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Speaker 1: But a real change of pace and some positive news.

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Speaker 1: The AFL has confirmed the fixture details for rounds ten

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Speaker 1: to twelve of the twenty twenty two Toyota AFL Premiership season,

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Speaker 1: including back to back home matches for the Gold Coast

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Speaker 1: Suns at Darwin's TiO Stadium. And joining us on the

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Speaker 1: line to tell us a little bit more about what

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Speaker 1: this means for the Suns and indeed the Northern Territory

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Speaker 1: is Jane McGoff, who is the general manager of Consumer

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Speaker 1: and Community with the Suns. Good morning to you, Jane.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie.

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Speaker 1: How are you Yeah? Really well, lovely to have you

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Speaker 1: on the show, Jane Fursley, fantastic stuff. Two rounds for Darwin.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's really exciting. We can't wait to get back

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Speaker 2: up there for our back to back home game. We

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Speaker 2: missed out in the game last year, so we're just

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Speaker 2: itching to get back up there and play in front

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Speaker 2: of what is the heap of passionate footy fans when

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Speaker 2: the Darwin Territory.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely and the first game obviously the Suns are going

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Speaker 1: to take on Hawthorne as part of the prestigious Sir

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Speaker 1: Doug Nichols Round. That one's on Saturday night, May twenty eighth,

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Speaker 1: and then you return to TiO Stadium following Saturday June

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Speaker 1: four for the club's Round twelve home match against North Melbourne. Jane.

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Speaker 1: Do the Suns really feel like they are at home

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Speaker 1: when they're in the territory.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely. Yeah. We were back in there in twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: for our first game and had great support whilst we

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Speaker 2: were there, So we're actually going to stay up there

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Speaker 2: for the week, so I think all up, you know,

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Speaker 2: the club will be up there for about ten days,

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Speaker 2: so we'll certainly be right at home towards the back

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Speaker 2: end as we lead into that second match against North Melbourne.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, we do. And the support's really growing up

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Speaker 2: there for us. We know they're a heap of mad

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Speaker 2: footy fans up there and we've got some really exciting

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Speaker 2: Darwin players, you know, born and bred players or NT

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Speaker 2: players in the team as well. That will hopefully the

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Speaker 2: running around and too for both of those games.

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Speaker 1: Well, no doubt for those NT players, it's fantastic to

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Speaker 1: get back to the territory and be able to play

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Speaker 1: in front of, you know, people that they know that

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Speaker 1: they've grown up with.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely their friends, family, former teammates, former anti Academy members. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: really exciting for them. I know they can't wait, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: to get back up there and see family, friends and

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Speaker 2: in front of a home crowd, which is something really

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Speaker 2: exciting for those guys and Jaye.

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Speaker 1: The fantastic thing I think for those out there listening

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Speaker 1: this morning is obviously it's fantastic that we've got two games,

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Speaker 1: but the fact that everybody's going to be here, that

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Speaker 1: the players and the coaching staff and everybody going to

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Speaker 1: be here for that week in between the two games,

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Speaker 1: it really means that the club's able to get out

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Speaker 1: there in the community as well, doesn't it.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely. So we're just working through with AFLNT at the

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Speaker 2: moment and the government about exactly what that week look

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Speaker 2: like for us. So now the games are locked in,

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Speaker 2: we can work out our training schedule and then just

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Speaker 2: exactly what we can do around that. But we're certainly

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Speaker 2: looking at what it is that we can get out

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Speaker 2: and see and experience in the territory, you know, particularly

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Speaker 2: from the cultural and education perspective for our playing group

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Speaker 2: and staff, but also helps from a footy point of

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Speaker 2: view up there too, So getting out and helping with

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Speaker 2: the development of footy and the talent and kids that

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Speaker 2: all of those sorts of things. We'll have our whole group,

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Speaker 2: as I say, out there and a heap of expertise

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Speaker 2: you know we'll look to give back as much as

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Speaker 1: So during that week, Jane, what it means or doesn't

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Speaker 1: mean that there is that opportunity too for the club

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Speaker 1: and the players to be able to get out there

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Speaker 1: to some of the schools and some of the more

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Speaker 1: well maybe not so remote because you can't head too

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Speaker 1: far out I'm assuming when you've got to play the

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, that's what we're working on at the moment,

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Speaker 2: and we are looking you know, buses or planes that

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Speaker 2: we might actually still be to do that whilst we're

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Speaker 2: we're looking to do and we can't wait. We're really

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Speaker 2: the rest of the playing group.

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Speaker 1: Well, it sounds like it's going to be a fantastic

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Speaker 1: week and fantastic to have those two games here as well. Oh,

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Speaker 1: I know that so many territories will be excited. We

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Speaker 1: love our sport in the territory Jane as I'm sure

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Speaker 1: you know well, and no doubt it's going to be

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Speaker 1: a cracking couple of games.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely. I was actually up there last year before the

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Speaker 2: unfortunately before the game got very late minute shifted to

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Speaker 2: women's program. We got out to schools and communities, snuck

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Speaker 2: talking enough and we can't wait to get back up

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Speaker 2: there for you know, the locals. To get two games

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Speaker 2: footy within seven days, it's pretty amazing. We've got a

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Speaker 2: business delegation that are going to travel up potentially up

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Speaker 2: to about sixty people from us of our partners and

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Speaker 2: that are going to come with us too, so they'll

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Speaker 2: get up and experience some of the best that the

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Speaker 2: really can't wait.

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Speaker 1: That's great to hear as well, with those extra you know,

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Speaker 1: it's good for it's good for the Northern Territory. It's

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Speaker 1: good for us in terms of that visitation and having

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Speaker 1: plenty of people here. And like I said, I know

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Speaker 1: They particularly love their footy.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, So yeah, we we can't wait. We've got some

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Speaker 2: them access to the games for four tickets even go

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Speaker 2: on sale, and for special territory some membership. So we'd

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Speaker 2: love footy fans, some fans or even just sport lovers

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Speaker 2: that want to be part of the action to certainly

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Speaker 2: get on board and I can guarantee their ticket or

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Speaker 2: tickets to both of the games. We know they're going

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Speaker 1: Week or so for sure. Well, Jane McGough. Lovely to

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Speaker 1: speak with you this morning. I really appreciate your time.

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Speaker 2: No worry, thanks Katie and we'll see you next month.

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Speaker 1: You will, thank you very much