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Katie Woolf spoke with U18 NT Hockey Team Assistant Coach Nova Peris · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Wolf on Mix one oh four
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  Speaker 1: point nine thanks to Joyce Main Darwin Well. A group
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  Speaker 1: of phenomenal Territorians are making history in Tasmania. At the moment,
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  Speaker 1: our Northern Territory under eighteen girls are through to the
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  Speaker 1: semifinals now. They finished second in their pool, which has
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  Speaker 1: never been done before for any NT women's teams. They're
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  Speaker 1: set to play against Queensland eight am tomorrow morning and well,
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  Speaker 1: if they win, they're going to be playing for the
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  Speaker 1: gold medal. Otherwise they are playing off for bronze. This
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  Speaker 1: is phenomenal stuff. And joining me on the line right
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  Speaker 1: now is the assistant coach, very well known Territorian Nova Paris.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Nova, Good morning Katie Nova. How excited are
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  Speaker 1: you guys about the fact that the team has made
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  Speaker 1: the semis Look.
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  Speaker 2: We are absolutely pumped and thrilled and it's never happened
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  Speaker 2: before as long as I can remember, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: not by a women's team anyway. Where the Anti women's
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  Speaker 2: hockey team have ever made the top four and made
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  Speaker 2: the semi final playoffs. So we absolutely pumped and thrilled
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  Speaker 2: and we've got a great little determined side and our
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  Speaker 2: philosophy for our team players mongrels. So we just get
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  Speaker 2: out there and play good, hard hockey.
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  Speaker 1: I love it. Nova, it's our Northern territory underrating girls.
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  Speaker 1: Tell us about this group of young women.
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  Speaker 2: So I guess as we speak at the moment, we've
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  Speaker 2: got the underading tournament here in Tasmania, and we've got
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  Speaker 2: the under fifteen tournament going in New South Wales, and
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  Speaker 2: unfortunately there's a high drop off rate of the under
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  Speaker 2: eighteen girls and so we had to form an alliance
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  Speaker 2: team with seven eighth sorry eight Queensland imports. So we've
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  Speaker 2: got nine territory strong, highly talented young women and we've
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  Speaker 2: got these eight Queensland Country Country Queensland girls that as
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  Speaker 2: of last week we weren't going because of the COVID
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  Speaker 2: hot swaps situation. So there was highs and lose amongst
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  Speaker 2: the girls themselves. But we were able to get the
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  Speaker 2: team together because of the lifting of the borders, and
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  Speaker 2: we got a team together and we trained once for
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  Speaker 2: twenty minutes. We had a scratch match against South Australia.
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  Speaker 2: We went down three one and that went straight into
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  Speaker 2: the tournament and we found ourselves on second what a
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  Speaker 2: clear seven point clear in our pool above New South Wales,
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  Speaker 2: South Australia and Act and so it's been absolutely phenomenal.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, like Katie, for myself leaving the ninety
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  Speaker 2: six Olympics and going straight into the sport of athletics,
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  Speaker 2: never gone back into hockey until I came back to
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  Speaker 2: the Northern Territory last year and played with my daughter
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  Speaker 2: Destiny who she's also in the team playing for the Territory.
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  Speaker 2: And so for me to be part of this team
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  Speaker 2: as the assistant coach, it's absolutely fabulous, even for myself
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  Speaker 2: because I've never been able to share my lived experience
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  Speaker 2: as a former hockey room.
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  Speaker 1: Oh that is so awesome. There's so much that you've
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  Speaker 1: just told me there that I love. Let's go firstly
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  Speaker 1: to the fact that you know, you've got seven of
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  Speaker 1: these girls that have come across from country Queensland obviously
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  Speaker 1: nine territory strong girls, which is amazing. But I just
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  Speaker 1: love the fact that they've played together or they trained
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  Speaker 1: for twenty minutes, had a scratch match and then they've
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  Speaker 1: gelled that well together, Oh they haven't.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that that's and that's what I said
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  Speaker 2: to them when I first met them. I said, you
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  Speaker 2: know what, the exit, we don't have expectations. I know
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  Speaker 2: that all of you girls, I know, the nine Antique
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  Speaker 2: girls and their bloody fantastic RiPP of players. And it
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  Speaker 2: was funny because I checked out the Queensland girls and
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  Speaker 2: you know, country girls no matter where you are from
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  Speaker 2: this bloody continent. I've owed me to know that. You know,
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  Speaker 2: they get out, they have a crack. And so I
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  Speaker 2: knew that we were going to have a really strong team.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, I'm all about empowering young women and
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  Speaker 2: I said, you know how to play hockey. We will
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  Speaker 2: set the structure. If you stick to the structure, the
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  Speaker 2: results would take care of itself. And there was no
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  Speaker 2: expectations apart from the fact we wanted them to play
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  Speaker 2: hockey and to the game before. We knew we had
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  Speaker 2: to be act, which we did three nil, and we
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  Speaker 2: knew that the Tasmane and girls are going to be tough.
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  Speaker 2: We're playing on their turf and you know they've been
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  Speaker 2: and they were in that. It was our cross over pool.
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  Speaker 2: And even though we went down to Niel to them yesterday,
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  Speaker 2: we were still clear on points from Miss South Wales
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  Speaker 2: B and South Australia so New South Wales be and
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  Speaker 2: South Australia drew yesterday which left us too clear points.
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  Speaker 2: So we came home after our game and the girls
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  Speaker 2: were screaming because they knew that that meant we were
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  Speaker 2: we were in and so we've had to go to
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  Speaker 2: the reset button and say, come on, girls, you know
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  Speaker 2: that's the sport of hockey or any sport. You know,
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  Speaker 2: anything is possible. And we've got four quarters of hockey
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  Speaker 2: tomorrow morning at eight thirty in the morning. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: the Queensland girls are I've got an act to grind
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  Speaker 2: with them Queenslanders, so they're all out to make a
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  Speaker 2: point of you know, missing out on their number one
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  Speaker 2: queens laetem. So we're all fired up and you know,
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  Speaker 2: be cut up to our coach Pas Markov, who's the
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  Speaker 2: Pathway's coaching has only been with Anti Hockey for the
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  Speaker 2: first for two years and between the two of us
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  Speaker 2: as our first eight team that we've ever coached at
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  Speaker 2: individuals and obviously collectively. So we are absolutely crunched to
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  Speaker 2: have an amazing group of talented young women who were
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  Speaker 2: just really determined to get out and play well tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: Oh this is so great. Nov I would say, can
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  Speaker 1: you please text me and let me know how the
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  Speaker 1: game's going tomorrow morning, But I think you're going to
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  Speaker 1: be very busy, so can you please let us know
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  Speaker 1: whenever you get a moment to let us know how
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  Speaker 1: the girls go. Now, before I let you go, what's
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  Speaker 1: it like for you being part of this team and
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  Speaker 1: also coaching this wonderful group of young women as you
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  Speaker 1: assistant coach, but also with your daughter in there.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, like Destiny, she went to boarding school
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  Speaker 2: in New South Wales and she's actually played for New
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  Speaker 2: South Wales when she was a border down there, so
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  Speaker 2: she's got a couple of New South Wales mates. But
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  Speaker 2: for me to actually see my daughter out there on
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  Speaker 2: the turf, and I've actually bumped into nine Olympians over
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  Speaker 2: the course of the championships, a couple of them who
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  Speaker 2: were former hockey roommates and cooker burs and you know,
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  Speaker 2: they all said the same thing. It's good to you know,
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  Speaker 2: for me to be back in the sport. But all
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  Speaker 2: of us have got kids playing at national championships, so
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  Speaker 2: it's just awesome to see the genetics are paying off,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, the love of hockey is also there,
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  Speaker 2: so I'm super proud not only of my daughter's destiny,
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  Speaker 2: but you know all these young territory girls that are
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  Speaker 2: out there doing the territory proud and also setting a
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  Speaker 2: precedent to the next generation of hockey players to say,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we've done it. Keep up with the hard
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  Speaker 2: yards and you can be there also one day.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, one as no for this game tomorrow morning. So
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  Speaker 1: if you win, you're going through to the gold medal playoff,
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  Speaker 1: is that right? Or the gold medal final. But if
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  Speaker 1: you don't, are you still going to be playing for bronze?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, that's correct. So we play Queensland, who finished top
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  Speaker 2: of the pool aid and the other match. The top
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  Speaker 2: of our pool was Victoria and second and the other
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  Speaker 2: pool was Western Australia. So whoever wins or loses out
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  Speaker 2: of the Victorian West Australian match, obviously we win, we
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  Speaker 2: go for the gold, correct Katie. And then we lose,
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  Speaker 2: we play off for the bronze out of with the
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  Speaker 2: loser of the other other game. So we've got two
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  Speaker 2: really tough days ahead of us. But you know, the
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  Speaker 2: girls are resting up and even though it's bloody eleven degrees,
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  Speaker 2: I'm making the girls get in the ice bas for
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  Speaker 2: their recovery and any focus on the next day.
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  Speaker 1: Oh good on you guys. I tell you what, I
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  Speaker 1: think the whole of the Northern Territory will be super proud,
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  Speaker 1: even just listening this morning of how far the girls
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  Speaker 1: have come. And I'm hoping for a gold medal. But
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to put any pressure on you guys,
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  Speaker 1: just all the very best and the territory is cheering
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  Speaker 1: you on.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks Katan. I should mention that the games are
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  Speaker 2: live streams as well, and I think that you have
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  Speaker 2: to subscribe, but it's not expensive and I hope all
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  Speaker 2: territories can get on the subscription. I think it's through
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  Speaker 2: the News dot com and all through the Hockey Australia
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  Speaker 2: website and you'll be able to watch our game tomorrow
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  Speaker 2: morning and the rest of the final.
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  Speaker 1: Oh good stuff, nov Paris. We're going to catch up
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  Speaker 1: with you, well, well we might even have a catch
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  Speaker 1: up tomorrow and hear how things have gone.
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  Speaker 2: Fantastic, look forward to it. Thank thank you.
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  Speaker 1: How wonderful to hear how well our territory girls are
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  Speaker 1: going that under eighteen team. And I love the fact
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  Speaker 1: that you know, obviously they have joined forces with some
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  Speaker 1: of the girls or a few of the girls from
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  Speaker 1: Country Queensland and they're going up against the Queensland as tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: I think most of you know I'm a big Queensland
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  Speaker 1: fan when it comes to the state of our but
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  Speaker 1: when it comes to the territory going against Queensland, we
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  Speaker 1: are definitely cheering our wonderful territorians on and I really
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  Speaker 1: hope that those girls walk away winners. But no matter
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  Speaker 1: what they do, regardless