1 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to the RAP, a weekly podcast covering women's sports news. 2 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: My name is Chlobe Dalton. I'm an Olympic gold medalist 3 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 1: in rugby sevens and also play AFLW for the GWS Giants. 4 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: Every week on the show, I'm joined by my co 5 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 1: host Bez, chief researcher and Queen of Merchandise at the 6 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: Female Athlete Project. Bez. We are in matching hoodies today. 7 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: We're actually doing this virtually because I'm a little bit 8 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 1: I've been a little bit sick over the weekend. Yours 9 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 1: looks like it's been through the wash a few more 10 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:35,520 Speaker 1: times than my ass. 11 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 2: And I think it might of, although yeah, it definitely has. 12 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 2: Let's take a look around the ground, shall we? Net 13 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 2: four finals and financials. Gilmore wins her thirty third CT 14 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 2: surfing title and ran an Iffland jumps off the Eiffel Tower. 15 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: Kind of there isn't water below it. I don't believe. 16 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 2: There's definitely a fountain of some sort underneath it, a 17 00:00:58,400 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 2: water feature. 18 00:00:59,240 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 3: Let's go with that. 19 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: For our key story, we'll discuss the commercial viability of 20 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 1: the expanding NRLW competition. This podcast drops every Tuesday morning 21 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 1: at six am. Get the subscribe button to make sure 22 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: you don't miss out, and you can also subscribe to 23 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: the email newsletter of the route that our team behind 24 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: the scenes works very hard to bring together. Put the 25 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: link in the show notes so you can sign up 26 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: for that one to read it with your morning coffee 27 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 1: on a Tuesday. But first let's take a look around 28 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 1: the grounds. 29 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 3: In netball. 30 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 2: It's been a massive few weeks for netball on and 31 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 2: unfortunately off the court. On Saturday night, the West Coast 32 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 2: Fever absolutely dominated the Minor Premiere Melbourne Vixen's to be 33 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 2: the first team through to the Grand Final. The win 34 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 2: turn netball astra is controversial decision to sell the Grand 35 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 2: Final to Western Australia into a master stroke, given the 36 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 2: Fever would have earned the right for free under the 37 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 2: old system after their win. 38 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: I wonder if they would have been better just to 39 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: keep it a secret and they'll be like wow, K 40 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: and then suddenly we get all this money. 41 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 2: Said exactly the same thing. Whish they held off that 42 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 2: announcement for a couple of weeks. 43 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: I don't think that would have gone down well after 44 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: the miscommunication backfired though. 45 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 2: No hindsight, and after the revelations that Netble Australia last 46 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 2: week about their current financial position. A little bit more 47 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 2: on that later. The game needs all the money they 48 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 2: can get right now. But under court is where these 49 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 2: athletes deserve the attention and West Coast Fevers Janelle Fowler 50 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 2: produced a playoff record shooting performance to help the Fever, 51 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 2: who was substantial underdogs, having lost twice the Vixens this 52 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 2: season to a seventy one to sixty two domination. Vowler 53 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 2: finished with sixty seven goals bettering at Ramelda eight and 54 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 2: sixty three in the twenty sixteen GF and finishing just 55 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 2: three goals Shy I have of her own Super Netball 56 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 2: general record of seventy goals in a match. 57 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 3: That's just so. 58 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 1: That's an amazing the amount of goals like that's a 59 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: lot of the time where the score line sits. 60 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:56,119 Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely. 61 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 2: It was an uncharacteristly error strewing performance by the Vixens 62 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 2: who were playing in front of a packed to John 63 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 2: Kine Arena and they were unable to match the intensity 64 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 2: and aggression that the Fever brought to every contest. 65 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 3: Dixon's captain Liz Watson, I love this. 66 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 2: I watched this live, had some choice words postmatch when 67 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 2: she said, to put out a performance like that, you 68 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 2: don't deserve to go through to a. 69 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:18,799 Speaker 3: Grand Final, to be honest. 70 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 2: But we've got another week, which is the positive and 71 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 2: we just need to bring it from the start because 72 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 2: we were just missing right from the first whistle today. 73 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: Can we discuss that because I love the honesty in that. 74 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: I think I think there's definitely power in coming back 75 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: to the positives and that kind of thing. But I 76 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: think a lot of time those postmatch interviews you just 77 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: get the typical like credit to the girls kind of phrases. 78 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: I actually really love that Liz came out and was like, 79 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: we don't deserve to go to the Grand Final with 80 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: that performance. 81 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely, the honesty is just priceless. I love it. 82 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 2: The Vixens will now face the Giants in the prelim 83 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 2: final on Saturday. The Giants go to the Giants. It's 84 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 2: the Internet delay, Pavlov's dog here just ringing the bell. 85 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 2: The Giants kept alive their chance of returning to the 86 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 2: super Netbak Grand Final after impressive second half fight back. 87 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 2: They were down by three goals at halftime and were 88 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 2: led by captain and shoot at Joe Harton, who finished 89 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 2: with forty four points at ninety percent shooting in the 90 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 2: fifty five to forty eight win. The Giants haven't beaten 91 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 2: the Vixens this season, but Harton is confident and the 92 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 2: belief showed on Sunday will help them overcome the Melbourne 93 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 2: team and earn their spot in the Grand Final. 94 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 1: Joe Harten, I love the experience of a player like that. 95 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: She's just cool, calm, collected under pressure. And also the 96 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,720 Speaker 1: young gun Sophie Dwyer with the nailing a super shot 97 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: late in that fourth quarter. Good to watch. 98 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 2: Joe Harten was immense, wasn't she And just I love 99 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 2: the way watching the game. She really demanded an intensity 100 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 2: lived from her team halfway through that match was basically 101 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:53,559 Speaker 2: rooming them out on court. 102 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 3: Loved it. 103 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: In swimming, the World Championships are currently being held in 104 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 1: Budapest and that is a whole in the medals already. 105 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: On the opening night of racing, the team of sprint 106 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaker 1: freestylers Molly O'Callaghan, Mattie Wilson, Meg Harris and Shana Jack 107 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 1: maintained Australia's recent dominance in the four by one hundred 108 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 1: meter freestyle relay, winning the race with the fifth fastest 109 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: time in history three minutes thirty point nine to five seconds. 110 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: It was a sweet victory for Shanna Jack, who had 111 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: spent two years on the sidelines after her doping band. 112 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: Jack anchored the young team who were without senior members 113 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 1: Kate and Brontie Campbell and Emma mckehon, and she did 114 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,679 Speaker 1: an outstanding job at bringing the team home. Our favorite coach, 115 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,359 Speaker 1: Dean Boxel, trusted Jack to swim the leg of her 116 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: life and Shanna didn't let them down. After the race, 117 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: she said, Dean said before the race, the decision to 118 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: put me as anchor was for that moment that I 119 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: could touch the wall and look up at these girls 120 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: and just feel proud to be part of the Australian 121 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 1: team again. For me, I've lost my swimming career before, 122 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: so coming here I had nothing to lose. I'm here 123 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 1: to race, I'm here to have fun. I'm here to 124 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 1: embrace the experience with everyone on the Australian team and 125 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: other teams as well. Everyone's been very supportive, not just 126 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: the Aussies. I've definitely been welcomed back with open arms 127 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: and that's been such an amazing uplifting feeling winning with 128 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: these girls just makes it even better. It's a great 129 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: way to start the week for ourselves and the Australian team. 130 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 2: I love that from Dean Boxel. What a refreshing way 131 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 2: to look at it and say say, you know what, 132 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 2: you need to be part of this team again. I'm 133 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 2: going to let you win the gold for them. 134 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:29,239 Speaker 1: So good. He's good like that, isn't he like he's 135 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 1: he seems like an intense bloke. But the fact that 136 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: he recognized the importance of Shana being able to touch 137 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 1: the wall and do that, it's pretty powerful. On night 138 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: two of them meet, Kaylee McEwan grabbed Australia's second individual 139 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: medal of the World Swimming Championships, a two hundred meter 140 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 1: individual medley silver. It was an interesting choice of event 141 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 1: for McEwan, who ruled herself out of the morning's preliminaries 142 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 1: of the one hundred meter backstroke, the event she dominated 143 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: in Tokyo and the distance at which she holds the 144 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: world record. The semifinals on the backs were taking place 145 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:03,479 Speaker 1: less than twenty minutes before the medley final later in 146 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 1: the afternoon, and McEwan chose to throw all her eggs 147 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: into the im basket in an attempt to prove herself 148 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: a global champion all rounder. Despite coming up short of 149 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: the gold, mceuwn was happy with her decision, saying after 150 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: the race, I wasn't really expecting to come up and 151 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: podium tonight. It was more just getting the international experience. Sadly, 152 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: I pulled out of this event at the Olympics to 153 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 1: focus on the backstroke and this is the perfect refresher 154 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: for the next three years. Just taking the pressure off 155 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: and it was really good mentally for me. Also in swimming, 156 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: the World Parrot Swimming Championships wrapped up on the weekend 157 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: in Madeira, Portugal. The Australian team finished the event with 158 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 1: seven gold, fifteen silver and nine bronze medals, plus they 159 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: broke one world record, five championship records and eight Oceania records. 160 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: The event made history for the Ossies as the first 161 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: of any Australian swim team where every eligible athlete will 162 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: bring home medal to Ossie soil. 163 00:07:59,040 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 3: How good's that? 164 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's so emmosive, so good. Australian swimming is in 165 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: a very strong place at the moment. Paige leon Hart 166 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: finished the event on Saturday and start when she claimed 167 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: gold on the final day of competition in the women's 168 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 1: one hundred meter butterfly s fourteen in a time of 169 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 1: one oh five point twenty seven, which is an Oceania 170 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: record in surfing. 171 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 2: Punta Roka el Salvador proved to be a happy hunting 172 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 2: ground for Steph Gilmore. On Friday, the Aussie seven time 173 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 2: world champ won her thirty third career title to build 174 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 2: on her own record for the most women's wins in 175 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 2: the history of the Surfing World Tour. She defeated American 176 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 2: Laky Peterson in the final after eliminating Caroline Marx in 177 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 2: the semis and fellow Ossie Isabella Nichols in the quarters. 178 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 3: The victory moved Gilmour. 179 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 2: Into third on the rankings and filled Gilmore with confidence 180 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:49,679 Speaker 2: heading it to Brazil in two weeks, the third last stop. 181 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 3: Of the season. 182 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 2: She left it pretty late after choosing to be focused 183 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 2: on wave quality when selecting her rides. In the forty 184 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 2: minute final, Gilmore had just one point three points to 185 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 2: her name with eleven minutes remaining. In comparison, Peterson had 186 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 2: compiled a two wave total of nine point sixty seven 187 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 2: by that stage, but Steph pulled out the goods when 188 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 2: she needed it, following up a seven point three to 189 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 2: three ride with a five point sixty seven to snatch 190 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 2: the lead with just minutes remaining. It was STEP's first 191 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 2: Tour win of the year, and she'll be keen to 192 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 2: keep her spot inside the top five. So this will 193 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 2: be the second year that we see the top five 194 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 2: men and women after the ten events of the World 195 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 2: Tour compete in a one day finals competition at Lower 196 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 2: Trestles in California in September to determine the world champ. 197 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 2: Gilmore currently sits eagle with Lane Beachley on seven world 198 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 2: titles for the most everone women's surfing, and said after 199 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 2: the final, I would love to win another world title, 200 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 2: but it's a long road. There's a lot more competition 201 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 2: to be served and a lot of hard work to do. 202 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 2: But this is just an amazing experience and I'm so 203 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 2: happy to be here. Lecky is an amazing surfer, so 204 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:50,199 Speaker 2: I knew it was going to be a tough final, 205 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 2: but it doesn't get any better. I love doing this, 206 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,559 Speaker 2: I love winning, I love doing this sport. We love 207 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 2: watching you do the sports. Deeff so good, Yeah we do. 208 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: In the beach Volleyball World Champs wrapped up on the 209 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 1: weekend and Ossie Olympic silver medalists Maria Fay, Ataucho del 210 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: Sola and Teleiqua Clancy couldn't get past the German team 211 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: of Senat Muller and Senor Tillman in a tight quarterfinal contest. 212 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: They took the first set twenty three to twenty one, 213 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:21,680 Speaker 1: but couldn't secure the all important second set, which the 214 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 1: Germans won twenty one to eighteen. The final deciding set 215 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 1: was super close and unfortunately for the Aussie's they just 216 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: couldn't get the win, losing the deciding set sixteen to fourteen. 217 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 1: Maria Fay was not totally disappointed after the loss, taking 218 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:39,319 Speaker 1: to social media to say mixed emotions after falling short 219 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,599 Speaker 1: in the quarterfinals. Nonetheless, we took great steps in the 220 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:46,199 Speaker 1: right direction and excited for what's to come. Sometimes you win, 221 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:49,440 Speaker 1: sometimes you learn. You love that one, bez I do? 222 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: Are you just shaking your head in appreciation? 223 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 2: I doly love that we win all we learn in diving. 224 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 2: There was some insane footage coming out. 225 00:10:59,240 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 3: Of Tais in the week. 226 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: Why was it insane? 227 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 2: Well, they were jumping from a platformed twenty one meters 228 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 2: in the air into the Sane River and it was insane. 229 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 3: Insane. 230 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 2: Honestly though, it was insane. So the Red Bull Cliff 231 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 2: Diving World Series Round two was held in Paris with 232 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 2: the divers jumping off a built platform with the Eiffel 233 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 2: Tower in the background in to the river Sane, absolutely stunning. 234 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 2: Two weeks ago, the season opener was held in Boston 235 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 2: and Aussie cliff diving goat. 236 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 1: Oh we're not doing goat again, are we? 237 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 3: Okay, a cliff diving goat. It just makes so much sense. 238 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:41,079 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh because of a mountain goat. I was 239 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 1: going to call it a cliff goat. That's not why 240 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 1: I'm a mountain goat. OKAYCV. If you could do a 241 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: mountain goat jumping into the water, that'd be great. 242 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:52,439 Speaker 3: Peak please in some budget smugglers, Thank you very much. Amazing. 243 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:55,440 Speaker 2: So cliff diving goat around in Iffland, who is the 244 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 2: five times cliff Diving World Series champion suffered a rare 245 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 2: defeat to newcome up Molly Carlson. The Canadian put a 246 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 2: stopped the incredible run of thirteen World Series wins in 247 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 2: a row when she defeated Iffland in Boston, but like 248 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 2: a true champion, Iflanta used the defeat to reassess her 249 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 2: approach and order was restored in Paris when the thirty 250 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 2: year old surge passed her younger rival to make it 251 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 2: fourteen wins in her last fifteen World Series comps. The location, 252 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 2: as we said, was incredible, and so was Ifflin's diving. 253 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:25,439 Speaker 2: She acknowledged our the event that the competition from Carlson 254 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 2: made her rethink her approach. I didn't want to have 255 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 2: the same dives at the same time with Molly, said Ifland. 256 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 2: It's more difficult doing the most difficult dive in the 257 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 2: end because it's harder to control the nerves. I think 258 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 2: I'll play around a bit more with the diets this 259 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 2: year and see. 260 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 3: How it goes. 261 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,199 Speaker 2: I'm certainly excited for a great battle. A series now 262 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 2: moves to Copenhagen in at Denmark on the sixteenth of July, 263 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 2: and in super exciting news for Sydney siders, Red Bull 264 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 2: has confirmed that the eighth and final event of the 265 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 2: season will take place on the fifteenth October, but in Sydney. 266 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 3: I can't wait cool it. 267 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 2: Will be the first ever a visit to Australia, where 268 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 2: two champions will be crowned at Fleet Steps in the 269 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,840 Speaker 2: Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney Harbor. There will be a 270 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 2: purpose built twenty seven meter platform erector to allow the 271 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 2: divers to compete in front of the backdrop of the 272 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 2: Sydney Opera House and the Harbor Ridge. 273 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: Out the Eiffel Tower. I think it does well. 274 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 2: It does in my opinion, my humblest Sydney sider opinion. 275 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,680 Speaker 1: It has grown up here, my whole life, your life 276 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 1: to Taylor. That's cool though, how beautiful. 277 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 3: It's gonna be great. 278 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 1: In rugby league, it was an exciting week in the 279 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: rugby league world last week. NRL Chief executive Andrew Abdo 280 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 1: on Wednesday unveiled fast tracked plans for the Cowboys, Raiders, 281 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,439 Speaker 1: Sharks and Wests Tigers to field sides in next year's 282 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: NLW competition. It was originally planned for the league to 283 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:47,559 Speaker 1: go to eight teams in twenty twenty three and then 284 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:50,959 Speaker 1: ten in twenty twenty four, but the NRL has opted 285 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: to take a more aggressive approach with an expansion of 286 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 1: the women's game. ARLC chairman Peter Landy said we have 287 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 1: a blueprint for investing in the women's game at all levels. 288 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:04,719 Speaker 1: We've seen the quality of the twenty twenty one NLW 289 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 1: Premiership and the tremendous growth in female participation that we 290 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: have capacity for sustainable growth. The Commission have again demonstrated 291 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 1: that the women's game is a strategic priority. The quality 292 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 1: of club submissions was excellent. I just that quote in general. 293 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: I absolutely love the fact that it's not just focusing 294 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 1: on the elite game, because we're actually seeing a growth 295 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 1: at grassroots level because of the success of this of 296 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: the elite game. The decision means the NLW will have 297 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 1: more than doubled in size since its inaugural season in 298 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen. An Abdo forecast further expansion beyond a ten 299 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: team competition in twenty twenty four on the back of 300 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: growing playing numbers and optimism about the nlw's value to 301 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: broadcasters Fox Sports and Channel nine. He flagged potential for 302 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: an expanded NLW competition to be sold as a separate 303 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 1: entity in the next broadcast rights cycle, and believes the 304 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 1: women's game will stand on its own feet financially by 305 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 1: twenty twenty eight. Some more expansion news on the game 306 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 1: last week was a little bit less exciting. This year's 307 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 1: women's State of Origin match is going to be held 308 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 1: this Friday, which is pretty exciting, but it's going to 309 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 1: be the last of the one off matches with the 310 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 1: announcement of an expanded series from next season. Congrats to 311 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 1: the winners of our giveaway that we did with Gatorade 312 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 1: twin tickets to that match. So what's happened with this 313 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 1: State of Origin one? They've expanded to a two game series, 314 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: which just makes absolutely no sense and a lot of 315 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 1: people are asking the question. A two game series means 316 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 1: if you each win one game, the series is tied. 317 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 1: So it just if that's the case, then it just 318 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 1: stays with the winner from the previous year. I don't 319 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 1: know why you'd go to two and not just go 320 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 1: to three. 321 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 3: It's not quite bizarre. 322 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 1: It is quite bizarre. I think that needs to be 323 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: a case of it's not a progressive increase, it's just 324 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 1: you've got to make the jump from one to three. 325 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 1: Going from one to two actually makes no sense at all. 326 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: New South Wales captain Kezy Apps also question it, questioned 327 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 1: whether it's the right way to decide such an important series. 328 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: She said, I would have preferred to jump straight to three. 329 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: It can be one on one and then how do 330 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 1: you decide. It's just bizarre having two games and it 331 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 1: doesn't really make sense to me. But hopefully it only 332 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 1: lasts for one year, and maybe the year after we 333 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 1: can push that to three origins. Just like the men. 334 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 2: It kind of makes this Friday's game doubles a game 335 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 2: one of next year series, because if you win this 336 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 2: Friday then you're kind of already one ahead. 337 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a bit strange, isn't it very odd? 338 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 3: Anyway? 339 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 2: As Ketsy said, hopefully it only lasts for one year 340 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 2: and they get to three in twenty twenty four. 341 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 3: In tennis, she's back. 342 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 2: Saruna Williams wimbled announce last Wednesday that the winner of 343 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 2: twenty three Grand Slam singles trophies will be the recipient 344 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 2: of a wildcard entry for singles, marking her return to 345 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 2: Grand Slam action after a year away from top level competition. 346 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 2: William has not competed anywhere since sustaining an injury during 347 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 2: the first set of her first round match at Wimbledon 348 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 2: in twenty twenty one. The forty year old has won 349 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 2: seven of her singles trophies at Wimbledon, the first in 350 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 2: two thousand and two and most recently in twenty sixteen. 351 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 2: With a longevity in her game, it's just impressive, so impressive, 352 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 2: and it's not as if she plays the game easy, 353 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 2: like she plays tennis, like it's a contact sport. It 354 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 2: will be a welcome return for the organizers as they 355 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 2: look to avoid the negative attention surrounding the decision by 356 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 2: the ATP and WTA two is to remove ranking points 357 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 2: from Wimbledon after the all Incland club Band Russian and 358 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 2: Bella Russian players in response to the invasion of Ukraine. 359 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:38,199 Speaker 2: In less exciting news, Nomasarka confirms she will not be 360 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 2: taking her place in the drawer at Wimbledon as she 361 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:42,239 Speaker 2: battles her way back from a lingering problem with her 362 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 2: left achilles tendon. 363 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:45,360 Speaker 3: Asaka said last month. 364 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:47,640 Speaker 2: That she was leaning towards not playing in London due 365 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 2: to her injury and also the points situation. She said, 366 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,120 Speaker 2: I feel like if I play Wimbledon without points, it's 367 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 2: more like an exhibition. I know this isn't true, right, 368 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,440 Speaker 2: but my brain just feels that way. Whenever I think 369 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 2: something is an exhibition, I just can't go at it 370 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 2: one hundred percent. It will be an interesting Wimbledon, won't it. 371 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: Do you think that she has like use that as 372 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,479 Speaker 1: the reason. Do you think that if points are involved 373 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: she would be playing. We can't determine that. We don't 374 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:15,320 Speaker 1: know the extent of her achilles tend in injury. But 375 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 1: what are your thoughts? Yeah? 376 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 3: Absolutely. 377 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 2: Another Canadian tennis player, Emily Bouchard, came out and said 378 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 2: she flat out said if there were points involved, I'll 379 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 2: be playing. But given there are, my injury is not 380 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 2: quite ready, so I'm not playing. These athletes are not 381 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 2: short of coin, so. 382 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, they don't need the motivation of winning money. 383 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 2: No, I don't think they're necessarily playing for cash. Yeah, 384 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 2: if you were fifty to fifty as an athlete, and 385 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 2: if you playing Wimbledon was then therefore going to rule 386 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 2: you out of tournaments later on in the year, then 387 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 2: you'd have to probably consider not playing because there's no 388 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 2: points involved. 389 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 1: We've seen people like Andy Murray come out and say 390 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 1: that the prestige of the tournament should be enough. Do 391 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: you think it's right that this is going to get 392 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 1: hold held against Naomi? This decision, it's. 393 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 2: An interesting one that Naomi obviously is quite polarizing in 394 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 2: the media space. She doesn't give much and that social 395 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:10,199 Speaker 2: media posts that she released to kind of sharing the 396 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 2: news about her withdrawal really touched more on her again, 397 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 2: her kind of mental state than rather than her achilles, 398 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:18,639 Speaker 2: didn't it. 399 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 3: What do you think about that? 400 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 1: Yeah? And I think at the end of the day, 401 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 1: regardless of what people think about the way that she 402 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 1: fronts in the media and the messaging she puts out, 403 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 1: I think she's done a huge amount in the mental 404 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 1: health space for athletes. I think it's made a lot 405 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 1: of people, fans, journalists, fellow athletes kind of stop and 406 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: take notice. So you kind of just have to, I guess, 407 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: meet her where she's at with that stuff and whether 408 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,359 Speaker 1: it's achilles, whether it's for points. At the end of 409 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:49,880 Speaker 1: the day, similar to the Ash Parti retirement situation, Naomi 410 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,919 Speaker 1: has the right to decide whether she plays, whether she's 411 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 1: right to play, or whether she's not right to play. 412 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:59,200 Speaker 2: Absolutely, and why't there be some nervous female tennis is 413 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 2: when the draw gets released and they copt s Williams in. 414 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:08,199 Speaker 1: Around one as a wildcard unranked s Williams amazing, that 415 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 1: person may all of a sudden also be injured ah 416 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: my Achilles in paddling. The paddle Goat was at it 417 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:20,479 Speaker 1: again on the weekend, this time in Poland. Jess Fox 418 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 1: showed she is a class above the rest of the 419 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 1: kwan field, finishing two point five eight seconds ahead of 420 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 1: check Teresa Fizarova to repeat her win of seven days 421 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:34,879 Speaker 1: earlier in Prague. Unfortunately, the C one gold eluded Fox again. 422 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 1: She finished fifth after missing gate twenty one on her 423 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 1: way down the course. She then turned her attention to 424 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 1: cheer on her incredible sister Noami Fox, who again made 425 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 1: the final of the Extreme Kayak Bez's new favorite sport, 426 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: and she was incredible. She took home the silver medal 427 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 1: in this event and then took to Instagram afterwards to 428 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 1: show Jess Fox and a T fat T shirt eating 429 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: some maca in a car park. It was excellent content. 430 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 2: Really, he's my favorite athlete and that includes you. 431 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:11,680 Speaker 1: Let's take a book at the key story. 432 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,639 Speaker 2: It's an interesting one. So this kind of covers two 433 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 2: topics here. There was a recent article written by journalist 434 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:22,439 Speaker 2: Paul Kent. He highlighted the current financial woes of netball 435 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 2: Australia and used them as a warning to the NRL 436 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 2: against investing too heavily in the female game. 437 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 3: He said that. 438 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 2: Netball Australia dreamt too big, too quickly. In case we 439 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:35,919 Speaker 2: don't use that visual piece, I just want you all 440 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 2: to know that there was a massive eye roll when. 441 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 3: I read that. 442 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 2: Firstly, let's address last week's netball story. A report from 443 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 2: NewsCorp claimed the sport is in four million dollars of 444 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 2: debt which had has to be paid off by the. 445 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:48,440 Speaker 3: End of this year. 446 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 2: The rumor started to swell that NA was on the 447 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 2: verge of bankruptcy and the governing body was forced to 448 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:57,639 Speaker 2: issue a statement on Friday afternoon. The statement, in parts said, 449 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:00,239 Speaker 2: we understand the financial position we are in and been 450 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 2: transparent about it. We are not on the brink of 451 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 2: financial ruin. Importantly, we know what is needed to protect 452 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 2: the future of Netball Australia. We must continue to explore 453 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 2: financial and commercial opportunities to ensure our organization is positioned 454 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 2: for growth. Neble Australia CEO Kelly Ryan admitted the sport 455 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 2: took a seven point two million dollar hit over the 456 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 2: past two years, leaving the organization in four million dollars 457 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:25,160 Speaker 2: of current debt. Ryan said the pandemic was primarily responsible 458 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 2: for the losses over the past two years, and I 459 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 2: think we can all acknowledge that they aren't the only 460 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 2: sport to have done it tough during the global pandemic. 461 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:36,159 Speaker 1: One of my favorite things from Chief Research afbears is 462 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: when you come up with the facts to actually debate 463 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:43,880 Speaker 1: these statements. So can you share on the Rugby League 464 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: and the AFL losses please and thank you. 465 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 2: So season twenty twenty, in the Australian Rugby League Commission 466 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 2: which is the ARLC, which is their kind of governing body, 467 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 2: they recorded a full year deficit of twenty four point 468 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 2: seven million dollars and the AFL in twenty twenty posted 469 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 2: a twenty two point eight million dollar loss. So the 470 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 2: lost experienced by Netble Australia over those two years is 471 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,159 Speaker 2: not out of the ordinary for an organization that was 472 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,359 Speaker 2: also forced into a hub model to continue and played 473 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 2: games in empty stadiums, you know, away from home. I 474 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 2: mean there were those hub models cost sports a lot 475 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:23,360 Speaker 2: of money. They were housing players, families, feeding them, doing. 476 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 3: All that stuff. It was not a cheap exercise. 477 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 2: So for commentators like Kent to claim that Netble Australia 478 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 2: rushed into the professional era and paid plays on ambition 479 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:36,399 Speaker 2: rather than reality. Is either purposely insulting the athletes at 480 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 2: worst and just ignorant at best. 481 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:42,439 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think there's a real lack of insight and 482 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,679 Speaker 1: research into the whole picture here. He seems to kind 483 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 1: of just pick out one topic he wants to take 484 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,160 Speaker 1: a crack at, predominantly women's sport. A lot of the time. 485 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 1: He raised some concerns around the cost to the NRL 486 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: of the women's game, including an alleged sixty percent rise 487 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 1: in teams wages and running costs. Some of the industry 488 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 1: sources have indicated that running an NRLW program, including feeder 489 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: sides and pathway programs, costs a club about a million 490 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:12,400 Speaker 1: dollars a year. The nl grants to clubs are expected 491 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,119 Speaker 1: to cover around half of that, and multiple club CEOs 492 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 1: are optimistic that revenue from sponsors, corporate and government partnerships 493 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,359 Speaker 1: would offset the remaining costs and see their women's operations 494 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 1: break even. NRL CEO Andrew Abdo expects the NLW competition 495 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:29,360 Speaker 1: to be sold as a separate entity in the next 496 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 1: broadcast rights cycle. As we discussed earlier on. It believes 497 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:35,880 Speaker 1: the women's game can stand on its own feet financially 498 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 1: by twenty twenty eight which would be pretty impressive for 499 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: a competition that began in twenty eighteen as a less 500 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 1: than part time competition. And you hope that information like 501 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:50,439 Speaker 1: this and backing from people like Andrew Abdo and his 502 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: position will kind of satisfy these so called pundits and 503 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,880 Speaker 1: experts who complain that the female game is underwritten by 504 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 1: the men's game, and some more stats to kind of 505 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:04,120 Speaker 1: back it up. The nlwcason played earlier this year saw 506 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:07,679 Speaker 1: an epic increase in average TV audience of fifty three percent. 507 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:10,679 Speaker 1: The combined average from Channel nine and Fox Sports of 508 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:14,160 Speaker 1: just over two hundred thousand viewers rivals that of NRL 509 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: and AFL matches that have played in early time slots 510 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 1: on Saturdays and Sundays. 511 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 2: That was another point that the journalist made in his article. 512 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 2: He spoke about the number of teams and finding time 513 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 2: for them to play, and they do, you know, with 514 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 2: the doubleheaders, they do often end up playing around lunchtime 515 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:36,119 Speaker 2: on a Saturday or a Sunday, and you know, again. 516 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 3: That affects their viewership. 517 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,639 Speaker 2: That's a perfect example that their combined audience actually is 518 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 2: very similar to AFL and NRL matches that are played 519 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 2: in those same time slots. 520 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 1: There's on the back of that article. You had some 521 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:54,359 Speaker 1: interesting conversations in the comments section with some people, But 522 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:59,399 Speaker 1: a lot of the time these people who probably don't 523 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,360 Speaker 1: have a great understanding of the role that investment plays 524 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 1: and the historical limitations that have been placed on women 525 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 1: in sport often say, oh, but the men back in 526 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 1: the seventies, they had to work full time jobs and 527 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 1: they weren't professional athletes. Women just have to be patient. 528 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, the patient's argument is really infuriating. 529 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:24,920 Speaker 2: I think people get obviously carried away with the word equality, 530 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:30,439 Speaker 2: and it is obviously super important. No one's expecting Kezi 531 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 2: Apps to be paid the same amount of money straight away, 532 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 2: you know, as Tedesco. 533 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 3: Is being paid. 534 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,120 Speaker 2: That's not what we're talking about here. We're talking about 535 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 2: equal opportunity more than anything. We're talking about equal access 536 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:45,120 Speaker 2: to facilities, and really when it comes to an ROLW, 537 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:49,199 Speaker 2: we're talking about making these athletes full time athletes so 538 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,880 Speaker 2: they can actually work on their skills, on their knowledge, 539 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 2: on all of those. 540 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 3: Things that make them better. 541 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 2: Rugby League players, because at the moment they're all working 542 00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 2: eight hour days like the guys did in the eighties 543 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,920 Speaker 2: and turning up to training and trying to perform every 544 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:04,119 Speaker 2: week after that. 545 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 3: So, you know, and. 546 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 2: When people bring up that whole argument about male footballers 547 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 2: in the eighties versus now, when was the last time 548 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 2: you watched a game from the nineteen eighties. It was 549 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 2: a different game of rugby league back then, I'll tell 550 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 2: you that much. 551 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,199 Speaker 1: Let's take a look at what to watch. 552 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 2: The Matilda's in Europe, like everyone, Everyone's in Europe. 553 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 3: I'm going soon. 554 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 1: I want to go to Positano. 555 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 2: The Matildas are in Europe and the relatively inexperienced group 556 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 2: will be abut to prove themselves in their friendly against Spain. 557 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 2: It will be an early alarm for Matilda's fans with 558 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:40,439 Speaker 2: the match kicking off on Sunday morning at five thirty 559 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 2: am Australian Eastern time. You're getting up for that one club. 560 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 2: I reckon five point thirty on a Sunday. 561 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,719 Speaker 1: I'm not great in the morning, but I do love Matilda's. 562 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 2: Zero chants, zero out of a million chances of you 563 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:55,720 Speaker 2: being up at five point thirty on a Sunday. 564 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:56,640 Speaker 1: I love them. 565 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 2: In sport, this is the beauty of technology. You can 566 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 2: just I you know, you watch that later. 567 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll just stay off social media and watch a replay. 568 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 1: In rugby league, it is women's State of Origin time 569 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,639 Speaker 1: in the twenty twenty two one off match. We played 570 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 1: this Friday, the twenty fourth of June at Canberra's Gio Stadium. 571 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,399 Speaker 1: The game kicks off at seven forty five pm and 572 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 1: you can watch live on the nine Network, KO and 573 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 1: Fox Sports. 574 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:24,960 Speaker 2: In netball, do not miss the prelim final in the 575 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 2: sun Corpse Super Netball. The Melbourn Vixens will host the 576 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 2: Giants Go to the Giants at John Can Arena on Sunday. 577 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,359 Speaker 2: The action starts at seven pm and you can watch 578 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 2: live on KO Freebies and foxtail, so that one's free 579 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 2: on KO. 580 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,840 Speaker 1: The World Swimming Champs continue this week with all the 581 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 1: action coming live from Budapest on nine GM and nine Now. 582 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 3: And a big shout out. 583 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 2: We've got a little recommendation here from father Bradley. 584 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 3: He's been watching this serious. 585 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 1: My dad Brad. 586 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 3: Not a priest. 587 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, big shout out for a series on SBS on 588 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 2: demanded Moment called Sportswoman. The two seasons taken in depth, 589 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 2: look at the best female athletes around the world and 590 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 2: provide bands with an excellent insight into their respective journeys. 591 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:12,960 Speaker 1: And that's the wrap. 592 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 2: See you next week, friend, hopefully you're feeling better and 593 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:18,480 Speaker 2: I hope so we're back in real life persons. 594 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, great, looking forward to it. Thanks for listening. See 595 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:23,800 Speaker 1: you next week, Chao.