:01.350 --> 0:39:05.580 We're going to put Angus Blyth, debutant Charlie Kyle, debutant 0:39:05.610 --> 0:39:08.430 Tom line and debutant Dylan Peach, debutant on on. 0:39:08.430 --> 0:39:08.549 The. 0:39:08.550 --> 0:39:12.600 Field it. That's going to take some stones. 0:39:13.380 --> 0:39:16.410 Yeah. Oh look, I just. 0:39:16.680 --> 0:39:21.660 I, we kind of glossed over uh, before Tom. Right. 0:39:21.660 --> 0:39:26.160 I really think he's taken a major steps forward this 0:39:26.340 --> 0:39:30.089 this season. I think his games come a long way 0:39:30.239 --> 0:39:33.630 from last year. I think he's I think he's been fantastic. 0:39:34.170 --> 0:39:37.689 So I think him and Andrew Callaway are and, uh, 0:39:38.560 --> 0:39:43.390 are going to, are going to be great in the backfield. Yeah. 0:39:43.780 --> 0:39:44.140 You know. 0:39:45.160 --> 0:39:47.620 Tom Roy always had a good head explosion in him 0:39:47.620 --> 0:39:50.739 of doing something utterly stupid. And if you do that 0:39:50.739 --> 0:39:54.310 at 15, it generally costs you seven points. 0:39:54.310 --> 0:39:55.419 Yeah. Like those little. 0:39:55.420 --> 0:39:57.520 But he seems to have eradicated that from his game. 0:39:57.520 --> 0:39:59.859 And good luck. Good luck to him. Yeah. He's a 0:39:59.860 --> 0:40:03.950 bloody good rugby player now. Yep. Who can come into 0:40:03.950 --> 0:40:08.810 second receiver who can. So and he in reality he 0:40:08.810 --> 0:40:11.989 has in reality they've got three options at second receiver. 0:40:12.560 --> 0:40:14.569 He has played inside centre before. 0:40:14.870 --> 0:40:15.500 Just quite. 0:40:15.950 --> 0:40:17.210 A long time ago though. 0:40:17.570 --> 0:40:20.360 Yeah. Mm. Yeah. 0:40:20.450 --> 0:40:24.320 No it's all good. All good. Anything else to throw 0:40:24.320 --> 0:40:25.729 in the in the pot, Mike? 0:40:26.300 --> 0:40:27.919 Uh, no, that's me mate. 0:40:28.580 --> 0:40:29.870 Okay, well. 0:40:30.170 --> 0:40:31.069 Once again. 0:40:31.070 --> 0:40:33.620 I think we. I think we've done much better without Carl. 0:40:34.160 --> 0:40:34.430 Yeah. 0:40:34.910 --> 0:40:37.100 It's always better without Kiwis. I think he'd want to 0:40:37.100 --> 0:40:38.509 talk about the All Blacks too much. 0:40:38.510 --> 0:40:40.100 I think we can dump him and. 0:40:41.210 --> 0:40:41.900 Give him the brush. 0:40:43.130 --> 0:40:45.950 Uh, again, if you're still listening. Thanks very much, people. 0:40:45.950 --> 0:40:49.430 We appreciate your support. Download, subscribe, rate, review, do all 0:40:49.430 --> 0:40:52.750 the good things that helps us to make the make 0:40:52.750 --> 0:40:53.979 the show as much. 0:40:54.730 --> 0:40:54.880 As. 0:40:54.880 --> 0:40:58.180 It can be. Um, thanks for tuning in to the 0:40:58.180 --> 0:41:00.040 team of the week, and, uh, we'll talk to you 0:41:00.040 --> 0:41:02.140 for next. Talk to you at next week's edition. Bye 0:41:02.140 --> 0:41:02.740 for now. 0:41:03.130 --> 0:41:03.820 See you later. 0:41:05.050 --> 0:41:07.029 You don't know anything about rugby. Don't talk. 0:41:07.210 --> 0:41:12.009 Gregan drop go from Larkham Australian great forward. 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