1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 1: This episode is brought to you by the athletes Foot. 2 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to The Wrap, a weekly podcast covering women's sports news. Bez, 3 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: what have we got around the grounds this week? 4 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 2: He SCHWONTEK wins her fourth major title, faith kpe Gon 5 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 2: It breaks two athletic records in one week, and FIFA 6 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 2: increased the prize money for the World Cup. 7 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 1: For the key story, we'll chat to former Matilda turned 8 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: commentator Grace Gill, who will be part of Channel seven's 9 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 1: commentary team for the upcoming FIFA World Cup. My name 10 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: is Chloe Dalton. I'm joined every week on the show 11 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: by my co host Bez, who's had a bit of 12 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: a rough weekend. I'm holding the Carleton men's team in Melbourne, 13 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: haven't you. 14 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a rough evening yesterday. I'm still in Melbourne. 15 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 2: We went to the game with eighty three thousand of 16 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 2: our closest friends, including my in laws who were Bombers fans, 17 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 2: so that was tough. A Blues fan two rows in 18 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 2: front of us. That summed it up pretty well. That 19 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 2: yelled out in the third quarter, painful, That was That 20 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 2: was about it. 21 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: That's what it felt like watching it a little bit, 22 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: didn't it. 23 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:12,320 Speaker 2: Yeah? How's your weekend been, friend? 24 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 1: Ah? Good, Long weekends don't exist in the world of 25 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:18,960 Speaker 1: professional sport. I've come to learn throughout my career. So 26 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 1: we had a big training session on Saturday and then 27 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,479 Speaker 1: today's Monday day recording. So we'll head out back out 28 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: to the Giants for another afternoon of training. What a delight. 29 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 2: Athletes never sleep the sleep. 30 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: Let's take a look around the grounds. 31 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 2: In tennis. On Saturday night, Eaga Swontek won her fourth 32 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 2: major title and her third French Open, defeating Caroline and 33 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 2: Macjova six to five, seven six four after two hours 34 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 2: and forty six minutes of really quite exceptional clay court tennis. 35 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 2: It was a super tight match, with the world number 36 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 2: one Shwontek looking pretty vulnerable at four all in the 37 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 2: third with miche Mkova on the verge of breaking her. 38 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 2: The twenty two year old Polish champion showed her fight, 39 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 2: holding a serve and then breaking Macova to take the 40 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 2: third six to four and the title in the process. 41 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 2: Shawntek was understandably ecstatic after the match and paid tribute 42 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 2: to opponent her opponent when she said, I'm feeling all 43 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 2: these different emotions right now. It's pretty surreal everything. But 44 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 2: the match was really intense, a lot of ups and downs, 45 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 2: stressful moments and coming back. So I'm pretty happy that 46 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 2: at the end I could be solid in those few 47 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 2: last games and finish it. But currently not really played well. 48 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 2: It was a big challenge. Watching the match, you could 49 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 2: see Shontek was she got the wobbles early and I 50 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 2: think that was the first time she's dropped a set 51 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 2: all tournament, that second set, so it was pretty impressive 52 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 2: to see her ride that disappointment and come back and 53 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 2: write the ship, so to speak. The victory means that 54 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 2: Shaun Tek is the youngest woman with four Grand Slam 55 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 2: at trophy since Serena Williams was twenty when she got 56 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 2: to that number at the two thousand and two US Open. 57 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 2: She also became the first woman to successfully defend the 58 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 2: role in Garris title since two thousand and seven. Ranked 59 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 2: number forty three in the world, was the fourth lowest 60 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 2: ranked woman to reach the French Open final her first 61 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 2: championship match Adam Major. The unseated check came into the 62 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 2: final having won all five matches in her career against 63 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 2: players in the top three. She loves a big dog, 64 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 2: including shocking Arena Sablenka. In the semifinals, Macova showed how 65 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:26,639 Speaker 2: much potential she does have after a stream of injuries 66 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 2: had her being told by doctors just last year that 67 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 2: she should consider retiring from the sport. She was understandably 68 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 2: pretty upset after the match, but acknowledges Shontech, saying, this 69 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 2: was so close and yet so far. That's what happened 70 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 2: when you play one of the best eager. So the 71 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 2: next major is Wimbledon starts at the beginning of next month, 72 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 2: and there's many that believe that the eager era. I 73 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 2: like that may have well and truly begun the era. Yeah, 74 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 2: but playing on grass I think will be a huge 75 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 2: test for Shantech, and she was quick to say that 76 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 2: she wasn't looking too far ahead. She said, I'm not 77 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 2: really looking that far. I'm just happy with what happened 78 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 2: during these past few weeks. I don't know what I'm 79 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 2: capable of. I'm not sitting like any crazy records or 80 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 2: goals for myself. I know that keeping it cool is 81 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 2: the best way to do it for me. I'm trying 82 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 2: more to do that. I can't wait for Wimbledon. I 83 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 2: think it'd be a really good test for her. 84 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: I'd like to know, bez, have you ever heard of 85 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: an athlete who is looking too far ahead? 86 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 2: No, it's always one match at a time, klah. 87 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: Always always one match at a time, never getting too 88 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 1: far ahead of ourselves. 89 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 2: Week to week, one quarter at a time. Cliche bingo. 90 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: In athletics, Faith kip Jegon is in some sort of form. 91 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:43,919 Speaker 1: Over the weekend. In the Paris Diamond League meet, she 92 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 1: added the five thousand meter world record to the fifteen 93 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 1: hundred meters world record she broke a week earlier. It 94 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: was just her third elite race over the distance, and 95 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 1: she ran a white hot fourteen minutes five point two 96 00:04:56,760 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: zero seconds. I still can't it's hard curr't get that 97 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:03,239 Speaker 1: the timing right five. 98 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 2: Point two s one day, nail I reckon, just leave 99 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 2: is zero off. That's my bad. 100 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 1: It's chief research As felt that time broke let us 101 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: and bet Giddy's five thousand meters world records set in 102 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: twenty twenty by one point four to two seconds. Gidda 103 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: placed second in fourteen oh seven point ninety four, the 104 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: third fastest time ever for a woman over the five 105 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: thousand meters. Kibiegon said the world record was not in 106 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: my plan. I just ran after Giddy. She's an amazing lady. 107 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:34,359 Speaker 1: I don't know what will be next. If my body 108 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 1: is healthy, anything is possible. What She's just quite incredible, though, 109 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 1: isn't she The fact that that was her third elite 110 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 1: race over that distance she is her body is made 111 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 1: to run, isn't it amazing? 112 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 2: And she was following Giddy obviously for most of the race, 113 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 2: and then I think probably with about two hundred fifty 114 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 2: minutes ago, she just found another gear and just went laters. 115 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: And the pace they run out I think we talked 116 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: about it last week of the week before. The pace 117 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: they run it is just mind blowing. 118 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 2: So I think at Paris it was the first time 119 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 2: they were trialing a It was like a green laser laser. 120 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:11,679 Speaker 2: It was a green light kind of thing that actually 121 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 2: kind of you know how we see the line in 122 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,039 Speaker 2: the pool for the world record time. Yeah, at this 123 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 2: Paris Diamond League meet, they had a green light I 124 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 2: think running on the side of the track that was 125 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 2: the world record time. So the athletes would actually almost 126 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 2: chase it like a bunny, you know, like oh sorry. 127 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:30,919 Speaker 1: It wasn't for the viewers. It was for the athletes 128 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: themselves first time. 129 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 2: The athletes, yeah, could see it, see a world record 130 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 2: kind of mark her in front of them. So I 131 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 2: think there was some further chat around that that that 132 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 2: really helped her know exactly what she had to do. 133 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: That's really cool. 134 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 2: And it went. 135 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 1: It wasn't just towards the end. Did it go the 136 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: whole way? 137 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 2: Do you know? I'm sure definitely towards the end, though 138 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 2: I'd say it was probably the whole way. Would make 139 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,040 Speaker 2: sense if it's a laser. 140 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: Because does that remove the purpose of a human rabbit 141 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: in future that's the. 142 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 2: Case, yes, say, would probably remove that the role of 143 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 2: the pacemaker. 144 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:08,679 Speaker 1: Interesting cool. The Ossie's were also performing at their best, 145 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: with Olympic medalist Nicola Olislager's Nie McDermott making a statement 146 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: at her European season opener in Paris, becoming only the 147 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: second woman in the world this year to clear the 148 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: world class high jump barrier of two meters for victory. 149 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: She cleared two meters on her third attempt to knock 150 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: American Vashti Cummingham out of the competition and then raise 151 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: the bar to two point oh three meters to have 152 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 1: a crack at the Australian record, but couldn't quite clear 153 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: the personal best high. She'll go. I reckon she'll get 154 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: there this year. I'm feeling it well. 155 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 2: To go two meters in her first event. I think 156 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 2: she's definitely come back in some form. 157 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: Absolutely speaking after the jump, Nicholas said, to clear two 158 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: meters on my third attempt was such a joy. I 159 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: knew I had some really good jumps previously, but I 160 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: just went off my history and I knew that I 161 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: could hold my position and get that feeling like I 162 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 1: did in twenty twenty one, that anything is possible. That's 163 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: what we saw today. Two point oh three meters was 164 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: really good to attempt. I think the positions just take time. 165 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: I have a few more competitions even in the next week, 166 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 1: so hopefully I can go after that to attempt. It 167 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: is just having the faith that what I have inside 168 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: of me is a lot stronger than any high jumper. 169 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: I'm learning that and putting faith to any action that 170 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: I have. We know that faith is actually quite a 171 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: big part of her preparation and her journaling and all 172 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: of those things. If you haven't listened, we had her 173 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:34,680 Speaker 1: on the podcast after her Tokyo performance, which was so cool. 174 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: If you can just search Nicola McDermott, it's The Female 175 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: Athlete Project. It's in season two. I think bears that 176 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 1: sounds about right, doesn't it. 177 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, if now that And it was an awesome, awesome chat. 178 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:48,679 Speaker 2: And she is a very special athlete. And like you said, Chloe, 179 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 2: she brings that faith into her sport. And even though 180 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 2: she speaks about it, you know, she's really open about it. 181 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 2: She's happy. She obviously was super happy to share with you. 182 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 2: You know how she approaches these things. And yeah, I 183 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 2: love watching you compete. 184 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: Nina Kennedy ano that Ossie would not be left out 185 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: of the celebrations, sailing over four point seven seven meters 186 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: in the pole vault to clinch another win on the 187 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 1: Diamond League circuit. The attempt saw her beat her season 188 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 1: best by sixteen centimeters. It's pretty solid. She spoke after 189 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:19,959 Speaker 1: the event about coming back from her injury and how 190 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: she feels she's reaping the rewards of her rehabilitation program 191 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: after returning to competition from a stress factcher I watched 192 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 1: the cool reel of hers the other day about that return. 193 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 1: The injury gave me a chance to go back to 194 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: basics and do a lot of strength work. I feel 195 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,199 Speaker 1: like a different athlete now, and it's really refreshing. Now 196 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 1: it's about trying to use everything I gained over that time, 197 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:42,719 Speaker 1: which is why I've been a bit rusty in those 198 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: last two comps. Four point seven to one and four 199 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: point seven seven did come easy to me, but four 200 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: point eight two was tough. When I had one more 201 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: attempt to go, I thought, let's just give it a 202 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 1: try for fun. It's really nice that the bar is 203 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: back up that high. Again. Isn't field events in athletics 204 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: so funny? How you can kind of like consistently jump 205 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: or reach a certain height and then it's something that's 206 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:05,839 Speaker 1: a little bit out of reach and you're like, let's 207 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: just give it a crack and see how it goes. 208 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: It's quite a distinct sport in that respect. 209 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 2: It really, isn't it. And also when you think about 210 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 2: the measurements, the units of measurements, it's not a lot 211 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 2: like you think, oh, three centimeters makes such a huge difference. 212 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 2: Though for the athlete. I'm interested to get your opinion 213 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 2: cloth on the coming back from an injury aspect. I 214 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 2: know that you've unfortunately had to do that on a 215 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 2: number of occasions it is, and I think Nina speaks 216 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 2: well here about the fact that it is an opportunity 217 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 2: for you to actually look at your your training regime, 218 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 2: your body and assess what you need to do to 219 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 2: actually probably get the building blocks right. Is that something 220 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 2: that you've experienced. 221 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: Yeah. I think one thing I've only more recently come 222 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 1: to realize around the rehab and injury process is that 223 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: while you go through rehabits this really unique opportunity to improve. 224 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 1: If you think about a standard training block as an athlete, 225 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:04,680 Speaker 1: whatever sport you're competing in, you have to work really 226 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:06,719 Speaker 1: really hard for these marginal games, like you were talking 227 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 1: about the three centimeters or whatever that might look like. 228 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 1: But one of the cool things in the rehab process 229 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 1: from an injury, depending on what kind of injury and 230 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: how long it goes for you get to do little 231 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: milestones every single day or every single week, you can 232 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 1: almost tick off something new. So I think for me 233 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 1: that's almost putting a positive spin on it, like look 234 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 1: at how much improvement you can make in a short 235 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: period of time. And then I think it also allows you, 236 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 1: like Nina is alluded to, to kind of work out 237 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 1: what's working well previously and what's not and how do 238 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 1: we actually fix that while we're in this rebuilding phase. 239 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 2: So for all those athletes out there that do get injured, 240 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 2: there is a sewer lining. You can gope back and 241 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 2: assess and find out. You got to find civil lightnings, 242 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:50,199 Speaker 2: don't you. 243 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: You absolutely do, because they are injuries are really really 244 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 1: draining and really isolating. So I think my piece of 245 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 1: advice would I don't try and find the silver lighting 246 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: straight away. Sometimes you find the silver lighting on reflection. 247 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 1: It's okay to sit in the horrible feelings too. Don't 248 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: feel like you have to find the positive straight away. 249 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 2: Love that from you. In some basketball not so happy news. 250 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 2: In some disturbing news out of the WNBA, Phoenix Mercury 251 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 2: Center Britney Griner was involved in an incident on Saturday 252 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 2: at Dallas Airport that was orchestrated by a social media 253 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 2: figure and provocateur. The WNBA released a statement saying the 254 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,439 Speaker 2: safety of Britney Griner and all w NBA players is 255 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 2: our top priority. The league said, without specifying what exactly happened. 256 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 2: So to be honest, the WNBA statement was pretty loose, 257 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 2: a vague. Absolutely Mercury player Brianna Turner sat in a tweet. 258 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:50,199 Speaker 2: People at the airport followed the team with cameras saying 259 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 2: wild remarks. Her tweet stated player safety while traveling should 260 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 2: be at the forefront. People follow with cameras saying wild 261 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 2: remarks is never acceptable, excessive harassment. Our team nervously huddled 262 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 2: in a corner, unsure how to move about. We demand 263 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 2: better Internet personality that is in advert commas. Alex Stein 264 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 2: took responsibility for the incident, sharing a video snippet on 265 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 2: Twitter of him shouting at Griner in the airport on Saturday. 266 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 2: He seemed to be taking aim at Griner for the 267 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 2: prisoner swap that obviously occurred with Russia to secure her 268 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 2: release after ten months in jail, which we've spoken about 269 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 2: numerous tigns on the pod before a swap was made 270 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:33,959 Speaker 2: for a Russian's arm dealer once nicknamed the Merchant of Death, 271 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 2: and that deal has caused anger in some circles. Obviously 272 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 2: it's rubbed alex Stein the wrong way. The Bringing Our 273 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 2: Families Home Campaign, which is the as advocacy group that 274 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 2: works to bring Americans who are held hostage auditorining foreign 275 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 2: countries home, issued a statement condemning the incident. It bred 276 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:56,080 Speaker 2: a costing a recently returned hostage like this is unacceptable 277 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 2: and we urge social media companies to prohibit the monetization 278 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 2: of any resulting content. Our campaign stands with Britney, her teammates, 279 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:09,080 Speaker 2: and the Phoenix Mercury. So the incident has again raised 280 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 2: the issue of charter flights, which has been an issue 281 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 2: with the WNBA Players Association for some time now for 282 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 2: a number of reasons. I think this is just another 283 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 2: one on top of the other reasons that the players 284 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 2: have listed over and over again. The WNBA Players in 285 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 2: an issue a statement on Saturday, stay in the situation 286 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:29,360 Speaker 2: the airport makes it quite clear that the matter of 287 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 2: charter travel is not a competitive advantage issue. What BG 288 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 2: and all of her Phoenix teammates experience today was a 289 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 2: calculated confrontation that left them feeling very unsafe. Everyone who 290 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 2: was paying attention knew this would happen. It's I mean, 291 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 2: that was a pretty confronting incident, and I think it's 292 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 2: important to note there that WNBA Players Association said this 293 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 2: is not about it being a competitive advantage issue. Especially 294 00:14:55,280 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 2: for BG, this is a safety situation. She's unfortunately been 295 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 2: exposed to a questionable Internet personality, as they say, and yeah, 296 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 2: you shouldn't be traveling with your team and feeling under 297 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 2: threat like that. 298 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 1: Yeah. I think it's because it was the first thing 299 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 1: that came to my mind when I saw this story 300 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 1: about the fact that they were just walking through the 301 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 1: airport in the normal airport section. That was a really 302 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: good sentence from me in the normal airport section, in 303 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 1: the normal people airport section. When we were playing during 304 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 1: one of the COVID AFLW seasons, we had to catch 305 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 1: chartered flights more to try and prevent any of us 306 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 1: catching COVID so that the season could go ahead. What 307 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 1: would happen is we would park our cars, get on 308 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: a bus, go straight to the private jet terminal, go 309 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: through security, get on the plane, get off at the 310 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 1: other end and another private terminal, get on the bus, 311 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 1: go to the game, or go to our hotel. There 312 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 1: was no possibility of being confronted by a crazy Internet person. 313 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 1: So I think what the Players Association have touched on there. Yes, 314 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: it's a more comfortable way to travel, particularly when the 315 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: players have quite a hectic schedule, but it increases the 316 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: level of security quite significantly, particularly for someone like Brittany Grimer. 317 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: I don't think we're saying that every w NBA player 318 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: we hope would be at risk of being confronted in 319 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 1: that manner. But I think you've got to read the 320 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 1: room here for the Brittany Grinder situation and understand some 321 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 1: of the tensions that it's caused for some people like this. 322 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, I totally agree. And again, the reality is that 323 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 2: all NBA teams travel via charter flights. As you said, 324 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 2: the WNBA players have a hectic schedule. I did get 325 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 2: up and watch the Storm and Mystics this morning, not 326 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 2: quite at five am, but I did watch the second half. 327 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 2: And you know those both those teams are playing it 328 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 2: in two days and they are large women on economy flights. 329 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 2: That's a hard no. 330 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: There's like I struggle to fit and I'm one of 331 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:55,479 Speaker 1: my five ten Maybe what a week that the same. 332 00:16:55,240 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 2: On a good day, on a good day, which definitely 333 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,119 Speaker 2: close to six foot close. 334 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 1: Enough, I can barely fit. I don't know how on Earth, 335 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: like someone like Brianna Stewart fits on a plane. 336 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 2: How does Brianna Stewart fit on a plane? 337 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,479 Speaker 1: In football, some progress has been made in the female 338 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 1: football World Late last week, FIFA announced that for the 339 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: first time, they will allocate players individual fees that will 340 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: increase as their team progresses in the tournament. It's pretty crazy, 341 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 1: to be honest, that it's the first time it's happened, 342 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,199 Speaker 1: but it's progress and we're happy with it. The decision 343 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 1: means that each Matilda's player in the World Cup squad 344 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: is guaranteed to be paid at least forty five thousand 345 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 1: dollars Australian for their participation in next month's tournament, and 346 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 1: would earn four hundred and two thousand Australian dollars if 347 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 1: they go all the way and lift the trophy. 348 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 2: When in addition, when they go when when. 349 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:57,120 Speaker 1: I thought it was about four twenty did I get 350 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 1: my own calculations wrong? 351 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 2: Could be wrong. It's over four hundred thousand dollars and 352 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 2: it's nice. 353 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: Great, let's just go with four hundred k. That's easily 354 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: a deposit on a house for each of the Matildas 355 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:08,919 Speaker 1: when they win the World Cup. I look forward to 356 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:13,639 Speaker 1: them buying houses. In addition to the individual payments, FIFA 357 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 1: will increase funding to the participating member associations, which they 358 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 1: can use to cover World Cup related costs, and also 359 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:23,920 Speaker 1: allocate to the development of the game in their domestic leagues. 360 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: In total, FIFA will award US one hundred and fifty 361 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 1: two million dollars in prize money at the expanded thirty 362 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 1: two team tournament, which is a pretty solid increase from 363 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:37,120 Speaker 1: the US thirty million dollars shared by the twenty four 364 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 1: teas at the twenty nineteen Women's World Cup. Sorry I've 365 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: got the hiccups midway through those sentences. 366 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 2: That Frog's back again. WHOA. 367 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 1: It does fall short of the US four hundred and 368 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 1: forty million dollars that they handed out of the twenty 369 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 1: twenty two Men's World Cup in Qatar. FIFA president Jianni 370 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 1: Infantino has said he wants equal prize money for the 371 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:03,399 Speaker 1: Men's and Women's World Cups in twenty twenty six and 372 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 1: twenty twenty seven, and has again called on broadcasters to 373 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,639 Speaker 1: step up and pay what FIFA deems is market value 374 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: to show the tournament. Infantino and FIFA shared a post 375 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 1: on Instagram last week confirming one million, thirty two thousand, 376 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:22,879 Speaker 1: eight hundred and eighty four tickets have been sold. I 377 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 1: feel like I was doing a maths test then remember 378 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 1: when you had to read them out loud in maths. 379 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 1: I got a bit. 380 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:31,639 Speaker 2: Stressed, well, austragling with the numbers this morning. Friend. 381 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: Wow, it's a public holiday. I shouldn't be reading out 382 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 1: things about this. This means that with over one months 383 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 1: to go before kickoff, we've surpassed the numbers sold for 384 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 1: France twenty nineteen, Australia and New Zealand twenty twenty three 385 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 1: is on track to become the most attended FIFA Women's 386 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 1: World Cup in history. The future is women and thanks 387 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:55,359 Speaker 1: to the fans for supporting what will be the greatest 388 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:57,359 Speaker 1: FIFA Women's World Cup ever. 389 00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 2: I love that preach. 390 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 1: You know, we've probably disagreed with some of the decisions 391 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: that have been made, and we discussed on the Wrap 392 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 1: last week around the potential blackout that was talked about 393 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: because of the broadcast deals not being at a high 394 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 1: enough figure. But I do think the fact that Gianni 395 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 1: as the president, is continuously publicizing this push for there 396 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 1: to be equal pay for those for the next World 397 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 1: Cups means he doesn't really have anywhere to run if 398 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 1: it's not equal pay for the next World Cups. 399 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:31,359 Speaker 2: And he's just been re elected too so I believe 400 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 2: he'll still be in charge come that time. So easy 401 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:35,919 Speaker 2: promise to make if you know that you're not going 402 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 2: to be around. But true, he's putting it out there 403 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 2: like you said it is. He's going to be the 404 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 2: man in charge at the time, which is maybe why 405 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,120 Speaker 2: he's putting it out there so much because he's it's like, God, 406 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 2: I've said this, now I've got to make it happen. 407 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 1: The tournament is expected to break the attendance record for 408 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: a standalone women's sports event set at the twenty fifteen 409 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:58,639 Speaker 1: World Cup in Canada, which attracted one point three to 410 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 1: five million spectators. Fans from more than one hundred and 411 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:05,439 Speaker 1: twenty countries have purchased tickets and FIFA have released a 412 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 1: final allocation of tickets, So if you haven't got around 413 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:12,199 Speaker 1: to purchasing them, jump online and grab some tickets and 414 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 1: be part of history making record breaking. Whoa that was 415 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 1: I just made that up. 416 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:23,199 Speaker 2: That was good trademark. I love that fans from more 417 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 2: than one hundred and twenty countries of purchase tickets. That's huge, 418 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 2: isn't it. 419 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:31,439 Speaker 1: It's huge. It does reaffirm that it's the world game. 420 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,719 Speaker 1: It's a little bit sad sometimes to admit that. But 421 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 1: it kind of is, isn't it. 422 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 2: You play? You play a sport at the moment that, 423 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 2: let's be honest, isn't played by many places in this world. 424 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 1: I mean it is called the Australian Football League for 425 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:48,639 Speaker 1: a reason. This episode is brought to you by the 426 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: Athlete's Foot, proudly supporting women in sport since nineteen seventy six. 427 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,920 Speaker 1: Start every game on the right foot with the right fit. 428 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 1: Get fitted in store today or online at the athletes 429 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 1: for dot com for netball, football, running and recovery. Now 430 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 1: that's fit. 431 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,639 Speaker 2: So where cand like, where can we go? Where can 432 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,360 Speaker 2: we watch some games for the World Cup? Yeah? 433 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: Tell us, Well, we are absolutely going to be out 434 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 1: the opening match between Matilda's and the Republic of Ireland 435 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:23,200 Speaker 1: on Thursday July twenty. We will be there. Well, I'm 436 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:24,880 Speaker 1: hoping we can get to a lot of the Sydney games. 437 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:28,240 Speaker 1: I'd really love to see. I haven't actually looked at 438 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,679 Speaker 1: the drawing detail around the Lionesses in the US. The 439 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 1: US team are mostly New Zealand for the pool matches. 440 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:33,919 Speaker 1: Is that correct? 441 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, they're all their pool matches are in NZ. England 442 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 2: are traveling around a bit. I'm actually seeing England in 443 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:44,960 Speaker 2: Adelaide against China, which I'm very excited about. There's some 444 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 2: very fanatic English fans that are actually following them around 445 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 2: the country. But yeah, I just think even though the 446 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 2: Matilda's tickets are pretty hard to get ahold of if 447 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,880 Speaker 2: you haven't got your tickets yet, like, there's still some 448 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 2: awesome football, like you need to jump online twenty or 449 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,879 Speaker 2: forty dollars each depending on what location they're in, And 450 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 2: for instance, on the opening weekend you can go see 451 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 2: Denmark the world number thirteen, played China the world number 452 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 2: fourteen in Perth, France played Jamaica in Sydney, or England 453 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:14,400 Speaker 2: play Haiti in Brisbane, like it's going to be huge, 454 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 2: Like that's just the first weekend. 455 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,719 Speaker 1: I like that you asked me the question like it 456 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,919 Speaker 1: was my opinion, but you'd actually already provided the information 457 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 1: that you had here. No, it's a Monday morning, it's 458 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 1: too early. 459 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 2: What can I say, I've learned from the best we 460 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:35,880 Speaker 2: got there in paddling, just some more paddle goat news. 461 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 2: I mean, we could really do a paddling segment every 462 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:39,879 Speaker 2: week at the moment. 463 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:43,359 Speaker 1: Because we could almost make a paddle podcast. 464 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 2: The Paddle Pod You get the paddle Goat on before 465 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,919 Speaker 2: the paddle Goat was actually one of the og guests, 466 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:49,439 Speaker 2: wasn't you? 467 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 1: Yeah? Jess Fox was on the podcast very early in 468 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 1: season one. 469 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 2: Early Jess Fox has continued her universal domination. I've uped 470 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 2: it from world whitting sact witting back to back gold 471 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:05,919 Speaker 2: medals At the twenty twenty three ICF Canoe Slalom World 472 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 2: Cup in Prague. Fox didn't make the same mistake again 473 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,160 Speaker 2: in the kayak and got through all of her gates 474 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 2: in the semi final to qualify for the final. She 475 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,879 Speaker 2: put down another near perfect run in the final, claiming 476 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 2: the gold with a four point six to three second 477 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,359 Speaker 2: margin over Germany's Ricarda Funk. I think one of the 478 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,159 Speaker 2: things that's getting me here is like she won the 479 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,440 Speaker 2: canoe last week by five seconds, She's won the kayak 480 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 2: this week by four point six seconds. That's a huge 481 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 2: amount of time in a sport like that. Like she 482 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:32,440 Speaker 2: is dominating. 483 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, And I think it's showing obviously how hard she's 484 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:39,439 Speaker 1: working to be in that kind of form. It almost 485 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 1: looks like she's she's I shouldn't say she's competing against herself, 486 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 1: but in a way it's almost like she's working so 487 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 1: hard that if she's making an error, that's kind of 488 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 1: when she's getting into trouble. But that gap when she 489 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 1: performs at her best, that gap between her and the 490 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 1: next best is pretty big. 491 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 2: At the moment. Massive She backed up the kayak gold 492 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 2: with another canoe gold and said after the race, I'm 493 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:02,119 Speaker 2: so happy. It was a really tight final. Gabie and 494 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 2: Monica both put down really good runs, so it was 495 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:05,960 Speaker 2: so close to the finish, but I'm so pleased to 496 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 2: take the win today. Yesterday took a lot out of me, 497 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 2: both mentally and physically, so just to put it out 498 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 2: there against today's awesome. I'm really grateful with your back 499 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:15,639 Speaker 2: here in Prague and to all the fans who are 500 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 2: out there, even the rain. Thank you to everyone. So 501 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 2: just keep doing you, Jess Box, you are killing it. 502 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:26,120 Speaker 1: In netball, there is one more round before finals time 503 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,879 Speaker 1: for the sun Corp Super Netball teams, but the new 504 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 1: South Wales Swifts have secured the minor premiership with a 505 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 1: seventy eight to sixty five victory over the Queens and 506 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:38,920 Speaker 1: Firebirds at Nissan Arena, and in the earlier game, On Sunday, 507 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 1: the West Coast Fever beat the Giants, unfortunately for the Giants, 508 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 1: seventy two to sixty one in Perth to jump the 509 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:49,640 Speaker 1: Adelaide Thunderbirds and finish the weekend in all important second position. 510 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: The first two on the table at the end of 511 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:55,359 Speaker 1: the season get a double chance in the finals, which, 512 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 1: given the tightness of the top four this season, might 513 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: prove invaluable. The Fever will secure second with a win 514 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 1: over the Collingwood Magpies next week. The Swifts look like 515 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:09,639 Speaker 1: the team to be, don't they. They put on a 516 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 1: clinic in Brisbane. It was their ninth win on the 517 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:14,479 Speaker 1: balance and if they continue this sort of form they 518 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:18,200 Speaker 1: could be looking at their third championship in five years. 519 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 1: They're looking pretty impressive at the moment. 520 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:24,439 Speaker 2: Bez massively impressive and also just loving the fact that 521 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 2: these girls, these teams are playing in front of sold 522 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,120 Speaker 2: out crowds all over the country, massive. 523 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 1: Crews in distantly, aren't they in Perth? 524 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 2: You know? Just such good netball being played. So in 525 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 2: some more netball news, A report from Linda Pierce at 526 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 2: News Corp Australia. Last week our Linetown Netball Royalty, Liz Ellis, 527 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 2: and she is Netball Royalty Let's be honest, was denied 528 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 2: a place on Netball Australia's board. Ellis was advised by 529 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 2: chair Windy Archer that incumbent directors Gabby Stubbs and Todd 530 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,159 Speaker 2: Deacon would be retained for a second term given their 531 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 2: particular skills and expertise. So Ellis is a qualified lawyer 532 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 2: and twenty twenty chaired Netbull's wide ranging State of the 533 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 2: Game review, plus obviously her very very credentialed and storied 534 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 2: playing career, and she's obviously been around the sport for 535 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:13,520 Speaker 2: a long time. She's commentator Lizelle's really I think for people, 536 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 2: if you're not a huge netball fan, I think most 537 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 2: people could tell you who Lozellis is. So she reached 538 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 2: out tu Archer and put a hat the ring for 539 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 2: a board position in March this year, and Alice told 540 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 2: NewsCorp after being advised she hadn't been successful. It's their 541 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 2: coal to make and I'm disappointed, but I'll keep putting 542 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 2: my hand up because I really do want to be 543 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,359 Speaker 2: involved with the sport and an administrative level. I just 544 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 2: want to help the sport and the place that I 545 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 2: think I can best do that is on the Netball 546 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 2: Australia board. There's lots of people reading me, lots of 547 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 2: fans on social Everyone's asking me why on earth I'm 548 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 2: not involved, and my answer is I'm trying, but unfortunately 549 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 2: at the moment there doesn't seem to be any room 550 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 2: for me at the INN. So there's a bit of 551 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 2: conjecture around that Ellis is not welcome at the INN 552 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,359 Speaker 2: so to speak, as as a result of her inclusion 553 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 2: in the consortium led by entreprene and not netball fan 554 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 2: Matt Berryman that attempted to buy a super netball last 555 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 2: year when they were in that financial state. Nevill Australia 556 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,200 Speaker 2: chose not to engage with the potential bid, but Ellis 557 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:14,680 Speaker 2: said she wasn't aware of any ill feeling towards her, 558 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,480 Speaker 2: and said my involvement in the Berriman bid was about 559 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:19,920 Speaker 2: me wanding what's best for the sport. So who knows. 560 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 2: I can't speak for the board, but no one's spoken 561 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 2: to me about that. 562 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,120 Speaker 1: Do you think there's that could be part of it, 563 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 1: that the conflict that was created from that whole situation, 564 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 1: that they could be holding onto a little bit of. 565 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:34,800 Speaker 2: That, I think so I think as a board you 566 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 2: would be threatened by a group coming in and wanting 567 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 2: to buy super Netball. I think that's probably a natural 568 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 2: reaction to that, because if effectively that group saying, Hey, 569 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 2: you guys aren't doing a good enough job, We're going 570 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 2: to do a better job. So I think there's probably 571 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:54,400 Speaker 2: some residual resentment to that bid. But you would hope 572 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:57,719 Speaker 2: that they're mature enough business people, which I'm sure they 573 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 2: all are to make a decision based on Liz's credentials 574 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 2: and not the fact that she was involved in that bit. Earlier, 575 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:08,000 Speaker 2: she did say that she wants to work to change 576 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 2: the narrative in the media about where netball is heading, 577 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:12,960 Speaker 2: which I think is really important. She said at the moment, 578 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 2: there seems to be a sense of crisis about it. 579 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 2: Whether that is true or not, the fact of the 580 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 2: matter is that that is the public perception, and the 581 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 2: latest crisis with Collingwood just comes on the back of 582 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:24,440 Speaker 2: a lot of bad press for the sport in the 583 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,800 Speaker 2: last twelve months. So what I'd love to see is 584 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,840 Speaker 2: a long term strategy for super netbor that involved getting 585 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 2: more capital into the competition. I'd love to see more 586 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 2: positive news for the sport and I'd like to see 587 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 2: that when netbull's talked about, it's talked about as one 588 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 2: of the top tier sports in Australia, as a sport 589 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:41,920 Speaker 2: that is really respected and recognized as being out there 590 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 2: doing great things. And as we said before, Clo, we 591 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,720 Speaker 2: sold out crowds for the last couple of weeks or 592 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 2: probably really throughout the Super Netball season and what is 593 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:54,120 Speaker 2: shaping up as a Cracker a final series on the horizon. 594 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:57,080 Speaker 2: She's I don't think Liz is alone in saying that 595 00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:58,840 Speaker 2: she wants to hear the good stories in the media 596 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 2: and also see a solid plan in place for a sport, 597 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:05,920 Speaker 2: as we've spoken about before, that's just loved by loved 598 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,720 Speaker 2: and played by so many Australians. 599 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:11,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, I really love Liza's take on that, and I 600 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,719 Speaker 1: think it's so important because if you look at the 601 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,160 Speaker 1: top tier, we look at the Diamonds, they've been successful 602 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,240 Speaker 1: for so many years and looking forward to seeing how 603 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:21,240 Speaker 1: they perform in the upcoming World Cup over in South Africa, 604 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:23,680 Speaker 1: is it correct? We then go one level down we 605 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:25,880 Speaker 1: look at the Super Netball. As you said, sold out 606 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:29,479 Speaker 1: crowds over multiple weeks. They're not struggling to draw crowds 607 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,760 Speaker 1: for a lot of these matches because the top of 608 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:34,239 Speaker 1: that competition is so close. There's such exciting games at 609 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 1: the top of the ladder in particular, and then we 610 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: go down to the grassroots level, participation is great. People 611 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 1: love netball. There's so many people playing netball. So there's 612 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 1: this great product that's performing well and it has the 613 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,320 Speaker 1: potential to draw in a lot of capital. So I 614 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,800 Speaker 1: really yeah, just second what Liz is saying. There's so 615 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:54,640 Speaker 1: much potential there, and I think it's really important to 616 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 1: flip that story on its head, that it's got so 617 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:00,400 Speaker 1: much potential to kind of redeem itself from where it's 618 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:02,600 Speaker 1: been in this rough patch over the past twelve months. 619 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 2: Yeah. I totally agree and a big fan of Zealous 620 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 2: And if she's desperate to be on a board, look 621 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 2: I'll have her on the new Sofars Rugby Born. No problems. 622 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 2: Oh I don't know, not that I have that kind 623 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:14,080 Speaker 2: of power. But here we are. 624 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 1: Let's take a look at the key story. This week, 625 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 1: we had the chance to chat to Grace Gill, former 626 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:25,960 Speaker 1: Australian Matilda, who's now taken up a role in commentary. 627 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 1: She's a great pundit and commentator who will be part 628 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:32,480 Speaker 1: of Channel seven's team covering the FIFA Women's World Cup 629 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 1: in Australia and New Zealand this year. Grace, thank you 630 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:38,760 Speaker 1: so much for having a chat with us today. To 631 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 1: start us off, can you tell us a little bit 632 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,480 Speaker 1: about where your love for football first came from. 633 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 3: Well, thanks for having a chat with me. 634 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:46,640 Speaker 1: It's a pleasure to be here. 635 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:48,000 Speaker 2: My love for football. 636 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 3: So, I was Darwin born, so there wasn't much football 637 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,440 Speaker 3: happening in Darwin, but when I moved down to Canberra 638 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:56,280 Speaker 3: in the late nineties, it was just what everyone at 639 00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 3: school was doing. So I jumped in with primary school 640 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,600 Speaker 3: mates and I'm still friends today and that's sort of 641 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 3: how the journey started. 642 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:06,040 Speaker 1: So primary school is having a kick around with friends. Yeah, 643 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:08,080 Speaker 1: very cool. We're going to chat a little bit about 644 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:09,960 Speaker 1: where you're at now in your career, but you've already 645 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:13,200 Speaker 1: had an incredibly successful career as a footballer yourself. Can 646 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,480 Speaker 1: you touch on that a little bit about what it 647 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,800 Speaker 1: was like playing domestically and also internationally as well. Yeah, 648 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:19,480 Speaker 1: I feel. 649 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 3: Very lucky that I've had the journey I have through 650 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:25,520 Speaker 3: football to be where I am now. But domestically. Obviously 651 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,440 Speaker 3: spent most of my career with Cambery United in what 652 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,240 Speaker 3: was in the former W League now the A League 653 00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:33,200 Speaker 3: Women's and that's a team very dear to my heart, 654 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,040 Speaker 3: and we obviously had a lot of success early in 655 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 3: the campaigns, but a team I still obviously support closely 656 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:43,320 Speaker 3: and as well had a little bit of time abroad 657 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:46,240 Speaker 3: in America and also in the Czech Republic, which was 658 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 3: a pretty different place to live and play football. 659 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:50,240 Speaker 2: But again, just like. 660 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:54,120 Speaker 3: Many female athletes understand, it's a part of the fabric 661 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:57,800 Speaker 3: and the tapestry of your experiences in international sport, and 662 00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,600 Speaker 3: that was certainly an experience. 663 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:03,280 Speaker 1: Talk to us about your commentary debut. From what I understand, 664 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,440 Speaker 1: it was a bit of an unexpected call up for 665 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:06,160 Speaker 1: your first time. 666 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:09,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, if I recall correctly, it was one of those 667 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 3: situations where I wasn't really planning to do it or 668 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,680 Speaker 3: didn't have it lined up to do and I got 669 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:16,960 Speaker 3: a bit of a last minute call up someone was unavailable. 670 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:19,280 Speaker 3: It was when I was still with Cambrian Ided and 671 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:20,760 Speaker 3: I got a bit of a tap on the shoulder, 672 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 3: hey can you do this? And I didn't know if 673 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,360 Speaker 3: I could do it at all, but I agreed to 674 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 3: do it, and yeah, evidently worked out reasonably well. But 675 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:35,040 Speaker 3: to be thrown in the deep end like that, and yeah, look, 676 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:36,360 Speaker 3: I wouldn't want to go back and listen to that 677 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:38,200 Speaker 3: recording now, but I'm sure. 678 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:45,360 Speaker 1: Sure I thought, what has that been like? Trying to 679 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:49,560 Speaker 1: establish this establish yourself? I think we often see male 680 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:54,840 Speaker 1: athletes can make an easy transition into commentary because that's 681 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,680 Speaker 1: that's the way that it's always always been. They're often 682 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:00,320 Speaker 1: given those opportunities, but as a woman in that industry, 683 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,960 Speaker 1: you almost have to prove that you're worthy of being there. 684 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:04,560 Speaker 1: What has that experience been like for you? 685 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, it has been. It has been really challenging at times. 686 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:11,360 Speaker 3: I've had some really good supporters and allies around me 687 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,120 Speaker 3: too that have made that transition a bit more comfortable. 688 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:15,760 Speaker 1: I think. 689 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:20,040 Speaker 3: For so long, particularly in football, so soccer, we are 690 00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:23,040 Speaker 3: used to hearing male voices on commentary, so as far 691 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:25,640 Speaker 3: back as the sport goes, you hear the English commentators 692 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:27,760 Speaker 3: in the Premier League and that's that's what that's iconic 693 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,560 Speaker 3: to the sport. So for women to now be breaking 694 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:34,279 Speaker 3: into that space both internationally rather and domestically here in 695 00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:39,520 Speaker 3: Australia too. It's been a real changing of the guard, 696 00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:41,640 Speaker 3: and I think we're now at this really cool point 697 00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 3: where when we start to hear more and more female 698 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:48,600 Speaker 3: voices on commentary, it's no longer oh hey, that's a 699 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,160 Speaker 3: woman calling, it's just what we're used to hearing now. 700 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:53,920 Speaker 3: And I think we're at this really cool point, a 701 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,920 Speaker 3: cool turning point where that will become the norm, particularly 702 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:01,040 Speaker 3: in female sports, to have female commentators and commentators, which 703 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:03,440 Speaker 3: is it's yeah, I think it's pretty special to be 704 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:04,480 Speaker 3: a part of that change. 705 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:06,800 Speaker 1: You're going to be a part of the Channel seven 706 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,880 Speaker 1: team for the upcoming World Cup. What was the news? 707 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:11,480 Speaker 1: What was it like finding out that news that you 708 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:12,600 Speaker 1: were going to be part of that team? 709 00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:16,359 Speaker 3: You know, to be honest, I was pretty emotional. It's 710 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:19,319 Speaker 3: something that I had jotted down on a post it 711 00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:21,880 Speaker 3: note about two years ago, as you know, something I 712 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:25,200 Speaker 3: really genuinely wanted to work towards, and I didn't know 713 00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:27,840 Speaker 3: whether it would be possible, whether I would have the 714 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:30,799 Speaker 3: experience by this time to get picked up for it. 715 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:33,320 Speaker 3: So when I found out that that was going to 716 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,760 Speaker 3: happen then that Channel seven were having me on board, 717 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:38,799 Speaker 3: I had a few quiet moments because it was a 718 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:43,239 Speaker 3: bit surreal piece of news to receive, and I still 719 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:46,280 Speaker 3: have that post it note and I'm clinging onto that type. 720 00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:49,279 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's really special. Can you tell us a little 721 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:52,719 Speaker 1: bit about what preparation for a tournament as huge as 722 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:54,760 Speaker 1: this is, Like, yes. 723 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:57,880 Speaker 3: So this is pretty unique to every commentator how they 724 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:01,000 Speaker 3: do things. You see notes, you see it's handwritten, whether 725 00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:04,880 Speaker 3: it's on the computer, everyone has their own way of 726 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:07,560 Speaker 3: doing it. I think over the last few years, I'm 727 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:11,160 Speaker 3: probably still fine tuning in exactly what my preparation looks like, 728 00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:14,200 Speaker 3: exactly what works best for me. But there's a lot 729 00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:18,839 Speaker 3: of hours and whether that's reading articles, listening to podcasts, 730 00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:23,080 Speaker 3: consuming as much as I can to get different angles 731 00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:26,560 Speaker 3: and different input, but then also just doing a lot 732 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:31,280 Speaker 3: of research, a lot of homework, so looking past old matches, 733 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:36,479 Speaker 3: film highlights, pouring over statistics, and so that come game day, 734 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,080 Speaker 3: I've got breadth of information in front of me and 735 00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:43,240 Speaker 3: can draw on maybe five percent of it, maybe twenty 736 00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:45,480 Speaker 3: percent of it, but you definitely don't use the whole lot. 737 00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:47,879 Speaker 3: But the fact is you're prepared and it's there, and 738 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:50,200 Speaker 3: no matter what happens in the game, you'll be able 739 00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:52,080 Speaker 3: to pull and draw on what you've done in the 740 00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:52,840 Speaker 3: way of research. 741 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,879 Speaker 1: Can you give our audience a player to watch from 742 00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:59,480 Speaker 1: the Matildas who may have flown under the radar, who 743 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:00,520 Speaker 1: you can't wait to watch. 744 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:04,080 Speaker 3: It's a great question, and there's obviously plenty of players 745 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:07,279 Speaker 3: who fly well and truly on the radar, so I 746 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:10,120 Speaker 3: won't go into those players so much because they're very, 747 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:12,240 Speaker 3: very well known. But a player that I am excited 748 00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:15,360 Speaker 3: to see at this level at a World Cup at 749 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:18,839 Speaker 3: a really young age is Kayrakney Cross. She's doing great 750 00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:21,799 Speaker 3: things over in Sweden with Hammabee and she's been a 751 00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:25,800 Speaker 3: really consistent starter, particularly in recent months under Tony Gustafson 752 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:28,400 Speaker 3: with the Matilda. She's got a great partnership alongside Katrina 753 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:30,680 Speaker 3: Goreri in the midfield, and I think she's a really 754 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:31,360 Speaker 3: young talent. 755 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:33,880 Speaker 1: I love that. Thank you so much for coming on 756 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,120 Speaker 1: today and having a chat, and best of luck for 757 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:38,480 Speaker 1: the World Cup. We can't wait to sport the Tillies, 758 00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:40,439 Speaker 1: but also you going out there and doing your things, 759 00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:41,000 Speaker 1: so good luck. 760 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:42,759 Speaker 3: Oh thank you, thanks so much. 761 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,719 Speaker 1: It's been great to chat. Thank you. Let's take a 762 00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:46,880 Speaker 1: look at what to watch. 763 00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:50,840 Speaker 2: Stop seven of the World Surf League continues. It's on 764 00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:54,319 Speaker 2: right now in El Salvador. You can catch it live 765 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:57,840 Speaker 2: on the Seven Network and Foxtel. There's some great performance 766 00:37:57,880 --> 00:37:58,520 Speaker 2: waves going on. 767 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:03,200 Speaker 1: Tune in Astralian Rollers and Gliders wheelchair basketball teams are 768 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:09,480 Speaker 1: competing at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federations IWBF World Championships 769 00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:12,279 Speaker 1: in Dubai, so the Rollers of the men's team and 770 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,520 Speaker 1: the Gliders of the women's team. The tournament, which runs 771 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:19,000 Speaker 1: from June ninth to June twentieth, involves three hundred players 772 00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:22,719 Speaker 1: representing sixteen men's and twelve women's teams. You can watch 773 00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:27,400 Speaker 1: the Aussies live on the IWBF YouTube channel. 774 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:31,120 Speaker 2: Watch the Paddlegirl live in it to send Slovenia at 775 00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:33,279 Speaker 2: the World Cup padding event. We've talked about it a lot. 776 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:37,240 Speaker 2: If you never watched paddling, I think next this weekend 777 00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:40,520 Speaker 2: coming have a lot to great sport. Quarter final, semifinals 778 00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:43,920 Speaker 2: and finals will be live and available to view on 779 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:48,080 Speaker 2: Fox Sports and KO so just check the Australian Paddling 780 00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:49,400 Speaker 2: site for times. 781 00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:52,760 Speaker 1: In netball, it's the final round for Sun Corpse Super 782 00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:55,479 Speaker 1: Netball and the big match will be between top four 783 00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:59,080 Speaker 1: teams The New South Wales Swifts and the Adelaide Thunderbirds. 784 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:02,680 Speaker 1: The final preview will be held on Saturday at ken 785 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:05,200 Speaker 1: Rosewall Arena at five pm and you can watch live 786 00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:08,879 Speaker 1: on Fox Sports. Ko Breebies and that's the rap. 787 00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:11,640 Speaker 2: That is the rap. See your next week, friend. 788 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:13,520 Speaker 1: I had a lot of fun today, even though we 789 00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:16,319 Speaker 1: were in different cities and doing it virtually. I enjoyed it. 790 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:19,200 Speaker 2: I'm glad you did. I'm glad it's put a little 791 00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:22,839 Speaker 2: bit of sunshine on your public holiday, not public holiday day, 792 00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,160 Speaker 2: not public holiday. It's not public for sporties. 793 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:27,640 Speaker 1: See you next week. 794 00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:34,320 Speaker 2: Bye bye.