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Speaker 2: This week on The Big League Podcast, Warriors halfback Tanner

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Speaker 2: Boyd opens up on getting dropped by Andrew Webster just

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Speaker 2: a few weeks ago and how he's turned his game around.

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Speaker 3: The head of the NRL.

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Speaker 4: Playoffs, Michael Burgas and I will react to that alleged

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Speaker 4: knock on, look ahead to their final regular season game

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Speaker 4: against Manly and evaluate the Warrior's finals hopes now they've

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Speaker 4: dropped to sixth.

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Speaker 3: My name is Nathan Limb. Let's go god b LB.

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Speaker 4: The NRL needs to have a conversation about what is

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Speaker 4: and isn't a knock on. When Demitric Viimonger's hand touched

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Speaker 4: the ball and the lead up to what would have

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Speaker 4: been the match winning try to Addam Pompey, he was

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Speaker 4: facing his own goal line. On what planet does that

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Speaker 4: mean the ball went forward? And yet when Rock o'berry

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Speaker 4: clearly knocked the ball on right at the end, that

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Speaker 4: was deemed okay. If the viy Among incident constitutes a

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Speaker 4: knock on, that's fine, but it needs to be consistent

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Speaker 4: throughout the rest of the game and the nrral because

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Speaker 4: otherwise you get moments like that which swing not only

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Speaker 4: a game, but potentially an entire season, and it just

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Speaker 4: feels like a lottery. Michael Burgess SENI yet New Zealand's

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Speaker 4: Herald writer.

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Speaker 3: Was it a knock on?

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Speaker 4: I don't know.

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Speaker 5: I don't know, but you mean you don't know. I

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Speaker 5: don't know. No one knows.

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Speaker 4: That's the thing. No one can know. Came off his

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Speaker 4: hand and went backwards. I know, no one can know.

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Speaker 4: And that's the thing why.

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Speaker 5: That's what makes the decision hard to understand, because if

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Speaker 5: you're going to overturn on field call, it's got to

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Speaker 5: be conclusive. It's got to be that's in or a

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Speaker 5: directive conclusive evidence. Otherwise often they say it's not conclusive,

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Speaker 5: we're going to stick with the on field They didn't.

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Speaker 5: A massive call obviously changes a result, and that's why

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Speaker 5: you know we're going to talk about it. But there

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Speaker 5: is a butt and the big butters. Obviously the Warriors

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Speaker 5: were masters their own downfall yet again. Andrew Webster said

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Speaker 5: they shouldn't have been in that position, so that hurts

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Speaker 5: as well, and the other funny thing about all this, mate,

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Speaker 5: is that if it and Pubby gets tackled to meet

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Speaker 5: play instead of he goes through, it's a try and

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Speaker 5: they never get to look at it.

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Speaker 3: That d D So, well, how far back do those

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Speaker 4: You don't go back before the previous play. But that's

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Speaker 4: the frustration bird is that clear knock ons happened during

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Speaker 4: the game and they're not cooled. But if a try scored,

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Speaker 4: suddenly it's a knock on, but otherwise it's not a

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Speaker 4: knock on, we don't worry about it.

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Speaker 5: Well, it's got to be like that, though, because what

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Speaker 5: you don't want is a game where the bunker is

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Speaker 5: watching every single second of every single play and stopping

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Speaker 5: the game all the time, like the ref's going to

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Speaker 5: miss the occasional thing. And I'm fine with that because

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Speaker 5: it's he's a ref, not a robot, so that's fine.

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Speaker 5: So they don't want. I don't want that situation. When

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Speaker 5: a try score, they have to look at things because

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Speaker 5: it's the big moment. So that's part of it. But

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Speaker 5: we're just going to wonder it might have been for

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Speaker 5: a long time about that call. Because the Warriors win

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Speaker 3: But I'm not.

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Speaker 4: Saying the bunker should watch everything throughout the whole game.

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Speaker 4: I'm saying there are clear blatant knock ons happening in

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Speaker 3: Ford off.

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Speaker 4: Zach Clomax when attempting to take a high ball in

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Speaker 4: the thirty first minute, not called blatant. Zachlomax knock on

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Speaker 4: But Dimitri voe Among has a little hand touched it,

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Speaker 4: so it went backwards, but we're going to call it forwards.

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Speaker 4: I don't mind, as I say, I don't mind the

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Speaker 4: But yeah, the fact there is so much.

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Speaker 5: Doubt over Amonger's touch, I mean, maybe maybe it did

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Speaker 4: I really don't know. No one really knows. But even

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Speaker 4: So that's fine, even looking at it slow motion you're

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Speaker 4: telling me that went forward, Well, no, I mean he was.

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Speaker 3: Facing his own goal line. Goes back, mate.

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Speaker 5: I know. That's why I asked Jason Ryles about it

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Speaker 5: that's why I got that crazy answer from him where

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Speaker 5: he said that he said to me, what do you say,

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Speaker 5: it's a knock on every day of the week, and

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Speaker 5: then he said, I don't even know where you're asking

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Speaker 5: the question had to be asked because it was such

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Speaker 5: few of those.

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Speaker 4: Let's take a listen to that extra I've taken the

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Speaker 4: audio because you did an article about this as well,

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Speaker 4: so let's hear the full exchange. This is Michael Burgess

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Speaker 4: versus the Eels coach and captain whether it's do you

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Speaker 4: think it's just to prove that the ball before.

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Speaker 6: You want to respond to that? So I think the

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Speaker 6: decisions to make and for me like, yeah, that's a

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Speaker 6: knock on every day of the week. But who am

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Speaker 6: I to say? But you know, sometimes you get the

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Speaker 6: of times where we haven't got the calls. And that's

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Speaker 6: the reality. They're human in the middle and they're human

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Speaker 6: in the bunker. And but yeah, like if you ask

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Speaker 6: my pure opinion, yeah, that went forward every day of

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Speaker 6: the week, I don't even know why you're asking the question.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, twelve a twelve four penns again, Yeah, okay, so

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Speaker 7: we don't even gone off one play, but we don't

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Speaker 6: So but it's yeah, and you need to ask the

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Speaker 6: the referees are out there to do a job and

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Speaker 6: it is not.

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Speaker 3: Easy in the wrong area.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, but there's a whole heap of other things that

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Speaker 6: I'm sure the Warriors would look at. Engage is I

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Speaker 6: think pretty that different all that matter, might have been

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Speaker 6: a different result. But if it's going to come down

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Speaker 4: And then, yeah, you're barking up the wrong trade. Mitchell

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Speaker 4: Moses calling you Bruzz there, Yeah, should I start calling

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Speaker 4: you bras well?

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Speaker 5: I quite like brus. I assume it's a cross between

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Speaker 5: bro and cuz Bruz. Yeah, this could be a no thing.

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Speaker 5: I quite like it, And as I said in the article,

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Speaker 5: I like the fact that he gave an expensive answer.

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Speaker 5: He bothered to answer the question. If you didn't like it, yeah,

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Speaker 5: a lot of coaches don't, so that was great. Actually

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Speaker 5: respect him for doing that. It was quite humorous in

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Speaker 5: a way that he had to go and me barking

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Speaker 5: up the wrong tree. That's quite funny. But what I

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Speaker 5: did find strange is the way it was sort of like,

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Speaker 5: why are even asking the question and so obviously a

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Speaker 4: Okay, because to me there'd be I don't know, I reckon,

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Speaker 4: that be a whole lot of people out there that

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Speaker 4: think it was because yeah, it's touched his finger, and

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Speaker 4: a whole lot of saying, well, really, he's facing towards

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Speaker 5: It's not conclusive.

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Speaker 4: So to act like it was a stone cold mate,

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Speaker 4: what are you looking at? Was quite funny. Again, to

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Speaker 4: my point, if that's a knock on, fine, but it's

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Speaker 4: got to be consistent throughout the rest of the game,

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Speaker 4: and it just wasn't. Warrior's boss Cameron George talk to

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Speaker 4: Jason pine Ony for the Weekend says he may issue

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Speaker 4: a please explain today that's Monday.

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Speaker 3: But it's done. Now.

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Speaker 4: We can jump up and down.

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Speaker 7: I can reach out at the NRL, but it's not

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Speaker 7: going to bring back, you.

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Speaker 4: Know, that time the other day.

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Speaker 7: If they could explain that tools, that'll be fantastic, but

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Speaker 7: we've got to move on.

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Speaker 3: This is too important time of the year not to

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Speaker 3: move on.

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Speaker 4: Now we're going to hear it from Warrior's half back

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Speaker 4: Tanner Boyd next. But first, here are the highlights Eels

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Speaker 4: twenty six, Warriors twenty two, around.

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Speaker 3: Twenty six and the way here.

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Speaker 8: So I sat up chimes away, Oh my goodness, and

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Speaker 8: this is going to be a spectaculous sure for the

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Speaker 8: Fox Tutleai bought the cat up the middle.

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Speaker 3: Here's a try. It's Jack Williams taking.

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Speaker 8: Care of some pretty suspect of things.

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Speaker 4: There from the Warriors boy because it's.

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Speaker 8: Her hats up, beautiful Tannas have this coveta six, I've.

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Speaker 5: Had him toffee is Gymrigan the Moses.

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Speaker 9: Soap cat a tay loggie.

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Speaker 3: Oh on a class youngison.

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Speaker 9: it's gotta be cooked point here.

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Speaker 3: Oh he's ha a cook that I wricketn't it you?

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Speaker 6: I did that?

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Speaker 3: Perceive Judy ohs big nickel clock star.

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Speaker 8: This boyd Soppo Hang a seam that is through and

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Speaker 8: it's come on again.

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Speaker 4: Harris Covido goes highest time.

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Speaker 8: The can't tay singer.

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Speaker 9: That's not done this time ti on. Just hass tops.

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Speaker 5: It gone forward? Has it gone back?

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Speaker 9: Just confirm the link here Bucky the Eels went twenty

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Speaker 9: six to twenty two.

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Speaker 4: Audio courtesy of Sky Sports The League podcast. Michael Burgess

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Speaker 4: had a quick chat to worry his half back Tanner

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Speaker 4: Boyd after the match.

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Speaker 3: Let's take a listen.

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Speaker 4: Guess first of all ten of how tough is that

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Speaker 4: to take given what was on the line and everything else.

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Speaker 3: That's tough.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, just a few things we need to fix up,

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Speaker 10: and yeah, a couple of things then go away.

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Speaker 3: But you create your own luck. And we're just wearing good.

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Speaker 10: Enough tonight and we'll look at it and get better

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Speaker 10: and just keep taking the day by day.

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Speaker 4: That's what we're constrained on. It looks like there was

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Speaker 4: so much effort, especially in the defense, to build momentum

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Speaker 4: and then sort of undo that momentum with some mistakes

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Speaker 4: or other things. Very frustrating.

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Speaker 3: I mentioned there was.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, just like I said, just few things we need

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Speaker 10: to clean up and get better at, and we will,

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Speaker 10: and yeah, you just can't afford to do that and

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Speaker 10: in this league. So yeah, we just got to move

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Speaker 10: on and ye're going to next week and keep building money.

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Speaker 4: What do you think the issues were?

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Speaker 5: How did you see that final decision that the Bunker

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Speaker 4: Because I thought you bounced back really well from being

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Speaker 5: But it must have been a hard time for you.

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Speaker 10: Yeah it was tough, but I have a good reality

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Speaker 10: Yeah, now we have plenty of opportunities. I feel a

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Speaker 3: Mayton, we'll get back on just the final one for me.

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Speaker 4: A word on Lecqua?

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Speaker 5: How how freakish is the that guy to sort of

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he's unbelievable.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, it comes up with some big players for us,

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Speaker 3: He's just going to keep doing his job.

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Speaker 4: And doing it well.

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Speaker 3: And yeah he's doing that. So yeah, I'm groud of him.

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Speaker 11: This is going yeah, yeah, the Big League Podcast on

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Speaker 3: This is the Big League Podcast.

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Speaker 4: Great to hear from Tanner Boy there Bird, good job

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Speaker 4: getting the chat. I think that might have been the

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Speaker 5: Yeah, good point, because when he did get dropped, that

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Speaker 3: It was on game day. We didn't know, and so

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: Pretty rare to have a half back drop like that

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Speaker 5: he's come back.

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Speaker 4: Well, well, he's still only played six or seven games overall,

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Speaker 4: Webster coach Andrew Webster says it was a game his

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Speaker 7: And they didn't put us under any pressure, but they

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Speaker 4: He's spot on the money to Andrew Webster in terms

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Speaker 3: But the Warriors were making again.

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Speaker 4: It feels like we're saying this most weeks, just eras

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Speaker 4: an eighty minute game. We're having these lapses in concentration

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Speaker 4: that's the problem this week. I mean the suspect defense

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Speaker 5: I thought there was I thought there was quite a

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Speaker 5: someone's leg, out of day eels, pick it up, run

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Speaker 4: There's an amazing chase. Prop forward chases down the parameter Sendra,

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Speaker 5: the issues. The concentration lapses are mysterious. They really are,

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Speaker 5: Had these lapses. So it is mysterious when so much

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Speaker 4: I want to clarify, just in terms of my rent

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Speaker 4: you're exchanged with him at twelve to four in favor.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean twelve four. It wasn't twelve. He's hiss edraining,

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Speaker 4: They're really spear hitting the Warriors in terms of doing

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Speaker 5: Like he's doing but much. And I'll explain why I'm

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Speaker 5: Sometimes Roger was doing too much of the hard yards,

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Speaker 5: So with Chance, I feel like sometimes he's doing those

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Speaker 4: But Adam Pompey is quickly becoming my favorite player on

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Speaker 5: season he was dropped for Roger. Remember Roger came in.

439
00:19:57,773 --> 00:20:00,133
Speaker 5: Pompey lost his spot after playing so well in twenty

440
00:20:00,173 --> 00:20:02,453
Speaker 5: twenty three. He only played a lot last season because

441
00:20:02,533 --> 00:20:05,893
Speaker 5: Rocky Berry got injured a lot. This season, who were

442
00:20:05,933 --> 00:20:10,133
Speaker 5: the top two centers Rocco Eli Lautawa, So Pompey was

443
00:20:10,213 --> 00:20:12,933
Speaker 5: again seen as the guy on the outside, if you

444
00:20:12,973 --> 00:20:14,733
Speaker 5: know what I mean, in terms of what was seen

445
00:20:14,773 --> 00:20:16,173
Speaker 5: as Webster's first choice.

446
00:20:17,133 --> 00:20:19,533
Speaker 4: But in the end, Pompy's played I think every game,

447
00:20:19,693 --> 00:20:23,093
Speaker 4: so he's come good this year. He really has.

448
00:20:23,133 --> 00:20:25,253
Speaker 5: I feel like this has been his best season in

449
00:20:25,373 --> 00:20:27,053
Speaker 5: first grade. Twenty twenty three was good as well. He

450
00:20:27,053 --> 00:20:30,693
Speaker 5: didn't play as much, but let's hope and keep improving

451
00:20:30,693 --> 00:20:31,653
Speaker 5: because he's really important.

452
00:20:31,773 --> 00:20:36,093
Speaker 4: It's a bit weird seeing the Warriors improve after Wade

453
00:20:36,133 --> 00:20:39,173
Speaker 4: Egan went off the field in that game too. Mighty Martin,

454
00:20:39,653 --> 00:20:41,773
Speaker 4: as he does, plays every position, he came into hooker,

455
00:20:42,333 --> 00:20:44,853
Speaker 4: and when he came into hooker, it just felt like

456
00:20:45,133 --> 00:20:47,053
Speaker 4: things sped up a little bit in terms of the

457
00:20:47,093 --> 00:20:49,933
Speaker 4: Warrior's attack and that's when those tries started to flow.

458
00:20:49,973 --> 00:20:51,733
Speaker 4: That throw of points after the Warriors were down twenty

459
00:20:51,773 --> 00:20:54,133
Speaker 4: points before they started to come back into the game.

460
00:20:54,213 --> 00:20:57,773
Speaker 5: What did to Mighty do so well? I mean, the

461
00:20:57,813 --> 00:21:00,213
Speaker 5: Warriors were going better at that stage when he came on.

462
00:21:00,413 --> 00:21:03,053
Speaker 5: The fours were starting to dominate, the eels was starting

463
00:21:03,053 --> 00:21:04,413
Speaker 5: to tire, so it was a bit of that. But

464
00:21:05,093 --> 00:21:07,693
Speaker 5: Egan struggled. I don't know if his shoulders still bothering

465
00:21:07,813 --> 00:21:10,173
Speaker 5: or what. Webs didn't didn't really go into it, but

466
00:21:10,773 --> 00:21:12,653
Speaker 5: he threw a forward pass. He missed the tackle for

467
00:21:12,693 --> 00:21:15,053
Speaker 5: the second try that we talked about. By his standards,

468
00:21:15,733 --> 00:21:19,493
Speaker 5: he wasn't having a great game, and so Martin he

469
00:21:19,613 --> 00:21:21,813
Speaker 5: provided some mempetus it's going to be interesting. Hegan still

470
00:21:21,853 --> 00:21:27,973
Speaker 5: should be first choice, but you know, he didn't look himself,

471
00:21:28,053 --> 00:21:28,253
Speaker 5: did he?

472
00:21:28,653 --> 00:21:32,133
Speaker 4: And Leka Hallisima just finally on the game. We talk

473
00:21:33,093 --> 00:21:35,813
Speaker 4: hell of a lot about him, but again just his

474
00:21:35,973 --> 00:21:38,293
Speaker 4: work in the air, and he's been on less minutes

475
00:21:38,293 --> 00:21:40,533
Speaker 4: the last few weeks. So I asked Andrew Webster about

476
00:21:40,573 --> 00:21:43,533
Speaker 4: this last week why he's been playing less minutes. And

477
00:21:43,613 --> 00:21:47,693
Speaker 4: Andrew Webster pointed to him dropping the ball almost every

478
00:21:47,733 --> 00:21:49,333
Speaker 4: time he got the ball a couple of weeks ago

479
00:21:49,733 --> 00:21:51,493
Speaker 4: at Mount Smart and just the fact that he is

480
00:21:51,573 --> 00:21:54,373
Speaker 4: only nineteen and they have to know when to push

481
00:21:54,453 --> 00:21:56,413
Speaker 4: him and when to pull him back, when to say, Okay,

482
00:21:56,733 --> 00:21:59,213
Speaker 4: you know you've done a good job. Let's reduce your

483
00:21:59,253 --> 00:22:01,093
Speaker 4: workload for a couple of weeks. And that's just where

484
00:22:01,133 --> 00:22:03,373
Speaker 4: he's at in his career. I'm really impressed with the

485
00:22:03,453 --> 00:22:06,453
Speaker 4: way they are managing him and not giving into the

486
00:22:06,533 --> 00:22:08,293
Speaker 4: fan hump hype and just go, Okay, we're going to

487
00:22:08,373 --> 00:22:10,613
Speaker 4: start them and play them every game because they do

488
00:22:10,773 --> 00:22:12,733
Speaker 4: have Kirk cape Won mart In near quarter, and now

489
00:22:12,773 --> 00:22:15,613
Speaker 4: that those injuries have been reduced in the centers, I

490
00:22:15,693 --> 00:22:17,613
Speaker 4: think it is the right thing to start both of

491
00:22:17,693 --> 00:22:20,573
Speaker 4: those players and use Leer off the bench in reduced minutes.

492
00:22:20,613 --> 00:22:22,693
Speaker 4: I mean, you love him as an impact player anyway.

493
00:22:23,133 --> 00:22:25,493
Speaker 5: Yeah, I was saying weeks ago, I think he's ideal

494
00:22:25,493 --> 00:22:27,893
Speaker 5: as an impact player. Wind him up and let him

495
00:22:27,933 --> 00:22:32,613
Speaker 5: go across eighty minutes. His impact can be diluted a

496
00:22:32,653 --> 00:22:34,173
Speaker 5: bit because he's got to do all this other work

497
00:22:34,253 --> 00:22:38,253
Speaker 5: and the opposition send send runners him all the time.

498
00:22:38,373 --> 00:22:43,173
Speaker 5: So perfect, perfect, But he's amazing because it wasn't as

499
00:22:43,213 --> 00:22:46,573
Speaker 5: if the Warriors were They had ball in the second half,

500
00:22:46,653 --> 00:22:48,653
Speaker 5: but they weren't, you know, knocking the door down. They

501
00:22:48,653 --> 00:22:51,453
Speaker 5: weren't like looking like they're going to score on every set.

502
00:22:51,573 --> 00:22:54,293
Speaker 5: They were struggling to find ways. And then he just

503
00:22:54,333 --> 00:22:56,853
Speaker 5: scores an incredible try off the bomb, so hard to

504
00:22:56,933 --> 00:22:59,733
Speaker 5: do that sours like an NFL player has the composure

505
00:22:59,773 --> 00:23:02,173
Speaker 5: to land and ground it and then bust through again.

506
00:23:02,293 --> 00:23:05,413
Speaker 5: Five minutes later down the right edge beats two tacklers

507
00:23:05,453 --> 00:23:08,613
Speaker 5: like he just got that X factor that you just

508
00:23:08,693 --> 00:23:13,213
Speaker 5: can't coach. He is so special and I just hope

509
00:23:13,213 --> 00:23:15,413
Speaker 5: that you and I are talking about him for ten

510
00:23:15,493 --> 00:23:18,453
Speaker 5: years as a Warrior, not as else.

511
00:23:18,493 --> 00:23:19,413
Speaker 3: They're going to need some money.

512
00:23:19,493 --> 00:23:21,333
Speaker 4: They're going to need, Cameron George, get out of your

513
00:23:21,413 --> 00:23:23,893
Speaker 4: checkbook because there are going to be some clubs lining

514
00:23:24,013 --> 00:23:26,613
Speaker 4: up for the signature of Lecquahalasima. Just finally, but on

515
00:23:26,693 --> 00:23:30,533
Speaker 4: the table, Warriors slipped to sixth. They are still level

516
00:23:30,613 --> 00:23:33,933
Speaker 4: on points on thirty four with Coronella and Brisbane Brisbane

517
00:23:33,973 --> 00:23:38,733
Speaker 4: and fourth Cornella fifth. There is still a chance here

518
00:23:38,933 --> 00:23:41,213
Speaker 4: the Warriors make top four because both of those sides

519
00:23:41,813 --> 00:23:44,893
Speaker 4: have tough final round games. I'm just going to bring

520
00:23:44,933 --> 00:23:47,453
Speaker 4: it up here. In the final round, the Broncos have

521
00:23:47,573 --> 00:23:50,813
Speaker 4: to play the Storm, the Sharks have to play the Bulldogs.

522
00:23:51,453 --> 00:23:54,453
Speaker 4: Warriors play the Seagles obviously, so there is still a

523
00:23:54,533 --> 00:23:56,413
Speaker 4: chance of both those teams lose these final games. Wi

524
00:23:56,493 --> 00:23:58,693
Speaker 4: Warriors beat the Seagles, boom, Top four done.

525
00:23:59,253 --> 00:23:59,613
Speaker 3: There you go.

526
00:24:00,413 --> 00:24:02,653
Speaker 5: The best scenario here would be if the Warriors game

527
00:24:02,773 --> 00:24:05,773
Speaker 5: was on a Sunday and these other games were my

528
00:24:05,933 --> 00:24:08,693
Speaker 5: favorite Thursday and my Friday, because then they would know

529
00:24:08,733 --> 00:24:10,853
Speaker 5: what they have to do. The issue is going to

530
00:24:10,933 --> 00:24:15,053
Speaker 5: be do the Storm and do the Bulldogs pick a

531
00:24:15,133 --> 00:24:19,053
Speaker 5: full strength team? Because the Storm can't improve their position,

532
00:24:19,173 --> 00:24:21,493
Speaker 5: so they'll be very tempted to rest players ahead the finals,

533
00:24:21,533 --> 00:24:24,653
Speaker 5: and the same with the Bulldogs, and that's going to

534
00:24:24,693 --> 00:24:26,693
Speaker 5: be the issue for the Warriors and for the Warriors'

535
00:24:26,693 --> 00:24:29,093
Speaker 5: coach because he's going to be weighing up what does

536
00:24:29,173 --> 00:24:31,413
Speaker 5: he do because it feels like the Broncos and the

537
00:24:31,493 --> 00:24:35,013
Speaker 5: Sharks could be given a massive advantage by playing weekend teams,

538
00:24:35,493 --> 00:24:38,933
Speaker 5: which means they will win. So then the question becomes

539
00:24:39,773 --> 00:24:43,493
Speaker 5: does Andrew Webster rest players because does he really want

540
00:24:43,533 --> 00:24:45,693
Speaker 5: to play his full strength team? There's some guys looking

541
00:24:45,773 --> 00:24:47,813
Speaker 5: really tired at the moment. Aaron Clark's one of them.

542
00:24:47,813 --> 00:24:50,413
Speaker 5: There's a few other forwards as well. They could do

543
00:24:50,613 --> 00:24:54,053
Speaker 5: the rest if Webster knows, even if we beat Manly,

544
00:24:54,253 --> 00:24:56,173
Speaker 5: those other two teams aren't going to lose, not both

545
00:24:56,213 --> 00:24:59,853
Speaker 5: of them anyway. So do I rest my players? Our

546
00:24:59,893 --> 00:25:03,613
Speaker 5: position doesn't change either, and we focus on the week after,

547
00:25:03,653 --> 00:25:07,173
Speaker 5: which really matters, instead of busting our balls trying to

548
00:25:07,213 --> 00:25:07,773
Speaker 5: beat Manly.

549
00:25:08,453 --> 00:25:08,733
Speaker 4: I don't know.

550
00:25:08,773 --> 00:25:11,933
Speaker 5: I've got a feeling knowing Angel Webster he won't do

551
00:25:12,093 --> 00:25:14,133
Speaker 5: that because it's a hard way.

552
00:25:14,173 --> 00:25:15,933
Speaker 4: You don't know if he rest players. They lost them

553
00:25:15,933 --> 00:25:17,853
Speaker 4: mainly and then and then the.

554
00:25:18,373 --> 00:25:22,773
Speaker 5: Broncos and the Sharks both lose, you like, but I

555
00:25:22,853 --> 00:25:24,133
Speaker 5: think there'd be a temptation there.

556
00:25:24,853 --> 00:25:27,173
Speaker 3: Big. Let's get into it then.

557
00:25:27,253 --> 00:25:31,653
Speaker 4: Birge Warrior's face Manly in their final regular season game

558
00:25:31,773 --> 00:25:35,133
Speaker 4: at Brookvale on Friday night. The Seagles set tenth on

559
00:25:35,253 --> 00:25:38,293
Speaker 4: the ladder with eleven wins twelve losses. They're coming off

560
00:25:38,413 --> 00:25:41,213
Speaker 4: a forty to twenty four pancing of the Dragons and

561
00:25:41,293 --> 00:25:46,013
Speaker 4: the week before that they put thirty eight on the Dolphins.

562
00:25:47,013 --> 00:25:50,053
Speaker 4: The Warriors played Manly way back in March and walloped

563
00:25:50,093 --> 00:25:53,213
Speaker 4: them thirty six sixteen at Mount Smart. I don't think

564
00:25:53,293 --> 00:25:55,013
Speaker 4: that game has a hell of a lot of relevance

565
00:25:55,573 --> 00:25:58,573
Speaker 4: this week, Burge. They've obviously got Dandy Cherry Evans and

566
00:25:58,613 --> 00:26:00,933
Speaker 4: Luke Brooks in the Harves, Tom Travoyevitch at fall back

567
00:26:00,973 --> 00:26:04,253
Speaker 4: and forth of Warrior, Jazzaevanga in the Ford's Burge. Why

568
00:26:04,333 --> 00:26:06,613
Speaker 4: do team seem to come right justice they're about to

569
00:26:06,653 --> 00:26:11,333
Speaker 4: face the Warriors the wrist The Warriors fans to be

570
00:26:11,413 --> 00:26:14,013
Speaker 4: bitter out there because they're like far out. The Eels

571
00:26:14,093 --> 00:26:17,013
Speaker 4: were rubbish for three months and now they're just playing

572
00:26:17,413 --> 00:26:20,533
Speaker 4: playing out of their skins. The Titans were terrible and

573
00:26:20,613 --> 00:26:24,093
Speaker 4: then they had turned a corner at Mount Smart Penris

574
00:26:24,093 --> 00:26:27,413
Speaker 4: another good example where they sort of turned. The Knights

575
00:26:27,453 --> 00:26:29,493
Speaker 4: were terrible, then they came up with this great performance

576
00:26:29,533 --> 00:26:32,173
Speaker 4: against the Warriors. And the Dragons are another good one.

577
00:26:32,173 --> 00:26:34,373
Speaker 4: The Dragons played really well and then Manly. Look at Manly.

578
00:26:34,653 --> 00:26:36,933
Speaker 4: They've been all over the place, all of all of

579
00:26:37,013 --> 00:26:38,133
Speaker 4: the other NRL.

580
00:26:37,893 --> 00:26:40,693
Speaker 3: Fans from other franchise, go look at those Warriors fans complaining.

581
00:26:41,453 --> 00:26:43,973
Speaker 3: I was always find something to moan about.

582
00:26:44,093 --> 00:26:47,293
Speaker 5: I was about to say, but you know, you play

583
00:26:47,333 --> 00:26:49,213
Speaker 5: the teams and you play them, and Warriors have played

584
00:26:49,253 --> 00:26:52,053
Speaker 5: other teams this season when they've been at a lower

585
00:26:52,053 --> 00:26:55,453
Speaker 5: eble missing players. So while while it seems a bit

586
00:26:55,493 --> 00:26:57,173
Speaker 5: weird and you're a bit jealous you didn't get to

587
00:26:57,173 --> 00:26:59,133
Speaker 5: play the Eels back and back in March when they

588
00:26:59,173 --> 00:27:02,053
Speaker 5: were terrible, it all evens out, so it's no issue.

589
00:27:02,093 --> 00:27:04,493
Speaker 5: The Warriors of the Warriors have actually had quite a Yeah,

590
00:27:04,533 --> 00:27:05,973
Speaker 5: I'm not hung up about it. Worries have had a

591
00:27:05,973 --> 00:27:08,293
Speaker 5: good draw. It's just quite funny. It's just quite funny

592
00:27:08,373 --> 00:27:11,693
Speaker 5: in a way. But do you remember that game at

593
00:27:11,773 --> 00:27:14,893
Speaker 5: Mount Smart against Manly barely? I remember talking to Jazz

594
00:27:14,893 --> 00:27:18,293
Speaker 5: Stavanga beforehand and he was looking forward to getting back

595
00:27:18,293 --> 00:27:19,693
Speaker 5: to Mount Smart and I think he was copping a

596
00:27:19,693 --> 00:27:20,253
Speaker 5: fair amount of.

597
00:27:20,213 --> 00:27:22,373
Speaker 3: Flag from the crowd as well.

598
00:27:22,453 --> 00:27:25,253
Speaker 5: But to be honest, it doesn't really stand out in

599
00:27:25,333 --> 00:27:27,773
Speaker 5: my mind. Oh, it was a great game, but it

600
00:27:27,973 --> 00:27:31,613
Speaker 5: was the Scorelom is a bit deceptive. The Seagules made

601
00:27:31,613 --> 00:27:33,853
Speaker 5: three or four breaks in the first fifteen minutes, just

602
00:27:34,133 --> 00:27:37,773
Speaker 5: cutting them open down down the edge, and I think

603
00:27:37,813 --> 00:27:39,933
Speaker 5: their bluetooth tries it could have been very different. So

604
00:27:40,893 --> 00:27:43,213
Speaker 5: there was actually a super tough game. Good win by

605
00:27:43,253 --> 00:27:46,933
Speaker 5: the Warriors in that one. But Manly, yeah they I

606
00:27:46,973 --> 00:27:48,893
Speaker 5: mean they could still make the eight. Not only that,

607
00:27:49,253 --> 00:27:51,453
Speaker 5: but it'll be you know what, it'll be all week.

608
00:27:51,493 --> 00:27:53,213
Speaker 5: It's going to be doing it for Daily. Let's do

609
00:27:53,293 --> 00:27:54,853
Speaker 5: it for Daily. Let's do it for a club legend

610
00:27:54,893 --> 00:27:57,453
Speaker 5: who's played three hundred data DA games, been a captain

611
00:27:57,493 --> 00:28:00,533
Speaker 5: for so long, took them to a premiership and a

612
00:28:00,573 --> 00:28:03,493
Speaker 5: Grand Final. And it's a ground that the Warriors have

613
00:28:03,613 --> 00:28:06,173
Speaker 5: often struggled it. So this is going to be really tough.

614
00:28:06,373 --> 00:28:09,293
Speaker 5: But the good thing is the Warriors won't be favorites,

615
00:28:09,773 --> 00:28:12,693
Speaker 5: and the Warriors quite like that. They're quite good underdogs,

616
00:28:12,693 --> 00:28:13,053
Speaker 5: aren't they.

617
00:28:13,253 --> 00:28:13,773
Speaker 3: They love it.

618
00:28:13,973 --> 00:28:17,213
Speaker 5: They're quite good underdogs that when there's no expectation. But

619
00:28:18,173 --> 00:28:20,453
Speaker 5: I mean, they can't drop any lower than Sex, right,

620
00:28:20,613 --> 00:28:22,613
Speaker 5: So it's the point. It's three points back to Penrith,

621
00:28:22,653 --> 00:28:24,253
Speaker 5: So even if they lose, they're not going to end

622
00:28:24,333 --> 00:28:27,013
Speaker 5: up in any worse situation than they are right now.

623
00:28:27,373 --> 00:28:30,293
Speaker 5: They can only go up. So if they win, it's great.

624
00:28:30,933 --> 00:28:37,133
Speaker 5: If they lose, then Penrith Penrith Round one of the playoffs. Yeah,

625
00:28:37,133 --> 00:28:39,413
Speaker 5: and that's that's my But that's my point about what

626
00:28:39,533 --> 00:28:42,413
Speaker 5: I was saying before, do your risk players, because Penrith

627
00:28:42,533 --> 00:28:46,053
Speaker 5: is looking like the likely scenario. So to beat Penrith,

628
00:28:46,053 --> 00:28:48,933
Speaker 5: you're going to have to be absolutely fit, firing on

629
00:28:49,053 --> 00:28:50,453
Speaker 5: your game in so many ways.

630
00:28:51,013 --> 00:28:54,213
Speaker 4: I mean, that's presuming that Penrith beat the Dragons, because

631
00:28:54,253 --> 00:28:55,973
Speaker 4: if they don't and the Roosters beat the Bunnies, then

632
00:28:55,973 --> 00:28:58,053
Speaker 4: it'll be Roosters. But Roosters is surging as well. It

633
00:28:58,053 --> 00:29:01,813
Speaker 4: would be tough regardless. Yeah, I mean, it's just Roosters

634
00:29:01,893 --> 00:29:06,053
Speaker 4: put forty on the storm in one half. It's just

635
00:29:06,613 --> 00:29:09,733
Speaker 4: like I don't understand because the week before that the

636
00:29:09,813 --> 00:29:11,093
Speaker 4: Ruster has got pump on the eels.

637
00:29:11,653 --> 00:29:13,773
Speaker 5: You, Nathan, I mean, welcome to the NRAL mate. I know,

638
00:29:14,173 --> 00:29:15,053
Speaker 5: I know you've been following this.

639
00:29:15,373 --> 00:29:16,613
Speaker 3: It was in Melbourne as well.

640
00:29:16,653 --> 00:29:18,133
Speaker 4: I know you've been following this for a while. But yeah,

641
00:29:18,133 --> 00:29:19,933
Speaker 4: welcome to the NRL. This is this is what makes it.

642
00:29:20,333 --> 00:29:22,453
Speaker 4: I mean, the Roosters are a great attacking team. They

643
00:29:22,533 --> 00:29:24,413
Speaker 4: are they can they can do that to teams.

644
00:29:25,093 --> 00:29:27,053
Speaker 5: I did like Balum dis direction after Owe when he

645
00:29:27,093 --> 00:29:28,853
Speaker 5: said we were he said, I was a few words

646
00:29:28,893 --> 00:29:31,733
Speaker 5: I could say that I won't but mate, we were

647
00:29:31,773 --> 00:29:34,413
Speaker 5: soft as butter. I thought, I thought, there's really good.

648
00:29:34,853 --> 00:29:37,253
Speaker 5: But yeah, going back to the Warriors, it's it is

649
00:29:37,373 --> 00:29:39,893
Speaker 5: quite frustrating that they're going to end up playing Penrith

650
00:29:40,133 --> 00:29:41,733
Speaker 5: in the first week of the finals. I mean, can

651
00:29:41,773 --> 00:29:43,493
Speaker 5: you imagine, you know, you come to six end up

652
00:29:43,493 --> 00:29:46,253
Speaker 5: playing Penrith. That's that's weird in itself going on the

653
00:29:46,333 --> 00:29:50,253
Speaker 5: last few seasons, but they've had so many chances to

654
00:29:50,333 --> 00:29:52,573
Speaker 5: lock down this top four spot. They were they were

655
00:29:52,653 --> 00:29:56,013
Speaker 5: eight points ahead at one stage. Since the Sharks game

656
00:29:56,053 --> 00:29:58,493
Speaker 5: in Dune, they've won four out of ten matches and

657
00:29:58,613 --> 00:30:01,893
Speaker 5: that that has killed them. But if you think back

658
00:30:02,093 --> 00:30:05,013
Speaker 5: the Titans matched at Mount Smart, they win that top

659
00:30:05,093 --> 00:30:09,253
Speaker 5: fours lockdown, the Dolphins match, the minute try, they win

660
00:30:09,333 --> 00:30:12,053
Speaker 5: that top fours lockdown, the Penrith match.

661
00:30:12,093 --> 00:30:13,053
Speaker 4: I don't know, you want to.

662
00:30:13,053 --> 00:30:14,853
Speaker 5: Say, it's still it's still going to be a great season.

663
00:30:14,853 --> 00:30:18,093
Speaker 5: You finished six, but we will wonder the big if

664
00:30:18,173 --> 00:30:20,373
Speaker 5: only imagine if they had been top four.

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Speaker 11: The Big League Podcast on the Warriors Bad Wagons since

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Speaker 11: day one. The Big League Podcast for the biggest league fans.

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Speaker 4: Okay, just before we get into quick fire predictions, quick

668
00:30:38,253 --> 00:30:40,053
Speaker 4: shout out to a couple of teams. The Warriors women's

669
00:30:40,413 --> 00:30:43,173
Speaker 4: NRL playoff hopes have taken a bash, losing twenty six

670
00:30:43,333 --> 00:30:46,293
Speaker 4: eighteen to the Dragons. They sit seventh on the ladder

671
00:30:46,333 --> 00:30:48,893
Speaker 4: with two rounds to play. The top six progress to

672
00:30:48,933 --> 00:30:51,773
Speaker 4: the NRLW Finals. Over in the New South Wales Cup,

673
00:30:52,013 --> 00:30:54,373
Speaker 4: the Warriors. They finished top of the ladder with twenty

674
00:30:54,493 --> 00:30:58,173
Speaker 4: one wins, one draw, two losses. They've recorded six more

675
00:30:58,213 --> 00:31:02,933
Speaker 4: wins than the second place Dragons. Burge, it's just a route.

676
00:31:03,373 --> 00:31:06,853
Speaker 4: It's not even close. Greatest New South Wales Cup team

677
00:31:06,893 --> 00:31:07,253
Speaker 4: of all time.

678
00:31:07,333 --> 00:31:11,173
Speaker 5: It's incredible, credible, and they've had a lot of their

679
00:31:11,213 --> 00:31:14,853
Speaker 5: players and first grade the last few weeks. So it's

680
00:31:15,013 --> 00:31:17,413
Speaker 5: good sign surely because there'll be some players in that team,

681
00:31:17,453 --> 00:31:19,093
Speaker 5: although a lot of them are being promoted already, but

682
00:31:19,133 --> 00:31:21,613
Speaker 5: the some players some more players that will be coming

683
00:31:21,693 --> 00:31:24,013
Speaker 5: up next year or the year after. So the Karli

684
00:31:24,133 --> 00:31:28,973
Speaker 5: Kalani going, Yeah, players hovering on the edge. One more point,

685
00:31:29,013 --> 00:31:30,613
Speaker 5: I wanted to make actual about the manly game, which

686
00:31:30,613 --> 00:31:33,533
Speaker 5: I forgot. If I was Andrew Webster, I don't know

687
00:31:33,573 --> 00:31:36,493
Speaker 5: how sentimental you are, but I would think about throwing

688
00:31:36,533 --> 00:31:40,773
Speaker 5: in bunti afo, Yeah, God, throw them in. Give one

689
00:31:40,853 --> 00:31:44,773
Speaker 5: the forwards, arrestaur man interchange bens. It's his last ever game.

690
00:31:45,133 --> 00:31:46,973
Speaker 5: Oh not as last of a game, because he might

691
00:31:47,013 --> 00:31:48,773
Speaker 5: feature in the finals game, I guess, but this would

692
00:31:48,773 --> 00:31:51,893
Speaker 5: be the chance to use him. He won't be staying

693
00:31:51,893 --> 00:31:53,933
Speaker 5: at Mount Smart next season, so as I wrote a

694
00:31:53,933 --> 00:31:56,533
Speaker 5: few weeks ago, so give him a game off.

695
00:31:56,413 --> 00:31:59,773
Speaker 4: The bench, Andrew, just do it. Quick fire pretections up

696
00:31:59,853 --> 00:32:04,573
Speaker 4: firsts favorite Thursday night bumperclass. Just stay up, Stay up

697
00:32:04,613 --> 00:32:08,253
Speaker 4: to watch the Swamp Broncos versus the Storm in Brisbane

698
00:32:08,733 --> 00:32:10,853
Speaker 4: Broncos fighting for that top four spot, so that'll be

699
00:32:10,853 --> 00:32:12,853
Speaker 4: a full strength side, no doubt. Do the Storm put

700
00:32:12,893 --> 00:32:16,093
Speaker 4: out their full strength side? Am I a mona? Are

701
00:32:16,133 --> 00:32:18,173
Speaker 4: you generally a mona? Am I a mona? You think?

702
00:32:18,253 --> 00:32:19,053
Speaker 5: Yeah? I am Yeah.

703
00:32:19,733 --> 00:32:21,653
Speaker 4: I've spent enough time, We've done a podcast with you

704
00:32:21,733 --> 00:32:24,213
Speaker 4: for three years. We think, oh, I do okay, because

705
00:32:24,333 --> 00:32:25,853
Speaker 4: why do you put that game on a Tuesday night

706
00:32:25,853 --> 00:32:28,093
Speaker 4: at ten ten pm? I just don't even eight PIM

707
00:32:28,133 --> 00:32:31,853
Speaker 4: in Australia like these really big games. Just put the anyway.

708
00:32:32,493 --> 00:32:33,453
Speaker 4: I don't think the Storm do.

709
00:32:33,653 --> 00:32:36,133
Speaker 5: I think for a trip to Brisbane they rest some players,

710
00:32:36,533 --> 00:32:39,533
Speaker 5: maybe don't even travel and they have a weekend lineup.

711
00:32:39,533 --> 00:32:42,853
Speaker 5: Although thinking it through, having just lost to the Roosters,

712
00:32:42,853 --> 00:32:44,933
Speaker 5: as you're pointing out forty to ten Bellamy, will he

713
00:32:45,013 --> 00:32:47,733
Speaker 5: want to be going into the playoffs off two defeats

714
00:32:47,933 --> 00:32:49,973
Speaker 5: and off no momentum? Or will we want to beat

715
00:32:49,973 --> 00:32:52,973
Speaker 5: the Broncos and go into a game against two they're

716
00:32:52,973 --> 00:32:55,813
Speaker 5: going to play They're going to play the Bulldogs off

717
00:32:55,853 --> 00:32:58,213
Speaker 5: a win. It's actually it's actually, now I think about it,

718
00:32:58,333 --> 00:33:00,173
Speaker 5: it's actually a tricky.

719
00:32:59,933 --> 00:33:02,493
Speaker 4: One for Ballamy in terms of what he does.

720
00:33:02,653 --> 00:33:04,693
Speaker 5: So but I'll go either go the Broncos here because

721
00:33:04,733 --> 00:33:06,413
Speaker 5: I feel like they got so much to play for

722
00:33:07,093 --> 00:33:09,613
Speaker 5: and they are so over you win against the Storm.

723
00:33:09,693 --> 00:33:13,493
Speaker 5: They've barely beaten the Storm in ten years, like they've

724
00:33:13,493 --> 00:33:15,333
Speaker 5: beat them here and there, but the Storm dominance of

725
00:33:15,333 --> 00:33:18,493
Speaker 5: the Broncos is crazy, so Brisbane for me, I'm going

726
00:33:18,533 --> 00:33:21,333
Speaker 5: to agree with you there, just based on I think

727
00:33:21,453 --> 00:33:25,573
Speaker 5: the Broncos wild be hungrier to Eagles versus the Warriors here.

728
00:33:25,653 --> 00:33:28,773
Speaker 3: We got I don't know, but I don't know means

729
00:33:29,013 --> 00:33:32,173
Speaker 3: you think probably they're going to lose, Yeah, you got me.

730
00:33:32,333 --> 00:33:33,733
Speaker 3: That's my no.

731
00:33:34,013 --> 00:33:37,573
Speaker 5: I think I can see Mainly winning this one for

732
00:33:37,773 --> 00:33:40,733
Speaker 5: the reasons we talked about before. It means so master

733
00:33:40,893 --> 00:33:43,373
Speaker 5: daily chery evens the crowd will be really into it.

734
00:33:43,493 --> 00:33:45,013
Speaker 5: Mainly are playing well. I mean you look at how

735
00:33:45,053 --> 00:33:47,773
Speaker 5: the teams are going Manly. Manly are playing much better

736
00:33:47,813 --> 00:33:49,373
Speaker 5: than the Warriors have the last couple of weeks, so

737
00:33:49,453 --> 00:33:50,853
Speaker 5: they're on form, they're on fire.

738
00:33:51,253 --> 00:33:52,773
Speaker 4: Warriors had a good game a couple of weeks ago.

739
00:33:53,733 --> 00:33:56,293
Speaker 4: We're like, oh yeah, Titans back into it. Oh they did,

740
00:33:56,373 --> 00:33:56,653
Speaker 4: they did.

741
00:33:56,733 --> 00:33:58,853
Speaker 5: But but the way the Warriors, that the way Manly

742
00:33:58,893 --> 00:34:02,293
Speaker 5: has been playing, I think the home advantage they've got

743
00:34:02,333 --> 00:34:04,253
Speaker 5: the kind of attacking shape that can break down the

744
00:34:04,293 --> 00:34:07,533
Speaker 5: Warrior's edge. So I think mainly for me on this one.

745
00:34:08,333 --> 00:34:10,893
Speaker 4: It's not often that we both pick against the Warriors

746
00:34:10,933 --> 00:34:12,573
Speaker 4: on this podcast, but there we go.

747
00:34:12,773 --> 00:34:13,413
Speaker 3: Prove us wrong.

748
00:34:13,773 --> 00:34:16,973
Speaker 5: Roosters Rabbit Os, Yeah, this is a massive grade much

749
00:34:17,333 --> 00:34:21,293
Speaker 5: great match. These teams hate each other, so there'd be

750
00:34:21,293 --> 00:34:22,893
Speaker 5: a lot more on the line for this. The Rabbits

751
00:34:22,933 --> 00:34:24,973
Speaker 5: have improved, but I do like what the Roosters have

752
00:34:25,053 --> 00:34:28,373
Speaker 5: been doing. As I said before, great attacking team, starting

753
00:34:28,413 --> 00:34:30,173
Speaker 5: to find some momentum again like they always seem to

754
00:34:30,293 --> 00:34:32,893
Speaker 5: this time of year, so they should be too good.

755
00:34:32,933 --> 00:34:35,173
Speaker 5: But Brandis Mischill enjoyed the game two against his old

756
00:34:35,413 --> 00:34:37,173
Speaker 5: team given everything's been going on there.

757
00:34:38,053 --> 00:34:38,813
Speaker 3: Agree with you there?

758
00:34:39,173 --> 00:34:42,573
Speaker 5: Dragons Panthers, Well, the Panthers have to win, really, don't

759
00:34:42,613 --> 00:34:46,373
Speaker 5: they assume they want to stay in seventh and cross

760
00:34:46,413 --> 00:34:50,013
Speaker 5: the Tasman to play the Warriors rather than rather than

761
00:34:50,053 --> 00:34:52,893
Speaker 5: being an eighth and play the fifth place team, you'd think.

762
00:34:53,653 --> 00:34:56,373
Speaker 5: And the Dragons have fallen away, They've only got pride

763
00:34:56,373 --> 00:34:59,653
Speaker 5: to play for at home. Panthers for mine, And how

764
00:34:59,693 --> 00:35:00,133
Speaker 5: do you like this?

765
00:35:00,333 --> 00:35:04,813
Speaker 3: For prime time? Just about game on your Saturday Titans Tigers.

766
00:35:06,333 --> 00:35:06,973
Speaker 3: I quite like it.

767
00:35:07,013 --> 00:35:10,133
Speaker 5: I'm going to like what's entitle there we go, see,

768
00:35:10,373 --> 00:35:12,813
Speaker 5: mister positive. The Titans are great to watch. They're great

769
00:35:12,813 --> 00:35:14,413
Speaker 5: to watch. They just throw it around. And I like

770
00:35:14,493 --> 00:35:17,213
Speaker 5: the Tigers too. Benji on the sideline all that stuff.

771
00:35:17,413 --> 00:35:17,853
Speaker 3: Who knows.

772
00:35:17,933 --> 00:35:19,773
Speaker 5: I mean, the Titans will go for it, maybe they win.

773
00:35:19,973 --> 00:35:21,693
Speaker 5: Maybe I was going to say Tigers, but maybe the

774
00:35:21,773 --> 00:35:23,893
Speaker 5: Titans win in the last game of the season. There's

775
00:35:23,933 --> 00:35:27,813
Speaker 5: this farewell. I'll go with the Titans. Bugger off Bulldogs

776
00:35:27,893 --> 00:35:28,733
Speaker 5: versus the Sharks.

777
00:35:30,373 --> 00:35:30,853
Speaker 3: Here we go.

778
00:35:31,013 --> 00:35:33,773
Speaker 5: I wonder what the Bulldog's going to do here. We

779
00:35:33,893 --> 00:35:36,573
Speaker 5: talked about this before. Do they change their lineup, do

780
00:35:36,653 --> 00:35:38,373
Speaker 5: they give some guys a rest or do they go

781
00:35:38,493 --> 00:35:43,333
Speaker 5: into the finals with momentum given they're at home. I'll

782
00:35:43,373 --> 00:35:46,013
Speaker 5: go with the Bulldogs, don't. I don't think the Sharks

783
00:35:46,053 --> 00:35:48,293
Speaker 5: are that good, which is going to hurt even more

784
00:35:48,333 --> 00:35:50,253
Speaker 5: if they end up fourth place, which they probably will.

785
00:35:52,253 --> 00:35:53,293
Speaker 5: Say ya go Bulldogs.

786
00:35:54,253 --> 00:35:55,853
Speaker 4: I don't think either of them are any good. I'm

787
00:35:55,893 --> 00:35:57,733
Speaker 4: going to back the Sharks. I reckon the Bulldogs and

788
00:35:57,893 --> 00:36:00,573
Speaker 4: rest their team. Dolphins Raiders, You'll be hated on the

789
00:36:00,613 --> 00:36:02,693
Speaker 4: Bulldogs for him and the Sharks for him sitting there

790
00:36:02,733 --> 00:36:04,413
Speaker 4: saying they're both not any good. The Bulldogs are in

791
00:36:04,493 --> 00:36:07,253
Speaker 4: third place, they're in first for a long time. My goodness.

792
00:36:09,413 --> 00:36:13,413
Speaker 5: Raiders, Yeah, they are the smoky to win the premiership.

793
00:36:13,493 --> 00:36:15,733
Speaker 5: And I think a lot of I don't know what

794
00:36:15,773 --> 00:36:17,293
Speaker 5: you think, but I think a lot of Keywis would

795
00:36:17,293 --> 00:36:19,613
Speaker 5: love it to see the Raiders win the premiership if

796
00:36:19,653 --> 00:36:22,573
Speaker 5: the Warriors. If the Warriors can't because we've had the

797
00:36:22,613 --> 00:36:24,653
Speaker 5: storm story so many times, I had the penwith story,

798
00:36:25,413 --> 00:36:27,413
Speaker 5: but I think Ricky and the boys with Joe Tabeny,

799
00:36:27,893 --> 00:36:29,573
Speaker 5: who is amazing, that'd be great.

800
00:36:29,653 --> 00:36:33,213
Speaker 4: So yeah, Raiders and one and Eels Nights to finish

801
00:36:33,293 --> 00:36:35,893
Speaker 4: off the NRL seasons for twenty twenty five.

802
00:36:36,093 --> 00:36:37,453
Speaker 5: What is it about the Eels when they come to

803
00:36:37,493 --> 00:36:40,853
Speaker 5: Auckland are they just play so well? So it's so frustrating,

804
00:36:40,973 --> 00:36:43,773
Speaker 5: But the Eels will finish off the nights and the

805
00:36:43,853 --> 00:36:45,253
Speaker 5: Knights have got a lot to do.

806
00:36:46,653 --> 00:36:49,733
Speaker 3: That'll do us for this week of the podcast. Burge,

807
00:36:50,053 --> 00:36:52,053
Speaker 3: thank you so much for your time, your wisdom, insight.

808
00:36:52,173 --> 00:36:54,533
Speaker 4: We will be back next Monday to digest the Warrior's

809
00:36:54,613 --> 00:36:59,333
Speaker 4: final regular season game of the season against Manly at Brookvale.

810
00:36:59,653 --> 00:37:02,733
Speaker 4: Here we go and then we're into the NRL playoffs.

811
00:37:02,733 --> 00:37:05,333
Speaker 4: It's an exciting few weeks ahead. We'll see you next Monday.

812
00:37:05,413 --> 00:37:12,613
Speaker 4: My name is Nathan Limb. Have a fantastic week. For

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