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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine

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Speaker 1: from Newstalk ZB.

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Speaker 2: Well, there's no way that the one New Zealand Warriors

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Speaker 2: could play in Vegas without one of their biggest fans,

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Speaker 2: one New Zealand CEO Jason Paris, who joins us now

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Speaker 2: from Vegas. Are you over there on business or is

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Speaker 2: this strictly a trip a holiday of vacation as the

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Speaker 2: as the US residents would.

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Speaker 3: Say, Mate, it's it's definitely not work or business. I'm

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Speaker 3: here with nine other mates Frombericago to celebrate our fiftieth birthdays.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, we're excited about the day ahead, that's for sure.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely brilliant. So definitely definitely a boys trip. So how

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Speaker 2: many how many of you are there?

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Speaker 3: It is there's nine of us, so all schoolmates from

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Speaker 3: the cargo who are you know will turn that that

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Speaker 3: big fifty at the the same time or so. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: it's been the five days of just I don't know,

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Speaker 3: absolute fantastic environments, sites, you know, sounds, people, it's been incredible.

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Speaker 2: Have you been to Vegas before?

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Speaker 3: Many many years ago? And so I have to say

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Speaker 3: when we got off the plane, I was like, we

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Speaker 3: just need to get back on the plane alive. Because

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Speaker 3: what they say about anything goes in Vegas is true,

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Speaker 3: and so you know, these inbcagol ads have certainly put

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Speaker 3: Vegas through its paces and so far, so far, we're

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Speaker 3: still standing.

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Speaker 2: It's good to know, good to know. With match day

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Speaker 2: arriving in the game not too far away, have you

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Speaker 2: had the chance, Jason, to catch up with anybody from

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Speaker 2: the team.

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Speaker 3: Yes, I had the privilege to go to the Captain's

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Speaker 3: run yesterday. Boys are looking sharp. They just want to

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Speaker 3: get out and play the game now, I think. You know,

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Speaker 3: they've been here for over a week and quite a

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Speaker 3: tough environment to be in for a player, because you've

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Speaker 3: got all these you know, amazing, amazing things happening around you,

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Speaker 3: which can be a distraction, but you've got to keep

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Speaker 3: your head down and focus on the task task ahead.

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Speaker 3: But look, the combinations looked great. Everyone looked ready fits.

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Speaker 3: You know, the common consensus from all everyone I talked

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Speaker 3: to is we just want to get out there and

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Speaker 3: get this this this game underway. And you know, the

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Speaker 3: stadium looks absolutely brilliant. I suppose then the boys don't

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Speaker 3: seem to be too intimidated or daunted by the experience,

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Speaker 3: so feeling confident and excited.

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Speaker 2: Are you seeing a few one New Zealand Warriors replica

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Speaker 2: jerseys around?

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Speaker 3: We are dominating the town. I have to tell you.

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Speaker 3: They're are updowas chants every twenty five meters. I would

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Speaker 3: say there's two or three to one ratio of Warriors

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Speaker 3: supporters compete to any other team. Probably Actually the traveling

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Speaker 3: English fans are kind of the second largest group contingent

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Speaker 3: of like we and Warrington supporters. But yeah, like there

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Speaker 3: are Warriors supporters everywhere, and even people who have come

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Speaker 3: back who support other teams like they enjoyed it so

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Speaker 3: much last year. I bumped into a few Bronco supporters

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Speaker 3: are here sharing for the Warriors as well, so where

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Speaker 3: everyone else's second favorite team at the same time. So

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Speaker 3: the stadium is going to be dominated by one New

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Speaker 3: Zealand Warrior supporters this afternoon. It's going to be just fantastic.

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Speaker 2: Love it, Jase. Well, we know that you and the

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Speaker 2: rest of them, the Cargill's Finest, will be representing representing

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Speaker 2: us over there. We'll look out for you on the Telly.

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Speaker 2: Thanks so much for taking the time for a chat.

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Speaker 2: I hope the rest of you your stay in Vegas

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Speaker 2: is a safe and enjoyable one, and we'll see you

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Speaker 2: back home.

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Speaker 3: Thanks very much.

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Speaker 2: Up the Wars, Up the Wars and DJAS, thanks indeed,

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Speaker 2: Jason Paris their cer of One New Zealand main sponsor

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Speaker 2: of course, of the One New Zealand Warriors.

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