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Speaker 1: A bit of Chicago as we head too Chicago. The

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Speaker 1: scene for the All Blacks and Irish showdown on Sunday

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Speaker 1: and calling the game for our sister station, gold Sport

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Speaker 1: is Elliott Smith. Made a few changes to the side.

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Speaker 2: Looked not overly surprising to have gone back to those

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Speaker 2: players that didn't appear in Perth through injury voting. Barrett

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Speaker 2: back at Ken, Caleb clips on the left wing and

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Speaker 2: Ethan the grip back at Lucia props. So those are

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Speaker 2: the three changes to the run on side. Interescingly perhaps

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Speaker 2: that coach Scott Robinson has decided to stick with Peter

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Speaker 2: luckayet a after what was the surprise selection in that

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Speaker 2: role for Perth a few weeks back and there was

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Speaker 2: a performance that was very encouraging from Lucky at number eight.

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Speaker 2: Well of the TV stays on the bench. I think

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Speaker 2: it's here to say that what probably hasn't recaptured the

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Speaker 2: kind of form that we saw from him last years,

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Speaker 2: had an injury wrecked years at a couple of bad ones.

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Speaker 2: So he's going to manage him that it's via the

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Speaker 2: Bend truck to speak. You will start either next week

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Speaker 2: in Edinburgh all the week after that in London and

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Speaker 2: then Quincypire who really impressed with two tries in Perth

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Speaker 2: keeps the starting role at center as well, a very

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Speaker 2: unfamiliate role for him, largely played at second five in

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Speaker 2: recent times. It was very good on that night at

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Speaker 2: Optics Stadium. So other than that suppose and fun part

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Speaker 2: of tweens, this week's team Droush Lord backs up the

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Speaker 2: locks on the bench, which was probably an area of

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Speaker 2: contention given the injuries in that position with her two

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Speaker 2: via Patrick Ferk and or two unless defying anokagist reach

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Speaker 2: a lane for the backline cover spot as well on

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Speaker 2: the bench. So by and large, not too many changes

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Speaker 2: for the Test match against the Island in this couple

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Speaker 2: of days time.

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Speaker 1: How have the lads been preparing? I understand that they've

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Speaker 1: been training at the University of Illinois, having some fun

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Speaker 1: in the pool land, even around in a foam pat.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they've been enjoying the sites and sounds of Chicago

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Speaker 2: and obviously that the training venue that you mentioned there

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Speaker 2: as well. They went to the Chicago Bulls game on

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Speaker 2: Monday nights. There was another one last night that I

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Speaker 2: was lucky enough to get along to. But they've also

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Speaker 2: been quite set on making sure that Chicago doesn't become

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Speaker 2: too much of a distraction for a lot of these players.

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Speaker 2: They won't have been in Chicago before. And in twenty

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Speaker 2: sixteen it did become a distraction, but it was the

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Speaker 2: year that the Chicago Cubs won their first Major League

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Speaker 2: base World Series title in nearly one hundred years, so

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Speaker 2: there was a lot of distractions. There was a big

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Speaker 2: parade the day before the game. It was Chicago at

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Speaker 2: full noise. They've been certain it's time to make sure

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Speaker 2: that that doesn't happen, and they focus on a tasket hand,

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Speaker 2: which is winning a rugby match on Sunday, Saturday, A

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Speaker 2: spinner hair free them freaking local time, nump in at

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Speaker 2: nine am, excuse me, Sunday morning. So trying to minimize

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Speaker 2: those distractions in Chicago, which you know, it's a big city.

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Speaker 2: It's full of distractions, and they're trying knuckle down and

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Speaker 2: prepare for that rugby. Yeah. Look, we're going to expect

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Speaker 2: around sixty thousand, which I think will be fantastic for

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Speaker 2: this game. I look at it and go, that's a

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Speaker 2: big stadium, a real atmosphere.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 2: The Chicago Bears play their games there throughout the NFL,

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Speaker 2: and it's built you know to accommodate oval as you know,

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Speaker 2: over bull sports or rectangular sports, so it's an intimate atmosphere.

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Speaker 2: There's not too much time between the touch line or

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Speaker 2: the dead ball line and what they call in the

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Speaker 2: NFL obviously the end zone. So it's fite from pats.

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Speaker 2: But it's a really big spawning coliseum antitheater, so that's

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Speaker 2: going to be really really special. And you know, not

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Speaker 2: a lot of these players and paid it before Ireland

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Speaker 2: had three players backing up in that win they had

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Speaker 2: in twenty sixteen. The All Blacks has got a couple,

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Speaker 2: but not many in the mix as well, so for

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Speaker 2: them it's going to be largely unfamiliar. They'll get a

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Speaker 2: look at it Saturday morning, New Zealand time and they

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Speaker 2: go for the Captain's run and keep things you know

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Speaker 2: taking along there. But there's no doubt about it, you know,

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Speaker 2: that America there's not a rugby town, but it's got

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Speaker 2: a big Irish influence and there's a lot of Key

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Speaker 2: Weeks as well. Bumped into a couple on the plane

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Speaker 2: that have made the trip over to experiences. It's a

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Speaker 2: hit list events or a lifetime opportunity, so they're making

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Speaker 2: the most of it. And yeah, absolutely it's going to

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Speaker 2: be a really great occasion. It's going to be absolutely

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Speaker 2: jam packed. But in terms of moving the needle and

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Speaker 2: people being interested, haven't seen an Irish Juessey, haven't seen

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Speaker 2: an All Blacks Jusey, haven't seen a lot of media coverage.

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Speaker 2: But you know, it's making a gems obviously in the

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Speaker 2: ticket sales, so I suppose that we're pretty happy from

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Speaker 2: that point, regardless of.

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Speaker 1: This whole point of it really to cash in and

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Speaker 1: supert what are conditions meant to be?

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Speaker 2: Like, Yeah, conditions will be a bit chilly, but no

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Speaker 2: rain expected. It's been a beautiful week, you know, liking

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Speaker 2: it to those sort of wonderful New Zealand winter days

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Speaker 2: that we get occasionally where it's very very chilly but

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Speaker 2: bright and sunny, and the wind will get up a

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Speaker 2: little bit as well. Expecting a high last time I

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Speaker 2: checked of about nine degree for match day. The wind

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Speaker 2: so four to five degrees, so it'll be chilly one

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Speaker 2: that's no rain expected, and by spret Off in the afternoon.

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Speaker 2: It should be pristine conditions ready to go, mate.

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Speaker 1: You soak it up all the best with the call

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Speaker 1: and enjoy those deep dish pizzas. Elliott Smith, well do,

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Speaker 1: Thanks Luke,