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Speaker 1: Now it's time for tensions that were running high at

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

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Panthers podcast presented by the Western Weekender. This is episode

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sixty four. I'm Troy Dodgs joined by Nathan Taylor. Hello,

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Nathan Hollo Troy. We are the voice of Rugular League

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Get yourself a new or used car today from the

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people who do it best. On the agenda Today, we

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pick our top eights for the year. Nathan Cleary cleared,

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as Ivan turns Lawyer, We review the season launch from

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Saturday Night, a little bit of Vegas Talk as the

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season gets underway. But let's begin the show. And Nathan,

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you are fresh from Panthers training. You've just been over there.

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Speaker 3: Certainly, Troy was very hot out there. We very rarely

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get to see training, but they allowed some of us

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weekend the staff to head down there to do some

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interviews with some players for this week's edition. Troy, and

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We've got a sneak peek at training, and it was

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like a very much so like an opposed session. So

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a lot of the boys are working hard, but not

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everyone was training, Troy.

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Speaker 2: Oh, okay, who are we missing? Well?

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Speaker 3: Missing? I noticed that Liam Henry was training away from

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the team. He was doing a bit of boxing with

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Glenn Lydiard. Liam Martin was also a spectator. He was

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in full kit, but he wasn't He wasn't doing anything.

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And we had Matt Eisenhuth who a little bit bit

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of talk about him and what his role is with

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the Panthers this year. He wasn't training either. He was

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more mingling around with the coaches. So I'm not sure

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what to make of that, Troy, but it was quite

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interesting session to watch.

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Speaker 2: But just for those who may have heard some other

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rumors doing the rounds and I think other podcasts and

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on the internet and whatever. In terms of Liam Henry

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and Liam Martin, neither a bit of a serious injuries

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or anything like that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there were some rumors about doing serious knee injuries,

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but I'm pretty sure that's been put to rest. They're nothing.

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The club hasn't announced anything. There was no strapping on

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either of their knees or anything like that. It just

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looks like they might not play in round one. They

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could be a few weeks away if possible.

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Speaker 2: All right, Well, someone who will play around one, of course,

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is Nathan Cleary. He has cleared at the l Judiciary

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on Monday night. We had a bit of fun with

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all of this, of course because ilib and Cleary we

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didn't really know this was going to happen. But the

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judiciary kicks off and Ilivan Cleary is there as Nathan's

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legal representative. I guess, and I guess when you think

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about it, it probably is the smart way to do it.

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In terms of clubs have turned to doing the whole

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you know, get the lawyers in, they never get them,

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get them off. Penrith tri to come.

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Speaker 3: Have to pay these lawyers too. I don't know what

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they charged with ten grand or something to do something

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like that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. My wife is always like, what do you mean

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they've got lawyers NLU. Yeah, But anyway, so, yes, so,

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And it was probably a better idea because Ivan was

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over lover with the city to present things from a

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football perspective, and he had his evidence, he had some

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still photos and things like that, And in the end,

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Nathan Cleary had that Grade two danger careless high tackle

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charge downgraded to a Grade one, which means I think

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an eighteen hundred dollars fine and he's able to play

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in round. But it would have been pretty ridiculous for

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him to miss two games for that tackle on that

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very powerful West Tigers winger.

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Speaker 3: Oh one hundred percent. And you know, not to say

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that it would have derailed pair of season, but it

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would have. It just wouldn't have been great for the

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side to run out there for least of the first

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or two or three weeks of the season without their

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main guy, especially after what happened last year and how

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important it is to get get off to a good

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start and you don't want to be chasing the pack

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like they did last year. Having Nathan gets in the

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best chance of getting at least two or three wins

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to start the year.

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Speaker 2: And Macassini it didn't even have a h i A.

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Speaker 3: No counts straight back.

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Speaker 2: For a careless high tackle, so high contact with the

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head and there's not even a h I A. So

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I think that was a you know, that was brought

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up I think in the in the in the case

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from the Panthers side, very quick judiciary hearing. I think

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once it was so quick it was pretty obvious that

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that Nathan was going to get off. There was a

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cast of thousands down there. Matt Cameron, Shane Elford, obviously,

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Ivan the Panthers media manager, was there, like so they

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took pretty seriously the p.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I believe they all they all pulled in the

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same car and you may have saw some footage on

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the news of Ivan and Nathan and another bloke that's

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the Penrith media manager, Michael Block, and apparently they got

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dropped off by by the other two while they went

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and found a car spot and made their way inside.

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Speaker 2: So you think they may have all driven in together,

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the middle of blockish.

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Speaker 3: He's in the middle. Yeah, he's probably the smallest out

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of the others in the middle.

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Speaker 2: Matt Cameron would have shotgun or maybe drive. Ma Cameron

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comes across to me as the drive.

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Speaker 3: As the driver, I'll drive everywhere.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, alright, well he's free to play. It is there

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in round one and that's that's the good news. Now.

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Saturday night, Nathan, you and I were at the Panthers

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season launch. It was a season launch with a difference

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this year. The sixtieth anniversary celebrations of course, combined into

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this season launch. It was a great night. They even

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got the air conditioning working at some stage during the night.

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A bit of a warm start, but look for me,

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any event that starts with margaritas as part of this

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sweek of drinks is always going to be good. But

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it was a great night to celebrate not only the

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new season, but more importantly the sixtieth anniversary.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you're right, it was. I was saying to some

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of the people at Panthers today. I was probably the

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best season launch I've been to in a long time.

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That they've held it at some different locations over the years,

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like I don't know, maybe ten years ago, now they're

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held at the fern Hill Estate. I remember that being

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quite a memorable one, but since then it's just been

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in Penrith or Evan Theater or in some random function

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room somewhere at the club. I think we had that.

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they're cocktail parties where you're standing up getting some party

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pies like But this was an all out, really amazing,

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amazing function and I think obviously being the sixtieth anniversary

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dinner that obviously had something to.

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Speaker 2: Do with it.

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Speaker 3: I reckon there wrot three four hundred people there on

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Saturday night you mentioned.

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Speaker 2: Igan Moore, probably six hundred because that's pretty much the room.

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But it's full capacity, yeah, true, which we haven't really seen.

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but probably haven't seen since its opening for an.

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Speaker 3: Event like that, Yeah, and just you know, you know,

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just to peek behind the curtain. Usually it's an event

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where it's just beer and wine that's handed out at

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these things, but to rock up and having margaritas amidos

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on hand, you know, for at least for the first

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hour and a half before you went inside the room.

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Speaker 2: We saw the new hype video for the year released,

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of course, with the best one yet I think pretty good. Yeah,

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a few people have said to me, that's that's vision

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of you back in the night watching TV.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we get pendeth press on the side.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, a little bit, just a little bit of feed.

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Maybe too much pen press now I noticed that of it.

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Speaker 3: If they wanted some more copies of the Weekend and

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we could have found some for them, for.

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Speaker 2: Sure, we could have helped them out. In fact, we've

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been on a bit of a project here gathering all

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our front pages, yeah, last thirty five or so.

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Speaker 3: Years, promoting a brand that's really not around much anymore.

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But hey, I guess that's what people had back in

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the day.

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Speaker 2: I did look highlights of the night for me, definitely,

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obviously seeing the Hall of Fame confirmed, obviously as those

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four with then the legend status now that we now have.

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So we saw those legends come up, or a few

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of them come up, those those new legends, and also

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some representatives of those no longer with us, of course,

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Mary cart right there for Nerv cart right, Max Cowen

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there for Roger Cowan, and also Jake Farriger there for

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his dad John. That was probably one of my highlights

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seeing those three up on stage.

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Speaker 3: Yep, and Brandy obviously did those those Q and a's

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with those guys, and he would know them very well,

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Speaker 2: And I will say I think Max Cowen, I'll say,

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on his best behavior. And what I say about that

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is that the Cowen family and Panthers have not always

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been on the same page since Roger's departure a CEO

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what twenty years ago now, and Roger has since passed.

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Because obviously Roger was, you know, forty years dedicated to

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the club, a big power player at Panthers, responsible for

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the move to Mogoa Road, you know, big, big, passionate

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Panthers man. But the way he left and in the

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years following, Panthers kind of ignored Roger Cowan. It was

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their mission to ignore him. Almost The Cowen family weren't

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thrilled with that. They feel that he should have been recognized.

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I'm now, I'm sure now they are very happy with

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that recognition, but Max doesn't mind talking about it. So

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you know, I was waiting to see if he threw

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in anything, but I think he was. He was well behaved.

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Speaker 3: He was for his dad, yeah for sure, and as

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as were the others. They were yeah, very very very

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happy that their loved ones had been recognized. And of

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course there was some some formal players there to Troy

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that obviously got recognized on the night too, and they're

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all in attendance, which was good to see. He had

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Luke Lewis there, Trent Waterhouse, Luke Rooney, Luke Prittis and

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Steve Carter, five deserving guys that you know, definitely deserve

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their place in the in the Legends list.

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Speaker 2: Luke Lewis revealing he's very much still a Panthers fan,

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leaving the Panthers and then going on and winning another

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camp with.

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Speaker 3: The show, moving down to the Shire and doing all

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of that. Yeah, that was good to know, still a

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Panthers fan.

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Speaker 2: And look, yeah, look we obviously saw the other night

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close with a speech remving Cleary in which he spoke

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also about becoming a Penrith person and the fact that

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he wasn't from Penrith and that Penrith welcomed him in

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and whatnot. And he seems pretty confident about the other

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year ahead two, which is good.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I must have been I don't remember too much

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Ivan speech Troy. There was probably nine drinks deep into

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that part of the night, but at least I stuck

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around for it.

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Speaker 2: Try.

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Speaker 3: And a point I want to make is I was

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very disappointed that maybe a quarter, maybe a third of

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the room actually left before the Ivan Cleary speech and

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before dessert was even served. It was a Saturday night,

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wasn't getting that late, but most of our table had

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departed by that point.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it meant I got to have a cream rele Ai.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and it was just like, come on, guys, like,

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this is a this is a Sunday night.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, you know what the reason that I think

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that is a good point, you know. And I normally

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there's been criticism probably over the years. Sometimes this season

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launch almost feeling like, oh, it's just a bit we

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have to yeah, being repetitive. So they finally do something different,

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something pretty spectacular, and yeah great, you know, And look,

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they did have deliberate long breaks in there, because there

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was a lot of people in that room who hadn't

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seen each other for some time, particularly players and whatnot,

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and it was good to see, like you'd look over

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and you'd see Carta chatting, the Cray gower or you know,

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some of the players mixing. But yeah, too many people

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took the opportunity to leave.

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Speaker 3: Perhaps they didn't know because there wasn't really a run

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sheet what was happening on the night, so was there

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no Perhaps they didn't know that there was an Ivan

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Cleary speech coming, like they stuck around for all the

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legends Q and a's and stuff. But I mean someone

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told me that I was speak. I didn't know, like, yeah, yeah,

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maybe they weren't aware that there was there was more

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to come. Potentially, I'm not sure, but there was a

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Max Max exodus, and I just thought it was a

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bit a little bit rude. I guess.

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Speaker 2: Well, one thing that's that sometimes keeps sponsors hanging around

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is of course the jersey. That's true draw.

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Speaker 3: So what's happening with that?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's happening on Monday night at its own function

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function now there. Look, there's a few sponsors miffed apparently

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because the players aren't actually going to be there for

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the what do you mean? And look, I thinks is

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trying to argue that you're actually if you're a sponsor,

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getting an extra function, if you know what I mean,

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because they're the season launching that. And they will also

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always argue, and we know this because we have Panthers

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posters in the player posters in extra time. We always

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try and sell the ad underneath to the player partner. Now,

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the reason this always creates confusion is because you actually

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sponsor the number. You know, you sponsor number seven. So

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you know, now if you sponsor number seven, you are

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obviously going to say that you sponsor Nathan, clear for sure.

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But if Nathan, for example, got suspended for the first

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few rounds of the season, well you actually are sponsoring

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Jack Cogger. You're not sponsoring the players. So the Panthers,

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I think, are arguing, well, you know it's not the

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players anyway, but you should have the players.

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Speaker 3: There absolutely, I mean, yeah, that's and if they don't

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want to do it in game week maybe, but like

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let's hold the function, you know further back. I could

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have hurt it last week or whatever. Like it's it's

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I don't know, it doesn't smell smell right to me, Troy.

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You know, those those higher sponsors, those sponsors are in

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such demand, Like it's very hard to become a player

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sponsor and they pay a lot of money for that,

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and they love getting that photo with the player every

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year and having their do and like, you know, whether

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Panthers make it up to them at some point of

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the year and they will organize them to come in

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for a day and get a picture. Who knows, But

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I don't know. It's just something that was a tradition.

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It was a Panthers tradition that this year at least

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is not happening.

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Speaker 2: I will say this, and I'm not being critical of

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whatever schedule is in place or you know about this

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incident in incident, this situation. Yeah, but it does it

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does make me kind of, you know, roll the eyes

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a little bit when I hear, well, you know, the

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players just aren't available for that. For example, in that

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I know that there's RLPA staff, there's agreements, like there's

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all these agreements with players from from how many things

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they sign to how many events they go to and whatever.

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It's a full time job in twenty twenty six, being

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a being a football Yeah, it's you know, we all

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know the past. You know, it wasn't a full time

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job in thirty years ago. It's a full time job,

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and just like we have a full time job, Nathan,

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that sometimes requires us to go to a function afterwards

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after work whatever. Come on, they're not being asked in

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this every week and the players should just about to go.

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And I actually reckon that probably half the players would

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just say yes anyway if they are as Yeah, but

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obviously there's all these things you've got to adhere to.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, for sure they like to make that. Yeah.

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I've heard that the club in some accests like to

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make deals with players because they might need them for

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other functions or other important media commitments throughout the years,

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so they don't want to burn them out too early.

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And I guess they maybe thought we better not burn

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them out in round one, and we might need them

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for other things across the year.

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Speaker 2: So I don't want to be in an old Fundydaddy

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naysayer is back in my day and whatever else. But

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come on, like you're getting paid a lot of money,

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You're not working forty hours away, like you know you're training,

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You've got days off during the week. Yes, you've got

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games and whatever, but you've got time.

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Speaker 3: And the majority of them live in Penrith and they

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probably are. They're probably training that day anyway at the

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academy is so then hanging around for a couple more

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hours to pop over to the club or wherever the

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function is going to be held.

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Speaker 2: Well two things will not being critical of the players,

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because I don't think that they.

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Speaker 3: Had to say I won't even know they're not going

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to the city.

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Speaker 2: But it's just the situation I think I'm saying in

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any club in any in when it comes to this

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stuff in sport, it should just be given that you've

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got to do this stuff and do a lot of it,

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because that's part of the job, not just playing.

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Speaker 3: And that's what makes an are relevant. I mean, look

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at the A League like, yeah, who the wonder is

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playing this week? You know, like we should we should know,

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but you know a lot of people don't.

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Speaker 2: So here's I've got an idea that they're not going

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to change it. Why didn't they just invite them to

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a training session and do the player partners or at

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the training well, yeah, get on a barbecue and.

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Speaker 3: I mean they could they could still do that at

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some point. But but you're right because but not every

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sponsor or people that attending this function next week is

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a player partner, right, Obviously we're attended, but we're a

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sponsor for for other.

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Speaker 2: Things sponsors, yeah, meet or something like that. So anyway,

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that's just my Again, it is only four days out

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from a game. We get all of that on the

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Monday night and it's an away game and whatever. But

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just in general, when I hear about not just Panthers

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but other clubs like oh, this player wasn't available to

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do this, or you know, the players didn't turn up

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to do this, guys, come on, you know, change the rules.

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R LPA, Clint Newton, where are you you got to

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They've got to be able to do this stuff.

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Speaker 3: And we expect it to probably go back to normal

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next year when there's no sixtieth anniversary celebrations dinners, we're

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probably going to get the usual cocktail party like we

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usually get next time round.

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Speaker 2: So now, talking though, of players who don't have to

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do things anymore, change to the will we think it

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changed the post match press conferences. We're going back to

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something I think we had maybe during COVID and whatever.

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But it's just the coaches now who are going to

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do the post match presser.

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Speaker 3: Correct, It's it's not fully locked in, but that's it's

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been proposed that. Apparently this was proposed last year as well,

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and then right before the first game the NRROL said

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we're gonna have captains again. So I'm not sure what

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happened last year, but yeah, the proposal is that following

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a game, we'll often watch the press conferences, whether we

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go in person or we watch them online for away games,

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and Ivan Cleary, Isaiah or Nathan Cleary will be sitting

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in that room at the same time, and journalists can

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ask questions to the coach player. Obviously, often the player

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doesn't get asked many questions, but it was always nice

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having him there in case there was an incident out

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in the field or some sort of player did something

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good out there with a try and you could ask

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about it or something like that. So, look, the coaches

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obviously more in demand the players, but I'm hearing the

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clubs very much in favor of not having the captains.

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Speaker 2: Surely no one's complaining about these. First of all, the

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players give you nothing, and secondly, half the time it's

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just like a a pity question they can asked. It's like,

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you know, true, we've had press conferences, whereas you didn't

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get ask a single question, because what are they really

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unless there's been a dramatic incident. I think as long

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as that can be and I know common sense is

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not common in rugby league, but as long as that

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can be common sense, Like you know there is a

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player milestone game, there has been a particularly full on

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moment during the game or something like that, that we

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could have the common sense where the player comes, I

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think would be smart.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but the other other sports you're talking about a

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league AFL that I think they're just coaches only like

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they've they've removed away from having a player there.

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Speaker 2: But no one's complaining, are they have I seen anyone complaining.

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Speaker 3: Oh look again, I'm not complaining. It's just I don't know,

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It's just that was the one difference center I had,

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was having a player there. But I heard that if

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it does go through, it could make for press conferences

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to start a little bit quicker too, because often the

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players are signing autographs with thirty forty minutes, getting selfies

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after the game with fans and whatnot. It delays these

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press conferences from happening. So if the players aren't involved,

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then the press conferences could start within five or ten

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minutes of full time. Even would just go straight in,

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do the presser, and then he'll wait for his players

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to come in and do the team talk. So it

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might speed things up on that matter.

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Speaker 2: Or I'm going to completed the NRL as well. For

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those of us who watched the live stream of the presses,

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and I love a good presser, so I actually watch

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a lot of them. Can you please go back to

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the old video system because from last year you couldn't

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come in halfway through and go back. Oh, I had

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to stay with the live stream and you couldn't the

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live feed and back to the start of the press

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or whatever. So please fix that. Peter over there at

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the NRL next time.

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Speaker 3: He is busy in Vegas and the hot Dogs.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well Garlos pies with a tariff. Now, just a

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quick mention of the pre season Challenge, because the hilarity

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of all of this is the pairs didn't get a

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single point on the ladder. That happen now, that's happened before,

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believe it or not. The Titans and mainly both got

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zero points in the twenty twenty four pre season Challenge.

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But yes, for the pen of Panthers zero points and

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our rivals from down the road. The e actually won

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the whole thing.

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Speaker 3: They won, and I think they have thirty points. They

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did really well.

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Speaker 2: But there's a parade in Church Street tomorrow.

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Speaker 3: Yes, yes, yes, we'll be attending as para news. But yeah,

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like what do they win for that?

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Speaker 2: It's a few hundred grand, isn't it under grand or

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something like that?

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Speaker 3: That's insane. They won two preseason games and have picked

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up one hundred grand.

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Speaker 2: Like, yeah, it's interesting.

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Speaker 3: When you're winning the minor premiership. I don't think you

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win that much more, is that right?

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Speaker 2: No? No, well they did increase it, but yeah, not

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that much more. Look the think about it. Look, I

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don't like the preseason challenge, but then what do you

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replace it with, Like you can't just go back to

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having trials that mean nothing anyway, so I guess they're

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trying to make it. Well.

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Speaker 3: The AFL used to have a preseason challenge. They just

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have Now they just have match simulation games with loves

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and they barely even televis.

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Speaker 2: Which is interesting because the AFL's preseason.

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Speaker 3: Was actually they had a big lug toy.

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Speaker 2: It was actually exciting and yeah, people were interested in it.

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The only I think I'll say is that I think

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I've mentioned this a few times. The original plan of

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the preseason Challenge was this whole like fourteen days of

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footy concept when you're gonna be able to turn it

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on a Tuesday night in the old days, I'm co

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Cup and whatever. We kind of just followed the usual

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routine of schedule in terms of and it just.

476
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Speaker 3: And I don't think it's very fair either, like no

477
00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:18,319
to a lot of like the teams, like, it's not

478
00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:23,079
fair at all, Like Penrith played the Cowboys in the

479
00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:26,200
Cowboys second week of the competition when Penrith were running

480
00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:30,160
out all their juniors and then so they got trounced

481
00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:32,440
as we know by sixty and then the week after

482
00:21:32,759 --> 00:21:34,400
like obviously a bit more, a lot more even with

483
00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:38,880
the Tigers. But yeah, it's Pith had no chance at

484
00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:40,759
all to even win that. Yes, they should have picked

485
00:21:40,839 --> 00:21:42,000
up a point here or there, but.

486
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Speaker 2: Look, maybe we should go back. I saw Michael Maguire

487
00:21:44,599 --> 00:21:46,400
during the week, I think said, look, the World Club

488
00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:49,799
Challenge needs to be a permanent fixture in the preseason.

489
00:21:49,839 --> 00:21:51,599
We need to stop having this debate every year. And

490
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if it's going to happen and not happen. It needs

491
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to be a permanent fixture. We do need to maybe

492
00:21:56,039 --> 00:21:58,440
fix up the preseason somehow, and maybe it is we

493
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go back to just clubs organized in there, because the

494
00:22:00,519 --> 00:22:02,279
clubs you just organize their own trials.

495
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Speaker 3: Yeah, you see Paramatta Battle of the West every year.

496
00:22:05,319 --> 00:22:07,000
Speaker 2: And you know the Panthers had get on the phone

497
00:22:07,079 --> 00:22:09,079
and you know, organize that with the Heels. And that

498
00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:10,920
would mean though that if you don't want to play

499
00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,519
two trials, then you don't have to, or if you

500
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want to play a trial against you know, a New

501
00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:18,119
Town or something like that instead in that first like

502
00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,200
you could like this is kind of forcing.

503
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Speaker 3: It's commercialized now. The manner are making money off of

504
00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:26,279
who's watching Fox or we watched it? Who watched the game?

505
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Speaker 2: Weast watch and I did watch. I probably watched all

506
00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:32,559
up probably one other game in twenty minutes here.

507
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Speaker 3: Yeah.

508
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Fox obviously try and push it like there at

509
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the ground. They're on the ground for some of the

510
00:22:37,279 --> 00:22:41,640
NFL games, the Preside Challenge. But but yeah, all right,

511
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well that's the precesson challenge is done, thank god, and

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Great Western Highway in Kingswood. All right, now is this

528
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time of year, Nathan, when we start to talk about

529
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our top eights and predictions. Now I've got my column

530
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coming out this week in the paper where I make

531
00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,519
some wacky predictions. Now this has become a bit of

532
00:23:44,559 --> 00:23:47,640
a tradition because one year I got them all right,

533
00:23:48,599 --> 00:23:51,079
he did. They were wacky predictions. So it was after

534
00:23:51,079 --> 00:23:53,519
the twenty twenty two Grand Final, so I think I

535
00:23:53,559 --> 00:23:55,960
said the Eels won't make the finals in twenty twenty three,

536
00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:57,960
and I got that right. I had some other stuff

537
00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:04,720
in there and like bizarrely got right. Pretty dud results

538
00:24:04,799 --> 00:24:08,160
last year two years now, but it's back. So I'm

539
00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:09,799
going to hold those. But I am going to go

540
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through our top eights.

541
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Speaker 3: Okay, let's hear it.

542
00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,400
Speaker 2: Now. Let's just start Nathan with both of our top

543
00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,440
fours and who we got as minor premiers. So who

544
00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:18,920
have you got as minor premiers?

545
00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,400
Speaker 3: Well, look, people are going to say I'm very biased,

546
00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:23,920
but I don't know. Something tells me that the Panthers

547
00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:26,599
are going to do well this year, and I've given

548
00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:31,519
them the JJ Gildlan Shield. Really come September, Yeah, I

549
00:24:31,559 --> 00:24:33,000
think they're going to have a I think they're going

550
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to have a good year of the Panthers, So I'm

551
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putting them first.

552
00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,640
Speaker 2: Okay, look that's look, I've got them in my top four,

553
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so I will tell you that much. But I've actually

554
00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,240
got a team that I don't know, people might tell

555
00:24:45,279 --> 00:24:49,119
me I'm ludicrous here. I think the Sydney Roosters will

556
00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:51,559
win the minor premiership. They will finish first.

557
00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,880
Speaker 3: I'm not what's convinced you of that? Like, is it

558
00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,119
just the hypes surrounding them or they've got a thirty

559
00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:58,000
seven year olders out?

560
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Speaker 2: Yes, but this is the point I feel like the

561
00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:04,160
Roosters of Remember there was that year a few years

562
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,359
ago and I think Trent Robinson said before the season,

563
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we won't make the eighth this year. We're not going

564
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to make the eight. I think it was twenty eleven

565
00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:11,359
or something. It was somewhere in there, I don't know

566
00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:14,799
it was, but and he said we're all about sort

567
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of next year and sorting that out. And then they

568
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came back, they made the Grand Final, what won the

569
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,599
cop something happened, but it was around that kind of concept.

570
00:25:21,799 --> 00:25:23,759
I feel a little bit similar about the Roosters this

571
00:25:23,839 --> 00:25:26,200
year and that last year they kind of were thereabouts.

572
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But this year I almost feel like they're trying to

573
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not buy the premiership, but they've almost gone, let's let's

574
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have a massive crack at twenty twenty six and therefore

575
00:25:36,759 --> 00:25:39,799
let's bring in daily cherry Evans when you could have

576
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relied on the talent that was there. Let's bring in

577
00:25:42,799 --> 00:25:47,359
daily Cherry Evans for a big last hurrah, remotivated. You've

578
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got Rhys Robson coming to the club as well. You've

579
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signed Cody Ramsey and Tommy talou To. You've got rid

580
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of some players who, like you know, sand and Smith,

581
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you know, not going to night a love hit title

582
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or whatever. Zach doc Oclay thinking Brandon Smith obviously off

583
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the South Sydney it's a bigger loss. It was problematic

584
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for the Roosters and he left before the end of

585
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the year. Anyway, I just look at that Rooster's side

586
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and I just think, you know what, there's there's premiership

587
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in it for for multiple reasons. Because then I look

588
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at what happens to them in twenty twenty seven. Well,

589
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at the end of this year, they've lost Angus Crichton,

590
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he's gone, Cherry Evans has only signed a one year deal,

591
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Daniel Tupuh's off contract at the end of this year,

592
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Marky Mark he goes to Rugby at the end of

593
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this year. So I just feel like they've put themselves

594
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for a big shot at this So the Roosters are

595
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my minor premiers.

596
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Speaker 3: I just think it's an aging roster, Troy, Like, it's

597
00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:48,440
an old squad there, aging roster ready for one last

598
00:26:48,559 --> 00:26:50,960
aging roster read to break down and get injured and

599
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,640
be out for six weeks, like and what's their depth like, Like,

600
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:55,119
we don't know what their depth is like because we

601
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don't have all the rosters with us at the moment.

602
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But that's what I worry about. One of those guys

603
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get injured. On Sam Walker's always got an injury at

604
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some point throughout the year. Tedesco had a great year

605
00:27:06,559 --> 00:27:09,400
last year, Ken he replicated again Cherry Evans, like I said,

606
00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,119
he's going to be motivated at this club. But he

607
00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,240
didn't have a great season as well last year apart

608
00:27:14,279 --> 00:27:17,480
from Origin and he missed out in Origin. What happened

609
00:27:17,519 --> 00:27:20,000
with him? Did he get dropped in Origin Daily? Cherry

610
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Evans after yeah, after their like, I mean, so, I

611
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mean he's not in his prime by any means.

612
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Speaker 2: No, I no, no, I agree with that. But I

613
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just think there's a last for our coming.

614
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Speaker 3: And so I'm thinking they're going to do it well.

615
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Speaker 2: But first, okay, on first, Now, the rest of the

616
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,440
top four, I've got the Broncos coming second. Now, I

617
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,880
will say I don't know. I don't think the Broncos

618
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:40,160
can win the COP. I don't think that can go

619
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back to back. But I do have them having a

620
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:43,680
pretty good regular season. Once you're in that sort of

621
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,920
premiership defense mode, you tend to win a lot of

622
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,799
your games. So I go Brisbane there. Now I've got

623
00:27:49,799 --> 00:27:52,599
the Panthers finishing third. I do think they'll have a

624
00:27:52,599 --> 00:27:55,319
good year. I think that there's a bit of motivation

625
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,279
now around the year with Scott Sorenson and Liam Henry

626
00:27:58,319 --> 00:28:00,640
both moving on. We had that last we didn't have

627
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,759
that kind of fueling a farewell like we'd had almost

628
00:28:03,759 --> 00:28:07,599
all along, you know, with players that were going to depart,

629
00:28:08,559 --> 00:28:11,160
and I just think the most settled preseason for a

630
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:13,720
long time. So I've got them third, and I've got

631
00:28:13,759 --> 00:28:17,400
the Sharks fourth. The perennial good club season team that

632
00:28:17,519 --> 00:28:19,799
just won't do anything once you get to the end

633
00:28:19,839 --> 00:28:21,079
of the year. But when you've got the likes of

634
00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:22,759
Nika Heines got in your around like you should be

635
00:28:22,799 --> 00:28:23,599
a top four team.

636
00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:26,680
Speaker 3: Apparently have quite a soft drawer too. The sharkis this year.

637
00:28:28,279 --> 00:28:29,960
They always get They always get soft draws.

638
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,319
Speaker 2: The Sharks, so I've got them in the four, but

639
00:28:31,319 --> 00:28:32,920
I don't think they'll do much once they get there.

640
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,079
The Roosters smash them in week one. Today's my top

641
00:28:36,079 --> 00:28:38,519
four Roosters Broncos, Panthers, Sharks.

642
00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,200
Speaker 3: Okay, well, as everyone knows, my top four is the

643
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:45,119
Panthers as minor premiers. This one I was a bit

644
00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,839
unsure about. But I feel like we try and write

645
00:28:47,839 --> 00:28:50,799
them off every year and it doesn't work. So I

646
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:54,240
picked the Storm to come second. Look, I know they've

647
00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:59,480
lost some players Nelson Papenhausen, but they've also got a

648
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:01,200
few people leaving at the end of the year that

649
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,039
they might want to see off. Tiro and we shot

650
00:29:03,079 --> 00:29:06,559
Nick Meanie, Karen Munster, we know is going to be there,

651
00:29:06,759 --> 00:29:10,160
Jerome Hughes like, they've still got a really strong squad

652
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:13,400
with Craig Bellamire's coach, he's now resigned for a few

653
00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:15,920
more years, and just everyone it's just so hard to

654
00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,519
win in Melbourne, so they've got that advantage. They're almost

655
00:29:18,799 --> 00:29:23,200
a lock to win games at Amy Park and jack

656
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:27,400
ether Trent to Oh exactly right, so they'll probably superstars

657
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,480
those two now that they're at Melbourne. So look, while

658
00:29:30,519 --> 00:29:32,319
I don't. I'm not sure about them, but I just

659
00:29:32,319 --> 00:29:34,880
have to have them up there as my top two team.

660
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:36,960
I've got the Broncos in third. I'm with you, Troy.

661
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:38,759
I think they'll have a good year, but I don't

662
00:29:38,759 --> 00:29:40,920
think they can win it again. There's always a bit

663
00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,519
of turmoil over there over for some reason. Obviously, Payton

664
00:29:44,559 --> 00:29:47,200
Harse is leaving at the end of the year. Who

665
00:29:47,279 --> 00:29:49,319
knows if everyone likes Madge or not. We're still not

666
00:29:49,799 --> 00:29:53,079
entirely sure how that relation's going to work. Ben Hunt,

667
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:58,240
Adam Reynolds, they're basically on their last legs as well.

668
00:29:58,279 --> 00:30:00,559
We know Reynolds is leaving at the end of the

669
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:04,640
year too, So yeah, just again some of those aging players,

670
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:08,119
they're worrying me. And then at number four, I was

671
00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:10,319
really impressive with what the Bulldogs did last year, so

672
00:30:10,319 --> 00:30:12,680
I think they're going to make the top four this

673
00:30:12,799 --> 00:30:14,799
year as well. I know they made it last year too,

674
00:30:14,799 --> 00:30:16,720
but I think they're gonna they're going to be fourth.

675
00:30:18,039 --> 00:30:20,559
They're they're a good side. They're they're building every year,

676
00:30:20,559 --> 00:30:23,519
They're getting more confident, they're getting stronger, they're getting more experienced,

677
00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:25,519
and I think they'll make the four this year.

678
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:27,720
Speaker 2: All right, well, let's have a look at the bottom four. Now,

679
00:30:27,759 --> 00:30:31,240
I've got the Warriors in fifth spot. That's probably the one.

680
00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:34,240
If I've got anyone in my top eight that I'm like, well,

681
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,839
they could also finish last. It's probably the Warriors. But

682
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:40,799
I just feel like, look, they were really unlucky last year.

683
00:30:41,319 --> 00:30:47,640
Obviously with injury eat season. He was having a great season,

684
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:49,759
and I don't know if he's good to go for

685
00:30:49,799 --> 00:30:51,880
the start of the year because that was a serious injury,

686
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:53,640
only sort of in the back end of the year,

687
00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:56,400
so he might not be good to go. But I

688
00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,960
just think that they've added some depth, they've lost some depths.

689
00:31:00,319 --> 00:31:02,319
I feel over all the Warriors miss barnetc.

690
00:31:02,359 --> 00:31:04,680
Speaker 3: And ounced today that he's leaving at the end of

691
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,160
the year, so can pick him up.

692
00:31:07,319 --> 00:31:09,000
Speaker 2: I just think, look, as long as they can get

693
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,880
that home record right sometimes they've lost some silly home

694
00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:14,960
games over there, then they should be going well. Or Warriors.

695
00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:18,480
I've got them fifth, I've got the Storm sixth. I

696
00:31:18,519 --> 00:31:20,160
don't know what to think about the Storm. Just a

697
00:31:20,279 --> 00:31:25,079
very disrupted sort of preseason they've had. Obviously the Pappenhausen leaving,

698
00:31:25,079 --> 00:31:27,160
then you had the Zach Lomax drama.

699
00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:28,680
Speaker 3: But Xavier Coats.

700
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:34,000
Speaker 2: Yes, finally some stability regarding the coaching because Bellamy signed

701
00:31:34,039 --> 00:31:36,799
his first long term deal in a while. But yeah,

702
00:31:36,799 --> 00:31:38,960
I've got them six. They're just always thereabouts. But I'm

703
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,079
I'm not sure they're better than six. I've got the

704
00:31:41,079 --> 00:31:42,000
dogs in seventh.

705
00:31:42,839 --> 00:31:44,400
Speaker 3: You're seeing them dropping out of the fourth.

706
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:47,839
Speaker 2: I think that I think this, look, you know what,

707
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:51,559
I just think about field Gold and let's hear it,

708
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:55,039
and I remember feel good at Penrith and I feel

709
00:31:55,039 --> 00:31:58,759
like history is just repeating itself where they almost get

710
00:31:58,799 --> 00:32:01,119
there and then they kind of are just thereabout the

711
00:32:01,559 --> 00:32:04,279
finals team and Phil Phil Gord will rebuild you a

712
00:32:04,319 --> 00:32:06,319
team and he will get you to the finals. But

713
00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:09,359
I'm just worried about when Phil's involvement gets a bit

714
00:32:10,359 --> 00:32:14,799
too much. And I just feel like also Vegas, the

715
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:18,039
Vegas hangover, A lot of clubs have had it included

716
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,839
last year. So I've got them seventh and in a

717
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:25,799
triumphant return to finals football. I've got the preseason Challenge winners,

718
00:32:25,799 --> 00:32:30,359
the Paramattices coming eighth. I just think that Jason Ryles

719
00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,640
was all about the twenty twenty sixth season. We saw

720
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:35,680
that with the way that he just left Dylan Brown

721
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:38,480
out of that team, one of his best players, because

722
00:32:38,519 --> 00:32:41,599
he wasn't part of the future plans he was gunning

723
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:44,079
for twenty twenty six. And I just think, you know,

724
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,200
they show too much improvement last year for me not

725
00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:47,039
to make the finals.

726
00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:50,559
Speaker 3: Yep, Okay, Well I run through my five to eight now.

727
00:32:50,599 --> 00:32:53,119
So I've got the Roosters. I think they'll have a

728
00:32:53,119 --> 00:32:54,920
good year. But like I mentioned earlier, I just think

729
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:56,400
they've got a bit of an aging roster there, and

730
00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:58,880
I just don't believe the hype. I think the media

731
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,400
loves the Roosters. There's a lot of that Sydney media

732
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,519
hang around that part of town a lot, and they

733
00:33:04,599 --> 00:33:07,039
got a lot of influence, you know, with certain members

734
00:33:07,079 --> 00:33:09,000
of the media, which which talked them up and make

735
00:33:09,079 --> 00:33:10,720
fans think that they're going to have a good year.

736
00:33:10,799 --> 00:33:13,400
So let's see if that's the case. I've got the

737
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:17,039
Raiders at six. I noticed, Troy, you didn't mention them

738
00:33:17,079 --> 00:33:19,759
in your top eight. The minor premiers from last year.

739
00:33:19,759 --> 00:33:21,319
Speaker 2: I think the minor premiers falling out.

740
00:33:21,519 --> 00:33:23,880
Speaker 3: Wow, Well I've got them. I've got a bit obviously.

741
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,039
I'm a Raider lover, so I've still got them in there.

742
00:33:26,039 --> 00:33:27,599
I've got them at six, though I don't think they're

743
00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:29,319
going to have as good of a year as they

744
00:33:29,319 --> 00:33:31,839
did in twenty twenty five. But I mean they've still

745
00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:36,400
got virtually the same squad together apart from Foggerty going

746
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,960
isn't great. I'm not sure how they're going to replace him,

747
00:33:40,039 --> 00:33:42,039
but you know, who knows. We didn't think they would

748
00:33:42,039 --> 00:33:45,960
go so well last year and they surprised everyone. At seven,

749
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,559
I've got the eels. I think they're going to finally

750
00:33:48,559 --> 00:33:52,319
make it back as well. They impressed me last year

751
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:54,519
with a lot of tough, tough things that happened to

752
00:33:54,559 --> 00:33:57,960
them throughout the year with Mitch Moses not being there.

753
00:33:58,000 --> 00:33:59,920
As long as Mitch Moses in that team, I think

754
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,400
they've got a really good shot. It does concern me

755
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:06,279
that obviously Zach Lomax left in the off season, Ado

756
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:08,920
Carr has broken his thumb, so he might not be

757
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,960
available for a few weeks. And then this youngie stuff

758
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:15,840
that emerged this morning. Who knows whether that's gonna you know,

759
00:34:16,679 --> 00:34:19,840
see him copper fine or a suspension over the first

760
00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,639
few weeks. So that that's concerning. But as long as

761
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:24,719
Mitch Moses in the team. I think they should finish

762
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:28,239
in the eighth and I've got the Sharks at number eight.

763
00:34:29,039 --> 00:34:32,000
I just I don't know. Yes, yeah, they're always there,

764
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:35,039
they're thereabouts, They're always having a consistent year. But their

765
00:34:35,119 --> 00:34:38,400
draw does help them a lot in terms of racking

766
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:40,480
up a lot of victories. I heard that Pender's got

767
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:42,559
one of the toughest draws because obviously they are a

768
00:34:42,559 --> 00:34:46,480
big TV teams, so they're playing against Brisbane twice, Melbourne twice,

769
00:34:46,519 --> 00:34:49,639
the Bulldogs twice, whereas the Sharks they're not probably not

770
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,559
as watchable as you know, a Penreth or a Brisbane

771
00:34:52,599 --> 00:34:54,000
or a Melbourne, so they get a bit more of

772
00:34:54,039 --> 00:34:54,840
an easy draw.

773
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:59,119
Speaker 2: I don't entertain tough and easy drawers really, nah.

774
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:03,639
Speaker 3: I think it plays a huge role because so much

775
00:35:03,679 --> 00:35:06,320
there's too that's a lot of fair draw though.

776
00:35:06,639 --> 00:35:09,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, but there's too many variables through the year where

777
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:13,199
you'll you'll pick up a Melbourne without care Munster or

778
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:15,119
you'll you know, you'll get a good team after it

779
00:35:15,199 --> 00:35:16,039
like original something.

780
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:18,840
Speaker 3: You getting to play the Tigers twice, Dragons twice, Knights twice,

781
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:20,519
and the.

782
00:35:20,519 --> 00:35:25,840
Speaker 2: Knights turn out to be top four teams. This year. Yeah,

783
00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:30,599
but that's what I mean, like entertain that wouldn't spoon. Actually,

784
00:35:30,639 --> 00:35:37,599
let's just go through that again. So my top eight Roosters, Broncos, Panthers, Sharks, Warriors, Storm, Bulldogs, Eels. Yep.

785
00:35:37,679 --> 00:35:40,800
Speaker 3: And I've got the Panthers, Storm, Broncos, Bulldogs as my

786
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:44,480
top four, followed by the Roosters, Raiders, Eels, and Sharks.

787
00:35:44,599 --> 00:35:46,239
Speaker 2: All right, who have you got coming last?

788
00:35:47,159 --> 00:35:50,880
Speaker 3: Look, that was a that was a tricky one for me. Look,

789
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:54,840
I'm I was tossing up between a few clubs. Actually

790
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:58,679
got the Dragons or Knights hovering around that bottom part

791
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:01,559
of the table. I'm I have to go with the Knights, Troy,

792
00:36:01,599 --> 00:36:04,960
I'm I'm not sure. I'm not sure the Knights this year,

793
00:36:05,079 --> 00:36:07,639
but not closely, but followed by the Dragons. I think

794
00:36:07,679 --> 00:36:10,199
I just those two sides don't excite me.

795
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:14,039
Speaker 2: Okay, I've got Manly really last.

796
00:36:14,639 --> 00:36:17,280
Speaker 3: So you got your Turbos there, You've got foggedy, you

797
00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:20,440
got some real talent, and then they're gonna come last.

798
00:36:20,519 --> 00:36:23,960
Speaker 2: Yep. I just think that the Depths not there. Look,

799
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:26,079
if it looks, don't get me wrong. If if Jake

800
00:36:26,119 --> 00:36:28,079
and Tom stay on the field for the whole year.

801
00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:31,800
I think they're they're a shot, but also they're aging

802
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:35,360
as well. If Jake it's another head knock, I think

803
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:36,880
they'll put him out for three or four weeks, you

804
00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:37,559
know what I mean, Like.

805
00:36:37,559 --> 00:36:40,320
Speaker 3: He's just on the edge.

806
00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:45,119
Speaker 2: Yeah, Foggedy gonna take a long rule like he's walking. Yeah,

807
00:36:45,159 --> 00:36:49,199
but Foggedy is filling some pretty big shoes in terms

808
00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:51,800
of Manly culture and the way they play in which

809
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:53,960
Cherry Evans gone. I know Cherry didn't have a great

810
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:57,480
year last year. That's not about necessarily the quality of

811
00:36:57,519 --> 00:37:00,199
the number seven, but just you know that is Bean

812
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:01,880
Cherry Evans team for more than a decade.

813
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:04,920
Speaker 3: Maybe maybe they needed a change though, Like yeah, they

814
00:37:05,039 --> 00:37:07,440
made one Grand Fight, like one Grand Final in twenty

815
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,079
eleven with him and that was it. He seen years later.

816
00:37:10,079 --> 00:37:13,039
Speaker 2: I get there. But they're going to finish last and

817
00:37:13,079 --> 00:37:15,400
that will spell the end of Anthony Sea Bowls at

818
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:18,679
the Manly Sea Eagles. First coach sacked this year in

819
00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:21,400
my opinion, maybe the only coach sacked this year maybe

820
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:24,760
Todd Payton. If the Cowboys don't perform, Cowboys would have

821
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:28,000
to perform. All right, Well, there you go, there's our

822
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,360
top eights Now, one question I did say beforehand, you

823
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:32,360
think about a team, a team that you don't have

824
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:34,360
in there that you'd actually like to see. Mate, but

825
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:36,559
I would like to like to be like, oh, that's

826
00:37:36,559 --> 00:37:37,360
great that they made that.

827
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:42,199
Speaker 3: It's hard for me. I'll tell you why it would

828
00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:44,719
be cool. I'd be cool seeing the Tigers make it

829
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,199
because it's obviously been a long time since they made

830
00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:49,960
a final series, and it'd be cool for you know,

831
00:37:50,039 --> 00:37:53,320
Jerome and Taruvera and all those guys just still as

832
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:55,440
a as a Penrith fan, just having that rivalry were

833
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,440
the Tigers. I still don't really want them to make it,

834
00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:00,639
but it would be cool for that club. If not,

835
00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:02,760
If not the Tigers, the Dolphins give them a shot

836
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:03,480
for the first time.

837
00:38:03,639 --> 00:38:05,840
Speaker 2: Okay, I'm going to go one from bit left field,

838
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:09,079
but I'd like to see the Dragons. I actually just

839
00:38:09,159 --> 00:38:12,480
feel like, you know, they've got a very large supporter

840
00:38:12,519 --> 00:38:15,519
based the Dragons. They've been almost the forgotten team for.

841
00:38:16,079 --> 00:38:19,760
Speaker 3: A long time and old Man's you know.

842
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:22,760
Speaker 2: I just I feel like, you know, look, you know what,

843
00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:25,360
there's a few teams at the moment who aren't playing

844
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:29,440
regular finals football that if they were, and we're already

845
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:31,760
talking about rugby league being the biggest sport in Australia

846
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:33,480
and going through its best period. But can you imagine

847
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:37,920
if the Eels, Tigers, Knights and Dragons were all playing

848
00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:40,400
finals foot and rabbit os too, you know, and look, yeah,

849
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:42,559
put the rabbit o'z back in. Like imagine imagine if

850
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:45,079
like you turn around your top eight and you say

851
00:38:45,119 --> 00:38:47,079
you've got a Penrith in there, which is now you know,

852
00:38:47,599 --> 00:38:49,840
Penis become one of the most followed teams everywhere you go.

853
00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:53,440
People in Penrith jerseys and the Broncos obviously the powerhouse

854
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:55,960
at Brisbane, so you keep them there and the Dogs

855
00:38:56,199 --> 00:38:58,760
you keep them there. But then you're throwing Knights and

856
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,000
Dragons and Eels and South like.

857
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:03,880
Speaker 3: So you're just saying, based on like fan bases and

858
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:04,480
the size of.

859
00:39:04,559 --> 00:39:08,679
Speaker 2: Fan bases and the interests that would generate, that you've

860
00:39:08,679 --> 00:39:12,320
got those teams back in in finals footy and you're

861
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:14,880
not just going through the motions as exciting as it

862
00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:17,320
is of seeing Melbourne playpen Rith and so you know,

863
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:19,679
like we saw it with Canberra last year about.

864
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:21,880
Speaker 3: How it was funny everyone.

865
00:39:21,639 --> 00:39:26,960
Speaker 2: Camber because it was something different, you know. Anyway, footy

866
00:39:27,039 --> 00:39:31,800
back this week finally, and we've got two games, so

867
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,000
just to run through it quickly, We've got the Knights

868
00:39:34,079 --> 00:39:36,760
taking on the Cowboys at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

869
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,480
We've all been seeing the teams on the flights and

870
00:39:39,519 --> 00:39:39,679
all that.

871
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,320
Speaker 3: They virtually get up to the same stuff every year, right,

872
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:45,320
they visit the same facilities, they do the same shows

873
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:46,800
on the on the strip or whatnot.

874
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:50,119
Speaker 2: And I've been reading the still on the NRL Vegas

875
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:53,639
Facebook page, so everyone's commenting.

876
00:39:53,519 --> 00:39:56,559
Speaker 3: An official page just like a fan page.

877
00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:59,159
Speaker 2: You know, you've got all the same basically the same questions,

878
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:02,639
just in it format. Did anyone bring any cash? Oh?

879
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:06,239
Did anyone get money exchange at the airport? Did anyone

880
00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:10,360
not Getnesta Viza? We just go through really and people

881
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:13,719
giving their experiences that TSA and all these things. Anyway,

882
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:19,119
Knights Cowboys one fifteen pm Australian time at Allegiant Stadium.

883
00:40:19,159 --> 00:40:22,000
The Cowboys the favorites that one, and then at three

884
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:25,440
point thirty we've got the Bulldogs and the Dragons. That's

885
00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:28,039
sort of the feature game. They're three thirty pm kickoff,

886
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:31,360
which I think is like eight thirty in Las Vegas.

887
00:40:32,079 --> 00:40:37,760
So they're the Vegas games. Look, Bulldogs, Dragon's good game, Knights, Cowboys.

888
00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:40,840
Probably not the the greatest game, but just the spectacle

889
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:44,000
is is good and look everyone to be watching again.

890
00:40:44,039 --> 00:40:47,679
And I don't know if it's don't look correct me

891
00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:49,360
if I'm wrong, but I don't know. If this has

892
00:40:49,519 --> 00:40:53,880
been I would almost argue this is the lowest interest

893
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,719
build ups of Vegas. I feel like the last two years.

894
00:40:57,800 --> 00:40:59,480
Speaker 3: Do we have a hangover so to speak?

895
00:40:59,559 --> 00:41:01,599
Speaker 2: For they yeah, well maybe, but I just feel like

896
00:41:01,679 --> 00:41:04,760
in the last two like in the first year it

897
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:08,920
was like what is Yeah, it was whatever. Last year,

898
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,519
I think you you had sort of you know, oh,

899
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:13,760
we know what we're doing now, so we're even better

900
00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:16,119
at it in terms of promotion and whatnot. And this

901
00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:18,360
year are we getting to the point now we're just

902
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,039
kind of going through the motions of Vegas And therefore

903
00:41:21,599 --> 00:41:24,519
maybe the wheels are turning in Peter Blandy's head like

904
00:41:24,559 --> 00:41:26,000
this experiment.

905
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:29,440
Speaker 3: Probably one more year in it, potentially, yes, And I

906
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:34,159
know the schedule has changed as well for this one,

907
00:41:34,519 --> 00:41:36,760
only three games, so we got rid of the women's.

908
00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:37,679
Speaker 2: Australia won by too much.

909
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:44,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, women for winning, we have a super League game on.

910
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:49,159
So that's before that's that's first you missed.

911
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:49,920
Speaker 3: Last year, didn't you try?

912
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:53,760
Speaker 2: You? Yes, yes, you chose not.

913
00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:54,239
Speaker 3: To attend that one.

914
00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:56,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I think I was a country music but.

915
00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:01,000
Speaker 3: So yeah, because I noticed that that game, the first

916
00:42:01,039 --> 00:42:04,039
game was starting quite in the afternoon, was quite early

917
00:42:04,039 --> 00:42:08,719
because before I think they had NRL game Jilla and Panthers.

918
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:10,599
Is that right? They strip them up that way, But

919
00:42:10,639 --> 00:42:11,199
now they're.

920
00:42:11,039 --> 00:42:13,119
Speaker 2: Just back to back, back to back RL. So what

921
00:42:13,199 --> 00:42:17,480
I think this will create from a crowd perspective is

922
00:42:17,519 --> 00:42:19,559
that there's more chance that people are going to go

923
00:42:19,599 --> 00:42:23,400
for all three games. The biggest fear you have is

924
00:42:23,519 --> 00:42:27,440
the English fans leaving after that Super League game and

925
00:42:27,519 --> 00:42:28,800
it's going out to get on the drink something.

926
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:30,199
Speaker 3: Yeah, which they're entitled to.

927
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:32,960
Speaker 2: But they do love the NRL, so I think that

928
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:35,880
Unfortunately for the girls last year, even though it was

929
00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:39,840
Australia in England, they didn't want to hang around and

930
00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:42,679
see the girls go around. But Tayler hopefully this will

931
00:42:42,679 --> 00:42:47,519
improve the crowd. We've got some Aussie food and whatnot happening.

932
00:42:47,639 --> 00:42:50,000
I do wonder if the local sales are down.

933
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:51,519
Speaker 3: That's what I mean. The one thing I worry about

934
00:42:51,519 --> 00:42:55,480
every year, is Americans or other tourists visiting Vegas that

935
00:42:55,519 --> 00:42:57,679
weekend if they're actually interested in.

936
00:42:57,559 --> 00:43:00,800
Speaker 2: This, not really, I mean how many like we haven't

937
00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:03,400
we seen that this year? Normally they say, oh, how

938
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:04,119
many tickets through?

939
00:43:04,119 --> 00:43:05,719
Speaker 3: So so I think it could be down.

940
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:08,559
Speaker 2: Yeah, it'd be interesting. And look, Peter blans is back

941
00:43:08,599 --> 00:43:11,239
talking about Global Round even for twenty twenty seven.

942
00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:15,480
Speaker 3: Oh, this is where everyone plays in a different city

943
00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:16,639
that weekend.

944
00:43:17,119 --> 00:43:20,440
Speaker 2: Crazy bit crazy. It's crazy, a bit crazy. But I

945
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:22,440
don't know what the NRL does now in the sense

946
00:43:22,519 --> 00:43:24,840
that you can't just go back to playing at like

947
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:27,320
our't Oval to kick off the season like you've gone

948
00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:29,360
to Las Vegas. I feel they've got to go big

949
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:31,960
for the opening round now. I feel pressure.

950
00:43:32,199 --> 00:43:33,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, they've got to do it. But there are big

951
00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:35,960
places just like Vegas in the world. They can definitely

952
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:38,880
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953
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961
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962
00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:12,239
Speaker 2: Yes, Grace Funerals, great team, and go have a chat

963
00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:15,079
with them. It's looking here on Instagram, Nathan. The Fox

964
00:44:15,199 --> 00:44:18,079
League team there in business class heading to ah Yes,

965
00:44:18,119 --> 00:44:19,239
heading to Vegas.

966
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:21,719
Speaker 3: There and you'll junket to Sin City of course.

967
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, as we always say, they can get to Vegas.

968
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:26,960
Sometimes can't get the Sun cart, but anyway, they'll be

969
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:29,239
there for the Vegas Games this weekend. And yeah, thanks

970
00:44:29,239 --> 00:44:33,840
for Grace Funerals for jumping on board. I've been a

971
00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:36,400
client of Grace before. They do a great job there

972
00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:39,920
in EMU planes, Nathan. A couple of things to finish

973
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:42,159
off some media moves you mentioned to me earlier. Ryan

974
00:44:42,199 --> 00:44:43,480
Girdlers back on Triple M.

975
00:44:43,599 --> 00:44:46,079
Speaker 3: Yes, he's took a couple of years off from Triple

976
00:44:46,199 --> 00:44:48,559
M to do his drumming and breathing. Whatever he's been

977
00:44:48,599 --> 00:44:51,000
doing is he's turned certainly a different guy to what

978
00:44:51,039 --> 00:44:53,800
he used to be as a football player. But yeah,

979
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:56,400
he's decided to get back in the media game. Maybe

980
00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:59,280
he ran out of money, who knows how lucrative whatever

981
00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:01,880
else he was doing away from the game was. But

982
00:45:02,239 --> 00:45:05,440
back on Triple M as one of their analysts during

983
00:45:06,039 --> 00:45:07,719
one of their calls. I guess over the weekend, whether

984
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:10,199
it be Friday night, forty Thursday, at forty Sunday, they

985
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:12,519
do a few games the Triple M team, So good

986
00:45:12,559 --> 00:45:14,239
to see Goods back on the radio.

987
00:45:14,519 --> 00:45:16,480
Speaker 2: And I think the big one in that Triple M

988
00:45:16,519 --> 00:45:19,119
announcement too, is Emma Lawrence is going to be the

989
00:45:19,239 --> 00:45:23,639
main play by play callers, so she'll become, I guess,

990
00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:26,599
the first female play by play caller.

991
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:28,880
Speaker 3: Play by play definitely, of course they've they've had a

992
00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:31,119
lot of females in the booth, but I have heard

993
00:45:31,159 --> 00:45:33,239
em before. I think she may have done some n

994
00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:39,039
RLW calling for nine over the definitely in the last

995
00:45:39,159 --> 00:45:42,039
year she was doing a bit of that. So Triple

996
00:45:42,199 --> 00:45:45,519
M have scored a good one there. It'll be different

997
00:45:45,559 --> 00:45:48,400
to hear a female on the radio, but obviously they

998
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:51,039
think she's she's up to it, and yeah, good luck

999
00:45:51,039 --> 00:45:51,280
to her.

1000
00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:55,079
Speaker 2: Absolutely all right in Channel seven. They've got a new show,

1001
00:45:55,239 --> 00:45:57,480
Agenda on Monday nights.

1002
00:45:57,920 --> 00:46:01,519
Speaker 3: Yes, they do the agenda sets Troy Monday Night seven thirty.

1003
00:46:01,559 --> 00:46:03,760
They're saying, I said to you earlier. I doubt that's

1004
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:05,880
actually going to be on their main channel because seven

1005
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:08,920
thirty is he's usually reserved for their their sort of

1006
00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:11,440
big reality shows straight after Home and Away. I doubt

1007
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:13,679
the whole country is going to go into agenda Setters,

1008
00:46:13,719 --> 00:46:17,800
So expect that on at least there there streaming services

1009
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:20,480
or maybe a seven mate or something like that, I think,

1010
00:46:20,519 --> 00:46:22,559
And maybe the main channel will get a get a

1011
00:46:22,639 --> 00:46:27,119
replay later. But Corey Parker is the main guy there

1012
00:46:27,159 --> 00:46:31,079
for the agenda setters, I think. Also David Rikio from

1013
00:46:31,119 --> 00:46:33,679
The Telegraph, he's being a part of that panel, as

1014
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:36,679
is Aaron Woods. Uh and is there anyone else that

1015
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:39,920
may have missed the might have been another yeah, not

1016
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:43,599
sure player or so yeah, but look Channel seven obviously

1017
00:46:44,599 --> 00:46:49,199
doing whatever they can to get their hands into rugby league.

1018
00:46:49,239 --> 00:46:52,280
They're doing the World Cup later on in the years,

1019
00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:53,559
so yeah.

1020
00:46:53,599 --> 00:46:55,559
Speaker 2: I've had to look at the TV guide actually because

1021
00:46:55,559 --> 00:46:56,719
I thought this was kicking off on.

1022
00:46:56,760 --> 00:46:59,159
Speaker 3: The Kere is the other the other player yes, sorry, true, I.

1023
00:46:59,079 --> 00:47:01,199
Speaker 2: Thought this was kicking off on Monday, March too, but

1024
00:47:01,559 --> 00:47:03,400
it's actually not on any of the seven channels on

1025
00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:04,239
Monday March.

1026
00:47:04,039 --> 00:47:04,960
Speaker 3: Too, March nine.

1027
00:47:05,079 --> 00:47:07,840
Speaker 2: It's primariye, Okay, we'll know when we look at the

1028
00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:11,119
TV get the TV week when you map out your

1029
00:47:11,119 --> 00:47:13,440
shows and get the TV week of course and check

1030
00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:16,079
that out one hundred percent footy. It'll be interesting to

1031
00:47:16,079 --> 00:47:18,039
see what nine do there.

1032
00:47:19,239 --> 00:47:21,039
Speaker 3: I think they're just bringing back the usual crew. But

1033
00:47:21,039 --> 00:47:25,559
obviously Michael Chamis has left Channel nine and s m H,

1034
00:47:25,719 --> 00:47:28,599
so they'll probably see Danny Wilder will have more of

1035
00:47:28,639 --> 00:47:31,039
a presence. He might be on weekly like he used

1036
00:47:31,039 --> 00:47:33,320
to be. Chammas was obviously not on every week either.

1037
00:47:33,360 --> 00:47:36,000
He'd pop on, you know, every every couple of weeks.

1038
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:39,920
So yeah, like it's I mean, I think Channel nine

1039
00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:43,239
hundred percent forty has the runs on the board, like

1040
00:47:43,320 --> 00:47:45,599
there's enter all three sixty. There's certainly got to be

1041
00:47:45,599 --> 00:47:49,360
my preferences, you know, of viewing every week. Yes, I

1042
00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:51,639
will tune into a gender centers, I'll see what's up,

1043
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:55,639
but there's no one on there currently that's really get

1044
00:47:55,639 --> 00:47:58,159
me to tune in, right, Yeah, it's only got a

1045
00:47:58,159 --> 00:47:59,760
Paul kent On there or something like that.

1046
00:48:00,239 --> 00:48:03,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe that would have been a smarter later, Like

1047
00:48:03,079 --> 00:48:05,159
I know it would have been controversial, but the attention

1048
00:48:05,239 --> 00:48:07,199
you would have got to got people watching for sure,

1049
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:10,320
Kenty or James Hooper. James Souper of course is doing

1050
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:13,360
the apology round yeap just like he did last year

1051
00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:17,599
the podcast. He was good on that, James Hooper. But yeah,

1052
00:48:17,719 --> 00:48:20,360
like it's yeah, it's just not a show that I'm like, yeah,

1053
00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:21,920
I'm definitely going to watch that. And I think you're right,

1054
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:24,280
there's just no one on there that's that's grabb to be.

1055
00:48:24,400 --> 00:48:26,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I believe Rico is still doing three sixty

1056
00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:31,079
as well, so he hasn't just left Fox Tell or anything.

1057
00:48:31,239 --> 00:48:33,159
Speaker 2: That Ray Hadley is going to jump in on three

1058
00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:34,960
sixty and feel the buzz.

1059
00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:38,559
Speaker 3: Roll really like he's going to be the confirmed or

1060
00:48:38,599 --> 00:48:39,000
anything yet.

1061
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:40,880
Speaker 2: But that's what fact. I do have a rumor. Let's

1062
00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:43,039
sound the rumor alarm, because I do actually have a

1063
00:48:43,119 --> 00:48:47,280
rumor related to Michael Chammas. I was told last week

1064
00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:52,559
that making Michael's decision easier, apart from the impressive number

1065
00:48:52,559 --> 00:48:55,719
at the bottom of the contract, was that nine had

1066
00:48:55,719 --> 00:48:58,360
basically informed Michael Chammas that they weren't going to be

1067
00:48:58,519 --> 00:49:04,320
using him much this year. And this person is adamant

1068
00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:08,280
that the rumor is true, but also that the whole

1069
00:49:08,320 --> 00:49:11,239
Gus feud here is a bit behind that, right.

1070
00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:12,960
Speaker 3: I didn't even think of that, But yeah.

1071
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:14,960
Speaker 2: Maybe Gus didn't really want to appear with Chamis on

1072
00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:18,280
that program. I think we all saw it as fun awkwardness. Yeah,

1073
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:21,320
maybe Gus felt differently, That's just the rumor I've heard. Yeah,

1074
00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:23,960
Chamas was aware that. I guess he was going to

1075
00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:26,639
continue obviously at The Herald and probably nine News, but

1076
00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:29,760
those nine magazine shows. Maybe he wasn't going to be

1077
00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:30,559
used as much.

1078
00:49:30,639 --> 00:49:32,480
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, there was no love lost between those and

1079
00:49:32,519 --> 00:49:35,559
I think definitely Chamis was pretty open that they didn't

1080
00:49:35,599 --> 00:49:39,400
get along, and they never really have. I think Gussen

1081
00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:41,679
and Chamas so, but Gus is a very powerful man,

1082
00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:44,679
so whatever Gus usually wants, he gets. But I also

1083
00:49:44,719 --> 00:49:46,800
found interesting during the week to hear that Matt Cameron

1084
00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:50,960
was their first choice as the CEO over there at

1085
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:53,599
the P and G Chiefs, and Matt Cameron, like Ivan

1086
00:49:53,639 --> 00:49:56,039
Cleary also has done in the past two week, has

1087
00:49:56,079 --> 00:50:00,320
ampolitely declined to be part of that near French and

1088
00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:01,800
set up. I can't imagine why.

1089
00:50:02,559 --> 00:50:06,800
Speaker 2: Yes, well, you know, it's it's interesting, it's a it's

1090
00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:08,280
going to be interesting who they get pup in New

1091
00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:10,719
Guinea because I think you are just looking for people

1092
00:50:10,719 --> 00:50:13,519
who are desperate, and I mean like a a Jason

1093
00:50:13,559 --> 00:50:15,400
Demetrio who is after a job.

1094
00:50:15,719 --> 00:50:19,119
Speaker 3: You know, or a Brad Arthur. You know, Madrian Lamb's

1095
00:50:19,159 --> 00:50:20,760
not a bad one. I've heard his name being tossed

1096
00:50:20,840 --> 00:50:23,000
up ping heritage of course.

1097
00:50:23,159 --> 00:50:25,000
Speaker 2: Yeah. I always thought the Ivan Cleary was a bit

1098
00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:28,159
far fetched, Like I know that it would be ridiculous money,

1099
00:50:28,159 --> 00:50:29,679
but you know what, he can get pretty ridiculous money

1100
00:50:29,679 --> 00:50:33,119
at Penrith or anywhere else in the NRL. I not

1101
00:50:33,199 --> 00:50:37,000
tax free, sure, but you know, I don't know if

1102
00:50:37,159 --> 00:50:40,280
if that would be Ivan's biggest motivator these days.

1103
00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:42,960
Speaker 3: Now, does that say Nathan from going over there?

1104
00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:43,199
Speaker 1: Now?

1105
00:50:43,239 --> 00:50:45,639
Speaker 3: Do you think, Troy, do you think that's that's almostly?

1106
00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:48,039
Speaker 2: I don't think Nathan's going there. I think Nthan's either

1107
00:50:48,039 --> 00:50:50,599
staying at Penrith or he's going to play rugby union

1108
00:50:50,960 --> 00:50:56,519
overseas in twenty eight. In twenty eight, you know, assuming

1109
00:50:56,559 --> 00:50:59,159
that his relationship with Mary is still alive, and yeah,

1110
00:50:59,239 --> 00:51:02,760
I think that that's where that's where it lands. But look,

1111
00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:05,920
I wouldn't be surprised if part of Ivan and Nathan

1112
00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:07,320
in all of this is saying, look, two years is

1113
00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:09,719
a long time, you know, So twenty six, twenty seven,

1114
00:51:09,760 --> 00:51:12,039
it's a long time. A lot can change in both

1115
00:51:12,039 --> 00:51:14,599
our lives. Let's see where things are, you know. I

1116
00:51:14,639 --> 00:51:19,440
actually think that Penrith wouldn't be comfortable with where they're at,

1117
00:51:19,519 --> 00:51:21,559
but they would know. I think that they're not going

1118
00:51:21,599 --> 00:51:24,800
to be taken by NRL rivals. So you're either re

1119
00:51:24,880 --> 00:51:28,760
signing with Penrith or you're going overseas. In Ivan's case, like,

1120
00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:30,480
I don't think Ivan's going to say yeah, great old

1121
00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:32,360
But what could I Evan do?

1122
00:51:32,440 --> 00:51:35,559
Speaker 3: Could he move into Penrith like Matt Cameron, he might

1123
00:51:35,639 --> 00:51:38,239
leave else where. Could Ivan clearly move into that role?

1124
00:51:38,320 --> 00:51:40,760
Speaker 2: Like maybe he should be lost to the game alsogether?

1125
00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:42,000
Speaker 3: Should I don't think.

1126
00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:43,199
Speaker 2: He would be lost to the game. I think he'll

1127
00:51:43,239 --> 00:51:44,639
end up somewhere. I just don't know if you'll coach

1128
00:51:44,679 --> 00:51:47,920
somewhere else in the NRL. I just struggle struggle to

1129
00:51:47,960 --> 00:51:50,039
see that I might I might be wrong, and don't

1130
00:51:50,079 --> 00:51:53,239
forget there will be at some point a twentieth team

1131
00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:57,039
in the NRL, sure in New Zealand where Ivan has

1132
00:51:57,039 --> 00:51:59,800
a bit of a history. So anyway, we'll see what happens.

1133
00:51:59,840 --> 00:52:04,119
But I look, fans are rightly nervous, but I would

1134
00:52:04,119 --> 00:52:07,320
say don't be nervous in the perspective that you know

1135
00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:10,599
another NROL club is going to come and steal. They're

1136
00:52:10,639 --> 00:52:14,159
either staying in Penrith or unfortunately they're making some life decisions,

1137
00:52:14,199 --> 00:52:18,719
massive life decisions, yeap. Elsewhere in the media landscape, we've got,

1138
00:52:18,719 --> 00:52:21,400
of course, right here closer to home, the weekend kicks off.

1139
00:52:21,800 --> 00:52:24,280
Rugby League coverage for twenty twenty six. Extra Time is

1140
00:52:24,320 --> 00:52:26,840
back next week, but we've got a twenty page season

1141
00:52:26,920 --> 00:52:29,679
preview this week, so make sure you pick up the

1142
00:52:29,719 --> 00:52:32,519
paper there and look all the usual stuff doing the rounds,

1143
00:52:32,519 --> 00:52:35,119
people announcing their teams and whatnot for the year. I

1144
00:52:35,119 --> 00:52:38,360
think Fox and nine or pretty pretty much the same,

1145
00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:42,199
I would think in terms of their coverage for the year.

1146
00:52:42,239 --> 00:52:44,599
I don't think Foxes is doing too much differently in

1147
00:52:44,639 --> 00:52:46,880
our all three sixties actually back on Thursday at three

1148
00:52:46,880 --> 00:52:48,480
point thirty pm.

1149
00:52:47,960 --> 00:52:49,239
Speaker 3: From Vegas, Live from Vegas.

1150
00:52:49,360 --> 00:52:51,559
Speaker 2: Yeah, so there'll be a big crowd watching on.

1151
00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:53,320
Speaker 3: Sure, I'm sure there will be.

1152
00:52:54,440 --> 00:52:57,280
Speaker 2: And all the usual rugby league stuff happening everywhere. I

1153
00:52:57,320 --> 00:52:59,920
think the ABC if you listen at ABC Radio Listening,

1154
00:53:00,079 --> 00:53:02,159
they've got a new show they launched already, I think

1155
00:53:02,159 --> 00:53:06,599
on Monday Night Andrew Moore and Luke Lewis six thirty mondays.

1156
00:53:06,599 --> 00:53:08,360
You will turn it to an RL three sixty if

1157
00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:09,159
you want to listen.

1158
00:53:08,960 --> 00:53:11,440
Speaker 3: To driving around somewhere do the rounds.

1159
00:53:11,440 --> 00:53:14,079
Speaker 2: So there's more rugby league than ever before? Really? Sure?

1160
00:53:14,239 --> 00:53:16,880
Is about that? Or right? Time for the price is right?

1161
00:53:16,920 --> 00:53:18,519
To wrap things up now? Of course if you have

1162
00:53:18,639 --> 00:53:21,320
a game heard this before. The price is right is

1163
00:53:21,360 --> 00:53:24,119
a concept where I jump onto either the NRL shop

1164
00:53:24,239 --> 00:53:27,039
or the Panthers shop and if Nathan can guess the

1165
00:53:27,039 --> 00:53:30,159
price within fifty cents either way, then I'll buy in

1166
00:53:30,199 --> 00:53:31,320
the item.

1167
00:53:31,400 --> 00:53:33,960
Speaker 3: So he came up with selling Panthers gear.

1168
00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:36,159
Speaker 2: Now I saw your picture on it. Yes, yeah, I'm

1169
00:53:36,199 --> 00:53:40,159
joined the Best and Less Brigade. All right, how did

1170
00:53:40,159 --> 00:53:41,000
the gear look any good?

1171
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Speaker 3: They've had a T shirt and a hoodie there, but

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a lot of the teams were represented. But yeah, good

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good affordable gear.

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Speaker 2: All right? Well, Nathan first up on the price this

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00:53:50,960 --> 00:53:53,639
week is the Panthers Men's Barracootera fishing shirt.

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Speaker 3: I've seen these.

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Speaker 2: Yes, stylish Men's Barracouta fishing shirt is the perfect gift

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for any Panthers supporter who loves their footy and fishing.

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00:54:02,280 --> 00:54:06,039
The Barracouta fishing shirt is the perfect gift for someone

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00:54:06,079 --> 00:54:08,159
who loves their footy and fishing. They've got that in

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00:54:08,199 --> 00:54:12,719
there twice, so really love you. Featuring a menacing look

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00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:18,679
the barracoutera on the front, Jersey beach design across the front.

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It provides a high visual impact and hang appeal. They

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00:54:23,440 --> 00:54:30,039
are made from premium quality waffle knit Polyesta fabric, fully subliminated, subliminated,

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leminated whatever it is with true team color and won't

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00:54:33,320 --> 00:54:43,320
fade guarantee fifty plus upf protection, absolutely fish absolutely fully die,

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00:54:43,400 --> 00:54:47,559
sub bright vivid team colors and logos. So, Nathan, how

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much do you think the Panthers Men's Barracooter fishing shirt

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goes for?

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Speaker 3: Look, I think I might be under selling this. I'm

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00:54:54,159 --> 00:54:56,079
going to say, I'm going to say an amount, But

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00:54:56,599 --> 00:54:59,119
you've sold it really well, so it means it could

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00:54:59,119 --> 00:55:02,480
be worth more than I think. But the first number

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00:55:02,480 --> 00:55:04,199
that popped into my head. It was sixty dollars.

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Speaker 2: Sixty dollars, Nathan. Unfortunately, you're not going to have a

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men's Barracuda fishing shirt because he's ninety nine ninety.

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Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, I was thinking that as soon as you

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kept going on and on about it. It's like this

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has got a lot of features. It's just as good

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00:55:16,400 --> 00:55:17,199
as a jersey.

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00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:20,880
Speaker 2: One hundred bucks, a hundred bucks, all right. Next up,

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00:55:20,960 --> 00:55:23,440
let's see if can get this one, Nathan, Panthers Men's

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00:55:23,480 --> 00:55:29,920
Sorrento Party shirt, the fashion statement of the summer. All right,

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00:55:30,239 --> 00:55:34,840
Panthers Men's Sorrento Party shirt is your wear anywhere shirt?

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00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:37,679
Speaker 3: Is there any way you can show me this?

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00:55:37,920 --> 00:55:39,960
Speaker 2: You're also in there twice, so someone over at the

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00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:41,960
Panther shop needs to fix this website. They've got the

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00:55:41,960 --> 00:55:42,880
same thing in there.

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Speaker 3: Because I've seen the Barracouter shirt, so you didn't need

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00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:46,599
to show me that. But is there any way you

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00:55:46,639 --> 00:55:48,840
can show me this shirt without?

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00:55:48,880 --> 00:55:55,239
Speaker 2: Yeah? To you, I can't. Yeah, I'll find a way

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00:55:55,280 --> 00:55:59,239
to show it to you now. The this is a

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00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:02,920
statement of the summer. This shirt. It is a stylish

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00:56:03,119 --> 00:56:08,159
vertical stripe themed shirt in light cotton fields with a

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00:56:08,199 --> 00:56:14,199
polylstaine polystain blend. Look great, feel great, excellent tailored fit,

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00:56:14,679 --> 00:56:17,679
true to size four way stretch, light cotton like feel

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00:56:17,679 --> 00:56:20,159
for comfortable. We're got an embroidered team logo on there,

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and it's an official licensed product.

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Speaker 3: Now I've better get this now.

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00:56:24,639 --> 00:56:26,280
Speaker 2: Before there is there Nathan.

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00:56:27,840 --> 00:56:29,039
Speaker 3: It's quite stylish.

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00:56:29,159 --> 00:56:32,519
Speaker 2: What a stylish is nice? The party shirt of the summer,

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the fashion statement of the summer.

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00:56:33,960 --> 00:56:36,159
Speaker 3: They're saying, Okay, I'm going to put in I'm gonna

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lock in fifty dollars.

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Speaker 2: For that Troy fifty dollars, Nathan, eighty four, nine for

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00:56:41,199 --> 00:56:43,840
that one eighty four, So you are none from I

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think six in the NL shop.

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Speaker 3: I think even worse than that. Actually been doing this.

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00:56:49,320 --> 00:56:51,599
Speaker 2: For a while, it could be none from eight. You reckon.

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Speaker 3: It's tough. It's a tough game that that. I don't

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know about that shirt for eighty five dollars.

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00:56:58,920 --> 00:57:02,039
Speaker 2: Lovely to fix this issue on the Panthers website where

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it's repeating the descriptions. Very interesting.

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Speaker 3: Well, I'd never seen anyone walk around in that shirt.

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No one was wearing it the other night at the

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00:57:12,360 --> 00:57:16,199
season launch, that's for sure. So yeah, all right.

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Speaker 2: Well, that is it for Tensions Running High this week.

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00:57:33,719 --> 00:57:36,679
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00:57:36,719 --> 00:57:38,760
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00:57:38,800 --> 00:57:41,719
the Google play Store. I'm Troy Odds Nathan, thank you

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00:57:41,760 --> 00:57:44,559
so much for joining us. Thanks Troy and and also

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of course thanks to Penri City Automotive for their sponsorship.

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We will see you next time on Tensions Running High.

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Go the Panthers

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Speaker 4: Aparata Pataty