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<v Speaker 1>If you love the West Tigers as much as we do,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's in a awful light, you'll welcome to come and

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<v Speaker 1>there soon. It's the West Tigers Podcast. How good to

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<v Speaker 1>be doing a post victory edition of the West Tigers Podcast, Steve,

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<v Speaker 1>I have to go back to the manual and how

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<v Speaker 1>to do a podcast because I'd forgotten how to do

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<v Speaker 1>a post victory edition. It's been a little while.

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<v Speaker 2>But a lovely.

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<v Speaker 1>Result this afternoon. Great to get the win. What's your

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<v Speaker 1>one word?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh well, first of yes, it is lovely, get a result,

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<v Speaker 3>great to be a winner. My one word is simple one.

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<v Speaker 3>This week just showed up. The team showed up. That

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<v Speaker 3>was obvious from that. You know, we've been notoriously slow

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<v Speaker 3>to start games and we just came out of the

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<v Speaker 3>blocks on a mission this afternoon. Benji even referenced it

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<v Speaker 3>in the press's press conference. He said, in the warm up,

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<v Speaker 3>it looked like there was something pretty special brewing and

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<v Speaker 3>that's the way they started. Now we'll get into this ladder.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm sure it didn't. It didn't maintain that intensity through

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<v Speaker 3>the eighty minutes, but because of that start and the

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<v Speaker 3>fact they showed up with that attitude, it got them

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<v Speaker 3>across the line at the end of the day.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a good interchangeable one word because there's been plenty

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<v Speaker 1>of times where we've been doing a losing edition of

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<v Speaker 1>the West Tigers podcast and showed up would have been

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<v Speaker 1>an adequate one word because we were showed.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's all context, isn't it It is?

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<v Speaker 1>Nick is here, he's once again in front of the

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<v Speaker 1>scoreboard at the Likehard Oval, and he's got his blinger

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<v Speaker 1>on these big Tiger chain filming the positive vibes. Nick,

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<v Speaker 1>what's your word?

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<v Speaker 4>I got the team who were seven dollars chain on

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<v Speaker 4>the Jerome Will I love it.

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<v Speaker 2>John.

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<v Speaker 4>My word is a rhythmia because my heartbeat was all

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<v Speaker 4>over the place during that game, especially early on. I know,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, I made a comment early on in the

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<v Speaker 4>game that we weren't playing at NRL standard. I really

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<v Speaker 4>thought we were lucky, because, to be honest, the first

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<v Speaker 4>fifteen or save minutes, I felt like I was watching

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<v Speaker 4>that movie that we've all seen before, like we made

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<v Speaker 4>so many silly mistakes where I was just waiting for

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<v Speaker 4>you Roosters to score early and get on top.

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<v Speaker 1>It didn't happen.

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<v Speaker 4>So I can't fault the boys for effort. They put

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<v Speaker 4>in a real, real hard effort today.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it should be sort of a contractual obligation

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<v Speaker 1>that we all have for those defibrillators in our homes

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<v Speaker 1>if we're going to be West Tigers. Fin So that

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<v Speaker 1>links in. Well, Gary, he's got a game face on,

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<v Speaker 1>not looking too happy. It was only a two point win, Gary,

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<v Speaker 1>not good enough what you.

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<v Speaker 2>Were According to Benji, it wasn't good enough, which I

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<v Speaker 2>was pretty pleased to hear him say in that press conference.

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<v Speaker 2>But my one word's going to be fight. I thought

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<v Speaker 2>the team showed up on a day where there's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of ready made excuses today, a lot of players out,

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<v Speaker 2>six losses in a row, both our captain's out, and

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<v Speaker 2>I thought they showed up and they showed the fight

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<v Speaker 2>that I think for most of the season, apart from

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<v Speaker 2>probably two games, they have shown a lot of fight.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think it's hard to argue that this team

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<v Speaker 2>actually while looking clunky and poor and execution at times.

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<v Speaker 2>It is a team that has plenty of fight and

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<v Speaker 2>plenty of willpower to kind of keep in there because

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<v Speaker 2>seasons passed, this is the point of the season where

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<v Speaker 2>we start to give up, and there was no signs

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<v Speaker 2>of that today. So I was quite impressed with the

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<v Speaker 2>fight from the voice that yeah, that's a good one.

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<v Speaker 1>They did fight. Eddie's word was fainers, but I'm actually

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<v Speaker 1>going to put a word in for it, that's bender.

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<v Speaker 1>I think Eddie's on the bender to end all benders

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<v Speaker 1>by all accounts, somewhere in the Eastern Suburbs at the

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<v Speaker 1>moment with the vodka Red Bulls, And we could have

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<v Speaker 1>had him on the podcast tonight, but I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>exactly how conducive to good conversation that might have been

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<v Speaker 1>given the state that I think that Eddie is in.

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<v Speaker 1>But good to see Eddie enjoy yourself. My words, I've

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<v Speaker 1>got gritty because like your word, fight like it was gritty.

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<v Speaker 1>We didn't give up, fought for everything. It was just

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<v Speaker 1>a gritty win. I've got two hundred and fifty because

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<v Speaker 1>it was the West Tigers two hundred and fiftieth win

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<v Speaker 1>in the NRL. Don't ask me how many losses we've had.

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<v Speaker 1>It a lot more than.

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<v Speaker 2>Two hundred and fifty.

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<v Speaker 1>We're still sitting on that thirty eight percent win record.

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<v Speaker 1>But two hundred and fifty big achievement for the club,

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<v Speaker 1>and I don't think that's been recognized anywhere else. So

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<v Speaker 1>well done. And the word and actually Mike has put

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<v Speaker 1>the same word through on the West Tigers podcast for him,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think it's the word that lead sums it

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<v Speaker 1>up and that's needed. Steve. It was. It was a

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<v Speaker 1>win that was needed on so many levels for the club.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely it was. And I think sometimes we don't realize

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<v Speaker 3>how badly Situa, how badly the media and the pressure

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<v Speaker 3>affects those within the club until after the event. And

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<v Speaker 3>just listening to Benji and players earlier on today, they

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<v Speaker 3>were talking how the players were saying they wanted to

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<v Speaker 3>do it for Benji and then he'd been through a

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<v Speaker 3>light and Benji was sort of like you could tell

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<v Speaker 3>he was very relieved. It's obviously it's been a bit

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<v Speaker 3>of a powder keg in there. But just before we

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<v Speaker 3>move on, can I can I just give you one

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<v Speaker 3>more one word. It's a bit of a lighter bit of.

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<v Speaker 2>A lighter Sita.

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<v Speaker 3>So I was I was sitting at the ground today

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<v Speaker 3>and before the game and just look look up at

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<v Speaker 3>the big screen and an advertisement came up for a

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<v Speaker 3>crypto company, so they're obviously advertising sponsor the Roosters called

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<v Speaker 3>cash Stash. So my other big word for the lower

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<v Speaker 3>one word for days cash Stash as a rooster sponsor.

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<v Speaker 3>And I've actually got something that can go along with that.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to say, Sydney Roosters and cash Stash been

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<v Speaker 3>stashing cash since.

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<v Speaker 4>Round paper bags?

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<v Speaker 3>How God?

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<v Speaker 2>Was that? Yeah? Appropriate? Just to go back to that

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<v Speaker 2>Benji point, Steve, I'm sorry, No, you're completely fine. I

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<v Speaker 2>thought that was hilarious. But to go back to the

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<v Speaker 2>players wanting to play for Benji, I think La Two's

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<v Speaker 2>comments after the game we're quite telling. Alex Fole said

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<v Speaker 2>it in the press conference as well. I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>there's any doubt that the players we have in the club,

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<v Speaker 2>or the at least of the vast majority of the

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<v Speaker 2>players we have in the club, want to play for

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<v Speaker 2>Benji Marshall. I've been quite critical in the past this

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<v Speaker 2>season where a couple of times they haven't shown up

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<v Speaker 2>of when Benji Marshalls needed them to show up again

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<v Speaker 2>this week, and that's what I was worried about going

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<v Speaker 2>into today. The pressure was starting to build on Benji

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<v Speaker 2>and it was good to see those players that say

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<v Speaker 2>they're standing behind him and say they're supporting him actually

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<v Speaker 2>show up and put that onto the field today. I

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<v Speaker 2>thought that was really impressive and it was really needed.

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<v Speaker 2>But boy, I don't know where it came across on

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<v Speaker 2>the TV for you guys watching it. Benji was riding

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<v Speaker 2>that win today. He didn't leave the sideline, and I

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<v Speaker 2>don't mean sitting on the bench on the sideline. He

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<v Speaker 2>was standing like an EPL manager on the sideline, almost

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<v Speaker 2>like an NFL coach or an English soccer coach. And

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<v Speaker 2>when we got that penalty, the first one, the one

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<v Speaker 2>in the first half that Adam do we put over,

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<v Speaker 2>Latu Feinhu was standing one side of the side, like

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<v Speaker 2>one side of the line. Benji was on the other

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<v Speaker 2>given him instructions. It was almost it was almost at

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<v Speaker 2>that point like the under sevens game where the coach

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<v Speaker 2>goes out on the field with the players. He was

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<v Speaker 2>that involved in and that connect God to his players

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<v Speaker 2>that I thought it was really good to see.

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<v Speaker 4>I loved that part seeing that Gary, it did come

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<v Speaker 4>across the TV and the cameras kept panning to Benji

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<v Speaker 4>standing there, and the commentators kept talking about, you have

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<v Speaker 4>a look at Benji. You know, he's living and breathing,

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<v Speaker 4>breathing the whole moment, and every every time something happened,

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<v Speaker 4>he was barking instructions from the sideline at the players.

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<v Speaker 4>He was screaming at them. If there was a break

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<v Speaker 4>in player, he was calling out to whoever was within

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<v Speaker 4>ear shot to get his point across. And that was

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<v Speaker 4>really really good. I think it probably helps the players

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<v Speaker 4>stay a little bit more engaged with those instructions coming

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<v Speaker 4>from the coaching as well.

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<v Speaker 2>As the game went on, Nick, he actually got close

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<v Speaker 2>and closer to the sideline. I was worried at one

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<v Speaker 2>point he was going to end up on the field

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<v Speaker 2>just a couple of slips.

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<v Speaker 3>Further was Adam Dewey looking nervous.

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<v Speaker 1>I's going to take him out.

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<v Speaker 2>It actually made me wonder, like how close is he

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<v Speaker 2>allowed to get? Like he was within meters of that

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<v Speaker 2>sideline a couple of points during that game, and like

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<v Speaker 2>almost to the point where the cameraman stuff had to

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<v Speaker 2>go around him. So yeah, I wonder what that rule is.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's I think it's there is another line

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<v Speaker 1>that's often painted there on the field. I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>like maybe a meter and a half or something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, you've got to be careful. But certainly I

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<v Speaker 1>think we were all feeling that same those same feelings,

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<v Speaker 1>and we probably would have all been down on the

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<v Speaker 1>sideline doing the same thing if we could have. I

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<v Speaker 1>was a bit worried there a couple of times. I

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<v Speaker 1>always thought we had enough points and the roosters weren't

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<v Speaker 1>throwing enough at us for me to get too worried.

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<v Speaker 1>But got a little bit worried there towards the end.

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<v Speaker 1>But they can't just make it easy. Not at this stage,

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<v Speaker 1>before we talk more about the game, I was just

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<v Speaker 1>going to say, just further to sort of what Gary

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<v Speaker 1>was hitting on there Benji in the press conference. We

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<v Speaker 1>want players that want to be here, Nick, it appears,

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<v Speaker 1>I would suggest from the outside looking in that look.

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<v Speaker 1>I think a couple of months ago we were all

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<v Speaker 1>talking about some body language and some things picked up

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<v Speaker 1>in like Terrell May's blog or vlog in the dressing room,

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<v Speaker 1>footage of players sitting separately and things like that. Like

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<v Speaker 1>it appears like the dynamic of the team has changed

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<v Speaker 1>and they appear to be I know it's hard because

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<v Speaker 1>it's a win, but they appear to be a well

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<v Speaker 1>connected group. But there doesn't seem to be that division.

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<v Speaker 1>We can't see that at least at this stage.

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<v Speaker 4>I think there's a real brotherhood there.

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<v Speaker 2>Job.

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<v Speaker 4>I think it's probably a bit of a a three

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<v Speaker 4>fainers and a couple of lillies. But now look the

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<v Speaker 4>way that they're they're turning up every just about every week.

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<v Speaker 4>There's been a couple of lapses. But you know, Benji

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<v Speaker 4>spoke about in his press conference he was just extremely

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<v Speaker 4>proud again of the way they came out, the effort

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<v Speaker 4>they put on the field, especially you know after a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of close losses. He did make a quite quick

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<v Speaker 4>comment he said, look, even if the result went the

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<v Speaker 4>other way, I still would have been proud of the effort.

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<v Speaker 4>But you know we've got the win, which was good

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<v Speaker 4>and Gary shaking head and I Benja did say after

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<v Speaker 4>that that he wasn't happy because you know, we were

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<v Speaker 4>twin nil up quite early and Joel, I know you

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<v Speaker 4>I had visions of a fifty to twenty loss early,

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<v Speaker 4>and I think I've just got that much scar tissue,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, I just I'm just sitting there waiting for

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<v Speaker 4>the for the score. You know, the scoreboards flip the

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<v Speaker 4>other way. So now, look, they're very tight Joel. The

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<v Speaker 4>way that they speak about Benji as well, there's obviously

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of respect there for him, and Benji's only

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<v Speaker 4>forty years old. I know that we've spoken at length

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<v Speaker 4>for the last few pods about Benji's longevity.

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<v Speaker 1>In this role and how long you may last.

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<v Speaker 4>Look, if the players respect him enough to come out

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<v Speaker 4>and talk the way that they did after the game,

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<v Speaker 4>especially Latu, He's only he got twenty years old, there's

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<v Speaker 4>obviously a lot of love for the coach. And as

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<v Speaker 4>long as they love and respect their coach as much

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<v Speaker 4>as what is publicly being displayed now, I think that's

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<v Speaker 4>going to turn into performances on a field. So you know,

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<v Speaker 4>there's a bit of hope there. I'm pretty open.

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<v Speaker 3>this a couple of weeks ago that when I went

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<v Speaker 3>to the team photo and I got to know at

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<v Speaker 3>a distance watch the team like in a casual set

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<v Speaker 3>in for a couple of hours, and they are really tight.

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<v Speaker 3>It was just so obvious that they are together and

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<v Speaker 3>they are enjoying each other's company and they're having a

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<v Speaker 3>great time. And so I'm sure there's been a little

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<v Speaker 3>bit of disharmony, but I think that's been weird out.

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<v Speaker 3>But the second point, and I don't know whether it's

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<v Speaker 3>more important or it's probably not now, but Benji was

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<v Speaker 3>at pains to say, no, we haven't let anyone go.

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<v Speaker 3>They didn't want to be here. They now. Telling the

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<v Speaker 3>Silver has said all week that he wanted to say

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<v Speaker 3>at the club that he envisioned himself being there long term,

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<v Speaker 3>and but he put it to them that if Happy signs,

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<v Speaker 3>he couldn't. It doesn't sort of marry up. I just

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<v Speaker 3>get the feeling that Telling the Silver maybe wasn't as

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<v Speaker 3>wasn't part of on the bus for one of a

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<v Speaker 3>bit of word, as much as he would like us

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<v Speaker 3>to think he was.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the narrative is that I wanted to stay and

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<v Speaker 1>they didn't give me a choice. But yeah, deep down inside,

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<v Speaker 1>when he didn't get what he wanted, then all of

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<v Speaker 1>a sudden that proves how much you want to be

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<v Speaker 1>here or not is how determined you are to make

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<v Speaker 1>it work. Like you know, I know we've spoken a

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<v Speaker 1>lot about Harry Grant in recent times, but Harry Grant

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to be hard in Melbourne and felt that it

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<v Speaker 1>was worthwhile sticking around for a couple of years to

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<v Speaker 1>get that apprenticeship. Nick I wanted to say, I agree

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<v Speaker 1>with you in regards to scar tissue. I find it

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<v Speaker 1>very hard to enjoy West Tyger watching the West Tigers.

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<v Speaker 1>It's punishment even when we're winning, because you're waiting for

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<v Speaker 1>it to turn. You're waiting for that. Yeah, and the

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<v Speaker 1>scar tissue that's there even from the very start where

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<v Speaker 1>the Roosters kicked their first kick of the day and

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<v Speaker 1>it went into the end goal and it's going dead

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<v Speaker 1>for all money, and then it just takes this ninety

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<v Speaker 1>degree right in turn and stays in the end goal.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, oh God, don't tell me, but yeah. I

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<v Speaker 1>was going to actually add in into one of my

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<v Speaker 1>one words was happy, in that I had some actual

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<v Speaker 1>moments of the game that made me happy, which is

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<v Speaker 1>such a rare feeling as a Tiger's fin and one

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<v Speaker 1>of them. Was when Latu jumped on that ball and

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<v Speaker 1>ran and I thought, this is deja Oooh my god,

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<v Speaker 1>he looks like Benji Marshall. The way he sort of

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<v Speaker 1>jumped and skipped and took off. It was very Benji

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<v Speaker 1>Marshall s Gary.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, what really impressed me in that is I always

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<v Speaker 2>thought his acceleration was really good. I thought he accelerated

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<v Speaker 2>really well. The stop and speed looked pretty good on

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<v Speaker 2>that run. There was no one making any ground on anyone.

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<v Speaker 2>I know Todesco is not as fast as he used

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<v Speaker 2>to be, but Todesco didn't take any think from him,

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<v Speaker 2>so his top hands feed is actually pretty good as well.

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<v Speaker 2>So I thought that was really impressive the way no

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<v Speaker 2>one got mirroring it.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know about you boys, but when Latu made

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<v Speaker 4>that fast and split them, I was hanging on every

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<v Speaker 4>stride thinking, oh my god, hamstring, please don't. I just

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<v Speaker 4>had visions of him pull on the left or pulling

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<v Speaker 4>the right and been gone. But he made it and

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<v Speaker 4>he got through the game. So yeah, he had a great,

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<v Speaker 4>great game.

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<v Speaker 1>And some really really important defense. But we'll talk a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit more about that in the moment. Let's have

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<v Speaker 1>a look at these West Tigers Podcast Forum one word

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<v Speaker 1>submissions Peter A. Peter's word was conquered. We beat many

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<v Speaker 1>demons today. It was a fantastic effort. Snake's word was deserved.

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<v Speaker 1>They came to play and they succeeded. And Latu has arrived.

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<v Speaker 1>C Q Tiger thanks thanks to Gus Gould for taking

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<v Speaker 1>our one million dollar player. Rach O nine was where

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<v Speaker 1>it was. Latu. What a gun player, just what we needed.

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<v Speaker 1>Camberiger's word was proud. They showed a lot of heart.

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<v Speaker 1>West Tiger's forever blue. I turned blue without being able

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<v Speaker 1>to breathe. We nearly blew it. This team kills me,

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<v Speaker 1>but I love them. We all know the feeling. Kenny

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<v Speaker 1>four five one seven's word was effort. Wogga Tiger hope. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>Tristan was good, but hope for the future. Mike's word

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<v Speaker 1>was needed. The team, the coach, and the fans really

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<v Speaker 1>needed that. That's right, Mike, LFC Tiger, courage. Geni Tiger's

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<v Speaker 1>word was forwards. Forwards win games. Tiger's mean physicality. They

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<v Speaker 1>showed it from the start. Enumerator came up with five words.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a former sy He's still in your your stick

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<v Speaker 2>there only five.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you've got to blame Steve. Steve was the one

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<v Speaker 1>who never stuck to the one word I've got. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>remember that, Steve. You know I've got six words.

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<v Speaker 3>Couldn't keep myself no recollection.

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<v Speaker 1>Precedent was set five words, grand final. Here we comes.

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<v Speaker 1>Good work there, Enumerator Tigersymmetry's word was poetry. To see

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<v Speaker 1>all three Feinu's score and prole over the birdflow was poetry.

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<v Speaker 1>Matt mac seventy eight's word was blocks. We got out

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<v Speaker 1>of the blocks quickly and Mac tiger relief we needed it.

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<v Speaker 1>Loved our forwards, Dewey and also Latsu. That was the

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<v Speaker 1>first time ever that three brothers have scored a try

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<v Speaker 1>in a first grade game. So a little bit of

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<v Speaker 1>history made there. I was going to make the point

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<v Speaker 1>in regards to this, and it's something that I haven't

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<v Speaker 1>really heard very many people talking about. But as much

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<v Speaker 1>as the Roosters were weakened, Gary, no Leui, no Buller,

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<v Speaker 1>and no Happy, missing our three best attacking players, and

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<v Speaker 1>still got the win. I mean that's a very very

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<v Speaker 1>good sign.

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<v Speaker 2>Still got the win and still scored thirty points. And

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<v Speaker 2>there was times today where I thought our attack. Close

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<v Speaker 2>to the best that's looked all year. That's Sam Feynu

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<v Speaker 2>try and I'm sure we're going to a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>more about the games. That's Sam. That was the best

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<v Speaker 2>shape we've shown all season. It was a really nice play,

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<v Speaker 2>the way Adam Dewey switched from the right hand side

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<v Speaker 2>over to the left, and then that ball he threw

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<v Speaker 2>for Sam and the space that lat and created inside him.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a really well executed play, a block play

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<v Speaker 2>that we don't seem to run very well, like safe

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<v Speaker 2>got caught up a little bit in the line, but

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<v Speaker 2>run the right line, so we hit the inside shoulder.

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<v Speaker 2>It was really well executed. And even when we scored that,

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<v Speaker 2>I looked at it and I thought, I've got to

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<v Speaker 2>see the replay of this because I'm sure someone's messed

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<v Speaker 2>up the wrong line there. Nope, it was perfect. So

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<v Speaker 2>that's one of the best players where I've run all season.

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<v Speaker 2>It was really good to see that without those really

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<v Speaker 2>attacking players were able to execute a play like that.

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<v Speaker 2>And there was a number of times we were executing

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<v Speaker 2>really nice plays that are in attack.

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<v Speaker 3>You actually you actually said it this as I stuck

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<v Speaker 3>my hand up to speak, but I was going to say,

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<v Speaker 3>especially in that first half, we were playing some really good,

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<v Speaker 3>free flowing football, you know, for most of that first half,

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<v Speaker 3>which was why we end up with a twenty point lead.

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<v Speaker 3>But we were allowed to do that because our middle,

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<v Speaker 3>our middles round page and Tristan Hope, like he didn't

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<v Speaker 3>play a game like Happy would play, or even tallon

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<v Speaker 3>to Silver will play where you notice him skirting out

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<v Speaker 3>a dummy half and catching the markers offside, or getting

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<v Speaker 3>a quick ten meter burst out of dumby half another

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<v Speaker 3>of that. But he must have been doing his job well,

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<v Speaker 3>quietly in the background without any fuss, because we were

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<v Speaker 3>just pounding down the field in that first half. We

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<v Speaker 3>were at the end of the day, the yardage game

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<v Speaker 3>ended up about even because they came back in the

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<v Speaker 3>second half, but in the first half we would have

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<v Speaker 3>been way ahead of them on yardage. We were finishing

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<v Speaker 3>our sets ten meters the other side of half way

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<v Speaker 3>more than the odd occasion.

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<v Speaker 2>What Tricia Hope did really well today, it was just

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<v Speaker 2>nice service out of dummyheat. He wasn't a threat to

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<v Speaker 2>run the ball, he wasn't dangerous around the ruck, but

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<v Speaker 2>he gave really nice service, got the ball out in

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<v Speaker 2>front of our forwards and allowed them to run onto

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<v Speaker 2>the ball and get out of the advantage line. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what he did really well today. I don't want want

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<v Speaker 2>to criticize him because I thought he had a really

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<v Speaker 2>good game and attack, but the Roosters clearly targeted him

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<v Speaker 2>in defense. I think he ended up making forty one tackles,

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<v Speaker 2>but they were picking him out time and time again

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<v Speaker 2>to run at and when they were coming over us

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<v Speaker 2>in that back end of the game once he came

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<v Speaker 2>back on for Charlie Murray, I thought they isolated him

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<v Speaker 2>quite a number of times. But credit where credits due.

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<v Speaker 2>The service he provided to our forwards today was a

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<v Speaker 2>key component of how well we started that game and

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<v Speaker 2>got us on the front foot.

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<v Speaker 1>It raises an interesting point, doesn't it, in that maybe

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<v Speaker 1>if we look back on maybe the first ten or

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<v Speaker 1>twelve rounds where we had the full strength team and

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<v Speaker 1>we had the former half Backslash five eight and the

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<v Speaker 1>combination of Appy that too many cooks spoil the broth

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<v Speaker 1>and Nick sometimes you just need a clever, dummy half

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<v Speaker 1>that just offers good service. And I'm not criticizing Appy,

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<v Speaker 1>but maybe Happy when he feels that maybe he's trying

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<v Speaker 1>too hard, he's trying to do too much sometimes, and

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<v Speaker 1>that the faith and trust isn't quite there or hasn't

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<v Speaker 1>been enough there in the harves And now you bring

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<v Speaker 1>it back to you've got Faynu straightening things up. If

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<v Speaker 1>Luai can get back to his strength, which is more

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<v Speaker 1>straightening things up rather than going around in circles, and

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<v Speaker 1>he continues to get you know, I think what my

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<v Speaker 1>point being is is that as we struggle to score points,

422
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<v Speaker 1>Appy ups the creativity, and I think sometimes that might

423
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<v Speaker 1>stifle us a little bit. Albeit we need to have

424
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<v Speaker 1>the right halves doing the right things for that situation

425
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<v Speaker 1>to be counted.

426
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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, well, we haven't really had a consistency bine across

427
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<v Speaker 4>this season so far.

428
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<v Speaker 2>Right, so we're over.

429
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<v Speaker 4>Halfway apart from Buller at the back, you know, and

430
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<v Speaker 4>Jerome's been there the majority of the games, you know,

431
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<v Speaker 4>so as Appy, I suppose. But you know, we've had

432
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<v Speaker 4>some changes in the half, so you know, those combinations

433
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<v Speaker 4>have shifted a little bit. We've seen early in the

434
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<v Speaker 4>season that it took you know, Lui quite a bit

435
00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:23.079
<v Speaker 4>of time to settle into the way he wanted to

436
00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:25.000
<v Speaker 4>play too, you know, when he first walked in the

437
00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:27.519
<v Speaker 4>door or onto the field. Round one, it was all

438
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<v Speaker 4>about giving Galvin as much ball as he could, and

439
00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:32.880
<v Speaker 4>then that kind of shifted a little bit, especially when

440
00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:35.799
<v Speaker 4>you know the talk that governmented out happens. You know,

441
00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:38.480
<v Speaker 4>the White took a bit more control. That might be

442
00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:40.119
<v Speaker 4>a bit the same with Appy too. I think once

443
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<v Speaker 4>we once Appy's back and settles into the you know,

444
00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:50.039
<v Speaker 4>the Jerome Slush Latu combination, that he might be able

445
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<v Speaker 4>to shift his game a little bit too. I guess

446
00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:55.599
<v Speaker 4>you get more benefit out of what we're doing attack wise,

447
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<v Speaker 4>So I think there's still a lot of opportunity to

448
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<v Speaker 4>work on those combinations across the what's left of the season.

449
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<v Speaker 4>I think we've got what is it, eight or nine

450
00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:06.160
<v Speaker 4>games left now, so hopefully we.

451
00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:08.359
<v Speaker 1>Can how long's bullery up for.

452
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<v Speaker 4>I'm sort of getting on the bit of another two

453
00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:12.880
<v Speaker 4>weeks now, the two okay, so there's going to be

454
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<v Speaker 4>a little bit of time let yet until we can

455
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<v Speaker 4>get our full strength spote on the field. But hopefully

456
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<v Speaker 4>that that last half of half a dozen or a

457
00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:25.200
<v Speaker 4>handful of games, we can get you know, Ballerluy a

458
00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:27.799
<v Speaker 4>Appy all on the field and we can start working

459
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<v Speaker 4>on you know on what the combinations are going to

460
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<v Speaker 4>look like going for next season, and there might be

461
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<v Speaker 4>some changes coming up in the centers to the next

462
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<v Speaker 4>couple of weeks, so we might get the season other

463
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<v Speaker 4>guys come in and have an opportunity there.

464
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465
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466
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470
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<v Speaker 1>see you there saying.

471
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<v Speaker 2>I can't fault what Happy has been doing for us,

472
00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:11.240
<v Speaker 2>not just this year, but the past couple of years.

473
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<v Speaker 2>I'm very happy for him to use his creativity around

474
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<v Speaker 2>the ruck whenever he sees hit. And I really think

475
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<v Speaker 2>what I'm going to say is in our spine is Galvin,

476
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<v Speaker 2>who I think Latu showed today and has shown the

477
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<v Speaker 2>last couple of weeks that he is going to be

478
00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:33.960
<v Speaker 2>a much I'm not going to say he's going to

479
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<v Speaker 2>be a better player than Gavin, but he's going to

480
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<v Speaker 2>be a player that combines better with with Luis. I

481
00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:46.119
<v Speaker 2>just think Loui's tendency at times to go a little

482
00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:49.319
<v Speaker 2>bit more across field and not bide in the line

483
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<v Speaker 2>as much, having a guy like Latu playing inside him

484
00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:54.880
<v Speaker 2>or playing next to him is just going to give

485
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<v Speaker 2>him that extra space. It's going to make him more

486
00:24:56.839 --> 00:25:02.319
<v Speaker 2>likely to play more direct. Because play so direct, it's

487
00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:05.920
<v Speaker 2>just going to take Loui's game to another level, I think.

488
00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:09.039
<v Speaker 2>I think the last month or so since Gavin left,

489
00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:11.519
<v Speaker 2>Lui has been fantastic when he has paid for us.

490
00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:16.799
<v Speaker 2>But I really think this combination with Latu is exactly

491
00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:21.359
<v Speaker 2>the partner that Loui needed. And I also think the

492
00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:26.039
<v Speaker 2>fact that he plays so direct, those markers and those

493
00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:28.680
<v Speaker 2>type defenders are going to have to focus on him

494
00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:31.359
<v Speaker 2>so much more. It's actually going to create opportunities for

495
00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:34.240
<v Speaker 2>Appy as well. Because markers are going to be moving

496
00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:39.000
<v Speaker 2>pretty quick to slide off of Appy, and those edge

497
00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:41.400
<v Speaker 2>defenders aren't going to be able to stay as quite

498
00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:43.279
<v Speaker 2>as tight. There's going to be opportunities there for Appy

499
00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:47.240
<v Speaker 2>as well. I think this combination, this spine that we're developing,

500
00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:52.599
<v Speaker 2>can be a real force. And I don't want to

501
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<v Speaker 2>see Loui being a guy Nick who feeds the ball

502
00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:59.000
<v Speaker 2>to someone like Gavin. I want to see him taking

503
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<v Speaker 2>on the line himself win eating taking on the line.

504
00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:04.400
<v Speaker 2>We need two halves who can take on the on

505
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<v Speaker 2>the line and who are dynamic and create space for

506
00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:09.880
<v Speaker 2>players outside them, and I think we're going to have

507
00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:13.799
<v Speaker 2>that once this combination between Latu and Luai develops over

508
00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:15.480
<v Speaker 2>the next couple of months. I can't wait to get

509
00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:18.680
<v Speaker 2>lay Back playing next to Latu than Who. I think

510
00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:22.640
<v Speaker 2>it's going to really be something the West Tigers fans

511
00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:25.920
<v Speaker 2>haven't seen in a long time. Are really attacking halves

512
00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:28.279
<v Speaker 2>pairing that can take the game to other teams.

513
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<v Speaker 3>It's interesting. I was watching Isaiah and Isaiahta Isaiah Katara

514
00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:38.720
<v Speaker 3>from the Dolphins about a month ago, and I was

515
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<v Speaker 3>just watching how directly played it and just the impact

516
00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:44.680
<v Speaker 3>that it had on their shape and their ability to

517
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<v Speaker 3>create space and get get players in position, get players

518
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<v Speaker 3>in position. Really and the more I see Latin fen

519
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<v Speaker 3>Who playing, the more I see Isaiah. They've got very

520
00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:05.039
<v Speaker 3>similar styles, I think, and neither of them have played

521
00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:07.599
<v Speaker 3>friend of length of time to prove themselves yet, but

522
00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:11.599
<v Speaker 3>that direct you know, We've said earlier in the season

523
00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:17.799
<v Speaker 3>that we've seen less and less traditional halfback type players

524
00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:20.480
<v Speaker 3>in the game. Will these two guys fit the bill

525
00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:24.519
<v Speaker 3>and that ability to destraighten the attack and something we

526
00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:30.440
<v Speaker 3>haven't mentioned, take it deep into the defensive line. It's

527
00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:32.519
<v Speaker 3>going to be really really good for us. And just

528
00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:35.960
<v Speaker 3>on on Galvin, And I know it's easy to be

529
00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:39.440
<v Speaker 3>an expert after the event, and we do look through

530
00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:41.559
<v Speaker 3>rose colored glasses and we look for the positives. And

531
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<v Speaker 3>you didn't, Joel. You sort of said you weren't impressed

532
00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:48.720
<v Speaker 3>with Galvin pretty much from it since that Australian game

533
00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:52.680
<v Speaker 3>in Pup in New Guineas. But I think just Galvin

534
00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:55.799
<v Speaker 3>is just so used to doing whatever he wants on

535
00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:57.200
<v Speaker 3>a football field.

536
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<v Speaker 5>Football unders, Yeah, like he he's just used to call

537
00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:02.079
<v Speaker 5>on the ball whenever he wants it.

538
00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:05.880
<v Speaker 3>And it's obvious now that he's moved to Canterbury that

539
00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:08.519
<v Speaker 3>he still wants to do that. And when I look

540
00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:12.759
<v Speaker 3>at it now, probably more objective than I did when

541
00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:15.480
<v Speaker 3>he was in our colors. It's actually it was actually

542
00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:18.640
<v Speaker 3>doing a disservice because a lot of that time when

543
00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:22.240
<v Speaker 3>he gets the ball, he's not calling the ball because

544
00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:25.359
<v Speaker 3>he can see something or he's got a three on

545
00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:28.200
<v Speaker 3>two that he wants to expose. He's just taking it

546
00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:31.440
<v Speaker 3>because he wants the ball, and then he crabs across

547
00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:35.119
<v Speaker 3>field or slides across field in the hope of finding something.

548
00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:37.640
<v Speaker 3>And sometimes he does or he kicks him behind and

549
00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:41.680
<v Speaker 3>he looks great, But more and more often with us

550
00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:45.279
<v Speaker 3>this season that wasn't happening, and I don't think that's

551
00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:48.240
<v Speaker 3>going to happen with our current You know, when we

552
00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:50.960
<v Speaker 3>get Feinu and Lua together.

553
00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:54.119
<v Speaker 2>We've spoken a lot over the past couple of years

554
00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:56.920
<v Speaker 2>how we run our outside backs out of space. Now

555
00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:59.359
<v Speaker 2>we go on a forty five or very angle to

556
00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:03.960
<v Speaker 2>on the field towards the corner, and by the time

557
00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:07.279
<v Speaker 2>we get out wide, all sides are doing is sliding across.

558
00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:10.119
<v Speaker 2>That's going to end with this current half of pairing,

559
00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:13.640
<v Speaker 2>in my opinion, and it's going to mate. Where we're

560
00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:16.319
<v Speaker 2>going to see the difference is when Buller does chium

561
00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:18.880
<v Speaker 2>into that back line, he's going to have room to straighten,

562
00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:22.160
<v Speaker 2>He's going to have room to use that footwork because

563
00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:27.079
<v Speaker 2>our plves are both going straight up the field. It's

564
00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:29.599
<v Speaker 2>just going to create so much more space for those

565
00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:33.599
<v Speaker 2>outside players. I really think that left hand hand attack

566
00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:37.839
<v Speaker 2>is going to become quite lethal, especially once we get

567
00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:41.599
<v Speaker 2>a really strong center playing out on that left edge.

568
00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:43.880
<v Speaker 2>And if you have a look at how Taylor May

569
00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:47.519
<v Speaker 2>and especially Macassin he played yesterday, there's some things to

570
00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:51.559
<v Speaker 2>really look forward to once we're able to create space

571
00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:54.319
<v Speaker 2>for outside man, which I think over the next couple

572
00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:55.960
<v Speaker 2>of weeks we're going to start seeing.

573
00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:59.200
<v Speaker 3>We actually saw that in that some of the fone

574
00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:04.480
<v Speaker 3>new try today, like lar To largely straightened like hard.

575
00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:07.799
<v Speaker 3>He straightened hard into the line, and that dragged Dowey

576
00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:10.759
<v Speaker 3>in do we had to follow him, But we then

577
00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:15.359
<v Speaker 3>created the space well for fan Also Sea Sea Fast

578
00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:19.119
<v Speaker 3>run help there as well, but Fyner initiated it and

579
00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:24.359
<v Speaker 3>his movement dragged Dewey across as well. And and whether

580
00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:27.200
<v Speaker 3>that was premeditated and planned, I don't know which is

581
00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:29.079
<v Speaker 3>it was done perfectly.

582
00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:33.400
<v Speaker 1>But but but but but we match them up front.

583
00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:36.559
<v Speaker 1>You've got to match them up front first, Nick, I

584
00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:40.240
<v Speaker 1>know I'm a broken record physicality, but the Roosters were

585
00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:43.000
<v Speaker 1>missing a lot of quality up front, and I think

586
00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:45.680
<v Speaker 1>that we managed to. We managed mostly get on top

587
00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:48.480
<v Speaker 1>of their pack, and that laid the platform. And I

588
00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:53.519
<v Speaker 1>worry that the current makeup of our forwards is not

589
00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:55.960
<v Speaker 1>going to consistently get on top of the opposition or

590
00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:59.359
<v Speaker 1>match our opposition. And I still do the cows come

591
00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:02.160
<v Speaker 1>home saying that that's our biggest problem.

592
00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.240
<v Speaker 3>Yeah it is.

593
00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:06.279
<v Speaker 4>We were good today, but like you said, risters were

594
00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:09.480
<v Speaker 4>a bit depleted. I thought Torell May had a pretty

595
00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.599
<v Speaker 4>bun storming.

596
00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:12.799
<v Speaker 2>Day, really good game today.

597
00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:16.359
<v Speaker 4>Really he was all over the play and hard to handle.

598
00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:20.799
<v Speaker 4>And who just impresses me every time I see him play.

599
00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:23.480
<v Speaker 4>Need to be starting, yeah, one hundred percent. Needs to

600
00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:26.200
<v Speaker 4>be starting. Yeah, and I'd be starting Soka. Did Suka

601
00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:27.960
<v Speaker 4>didn't start today? Did he off the bench?

602
00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.200
<v Speaker 2>Yes?

603
00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:29.119
<v Speaker 3>He did? He started?

604
00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:32.759
<v Speaker 4>Okay, yeah, good, Okay, it was showed that it didn't pay

605
00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:35.319
<v Speaker 4>too much attention was having out wide. But no, he's

606
00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:37.799
<v Speaker 4>a startup for me as well. But no, I agree

607
00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:39.839
<v Speaker 4>John a couple of physicality comments. They are in the

608
00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:42.599
<v Speaker 4>one words too, so everyone's sort of thinking along the

609
00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.200
<v Speaker 4>same lines.

610
00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:49.599
<v Speaker 2>I think that the makeup of our outside backs really

611
00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:51.680
<v Speaker 2>helps our forward pack get on a roll. If you

612
00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:54.920
<v Speaker 2>have a look at the yardage from our back three today,

613
00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:57.519
<v Speaker 2>we were all over one hundred and sixty meters, so

614
00:31:57.599 --> 00:32:01.440
<v Speaker 2>I think Taruva was about one hundred and sixty. Skeleton

615
00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:03.720
<v Speaker 2>was about one hundred and sixty and Charlie Stains might

616
00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:06.000
<v Speaker 2>have been up around one hundred and eighty. It's something

617
00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:07.119
<v Speaker 2>like that for the three of them.

618
00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:12.759
<v Speaker 6>That just allows our bigger forwards like allows guys like

619
00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:16.720
<v Speaker 6>Terra or May a little bit of a briever and

620
00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:19.880
<v Speaker 6>to actually be getting the ball in a space where

621
00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:21.680
<v Speaker 6>we're not pinned down our own end.

622
00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:25.839
<v Speaker 2>Those three guys at the back were so critical today

623
00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:28.960
<v Speaker 2>and are going to be so critical moving forward. It's

624
00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:32.119
<v Speaker 2>really great that we're able to get some decent yardage

625
00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:34.079
<v Speaker 2>out of our back three at the moment. And I

626
00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:38.480
<v Speaker 2>think while I do think we still lack that starting

627
00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:42.440
<v Speaker 2>prop that's which I think is something we need to

628
00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:45.119
<v Speaker 2>go look for, but between now and the end of

629
00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:47.519
<v Speaker 2>the season, that starting prop spot should be swing. He

630
00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:50.599
<v Speaker 2>was fantastic today. I think he played thirty nine minutes

631
00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:54.160
<v Speaker 2>today for about one hundred and six meters. Really strong game.

632
00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:57.920
<v Speaker 2>Score to try was difficult to handle the whole time,

633
00:32:58.279 --> 00:33:02.480
<v Speaker 2>and last week against Manly I think overall fairly poor.

634
00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:05.519
<v Speaker 2>I thought he was outstanding last week as well. So

635
00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:08.640
<v Speaker 2>for me, the only thing who gets that starting.

636
00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:12.759
<v Speaker 3>Spot and Terrell May's game is evolving too. I reckon

637
00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:15.440
<v Speaker 3>I didn't pay much attention to what he was like

638
00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:18.319
<v Speaker 3>at the Roosters, so I really can't say whether he's

639
00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:20.599
<v Speaker 3>reverting to what he used to do there. But like

640
00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:23.079
<v Speaker 3>for the first half of the season, you know, he

641
00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:26.839
<v Speaker 3>plays long minutes and pushes out amazing meters with incredible

642
00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:29.039
<v Speaker 3>tackle counts with no missus, and that's what he does.

643
00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:33.200
<v Speaker 3>He's he's safe as a bank, but you wouldn't say

644
00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:37.039
<v Speaker 3>he wouldn't say he's dynamic. But what I've seen of

645
00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:41.240
<v Speaker 3>late and especially today, he was dynamic. He was making

646
00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:45.039
<v Speaker 3>good post contact meters and he was beating men at

647
00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:48.079
<v Speaker 3>the line. I'd like to go, like, I've only seen

648
00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:49.920
<v Speaker 3>the game live, and I'm keen to have a look

649
00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:52.480
<v Speaker 3>back at the replay to see where he had me

650
00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:55.480
<v Speaker 3>offloads in his game that I can't remember off the

651
00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.319
<v Speaker 3>top of my head.

652
00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:59.000
<v Speaker 2>One really bad one that went about five meters backwards,

653
00:33:59.039 --> 00:33:59.920
<v Speaker 2>but yeah, he had a couple.

654
00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:00.559
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

655
00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:04.559
<v Speaker 3>So but to me, he's become a more than just

656
00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:07.480
<v Speaker 3>that bloke who pushes out good numbers. I think he's

657
00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:10.079
<v Speaker 3>been more than that. Oh yeah, that's not a good

658
00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:12.840
<v Speaker 3>that's doing imag disservice to saying that really, but I

659
00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.760
<v Speaker 3>think he's getting better.

660
00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:16.679
<v Speaker 2>There was times today, Steve he was timing into the

661
00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:21.760
<v Speaker 2>background line and stebbing players and looking to offload. But

662
00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:24.280
<v Speaker 2>the really telling that out of his game to me

663
00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:26.840
<v Speaker 2>today is he played seventy minutes today, so he didn't

664
00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:29.039
<v Speaker 2>play the full lady. Does anyone know when he was

665
00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:32.679
<v Speaker 2>off the field? No before four a half time?

666
00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:33.239
<v Speaker 1>Four half time?

667
00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:38.079
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So that period where manly started not manly, sorry,

668
00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:41.320
<v Speaker 2>the Roosters started coming through the middle and scored the

669
00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:43.920
<v Speaker 2>two tries was while Terrell May was off the field.

670
00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:46.760
<v Speaker 2>And I think that's quite quite telling. He does a

671
00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:49.599
<v Speaker 2>really good good job defensively of holding up our middle,

672
00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:53.000
<v Speaker 2>and you know, I thought we really missed him in

673
00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:56.920
<v Speaker 2>that ten minute period he was off today. So thirty

674
00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:58.880
<v Speaker 2>eight tackles or something that was today for him with

675
00:34:58.880 --> 00:35:02.679
<v Speaker 2>one miss and another out standing defensive performance. But if

676
00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:05.480
<v Speaker 2>we if we had enough prop so Steve mentioned a

677
00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:07.079
<v Speaker 2>couple of weeks ago that you could play him as

678
00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:09.599
<v Speaker 2>a lot, he'd make an outstanding life. The problem is

679
00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:12.760
<v Speaker 2>he's our best crop, but he did a lot of

680
00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:15.119
<v Speaker 2>that role today. There's a lot of time he goes

681
00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:18.719
<v Speaker 2>to the line in your pass and a very creative player,

682
00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:21.719
<v Speaker 2>very dynamic player, and still managed to push out two

683
00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:24.199
<v Speaker 2>hundred and six meters. So I thought it was a

684
00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:29.800
<v Speaker 2>fantastic performance for him. Today I think Gary, Josh Papa, well,

685
00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:31.480
<v Speaker 2>what a difference makee get onto it?

686
00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:33.519
<v Speaker 3>Get onto it rich. He's for a club.

687
00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:36.559
<v Speaker 1>He's actually on my list here to talk about. Are

688
00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:40.000
<v Speaker 1>we all were Steve's obviously in a grammy Gary one year?

689
00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:42.519
<v Speaker 1>Two year? Would you would you give him two years?

690
00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:44.199
<v Speaker 2>Well, you don't have to give him two years to

691
00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:47.599
<v Speaker 2>get him here, so that that's my only concern is

692
00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:52.519
<v Speaker 2>whether it would be a year too long. But imagine

693
00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:55.360
<v Speaker 2>a lineup where you have him starting with Terrell May

694
00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:58.559
<v Speaker 2>and then after twenty twenty five minutes you bring Roy's

695
00:35:58.639 --> 00:36:01.360
<v Speaker 2>Hunt on for fifteen minutes, and you bring paul A

696
00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:04.719
<v Speaker 2>on as well, like that's just that's such a good

697
00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:08.280
<v Speaker 2>prop rotation and would take us to our forwards to

698
00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:09.000
<v Speaker 2>another level.

699
00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:11.280
<v Speaker 1>And then you've got on and you've got Alex Twyl

700
00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:13.239
<v Speaker 1>as well that you've tried to sort of work around

701
00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:17.079
<v Speaker 1>there as well. It's it's a shame because Hunt looks

702
00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:20.400
<v Speaker 1>like the guy that we need. But is It's going

703
00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:22.519
<v Speaker 1>to be interesting to see how the Royce hunt experience

704
00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:24.519
<v Speaker 1>or experiment works out.

705
00:36:24.760 --> 00:36:27.599
<v Speaker 2>Was good again yesterday. So came off the bench for

706
00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:30.679
<v Speaker 2>the Magpies again yesterday and had what I thought was

707
00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:32.440
<v Speaker 2>a quite strong game. And that's two weeks in a

708
00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:34.880
<v Speaker 2>row where they've had him coming off the bench and

709
00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:38.280
<v Speaker 2>not huge minutes, but getting good impact out of him

710
00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:41.119
<v Speaker 2>and getting more minutes than we're getting in the in

711
00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:46.199
<v Speaker 2>the first grade side. So I would think, and I'll

712
00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:48.000
<v Speaker 2>be picking him next week, but I would think he's

713
00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:49.400
<v Speaker 2>he's close to getting a recall.

714
00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:53.199
<v Speaker 3>So guys, does anyone have a theory as to why

715
00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:57.599
<v Speaker 3>he wouldn't have been picked this week? You know, we've

716
00:36:57.599 --> 00:37:02.440
<v Speaker 3>gone with with Murray and Lily on the bench. You know,

717
00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:04.800
<v Speaker 3>like I would have thought today at the end of

718
00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:07.079
<v Speaker 3>the day, to masters straight, we didn't need him. He

719
00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:09.840
<v Speaker 3>won the game, But if he had to ask me

720
00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:11.599
<v Speaker 3>that before the game, I would have loved to have

721
00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:12.719
<v Speaker 3>had him in that seven een.

722
00:37:13.360 --> 00:37:15.840
<v Speaker 2>Well, you couldn't pick him over Murray today because Murray

723
00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:18.760
<v Speaker 2>was actually picked to play as that backup hooker, So

724
00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:22.159
<v Speaker 2>Charlie Murray came on and played hooker and replaced Tristian

725
00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:25.360
<v Speaker 2>Hope today, So you'd be picking him in kids spot

726
00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:29.760
<v Speaker 2>and I just think with the makeup of the Roosters

727
00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:33.239
<v Speaker 2>forward Pat, we're looking for a pack that could play

728
00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:37.000
<v Speaker 2>longer minutes. I know Kit didn't play played eleven minutes. Yeah,

729
00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:39.679
<v Speaker 2>I know he didn't play a lot of minutes, but

730
00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:42.760
<v Speaker 2>you don't know that's how the game's going to kind

731
00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:45.480
<v Speaker 2>of pan out. So he only played probably more minutes

732
00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:47.400
<v Speaker 2>than he has in a while. He played thirty nine today,

733
00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:50.760
<v Speaker 2>so nearly played a full half of football. So to me,

734
00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:53.559
<v Speaker 2>I think it was just a decision around the fact

735
00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:56.440
<v Speaker 2>that we're playing the Roosters. I would have picked him still, Steve.

736
00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:58.599
<v Speaker 2>I think he provides something that the rest of our

737
00:37:58.639 --> 00:38:01.199
<v Speaker 2>pack doesn't, and I hope we see him back in

738
00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:05.199
<v Speaker 2>first grade, hopefully next week, because while I felt a

739
00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:08.920
<v Speaker 2>bit sorry for Kit today, his last game in first grade,

740
00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:11.559
<v Speaker 2>he didn't really he didn't get well, he didn't really

741
00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:13.199
<v Speaker 2>get a chance, he didn't get on the field at all.

742
00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:15.679
<v Speaker 2>And then today he may have made that mistake, but

743
00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:17.920
<v Speaker 2>I think he was just overly excited and overly keen

744
00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:20.519
<v Speaker 2>to get involved because he hit that ball back hard

745
00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:22.519
<v Speaker 2>and he just tried to play the ball way too quick.

746
00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:25.239
<v Speaker 2>So I felt for him a little bit today because

747
00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:28.360
<v Speaker 2>in eleven minutes. He didn't really get the opportunity to

748
00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:29.079
<v Speaker 2>show what he can do.

749
00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:31.679
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that was such a novice mistake. That was he

750
00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:33.480
<v Speaker 1>was a young player, young player mistake.

751
00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:36.920
<v Speaker 2>So it's overly excited. Yeah, this is the word I'm

752
00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:37.320
<v Speaker 2>going to do.

753
00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:40.800
<v Speaker 1>It's a pity. Let's go to the other end of

754
00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:44.000
<v Speaker 1>the field. Let's go Obviously, no Buller, but we had

755
00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:47.239
<v Speaker 1>Charuva playing there at fullback. I thought he got better

756
00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:49.679
<v Speaker 1>in that role as the game gone on, Nick, and

757
00:38:49.760 --> 00:38:53.679
<v Speaker 1>he provided an offensive threat. He made plenty of meters

758
00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:55.639
<v Speaker 1>coming up through the middle. I'm not saying that he's

759
00:38:55.639 --> 00:38:58.360
<v Speaker 1>your full time fullback, but Jesus, he was a pretty

760
00:38:58.400 --> 00:38:59.239
<v Speaker 1>good replacement.

761
00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:02.679
<v Speaker 4>Good and I'd be picking him over Heath Mason if

762
00:39:02.719 --> 00:39:04.920
<v Speaker 4>I had the choice between the two. And I know

763
00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:08.119
<v Speaker 4>that we've got a couple more options in the outside

764
00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:11.199
<v Speaker 4>backs to consider in the coming weeks as well, so

765
00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:14.920
<v Speaker 4>we might not have a necessity to bring Heath back

766
00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:18.159
<v Speaker 4>too quickly. But yeah, I thought I thought.

767
00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:19.920
<v Speaker 2>Through of it did quite well. Yeah, he did make that.

768
00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:23.079
<v Speaker 4>I thought it was a decision or an era with

769
00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:25.639
<v Speaker 4>that decision letting that ball bounce in the goal. I

770
00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:28.039
<v Speaker 4>was thinking on the first one it popped up and thought, mate,

771
00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:30.119
<v Speaker 4>just catch it and run hard. I think he was

772
00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:31.920
<v Speaker 4>just willing it to go over the dead ball line

773
00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:36.000
<v Speaker 4>and got caught out there. But apart from nat he

774
00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:39.719
<v Speaker 4>dropped the bomb one drop yeah, which was a bit disappointing,

775
00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:42.679
<v Speaker 4>But overall I thought it was quite strong. And he

776
00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:45.400
<v Speaker 4>can ball play too, so he threw some nice passes

777
00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:47.280
<v Speaker 4>as well, and he just runs a ball back so hard,

778
00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:50.400
<v Speaker 4>so I actually didn't mind him playing fullback.

779
00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:53.840
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I have him in that fullback role until Buller returns.

780
00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:57.079
<v Speaker 2>His positioning was quite good for a guy who hasn't

781
00:39:57.079 --> 00:39:58.800
<v Speaker 2>played a lot of time there. I think the only

782
00:39:58.840 --> 00:40:02.119
<v Speaker 2>time he's played fullback before he was at an international level,

783
00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:04.840
<v Speaker 2>So I thought he did fairly well in that role

784
00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:06.880
<v Speaker 2>today for a guy playing there for the first time

785
00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:09.280
<v Speaker 2>in the NRL. What I liked about him and he's

786
00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:12.440
<v Speaker 2>a very different sort of fullback to Buller, pulls the

787
00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:15.440
<v Speaker 2>guy that chimes into your sweeping back line plays. Where

788
00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:17.920
<v Speaker 2>Taruva was playing through the middle, he was dangerous through

789
00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:20.679
<v Speaker 2>the middle. He was fishing around the forwards and looking

790
00:40:20.679 --> 00:40:23.239
<v Speaker 2>for those offloads. I think he can be a real

791
00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:27.519
<v Speaker 2>handful against the side we start to offload against then.

792
00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:30.000
<v Speaker 2>I think he can be really dangerous in that role,

793
00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:33.039
<v Speaker 2>and I thought he had a really strong game today.

794
00:40:33.079 --> 00:40:35.559
<v Speaker 2>I'm not really gonna I'm not going to pan him

795
00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:38.400
<v Speaker 2>for that first one that it pulled up like nothing else.

796
00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:43.159
<v Speaker 2>That kick was going dead for all money and it

797
00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:45.599
<v Speaker 2>took a right hand turn as Joel said earlier, and

798
00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:47.880
<v Speaker 2>just pulled up on him. I can't fault him on that,

799
00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:51.840
<v Speaker 2>and it made a mistake on the high ball. I'll

800
00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:53.599
<v Speaker 2>be getting him under the high ball this week to

801
00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:56.519
<v Speaker 2>really build his confidence. But I was very happy with

802
00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:58.800
<v Speaker 2>how he went at full back today. Gary.

803
00:40:58.880 --> 00:41:00.719
<v Speaker 4>We all know the way that Taruba plays and we

804
00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:03.719
<v Speaker 4>love the way that he plays, and Benji had seen that,

805
00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:05.880
<v Speaker 4>you know, when he was at penriff and by the

806
00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:07.840
<v Speaker 4>reason why he wanted him to come across was because

807
00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:09.559
<v Speaker 4>he's so aggressive and the way he runs the ball back.

808
00:41:10.079 --> 00:41:11.400
<v Speaker 1>But what I actually.

809
00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:14.000
<v Speaker 4>Saw on TV today when I was watching it, and

810
00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:17.119
<v Speaker 4>the huge Bennett of benefit I think from Taruba was

811
00:41:17.159 --> 00:41:19.800
<v Speaker 4>the way that he barks instructions from the middle as well,

812
00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:20.800
<v Speaker 4>Like usually he's out in the.

813
00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:22.760
<v Speaker 2>Wing or out very wide on the field.

814
00:41:22.760 --> 00:41:26.800
<v Speaker 4>But he was screaming especially some of the some of

815
00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:31.000
<v Speaker 4>the set restarts or whether it was you know, a dropout.

816
00:41:31.079 --> 00:41:33.320
<v Speaker 4>He was screaming at players on the other side of

817
00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:35.960
<v Speaker 4>the field for us, you know where if he noticed

818
00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:37.599
<v Speaker 4>we were short out the right side, he was telling

819
00:41:37.639 --> 00:41:40.800
<v Speaker 4>people to get out and close those gaps. So his

820
00:41:41.400 --> 00:41:44.400
<v Speaker 4>ability to bark instructions is huge, And I know Benji

821
00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:46.559
<v Speaker 4>touted him as a leader during the preseason as well,

822
00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:48.840
<v Speaker 4>and he really showed that in my opinion today.

823
00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:52.599
<v Speaker 3>I think I noticed today about his play was took.

824
00:41:53.079 --> 00:41:58.199
<v Speaker 3>It was taking that fifth tackle carry most most sets

825
00:41:58.320 --> 00:42:01.480
<v Speaker 3>were more coming out of trouble, and he take that

826
00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:04.599
<v Speaker 3>fifth tackle in an attempt to get a quick play

827
00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:07.679
<v Speaker 3>the ball so that we can get less pressure on

828
00:42:07.679 --> 00:42:11.000
<v Speaker 3>our kickers for a downtown and he was pretty Yeah,

829
00:42:11.119 --> 00:42:12.159
<v Speaker 3>he was pretty effective at that.

830
00:42:12.199 --> 00:42:16.400
<v Speaker 2>I thought that's actually a tactic steve if you if

831
00:42:16.440 --> 00:42:19.280
<v Speaker 2>you feel that takes that fifth tackle, it means he

832
00:42:19.320 --> 00:42:21.440
<v Speaker 2>plays the ball, you put your kick in and he

833
00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:25.000
<v Speaker 2>doesn't have to chase. So he after playing the ball,

834
00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:28.280
<v Speaker 2>he just kind of stays and everyone else chases through. So,

835
00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:30.719
<v Speaker 2>especially when you're finishing in the middle of the field,

836
00:42:31.280 --> 00:42:33.000
<v Speaker 2>if you have a look, there's a lot of sides

837
00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:36.679
<v Speaker 2>that do that when you're coming out of your own end.

838
00:42:36.719 --> 00:42:39.480
<v Speaker 2>So it's quite common, and he's a great one to

839
00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:42.239
<v Speaker 2>do it because he's such a such a hard runner

840
00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:44.800
<v Speaker 2>of the ball. And going back to Nix point about

841
00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:49.000
<v Speaker 2>him how vocal he was. Actually watched that quite quite closely.

842
00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:52.719
<v Speaker 2>I sat with Steve and Rach today and watched that

843
00:42:52.800 --> 00:42:55.119
<v Speaker 2>game and Yodi and a few others and we'll behind

844
00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:58.719
<v Speaker 2>the posts and yeah, he definitely was directing the defense

845
00:42:58.760 --> 00:43:02.039
<v Speaker 2>around something that dream Ball's got to bring more into

846
00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:04.000
<v Speaker 2>his game. But I was watching the river and he

847
00:43:04.039 --> 00:43:04.719
<v Speaker 2>did it quite well.

848
00:43:04.760 --> 00:43:07.320
<v Speaker 1>To good to see you sitting with the common people,

849
00:43:07.400 --> 00:43:09.320
<v Speaker 1>Gary for a change. It's good. And not even on

850
00:43:09.360 --> 00:43:10.639
<v Speaker 1>the side, but from behind.

851
00:43:10.719 --> 00:43:13.719
<v Speaker 2>Well, we do know who was up in the corporate

852
00:43:13.760 --> 00:43:16.880
<v Speaker 2>boxes the day, don't we No, we don't. That's where

853
00:43:16.920 --> 00:43:20.199
<v Speaker 2>any was today. He was the one hob nobbing around

854
00:43:20.280 --> 00:43:24.280
<v Speaker 2>so Eastern suburbs. And yeah he gets the invite to

855
00:43:24.320 --> 00:43:26.360
<v Speaker 2>the plush corporate boxes.

856
00:43:26.679 --> 00:43:28.079
<v Speaker 1>He knows the special handshake.

857
00:43:28.199 --> 00:43:31.119
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, just on the Eastern suburbs. It's apt time to

858
00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:33.559
<v Speaker 3>bring it up. I went to the kios where we

859
00:43:33.599 --> 00:43:35.800
<v Speaker 3>want to call it to get a.

860
00:43:35.760 --> 00:43:37.400
<v Speaker 2>Handurg, isn't it called a canteen?

861
00:43:38.840 --> 00:43:43.960
<v Speaker 3>To get a hamburger twenty one box. Now, Nick Nick,

862
00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:47.559
<v Speaker 3>we don't not not miss Nick Nick Polders, we don't

863
00:43:47.639 --> 00:43:51.280
<v Speaker 3>all live in ROAs. Twenty one bucks for a bit

864
00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:54.440
<v Speaker 3>of meat, let us and tomato. Are you kidding me?

865
00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:57.280
<v Speaker 3>They weren't even chips. It wasn't even a deal like

866
00:43:57.559 --> 00:43:59.920
<v Speaker 3>I was looking for the caveat and prawns on the side.

867
00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:04.719
<v Speaker 3>That was just the hamburger. Twenty one bucks for one hamburger.

868
00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:06.199
<v Speaker 3>You're kidding me, you.

869
00:44:06.159 --> 00:44:08.880
<v Speaker 1>See, Steve Nick. The problem is Steve's got used to

870
00:44:08.920 --> 00:44:11.400
<v Speaker 1>the woman with the other man coming around with the trade,

871
00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:13.360
<v Speaker 1>you know, saying would you like another one of these sir?

872
00:44:13.440 --> 00:44:14.440
<v Speaker 1>And it's completely free.

873
00:44:15.719 --> 00:44:17.679
<v Speaker 2>Steve. You'll have to take your lunchbox the games from now,

874
00:44:18.199 --> 00:44:20.679
<v Speaker 2>pack a sandwich, peanut but sandwich.

875
00:44:23.360 --> 00:44:25.119
<v Speaker 3>Well, I was there, boys, I was there.

876
00:44:25.440 --> 00:44:29.000
<v Speaker 1>We have to talk about a couple of not so

877
00:44:29.280 --> 00:44:31.280
<v Speaker 1>engulfed positive things.

878
00:44:32.599 --> 00:44:35.320
<v Speaker 2>He had his lunchlow, Steve. He took his lunchbox to golf.

879
00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:35.800
<v Speaker 2>That's it.

880
00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:40.880
<v Speaker 1>Jarrell Skelton coming in off his off his off his wing.

881
00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:42.400
<v Speaker 1>He got caught out a couple of times. He got

882
00:44:42.400 --> 00:44:45.119
<v Speaker 1>caught out against Manly just before halftime in that trial.

883
00:44:45.320 --> 00:44:48.840
<v Speaker 1>A few times, not in exactly the right spot that

884
00:44:48.880 --> 00:44:50.960
<v Speaker 1>I want him to be in. Gary, have you noticed

885
00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:52.440
<v Speaker 1>that with Jerrell.

886
00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:56.960
<v Speaker 2>Was defensively very poor to I thought I missed a

887
00:44:57.000 --> 00:45:00.440
<v Speaker 2>lot of tackles. Yeah, it was coming off that wing

888
00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:04.519
<v Speaker 2>way too often. And that that try, I can't remember

889
00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:06.159
<v Speaker 2>if they ended up scoring at it, but he came

890
00:45:06.199 --> 00:45:08.679
<v Speaker 2>in when he didn't need to, like there was defenders there.

891
00:45:08.679 --> 00:45:11.400
<v Speaker 2>He rushed up and ended up in front of his center.

892
00:45:12.039 --> 00:45:17.039
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, I thought that left hand defense really struggled today.

893
00:45:17.079 --> 00:45:19.199
<v Speaker 2>And I know I'm not going to try and pronounce

894
00:45:19.239 --> 00:45:22.000
<v Speaker 2>that the roster Sentner's name because I can never pronounce it.

895
00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:25.480
<v Speaker 2>But Mark, he caused us a lot of a lot

896
00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:28.800
<v Speaker 2>of problems, and I thought, not just all out on

897
00:45:28.840 --> 00:45:32.360
<v Speaker 2>that on that left hand edge struggled with him. But

898
00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:34.639
<v Speaker 2>I thought Luke got caught out a number of times

899
00:45:34.679 --> 00:45:37.400
<v Speaker 2>today as well. That first try he scored was because

900
00:45:37.480 --> 00:45:41.840
<v Speaker 2>Luke missed an really ordinary attempt to tackle.

901
00:45:41.920 --> 00:45:47.559
<v Speaker 3>Well, he ran he ran around easily for another try.

902
00:45:47.320 --> 00:45:50.480
<v Speaker 5>Like like skeleton scolt was pull But but now Lily,

903
00:45:51.320 --> 00:45:55.280
<v Speaker 5>Lily did some good things today and wasn't it wasn't disgraced,

904
00:45:55.280 --> 00:45:58.440
<v Speaker 5>but he was given a bath defensively.

905
00:45:58.000 --> 00:46:01.719
<v Speaker 2>He's not quite ready. See he might be nineteen, so

906
00:46:02.119 --> 00:46:04.280
<v Speaker 2>we're just about to turn nineteen. So he's around that

907
00:46:04.360 --> 00:46:08.039
<v Speaker 2>nineteen year old mark and he's not quite ready. And

908
00:46:08.039 --> 00:46:09.920
<v Speaker 2>and I think he's got away with it playing on

909
00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:10.280
<v Speaker 2>the wing.

910
00:46:10.800 --> 00:46:12.159
<v Speaker 3>He got exposed.

911
00:46:12.599 --> 00:46:15.440
<v Speaker 2>He moved to the States was a stretch too far

912
00:46:15.519 --> 00:46:18.760
<v Speaker 2>for him. So I think we'll see a change there.

913
00:46:19.079 --> 00:46:20.639
<v Speaker 2>We'll see a change there next week because I think

914
00:46:20.679 --> 00:46:23.920
<v Speaker 2>Adam Dewey will go back to that position. But Luke

915
00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:26.559
<v Speaker 2>has a bright future and hopefully at our club. But

916
00:46:26.599 --> 00:46:29.360
<v Speaker 2>he got caught out a couple of times today along

917
00:46:29.400 --> 00:46:31.400
<v Speaker 2>with his wing partner and Dre.

918
00:46:33.679 --> 00:46:36.280
<v Speaker 1>Look at a big challenge, putting him up against the

919
00:46:36.320 --> 00:46:38.400
<v Speaker 1>guy that's got plenty of striker who's in good form.

920
00:46:38.519 --> 00:46:42.000
<v Speaker 1>So it was maybe what's his name? Job Mark has

921
00:46:42.039 --> 00:46:42.960
<v Speaker 1>the seam a Pedalon.

922
00:46:43.039 --> 00:46:48.079
<v Speaker 4>I think it is Noah Pedlong.

923
00:46:49.199 --> 00:46:51.559
<v Speaker 1>I'm stealing a Pooh's last name from the Simpsons.

924
00:46:53.639 --> 00:46:57.199
<v Speaker 2>We went forty three different pronunciations.

925
00:46:57.800 --> 00:47:02.440
<v Speaker 1>The rooster center called Mark someone Mark. We went forty

926
00:47:02.480 --> 00:47:05.000
<v Speaker 1>five minutes. We didn't mention Adam do he And I

927
00:47:05.039 --> 00:47:09.920
<v Speaker 1>thought he played pretty done well. I mean he did

928
00:47:09.960 --> 00:47:12.480
<v Speaker 1>everything that was required, and I thought I thought he

929
00:47:12.519 --> 00:47:16.719
<v Speaker 1>played well there's some rumors that he's going to the Dragon,

930
00:47:16.800 --> 00:47:17.639
<v Speaker 1>So I don't see where.

931
00:47:17.800 --> 00:47:18.119
<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

932
00:47:18.159 --> 00:47:20.119
<v Speaker 1>It's a hard one. I don't know his position, and

933
00:47:20.159 --> 00:47:21.760
<v Speaker 1>I don't know where he fits, and he wants to

934
00:47:21.760 --> 00:47:23.960
<v Speaker 1>play in the halves. I don't know how this is

935
00:47:24.000 --> 00:47:27.559
<v Speaker 1>going to play out. Gary. It doesn't look like he's

936
00:47:27.599 --> 00:47:28.800
<v Speaker 1>in our plans for next year.

937
00:47:29.719 --> 00:47:31.679
<v Speaker 2>Look, I don't think he's in our plans for next year,

938
00:47:31.719 --> 00:47:34.599
<v Speaker 2>and I can understand that, especially now he's signed with

939
00:47:34.840 --> 00:47:37.920
<v Speaker 2>Isaac Moses. That makes him even less than our plan.

940
00:47:38.079 --> 00:47:41.039
<v Speaker 2>Richo would have been delighted with it. Oh so happy

941
00:47:41.840 --> 00:47:45.920
<v Speaker 2>for me. Next season. He spot on our side is

942
00:47:46.719 --> 00:47:50.519
<v Speaker 2>backup halves, and I don't really think that's a position

943
00:47:50.599 --> 00:47:53.480
<v Speaker 2>he's going to be willing to take. I think the

944
00:47:53.599 --> 00:47:57.039
<v Speaker 2>up I think Taylor May is going to get a

945
00:47:57.039 --> 00:47:59.920
<v Speaker 2>shot very soon in the centers. I think Macasine's going

946
00:47:59.920 --> 00:48:02.519
<v Speaker 2>to get a shot very soon in the centers. And

947
00:48:03.239 --> 00:48:05.400
<v Speaker 2>where that leaves out and do He's a really difficult

948
00:48:05.440 --> 00:48:08.119
<v Speaker 2>one because I don't I thought he had a really

949
00:48:08.119 --> 00:48:13.159
<v Speaker 2>strong game today. I thought he's kicking game was excellent today,

950
00:48:13.400 --> 00:48:16.039
<v Speaker 2>and there was, but there were still a couple of

951
00:48:16.119 --> 00:48:18.599
<v Speaker 2>situations that he had a three on two down the

952
00:48:18.639 --> 00:48:21.119
<v Speaker 2>right hand side where he threw the ball straight into touch.

953
00:48:21.519 --> 00:48:24.519
<v Speaker 2>He's got to nail that one. If he hits Charlie

954
00:48:24.559 --> 00:48:27.800
<v Speaker 2>Stains on that play, Charlie Stains is away down the wind.

955
00:48:27.880 --> 00:48:30.559
<v Speaker 2>So it's a couple of those little execution things that

956
00:48:30.679 --> 00:48:33.280
<v Speaker 2>let him down today. But through a really nice ball

957
00:48:33.360 --> 00:48:37.119
<v Speaker 2>for the Sam Feynu try and was very busy and

958
00:48:37.440 --> 00:48:40.559
<v Speaker 2>I think took a lot of pressure of Latzu Feu today.

959
00:48:41.119 --> 00:48:43.679
<v Speaker 2>He took on a lot of the directing the side

960
00:48:43.719 --> 00:48:46.119
<v Speaker 2>around the park role and I thought he did a

961
00:48:46.159 --> 00:48:50.159
<v Speaker 2>really good job today. But moving forward, I think for

962
00:48:50.320 --> 00:48:53.760
<v Speaker 2>his career it's probably better at another club. I don't

963
00:48:53.800 --> 00:48:57.119
<v Speaker 2>think he's quite got the spot in our side, but

964
00:48:57.440 --> 00:48:59.000
<v Speaker 2>I think he'll pick up a contract somewhere.

965
00:48:59.519 --> 00:49:04.519
<v Speaker 1>He will sure one hundred percent. Will the centers. I mean,

966
00:49:04.719 --> 00:49:07.119
<v Speaker 1>Stafford Tower looked like he was ready to be taken

967
00:49:07.159 --> 00:49:08.000
<v Speaker 1>off in an ambulance.

968
00:49:09.519 --> 00:49:11.800
<v Speaker 2>I'm really worried about that. Yeah, I worried about I mean,

969
00:49:11.880 --> 00:49:12.840
<v Speaker 2>I think he's on shoulder.

970
00:49:13.000 --> 00:49:15.920
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think so definitely, which is going to open

971
00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:20.239
<v Speaker 1>up a lot of discussion about centers. Interesting conundrum is

972
00:49:20.280 --> 00:49:25.000
<v Speaker 1>that you've got a guy that's come back from eighteen

973
00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:26.760
<v Speaker 1>months out of the game or two years out of

974
00:49:26.760 --> 00:49:28.760
<v Speaker 1>the game. He's played one New South Wales Cup game.

975
00:49:28.840 --> 00:49:31.360
<v Speaker 1>You've got half a game half a game. Yeah, you've

976
00:49:31.400 --> 00:49:34.920
<v Speaker 1>got a rookie that you know potentially is sort of

977
00:49:34.920 --> 00:49:39.519
<v Speaker 1>getting closer to maybe making a debut. I don't know, Nick,

978
00:49:40.079 --> 00:49:42.000
<v Speaker 1>who are you picking in the centers this week without

979
00:49:42.039 --> 00:49:45.199
<v Speaker 1>Stafford Tower being available? I mean, do we I suppose

980
00:49:45.440 --> 00:49:48.880
<v Speaker 1>if you've got Leui back, you've got Dewey there, but

981
00:49:49.239 --> 00:49:50.480
<v Speaker 1>who are you going for the other spot?

982
00:49:51.920 --> 00:49:52.840
<v Speaker 2>May without a doubt.

983
00:49:52.880 --> 00:49:55.960
<v Speaker 4>I know he's only played half a game of Cup yesterday,

984
00:49:56.559 --> 00:49:58.559
<v Speaker 4>but a couple of weeks ago he was asked in

985
00:49:58.679 --> 00:50:00.519
<v Speaker 4>an interview if he was ready to go if he

986
00:50:00.559 --> 00:50:02.639
<v Speaker 4>were to be picked to play, and he said one

987
00:50:02.679 --> 00:50:05.440
<v Speaker 4>hundred percent, I'm ready to go. So if he's anything

988
00:50:05.519 --> 00:50:08.400
<v Speaker 4>like Terrell, I've got no doubt. And I know match

989
00:50:08.440 --> 00:50:10.760
<v Speaker 4>fitness is different to general fitness, but I've got no doubt.

990
00:50:10.800 --> 00:50:14.280
<v Speaker 4>If he's backing himself to play NRL, I would be

991
00:50:14.320 --> 00:50:18.199
<v Speaker 4>picking him with someone that can cover him on the bench,

992
00:50:18.320 --> 00:50:23.239
<v Speaker 4>so I'd be putting tailoring. And also, interestingly, Macassini, I've

993
00:50:23.280 --> 00:50:25.760
<v Speaker 4>just had a quick look turns eighteen three weeks from today,

994
00:50:25.800 --> 00:50:28.519
<v Speaker 4>on the twenty seventh of July, so he's not far

995
00:50:28.599 --> 00:50:29.079
<v Speaker 4>away either.

996
00:50:30.000 --> 00:50:33.079
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he can pretty much play next month. So at

997
00:50:33.079 --> 00:50:38.519
<v Speaker 2>the start of next month, he's old enough to play Taylor.

998
00:50:38.719 --> 00:50:43.920
<v Speaker 2>May I think him missing the game not last weekend.

999
00:50:44.320 --> 00:50:47.960
<v Speaker 2>He was pulled out late in the Magwise game with

1000
00:50:48.239 --> 00:50:52.079
<v Speaker 2>hamstring tightness. That worries me, and he's only played half

1001
00:50:52.119 --> 00:50:56.079
<v Speaker 2>a game yesterday. I would be worried to pick him

1002
00:50:56.239 --> 00:50:59.679
<v Speaker 2>because I'm not quite sure he's ready just yet. But

1003
00:51:00.400 --> 00:51:03.840
<v Speaker 2>really tough next weekend, Like you were going, we're going

1004
00:51:03.880 --> 00:51:05.639
<v Speaker 2>to pick Luke again, and I thought he was found

1005
00:51:05.639 --> 00:51:09.119
<v Speaker 2>out today because I'm going to assume from what I

1006
00:51:09.159 --> 00:51:11.639
<v Speaker 2>saw today that Stafford won't be playing next weekend. Now

1007
00:51:11.679 --> 00:51:13.960
<v Speaker 2>I've heard nothing from it, but from what I saw

1008
00:51:14.000 --> 00:51:17.599
<v Speaker 2>on the field that last fifteen minutes, he was a

1009
00:51:17.639 --> 00:51:22.320
<v Speaker 2>passenger out there, and I'm really surprised that the Roosters

1010
00:51:22.360 --> 00:51:24.320
<v Speaker 2>didn't go at him a little bit more because he

1011
00:51:24.519 --> 00:51:28.039
<v Speaker 2>was really struggling out on that right edge. So I'm

1012
00:51:28.159 --> 00:51:30.079
<v Speaker 2>very concerned about what we're going to do for that

1013
00:51:30.119 --> 00:51:32.880
<v Speaker 2>center spot next week. I wouldn't be surprised if we

1014
00:51:33.000 --> 00:51:35.159
<v Speaker 2>end up with a guy like Jack Bird playing out

1015
00:51:35.199 --> 00:51:38.079
<v Speaker 2>in the center's next week, because I don't think Tailor

1016
00:51:38.239 --> 00:51:40.880
<v Speaker 2>may on one half of football after being pulled out

1017
00:51:40.880 --> 00:51:43.760
<v Speaker 2>the week before of hamshring tightness is quite ready.

1018
00:51:46.039 --> 00:51:49.159
<v Speaker 1>I'm really glad and it does. The whole paradigm of

1019
00:51:49.280 --> 00:51:51.800
<v Speaker 1>the whole feeling of the club changes when your lower

1020
00:51:51.800 --> 00:51:53.559
<v Speaker 1>grades are doing well. And it's so good to see

1021
00:51:53.559 --> 00:51:56.239
<v Speaker 1>the new South Wales Cup team being more than competitive

1022
00:51:56.280 --> 00:52:01.039
<v Speaker 1>winning games. But I'm thinking Isaac to two, who becomes

1023
00:52:01.400 --> 00:52:05.000
<v Speaker 1>part of the discussion this week, given he's played third

1024
00:52:05.239 --> 00:52:08.719
<v Speaker 1>or fourteen first grade games before, has been in really

1025
00:52:08.719 --> 00:52:13.119
<v Speaker 1>hot form, can play Santa or Wing. I wouldn't be surprised,

1026
00:52:13.159 --> 00:52:16.840
<v Speaker 1>but you know, I wouldn't be surprised. Also, if Taylor

1027
00:52:16.920 --> 00:52:20.400
<v Speaker 1>may is selected, it's gonna be an interesting lineup on Tuesday.

1028
00:52:20.760 --> 00:52:22.519
<v Speaker 1>And it's against the Titans too, so this is the

1029
00:52:22.599 --> 00:52:24.400
<v Speaker 1>kind of game where you might want to give somebody

1030
00:52:24.440 --> 00:52:27.519
<v Speaker 1>a run. It's not to say we're taking the Titans lightly,

1031
00:52:27.639 --> 00:52:30.199
<v Speaker 1>because they always play like the Melbourne Storm against us,

1032
00:52:30.199 --> 00:52:32.920
<v Speaker 1>it seems, but I think that'd be the kind of

1033
00:52:32.960 --> 00:52:36.000
<v Speaker 1>game where you may throw a couple of guys in

1034
00:52:36.039 --> 00:52:41.159
<v Speaker 1>and say, you know, show us what you got. Warriors

1035
00:52:42.960 --> 00:52:44.440
<v Speaker 1>getting in front of me and myself.

1036
00:52:44.480 --> 00:52:46.320
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I thought it was thought it was the Warriors.

1037
00:52:46.760 --> 00:52:49.239
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well that's a different kettle of fish.

1038
00:52:49.880 --> 00:52:52.719
<v Speaker 2>That is a different kettle of fish. Isaac, I think,

1039
00:52:53.000 --> 00:52:56.239
<v Speaker 2>is more more suited to the wing, has really good

1040
00:52:56.239 --> 00:52:58.000
<v Speaker 2>gardage coming out of his own end, is a very

1041
00:52:58.000 --> 00:53:00.960
<v Speaker 2>good finisher. He is having a very good in New

1042
00:53:01.000 --> 00:53:04.199
<v Speaker 2>South Walest Cup season. Eleven or twelve tries in about

1043
00:53:04.199 --> 00:53:07.960
<v Speaker 2>eleven games, so it's been really strong. I think there's

1044
00:53:08.000 --> 00:53:09.800
<v Speaker 2>a couple ahead of him for that wing spot, but

1045
00:53:09.840 --> 00:53:12.800
<v Speaker 2>if we move someone into that center spot, I think

1046
00:53:12.800 --> 00:53:16.320
<v Speaker 2>he does come right into calculations. Then. I really thought

1047
00:53:16.400 --> 00:53:19.599
<v Speaker 2>Charlie Stains was really good today as well. So we're

1048
00:53:19.719 --> 00:53:23.239
<v Speaker 2>quite blessed with that wing spot at the moment. And

1049
00:53:23.840 --> 00:53:28.280
<v Speaker 2>if Darrell's kind of defensive issues continue that there may

1050
00:53:28.280 --> 00:53:30.360
<v Speaker 2>be a spot come up on that that edge for him.

1051
00:53:30.360 --> 00:53:32.119
<v Speaker 2>So it'll be interesting to see what happens over the

1052
00:53:32.159 --> 00:53:35.519
<v Speaker 2>next next month, especially once Bull's back and Taruvea moves

1053
00:53:35.559 --> 00:53:36.719
<v Speaker 2>back to the wing.

1054
00:53:37.239 --> 00:53:40.199
<v Speaker 3>I think I think they've got to work on their

1055
00:53:41.280 --> 00:53:44.280
<v Speaker 3>their teamwork out managed. I don't think you can just

1056
00:53:44.440 --> 00:53:47.480
<v Speaker 3>isolate it as a Skelton Bob might like what Skelton

1057
00:53:47.480 --> 00:53:51.599
<v Speaker 3>gives us in attack. There's no way if he's available,

1058
00:53:52.159 --> 00:53:56.840
<v Speaker 3>in my opinion, that you go into a games every

1059
00:53:56.880 --> 00:54:01.880
<v Speaker 3>week without him. Yeah, he's too damaging, especially next week

1060
00:54:01.920 --> 00:54:02.880
<v Speaker 3>against the Warriors.

1061
00:54:04.480 --> 00:54:04.960
<v Speaker 2>So I don't know.

1062
00:54:05.000 --> 00:54:07.599
<v Speaker 3>I don't know what happens. Like I'm hoping, like hope

1063
00:54:07.639 --> 00:54:10.400
<v Speaker 3>that Tower is okay, and I'm hoping like hope that

1064
00:54:10.480 --> 00:54:11.840
<v Speaker 3>Lua gets through Wednesday night.

1065
00:54:11.920 --> 00:54:12.079
<v Speaker 2>Right.

1066
00:54:12.119 --> 00:54:14.800
<v Speaker 3>Otherwise we are in strife in the Senate because if

1067
00:54:15.079 --> 00:54:18.480
<v Speaker 3>louis okay, we do good doing into a center position.

1068
00:54:18.639 --> 00:54:21.679
<v Speaker 3>If Toe is fine, then we're sweet. But if not,

1069
00:54:21.760 --> 00:54:23.880
<v Speaker 3>we we do have a gap there. I don't think

1070
00:54:24.239 --> 00:54:28.519
<v Speaker 3>we can go with Leli again, I really don't. I

1071
00:54:28.519 --> 00:54:31.239
<v Speaker 3>would be looking at putting someone on the wing and

1072
00:54:31.280 --> 00:54:35.719
<v Speaker 3>perhaps giving giving Stains, giving Staines a center spot that

1073
00:54:35.840 --> 00:54:40.239
<v Speaker 3>might work really poor. That's true. The other option is

1074
00:54:40.280 --> 00:54:44.840
<v Speaker 3>what was mentioned in Jack Bird. I suppose Nayden is

1075
00:54:44.880 --> 00:54:48.000
<v Speaker 3>the other is the other option from.

1076
00:54:48.440 --> 00:54:49.960
<v Speaker 2>Good yesterday again.

1077
00:54:51.840 --> 00:54:56.119
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, right, So I don't know. But yeah, there's no way.

1078
00:54:56.400 --> 00:55:00.519
<v Speaker 3>There's no way. Skeletons even in a conversation not playing

1079
00:55:00.519 --> 00:55:01.840
<v Speaker 3>first game well.

1080
00:55:01.679 --> 00:55:04.000
<v Speaker 2>And it's really interesting we're talking about the defense on

1081
00:55:04.039 --> 00:55:07.119
<v Speaker 2>that on that left hand edge, Steve and that left

1082
00:55:07.159 --> 00:55:10.000
<v Speaker 2>hand edge has been quite good defensively when Adam Duley's

1083
00:55:10.000 --> 00:55:14.159
<v Speaker 2>been playing out on that edge. So today, to me,

1084
00:55:14.280 --> 00:55:17.199
<v Speaker 2>it is that combination of Luke Andrell just didn't work

1085
00:55:17.320 --> 00:55:20.760
<v Speaker 2>very well together because I think defensively that left edge

1086
00:55:20.840 --> 00:55:24.559
<v Speaker 2>is probably, in my opinion, being our best defensively edge

1087
00:55:24.599 --> 00:55:28.840
<v Speaker 2>this season. So I'm willing to give Skeleton a little

1088
00:55:28.840 --> 00:55:31.199
<v Speaker 2>bit more time. I wouldn't be dropping him at this point.

1089
00:55:32.360 --> 00:55:34.039
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, I think you're exactly right with that.

1090
00:55:34.079 --> 00:55:37.639
<v Speaker 1>Steve Benchi said in the press conference. We played well

1091
00:55:37.679 --> 00:55:42.679
<v Speaker 1>for forty minutes. He's looking for consistency. So where would

1092
00:55:42.760 --> 00:55:45.960
<v Speaker 1>we put the West Tiger's performance today on the Richo

1093
00:55:46.079 --> 00:55:49.320
<v Speaker 1>Meter terrible, poor, average, good or.

1094
00:55:49.239 --> 00:55:55.639
<v Speaker 3>Great age average average? Yeah, we did we want we want,

1095
00:55:55.639 --> 00:56:00.400
<v Speaker 3>went in there, we're in They're terribly understaffed, and we

1096
00:56:00.440 --> 00:56:02.119
<v Speaker 3>came away with the two points. We did what we

1097
00:56:02.159 --> 00:56:03.920
<v Speaker 3>had to do to win. And you know, I was

1098
00:56:03.960 --> 00:56:08.079
<v Speaker 3>watching the Storm yesterday and even when they were behind

1099
00:56:08.119 --> 00:56:10.400
<v Speaker 3>with about twenty to go, they'll score when they need

1100
00:56:10.400 --> 00:56:12.199
<v Speaker 3>to score, then they'll just kick deep and they'll win

1101
00:56:12.239 --> 00:56:14.920
<v Speaker 3>the game. They just win, They win the moments and

1102
00:56:14.960 --> 00:56:17.280
<v Speaker 3>they win the game. Right, we did what we had

1103
00:56:17.320 --> 00:56:19.599
<v Speaker 3>to do to win, So that from that you get

1104
00:56:19.599 --> 00:56:25.760
<v Speaker 3>a huge stick. But the glaring concern for the team

1105
00:56:26.280 --> 00:56:31.199
<v Speaker 3>is still the inability to play consistent football across the

1106
00:56:31.280 --> 00:56:34.639
<v Speaker 3>eighty minutes and to drop off like that. I do

1107
00:56:34.679 --> 00:56:38.239
<v Speaker 3>feel sorry for him. That era, that era by Lily

1108
00:56:38.360 --> 00:56:42.440
<v Speaker 3>kick Lily. That was Yeah, that was a huge momentum

1109
00:56:42.519 --> 00:56:45.199
<v Speaker 3>shift because we were coming off a try and you

1110
00:56:45.239 --> 00:56:47.800
<v Speaker 3>know that we were at twenty nil and we could

1111
00:56:47.800 --> 00:56:51.039
<v Speaker 3>have easily gone downfield I reckon and put another one

1112
00:56:51.039 --> 00:56:53.440
<v Speaker 3>on before half time because we're rolling through them, so

1113
00:56:53.679 --> 00:56:56.920
<v Speaker 3>is in that changed the whole momentum of the game

1114
00:56:56.920 --> 00:57:00.320
<v Speaker 3>from that moment. From that moment, we lost our way.

1115
00:57:00.880 --> 00:57:05.760
<v Speaker 3>We seemed to we seem to even protect our lead.

1116
00:57:06.159 --> 00:57:09.800
<v Speaker 3>From that moment, we weren't playing with the same freedom

1117
00:57:10.079 --> 00:57:13.400
<v Speaker 3>that we'd played the first thirty odd minutes for the

1118
00:57:13.440 --> 00:57:15.440
<v Speaker 3>rest of for the rest of the game. Now, mate,

1119
00:57:15.440 --> 00:57:17.519
<v Speaker 3>we won the game. We did what we had to do.

1120
00:57:17.639 --> 00:57:20.119
<v Speaker 3>We won the game. But yeah, like, as far as

1121
00:57:20.119 --> 00:57:22.760
<v Speaker 3>the whole performance goes, it was average.

1122
00:57:23.280 --> 00:57:25.639
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm willing to give us above average for that,

1123
00:57:26.039 --> 00:57:29.519
<v Speaker 2>Like I'm that first half of football, well, the first

1124
00:57:29.559 --> 00:57:32.239
<v Speaker 2>thirty minutes of football was close to the best football

1125
00:57:32.239 --> 00:57:35.679
<v Speaker 2>we played all year with an understrength side. Now at

1126
00:57:35.719 --> 00:57:39.000
<v Speaker 2>some point the risk is there's some real stars and

1127
00:57:39.079 --> 00:57:42.920
<v Speaker 2>that Rooster side, like Tedesco's still there, There's still got

1128
00:57:42.960 --> 00:57:45.400
<v Speaker 2>two poop on the wing like that's still a decent

1129
00:57:45.480 --> 00:57:48.119
<v Speaker 2>especially out in the backs, that's still a decent side.

1130
00:57:48.159 --> 00:57:50.559
<v Speaker 2>And I thought at some point they are always going

1131
00:57:50.599 --> 00:57:53.559
<v Speaker 2>to come looking to get us. And they were really

1132
00:57:53.559 --> 00:57:54.920
<v Speaker 2>coming over the top of us at the back end

1133
00:57:54.920 --> 00:57:56.559
<v Speaker 2>of the game. And it's the first time I've seen

1134
00:57:56.559 --> 00:57:59.159
<v Speaker 2>a side come over the top of us and our

1135
00:57:59.239 --> 00:58:01.639
<v Speaker 2>players look out on their feet, and once we got

1136
00:58:01.679 --> 00:58:04.159
<v Speaker 2>to that point, we could no longer control the ruck.

1137
00:58:04.639 --> 00:58:06.920
<v Speaker 2>Once the russ started winning the ruck, which they did

1138
00:58:07.519 --> 00:58:11.000
<v Speaker 2>in that second half, they were going through us and

1139
00:58:11.119 --> 00:58:15.679
<v Speaker 2>our defensive I know we led him twenty eight points today,

1140
00:58:16.679 --> 00:58:20.440
<v Speaker 2>but our defensive commitment and our defensive heart today I

1141
00:58:20.480 --> 00:58:24.119
<v Speaker 2>thought was really strong to keep us in a position

1142
00:58:24.559 --> 00:58:27.119
<v Speaker 2>we're apart from the Rooster's scoring two quick tries. At

1143
00:58:27.119 --> 00:58:32.199
<v Speaker 2>the end, we were the better side today, buy a

1144
00:58:32.199 --> 00:58:36.360
<v Speaker 2>lot more than two points, and I was very happy

1145
00:58:36.360 --> 00:58:38.159
<v Speaker 2>with how we hung on to that game. At the end,

1146
00:58:38.199 --> 00:58:39.800
<v Speaker 2>I thought they'll coming to get us.

1147
00:58:40.440 --> 00:58:45.480
<v Speaker 4>Just mentioning defensive commitment, Gary excuse me that. The effort

1148
00:58:45.519 --> 00:58:47.360
<v Speaker 4>for me that I'll take you out of that game

1149
00:58:47.480 --> 00:58:51.559
<v Speaker 4>today was Latu Phone, Who's hit on Tom Robell out

1150
00:58:51.599 --> 00:58:52.760
<v Speaker 4>wide where it looked like.

1151
00:58:52.719 --> 00:58:53.960
<v Speaker 2>He was going to score on the corner.

1152
00:58:54.239 --> 00:58:56.360
<v Speaker 4>There were about four of our defenders that came from

1153
00:58:56.360 --> 00:58:58.679
<v Speaker 4>nowhere to hit him, but Latio hit him underneath with

1154
00:58:59.159 --> 00:59:01.880
<v Speaker 4>his shoulder and drove him over the sideline, and that

1155
00:59:01.960 --> 00:59:04.679
<v Speaker 4>effort was huge. I think he might have hurt himself.

1156
00:59:04.719 --> 00:59:06.360
<v Speaker 4>I know it's starting to kind of stayed down for

1157
00:59:06.400 --> 00:59:10.559
<v Speaker 4>a bit and not a bit worried about that, but completely fine.

1158
00:59:11.559 --> 00:59:13.519
<v Speaker 2>I think he's one of the best defensive halves in

1159
00:59:13.559 --> 00:59:17.039
<v Speaker 2>the game. He hits really well hard front on. He

1160
00:59:17.079 --> 00:59:19.960
<v Speaker 2>can hit a forward front on that cover defense, and

1161
00:59:20.000 --> 00:59:24.559
<v Speaker 2>that commitment in defense was fantastic. He's going to be

1162
00:59:24.679 --> 00:59:28.039
<v Speaker 2>a fantastic defensive We always spoke about how good of

1163
00:59:28.400 --> 00:59:30.280
<v Speaker 2>a defender Luke Brooks was.

1164
00:59:30.599 --> 00:59:34.480
<v Speaker 1>Well, I thought you're going to say Lincoln Withers. He

1165
00:59:34.519 --> 00:59:35.559
<v Speaker 1>was a good defender.

1166
00:59:35.559 --> 00:59:38.360
<v Speaker 2>Brooks, But I think last is going to have a

1167
00:59:38.480 --> 00:59:40.239
<v Speaker 2>very good career defensively as well.

1168
00:59:41.159 --> 00:59:46.719
<v Speaker 3>Something we haven't mentioned about that second half, the russ

1169
00:59:46.360 --> 00:59:50.280
<v Speaker 3>has played it almost perfect. Twenty five to thirty minutes

1170
00:59:50.320 --> 00:59:53.760
<v Speaker 3>they had that. I think we got a pedalty goal

1171
00:59:53.920 --> 00:59:58.239
<v Speaker 3>early did early of them, and then then they started

1172
00:59:58.280 --> 01:00:00.519
<v Speaker 3>to come back, but they didn't make it. They didn't

1173
01:00:00.559 --> 01:00:04.079
<v Speaker 3>give away a penalty, they didn't give away a rock

1174
01:00:04.119 --> 01:00:07.400
<v Speaker 3>infringement any for about twenty five to thirty minutes, and

1175
01:00:07.440 --> 01:00:10.519
<v Speaker 3>we had to slog it out set for set for set,

1176
01:00:10.760 --> 01:00:13.840
<v Speaker 3>and we had to get out of our our ten

1177
01:00:13.920 --> 01:00:17.280
<v Speaker 3>media and get up for all the hard way every set,

1178
01:00:17.559 --> 01:00:19.760
<v Speaker 3>and that that's what sucked the gas out of us.

1179
01:00:19.800 --> 01:00:22.559
<v Speaker 3>That's why in that that's why we looked out in

1180
01:00:22.599 --> 01:00:25.199
<v Speaker 3>our feet towards the end, and we really did look

1181
01:00:25.199 --> 01:00:29.679
<v Speaker 3>out our feet. So even though their stars were out,

1182
01:00:30.239 --> 01:00:33.519
<v Speaker 3>you know, and a few injuries and sat of origin,

1183
01:00:34.599 --> 01:00:37.920
<v Speaker 3>they played a very disciplined second half of football.

1184
01:00:38.679 --> 01:00:41.440
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think that first penalty goals they came in

1185
01:00:41.480 --> 01:00:45.440
<v Speaker 2>the first half, so I think that was before halftime.

1186
01:00:45.079 --> 01:00:46.800
<v Speaker 3>Right, the back of the first half, wasn't.

1187
01:00:47.119 --> 01:00:50.639
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think so. So that that just emphasizes your

1188
01:00:50.639 --> 01:00:55.559
<v Speaker 2>point even more about how disciplined they were. And once again,

1189
01:00:55.719 --> 01:00:58.079
<v Speaker 2>there were periods in that second half where our discipline

1190
01:00:58.119 --> 01:01:00.239
<v Speaker 2>really let us down. A couple of times we gave

1191
01:01:00.239 --> 01:01:02.880
<v Speaker 2>away six agains on the four, third and fourth tackles,

1192
01:01:02.880 --> 01:01:05.920
<v Speaker 2>a penalty at one point on the fourth tackle. They're

1193
01:01:05.960 --> 01:01:09.440
<v Speaker 2>the little areas that we've got to start getting right.

1194
01:01:09.920 --> 01:01:13.840
<v Speaker 2>That's that attention to detail, that's that striving for excellence

1195
01:01:14.239 --> 01:01:17.480
<v Speaker 2>that we tend to let ourselves down and it lets

1196
01:01:17.519 --> 01:01:22.239
<v Speaker 2>teams back into the game. So again, during that kind

1197
01:01:22.320 --> 01:01:25.039
<v Speaker 2>of period where the ruses were coming at us, our

1198
01:01:25.079 --> 01:01:27.599
<v Speaker 2>discipline let us down a number of times. But you

1199
01:01:27.639 --> 01:01:30.599
<v Speaker 2>know what, it's hard to say that that happens when

1200
01:01:30.639 --> 01:01:32.679
<v Speaker 2>you're not winning that ruck like we weren't in that

1201
01:01:32.760 --> 01:01:33.320
<v Speaker 2>second half.

1202
01:01:34.639 --> 01:01:37.360
<v Speaker 1>Their good points guys. I think another way of looking

1203
01:01:37.360 --> 01:01:39.719
<v Speaker 1>at the ritometer is how many wins a team gets

1204
01:01:39.719 --> 01:01:42.119
<v Speaker 1>in a year. So I'd say a terrible team gets

1205
01:01:42.199 --> 01:01:45.519
<v Speaker 1>four wins, a poor team gets somewhere around six to

1206
01:01:45.559 --> 01:01:49.199
<v Speaker 1>eight wins, an average team gets around ten to twelve wins.

1207
01:01:51.280 --> 01:01:55.920
<v Speaker 1>We're at six wins now, we've matched last year. Are

1208
01:01:55.920 --> 01:01:58.159
<v Speaker 1>we going to avoid another losing streak? I mean, it's

1209
01:01:58.159 --> 01:02:02.320
<v Speaker 1>hard to tell. Without the the three attacking threats, it's

1210
01:02:02.360 --> 01:02:05.440
<v Speaker 1>hard to know exactly how this is going to play out.

1211
01:02:05.440 --> 01:02:09.920
<v Speaker 1>But if we win half of our games to finish

1212
01:02:09.920 --> 01:02:11.440
<v Speaker 1>off the year, I think that we'd be in a

1213
01:02:11.440 --> 01:02:12.480
<v Speaker 1>pretty good spot Stove.

1214
01:02:13.320 --> 01:02:16.880
<v Speaker 3>Well, this is this is the big the big goal

1215
01:02:16.920 --> 01:02:19.119
<v Speaker 3>for the rest of the year, you know. And I'm

1216
01:02:19.159 --> 01:02:22.559
<v Speaker 3>sure the team haven't put the bottom of the top

1217
01:02:22.599 --> 01:02:24.960
<v Speaker 3>eight out of their minds as a goal. I'm sure

1218
01:02:25.000 --> 01:02:27.159
<v Speaker 3>it's still there's something they'd like to achieve. I think

1219
01:02:27.199 --> 01:02:30.320
<v Speaker 3>I think it's almost fanciful that we're going to get

1220
01:02:30.320 --> 01:02:34.559
<v Speaker 3>there now. But the goal really is to play some

1221
01:02:34.639 --> 01:02:37.840
<v Speaker 3>consistent footing. And Benji again mentioned this in the press

1222
01:02:37.880 --> 01:02:40.760
<v Speaker 3>conference today, Like they said, are you happy? He said no,

1223
01:02:41.159 --> 01:02:42.880
<v Speaker 3>he said, because I need to see it next week.

1224
01:02:43.559 --> 01:02:44.840
<v Speaker 3>I need to see I needed to see it in

1225
01:02:44.880 --> 01:02:47.239
<v Speaker 3>the second half and at least it needs to come

1226
01:02:47.239 --> 01:02:52.679
<v Speaker 3>out again next week. The Warriors are depleted, they've lost

1227
01:02:52.719 --> 01:02:53.280
<v Speaker 3>their half.

1228
01:02:53.119 --> 01:02:55.920
<v Speaker 2>They've lost their is a huge out mate.

1229
01:02:55.760 --> 01:02:58.760
<v Speaker 3>That's huge, and so is there front rower. He's out,

1230
01:02:59.159 --> 01:03:01.559
<v Speaker 3>So the Warrior they are there for the taking. If

1231
01:03:01.599 --> 01:03:05.199
<v Speaker 3>we go over there and play good football, it's unlikely.

1232
01:03:05.639 --> 01:03:08.239
<v Speaker 3>It's going to be a difficult assignment, but it's not.

1233
01:03:09.280 --> 01:03:11.840
<v Speaker 3>It's not an outrageous proposition that we can get the

1234
01:03:11.840 --> 01:03:14.639
<v Speaker 3>two points. Then I think we've got the Titans. And

1235
01:03:14.760 --> 01:03:17.719
<v Speaker 3>I've got the Titans again later in it, and I

1236
01:03:17.719 --> 01:03:22.599
<v Speaker 3>think we've got manly maybe at the City Football Stadium,

1237
01:03:22.719 --> 01:03:26.800
<v Speaker 3>that's that's very beautable. So if we start to show

1238
01:03:26.840 --> 01:03:31.480
<v Speaker 3>some consistency, surely we can pull out another three wins.

1239
01:03:31.920 --> 01:03:36.039
<v Speaker 2>Surely, Steve, I think next weekend is a game we

1240
01:03:36.079 --> 01:03:38.960
<v Speaker 2>should win. Like I know we're going over to New Zealand.

1241
01:03:39.000 --> 01:03:41.039
<v Speaker 2>I know Louis will be playing off the back of

1242
01:03:41.039 --> 01:03:45.800
<v Speaker 2>playing origin, but the Warriors have met Metcalfe has been

1243
01:03:45.840 --> 01:03:48.519
<v Speaker 2>having a great season. That is a massive out for them,

1244
01:03:49.119 --> 01:03:51.320
<v Speaker 2>and I think the seasons going to fall away while

1245
01:03:51.320 --> 01:03:54.280
<v Speaker 2>he's well well, sadly he's sitting on the sidelines. So

1246
01:03:54.800 --> 01:03:57.239
<v Speaker 2>I think we're a big shot up next weekend if

1247
01:03:57.239 --> 01:03:59.840
<v Speaker 2>we If we play the same football we did today,

1248
01:04:00.079 --> 01:04:02.639
<v Speaker 2>especially in that first half, I think that goes a

1249
01:04:02.679 --> 01:04:03.920
<v Speaker 2>long way to being the Warrior.

1250
01:04:03.719 --> 01:04:06.360
<v Speaker 3>Isn't It's that's the thing, guys, That's the point Benji

1251
01:04:06.440 --> 01:04:08.679
<v Speaker 3>made is to go out next week and play the

1252
01:04:08.719 --> 01:04:13.239
<v Speaker 3>same football. Yeah, that's how long's it been since we've

1253
01:04:13.280 --> 01:04:14.079
<v Speaker 3>been able to do that?

1254
01:04:14.920 --> 01:04:17.400
<v Speaker 2>To be fair, Steve, I actually think the game against

1255
01:04:17.400 --> 01:04:19.719
<v Speaker 2>the Raiders and the game against penrif we're playing a

1256
01:04:19.800 --> 01:04:23.400
<v Speaker 2>very high level of football the only month, the only

1257
01:04:23.440 --> 01:04:25.559
<v Speaker 2>game I'm not happy with is the game against man

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<v Speaker 2>and Manly. I think our form stands up really well.

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<v Speaker 2>When you look at the game against the Roosters today

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<v Speaker 2>and the game against Penriff and the game against the Raiders,

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<v Speaker 2>I think we're Yeah, I'm I'm quite sure we should

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<v Speaker 2>put on a pretty good performance next WEEKND just.

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<v Speaker 1>Stop and think about this for a moment. The Warriors

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<v Speaker 1>are beating us the last eight times? Eight times?

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<v Speaker 2>Would you row?

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<v Speaker 1>But they've beaten us? I mean how they embarrassing?

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<v Speaker 2>Is that? I mean?

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<v Speaker 4>What was what was the record with the Roosters, wasn't

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<v Speaker 4>it twenty nine from thirty or twenty eight from thirty

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<v Speaker 4>with something stupid like games we've lost out in the

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<v Speaker 4>last I know it was.

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<v Speaker 3>One from nineteen.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, if there's nothing I think all time

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<v Speaker 2>it's thirty from thirty eight, is what I heard today. Yeah, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so I think it was a lot eight times in

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<v Speaker 2>our history. So and like things like we hadn't won

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<v Speaker 2>at the Sydney Football Stadium against the russ ince twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twelve and hadn't won there since twenty eighteen or something.

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<v Speaker 2>So there was a lot of those sort of things

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<v Speaker 2>today and the longer those things go, it just means

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<v Speaker 2>you'd you. I know about you, guys.

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<v Speaker 4>But when we were twenty nil up today, I went

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<v Speaker 4>online and bought final tickets, so I reckon, we're going

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<v Speaker 4>to go on the winning streak.

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<v Speaker 3>I was going to but I went and bought a hamburger.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, that your Grand Final go on exactly, but

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<v Speaker 1>plus more than the final tickets.

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<v Speaker 3>That was the humor.

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<v Speaker 2>That was That was the joke.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh get it now? Very good, Steve. If you have

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<v Speaker 1>to explain it, it's probably.

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<v Speaker 2>Not next time. Just paying him a picture, Steve.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, our little birdies told me that they like an't

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<v Speaker 1>Oval master plan has been released. Now what that is is, basically,

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<v Speaker 1>they are the detailed plans for what's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>happening at Leichardoval. So keep your eyes open for that

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<v Speaker 1>this week. I think that could be coming out. It

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<v Speaker 1>looks quite interesting from what I understand. Is there a

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<v Speaker 1>statue of Gary out the front, Yes, and it's he's

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<v Speaker 1>superimposed onto Benji's body doing the step as a hybrid statue?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>And that Campbelltown situation still no change there, so we'll

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<v Speaker 1>keep our eye on that as well. But thank you guys,

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<v Speaker 1>it's lovely to do a post victory edition of the podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, Gary, look I do have to actually mention one thing,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is a bit of a shout out to Jordan.

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<v Speaker 2>I went to the Platinum Members function on Friday night,

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<v Speaker 2>which was a trivia night, and we've given Jordan a

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<v Speaker 2>hard time for years the years, well since last year

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<v Speaker 2>over his prediction of three wins in a row and

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<v Speaker 2>we fell just short of that.

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<v Speaker 1>Who's this wei?

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't? Well? I have on Friday night, We're in

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<v Speaker 2>a team with Solomon Sakura, and Solomon gave him the

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<v Speaker 2>correct answer, which Jordan then overruled, which was the only

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<v Speaker 2>question we got wrong to lose us the trivia Jordan,

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<v Speaker 2>no predictions from you and no team captains of trivia.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah yeah, Bann alrighty and one one winner is a streak,

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<v Speaker 1>So the streakers commenced. Can we get the three at

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<v Speaker 1>some point in our life?

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<v Speaker 2>Streaking?

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<v Speaker 1>Streaking, exactly, streaking. Thank you boys, We'll see you for

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<v Speaker 1>the Idioto midweek fishers.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks very much.