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Rugby Direct - Episode 184 · Rugby Direct

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  Speaker 2: Straight down the Middle, Try Try Nucket Inside the game
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  Speaker 2: from every angle. It's Rugby Direct with Elliott Smith and
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  Speaker 2: Liam Napier powered by News Talks EDB.
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  Speaker 3: Welcome into Rugby Direct powered by four Klip Solutions, lifting
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  Speaker 3: you and your business to a higher level, and welcome
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  Speaker 3: in to Perth.
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  Speaker 4: On a stinking hot twenty eight.
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  Speaker 3: Degree afternoon day in Perth, Elliott Smith with me Liam Napier,
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  Speaker 3: and we've got the All Blacks team and the Wallaby's
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  Speaker 3: team for this weekend's second Blitterslow Cup match Rugby Championship
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  Speaker 3: Test of course as well and Liam some bold calls
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  Speaker 3: from the All Blacks in terms of their selection this week.
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  Speaker 3: I'm sure Alliston will have seen that squad by now,
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  Speaker 3: but what stood out to you?
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  Speaker 5: I think Scott Robinson Senior has been punctuated by conservatism
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  Speaker 5: largely when it's come to selection. So I think this
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  Speaker 5: selection has caught most people by surprise, particularly Quinte Pie
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  Speaker 5: and Peter Luckeye. I think most people probably expected lessifying
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  Speaker 5: the Nook who maybe Riekawa and he's come on the
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  Speaker 5: right on the left wing with Caleb Clark injured. But
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  Speaker 5: and the enforced injury changes make sense. But Quintepire at center, Oh,
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  Speaker 5: I don't think anyone saw that coming. You mentioned to
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  Speaker 5: me the fact that he's played one game at center
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  Speaker 5: for the Chiefs five years ago, and so yeah, he's
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  Speaker 5: been really good off the bench, strong directs, rarely got
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  Speaker 5: the all Blacks on the front foot. He came on
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  Speaker 5: last week Eden Park and played wing. But center is
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  Speaker 5: another kettle of fish all together, particularly from a defensive
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  Speaker 5: point of view, and particularly when you're up against the
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  Speaker 5: guy like Joseph Suili.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and I thought Billy Procter look was struggling see
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  Speaker 3: him on attack, but I think we've seen him defensively wise,
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  Speaker 3: he wrapped up Ikeito and saw let you really well.
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  Speaker 3: Speaking to our colleague Jamie Panderm from the Daily Telegraph,
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  Speaker 3: he was very impressed by what Billy Proctor was able
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  Speaker 3: to do in terms of shutting those players down last week.
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  Speaker 3: Now to pay who has had very little time at center,
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  Speaker 3: certainly in recent years, is being asked to come and
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  Speaker 3: do it again in a role that Proctor fulfilled well
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  Speaker 3: last week. I guess on the flip side, Scott Robinson
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  Speaker 3: has stuck with Proctor through a number of Test matches.
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  Speaker 3: He did say that he looked a bit fatigued. He
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  Speaker 3: played seven matches out of eight this year. But you
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  Speaker 3: know there's one more match to go than there's a
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  Speaker 3: bit of a break before the end of year tours,
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  Speaker 3: so they could have stuck with him.
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  Speaker 4: They decided not to. They've gone in a different direction.
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  Speaker 3: Do you think this signals perhaps the start of a
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  Speaker 3: different midfield combination. We've seen Yuanni and Barrett, we've seen
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  Speaker 3: now Proctor and Barrett. Potentially this is mark three of
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  Speaker 3: trying to get it working under Scott Robinson.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: I think it certainly shows that the All Blacks aren't
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  Speaker 5: happy with their midfield. They're not getting what they want.
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  Speaker 5: I think you're right that Billy's been very good defensively,
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  Speaker 5: but we haven't seen enough from him on attack. He
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  Speaker 5: hasn't brought that footwork, the ability to beat a man
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  Speaker 5: and that notable distribution skills that we saw consistently for
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  Speaker 5: the Hurricanes into the Test game. They've given him every chance.
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  Speaker 5: I guess most people probably thought we'd see Leicester at center,
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  Speaker 5: but because of Caleb Clark's injury that's come on the
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  Speaker 5: left wing, so I think we will see Lester finding
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  Speaker 5: a nooker at some point at center. But clearly the
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  Speaker 5: All Blacks are searching for more from their midfield, aren't they.
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  Speaker 5: And the All Black's attack hasn't been fluent this year.
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  Speaker 5: It was probably at its best at times at Eden Park.
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  Speaker 5: But I think Quinter Pyre's performance is there. His ability
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  Speaker 5: to break tackles get over the game line. It's very powerful,
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  Speaker 5: isn't it with Jordy and Quinn, But they haven't had
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  Speaker 5: a line a lot of time together and I think
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  Speaker 5: they will be challenged defensively.
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  Speaker 3: Indeed, the interesting other selection from the run on team
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  Speaker 3: that wasn't injury related as Peter Luckeye coming in at
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  Speaker 3: number eight first Test start. Satiiti probably hasn't hit or
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  Speaker 3: definitely I don't think he hasn't hit the heights of
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  Speaker 3: what we saw last year that got him to the
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  Speaker 3: World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year awards and All
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  Speaker 3: Blacks Player of the Year. But still a surprise to
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  Speaker 3: me that they're gone for Luckeye. But I don't mind
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  Speaker 3: them move at all. We saw him come up for
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  Speaker 3: the bench last week he was able to bend a
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  Speaker 3: line strong carrier. It's an opportunity for Peter Luckeye and
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  Speaker 3: perhaps you know it comes a little bit of surprise,
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  Speaker 3: but I mentioned to see how he goes against this
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  Speaker 3: Wallaby's really big, strong pack that played really well last week.
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  Speaker 5: I think you're right in that it probably says more
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  Speaker 5: about what we've seen from Wallace than what we've seen
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  Speaker 5: from Peter Luckeye because Lucky played what like twenty five
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  Speaker 5: twenty minutes off the bench at Eden Park and was
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  Speaker 5: good last week. But I think it is a surprise
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  Speaker 5: to seem injected, not only to start at at number eight,
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  Speaker 5: because he's a guy that can play seven, has played
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  Speaker 5: seven for the All Blacks. This is his first start.
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  Speaker 5: I really like Peter Lucky. I don't think he was
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  Speaker 5: at his best for the Hurricanes this year, but he's
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  Speaker 5: one of the most dynamic, powerful ball carriers in New
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  Speaker 5: Zealand rugby and I think when you take a step
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  Speaker 5: back these selections. Scott robertson his thinking for this week
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  Speaker 5: is maybe he's sensing sensing his squads running out of
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  Speaker 5: juice a bit and on the back of back to
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  Speaker 5: back games in Argentina back to back games against the
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  Speaker 5: World champions Spring Box and then coming over to Perth
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  Speaker 5: straight off the bat after Eden Park. I think we're
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  Speaker 5: seeing him wanting to inject some freshness and we're seeing
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  Speaker 5: that with Peter Luckeye, with Quinta Pia and a couple
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  Speaker 5: of others. So I'm not going to sit here and
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  Speaker 5: criticize him. I think it is risky because the All Blacks.
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  Speaker 5: The overarching thie here is that they're trying to get
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  Speaker 5: their consistency as well. They haven't put back to back
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  Speaker 5: performances together, so there's a bit of upside, but there's
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  Speaker 5: a lot of risk, so potentially rolling the dice. But
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  Speaker 5: we have seen other teams, notably the Springboks, rotate throughout
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  Speaker 5: this Rugby Championship, and I think the All Blacks are
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  Speaker 5: potentially trying to take a bit of a leaf from
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  Speaker 5: their book and find out about some players while still winning.
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  Speaker 5: But it's not easy to do.
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  Speaker 4: No, it's not.
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  Speaker 3: Some of those injury enforced changes as well, with Boden
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  Speaker 3: Barrett dropping out, Ethan Degree dropping out, Calder Clark dropping out,
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  Speaker 3: so the what's seven changes all up to the team.
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  Speaker 4: It's kind of gone under the road.
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  Speaker 3: But to Roll Lomax as well with his broken thumb,
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  Speaker 3: sounds like his year may be over. Potentially he's going
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  Speaker 3: to get see a specialist on Monday. So the change
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  Speaker 3: but doesn't feel like change for change take necessarily. There
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  Speaker 3: is a boldness to the team, but you know there
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  Speaker 3: could be some answers that come in the form of
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  Speaker 3: you know that to pious selection at midfield, maybe larkyet
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  Speaker 3: number eight, that could set the All Blacks up for
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  Speaker 3: that end of your tour.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, and think, as much as anything else, it's about
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  Speaker 5: developing depth, developing options. You think about Peter Luckeye or
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  Speaker 5: Wallace Teti could start, and Quinte Pier or Lester Faning
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  Speaker 5: and Nuku could start in the midfield. They've played Billy
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  Speaker 5: Procter there, Rika Wine comes back for a wee bit
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  Speaker 5: of a chance off the bench. So Robertson's all about
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  Speaker 5: this four four four, developing depth and options and creating
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  Speaker 5: competition within the squad. But for me, at this point,
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  Speaker 5: it's almost more important that the All Blacks win and
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  Speaker 5: show some form of conviction because yeah, they want to
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  Speaker 5: eat in park. Last week, but it wasn't convincing. It
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  Speaker 5: was patchy. They blew a seventeen point lead in the
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  Speaker 5: first half. The Wallabies came within two in the second half.
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  Speaker 5: The Wallabies are vastly stronger, you'd argue this week with
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  Speaker 5: some of the guys they're getting back there on home soil.
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  Speaker 5: There's still a lot to play for the RUGBA Championship title,
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  Speaker 5: so I'm a little bit surprised with that context the
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  Speaker 5: amount of changes. Some of them are injury and forced.
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  Speaker 5: But then again, when else do the All Blacks have
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  Speaker 5: the freedom to rotate this year?
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  Speaker 3: They don't really and maybe this is the best option
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  Speaker 3: that hey Bletterslow Cup safe Rugby Championship. Yes, still a possibility,
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  Speaker 3: but it's probably unlikely. So while you never want to lose,
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  Speaker 3: and again if they lose, it's you know, when lost,
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  Speaker 3: when lost, when lost in the last six, it presents
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  Speaker 3: maybe is their best option, barring maybe the Wales test
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  Speaker 3: right at the end of the year to have a
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  Speaker 3: look at some players and set themselves up for that
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  Speaker 3: end of year too. You mentioned Australia, there will Skelton
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  Speaker 3: back in the mix for them this week. Rob Valatini
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  Speaker 3: surprisingly comes off the bench, but Hoop I thought played
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  Speaker 3: very very well last week against the All Blacks and
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  Speaker 3: Tain't admit at ten as well, North Harbour's finest skidding
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  Speaker 3: the selection. There is this a better Wolaby's team than
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  Speaker 3: the one last week? You just said that you think
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  Speaker 3: it might be.
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  Speaker 5: On the whole, Yes, but I think the All Blacks
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  Speaker 5: will target Taine at ten. I think he has some deficiencies.
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  Speaker 5: He's a very attacking minded player. He will take risks.
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  Speaker 5: But just like the Wallabies will send Will Skelton down
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  Speaker 5: Damien McKenzie's channel, the All Blacks will do likewise detained.
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  Speaker 5: So I think vastly strength and forward pack with Skelton
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  Speaker 5: in there. He'll bring the niggle, he bring the physicality.
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  Speaker 5: He will challenge the Your Blacks more, just like he
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  Speaker 5: did in the British and Irish Lions series. It's a shame,
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  Speaker 5: isn't it that he wasn't available for the whole of
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  Speaker 5: the Rugby Championship. I think Jake Gordon coming into halfback,
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  Speaker 5: you'll see the Wallaby's pepper the All Blacks back three
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  Speaker 5: with high ball kicks. Slightly surprised that Nick White is
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  Speaker 5: not involved. He's a real agitator. He's got under team's
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  Speaker 5: skins in recent times but he is meant to be retired,
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  Speaker 5: so they look into the future there James Slipper's last test,
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  Speaker 5: Mike Cron's last test. How much does that factor into
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  Speaker 5: the occasion for the Wallabies.
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  Speaker 4: I think it does.
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  Speaker 3: I mean James Slipper has been a consistent force in
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  Speaker 3: that team for fifteen years. You know, he's been there
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  Speaker 3: through some really low points for the Wallabies. He's been
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  Speaker 3: there through some of the highs that they head over
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  Speaker 3: the last fifteen years, you know, World Cup finals and
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  Speaker 3: all that sort of thing that he's been there and
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  Speaker 3: you know, I think he's what third highest all time
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  Speaker 3: test cap number speaks to you know, what the Australians
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  Speaker 3: have got out of him over eight years and real
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  Speaker 3: leader captain this team at points as well. So it'll
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  Speaker 3: be an emotional farewell. Don't know that it'll play too
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  Speaker 3: much into proceedings necessarily, but if they weren't, then they
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  Speaker 3: can obviously dedicate it to him and he goes out
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  Speaker 3: a high in a career that has been of you know,
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  Speaker 3: some real highs and some pretty unfortunate lows as well
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  Speaker 3: for you know, the Wallabies during this time.
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  Speaker 4: One other thing for before we wrap up, are.
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  Speaker 3: Through sixty this week supposedly got the green light to
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  Speaker 3: go aheads. From a New Zealand perspective, it feels like
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  Speaker 3: we're on the outside looking in on that story. It
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  Speaker 3: doesn't feel like it's a really reached New Zealand too much.
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  Speaker 3: Scott Robinson said today at the media conference that you
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  Speaker 3: know all their best players, all the players that want
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  Speaker 3: locked away. Feels like very much like an Australian England
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  Speaker 3: story around NRL players and English rugby players potentially committing
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  Speaker 3: to this venture. But it sounds like it's getting off
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  Speaker 3: the ground. How do you think it's going to play internationally?
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  Speaker 3: Because Will Rugby still haven't signed it off.
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  Speaker 5: I think there'll be a lot of nerves out there
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  Speaker 5: from national unions, not necessarily from New Zealand's point of view.
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  Speaker 4: At this point.
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  Speaker 5: I'm hearing friends Super rugby players are perhaps interested, but
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  Speaker 5: it is a big story in Australia because they're targeting
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  Speaker 5: NRL players Ryan Pappenhaus and Zach Lomax. Apparently Jay Gray
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  Speaker 5: from this South Sydney rabbito has been off for two
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  Speaker 5: point four million. Three sixty have gone down from eight
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  Speaker 5: to six teams for their original launch. But I'm hearing
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  Speaker 5: they've got a budget per team of something like fifteen
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  Speaker 5: million US, so a lot of cash to throw around.
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  Speaker 5: I'm not too sure where that's coming from and where
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  Speaker 5: they're going to get their players from. But look at
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  Speaker 5: this point, players who go to that tournament I think
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  Speaker 5: are not eligible to play test rugby. So from an
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  Speaker 5: All Blacks point of view, I don't think they'll be
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  Speaker 5: too worried, but there's certainly a watching brief and look,
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  Speaker 5: if they get off the ground and they get some momentum,
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  Speaker 5: I think there is a real chance that fringe All
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  Speaker 5: Blacks guys not in the starting team could look to
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  Speaker 5: cash out post World Cup or even pre World Cup
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  Speaker 5: if they find that they're not in the mix.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think with New Zealand rugby we've kind of
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  Speaker 3: dealt with this prior.
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  Speaker 4: Ever, you know, for rugby Australia not easier in rugby.
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  Speaker 3: For the NRL, they're a competition that is bound by
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  Speaker 3: a salary cap, and so when you have clubs coming in,
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  Speaker 3: organizations coming through and going we can pay you X
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  Speaker 3: number of dollars, this is your absolute cap that you'll
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  Speaker 3: ever get paid in the NRL, then of course it's
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  Speaker 3: going to be attractive, but I think in rugby, you know,
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  Speaker 3: you used to players being signed up for big money
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  Speaker 3: for Japan, for France and those sort of things. For
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  Speaker 3: Rugby Australia, look doesn't sound like they're going to give
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  Speaker 3: it their seal of approval, even though or World Rugby
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  Speaker 3: is also not as well, even though they said players
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  Speaker 3: can be available, will be available for test windows, but
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  Speaker 3: for Rugby Australia they've probably got to toe the line.
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  Speaker 4: But it could be a game changer for them.
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  Speaker 3: You know, if they can get Ryan Pappenhaus and Zach
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  Speaker 3: Lomax into their selection mix for the Wallabies, they're only
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  Speaker 3: playing paying assembly fees or test match fees, et cetera,
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  Speaker 3: rather than having to pay the fees that are dictator
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  Speaker 3: or salaries that are dictated to these players. Are three
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  Speaker 3: six is looking after them. That could change the complexion
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  Speaker 3: of the Wallabies overnight, if they were indeed eligible.
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  Speaker 5: I saw a clip from for War talking about Marky
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  Speaker 5: Mark from the Roosters coming back to rugby union and
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  Speaker 5: how they're willing to be creative. How basically that is
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  Speaker 5: not going to play super rugby. Prior to playing for
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  Speaker 5: the Wallabies in the twenty twenty seven home World Cup.
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  Speaker 5: So what's the difference between him and a Zach Lomax,
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  Speaker 5: who's a similar athlete, brilliant in the air, great goalkicker,
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  Speaker 5: and if he's playing rugby union, why would you not
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  Speaker 5: select him because you can select players from overseas. So
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  Speaker 5: I think it's a very valid point. And look, the
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  Speaker 5: Wallabies need the best team possible for a home World
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  Speaker 5: Cup and a lot of those guys could feature very prominently.
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  Speaker 4: And we've seen it before.
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  Speaker 5: We're at a home World Cup with Wendell's Sailor and
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  Speaker 5: Matt Rodgers, Lottie Takiri, those guys were very much front
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  Speaker 5: and center of that Wallaby's team.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, so watch the space on that.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, three sixty going full steam ahead, So look
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  Speaker 3: forward to the Dubai Desert. Worry is against the London
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  Speaker 3: Lizards coming near you. You can book a paper view now, limb.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, and in Challah because that's probably where the money's
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  Speaker 5: coming from.
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  Speaker 3: Indeed, right on that note. Earlier in the week, we
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  Speaker 3: caught up with All Black's assistant coach Jason Holland to
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  Speaker 3: get an idea of some of the themes and work
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  Speaker 3: on that they've been looking at this week. As we
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  Speaker 3: count down to Perth. So let's hear that interview now
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  Speaker 3: before we wrap up.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, that's been good obviously.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, you finished a Test match on a Saturday Saturday
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  Speaker 7: night and you get on the plane on Sunday and
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  Speaker 7: as coaches sort of get the work done on the
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  Speaker 7: plane over here and you enjoy up Monday morning. So
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  Speaker 7: it's it's good that way, you know, just roll into.
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  Speaker 6: It and boy's been good.
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  Speaker 7: Trevored well on get out of your Sunday night and
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  Speaker 7: review Monday morning and into a couple of days.
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  Speaker 6: So that's been it's been a good couple of days.
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  Speaker 3: There's a lot matter of the review after South African
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  Speaker 3: Test and Wellingston.
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  Speaker 4: What was the sorting like and what to tell you?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, I think the review was that was pretty pretty similar.
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  Speaker 7: There was obviously some different themes around it. We're pretty
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  Speaker 7: aware of the couple of areas we were better and
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  Speaker 7: this week and then making sure that we're better again.
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  Speaker 6: Example has been we're better in the air.
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  Speaker 7: Which meant we had the ball war, which meant we
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  Speaker 7: probably got more penalties, which is it's an interesting one here.
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  Speaker 7: Having possession at the moment and holding on to the
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  Speaker 7: ball means the other team has poor discipline, you know,
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  Speaker 7: and that's where it's perceived. So when in the year
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  Speaker 7: is a massive part of it was a massive part
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  Speaker 7: of our review and what we're looking at. And we're
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  Speaker 7: a little bit disappointment in some of our stuff around
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  Speaker 7: the areas where Ossie out muscled us at times a
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  Speaker 7: little bit. Yeah, I went both ways obviously, but yeah,
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  Speaker 7: a couple they're obviously good side on the grounde I've
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  Speaker 7: got good jacklers and their physical physical side, so yeah,
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  Speaker 7: we looked at that and making sure that how we
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  Speaker 7: slow them down as well when they have the ball,
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  Speaker 7: got massive game line on us at times and put
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  Speaker 7: us under pressure with a couple of tries as well,
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  Speaker 7: a couple of tries that were too easy for what
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  Speaker 7: we're like.
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  Speaker 6: So yeah, probably a couple of key things around our
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  Speaker 6: review tryon.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, the more stuff I wouldn't have been too much
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  Speaker 7: all over in the forge units, but but just the
• 17:20
  Speaker 7: theme again of the opposition having the ball, giving away
• 17:24
  Speaker 7: a penalty, kicking to our corner and get the more.
• 17:26
  Speaker 7: You know, it's doesn't matter who you're playing, that's always
• 17:28
  Speaker 7: a threat. So there's always a flow on effect for
• 17:31
  Speaker 7: all these things, you know, well.
• 17:32
  Speaker 3: I think the game there's the best attacking performance over
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: the year so far.
• 17:38
  Speaker 6: Field try.
• 17:42
  Speaker 7: Yeah, I think for the longer periods we were we
• 17:45
  Speaker 7: had the ball for a longer times.
• 17:46
  Speaker 6: You know.
• 17:46
  Speaker 7: We've probably talked with you boys over this year around
• 17:50
  Speaker 7: little spurts of good stuff. I thought the first half
• 17:52
  Speaker 7: against South Africa when we got pump, I thought we
• 17:54
  Speaker 7: were we showed some really good touches of attack, like
• 17:58
  Speaker 7: LeRoy's try was one of.
• 17:59
  Speaker 6: The better tries of the year, I reckon.
• 18:01
  Speaker 7: So yeah, we keep building on that, but just looking
• 18:03
  Speaker 7: to put it together for longer and keeps coming back
• 18:06
  Speaker 7: to us having the ball and not giving the ball
• 18:08
  Speaker 7: all the way, you know, and putting pressure on things
• 18:10
  Speaker 7: for longer.
• 18:12
  Speaker 5: Deliberate.
• 18:14
  Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, we're still asking the boys to make good
• 18:16
  Speaker 7: decisions and if the kicks on, they'll kick if they
• 18:18
  Speaker 7: see the run, but are probably more you know, being
• 18:22
  Speaker 7: really clear if we're going to kick it, we need
• 18:24
  Speaker 7: to have a real outcome around the kick.
• 18:27
  Speaker 6: So yeah, we just want to have the possession and
• 18:30
  Speaker 6: be patient with it.
• 18:31
  Speaker 7: If there's nothing obvious on, we're happy to go another
• 18:34
  Speaker 7: couple of phases before we find something.
• 18:37
  Speaker 6: To his chance and then.
• 18:41
  Speaker 5: Started months this year after what changes anything. Join ticks
• 18:47
  Speaker 5: into the line of.
• 18:47
  Speaker 4: But it's different.
• 18:51
  Speaker 6: Yeah, it's a good observation. It's I think.
• 18:55
  Speaker 7: I Well, firstly, he's been outstanding, you know, even in
• 18:57
  Speaker 7: the last three or four weeks been on the bench.
• 18:59
  Speaker 7: We can't played at fifteen a couple of weeks ago.
• 19:01
  Speaker 7: He's he's in a really good space to met as
• 19:06
  Speaker 7: far as the way we play the game won't change much.
• 19:08
  Speaker 7: Obviously d Mac will take every opportunity to have a
• 19:10
  Speaker 7: crack and as you say, take the line on a
• 19:13
  Speaker 7: little bit. And the way was he defend with softer
• 19:17
  Speaker 7: on the edges to what said Africa, we're we need
• 19:21
  Speaker 7: to we need to be at them and not off
• 19:23
  Speaker 7: you passing early, So that'll be a real advantage. But
• 19:26
  Speaker 7: I think that makes in a great place. He's led
• 19:27
  Speaker 7: the team really well this week and then Rubes. Room
• 19:30
  Speaker 7: and Rubes are working really well together as far as
• 19:34
  Speaker 7: the two boys that will be in the.
• 19:36
  Speaker 6: Ten spot this week, and they'll be good.
• 19:39
  Speaker 7: So I'd say as excited, you know, as he says,
• 19:41
  Speaker 7: only had one start at ten, had heaps last year.
• 19:45
  Speaker 6: But it's in a really good space.
• 19:46
  Speaker 7: And loving the idea of us having the ball for
• 19:50
  Speaker 7: a long time, you know, not giving it away.
• 19:54
  Speaker 5: Five games a team this year and hasn't had a
• 19:56
  Speaker 5: lot of times.
• 20:02
  Speaker 6: Yep, one hundred percent. I think. I think.
• 20:07
  Speaker 7: How he quickly matured through the cane season was a
• 20:10
  Speaker 7: real you know, BC was there for a while, and
• 20:13
  Speaker 7: he came in when BC got injured, I think, and.
• 20:16
  Speaker 6: Just bossed that.
• 20:17
  Speaker 7: And watching him in the Canes environment, he just bossed
• 20:20
  Speaker 7: the whole environment, which was a great bit of maturity
• 20:23
  Speaker 7: from him.
• 20:24
  Speaker 6: And again he's come in and had to bite this time.
• 20:27
  Speaker 7: You know, it's frustrating for a young fellow and you
• 20:29
  Speaker 7: don't get a crack and you got a little bit
• 20:30
  Speaker 7: of time on the wing. But he's been running the
• 20:33
  Speaker 7: opposition for eight weeks now, seven seven, eight weeks and
• 20:37
  Speaker 7: doing a really good job of it and.
• 20:39
  Speaker 6: Knows the way we want to play.
• 20:41
  Speaker 7: So I suppose a short answer the year, really confident
• 20:44
  Speaker 7: he'll be sweet.
• 20:45
  Speaker 3: Guess consistency has been the catch for I will try
• 20:48
  Speaker 3: and find consistency and.
• 20:51
  Speaker 4: This week that you know, I guess from the weeks
• 20:54
  Speaker 4: where you didn't win.
• 20:55
  Speaker 6: I suppose that maybe you look to do differently this week.
• 20:57
  Speaker 7: Yeah, there's there's obviously parts of our game.
• 21:00
  Speaker 6: We're building and growing.
• 21:01
  Speaker 7: Like as we've talked around around around our attack, we
• 21:05
  Speaker 7: had a bit of chat this morning around the mental
• 21:07
  Speaker 7: side of it. You know, I don't think we ever,
• 21:12
  Speaker 7: nobody ever switches off, but just being really sharp around
• 21:14
  Speaker 7: our mental preparation, their preparation for the week. You know,
• 21:19
  Speaker 7: obviously we've won the first game and lost the second
• 21:21
  Speaker 7: one through this TC. So so we were sharpening for
• 21:24
  Speaker 7: us this morning to understand and think around what our
• 21:27
  Speaker 7: what our mindset is that we have to go and
• 21:30
  Speaker 7: when the bloods low again type mindset.
• 21:32
  Speaker 6: You know, it's not as if.
• 21:35
  Speaker 7: You know, we knock off in an area and like
• 21:37
  Speaker 7: the boys responded and today I thought, as I said,
• 21:40
  Speaker 7: we were sharp today, boys were on. So hopefully the
• 21:44
  Speaker 7: mental side of that means that we're readily go.
• 21:47
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• 21:50
  Speaker 3: We will catch you probably before we head back across
• 21:53
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• 21:55
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• 21:57
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• 22:02
  Speaker 5: some local slang.
• 22:03
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• 22:06
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