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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine

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Speaker 1: from Newstalks EDB.

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Speaker 2: So the Warrior is up to third on the NRL Ladder,

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Speaker 2: stunning the Brisbane Broncos twenty to eighteen and Golden Point

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Speaker 2: at Mount Smart last night.

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Speaker 1: Passing the bulldos te ten saloga looked clunky here and it's.

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Speaker 3: Kicked up here. Pik Curt take for Nick Cat take all.

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Speaker 2: I didn't know that Kurt Capewell could run that fast.

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Speaker 2: He tested out Luke Metcalf's hammies as he threw it

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Speaker 2: back inside, Metcalf grabbed it, went over for the try

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Speaker 2: and then of course Luke Metcalf was the main man

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Speaker 2: late on in the peace, nailing a fifty meter penalty

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Speaker 2: after they went to Golden point extra time and Broncos

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Speaker 2: fullback former Warrior Rhys Walsh somehow sent the Golden point

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Speaker 2: kickoff dead. What that does is give you a penalty

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Speaker 2: on halfway. Luke Metcalf stood up and said I'll take that,

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Speaker 2: and even though it had a rather unhappy night off

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Speaker 2: the kicking tea, he nailed it twenty points to eighteen

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Speaker 2: and the Warriors for the meantime anyway up to third

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Speaker 2: on the nrl ldder Let's bring it form a Warrior

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Speaker 2: and Kiwi's utility Motu Tony who joins us now he

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Speaker 2: watched the game close up at go Media last night, Martu.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for your time on Easter Sunday. First of all,

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Speaker 2: how important to win was this after the heavy loss

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Speaker 2: to the Storm last time out?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: Really important? But also it was just, you know, a

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Speaker 4: sign that now the Warriors had too much cleanly out

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Speaker 4: with Fisher, Harris Dylan was out, you know, Rogers out.

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Speaker 4: And yet you know, these these young boys really stepped

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Speaker 4: up and did a job in front of their home crowd,

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Speaker 4: in front of their families.

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Speaker 2: How are you feeling when Luke Metcalf lined up that

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Speaker 2: shot at the end in Golden Point? Were you confident?

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Speaker 1: I was?

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Speaker 4: Actually I was confident because I could see where I

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Speaker 4: was sitting, you know, straight away I could see him

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Speaker 4: pointing to the post. I was thinking, you know, dis

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Speaker 4: pointing from the to the post, you know, so far out.

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Speaker 4: You know, I was thinking that he thought he could

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Speaker 4: you know, sort of back himself to get it. But

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Speaker 4: I always thought that the goalkick that you know, struck

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Speaker 4: the post. I was like, oh, that could come back

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Speaker 4: to haunt us, so luckily you didn't. In the end, it.

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Speaker 2: Says a lot about Luke Metcalf, doesn't it? That he

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Speaker 2: hadn't had a happy night off for kicking tea. He'd

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Speaker 2: had the chance to win it with that dropping near

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Speaker 2: the end of regulation time, but he was still very,

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Speaker 2: very keen to step up and embrace that moment. It

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Speaker 2: says quite a bit about him, doesn't it.

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Speaker 4: It does, And it also just sends a really good message,

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Speaker 4: you know, to the club, and you know to the

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Speaker 4: coaches that they've got a half there who's you know,

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Speaker 4: he's got a bad memory, and when I have bad

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Speaker 4: memory too, this is an athlete. You've got to be

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Speaker 4: able to put some of the bad things behind you

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Speaker 4: that you know hasn't gone your way during the game

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Speaker 4: and step up when it matters. And that's what you

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Speaker 4: know Luke Metcalff done last night.

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Speaker 2: He's obviously been given given the number seven jersey worn

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Speaker 2: by a number of illustrious predecessors. Have you evaluated his

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Speaker 2: first six games of the season in general terms?

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Speaker 4: Luke, Luke's been building really nicely. And I think you

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Speaker 4: know the other part to Luke's game that's really helped

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Speaker 4: him as the form of she now has Tavida. I

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Speaker 4: thought he was outstanding again, just the way he's able to,

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Speaker 4: you know, take pressure of Luke but also step up

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Speaker 4: at the right times and come up with some some

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Speaker 4: players that you know, people don't recognize but the teammate

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Speaker 4: certainly does. And that's you know, Chanelle's you know season.

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Speaker 4: Today he's really stepped up and another fine effort from

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Speaker 4: him as well as you know, Eric Aeron Clark I

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Speaker 4: thought was massive again last night too, So you know,

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Speaker 4: all pointing well for the for the club with some

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Speaker 4: of these you know, younger players stepping up. Also, what about.

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Speaker 2: This, what about like a hell of saver? The guy's

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Speaker 2: just a freak, isn't he in nineteen.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Lequer's a freak, like you say, and that's why

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Speaker 4: he scored. It was just out of nothing. You know,

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Speaker 4: he got the ball and he had Jordan Jordan Ricky

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Speaker 4: in front of him, so you know, that's that's what

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Speaker 4: this kid can do. But you know, I was really

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Speaker 4: pleased on the defensive side, where you had Lecqua, you

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Speaker 4: had the metric my Mooma, you even had Jacob Leaven

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Speaker 4: when he came on. They were really getting stuck into

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Speaker 4: some of these bigger name forwards from the front goes,

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Speaker 4: you know, being harsh and carrigan. These young boys were

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Speaker 4: actually going after them. So it's a great sign for

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Speaker 4: the club going forward.

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Speaker 2: We look at the way the game played out, how

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Speaker 2: to support it? Do you think they'll be in hindsight?

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Speaker 2: I know they won the game, but how disappointed will

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Speaker 2: the Warriors be letting the Broncos back what they were

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Speaker 2: eighteen six ahead? Back to eighteen or to force it

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Speaker 2: into Golden Point?

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Speaker 4: Yeah? I think you know that's something that the coaches

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Speaker 4: wouldn't mind. Actually, you know, the coaches always need something

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Speaker 4: up their sleeve just to keep you know, they're squad

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Speaker 4: hungry and you know, not allow complacency to creep in.

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Speaker 4: But you know what, the Broncos, they've got too much talent,

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Speaker 4: you know, not to you know, feel comfortable. So even

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Speaker 4: though the Warriors got up by a couple of tries,

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Speaker 4: you know, there's always one player away because the Broncers

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Speaker 4: have just got too much talent across the path. But

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Speaker 4: in saying that, my old Keywis coach and Mike McGuire,

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Speaker 4: you know he would be feeling quite filthy. This morning

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Speaker 4: that you know his team weren't able to get.

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Speaker 2: A result, all right, And just to finish more to

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Speaker 2: how should Warriors fans be feeling? Obviously, you're happy after

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Speaker 2: a win. Obviously you look at the table and you

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Speaker 2: see the Warriors tucked into third place. I know it's

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Speaker 2: early on, but how optimistic should Warriors fans be about

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty five here?

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Speaker 4: I think there's a lot of reason to be optimistic.

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Speaker 4: You know, the way the Warriors played last night, that's

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Speaker 4: what they're trying to do. You know, every game, you know,

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Speaker 4: regardless of Fisher Horris is not there or Roger's not

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Speaker 4: there or Dull and you know that is the way

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Speaker 4: the Warriors are going to play all year. And you

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Speaker 4: know they've showed that when they do that, they can

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Speaker 4: win games against you know, quality side. So there's a

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Speaker 4: lot of optimism, but also the players that just need

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Speaker 4: to keep turning up with their same amount of intensity

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Speaker 4: and honesty when they take the field.

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Speaker 2: Fantastic great to get your thoughts. Thanks for taking time

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Speaker 2: on east to Sunday. Motu enjoyed the rest of your weekend.

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Speaker 4: Thanks Swane, you too, mate.

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Speaker 2: Thanks mad That is Mattu Tony with some thoughts on

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Speaker 2: the Warriors.

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