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The Muster- Scott Eade: Southland Stags Coach · The Muster on Hokonui

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  Speaker 1: So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car.
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  Speaker 1: Speed so fast it felt like I was drunk. This
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  Speaker 1: is the muster on Hokanui. Scott Ede is the coach
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  Speaker 1: of the Southland Stags. And it's fair to say a
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  Speaker 1: win puts a spring in the step, not just for fans,
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  Speaker 1: but for the coaching staff as much as the players.
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  Speaker 1: 43-12 doing the business over Bay of Plenty on Sunday evening. Scott,
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  Speaker 1: good afternoon. What a difference a win makes, eh?
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  Speaker 2: Afternoon, Andy, yeah. It definitely makes the day after feel
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  Speaker 2: a wee bit better when you wake up, doesn't it?
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  Speaker 2: I was stoked for, especially stoked for our players and
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  Speaker 2: the fans. It's been a disappointing couple of weeks there,
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  Speaker 2: but we managed to put it together, especially in that
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  Speaker 2: middle part of the second half where we beat ourselves down.
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  Speaker 2: We got that right and we got the reward. I
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  Speaker 2: was pleased to do it in the 1970s. I guess
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  Speaker 2: the group were catching up as well, so that made it,
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  Speaker 2: I guess, even more special having a lot of them
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  Speaker 2: in the team.
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  Speaker 1: Did the team draw inspiration from those guys being around?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that was definitely part of it. We've had a
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  Speaker 2: bit of, I guess, things, say, this year around embracing
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  Speaker 2: the Southland jersey, and we've sort of looked into a
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  Speaker 2: different sort of past team each week around who we're
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  Speaker 2: playing and whatnot, so this week was around 70s, in
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  Speaker 2: particular our 77 team, who actually beat Bay of Plenty
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  Speaker 2: for the first time, so we dug into a bit
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  Speaker 2: of that, and then we had a few along at
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  Speaker 2: our captain's run, which was really cool, and Steve would
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  Speaker 2: take care and go out the jerseys, and then we, like,
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  Speaker 2: having Lynn Booth in the shoes afterwards, it was done,
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  Speaker 2: it was pretty special, so now we definitely made a
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  Speaker 2: point of, yeah, I guess exploring into our boys' understanding around,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the history of the South of Jersey, and
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  Speaker 2: who and what's gone before and then the points for that.
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  Speaker 2: So it was good to get a good performance out
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  Speaker 2: aligned with that.
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  Speaker 1: The most pleasing aspect of the performance from a fan's perspective,
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  Speaker 1: I suppose, is they didn't fade away over that final
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  Speaker 1: 25-30 minutes.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was something we've dug into. We had dug
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  Speaker 2: into it during the season and then especially after the
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  Speaker 2: week before. So... there was a fit put on the
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  Speaker 2: players around where we need to be mentally and that
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  Speaker 2: sort of space and I thought the guys would come
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  Speaker 2: on and do a really good job but it was
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  Speaker 2: still a tight game there with 25 to go 17-12
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  Speaker 2: we're in the wind but we just we built a
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  Speaker 2: lot of pressure through our defence and some of our
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  Speaker 2: efforts around our kick chasing and then we got the
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  Speaker 2: reward of that really in the last sort of 20
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  Speaker 2: minutes which was really pleasing so yeah A.
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  Speaker 1: Real key thing as well is the younger generation, and
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  Speaker 1: they're Jimmy Taylor, Mika Muliaina, and Gregor Rutledge, third-generation stag.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, having those young guys in there, they went
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  Speaker 1: pretty good.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they're just getting better and better every week, aren't they?
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  Speaker 2: Especially Jimmy and Mika. You can see them, but he's
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  Speaker 2: still only 19, and Jimmy's just getting better every time
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  Speaker 2: he plays. And then Gregor, I'll start with Gregor. He's
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  Speaker 2: had a really challenging sort of, Three months, still trying
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  Speaker 2: to fulfil his study commitments around his health science and
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  Speaker 2: physio school. We gave him an opportunity and he trained
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  Speaker 2: really well and he was just everywhere. The try was really,
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  Speaker 2: his school was really just a great reward for the
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  Speaker 2: work that he put in. So yeah, pretty good Southland to,
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  Speaker 2: I guess, just at the start of his journey in
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  Speaker 2: our jersey. So it's pretty pleasing.
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  Speaker 1: Throw Woody Kirkwood into that mix as well. The big
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  Speaker 1: man went good.
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  Speaker 2: He always goes to Woody, and I was just so
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  Speaker 2: happy for him after his last two years, two ACLs.
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  Speaker 2: I was playing for the Stags, and a lot of
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  Speaker 2: guys would just throw it in, but not Woody. He
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  Speaker 2: trained with our, I guess, Academy Performance Group all year,
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  Speaker 2: and I knew he was ready. We just needed to
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  Speaker 2: get him through. He'd had a couple of delays around
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  Speaker 2: coming back, and he got through a game or two
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  Speaker 2: for country, and we had him in training for a bit,
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  Speaker 2: and he took his opportunity, and He spoke for him
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  Speaker 2: and his family. He got out there and came off
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  Speaker 2: the field after his team came being healthy. But that
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  Speaker 2: was all success.
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  Speaker 1: Scott, it's interesting to watch North Harbour in their renaissance
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  Speaker 1: this year, given they've stuck with a lot of the
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  Speaker 1: same squad from last year, picked purely on local players.
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  Speaker 1: Do you think there's something Southland could initiate down the line,
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  Speaker 1: perhaps go back to that local theory like Harbour?
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  Speaker 2: We're trying to build, I guess, a local core of
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  Speaker 2: our team. The challenge for us, Andy, and it's been
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  Speaker 2: a challenge for years, is around our, I guess, our
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  Speaker 2: pool of population and our pool of players locally that
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  Speaker 2: are here. You know, we want to encourage the players
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  Speaker 2: that can get into football-type professional environments, which we had
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  Speaker 2: a number of that this year. Like our, you know,
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  Speaker 2: my goal as head coach is to have as many
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  Speaker 2: staff members playing, and if that's some of them in
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  Speaker 2: super teams or some of them in our academy or
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  Speaker 2: some of them local then, for me, that's the most
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  Speaker 2: important thing. Guys that have got a real care for
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  Speaker 2: the jersey. So guys I've just talked about, Mika, Woody, Gregor, Jimmy,
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  Speaker 2: Jack Taylor, Woody, those guys are all examples of that.
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  Speaker 2: And we're always going to have to get some guys in. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a guy like Mitch Dunshea, he's not a Southlander,
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  Speaker 2: and he's been huge for our team the past three years,
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  Speaker 2: and especially this year. So it's just getting that balance
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  Speaker 2: right is definitely something we're wanting to grow and promote.
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  Speaker 2: And we've had Eight or nine academy players play this year,
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  Speaker 2: many of whom are locals. So it's definitely a thing
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  Speaker 2: that we want to and need to build over the
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  Speaker 2: next couple of years.
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  Speaker 1: If the quarters look like a foregone conclusion, is there
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  Speaker 1: a bit of a tendency perhaps to throw a couple
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  Speaker 1: more academy players in there and see how they fare
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  Speaker 1: and plan for the future?
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  Speaker 2: Yes and no, mate. We've still got to... You know,
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  Speaker 2: we still want to be in the present and do
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  Speaker 2: a job now because, as we've talked about last week,
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  Speaker 2: it was 40% of the season we're landing. This week,
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  Speaker 2: it's 30%. So still, you know, like three games is
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  Speaker 2: a long time as we all know in rugby. So
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  Speaker 2: still a here and now focus. When we get to
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  Speaker 2: the last game or two, we'll see where we land.
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  Speaker 2: But probably the most healthy we've been in terms of
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  Speaker 2: our squad roster as well this year. Like early in
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  Speaker 2: the season, we... We're a bit depleted, especially in the backstop. So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we're actually in a pretty good space right
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  Speaker 2: at the moment.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, good on you, Scott. I'll let you carry on. Thanks,
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  Speaker 1: as always, for your time. And Taranaki this weekend. And, Aki,
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  Speaker 1: that's always a big game, eh?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. We're looking forward to it. It's going
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  Speaker 2: to be a big one. Cheers, mate.
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