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Speaker 1: So much sport on at the moment. We're talking AFL

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Speaker 1: last week at TiO Stadium. This weekend the Grand Finals

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Speaker 1: are on for NT Rugby Union and we know well

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Speaker 1: the NT Rugby Union B Grade is the first match

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Speaker 1: as I understand it, South's taking on the Cougars on Saturday,

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Speaker 1: and then in the women's comp well, the Dragons are

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Speaker 1: going to be taking on the Palmerston Crocs at six pm,

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Speaker 1: followed by the men's A grade matchup between South's and

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Speaker 1: UNI Pirates at seven point thirty. And I'm pleased to

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Speaker 1: say that joining me in the studio at the moment

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Speaker 1: the women's team the Palmerston Crocs captain Dayleen Doyle, Good

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Speaker 1: morning to you, good morning, lovely to have you in

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Speaker 1: this studio. And well, one of the younger players but

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Speaker 1: absolutely experienced in a little gun is Megan Barker. Good

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Speaker 1: morning to.

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Speaker 2: You, Good morning, Katie.

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Speaker 1: Lovely to have you both in the studio. Look, it's

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Speaker 1: no secret I love sport seeing women do well in

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Speaker 1: sport and it's fantastic to have both of you in

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Speaker 1: here this morning. Dayleene. How excited are you for the

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Speaker 1: Grand Final on the weekend.

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Speaker 3: Oh, look, I'm pretty pumped. It's a big achievement for

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Speaker 3: the Palmerson Crocs women's team, especially from where we've come

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Speaker 3: and how hard we've worked over this season. Last season

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Speaker 3: we come from the bottom of the ladder minus many points,

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Speaker 3: and you know, we come back this season and decided

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Speaker 3: that we were going to work really hard with each

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Speaker 3: and see what we can do. So to get to

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Speaker 3: where we are today is a massive achievement and it's

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Speaker 3: sort of a bit of a surreal feeling for our girls.

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Speaker 3: I think, so we're pretty pumped.

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Speaker 1: Locke, tell me a bit about how you have sort

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Speaker 1: of worked so hard this season. What's some of the

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Speaker 1: stuff that you've done as a team to really make

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think we've just like really shown up for

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Speaker 3: each other this season. So it's about having each other's

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Speaker 3: putting in for each other. It's a small thing that

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Speaker 3: lead to success. It's not about doing it individually or

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Speaker 3: I think that was a tough lesson for us to

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Speaker 3: learn last season, was we weren't going to get there individually,

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Speaker 3: and don't get me wrong, last season showing up playing

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Speaker 3: a game every week and losing it was tough. So

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Speaker 3: coming off the back of it this season and winning

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Speaker 3: be in the Grand Final has been a massive thing

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Speaker 3: for US women in Palmersan Crocs and we can't wait

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Speaker 3: to do our club proud.

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Speaker 1: Oh so good. Tell me how's the training been going

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Speaker 3: Oh, it's intense. The coach is on fire with his stuff.

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Speaker 3: He's definitely feeling the emotions as well. I think, so

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Speaker 3: it's been quite intense. We actually are training tonight and

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Speaker 3: I think it'll be a big session and definitely won't

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Speaker 3: be an easy one. I think he'll definitely put us

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Speaker 3: through the rings tonight.

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Speaker 1: Megan, you're seventeen and you're in the women's eye grade team.

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Speaker 1: I mean that's like, that's pretty massive for a teenager.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it was pretty cool though.

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Speaker 3: It was exciting.

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Speaker 1: You must be pumped to be in the Grand Final.

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Speaker 2: I'm so happy about it. Like it's first season you're

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Speaker 1: How long have you been playing in this team?

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Speaker 2: Oh? In the women's Like this season but for the

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Speaker 2: past about two seasons, I've been running water for them,

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Speaker 2: so I've been like getting to know them, who they are,

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Speaker 2: So I just came in this season and like all

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Speaker 1: Oh Dayleane, what's it like? She's been running water? And

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Speaker 1: then when you're like, nah, you're coming, you are playing

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Speaker 3: Look, I think it's definitely unreal to watch Megan on

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Speaker 3: amazing to see her success because she did actually take

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Speaker 1: Tell me about those, what did she wins?

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Speaker 2: So I took her with my counterpart, Natalia Grant, like

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Speaker 2: the Bode La Cruz Emerging Taran Award, So you are

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Speaker 3: Oh how good.

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Speaker 2: And then you have Nami Roberts, who is an ex

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Speaker 2: And that's the women's Player of the Year. And I

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Speaker 1: Hell awesome. It must be pumped, like you're seventeen and

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Speaker 1: really love seeing young people do well and achieve at whatever,

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Speaker 1: It is such a wonderful thing to be part of

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Speaker 1: over the last few years, particularly you know in sports

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Speaker 1: like rugby union, Rugby League AFL has just absolutely taken

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Speaker 1: off Meghan, when you first sort of started playing. What

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Speaker 1: age were you when you started playing rugby union like

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Speaker 1: How good and has the game Like as you look

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Speaker 2: One hundred percent there is. There's more interest from the

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Speaker 2: exciting to see that they want to follow through now.

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Speaker 1: I was gonna ask you about that, So you coach

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Speaker 1: the under fives as well? Oh, that'd be so cute,

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Speaker 1: Like how do you juggle all of that and juggle

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Speaker 2: Also, I got pretty good time management. And when I'm

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Speaker 2: Monday and a Wednesday, and then on Tuesdays it's seventeen's

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Speaker 2: training and then women's and that's pretty it's what it

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Speaker 2: I just move on to each training. And on Friday night,

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Speaker 1: Afterwards, and your referee as well, don't you Yeah? Oh

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Speaker 1: sounds like my life growing up.

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Speaker 2: I love that.

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Speaker 1: I love I love the fact that you are so

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Speaker 1: so hard. Is there somewhere that you're hoping that the

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Speaker 2: Yeah you know, yeah, yeah, I want to make it

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Speaker 2: So really put in the you see it?

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Speaker 1: Oh Dayleene? Do you love playing with somebody young like Megan?

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Speaker 1: Who you're I mean you don't look very old yourself,

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Speaker 3: For me, it's really like I'm among myself for a

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Speaker 3: them that this is something they can do is quite

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Speaker 3: a beautiful thing. Because Megs is also playing in the

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Speaker 3: and then she'll play in the Women's Grand Final on Saturday.

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Speaker 3: But I think, yeah, I think women in union and

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Speaker 1: Yeah it is. It's so nice, isn't it. As a

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Speaker 1: you know, to see the different, different things that you're

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Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely yeah.

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Speaker 1: Now all right, so what so for Saturday six pm

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Speaker 3: Look, I think get gone and support all the teams

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Speaker 3: good afternoon. I think that the girls' game is definitely

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Speaker 3: I think both teams have a lot to fight for.

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Speaker 3: So if you're wanting to watch this, come down to

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Speaker 3: all the fun will kick off from there.

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Speaker 1: Well, we're going to be catching up with the Dragons

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Speaker 1: Rugby Union vice captain Bianka scrim Draw in a couple

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Speaker 1: absolutely not.

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Speaker 3: I think that we've got nothing to lose, so we'll

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Speaker 3: definitely give it at all and be ready for a

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Speaker 3: good game. This is something we've wanted to be a

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Speaker 3: something that Palmerston Cross girl haven't been a part of,

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Speaker 3: so I think we'll go definitely go into it open minded,

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Speaker 1: Well, it is wonderful to have you both in the

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Speaker 1: studio this morning, Palmerston Crocs rugby union captain Dayleene Doyle

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Speaker 1: and Megan Barger. Our little junior gun, well not even

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Speaker 1: you're playing in the seniors now, but you're an absolute gun.

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Speaker 1: so much for your time this morning.

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Speaker 3: No, thank you, no, good luck.