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Speaker 2: The Big League Podcast League podcast at by News TALKSB.

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Speaker 3: This week on The Big League Podcast, we hear from

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Speaker 3: an all star lineup Roger twey vasa check on rugby

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Speaker 3: three sixty, Luke Metcar on his ACL injury update, and

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Speaker 3: new winger a Lopiana carn Perreira on how many of

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Speaker 3: his teammates he skinned it training. Chris Reeves off the

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Speaker 3: interchange to dissect the Mitch Barnett departure. The NURL season

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Speaker 3: start in Las Vegas and were expectations are from an

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Speaker 3: opening round clash with the Roosters at Mount Smart. My

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

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Speaker 2: God be healthy.

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Speaker 3: A delayed blow to the Warriors before the season has

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Speaker 3: even started. Mitch Barnett has been granted a release from

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Speaker 3: his contract on compassionate grounds to return to Australia at

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Speaker 3: the end of the set due to one of his

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Speaker 3: children's health requirements and the need for ongoing family support.

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Speaker 3: I have massive respect for Barnett the way he carries

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Speaker 3: himself on and off the field. At his best, he

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Speaker 3: is just about the club's best player. But I also

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Speaker 3: think he deserves credit for the way this call has

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Speaker 3: been handled. He gets it out of the way at

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Speaker 3: the beginning of the season and he remains with the

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Speaker 3: club for the year, when I don't think people would

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Speaker 3: have blamed him for departing immediately given the circumstances. Chris Reeve,

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Speaker 3: New Zealand Herald Rider. How much more importance does this

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Speaker 3: season take on given they'll be losing Barnett next year

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Speaker 3: and welcome?

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Speaker 4: Yeah good.

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Speaker 5: I mean it's a bit early to say off the interchange,

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Speaker 5: isn't it like Week one? Surely I'm the starter of

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Speaker 5: this year?

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Speaker 2: Right?

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Speaker 3: You are a Week two I suppose for this year,

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Speaker 3: but no, still know Michael Burgers hopefully he's back next week.

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Speaker 5: Yes, yeah much. Barnett huge loss for the Warriors. I

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Speaker 5: mean you just look at how much he's grown into

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Speaker 5: the Warriors, He's come over and, like you say, the

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Speaker 5: best player in the team. So it's a huge loss

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Speaker 5: for the club. How I guess it impacts the year

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Speaker 5: going ahead. I really think it's too early to tell

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Speaker 5: I think it'll depend on who the Warriors can bring

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Speaker 5: I guess contend moving forward without Barnett. I mean, Barnett

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Speaker 5: if it is going to be the year, it feels

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Speaker 5: But moving forward, if you get someone equally as good,

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Speaker 3: And the Warriors also have really good depth. I mean

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Speaker 3: the way Dimitric Vaimonger has developed I suppose over the

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Speaker 3: a lot of experience given Barnett's leadership. But you know,

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Speaker 3: I have a lot of faith in the players that

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Speaker 4: Mama.

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Speaker 5: Yeah he looks good, doesn't he. He took a big step

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Speaker 5: last year.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. One up.

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Speaker 3: Next, we're gonna hear from Roger to Evasa Sheck, Luke

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Speaker 3: Metcalf and a Lofiana can Perira.

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Speaker 2: The Big League Podcast podcast.

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Speaker 3: Last week, the Big League Podcast producer Matt Kelly and

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Speaker 3: I headed along to the One New Zealand headquarters and

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Speaker 3: wind Yard Quarter to track down a few big names,

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Speaker 3: and this num bigger than Roger to Evasa Sheck.

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Speaker 4: First of all, how are you feeling?

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Speaker 6: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: What year is just with the Cup for you?

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Speaker 6: Hell on, man, I think it's.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, thirteen fourteen, something like that. But I'm excited about

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Speaker 7: this yet you think that the two boys I've been

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Speaker 7: saying it, Oh sorry.

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Speaker 4: Something good? Well does it even go if you get old?

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Speaker 6: No? Never does you know? And it's it's exciting.

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Speaker 7: Boy's going to a new crop up boys there bringing new

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Speaker 7: energy and that's all that's not beloved, New boys coming in,

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Speaker 7: new energy coming through.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, tell just meet and that's what I need.

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Speaker 4: Tell us about that new energy.

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Speaker 3: What's different about this year and compare comparison to other

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Speaker 4: With the Cup?

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Speaker 7: Well, first of all, the game is changing, you know,

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Speaker 6: And I'm seeing all these young athletes coming through like

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Speaker 6: it has to be by Hayes.

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Speaker 7: We've got young young Ed and Mere who's sort of

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Speaker 6: All these young players. What's another one.

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Speaker 5: That they're just coming to get faster, the get bigger.

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Speaker 7: You're more athletic, and it makes us want to challenge

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Speaker 3: Yeah, what was the biggest thing you guys took out

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Speaker 7: We love the next man up mentality. We love the

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Speaker 7: it's gonna take a club to win the premiership. And

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Speaker 7: you know we saw that our round one team what's

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Speaker 6: So everyone needs to know they're wrong. Everyone needs to

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Speaker 6: turn up and make sure they be getting their role done.

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Speaker 4: How are you physically? You missed?

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Speaker 3: Do you have a carfish or something? In the preseason, you

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I missed the last two and I went to

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Speaker 6: But I'm good to go and hopefully I've got to

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Speaker 3: Obviously pretty big news over the last few days with

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Speaker 3: What's been your reaction to that, especially as another sort

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Speaker 4: What do you see for for what Mitch does for

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Speaker 6: Oh, he's awesome, man.

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Speaker 7: We were all devastated and guts it about the news,

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Speaker 7: but when when you break it down for us, by him.

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Speaker 6: And his family, all we can do is support him.

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Speaker 6: You know, we've got a lot of love for him,

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Speaker 7: Want to wish him all the best at the end

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Speaker 6: But for this year, like you said, extra motivation to

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Speaker 3: Obviously, Luke's still a wee while away to mind, it's

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Speaker 4: You guys have got good depth in the hearts.

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Speaker 3: How much confidence have you got in the guy's coming

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Speaker 3: through Obviously Tanner and Chanelle would presume would be running

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Speaker 7: Yeah, that's a big confidence. Like I said, the next

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Speaker 6: And the all different players too.

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Speaker 4: It's exciting. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: And in regards to you, obviously rag Me three sixty

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Speaker 3: popped up in the middle of the league. Yeah, last

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Speaker 3: any update with that, what's going on?

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Speaker 6: There's no update at all.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 7: I'm focusing here and my regular league and continues now

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Speaker 7: and like my like my body was and right for

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Speaker 7: is trying to get ready so for our one and

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Speaker 6: Right.

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Speaker 3: Luke Metcalf's due back in Round seven from an ACL

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Speaker 3: is it as simple as just staying healthy. Look, really

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Speaker 3: appreciate you joining the Big League Podcast again. Firstly, how

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Speaker 3: last few months been, I imagine fairly frustrating.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, obviously, yeah, it was frustrating at the start, but

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Speaker 8: I feel like ever since pre season I got back underway,

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Speaker 8: I've been feeling really good, been training with Big Mitchie

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Speaker 4: So yeah, it was good to have someone to deal with.

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Speaker 6: The tunnels are we're right what what can you do?

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I'm doing everything at the moment. I've passed all

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Speaker 8: doing Last week was my first sort of week no one,

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Speaker 3: Do all the good shit.

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Speaker 4: And just an update on what week you expect us

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Speaker 4: of you been.

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Speaker 8: No, I don't really have a week, but I know

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Speaker 8: it'll be pretty early. It won't be it won't be

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Speaker 8: it house to mighty. Obviously pretty devastating your own. Yeah,

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Speaker 8: frustrating for Tea. So something just looks so so nothing,

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Speaker 8: Two weeks Moore the season starts. But yeah, he's he's

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Speaker 3: So yeah, we know.

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Speaker 8: I think it's said about a twelve week recovery, so

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Speaker 8: we know about round ten, hopefully he'll be backing and.

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Speaker 4: Mitch Bannett's news.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, he's one of my best mates at this club,

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Speaker 8: so yeah, I'll support Barney all the way. You know,

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Speaker 8: and he will continue to do so this year, nothing's

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Speaker 4: Man, I really appreciate it. Season launch. How excited are

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Speaker 9: Welcome to two open arms on the boys and the staff. Honestly,

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Speaker 9: And now the boys are killing and I think I

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Speaker 6: Say, I'm very excited.

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Speaker 3: What sort of differences have you noticed coming to the

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Speaker 9: I think just that the vestalism, everyone really more onto it.

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Speaker 4: Over here, and.

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Speaker 9: Striving to get that first round. Jersey and another. Boys

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Speaker 3: And you spoke about that getting that starting spot. There's

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Speaker 6: I'm not sure.

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Speaker 9: Still at the moment, I think, you know, still a

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Speaker 6: Take your the two hands.

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Speaker 4: Where and not look back.

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Speaker 9: But right now I'm not too sure. I'm just focus

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Speaker 3: Yeah, what are you your goals? Obviously coming to a

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Speaker 9: No, for me, like, I'm always gonna set a good

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Speaker 9: I just want to play my best footy and that

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Speaker 9: Like, I've learned so much, love love being here, and

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Speaker 6: I think it's being here has only.

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Speaker 3: The thing that the fans are really excited to see

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Speaker 4: Is your pace? Have you been able to skin anyone

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Speaker 4: Who have you whacked?

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Speaker 9: Oh no, I can't say anyone. They'll give it to

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Speaker 9: the boys skin me as well. You know, we give

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Speaker 4: Just me confident to speak, bro to be honest.

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Speaker 9: You know, I'm just saying I'm just a winger, but

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Speaker 4: But yeah, for me, Bro, he's a.

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Speaker 9: Massive leadership and you know, hopefully I'll get to play

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Speaker 9: But I'm so glad that he's leaving.

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Speaker 9: Just I'm just so.

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Speaker 4: Happy for that.

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Speaker 3: Still a year ago though, plenty of time to learn

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Speaker 4: Still, yeah, a year to go.

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Speaker 6: You know, you don't, you don't want to.

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Speaker 2: Big League Podcast this is coming the Big League Podcast

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Speaker 2: on the Worries band wagon since day one.

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Speaker 6: Now.

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Speaker 3: The Warriors face the Roosters on Friday at Mount Smart

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Speaker 3: in the NRL season opener. The Roosters they suffered preseason losses,

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Speaker 3: same boat. Angus Crichton is code hopping to rugby union

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Speaker 3: to join the Waratas next year to chase a place

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Speaker 3: Chris Reeve dce pretty adamant the rumors of a falling

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Speaker 3: I'm really interested to. I suppose if you look at

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Speaker 3: Last year, every time there was a team naming, the

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Speaker 3: team would change about thirty thousand times before we actually

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Speaker 3: got out on game day. So maybe take it with

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Speaker 3: a grain of salt. Andrew Rivster likes playing tricks with us.

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Speaker 3: But in terms of the side that we're going to

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Speaker 3: see run out for the Warriors, do you have any

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Speaker 3: of the new players in there, Carperreira, Morgan Gannon maybe

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Speaker 3: who's starting on the wing for example, it's a pretty

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Speaker 3: crowded cohort there.

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Speaker 5: I think on the wing, I would probably be putting

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Speaker 5: carn Pereira in there, probably ahead of Dallan Wattenizelisniak. I

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Speaker 5: just think Camprera can create a little bit more of

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Speaker 5: his own offenses, not just a finisher in the corner.

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Speaker 5: He can do a little bit a little bit more,

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Speaker 5: and like you say, his pace is a huge weapon,

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Speaker 5: and he has some concerns defensively, as a lot of

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Speaker 5: wingers in the competition do, But I feel like that's

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Speaker 5: a trade off with a guy like that is you

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Speaker 5: take the good with the bad, and there is a

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Speaker 5: lot of sort of potential there.

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Speaker 3: And obviously we heard from Roger ty varsa check before

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Speaker 3: he was dealing with a hamstring injury and the lead

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Speaker 3: up in preseason. So I would I agree with you.

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Speaker 3: I'd have cart Perreira on that wing just to see

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Speaker 3: how he goes. I do have a feeling I guess

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Speaker 3: that given he hasn't had much preseason, he didn't play

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Speaker 3: hell of a lot last year, maybe they do start

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Speaker 3: downing at least for the first game. Roger Tvaschik does

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Speaker 3: have the other wing down pat for me. The other

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Speaker 3: question I suppose is around the halves, and we heard

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Speaker 3: from Luke Metcalf who's not due back until round seven.

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Speaker 3: Tom and Martin's gone down for twelve weeks. I mean,

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Speaker 3: the Warriors and their injuries. It never stops, does it?

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Speaker 4: Do you have?

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Speaker 3: I've got Tanner Boyd at half back, Chanell Harris Tavita

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Speaker 3: at five eighth.

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Speaker 5: You the same, Yeah, I think that's pretty easy choices

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Speaker 5: are Isn't it like two veteran guys know what you're doing.

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Speaker 5: That's kind of what you want for round one, especially

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Speaker 5: with a team like the Roosters coming to town, and

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Speaker 5: you mentioned before sort of the weapons the Roosters have.

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Speaker 5: You want your best, most experienced players out there to

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Speaker 5: be competitive in this one.

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Speaker 2: Be healthy.

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Speaker 6: Now.

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Speaker 3: The NRL season kicked off over the weekend in Las Vegas,

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Speaker 3: the Knights with a twenty eight to eighteen victory over

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Speaker 3: the Cowboys, and in Golden Point the Bulldogs beat the

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Speaker 3: Dragons fifteen fourteen is Stephen crichton field goal winning it

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Speaker 3: there for the Canterbury Banks Town Bulldogs. Will just touched

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Speaker 3: on these games quickly, Chris Reeve for me, looking at

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Speaker 3: the Knights, Klen Ponger, Fletcher Sharp, Dylan Brown, Phoenix Croslin,

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Speaker 3: what a spine the Knights had, and they looked really,

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Speaker 3: really good, especially with Fletcher's Sharp firing in that opener.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I was a little bit surprised to see them

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Speaker 5: as the underdog in this game, I thought looking at

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Speaker 5: that team and historically the Vegas games are quite open affairs,

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Speaker 5: and that's a team that's kind of built to run, right,

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Speaker 5: Like you mentioned, that spine, very very good. Unfortunately, Fletcher

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Speaker 5: Sharp went out with a knee injury sort of early on,

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Speaker 5: but yeah, they still managed to get past the Cowboys

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Speaker 5: pretty easily in the end. They looked they looked pretty

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Speaker 5: good doing it too, Kaylen Ponger looked amazing yesterday.

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Speaker 3: He looked really really good. He didn't take a massive

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Speaker 3: hit to the side of the head. He did, he didn't.

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Speaker 3: He obviously finished the game, so presumably he's okay. Bulldogs

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Speaker 3: fifteen fourteen over the Dragons. The Bulldogs were obviously favorites

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Speaker 3: going in given the dragons struggles over a number of years.

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Speaker 3: Dragons I thought defensively looked pretty solid, but were just

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Speaker 3: ill disciplined. They were pinged a few times for a

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Speaker 3: bit of push and shove, which was interesting. But I

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Speaker 3: wanted to also give a shout out to Setsu too,

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Speaker 3: who's been in the Warriors development system for years and

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Speaker 3: finally makes his first grade debut on the wing for

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Speaker 3: the Dragons at the age of twenty seven. What did

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Speaker 3: you take out of that game?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm not really sure what I took out of

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Speaker 5: that game. To be honest, I thought the Bulldogs would

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Speaker 5: win a little bit more easily, but I guess it

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Speaker 5: just shows the Dragons pretty solid coming in Week one.

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Speaker 5: You know, not a lot was expected of that team

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Speaker 5: against the Bulldogs, who I guess have some pretty big

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Speaker 5: raps after what they managed to do last season. They

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Speaker 5: lost a couple of key players, but you'd still expect

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Speaker 5: the Bulldogs to get that one done. But sneaking out

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Speaker 5: with a golden point when I think there's probably more

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Speaker 5: questions on the Bulldogs and there is pros on the

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Speaker 5: Dragons out of that one.

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Speaker 3: Well, you mentioned the Dragons aren't expected to produce much.

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Speaker 3: Another person who's not expecting the Dragons to produce much

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Speaker 3: is their coach, Shane Flanagan, has apparently written them off

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Speaker 3: before the season even started.

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Speaker 9: We probably know that we're not going to win the

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Speaker 9: camp this year, but you know, we ow in Devas

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Speaker 9: are to win a lot of football games.

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Speaker 3: Can you imagine being a Dragons fan and hearing that

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Speaker 3: before the season even starts. The coaches like, well, you

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Speaker 3: know we're not going to win this year. What are

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Speaker 3: you talking about?

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Speaker 5: It's just tampering down expectations. Is like, Okay, we're not

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Speaker 5: We're not gonna win, But what if we do? I

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Speaker 5: reckon that's the thing.

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Speaker 3: We're going to win games. Yeah, if I was I'd

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Speaker 3: be filthy. I'd actually be filthy.

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Speaker 6: As a fan.

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Speaker 5: You're just like, Okay, well, gonn, what's the point of

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Speaker 5: the year?

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Speaker 1: Right?

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Speaker 4: Why we watched to say in this week?

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Speaker 5: What?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 5: What's the one? What are we going to get out

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Speaker 5: of this year?

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Speaker 3: Having said that, it would have been fun if they

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Speaker 3: did pull off that that golden point winning and beat

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Speaker 3: the the the both talks against.

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Speaker 5: I still got go there. That'll be fun to watch.

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Speaker 2: The Big League Podcast podcast.

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Speaker 3: All right, let's rap through these quick fire predictions Chris Reeve,

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Speaker 3: and it's obviously a bit of a lottery round one.

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Speaker 3: We haven't really seen much of any of these teams

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Speaker 3: at their full strength. So Storm Eels in Melbourne. I

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Speaker 3: presume this is an easy one.

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Speaker 5: Are you keeping? Are you keeping score for yourself and

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Speaker 5: whoever's on the other side of the panel this year?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, of course I got both of them right last week.

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Speaker 5: By the way, all right, well, since since I'm playing

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Speaker 5: for Birds this week, I will say the Storm. You know,

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Speaker 5: I want to pick the.

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Speaker 3: Eels fan, Chris Reef Warriors versus the Roosters.

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Speaker 4: Where are you going here?

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Speaker 5: I'm going with the Roosters. Just look at that team

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Speaker 5: line up, even with a couple of injuries. I think

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Speaker 5: they're going to be too good for the Warriors first up.

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Speaker 3: Look, I look at the logical option here as potentially

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Speaker 3: the Roosters, but it's a Warriors podcast. We've got to

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Speaker 3: back them. First up. Broncos Panthers. What what a matchup

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Speaker 3: for the opening round of the NRL. Yeah, I'm gonna

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Speaker 3: go with Freedom Final you're gonna go.

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Speaker 5: I'm gonna go the Panthers in this one. I don't

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Speaker 5: know why. I just think Nathan Cleary not being suspended,

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Speaker 5: maybe they'll be like, hey, we've got Nathan Cleary. He

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Speaker 5: is going to just put on a show.

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Speaker 3: A lot of fans saying protected species, Nathan clear Come.

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna go with the premiers, the Broncos Sharks, Titans Sharks.

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Speaker 5: Pretty pretty easy one there.

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Speaker 3: You just never you never picked the Titans. I take

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Speaker 3: pride in never picking the Titans.

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Speaker 5: Seagulls Raiders, Uh yeah, I'm going to go the Raiders

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Speaker 5: and that one. The too many questions over the Seagles

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Speaker 5: and how they're gonna play with out DC.

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Speaker 4: Agree with you there?

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Speaker 3: And Dolphins rabbit o's in Redcliffe.

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Speaker 5: Rabbit os for me, Dolphins have too many injuries.

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Speaker 4: Agree with you again.

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Speaker 3: To round out the podcast for episode two of season four,

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Speaker 3: The Big League Podcast, please follow and rate if you

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Speaker 3: enjoyed Chris Reeve, Thank you so much for your time,

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Speaker 3: your wisdom, your insight. This week we excitedly await the

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Speaker 3: Warriors first performance of the season at Mount Smart on

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Speaker 3: Friday against the Roosters. We'll see you next week to

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Speaker 3: digest it. My name is Nathan Limb. Have a fantastic week.

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