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Speaker 1: Ryan Bridge, Jason Piness with us Hey Jason, Hello Ryan.

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Speaker 1: Now Liam Lawson on yesterday wasn't very great.

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Speaker 2: No, No, it didn't go the way he would have planned.

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Speaker 2: He had a pretty tough weekend all things considered, Ryan,

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Speaker 2: even from practice where it started to go a little

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Speaker 2: bit of rye for him. Then after qualifying he was

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Speaker 2: on the back foot there and qualified way at the

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Speaker 2: back of the grid. Then they changed the car so

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Speaker 2: he had to start from pitt Lane under IF one

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Speaker 2: regulations and on a very very challenging day in Melbourne

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Speaker 2: yesterday without rain. Goodness only knows how they can go

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Speaker 2: at three hundred k without rain lashing against the cars.

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Speaker 2: But nonetheless he wasn't able to finish a DNF in

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Speaker 2: his first full time drive for red Ball. Look, it's

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Speaker 2: a long season. There are twenty four events. This is

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Speaker 2: number one of twenty four. But look, I'm sure he

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Speaker 2: would have much rather had a better day yesterday. It'll

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Speaker 2: be a very good test of his resilians. That's one

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Speaker 2: of the reasons they put them in that car. They

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Speaker 2: had a lot of options in the two seat for

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Speaker 2: red Ball. They decided on Liam Lawson, not only because

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Speaker 2: he's a good driver, but because he's got good mental fortitude,

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Speaker 2: he's going to need it because it is a harsh

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Speaker 2: glare on these twenty drivers and it hasn't started that

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Speaker 2: well for Liam Lawson.

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Speaker 1: It has, as you say, long season to go, and

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Speaker 1: as I understand it, if you finish outside the top ten,

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Speaker 1: you don't get any points anyway, right, so either you

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Speaker 1: crash or you come eleventh. It's the same outcome, really,

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Speaker 1: isn't it.

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Speaker 2: That is the positive way we should be looking at

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Speaker 2: these things, right, That is what I've one of the

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Speaker 2: many things I've always admired about you is finding the positives.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of your Hurricanes did it at the weekend. Might

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Speaker 1: have taken them ahead, high tackle, but they did it.

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Speaker 2: We can put that off to one side. Surely is

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Speaker 2: a little bit of you know, just just something that

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Speaker 2: happened along the way. You're right, it was missed by

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Speaker 2: the ref. Well they have kicked the penalty. The Highlanders

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Speaker 2: they might have who knows, they probably could have won

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Speaker 2: the game with that drop goal at the end. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: Hurricanes fans, it was a much more palatable weekend.

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Speaker 1: And the Crusaders are their back.

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Speaker 2: Well they could be. They could well be. With the

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Speaker 2: son on their backs down in christ Church when that

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Speaker 2: Saturday fifty five points nine tries maca Springer with five,

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Speaker 2: Severes with three. Look, this time last year they were

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Speaker 2: zero and five. Now they've won four and only lost

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Speaker 2: one of their first five this season. So are they

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Speaker 2: back well they? I guess that remains to be seen,

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Speaker 2: but it's certainly a heck of a lot better than

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty four for fans of the Crusaders.

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Speaker 1: Fascinating stuff, Jason, Thank you very much for that. Jason Pine,

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