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Speaker 1: the AFL. Let's get into it already, and this is

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Speaker 2: Is the Daily.

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Speaker 3: Ohs oh, now it makes sense. Good morning and welcome

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Speaker 3: to the Daily os. It's Sunday, the first of March.

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Speaker 3: I'm George Finlasson.

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Speaker 1: And I'm Sam Kauloski.

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Speaker 3: This week, the twenty twenty six Toyota AFL Premiership season

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Speaker 3: kicks off with opening round and it's set to be

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Speaker 3: the most tense reunion tour in Australian sport. Former teammates

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Speaker 3: facing off against each other, ex club legends returning to

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Speaker 3: their old stomping grounds, and enough drama to fill a

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Speaker 3: season of reality TV. On today's podcast, Sam and I

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Speaker 3: are going to give you everything you need to follow

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Speaker 3: the plot lines and spectacle at the footy just before

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Speaker 3: we jump into it. This explainer has been produced with

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Speaker 1: Okay, George, you and I are footy tragics. But for

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Speaker 1: with AFL, although I do recommend to it what actually

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Speaker 1: is Opening Round? Because I remember when this started a

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Speaker 1: couple of years ago there was a bit of confusion

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Speaker 1: as to whether this was preseason, some sort of extra

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Speaker 1: warm up competition, or actually the real thing.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, great question, Sam, Let's get things straight. Opening Round

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Speaker 1: Real deal, right, So it's regular season.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's the first weakend of season where results will

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Speaker 1: So what then makes Opening Round kind of different? Well?

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Speaker 3: Opening Round only sees ten of the eighteen teams in

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Speaker 3: the league in action, and they play across New South Wales,

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Speaker 3: Queensland and for the first time this year Victoria and.

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Speaker 1: I guess if we were to put our kind of

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Speaker 1: I mean, the AFL is deliberately positioning footy in non

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so Victoria's been the heartland. WA and South Australia

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Speaker 3: interesting way to understand whether a strategic move like this

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Speaker 3: participants in twenty twenty five. That's a ten percent increase

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Speaker 1: It's been a massive effort to try and grow the

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Speaker 1: but why do we get to the pros and look

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Speaker 1: at the actual games? So it all kicks off on

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Speaker 1: Thursday night when the Sydney Swans hosts Carlton at the

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Speaker 1: Sydney Cricket Ground. What a way to start the season.

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Speaker 1: This is a big game. What are the kind of

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's going to be awesome Thursday night at the SCG.

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Speaker 3: first time that Swans fans get to see superstaff forward

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Speaker 1: And I'd say the trade of Charlie Curno to Sydney

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Speaker 3: Last year Sydney lost two of their club legends, Will

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Speaker 3: It's the first time these guys will play against their

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Speaker 3: Then on Friday night we're going to see former Demon

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Speaker 1: Another huge trade, another massive player from a Melbourne club

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Speaker 3: Yeah, another two blockbusters on Saturday with different storylines. On

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Speaker 3: Saturday Avo and Sydney we have a rematch of last

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Speaker 3: Hawthorne won. But the other storyline here is Clayton Oliver.

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Speaker 3: And he's got one of the most stacked resumes in

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Speaker 3: So this move is a big deal. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And to make it even more significant for the Giants,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's not exactly the situation that Oliver would

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Speaker 1: give me a sense of kind of where his head's at.

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Speaker 3: Look, he's pretty low key about it all. He doesn't

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Speaker 2: and I'm miss pumped to play footy and hopefully have

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Speaker 1: I want to go through the remaining games of this

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Speaker 3: Well, it's clear Opening Round is shaping up to be huge.

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Speaker 3: Four days of footy across New South Wales, Queensland and

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Speaker 3: Victoria to kick off the twenty twenty six Toyota AFL

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Speaker 1: From the GWS Giants and Hawthorne going head to head

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Speaker 1: following last season's epic elimination final to the first ever

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Speaker 1: Kilda taking on Collingwood. It is not going to disappoint.

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Speaker 1: visit Opening Round dot AFL for more. So, George, we're

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Speaker 1: talking through the opening round of the Toyota AFL Premier season.

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Speaker 1: There's a lot of interesting storylines to watch and it

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Speaker 1: kind of comes right out of the gates with a

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Speaker 1: lot of intensity in this first opening round. I want

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Speaker 1: with Clayton Oliver, one of the biggest stars of the

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Speaker 1: and you said just before that he's really enjoying the

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think it tells you everything about where

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Speaker 1: So we go straight from watching Clayton Oliver's debut at

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Speaker 3: Huge game at the Gabba, back to back premiers Brisbane

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Speaker 3: Course, Sunday night at the mcg I believe it's a

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Speaker 1: And as though the racetrack over at Albert Park isn't

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Speaker 1: So some massive moves for Sint Kilda. Collingwood looking to

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Speaker 1: so we've got four days to go, ten teams, some

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Speaker 1: massive storylines. But before we do go, George, I do

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Speaker 1: So, George, opening Round a couple of huge games to

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Speaker 3: It does, and that's what makes opening round so important.

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Speaker 3: It sees the preseason storylines move from social media and

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Speaker 1: the first moment that that ball hits the turf, it

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Speaker 1: really is all systems go.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And it's really exciting because it's a fresh start

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Speaker 3: for everyone. It's a chance to prove the media wrong

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Speaker 1: So what's your must watch for this opening round?

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Speaker 3: Look, I'm a Swans fan, but it's got to be

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Speaker 3: gws Hawthorne on Saturday, AVO rematch of last year's elimination final,

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Speaker 3: Clayton Oliver's debut, and both teams are genuine contenders for

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Speaker 3: this year's flag. This game's going to tell us a.

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Speaker 1: Lot love it. Tickets are on now, George for you

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Speaker 1: and I to go watch the Swanees on that Thursday night,

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Speaker 1: and for everyone you can visit Opening rounds dot AFL

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Speaker 1: for more. George, thank you so much for the breakdown.

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Speaker 3: No I Sam see you at the footy.

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Speaker 1: We'll see there and thank you for joining us on

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Speaker 1: that special episode of the Daily Ods. We are so

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Speaker 1: excited for this upcoming AFL season. We're going to be

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Speaker 1: back in your ears very soon with another episode. But

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Speaker 1: until then, have a beautiful day.

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Speaker 4: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda

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Speaker 4: Bunjelung Calcottin woman from Gadigl Country. The Daily oz acknowledges

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Speaker 3: The AFL's opening round isn't just about the big games.

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Speaker 3: It's the atmosphere, the energy and the feeling that footy

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Speaker 3: is finally back.

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Speaker 1: George, I have been so desperate to get back into

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Speaker 1: footy mode. My YouTube is getting a work watching old highlights.

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Speaker 1: Nothing beats being at the ground though. It's the roar

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Speaker 1: of the crowd, the bounce of the first ball and

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Speaker 1: of course those suspiciously bright yellow.

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Speaker 3: Chippies m Chicken salt oh more. Please sir, You're not

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Speaker 3: wrong and every match this round has a story. Kerno

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Speaker 3: facing his old side, Petrarca and Clayton making their debuts

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Speaker 3: at new clubs Brisbane kicking off their twenty twenty six

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Speaker 3: premiership defense. It's going to be a big four days,

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Speaker 3: packed with so many epic moments.

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Speaker 1: I could not agree more. It is clear footy is back.

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