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The PodBoffins cover week 4 news and results from the tour. Monthly Medal is won, one tipster is on fire, and August is our anniversary tour destination reveal month.
What's your prediction for the fight then?
SPEAKER_03Prediction? Yes, prediction.
SPEAKER_00Hello, hello, hello, be the balls, and welcome into our new look studio. How good is this, fellas?
SPEAKER_01I can't believe it, they've finally given us a bit of luxury in here and uh it's thanks to Big Bruiser down the end there.
SPEAKER_03My pleasure, Lori.
SPEAKER_01Oh so good. I'm I'm just like a kid at Christmas. There's TVs everywhere with sports from around the globe on it.
SPEAKER_00We've got this big desk in the middle, there's couches around the room, uh skeletons in the corner for some bloody reason. Oh but I tell you it's lovely. Yes, mate, it is very luxurious. I tell you, Bruce, I wasn't expecting this.
SPEAKER_03Well, Mario, you boys have done an absolute sterling job for us over the recent years, recent past, and as a little thank you, this is what we will do for you.
SPEAKER_00There's gotta be a kicker in here somewhere, isn't there, Bruce? You don't give away jack shit for nothing, you boys.
SPEAKER_03Don't be like that, Ben, or else you and I will be chatting in the hallway before we chat somewhere else.
SPEAKER_00Ah, okay. No worries, I love it, Bruce. Thank you. Alright, now how was your weekend, Sandy? Not too bad. I tell you what I did do is I watched a Netflix golf show, uh a sitcom basically with Will Ferrell, who's never been one to look to be honest, that I really loved, but uh it was called The Hawk, and as you know I like my golf, and uh watched it all in a space of about four hours. It was uh quite amusing, quite good, so I enjoyed it thoroughly.
SPEAKER_01Oh, what sort of golf swing did Will Ferrell have?
SPEAKER_00You know, that's the thing about golf movies, isn't it? You you watch it and you you really tell whether it's a fair dinker movie or not once they swing the club because it's the one thing that gives a man up no matter where he is. Oh, that is true, isn't it, dear? You could be watching a guy that you think's the coolest, most suave world got women swoon around him, uh men want to be him, uh, and then he gets up on a first tee and swings in front of 30 blokes, and uh you know straight away there's it's like the Emperor having no clothes, it's just uh if you've got a golf swing, otherwise it's uh you're bought back to the field very quickly. Hey, Wolf had all swings not too bad, actually. It was very watchable. Uh watching golf movies over the years, you know I liked uh Tin Cup, I thought that was a great movie. Kevin Costner actually looked like he could swing a golf club, so that makes it a little bit more believable. I liked the legend of bag events, mate, before Will Smith became despised by the globe. Yeah, well it did happen to him, didn't it, uh Will Smith? He's still struggling to get back from the slap. I mean, even going back to that, if you're gonna hit a blow, job him, you know what I mean? You don't go up there. You don't walk up through the middle of the Academy Awards, up the stairs where every eye in the world's on you, and slap a guy. It just makes no sense at all. No, you've got to put one on his chin. If you're gonna go, you know, even one of the guts and then one over the top or whatever, but uh he's sort of gonna pay for that slap forever. They did have a show called the slap, but I don't believe it was about that. No, no, it wasn't. It was about kids and adults and all that stuff. What about you, Laurie? What did you think on the weekend? What got you uh interested? Oh, it was hard not to be bloody pounded by that Adam Dewey Dewey. Oh oh, and away I go, story. My goodness, those tigers, they're in a world of hurt again, aren't they? They they don't like things just to be normal and successful and working hard. No, they don't. I'm sure we'll touch on some of that a little bit later. The NRL weekend. There were some cracking games, I gotta say, that's Storm Rabbito's game. It was like watching a high quality park footy game, and uh there were gaps in the defensive line everywhere, drop balls, there was some absolutely scintillating play. A prop on each side made a try-saving tackle or save at different times. Uh you just didn't know what was gonna happen. The lead changed about half a dozen times. One team would get out of the 12-point lead and you think, oh, that's it, that's over, I'm going to bed. Uh and then the other one would fight back, it was just superb. Are you planning on joining us from now on, Bruce? I've noticed.
SPEAKER_03No, no, Sandy. I think I might just sit in now and then and uh I'm over on these comfy couch right now. I'll just get the words out. I tell you what, it is relaxing. I think it's one of those vibrating couches. Ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, so I'll just be dropping in, observing mainly. With that then, we really should get down to the nuts and bolts of the show. We have our first monthly medal winner in the triple B's tipping, so what do you say, boys? Shall we go? I think it's a good idea. Ah, yeah, just get on with it, would ya?
SPEAKER_03BTB nineteen triple Bs Big Basket Bear.
SPEAKER_00Week four run and dumb boys and in the books, and we have our first monthly medal winner. And what odds, Bruiser, would he have uh got in your book? Safe to say he was a double digit odds.
SPEAKER_03A touch like Marty or picking up a supermodel. No, no, that would definitely be triple digits if not quads.
SPEAKER_00Very funny, boys. You're hilarious. Drumroll, please. And the winner of the July monthly medal is none other than Joshaby next. Who would a thunk that, eh? A score of 404 over the first four weeks. That's over a hundred points a week. Uh incredible. So he won going away. He won by 40 odd points from Win Danielson in second and gold digger Gaverby. Tell him what he won, Laurie. Well he won uh two weeks over in the Mao Dives. I think you mean Mal dives.
SPEAKER_01No, no, it's the houses they put you on when you go to the Perth Bears. Big Mao gives you one. A twelve month subscription to Lashes, Brows, and Botox magazine. It's a health and beauty thing, I believe. A Lamborghini. Matchbox car. And a free one-on-one coaching session with Captain Croc Mickey McKenna. Jeez, that'd be fun. Yeah, I believe it's a motivational speech that uh goes for about forty-seven minutes, and no doubt Josh will be hanging on every word.
SPEAKER_00I didn't believe we gave away so many great prices, mate. I thought he just got twenty bucks off his fees next year. Yeah, well he does. We're just trying to spice it up a bit, aren't we, Bruce? That's right. Well done, Lori. So let's go back to the start. And for week four, it was a week where the good horses are starting to stick their heads in. I think there are a good group race or two there, a couple of listed races across the three states. Uh some of the tracks are still pretty bloody wet at the moment, it's like picking donkeys. But uh Sydney has been in the middle of a warm spell and there's no rain expected for another week or so. So good tracks are just around the corner, which should make tipping easier. But Gold Digger Gaverby, the Crocs, they are on fire. They have poker machine reels up in this week's weekly result pack. Gold Digger Gaverby, 128.6 in first position. Uh he had a massive week, great week, and he is one of the great unsung heroes, don't you think? Uh, as far as the tipping goes. He had an absolutely magnificent season last year. He flows under the radar, biv Gav, and I'm not sure how he can do that. I mean, the guy's a Man Mountain, and with that beard, he even looks more intimidating. One of the Cleal brothers from the 80s. Yes, they were intimidating. Good footballers, too. And as we know, he's a competitive beast. He is, mate. He is Australia's premier troy athlete in a category that I can't remember right now, but uh he is uh I think getting back into shape and he could be a tilt at the uh over forties challenge uh somewhere in the globe over the next couple of years.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, well being a competitor, he'll be right up there. That was an astute pickup by Mickey McKenna uh in the draft, you know.
SPEAKER_00What more can you say? It's he's already paying dividends. Yes, there's been a bit of a tug of war between the Crocs and the Wranglers for Gav services over the last couple of years. Uh not managed by Isaac Moses, which is uh unfortunate for him, but great for this uh tour. Uh so well done, Gavaby. Great week. Dukesrow Daniel, here's another one. Talking about potential and guys who have just come in onto the scene and go bam o cop that right in the throat, oh. This guy for the Cattle Dogs, he has been sensational. Yes, mate, uh, Leber made a big decision last year to bring him in to uh, you know, the marquee players, and it was a little bit of a ruffling of hair for everyone except Devastating Dave. And uh so but Dukesrow, he has been good from day one. He is tipping on fire, I tell you. And uh King Brown in there, trendset of Todd, uh, number three, I believe, was his digits on the weekend, and uh it came in very well. Yep, you need a little bit of luck in this game. It's 90% skill, ten percent luck. Don't do it without that ten percent. Uh so trendset of Todd at 113.1. So it was a pretty high scoring week. Generally, if you get around 90 points, you think you, you know, might slide into third place, second some week. Some weeks it'll win, but early in the season yeah, you tend to need to be around that ton mark. Rhinestone Graham can consider himself a little bit unlucky. He finished in fourth and 105.5. Josh and DeSargent, is this a welcome return to form for him, Laurie?
SPEAKER_01Oh, as we know, two years ago he went down in a nail biter. He led most of the triple uh most of the year for the Triple B's, and uh just fell in a giant hole about three weeks out from the finish. So scored a massive 21 points and just completely fucked that. But uh he's going all right again. It's good to see him back in form, Josh and DeSargent.
SPEAKER_00It certainly is. Robbo's pocket rocket, he started the year very, very well for the Wranglers, 94.9. And Josh will be next, who actually, I believe, sent Carnival through his total on Saturday night. He's gotta get at more. Oh, well, he might, because uh Carnival was definitely out, and uh he was saying that he'd scored his and someone else's points. You better be careful, mate. You can get a job on this tour if you keep sending through things like that. I believe that was the exact response Carnival sent back to him.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, you don't want to go doing that too much, Josh, you know, otherwise you'll be scoring every bastard. So uh but well done. He's had a great month, and he is our monthly medalist, the Crocs and the shooters sharing those spoils in the top three.
SPEAKER_00That they are. So let's flip over now to the yearly leaderboard for the Triple B's after week four. Still only very early days, but this is something for the rookies to keep in the back of their head. If you if this was the end of a normal month, you the bottom four would be gone. So, for instance, right now, if this was an elimination month, and there's only one month a year that's not elimination, uh, and that is July, because we give everyone nine weeks, a big nine week run in to get their shit sorted and be get up that ladder in the triple B's. But if we had have gone out this week, Nikabi rising, Metro Mat, Frogman Grant, and Saving Private all would have copped the kibosh and said get out. Ah, that would be truly devastating for the King Browns. The bottom three are all King Browns. And no, they just don't get it someday, these boys. My goodness, fair income. They don't don't realise, I don't think they've ever wrapped their skulls around it, that the you're only as good as your weakest link in this competition, and and to lose three in the Triple B's and add the DALEM, so that's five times multipliers in team points, and uh, you know, it would be just a shocking start. Well the Crocs sort of went through something like that last year, and they never recovered. Uh they have recovered this year, and we'll get to that a little bit later. Uh but that would be uh, you know, a bitter pill to swallow to lose three players in the very first month. That that's just cactus gone. You're not winning anything as a team that year. Yeah, but didn't Ryan say they're not even playing as a team anymore? Uh they're just going for individual glory. That does sound like the West Tigers too, mate. Well, it's a bit self-defeating, isn't it? But anyway, yeah, you do what you like. I'll be having a quick word to the skipper. Don't worry about that. Oh, two words it might be. Alright, so uh at the top of the ladder, after the first month, first four weeks, Josh will be next 404. Windaniel Sun Shooter 361.6. Golddigger Gaverby makes two of the top three crocs, uh, which is a complete turnaround from last season. 341.6. Robo's Pocket Rocket doing very well in there in four, three twenty five point five eight for the Wranglers. That's the next four I want to talk about. Mario. Look at that up there on the big screen. The next four are all cattle dogs, then there's a couple of others just outside the eight, and then there's two more cattle dogs. This new system that Lonro Leber has bought in is turning out to be absolute genius. It is, mate. We had a look at our results last year. Well I didn't. I just sat around listening to them talk shit about their results last year, and Lebba came up with a plan for their tipping, and my goodness, mate, they are on fire. And everybody said the cattle dogs are too old, those dogs should be put down or sent to the pound. Well, I can tell you all, mate, get stuffed because devastating Dave, Ranstein, Graham, Ontrin, West, Dukes Rod, Daniel. They're four of the top eight are cattle dogs, and just outside, mate, Lonro Leber carrying KCS Paul on his back. But I tell you, it is a great strategy. Yeah, it's working an absolute treat. Look at that. But is this what? It's a team sport. People have got to understand. The basket bets, every competition that we're in in beatable, you're in teams for a reason, and the cattle dogs have come up with something I think is seriously stunning because uh they've only got the we've got to go down the other end of the ladder butt and have a look at that. Tratchidae, you're gonna give it to the King Browns. Fuck you. Ericaby Ravs, Warwick Farmfella, they're in the they're just above the cutoff zone. Uh so is laying team allocky, our new season rookie.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, well that is a bit of a surprise with Lion Tamer, but Warrior Farmfella, he's been going good the last few years. He's just dropped his bundle, I think, big wok. And Erica B arrives. He's I tell you, he was running last last week. So give him a pat on the back, slap on the shoulder. He's going alright, Erica B.
SPEAKER_00He does have a crack at all the comps, Erica B. I think he'll be safe, he'll be right. There's a few other big names there. Mickaby McKenna and Mig Big Win Neil have uh scampered to higher ground for now. Uh, but we do have five weeks to go. Uh Carnival uh passed out Saturday morning, apparently. It came through. I got a phone call, a message uh that uh something had gone terribly wrong. Uh it's all right, he's all or care, the Wranglers. We checked straight into it. Apparently, General Buckley's had actually sent through his tips and uh Carnival passed out, fancied. Couldn't believe it. So General Buckley's, even he's getting into the swing of the thing.
SPEAKER_01Well he goes, all right, the general, when he wants to have a crack. We saw that. He's a raining bloody Mums Mum Cup champion, even Weszy.
SPEAKER_00Please call him Chuck, mate. Wizzy. I don't think he he likes Where's he? Where's he?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, that's all I want to know. Where is he?
SPEAKER_00Oh, would you please? I think that's enough of that right now. You don't want Chuck coming off. That's all I've got to say about that, Lloyd. Yeah, sorry, sorry about that, Wiz. Alright, so that's the ladder at the moment. The teams for the big basket bet, the Triple Bs. Cattle dogs, how's this? They are the new leaders. The Wranglers have led this competition, I reckon, for the best part of the last two years. Uh, and the Cattle Dogs have just gone, thank you. 882 points. They now lead the teams event in the Triple B's. Uh, Wranglers are still in second. They're about 150 points off, though. The Cattle Dogs are jamming everyone. Crocs, they'd be happy not to be, you know, wiping the arse of this competition like they did all last year. 720 in the middle. Shooters 639. They've got a lot of boys in the bottom half of that field. If you're looking at this as uh some of you do, I know you like to get the uh weekly report and then listen to this as we're going along. If you're looking at that report right now, you can see that there's um one shooter who's in the top half of the field. That's Win Danielson in second. Uh so they have a bit of work to do. And the King Browns, well, they've got five of probably the bottom dozen, uh, and they're in a world of pain already, straight up. They need to really produce over August. Is that TV screen showing what I think it's showing? Is that is that all the teams?
SPEAKER_03That's right, boys.
SPEAKER_00Not only do you have televisions with all the sport from around the globe on them for 24-7, we have also fitted out all of the team's headquarters with cameras in every nook and cranny. That's a saving private. He is just a dead set spitting chips. He's got saliva flying everywhere, he's putting his hand down, his finger up, he's oh, he's just giving three of them two birds, and uh he is really going off.
SPEAKER_01Oh, there's no doubt about the results. He's just seen it come through, and he's he's thinking to himself, what the hell is going on here? Pull your finger out, boys, this is just not good enough.
SPEAKER_00I doubt it. I think somebody's stuffed up the church and he's laying down the law that he will not be drinking this low carb, no carb bullshit. He wants full strength every time and with a good head on it. Fool with a good head on it, I think it's the same as the way he likes his ladies. Alright, alright, let's go. Moving on.
SPEAKER_03DALEM runner of contest.
SPEAKER_00Alright, gentlemen, turning the page and we're over to the DALEMs. Well, there it is, they're made up on the bigger screen we can all see it. My word, look at that. We've had what is it, twelve different points getters over the first four weeks. That is spot on. Well done for noticing that, Ben. This weekend, of course, Goldigger Gaverby took out the three points, two points went to Dukes Row. Daniel, that's the first points for the cattle dog in the Dally M's this BTB 19 season. And trendsetter Todd, number three, he gets a point for the King Browns. Joshaby next. There he is, up there, monthly medal winners, the first one. Hoot of Thunkett, as we said earlier, and he is all smiles. And look at that lovely caricature of Joshaby. He is a handsome fella, I tell you. He won't need that magazine subscription. Uh, and he's up there, the only one. He'll be joined by someone at the end of August. And uh, as we look at the teams, the Wranglers are still on top 517. Uh, they've collected four lots of points, but no gold points this year, so that may come back to bite them on the ass a little bit later on in the season. Uh, they're out in front, just in front of the King Browns, we've had three collects. Uh, Cattle Dogs, uh sorry, Crocs are in third. They've also had three collects, two golds and one bronze. Uh the shooters, they've only had the one as well. Wyn Danielson last week. And uh Cattle Dogs, they're coming up the rear at 418, but they're less than 100 points off, or what is it, 101 points off the lead in the Dally M's. Anything stick out there, boys? No, but uh you want to try and get some points, as we said last week. These are gold at this stage of the season. When you've got a full field in there and you're picking up Dali M points, that places you in good stead later on if you can stay in the contest. That's right, mate. You've got to stay in the triple B's uh! And as we know, there's a bit of snip, snip, chop, chop coming in about five weeks time.
SPEAKER_03Guys, great. No, no, listen, he's only a man. You can beat him because you're a tank. You're a greasy, fast, 200-pound Italian tank. Go through him, run over him! Punter of the year. Party!
SPEAKER_00Well, there's only one story really, dude, the punter of the year, and that is Smitty Win. My goodness is he on a roll. I was trying to remember the last time somebody went on a run like this, and I I can only think back to Ran Stan Graham, that last five or six weeks where he came from nowhere, dead stone motherless lass, and one the punter of the year going away. Well, it has been the best start ever in history. I was talking to Carnival about this the other day. Uh, we've never started a season with one bloke going five weeks in a row. Uh he is just on fire. I mean, he's plucking them out of his clacker from everywhere. I we went to two different Greyhound meetings to get that result from the other day. He ran second with his big bet at Belmont, uh, which was some good some weird name, I don't know. Uh it ran second. Uh, but he went a four-leg multi on the Sunday. He took a try-score in each of the two NRL games, which got home, and then he had uh two dogs. And I uh did actually tune in to watch the final leg, and and the four he had in that, well he got lucky there was no one in box five, and the dish lickers, as we know, coming out of those squeeze boxes can be a drama. But uh the four hit the lead and he won by about fifteen. He uh it was all over, and uh the boys, the phone started going off, so well done, Smitty. Hey, he loves a bit, though, Smitty. I believe he's already reached out to the tour bookies to have a wager on what colour hair wok will be touring under next year. Well, that's uh always a mystery to all of us, and it's something we all look forward to, those who have been around on this tour for quite a while. Uh yep, so uh he does Oh he is, mate, the Donald De Brebman of the BTB. He's the only man to score a ton with money to bet with five lobsters, mate. He is gonna need a giant sack. Oh, he's def definitely already got one of them. He just keeps pump putting it up there and saying, Come and get me. Catch this. Giant sack, all right, five lobsters, a hundred bucks. He's got next part. Oh, he's leaving everyone in his dust. It's all over. Red Rover, go you shoot, pew, pew. He certainly does go all in. I tell you what, he bets like he makes love. I'm tipping. He just keeps going in. Cannonballs all the way until he gets the required result. And it'll be interesting to see where he lays those fave lobsters this week. One thing's for sure he will not be holding back. He has a lovely lead at this stage. He's out on about 332, I believe. Let's flick back to the page. And uh punter of the year, he is leading 336. Um, that's not an insurmountable total, let's be honest. Uh last year, I think the winner was on about 600. Uh, we've had seasons where the winner's been on 800, 900. To go out this early in the season, I mean he is tipping and punting very well, Smitty Wynn. Uh, but he has to keep it up because uh if he misses next week, he drops 100. Uh but in saying that, conversely, he could actually go even further in front. So uh all eyes will be on deck to see what he does this week. Hey, see, that already in the chat there's been uh a couple of boys who uh are saying they should everyone should just give their punts to Smitty. Oh, I thought that was a little bit interesting.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, so did I, because it's coming from the defending champion, Frogman Grant. And he's sitting there, I reckon he's just trying to soften him up on soften him up a bit mentally and uh to take Smitty Wynn down.
SPEAKER_00It'll be interesting to see him have his punt this year. Frogman, Ribbit Ribbon. Yes, mate, that uh will be very interesting, actually. I find it tad cute that he is punting so low uh for the King Browns. Is that the do you think that is disrespectful? No, I'm not sure it's disrespectful. I think Stephen Previs just put his teams in. Maybe he had him there as a bit of a backstop if they didn't get off to the start they wanted in Stable Wars. Uh but it'll be interesting to see him up this week. Alright, so he was not only the uh he was not the only winner last week, Smithy Wynn. Uh and we've uh once again clap on the back, well done. Uh we also had another winner, and that was Grunt and Grower. Now he flew right under the radar. You get a nice little three-legg multi, and he was early in with his punt, so maybe people haven't scrolled back enough through the uh chat group on the B2B tour. Uh Jenkins to any time try scorer for the Panthers. Well, that's just like dead set putting uh peanut butter on bread these days. He's not honey on bread, it's money for jam, and uh he's always scoring tries. He might give that 38 tries. I think it was Dave Brown who got that, or someone of that ill uh in the NRL. He might put that record in uh serious danger, I think, with seven weeks to go or whatever it is. Uh the Swans to win did it easily, and the Sharks to win uh that absolute debacle over there at Fort Brookville, which was uh just a dead set of rubble at the moment. Yeah, so a collective 90 cued dollars. Well done there, Grunton. You're back in the saddle, and he's making sure he is fitting into King Brown Town just beautifully with uh results like that. Alright, they were the only two winners. We had uh other punts for the weekend. Hell, uh horse that were raced in the last at uh Brisbane. I tell you what, it gave us all hell because there were a couple of punters on it. Devastating Dave, he got into it. Uh there was someone else who had it, I forget right now. Um we had Erwin Geordie, who looked like he was gonna start off the season very well, or the week, very well, should I say, uh, for the Wranglers, Sandy. He did, he got the first couple of legs up in a multi, and uh he couldn't quite get that. Josh Adolkar never looked like scoring, unfortunately. So Geordie missed out, and Big Top Al was the other punter up for the Wranglers, the rookie in the saddle for the first time ever. And he took a uh five leg anytime trice score multi in the NRL. Started off with uh Paul Alamotti, uh Brandy, who couldn't get over the stripe. He got the next three and was uh dead set, death right in bow former uh to not score. Because that would have just been heartbreaking for the big followers. The good news in a weird sort of way is he only got uh three of the fever. All right, over down to the King Browns Manscaped and Nadsey and NRO multi. Yeah, Nadzie hasn't started the year on the punt the way he would have liked, but I tell you what, he's going pretty damn well across the other comps. So uh he's out. He'll go back to the end of the line for four or five weeks. Uh the Crocs looking at then quickly, Roger Ladiva took a multi-nothing. Uh Josh would be next. Uh, he also had 40 bucks to play with. Uh, could not convert, so that's come off his total.
SPEAKER_01And the shooters, next to win Nate. No, no good. He had uh races and I don't know, a real thing, and uh really never looked like it, let's be honest. Uh but then there's Smiddy Win, of course, who uh yeah, everyone is just all over at the moment in the shooters. What a pickup he's been.
SPEAKER_00They are going very well. I'll tell you what, those pickups they've made. Ben Zebe should deserve a big pat on the back. He's pinched next to win Nathan Smithywin from the Wranglers. Uh we saw Josh and DeSargent earlier, he's another ex-wrangler. Uh the Crocs picked another ex-rangler up in Goldie Gagava, but we saw how well that went. And uh the Wranglers are struggling a fraction right now, as we will soon see. So that's punter of the year. So looking at next week. Here we go. In the saddle for the first time. Shooters?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, we've got Clarky Miyagi up there. He's on 20 bucks. Let's see what the rookie can do. Smiddy win. A hundred bucks. Nobody's been five weeks deep for ages. That's uh sensational stuff. Where is he gonna place it?
SPEAKER_00Could be a camel out in the middle of the darwin. Who knows what with Smitty. Uh we've then over to uh you, Mario. Yes, mate, gide your stuff, what are you fun, fella? Another couple of X Midius punters. Gideon stuff, former punter of the year. Uh, we need something because we have done a jack of shit, mate. We're on zero above the stables. Yeah, that is the thing with the catalogs. You started really well in the tipping, but the punt is uh struggling to get anything going at the moment, the catalogs. Uh and one of three teams that are uh anchored to the bottom of that ladder in the stable wars. Uh Big Win Neal, he will set out for his first punt of the season with 20 bucks. And Goldiga Gavaby, the man we were just speaking about, he also will have a lobster to play with. They're their first punts of the year. Uh Granton Groen, he's up to 40 bucks, so it'll be interesting to see if he can make some sort of dent into Smithy Wynn's lead. Uh and Frogman Grant, as we said last year's uh defending champion, he gets his first shot. So uh no doubt he'll have Smithy Win in his sights and he's softened him up with some lovely words. And uh over to you. Who have we got for you? That's Andy down there. Oh, sorry about that. I was watching the TV, watching what the Wranglers are doing there. They're just uh obviously in some sort of team meeting at the present, right? Spinsmith Liam, he's up for the first time, $20, and we have a first punter of the season who's back in the saddle for the second time, and that's Craig's Carnival. He did get a collect in the first round. Uh it wasn't enough to to get the $20 back, so he goes back to the $10 mark, which is the best mark for all you rookies, uh, and he will be teeing off from $10. He'll need to produce something special to uh start moving back up through those amounts that he will have to play with. By the way, mate, who are those? What are those four skeletons in the cobwebs and everything in the corner over there? Well, that is uh the shooters are stable, mind you. Uh that's a mini wind stable. The major Mortown Danielson come later on to hear early hurry. As you can see, they have been waiting for five weeks and they've all just uh sort of withered away over there. So we just placed them in the corner and uh you know uh hopefully we'll bring one of them back to life when it's time for them to punt. Do you think this would be having a detrimental effect on them, Laurie?
SPEAKER_01Oh, it's hard to say.
SPEAKER_00I mean, everyone wants to have a punt and have a real crack at it, but also when you've got someone like Smitty Win there who's just on fire, you just let him go. And the other good thing is they sit there and look at it. The chances of wearing the waiter's vest now are next to Neil for the season. So already, you know, a month in, and the shooters are sitting around the black caviar stable anyway, going, hey, we're gonna have some poor bastards serving us beers on tour. Alright, that's it for uh the punter of the year. BDB 19. Stable Wars. Okay, the secondary competition to the punter of the year is of course Stable Wars, and up top at the moment. Guess who's on top, Lori? It's not hard to pick. It's a shooters team, that's for sure. Black Caviar, 336. They are the champion team this stage. In second place we have Woods, Waterhouse, and Winx, both from the King's Brown King Brown stables. Going very well on the punt, I must say, to boys. And Grunton last week was thoroughly impressive. Uh not too bad there, but I tell you what, they've got to do something about that tipping. Yep, they certainly do. Uh Daly Martin and the Spice Girls are next to two Crocs stables, so they're in the middle. And we know their strategy is pretty much just trying to get a collect each week and not lose their punting stake. Uh, and that's a big thing. Because if you can keep mid-table, and we must say, and we say it every week at the moment, because it is that vital, that it is the most volatile of the competitions, the punter of the year. You can lose 20 spots or gain 20 spots in one week. And until everyone's had a punt once, it's very difficult to uh judge the THC Premiership. And at this stage, the way Smitty wins going, uh, that may be another month off at the very least before we get that true rating. And plus we have a few other things going in. Yeah, that's right, mate. Once you get those uh tattoo trophy events going in for a lot of footies, that's a lot of points too. Yep, we will touch on that shortly, thank you, Mario. Nicholson Hayes are up there for the Wranglers, they're about mid-table. Uh not too bad, but the Wranglers haven't uh punted very well at all the last sort of season in a bit, so we are hoping for someone to dig deep and get us in there. Oh, then the Norman Cummings stable, that's the second of the Black Caviar. And they're sitting there a little bit in the shadow of the other boys, but Ben Zaber is skipping that stable, so I'm sure they'll improve. Uh who's Freeman Nicholas Norton? Oh my goodness, mate. Can you punt any bet? They might as well throw duts at a dart board or an elephant's butt or a pin the tail on a Donkey Kong. Whatever it is, mate, because they are going terribly. They are, and they're there with McElroy Waller. Uh, three teams yet to post a winner. So this weekend, maybe that changes with those punters that are up. Uh I mean they'll the captains or the skippers will be looking for someone to produce and maybe emerge from the woodwork. Uh as far as the teams go, there obviously uh the shooters are doing best overall uh with the King Browns.
SPEAKER_03You you lay off that catch up game. Women weaken lay THC Premiership.
SPEAKER_00There have been a couple of changes to the THC Premiership ladder after the weekend's events, and I tell you what, those Wranglers are starting to slip a little bit, Sandy. That we are, we're down into third position now on the ladder. But in saying that, we were absolutely molested during the draft and lost some great players. We've still got a great team, but we've got a few rookies in there which may come back to beat. So Sagew Sam the skipper, he has developed a plan, and it's pretty much where we expect to see us sitting. We were quite surprised to be on top after the first few weeks. Um so we've come back the last couple of weeks. Yeah, the big improvers once again are the Crocs, 2-1-7-6. They lead out at this stage, and I've got to say Mikabi McKenna would be very happy with that. You know, they are the most winningest team in the BTB, and they've suffered the last three or four years where they really haven't contested that hard. They've been in second spot, they're always consistent, the Croc, and they are players. Uh, but this year they look like they are they've developed a couple of strategies of their own, and they're out on top in front from the shooters. How about that, Laurie? Dead last in the second spot. Yeah, it's a testament to Benza. He's done a great job with those boys, and and they are up for the fight. I'll tell you what. Yeah, look at the TV out there now. They're all still jumping around, shooting champagne, and Smitty when he's been carried around, they're taking turns carrying him on their shoulders. Oh, poor old hero early Harry, he's nearly collapsed under that weight, but now he's putting Oh no, that laugh oh, they're up and laughing. They're having an absolute ball, this mob.
SPEAKER_01Uh 1-973, great teamwork. I believe that uh you may be going down to see them this weekend or carnival is. Is that correct, Ron?
SPEAKER_00I do believe he is popping in just to see how things are going. But well done to the shooters, they've come from last season uh into second spot already. Uh about 100 points, 200 points off the lead at the moment, which is nothing at this stage. Uh the big change will come when those four footy comps go in and the spring champions, uh, those two competitions there in the Tattoo Trophy, that will open things up. But right now they are sitting pretty. Uh the Wranglers, we've already spoken about. Cattle dogs, Mario, uh 1-9-0-3. Yeah, we're not going too bad, but mate, we're only uh 30 points off the Wranglers, who are only about 40 points off the shooters. Uh so the Cattle Dogs, we're going very well. Very experienced team, as we know. Uh, not as young as we were hoping for. But it doesn't matter. They're going okay, mate. I like the experienced boys, and I'm tipping Rhinestone Graham to uh be very, very strong throughout the rest of this season. And that leaves us to the team that has sat at the bottom of the ladder for, well, let's be honest, the majority of the beat the ball since the four teams came in and beat the ball ten, and that is the King Browns. What's going on? 1845 points, only about sixty off second last, but what's going on over there? I don't know. I'm I'm just, you know, it's year after year we get promised so many things, and there's so many damn good players in this team, but they haven't just quite worked it out that you're only as good as your weakest length. Uh looking at some of these things you're going to talk about later, it's you've got to get your teams to that tattoo trophy. I did a little bit of math the other night, uh with a wonderful Bordeaux in my hand, uh lovely stuff that that's one name for it, I suppose. Is that a euphemism? No, you drungers. It's a wonderful red one from my own cellar, in fact, Shadow Verma feet. And those points are massive across the year. Well, you have taken your time to work that out. Uh they are huge. Uh because there's twelve events. And if you look at it, the some of these uh triple points and double points things are worth three and a half thousand points. Uh and if you've only got six out of your ten players in it, or six out of nine or whatever it is, uh you're at a distinct disadvantage twelve times over the course of the season. But anyway, uh we're not going to give any tips away here, but uh you really should be trying to get at your utmost everyone into these competitions. That's what we're done at the Cattle Dogs, mate. We are just making sure that uh we are getting them into the contest as much as we possibly can. Because we all know Craigsy, he doesn't like that technology, and there's other guys that they're similar, and uh so we're making sure we're covering their asses, bony asses, uh, to make sure we go good. Alright, so there you are, THC Premiership after week four, one month down, and the Crocs find themselves on top, a place they're very, very familiar with.
SPEAKER_03MVP and Club Champion.
SPEAKER_00Needless to say, there's been a few changes at the top of the MVP race early in the season as well, fellas. Josh will be next, is on top. He's been up around there with Josh 421. Wind Daniel Sun second, 391.5. Goldinger Gaverby, the big mover. He's up into third for the MVPs overall, 385.5. The Crocs are doing very well indeed up there, but Manscaper Nads, he's also he's probably been the King Brown's best player over the last two years across everything. And he's doing very well in fourth spot. That he is. Uh, as we look down to that top 12, we've got Carnival, Grindstone, Robos, Pocket Rock, Smithy Win, Dukesrow, Deuvastating Dave, Erwin Geordie. There's the prize for the Wranglers, Sandy. Is he's having the season of his uh career so far, even though he's only into his second season, I may add. But three Wranglers in the top twelve. We're really happy with that. Roger that Diva brings up the rear in that top 12 MVP overall. So three crocs looking at that, three Wranglers, three cattle dogs, a couple of shooters, one King Brown. That must be a bit of a concern for you down there, Ben. No, not really. We've got Tank Rider Jason Grunton Growing, not far out of there, and Buckleys is also in there. Actually, in that middle third, we've got five players. Uh, and as we know, it's a long season. All right, shooting over to the club champion race, it's much the same at this stage. We've only had the one Tadoo Trophy event that's gone into the MVP. Um, so the club champion, the the big changes there, I suppose, uh devastating Dave and Rhinestone Graham are up a hot lot higher in those main pillar events and uh their spin-offs. Uh there's no one. Tank rider Jace, he's up there in ninth, and General Buckley's 11th, so they go from middle to top. So there we have it for the MVP race and club champion race. Uh looking down the bottom of those ladders, just to tie it all off, uh, we've got a couple of croc crocs. Mickey McKenna, the skipper, he is not having a good season to start with, and Nicobee Rising, one of his main lieutenants over the years, he is with him. They're in the bottom four. Saving private the other skipper from King Brown. So one would have to ask if he's trying.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, he reminds us a little bit of the West Tigers at the moment, isn't it? Everyone's uh saying that they're they're not trying, or King Brown's skipper, he might not be far away.
SPEAKER_00He might know exactly what's going on at the West Tigers. Well, he may indeed, who knows? Uh so that's that for that.
SPEAKER_03BTB nineteen footy comps.
SPEAKER_00Hey mate, just jump in here. Mario, who is your favourite rabbitors footballer? Oh, that's easy, mate. Kiwala Tangi. Oh, I think he's sensational. And how about your roosters one? No whacking it in the wasa, mate. No, none at all. You know, he's a great winger, very strong and powerful, uh, but it is a name that you'll never forget, is it? No whacking it in the wasa. And uh finally, uh, warriors. Oh, that's easy, mate. Took a picky and see myself, too, his best friend. They're great footballers, both of them. Thank you very much. No worries, mate. All right, we're getting down to the nitty-gritty business end of these tipping contests, no doubt about it in the world, and uh these are going to be vital because we're gonna have a stack of points go in at the same time, essentially, as far as the THC Premiership and the individual Tattoo trophy events are concerned. Let's start with the NRL tipping. Laurie, what's happening over there?
SPEAKER_01Oh, it's been another massive week, and I'll tell you what I love. That have that they've got the three Jokers this year, and these competitions, they're far from over.
SPEAKER_00There were four guys who played their jokers in NRL tipping on the weekend, and there's gonna be some prizes here, no doubt about it, with six or seven rounds to go. I think it's six now. Uh, there's those who haven't played their jokers, there's gonna be shifts everywhere on this ladder. Yeah, that may be the fact, but Strength and John's out there on 125. He had a pretty average week only collecting four winners, but he is nine points in front of Barnes' boy Dave, who had a good week. He picked seven of the eight, no joker in there though, and win Danielson. Uh they're 116, 115. Do you think they've got jokers left? Or how do you see, or how do you think this has gone? I don't think there's much. I I'd be surprised if Strength and Johnner has another Joker left. Because if he does, he is like he should be winning every NRL tip and comp in the entire world. Uh he has got a huge break at this time of the year. But seeing guys like Water Tank Matt Rainstorm next to Winneath and Manscaped and Nads last week flop out their Jokers, how many more have they got left? I mean, looking at the entire top half of the ladder, how many jokers are left? Now there'll be those guys for sure who have saved two or three, right, to spend at the end. And uh this is going to be very exciting going down to the wire. Well it is. Once you get past Strength and Jonah with that huge gap up top, uh there's not a lot in it, and it will come down to who uses their jokers, how many they got left, and when they use them. Over to the AFL tipping, much happening over there, Mario. Uh, not really, mate. That tank rotter Jace has short up into second spot, boy. Exactly. There's three who are leading on 150 points. Strength and Jonah again. Tank rotter Jace next to win ninth. But those last two, they played Jokers last weekend. So three of them tied on 150. Roger that diva Big Win Neil. They are second and then third for the Crocs. A 147, 145, and Benzabea, he is equal with Big Win Neil in third spot. Yeah, looking at that as well, Water Tank Matt's obviously decided he was going Joker week last week and played one in each comp. Rhinestone Graham, very similar. Smitty win, Lonro, Leber, and Manscaper Nads all made huge jumps up the ladder. 16 points there for Nads and Leber, which means they've tipped eight of the nine winners in the AFL. Uh, and Smitty win, he got seven. So 16, 16 of 14 points. The thing to remember this, it it does, even though there's three there on 150 in the AFL tipping, uh, the it comes down to the margin each week. So it's important you fill in that margin box, and whoever has the best or lowest margin, they take the spot. That's the tiebreaker. So that's why Strength and John are still on top from tank rider Jason next to Win Nath. But again, there's going to be Joker's galore, I have a gut feeling, that are going to be flopped out en masse over the coming week. Uh, as far as Super Coach goes, we cannot get into the website this morning to check on all of them for some reason. Uh locked us out, will not let us in. Uh, but Manscaper NAS had a huge week, huge week. And uh he is well in front now. He's taken over from Frogman Grant, so we've got a couple of King Browns up top. Uh, but at the moment it seems mainly King Brown and Wranglers, uh, some shooters thrown in there, a couple of catterdogs, maybe a crock or two. Uh, but you'll have to check that out on the weekly result pack yourself. Sorry fellas, I don't know what's going on with that website currently. You know, at the start of the year for the Supercoach players, they said this changeover to whoever's producing the platform from them is going to be amazing, immaculate. You'll get your scores more accurate and quicker. But I tell you what, I think it's been a crock of shit. Personally, uh, I don't know if they're doing much better. Alright, it doesn't really matter, but uh yeah, does it feel better that it's out of your system now? I certainly do. It feels good to vent a little bit, doesn't it?
SPEAKER_01Oh, there's been some venting through that chat group this week, just quietly too, eh? For me the ballers. Oh, it's a passionate game, Rugby League, no doubt about it.
SPEAKER_00I saw some of them. There's the odd funny line in there, but uh sometimes it gets relatively heated. Well, a lot of that's to do with timing as well, and uh, you know, uh whatever it is, it's all part fun and games. Uh no one should take that too seriously. All right, I think that's just about it. We've got one more thing to cover.
SPEAKER_03No, I don't heat bow boy, but I pity the fool. BTB 19. Hey, hey, what's on the way?
SPEAKER_00All right, as we head into August, starting this week with a five-week block of tipping and contests, and then of course we have our eliminations. The other major thing we have coming up is the Beat the Ball 20 Anniversary Tour. And August is the month where we will be doing tour nominations and then the destination reveal. Yeah, yeah, I remember how this works. So you can nominate anywhere to tour that you'd like, and then the top, you know, four or five uh they will be voted on by everyone within the tour, and that's where we'll be going for the massive 20th anniversary. How can we go overseas, mate? I would like to go overseas, you know? Lots of good golf courses and lots of stuff to do. No, it will be Australia only. So uh I'm sorry about that, anyone who's disappointed, but there's always been uh an unwritten rule within the Beatle Ball that as soon as you need to take 50 blokes overseas and you need passports, visas, and all that sort of jazz. And if anything should happen, uh no, it's just too difficult. This is we're Australia proud and we stay local. So it'll be somewhere in Australia. Has anyone heard any whispers yet where people may be voting? I I must admit I've heard a couple, two or three, and one of them has come out of the left field a little bit, and I think it's garnering some support. Well, don't say too much, Sandy, don't give it away. Oh no, not at this moment I won't. Anywhere you'd like to go, Ben? And no, I've always enjoyed the Sunshine Coast. I thought the tenth anniversary tour was excellent up there, and there is somewhat of a tradition going there for anniversary tours. Do you think the sunshine coast may get a look in? Well, somebody somewhere like Noosa, that would be very nice.
SPEAKER_01Oh yeah, anywhere up there is bloody beautiful, you know. Especially that time of year, north again.
SPEAKER_00We went to Adelaide this year in Attlewis for four or five years, I'd say, before we need to feel the cold again to help us appreciate how much that warmth means in the middle of uh the year. Yeah, well it's going to be interesting. So the voting will be very simple uh and the nominations to start with. That'll be the first process next week. Carnival has said uh he will be sending out information next week and taking nominations for the destination. There's a lot of Asians in there. That's uh I'm gonna say no need to be rude, mate, or even a little bit racist. No, no, Asian, not Asian. Uh yeah, okay, uh, you got that? Yes, mate, I still sound very, very sceptical. You know what I'm saying, mate? Okay, I'll try and be better. Um one vote per tour. Now, as we know, the currency for the Beat the Ball is the tours. You earn everything in this tour, and it's always been the same from Beatleball 9, uh sorry, beat the ball one in 2009, uh, and that won't change. If you don't like it, don't come. It's really that simple. Um so you get one vote for every tour you've made, or if it's your first year, you get one vote. So for instance, the guys who toured last year will have two votes. They'll have one for a tour that's completed and one for this coming year. And that means at the other end of the scale, guys like Mikkelby McKenna, who have been on every tour, uh, they will get uh twenty votes on where to go. Oh that makes it very strategic in itself, then, doesn't it? Well, it's just fair. The more tours you've done, the more say you should have. And it's really that simple. It's always been the way, as I said. Uh it'll be interesting, there may be some block voting going on. Oh, there's no doubt about it. The boys will get their heads together, work out their votes, pick their destination, and off we go.
SPEAKER_01The one thing I'd say is it'll be somewhere warm, I imagine.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I don't think there'd be short odds for that, wouldn't there, Bruce? Uh without doubt, my friend, we will be heading where the sun is. No doubt at all in my mind. A long dollar for odds on shot. Alright, so there it is. Look out for that next week, boys. Other than that, enjoy the week and good luck in week five. Yeah, see you ladder, boys. Man, good talking to you again. Cho for now, fellas.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, love you guys, love you. That was a bit over the top, Lottie, but I do love them, every one of them, except maybe one or two.
SPEAKER_00Uh, alright, uh, I'm out of here. Let's go. Alright, that's it.
SPEAKER_02Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, be the ball. Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit, it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how we did it as done. Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits and not point your fingers say you ain't where you want to be because of him or her or anybody. How are you doing that?