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Speaker 1: In some pretty exciting news we are going to see

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Speaker 1: what the AFL Northern Territory is announced the return of

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Speaker 1: Rep footy with the Northern Territory Football League Representative sites

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Speaker 1: to take on Glennelle during the Australia Day Long weekend.

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Speaker 1: And well, the coach of the men's Anti repside joins

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Speaker 1: me in the studio right now.

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Speaker 2: Chris Bucks. How are you mate?

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Speaker 1: Good? Thanks, good to have you in the studio. Are

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Speaker 1: you excited about Rep footy returning?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, very excited to get opportunity to coach the Rep team.

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Speaker 2: How are you going to juggle everything?

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Speaker 1: Obviously many people out there would know that you are

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Speaker 1: of course the Nightcliff Tiger's head coach as well, so

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Speaker 1: it's going to be a difficult juggle, no doubt.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but I've got a good support staff around me

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Speaker 3: at Nightcliffe and yeah, just I'll manage it. And yeah,

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Speaker 3: looking forward to it and thankful the clubs let me

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Speaker 3: take the opportunity on.

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Speaker 1: Well, it's such a good opportunity. Why is it so

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Speaker 1: important do you reckon to have Rep footy back.

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Speaker 3: Just for the NT itself and to recognize a good

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Speaker 3: players and the young fellows coming up through the league

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Speaker 3: and the young women as well. Yeah, to really get

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Speaker 3: it out there in showcase our talent up here and

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Speaker 3: then tea.

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Speaker 1: There is so much talent and I guess it's going

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Speaker 1: to be difficult for you to work out who's going

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Speaker 1: to play.

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Speaker 2: How are you going to determine that?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, sit down with Stewie next week and there'll

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Speaker 3: be a selection criteria and some yes guys out there

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Speaker 3: watching and will help put a side together.

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Speaker 1: Now, obviously that first game or you're going to be

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Speaker 1: playing against Glenelk, the original SANFL team that came to

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Speaker 1: the territory for the first game back in nineteen eighty five.

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Speaker 2: How good's that going to be?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's pretty amazing. I actually had a look at

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Speaker 3: the list and the past coaches Damian Hale, Taylor Russell, Jeffries,

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Speaker 3: Mark Motlop and yeah, the teams they played, So it's

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Speaker 3: going to be exciting. And how good is it to

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Speaker 3: get to play Glenn Ald the first team they played

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Speaker 3: in nineteen eighty five?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely?

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Speaker 1: And how good is it to join your name to

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Speaker 1: that list of people as well?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, a bit surreal at this stage, but looking forward

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Speaker 3: to the challenge and it's going to be exciting times.

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Speaker 2: I reckon the whole.

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Speaker 1: Of the Northern Territory is going to be pretty excited

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Speaker 1: about this game. Do you feel like you've sort of

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Speaker 1: got the weight of the territory on your shoulders or.

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Speaker 2: Not too much?

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Speaker 1: Oh?

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Speaker 3: Not too much. Yeah. I love the territory and it's

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Speaker 3: just good to have a territory team and to represent

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Speaker 3: the territory as well. So it's exciting for the territory.

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Speaker 3: So hopefully, yeah, everyone gets behind it and pass coaches

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Speaker 3: and players are also there involved in somehow.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I reckon they will. I know, well, certainly we're

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Speaker 1: here at mix will be getting behind it. Back to

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Speaker 1: back Premier.

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Speaker 2: Coach you are, of course. How do you think the.

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Speaker 1: Northern Territory Rep Team are going to fair against Glen ELG.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think you'll be exciting the territory brand football

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Speaker 3: and yeah, I really think we can put it to them.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: They're in good form at the moment, aren't they.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I think they're the top side at the moment.

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Speaker 1: Well, I believe they obviously won the twenty nineteen Grand

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Speaker 1: Final and I am told that they're currently on track

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Speaker 1: for the twenty twenty Grand Final with the first semi

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Speaker 1: final this weekend, so it'll be tough competition.

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Speaker 2: No doubt.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, looking forward to it.

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Speaker 1: Oh mate, it's always good to catch up with you.

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Speaker 1: And obviously, like I mentioned at Nightcliff Tiger's head coach

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Speaker 1: as well.

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Speaker 2: And you guys are off to a cracking start on

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Speaker 2: the weekend.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we had a good win against Saint Mary's. We

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Speaker 3: got Wartars this week at home at four o'clock and

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Speaker 3: they'll be a challenge itself because they're recruited really well.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so tough game, yes, yes, it will be well Bucksy.

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Speaker 1: Always good to catch up with you, mate. Thanks for

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Speaker 1: joining us in the studio. We'll talk to you again soon.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Katie, thank you.