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Speaker 1: Now we got to deal with the rugby. If you

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Speaker 1: were hoping to get yourself to Eden Park for the

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Speaker 1: Super Rugby Final this week, and you're out of luck

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Speaker 1: because the sold out signs are up. If the Blues win,

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Speaker 1: it will be their first proper Super Rugby title since

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Speaker 1: two thousand and three. But you can't underestimate the Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: They've already knocked over the top seeded Hurricanes. Verncotta is

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Speaker 1: the Blues head coach.

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Speaker 2: Hey Vern, Hi, Heather, how are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm okay. You nervous?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, a little bit. You have to be. It keeps

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Speaker 2: you on edge. So yeah, there's a little bit of

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Speaker 1: Are you worried because of that performance that the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: put in last weekend?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not worried. I'm probably more confident than I

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Speaker 2: am worried. I'm nervous because we want to do well

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Speaker 2: and I think that's the key driver in this. All

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Speaker 2: the boys care about what they do. They love the jersey,

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Speaker 2: they love the club, and they they want to play

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Speaker 2: well for each other and for the people to support them.

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Speaker 2: So worried and the sense that we're we're in. We're

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Speaker 2: prepared because we're seeing what the Chiefs have done in

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Speaker 2: the last couple of weeks, so we know it's a

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Speaker 2: final and finals have played with utmost intensity and desire.

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Speaker 2: So we've locked it in and the boys have trained

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Speaker 2: well at the beginning of the week and you know,

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Speaker 2: hopefully the game will well, it won't go all the

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Speaker 2: way we want, but hopefully we can dominate enough to

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Speaker 2: come away with a win.

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Speaker 1: Do you reckon you're going to have the majority of

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Speaker 1: the people in the stands wearing blue?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I think so. I hope so, and you know,

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Speaker 2: at the end of the game, hopefully if they're wearing

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Speaker 2: something else, I'll put blue on.

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Speaker 1: What do you reckon about?

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Speaker 2: Like the.

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Speaker 1: Fact that you're playing at Eden Park? Is that pressure

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Speaker 1: because it's Eden Park? Or is it actually helpful because

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Speaker 1: it is You're in Auckland, You're it's a home home crowd.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I think there's the comfort of having the home crowd,

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Speaker 2: but also the home field and the familiarity around walking

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Speaker 2: in the chain shed, and I think it's a great thing.

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Speaker 2: But you know, the game is a game and it's

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Speaker 2: a making uncertain and complex affair. So just being able

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Speaker 2: to adapt, having that comfort coming in, but making sure

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Speaker 2: that when we had track. We're going to have to

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Speaker 2: be ready for anything. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: There was an opinion piece last week. I think it

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Speaker 1: was gregle Paul who wrote it, who said that you

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Speaker 1: guys have to win for the sake of the game

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Speaker 1: in Auckland and therefore in the country. What do you reckon?

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Speaker 2: We win for our self fest and that's the players.

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Speaker 2: They know the history. But it's not about weighing yourself

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Speaker 2: down with too much pressure. Are those you won't be

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Speaker 2: able to play? Take the weight off your shoulders. Think

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Speaker 2: about the performance, Think about a game. Think how you

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Speaker 2: can beat your best with your teammates for eighty minutes

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Speaker 2: and the rest will take care of itself.

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Speaker 1: Hey, isn't it nice that we're going to have a

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Speaker 1: different champion from the Crusaders for the first time since

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Speaker 1: twenty sixteen.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I guess so. I don't really think too

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Speaker 2: much about that either. We're worried about the Chiefs, but

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Speaker 2: we're not really into philosophical thoughts. We know that the

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Speaker 2: Chiefs are a tough opponent and we'll have to be

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Speaker 2: at our best.

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Speaker 1: Good stuff and the best of luck. Vern Cootter Blues

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Speaker 1: head coach.

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