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Speaker 1: This is gam nation were Jones. I was watching the

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Speaker 1: footy on Friday night. I was watching Fox Sports coverage.

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Speaker 1: We had a few people around when.

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Speaker 2: Miss the living room. It was on Saturday, I said,

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Speaker 2: Friday Saturday.

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Speaker 1: Yep uh. And then there was a press conference and

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Speaker 1: Raiders coach Ricky Stewart launched a withering spray at Panthers

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Speaker 1: five eighth James and Salmon after he was seen kicking

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Speaker 1: tom Still star Starling in the groin during Canberra's twenty

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Speaker 1: six defeat on Saturday. Ricky said, this.

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Speaker 3: Fisher Harris their accidents, you know, and in this collision game.

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Speaker 3: I understand that. But you know where Salmon kicked Tommy?

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Speaker 3: You don't know. And I've had his true with that kid.

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Speaker 3: I know that kid very well. He was a week

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Speaker 3: out of dog as a kid, and he hasn't changed.

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Speaker 3: Now here's a week out of dog person.

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Speaker 1: Now that's wow. That's a pretty pretty big call from

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Speaker 1: one of the NRL's top coaches.

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Speaker 3: Wow.

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Speaker 2: Unbelievable. And you know, if you were shocked by what

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Speaker 2: he said, you weren't the only person. Everyone has responded

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Speaker 2: to how inappropriate this was. Ricky was asked again that

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Speaker 2: night if he wanted to retract it, and he said no.

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Speaker 2: The next day, after presumably some sleep and a bit

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Speaker 2: of influence, he has said he apologizes for that. It

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Speaker 2: was regarding an incident between Jame and Salmon and Ricky

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Speaker 2: Stewart's son when they're in the same football team when

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Speaker 2: they were twelve years old. Come on, mate, give it

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Speaker 2: a rest.

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Speaker 1: Well, yeah, I guess he was talking as a father

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Speaker 1: and not as a coach, but in.

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Speaker 2: His apology he did say I thought I was past

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Speaker 2: this and sorry that I'm not. But speaking as a

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Speaker 2: father and not a coach, Ricky Stewart is a seasoned performer.

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Speaker 2: He has been a coach and a player in the

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Speaker 2: public eye for a long time and knows better than this.

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Speaker 2: And this is what everyone has said about that. The

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Speaker 2: coach of the Panthers, the opposing team, Ivan Cleary, said this,

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Speaker 2: I don't.

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Speaker 1: Think I need to respond to those comments.

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Speaker 2: And I know what James like now.

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Speaker 1: You know what He's valuable in our club when we

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Speaker 1: love it, so that's all that matters to us. And

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Speaker 1: as an unfolded Corey Parker, he had this to say.

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Speaker 2: The optics doesn't look great, do they? Coming from Ricky Stewart,

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Speaker 2: who's in a position of power, position of being a coach,

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Speaker 2: clearly frustrated.

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Speaker 1: His team's on life support at the moment in regards

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Speaker 1: to their season. And that, you know, because your team

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Speaker 1: gets towled up, and you.

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Speaker 2: Think, right as if Ricky's not used to that, Ricky

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Speaker 2: is he should be used to that.

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Speaker 1: Cooper Gronk said this, in my opinion in terms of Ricky.

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Speaker 3: Sure, I don't think a coach should publicly call out

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Speaker 3: someone and.

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Speaker 1: Personally suggest a few things about an opposition player. That's

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Speaker 1: that's not for the opposition coach. Even gas Gould was stunned.

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Speaker 3: I've never heard a coach saying anything like that in a.

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Speaker 1: Press Corlus is one of these are the pressures of me.

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Speaker 2: But to shame, to shame a man for who he

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Speaker 2: was as a kid is just extraordinarily terrible. I reckon

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Speaker 2: three quarters of the NRL players were wrap bag kids.

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Speaker 2: That's what gives them that bit of mungle as they

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Speaker 2: say to play, and presumably, let's hope the majority of

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Speaker 2: them have tempered that it is not for him to

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Speaker 2: make that call about another human being. It's outrageous. The

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Speaker 2: NRL Integrity Committee, the integrity unit is already on the case.

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Speaker 2: Are they looking at those comments? And here's a comment

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Speaker 2: from James's family, the Salmon family. We were disappointed by

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Speaker 2: the comments of Camber Raiders coach Ricky Stewart after what

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Speaker 2: was a fantastic game of football for the Panthers and

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Speaker 2: our son Jamen. We were surprised by Ricky's claim that

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Speaker 2: he knows Jamn personally, as they've had no contact since

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Speaker 2: Jay was twelve years old. We're calling on the NRL

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Speaker 2: to take action as we believe Jamon has been wronged

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Speaker 2: in this situation. We will follow the correct procedures and

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Speaker 2: let the NRL complete a thorough investigation. So no one's

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Speaker 2: going to let this just go.

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Speaker 1: Sure, Yeah, because when you're a rat bag kid, because

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Speaker 1: I was a little bit of a rat bag kid,

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Speaker 1: Imagine people saying that about me.

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Speaker 2: Imagine if someone called you out. Now, someonere on an

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Speaker 2: opposing radio station said you're a rat bag, and you're

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Speaker 2: always a rat bag. It's just not appropriate.

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Speaker 1: I'm a prince. Now look at me.

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Speaker 2: Points I think you've misspelled the prince.

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Speaker 1: I've never done.

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Speaker 2: Spelling was never a strong suit.

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Speaker 1: Excuse me, it's strong. Sweet Amanda