1 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: Welcome to The Wrap, a weekly podcast covering women's sports 2 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:12,120 Speaker 1: news bears. What have we got around the grounds this week? 3 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 2: The first sub eleven one hundred meters on Australian soil. 4 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: It was so good. 5 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 3: I was like, is this coach for a submarine? Why 6 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 3: is it on the soil? 7 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 4: I should have said eleven second, you write two sentences 8 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 4: in this whole research and you okay. Us US skier 9 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 4: Mikayla Schiffrin claims goat title following her eighty seventh World 10 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 4: Cup win and Kaylee McEwen, I. 11 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 3: Always get that right? 12 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 1: Is correct? 13 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 3: Wrong? I mean? 14 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 2: Can I always get that right? Breaks another world record? 15 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 2: She's a lot better at stuff than me. 16 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: For the key story, we'll discuss the UK government's commitment 17 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: to providing equal access to all sports in Pe for 18 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 1: boys and girls. And that one was following an open 19 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: letter written by the UK by the England women's national 20 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: football team, The Lioness's it's a pretty cool story, that one. 21 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 3: Using their profile for good I love it. 22 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: My name is Chloe Dalton. I'm joined every week on 23 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: the show by my co host Bez Bez. Last week, 24 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:16,399 Speaker 1: for International Women's Day, we hosted our first ever live 25 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:17,199 Speaker 1: virtual panel. 26 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 3: It was amazing. 27 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 1: You got a lot of love on there. 28 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,039 Speaker 3: Actually, yeah, we can sweep over that. I thoroughly enjoyed it. 29 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 2: I thought the three guests were just so spoke so 30 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 2: intelligently about the day and what it meant to them, 31 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 2: and there was a real common theme that kind of 32 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 2: ran through all of their different experiences. And it's interesting 33 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 2: to note that whether you're an athlete, a lawyer, owning 34 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 2: a media company, we all do have a shared experience. 35 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 2: And I think that was Yeah, I've thoroughly enjoyed it. 36 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 2: How did you go running your first live panel like that? 37 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: I was a little bit nervous. Actually, I didn't get 38 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: a lot of sleep the night before. I was very 39 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: thankful to have producer Bailey there to make sure that 40 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: was all very smooth from a tech perspective, which was 41 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: really cool. But I absolutely loved it. I think you've 42 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: summed it up perfectly. All three very different walks of life, 43 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: which is how we wanted to construct the panel. But 44 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: I think there were some really cool themes, particularly around 45 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: the equity piece and what it meant to each of 46 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: those individuals, and I absolutely loved it. If you couldn't 47 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:16,920 Speaker 1: join us, We've got lots of messages from people who 48 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:20,359 Speaker 1: couldn't join us live for the panel. It's now available 49 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: as a podcast, so I'll put the link in the 50 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: show notes to either listen to the podcast or you 51 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,119 Speaker 1: can watch the video on our website too. 52 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 3: Get around it. 53 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: Let's take a look around the grounds in snow sports. 54 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 1: US ski Michayla Schiffren won a record setting eighty seventh 55 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: career World Cup race on Saturday. I didn't check the 56 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 1: pronunciation of this place in Sweden. R. It's aie r. 57 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 2: Can we discuss eighty seven World Cup wins? Do you 58 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:53,079 Speaker 2: become a bit eh? 59 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: Well? Yeah? When it well, she's obviously I imagine there's a 60 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 1: level of satisfaction now because she's broken that record. Let's 61 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: I'll get into that in the research. 62 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 3: Go on, I'm waiting. 63 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: The victory pushed her past the former record holder, sixty 64 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 1: six year old Swedish skier Ingemar Stenmark, who set the 65 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: record in nineteen eighty nine. Just like Stenmark, the slalom 66 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: is Schiffrin's specialty, so it was fitting that her win 67 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: on Saturday was in the event that they have both 68 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: dominated at different times last month. As she was approaching 69 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: the Mars Stone, Stenmark told the Associated Press in an interview, 70 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 1: Schiffrin is much better than I was, and he was 71 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: cheering her on from his Swedish home. Was that cool? 72 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 3: Love? That from all? Mate? Just she's a lot better 73 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 3: than I was. 74 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 1: No like bitterness or competitiveness. He was just sitting cheering 75 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: her along. It's really cool. She is elite and is 76 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: the only ski out male or female to win World 77 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: Cup races in all six discipline. So there's slalom, giant slalom, downhill, 78 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: super g combined and parallel slalom. 79 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 3: A little bit of an info on each of those 80 00:03:58,720 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 3: categories for. 81 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 1: Me, no, But if you go back to our Winter 82 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: Olympics coverage on the TVAP Socials, our team put together 83 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: a pretty cool breakdown of those. Because I couldn't tell 84 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 1: you which ones. 85 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 3: Which, it was an exceptional breakdown. 86 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: On the weekend, Schiffrin paid tribute to Saint Mark, saying 87 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: that the biggest dream is to be mentioned in the 88 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 1: same sentence as you. Isn't that cool love? 89 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 3: The mutual love? 90 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: Yeah. Schiffrin is experiencing ups and downs of sport after 91 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: racking up sixty career wins by the end of the 92 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: twenty nine season when she lost her father in an accident, 93 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: only four months after losing her maternal grandmother. The deaths 94 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: rocked her and left her questioning her future in the sport. 95 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 1: She told the NBC's Today Show. I wondered if it 96 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 1: was really worth it. There was a really long time 97 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 1: that I didn't really feel like it was worth it 98 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: to care about anything. So it seemed like I'm not 99 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: going to ski race again, because the most fundamental thing 100 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 1: of an athlete is that you have to care about 101 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: your sport and you have to care about doing well 102 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 1: at your sport, and I just didn't. It's pretty cool honesty, 103 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: isn't it. Thank you for that contribution. But the care returned, 104 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: and so did her dominance of the sport, although she 105 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: did have to navigate a nightmare Olympics campaign in Beijing 106 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two. She failed to finish let alone 107 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: medal and any of her three events in Beijing, and 108 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 1: what she had already been through served her well when 109 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 1: it came to dealing with that disappointment, She said, when 110 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: reflecting on the Olympics, I'm not going to fail bigger 111 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: than that, probably, and I survived it. I realized that 112 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: pretty much everything is survivable. Everything that is going to 113 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: happen in my ski career is fully survivable, no matter 114 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: what it is, whether it's great or it's terrible, It's 115 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: just not the end of the world. There's bigger things 116 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:39,239 Speaker 1: that happen in life, and I've experienced it pretty amazing 117 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: because she went into that Olympics with a lot of 118 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: pressure on. 119 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 2: Her, massive pressure, and to be able to carry that 120 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 2: kind of perspective with you, I think would release a 121 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 2: lot of that. 122 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: Schiffrin is as hungry to compete and win as ever. 123 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: She plans to seek Olympic redemption at the twenty twenty 124 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: six Winter Olympics. And given that her win on the 125 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 1: weekend was her eighty seventh win in her two hundred 126 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 1: and forty sixth career start. 127 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 3: That's like a thirty five percent win ratio. 128 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: It's impressive. But also that's a lot of events to 129 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: compete in, isn't it. 130 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 3: But in a sport where like it's pretty slippery, like 131 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 3: stuff can happen pretty quickly, and just skis can as 132 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 3: she found in the Beijing Olympics, and all of a 133 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 3: sudden you end up on your bottom. 134 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's exactly right. I can't wait to watch her 135 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: in the twenty twenty six Olympics. 136 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, this is a bit scary what she says here though. 137 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 1: It's pretty hard to describe and not over yet, which 138 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 1: is even more ridiculous. I shouldn't feel pressure, but somehow 139 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: I feel something in my heartbeat. That's the anticipation that 140 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:36,279 Speaker 1: we want to feel in ski racing. I have it. 141 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: It's stronger than ever. 142 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 3: Good luck to her competitors. She is on a mission 143 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 3: in athletics. 144 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 2: There was something in the air on Saturday night at 145 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 2: Sydney Olympic Park. 146 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: Oh, it was a great night. Were you there? No? 147 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 3: Oh the twenty twenty I thought you might have been 148 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 3: training or something. You just might have kicked a bag 149 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 3: full of snails. 150 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: I loved what happened. 151 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 2: The twenty twenty three Sydney Track Classic was a feast 152 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 2: of records and the women were in all of it. 153 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:02,839 Speaker 2: Our Aussie middle day star Jessica hull rewrote the area 154 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 2: record books in the three thousand meters when taking down 155 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 2: at Kim Smith, Oceana mark of eight minutes thirty five 156 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 2: seconds point three to one. She ran a seriously fast 157 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 2: eight point thirty one point eight one and yeah, so 158 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 2: like three and a half second. 159 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 3: She beat it by. 160 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: Oh what she won the margin? I was thinking the 161 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: twenty seconds was how much she broke the record by. Yeah. 162 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:27,679 Speaker 3: No, she and won the race by margin of almost 163 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 3: twenty seconds. 164 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: She was a long way ahead, wasn't she sure was? 165 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 2: She paid tribute to the home crowd after her run, 166 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 2: saying to run with the crowd like this was incredible. 167 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 2: I actually couldn't hear my cues in my head because 168 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 2: the crowd cheering, But it was absolutely them that carried 169 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 2: me to that record tonight. I really wanted to test 170 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 2: my fitness, so I was going for that record from 171 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 2: the start. Typically I always run in the US indoor 172 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 2: season and I always get a good start. I really 173 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 2: wanted to pick a race and test and see why 174 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 2: where I was at, and this was the perfect opportunity 175 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 2: that Before Nationals later this month, in one hundred meters, 176 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 2: there was more history made when News Zealand Zoe Hobbs 177 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 2: ran eight extremely quick ten point nine to seven to 178 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 2: record the fastest legal time ever on Australian soil. The 179 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 2: time was also a new Zealand national record and Hobbes 180 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 2: was shocked with just how quick she went, saying I 181 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 2: saw the time and thought, oh my god, and then 182 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 2: I didn't want to get too excited in case it 183 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 2: was illegal any conditions, I'd be stoked with the sub eleven. 184 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 2: So she'd run the week before and recorded a ten 185 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 2: point eight nine seconds, but it was wind assisted, so 186 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 2: she at that point she became the first of a 187 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:35,199 Speaker 2: sub eleven sprinter, but it wasn't counted due to the 188 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,199 Speaker 2: strong three point for me to per second tail wind. 189 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 1: What's the Do you know what the max tailwind is? 190 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 2: I don't, but it was only zero point five of 191 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 2: a second on Saturday night, so that was deemed legal. 192 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: Yeah right. 193 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 2: She said that run did not put too much pressure 194 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 2: on her and spoke about wanting to go out and 195 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 2: have fun and not put too much expectation on myself 196 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 2: based on how I ran last week, being in that 197 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 2: relaxed state, let me run the race. 198 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: It was pretty cool, and shout out to fellow competitors 199 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 1: who were so stoked for her. After the race, I 200 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 1: think every single person that she raced against got around 201 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:08,559 Speaker 1: her and gave her a massive hug to congratulate her. 202 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: This fast, it's real fast in swimming. More records being broken, 203 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 1: this time in the pool at Sidney Olympic Park on 204 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 1: Friday night. I also was not at the Olympic Park 205 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: on Friday nights. 206 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 3: You are can break some it records there one day, 207 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 3: I know it. 208 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 1: Three time Olympic gold medalist Kaylee McEwan claimed the women's 209 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: two hundred meters backstroke world record at the New South 210 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 1: Wales State Championships when she swam two minutes three fourteen 211 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: and in the process broke the previous mark held by 212 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 1: Reagan Smith of the United States by zero point two 213 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: one seconds. McEwan also holds one hundred meter backstroke world 214 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: record and is in ominous form leading into the World Championships, 215 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: which will be held in Futaoka, Japan in July. After 216 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: the race, she spoke about the challenges she faced post 217 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 1: Tokyo Olympics, saying after the Olympics I found it hard 218 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: to get up behind the blocks again, but I found 219 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 1: a new love for the sport and it just goes 220 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 1: to show that a happy swimmer is a fast swimmer. 221 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: I haven't necessarily changed anything in my program or training wise. 222 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 1: It's just happier. 223 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 2: Interesting little The last three stories so schifferent skiing Hobbs 224 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 2: in the runnings athletics athletics and Curan in swimming all 225 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:29,200 Speaker 2: kind of referenced that joy and happiness and care, all 226 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 2: those things that are not something you can really train 227 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 2: for but are so critical when it comes to performing 228 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 2: your best. 229 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: And I think that's again been a more recent shift 230 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: that we're starting to see in sport, with more focus 231 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 1: being put on athlete well being, mental health, all of 232 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: those factors. I don't feel like we would have ten 233 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: years ago spoken about three stories in a row where 234 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: that had been the primary factor for people being successful. 235 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 2: I totally agree, and I think that, yeah, you're right, 236 00:10:56,080 --> 00:11:00,960 Speaker 2: the narrative has changed in regards to putting emphasis on 237 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 2: your mental state. 238 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 3: The happy swimmer is a fast swimmer. 239 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: And the little kids listening to this, reading those articles, 240 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,559 Speaker 1: they understand, Oh, sport isn't just about winning. 241 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, when I'm a smiling I'm good at it. 242 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:15,439 Speaker 1: Nice love that make it a T shirt. 243 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:22,959 Speaker 2: In football, France's head coach Corinne di'acre was fired by 244 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:27,680 Speaker 2: the French Football Federation the FFF are like that TLA 245 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 2: last week after an internal review uncovered an irreversible rift 246 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 2: between herself and a number of senior players. So two 247 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 2: weeks ago we discussed French captain Wendy Renaud's decision to 248 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 2: withdraw from the national team, and that was swiftly swiftly 249 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 2: followed by two more international players, with all of those 250 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 2: players signing concerns for their mental well being. 251 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 3: In the current environment. 252 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 2: Dacre had regularly been criticized by players for her management 253 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 2: style and the coach presided over what many called a 254 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 2: toxic environment, again Happiness. The FFF formed a task force 255 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 2: after the statements from the players were released and shared 256 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 2: the outcomes of late last week, writing the numerous hearings 257 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 2: conducted made it possible to establish the observation of a 258 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 2: very significant fracture with senior players and highlighted a discrepancy 259 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 2: with the requirements of the very high level. This is 260 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 2: a quote that's been translated, obviously, which is why it's literal. 261 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 1: Translated by you from French to English. 262 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,320 Speaker 3: Nope, my French is terrible, monjour. 263 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 2: This divide has created a point of no return that 264 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 2: harm's interests of the selection. If the FFF recognizes the 265 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,960 Speaker 2: involvement and seriousness of current Diacre anti staff in the 266 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,559 Speaker 2: exercise of their mission, it appears that the dysfunctions observed 267 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 2: seem in this context irreversible. Basically, they're saying that it's 268 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 2: an untenable situation. 269 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: Thank you for the summary. 270 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 3: We're moving on great. 271 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 2: So the statement from the FF went on to address 272 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 2: the players voicing their concerns in the public space. I'm 273 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:52,959 Speaker 2: ready for your face here. 274 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 3: They wrote. 275 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 2: The Executive Committee also noted that the way players expressed 276 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:01,199 Speaker 2: their criticism was no longer acceptable and in the future 277 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 2: intends to propose in the governance of the women's France 278 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 2: team a complimentary mission between the Executive Committee. 279 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:08,079 Speaker 3: And the coach. 280 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:11,719 Speaker 2: There we go, did not let me down. It is 281 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 2: pretty ordinary that the FF thought that this moment was 282 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 2: the time to have a crack at the way the 283 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 2: players voice their concerns, like how dare you air our 284 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 2: dirty laundry? 285 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:24,079 Speaker 3: But it sounds very much to me that these French. 286 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 2: Players have have had a crack towards the FFF for 287 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 2: a long time now, and they obviously felt they weren't 288 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:31,319 Speaker 2: being heard, and so they did go public. 289 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,560 Speaker 1: People athletes who play at the highest level don't go 290 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:37,200 Speaker 1: public on things just for the sake of doing it, 291 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: particularly when they're representing their country. 292 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 2: Particularly when you're the captain of the country five months 293 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 2: before a World Cup. It had to be pretty severe 294 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 2: for her to go to those links and. 295 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 1: She put a lot on the line. 296 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 2: YEA, so world done FFF for having a dig at 297 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 2: the players. At the same time, the day before the 298 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 2: FF shared their decision to Oackray issued a statement expressing 299 00:13:56,640 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 2: determination to stay and said I endured not without great stuffer. 300 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 2: The display of slander, untruce and ambitions of some and 301 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 2: others have been the subject of a smear campaign and 302 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 2: this is astonishing in its violence and dishonesty. Hasn't released 303 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:14,320 Speaker 2: anything since, so I'm sure the lawyers are probably getting 304 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 2: involved here. No new coach has been appointed with France's 305 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 2: next year to play a home friendly match or two 306 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 2: matches against Columbia and Olympic champions Canada in April, so 307 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 2: it will be interesting to see how the French move forward. 308 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 1: All I will say on the coach's statement, you can 309 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: just read a lot about people's character by the way 310 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: they respond to things like this, can't you. In still 311 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: on football in the A League, top of the table, 312 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: Sydney FC suffered a shock defeat to last place Wellington 313 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 1: Phoenix on Saturday when they went down one nil courtesy 314 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: of a Kate Taylor strike in the thirty second minute. 315 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 1: It was arguably the biggest win of the second year 316 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: club's history, and the goalscorer spoke about the impact the 317 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 1: Phoenix are having on football in New Zealand at full time. 318 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 1: She said, this team has been immense for the football 319 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 1: ferns and the under twenties. When we went to that 320 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: Under twenty World Cup last year, it made us a 321 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: lot stronger. The four of us that had played in 322 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 1: the professional game helped the rest of them. I think 323 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 1: this Phoenix team has been so good and I know 324 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: that it's only the start. To be able to beat 325 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 1: Sydney today makes it's so much easier to keep working. 326 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 1: Today was special. It means so much to us. To 327 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: beat them at their home ground is not easy. They're 328 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: a great team. It was a pretty big upset, wasn't it. 329 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 2: A huge upset last betting knocking first off. I think 330 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 2: it's really important so the world to Phoenix. Obviously, this 331 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 2: is the second year in the comp. Their first year 332 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 2: they were based in Woollongong because of our friend COVID, 333 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 2: and I don't think they won a game. 334 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 1: I don't think they did so pretty rough year. 335 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 2: Big step up for them to get this result and 336 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 2: as Taylor has said, awesome to see that it's actually 337 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 2: having an effect on New Zealand football. 338 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: Yes, particularly in the lead up to the World Cup, 339 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 1: because we know how big the Matildas are on Australian soil. 340 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: But I think the football Ferns are an incredible team, 341 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: but they're probably competing with the Black Ferns. 342 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 3: The only sport they're playing New Zealand. 343 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 1: Apparently, Sydney FC still lead the competition after second place 344 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 1: Western United fell to Brisbane over the weekend. The Sky 345 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: Blues have two games in hand over United and a 346 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: five point buffer over third place Melbourne City, which means 347 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: they retained control of their Premiership fate with four games 348 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 1: to play before finals. 349 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 2: Case in basketball Australian Australian type wnbl how good semi 350 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 2: finals are on and they are delivering. The Melbourne Derby 351 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 2: is all tied up at one all after the Boomers 352 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 2: won game two on the weekend. Kayla George just out 353 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 2: there doing MVP things, killing, getting it done. She led 354 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 2: her Boomers to a ninety six to seventy seven win 355 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 2: over the South Side Flyers Kayla scored twenty eight points, 356 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 2: collected six rebounds and chalked up four assists in the match, 357 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 2: just edging out teammate Kirsty Wallace for top scorer, who 358 00:16:57,440 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 2: finished with twenty seven points on the night. 359 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 1: It's a good combo, isn't it? For two opals. 360 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 2: It was the Boomers first win against the Flies in 361 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 2: four attempts this season. 362 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:08,479 Speaker 1: It's a good time to do it. 363 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:10,919 Speaker 2: Yeah, and we're set up by dominant first quarter that 364 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 2: saw the Boomers outscore their opponents twenty three to seven. 365 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: It's a nice it's a nice start. It's a nice 366 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 1: way to be able to control the game from that position. 367 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 3: Absolutely. 368 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 2: The game three to side will be on Wednesday night 369 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:23,920 Speaker 2: and a spot in the Grand Final series is on 370 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 2: the line. In the other semi final series, the Townsville 371 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 2: Fire made it fourteen in a row on Sunday night. 372 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:32,639 Speaker 3: The Fire come on, Oh that's it, It's all over us. 373 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 3: She's on the bandwagon. 374 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 1: I've been there for a while. I reckon it's going. 375 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 2: To come crashing down sols Fire fans. So in the process, 376 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 2: they swept Perth Links to zip in their series. Game 377 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 2: two was a lot closer than Game one, but the 378 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 2: Fight always seemed in control. During their ninety one to 379 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 2: eighty four win in Perth, the Fire were up by 380 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 2: sixteen just after halftime, and despite a late Links fight back, 381 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 2: they kept the streak alive and stormed into the Grand 382 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 2: Final series. Tiana Hawkins, with twenty three points was all class, 383 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:06,160 Speaker 2: and captain Laura Nicholson with fifteen points, continued her impressive 384 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,360 Speaker 2: season after returning from injury for the Semis. The Fly 385 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 2: will now sit back and wait to see who they'll 386 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 2: be facing in Game one of the best of three 387 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:15,360 Speaker 2: Grand Final series, which will start on Saturday. 388 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:19,439 Speaker 1: Also, I'd be interesting that was in a good sentence. 389 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 1: I'd be interested to see some Shyley Hills stats because 390 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: she has returned to form. She'd been big fourth quarter 391 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:30,359 Speaker 1: under Shannon Seabomb. She's quite quite at home in Townsville, 392 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 1: which probably says a lot in US basketball. A quick 393 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 1: rap of some basketball news. I was about to say, 394 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 1: across the ditch. They're across a big. 395 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 2: A ditch of sorts, a large, large ditch, or of 396 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 2: a golf gully, a golf with. 397 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 1: A U in some put them in biggest stadiums news. 398 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 1: As we often discuss on this podcast. The preseason w 399 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 1: NBA game in Toronto between the Chicago Sky and Minnesota 400 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,400 Speaker 1: Lynx has officially sold out only days after tickets went 401 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 1: on sale. The game will be held on May thirteenth 402 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: at the twenty thousand seat Scotia Bank Arena and is 403 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:12,600 Speaker 1: a solid indicator that Canada is ready for a WNBA team. 404 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: I reckon Drake would be. I think Drake's been on 405 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 1: that for a while actually, because he's a big He's 406 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:18,920 Speaker 1: a big WNBA fans. 407 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 3: They are looking at expansions, so surely. 408 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 1: The NCAA Division One Women's Basketball Tournament aka March Madness 409 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 1: is a sixty eight team festival of exceptional basketball. 410 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:35,880 Speaker 2: I love the one and out like it's sixty eight teams. Oh, 411 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 2: it's full on in the brain, winner takes all. It's 412 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 2: it's pretty cool, like no second chances. The defending champs 413 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,359 Speaker 2: are the Dawn Daily coached South Carolina and they'll be 414 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 2: looking to go back to back in the single elimination tournament. 415 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,479 Speaker 2: You can catch the action through March on ESPN, and 416 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 2: if you have never watched any college basketball, you should 417 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 2: absolutely tune in. It's it's something else, isn't it. And 418 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,640 Speaker 2: they've been getting record. Leading up to March Madness, they've 419 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 2: had record viewership. So cool, it's awesome. 420 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: Let's take a look at the key story. 421 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 2: So this one's about as we spoke about earlier. UK 422 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 2: I guess school sport. So the English Lioness's Euro twenty 423 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 2: twenty two victory is the gift that just keeps on 424 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 2: giving in the UK. 425 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 3: We love it, it really is. 426 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 2: The day after the Wembley Final, the Lionesses wrote an 427 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 2: open letter to the government asking them to commit to 428 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 2: allowing all girls to play football in schools after the 429 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 2: Department for Education refused to say it would change their 430 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 2: stance at the time. In the letter, the play said 431 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 2: that many of them had experienced roadblocks when trying to 432 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 2: play football in their teenage years. 433 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 3: A report last July. 434 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 2: From England Football, which is part of the Football Association 435 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 2: which FA, which is like the governing arm over there, 436 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:51,679 Speaker 2: showed that seventy two percent of girls play as much 437 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 2: football as boys in primary school, but that figure drops 438 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 2: to forty four percent in secondary school, and then only 439 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 2: forty percent of secondary schools offer girls the same access 440 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,640 Speaker 2: to f football via after school clubs as boys. 441 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,160 Speaker 1: We talk a lot about dropout rates of girls in sport, 442 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,639 Speaker 1: because we know that some of the numbers are pretty 443 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: sad sometimes the rate of dropout for girls first boys. 444 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 1: And I think this access piece is such a huge 445 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 1: part of it that sometimes gets overlooked. Like I think 446 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: sometimes people think girls drop out of sports because of 447 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 1: wanting to do other things and peer pressure and all 448 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 1: of these things. But access is such a simple barrier. 449 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:29,160 Speaker 2: So, yeah, you've gone from seventy two percent of girls 450 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 2: playing football at primary school age to only forty percent 451 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 2: of secondary school girls having the same access. So it's 452 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 2: a third drop off that's probably definitely wrong. But I 453 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 2: just subtracted forty from seventy two and got thirty something. 454 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:46,880 Speaker 2: Let's go with the third drop off of actual access, correct, 455 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 2: So before they even have to think about it, they 456 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 2: actually don't have a chance to do it. 457 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: It's exactly right, the decisions. 458 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:54,399 Speaker 3: Being made for them. I hate that. 459 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, it really is, isn't it. So In some good 460 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:01,399 Speaker 1: news though, last week, the government announce plans to spend 461 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: more than six hundred million pounds on school sport over 462 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 1: the next two years. They have committed to providing equal 463 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: access to all sports in Pe for boys and girls. 464 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:14,119 Speaker 1: A minimum of two hours of pe a week up 465 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 1: to the end of year eleven, and a multimillion pound 466 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: investment in school sports and after school activities. We love 467 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:25,399 Speaker 1: practical action, love it, we love money solving problems like 468 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: this to remove the access barrier. The announcement was made 469 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 1: on International Women's Day and Leah Williamson, the England captain, 470 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 1: responded to the news by saying, this is the legacy 471 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 1: that we want to live much longer than us as 472 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 1: a team. The success of the Summer has inspired so 473 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 1: many young girls to pursue their passion for football. We 474 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:45,119 Speaker 1: see it as our responsibility to open the doors for 475 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,640 Speaker 1: them to do so, and this announcement makes it all possible. 476 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 1: I loved that quote, but it it's quite incredible the 477 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:55,920 Speaker 1: way that the Lioness is. That's quite a big thing 478 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 1: for them to do, to be so successful, and they 479 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,880 Speaker 1: could have been fighting and they will continue to fight 480 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: for their own conditions in terms of pay, playing conditions, 481 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 1: travel conditions and all of those things. But for them 482 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:11,880 Speaker 1: to actually recognize the day after that Wembley final, the 483 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 1: impact that they could have on the next generation of 484 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: kids to force practical action from the government is pretty 485 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: massive and demanding. 486 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,680 Speaker 2: That action at the right time, you know, every day 487 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 2: after the final. I'm not sure I'd be in any 488 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 2: state to kind of write a letter. Maybe so they 489 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 2: got someone to do. 490 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 3: It for them. 491 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 1: That's a great point. 492 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 2: Maybe they just dictated into the phone and for someone. 493 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:40,919 Speaker 2: But yeah, the article that one of the articles I 494 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 2: read was speaking about and maybe a little bit of 495 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 2: dramatic license inserted here, but they said that Williamson and 496 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:52,399 Speaker 2: her teammate Lotti woman moy actually discussed it on the 497 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 2: open top bus during the periode about how they couldn't 498 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 2: play sport, play football in high school. Wow, and that 499 00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:02,159 Speaker 2: was what kind of motivated them to get around it. 500 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:04,680 Speaker 2: You know what, maybe that's what you need, a little 501 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 2: bit of Dutch courage after some very filtrations. 502 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:08,760 Speaker 1: It's very very true. 503 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 3: It could have been one of those notes. 504 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 1: Let's write a letter here, let's but then they actually 505 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:14,479 Speaker 1: did it, and look what's happened. 506 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:19,200 Speaker 2: Baroness Sue Campbell, Baroness so English, very good and imagine 507 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 2: what she sounds like. The FAS Director of Women's Football 508 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 2: said the investment will see a significant impact on participation 509 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 2: and also the physical and emotional wellbeing of the nation's children. 510 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:31,400 Speaker 3: How good the sport makes you happy? 511 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:32,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, it does. 512 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:34,440 Speaker 2: Part of the funding will allow selected schools to keep 513 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 2: their sport facilities open for activities outside of school hours 514 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 2: and in the process provide opportunities for girls, disadvantaged children 515 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:45,719 Speaker 2: and those with special education needs. Williamson's England and Arsenal 516 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 2: teammate lotty Woman Moy was also in Surrelling bringing about 517 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:51,880 Speaker 2: this change and spoke about this being just the start 518 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 2: when she said, by making football more accessible to millions 519 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 2: of girls across the nation, we have opened a crucial 520 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:01,360 Speaker 2: door for the growth of women's football, women's sport. 521 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 3: As a whole. 522 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:03,920 Speaker 2: I'm proud to be a part of something that will 523 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,960 Speaker 2: live on for generations to come. This is just the beginning. 524 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 1: So good, so so good. Let's take a look at 525 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 1: what to watch. Who will face the Fire in the 526 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 1: WNBL Grand Final Series. It doesn't matter because the Fire 527 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 1: are gonna win it anyway, I reckon. The deciding Game 528 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 1: three of the Melbourne Boomers and South Side Flies is 529 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,640 Speaker 1: on Wednesday night at the State Basketball Center. Tip off 530 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 1: time to be confirmed. You can watch live on ESPN. 531 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:33,119 Speaker 3: What about just if they trot out? If the Flies 532 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 3: trot out? LJ just as a joke's got ya, I'm 533 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 3: so suitor. 534 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:39,120 Speaker 1: Up on a really the weely thing. 535 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,360 Speaker 3: She got two boots on, doesn't she great? She still 536 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 3: probably score. 537 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: I'd say so. Jacking up threes from halfway. 538 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:51,720 Speaker 3: In sun Corp Super Nepal, It's back round, go the Giants. 539 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 1: Sorry, I was drinking water. 540 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:54,600 Speaker 3: Yes. 541 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 2: And on Saturday, the game to put in the diary 542 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 2: is the Grand Final rematch between the Melvin Vixens and 543 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,399 Speaker 2: the West Coast Fever. The Vixens will be looking for revenge, 544 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 2: but can expect a huge crowd in Perth. 545 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 3: At rac Arena. Our Western Australian friends. 546 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:09,160 Speaker 1: Get there. 547 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:12,120 Speaker 2: The match starts at seven pm. AE d T don't 548 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 2: get there at seven pm because that's ADT time. I 549 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 2: can't do the math tell you what time that is 550 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 2: in Perth. 551 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:17,159 Speaker 3: I'm guessing. 552 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 1: Oh got ya? Are they two or three at the moment? 553 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 3: I think three? Anyway you can figure that out. You 554 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 3: can catch it all live on Foxtell and KO Freebies. 555 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: In Rugby League, the new South Wales Club competition has 556 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:32,359 Speaker 1: just passed the halfway point and this weekend sees first 557 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 1: place Ilora Steelers host third place North Sydney bears. This 558 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 1: will be a cracker and it kicks off at three 559 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:43,239 Speaker 1: pm on Saturday at the Collegian Sporting Complex in Woollongong. 560 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 2: And Stop two of the World's Surf League is currently 561 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 2: on in Portugal and the world's best surfers are lighting 562 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 2: up the waves. You can watch live on Foxtel and 563 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:55,400 Speaker 2: the Seven Network. Unfortunately, our friend Tylerright got knocked out 564 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 2: in the second round yesterday. 565 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 1: Damn. 566 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 2: But Molly Picklum's still there, Jeff, array of others, so 567 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 2: get around it. It's some pretty impressive beach break action 568 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:05,679 Speaker 2: and that's the wrap. 569 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 1: See you next week, friend, See then, don't forget. Check 570 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 1: out the link in our show notes to listen to 571 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 1: or watch the International Women's Day panel. And we'd really 572 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:17,159 Speaker 1: love if you could give us a review. Hit subscribe 573 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,119 Speaker 1: and leave us a comment on your review to let 574 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: us know what you like or hopefully don't like about 575 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 1: the podcast. 576 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 3: Hopefully not don't like. 577 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, goodbye, we are done. 578 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 3: Goodbye.