1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: Welcome to The Rap, a weekly podcast covering women's sports news. Bez, 2 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: what have we got around the grounds this week? 3 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 2: It is final time into ber netball. That's exciting. In 4 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:19,079 Speaker 2: athletics of Diamond League ossies are still king you know what? 5 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 2: And the VFLW Grand Final was won by North Melbourne 6 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 2: on the weekend. 7 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: It was indeed for a key story, we'll chat about 8 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: France's principle of lyicta loosely translated as secularism and what 9 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 1: this means for their female athletes in Paris. My name 10 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 1: is Chloe Dalton. I'm joined every week on the show 11 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: by my co host Bez. We're recording on gardigle Land. 12 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: Did you have something You're sorry? I just interrupted because 13 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 1: we're a bit rusty. You've had a couple of weeks off. 14 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: How is your little break? Yeah? Good, It kind of 15 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: doesn't feel like we've really had a break, but had a. 16 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 2: Break from the RAP. But a lot of very exciting 17 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:00,319 Speaker 2: Olympic prep going on. 18 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 1: Heaps of Olympic prep. We launched our new merch range. 19 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 1: We're both sporting our three AM club hoodies today. We've 20 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: got our mugs. 21 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 2: And it has been popular. Sorry if you missed out. 22 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 2: We're doing our best to get a restock. It went fast. 23 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: It went the three Am crews sold out really fast, 24 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: and they and the whole concept is that we're all 25 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: obviously going to be awake at that time watching our 26 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: Ossie athletes kill it over there, and you can sit 27 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 1: on your couch wrapping your merch. We'll keep you up 28 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: to date across our social channels, in particular, there'll be 29 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 1: heaps of content going out. There'll be daily schedules. It 30 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: will go up on our website and stories. If you 31 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: haven't yet joined, if you're on Instagram, join our broadcast 32 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 1: channel called the three Am Club. We'll keep you up 33 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: to date on there too. 34 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 2: There's a lot going on, so much, it's so exciting. 35 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: It's very exciting. Let's take a look around the grounds. 36 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 2: In Super Netball finals though. It is finals time and 37 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 2: the competition has been eating up rating premieres. Adelaide's Thunderbirds 38 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 2: have booked a spot in this second consecutive Grand Final 39 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 2: after doubting the Melvin Vixen's sixty eight to forty three 40 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 2: in Adelaide, the Thunderbirds never looked in doubt as they 41 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 2: recorded their biggest ever winning against Vixen's leaving them pretty 42 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 2: shell shocked and probably scrambling for answers if they do 43 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 2: meet them again in the GF. The t Birds Shimera 44 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,519 Speaker 2: Sterling Humphrey also became the first netball player to reach 45 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 2: three hundred intercepts. 46 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: Oh, that's cool that. 47 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 2: I didn't watch the whole game. I did watch the highlights, 48 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 2: and she was huge for them in defense, very long, 49 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 2: which is handy, long and handy. Also, the Thunderbirds have 50 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 2: not lost a game in Adelaide this season, so it 51 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,359 Speaker 2: will make them very hard to beat at home come 52 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 2: Big Dance time. Thunderbirds coach Tania Ops was ecstatic after 53 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 2: the win. We need to enjoy the moment. We've had 54 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 2: some really lean years here and it's been a lot 55 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 2: of blood, of sweat and tears to get ourselves into 56 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,079 Speaker 2: this situation. I won't be getting to ahead of myself. 57 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 2: There's still another sixty minute game to play and we 58 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 2: will do the work, but we'll also sit back and 59 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 2: enjoy what we've put out this year get us the 60 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 2: opportunity to go back to back. In the other semi final, 61 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 2: it was a much closer game. The West Coast Fever 62 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 2: withstood the Sunshine Coast Lightnings challenges to eventually take the 63 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:13,239 Speaker 2: match seventy two to sixty two. They made pretty heavy 64 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 2: work of the victory. It wasn't until late in the 65 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 2: third quarter that Fever finally established a match winning lead. 66 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 2: The Fever dominated all stats, converting eighty one percent of 67 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 2: their center passes and forty percent of their missed goals 68 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 2: compared to lightnings miserable nine percent the LNF. It will 69 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 2: now see the Fever face the Victens next weekend about 70 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 2: allowed for a spot in the Grand Final. So little 71 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 2: cool stat here. So before the finals were even played, 72 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 2: the Cuper Netball League smashed their record for the biggest 73 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 2: season crowd in a women's domestic league in Australia, with 74 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 2: three hundred and thirty one eight hundred and forty one 75 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 2: fans in stadiums across the season. 76 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: So they've smashed the record. Did they beat the A 77 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: because the A League took that record, didn't they? I 78 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: guess so yeah, and I think they've potentially now taken back. 79 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 2: And for a women's domestic league, so great, that's awesome. 80 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 2: And that's for four finals. 81 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's very cool. In athletics, in the last Diamond 82 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: League meet before Paris. Our Aussie athletic stars have kept shining. 83 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: Royal North Show Hospital registrar Mackenzie Little. She's like she's 84 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 1: a doctor and just throwing javelin at the Olympics. She's 85 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: a boss. 86 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:23,239 Speaker 2: How do we think that? What do we say work 87 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 2: life balance kind of translates to her doctor skills. Do 88 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 2: you think she's got a strong injecting needleslar injection situation? 89 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 2: Excuse me, doctor Little, We've got a hard canular injection 90 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:40,160 Speaker 2: over here. Can you please come help us? She just 91 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:41,039 Speaker 2: launches it. 92 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 1: That's terrible, that's really bad. Continuing, Mackenzie sailed the javelin 93 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: to sixty six point twenty seven meters on her first attempt, 94 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: on route to secure in gold and a new personal best. 95 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 1: How good is that? A new PB in gold just 96 00:04:58,680 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: before the Olympics. 97 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 2: I always think of when we talk meter each like 98 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 2: that around that kind of time, I think of an 99 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 2: Olympic pool. So that's like sixteen point twenty seven meters longer. 100 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,479 Speaker 1: I actually really like that comparab pool because it's sometimes 101 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 1: you don't get the idea in your eyes. 102 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, so do you think magine standing on the blocks 103 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 2: down at North and Abian rock pool and being able 104 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 2: to throw at sixteen meters past the other end. 105 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:22,160 Speaker 1: There's north there. I been rock pull fifty. I thought 106 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: it would be twenty five fifty is there? Sure is 107 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: wow for anyone who doesn't know. It's a beautiful pool. 108 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 1: The North meaturee McKenzie little told the media, I'm thrilled 109 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: at my performance, but there's definitely that unsettled feeling knowing 110 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: that athletes like the rating World champ, Harukah, Adriana and 111 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:45,919 Speaker 1: Victoria will be there with fires absolutely burning inside, with 112 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 1: lots to prove. I think the event will be really 113 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: dynamic and open, but I now need to keep everything 114 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: in check and use the nerves and expectations as fuel 115 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: for some explosive technical throws. In Paris, how Good running 116 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: into the history books with their third to Oceania record 117 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 1: this year, the Australian women's four by one hundred meter 118 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 1: real A team pass the baton around the track in 119 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: a time of forty two point four to eight seconds. 120 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: The quartet of Ella Connolly, Breemasters, Christy Edwards and Torry 121 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:16,160 Speaker 1: Lewis finish fourth behind new world leaders Great Britain France, 122 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: as well as GB's second team that's hectic fast. If 123 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: they've got eight people who can beat. 124 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 2: That's pretty impressive. WHOA, I'm assuming Jamaica and America weren't there. 125 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 2: Is that a fair enough assumption, I'd say, so, yeah, okay, 126 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 2: still pretty good. We're still a chance of a medal there. 127 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 2: Because anything can happen in a real. 128 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 1: Life anything can happen the stick you're in the you 129 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 1: know what, I think Monday night. So by the time 130 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: this episode goes out, it will have already happened. But 131 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: I imagine you can watch it on replay of nine now. 132 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: But there's an incredible doco that's been following this for 133 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 1: by one hundred meter team, and just keep your eyes peeled. 134 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: You might see a bit of te faff in there. 135 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: Yeah good, oh good. World pole vault champion Neda Kennedy 136 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 1: is what have fifth consecutive competition this year? She is 137 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 1: on fire. 138 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 2: I'm gonna have to change my prediction on my little 139 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 2: on your spreadsheet, ony spreadsheet. 140 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: A four point eight five meter performance cemented her place 141 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: as a true contender. I'd say she's Paris goal. 142 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 2: She's gone from an outside chance to a proper yes 143 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 2: metal chance. 144 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: She was not an outside chance. 145 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 2: I think she had a few iffy jumps earlier in 146 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 2: the season, right, We'll go with that. That's what I 147 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 2: base my prediction on. 148 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 1: Only Kennedy and Canadian Alicia Newman could clear four point 149 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 1: seventy five meters, and while both were unable to clear 150 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: four point eight five on their first attempt, Kennedy locked 151 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: in first place on her second jump, while Newman failed 152 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: all three attempts. 153 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 2: In some footing news, the FFLW Grand Finals played over 154 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 2: the weekend. North Melbourne Kangaroos defeated the Western Bulldogs sixty 155 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 2: eight to forty eight. It was despite a spirited comeback 156 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 2: from the Doggies which leveled things at the final break 157 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 2: to be forty two all. It was the Kangaroos who 158 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 2: stormed home with the victory, scoring twenty six points in 159 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 2: the final quarter. That's a huge final quarter. 160 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: That's a solid final quarter. 161 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 2: And afowc's is coming in hot really soon. So excited 162 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 2: six weeks less than so excited. 163 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: Amazing. In some basketball news, the WNBA's next national media 164 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 1: rights package has come into shape. The league is set 165 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 1: to receive roughly two point two billion dollars, so very 166 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,119 Speaker 1: good investing them in sport over the next eleven years 167 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 1: in rights fees in its new deals, an average of 168 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 1: two hundred million dollars a year. We're talking US dollars here. 169 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: I believe we're an opening to earn more over that period, 170 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,719 Speaker 1: according to league sources briefed on the contracts. The NBA's 171 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: Board of Governors approved these media rights deals on Tuesdays 172 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 1: on Tuesday, but they are not yet official since Warner 173 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:50,599 Speaker 1: Brothers Discovery, the parent company of TNT, maintains that it 174 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: is it has matching rights for an NBA rights package, 175 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: but has not yet decided whether to exercise them. 176 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 2: It's an interesting kind of issue here, is that there's 177 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 2: all these different kind of connections with the NBA package, 178 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,559 Speaker 2: and just WNBA really have an opportunity to go it 179 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 2: alone and sell it separately. 180 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, and this is worth noting as well. So the 181 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:14,959 Speaker 1: men's equivalent, the NBA has agreed to terms on its 182 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: new media deals, a record eleven year agreements worth seventy 183 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: six billion dollars. A little bit more so, when we 184 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: say two point two billion for the women, it sounds 185 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 1: like a lot of money, and then you see seventy 186 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: six billion for the men, and noting the growth potential 187 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 1: in the women's game. That's a huge gap. There's been 188 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: some mixed responses to the deal. Cheryl Miller Bez, who 189 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: coached the WNBA All Stars against the US women's Olympic 190 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: basketball team over the weekend, ripped the deal while talking 191 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: to reporters on Friday. She said, I'm not great with numbers. Lobull. 192 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 1: That's a lobull. Not enough, not even close. Now. I'm 193 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: not trying to inflate it a whole lot, but it 194 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: two is nice and eight would be better. 195 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 2: She's a Cheryl Miller is a goat, like. 196 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: I'm so here. 197 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 2: She's just I think she's obviously at the point of 198 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 2: in her career, in her life where she's just going 199 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 2: to say what she feels, she doesn't care about the consequences, 200 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 2: and I'm here for it. 201 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: Yeah. Wouldn't that be a beautiful place to be. 202 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 2: You'll get there one day, one day, you will after 203 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:15,679 Speaker 2: world domination. 204 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:21,680 Speaker 1: Kelly Jackson, executive director of the WNBA Players Union, also 205 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:24,719 Speaker 1: express concern with the deal. We've wondered for months how 206 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 1: the NBA would value the WNBA and its media rites 207 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 1: deal with a reportedly seventy five billion dollar deal, on 208 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: the table. The league is in control of its own destiny. 209 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 1: More precisely, the NBA controls the destiny of the WNBA. 210 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 2: Again. I just think that it's time for them to 211 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 2: go alone, because I think there's so much more, as 212 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 2: you said, upside to the WNBA that they need to exploit. 213 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 2: In some volleyball news, the Board of Volleyball Australia has 214 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:53,559 Speaker 2: issued an apology to former players who suffered through an 215 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 2: environment of fear, coercive control, physical and psychological abuse. The 216 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:01,839 Speaker 2: apology was issued to the players in Australia Women's indoor 217 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 2: team who were based at the AIS the Austrainian Institute 218 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 2: of Sport between nineteen ninety seven and two thousand and five, 219 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 2: and some were as young as fourteen during that time. 220 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:15,079 Speaker 2: Devastating he's an excerpt from the apology. Volleyball Australia has 221 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 2: listened to athletes from this period. We've heard that you 222 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 2: experienced an environment of fear, unacceptable and punitive training practices, 223 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:26,079 Speaker 2: a lack of coach accountability, coaches disregarding advice from medical 224 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 2: and performance support staff, limited athletes support, and inadequate complaint 225 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:34,079 Speaker 2: handling mechanisms. We're deeply sorry for the ongoing effects these 226 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 2: experiences have had on your life and on your relationship 227 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:39,079 Speaker 2: with the sport of volleyball and with Volleyball Australia. We 228 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 2: reservedly apologize for that harm. We understand that your experiences 229 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 2: amounted to coercive control, which included using training as a 230 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 2: method of punishment, verbal and physical abuse, favoritism, ostracism, excessive punishments, 231 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 2: and body shaming. 232 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: It's just really horrible to hear, and I think the 233 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: big thing that's come out of this is like, obviously 234 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: it's great that there's been an apology, but the fact 235 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 1: that it's come two years after because Sports Integrity Australia SIA, 236 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 1: they did a confidential review of the program between nineteen 237 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 1: ninety seven and two thousand and five that was completed 238 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two, so it's taken two years to 239 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 1: even get to this apology. And from my understanding, some 240 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: of the players have spoken about the fact that they 241 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 1: had to push so hard to even get this apology, 242 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: so to even hear the words that they're unreservedly apologizing. 243 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,079 Speaker 2: And I believe again from what I've read, that there 244 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 2: are still some people that were around during that period 245 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 2: involved with Volleyball Australia. It's the kind of thing where 246 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:40,320 Speaker 2: if Sports Integery Australia give you an outcome like this 247 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 2: from what was obviously a very thorough review, you've got 248 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 2: a clean house, don't you. Yeah, for sure, like you've 249 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 2: got to have a fresh start. You have to apologize immediately, yes, 250 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:53,560 Speaker 2: and take action. And I feel like that Volleyball Australia 251 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,840 Speaker 2: might be a little bit half pregnant in that case. 252 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 1: In football, Angel City FC in the United States is 253 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 1: set to become the most valuable professional women's sports team 254 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 1: in the world. 255 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 2: I just can't deal with the fact that it's going 256 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:09,080 Speaker 2: to be owned by Disney. If there's not Mickey Mouse 257 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,319 Speaker 2: Donald Duck all over the place, I'm not here for it. 258 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:13,079 Speaker 1: It's pretty cool. 259 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 2: It's so cool they've inked we're. 260 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 1: Talking Australian dollars here, a three hundred and seventy three 261 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: million dollar landmark ownership deal. 262 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 2: He's got it, let's be real. 263 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's he's got some cash. So will Obey and 264 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: her husband Bob Iger, who's the Disney CEO, announced their 265 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: purchase of the US Women's Soccer League, the NWSL team 266 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: on Thursday, Aeest. The statement confirmed the pair had purchased 267 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 1: the club for an undisclosed amount, with an additional seventy 268 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 1: four million Australian dollars set to be invested in the 269 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 1: team's future development. According to the NWSL bylaws, controlling owners 270 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:53,079 Speaker 1: must own at least thirty five percent of the team. 271 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 1: Therefore confirming the Iigro and Bay have signed a minimum 272 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: agreement of one hundred and thirty million dollars Australian, so 273 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: speculating based on what it would need to be for 274 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: them to be in control. In a statement, they said, 275 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 1: as fans and friends of ACFC, we are thrilled to 276 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: join this team as owners. At this historic moment in sports. 277 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: ACFC and these incredible athletes had already had a tremendous 278 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: impact on the NWSL women's soccer and the Los Angeles community. 279 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 1: With this investment of resources and capital, we hope to 280 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: accelerate the growth of the club and the NWSL. Bit 281 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 1: of pushback on our social channels about this concept of 282 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 1: rich people buying off rich people for a sports club 283 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: and the fact that women's sports should not go in 284 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 1: the same direction of what the men has I just 285 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: think I disagree with that. 286 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 2: Do you think that, do you. 287 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 1: I think that it's not. I just don't think it 288 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 1: should be seen as a negative thing for women's sport 289 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 1: to be seen as a business and as a great 290 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: commercial investment in this future fund, which is really important. 291 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: But these athletes deserve to be earning good money. They 292 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: don't need to be paidundreds of millions of dollars like yeah, 293 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: Lebron James. But are we saying, like in saying that 294 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 1: it shouldn't follow the men's league, are we're just saying 295 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: all female athletes should just be capped at seventy thousand 296 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 1: dollars a year Like I don't. I don't understand where 297 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 1: the argument lies with that. 298 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 2: I just play for the love. No, I want to. 299 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: Maybe that women's I think women's sports should just be 300 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: grateful love of the game. 301 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:23,760 Speaker 2: But I hear what you're saying, and there has been 302 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 2: some comentry around, you know, let's not make the same 303 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 2: mistakes men's game has made. And I get that there is, Yes, 304 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 2: there's lessons to be learned from how the men's sport 305 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 2: has grown, and I'm sure that the people in charge 306 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 2: of these amazing clubs will take those lessons on board. 307 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 2: But at the end of the day. This is about 308 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 2: lifting these women. You know, their opportunities, the conditions they 309 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 2: play in, what they're being paid to perform at their 310 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 2: best level, to allow them to perform at their best level. 311 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 2: And I'm here for it, totally agree and these kind 312 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 2: of things. The bigger this sport gets, the wider it's 313 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 2: out there in the marketplace, the more that young girls 314 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 2: can play see their hero like, it's just a note brain. 315 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 2: I just that argument to me just doesn't sit at ally. 316 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 2: Pay the women. 317 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 1: Let's take a look at the key story. We are 318 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 1: very very excited about the upcoming Olympics Paralympics games and 319 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 1: in what to watch, We're going to give you a 320 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: couple of our predictions. Bears would we say, yep, lock 321 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: it in in the sure things. But I think it's 322 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 1: also important that we discuss a really big issue that 323 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 1: we posted on our social media on Sunday night, and 324 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: it's looking at France's rules around the combination of religion 325 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: and sport. So France's principle of lyic ta, loosely translated 326 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: as secularism, means no excessive crosses or kippers or Islamic 327 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 1: head coverings can be worn by staff students and players 328 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: in public schools, hospitals, courts and sports fields, though visitors 329 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: and spectators can. At the twenty twenty four Olympic Games, 330 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 1: the host country France has banned Muslim women from wearing 331 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 1: a sports hit jub or any other form of religious 332 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 1: headgear when they compete for France. Such a ban is 333 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 1: imposed in several sports in France, including football, basketball, and volleyball, 334 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 1: in competitions at all levels, including youth and amateur ones. 335 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 2: In a new report published ahead of the Paris Olympic Games, 336 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 2: Amnesty International says the ban on French women athletes who 337 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 2: wear headscarves from competing at the Olympic Games breaches international 338 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 2: human rights laws and exposes a discrimmu discriminatory, thank you 339 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:31,159 Speaker 2: hypocrisy of French authorities and the craven weaknesses of the 340 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:35,959 Speaker 2: International Olympic Committee. Craven weaknesses, that's tough. The report, titled 341 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 2: we can't breathe anymore, even sports, we can't do them anymore. 342 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,920 Speaker 2: Violations of Muslim women's and girls human rights through his 343 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 2: jab bands in sports in France details the impact that 344 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 2: he jabb bands are having on Muslim women and girls 345 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:53,159 Speaker 2: at all levels of French sport. Anna Bluss, Amnesty internationals 346 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,680 Speaker 2: women rights researcher in Europe says banning French athletes from 347 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 2: competing with sports he jabs at the Olympics and Paralympics 348 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:02,639 Speaker 2: game aims makes a mockery of claims that Paris twenty 349 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,879 Speaker 2: two twenty twenty four is the first gender equal Olympics 350 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 2: and lays bare the racist gender discrimination that underpins access 351 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 2: to sport in France. 352 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: On eleventh of June, members of the Sport and Rights 353 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:19,639 Speaker 1: Alliance and basket PORTUTS published a letter written to the 354 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 1: International Olympic Committee demanding that they publicly call on sporting 355 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 1: authorities in France to overturn all bands on athletes wearing 356 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 1: the hijab in French sport, both at Paris twenty twenty 357 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 1: four and at all times and all levels of sport. 358 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 1: On the eighteenth of June, the IOC responded to the 359 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:38,399 Speaker 1: organizations in response to a letter from a coalition of 360 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 1: organizations or urging it to take action. That IOC claimed 361 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 1: that France's prohibition on sports hijabs was outside the remit 362 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 1: of the Olympic movement, claiming that freedom of religion is 363 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 1: interpreted in many different ways by different states. The IOC's 364 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 1: response did not mention other rights violated by the bands, 365 00:18:55,960 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 1: such as freedom of expression and access to Healths on 366 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 1: sports headgear contradict the clothing rules of the international sports 367 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 1: bodies such as FIFA, FEBA, the Basketball Federation, FIVB volleyball. 368 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: Amnesty International looked at rules in thirty eight European countries 369 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,920 Speaker 1: and found that France is the only one that has 370 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: enshrined bands on religious headwear, either on the level of 371 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:23,639 Speaker 1: national laws or individual sports regulations. Even though there is 372 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 1: no national law prohibiting women from wearing religious headgirard and sports, 373 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:31,439 Speaker 1: some federations in France have introduced bands on religious clothing 374 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 1: and competitions. This means that, as well as being excluded 375 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: from participating in sports, some Muslim women and girls will 376 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,440 Speaker 1: never be able to qualify for the Olympic Games because 377 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 1: the bands prevent them from training and competition opportunities from 378 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:44,760 Speaker 1: a young age. 379 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 2: Helen Barr, a French basketball player, told am Wessin International 380 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 2: the Olympics hijaban is a clear violation of the Olympic 381 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 2: Charter values and provisions and an infrigement on our fundamental 382 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:58,439 Speaker 2: rights and freedoms. I think it's going to be a 383 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 2: shameful moment for France. Mentally, it is also hard because 384 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 2: you really feel excluded, especially if you go to the 385 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 2: bench and the referee tells you to go to the stands. 386 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 2: Everyone sees you. It's a walk of shame. According to 387 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 2: Amnesty International, under international law, state neutrality or securalism are 388 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:18,639 Speaker 2: not legitimate reasons for imposing restrictions on freedom of expression 389 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 2: and or freedom of religion. Puan Douara, co president of 390 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 2: the football collective Hite of Oasis, told Amnesty International, our 391 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 2: fight is not political or religious, but centered on our 392 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:34,879 Speaker 2: human right to participate in sports. Diabconte, a French Bastal 393 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 2: player who was born and raised in France, is noway 394 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,400 Speaker 2: playing NC double A college basketball in the US. She's 395 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 2: a former member of the French youth national team and 396 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 2: she would love to play for the French team, but 397 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 2: it's not an option for her. Diaba said in an 398 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 2: open letter to the French basketball Federation signed by eighty 399 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 2: plus athletes and allies on the eighth of March twenty 400 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:56,359 Speaker 2: twenty four. I love basketball, my family and my faith. 401 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:58,400 Speaker 2: It would break my heart to give up any one 402 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,360 Speaker 2: of those and yet this is what the current French 403 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 2: Federation of Basketball guidelines are forcing me to do. And 404 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 2: Minster International describe the hijab bands as an own goal 405 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:08,719 Speaker 2: for France deprive in the country of talented athletes who 406 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 2: they should be celebrating, which. 407 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 1: Is a really good point. And I think if we 408 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:16,159 Speaker 1: look at this overall, it's not something that is just 409 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:20,639 Speaker 1: impacting the Olympics. This is something that impacts the country 410 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 1: as a whole at all levels of sport it looks like, 411 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:27,360 Speaker 1: but it's something that disproportionately impacts women and Muslim women 412 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 1: at that. 413 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 2: And that's something I think to take away from this is, 414 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 2: as we said, there's over the course of time, there's 415 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 2: been a lot of things that have been brought in 416 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 2: that do affect women more than men, and this is 417 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:41,679 Speaker 2: just another one because obviously in Muslim men does not 418 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,479 Speaker 2: have to wear a huge abso can continue to compete 419 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:45,959 Speaker 2: in sport at every level in France. 420 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 1: Let's take a look at what to watch. 421 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 2: All right, it's the Olympics time. It's very exciting and 422 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 2: if we go you want to get pumped up, do 423 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 2: watch Males Rising on Netflix. 424 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:57,719 Speaker 1: Wow, do watch it? 425 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 2: Do watch do watch is amazing. 426 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:05,159 Speaker 1: She's incredible and her vulnerability and her honesty telling her 427 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: story about the Twisties. I kind of actually felt bad 428 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 1: that we had made jokes about She's twistis on the 429 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 1: podcast World talking about it, because it was a pretty 430 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 1: dramatic time for her. 431 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 2: A terrific But like you said, she's really upfront, very open. 432 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 2: My only negative is two episodes pre Olympics, and apparently 433 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:24,880 Speaker 2: the next two episodes post Olympics are following our own parents. 434 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: Tayage is to edit it, guys annoying. Give us let's 435 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 1: go live, Yeah, I'd love that. Give us more. Simoe 436 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 1: Superneble Prelimp Final. Just two weeks remain in this year's 437 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:39,200 Speaker 1: Sunkop Supernetball, and with Adelaide Thunderbirds already booking their place 438 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 1: in the Grand Final, it's between the West Coast Fever 439 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: and the Melbourne Vixens to be their opponent. The last 440 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 1: time the Vixens and Fever faced off, only one point 441 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: could separate them, so let's hope this final is just 442 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 1: as much of a thriller. All the action begins is 443 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 1: Saturday at five pm a e st and you can 444 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,120 Speaker 1: catch it live on Fox Netball and KO Freebies. 445 00:22:58,040 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 2: And erl W is back. 446 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:02,440 Speaker 1: I can't I believe it's back in Olympics week. Weird decision, 447 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 1: not great, I guess you can't really change. It's a 448 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 1: year to your competition. 449 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 2: Very true, and at the end of the day it's 450 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 2: in a not so much three am club time. 451 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:11,639 Speaker 1: Great point. 452 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 2: So the raining Premier is the Newcastle Knights will take 453 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 2: on Hot Contenders and Sydney Roosters this Thursday of the 454 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:19,880 Speaker 2: match and the season kicks off at seven forty five 455 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,880 Speaker 2: pm AST and you can watch the whole season of NLW, 456 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:25,719 Speaker 2: including this match, live and free on the nine network. 457 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:29,119 Speaker 1: Hood that I can't wait Olympics time. Bess is just 458 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: laughing with excitement. 459 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 2: What okay, I cannot wait. 460 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 1: Give me your sure thing. 461 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,360 Speaker 2: Oh, I hadn't thought about my sure thing. 462 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: Didn't you want to do this segment? 463 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 2: Yeah, I just my wish. I had my wish very 464 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 2: very firmly implanted in my mind. 465 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 1: Okay, let's start with wish. 466 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 2: My wish. I just I'm desperate to see the opens 467 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 2: wing gold. 468 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:51,639 Speaker 1: You are desperate, and I will back up. 469 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,400 Speaker 2: I just want to see Lja standing on the top 470 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:54,880 Speaker 2: of that Olympic. 471 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: Guys, it would be beautiful. Wouldn't it? It would? 472 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 2: She deserves it. 473 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:03,399 Speaker 1: My wish is whole. She's been killing it lately, and 474 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:05,919 Speaker 1: I know faith Gibbie Gon is hard to run with. 475 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,679 Speaker 1: Like good luck to anyone running against her, but I 476 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 1: don't know. 477 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 2: Anything can happened just. 478 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 1: The way like Jess Haller is running at the moment 479 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:15,360 Speaker 1: Peb's world records like she's on fire and I'd love 480 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 1: to see her. 481 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 2: Okay, my sure thing. Yes, this is lame because it's 482 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 2: absolutely sure thing, but I'm here for it. The four 483 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:25,679 Speaker 2: by two hundred freestyle relay or we're going to win 484 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 2: by one thousand, one thousand. 485 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 1: I don't want to add extra pressure, but I'm going 486 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 1: to go Jess Fox, Yes, minimum one. 487 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 2: Gold and is she going to carry the flag? 488 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 1: That's that's got to be a sure thing, doesn't it? 489 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 1: How good? Yeah? Check out all our content on Socials 490 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: Broadcast Channel website. The three Am Club will be in 491 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,439 Speaker 1: full force when the Tillies take on Germany this Friday 492 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: at three a m. A s t. Live and free 493 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 1: on the nine Network. The swimming kicks off seven pm. 494 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 1: What a beautiful time that is, I know. But still 495 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:02,119 Speaker 1: on Saturday with the women's one hundred meters butterfly heats. 496 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,479 Speaker 1: We've got Assie favorites Emma McKeon and Alexandra Perkins in 497 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 1: that any relation to Kieran no great and the paddle Goat, 498 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 1: the paddle Goat Gold, all that was a fraudience Slip 499 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,880 Speaker 1: Paddle Gold will be in full force late on Saturday night, 500 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 1: eleven pm. I can't talk anymore. It's been a long 501 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:22,639 Speaker 1: episode as where the women's kayak single heats begin. And 502 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: also big good luck to just assist Miami at her 503 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 1: first Olympics too. 504 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 2: So exciting. I cannot wait. 505 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,160 Speaker 1: That's the rap, That is the rap. See you next week. 506 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 2: Enjoy the Olympics content people, Get around. 507 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: It, get around it. Bye bye, go the Aussies.