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Speaker 1: Welcome to the rap weekly podcast covering women's sports news Bears.

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Speaker 1: What have we got around the grounds? This week?

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Speaker 2: The paddle Goat wins another gold too. Actually, Bonnie Hancock

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Speaker 2: has paddled around the entire world pretty much. Hosts of

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Speaker 2: Australia and Nicholas Daya reject the big bid.

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Speaker 1: For our key story. We'll discuss the questions around the

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Speaker 1: standard of facilities and access for AFLW players. My name

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Speaker 1: is Chloe Dalton. I'm an Olympic gold medalist and I

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Speaker 1: play AFLW for the GWS Giants. Every week. I'm joined

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Speaker 1: by my co host Bez, who runs everything behind the

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Speaker 1: scenes at TEFAPP and also works in women's rugby. Bez,

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Speaker 1: how are you today?

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Speaker 2: I'm pretty good? Pretty good. Had a great weekend.

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Speaker 1: You had a very sportiful weekend.

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Speaker 2: Tour of the countryside through a few wineries in Adelaide,

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Speaker 2: watch some international rugby and some AFLW.

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Speaker 1: Sorry we didn't get the win for you. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Look, it was actually a bit of a losing weekend.

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Speaker 2: I'm not gonna lie, but we made up for it

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Speaker 2: with a good time. I'm glad you did.

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Speaker 2: Just an fi for those watching along at home. We

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we didn't even plan it. We often do this.

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Speaker 2: It's out pretty much entire wardrobe, very ex to be honest.

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Speaker 1: Let's be honest. Do you want to get merged the

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Speaker 1: Female Athlete Project dot Com, Forward slash Shop. Let's take

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Speaker 1: a look.

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Speaker 2: Around the grounds in paddling the paddle Goat. I can't

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Speaker 2: wait for the return of the darcv artwork has been

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Speaker 2: at it again on the weekend in Powell, France.

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Speaker 1: But how are we going that doesn't even have a silent.

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Speaker 2: Lau Pau Fox won at the K one on Saturday

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Speaker 2: at the World Cup event in dominant style and was

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Speaker 2: keen to back that up with a C one gold

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Speaker 2: on Sunday, but the Sea one gold wasn't to be.

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Speaker 2: She missed the twenty second gate, and that era cost

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Speaker 2: her nine seconds and was enough to see her slip

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Speaker 2: from first to third, meaning she did take home bronze

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Speaker 2: aka dirty gold.

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Speaker 1: So is it a nine second penalty for missing one gate?

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Speaker 1: It's significant, Yeah, like she just missed it completely, like

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Speaker 1: on purpose, just went by.

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Speaker 2: I'm not sure it would have been on that. He's

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Speaker 2: a new strategy. I reckon you should miss gate twenty two.

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Speaker 2: I see how that pans out. Her weekend, did finish

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Speaker 2: well in the extreme slalem event and it was more

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Speaker 2: gold for the goat. She took the leader after the

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Speaker 2: first gate and was never headed. This is the four

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Speaker 2: people out of the BMX bike.

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Speaker 1: That's true.

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Speaker 2: We love it's my favor Those results mean that going

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Speaker 2: into the fifth and final World Cup event in Spain

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Speaker 2: next week, she has a chance still at winning all

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Speaker 2: three events overall, so double points are on offer in

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Speaker 2: Lassau in Spain and on the overall tally. Fox currently

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Speaker 2: sits first in the K one, fourth in the C one,

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Speaker 1: Jo Jess Legend a question whether you're going to say

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Speaker 1: slalom or slalem that it's not one of my favorite words.

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Speaker 2: See your brain I really want to say that extra

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Speaker 2: L slalo.

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Speaker 1: There is an L extral in there.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, English is ridiculous.

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Speaker 1: More paddling news this time the paddling is a bit

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Speaker 1: less chaotic, but much longer and way more blisters on

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Speaker 1: the hands, or way more so. On the weekend, Bonnie

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Speaker 1: Hancock completed a record breaking circumnavigation of Australia on a

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Speaker 1: surf ski. That's ridiculous.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, followed Bonnie on Instagram throughout and just every update

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Speaker 1: Yeah, same amazing. So a twelve thousand, seven hundred kilometer lap.

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Speaker 1: It started at Mermaid Beach last December. I think did

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Speaker 1: was faced with some of the most scary challenges, including whales, sharks, crocodiles,

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Speaker 2: I just want you to rank those five things for me.

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Speaker 1: Okay, sharks absolutely number one. I didn't think crocodiles were

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Speaker 1: Sea sickness would be gross because what happened. She'd paddle

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Speaker 1: Oh goodness me. So I didn't actually answer your question,

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Speaker 1: There was also a bit of hypothermia thrown in there

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Speaker 1: woman freyer Hoffmeister by seventy eight days, very German, that's

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Speaker 1: So impressive, very impressive. She said that the trip showed

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Speaker 1: you realize Australia is a beautiful country. Throughout it all,

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Speaker 1: she was raising funds for Got You for Life, a

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Speaker 1: build emotional muscle and social connection. You can still donate

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Speaker 1: her plans are now, Hancock said she plans to relax

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Speaker 2: I love that same, I love be the same, and

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Speaker 2: I hope that she's reading all about her amazing accomplishment.

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Speaker 2: In netball on the court, the ANC wrapped up over

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Speaker 2: the weekend when the reigning champions, Victorian Fury, faced off

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Speaker 2: looking to win a remarkable ninth crown. While the Force

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Speaker 2: in the bronze medal match, the Queensland Sapphire's upset the

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Speaker 1: Well done off the court. Netball Australia has rejected the

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Speaker 1: six point five million dollar private equity bid, with Netball

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Speaker 1: Australia CEO Kelly Ryan stating that NA had made its

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Speaker 1: any offers until the state of the game review was completed.

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Speaker 1: That review began two months ago and Ryan expects it

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Speaker 1: which time the recommendations will be presented to the board.

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Speaker 1: The Tier one Global Private equity group, which included former

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Speaker 1: Diamond Liz Ellis advice. They withdrew their offer after that.

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Speaker 1: Matt Berriman, who was the lead on the offer, said

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Speaker 1: but Netball Australia refused to engage. Kelly Ryan did admit

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Speaker 1: that they weren't totally against the privatization of super Netball,

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Speaker 1: saying that it would be considered if it is in

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Speaker 1: focused on increasing revenue and realizing the opportunity that has

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Speaker 1: see anything drastic change for twenty twenty three. I'm forecasting

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Speaker 1: one of the big outcomes to come out of the

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Speaker 1: reviews that the sport needs to be stronger commercially.

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Speaker 2: Interest see how that pans out. I think obviously there's

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Speaker 2: already been some chat around partnering with some betting agencies

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Speaker 1: It's a really interesting one, right because if you had

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Speaker 1: the opportunity. I understand there's a big difference if you

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Speaker 1: do step into that privatization of the league, But in

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know how I feel about betting companies. But

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Speaker 2: the reality is if you look at our two biggest

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Speaker 1: But I think one of the unspoken things about that

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Speaker 2: It seems a bit counterintuitive, doesn't it.

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Speaker 1: It does, and if you're supernetble, I would avoid that

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Speaker 2: My two cents, love your sense. Sometimes it don't make

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Speaker 2: sense often often AFLW Big Weekend Round one in the

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Speaker 2: books and there was plenty to process after the weekend

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Speaker 2: of footy. Starting on the park, we had umpire Emma

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Speaker 2: highest level of the game after presiding over the Essenon

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Speaker 2: v Hawthorne match on Saturday night. Saki's just sixteen years

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Speaker 2: Darwen with her mum. I love that mum gotta go

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Speaker 2: on a trip to take the whistle in the first

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Speaker 2: looks like a big decision might be on the horizon

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Speaker 2: for young Emma, giving her talent both as a player

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Speaker 2: whether she's not just keeping your options open there. She

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Speaker 2: Umpiring Talent Development Day in June. This year, there's been

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Speaker 2: a big push for more female participants across all areas

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Speaker 1: Huge, isn't it? Very clutely In rugby league, Round two

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Speaker 2: I love that from Jamie Soward, Dragons coach though that presser,

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Speaker 2: Love it. In tennis, the US Open has begun and

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Speaker 2: On Saturday night, the much anticipated AFLW debut of Hawthorne

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Speaker 2: between how many people they would have got at Marvel

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Speaker 2: and how many they would have got at ETU Stadium,

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Speaker 2: and how it might not have been a whole maybe

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Speaker 2: a couple of thousand different, and then we also spoke

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Speaker 2: about the fact that the experience of match day at

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Speaker 2: those two stadiums could not be more different. Like you said,

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Speaker 2: I'm sure I haven't been to the inside of Etu Statum.

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Speaker 2: I've been on the field the CBW girls there for

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Speaker 2: a little kick around. But yeah, it's a suburban ground.

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Speaker 2: I'm assuming the change rooms are at suburban ground status,

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Speaker 2: and then the facilities that are offered to the patrons

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Speaker 2: there's suburban ground as well. And you know, as a

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Speaker 2: fan at Icon on Sunday, biggest.

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Speaker 1: Fan, biggest fan. Probably I didn't hear you, but you'd

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Speaker 1: consider yourself the biggest fan.

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Speaker 2: You know, there's something to be said for your dad

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Speaker 2: being present. He makes me feel less self conscious about yelling.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's sort a very loud, booming voice shout.

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Speaker 2: Out to Bradley. So obviously only one gate open, only

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Speaker 2: one stand really open, port loose for the public as well.

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Speaker 2: There was one bank of toilet's open, but there's also portaloos. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: only two or three food and bev available. I heard

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Speaker 2: I've seen on social media that the Gabba had serious

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Speaker 2: issues with food and bev on the weekend. One outlet

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Speaker 2: and they'll run out of pretty much everything by halftime.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, for a few thousand people there.

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Speaker 2: So I just think that AFL definitely needs to look

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Speaker 2: at the game day experience they're providing, not only the

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Speaker 2: players but the paying public.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's all part of the bigger picture.

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Speaker 2: Right absolutely.

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Speaker 1: So.

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Speaker 2: AFL General Manager of Women's Football and Cole Livingston lauded

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Speaker 2: the crowd and atmosphere across all venues, saying all games

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Speaker 2: have been fantastic this weekend and will continue to find

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Speaker 2: the right balance between boutique venues and major stadiums for

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Speaker 2: big events such as Saturday nights. Boutique is not how

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Speaker 2: I would describe Icon Park.

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Speaker 1: I don't call a porterly boutique.

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Speaker 2: Shabby chikh maybe so, I guess my question for you

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Speaker 2: as a player, Okay, trying to think our way outside

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Speaker 2: the box. Understand that there's obviously large amounts of money

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Speaker 2: going go into hiring and costs for the stadium across

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Speaker 2: the country too, perhaps make it more palatable for the AFL,

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Speaker 2: How would you feel about a doubleheader, say at Marvel Stadium.

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Speaker 1: Of two women's games.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so it's a shorter time frame. You know, we've

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Speaker 2: spoken about the length the men's and women's games. You know,

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Speaker 2: the patrons are getting double bang for their buck. They're

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Speaker 2: getting the facilities. You guys are getting the facilities to

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Speaker 2: play in as well.

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Speaker 1: I think it's a great idea and I think one

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Speaker 1: of the major reasons for the season being brought forward

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Speaker 1: is kind of that free air time, not having to

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Speaker 1: compete with men's football, cricket for ground and things like that,

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Speaker 1: because we're not playing in the peak of summer, so

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Speaker 1: there should be better availability for facilities like that.

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Speaker 2: So the men are into finals now, I'm sure Marvel

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Speaker 2: will be empty a lot. The player and fan experience

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Speaker 2: needs to reach a level of professionalism to allow everyone

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Speaker 2: to perform as best they can.

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Speaker 1: I agree. Let's finish the key story off with a

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Speaker 1: positive news story that's come out of footy. So out

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Speaker 1: of Canberra. Ainsley Football Club announce their intention to introduce

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Speaker 1: equal funding for the men's and women's programs in twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty three. The announcement in March was accompanied by a

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Speaker 1: statement from President Lee Phillips stating, we recognize that gender

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Speaker 1: equality is a challenge in many sports and we're hoping

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Speaker 1: that by leading by example will shape opportunities for women

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Speaker 1: in sport more generally. I love that great quote. Since

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Speaker 1: the announcement, the club have already started making progress on

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Speaker 1: their commitment and to date have started paying the women's division.

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Speaker 1: One team, introduced a women's well being coach and shored

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Speaker 1: a physio is present at every women's match and training session,

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Speaker 1: and reorganize the change rooms so that the women's team

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Speaker 1: have their own space. Even that last one, you're like,

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Speaker 1: it's crazy that has to be pointed out. But anyway,

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Speaker 1: great positive. Let's take it as that. I'll let you

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Speaker 1: you've got your favorite quote here, I'll let you finish

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Speaker 1: this one off.

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Speaker 2: The commitment to equal investment has not seen any cuts

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Speaker 2: to the men's program.

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Speaker 1: I love that, love it.

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Speaker 2: I think that's a bit of a fear for a

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Speaker 2: lot of people. It's like, absolutely, what are we going

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Speaker 2: to have to give up for this? And club leader

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Speaker 2: Allison Flynn has highlighted that the club is receiving interest

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Speaker 2: from new sponsors as well as growing investment from assisting partners.

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Speaker 2: She said, it's not about cutting the same pie different,

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Speaker 2: It's actually about making a bigger pie.

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Speaker 1: I love it. Make a bigger pie. It makes so

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Speaker 1: much sense. We all love Pie, I love Pie. Let's

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Speaker 1: take a look at what to watch. It's a big

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Speaker 1: match in the NLW this weekend with the Grand Final

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Speaker 1: replay between the Roosters and the Dragons, the first ever

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Speaker 1: game at Alion Stadium. The match kicks off on Friday

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Speaker 1: at five forty pm and if you can't get to

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Speaker 1: the ground, make sure you catch all the action on

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Speaker 1: nine GM, Foxtel or KO.

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Speaker 2: Another Friday night Banger Banger AFLW Season seven continuing Melbourne

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Speaker 2: Demons and North Melbourne Kangers, who both were convincing winners

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Speaker 2: in round one, will play a double header on the MCG.

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Speaker 2: There you go, perfect right. It's obviously before the Demons,

539
00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:50,720
Speaker 2: Sydney Swan's Men's Final and bounce off is five pm.

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Speaker 1: You could you snuck it in there, it's not called

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Speaker 1: bounce off.

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Speaker 2: You can watch live on the seven Network, Foxtel, KO

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00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:00,960
Speaker 2: and the AFL women Official app.

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Speaker 1: In basketball, the WNBA has reached the semi final stage

545
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:09,480
Speaker 1: and the Seattle Storm featuring Ossie's Ezzie Magnagore and Stephanie Talbot,

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00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:12,520
Speaker 1: are playing in game two on Thursday. Tip Off is

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Speaker 1: twelve pm Australian East and Standard time, and the Storm

548
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,520
Speaker 1: will be looking to back up their Game one win

549
00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,160
Speaker 1: over the Las Vegas Aces with another win.

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Speaker 2: Go the Storm, Sue Bird retiring.

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Speaker 1: Oh it's emotional.

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00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:26,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, do yourself a favor. Watch some WNBA. You only

553
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:31,920
Speaker 2: got a few games left. The US Open begins today Tuesday,

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Speaker 2: and Serena will be on court for her Round one

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Speaker 2: clash at nine am today Tuesday. So if you are

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Speaker 2: one of our early listeners, We've.

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Speaker 1: Got people who bang on six am. Yeah, we've got

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Speaker 1: to make sure it's ready to go because people listen

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Speaker 1: straight from sick.

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Speaker 2: On the commute. Yeah, love it, turn on the Telly

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Speaker 2: get Standsport on all the nine network. Not saying that

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Speaker 2: she might not last too long, but let's be honest,

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Speaker 2: she hasn't been performing normal Serena styles.

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Speaker 1: Yeap could be one and done potentially.

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Speaker 2: Don't miss out nine am on Tuesday see Serena on

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Speaker 2: a thrash Stadium and the organizers granted Serena and Venus

567
00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:12,399
Speaker 2: a wild car entry to the women's doubles competition for

568
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Speaker 2: those matches are also something you do not want to miss.

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Speaker 2: I would love to see them win the doubles title.

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Speaker 1: It would be very very cool. How many have they

571
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Speaker 1: won fourteen something ridiculous. I think it's about that they

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Speaker 1: haven't played together for four years though. Yeah, how cool.

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Speaker 2: Also, you've got siblings. I've got a sibling. Never played

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Speaker 2: sport with him except for backyard sport. Like imagine having

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Speaker 2: a family blow up on a thrash stadium.

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Speaker 1: It's the dynamic doesn't work in my head. How I

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Speaker 1: don't know how it wouldn't go down.

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Speaker 2: Well, no, it wouldn't.

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Speaker 1: And that's the rat.

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Speaker 2: Next week, clok oh, quick shout out Sunday Moniker Oval. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: get there, be there, giants, giants, the Lions.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it'd be a big one call wait come wait

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Speaker 1: byeh