1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Alliant Smith. Here was Sport Hey Elliott, hey Ron, good afternoon. 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: Now State of Origin three tonight. 3 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 2: It is indeed yes start against State Matta gets made 4 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 2: all of that stuff. Queensland versus New South Wales got 5 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:12,639 Speaker 2: a decider which we didn't probably think we would after 6 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 2: Game one when New South Wales are far too good 7 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 2: for Queensland that night at sun Corpse Stadium and everyone 8 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 2: kind of wrote the series off. But Queensland managed to 9 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 2: find a way to win in Game two, big bounce 10 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 2: back performance in Perth, and now we've got the decider 11 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 2: tonight in Sydney. So fascinating to see how that unfolds history, 12 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 2: probably on Queensland side, incidentally, in the one nine of 13 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 2: eleven deciders since two thousand and six, although they haven't 14 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:40,840 Speaker 2: won a decider in New South Wales since twenty thirteen, 15 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 2: so very much looking forward to that. Incidentally, Aaron Woods 16 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 2: forming New South Wales prop on Sports Talk tonight after 17 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 2: seven and from a New Zealand point of view, capable 18 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 2: full workers. 19 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: We need them. 20 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 2: On Sunday we do against the Tigers and the Warriors 21 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 2: have already lost. Luke Metcalf now Mitch Barnett Towns nickel 22 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 2: Crook stars out with injury, so there might be a 23 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:00,959 Speaker 2: few nervous Warriors fans go I hope he plays well 24 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 2: for Queensland tonight, which he did in Game two, but 25 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 2: also gets through the game unscathed and is fit to 26 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 2: turn around. This is a huge ars. He's gonna have 27 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 2: to fly from obviously Sydney, which isn't a big deal 28 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 2: Sidney to Auckland, but back up and play another game 29 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 2: of league on Sunday afternoon against the Tigers. So a 30 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 2: couple of things the Warriors fans look at. 31 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: They need to bubble wrap him tonight, don't they. 32 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 2: They do, but the nature of origin is that there's 33 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 2: no bubble wrapping in Origin. They're going to throw their 34 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 2: bodies right at each other and put their bodies on 35 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 2: the line. So if you're Andrew Webster, if you're Warriors fan, 36 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 2: you're sort of taking a deep breath and hoping that 37 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:35,040 Speaker 2: he comes through unscathed tonight. 38 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: Kan Williamson not playing with the Black Captains as a 39 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: barbe way, but he says he's still committed to the team, 40 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: is he? 41 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 2: Well, he is when it probably suits Kane and he 42 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 2: to be honest, he has earned that. I think over 43 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 2: a period of time, you know New Zealand's best ever batsman, 44 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 2: to be honest, and now with everything that's on off 45 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 2: for an international cricket, all the T twenty tournaments that 46 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 2: he can make and set up himself and his family 47 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 2: for life, he's picking and choosing things and he's done 48 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 2: this for a year or two. This is the first 49 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 2: time that he's actually gone. I'm going to skip some 50 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 2: Test cricket which before this point he had made himself 51 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,399 Speaker 2: available on every occasion. And Darres added as only Zimbabwe 52 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,359 Speaker 2: the black Caps expected to win, and win well, these 53 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 2: don't even carry Test Champion World Test Championship points. These 54 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 2: games coming up next month, but maybe just the start 55 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,519 Speaker 2: of things to come. Potentially that we should probably expect 56 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 2: to begin life without King Williamson in the next week 57 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 2: while and he won't be available for everything that comes 58 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 2: on the black Caps horizons run. 59 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 1: All right, Elliot, appreciate that. 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