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The Muster- Mark Kelly Finals Time For The Wahs! · The Muster on Hokonui

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  Speaker 1: This is the muster on Hokanui.
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  Speaker 2: We're away up to Auckland now to catch up with
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  Speaker 2: Mark Kelly, Newstalk ZB producer, and Waz Tragic ahead of
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  Speaker 2: this qualifying final tomorrow against the Dolphins at Mount Smart Stadium.
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  Speaker 1: MK, good afternoon. You must be fizzing at the bung.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, g'day, Andy. Yeah, it's bloody exciting, mate. It's nice
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  Speaker 3: to be in this position as a Warriors fan. And, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: we'll see what happens tomorrow night. But, yeah, fingers and
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  Speaker 3: toes are crossed.
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  Speaker 1: Why do the Warriors win tomorrow?
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  Speaker 3: I actually do think we're a better side. They've got
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  Speaker 3: a couple of X-Factor players, the Dolphins, but our four-pack
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  Speaker 3: has really shown that they are probably the premier four-pack
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  Speaker 3: in the whole competition. At home, it's going to be, what, 27,000,
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  Speaker 3: 28,000 fans at Mount Smart, just going absolutely bananas. They're
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  Speaker 3: going to be up for it, I think. The last
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  Speaker 3: two weeks, we know they've had a bit of issues
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  Speaker 3: on the defensive side, on the edge, but It's a
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  Speaker 3: different sort of kettle of fish. And also, it's the Dolphins'
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  Speaker 3: first ever playoff game. They've been in the competition for about, what,
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  Speaker 3: four or five seasons, and this is the first time
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  Speaker 3: they've made the top eight. So I'm hoping that Lady
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  Speaker 3: Luck's not on their side and the Warriors can come
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  Speaker 3: out with the win, because that means, yeah, we continue
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  Speaker 3: and have a week off and then play that prelim final.
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  Speaker 3: But not looking too far ahead, though, mate.
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  Speaker 2: The Warriors' defence has been a concern, averaging, what is it,
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  Speaker 2: well over 20 points for.
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  Speaker 1: The last two games.
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  Speaker 2: Do you honestly think they can sort that out?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely. If you look at the season as a whole,
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  Speaker 3: we've been the second best defensive team for the whole competition,
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  Speaker 3: leading in, I think, just under 17 points a game.
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  Speaker 3: We know what's happened in the last two weeks, but
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  Speaker 3: players have been out, important players at important positions, and
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  Speaker 3: maybe took the eyes off the ball. I knew they
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  Speaker 3: had a top-two spot guaranteed, but we still won those games.
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  Speaker 3: We did the job. It just wasn't overly convincing on
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  Speaker 3: the defensive side of the ball, but No, I have
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  Speaker 3: no issues. I'm not worried about it one bit.
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  Speaker 2: Now, you're a Warriors diehard, absolute diehard. What would it
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  Speaker 2: mean for you if they were to win the Premiership
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  Speaker 2: this year?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, it'd be special. There's no two ways about it.
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  Speaker 3: It's been a long time coming, season 31 in the competition.
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  Speaker 3: I don't really know if it would feel real. And
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  Speaker 3: it would be very warriors to do what Canberra Raiders
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  Speaker 3: did last year and sort of bow out in the
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  Speaker 3: first two rounds, lose both games. But it's been a
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  Speaker 3: long time coming. But this season does feel different. This
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  Speaker 3: team has a lot more traits of winning teams. It's
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  Speaker 3: got a great defensive side of the ball, good offensive air,
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  Speaker 3: a lot of X-factor players. And those games where, say,
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  Speaker 3: we were up and other teams came back from, scoring
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  Speaker 3: 14 unanswered points instead of sort of rolling over and
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  Speaker 3: taking the loss. We would fight back and we'd come
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  Speaker 3: out with the victory. And it's just a different side
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  Speaker 3: than we've ever had. Andrew Webster's done a phenomenal job.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's about season four of him being coach
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  Speaker 3: of the Warriors. No, it would be special. The only
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  Speaker 3: thing I would much rather have than an NRL premiership
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  Speaker 3: for the Warriors would be an NPC title for the
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  Speaker 3: mighty Bay of Plenty Steelers.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll talk your beloved base shortly.
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  Speaker 2: But the All Blacks, you talked about this briefly before,
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  Speaker 2: being in Baltimore, this effectively is a dead rubber test.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we lost in South Africa. This is all
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  Speaker 2: about trying to raise inverted commas, a profile for the
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  Speaker 2: game over in the States, money talks.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely money talks, big sponsorship, all that sort of stuff,
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  Speaker 3: playing at the home of the Baltimore Ravens in the NFL.
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  Speaker 3: It'll be awesome to see them play there, but easier
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  Speaker 3: as well on the alarm clock with a 9 o'clock
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  Speaker 3: kickoff rather than 3 a.m., Yeah, but it is disappointing.
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  Speaker 3: But you've got to ask yourself, would you rather in
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  Speaker 3: Baltimore or the other talks of that game was going
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  Speaker 3: to be in Saudi Arabia and Qatar or something like that?
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  Speaker 3: So I think it is what it is. It's weird
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  Speaker 3: that it's a four-test series anyway, because you can get
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  Speaker 3: that possibility of being a two-all draw, and I know
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  Speaker 3: they've had this special trophy where it does split in half.
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  Speaker 1: It's ridiculous.
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  Speaker 3: If it does split, yeah, if it ends up being two-two, but... Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I've never understood a point of a series where there
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  Speaker 3: is a possible outcome of not having a winner. That's
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  Speaker 3: why I love my American sports. It's always best of seven,
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  Speaker 3: best of five, whatever it is, but you're always going
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  Speaker 3: to get a winner. I would have even much rather
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  Speaker 3: if it did end up being the All Blacks winning
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  Speaker 3: on Sunday, and it was two, or they just did
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  Speaker 3: an extra time, golden point or something, two 10-minute halves,
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  Speaker 3: a bit like they did in the consolation cup between
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  Speaker 3: the Silver Ferns and the Aussie Diamonds, I believe it
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  Speaker 3: was last year, and it was two all, and they
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  Speaker 3: just played an extra 10 minutes, extra time, and the
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  Speaker 3: Diamonds won. So, yeah, so you do get a victory.
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  Speaker 3: But you know South African fans are going to come
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  Speaker 3: out if we do win on Sunday, that they won
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  Speaker 3: the South African series of it. They did win two
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  Speaker 3: of the three tests. But, yeah, it's still an All
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  Speaker 3: Blacks test, and it's still against our sort of greatest rivals.
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  Speaker 3: But it is, yeah, it does feel a bit funny.
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  Speaker 1: Right, we'll talk the MPC. Bay are plenty against the
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  Speaker 1: Stags on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: You do realise the Stags are due?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, well, and you got us last year as well.
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  Speaker 3: One of, I believe, three or four losses that we had,
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  Speaker 3: and we're not very good. It's been bitterly disappointing watching
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  Speaker 3: the Steamers hang out all year for this sort of
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  Speaker 3: 11-week window of the MPC, and we are pretty tough
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  Speaker 3: to watch. We've sort of all our lady luck of
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  Speaker 3: the last couple of years, the success we've had making
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  Speaker 3: a final, a couple of semis here and there, and
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  Speaker 3: a lot of those players now have gone offshore. We've
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  Speaker 3: had 11 club players make debuts for the province this year,
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  Speaker 3: but it's been all right. We had a really tough
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  Speaker 3: loss against Manawatu last week, our first game at the
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  Speaker 3: Tiding of the Main for the season, and that's probably
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  Speaker 3: almost shot us in the foot to make the top eight,
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  Speaker 3: but we won against you guys Sunday. I know we're
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  Speaker 3: playing at your fortress, so We'll see. But, oh, jeez,
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  Speaker 3: I hope we smoke you. I'll tell you that much, Andy.
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  Speaker 3: Sorry to your listeners, but I hope we put 30
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  Speaker 3: on you and the Warriors win and also the All Blacks.
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  Speaker 3: It's the big three for me for the weekend.
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  Speaker 1: Well, let's be honest.
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't really call Rugby Park a fortress at the
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  Speaker 2: moment with a win-loss ratio.
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  Speaker 3: No, no, but it does look good on TV with
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  Speaker 3: the bums on the seat, so I'll give you that.
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  Speaker 3: But all in all, it's been quite an entertaining season
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  Speaker 3: of MPC. It's great to have it back on on
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  Speaker 3: 3d on TV and said but it does feel strange
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  Speaker 3: that it is free to air But you could still
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  Speaker 3: watch it on sky. Mm-hmm And it's still same commentaries
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  Speaker 3: except for that sort of Saturday night commentary team, but
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  Speaker 3: now it's been great are disappointed to see my Probably
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  Speaker 3: most hated sports team on planet Earth Hawke's Bay leading
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  Speaker 3: Don't you? I hate how they think they have a
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  Speaker 3: shout to be the bay and So, yeah, Tauranga is
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  Speaker 3: everything over Napier. Napier's in the air. I don't want
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  Speaker 3: to start that because we're going into a beautiful Southland
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  Speaker 3: at the moment. But, yeah, I just hope their wheels
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  Speaker 3: fall off for the season and there's no title heading
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  Speaker 3: to Napier Hastings.
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  Speaker 2: Does it really irk you on the TV when Hawke's
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  Speaker 2: Bay comes up as Bay because they won the game
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  Speaker 2: the year before?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, yeah, absolutely. And then they don't do it for
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  Speaker 3: the Volcanics when we play the Tui in the Farapama Cup.
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  Speaker 3: They do it one way and not the other. So
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  Speaker 3: I believe that series is one also. We still should
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  Speaker 3: be called the Bay, but again, I'm not sure how
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  Speaker 3: much your listeners should care about my hatred for Napier Hastings.
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  Speaker 1: Let it go, Mark Kelly.
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  Speaker 3: I will never.
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  Speaker 1: Always appreciate your time. Up the wars and go the Stags.
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  Speaker 3: Up the wars, go the Bay, mate. Thanks for having me, Andy.