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Josh Kronfeld: Former All Black previews the Rugby Championship opener against Argentina · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: We're into Round one of the Rugby Championship. The AB's
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  Speaker 1: face Argentina Sunday morning. It's nine o'clock our time. At
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  Speaker 1: nine am our time, the Aussies take on South Africa
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  Speaker 1: and Joe Burg and the All Black team naming happens
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  Speaker 1: eight point thirty this morning. Josh Croonfeld is a former
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  Speaker 1: All Black on the show this morning. Good morning, Josh,
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  Speaker 1: good morning.
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  Speaker 2: You've I you premptably got me on too early, mate.
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  Speaker 1: Sorry, I'm sorry about that. It's a god awful hour
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  Speaker 1: of the day, isn't it. But I appreciate you being here, Josh. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: well obviously waiting on the team naming later this morning.
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  Speaker 1: We know with injuries Roy guards out, are you expecting
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  Speaker 1: any surprises?
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  Speaker 2: Ah, look no, no, look I don't think so. Look,
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  Speaker 2: we've definitely you know, Rais has been very forthcoming about
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  Speaker 2: this whole four four thing, and you know, I think
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  Speaker 2: four guys ready to go on the cab in any position,
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  Speaker 2: and the he's you know, juggled his injuries, you know,
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  Speaker 2: bringing a lock over for to replace a loose forward
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  Speaker 2: and shifted you know, a lock into loose forward positions
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  Speaker 2: and stuff like that, just to get a feel for
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  Speaker 2: you know that he's got players ready to go, so
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  Speaker 2: him maybe picking you know, the new something Simon Parker,
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  Speaker 2: bringing him across him picking that to play against Argy
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't be the wrong thing to do, you know. So no,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think we'll see any surprises into Maybe in
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  Speaker 2: terms of combinations, we might, but I can't see. Look,
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  Speaker 2: everybody's picking themselves by the way they're playing.
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  Speaker 1: Basically, what about the you know, we've never lost to Argentina,
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  Speaker 1: and Argentina no chance of that happening.
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  Speaker 3: Do you think.
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  Speaker 2: Look, there's always the chance of it happening. I mean, krikey,
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  Speaker 2: the Giant Killers now, you know, like they've beaten all
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  Speaker 2: the top ten nations and it all depends on who
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  Speaker 2: tuns up where. And I'm like, you know, playing over
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  Speaker 2: in the country just just bolsters the nation, you know,
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  Speaker 2: like and everybody's there. I mean, they've got a fanatic
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  Speaker 2: crowd and it just it's the whole. Unfortunately, I've never
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  Speaker 2: played over there, so I can't say exactly what it's like.
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  Speaker 2: But we've got to be so in our game now.
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  Speaker 2: Any any sort of slip up or we just don't
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  Speaker 2: quite turn up, we're not quite there. You know they'll
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  Speaker 2: sneak in and get a win. We have to be
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  Speaker 2: switched on, ready to go when we travel in these countries.
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  Speaker 1: There days, well, I'm hoping they're fully switched on. Sunday morning, Joe,
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  Speaker 1: I appreciate you. Are you still in bed?
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  Speaker 3: I wondered I was getting those questions, yes that I
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  Speaker 3: said there love on five o'clock, and then I got
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  Speaker 3: up and then then got back into bed and yeah, no, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: there's no way when I don't have to be up
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  Speaker 3: till seven o'clock.
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  Speaker 2: I'm raised around the house getting my jobs done.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to let you go back to sleep. Josh,
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  Speaker 1: you got you got an hour and a half enjoy.
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  Speaker 2: I don't won't be going to leave may I'll just
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  Speaker 2: do a little bit of just give get get my
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  Speaker 2: brain organized ready to go for the day.
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  Speaker 3: Mate.
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  Speaker 2: That's just how it works.
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  Speaker 1: Appreciate your time. We're looking forward to Sunday Morning. Team
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  Speaker 1: naming eight thirty This morning Josh Confeld former All Black.
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