WEBVTT - "Matter Of Faith"

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<v Speaker 1>O there and welcome back to the Mad Monday podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>brought to you by four and twenty Pie is a

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<v Speaker 1>perfect at home snack for watching the rugby League. My

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<v Speaker 1>name is Tina saw on Monday. OWI I am joined

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<v Speaker 1>by We're going to go with to Henward HEMI HENDUCKSMI

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<v Speaker 1>henducks in the seat opposite me. Hey you going mate?

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<v Speaker 2>Still recovering what was a tough a tough night in

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<v Speaker 2>the commentary booth, the tough night as a fan. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I've been drowning myself in the sweet, delicious gravy of

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<v Speaker 2>a four and twenty PI since then. Basically it was

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<v Speaker 2>what I suppose the depression that it gives you as

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<v Speaker 2>it was such a Warriors lass. If you've been a

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<v Speaker 2>fan of the club for what the thirty odd last years,

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<v Speaker 2>it's such a Warrior's loss all up, all to play

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<v Speaker 2>for at halftime. Technically we won the first half.

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<v Speaker 1>We had the obstruction train, oh my god.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but we just capitulated in the second half. Every

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<v Speaker 2>time we were on there with a full set of six,

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<v Speaker 2>we dropped the ball on the second or first tackle.

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<v Speaker 2>Have felt like half a dozen times.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just like you say, it's so Warriors and it's

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<v Speaker 1>so frustrating, and it's so good to have all of

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<v Speaker 1>the people that jumped on the bandwagon last year. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>actually in a roundabout way and this could be just copium.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm quite glad that we've had the season that we have. Fourteenth.

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<v Speaker 1>I think on the latter is our spiritual home. It's

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<v Speaker 1>outsod on Wawei sitting in fourteenth. And for all of

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<v Speaker 1>the people who got on up the wires last year,

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<v Speaker 1>this is what it's actually about. It's about turning up weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>week out in the sideways, pissing rain to watch your

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<v Speaker 1>team just fuck it up on the first tackle every.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and don't worry for those who want to stick

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<v Speaker 2>with a potty I've gotten off the back fence. That

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<v Speaker 2>will have some tips and tricks for being a Warriors fan.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, brilliant, a real Warriors.

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<v Speaker 2>Fan, because this the thing is, to be honest, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>happy fourteenth. There's no more mathematical chance, there's no more

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<v Speaker 2>over ninth. If only we'd won that game. Not we've

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<v Speaker 2>faded out now with that obstruction call. What is pissing

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<v Speaker 2>me off so much is just run.

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<v Speaker 1>Through the line, don't stop in it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, like Cape, Well, just trotted up and slowly stopped

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<v Speaker 2>and DC could have run round him. Yeah, but he

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<v Speaker 2>gamesmanship played for it. The lead runners just sprint through

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<v Speaker 2>the line. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>But even then, I've I saw maybe on the Thursday

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<v Speaker 1>night game, I seem to remember the refs being like, oh, look, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>there wasn't a you know, what do they call it

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<v Speaker 1>an impeding or whatever? Earlier on in the player that

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<v Speaker 1>player wasn't going to make the tackle. They weren't going

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<v Speaker 1>to stop the try. So there was a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of like referees discretion, But then then they went straight

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<v Speaker 1>back to litter of the law with our one. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they had that was it Nathan Cleary maybe? Who? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>someone like that.

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<v Speaker 2>A well, no, Isaac Tunguell made a defensive reed.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and it was like, yes, they might have been

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<v Speaker 1>stopped there, but they were never going to stop that try.

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<v Speaker 1>But then our one is like as if DC was

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<v Speaker 1>going to get over there and make a tryce over it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I'm wearing a Warrior's top and a black Caps

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<v Speaker 2>supporter's cap.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, you're steady as ship.

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<v Speaker 2>How close are the black Caps and the Warriors do

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<v Speaker 2>you reckon?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh? So close?

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<v Speaker 2>Glimmers of hope and joy. Granted, I'll give the black

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<v Speaker 2>Caps they've won a World Teess championship, right, so they

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<v Speaker 2>had actually won a big calm.

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<v Speaker 1>But we feel so similar.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, We'll take out Ozzie in a T twenty, then

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<v Speaker 2>we'll get beaten by Bangladesh at home.

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<v Speaker 1>Anistan will light us up at the Cricket World Cup.

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<v Speaker 2>We just we we've got no form guide. Yeah, you

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<v Speaker 2>can't pick okay and just settle and there's gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>a good season because we came off last year. Ideally,

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<v Speaker 2>i'd like, is it this could be our year Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I worry that we've got James Fisher Harris coming, but

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<v Speaker 2>we've also lost SJ. We're a bit little bit raddle

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<v Speaker 2>us in the Halfshokie met.

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<v Speaker 1>Calf, Yes, yes, it was great to have him back,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're right, but I would also you know, there's

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<v Speaker 1>been a lot made of the ones that we've had

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<v Speaker 1>without Shawn Johnson this year. I wouldn't be shocked if

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<v Speaker 1>we had a half signing in the off season or

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<v Speaker 1>like World Card maybe teen tour pickiars a half yeah

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<v Speaker 1>eight yeah, like a and then be I know Metcalf's

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<v Speaker 1>been talking about he wants to play halfback. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think you know one would be too opposed to that

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<v Speaker 1>with the no well, I mean Tomty's been doing a

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<v Speaker 1>good job though.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, TOMARTI feels like you're more bogs standard organizing half yea. However,

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<v Speaker 2>no one's really lighting it up with the kicking a

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<v Speaker 2>and I think that got shown up on the weekend

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<v Speaker 2>with DCE. Oh my god, we had one of his

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<v Speaker 2>best games.

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<v Speaker 1>This was the first note that I wrote down. We

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<v Speaker 1>I picked our game to a good punt for Friday

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<v Speaker 1>night and it was a forty twenty because I love

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<v Speaker 1>getting on forty twenty whenever DC is playing.

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<v Speaker 2>Look for those who aren't fay with Mania's punting. Normally,

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<v Speaker 2>he put one hundred bucks on an elephant to come

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<v Speaker 2>on the pitch during the twenty second minute of the

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<v Speaker 2>game at Brookwell. But no, he went like straight up

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<v Speaker 2>forty it was paying good odds.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, I think it was actually paying for dollars twenty

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<v Speaker 1>DCE drools those pinpoint.

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<v Speaker 2>And shit is a momentum shifter.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't understand why we don't see more forty twenties

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<v Speaker 1>in the NRL. It is such a massive play. The

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<v Speaker 1>amount of people that actually go for it is so low.

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<v Speaker 1>Why wouldn't you just have someone Because if the forty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty didn't exist, and then we brought it in tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden everyone to be trying it ever on,

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<v Speaker 1>to be having a crack for a forty twenty. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't understand why it doesn't happen more often. I was

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about it yesterday.

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<v Speaker 2>Why don't teams set up for it like they do

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<v Speaker 2>with a drop goal? Yeah, you know where you play

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<v Speaker 2>to the You know you're not gonna.

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<v Speaker 1>Score a try or get out of your own half,

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<v Speaker 1>so you play.

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<v Speaker 2>You're having one of those tough sets, so you play

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<v Speaker 2>to the middle of the park, You set your kicker

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<v Speaker 2>up on whatever his angle.

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<v Speaker 1>Is, yeah, and run the forty twenty. You're telling me

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<v Speaker 1>that Matt Burton couldn't snap off a forty twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>It will Oh, Matt Burton, he could kick a twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So I mean christ Welsh did like two weeks ago,

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<v Speaker 1>even more so.

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<v Speaker 2>And you where it's only a fifty to twenty five.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, fifty twenty two. That's what if. It's one of

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<v Speaker 1>the more ridiculous rules in rugby union, but that's they've

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<v Speaker 1>generally got wingers back there, so that one's harder to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Well you've got and your your fullback stays a lot deeper,

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<v Speaker 2>whereas in league you don't. That's why they're able to

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<v Speaker 2>get them. And there's no more master than Dcen. I

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<v Speaker 2>think he was the difference in this and sadly he

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<v Speaker 2>has had the wood on Sean Johnson.

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<v Speaker 1>And to make it even worse, they.

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<v Speaker 2>Played the Grand Final in twenty eleven is two bright,

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<v Speaker 2>sparkly eyed young halfbacks and it was exactly the same

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<v Speaker 2>score as the twenty eleven.

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<v Speaker 1>Really yeah far up.

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<v Speaker 2>So what away for Shawn Johnson to go out against DCE. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>the same score that we got pumped GF.

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<v Speaker 1>As he's walking off the field, they start booing him.

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<v Speaker 1>What was that about? Got to say love it?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's that's manly for you, right, that's brook Vale

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<v Speaker 2>either had they it's a respectful.

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<v Speaker 1>Boot right because you don't bullshit. And if I was j.

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<v Speaker 2>Actually soak it up because that's the last time he'll

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<v Speaker 2>get booed.

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<v Speaker 1>I reckon. I think he did soak it up.

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<v Speaker 2>It looked like because he looked like he's in quite

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<v Speaker 2>a good mood. He gave a good halftime interview. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>the game didn't go the way he wanted. He took

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<v Speaker 2>a pretty heavy shot from Olokua tu yep at one point,

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<v Speaker 2>which I'm sure he will not be missing.

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<v Speaker 1>That was I reckon. That was when he was just

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<v Speaker 1>like yet right decision.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and soak up the booze because he's not going

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<v Speaker 2>to get it again. No, it's respectful. He's got Bulldogs

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<v Speaker 2>at home. Regardless of how that game goes. This is

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<v Speaker 2>a send off game, yeah for shawnee J. Then he's

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<v Speaker 2>got the Sharks. Granted, when he was at the Sharks,

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<v Speaker 2>it wouldn't have been the peak of his football.

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<v Speaker 1>However, he's still got play of the year at the Sharks.

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<v Speaker 1>Won't yet. He led the league in tricists while he.

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<v Speaker 2>Was and Britain Nakora. Yeah, they teamed up beautifully. So

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<v Speaker 2>I think he'll get a nice rousing send off at

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<v Speaker 2>the Sharks.

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<v Speaker 1>So no, I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just very manly bowing him off, and damn manly.

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<v Speaker 2>Got a likable.

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<v Speaker 1>Team this year. Awesome team a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>They've got two hard games they play the Sharks, then

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<v Speaker 2>the Bulldogs. No, they've got three more games someone Sharks, Bulldogs.

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<v Speaker 2>They've got a tough run home, but they could be

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<v Speaker 2>playing for the top four as long as Turbat is healthy.

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<v Speaker 2>They are a completely different team. And then, like you say,

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<v Speaker 2>they've got players across the park, they can't even fit

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<v Speaker 2>Tolu Cola.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it was I don't even think he was

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<v Speaker 1>on the bench. Was he No?

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<v Speaker 2>I heard broke a roach call him to a low

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<v Speaker 2>koala there.

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<v Speaker 1>The other night.

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<v Speaker 2>Shout to blocker, Shout out to blocker, nailing the pronunciation

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four to seven. But it's I was looking back

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<v Speaker 2>through Warriors' seasons. No one, no one can get on

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<v Speaker 2>an end of season losing streak.

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<v Speaker 1>But the Warriors'll tell you that it's It was a

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<v Speaker 1>tough one, particularly when you look at like so, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>mathematically we can't make the eight, and we were just

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<v Speaker 1>crunching the numbers out of the office. The Dragons are

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<v Speaker 1>on twenty eight points, we're on twenty one, three games

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<v Speaker 1>left high as we can get to his twenty seven.

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<v Speaker 1>So we cannot make the eight. Don't let anyone tell

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<v Speaker 1>you we can. For a guy like edin Fanua Blake,

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<v Speaker 1>why wouldn't you just chuck it into neutral? You know,

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<v Speaker 1>all you have to play for is a massive career

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<v Speaker 1>ending injury, Like there's nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>But then if you chuck it into neutral, do you

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<v Speaker 2>have more chance of the injury?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, yeah, I don't know, because there was that weird

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<v Speaker 1>blip earlier on in the season where he didn't show

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<v Speaker 1>up or he didn't celebrate after that Panthers game, then

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<v Speaker 1>he got bin for the next game. It was all

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<v Speaker 1>just a little bit weird.

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<v Speaker 2>He actually, I thought played the best game he's played

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<v Speaker 2>in a long time against the Seeds. He played seventy

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<v Speaker 2>one minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>I know. And but like I've been saying, he's not

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<v Speaker 1>going to check out once he's on the field, because

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<v Speaker 1>you still have perseca running at You still have to

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<v Speaker 1>make that tackle. Once you get the ball, they're coming

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<v Speaker 1>to tackle you. You have to make that play. But

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<v Speaker 1>I just think, you know the vibe, he doesn't really

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<v Speaker 1>seem to celebrate with the rest of the team. If

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<v Speaker 1>you ever watched the game, if you go down to

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<v Speaker 1>Mount Smart this weekend, you can kind of tell the

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<v Speaker 1>body language as.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, how he doesn't really stand in the huddles.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and I just feel like I don't I know,

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<v Speaker 1>none of the players will have a problem with him.

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<v Speaker 1>They'll be made. He made you with him, but it

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<v Speaker 1>just that kind of thing does weigh on a team.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I.

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<v Speaker 2>Actually wonder if there is anything brewing behind the scenes

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<v Speaker 2>this year. That's that's meant the playing group have been

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<v Speaker 2>slightly out of step with each.

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<v Speaker 1>Other because they're the same team that had that season

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<v Speaker 1>last year, you know that where everyone was on the bandwagon.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, people were screaming up the wires from the rooftops.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, except like arguably RTS came back and granted, look,

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<v Speaker 2>we I'm not an excuses based person, but we're being

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<v Speaker 2>hammered by injury man like the losses we've had where

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<v Speaker 2>Rockerberry hasn't been there. Granted, Graham, Telfa and Tower have

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<v Speaker 2>been great, but they still need a lot more time.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not one on one tacklers like rockerberriers.

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<v Speaker 1>Who's out to who's out.

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<v Speaker 2>I just hope Mecca, who gets on the city mission,

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<v Speaker 2>lollies over there over the summer and just gets some

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<v Speaker 2>energy back in this game supported. Look, he looked a

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<v Speaker 2>bit naked, So I'm hoping that this time off has

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<v Speaker 2>been a good thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I think we bring them off the bench

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<v Speaker 1>as a middle rotation player. Yeah, of course, and Dylan

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<v Speaker 1>Walker can stay in that thirteen jersey. It means we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to have to take the captain's arm band off.

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<v Speaker 1>But I've got to be honest with you. It feels

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<v Speaker 1>like Mitch Bonnett's our captain anyway, doesn't it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and then it seems like it was all smoke

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<v Speaker 2>no fire around Deli Walks leaving.

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<v Speaker 1>Eh. Let's see how it plays out over the next

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<v Speaker 1>few weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, maybe that's that's something that just subtly happens in

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<v Speaker 2>the off season.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, there's no press release or anything, or they wait

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<v Speaker 1>until another big signing and then they release their press

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<v Speaker 1>release as well. Yeah, because we'll need you.

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<v Speaker 2>We can't just release Deli Walks because he plays with

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<v Speaker 2>great pace. Oh yeah, he's been great for our team.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd love to just mention in the commentary. I'd love

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<v Speaker 2>to announce Jerome Hughes coming.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think we get Jerome Hughes, but like Dylan Brown.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, how weird is it?

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<v Speaker 2>I was looking at the comp there's suddenly going to

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<v Speaker 2>be a dearth of like halfbacks are going to start

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<v Speaker 2>with DCE will Go Born SJ Chad Townsend or Chad

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<v Speaker 2>Townsend's signed at the Roosters.

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<v Speaker 1>He's playing at the Roosters. Yeah, there is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be a death, so I don't know. Hopefully we can

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<v Speaker 1>pick up some sort of half just this weekend. I've

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<v Speaker 1>just picked up one step that I'd like to run

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<v Speaker 1>past you. Somebody's put together the tries scored versus tries conceded.

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<v Speaker 1>The team that concedes the fewest tries in the National

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<v Speaker 1>Rugby League this season is the Canterbury banks Down Bulldogs.

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<v Speaker 1>They can see two point sixty seven tries. We only

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<v Speaker 1>score apparently we score three point seven tries. So I

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<v Speaker 1>can't see Sean's farewell going too well this weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>No.

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<v Speaker 1>I watched their Bulldogs game.

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<v Speaker 2>They look like a clinical team that's getting ready for

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<v Speaker 2>finals and so I So one of my criticisms has

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<v Speaker 2>always been that I feel the Warriors struggle to get

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<v Speaker 2>it up for big games. I'm looking at ANZAC games,

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<v Speaker 2>the game against Brisbane and the prelim Grand final. However,

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<v Speaker 2>we got up for Mannering three hundred and we had

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<v Speaker 2>a real gutsy win against Canberra that day.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, so let's get up for s J.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get up for SJ. And if he can just

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<v Speaker 2>I do notice he hasn't been stepping much, dude. I

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<v Speaker 2>think he's dealing when you're dealing with Achilles business. And

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<v Speaker 2>he had a bit of a limp towards the game,

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<v Speaker 2>so I mean, surely he plays right now.

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<v Speaker 1>What we're doing is fluctuating between being like, this is

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be awesome short, but then he's also but it's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be but they don't allow many tries. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be the last game. We don't get up for

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<v Speaker 1>these guys, and it's just that.

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<v Speaker 2>The tough thing I think is this is a must

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<v Speaker 2>win game for the Bulldogs because they want top four spot,

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<v Speaker 2>so it's going to be between them and the Sharks,

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<v Speaker 2>and manly, I think for the top four they're.

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<v Speaker 1>My second team as well. I think now that we're out,

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<v Speaker 1>I've never been a big fan of the Bulldogs, but.

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<v Speaker 2>There's something about the way they play.

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<v Speaker 1>Only in the last month or so, I reckon. I

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<v Speaker 1>really like Jacob Preston. Yep, like I like Sherry, I

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<v Speaker 1>like Carres, everyone loves the Fox, everyone loves Critter. Kick

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<v Speaker 1>out the replaced them? How was that? How was that

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<v Speaker 1>Edoka getting run down by the Hammer? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>And did you see Fox? How they put up the

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<v Speaker 2>speedometers on them.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, really, really they thee because they then they put

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<v Speaker 1>up a side by side and the hammer was clocked

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<v Speaker 1>at forty points something k is an hour. And then

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<v Speaker 1>you saying bolts top speed was forty four k's and

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, oh, get out of here. It's right

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<v Speaker 1>up there with the VB Hard Earned Index.

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<v Speaker 2>Like that's a cross because surely you've got to have

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<v Speaker 2>two exact points. Yeah, you've got to have tracking software. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>they just get But I love it how it was

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<v Speaker 2>fluctuating that he's going thirty six, he's going five point four.

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<v Speaker 1>Like there's a cop down there in a bush of

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<v Speaker 1>the radar gun, but he.

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<v Speaker 2>Ran him down beautifully. Yeah, and then the fox have

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<v Speaker 2>got one back.

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<v Speaker 1>Ah. I don't read too far into either of those.

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<v Speaker 1>All I read into it is that I just have

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<v Speaker 1>a sinking feeling that the dogs are going to get

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<v Speaker 1>us on Friday night. But anyway, I'll be commentating that

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<v Speaker 1>one at the stage by myself, but we Live from

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<v Speaker 1>the Ground will have a special guest commentator. I think

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to take a quick break and come back

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<v Speaker 1>and talk about the Stalker of the Round. But just

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<v Speaker 1>before we do, if you want to be there at

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<v Speaker 1>Shawn Johnson's farewell game, you can be. That's our last

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<v Speaker 1>chance for you to win tickets thanks to the four

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<v Speaker 1>and twenty four pack prize pack. Just text game to

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<v Speaker 1>three two three six and you'll be in to win

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<v Speaker 1>tickets to the Warriors game and four and twenty five ouches.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's game to three two three six, will be

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<v Speaker 1>right back.

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<v Speaker 2>All right.

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<v Speaker 1>If you can't, just joined the ACC team for a

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<v Speaker 1>massive rugby league weekend in March of twenty twenty five.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you know what's going on around then text

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<v Speaker 1>Vegas to three two three six to book your spot.

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<v Speaker 1>I think there's only a couple left. But right now

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<v Speaker 1>at his time for the Stalker of the round, and

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<v Speaker 1>it had to be the Knights versus the Sharks. Was

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<v Speaker 1>it nineteen to eighteen?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes? In fact the game that four minutes into this

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<v Speaker 2>I thought it was going to be a forty point blowout. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>because the Shark he's got two very early tries to Atkinson.

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<v Speaker 2>Who I'm loving this, Daniel Atkinson.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, where did he come from? He's just your young

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<v Speaker 1>little half. He played a blinder of a game.

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<v Speaker 2>Then Britain Acora crossed over in the seventh and it

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<v Speaker 2>was all Sharks.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Then the Knights sort of pulled right back into this

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<v Speaker 2>game and led it almost to the end.

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<v Speaker 1>How are the penalties at the end? It was ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 1>It was out of controls. That was the note I

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<v Speaker 1>put the was this thing was a penalty fest, and

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<v Speaker 1>particularly towards the end, I have never seen it called

0:19:18.040 --> 0:19:21.679
<v Speaker 1>the blocking penalty for the drop goal of tense. They

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<v Speaker 1>were putting blockers in the way which every team does, which.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought I sort of understood on the Night's one,

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<v Speaker 2>but then on the Sharks one, it just looked like, well,

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<v Speaker 2>where are those players meant to stand.

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<v Speaker 1>And what are they supposed to do? Are they not

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<v Speaker 1>allowed to just like.

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<v Speaker 2>Stand because they're just standing there? Yeah, and the kickers

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<v Speaker 2>is set so far back.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I think it was just a case of the

0:19:45.840 --> 0:19:48.639
<v Speaker 1>referees blown one against these guys. He's going to have

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<v Speaker 1>to blow on against the other guys as well. But

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<v Speaker 1>I've never seen that. It's ridiculous because.

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<v Speaker 2>That was such a bold move because I think that

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<v Speaker 2>Night's drop goal went over. Yeah, then he called the

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<v Speaker 2>penalty back.

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<v Speaker 1>On them, so then he had to give the other one,

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<v Speaker 1>and then in the end they made it. They made

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<v Speaker 1>a real point of not having anyone standing there and

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<v Speaker 1>our man just stood as far back as he possibly could.

0:20:10.040 --> 0:20:13.119
<v Speaker 1>Atkinson just bombed one, hit it as high as he

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<v Speaker 1>possibly could, give it every chance to go over, and

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<v Speaker 1>it did, and that puts the Sharks right up the ladder.

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<v Speaker 1>Now with that balling, without Nikohines at the moment, what's

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<v Speaker 1>going on? So I think he'll be back for he'll

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<v Speaker 1>be back for finals.

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<v Speaker 2>The Roosters are on exactly the same points as Cranella

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<v Speaker 2>on thirty four, so that puts them at Roosters at third,

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<v Speaker 2>Cranella at fourth.

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<v Speaker 1>How crazy was that Roosters game and the slop feed?

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<v Speaker 1>I turned it off because I couldn't well, I couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>see the field, to be honest, it was raining that

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<v Speaker 1>hard and then it just it's like the drains were blocked.

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<v Speaker 2>And so they spent eight hundred and twenty eight million

0:20:53.720 --> 0:20:57.400
<v Speaker 2>on that stadium two years ago and they donate drainage.

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<v Speaker 1>They couldn't.

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<v Speaker 2>Just Brookvale in the game beforehand had the same rain,

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<v Speaker 2>but that drained out fine.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah they were still pretty wet, but yeah, there was

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<v Speaker 1>one where.

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<v Speaker 2>Old hectic gees jumped out of dummy half ran and

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<v Speaker 2>then somehow turtled it on his back about fifteen meters slide.

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<v Speaker 1>It was, it was, It was ridiculous. It was actually

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<v Speaker 1>quite tough to watch. And then despite all of that,

0:21:26.760 --> 0:21:28.920
<v Speaker 1>all of these supercoach players for the Roosters went bang.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, this Stonker of the round Knights for Sharks.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't really know what to read too far into

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<v Speaker 1>that one, other than the fact that despite losing Neko Hinz,

0:21:39.440 --> 0:21:42.000
<v Speaker 1>the Sharks are I mean, the Sharks are so.

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<v Speaker 2>I still don't have a hell of a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>confidence in them because even though they went buckwhild forty

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<v Speaker 2>four neil against the Titans last week, they have been losing.

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<v Speaker 1>They have been looking a little bit shabby. I couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>put my finger on what it is it's so good

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<v Speaker 1>about the Sharks.

0:22:02.320 --> 0:22:06.880
<v Speaker 2>I think, is it Mula Talo, Raimian Catur back five,

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<v Speaker 2>the plus the back five of you, Chuck, Adam Van

0:22:10.119 --> 0:22:11.040
<v Speaker 2>Noah Blake and there.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't bring it up. They look pretty good. Man breaks

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<v Speaker 1>my heart? Yeah, I know, But then, like if you

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<v Speaker 1>go play with a player, I don't think they're that

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<v Speaker 1>much better than us. Yeah, I suppose what worries me?

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<v Speaker 2>What worries me jumping slightly back to the Warriors again,

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<v Speaker 2>as all the teams around us seem to have stepped up,

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<v Speaker 2>like the Dogs, the Ragons, Manly. A few weeks ago

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<v Speaker 2>I would have said the Titans, although the Titans are back.

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<v Speaker 1>Into a slump.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, I can't see the Sharks winning the comp no,

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<v Speaker 2>no can I. I think it's definitely between Penrith, Melbourne

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<v Speaker 2>Roosters and my smoke two Smokies are Bulldogs and Manly.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think it's storm Urst Panthers in the final.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, the Roosters could be right there or thereabouts. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I shot the gun and bought tickets a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>weeks ago to the Grand Final.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'll be.

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<v Speaker 2>As as always at Home Bush in Sydney on October sixth,

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<v Speaker 2>I believe so. I'll be there in my Warriors jumper

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<v Speaker 2>with the family. We've got the whole Farno going over

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<v Speaker 2>for a week and Manly beautiful.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I have to confess I enjoy going to

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<v Speaker 1>a non Warriors Grand Final because I've got no stress.

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<v Speaker 2>You're just going along to watch possibly the worst Teina

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<v Speaker 2>Turner impersonator you've seen. You might get a glimpse of

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<v Speaker 2>the legend Jimmy Barnes.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, then the.

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<v Speaker 2>Choir Boys played last time I was there, they went

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<v Speaker 2>alout on the field though they played in the stand

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<v Speaker 2>Run to Paradise, then faded out through a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>other tunes that no one knew.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's a real it's a real occasion. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>bit like a magic ground because everyone's there in their

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<v Speaker 1>different jerseys. Yeah right, people love a Warriors fan. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>well they say they do.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think because we're a lot of people's second teams.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, there won't be as much fizz as last year. No,

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<v Speaker 2>last year was up the Wars all day mate.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'd love to get over to a NROL Grand Final.

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<v Speaker 1>Hopefully we can do that next year. But yeah, it

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<v Speaker 1>is your My one last takeaway on the stogger of

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<v Speaker 1>the round. This is a note to the mainstream commentators.

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<v Speaker 1>They've been doing a great job of pronouncing a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of the harder to pronounce names. I'm just gonna need

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<v Speaker 1>you to hit the k and ni kura a bit harder,

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<v Speaker 1>just a little bit harder. It's coming out as a

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<v Speaker 1>g at the moment. Oh yeah, And I was playing

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<v Speaker 1>it out of the office and a couple of people.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like, what did he just say? Yeah, I just

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<v Speaker 1>need you to hit that k a little bit harder,

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<v Speaker 1>Nick Kara. Also, they and a few people are doing it.

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<v Speaker 2>There no checking the you know, like an Isaac Tangle,

0:25:08.200 --> 0:25:11.679
<v Speaker 2>Blake Tangle, just putting a bit of an inn before

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<v Speaker 2>the g Yeah, you know Tago you often go to takeout.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. If you're a Polynesian player, you've

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<v Speaker 1>got two years before anyone actually figures out how to play,

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<v Speaker 1>how to pronounce you know all.

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<v Speaker 2>You've got two years and then they've just really bettered

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<v Speaker 2>in the wrong one.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, in your Propali for the rest of your life.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, at that case, Hey, it's worth also looking

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<v Speaker 1>up the Hall of Fame inductees inductees.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you got your your legends like Sam Burgess and

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<v Speaker 2>jt in there Anglis.

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<v Speaker 1>Look up Lez Boyd. Well, I saw a blocker going

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<v Speaker 1>off about Liz Boyd. I was reading a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>about it because it was before my time. Oh before

0:25:49.920 --> 0:25:52.320
<v Speaker 1>my time is nineteen eighty three. I would have been

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<v Speaker 1>five he he.

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<v Speaker 2>If you look up Lez Boyd broken jaw, Yeah, he

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<v Speaker 2>can't flying in with just a straight pointed elbow to

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<v Speaker 2>the draw of Blocker Roach and got of Darryl Bowman.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it was oh sorry, you know big Man,

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<v Speaker 2>and he got twelve month suspension. Then he came back

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<v Speaker 2>three games later he I gouged a dude and got

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<v Speaker 2>a nine month suspension.

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<v Speaker 1>So you're saying Jared Haynes might be in the NRL

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<v Speaker 1>Hall of Fame yet I've just just chuck it out there.

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<v Speaker 1>Bungees in there. They're going to announce another immortal. I

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<v Speaker 1>think later on this week. If you had to guess,

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<v Speaker 1>probably by the time this podcast comes out, people will

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<v Speaker 1>know who it is.

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<v Speaker 2>To guess, I'd say Bunty A four or Cam Smith.

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<v Speaker 1>It's got to be Cam'kim Smith for sure, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 1>He's he's getting inducted into the Hall of Fame.

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<v Speaker 2>It's got to be Cam Smith, the guy as much

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<v Speaker 2>as he grinds my gears as a player.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he was bloody Okay, So even it's between until

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<v Speaker 1>four and Camp Smith for the inductees. One last thing

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<v Speaker 1>before we take quick break. Latrovitch, have you seen this story?

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<v Speaker 1>He has now been asked to front the Rabbit O's board,

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<v Speaker 1>so obviously they put him on leave for the rest

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<v Speaker 1>of the season after photos allegedly came out of him

0:27:14.760 --> 0:27:16.840
<v Speaker 1>with some sort of white powder. We think he could

0:27:16.880 --> 0:27:19.240
<v Speaker 1>have been writing down his Kenot numbers or something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't know what that white powder was. Who knows.

0:27:21.920 --> 0:27:24.440
<v Speaker 2>He could have been doing very specific baking.

0:27:24.680 --> 0:27:25.080
<v Speaker 1>That's right.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes you really need to cut the flower up.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, could have spelled his well. Also, I see

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<v Speaker 1>they're changing his contract, so this is the thing. He

0:27:32.960 --> 0:27:35.920
<v Speaker 1>has to now go and face the I don't know

0:27:36.080 --> 0:27:38.600
<v Speaker 1>board whatever, and they're going to say, why shouldn't we

0:27:38.760 --> 0:27:42.960
<v Speaker 1>because he's breached his contract presumably, why shouldn't we should

0:27:42.960 --> 0:27:45.280
<v Speaker 1>a few times? Yeah, why shouldn't we downgrade you and

0:27:45.320 --> 0:27:47.080
<v Speaker 1>pay you lest next year? And he's gonna have to

0:27:47.119 --> 0:27:50.480
<v Speaker 1>fight for his contract there, And I dare say he'll

0:27:50.520 --> 0:27:52.960
<v Speaker 1>just turn around and be like, because you guys need me. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I I love Latrelle And he was in such awesome

0:27:58.240 --> 0:28:02.359
<v Speaker 2>form before he got this. Liz frank in Yeah, list Frank,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, Shout out to Liz.

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<v Speaker 1>Shout out to Liz.

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<v Speaker 2>You've really heard a lot of players over the years.

0:28:08.320 --> 0:28:09.159
<v Speaker 1>She needs to be stopped.

0:28:09.520 --> 0:28:12.560
<v Speaker 2>But he was him in a great season. He had

0:28:12.600 --> 0:28:15.359
<v Speaker 2>the blinder in the Origin two game that really brought

0:28:15.440 --> 0:28:18.320
<v Speaker 2>New South Wales back into it. But I think people

0:28:18.440 --> 0:28:21.840
<v Speaker 2>struggle with him because if he makes a mistake, he's

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<v Speaker 2>not one to just wear it and apologize. He goes

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<v Speaker 2>into shutdown mode. Granted when it's around something like only

0:28:30.680 --> 0:28:34.440
<v Speaker 2>he can't you don't want to dub yourself in No,

0:28:35.440 --> 0:28:39.240
<v Speaker 2>maybe wait till the statute of limitations goes like fifteen

0:28:39.320 --> 0:28:42.360
<v Speaker 2>years was like, remember when Pong was in the toilet with.

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<v Speaker 1>Kirk Man with kurk Man and they were talking about

0:28:45.080 --> 0:28:45.560
<v Speaker 1>real estate.

0:28:45.800 --> 0:28:48.600
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, just because there's nowhere else to really chat

0:28:48.640 --> 0:28:49.720
<v Speaker 2>about being a landlord.

0:28:49.880 --> 0:28:52.960
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's right. So yeah, I don't know. I don't

0:28:53.000 --> 0:28:55.920
<v Speaker 1>think anything will come with that. I think they because

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<v Speaker 1>if I was Hime, I'd be like, okay, well then

0:28:57.760 --> 0:28:59.760
<v Speaker 1>in my contract and I'll go back to the Roosters

0:28:59.840 --> 0:29:03.880
<v Speaker 1>for you know, bazillion dollars a year. Well we'll go

0:29:04.040 --> 0:29:08.360
<v Speaker 1>to the Warriors as half which in blind eyes, all right,

0:29:08.440 --> 0:29:10.600
<v Speaker 1>let's take a quick break and when we come back,

0:29:10.680 --> 0:29:12.800
<v Speaker 1>guy is going to come off the back fence.

0:29:17.080 --> 0:29:20.800
<v Speaker 2>A long kicker the offload to head on and he

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<v Speaker 2>got the back fence food time.

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<v Speaker 1>Here we have it.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got some tips for your bandwagon fans. We've got

0:29:27.840 --> 0:29:30.960
<v Speaker 2>your tips for your fans who have just slid onto

0:29:31.080 --> 0:29:35.440
<v Speaker 2>this Warriors bus after an amazing twenty twenty three season.

0:29:35.920 --> 0:29:38.560
<v Speaker 2>If you're one of those fans that you were tuning

0:29:38.640 --> 0:29:41.440
<v Speaker 2>into the Warriors back in ninety ninety five year John

0:29:41.560 --> 0:29:45.040
<v Speaker 2>Kirwin's you've just been watching Fanella Barfield on three point

0:29:45.040 --> 0:29:48.200
<v Speaker 2>forty five Live, then you stay up for the Warriors.

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<v Speaker 2>These tips might not be for you, because you know

0:29:51.360 --> 0:29:55.080
<v Speaker 2>how you roll as a Warriors fan. You know that

0:29:55.240 --> 0:30:01.040
<v Speaker 2>we've made the finals nine times out of third two years.

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<v Speaker 2>You know it's few and far between where we taste glory,

0:30:05.560 --> 0:30:08.920
<v Speaker 2>where we taste victory. But all these new ones, all

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<v Speaker 2>you jumped on last year, You think that every game

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<v Speaker 2>it's like going down to Studio fifty four and giving

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<v Speaker 2>Ryan Reynolds a blowy.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it's not like that. Sometimes you're the Empire, give

0:30:21.120 --> 0:30:25.080
<v Speaker 1>Gobin off g Lane. You see. Sometimes it's not exactly

0:30:25.240 --> 0:30:26.880
<v Speaker 1>how you think it's gonna pan out.

0:30:27.600 --> 0:30:32.960
<v Speaker 2>It's not all superstars with a beautiful downstairs. Sometimes it's

0:30:33.000 --> 0:30:35.440
<v Speaker 2>a horrendous human being that you've just bumped into.

0:30:35.560 --> 0:30:38.800
<v Speaker 1>But you're giving it a goat because you love it.

0:30:40.280 --> 0:30:42.760
<v Speaker 1>I don't quite know how to start, said to the Warriors,

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<v Speaker 1>but the point is. The point is it's not about winning.

0:30:48.400 --> 0:30:52.160
<v Speaker 2>We join the club to support the club, and if

0:30:52.200 --> 0:30:56.000
<v Speaker 2>you can't handle winning, if you can't handle losing, you

0:30:56.080 --> 0:30:56.920
<v Speaker 2>should just leave.

0:30:57.000 --> 0:30:59.880
<v Speaker 1>When we win, I'm a happy man. But if we lose,

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<v Speaker 1>who cares. It's just a game.

0:31:02.880 --> 0:31:05.720
<v Speaker 2>I can't change it. I can't change how the players

0:31:05.800 --> 0:31:09.120
<v Speaker 2>do it. I show up because I love the club.

0:31:09.840 --> 0:31:13.120
<v Speaker 2>I show up because my kids were raised out at

0:31:13.240 --> 0:31:16.520
<v Speaker 2>Mount Smart, go into the game since they were young,

0:31:16.600 --> 0:31:20.560
<v Speaker 2>and they feel part of the community. The Warriors are

0:31:20.640 --> 0:31:24.680
<v Speaker 2>a community. One day we'll get there. Will it be tomorrow? No?

0:31:25.560 --> 0:31:27.240
<v Speaker 1>Will it be next year? Probably not.

0:31:28.120 --> 0:31:30.320
<v Speaker 2>We might not even make the top eight next year.

0:31:30.560 --> 0:31:33.600
<v Speaker 2>But I'll be watching every game. Why because our bloody

0:31:34.000 --> 0:31:38.320
<v Speaker 2>love the club. All I'm saying is you gotta careless.

0:31:39.160 --> 0:31:43.120
<v Speaker 2>You got to careless, and don't give Glayne a gobby.

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<v Speaker 1>Beautiful words, true words have never been spoken. Thank you

0:31:46.880 --> 0:31:48.720
<v Speaker 1>very much, Diet, and thank you very much everyone for

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<v Speaker 1>tuning into this week's episode of the Mad Monday Podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll be back on Thursday to breakdown the teamless Jelayne

0:31:55.400 --> 0:31:58.200
<v Speaker 1>has actually been stood down this week, thankfull Lisa will

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<v Speaker 1>SJB in the team Less well tune and on Thursday

0:32:02.440 --> 0:32:04.040
<v Speaker 1>you left it. Yeah, you'll have to work till Thursday,

0:32:04.040 --> 0:32:05.480
<v Speaker 1>even though you'll see it on the Tuesday, but anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll see you then, enjoy the rest of your week,

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<v Speaker 1>and Australia without rugby league is not Australia