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Speaker 3: News Talks EDB. This week on The Big League Podcast,

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Speaker 3: Fox Sports commentator Jake Jewkes joins us to give an

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Speaker 3: Australian perspective on the Warriors. Are they overlooked across the ditch?

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Speaker 3: Which players are in the mix for origin and are

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Speaker 3: they really a top four side? Alex Powell is back

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Speaker 3: to debrief another clutch win for the Warriors. Why have

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Speaker 3: they been able to win under pressure this year as

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Speaker 3: opposed to last year? We'll look ahead to the Dolphins

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Speaker 3: the top of the table. Beckins, my name is Nathan Limb.

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Speaker 3: Let's go b LV. What is the difference between this

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Speaker 3: year's Warriors and the twenty twenty four Warriors. It's a

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Speaker 3: similar playing group, in fact, arguably a better playing group

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Speaker 3: last year with Shawn Johnson, Tahu Harris, Dylan Walker and

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Speaker 3: ad Infanua Blake. And yet in twenty twenty four the

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Speaker 3: Warriors lost seven games by six or less and only

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Speaker 3: won three by the same points range. The one point

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Speaker 3: victory over the Dragons in Wollongong marks the fourth win

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Speaker 3: by six or less already this year. But why for me?

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Speaker 3: The answer, unfortunately lies in an area they can't necessarily

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Speaker 3: control injuries in the halves. Last year, Luke Metcalf got

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Speaker 3: ruled out early for basically the whole season after a

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Speaker 3: hot start. Sean Johnson was in and out of training

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Speaker 3: and games due to an achilles niggle, among others. They

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Speaker 3: This year, Metcalf and Chanelle Harris Tavta have played every

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Speaker 3: growing as an attacking threat, that consistency in style of

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Speaker 3: play means and the pressure moments the Warriors have two

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Speaker 3: familiar sets of hands on the wheel Alex Powell, New

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Speaker 3: Zealand Herald Ryder. Do you agree? Am I way off

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Speaker 3: the mark?

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Speaker 4: No?

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Speaker 5: I think yeah, pretty on there. I mean it feels

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Speaker 5: what's three of these the sea? Yeah, and everyone is

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Speaker 5: the same, like the Warriors get it done.

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Speaker 3: Really, it's great advertisement for the podcast.

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Speaker 5: I mean, you're great and Burley is great, but no,

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Speaker 5: I mean it shows that it's not a fluke. You know,

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Speaker 5: if the warriorsn't keep getting it done, you know, the

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Speaker 5: first time, the fluke, second times, consistency and the Warriors

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Speaker 5: keep winning these tight games. You know, with often it's

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Speaker 5: it's one action. This week it was League Metcalf. That's

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Speaker 5: really good. I think that's an incredible sign. It's a

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Speaker 5: sign of a team that doesn't know when it's beaten.

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Speaker 5: And that's what for so long the Warriors haven't been.

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Speaker 3: What impressed you most about that win, because let's be honest,

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Speaker 3: we're going to go through this game in a bit

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Speaker 3: more detail later, but they didn't play well. Now, most

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Speaker 3: of that game they were not playing. They had played

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Speaker 3: brilliantly in that first fifteen to twenty minutes, scored those

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Speaker 3: the rest of the game. But for a Luke Metcalf

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Speaker 5: I mean, you're you're a football guy, it's like the

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Speaker 3: And I suppose a couple of years ago, in twenty

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Speaker 5: Yep, no, I completely agree. Is not too much as

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Speaker 3: We're going to hear from Fox Sports commentator Jake Duke

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Speaker 3: Nicks for first. Here are the highlights. Warriors fifteen Dragons,

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Speaker 6: Breeze out their back to begin this game. Now out

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Speaker 6: the back, Clark heaps, We're going to Metcalf.

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Speaker 3: He spakes them on.

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Speaker 7: He will rick out.

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Speaker 6: What a blossoming halfback is the Luke Metcalf In the NRL,

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Speaker 6: Aristafna kicks the Hords at the corner, chance out wide

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Speaker 8: To Metcalf, straight to tu o' picky brilliant hairs.

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Speaker 6: King Tony lay Lula Holmes gives.

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Speaker 5: King guffho is it in?

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Speaker 8: The villain and shockall Heigan he's a triscorer.

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Speaker 6: Plannagan out the back.

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Speaker 8: On himself with a kick in comes aways Cory out.

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Speaker 3: Here to suer, he says, I don't want it. I

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Speaker 8: The Lockdown five.

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Speaker 3: We're Tennis a Leslia the Warriors. We lock God how good?

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Speaker 3: Audio courtesy of Fox Sports.

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Speaker 2: The Big League Podcast.

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Speaker 3: We're very lucky to be joined on The Big League

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Speaker 3: Podcast by Fox Sports commentator and reporter Jake Duke, who's

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Speaker 3: been with Fox Sports for the last five years. He's

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Speaker 3: a face you'd recognize on the nr RAP coverage. Jake,

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Speaker 3: thank you so much for taking the time to be

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Speaker 3: on the podcast. How are you?

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Speaker 4: Oh, very well, no problem. Thanks for having me.

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Speaker 3: Obviously, I wanted to get an Australian voice to get Yeah,

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Speaker 3: honest with you, Jake, seeing the Warriors second on the

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Speaker 3: So far this year, I.

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Speaker 7: Think they've been the real surprise packet, and I think

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Speaker 7: Looking good for the Warriors, who are be going to

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Speaker 7: they've been on a roll. I think they've won four

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Speaker 7: best ever start to a season, which is incredible. So yeah,

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Speaker 7: so dominant this early in his career and just really

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Speaker 7: absolutely incredible. Guys around him playing so well. A guy

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Speaker 7: I'll be interested to see where they end up over

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Speaker 7: the next couple of weeks. Obviously the Origin period's coming up.

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Speaker 7: I wouldn't expect them to lose too many players, Probably

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Speaker 7: So yeah, it looks like they're in the box seat

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Speaker 4: Push for a top four finish and then who knows.

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Speaker 3: Winning tight games executing in high pressure moments. That's never

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Speaker 3: you think they've been able to ic these pressure moments?

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Speaker 7: Look, I think you can't probably understate what a guy

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Speaker 7: I don't know about you, but if you've ever seen

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Speaker 4: If he was my captain.

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Speaker 7: I think just that he's probably brought that winning mentality

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Speaker 7: you know they've come from Penrith. I just don't think

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Speaker 7: he's the kind of guy that accepts failure. And coming

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Speaker 7: I think that's just added a whole other level to

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Speaker 4: That field goal. Over the weekend.

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Speaker 7: You know, we saw teams kind of a few teams

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Speaker 7: he's just a cool, calm, collective player, similar to a

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Speaker 7: you'd have to be inside the four walls to kind

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Speaker 3: And just finally, you think if you had to say, now,

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Speaker 7: Look, I think they've shooting top four. I think at

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Speaker 2: This is the Big League podcast. This is going, yeah,

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Speaker 2: the Big League Podcast on the Warriors bandwagon since day one.

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Speaker 3: So I've going to have Fox Sports commentator and reporter

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Speaker 3: What did you make Alex of his comment that the

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Speaker 5: I mean? I agree and disagree, Like, obviously, yeah, he's right,

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Speaker 3: Let's go through this game in a little bit more detail.

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Speaker 3: It's worth pointing out before this game the Warriors had

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Speaker 3: ahead of this match. It's a tough tough place to win,

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Speaker 5: Do you remember last year we spoke me and barely

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Speaker 5: Oh yes, But last year when the Warriors went to

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Speaker 3: Now, the Warriors dealt with injuries throughout this game. Jackson

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Speaker 3: Good tomation. They were a bit clunky, especially through that

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Speaker 3: for me are still a little still a little unimagined

436
00:20:21,213 --> 00:20:24,133
Speaker 3: of it. So I don't mind the strategy. I don't

437
00:20:24,173 --> 00:20:27,093
Speaker 3: mind the conservative approach at this point. Keeping the scoreboard

438
00:20:27,293 --> 00:20:30,813
Speaker 3: ticking over and the boot of Luke Metcalf ultimately won

439
00:20:30,853 --> 00:20:32,613
Speaker 3: them the game because they got to score three tries

440
00:20:32,653 --> 00:20:33,053
Speaker 3: to two.

441
00:20:32,933 --> 00:20:35,493
Speaker 5: Two weeks in a row. You remember last week Scott

442
00:20:35,533 --> 00:20:37,973
Speaker 5: drink Order missed a couple of kicks and that ultimately

443
00:20:38,133 --> 00:20:40,573
Speaker 5: kept the Warriors in front. I agree with you on

444
00:20:40,573 --> 00:20:43,973
Speaker 5: the fifth tackle players, I think, well, maybe two or

445
00:20:44,013 --> 00:20:47,333
Speaker 5: three times they kicked for Wattenzel's next wing on the last,

446
00:20:47,533 --> 00:20:50,853
Speaker 5: the last play, I don't think Luke Metcalf and that

447
00:20:51,013 --> 00:20:53,093
Speaker 5: regard as too strong with his right foot kicking for

448
00:20:53,133 --> 00:20:55,453
Speaker 5: that win, I think. And that's where Shanelle Harriswede comes

449
00:20:55,493 --> 00:20:58,453
Speaker 5: in really good with that left foot angle out to

450
00:20:58,573 --> 00:21:01,213
Speaker 5: that wing. But these these things are always going to

451
00:21:01,253 --> 00:21:03,093
Speaker 5: be a working progres. It's like, I don't think this

452
00:21:03,133 --> 00:21:05,773
Speaker 5: Warriors team and where they are the finished products. I

453
00:21:05,773 --> 00:21:07,733
Speaker 5: think webs have said the same thing. He knows that

454
00:21:07,813 --> 00:21:10,693
Speaker 5: as well, and it's like we keep saying, to have

455
00:21:10,773 --> 00:21:14,413
Speaker 5: that hagging over your head and keep winning is just

456
00:21:14,493 --> 00:21:14,973
Speaker 5: so good.

457
00:21:15,133 --> 00:21:17,053
Speaker 3: So the penalty kicking you in favor of that.

458
00:21:17,253 --> 00:21:20,173
Speaker 5: For now, it feels a bit anti rugby league, like

459
00:21:20,173 --> 00:21:22,013
Speaker 5: that's a very rugby I didn't thing to take the points,

460
00:21:22,333 --> 00:21:25,453
Speaker 5: but like I mean, it's not. If it's getting you

461
00:21:25,453 --> 00:21:27,013
Speaker 5: over the line, then keep doing it.

462
00:21:27,213 --> 00:21:30,173
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm one hundred percent behind it the second half.

463
00:21:30,373 --> 00:21:32,693
Speaker 3: If we move on, this game changed, didn't it. And

464
00:21:32,733 --> 00:21:35,093
Speaker 3: it started I think with that try the Dragon scored

465
00:21:35,133 --> 00:21:37,213
Speaker 3: just before halftime. That was a real change. That was

466
00:21:37,213 --> 00:21:39,373
Speaker 3: a real momentum swing of just going into the break.

467
00:21:39,773 --> 00:21:42,053
Speaker 3: The Dragons with all the ball for the first twenty

468
00:21:42,133 --> 00:21:44,293
Speaker 3: minutes of the second half, and the Warriors we're letting

469
00:21:44,293 --> 00:21:48,893
Speaker 3: themselves down with discipline and little handling Eras Webster said afterwards,

470
00:21:48,893 --> 00:21:50,053
Speaker 3: they really weren't making it easy.

471
00:21:50,133 --> 00:21:52,453
Speaker 9: We were dropping the ball given my penalties, like I thought,

472
00:21:52,453 --> 00:21:54,453
Speaker 9: we were trying, but we just went executing what we

473
00:21:54,493 --> 00:21:56,293
Speaker 9: wanted to do, and then we're just adding fatigue to

474
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Speaker 9: ourselves because we're putting ourselves under pressure.

475
00:21:58,493 --> 00:22:01,173
Speaker 3: The Dragon scored two tries and three minutes to don't

476
00:22:01,213 --> 00:22:04,573
Speaker 3: Egan and Corey Allen defensive issues again sort of on

477
00:22:04,653 --> 00:22:07,533
Speaker 3: the right edge, dull and Y Tennis Lesniak struggling with

478
00:22:07,613 --> 00:22:08,333
Speaker 3: his positioning.

479
00:22:08,493 --> 00:22:11,533
Speaker 5: We bit Yeah, I mean are we going to give

480
00:22:11,573 --> 00:22:14,093
Speaker 5: exceptions for that, given he's had He's had what nine

481
00:22:14,173 --> 00:22:14,693
Speaker 5: weeks out.

482
00:22:14,813 --> 00:22:16,813
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm happy to cut them a little bit of slack.

483
00:22:16,893 --> 00:22:17,133
Speaker 4: Yeah.

484
00:22:17,173 --> 00:22:19,333
Speaker 5: Well, like we know at his best how important he

485
00:22:19,413 --> 00:22:22,333
Speaker 5: is for the Warriors on both sides of the ball,

486
00:22:22,373 --> 00:22:24,173
Speaker 5: Like he can defend down in that wing, like he's

487
00:22:24,173 --> 00:22:26,653
Speaker 5: a he's a former key, heis captain, like he's not

488
00:22:27,053 --> 00:22:28,173
Speaker 5: some sort of liability.

489
00:22:28,413 --> 00:22:32,853
Speaker 3: No, So I mean, but you that that has been

490
00:22:32,973 --> 00:22:35,093
Speaker 3: a theme throughout the last few years.

491
00:22:35,173 --> 00:22:39,533
Speaker 5: Though, Yeah, it's a weird one, isn't it. I'm not

492
00:22:39,733 --> 00:22:42,253
Speaker 5: overly concerned. I think that there's a there's a joke

493
00:22:42,293 --> 00:22:44,013
Speaker 5: in rugby league that wingers scored a lot of tries

494
00:22:44,013 --> 00:22:49,333
Speaker 5: because they're marked by wingers. So along those lines, like,

495
00:22:49,493 --> 00:22:51,653
Speaker 5: I've prepared to give it a couple of weeks to

496
00:22:51,733 --> 00:22:54,333
Speaker 5: let Down play himself back into form and back into

497
00:22:54,333 --> 00:22:55,093
Speaker 5: match fitness.

498
00:22:55,373 --> 00:22:57,653
Speaker 3: So the Warriors sort of weather that period where they

499
00:22:57,693 --> 00:23:00,493
Speaker 3: weren't playing amazingly well, they were giving up penalties, they

500
00:23:00,493 --> 00:23:03,453
Speaker 3: were dropping the ball inside their own territory. But that

501
00:23:03,533 --> 00:23:06,133
Speaker 3: defensive resilience again came to the fore. They really hold

502
00:23:06,173 --> 00:23:10,053
Speaker 3: on and Luke Metcalfe would that field goal out of nowhere.

503
00:23:10,293 --> 00:23:12,533
Speaker 3: I don't think anyone knew that he was going to

504
00:23:12,533 --> 00:23:15,533
Speaker 3: go for that. Webster said that afterwards, actually that he

505
00:23:15,573 --> 00:23:17,253
Speaker 3: thought that met Kalf was probably the only person in

506
00:23:17,333 --> 00:23:19,533
Speaker 3: the stadium that knew that that field goal was coming.

507
00:23:19,533 --> 00:23:22,173
Speaker 3: But he looked so calm, so composed. He slotted it

508
00:23:22,733 --> 00:23:23,773
Speaker 3: really easily.

509
00:23:23,613 --> 00:23:25,253
Speaker 5: To do it with like was it ten minutes to go?

510
00:23:25,333 --> 00:23:27,813
Speaker 5: As well to know if we have a one point

511
00:23:27,853 --> 00:23:30,053
Speaker 5: advantage going into the last time, we will defend it.

512
00:23:30,453 --> 00:23:31,773
Speaker 5: Like that just says so much.

513
00:23:32,053 --> 00:23:34,573
Speaker 3: Webster said afterwards, he believes mit Kalf can offer more.

514
00:23:34,733 --> 00:23:36,653
Speaker 9: I reckon he'll walk in there tonight well happy with

515
00:23:36,693 --> 00:23:38,333
Speaker 9: the moment that he stood up and kicked it, But

516
00:23:38,373 --> 00:23:40,693
Speaker 9: I reckon he'll actually not be that happy with the

517
00:23:40,693 --> 00:23:43,053
Speaker 9: way he played. We love his progression, and I reckon

518
00:23:43,253 --> 00:23:45,573
Speaker 9: what he learned tonight will be another good learning curve.

519
00:23:46,093 --> 00:23:47,893
Speaker 9: So he kicks again, and how he can bring some

520
00:23:47,893 --> 00:23:49,733
Speaker 9: real energy to play in our second half.

521
00:23:49,773 --> 00:23:52,533
Speaker 3: Now, let's talk about the interchange, because the interchange was

522
00:23:52,573 --> 00:23:55,413
Speaker 3: massive for the Warriors in this game. Dimitric Vai Manger,

523
00:23:55,853 --> 00:24:00,053
Speaker 3: who the commentator starting referred to as a part way

524
00:24:00,053 --> 00:24:02,293
Speaker 3: through that second half. They started calling him wey Mainger.

525
00:24:03,053 --> 00:24:05,093
Speaker 3: I'm not sure, for every time they said his name,

526
00:24:05,133 --> 00:24:09,173
Speaker 3: they changed the pronunciation and press of footwork work rate

527
00:24:09,293 --> 00:24:12,533
Speaker 3: to Mindy Martin came off the interchange as a middle.

528
00:24:12,773 --> 00:24:15,773
Speaker 5: Dimitric Waymonger Adam Vannul Black two point zero.

529
00:24:16,573 --> 00:24:18,973
Speaker 3: Or okay, that's maybe a push. I think he's he

530
00:24:19,093 --> 00:24:20,893
Speaker 3: might have I didn't even know a blake head bloody

531
00:24:20,893 --> 00:24:21,613
Speaker 3: of footwork as well.

532
00:24:22,813 --> 00:24:24,973
Speaker 5: Go on, yeah, no, no, like I mean, I don't

533
00:24:25,053 --> 00:24:28,973
Speaker 5: really have any further comments than that. Obviously, when Adam

534
00:24:28,973 --> 00:24:31,373
Speaker 5: announced he was leaving last year, he said, no, no,

535
00:24:31,693 --> 00:24:34,093
Speaker 5: this is before they signed James Fisher Harris. He said

536
00:24:34,173 --> 00:24:35,933
Speaker 5: the future of this club is in good hands, and

537
00:24:35,973 --> 00:24:38,733
Speaker 5: he specifically named Dimitric Lamonger, who at the time was

538
00:24:38,893 --> 00:24:42,693
Speaker 5: dimetric cipher caller. So so he clearly is doing things

539
00:24:42,813 --> 00:24:44,773
Speaker 5: and training that the rest of the players. And like

540
00:24:44,853 --> 00:24:47,853
Speaker 5: Halasm is another one where they go, this kid's got something,

541
00:24:48,013 --> 00:24:50,893
Speaker 5: you know, and we we're slowly going to keep seeing

542
00:24:50,973 --> 00:24:53,653
Speaker 5: that the more opportunities he gets. How do we feel

543
00:24:53,693 --> 00:24:55,493
Speaker 5: that to Mighty Martin this season?

544
00:24:56,013 --> 00:24:59,253
Speaker 3: I feel sorry for him, dare Yeah, because he played

545
00:25:00,053 --> 00:25:03,293
Speaker 3: He played brilliantly well last year, played brilliantly well at

546
00:25:03,333 --> 00:25:05,813
Speaker 3: the halfback Jersey especially, and he just hasn't had a

547
00:25:05,853 --> 00:25:07,973
Speaker 3: look in And you know what, Webs has been right

548
00:25:08,013 --> 00:25:10,613
Speaker 3: to back Chanelle and look through this period where they

549
00:25:10,613 --> 00:25:13,533
Speaker 3: have struggled. If I were her, M'd be looking at

550
00:25:13,573 --> 00:25:15,893
Speaker 3: another club where he could be starting in the halves.

551
00:25:16,413 --> 00:25:18,853
Speaker 3: I don't want him to leave. I reckon should we

552
00:25:18,853 --> 00:25:22,813
Speaker 3: start him as a middle as a third a player?

553
00:25:22,813 --> 00:25:25,693
Speaker 3: And Clark, so what you plan to Mighty at? Yeah,

554
00:25:25,853 --> 00:25:28,933
Speaker 3: start a Mighty at prop. Look, his defense was outstanding

555
00:25:29,173 --> 00:25:29,733
Speaker 3: in that game.

556
00:25:29,773 --> 00:25:31,813
Speaker 5: He always has been a very good one on one defender,

557
00:25:32,053 --> 00:25:34,973
Speaker 5: you know, as a half in the middle. I'm with you.

558
00:25:35,053 --> 00:25:37,693
Speaker 5: I think not just him, but Tannerboid as well. Like

559
00:25:37,813 --> 00:25:40,853
Speaker 5: that's an NRL halves combination. And they're just cleaning up

560
00:25:40,893 --> 00:25:42,973
Speaker 5: in reserve grade. Like if you watched the Warriors I

561
00:25:43,053 --> 00:25:45,453
Speaker 5: was cup side, that was so much better than everyone

562
00:25:45,493 --> 00:25:48,093
Speaker 5: else because they've got first grade halves.

563
00:25:48,653 --> 00:25:51,253
Speaker 3: It'll be interesting to see I suppose what to Mighty's

564
00:25:51,373 --> 00:25:55,053
Speaker 3: moves are. But at some point one of Chanelle and

565
00:25:55,133 --> 00:25:56,933
Speaker 3: Luke are going to get injured and he's going to

566
00:25:57,013 --> 00:25:57,653
Speaker 3: come into the fourth.

567
00:25:59,653 --> 00:25:59,773
Speaker 7: Well.

568
00:25:59,853 --> 00:26:04,413
Speaker 3: The Warriors face the Dolphins at sun Corpse Stadium on Saturday, afternoon.

569
00:26:04,493 --> 00:26:07,133
Speaker 3: The Dolphins sit twelfth on the ladder with four winds

570
00:26:07,213 --> 00:26:10,413
Speaker 3: six losses. Christian Wolf's had a challenging start to his

571
00:26:10,453 --> 00:26:14,133
Speaker 3: coaching tenure. They're coming off a twenty to sixteen victory

572
00:26:14,213 --> 00:26:17,773
Speaker 3: over the Eels, though it depends how much you want

573
00:26:17,813 --> 00:26:20,053
Speaker 3: to read into a victory over the Eels, but I

574
00:26:20,093 --> 00:26:22,373
Speaker 3: will say from looking at what I saw of that game,

575
00:26:22,453 --> 00:26:24,773
Speaker 3: Dylan Walker is playing extremely well for the Eels. He's

576
00:26:24,773 --> 00:26:26,933
Speaker 3: playing really well in that fourteen jumper off the endertaine

577
00:26:27,013 --> 00:26:30,373
Speaker 3: like he has what was for the Warriors. But for me,

578
00:26:30,453 --> 00:26:33,333
Speaker 3: in regards to the Dolphins, most of their talent is

579
00:26:33,413 --> 00:26:36,453
Speaker 3: in the back line. Hem So Tabu I Fido at fullback,

580
00:26:36,493 --> 00:26:39,093
Speaker 3: who'll be Farnworth in the census, Jermaine I Sakor on

581
00:26:39,133 --> 00:26:41,373
Speaker 3: the wing, and then Cody Niicarima who set up two

582
00:26:41,373 --> 00:26:44,853
Speaker 3: tries in that game, and Isaac Cartur in the halves.

583
00:26:45,093 --> 00:26:46,773
Speaker 3: They've had a lot of tinkering with the halves of

584
00:26:46,773 --> 00:26:49,573
Speaker 3: Dolphins over the last couple of years when O'Sullivan was

585
00:26:49,573 --> 00:26:52,093
Speaker 3: in there as well, but Wolf seems to have settled

586
00:26:52,213 --> 00:26:56,893
Speaker 3: on Kartur and Niicarima as their best combination, and from

587
00:26:56,933 --> 00:26:58,853
Speaker 3: what I saw against the Eels. They looked pretty good.

588
00:26:58,933 --> 00:27:00,853
Speaker 5: I love Isaiah Cattar. I generally think he's the most

589
00:27:00,893 --> 00:27:03,973
Speaker 5: exciting player in the NRL. Really yeah, big call, Yeah,

590
00:27:04,293 --> 00:27:06,533
Speaker 5: but you watch him every week and you just think,

591
00:27:06,613 --> 00:27:08,973
Speaker 5: you know, especially when he runs the ball like he's

592
00:27:09,013 --> 00:27:11,493
Speaker 5: actually quite some little Luke metcalf and that's He's a

593
00:27:11,533 --> 00:27:13,613
Speaker 5: young half back who wants to run before, he wants

594
00:27:13,653 --> 00:27:16,333
Speaker 5: to distribute, and he wants to kick. So I think

595
00:27:16,373 --> 00:27:18,333
Speaker 5: the Warriors are going to have a huge job keeping

596
00:27:18,373 --> 00:27:20,173
Speaker 5: him quiet this week. I also look at a guy

597
00:27:20,213 --> 00:27:23,613
Speaker 5: like Jeremy Marshall King, he really scares me. He is

598
00:27:23,853 --> 00:27:26,693
Speaker 5: so good. A bit of a bonus. Max Plath probably

599
00:27:26,693 --> 00:27:29,733
Speaker 5: won't play right, he's just said foot surgery. He's another

600
00:27:29,813 --> 00:27:32,973
Speaker 5: huge player for them, heavy farm with like cheese.

601
00:27:33,253 --> 00:27:35,293
Speaker 3: Do you see the tries scored against the Eels. Yeah,

602
00:27:35,333 --> 00:27:37,973
Speaker 3: from what fifteen out there from the car park the

603
00:27:38,813 --> 00:27:42,213
Speaker 3: acceleration that he showed. So again, I mean the dragon

604
00:27:42,253 --> 00:27:44,733
Speaker 3: said Valentine's home of Valentine Holmes most as soon in

605
00:27:44,773 --> 00:27:46,733
Speaker 3: the centers and the Warriors did manage to contain them,

606
00:27:46,733 --> 00:27:48,813
Speaker 3: so I'm confident they'll be able to do the same.

607
00:27:48,853 --> 00:27:51,933
Speaker 3: I think he be fun with yeah, he's one of

608
00:27:51,973 --> 00:27:53,973
Speaker 3: the best centers I think in the NFL.

609
00:27:54,093 --> 00:27:57,293
Speaker 5: He brings his teammates into play just you know, every

610
00:27:57,293 --> 00:27:59,893
Speaker 5: time he gets the ball, he's incredible. A lot of

611
00:27:59,893 --> 00:28:02,253
Speaker 5: time for the hammer as well. That try Savory made

612
00:28:02,333 --> 00:28:05,453
Speaker 5: right at the endings. Like we talk about fullbacks, this

613
00:28:05,493 --> 00:28:07,973
Speaker 5: is like where someone like Charns doesn't really get spoken

614
00:28:07,973 --> 00:28:09,973
Speaker 5: about because we'd look at four weeks and go, o jeez,

615
00:28:09,973 --> 00:28:12,173
Speaker 5: they're so good on attack, but when you have to

616
00:28:12,213 --> 00:28:14,653
Speaker 5: make one, you have one moment to save a game

617
00:28:14,693 --> 00:28:16,813
Speaker 5: and you do it. Those are the elite guys.

618
00:28:17,333 --> 00:28:20,413
Speaker 3: In terms of the warrior's side of the equation. Obviously,

619
00:28:20,493 --> 00:28:23,213
Speaker 3: Dallen came back in the game Just Gone. Roger tuy

620
00:28:23,293 --> 00:28:27,213
Speaker 3: Vasaschik was named on the extended bench, and you'd imagine

621
00:28:27,253 --> 00:28:29,173
Speaker 3: given another week. This is when he was scheduled to

622
00:28:29,213 --> 00:28:31,493
Speaker 3: come back, so you'd imagine he'd be back in the

623
00:28:31,533 --> 00:28:35,373
Speaker 3: mix as well. Taine had a bad game a couple

624
00:28:35,373 --> 00:28:38,453
Speaker 3: of weeks ago, but was solid. I thought in the

625
00:28:38,493 --> 00:28:41,253
Speaker 3: week just gone, does he get straight swapped out? We

626
00:28:41,253 --> 00:28:43,093
Speaker 3: don't see Tane again now that Roger's back.

627
00:28:43,453 --> 00:28:45,493
Speaker 5: I wouldn't do it, but I wouldn't be surprised if

628
00:28:45,493 --> 00:28:47,293
Speaker 5: that's what happens. I mean we spoke, I mean you

629
00:28:47,333 --> 00:28:50,013
Speaker 5: spoke earlier about what will happened last year, and I

630
00:28:50,053 --> 00:28:53,053
Speaker 5: feel like that's what they really got wrong about rushing

631
00:28:53,093 --> 00:28:55,493
Speaker 5: guys in and out as soon as I you remember

632
00:28:55,533 --> 00:28:57,573
Speaker 5: taur who was in and out, Sean Johnson as soon

633
00:28:57,573 --> 00:28:59,413
Speaker 5: as he would like Tomighty Martin was playing brilliantly, and

634
00:28:59,413 --> 00:29:00,973
Speaker 5: Shawn John's would come back, and all of a sudden,

635
00:29:01,013 --> 00:29:02,813
Speaker 5: he's the half back and you're moving guys out of

636
00:29:02,853 --> 00:29:05,853
Speaker 5: key positions, guys who were playing well. So I feel

637
00:29:05,893 --> 00:29:09,613
Speaker 5: like the Warriors, and obviously like the wanism an influential

638
00:29:09,733 --> 00:29:13,293
Speaker 5: position as half back, but what kind of message does

639
00:29:13,333 --> 00:29:15,693
Speaker 5: that send if you're playing really well somewhere and then

640
00:29:15,773 --> 00:29:16,973
Speaker 5: someone comes back.

641
00:29:17,413 --> 00:29:20,213
Speaker 3: But they have had to shift players around anyway. I mean,

642
00:29:20,253 --> 00:29:23,733
Speaker 3: Pompy's been on the wing at center, Leatala and Barry

643
00:29:23,773 --> 00:29:26,653
Speaker 3: were both ruled. We did fresh centers this week and

644
00:29:26,693 --> 00:29:29,733
Speaker 3: it still worked. I feel like halves, as you touched on,

645
00:29:29,813 --> 00:29:32,573
Speaker 3: there is the pivotal position if you're switching players in

646
00:29:32,653 --> 00:29:34,973
Speaker 3: and out. For me, I would like to just see

647
00:29:35,253 --> 00:29:37,093
Speaker 3: Roger back and see them on the wing. I don't

648
00:29:37,093 --> 00:29:39,093
Speaker 3: mind them taking Taene out for this game because also

649
00:29:39,493 --> 00:29:42,173
Speaker 3: there's the sort of you know, Tane's young, you're still growing.

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Speaker 3: I made a couple of areas a couple of weeks ago,

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Speaker 3: defensive eras. And also with Roger, you've got a bit

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Speaker 3: more height on that wing, which makes me a little

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Speaker 3: bit more reassured when you've got bombs raining down on

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Speaker 3: that corner.

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Speaker 5: I am really torn because I you know, like we

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Speaker 5: just play everyone. I think either way, if they bring

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Speaker 5: Roger and Rod Lake and let's not forget like hamstrings

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Speaker 5: are so tough to come back from. Like if they

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Speaker 5: just give Roger another week to get it right, to

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Speaker 5: really get it right, so there's no issues like he's

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Speaker 5: he's my ages anyone Diddy two. So like these sort

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Speaker 5: of soft tissue injuries are going to be a bit

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Speaker 5: more prevalent and they really do be managed. So I

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Speaker 5: wouldn't be surprised if they play it safe. But I

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Speaker 5: also sort of am expecting him to come straight back.

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Speaker 3: In James Fisher Harris also last week, Webster says he

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Speaker 3: was and maybe obviously we didn't see him, but he

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Speaker 3: is someone who could be back this week as one.

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Speaker 2: The Big League Podcast for the Biggest League fans, The

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Speaker 2: Big League Podcast on the Warriors Bad Wagons since day one.

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Speaker 3: Okay, Alex Powell quick fire predictions for Round eleven of

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Speaker 3: the NRL Nights versus the Eels in Newcastle.

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Speaker 5: I'm going to go to Eels.

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Speaker 3: So I thought I was going to have an outside

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Speaker 3: prediction there, but based on what I saw, I actually,

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Speaker 3: you know, I slagged the Eels off and I really

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Speaker 3: enjoy it because Michael burg just likes to pick their eels.

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Speaker 3: But from what I saw, they actually looked quite solid

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Speaker 3: and with Walker coming on as that sort of playmaking

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Speaker 3: roll off the interchange, Yeah, I'm going to back.

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Speaker 5: I really like therese. I think they are a different

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Speaker 5: side with Mitch Moses, like the table and a lot

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Speaker 5: like Andrew Websters says this all the time, like don't

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Speaker 5: look at the table because it doesn't really tell the

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Speaker 5: full picture. Like having Mitch Moses out for so long

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Speaker 5: has done with no favors. But now that these back,

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Speaker 5: they do look like a better team. Bulldogs Roosters, Bulldogs. Yeah,

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Speaker 5: I'll back the Bulldogs as well. Dolphins versus the Warriors

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Speaker 5: in Brisbane, I've got to say the Warriors, don't I

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Speaker 5: you got to go to the Warrior what's the point

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Speaker 5: of this podcast?

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Speaker 3: They won four in a row this second on the ladder,

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Speaker 3: and yeah, we're back in the Warriors to beat the Dolphins.

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Speaker 5: And you know there'll be a home game for them

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Speaker 5: as well.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, of course. And Brisbane always Cowboys versus the Seagulls.

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Speaker 5: Cowboys.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm going to go for the Cowboys as well,

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Speaker 3: drawing with the Panthers and the Seagulls obviously coming off

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Speaker 3: a loss against the Sharks. Speaking of they're up against

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Speaker 3: the Storm in Gronella Jeszu.

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Speaker 5: The Storm looks good right now, don't they put?

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Speaker 3: Oh my goodness me sixty four.

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Speaker 5: We've seen Jerome Lewise. Dad has now come out and

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Speaker 5: said I think we might be off after what they

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Speaker 5: did to the Tigers. Why he came out and said

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Speaker 5: he didn't He didn't come out and say he put

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Speaker 5: it on social media.

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Speaker 3: We might be leaving.

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Speaker 5: There's an outclause in his contract that can leave after

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Speaker 5: a year.

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Speaker 3: Do you so If anyone hasn't caught up on this,

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Speaker 3: the Storm pants the Tiger sixty four nil, equal biggest

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Speaker 3: win in Storm history. Ryan Papenhausen scored thirty six points

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Speaker 3: on his own He's so good man. He is so good,

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Speaker 3: kicked ten of eleven conversion, scored four tries eleven conversion.

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Speaker 3: He's got to be in that New South Wales chaper.

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Speaker 3: I think he's in the conversation one hundred percent. If

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Speaker 3: he's If he's not, were be Tedesco Edwards Edwards? Does

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Speaker 3: he make it? Maybe he's a fourteen, Maybe he's a fourteen. Broncos, Dragons, Broncos,

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Speaker 3: the Raiders, Titans, Raiders and Tiger's coming off that hiding

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Speaker 3: against the Bunnies.

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Speaker 5: I have to see what team the Bunnies put out,

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Speaker 5: but I like to say the Tigers at home.

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Speaker 3: I'm going to back the rabbit o's who beat the

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Speaker 3: Broncos on the weekend. Thank you, it's powerful, your time,

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Speaker 3: your wisdom, your insight. Thank you for making us a

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Speaker 3: part of your week. We will be back next Monday

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Speaker 3: to debrief this game against the Dolphins. Can they make

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Speaker 3: it five in a row? Please follow and rate the podcast.

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Speaker 3: My name is Nathan Limb. Have a fantastic week.

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