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Speaker 1: It was only a matter of time before Dame Knowles

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Speaker 1: is allowed back right where she belongs, leading the silver Ferns.

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Speaker 1: You could almost hear the cheers from the fans, not

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Speaker 1: just of Netbull, but of sport in general. The problem

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Speaker 1: with this whole saga is that for the most part,

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Speaker 1: we the public have been left yessing what was really

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Speaker 1: going on behind the scenes. And the reason became that

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Speaker 1: we all became so invested in this thing, and eventually

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Speaker 1: it became political. Was the narrative around the story. Speak

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Speaker 1: to your average punter, and they made up their minds.

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Speaker 1: Dame Knowles is a bloody legend. She's a straight shooter.

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Speaker 1: She calls a spade a spade. She's hard and hearty

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Speaker 1: and gets results. It's not Ted Lee Wings, it's professional sport.

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Speaker 1: And that's why this story, I think took off like

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Speaker 1: a rocket. High performance sport is about exactly that. If

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Speaker 1: you can't take the heat, you get out of the kitchen.

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Speaker 1: The public back to Dame Knowles because this looked like

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Speaker 1: a small group of players, notably excluding Star Grace Wiki

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Speaker 1: who didn't like a coaching style. They got sour grapes.

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Speaker 1: They thought they were bigger than the boss. With Netball

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Speaker 1: New zeal En acting as an over zealous HR department.

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Speaker 1: The whole thing spoiled and went tits up. Anyway, she's back,

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Speaker 1: Dame Knowles is back and what have we learned? Well,

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Speaker 1: huweis don't mind a little bit of rgie bargie in

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Speaker 1: sport so long as you're winning. For more from Early

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