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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Rap, a weekly podcast covering women's sports news.

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Speaker 1: This week, I'm once again joined by my special Coast, says,

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Speaker 1: filling in for Chloe, who's having a lovely time with

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Speaker 1: her new edition.

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Speaker 2: Says. What have we got around the grounds this week?

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Speaker 1: Hello?

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Speaker 3: Ver's well around the round this week? We haven't. Port

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Speaker 3: Adelaide have crushed the Richmond Tigers in their elimination final.

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Speaker 3: South Africa Izeli has smashed the highest score in WBBL history,

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Speaker 3: and the Jilly Rus are Pacific Cup champions.

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Speaker 2: For the key story, we will discuss Coco Goff's.

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Speaker 1: Victory in the WTA finals, which were held in Saudi

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Speaker 1: Arabia and attracted plenty of media attention, not all of

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Speaker 1: it positive. My name is Bears. We are recording on

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Speaker 1: at Gaddigland.

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Speaker 2: How was your weekend?

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Speaker 3: Says bit On. Lots of family. I've just relocated to Perth,

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Speaker 3: so this weekend was just full of seeing family and

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Speaker 3: I was like, guys, relax and we live across the state.

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Speaker 3: But it is grateful for me and mine. Grateful for

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Speaker 3: me and mine.

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Speaker 1: You can fly four hours and a lot of other

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Speaker 1: places in and up and a lot of farley that

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Speaker 1: I am to home in a different country. Let's take

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Speaker 1: a look around the grounds in AFLW. It is finals

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Speaker 1: time and the North Melbourne Kangaroos have secured a home

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Speaker 1: preliminary final after edging out the Adelaide Crows by seven

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Speaker 1: points in their Friday night qualifying final.

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Speaker 2: The Kangars had to come from behind to.

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Speaker 1: Secure the five goals eight thirty eight to five goals

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Speaker 1: one to thirty one win. It was once again the

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Speaker 1: midfield combo of Jazz Garner and Ashradel who dictated terms

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Speaker 1: and provided plenty of ball to ensure North Melbourne get

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Speaker 1: a week off and head into the preliminary final full

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Speaker 1: of confidence. On a Saturday night, the Freemail Docors also

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Speaker 1: had to come from behind to defeat the Essendon Bombers

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Speaker 1: and progress into a semi final against the Crows.

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Speaker 2: The Dockers trailed by four.

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Speaker 1: Points at the final change, but held the Bomber scoreless

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Speaker 1: in the fourth and kicked the final two goals of

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Speaker 1: the game, winning five goals six thirty six to four

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Speaker 1: goals to twenty six. And on Sunday it was the

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Speaker 1: Brisbane Lions who wrapped up a home prelim, holding off

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Speaker 1: a fast finishing Hawthorne to win by six points at

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Speaker 1: Icon Park. The Hawks dominated for much of the contest

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Speaker 1: the six goals to third to four goals eight through

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Speaker 1: two loss. So the Hawks had fair few extra scoring

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Speaker 1: shots there, but just couldn't get it between the big

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Speaker 1: two sticks in the middle. Finally, it was do or

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Speaker 1: die when Port Adelaide hosted the Richmond Tigers on Sunday afternoon,

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Speaker 1: and the Power were looking to win their first final

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Speaker 1: since entering the competition three seasons ago. The home side

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Speaker 1: started fast and did not let up, proving way too

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Speaker 1: good for the Tigers in the eleven goals six seventy

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Speaker 1: two to seven goal six forty eight victory.

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Speaker 2: So we now moved to the.

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Speaker 1: Semifinals, which will see Hawthorne host Port Adelaide and the

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Speaker 3: Last week, the AFL announced that the AFL W Grand

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Speaker 3: Final we played at night for the first time to

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Speaker 3: capitalize on a primetime broadcast slot. It will be played

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Speaker 3: at seven forty five pm ADT on Saturday, November thirtieth,

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Speaker 3: and will be the first time an AFL or AFLW

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Speaker 3: Grand Final has been played at night. AFLW boss Emma

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Speaker 3: Moore said the later kickoff would expose more people to

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Speaker 3: our great game. However, the potential to host the game

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Speaker 3: at a large venue seems to have been rejected, with

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Speaker 3: AFL football boss Laura Kane ruling out the prospect of

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Speaker 3: Marvel Stadium being used if a Victorian side hosts a

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Speaker 3: Grand Final, which the Kangaroos look a potential chance to do.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely.

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Speaker 3: The venue is booked on that date for a supercross event.

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Speaker 1: Nothing like to dirt bikes in the middle of a

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Speaker 1: see fans locked out a potential block by stagramd final

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Speaker 1: due to a match being played as a smaller venue.

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Speaker 2: So it's an interesting one, this one.

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Speaker 1: So last year the Grand Final was at Icon, which

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Speaker 1: or so and they can feel it and they feel it.

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Speaker 1: So Marvel Stadium is pretty much owned by the AFL.

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Speaker 1: It's sitting, there's obviously got dirt bikes in it that weekend.

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Speaker 1: But I just think we've had this discussion numerous times.

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Speaker 1: Marvel Stadium is the best football venue for the women

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Speaker 1: Obviously the MCG would be iconic, but Marvel is a

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Speaker 1: book it for the Grand Final for the women every year,

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Speaker 1: just like the Grand File for the men every years

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Speaker 3: One hundred percent. Give it the platform that it deserves,

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Speaker 3: and Marvel absolutely will pack out because if there's any

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Speaker 2: Absolutely put it in biggest stadiums.

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Speaker 3: Over to breaking, Olympian Rachel Reagun, Gunn has retired from

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Speaker 3: breaking a tailing radio station today AFM, I still break,

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Speaker 3: but I don't compete. I'm not going to compete anymore.

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Speaker 3: She referenced the extreme reaction to her Paris twenty twenty

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Speaker 3: Despite gun being ranked the number one female breaker in Oshanna.

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Speaker 3: After winning the Oceanny Championships in October twenty twenty three

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Speaker 3: of conspiracy theories circulating suggesting that her husband and coach

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Speaker 3: Samuel Free, had manufactured her selection to the Australian team.

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Speaker 3: After scoring zero points in her battle in Paris, she

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Speaker 3: and she told the radio station, it's been really upsetting.

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Speaker 3: I just didn't have any control over how people saw

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Speaker 3: me or who I was. Dancing is so much fun.

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Speaker 3: It makes me feel good. I don't think people should

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Speaker 3: feel crap about the way that they dance. If you

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Speaker 2: It's been a rough time for poor old Reagan.

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Speaker 3: Oh. I think she's made headlines for all the wrong reasons.

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Speaker 1: And you know, I think, as she said, she's putting

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Speaker 1: And I did see her on stage with Tones, and

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Speaker 3: Talking about Tones as if she's my best friend. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: WBL Elections South Africa Lazelle Lee has crushed the highest

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Speaker 2: She pretty much single handley defeated the Perch Scorches herself.

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Speaker 1: At the Scgle smashed twelve fours and twelve six is

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Speaker 1: Impressive in the Sydney smash at the SCG, the Thunder

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Speaker 3: Mean in rugby league. The Jilleries got their revenge against

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Speaker 3: New Zealand Ferns in the Pacific Cup at Combat Stadium

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Speaker 3: on Sunday, running out twenty four to four winners. The

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Speaker 3: Ossie is wearing total control throughout the match. Taron Aiken

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Speaker 3: Murphy Medal for the Best on Ground. She told Channel

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Speaker 3: special year. I've loved every moment. I've loved playing with

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Speaker 3: was the Jelleries attitude in defense that saw them choke

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Speaker 3: their defense line was.

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Speaker 1: That is some four and against total after three matches,

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Speaker 1: isn't it one hundred and two one hundred and twenty

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Speaker 3: It's Esslord class.

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Speaker 1: That is really very impressive and once again shows the

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Speaker 1: defense wins trophies.

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Speaker 3: Hey, I know you were till about that one or

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Speaker 3: four things about that one.

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Speaker 1: In football, Melbourne City got one up on their rivals

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Speaker 1: Melbourn Victory in a three to two derby win on

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Speaker 1: the weekend. Marina Speckmayer scored twice at the at Amy Park,

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Speaker 1: City have begun the season with two wins and joined

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Speaker 1: at the top of the ladder by Camber United, who

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Speaker 1: held on to beat Wellington one nil in New Zealand.

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Speaker 1: Michelle Hayman scored in the eleventh minute and that was

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Speaker 1: enough for Canberra to secure three points and start the

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Speaker 1: out of Wellington last night? There was a dog on

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Speaker 3: Got a love I have not seen that one.

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Speaker 1: Got to love a bit of pooch action running onto

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Speaker 1: the field. Cute little action by a little I'm going

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Speaker 1: to say to an oodle of some description and some

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Speaker 3: How we made it out there?

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Speaker 1: Love it in the UK, Claire Hunt showed how quickly

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Speaker 1: your luck can change in the game. Coming off a

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Speaker 1: match winning header for the Tillies against Germany, she suited

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Speaker 1: up Tottenham Hotspur and the WSL as they faced Mary

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Speaker 1: Fowler's Manchester City. Unfortunately, Hunt had a game to forget,

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Speaker 1: giving the ball away inside the first twenty seconds to

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Speaker 1: allow Kad Bunny Show to score the first of her

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Speaker 1: three goals in Cities for Neil victory. Caitlin Ford had

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Speaker 1: a happier time for her club Arsenal, scoring in the

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Speaker 1: twenty second minute of the Gunner's five mil route of

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Speaker 1: Brighton and Hove Albion. And in the USA, the NWSL

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Speaker 1: reached a historic milestone in fan engagement, surpassing two million

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Speaker 1: attendees for the first time in league history during the

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Speaker 1: final round of the season. The season saw eighty nine

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Speaker 1: matches to past ten thousand fans, up from fifty five

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Speaker 1: last season, and average attendants also climbed past eleven thousand,

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Speaker 1: breaking last year's precedent setting average of over ten thousand

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Speaker 2: Love that for them, I see that's so sick.

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Speaker 3: In Red Bull Cliff Diving, Rhiannon and Iflynn showed her

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Speaker 3: home crowd. Jes how good she is on the weekend,

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Speaker 3: diving off the twenty one meter platform into Sydney Harbor

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Speaker 3: and winning the two day competition. Iflyn had already secured

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Speaker 3: her eighth straight well tighter after winning the previous stop,

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Speaker 3: but the goat of jumping off really tall things didn't

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Speaker 3: want to not end up on the top of that

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Speaker 1: So she's become the youngest player to win the WTA

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Speaker 1: This is the first professional women's tennis event held here

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Speaker 3: The location of the WTA finals did attract plenty of

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Speaker 1: So players have carried out training clinics with young girls

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Speaker 1: But I can imagine that Coco Go is pretty stoked

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Speaker 2: The Kingdom. Let's take a look at what to.

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Speaker 3: Watch AFLW finals. The semifinals are set in the AFLW

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Speaker 3: and both will be played this Saturday. The first semifinal

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Speaker 3: Hawthorne and Port Adelaide will take place at Icon Park

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Speaker 1: In the WBBL, there's a big Melbourne Derby on Friday

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Speaker 2: The match will actually be a double header and.

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Speaker 1: You'll be able to see the berth scorches in the

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Speaker 1: Sydney Thunder as well Love two for one. If you

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Speaker 1: CRET and the Seven Network. Game starts at three forty

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Speaker 3: Ritning us out is the A League Women's we have

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Speaker 2: And that is the rap. See you next week, friend,

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