WEBVTT - Chooks Fly High, PNG's Raid, & Super League Buyouts 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:10.440 Happy Friday everyone. Welcome to the Continuous Call Team daily podcast. 0:00:10.480 --> 0:00:13.320 Adam Haws with you. And today I'm joined by columnist 0:00:13.320 --> 0:00:15.280 for The Australian Andrew Webster. G'day. 0:00:15.800 --> 0:00:16.560 G'day, horsie. 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:19.560 Wow. What a game we saw last night at Commbank 0:00:19.560 --> 0:00:21.680 Stadium was billed as a grand final preview. I'll tell 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:23.480 you if that's the grand final. I'm happy because it 0:00:23.480 --> 0:00:27.240 was such an exciting spectacle. You didn't need 12 tries. 0:00:27.280 --> 0:00:29.720 It was three. Try match 126 for the Roosters over 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:31.440 the Panthers. Very enjoyable. 0:00:32.040 --> 0:00:34.800 It was gritty. It was one for the purists. It's 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:38.720 where defense actually, uh, dominated attack. For a lot of it. 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:41.839 It was um it was it had certainly had that 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:45.839 feeling of, of finals football and, you know, uh, you know, 0:00:45.840 --> 0:00:50.159 people sort of doubting, uh, Penrith without Isaiah. Yo. And 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:52.280 it's going to be interesting to see how the season 0:00:52.280 --> 0:00:55.680 plays out for for Penrith without him. Um, but I 0:00:55.680 --> 0:01:00.620 just thought people have underestimated what James Tedesco does for 0:01:00.660 --> 0:01:04.020 that team and for them to the Roosters to to 0:01:04.060 --> 0:01:07.980 to win without you know their their fullback from whom 0:01:08.020 --> 0:01:11.060 so much of their halves play off the back of I, 0:01:11.060 --> 0:01:13.140 I just think it was uh it was a pretty 0:01:13.140 --> 0:01:15.820 impressive performance from uh, from the chooks. 0:01:16.100 --> 0:01:19.060 Well, especially given the background between both teams. It was 0:01:19.060 --> 0:01:21.539 12 wins out of 13 for the Roosters going for 0:01:21.540 --> 0:01:23.340 the Panthers going into that match. So the Roosters that's 0:01:23.340 --> 0:01:26.780 an incredible performance including from the oldest bloke on the field, 0:01:26.780 --> 0:01:30.220 Daly Cherry-Evans. Why is he leaving the NRL to go 0:01:30.220 --> 0:01:32.620 to the Super League. He's he's killing it. 0:01:33.020 --> 0:01:35.940 What a story. Don't you reckon DC is is now 0:01:35.940 --> 0:01:38.900 the biggest story in this Premiership race. He has to 0:01:38.900 --> 0:01:41.580 be 37. He's missed it. You know what. What. You 0:01:41.580 --> 0:01:43.620 could count on one hand how many games he's missed 0:01:43.620 --> 0:01:47.540 in the last couple of years. Um as you said 37. 0:01:47.780 --> 0:01:51.180 He has brought the finish and the polish to the 0:01:51.180 --> 0:01:55.300 Roosters attack since joining them a year ago. Everyone was 0:01:55.300 --> 0:01:57.900 bagging the hell out of the Roosters. I'm pretty sure 0:01:58.000 --> 0:02:00.800 you're one of them because you like to bag things. He, uh, 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:04.800 he he. Everyone's saying what? You know, he's old. He's 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:08.959 past it, you know? Why would you sign, uh, DCE 0:02:09.120 --> 0:02:12.440 and he showed last night exactly why the rooster did 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:15.480 get him. Um, I'm not surprised that he's signed with, uh, 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:19.120 with Hull FC. It's, uh, it's been talked about, uh, 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:20.919 at the Roosters for a while, but I think he'll 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:22.840 go over there and then come back as an assistant coach, 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:25.320 and they see him as being part of the Roosters 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:29.720 furniture for for some time to come. Like, as I said, he, 0:02:29.760 --> 0:02:33.480 you know, Walker's been great. Walker's been was great in 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:36.400 origin and he deserves as much money as he can 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:39.880 squeeze out of his next deal with the Roosters. But 0:02:39.880 --> 0:02:44.000 let's not underestimate, uh, the the Cherry-Evans ability to get 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:47.600 them over the line, not just last night, but throughout the, 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:51.000 throughout the season. So it's some story heading into the finals. 0:02:51.000 --> 0:02:52.959 So we're saying he's going to do a Cronk. He's 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:55.960 going to do what Cooper Cronk did. Came to the Roosters. 0:02:55.960 --> 0:02:58.190 He was the missing piece of the jigsaw puzzle. He 0:02:58.190 --> 0:03:00.150 gets him over the line as Cooper Cronk, did. You 0:03:00.190 --> 0:03:00.950 seeing that happening? 0:03:01.310 --> 0:03:03.910 Well, that's that was the comparisons that were made last year. 0:03:03.910 --> 0:03:06.109 And people were laughing at it and going, well, you know, 0:03:06.150 --> 0:03:09.389 Cherry Evans is no is no Cooper Cronk. And now 0:03:09.389 --> 0:03:12.190 it's all turning out again. Baggers like you. I hope 0:03:12.190 --> 0:03:15.030 you've got your tail between your legs and you've got 0:03:15.150 --> 0:03:16.310 your apology. 0:03:16.350 --> 0:03:19.310 I'm a huge Roosters rooster man. No, not. 0:03:19.590 --> 0:03:21.669 Not. You're a paramedic. What are you talking about? 0:03:21.710 --> 0:03:24.549 Mate, we're not going to. Good, eh? Um. It's very DCE. 0:03:24.590 --> 0:03:27.670 He could possibly start his career with a premiership 2011 0:03:27.669 --> 0:03:30.390 at manly and then finish with a premiership at the 0:03:30.389 --> 0:03:31.950 Roosters 2026. That's very. 0:03:32.030 --> 0:03:34.470 Good. Bookend it. He could. He could bookend it. 0:03:34.510 --> 0:03:34.950 But is there. 0:03:34.950 --> 0:03:37.430 A little I mean let's let's get let's get fair dinkum. 0:03:37.430 --> 0:03:41.150 Like you know he's he deserves to be remembered regardless 0:03:41.150 --> 0:03:43.070 of what happens this year. But you know, if a 0:03:43.070 --> 0:03:45.710 premiership would be the, you know, the icing on the cake. 0:03:45.710 --> 0:03:47.990 But you know, he's second only to Cameron Smith in 0:03:47.990 --> 0:03:52.510 terms of games played. He's uh captained Queensland to origin 0:03:52.670 --> 0:03:56.210 series victories, including in 2020 when they were dubbed the 0:03:56.210 --> 0:03:59.050 worst team ever. Um, you know, I'm not saying it 0:03:59.050 --> 0:04:01.930 should be the next immortal, but let's, you know, he's 0:04:01.930 --> 0:04:04.530 a much maligned character, Cherry Evans. And, you know, I've 0:04:04.530 --> 0:04:07.290 been critical of him at times as well. Uh, but he, 0:04:07.330 --> 0:04:10.570 he took, he, he deserves, you know, the, all the 0:04:10.570 --> 0:04:12.810 credit he gets at the moment for, for what he's 0:04:12.810 --> 0:04:13.930 done in the game. 0:04:14.130 --> 0:04:16.810 He sure does. Uh, is there a little dark cloud 0:04:16.850 --> 0:04:20.530 hanging over Bondi Junction, though, with, uh, Sam Walker putting 0:04:20.529 --> 0:04:23.650 contract talks on hold until the end of the season? 0:04:23.850 --> 0:04:24.849 What's your mail there? 0:04:25.050 --> 0:04:28.490 Uh, well, it's a really interesting one in the sense 0:04:28.490 --> 0:04:32.250 that I don't think this was necessarily driven by his management. 0:04:32.250 --> 0:04:34.570 The calls I've made to the Roosters in the last 0:04:34.570 --> 0:04:36.130 couple of days to get to the bottom of this 0:04:36.130 --> 0:04:39.370 is it's, um, it that it was basically Sam Walker 0:04:39.370 --> 0:04:40.969 who said, I want to put this off until after 0:04:40.970 --> 0:04:43.450 the season and get the deal done before November 1st. 0:04:43.450 --> 0:04:45.130 So there was no indication at all that they want 0:04:45.170 --> 0:04:47.450 to go to market on November 1st. When, when, when 0:04:47.490 --> 0:04:51.050 Walker can talk to other clubs. I don't think there's 0:04:51.050 --> 0:04:52.650 a bit of a fear at the Roosters that the 0:04:52.650 --> 0:04:55.550 Broncos might be sniffing around. He's obviously a Queenslander and 0:04:55.550 --> 0:04:59.190 was part of that system before he left and came to, uh, 0:04:59.310 --> 0:05:03.190 to to Bondi Junction. It um, well, Bondi or Moorpark 0:05:03.190 --> 0:05:05.150 or wherever you want to say they're based out of. 0:05:05.190 --> 0:05:06.750 I know I said Bondi Junction. 0:05:06.790 --> 0:05:09.110 I said Bondi Junction, we always say Bondi. 0:05:09.150 --> 0:05:10.190 Did you say Bondi Junction? 0:05:10.190 --> 0:05:11.390 Yeah. I set the tone. 0:05:11.430 --> 0:05:13.230 Because that's where their legs club is isn't it? Yeah. 0:05:13.270 --> 0:05:15.150 But now it's more park anyway. 0:05:15.190 --> 0:05:15.710 Well clarify. 0:05:15.710 --> 0:05:18.430 That. What were we talking about? Oh that's right. Um 0:05:18.470 --> 0:05:22.070 um uh I, as I understand it, the, the offer 0:05:22.070 --> 0:05:23.710 is a lot more than a little bit more than 0:05:23.710 --> 0:05:26.710 what's been reported. It's actually one point for a year 0:05:26.710 --> 0:05:29.790 or so. What's that 5.6 over over four years. So 0:05:29.790 --> 0:05:32.989 it's good coin. I think the risk is with Sam 0:05:32.990 --> 0:05:36.550 Walker putting off contract or getting signing the deal now 0:05:36.550 --> 0:05:39.630 and getting it done before the finals. Like if you know, 0:05:40.070 --> 0:05:42.029 if they get if they tank, if he has a 0:05:42.029 --> 0:05:44.630 shocker in the first couple of weeks of the final series, 0:05:44.630 --> 0:05:47.590 then there's a view among some of the roosters that 0:05:47.589 --> 0:05:51.990 he's value certainly, uh, decreases. So, um, you know, good 0:05:52.050 --> 0:05:55.170 on Sam Walker for backing himself. I suppose the point is, 0:05:55.170 --> 0:05:58.890 if he leads him to the comp alongside DCE, what's 0:05:58.890 --> 0:06:01.450 he asking? $2 million a year. He could be. He's 0:06:01.490 --> 0:06:04.490 he's price goes up. So it's an interesting dynamic. 0:06:04.529 --> 0:06:06.570 Yeah. Why would there be any reservations about his form 0:06:06.570 --> 0:06:09.130 in the finals. I think he's shown this year he's 0:06:09.130 --> 0:06:10.490 he can make the step up. I thought he was 0:06:10.490 --> 0:06:13.250 outstanding for Queensland State of Origin. If they won that 0:06:13.250 --> 0:06:14.890 series he wins the Wally Lewis medal. So I don't 0:06:14.890 --> 0:06:17.010 know why there'd be any doubts over his capacity to 0:06:17.050 --> 0:06:17.410 step up. 0:06:17.410 --> 0:06:17.849 I'm not saying. 0:06:17.850 --> 0:06:19.330 That finals footy. What are you. 0:06:19.370 --> 0:06:21.250 Saying? I didn't say that. I did say listen to 0:06:21.290 --> 0:06:23.610 what I say, for God's sake. I said, if he 0:06:23.610 --> 0:06:27.770 doesn't go well in the finals, then his price goes down. Jesus. 0:06:27.810 --> 0:06:31.289 Jesus beating things up. He's the old hack. The old 0:06:31.290 --> 0:06:33.409 Sunday Telegraph hack just comes out. 0:06:33.730 --> 0:06:36.490 You've started the ashes early, mate. Um. What about. Yeah. 0:06:36.529 --> 0:06:37.050 Good, good. 0:06:37.410 --> 0:06:38.330 You got some news? 0:06:38.490 --> 0:06:39.490 How dare you? 0:06:39.529 --> 0:06:42.090 You got some news on Hudson Young as well, because, uh, 0:06:42.130 --> 0:06:44.530 this would be unbearable for any Raiders fan if he 0:06:44.529 --> 0:06:46.370 ended up with the Perth Bears or something, because he 0:06:46.370 --> 0:06:47.290 is their best player. 0:06:47.330 --> 0:06:49.090 I don't think he'll end up at the Perth Bears. I, I, 0:06:49.130 --> 0:06:52.200 I would be surprised. To be honest, if he doesn't 0:06:52.200 --> 0:06:54.880 end up at the at the PNG Chiefs. Um, I 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:59.680 was surprised at how, um, uh, what's the best way 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:02.680 to describe this? How. Matter of fact, the Canberra Raiders 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:06.080 were about, uh, the interest from the Chiefs in Hudson Young. Uh, 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:08.400 they're sitting down with his manager, Sam Ayoub, in the 0:07:08.400 --> 0:07:10.880 next week or so. And I wouldn't be surprised if 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:14.000 the Raiders gave him a a ten day window like 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:17.400 we've seen with Toto, like we've seen with, with other players, um, 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:20.120 to negotiate with the Chiefs. I think they're of the 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:23.320 opinion like other clubs that if the Chiefs are coming 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:26.120 for one of their players, that they can't compete with 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:29.080 it because of the tax free incentives. So we might 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:30.840 as well rip the band aid off now and get 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:33.560 the get, get it over and done with. Um, you know, 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:37.400 Hudson Young is what 28 almost 29. He's he'll be 0:07:37.400 --> 0:07:41.520 coming off an Achilles uh, serious Achilles injury that's got 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:46.640 him sidelined at the moment. Uh, this is the you know, when, 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:50.980 when when the Chiefs got Brian Totto earlier in the week. 0:07:51.020 --> 0:07:53.020 Penrith were okay with it because they know that they 0:07:53.020 --> 0:07:56.060 can't hold on to their big name players. And as 0:07:56.100 --> 0:07:58.740 they've shown over the last 4 or 5 years, they've 0:07:58.740 --> 0:08:01.540 got the junior system in place to be able to 0:08:01.580 --> 0:08:05.860 replace those players. But Canberra aren't that club. They you know, 0:08:05.900 --> 0:08:10.140 they they are always up against it just by virtue 0:08:10.140 --> 0:08:13.460 of where they're located. They can't they struggle with Sydney clubs. 0:08:13.460 --> 0:08:17.220 They they struggle with the Roosters or the Broncos because 0:08:17.220 --> 0:08:19.980 they just don't have um they don't just don't have 0:08:19.980 --> 0:08:23.980 the third parties available to, to, to retain, uh, their 0:08:23.980 --> 0:08:27.980 best players. So, um, I think they're being pragmatic about it. 0:08:27.980 --> 0:08:31.660 Canberra and I will be surprised if um, if Hudson 0:08:31.660 --> 0:08:35.300 Young stays, to be honest, but, um, you know, there's 0:08:35.300 --> 0:08:36.700 a lot of water to go under the bridge first. 0:08:36.700 --> 0:08:37.579 We'll see what happens. 0:08:37.580 --> 0:08:39.179 Yeah. Well Michael Chalmers is doing a great job up 0:08:39.179 --> 0:08:40.900 there for the Chiefs. He needs to sign some forwards. 0:08:40.900 --> 0:08:42.540 So Hudson Young would be a good start. He also 0:08:42.540 --> 0:08:44.780 needs some young players at some stage. Uh they're all 0:08:44.820 --> 0:08:46.660 they're all 30 or plus aren't they. 0:08:46.700 --> 0:08:48.800 Well that's right. We said this on Monday, the over 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:50.840 30 cop P and G. That's how they're going to 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:54.880 start their campaign playing in the 30s. Yeah. Well exactly. 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:57.280 But you know you say that chambers has done a 0:08:57.280 --> 0:08:59.800 good job and Michael has he's getting bashed up a 0:08:59.800 --> 0:09:02.240 little bit. Um they're saying, you know, they've got this 0:09:02.280 --> 0:09:05.240 all these tax free incentives to lure these players, but 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:07.560 they've also got to be smart enough and savvy enough. 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:11.160 Both him and Liam Mayhew, the recruitment, uh, manager up 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:14.560 there to identify who they want and where to get them. And, uh, 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:17.240 it's going to be interesting, though, once November 1st strikes 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:19.880 just how much who they feel the rest of the 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:20.680 squad up with. 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:21.200 Well, hopefully. 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:24.960 Yeah. But I think that's the plan down the track. 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:26.760 I don't think you can just go and pull them 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:28.800 out of the the PNG competition and put them in 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:31.040 the NRL team. I know you got the hunters there 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:34.520 but it's like you need you know you it's going 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:36.760 to they're going to have to get other players, younger 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:39.480 players from the NRL, uh, ecosystem. 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:42.559 When we when you were wined and dined by the 0:09:42.559 --> 0:09:46.460 Telegraph and the Herald and the Australian throughout your career. 0:09:46.500 --> 0:09:48.340 I mean, did you go and tour the facilities? I 0:09:48.340 --> 0:09:51.099 did find that surprising that Brian Tahoe made his decision, 0:09:51.300 --> 0:09:54.020 you know, a massive decision in his career without actually 0:09:54.020 --> 0:09:55.820 checking where he was going. 0:09:56.100 --> 0:09:59.620 Yeah. When buzz got me over to The Telegraph in 2009, 0:09:59.620 --> 0:10:02.780 that's exactly what we did. We strolled the corridors of 0:10:02.820 --> 0:10:05.460 at Holt Street, then. No, we went to the Aurora 0:10:05.500 --> 0:10:09.020 hotel across the road and got drunk in the tab section. 0:10:09.059 --> 0:10:10.460 Yeah. And I did. 0:10:10.460 --> 0:10:12.660 It and I went and I, and I'm sorry, this 0:10:12.660 --> 0:10:14.500 I digress and buzz goes, I don't want to talk 0:10:14.500 --> 0:10:16.420 money at the start, you know, of the night and 0:10:16.420 --> 0:10:18.620 then by the fifth schooner, how much is it going 0:10:18.660 --> 0:10:19.140 to cost. 0:10:19.300 --> 0:10:19.980 You? Scribbling. 0:10:20.340 --> 0:10:23.940 Scribbling stuff. Yeah, that was it. Yeah, yeah. And then 0:10:23.940 --> 0:10:25.540 I woke up the next morning and said, buzz, what 0:10:25.540 --> 0:10:29.180 did we discuss last night? Um. Uh, no. Yeah, it 0:10:29.179 --> 0:10:31.420 is funny. There's not much you can really see in PNG, 0:10:31.460 --> 0:10:34.100 I think. I think when they took Louie up there 0:10:34.140 --> 0:10:36.260 the first time, they showed him a hole in the 0:10:36.260 --> 0:10:38.700 ground where the, where the centre of excellence was going 0:10:38.700 --> 0:10:42.459 to be. So, um, I hopefully they, they'll progress from there. 0:10:42.460 --> 0:10:45.890 And again, I do find it a bit funny where 0:10:45.890 --> 0:10:47.890 the chiefs say that, you know, they're coming here for 0:10:47.890 --> 0:10:50.689 the vision and they're coming for a belief in something new. 0:10:50.690 --> 0:10:53.530 And I get all that. But let's get fair dinkum. 0:10:53.809 --> 0:10:55.810 It's the money. It's the tax free money. 0:10:55.850 --> 0:10:58.569 Yep, yep. I remember when Jarome Luai signed. He actually 0:10:58.570 --> 0:11:00.689 didn't even admit that either. He said oh it's a 0:11:00.690 --> 0:11:02.490 chance to be part of something new and all this 0:11:02.490 --> 0:11:08.890 and but it's the cash. Come on. What about Parramatta mate? Um. 0:11:08.929 --> 0:11:13.530 Jim Sorrentino's, CEO since 2019, the eels are targeting someone 0:11:13.530 --> 0:11:15.250 new to take over. Tell us about. 0:11:15.250 --> 0:11:19.170 It. That's right. Matt Cameron, the, uh, the CEO of, uh, 0:11:19.170 --> 0:11:22.850 of Penrith. Uh, just on Jim Sorrentino's. My nickname for 0:11:22.850 --> 0:11:26.970 Jim is real because if you called him to. Are 0:11:26.970 --> 0:11:30.730 you sacking Brad Arthur? He's just like the wall. The wall, 0:11:30.730 --> 0:11:34.050 just the forward defence. You couldn't get anything past, uh, Jimmy. 0:11:34.090 --> 0:11:36.449 God love him. Um, and he's done a good job 0:11:36.450 --> 0:11:38.090 at Parramatta, you have to say. I know people will 0:11:38.130 --> 0:11:41.610 sort of think that they're divided on what his legacy is. 0:11:41.650 --> 0:11:43.670 They did make a grand final and you did take 0:11:43.670 --> 0:11:49.110 over in pretty dire circumstances at, uh, at Parramatta. Mate. 0:11:49.590 --> 0:11:52.309 I wouldn't, there wouldn't be an NRL, NRL club that 0:11:52.309 --> 0:11:55.710 wouldn't want Matt Cameron. Um uh what he's done at 0:11:55.710 --> 0:11:58.709 Penrith and the system that he's set up, uh, alongside 0:11:58.710 --> 0:12:03.150 Phil Gould many years ago has sustained that success for premierships, 0:12:03.150 --> 0:12:06.710 five grand finals, um, you know, uh, and up to 0:12:06.710 --> 0:12:09.230 their eyeballs in this year's premiership as well. So Matt 0:12:09.230 --> 0:12:12.950 Cameron is considered one of the one of the smartest 0:12:12.950 --> 0:12:17.750 football operators in the game. I, I know Parramatta might 0:12:17.750 --> 0:12:20.710 be interested in him. I've actually said this to Peter V'landys. 0:12:20.710 --> 0:12:22.589 You know what I would do? I'd go and throw 0:12:22.630 --> 0:12:25.350 the chequebook at Matt Cameron and make him the definitive 0:12:25.390 --> 0:12:28.510 head of football at the NRL. He's the man. He 0:12:28.510 --> 0:12:31.189 understands the game on the field. He understands the cap. 0:12:31.230 --> 0:12:35.670 He understands clubland. He is um he is one of the, uh, 0:12:35.670 --> 0:12:38.070 the smartest operators I think I've ever dealt with in 0:12:38.070 --> 0:12:40.550 this game. I'd be making him a definitive head of 0:12:40.550 --> 0:12:43.610 football because that's what the NRL needs. That's what they need. 0:12:43.650 --> 0:12:47.130 They need. They need someone to take control of the cap, 0:12:47.130 --> 0:12:50.890 someone to take control of third parties, of player agents 0:12:50.890 --> 0:12:53.970 of of referees and the on field product. And I 0:12:53.970 --> 0:12:56.250 think Matt Cameron would be perfect for that role. 0:12:56.290 --> 0:13:00.490 Take control of journalists like yourself. No more negative comments. Uh, um. 0:13:00.530 --> 0:13:02.210 He could be the media cop. He could be the 0:13:02.210 --> 0:13:02.730 media cop. 0:13:02.770 --> 0:13:05.170 Can you can you can you let me try? 0:13:05.250 --> 0:13:06.050 Can he can try. 0:13:06.090 --> 0:13:08.490 Baby, you'll be gagged one day. Can you, um, at 0:13:08.530 --> 0:13:10.370 least let Parramatta have a crack at him first before 0:13:10.370 --> 0:13:12.970 you siphon him off to the NRL? He did start 0:13:12.970 --> 0:13:14.890 at Parramatta. Parramatta. Don't forget. 0:13:14.890 --> 0:13:17.810 That. I'm. I'm aware. I'm aware, I'm aware. But, uh, 0:13:17.809 --> 0:13:20.170 I don't know. I don't I can't see them. I 0:13:20.210 --> 0:13:23.850 can't see him walking away from Penrith at um at 0:13:23.890 --> 0:13:24.490 the moment. 0:13:24.530 --> 0:13:27.250 Yeah. He's very good. He doesn't he doesn't crave the limelight. 0:13:27.370 --> 0:13:30.290 If he doesn't at all he, he that's what I 0:13:30.290 --> 0:13:33.290 love about Matty. He's, uh, he's just, uh, he just 0:13:33.290 --> 0:13:35.010 gets in and gets it done. And the proof has 0:13:35.050 --> 0:13:36.890 been there for all to see with what Penrith have 0:13:36.890 --> 0:13:37.930 done in the last few years. 0:13:37.970 --> 0:13:40.350 Okay. Now, I heard recently that the NRL had gone 0:13:40.350 --> 0:13:44.069 cool on acquiring the Super League, but apparently that's back 0:13:44.070 --> 0:13:45.790 on the table. Any info on that? 0:13:45.910 --> 0:13:48.950 Uh, yeah. Well, I think the, the, the, uh, Super 0:13:48.950 --> 0:13:52.230 League clubs, uh, discussed it last night and I think 0:13:52.230 --> 0:13:55.550 they come back in two weeks with, uh, with what the, uh, 0:13:55.630 --> 0:13:58.910 what they want. Um, it's 60 million over five years 0:13:58.910 --> 0:14:01.190 from the NRL. I, I know some in the Super 0:14:01.190 --> 0:14:05.430 League think that's too light. I think others understand exactly, uh, 0:14:05.429 --> 0:14:08.270 where the Super League is. I'm all for it. I 0:14:08.270 --> 0:14:10.430 think the most important thing is less to do with 0:14:10.429 --> 0:14:13.310 the equity that, that the NRL want to um uh 0:14:14.270 --> 0:14:17.270 want to want to buy into it in super League. 0:14:17.270 --> 0:14:20.790 But and more, certainly more about them running the Super League. 0:14:20.910 --> 0:14:22.710 That's what they need. You talk to people in the 0:14:22.710 --> 0:14:26.270 Super League. That's what they need. They need they need 0:14:26.270 --> 0:14:29.310 some direction. Uh and you know Peter V'landys and the 0:14:29.310 --> 0:14:31.550 NRL have shown that they're pretty good at running the 0:14:31.550 --> 0:14:33.510 game of rugby league. Given what's happened in the last 0:14:33.510 --> 0:14:37.230 few years. Uh, I think it's a smart idea because 0:14:37.230 --> 0:14:40.380 the game I'm not big on global round. I think it's, uh. 0:14:40.420 --> 0:14:43.580 It's a bit gibberish, to be honest. Um, I like Vegas. 0:14:43.580 --> 0:14:45.900 It's a good start to the year. Uh, I don't 0:14:45.900 --> 0:14:48.340 think we're going to crack the American market, but it 0:14:48.340 --> 0:14:51.180 provides so much impetus for the for the start of 0:14:51.180 --> 0:14:54.100 the NRL season. But you, uh, if you had a 0:14:54.100 --> 0:14:57.220 strong super League, the transfer of players to. And from there, 0:14:57.220 --> 0:15:00.020 I know Cherry Evans is going over to Hull. Um, 0:15:00.060 --> 0:15:02.780 you I think that's I think that could only be 0:15:02.780 --> 0:15:05.300 a healthy thing. I don't think we want, uh, English 0:15:05.300 --> 0:15:08.220 football to wither on the vine and the NRL taking 0:15:08.220 --> 0:15:10.780 control of of the Super League and running it can 0:15:10.780 --> 0:15:11.620 only be a good thing. 0:15:11.660 --> 0:15:13.780 Yeah. And look, we should celebrate if it happens with 0:15:13.780 --> 0:15:18.979 the World Club Challenge, like 1997. Bring over Wakefield and Bradford. 0:15:18.980 --> 0:15:21.460 Remember those glory days? The all English clubs made the 0:15:21.460 --> 0:15:23.340 finals without winning a game. It was just brilliant. We 0:15:23.340 --> 0:15:23.740 loved it. 0:15:23.980 --> 0:15:26.380 I tell you what. Well, on that on that note. 0:15:26.380 --> 0:15:28.620 Right on that note though. Right. Remember when you when 0:15:28.620 --> 0:15:31.620 we were we were kids and you're, you're, you know, 0:15:31.660 --> 0:15:36.060 significantly older than I am. Um, it's just look at 0:15:36.060 --> 0:15:39.080 our heads. No. When we were kids like those Challenge 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:40.800 Cup finals were something to get up and watch in 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:42.440 the middle of the night. Definitely they're not. They don't 0:15:42.440 --> 0:15:44.800 hold that prestige like they used to. And you want 0:15:44.800 --> 0:15:47.960 to get English football back to that that, um, that 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:52.880 gravitas like I remember. And English football is fantastic. I 0:15:52.880 --> 0:15:54.920 went to a Warrington game a few years ago and 0:15:54.920 --> 0:15:58.440 it just, uh, it was such a, it's a vibe 0:15:58.760 --> 0:15:59.480 as the kids say. 0:15:59.520 --> 0:15:59.720 Yeah. 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:00.560 Sterling vibe. 0:16:00.640 --> 0:16:05.840 Sterling v Kenny, 1995 at Wembley. It was brilliant. That's right. Yeah, yeah. Uh, Webby, 0:16:05.880 --> 0:16:08.560 have yourself a great weekend and, uh, wonderful job today. 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:10.640 Probably your best, I'd say of the year. 0:16:10.640 --> 0:16:11.520 The best of the year. 0:16:11.560 --> 0:16:14.000 Yeah. And well done with the paint job. Yeah, yeah. 0:16:14.720 --> 0:16:15.280 It's. You like. 0:16:15.280 --> 0:16:16.800 That? Yeah. Not bad. Okay. There he is. 0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:21.000 Andrew Webster and matches and matches. Matches my mood dark. 0:16:21.880 --> 0:16:26.440 Check out his column in the weekend. Australians must read material. 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