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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 Talks EDB.

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Speaker 2: Look at everybody else. The Crusaders are back.

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Speaker 3: Crusaders too short now wanting to sign off this match

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Speaker 3: with a try again on the right hand side, they go,

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Speaker 3: power has a crack. They're almost over their line away

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Speaker 3: on the right hand side. One more to go the

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Speaker 3: Crusaders are they over that spot? Well? Jordan Shortan gets

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Speaker 3: one and the Crusaders forty two nineteen time up at

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Speaker 3: Eden Park.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, bonus point victory. The Crusader's up unto second on

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Speaker 2: the table, their first ever away win in the Rob

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Speaker 2: Penny era and their joint biggest away win against the

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Speaker 2: Blues in Super Rugby history. Let's bring in one of

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Speaker 2: the standouts last night, Crusaders hooker you Wanni more Nane,

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Speaker 2: who is with us. Congratulations on a terrific performance from

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Speaker 2: you and the team, Yanni. The smiles a mile white

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Speaker 2: at the end. How special was that when last night

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Speaker 2: for you cheers?

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Speaker 4: Mate? No, it was so good as a good to

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Speaker 4: get the one up in Auckland and Eden Parkers are

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Speaker 4: of special place to get it done. It was yeah,

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Speaker 4: I was really good. One from the voice.

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Speaker 2: Did it feel like this performance was coming as you

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Speaker 2: were building up towards this game?

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Speaker 4: Uh, well, we had a good prep for the boys

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Speaker 4: during the week, made sure you know, we had this

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Speaker 4: this game, you know, pening them out calendars and we

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Speaker 4: met sure this week was was done well and you

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Speaker 4: know lift most non turn and yeah, came to the

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Speaker 4: game and the boys just enjoyed themselves in you see

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Speaker 4: out there, you know, the boy was just smiling and

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Speaker 4: having fun. Was just pretty good.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, When did you find out that you'd be starting

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Speaker 2: this one? Because I think Cody Taylor was was supposed

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Speaker 2: to start injury during the week. When did you find

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Speaker 2: out you'd be in the two Jersey?

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Speaker 4: Just just before we're about to fly down to our

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Speaker 4: fly up to Auckland. I think he did as mudicrous

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Speaker 4: and didn't go to ralfle Codes. But yeah, coaches just

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Speaker 4: came up to me and told me that I was

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Speaker 4: starting in I could there from the same Keep it simple,

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Speaker 4: you know, don't want to change two much.

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Speaker 2: Because I don't think you started at all last season

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Speaker 2: or in twenty twenty three. But you've got a couple

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Speaker 2: of starts at the beginning of this season. Again, of

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Speaker 2: course last night. Does the role change when you've got

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Speaker 2: the number two one rather than the sixteen?

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Speaker 4: For me, I try not over complicated and trying to

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Speaker 4: change too much, Just try and keep it real simple,

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Speaker 4: you know, back that I've and for a week and

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Speaker 4: I beck at the boy's got my got my backerds on.

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Speaker 2: How big a help has Cody Taylor been for you?

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Speaker 4: Oh? Man, he's been so good, Like just a knowledge

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Speaker 4: he has in the game. And how willing is you

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Speaker 4: know to help us younger boys, you know, to help

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Speaker 4: us come through and you know give us you know

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Speaker 4: as much knowledge. It's like so I realized, honestly, is

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Speaker 4: so good to have him, especially Belly as well one

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Speaker 4: of the other hookers as well, like too all black

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Speaker 4: hookers to learn off them. It's so good.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess at the start of the season you

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Speaker 2: might have wondered where your opportunity is going to come from.

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Speaker 2: But obviously with George Bell's injury, that's a real shame

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Speaker 2: for him. But even with Cody available, are you still

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Speaker 2: pushing him every day to try and be the starting hooker?

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Speaker 4: Hundred playing the suit the two jerseymen. I've actually really

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Speaker 4: enjoyed it. And I said when I first came down

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Speaker 4: that you know, I'm not here to just you know,

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Speaker 4: be here and sort of way around. I'm here to

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Speaker 4: come here and challenge the boys and trying to play

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Speaker 4: as well and training as well because I can. I

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Speaker 4: know if I get better and the boys are getting

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Speaker 4: better as well, and that's better for the team.

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Speaker 2: That's brilliant. Great attitude man. You know they say that

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Speaker 2: hookers need to be efficient in their core roles scrummaging,

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Speaker 2: throwing into the line out. How hard do you work

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Speaker 2: on those things? Oh?

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Speaker 4: Every day? Then I'm lucky you got our forwards coach

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Speaker 4: Dan Perrin, who used to be hook as well. So

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Speaker 4: it's been a real big help for me as well

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Speaker 4: off the field. Yeah, big up, so La, I call

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Speaker 4: it as well, calling the right options. You know, you

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Speaker 4: must love that when you get the easy callers to

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Speaker 4: the line out.

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Speaker 2: Fantastic. But I got to say, not many hookers have

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Speaker 2: a kicking game, but you do. I saw a couple

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Speaker 2: of last night. How did you develop that?

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Speaker 4: No? Man, I just know it was like an off

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Speaker 4: turnover boy, and I was like, there's no one at

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Speaker 4: the back, so I just give it a good boot

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Speaker 4: fight I can go.

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Speaker 2: Growing up was there was there a hooker who you watched,

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Speaker 2: you know, or even a player you watched growing up

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Speaker 2: who you modeled your game on or have tried to emulate.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, well I'm originally from Walkland's It's just I used

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Speaker 4: to love watching Kevin. Yeah, watching him growing up was

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Speaker 4: because one of my idols growing up, and you used

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Speaker 4: to love the way he plays, how around the field,

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Speaker 4: how your argone was, and how fast he was. And

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Speaker 4: then sort of like when I grew up in like

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Speaker 4: being seen codes, workers are like Kay Taylor, it's yeah, motivation, I.

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Speaker 2: Bet, I bet, And a couple of penalty turnovers too.

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Speaker 2: You know, those are obviously big moments in the game.

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Speaker 2: Plenty of plenty of charhoueing going on as well. You know,

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Speaker 2: the Crusaders are going, well when you're here there he

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Speaker 2: must be. It must be nice having a hype man

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Speaker 2: like sever Reese.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, you know, set off the energy and it's good.

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Speaker 4: You know, boys built off the energy, and you know,

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Speaker 4: I think straight after that, you know we've got like

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Speaker 4: a more and went in told just pretty good, you know,

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Speaker 4: so feting off the energy of the boys, start hearing is.

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Speaker 2: And I saw you cramping up there and I was

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Speaker 2: over on that side, and I think the ref came

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Speaker 2: up to you and said, look, if it's cramp, you've

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Speaker 2: got to carry on. So what was the conversation you

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Speaker 2: had to head with the ref just before you went off?

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Speaker 1: Oh?

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Speaker 4: I thought him at trying to stand up then my

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Speaker 4: cards are just lot tight and was so gone. I

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Speaker 4: told him I couldn't get up and he was like,

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Speaker 4: do you get a bench of scrumble? You get subbed

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Speaker 4: off and you medical team just told me this sea

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Speaker 4: We're just now, it's no point in staying.

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Speaker 2: Hey, congratulations again you only on a on a terrific

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Speaker 2: performance from you and for the team as well. I

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Speaker 2: know you won't get carried away. It's just one game

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Speaker 2: in a long season. But it was a terrific performance

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Speaker 2: last night. Congratulations, Thanks for taking the time for a

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Speaker 2: chat mate, Thank you sir, Thank you. Moana new there

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Speaker 2: out of the Crusaders camp. A bit of a character.

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Speaker 2: I enjoyed watching him last night. Man, I from behind,

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Speaker 2: he looks like a more he's the same build, you know,

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Speaker 2: that stocky, powerful hooker. But hey, a couple of times

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Speaker 2: you got the board and just booted it downfield. I

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Speaker 2: don't think it's any hooker do that for ages.

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