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Speaker 1: Jamesy and Amanda jam Nation.

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Speaker 2: Well, is that time of year again? Origin Game one

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Speaker 2: is upon us. Well, how we feel in queenslanda coming

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Speaker 2: in as defending champs? Can we win back the title

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Speaker 2: this year? Well, we're lucky enough to steal the assistant

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Speaker 2: coach for a chat before the big game tonight? Hello, Greg,

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Speaker 2: Brandy Alexander, how are you?

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Speaker 1: Amanda? I'm well? And Jonesy Hello, thank you, I'm well

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Speaker 1: as well.

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Speaker 2: How nervous should we be that Latrelle's not in?

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Speaker 3: It was a bit of a blow to losing. There's

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Speaker 3: no doubt, you know, Latrell is such a special player.

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Speaker 3: But Stephen Crichton comes in. He hasn't been he's played

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Speaker 3: Origin before Steven, so it's knows if he's new and

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Speaker 3: hasn't been more ready than he is now because he's

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Speaker 3: former over the last six weeks with Penrith has been outstanding.

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Speaker 1: So all the confidence in the world that Stephen can

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Speaker 1: do the job.

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Speaker 4: It's good to see Josh hadad Car back.

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Speaker 1: It is great to see the Fox back.

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Speaker 3: It is and Camp is a different play with Fox

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Speaker 3: in it because he just he lights up every moment

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Speaker 3: Fox with that laugh, and it's important sometimes sometimes things

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Speaker 3: can get a little bit quiet, depending on the personalities

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Speaker 3: of the players.

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Speaker 1: Fox doesn't let that happen.

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Speaker 3: Yes, great, great personality, great player, great having.

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Speaker 4: Back and Nico hines, our boy, Nico, heines, how's he

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Speaker 4: settling in? I heard heard there's something wrong with his wisdom,

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Speaker 4: not his wisdom tooth. Nathan clear, he's got wisdom tooth trouble.

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Speaker 4: So this could be a big thing for Nico.

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Speaker 1: Well, it could be, but I think Nathan's all right.

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Speaker 3: Nathan's had like a bit of a wisdom tooth problem

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Speaker 3: over the last couple of months and it flares up

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Speaker 3: every now and then. And that was it was an

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Speaker 3: issue on Monday morning before we flew because for the

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Speaker 3: first time he said his jaw was a bit swollen

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Speaker 3: like so it was very noticeable, painful. So we bought

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Speaker 3: Matt Burton in as the as the eighteenth man who

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Speaker 3: could cover the halves, just in case there was something wrong,

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Speaker 3: and Nico would have started if Nathan wasn't available. Nico

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Speaker 3: would have been straight into the the half back position.

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Speaker 3: But Nathan's all good and Niko will play his role tonight.

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Speaker 3: We're not sure exactly what James because he's so versatile,

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Speaker 3: that can play anywhere he might have to fill any

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Speaker 3: hole or anything that happens injury wise, in any position

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Speaker 3: in the back line, and even coming and play a

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Speaker 3: bit of dummy half if Appy Carasaw gets a bit

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Speaker 3: worn out at stages.

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Speaker 4: Because he's like John Farnam of the football field. The

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Speaker 4: moms love him, the granddads love him, the kids love him.

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Speaker 3: Everyone loves Niko, heines, everyone does love Nicko, and for

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Speaker 3: good reason, James, he is just a quality person half

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Speaker 3: from being great footy player. And I think we've seen

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Speaker 3: that over the last year and a half since he's

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Speaker 3: joined the Sharks and become their pin up boy with

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Speaker 3: I think everyone's realized just what a great guy Niko is.

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Speaker 2: What about Freddy? What sort of rituals is he putting

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Speaker 2: everybody through? How's he going well?

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Speaker 3: Freddie mon't go for a barefoot walk this morning on

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Speaker 3: the grass, Just love in himself up, no, no, look, Freddie,

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Speaker 3: Freddy's good.

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Speaker 1: Freddie's rock solid.

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Speaker 3: That that bit and nutty Freddie is only five makes

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Speaker 3: up fiddler.

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Speaker 1: But that's good.

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Speaker 3: It's it's different, like you don't want the same saying

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Speaker 3: you don't want pretty footy footy. You want someone that

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Speaker 3: just thinks a little bit left field, but that left

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Speaker 3: field thinking isn't what makes up Brad Fitler.

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Speaker 1: He's a great competitor and he's been terrific through this

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Speaker 1: Kim and the.

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Speaker 2: Fact it's in Adelaide, so it's no no one's real

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Speaker 2: home team homes field. At least there's no disadvantage to anybody.

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Speaker 3: No neutral ground. And we've had this debate, Amanda, for

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Speaker 3: you know, for the last five years, because that's what

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Speaker 3: we've been doing for the last five years. We've had

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Speaker 3: a neutral ground throughout one of you know, throughout the series,

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Speaker 3: whether it's Melbourne, Perth or Adelaide.

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Speaker 1: We're in Adelaide in twenty twenty. We're back here now.

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Speaker 3: I don't I don't mind it, even though it's not

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Speaker 3: a rugby league town. It's what the the league thinks

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Speaker 3: the best thing is to do, whether you know. But

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Speaker 3: they changed it back and we had two games in

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Speaker 3: New South Wales one year and then two in Queensland

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Speaker 3: the year after. I'd love that too. I'm just I'm

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Speaker 3: happy to go with whatever.

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Speaker 4: Well that go from the Adelaide Rams, with all the

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Speaker 4: Adelaide Rams merchandise he's just stoked. This is his not.

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Speaker 1: Yes. Yes.

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Speaker 3: Someone I did a radio interview for an Adelaide station

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Speaker 3: and they said, you know what sort of impact will

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Speaker 3: just have on the game in South Stralia? Said none, none.

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Speaker 3: It won't make anyone pick up a rugby league ball,

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Speaker 3: and I believe that. I don't think I'll have any

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Speaker 3: impact in terms of, you know, fostering the game here

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Speaker 3: in South Australia. It's an AFL town, it's an AFL state,

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Speaker 3: and the league obviously could make some money out of

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Speaker 3: sending it to Adelaide.

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Speaker 1: So that's why we're here.

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Speaker 4: And so be it all right?

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Speaker 2: Are there any predictions from you to the score? I

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Speaker 2: think picked to win?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm not really a score man. I don't care

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Speaker 3: if we win by a point, it doesn't matter. Win's

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Speaker 3: a win, win's a win, as long as it's a way.

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Speaker 4: Okay, go the double one. We'll tell tell Freddie. We

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Speaker 4: said hello, tell him, tell him. We're barefoot right now.

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Speaker 1: Perfect great preparation, you too.

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Speaker 4: We've got the berber under our feet. We're doing our

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Speaker 4: bit for you.

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Speaker 1: Okay, love it, Thank you so much.

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Speaker 4: Brady Alexander. Their what state of origin? Exclusively live and

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