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The Hawks take on the Suns in Darwin this weekend. Hawks Defender Sam Frost tells us what he's getting up to in the Top End · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: But it doesn't get much bigger than Hawthorne and the
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  Speaker 1: Gold Coast sun Set to clash at TiO Stadium this
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  Speaker 1: Saturday night. It is the first of three AFL games
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  Speaker 1: to be played in the Northern Territory this year, and
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  Speaker 1: I am joined on the line by Hawk's defender Sam Frost.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning to you, Sam, Katie.
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  Speaker 2: How are you going?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, good mate, great to have you on the show.
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  Speaker 1: How are you Are you in the territory yet?
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  Speaker 2: No? No, we fly tomorrow, so I'm at home at
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  Speaker 2: the moment, day off and then yeah, we'll be getting
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  Speaker 2: in tomorrow lunchtime ish, I think.
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  Speaker 1: So not a huge amount of time to be much
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  Speaker 1: of a tourist before you play on Saturday night.
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  Speaker 2: No, no, not too much time beforehand. I think we've
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  Speaker 2: got a little opportunity to engage the community following the
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  Speaker 2: game though, and into Sunday, so that'll be nice. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it'll be strictly business tomorrow and leading into the game.
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  Speaker 1: I think, mate, what's the weather light there? Because it's
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  Speaker 1: pretty glorious here, but possibly a bit warm for you guys.
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  Speaker 2: I reckon it will be a bit warm, I think,
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  Speaker 2: but it's overcast a bit grizzly and pretty cold here today,
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  Speaker 2: so I think we're all looking forward to getting a
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  Speaker 2: bit of warmth and a bit of sun.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. How do you go though, after you know, playing
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  Speaker 1: in what are fairly cool conditions the majority of the time,
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  Speaker 1: and certainly training in those school of conditions seen trying
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  Speaker 1: to acclimatize, especially it's been a bit humid the last
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  Speaker 1: few days for us.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's definitely a challenge something we just got to
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  Speaker 2: be aware of in terms of preparing well and hydrating
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  Speaker 2: well and those sorts of things coming up. I'm lucky
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  Speaker 2: I've played in dough On a handful of times with
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  Speaker 2: Melbourne and GWS over the years, so there'll be a
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  Speaker 2: bit of a shock for a few guys who haven't
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  Speaker 2: been up there, I think.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I reckon. So now, how is the team looking
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  Speaker 1: for the weekends clash with the Gold Coast Suns.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? Good, Now, we're pretty excited. We've got a few changes.
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  Speaker 2: I think all the team selection will be finalized tonight,
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  Speaker 2: but obviously a couple of injuries and that sort of things.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, we're really looking forward to getting up there
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  Speaker 2: and a new challenge and a different setting. So it's
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  Speaker 2: going to be great, and you.
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  Speaker 1: Mentioned that that there is a bit of an opportunity
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  Speaker 1: as well, you know, to catch up or be part
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  Speaker 1: of the community. Is that Is that a great part
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  Speaker 1: of getting to the territory when you do actually get
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  Speaker 1: to get out and about and meet a few locals.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, it's a it's a privilege to be honest,
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  Speaker 2: and I think especially with the second week of Nichols
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  Speaker 2: Indigenous Round, it's a great opportunity to celebrate Indigenous contributions
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  Speaker 2: to the AFL, And yeah, just keep learning about the
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  Speaker 2: culture and really celebrate it. So we're we're all really
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  Speaker 2: excited and it's going to be a unique experience for
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  Speaker 2: a lot of us.
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  Speaker 1: I bet it will be. So what data head out
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  Speaker 1: of the territory. Is there going to be any opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to do much sort of you know, over the course
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  Speaker 1: of the weekend.
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  Speaker 2: So I think we've got We've got a group that
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  Speaker 2: will hang around of just out of Darwen for Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: and then there's a small group and part of our
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  Speaker 2: community team that will stay until Monday afternoon and we'll
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  Speaker 2: head to the sort of Catherine region. So yeah, they'll
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  Speaker 2: be there'll be a bit to do and it should
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  Speaker 2: be it should be a good time. Oh good stuff.
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  Speaker 1: And it is always good to get out to some
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  Speaker 1: of those more regional parts of the territory as well,
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  Speaker 1: I know, particularly around Catherine there and certainly some of
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  Speaker 1: those communities because the kids just love their footy. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: they love their a f L and love it when
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  Speaker 1: the likes of you guys are here.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right, and that's that's going to be exciting
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  Speaker 2: for us, just the passionate enthusiasm for the game. And yeah,
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  Speaker 2: regardless of win, loss, or draw there they'll be excited
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  Speaker 2: to see us and we'll be We'll be excited to
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  Speaker 2: be out there. So really looking forward to it, Sam.
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  Speaker 1: There's been a bit of discussion in the territory in
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  Speaker 1: recent months about whether we end up with our own
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  Speaker 1: Northern Territory team part of the a f L. How
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  Speaker 1: do you reckon? We'd go, how do you reckon? That
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  Speaker 1: would fare?
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  Speaker 2: I think it'd be great. Like I said, I used
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  Speaker 2: to play in the in the g w S reserves
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  Speaker 2: and we'd come up and play against NT Thunder and
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  Speaker 2: it was it was great. There's so much talent on
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  Speaker 2: show and such a unique game style. So we've don't
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  Speaker 2: I don't know much about our these expansion team operations work,
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  Speaker 2: but I think it'd be really cool.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, there's no shortage of talent out of the territory,
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  Speaker 1: that's for sure. I mean, we've got plenty of players
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  Speaker 1: playing in other teams right around the nation, so we've
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  Speaker 1: certainly got the talent. But it's just saying whether we'd
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  Speaker 1: be able to get it all off the ground, I
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  Speaker 1: suppose remains to be seen.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's it. I think you'd have a fair home
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  Speaker 2: ground advantage up there as well.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely well, Sam, I hope that you guys have a
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  Speaker 1: great game on Saturday. Wonderful to talk to you and
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  Speaker 1: all the best.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much, good to chat.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks mate,