1 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:10,547 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine 2 00:00:10,707 --> 00:00:11,787 Speaker 1: from News Talks. 3 00:00:11,707 --> 00:00:15,147 Speaker 2: Be Bonded. Adam Pea Cocks with us as usual on 4 00:00:15,147 --> 00:00:17,067 Speaker 2: a Saturday. Adam, thanks for your time. Our third Test 5 00:00:17,067 --> 00:00:20,427 Speaker 2: tonight Wallaby's and British and Irish Lions in Sydney. The 6 00:00:20,467 --> 00:00:23,787 Speaker 2: series has gone obviously with the Lions winning Tests two 7 00:00:23,907 --> 00:00:27,987 Speaker 2: last weekend in Melbourne. What has the fallout been from that? 8 00:00:28,147 --> 00:00:31,387 Speaker 2: The controversy of the of the you know, the late 9 00:00:32,067 --> 00:00:34,747 Speaker 2: passages of play in that match in Melbourne. 10 00:00:35,387 --> 00:00:39,027 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was. It was pretty robust straight away and 11 00:00:39,707 --> 00:00:43,347 Speaker 3: a lot of people saying it's taken on the phone 12 00:00:43,387 --> 00:00:45,747 Speaker 3: of how good would it be instead of blowing up 13 00:00:45,787 --> 00:00:48,387 Speaker 3: about the decision and saying Australia were ripped off. And 14 00:00:48,427 --> 00:00:50,667 Speaker 3: there are a few people who still think that, But 15 00:00:51,147 --> 00:00:53,147 Speaker 3: it's more about how good would it have been if 16 00:00:53,147 --> 00:00:54,587 Speaker 3: this was a decide. It's still going to be a 17 00:00:54,627 --> 00:00:57,387 Speaker 3: great occasion. Tonight in Sydney has packed out and I 18 00:00:57,467 --> 00:01:02,027 Speaker 3: live in Sydney. I see people clad and read all 19 00:01:02,227 --> 00:01:04,787 Speaker 3: week just walking the street to Sydney and enjoying themselves 20 00:01:04,827 --> 00:01:08,827 Speaker 3: even though it's been absolutely posing down all week. But yeah, 21 00:01:09,227 --> 00:01:11,867 Speaker 3: it's it feels like a bit of a missed opportunity 22 00:01:11,867 --> 00:01:15,107 Speaker 3: for something epic, even though probably looking at that decision 23 00:01:15,107 --> 00:01:16,067 Speaker 3: it was a fifty to fifty. 24 00:01:16,347 --> 00:01:17,787 Speaker 2: There was a fifty to fifty. And there's been a 25 00:01:17,827 --> 00:01:20,307 Speaker 2: lot of fallout and judgment during the week saying, look 26 00:01:20,387 --> 00:01:24,147 Speaker 2: color Tazano, he's obviously feeling the effect of the of 27 00:01:24,227 --> 00:01:27,507 Speaker 2: attack or but also feeling the effects of some online 28 00:01:27,667 --> 00:01:30,507 Speaker 2: abuse as well. He's been sort of, I guess, taken 29 00:01:30,507 --> 00:01:31,907 Speaker 2: out of the spotlight. Do you think this is the 30 00:01:31,947 --> 00:01:32,387 Speaker 2: right call? 31 00:01:33,187 --> 00:01:36,387 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, it's born out of the fact that people 32 00:01:37,227 --> 00:01:40,067 Speaker 3: and knowledgeable people about the game of rugby said he 33 00:01:40,107 --> 00:01:43,827 Speaker 3: was diving so and that was off the basis of 34 00:01:43,867 --> 00:01:47,107 Speaker 3: their own bias. It wasn't about oh, well he actually 35 00:01:47,147 --> 00:01:50,827 Speaker 3: could have been hurt, like it was a fairly full 36 00:01:50,867 --> 00:01:53,707 Speaker 3: on attack on the back of his neck, and whether 37 00:01:53,787 --> 00:01:55,147 Speaker 3: or not he should have been there, or whether or 38 00:01:55,147 --> 00:01:56,667 Speaker 3: not that he was there at the same time or whatever, 39 00:01:57,027 --> 00:01:59,507 Speaker 3: that's that's not the point. It was, Yeah, he got 40 00:01:59,547 --> 00:02:04,627 Speaker 3: hit and it hurt. So I don't like the whole thing, 41 00:02:04,667 --> 00:02:06,787 Speaker 3: and I think those people who have they go at 42 00:02:06,827 --> 00:02:09,067 Speaker 3: him for doing a blatant dive and trying to milk 43 00:02:09,067 --> 00:02:12,267 Speaker 3: a penalty and all of those things. Should maybe reconsider 44 00:02:12,627 --> 00:02:15,107 Speaker 3: having such a forthright opinion because that's the fall that 45 00:02:15,267 --> 00:02:17,427 Speaker 3: people hop on and then the guy ends up copying 46 00:02:17,427 --> 00:02:20,427 Speaker 3: abuse for what I mean rugby. Let's all calm down. 47 00:02:20,587 --> 00:02:24,987 Speaker 3: So yeah, it's unfortunate PostScript to it all, but yeah 48 00:02:25,027 --> 00:02:27,547 Speaker 3: we're we still haven't quite got over it, but maybe 49 00:02:27,587 --> 00:02:30,027 Speaker 3: tonight we will get over it if the lot of 50 00:02:30,187 --> 00:02:31,547 Speaker 3: his can find a way to win. 51 00:02:31,667 --> 00:02:35,067 Speaker 2: And let's for a memorable occasion in Sydney tonight, the 52 00:02:35,187 --> 00:02:38,507 Speaker 2: NRL reaching its business end. The Warriors losing to the 53 00:02:38,507 --> 00:02:41,427 Speaker 2: Dolphins right at the end last night, clinging on in 54 00:02:41,547 --> 00:02:43,667 Speaker 2: fourth spot, but they've lost four of their last six. 55 00:02:43,747 --> 00:02:45,947 Speaker 2: Now do you think the chasing pack is going to 56 00:02:45,987 --> 00:02:47,427 Speaker 2: swallow the Warriors up? 57 00:02:48,107 --> 00:02:51,467 Speaker 3: Yeah, Penrith are the ones have hit a bit of 58 00:02:51,547 --> 00:02:55,347 Speaker 3: rhythm and they've got Sorry, there's the cockatoos that we 59 00:02:55,387 --> 00:02:57,067 Speaker 3: have here in Australia and they're making a bit of noise. 60 00:02:57,107 --> 00:02:59,467 Speaker 3: They want to be on the radio as well. But yeah, 61 00:02:59,827 --> 00:03:03,507 Speaker 3: the Panthers have got their you know what together And 62 00:03:03,587 --> 00:03:07,067 Speaker 3: at the same time, one of these teams was potentially 63 00:03:07,147 --> 00:03:08,667 Speaker 3: going to have a bit of pressure put on them 64 00:03:08,707 --> 00:03:11,227 Speaker 3: and it's ended up being the Warriors through an injury 65 00:03:11,227 --> 00:03:13,347 Speaker 3: crisis and then James Fusha Harris dipping out and he's 66 00:03:13,387 --> 00:03:15,147 Speaker 3: the latest one to go down. No wag to Egan. 67 00:03:16,267 --> 00:03:19,707 Speaker 3: Of course Metcalf went down as well, and earlier in 68 00:03:19,707 --> 00:03:22,427 Speaker 3: the season Mitch Barnett. So you can't keep on coping 69 00:03:22,507 --> 00:03:26,107 Speaker 3: with those types of injuries and expect to get better. 70 00:03:26,587 --> 00:03:28,627 Speaker 3: And that's the thing that the Warriors have had to 71 00:03:28,627 --> 00:03:30,707 Speaker 3: consider and I can see Penrith making a charge for that. 72 00:03:30,747 --> 00:03:33,067 Speaker 3: But Pendrith do have a last month of the season, 73 00:03:33,987 --> 00:03:38,107 Speaker 3: four high intensity games, so they're not across the line yet, 74 00:03:38,107 --> 00:03:39,547 Speaker 3: but they are the ones I think that are going 75 00:03:39,587 --> 00:03:40,227 Speaker 3: to jump at them. 76 00:03:40,467 --> 00:03:42,147 Speaker 2: Youee Eagle's going to make the eight? Are they? 77 00:03:43,027 --> 00:03:46,787 Speaker 3: Oh? Maybe? Yeah, we're bottom eight team I called earlier 78 00:03:46,787 --> 00:03:50,947 Speaker 3: in the year, like bottom eight team as in bottom 79 00:03:50,987 --> 00:03:55,307 Speaker 3: of the eight team, Yeah, yeah, gotcha, seventh or eighth. Yeah, 80 00:03:55,547 --> 00:03:57,707 Speaker 3: just gone around in circles. It feels like I've got 81 00:03:57,707 --> 00:04:00,827 Speaker 3: absolutely tapped last week by the Bulldogs play the Roosters 82 00:04:00,947 --> 00:04:04,947 Speaker 3: later on tonight. Again they mentioned the weather. It could 83 00:04:04,947 --> 00:04:07,387 Speaker 3: be challenging conditions for seem like mainly he liked to 84 00:04:07,427 --> 00:04:10,347 Speaker 3: throw the ball around. It's raining and it's showing those 85 00:04:10,347 --> 00:04:14,467 Speaker 3: signs of easing up. So yeah, I think you can 86 00:04:14,467 --> 00:04:17,227 Speaker 3: guess by the tone of my voice, and I'm I'm 87 00:04:17,227 --> 00:04:19,107 Speaker 3: not booking my particular the grand files that way. 88 00:04:19,387 --> 00:04:22,307 Speaker 2: I good to see that. And just finally today World 89 00:04:22,307 --> 00:04:24,627 Speaker 2: Swim Champs and Singapore, we know how big swimming is 90 00:04:24,667 --> 00:04:27,827 Speaker 2: in Australia. Five golds so far, same number as the US, 91 00:04:27,827 --> 00:04:32,027 Speaker 2: including three to Mollio Callahan. She's now equaled Ian Thorpe's 92 00:04:32,067 --> 00:04:37,147 Speaker 2: Australian record of eleven World Championship gold medals, agonizing second 93 00:04:37,147 --> 00:04:40,307 Speaker 2: and the one hundred and three overnight but still some record. 94 00:04:40,587 --> 00:04:44,387 Speaker 3: Yeah, she felt, and reading what she said after that, 95 00:04:44,467 --> 00:04:47,067 Speaker 3: she basically said, I was a bit gassed from the 96 00:04:47,187 --> 00:04:49,187 Speaker 3: night before where I anchored the four by two hundred 97 00:04:49,227 --> 00:04:53,067 Speaker 3: meter relay for a huge win over America. So she's 98 00:04:53,107 --> 00:04:56,947 Speaker 3: so good, Molo Callahan, and she's going to go down 99 00:04:56,987 --> 00:05:00,027 Speaker 3: as one of our greatest swimmers. Good question that's kind 100 00:05:00,067 --> 00:05:02,347 Speaker 3: of been raised over here this week is will she 101 00:05:02,467 --> 00:05:05,787 Speaker 3: go down as our greatest full stop? And the thought 102 00:05:05,867 --> 00:05:07,547 Speaker 3: is that you're we have to go for two more 103 00:05:07,587 --> 00:05:10,427 Speaker 3: Olympic cycles, which is going to be difficult by the 104 00:05:10,467 --> 00:05:13,707 Speaker 3: time Brisbane comes around. I think she'll be twenty nine, 105 00:05:14,267 --> 00:05:16,427 Speaker 3: so that's at the outer edge of what we've seen 106 00:05:16,467 --> 00:05:19,467 Speaker 3: from swimming. Usually they retire in their mid twenties because 107 00:05:19,467 --> 00:05:21,787 Speaker 3: it is so arduous, and you know that they're not 108 00:05:21,827 --> 00:05:24,027 Speaker 3: getting these big five hundred and six hundred thousand dollars 109 00:05:24,067 --> 00:05:27,107 Speaker 3: contracts that footy players get to keep being professional. They 110 00:05:27,107 --> 00:05:28,867 Speaker 3: have to go off into the real world, some of them. 111 00:05:28,907 --> 00:05:31,627 Speaker 3: So yeah, I hope she can. It's going to be 112 00:05:31,627 --> 00:05:33,747 Speaker 3: the big watch out the next four or five years 113 00:05:33,787 --> 00:05:35,787 Speaker 3: about how good she ends up. But even Ian Thorpe 114 00:05:35,827 --> 00:05:37,747 Speaker 3: has said that she's got a chance to be as 115 00:05:38,347 --> 00:05:39,907 Speaker 3: right at the top of the run, and he's the 116 00:05:39,947 --> 00:05:41,307 Speaker 3: guy that at at the top of the run, So 117 00:05:42,147 --> 00:05:43,627 Speaker 3: that'll be a good watch. And she's had a great 118 00:05:43,627 --> 00:05:46,427 Speaker 3: week and our swimmers have done so well against an 119 00:05:46,427 --> 00:05:49,347 Speaker 3: American team again, which the Americans have so much depth 120 00:05:49,387 --> 00:05:51,547 Speaker 3: in this book because they've got the collegiate system, and 121 00:05:51,747 --> 00:05:53,307 Speaker 3: our swimmers have stood up to them. Again. 122 00:05:53,387 --> 00:05:56,867 Speaker 2: Absolutely, Maria Kell, she's got all these golds and world 123 00:05:56,907 --> 00:06:00,427 Speaker 2: championship and her Olympic feats. Of course she's only twenty one. 124 00:06:00,747 --> 00:06:01,827 Speaker 2: It's crazy, isn't it. 125 00:06:01,827 --> 00:06:04,987 Speaker 3: It's means and it's about the timing isn't it. So 126 00:06:05,067 --> 00:06:07,787 Speaker 3: Michael Phelps had that time just right, is like coming 127 00:06:07,827 --> 00:06:10,307 Speaker 3: and becoming great at the right time, which allowed you 128 00:06:10,347 --> 00:06:13,067 Speaker 3: to fit in three or four Olympic cycles instead of 129 00:06:13,107 --> 00:06:16,467 Speaker 3: two or three. And yeah, so Molly's definitely in that. 130 00:06:16,867 --> 00:06:19,947 Speaker 3: Malio Callahan's definitely in that space and probably helped by 131 00:06:19,947 --> 00:06:22,827 Speaker 3: the fact that the Tokyo Olympics got the later years 132 00:06:22,947 --> 00:06:26,267 Speaker 3: so she could start her Olympic career there and obviously 133 00:06:26,427 --> 00:06:29,027 Speaker 3: went to Paris and Ela and Brisbane's on the radar. 134 00:06:29,187 --> 00:06:32,787 Speaker 2: Indeed always great chatting Australian Sport with you, Adam. Thank 135 00:06:32,827 --> 00:06:35,107 Speaker 2: you for updating us. We'll do it again next Saturday. 136 00:06:35,587 --> 00:06:36,907 Speaker 3: Sounds good, Thanks Bonnie. 137 00:06:36,667 --> 00:06:39,827 Speaker 2: No, thank you, Adam. 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