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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 ZEDB.

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Speaker 2: Going right now marking multiple special occasions with a thirty

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Speaker 2: eight to twelve win over their hosts, the Newcastle Knights,

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Speaker 2: a third straight victory to open the NRL season under

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Speaker 2: massive pressure Newcastle by mal Na Hegan on the bye,

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Speaker 2: It's bye at the short court. The front rowers can

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Speaker 2: binve and Jackson Ford gets a try in his milestone game.

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Speaker 1: Man.

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Speaker 2: That's Jackson Ford grabbing one of three first half tries

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Speaker 2: on his one hundredth first grade appearance or during it.

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Speaker 2: Debutante Luke Hanson adding the final blow, and co captain

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Speaker 2: Mitch Barnett got a try assist in thirty eight minutes

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Speaker 2: of action on his return from a serious knee injury.

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Speaker 2: Head coach Andrew Webster joins us just ahead of the

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Speaker 2: team's flight home from Sydney. Andrew, thanks for taking our call.

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Speaker 2: Congratulations on another eye catching when what part of the

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Speaker 2: performance are you happiest about and are you proudest of?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm definitely proud of some milestones, that's for sure,

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Speaker 3: and that they all played well in their milestones. Mitch

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Speaker 3: Barney was also playing a cit yet game for him

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Speaker 3: for US, I was really happy with Marada where he returned. God,

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Speaker 3: he was awesome. Gods probably don't know. But it was

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Speaker 3: extremely humid there and the heavy deck and the boys,

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Speaker 3: you know what. Wasn't an easy dattle. But we thought.

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Speaker 3: I thought we'd broken down slowly put some pressure on him,

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Speaker 3: with our attack, which was pleased.

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Speaker 2: How patient did you have to be or did the

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Speaker 2: when those opportunities came.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean we left a couple out there really,

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Speaker 3: like when I think they had twelve men in the

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Speaker 3: first half. We asked a couple late, but we also

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Speaker 3: missed a few. But yeah, you've got to be patient

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Speaker 3: every week, really, to be honest, and it was really

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Speaker 3: good that we've showed that. I mean, I thought we

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Speaker 3: just all the back of pressure, it's all the opportunity.

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Speaker 3: John Debut calls for the footing and then he pumps

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Speaker 3: you go for working with them and then when you

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Speaker 3: see the opportunity to get like you said, you got

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Speaker 3: as a whole will pretty good.

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Speaker 2: Three wins from three to start the season. Are you

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Speaker 2: seeing the same things which are consistently leading to you,

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Speaker 2: you know, getting the outcomes you're after across the three

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Speaker 2: games or has there been an evolution during the first three.

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Speaker 3: Weeks as an evolution of the way we're attacking, But

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Speaker 3: it's coming from the pressure we're creating, so like it's

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Speaker 3: we're calling a complimentary football at the moment, both are

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Speaker 3: complimenting each other. So the attacks pressure of defense, but

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Speaker 3: our defense is creating that pressure in our position. But

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Speaker 3: there's also what the things that we got wrong and

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Speaker 3: they were not proud of. We had a review this

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Speaker 3: ones that are under pressure and we're on our scramble

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Speaker 3: and our effort, which is great, but we can be

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Speaker 3: Camber a little much more efficient with our kick chase

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Speaker 2: What are the sorts of things. Did you show the

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Speaker 3: Just just that connection, just a couple of tries we

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Speaker 3: that was pretty short and chart this morning, and then

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Speaker 2: One hundred and twenty points across three games. That's always

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Speaker 2: going to get headlines. But are you as pleased, if

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Speaker 2: not more, about the fact you've only conceded thirty six

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Speaker 3: Yep, no, definitely. That's why it's all about complimentary footy.

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Speaker 3: I think both are pleasing. If you're defending well and

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Speaker 3: that disappointed two weeks in a row, six kneel down.

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Speaker 3: The slow starts just not not good enough really, so yeah,

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Speaker 2: I want to ask you about a couple of players

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Speaker 2: Tanner Boys. The first one probably your best player across

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Speaker 2: the first three games, steering the team brilliantly. What have

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's been awesome. I think he's play calling.

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Speaker 3: I think when we have a play and then we

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Speaker 3: so Clay, so therefore everyone knows their role. Then he's

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Speaker 2: Have you been encouraging him to run with the ball more?

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Speaker 3: Yes? Yes, yeah, I think Tanner this is too much

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Speaker 3: All the good half backs play, they run the footage

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Speaker 3: good halfbacks have to do both, and he's starting to

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Speaker 2: Have you thought about the selection decisions, even dilemmas you'll

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Speaker 3: I haven't yet. Just hit me too often, those those

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Speaker 3: So when you have that headache that particular week, that's

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Speaker 3: when you make the call and you worry about it.

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Speaker 3: Then that right now, I'm just focused on improvement today

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Speaker 3: and when that situation arises then we'll think about it then.

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Speaker 3: But it's a good headache, really good headache. So happy

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Speaker 2: Mits Barnet's return seemed to bring real energy. What did

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Speaker 3: It was amazing having back to do what he did

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Speaker 2: And I know players don't need milestone games to lift

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Speaker 2: eighty minutes and as one hundred at then our rail game.

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Speaker 3: It was amazing, mate, it was absolutely amazing. But I'll

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Speaker 3: say I'll say Jackie has been doing that for a

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Speaker 2: And Morgan Gannon's debut unfortunately only five minutes due to

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Speaker 3: Fine, mate, that would anyone would have been concussom that

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Speaker 3: its disappointing for him, but we know he'll be back

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Speaker 3: there and better. And I said down after the game,

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Speaker 3: like we're wanting to play two hundred games at our club.

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Speaker 3: He said he's only young, only won one game to

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Speaker 2: And of course success like this and performances like this

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Speaker 2: What are your strategies for making sure that hype doesn't

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Speaker 3: I think the hype site. I think when when we're

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Speaker 2: Gun just to finish where You've spoken a lot during

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Speaker 3: My favorite part suggestion round with the players, Like honestly,

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Speaker 3: It's just it's nice to be with your peers. And

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Speaker 3: just to have that connection in that moment in the

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Speaker 3: So I just seen all the families becoming the song

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Speaker 3: And then it's for mating feeling very cool.

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Speaker 2: Congrats on the one and the start of the season

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Speaker 2: where we always appreciate you taking time for a chat.

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Speaker 3: No cheez, I appreciate it, thank you, no, thank you.

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Speaker 2: Andrew Andrew Webster, head coach of the Warriors, of course,

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Speaker 2: always appreciate his accessibility to us, win, lose, all draw

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Speaker 2: sure that they include family and all of that. And

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Speaker 2: some of the video content you see of family being

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Speaker 2: cool moment. And Andrew Webster alluded to some of that

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