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Speaker 2: News Talks V.

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Speaker 3: This week on The Big League Podcast, we hear from

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Speaker 3: Warriors locke Aaron Clark on his return to the Mount

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Speaker 3: Smart club, his standout performances and what he's learning from

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Speaker 3: the coaches. Nick Bewley comes steaming off the interchange to

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Speaker 3: review the emphatic win over the Knights in christ Church

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Speaker 3: and we look ahead to magic rounds.

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Speaker 2: My name is Nathan Limb.

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Speaker 3: Let's go god b LB five wins in six games.

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Speaker 3: The Warriors unlikely march up. The Nrral Ladder has them

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Speaker 3: fourth after eight rounds and just two points off the lead.

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Speaker 3: I say unlikely because this is not a polished team,

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Speaker 3: this is a rebuild. No one is really expecting them

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Speaker 3: to win the title. At the start of the season,

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Speaker 3: it was simply a debate over whether they had enough

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Speaker 3: to sneak into the eight. Have those expectations changed No,

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Speaker 3: not yet. The season is long and most sides are

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Speaker 3: yet to fully hit their stride. But if you want

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Speaker 3: to make the eight, you need to win games you're

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Speaker 3: expected to win. That's historically been a struggle for this club.

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Speaker 3: But in the Webster era, consistency and calm has been

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Speaker 3: a central focus and that is translating in the results.

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Speaker 3: Nick Bewley New Stalks, Heb's Voice of Sport in christ Church,

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Speaker 3: another one, this time over the nights. What were your

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Speaker 3: expectations of the club this year and have they changed

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Speaker 3: given this hot start?

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Speaker 4: Gay Nathan.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Look, my expectations going into the year weren't certainly

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Speaker 5: as high as they were going into twenty twenty four.

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Speaker 5: Off the backer, you know, being one went away from

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Speaker 5: the Grand Final in twenty twenty three. We of course

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Speaker 5: knew that Shawn Johnson was retiring, We knew that Adam

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Speaker 5: Fanola Blake wasn't going to be at the club. We

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Speaker 5: eventually learned that Harris was medically retire. We had a

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Speaker 5: new halves peering and of course James Toshahara's coming in.

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Speaker 5: But there was a lot of uncertainty, as you say,

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Speaker 5: a bit of a rebuild phase or a bit of

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Speaker 5: Some young players coming through, what sort of opportunities were

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Speaker 5: they going to be allowed? So look, I was sort

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Speaker 5: of probably in the similar sort of park to you

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Speaker 5: in terms of around the fringes of that top eight

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Speaker 5: if everything really went well and look then obviously they

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Speaker 5: had the loss to the Camber Raiders in Las Vegas,

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Speaker 5: and I was starting to think, I think that was

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Speaker 5: was starting to think, gee, WHEREZ It might be.

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Speaker 4: Quite a long year.

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Speaker 5: The recovery since then, albeit the big loss to the

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Speaker 5: Melbourne Storm has been superb. As you say, it hasn't

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Speaker 5: been fully polished, but they're just doing enough. And it's cliched,

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Speaker 5: but you got to win ugly in this competition.

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Speaker 4: It is so hard week to week.

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Speaker 5: There is not much between teams in the top four

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Speaker 5: bank those two competition points and be in the position

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Speaker 5: the work that's been done behind the scenes, my expectations still,

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Speaker 5: you know, we're just a little under a third of

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Speaker 5: one buy so I heard Andrew Websters say they're ladder

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Speaker 5: positions perhaps slightly inflated too by getting the two extra

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Speaker 4: So there's a long way to go to marathon, not.

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Speaker 5: A sprint, but you can't argue with the five and

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Speaker 3: Now, Bulls, I understand you were at the game, and Christius,

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Speaker 3: can you tell us a bit about the atmosphere what

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Speaker 4: This certainly is.

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Speaker 5: And look, this is the second time I've been to

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Speaker 4: Was that the last year's win over the Canberra Raiders.

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Speaker 5: Again a sellout at Apollo Project Stadium out in Addington

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Speaker 5: And it's going to be the last time the Warriors

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Speaker 5: do play out there. Of course from next year onwards

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Speaker 5: It's has been there since twenty twelve, since those devastating

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Speaker 5: You can create quite a unique noise or atmosphere ambience

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Speaker 5: and that was evident again on Friday night. Basically every

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Speaker 5: that the crowd really got in and around it.

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Speaker 4: And yeah, look it is quite different to Super rugby.

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Speaker 5: it was a fantastic occasion. Fortunate enough actually I was

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Speaker 5: And look, it was a fantastic night out and great

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Speaker 5: they're going to come back right through to twenty twenty

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Speaker 5: only obviously the on field product, but everything wrapping and

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Speaker 5: around it. Obviously, it was Anzac day the New Zealand

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Speaker 3: Yeah it was a cool day. Yeah, fantastic. And we're

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Speaker 3: going to hear from Aaron Clark shortly. But first here

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Speaker 3: are the highlights Warriors twenty six Nights twelve.

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Speaker 2: So we're underway in christ Church.

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Speaker 6: Just a shoulder going in there from New Courty.

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Speaker 5: It's direct contact, straight to head with Mono fourth and

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Speaker 5: game shoulder on report he's in the bin.

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Speaker 4: Fourth, I'm in the gas and non report in the room.

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Speaker 6: So last player for Warriors Cake, Well, here's Top Team.

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Speaker 6: Top Team came off the side of his boot a.

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Speaker 2: Little bit but it's awkward. Oh what a past sept toppy.

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Speaker 4: That's a try. Jackson four and fifty.

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Speaker 2: Rot speed again is really good.

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Speaker 6: Here's mccarf clock it's gone again.

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Speaker 4: What's he driving tonight? Jackson for here's Gang I.

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Speaker 2: Almost getting through the gate. The Gang guy's got the pass.

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Speaker 6: Siller going over a score for Newcastle.

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Speaker 4: There's a good ball and senting. He is look, mcclf,

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Speaker 4: Stocks tricking him and he can scores.

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Speaker 6: The trive is looking for the killer blow. That's meccalf.

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Speaker 6: How un cup there to who I didn't learn something

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Speaker 6: first time on Antick Days since twenty fourteen.

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Speaker 4: The Big League Podcast.

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Speaker 3: New Zealand Herald reporter Mike Thorpe was in christ Church

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Speaker 3: and had a chat to Aaron Clark. Let's take a listen, Aaron.

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Speaker 4: It's be pretty good. Start with how things are going

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Speaker 4: with the Warriors.

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Speaker 2: Yeah I am.

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Speaker 8: I'm happy here, Bro, I'm valued here and I'm learning

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Speaker 8: heaps under this coachy stuff and the players.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, I'm jus.

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Speaker 8: String a couple of wins off after that Melbourne gave hapful.

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Speaker 2: Is this some of the best.

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Speaker 9: Football you've played in your career? I mean even it's

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Speaker 9: probably the two games you've lost. You've been considered the

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Speaker 9: best player than the Warriors team every week, yet.

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Speaker 4: You're turning out sort of one. I want to be honest, Brad,

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Speaker 4: I don't see it like that.

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Speaker 8: I just want to be a teammate that the voice

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Speaker 8: want to look to and I'm everything and everything's going

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Speaker 8: well and it's not going well, and I'll be just

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Speaker 8: the end of the day, as long as they got

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Speaker 8: my respect, I don't care what everyone has to say,

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Speaker 8: you know, Like, as long as I'm doing my job

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Speaker 4: I'm just happier and things have changed the fear.

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Speaker 9: But in the third department since you arrived from the

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Speaker 9: off season too, retiring Dyl and walk heating office, you

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Speaker 9: know that obviously gives you a lot more responsible than

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it does.

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Speaker 8: And the good thing about that, we're just just telling

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Speaker 2: Just do what doing what you bring to the team, and.

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Speaker 4: Feel feel happy with that.

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Speaker 9: Adding a little bits to your game sort of, you know,

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Speaker 8: I think I I've still of learning Bro's That's a

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Speaker 8: cool thing, Like, I still have lots of learning getting

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Speaker 8: that balance. I went to pass mental run getting momentum.

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Speaker 4: I'm slowly getting that. Yeah, it'll take a while, but

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Speaker 2: And I know you've talked about this football.

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Speaker 9: But the one game in twenty seventeen and then sort

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Speaker 9: How much does it mean to you have been, you know,

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Speaker 8: But it's a messive ba and it's just the thing

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Speaker 8: to my kids love not to give up, and you know,

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Speaker 8: I just want them to them will come to me

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Speaker 4: Given a long ago, I won't be happy, and I will.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, So I'm just happy I muckle down and give

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Speaker 2: Separate God to take.

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Speaker 8: I don't know if you heard, but when the team

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Speaker 8: was announced and the start of the game, your name's mentioned.

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Speaker 2: When the crowd went up, probably louder than anyone else.

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Speaker 4: Oh, I don't know. It's short of following the team.

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Speaker 2: I don't know.

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Speaker 8: I just do my job.

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Speaker 4: I'm happy.

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Speaker 2: How encourage you get two wins back back out change

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Speaker 2: the sham Harris.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, and it just shows the depth we got at

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Speaker 8: the club, Like the next man up tottally it's throwing

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Speaker 8: around a lot. But we got that here, and let's

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Speaker 8: credit to Grebby and Andrew McFadden with the depths they

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Speaker 8: someone's ready to go and we'll move up to our

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Speaker 9: So so coming coming back, you know this year, have

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Speaker 9: you noticed a change in the sort of minds at

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Speaker 8: But I've said that in a few interviews, like the

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Speaker 8: culture has changed. Everything that the club's got in place.

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Speaker 8: It's probably the best I've been under in my short

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Speaker 8: little career. So yeah, like I said, credits at the club,

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Speaker 8: Looking forward to it, bro we could to catch up

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Speaker 10: At the moment.

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Speaker 4: They is the big league past.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, the Big League Podcast on the Warriors bandwagon since.

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Speaker 3: Da one great to hear from Aaron Clark there made

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Speaker 4: I feel like he's just scratching the surface.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's incredible thinking that he was a half back

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Speaker 5: So yeah, still a lot of room for improvement for

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Speaker 2: You're not the finished product.

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Speaker 3: But I was actually really encouraged by what I saw

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Speaker 11: I generally feel like they've improved every week and they're

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Speaker 3: Let's talk about Jackson forty. You mentioned just before Bill

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Speaker 3: He's a player who I feel like he's easy to

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Speaker 2: He does the hard jets.

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Speaker 3: He had one hundred and forty seven run meter, sixty

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Speaker 4: Well, I thought just to take a step back.

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Speaker 5: It was a really smart move one hour before kickoff,

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Speaker 5: As you say, Jackson Ford was initially listed to start

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Speaker 4: But I very much view that as the way forward.

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Speaker 4: And there's no ego with Jackson Ford.

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Speaker 5: You know, stardom put him on the interchange, He'll come on,

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Speaker 5: I remember a couple of years ago when he was

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Speaker 5: He never fatigues and again he's just yeah, like you say,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and let's talk about the defense for a second

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Speaker 3: I don't know how many tackles in a row it was,

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Speaker 11: Okay, we didn't kind of go after a moment we

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Speaker 11: I thought our attack improved a lot, be us a

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Speaker 3: I mean, Webster would know better than me, but I

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Speaker 4: Yeah, there's some big hitters in that team.

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Speaker 5: And Chanelle Harris Savera a couple of weeks in a

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Speaker 4: I'm just trying to think of the top of my head.

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Speaker 5: I saw, I heard Andrew Webster's whe I'll highlight the

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Speaker 5: And he's another one a bit like Jackson Ford's sort

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Speaker 5: you can't. While the Newcastle Knights attack is a little

439
00:20:31,053 --> 00:20:33,173
Speaker 5: bit shoddy at the minute, I think the Warriors can

440
00:20:33,213 --> 00:20:35,813
Speaker 5: be relatively pleased with their defense. It'll be tested again

441
00:20:36,493 --> 00:20:40,093
Speaker 5: magic round the Cowboys having put fifty points on the Titans.

442
00:20:40,173 --> 00:20:43,213
Speaker 5: But look, I think they're in a good place defensively,

443
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Speaker 5: and I'd agree it's probably the attack where some fine

444
00:20:46,053 --> 00:20:47,093
Speaker 5: tuning remains.

445
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Speaker 3: Yeah, you make a good point there. Capeble was fantastic

446
00:20:50,613 --> 00:20:54,213
Speaker 3: on both sides of the ball. Just lastly, if we

447
00:20:54,293 --> 00:20:57,013
Speaker 3: just jump back to Luke Metcaffey, we talked about you know,

448
00:20:57,173 --> 00:20:58,853
Speaker 3: we talk about all the time on this podcast.

449
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Speaker 2: He's half back. Is the half is the nature of it,

450
00:21:02,093 --> 00:21:02,373
Speaker 2: isn't it?

451
00:21:03,013 --> 00:21:05,933
Speaker 3: Obviously had a great intercept to change the momentum just

452
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Speaker 3: when the Knights were starting to get back into it.

453
00:21:09,053 --> 00:21:11,293
Speaker 3: I suppose sort of in that second half of score

454
00:21:11,333 --> 00:21:14,933
Speaker 3: sixteen six lead to the Eagan tribe, he missed a

455
00:21:15,053 --> 00:21:19,573
Speaker 3: couple of fairly straightforward conversions. And it feels weird talking

456
00:21:19,613 --> 00:21:23,333
Speaker 3: about this because of that fifty penalty last week to

457
00:21:23,453 --> 00:21:26,013
Speaker 3: win the game. But again, you know a couple Do

458
00:21:26,093 --> 00:21:28,853
Speaker 3: you have any concerns about him kicking off the tea.

459
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Speaker 4: Not at this point in time.

460
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Speaker 5: And I think it's a real confidence thing for a

461
00:21:36,333 --> 00:21:39,413
Speaker 5: half back and a game driver to be given that

462
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Speaker 5: responsibility of being the first choice goal kicker. And they're

463
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Speaker 5: putting a lot of faith in Luke and he's obviously

464
00:21:46,733 --> 00:21:49,413
Speaker 5: repaid that faith last week with his effort. Of course,

465
00:21:49,613 --> 00:21:53,653
Speaker 5: he was one from five against against the Broncos before

466
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Speaker 5: kicking that halfway.

467
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Speaker 4: Penalty to win the game.

468
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Speaker 5: Look, I'm sure they'll be the first think he acknowledges

469
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Speaker 5: it's not quite there.

470
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Speaker 4: He's quite a sweet striker off the tea.

471
00:22:02,213 --> 00:22:06,453
Speaker 5: He's just not quite accurate at times, but just to

472
00:22:06,533 --> 00:22:09,613
Speaker 5: take a step back back to his more his gameplay

473
00:22:09,693 --> 00:22:14,173
Speaker 5: and game control, I thought it was unfortunate in many ways.

474
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Speaker 5: His nicest play of the night was that little deft

475
00:22:19,333 --> 00:22:21,933
Speaker 5: left foot grubber through that that did sit up pretty

476
00:22:22,013 --> 00:22:24,773
Speaker 5: nicely for Ali Lea made a meal of it and

477
00:22:24,813 --> 00:22:26,333
Speaker 5: the end go and then kuld Of got it down.

478
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Speaker 5: You know, that's the sort of variety I've been looking

479
00:22:29,253 --> 00:22:31,733
Speaker 5: for in terms of the Warriors attack, because you know

480
00:22:31,773 --> 00:22:34,173
Speaker 5: a lot of us have been quite critical of those

481
00:22:34,213 --> 00:22:37,733
Speaker 5: fifth tackle plays and variety, you know, rather than just

482
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Speaker 5: going hoisting it and hoping. So that was nice to see,

483
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Speaker 5: and and you mentioned it a bit early on too

484
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Speaker 5: ate about fifth or sixth minute, Luke Metcalff backed his

485
00:22:47,613 --> 00:22:49,693
Speaker 5: running game, which has just been such a critical part

486
00:22:49,773 --> 00:22:53,413
Speaker 5: of his play when he was the five eighth alongside Johnson,

487
00:22:53,493 --> 00:22:56,293
Speaker 5: made that line break almost got Liqua hall Asima free

488
00:22:57,013 --> 00:22:59,893
Speaker 5: to score the Warriors first, So I think, you know,

489
00:23:00,493 --> 00:23:01,653
Speaker 5: it's easy to forget as well.

490
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Speaker 4: That's game seven as a seven for Luke Mtcalf.

491
00:23:04,893 --> 00:23:08,493
Speaker 5: He's still very much finding his feet, but I think

492
00:23:08,533 --> 00:23:10,573
Speaker 5: it was a step in the right direction. The goalkicking

493
00:23:10,613 --> 00:23:13,733
Speaker 5: will come. My preference would be they continue with him.

494
00:23:14,893 --> 00:23:16,973
Speaker 5: You know, yes, there's Adam Pompey there. I guess it

495
00:23:17,013 --> 00:23:19,973
Speaker 5: will depend on whether Adam Pompy keeps his place when

496
00:23:20,053 --> 00:23:23,613
Speaker 5: guys like Dalamatini's les now can Roger two vasis yet

497
00:23:23,653 --> 00:23:26,213
Speaker 5: come back into the team, but there are other options there.

498
00:23:26,253 --> 00:23:28,493
Speaker 5: But I think for for a half back it is

499
00:23:28,573 --> 00:23:32,653
Speaker 5: important that if they're trusted with the responsibility, that faith

500
00:23:32,813 --> 00:23:33,853
Speaker 5: is fully restored in them.

501
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Speaker 4: Big.

502
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Speaker 3: What I'm next is the Cowboys and Magic Round, and

503
00:23:39,013 --> 00:23:42,293
Speaker 3: we have good memories of Magic Round in Brisbane.

504
00:23:42,333 --> 00:23:44,013
Speaker 2: Do you remember what happened last year?

505
00:23:44,333 --> 00:23:59,253
Speaker 7: Tomato just comes to a picky right bird w a Hey.

506
00:24:03,693 --> 00:24:06,413
Speaker 3: Shivers down the spine taine to Opeaky, scoring the winning

507
00:24:06,493 --> 00:24:09,253
Speaker 3: try and converting it out wide for the victory over

508
00:24:09,333 --> 00:24:11,413
Speaker 3: the Penrith Panthers last year.

509
00:24:11,453 --> 00:24:14,173
Speaker 2: It's amazing to think how far Tanan's come since.

510
00:24:13,973 --> 00:24:15,533
Speaker 4: Then, isn't it.

511
00:24:15,693 --> 00:24:20,653
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's fantastic seeing him in the obviously through opportunity

512
00:24:20,853 --> 00:24:24,293
Speaker 5: with the wingers, just mentioning before dwzrts being out. But

513
00:24:25,973 --> 00:24:29,973
Speaker 5: he's such a live wire and you know there's some

514
00:24:30,053 --> 00:24:32,013
Speaker 5: sort of crazy record attained to a picky when he's

515
00:24:32,013 --> 00:24:34,133
Speaker 5: in the team, the Warrior is their winning record just

516
00:24:34,213 --> 00:24:36,773
Speaker 5: shoots up, so I personally hope they find a place

517
00:24:36,813 --> 00:24:37,493
Speaker 5: in the seventeen.

518
00:24:37,573 --> 00:24:39,773
Speaker 4: But yeah, he's making a fist of it out on

519
00:24:39,773 --> 00:24:40,813
Speaker 4: the wing. It's really impressive.

520
00:24:40,933 --> 00:24:41,093
Speaker 2: Yeah.

521
00:24:41,133 --> 00:24:43,253
Speaker 3: I think that was his debut too, wasn't it last

522
00:24:43,693 --> 00:24:46,093
Speaker 3: last year Magic ran or his first start at fullback.

523
00:24:46,693 --> 00:24:47,693
Speaker 4: First start at fullback.

524
00:24:47,773 --> 00:24:52,053
Speaker 5: Yeah. Yeah, he's very able to just step in it

525
00:24:52,133 --> 00:24:54,613
Speaker 5: relatively late notice and get a job done. And obviously

526
00:24:54,653 --> 00:24:57,093
Speaker 5: that was probably one of, if not the highlights of

527
00:24:57,213 --> 00:24:58,333
Speaker 5: that twenty twenty four season.

528
00:24:58,453 --> 00:25:01,293
Speaker 3: Now the Warriors are up against the Cowboys on Saturday night.

529
00:25:01,413 --> 00:25:05,013
Speaker 3: North Queensland are coming off of fifty to eighteen hiding

530
00:25:05,413 --> 00:25:08,093
Speaker 3: of the Titans, in which they trailed sixteen six after

531
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Speaker 3: nine ten minutes and then put on forty four unanswered points.

532
00:25:11,573 --> 00:25:14,093
Speaker 3: In other words, the Titans really blew that. They are

533
00:25:14,173 --> 00:25:17,933
Speaker 3: six on the ladder with four wins three losses. And

534
00:25:18,013 --> 00:25:20,613
Speaker 3: the two players who stood out most probably from that

535
00:25:20,893 --> 00:25:24,173
Speaker 3: game second row jermyne I and the captain in five

536
00:25:24,253 --> 00:25:27,173
Speaker 3: eighth of course Tommy Dead and their standouts so dead

537
00:25:27,253 --> 00:25:30,813
Speaker 3: and set up four tries, provided five line break assists.

538
00:25:30,893 --> 00:25:34,213
Speaker 3: None I had actually been dropped before this to the

539
00:25:34,333 --> 00:25:36,573
Speaker 3: queens Had Cup due to a couple defensive issues, but

540
00:25:36,653 --> 00:25:39,733
Speaker 3: returned to State of origin form he scored a double.

541
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Speaker 3: Nick how much have you seen of the Cowboys this

542
00:25:43,173 --> 00:25:44,693
Speaker 3: year and what are the Warriors really need to look

543
00:25:44,733 --> 00:25:45,413
Speaker 3: out for do you think?

544
00:25:45,973 --> 00:25:47,773
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's been a great deal of the cow was

545
00:25:47,853 --> 00:25:50,093
Speaker 5: just the odd highlights here and there, but did catch

546
00:25:50,453 --> 00:25:53,293
Speaker 5: a few of those tries that they ripped through the

547
00:25:53,333 --> 00:25:54,613
Speaker 5: Gold Coast at the weekend.

548
00:25:55,253 --> 00:25:57,213
Speaker 4: Look, they're a team that like to shift the ball.

549
00:25:57,333 --> 00:26:01,733
Speaker 5: They've got multiple playmaking threat Scott Drinkwater, you know, regularly

550
00:26:01,853 --> 00:26:04,853
Speaker 5: popping up as that sort of third playmaker. He's obviously

551
00:26:04,933 --> 00:26:06,773
Speaker 5: from a background of being more of five eighth now

552
00:26:07,053 --> 00:26:10,133
Speaker 5: as a fullback for the cow So they've got multiple

553
00:26:10,213 --> 00:26:13,773
Speaker 5: ballplay threats there and threats on the edges. So look,

554
00:26:13,973 --> 00:26:15,933
Speaker 5: they're going to be tricky. They always tend to be

555
00:26:16,333 --> 00:26:19,253
Speaker 5: in Queensland as well. Seven thirty kickoff New Zealand Times,

556
00:26:19,253 --> 00:26:22,253
Speaker 5: so it's that five thirty local time magic round. I'm

557
00:26:22,253 --> 00:26:25,053
Speaker 5: sure there'll be a lot of fandom for the Warriors,

558
00:26:25,213 --> 00:26:30,093
Speaker 5: but I think if Andrew Webs's side particularly control the middle,

559
00:26:30,533 --> 00:26:33,533
Speaker 5: where they have done in the last couple of weeks

560
00:26:33,573 --> 00:26:36,973
Speaker 5: in particular, guys like Mitch Barnett Aaron Clark really getting

561
00:26:36,973 --> 00:26:40,853
Speaker 5: into their work. That'll allow the Warriors the opportunity to

562
00:26:40,933 --> 00:26:44,493
Speaker 5: get over the top of the Cowboys and limit their

563
00:26:44,573 --> 00:26:46,893
Speaker 5: opportunities in terms of where they attack. You know, that

564
00:26:46,973 --> 00:26:49,413
Speaker 5: was probably one of the real noticeable things out the

565
00:26:49,453 --> 00:26:51,973
Speaker 5: ground last week is where Newcastle were having to kick

566
00:26:52,053 --> 00:26:52,333
Speaker 5: from that.

567
00:26:52,453 --> 00:26:54,773
Speaker 4: They're very rarely down inside the Warriors half.

568
00:26:54,893 --> 00:26:58,093
Speaker 5: So if the Warriors can get that momentum ascendancy in

569
00:26:58,133 --> 00:27:00,053
Speaker 5: the middle, waighte e can come into the four.

570
00:27:00,853 --> 00:27:02,493
Speaker 4: I think I think they'll get the job done.

571
00:27:03,133 --> 00:27:05,533
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, it'll be a similar lineup.

572
00:27:05,653 --> 00:27:07,773
Speaker 3: Dell and my Tenday's Leslie at Jameson has some Roger

573
00:27:07,813 --> 00:27:10,773
Speaker 3: to ev Us Sick will still be out way Tennis

574
00:27:10,893 --> 00:27:13,333
Speaker 3: Lesnia because the next due back in round ten. How

575
00:27:13,533 --> 00:27:15,653
Speaker 3: good will it be to have them back. Do you

576
00:27:15,733 --> 00:27:18,693
Speaker 3: think they'll tinker with the line? I mean Web's has

577
00:27:18,733 --> 00:27:21,133
Speaker 3: been making a few adjustments every week, and you know

578
00:27:21,213 --> 00:27:23,093
Speaker 3: he sort of names the team and then changes the

579
00:27:23,773 --> 00:27:24,933
Speaker 3: how the interchange works.

580
00:27:24,973 --> 00:27:26,813
Speaker 2: He's he's pretty crafty.

581
00:27:26,413 --> 00:27:28,413
Speaker 3: With Daddy, likes to have a bit of fun with

582
00:27:28,933 --> 00:27:31,493
Speaker 3: everyone in terms of naming a team that's not necessarily

583
00:27:32,413 --> 00:27:36,093
Speaker 3: what runs out. But are there any big changes that

584
00:27:36,173 --> 00:27:37,613
Speaker 3: you think will stick out from the site.

585
00:27:38,493 --> 00:27:39,173
Speaker 4: I don't think so.

586
00:27:39,493 --> 00:27:42,013
Speaker 5: And going back to Andrew Webs's post match comments on

587
00:27:42,093 --> 00:27:45,333
Speaker 5: Friday night talking about Lekahalasima coming in to starting near

588
00:27:45,413 --> 00:27:48,213
Speaker 5: Cordo through the middle forward on the interchange, he said

589
00:27:48,253 --> 00:27:52,653
Speaker 5: that's a good option going forward for them. And again

590
00:27:52,813 --> 00:27:55,173
Speaker 5: because we didn't really see the full fruits of that

591
00:27:55,293 --> 00:28:00,293
Speaker 5: with near cords, Sinbinning and the Hia, I think they

592
00:28:00,333 --> 00:28:03,253
Speaker 5: will want to go down that route again. I thought

593
00:28:03,333 --> 00:28:05,893
Speaker 5: Jacob Laban as well was really impressive of the interchange,

594
00:28:05,893 --> 00:28:08,213
Speaker 5: so I think he's done enough to hold onto his spot.

595
00:28:08,493 --> 00:28:12,613
Speaker 5: It might just be whether Wade Egan's workload is a

596
00:28:12,733 --> 00:28:15,253
Speaker 5: question mark going into the next few rounds of mine.

597
00:28:15,293 --> 00:28:16,773
Speaker 4: He's going He's getting through a lot.

598
00:28:16,733 --> 00:28:20,053
Speaker 5: Of football obviously last year would usually have a Freddie

599
00:28:20,093 --> 00:28:24,373
Speaker 5: Lassick type on the interchange. You know, Wades his influence

600
00:28:24,453 --> 00:28:26,613
Speaker 5: on the game. He's up there with the most important

601
00:28:26,693 --> 00:28:29,333
Speaker 5: warrior on the field. But I do wonder at some

602
00:28:29,573 --> 00:28:32,693
Speaker 5: stage we saw was against Brisbane the Mighty Martin was

603
00:28:32,733 --> 00:28:35,013
Speaker 5: on the interchange. Now went into hooker for a little

604
00:28:35,053 --> 00:28:37,453
Speaker 5: bit of course, you've got Sam Harley there waiting in

605
00:28:37,493 --> 00:28:41,133
Speaker 5: the wings for a Warrior's NRL debuts, so that might

606
00:28:41,213 --> 00:28:43,813
Speaker 5: be a subtle tweak with it. A buntie our follow

607
00:28:43,893 --> 00:28:47,373
Speaker 5: could could drop away for a utility forward. But by

608
00:28:47,453 --> 00:28:50,893
Speaker 5: and large, I think the reward the performance of last

609
00:28:50,893 --> 00:28:51,973
Speaker 5: week and the week prime.

610
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Speaker 10: The Big League Podcast on the Warriors Bad Wagon since

611
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Speaker 10: day one, The Big League Podcast for the biggest league fans.

612
00:29:05,973 --> 00:29:09,693
Speaker 3: Write some quick five predictions to this episode of The

613
00:29:09,733 --> 00:29:13,293
Speaker 3: Big League Podcast. Nick Billy will start with the Sharks

614
00:29:13,853 --> 00:29:15,213
Speaker 3: and the Eels.

615
00:29:15,253 --> 00:29:15,853
Speaker 2: How you feeling?

616
00:29:17,013 --> 00:29:19,613
Speaker 5: Yeah, I was pretty disappointed in the Sharks and like hard,

617
00:29:19,653 --> 00:29:22,293
Speaker 5: Oval is a tough place to win against the Tigers,

618
00:29:22,333 --> 00:29:24,773
Speaker 5: but just couldn't ice the big moments there in Golden

619
00:29:24,813 --> 00:29:29,133
Speaker 5: Point on Sunday night. But yeah, I don't really know

620
00:29:29,213 --> 00:29:31,333
Speaker 5: what to make a paramount a just yet. Mitch Moses

621
00:29:31,373 --> 00:29:33,573
Speaker 5: has just had the one game back. Of course they won.

622
00:29:33,893 --> 00:29:35,853
Speaker 5: I'm going to say the Sharks bounce back.

623
00:29:36,533 --> 00:29:39,613
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm going to agree with you there the Eels

624
00:29:39,733 --> 00:29:42,493
Speaker 3: coming off the bibe, but they've just been not great

625
00:29:42,533 --> 00:29:45,933
Speaker 3: this year. Roosters Dolphins, Yeah, this will be an interesting

626
00:29:46,013 --> 00:29:48,893
Speaker 3: one too, Like the Dolphins, you know, they got run

627
00:29:48,973 --> 00:29:53,053
Speaker 3: over by a camera at home. And the Roosters, you know,

628
00:29:53,453 --> 00:29:55,293
Speaker 3: they're sort of a little bit Jekyll and High.

629
00:29:55,373 --> 00:29:57,613
Speaker 5: They don't quite know what you're going to get. I

630
00:29:57,733 --> 00:30:00,333
Speaker 5: quite like the look of their new halfback. Here go Savala,

631
00:30:00,453 --> 00:30:03,973
Speaker 5: no more Chad Townsend in first grade at East. So

632
00:30:04,413 --> 00:30:07,213
Speaker 5: I'm going to go the Roosters, but you know it

633
00:30:07,333 --> 00:30:09,453
Speaker 5: is in Brisbanes who knows roosters.

634
00:30:09,493 --> 00:30:12,093
Speaker 3: For me, I'm going to go with the Dolphins. I

635
00:30:12,173 --> 00:30:14,573
Speaker 3: was actually really surprised to see them loose to the Raiders.

636
00:30:14,573 --> 00:30:16,573
Speaker 3: Of course, a couple of weeks ago they ran over

637
00:30:16,693 --> 00:30:20,133
Speaker 3: the top of the storm put forty two points on them,

638
00:30:20,493 --> 00:30:22,893
Speaker 3: and they bet the Panthers the week before that. So

639
00:30:22,933 --> 00:30:24,693
Speaker 3: I've been really impressed with the Dolphins this year. I'm

640
00:30:24,693 --> 00:30:27,773
Speaker 3: going to back them. Rabbit Os versus the Knights. Two

641
00:30:27,853 --> 00:30:30,453
Speaker 3: teams struggling a wee bit, Yeah they are.

642
00:30:30,653 --> 00:30:33,933
Speaker 5: I think Newcastle struggles are a bit more significant though

643
00:30:34,053 --> 00:30:37,253
Speaker 5: than the rabbit O's and they love Wayne Bennett up

644
00:30:37,253 --> 00:30:37,733
Speaker 5: in Brisbane.

645
00:30:37,773 --> 00:30:38,693
Speaker 4: So Bunnies for me.

646
00:30:39,813 --> 00:30:42,253
Speaker 2: Warriors versus the Cowboys Saturday Night.

647
00:30:43,373 --> 00:30:46,693
Speaker 4: Yeah, look, head and heart is saying Warriors.

648
00:30:47,213 --> 00:30:48,893
Speaker 5: It's not going to be easier this is a Cowboys team,

649
00:30:48,893 --> 00:30:51,093
Speaker 5: as we mentioned, that have got threats across the park.

650
00:30:51,573 --> 00:30:54,773
Speaker 5: But if the Warriors can win the middle, which I

651
00:30:54,813 --> 00:30:58,133
Speaker 5: think they will, if Midge Barnett, Aaron Clark and co

652
00:30:59,133 --> 00:31:01,053
Speaker 5: play at the level they have been playing so far

653
00:31:01,133 --> 00:31:03,893
Speaker 5: this season, that's going to allow the Warriors to get

654
00:31:03,933 --> 00:31:08,293
Speaker 5: on top and really limit the Cowboys opportunities in terms

655
00:31:08,413 --> 00:31:10,813
Speaker 5: field position. So I'm going to say the Warriors are

656
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Speaker 5: going to keep rolling.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I'm going to agree with you. I'm going

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Speaker 2: to agree with you.

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Speaker 3: Then Gowboys on a bit of a winning streak, but

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Speaker 3: the Warriors are informed.

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Speaker 4: Tiger's Dragons Tigers Dragons.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, another really tough one and usually the kind of

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Speaker 5: game that you know if it was at like hard

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Speaker 5: over Campbelltown, there's no home advantage really is there?

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Speaker 4: With Magic Round.

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Speaker 5: I'm going to say that the Tigers might have found

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Speaker 5: something after the Fortnight from Hell with this lockey Galvin saga.

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Speaker 4: Maybe it's that game on Sunday night the Golden Point

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Speaker 4: went over.

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Speaker 5: Cronulla's sort of a harmonious moment for the club to

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Speaker 5: kind of piece things together and Galvin and Leui and

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Speaker 5: Taruva can all be friends and yeah, they get the

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Speaker 5: job done over.

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Speaker 2: The Dragons, Titans, Bulldogs. This should be easy.

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Speaker 5: I was disappointed with the Bulldogs and that was probably

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Speaker 5: always the concern for them, whether they were able to

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Speaker 5: be so effective defensively against a big pack, and the

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Speaker 5: short answer there was no, you know, paying Harsen Pat

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Speaker 5: Harrigan in particularly just rolling through the middle against those

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Speaker 5: utility forwards that the Bulldogs have.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, I think they'll find a way.

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Speaker 5: Cameron's through out a bit of an opportunity to you know,

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Speaker 5: just you know, sometimes winning just papers over a few cracks.

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Speaker 5: They'll have a real good look at themselves this week.

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Speaker 5: And yeah, that Gold Coast team without Jaden Campbell, they're

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Speaker 5: not that flash.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Bulldogs losing their first of the season to the Broncos,

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Speaker 3: but I'm backing them to bounce back.

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Speaker 2: Panthers versus the Broncos.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, that's probably outside the Warriors Cowboys is probably the

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Speaker 5: most intriguing one for mine. Who would have thought the

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Speaker 5: Penrith Panthers seventeenth, right at the bottom of the ladder

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Speaker 5: as they go for five straight NRL premierships against the

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Speaker 5: Broncos side who were very impressive against the Bulldogs previous unbeaten. Jeez,

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Speaker 5: when is it going to clerk? It kind of has

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Speaker 5: to happen soon for Ivan Cleary's side bottom of the ladder.

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Speaker 5: I know, it's unbelievable, wasn't it. You had got great

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Speaker 5: value for that at the beginning of the year. But

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Speaker 5: they're at a real rut and I think perhaps they're

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Speaker 5: finally finding that you can't just continually lose top tier

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Speaker 5: talent like Fisher Harris, like Leui Taruva and just plug

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Speaker 5: these gaps with you know, Melbourne have been the catalysts

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Speaker 5: for that for the best part of twenty years. But

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Speaker 5: it's proving tricky this year for Penrith and Magic Round

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Speaker 5: in Brisbane, even though it's a Penrith home game, I

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Speaker 5: just had to go.

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Speaker 4: I have to go with the Broncos.

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Speaker 3: That's ridiculous that it's that it's not a home I'm

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Speaker 3: sorry that something has to be done about that. I'm

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Speaker 3: backing because they're playing in Brisbane. They're playing in Brisbane

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Speaker 3: and it's an away. It's not fair Storm versus the

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Speaker 3: Raiders to finish that.

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Speaker 5: This is actually a cracking contest too, and the Storm,

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Speaker 5: you know, they're okay and did enough against the Rabbit O's.

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Speaker 5: But as you mentioned a bit earlier, and they sort

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Speaker 5: of exposed against the Dolphins and that Camera team all

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Speaker 5: of a sudden and that Warrior is loss in Vegas

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Speaker 5: is starting to look a little bit less, how shall

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Speaker 5: we say, a little bit not as bad as it

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Speaker 5: did at the time because they have just been running

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Speaker 5: through teams. I think they're a top four team this year.

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Speaker 5: I'm going to go with a bit of a bit

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Speaker 5: of an upset here. I'm going to say that the

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Speaker 5: Camera Raiders beat the Melbourne Storm. Couple of old teammates,

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Speaker 5: Ricky Stewart Craig Balamy, the Battle of the coaches. Yeah,

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Speaker 5: I'm going to go with Ricky stewarts man.

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Speaker 3: Well back the Storm, tried and true method just picked

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Speaker 3: the Storm. Hey Nick, thank you so much for taking

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Speaker 3: the time to be on the podcast. I really appreciate

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Speaker 3: your time, your wisdom, your insight. Please follow and rate

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Speaker 3: the podcast. Thank you for listening. We'll be back next

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Speaker 3: Monday to review Magic Round. My name is Nathan Limb.

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Speaker 3: Have a fantastic week.

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