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Speaker 4: On a stinking hot twenty eight.

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Speaker 3: Degree afternoon day in Perth, Elliott Smith with me Liam Napier,

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Speaker 3: and we've got the All Blacks team and the Wallaby's

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Speaker 3: team for this weekend's second Blitterslow Cup match Rugby Championship

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Speaker 3: Test of course as well and Liam some bold calls

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Speaker 3: from the All Blacks in terms of their selection this week.

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Speaker 3: I'm sure Alliston will have seen that squad by now,

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Speaker 3: but what stood out to you?

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Speaker 5: I think Scott Robinson Senior has been punctuated by conservatism

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Speaker 5: largely when it's come to selection. So I think this

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Speaker 5: selection has caught most people by surprise, particularly Quinte Pie

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Speaker 5: and Peter Luckeye. I think most people probably expected lessifying

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Speaker 5: the Nook who maybe Riekawa and he's come on the

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Speaker 5: right on the left wing with Caleb Clark injured. But

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Speaker 5: and the enforced injury changes make sense. But Quintepire at center, Oh,

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Speaker 5: I don't think anyone saw that coming. You mentioned to

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Speaker 5: me the fact that he's played one game at center

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Speaker 5: for the Chiefs five years ago, and so yeah, he's

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Speaker 5: been really good off the bench, strong directs, rarely got

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Speaker 5: the all Blacks on the front foot. He came on

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Speaker 5: last week Eden Park and played wing. But center is

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Speaker 5: another kettle of fish all together, particularly from a defensive

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and I thought Billy Procter look was struggling see

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Speaker 3: him on attack, but I think we've seen him defensively wise,

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Speaker 3: he wrapped up Ikeito and saw let you really well.

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Speaker 3: Speaking to our colleague Jamie Panderm from the Daily Telegraph,

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Speaker 3: he was very impressed by what Billy Proctor was able

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Speaker 3: Now to pay who has had very little time at center,

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Speaker 3: certainly in recent years, is being asked to come and

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Speaker 3: do it again in a role that Proctor fulfilled well

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Speaker 3: last week. I guess on the flip side, Scott Robinson

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Speaker 3: has stuck with Proctor through a number of Test matches.

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Speaker 3: He did say that he looked a bit fatigued. He

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Speaker 3: played seven matches out of eight this year. But you

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Speaker 3: so they could have stuck with him.

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Speaker 4: They decided not to. They've gone in a different direction.

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Speaker 3: Do you think this signals perhaps the start of a

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Speaker 3: different midfield combination. We've seen Yuanni and Barrett, we've seen

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Speaker 3: now Proctor and Barrett. Potentially this is mark three of

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Speaker 5: I think it certainly shows that the All Blacks aren't

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Speaker 5: happy with their midfield. They're not getting what they want.

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Speaker 5: I think you're right that Billy's been very good defensively,

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Speaker 5: I guess most people probably thought we'd see Leicester at center,

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Speaker 5: All Blacks are searching for more from their midfield, aren't they.

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Speaker 5: And the All Black's attack hasn't been fluent this year.

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Speaker 5: It was probably at its best at times at Eden Park.

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Speaker 5: But I think Quinter Pyre's performance is there. His ability

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Speaker 5: isn't it with Jordy and Quinn, But they haven't had

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Speaker 3: Indeed, the interesting other selection from the run on team

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Speaker 5: I think you're right in that it probably says more

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Speaker 5: I really like Peter Lucky. I don't think he was

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Speaker 5: is maybe he's sensing sensing his squads running out of

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Speaker 5: straight off the bat after Eden Park. I think we're

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Speaker 5: The overarching thie here is that they're trying to get

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Speaker 5: a lot of risk, so potentially rolling the dice. But

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Speaker 5: we have seen other teams, notably the Springboks, rotate throughout

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Speaker 5: But it's not easy to do.

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Speaker 4: No, it's not.

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Speaker 3: Some of those injury enforced changes as well, with Boden

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Speaker 3: so the what's seven changes all up to the team.

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Speaker 4: It's kind of gone under the road.

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Speaker 3: But to Roll Lomax as well with his broken thumb,

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and think, as much as anything else, it's about

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Speaker 5: it's almost more important that the All Blacks win and

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Speaker 5: The Wallabies are vastly stronger, you'd argue this week with

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Speaker 5: There's still a lot to play for the RUGBA Championship title,

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Speaker 5: so I'm a little bit surprised with that context the

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Speaker 5: But then again, when else do the All Blacks have

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Speaker 3: They don't really and maybe this is the best option

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Speaker 3: that hey Bletterslow Cup safe Rugby Championship. Yes, still a possibility,

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Speaker 3: end of year too. You mentioned Australia, there will Skelton

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Speaker 3: very very well last week against the All Blacks and

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Speaker 3: Tain't admit at ten as well, North Harbour's finest skidding

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Speaker 3: the selection. There is this a better Wolaby's team than

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Speaker 5: On the whole, Yes, but I think the All Blacks

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Speaker 5: He's a very attacking minded player. He will take risks.

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Speaker 5: But just like the Wallabies will send Will Skelton down

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Speaker 5: So I think vastly strength and forward pack with Skelton

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Speaker 5: He will challenge the Your Blacks more, just like he

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Speaker 5: Mike Cron's last test. How much does that factor into

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Speaker 4: I think it does.

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Speaker 3: I mean James Slipper has been a consistent force in

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Speaker 3: the last fifteen years, you know, World Cup finals and

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Speaker 3: you know, I think he's what third highest all time

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Speaker 3: test cap number speaks to you know, what the Australians

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Speaker 3: have got out of him over eight years and real

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Speaker 3: leader captain this team at points as well. So it'll

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Speaker 3: be an emotional farewell. Don't know that it'll play too

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Speaker 3: a high in a career that has been of you know,

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Speaker 3: some real highs and some pretty unfortunate lows as well

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Speaker 4: One other thing for before we wrap up, are.

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Speaker 3: Through sixty this week supposedly got the green light to

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Speaker 3: doesn't feel like it's a really reached New Zealand too much.

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Speaker 3: Scott Robinson said today at the media conference that you

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Speaker 3: locked away. Feels like very much like an Australian England

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Speaker 4: But it could be a game changer for them.

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Speaker 4: And we've seen it before.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, that's been good obviously.

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Speaker 6: It and boy's been good.

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Speaker 7: Trevored well on get out of your Sunday night and

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Speaker 6: So that's been it's been a good couple of days.

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Speaker 3: There's a lot matter of the review after South African

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Speaker 4: What was the sorting like and what to tell you?

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Speaker 7: There was obviously some different themes around it. We're pretty

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Speaker 6: Example has been we're better in the air.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, the more stuff I wouldn't have been too much

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Speaker 7: You know, it's doesn't matter who you're playing, that's always

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Speaker 3: I think the game there's the best attacking performance over

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Speaker 6: Field try.

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Speaker 7: So yeah, we keep building on that, but just looking

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Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, we're still asking the boys to make good

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Speaker 5: Started months this year after what changes anything. Join ticks

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Speaker 4: But it's different.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, it's a good observation. It's I think.

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Speaker 7: So I'd say as excited, you know, as he says,

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Speaker 6: And again he's come in and had to bite this time.

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Speaker 3: Guess consistency has been the catch for I will try

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Speaker 4: This week that you know, I guess from the weeks

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Speaker 6: You know, it's not as if.

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Speaker 7: You know, we knock off in an area and like

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Speaker 4: That is Rugby Directs almost done for another week.

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Speaker 3: We will catch you probably before we head back across

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Speaker 4: One more for the ditch? Is that the right thing?

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