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Speaker 2: We are joined by acc head G Lane on the

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Speaker 2: ground and Las Vegas ahead of the NRL Opening round

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Speaker 2: in Sin City. G Lane, Welcome to the show. Are

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Speaker 2: you seeing a league vibe in Vegas?

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Speaker 3: Afternoon? Gents? Listen? I presumed their League fans and Warriors

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Speaker 3: fans were just would just assimilate into the chaos that

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Speaker 3: is Vegas and you wouldn't really notice them. But they

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Speaker 3: are everywhere. Everywhere you look. There is Warriors fans everywhere.

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Speaker 3: There's Kiwi lizards left, right and center, all in the merch.

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Speaker 3: I got yelled at for not wearing merch this morning.

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Speaker 3: It's pretty It's pretty cool to see actually, and everyone.

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Speaker 3: I think the park m GM is basically floor to

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Speaker 3: ceiling Warriors fans. They're out in the street drink and

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Speaker 3: they're loving it. You can walk around with a lead

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Speaker 3: can and just walk into a bar and drink of it.

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Speaker 3: It's my Dani. I'm not coming home.

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Speaker 2: So you're seeing a lot more Warriors' shirts and Raiders

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Speaker 2: panthers or Shark shirts.

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Speaker 3: I can't say I've seen a Raiders. I have not

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Speaker 3: seen one. I think I've seen one tens top, but

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Speaker 3: the rest of them, it's just ars city. It's hilarious.

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Speaker 3: It is very hilarious. It's dangerously confusing for the locals too,

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Speaker 3: because they have no idea what this says and what's

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Speaker 3: going on. It's just heaps as heavily tattooed warriors, fans

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Speaker 3: necking a lot of beers in the streets. It's beautiful.

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Speaker 3: Bring the tear in my eye.

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Speaker 2: Any idea where the warriors are locked up to keep

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Speaker 2: them out of trouble, Well they are.

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Speaker 3: We're going to an ice hockey game at t Mobile.

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Speaker 3: We're going it's the Golden Knights versus the black Hawks

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Speaker 3: here and I believe that've been hooked up by Bill Foley,

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Speaker 3: who owns Aukland, their cea as well. He also owns

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Speaker 3: the Golden Knights. I believe they're all attending the eye

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Speaker 3: hockey game tonight. Okay, so watch a bit of that,

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Speaker 3: so that's safe.

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Speaker 2: Buses leave the hotel, counting buddies in the buses into

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Speaker 2: the ice hockey away from the bears, straight into the

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Speaker 2: bus and then locked in their rooms overnight.

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Speaker 3: And I cannot believe that they managed to pull this

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Speaker 3: off last year with no headlines. It's just temptation everywhere

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Speaker 3: here in Vegas. So I've made it so well last

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Speaker 3: year to keep that under wraps. Obviously, the sight in

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Speaker 3: the elevator this year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it sounds like sorry Mike jumping there. It

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Speaker 2: sounds like for a lot of the KIWI fans, it

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Speaker 2: might be like a lot of Las Vegas trips. They're

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Speaker 2: going hard on night one and maybe a little bit

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Speaker 2: dusty by time the game rolls around.

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Speaker 3: I'll tell you what I bumped into Ben Hurley earlier,

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Speaker 3: and that he is. He's given his soul to Vegas.

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Speaker 3: Ri ip. Ben Hurley. He had a big night yesterday,

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Speaker 3: big day use today and he didn't leave his hotel

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Speaker 3: room till three o'clock in the afternoon. He couldn't face

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Speaker 3: the world four guys. So yeah, I think people, if

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Speaker 3: they get it out of their system, now we've got

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Speaker 3: another night and then we've got the league.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I think first night, first night fever is acceptable because

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Speaker 3: you've got a whole day to recover before heading before

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Speaker 3: heading the stadium on SETI yeah, well.

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Speaker 2: I got seen a picture about three hours ago from

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Speaker 2: my mother in law who was dancing to wagon Wheel

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Speaker 2: somewhere in Las Vegas.

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Speaker 1: Good Night for the mother in law.

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Speaker 2: She'd found a covers band playing Wagon's wagon Wheel, so

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Speaker 2: she's going hard. So you've got the Camra, You've got

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Speaker 2: the Raiders and the Warriors, and you've got the Panthers,

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Speaker 2: and you've got the Sharks. Then you've got the Wigan

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Speaker 2: Warriors and the Warrington Wolves. I mean, this is something

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Speaker 2: we haven't heard of it. And you've got the Jilla

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Speaker 2: Rues versus the England Woman's team. Are you going to

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Speaker 2: make it all the way to the end to watch

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Speaker 2: the Australian No, you know you watch the Panthers. Just

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Speaker 2: are you Warriors, Raiders and out?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? I'm Warriors and Raiders out. I'm afraid I've come

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Speaker 3: to Vegas with a mission and that mission includes not

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Speaker 3: spending nine hours watching rugby league at the stadium. But

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Speaker 3: i am. I'm there for the Warriors. Martin Fires in town,

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Speaker 3: the Chariot Chariot so Fire. The legendary Wigan rugby league

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Speaker 3: player Friendo Botica is here as well. There's a lot

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Speaker 3: of old leagues and Gordon Kellous almost gotten fister cuffs

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Speaker 3: with Brodie Kane last night in the bar as well.

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Speaker 3: I wouldn't have ended well for Bronie. Hell of a story.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Well, thank you for talking to us, Gulane, appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: And just before we go, can I say just get

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Speaker 2: out now. Nothing good happened from Vegas. Turn around, get

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Speaker 2: on a plane, go home and hug your family. Wise advice,

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Speaker 2: get out now it's too late. Nothing good's going to

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Speaker 2: happen from now on. All right, okay, all.

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