1 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:10,427 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine 2 00:00:10,707 --> 00:00:11,747 Speaker 1: from Newstalks EDB. 3 00:00:12,707 --> 00:00:13,187 Speaker 2: This is it? 4 00:00:13,507 --> 00:00:14,907 Speaker 3: These are this. 5 00:00:16,667 --> 00:00:17,147 Speaker 1: For clean? 6 00:00:17,307 --> 00:00:21,187 Speaker 3: Not supposed to have it dropped over Warriors. When a 7 00:00:21,507 --> 00:00:27,987 Speaker 3: kay makes a grim struggle, the Warriors have done something. 8 00:00:28,907 --> 00:00:32,907 Speaker 3: I have watched an eighteen point lean just seat the grade. 9 00:00:33,747 --> 00:00:37,747 Speaker 3: A try saving tackle from Metcalf for tew Loggi has 10 00:00:37,827 --> 00:00:41,547 Speaker 3: provenably the difference. And may those fans. 11 00:00:41,307 --> 00:00:44,867 Speaker 4: Celebrating, Yeah, they celebrated and dyed in a good contingent 12 00:00:44,867 --> 00:00:47,907 Speaker 4: of Warriors fans there at Magic Round. They'll be enjoying 13 00:00:47,947 --> 00:00:49,907 Speaker 4: themselves today. I think most people have gone over for 14 00:00:49,947 --> 00:00:52,547 Speaker 4: the whole weekend, haven't they, And they'll just stay there 15 00:00:52,627 --> 00:00:56,467 Speaker 4: until until well, I guess they'll just stay there until 16 00:00:56,507 --> 00:00:59,827 Speaker 4: the end of today. A Luke Metcalf master class. The 17 00:00:59,867 --> 00:01:02,747 Speaker 4: Warriors holding on for a thirty twenty six win over 18 00:01:02,787 --> 00:01:07,067 Speaker 4: the Cowboys, Metcalf scoring two tries, kicking four five offers, 19 00:01:07,067 --> 00:01:10,267 Speaker 4: seven goals and making a try saving tech all late 20 00:01:10,347 --> 00:01:12,507 Speaker 4: in the match. So the Warriors hanging on for a 21 00:01:12,547 --> 00:01:15,787 Speaker 4: thirty twenty six win. Rich I got assistant coaches with 22 00:01:15,867 --> 00:01:17,747 Speaker 4: us from the airport. I know you've got to jump 23 00:01:17,747 --> 00:01:20,507 Speaker 4: on a plane quickly, Rich or shortly anyway, So thanks 24 00:01:20,507 --> 00:01:23,147 Speaker 4: for joining us quickly on the show giving up the 25 00:01:23,187 --> 00:01:26,387 Speaker 4: overnight test. How do you evaluate the performance last night 26 00:01:26,507 --> 00:01:28,307 Speaker 4: and the win over the Cowboys? 27 00:01:28,827 --> 00:01:32,027 Speaker 2: Yeah, goodwin really, I think, you know, first half, obviously 28 00:01:32,027 --> 00:01:35,987 Speaker 2: we played some really good football in quite testing conditions, 29 00:01:37,227 --> 00:01:39,507 Speaker 2: so we faced a lot of adversity through the game. 30 00:01:39,547 --> 00:01:41,907 Speaker 2: You know, we lost, obviously lost rock Coberry, but I 31 00:01:41,947 --> 00:01:45,387 Speaker 2: don't know public cluk people know what Ed Cossi carried 32 00:01:45,387 --> 00:01:49,467 Speaker 2: a pretty major shoulder injury with him from from ten 33 00:01:49,507 --> 00:01:51,307 Speaker 2: minutes into the game. You know, he had a shot 34 00:01:51,347 --> 00:01:54,307 Speaker 2: off at half time, were struggling to get his playing 35 00:01:54,387 --> 00:01:57,067 Speaker 2: jumper back on and managed to see the eighteen minutes out. 36 00:01:57,107 --> 00:02:00,907 Speaker 2: So you know, we were very much busted up during 37 00:02:00,907 --> 00:02:02,267 Speaker 2: the game. And I think there were a couple of 38 00:02:02,267 --> 00:02:06,067 Speaker 2: big momentum calls, you know, the seven tackle set where 39 00:02:06,387 --> 00:02:10,387 Speaker 2: we feel, you know, we we wanted to challenge that 40 00:02:11,067 --> 00:02:13,907 Speaker 2: because it was a wrong call, and there were used 41 00:02:13,947 --> 00:02:17,307 Speaker 2: a couple of opportunities in there where through a couple 42 00:02:17,307 --> 00:02:20,187 Speaker 2: of calls, and I think the opportunities for us to 43 00:02:20,267 --> 00:02:23,267 Speaker 2: kill the momentum that you know, we didn't quite take 44 00:02:23,347 --> 00:02:26,227 Speaker 2: by hanging onto kicks and don't ard a good side. 45 00:02:26,307 --> 00:02:28,427 Speaker 2: They can put posts or they can put points on 46 00:02:28,507 --> 00:02:32,707 Speaker 2: people very very quickly, which to Bednals last night. But 47 00:02:32,747 --> 00:02:34,907 Speaker 2: I thought the resilience in which we showed at the end, 48 00:02:34,907 --> 00:02:37,227 Speaker 2: when you know we were under under the pump and 49 00:02:37,307 --> 00:02:40,787 Speaker 2: clearly fatigued from the amount of defending do showed. It 50 00:02:40,867 --> 00:02:41,827 Speaker 2: showed a lot of character. 51 00:02:42,187 --> 00:02:44,867 Speaker 4: Luke Metcalf, a couple of tries, five of us, even goals, 52 00:02:44,907 --> 00:02:46,947 Speaker 4: trice iving, tackle, lighting the match and now it's a 53 00:02:46,987 --> 00:02:49,387 Speaker 4: tame game. But can you can talk Can you talk 54 00:02:49,427 --> 00:02:51,267 Speaker 4: about Luke Mtcalf's influence last night? 55 00:02:52,307 --> 00:02:54,467 Speaker 2: Yeah? Great? Uh, you know, I thought we had a 56 00:02:54,507 --> 00:02:57,027 Speaker 2: good platform for him, and we played with a lot 57 00:02:57,027 --> 00:02:58,907 Speaker 2: of power and dominance early. But I thought the way 58 00:02:58,947 --> 00:03:01,507 Speaker 2: that you know, they went after the game from an 59 00:03:01,547 --> 00:03:05,587 Speaker 2: attack point of view, executed the plays really really well, 60 00:03:05,587 --> 00:03:07,747 Speaker 2: and there was some scripted stuff and they took a 61 00:03:07,747 --> 00:03:11,987 Speaker 2: fantastic short side. We love it when Luke gets out 62 00:03:12,027 --> 00:03:14,027 Speaker 2: the back of shape and runs the ball. We feel 63 00:03:14,067 --> 00:03:16,787 Speaker 2: that that's when he's at the most threatening. And I 64 00:03:16,827 --> 00:03:19,507 Speaker 2: thought it was probably the best forty minutes of our halves, 65 00:03:20,267 --> 00:03:23,467 Speaker 2: just finding that balance between playing on the ball and 66 00:03:23,867 --> 00:03:27,827 Speaker 2: then both running and even even a couple of opportunities 67 00:03:27,867 --> 00:03:30,307 Speaker 2: that maybe we you know, we didn't quite take. I 68 00:03:30,347 --> 00:03:35,307 Speaker 2: thought he is the combination between Chanelle and Luke, you know, 69 00:03:35,387 --> 00:03:37,987 Speaker 2: certainly enabled Luke to capitalize on some of the good 70 00:03:38,027 --> 00:03:40,427 Speaker 2: positions that we had, and you know, he's try saving 71 00:03:40,507 --> 00:03:45,627 Speaker 2: tackle is a standout moment in the game for us. 72 00:03:45,627 --> 00:03:47,307 Speaker 2: But I also think there were a lot of defense 73 00:03:47,347 --> 00:03:49,187 Speaker 2: at the end DA that, you know, when we were 74 00:03:49,227 --> 00:03:51,107 Speaker 2: really under the pump. We you know, we did forse 75 00:03:51,227 --> 00:03:53,107 Speaker 2: errors and we did stop and getting down the other end, 76 00:03:53,187 --> 00:03:56,947 Speaker 2: and we needed to of felt. But even though you 77 00:03:56,987 --> 00:04:00,427 Speaker 2: know we we would had lost that momentum that led 78 00:04:00,467 --> 00:04:02,947 Speaker 2: to points, I thought we had just gradually start to 79 00:04:02,987 --> 00:04:05,467 Speaker 2: turn the tide in the last sort of ten minutes 80 00:04:05,507 --> 00:04:05,907 Speaker 2: of the game. 81 00:04:06,707 --> 00:04:10,107 Speaker 4: How important was the bounce back after the Storm game Rich, 82 00:04:10,147 --> 00:04:15,067 Speaker 4: you know, Broncos, Knights, Cowboys three big wins. How important 83 00:04:15,227 --> 00:04:17,707 Speaker 4: was it to bounce back from the disappointment against the 84 00:04:17,747 --> 00:04:18,987 Speaker 4: Storm a month or so ago. 85 00:04:19,707 --> 00:04:21,067 Speaker 2: Well, I just I just think when you have a 86 00:04:21,067 --> 00:04:24,067 Speaker 2: poor performance, it's always important and it's tests the character. 87 00:04:24,347 --> 00:04:28,067 Speaker 2: I think the bigger bounce back for us really were 88 00:04:28,107 --> 00:04:30,907 Speaker 2: after round one, where you know, we were majorly disappointing 89 00:04:31,187 --> 00:04:33,867 Speaker 2: it over in Las Vegas, and we played a red 90 00:04:33,867 --> 00:04:36,987 Speaker 2: hop Manly team that day and had had a you know, 91 00:04:37,067 --> 00:04:39,987 Speaker 2: fairly dominant performance. So we've done it twice this year 92 00:04:40,027 --> 00:04:43,227 Speaker 2: on the back of you, on the back of our 93 00:04:43,507 --> 00:04:46,667 Speaker 2: obviously our poorest performances. I do you think it's indicatively 94 00:04:46,707 --> 00:04:49,267 Speaker 2: the competition at the moment? I think, you know, when 95 00:04:49,267 --> 00:04:53,947 Speaker 2: you look around, you know, anybody can be anybody, and 96 00:04:53,987 --> 00:04:57,907 Speaker 2: it's a very very tight competition really from you know, 97 00:04:57,987 --> 00:05:00,907 Speaker 2: the first sort of fourteen places in the competition at 98 00:05:00,907 --> 00:05:02,387 Speaker 2: the moment, a couple of wins and a couple of 99 00:05:02,467 --> 00:05:04,987 Speaker 2: losses can see you drastically move up or down the table. 100 00:05:05,067 --> 00:05:08,307 Speaker 2: So I think, h you know, in answer to your 101 00:05:08,307 --> 00:05:13,507 Speaker 2: original question, it showed that, you know, we're a developing group, 102 00:05:13,547 --> 00:05:15,827 Speaker 2: We're an evolving group. I think we've got good, strong 103 00:05:15,947 --> 00:05:20,307 Speaker 2: leadership that don't second guess or question what we do 104 00:05:20,467 --> 00:05:22,027 Speaker 2: or what we're about. And I think we've got some 105 00:05:22,107 --> 00:05:24,667 Speaker 2: young guys making the way that there's always going to 106 00:05:24,707 --> 00:05:26,547 Speaker 2: be a little bumps in the road, and you know, 107 00:05:26,587 --> 00:05:28,587 Speaker 2: it's how you manage that and how you use those 108 00:05:28,667 --> 00:05:33,907 Speaker 2: experiences to learn, you know, which will ultimately develop it 109 00:05:33,987 --> 00:05:35,747 Speaker 2: and I think last night we're a great example. We 110 00:05:35,827 --> 00:05:37,587 Speaker 2: got the win and it wasn't lost. But at the 111 00:05:37,627 --> 00:05:40,427 Speaker 2: same time, you know, there's a lot of learnings in 112 00:05:40,507 --> 00:05:42,947 Speaker 2: that game for us about some of the ways in 113 00:05:42,987 --> 00:05:44,667 Speaker 2: which we manage parts of the second aard. 114 00:05:46,907 --> 00:05:48,507 Speaker 4: I know you've got a xample on a plane Rich, 115 00:05:48,547 --> 00:05:50,827 Speaker 4: but just a word on the returning plays and on 116 00:05:50,907 --> 00:05:54,307 Speaker 4: Rock I Berry as well. What's the situation there? Also 117 00:05:54,387 --> 00:05:58,987 Speaker 4: with Delan, with Roger, and also with James for sha Harras. 118 00:05:58,867 --> 00:06:02,427 Speaker 2: And none of those guys are too far away. You know, 119 00:06:02,427 --> 00:06:07,027 Speaker 2: I'm pretty certain that some of them don't know if all, 120 00:06:07,027 --> 00:06:10,187 Speaker 2: but some will definitely be in contention this week. Rock 121 00:06:10,227 --> 00:06:14,547 Speaker 2: all get scans on a hamstring tomorrow when we get back, 122 00:06:14,587 --> 00:06:18,147 Speaker 2: but I feel, you know, a seven day turnaround, whatever 123 00:06:18,187 --> 00:06:20,307 Speaker 2: the result, is going to be going to be tough 124 00:06:20,307 --> 00:06:22,267 Speaker 2: for Rock. I think we just got a stingers and toes, 125 00:06:22,307 --> 00:06:25,027 Speaker 2: plus that it's a low grade in and he's not 126 00:06:25,027 --> 00:06:26,547 Speaker 2: going to be able for too long. But I think 127 00:06:26,627 --> 00:06:30,427 Speaker 2: the likelihood of him being available next week, even without 128 00:06:30,467 --> 00:06:34,107 Speaker 2: the scans is, you know, pretty much it's very very minimal. 129 00:06:34,707 --> 00:06:36,747 Speaker 4: Congrats on the one last night reached to you the 130 00:06:36,787 --> 00:06:39,227 Speaker 4: coaching staff and all the team have a relaxing flight home. 131 00:06:39,307 --> 00:06:39,467 Speaker 2: Mate. 132 00:06:39,467 --> 00:06:41,667 Speaker 4: Look forward to seeing hey guy again for the Dragons 133 00:06:41,667 --> 00:06:42,267 Speaker 4: next time out. 134 00:06:42,867 --> 00:06:45,027 Speaker 2: I have so thank you very much, great to chat 135 00:06:45,107 --> 00:06:45,547 Speaker 2: Jason now. 136 00:06:45,587 --> 00:06:47,467 Speaker 4: Thank you Rich Rich. I gat they're joining us from 137 00:06:47,547 --> 00:06:49,387 Speaker 4: Brisbane ereport. The team just about to jump on a 138 00:06:49,387 --> 00:06:51,627 Speaker 4: flight home and I know that at the end of 139 00:06:51,667 --> 00:06:54,667 Speaker 4: the weekend they will be in the top three in 140 00:06:54,787 --> 00:06:57,907 Speaker 4: the NRL after eight games. 141 00:06:58,227 --> 00:07:01,387 Speaker 1: For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live 142 00:07:01,507 --> 00:07:04,787 Speaker 1: to news Talks it'd be weekends from midday or follow 143 00:07:04,827 --> 00:07:06,547 Speaker 1: the podcast on I have ready out