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

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Speaker 1: from News Talks edb.

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Speaker 2: Heater in christ Church today Pacific Championship Kiwi Ferns jill ARUs.

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Speaker 2: That's at three thirty five and then the Kiwis play

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Speaker 2: the Kangaroos at five past six.

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Speaker 1: Gives it's a Griffin name name.

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Speaker 2: Breaking name. It's the same for New Zealand's. It's a

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Speaker 2: record went over US Trainia for New Zealand okkill thirty

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Speaker 2: points to nil. Yeah, that was the final last year,

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Speaker 2: thirty nil at New Zealand beating Australia. Joseph Tuppeny was

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Speaker 2: on that side and will again be a part of

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Speaker 2: the Kiwi side tonight. He joins us. Now, Joseph, that's

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Speaker 2: thirty nil win. What went so well for the Kiwis

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Speaker 2: that day?

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Speaker 3: I think we just set back to basics. Training that

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Speaker 3: week was all, you know, it was pretty light. It

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Speaker 3: was all in the head, so we kind of refreshed.

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Speaker 2: And as far as when the game's been played out

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Speaker 2: and the score is starting to mount, I mean you're

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Speaker 2: playing Australia, who have been your toughest adversary for a

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Speaker 2: long time. What's the feeling is the points start to

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Speaker 2: matt and you think something pretty special is happening here.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, one hundred percent. I wasn't really comfortable to the

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Speaker 3: last probably fifteen minutes because you know, as you have

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Speaker 3: quality all through the park, so you just stand there grind. Luckily,

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Speaker 3: you know, we kept them to new and the any

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Speaker 3: thing is we've got to back it up this year

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Speaker 3: as well.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I guess with have been so long ago,

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Speaker 2: is there any way you can take momentum from that

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Speaker 2: game into twenty twenty four or are we really just

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Speaker 2: talking about a clean slate here.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's pretty hard for US Q Boys because we

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Speaker 3: didn't really get the opportunity to play repbody as much

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Speaker 3: they get origins and stuff like that, So it's pretty

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Speaker 3: hard to build combos for us. But with injury as

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Speaker 3: well this year, it's been it's going to be a

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Speaker 3: pretty tough slog. But yeah, it's pretty clean. I think

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Speaker 3: it's going to be a lot of changes to the

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Speaker 3: squad and yeah, we've just got to stuff from the

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Speaker 3: beginning and it's tough of that.

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Speaker 2: Do you find when you get together with the Kiwi

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Speaker 2: Boys that those connections and the cohesion is pretty quickly

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Speaker 2: found again?

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Speaker 3: Though, yeah, one hundred percent. You know, we've got the

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Speaker 3: same kind of humor, so so we kind of we

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Speaker 3: bond really quickly. But you know, when you go back

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Speaker 3: to n our level, everyone's at the same plays as

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Speaker 3: different names, so it's pretty pretty easy to kind of

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Speaker 3: get together. But you know, enjoying your time in camp

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Speaker 3: is a huge part of being in these camps as well.

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Speaker 2: How much of a leadership responsibility do you feel in

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Speaker 2: this Kiwi side?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I'm lucky to be a part of the

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Speaker 3: leadership grouping Like Fisher, I don't talk as much, but

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Speaker 3: I like leading with action, so you know, I take

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Speaker 3: their responsibility and I try to do that every performance.

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Speaker 2: I see. It was announced to the at the Raiders

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Speaker 2: Prize giving you're going to be full time skipper next year.

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Speaker 2: You're filled in a couple of times or more than

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Speaker 2: a couple of times already. Do you feel like you're

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Speaker 2: gonna have to use use a few more words next

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Speaker 2: year or it'll still be only your actions you lead.

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Speaker 3: By No, I think both. You know, my actions speak

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Speaker 3: louder than words, but you know I still have have

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Speaker 3: a saying. Yeah, obviously, I was learning through off the

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Speaker 3: back of Elliot and you know, talking before games and

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Speaker 3: and stuff like that. So I just got to keep

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Speaker 3: building on that. But I'm really excited. It's been a

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Speaker 3: huge goal of mine and you know, I hope to

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Speaker 3: take my game to another level.

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Speaker 2: Well, it's been at a really good level this year.

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Speaker 2: You played every game, delam, Team of the Year, raters

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Speaker 2: Player of the Year again, third straight season, two hundred

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Speaker 2: NURL appearances. You brought up how do you reflect on

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Speaker 2: the last six months?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Huge.

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Speaker 3: I think she's restrictive when I had my daughter, she's

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Speaker 3: her My wife is such a huge drive for me.

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Speaker 3: And you know she's coming on two next year, so

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Speaker 3: you know that's that's reasons to play harder and you know,

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Speaker 3: be a bit of player, a better provider.

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Speaker 2: Do you find gives you a balance as well? Because

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Speaker 2: I'm sure she doesn't care about the result.

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Speaker 3: Nah, that's that's a huge balance. After a loss, I

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Speaker 3: look for her in the crowd and it brings back

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Speaker 3: perspective and you know, it's only a game of footy,

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Speaker 3: and you know, there's bigger things in my life.

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Speaker 2: You guys came home pretty pretty strong, three straight wins

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Speaker 2: to end the season, but but missing the eight on

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Speaker 2: points differential. How gutting was that for you guys.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's it's pretty you know, heartbreaking knowing that you know,

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Speaker 3: especially their quality sides, that our team have the ability

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Speaker 3: to win, but probably not the consistency this year. And

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Speaker 3: there'll be a big focus point next year in our

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Speaker 3: consistent performances and you know, trying to minimize those blow ups.

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Speaker 2: And just back to the Kiwis again, lots of chat

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Speaker 2: about how international rugby league can become a bit more

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Speaker 2: relevant and amongst a packed NRL season, state of origin.

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Speaker 2: As you mentioned before her chance nickel Clok start earlier

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Speaker 2: this week say you know that he'd like the Keywis

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Speaker 2: to be together more. Do you share those sentiments? Would

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Speaker 2: you like to see you know, more opportunities for test

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Speaker 2: rugby league.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's because that's out in the core

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Speaker 3: of our game and to get those opportunities to play

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Speaker 3: and be amongst our boys, like I think it used

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Speaker 3: to be like the anti Tests and that it is

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Speaker 3: huge for us. You know, we have to sit back

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Speaker 3: and watch in origins and it's a huge part of

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Speaker 3: NRL's origin. It's probably the biggest part. But you know,

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Speaker 3: we just want to equal opportunity to represent our country

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Speaker 3: and get those high quality games.

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Speaker 2: But the way it does now, I mean you play

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Speaker 2: every game right and in a physically demanding sport and

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Speaker 2: in a physically demanding position within that sport. That must

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Speaker 2: take a huge toll on your body, does it?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: It does? But you know, I think these days everyone

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Speaker 3: is so professional. But yeah, we get a good break after.

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Speaker 3: But you know, when Keywis come up, I'm always excited

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Speaker 3: to get in camp. So it doesn't really matter. My

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Speaker 3: body might have a little bumps and bruises in it,

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Speaker 3: but yeah, people like you know, the people like Penrifin

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Speaker 3: I have been in Grand finals last four five years.

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Speaker 3: The dear bodies must be worth Yeah.

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Speaker 2: All right mate, Well we're looking forward to seeing you

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Speaker 2: with the Keywis for the upcoming Pacific Championship. Joe, thanks

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Speaker 2: for taking the time for a chat and all the best, mate,

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Thank.

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Speaker 3: You, Joe.

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Speaker 2: Joseph tappany there who were the thirteen jumper in the

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Speaker 2: Pacific Championship match against Australia tonight five past six at

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Speaker 2: Apollo Project Stadium in christ Church. The early game or

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Speaker 2: the first game is the key Wei Ferns up against

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Speaker 2: the Jill Rouse that's underway at three thirty five. Sold

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Speaker 2: out down there in christ Church, so good support for

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Speaker 2: the rugby league down on the Garden City.

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