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Speaker 1: D Andrews Sevilge. I have elt both with us this morning, Fellows,

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Speaker 1: good morning.

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Speaker 2: To you, morning, my good morning, guy.

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Speaker 1: Give us the inside word so far. Your vibe on

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Speaker 1: what's happened with the Games? Are they all you thought

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Speaker 1: they would be? The weather, the opening, the events, the victories,

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Speaker 1: the losses, the spying, the scandal. What's your encapsulation?

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Speaker 3: Well, first of all, I thought I would probably get

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Speaker 3: a formal apology from your show this morning after the

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Speaker 3: planner that I copped last week. I landed in Dubai

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Speaker 3: and to a numerous amount of decks saying that I

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Speaker 3: copped absolute grief about not telling you I was going

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Speaker 3: to be on Which is that is true?

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Speaker 2: And true?

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Speaker 1: That is true? Let me know what I've done, guy.

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Speaker 1: To be fair to you, I've set aside a portion

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Speaker 1: of the second part of this because I got to

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Speaker 1: the bottom of it this morning and it is shameful

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Speaker 1: on our behalf. So an apology will be coming. But

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Speaker 1: back to the games.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's fine. Look, I heard you talk before about

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Speaker 3: New Zealand results there in years, they have been slow

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Speaker 3: off the mark, and maybe a couple of results that

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Speaker 3: have been quite disappointing. I'd say particularly the men sevens

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Speaker 3: and then Lewis Clearbert this morning, who I think would

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Speaker 3: be incredibly upset at how our hayeswam. I had heard

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Speaker 3: and I reported this that he had been going very

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Speaker 3: well and they didn't deny it, that his times were

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Speaker 3: going well, and he certainly didn't live up that this morning.

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Speaker 3: So I've seen some quotes from him and he does

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Speaker 3: the vibe here is outstanding. I thought the opening ceremony

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Speaker 3: was pretty boring, but aside from that, the vibe the

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Speaker 3: venues are just incredible. The French people are getting behind

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Speaker 3: their athletes and other athletes as well. There is some

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Speaker 3: controversy obviously, the spying the state of the river, which

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Speaker 3: I wouldn't even throw you in there after the last

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Speaker 3: week's slander towards me. That's how bad it is. Look yeah,

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Speaker 3: But other than that, it's so far an outstanding games,

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Speaker 3: and then they're hosting it pretty well with its metals.

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Speaker 1: Have you the train still a major or they haven't

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Speaker 1: got to the bottom of it? But are the trains

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Speaker 1: are major or not?

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Speaker 2: Well?

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Speaker 3: We were quite fortunate because our whole team was in

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Speaker 3: Paris by the time that happened, so none of our

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Speaker 3: team was really impacted by it. I did hear from

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Speaker 3: a couple of people who were trying to make their way.

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Speaker 3: I can't remember where they're coming from, but they said

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Speaker 3: they were slightly impacted from it. It didn't sound as

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Speaker 3: bad as it was initially made out to be. Put

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Speaker 3: it that way, I think people have found ways around it.

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Speaker 1: Has anybody got to the bottom of why you would

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Speaker 1: spy on a team that was never going to beat

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Speaker 1: you when you went.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's a big story because mainly because of

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Speaker 3: the security I think, and also the integrity of the

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Speaker 3: sport as well. But that is the number one question,

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Speaker 3: isn't it. Why on earth would you spy on a

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Speaker 3: team that, frankly is rubbish. They haven't won anything for

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Speaker 3: a while. Although in saying that, it sounds like not

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Speaker 3: only the Canadian women's team has been doing it, but

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Speaker 3: the men's team has been doing it as well, and

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Speaker 3: it sounds like they've been doing it for an elongated

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Speaker 3: period of time. So I think there might be more

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Speaker 3: to this, which is not very good for them.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Sev, explain yourself.

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Speaker 2: I was just gonna ask guy how many how many

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Speaker 2: Malton and Mouth pastries as you had?

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Speaker 1: Good question?

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Speaker 3: No no, no, no, no no no, let's get onto the finger.

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Speaker 3: I have had a few passes pizzas I started to

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Speaker 3: actually find French food around here. I've had Japanese and

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Speaker 3: Italians and that's pretty much where I've been going in

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Speaker 3: amongst pastries obviously. But yeah, other than that, speaking.

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Speaker 1: Speaking speaking of pastries, explain yourself.

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Speaker 2: Hey mate, all I can say is I was the

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Speaker 2: player of the after match.

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Speaker 1: I bet you were. I bet you were so for

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Speaker 1: people missed it. This was obviously a charity event in Russell.

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Speaker 1: Was it yesterday or the day before?

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Speaker 2: The game was played on Saturday. It was for a

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Speaker 2: charity called Rugby for Life and they do some fantastic

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Speaker 2: works fish up in the North and Northland in the province,

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Speaker 2: helping rugby clubs. Basically employ people to look after each club,

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Speaker 2: the Primarian team, but but heaps of ringings in this

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Speaker 2: parliamentaring team. But I've never seen such a big young

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Speaker 2: mob of MPs.

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Speaker 1: In my life.

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Speaker 2: Mitch play, Yes, I didn't. I didn't realize he was

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Speaker 2: I said, where have you been? I wanted to nail

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Speaker 2: you for all the poor, underpaid police around the country.

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Speaker 2: And he said, I hit the he hit the first

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Speaker 2: and he did his back and he never didn't see

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Speaker 1: So goodness.

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Speaker 2: I asked a lot of that position.

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Speaker 3: Did you play?

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Speaker 1: Good question?

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Speaker 2: Position? I packed down in a couple of scrums at Locke,

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Speaker 2: you what though the first four parted up. Some guy

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Speaker 2: screened out my name as you went to tackle me,

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Speaker 2: so I knew something was about to give. And I

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Speaker 2: got absolutely nailed. The crowd went up. I think it

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Speaker 2: might have been the hearted of the game, but no,

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Speaker 2: it was. It was a fantastic occasion and day and

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Speaker 2: then the evening at the fantastic duke of Marlburt and Russell.

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Speaker 2: Got a spot, got a spot.

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Speaker 1: Just the only reason I'm interested in giving your age

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Speaker 1: and everything. Andrew, how did you pull up?

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Speaker 2: Not good? No, not good. I've heard a rumor.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I was about the finger.

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Speaker 2: Not good. I should be able to work tomorrow and

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Speaker 1: So it's an injury as opposed to seizing up.

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Speaker 2: Well, there was a lot of seizing up. I had

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Speaker 2: I looked like a half shut pocket knife. Things went good.

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Speaker 2: But what the story of the game, though, was We

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Speaker 1: Those are the days, Those are the days are real.

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Speaker 2: And the great halftime speech from our coach, Ian Jones,

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Speaker 2: he said, look, you fat pricks up front of them,

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Speaker 2: and a wonderful job. But for God, except for God,

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Speaker 2: say get the ball to Nehe Milner's scudder, who was

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Speaker 1: And but you won, though didn't.

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Speaker 2: You, Yes, we did thirty three. I think it was.

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Speaker 2: It was, it was. It was a blowout. I did

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Speaker 2: notice the lay that the labor MPs. You could tell

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Speaker 2: of knots precisely National Nationals first, trying very very hard

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Speaker 2: to change the way the game was going. Mike.

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Speaker 1: But you know some of those guys, like I mean

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Speaker 2: There were there was an ambulance in a team of

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Speaker 2: was Buddy good Actually yeah, no it was. I didn't

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, well done, well done. Anyway, going back to you,

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Speaker 1: one of the things you notice when you cover events

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Speaker 1: It's not like New Zealand. I mean New Zealand. If

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Speaker 1: we ever held the Olympics, it had closed the place down.

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Speaker 1: Does France feel like it's immersed in Olympic noise?

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Speaker 2: That's a very good question.

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Speaker 3: Elements or parts of it are? Sections of it are?

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Speaker 3: People are very very into it, but some other people

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Speaker 3: that you talk about couldn't give a toss that it's on.

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Speaker 1: And what's your vibe on see if things don't go

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Speaker 1: the predictions for all the metals. Yeah, they had us

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Speaker 1: Oh you argue with me?

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Speaker 3: You think, well, I just think, yes, it's been a

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Speaker 3: slow start, but you've got to remember Rowings coming up,

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Speaker 3: double I believe of all one their heats, and then

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Speaker 3: the women's sevens would have to be favorites for gold.

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Speaker 3: So yes, it's been slow, but there are still medals

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Speaker 2: This sort happens happened about every This sort of happens

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Speaker 2: about every games, it isn't it, You know, as a

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Speaker 2: all of a sudden there's a flood at the end.

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Speaker 1: Well, well, as long as there is a flood at

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Speaker 1: the end, that was my point. Guy. Do you think

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Speaker 1: I were of an age now where once upon a

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Speaker 1: this country about performance, elite athletes, funding, winning, being champions

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Speaker 1: or are we just sort of not into that anymore

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Speaker 1: good time, that's fine.

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Speaker 3: I think in some sports there is still that question.

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Speaker 3: There are a lot of you know, like sailing gets

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Speaker 3: big numbers in terms of funding, and well, they haven't

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Speaker 3: always here from basketball people, for example, they don't get

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Speaker 3: think it's maybe as as as fervent as it used

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Speaker 3: fired up about it. I don't know if it's quite

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Speaker 1: You sad? You ready for the good news?

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Speaker 2: What's that?

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Speaker 1: Rams? One national basketball title two in a row?

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Speaker 2: Oh? Yes, yes, I watched that used to fantastical stadium

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Speaker 2: going off and.

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Speaker 1: Lynwood Rugby got the christ Premier Competition yesterday as well,

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Speaker 1: three years I think, wasn't it, Yeah, nineteen seventy three.

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Speaker 2: Fantastic Just on your point of just on your point

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Speaker 2: of pressure from that, just if they can relate back

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Speaker 2: to Russell on Saturday. You know, Tane Randall's in the

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Speaker 2: huddle and once a captain, always a captain. But these guys,

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Speaker 2: whether it's charity game, whether it's a Test match, they

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Speaker 2: played to win and they never lose that attitude. I

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Speaker 2: was it was so fantastic to be that close to

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Speaker 2: those sorts of guys and playing with them. If I

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Speaker 2: can use that to him loosely, but Renny Ranger was

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Speaker 2: playing for his near him and was got a feel

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Speaker 2: all Blacks and those guys played to win whatever game

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Speaker 2: they're in. That never changes.

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Speaker 1: You know, that's one of the champions, and you are

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Speaker 1: in association with champions, so a little bit of that champion.

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Speaker 2: Could has raised given you a cool Yet well, I

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Speaker 2: did see Graham Henry later that night and he said

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Speaker 2: he said, I'd pick you in my team any days, Sam,

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Speaker 2: and I said, okay, Graham it's probably late at night, mate.

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Speaker 1: You can trust you're sure, but.

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Speaker 2: Just back to just back to Russell. What is stunning?

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Speaker 2: You know you guys, probably it's just stunning the place,

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Speaker 2: it's it's it's it's a Duke of Mars as good

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Speaker 2: as a good hospitality, fantastic.

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Speaker 1: If I if I put you on hold now, Sef,

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Speaker 1: can you tell yourself some more stories for another half house?

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Speaker 1: See how you go? Andrew Sevil the guy have held.

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