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Speaker 1: In for Paul Ellison. Nick Beuley, Hi, good morning, Luke.

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Speaker 1: So you're on duty tomorrow calling the big final, the

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Speaker 1: Southern showdown between Canterbury and Otago and for the first

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Speaker 1: time in MPC and the last, we've fully sold out

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Speaker 1: Apollo Project Stadium.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, fantastic, isn't it, Luke. I've commentated Canterbury NPC games

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Speaker 2: at Addington's since about twenty twenty one night I took

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Speaker 2: over from Brian Ashby and it's quite a unique commentary

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Speaker 2: position because we're in the South Stand and usually the

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Speaker 2: South Stand is empty and it just feels like you're

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Speaker 2: just shouting into an empty chamber while you're doing the

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Speaker 2: radio commentary. But fantastic to see a real voter confidence

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Speaker 2: not only in the NPC and an afternoon kickoff, but

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Speaker 2: on these two teams. So have been the best two

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Speaker 2: teams all season long. Fifteen thousand, nine hundred is the

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Speaker 2: official crowd figure. That's full to the brim, and yeah,

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Speaker 2: what a way to send off the old temporary statum

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Speaker 2: because there is a couple of Crusaders games there next year,

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Speaker 2: but last ever NPC match there tomorrow afternoon.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm sure there'll be a few mid Knabs joining

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Speaker 1: you and a few road tripping up from Dunedin. Otago

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Speaker 1: have been so good the competition this year, just because

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Speaker 1: on any given day you've never really had full confidence

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Speaker 1: in what's going to happen. It's been so good.

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Speaker 2: I totally agree. But just on Otago in particularly, you know,

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Speaker 2: this is the region that you know has sort of

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Speaker 2: had had some pretty lean years of lakes. Of course,

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Speaker 2: they have only ever won the NPC once. That was

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Speaker 2: way back in the halcyon days of the late nineties

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Speaker 2: and ninety eight with yet guys like Jeff Wilson and

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Speaker 2: Tane Randall and Josh Cronfeld running around at Karasbrook. So

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Speaker 2: it's been a long time between drinks. And the way

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Speaker 2: that they are playing their rugby. I must have obviously

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Speaker 2: base here in christ Church. But the way I Tiger

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Speaker 2: playing a real entertaining brand rugby. They're shifting the ball wide.

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Speaker 2: I think it's captured the imagination of many rugby fans,

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Speaker 2: just casual rugby observers around the country. So there's a

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Speaker 2: bit of romanticism around Otago. But for Canterbury too, relatively

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Speaker 2: lean patch by their standards, they haven't won an NBC

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Speaker 2: title in eight years. There's some guys who are making

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Speaker 2: their way after this game tomorrow, like Tom Christie for example,

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Speaker 2: the Canterbury captain. So plenty at stake. But yeah, on

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Speaker 2: that main point, Luke, it's been a fantastic competition, fair

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Speaker 2: bit of jeopardy and just a really exciting brand of rugby.

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Speaker 2: You know. It's a little bit more unstructured to Super

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Speaker 2: Abia's certainly all blacks test rugby and we've been able

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Speaker 2: to see some fantastic talents merge along the way.

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Speaker 1: To Canterbury will be done in favorites, but imagine that

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Speaker 1: most of the country is cheering on the Blue and Golds.

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Speaker 1: They've proven they can upset Canterbury earlier in the season.

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Speaker 1: At the time I thought, ah done, But now I'm

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Speaker 1: thinking maybe that's not such a bad thing, because as

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Speaker 1: Meads Cup champions nick our med Canterbury Hammers now have

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Speaker 1: a crack against Otago for that for that rand Filly shield.

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Speaker 1: That's gonna be that's gonna be good.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's fun the book in the calendar, isn't it, Loki,

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Speaker 2: and I will be looking forward to that one up

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Speaker 2: But you're absolutely right Otago. Then they've got my mintin

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Speaker 2: they've won seven and row. They know what it takes

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Speaker 2: to win. Here at christ Church, they reefed the Ranfurly

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Speaker 2: Shield away from Canterbury's hands five weeks ago at this

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Speaker 2: very venue that they'll play the NPC Final tomorrow, So

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Speaker 2: I don't think they have any fear. They've got a

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Speaker 2: great blend of experience and youth, and I think they'll

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Speaker 2: come into this this contest knowing that, as you say,

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Speaker 2: there'll be a ground swell of support in and around

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Speaker 2: them from everywhere else around the country outside of Canterbury.

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Speaker 2: So it all shapes up really nicely that that Norweister

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Speaker 2: wind has died down after everything that took places. Yesterday's

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Speaker 2: supposed to sort of be a little bit blustering, but

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Speaker 2: nothing to the extent of yesterday, So it's all shaping

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Speaker 2: up really nicely. Can't wait to have the care Lot

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Speaker 2: Gold Sport