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Speaker 2: Big League Podcast by News Talks EDB.

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Speaker 3: This week on The Big League Podcast, Warriors Center, Adam

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Speaker 3: Pompey counts taming to Opeeke's commitments and playing the Dragons

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Speaker 3: despite having a baby. That morning, Michael Burgess and I

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Speaker 3: analyze an ugly but gritty win, evaluates why their spot

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Speaker 3: in the top four feels so flimsy, and look ahead

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Speaker 3: to what surely, surely can't be another loss to the Titans.

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Speaker 4: My name is Nathan Limb.

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Speaker 3: Let's go be LB ugly, frustrating and downright painful to watch.

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Speaker 3: And no, I'm not talking about your work drinks karaoke.

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Speaker 3: The Warriors deserve plenty of credit for coming from behind

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Speaker 3: to beat the Dragons. The two points is all that

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Speaker 3: matters at this point in the season. I genuinely like

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Speaker 3: to flush the rest of it down the toilet and

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Speaker 3: never speak of it again. Thanks to a victory for

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Speaker 3: the Storm over the Panthers, the Warriors top four hopes

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Speaker 3: are now back in their own hands. The equation is simple,

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Speaker 3: beat the Titans, eels and Seagulls, none of whom are

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Speaker 3: giant slayers, and we can enjoy a final fixture at

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Speaker 3: Mount Smart. Why then, Michael Burgess, Senior New Zealand Herald Rider,

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Speaker 3: does that feel so far away and genuinely unlikely?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's not as straightforward as it sounds, as it's

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Speaker 5: not as straightforward as we thought it might be a

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Speaker 5: few weeks ago. But I feel a whole lot better

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Speaker 5: after Friday. I mean, if Friday didn't happen, if they

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Speaker 5: we'd be having a very different conversation and would be

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Speaker 5: feeling pretty pretty sad right now. But back in their

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Speaker 5: and then the lessonb real momentum. So a lot of

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Speaker 5: swings still to come, you would think, and some of

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Speaker 5: the teams that are also fighting for the fourth spot

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Speaker 5: have tough game as themselves. Fifth of be okay, but

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Speaker 5: you want to be top four and now thankfully they

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Speaker 5: So that is a positive. The game wasn't quite as

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Speaker 5: I feel but this certainly was pretty sloppy, and we'll

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Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure, we're going to hear from Warriors senter

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Speaker 3: Adam Pompey next. But first, here are the highlights were

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Speaker 3: their actual highlights in this game. Warriors fourteen Dragons ten.

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Speaker 5: Run the way.

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Speaker 6: Flanagan shop of hear us a fairy he schools fast

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Speaker 6: try for the dragons.

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Speaker 4: How they change direction. Here's King Tongia a line up.

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Speaker 6: Here I chant a second try for fair eye by

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Speaker 6: moll Boy. They keep trowing the left hand side. Here's

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Speaker 6: honoceiver touch on the fen Heck's bet of the first

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Speaker 6: Here's Toy, that's a check.

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Speaker 4: Here's Harris to get.

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Speaker 5: Got to the caddyway.

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Speaker 6: Polly by boy got the pass away. Here's too old

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Speaker 6: puppy numbers ning your path. There's a try party scalls

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Speaker 6: beat us away from the lot of the Warriors.

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Speaker 4: Here's the last they hit the shots on it art

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Speaker 4: Yes tire the ta pot tayt scors.

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Speaker 6: Clanagan good candle is out of con Yes Warriors survived.

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Speaker 4: Audio courtesy of Sky Sports.

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Speaker 2: The Big League Podcast podcast.

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Speaker 3: Michael Burgess had a quick one on one with the

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Speaker 3: Warriors scene to Adam Pompey after the game.

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Speaker 4: Let's take a listen, ADM.

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Speaker 5: There must be a must be a nice feeling, mate.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, it's good to be back on the winning circle.

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Speaker 7: And the boys showed a bit of grit and I'm

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Speaker 5: Talking about showing great, I mean you really had to

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Speaker 7: Coming right for us, but we just stayed in it,

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Speaker 5: And tell us about your your match individually. You had

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Speaker 7: Yeah, first off, I wasn't happy about myself and my performance.

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Speaker 5: That must be really tough mentally though, because it's a

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Speaker 7: Yeah, big moment. Just took the short side. And you

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Speaker 5: Really smart work from Tanne, isn't it to sort of

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Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, you know, you played well for himself tonight.

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Speaker 7: But and I'm just glad the boys showed for a

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Speaker 5: And talking of Tine, it's a pretty amazing effort from

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Speaker 7: I think it's a big slipping stone for us. Like

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Speaker 1: The big League podcast on the Warriors bandwagon since day one.

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Speaker 2: This is the big League podcast.

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Speaker 3: But great to hear from Adam Pompey after the game.

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Speaker 3: Well done to you bergon on getting that interview. It

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Speaker 3: was revealed after the contest that Taine to Opeekey had

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Speaker 3: That is outrageous and well done to his wife for

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Speaker 5: It was crazy, really, I mean, unbelievable scenario. I think

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Speaker 5: Andrew Webster was trd to think about what do I

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Speaker 5: missing so many other outside backs. But as Tane told

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Speaker 7: Just go.

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Speaker 5: his his actions helped to inspire them. Yeah, for sure.

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Speaker 3: I cannot imagine not sleeping and then playing an NRL

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Speaker 3: said to a peak he had rather an eventful day.

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Speaker 5: Tane was nearly no player. He's just had a baby,

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Speaker 3: Impressive and you couldn't blame him if he hadn't played

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Speaker 4: Did you sleep on the nights you had kids?

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Speaker 5: But no, I didn't. And that's the thing, Like, it's crazy.

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Speaker 5: It's a crazy time. You don't get much sleep the

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Speaker 5: really nice touches on attack, some really important and aventures defensively,

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Speaker 5: so he continues to really show why he's so highly

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Speaker 3: Right, let's go through this game in a little bit

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Speaker 3: more detail. Firstly, here's Webster's overall reaction. He says, it

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Speaker 3: was far from perfect, but they showed heart, an.

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Speaker 5: Amazing amount of effort and scramble and working hard for

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Speaker 5: a hard and that's what they come up with tonight.

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Speaker 5: He is right there.

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Speaker 3: No one was expecting a clinical, flawless display for them

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Speaker 3: to whip the dragons by twenty A lot of people

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Speaker 3: were tipping the Dragons to win, given they just come

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Speaker 3: off wins over the Raiders and the Sharks. It was

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Speaker 3: and you're right, Look, I probably maybe I did them

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Speaker 4: That was what was behind that.

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Speaker 3: But they showed a huge amount of great to get

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Speaker 5: The spirit. You're exactly right, the spirit they showed to

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Speaker 5: They knew they had to win, just like we did.

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Speaker 5: They knew if they didn't beat the Dragons, this season

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Speaker 4: We talked about the eras seven in the first half.

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Speaker 3: Jackson Ford we spoke about. He's going to miss the

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Speaker 3: Jackson Ford's been coming in obviously starting at prop. Now,

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Speaker 5: Bude, I'm glad you brought it up. Nathan. You went

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Speaker 4: I think I never missed my man, bitch. I wouldn't

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Speaker 5: Different when you're once you Where were you?

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Speaker 3: But the Warriors face the Titans on the Gold Coast

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Speaker 3: on Saturday night. Why are we playing the Titans again?

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Speaker 3: Are you taking them?

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Speaker 5: What is this draw?

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Speaker 4: We played them like a week ago.

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Speaker 3: The Titans are dead last on the ladder with five

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Speaker 3: in Coronella. The last win came just over three weeks

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Speaker 3: The right edge, defense, hill, discipline and eras got the

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Speaker 3: And are we going to lose again?

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Speaker 5: good time to be playing them because they're at a

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Speaker 5: lower again. They came in to the last game struggling

435
00:21:48,093 --> 00:21:50,533
Speaker 5: and turn the season around by beating the Warriors, and

436
00:21:50,653 --> 00:21:52,773
Speaker 5: then they came bloody close. They were super lucky not

437
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Speaker 5: to be Penrith. So they had two really good weeks

438
00:21:55,813 --> 00:21:58,333
Speaker 5: and then a terrible game against the Sharks where they

439
00:21:58,373 --> 00:22:01,853
Speaker 5: fell apart in the second half, conceded as gazillion tries.

440
00:22:02,653 --> 00:22:05,093
Speaker 5: So they'll be hurting. There is the bounce back factor

441
00:22:05,933 --> 00:22:08,453
Speaker 5: and it is dangerous. And I don't want to be

442
00:22:08,533 --> 00:22:11,853
Speaker 5: the idiot journalist again that says that writes off the Titans,

443
00:22:11,893 --> 00:22:15,693
Speaker 5: which I've done about the last seven times they've played them,

444
00:22:15,773 --> 00:22:17,733
Speaker 5: when they've beaten the Warriors six times. I don't want

445
00:22:17,733 --> 00:22:19,373
Speaker 5: to be that guy again. But here I go again.

446
00:22:19,733 --> 00:22:22,453
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, here I go, Here I go. So you've

447
00:22:22,453 --> 00:22:25,613
Speaker 5: got to be wary of the Titans, but surely this

448
00:22:25,813 --> 00:22:28,973
Speaker 5: time because I feel like pressure is off of but

449
00:22:29,133 --> 00:22:31,493
Speaker 5: everyone's expecting the Titans to win. So the Warriors will

450
00:22:31,773 --> 00:22:35,133
Speaker 5: come as underdogs. Number one, Number two, the Gold Coast Titans.

451
00:22:35,173 --> 00:22:37,333
Speaker 5: The crowd have surely given up on them, so there'll

452
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Speaker 5: be more Warriors fans than Titans fans there by quite

453
00:22:40,213 --> 00:22:44,053
Speaker 5: a bit, so that'll help. And number three, that was

454
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Speaker 5: the kind of loss that is hard to recover from

455
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Speaker 5: When you concede fifty four points.

456
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Speaker 2: The Big League Podcast for the biggest league fans, The

457
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Speaker 2: Big League Podcast on the Warriors Badwagon since day.

458
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Speaker 3: Just quickly, Birch. The Warriors women have gone down to

459
00:23:06,213 --> 00:23:09,893
Speaker 3: the Raiders. They had two players sent off early in

460
00:23:09,973 --> 00:23:14,173
Speaker 3: the contest twenty first and twenty fourth minutes for dangerous tackles,

461
00:23:14,213 --> 00:23:17,933
Speaker 3: but showed plenty of heart to lose twenty to sixteen.

462
00:23:17,973 --> 00:23:21,853
Speaker 3: I think Matt Keino Gray and Taysha Ichinasio were the

463
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Speaker 3: two players sent off for dangerous tackles. Mikayla Break also

464
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Speaker 3: and Warriors Women's News is out for the season and

465
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Speaker 3: she is having a baby, so congratulations to her. Quick

466
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Speaker 3: word on that and the Warriors women's performance, Burde.

467
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Speaker 5: It was remarkable. It was absolutely crazy. I mean, they

468
00:23:40,933 --> 00:23:43,573
Speaker 5: went down to eleven players. When does that happen? Hardly

469
00:23:43,653 --> 00:23:46,133
Speaker 5: ever in my history of covering the game. Hardly ever.

470
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Speaker 5: They got into eleven players in the first half and

471
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Speaker 5: they're already down a lot on the scoreboard. Come back

472
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Speaker 5: from I think twenty to four down to twenty sixteen.

473
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Speaker 5: It could a style on the game. How do you

474
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Speaker 5: do that with eleven players? You got a two person

475
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Speaker 5: over it the whole second half. Remarkable performance. So there

476
00:24:04,733 --> 00:24:09,613
Speaker 5: will take some real positives from that. Crazy tackles from

477
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Speaker 5: the players, especially the first one. I mean, I don't

478
00:24:11,613 --> 00:24:14,933
Speaker 5: know what what the what he's thinking about lifting was

479
00:24:14,933 --> 00:24:17,613
Speaker 5: a horrible tackle. I hope someone can show us some

480
00:24:18,053 --> 00:24:20,333
Speaker 5: videos or some really bad tackles in the past in

481
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Speaker 5: the NRL. Really glad that they were sent off because

482
00:24:24,493 --> 00:24:27,813
Speaker 5: both those just those kind of tackles don't belong in

483
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Speaker 5: the sport. And let's hope they learned from that.

484
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Speaker 3: Yeah, one hundred percent, just a bit of a brain explosion.

485
00:24:34,813 --> 00:24:36,133
Speaker 3: I think the first one. The second one was a

486
00:24:36,173 --> 00:24:38,453
Speaker 3: little bit more unlucky that the hip drop tackle definitely

487
00:24:38,533 --> 00:24:41,773
Speaker 3: definitely wasn't intentional. But yeah, I think there's the bones

488
00:24:41,933 --> 00:24:45,533
Speaker 3: of a very very good rugby league side here if

489
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Speaker 3: they can with eleven players get that sort of result.

490
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Speaker 3: It was a loss, but it was a close loss,

491
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Speaker 3: so a massive props to them. And as they gel

492
00:24:55,933 --> 00:24:57,693
Speaker 3: more as a units and those players sort of get

493
00:24:57,773 --> 00:25:00,693
Speaker 3: more used to the sport itself, they are going to

494
00:25:00,733 --> 00:25:03,893
Speaker 3: be a very very big threat in this competition. Now,

495
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Speaker 3: if we switch over to quick fire predictions, you definitely

496
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Speaker 3: wanted me to just keep tabs on what the results

497
00:25:08,973 --> 00:25:11,653
Speaker 3: were last week, because we disagreed on four or five

498
00:25:11,733 --> 00:25:15,013
Speaker 3: of them, and I was feeling very confident Burge after

499
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Speaker 3: the Storm beat the Panthers, because that was one nill

500
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Speaker 3: to me. But in the long run, you have come right.

501
00:25:21,813 --> 00:25:24,093
Speaker 3: I picked five out of eight of the games in

502
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Speaker 3: the round gone. You picked seven out of eight. So

503
00:25:26,933 --> 00:25:28,973
Speaker 3: that Storm game is the only one you got wrong.

504
00:25:29,293 --> 00:25:31,013
Speaker 3: And you're looking very smug right now.

505
00:25:31,973 --> 00:25:34,653
Speaker 5: Well, so that means from Thursday night onwards, I got

506
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Speaker 5: the Thursday night game wrong and then when one hundred percent,

507
00:25:37,613 --> 00:25:39,013
Speaker 5: I don't know if anyone's ever done that in the

508
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Speaker 5: history of enterol tipping.

509
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Speaker 3: I think they hadn't know.

510
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Speaker 4: I don't know.

511
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Speaker 5: There's big Sydney guys. I don't know that was And

512
00:25:46,453 --> 00:25:48,613
Speaker 5: this is not easy comped to tip at the moment.

513
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Speaker 5: So you're very proud of myself and I'm very proud

514
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Speaker 5: that you're very lucky you can continue to learn from

515
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Speaker 5: from listening to my predictions. And yeah, here we go. No,

516
00:26:00,933 --> 00:26:02,613
Speaker 5: it was it was good. It was good that we

517
00:26:02,773 --> 00:26:05,893
Speaker 5: had some different different ones and it's still the bloody

518
00:26:05,933 --> 00:26:07,253
Speaker 5: hardest thing to predict in the world.

519
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Speaker 3: So here we go again, did very well to pick

520
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Speaker 3: up the Bunnies, Tigers, and Cowboys results at the end

521
00:26:12,333 --> 00:26:15,133
Speaker 3: there we disagreed on all of those. But we'll get

522
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Speaker 3: into quick fire prediction for this round because I'm going

523
00:26:18,053 --> 00:26:20,053
Speaker 3: to hit back here, like I don't I don't see

524
00:26:20,133 --> 00:26:22,573
Speaker 3: much chance of me losing this week. We're going to

525
00:26:22,653 --> 00:26:25,413
Speaker 3: start off with Bunnies versus the Dragons.

526
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Speaker 4: Burge.

527
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Speaker 5: Really hard to call this actually, because the Dragon's played

528
00:26:29,413 --> 00:26:31,653
Speaker 5: well despite what happened to them. They will be missing,

529
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Speaker 5: you think, though, the three Cancuss players, which is a big,

530
00:26:35,133 --> 00:26:37,533
Speaker 5: a big hole. Plus they've had the trip the short

531
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Speaker 5: turn around. The Rabbit's taking a lot of heart from

532
00:26:40,133 --> 00:26:43,173
Speaker 5: their second win in a row, gutsy winning gains eels.

533
00:26:43,213 --> 00:26:44,973
Speaker 5: So I'll go with the Rabbits here.

534
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Speaker 3: Oh, I'm going to back the Dragons. They've they went

535
00:26:50,373 --> 00:26:53,453
Speaker 3: far off obviously. They lost three players with concussion in

536
00:26:53,573 --> 00:26:57,013
Speaker 3: that Warriors game, which geez, that really ever happens. They

537
00:26:57,013 --> 00:26:59,693
Speaker 3: were all knocked out cold too, weren't they. Before that,

538
00:27:00,053 --> 00:27:02,133
Speaker 3: They'd racked up wins over the Sharks and the Raiders.

539
00:27:02,133 --> 00:27:03,613
Speaker 3: So I'm going to back the Dragons here to beat

540
00:27:03,653 --> 00:27:07,013
Speaker 3: the Bunnies Panthers versus the Raiders. We are getting from

541
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Speaker 3: heavyweight classes at the back end of the season.

542
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Speaker 5: It's crazy, mate, and we've got more to come. So

543
00:27:12,573 --> 00:27:15,933
Speaker 5: the whole Warriors nation will be backing the Raiders because

544
00:27:15,973 --> 00:27:21,413
Speaker 5: of course that keeps the Panthers away from the from

545
00:27:21,493 --> 00:27:25,293
Speaker 5: catching the Warriors. Really close, really tough to call this

546
00:27:25,373 --> 00:27:29,013
Speaker 5: one again. Raiders coming off the bye, there'll be refreshed

547
00:27:29,053 --> 00:27:32,453
Speaker 5: Panthers off at a really tough, really amazing game against

548
00:27:32,453 --> 00:27:34,173
Speaker 5: Melviourn probably the game, probably the match of the season,

549
00:27:34,253 --> 00:27:37,253
Speaker 5: that game against the Storm. I will go with the

550
00:27:37,453 --> 00:27:40,653
Speaker 5: Panthers again, but it will be super close.

551
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Speaker 3: I'm going to agree with you that the Panthers will

552
00:27:43,613 --> 00:27:48,893
Speaker 3: bounce back here Storm Bulldogs the other top what is it?

553
00:27:48,933 --> 00:27:51,213
Speaker 3: It's not quite there's the other top four clash. Really,

554
00:27:51,293 --> 00:27:53,333
Speaker 3: I was thinking Panthers as top four. This top five

555
00:27:53,493 --> 00:27:57,213
Speaker 3: is just so competitive. It is a Storm Bulldogs. Yeah,

556
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Speaker 3: what a massive Friday night to have those two games.

557
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Speaker 3: I'll go with the Storm at home. They will take

558
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Speaker 3: so much belief at all what they did come in

559
00:28:05,213 --> 00:28:08,493
Speaker 3: to Convet Stadium beating Penrith. So I'll go for the

560
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Speaker 3: Storm to beat the Bulldogs, who of course lost to

561
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Speaker 3: the Roosters on the weekend, so they'll be hurting a

562
00:28:14,693 --> 00:28:18,053
Speaker 3: bit too. They got pounded by the Roosters twenty points

563
00:28:18,133 --> 00:28:20,493
Speaker 3: thirty two twelve. I'm really not convinced the Bulldogs are

564
00:28:20,493 --> 00:28:22,573
Speaker 3: any good bird Well.

565
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Speaker 5: I have been saying for a while, Nathan, haven't I

566
00:28:24,413 --> 00:28:28,973
Speaker 5: that I feel like they're The latter position has been

567
00:28:29,053 --> 00:28:31,653
Speaker 5: better than what they are. You know, for a long

568
00:28:31,733 --> 00:28:34,613
Speaker 5: time they were winning the comp or second. I think

569
00:28:34,653 --> 00:28:36,853
Speaker 5: they're a good team, but they're not. They're not a

570
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Speaker 5: team that I would fear in the playoffs compared to

571
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Speaker 5: Penrith or the Storm or even the Raiders.

572
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Speaker 3: I'm going to agree with you and go for the

573
00:28:45,413 --> 00:28:49,573
Speaker 3: Storm there. Seagulls versus the Dolphins. Seagulls man losing to

574
00:28:49,693 --> 00:28:52,053
Speaker 3: the Tigers twenty six twelve.

575
00:28:53,213 --> 00:28:55,453
Speaker 5: Yeah, the Tigers have been going better but the Seagulls.

576
00:28:55,493 --> 00:28:57,133
Speaker 5: But man, they're in a mess. It's a really sad

577
00:28:57,213 --> 00:29:00,733
Speaker 5: way for Daily Chirbans to wind up his career. I mean,

578
00:29:00,773 --> 00:29:03,093
Speaker 5: they'll be desperate to bounce back. But I thought the

579
00:29:03,173 --> 00:29:05,373
Speaker 5: Dolphins played really well against the Broncos. They fell away

580
00:29:05,373 --> 00:29:07,653
Speaker 5: in the second half, but I will go with the

581
00:29:07,733 --> 00:29:13,893
Speaker 5: Dolphins here. Visitors to inflict more misery on Manly. I

582
00:29:14,053 --> 00:29:14,453
Speaker 5: agree with you.

583
00:29:14,573 --> 00:29:17,773
Speaker 3: Here we go Birds, Titans, Warriors on the Gold Coast

584
00:29:17,813 --> 00:29:19,093
Speaker 3: to the Titans do it again.

585
00:29:20,133 --> 00:29:23,653
Speaker 5: No, no, they don't. The Warriors just need to start well.

586
00:29:23,693 --> 00:29:26,653
Speaker 5: If they can start well, stand to throw it in

587
00:29:26,693 --> 00:29:29,573
Speaker 5: the match, they'll go on with it. The danger is

588
00:29:29,613 --> 00:29:33,653
Speaker 5: the Titans starting well again, and the Titans have got

589
00:29:33,693 --> 00:29:35,733
Speaker 5: so much confidence when they play the Warriors. They always

590
00:29:35,813 --> 00:29:38,453
Speaker 5: save their best for the Warriors. But this one will

591
00:29:38,493 --> 00:29:41,973
Speaker 5: be different. This one will be different. I cannot bring

592
00:29:42,133 --> 00:29:45,053
Speaker 5: myself to imagine that the Titans will beat the Warriors

593
00:29:45,133 --> 00:29:47,493
Speaker 5: for the seventh time in eight games. It cannot happen.

594
00:29:47,613 --> 00:29:48,413
Speaker 5: It will not happen.

595
00:29:49,093 --> 00:29:51,693
Speaker 3: It's funny because the Warriors started really well against Titans

596
00:29:51,773 --> 00:29:53,893
Speaker 3: last game, then they do not play well for the

597
00:29:53,973 --> 00:29:57,373
Speaker 3: rest of it. So I am going to agree with

598
00:29:57,493 --> 00:30:01,773
Speaker 3: you and say, surely, surely it cannot happen again.

599
00:30:01,973 --> 00:30:02,333
Speaker 4: Please.

600
00:30:03,053 --> 00:30:04,973
Speaker 3: I don't know what this podcast is going to look

601
00:30:05,053 --> 00:30:08,013
Speaker 3: like next week if the Warriors lose to the Titans again.

602
00:30:08,493 --> 00:30:09,853
Speaker 4: Eels versus the Roosters.

603
00:30:11,293 --> 00:30:13,733
Speaker 5: It was were quite good against the Rabbits and we're

604
00:30:13,733 --> 00:30:15,493
Speaker 5: a bit of lucky. They had a lot of chances

605
00:30:15,533 --> 00:30:18,973
Speaker 5: to win it late Rabbit's hung on great defense. But

606
00:30:19,133 --> 00:30:21,613
Speaker 5: the Roosters are coming there. The Rooster is definitely coming.

607
00:30:21,693 --> 00:30:24,733
Speaker 5: They they look like a top eight team. They look

608
00:30:24,733 --> 00:30:25,853
Speaker 5: for their team that's going to end up in the

609
00:30:25,933 --> 00:30:29,173
Speaker 5: mix and then they'll be dangerous. Look like the Roosters

610
00:30:29,253 --> 00:30:31,213
Speaker 5: that we've known over the last few years, so they

611
00:30:31,653 --> 00:30:33,733
Speaker 5: should be too good for Paramattic.

612
00:30:33,813 --> 00:30:35,773
Speaker 4: Yet they're surging up the ladder of the Roosters.

613
00:30:35,853 --> 00:30:39,453
Speaker 3: They sit eighth down twenty eight points, going to back

614
00:30:39,533 --> 00:30:43,093
Speaker 3: them to beat the Eels. Knights versus the Broncos.

615
00:30:44,173 --> 00:30:46,213
Speaker 5: Man, how sorry are the Knights? Like? What did they

616
00:30:46,293 --> 00:30:49,493
Speaker 5: concede against the Countos? Was it thirty eight points to

617
00:30:49,653 --> 00:30:55,173
Speaker 5: four or something crazy? That's that exactly. They're in a

618
00:30:55,253 --> 00:30:58,493
Speaker 5: really sorry state, far out of to mess up there,

619
00:30:58,893 --> 00:31:01,573
Speaker 5: real shame for such a proud club. It won't get

620
00:31:01,613 --> 00:31:04,053
Speaker 5: me better. The Broncos are on a roll as well,

621
00:31:04,253 --> 00:31:06,373
Speaker 5: and they'll be far too good for the Knights.

622
00:31:07,693 --> 00:31:10,773
Speaker 3: Tigers versus the Cowboys. How much disagreement so far this week?

623
00:31:10,813 --> 00:31:12,333
Speaker 4: Bird, No, there's not.

624
00:31:12,933 --> 00:31:14,653
Speaker 5: I'll go with the home team here only because they're

625
00:31:14,653 --> 00:31:16,653
Speaker 5: at home and you're coming with a really good one,

626
00:31:16,693 --> 00:31:18,893
Speaker 5: But so are the Cowboys, So I reckon This game

627
00:31:19,013 --> 00:31:22,053
Speaker 5: is a true fifty to fifty core because the Cowboys

628
00:31:22,093 --> 00:31:24,733
Speaker 5: have the better They've got the better roster. Definitely. The

629
00:31:24,893 --> 00:31:27,533
Speaker 5: Tiger's just got some momentum and they're playing at home.

630
00:31:28,733 --> 00:31:30,333
Speaker 3: Should be a fairly good game. I'm going to agree

631
00:31:30,333 --> 00:31:32,373
Speaker 3: with you on that. The Cowboys I'm going to pick

632
00:31:32,773 --> 00:31:37,053
Speaker 3: to round out Week twenty five of the NRRAL. Thank

633
00:31:37,093 --> 00:31:39,613
Speaker 3: you Michael Burgers for your time your wisdom inside on

634
00:31:39,693 --> 00:31:42,973
Speaker 3: the podcast this week. We will be back next Monday

635
00:31:43,373 --> 00:31:48,693
Speaker 3: to survey what please hopefully is a win over the Titans,

636
00:31:49,093 --> 00:31:53,013
Speaker 3: keeping that top four finish inside the Warriors hands. Please

637
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Speaker 3: follow and rate the podcast. My name is Nathan Limb.

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Speaker 3: Have a fantastic week.

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