WEBVTT - Cam Smith Steps In: Origin II Preview & Munster’s Moment

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<v Speaker 1>Nine podcasts.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi everyone, welcome to the latest edition of the Billy

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<v Speaker 2>Slater podcast thanks to Tad. But we don't have Billy

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<v Speaker 2>this week. He's coaching a game that goes for eighty

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<v Speaker 2>minutes on Wednesday night, but so he doesn't have time

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<v Speaker 2>to do a podcast. But the man that will put

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<v Speaker 2>him over for at least one hundred of his one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and ninety tries, Cameron Smith, is filling in.

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<v Speaker 1>Hello, Cam, he sold he great to be here.

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<v Speaker 2>I think Billy's agreed to give up some of his

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<v Speaker 2>fee as well too for you.

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<v Speaker 3>That's good and it'll be plenty as well if I

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<v Speaker 3>know Billy quite well. So yeah, I'll take one little snippet.

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<v Speaker 3>You get some too, don't you? No?

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<v Speaker 2>But I might this week, beautiful, Let's take some exactly,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, we're looking forward to Wednesday night in Perth.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going to be a terrific occasion. Once again, what

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<v Speaker 2>just general terms, what do you think of Queen's Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you know, clearly they're under a fair bit of

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<v Speaker 3>pressure for this one, going down one nil already at home,

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<v Speaker 3>in particular, losing a few games on the trot. Now

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<v Speaker 3>there's there's sort of there's a lot at stake for this,

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<v Speaker 3>for this footy side, But look, I think they're up

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<v Speaker 3>to it. I think listening to players comments throughout the week,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, listening to Billy talk, they're well.

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<v Speaker 1>Aware of where they went wrong in game one.

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<v Speaker 3>I think they were bitterly disappointed with their performance and

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<v Speaker 3>a bit to do with that was I think their

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<v Speaker 3>attitude towards the foota game and the way they started

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<v Speaker 3>that match. They really didn't put themselves in the game

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<v Speaker 3>at all. And when you're playing against a footy side

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<v Speaker 3>as good as the Blues have at the moment, it's

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<v Speaker 3>a it's a pretty impressive lineup.

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<v Speaker 1>When you give them that.

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<v Speaker 3>Much field position, that much possession of the football, it's

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<v Speaker 3>always going to be really hard to win. So look,

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<v Speaker 3>it's a it's a huge task in front of them.

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<v Speaker 1>But when you look at you know, the names.

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<v Speaker 3>On on the paper for Queensland's lineup, they've got some

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<v Speaker 3>pretty good players there and it's certainly not out of

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<v Speaker 3>their reach to go over there and play well. They're

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<v Speaker 3>going to have to. They're going to have to play

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<v Speaker 3>extremely well to get a victory. So you know, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>really looking forward to It's going to be a cracking match.

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<v Speaker 2>You've seen the new Queensland skipper Cameron Munster grow up.

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<v Speaker 2>Apparently he has grown apparently has grown up.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, Well I was lucky enough to play about

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<v Speaker 3>six seasons with Cam Munster. He come down to us

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<v Speaker 3>as a really young fellow. He's eighteen year old. Actually

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<v Speaker 3>played filled in for Billy Slater in twenty fifteen twenty sixteen.

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<v Speaker 3>Billy had back to back shoulder reconstructions and played extremely well.

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<v Speaker 3>I must admit in those two years. We went to

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<v Speaker 3>a Grand Final actually in twenty sixteen. But to see

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<v Speaker 3>him develop into the player that he is now and

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<v Speaker 3>the leader that he is now, you know, I'm excited

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<v Speaker 3>for him. How to get the opportunity to lead Queensland

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<v Speaker 3>out I know it's something that he wouldn't take you lightly,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, the position of captain of the Queensland State

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<v Speaker 3>of origin side. You know, He's the one thing about

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<v Speaker 3>Cam Matster Ritt, He's got this sort of sort of

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<v Speaker 3>facade that he gives off that he's a bit of

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<v Speaker 3>American and all that sort of.

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<v Speaker 1>Stuff, and which he is. But when it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>his footing, he's deadly.

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<v Speaker 3>Serious about getting out there and performing well, particularly when

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<v Speaker 3>he pulls on that Marown jersey.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, he's a.

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<v Speaker 3>He's watched you know, pretty much every state of origin

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<v Speaker 3>since he was a little fella. He's very passionate about

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<v Speaker 3>the jersey. He's passionate about the people of Queensland. So

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<v Speaker 3>I think I think this a little bit of extra

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<v Speaker 3>responsibility for him. It just gives him that that much

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<v Speaker 3>greater ownership of this footy side.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, I'd love for him to go out

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<v Speaker 1>there and play really well.

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<v Speaker 2>One thing that he's always had is teammates just love

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<v Speaker 2>playing with him. And you know, now that he's got

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<v Speaker 2>the responsibility of leading team. May you think, as he said,

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<v Speaker 2>he'd rallih that, won't he?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah? I think so. Look, he's not going to shirk it.

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<v Speaker 3>He's he's a He's a type of guy that really

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't get overawed by too many things. I think he

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<v Speaker 3>understands the size of this occasion and what it means

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<v Speaker 3>for the Queensland side. But you know, I think he'll

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<v Speaker 3>relish the opportunity in front of a big crowd.

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<v Speaker 1>As I said, big occasion.

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<v Speaker 3>Just that little bit of extra responsibility for him, though,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, he doesn't need to go out there and

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<v Speaker 3>do anything different to what he usually does. There's a

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<v Speaker 3>reason why Billy he's made him captain, and that's because

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<v Speaker 3>of what you said, Soldi is that you know, all

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<v Speaker 3>of his teammates love playing alongside him. You know, he's

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<v Speaker 3>a type of guy that you know, when you when

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<v Speaker 3>you look at all the big games that he played

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<v Speaker 3>he's played in throughout his career, you know he's he's a.

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<v Speaker 1>Type of guy that that typically.

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<v Speaker 3>Lifts his team when they look sort of down and out.

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<v Speaker 1>So he's going to have to play that way again

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<v Speaker 1>come Wednesday.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, Cam, I want to talk to you now about

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<v Speaker 2>three powerful players brought to you by Ampole powering Australia's

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<v Speaker 2>own sporting nation. Of course, going to focus on State

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<v Speaker 2>of Origin game two. Why don't we have a look

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<v Speaker 2>first up at Trentley Aero. He's wearing the number thirteen

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<v Speaker 2>jersey off the bench in his debut in game one,

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<v Speaker 2>but starting this week at Lot.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think that's a lot of people have been

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<v Speaker 3>talking about that decision by Billy, but you know he

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<v Speaker 3>as coach, Billy, he spends a lot of time with Trentley.

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<v Speaker 1>Erro in the Melbourne Storm set up.

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<v Speaker 3>As we know, Billy does a little bit of coaching there,

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<v Speaker 3>so he sees him on a regular sort of basis,

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<v Speaker 3>and he knows a lot about his game.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the reason for starting him is more around

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<v Speaker 1>the work rate and.

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<v Speaker 3>Defense and how reliable he is with his tackling. And

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<v Speaker 3>he comes out of a good system at the Melbourne

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<v Speaker 3>Storm where.

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<v Speaker 1>He's got a high work rate.

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<v Speaker 3>He may not offer what some of the other guys

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<v Speaker 3>on the bench off with the football, but when you're

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<v Speaker 3>looking in those early early periods fifteen twenty minutes, you

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<v Speaker 3>want guys out there that you know exactly what.

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<v Speaker 1>You're going to get from them. And I think that's

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<v Speaker 1>why he's gone with Trent.

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<v Speaker 2>The other one in the team back to play his

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<v Speaker 2>twelfth origin is Kurt Caple, who's been playing well for

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<v Speaker 2>the Warriors.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, well, you know he played in Game three, I

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<v Speaker 3>think it was last year. As we know, that was

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<v Speaker 3>a classic state of origin, was it for all? I

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<v Speaker 3>think until the last fifteen minutes until there's a couple

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<v Speaker 3>of pretty special efforts from Jerome Leui and Mitch Moses

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<v Speaker 3>to break the game open. But you know, again, just

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<v Speaker 3>another reliable guy that I think Billy. I think he

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<v Speaker 3>likes having a couple of those guys in the team

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<v Speaker 3>that they can play multiple positions.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know exactly what you're going to get from them.

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<v Speaker 3>So when you come into a situation like this, I

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<v Speaker 3>must win match, it's good to have.

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<v Speaker 2>Those reliable And we spoke about Leiro starting in thirteen

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<v Speaker 2>means Pat Carrigan off the bench. How do you think

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<v Speaker 2>that changes things from Patty's point of won of Wally

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<v Speaker 2>Lewis Medal basically coming off the bench.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that's the mindset from Billy is that,

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<v Speaker 1>you know.

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<v Speaker 3>I think through his time as coach of the Queensland Morons,

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<v Speaker 3>I think he looks at that series where Pat Carrigan

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<v Speaker 3>won the Waally Lewis Medal and sees that as his

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<v Speaker 3>best series so far, and the entire series was from

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<v Speaker 3>the bench. So I think he's looking for a bit

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<v Speaker 3>of impact from him and I think probably just trying

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<v Speaker 3>to take him out of those early exchanges where you know,

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<v Speaker 3>you get bashed up a little bit. You know, he'd

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<v Speaker 3>be making plenty of tackles you playing in the middle

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<v Speaker 3>of the field. Yeah, he does that in NRL, but

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<v Speaker 3>this is a huge step up state of origin. So

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<v Speaker 3>I think maybe he's just trying to protect him a

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<v Speaker 3>little bit from those early exchanges and then unleash him

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<v Speaker 3>around the twenty minute mark to go and play the

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<v Speaker 3>remaining sixty and hopefully he can bring that form that

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<v Speaker 3>he had from a few series back where we took

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<v Speaker 3>out the Willy Lewis medal.

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<v Speaker 2>All Right, So that's enough on origin. Now each week

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<v Speaker 2>on the Billy Slatter podcast. I know you'd know this

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<v Speaker 2>because you listen to it religiously, but there's the Billy

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<v Speaker 2>m Awards that Billy does do. We're not going to

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<v Speaker 2>look at any of any of the games from the

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<v Speaker 2>weekend or anything like that, but just which team has

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<v Speaker 2>impressed you. By the way, Billy came up with the

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<v Speaker 2>name of those.

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<v Speaker 1>Awards, but the Smithy Ms, the Smithy Ms.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, which teams impressed you the most in the first

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<v Speaker 2>half of the season.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I think the obvious one is the Dogs.

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<v Speaker 3>I think they are a serious footy team. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>when you look at some of the other clubs in

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<v Speaker 3>the competition, you know, the I guess there's probably more

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<v Speaker 3>sort of high profile players running around, but they're just

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<v Speaker 3>getting the job done at the moment, and they're doing

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<v Speaker 3>a fantastic job.

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<v Speaker 1>I love the way they play.

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<v Speaker 3>I guess the surprise packet for me though is as Raiders.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't have them anywhere near the top four this year.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know how many people did. But again, they're

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<v Speaker 3>they're fine and away. They've got their own unique style

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<v Speaker 3>of playing footy and they're playing tough and when they

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<v Speaker 3>get a bit of a roll on, they're really hard

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<v Speaker 3>to stop.

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<v Speaker 1>Like that. They've got a big, aggressive footy.

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<v Speaker 3>Side and their back line like their entire back line

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<v Speaker 3>like they are athletes. So you know, Ricky Stewart and

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<v Speaker 3>all of the Canberrader players, they're they're up and about

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<v Speaker 3>at the moment. So I guess at this point they've

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<v Speaker 3>been the surprise packer for me.

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<v Speaker 1>Which players have stood out for you?

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<v Speaker 3>Name one or two, probably Luke metcalf I reckon over

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<v Speaker 3>at the Warriors and they are another team sort of

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<v Speaker 3>going about their business pretty quietly but effectively.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess and Warriors there.

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<v Speaker 3>For me, I think they've surprised many by how lofty

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<v Speaker 3>position they've got at the moment on the table. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I think he's doing a fantastic job. But I love

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<v Speaker 3>the way he just takes the game on as a half.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't see too many of those type behalves.

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<v Speaker 1>These days, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>They tend to spend a lot of the time sort

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<v Speaker 3>of passing pre line and all that sort of stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>But this, this young fellow is a runner. He loves

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<v Speaker 1>getting high involvement.

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<v Speaker 3>Taken on the defensive line, and he's doing some great

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<v Speaker 3>things for the Warriors.

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<v Speaker 1>He certainly is.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, this won't surprise you, or might surprise you, but

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<v Speaker 2>that's it.

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<v Speaker 1>We're done.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you're used to doing three hour podcasts and

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<v Speaker 2>the like, but that's it.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh mate, I don't even break a sweat.

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<v Speaker 2>You're just getting warmed up.

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<v Speaker 1>Seriously, and what you're saying, Billy gets paid for this.

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<v Speaker 2>He usually goes a little bit longer.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a joke, right, Hey, good luck Bill, and

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<v Speaker 1>you're welcome. Thanks care