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

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the RAP, a weekly podcast covering women's sports

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Speaker 1: news bes. What have we got around the grounds? This week?

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Speaker 2: Spain It wins their first ever World Cup. Two hundred

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Speaker 2: million dollar investment into women's sport was announced by the

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Speaker 2: Alberannini government and for the first time the men and

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Speaker 2: will be using the same tennis sports that yous open

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Speaker 2: love that.

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Speaker 1: For the key story, we'll discuss the Australian Wallaroo's player

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Speaker 1: statement calling out inequity in standards, pay and resourcing from

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Speaker 1: Rugby Australia.

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Speaker 3: Ruggery Ruggery.

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Speaker 1: My name is Chloe Dalton and I'm joined every week

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Speaker 1: on the show by my co host Bez. We have

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Speaker 1: just finished one month. Well we didn't play, but I

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Speaker 1: felt like I played in the fee for Women's World

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Speaker 1: Cup and I'm exhausted.

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Speaker 3: You are resourced.

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Speaker 2: You also are trying to juggle a book, launch an

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Speaker 2: AFLW preseason like you, you know.

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Speaker 3: Just got a bid on.

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Speaker 1: It's a fair bit going on.

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Speaker 2: It's a bit on, but what an amazing time and

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Speaker 2: all of those things are amazing things.

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Speaker 3: Your books amazing. How to win on Friday Night in.

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Speaker 1: A packing match. Pracking match, how good?

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Speaker 2: Nice And it's just spent some amazing moments again with

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Speaker 2: all these people that are willing to invest in female

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Speaker 2: sport World Cup.

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Speaker 1: We love it. What an event into that quite amazing.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we will get into it.

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

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Speaker 2: In football, Surprisingly, the Matildas did unite a nation over

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Speaker 2: the last month and for that we are so very thankful.

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Speaker 2: I know you've put a think thank you post up,

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Speaker 2: Everyone's put thank you posts up and yeah it's I

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Speaker 2: think that's the overwhelming kind of emotion is thank you

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Speaker 2: from them as well. It's a really nice, little reciprocated

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Speaker 2: thank you. It's not it's not a one way relationship.

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Speaker 2: I hope they shone a light on women's sport and

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Speaker 2: the whole country did stop watch and cheer until they

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Speaker 2: were horse.

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Speaker 1: It was.

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Speaker 3: It was a time, wasn't it. Unfortunately the dream ending

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Speaker 3: wasn't to be until he's.

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Speaker 2: Finished fourth, which is still the best finish in World

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Speaker 2: Cup by any astral football team ever. Were super brave

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Speaker 2: against Sweden, but they did look pretty fatigued, didn't they.

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Speaker 1: They looked to me, I just felt like they were

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Speaker 2: And that's and that is the thing that you speak

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Speaker 2: about physical. Obviously, they played seven matches and we probably

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Speaker 2: did rely very heavily on our top eleven players, and

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Speaker 2: then Sam made twelve.

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Speaker 3: But I think it.

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Speaker 2: That expectation and that hype, whilst it's amazing, it does

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Speaker 2: take it out of you as well.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the the wear and tear on their

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Speaker 1: adrenal system was a real thing. That's a technical I

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Speaker 1: don't know where it came from. I tried to think,

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Speaker 1: and that's what came out of my mouth.

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Speaker 3: Where and tear on my adrenal system?

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Speaker 1: I think that's why I said it.

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Speaker 2: So they went down to nil in Brison once again

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Speaker 2: in front of a sold out crowd to the Swedish,

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Speaker 2: but it was almost like the result didn't matter in

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Speaker 3: The outcome.

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Speaker 2: Obviously, it would have been amazing to see them get

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Speaker 2: up on the stage and get some medals, but they

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Speaker 3: They'd won over the media, which is a huge thing.

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Speaker 2: They went over the politicians, they went over the influencers,

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Speaker 2: they went over the little kids, they went over the

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Speaker 2: old kids, as in the older adults, and they went

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Speaker 2: over fans of other sports, they went over non fans

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Speaker 1: Yeah, totally. That was the biggest thing for me, getting

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Speaker 1: people who don't even like sport to scream at their television. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: And I think the biggest thing is they shared their

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Speaker 1: how much of that is a result of the fact

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Speaker 1: that their profiles were built up. They definitely weren't as

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Speaker 1: big as some male athletes profiles, but there was some

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Speaker 3: And there's a connection there.

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Speaker 1: And that Disney doc I was chatting to some people

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Speaker 1: Disney doco so people could actually put names and faces

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Speaker 1: knew every single Matilda's players name. So when Kaitlin Ford's

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Speaker 1: dribbling down the wing, she's yelling out Kaitlin Ford's name, saying.

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Speaker 3: Oh, Caitlyn, can you go Exactly. There's so many stories

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Speaker 3: like that, and it's just so bloody wonderful.

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Speaker 1: Should we do a bit of stat ping pong? Here?

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Speaker 3: Love stat ping pong?

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Speaker 1: All right, let's do this. The tillis played seven matches

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Speaker 1: over the course of the tournament. Every single match was

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Speaker 1: played in front of a sold out crowd. A total

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Speaker 2: I love that the like at first I remember that

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Speaker 2: first game and gets Island. We're in there, going, oh,

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Speaker 2: how much is it going to? What's it going to be?

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Speaker 2: Came on the screen and like syst I must just

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Speaker 2: replayed that number, same number again, same.

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Speaker 1: Number three again. It was weird.

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Speaker 2: The Matilda's v England snow Final was the most watch

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Speaker 2: TV event in Australian history ever, huge eleven point one

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Speaker 2: five million viewers broke the all time record of eight

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Speaker 2: point eight million who watched Kathy Freeman's iconic gold medal

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Speaker 2: In two thousand and doctor Hunter Fujak carried out a

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Speaker 2: survey in conjunction with Deacon University in an attempt to

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Speaker 3: And this is a I.

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Speaker 2: Figure that Deacon University. It's got to be pretty legitiate,

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Speaker 2: je I'm taking as legit. A total national audience of

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Speaker 2: the Matilla's game was seventeen point one six million people,

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Speaker 1: Which I well, we know we can't do sample populations

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Speaker 2: Madness So Cool Valuation special as Brand Finance declared that

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Speaker 2: Matilda's value could rise up to as much as two

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Speaker 1: Am I talking aud because I think on our t

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Speaker 1: FAP socials we shared in.

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Speaker 3: USD Yeah, yeah, I think we shared the gist, didn't we?

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Speaker 1: Yes? Yes. Nike announced that the team's jersey for this

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Speaker 1: year's tournament has outsold the kit for the twenty nineteen

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Speaker 1: edition thirteen to one, with more jerseys sold in Australia

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Speaker 1: in the past three months than before, during and after

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Speaker 2: Huge and stats and opinions. I think I titled this

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Speaker 2: section he's my opinion for you.

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Speaker 3: You ready for this?

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Speaker 1: Then?

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Speaker 2: I reckon, I reckon, I reckon the noise heard across

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Speaker 1: I couldn't agree more Right.

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Speaker 3: Now effect I felt.

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Speaker 2: The final was obviously played on Sunday night, once again

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Speaker 3: Between England and Spain.

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Speaker 2: Both teams did come to the World Cup at loggerheads

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Speaker 2: poultry World Cup bonuses. FIFA has earmark for players and

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Speaker 2: Spain coming to the tournament without a host of players

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Speaker 2: Only three were selected for the World Cup. The tension

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Speaker 1: And their success is quite astounding given the term or

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Speaker 1: a very good English team, taking home the World Cup

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Speaker 1: after beating England one nil in the final. The only

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Speaker 1: goal of the game came when Spain captain Olga come

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Speaker 1: Ower drilled a low strike past England goalkeeper Mary ERPs

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Speaker 1: in the twenty ninth minute. Spain were relentless. They were

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Speaker 1: I feel like Spain did that to England and then

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Speaker 1: they held the lead. They were wasting time, in my opinion,

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Speaker 1: And I was like, you are genuinely getting a taste

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Speaker 1: of your own medicine, are they not?

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Speaker 3: Yep, I cannot disagree.

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Speaker 1: You were like, has to agree. I think I've got friends, friends, very.

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Speaker 2: Close friends in the English and there may have been

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Speaker 3: Like, muh, do we remember the semi final?

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Speaker 1: It was like they just blanked it from their memory.

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Speaker 2: I found that taking fifteen minutes to take a goalkick.

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Speaker 2: What about when Chloe Kelly got carted for throwing a

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Speaker 1: So many things great memory from you, though. Spain are

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Speaker 1: the reigning under seventeen and under twenty champions in women's football,

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Speaker 1: and they are now firmly in the midst of a

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Speaker 1: golden era for Spanish football. Atiana bon Marti was awarded

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Speaker 1: the Golden Ball for the Player of the tournament. She

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Speaker 1: scored three goals for Spain throughout the competition and was

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Speaker 1: at the heart of so much of what Spain did.

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Speaker 1: She told the BBC, I'm up in the air right now.

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Speaker 1: I don't have any words for this moment. It is unbelievable.

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Speaker 1: I'm so proud because we did a great tournament. We suffered,

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Speaker 1: but also we enjoy it and we deserve it. Everyone

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Speaker 1: knew the goal at the beginning when preparing for the tournament.

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Speaker 1: Everyone competitive, everyone has a strong mentality to win. We've

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Speaker 1: we have it. We have the trophy. Did you translate

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Speaker 1: that from Spanish to English?

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Speaker 3: No, that was what she said. Great, it's hard to

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Speaker 1: I didn't know if that was your translating work.

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Speaker 1: by the Athletes Foot, proudly supporting women in sport since

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Speaker 1: it's no extra cost, and so the only condition we

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Speaker 1: gave the WTA was we need to know what all

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Speaker 1: you want to play with in twenty twenty three. At

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Speaker 1: the end of the twenty twenty two US Open, she

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Speaker 1: really deflected there, it's the biggest deflection.

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Speaker 3: I've not my problem, bizarre.

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Speaker 2: I just think that obviously as a tournament, why I

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Speaker 2: have different.

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Speaker 1: Balls, particularly when you're the only tournament, doesn't make sense.

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Speaker 1: Let's take a look at the key story.

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Speaker 2: Obviously very close to home for me, and I just

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Speaker 2: want to say that anything that we share here is

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Speaker 2: our opinions only, and this is not obviously close to

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Speaker 2: a lot of the girls, but this is These are

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Speaker 2: my words, my thoughts, and I'm sure yours as well,

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Speaker 2: So just getting.

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Speaker 3: That out there.

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Speaker 2: On Sunday, the Wallaroos players shared a statement across their

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Speaker 2: social media channels that called for Rugby Astralia to address

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Speaker 2: the huge disparity in resources and funding between the women's

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Speaker 2: and men's programs. The player's statement highlighted a number of

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Speaker 2: recent events where the wallarosquadould squad were told they had

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Speaker 2: to go without as there was no allocated funding. I

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Speaker 2: only need to witness the Wallaby squad receive all they

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Speaker 2: bit of asked for. The players have had enough, and

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Speaker 2: in the current sporting environment where the Matilda success is

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Speaker 2: being heralded across the country, they've chosen to speak out

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Speaker 2: as a united group.

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Speaker 1: And I think Bears is a couple of points that

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Speaker 1: we wanted to address when we talk about this issue.

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Speaker 1: And I think it's important to point out that there

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Speaker 1: was a video that went up on Rugby Australia's channels

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Speaker 1: and it was about the treatment of the partners of

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Speaker 1: the Wallabies to the men's partners who were being flown

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Speaker 1: and put up in hotels and going out for nice lunches.

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Speaker 1: And that wasn't necessarily the catalyst, well it kind of

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Speaker 1: was the catalyst. But it's been overtime building and building

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Speaker 1: and building this mistreatment for so many years, and these

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Speaker 1: players trying to fight for not equal pay, but resourcing

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Speaker 1: and funding to become just full time athletes.

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Speaker 2: And I think that's the most important thing is for

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Speaker 2: the general public to understand that they're not there's the

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Speaker 2: argument that they're demanding equal pay is just not accurate.

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Speaker 2: If anything, they're looking for a livable wage so they

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Speaker 2: can represent their country, you know, at the best of

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Speaker 2: their possible ability. We've seen it time and time again

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Speaker 2: that when you invest in female athletes, their performance improves exponentially.

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Speaker 3: You know, they need the.

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Speaker 2: Resources that allow them to be the best athletes. And

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Speaker 2: I think one of the biggest things is the promotion

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Speaker 2: of the sport and the game and the team. I

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Speaker 2: think if you look at a lot of rugby AUSTRAI

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Speaker 2: social channels, a lot of people don't even realize that

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Speaker 2: there's a Walleries team exists. How are those athletes meant

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Speaker 2: to build a profile if their governing body isn't promoting them.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it was interesting reading a few comments in comments

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Speaker 1: sections for some men coming along saying I didn't even

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Speaker 1: know there was a team. How could they be earning

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Speaker 1: a revenue if I've never heard of them? And it's

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Speaker 1: the irony of It's quite funny because that's a huge

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Speaker 1: part of the issue, that you didn't even know that

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Speaker 1: there was a women team because it's not marketed.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that is a massive part.

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Speaker 2: And when we talk about paroity, we talk about things

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Speaker 2: like support and like we said, resources and opportunity to develop.

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Speaker 2: And I know where you know, comparison is the devil.

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Speaker 2: But at the end of the day, the Walleries don't

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Speaker 2: have a full time coach. Eddie Jones is taking twelve

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Speaker 2: coaches to the World Cup. I'm unsure what they're all coaching,

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Speaker 2: but there's twelve of them. So and as you said,

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Speaker 2: the constant rebuttal from those who refuse to see the

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Speaker 2: potential in the women's game until they bring in the

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Speaker 2: same revenue as the men is just ridiculous because it

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Speaker 2: is simple economics. I just don't understand how people don't

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Speaker 2: say don't unders don't understand that all businesses require investment

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Speaker 2: before growth, like plants need soil and water and sunlight

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Speaker 2: to thrive.

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Speaker 3: It doesn't just grow.

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Speaker 2: Wallaby success did not just appear out of thin air

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Speaker 2: one day. You know, they became professionals because people invested,

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Speaker 2: The game invested, companies invested and the growth came. And

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Speaker 2: you know, four years ago, if you had have said

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Speaker 2: to Football Australia that the Matilda's will be leading the

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Speaker 2: way in regards to revenue and recruiting, increasing participation in

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Speaker 2: football and Australia.

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Speaker 3: They probably would have laughed at you, but here we

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Speaker 3: are and.

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Speaker 2: Why are we here because again we spoke about the

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Speaker 2: exposure that these athletes have had leading into this World Cup,

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Speaker 2: the support that they've received from FIFA, you know, could

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Speaker 2: be more, absolutely and Australia has united behind them.

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Speaker 1: And I think what's really interesting about this. I love

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Speaker 1: that there's been real traction to the player's statement that's

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Speaker 1: gone public and there's thousands and thousands of people who

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Speaker 1: are getting behind the players. But what's really interesting is

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Speaker 1: Rugby Australia have a great opportunity here to create change

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Speaker 1: because we have the Women's World Cup on home soil

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty nine. So Rugby Australia has the chance

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Speaker 1: to emulate football Australia and do exactly for the Wallaroos

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Speaker 1: what the Matildas have done for Australia.

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Speaker 2: There's absolutely no doubt that part of this action has

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Speaker 2: been inspired by the Matilda success, no doubt. And you know,

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Speaker 2: as you said, the sporting landscape is changing. You know,

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Speaker 2: companies want to align their values with their athletes. They

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Speaker 2: want to be involved in women's sport. The return on

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Speaker 2: investment for female athletes is huge.

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Speaker 1: Well, yeah, to point back to the data as a

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Speaker 1: change our game data that we talked about just a

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago, for every dollar invested into women's

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Speaker 1: sport seas realized, it's an average of seven seven dollars

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Speaker 1: twenty nine crazy, crazy.

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Speaker 2: Crazy returns. Imagine every time I see an ad for

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Speaker 2: Matilda's a commercial partner, I just think those guys must.

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Speaker 1: Be cheering, absolutely cheering, cheering.

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Speaker 3: Like it is a no brainer.

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Speaker 2: And like you said, I think it's time were lent

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Speaker 2: on our sporting bodies and their commercial departments to stop

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Speaker 2: tacking on the female game, especially in a male dominated space.

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Speaker 2: I often feel that, and I'm obviously speaking from my

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Speaker 2: experiences in Rubby Union. I often feel that a commercial

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Speaker 2: team goes to a potential partner and says, oh, and

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Speaker 2: you can have the women's game as well. I think

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Speaker 2: that that kind of thinking, that kind of mindset, it

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Speaker 2: has to change.

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Speaker 3: We have a product that the people.

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Speaker 2: Want to see, you can sell it separately. There are

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Speaker 2: multinational companies out there that actually have quotas and it's

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Speaker 2: written into their charter that have to spend a certain

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Speaker 2: amount of money on female sport. Go find it. I

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Speaker 2: just think we need to call on our sporting bodies

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Speaker 2: to be better at that. There's grants out there, there

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Speaker 2: is private money out there, find it and invest in

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Speaker 2: the athletes, because, like you said, we've got a World

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Speaker 2: Cup in six years and we could have I firmly

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Speaker 2: believe that the Wallers could have their Matilda's moment, but

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Speaker 2: they won't be able to do it without backing. Let's

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Speaker 2: take a look at what to watch. The World Athletics

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Speaker 2: Championships continue. Each day's schedule is shared on the Athletes

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Speaker 2: Astralias social pages. It's a good one at times. Athletes

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Speaker 2: post note. Last night the fifteen hundred meter semifinals red

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Speaker 2: hot only well only.

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Speaker 3: Just whole qualified at about three big docks. Yeah, wow,

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Speaker 3: it was quick.

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Speaker 2: I think she ran her second best time ever and

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Speaker 2: still came six in the semifinal.

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Speaker 1: It's fast, isn't It's a hot race? Faith keep on,

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Speaker 1: She's a beast, is an absolute beast.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, jump online Athletic stro social pages and you

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Speaker 2: can watch all the action live and free on SBS

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Speaker 2: on demand.

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Speaker 1: The Australian Netbold Championships will be contested from August twenty

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Speaker 1: first to twenty seventh between eleven teams from state and

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Speaker 1: territory member organizations and Suncorp Supernetball clubs. The matches will

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Speaker 1: be held at murray Field Sports and Events Center in

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Speaker 1: Brisbane's North and all matches will be available to watch

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Speaker 1: free via KO free bees.

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Speaker 3: And that's the rate that is wrapped.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it is great chat.

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Speaker 3: What are we going to talk about next week?

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Speaker 1: I don't know, but I feel like sleeping for a

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Speaker 1: week until.

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Speaker 2: That point, so not much because Chloe will be in

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Speaker 2: bed asleep apping.

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Speaker 1: You'll still get the right research. Don Sower will be

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Speaker 1: fo bye