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Speaker 4: This week on The Big League Podcast, Warriors co captain

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Speaker 4: James Fisher Harris joins for the very first time to

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Speaker 4: debrief the warriors second NRL victory of the season, trumping

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Speaker 4: the Roosters at Mount Smart. Michael Burgess and I will

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Speaker 4: analyze what we can take confidence from and with the

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Speaker 4: Holes are heading into their visit to the Wests Tigers.

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Speaker 4: My name is Nathan Limb. Let's go good b LB.

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Speaker 4: There are a number of reasons to be excited by

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Speaker 4: what we saw from the Warriors against the Roosters at

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Speaker 4: Mount Smart on Friday night. A drought was broken the

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Speaker 4: Warriors with their first win over Sydney in seven years

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Speaker 4: eight consecutive defeats dating back to twenty eighteen. We could

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Speaker 4: talk about the resilience, the hallmark of the twenty twenty

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Speaker 4: three season which them fall on the right side of

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Speaker 4: close results against top eight sides. All we could talk

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Speaker 4: about the youth stepping up Ali L'atawa with a brace

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Speaker 4: of tries. Leka Hala Sima and Dimitric Vaimalnger making an

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Speaker 4: impact off the interchange. But professional sport is simple. Winning

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Speaker 4: is the be all and end all. Two from three

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Speaker 4: three weeks in Michael Burgess, Senior New Zealand Herald Ride up,

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Speaker 4: we both picked the Warriors, but I think the truth

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Speaker 4: is we had no idea what was coming after two

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Speaker 4: polar opposite performances in the opening rounds.

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Speaker 3: I think I was thinking about this. Actually.

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Speaker 5: The thing is, I remember our first podcast this year

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Speaker 5: and I said to you, the Warriors have to start

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Speaker 5: have to win two out of the first three games.

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Speaker 3: That was sort of the did.

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Speaker 5: You say that, Yeah, yeah, yeah, don't worry this, okay?

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Speaker 5: And after Vegas, how are we feeling about that?

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Speaker 6: Terrible?

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Speaker 5: Exactly? It was the shit that already lost in Vegas.

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Speaker 5: Where's this team going? But now they have one two

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Speaker 5: out of three, So yeah, results are everything in this competition.

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Speaker 5: You've got to win, you've got to win early in

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Speaker 5: the season to build momentum, but sometimes it's also about

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Speaker 5: how you win. And I really liked how they won

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Speaker 5: on Friday. I thought it was more important the way

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Speaker 5: they won against the Roosters than even how they won

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Speaker 5: against Manly.

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Speaker 4: And I suppose the two games that they have won,

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Speaker 4: you know, before the season, if you're looking right, Raiders,

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Speaker 4: be Manly and Sydney, wouldn't you And the Raiders would

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Speaker 4: be the one thinking, Okay, we could start this off strong.

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Speaker 4: And they've sort of done the flip where they started

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Speaker 4: we talked about the pressure of the Las Vegas occasion

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Speaker 4: and maybe that got to them. And then they've come

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Speaker 4: back home and they've put on two very different, very

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Speaker 4: measured performances. And you're right, that resilience that I sort

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Speaker 4: of mentioned in the intro was there because the Roosters

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Speaker 4: sort of were on top. If we talk about this

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Speaker 4: netty gritty, the rooster started on top and the Warriors

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Speaker 4: just sort of weathered the storm and then put on

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Speaker 4: a really powerful sort of last fifteen minutes.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, the Surgeon the last quarter was great, but it

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Speaker 5: had been building. But the Roosters had a lot of opportunities.

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Speaker 5: You know that they had chances, they dropped the ball.

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Speaker 5: The execution wasn't quite there. The Warriors defended well. I mean,

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Speaker 5: to only concede six points in an NFL match, it's

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Speaker 5: So that's a really good foundation for a start. That's

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Speaker 5: what Andrew web always talks about. If we defend well,

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Speaker 5: we play well. And it sounds like a basic concept.

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Speaker 5: But for a lot of last season twenty twenty four,

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Speaker 3: And now you I.

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Speaker 5: Don't know, it just looks like this team. No one's

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Speaker 4: We're going to hear from Warrior's co captain James Fisher

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Speaker 4: Harris Knicks. But first, here are the highlights. Warriors fourteen,

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Speaker 4: Roosters six. So we're underway here. That co Media Stadium

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Speaker 4: is on's in a kid now whites whites and it's.

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Speaker 3: A tide of whites.

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Speaker 5: The roosters straight first wear half light up.

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Speaker 3: Here like tell I could go for the line, succeed.

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Speaker 4: To this go lovely past toupo listen nclear Daniel two

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Speaker 3: that's a great kick.

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Speaker 6: Oh hey that's.

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Speaker 5: Out for those legs over the dead ball line as

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Speaker 3: the place on football.

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Speaker 5: That came Gustus.

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Speaker 4: Audio courtesy of sky Sport The League Podcast. Michael Burgess

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Speaker 4: had a quick chat to Warriors co captain James Fisher

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Speaker 4: Harris after the Roosters win in the children infested changing

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Speaker 3: James Harris, what did you think of What did you

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Speaker 3: think of tonight?

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Speaker 6: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: No, I thought you good? Well, like quick, there's a.

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Speaker 7: Tough, tight game and we're going to set les go

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Speaker 7: up until the last fifteen minutes and you grown in.

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Speaker 3: Which is good.

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Speaker 7: Yeah.

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Speaker 8: I thought our residence was good and we just stuffed

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Speaker 3: Yeah, just committed.

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Speaker 5: How pleasing is it to win that way? As you say,

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Speaker 5: to win tough. When they're winning, they're in front for

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Speaker 5: most of it. Well, it's always just say the sixty

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it just says a lot about our characters and.

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Speaker 3: Like direction where we're going, who you.

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Speaker 8: Want to be, like identity and stuffs, and yeah we're

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Speaker 3: But yeah, pretty peaceif that winning.

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Speaker 5: A long way to go early in the season, but

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Speaker 5: I guess that's quite satisfying. You know, there's promising signs

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Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, obviously this a good goal, but yeah, we're

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Speaker 3: It's two points and we like the winning mentioned the win.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, what was your message to the guys at halftime

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Speaker 7: I know, we're just in a good game, like yeah,

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Speaker 7: and you just everyone just bought them, which is really good.

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Speaker 5: Your eye looks a bit nasty. Was that a finger

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Speaker 5: in the aisle something? It was actually from last week,

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Speaker 5: so I don't know what's going on. It's not even

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Speaker 5: from today, so it's been there for a while, so happy,

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Speaker 7: That's not to say anything but testic.

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Speaker 5: But scary and what have you thought of before effort?

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Speaker 3: In the last couple of games, it.

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Speaker 5: Really feels like as a pack, you guys are starting

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Speaker 3: There's a full back aback.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, we're growing, Like.

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Speaker 3: We're getting there.

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Speaker 8: I feel like we have a lot of ethic. We're

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Speaker 8: willing to work hard, which is really good. But ye're

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Speaker 8: still good in a lot of conversion and stuff like that.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 8: The main thing is like boys are really hard recommend

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Speaker 5: It's nice to see some of the young boys off

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Speaker 5: the bench and make an impact too.

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Speaker 3: That's the man.

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Speaker 8: They are really good when they came on. I spice

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Speaker 3: But yeah, I'm proud of him.

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Speaker 4: Well, let's go through this game in a little bit

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Speaker 4: more detail. The Roosters had the edge early on. They

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Speaker 4: as we mentioned before, the Warriors got into this arm

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Speaker 4: wrestle through the middle section of the game, coming right

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Speaker 4: in the last fifteen minutes, Ali lad Tawas scored it.

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Speaker 9: Wanting to really narrow focus on our key chase, making

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Speaker 9: sure that we led with our defense and consider one

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Speaker 3: He's not getting carried away, is he?

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Speaker 3: But he does always give very very thorough assessments.

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Speaker 5: And I actually enjoy a lot of his a lot

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Speaker 5: levelheaded either way. But yeah, there were just quite a

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Speaker 5: few things to like. I mean, the Warriors, they didn't panic,

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Speaker 3: You know, it wasn't wasn't happening for them.

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Speaker 5: We saw last season that had happened, they'd get frustrated,

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Speaker 5: had thirty tackles and the Roosters opposition twenty two across

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Speaker 5: down there, but they hung in there. They stayed in

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Speaker 5: as YR three gun middle forwards, right, and they didn't

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Speaker 3: So yeah, there were good things.

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Speaker 4: the Roosters were unlucky. The Roosters were unlucky. They created

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Speaker 4: more opportunities in that first half. You think about Daniel

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Speaker 3: Win that match. But they found a way to win it.

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Speaker 6: He's aggressive near the line.

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Speaker 3: He's still got to learn things about.

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Speaker 3: He's just that good.

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Speaker 2: This is the Big League podcast. This is going yeah,

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Speaker 2: the Big League podcast on the Warriors Bad Wagons since

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Speaker 2: day one.

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Speaker 4: Now, following Round three of the NRL, I went had

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Speaker 4: stand and burge I almost fainted. The Bulldogs and the

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Speaker 5: The Bulldogs and the Tigers Pigs can fly. Yes, yes,

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Speaker 3: But I love this Tiger story, I really do.

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Speaker 5: Injuries and other things start to bite. But it's great

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Speaker 4: The Warriors visit the Tigers in Southwest Sydney on Sunday.

436
00:21:40,133 --> 00:21:42,893
Speaker 4: The Tigers, as I said, set fourth on the table

437
00:21:42,933 --> 00:21:45,733
Speaker 4: coming off wins of the Eels and the Dolphins. Both

438
00:21:45,973 --> 00:21:47,773
Speaker 4: the Eels and the Dolphins don't have a win, I'll

439
00:21:47,813 --> 00:21:50,973
Speaker 4: just point that out, but down sixteen to six against

440
00:21:50,973 --> 00:21:53,853
Speaker 4: the Dolphins, they scored three tries and twelve minutes in

441
00:21:53,893 --> 00:21:56,573
Speaker 4: the second half. They also had a ten eight loss

442
00:21:56,573 --> 00:21:58,653
Speaker 4: to the Knights in Round one, a close one. The

443
00:21:58,653 --> 00:22:01,013
Speaker 4: big talking point going into the season for the Tigers

444
00:22:01,133 --> 00:22:06,173
Speaker 4: was Jerome Lewai, four time premiership winning Panther, signs with

445
00:22:06,293 --> 00:22:09,973
Speaker 4: the Tigers, who hadn't done anything in years into the

446
00:22:10,053 --> 00:22:12,933
Speaker 4: half back jersey as opposed to the five eight seeming

447
00:22:12,933 --> 00:22:15,053
Speaker 4: a lot of talk about him, you know, in the

448
00:22:15,053 --> 00:22:17,613
Speaker 4: preseason going into the nr Ral saying no he's a

449
00:22:17,653 --> 00:22:19,853
Speaker 4: five eight. He won't be as good without Cleary et cetera,

450
00:22:19,893 --> 00:22:22,773
Speaker 4: et cetera, But it's worked so far. It has worked,

451
00:22:22,773 --> 00:22:24,933
Speaker 4: and the Tigers have a really strong spine. You think

452
00:22:24,973 --> 00:22:28,173
Speaker 4: about Happy corrous Ow at hooker, Jerene Bull at fullback

453
00:22:28,213 --> 00:22:30,333
Speaker 4: has looked good. Lachlan Galvin I was really impressed with

454
00:22:30,373 --> 00:22:33,613
Speaker 4: actually against the Dolphins as well, and then you got

455
00:22:33,613 --> 00:22:36,373
Speaker 4: the likes of Sunnya Taruva on the wing. He scored

456
00:22:36,413 --> 00:22:39,533
Speaker 4: a double against the Dolphins. Taruva is on report for

457
00:22:39,573 --> 00:22:41,653
Speaker 4: a crusher tackle, so we have to keep an eye

458
00:22:41,893 --> 00:22:44,933
Speaker 4: on that. But what do you make of the Tiger's spine,

459
00:22:44,973 --> 00:22:45,693
Speaker 4: where are the strengths?

460
00:22:46,493 --> 00:22:48,453
Speaker 3: Well, like you've just outlined it really well.

461
00:22:48,493 --> 00:22:52,053
Speaker 5: But I think Loui is the most interesting one because

462
00:22:52,533 --> 00:22:56,613
Speaker 5: he was definitely seen as the second fiddle to Nathan Cleary.

463
00:22:56,653 --> 00:22:58,613
Speaker 5: You know, it was all about Nathan Cleary and Loui

464
00:22:58,813 --> 00:23:01,653
Speaker 5: was the guy that was very obviously brilliant player, but

465
00:23:02,093 --> 00:23:03,173
Speaker 5: the secondary playmaker.

466
00:23:04,213 --> 00:23:06,933
Speaker 3: He's gone to the Tigers for a lot more money.

467
00:23:06,653 --> 00:23:09,493
Speaker 5: For a new challenge, but from what I've seen so far,

468
00:23:09,573 --> 00:23:13,133
Speaker 5: the biggest thing he's done is lift the players around him,

469
00:23:13,173 --> 00:23:14,733
Speaker 5: and that's always the hope when you make a big

470
00:23:14,773 --> 00:23:18,573
Speaker 5: signing he has. All the young players from everything I've heard,

471
00:23:18,813 --> 00:23:22,893
Speaker 5: have been so inspired by having him around and his example,

472
00:23:22,973 --> 00:23:27,333
Speaker 5: the example he sets at training and it's translating into

473
00:23:27,333 --> 00:23:30,693
Speaker 5: the matches. So that has been the little impact. That's

474
00:23:30,693 --> 00:23:32,493
Speaker 5: what they paid the money for and the hope that

475
00:23:33,693 --> 00:23:35,733
Speaker 5: they've got a lot of kids and they're going to

476
00:23:35,733 --> 00:23:36,693
Speaker 5: be influenced by him.

477
00:23:36,733 --> 00:23:38,733
Speaker 3: So so far, so good.

478
00:23:39,293 --> 00:23:42,813
Speaker 5: They're a team with a lot of pace, they're dangerous

479
00:23:43,373 --> 00:23:46,773
Speaker 5: and I've got a lot of bad memories of the

480
00:23:46,773 --> 00:23:52,333
Speaker 5: Warriors going to play the Tigers in Australia because it's

481
00:23:52,373 --> 00:23:54,133
Speaker 5: a very tough place to go, especially if.

482
00:23:54,093 --> 00:23:55,333
Speaker 3: You're playing like Ard Oval.

483
00:23:55,373 --> 00:23:58,373
Speaker 5: But wherever you play the Tigers in Australia with their

484
00:23:58,413 --> 00:24:02,733
Speaker 5: fans getting on the back of the referees, it's it's difficult.

485
00:24:03,973 --> 00:24:06,333
Speaker 4: I suppose if you look at the halves battle between

486
00:24:06,333 --> 00:24:09,613
Speaker 4: these two sides that we've got coming up, Jerome Lewie

487
00:24:09,693 --> 00:24:13,213
Speaker 4: really is the elder statesman. I talked about Lockhom Galvin,

488
00:24:13,333 --> 00:24:16,293
Speaker 4: he's nineteen. He's nineteen years old, and then you've got

489
00:24:16,493 --> 00:24:19,733
Speaker 4: Luke Metcalfe and Chanel Harris Tavita who are well obviously

490
00:24:20,173 --> 00:24:22,533
Speaker 4: older than that. More experienced than that, but as a

491
00:24:22,573 --> 00:24:25,773
Speaker 4: combination and suppose in terms of number of NRL games

492
00:24:26,493 --> 00:24:29,893
Speaker 4: and experienced as a Harves combination. So I'm really excited

493
00:24:29,893 --> 00:24:34,333
Speaker 4: to see how they compare, and specifically I guess how

494
00:24:34,453 --> 00:24:36,093
Speaker 4: Metcalfe goes against Lewis.

495
00:24:37,013 --> 00:24:39,173
Speaker 3: Yes, yes, that is a good point, and that's a

496
00:24:39,173 --> 00:24:39,853
Speaker 3: good challenge.

497
00:24:39,973 --> 00:24:42,493
Speaker 5: I mean Andrew Weeps has said after we asked them

498
00:24:42,493 --> 00:24:44,213
Speaker 5: about the halves, and he said, you know, there were

499
00:24:44,253 --> 00:24:47,373
Speaker 5: good things against the Roosters and things they have to improve.

500
00:24:47,733 --> 00:24:51,333
Speaker 5: But he made the point, Hey, we're going to judge

501
00:24:51,973 --> 00:24:56,013
Speaker 5: Metcalfe and Harris Tavita or we're going to assess them.

502
00:24:56,693 --> 00:24:58,853
Speaker 5: We should assess them by about round eight or around nine,

503
00:24:58,853 --> 00:25:01,293
Speaker 5: I think he said. So he's saying, you know, they've

504
00:25:01,293 --> 00:25:03,493
Speaker 5: still got any time, which is fair enough because there

505
00:25:03,493 --> 00:25:06,773
Speaker 5: are a new combination. Metcalfe's what, he's played three games

506
00:25:06,853 --> 00:25:11,293
Speaker 5: as a starting seven. They are building, but we do

507
00:25:11,373 --> 00:25:14,053
Speaker 5: need to keep seeing improvement. They were pretty solid against

508
00:25:14,093 --> 00:25:16,533
Speaker 5: the Roosters, but there were still some options that weren't

509
00:25:16,613 --> 00:25:19,453
Speaker 5: quite right. There were still some kicks that the kicking

510
00:25:19,493 --> 00:25:26,533
Speaker 5: game was often kicks that weren't putting the the opposition

511
00:25:26,613 --> 00:25:31,853
Speaker 5: under pressure. All those little things and just decisions. So, yeah,

512
00:25:31,893 --> 00:25:34,453
Speaker 5: Louis is the man that will be running the show.

513
00:25:34,453 --> 00:25:36,893
Speaker 5: He's the guy they've got to stop and in contrast

514
00:25:36,893 --> 00:25:42,093
Speaker 5: to two Warriors six and seven have to really run

515
00:25:42,133 --> 00:25:44,253
Speaker 5: the game well for the Warriors because because I think

516
00:25:44,293 --> 00:25:47,693
Speaker 5: away from home, your kicking game is so crucial. You

517
00:25:47,733 --> 00:25:50,453
Speaker 5: don't want to be stuck in your own territory trying

518
00:25:50,453 --> 00:25:52,453
Speaker 5: to work it out, the crowd on your back. It

519
00:25:52,533 --> 00:25:56,733
Speaker 5: becomes it becomes a difficult afternoon, you know what. I

520
00:25:56,773 --> 00:25:59,413
Speaker 5: honestly because Loui has got a bit of a mouth

521
00:25:59,413 --> 00:26:01,973
Speaker 5: on him, right. Who in the Warriors?

522
00:26:02,013 --> 00:26:05,013
Speaker 4: If Louis starts throwing some barbs, it's us throwing some

523
00:26:05,013 --> 00:26:07,453
Speaker 4: barbs out there, talking a bit of smack. Tigers go

524
00:26:07,533 --> 00:26:09,733
Speaker 4: up six in the early Who in the Warriors is

525
00:26:09,733 --> 00:26:11,253
Speaker 4: going to stand up and give some back? Or do

526
00:26:11,333 --> 00:26:12,693
Speaker 4: we go, oh no, We're in New Zealanders.

527
00:26:12,693 --> 00:26:13,253
Speaker 6: We don't do that.

528
00:26:14,013 --> 00:26:16,653
Speaker 5: Who, Yeah, who is the guy in the Warriors team?

529
00:26:16,733 --> 00:26:21,173
Speaker 5: I mean Dylan Walker? Possibly, it was always Jesse Devanger.

530
00:26:21,253 --> 00:26:22,773
Speaker 5: He was the guy that you would rely on for that.

531
00:26:22,853 --> 00:26:24,933
Speaker 5: Now that Jazz is gone, there's a lot of kind

532
00:26:24,973 --> 00:26:28,453
Speaker 5: of guys that are a bit are a bit quieter,

533
00:26:28,613 --> 00:26:34,173
Speaker 5: so you'd probably point towards the Aussies. Mitch's captain, so

534
00:26:34,253 --> 00:26:38,373
Speaker 5: he can't. I can't see metcalf doing it. Metcalfe not

535
00:26:38,533 --> 00:26:43,293
Speaker 5: really Wade Egans not that type either, So I think

536
00:26:43,333 --> 00:26:44,093
Speaker 5: it'll just be.

537
00:26:44,773 --> 00:26:45,813
Speaker 6: We need a loud mouth.

538
00:26:48,293 --> 00:26:50,853
Speaker 4: That's the biggest issue the Warriors are facing the the

539
00:26:50,893 --> 00:26:52,253
Speaker 4: in the twenty forty four season.

540
00:26:52,293 --> 00:26:53,773
Speaker 6: We need a smart ass in the team.

541
00:26:55,093 --> 00:26:57,813
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean when as a Green, as a it's

542
00:26:57,853 --> 00:27:01,813
Speaker 5: always it's always maybe you just get the result and

543
00:27:01,813 --> 00:27:04,093
Speaker 5: then you do the talking. But yeah, Louie, you're right.

544
00:27:04,173 --> 00:27:06,653
Speaker 5: He likes to he likes to have a go and

545
00:27:07,573 --> 00:27:08,613
Speaker 5: it's a fascinating game.

546
00:27:08,733 --> 00:27:09,693
Speaker 3: It really is. This one.

547
00:27:09,933 --> 00:27:10,653
Speaker 6: Bring it on.

548
00:27:13,573 --> 00:27:20,093
Speaker 2: The Big League Podcast, The Warriors Bad Wagons since day one,

549
00:27:20,533 --> 00:27:23,773
Speaker 2: the big League Podcast for the biggest league fans.

550
00:27:24,653 --> 00:27:27,093
Speaker 4: Right, but just finish off with some quick fire predictions.

551
00:27:27,093 --> 00:27:30,893
Speaker 4: We are even sick sore from the last round. It's

552
00:27:30,973 --> 00:27:34,413
Speaker 4: Nick and Nick. What was the tip of the round?

553
00:27:34,453 --> 00:27:38,053
Speaker 3: Though? I reckon it was Raiders.

554
00:27:38,093 --> 00:27:40,893
Speaker 5: Don't you think everyone was getting excited about the Raiders

555
00:27:41,613 --> 00:27:43,693
Speaker 5: and the Burgess crystal Ball got it right that they

556
00:27:44,333 --> 00:27:46,933
Speaker 5: couldn't keep it going Manly a Brook fail et cetera,

557
00:27:46,933 --> 00:27:47,333
Speaker 5: et cetera.

558
00:27:47,373 --> 00:27:48,813
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's probably the tip of the round.

559
00:27:49,333 --> 00:27:51,973
Speaker 4: I'm going to go with my tips of the Tigers

560
00:27:51,973 --> 00:27:54,773
Speaker 4: and the Bulldogs. Even though I wrote I always write

561
00:27:54,773 --> 00:27:56,213
Speaker 4: them off. I picked both of them and they both

562
00:27:56,213 --> 00:27:56,693
Speaker 4: got the wins.

563
00:27:56,773 --> 00:28:00,933
Speaker 5: So yeah, tipping favorites, Yeah, that's always that's always a

564
00:28:00,973 --> 00:28:05,293
Speaker 5: great effort. Yeah, Brady yourself there, Yeah, get down to

565
00:28:05,333 --> 00:28:07,333
Speaker 5: allis then your favorites there.

566
00:28:08,373 --> 00:28:11,693
Speaker 4: Actually I went to the races once at the starter

567
00:28:11,933 --> 00:28:15,013
Speaker 4: last year. I think I came. I made money. I

568
00:28:15,053 --> 00:28:17,733
Speaker 4: made money my one time at the races. I didn't

569
00:28:17,733 --> 00:28:19,773
Speaker 4: make much money. That's a good effic, but I did

570
00:28:19,853 --> 00:28:22,973
Speaker 4: make some money. It's not easy, it doesn't some of

571
00:28:23,053 --> 00:28:29,453
Speaker 4: us have got a gift. Yeah, rabbit Os, Panthers. We'll

572
00:28:29,493 --> 00:28:30,493
Speaker 4: go with the Panthers here.

573
00:28:30,533 --> 00:28:33,493
Speaker 5: I find Thursday night games quite hard to tip personally

574
00:28:33,533 --> 00:28:36,613
Speaker 5: because it's a short turnaround. I don't think players enjoy

575
00:28:36,653 --> 00:28:39,853
Speaker 5: Thursday nights at all. It's sort of you want to

576
00:28:39,853 --> 00:28:42,373
Speaker 5: play on the weekend, man, you know, I mean, get

577
00:28:42,453 --> 00:28:44,413
Speaker 5: rid of these Thursday nights. But that's I sound like

578
00:28:44,453 --> 00:28:47,973
Speaker 5: a grumpy old man again. But yeah, the Panthers. I

579
00:28:48,133 --> 00:28:50,493
Speaker 5: just think the rabbit O's they're playing well, there's got

580
00:28:50,493 --> 00:28:55,893
Speaker 5: too many injuries, and the Panthers will obviously want to

581
00:28:55,933 --> 00:28:58,253
Speaker 5: bounce back after losing in Melbourne.

582
00:28:58,693 --> 00:28:59,453
Speaker 6: I agree with that.

583
00:28:59,813 --> 00:29:03,573
Speaker 4: They often put the big game, like you get the

584
00:29:03,613 --> 00:29:06,333
Speaker 4: Panthers and the Storm playing a lot on Thursday nights,

585
00:29:06,493 --> 00:29:09,013
Speaker 4: as it was last week as well, so that obviously

586
00:29:09,013 --> 00:29:10,493
Speaker 4: do like the Thursday games and they go for the

587
00:29:10,533 --> 00:29:11,893
Speaker 4: heavyweight teams on that night.

588
00:29:12,253 --> 00:29:15,053
Speaker 6: Roosters versus the Titans. Yeah.

589
00:29:15,053 --> 00:29:15,453
Speaker 3: Interesting.

590
00:29:15,693 --> 00:29:18,573
Speaker 5: The Titans really showed something when everyone was starting to

591
00:29:18,573 --> 00:29:22,173
Speaker 5: write them off for the season. I had, Yeah, a

592
00:29:22,253 --> 00:29:23,733
Speaker 5: lot of people were mate to come back and do

593
00:29:23,813 --> 00:29:27,413
Speaker 5: what they did, which I guess shows des Hasler coach

594
00:29:27,453 --> 00:29:29,853
Speaker 5: still got a point to prove. And then the Roosters,

595
00:29:30,293 --> 00:29:32,813
Speaker 5: you know, they'll want to they'll want to rebound. They went,

596
00:29:33,373 --> 00:29:37,373
Speaker 5: they weren't completely devastated about about Friday night. They thought

597
00:29:37,373 --> 00:29:39,693
Speaker 5: they'd played well. They did from the looks of the

598
00:29:39,733 --> 00:29:41,853
Speaker 5: Desko and Robinson what they were saying after the match.

599
00:29:42,053 --> 00:29:43,973
Speaker 5: But obviously they want to get back to winning and

600
00:29:44,013 --> 00:29:47,613
Speaker 5: I think they're well because they've got the base of

601
00:29:47,693 --> 00:29:49,693
Speaker 5: decent team there. They've got probably got more players coming

602
00:29:49,733 --> 00:29:52,133
Speaker 5: back this week. So I'll go for the roosters at home.

603
00:29:53,093 --> 00:29:54,093
Speaker 5: I will agree with you.

604
00:29:54,173 --> 00:29:57,813
Speaker 4: Dolphins versus the Broncos, Dolphins still no wins. You're quite

605
00:29:57,853 --> 00:29:58,893
Speaker 4: worried about the Dolphins.

606
00:30:00,053 --> 00:30:03,733
Speaker 5: I think we're seeing the effects of you know, Wayne

607
00:30:03,813 --> 00:30:06,293
Speaker 5: Bennett leaving a club. Christian Wilfer got a lot of

608
00:30:06,293 --> 00:30:07,693
Speaker 5: time for is that he's a good coach. You did

609
00:30:07,693 --> 00:30:11,093
Speaker 5: an amazing thing with Tonga. He was a really highly

610
00:30:11,173 --> 00:30:16,053
Speaker 5: rated assistant. But stepping into the shoes of Wayne Bennett's

611
00:30:16,453 --> 00:30:19,733
Speaker 5: that's hard and it has been hard. They'll be up

612
00:30:19,733 --> 00:30:22,253
Speaker 5: for this Queensland Derby, but you know, the Broncos and

613
00:30:22,333 --> 00:30:24,693
Speaker 5: Theer Maguire, I think I think they'll be too good.

614
00:30:25,493 --> 00:30:29,413
Speaker 4: My minor Premiers tips the Brisbane Broncos bouncing back from

615
00:30:29,453 --> 00:30:32,813
Speaker 4: their loss to the Raiders beating the Cowboys, who also

616
00:30:32,853 --> 00:30:36,933
Speaker 4: still without. When dragons versus the storm, must I say

617
00:30:36,933 --> 00:30:39,493
Speaker 4: that is that is a gutsy tip that minor Premiers tip.

618
00:30:39,533 --> 00:30:42,853
Speaker 4: I was really really admired that, And who knows, if

619
00:30:42,853 --> 00:30:45,453
Speaker 4: you're right, you would look like a genius dragon storm.

620
00:30:46,413 --> 00:30:47,653
Speaker 3: The storm could be pushed here.

621
00:30:47,933 --> 00:30:52,013
Speaker 5: The dragons are building nicely, but the storm of the storm.

622
00:30:52,173 --> 00:30:56,253
Speaker 5: It's early season. They're doing everything right and they will

623
00:30:56,373 --> 00:30:57,253
Speaker 5: keep on rolling.

624
00:30:57,733 --> 00:31:02,373
Speaker 6: No disagreements so far. Cowboys Raiders, Cowboys Raiders in North Queensland.

625
00:31:02,613 --> 00:31:07,093
Speaker 5: In North Queensland, surely the Cowboys are due something. The

626
00:31:07,173 --> 00:31:09,653
Speaker 5: Raider's got the long trip coming off a bad loss.

627
00:31:10,053 --> 00:31:15,053
Speaker 5: I might just go for a sneaky North Queensland prediction here, ma'am.

628
00:31:15,133 --> 00:31:17,413
Speaker 4: I'm gonna take the opportunity to go up one tip here.

629
00:31:17,533 --> 00:31:22,293
Speaker 5: Shark's Bulldogs Sharks Bulldogs. I mean, yeah, there's all this

630
00:31:22,413 --> 00:31:26,653
Speaker 5: talk about the Bulldogs, but I think we don't fair enough. No,

631
00:31:27,013 --> 00:31:29,853
Speaker 5: I just think I just think the Sharks are a

632
00:31:29,853 --> 00:31:30,733
Speaker 5: better team at home.

633
00:31:30,773 --> 00:31:31,653
Speaker 3: This will be really close.

634
00:31:31,733 --> 00:31:35,053
Speaker 5: This is probably one of the two or three hardest

635
00:31:35,093 --> 00:31:37,253
Speaker 5: to tip, but I'll go for Cornella.

636
00:31:37,173 --> 00:31:37,693
Speaker 3: In this round.

637
00:31:37,733 --> 00:31:39,013
Speaker 6: I'm going to go for cornello as well.

638
00:31:39,053 --> 00:31:41,853
Speaker 3: Seagles versus the Eels. Yeah, okay, so I'm gone.

639
00:31:42,453 --> 00:31:46,013
Speaker 4: Surely the Eels come right every every week last year

640
00:31:46,093 --> 00:31:48,373
Speaker 4: and he started the season off the right way tipping

641
00:31:48,373 --> 00:31:48,933
Speaker 4: the Eels.

642
00:31:49,213 --> 00:31:50,173
Speaker 6: They are from three.

643
00:31:50,333 --> 00:31:54,053
Speaker 5: Yeah, my Heels are my charity charity charity tip because

644
00:31:54,053 --> 00:31:55,733
Speaker 5: I think I've tipped them twice already this year and

645
00:31:55,733 --> 00:31:58,733
Speaker 5: they just don't give anything back. So no, I will

646
00:31:58,733 --> 00:32:00,493
Speaker 5: not be tipping the Eels again for quite a while

647
00:32:00,533 --> 00:32:03,693
Speaker 5: until I see something. The Seagules obviously right at the

648
00:32:03,733 --> 00:32:06,533
Speaker 5: ship and they'll be they'll be too good for para matter.

649
00:32:07,253 --> 00:32:08,613
Speaker 5: I agree with you there to.

650
00:32:08,573 --> 00:32:12,453
Speaker 4: Finish Tigers versus the Warriors at Campbelltown Sports Center.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, toss a coin.

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Speaker 5: This is going to be one, I'm sure, and when

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Speaker 5: we go to look at the tarb odds, it's going

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Speaker 5: to be a dollar eighty five and a dollar ninety two.

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Speaker 5: It's going to be super close. I love the fact

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Speaker 5: this on a Sunday. Please can we have more Sunday games?

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Speaker 5: There's something something magic about Sunday.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, the Warriors need to keep need to keep winning.

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Speaker 5: They have a buy after this round, so they it's

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Speaker 5: absolutely vital to get the result or at least at

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Speaker 5: least play really well. I think they can win again.

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Speaker 5: I think there's improvement in them. They showed enough. They'll

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Speaker 5: take a lot of confidence from from from the roosters.

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Speaker 5: It won't be easy, but yeah, the Warriors for mine.

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Speaker 5: I cannot wait.

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Speaker 6: How good is the NRL BIRG.

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Speaker 4: Worsdom your insight. My name is Nathan Limb. Have a

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