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Speaker 1: And now it looks like it's stayed against State, made

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Speaker 1: against Mate, but coming to Eden Park. Ossie Media is

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Speaker 1: reporting that our government has put in five million dollars

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Speaker 1: to stage match in the Rugby League show piece here

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty seven for m Kiewi and Warriors coach

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Speaker 1: Tony kemp Is with us I Tony.

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Speaker 2: Kilder, Helen, how are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm very well, thank you. It's a big deal, isn't it.

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Speaker 2: It's fantastic for New Zealand.

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Speaker 3: You know it's been in the pipeline for a number

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Speaker 3: of years, people talking about statee ogyen coming to New Zealand.

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Speaker 3: I think it's only even been played once outside of Australia,

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Speaker 3: which is in America all those years back, I.

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Speaker 2: Think I was eighty seven or something like that.

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Speaker 3: So for New Zealand to get the game for me,

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Speaker 3: I just think it goes to show you the caliber

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Speaker 3: of Peter Villandes and his mindset and wanting to grow

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Speaker 3: the game actually as a as an international spectacle and

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Speaker 3: not just a game between New South Wales and Queensland.

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Speaker 1: How do you reckon the Aussie punters are going to

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Speaker 1: react to that, because presumably, if I'm assuming a bunch

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Speaker 1: of them will want to come over here, will want

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Speaker 1: to watch it live. So now they're going to have

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Speaker 1: to fork out for an international ticket.

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Speaker 2: Well they won't get one. As soon as it goes

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Speaker 2: for sale.

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Speaker 1: They snap it up.

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Speaker 2: It'll be sold out within within minutes.

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Speaker 3: You probably, you know, unless you know somebody, you probably

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Speaker 3: won't won't get a ticket. I don't think people understand

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Speaker 3: just how big state of origin is down here in

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Speaker 3: New Zealand. You know, every Kiwi thinks they've either got

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Speaker 3: Maroon or blue Blood, which is sad because I leave black,

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Speaker 3: you know, and the play for the Kiwis. But you know,

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Speaker 3: when you opened up and said stayed against state, made against,

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Speaker 3: it's actually not state or origin anymore. Hell And it's

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Speaker 3: more country of origin because if you look through both

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Speaker 3: the state teams, it's heavily reliant on Pacific and Malorti

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Speaker 3: players that are playing in the competition now, so.

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Speaker 2: You know, to bring it to New zeald On, New Zealand.

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Speaker 3: But obviously alongside Australia being heavily influenced by Pacific participation,

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Speaker 3: there's a lot of other, I guess areas that you

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Speaker 3: look at. From the government giving five million dollars to

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Speaker 3: a stay oriaging game when the sport in New Zealand

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Speaker 3: only give New Zealand re League six hundred thousand dollars

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Speaker 3: to invest in in the national game, and what does

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Speaker 3: that do for the future of the game. I think

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Speaker 3: it's an opportunity when they do come down for our game,

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Speaker 3: hopefully to fix its own issues and run off.

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Speaker 2: The back of it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah too, right, Tony, Thanks very much appreciated. Tony camp

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Speaker 1: for Merkey Wee and Warrior's Coach.

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