WEBVTT - Episode 75: Warriors hooker Sam Healey on 11th hour call-up to face the Sharks 0:00:09.093 --> 0:00:12.693 You're listening to a podcast from News Talks EDB. Follow 0:00:12.773 --> 0:00:18.533 this and our Wide Ranger podcast now on iHeartRadio The 0:00:18.573 --> 0:00:22.613 Big League Podcast, League Podcast Poet by News Talks EDB. 0:00:23.493 --> 0:00:26.893 This week on The Big League Podcast, Warriors hooker Sam 0:00:26.973 --> 0:00:30.173 Healey joins to discuss his eleventh hour caller for the 0:00:30.213 --> 0:00:33.333 statement thumping of the Sharks, the continued rise of the 0:00:33.333 --> 0:00:36.693 squad's youngsters, and how Wade Egan has helped take his 0:00:36.773 --> 0:00:39.773 game to another level. Michael Burgas and I will analyze 0:00:39.773 --> 0:00:43.493 what the Kronella victory means, discuss whether the Warriors have 0:00:43.613 --> 0:00:47.053 the best junior cohort in the competition, and give the 0:00:47.093 --> 0:00:49.413 side a roughly mid season report card. 0:00:49.773 --> 0:00:53.413 My name is Nathan Limb. Let's go b LB. 0:00:54.253 --> 0:00:58.373 Jacob Laban, Demitric Weimunger and Leka Hala Sema are the 0:00:58.453 --> 0:01:03.333 strongest trio of youngsters in the NRRAL. All had outstanding 0:01:03.493 --> 0:01:06.973 performances in what was really a shock forty to ten 0:01:07.173 --> 0:01:10.773 pencing of the show in Crnella Vy among that with 0:01:11.173 --> 0:01:14.853 premiere ball running defense, his distribution to put James Fisher 0:01:14.893 --> 0:01:17.693 Harris in a hole for an easy try. Laban with 0:01:17.853 --> 0:01:20.893 strong moments on both sides of the ball early in 0:01:20.933 --> 0:01:24.053 the contest, and Halasima, for such a big bloke, is 0:01:24.133 --> 0:01:27.133 proving to be a weapon in the year. When you 0:01:27.173 --> 0:01:30.653 throw in Ali Latawa and Sam Heay, the Warriors aren't 0:01:30.693 --> 0:01:32.773 just looking good for this year, They're looking good for 0:01:32.893 --> 0:01:37.773 the next five. Michael Burgess, Senior New Zealand Herald ryder. 0:01:38.293 --> 0:01:41.653 How much has that victory and the Warrior's next generation 0:01:41.933 --> 0:01:42.893 of players. 0:01:42.533 --> 0:01:47.253 Surprised you, Nathan, Yeah, two big questions. I mean that 0:01:47.253 --> 0:01:51.173 that performance was remarkable. I think that's the thing is 0:01:52.693 --> 0:01:55.413 every so often in the Warriors season you get a 0:01:55.413 --> 0:01:58.733 performance that makes you sit up and go wow. The 0:01:58.813 --> 0:02:01.293 thing is, we've already had a few performances this season 0:02:01.333 --> 0:02:03.453 we were sat up and gone well, like some of 0:02:03.133 --> 0:02:06.893 the close wins, the way they defended against the Cowboys 0:02:06.653 --> 0:02:11.333 for what seemed like forever, and there's been I thought 0:02:11.613 --> 0:02:14.573 the Dragons was an exceptional effort. There's already been a couple, 0:02:14.733 --> 0:02:18.173 but this one, you're like, far out this team. They've 0:02:18.213 --> 0:02:21.893 done this to what you call a heavyweight contender, you know, 0:02:22.013 --> 0:02:24.853 and they didn't just beat them, they blew them away 0:02:25.733 --> 0:02:28.053 at home. Quite a tough place to play. Not many 0:02:28.133 --> 0:02:31.253 Kiwi fans, not many Warriors fans go to that part 0:02:31.253 --> 0:02:36.253 of Sydney. You put all that together and you're thinking, well, 0:02:37.133 --> 0:02:40.093 the question about where is this team going is now 0:02:40.293 --> 0:02:42.173 more like how high? 0:02:42.653 --> 0:02:44.253 Yeah, well, I mean they enjoy it top of the 0:02:44.333 --> 0:02:47.293 ladder again on twenty two points with the Raiders and 0:02:47.333 --> 0:02:49.613 the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs at the time we're recording this 0:02:49.693 --> 0:02:51.653 on the Mondays, the Bulldogs still have to play the 0:02:51.693 --> 0:02:54.093 Eels tonight. Presumably they get the job done and go 0:02:54.133 --> 0:02:56.893 to twenty four. But the Warriors, I mean, at this 0:02:56.933 --> 0:02:59.093 point we're going into the buy now, but so guaranteed 0:02:59.733 --> 0:03:03.453 two points. There's two elements to this and we will 0:03:03.493 --> 0:03:06.213 go through all of it. It's the way in which 0:03:06.253 --> 0:03:09.653 the Warriors played themselves. But also so I think everyone 0:03:09.773 --> 0:03:11.933 was a bit shocked at how poorly the Sharks played 0:03:11.973 --> 0:03:14.173 and the Roosters put forty points on them a couple 0:03:14.213 --> 0:03:16.453 of weeks ago, and wasn't sure whether we read a 0:03:16.453 --> 0:03:18.013 lot into that they were coming off the buy. 0:03:18.133 --> 0:03:20.893 But for me, the Sharks, it was two things. 0:03:20.893 --> 0:03:24.453 The Sharks were particularly disappointing, but the Warriors, I was 0:03:24.453 --> 0:03:27.013 struggling to come up with criticisms and improvements. 0:03:28.213 --> 0:03:31.333 You go through the Warriors team one to seventeen and 0:03:30.613 --> 0:03:33.893 everyone had good moments. Everyone played well, which you know 0:03:34.013 --> 0:03:37.013 doesn't always happen in the Ireland. The team Sport Cornell. 0:03:37.493 --> 0:03:39.813 You're right, they've just lost their edge. They've lost their 0:03:39.853 --> 0:03:42.173 edge slightly because it's the same Cranella team that beat 0:03:42.173 --> 0:03:44.933 the Melbourne Storm earlier this season. To beat the Storm, 0:03:45.173 --> 0:03:47.613 you've got to play well. They were really good in 0:03:47.693 --> 0:03:50.333 round one against Benrith. They're still in their roster is 0:03:50.373 --> 0:03:53.973 still pretty awesome, awesome forward pack. They've just lost something, 0:03:53.973 --> 0:03:57.813 which happens. I think they'll probably get it back. I 0:03:57.853 --> 0:03:59.893 don't think they were that poor. I thought they were 0:03:59.933 --> 0:04:03.173 pretty good in the first half and on another night 0:04:03.213 --> 0:04:05.893 there could have been ahead. That was the thing. They 0:04:06.013 --> 0:04:09.893 certainly had more opportunities. But the Warrior's defense just so 0:04:09.893 --> 0:04:13.093 so resilient at the moment. And to answer your early 0:04:13.213 --> 0:04:16.893 question about the next generation, as they surprised me, yes, 0:04:17.333 --> 0:04:22.453 because it's their consistency. Like I've seen a lot of 0:04:23.093 --> 0:04:25.413 young players come and go in my time covering the Warriors, 0:04:25.453 --> 0:04:27.773 and what normally happens is they'll come in, they have 0:04:27.813 --> 0:04:30.053 a couple of good games, then they have a flat 0:04:30.053 --> 0:04:31.733 period they have to go back to reserve grab then 0:04:31.773 --> 0:04:34.973 they might come back. But the three guys you mentioned 0:04:35.573 --> 0:04:38.933 have played I'm trying to think they've all played more 0:04:38.973 --> 0:04:41.253 than ten games a season. HALLI seem has played a 0:04:41.293 --> 0:04:45.493 lot more, and they've been pretty consistent every game. And 0:04:45.773 --> 0:04:48.333 for guys nineteen twenty twenty one to be doing that 0:04:49.053 --> 0:04:51.893 is remarkable. It's because it's partly because the team's going 0:04:51.893 --> 0:04:56.733 so well, but it's been a fantastic surprise. 0:04:57.733 --> 0:05:00.773 Now Warrior's coach Andrew Webster will hear from him just now. 0:05:00.973 --> 0:05:04.013 He says the performance was needed in the absence of 0:05:04.253 --> 0:05:07.053 injured co captain Mitch Barnett. 0:05:07.533 --> 0:05:11.293 Not China the Army, but trying to just be better. 0:05:11.173 --> 0:05:14.533 At what every player does and bring more dayboring. I 0:05:14.573 --> 0:05:16.693 thought that, and I think that was the other thing 0:05:16.773 --> 0:05:19.533 that I noticed about this one is that I kind 0:05:19.533 --> 0:05:22.493 of forgot that we were missing the our front line 0:05:22.693 --> 0:05:25.573 prop pretty much. That's how good the performance is. What 0:05:25.933 --> 0:05:29.133 we're of our middle forwards. And you took about Labour 0:05:29.293 --> 0:05:32.693 and Vaimonga, especially in the carriers that they had sort 0:05:32.733 --> 0:05:34.493 of early in this game. It's not like I suppose 0:05:34.613 --> 0:05:36.213 with these new players, it's not that they're just coming 0:05:36.213 --> 0:05:37.493 on for a few minutes prior to a bit of 0:05:37.693 --> 0:05:40.573 impact off the interchange. These players are starting, they're playing 0:05:40.613 --> 0:05:42.653 big minutes, and they're carrying this team up the middle 0:05:42.653 --> 0:05:43.293 of the park. 0:05:44.093 --> 0:05:47.813 Making really big contributions in different ways. Like you said 0:05:47.853 --> 0:05:51.853 in your intro, and we were missing the Warriors, missing 0:05:51.853 --> 0:05:54.613 the most effective prop. I think you saw a bit 0:05:54.653 --> 0:05:56.893 at the start though they were doing quite a few 0:05:56.933 --> 0:05:58.933 early shifts. They were going a bit wider than normal. 0:05:59.333 --> 0:06:02.773 That was on purpose, I think, to get away from 0:06:02.773 --> 0:06:04.333 some of the collisions in the middle, because they know 0:06:04.373 --> 0:06:06.493 how Crenell has got a big pack, so they didn't 0:06:06.533 --> 0:06:08.853 just want to take them up the middle. Because it 0:06:08.933 --> 0:06:13.013 is hard without Barnett. The test will be can they 0:06:13.093 --> 0:06:16.093 keep doing that without him? Like in some ways you 0:06:16.213 --> 0:06:19.453 respond the first time, but to keep doing it over 0:06:19.453 --> 0:06:23.013 another eleven games, that's hard to be honest, mate. I 0:06:23.053 --> 0:06:26.253 thought that Andrew Webster got it exactly right the way 0:06:26.293 --> 0:06:29.813 he dealt with the Mitch Barnett situation, and that came 0:06:29.893 --> 0:06:32.173 through to the performance because he didn't hide from it. 0:06:32.173 --> 0:06:33.973 He said, this is a blow, this is this is 0:06:34.013 --> 0:06:37.213 bloody terrible for Mitch. It's really tough for us, but 0:06:37.253 --> 0:06:39.373 we've got to move on. But I really thought he 0:06:39.453 --> 0:06:41.413 was good with the players the way he said to them, 0:06:41.893 --> 0:06:44.813 you don't have to try and be Mitch Bunnett. You 0:06:44.893 --> 0:06:47.293 just got to all be a bit better. And that's 0:06:47.333 --> 0:06:47.813 what they did. 0:06:48.573 --> 0:06:50.573 Now we're going to hear from Warrior's hook at Sam 0:06:50.653 --> 0:06:53.373 Heay next, who was brought in at the eleventh hour 0:06:53.453 --> 0:06:56.493 for the injured Wade Egan. But first here are the 0:06:56.573 --> 0:07:01.093 highlights Warriors, forty Sharks, ten sharks of. 0:07:01.173 --> 0:07:04.893 The hockey playing on all the. 0:07:08.373 --> 0:07:12.613 Wake, sawret he reached the sky and pun't sit down. 0:07:13.013 --> 0:07:17.173 Aristovada will Chip early saw himself up against Kennedy. 0:07:17.773 --> 0:07:18.893 He uses it. 0:07:19.533 --> 0:07:23.413 Turn it down by Adam Topic Trendle quick its hero 0:07:23.693 --> 0:07:24.653 because I've got them. 0:07:25.453 --> 0:07:26.933 It's Horreaddy who. 0:07:26.853 --> 0:07:30.693 Points it down. They eventually filled me in your area 0:07:30.893 --> 0:07:35.453 for there are shots everywhere in Rosto gram Trendle, Tevila, 0:07:36.173 --> 0:07:42.773 He's goes get charging through and Fisher Harris he went 0:07:42.893 --> 0:07:48.813 in untouched. What a piece of deception is mentalming and Lily. 0:07:48.653 --> 0:07:53.093 Scoop dressed to say no longer kill a way. 0:07:53.493 --> 0:07:55.013 He want use her in again. 0:07:55.533 --> 0:07:58.693 Arrista Vita, I need to get the contest I. 0:07:58.893 --> 0:08:03.373 Do and coming down with it is looker have the 0:08:03.613 --> 0:08:06.053 same out Aristavada turns a. 0:08:06.133 --> 0:08:09.813 Dun you and he just goes straight through the start. 0:08:09.573 --> 0:08:12.853 The party, now you bas fans, Haris. 0:08:12.573 --> 0:08:13.693 De Veta light. 0:08:15.333 --> 0:08:20.413 Straight to Harris de Vita, nobody in front of him, Simnels, Harris. 0:08:20.053 --> 0:08:22.453 Sta Veda rams a double deep. 0:08:22.893 --> 0:08:23.973 In the second part. 0:08:24.493 --> 0:08:27.893 Audio courtesy of Fox Sports The Big League Podcast. 0:08:28.973 --> 0:08:32.773 Michael Burgess got a quick chat with Sam Healey following 0:08:32.893 --> 0:08:34.893 the landmark victory over the Sharks. 0:08:35.013 --> 0:08:35.853 Let's take a listen. 0:08:36.333 --> 0:08:39.173 Why do you think things win so well? Tonight's the 0:08:39.213 --> 0:08:40.333 team I think. 0:08:40.293 --> 0:08:42.693 Just obviously putting off all we've been doing the last 0:08:43.053 --> 0:08:46.453 couple of months is been pretty successful for us, and 0:08:46.933 --> 0:08:49.773 having all those tight games and obviously coming through with 0:08:49.813 --> 0:08:52.733 the Windsay, tonight, we just sort of stuck in it 0:08:52.853 --> 0:08:55.173 and got some points, which was good. 0:08:56.133 --> 0:08:58.693 Looked like a real sort of confidence about the team 0:08:58.733 --> 0:09:03.693 from the start. And also intensity. Yeah, for sure, I 0:09:03.813 --> 0:09:04.893 were ready to go to this game. 0:09:04.973 --> 0:09:06.493 I think when you can are going to turn on 0:09:06.613 --> 0:09:08.813 to play and I'm out to We had to bring 0:09:08.893 --> 0:09:11.733 our bring our best, so we had to start with 0:09:11.813 --> 0:09:12.413 that intensity. 0:09:12.453 --> 0:09:14.773 I think we did that. And what about you? How 0:09:14.853 --> 0:09:16.773 were you feeling running out there? How are you feeling 0:09:16.773 --> 0:09:17.613 at the start of the game. 0:09:18.893 --> 0:09:22.493 It's a bit weird, to be honest, run out different colors. 0:09:23.333 --> 0:09:25.773 Obviously played a lot at Shuck Park in the juniors 0:09:25.773 --> 0:09:28.533 and stuff for Corna. But it was good, mate, It 0:09:28.573 --> 0:09:30.573 was good to be able to run out of here 0:09:30.613 --> 0:09:31.373 and get the win. 0:09:32.613 --> 0:09:34.933 Can you just tell us about your day today, Sam, 0:09:35.053 --> 0:09:39.293 how it's sort of unfolded? And also when you actually 0:09:40.293 --> 0:09:41.853 found out you were going to play? I understand this 0:09:41.933 --> 0:09:43.613 morning you were thinking still in yourself, for I was 0:09:43.613 --> 0:09:45.013 cup can you so, can you just tell us about 0:09:45.013 --> 0:09:45.333 your day? 0:09:46.293 --> 0:09:49.213 Yeah? I found out about probably I don't know, maybe 0:09:49.333 --> 0:09:52.053 ten eleven o'clock where he pulled me aside and said 0:09:52.413 --> 0:09:55.413 there's a chance, and I said, oh right, I didn't 0:09:55.413 --> 0:09:58.013 really know. And then about twenty minutes later I looked 0:09:58.013 --> 0:09:59.613 at waiter and he didn't He didn't look too good, 0:09:59.653 --> 0:10:03.813 so I thought, yeah, yeah, I'm probably hon here. So yeah, 0:10:03.853 --> 0:10:06.973 that was when I sort of come to the realization 0:10:07.053 --> 0:10:08.293 I was playing so to get light around it. 0:10:08.493 --> 0:10:11.133 But yeah, I was all right. So you woke up 0:10:11.173 --> 0:10:13.093 this morning thinking about yourself? I was cut. I mean, 0:10:13.213 --> 0:10:13.933 how hard was it? 0:10:14.573 --> 0:10:14.733 Well? 0:10:14.773 --> 0:10:16.533 How did you get your hit around it? The fact 0:10:16.573 --> 0:10:18.493 that you were playing on such a big occasion. 0:10:20.373 --> 0:10:22.253 No, I think it's all like wheb, you just sort 0:10:22.293 --> 0:10:24.373 of spoke to me and Wade, I spoke to me, 0:10:24.613 --> 0:10:29.373 but sort of just simplifying my role and just backing 0:10:29.413 --> 0:10:31.653 myself and having confidence that I can do the job. 0:10:31.693 --> 0:10:35.253 Which if they have the confidence in me, that's that's 0:10:35.373 --> 0:10:37.973 enough for me. So yeah, I felt I felt pretty 0:10:37.973 --> 0:10:39.773 good to guy out there and then I could do it. 0:10:39.853 --> 0:10:43.253 Bob. What does it mean to you to have your 0:10:43.293 --> 0:10:46.733 first start back at Cornella and to be part of 0:10:46.773 --> 0:10:47.813 a team performance like that. 0:10:49.533 --> 0:10:53.213 Yeah, Mane, it's pretty special. Obviously growing up on the 0:10:53.253 --> 0:10:57.413 hill down are at Cornella and been there. Oh I 0:10:57.573 --> 0:11:00.813 knows how many shark scenes, and obviously man playing here 0:11:01.733 --> 0:11:04.333 and I have a pretty successful career down here at Carnella. 0:11:04.733 --> 0:11:06.893 It's pretty cool to come back and get the win, 0:11:08.373 --> 0:11:10.093 a family and friends on the health so it's good. 0:11:11.053 --> 0:11:13.333 Is there a bit of mixed emotions though with effect 0:11:13.773 --> 0:11:15.853 how much the sharks have meant to your family and 0:11:15.973 --> 0:11:19.733 especially to your father, No, I don't think so. 0:11:19.933 --> 0:11:22.973 Look, that's that's sort of I've sort of moved on 0:11:23.093 --> 0:11:26.893 from that, and I'm worried now. So now I'm just 0:11:27.373 --> 0:11:28.893 really happy to be part of the group. That we're 0:11:28.933 --> 0:11:32.413 in and that we're charging their own so that's good. 0:11:33.333 --> 0:11:35.773 Can just tell us Sam about your decision to come 0:11:36.093 --> 0:11:39.333 to Auckland, how it sort of came about and how 0:11:39.453 --> 0:11:41.013 the decision process was for you. 0:11:42.733 --> 0:11:46.493 It's just an opportunity to play roll. And obviously where 0:11:46.573 --> 0:11:48.613 he spoke to Webby, my early tap with him is 0:11:49.133 --> 0:11:52.493 really positive and he sort of like spoke to me 0:11:52.533 --> 0:11:54.453 in a really positive way and that he believed in 0:11:54.573 --> 0:11:58.213 me and he thought I could I could genuinely, genuinely 0:11:58.333 --> 0:12:00.653 be at a number nine in the NRL and that's 0:12:00.693 --> 0:12:03.893 all I needed. Someone to believe in men have confidence 0:12:03.933 --> 0:12:06.493 in me, and that was enough for me to come 0:12:06.573 --> 0:12:08.253 over and have the opportunity to play in an role. 0:12:08.453 --> 0:12:09.253 Yeah, that was not for me. 0:12:10.493 --> 0:12:12.693 And what was the process like of sort of joining 0:12:12.733 --> 0:12:16.333 the club and getting i don't know, getting amongst the 0:12:16.413 --> 0:12:19.773 group and proving yourself and fitting in and all that 0:12:19.853 --> 0:12:20.293 sort of thing. 0:12:22.333 --> 0:12:25.893 Yeah, it was a bit difficult obviously, first time living 0:12:25.933 --> 0:12:28.573 out at home and got on a one way plot 0:12:28.653 --> 0:12:32.293 of New Zealand, which was pretty daunting. Walking into the 0:12:32.373 --> 0:12:35.093 shed that first day was it was like nothing I'd 0:12:35.093 --> 0:12:37.933 ever done before. But for me, I needed to test 0:12:37.973 --> 0:12:40.413 myself and get out of my comfort zone and I 0:12:40.493 --> 0:12:42.533 think I've grown a lot from it, so yeah, it's 0:12:42.533 --> 0:12:43.173 super positive. 0:12:43.813 --> 0:12:46.853 And how is how was life in Auckland, you know, 0:12:47.133 --> 0:12:50.053 away from footy? How's life been for you in Auckland? No, 0:12:50.213 --> 0:12:50.613 it's good. 0:12:51.733 --> 0:12:54.453 Obviously, got got a house and that I lived with 0:12:54.533 --> 0:12:57.693 a couple of boys that I played with, so it's good. 0:12:58.973 --> 0:13:00.333 Yeah, good to have a couple. 0:13:00.173 --> 0:13:03.213 Of mates there and obviously building connections within the group, 0:13:03.293 --> 0:13:05.693 and it's just really good to be in a training 0:13:06.173 --> 0:13:07.613 with how well the squad's. 0:13:07.253 --> 0:13:10.493 Doing and everything? Yeah, yeah, who are you flirting with? 0:13:12.093 --> 0:13:15.733 Tadastell Smith's I live with him and a couple of the. 0:13:15.813 --> 0:13:19.533 Cup boys, so oh cool. Well that's so. How's that? 0:13:20.333 --> 0:13:24.773 How's that household? It must be an interesting place to be. No, 0:13:24.933 --> 0:13:25.293 it's good. 0:13:25.333 --> 0:13:28.653 It's it's a bit frantic at dinner time when everyone's 0:13:28.653 --> 0:13:32.853 cooking their separate meals in the kitchen, but it's good. 0:13:32.893 --> 0:13:36.213 It's good fun having people around, and obviously being my 0:13:36.333 --> 0:13:38.653 first time out of home, it's good to have people 0:13:38.693 --> 0:13:39.533 around and everything. 0:13:39.613 --> 0:13:41.453 With my missus and that living back in a show. 0:13:41.533 --> 0:13:44.733 Hopefully she'll join me over there soon. So no, it's 0:13:44.773 --> 0:13:47.133 good to have people around it. I've become quite close 0:13:47.173 --> 0:13:48.853 with those boys, So it's good. 0:13:49.133 --> 0:13:51.373 And just a couple more Sam's that's okay. What's the 0:13:51.653 --> 0:13:53.893 big on the team with so many so many other 0:13:53.973 --> 0:13:56.653 young guys or being in a general environment with so 0:13:56.733 --> 0:13:59.973 many young guys that are also ambitious and doing well. 0:14:02.213 --> 0:14:02.733 No, it's good. 0:14:02.773 --> 0:14:05.973 I think all the older boys and the coaching staff 0:14:06.013 --> 0:14:08.533 has sort of given us the confidence to that we 0:14:08.573 --> 0:14:10.613 can do a job and we can sort of thrive 0:14:10.693 --> 0:14:13.813 in this environment. And we've got a lot of good 0:14:13.893 --> 0:14:18.453 leaders like Fish and Capes and as guys have been there, 0:14:18.533 --> 0:14:22.013 done it and can sort of lead the way and 0:14:22.093 --> 0:14:23.013 say boys come with us. 0:14:23.093 --> 0:14:25.053 So no, it's good. It's good. 0:14:25.093 --> 0:14:27.813 And a lot of a lot of naturally talented. 0:14:27.973 --> 0:14:29.013 Kiwi boys over here. 0:14:29.213 --> 0:14:32.493 And I'd love to see where they're atting five to 0:14:32.533 --> 0:14:35.733 six years times, because where they're at at the moment 0:14:35.813 --> 0:14:38.493 and where they could be is just it's pretty insane. 0:14:39.373 --> 0:14:41.493 And what have you learned off Wade Egan from watching 0:14:41.573 --> 0:14:44.133 him at training? And I imagine you know, talking to 0:14:44.213 --> 0:14:46.693 him when you can about dummy half play, about being 0:14:46.733 --> 0:14:47.333 a number nine. 0:14:49.173 --> 0:14:51.813 Yeah, I spent a spent a fair bit of time 0:14:52.053 --> 0:14:54.893 with Waiter, even just listen to him in meetings and 0:14:54.933 --> 0:14:56.813 stuff like that, the way he thinks around the game, 0:14:56.893 --> 0:15:00.853 and just watching him at training and watching clips and everything, 0:15:00.933 --> 0:15:03.613 and just trying to pick up little things that he 0:15:03.733 --> 0:15:06.613 does and ask him questions here and there, and it's 0:15:06.693 --> 0:15:10.453 definitely definitely broke my game forward. I think if I like, 0:15:10.533 --> 0:15:12.533 if I look at myself twelve months ago to where 0:15:12.573 --> 0:15:14.493 I am now, I'm a completely different player. So and 0:15:15.333 --> 0:15:17.613 I definitely credit some of that to him in the 0:15:17.653 --> 0:15:21.093 way that he's sort of the influence he's had on me. 0:15:21.253 --> 0:15:27.933 So, yeah, this is the Big League Podcast. This is 0:15:28.173 --> 0:15:32.413 going Yeah, the Big League Podcast on the Warriors Bandwagons. 0:15:32.493 --> 0:15:33.213 It's day one. 0:15:33.533 --> 0:15:36.173 Fantastic to hear from Sam Healley for the first time 0:15:36.253 --> 0:15:38.693 on the Big League Podcast. Burge. 0:15:39.093 --> 0:15:41.213 It was cool hearing about his flatting situation as well. 0:15:41.733 --> 0:15:44.613 I love that you just the scenes of the four 0:15:44.653 --> 0:15:47.253 of them, four forty players in the kitchen are all 0:15:47.293 --> 0:15:49.653 pretty young, probably haven't had much time at a home, 0:15:50.493 --> 0:15:53.973 and you just imagine the big servings that have been 0:15:54.013 --> 0:15:56.973 put together and the fuel they need and the coordination 0:15:57.093 --> 0:15:59.733 around the kitchen. But it must be so cool as 0:15:59.733 --> 0:16:03.533 an athlete flating with other athletes because everyone gets it. 0:16:04.333 --> 0:16:06.493 Compared to imagine if he was with three other punters, 0:16:06.693 --> 0:16:09.493 you know, or three your because they're about that age, 0:16:09.533 --> 0:16:11.453 that'll be what's wrong with my mate? It'll be a 0:16:11.493 --> 0:16:14.453 friggin disaster. I don't know what you're trying to say, 0:16:14.493 --> 0:16:18.933 but I did. The other thing that that caught my 0:16:18.933 --> 0:16:20.613 attention to the interview was the way he said that 0:16:21.093 --> 0:16:23.173 you know, he jumped in a one way flight to 0:16:23.293 --> 0:16:26.293 come here, pretty apprehensive because and he walks into the 0:16:26.533 --> 0:16:28.813 sheds the first day and he's like, jeez, what this 0:16:29.013 --> 0:16:30.573 is so different to where I've been. I was so 0:16:30.773 --> 0:16:33.573 in my comfort zone. Good on him, he's just taking 0:16:33.653 --> 0:16:35.893 that big step. He looks like a really good player. 0:16:35.933 --> 0:16:37.933 I mean to do what he did in just his 0:16:38.093 --> 0:16:41.053 second game in the NRL. Come in for Egan only 0:16:41.093 --> 0:16:43.133 found out I matched their morning, comes in and plays 0:16:43.213 --> 0:16:45.933 like that against against his former club where his dad's 0:16:45.973 --> 0:16:46.373 a legend. 0:16:47.013 --> 0:16:49.533 It's just amazing, mate. You're right, it would be a 0:16:49.573 --> 0:16:51.653 disaster if they were was my mates. Let's go through 0:16:51.733 --> 0:16:54.333 this game in a little bit more detail. Firstly, our 0:16:54.373 --> 0:16:56.973 webster's detailed what he's most proud of. 0:16:57.093 --> 0:16:57.933 It won't surprise you. 0:16:58.173 --> 0:17:00.573 Definitely have a bench like even right to the end 0:17:00.613 --> 0:17:03.093 there when he knew and had a game where would 0:17:03.133 --> 0:17:05.413 just turn it up for each other. Fine in a way, scrambling. 0:17:05.733 --> 0:17:09.253 Let's go through another player who's performance I thought was 0:17:09.373 --> 0:17:11.893 just out of this world. Best of the season, Chanelle 0:17:11.973 --> 0:17:16.533 Harris Tavita was outstanding. We talk a lot about Luke Metcalf, 0:17:16.613 --> 0:17:19.893 but for me, Cht has flown under the radar. 0:17:20.013 --> 0:17:20.613 Two tries. 0:17:21.293 --> 0:17:24.013 I think he's kicking generally it's better than Metcals gets 0:17:24.053 --> 0:17:26.533 a lot higher on those bombs. His distribution and his 0:17:26.613 --> 0:17:28.893 ball running. He just picks his moments really really well. 0:17:29.413 --> 0:17:32.213 Not to mention those one off hats. He made twenty 0:17:32.253 --> 0:17:35.133 three tackles in that game. Booge great defender. 0:17:35.333 --> 0:17:38.213 I mean when you think of Chanell and you talk 0:17:38.293 --> 0:17:41.213 to people at the Warriors about him, the first thing 0:17:41.253 --> 0:17:44.773 they'll say is he's a competitor. He just competes on everything. 0:17:44.813 --> 0:17:48.333 He's the guy sliding on the loose ball. He's the 0:17:48.413 --> 0:17:51.733 guy making the big tackle or the tackle these he made. 0:17:52.013 --> 0:17:54.053 He's the guy competing for the bomb, getting the tap 0:17:54.133 --> 0:17:56.373 back they score, So he does the one percent. Doesn't 0:17:56.373 --> 0:18:00.093 always get noticed other for other things, which means, yeah, 0:18:00.333 --> 0:18:03.653 I guess he's got a there's mixed feelings about him 0:18:03.653 --> 0:18:07.133 sometimes among the fans, but he's doing a great job 0:18:07.213 --> 0:18:10.013 and people forget he came back after a year off 0:18:10.613 --> 0:18:12.213 and it was always going to be a struggle, and 0:18:12.253 --> 0:18:15.293 then he was in a struggling team. So very happy 0:18:15.373 --> 0:18:17.653 for him the way things are working out. I'm not 0:18:17.693 --> 0:18:19.213 sure if he's a better kick of the metcalf, but 0:18:19.293 --> 0:18:21.693 I take your point. He's becoming very good at just 0:18:23.173 --> 0:18:25.773 placing it in the corner with those little what would 0:18:25.773 --> 0:18:30.253 you call them, little sort of mini bombs, somewhere between 0:18:30.293 --> 0:18:32.173 a bomb and a chip, the mini bombs, Yeah, the 0:18:32.253 --> 0:18:34.533 many Nathan Limb kind of ones used to try and 0:18:34.613 --> 0:18:38.853 do it how at college. Absolutely not domitic Vai Manger, 0:18:38.853 --> 0:18:40.893 who we mentioned briefly at the start, But for me, 0:18:41.013 --> 0:18:44.973 that's easily his best performance of the season. 0:18:45.853 --> 0:18:49.533 Notice how I pronounce v Manger, not Vay Mayenger. I 0:18:49.653 --> 0:18:51.173 don't know how it's so different. 0:18:51.293 --> 0:18:56.453 Vi Manger, his defense, his ball running, his distribution, especially 0:18:56.493 --> 0:18:58.533 to James Brusher Harris, that tray he just went in 0:18:58.813 --> 0:19:01.693 untouched and it was sort of touched on the deception 0:19:02.053 --> 0:19:02.973 that he's brought as well. 0:19:04.173 --> 0:19:06.293 The reception was amazing and it was great to have 0:19:06.373 --> 0:19:09.053 the Australian commentators who you're right with his name, but 0:19:09.093 --> 0:19:12.533 it was it was fantastic the way they just were 0:19:12.573 --> 0:19:14.613 blown away by that pass because it was it was 0:19:14.653 --> 0:19:16.453 a magical pass. It was one of those passes where 0:19:16.493 --> 0:19:19.373 the cameramany was missed it. You know, how did that happen? 0:19:20.813 --> 0:19:23.453 But he was actually really good the week before too, 0:19:23.533 --> 0:19:27.293 if I remember, like he had two or three really 0:19:27.373 --> 0:19:31.213 critical offloads last week. And I think that's always a 0:19:31.213 --> 0:19:33.133 great sign for a young player to have the confidence 0:19:33.373 --> 0:19:36.613 to go for offloads, because you know what happens, mate, 0:19:36.653 --> 0:19:39.573 if he goes for an offload, someone drops it and 0:19:39.653 --> 0:19:41.413 they're forty minutes out, they give the ball up and 0:19:41.493 --> 0:19:43.453 da da da. Who's going to go and and go 0:19:43.533 --> 0:19:46.413 on about it? We are fans are he's made a mistake. 0:19:46.453 --> 0:19:48.533 What's he doing that? So he's confidence to have the offloads, 0:19:48.533 --> 0:19:51.213 he's so strong to do it. And yeah, I mean 0:19:51.453 --> 0:19:54.573 you'd say, like Hellia seem has probably got more of 0:19:54.813 --> 0:19:59.333 the attention so far, which is fair enough, but this guy, 0:19:59.493 --> 0:20:03.773