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Speaker 1: And Amanda gam.

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Speaker 2: Nation World in union, there's Kirie to Carnawa. This man's

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Speaker 2: known as rugby's most experienced Wallabies captain, but what can

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Speaker 2: only be described as a cruel twist of fate and

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Speaker 2: bad timing, Michael Hooper was injured before the squad selections

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Speaker 2: for the Royal the Rugby World Cup and didn't make

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Speaker 2: it through. Controversially good news though, he's been announced that

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Speaker 2: his joining Stand's commentator team for the coverage. Michael, Hello,

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Speaker 2: it's morning.

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Speaker 1: Don't think morning at Amanda. How are you doing well?

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Speaker 2: Doing very well?

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Speaker 3: When life gives your lemons, you become a commentator.

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Speaker 1: Oh mate, it's the other side of the fence. You

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Speaker 1: want to never say never, but yeah, giving it a

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Speaker 1: go and wanting to be involved in some aspects. So

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Speaker 1: I'm really excited.

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Speaker 2: It must have been hard news. I mean, when your

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Speaker 2: calf goes and all of that, and we were hoping

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Speaker 2: you'd be in the squad just because of the incredible

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Speaker 2: work you've done with the Wallabies and what you bring

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Speaker 2: to that team in terms of, you know, camaraderie and

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Speaker 2: spiritual leadership. It must be very hard to get that news.

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Speaker 1: Well, of course I was disappointed this is my final

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Speaker 1: year of my contract. Really had been a bit of

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Speaker 1: a sort of pinnacle of where my career would be

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Speaker 1: and finishing up on that note. But hey, like I've

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Speaker 1: been on the right side of the stick a lot

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Speaker 1: with selection and of being involved in teams, and it

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Speaker 1: wasn't to be this time. So I've had the whole

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Speaker 1: grieving period, you know, and coming out the other side,

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Speaker 1: and now it's sort of turning into excitement to watch

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Speaker 1: it all kick off and trying to stay fit secretly

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Speaker 1: so you know, if there's a chance I might be there.

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Speaker 2: Obviously it's a very different skill set. You're a really

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Speaker 2: good talker, but how will it be being a commentator?

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Speaker 2: How are you practicing for that?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm trying to get some tips off people that

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Speaker 1: have done it and done it well. I think it's easy.

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Speaker 1: When you're in it, you can see it through your

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Speaker 1: own two eyes. You're playing, you get to compete, and

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Speaker 1: you get to actually have a hand on what's actually

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Speaker 1: going on with this. It's very much analytical. Step back

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Speaker 1: and try and view it without watching sort of how

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Speaker 1: you can break another team down or what the opposition

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Speaker 1: to trying to do, and you know, how you can

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Speaker 1: then influence it. It's going to be it's going to

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Speaker 1: be a challenge, but I'm excited it's going to It's

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Speaker 1: going to be tough, though.

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Speaker 3: You're going to get a bit of the Gordon break Campezy,

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Speaker 3: that's what you're gonna do.

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Speaker 2: You know, he hasn't played for some time.

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Speaker 3: Can be but then that's what he used to say Cape,

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Speaker 3: So you're going to get that. That's what you've.

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Speaker 1: Got to do. Tagline, Do you need a tagline?

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Speaker 3: You've got to get a bit of a tagline going.

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Speaker 2: Are the other player? Are the other players nervous because

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Speaker 2: they know that you can spill the tea in the

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Speaker 2: commentary box, give us the goss.

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Speaker 1: You know what I've given so much I won't swear,

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Speaker 1: but attitude towards commentators in my time, So I've got

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Speaker 1: to tread really carefully. So look, I mean from being

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Speaker 1: goes in and that's you know, every guy and every

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Speaker 1: player is going to bring that over this World Cup.

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Speaker 1: But trying to get it right between being critical and

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Speaker 1: also constructive and then also just enjoying what's going on

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Speaker 3: That could be a forum for you just to slag

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Speaker 3: off your teammates.

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Speaker 2: There and look at the size of his.

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Speaker 3: Het.

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Speaker 1: I lose all my friends, then.

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Speaker 2: Maybe how do you think Australia is going to go?

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Speaker 1: I think there it is probably the most competitive World

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Speaker 1: Cup going in. Like all the results in the last

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Speaker 1: the pigeons in what's what's going to be a really

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Speaker 1: good contest. Usually you're going in and there's three teams

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Speaker 1: that can win it. Right now there's eight and that's

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Speaker 1: what's making this contest so exciting. In terms of the Wallabies,

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Speaker 1: we haven't had a good run, no question, into into

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Speaker 1: being involved in some aspect of where it's going is

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Speaker 1: how hard they've been training. So you know, maybe there's

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Speaker 1: the games. But this is what matters, right, you can

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Speaker 1: and have a really good performance here. So I know

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Speaker 1: that's what Eddie and his and his coaching st been

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Speaker 3: That's good.

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Speaker 4: And maybe when you're commentating and say, look, if I

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Speaker 4: was out there on the field, you know it's all

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Speaker 4: care now responsibility.

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Speaker 3: Really well, we could have won if I was out

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Speaker 3: there but my half and that could.

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Speaker 1: Well, I definitely won't be geting to call up if

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Speaker 1: I have an attitude like that.

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Speaker 3: That's right because Eddie's new, isn't he. So you've got

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Speaker 3: to sort of suck up to Eddie a bit as well.

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Speaker 3: As there's the other thing.

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Speaker 1: Look, I think Eddie Eddie appreciates, you know, real talk,

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Speaker 1: I guess in no other way of saying it, So

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Speaker 1: he would he wouldn't appreciate if the team is going well,

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Speaker 1: me slagging them off like you mentioned, or if the

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Speaker 1: team's going poorly just to say how good they are,

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Speaker 1: because you know that's an illusion as well. So I

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Speaker 1: think he'll just expect what's actually going on to be called.

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Speaker 3: Maybe you should just say that Campsy.

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Speaker 1: Went in doubt. Oh you're going to.

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Speaker 3: Go to a Campez.

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Speaker 4: It's like something's happening when it hasn't happened. What's your

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Speaker 4: the action from Rugby World Cup on the high I'm

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Speaker 4: on demand beginning this Saturday, and you will see the

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Speaker 4: start of Michael Hooper's commentary career.

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Speaker 2: We're excited, Michael no.

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate you guys. Thanks a lot for your time.

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Speaker 3: Thank you Michael Hooper. There