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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine

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Speaker 1: from News Talk Zed b Voden Barrett.

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Speaker 2: Let's opened up for Boden put twenty two.

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Speaker 3: Voten Thah for corner.

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Speaker 2: There, Nick, we gonna All Blacks back in front of

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Speaker 2: Eden Park.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, what a try for Mark Talaya set up by

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Speaker 3: Boden Barrett, whose impact off the bench was unquestionable and

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Speaker 3: pivotal to the All Blacks winning last night. Among the

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Speaker 3: forty seven thousand there last night were plenty of All

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Speaker 3: Blacks friends and family. Kevin and Robin Barrett, parents of

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Speaker 3: Captain Scott second five, Jordian's man at the moment. Boden

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Speaker 3: traveled a pretty much every Test match their sons play,

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Speaker 3: and they were in Dunedin last weekend at Eden Park

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Speaker 3: last night. Kevin Barrett, himself a former Hurricane and absolute

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Speaker 3: Tarannucky Stalwart is with us on the show. Kevin, thanks

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Speaker 3: for taking our call. How do you go watching your

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Speaker 3: sons play in in tight test matches like last weekend

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Speaker 3: in Dunedin and then again last night.

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Speaker 2: Good afternoon, Parony. Yeah, Well I'm usually just say so.

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Speaker 2: The last few years have been pretty been well, not crazy,

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Speaker 2: but you know, you always have always got a few

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Speaker 2: nerves going in and obviously you want to get a

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Speaker 2: few points on the board and that's sort of that

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Speaker 2: your nerves go away. But either be honest, the last

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Speaker 2: few weeks with just scritch scrot getting the captaincy and

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Speaker 2: with the last week having a first test they got

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Speaker 2: to first to your nation England, well you know it's

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Speaker 2: the first game is new new captain in the new

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Speaker 2: coach years and wasn't a given so you full full

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Speaker 2: groups of the boys they it wasn't Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 2: what was what? What wasn't pretty good times? But they

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Speaker 2: got the winner. That's all it made.

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Speaker 3: Is are you able to watch rugby as a as

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Speaker 3: a fan like the rest of us or is it

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Speaker 3: always as a parent?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I think yeah, it's just a parent. Really, I

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Speaker 2: mean I just think of yeah, I mean I just

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Speaker 2: don't want the book. You just think of the worst

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Speaker 2: case scenario of there of you know, I think back

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Speaker 2: to was it last year the year before the when

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Speaker 2: you and Boden took the high ball in South Africa

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Speaker 2: that he come down on his on the back of

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Speaker 2: his head, you know, on his neck, and you just

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Speaker 2: think the worst, you know, and he was a miracle

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Speaker 2: that had no no damage, you know, and he'd carried

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Speaker 2: on plan you know. It was yeah, those things you

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Speaker 2: just yeah, well we will any player really, but you

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Speaker 2: know when it's your son, you just you just and

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Speaker 2: and just perhaps they take he I mean, especially more

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Speaker 2: so Robin. Yes, she she can't take it. Sometimes she's

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Speaker 2: just got to get over the house or just go

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Speaker 2: to walk up the road.

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Speaker 3: But she lasted the eighty minutes of thead and parklast, presumably,

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Speaker 3: did she?

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Speaker 2: Yes, yes she did, ye, Yes, she was on age

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Speaker 2: a few times, but yeah, it was.

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Speaker 3: I mean, but conversely, how how proud do you both

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Speaker 3: feel when you watch your sons not only play, but

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Speaker 3: play so well. I mean, when Boden comes on and

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Speaker 3: has the impact that he does, How proud do you

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Speaker 3: feel then?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you're really really proud all the boys. Yeah, it's yeah.

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Speaker 2: We just think back to the Journey of two thousand,

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Speaker 2: you know them in Bob's first name. You know, there's

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Speaker 2: a huge honor you know, just have a obviously played

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Speaker 2: with New Zealand and sevens, but you know, to be

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Speaker 2: called of the all backs and name does and all

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Speaker 2: that was a huge onre for for Boden and any family. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: and then in obviously two thousand and seven and men

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Speaker 2: Scotty and Georgie who were called him together there it

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Speaker 2: was yeah, I mean, god, you're thinking is this a

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Speaker 2: dream and what? But yeah, it's just it is and

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Speaker 2: it's a huge honor and we're very privileged as a family.

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Speaker 2: And the boys just love playing with each other and

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Speaker 2: the whole coast Taranaki just yeah, they just where everyone's

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Speaker 2: sons really, you know, so they just yes get hitpling

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Speaker 2: your messages and people wishing them well and yeah that's

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Speaker 2: that's great. But it's each year they get you know,

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Speaker 2: the the names get read out and you just we

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Speaker 2: be there for them. And we just love supporting the kids.

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Speaker 2: You know them better know what we're doing. All the kids,

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Speaker 2: you know, we say to them, so what are you

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Speaker 2: rather do? In suport? We just got you supporting them. Me.

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Speaker 3: It's this weekend amazing. When things aren't going well, how

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Speaker 3: do you handle the I'm going to call it advice

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Speaker 3: that's coming from the crowd around you?

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Speaker 2: Do you hear that? That's quite funny if she was

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Speaker 2: undered dned and last week and Robin we got to

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Speaker 2: talk to Elear and a little bit of fundraiser and

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Speaker 2: and yeah it was years. I haven't been next it.

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Speaker 2: Robin's been the crowd a few times and and uh sure,

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Speaker 2: so I'll keep going anyway and there and just yee,

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Speaker 2: I mean just just the remarks year that some people

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Speaker 2: come across. But I mean just bite tying and move on.

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Speaker 2: But it was quite funny because Jordy was Jordie is

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Speaker 2: having a kick and this woman was on front head

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Speaker 2: Jordie Bert kicking again and and it was quite funny.

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Speaker 2: It was Robin Robin tapped on the Shardian so Illo

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Speaker 2: by the way, Robin's Jordie's mom, And no gods, he's

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Speaker 2: just got a crawled up in the ball. I mean,

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Speaker 2: you know, it was great. Yeah, Ella, Ella just couldn't

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Speaker 2: believe it. But she was certainly next to him, next

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Speaker 2: to her. You know, that's the youngest daughter that is.

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Speaker 2: But I mean everyone everyone's got an opinion, you know,

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Speaker 2: so you just it's you just get on what it

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Speaker 2: really just it's just one of us.

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Speaker 3: I love that story. I love that story. You're a

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Speaker 3: better man than me. But if you can hold your

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Speaker 3: tongue and situations like that, I think we all want

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Speaker 3: to predict our kids when when we feel like they're

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Speaker 3: being unfairly unfairly talked about. Scott, as you say, is

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Speaker 3: now captain of the All Blacks. Has that changed his

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Speaker 2: Scotty's he keeps things pretty close to his chest, you know.

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Speaker 2: And when he was named or that captain, he sort

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Speaker 2: of said Raiser had a move before when Raisers said

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Speaker 2: he had a conversation with him, but he didn't really

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Speaker 2: sort of tell us when he's going to take it

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Speaker 2: a lot, but yeah, he's very measured, He's very thoughtful.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean Scotty just just wants to be

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Speaker 2: But I think, you know, it's it's a huge Yeah,

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Speaker 2: he'll he will definitely grow into it. I mean he's

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Speaker 2: so he always going to be when things are going

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Speaker 2: when things aren't going wrong, you know, he hasn't sort

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Speaker 2: of he hasn't faced that yet. But yeah, is it

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Speaker 2: just comes of a job really, so you know he

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Speaker 2: obviously weighed that up when he took it on. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: it just comes with the job. Everyone, you know, all

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Speaker 2: when they're didn't, he comes with you know, for the

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Speaker 2: first loss whatever. Well, it's always going to be challenging,

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Speaker 2: specially the team doesn't play well. But it just comes.

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Speaker 2: It comes other job.

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Speaker 3: You said a really interesting thing to me last weekend

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Speaker 3: when we had a quick chatting to need and about

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Speaker 3: the All Blacks and Club Rugby and we saw boat

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Speaker 3: and play for Coastal a few weeks back, and it

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Speaker 3: was obviously a big deal for the club. But I know,

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Speaker 3: I know your boys are very connected to the Taranaki province.

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Speaker 3: You said to me you'd quite like to see more

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Speaker 3: of that connection between the All Blacks players and their clubs.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yes, for sure. I think you know that that's

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Speaker 2: where it all starts at Club Rugby, and I you

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Speaker 2: just well you know I've been talking to a few

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Speaker 2: well just in the rugby servers. You know, I'd just

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Speaker 2: like to see it happen with I think it'd be

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Speaker 2: huge boost for grassroots rugby if just need one buy.

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Speaker 2: I mean that the super super teams have a buy,

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Speaker 2: but I mean they just go and do what they

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Speaker 2: like for the week. And the All Blacks have a

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Speaker 2: couple of couple of spells. But if they just said

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Speaker 2: Aussie teams play each other and you know these young

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Speaker 2: that would be a huge shot in the arm for

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Speaker 2: club rugby weather. You know on a Tuesday night, in

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Speaker 2: you and just just see the stars play. And that's

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Speaker 2: where I think that's where we've got a get connection

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Speaker 2: between the All backs and super players, you know, with

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Speaker 2: with your clubs and you know it's not going to

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Speaker 2: cost insured up for your scent and that just it

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Speaker 2: just seemed the right signals to you know, to just

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Speaker 2: to promote a game and just yeah, it's just just

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Speaker 2: it's just it's got to be good for the game,

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Speaker 2: I believe was. You know, we're struggling at the moment

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Speaker 2: with right at the top of governance issues and et cetera,

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Speaker 2: But I think that would be huge for the game.

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Speaker 3: I totally agree, Kevin. Great to get the chance to

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Speaker 3: chat another another night last night that you remember for

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Speaker 3: a long time. I'm sure. Thanks for taking the time

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Speaker 3: for a chat. Always love it.

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Speaker 2: Yes, it's pleaser. You have good day.

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Speaker 3: You have a good day too, Kevin, Thanks indeed. Kevin

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Speaker 3: Barrett there Smiley as he's universally known, Dad off eight children,

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Speaker 3: including three of those who played a major part last night.

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