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Speaker 1: This episode is brought to you by the Athletes Foot.

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

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Speaker 1: news Bears, What have we got around the grounds this week?

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Speaker 2: WNBA team's now allowed to use chartered flights sort of

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Speaker 2: under Queensland win the state of origin on points differential?

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Speaker 1: Boo. I can't really boom, I'm a bit too biased, DNA.

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Speaker 2: No, but we're booing the fact that it was on

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Speaker 2: points differential. Right. Yeah, Thunderbirds, I go no, they secure

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Speaker 2: their spot in the super Netbak Grand Final.

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Speaker 1: For the key story, we'll discuss the huge mindset shift

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Speaker 1: by in England cricket in the promotion and marketing of

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Speaker 1: the women's ashes that have seen some amazing crowds.

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Speaker 3: So far, so good.

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Speaker 2: Again common sense, but go on.

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Speaker 1: Common sense, as we often discuss on this podcast. My

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Speaker 1: name is Chloe Dalton and I'm joined every week on

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Speaker 1: the show by my co host Bez.

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Speaker 3: How's your weekend?

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Speaker 2: A lovely weekend? Thanks? We came second in rugby, which sucks.

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Speaker 3: That does suck, but.

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Speaker 2: It was one of those games where just nothing went right.

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Speaker 1: Hey, do you know what was cool? I was in

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Speaker 1: camberfo a Giant's camp on the weekend and we did

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Speaker 1: a scavenger hunt around Lake Burley Griffin.

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Speaker 3: Is that what it's called.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. One of the stops on our scavenger hunt was

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Speaker 1: the memorial for the Rats of Tabrook, which the word

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Speaker 1: Rats are local rugby club are named after.

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Speaker 2: Amazing.

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Speaker 3: It's pretty awesome, right.

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Speaker 2: How was the camp besides Lake Burley Griffin? Did you

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Speaker 2: swim in it?

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Speaker 3: Oh?

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Speaker 1: I think the Lord They didn't make us swim. It

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Speaker 1: was pretty cold. I had full thermals, gloves, puffer. I

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Speaker 1: feel the cold a lot. It's a bit dramatic. I

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Speaker 1: even had them. One of my teammates, Peasey, gave me

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Speaker 1: some of those little heat warmer things that you put

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Speaker 1: in your Yeah.

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Speaker 3: They're quite good.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I do rate them. Actually they stay warm for hours.

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Speaker 2: Nice.

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Speaker 1: They didn't help that much because I was on a

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Speaker 1: bike so I didn't have my hands in my pockets,

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Speaker 1: but they were there in case I needed them.

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Speaker 2: Windburn gross.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the lips are very chapped. I've been nonstopper playing

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Speaker 1: the lip arm since I've been back heavy. All right,

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Speaker 1: let's take a look around the grounds.

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Speaker 2: In a cricket The Ashes Test match is not a

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Speaker 2: disappointing it's actually amazing. I just wish it wasn't on

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Speaker 2: so late.

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Speaker 3: Did you say our disappointing is.

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Speaker 2: Not disappointing our disappointing?

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Speaker 3: Did I?

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Speaker 2: Probably? I was just getting excited.

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Speaker 3: It is exciting.

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Speaker 2: I'm adding extra ours to things.

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Speaker 1: I'm so excited. They're going to day five, which will.

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Speaker 2: Be completed overnight. Yeah, by the time you listen to

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Speaker 2: this it will have happened. But we record on Monday mornings,

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Speaker 2: so day the first four days have the living. The

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Speaker 2: Aussies won the toss and elected to bat, posting a

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Speaker 1: Oh, I felt for her.

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Speaker 2: Did you see her comments on socials afterwards about No,

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Speaker 2: I didn't. She took it really matter of factly. Big picture,

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Speaker 2: we're in a good position. Ninety nine is great. Sure

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Speaker 1: Still a pretty good contribution, isn't it.

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Speaker 2: She was overshadowed, though by number eight batter Annabel Sutherland,

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Speaker 2: who clubbed Australia's fastest century in women Test history, reaching

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Speaker 1: How crazy is that having your maiden century, breaking a.

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Speaker 2: Record like that and coming in at number eight.

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Speaker 2: So she betted the previous record of one hundred and

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Speaker 2: Seeing it like beach balls. Beaumont scored two hundred and

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Speaker 2: we scored four seventy three. They scored four sixty three,

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Speaker 2: Was an absolute cracker. Australia resume resumed their second innings

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Speaker 1: I think it was your fault.

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Speaker 2: Now she obviously hasn't been batting real well. She moved

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Speaker 2: poised right now. The final session had everything and Ashgardner

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Speaker 2: maybe you know that's why we're going to get a result,

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Speaker 2: because four days is not enough.

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Speaker 1: We shared an interesting stat on our Instagram page or

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Speaker 2: He's only recent. No, he's only been playing for a

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Speaker 3: He's yeh, how did I get that wrong?

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Speaker 2: Well, you didn't. I just think the comparison was that

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Speaker 2: Imagine what a superstars she would be had she been

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Speaker 1: Yeah, sometimes I think we need to maybe spell that

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Speaker 1: That's not the case common sense in netball passive aggressive

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Speaker 1: mondays from us over here. I'm grumpy after.

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Speaker 3: A big week, and you are grumpy glow in netball.

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Speaker 1: What a weekend of finals. In the sun Corps Supernetbawl.

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Speaker 1: On Saturday night, the Adelaide Thunderbirds beat the New South

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Speaker 1: Wales Swift for the second week in a row to

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Speaker 1: secure their spot in the Grand Final. The Thunderbirds will

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Speaker 1: be playing in the Grand Final for the first time

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Speaker 1: after a thrilling sixty four to sixty two extra time victory.

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Speaker 1: That's the kind of final you want, isn't it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, epic game, so good.

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Speaker 1: It was the first extra time clash of the twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty three season. And the match became a super shootout competition.

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Speaker 1: We also love those. They're good to watch, aren't they.

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Speaker 1: Both teams have English international shooters and Helen Howsby and

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Speaker 1: Eleanor Cardwell were up for the pressure of extra time.

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Speaker 1: They went goal for goal for the full extra five

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Speaker 1: minutes and during extra time super shots count for double

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Speaker 3: Also a great rule.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree.

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Speaker 1: I know the netball purists disagree with us sometimes, but

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Speaker 1: it's a great rule and it's exciting for the fans

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Speaker 1: and I think it brings people into the game.

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Speaker 2: Totally agree.

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Speaker 1: The noise was crazy, Over nine thousand fans packed into

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Speaker 1: Kudos Bank Arena and they rode every single shot. The

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Speaker 1: Swifts fell just short and will now have to face

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Speaker 1: the West Coast Fever for a spot in the Grand Final.

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Speaker 1: The Fever kept their Super Ball title defense alive with

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Speaker 1: a tough sixty four to fifty seven minor semifinal win

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Speaker 1: over rivals the Melbourne Vixens at Perth Arena. Wowie. The

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Speaker 1: Vixen's got to within two after Kurra Austin's super goal

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Speaker 1: with only minutes remaining, but the Fevers captain Courtney Bruce

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Speaker 2: No night, I rate Courtney Bruce.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, she's good, isn't she?

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Speaker 2: Just in case she was worried about how if I

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Speaker 2: rate it now or not, can confirm.

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Speaker 1: It was a massive weekend of netball that attracted record

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Speaker 1: breaking crowds. It combined eighteen nine hundred and five fans

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Speaker 1: were in attendance, making it the largest first weekend of

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Speaker 1: finals in Suncorp Supernetball history. We love that, Liz Ellis

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Speaker 1: would love that some positive news out of netball.

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Speaker 2: How good is the positive chat?

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Speaker 1: The game is alive and thriving.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely thriving right in basketball. So a quick update on

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Speaker 2: the WNBA travels situation. ESPN confirmed that the league has

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Speaker 2: announced changes to the charter rules in the way of

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Speaker 2: increased scrutiny over the league's travel troubles. The WNBA will

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Speaker 2: now allow teams to use public charter service JSX, meaning

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Speaker 2: squads can travel through private terminals, increasing professionalism and athlete safety.

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Speaker 1: We're all about that, increasing both of those things.

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Speaker 2: There's a bit of an issue though, JSEX isn't available

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Speaker 2: in most WNBA cities, and unlike charters. The airline's flights

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Speaker 2: have pre set routes and times which the League has

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Speaker 2: told teams they cannot change. It's so weird.

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Speaker 1: It's actually not that great news is it's.

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Speaker 2: Effectively just a commercial airline that but you avoid the

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Speaker 2: commercial part of the airport, like you're getting on and

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Speaker 2: off in a private terminal.

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Speaker 1: Like we talked about a couple of weeks ago when

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Speaker 1: we're talking about the Britney grinder situation for giants during COVID,

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Speaker 1: we went through a private terminal, but flew with Virgin Australia.

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Speaker 1: Was that kind of a similar setup.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but they've actually got a timetable, so it's like

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Speaker 2: a private bus. It's like a care ride and the

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Speaker 2: little puncho comes to pick you up.

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Speaker 1: You need to explain that for the listeners that don't know.

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Speaker 2: It's an on demand bus service. Yeah kind of, I guess.

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Speaker 2: So it's not the same alection at all because that's

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Speaker 2: on demand and this is not. According to its website,

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Speaker 2: the closest JSX hubs to WNBA cities include three in

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Speaker 1: In rugby league, what we were hoping wouldn't happen happened

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Speaker 1: Tasmin Gray was a handful for the Blues defense, and

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Speaker 2: It just doesn't make sense for it to be their

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Speaker 3: Of the year.

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Speaker 2: Rugby leagu's forty minutes. Yeah, play forty minutes.

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Speaker 3: Play forty minute halves.

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Speaker 1: And it's interesting, right, Like that is so exciting. The

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Speaker 1: It's it's representative level. It's we could argue the highest

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Speaker 2: They hold it up as the event of the calendar.

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Speaker 1: More basketball news. The twenty twenty three Feedback Women's Asia

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Speaker 1: Cup starts today Monday, the twenty sixth of June in

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Speaker 1: Sydney for US recording day. Not for you listening day.

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Speaker 1: The Opens will be looking to their bronze in the

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Speaker 1: World Cup against the best teams in the region. The

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Speaker 1: Opals are not only playing for the trophy, but also

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Speaker 1: a spot in the twenty twenty four Paris Olympic Games.

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Speaker 1: It's getting closer, isn't it. She's exciting. The top four

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Speaker 1: finishers will book their place for Paris twenty twenty four,

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Speaker 1: and the New yok squad will be keen to perform

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Speaker 1: at home. The team will be without their seven current

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Speaker 1: WNBA players and coach Sandy Broundello, who coaches in New

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Speaker 1: York Liberty in the WNBA. But the team that will

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Speaker 1: pull on the singlet is super impressive and shows the

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Speaker 1: fire WNBL championship winning coach Shannon Seabom, who I should

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Speaker 1: I think Sidney Uni Uni Games team might be higher

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Speaker 2: I think he probably just stays up at night thinking

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Speaker 1: For the opals. Yeah, I'm ready, ready to throw a

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Speaker 1: very excited for Shannon to be taking the reins. I

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Speaker 1: He's got Darcy Garbin, Test Magen and Annelie Maylee to

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Speaker 1: the Philippines on opening night Monday night, so keep an

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Speaker 1: at the Female Athlete Project, followed by Chinese, Taipei and

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Speaker 1: I think we're probably the closest team. We have a really,

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Speaker 1: really great culture. That's what's special about this program. You

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Speaker 1: can come in and it does feel like a sisterhood

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Speaker 1: and we're connected. That's not by chance, it's because we

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Speaker 1: do the work to make sure that it's like that.

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Speaker 1: Off the court, test Maagine is a really great leader

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Speaker 1: and she drives all of that. So it's a really

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Speaker 1: special group to be a part of. The final has

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Speaker 1: already sold out the Key Center in Sydney Olympic Park,

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Speaker 1: but you can get tickets to the other sessions, So

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Speaker 1: if you're in Sydney, get around it and buy your

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Speaker 1: tickets now. I will add the link to the show notes.

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Speaker 2: A good question for you, klok. They talk about that

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Speaker 2: sisterhood and I've actually noticed a lot on the WNBA

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Speaker 2: girls socials. They're all catching up every time they play

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Speaker 2: each other.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's cool.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. How important do you think that bond is for

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Speaker 2: a successful team.

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Speaker 1: I think it's huge. Talent and hard work obviously very

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Speaker 1: big parts of that. But the thing that stood out

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Speaker 1: to me while we were chatting about that story just

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Speaker 1: now is Testmagine and the interview that we got to

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Speaker 1: have with her at the World Cup. And you can

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Speaker 1: just see it coming out of her, the passion that

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Speaker 1: she has for the group. And I think sometimes you

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Speaker 1: see players talk about their group and they tick the

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Speaker 1: box in saying the right things like we've got a

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Speaker 1: great culture, where a great team, but you can actually

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Speaker 1: see it from a leader like tests how much she

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Speaker 1: cares about it and how much she's invested in her players.

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Speaker 2: And she believes it too, doesn't she care.

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Speaker 1: And that belief. I know you're big on the belief piece,

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Speaker 1: but yeah, it's it's palpable, palpable.

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Speaker 2: And she's moved to Sydney, go to Flames. They've done

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Speaker 2: some serious signing, haven't they. Wow.

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Speaker 1: That was There was a lot of big movement going

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Speaker 1: on as well. Yep, was Nicholson back in Sydney.

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Speaker 2: Taylor George is coming back.

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Speaker 1: Taylor George will also be in Sydney. I'm really looking

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Speaker 1: forward to going and watch it on it. I think

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be huge for basketball in Sydney.

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Speaker 2: In some Special Olympics news, So, the Special Olympics is

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Speaker 2: the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with

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Speaker 2: intellectual disabilities. The twenty twenty three Special Olympics World Summer

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Speaker 2: Games were the sixteenth Special Olympics and they featured over

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Speaker 2: seven thousand athletes one hundred and eighty delegations for nine

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Speaker 2: days of competition in Berlin, Germany.

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Speaker 3: How cool, So good.

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Speaker 2: We'll put a link to it. But if you've got

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Speaker 2: some time, jump onto the Special Olympics Insta account and just.

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Speaker 3: Bring the tissues because it's just got me right in

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Speaker 3: the fields. A really powerful content is such powerful content.

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Speaker 3: So it finished up on the over the weekend. Team

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Speaker 3: Australia consisted of sixty four athletes who competed across nine

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Speaker 3: sports including athletics, basketball, botchy, bowling, golf, equestrian gymnastics, swimming

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Speaker 3: and tennis. And they're supported by twenty eight volunteer officials.

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Speaker 1: So good.

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Speaker 2: The event was a huge success. And although a country

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Speaker 2: v country medal tally is not kept at the Special

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Speaker 2: Olympics World Games because personal best achievements are valued more

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Speaker 2: than medals, the Aussis were out there winning medals. Let's

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Speaker 2: be real.

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Speaker 1: The check out our Instagram. There's a great clinking video we.

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Speaker 2: Just put o love the clink. You love a good

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Speaker 2: we're talking about it. Just Some of the achievements include

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Speaker 2: every member of the six person golf team winning a

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Speaker 2: medal ranging from bronze to gold. Our questioned team, who

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Speaker 2: are the youngest members of Team Australia, all secured a

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Speaker 2: medal despite riding on borrowed horses.

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Speaker 1: Impressive.

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Speaker 2: Well don't have the funds, I guess to ship the

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Speaker 2: horses to Germany. Amazing. And the Botchi players won Astralia's

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Speaker 2: first medal at the Games when they came third in

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Speaker 2: the team's event. Just the special Olympics for me just

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Speaker 2: really showcase how important sport is the entire community and

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Speaker 2: it was beautiful. Congratulations to everyone involved in cycling.

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Speaker 1: Ozzie BMX star Saya Sakakabara won the most recent UCI

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Speaker 1: BMX Racing World Cup event in the Netherlands over the weekend.

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Speaker 1: The result takes her to third overall after three rounds

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Speaker 1: of the World Cup, backing up a fifth place finish

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Speaker 1: last time out in Turkey. It's a huge result for

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Speaker 1: the athlete who had fought back to her best after

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Speaker 1: a string of concussions nearly forced her into early retirement.

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Speaker 1: Her concussion issues. You might have remembered if you got

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Speaker 1: to watch her compete at Tokyo. The Tokyo twenty twenty Olympics,

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Speaker 1: she suffered a pretty horrible crash while leading in the

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Speaker 1: semi final. Her recovery has been long and challenging, and

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Speaker 1: the relief was evident. After her win, she shared a

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Speaker 1: post on her Instagram with the caption is this even real?

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Speaker 1: A year ago, when I crashed and had a concussion

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Speaker 1: at this track, I doubted if I would ever be

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Speaker 1: able to race at this level again. At one point

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Speaker 1: this week, the bad memories seem to feel like it's

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Speaker 1: going to be too much. I'm still in shock. I

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Speaker 1: gave it everything I had. This means more to me

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Speaker 1: than just a World Cup win. Thank you is all

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Speaker 1: I can say. Just the resilience that athletes show to

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Speaker 1: get back when you've been in a really dark place

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Speaker 1: is something quite special, isn't it?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? And it wasn't. Obviously she had that terrible crash

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Speaker 2: in Tokyo, but she had subsequent crashes as well. That's

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Speaker 2: just when it's concussion, it's very scary.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and it can be a really daunting place. I've

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Speaker 1: had a teammate that's been through a really long and

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Speaker 1: challenging road with concussion, and it's so tricky, and we're

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Speaker 1: seeing some real great research going into it because we

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Speaker 1: know it's becoming more prevalent and some of the longer

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Speaker 1: term issues are more prevalent. But it's a scary thing

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Speaker 1: because you don't have a set timeline of recovery.

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Speaker 2: And it's also a scary not a scary thing. It's

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Speaker 2: a mentally challenging thing because if you've got a broken limb,

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Speaker 2: you can look at it and say, okay, heal yourself.

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Speaker 2: Your brain is just such a complex beast beast. I

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Speaker 2: was gonna say organ, but is it an organ? Yeah, yes,

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Speaker 2: it's an organ. It is such a complex organ that

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Speaker 2: and you can't just strap it.

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Speaker 1: You can't strap your brain. Let's take a look at

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Speaker 1: the key story.

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Speaker 2: There's a really excellent article in The Guardian that you

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Speaker 2: sent me Chlo during the week that compared the advertising

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Speaker 2: campaign for this year's Ashes series and the one held

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Speaker 2: ten years ago in England. Strap yourself in for some

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Speaker 2: embarrassing chat. The twenty thirteen hashtag rise for the Ashes

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Speaker 2: campaign featured Charlotte Edwards on a poster with a similar

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Speaker 2: poster showing Alistair Cook in front of a flaming backdrop.

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Speaker 2: I think that was the extent of the women's promotion

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Speaker 2: of that series. The year after, there was a Waitrose campaign,

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Speaker 2: which is.

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Speaker 3: A a supermarket chain.

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Speaker 2: Correct after that announced as a new sponsor of both

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Speaker 2: the men's and women's cricket in England, and it was

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Speaker 2: a TV advert that showed Stuart Broad, Jimmy Anderson and

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Speaker 2: Catherine Brunt shopping and what was into their local supermarket.

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Speaker 2: The ad was nothing short of embarrassing, Andison and Broad

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Speaker 2: did not even interact with Brunt, who honestly could have

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Speaker 2: been a random extra who'd wanted in off the streets

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Speaker 2: to do her shopping. We're in England shirt. It was bizarre,

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Speaker 2: very bizarre.

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Speaker 1: I was trying to find the ad everywhere to watch it,

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Speaker 1: but they'd taken it down.

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Speaker 2: Yes, they took it down for a number of other reasons.

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Speaker 2: Jonathan Agnew, who's been in some trouble, was actually voicing

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Speaker 2: it as well. Right, So yeah, there was It was

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Speaker 2: flawed from in all different manners. Yeah, both campaigns treated

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Speaker 2: the women's game, and I think this is the important part.

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Speaker 2: It treated the women's game as an afterthought and an

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Speaker 2: add on, like, not anywhere close to being the main

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Speaker 2: event this year. It was very different and the English

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Speaker 2: Cricket Board has sold seventy five thousand tickets as a result.

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Speaker 2: That's before it even started. Liked be moored one now

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Speaker 2: for sure. The award winning Ashes to Ashes two as

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Speaker 2: in two two two double oh two double O Ashes

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Speaker 2: two Ashes campaign centers on a thirty second TV advert

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Speaker 2: with split screen images flitting between footage and commentary from

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Speaker 2: the women's and men's game, and concludes with the slogan

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Speaker 2: the only thing better than an ASHES series.

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Speaker 1: Two So good. Beth barrettwild is the director of the

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Speaker 1: women's Professional Game at the ECB, and acknowledged the improvement,

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Speaker 1: saying it's been a huge mindset shift internally. It's about

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Speaker 1: demonstrating the value we are placing on these fixtures, recognizing

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Speaker 1: that we think people would want to come, and shifting

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Speaker 1: perception about England women's cricket in the process. Barrett Wilde

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Speaker 1: admitted that in the past the planning and preparation for

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Speaker 1: the women's game has been lacking. She said, Historically England

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Speaker 1: Women's Internationals haven't been at the top of the list

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Speaker 1: of matches we've scheduled and it's usually been left fairly late.

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Speaker 1: Doing it early and alongside the men was a very

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Speaker 1: conscious decision to make sure that this ASHES summer was

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Speaker 1: very much seen as a men's and women's Ashes season combined.

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Speaker 1: The key part was starting with the fan. I was

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Speaker 1: looking back at the twenty nineteen women's Ashes schedule and

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Speaker 1: we started on a Tuesday with an ODI at Leicester

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Speaker 1: followed by another OD Leicester on the Thursday. That is

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Speaker 1: not a fan centric schedule, common sense. With all the

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Speaker 1: marketing in the world, that's never going to generate massive attendances.

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Speaker 1: It's recognizing how much the women's game has shifted since

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Speaker 1: that moment and making sure we're doing a proper service

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Speaker 1: to it this summer. It's so important that female sport

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Speaker 1: is scheduled in fan friendly timeslots and marketed.

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Speaker 3: Early, marketing early.

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Speaker 1: Is they miss that so often, don't they?

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Speaker 2: And early and often? Yeah, Like, don't just market it

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Speaker 2: once and hope that that's going to work early and often.

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Speaker 2: And like you said, England have now experienced the up

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Speaker 2: side of this, and again like comparison is a devil.

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Speaker 2: I understand that, But could you imagine an England be

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Speaker 2: Australian men's cricket match being on a Tuesday. No, never, cannot.

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

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Speaker 2: Make sure you catch all the Ossie Opals Fever Asian

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Speaker 2: Cup matches this week live on ESPN. Tip off on Tuesday,

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Speaker 2: So tonight if you're listening, Day one first Chinese Taipei

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Speaker 2: and Wednesday v. Japan is at seven twenty pm a st.

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Speaker 1: In rugby Union, the Wallaroos face the world champion champions

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Speaker 1: NZ black Ferns. This en Z I don't know. The

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Speaker 1: whole sentence overwhelmed me.

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Speaker 3: It's a bad day.

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Speaker 1: New Zealand Black Ferns this Thursday at Ko Stadium in Redcliffe.

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Speaker 1: The game kicks off at seven pm. Tickets are only

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Speaker 1: twenty dollars and kids under sixteen are free. If you're

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Speaker 1: in Queensland, do not miss this one. If you aren't

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Speaker 1: in Queensland, you can watch live and free on the

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Speaker 1: Night Network or stand Sport.

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Speaker 3: You're flying up for that.

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Speaker 2: I sure I'm flying up for that.

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Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to the live report.

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Speaker 2: Live live reports, crossing to you live from Redcliffe. Do

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Speaker 2: not miss the preliminary final in the supernetwe between the

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Speaker 2: NISA far Swifts and West Coast Fever. The game starts

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Speaker 2: at seven pm on Saturday and were held at Kudos

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Speaker 2: Bank Arena in Homebush and the coverage will be live

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Speaker 2: and free on KO Freebies and also Foxtel.

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Speaker 1: In What to Watch on Your Television.

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Speaker 2: And some doco news movie, feature feature.

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Speaker 3: Movie, feature movie.

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Speaker 1: I Like It. Game on the Unstoppable Rise of Women's

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Speaker 1: Sport showcases and celebrates the incredible recent growth in women's sport,

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Speaker 1: and you can watch it now on Netflix. How Good

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Speaker 1: is That? Told through the eyes of sporting legends and pioneers.

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Speaker 1: The documentary addresses the big issues in female sport and

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Speaker 1: also considers what has changed in recent years to result

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Speaker 1: in the massive growth we're now seeing and what the

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Speaker 1: future holds. How good That's the rap.

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Speaker 2: That is the rap. See you next week, friend.

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Speaker 1: See and Hey, did you get to listen to the

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Speaker 1: Nike Podcast yet?

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Speaker 3: Episode two? I actually really did.

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Speaker 2: I very much enjoyed it. It was awesome, pretty cool.

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Speaker 1: Hey the way she Caitlyn Kiss, Wo's the VP of

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Speaker 1: Women's sports Apparel at Nike over in Oregon, talks about

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Speaker 1: some of the innovative research they're doing in the sports

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Speaker 1: browser's equipment space, menstruation space, making people feel comfortable and

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Speaker 1: confident while playing sport.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, top chat and made me want to go and

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Speaker 2: work for Nike. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it really did have that feel about it. Make

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Speaker 1: sure you have a listen if you haven't yet, It's

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Speaker 1: on our podcast feed, the Female Athlete Project.

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Speaker 3: See you next week.

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Speaker 2: Goodbye, fine now