BTB Daily May 12

Bruce pops in to let the Boffins know how they are getting to Adelaide. The crew cover all the changes in the BBBs and POTY. The Tattoo Trophy enters its last competition for the BTB18 season. 

Transcript

SPEAKER_07 0:00

Uh good morning, gentlemen, and thank you for joining me today. Coming in a little early before you hit the airwave, so to speak.

SPEAKER_06 0:09

You're in a good mood this morning, Bruce. Hey, you're feeling good, are you?

SPEAKER_07 0:13

You still look a touch sweaty there, Mario. You did a good job in that tuk tuk. It's a pity it's not yours.

SPEAKER_05 0:19

Oh, so you you didn't get the tuk tuk in the end, so you still brought Bruce in on it this morning. What's going on?

SPEAKER_06 0:24

Well might not go out there, but it was already sold. Sandy's cousin, she had given it to somebody else, and uh you know, but they said I could take a for a spear in because I had no other transport operations this morning, and so I picked Bruce up from the airport and uh I ran him down. Thankfully it was mainly downhill. A little bit of trouble pulling up with the lights, uh, but eventually we got going and uh you know, we got here safely. That we did, and it was a beautiful morning to be doing it.

SPEAKER_07 0:49

So thank you again, Mario.

SPEAKER_05 0:50

So how can we help you, Bruce? Uh what brings you to town?

SPEAKER_07 0:54

As you know, boys, the Beat the Ball Tour Mum's Bum Cup weekend has been getting larger and larger every year, and I have my bosses, shall we call them, above me, uh demanding that we put on a better show year after year, and we're looking to bring in some network sponsors and so on. So I'm down here just to give you boys a little bit of a pep talk before we get going and to arrange how and when you will be getting into Adelaide for this Malls Balls tour.

SPEAKER_04 1:25

Wonderful.

SPEAKER_06 1:25

When do we fly out? You shan't be flying, Ben. None of you. Oh my goodness, we've been sacked and you don't just get sacked around here. We all know this. Yes.

SPEAKER_07 1:33

Settle down, Mario. Settle down. Your services are no longer needed either. That's my driver, concierge, and general rouse about.

SPEAKER_06 1:41

Oh my god, I can't believe it. I've lost my job and I'm about to be killed.

SPEAKER_07 1:45

He's up, Mario. We're not about to be killed, are we, Bruce? Ho ho ho ho ho ho ho. You gentlemen can be very funny at times. As you know, we have moved our enterprises into mainstream where we want to be a serious business, a large corporation, and seeing as though the telecommunications networks around the world are struggling to fund themselves through commercial television and the like, we are looking to invest in this and change the playing field a little, shall we say? Sounds like a sound business plan when you think of it. Sounds sounds a lot of sounds. Anyone else want to make a sound?

SPEAKER_05 2:18

Alright, uh so if we're not flying over, Bruce, how uh are we getting there? We obviously have to uh traverse a fair bit of land to get there.

SPEAKER_07 2:26

We have spared no expense this time, Ron. You shall be going in a bus. A large, comfortable luxury coach which will be picking you up tomorrow.

SPEAKER_05 2:34

Tomorrow, I've got stuff on tomorrow. No you don't, Lori, not any longer.

SPEAKER_04 2:38

A bus? Fuck me. How long's it gonna take to get there on a bus?

SPEAKER_07 2:42

It will take however long it takes, Ben. And if you have a problem with that, we can come to another arrangement just for you. But we're still weeks away, Bruce. That's right, you have a little business to do whilst heading over that way.

SPEAKER_04 2:55

But I've got my fourth day pitched hand to take care of. I don't know what I'm going to do with that.

SPEAKER_07 3:00

Don't you worry about that at all, because this luxury coach, gentleman, whether you know it or not, is a double decker and twice as long as a normal bus. It has a solarium on board, Ben. We thought about everything that you gentlemen may need, and we have provided such. Well at my neck's a masseuse would be wonderful, you know. Got any massages or masseuses or a machine a massage gun even, you know. Don't you worry, Sandy, we know what your proclivities are. We do have two masseuses on board, both fabulously talented with their hands.

SPEAKER_05 3:32

Okay then, I mean Well we're all in. It's not a matter of whether we're in or not. We this is we have to do this or else, essentially, don't we, Bruce?

SPEAKER_07 3:40

That's a polite way of putting it, Ron. I'm glad you can see clearly.

SPEAKER_06 3:43

But I can't drive a bus, Bruce. I can't drive a big big vehicle anything above a Ven these days. I had a few issues in the past.

SPEAKER_07 3:52

Mario, you shall need no driving. You sit back and relax, my friend. We have a driver, Pete, who will be looking after your every need. And also, while I'm at it, I may as well introduce my new assistant, taking Mario's place, who did a fabulous job, but let's be honest. Mario was about as qualified to do that as I am to take confession. Which funnily enough, through experience, I probably am qualified for. Not spiritually as such.

SPEAKER_05 4:19

Alright, so there's gonna be masseuses on there. There's a solarium for Ben's bloody fourth day pitched hand. I've got to keep my business side interests going, you know, my hustle's up, yeah, only fans, things like that. How am I gonna record? Don't you worry about that, Laurie.

SPEAKER_07 4:33

We have a one man band, a technological whiz with a camera, with the keyboard, and with creative license to do whatever you like.

SPEAKER_05 4:41

Oh thank you, Bruce, that's very kind of you.

SPEAKER_07 4:43

He is also a trained assassin, so I would be very careful. We are projecting an image, gentlemen. We are moving into the top leagues.

SPEAKER_05 4:50

Well it all sounds like it's all covered. Just one one quick thing, uh my hair, you know, I I like to keep it coiffed and and naturally uh looking good, unnaturally. Is there somebody going to be there to look after the buffant?

SPEAKER_07 5:02

Yes, we've bought him one of Europeans' finest hairdressers. He is a magician with the scissors and the comb and the brush and whatever else you need there, the glue, uh the putty filler, the paint. He actually once worked with a president of the United States.

SPEAKER_06 5:16

All right, mate, it sounds good. Ready to rock and roll. We've got a bit of packing to do, so we better give this shell on the road and get home and get ready, 'cause we're heading off very shortly.

SPEAKER_07 5:23

You are a man of good ideas, Mario.

SPEAKER_05 5:25

Will we see you on the road at all, Bruce?

SPEAKER_07 5:27

I will be tapping in at one point to discuss what's happening with the uh bookmakers, the book, and whether the boys from this Be the Ball tour are gambling enough, punting enough or this is an expensive trip. We need to make sure that they're putting in, so to speak. One more thing, gentlemen, Chuck Asicki will be coming in from the United States at some stage and joining you on the bus. Don't worry about this coach, gentlemen. There is enough sleeping room for twelve, and you're going to have much less than that. Not if I get my way.

SPEAKER_06 5:58

Just one thing, Bruce. You said you had a new driver, concierge, a general or assabout, whatever the fuck that might be. Uh ye where is he? I can't see him. Maybe you still need me.

SPEAKER_07 6:10

No Mario, he's flying in from Spain and shall be touching down later this afternoon. An NFL player. Impressive. A Spaniard. Well they do late to have a little bit of fun. That will be all for now, gentlemen. I must leave. Other things to do, places to go, people to see. I shall see you all on the road. Enjoy yourselves and make this be the ball, the greatest ever. Mum's bum cup.

SPEAKER_05 6:35

Okay, Bruce, thanks for dropping in. Yeah, Bruce, always wonderful to see you. I love you. Looking very svelty too, I must say. Your nose could be the biggest brown one I've ever seen, Lori.

SPEAKER_07 6:44

Oh, thank you very much. See you later, Bruce, and thanks for the masseuses. My pleasure, Sandy. Will be your pleasure, no doubt. Yes, see ya, Bruce. That's the spirit, Ben. None of us know what tomorrow may bring, do we?

SPEAKER_06 6:58

Oh my goodness, mate, I'm so happy to see him leave. He terrifies me, mate. Terrifies me.

SPEAKER_07 7:03

Not Big Bruce, uh, he looks after us. That's fantastic. I can't wait to get on this bus. It's gonna be sensational.

SPEAKER_05 7:10

I'll be very careful, Sandy. Bruce always has a way of twisting things. There's a turn in the tail, always. No, uh, not this team.

SPEAKER_07 7:17

I've got twelve hours of street massages. Yeah, I hope they're they're twins, the masseuses, you know.

SPEAKER_04 7:24

Something tells me it's gonna be a lot longer than twelve hours, fellas.

SPEAKER_05 7:27

Yes. Sadly I have to agree with you on that one, Ben. It's just not quite adding up. I'm sure all will be revealed as we go along. Sort of be an adventure.

SPEAKER_06 7:36

Mario, what happened with the tuk tuk? Oh, some guy called Rick Shaw came and bought it, mate. Just as I was getting there, and they were gone. Did you get the jousting sticks at least? Num, mate. You should have seen it. It was a pair of clutches with witches' hats on them. I looked at them and I thought, nah, but even they looked a little bit too shonky for me, even mate.

SPEAKER_04 7:53

So you're stitching up your mates with your cousin, are you here at the moment, Sandy? Naskay, you are.

SPEAKER_07 7:57

No, I'd never do that. It was an honest mistake. You know, Candy thought that no she had no bear and all of a sudden Rick came out of nowhere and he took the tuk tuk.

SPEAKER_05 8:05

That's a nasty sodder. So let me get this right. You've got a cousin called Candy. I do. Candy Crotch. Seriously, is that a name?

SPEAKER_06 8:12

Yeah, mate, that was her candy. Lovely lady.

SPEAKER_05 8:15

You're a single man, Mario?

SPEAKER_06 8:16

How did she uh get any flames flickering, shall we say? I tell you what, mate, if she lost the mustache, she would be very attractive woman.

SPEAKER_07 8:22

Family tree, unfortunately. But you don't have a mo. Or only the women.

SPEAKER_04 8:26

So your mother had a mustache.

SPEAKER_07 8:28

Yes, Ophelia did. Candy crotch and Ophelia Crotch. Fair income, you're making this shit up. Are you having a crack at my family? Come over here then. I don't get riled up about much, but do not have a crack at my family.

SPEAKER_05 8:38

So you've got Ophelia Crotch, your mother and Candy Crotch your cousin, and they've both got mustaches.

SPEAKER_07 8:43

Well they do. Uh Candy likes to let hers go, you know, free and easy. She's uh pro feminism, all that. Got no problems with any of that. Uh but she likes to let hers grow out these days. With my mother, you know, she used to shave daily. Her and dad, they had a basin each in the bathroom and they both have a morning shave and a kiss. Ah my goodness, that send chills down my span.

SPEAKER_06 9:02

Yes, it's very romantic.

SPEAKER_05 9:04

All right, boys, let's get our heads back in the game. We've got a job to do today. We've got to get our podcast out to all the boys. The ballers are out there waiting, uh, and then we've got to get home and get prepared to get on that uh big coach tomorrow. It does sound like it'll be fascinating to see the inside of this.

SPEAKER_07 9:16

Twice as long as a normal bus double decker, lots of stuff in there on there and new people, so uh You know, just thinking out loud, the way that Bruce is talking and and this expenditure and the way they look at investing the men above him, uh it's maybe a little bit to do with the E word by the sounds of it.

SPEAKER_04 9:34

Elephant erection encephalitis.

SPEAKER_07 9:37

Exactly. You know which E-word I'm talking about, don't you, Ron?

SPEAKER_05 9:41

I certainly do. These boys are looking to expand. Expansion. That's on the cards. They're going up, boys, and we're either going with them or we're going down. Didn't the carnival say there'd be no more road trips after what happened back when, you know?

SPEAKER_06 9:53

What are you talking about, Mutt?

SPEAKER_05 9:54

Yeah, it's the word like uh Voldemort, you're not let us say it.

SPEAKER_04 9:57

He who shall not be named, that's the tour that shall not be talked about. Only in the shadows of Nate, anyway.

SPEAKER_06 10:03

Which one, mate? I can't remember.

SPEAKER_04 10:05

Okay, let me say if you were you were driving and I said it was excellent, but not quite five star, it'd be four stars, yes.

SPEAKER_06 10:12

Oh yeah, mate, I got it now. I got it now. Yeah, it was uh doozy that one, mate. It was really wet in that Beatle Nine Gold Coast Store.

SPEAKER_07 10:20

Four star answer there, Mario. Beat the ball four star.

SPEAKER_01 10:49

And not a good time. He was apparently driving a golf cart while intoxicated last week and struck another cart. Gilmore was arrested and charged with vandalism and driving under the influence.

SPEAKER_05 11:01

Hello, hello, hello, gentlemen of the Bee The Ball Tour. Here we are, not long now till Thomas.

SPEAKER_04 11:08

Yep, only about 23 sleeps to go, somewhere around that mark. For some anyway.

SPEAKER_05 11:12

Yep, uh we will be on the bus, as they've probably heard by now, the Bee the Ball boys, but today we're gonna get straight down to business and we're gonna look at what happened over the weekend. We are week two of the five week block of the competitions, and let's start with a Big Basket Bats Triple B's. What a contest this is turning out to be, Ron. It's exciting stuff. We're behind closed doors, had two weeks now with only three to go. The whips are cracking. This is the time to put in, pull out, and become a champion.

SPEAKER_07 11:38

Well, I'm not sure I would have described it that way myself.

SPEAKER_04 11:42

Yeah, me either. What are you talking about? The triple B's or uh what you do in your spare time or like to do, I should say.

SPEAKER_05 11:49

No, it's a great contest, isn't it, Braun? It certainly is. Looking at it from last weekend, there were another amount of changes in the Triple B's. Uh so going forward, we've had seven changes in the Triple B's over the first two weeks. When there's only a top eight, that's pretty big, and I tell you what, there are a couple of smokies that went up the chimney on the weekend, and uh we now have a fight on our hands.

SPEAKER_06 12:11

What a tank Matt was the leader for the Wranglers. Oh gee, I hope those Wranglers get bit.

SPEAKER_05 12:16

Uh that'll be enough of that, thank you, Mario. When we went behind closed doors, what a tank Matt was on top. Uh there's been seven changes since. There's been a lot of roughies over these two weeks. It was a wet track up there on the Gold Coast, there were plenty of roughies over the entire weekend. Double points roughies are huge. Uh and let me just say this, boys, that this competition, if you thought it was done and dusted, it is not. Seven changes in the Triple B's. Dali M's, looking at it, there were or have been 13 changes in a fortnight to that Dali M table. Uh the there's only eight guys who can get points at this time of year. You want to be there at the end because you can do almost anything. And there was one team, the only hint I can give really, Carnival has been very stringent on how much information we give out here. Uh the one thing I will say, there was one team last weekend who will be very, very happy with the way week forty-five played out as far as the Triple B's and Dali M went.

SPEAKER_07 13:09

Punter of the year.

SPEAKER_05 13:12

As usual, we had eight punters up last weekend, and I can say that we had one punter off forty dollars, uh, which is very good, and you need to be on that little bit of money at this stage to be making a run at things.

SPEAKER_06 13:22

Yeah, Frogman Grant, he's doing it very, very easily for the King Browns.

SPEAKER_04 13:27

They won't catch Grant, they won't catch Ryan either. First and second, King Browns are over the line.

SPEAKER_05 13:31

Well, I wouldn't say that at all, because the punter of the year is the most volatile of our pillar contest tournaments, and it is one where you can come from the clouds and produce from nowhere. Oh, who could ever forget Rhinestone Graham years ago, dead last, going behind closed doors, and he just went bang, bang, bang, bang, bam. We talk about it every year, but it's still spine-tingling stuff to me, because I remember that punt, and he just won on with one leg in the air.

SPEAKER_06 13:53

I don't really know what that means, mate, because horses they always have one leg in the air when they're running, do they not?

SPEAKER_07 13:58

I think they do. I've never like looked close enough. I think some teams they can have four legs in the air.

SPEAKER_05 14:02

Well, that year, if that's the case, it was Rhinestone Graham. He had wings, not hooves, and uh killed it. But he's uh is he the one this year that will make a move? Somebody has made a move. Two players have made moves and substantial moves in this tournament. It's a long way from being over. So another collect last weekend uh for one of our punters, and there have been no less than 40 changes to the punter of the year ladder. It's just going Helter Skelter. The boys are getting better at these games, I tell you what, and and getting down to these final weeks, it's on like Donkey Kong. There are a few that had a punt and missed out. Bad luck, thanks for playing, boys. But at this stage of the year, you get one crack, one crack only. If you can't get it right now, you are in all sorts of trouble. What's happened in Stable Wars? Anything decent in Stable Wars? Well, there's been a fair few changes in Stable Wars too, just quietly. So uh at this stage, last weekend, there were three or four changes to Stable Wars, and and there are so the Wranglers are going to be wearing those vests on the very first night, greeting people in bloody fluoro vests. Can you imagine it? They've got a stable presently of five boys that are sweating bullets because they need someone to really produce, and I'm talking we are under extreme pressure at this stage.

SPEAKER_04 15:09

Ah, they won't do it. It'll be nice to see some of those Wrangler or wanklers as I like to call them out there in their little yellow jackets getting me a lovely brandy on the ruck.

SPEAKER_05 15:18

I'm not sure they can put it there, Matt. Yeah, he's getting a bit Randy on the rocks, is the old Ben down there. Have a look at him. Tattoo trophy.

SPEAKER_04 15:25

He both de plain de plain.

SPEAKER_05 15:28

Well, we've given our first brief overview of what's going on in the comps. We can't say too much. Carnival is looking at me through the glass at the moment, uh, daggers. So I don't want to give out any more hints. Let's just say the Triple B's, Punter of the Year, Stable Wars, Dell Am, all those ones, uh, they are far from over, boys. Three weeks to go. It's really gonna be fascinating to see how it plays out. But what we do need to talk about this week is the golf.

SPEAKER_07 15:51

Of course, we have our last Tattoo Trophy event of the year, the PGE Championship, one of the four majors in the world, and this will also decide the Tattoo Trophy.

SPEAKER_05 16:02

Having a look at the Tattoo Trophy, and we have our Tier 1 pillar events, of course, but there are a few events not far behind them. The MVP awards are very big, the club champion is very big, uh, and the Tattoo Trophy. This is for all those comps during the year, the guys who have put in, worked hard, and got some good results through these, it's a prestigious award. Yeah, I'd like it's like the decathlon, isn't it, of the old uh be the ball tour. Hey, you've got to go in, there's 12 events these days. Uh, Carnival likes to keep everyone nice and busy with an interest to follow most weekends of the year, and it's our our Iron Man event and uh going behind closed doors. Water tank map was leading that as well, Ron, I believe. That he was indeed, and he was on three hundred and twenty-six points. So that's across all the events, and he has a three and a half point lead from Smity Win, who has had a wonderful sophomore year for the Wranglers. So Wrangler Wrangler 1-2. I think you've got a third one you need to add in there as well, Ron, do you not? That I do. Highwire will. He's in his fourth or fifth year, and I tell you, the young man, he is right up there too. Now he's 14 or so points off water tank Matt. And you may think that's a lot, and you would look at it at this stage of the year a few weeks to go. This, the last Teddy Event trophy of the year. Uh, I got that all around the wrong way. Balls that are right up, but it doesn't matter, we'll push on. Uh, there that's not a lot because there's going to be a huge field in this major, and golf, as we know, is a lot like the racing carnivals. You need a little bit of luck, there are massive fields. If you pick the right players with your six-time multiplier, your three-time multiplier, your one-time multiplier, you can literally come from anywhere and win. So, Water Tank Matt, as an example, if he had a bad week this week when the uh majors played over the coming weekend, uh, and he finished, say, 30th, and let's say Highwire Will had a decent week and he finished 10th. Well, he's got 20 points different there, which is more than enough to cover that gap. So the there are players in this right up to about 10th who can win it, all depending on the results of it. That's pretty exciting, actually, going into the golf.

SPEAKER_04 18:00

Now, there's a couple of King Browns up there. Tank Rider Jace, he's been uh phenomenal in his new role as a marquee player this year.

SPEAKER_06 18:06

Did uh Nat Nads cry? Somebody told me Manscaped and Nads was very disappointed and upset.

SPEAKER_05 18:11

Oh, I think it was just a little bit of a uh reminder from Saving Private that nobody is safe, and let's look at it. I mean, Nads is the current defending Mum's Bum Cup champion, and he has been a stalwart of the tour for a long, long time. He he is one of the main be the ballers, uh, and he's taken it in good stead. I like the way he's reacted.

SPEAKER_04 18:30

Yes, he has indeed. He didn't have a sook at all. I don't know where you're getting your information from, Mario. Nad's took it on the chin, and I tell you, he's produced one of his best seasons ever within the be the ball walls. He could be a Grand Slam champion one day, and I'm telling you, there's not many of them.

SPEAKER_05 18:44

Well, no, there's not. There's only two, and I'm sure we'll cover them at some point. But getting back to the Tattoo Trophy, so the three Wranglers up top, then Tank Rider Jay's fabulous year. Mustard Keen Matt. I tell you what, this man has, again, been scintillating for the King Browns. It's hard to believe that the King Browns have never won a premiership within the walls of the Beat the Ball. They've been close once, yes, granted. Uh, but they just need to tweak a couple of things, and this team could be anything going forward. And we've been saying that for years though.

SPEAKER_04 19:11

Yeah, that's right. You know, how many you know, when are they gonna win?

SPEAKER_05 19:14

Are they ever gonna win? Uh I don't know. The Bears haven't won a premiership in the NRL since 1922.

SPEAKER_06 19:19

They haven't been in the competition, mate, for about 30 years.

SPEAKER_05 19:22

Yeah, I know, but it was 1922 to 2000, whatever it was. That's still a bloody long time to not win something.

SPEAKER_06 19:26

Yeah, mate, but don't like the Bears coming in, go, you push Bears.

SPEAKER_05 19:29

Alright, so that's our top five. There they can win. Master Keen Matt's on 305.5, couple of points in front of him, tank rider Jace. Uh, so they're in it. Strength and Johnna, he's the Crocs big hope. They've been very disappointing across the board this year. Do we all agree that the Crocs have been a bit average? I I'm a croc, as you know, to my bootstraps, to my crocs that I'm wearing. As you can see under the desk now, I'm wearing Crocs. Oh, I wonder what that spell was. I thought Mario had had one of those fancy lunches again that he he has. I don't have fancy lunches, mate. Oh, you know where you stop off at uh little bakeries and eat five week old meat and stuff like that.

SPEAKER_06 20:00

I do not, mate. They tell me it's fresh daily.

SPEAKER_05 20:02

Yeah, well, if you believe that. Alright, so getting back to it. Come on, boys, we're we're getting distracted here. I'm thinking about the bus trip tomorrow. Okay, yeah, yeah, me too. But Ron's right. Go on, big fella. Sorry about that. We keep cutting you off. Ah, fact. Or okay. So then we have uh Strength and Johnna, 303. Uh, he's been one of the shining lights. Big Win Neil. What a great pickup he was in the draft for the Crocs. Uh, experience. You know, they they aren't a young team, uh, especially at the top end, but they are putting in. And Big Win Neil's got to be a big chance to uh become a marquee player next season. Uh, and Craig's Carnival is sandwiched in between them. They're all above 300 points, 302.5 to 326. Uh, with 46 placings here, any one of those 10 can win. And uh even getting back a little bit to Benza Bear and Goldiga Gaverby, who are right hot on the heels, uh, along with these boys, they can win as well. So massive weekend. Make sure you get your picks in beat the ballers. Uh, your three players, uh, start to finish. I'm sure Carnival will be sending something through your chat group and uh through your uh text messaging and get your tips in, because this is vital for not just you but for your team.

SPEAKER_04 21:07

I don't go for no more, brother. Mumsbum Cup.

SPEAKER_05 21:13

Alright, that's last weekend's business covered, or as much as we can cover as far as the Triple B's punter of the year, things like that are concerned. Uh the Mums Bum Cup, we have had a couple of whispers coming down the line that there's been a few people backed and backed heavily already. Yeah, there were whispers through this morning from one of my spies within the walls of the bookmakers here. And that is that Grunton Groan's had a fair whack put on him already. He's off a handicap of about 19, I believe, something like that. He can play as we know. He is as uh one of the heads of the golf committee, and I tell you, he's had a fair bit whacked on him. Go to Shootar, Shooter, Shootah. Benny set it up for the golf, and they are a very strong team. Well, yeah, it's no surprise that Grunt and Groan's had a fair bit put on him, and uh I've got to say, from a croc's perspective, I I'm glad to see the river flowing from For uh Roger that diva. We all know he's been on the quiet up there playing about 17 times a week, and uh he is playing off about twelve, my little birdies tell me, and uh off a handicap of thirty in uh the Mums Bum Cup. He's had plenty of money coming his way already. Uh anyone else backed in that we know of, Ben, any of the uh King Browns?

SPEAKER_04 22:20

Ah, Frogman Grant. He's had a great year and they're expecting him to top it off with a back-to-back victory for the King Browns. The Green Jacket shall be passed from one King Brown, Manscaped and Nads, to the other King Brown. The green jacket on the frog, it's going to look sensational up there for the Browns.

SPEAKER_05 22:36

Well, yeah, that's no surprise either. He is definitely one of the uh better golfers through, Sandy. Anyone in your team starting to get a bit on them?

SPEAKER_07 22:44

I believe the skipper Sagew Sam in his deli were under a lot of pressure with the golf, uh, and he's had uh a little bit of cash flow in his way too.

SPEAKER_05 22:53

So Sage Shaw Sam is one that uh they've come for. There has been one, I must say, that has uh he's very confident within himself and uh believes he this is his season. Uh he's off a handicap of 50, or somewhere around there. I think it's fifty bang on, to be honest. Uh, and that is a King Brown, another one who's who's come in, and that would be uh two iron ten trendsetter Todd. He's come in from$27. Would you believe it? They've they've just launching for him. He's very confident in his own ability. Bendy, how do you boys think he will go out there uh in your practice rounds, the quiet secret practice rounds that the Browns are having in King Brown Town?

SPEAKER_04 23:32

Uh he's been striking the ball magnificently. Uh the problem with Todd has never been uh whether he can actually hit a golf ball well. It's his mental state, let's be honest. Apart from the uh legs uh on an extremely windy day. If the wind's up, well Todd uh he needs people to anchor him down while he actually strikes the ball. Those uh little pins of his uh uh don't get stuck in the ground long enough. He can fly off like Mary Poppins at times. Uh but if he can control his emotions, he's a very emotional player, he could win this at juicy, juicy odds. And I know the boys have been talking about how good those odds are, uh, but his emotions, as we know, can really bring him undone at times on the golf course.

SPEAKER_05 24:13

Well, I remember Carnival played with him a few years ago and uh he he tonked one out to the right on a little path three, I believe it was up at Cairns, and um he was very unhappy that it was declared out of bounds or uh out of play, which it was. You can't hit a ball that out over a fence past three cows and onto a main road and claim that you can play it from that spot. Uh so he's hit another one and it's gone out of bounds as well. And Todd just lost his shit, lost it completely. Two iron was uh dead set, frothing at the mouth. He called everyone for everything, and and from that moment on he was shot. A shot duck, a shot king brown, snake, whatever you want to call him. So uh if he can control it, that's a nice move butt at twenty-seven bucks. Yeah, give me a piece of that. You know, I like backing the shooters, but I tell you, the twenty-seven dollars, if they're they're moving, the market's moving, and it's tumbling in, Trencetatog could be the man.

SPEAKER_06 25:05

What about the cattle dogs, mate? What have you heard Ron? Lottie, has anybody heard anything on the cattle dogs?

SPEAKER_05 25:10

Uh nope, nothing at this stage. Very quiet there down a cattle dog country. Uh nobody blowing like a gale, I could imagine at the moment they are in the odds, Mario. Nobody coming for any of them. Maybe they're keeping their powder dry.

SPEAKER_06 25:23

Yeah, mate, they want to look good on the course, no doubt. So uh when they put their makeup on to go out, you know, they like to put uh the sunscreen and all that stuff too uh on each other's faces, to be honest. But uh I'm surprised. No cattle dogs, no, no one wants to back and pick any cattle dogs.

SPEAKER_07 25:40

Uh there's they're a rough show this year. I think long roll lever sort of Daniel, of course. Uh but they're they're a depleted team. They've won so often over the last five years, Mario. You uh you you may have to pick someone.

SPEAKER_06 25:53

Ongoing KCS Paul, man. I think he's a ridiculous old twenties. And Gideon stuff, he has been playing a lot too. These two play with each other a lot.

SPEAKER_03 26:01

I've heard that.

SPEAKER_06 26:02

Yeah, well, at every opportunity they do, my dad on the golf course, uh, they love it, and they uh are gonna be there together. It's like a dynamic duo.

SPEAKER_05 26:11

Oh, well, maybe there's a quinella. No, I don't believe the bookies have a Quinella field. I think this is it, but I have heard whispers again that there is another market coming down the uh pipeline, uh, which everyone will be very interested in. Uh, and it's a new event that will be starting this year, and this will be uh very shortly we'll talk about this in the coming days uh and reveal what is happening there. So uh stay tuned, keep excited because there uh is another market to come.

SPEAKER_00 26:36

We like to play quick, so try to keep up.

SPEAKER_05 26:39

All right, I think that might just about do it for today. We apologize for not being on air yesterday, fellas. Life got in the way and we just couldn't get a podcast out in time. Uh, we've covered a lot this morning, as you would all be aware by now. Probably went out on an alert or something that we are broadcasting from the road as of tomorrow, so we need to get out of here and get packing. Sure do.

SPEAKER_07 26:58

I've got to get home and get my essential oils, uh, bathrobes, all those things ready. It's gonna be a wonderful road trip uh and looking forward to it, no doubt, but we've got a lot to do.

SPEAKER_06 27:08

Yes, mate, I've got to get home. I've got to tuck the parents in and tell them there'll be no one to look after them for two weeks. I have to uh take the plugs out of the uh IB to bar because it's no longer needed because I don't have a job no more with Bruce.

SPEAKER_05 27:22

That will be interesting to meet some of these people going forward. Uh we have a new bus driver, of course, Pete, tomorrow coming in to look after it, and then there is also his new uh driver for Bruce himself, Miguel. So that should be fantastic. What's happening with the Mum's Bum Cup day one teams, may I ask Ron? I am glad you asked, because I'm telling you right now, it has been fascinating watching this process. Uh the boys, the captains that is, of the teams, they are getting together and they will be picking their teams against each other, and they will be announced here on the Pod Boffins uh very shortly, either late this week or early next week. Uh and the day one teams, which is a crucial thing as far as the THC Premiership is concerned, uh, will be revealed. Every player will know what group they're playing in and who they're playing against. Yeah, that's one of my favourite things these days. Uh apart from the player draft each year. I love that at the start of the year, love it. We're not far off that either for the Beatle 19. And but uh the day one group's very strategic. Uh trying to get in there, maximum points for your players, uh, disruptors, all that sort of stuff in there. Wonderful stuff. Yep, so that is on the way. But I think that'll do us for today. Uh, as I said, lots to do. Thank you for tuning in, fellas. We will be back tomorrow with uh another pod and going over some uh lots of stuff uh from our brand new uh studio they've set up on this massive, beautiful coach that will be going on. Until then, stay safe. See you later, everyone. Talk to you tomorrow. Yeah, bye fellas. Talk soon. Ciao. I was gonna say that. You can still say it. Ciao.

SPEAKER_06 28:59

I think I said it better.

SPEAKER_07 29:01

I think he said it better.

SPEAKER_05 29:02

Alright. Sayonara.

SPEAKER_07 29:05

Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, be the ball.

SPEAKER_05 29:10

Alright, that's last weekend's business covered, or as much as we can cover as far as the Triple B's Punner of the Year, things like that are concerned. Uh the Mums Bum Cup, we have had a couple of whispers coming down the line that there's been a few people backed and backed heavily already. Yeah, there were whispers through this morning from one of my spies within the walls of the bookmakers there. And that is that Grunton Groan's had a fair whack put on him already. He's off a handicap of about 19, I believe, something like that. He can play as we know. He is uh one of the heads of the golf committee, and I tell you, he's had uh fair bit whacked on him. Go to Shootar, shooter, shoot our. Benny set it up for the golf, and they are a very strong team. Well, yeah, it's no surprise that Grunton Growan's had a fair bit put on him, and uh I've got to say, from a croc's perspective, I'm glad to see the river flowing for uh Roger, that diva. We all know he's been on the quiet up there playing about 17 times a week, and uh he is playing off about twelve, my little birdies tell me, and uh off a handicap of thirty in uh the Mum's Bum Cup. He's had plenty of money coming his way already. Uh anyone else backed in that we know of, Ben, any of the uh King Browns?

SPEAKER_04 30:13

Ah, Frogman Grant. He's had a great year and they're expecting him to top it off with a back-to-back victory for the King Browns. The green jacket shall be passed from one King Brown, Manscaper Nads, to the other King Brown. The green jacket on the frog, it's going to look sensational up there for the Browns.

SPEAKER_05 30:28

Well, yeah, that's no surprise either. He is definitely one of the uh better golfers through. Sandy, anyone in your team starting to get a bit on them?

SPEAKER_07 30:35

I believe the skipper Sagew Sam in his dele were under a lot of pressure with the golf, uh, and he's had uh a little bit of cash flow in his way too. So Sage Shaw Sam is one that uh they've come for.

SPEAKER_05 30:47

There has been one, I must say, that has uh he's very confident within himself and uh believes he this is his season. Uh he's off a handicap of fifty, or somewhere around there. I think it's fifty bang on, to be honest. Uh, and that is a King Brown, another one who's who's come in, and that would be uh two iron ten trendset of Todd. He's come in from twenty-seven dollars. Would you believe it? They've uh they've launching for him. He's very confident in his own ability. Bendy, how do you boys think he will go out there uh in your practice rounds, the quiet secret practice rounds that the Browns are having in King Brown Town?

SPEAKER_04 31:20

Ah, he's been striking the ball magnificently. Uh the problem with Todd has never been uh whether he can actually hit a golf ball well. It's his mental state, let's be honest. Apart from the uh legs, uh, on an extremely windy day. If the wind's up, well Todd uh he needs people to anchor him down while he actually strikes the ball. Those uh little pins of his uh uh don't get stuck in the ground long enough. He can fly off like Mary Poppins at times. Uh but if he can control his emotions, he's a very emotional player, he could win this at juicy, juicy odds. And I know the boys have been talking about how good those odds are, uh, but his emotions, as we know, can really bring him undone at times on the golf course.

SPEAKER_05 31:59

Well I remember Carnival played with him a few years ago and uh he he tonked one out to the right on a little path three, I believe it was up at Cairns, and um he was very unhappy that it was declared out of bounds or uh out of play, which it was. You can't hit a ball over a fence past three cows and onto a main road and claim that you can play it from that spot. Uh so he's hit another one and it's gone out of bounds as well. And Todd just lost his shit, lost it completely. Two iron was uh dead set frothing at the mouth. He called everyone for everything, and and from that moment on he was shot. A shot duck, a shot king brown, snake, whatever you want to call him. So uh if he can control it, that's a nice move butt at twenty-seven bucks. Yeah, give me a piece of that. You know, I like backing the shooters, but I tell you, the twenty-seven dollars, if they're they're moving, the market's moving, and he's tumbling in, Trencetog could be the man.

SPEAKER_06 32:48

What about the cattle dogs, mate? What have you heard on? Uh Lottie, has anybody heard anything on the cattle dogs?

SPEAKER_05 32:53

Uh nope, nothing at this stage. Very quiet there down a cattle dog country. Uh nobody blowing like a gale. I could imagine at the moment they are in the odds, Mario. Nobody coming for any of them. Maybe they're keeping their powder dry.

SPEAKER_06 33:05

Yeah, mate, they want to look good on the course, no doubt. So uh when they put their makeup on to go out, you know they like to put uh the sunscreen and all that stuff too on each other's faces to be honest. But uh I'm surprised. No cattle dogs, no, no one wants to back in and pick any cattle dogs.

SPEAKER_07 33:20

Uh there's they're a rough show this year. I think Lon Rule Leber and Daniel, of course. Uh but they're they're a depleted team. They've won so often over the last five years, Mario. You you you may have to pick some ongoing KCS Paul mate.

SPEAKER_06 33:34

I think he's a ridiculous odd twenties. And gide your stuff, he has been playing a lot too. These two play with each other a lot.

SPEAKER_03 33:40

I've heard that.

SPEAKER_06 33:41

Yeah, well, they've had every opportunity they do. My dad on the golf course, uh, they love it, and they uh are gonna be there together. It's like a dynamic duo.

SPEAKER_05 33:49

Oh well, maybe there's a quinella. No, I don't believe the bookies have a Quinella field. I think this is it. But I have heard whispers again that there is another market coming down the uh pipeline, uh which everyone will be very interested in. Uh, and it's a new event that will be starting this year, and this will be uh very shortly we'll talk about this in the coming days uh and reveal what is happening there. So uh stay tuned, keep excited because there uh is another market to come.

SPEAKER_00 34:13

We like to play quick, so try to keep up.

SPEAKER_05 34:15

All right, I think that might just about do it for today. We apologise for not being on air yesterday, fellas. Life got in the way and we just couldn't get a podcast out in time. Uh, we've covered a lot this morning, as you would all be aware by now. Probably went out on an alert or something that we are broadcasting from the road as of tomorrow, so we need to get out of here and get packing. Sure do.

SPEAKER_07 34:34

I've got to get home and get my essential oils, uh, bathrobes, all those things ready. It's gonna be a wonderful road trip uh and looking forward to it, no doubt, but we've got a lot to do.

SPEAKER_06 34:44

Yes, mate, I've got to get home, I've got to tuck the pellets in and tell them there'll be no one to look after them for two weeks. I have to uh take the plugs out of the uh IB to bar because it's no longer needed because I don't have a job no more with Bruce.

SPEAKER_05 34:56

That will be interesting to meet some of these people going forward. Uh we have a new bus driver, of course, Pete tomorrow coming in to look after it, and then there is also his new uh driver for Bruce himself, Miguel. So that should be fantastic.

SPEAKER_04 35:10

What's happening with the Mum's Bum Cup day one teams, may I ask Ron?

SPEAKER_05 35:14

I am glad you asked, because I'm telling you right now, it has been fascinating watching this process. Uh the boys, the captains that is of the teams, they are getting together and they will be picking their teams against each other, and they will be announced here on the Pod Boffins uh very shortly, either late this week or early next week. Uh and the day one teams, which is a crucial thing as far as the THC Premiership is concerned, uh, will be revealed. Every player will know what group they're playing in and who they're playing against. Yeah, that's one of my favourite things these days. Uh uh, apart from the player draft each year. I love that at the start of the year, love it. And we're not far off that either for Beatleball 19. And but uh the day one groups, very strategic. Uh trying to get in there, maximum points for your players, uh, disruptors, all that sort of stuff in there. Wonderful stuff. Yep, so that is on the way. But I think that'll do us for today. Uh as I said, lots to do. Thank you for tuning in, fellas. We will be back tomorrow with uh another pod and going over some uh lots of stuff uh from our brand new uh studio they've set up on this massive, beautiful coach that will be going on. Until then, stay safe. See ya later, everyone. Talk to you tomorrow. Yeah, bye fellas. Talk soon. Ciao. I was gonna say that. You can still say it. Ciao. I think I said it better. I think he said it better. Alright, Sayonara.

SPEAKER_07 36:29

Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, be the ball. Do you money? I'm sorry. What the hell are you doing? I'll take off. Have a good day. Well back to your mobile home.