BTB19 Daily July 2

The BTB19 Player Draft goes off! With the season days away, the Marquee draft complete, the final pieces of each team's puzzle are put in place. Let the games begin!

Transcript

SPEAKER_03 0:00

Hello, hello, hello, and welcome in Beat the Ballers. Here we are, Partey Day, day three of the Beat the Ball 19 marquee draft and player draft. We've done all the business and now here we are at ringside, ready for the first ever player draft where they select their teams. The business has been done. The skippers, they selected their marquees, the serious stuff. They've got them all, they've got their core, and now the players for the first time ever get their chance to pick which team they want to play for as far as the player draft goes. With me today, down here is Chuck Asiki, our CDSS correspondent who we normally speak to from afar. He's joined us today.

SPEAKER_04 0:35

Hey guys, it's great to be here, man. How good is this? You ask these know how to have a great time last night? That was unbelievable, man. And the whole of America, the US Army, they have their eyes on every move. You boys and me can have everyone's been a winning season. I am losing it myself.

SPEAKER_03 0:57

Well, it has been an absolutely outstanding time. Uh and how are you this morning, Laurie? I'm a bit under the weather, as you can probably tell. Times Square was lit up like a Christmas tree last night in the Beat the Ball Festival to end all beat the ball festivals. It was going off, I tell you. Nuts. Never seen the shooters so happy. Marquise Benzair standing up there. He was as proud as Punch. And uh the King Browns, what about Buckley's hitting that dance floor, busting out the moves? He had Corporal Cobar riding shotgun with him. There's a few sore heads about this morning, but we don't care.

SPEAKER_01 1:27

He was sensational, mate. What about when Billy Jarl he jumped on the piano and played piano man near the end of the night? Oh, there must have been tens of thousands of people, mate, singing piano man. Hairs on the back of my house are standing up now, and they came back everywhere. It was so a good night. I loved it. I wish we could do it all again.

SPEAKER_02 1:45

Well, we certainly fried the Big Apple. We turned it into Big Apple Pa, no doubt about it. My head uh there was some wonderful wine drank, and uh those keeping cigars were going down the street, but uh what an evening.

SPEAKER_04 1:58

It was sensational.

SPEAKER_03 1:59

Well, I noticed you there with the ring girls, and I noticed that they're all down here as well today, back again. They're uh made of Stern stuff, no doubt about it.

SPEAKER_04 2:06

Oh, it was a wonderful night, you know, dancing all night long, uh lots of drinking, lots of laughing. You gotta love it.

SPEAKER_03 2:13

Well, today is a little bit different, and so we need to fill in the people at home watching uh and listening, how this is going to work. So traditionally, we would now have the skippers competing in the player draft section of this. Uh it's not happening, no? So, what they've done today is we're down here now at the boxing ring, as you can see, they've taken off the front ropes. There's a red carpet that stretches all the way to the back, and the players are gonna come in one by one. It's gonna be fast, it's gonna be snappy, and it's gonna be all on for everyone. Uh, and they're going to reveal in their own way which team they are joining.

SPEAKER_04 2:44

Man, that sounds like so much fun, dude. I can't wait to see what some of these guys are gonna get up to.

SPEAKER_03 2:50

Well, they've got full creative licence. I know that uh there have been stylists, choreographers, everything, no expense spared to get these boys the show that they want to put on. They've only got about 30 seconds each, and it's gonna be really quick. We're gonna get through it, and then at the end of it, we will have a review of the team's uh chances for the year. We'll get a little bit more serious on it, but it's also Ladies' Day.

SPEAKER_04 3:11

Oh, what a wonderful idea that was. The well the NRL may have PVL, but the BTB has CVL Carnival. He's come up with an absolute cracker. The first 30 rows around this boxing ring right now are nothing but ladies, all receiving complimentary champagne for the day. It's gonna be on for young and old, and these players, they're gonna have the time of their life as they come down and go to their teams.

SPEAKER_03 3:35

That's right, it's gonna be sensational. You can see it's already getting a bit rowdy. Champagne was unpopped a while back. Uh, and behind the actual boxing ring here, we have the teams. You can see the sections there. So there's the shooters, Benny and the boys, and oh, they're sucking up a lot of water over there, water bottles galore. Uh, next to them is the Crocs. Uh, a couple of them have still got the shirts off with the paint on them, uh, and uh they found their R. That's the good thing. Uh so they're no longer the Cocks, they are now the Crocs again. Uh next to them is the cattle dogs, their right smack bang in the middle. Uh, they're looking pretty pleased with themselves too. Even they had a big night. Good on you, boys. And uh Wranglers, they're down the other end, the far right, and in between them, of course, are the King Browns, and uh most of them are sleeping at the moment, doing their best just to survive. Oh, that's the King Brown way of life, isn't it? You know, it's party hard, play hard, and they certainly have done both this weekend. They're looking very strong going into Beataball 19. And so I can't wait to start the day. All right then, we're gonna move up into the central commentary position to call this today. Uh in the meantime, we will get this show on the road. Buckle up, everyone.

SPEAKER_04 5:05

The captain have their stage.

SPEAKER_05 5:15

Day three, the players get their turn. Wherever you are, whatever you're doing.

SPEAKER_04 5:34

Drop it right now.

SPEAKER_05 5:41

And just be the ball.

SPEAKER_03 5:51

Oh, how good was that? I'm awake again, raring to go and feel the buzz, the atmosphere. You could cut it with a knife. Oh yeah, it's sensational. And he's been at the MCG compares to this. Absolutely monumental, sensational stuff. Yep, here we are back up in the central commentary position. We have the bird's eye view. The perfect scene is we watch these boys about to start their stuff coming down the runway. Now, the order that they will come in is quite simple. It's been done by a random draw, and so these players have been randomly chosen via a pick-a-wheel on the online of all things. It's like a lottery.

SPEAKER_04 6:23

Man, that sounds like refund.

SPEAKER_03 6:25

I'd like to see who's gonna come out and where they're gonna go. Well, that's the whole idea, Chuck. They when none of us really know what's gonna happen here. They may go to the teams that they've already been in over the years. They may need to choose a completely new one, a fresh start, a bit of an up yours to the team that they're in. Who knows? But one thing we do know it's gonna be fun. And it is all about to start. I can see the spotlights going up to the back there at the top of the doorway. You can just see the light and a silhouette, and I believe that is our first pick. Let's get down to business.

SPEAKER_01 6:54

Oh yeah, baby, that's what I like.

SPEAKER_05 7:03

With the first pick in the Beatleball Main Team player draft, number 81, Josh the B next.

SPEAKER_03 7:13

Well, here we go, boys. Joshua B next, draw number one in the playoff, beat them all my team, and here he comes down that red garper. Look at him strutting it out. I believe he's in a circa 1990s Gilgander Panthers Rocky League jumper, sleeves cut off. Oh, he's got the workboots on the oh shorts, the stuffies, he's throw back to the 70s, he's making his way down the bats going absolutely nuts. Look at him now, mate!

SPEAKER_01 7:37

He's got up in the hang and he's flexing the muscles. And which team, how are we gonna tell where he's going to go?

SPEAKER_03 7:44

Well, he's now he's unbuttoned the shirt, he's ripped it off, he's twirling it around his head, he's throwing it into the ground the first few waves, and gold's going nuts. And oh my lord, he's just stripped the stubbies off and to reveal some crop jocks. That's right, he's got the big flock on the front of those jobs, he's taken his choice. He waves to the bear, makes his way down, and the croc lands are going nuts as he joins them in the dugout.

SPEAKER_05 8:11

Pick number two, be the ball 19 player draft. Number 26, Come Later Ronstey.

SPEAKER_03 8:20

Well, here we go, boys. Come later onstead making his way down. Ho ho ho ho. And he's dressed in an old nightgown type thing with a little hat and a pong form on it to go with the Come Later Ronstey.

SPEAKER_01 8:32

I thought they wake me up before your Poggong was pretty cool too, man.

SPEAKER_03 8:35

Jeez, I hope he's got something on under that robe. There he is entering the ring. The women are going nuts as he slowly unbuttons it in a sensual style, Ronnie. He lets it drop to the floor, and oh, there it is. I can't watch this.

SPEAKER_04 8:48

Hey man, is that shooter McGavin tattooed on his chest?

SPEAKER_03 8:53

I believe it is. He is becoming a shooter. He's back to the team he was in last year, and Ronnie goes over. Many of the boys are all up there putting their finger gums into the air, and Ronnie joins them. There we go. How is that?

SPEAKER_04 9:06

That's dedication, if nothing else. Shooter McGavin right between the nipples.

SPEAKER_05 9:15

Third pick in the Beat the Ball 19 player draft, number 109. Rookie!

SPEAKER_03 9:24

Big top out. And the hits just keep on coming. Our first rookie up. Look at him strutting down there. Big top L. The first look at him for a lot of these beat the ball players. In the crowd, too, mate. Well, he's air and he's wearing a bunning straw hat, and he's coming down dressed in a leather, sleeveless, cowboy chaps, and also a vest. And here he is, he's strutting it out. The elbows are out, and he's coming down, he's hitting that stage. What's he gonna do to reveal? Oh, bang! There goes the hat! And under it is a Wrangler's cowboy hat. He produces a whip out. There it is, Big Top Al! He is a Wrangler. So I chose seven of the boys are all there waving him in, and there he goes.

SPEAKER_04 10:08

Yeah, but he didn't have any back and all his pants either. He's giving the back quite goodbye. Oh yeah, how good's that? That was really cheeky indeed. Quite literally.

SPEAKER_03 10:35

Okay, well the mood's bought down a little now as Big Jet playing in the background, and here comes Tango Tom. And he is moving slowly down that red carpet, sacheting almost, and he is dressed top to toe.

SPEAKER_02 10:48

In a top gun Mavericks pilots it, complete with aviators and helmet. My goodness, have a look at him.

SPEAKER_01 10:54

He's looking quite good, mate. He's coming down there, he's moving slowly, he's winking at the ladies, giving him away. There he goes, he makes his way into the stage, up up there, onto the canvas. Man, this is quite artistic, dude.

SPEAKER_04 11:08

Most people would think danger's home, but he's dressed like Maverick. And he's now slow dancing around the boxing ring with an imaginary partner. It is quite artistic, man. This is good stuff.

SPEAKER_03 11:21

And now he faces the crowd and he slowly unzips that jumpsuit to reveal a fairly pasty tent, it must be said. I think I can take another pair of crock jumps. Well, by default, well, good luck, Ben. It's a pair of croc skin boxes. My goodness, they've got the entire wardrobe out these boys today. Well, he's just giving a sarcastic wave to the cattle dogs, too. He's off to the Crocs. The first player to change teams in this player draft. Boom.

SPEAKER_05 11:53

Pick five in the Bitaball 19 player draft is number 87.

SPEAKER_01 12:00

Casey has Paul. Well this is a good song, mate. I love this song to be with you.

SPEAKER_03 12:07

Here we go, coming down the runway. Casey is Paul, and is is he wearing a dog suit out of Dumb and Dumber? Like like that vehicle they had that was like the dog.

SPEAKER_04 12:16

I believe it is, man. Yeah, it is. He looks exactly like that trailer that they used to drive around before they sold it for that little shitty motorbike. And he's looking good and he's just walking down and he's just moving his arms and swaying to the music.

SPEAKER_03 12:31

Here he is, stepping up onto the canvas, back to the audience. He's now removing the dog head and facing the cattle dog group.

SPEAKER_04 12:39

He's actually moating the words to the song as he faces the cattle dog group. They're swaying as one. His arms are open. He is giving this song everything.

SPEAKER_02 12:49

It's actually bringing a titomaro, mate. It's beautiful. Well, one thing's for sure, Tango Tom might have given him the bird, but Cases, he's giving them his all, his heart. He wants to be a cattle dog. No more needs to be said.

SPEAKER_05 13:00

All power to him, man.

SPEAKER_03 13:02

That is one of the most moving things I've ever seen within the walls of the leaderboard. He is a cattle dog.

SPEAKER_05 13:20

With pick six in the Bitablow 19 player draft. Number 95. Water Tank Mad.

SPEAKER_03 13:30

Well here it is, gentlemen. The one that we've all been waiting for. It was the huge surprise out of the marquee draft. Yeah, I'm still scratching my head about that one, and that was all the murmurs last night out at Times Square while we were partying on. There was plenty of people discussing how Water Tank Matt was not picked up by the Wranglers. I get it, I understand it.

SPEAKER_01 13:46

Yeah, mate, you've been a bit harsh on Sichuan Sam and the boys here.

SPEAKER_04 13:49

But he was the best player just about last year in the whole thing. No doubt about it, and we get it at the Wranglers, and we were just praying that he came back to us. And right now he has a chance to come back to us.

SPEAKER_02 14:00

I wouldn't if I was him, I'd tell you ought to get nicked. You're not gonna pick me as one of your main men. Well, why should I come back to you at all?

SPEAKER_01 14:06

That's being very harsh on Saichar Sam, mate.

SPEAKER_02 14:08

Yeah, you can't pick them all.

SPEAKER_01 14:10

Holy shit, man!

SPEAKER_05 14:11

Have a look at that still wet. That's one big man, and that's one huge horse.

SPEAKER_03 14:17

Well, that is quite a scene, very foreboding. Slowly trotting down. He's on a horse, would you believe it? Coming in to make his selection. And as he heads out of the shadows into the light, oh there's no doubt where he is. He is fully regaled in a man from Snowy River. That dries the bone, everything black and red with Ranger symbols everywhere. No doubt where he's going.

SPEAKER_04 14:38

He's just grabbed Sachor Sam and hitched him up behind him on the horse. Holy shit. He's just saying it's all eight skip.

SPEAKER_01 14:47

I'm crying again, mate. Can you believe this?

SPEAKER_03 14:58

Well now a brief intermission. I tell you what, how big a morning was that? That was sensational. And we all need a little break, I think, uh, and to quickly go over where things are at. Now there's massive scoreboards up around Madison Square Garden here today, and every time a player comes out and announces which team they go to, that fills up. And as we know, ten places maximum for three teams, nine for the others.

SPEAKER_04 15:20

I gotta say, Ron, I have not been to something this moving in years, you know, all the excitement and the pump and the atmosphere, and then just the different waves of emotion coming in, man. This could be the best player draft I've ever been a part of.

SPEAKER_03 15:35

Well, Mario has had to excuse himself and go off to the bathroom. He is an emotional beast, as we know.

SPEAKER_04 15:40

But it's been a good morning so far. And to look that, we have to have a quick recap of the players that have gone so far, and let's do sort eight now.

SPEAKER_02 15:48

I think that's the perfect thing to do. The first one up, Josh B next.

SPEAKER_03 15:51

He was picked number one this year, 81, and he went straight back to the cross. So that was a big win for them. And that's one that I'm sure the skipper will be happy about. Joshua had a great season last year. Pick two twenty six come later on. Who can wake me up before you go, go? Did he watch? Straight back to the shooters. That's wonderful. Benny and the boys are very happy. He went well last year, Ronnie, and I'm expecting him to be one of the big improvers this year.

SPEAKER_04 16:11

Next up, of course, we had number 70. Uh 109, excuse me. Big Tom Al, our newest Wrangler. How good was he? Very funny. You know the ass out of his champs. That gave the audience a great uh laugh as much as anything.

SPEAKER_01 16:27

Big Tom Bell. I think he's going to be very good players. I'm looking forward to meeting Al on tour. But I am not happy with Tango Tombang number seventy-one giving the waving the bird to the kettle dogs as he goes back to the clocks. Oh no, he could be upset that Leber, but Libra can't pick him all either.

SPEAKER_03 16:43

No, you spot on there in Tango. You can see under that topic and leverage that uh he was a little bit upset and hurt by what had gone down. But that's the draft, and you don't take it too serious too seriously. It's all a bit of fun.

SPEAKER_04 16:55

Number eighty-seven, man, case he has Paul. How good was he? He whipped that dog head off. He had his hands over his heart, and he belted out. I'm the one who wants to be with you. And Leber and the boys, arms above their heads swinging, we want to be with you too. That's what it's about, dude. And they're gonna be a good team, I think, those cattle dogs. I like him a lot.

SPEAKER_02 17:16

And what a tank man. He's a much better man than I. He's a gun player, and he's back with the Wranglers, and uh, as you can see, them all over there at the moment, all taking a breather, having a break, laughing, slapping each other on the back again. There's been a very, very big first half a dozen picks.

SPEAKER_03 17:33

So to recap looking at those giant scoreboards, as far as we can tell, the crocs are starting to fill up quickly. They've picked up Josh Abinax and Tango Tom, so they have two more slots remaining. The shooters slots left. Sorry, I can't get the words out of my mouth. The Cattle Dogs, they've taken one, so they've still got four left as well. The King Browns haven't added anyone as yet, so that's interesting. We'll see how how they bottom half of their team looks uh come the end of this. Uh meanwhile, the Wranglers have picked up two. So they've only got two slots left as well. So the Crocs and the Wranglers have two slots left each. So it'll be interesting to see where these remaining players in the draft choose to go, and they may be locked out of some teams. Yeah, that's going to be the big news as we get deeper into this. There are boys that are gonna be dead set locked out, and they're gonna have to go to second or third preferences. Uh so it's no botting time for those fellas that are left on the bench, just waiting to get their chance to show their true colours.

SPEAKER_05 18:25

With pick seven in the beat the ball 19 player draft, number 106, early Harry.

SPEAKER_03 18:36

Straight back into it, lads, and at the top, coming down the runway right now, here early Harry, one of our youngest members of the Beat the Ball tour, and look at him, cut it up.

SPEAKER_04 18:46

He is covered in gold paint, gold glitter, gold, everything. He's got the big ski goggles on, he's got a small little golf bag strapped around his top back, and he is dancing it up, ripping it up. He's just young, grabbed the young girl under the chin and giving her a wink, and I think she melted on the spot.

SPEAKER_03 19:05

He's on stage, dropped the bag, he's taken out of an S club, and he's just hit a boom. Did you see that? It was one of those magic golf balls that just turned to dust, and the crowd has gone ballistic.

SPEAKER_02 19:15

The shooters boys are laughing their heads off, and he's welcome back to the shooters. He's gonna love it this year with all that new energy the Benz has brought in. I tell you what, Lori, they're shaping up okay. Too bloody right they are, mate. Pew pew.

SPEAKER_03 19:27

You really hurry once again back in goal.

SPEAKER_05 19:38

With the eighth pick in the beat the ball 19 player draft, our second rookie is up. Number 112, Corporal Cromar.

SPEAKER_02 19:52

That bloody time, that's all I can say. Surely a King Browns are gonna pick someone up.

SPEAKER_03 19:56

I'd say so, Corporal Crowbar. It's quite fitting living on a prayer, isn't it? He's coming down that runway now, and he's dressed in full army fatigues, except that up top he's just got a tank top on and two giant dog tags as he's coming down. Oh, he's just done a little twirl, and the dog tags are flown around. Oh, good to watch.

SPEAKER_01 20:13

That's very entertaining, mate. He can move this guy. Look at him go.

SPEAKER_03 20:17

As he heads up now onto the canvas, he's gone and thrown himself against the ropes. He's like a wild wrestling beast.

SPEAKER_04 20:23

He's gone from ropes to ropes and he's going around and around. He's just done a full summer talk. And landed back on his feet. And those giant dog tags he turns out so the cloud can lead them. And what do they say?

SPEAKER_02 20:35

King Brown's going over to the snakes. King Brown's finally picked up their first one in this year's player draft. A good onion device after me, that was my spot, you asshole. Oh, sorry about that, the excitement got to me. But he is, he's moved into it.

SPEAKER_04 20:48

Man, that was quite a performance, I gotta see. If he's a friend of General Berkeley's, this Corporal Crowbar and General Buckley's, they are gonna set that team alight.

SPEAKER_02 20:57

Well, not really, because Buckley's isn't in that team at the moment. Could well be an issue.

SPEAKER_05 21:07

With pick nine in the Beat the Ball 19 player draft. Here comes number 78 on Tran Wes.

SPEAKER_03 21:17

Well, there's Wes. He's actually already on stage down there, standing on top of the boxing ring, and he's moving around singing to her door. That's quite apt, really, that song, isn't it? Yeah, I think the intro is uh alluding to Wes's uh door and security business up there, security doors, and that's pretty good. He's standing there with what looks like a doggy flap in his right hand.

SPEAKER_04 21:36

Uh, you gentlemen may want to turn around and look up that red carpet there. Look at that, dude. That is one ferocious dog, and it is big.

SPEAKER_02 21:46

More like a wolf. My goodness, and it's snarling. It looks like it hasn't eaten for days, and it's got its eyes and it's family on Wes.

SPEAKER_01 21:53

Oh Lord, that dog is just taken off, mate. It's just coming down. I reckon it's doing 160 kilometres an hour, mate. My goodness.

SPEAKER_03 22:00

And look at Wes. He's just standing there out, Chucky Norris, all calm and collected. He's holding up that little doggy door. The dog has come off, it's snarling, it's jumped up and over. And what's Wes done? Oh my lord, he's held the little square up the doggy door and dropped the right hand straight through it, and that dog has hit the deck like a sack of shit. It is out cold.

SPEAKER_04 22:19

And now he bows to the audience, turns around to the cat the dogs, points three at him, and says, I'm with you.

SPEAKER_01 22:24

And not one of those guys is saying no, believe me.

SPEAKER_05 22:29

Walk this way! You won me, babe! Hey, hey! Picked in at the BTB 19 Boyer Draft Number 39. Grunt and Growin!

SPEAKER_03 22:43

Ho ho ho ho what do we have here? The music's up, and there he is grunting growing. He's dressed like a fireman, he's got a fire hat on, he's got those yellow overalls things, but there's nothing on underneath. And he is already down amongst the girls in the front 20 or 30 rows, and he's got two big jars of sugar. Oh, the big boy here is whooping it up at each other in a frenzy, the ladies. He's got moves coming out everywhere. Oh, there goes over one shoulder, the second, oh, there goes the yellow guard step down. He's wearing nothing but a dream banger. Big run here is out there scrubbing his off.

SPEAKER_04 23:18

Well, I haven't seen many performances like this, but I tell you what, he's giving him a show and a half. He's just uh like putting his finger on his ass as if to say in the sugar, as if he's saying it's a big ladies are eating.

SPEAKER_03 23:37

Somebody's just giving him a snake looking stricken and he's wrapping it around him, he's covered in oil, he's covered in oil, he's pouring more sugar on himself and the colours are covering absolutely wall.

SPEAKER_02 23:49

He's getting up on the stage and he's walking around with his snake up there, and it's fascinating at the very least. And I guess you could say he's just become a king ram in every sense of the word.

SPEAKER_03 24:32

Surprising number six MVP last season, and big win Neil was allowed to go into the player draft, and here he comes. Look at him. Oh, he is rocking the crocodile on Dundee outfit, croc dundee, and he's got a bit of uh John Travolta, Olivia Newton joint, one of Aussie Girls' favourites. This was a great movie, man. I've seen it on replay. Oh, what's the life, my friend? And don't you fucking forget it. It was sensational. And look at Neil moving around, cutting the moves, he's heading towards the stage, up he goes, on he goes, and there goes the arm, the finger extends, and he says, Come here, come here.

SPEAKER_04 25:04

Well, and Captain Croc, cheese head, big C on his chest, and all who says, who me, and he heads up over onto the canvas. And the two of them now have moved into a duet. You're the woman they want. You are the one. Oh, look at them, they are having a ball, these two. There's no doubt that the Crocs all have been forgiven, and Neil is back with them.

SPEAKER_01 25:26

So many beautiful moments in one day, and I really like that Crock done the Y, by the way.

SPEAKER_03 25:31

And that leaves the Croc with just one slot left.

SPEAKER_05 25:37

Pick 12 in the Beat the Ball 19 player draft goes to number 58. Nickabee rising.

SPEAKER_03 25:48

Well, well, well. Pick 12, Nickabee rising. Mr. Bright side, more than appropriate for this circumstance, don't you think, boys? Yeah, I certainly do. One spot left in the Crocs. The question is, Nickabee going to take it. Will it be his or will he be shunning a team he has been part of for a long time and moving for a fresh start somewhere else?

SPEAKER_04 26:05

I don't think there's much doubt, boys. Looking at him come down that red carpet. There he is in nothing but a pair of budgie smugglers. He's got some swimmers' goggles on top of his head. And around his waist is a little floaty ring with a big croc's head on top of it. Loving it. He's now oiling himself up too.

SPEAKER_02 26:25

Oh, what a show these ladies have had today. Not exactly my cup of tea, I've got to say. Are you sure that's a croc and not a snake?

SPEAKER_01 26:32

Well, I guess that depends on where you are looking, Matt.

SPEAKER_02 26:35

Hey, Mario, that was really fucking good, man.

SPEAKER_01 26:39

That was quick. Thank you very much, Matt.

SPEAKER_03 26:41

So there he is, centre stage, twirling around, and he's now thrusting those hips backwards and forwards. The girls are going crazy, and the Crocs, the house full sign, has gone up. Okay, gentlemen, as we take a break and get our breath back for a few moments, and let's take stock of these scoreboards. Up there, as you can see, the Crocs scoreboard is now gone all red. It is closed for business after that batch we've just put through. Tango Tom, Big Win, Neil, Nick will be rising, Josh will be next. They were the ones that went in today. And as we look now at the boards, we're getting down to it. There's not many picks left. And these boys, there's gonna be some blokes who aren't probably gonna get the teams that they would like to get. Yeah, but that's the same every year, isn't it? It's just a bit of a luck of the draw. It's a luck of the pick. In other years, when the skippers have got it all the way through. The shooters have still got three left. So it'll be interesting to see who they pick. The Cattle Dogs have got three. As do the King Browns. The Stranglers have got a couple left still. The Crocs didn't have time in the Cattle Dogs, I imagine. They do pretty good too. Grant and Grohn got over the King Browns.

SPEAKER_04 27:46

I mean that was a really big surprise. That one he's been a member of the Cattle Dogs for a few years. As soon as he got the chance, he was like, alright, I'll fight when he was over there.

SPEAKER_01 28:11

I think one of the girls was actually on the floor. One of the ladies looking on the floor.

SPEAKER_04 28:21

Oh yeah, man, it's getting messy. It's like being at the races at the end of the day, you know. They're falling over in the gardens and everything, but it's been a real big show.

SPEAKER_03 28:30

Well the guys on the back seem to be having a ball, too. There's been a bit of chance going out and they're cheering for their favorites. They absolutely love Londra and Wes putting his fish through that little doggy door and he just dropped that. That's right. Hit the ground like a sack of shit. And he's still out called off. I mean, they brought in an ambulance in the end, and that's it. No, okay. Anyway, there it is for a break. Get your breath back, and uh we'll be back in just a few moments and going again with the final uh seven or eight picks, whatever it is left in the player draft for me the ball 19.

SPEAKER_00 28:59

One step at a time, one punch at a time, one round at a time, one step at a time, one punch at a time, one round at a time zero.

SPEAKER_05 29:10

Big thirteen, BTB 19 player draft, number one one zero. Lucky Miyagi.

SPEAKER_03 29:22

Lucky Miyagi, here he comes, he's literally running down that red carpet at full pace, he's in his full karate. Yeah, hang on, he stopped all of a sudden. Two ladies in row three dressed as the holy sisters. He's picked them up and thrown them across here. Oh my goodness. Then he goes to R1, he's straight over there. There's Anna Hathaway, the actress. He drags her arm, pulls her arm, and she has gone into a death swirl. She is on the ground in a pop, a pop mess. My goodness, what is going on here?

SPEAKER_04 29:47

One boon and he's up on the canvas. This is absolutely incredible. What an entrance.

SPEAKER_01 29:53

He's a ball of energy, mate, but he looks good in the karate gear, the headband and the kung fu shoes. I used to have some of them myself. Oh, he's going off. Is he what?

SPEAKER_03 30:02

Okay, he's taken out uh hang on, he's got his hand to his ear. As if he's listening for something. The crowd are all watching, wondering what's going on. He nods his head, he smiles, and he produces a couple of chopsticks, my goodness.

SPEAKER_04 30:14

Hey, uh it's a reference, of course, to Miyagi Door and Mr. Miyagi and the Karate kids.

SPEAKER_03 30:20

He's heard the flay, he's got the chopsticks out. But wait, he's throwing the chopsticks on the ground. He's pulled out a pistol and he's just got the bang, he's let around go.

SPEAKER_02 30:28

I think he just shot one of our cameramen. He's just fallen three stories. Probably only winged him. Can't see the scene for the flight.

SPEAKER_03 30:34

Oh, smoke bomb!

SPEAKER_05 30:36

And there he is, man! He's in gold from top to toe, and he's got a big sheriff's star on the front of his forehead. He is a shooter! How good is that?

SPEAKER_02 30:47

Well, very easy the cameraman. I finally worked it out. He threw those two sisters. That's the Namchaks. He grabbed Anne Hathaway, Spanner, spinning star. Might the man is an absolute artistic freak.

SPEAKER_05 31:08

Pick 14, be the ball 19 player draft. Goes to number 91, Major Morta.

SPEAKER_03 31:19

Here he comes, Major Morta.

SPEAKER_01 31:21

Oh my god, mate, is that a Zotomask?

SPEAKER_02 31:23

He is really that's about all he's got on by the looks of things.

SPEAKER_04 31:27

Hey man, he's kind of the leopard skin G banger, I think you call it down under. And believe me, that's a long way down under.

SPEAKER_03 31:37

Oh, he's got the budge smugglers on and all. Look at him go.

SPEAKER_02 31:40

Is he flicking his nipples? Oh my goodness he is, he's just licked his fingertips and he's rubbing them around his nipples, and the women are absolutely going gymnastic. Unbelievable.

SPEAKER_04 31:51

More like pelican smugglers, my goodness. I hope this is not a PG show because it has just gone unbelievable.

SPEAKER_03 32:00

Oh, he's now bringing the women out of the he's grabbing them by the hand and bringing them out into the centre with him. He's in no hurry to get to that stage. He's nearly there now.

SPEAKER_01 32:07

How many has he got? I counted five, mate. He's got five ladies there, and he said to them, pick me up. And they've picked him up, and here they are carrying him to the box heat thing. Oh my lord, there's not much to the imagination here.

SPEAKER_03 32:20

No, no, and they're turning him around and they're standing him up, and he's blowing them all kisses, and oh, this he is now thrusting, and I mean thrusting.

SPEAKER_02 32:29

He might poke someone's eye out with that thing. Well, I don't know what the reveal is.

SPEAKER_04 32:34

There's no one here that's got leopard skin in their colours.

SPEAKER_03 32:37

He's just grabbed a a huge thing of water, a jug, and he's tipped it all over himself, and he's rubbing his arms and shoulders and chest, and oh my lord, the girls are in an absolute frenzy.

SPEAKER_05 32:47

His pants, man, they've changed colour. They've gone from the leopard skin to an all yellow with a blue stripe. And is that an S I can see poking out there?

SPEAKER_04 32:59

Capital S adds, say. Well that shooter, he just took his shot.

SPEAKER_05 33:08

Here now with pick 15 in the be the ball 19 player draft is number 82. General Buckley.

SPEAKER_03 33:21

They're just rolling them out one after the other now. There's General Buckley's up the top of the wrecked carpet and that world-famous organ in the background. Oh, and he's looking the part too, isn't he? In the leather jacket, he's got the jeans, the aviators, the hair. Done coiffed beautifully. And uh he's got the guitar and he is just wandering and down, ready to burst into song. And the girls, oh, he's a favourite, no doubt about it.

SPEAKER_02 33:44

By the way, Ron, the shooters are down to one selection left as well. He won't go to the shooters. No way in the world. There's only one place Big Buckles is going, and I tell you what, the King Browns are all on their feet because they know he's coming home.

SPEAKER_01 33:58

That's why he chose his song, mate, because it's all about faith, and he's keeping the faith. And uh also King Browns are keeping the faith that he's keeping the faith. Unless a girl, of course, there's a girl in the audience here singing this song too, and her name is Faith.

SPEAKER_04 34:13

Which one would that be, do you reckon?

SPEAKER_01 34:15

Well, I reckon it's the girl over there praying.

SPEAKER_02 34:17

What's she praying for? That he doesn't sound like David Beckham when he stops.

SPEAKER_04 34:22

Maybe a World Cup victory, man. Who knows?

SPEAKER_03 34:25

Miracles do happen. And there's the reveal, folks. He flops out a King Brown's necklace on top of his shirt, and there it is. Jeez, you've got a feel for a poor old Buckley's hair, eh? Coming on after Major Mortar's show. Oh, they were hyped, but I tell you, he had him going in his own way there. That was a nice performance. Yeah, but we all knew what was happening.

SPEAKER_02 34:44

He was going back to the King Browns, never in doubt.

SPEAKER_03 34:46

Alright, boys, well, we have this brief moment. We'll have a quick recap of the teams and where they're at as we get into the final few picks in this beatable 19 player draft. The shooters, they have one spot left. That's it. Crocs, shop closed, they're done. Cattle Dogs, they have three spots left. King Browns two spots, Wranglers two spots. It all comes down to it, and I imagine there's some nervous people out there waiting to see how their team looks. Okay, back we go.

SPEAKER_05 35:14

Pick number 16 in the Beat the Ball 19 player draft belongs to number 79. Transetter T.

SPEAKER_03 35:25

Well, I believe we're moving into our interpretive dance section of the afternoon. And I can see now why it took so long to set up. Uh there's a big glass case in the middle of the boxing ring, and it looks like it's filled with snakes up to I don't know, maybe a foot high. Uh above it is a swing. And Transetter Todd is standing there uh dressed like a snake jump. I'll tell you what, Todd, he's got a good uh Salarium next door down the road, maybe in his backyard. My goodness, he's turned up beautifully, and he's looking very good. He's got the white turban on his head and he's moving freely now, the arms, and he's running from one side of the of the uh canvas to the other, and they're swinging in the trees. Oh my god, he's just falling over.

SPEAKER_04 36:04

Yeah, he's shot a filthy look at the large lady in the road. Yeah, too. I think she sneezed, man, and it just blew him right across the canvas.

SPEAKER_03 36:12

Alright, and here he is, he's back and he's up against the glass cabinet, and he's writhing up there, and he's as he's moving up a small ladder. But he's got that ladder, and he's now hoisted himself into the swing, and he's swinging it over the snakes when they're there. I don't think there's any doubt which team he's going to about it at the bat. I agree with you on that one. And they're dropping the swing down, and uh, I'm sure he's done this before, and it's it's been a fabulous act thus far. Have a look at those pins, would you? Or two and Todd.

SPEAKER_01 36:39

Oh my goodness, I cannot look at this, mate. He's getting very close to those snakes.

SPEAKER_03 36:43

I'm sure it's all an act, mate. He's just done it before, and it's it's just Oh my lord, one of them's just gone in bang, hit him, smack, right back in the castle. Another one's just hit him on the cheek, another one from here. He's being savaged. Poor old twins header todd. He's under the pub. The snakes have got him down for the count, and they are coming in for the kill.

SPEAKER_04 37:02

Security rushed in, man, sledgehammers out, shattered the glass, snakes everywhere. Uh, but thankfully they've got a cage up around the actual boxing ring, so they can't get out. But everyone else is getting out pretty damn smart. When the paramedics have him on the ground, they're cutting him all over, sucking out the venom, and spitting it across the stage. Man, this is full on.

SPEAKER_03 37:22

Cut transmission.

SPEAKER_05 37:26

Be the ball 19, player draft. Next pick, number 111.

SPEAKER_06 37:33

Spin square.

SPEAKER_03 37:38

Apologies for that lengthy below, folks, but we're back on track and we're here. We'll have an update from Trendsetter Todd a little bit down the track. But right now, Spin Smith Liam is out there with the second of our interpretive dancers. He's bumped up the boogie though, and uh he's dressed like he's in a 1970s uh workout video. I tell you what, he's got the full leotard on, and there's not a lot left uh that you need to search for, put it that way. But he is moving. Look at him go sweating it up. He's got the little uh braided headband on there, he's got the full makeup, the uh the blue around the eyes and the pink cheeks, and that the girls are eating up and he's aerobic move team. He's just into it. You know, it's a little bit of a let's get physical about this.

SPEAKER_02 38:16

He's on fire, the big fella. I tell you what, for a rookie, he's putting it all out there. He just popped his balls out, too, man. What's he gonna do with them?

SPEAKER_03 38:25

They cook a borrow cricket balls, my friend, don't you fucking forget it?

SPEAKER_01 38:28

Oh well, look at that mate here spinning a ball on each finger like a basketball, a little mini basketball, and they're going around and man, and he's still jogging up and down on the spot. He's sweating it up a little bit, but he's on fire, too. What a great job!

SPEAKER_02 38:42

Well, I want to know is what team is he in?

SPEAKER_03 38:44

Well, his ball's just dropped, and he's gone into a spin like an ice skater, and he's going round and round and round and round and round, and oh my goodness, he has turned from this leotard man jumping around into a wonderful Wrangler. Look at him there, the big long dark coat over the pants, the spoots, the hat the Wrangler hat. It's something like at a hunger game. It was a wonderful exhibition. How good is that?

SPEAKER_04 39:09

Welcome to Wranglerville, my man.

SPEAKER_05 39:13

Pick 18 in Beat the Ball 19 player draft goes to number 29.

SPEAKER_03 39:21

Barnesy's boy Dave. Well, this is a strange setup. He's got a bar set up down there, and there's Barnsy's boy Dave. He's in a shooter's t-shirt, so we know where he's picking to go. Uh, and across the bar are six schooners of full beer by the look of it. And uh, Glory Days is in the background, and he's there just tote up in a little bit and enjoying it, giving the crowd a smile. Oh, hang on, he's just whipped the camera out on his phone. He's learned how to take selfies. Oh, he's now wrapping himself around the bar and he's taking selfies in himself. Oh, he's just pulled his t-shirt up and uh got one of his belly button for some reason. Uh it doesn't really matter, but now he's back leaning on the bar, the boss in the background. We might take this opportunity just to update the teams, Laurie. Yeah, well, things are getting tight now, they're getting right down. As we know, the crocs were shut down a while back. Wranglers, they have one left. Shooters, and by the look of it, Cambo's about to take that one right now. Palms his boy Dave, that'll be the end of the shooters. They'll lose three for the Cattle Dogs, one for the King Browns, one for the Wranglers. Oh, it's all big. All right, there he goes. Uh, he's just moved around to the back of the bar.

SPEAKER_02 40:20

I think I know what he's going to do, and look at him, watching him lip those lips, and yep, there goes the first one, straight down. Oh, he can drink a beer. This man, bang, he hits his farmer on the fourth. Second one, gone, bang. Third one down, gone, bang, and I don't believe he split it off.

SPEAKER_04 40:36

This is an outstanding drinking performance. He can go all day and all night, this man. But there goes the fourth and the fifth two. The man has no way he can hold the sixth one down. No way, not in that time frame.

SPEAKER_03 40:48

Well, he's just held the sixth one down a lot, and he has let out a bird that has literally blown people's hair backwards all the way to the back door. Cambo does a little bow, Moses down off the stage and into the shooter's arms.

SPEAKER_05 41:03

With the fourth last pick in this year's Be the Ball 19 player draft goes to number 67, Metro Matt.

SPEAKER_03 41:16

Well, here's something fascinating. Metro Matt is going to sing for us, and look at him come down the red carpet there. He's got three of the King Browns behind him, clicking their fingers, singing the harmonies. Uh, saving private, Manscaper Nads, Master Key Matt. Let's see what sort of voice he's got. I'll tell you what, he's pretty good, isn't he? What about that deep voice of Nads in the background?

SPEAKER_06 41:45

Nad the worry, make it dumb.

SPEAKER_01 41:55

It's the first time I've heard the cloud hust, my dear. They're all smiling now and just sort of moving their heads as well.

SPEAKER_04 42:07

This is chilling me right up, man. This is a really good job he's doing here, you know. It's the type of chill that Calegator is, isn't it? It's just his way of selecting his team.

SPEAKER_02 42:29

Yep, that is for you. Absolutely perfect way for him to bring himself through the crowd down into the King Brown's team area. The boys all up there finishing it up. Bring it here, boys.

SPEAKER_05 42:51

Super Big 20 in the Beat the Ball 19 player draft, and it goes to number 107. Erwin Jordi.

SPEAKER_02 43:05

And here comes Airwind Geordie. How bizarre, how bizarre. Two radities. Have a look at the gap. Sensational.

SPEAKER_03 43:13

Yeah, he's got a little red car, like in the wiggles or something. It's made out of cardboard, and he's got it strapped over his shoulder. On top of his head is a snake coming up off the top of his head. I believe some of the boys saw it. Uh, Airwind Geordi even wore it last year on the Beat the Ball 18 tour. Uh, he's coming down smiling, one arm up like he's driving slow, and his legs are under there and uh trying to look like the bottom of the car. And behind him are four girls dressed like angels, and they're just uh clicking their fingers and moving with him as he comes down the red carpet, cruising along. How bizarre, all right.

SPEAKER_01 43:46

Oh, look at Geordie, all smiles, mate, smile like Lunar Park as he's coming down and he's just cruising the elbow up. Oh, one of the girls just ran over to give him a sip of drink, and now they're helping him out of his little carbock car. And they're all going up onto the stage. There they go. It's good, though. What the music too much?

SPEAKER_03 44:06

Is that a can of bike bees he just opened? Two cans.

SPEAKER_02 44:09

I believe it is. I'll tell you what, he's getting it in the into his gob pretty damn quick. He's not going to light a fart, is he?

SPEAKER_04 44:16

Well, he's grabbed all of his own ankles and somebody's just produced a torch flame, so I'm not it's not looking good for the people in the flat row.

SPEAKER_01 44:23

And two of the girls might they have water and what looks like a hula hoop. And they have uh masks on, and they've got uh their bodies covered in the stuff that uh stunt men used by the look of it. And that's one of the biggest flames I've ever seen.

SPEAKER_04 44:37

Yuazzi's a dead stair crazy, man. He has just lit that fart and it has gone like a flame through a man. The two girls, they're fine, but that hoop, you know what? It had an invisible W in it. Geordie has just become a fiery Wrangler.

SPEAKER_02 44:56

But I've seen some weird shit today, but that is as bizarre as anything.

SPEAKER_01 45:00

How bizarre been?

SPEAKER_02 45:01

Ooh, baby, that's up there.

SPEAKER_03 45:03

Okay, folks, so I'm just interrupting this for a few seconds here. I've just received notice that the last three players are all gonna come down the runway together. So there you go, that'll be a bit of a treat. They've been working on something for a couple of weeks, apparently, uh, and they're putting on a show, all three of them at once. Secondly, we've just received word the trendsetter Todd is A-O-K. Uh, a statement has been delivered to us, which I will now get Sandy to read out if you will.

SPEAKER_04 45:28

Hello, everybody. Uh, firstly, I would just like to thank you all for your thoughts and prayers for me this afternoon. Whilst there are those that believe it was dangerous, I can tell you right here that it was the first time I've ever tried such a thing. I was bitten more than 74 times. I did manage to bite two of them back, but that just seemed to get them angrier. For those that believe my tan is fake, that is not the case. My mother used to rub oil on me in the sun when I was a baby.

SPEAKER_03 46:00

He's the colour of an oil like a lamb, isn't he?

SPEAKER_04 46:02

To the lady in the front row who sneezed and blew me across the stage, it was not your fault. My legs have been thin for a long time, and if they don't peg down into things, I can get blown away quite easily. I was once blown off a bus by a similar person sneezing. And finally, to the ambulance paramedics and security people who cut me open like a pinata, sucking the venom out from all over my body at my deepest thanks. All except for that one fat security guard who tried to suck the venom out of my tongue repeatedly. Never contact me again.

SPEAKER_01 46:38

He probably works for strength and Johnna, that one.

SPEAKER_03 46:41

So there it is, folks. He's well and all's good with Trend Center Todd. He will take his place in the King Browns team for Beat the Ball 19. And with this one group of three to go, coming down the red carpet very shortly. What a sensational day. Over to them now.

SPEAKER_05 46:56

BGB 19 player draft, number 102. Erica Beer.

SPEAKER_03 47:05

The first one out is Erica Bee arrives and has he what? Look at him in his 1970s white suit, people's pels, just going his way down. Oh, he is shaking it around. Moving well. Number 47.

SPEAKER_01 47:25

And it's a raping on him. He's a runs to him. He's dressed exactly the time. And he's swinging those ears. And moving the time. How cool is this, man?

SPEAKER_05 47:43

Number 21. Warrior!

SPEAKER_04 47:51

Oh yeah, baby, look at the three of them. Exactly in tandem. They must have been working on this for weeks. Full from the law. Look at that ladies and absolutely. Olive.

SPEAKER_02 48:49

I think everything too late when look at his.

SPEAKER_03 48:56

The girls are still getting crazy. Sensational stuff. It's been a joyous occasion to play after this last three. A really good period on the top roll.

SPEAKER_02 49:09

Back to the original. Yeah, baby. I've still got it, baby. Don't you worry about that.

SPEAKER_05 49:19

You asses you love the party more than anything, man. That's what I love about you. You love your sport. You can beat hard. You love to live life. And how good was that player draft?

SPEAKER_03 49:31

Well, I'd like to thank everybody for listening in, tuning in, being part of it. Beatable 19. It's on the way very soon. It's gonna be very big, very good. Hope you've had a good time and everybody has a team now. You shooters, what a great draft it was, Marquis. And then with the boys who have joined in the player draft, pew, phew! They're gonna go big this year.

SPEAKER_04 49:57

You really should have told them they were non-venomous snakes before they started cutting you up and sucking about everything from all over that body.

SPEAKER_02 50:06

Oh, look at the UK Center, you're up too now.

SPEAKER_04 50:08

You're all up, man. I gotta get up too. It's nearly over. All I can say is to everyone in Australia, I will be talking to you through the year.

SPEAKER_03 50:18

And that's it for now, folks. We'll be back with a review very shortly, but until then, wherever you are, whatever you're doing, be the ball. Well, well, well, what a great day that was, fellas. How about that? It was all over the shop. It was just a huge party atmosphere, and we're done, and it's been a fantastic few days. Another huge night out tonight, we will be all on, no doubt with our teams and probably together somewhere. I know there is an official function somewhere in this great city, but uh it's been a superb day. I gotta agree, I've loved it from top to tail. I've loved this whole player draft the more I've la loved the draft, Marquis and player, than I have in years. Super stuff. And what were your thoughts on the whole few days, Chuck? It was great to have you amongst us and giving some commentary in there.

SPEAKER_04 51:01

Well man, I gotta say it's been a sensational time to watch you Arseis. You have a good time, man. And I gotta say the last three days they have been run to perfection. I can't believe how good some of these boys are at doing what they do and girls. Uh but the teams, man, I look at those teams now and I'm starting to think, what is gonna happen in Beatle Ball nineteen? This is gonna be, I would say, the closest competition that's been had in the Beatle Ball. If not ever, then for a fair while. Hey, I could not agree more, Chuck. That is I look at the teams now and I already think the Wranglers are gonna be under more pressure than they have been in a while in seeing that, but good teams.

SPEAKER_03 51:39

Well that's what we're gonna do now. We're just quickly gonna run through the teams and finalise the whole teams from top to toe. Starting with the shooters, Laurie, you want to kick us off? Yeah, I will. Number sixty six, Penza Bear. First day he took Smitty win next to Win Nath, Win Danielson and Josh and DeSargent. He only kept one from the shooters at beat the ball eight in. He bought two in from the Wranglers, one in from the croc. You know, it's well, it's full on, big time. Next day, come loader onstead, he's up. Bang, I want to stay a shooter. Here early Harry, bang, I want to stay a shooter. They picked up Clarkey Miyagi, who's got great mates in there already. Win Danielson and the other boys. Major Mortar, he came back. Now he had a choice and he chose. No, I want to stay a shooter. Good on him. And Barnes's boy Dave, well, it wouldn't be the shooters without the shooters. That's a pretty damn strong team right across the board. Yeah, it is. And when you look at it, you're gonna have some look, Barnes' boy Dave, good on the punt in particular. That's his forte. Major Mortar. Well, he's not bad at a couple of comps, but he goes pretty good in the Tattoo Trophy event. So uh Major Mortar, that's where he'll be. Clacky Miyagi, I think you'll find him right across the board doing very well. Here early Harry, he's at a season in, so he's only gonna get better. Come later, Ronste, the Ditto, he was out for a long time. He's come back. He was great in the Mums Bum Cup, so he'll be there again in the golf next year. Uh and other comps, I think he will improve. Josh and DeSarge, well, he did everything but win the Triple B's two years ago. He won the Dally M's. He just needs to find some form again. Win Danielson, I think you will I I could almost see him having the best season out of the lot of them because I think having next to win Nathan Smitty win, who are excellent across the board, I think they will lift him. And Ben Zabair, the skipper. Well, he will be in everything up to his ears. Another big Mums Bum Cup champion. Uh champion, not yet, but he's on his way. I think uh they are pretty well covered across all bases, so shooters looking very strong. Take us through the Cattle Dogs, Mario. Yeah, it looked like you're gonna get some real youth there, doesn't it? It's a really young looking team, that one, Mario.

SPEAKER_04 53:23

Well, you gotta ease up on him a little. It's not his fault and the lack of the draw, dead set went against the cattle dogs in that second part.

SPEAKER_02 53:30

And that's another thing. If you can't get the youth, what it's better to have experience. You've got they've got some guns in this team, and uh I wouldn't be underestimating these boys at all. It's not like they run triathlons or anything.

SPEAKER_04 53:40

Gavaby does, he was very good at it, represented Australia.

SPEAKER_02 53:44

Yeah, but that's never going to be bought into the beatable, and if it is, there's a big chance none of us will be around for it. But if you can't have youth, what do you want? You want experience. Looking at that team, they've got plenty of players who've won pillar trophies right across the board. It's not like we're running triathlons or doing anything like that. These are competitions, these boys can all get back in the saddle and win. But don't worry about that. I'm with you, Mario. I think they're all been a bit harsh.

SPEAKER_01 54:05

I think everybody is rotting us off, mate.

SPEAKER_03 54:07

Well, you started in fine form in the marquee draft. Now that's as strong as anyone else's top five. Honro Leber, he's won pillar trophies. Duke's road Daniels, he'll be winning pillar trophies very soon. Crazy 80s dude, bumps bum cup champion, devastating Dave, he's won multiple pillars. So is Girias Stuff. So that was the day one. Day two, Casey's Paul, Hontre Nuez, two devout cattle dogs. They're back woof wolf. And so you're looking really solid. But then it was just some luck of the draw, and that's what's happened. And these players you've got, but if you're looking at who you picked up, you gotta remember Warwick Farm Fellow went to the Wranglers last year, had a great year, won a THC premiership with those boys. There's no reason he can't come here, especially when you've got a Grand Slam champion in there in Rhinestone Graham, and Erica B arrives, he improved out of sight in his second year, and I can't see him going backwards. So I would be loath to ride off the cattle dogs as well.

SPEAKER_04 54:54

And Mario, you gotta remember, man, it doesn't hurt to fly underneath that radar, dude. You know, everyone's gonna be looking at everyone else, and they're all gonna think, oh, maybe not the cattle dogs. You guys just get to do what you do, you do it well, and you come up from behind everyone like a shark like Jaws coming up to attack a body surfer, and you just come from below and go bang, this is ours.

SPEAKER_01 55:17

I like that, Chuck. Thank you very much, mate. That's exactly what we're gonna be. We've gotta be like shark cattle dogs, and that's what we're gonna be.

SPEAKER_02 55:24

King Brown's been. Well, I don't have to say anything more. I think it's the strongest top five out of the lot, and I don't give a shit what any of you boys say. Saving private muster key, Matt Manscaped and Nancy Frogman Grand Tank Rader Jace. Ha ha ha ha ha. Good luck. Have you looked at the comps so far in the Beataball 19? The ones that are halfway through for the footy season? We'll go and have a good look at them. There's King Browns everywhere up top there. They're gonna start with a bang. Corporal Crowbar comes in. Well, he's a mate of General Buckley's. He was a bit worried that General Buckley's wasn't gonna make it there, but he did. So you got two boys there that bring a great spirit to the team, if nothing else. Grunt and Groan. Well, there's their golf. They have got a very strong golfing lineup by the time we hit that mum's bum cup weekend. Saving Private, former champion, after good handicap. Frogman Grant, we all know he can hit a ball, play well. Tank Rider Jay spending the top half dozen the last two years. Grunt and Groan, his handicap's getting out and he can play golf. They're gonna be very, very strong there. You then throw in trendsetter Todd and Metro Matt, who are devout. Uh I heard someone use that word earlier. It's a great word for what we're trying to describe here. As Trendsetter Todd, he made the top 16 this year. Metro Matt's made it the last few years. So uh the King Browns, I can't see him getting big, to be totally honest. I mean making a phone call to Bruce the Bookie after this and finding out what odds I can get.

SPEAKER_03 56:33

As much as it hurts or pains me to say it, I tend to agree. It's an extremely strong lineup and it's looking very good across all sections that you need to be. You need to be good in the Tattoo Trophy events, you need to be good in the pillar events, and you need to have a good golf crew at the end. But you also need some of that team spirit, that bit of fun and banter along the way that keeps you all buoyant and getting on with it. So they are looking good. Wranglers, what do you think about that, Sandy?

SPEAKER_04 56:55

I'm quietly confident actually. We have to re-energize and rebuild ourselves to a degree. But looking at the boys that have come in, I think we're gonna be very well placed to do that. Lion team of Lockheed, he'll pick it up, no problems at all. We've got the rookie in there. Sage or Sam Highway will crease Carnival Robo's Pocket Rocket. We don't even need to talk about them. They will be thereabouts in everything. I think Lockie will not be far behind them if not with them. Big Top L. Believe me, he's a competitor. I've known this guy for a long time now, and I know that he likes to have a crack. He doesn't give up easy, and he will be there in everything. What a tank tank my goodness, what a bonus it was for us to get him back and for him to come back. We all know how good he is. He won a multitude of awards last year. So that's very, very strong. Spinsmeet Liam, he loves a he's good on the punt, loves his golf, and I swear he'll go pretty good in the tipping and everything there. So we're not gonna lose anything there. An airwin Jordi all he needs is a bit of love from the team around him, and he will come right into his own. So uh I while people are probably saying well the Wranglers probably look like midfield next year, I would tend to totally disagree. Uh I wouldn't write us off either. I think us and the cattle dogs will probably get written off more than most. Uh but I keep one eye on us the whole year. Yeah, I don't think nobody's gonna take you guys lightly, man. No way, Sandy. I the Wranglers they've been one of my favourite teams to watch in the whole world of sport the last few years. They just get the job done. They know how to do it, they get on with it and do it, and then at the end they sit back and collect the spoils. Is it gonna be as easy this year? I don't think so, man, but nobody does. I don't think you guys think it's gonna be that easy. But maybe a challenge is just what the Wranglers need. And maybe this year they're gonna get it right up to their ears. The motivational aspect is pretty good there.

SPEAKER_03 58:37

I know, I'm pumped just listening to Chuck. When he jumps in, it's like, oh yeah, well they won't they'll win it for sure. And he's done that about two or three times so far, and I'm ready to change bets every time. I want to have 50 cents each way on every team.

SPEAKER_04 58:48

That does leave the Crocs thought on. And what are your thoughts on the Crocs being their godfather, so to speak?

SPEAKER_03 58:53

I really loved it when it started with Mickey McKenna, Roger that diva, strength and john. I copy that condo. I can't believe we got him, and I can't believe we got gold digger Gavaby, excuse me. He's done really well to pick the eyes out of those other teams, Mickey. He's been doing this a long time. He's won eight premierships. The closest to that is two. And that's the shooters and the Wranglers. Uh so I mean he knows what he's doing. He he got lucky in the draw, let's be honest, the player draw. Josh will be next, went early. Pick one, he went straight back into the Crocs. Tango Tom, he was the interesting one from the entire player draft for me, in that I thought he would have gone back to the Cattle Dogs for sure, but he's obviously turned up his toes at that and said, no, no, I'm gonna force my way into the Crocs. When you look at it from a family aspect though, it actually it makes complete sense because I think all the McKennas are now under the one roof. Uh, and that'd probably be the first times in the beat of the ball that that's happened with so many of them. Big Win Neil, they did say got lucky with that as well. You know, they'll get him down. Big Win Neil, he came in in pick number eleven, uh, and that was the lowest pick they had, I believe, going into it. No, they had Nicobee rising after him, sorry. And Nicobee came in at what? Pick 12. So halfway through that player draft, the Cattle Dogs uh Crocs, I'm getting all confused here, it's been a long day, uh, they got everyone back that they wanted. That's a we've got a really strong, tough team. Uh looking at the golf next year, uh Mickey's still making up handicap from when he won it a few years back, so I don't think so. Roger that Diva, strength and Johnnah, copy that condo. Gold digger gave him miss the cup by one. Joshaby was up there too. Nicobee ran third. Tango Tom's a previous winner, but his handicap probably gonna hurt him. And Big Win Neil, he should get some handicap back. So if we can be in the hunt, the crocs, snap snap, come Mum's Bum Cup weekend next year. I've got a really good feeling that we can win this whole thing.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:33

But can we go now? I want to get out and celebrate. And look at it, they're absolutely buzzing down there, and the the party's on, people are filing out, the streets are filling up, it's gonna be such a sensational knack.

SPEAKER_04 1:00:44

Man, I gotta say, man, my phone has not stopped going off, dude, all day.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:48

Message after message saying, How good is this shit? Where has this been?

SPEAKER_04 1:00:52

As you know, the US of A, sometimes we like to keep to ourselves, or we get so wrapped up in ourselves that we forget there's all these other good sports and good sporting people out there in the world. And looking at this man, it has captured their imagination. I have people sending me videos showing them dancing at home to the music as the players came out and did all their funky stuff. So it's been a great, great few days, and I know there's a lot of people hitting the streets tonight who weren't even here today because they could not get one of the hardest tickets in town.

SPEAKER_03 1:01:23

Well, it looks like it's uh unanimous as the other boys nod their head at me. So uh we'll wrap it up with one final word. Who is going to win next year?

SPEAKER_02 1:01:30

Shooters, pew pew! Cattle dogs, mate, woof woof, King Browns, and I'm not doing that pissy snaky shit.

SPEAKER_04 1:01:36

The Wranglers, of course.

SPEAKER_03 1:01:37

Oh, shh. And that just leaves the crocs. You ask a stupid question at the end, that's what you get. Thanks for joining us, everybody. We'll be back on Australian Shores. Competition starts Saturday. We'll be there to bring you some news from that next week. Up till then, snap snap.

SPEAKER_04 1:01:50

And wherever you are, whatever you're doing, be the ball.