1 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:10,120 Speaker 1: Welcome to The Wrap, a weekly podcast covering women's sports 2 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: news bears. What have we got around the grounds this week? 3 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 2: Jaikara Anthony has broken another record. The North Melbourne Kangaroos 4 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:23,599 Speaker 2: even are AFLW champions and the Perth Thundersticks are Hockey 5 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 2: One champs. 6 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: They just have the best names, don't they. 7 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 2: They really do. 8 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: For the key story, we'll discuss the Melbourne Renegade's WBBL title. 9 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 1: That is like from worse to first. It's an amazing 10 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: story and the incredible story of Josie Dooley. My name 11 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,160 Speaker 1: is Chloe Dalton. I'm joined every week on the show 12 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: by my co host Bez. I'm recording on gadagal Land. 13 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: Today bes has had you're away for a work trip, 14 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: but you've had a lovely weekend. What have you been doing? 15 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 2: I have? I've doubled up the Adelaide Hills into a 16 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 2: Baross Valley work trip. So yeah, oh. 17 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: Gosh, really, work could be worse. Favorite winery from the weekend, 18 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: Oh of Vinterlopa. 19 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:10,759 Speaker 2: We had a good We had a tasting that went 20 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,400 Speaker 2: for about three and a half hours. Highly recommended for 21 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 2: an Adelaide Hills area. 22 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:24,559 Speaker 3: Amazing goodness week can you tell that I don't sleep 23 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 3: between the hours of two am and four am mostly 24 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 3: these days? 25 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:29,479 Speaker 1: Just to slight pause, I was just going to say, 26 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: before we get around the grounds, we are obviously remote, 27 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: so give us a break if our jokes are slightly 28 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: awkward and delayed. All right, so let's take leaks. 29 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 2: It's definitely the internet issues and not the fact that 30 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 2: you don't sleep anymore. 31 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll blame all the things on Fred. It's Fread's 32 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: fault on Fred. Let's take a look around the grounds. 33 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: In AFLW, North Melbourne are the first team to complete 34 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: an unbeaten season and defeating the Brisbane Lines in a 35 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: Grand final rematch by thirty points six goals three thirty 36 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: nine to one goal three nine. The Kangaroos are the 37 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 1: first expansion club to win an AFLW flag and did 38 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 1: it in front of a sold out Icon Park crowd. 39 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,399 Speaker 1: Jas mcgardner received the Individual Award that she's so thoroughly 40 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 1: deserved after being named Best on Ground for her thirty 41 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:24,079 Speaker 1: five disposal ten clearance performance. 42 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 2: That was the most disposals by anyone ever in ANFLW 43 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 2: Grand Final. 44 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 1: Oh wow. She I was at the W Awards last 45 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: week it's tough to say what day it was last Monday, 46 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: and she was like, I don't know, halfway into the 47 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: vote count, maybe even deeper into the vote count, that 48 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: she got her first three votes and the room erupted 49 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 1: because she just I don't know what it is. She 50 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: never gets recognized by the umpires in the Best and 51 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: Ferris during the season, so the fact that she was 52 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: named best on Ground at the final was it was 53 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: a long time coming. I reckon. The Lions tried everything 54 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 1: to slow Guarded down, starting by sending Jade Ellinger to 55 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: her before Captain Brianna Conan was moved to Garner in 56 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: an attempt to repeat the success that she had last year. 57 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: They sent her there and bre Conan's usually defend her 58 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: and actually did a really good job on Garner, but 59 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 1: they just couldn't. They just couldn't shut it down. They 60 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: wouldn't be denying the Kangaroos. They ground out a tough wind, 61 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: played on a pretty slow ground after some significant rains. 62 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: You would have much preferred them to be at Marvel. 63 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, this is what we talk about, the conditions, and look, 64 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 2: I think the AFL probably got lucky in the end 65 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:30,799 Speaker 2: that it did the sun did come out probably I 66 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 2: think about two hours before bounce off. Yes, I said 67 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 2: bounce off, and it did dry up a bit, but 68 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 2: at the end of the day it was a slow 69 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 2: pitch ground, track and track, and yeah, they all could 70 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 2: have been avoided if we had have been at the 71 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 2: premier AFL stadium for women at Marvel with the roof 72 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 2: closed during the day. I just don't understand. The more 73 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 2: I think about it, the more I'm perplexed by the 74 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 2: fact that, you know, the showcase match was held at 75 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 2: a ground that could only fit twelve and a half 76 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 2: thousand people on it that sold out within twenty four hours. 77 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 2: And as I sit here, actually look out the window 78 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 2: and see the roofline of Adelaide Oval and cast my 79 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:19,480 Speaker 2: mind back five years when I was standing there watching 80 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 2: you play in a Grand final friend with fifty three 81 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 2: thousand of my closest friends. Just it doesn't make sense 82 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 2: to me. I just AFL need to change in tac there, 83 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 2: put the girls in the biggest stadium possible and see 84 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 2: what happens. Because I'm telling you that fifty three thousand 85 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 2: people towe me nineteen wasn't the greatest result, but the 86 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 2: experience and you know, just that emotion that in that 87 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 2: stadium that day was absolutely incredible. 88 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 1: Couldn't agree more. Kangaroos defender Libie Birch made history becoming 89 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: the first player male or female to winning premiership at 90 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 1: three different clubs, but showing the rus in the offseason 91 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: after winning flags at Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs. Well 92 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 1: oh yes, raised hands. 93 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 2: Oh that wasn't actually a rest hand. But I did 94 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 2: have something to say about that. If Livy Birch is 95 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 2: on the market for whatever reason at the end of 96 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 2: this year, you're buying her, aren't you. She's obviously a 97 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 2: good luck shot. 98 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: She's a good luck shot. Nor captain emmccarney carried a 99 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: serious right hamstring injury for much of the season, and 100 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: the thirty five year old answered retirement questions at the 101 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: Kangas Sunday celebrations held at Arden Street, telling media I've 102 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: got one year left on my contract. I love this 103 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: group and I love playing. I feel like I can 104 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: still contribute at the highest level. It's probably just whether 105 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:37,279 Speaker 1: I want to keep doing it mentally, but at this 106 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: stage I'll play another year and then assess after that. 107 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: She was another level in the Grand Final, wasn't she 108 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: she was very, very. 109 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 2: Good, absolutely huge, and that's the whole you know, cometh, 110 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 2: the time, cometh, the cometh, the moment, cometh the athlete, 111 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 2: and she really performed on that bigger stage. 112 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: I can see your brain ticking over, like, what's the phrase? 113 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 2: Get there? Eventually, let's move on to some football. On 114 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 2: Thursday night, the Matilda's played the first of four upcoming 115 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 2: friendly matches. So Game one was against a very physical 116 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:11,600 Speaker 2: Brazil at sun Corps Stadium and the Tillies came up 117 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:15,040 Speaker 2: short against the Olympic silver medalists, going down three to one. 118 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 2: The match included a celebration for Claire Polkinghorn, who has 119 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,720 Speaker 2: racked up one hundred and sixty seven caps and sixteen 120 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 2: goals over her more than eighteen year career. She debuted 121 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 2: in two thousand and six. That is just impressive. 122 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:34,239 Speaker 1: Because even I saw Emily ven Edmund celebrated by fifty. 123 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: I'm just pointing at you to make sure you know. 124 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: I want the microphone right now to get one hundred 125 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 1: and sixty seven caps. Like I know how many games 126 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 1: the Tillies are playing these days. I reckon when Polkinghorn 127 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,919 Speaker 1: was early in her career, they were not playing a 128 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 1: lot of matches. 129 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 2: No, I totally agree, so it just makes that achievement 130 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 2: even more impressive. She's the most capped Australian footballer of 131 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 2: all time for now and she fittingly said farewell to 132 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 2: her home crowd in Brisbane on Thursday night. Last night. 133 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 2: Sunday were recording on Monday at SeaBus Stadium in the 134 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 2: Gold Coast. Aussi's were dealt a late blow with Steph 135 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 2: Catley being ruled out just before kickoff. She was replaced 136 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 2: in the starting lineup by Courtney Nevin and Emily van Egmond, 137 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 2: who did play her one hundred and fifty appearance, wore 138 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 2: the captain's armband. The match was played in front of 139 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 2: and this is huge, a sixteenth consecutive sold out crowd. 140 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 2: Now they're not playing in stadiums at whole twelve and 141 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 2: a half thousand people. They're playing in the big stadiums 142 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 2: they are. So it was unfortunately, once again the Brazilians 143 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 2: that got out to an early lead. They were leading 144 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 2: to Neil when Hailey Rose pulled one back just before 145 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 2: halftime and they went to the breakdown two to one. 146 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 2: The Tillies they look to be struggling in the final third, 147 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 2: they're getting the ball into that attacking zone, just lacking 148 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 2: that finishing quality at the moment. They're getting plenty of opportunities, 149 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 2: some really good attacking raids, but just couldn't finish. And 150 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 2: despite a frantic second forty five, the Matilda's, as we said, 151 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 2: couldn't find the equalizer and the score finished too. And 152 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 2: while we're chatting friendlies, which we've discussed as a strange term. 153 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: This looked so epic, this game so good. 154 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 2: England and the United States women's national team, you swnt 155 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 2: it's such a mouthful. Why can't they just be the USA? 156 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 2: Too many hard letters any who? They played out a 157 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,239 Speaker 2: nil or draw over the weekend, but the teams obviously 158 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 2: could not be split. So we will crown the winner 159 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 2: the seventy eight thousand, three hundred and forty six fans 160 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 2: who packed into Wembley Stadium and set a new record 161 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 2: for a women's friendly international. 162 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 1: Do you know what's crazy we've chatted about, say, Jess 163 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 1: Fox and Jakara Anthey and people, I think Aussies maybe 164 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 1: maybe everyone in general having like winners fatigue, where like 165 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: you still we still post things and talk about things, 166 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,679 Speaker 1: and people come to expect I think there's a similar 167 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: thing with crowd fatigue. Like it's almost not crazy that 168 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,079 Speaker 1: there's been seventy eight thousand fans in Wembley. People are like, yeah, 169 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,319 Speaker 1: oh yeah, women's football does that all the time. Yeah, 170 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 1: I reckon, I'll do a post of this and let's 171 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 1: see how it goes. 172 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 2: It's just the new normal. I'm here for it. I'm 173 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 2: here for the new normal. 174 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 1: Yeah. In our re union, our Aussie seven's women are 175 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:13,680 Speaker 1: really living the Queens of the Desert nickname. Early on Monday, 176 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 1: they claimed their fifth straight to buy A seven's title, 177 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 1: defeating New Zealand in the final twenty eight to twenty four. 178 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: You know, it's convenient about having a newborn that wakes 179 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 1: up at one thirty and then decides to not go 180 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 1: back to sleep when the Grand final and debs them 181 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,599 Speaker 1: at two thirty, am Audt. That's called you bet we 182 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: watched that game. 183 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 2: That's called being convenient. Mister Fred, Well done you. 184 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, thank you. Fred. Appreciate the awake hour because I 185 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: love the Aussie sevens, but I don't know a normal day. 186 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 1: How often I'm waking up at two thirty before? Would 187 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 1: we call recording the wrapper work day? Yes? 188 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 2: Absolutely. The workday, absolutely, I think. I think when when 189 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 2: we the exciting news dropped that you were to become 190 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 2: a mother, my major concern was for your sleep, massive, massive, 191 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 2: huge concerns. So the fact that he's actually contributing to 192 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 2: your sporting experience, you know, two thumbs up for Fred. 193 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: He can stay back to the game. The Australian started fast, 194 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 1: getting out to a fourteen nal lead, and we're head 195 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 1: by nine at halftime. But the Black fans never quit 196 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: and they sneaked. You said, I'm gonna go snuck snuckered snooker, 197 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 1: their noses in front. With three minutes to play, upstepped 198 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: Madison Lee by taking intercept. She just kind of that 199 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: I was used for like five meters out from their 200 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: own trailine, Like it was a pretty bold move for 201 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 1: her to attempt to intercept and then like good luck 202 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: stopping her with about two minutes on the clock. So 203 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 1: the try was her fifteenth of the weekend, and in 204 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 1: the process of scoring that winning try, leave I said, 205 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: a new record for most tries by a player in 206 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 1: a single tournament. And there are some exceptional players that 207 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: have come before her, like the fact that Porscha Woodman 208 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:57,959 Speaker 1: Michaelea Blyede, Eliah Green, Emily Cherry, Ematonagado. None of those 209 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 1: players have ever done. 210 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 2: That like she Choe Dalton. 211 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:04,679 Speaker 1: I was maybe fifteen tries across my career. No, I 212 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 1: got better towards the back end. 213 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:09,359 Speaker 2: Conversions important, lots. 214 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: Kicking important, underrated. 215 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 2: Go with that. 216 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 1: Charlotte Kensley announced prior to the start of To Buy 217 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: that she was handing over the captaincy to allow the 218 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 1: next gen to step up, and that decision did not 219 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:23,839 Speaker 1: have any impact on her performance. She was very good. 220 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: I think she was almost better on the weekend. 221 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 2: She's touch a good football She's just such a good footballer, 222 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 2: like just and Charlotte just knows when to inject herself, 223 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 2: how to inject herself. And yeah, I think perhaps she 224 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 2: was playing with a bit more freedom without the captaincy. 225 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 2: It's tough to say. I just think she's that good anyway. 226 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's very true. And New Zealand had the ball, 227 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:45,680 Speaker 1: they were down, they probably had a minute or so 228 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 1: to score, and she got this clutch turnover with thirty 229 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 1: seconds to go. Then the Aussies kind of just like 230 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 1: let the clock wine down, chose to take a scrum. 231 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: The scrub. New Zealand almost won the scrum and Charlotte 232 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:57,080 Speaker 1: just kicked it out of the back and then they 233 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 1: got the ball over the side. It was stressful, but 234 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: to come up clutch with a turnover like that to 235 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 1: win the final was huge. Well done to the Oozie sevens. 236 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 2: In some golf, New South Korean g Yai Shin claimed 237 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 2: her second Australian Open at Kingston Heath, holding on for 238 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 2: a two shot win with a seventeen underpart two hundred 239 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 2: and seventy four shot total. Sin led by as many 240 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 2: as seven shots in the final round, but had to 241 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 2: drain a seven foot put on the eighteenth to close 242 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:27,079 Speaker 2: with a round of seventy and avoid a pretty anxious 243 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 2: weight in the clubhouse. That left South African Ashley boo 244 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 2: High needing to hold a twelve foot bird attempt, but 245 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:35,679 Speaker 2: the put shaded the cup and boo High had to 246 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 2: settle for second. Hannah Green and fellow LPGA to a 247 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 2: star Grace Chemmet were the leading Australians in a tie 248 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 2: for fourth at six under a bit of a rough 249 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,080 Speaker 2: rune for Hannah Green. She was sitting just one shot 250 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 2: behind Shin at the start of the day, but she 251 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 2: had a pretty unhappy final round, shooting an eight over 252 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 2: seventy nine. It's not what you're looking for on the 253 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 2: final day for major in snowsports. 254 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 1: It is that time of year, the time when it 255 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 1: gets very cold in the Northern Hemisphere and the snowing starts. 256 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 1: The snow sports means Jakara Anthony is back doing amazing things. 257 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 1: Over the weekend, Anthony claimed her forty second career podium 258 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 1: at the RUKA FAS World Cup event in Finland, when 259 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 1: she won silver in the moguls at the World Cup opener. 260 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 1: The forty second podium means she became Australia's most successful 261 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 1: winter sports athlete, surpassing aerial skier Kersey Marshall, who won 262 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: forty one career medals. How old is Jakara? I had 263 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 1: her in the podcast last year. This year this year 264 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:39,560 Speaker 1: I was me, I feel like we were already in 265 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. This year I had on the podcast. 266 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: She's not She's got a lot of life left to 267 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 1: live and she is absolutely dominant. I don't I kind 268 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 1: of get surprised that she has anything more to add 269 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: to her trophy cabinet. 270 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 2: She's twenty six and yeah, she absolutely has at least 271 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 2: another eight years in front of her. She's you know, up. 272 00:13:58,320 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: For her if her local knees hold up. 273 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:01,239 Speaker 2: Yes. 274 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 1: Anthony was just beaten by returning French star Puring la 275 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: Font and was unaware of the new record, saying, wow, 276 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,679 Speaker 1: that's another big stat. I never find out about these 277 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:14,199 Speaker 1: things until I've broken them, but that's another cool accolade. 278 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 1: Just super proud of me and my team and how 279 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: we've gone about that. It's been a super long journey 280 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: and there's still a long way to go. Looking to 281 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: rack up a few more this season. Good on you, Jakara. 282 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 2: In some netborn news, Sophie Garbin was awarded the twenty 283 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 2: twenty four Liz Ellis Diamond at the Australian Netball Awards. 284 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 2: She became the first goaler in five years to receive 285 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 2: the prestigious honor. The award was a suitable acknowledgment for 286 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 2: an impressive domestic and international seasons with the Melbourne Vixens 287 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 2: and the Australian Diamonds. Dublin also took home the International 288 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 2: Player of the Year and paid tribute to Liz Ellis, 289 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 2: saying I'm super honored to be recognized for both of 290 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 2: these awards, the diamonds making an environment to be yourself 291 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 2: and be your best, and I'm so thankful to be 292 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 2: a part of that with every opportunity presented. I'm so 293 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 2: grateful to have watched Liz Ellis and s what she 294 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 2: has done for our sport. So now standing with her 295 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 2: in honor of this award is a pinch myself moment. 296 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 2: Georgie Horges from the Adelai Thano Burge was named the 297 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 2: Sun Corps Ubinable Player of the Year and her teammate 298 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 2: Lauren Frew won the Rookie of the Year award. 299 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 1: In tennis, five time Grand Slam champion Eggish Fiontech has 300 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 1: taken to Instagram to reveal that she has failed a 301 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 1: drug test. She received a provisional suspension before appealing inside 302 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 1: ten days, meaning the International Tennis Integrity Agency i TIA 303 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: did not immediately divulge her result. Siontech tested positive to 304 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 1: banned substance trimetazodine TMZ in August and has accepted a 305 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 1: one month ban, which is almost up because of time served. 306 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 1: She missed three Asian hardcourt tournaments due to personal reasons, 307 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 1: and those personal reasons can now be confirmed as the 308 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 1: positive drug test, which she explained was the result of 309 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: contamination of her melotonin medication which she takes to ward 310 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: off jet lag. Fiontek will be free to play the 311 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: first major of the year in Australia at the start 312 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty five. Interesting. 313 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 2: It's an interesting one, isn't it. And it's a bit 314 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 2: like Janick Sinner who also has had a recent drug controversy. 315 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 2: They've been pretty quiet, Like I didn't even It was 316 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 2: only when I was doing the research that this evening 317 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 2: came into my feed. And it's a pretty big thing 318 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 2: for the world number one to fail a drug test. 319 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 1: It's a really big thing. And isn't TMC Like, isn't 320 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: it to do with heart medication? It seems like a 321 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: weird thing to get mixed up with melatonin which is 322 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 1: pretty natural. Yes, no further comment. 323 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 2: So Simona Howlett's got further comment where you go? Yeah? 324 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 1: She yeah, well, which kind of makes sense with her experience, right, 325 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 1: So Simona has suggested Fiontech has been treated favorably by 326 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 1: the Itia. Howlett herself initially received a four year ban 327 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: after testing positive for the band drug ROXA dusted at 328 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty two open, she launched a successful appeal 329 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:05,000 Speaker 1: with the quart of Arbitration for Sport CASS, and her 330 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: suspension was reduced to nine months. After the CASS accepted 331 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 1: her explanation of a contaminated supplement. Hallip wrote on Instagram. 332 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 1: I sit and try to understand, but it is really 333 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:18,360 Speaker 1: impossible for me to understand something like this. I sit 334 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: and wonder why is such a big difference in treatment 335 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 1: and judgment. I can't find and I don't think there 336 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 1: can be a logical answer. How is it possible that 337 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:29,879 Speaker 1: identical cases that happened at about the same time of 338 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:36,119 Speaker 1: the season Itia has completely different approaches to my detriment. Gosh, 339 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: it's a pretty valid question, isn't it. 340 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:43,400 Speaker 2: Especially saying as though they've both been ruled a contaminated 341 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:48,400 Speaker 2: supplement positive test, so one month versus nine months. I mean, 342 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,919 Speaker 2: obviously it was initially four years for Hallip. So the 343 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 2: consistency is just not there. And when there's no consistency there, 344 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 2: you just open yourself up to conjecture. 345 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 3: I know. 346 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 1: I talk about this every time we talk about doping 347 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 1: and positive drug tests on the podcast. I always talk 348 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: about the fact that it is so drilled into you 349 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: as an athlete. From an education point of view, you 350 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:13,719 Speaker 1: are responsible for every single thing that goes into your body. 351 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: I don't ever take a supplement. Riley finds it frustrating 352 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 1: sometimes because she's like, why do you try this, and 353 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 1: I'm like, no, I do not take any risk. I 354 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,200 Speaker 1: will only ever take a supplement that is batch tested, 355 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:27,639 Speaker 1: because the whole point of it being bat tested is 356 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 1: then you well, in theory, there shouldn't be any risk 357 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 1: of cross contamination. I just find it really strange. It's like, 358 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:37,879 Speaker 1: what are you guys doing. Are you bachessing your supplements 359 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: or is that maybe that I know that Australia are 360 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:43,119 Speaker 1: really strict and the education is a really high standard 361 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 1: in sport over here. I don't know. 362 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:49,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think that. I don't think ignorance is 363 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,359 Speaker 2: an excuse. At this stage. You're the number one tennis 364 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:54,159 Speaker 2: part in the world. You're earning seriously bigcoin. I'm probably 365 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,159 Speaker 2: not taking some melotonin that I bought in the chemist. 366 00:18:57,040 --> 00:18:58,920 Speaker 2: It's just just not doing it. 367 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:02,679 Speaker 1: Yeah, but you could afford to batch chess it yourself, 368 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: I'd say, although. 369 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:06,640 Speaker 2: Maybe set up a little lab in the backyard. 370 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:10,359 Speaker 1: Seey. Maybe that's the difference, though, because like we batched 371 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 1: test protein creating and things like that, Like, yeah, they 372 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 1: probably don't. It's not standard to batch chess Milton and 373 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:21,360 Speaker 1: so yeah, I don't know. Maybe I half retract my statement. 374 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 2: Now I go with it. I'm here. I support you 375 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 2: in some cricket numbers news. We love numbers. Cricket Australia 376 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 2: announced some excellent ones last week for WBBL ten so 377 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 2: here they are. The average WBBLTV audiences have grown forty 378 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:40,640 Speaker 2: six percent year on year. How good that is so good. 379 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 2: Home and away tendances were up twenty three percent per 380 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:46,920 Speaker 2: site despite this being a shortened season. So they condensed 381 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,199 Speaker 2: the season this year and they will continue to do 382 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 2: that moving forward. Home and away tenancis. I just read 383 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:57,720 Speaker 2: that total attendance of seventy and fourteen across forty games 384 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 2: was equivalent to the Tenants through fifty four game last season, 385 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:04,679 Speaker 2: so it's a good little comparison there. The WBBL social 386 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 2: media consumption increased by fifty six percent and Creatista reported 387 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 2: eighty thousand new followers since the start of the tournament. 388 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:16,440 Speaker 1: There's some great numbers and I respect what Cricket Australia 389 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:18,879 Speaker 1: have done with the WBBL. I think they've recognized that 390 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,359 Speaker 1: the season was probably a little bit too long, certain 391 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: things weren't working, and they've adapted and it looks like 392 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 1: it's worked really well with the numbers. 393 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 2: One of the things that they did do is with 394 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 2: that season being more games, they had to kind of 395 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 2: probably find a space for those matches and they were 396 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 2: playing games in the middle of the day on weekdays 397 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 2: and things like that as really which is not realistic 398 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:40,919 Speaker 2: to get a crowd to or eyes on television. So 399 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 2: they've actually put a lot more games this year in primetime. 400 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 2: Turns out people who are watching. 401 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:49,679 Speaker 1: Go In hockey, the Perth thunder Six have beaten the 402 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:53,719 Speaker 1: Brisbane Blaze for one to claim their very first Liberty 403 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 1: Hockey One League title. Brisbane went in having won three 404 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 1: titles in the last four seasons, but it was thunder 405 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: Six that led from the start and capitalized on their 406 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 1: stellar form this season. WA Hockey Rhos goalkeeper Alisha Powell 407 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 1: was a deserving Player of the Match recipient after saving 408 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,400 Speaker 1: multiple shots on goal from Brisbane. Let's say a look 409 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 1: at the key story in cricket. The Melbourne Renegades have 410 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 1: gone from last to first in twelve months. I actually 411 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:24,159 Speaker 1: I just love this story, replacing the wooden spoon with 412 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 1: the big trophy of the MCG On Sunday, the match 413 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 1: was unfortunately impacted by rain. That's at a handout. 414 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a serious upgrade, isn't it, going from wooden 415 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 2: spoon to a cup you can drink out of. 416 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:40,640 Speaker 1: I just I'm so here for it up for Rennebabes. 417 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 1: The match was unfortunately impacted by rain, but the Melbourne 418 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:47,200 Speaker 1: Renegades did not let the weather rain on their parade, 419 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:50,360 Speaker 1: proving too good for the Brisbane Heat, winning by seven runs. 420 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,639 Speaker 1: The Heat finished on six for ninety, chasing a reduced 421 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:57,399 Speaker 1: target of ninety eight from twelve overs. Hailey Matthews was 422 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: awarded the player of the match, scoring sixty nine from 423 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 1: sixty one balls and claiming two for twenty one with 424 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,280 Speaker 1: her off spin. Her sixty nine was the highest individual 425 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 1: score in a WBBL final and she was in everything, 426 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: also taking an important catch. When the Heat looks like 427 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 1: they might fight their way back into the contest, Renegade's 428 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:19,160 Speaker 1: captain Sophie Molinie took the ball for the final over 429 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:22,360 Speaker 1: with the Heat needed at it's a pretty tough ass 430 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: nineteen off the last over to take home the title, 431 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 1: but the skipper, Sophie Molinie, only gave up five runs 432 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: from the first five balls, making the final delivery academic. 433 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 2: So the Heat made the final after defeating the Sydney 434 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:40,439 Speaker 2: Thunder in the Challenger by nine wickets, but they just 435 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,199 Speaker 2: couldn't find the same form on the day with the 436 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 2: bat and were always chasing what looked like a pretty 437 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 2: competitive total after the DLS calculations came through. The title 438 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 2: is the Renegade's first WBBL championship in their first ever 439 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 2: appearance in a WBBL final, and at the start of 440 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:57,919 Speaker 2: the season I reckon he could have got some pretty 441 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 2: juicy olds on the Renegades lifting the trophy at the end, 442 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,439 Speaker 2: but obviously no one told the Melbourne team that West 443 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,919 Speaker 2: Indian match winner Matthews set after the game. I'm so 444 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 2: happy for myself and also for the group. There are 445 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,640 Speaker 2: so many girls here that have been with this team 446 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 2: for the last ten years and I think everyone just 447 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 2: deserves it. 448 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,920 Speaker 1: The Renegades had a special sort of inspiration this season. 449 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 1: Josephine Josie Dooley was a wicket keeper and a dangerous 450 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 1: batter for the Renegades and was spending her off season 451 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 1: chasing some waves and some warmer weather in Hawaii in April, 452 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 1: when a headache turned into so much more. Josie was 453 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 1: seriously unwell and in her own words shared on her 454 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:39,160 Speaker 1: Instagram page, here is what she went through. She said, 455 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,399 Speaker 1: I developed a hydrocephalus due to an obstruction by a 456 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 1: benign TUNI deep in my brain. Before I could be 457 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:51,879 Speaker 1: airlifted from Kawaii to Honolulu for life saving neurosurgery, I 458 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: suffered a cerebella's stroke and subsequent severe heart and lung complications. 459 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:01,399 Speaker 1: I ended up in hospital in Honolulu for twenty eight days, 460 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 1: ventilated in ICU for eighteen days, and underwent two neurosurgical 461 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: procedures at trachiostomy and had a peg feeding tube in 462 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 1: my stomach. I was then medically evacuated by an incredible 463 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 1: life flight crew back to Australia, where I was admitted 464 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 1: to RBWH in Brisbane and then onto the Amazing Stars 465 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:23,680 Speaker 1: Hospital where I had to learn to walk again. Finally, 466 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: after a total of ninety three days in hospital, I 467 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 1: was discharged this week July nineteenth. As with all acquired 468 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: brain injuries, I have a long road ahead. My goal 469 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: is to get back playing professional cricket and to enjoy 470 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 1: my other life passion surfing. 471 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:41,640 Speaker 2: So two things. Firstly, again I've given you. I've given 472 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 2: you all the medical terms because you are medically qualified. 473 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:46,120 Speaker 1: Gave that to me on purpose. 474 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 2: Secondly, this is just an incredible, incredible story. She just 475 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 2: was on holidays with her partner about to go surfing 476 00:24:55,720 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 2: and was just overcome with this headache and nearly die. 477 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:01,120 Speaker 1: That's so scary. 478 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:03,679 Speaker 2: So she stayed really close to the Renegade this season, 479 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 2: and she was up on stage when the team hoisted 480 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,160 Speaker 2: the trophy in the air. It was awesome to see. 481 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 2: So Josie had a really special message for her teammates 482 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,680 Speaker 2: and it was, to the point, pretty effective. In every 483 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,959 Speaker 2: change room this season, Dolly's playing shirt was hung up 484 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 2: and Josie had special words printed on the back of it, 485 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:27,119 Speaker 2: and those words were don't effort up your emotional. Coach 486 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 2: Simon Helmutt spoke about her commitment after the game, telling 487 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 2: media Josie Dooley what happened with her in the off season. 488 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:36,880 Speaker 2: She came to all the important games, came to our junction, games, 489 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:40,119 Speaker 2: came to Alan Borderfield, and I just said, jose we 490 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,480 Speaker 2: need to hear the team meeting yesterday and she turns up. 491 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:44,399 Speaker 2: There's a shirt in the rooms which has a message 492 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 2: from Josie. Is more than just the game. It's about 493 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 2: people and their trials and tribulations. It just means something. 494 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,679 Speaker 1: I like that, Captain sof Morlin, you presented Duley with 495 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 1: her WBBL ten playing top at adam Allan Borderfield ahead 496 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 1: of the Renegade second game with the and she paid 497 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 1: tribute postmatch, saying, seeing Josie after the game, She's just 498 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 1: everything that the Renegades are about. It's Josie to a t. 499 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 1: She's so inspirational, not just to us that know her, 500 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 1: but to anyone that knows her story. And for her 501 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 1: to be involved as what she could be with this season, 502 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 1: for us just to have her presence and being around. 503 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,760 Speaker 1: She's just as much a part of this season as 504 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 1: any other season. She's a true inspiration. She's Renegade's heart 505 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:26,240 Speaker 1: and soul as well. 506 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 2: There's just so much in this Renegade story this year, 507 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 2: and I can just smell some kind of TV special surely, 508 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 2: surely from last at first, the Josie story, it's all there. 509 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:41,159 Speaker 1: Let's take a look at what to watch. 510 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 2: The Tillies will be taking on Chinese Taipei without their 511 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 2: European stars on Wednesday night in Melbourne. They'll be looking 512 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 2: to sell out Amy Park to keep that amazing streak alive. 513 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 2: The match kicks off at eight pm ADT and we 514 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:56,880 Speaker 2: live and free on the ten Network. The final match 515 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,399 Speaker 2: of this group of friendlies will also be against Chinese 516 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 2: type and I'll be held in Geelong at GMHB A stadium. 517 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 2: That'll be on Saturday night and kick offf there he 518 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:06,400 Speaker 2: is seven thirty pm. 519 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 1: The first three od i's for our Australian cricket team 520 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:13,640 Speaker 1: against India will be played on Thursday at Allan Borderfield 521 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:15,680 Speaker 1: to the Matural start at two fifty pm and we'll 522 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 1: be live on the seven network and KO Sports seven. 523 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 2: Drug He continues next weekend. We stopped too in Cape Town. 524 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 2: Starting on Saturday. You can watch all the live action 525 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 2: on at Stan Sport and so the girls go back 526 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:27,680 Speaker 2: to back. 527 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 1: Yeah good. On Sunday night, the Perth Glory hosts the 528 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:33,400 Speaker 1: Melbourne Victory in the A League at sam Kirk Football 529 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 1: Center in Perth. I love that. Kickoff is seven thirty 530 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: pm local time and you can watch live on Tenplay 531 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 1: and Paramount plus and that's the wrap. 532 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 2: See you next week. 533 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 1: Friend, have a horrible time in the Barossa. 534 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,200 Speaker 2: I will. I'm actually doing work. 535 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 1: I know you are. 536 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:50,920 Speaker 2: Give fred a squeeze for me. I missed him. 537 00:27:51,280 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 1: Well, dude, love you, bye, good bye bye. 538 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:05,920 Speaker 2: He had