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Speaker 3: This week on The Big League Podcast, we dissect the

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Speaker 3: Hallish sixty six six sixty six six dumpsterfire the Warriors

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Speaker 3: served up on the Gold Coast. Will He Poaching is

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Speaker 3: along for an extended chat about the Warrior's equal heaviest

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Speaker 3: loss in history. We all have a crack and putting

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Speaker 3: ourselves in Andrew Webster's shoes for what unquestionably is his

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Speaker 3: toughest challenge to date as the Warriors coach.

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Speaker 4: My name is Nick Bewley. Let's go God b LB.

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Speaker 3: Well here I was thinking on suburn for the notably

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Speaker 3: absent Nathan Lemon Cruz through a relatively run of the

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Speaker 3: mill week for the Warriors. On the back of it,

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Speaker 3: when surely over the bottom place team in the NRL

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Speaker 3: who had just lost to the Wests Tigers. Maybe touch

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Speaker 3: on Origin two in Melbourne, look for to the Broncos

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Speaker 3: in town Boy? How was I mistaken? The Warrior is

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Speaker 3: instead at the weekend spout out one of, if not

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Speaker 3: their worst performances in club history, trounced and tortured by

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Speaker 3: one of the worst sides in the competition this year.

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Speaker 3: The Gold Coast Titans had never scored more than fifty

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Speaker 3: points in a game in their history.

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Speaker 4: They ran in.

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Speaker 3: Sixty six points eleven converted tries. They have the worst

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Speaker 3: defense in the comp this season, they conceded just the

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Speaker 3: one try. While it is the warriors worse loss by

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Speaker 3: a margin in their history, there is no doubt in

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Speaker 3: my mind it is worse than the seventy to ten

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Speaker 3: hiding to the Melbourne Storm a couple of years ago.

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Speaker 3: Michael Burgess, seeing a sports writer the New Zealand Herald,

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Speaker 3: flat listless, embarrassing with some of the words you trot

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Speaker 3: it out in your match report.

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Speaker 4: You've now had two nights to sleep on it.

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Speaker 3: Are you still equally dumbfounded with what you saw on

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Speaker 4: And welcome?

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Speaker 5: Thank you. Yeah, I'm still in disbelief, I really am.

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Speaker 6: But still it was a game where you were watching

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Speaker 6: and you couldn't why I believe what you were seeing

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Speaker 6: was that bad? At times you think is this actually

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Speaker 6: first grade? Is this actually happening? Two days later, it

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Speaker 6: kind of feels worse because it's sinking in everything that

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Speaker 6: you think, okay, well, at least if they get probably

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Speaker 6: not going to win the game, but they get some respectability.

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Speaker 6: But even that didn't happen. So there's a lot to

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Speaker 6: it is a mystery to me that us, the media,

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Speaker 6: underestimating and underrating the Titans because the Titans have inflicted

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Speaker 6: a lot of misery on the Warriors over the year.

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Speaker 4: Six from eight now, I think the six from.

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Speaker 6: You think back to the forty four zero with the

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Speaker 6: last game of the twenty twenty two season, Chanelle's last game,

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Speaker 6: when they came back from fourteen points down in the

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Speaker 4: Actually Anzac days and there you go, they're.

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Speaker 6: Not Actually they're definitely a team that's on the improve

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Speaker 6: you're exactly right what you say there's a really good

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Speaker 6: It's certainly worse than the seventy ten and twenty twenty

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Speaker 6: And it's probably worse than the sixty two to six

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Speaker 6: It was a time of change. It wasn't a fantastic

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Speaker 6: off an amazing season. So these are all the things

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Speaker 3: Well, we're going to wrap the bandaid off, but I

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Speaker 4: We get to the low lights.

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Speaker 3: I suppose eleven tries conceded, second most points conceded in

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Speaker 3: the lack of effort and the feeble nature of the

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Speaker 3: Forty four miss tackles I believe thirty in the first half,

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Speaker 4: That's half the field.

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Speaker 3: What did you make of the limp defensive effort of

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Speaker 5: Yeah, fifty one meters. That says something, doesn't it.

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Speaker 6: I mean that the Warriors had selected a smaller pack,

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Speaker 6: you know, And that's where we can get into this

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Speaker 4: Now Harris Devita at lock there at one point.

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Speaker 5: So yeah, it's just.

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Speaker 6: It's just you got to wonder sometimes you can get

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Speaker 6: bit mixed up, you know. But going back to your

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Speaker 6: especially through the middle. You know, things happen on the edges,

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Speaker 6: and you can forgive that because it happens to every team,

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Speaker 6: but some of the defense up the middle for the

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Speaker 6: early Titans tries were just unbelievably bad. And the main thing,

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Speaker 6: Titans weren't doing anything amazing to score tries. It was

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Speaker 6: when you start to wonder about attitude. You know, it's

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Speaker 6: the last twenty minutes the game, that's a bit different.

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Speaker 6: Games gone. You know, I get that, what are we're bothering?

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Speaker 6: But first half of a game where you got so

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Speaker 6: it just doesn't add up.

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Speaker 3: The Big League Podcast podcast time now to bring in

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Speaker 3: Willi Poaching. Former Super League coach Warrior Foundation Warrior nineteen

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Speaker 3: ninety five, was on the Sky Sports panel on Saturday afternoon,

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Speaker 3: trying to unpack what he had just witnessed, what we'd

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Speaker 3: all just witnessed, a sixty six to six loss to

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Speaker 3: the Gold Coast Titan. Thanks so much for your time, Willi,

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Speaker 3: I asked Michael Burgess the exact same question, But two

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Speaker 3: days on, are you equally as shocked and dumbfounded as

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Speaker 7: And welcome, Yeah, I am equally as baffled by the

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Speaker 7: There was something I never envisaged at all. The Warriors

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Speaker 7: were competitive for big moments against the Melbourne Storm the

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Speaker 7: I thought everything was going to be going towards the

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and there was some interesting comments too from Andrew

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Speaker 3: Webster in terms of perhaps taking things for grants. They

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Speaker 3: now the post mortem begins, the examination of everything from

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Speaker 3: preparation time, going over across the Tasman and looking at

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Speaker 3: those effort areas. It's probably the concerning thing for me, Well,

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Speaker 3: I'm not sure about yourself, but the lack of if

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Speaker 3: Titans average set distance was fifty one meter. That's half

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I'll start with the coach's comments, you've got to

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Speaker 7: to come off as arrogance, and there's no reason for

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Speaker 7: the Warriors to have any of that after a loss

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Speaker 7: last weekend. So I understand they would come in with

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Speaker 7: if anything, the danger was complacency. Complacency against the side

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Speaker 7: that was at the bottom of the table. But you've

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Speaker 7: also got to understand that the last time you played

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Speaker 7: that's always got to be seated in the back of

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Speaker 7: yourself ready to be up for the match, I agree

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Speaker 7: see the effort levels drop. That's the alarming sign. And

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Speaker 7: this is what I said in the commentary. My concern

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Speaker 7: wasn't just the loss that's going to hurt. It's the

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Speaker 7: every facet of the game from an opposition that got

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Speaker 7: dominated by a fellow salad dweller and the Tigers the

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Speaker 7: week before they seem to find the want and the

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Speaker 7: a tough thing to answer yourself when you've been beaten

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Speaker 7: those were lacking.

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Speaker 3: Take us into the mindset then of coach Web. So

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Speaker 3: you've been a coach, you've been a player. You're coming

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Speaker 3: in two a new week, the prison Broncos in town

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Speaker 4: Where do you begin your review?

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Speaker 7: Your review process would have started straight away. You've got

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Speaker 7: to analyze their emotions, of all the players and where

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Speaker 7: they're at. You've got to allow them to stew over it.

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Speaker 7: They've got to take it all in and it's got

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Speaker 7: to hurt, but it can't hurt for too long. You've

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Speaker 7: going to analyze it. Do your review, go through it,

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Speaker 7: cut the game up into pieces, dissect it, make the

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Speaker 7: selection calls that you have to, and then you've got

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Speaker 7: to start moving on to the Broncos. Hopefully by today

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Speaker 7: they're starting to make some of those decisions and have

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Speaker 4: Greight Insight.

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Speaker 3: There Willie Poaching bringing back Michael Burgess now from the

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Speaker 3: Let's say that the Warriors in possession, clunky, cluttered, pretty

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Speaker 3: Gave way and look, Berge well, I agree, and the

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Speaker 3: on Saturday evening, but it feels like there's still some

435
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Speaker 3: lingering questions there around it is this a happy camp?

436
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Speaker 4: And I just want to read one comment here.

437
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Speaker 3: This is from someone who took the time to put

438
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Speaker 3: a comment there on Facebook who was at the game

439
00:22:08,453 --> 00:22:10,773
Speaker 3: behind the post set at the Gold Coast. Is he

440
00:22:10,853 --> 00:22:12,493
Speaker 3: being at the game and being so close to the

441
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Speaker 3: ground after the first try was scored. I'm assuming this

442
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Speaker 3: is the first Gold Coast try. I could not believe

443
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Speaker 3: the bickering and disunity behind the posts. This is clearly

444
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Speaker 3: a team that is not happy and unified. I'm not

445
00:22:23,453 --> 00:22:25,253
Speaker 3: trying to put the boot in here, but this was

446
00:22:25,333 --> 00:22:28,493
Speaker 3: an embarrassment for the club and the players are clearly

447
00:22:28,813 --> 00:22:33,533
Speaker 3: not united. Also, Adam Fanol Blake no interest in the game,

448
00:22:33,613 --> 00:22:35,853
Speaker 3: and it's probably time to cut people from the team

449
00:22:35,933 --> 00:22:38,253
Speaker 3: that don't believe in the vision. I mean, those are

450
00:22:38,293 --> 00:22:40,933
Speaker 3: strong words, and I get where this person's coming from

451
00:22:40,973 --> 00:22:43,053
Speaker 3: a meeting. This is immediately on in full time when

452
00:22:43,053 --> 00:22:44,893
Speaker 3: they've just lost by sixty points.

453
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Speaker 4: But you're there in and around the club.

454
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Speaker 3: Obviously there's been a lot of conversation around Adam Fanol Blake,

455
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Speaker 3: who is off at the end of the season. Is

456
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Speaker 3: this a connected team and do you feel like this

457
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Speaker 3: particular person might have a point here in terms of

458
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Speaker 3: being a bit of disunity after those senior guys just

459
00:23:01,493 --> 00:23:04,173
Speaker 3: walking straight in given how well the young bucks that

460
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Speaker 3: the reserve guys did in that three week block.

461
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Speaker 6: I mean, what he witnessed doesn't sound go right, does it?

462
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Speaker 6: That that's the first thing you would say we could

463
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Speaker 6: start with ad And it's a bit mysterious because you know,

464
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Speaker 6: he had that public humiliation where he was he was

465
00:23:18,453 --> 00:23:22,733
Speaker 6: dropped after the Penrith game. You know my understanding as well,

466
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Speaker 6: it's not my understanding. I know that that wasn't just

467
00:23:26,973 --> 00:23:29,133
Speaker 6: Webster didn't make that decision on the basis of that

468
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Speaker 6: one incident. Yeah, there had been some other things going on.

469
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Speaker 6: That's my understanding. So so that was the line in

470
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Speaker 6: the sand. They said, right, enough's enough. I'm not saying

471
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Speaker 6: there were massive things, but I'm saying it was just

472
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Speaker 6: little things that had been noticed that weren't impressing people.

473
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Speaker 6: So line in the sand, that's enough. Bomb and Adam

474
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Speaker 6: what I heard. He responded really well, you know, he

475
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Speaker 6: took ownership. He was, you know, in the gym on

476
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Speaker 6: the day of the the Frink Cliff game, you know,

477
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Speaker 6: and then he bounced back really well against the Cowboys,

478
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Speaker 6: so he thought, right, this is this is a really

479
00:24:02,413 --> 00:24:05,893
Speaker 6: good sign. But he was okay against the storm. But

480
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Speaker 6: I agree he was. He was pretty.

481
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Speaker 3: Poor for that had he had three runs in the

482
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Speaker 3: first half Bird on Saturday.

483
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Speaker 6: Pretty poor for the senior forward, really poor. And there

484
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Speaker 6: were a couple of moments in the second half where

485
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Speaker 6: where he just they just ran through and that was that.

486
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Speaker 6: And he seemed to be he seemed to be jogging.

487
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Speaker 6: So so that that that's one thing that you look

488
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Speaker 6: at and think, okay, that needs to be sorted out.

489
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Speaker 5: In terms of your broader question, Roger came back in.

490
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Speaker 6: It was actually quite simple because Roco got Sean is

491
00:24:36,653 --> 00:24:40,133
Speaker 6: a different story. I think players understand with Sean that

492
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Speaker 6: he belongs there, but I can understand why there would

493
00:24:44,373 --> 00:24:46,453
Speaker 6: be some tension when when you've got some other players

494
00:24:46,493 --> 00:24:49,733
Speaker 6: who've been there and earned those three wins, and I

495
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Speaker 6: think of guys like Bunty, Alfoer and tom Alee who

496
00:24:53,293 --> 00:24:55,973
Speaker 6: played really well against the Dolphins in that game, and

497
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Speaker 6: then they're sort of not seen again. The Big Boys

498
00:24:58,853 --> 00:25:02,373
Speaker 6: come back for the Cowboys game, and Bunty, for example,

499
00:25:02,413 --> 00:25:06,893
Speaker 6: hasn't played since. So they definitely don't look like a

500
00:25:06,933 --> 00:25:10,013
Speaker 6: connected team when you're see what you saw on Saturday,

501
00:25:10,453 --> 00:25:12,733
Speaker 6: but they look super connected against the Cowboys, So that

502
00:25:13,173 --> 00:25:18,333
Speaker 6: is the mystery. I don't think there's massive, massive divisions

503
00:25:18,333 --> 00:25:20,213
Speaker 6: at the moment and a whole lot of cliques from

504
00:25:20,253 --> 00:25:23,773
Speaker 6: what I've seen and heard. But I also don't think

505
00:25:23,933 --> 00:25:26,133
Speaker 6: they are as unified as they were last year. There's

506
00:25:26,173 --> 00:25:28,813
Speaker 6: no doubt about that. There's a little bit of magic

507
00:25:28,853 --> 00:25:30,013
Speaker 6: that's gone out of the recipe.

508
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Speaker 2: The Big League Podcast for the biggest league fans, Big Hits,

509
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Speaker 2: Big Mullets, The Big League.

510
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Speaker 3: Podcast, The Brisbane Broncos in Town, another sold out go

511
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Speaker 3: Media Stadium, Mount Smart this weekend is going to be

512
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Speaker 3: really interesting to see the fan reaction. Will touch on

513
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Speaker 3: that in a short minute, but from a selection standpoint,

514
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Speaker 3: teamless Tuesday tomorrow six o'clock the list will come out.

515
00:25:57,653 --> 00:26:00,413
Speaker 3: Of course, Andrew webs is pretty well known for chopping

516
00:26:00,453 --> 00:26:02,013
Speaker 3: and changing it up later in the week. The twenty

517
00:26:02,013 --> 00:26:05,573
Speaker 3: four hour sort of cut off an hour before kickoff, etc.

518
00:26:06,413 --> 00:26:09,133
Speaker 3: Before we get into what we would like to see

519
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Speaker 3: in terms of the team. Andrew Webster was asked in

520
00:26:12,293 --> 00:26:14,693
Speaker 3: the aftermath of the loss to the Titans what his

521
00:26:14,853 --> 00:26:18,533
Speaker 3: philosophy is when it comes to selection on the back

522
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Speaker 3: in particular of such a poor performance.

523
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Speaker 5: I think you've got to be consistent.

524
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Speaker 8: You're going to try and take all the emotion out

525
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Speaker 8: of it because you picked them the team next week tonight,

526
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Speaker 8: I don't know if we'd have a team because mind

527
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Speaker 8: of serve a name.

528
00:26:31,453 --> 00:26:32,053
Speaker 5: Was really poor.

529
00:26:32,733 --> 00:26:35,573
Speaker 8: You've got to look at where do we go wrong?

530
00:26:35,973 --> 00:26:37,733
Speaker 8: Did we do anything well? If you did, let's talk

531
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Speaker 8: about it and what was our preparation like because I

532
00:26:40,333 --> 00:26:42,693
Speaker 8: thought it was good and asked them and then we've

533
00:26:42,733 --> 00:26:44,893
Speaker 8: got to we've got to come up with a plan

534
00:26:44,973 --> 00:26:46,893
Speaker 8: how we're going to win this week.

535
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Speaker 5: Can't look too far ahead and.

536
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Speaker 8: My philosophy is We've got to stay tight as a team.

537
00:26:53,453 --> 00:26:55,653
Speaker 8: I've got to show some care for each other and

538
00:26:55,693 --> 00:26:58,253
Speaker 8: not point the finger, and we're all in this together.

539
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Speaker 3: With that of Mine Burge, it sounds like he's probably

540
00:27:01,173 --> 00:27:04,333
Speaker 3: going to let the core group have an opportunity to

541
00:27:04,533 --> 00:27:08,253
Speaker 3: redeem themselves. Of course, we expect provided everything goes we

542
00:27:08,533 --> 00:27:10,773
Speaker 3: state of Origin Sewe and Melbourne Wednesday night, Mitch Barnett,

543
00:27:10,853 --> 00:27:14,213
Speaker 3: Kirk cape Well will slop back and Dallan matenez Lesniak

544
00:27:14,253 --> 00:27:18,813
Speaker 3: as well has sat out, has served as one week suspension.

545
00:27:18,893 --> 00:27:21,093
Speaker 3: Can you do you get a sense as there's going

546
00:27:21,133 --> 00:27:23,173
Speaker 3: to be any other any other changes.

547
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Speaker 5: It's a hard one knowing Andrew Webstern what he's done

548
00:27:26,293 --> 00:27:29,533
Speaker 5: during his time, during his what is it forty forty

549
00:27:29,573 --> 00:27:32,893
Speaker 5: five forty six games in charge of the Warriors, he's

550
00:27:32,893 --> 00:27:35,373
Speaker 5: pretty loyal. I wonder if this will be a case

551
00:27:35,413 --> 00:27:37,453
Speaker 5: of he'll be telling the players. He won't see the

552
00:27:37,493 --> 00:27:40,253
Speaker 5: players until Tuesday morning because they're on a day off

553
00:27:40,453 --> 00:27:42,813
Speaker 5: on Monday. I wonder if we'll be telling the players

554
00:27:42,813 --> 00:27:44,653
Speaker 5: on Tuesday morning, look, this is what we're going to do,

555
00:27:45,373 --> 00:27:48,813
Speaker 5: and he'll reveal a selection to them, but he will

556
00:27:48,853 --> 00:27:50,093
Speaker 5: say a lot of you.

557
00:27:50,133 --> 00:27:53,173
Speaker 6: Guys are on your last chance. You know, this is

558
00:27:53,213 --> 00:27:56,693
Speaker 6: your last chance to perform, and we'll give I'm giving

559
00:27:56,733 --> 00:27:58,893
Speaker 6: you one more shot. Otherwise there is going to be

560
00:27:59,373 --> 00:28:02,213
Speaker 6: wholesale changes. It's a real gamble. He'd be tempted to

561
00:28:03,133 --> 00:28:05,653
Speaker 6: throw in six or seven new guys. Grab some guys

562
00:28:05,653 --> 00:28:08,693
Speaker 6: from reserve grade have been playing really well, but that's

563
00:28:09,413 --> 00:28:11,453
Speaker 6: that's a tough call on them to be thrown into

564
00:28:11,493 --> 00:28:14,253
Speaker 6: a game against the Broncos in an absolute pressure situation.

565
00:28:15,013 --> 00:28:17,133
Speaker 6: So does he back the guys have done it for

566
00:28:17,213 --> 00:28:21,213
Speaker 6: him in the past to rebound. I just hope that

567
00:28:21,413 --> 00:28:24,413
Speaker 6: the selections are a bit more, a bit more logical, because,

568
00:28:24,453 --> 00:28:26,733
Speaker 6: as I say, some things have just been getting a

569
00:28:26,733 --> 00:28:27,453
Speaker 6: bit too cute.

570
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Speaker 5: For example, Dylan Walker.

571
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Speaker 4: I'm glad you brought that up in the second row.

572
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Speaker 6: Now, Okay, to be fair to Andrew Webster, it should

573
00:28:35,613 --> 00:28:36,653
Speaker 6: have made sense because he's a.

574
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Speaker 4: Guy who's played I can play anywhere, right.

575
00:28:38,733 --> 00:28:39,493
Speaker 5: Can play anywhere.

576
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Speaker 6: It was a really good center played for Australia in

577
00:28:41,853 --> 00:28:43,693
Speaker 6: the center, so you think, okay, it's just one over.

578
00:28:44,293 --> 00:28:46,893
Speaker 6: But he just looked he had one of his worst

579
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Speaker 6: games for the Warriors, and he's been so good for

580
00:28:48,813 --> 00:28:50,893
Speaker 6: the Warriors, one of the best imports I can remember,

581
00:28:51,253 --> 00:28:54,533
Speaker 6: and he was just all at sea when the logical

582
00:28:54,573 --> 00:28:57,413
Speaker 6: thing this is, you know, being a hindsight hero, But

583
00:28:57,453 --> 00:29:00,173
Speaker 6: the logical thing would have been, you know, Jackson Ford's

584
00:29:00,173 --> 00:29:02,533
Speaker 6: second row and Walker stays in the middle. You know,

585
00:29:02,613 --> 00:29:03,493
Speaker 6: so there's things.

586
00:29:03,693 --> 00:29:06,253
Speaker 4: Or Jacob Laban, who was on the interchange or Laban.

587
00:29:06,413 --> 00:29:09,613
Speaker 6: Yeah, Laban just just a guy who knows the position.

588
00:29:09,693 --> 00:29:11,653
Speaker 6: Because Walker, as you mentioned before, he has been so

589
00:29:11,813 --> 00:29:15,253
Speaker 6: good up the middle in his combination with Tomaty Martin

590
00:29:15,333 --> 00:29:18,453
Speaker 6: was a big part of ye that success period that

591
00:29:18,453 --> 00:29:20,733
Speaker 6: they had. And yeah, the other thing is what he

592
00:29:20,773 --> 00:29:24,573
Speaker 6: does around the halves if Sean is available. And then

593
00:29:24,613 --> 00:29:26,813
Speaker 6: the wider question of how they play. I mean, the

594
00:29:26,813 --> 00:29:31,333
Speaker 6: thing about Tomati is he proved himself in that period,

595
00:29:31,613 --> 00:29:33,573
Speaker 6: so they have to give him a slightly bigger role.

596
00:29:33,613 --> 00:29:35,933
Speaker 6: And also he's probably thinking, well, he's aware that I've

597
00:29:35,933 --> 00:29:38,293
Speaker 6: got to contribute more to the team, But it's just

598
00:29:38,373 --> 00:29:41,813
Speaker 6: how you shuffle it and it should still be mostly

599
00:29:41,853 --> 00:29:44,173
Speaker 6: Sean and then to Marty just gets more of the ball,

600
00:29:44,213 --> 00:29:45,933
Speaker 6: but he does this thing on the left maybe like

601
00:29:45,973 --> 00:29:48,973
Speaker 6: the penwith model. So yeah, there's a few players that

602
00:29:49,013 --> 00:29:52,413
Speaker 6: will be very lucky to get another start, but they might,

603
00:29:52,533 --> 00:29:54,693
Speaker 6: but it would be good to see guys like maybe

604
00:29:54,733 --> 00:29:57,453
Speaker 6: Tom Alay as I mentioned Bantao Fo. Yeah, maybe they

605
00:29:57,453 --> 00:29:59,813
Speaker 6: get another shot because they were so good when they

606
00:29:59,813 --> 00:30:02,093
Speaker 6: were last when they were last year.

607
00:30:02,293 --> 00:30:05,413
Speaker 3: Yeah, and when and Reserve Grade New South Wales Cup

608
00:30:05,413 --> 00:30:09,053
Speaker 3: for the Warriors at the weekend to see Moa Graham

609
00:30:09,173 --> 00:30:11,373
Speaker 3: Pofa who got a game in that three week block

610
00:30:12,093 --> 00:30:14,413
Speaker 3: for the Warriors in the centers. He scored a double,

611
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Speaker 3: So I feel like there's a he's sort of banging

612
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Speaker 3: down the door for another crack there in the centers

613
00:30:19,733 --> 00:30:22,933
Speaker 3: as well. I've been a fan of Adam Pompey. In

614
00:30:22,933 --> 00:30:26,333
Speaker 3: the last month to six weeks. There was a couple

615
00:30:26,373 --> 00:30:29,733
Speaker 3: of pretty glaring defensivenesses. He wasn't alone there, but be

616
00:30:29,733 --> 00:30:33,253
Speaker 3: interesting to see those team selections. Just a quick thought

617
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Speaker 3: on on Brisbane Burge hasn't given the season that they

618
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Speaker 3: had last year or the way to the Grand Final.

619
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Speaker 3: I think they're currently sitting at seventh on the Nral Ladder.

620
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Speaker 3: They've had a couple of surprising losses. They themselves have

621
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Speaker 3: lost to the Gold Coast Titans and I heard Kevin

622
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Speaker 3: Walters late last week. They're on the by of course

623
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Speaker 3: around this Origin period with the travel after Origin on

624
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Speaker 3: Wednesday night, very much anticipating that paynehas and Patrick Carrigan

625
00:30:58,133 --> 00:31:01,613
Speaker 3: won't play, but Reese Walsh all going, well, of course

626
00:31:01,613 --> 00:31:04,213
Speaker 3: it's his first game back from that horror tackle in

627
00:31:04,293 --> 00:31:04,893
Speaker 3: Origin one.

628
00:31:05,373 --> 00:31:07,413
Speaker 4: Reese Walsh will play. What if you made?

629
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Speaker 3: Because more broadly speaking on the Broncos this season and

630
00:31:10,773 --> 00:31:13,973
Speaker 3: is there's a pretty big opportunity there for a win

631
00:31:14,053 --> 00:31:16,693
Speaker 3: for the Warriors when they're without their two big guns

632
00:31:16,773 --> 00:31:19,053
Speaker 3: up front and Paynehasen Patrick Harrigan.

633
00:31:19,453 --> 00:31:23,053
Speaker 6: Yeah, it feels like the Broncos have just not quite

634
00:31:24,013 --> 00:31:27,173
Speaker 6: rediscovered where they were. You know, they were so good

635
00:31:27,213 --> 00:31:29,013
Speaker 6: in the last three or four months of last season,

636
00:31:30,013 --> 00:31:34,493
Speaker 6: but ever since going to Vegas and not winning and

637
00:31:34,533 --> 00:31:37,173
Speaker 6: then they've come back from there and they've had moments,

638
00:31:37,213 --> 00:31:39,973
Speaker 6: but certainly not the consistency you expect because a lot

639
00:31:40,013 --> 00:31:42,133
Speaker 6: of people saw them as Premiership favorites. You know, you

640
00:31:42,173 --> 00:31:44,573
Speaker 6: thought that, oh the Penrith can't do it again, they've

641
00:31:44,613 --> 00:31:47,173
Speaker 6: lost players, But look at the Broncos, all these young guys,

642
00:31:47,733 --> 00:31:50,293
Speaker 6: they're really really on the up and they could they

643
00:31:50,333 --> 00:31:51,733
Speaker 6: will still be in the mix and they could still

644
00:31:51,733 --> 00:31:54,653
Speaker 6: turn it around. But it's definitely it's definitely a good

645
00:31:54,693 --> 00:31:56,813
Speaker 6: time to play them, you would think.

646
00:31:57,053 --> 00:31:58,733
Speaker 5: But on the other hand, is it really a good

647
00:31:58,773 --> 00:31:59,373
Speaker 5: time to play them?

648
00:31:59,413 --> 00:32:02,453
Speaker 6: Because the Warriors seems so out of sorts. I mean,

649
00:32:02,493 --> 00:32:05,333
Speaker 6: they do have this record of rebounding. They've done it

650
00:32:05,373 --> 00:32:08,533
Speaker 6: a couple of times this season, and they've done in

651
00:32:08,573 --> 00:32:10,933
Speaker 6: the past after heavy losses. But it's going to take

652
00:32:10,933 --> 00:32:12,653
Speaker 6: a lot. It's going to take a really good start

653
00:32:12,773 --> 00:32:16,413
Speaker 6: that they're desperately need confidence. But even if they have

654
00:32:16,493 --> 00:32:22,093
Speaker 6: a really good start, we've seen them be overhauled on

655
00:32:22,133 --> 00:32:28,893
Speaker 6: several occasions this season. So yeah, it's really quite I'd

656
00:32:28,933 --> 00:32:31,693
Speaker 6: say it'll be a very it'll be a very nervous

657
00:32:31,693 --> 00:32:34,373
Speaker 6: one on Saturday, but that's a good it's a best

658
00:32:34,413 --> 00:32:35,053
Speaker 6: case scenario.

659
00:32:35,133 --> 00:32:37,093
Speaker 5: The worst case scenario is it's not a nervous.

660
00:32:36,853 --> 00:32:39,173
Speaker 6: One at all, and we get another game where you're

661
00:32:39,213 --> 00:32:43,933
Speaker 6: sort of you're sort of watching, you know, watching, trying

662
00:32:43,933 --> 00:32:46,013
Speaker 6: to hide behind the couch and don't want to look,

663
00:32:46,133 --> 00:32:48,013
Speaker 6: you know, So let's see what happened.

664
00:32:48,373 --> 00:32:50,333
Speaker 3: Well, that'll be me, I'm sure, because I'm down here

665
00:32:50,333 --> 00:32:52,133
Speaker 3: in christ But I'm really curious to see what the

666
00:32:52,133 --> 00:32:54,293
Speaker 3: fan responses as well, of course the Warriors there's still

667
00:32:54,333 --> 00:32:56,413
Speaker 3: riding that wave of momentum from last year and they're

668
00:32:56,413 --> 00:32:58,573
Speaker 3: selling out games well in advance.

669
00:32:58,613 --> 00:33:01,293
Speaker 4: So this one here on Saturday five o'clock is sold out.

670
00:33:01,853 --> 00:33:06,653
Speaker 3: But Birge I suspect if there were tickets available right now,

671
00:33:07,013 --> 00:33:09,933
Speaker 3: they probably wouldn't be being snapped up. Why on earth

672
00:33:09,933 --> 00:33:13,613
Speaker 3: would you put your hard earned dollary dues towards going

673
00:33:13,693 --> 00:33:16,133
Speaker 3: to a Warriors game if they're going to serve up

674
00:33:16,133 --> 00:33:19,733
Speaker 3: some hot garbage like they did on Saturday. It was

675
00:33:19,773 --> 00:33:23,253
Speaker 3: interesting too too. Who Harris I think? He only answered

676
00:33:23,253 --> 00:33:26,373
Speaker 3: one question at the post match press conference Saturday afternoon

677
00:33:26,373 --> 00:33:29,453
Speaker 3: after the Titans loss. He was asked about that very

678
00:33:29,493 --> 00:33:31,013
Speaker 3: fact that it will be a sell out back at

679
00:33:31,053 --> 00:33:34,973
Speaker 3: Mount Smart against the Broncos. What is he expecting from

680
00:33:35,053 --> 00:33:38,053
Speaker 3: the crowd and do they feel like they owe they're faithful.

681
00:33:38,613 --> 00:33:41,053
Speaker 9: We've got to repay the faith that they've had a

682
00:33:41,133 --> 00:33:45,333
Speaker 9: nice Their support for us has been outstanding and so

683
00:33:45,493 --> 00:33:48,573
Speaker 9: has the the fans that live away from New Zealand.

684
00:33:48,613 --> 00:33:51,253
Speaker 9: And we are embarrassed of the performce who put out

685
00:33:51,293 --> 00:33:53,853
Speaker 9: there tonight and the thought of doing that at home

686
00:33:54,533 --> 00:33:56,893
Speaker 9: it just doesn't sit well. So we can't afford to

687
00:33:56,933 --> 00:33:57,453
Speaker 9: have two of.

688
00:33:57,373 --> 00:33:57,933
Speaker 5: Those in a row.

689
00:33:58,373 --> 00:34:00,213
Speaker 3: That's the right thing to say, of course, Burge, but

690
00:34:00,693 --> 00:34:03,533
Speaker 3: it'll be actions rather than words. It was interesting to

691
00:34:03,533 --> 00:34:06,533
Speaker 3: see some clips as well of a large Warriors contingent

692
00:34:06,773 --> 00:34:11,213
Speaker 3: on the Gold Coast. Obviously a huge New Zealand public

693
00:34:11,253 --> 00:34:13,493
Speaker 3: or population over there on the GC. But leaving with

694
00:34:13,493 --> 00:34:16,573
Speaker 3: about twenty minutes to go, what are you anticipating from

695
00:34:16,733 --> 00:34:18,493
Speaker 3: the fan base? I guess there's two sort of parts

696
00:34:18,493 --> 00:34:19,973
Speaker 3: of the fan base these days, isn't it. There's the

697
00:34:20,413 --> 00:34:22,573
Speaker 3: I guess the bandwagoners who have joined in the last

698
00:34:22,573 --> 00:34:24,813
Speaker 3: eighteen months or so, and then there's the faithful who

699
00:34:25,053 --> 00:34:28,293
Speaker 3: know this roller coaster very well over the last thirty years.

700
00:34:28,893 --> 00:34:29,933
Speaker 4: I'm sure you'll be there.

701
00:34:30,573 --> 00:34:33,133
Speaker 3: What do you expect to put particularly pre game and

702
00:34:33,173 --> 00:34:34,773
Speaker 3: when the team run out and that that first sort

703
00:34:34,813 --> 00:34:35,613
Speaker 3: of five or ten minutes.

704
00:34:36,093 --> 00:34:38,493
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, if it's a rainy, shitty night, you

705
00:34:38,533 --> 00:34:40,253
Speaker 6: do wonder if some of the some of the more

706
00:34:40,293 --> 00:34:41,933
Speaker 6: recent fans will will show up.

707
00:34:41,933 --> 00:34:43,293
Speaker 5: It's at five o'clock, which is great.

708
00:34:43,293 --> 00:34:46,133
Speaker 6: I love the five o'clocks in winter because seven thirty

709
00:34:46,213 --> 00:34:49,653
Speaker 6: is just it's just too late. The Broncos always bring

710
00:34:49,733 --> 00:34:51,333
Speaker 6: fans as well. This is one of the big games

711
00:34:51,333 --> 00:34:52,613
Speaker 6: of the year and that's why it's such a shame.

712
00:34:52,693 --> 00:34:55,053
Speaker 6: Last year and it went well and away. It was

713
00:34:55,053 --> 00:34:57,053
Speaker 6: a shame when it went out of Auckland because I'd

714
00:34:57,093 --> 00:35:01,653
Speaker 6: say the Broncos, alongside what would be Rooster's Bulldogs, Storm

715
00:35:01,773 --> 00:35:04,213
Speaker 6: definitely and probably Manly are the teams that a lot

716
00:35:04,253 --> 00:35:06,453
Speaker 6: of key Wes love or love to follow or love

717
00:35:06,453 --> 00:35:10,773
Speaker 6: to watch, so they'll bring the the fans. But you'd

718
00:35:10,813 --> 00:35:14,573
Speaker 6: have to say, in thirty thirty years of the Warriors,

719
00:35:15,253 --> 00:35:18,093
Speaker 6: no doubt, this is the most unlikely sold out game

720
00:35:18,133 --> 00:35:22,133
Speaker 6: in the club history. This is something that you know

721
00:35:23,333 --> 00:35:26,813
Speaker 6: in previous years they would have got nine to ten

722
00:35:26,853 --> 00:35:29,733
Speaker 6: thousand people after a performance like on Saturday.

723
00:35:29,573 --> 00:35:30,413
Speaker 5: So they're lucky.

724
00:35:30,453 --> 00:35:32,573
Speaker 6: Those fans are locked and they'll be there and they'll

725
00:35:32,613 --> 00:35:34,093
Speaker 6: be they'll be they'll be great.

726
00:35:34,133 --> 00:35:38,013
Speaker 5: I mean they were great. They were great. After that was.

727
00:35:38,013 --> 00:35:39,853
Speaker 4: It the Dragons game, I think.

728
00:35:41,213 --> 00:35:43,733
Speaker 3: The Dolphin when they eventually came home for the Dolphins game.

729
00:35:44,013 --> 00:35:46,853
Speaker 3: I'm just thinking that last sort of really ordery run.

730
00:35:47,173 --> 00:35:48,293
Speaker 5: Yeah, they were kind of lucky, I.

731
00:35:48,253 --> 00:35:50,133
Speaker 6: Guess because they came home off the back of the

732
00:35:50,133 --> 00:35:55,933
Speaker 6: Panthers because they had Knights away, Dragons away, and Roosters away.

733
00:35:55,973 --> 00:35:57,213
Speaker 6: So they were kind of lucky in that way. But

734
00:35:57,253 --> 00:35:59,893
Speaker 6: I remember times, a couple of times last year when

735
00:35:59,893 --> 00:36:02,053
Speaker 6: they had that run of losses and the crowd it

736
00:36:02,093 --> 00:36:04,253
Speaker 6: was actually for the record game. They will coher up,

737
00:36:04,533 --> 00:36:07,253
Speaker 6: so they'll they'll be there, they'll make plenty of noise,

738
00:36:07,373 --> 00:36:11,733
Speaker 6: and they'll be hoping because this team. The strange thing

739
00:36:11,733 --> 00:36:14,653
Speaker 6: about this team has already been I would say, correct

740
00:36:14,653 --> 00:36:16,213
Speaker 6: me if I'm wrong. There might be more, but there's

741
00:36:16,333 --> 00:36:19,013
Speaker 6: already been two pretty significant troughs this year. There's been

742
00:36:19,053 --> 00:36:21,413
Speaker 6: the Titans loss on Anziic Day, which no one saw

743
00:36:21,493 --> 00:36:24,973
Speaker 6: coming such a big occasion, so anticipated. They lose to

744
00:36:24,973 --> 00:36:27,693
Speaker 6: the bottom team I hadn't won a game at that stage.

745
00:36:28,453 --> 00:36:32,493
Speaker 6: And then and then I mean Newcastle disappointing, Dragons awful.

746
00:36:32,493 --> 00:36:34,373
Speaker 6: But then the Rooster's game was the other flashpoint for

747
00:36:34,413 --> 00:36:36,213
Speaker 6: me where you're like, shit, this is this is almost

748
00:36:36,253 --> 00:36:40,013
Speaker 6: rock bottom the way they lost that game. And they've

749
00:36:40,013 --> 00:36:43,333
Speaker 6: come out of those two, but this feels like a

750
00:36:43,373 --> 00:36:48,133
Speaker 6: third trough and this is definitely the worst of the three.

751
00:36:48,293 --> 00:36:51,773
Speaker 6: So it feels like they have to rebound, rebound, But

752
00:36:52,053 --> 00:36:54,413
Speaker 6: the question is, you know, can they this.

753
00:36:54,853 --> 00:36:57,653
Speaker 2: Is going on, Yeah, the Big League Podcast.

754
00:36:57,733 --> 00:37:00,213
Speaker 4: I'm on the Warriors bandwagon since day one.

755
00:37:02,733 --> 00:37:03,893
Speaker 2: Big League Podcast.

756
00:37:04,053 --> 00:37:06,773
Speaker 3: All right, Burge, time to get into some quick fire

757
00:37:06,853 --> 00:37:11,453
Speaker 3: predictions round even team the seven games, A slightly reduced

758
00:37:11,533 --> 00:37:14,053
Speaker 3: round with origin to In fact, we'll start with origin

759
00:37:14,093 --> 00:37:16,733
Speaker 3: and it's not here on the list, but Queensland going

760
00:37:16,773 --> 00:37:22,013
Speaker 3: into Game two neutral ground, the Melbourne Cricket Ground with

761
00:37:22,173 --> 00:37:26,213
Speaker 3: a one nil series lead, Maroons or Blues.

762
00:37:26,853 --> 00:37:27,013
Speaker 9: Yeah.

763
00:37:27,053 --> 00:37:29,573
Speaker 6: I'm a massive Queensland fan, like a lot of Keywis

764
00:37:29,613 --> 00:37:33,093
Speaker 6: since the days of Analanga and Wally Lewis in the

765
00:37:33,213 --> 00:37:38,413
Speaker 6: in the late eighties. So I think Queensland have got

766
00:37:38,973 --> 00:37:40,973
Speaker 6: the better side and the better coach. But and there's

767
00:37:40,973 --> 00:37:43,173
Speaker 6: a big butt here. I would really like I can't

768
00:37:43,173 --> 00:37:45,093
Speaker 6: believe I'm saying this. I'd actually like New South Wales

769
00:37:45,133 --> 00:37:48,013
Speaker 6: to get this one. Just for Michael Maguire. I just

770
00:37:48,093 --> 00:37:49,733
Speaker 6: I just love what he did for the Kiwi's. I

771
00:37:49,773 --> 00:37:53,893
Speaker 6: love dealing with him. He's such a professional, he's such

772
00:37:53,933 --> 00:37:58,093
Speaker 6: a decent guy, decent human being. He worked so hard

773
00:37:58,093 --> 00:37:59,933
Speaker 6: before that first game and it was all blown away

774
00:37:59,933 --> 00:38:02,293
Speaker 6: by that that scending off, which is an absolute coach killer.

775
00:38:02,373 --> 00:38:04,373
Speaker 6: So you know, I wouldn't mind New South War I

776
00:38:04,373 --> 00:38:06,013
Speaker 6: was winning and I think they can because I do

777
00:38:06,173 --> 00:38:08,893
Speaker 6: like his selections for this match. The actually played quite

778
00:38:08,933 --> 00:38:11,493
Speaker 6: well with twelve men. They really tested Queensland in the

779
00:38:12,013 --> 00:38:15,413
Speaker 6: first twenty minutes of the second half and I can

780
00:38:15,493 --> 00:38:17,933
Speaker 6: see them getting the job done in a close one

781
00:38:17,973 --> 00:38:20,093
Speaker 6: because I just think they'll be more desperate.

782
00:38:20,533 --> 00:38:22,813
Speaker 3: I'm not sure where you've ended up going with them, mate,

783
00:38:22,853 --> 00:38:25,693
Speaker 3: but I'm going to yeah with them, I'm going to agree.

784
00:38:25,893 --> 00:38:26,093
Speaker 4: Yeah.

785
00:38:26,253 --> 00:38:29,133
Speaker 3: I actually I love you know, just purely from a

786
00:38:29,173 --> 00:38:31,533
Speaker 3: neutral standpoint to see a series decider. And I think

787
00:38:31,533 --> 00:38:35,573
Speaker 3: the reintroduction of Latrell Mitchell cam Murray's back from injury.

788
00:38:35,733 --> 00:38:38,533
Speaker 3: I think the Mitch Moses selection is a smart one

789
00:38:38,773 --> 00:38:42,373
Speaker 3: as much as I like Nico Hines. Yeah, I think

790
00:38:42,453 --> 00:38:44,893
Speaker 3: the Blues might edge this one. Let's go to the

791
00:38:44,973 --> 00:38:48,853
Speaker 3: NRL than Friday Nights, the Canary Bulldogs and the Cronulla Sharks.

792
00:38:49,173 --> 00:38:50,213
Speaker 5: I'll go with the Sharks here.

793
00:38:50,533 --> 00:38:52,813
Speaker 6: The dude to start rediscovering some of the form that

794
00:38:52,973 --> 00:38:55,453
Speaker 6: made them so good earlier in the season, and I

795
00:38:55,493 --> 00:38:57,973
Speaker 6: think this is when it will start.

796
00:38:58,973 --> 00:39:00,533
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm with you there too. I was a little

797
00:39:00,533 --> 00:39:03,293
Speaker 3: bit surprised by the Bulldogs at the weekend. That amazingly

798
00:39:03,773 --> 00:39:07,413
Speaker 3: the best defensive team in the competition, but leaking. I

799
00:39:07,453 --> 00:39:09,773
Speaker 3: think it was twenty eight points against the Roosters. Might

800
00:39:09,813 --> 00:39:12,973
Speaker 3: be without Stephen Crichton as well. They're captain after Origin,

801
00:39:13,053 --> 00:39:15,613
Speaker 3: so I'll go Sharks. Then it's on to the one

802
00:39:15,693 --> 00:39:17,933
Speaker 3: with the most interest here on this side of the

803
00:39:17,933 --> 00:39:22,653
Speaker 3: Tasman Birge Warriors Broncos five o'clock Saturday, Go Media Mount Smart.

804
00:39:23,493 --> 00:39:25,733
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm bit torn here. I have seen a few

805
00:39:25,813 --> 00:39:28,653
Speaker 6: really good rebounds over the years. They rebounded from the

806
00:39:29,813 --> 00:39:32,213
Speaker 6: sixty two, six and twenty and against the Panis to

807
00:39:32,253 --> 00:39:34,813
Speaker 6: win the next game, and they did the same from

808
00:39:34,853 --> 00:39:37,693
Speaker 6: memory in twenty twenty two without seventy points against the Storm,

809
00:39:37,733 --> 00:39:39,173
Speaker 6: So they have got form with rebounding.

810
00:39:40,293 --> 00:39:42,533
Speaker 5: But I'm going to tip the Broncos. I just.

811
00:39:44,173 --> 00:39:47,413
Speaker 6: Yeah, I know, I think, I mean, who knows. The

812
00:39:47,453 --> 00:39:50,013
Speaker 6: Warriors could could certainly do it. They've got the players

813
00:39:50,053 --> 00:39:51,853
Speaker 6: and they'll be so desperate and they'll have the crowd

814
00:39:51,893 --> 00:39:55,213
Speaker 6: behind them. The Broncos are missing a couple but I

815
00:39:55,293 --> 00:39:57,093
Speaker 6: just don't know if I don't know if the Warriors

816
00:39:57,173 --> 00:40:00,573
Speaker 6: can rebuild things in the space of a week. Although

817
00:40:00,893 --> 00:40:02,773
Speaker 6: on the other hand, they have to. But yeah, I'll

818
00:40:02,813 --> 00:40:03,653
Speaker 6: go with the Broncos here.

819
00:40:04,653 --> 00:40:07,053
Speaker 4: I'm sadly with you. Yeah, it's head over heart for mine.

820
00:40:07,893 --> 00:40:10,333
Speaker 3: And I think the big issues that play will be

821
00:40:10,333 --> 00:40:12,773
Speaker 3: interesting Sean Johnson whether he plays or whether he doesn't

822
00:40:12,773 --> 00:40:15,413
Speaker 3: play with that hamstring issue. But I think the Broncos

823
00:40:15,653 --> 00:40:18,333
Speaker 3: a bit too much class and and B. I think

824
00:40:18,733 --> 00:40:20,453
Speaker 3: there's a bit more that meets the idea about the

825
00:40:20,693 --> 00:40:21,493
Speaker 3: Warriors at the minute.

826
00:40:21,573 --> 00:40:22,453
Speaker 4: Knights els.

827
00:40:22,733 --> 00:40:25,653
Speaker 6: I've got with the Knights here at home. They've been

828
00:40:26,693 --> 00:40:29,853
Speaker 6: They've been one of the unsung teams of the of

829
00:40:29,893 --> 00:40:31,533
Speaker 6: the season, I think, because you look at their roster

830
00:40:31,573 --> 00:40:35,293
Speaker 6: every week and it definitely doesn't scream star power. But

831
00:40:35,613 --> 00:40:39,173
Speaker 6: they're getting results, they're staying in the mix, and they're

832
00:40:39,173 --> 00:40:40,253
Speaker 6: a very tough team at home.

833
00:40:40,653 --> 00:40:43,893
Speaker 4: Just for the sake of something different, I'm going to

834
00:40:43,933 --> 00:40:44,613
Speaker 4: go Paramatta.

835
00:40:44,973 --> 00:40:48,053
Speaker 3: They are now bottom of the table after both the

836
00:40:48,053 --> 00:40:51,253
Speaker 3: Tigers and the Titans had wins at the weekend. Of course,

837
00:40:51,253 --> 00:40:55,333
Speaker 3: they've got an interim coach and Trent Barrett and yeah,

838
00:40:55,373 --> 00:40:57,613
Speaker 3: who knows, I'm just throwing something at the dartboard and

839
00:40:57,653 --> 00:40:58,493
Speaker 3: see if it sticks there.

840
00:40:58,533 --> 00:41:00,813
Speaker 4: But Paramoted, I think they've got enough decent players.

841
00:41:00,813 --> 00:41:02,493
Speaker 3: Will be interesting to see if Mitch Moses backs up

842
00:41:02,533 --> 00:41:06,213
Speaker 3: from Origin, but yeah, with him and Clint Guthison BacT,

843
00:41:06,213 --> 00:41:07,813
Speaker 3: they're definitely a better team than they have been at

844
00:41:08,413 --> 00:41:11,973
Speaker 3: AGES this year. The Melbourne Storm are hosting The Camera

845
00:41:12,053 --> 00:41:13,133
Speaker 3: Raiders Saturday night.

846
00:41:13,773 --> 00:41:16,733
Speaker 6: Yeah, the Storm just pride themselves and performing. They're the

847
00:41:16,733 --> 00:41:19,653
Speaker 6: benchmark on performing throughout Origin, regardless of who's there and

848
00:41:19,653 --> 00:41:22,133
Speaker 6: who's missing. They're not missing as many players I guess,

849
00:41:22,173 --> 00:41:25,933
Speaker 6: as they have done in previous seasons, but they'll still

850
00:41:25,933 --> 00:41:28,253
Speaker 6: be missing a few. But they just get the job

851
00:41:28,293 --> 00:41:31,853
Speaker 6: done and it takes something special to beat them in Melbourne.

852
00:41:31,933 --> 00:41:34,733
Speaker 6: The Raiders got a good record against Melbourne. They play

853
00:41:34,733 --> 00:41:37,013
Speaker 6: the sort of style that the Storm doesn't particularly like.

854
00:41:37,493 --> 00:41:39,653
Speaker 6: But I just really like what the Storm are doing

855
00:41:39,693 --> 00:41:41,693
Speaker 6: this year. Well I don't like it. I really admire

856
00:41:41,733 --> 00:41:43,973
Speaker 6: what the Storm are doing this year and they've just

857
00:41:43,973 --> 00:41:46,293
Speaker 6: become a really, really hard time to beat and I

858
00:41:46,333 --> 00:41:49,933
Speaker 6: think their form will continue in that way.

859
00:41:50,773 --> 00:41:54,893
Speaker 3: Yeah, completely agree. They're the best system team. Maybe Penrith

860
00:41:54,893 --> 00:41:57,253
Speaker 3: has got near their level, but when they can plug

861
00:41:57,253 --> 00:42:00,613
Speaker 3: in guys like Bronson, Garlic and Tyrone Wishart and names

862
00:42:00,613 --> 00:42:03,853
Speaker 3: I never heard of. When Harry Grant and color Away

863
00:42:04,133 --> 00:42:07,773
Speaker 3: discussed to show how influential in particular Craig Bellamy is

864
00:42:08,013 --> 00:42:11,493
Speaker 3: on this competition on to Sunday Triple Head of Sunday

865
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Speaker 3: Actually so a four o'clock in New Zealand kickoff, so

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Speaker 3: I mean very early over there in New South Wales are.

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Speaker 4: The Dragons hosting the Dolphins.

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Speaker 6: This is one of the hardest ones to call, very

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Speaker 6: very tough to call.

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Speaker 5: The Dragons have been have been so up and down.

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Speaker 6: Probably their best game of the performance of the season

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Speaker 6: was that game against the Warriors, and since then it's

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Speaker 6: been quite muddled. The Dolphins aren't great travelers, or that

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Speaker 6: they had their first win in Sydney just a couple

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Speaker 6: of weeks ago, but they perform well again against the

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Speaker 6: Storm and so I I'll lean towards the Dolphins here, Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I'm with you.

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Speaker 3: First ever, when in New South Wales, I believe a

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Speaker 3: couple of weeks ago for the Dolphins over Cronulla that

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Speaker 3: was super impressive and one I certainly didn't pick. And

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Speaker 3: that they were in it against the Melbourne Storm at

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Speaker 3: the weekend as well. So Wayne Bennett, just don Wayne

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Speaker 3: Bennett thinks and against one of his former teams as

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Speaker 3: well in the Dragons, he'll be right up for that.

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Speaker 4: Are Penrith Cowboys.

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Speaker 6: Cowboys have have looked good again since that lost to

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Speaker 6: the Warriors. But it's always hard to tip against the Panthers,

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Speaker 6: even though they'll they'll have a few players missing too,

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Speaker 6: or they might have a few players missing. I will

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Speaker 6: go with Penrith here. They're at home and they're just

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Speaker 6: they're a bit like the Storm and that when players

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Speaker 6: are missing it doesn't affect them as much as it

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Speaker 6: affects other teams.

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Speaker 3: Yep, sit and forget. You don't move your tip off

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Speaker 3: Kerith the last three or four years and finally a

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Speaker 3: team that is finally feels like sort of delivering on

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Speaker 3: their All Star cast. The Sydney Roosters hosting the West

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Speaker 3: Tigers Benji's Boys two in a row Birch.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, well no, that's that's it's extraordinary. What to win

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Speaker 6: to in a row with the team they've got. I

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Speaker 6: mean it's pretty don't want to be disrespectful, but it's

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Speaker 6: a pretty limited roster on paper, but he's getting something

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Speaker 6: out of them. It's it's it's bloody great. But yeah,

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Speaker 6: the Roosters, they were I think we're forgotten, but they were,

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Speaker 6: Like I think they were the favorites to win the

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Speaker 6: competition at the start of the year, just on the

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Speaker 6: stread of the roster they had, plus the players they

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Speaker 6: brought in. Rebounded really well against the Bulldogs on the weekend,

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Speaker 6: So I think the Roosters are back in the groove

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Speaker 6: and that that should continue. I mean, the Tigers are playing,

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Speaker 6: playing on emotion and playing really well, but surely they can't.

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Speaker 5: Surely they can't be the Roosters, can they.

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Speaker 3: Well, stranger things happen at the weekend, but yeah, I'm

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Speaker 3: with you there as well. That'll do for another edition

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Speaker 3: of the Big League Podcast. Please follow and write Sir

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Speaker 3: Nathan will be back I'm sure next Monday alongside Michael Burgers.

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Speaker 4: My name is Nick Bewley. Have a fantastic week.

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