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Speaker 1: Now it's time the tensions that We're running high at

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Penrith Panthers Podcast presented by The Western Weekender thanks to

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Penrith Toyota. Here's at Troy Dodds and Nathan Taylor.

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Speaker 2: Hello everyone and welcome to Tensions Running High at Penrith

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Panthers Podcast presented by The Western Weekend. This is episode

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sixty eight. I'm Troy Odds. I'm joined by Nathan Taylor Hallo,

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Nathan Helly Troy. We are the voice of regular League

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in Penrith. We love talking all things Penrith Panthers. For

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Get yourself a new or used car. In might have

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some EV's over there in the petrol rpe he does

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to grab on the agenda. Today we have a chat

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with Luke Garner who has re signed with the club.

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We preview the Battle of the West, the drama are

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cheerleaders and buses. Matt Eisenhuth retires Thomas Jenkins in an

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origin jersey. Maybe not as far fetched as you think.

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But look, let's get underway and have another big win.

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Last Friday night the Panthers hammering the Roosters. I know

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we are only three rounds in, but is it too

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early to go off and say Penrith are probably going

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to win this comp?

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Speaker 3: Well, probably not too early.

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Speaker 4: I mean, it's only three games, but I mean, and

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what we've seen so far, Troy, it's it's looking pretty good.

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It's as I haven't said in the in the press conference.

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I think on Monday he did a coach's presser just

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to say that, hey, we're having a good time at

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the moment, but just just you know, cool it down

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a little bit, because there is a long way to go,

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only three games in, but it's the almost the perfect start, Troy.

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Speaker 3: Three from three. You've conceded two tries across.

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Speaker 4: Three games as well, Like it's compared to what happened

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this time last year, you'd be loving life as a

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pair of this fan right now.

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Speaker 2: Do you think you'd be worried about that? Elements you

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know that it is only three games. They're probably playing

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their best football this early in the season.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, look, they I've spoken to a couple of players

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today and they argue that they're not playing their best football.

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Yet they still believe what well, you know, to us

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the untrained eye, we think.

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Speaker 3: They're just about perfect.

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Speaker 4: They're putting on plenty of points and they're they're holding

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teams to zero almost most weeks.

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Speaker 3: We think they're at the top of their game.

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Speaker 4: But internally they believe that they've got to I still

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have a bit of a way to go, which I

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think is probably good and probably scary for the league

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to think that, Wow, if Peneth already putting forty points

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on the Roosters in round three, you know, what are

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they going to be like come later in the year.

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Obviously later in the year injuries can make an impact

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and whatnot, and players get a bit more tired and

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things like that.

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Speaker 3: But so far, so.

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Speaker 2: Good, certainly, isn't I guess. Look, there you could mount

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an argument to say, well, yeah, there's you know, Brisbane

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certainly off their game in Week one and really didn't

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find until the second half of Round three, didn't find

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their rhythm. The Sharks, who we thought would be a

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top four. So I get towed up by the Dolphins

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on the weekend and the Roosters. I actually still have

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faith in the Roosters.

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Speaker 3: I told you preseason that I don't believe all they.

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Speaker 2: I just feel like the roosters they need that spine

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just needs to work itself out. It's a it's a

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brand new spine and it'll work itself out.

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Speaker 4: I just feel like they threw nothing at Penrith last week,

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and that good that they just prevented everything.

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Speaker 3: But some of their players just were passengers out there.

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Speaker 2: It wasn't good. It wasn't good roosters perform.

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Speaker 3: You were there like in real life.

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Speaker 2: Well, the Roosters were pretty happy early on the fans,

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they got off to a good start and then it

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was very flat, very fat. There were some Panthers fans.

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There was a decent crowd. Was it decent crowd for

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a Friday.

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Speaker 3: Sece Panthers fans?

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Speaker 2: It was, yeah, obviously more Roosters fan. In fact, there

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was a lot of people just in playing clothes. You know,

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as I suggested last week, maybe it's popping in from

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work to watch the other mighty Panthers go around. Yeah, Look,

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it was a great all round performance and I don't

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think that you would be taken away in a white

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coat if you said Penrith are going to win the

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comp which they are the best team by far i've seen.

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So there's been twenty four games, I guess yep, I

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think I've watched twenty two of them over the first

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three rounds of the competition. Penrith are far and away

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in the competition.

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Speaker 4: Are they still premiership favorites on the beating? Have they

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because they weren't coming into the year, But have they

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moved up to?

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Speaker 2: In fact, I think Peneth were installed as premiership favorites

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after the Broncos. Oh really now, yeah, they'd be almost unbackable.

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So there you go. And of course it all continues

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this Saturday, the other Panthers up against the Eels at

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Combank Stadium. It is a Penrith home game. Yep. There's

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still bizarrely people asking on Panthers groups. You know, there's

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my tickets work for this weekend and whatever else? And

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I know that last year they actually had security checking

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passes and whatnot because Eels fans thought they might be

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able to go to their seats really and things like that,

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so I don't know if they're doing the same thing,

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but look, it should be a great game. The Eels. Look,

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I haven't been very impressed with them, but they have

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one two from three well, but of course they were

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beaten by fifty in the first week, so very up

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and down. But look, you know, I know you're a

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little bit worried because the Eels have had Penrith measure

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at least in the regular season.

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Speaker 4: In recent years they have I was saying to some

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friends the other day that the dinner in the Panthers

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dynasty and I don't have the stats on me at

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the moment, but I can at least remember at least

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three or four occasions where the Eels actually beat Penrith

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during that During that time. Last year, Penrith were too

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good for them, obvious, the Eels change a coach and

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Penwrith got up twice. But in previous years it's been

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mostly Paramatta, right.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. In fact, I think there in the premiership year,

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I think the Eels might have beaten Penrith twice in

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the regular season and then lost twice in the finals.

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Speaker 4: We have some games at Penrith Stadium. It happened to

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as well, so they're not. It's one of those games

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where anytime as a Battle of the West, you often

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throw the form book out out the window because both

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teams are just so desperate to beat each other. And

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I think Saturday will be no different. I think the

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Eels have been pretty impressive. I know, you know they haven't.

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their fans would be happy with a two from three start.

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Speaker 2: I'm saying that they didn't even deserve to sing the

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team song on Sunday because the Dragon should have won

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that game.

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Speaker 3: You just you tip the Dragon.

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Speaker 2: You were thinking, well, I was pretty happy there at once.

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Speaker 3: You would have been on top of the Western weekend

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the tipping comp if you tip the Eels.

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Speaker 2: I did tip the Broncos.

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Speaker 3: That was a good get.

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Speaker 2: Yep. So I'm still going all right in the in

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the tipping all right now? The Eels, of course, sucher

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main hop good out a cl Now Isaiah the former Panther,

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We thought that he was out, but now he's not out?

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Is that the story?

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Speaker 5: Like he was?

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Speaker 6: So?

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Speaker 3: Yes? Obviously. The NRL put out a press release yesterday

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saying that.

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Speaker 4: There was some some images that came out during you know,

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a few months ago or whatever of you know him

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him with some some some interesting things in the images

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that caught the tension of the the NRL, and they've

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they've you know, run their magnifying glass over and over

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the past month or so and determine that he has breached,

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had had a breach. But the Eels basically have five

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days to respond to that breach.

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Speaker 2: But as far as we've seen, the breach is a

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one game suspension suspended.

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Speaker 3: Which that's what a journalist think.

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Speaker 4: Brett Reed put that on Twitter yesterday that that's what

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they were thinking was going to happen. But remember the

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Mitch Kenny scandal a couple of years ago. Troy he

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put a photo out on Boxing Day, silly photos. Still

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not sure what it meant personally, but he got done

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two games for that.

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Speaker 3: He missed the start of the season. So what's the

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difference here?

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Speaker 4: And that was that was like, there wasn't even anything

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dodgy in that photo apart.

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Speaker 3: From some text.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that is that is very interesting photo.

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Speaker 3: There's two photos I think of young out there.

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Speaker 2: I don't know what has changed in that regard. But

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the weird thing is I think these days. So as you,

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the reason we kind of don't know the actual answer

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is because you the media doesn't get told what the

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breach notice actually is. They get told that there's been

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a breach notice. Now, this must have been something to

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do with the RLPA that's come up with this, because

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what is the point What is the point of letting

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us know that we've given him a breach notice. We're

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just not going to tell you what it is. That's

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like saying the police have charged someone. It's not going

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to tell you what we charged them with, Like that's

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just silly.

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Speaker 3: Well, that's right.

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Speaker 2: And then the naming, so we kind of know what

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the breach notice is because he's going to get names.

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So very bizarre.

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Speaker 4: But there's obviously a slim chance that all the information

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is wrong and that the er old could pull Yongie

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out of the team last minute. I doubt that's going

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to happen. It sounds like there is some sort of

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suspended sentence which you'll probably never you'll probably never even

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cop at all, Like as if that's good, if we're

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going to do that.

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Speaker 2: Again, But how does this work? So let's say this

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was a grand final week. Yeah, right, and the NALA

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put this out on the Monday. And let's say the

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suspension was two weeks. Yep, but the Eels have five

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days to fight the breech. Notice, so if on day

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five the Eels say no, we're actually gonna you know, protest,

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that does that mean he can play until the protesters

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sort it out? Or like, how long does it take

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for that just sort out?

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Speaker 3: Look how long it's taken the error to come out?

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This this photo came.

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Speaker 4: Out a while ago, this was in the in the preseason,

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and now it's finally you know, the n was finally

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judicating on I meanbe look happened to Taylor May a

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few years ago where they suspended him.

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Speaker 3: That was ridiculous, But then they let.

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Speaker 2: Him play for the fight in which he got injured.

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Speaker 3: But he got injured and it was out for a while.

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Speaker 2: Anyway, thought we shouldn't be robbed of seeing him Taylor May.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right.

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Speaker 2: So if you do dispute the breech, notice, who do

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you dispute it to? The NRL the people who breech? Yeah?

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Very bizarre, very bizarre.

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Speaker 3: And Carle Sanderling situation.

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Speaker 2: I agree with the timing situation, Like if I'm in

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the NRL to sort that out today. What other workplace

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would it like? We're going to do a three month

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investigation into.

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Speaker 3: This photos photo alleged photo.

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Speaker 2: Yeah please. Now, it's a five thirty kickoff on Saturday.

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exclusive to Fox and KO. This should be a big

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crowd though, because I see all the Panthers members, but

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we should have Evils fans of course filling up the

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Speaker 4: Absolutely, you can expect upwards of twenty thousand, I think

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for this one great time slot for for lots.

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Speaker 3: Of people to get to. It's a Saturday.

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Speaker 4: I don't think there's any real major sport happening like

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kids sport or anything like that happening at the moment

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that doesn't start for a few more weeks, so it's

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sort of the perfect time slight apart from it, maybe

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a Sunday afternoon to get a big crowd there.

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Speaker 2: I'll say that, actually it's a sold outsign doesn't go

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up at Combank Stadium. That's disappointing.

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Speaker 3: Really, what's that thirty thousand?

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Speaker 2: That's thirty thousand. You've got Penrith flying right three from three.

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I understand you've got to make the trek from Penrith

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to Combat, but it's a Saturday at five thirty, so

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it's all over by seven thirty, you know, and you've

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got Para fans who.

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Speaker 3: Are home and that'd be happy too with how their seasons.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely this was If this was a situation where we

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were playing as at Penrith as the away team, we'd

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be buying tickets.

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Speaker 3: I don't think it will be sold out. I could

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be wrong.

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Speaker 4: I know Panthers are pushing hard to sell tickets. They're

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actually going to have another media op that had one today,

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They have another media op in a couple of days

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and put up another big name on that media rop.

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They're looking at Nathan Cleary because admittedly they need to

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sell more tickets.

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Speaker 2: Okay, that's interesting. Do you think that that works that?

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So this is what clubs sometimes have, This theory that

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you put in Nathan Cleary out he gets his snippets

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in the papers and the six pm news. I'd argue

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that it really doesn't work unless you're putting Nathan up

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to say something controversial, you know, to really spice up

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the match. If you're putting Nathan up to say, it

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should be a good contest looking forward to it, you know,

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I can't wait. Hopefully everyone gets out there.

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Speaker 3: And that's probably and that's probably what he's going to say.

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Speaker 4: I guess they put him up because they know that

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you're going to get airtime on seven, nine, ten, all

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these networks, they're gonna they're gonna at least put something

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up and mention the game, and they would just hope

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that just that reminder would I would encourage people to

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go down.

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Speaker 3: I don't think it's the fact that Nathan's gonna call

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for blood.

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Speaker 4: And he's going to be like, right, Mitch Moses, it's

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it's it's you and me on Saturday.

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Speaker 3: I think it's more that you. As we saw today.

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I was out there today.

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Speaker 4: They put Isaiao was one of the four players up,

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and it was a really good, strong contingent there. Of

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print journo's only one TV journal was there, but the

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rest there was some good a good, good contingent.

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Speaker 3: And that's what happens. You put up big players.

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Speaker 4: The media want to come out and I guess, yeah,

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they're doing another one, which they very rarely do too.

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Speaker 3: As you know, they don't do two player offfs.

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Speaker 2: A week they have to do.

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Speaker 3: They do whatever they have to do.

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Speaker 4: And yeah, you'll see some more stuff coming out this

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week because they really want to pump up this game.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and if there are still tickets available, obviously. And

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I'm just having a look here because I thought i'd

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get a family pass one hundred bucks. That he is

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behind the posts, one hundred bucks.

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Speaker 3: That's okay. It's a good stadia.

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Speaker 2: Look, that's a good stadium. Yeah, and you've got Yeah,

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that's a family of four for one hundred bucks.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, you go, that's decent.

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Speaker 2: You won't be there, of course, I won't know yet

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another game yet's another game? Yeah, well you didn't. You

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didn't watch the Pair Sharks, Gus, You're.

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Speaker 7: No.

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Speaker 4: Look, I won't be at the game, but there might

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be a chance I will be able to watch it somewhere.

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I've got an old colleagues wedding happening. She's happen to

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having your wedding up the coast on Saturday. I think

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she gets married at.

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Speaker 3: Two thirty, right, Yeah, so two.

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Speaker 4: Thirty ceremony, I think it's about and then I think

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the reception is going to be after that, so we

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could have a reception slash footy drama. I've never really

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been to a wedding and had a footy game all

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at the same time.

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Speaker 2: Unfortunately, I've had a couple.

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Speaker 3: But what do you do? Do you get the phone?

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Speaker 5: Ow?

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Speaker 3: Are you You got to sit in there?

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Speaker 7: Like?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, I reckon nothing wrong with that. If you're going

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to get married during the footy season and you're inviting me,

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that's what you have to expect. All right, Well, Panthers,

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it was five thirty Saturday. Get out there. We'll make

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the call. Get out there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, get out there.

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Speaker 4: This is the first time, you know, apart from me,

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if you were lucky enough to go to Bathurst, this

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is this is the first true home game for the

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Panthers this year.

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Speaker 2: It is I got to say. However, and I'm not

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discouraging people from going, but as we enter this second

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year of making the trip in paramatter, I'm feeling it's

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a bit more of a drag than last year. Yeah,

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I'm just feeling I'm feeling, you know, it's almost like

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I don't want to say this. It's almost like, oh, yeah,

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I got to go to the footy on Saturday. I'll

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look forward to it when I'm there.

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Speaker 3: I think if you're there, you'll be fine, but the.

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Speaker 2: Mission of getting there and all of that fun not

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so much. Hey, I could of course catch the bus

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at least for now. It's worth noting some interesting decisions

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by Panthers in the last couple of weeks. And we

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aren't on the you know, we're not on the payroll,

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so we don't know the inner workings of these decisions

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and why they're made, but a couple of curious ones.

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So these supporter buses, now these have been running for

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thirty or forty years because I used to catch these

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when I was a kid to away games. The supporter

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buses are done at the end of this year. They're

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already finished for away games, so Panthers aren't running those

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buses anymore. So there's a lot of fans who for

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years have got on these buses, have gone down to

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Canberra support of the teams and really relied on them,

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and for a lot of people it is their only

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way to get to these away games. They're continuing them

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for the rest of the games at Combanks Stadium. I

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think there'd be a riot if they didn't, because you know,

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we've even argued those buses should be free but anyway,

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but yeah, no more supporter buses after this year. And

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in addition to that, a weird sort of situation. Anita Adams,

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who is a passionate Panthers fan. She's kind of been

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the volunteer bus manager for Panthers for a few years now.

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She was told before the season, you know, no longer required,

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which I thought was interesting given that they're cutting the

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buses anyway, why not just let it finish the season.

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She's pretty upset by it.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and I don't blame her. I know, Anita, Well,

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I've caught those buses many times over the years, where

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it's been to Combat Stadium last year, or even just

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finals games. My uncle, my wife and I would often

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just go to catch the bus if it's going out

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to Alians or to a core for a big game.

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You don't want to have to get the train or

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find parking. We would catch those buses, Anita. Anita was

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almost the face of those buses. Should be there to

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greet you as you'd come on, should check that you

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mark your name off or whatever, and then if Penrith

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had won or lost at the end of the game,

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should also be there as almost a shoulder to cry on,

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you know, just a comforting person that is with you

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all the way. She's at Panthers the and probably one

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of the biggest Panthers fans out there. Everyone knows Anita

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and you know, she's just a friendly face whether you

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won or lost. And I mean, I had no idea

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the thinkings of the decision behind the behind the scenes,

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but on the surface, I mean a lot of fans

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really appreciated her being there and doing that job as

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a volunteer as well.

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Speaker 3: And it's a pretty simple job.

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Speaker 4: You're basically marking off the names or whatever as people

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gone off the bus. You jump on the bus and

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explain what's happening, this is where the bus is going

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to drop you off at, and you know where you're

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going to meet the bus on the way home. And

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it was just a simple job that she did very

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well and had done for many many seasons. Stray I think,

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So to say that they don't want her there this year.

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Speaker 3: Is a little puzzling.

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Speaker 4: I mean, they've obviously got their reasons, yep. But I guess,

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you know, I guess it's just a bit bizarre to

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people like us who aren't really sure of what those

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reasons are.

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Speaker 2: And the end of an era with the buses ending

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in general, So.

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Speaker 4: So that that means if there's a game at you know,

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Newcastle next year or as you said, Canberra or somewhere else,

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they're not even just going to run nothing.

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Speaker 2: No supporter buses as far as I'm aware.

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Speaker 3: And do you know why is it a costing?

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Speaker 2: Well, well, from all I've heard is a costing, which

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is interesting because I presume that you could put the

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price up and see if fans are willing to pay it.

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I'm not sure, but you know what, I actually start

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to do some research find out how much a coach

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is for a day, but I could start my own.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, I actually saw a coach on Marketplace of

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five thousand dollars yesterday.

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Speaker 3: We could buy a panther, make a Panther coach.

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Speaker 2: I'm not ruling it out. I'm not ruling it out.

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You know, it's a look. But yeah, I'm guessing it

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is an expensive exercise. But even if it was a

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lost leader for the club, I think it's worth it

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to put those services on.

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Speaker 7: Well.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, like the players, opposition fans need to be out

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opposition games. Like you said, there's a lot of people families,

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older people, peoples don't drive or don't want to drive

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all the way to Newcastle that rely on these buses.

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Speaker 3: Like every club has them.

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Speaker 2: So now the the other thing that sort of the

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mass Panther of course our colleague and that extra time.

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And in the weekend he set the fuse alight last

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week by revealing us some big changes at the pantherrets.

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Now Panarets cost the official squad of the Panthers, And

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what's happened is Pana's used West Side Performing Arts for

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as long as I can remember, so they went sort

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of the managers of the cheer squad. They're a locally

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based company and they ran the Kiddi Cats all those

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years ago, over twenty years, and this year Panthers, as

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far as i'm a were put out to tender the

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cheerleader contract and awarded it to a Gold Coast based

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company and actually, yes, yep, Gold Coast based company. Now

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they look after the Titans as far as I'm aware.

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Very professional company, entourage and no doubt about that, very

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professional and whatnot. But it's a little bit curious because

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then the auditions happened, and as the mass Panther revealed

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last week, a number of what they call veterans in

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the in the cheer world were dumped. And dump's probably

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not the word because you do have to audition every year.

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But when you're a veteran in a cheer squad, now

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I'm not previously an expert, but I've done some research

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in the last week, you're pretty much unless you've been

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you know, causing drama, you know, you know in the

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group chat or something, you know, throwing from pom people, Yeah,

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you're pretty much just you're gonna get in. Yeah, you're

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going to get back in. Well, a whole host, up

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to a dozen didn't get back in, including Chloe Carter

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who won the Panther Out of the Year last year,

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and Abby who is the Veteran of the Year last year.

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So two of the award winners within the group didn't

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get back in, plus a whole bunch of other veterans.

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So yeah, it's created this whole drama about why that

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happened and all these sorts of things. The curious part

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of all this for me is why Panthers are using

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a non penrith company in an area with so many

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dance schools to run the cheer squad. I mean, you've

476
00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:44,359
done stories on cheer companies in Penrith, winning massive awards

477
00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:45,279
in America and all of this.

478
00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,240
Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely, I think mass Panther he did a great

479
00:20:48,319 --> 00:20:52,079
job last week because that story ended up everywhere. Even

480
00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:55,079
I even saw the Daily Mail did a story on it. Yesterday.

481
00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:58,359
It popped up on my Facebook feed about the scandal,

482
00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,759
which obviously mass PA they didn't put out there initially.

483
00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,039
I don't think many people would have realized what was

484
00:21:03,079 --> 00:21:06,160
going on. And look, it's I say scandal, it's it's obviously,

485
00:21:06,839 --> 00:21:08,839
you know, a first ball problem that that a che

486
00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,599
some cheer cheerleaders aren't, you know, cheering at Penrith Games

487
00:21:12,599 --> 00:21:14,799
this year. But obviously these girls took their job very

488
00:21:14,799 --> 00:21:17,440
seriously and they were very well liked and very well

489
00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:20,440
loved by the club and by you know, their old

490
00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,079
bosses at west Side Performing Arts, and you know, they've

491
00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:25,200
done the right thing too. They don't, you know, presume

492
00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,279
they have to get back in every time without auditioning.

493
00:21:27,319 --> 00:21:30,240
So they've gone to audition and and have missed out.

494
00:21:30,319 --> 00:21:31,960
Speaker 3: But I think the curious thing for me that.

495
00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:34,319
Speaker 4: I couldn't quite understand what was the whole gold gold coasting,

496
00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:37,000
you know, as I said, even if you didn't pick

497
00:21:37,039 --> 00:21:39,799
one of the Penrith many Penrith dance schools to run

498
00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:43,440
your your cheerleader program, there would be a whole host

499
00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:45,920
of others in Western Sydney, or even Sydney for that matter,

500
00:21:46,279 --> 00:21:50,079
they would love to have that that that gig. So

501
00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,200
the Gold Coast one, what they're going.

502
00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:54,920
Speaker 3: To provide remains to be seen. I guess we'll see

503
00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:55,519
on Saturday.

504
00:21:55,559 --> 00:22:00,359
Speaker 4: If this, this spectacular cheerleader performance is any different to before.

505
00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,160
Speaker 2: I'm sure it will be. I'm sure they're great dances

506
00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,160
and as I said, a very professional company apparently. But

507
00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,519
it's just is it. It's weird because I feel like

508
00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:11,440
at the moment Penrith does not have a mandate at

509
00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:14,759
all to support local first. And what I mean by

510
00:22:14,799 --> 00:22:16,680
that is I've mentioned a few times and in recent

511
00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:19,519
weeks for different issues they're using Glenn Hawk as the

512
00:22:19,559 --> 00:22:22,480
ground announcer, up very professional groun announcer, but certainly not

513
00:22:22,599 --> 00:22:24,599
a Penrith local and it does you know, half a

514
00:22:24,599 --> 00:22:27,640
dozen other teams as well. Now we're using a Gold

515
00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:31,440
Coast based company for the cheerleaders, like this just seems

516
00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:34,440
like a regular occurrence that's starting to emerge, and I

517
00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:37,680
feel like Panthers should be, you know, at every turn,

518
00:22:38,319 --> 00:22:40,559
should be prioritizing.

519
00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:43,519
Speaker 4: Locals absolutely, and you know that's what everyone should be doing.

520
00:22:43,519 --> 00:22:45,160
You should, you know, you want to employ people in

521
00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:48,960
your community, especially a big community club like Penrith, And

522
00:22:48,759 --> 00:22:51,880
they talk about how much they are a community club

523
00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,799
and how much they love the fans and everyone, but

524
00:22:54,839 --> 00:22:57,920
they seem to be going external for a lot of

525
00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:01,400
these important roles and this doesn't make sense to me.

526
00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:02,680
Speaker 2: Troy curious.

527
00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:06,079
Speaker 3: Well, and also we don't know who's making these decisions either.

528
00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:07,799
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I'm not sure.

529
00:23:08,079 --> 00:23:09,440
Speaker 4: It could be a number of people that have made

530
00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,880
each decision differently, or one person's just come in and

531
00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:12,960
decided to right.

532
00:23:13,039 --> 00:23:14,839
Speaker 3: This is changing, This is changing, This is changing.

533
00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, because I'm not sure who's purview the Panther eats

534
00:23:17,319 --> 00:23:21,480
would sit under, Like it's obviously game day manager, there's Mtcameron,

535
00:23:21,599 --> 00:23:25,079
there's the board, Like, surely they're not making that you

536
00:23:25,079 --> 00:23:27,680
would have think so. But anyway, look at it is

537
00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:29,640
what it is, like, it's not the biggest drama in

538
00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,440
the world. It's just a curious one from the last week,

539
00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:36,759
particularly when there's really passionate people who are legitimate supporters

540
00:23:36,799 --> 00:23:38,759
as well, and things like that. The other thing that

541
00:23:38,799 --> 00:23:40,880
came out in all of this as I was speaking

542
00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:42,880
to some people during the week, is that the cheersquad

543
00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:47,160
has often felt a little bit ignored by the club,

544
00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:49,640
almost like, oh, you can't talk about the cheerleaders. And

545
00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,160
I think they're referring to things like when it's women

546
00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:55,240
in league round, you know, the panthers off, they scramble

547
00:23:55,319 --> 00:23:58,000
to try and find some sort of you know, the

548
00:23:58,039 --> 00:24:00,400
group of their female employees or whatever. But here they

549
00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:05,319
are with you know, these these dancers, professional dancers, paid employees,

550
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:07,200
you know, through they're.

551
00:24:07,039 --> 00:24:09,720
Speaker 4: Not they're not acknowledged as they they probably have in

552
00:24:09,799 --> 00:24:11,759
the past, though I think in the past.

553
00:24:11,559 --> 00:24:13,720
Speaker 2: Maybe they're well way back. But to be.

554
00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,680
Speaker 4: Promoted heavily a lot, and we even did we even

555
00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:18,319
did things on the cheerleaders back in the day we

556
00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:21,599
ran chilead com. We had our own Chileader of the

557
00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,480
Year competition a few times here.

558
00:24:23,519 --> 00:24:28,519
Speaker 2: But intriguing because I think you like, you know, and look,

559
00:24:28,559 --> 00:24:31,039
I remember I created all the drama when when the

560
00:24:31,039 --> 00:24:34,480
Bulldogs dump their cheerleaders, and there was I wrote some

561
00:24:34,599 --> 00:24:37,759
columns on that at the time, because you know, this

562
00:24:37,759 --> 00:24:40,359
this archaic view that ah, they're just there to look

563
00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:42,480
at and they're their their girls in skippy class. That's

564
00:24:42,519 --> 00:24:45,720
just ridiculous because they're there. If they don't want to

565
00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:48,880
play rugby league, you know that they have an opportunity

566
00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,839
to do what they love doing, which is dancing with

567
00:24:51,839 --> 00:24:55,400
within the sport that they love. Yeah, that's it.

568
00:24:55,519 --> 00:24:57,720
Speaker 4: Yeah, And a lot of those girls grow up wanting

569
00:24:57,759 --> 00:25:00,240
to be a pair of this cheerleader. They go to

570
00:25:00,279 --> 00:25:02,359
the games with their families and that they see them,

571
00:25:02,599 --> 00:25:03,640
they see the girls.

572
00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,079
Speaker 3: There and that's what they aspire to.

573
00:25:05,279 --> 00:25:09,960
Speaker 4: And you know, it's it's great that we still have Chileaders.

574
00:25:10,039 --> 00:25:12,079
We could be doing a story today saying Panthers have

575
00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:15,680
dumpee Chileaders all together, which obviously would be a massive

576
00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:17,880
story because you know, they're so well known the Panther reats.

577
00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:20,920
But yeah, I'm not sure.

578
00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:24,319
Speaker 3: What's to say about that, but mass panther great scoop.

579
00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:27,640
Speaker 2: Great scoop last week. Now, listen, fuel prices just keep climbing.

580
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For many drivers, it's starting to hit hard at the pump.

581
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583
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584
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585
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586
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587
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588
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589
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591
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592
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593
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594
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595
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596
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597
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598
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Speaker 3: We do, and she's still complaining the petrol prices a

599
00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:28,359
high what oh who? Obviously she's got her husband.

600
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,039
Speaker 4: Her husband doesn't have a he's got a diesel vehicle, chy,

601
00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:33,079
so it's hit them hard even though she's got her own.

602
00:26:34,319 --> 00:26:36,720
She just charges her car in the garage.

603
00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:42,799
Speaker 8: Yes, okay, all right now now origin and origin already

604
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:46,279
and much Thomas Jenkins has been talked about as a

605
00:26:46,279 --> 00:26:48,400
potential origin bald to have a listen to MG and

606
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:50,880
Paul Gallon on the weekend and the continuous call team.

607
00:26:51,319 --> 00:26:53,880
Speaker 9: Yeah, Pedna, it's the coach Ivan Clearic speaking last night.

608
00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:58,680
Just quickly, MG, you and gallup former Newshouth Welshman. As

609
00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,839
far as wearing that sky blue no Zach Lomax, Yeah

610
00:27:01,839 --> 00:27:04,160
for New South Wales this year is milky a little

611
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:04,759
smoky for you?

612
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,920
Speaker 6: Oh definitely, yeah, most definitely. Brian obviously is the other

613
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:11,519
winger and now that no Lomax happens an opportunity for

614
00:27:11,559 --> 00:27:15,000
someone like the Tom Jenkins. He's scoring tries for fun

615
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,079
at the moment. You know, he tries this season for

616
00:27:17,799 --> 00:27:20,039
last night. He just he just knows where the trail

617
00:27:20,079 --> 00:27:22,039
on is and he gives one hundred percent. I love

618
00:27:22,079 --> 00:27:24,319
the way he plays and exactly what I haven't said.

619
00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:27,079
He he was started last year. He was playing for

620
00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:30,920
some Mary's in the in the ron Massy Cup, training

621
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,039
with them, and all of a sudden opportunities arise and

622
00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:35,720
I thought he was unlucky last year, but proved to be.

623
00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:39,680
You know, I think that the centers they have in there,

624
00:27:39,759 --> 00:27:41,759
we're the right ones at the time, because ala Modi,

625
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:43,799
you've got to have the finest place for him. But

626
00:27:43,839 --> 00:27:46,240
who would have thought that in this off season Isaac

627
00:27:46,279 --> 00:27:49,480
Taga wouldn't be in the team. So what he is doing,

628
00:27:49,519 --> 00:27:51,920
Thomas Jenkins is making the most of every opportunity. And

629
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,119
that's what you do when you're a player who's hungry.

630
00:27:54,279 --> 00:27:55,359
Speaker 2: You're a Milkie Jenkins fan.

631
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:56,920
Speaker 10: Oh, I'm a fan of him here. Look as far

632
00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,000
as been an origin winger, I think smoke is probably

633
00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,079
the right way to put it, like to not like

634
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:02,480
to think, but I think there'd be a couple of

635
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,559
guys probably there in front of him. But I think

636
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:06,720
MG summed out really well. Then he's doing everything he

637
00:28:06,759 --> 00:28:09,319
can to put his foot forward to be there, and

638
00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,079
he's just doing the right things for Pendanth at the

639
00:28:11,079 --> 00:28:12,240
mom which at the end of day is we're going

640
00:28:12,279 --> 00:28:14,079
to do play good for your club side, and if

641
00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:15,759
you go on good enough for your club side, things

642
00:28:15,759 --> 00:28:17,599
can turn out the right way for you in the

643
00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,359
sky Blue Jersey. But yeah, I think I think smoke

644
00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:21,480
is a fair way to put it at.

645
00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:25,319
Speaker 2: The month, all right, where you go MG and Gal there.

646
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,079
So they think he's a smoker. Do you think he's

647
00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:28,599
a chance He's he going to play Origin?

648
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,920
Speaker 3: He's milky Tom Jenkins going to play Origin.

649
00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,960
Speaker 4: Look, I wouldn't have thought of it at all, even

650
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,519
coming into this season. He would have been one of

651
00:28:37,519 --> 00:28:40,599
the few people that I probably thought that there's no chance.

652
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,640
But look after the start he's had, and look again,

653
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:47,640
we have to tape our expectations. Been three games, but

654
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,359
he's proven, he's proven a lot of the doubt is wrong.

655
00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:54,279
Eight tries in three games. That's thirty two points he's scored.

656
00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:55,160
Speaker 3: On his own already this year.

657
00:28:55,319 --> 00:28:59,319
Speaker 4: He tries, he's just having a phenomenal start to the year.

658
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,480
And you know, some of those tries have been right place,

659
00:29:01,599 --> 00:29:03,359
right time stuff, But there's some of them that have

660
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,559
been all individual efforts that he's he's put him been

661
00:29:06,559 --> 00:29:09,400
an intercept that he's he's pulled off for He's done

662
00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:12,319
some great things and he's really taking his game to

663
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:13,279
another level.

664
00:29:13,279 --> 00:29:16,079
Speaker 3: And I'm really probably showing to the world that he

665
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:17,400
probably deserved to play.

666
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:20,119
Speaker 4: In the finals last year. And I haven't ripped him

667
00:29:20,119 --> 00:29:22,000
out of that side. He played pretty much the whole

668
00:29:22,079 --> 00:29:24,680
year in first grade, got to the finals the biggest

669
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,480
games of the year and and dumped him.

670
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:30,759
Speaker 3: So yet, but he's definitely in the mix.

671
00:29:30,799 --> 00:29:33,400
Speaker 4: I think Brian to is definitely your first winger picks

672
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,519
because he's just outstanding. He's he's at the top of

673
00:29:36,559 --> 00:29:38,559
his game as well. But I certainly think he's in

674
00:29:38,599 --> 00:29:38,920
the mix.

675
00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:40,440
Speaker 2: And then probably Campbell Graham.

676
00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,240
Speaker 3: Campbell Graham, you've got the mark and winnow was he's

677
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:44,839
obviously like.

678
00:29:44,839 --> 00:29:47,200
Speaker 4: He had a terrible game the other day, but he's

679
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,119
going to be in the mix as well as he's

680
00:29:49,119 --> 00:29:51,880
an Australian representative, so you've got to look at him.

681
00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:55,440
But Thomas Jenkins, I think he's he's certainly one of

682
00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:56,200
the prospects.

683
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,079
Speaker 2: If he's not there, I think, you know, I reckon

684
00:29:58,119 --> 00:30:00,480
he'll be in that you know that extent sort of

685
00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:02,640
players they bring in this for a bit, Yeah, sure,

686
00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:04,000
or at least have a look around. It's going to

687
00:30:04,039 --> 00:30:06,200
be really interesting with Origin and whether they fix the

688
00:30:06,319 --> 00:30:08,200
rules around this or not, because you're obviously you're going

689
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:11,480
to name six bench players. Yeah, and those bench players

690
00:30:11,599 --> 00:30:13,559
essentially can't play for their clubs and that will be

691
00:30:13,559 --> 00:30:15,559
the rule because you don't know you know.

692
00:30:15,519 --> 00:30:16,720
Speaker 3: If you've got to get onto the field.

693
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:21,319
Speaker 2: Surely now we can move on from anyone else other than.

694
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:24,319
Speaker 3: Those six, like any sort of replace and players.

695
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:27,160
Speaker 2: I mean, surely they can go back to their class.

696
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:28,119
Speaker 3: It sounds like it.

697
00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:30,880
Speaker 4: But yeah, as for Milky, what do you think like

698
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:32,960
he's he's been pretty impressive.

699
00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:35,720
Speaker 2: Believe look, he has been very impressive. He does have

700
00:30:35,759 --> 00:30:39,359
a few errors in his game. I wouldn't I wouldn't

701
00:30:39,359 --> 00:30:41,480
be putting him in my new South Wales team. However,

702
00:30:43,279 --> 00:30:46,160
the Blues needs some spark and they need something exciting.

703
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:49,640
And then obviously, you know you could argue, people would argue, oh,

704
00:30:49,759 --> 00:30:53,400
you know, he's just finishing tries that Nathan clearly creates. Well,

705
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:56,000
guess who your new South Wales half back here? So

706
00:30:56,279 --> 00:30:58,759
you know, maybe you know, do you do you? I

707
00:30:58,799 --> 00:31:01,240
know that this hasn't worked sometimes when New South Wales

708
00:31:01,279 --> 00:31:02,720
in the past, But do you just load up with

709
00:31:02,759 --> 00:31:05,119
Penrith players and hope that the Resistant get your home?

710
00:31:05,359 --> 00:31:08,319
Speaker 4: Like maybe, yeah, but Daily's your coach, Loriy Daisy your

711
00:31:08,359 --> 00:31:11,359
coach obviously again this year, and you know he might

712
00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:14,240
have other ideas. But if he's got twenty tries by

713
00:31:14,359 --> 00:31:18,359
May when the team's announced twenty in May, almost pushing

714
00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:19,400
breaking records here.

715
00:31:20,759 --> 00:31:22,559
Speaker 3: You almost got to You've always got.

716
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:24,880
Speaker 2: To pick him. It's coming for you, aj, He's coming

717
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:27,759
for you. The other news this week, just in the

718
00:31:27,839 --> 00:31:30,359
last little while, Luke Garner has signed a two year

719
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,720
extension with Penrith. Now you caught up with him. I

720
00:31:32,799 --> 00:31:36,160
did have a chat about the new deal. So he's

721
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:38,079
Nathan with Luke Garner.

722
00:31:39,119 --> 00:31:42,880
Speaker 4: The congratulations obviously, and when he came through, I was

723
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,039
very very happy that you're going to stay here because

724
00:31:46,319 --> 00:31:48,480
I guess I was, you know, talk that the coups

725
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:50,240
I would have been interested in your services. I'm sure

726
00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:52,799
they were. But you're stuck with Penrith. Happy to get

727
00:31:52,799 --> 00:31:53,480
that done.

728
00:31:53,279 --> 00:31:56,359
Speaker 7: Yeah, stoke to get it done. It's exactly where I

729
00:31:56,359 --> 00:32:01,799
wanted to be. And yeah, luckily enough during the club. Yeah,

730
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,039
come to grandmen that I both get to stay. I

731
00:32:04,119 --> 00:32:05,680
get to stay.

732
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:08,079
Speaker 4: What if you loved about being at this club for

733
00:32:08,119 --> 00:32:11,279
so long? The premierships is one thing, but obviously formed

734
00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:13,599
order of friendships and relationships and you love the fans,

735
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:15,440
but of course is that part part of the big

736
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:16,519
reason why you want to be here.

737
00:32:16,599 --> 00:32:18,839
Speaker 7: Yeah, that's that's all part of the reason why And

738
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:21,359
I just genuinely love coming to training every day. Yeah,

739
00:32:21,559 --> 00:32:24,680
you know that the coaching staff and everyone at the

740
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:26,799
club make it so be easy for us to roll

741
00:32:26,839 --> 00:32:30,279
in here and enjoy enjoy our Daisy in every aspect.

742
00:32:30,359 --> 00:32:33,119
Speaker 5: So it's yeah, it's just a great place to be great.

743
00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:36,759
Speaker 7: And for them and everyone that comes here you know,

744
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,759
says the same thing, and so yeah, it's just.

745
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:41,559
Speaker 5: It's just a very special place of it. I'm grateful

746
00:32:41,599 --> 00:32:42,640
that I'm here at this point.

747
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:43,079
Speaker 6: Yeah.

748
00:32:43,279 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 3: And when you're weighing up your future, how much goes

749
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:46,000
into it?

750
00:32:46,039 --> 00:32:49,400
Speaker 4: I mean, obviously your partner involved and things like that, But.

751
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:49,920
Speaker 2: Is it is it?

752
00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 4: Is it a tough to decide what you want to

753
00:32:52,039 --> 00:32:52,480
do next?

754
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:54,519
Speaker 2: It is? It is.

755
00:32:54,559 --> 00:32:58,440
Speaker 5: But it would have been harder if penwe that would

756
00:32:58,480 --> 00:32:59,680
have been That would have been the harder thing. So

757
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:03,759
that yeah, so that makes my decisions, you know. There

758
00:33:03,799 --> 00:33:08,480
was always option to stay. Yeah, yeah, that's that was

759
00:33:08,519 --> 00:33:09,039
the main thing.

760
00:33:09,119 --> 00:33:11,440
Speaker 7: And yeah, like I said, we've got an agreement done

761
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:14,720
and so I get to stay for another three more years,

762
00:33:15,039 --> 00:33:18,599
two off this, but yeah that's pretty special and yeah.

763
00:33:19,279 --> 00:33:23,319
Speaker 4: Excellent, good stuff. Obviously this weekend huge game. Obviously it

764
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:25,200
was it was a flag at the moment. But you

765
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:28,200
guys are equally probably better, going even better at the

766
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:31,440
moment than you know, if you probably have expected, right,

767
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:33,680
three games in undefeated, letting in.

768
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:38,319
Speaker 3: Two tries like pretty good starts.

769
00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:39,440
Speaker 5: Yeah right, it's been good.

770
00:33:39,519 --> 00:33:40,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been good.

771
00:33:41,359 --> 00:33:43,200
Speaker 7: But then yeah, we haven't played the perfect game, so

772
00:33:43,319 --> 00:33:44,720
you know, there's nothing to be happy about.

773
00:33:44,759 --> 00:33:46,400
Speaker 5: And you know we haven't won a grand final.

774
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,480
Speaker 4: So yeah, but as a compector last year, this is

775
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:53,279
obviously a complete one turn around in terms of the

776
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:54,079
start to the year.

777
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:56,920
Speaker 7: Yeah, no, it's pleasing, it's definitely pleasing. The results we've

778
00:33:57,839 --> 00:33:59,799
we've tilled up I guess the past couple of weeks,

779
00:33:59,799 --> 00:34:03,160
but there's still periods in the game we need to improve,

780
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:07,240
and you know that's probably where we you know, last

781
00:34:07,279 --> 00:34:10,400
last year is maybe getting Yeah we might have been

782
00:34:10,559 --> 00:34:13,400
were too high on the solve maybe maybe maybe last year,

783
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:17,880
so and that's where sort of the bomb. So yeah, yeah,

784
00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:19,880
trying not to get too high. Yeah we haven't we

785
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:20,840
haven't done anything yet.

786
00:34:21,559 --> 00:34:21,719
Speaker 2: Yeah.

787
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:24,599
Speaker 7: Yeah, we've won three games against a couple of teams,

788
00:34:24,599 --> 00:34:26,239
but realistically we haven't done anything yet.

789
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:28,400
Speaker 5: Yeah, we'll see how we got the end the year. Yes,

790
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,280
that's the that's the big goal for sure.

791
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:31,960
Speaker 4: For a long way to go, but obviously back at

792
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:35,480
home as well, you know, your real home, but at Parramatta.

793
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:36,880
Speaker 3: Hopefully a lot of pend the fans are going to

794
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:38,000
be there for that one.

795
00:34:38,119 --> 00:34:40,360
Speaker 4: I'm looking forward to just getting back there and sort

796
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:42,519
of getting real acquainted with that stadium again, because it

797
00:34:42,559 --> 00:34:44,039
was a sort of tough start to the year last

798
00:34:44,079 --> 00:34:46,400
year over there finding your feet, but I thought towards

799
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:48,119
the end of the year you're sort of stracked up

800
00:34:48,159 --> 00:34:48,840
a lot of wins there.

801
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:50,440
Speaker 3: But yeah, it's looking forward to get back to combat

802
00:34:51,199 --> 00:34:51,800
as we play there.

803
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:55,199
Speaker 7: But good Bettle of the West, so it'd be fun.

804
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:58,840
That's always pal always always know they're playing well now,

805
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:04,079
but they've always well again, I'd be exciting hopefully, you know,

806
00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:07,039
plenty of pans and get out of the game.

807
00:35:08,119 --> 00:35:11,960
Speaker 5: He had a good turn out of you know, saying yeah.

808
00:35:12,639 --> 00:35:14,960
Speaker 4: I think it will be five thirty Saturday, I think

809
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:15,239
you'll do.

810
00:35:17,119 --> 00:35:17,719
Speaker 3: Well done again.

811
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,480
Speaker 2: So yes, one hundred and thirty games that Garner's played

812
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:25,519
now he's then a pretty reliable member of that Penrith

813
00:35:25,519 --> 00:35:28,519
team and now gets a rewarded with a two year deal.

814
00:35:28,639 --> 00:35:30,159
Speaker 4: Yeah, like I said to him, I thought he was

815
00:35:30,199 --> 00:35:31,679
I thought he was gone. I thought there was gonna

816
00:35:31,679 --> 00:35:33,480
be that A few clubs that were after him that

817
00:35:33,599 --> 00:35:35,199
wanted he just but he said Penrith.

818
00:35:35,679 --> 00:35:37,880
Speaker 3: Penrith wanted me, and that was a big reason in

819
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:39,400
my decision to stick with.

820
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,440
Speaker 2: Penrithe good, all right. And the other news, of course

821
00:35:41,519 --> 00:35:43,400
last week, if anyone missed it, the retirement of Matt

822
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:46,719
isasen Hooth, who was a mister reliable for for a

823
00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:49,039
few of those premiership years. They never got to play

824
00:35:49,639 --> 00:35:53,159
in the grand final. Unfortunately for Matt, so despite being

825
00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:57,880
around that premiership winning group, never got one himself. I

826
00:35:57,920 --> 00:35:58,840
presume he's got a ring.

827
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:01,960
Speaker 4: Something he would because he got close in the last

828
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:05,159
premiership twenty twenty four. He was eighteenth man. Remember he

829
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:08,880
was in that entire final series. But Scott Sorenson made

830
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,719
himself available for the Grand Final and it was probably

831
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:13,760
one of the toughest calls Ivan clear out to make.

832
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:18,000
Was was dumping Isoh who had on the customer winning

833
00:36:18,039 --> 00:36:21,199
his first premiership and bringing Scott Sorenson back. So, but

834
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:24,840
the club's definitely looking after him, Troy. He's certainly still

835
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:27,000
working there. He's still in the mix. He's part of

836
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:31,280
the coaching staff, so expect to expect to see Matt

837
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:33,760
Eisenhoth's next chapter of his career at the Panthers.

838
00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:35,800
Speaker 2: He'll be around. All right. Now, it is time, Nathan

839
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:37,599
for the prices right now. This is going to be

840
00:36:37,599 --> 00:36:41,119
our finale. Next week. I will of course have the

841
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,559
presentation because last week, what did you win? You want

842
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:45,159
a scaff?

843
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:46,159
Speaker 3: We want to scaff?

844
00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:48,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that was a that was you know, he

845
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:51,760
finally won something, So that was that was a very

846
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:55,360
good performance to do that. But yeah, so we've got

847
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:58,039
two now. For those of you who haven't heard this before,

848
00:36:58,119 --> 00:37:01,760
this is Nathan tries to guess within fifty cents the

849
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:04,440
price of something on the Panthers shop. So you know,

850
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:08,880
we think everyone should should know exactly what the thing's

851
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,599
cost because you should be looking to buy your Panthers

852
00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:16,079
merch and whatnot. But all right, Nathan, you're ready for

853
00:37:16,519 --> 00:37:20,199
two more to finish this off. Let's do it all right,

854
00:37:20,199 --> 00:37:23,880
here we go. Well, we are going to the Panthers

855
00:37:24,079 --> 00:37:25,920
Black Diamond hoodie.

856
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:28,440
Speaker 3: Oh nice, A refined.

857
00:37:28,119 --> 00:37:31,400
Speaker 2: Tribute to sixty seasons. This is pretty new. I believe.

858
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:35,079
The black Diamond hoodie features a clean nineteen sixty seven

859
00:37:35,119 --> 00:37:38,840
to twenty twenty six chest mark, honoring the club's foundation

860
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,880
in six decades of progress. Minimal in design and finished

861
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,880
in classic black, it delivers a timeless look with an

862
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:48,400
understated impact. Cut in a relaxed fit with a premium

863
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:53,000
hand feel. It's built for comfort without compromising on presents,

864
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:57,559
easy to layer, easy to wear on game day or

865
00:37:57,599 --> 00:38:02,159
any day. They're improving over there, shop, they're improving. I reckon,

866
00:38:02,199 --> 00:38:04,679
they've dumped the chat GPT and they've got Darren Mick

867
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:05,599
left to right those.

868
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 3: Can I have a look at this?

869
00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:07,639
Speaker 2: Try?

870
00:38:10,039 --> 00:38:12,000
Speaker 3: Is there any way that you can the screen with

871
00:38:12,039 --> 00:38:13,079
the price being on there?

872
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:17,039
Speaker 2: No, there's not hang on there. There will be because

873
00:38:17,079 --> 00:38:18,000
I'll be able to do this.

874
00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:22,280
Speaker 4: It does sound quite nice, actually, I must admit it

875
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:23,559
sounds like something I would wear.

876
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:26,639
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, there's the front of it there, so's the hoodie.

877
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:28,840
Speaker 3: Okay, do we know what brand it is at all?

878
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:37,000
Troy Panthers brand. Yeah, it's got no.

879
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:40,559
Speaker 2: No specific brand anything like that. Okay, just says Panthers,

880
00:38:40,639 --> 00:38:44,119
very like, very subtle on the front, but it's big

881
00:38:44,119 --> 00:38:44,559
on the back.

882
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:48,079
Speaker 3: Panthers, right, Okay, does it looks like it's pretty good quality.

883
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:50,719
Speaker 2: It does as I said, it's cutting a relaxed fit,

884
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,280
the premium hand feel, built for comfort.

885
00:38:53,679 --> 00:38:55,880
Speaker 3: Right, all right, I'm going to lock in ninety dollars.

886
00:38:56,159 --> 00:39:00,639
Speaker 2: Ninety dollars, so you've got ninety dollars. You think you

887
00:39:00,679 --> 00:39:05,880
got it right? Last week? One hundred and twenty nine

888
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:06,679
to ninety.

889
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:08,639
Speaker 4: Nine for the Actually I was going to say one

890
00:39:08,679 --> 00:39:10,920
hundred and twenty, but I thought that's quite expensive for

891
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:11,360
a hoodie.

892
00:39:11,639 --> 00:39:14,079
Speaker 3: One hundred and thirty is even more expensive.

893
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:15,920
Speaker 2: Very expensive. But that's just out now, so you can go.

894
00:39:16,679 --> 00:39:18,519
Let go check that out, all right there at the

895
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,039
Panther shop. If you what do you get?

896
00:39:21,079 --> 00:39:21,159
Speaker 5: You?

897
00:39:21,159 --> 00:39:22,719
Speaker 3: Would you would you buy a who do you? Would

898
00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:24,199
you buy a jersey for that price?

899
00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:28,599
Speaker 2: Because yeah, the same price. You're right, it's that's a

900
00:39:28,599 --> 00:39:32,079
tough one, isn't it. That's a tough one. All right? Nathan?

901
00:39:33,039 --> 00:39:35,119
What have I got here for you? And the last one?

902
00:39:35,159 --> 00:39:37,880
This is our last one, Okay, I've got a Dylan

903
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:38,920
Edwards badge for you.

904
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:41,239
Speaker 3: Dylan Edwards Badge.

905
00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:44,360
Speaker 2: Rep your favorite Panthers player with this limited edition badge.

906
00:39:45,159 --> 00:39:47,880
Dylan Edwards playing through the twenty twenty twenty one final

907
00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:50,400
series with a broken foot was a key cog in

908
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:53,719
the club's premiership tryout. He was outstanding throughout the twenty

909
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:56,559
twenty two season, winning the Nerve Cartwright Medal as the

910
00:39:56,599 --> 00:39:59,519
Panthers Best and Fairest and Clive Churchill Medal as the

911
00:39:59,559 --> 00:40:02,599
Grand Player of the Match. He made his Kangaroo's debut

912
00:40:02,599 --> 00:40:05,320
at the end of the twenty twenty three season. This

913
00:40:05,599 --> 00:40:09,599
badge is fifty eight millimeters in diameter and it's part

914
00:40:09,599 --> 00:40:12,920
of a collection that also includes Brian to Dylan Edwards.

915
00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:16,880
We know that Isaiah Yo, Jerome Luai and Nathan Cleary.

916
00:40:17,039 --> 00:40:19,360
So beautiful and it's available now.

917
00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:21,840
Speaker 3: Is it a colored badge?

918
00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:25,480
Speaker 2: So it's like the badge is mainly Dylan's head.

919
00:40:26,239 --> 00:40:28,800
Speaker 4: Is it like a It's like a circle, like as

920
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:33,079
old school circle badges get in certainly eased to.

921
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:35,480
Speaker 2: Show there it is there, Nathan, there's the badge.

922
00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:35,840
Speaker 8: Yep.

923
00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:37,960
Speaker 2: One other way to bewareing that you know when you

924
00:40:38,039 --> 00:40:40,679
go interview Dyl, if you win this, that's what I expect.

925
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:42,719
That's in fact is the thing. If you win this

926
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:46,480
next time, you really right away the badge and see

927
00:40:46,519 --> 00:40:47,119
if he knows.

928
00:40:47,159 --> 00:40:48,679
Speaker 3: What can you get me? Can you can I get

929
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:51,039
even closer like further away than fifty cents.

930
00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:54,280
Speaker 2: All right, Because you're going to do that, I'll give

931
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:57,880
you a dollar within a dollar, all right?

932
00:40:58,360 --> 00:40:59,679
Speaker 3: Would a Badge be worth a Dylan?

933
00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:02,360
Speaker 4: And I'd presume all the players are worth the same amounts,

934
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:03,320
whether it's a Nathan Clear.

935
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,599
Speaker 2: I don't think Jerome Lite is available anymore on the

936
00:41:06,639 --> 00:41:08,599
Panther's website, even though it says that he's part.

937
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:15,960
Speaker 3: Of the collection. I'm going to lock you in seven dollars, Troy,

938
00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:22,599
Really seven dollars with the membership discount? What about with

939
00:41:22,599 --> 00:41:23,519
the corporate discount?

940
00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:27,760
Speaker 2: All right? Well have to say you finished this with

941
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:30,559
a pig scaff you finish they I'm happy with that.

942
00:41:30,679 --> 00:41:33,119
Speaker 3: At least I got something out of this this competition.

943
00:41:33,199 --> 00:41:36,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll come up with something else next next week

944
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to start as we continue on with that.

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Speaker 4: Is there any negotiations around the SCAF because I noticed

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that there was a there was a men's version, like

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a right a gray version.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, no, we'll be getting in. You have a

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photo on the week Instagram page for everyone to see.

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All right, So pantas Eels should be a beauty got

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extra time coming out this week. Mass Panther has nose

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to the ground again, Peter lang We've got lang on

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leag got the celebrity tipsters. Make sure you look who's

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who's close to the top. Yeah, you know that's right,

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the scoreboarding and be the face of the crawd. There's

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all sorts of stuff.

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Speaker 4: I think it's when places say that things are back,

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bigger and better than ever. I think this is true

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because we actually have three player features every week now.

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Speaker 2: And so the usual too, and we've got they set it,

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We've got that they set it, Quotes of the week

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and things like that.

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Speaker 4: Now we know that the Daily Mail, Yeah, who they're

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all reading the mass Panther as well. Who knows what

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he's going to come out with.

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Speaker 2: There viewed mass Panther in two years on hold really

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so certainly got people talking on the weekends, no doubt

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about that. But yeah, make sure you grab extra time

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in the print edition of the Weekend every Thursday. But

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you just go to the Western Weekend that will comm

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dot A U slash get a paper and you can

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subscribe to get the digital version as well. And Melinda Sanders,

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our photographer, is going to be at Comming Stadium on Saturday,

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so she'll be taking lots of face in the crowd photo,

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so if you see it, make sure you put your

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hand up and you can win a about Harber Cruz.

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Speaker 3: Yep, I have them sitting at my desk, Troy.

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Speaker 4: So if if you're one of those lucky people that

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are featured in our paper every week, come in and

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ask for me and I'll hook you up with a

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double pass to a Captain Cook Cruise.

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Speaker 2: Yep. You're pretty strict on your verification.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Often I have to get the paper out and

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match the face with the person in front of me.

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Speaker 3: But no one's no one's come in and tried to

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do the dodgy yet.

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Speaker 2: No, okay, all right, well it's not encouragement. All right,

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Well they said I enjoy the wedding.

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Speaker 3: Yes, thank you on your well wishes.

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Speaker 2: Hopefully you'll watch the game and be able to provide

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some insight this week as we head towards what will

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be an Easter weekend.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, good Friday against Melbourne.

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Speaker 2: It's been a long time since Penis played on Good Friday.

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I think there was a game against the Warriors a

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few years ago. Yeah, but but yeah, that'll be good.

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So you do his head to the Easter show during

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the day and then on the way home.

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Speaker 3: Pop in, pop in and see get a Panther show bag.

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Speaker 2: Get a pan of show back that is available this year.

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Thirty bucks for the Panther Showbag. All right, that is

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it for Tensions Running High. New episodes out every Wednesday

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or was it Western Weekend dot com? Do you follow

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00:44:05,159 --> 00:44:07,320
us on all the socials and check out our printudition

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00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:09,840
out every Thursday. Download the Western Weekend or app as

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well on the Google play Store or the Apple App Store.

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I'm Troy Odds Nathan. Thanks for joining me. Thanks and

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thanks to Penris City Automotive for their sponsorship to go

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and check out the evs in the middle of the

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petrol crisis.

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Speaker 3: I think I need one myself.

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Speaker 2: Yes, we'll see you next time on Tensions Running High,

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Go the Panthers.