1 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:09,799 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Rap, a weekly podcast covering women's sports news. 2 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: My name is Chlobe Dalton. I'm a Giants AFLW player 3 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 1: and i won an Olympic gold medal one time in 4 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: rugby seven's. Every week on the show, I'm joined by 5 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:24,759 Speaker 1: my co host Bez, who is Women's rugby, Women's Sport 6 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: Chief Researcher at Tefat Queen of Merch and this morning 7 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: she book fresh bagels and coffee. 8 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 2: Can Deliver, Can Deliver. 9 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 3: Taking a look around the grounds, is Alyssa Heally the 10 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 3: new Goat? I don't think that's a question. The Rooster's 11 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,599 Speaker 3: upset the Broncos and Melbourne are set to face Adelaide 12 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 3: in the AFLW Grand Final, or as those people down 13 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 3: south call it, the Granny. 14 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: For our key story, we'll discuss the WNBL debacle, the 15 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: Canber Capitals forced to forfeit their chance to play in 16 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: the WNBL Grand Final series. This week, in the Ice 17 00:00:57,360 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: Bath with Budgie Smuggler, we chat to a Camber Capital 18 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: player directly impacted by. 19 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 2: This false forefoot of the WNBL game. 20 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 1: This podcast drops every Tuesday morning at six am and 21 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 1: it's a weekly email that can hear your inbox the 22 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: same time on a Tuesday. I'll put the link in 23 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: the show notes so you can subscribe so you don't 24 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 1: miss a single email to read with your coffee on 25 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: a Tuesday morning. Let's take a look around the grounds. 26 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 3: In cricket, Midge joins the Paddy reven You goat, ladies 27 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 3: and gentlemen. Melissa Heally showed up in a serious way 28 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 3: when it mattered most the strains faced at defending champs 29 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 3: England in the ODI World Cup Final on Sunday, and 30 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 3: Heally absolutely dominated, scoring one hundred and seventy runs from 31 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 3: one hundred and thirty eight balls. She smashed smashed twenty 32 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 3: six fours and registered a straight rate of one hundred 33 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 3: and twenty three in her match winning innings. 34 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 2: In the process, she became the first. 35 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 3: Cricket I'd score one hundred and fifty in a World 36 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 3: Cup final. Eclipped in the previous record of one four 37 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 3: nine set by Adam Gilchrist in the two thousand and 38 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 3: seven final. B Shri Lanka. Bossie set England a huge 39 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 3: target of three hundred and fifty seven, which despite an 40 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 3: exceptional innings from Nat Skiber who's got a massive one 41 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 3: forty eight not out of one hundred and twenty one 42 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 3: balls always seemed out of reach. It was redemption for 43 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,519 Speaker 3: the group who'd waited five years for an opportunity to 44 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,399 Speaker 3: win the trophy again. The twenty seventeen ODIO World Cup 45 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 3: saw the favorites bundled out in the semifinals and since 46 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 3: then the team has been on a mission to reclaim 47 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 3: their status as world champs. The twenty twenty one World 48 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 3: Cup became the twenty twenty two World Cup, Like a 49 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 3: lot of things did last year, didn't They all due 50 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 3: to COVID and the weight got even longer. But it 51 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 3: was worth it and this Australian side was unmatched throughout 52 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 3: the tournament. In fact, since the twenty seventeen tournament, Australia 53 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 3: have claimed two T twenty World Cups and one memorable 54 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 3: one in Melbourne in front of eighteen six thousand humans, 55 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 3: being undefeated in every Bilattal series they've played, and set 56 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 3: a new world record for consecutive ODII victories at twenty 57 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 3: six matches. It seems only us that they claimed the 58 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 3: Cup this weekend without drop a single game. 59 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: We need to have this goat conversation because you can't 60 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: have two goats and there's a whole paddick. 61 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 2: No, it's the greatest of all time. 62 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: You can't have the greatests you can you can't. I 63 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: would actually like to know if you're listening to this 64 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: slide into our DMS at the Female Athlete Project, interested 65 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: to know maybe I'll. 66 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 3: Put a pole up or can we have a goat team? 67 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 1: Well? 68 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 2: No, but that's the whole thing. 69 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: The goat is overused because you can't have multiple people 70 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:30,519 Speaker 1: do this all the time on social media. 71 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 2: There's too many goats. There's one. 72 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: You can only have one goat in each sport. It's 73 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: my argument, I think your goatist. Let's discuss Elise Perry 74 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: because she passed a late fitness test to play in 75 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: the final after missing the semi final due to back spasms. 76 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: She didn't bowl in the final, but she was clearly 77 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: a presence on field, and she talked about the attitude 78 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: of the team that had shifted to really. 79 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 2: Take the game on all the time. 80 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: She said, something that really stood out to me during 81 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: this tournament is the way the group has dealt with pressure. 82 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: It didn't all go our way. We've certainly been challenged, 83 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: but we've always found our way through. I think that's 84 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: a huge shift from twenty seventeen, just that mentality and 85 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: poise under pressure, particularly from our leaders, but across the board. 86 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 2: So it was really nice to. 87 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: See Pez out there celebrating after she missed the T 88 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: twenty final at the MCG with that eighty six thousand 89 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: person crowd. 90 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 2: But we might have to get some stats going. I 91 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:25,359 Speaker 2: don't think it's our decision. 92 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: It's definitely not our decision, but I'm interested to do 93 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: a comparison between the two willand pretty much best mates. 94 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 3: Those two you can you can work on those slides 95 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:37,159 Speaker 3: for the old insta post. England won the toss and 96 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 3: elected to descend the Aussies into bat, but any advantage 97 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 3: they gained from winning the toss quickly evaporated as nearly 98 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 3: one of the goats opened up and was ably supported 99 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 3: by Rachel Haynes scoring sixty eight in a one sixty 100 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 3: run opening stand, and then Beth Mooney also added sixty 101 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 3: two to put the match out of England's reach With 102 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 3: the ball. Megan Shoot and Alana King and Jess Johnis 103 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,840 Speaker 3: all contributed, taking wickets at regular intervals to secure the 104 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 3: result for their side. I was you skipper, Meg Lanning 105 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 3: did admit to being nervous the whole time. I also 106 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 3: as well, was nervous the whole time. 107 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 2: I think SOMs I it was getting cloth. 108 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 3: Well, just with Matt Skyver at the crease, just crushing them. 109 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 1: She was almost going to catch arly she on like that, yeah, 110 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 1: because she almost got Gilly's record. 111 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 3: In any other match, that's a that's a match winning innings, 112 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:32,600 Speaker 3: but not this one, unluckily for us. So yeah, beg 113 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 3: Lanning did admit to being nervous the whole time During 114 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 3: the run run Chaser praised her team's consistency when she said, 115 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:39,840 Speaker 3: to come out and perform so well throughout the whole time, 116 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 3: it is pretty amazing and I think we deserve victory today. 117 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 3: We came over with a squad mentality. We had to 118 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 3: have a number of people contributing. Obviously there was a 119 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 3: few people that did miss out, and when you look 120 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 3: at the depth in the Australian team, it's really impressive. 121 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 3: We had no Sofi Molinu there. Obviously Perry came back 122 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 3: in left, Anna Bell's subtle out of the team. So 123 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 3: just some real impressive depth throughout that score. 124 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:08,279 Speaker 1: I'm going to wrap this one up with some stats 125 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 1: because we love stats at tefapp, so Elisahay was named 126 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:15,720 Speaker 1: Player of the Final and Player of the Series for 127 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:19,039 Speaker 1: her efforts with the bat. The stats speak for themselves. 128 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,719 Speaker 1: She had the largest individual score in a World Cup final, 129 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: men's or women's with one hundred and seventy runs, the 130 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: most runs in a women's World Cup tournaments five hundred 131 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: and nine runs at fifty six point five to five. 132 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 1: First cricket to score a century in the semi final 133 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 1: and final of World Cup tournament men's or women's, largest 134 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:41,159 Speaker 1: individual score against. 135 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 2: England in women's ode eyes. 136 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: And the most boundaries in a Women's World Cup innings 137 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 1: with twenty six. 138 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 2: Tough to argue, isn't it? Oh, look how it's satisfied. 139 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 2: Do you look over there in your goat argument? Damn it? 140 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: In rugby league, the NROLW semifinals were played on Sunday 141 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: at ly Cut Oval, and the first match of the 142 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: day saw the Saint George Illawora Dragons hold off a 143 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: late charge from the Gold Coast Titans to claim a 144 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: twenty four to eighteen win. The Dragons have arguably been 145 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: the form team of the competition under new coach Jamie Soward, 146 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: and now have the chance to claim the maiden Premiership. 147 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 2: Their maiden premiership, they. 148 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: Won't be battling the three time premiers Brisbane for the 149 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: trophy after a huge upset in Semifinal two. The Broncos 150 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: raced out to a sixteen mil lead over the Sydney 151 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: Roosters and everything looked to be going to plan, but 152 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: the Trucks didn't fold and Jocelyn kellerher scored the match 153 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 1: winner with twelve minutes to play. The twenty two to 154 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,679 Speaker 1: sixteen result will see the Grand Final between the Dragons 155 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: and Roosters take place next Sunday in Redcliffe, which is 156 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: a little bit odd because it's going to be between 157 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: two Sydney teams. So the decision was made earlier in 158 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: the year when the NRL probably thought there was a 159 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: good chance that the Broncos were going to be in 160 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 1: the Grand Final after having not lost a match before 161 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: two weeks ago when the Titans caused that upset. 162 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 3: In netball, the Melbourne Vixens have shown their preseason win 163 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 3: was no fluke. Knocking over raining champs the New Soophal 164 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 3: Swifts on the weekend, they had to survive a fighting 165 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 3: comeback from the Swifts, who were without their co captain 166 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 3: Paige Hadley, who tested positive to COVID nineteen on Thursday, 167 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 3: and first choice shooter Sam Wallace, who suffered a season 168 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 3: ending knee injury in the round one loss to the Giants. 169 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 3: But the Vixens, who finished last in twenty twenty one 170 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 3: and held on for a fifty three to forty eight 171 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 3: win at ken Rosewell Arena to start their season two 172 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 3: and zero. Emily Mannix's five first half intercepts were significant 173 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 3: in the Vixens taking charge of the game, and captain 174 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 3: Liz Watson's thirty five feeds thirty with an attempt on 175 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 3: goal proved to be the difference between the two teams 176 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 3: in AFLW. 177 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: Melbourne and Adelaide will meet in the twenty twenty two 178 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: AFLW Grand Final. After the Demons knocked off raining champs 179 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 1: Brisbane and the Crows got up over Fremantle. The Demons 180 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: and the Lions played the first AFLW game at the 181 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 1: MCG on the weekend and attempted to utilize wide open spaces. 182 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 1: Even after some light rain before the start of the match, 183 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: met the ball was pretty slippery and the match was 184 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:06,960 Speaker 1: played in greasy conditions. It was a tight contest throughout, 185 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: but it was the D's who stood up in the 186 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: premiership quarter the third quarter, picking three goals to one 187 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,599 Speaker 1: to establish an eleven point break at the final change. 188 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 1: Alyssa Bannon kicked three goals and was on the spot 189 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: to kick the first goal of the final term, helping 190 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 1: seal the win for Melbourne, who had to withstand a 191 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: late charge from the Lions to win by four points. 192 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:30,679 Speaker 1: In the second prelim final, the Crows were led by 193 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: their ever reliable midfield, with Ebony Marinov and Anna Hatchard 194 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: leading the team in disposals with twenty two and twenty respectively, 195 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: as well as each laying on five tackles. The Crows 196 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 1: are the most successful side in AFOW history and they'll 197 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: be looking to make amends for last year's defeat to 198 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 1: Brisbane when they host a third straight sider at Adelaide 199 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 1: Oval next weekend. Kiera Boughs Frio had a massive ten 200 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 1: tackles and twenty four disposals, but they simply could not 201 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,839 Speaker 1: get over the top of a well oiled and experienced 202 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:02,559 Speaker 1: Crows side who got the wink six goals for forty 203 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: to four goals to twenty six. 204 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 3: In rugby union, the New so As Wartars lost their 205 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 3: first ever SUPERW match on Friday night when Fijiana Drue 206 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 3: defeated the four time champs twenty nine to ten. The 207 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 3: Fijiana women were just too good for the Tars, jumping 208 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 3: out to a seventeen NL lead after three quick tries 209 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 3: in the first fifteen minutes. It's getting a little anxious sideline. 210 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 3: The Tars did fight back though, and we're very much 211 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 3: a chance given their set piece dominance, but the Fijiana 212 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 3: team held their nerve and an intercept try put the 213 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 3: result beyond doubt. So there's been a lot of talk 214 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 3: around the SUPERW competition lately. It is there's no agreed 215 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 3: payment structure CBA, etc. So it's fallen to the franchises 216 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 3: to kind of make their own decision about how they 217 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 3: would like to reward their female teams. The Melbourne Rebels 218 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 3: and Western Force both came out and stated the players 219 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 3: would be compensated for this season. However, it's the Melbourne 220 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 3: Rebels haven't really declared how much, whereas the Force have. 221 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 3: So as I said, it's very much up to each 222 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 3: France franchise at the moment. And I think that they 223 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 3: the competition would very much benefit from some direction from 224 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:17,199 Speaker 3: Rugby Australia so that we can actually get a little 225 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 3: bit of, you know, some guidance around what we should 226 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:24,839 Speaker 3: be doing in that space. However, the Fijiana team, I 227 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 3: think we shared a post last week on the t 228 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 3: fapp insta page about the Jussie cricket team being, you know, 229 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:37,079 Speaker 3: a professional team and this is how professional teams perform. 230 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:40,200 Speaker 3: And let's be honest that Australian cricket team is exceptional. 231 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:43,559 Speaker 3: They're exceptional though because they get to work on their craft. 232 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:48,319 Speaker 3: The Fijiana team have a predominantly I think there's only 233 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 3: five or six of them that aren't from Fiji. So 234 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:53,199 Speaker 3: they've been relocated from Fiji to the Gold Coast where 235 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 3: they've been living and training together for ten weeks. So 236 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 3: they're effectively a professional team able to focus on rugby 237 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 3: twenty four to seven, you know, recovery, analysis, training, all 238 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,319 Speaker 3: that kind of stuff, whereas the other teams in this competition, 239 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 3: including my war Tars women you know, are working forty 240 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 3: hours a week, training twelve hours a week, just doing 241 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 3: their best. It's again Fijiana take nothing away from them. 242 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 3: They are exceptional on Friday, but it is just another 243 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:26,839 Speaker 3: example of giving players and teams opportunities to be professional athletes. 244 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:28,960 Speaker 3: You see the reward and you can see the reward 245 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 3: almost instantly. It doesn't take long to reaps and benefits there. 246 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 3: So yeah, it's an interesting one. Look, I don't think 247 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 3: this tournament's far from over. The Wartars will not easily 248 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 3: relinquash the trophy that we've won four times on the trot, 249 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:45,440 Speaker 3: but we will have to get past the Queensland Reds 250 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:45,959 Speaker 3: this weekend. 251 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 2: First. 252 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 3: That match will be a cracker and will be held 253 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 3: on Saturday at Eric tweed Our Stadium in Maryland's at 254 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 3: two twenty. 255 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 2: You should all get out there. 256 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 3: Let's take a look at the key story in WNBL. 257 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:02,559 Speaker 3: In a rough season for the WBL and UC Capitals 258 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 3: in particular, the Canberra teamoul due to host the Perth 259 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 3: Links in Canberra last Sunday, the twenty seventh of March, 260 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,680 Speaker 3: so two sundays ago. Now, with the winner of the 261 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 3: best of three series due to face the Melbourne Boomers 262 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 3: in the championship decider starting in Melbourne on. 263 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 2: Saturday, April two. 264 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,680 Speaker 3: The COVID raised its ugly head again and the Capitals 265 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 3: registered eight confirmed cases of the virus, throwing the rest 266 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:24,200 Speaker 3: of the team into isolation. 267 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 2: So I think we covered last week. 268 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 1: The Act Government has some of the strictest COVID nineteen guidelines, 269 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: stating that affected athletes cannot leave isolation until they produce 270 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: a negative PCR test. This meant that the Caps were 271 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 1: no chance of fielding the required team of seven players 272 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:43,199 Speaker 1: anytime soon. The league then made the decision that the 273 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:46,720 Speaker 1: series between Perth Links and the Capitals would revert to 274 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 1: a best of two, with the winner determined by a 275 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 1: points spread over the two games as per fever rules. 276 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 1: So the second and final match was going to be 277 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: held on the rescheduled date of Wednesday, April six in Perth, 278 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 1: and the Capitals would need to in that match by 279 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: fifteen points or more to qualify for the Grand Final. 280 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 1: After going down ninety one to seventy seven in the 281 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: first match, however, the Caps couldn't get enough players on 282 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 1: the court and the league released a statement saying, in 283 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 1: consultation with medical staff, given the extenuating circumstances surrounding their 284 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 1: COVID outbreak, the UC Capitals have determined that it would 285 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: be medically unsafe for the team to travel to Perth 286 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 1: and play. 287 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 2: They have therefore advised that they. 288 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 1: Cannot participate in the game, meaning the series reverts to 289 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 1: one game which has been played and won by the 290 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: Perth Links. While a disappointing outcome for Capitals fans, leagues 291 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: understands and respects their decision not to travel to Perth, so. 292 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 3: That was from the league. Interestingly, the Capital's hit back, 293 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 3: releasing a statement saying, following consultation with medical staff, the 294 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 3: club was not prepared to risk the health and welfare 295 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 3: of the team by committing to a long haul flight 296 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 3: early next week, just as the affected athletes end their 297 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 3: isolation period. The chance that some may still be suffering symptoms, 298 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 3: thereby not receiving medical clearance to play or simply require 299 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 3: more time to return to match fitness post too much 300 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 3: of a risk. UC Capitals are incredibly disappointed with the 301 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 3: outcome and lack of opportunity to participate. The club simply 302 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 3: could not consider playing as a decision to move the 303 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 3: game to Perth made our participation unreasonable. 304 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: Let's look at the actual Grand Final series that's happening now, 305 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: regardless of Canberra probably being treated a little bit unfairly. 306 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: The Perth Links have made the most of the situation, 307 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 1: taking Game one of the Grand Final series ninety eight 308 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: to seventy one, scoring a huge sixty points in the 309 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: first half. It was wnba imports Jackie Young with twenty 310 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: one points, Marina Maybe twenty points, along with the captain 311 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: Darcy Garbin twenty five points. It did the damage at 312 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 1: the offensive end for Perth. The Melbourne Boomers would need 313 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 1: to win Game two in perse to keep the series alive. 314 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 1: They'll be looking to their defense, led by Ezie Magmagor, 315 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: to step up once again. Prior to Game one, the 316 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 1: Boomers had kept teams to fifty four points or fewer 317 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: in their previous five games. Need to replicate that on 318 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 1: Wednesday night to send the series to a Game three 319 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: in Melbourne. Links Captain Garbin reference are unprecedented. 320 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 2: There it is. 321 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 1: Again build up post match saying it's been a crazy week, 322 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: but I'm super proud of the girls. We have proved 323 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: all season we can score, but it's our defense and 324 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 1: that ability to lock in that got us over the line. 325 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: It's goosebump sort of stuff that potentially we can win 326 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 1: it on our home court on Wednesday, but that will 327 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 1: motivate them to come out even harder. So we need 328 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: to do all the right things. 329 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 3: And this is a Perth Link side that has spent 330 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 3: months away from home. I think they played their first 331 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 3: home game in two years earlier this season. So big, 332 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 3: big things from them given the what they've been up against. 333 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 1: Now it's time for the Budgy Smuggler Ice Bath. This 334 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: week in the Ice Bath with Budgy Smuggler, comm Games 335 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: gold medalist and three time WNBL champion Kelsey Griffin. Kelsey 336 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: is a member of the UC Capitals team that was 337 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 1: forced to forfeit their semi final due to COVID restrictions. 338 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: I caught up with Kelsey earlier this Kelsey, thanks so 339 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:04,880 Speaker 1: much for joining us on the Rap today. To kick 340 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 1: us off, can you tell us how you first started 341 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 1: playing basketball? 342 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:10,360 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, this is a good one. 343 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:12,359 Speaker 5: And I suppose when you've played as long as I have, 344 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 5: you share your story of it, which is a pretty 345 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:17,400 Speaker 5: amazing thing to get to do. But I was I 346 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 5: was an avid soccer player. I absolutely love soccer football 347 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 5: whatever you want to call it. When I was a 348 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:27,680 Speaker 5: kid and when I was in year seven, I suppose 349 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 5: being from Alaska, you have to do something in the wintertime. 350 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 5: Winters very long, and so my parents had always enrolled 351 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 5: me into indoor soccer and played a lot of indoor soccer, 352 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 5: and then started playing indoor basketball when the soccer season 353 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 5: was over. And the year seven, I was trying out 354 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 5: for a competitive team and actually ended up getting cut 355 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:48,880 Speaker 5: from the team, and so I didn't have a sum 356 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 5: competition to play in as such. And around that time 357 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 5: I was asked if i'd played for this competitive basketball 358 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,400 Speaker 5: team that was an anchorage, so only like maybe half 359 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 5: hour drive from where I lived, and almost kind of 360 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 5: seemed like a sliding doors moment, and so I started 361 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:07,159 Speaker 5: playing more basketball, and yeah, I didn't look back. 362 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: You progressed your way up the ranks from there, and 363 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: in twenty ten was it you were drafted into the 364 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 1: WNBA and then the move to Australia to play in 365 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 1: the WNBL over here. 366 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 2: How did that decision come about? 367 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 5: Yeah, So I really struggled to be being a pro athlete. 368 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 5: I didn't like it at all. I was I felt 369 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 5: it was very lonely, very isolating. I didn't know how 370 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,439 Speaker 5: to be all about myself in a team sport. And 371 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 5: I really struggled because that's what my experience in my 372 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,920 Speaker 5: first few years is pro meant being and looking after. 373 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:41,400 Speaker 4: They always say, you know, you got to look out 374 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,399 Speaker 4: after number one. And I was like, I don't know 375 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 4: how to play basketball in that. 376 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 5: Way, and I just wasn't really sure. And so what 377 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 5: do you do? You call your parents when you don't 378 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 5: know what to do. You call your parents. 379 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 4: So I called my mom. 380 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:57,400 Speaker 5: And so if you think you're ever going to stop 381 00:18:57,440 --> 00:18:59,880 Speaker 5: me and your parents, you definitely don't. So I called 382 00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:02,440 Speaker 5: my mom and for the first time in my adult life, 383 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 5: she told me what to do. 384 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 4: Normally, she like, is a very She's an amazing woman. 385 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 5: Both my parents are amazing people, but my mom is 386 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 5: very reflective and ask how I feel, asks you know, what, 387 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 5: my choice, all these kind of reflective questions. And for 388 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 5: the first time I was like, you need to go 389 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 5: to Australia. And I was like, all right, I guess 390 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 5: I'm going to Australia. And I had to look up 391 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 5: where Bendigo was never heard of it. I was like, 392 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 5: it's landlocked, Like there's no beach. Why am I going 393 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:30,920 Speaker 5: to Australia. Anyways, fell in love with the team the town, 394 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,880 Speaker 5: really thought I'd never leave actually, but yeah, loved it 395 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:37,960 Speaker 5: from the day I landed. I was like, this is basketball, 396 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 5: this that was supposed to be played. People are amazing. 397 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 5: It's a great, great brand of basketball. I don't know 398 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 5: why it doesn't get the respect it it deserves. And 399 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 5: fast forward ten years and you have amazing imports now 400 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 5: coming out here because they understand what an incredible league 401 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 5: it is. Yeah. 402 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 1: Absolutely, And you yourself have had an incredible career over 403 00:19:56,119 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 1: here so far. So you've won multiple WNBO champion and 404 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,920 Speaker 1: being named as league and Grand Final MVP on multiple occasions. 405 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,640 Speaker 1: What do you think has made you so successful? 406 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's a really good question. I think success in 407 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 5: itself is a really interesting question. Right. It's been interesting 408 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 5: after winning championships how long that success feeling lasts, Especially 409 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 5: the last few it all starts to be like is 410 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:30,920 Speaker 5: it worth it? Like the amount of sacrifice, the amount 411 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:32,639 Speaker 5: that you go, Is it worth it for that moment? 412 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:36,199 Speaker 5: Because it doesn't really really last that long. So I 413 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 5: suppose later in my career the last kind of a 414 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 5: few years of my career have shifted my definition of 415 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 5: success and it's really more about the experience I have 416 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 5: with my teammates and so the irony and all of 417 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 5: that is. I would say this is almost one of 418 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,439 Speaker 5: the most successful career or successful seasons I've had on 419 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 5: court because of what me and my teammates have persevered 420 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 5: and endured and stuck together to be able to achieve. 421 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 5: And while we haven't achieved a champion this year, I 422 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:06,399 Speaker 5: think that that really shows what success means to me. 423 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:12,400 Speaker 5: As far as actually winning championships and winning individual accolades, 424 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 5: I think a lot of that for me personally has 425 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 5: had to do with believing, not only myself, with my teammates, 426 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 5: having a real strong sense of belonging and understanding of 427 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 5: the sacrifices and what needs to be done to achieve 428 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 5: a common goal. And you rarely get groups that everyone 429 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:32,479 Speaker 5: gets on board to do that, but when you do, 430 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,119 Speaker 5: it's a really special feeling. And definitely all of those 431 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 5: championships had those I. 432 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:40,359 Speaker 1: Am such like a sportsman like sitting here listening to Coves, 433 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:43,159 Speaker 1: I'm like, this is so cool. I love that idea 434 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: around success, Like, I think that's so important right because 435 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:49,119 Speaker 1: it is short lived, and I often get asked that 436 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: question as an athlete. It's kind of like, what's next, 437 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 1: what's the next big goal? It's always like you celebrate 438 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:56,439 Speaker 1: the championship or the title, whatever it is, but then 439 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,360 Speaker 1: it's so quickly onto the next preseason. 440 00:21:59,040 --> 00:21:59,919 Speaker 2: Don't rest on your low. 441 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: I was like, let's not be complacent, like it doesn't last, right, 442 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,439 Speaker 1: So I think I think that's a really powerful message. 443 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,400 Speaker 2: I love that you have like the perspective to look 444 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 2: back and to have learned that. I think that's really cool. 445 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 5: I think winning my first championship at the Cats really 446 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,879 Speaker 5: taught me that. Like that one I almost had like 447 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,679 Speaker 5: a championship hangover afterwards. Actually, my sports like talk to 448 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 5: me about that, and often happens in the Olympics where 449 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 5: the time afterwards you're just like really down and flat 450 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,400 Speaker 5: and you realize all this hard work has just come 451 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:30,920 Speaker 5: to this one moment and it's done. And whether you've 452 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 5: achieved it or not, it's the world goes on, the 453 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 5: sun still comes up, you still have stuff you have 454 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 5: to do the next day, and it's it's so it's 455 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:39,880 Speaker 5: I don't think it's actually toughed enough about in sports. 456 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 5: But Tolo and I were laughing about it as she 457 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 5: was playing over in France because her team in their 458 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 5: preseason had beaten a really really good euro League team, 459 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 5: and she was like, Kelsey, we partied like we'd won 460 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 5: the championship. And I was like, why don't we do that? 461 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 5: Why don't we celebrate every single win, big or small? 462 00:22:57,119 --> 00:22:59,879 Speaker 5: And then we can still you can still be competitive, 463 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,199 Speaker 5: you can also really enjoy your season, because otherwise, what 464 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 5: are we saying If the only time you're allowed to 465 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:07,360 Speaker 5: be happy with yourself is if you're in a championship, 466 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 5: that's a really negative, sad, lonely career. Like that's not 467 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 5: a good way to play sports. So I've really tried 468 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 5: to tried to shift that. I think I understand the 469 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 5: sayings around don't get complacent, you know, there's more work 470 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 5: to be done, all of those kind of things. But 471 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 5: I think you can really believe those things but also 472 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 5: still be really happy for the steps you've achieved along 473 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 5: the way. 474 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's another amazing point. 475 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 1: And even the chances of winning a championship, right, it 476 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 1: depends what lead you play. Even for me, I'm playing 477 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 1: in the AFLW at the moment, fourteen teams next year 478 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,640 Speaker 1: soon to become eighteen. One in eighteen chance of winning. 479 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 1: You're not going to have many good seasons if that's 480 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 1: the odds. 481 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 2: Ye, I like that. Yes, this is cool. This needed 482 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:48,640 Speaker 2: to be a long form podcast. 483 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 5: I'm happy to come back. 484 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, cool cool. I'll get you back very soon. 485 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 1: Moving on to the disappointing end to your season for 486 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,159 Speaker 1: the Capitals. We covered it a little bit earlier in 487 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: the podcast today, but you were forced to forfeit your 488 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 1: chance to play in the Grand Final. You didn't get 489 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:10,159 Speaker 1: to finish out the semifinals against Perth, and you've been 490 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:12,959 Speaker 1: quite vocal about it across your social channels, which I 491 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,680 Speaker 1: love seeing athletes calling out stuff that isn't right. 492 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 2: Why is it important to you to call that stuff out? 493 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 5: Yeah? It was so interesting because anyone who you know 494 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:23,880 Speaker 5: follows me, which there aren't a lot of people, which 495 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 5: is completely fine. It's mostly mountain biking because that is 496 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 5: that is who I identify as, as a mountain biker, 497 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 5: and you know, a family person and maybe a little 498 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:35,440 Speaker 5: bit of a foodie on the side. 499 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 4: But basketball is my job. 500 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:40,159 Speaker 5: It's a very small part of my identity and so 501 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 5: I really don't post that much in that space. 502 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 6: And as I was because this all happens so quickly, 503 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,440 Speaker 6: even like I have been terrified to get COVID like terrified, 504 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 6: partly because I lived with a teammate who had an 505 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 6: unvaccinated baby and I didn't want to put him in jeopardy, 506 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 6: but also for myself, like my lungs aren't great. 507 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 5: I was really worried what that would mean for me. 508 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:09,200 Speaker 5: And so we've been really, you know, really safe all season, 509 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 5: or as best you can be, and so struggling with that, 510 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 5: getting that diagnosis, struggling with it, not knowing what the 511 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 5: next seven to however long of my life was going 512 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 5: to be. 513 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:22,440 Speaker 4: Then we get. 514 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 5: Information about our game being postponed on that day, but 515 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 5: we were still thinking we might have had to play 516 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 5: because our results were coming back negative for rat results 517 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 5: even though we were symptomatics. We're just waiting on our PCR. 518 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:37,480 Speaker 5: So it wasn't until right before the game that we 519 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 5: actually were able to find out our game called postpone 520 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 5: game gets postponed. We're like, man, okay, what's this going. 521 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 4: To look like? 522 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 5: How long are we going to have all these questions? 523 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 5: So then all the communication from the club is that 524 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:53,359 Speaker 5: games postpone we're going to be playing and when you 525 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:56,440 Speaker 5: guys get out of isolation in Canberra, that's all the 526 00:25:56,520 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 5: narrative we hear right up until we hear Tuesday morning, 527 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:02,920 Speaker 5: you guys need to get on a team's call quick. 528 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 5: There's been a change in plans. Then we hear that 529 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:12,159 Speaker 5: we have to play in Perth, and then we have 530 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:16,000 Speaker 5: to decide if we're going to play that day, if 531 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,880 Speaker 5: we're going to play in Perth a week later, and 532 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 5: then you start to kind of fill in the blanks, 533 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:27,200 Speaker 5: and there's this underlying narrative of choice that doesn't really 534 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:31,439 Speaker 5: feel like it exists. And as I sat back and 535 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 5: processed this and was quite devastated in how everything had unfolded, 536 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:39,879 Speaker 5: I knew that I needed to speak my truth. And 537 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 5: for most of my career I haven't spoken my truth 538 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,159 Speaker 5: because I thought it would look like I was ungrateful. 539 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 5: And I feel like as female athletes, we're taught to 540 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,640 Speaker 5: be grateful for our opportunities because look at what we've 541 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:53,439 Speaker 5: been afforded. 542 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 4: Whether it's that people before us. 543 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 5: Haven't been whether it's you know, just the reality that 544 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 5: we get paid to play sport, whatever it is, there's 545 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 5: this underlying current of if you speak up, you look 546 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 5: like you're not appreciative of what you have or the 547 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:11,439 Speaker 5: opportunities you have. And it's not direct, but it's just 548 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:18,159 Speaker 5: this undercurrent in most conversations that I've experienced. And I 549 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,200 Speaker 5: decided that I was going to try to put out 550 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 5: a statement that was as neutral as possible, that was 551 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:25,639 Speaker 5: just stating my facts, that I wasn't going to try 552 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 5: to have any emotive language in it. 553 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 4: It was just going to be my reality so that. 554 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 5: People knew what I experienced in that. So that was 555 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:34,399 Speaker 5: my first post. 556 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 2: How are you guys processing it now? 557 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 1: Now that the Grand Final Series is underway and you 558 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,640 Speaker 1: guys don't have the chance to take part in it. 559 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 4: So we've all been in isolation. I guess that's the 560 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 4: other thing. 561 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:45,600 Speaker 5: So we are eight out of the ten of us 562 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 5: have had COVID, so we've all been in isolation and 563 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:50,200 Speaker 5: haven't been able to do anything with. 564 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 4: Anybody until today. 565 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 5: Some of us got out, some of us will get 566 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 5: out tomorrow, and I think it's really a mixed bag. 567 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:03,720 Speaker 5: I would say this is the most I've ever researched, 568 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:09,440 Speaker 5: looked into league rules, guidelines, policies, how decisions are made, 569 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:14,120 Speaker 5: looking at legal advice, what does it mean? What powers 570 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,119 Speaker 5: do I actually have as a player, because for so 571 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 5: long in my career, I've just turned the other cheek 572 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:23,119 Speaker 5: or taken the high road or risen above because I 573 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 5: didn't want to look like a I wasn't ungrat or 574 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:30,280 Speaker 5: I didn't want to bring negative attention to this league 575 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 5: that I care so much about. And so for me, 576 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:37,840 Speaker 5: I've really been processing by how can I empower myself 577 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,960 Speaker 5: to make educated decisions about what I can actually do 578 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 5: with this situation instead of just saying, man, that sucks 579 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 5: and move on. Because what surprised me even more was 580 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 5: in my second post the amount of players around the 581 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 5: league that actually DMed me or said something and said, 582 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 5: I'm so thankful that you're actually saying something. We've felt 583 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 5: like this off season, but we were too scared to 584 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 5: say anything. And then that just that almost made me 585 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:09,440 Speaker 5: even more sad that, you know, because I wasn't speaking 586 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 5: on behalf of anybody but myself. But the fact that 587 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:15,360 Speaker 5: players have felt silenced is you know, like that that's 588 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:18,200 Speaker 5: not how change happens. That's not how leagues get better 589 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:20,719 Speaker 5: and progress can be made. You know, like players need 590 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,720 Speaker 5: to be empowered, I think, to be able to create, 591 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 5: you know, a play a league that's about players and 592 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 5: about player development and growth. And I guess kind of 593 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 5: what you guys are doing over in the afl W. Yeah. 594 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 1: Absolutely, and thank you so much for your time today. 595 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 1: It was awesome to have a chat with you. I 596 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:39,320 Speaker 1: think we'll need to get you back for a long 597 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 1: form podcast very soon. But thanks so much again Kelsey 598 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 1: for your time. 599 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,360 Speaker 5: No, not a problem, it was great to have. It 600 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:46,239 Speaker 5: was great being a part of it. 601 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 2: Let's take a look at what to watch so. 602 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 3: N W and Bill. As we said, game two of 603 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:54,480 Speaker 3: the Grand Final series where we played in Perth on 604 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 3: Wednesday night. The match we will tip off at nine 605 00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:01,040 Speaker 3: pm Australian Eastern Standard Time, which is great. Dallytt savings 606 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:03,520 Speaker 3: has changed. We're pretty much all in the same situation 607 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 3: on the East Coast here, so no more ADT confusions. 608 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 3: You can watch live on Foxdale KO and Freeware on 609 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:11,360 Speaker 3: the ABC. 610 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:13,960 Speaker 2: In soccer, the Matildas are back. 611 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 1: Thousies will take on the New Zealand Football Firms on 612 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:19,959 Speaker 1: Friday night at QCB Stadium in Townsville. The match will 613 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,880 Speaker 1: kickoff at seven forty five pm and we'll be broadcast 614 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,920 Speaker 1: live on ten, Bold, ten Play and Paramount Plus. I 615 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:27,960 Speaker 1: got excited because I thought maybe they were in Sydney. 616 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:29,080 Speaker 1: Do they have a game in Sydney? 617 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 3: I think the second month in Canberra. Damn it, you 618 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 3: can go to Camber It's not far. 619 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 2: Could do. 620 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,480 Speaker 3: In AFLW, the big One, the Granny, will be played 621 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:39,680 Speaker 3: on Saturday at the Adelaide Oval. The Crows will host 622 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 3: the Demons, with afl expecting a huge crowd for the decider. 623 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 3: Be there for the twelve thirty pm start twelve pm 624 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 3: in Adelaide or watch live on Foxdale the seven network 625 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:50,800 Speaker 3: all through the AFLW app. 626 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:54,320 Speaker 1: In Rugby League, the Grand Final between the St. George 627 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:57,360 Speaker 1: Lawarre Dragons and the Sydney Roosters will be played on 628 00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 1: Sunday at Morton Daily Stadium, Redcliff, even though it's spelled 629 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 1: like Morrison. Kickoff will be one thirty pm and you 630 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,920 Speaker 1: can watch live on Foxtel and free to air on 631 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:07,800 Speaker 1: the nine network. 632 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:09,560 Speaker 2: And that's the wrap. 633 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:10,840 Speaker 3: See you next week friend. 634 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,080 Speaker 2: It was great, You're well done. We'll see you then. 635 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 4: Bye