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Speaker 1: The Friday Sports Huddle with New Zealand Southeby's International Realty

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Speaker 1: elevate the marketing of your home chance Chance and gone

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Speaker 1: Washington Sunder's got.

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Speaker 2: For As each day goes, the preparation picks up another

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Speaker 2: level and it's about to make sure.

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Speaker 3: That we're connected closely as a group.

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Speaker 2: Game over New Zealand, comprehensive winners over Australia for the

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Speaker 2: second game in a row.

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Speaker 4: On the Sports Tuddle this evening we have Andrew Gordy

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Speaker 4: n zb Key, we head of Communications, and Nick Bewley,

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Speaker 4: News to ZBE, Canterbury Sports Reader.

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Speaker 5: Hello you too, evening evening up.

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Speaker 4: Nick, tell me you've heard of Washington Sunder before.

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Speaker 3: I have, probably not to the same degree that I

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Speaker 3: did yesterday when he took seven for Korea beast figures

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Speaker 3: in a first class match, let alone in a Test

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Speaker 3: match against New Zealand.

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Speaker 5: But yeah, seven wickets.

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Speaker 3: There was always going to be a spinner's paradis, wasn't

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Speaker 3: it Wherever the next Test was after our boys, our

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Speaker 3: seam bowlers in particular Matt Henry and Will O'Rourke, caused

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Speaker 3: havoc in that first Test to a famous victory for

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Speaker 3: New Zealand.

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Speaker 5: But now we're sort of.

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Speaker 3: Back to where we're more accustomed to being in India,

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Speaker 3: sort of battling the unfamiliar conditions. Although I see both

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Speaker 3: standard are trying to make a good fist of it

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Speaker 3: in response.

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Speaker 5: But yeah, it's going to be a tough ass, that's

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Speaker 5: for sure.

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Speaker 4: Is it going to be a tough ask, Udio? Would

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Speaker 4: you still write our chances?

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Speaker 2: Oh, it's always a tough ask, Heather, and I think

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Speaker 2: we probably should have expected it was going to be

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Speaker 2: a tough ask after that performance in the first Test,

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Speaker 2: expecting nothing other than to play cricket on an absolute

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Speaker 2: dust bowl of a pitch there, and no surprise to

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Speaker 2: see Indian spinners claim all ten wickets. It's probably not

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Speaker 2: even really much point in playing any past bowlers in

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Speaker 2: this Test. So yeah, looking forward to seeing what Ags

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Speaker 2: and Santana can do. But I wouldn't rule us out

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Speaker 2: completely just yet. She's still early days.

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Speaker 4: She is early days, right, I mean, if you think

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Speaker 4: about it, Mack, we notched up to fifty nine. That's

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Speaker 4: not the world's worst innings.

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Speaker 3: No, obviously, there's two hundred and fifty eight numbers lower

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Speaker 3: than tournad and fifty nine here. Look yeah, one yeah, look,

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Speaker 3: look but I suppose the counter to that as it

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Speaker 3: could have been a lot better. I mean, New Zealand

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Speaker 3: found themselves in a pretty handy position there. I think

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Speaker 3: it was about one eighty to three. Some established batters

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Speaker 3: just didn't go on as they did in Bengalaru guys

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Speaker 3: which has been a real archy a lease here for

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Speaker 3: this New Zealand Test cricket side for some time sort

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Speaker 3: of wilted under the pressure. So look, yeah, as Gordy

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Speaker 3: said that, they're not out of it. This is a

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Speaker 3: critical day though. You know, India could really take it

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Speaker 3: beyond a black Caps win here if they can knuckle

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Speaker 4: Now, listen, Gordy, I reckon the most likely outcome in

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Speaker 4: the netball between New Zealand and Australia is two a piece,

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Speaker 4: isn't it. We win the two at home, they win

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Speaker 4: the two in Australia and it's a tie.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I won't disagree with you there. That seems to be

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Speaker 2: the way history goes with this competition. Doesn't it two

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Speaker 2: depending on who's hosting the first game. So I don't

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Speaker 2: actually personally mind the way that they've decided to go

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Speaker 2: about setting these new rules with a bit of sort

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Speaker 2: the overall tournament. Personally, I think there is perhaps an

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Speaker 2: argument to retain the aggregate score, but perhaps that's only

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Speaker 2: for the purpose of ensuring that neither team sends a

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Speaker 2: week in side across the tasma, knowing that they can

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Speaker 2: just simply stack their team when it comes across the

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Speaker 6: So, oh, I don't mind this sudden death shot.

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Speaker 5: It's huch more.

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Speaker 4: Fun, isn't it, Nick? Because I mean, who wants to

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Speaker 4: get to the end of the fourth mat the fourth game,

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Speaker 4: and then we've got to go and sit there and

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Speaker 4: count numbers to see who won. I'd rather have them

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Speaker 5: Wouldn't you just to put it back to the cricket.

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Speaker 5: It looks like New Zealand a still bowl has taken away.

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Speaker 5: Hear this? That's pretty exat we took girl, didn't we.

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Speaker 4: Review?

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Speaker 6: It.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, sorry, yeah, hopefully sims aren't listening. But yeah, back

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Speaker 3: on the netball.

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Speaker 5: I suppose in a perfect world.

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Speaker 3: Personally, I mean, I can't stand even amount of games

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Speaker 5: You know, we need an odd number, you know New Zealand.

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Speaker 3: Cricket, just to go back to that. For so long

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Speaker 3: we're given two Test series. It's brilliant that this one

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Speaker 3: against India is actually three, But why can't we have

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Speaker 5: Three and alternate it? You know, better than the aggregate,

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Speaker 5: but the extra time. I like the extra time. But

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Speaker 5: the year who sat there and.

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Speaker 4: Went, do you know what? We can decide who's the

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Speaker 4: best if we play for like that person obviously didn't

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Speaker 4: do school seemaths, did they?

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Speaker 5: No?

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Speaker 3: No, I to agree there's obviously there's obviously some sort

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Speaker 3: don't like being having to share. You know, you get

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Speaker 3: more net this year than vice versa the next year.

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Speaker 3: But I I think we're over complicating it.

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Speaker 5: It adds an.

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Speaker 3: Element of intrigue, and I personally agree it's better than

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Speaker 3: the aggregate score. I no one's been sitting there with

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Speaker 5: We only lose by ten.

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Speaker 3: We're still going to hold the trophy at the end,

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Speaker 3: but just on the silver fans, like, well, where has

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Speaker 3: this team been? Like I was sitting there watching the

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Speaker 3: England series with my wife and they were just so

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Speaker 3: far removed from what they look like against Australia, and

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Speaker 3: Australia's beating England. It's a real head scratcher that, you know,

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Speaker 3: something's a significant turn of events, obviously, but look, as

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Speaker 3: the former is suggested and the history suggested this competition,

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Speaker 3: whoever plays at home wins.

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Speaker 4: Yeah too, right, Okay, we'll take a break com But

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Speaker 4: by the way, sant Na Bold girl LBW, so the go.

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Speaker 4: That's not bad at all.

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Speaker 1: The Friday Sports title with New Zealand Southeby's international realty,

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Speaker 4: Back with the Sports Hittle Andrew Gordy and Nick Buley. Gordy,

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Speaker 4: what's going on with Sports New Zealand spending all this

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Speaker 4: money on these little like e little emails you can

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Speaker 4: send volunteer coaches and a good sense about three hundred

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Speaker 4: the minute cost five hundred and seventy five dollars per email.

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Speaker 6: I've just seen this this afternoon here that what on

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Speaker 6: earth are they spending five hundred and seventy five dollars

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Speaker 6: on an email for what can possibly go into an

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Speaker 6: email that costs five hundred and seventy five No, absolutely

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Speaker 6: baffled by that.

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Speaker 4: How much money do you reckon? You have to have

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Speaker 4: to think that five hundred and seventy five dollars for

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Speaker 4: an email that the rest of us just do for

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Speaker 4: free is a good idea.

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Speaker 6: Way too much.

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Speaker 2: You've got to have way to and what we're talking

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Speaker 2: one hundred and seventy one thousand, five hundred and ninety

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Speaker 2: eight dollars to say thank you to a few coaches.

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Speaker 2: There's way way better ways to spend that money. And

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Speaker 2: I think people are kind of right to be outraged

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Speaker 2: by this. There are I mean, we could come up

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Speaker 2: with it. We could have a pretty good brainstorming session,

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Speaker 2: I think on this very show to figure out how

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Speaker 2: we might be able to spend five hundred and seventy

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Speaker 2: five dollars per person as a better way to say

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Speaker 2: thank you.

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Speaker 4: I literally would have rather than that, have any thing

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Speaker 4: than an email to say thank you, wouldn't you?

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Speaker 3: It's not my choice of communication. I think you know,

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Speaker 3: the warm with warmest regards and.

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Speaker 5: All that, just pick up the phone. I do work

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Speaker 5: about but look what about it?

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Speaker 4: If I gain, you shouldn't be.

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Speaker 3: Five hundred and seventy five dollars all up, because don't

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Speaker 3: you just cut and paste the same thing.

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Speaker 5: I'm baffled by it.

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Speaker 6: All.

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Speaker 5: You just changed the name, don't you. It's just bizarre,

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Speaker 5: would you?

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Speaker 4: Because because this is what we could have done, is

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Speaker 4: instead of sending them these emails, we could have bought

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Speaker 4: each one of them fourteen crates of space. Now what

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Speaker 4: would you rather have? An E card or fourteen crates

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Speaker 4: of space?

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Speaker 2: It wouldn't be spaces, to be perfectly honest, I think

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Speaker 2: option that space. Couldn't we I know that you were

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Speaker 5: Christ tough for US Southern listeners, but.

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Speaker 2: I'm humping with something better than spacet Well, I.

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Speaker 4: Would have I would have taken the fourteen crates of

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Speaker 4: space and then traded them for something else, like just

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Speaker 4: maybe one creative parrot dog. But I would absolutely I

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Speaker 4: would absolutely have taken something in my hands, not just

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Speaker 4: the bloody email. It's ridiculous. Hey, Nick, do you reckon

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Speaker 4: that that Warner's done his time and deser to come back.

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Speaker 5: It's an interesting one isn't it.

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Speaker 3: I'm a bit baffled by the whole thing, given he's

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Speaker 3: so late in his career. I know it's a lifetime

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Speaker 3: ban and a lifetime leadership ban. How do you even

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Speaker 3: how do you police leadership? It's quite subjective, isn't I

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Speaker 3: suppose it's just a captain's arm band. But you can

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Speaker 3: be a mentor and a leader in any capacity. But yeah,

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Speaker 3: I mean, how long ago was it now? Twenty eighteen,

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Speaker 3: six years ago? Lifetime ban? I think when we reflect,

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Speaker 3: up to other lifetime bans.

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Speaker 5: I'm personally okay with it.

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Speaker 3: I just think the whole thing's a bit weird, and

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Speaker 3: maybe it's just more ego striking for David one Er,

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Speaker 3: I'm not too sure.

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Speaker 4: What do you, Gordy.

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Speaker 6: I think it's probably just another example.

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Speaker 2: How many times do you see in sport, especially some

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Speaker 2: kind of lifetime ban dished out, and then a few

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Speaker 2: years later, once the dust is settled and everyone's forgotten

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Speaker 2: about it, you just overturn it. I mean, I think

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Speaker 2: it was probably just a bit of an overreaction at

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Speaker 2: the time. But I think if you cast your mind

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Speaker 2: back to that period. This was one of the most

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Speaker 2: seri yes and appalling act in Australian sporting history that

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Speaker 2: struck right at the very heart of the integrity of

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Speaker 2: Australian sport, which is pretty flimsy to be fair.

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Speaker 5: But I can.

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Speaker 2: Understand why they came down hard at the time, but

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Speaker 2: at zero surprised to see them come to this point overturn.

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Speaker 6: At the bloke's thirty seven years old.

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Speaker 2: It's not as though when it comes to wearing the

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Speaker 2: baggy green he's going to have much more of a

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Speaker 2: meaningful contribution to make to Australian cricket.

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Speaker 6: In the years going forward.

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Speaker 2: a post career and coaching and things like that, or

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Speaker 2: god forbid, administration. I don't know if I'd trust David

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Speaker 4: Hey, Coally gone for one fifty satiny again. How about

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Speaker 4: that stick your finger in the air and wave it

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Speaker 4: about like you just don't care. Hey, I see, I'm

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Speaker 4: see you're trying desperately to get us to give you

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Speaker 5: Oh desperately?

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Speaker 3: Well, I think you're just going to look at the

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Speaker 5: We've sold out this double header the Test the.

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Speaker 3: Kiwi fans and Kiwis and the Jillarus and Kangaroos on

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Speaker 3: Sunday seventeen thousand was sold out some time ago.

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Speaker 5: That's on top of.

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Speaker 3: The Warriors were down here earlier in the year and

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Speaker 3: year and they're pretty keen to yeah, be a regular NRL.

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Speaker 4: Law, is it just because it's an event? Like, are

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Speaker 4: you guys just desperate for any.

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Speaker 3: I mean that's a fair point. Look, is it the

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Speaker 3: novelty factor? And we don't get a lot of rugby

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Speaker 3: it is, you know, by and large a rugby union region,

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Speaker 3: that there is a groundswell of momentum building in and

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Speaker 3: around the code. We've now got the back to back

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Speaker 3: secondary school national title team Addison Thomas's there's a lot

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Speaker 3: to me, and I think it's long over. Duke Hopefully,

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Speaker 3: Andrew Abdo and all those administrators looking on Sunday just

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Speaker 3: go Look, it's a matter of when, not if, we

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Speaker 3: need to get this done.

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Speaker 4: I'm increasingly convinced, Gordy, what about you?

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Speaker 2: I got to say, I'm changing my mind on this

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Speaker 2: first time, it came off the back of the sensational crowds.

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Speaker 2: I suppose that they got for a Warriors ficture down

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Speaker 2: is this about them supporting the Warriors or supporting the Code?

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Speaker 2: And as you quite rightly say, Nak, they're turning out

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Speaker 2: just an NRAL thing. It's a support for the code

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Speaker 2: It's not just about supporting the Warriors and the clear

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Speaker 2: last couple of years, but perhaps there is a genuine

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't have the idea, guys. Thank you, Enjoy

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Speaker 4: your weekend. A sport appreciated. Get Andrew Gordy mc beauley

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