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

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Speaker 1: Welcome to The Wrap, a weekly podcast covering women's sports

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Speaker 1: news bears. What have we got around the grounds this week?

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Speaker 2: Ozzie Steeler's wheelchair rugby team have just won the World Cup.

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Speaker 2: Kayla George and the Las Vegas Aces won at the

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Speaker 2: WMA Championships. Are so much winning going on, so much

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Speaker 2: winning and just to win it all out, Kaylee McEwan.

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Speaker 3: She won everything.

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Speaker 2: She's the first ever woman to hold all three backstroke

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Speaker 2: world records.

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Speaker 3: At the same time. She's a freak, isn't she absolutely

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Speaker 3: doing it easy?

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Speaker 1: For the key story, we'll chat to a couple of

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Speaker 1: players from the Sydney Sirens ice hockey team.

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Speaker 3: How exciting. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So, ice hockey is obviously not a very well known

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Speaker 1: sport in Australia. We know sports teams countries even like

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Speaker 1: America and Canada dominate, but there's some incredible ice hockey

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Speaker 1: players who play both of the Australian team but also

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Speaker 1: domestically in this league that the Sydney Sirens are part of.

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Speaker 1: So we'll hear a little bit more about it because

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Speaker 1: I think a big what we do at the Female

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Speaker 1: Athlete Project is we want to provide a voice in

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Speaker 1: a platform for teams and athletes who don't have a

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Speaker 1: voice in a platform. So it's cool to have a

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Speaker 1: chance to chat to these people.

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Speaker 3: Sounds excellent.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for the feedback. My name is Chloe Dout

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Speaker 1: Why I'm going to say my own name, Chloe, and

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

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Speaker 1: host Bez Eron Morton full name. How are you today,

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Speaker 1: I'm very well.

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Speaker 3: I'm very well.

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Speaker 2: I'm very excited.

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Speaker 3: I'm off on a holiday next week.

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Speaker 1: I know te FAP's going to fall apart.

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Speaker 3: Don't order any merch, don't say that. No, I take

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Speaker 3: it back.

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Speaker 1: We're going to be having two weeks off, yes, because

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Speaker 1: I am going on a rap because Bez is logistic

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Speaker 1: and organizational runner of all things te fapps, so it

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Speaker 1: can't really function when she goes away. And producer Bailey

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Speaker 1: is going to be away. He's running the New York Marathon.

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Speaker 1: He's been training incredibly hard. So big t FAP, Good

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Speaker 1: luck to you, produce you to Bailey in your marathon.

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Speaker 2: Huge good luck for Bailey. I cannot think of anything worse.

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Speaker 2: I'm going to the States and I'm not running a marathon.

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Speaker 1: Where are you going me?

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Speaker 2: We are doing a bit of California. We're doing La Vegas,

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Speaker 2: Palm Springs.

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Speaker 1: Who are you seeing in Vegas? I don't want to

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Speaker 1: hear about it, but tell the people.

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Speaker 3: We are going to see Adele in Vegas. And I

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Speaker 3: cannot wait.

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Speaker 1: I'm already sick of hearing about it because I'm very jealous.

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Speaker 2: At the wedding anniversary present that I didn't think i'd

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Speaker 2: be able to get and I got it and.

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Speaker 3: The best wife ever.

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Speaker 1: You did a good job.

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Speaker 3: And then we're going to Mexico City.

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Speaker 2: We're going to an amazing three day festival in Mexico

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Speaker 2: called the Corona Capitol Festival, and I cannot wait. Never

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Speaker 2: been to Mexico, really looking forward to it.

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Speaker 1: How good, so good. So we'll be having a couple

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Speaker 1: of weeks off. In the interim, we'll have an interview

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Speaker 1: in there to keep you guys. We stated, yeah, satiats.

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

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Speaker 2: In cricket, the WBL is back and there has been

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Speaker 2: some cracking matches in round one Thursday night nor Sydney

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Speaker 2: Oval opening game between the Melbourne Stars and the Sydney Sixers.

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Speaker 3: I was trying to have an early night on Thursday night. Couldn't.

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Speaker 3: I had to keep watching very exciting.

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Speaker 2: The Melbourne Stars held off a very fast finishing Sixers

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Speaker 3: Meghal Lanning was back with the bat in her hand.

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Speaker 2: It was really good to see her out there, actually

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Speaker 2: but some Ash Gardener fireworks were nearly enough to get.

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Speaker 3: The Sixers home.

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Speaker 2: Gardener scored seventy two from forty four balls. He was

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Speaker 2: seeing it like a basketball. But Ossie teammate Annabel Sutherland,

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Speaker 2: things could not have been more different. Facing the defending champs,

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Speaker 2: the Adelaide Strikers. The Stars set a record for all

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Speaker 2: the wrong reasons. Laid battered first at Karen Rolton Oval.

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Speaker 2: The Stars were dismissed in just nine point three overs

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Speaker 1: It's not good, is it.

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Speaker 2: You know, you have some of those days where just

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Speaker 2: and think what happened?

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Speaker 3: How do we do it again? That's what needs to

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Speaker 3: the days of the wheels fall off and you just cannot.

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Speaker 1: And I also stumber in cricket as it gets further

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Speaker 1: the game, but it's not as common, right, There's more

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Speaker 2: So it was a new record for the lowest total

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Speaker 2: was as shocked as anyone with the result, telling the

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Speaker 2: media everyone kept saying, this is ridiculous, what's happening. It's

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Speaker 2: still a little bit hard to pro to process. But

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Speaker 2: what a way to start off our campaign. Our campaign

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Speaker 2: can't say the worst today?

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Speaker 3: On Sunday there was another record broken along.

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Speaker 1: With the bat that was so it was so funny.

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Speaker 2: Brisbane heat Grace Harris blasted the highest score in WBBL history,

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Speaker 2: She told teammates tay, guys, I need a new bat,

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Speaker 2: then quickly said stuff, I'll still hit it.

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Speaker 1: How did Where was the microphone because in the in

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Speaker 1: the you can hear her saying it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it be in the stump cam.

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Speaker 1: Yeah right.

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Speaker 3: Or she might have been miked up.

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Speaker 2: Not a sport that I would have been good at

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Speaker 2: playing back in the day with the colorful language that

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Speaker 3: Would you like to be miked up while you're playing?

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Speaker 1: Um, I don't really say that much. Some people in

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Speaker 3: He's trying to breathe. Yeah, that.

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Speaker 1: I don't think you get much content from me.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, she said, hey, you guys, I need a

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Speaker 2: back over the bowler's head and Harris's bat promptly snapped

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Speaker 1: Massive in rugby union, the w XV one? Are we

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Speaker 1: saying w XV one? Are we saying w fifteen one?

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Speaker 1: it's a mouthful, it is. It's a lot of letters

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Speaker 1: started on the weekend and there were three really good

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Speaker 1: on Saturday. New Zealand dominated possession and field position, but

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Speaker 1: a chaotic final ten minutes to survive by one point,

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Speaker 1: winning eighteen to seventeen. The kick over the sideline was stressful.

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Speaker 1: She didn't kick it very far. I'd send it further

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Speaker 1: was once again incredibly influential in their match against Wales,

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Speaker 2: Look, the Red Roses were probably too strong, and I

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Speaker 2: lineout is just such a weapon for them.

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Speaker 1: Hard to stop.

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Speaker 3: It's very hard to stop.

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Speaker 2: They executed really well, but I think the Wallaros can

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Speaker 2: be proud of their second half efforts. In particular, they

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Speaker 2: went to halftime twenty eight kneel down, so that looking

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Speaker 2: like a pretty tough battle, but they showed much better

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Speaker 2: Annabel Courdi was sent from the field, receiving her second

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Speaker 2: Wallarouskifner Mikaela Leonard praised England at full time, saying congratulations

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Speaker 2: to England. They're number one in the world for a

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Speaker 3: Also proud of our girls.

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Speaker 2: We know England's really strong and they're set peace and

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Speaker 2: when I look at the scrum for the whole eighty,

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Speaker 2: we put it to them and compete it against them. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: coming out of this week, it's our execution that led

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Speaker 2: for us. So it's just working on our execution for

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Speaker 2: next week and I think it's a pretty fair assessment

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Speaker 2: from Mac. Doesn't get any easy though for the Wallerues.

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Speaker 2: They face France next week, fresh off their win over

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Speaker 2: the World Champs New Zealand.

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Speaker 1: I'm having a bit of trouble scrolling on my laptop

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Speaker 1: because I keep getting my condemnations smoothie thing.

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Speaker 3: There's a puddle on your pad.

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Speaker 1: I'm really making it half for myself.

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Speaker 3: So I'll just go keepying Schallaine's So.

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Speaker 1: In some late breaking wheelchair rugby news, the Steelers have

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Speaker 1: The Aussies beat Canada fifty three to forty eight in

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Speaker 2: A huge result and great that there's some Australian rugby

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Speaker 2: Ozzie Kayler George and her team, the Las Vegas Aces,

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Speaker 1: Two, over twenty years.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the Aces got over Sandy Brondela's New York Liberty

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Speaker 1: How good is that?

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Speaker 2: The final series averaged seven hundred and twenty eight thousand viewers,

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Speaker 2: She had a really unhappy night series. She shot just

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Speaker 2: In contrast, Wilson dominated with twenty four points and sixteen rebounds.

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Speaker 3: Ah, not that we saw it.

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Speaker 1: That made me furious. That was really bad. It was

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Speaker 3: I just don't understand it.

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Speaker 2: You ever imagine an NBA Trophy presentation not being shown?

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Speaker 1: Never, it would never happen, And the quality of this wrestling,

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Speaker 3: Don't ask me why, but really fixated on how bad

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Speaker 2: The fact that we didn't get to see the presentation.

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Speaker 1: I think to me, that made it so much worse.

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Speaker 1: Like it's okay, do you know? Like it's not okay

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I hear I feel you. I'm also enraged,

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Speaker 2: sixth season, Wilson is already a five time all start,

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Speaker 2: Ossi Kayla George played huge minutes after injuries to Ace's

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Speaker 2: Georgia started the game and was on court for thirty minutes,

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Speaker 2: In thirty two regular season games, George average just eight

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Speaker 1: And she had to step up, didn't she.

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Speaker 3: That's massive, isn't it?

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Speaker 1: Even from a fitness perspective, it's hard, right, huge, massive moment,

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Speaker 1: It's pretty savage.

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Speaker 3: Miss did she know?

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Speaker 2: It was pretty roughs The Liberty Sabruna and Esque responded

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Speaker 2: Should be a pretty interesting national team session the next

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Speaker 3: I reckon awkward.

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Speaker 1: But what kind of annoys me about Kelsey plumb statement

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Speaker 1: Though still still like I don't know, I like Liberty

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Speaker 3: Courtney vanderslatodl like that one back.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it wasn't great. In swimming, we start out of

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Speaker 1: So we chatted about this weeks ago, yeah, a month

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Speaker 3: I don't know.

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Speaker 2: But and this was the second iteration of the new

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Speaker 3: One didn't get up.

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Speaker 2: There's a real I think the issue is as a

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Speaker 3: The issue is, right.

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Speaker 1: So the new constitution aims to be more representative and

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Speaker 1: A statement from the organization read Swimming Australia's new concent

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Speaker 1: The new Swimming Australia structure will feature an eleven person

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Speaker 1: Than more exciting data stuff, way more better backstrokes. Star

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Speaker 1: Kaylee McEwan broke two world records in two days at

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Speaker 3: It is crazy, but it is. It does seem very different,

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Speaker 2: I mean just tactics and tactics, number of strokes and

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Speaker 3: I think that's the biggest thing for me. It's all

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Speaker 1: Oh my god, you know nothing.

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Speaker 3: The wake in the juge in the pool. In the

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Speaker 1: Juge is quite significant in the fifteen Yeah. Lot more.

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Speaker 1: Back to Kaylee, the actual star of the show. She's

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Speaker 1: earned US forty one thousand dollars, which is about sixty

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Speaker 3: It's not a fun thing about our hold good.

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Speaker 1: Luck for your trip in bonuses for her two world

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Speaker 1: On Monday morning, our time. In fact, she won all

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Speaker 3: I'm not sure I heard a big sound.

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Speaker 1: Oh gosh, it was a good day. It was such

446
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Speaker 1: a good day. I loved it so much.

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Speaker 2: The GS Giants got the job done at Henson Park

448
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Speaker 2: against Carlton with his Zari Golds were the scoring five

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Speaker 2: goals in a null biting eight one forty nine.

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Speaker 3: Didn't realize you guys kicked eight one.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it was very accurate. Maybe our best ever, very.

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Speaker 3: Accurate, but then some some goals didn't hit any some

453
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Speaker 3: attempts missed everything.

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Speaker 1: You don't see that in the schooline.

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Speaker 2: We shouldn't have a third column out on the full

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Speaker 2: to seven goal five forty seven win. There was an

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Speaker 2: impressive win for the Giants, who sadly won't play finals

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Speaker 2: this season, but they were playing against a Blues team

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Speaker 2: that were probably expected to win given their position all

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Speaker 2: Lader and the fact that the Orange team were missing

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Speaker 2: two of their best midfielders with a Lease Parker out

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Speaker 2: with an ankle injury and Beck Beeson under a one

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Speaker 2: week suspension, so Carlton had a lot to play for too.

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Speaker 2: They're trying to secure their spot in the top eight,

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Speaker 2: so it was a really impressive win for you guys.

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Speaker 2: No one told the Giants they weren't meant to win,

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Speaker 2: and the team stepped up to fill those holes exceptionally.

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Speaker 2: Also on Saturday, Brisbane handed Adelaide it's first loss of

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Speaker 2: the season, surviving some porking to secure a five goals

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Speaker 2: twelve forty two to six goals three thirty nine victory

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Speaker 2: and cement their spot as a Premiership contender. Belldores converted

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Speaker 2: the decisive goal from forty meters out to secure the

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Speaker 2: win for the Lions, and it was just a reward

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Speaker 2: for the midfielder's efforts throughout the game.

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Speaker 1: That was Brisbane seemed to have almost got off to

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Speaker 1: a bit of a slow start and then they're coming

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Speaker 1: good at the back end, which is I guess when

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Speaker 1: you want to come good, isn't it it is.

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Speaker 2: The Demons took advantage of that result, reclaiming top spot

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Speaker 2: on the ladder with a strong of five goals seven

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Speaker 2: thirty seven to two goal to fourteen win overfellow top

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Speaker 2: fourteen North Melbourne. The Kangaroo scored early but had no

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Speaker 2: answer to the midfield pressure brought by the Demons, who

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Speaker 2: finished the game with four unanswered goals.

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Speaker 3: There's a little bit of a debate about a bit.

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Speaker 2: Of a mental issue for the kangas so interesting stat

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Speaker 2: heading into finals obviously in the top four and with

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Speaker 2: the Bombers losing to West Coast last night, which was

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Speaker 2: a bit of a show that was weird because they

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Speaker 2: had a chance to kind of get their way into

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Speaker 2: the top four, there might just be a little mental

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Speaker 2: issue for North. So they've only beaten the Demons once

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Speaker 2: in twenty nineteen in seven matches and overall they have

494
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Speaker 2: a two loss a two thirteen win loss record against

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Speaker 2: the Demons, Brisbane and Adelaide in their history.

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Speaker 1: I realized that it was that significant. That's records it is.

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Speaker 1: It is quite big. They've kind of managed to They're

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Speaker 1: just a very They've always been that kind of four

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Speaker 1: to six team. They've always kind of sat there and

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Speaker 1: struggled come finals time.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, interesting, they're going to They're going to need to

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Speaker 2: take a scalp soon, I think, to just get that confidence.

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Speaker 1: Up in tennis.

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Speaker 3: I feel like I should read this one.

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Speaker 4: Do it?

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Speaker 3: Because you have? You read it obviously?

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Speaker 1: Actually no, I have, but it threw me because it's

508
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Speaker 1: in tennis. I know we get to tennis second.

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Speaker 2: But well, there's been some massive book releases in the

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Speaker 2: last couple of months. I care not for your justifications,

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Speaker 2: and while we're here.

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Speaker 3: We'll plug it. The two books that Chloe has written.

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Speaker 2: Her first, her Fierce Manifesto, outlining the game changing in

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Speaker 2: defiant rise of women's Sport and white Matters Girls Don't

515
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Speaker 2: Play Sport, and the second her amazing kids book, The

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Speaker 2: eight Z of Who I Could Be, which celebrates eight

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Speaker 2: a z sorry, twenty six amazing athletes and if you

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Speaker 2: haven't got yourself a copy yet, do it. Jump onto

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Speaker 2: the t fat website and order them now, whack them

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Speaker 2: in your car.

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Speaker 1: Do you know what was actually quite cool at the game.

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Speaker 1: I was getting in a bit of trouble because I

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Speaker 1: was a bit late to get back into the sheds

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Speaker 1: because I was celebrating with the people always and I

525
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Speaker 1: was like jogging back and there was like multiple people

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Speaker 1: holding their books out for me to sign. So it

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Speaker 1: was a bizarre experience.

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Speaker 3: I saw someone with a T FAT T shirt on

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Speaker 3: the crowd.

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Speaker 1: Someone are a few T FAT T shirts out there?

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Speaker 3: Someone I didn't know. It's always weird when it's people

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Speaker 3: we don't know.

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Speaker 2: We love that and in the Tennis News we thought

534
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Speaker 2: it would be a miss not to share that. Another athlete,

535
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Speaker 2: she's another athlete We're on par has announced they will

536
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Speaker 2: be releasing two books as well. Serena Williams has confirmed

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Speaker 2: that she will release an intimate memoir in which she

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Speaker 2: will open up about everything from her childhood and early

539
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Speaker 2: tennis training to her extraordinary career and the obstacles and

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Speaker 2: setback she endured along the way.

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Speaker 3: That's going to be a reader, isn't it.

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Speaker 2: The second book will be an inspirational work in which

543
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Speaker 2: Williams will offer rules for living that draw on her

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Speaker 2: experiences as a philanthropist and advocate. Her career is an

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Speaker 2: investment unicorn with Serena Adventures and someone who has a

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Speaker 2: long sought to lift a diverse, an emergent generation of

547
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Speaker 2: young women whose aspirations are not confined to the court.

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Speaker 3: Cool.

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Speaker 2: Great statement, very cool. I like that she's an investment unicorn.

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Speaker 1: She's I love Serena Adventures. It's so cool what she does.

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Speaker 2: No release dates yet for the tennis Goats for ray

552
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Speaker 2: into publisher word, but can confirm that Chloe's books are

553
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Speaker 2: available and epic.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much. I am glad that you covered

555
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Speaker 1: that story because that would have been a bit uncomfortable,

556
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Speaker 1: I mean awkward in the third person. In netbal, the

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Speaker 1: Silver Ferns proved once again they are very hard to

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Speaker 1: beat at home when they took Game three of the

559
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Speaker 1: Constellation Cup fifty six to fifty three in Invercago last week.

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Speaker 1: It was a tense affair, with the Diamonds up by

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Speaker 1: two leading into the fourth quarter, but they couldn't hold

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Speaker 1: off the home side, who scored sixteen goals to eleven

563
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Speaker 1: to keep the series alive. The final game will be

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Speaker 1: played tonight in Aucklands on Monday Night, and New Zealand

565
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Speaker 1: will need a sixteen plus goal victory to secure the

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Speaker 1: series due to the goal difference after three matches. We

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Speaker 1: will have those results for you on our socials, so

568
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Speaker 1: check us out out the Female Athlete Project if you're

569
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Speaker 1: not already following along off the court. The trials and

570
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Speaker 1: tribulations continue with a number of stories in the media

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Speaker 1: over the last week. One that had a more positive

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Speaker 1: slant to it was that was the news from the

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Speaker 1: Australian Cricketers Association the ACA, who announced they would be

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Speaker 1: donating two hundred thousand dollars towards a fighting fund for

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Speaker 1: the netballers. The action is very much a result of

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Speaker 1: cricket going through a similar dispute six years ago. It

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Speaker 1: was the same revenue sharing model that caused the rift

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Speaker 1: between Cricket Australia and the Players Association and eventually the

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Speaker 1: ACA one resulting in Australia's cricketers receiving the all important

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Speaker 1: revenue share and not a profit share. Australian men's cricket

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Speaker 1: captain Pat Cummins said, obviously, the netballers are in a

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Speaker 1: bit of a tricky situation at the moment, and we

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Speaker 1: were in a similar situation six or seven years ago,

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Speaker 1: and we got some support that really helped the players,

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Speaker 1: and that was from a few outside individuals. I know,

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Speaker 1: all the sports are pretty closely linked and all the

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Speaker 1: player associations work really closely, so we thought it was

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Speaker 1: a good opportunity to be able to help. It's pretty cool.

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Speaker 3: It's really cool.

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Speaker 1: I love It's kind of a bit unheard of, like

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Speaker 1: Pat's referred. I'm assuming it was a couple of wealthy

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Speaker 1: individuals that helped them out about six or seven years

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Speaker 1: ago with cricket, but the fact that the players have

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Speaker 1: stepped up from another code is pretty cool.

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Speaker 2: Yep Alyiza Healy also spoke to the revenue sharing model, saying,

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Speaker 2: from my point of view, we went through all of

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Speaker 2: this in twenty seventeen.

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Speaker 3: I was a part of that. There was a big

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Speaker 3: fight at the.

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Speaker 2: Time about revenue share and what it was going to

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Speaker 2: do to the game and how it was going to operate.

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Speaker 2: Standing here six years later and looking at how the

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Speaker 2: MoU negotiations went, how smooth. They went meant it's clearly working.

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Speaker 2: I'm speaking on our side. I think Netball have to

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Speaker 2: work out what's best for them. She acknowledged she's not

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Speaker 2: across the netball deals entirely, but emphasized how important it

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Speaker 2: is for women to stand together, saying as female athletes,

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Speaker 2: we're trying to stand up and help them in any

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Speaker 2: way we can and use our voice a little bit

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Speaker 2: hopefully it helps. I'm not across the whole scenario in depth.

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Speaker 2: Network might tell me to go away, but at the

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Speaker 2: same time, I think it's sad to see for me,

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Speaker 2: what was the pinnacle women's sport in the country going

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Speaker 2: through what it is at the moment. I just want

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Speaker 2: to see that the players are supporting really cool, yeah,

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Speaker 2: totally rated, and just add some more ingredients to the mix.

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Speaker 2: Nevill Australias confirmed it has a board vacancy after the

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Speaker 2: sudden departure of Jane Seawright. Seawright was one of just

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Speaker 2: three elected directors and her replacement can be made by

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Speaker 2: NA ahead of the next scheduled election in May twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty four. Seawright is reported to have been unhappy that member,

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Speaker 2: State and Territory organization interests are not being prioritized, and

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Speaker 2: the vacancy may just be the first in a bit

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Speaker 2: of a restructure for the board. Someone who has indicated

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Speaker 2: they have a strong interest in driving Netbeo Ford and

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Speaker 2: Astray is netball legend Lizzellus, having chaired na's extensive and

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Speaker 2: well received twenty twenty one at State.

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Speaker 3: Of the Game review.

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Speaker 2: She's been denied a board position as recently as this year,

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Speaker 2: but many are now calling for the sort of change

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Speaker 2: that Ellis would hope to bring. When Code Sports contacted

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Speaker 2: Elis about the vacancy, she said, I'd be very interested

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Speaker 2: in having a conversation, but it would have to be

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Speaker 2: part of a full board rejuvenation. It might just be

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Speaker 2: the best thing for sport. I think like a whole

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Speaker 2: game rejuvenation, and it has to start at the top

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Speaker 2: if that's going to happen.

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Speaker 1: I would imagine there'd be a lot of players and

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Speaker 1: people involved, even at a grassroots level, who'd agree with

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Speaker 1: what Lis is on there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure, let's.

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Speaker 1: Take a look at the key story. This week, I

643
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Speaker 1: caught up with a couple of ice hockey players from

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Speaker 1: the Sydney Sirens team to chat a little bit about

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Speaker 1: their sport in the country and the domestic competition. We've

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Speaker 1: also got something pretty cool. We've got twenty season passes

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Speaker 1: to give away.

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Speaker 3: So good, how could the sea not just a game pass,

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Speaker 3: a season pass.

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Speaker 1: A season pass. Bez, you and I are going to

651
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Speaker 1: head down to a couple of games and not wait.

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Speaker 1: Mcquarie Ice Rink season starts the twenty eight The Siren's

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Speaker 1: first game will be the twenty eighth of October, which

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Speaker 1: is this weekend.

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Speaker 3: I'd still like the puck to be lit up. I

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Speaker 3: can't say it.

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Speaker 1: I'll see what. I'll put a request in.

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Speaker 3: We'll make it orange. Teth have orange pucks.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I like that. I like that idea. So if

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Speaker 1: you would like a season pass, first twenty people to

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Speaker 1: get in touch with us, flick us an email hello

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Speaker 1: at the Female Athlete Project dot com or send us

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Speaker 1: a DM on our social page at the Female Athlete Project.

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Speaker 1: We'll sort you out, We'll get you covered, give you

665
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Speaker 1: a season pass to go and support the hockey players.

666
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Speaker 1: I'm very excited. We've got a bit of a double

667
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Speaker 1: threat here today to chat all things ice hockey. ABA.

668
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:38,360
Speaker 1: We might start with you, what was your experience like

669
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Speaker 1: as a kid and how did you first get into

670
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:40,600
Speaker 1: ice hockey.

671
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:43,960
Speaker 5: Yes, yeah, so I kind of joined a Friday night

672
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,440
Speaker 5: disco when I was about eight or nine and that's

673
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 5: where my love group from there. I think growing up

674
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,040
Speaker 5: with the boys, I've always had to kind of play

675
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,280
Speaker 5: with the boys, probably when I was eight or so.

676
00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:59,440
Speaker 5: From then playing local like New South Wales competitions with

677
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,280
Speaker 5: the boys, so we were training with them and playing

678
00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:05,680
Speaker 5: with them. In terms of women, until I was fifteen,

679
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:07,960
Speaker 5: I wasn't able to actually join a women's team, so

680
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,800
Speaker 5: our ice Hockey New South Wales league for women you

681
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:12,720
Speaker 5: can join at the age of fifteen, so when I

682
00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:15,440
Speaker 5: was fifteen, I went on to play with them, and

683
00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,880
Speaker 5: then also still dipping into the men's playing with them

684
00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:22,080
Speaker 5: throughout midgets and bantams, which is kind of your eighteens,

685
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:23,920
Speaker 5: and that's when you hit the full contact, so I

686
00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:27,600
Speaker 5: guess in women's hockey it's not full contact, so I

687
00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:30,920
Speaker 5: did did get to experience full contact with the boys too.

688
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Speaker 5: When I was fifteen, that's when I got invited to

689
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Speaker 5: join the Sydney Sirens ice hockey team, so we play

690
00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:41,200
Speaker 5: in the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League and I started

691
00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:44,840
Speaker 5: development with them. That was really good. But obviously, as

692
00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:46,680
Speaker 5: you can see, there's a little bit of a gap

693
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 5: in terms of I guess like experience kind of that

694
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:55,160
Speaker 5: there's that big jump obviously to step up and play sirens.

695
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,120
Speaker 5: So yeah, that's kind of how I got into ice hockey.

696
00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:01,240
Speaker 5: And it's the fastest game the world, so it's definitely

697
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:03,920
Speaker 5: something that a lot of Australian should get amongst and

698
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:05,560
Speaker 5: get exposed too.

699
00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:09,200
Speaker 1: And Sarah, you had a different experience growing up in Canada.

700
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Speaker 1: How did you first get exposed to the sport.

701
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think in Canada, ice hockey is kind of

702
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:19,400
Speaker 4: a road of passage. Allie's skating, but my mom actually

703
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:23,320
Speaker 4: played ice hockey. My dad's from England, so he's all right,

704
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,040
Speaker 4: he's kind of become accustomed to being in the rink.

705
00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 4: But she actually grew up playing women's hockey. So my

706
00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:31,640
Speaker 4: sister and I we played for the same team that

707
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 4: she did growing up. But I think I see I

708
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,720
Speaker 4: saw some boys leagues and I remember there was a

709
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Speaker 4: couple of girls that were playing on the boys team,

710
00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:42,280
Speaker 4: same kind of thing. I think I was lucky I

711
00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:45,560
Speaker 4: got to grow up playing with the girls, But I

712
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,640
Speaker 4: just became interested. We were always playing lots of sports.

713
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:51,880
Speaker 4: But like Ama said, it's fast, it's exciting in the winter.

714
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:55,880
Speaker 4: It's a big popular thing in Canada. So I think

715
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Speaker 4: I just got around it and that's how we kind

716
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Speaker 4: of got into it.

717
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Speaker 1: And Ava, can you tell us a little bit more

718
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Speaker 1: about the Sydney Sirens and the national competition?

719
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Speaker 5: Yes, of course. So our season starts in about a month,

720
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 5: so starting to October, and it will go through until

721
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Speaker 5: next March. At the moment, we have sixteen games, which

722
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:20,240
Speaker 5: is really exciting. Last season we had fourteen. So how

723
00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:23,080
Speaker 5: the league works is we travel on the weekends. We

724
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Speaker 5: play a doubleheader, so each team will either travel to

725
00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:29,840
Speaker 5: or our team will travel to Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide or

726
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:33,160
Speaker 5: Brisbane in terms of competition, and we'll play a Saturday

727
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,240
Speaker 5: afternoon game and then back it up with a Sunday game.

728
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Speaker 5: So these are kind of our regular seasons. And then

729
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Speaker 5: as we get into finals and we'll have the top

730
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Speaker 5: four teams compete in a finals weekend later on in March.

731
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Speaker 5: The Sydney Sirens was established in two thousand and seven,

732
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Speaker 5: so in terms of development and growth, we kind of

733
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Speaker 5: have a squad and then we play a team from

734
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Speaker 5: that squad each game and then we are three times

735
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Speaker 5: winning two champions, so we won a gold medal in

736
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Speaker 5: twenty seventeen, in twenty twenty two, Slash twenty twenty three

737
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:10,480
Speaker 5: season and the twenty twenty season as well, so we're

738
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Speaker 5: current reigning champions, which is really exciting. And then Sarah

739
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:19,200
Speaker 5: Edney joined in twenty nineteen as our captain, so she's

740
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 5: been amazing for the growth and development not only for

741
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Speaker 5: our team but for our league. In terms of imports,

742
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Speaker 5: if you might say, each team has allowed three imports

743
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Speaker 5: during the season, so we can get someone from Canada

744
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:35,640
Speaker 5: or America and they come and play, and I guess

745
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 5: it's really good for the development of our local girls

746
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Speaker 5: and girls who want to kind of step up and

747
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:44,320
Speaker 5: play at that elite level here in Australia. So that's

748
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Speaker 5: kind of a bit about our league. You can catch

749
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Speaker 5: us on Clutch TV as well. And then for the

750
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:53,760
Speaker 5: Sydney Sirrons, we play out of Macquarie Ice Rink, which

751
00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:56,200
Speaker 5: is our kind of home rink for the season as well,

752
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Speaker 5: so we're really excited and I think in terms of

753
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,080
Speaker 5: people watching our games, it's kind of just getting more

754
00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 5: exposure and really knowing it's out there. I know the

755
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:10,799
Speaker 5: NHL Australia came and played an exhibition game a couple

756
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,200
Speaker 5: of weeks ago in Melbourne. It was the La Kings

757
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 5: versus the Arizona Coyote, so that was really exciting and

758
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:20,280
Speaker 5: they saw thirteen thousand people in their crowds, which was crazy.

759
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:23,239
Speaker 5: So I guess there definitely are hockey fans out there

760
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Speaker 5: and we want to get them in to watch the

761
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:29,680
Speaker 5: women's sports. So yeah, definitely keen for that this season absolutely.

762
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Speaker 1: Sarah. Can you touch a little bit about what it's

763
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Speaker 1: been like playing at the international level where you represent Canada.

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Speaker 4: Well, like I said, just hot ice hockey in general

765
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Speaker 4: and Canada is very big. I think in North America,

766
00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:46,160
Speaker 4: like the big rivalry is US and Canada, so that's

767
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:50,160
Speaker 4: always a fun game. Even though it's such a big sport.

768
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Speaker 4: Any I think, like any women's sport, it's still quite

769
00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,840
Speaker 4: small and a lot of US went to UNI together

770
00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,239
Speaker 4: in the US, have played against each other, pleaded on

771
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Speaker 4: the same team, so there's always this very healthy rivalry

772
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:07,279
Speaker 4: between Canada and the US. But I think on a

773
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:11,080
Speaker 4: world stage it's one of Canada's biggest sports, so it's

774
00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:14,200
Speaker 4: always such an honor to represent your country. A little

775
00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:19,240
Speaker 4: bit stressful, but very exciting. And I think growing up

776
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,920
Speaker 4: for me at least wasn't watching so much of that

777
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:25,600
Speaker 4: ice hockey at the Olympics is the biggest thing, especially

778
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:27,759
Speaker 4: for the women's ice hockey. Then it kind of just

779
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,960
Speaker 4: disappears for four years. So I think that was always

780
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:34,799
Speaker 4: the goal. And now with more women's teams and more

781
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:38,400
Speaker 4: leagues and more professional leagues, hopefully there's more hope for

782
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:41,319
Speaker 4: girls coming up that there'll be more time to play

783
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:44,279
Speaker 4: than just the Olympics, and more exposure like we were

784
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:47,359
Speaker 4: talking about. So it's an exciting time.

785
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Speaker 1: Yes, definitely, Yeah, absolutely, And that exposure piece is such

786
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:54,560
Speaker 1: a big one, and I'll make sure I include in

787
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Speaker 1: the show notes a link for how people can get

788
00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:59,120
Speaker 1: involved if they want to come and watch. And in

789
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:03,440
Speaker 1: some exciting news, we've actually got twenty free season passes

790
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:05,680
Speaker 1: that we can actually give away to our listeners to

791
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,080
Speaker 1: come and support you guys, which is incredible. So Bes

792
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:09,880
Speaker 1: and I will chat a little bit after the interview

793
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Speaker 1: about how we're going to make that happen AVA, just

794
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Speaker 1: to finish up for someone who might be listening, if

795
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Speaker 1: they're a young person or an adult who would like

796
00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:19,680
Speaker 1: to get involved in ice hockey, how could they go

797
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:20,480
Speaker 1: about doing that?

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00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,360
Speaker 5: Yes, so that's a really good question. Actually, Sarah and

799
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,760
Speaker 5: I were chatting before and we were just saying before

800
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Speaker 5: our games, we do have a public skate so I'd

801
00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 5: definitely say come down, put a pair of skates on

802
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 5: and see how you feel. If you like it and

803
00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:36,719
Speaker 5: feel like you could flight off, then come and stay

804
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:40,160
Speaker 5: and watch an Sydney Sirens game. And then from there

805
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,759
Speaker 5: you can definitely head to your local ice drink. There's

806
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:47,799
Speaker 5: Macquarie Ice Drink, there's Alexandria, there's Liverpool Arena and Newcastle,

807
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,400
Speaker 5: so any of those do have skate schools so you

808
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:53,560
Speaker 5: can learn and enroll into the skate schools. Obviously, in

809
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:56,879
Speaker 5: Canada some people grow up and already know how to

810
00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 5: skate when they're five, but here, because we don't have

811
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Speaker 5: so much eye, definitely enrolling in a skate school would help.

812
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:05,719
Speaker 5: And then from there we do have development and we

813
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 5: also have different competitions you can enter into if you're female,

814
00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:14,759
Speaker 5: and you can definitely enter into our local women's comp

815
00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:17,279
Speaker 5: the Ice Hockey New South Wales competition and you can

816
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:19,560
Speaker 5: join at any level for that one as well. There's

817
00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:22,120
Speaker 5: a range of summer comps and if you're a little one,

818
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:26,400
Speaker 5: there's plenty of opportunities to get involved in the mixed

819
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:30,120
Speaker 5: competitions as well, So don't be afraid to reach out

820
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:32,320
Speaker 5: to our team. I'd say as well, we're on board

821
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:35,120
Speaker 5: and we're here to help women at a grassroots level

822
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Speaker 5: as well for our sport, and we're really passionate to

823
00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:40,200
Speaker 5: grow it so we can also help coaching or anything

824
00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:40,879
Speaker 5: like that too.

825
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Speaker 1: So yeah, that's amazing. Thank you both so much for

826
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:47,239
Speaker 1: your time today. I know I can't wait to get

827
00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 1: down and watch you guys play this season, Bez and

828
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Speaker 1: I will absolutely be there at a game. Wishing you

829
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Speaker 1: the best of luck and thanks so much for your time.

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00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 4: Awesome, thank you, thank you very much.

831
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Speaker 1: Let's take a look out what to watch.

832
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 2: Continue their WXB one tournament this Saturday night against France.

833
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 2: The match in Dunnating kicks off at five pm. A

834
00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:10,720
Speaker 2: DT also reports coming out of camp last night, prim

835
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 2: your mate, it's so cold here.

836
00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:15,560
Speaker 1: Oh that's raf, isn't it.

837
00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:18,560
Speaker 2: Emily Robinson was telling me that the hottest it gets

838
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:20,280
Speaker 2: in Dunna. In his twenty two degrees, how do people

839
00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:20,680
Speaker 2: live here?

840
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:23,640
Speaker 1: Twenty two is a pleasant tembridge.

841
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:26,320
Speaker 3: That's like peak of summers right now. It's not great anyway.

842
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:29,480
Speaker 2: You can cheer the morning cold duneed and five pm

843
00:38:29,719 --> 00:38:32,480
Speaker 2: live on stand Sport against France Go to the Wallaroos.

844
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Speaker 1: Also on Saturday, the Jillarus are back in action at

845
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:38,520
Speaker 1: the Pacific Championships. They face the Kiwi Ferns at Amy

846
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:41,400
Speaker 1: Park in Melbourne. Kickoff is six pm AE d T

847
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:44,680
Speaker 1: and coverage will be live on the nine Network and Foxtel.

848
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Speaker 3: Our AFLW match.

849
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Speaker 2: The round is between second place Adelais Crows and third

850
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:51,440
Speaker 2: place North Melbourne Kangaroos. The Crows will be looking to

851
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:53,400
Speaker 2: bounce back at home after their first loss of the

852
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:56,160
Speaker 2: season in round eight. The bounce off is at three

853
00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:59,200
Speaker 2: five pm a DT on Sunday and you can catch

854
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:01,800
Speaker 2: it all live on Fox Foot nafl APP.

855
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:05,880
Speaker 1: If you've been having tillies with rurals like us, you

856
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,560
Speaker 1: are finally going to be a little bit sorted this week.

857
00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:10,799
Speaker 1: The girls are back in action on Thursday night at

858
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:14,920
Speaker 1: HbF Stadium in Perth against Iran in their first twenty

859
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:19,040
Speaker 1: twenty four Olympic qualifying match. Kickoff is seven pm Perth time,

860
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:21,960
Speaker 1: which is ten pm ae DT. I don't love that.

861
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:23,040
Speaker 3: No, it's not great.

862
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:25,759
Speaker 1: I feel like that could have been adjusted. It'll be

863
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:28,400
Speaker 1: live on the ten Network. Game two on Sunday against

864
00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:30,000
Speaker 1: the Philippines looks set to be in front of a

865
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:33,360
Speaker 1: sold out sixty thousand people at up To Stadium.

866
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Speaker 3: Amazing.

867
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Speaker 1: If you missed out on tickets, don't stress. You can

868
00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:37,880
Speaker 1: watch live on the Telly, with the kickoff at a

869
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:41,160
Speaker 1: slightly more East Coast friendly time at three pm Perth time,

870
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:43,799
Speaker 1: which is six pm ae DT. What I've loved is

871
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,360
Speaker 1: when we've done a couple of posts about that, the

872
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:47,880
Speaker 1: Filipino fans have.

873
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:49,440
Speaker 3: Come in hot, mad for it.

874
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:52,839
Speaker 1: They are like ready to beat the Tillies, mad for it. Yeah,

875
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:56,439
Speaker 1: they're loving it. So it's on. That's the rap.

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00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 3: That's the rap.

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00:39:57,320 --> 00:39:58,480
Speaker 1: We won't see you next week.

878
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Speaker 3: Sad, but not sad because I'll be on holidays.

879
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Speaker 1: Have a great time. Thank you for all your normal doings,

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Speaker 1: and let's hope we don't fall apart without you.

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Speaker 3: I'm sure you'll be fine. Bye bye