S1: Hi everyone. Welcome to the Mark My Words podcast. We're
S1: getting close to Finals Footy round 21 this weekend. Peggy
S1: Riddell is here. But look who's back. He's back. Where
S1: the bloody hell were you? Use one from Lara Bingle.
S2: I was incapacitated last week.
S1: Beg your pardon?
S2: I did what I was bedridden. No. Yep. After giving
S2: it to you? Yes. After giving it to you about
S2: having RSVP. I went, I got the bastard went down,
S2: I and karma's a bitch. And it hit me right
S2: between the eyes, you know? So be careful what you
S2: wish for out there, people. And first of all, I
S2: apologize for what I said to you, because you've got
S2: to atone before you can become the boss comes back
S2: to you, right? Alright, so now we're going to get
S2: that off your chest level.
S1: Can I just make it clear I don't make any
S1: apologies for what I've said about piggy. He's soft. He
S1: missed an origin in a grand final. Yep. So? So
S1: m g. Yes. Before we get into it. Right. So,
S1: you know, big, tough bloke like you are. How do
S1: you handle sickness? Are you a big sook?
S2: Oh, of course. What man isn't. All men are. Oh, doc,
S2: can I get a bell or something? Can I ring?
S2: It's off. Like she goes. Why are you so dramatic?
S2: I said, no, your tonsils are up. We know you
S2: got sore chest, but you don't have to go. Oh,
S2: what's the groaning for? We have soft cocks, men. When
S2: it comes to the flu. We are soft cocks because
S2: we just are. We just make it like we. We
S2: just drag it out. It's like the end of the world,
S2: isn't it? You're gone. I know you're gone. Should I like,
S2: should I do a video for the kids and say
S2: goodbye to him? Like.
S1: Where's the will? Let me take it.
S2: But, um, for three days. But I was just on
S2: my back and I thought, you know, I had the
S2: tonsils up. I had the chest infection. And, and ironically,
S2: they said you've had a bout a bout of RSV.
S2: And I said, well, that's what I bagged one of
S2: my colleagues for having that. I've never I've never heard
S2: of it until that. But apparently there's a massive outbreak
S2: of it this winter. Everywhere. Yeah. Yeah.
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S1: go to gambling help online.org.au. You. Jeez. Big week of news, boys. Um,
S1: I suppose the the big stories have revolved around the
S1: injuries Tommy Turbo and now Latrell Mitchell, Cam Murray. Gee whiz,
S1: I know it's a long season, but they're dropping like flies.
S2: What about poor old turbo? Oh. Oh, how bad do
S2: you feel for him? AM I right in saying five
S2: on one and four on the other in his hamstrings? Yeah.
S2: I I I, I just can't believe it. Every, every
S2: person rugby league that I know shakes their head and
S2: feel so sorry for him. Yeah. It's just one of
S2: them guys who he's so endearing to. You know, he
S2: was when he spoke to us at Magic Round. We
S2: just you look at him go. I love that kid. Yeah, yeah.
S2: You know him and his brother. Just this. They're so manly. And, um, I,
S2: I think there's got to be some serious conversations going
S2: forward about obviously fallback. I think the fallback days are done.
S2: I think he's got to be either five, eight or center,
S2: you know, a big bodied five eight. I think that
S2: explosive running that he's so renowned for. I think he
S2: knows it's not there anymore. And watching him play is
S2: kind of awkward sometimes because there's a gap and the
S2: old turbo would have went through it.
S1: Bang!
S2: Yeah. But now it's not happening. And I feel that
S2: manly are kind of indicative of the way turbo is feeling.
S2: Turbos apprehension about hitting a gap and hitting top speed
S2: is kind of like manly. Uh, over the last eight weeks,
S2: they just don't have that, like where they were before.
S3: Jesus dropped off, hasn't it hasn't manly. It has. Yeah.
S2: But I think there's no excuses now because I know
S2: turbos out. Yeah. Now they've got Lehigh full back. He's
S2: he's fantastic. I love the way he plays on the wing.
S2: I like that as well. So um obviously you need
S2: turbo you know, but they've got no excuses now.
S1: Question for you, piggy, because you're sort of in a
S1: club setup, right? So someone like Tom Trbojevic and Latrell,
S1: they suffer these injuries. Yeah. Are they in at the
S1: club all the time? Yeah. And what sort of supports
S1: around someone like turbo. Because like, I'm assuming as much
S1: as it's physical it must be tough up here. Yeah.
S3: And the the clubs these days have a lot more
S3: capability around um being able to help players like that.
S3: So obviously they'll go into a rehab group and that's,
S3: that's been forever and a day. That's what happens. But
S3: they'll be managed separately from the playing group. Um, they'll
S3: be there all the time. But obviously when the team's
S3: out on the field, they're obviously doing their rehab, their physio,
S3: everything that they can do to get themselves back onto
S3: the field. And then the mental part of it as well,
S3: there's wellbeing people at clubs now, uh, welfare people, they'd
S3: be all always touching base with those injured players just
S3: to make sure that they're okay. Like we have that, uh,
S3: in the female space at the Dragons and it'd be
S3: no different. Every club would have those wellbeing people just
S3: checking on them, making sure that they're okay and getting
S3: through their injury and their rehab.
S1: I know you spent a lot of time off the
S1: field through suspension. Did you suffer any bad injuries throughout
S1: your career?
S2: Oh, look, there was a couple of years ago I
S2: had a groin injury, a back injury, which put me
S2: out for maybe eight and ten weeks respectively. Um, I
S2: think when you're in the rehab group, the idle time
S2: is what hurts you most when you. Of course, they'd
S2: send you home because I had nothing like they've got now.
S2: They put you in the pool or they do something
S2: some non non-resistant running.
S3: Yeah yeah.
S2: Yeah. They had nothing like that back in my day.
S2: So they'd say, um get your physio then go home.
S2: And so you had 4 or 5 hours of nothing.
S2: So you'd say well who's home. Do they want to
S2: go to the pub.
S1: Do you have any bad ones mate.
S3: I was pretty lucky. Um. Oh I don't really need
S3: to touch wood because I'm not playing anymore. But, um. Look,
S3: I had a few injuries, like your knees and an ankle.
S3: I tore all the ligaments in my ankle, but that
S3: was during the preseason spewing.
S2: Great timing. Great timing for a trap.
S3: Came back round two as well.
S1: Yes. Have you told the story? So piggy went and played.
S1: You were playing tag or something?
S3: No. That's how I did the angle.
S1: That was it.
S3: Yeah.
S1: I told Porkies to the car.
S3: So I was playing at Parramatta. We just come off
S3: the back of a good season in oh five. We
S3: made the prelim final, got dusted in that. Anyway, I
S3: was playing tag with all my local mates and they
S3: were a bit older, so playing over 30s, you know,
S3: the whole. Oh yeah yeah. Bringing bringing a car into
S3: the thing. We're on the drink, you know, after it. Well,
S3: I've done my ankle like bad where I had to like,
S3: couldn't even walk on it. Drove home lucky it was
S3: just around the corner. Iced it up, rang the physio, said, mate,
S3: I've done my ankle. Got to come in. So I
S3: went in. The next morning. They're like, I'm like, fuck,
S3: what am I going? What am I going to do? Like,
S3: what am I going to tell the smithies? Brian oh, Jesus.
S3: So I said, mate, you wouldn't believe it. I took
S3: my dog for a walk with my girlfriend. I'll throw
S3: on the tennis ball, I said and threw the tennis
S3: ball and the dog came charging back. Knocked me off
S3: my feet. I did my ankle.
S1: You're a liar. Why did he believe it?
S3: Oh. Who knows?
S1: Who knows?
S3: Surely he gave me credit for the story, though.
S1: What about. What about Latrell Mitchell? Um, he's spending more
S1: time off the field than on it at the moment,
S1: isn't he? Which is becoming a bit of a problem
S1: for him.
S3: Yeah. It is. Well, especially his pay packet. Yeah. Um.
S3: And the bunnies want bang for buck and probably say
S3: they're not getting it at the moment because he's the
S3: most one of the most destructive players in the game
S3: when he's, when he's playing. So um yeah obviously South
S3: Sydney want to get him fit and firing. But at
S3: the moment they just can't get him on the field.
S2: Well they need him to win comps. They need him
S2: and Cam Murray to win comps. And uh unfortunately Cam
S2: Murray's out for a month with an ankle injury. Uh
S2: Taylor's Duncan.
S3: He's gone with the hammy.
S2: He's done the hammy. Um, and now fafita with that.
S2: That's silly. Silly.
S1: Oh the judiciary.
S2: Oh come on man. That was a.
S3: Not. Not many go there and win.
S2: No. Like what was that? You can't challenge that silly challenge.
S2: Um that was a that was a bicycle kick. The
S2: soccer bicycle kick. Like it was just so overt that
S2: I don't know why they challenged it because it kicked
S2: him straight in the head. Um, look, I don't know, I.
S2: Soft tissue injuries. They more and more prevalent aren't they?
S3: Is the game so fast?
S2: Is it because of the game so fast is because
S2: of how we're training. Is it because of the grounds
S2: we train on?
S3: I think it might be a combination of everything. You know,
S3: a combination of all of that, the training methods these
S3: days and then the physicality and the speed of the games, obviously,
S3: the fatigue factor that kicks into the games this year
S3: in particular with, um, how fast it is with the,
S3: the 60 games, obviously the six games have been reined
S3: back big time haven't they. When we first.
S2: Yes.
S3: Um got got started this year in the competition. But
S3: I reckon all of it's a contributing factor to why
S3: we're getting the injuries.
S1: Let me ask you this. Rabbitohs are seventh on 24 points.
S1: Behind them are the Cowboys on 24. Sea Eagles 22,
S1: Bulldogs 22. Storm Raiders on 20. Is this like rule
S1: a line through the Rabbitohs time yet or not?
S3: Oh not yet. No not yet for me.
S2: But where are they coming?
S1: At the moment they're in seventh.
S2: So you've got to think the Cowboys. I think the
S2: Cowboys will make the eight.
S1: Sea Eagles.
S2: No probably not.
S3: They're gonna have to turn it around quick.
S1: It opens the door for the Bulldogs storm and Raiders.
S3: Yeah.
S2: Storm. I think storm Bulldogs.
S3: It's hard isn't it. Because storm you look and you
S3: go no monster. Yeah, he's out for a while.
S2: Um, they play this week with all their injuries.
S3: Yeah. And Canberra. No. Hudson. Young. Achilles. What about that?
S2: There's the heartbeat of their storm.
S3: Warbrick goes for the storm.
S1: Jahrome Hughes is back this week.
S3: He comes back, doesn't he? Yeah. Yep. Yep.
S1: So he's just on the Bulldogs elephant in the room.
S1: How much better do they look with Sean O'Sullivan in
S1: the halves.
S2: Hello hello.
S1: How better much better did they. Yeah. But then the
S1: team comes out this week. Stephen Crichton.
S2: That's all that, um, Toby Sexton was doing last year.
S2: But what O'Sullivan was doing, that's all Toby Sexton was doing.
S3: He was steering.
S2: Him around, straightening him up. Yeah. He was getting their
S2: forwards to run lines. He's getting decoys. There was no
S2: confusion about who was who in the zoo. Yep. I
S2: don't know. Beggars belief. We wouldn't have him at number seven.
S1: Crazy. We'll get into the preview coming up a little
S1: bit later. Um, boys, I'm reliably told that the board
S1: members of the Saint George-illawarra Dragons listen to this podcast,
S1: and that's what swayed their decision. Um, so Dean young,
S1: have you ever brushes for an interview? We will remember.
S3: Yes.
S1: Congratulations. In all seriousness. Um, everyone says what a wonderful
S1: job he's doing down there. He's a mate of yours.
S1: You work pretty closely with him. Um, I think the
S1: right call has been made, hasn't it?
S3: Yeah. Really, really happy for Deano. Um, when we found
S3: out the other day, um, mate, he's done a he's
S3: done a really good job and, and I am a
S3: little bit biased because I'm really good mates with him. Um,
S3: but you could see as soon as he took over. Uh,
S3: everyone knew what he stood for. You know, everyone knew
S3: where they stood in terms of the players. And, um,
S3: he's made changes there that he believed needed to be made.
S3: And all the players are being held accountable. And you
S3: can see that like that, you know, they took the
S3: Warriors to the death and probably had a few calls going. Well,
S3: we called that game didn't we. The, the um forward.
S3: Well the forward pass was an out and out forward pass.
S3: And then the, the um escort on Val Holmes was
S3: just ridiculous. And it's been proven that um but anyway I'm,
S3: I'm stoked for him. Um, you know, he'll, he'll want
S3: to finish off this season really strongly before the cavalry arrive,
S3: I suppose you would say all those signings and you
S3: had those guys into the mix of what they've already
S3: got with all those young guys. You know hopefully there's
S3: some good times ahead. Hopefully you can turn them around
S3: pretty quick and get them going for 2020.
S1: I like what he said to me this week. He
S1: didn't put any expectations around next year because it's easy
S1: to fall into that trap. Oh yeah, we're going to
S1: play finals. All he said is I want the fans
S1: to be proud of their football team. I like that.
S2: Yeah, well, I'll put expectations on them because they'll they'll
S2: make the eight. Yeah I reckon they will with that
S2: team I think.
S1: Oh they're gone.
S2: I think, I think they've got the best young forwards
S2: in the game in their forward pack who we're speaking
S2: about the couch and uh Egan and Hamish.
S1: Well they've signed some good players.
S2: And they've signed the guys who've signed, you know, especially
S2: I'm really excited about Metcalfe and and Drinkwater in the
S2: back line. They've got the forwards.
S3: Might not be finished yet either.
S2: Yeah. Oh whoa whoa whoa.
S1: You can't hold.
S2: You dropped a bomb on me.
S1: Who you got?
S3: No. No one. Who's coming. I know nothing.
S2: I know nothing.
S3: I just thought I'd throw that out there.
S2: No, but.
S3: I'm in the bad books anyway with Dina at the moment.
S3: I borrowed his whiteboard out of his office last night
S3: and I forgot to return it.
S2: So who are they? Who's coming?
S3: I text him last night. I'm like, oh, mate, I left.
S2: Him a tangy.
S1: Drink.
S2: Drinkwater.
S1: Metcalfe.
S3: Connor.
S2: Watson, Connor. Watson. Phillip. Sami. Phillip. Sami. Wow. There's five
S2: like above average first graders. Yeah, he's in there.
S3: I wouldn't be surprised if there might be one on
S3: 1 or 2 more to add to.
S2: That dummy half.
S3: We'll have to wait and see.
S2: Yeah, I know we got Watson to play number nine.
S2: He could with little but yeah.
S1: Come on, tell us.
S3: I don't know anything.
S1: Oh you do.
S3: I don't.
S2: You don't.
S1: Know enough to say that. There's more coming.
S3: I just said I wouldn't be surprised if there was
S3: 1 or 2 more signings.
S2: So would you say it's a four door or a back?
S3: I don't know.
S1: Well, why don't we just do what everyone else does
S1: in rugby league? Let's make it up.
S3: Make it up anyway.
S2: Making it a name out there.
S1: Um, a couple of names.
S2: Who's going there? Moseley. Otto. Nathan Cleary. The next year.
S1: I spotted Nathan Cleary down in Wollongong with Mary. I
S1: think they were just down there having a look at Wollongong,
S1: but they were close to the stadium.
S3: I thought he meant McGregor.
S1: No, no.
S3: What's he doing with Mary McGregor in Wollongong?
S1: What do you call him? The eagle. The eagle. The eagle? Yeah. Anyway. Congratulations, Dean.
S3: Well done.
S1: Dean.
S2: And just on that, I think, um, his dad, um.
S2: Albert legend of the Dragon's legend of our game. Um, um,
S2: made a very selfless act, um, by removing himself from the,
S2: the leagues club. Yeah. Just to say that.
S3: The chairman role.
S2: Yeah, the chairman's role. Just say I don't want any
S2: innuendo to come my way because I'm here and he's there. Yeah.
S1: So smart.
S2: Move. Takes a brave man to do that.
S3: Great man. Albert.
S2: Fantastic bloke.
S3: Yeah.
S1: He's an old police officer. Every time.
S2: Ever.
S1: Every time I've interviewed him or spoken to him or
S1: met him, I still get scared.
S2: So he should, he said.
S1: I remember I was I was at a conference on
S1: the Gold Coast last year that I emcee and I
S1: was I was I'm dropping names here, but I was
S1: out the front waiting for an Uber for Dawn Fraser
S1: because she was going back to wherever she was going. And, uh,
S1: Albert was sitting over in the corner and I just
S1: heard this, Mr. Levy, I need to see you. And
S1: I thought, oh, no, what have I done? But he's
S1: just got that presence.
S2: Yeah. He yeah, yeah.
S3: He's a great.
S1: Man. Very good man. Um, the other one we need
S1: to touch on is the P and G Chiefs. Um
S1: Joey Manu um Anthony Seibold to work under Willie Peters.
S1: Joey Manu uh potentially another marquee signing and all this
S1: sort of Zac Lomax speculation as well. Uh, he might
S1: be going to the Chiefs after his stint in rugby.
S1: M g thoughts.
S2: I think what it does, if they get these calibre
S2: of players, it accelerates their anticipation and where they should
S2: be finishing in the first couple of years. I think
S2: if they keep getting the players they keep getting, they're
S2: going to win a comp like Melbourne in the first
S2: two years of being in the comp, like they are
S2: assembling something very special. And because they can afford to,
S2: you know all this, but the sustainability is going to
S2: be the question we'll ask. Uh, as for Sebald, I
S2: think that's his perfect role. Um, the irony of this
S2: is that in 2018, Willie Peters was the assistant and
S2: Sebald was a head coach at Souths. Um, I, I
S2: love the fact that he's going, I hope he takes
S2: the role because I think Anthony Sebald is a fantastic
S2: assistant coach. I think he's got one of the smartest
S2: footy brains that. I've spoken to him a lot about
S2: footy and he he sees things that not other people
S2: can do. I think he just has trouble articulating and
S2: to throw up your league players too much information is
S2: exactly that. We want to hear basic stuff. You want
S2: to hear that run. They're great tackle. They're not this.
S3: Simplify.
S2: Simplify everything. I think I think with Willie Peters at
S2: the helm and they're building well PNG there's no two
S2: ways about it. I mean if they get Joey, Manu,
S2: Mike and Zac Lomax in that backline with Jarome Luai who.
S1: I'm.
S2: And and Alex Johnson.
S1: Can I I'm anti-climax.
S2: Yeah.
S1: Well and let me explain why and I and I'll
S1: get your thoughts. I look at Zac Lomax right. And
S1: the trail of destruction that he's left behind him. Like
S1: don't get me wrong. I think he's a wonderfully gifted,
S1: talented player, an athlete. Good luck to him. He made
S1: a choice to leave rugby league to sign with a
S1: competition that hadn't yet established itself. He put himself and thought,
S1: oh crap, what am I going to do? Yeah, he
S1: reached out. Well, rugby reached out to him. They gave
S1: him a lifeline before he's even really had a crack
S1: at rugby. He's already thinking what's next? So he goes
S1: on to potentially sign with the PNG Chiefs. If I'm
S1: Willie Peters and if I'm Anthony Seibold and if I'm
S1: Michael Chalmers, I'm thinking to myself is this guy going
S1: to be good for my playing group and you know,
S1: team harmony, everything else. Because as an outsider looking in
S1: and I don't know Zac Lomax and I want to
S1: preface this by saying it, um, it just looks to
S1: me like it's all about Zac Lomax and it always
S1: has been about Zac Lomax. Is that fair or unfair?
S2: Well, I don't know him either. Personally, I don't know.
S2: I haven't I haven't heard any players or coaches talk
S2: about him um in that way. I know what he's
S2: like as a footballer. He's fantastic. But he seems to
S2: get restless really quick. Um and he seems to be
S2: in a hurry to, to do to find the next
S2: high as far as footy goes. Let's, let's face facts.
S2: We're in this game for hopefully ten years if you're lucky.
S2: Um I don't I think I think he fits the
S2: the PNG chief's mantra perfectly. They're in a hurry to
S2: get somewhere quick. So is Jack Lomax. He's always in
S2: a hurry to go somewhere. P and G are as well. PA,
S2: want to hit the ground running? If you want to
S2: hit the ground running. You got. You got to have
S2: a player like Jack Lomax in your back line.
S3: Yeah, it's going to be interesting. Um, it's going to
S3: be really interesting.
S1: Willie Peters is your mate.
S3: Well. Well look, without um. No, actually, how do I
S3: frame this with trying to be as respectful as I can?
S3: It's going to take Willie and the coaching staff to
S3: manage Zach and the playing group from, you know what
S3: I've heard previously from other coaches and other clubs and whatnot.
S3: Zach on his day, he's an unbelievable player. I, I
S3: do know Zach. I know him well. He's down my way.
S3: I see him bump into him every now and then,
S3: not even for a fair while now. And you know,
S3: I understand your comments leave you about about Zach, but
S3: I just think that Willie's going to have to, you know,
S3: manage Zach.
S1: And is he a good man? Manager Willie?
S3: Uh, well, I'm assuming so. He's done a really good job. And,
S3: you know, the conversations I've had with Willie, he's probably
S3: been tested over there at Hull KR with a number
S3: of his signings over there. And he believes that he
S3: can get the best out of Zak because he comes to.
S1: Let me throw the other curveball in here. Right. And
S1: I'm sorry to interject there. The other really interesting part
S1: for mine is, and I was thinking about this the
S1: other day when Zac Lomax is at clubland in Sydney. Mhm.
S1: He goes home to the south coast. So you've got
S1: your alone time. You're away from Zac Lomax if he's
S1: if he's hard to handle. Again, I don't know how
S1: they're going to be living in a compound together. Yeah.
S1: So if he gets on people's nerves. Yep. If he
S1: wants to sort of run his own race. How's that
S1: going to go? That. That's my question mark. I'm just putting.
S3: It out again. That's that's going to that's going to
S3: be on Willie and Michael Chalmers. And and they believe
S3: they can get the best out of him. And it
S3: seems like I, I don't think Willie will mind me
S3: saying this, but Willie and I have had conversations about it.
S3: And they believe that they can get the best out
S3: of us, out of Zac when he gets there, and
S3: they believe they can manage him. And you know, they've got,
S3: they've got some, some um profiles there don't they like
S3: already with Jerome and.
S1: Well they got some big personalities.
S3: But one thing I will say about PNG is I
S3: want to see him sign some very good forwards. Yes.
S3: They got you know they're talking low um Manu Lomax
S3: you know Lou I Alex Johnston you know they've got
S3: Connor Watson for 28. But they need some. They need
S3: some steal up front.
S2: Although although Cooper buy would have been a no brainer like.
S3: He resigned it.
S2: The.
S3: Titans Titans.
S2: Against the wishes of his.
S3: Dad dad. Yeah yeah. But I reckon they need some
S3: key forwards. Yeah. One of the things the Dolphins did
S3: really good. They went and got the Bromwich brothers. They
S3: got uh Kaufusi and there's some real steal in their pack. Yep.
S3: Um they need to go and get some, some of
S3: those sorts of.
S1: Because you can have the flashy flashy.
S3: That's right. I just think they need, they need. And
S3: you know I'm sure that they're working on that. Yeah. I'm. Yeah.
S3: I'm sure. Willie and, uh, and I think it's Liam
S3: who's the recruitment guy there? I think I think they're
S3: working on that, but they've got to get some good forwards.
S1: Michael James came in to see us in the commentary
S1: box recently with his two little boys and his little
S1: boy's excited about PNG. We turned around and said to him,
S1: are you excited about PNG? They said, nah, we're not going.
S1: Good luck Chevy.
S3: Oh, great. Advertisement. That is.
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S1: we get into it Thursday night. Footy eels $5.50 outside
S1: as the Panthers short priced favourites for obvious reasons at $1.15. Uh,
S1: Mitch Moses is back to go head to head with
S1: his origin halves partner at the Panthers, Nathan Cleary M
S1: g who are you tipping?
S2: Uh, Penrith after last week's loss to the Broncos. Um,
S2: and Milky didn't get across the line. I'm saying Penrith
S2: into Milky to score a hat trick.
S1: Piglet.
S3: Yeah. Look, I can't go with the eels this week.
S3: I've got to go. The Panthers. Panthers to win March 2nd.
S1: 20 outsiders the Roosters favored here at $1.67. Look they.
S1: They weren't at their best last week. The. The Roosters.
S1: I reckon that $2.20. The better. Odds are a little juicy.
S1: Thoughts questions.
S3: Let's go back to. This goes back into the team.
S3: Knights haven't defeated the Roosters in Newcastle since 2019. Levy.
S2: Yeah and you know what? If this game was on
S2: a Sunday afternoon at 2:00 or 4:00, I'd be leaning
S2: more towards the Knights. At the moment. I think that
S2: the Roosters are a better night time footballers. Um. I
S2: could not go against the Roosters.
S1: Roosters just on your stat, piggy. The Knights haven't won.
S1: They haven't beaten the Roosters in Newcastle since 2019. The
S1: Knights have won their last five games at McDonald Jones Stadium.
S3: Roosters have won nine of their last ten games against
S3: the Knights.
S1: Thank you very much.
S2: Dylan Lewis has scored nine tries in the last nine games.
S1: I did a big. I did a big man sniff. Then, uh,
S1: we go to the Friday night game. We're off to
S1: a core stadium. Uh, piggy. South Sydney in the storm.
S1: Storm dollar 80, South Sydney $2 for obvious reasons, without the.
S1: The key players. Souths Care and Dementia Training Australia teaming
S1: up to tackle dementia, which is now the leading cause
S1: of death in Australia. Their partnership will be in the
S1: spotlight at a core when Dementia Training Australia will be
S1: the Rabbitohs game day partner for their clash. Dtas Remi
S1: the Wombat will join Reggie the Rabbit on field during
S1: the game and the lead a stadium wide dance off
S1: at half time. So there's a great opportunity. Fantastic sideline.
S1: I Josh Murray to get involved.
S3: Yeah he should get involved in that shouldn't he on
S3: Friday night that'd be great. Uh as in I need
S3: to toss a coin in this one because I've got
S3: no idea.
S2: Yeah.
S3: I don't know.
S2: I was, I was, I was, I was, I was
S2: Souths until I heard Duncan was out as well.
S3: Yeah.
S2: Cameron, Murray and Duncan.
S3: Still got a decent pack. The bunnies I know, I
S3: know cam Murray.
S1: Josh King.
S3: 200.
S2: Um yeah I'm going I think storm I think I
S2: think because Jahrome Hughes is back.
S3: Yeah I'm going to go storm as well.
S1: Sorry Levy GIO stadium on Saturday. Uh we'll have around
S1: the grounds updates on this one as we do the
S1: radio show. Raiders dollar 24 Tigers for dollar five. Outsiders
S1: with the, uh, the better odds.
S3: Raiders. Raiders. Raiders.
S2: Yeah. Look, um, after the judiciary last night, um, we
S2: saw that, uh, you got three weeks for that? Yeah.
S2: Funny looking tackle, wasn't it? It was like a.
S3: Grade three contact.
S2: Yeah. It was, it was like it was like a
S2: speed hump, but had his back towards the player. Thompson. And, uh,
S2: the young Javon Andrews, if he gets if he gets
S2: a run at half.
S1: Um, is he the first Javon to ever play?
S2: For sure. He is a ironically, he's out of the
S2: exact same mold as Lucky Galvin. Wow. 6364.
S3: Big big running.
S2: Really sleek. Sleek. Uh.
S3: Queenslander isn't he? Yeah.
S2: Queensland yes.
S3: He is. He's a Queenslander.
S2: But he.
S3: Got.
S2: His goal kick. He's just a good really good player.
S2: But um. Yeah I think the Raiders without Hudson Young
S2: um are vulnerable but too strong.
S1: Speaking of where tackles what did you see the Nat
S1: Butcher tackle on Friday night where he brushed the hair of.
S2: Oh my goodness.
S1: That was it.
S3: Patted his head.
S2: He got. His hand, went across. He got on.
S3: That was Sutton, too, wasn't it? Yeah. Gerard. Sutton. Gerard. Ridiculous.
S1: Uh. Bulldogs. Warriors. Bulldogs $2.50. Outsiders. Warriors dollar 53 with
S1: better boys Stadium.
S3: Saturday 530.
S2: What's the weather forecast this weekend? We got rain coming
S2: or what's going on?
S3: Do you want me to check? I'll check. Well, while we.
S2: The Bureau.
S3: Keep patting.
S2: Okay. Okay. So the Warriors. Welcome back. Uh, no, I
S2: don't know who they. Welcome back.
S1: Stephen Carlton's.
S2: Back. Critter back.
S3: It's going to be sunny in, uh, 19 degrees on Saturday.
S2: Uh, no, I can't I can't go doggies with with
S2: their halves like this, so I just can't.
S1: You two are very indecisive today.
S2: Yeah. We are.
S3: These are these are tough ones.
S2: Because you know what?
S1: Put him on the line.
S2: Right. Um. Warriors.
S1: Not those ones.
S3: Warriors.
S1: Warriors. Right. Uh. Cowboys. Broncos. Queensland. Derby. Broncos, Broncos.
S3: Here come the Broncos.
S1: Dollar 62 Cowboys $2.30. Outside the better odds in Townsville cracker.
S3: This is an absolute cracker. I'm going the Broncos Maggi
S3: boy's going to wind them up and let him go.
S2: Yeah I'm with you. I think we're going to witness
S2: something pretty special. I don't think they're going to make it,
S2: but they're going to cause a lot a lot of
S2: drama in the process. I think that what we saw
S2: from against Penrith last week was when they got the
S2: whole team on the field at once. They are the
S2: most dangerous team in the competition, bar none. Mhm. Um
S2: so I think this is what a game this is.
S2: It's a that's good odds but for Cowboys. 230.
S1: That's what I'm thinking. Townsville. Yeah. Mhm. Um we go
S1: to the blockbuster at 2:00 on Sunday. Saint George Illawarra
S1: and the Gold Coast. The battle for the wooden spoon
S1: dollar 90 Dragons dollar 90 the Titans. Even the punters
S1: don't care.
S3: Well I'm going the Dragons if they can get a
S3: few decent refereeing decisions this week.
S2: Well, you know what? Both. You know what the irony
S2: of that both of these two teams have copped it
S2: most this year?
S3: Oh haven't.
S2: You? I think that's indicative of where you are in
S2: the ladder. Yep. They are. It's just the psyche. Yeah.
S2: You go oh that's. Yeah. No let them have it.
S2: Is there anyone who's played for both clubs that we
S2: can make it their cup.
S1: Well it's Clint Gutherson 250th.
S3: Yeah. He's got 250.
S2: He didn't play for the Titans. But did.
S3: He. No. He hasn't played for the Titans.
S2: Uh, no. No one no one there I can.
S3: There's no current players I don't think is there that
S3: have played for.
S2: Oh look I think the dollar 90 each. I think
S2: um this is going to be a fantastic game. Uh dragons.
S3: Dragons.
S2: Dragons dragons.
S1: Dragons and then the game to wrap up the round. Uh,
S1: the better odds. How good's having a betting sponsor in
S1: our podcast sponsorship? You know, manly, manly and Sharky's at
S1: Four Pines Park. Sharks, dollar 62. Manly $2.30.
S2: The battle of the beaches. I will say that, um,
S2: I think they've got the hippy hippy shakes, the seagulls. Um,
S2: I'm liking the shark. He seemed to have turned a
S2: corner and I don't know who it is, but they've
S2: got a new assistant coach.
S3: Oh, the French play the French. French rugby bloke.
S2: What's his what's his role? Because ever since he's arrived,
S2: they look different. Sharkies. I don't know what his role is.
S2: I'd like to find out more about this Pierre Bourdieu,
S2: if that's his name.
S1: Not his name.
S2: No, he said he's French.
S3: I'm pretty sure he's French. French rugby. Yeah, but.
S2: Look, I think, um. Look, they they look good. The
S2: sharkies at the moment. They're welcoming back Raymond this week
S2: and hadn't been named. I think he had a neck
S2: injury so. But anyway, um yeah for mine the shock is.
S3: I'm going to go the sharkies as well. We've got
S3: a great record over manly and great record at Four
S3: Pines Park.
S2: Um what's a better beach. Cronulla you reckon.
S1: Yeah 100%.
S2: Nah I'm a, I'm a, I'm a manly beach.
S1: What.
S3: I don't.
S1: Even know. You're not. You're from Mount Druitt.
S2: Well, I used to go to Manly Beach. No, actually
S2: I used to, you know, I used to go to
S2: Cronulla Beach when I was about 15 or 16. I
S2: went to that surfy phase. Yeah, yeah. Had me, uh.
S3: Surfboard or.
S2: Bodyboard. surfboard, carried on the train with a big cover
S2: and got the wax out. And I'd wax on, wax
S2: off at the beach and get out there and have
S2: 1 or 2 rides and fall off and come back
S2: and sit on my board for the rest of the
S2: day and look at me. Such a Westie.
S1: Um, speaking of the French, do you guys like French
S1: Food Tribune? Have you had, like, escargot and all that stuff?
S2: Oh, how'd it go? Yeah.
S1: Any good?
S2: It's a bit like, uh, chicken.
S1: Snails are like chicken.
S2: You're kind of. Really? Yeah. They're not.
S1: I've never tried it before.
S2: Yeah. They're beautiful.
S1: What about you, pig?
S3: Nah. It's shit.
S1: Oh, okay. Fair enough.
S3: Fair enough.
S2: Pepe. Pepe le pew.
S1: I just would have thought in your elite status, you
S1: would have tried it.
S3: I'm a barbecue guy.
S1: You put snails in barbecue. Anyway, we've got to get your, uh,
S1: your best bets, boys.
S3: Uh, dragons.
S1: Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on. Woo woo woo.
S1: Piggies pick m g multi and we do it for
S1: our great mates at better.
S2: Yep I said mine uh Penrith the win with multi
S2: multi with milky milky to score three.
S3: Oh Jesus. I'm just going dragons in the sharks.
S1: Alright well I'm going to go Souths into the Cowboys.
S1: I'm going to go the two.
S3: Oh oh yeah. Okay.
S1: I like getting a little bit of. Jessie I like.
S2: Getting.
S3: A lot of things you like a lot of things.
S1: Yeah. Not having much success there. But anyway thank you
S1: very much. Nice to have you back. Great man.
S2: Great to be back buddy.
S1: And of course we'll be back on Monday for our
S1: next edition of the Mark My Words podcast story. Time
S1: will be a ripper m g good luck to your
S1: NRL w girls. Who've you got this week?
S3: No, my name is Peggy.
S1: What a dickhead.
S3: What do I call me, m g sorry.
S1: I'm getting.
S3: Tired. Yeah. Good luck.
S1: Who have you? Who have you got this weekend.
S3: With the Bulldogs?
S2: Good work with Maynard G's.
S1: Great. Great performance in the weekend. Peggy G's. You played
S1: well against Newcastle.
S3: Thanks, Ray.
S1: I appreciate it. Thanks very much for your company. We'll
S1: be back Monday for another edition of Mark My Words.
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