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Speaker 1: Welcome to the RAP, a weekly podcast covering women's sports news.

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Speaker 1: My name is Chloe Dalton. I play AFLW for the

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Speaker 1: GWS Giants and I'm an Olympic gold medalist in rugby sevens.

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Speaker 1: Every week I'm joined on the show by my co

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Speaker 1: host Bez, who's across all things women's sports, head researcher

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Speaker 1: and merch queen at tefapp and rugby, A fishing harder.

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Speaker 1: It's a bad word, Bez. What have we got this week?

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Speaker 2: Taking a look around the grounds, Melbourne victory break, Sydney

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Speaker 2: FC's hearts again, the Tazzy Tigers and Elise Valani win

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Speaker 2: their first WNCL title, and we should probably talk about

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Speaker 2: the heartbreak of Ashputty's retirement Tia genuine tears.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to talk about it, but we probably should.

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Speaker 1: For our key story, we'll discuss Australian boxer Ebonie Bridges,

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Speaker 1: who claimed the IBF Band and Wait world title over

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Speaker 1: the weekend and has drawn mixed opinions about her choice

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Speaker 1: to weigh in wearing long.

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Speaker 2: And in the ice bath. With Budgie Smuggler, we chat

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Speaker 2: to Paralympic bronze medalist and member of the newly announced

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Speaker 2: Para Matilda's team, Georgia Bakoff.

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Speaker 1: This podcast drops every Tuesday morning at six am. It

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Speaker 1: on a Tuesday. But put the link in the show

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Speaker 1: the podcast too. Let's take a look around the grounds.

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Speaker 2: In soccer, the Melbourne Victory limped into the finals, but

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Speaker 2: that counted for nought on Sunday as they attended to

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Speaker 2: go back to back against Sydney FC in the A

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Speaker 2: League Women's Grand Final. They scraped into the finals, so

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Speaker 2: he set in fourth spot and defeated both Adelaide and

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Speaker 2: Melbourne City on their way to the big dance. Once

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Speaker 2: they got there, as we all know, it's what happens

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Speaker 2: on the day that counts. They got the job done

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Speaker 2: on the biggest stage, defeating Sydney FC two one. Sydney

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Speaker 2: FC dominated for long periods of the match and that

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Speaker 2: was reinforced when Victory's goalkeeper Casey Dumont was named Player

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Speaker 2: of the mat Victory's first goal came against the run

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Speaker 2: of play when shortly after halftime, midfielder Amy Jackson popped

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Speaker 2: up at the back post to head home a curling

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Speaker 2: cross from Matilda's star Kyra Cuney Cross, and fifteen minutes

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Speaker 2: later Victory made it too when striker Catherine zimmim And

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Speaker 2: buried a goal through Jade Matheson Wyman's legs after a

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Speaker 2: sloppy Sydney FC attempted to clearance. Sydney FC pulled a

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Speaker 2: goal back minutes later when Courtney Vine converted, but they

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Speaker 2: couldn't find an equalizer and the victory held on. All

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Speaker 2: The win and back to back trophies done Melbourne victory.

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Speaker 1: In afl W. The postponed qualifying final between the Lions

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Speaker 1: and the Collingwood Magpies was played at the Gabba on

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Speaker 1: Sunday after week delay due to COVID ripping through the

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Speaker 1: Magpie's squad. The Lions were exceptional. They dominated from the outset,

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Speaker 1: scoring a big ten goals ten seventy to three goals

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Speaker 1: to twenty victory. I think throughout the season Collingwood well,

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Speaker 1: they were batted with some big acl injuries, losing key

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Speaker 1: players from their midfield, so it's always going to be

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Speaker 1: a tough ask for them to recover from COVID and

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Speaker 1: play against one of the best teams in the comp

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Speaker 1: well defending champions in Brisbane. Brisbane's winger, the Irish player

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Speaker 1: Alo Dwyer, who I would say has probably been the

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Speaker 1: most improved player of the competition, put on a show.

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Speaker 1: So her mum and sister flew over from Ireland three

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Speaker 1: days before the game to see their first ever AFLW

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Speaker 1: game live and all that was everywhere, finishing with nineteen disposals,

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Speaker 1: a long range goal and a match high three hundred

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Speaker 1: and ninety two meters gained. The prelim finals are now

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Speaker 1: all set. I get, I still don't even really understand

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Speaker 1: what the final names are, but the qualifying finals are done.

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Speaker 1: Now the prelim finals are done, so whoever wins the

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Speaker 1: prelim is into the Grand Final. So bitter history is

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Speaker 1: going to be made on Saturday, which is really exciting.

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Speaker 1: The Melbourne Demons are going to host the Brisbane Lines

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Speaker 1: at the MCG. It will be the first ever AFLW

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Speaker 1: match to be held at the home of footy. The

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Speaker 1: other prelim final will see the Adelaide Crows hosts Frio

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Speaker 1: at Adelaide Oval. The matches will be back to back

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Speaker 1: we'll have times in what to watch at the end

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Speaker 1: of the podcast. But in good news, AFL have pushed

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Speaker 1: back the men's round three match between the Gold Coast

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Speaker 1: Suns and the GWS Giants to ensure clear air for

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Speaker 1: the women's finals.

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Speaker 2: Can we get an early tip from you, please, Clo.

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Speaker 2: I know you normally do this for the press, but

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Speaker 2: let's go early here.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I have done an article on this, so I'm

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Speaker 1: going to just continue with that. I'm calling the D's

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Speaker 1: to win the flag, probably coming up against the Crows

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Speaker 2: Excellent. Heard it here first. In NRLW, the last round

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Speaker 2: of the comp was played over the weekend and again

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Speaker 2: finals are everywhere, Finals are set. The Broncos secured the

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Speaker 2: with a huge thirty eight to four win. In the

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Speaker 2: final round of the regular season. The Gold Coast Titans

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Speaker 2: grabbed third place and the lad with a tough fourteen

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Speaker 2: to ten win over Newcastle and Titans broke a ten

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Speaker 2: all deadlock with three minutes left through Karina Brown and

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Speaker 2: will now face this and Georgia Laweld Dragons, who finished

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Speaker 2: second after beating the Sydney Rouses sixteen to ten on Saturday.

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Speaker 2: The Rousters snuck into the finals in four spot and

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Speaker 2: will face the Broncos on Sunday at Lei. Like Artatt

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Speaker 2: will host the historic first semifinal series of the NROLW

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Speaker 2: Premiership with a Super Sunday doubleheader to determine the grand

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Speaker 2: finalists of this season's NLW competition.

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Speaker 1: In basketball, the Melbourne Boomers opened their semi final series

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Speaker 1: with an impressive comeback win over the Adelaide Lightning on

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Speaker 1: Thursday night. Adelaide were up forty seven to thirty two

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Speaker 1: at halftime and it took a team effort to change

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Speaker 1: the momentum of the match. All starting five Boomers ended

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Speaker 1: in double figures, with Lindsay Allen leading the scoring with

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Speaker 1: twenty four points. Ezie mag Bagor, who was awarded the

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Speaker 1: twenty one twenty two WNBL Betty Watson, Australian Youth Player

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Speaker 1: of the Year last week, turned up the defensive heat,

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Speaker 1: shutting down the Lightning and in the process collected some

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Speaker 1: impressive stats. She had fourteen points, five rebounds and two steals.

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Speaker 1: The second half was all Melbourne as they outscored Adelaide's

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Speaker 1: sixty three to seventeen.

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Speaker 2: That is some half of basketball.

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Speaker 1: It's impressive, right, What a turnaround you'd love to know

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Speaker 1: the halftime speech there to record a final score of

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Speaker 1: ninety five to sixty four in their oppressive Game one victory.

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Speaker 1: Game two was in Adelaide and once again the Boomers

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Speaker 1: had to come from behind after the Lightning, led by

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Speaker 1: fought back and were led by inform import Lindsay Allen

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Speaker 1: with fifteen points, three rebounds and three assists, and once

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Speaker 1: again Ezzie the Young Star contributed on both ends of

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Speaker 1: bit of a low scoring one sixty one to forty

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Speaker 1: nine to see Melbourne now return home ahead of having

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Speaker 1: series for the Grand Final, which is kind of meant

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Speaker 1: to begin next Saturday, but we'll see what happens with this.

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Speaker 1: Next COVID story.

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Speaker 2: Was meant to start next Saturday, but the spicy cough

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Speaker 1: In the other semifinal series, the Camber Capitals went down

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Speaker 1: to Perth Links last Thursday Nights, seventy seven to ninety

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Speaker 1: one in Perth. Sammy Witcombe put up a game high

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Speaker 1: the Links. Game two was postponed late on Sunday after

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Speaker 1: the spicy cough got into the Camera Capital squad. Due

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Speaker 1: to some pretty strict rules from the Act Government COVID guidelines,

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Speaker 1: affected athletes cannot leave isolation until they produce a negative

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Speaker 1: PCR test, leaving the Capitals unable to fill the seven

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Speaker 1: players required to hold the game. It can take a

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Speaker 1: long time after you've had COVID to record a negative test,

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Speaker 1: so I'm a little bit concerned that they might not

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and also having done some flagwag meaning yourself in basketball,

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Speaker 1: Thank you for the reference of the fact that I

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Speaker 1: just sat on the bench a lot. I appreciate that. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: because if that was me, like back when I was

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Speaker 1: playing at the Flames, if that was me that suddenly

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Speaker 1: had to play big minutes, the most you've ever played

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Speaker 1: a little bit stressful, really.

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Speaker 2: Wow, seven seams minimal, very minimal. All right in cricket

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Speaker 2: more finals, it's just finals everywhere. It's great everywhere. The

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Speaker 2: Aussie women's cricket team finished their pool matches undefeed and

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Speaker 2: when they got over Bangladesh in some seriously windy conditions

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Speaker 2: the telly. Looked at the I think I missed maybe

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Speaker 2: I thought there's something missing. So it was so windy

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Speaker 2: which is yeah, anyway, a slight to see it happened before.

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Speaker 2: I'm sure it has somewhere, but I definitely haven't seen it.

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Speaker 2: Windy Wellington living up to its name anyway. The Bangladeshi's

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Speaker 2: really challenged the Australians, who had to fight hard to

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Speaker 2: reach their one hundred and thirty six winning total. They

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Speaker 2: were reduced to four for forty one and then five

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Speaker 2: and Annam Bel Sutland sealed the win. So the Odio

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Speaker 2: Worl Cup now moved into the final stage and the

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Speaker 2: Aussis will be sweating on the fitness of Elise Perry,

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Speaker 2: who didn't play against Bangladesh. She was forced from the

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Speaker 2: used as a batter only in the semifinal. I really

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Speaker 2: feel for Perry if she does miss out on these

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Speaker 2: finals again after missing the T twenty World Cup in

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Speaker 2: make an impact because she has been playing some exceptional

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Speaker 2: cricket over there. The Aussies will face the West Indies

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Speaker 2: in the semifinal after Indias crashed out with a final

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Speaker 2: ball loss at the hands of South Africa last night

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Speaker 2: Sunday night. That is, chasing two hundred and seventy five

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Speaker 2: for victory. South Africa hits seven off the final depty

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Speaker 2: Shama over to end the tournament of the twenty seventeen finalists.

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Speaker 2: So that result means that South Africa will come up

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Speaker 2: against England in the second semi final on Thursday, and

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Speaker 2: our under feed at Aussies will battle the West Indies

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Speaker 2: on Wednesday once again in Wellington. That metal start at

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Speaker 2: nine am AEDT and let's not forget it's on our

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Speaker 2: KO Freebies channels, so make sure you get around it.

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Speaker 1: More cricket news. The WNCL Grand Final between the Tasmanian

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Speaker 1: Tigers and South Australian Scorpions Great Names was played on

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Speaker 1: Sunday at Hobart's Blundstone Arena and Tasmanian Skip at least

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Speaker 1: Vlani finally won the trophy after eight attempts. Billani was

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Speaker 1: sublime with the bat alongside emerging star Emma Mannix Greeves

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Speaker 1: as they shared in a record two hundred and five

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Speaker 1: run partnership. Both recorded unbeaten centuries to guide Tasmania to

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Speaker 1: a nine wicket win over South Australia and complete a

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Speaker 1: season of dominance. Courtney Webb, my old Carlton teammate, was

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Speaker 1: strong for the Scorpions and her eighty eight runs was

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Speaker 1: the Scorpions set a solid total of eight for two

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Speaker 1: forty two. But it wasn't enough and Captain Valani was

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Speaker 1: named Player of the match for her huge innings and

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Speaker 1: was effusive in her praise for the Tasmanian cricket community,

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Speaker 1: saying for the past players who have come before us

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Speaker 2: the grand final rematch between the Nissophals Swifts and the

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Speaker 2: This week. In the Ice Bath with Budget Smuggler, we

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Speaker 2: There's a few girls from all over the.

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Speaker 1: And part of the launch was was this idea around

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Speaker 3: I think we see these like elite teams who represent

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Speaker 3: I think this is a really good way to go

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Speaker 3: forward seeing all these other national teams who, you know,

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Speaker 3: we have had to face lots of different things throughout

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Speaker 3: life that have been really challenging and have had to

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Speaker 1: Are fierce females and we.

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Speaker 3: Want to We would love to have the opportunity to

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Speaker 3: represent our country that and it is really special. Not

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Speaker 3: many people get to have this opportunity to play sport

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Speaker 3: on a platform like this, and so I think equal

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Speaker 3: play if they're if we're going to open up new pathways.

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Speaker 1: And avenues for more and more people.

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Speaker 3: To play football and play sport in all many you know,

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Speaker 3: so many different ways. Yeah, I'm really excited for what

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I cannot wait to keep supporting you guys

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Speaker 1: and watching you guys as you compete. And I'll make

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Speaker 1: well for people that can follow along on Instagram, the

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Speaker 1: Para matildas and how people can support you guys as well.

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Speaker 1: So congratulations, so stoked that you guys have the opportunity

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Speaker 1: to represent your country on this stage and really look

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Speaker 3: Thanks so much.

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Speaker 1: Let's take a look at what to watch in rugby league.

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Speaker 1: The NRLW has reached the semi final stage and the

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Speaker 1: two matches will be played back to back at Leichhard

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Speaker 1: forty pm. It'll be a cracking down the hill. But

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Speaker 1: if you can't get out to Lakat, you can watch

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Speaker 1: live on the nine network, Fox Sports and Sky New Zealand.

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Speaker 2: In at rugby Union, the top of the table clash

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Speaker 2: between four time champs the Nusophas war Tars and newcomers

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Speaker 2: Fijiana Dua will we played on Friday night in at Queensland.

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Speaker 2: Kickoff is at four pm Local times that's five pm

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Speaker 2: daylight saving time for those not in Queensland, and you

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Speaker 2: can watch what should be a ripsnorterer of a match

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Speaker 2: live on Stan.

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Speaker 1: In Footy AFOW preliminary finals of this Saturday, the Demons

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Speaker 1: will host the Lions at the MCG at twelve forty

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Speaker 1: pm and that match will be followed by the second

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Speaker 1: prelim final between the Crows and the Dockers at Adelaide

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Speaker 1: Oval two forty pm a DT, which is two ten

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Speaker 1: pm local Adelaide time. You can watch both matches live

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Speaker 1: on the seven network, Fox Footy KO and via the

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Speaker 1: AFL and AFLW official app. How good is it to

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Speaker 1: have like five different places where you can watch one

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Speaker 1: game of women's sport? We love that?

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Speaker 2: And free Aware Let's not forget free Aware.

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Speaker 1: Thank you seven Yes, and that's the wrap you too.

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Speaker 2: On holidays not at home on.

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Speaker 1: The coast, a few birds chirping in the background. I

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Speaker 1: think I was in a really creaky chair, so hopefully

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Speaker 1: producer Bailey can edit.

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Speaker 2: It out getting back to nature.

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Speaker 1: Living it up. We'll see you next week.

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Speaker 2: See you next week, friend,