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Monday Night Hudl Episode 6 · TDUK

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Heat
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up
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here.
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Welcome, welcome, welcome.
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>> Oh god, this I always have two cameras.
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I always do that all the time. Welcome
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to Monday Night Huddle, folks. It is
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episode 6, I believe, and I'm joined by
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Nathan from the British American
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Football Refereeing Association. All
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views are his own and none of the
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organization which he represents. How
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are you, mate?
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Oh, no. I can't hear you.
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I can't hear you. I swear. Hang on, my
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dear.
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>> Talk talk.
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>> No, mate. Can't hear you. Uh, I'll let
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you figure out your mic issue again. Um
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folks, uh while um Nathan is trying to
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figure out his mic issue, um we'd like
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to thank you all for the support. We had
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our first game live streamed um on
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Sunday courty courtesy of Lee and all of
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his um people at the Kimra Cats, which
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was brilliant to see the viewership on
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it was fantastic. Uh if anyone wants to
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use any of our social media platforms to
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to help strengthen their live streams,
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please do drop us a message. Nathan, we
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still can't hear you, mate.
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Can you hear me now?
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>> Yes, we can, buddy. You're all good. How
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are you, mate? You all right?
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>> I'm all right. Well, Bluetooth earpieces
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not that useful.
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>> You're the only person I know who still
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uses a Bluetooth earpiece.
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>> And what have you been up to, mate?
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What's been going on?
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>> Uh, enjoying a few weeks off.
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>> Yeah.
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>> From officiating.
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>> Okay.
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Um, and spend some time with a wife
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because you got to do what the boss
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says.
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Um, just enjoying life, working hard,
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paying bills.
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>> Good,
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good. Love, love, love to hear it. Um,
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so I you you've you've commentsed on a
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lot of our stuff. We've got a a hey guys
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uh from lately. We hope you hurry up and
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finish your meeting to join on. by the
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way. And we've also got a hi from a Mike
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Rick 9612. Hello, brother. Um, so we've
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you've been on this podcast so so many
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times, you know, and comments and stuff.
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You must probably our number one
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commenter. U, so I I want to get to know
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you. I want people to to get to know you
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as well. Who is your team? Who is your
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NFL team?
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>> Chicago Bears. So I don't know what
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glory is, mate.
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M I'm a pro co like I kind of feel that.
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Have you been to Chicago?
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>> Um once
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>> went to game Soldierfield. I
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>> I went there on a connecting flight when
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um I flew over to to Colorado and um I
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must I've never seen so many bad weaves
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in me life but it was all like 6'8 women
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who look like they chew up Brock Lesnar.
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I remember like staring at this weave
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thinking that is horrendous. And she
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clocked me and she was like, "Can I help
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you, sir?" And I was like, "Yeah, no,
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I'm all right, mate. Don't worry about
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it." Um, okay. So, so you're a Bears,
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fam. Uh, last season. How do you think
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you got on last season?
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>> I'm going to rock the boat here. Yeah,
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we won the division.
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>> Yeah,
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>> great. We beat the Packers in the first
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round of the playoffs.
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>> Yeah,
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>> brilliant.
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had a very good game against the Rams,
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but
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I'll be honest and I'll say I think
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their talent in depth outstretched ours.
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>> Okay,
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>> we
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we've got a very good offense.
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Don't like the fact we traded DJ more,
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but we got a second round pick for him.
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>> Mhm. So, never saw that coming.
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With Chris Dolman retiring as well,
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I woke up to a notification of that and
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I'm like, "Wow."
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But we got in Garrett Bradbury.
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>> Mhm.
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>> Who was at Patriots, I believe he was at
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the Vikings before who drafted him and
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he had a stellar year last year. and
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hopefully he can come in and pick up
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where Dolman left off. Running game
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good two-headed monster.
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We call Manonga
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and Swift.
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Personally, I think Swift's overrated,
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but
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it's a one of the better options we got.
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>> Okay.
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>> Tight ends love them. two young dynamic
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tight ends.
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And defensively,
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well, we've lost, I believe it's four of
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our five main DBs,
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including four safeties from last year.
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They've all literally gone. Uh Tmaine
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Edwards were cut
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and
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our D line just could not generate
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pressure.
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So, I'm hoping the Bears go all out
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defense in the draft.
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>> Yeah,
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>> maybe the end or pocket disruptor.
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There's a nice linebacker from Texas
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Tech called Rodriguez.
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If we could steal him in the second
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round,
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that's beautiful. Okay. Uh,
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>> we got a lot of holes to fill on
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defense.
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Interesting. Okay. And you you've
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obviously you're a referee. Um how how
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long have you been a referee for?
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>> Started 2018.
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>> You can't say too long, by the way.
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>> Yeah. 2018, mate.
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>> Okay.
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>> And it's good fun. I'd played, I'd
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coached,
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and I had a lot of friends that were
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refs, and it seemed like a natural
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progression.
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>> Where have you played before? What teams
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have you played for? Give us it all.
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>> I started way before you were born. 95,
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>> mate. I'm I like that compliment, mate.
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But I'm a lot older than that.
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>> I'm a lot lot older than that. I don't
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want to laugh.
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>> I thought you were Damn, I thought you
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were younger than that. I'm feeling good
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now. Um
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>> paid them well worth 20 pound my folks.
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Well worth 20 quid.
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um started playing for Plymouth Youth in
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95,96
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97.
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Um
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took a year out cuz I got a bad knee
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injury playing rugby.
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Then went up to North London in Buffy,
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played for the old London Mets.
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>> Mhm.
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>> Um then at the time I was living in
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Cornwall, so traveling was killing us. 6
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a.m. departures just for training.
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>> That's amazing.
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>> Um transferred to Bristol Aztecs,
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one year there, then moved back up to
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Plymouth
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and played for the Admirals for believe
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it was three years and then my former
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head coach at the Mets had started up
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Corner Sharks.
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went down there, played, helped a lot
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around the background.
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And 2010, hung up the pads cuz
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I was just old and knackered and my body
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had took a hell of a beating.
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>> Yes, mate. Yes, mate.
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>> Um, when you're 6'5 and at the time I
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was over 500 pound.
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>> Wow. That that mate, you've lost a lot
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of timber.
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>> Yeah, I'm down to around 300 now. If I
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don't have dessert, I could say I'm
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under 300. If I have dessert, I'm over.
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>> Mate, you got to have that dessert. You
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You got to You got to
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>> No. And then I went into coaching
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and helped a couple of uni teams in the
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area.
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And then 2017
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few changes happened
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and decided
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can't be hassled
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or their school referee.
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>> Brilliant. What what positions did you
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play then?
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uh Daco
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center guards.
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I was a big body and I was used to fill
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the hell.
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>> Good. Brilliant, man. Um so you've been
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a ref for for nearly 10 years. So
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we've witnessed some
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crazy things happen um with with refs.
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Unfortunately, most of it in a negative
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way. I'm going to get this up while
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we're here actually. Um, and we we
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obviously one one thing we all the
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people who who who run TD UK is is
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respect for the refs. Um, so we made a
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campaign respect the ref.
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>> Some people uh your place loved it, some
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didn't. Um, but I want to know some of
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the some some stories like from like
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things that have happened like you know
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have you ever had any crazy things
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happen? Any stories for us? Um, one
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which was actually my fault was doing a
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game last year in Cornwell
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and
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I was on the Swindon sideline and
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there's a fumble and as an official if
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there's a fumble you throw a bean bag to
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mark the spot where the fumble was in
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case there's any penalties after it.
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>> Okay.
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>> Well, I'm watching it. The ball comes
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out in bounds. grab the bring back
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through it. As I did that, Swindon
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player stepped to the right
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and it struck him in a region where it
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wouldn't have hurt him if he had a cup.
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>> Was he on the floor?
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>> Yes. Crying.
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>> Oh,
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do you know what?
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I've I've I've had some great encounters
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with refs. I I do respect what they do
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because it's peanuts for the amount of
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boost they get and it it proper irates
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me when people think it's acceptable to
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speak to referees ways they shouldn't.
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Um I I remember um I was playing for
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Crew Railroaders um and we we played
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against um
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uh Lincolnshire Bombers
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and it was div two football you know it
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was the both teams were in great
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positions anyway there was a punt now
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for a guy who's who's quite big I'm
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quite quick on my feet you know as an
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old lineman and I've sprinted
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and whoever's punted it for us has
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booted the ball up like quite relatively
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I it's bounced off their players chest
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into my hand. Now people dream of of
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getting the ball in in a game on an O
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line. I did not like that dream. And as
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the guys turned me into the end zone, me
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shoulders popped.
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I'm in this I'm all in all this pain,
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but I'm like I'm in the end zone, so
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it's fine. But apparently Oman can't
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progress the ball forward. So they
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pulled it back. So I popped me shoulder
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for absolutely nothing. And I'll never
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ever forgive the referee for that.
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>> It's We're used to being hated by both
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teams,
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but our main priority is to make sure
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everyone goes home safe, gets to work in
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the morning, and the uni league gets to
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go to their lectures.
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And
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I just love how the sport grows in this
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country. The Uni League, I read a stat
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somewhere, it's one of the fastest
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growing leagues outside the states.
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>> That's mental.
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Like like and I can believe that by the
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way cuz I went to um Edinburgh and I
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didn't play. I wasn't into the sport
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then. And I remember them struggling for
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players.
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>> Mhm.
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>> And like struggling to even put enough
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players to play the game. And now you
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look at them like they've just got
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knocked out. Yes. But they seem to be
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progressing and progressing. So I can
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100% believe that the league as a whole
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is growing. I suppose
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what I'd like to see next maybe is is
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that going into, you know, uh other
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teams. You messaged me about Bristol
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because we had Bristol on last week.
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>> Yeah.
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>> And I was set up.
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>> Yeah. And I said this, I was speaking to
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my wife about it because I tell my wife
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all about this because she, you know,
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she she thinks it's going really well
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and I'd be inclined to agree with her,
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but I was like, they were literally the
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perfect setup. No, we've hopefully got
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Manchester Titans on a week today. Um,
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but
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for me, so far from what I've
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encountered for every team, I I played
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for some really well organized teams.
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>> They are absolutely up there as the best
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team. you know, the vision, the the the
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the plan. You know, people are getting
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very frustrated with BAFA, whether you
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you see that as right or as wrong.
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They're like, "Look, they're doing their
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best. We want to try and help and
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support. So, here's what we're going to
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do. If every, you know, the,000 per
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game, stuff like that, that's a massive,
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massive, massive cost."
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>> So, them being in that coach paid for.
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>> Yeah. But them being in this league
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gives me so much hope. So I really do
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hope they they stay in this league. What
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what are your thoughts on Bristol?
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>> I think Bristol
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it's the future of American football in
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Britain.
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>> Okay.
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>> Look at the university teams there.
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Bullets one and two.
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>> Both in finals. Bristol Cuda won their
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division.
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>> Yeah. Filton perennial playoffs. They
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won the Prem last year. They're back in
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the final on Tuesday against Brunell.
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It is so well structured and organized
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there.
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A lot of
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organizations around the country should
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look at that. I I I I agree completely.
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Um so for me, I'm very old school. Um,
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so the first team I ever played for was
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the Halton Spartans. Um, and Doug Lorton
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and Kev Birmingham were like, you know,
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and I was I was going through a lot a
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lot of stuff. I wasn't in a great great
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place mentally. And Doug Lorton and Kev
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Birmingham were like, "Right, um, we
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have a game. Um, if it's our home, we go
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back to the pub for food and drink.
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They're our sponsor. Okay, if we have an
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away game, we go back to the pub for,
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you know, it was one of them."
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>> And Okay, cool. I just I'm just doing
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what I'm told. I enjoy the whole
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process. I enjoy the night out, stuff
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like that. And for
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the majority of the team did that, so it
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was easy for them to get sponsors.
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Everything was a lot more organized.
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What you got remember is Hotton Spartans
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were a div two team playing in witness
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stadium, which is phenomenal, you know,
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but
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I thought the way that was done and it
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was really, really good. Sorry, let me
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backtrack. It was fantastic the way it
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was done. But for me, what Bristol are
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doing is just a a step or two better,
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which is brilliant. You know, the amount
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of tickets they're looking to to have
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sold for their home games. If every
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other team is like that, how quick would
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with this league grow? And it it's it's
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not easy to do what they're doing by by
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no means.
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>> Did I read somewhere that they're
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bringing in portable stands so they can
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expand the capacity at being crusaders?
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>> I I I think I I I don't know about that.
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I know they've had work done on the
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ground. Um I know work's been done on
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the ground. I don't know about that, but
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it wouldn't surprise me. Um how
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brilliant would that be for Brit like on
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a crazy level? Um I I I hope that's
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true. I I I really do. Um I want to get
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your thoughts on um on the Warriors. Um
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TD UK was the first to um announce this.
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We we posted it twice. First confirming
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the rumors and second to confirm it. it
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it had been done. Um what are your
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thoughts on the whole situation? Because
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on one aspect we've got Aztecs. Um and
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then now we were on Warriors who who
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aren't in the league no more. Such a
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team who've been so prominent.
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>> I I hope it's a massive success for
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Warriors.
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>> Yeah.
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Nothing would make me happier than to
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see British club sides. They'll prove
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Europe dominate.
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Hopefully on the back side of that our
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GB national team can improve.
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I hope it works. But the financial
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doubt that you would need to do that
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traveling all over Europe hosting
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it.
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>> Is that feasible for a British team?
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>> There's got to be
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>> the Aztecs.
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>> There's got to be a good chunk of
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sponsors in there. So like it's not I
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think people think it's dead easy to get
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a sponsor. It's not. I've organized some
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brilliant sponsors. I got with the help
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of many others got a great package for
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Chester Romans.
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>> It took me nearly nine months, mate.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Um I sorted another one for for
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Lancaster Buccaneers. That one was a
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little bit smoother because I'd learned
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how to do it. But it is very hard.
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You've got to keep a lot of people
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happy. Um, and you have to have the
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whole club backing you because if
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someone's going to go out the way, the
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club that you're at, and help generate
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um, a big sponsorship deal, and you
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can't be bothered to show up for meals
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or Super Bowl party or whatever, but
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then you're the first one to moan when
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there's no away coach trip that the the
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equipment needs replacing. You for me,
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if you're not going to go to the social
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events and help with the fund raise and
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stuff like that, you you don't have a
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leg to stand on and moan about equipment
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or or or coaches for the race trips. So,
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I I do think there is going to be a lot
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of um um sponsorship done. I just think
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it's a bit mad that the season's about
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to kick off and even not confirmed it
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even though everyone knows it. So, I
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imagine they're doing a ton of media
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work as we speak to to to do it. Um also
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with the legend that is coach Tony
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Allen,
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from what I hear, he stepped aside at
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Warriors.
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>> Okay.
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Um,
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that is just through jungle drums. I
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don't know if that's 100% true,
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>> but
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Warriors do it. I can see a lot of very
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good players from the London area, from
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Prem teams, div one teams in that area
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going to the Warriors
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and
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going for the opportunity to get more
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game tape against European competition.
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>> Yeah.
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domestically.
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That leaves a hole in the Prem South
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and
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I would
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see possibly Aztecs,
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Blitz, Southern Final with Forum,
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Cambridge, and Wembley Stallions who got
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promoted up really representing
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themselves well. Do do you think the
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other end of the spectrum know like
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maybe there's some players and I think
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this would be the case of I don't want
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to go over Europe. I'm happy with what
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was doing beforehand. I'll just go
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somewhere else. So do you see maybe play
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players leaving to go to like Blitz and
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Stallions?
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>> I could see if Blitz and Wembley worked
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well it could be a massive recruiting
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thing for them.
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>> Yeah. You have I'll use the term fringe
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players
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>> who
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may be special teams or third fourth on
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the depth chart.
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>> Mhm.
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>> Thinking I'm definitely not going to get
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time in Europe.
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I'm going to look at other feasible
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opportunities
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cuz you also have foreign
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not foreign rushmore now. Sorry that's
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showing my age.
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Dave Dave meant to have recruited not
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not too bad
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>> with
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coach Stitch doing Oxford Brooks.
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You see a lot of Oxford Brooks at
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Farnham or Rushmore now.
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>> Why don't they go to Saints though?
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What's all about?
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>> I think the Prem South this year is
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going to be interesting.
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>> Yeah,
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>> I don't know much about Prem North. I
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will be honest. I live in Plymouth,
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mate.
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>> To me, exit is the north.
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>> You're all south to me, mate. Don't
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worry. Um, have you ever refereed?
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What's the favorite?
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>> The most northern I've done
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um is
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I've got to think now. Probably South
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Wales Warriors.
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>> I've done quite a few games in Bristol.
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>> I've done B unis.
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Okay.
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>> They bore muff the other year.
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>> Are they uni lot well behaved or are
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they mischievous?
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>> They
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like the fun of the game
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and everyone gets it excited,
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but most of them are good lads. They're
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out learning, having fun,
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and they're the future of the sport in
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this country.
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>> 100% 100%. Yeah.
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>> You look at the uni players that come
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through to name one, Alfie Burks at
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Bournemouth.
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>> Phenomenal athlete.
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>> You'll get running back, QB, wide
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receiver.
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>> Mhm.
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And I honestly believe
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he is playing for a Prem team in the
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summer,
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but
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there's so much young talent.
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>> SGS sending players to, I believe it's a
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Canadian Junior League.
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You had two SGS players make it to the
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NFL.
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Okay.
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Hey, look, it's going in the right
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direction. Um, we do we do we do a
23:47
thing, well, I do a thing called 30
23:49
seconds. Okay. So, over the the case of
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30 seconds, I'm going to say some teams,
23:57
some bits and bobs. I just want a your
23:59
first reaction that's not a swear word.
24:02
Okay.
24:05
Okay. Um,
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Wembley Stallions
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>> well coached with a bright possibility
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future in the Prem.
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>> Plymouth Vanguard.
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>> Oh,
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I ref down this way. So, I have to be
24:27
professional in what I say. A well-run
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team with a bright future.
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>> Uh, London Warriors.
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It's never 30 seconds, by the way. It's
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always longer. Don't worry.
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>> Apparently the benchmark in Brit
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Bristol AEX.
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Oh, is he frozen? Oh, he's frozen at the
24:51
worst possible point. Hopefully he um
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>> he Oh, he's back. He's back. Bristol
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Apache, mate.
24:59
>> Bristol Apache.
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>> Sorry. Bristol Aztecs. Bristol Aztec.
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Sorry, mate.
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>> Aztecs.
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The future of the sport of this country.
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>> Manchester Titans
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>> dominant in the north.
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>> Baffra
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the governing body in the UK.
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>> The BA BF
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>> Baffra a good group of people that
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ensure the safety of the players on the
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field that are always looking to grow.
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Baffra.info. Come on, join the third
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team on every field.
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>> Brilliant, mate. So, um well, let's I
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think we've got up on this this this
25:41
artwork here. Give me one minute. Um Oh,
25:45
no, we haven't. How can people um
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register, you know, to do the training
25:50
to be a ref to do the courses?
25:52
>> Okay. Um I've put the website just down
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below my name around here.
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>> You have
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click on that. Go down the bottom.
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There's a section on how to join us.
26:04
Fill in your information and it'll go
26:07
through to the recruitment team. I'm
26:08
personally on the recruitment team and
26:12
put on there a time that's good for us
26:14
to contact you.
26:17
We might get your details through at say
26:18
9:00 in the morning, but you know me, I
26:21
work night security. I don't want to be
26:23
ringing someone at 9:00 in the morning
26:25
if they've just come off nights.
26:27
Make sure you put a time down there for
26:29
us to contact you. Brilliant.
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>> We'll have a chat, address any concerns
26:34
you have, any questions. We'll explain
26:37
the process.
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You've got a series of six teams calls
26:43
online.
26:45
After that,
26:47
you will take what's called the
26:49
competency exam, which is really basic
26:53
sort of questions just to make sure
26:55
you're safe to be on the field.
26:58
When you pass that, you have a mentor.
27:02
You'll have the rule book and the
27:03
mechanics book. Mechanics are how it is
27:07
written down word for word. Mechanics
27:10
are how we interpret it on the field.
27:13
And if you decide you want to go on and
27:16
go onto the field for your first game,
27:18
your mentor will be no further than two
27:20
foot from you. They will be there for
27:23
you. You can contact them anytime with
27:26
questions.
27:28
And then you progress on. You'll have
27:31
another nine training games. After each
27:35
game, your log will be put in by the
27:38
referee for the game of what you have
27:40
done very well, what you exceeded in,
27:43
and where there's room for slightly more
27:45
practice.
27:47
>> It's not what you've done bad.
27:49
>> It all sounds very productive to be
27:51
fair, mate. Like, it it sounds really
27:53
good. Um, and and every aspect's
27:55
covered. Um that that's brilliant cuz
27:59
like I always wonder what training you
28:02
guys get to deal with aggressive players
28:06
and we've unfortunately seen some cases
28:08
where players have wanted to scrap with
28:10
a referee which I think is absolutely
28:12
stupid. Um, and it's a reason I don't
28:14
think I could be a referee because in
28:16
the nicest way possible, if if if
28:18
someone said something to me, I'd be
28:21
inclined to maybe
28:23
>> selective defective hearing.
28:26
>> Yeah. No, I get that. Um, I don't really
28:29
have a filter with with it. So like if
28:31
someone says something to me, I say or
28:34
or
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um so yeah, I I think the re the reason
28:39
I want to do the respect the refs
28:41
campaign is is you you without refs, we
28:44
do not have a game. We do not have this
28:46
sport.
28:47
>> Um so I'm the first one because I I play
28:50
for Lancaster Buccaneers. Um last season
28:53
I did um and I always I always stated
28:55
that
28:57
I was very vocal if people were chirpy
28:59
with refs. was like, you do not speak
29:01
back to the refs. You do not give them
29:03
grief. If there's an issue, speak to
29:06
your co, speak to your captain. They
29:08
have the authority to speak to referees.
29:11
>> Um, and if anything, I'm all the way
29:14
nice cuz I want them calls to go for me.
29:17
I think I think it we were playing a
29:19
playoff game last year. Um, I went,
29:21
"Ref, you're doing a really good job."
29:22
And he went, "Are you being sarcastic?"
29:24
No, no, you're doing a really good job.
29:26
Next play, I've threw my fl player I
29:30
threw my player over. I ran over to
29:31
like, you know, it was a run play and
29:34
the whistle's gone and about two seconds
29:35
later, this guy who just threw to the
29:37
ground, he's hit me really hard at the
29:39
back. So, I've dropped to the floor like
29:41
I've been hit by a a sniper in a tree or
29:44
something, but I'm the only there's no
29:47
subs. There's no other extra line and
29:48
it's literally this is it. So, my coach
29:50
is like, "Ah." Comes running over
29:52
referee. I can see flags going
29:54
everywhere. referees come fight coach
29:56
come are you okay and I'm like
30:00
the way I drop them referees definitely
30:03
>> like an extra front platoon
30:05
>> oh mate you know when like Neymar used
30:06
to do them rolls and rolls and rolls it
30:08
was like that it was like the worst
30:10
acting you shark nato 12 acting like
30:13
that
30:14
>> Premier League football acting
30:16
>> but do you know what we got I think we
30:18
got 20 yards out of it so it worked
30:21
the next play I got up the guy went
30:23
you're all right he didn't even get hurt
30:24
when I'm fine. Don't worry about
30:27
>> if people have got questions,
30:29
ask us.
30:30
>> Yeah.
30:31
>> We want to be there to help.
30:35
>> We need to feminine.
30:37
>> We need to work together to make the
30:38
sport grow and to make people want to
30:41
come back next season. Like I know so
30:43
many people that play the sport for one
30:45
year and go that's it. I'm done. I've
30:46
done it. Like how how do you not enjoy
30:48
like them endorphins you get when you
30:50
win? Like we all need to work together
30:52
to make the sport grow sta stabilize so
30:55
less people are leaving and more people
30:57
are joining.
30:59
>> Yeah. Work together. Build the bridges.
31:02
Build the foundations.
31:03
>> Yeah.
31:03
>> Then build the ground floor, the first
31:05
floor, and then start to put the roof
31:07
on. Cuz until we've got those
31:09
foundations set,
31:12
we can't think of putting on a roof.
31:16
>> Um, we are we're near the end of the
31:18
show. I've got one more question to ask
31:20
you cuz you you know it's more closer to
31:22
you. Who do you who is going to win Prem
31:24
Prem South this season?
31:28
>> My head says Bristol.
31:30
>> Okay.
31:32
>> Um
31:35
I've got a former teammate and good
31:37
friend who's head coach at Wembley.
31:39
>> Okay.
31:42
I've known Tango and some of the Knights
31:45
coaching staff
31:47
since back when I was young and skinny.
31:50
And yes, that was a long time ago.
31:53
Um, but one of my best mates is head
31:56
coach at Cambridge.
31:58
>> Yeah.
31:59
>> Coach Russ Bigby.
32:00
>> Okay.
32:00
>> Aka the Silver Fox.
32:04
>> The Giants.
32:07
>> I played with him at two teams in Mets
32:09
in Cornwell. Brilliant.
32:12
>> So Head says Aztecs,
32:15
but
32:18
here comes the opt out. Whoever wins it
32:20
would have earned it.
32:22
>> Okay, that's a good response. That's a
32:25
very That's a John Cena response. I like
32:26
that. I like that.
32:27
>> I think I got out of that one.
32:30
>> Well folks, that's us. We're all done.
32:33
Um thank you very much for joining us
32:35
next week. I'm hoping we are joined by
32:37
uh Manchester Titans. We've got a few
32:39
teams lined up. But we are nearly there
32:40
at the season. Um we I seen some great
32:43
clips from preseason scrimmages and I
32:46
seen um most teams did not post results.
32:48
I love that. Don't post the scrimmage
32:50
results. Um it does my head in. Uh but
32:53
thank you very much for joining us
32:54
Nathan. We'll hope to get you back on
32:56
later in the season.
32:57
>> Yeah.
32:58
>> Um well folks, we will see you next
33:00
week. I've been Matteo and
33:03
>> I've been Nathan ainfo.
33:07
Sign up if you're up for being a ref,
33:09
you know, give it a go.