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Speaker 2: This week on The Big League Podcast, Warriors Fullback taine two,

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Speaker 2: Opeaky reveals why he feels responsible for that final try

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Speaker 2: and the loss to the Dolphins, gives insights into the

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Speaker 2: team's turbulent team naming process, and discusses his ever growing

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Speaker 2: relationship with Charles Nickel, Crook Star Michael Burgess, and I

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Speaker 2: will assess the damage of a fourth loss in six

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Speaker 2: games and with the Bulldogs looming on Saturday. Are the

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Speaker 2: Warriors still a top four side?

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Speaker 3: My name is Nathan Limb. Let's go LB.

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Speaker 2: The Warriors are in a hole. They are beginning to

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Speaker 2: truly feel the weight of an ever growing injury toll,

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Speaker 2: and they are struggling to foot it with the other

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Speaker 2: top eight sides. The Warriors had eight frontline players unavailable

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Speaker 2: for that heartbreaking loss to the Dolphins at Mount Smart.

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Speaker 2: That's seven hundred and fifty games worth of NRL experience.

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Speaker 2: And that's not an excuse, that's just a fact. I'm

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Speaker 2: not even mad about their seventh loss of the season. Frustrated, sure,

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Speaker 2: but given the circumstances they played well. Roger tu Ivasishek

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Speaker 2: and Aaron Clark again stood out, taining to Opeaky and

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Speaker 2: charlesk a Cookstar had solid outings after discovering their place

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Speaker 2: in the side late in the week. Dalan Wa Tenez

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Speaker 2: a Lesniak, who's been under huge pressure, was better, scoring

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Speaker 2: two tries. But with the Panthers, Broncos and Sharks all

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Speaker 2: breathing down the neck of the Warriors' top four spot

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Speaker 2: and the Bulldogs are waiting on Saturday, we need to

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Speaker 2: adjust our expectations and accept that this is no longer

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Speaker 2: a top four side. Michael Burgess, Senior New Zealand Herald Rider.

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Speaker 2: Do I need to give myself an uppercut or do

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Speaker 2: you feel as deflated as me?

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Speaker 4: I'd like to see you give yourself an uppercut that

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Speaker 4: we're amusing, But look, I'm still stunning.

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Speaker 3: To be honest, I'm still stunned.

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Speaker 4: I tried to get away from then all over the weekend,

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Speaker 4: didn't watch hardly any of it after Friday night. I'll

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Speaker 4: never forget the silence across go Media Stadium after that

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Speaker 4: try happened.

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Speaker 3: It was just something that no one expected.

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Speaker 4: I've seen some heartbreaking finishes of my time covering the

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Speaker 4: Warriors Nath over fifteen years or whatever it is, but

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Speaker 4: that'd be up there with one of the cruelest ones

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Speaker 4: because as you say, they played well, they played quite

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Speaker 4: well in the first half. They've had really well in

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Speaker 4: the second half, and you were thinking, this is going

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Speaker 4: to be when those great Warriors wins against the odds,

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Speaker 4: they've been given no chance, they get all these players out,

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Speaker 4: this is going to be amazing, and then it wasn't.

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Speaker 3: So it's mixed feelings, isn't it.

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Speaker 4: Because you can't be too hard on the Warriors in

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Speaker 4: terms of they played well and there's a lot to like.

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Speaker 4: But this is a massive turning point. Is you remember

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Speaker 4: being in Paris and you saw that big roundabout in Paris.

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Speaker 4: You know, I know in Paris most of the time

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Speaker 4: you were chasing girls and getting drunk. But you see that,

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Speaker 4: you see that, Hey, look anyway, you see that massive roundabout.

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Speaker 4: That is how big this turning point is because because

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Speaker 4: you get that when it's it's abstoutly huge momentum for

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Speaker 4: everything else. Now they've got to somehow mentally and emotionally

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Speaker 4: recover from this. I mean, I said the same thing

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Speaker 4: with my story that they're in a hole, and I

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Speaker 4: think you're right. I don't think they're They're not playing

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Speaker 4: how they will stay in the top four. Now that

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Speaker 4: that's the bit of reality. After what was it six

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Speaker 2: Okay, First of all, I was in Paris for the

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Speaker 3: I don't I don't mingle with that other stuff. Right.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we were going into the last few rounds of

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Speaker 2: top eights and the last and now you and now

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Speaker 2: you're saying, well, actually looking at the last few games

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Speaker 4: Well, that's right, because they're not a top four team anymore.

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Speaker 4: They're not playing like a top four team, and they

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Speaker 4: were having all those discussions and everything was rainbows and

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Speaker 3: You know, it's like.

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Speaker 4: They've lost their their ford leader, they've lost their back leader,

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Speaker 4: Barnett Metcalf. But then you add an Fisher, Harris or

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Speaker 4: other captain who I'm here and could be out for

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Speaker 4: longer than we expected. You know, it's going to be

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Speaker 4: more than a couple of weeks. So that four weeks

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Speaker 4: is what Webster said. Yeah, yeah, but it could be

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Speaker 4: more than that, So that that's a big issue. You've

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Speaker 4: the confidence in the mojo and all these other teams

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Speaker 4: are coming right, Like, we've got to play the Eels

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Speaker 4: In the last game of the season for Daily Sherivan's

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Speaker 4: final game for the Seagulls, that's not going to be fun.

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Speaker 4: The Titans away, the Titans.

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Speaker 3: The Dragons are coming here, they'll be good. And then

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Speaker 3: the Bulldogs.

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Speaker 4: I was hoping you might be able to ambush the Bulldogs,

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Speaker 4: but coming off a loss and a big loss to

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Speaker 3: But the one thing that gives me hope is the

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Speaker 3: way they played.

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Speaker 4: I really liked the way they played for big periods

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Speaker 4: of Friday's game, So that does give you some hope.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, you mentioned that those big periods. Warriors coach

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Speaker 2: Andrew Webster felt that his team were the better second

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Speaker 2: half side until the final moments probably.

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Speaker 3: Said major to that second half.

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Speaker 5: We played with such spirit and we really started to

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Speaker 3: With our defense.

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Speaker 5: But yeah, it's pretty simple that we gave ourselves a

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Speaker 5: good opportunity in the game and we didn't find a

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Speaker 2: And don't worry, we're going to go through that final

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Speaker 2: play and the entire game. Everything you need to know.

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Speaker 2: We're going to hear from Warriors full bank tain to

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Speaker 2: Opeak next. But first, here are the highlights Dolphins twenty,

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Speaker 2: Warriors eighteen, and we're underway.

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Speaker 3: Marshall King urging direction table, I feo.

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Speaker 6: Here's Potlers, here's Adja Hey Scorts gives it to Boyd.

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Speaker 6: Here's a child for the Warriors too all took him.

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Speaker 6: Here's not Teddy Chelassie ac scars at the time, I

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Speaker 6: really got through Warriors under real pressure. Hair Marshall came

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Speaker 6: dots down head schools. Now they go wide on the Passaic.

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Speaker 6: Still there don't cuts a score.

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Speaker 3: Chayley dots down, Oh Keley is the working really hearts

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Speaker 6: This time he gets a dry heally Boyd again, here's

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Speaker 6: Martin help the beck of corteents again what Teddy's a

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Speaker 6: lathe Yes, boy kicks.

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Speaker 6: Hair borious heaven hey scars?

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Speaker 3: Yes?

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Speaker 6: Had I say?

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Speaker 3: Was it a double over?

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Speaker 8: No?

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Speaker 6: Dolphins throwing everything at them?

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Speaker 7: Don a you Avarilla being guy, He's got nowhere to go,

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Speaker 7: changing direction, keeping us alive the Dolphins. Good numbers in

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Speaker 7: space out here cart now they go wine charts here

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Speaker 7: for the Dolphins, for.

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Speaker 3: The Tars, Are you serious?

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Speaker 7: Twenty points to way too the full time score The Dolphins.

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Speaker 3: Steal the wind? Are you serious? What are you?

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Speaker 2: Gontesy of sky Sport The Big League Podcast, Worris fullback

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Speaker 2: Taine two opeak. He was kind enough to have a

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Speaker 2: quick chat to Michael Burgess in the tunnel after the

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Speaker 3: Let's take a listen, Taine. First of all, there must

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Speaker 3: be it must be pretty tough to take.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, that was very anytime you lose on the hood

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Speaker 9: to pretty much suck say so, yeah, but god, it

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Speaker 9: felt like it was right there for us, But obviously

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Speaker 9: it wasn't very.

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Speaker 3: Words for it.

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Speaker 9: Disappointed, but pretty keen and got with this week because

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Speaker 9: us a little bit of connection.

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Speaker 4: PC, because you did so a well to fight back

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Speaker 3: How did it feel out there? Yep, Oh, they came

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Speaker 3: to play, they were mean, they bashed us.

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Speaker 9: We bashed them back, I thought, And I thought that's

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Speaker 9: what got us back in the game, got back to

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Speaker 9: what we were good at, which was arm wrestled. Just

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Speaker 9: a little bit too hard sometimes and they were a

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Speaker 9: good side. Like to get beaten on the hurdle like

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Speaker 9: it sucks, but credit to them. They won that moment

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Speaker 4: How did you turn things around midway through the first half?

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Speaker 4: Sixteen six down must have been a bit of a shock,

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Speaker 9: Well, we're confident knowing that if we can get our

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Speaker 9: play the long game, and like I was pretty confident

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Speaker 3: But yeah, that's all I really got through it.

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Speaker 9: I was just confident now, like we always plan to

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Speaker 9: I thought we did do that, but they've done it

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Speaker 4: What was your view of the final player or I

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Speaker 4: guess the final set from them.

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Speaker 9: Just moments by like I should have been there fear

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Speaker 9: springing me. I should have been there in the corner

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Speaker 9: all good fullbacks are, and I thought that was definitely

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Speaker 3: I thought, I live boys.

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Speaker 7: Done with that.

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Speaker 4: Aside from that, which is you so tough to take

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Speaker 4: for everyone, you must have felt good about your return

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Speaker 3: Yep, I was confident.

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Speaker 9: We had a lot of boys play different positions, debut time,

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Speaker 9: young boys, a lot of different puzzles, but I was

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Speaker 3: It's the same mentality. Next man, when did you find

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Speaker 9: I'm not sure exactly. Was maybe towards the end of

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Speaker 9: down and we don't know what was happening. We went

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Speaker 4: Well, how have you been coping this season coming into

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Speaker 4: first grade then then dropping back?

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Speaker 3: You know, how have you been finding that that situation?

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Speaker 1: Uh?

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Speaker 3: Yeah good.

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Speaker 9: I love playing first grade and I want to be

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Speaker 4: We just got it.

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Speaker 3: I really wanted to get the.

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Speaker 3: Take your mind off things? Just family, Bro, spend.

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Speaker 8: This is yeah, the Big League podcast on the Worries

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Speaker 3: This is the Big League podcast, Bry.

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Speaker 2: Listening to that interview, Burge, I really feel for Taine.

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Speaker 2: Right, let's go through this game in a little bit

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Speaker 5: The game is in our hands. Are then we turn

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Speaker 2: The Dolphins were just throwing the ball left and right

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Speaker 2: Obviously they could have made the tackle. But will they

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Speaker 3: They will?

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Speaker 4: They will, they really will. The review will not be

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Speaker 4: good to watch. On the fifth tackle, Capell made a

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Speaker 4: Remember Lekas on the ground as you say that, to

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Speaker 4: They all came across to the right and they were

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Speaker 2: He wasn't even moving, he was just standing there. He

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Speaker 4: There was a big bonus and another reason why there's

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Speaker 4: When we say the Warriors played well, we do have

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Speaker 4: Demada did well. He actually ran a lot. He was

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Speaker 4: Tanner Boyd went okay, kicked well and they didn't make

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Speaker 2: week will be there and make a few runs. That

439
00:20:19,293 --> 00:20:21,133
Speaker 2: gets the Warriors on the front foot in terms of

440
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Speaker 2: when they needing yardage and they deepen their own half.

441
00:20:23,813 --> 00:20:25,733
Speaker 2: Aaron Clarkson man you give the ball to and he

442
00:20:25,853 --> 00:20:29,733
Speaker 2: makes meters. Another player Eddie, I Amir Toyaba. I thought

443
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Speaker 2: he had a solid debut, couple of good runs post

444
00:20:32,413 --> 00:20:35,013
Speaker 2: contact meters. What did you make of him then? And

445
00:20:35,213 --> 00:20:36,493
Speaker 2: is there anyone else that stood out to you?

446
00:20:38,053 --> 00:20:39,853
Speaker 4: He was good, the kid on debut, did well in

447
00:20:39,933 --> 00:20:43,773
Speaker 4: the pressure game. Good signs for the future. Jacob Laban

448
00:20:43,813 --> 00:20:47,293
Speaker 4: I thought was really good when he came on, smashing

449
00:20:47,333 --> 00:20:50,853
Speaker 4: impact literally just coming on and post content metas straight away,

450
00:20:51,333 --> 00:20:51,693
Speaker 4: which is.

451
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Speaker 3: Why I was a bit mystified why he was brought

452
00:20:54,133 --> 00:20:54,573
Speaker 3: on so late.

453
00:20:54,613 --> 00:20:57,533
Speaker 4: He was brought on with about twenty minutes to go,

454
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Speaker 4: maybe from memory, that felt a bit strange leaving him

455
00:21:01,653 --> 00:21:04,653
Speaker 4: on the bench when you've got to deplete the team already.

456
00:21:04,853 --> 00:21:08,253
Speaker 4: So that compared to having someone like Tennis Ellis Smith

457
00:21:08,413 --> 00:21:10,373
Speaker 4: having quite a bit of minute, or even Eddie had

458
00:21:10,613 --> 00:21:12,293
Speaker 4: had a few more. So I would have like to

459
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Speaker 4: see Jacob come on earlier. But can only echo what

460
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Speaker 4: you're saying about Aaron. He's been amazing and Roger he's

461
00:21:19,893 --> 00:21:22,053
Speaker 4: really found himself on the wing. He has said to

462
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Speaker 4: me last week he said something like what you say,

463
00:21:24,533 --> 00:21:27,773
Speaker 4: you're feeling really comfortable. He's worked out today's NRL, but

464
00:21:27,933 --> 00:21:31,453
Speaker 4: far out. If they all had the application and desire

465
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Speaker 4: of Roger, they'd been a very good place to Worrows.

466
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Speaker 1: You know.

467
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and we had two of us a check on

468
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Speaker 2: the podcast last week, so if you would like to

469
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Speaker 2: hear that interview, you can go back and listen to that.

470
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Speaker 2: And speaking of Jacob, Laban unfortunately suffered a knee injury

471
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Speaker 2: from opposite Felice Calfussi, who was sinbind for the incident.

472
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Speaker 2: Webster's offered this update on Laban post match. Yeah, felt

473
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Speaker 2: something pop in his way. I don't know what that means.

474
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Speaker 2: Another injury? Are you taking the mac? Are you taking

475
00:22:02,133 --> 00:22:03,653
Speaker 2: the mac? Jacob Black?

476
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Speaker 3: Quite?

477
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Speaker 7: Wow?

478
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Speaker 3: What well?

479
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Speaker 4: This one was preventable. I hate this kind of injury

480
00:22:09,653 --> 00:22:11,973
Speaker 4: because this was a this is a f How was

481
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Speaker 4: it preventable? Calfusie just goes in at his knees when

482
00:22:14,933 --> 00:22:15,973
Speaker 4: he's already held that.

483
00:22:16,133 --> 00:22:18,373
Speaker 3: What I mean prevented? I mean he needs eight weeks

484
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Speaker 3: out of the NRL for that.

485
00:22:22,453 --> 00:22:24,653
Speaker 4: Yeah, Nathan needs to have a glass of water, but

486
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Speaker 4: or something stronger, but exactly is what I'm saying.

487
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Speaker 3: Though.

488
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Speaker 4: I hate those kind of tackles, I really do, because

489
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Speaker 4: CALFUSI gets three weeks, but how many weeks will Laban get?

490
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Speaker 4: Who knows. Let's hope it's not too serious. The last

491
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Speaker 4: I sort of Laban he was. I was just about

492
00:22:40,813 --> 00:22:42,813
Speaker 4: to speak to Taine and he was coming past me

493
00:22:42,933 --> 00:22:45,773
Speaker 4: on crutches and pointing down at the ground and asking

494
00:22:45,853 --> 00:22:47,373
Speaker 4: his girlfriend, can you grab that for me? And I

495
00:22:47,493 --> 00:22:49,933
Speaker 4: was like, Jesus, I hope he's okay, because he's a

496
00:22:49,973 --> 00:22:53,653
Speaker 4: big loss and it's just such a cynical, horrible tackle.

497
00:22:54,053 --> 00:22:55,613
Speaker 4: I don't know the answer getting them out of the game.

498
00:22:55,733 --> 00:22:57,333
Speaker 4: Getting those kind of tackles out of the game but

499
00:22:57,733 --> 00:23:00,533
Speaker 4: far out pisses me off. Should they have kicked for

500
00:23:00,653 --> 00:23:03,613
Speaker 4: goal after that penalty up by two a few minutes

501
00:23:03,653 --> 00:23:07,573
Speaker 4: to go? I was quite comfortable with their decision to

502
00:23:07,893 --> 00:23:10,533
Speaker 4: continue pressing for a try because they kicked the two points.

503
00:23:10,853 --> 00:23:13,413
Speaker 4: If the Dolphins scored their level anyway, what was your

504
00:23:13,493 --> 00:23:15,253
Speaker 4: take on I'm sure a few people commenting on social

505
00:23:15,253 --> 00:23:17,293
Speaker 4: media they should have been going for a penalty. Chew

506
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Speaker 4: up a bit of time.

507
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Speaker 7: Yeah.

508
00:23:19,173 --> 00:23:21,373
Speaker 4: I asked Angel Ribs about this in the press conference,

509
00:23:21,733 --> 00:23:23,293
Speaker 4: and I didn't want to be a smart ass or

510
00:23:23,333 --> 00:23:25,133
Speaker 4: because in hindsight, you look at it and you think, gee,

511
00:23:25,453 --> 00:23:27,093
Speaker 4: they had that extra two points, then it goes to

512
00:23:27,173 --> 00:23:29,973
Speaker 4: golden point. A sarka mistic conversion that it could be different.

513
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Speaker 4: I did wonder just because you kick, the goal goes there,

514
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Speaker 4: you get the ball back. Webster made the point, which

515
00:23:36,333 --> 00:23:39,253
Speaker 4: is fair enough that these days teams are good at

516
00:23:39,253 --> 00:23:41,733
Speaker 4: the restarts from kickoff. If the Dolphins get the ball

517
00:23:41,813 --> 00:23:44,773
Speaker 4: back and then they're on attack, you never forgive yourself.

518
00:23:45,253 --> 00:23:47,973
Speaker 4: His point was, no, you stay down there, keep them

519
00:23:48,013 --> 00:23:49,773
Speaker 4: on the line, Just keep them there for the last

520
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Speaker 4: six minutes.

521
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Speaker 3: Just pin them in there. So it's probably fair enough.

522
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Speaker 3: I always like to.

523
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Speaker 4: Take the points next to the post, but on this

524
00:23:58,773 --> 00:24:01,293
Speaker 4: occasion I was like you, I wasn't completely like I.

525
00:24:01,373 --> 00:24:02,973
Speaker 3: Thought they would take the points, but when they did,

526
00:24:02,973 --> 00:24:05,373
Speaker 3: and I was like, oh okay, it was more.

527
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Speaker 4: I was more disappointed with the way they couldn't create

528
00:24:09,173 --> 00:24:11,733
Speaker 4: much in those sets on the line. They couldn't create

529
00:24:11,813 --> 00:24:14,453
Speaker 4: much in terms of a triscreen opportunity or forcing a

530
00:24:14,493 --> 00:24:16,653
Speaker 4: repeat set. That was probably more of a disappointment for me.

531
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Speaker 3: Big League Podcast right.

532
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Speaker 2: The Warriors faced the Bulldogs in Sydney on Saturday, and

533
00:24:22,653 --> 00:24:26,733
Speaker 2: they are under massive pressure now. The Bulldogs sit third

534
00:24:26,853 --> 00:24:30,053
Speaker 2: on the ladder and are one of the surprise form

535
00:24:30,133 --> 00:24:32,613
Speaker 2: teams of the competition this year. I think it's fair

536
00:24:32,653 --> 00:24:35,533
Speaker 2: to say they've got fourteen wins and five losses.

537
00:24:35,613 --> 00:24:37,253
Speaker 3: Now I say that.

538
00:24:37,413 --> 00:24:40,933
Speaker 2: They're coming off a shock twenty eight to fourteen loss

539
00:24:40,973 --> 00:24:44,093
Speaker 2: to the Tigers, which actually flatters the Bulldogs because they

540
00:24:44,133 --> 00:24:46,653
Speaker 2: scored a dry Josh Curran and his hundred right at

541
00:24:46,653 --> 00:24:49,293
Speaker 2: the end of the game, and that was at Kombank Stadium.

542
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Speaker 2: Why were they playing at Combak Stadium.

543
00:24:51,133 --> 00:24:53,413
Speaker 3: I don't know. They are led by.

544
00:24:53,493 --> 00:24:56,933
Speaker 2: Three time Premiership winner Stephen Crichton at center, but worth

545
00:24:57,053 --> 00:24:59,453
Speaker 2: noting he is currently on report for a high shot

546
00:24:59,573 --> 00:25:02,493
Speaker 2: on tailor mate in that game. Benji Marshall was livid

547
00:25:02,533 --> 00:25:05,453
Speaker 2: afterwards that Crichton wasn't sent off and they Tigers had

548
00:25:05,453 --> 00:25:06,973
Speaker 2: a player sent off earlier in the game for the

549
00:25:07,053 --> 00:25:10,333
Speaker 2: same thing they had at Burton and Lachland Galvin in

550
00:25:10,453 --> 00:25:14,333
Speaker 2: the halves plus William Kickout in the second row. They

551
00:25:14,373 --> 00:25:18,453
Speaker 2: are missing former Warrior Marcelo Montour and Connor Tracy though

552
00:25:18,493 --> 00:25:22,893
Speaker 2: in the NRL Casualty ward. At the moment, Burge, how

553
00:25:22,973 --> 00:25:27,493
Speaker 2: do you feel about this game? Because I don't have

554
00:25:27,573 --> 00:25:28,293
Speaker 2: a lot of confidence.

555
00:25:29,133 --> 00:25:32,333
Speaker 4: I would have been feeling better if the Bulldogs weren't

556
00:25:32,413 --> 00:25:34,573
Speaker 4: coming off a loss, and not just a loss, but

557
00:25:34,733 --> 00:25:37,413
Speaker 4: a loss that really hurts, like they really wanted to

558
00:25:37,453 --> 00:25:39,333
Speaker 4: beat the Tigers. There was all that drama about the

559
00:25:39,373 --> 00:25:42,293
Speaker 4: lucky Galvin stuff. So you never want to play a

560
00:25:42,373 --> 00:25:45,093
Speaker 4: team who have just lost, especially in those circumstances, because

561
00:25:45,093 --> 00:25:47,813
Speaker 4: they are doubly motivated to win. Before that, I was

562
00:25:47,853 --> 00:25:51,493
Speaker 4: feeling alright. I was thinking, you know, remember that Penrith

563
00:25:51,573 --> 00:25:54,293
Speaker 4: game last year. Remember that Penwrith game Magic Round. We

564
00:25:54,373 --> 00:25:57,173
Speaker 4: gave the Warriors no chance, they had all these players missing,

565
00:25:57,853 --> 00:25:59,093
Speaker 4: and they went and beat the Panthers.

566
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Speaker 3: I thought maybe we could see that. But it will

567
00:26:02,413 --> 00:26:02,733
Speaker 3: be hard.

568
00:26:02,773 --> 00:26:05,453
Speaker 4: The Bulldogs are one of the toughest teams to play

569
00:26:05,453 --> 00:26:08,253
Speaker 4: in the NROL. There won't be a massive contingent of Warriors.

570
00:26:08,613 --> 00:26:10,813
Speaker 4: I don't think there is another Sydney games. It's sort

571
00:26:10,853 --> 00:26:13,093
Speaker 4: of a bit further out of town. So mate, it's

572
00:26:13,133 --> 00:26:15,733
Speaker 4: going to be It's going to be tough, but they

573
00:26:15,933 --> 00:26:16,253
Speaker 4: just got.

574
00:26:16,293 --> 00:26:20,293
Speaker 3: To they'll believe. They'll believe they can do it. It's

575
00:26:20,333 --> 00:26:21,813
Speaker 3: whether we believe they can do it.

576
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Speaker 2: I don't know what are the main threats that the

577
00:26:23,933 --> 00:26:26,653
Speaker 2: Bulldogs pose because, as we said, they've really come and

578
00:26:26,733 --> 00:26:28,733
Speaker 2: to form this year and they were the top of

579
00:26:28,813 --> 00:26:31,013
Speaker 2: the table for a number of weeks. Pretty much the

580
00:26:31,013 --> 00:26:33,213
Speaker 2: whole first half of the season, they were top of

581
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Speaker 2: the ladder. So what are the main threats that they posed?

582
00:26:36,053 --> 00:26:39,733
Speaker 2: What is this makeshift Warriors side going to have to

583
00:26:39,813 --> 00:26:42,453
Speaker 2: be very wary of coming up against a Bulldog side

584
00:26:42,493 --> 00:26:45,093
Speaker 2: which has plenty of confidence and as you said, we'll

585
00:26:45,093 --> 00:26:45,853
Speaker 2: be hurting after that.

586
00:26:46,653 --> 00:26:48,933
Speaker 4: Well, they've been great this year. I mean, I mean defensively,

587
00:26:49,733 --> 00:26:52,653
Speaker 4: they're really strong, really good light speed. But the thing

588
00:26:52,733 --> 00:26:54,733
Speaker 4: that stood out for me about them is what they

589
00:26:54,813 --> 00:26:57,813
Speaker 4: do with their forwards. Not the biggest pack of forwards,

590
00:26:57,853 --> 00:27:01,253
Speaker 4: but so mobile and so clever with all that passing

591
00:27:01,653 --> 00:27:03,933
Speaker 4: in close to the ruck just on the edge. So

592
00:27:04,493 --> 00:27:08,173
Speaker 4: they're really effective pack of forwards on attack and then

593
00:27:08,853 --> 00:27:11,493
Speaker 4: everything flows from there with the backs from there.

594
00:27:11,533 --> 00:27:13,293
Speaker 3: So they're a good team.

595
00:27:13,413 --> 00:27:15,613
Speaker 4: I don't think they're as good as as the Storm

596
00:27:15,693 --> 00:27:17,613
Speaker 4: or the Raiders, but they're a very good team. The

597
00:27:17,693 --> 00:27:19,853
Speaker 4: Warriors will be looking forward to playing the Bulldogs though,

598
00:27:19,853 --> 00:27:21,853
Speaker 4: because there's a bit of bad blood from last year's

599
00:27:21,893 --> 00:27:25,293
Speaker 4: game in Sydney when Tamata got taken out with about

600
00:27:25,373 --> 00:27:27,973
Speaker 4: five minutes to go, and then they lost in Golden Point.

601
00:27:28,053 --> 00:27:31,533
Speaker 4: That was a truly horrible, horrible loss. I think I was,

602
00:27:32,053 --> 00:27:34,693
Speaker 4: in fact, I was there for that one. But the

603
00:27:34,773 --> 00:27:38,173
Speaker 4: one good thing about this mate, is that there's a foundation,

604
00:27:38,333 --> 00:27:40,893
Speaker 4: and that foundation is what they did on Friday night.

605
00:27:41,133 --> 00:27:43,413
Speaker 4: They've got something to build on, even though they've got

606
00:27:43,413 --> 00:27:46,133
Speaker 4: all these players missing. Maybe maybe Wade Egan to be back,

607
00:27:46,333 --> 00:27:49,573
Speaker 4: maybe Chanelle. I personally, i'd give I'd give Egan another

608
00:27:49,613 --> 00:27:53,373
Speaker 4: week to completely get over the concussion and say to Healy, mate,

609
00:27:53,533 --> 00:27:55,293
Speaker 4: you played great, We're going to give you another week.

610
00:27:55,413 --> 00:27:57,573
Speaker 3: Go for it. That's what I would do with Egan.

611
00:27:57,813 --> 00:27:58,653
Speaker 3: That's what I do as well.

612
00:27:58,693 --> 00:28:01,133
Speaker 2: I don't think they will because Webster just sticks. Webster

613
00:28:01,213 --> 00:28:03,693
Speaker 2: sticks to the concussion protocols. And I actually raised this

614
00:28:03,813 --> 00:28:06,013
Speaker 2: with him earlier in the season when Egan had a

615
00:28:06,093 --> 00:28:08,933
Speaker 2: KNOCKOS had given his history of head knocks. Do you

616
00:28:09,133 --> 00:28:11,613
Speaker 2: just give him an extra week to recover? Just give

617
00:28:11,653 --> 00:28:14,653
Speaker 2: him the track record and the dangers that that poses

618
00:28:15,133 --> 00:28:17,493
Speaker 2: to him as a person, not only as a player.

619
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Speaker 2: And we've just said he's passed the concussion protocols, he's

620
00:28:20,733 --> 00:28:24,093
Speaker 2: gone through what they've deemed is necessary to recover from

621
00:28:24,133 --> 00:28:26,453
Speaker 2: a head knock, so he will play, and because that

622
00:28:26,613 --> 00:28:29,293
Speaker 2: sort of period will be up, I expect Egan to

623
00:28:29,333 --> 00:28:32,653
Speaker 2: be named in the side. Do we expect the same

624
00:28:32,733 --> 00:28:35,853
Speaker 2: in terms of we had that late reshuffle, So Chance

625
00:28:35,893 --> 00:28:38,133
Speaker 2: will be at center, Taine to Opeaky will be.

626
00:28:38,173 --> 00:28:38,573
Speaker 3: At the back.

627
00:28:38,653 --> 00:28:41,413
Speaker 2: You'd imagine Chanelle Harris Tavita comes into five, eight to

628
00:28:41,533 --> 00:28:44,733
Speaker 2: mighty back to that interchange role. What about Vymonga.

629
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Speaker 3: Oh, he's not good.

630
00:28:46,093 --> 00:28:48,933
Speaker 4: He won't be I'm not sure how long, how long

631
00:28:48,973 --> 00:28:50,773
Speaker 4: he's out for, but he won't be back, not not,

632
00:28:50,973 --> 00:28:54,853
Speaker 4: just not this soon. Tomati is an interesting one. He played,

633
00:28:55,013 --> 00:28:57,733
Speaker 4: played well, and it depends on Shanelle's calf muscle. If

634
00:28:57,733 --> 00:29:00,013
Speaker 4: it's not completely right, maybe Chanelle has another week on

635
00:29:00,053 --> 00:29:03,093
Speaker 4: the sidelines. But the core structure of the team will

636
00:29:03,133 --> 00:29:06,093
Speaker 4: be the same, and it has to be because there's

637
00:29:06,133 --> 00:29:09,893
Speaker 4: no one else there actually is. The shorter centers, the

638
00:29:09,973 --> 00:29:14,013
Speaker 4: shorter wingers, the shorter forwards. They're short. They're short everywhere.

639
00:29:14,013 --> 00:29:15,893
Speaker 4: I mean, bring it back to what you said at

640
00:29:15,893 --> 00:29:20,133
Speaker 4: the start. Eight front line players missing the spine on

641
00:29:20,693 --> 00:29:24,413
Speaker 4: Friday night was the reserve grade spine for the first

642
00:29:24,533 --> 00:29:28,973
Speaker 4: five or six matches of this year, so Appial Appeal Battle,

643
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Speaker 4: The Big.

644
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Speaker 8: League Podcast for the biggest league fans, The Big League

645
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Speaker 8: Podcast on the Warriors Wagons since day one.

646
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Speaker 3: Just quickly, Bursts touched on the Warriors women, who had a.

647
00:29:46,493 --> 00:29:50,093
Speaker 2: Twelve six win over the Cowboys, the second of the

648
00:29:50,253 --> 00:29:53,013
Speaker 2: nrl W The Cowboys fourth on the ladder with three wins.

649
00:29:53,053 --> 00:29:58,253
Speaker 2: They're no mugs and Ivani on debut with a try

650
00:29:58,293 --> 00:30:00,813
Speaker 2: and some massive hits and defense, Burge, what did you

651
00:30:00,893 --> 00:30:02,613
Speaker 2: make of her and the Warriors performance?

652
00:30:02,693 --> 00:30:03,213
Speaker 3: That was great.

653
00:30:03,413 --> 00:30:05,573
Speaker 4: I mean to win across the Tasman the first time

654
00:30:05,653 --> 00:30:09,613
Speaker 4: this season in terrible conditions and the first woman's Magic Round,

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Speaker 4: which would have been a different thing to deal with

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Speaker 4: the other teams there. This team's on a learning curve,

657
00:30:14,493 --> 00:30:17,133
Speaker 4: but they're learning fast. They bounce back from that pretty

658
00:30:17,173 --> 00:30:20,693
Speaker 4: bad performance against the Titans, so it's good science.

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Speaker 2: Patricia Maley Ipple is going to be a Warrior is great.

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Speaker 2: That's what I'm saying right now. People are going to

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00:30:26,413 --> 00:30:28,253
Speaker 2: her playing for the Black Ferns and winning a Super

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Speaker 2: Rugby title. It's going to be a footnote in the

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Speaker 2: rugby league career of Patricia Malay Apple. She got a

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Speaker 2: forty thirty in that game as well. Her kicking game

665
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Speaker 2: is amazing.

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Speaker 4: And I don't know if I was having this conversation

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Speaker 4: with you on the podcast or with someone else in

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Speaker 4: the press box at the.

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Speaker 3: Warriors watching the Warriors woman, but I remember.

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Speaker 4: Saying that after the say I think during the second

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00:30:46,973 --> 00:30:51,253
Speaker 4: game of the season that wow, this player she's quite special.

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Speaker 3: And we've since talked about her.

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Speaker 4: She's the kind of player that the Australian media, Australian

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Speaker 4: commentators in about four or five weeks are going to

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Speaker 4: be going g go over because just a skill set

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Speaker 4: and once she learns the game far out, I mean,

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Speaker 4: to your point, she's going to be good.

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Speaker 3: Right quick. Five predictions Burge.

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Speaker 2: As we get into crunch time in terms of the

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Speaker 2: nrral regular season, we're going to start off with what

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00:31:16,213 --> 00:31:20,293
Speaker 2: is going to be a pretty big game Storm Broncos

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Speaker 2: in Melbourne.

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Speaker 3: How are we feeling?

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Speaker 4: This is massive for the Storm, for the Broncos and

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00:31:27,093 --> 00:31:30,613
Speaker 4: for the Warriors, because the Broncos of course are on

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Speaker 4: the tails.

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00:31:31,173 --> 00:31:34,733
Speaker 3: Of the Warriors. Go the Storm, Go Storm here, We're

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00:31:34,773 --> 00:31:36,773
Speaker 3: cheering for the Storm. The Storm.

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00:31:37,213 --> 00:31:39,333
Speaker 4: They did well, they had their first win without Jeromees

690
00:31:39,373 --> 00:31:42,333
Speaker 4: Hughes and it'll probably continue, although the Broncos are amazing

691
00:31:42,333 --> 00:31:46,013
Speaker 4: against against the Rabbits. But yeah, I tend to back

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Speaker 4: the Storm in Melbourne. I'm not going to deviate here. Well,

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00:31:49,773 --> 00:31:51,653
Speaker 4: I want the Storm to win, don't get me wrong.

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Speaker 4: But the Broncos, as we said last week and we

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00:31:53,973 --> 00:31:56,853
Speaker 4: said previous weeks, they've turned a corner. They put sixty

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Speaker 4: on the Bunnies sixty. I think they've got so much

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Speaker 4: confidence at the moment. And don't get me wrong, the

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00:32:02,773 --> 00:32:06,013
Speaker 4: Storm will be monumental at home, as they always are.

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00:32:06,093 --> 00:32:08,333
Speaker 4: But I have an inkling that the Broncos are gains

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00:32:08,413 --> 00:32:11,573
Speaker 4: to upset them nights versus the Panthers. Did you see

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00:32:11,613 --> 00:32:14,933
Speaker 4: the Panthers went over the Titans bird for twenty four

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00:32:15,013 --> 00:32:17,453
Speaker 4: mil a halftime. The Titans come back and take the

703
00:32:17,573 --> 00:32:20,813
Speaker 4: lead twenty six to twenty four. Unheard of Nathan Cleary

704
00:32:20,893 --> 00:32:24,413
Speaker 4: slots of forty meter drop goal and to tie it up,

705
00:32:24,533 --> 00:32:26,813
Speaker 4: send the match to golden point, and then the Panthers

706
00:32:26,813 --> 00:32:28,413
Speaker 4: score try and win it. It was one of the

707
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Speaker 4: great NRL finishers again, just like Friday night, just like

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00:32:32,613 --> 00:32:35,893
Speaker 4: so many I felt for the Titans are quite unlucky.

709
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Speaker 4: But it didn't make me feel better that Okay, the

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Speaker 4: Titans are a good team. They played amazing against the

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Speaker 4: Warriors and they played that turn this season around and

712
00:32:45,013 --> 00:32:47,053
Speaker 4: so good against Bendis it makes you feel a bit better,

713
00:32:47,533 --> 00:32:49,413
Speaker 4: makes you feel scared about going to play the Titans

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Speaker 4: in two weeks.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, amazing, incredible game. And the Panthers they're back.

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Speaker 4: We said they're back after they beat the Warriors, and

717
00:32:56,333 --> 00:32:58,693
Speaker 4: they're definitely back now, so they'll win this one.

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Speaker 2: Raiders Seagulls only mainly got humped by the Roosters.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I told you a few weeks ago. I don't

720
00:33:06,573 --> 00:33:07,053
Speaker 3: know he saw the.

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Speaker 4: Raiders lost as well to the Dragons eighteen twelve. They did,

722
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Speaker 4: and that's another reason to be worried. Because the Warriors

723
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Speaker 4: play the Dragons the week go after this week, so

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Speaker 4: it's all adding up.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the Raiders will bounce back. The Raiders. You should

726
00:33:20,413 --> 00:33:22,893
Speaker 3: be fine. Dragons Sharks.

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Speaker 4: This is the classic local Derby and Sydney sort of

728
00:33:26,693 --> 00:33:29,813
Speaker 4: the Southern Sydney Shire. These two teams hate each other.

729
00:33:30,573 --> 00:33:33,973
Speaker 4: I actually like the Dragons in this one. It'll be close,

730
00:33:34,093 --> 00:33:37,453
Speaker 4: much closer than people think. So I'm going for the

731
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Speaker 4: Dragons to to do the Warriors a favor. Because the

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Speaker 4: Dragons are the team that they're run home just quickly.

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Speaker 4: They're run home as they're on twenty eight points, two

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Speaker 4: points off the Warriors. They're run home as Dragons Titans

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00:33:49,173 --> 00:33:52,933
Speaker 4: by Knights, Bulldogs, so not too bad. They're the ones

736
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Speaker 4: I fear in terms of overtaking the Warriors. So yeah,

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Speaker 4: Dragons to do the Warriors of favor.

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Speaker 3: I'm going to beg the Sharks here.

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Speaker 2: Put thirty two points on the Cowboys, but go the Dragons, Dolphins, Roosters.

740
00:34:05,933 --> 00:34:08,733
Speaker 3: Dolphins. Dolphins are really good and they'll be on such

741
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Speaker 3: a high. The way they won that game.

742
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Speaker 4: Good signs for Dolphins and honestly, they're a team I

743
00:34:14,733 --> 00:34:16,333
Speaker 4: would love to see make the top eight. I've just

744
00:34:16,373 --> 00:34:17,933
Speaker 4: got a soft spot for that team. I think it's

745
00:34:17,973 --> 00:34:21,573
Speaker 4: because there's so many Kiwis in the team. So your

746
00:34:21,613 --> 00:34:25,053
Speaker 4: Dolphins to prevail over the Roosters, especially with it being

747
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Speaker 4: in Queensland. All right, here we go Bulldogs versus the

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Speaker 4: Warriors in Sydney. Burge your prediction, Yes, are we going

749
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Speaker 4: to see a miracle? Is that what we're calling it?

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Speaker 4: If the Warriors when it's a miracle, well it wouldn't

751
00:34:41,653 --> 00:34:45,733
Speaker 4: be a miracle, but it would be against considerable odds.

752
00:34:45,733 --> 00:34:48,613
Speaker 4: You'd be thinking there'll be three dollars, three dollars fifty outsiders.

753
00:34:49,653 --> 00:34:51,613
Speaker 4: It's a lot to ask. It really depends how they've

754
00:34:51,613 --> 00:34:54,933
Speaker 4: recovered physically, mentally, emotionally from Friday night. And I've got

755
00:34:54,973 --> 00:34:58,573
Speaker 4: a bit of a turnaround, so that's good. But I

756
00:34:58,773 --> 00:35:01,133
Speaker 4: just know that Bulldog's crowd that's worth six points as

757
00:35:01,173 --> 00:35:03,293
Speaker 4: it is, the Bulldog's going to want to bunch bounce back.

758
00:35:05,093 --> 00:35:06,733
Speaker 4: I think it'd be a bridge too far. I can

759
00:35:06,773 --> 00:35:10,533
Speaker 4: see the Bulldogs winning this one close, but the Bulldogs

760
00:35:10,533 --> 00:35:11,133
Speaker 4: will be too good.

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Speaker 3: I really hate this, really hate it, Burge, but.

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00:35:17,933 --> 00:35:22,253
Speaker 2: We're honest on this podcast, and I don't see the

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00:35:22,373 --> 00:35:27,133
Speaker 2: Warriors beating the Bulldogs. Please prove me wrong, make me

764
00:35:27,253 --> 00:35:31,013
Speaker 2: eat these words for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. But I

765
00:35:31,133 --> 00:35:33,933
Speaker 2: am backing the Bulldogs to win that one. And the

766
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Speaker 2: Warriors have a wee bit of work to do to

767
00:35:37,813 --> 00:35:42,173
Speaker 2: finish in the top four. Titans Bunnies who cares, well,

768
00:35:42,693 --> 00:35:43,493
Speaker 2: just skip it.

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Speaker 3: No, we do care.

770
00:35:44,613 --> 00:35:47,813
Speaker 4: But I wonder if the Rabbit is going to win

771
00:35:47,813 --> 00:35:51,013
Speaker 4: another game this season. That's the sad, sad part of

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00:35:51,093 --> 00:35:55,293
Speaker 4: what's going on. Wayne Bennett incredible career. Rabbit is a

773
00:35:55,333 --> 00:35:59,773
Speaker 4: proud club, but just everything unraveled with injuries compounded on

774
00:36:00,173 --> 00:36:04,613
Speaker 4: losses and more losses. So yeah, the Titans definitely for

775
00:36:04,733 --> 00:36:08,933
Speaker 4: mine here and another one that we I couldn't care

776
00:36:08,973 --> 00:36:13,333
Speaker 4: less about Eels. Visit the Cowboys Eels Eels. I love

777
00:36:13,373 --> 00:36:16,293
Speaker 4: to back Paramatta you know, excuse me, And they're coming

778
00:36:16,373 --> 00:36:19,213
Speaker 4: right which is also quite scary because they're coming to

779
00:36:19,253 --> 00:36:21,493
Speaker 4: play the Warriors in a few weeks. But the Eels

780
00:36:22,493 --> 00:36:24,413
Speaker 4: Eels to beat the Cowboys, I'll.

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Speaker 3: Back you there. Please follow and rate the podcast. That'll

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00:36:27,293 --> 00:36:29,013
Speaker 3: do us for this week.

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Speaker 2: Another loss for the Warriors, but they do have the Bulldogs,

784
00:36:33,653 --> 00:36:36,373
Speaker 2: I say, but they do have the Bulldogs on Saturday.

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Speaker 2: We look forward to that contest. We will be back

786
00:36:39,013 --> 00:36:41,853
Speaker 2: next Monday to go through all of the action. Thank you,

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Speaker 2: Michael Burgess for your time, your wisdom, your insight. My

788
00:36:44,733 --> 00:36:47,173
Speaker 2: name is Nathan Limb. Hey you have a fantastic week,

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Speaker 2: all right.

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