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

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Speaker 1: from News Talks EDB.

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Speaker 2: But to the NRL we go. The Warriors take on

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Speaker 2: the Bulldogs five o'clock this afternoon. The Warriors bouncing back

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Speaker 2: from that horror loss to the Titans with a very

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Speaker 2: solid victory against the Broncos last weekend, scoring six tries

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Speaker 2: to three.

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Speaker 3: Put a bit close to.

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Speaker 2: The minis of many of us thought, there I suspect

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Speaker 2: now Mart.

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Speaker 3: And again.

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Speaker 2: Here's the Vita. There's over for the first time the afternoon.

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Speaker 2: He scored two of the warriors six tries and he's

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Speaker 2: with us now. Chanelle Harris Tavita out of the Warriors

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Speaker 2: camp ahead of the game against the Bulldogs. Chanelle, thanks

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Speaker 2: for your time. How do you reflect, first of all,

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Speaker 2: back on that win over the Broncos, coming as it

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Speaker 2: did off the back of the loss to the Titans.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think we we executed what we plan to do.

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Speaker 4: They came off a tough week the week before against

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Speaker 4: the Titans and a lot of the boys are looking

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Speaker 4: for redemption, and yeah, we we really wanted to turn

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Speaker 4: turn our game around from from the week before. So

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Speaker 4: I'm happy we got the result and but we've still

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Speaker 4: got lots of improvement in US.

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Speaker 2: Did you feel like there was any extra pressure after

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Speaker 2: the Titans game?

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Speaker 3: Not too much pressure. I think we know what wins

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Speaker 3: US games.

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Speaker 4: We just we didn't turn up on that day and

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Speaker 4: we didn't do we didn't do what we plan to do.

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Speaker 4: So we we went back to the drawing board. We

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Speaker 4: know what wins US games, and we just needed to

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Speaker 4: put all our energy energy into that.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, that helped us get the result.

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Speaker 2: What other things that that win the Warriors games? What

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Speaker 2: are you really focus on when you're when you're planning,

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Speaker 2: you know each week.

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Speaker 4: Well, we like to build our build our game on

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Speaker 4: our defense, and we had too many mistackles and we

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Speaker 4: started really poorly against the Titans. We went physical enough

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Speaker 4: and coming back to uh sold out home crowd like that,

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Speaker 4: that got us really physical and I thought we started

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Speaker 4: well and to play the pressure.

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Speaker 3: So the more we can do that, the better we'll go.

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Speaker 2: One of the eye catching features of the game was

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Speaker 2: your partnership with Timarti Martin of course in the in

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Speaker 2: the six and seven Jumper. First of all, how much

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Speaker 2: do you enjoy that partnership?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, My first game this year was with with Tomorrow

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Speaker 4: and the halves, we were playing your stuff, I was cuping.

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Speaker 4: I think just from then we knew each other's strengths

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Speaker 4: and we sort of sort of flowed pretty well. And

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Speaker 4: like whoever steps into the role of the six or

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Speaker 4: seven jersey, we know, we know what we need to do,

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Speaker 4: and we make variations based on what the player strengths are.

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Speaker 4: But as long as we execute our roles, the team

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Speaker 4: team usually plays well off the back of it.

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Speaker 2: How have you assessed the way Tomarty's gone?

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Speaker 3: He's been unreal for us.

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Speaker 4: He's he's just playing footy and that that's what his

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Speaker 4: strength is, playing eyes up and he's got a got

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Speaker 4: a solid running game and and he usually picks the

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Speaker 4: right pass when he goes to the line. So yeah,

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Speaker 4: he's getting us around the park nicely. And we've got

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Speaker 4: some got some outstanding middles and edge players that are

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Speaker 4: that are helping us get some momentum for him to

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Speaker 4: play off.

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Speaker 2: Is he a good talker out there? Does he do?

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Speaker 2: Of the two of you? Would he do more talking

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Speaker 2: than you?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: I think as the as the halfback, hey, you take

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Speaker 4: on a lot more responsibility than the five eight.

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Speaker 3: You sort of stare the team around the park.

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Speaker 4: And and in the sixth row.

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Speaker 3: I just whatever I see. If I see a.

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Speaker 4: Qu in front of me or opportunity, then then I'm

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Speaker 4: willing to take it. So I sort of try and

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Speaker 4: take pressure off him in that sense and do a

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Speaker 4: bit of kicking as well. So I think we can

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Speaker 4: compliment each other well if we just do our jobs

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Speaker 4: and keep working at it.

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Speaker 2: There's six your favorite Jews, Now do you think.

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Speaker 4: I think it is? I like the sixth jersey rather

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Speaker 4: than the fourteen jersey. Yeah, but like I know that

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Speaker 4: we've got a we've got a squad full of talented players,

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Speaker 4: and coming back from a year off, it's I'm just

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Speaker 4: grateful to be back in the seventeen and the team

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Speaker 4: that made the top four last year. So whatever I

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Speaker 4: needed to do to help the team win, that's that's

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Speaker 4: what I'm going to pour my energy into.

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Speaker 2: That fourteen jersey. I think a lot of people like

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Speaker 2: you there because of your versatility. Obviously you'd prefer to

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Speaker 2: be starting in a specialist position, but if called upon,

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Speaker 2: you're happy to You're happy to to play whatever role

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Speaker 2: Andrew Webster asks of you.

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Speaker 4: Clearly, Yep, yeah, No, I sat down at the start

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Speaker 4: of the year and pretty much came to agreement that

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Speaker 4: I'll play whatever roles best for the team, and whether

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Speaker 4: that's a six or forteen jersey, I'm happy to be

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Speaker 4: in the seventeen.

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Speaker 2: How was your year away from the game? How do

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Speaker 2: you how do you reflect on that?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? It was it was a wee needed a break.

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Speaker 4: The club wasn't doing too well when when I left,

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Speaker 4: and they sort of turned it, turned it around when

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Speaker 4: when Webbe came to the club. So yeah, physically and

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Speaker 4: mentally I needed it, And yeah, I'm glad I made

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Speaker 4: that decision back then and I'm happy to be a

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Speaker 2: I remember hearing some media at the time when you

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Speaker 2: were talking about your decision to take the break away

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Speaker 2: and you weren't well. What you said was you weren't

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Speaker 2: sure whether you were coming back or not. But were

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Speaker 2: you always? Was it always the plan to come back? Whenever?

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Speaker 3: That was?

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Speaker 2: Whenever?

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Speaker 1: That?

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Speaker 4: Nah, Actually I wasn't sure. And then yeah, halfway through

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Speaker 4: the year, I decided I want to to see out

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Speaker 4: and for form my potential as a rugby league player

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Speaker 4: while I can, and I'm doing that now.

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Speaker 2: So yep, fans are wrapped. Have you back all right. Bulldogs. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Bulldogs this weekend, first time you played them, I think

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Speaker 2: this season. How do you reckon your match up against

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Speaker 2: the Bulldogs.

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Speaker 4: They're they're firing at the moment, the Bulldogs. I saw

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Speaker 4: they haven't lost the game at home. So yeah, we're

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Speaker 4: looking to start fast like we did last week and

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Speaker 4: focus on what's going to help us win this game.

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Speaker 4: And yeah, hopefully we can start fast and plus some

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Speaker 4: pressure to them.

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Speaker 3: Well.

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Speaker 2: Terrific performance last week against the Broncos. Looking forward to

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Speaker 2: seeing what happens against the Bulldog. Chanelle, thanks for taking

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Speaker 2: the time for a chat mate, I really appreciate it.

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Speaker 3: Thanks, Jason, take care mate.

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Speaker 2: You take care to Chanelle. Harris to Vita the ahead

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Speaker 2: of the Warriors game against the Bulldogs five o'clock this afternoon.

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Speaker 2: This one's at a core stadium, I think a course

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Speaker 2: stadium in Sydney. As I say, five o'clock. Then the

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Speaker 2: Warriors have the buye then away to the Raiders on

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Speaker 2: Friday July nineteen. Next home game against the West Tigers

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Speaker 2: on Friday July twenty six. In terms of this round

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Speaker 2: of the NRAL, Round eighteen, so far we've had the

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Speaker 2: rabbitos bet in the Eels City two sixteen. The Titans

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Speaker 2: getting up against the Sharks last night twenty points to sixteen.

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Speaker 2: That would have surprised a few people in Panthers Roncos

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Speaker 2: as you heard in case you missed it, Panthers winning

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Speaker 2: fourteen to six. After the Bulldog's Warriors, It's the Tigers

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Speaker 2: against the Storm at seven thirty tonight, Cowboys Sea Eagles

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Speaker 2: at nine thirty five, and then tomorrow Roosters Dragons at

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Speaker 2: four and Raiders' Nights to round things off at five

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Speaker 2: past six.

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