New Iron, Same Hot Takes

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A grand final loss hurts less when it teaches you more. We open with the sting of falling short in flag nationals to the same foe, then get honest about late adjustments, end‑zone calls, and why coaching accountability matters as much as referee consistency. That raw debrief sets the tone for a fast, detailed sprint through the week’s biggest rugby league stories, from the Zach Lomax contract standoff to the lure of a rugby union detour ahead of 2027—and yes, the very real hype of locking in World Cup tickets months in advance.

From Vegas’s soft‑launch atmosphere to Super League’s thunder, we compare fan cultures and what the NRL can borrow to lift noise without losing control. Then the microscope zooms in on two early barometers: the Cowboys’ worrying run of fixtures and what it means for Todd Payten, and the Bulldogs–Dragons decision that flipped a result and revived the loose‑carry vs strip debate. Injuries, edges, and high‑ball matchups come into focus as we break down every Round One clash with equal parts data and gut: Storm’s home strength against a live Eels threat, the Roosters’ lethal wings matching the Warriors’ grit, and a Broncos–Panthers blockbuster split by venue advantage versus elite systems.

Saturday turns tactical as Shark Park steadiness meets Titans volatility, while Brookvale promises chaos and lift—the forwards battle that could deliver Manly 13+. Sunday closes with Dolphins vs Rabbitohs, a razor‑thin call swayed by depth, a British spine, and form trends rather than preseason noise. Along the way we keep it human—small joys like a new iron, big plans like a World Cup run—and stay committed to clear standards on the field so the best teams actually decide the football.

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Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:00

Hello and welcome to another episode of They've Been Doing It All Day, sir. The Cowboys went bust in Vegas. Let's get stuck in. How was your weekend, mate? Yeah, not too bad. Not too bad. Thank you very much. Had the uh the old tag, uh the old flag national championships at the weekend. So I had a wonderful few days in in Blacktown. Um and the result? Uh lost in the final again, unfortunately. Um but you know, another another year of fantastic development and and and growth with within the sport, so can't really argue on that.

SPEAKER_01 0:33

A lot of learning, a lot of learning. I remember when I played Contact American football for the London Warriors, we um got to our first two finals and lost, and then we went on an absolute rampage of winning like six in a row, seven in a row. So yeah, the uh the first victory, the first tournament winners around the corner.

SPEAKER_00 0:51

Yeah, it's it's it is really frustrating because like in within the flag realm, I've been at three finals, one one, lost two, and it's it's the two of it lost to the exact same team. Um bit of I think like you said, there's a lot of learning from probably myself from a coaching perspective, I could have called things a little bit better. Um could have made adjustments a lot quicker, but you know, it's it's just the way way things roll sometimes. Um no controversial calls like last year, no um maybe one or two. Especially, I think it was more not controversial, more consistency. I think it would be the issue. Um there was one called on on our one of our defensive players in the end zone on the fourth down, which would have ended the game, but they called contact on it, and it was just a natural coming together, whereas there was other instances throughout the game where Queensland defenders were flying into our receivers and nothing would be called. So it's it's it it's again just that consistency. And then there was a um there was a down that got called over halfway on the fourth, which I don't think she made it, but you know.

SPEAKER_01 1:53

I don't think she did either.

SPEAKER_00 1:54

She was definitely tagged short, but so but you know, you you but you can't rely, you can't rely on the refs to be able to get you over the line. We we we we should have probably done better, um, myself including in closing that closing out the game there. Fair enough. Um, but other than that, fantastic cramp campaign. Just like I said last time, I couldn't be a prouder of all of them. Like it's some fantastic performances put on put on display. Um and a great another great year of development through throughout the for the whole whole of being a bit bit um biased, but from the whole defensive unit.

SPEAKER_01 2:28

Well, at least this year it don't look like you're gonna be in tears when you say that.

SPEAKER_00 2:32

It's it's uh it's it's yeah, it's this one as this one didn't hurt as much. Um don't get me wrong, it's still it still hurts, and you still reflect of like what could I have done more to to help them win. Um but that'll other all bees the case, and that I suppose that's a good sign of a good coach is someone who actually cares and wants to wants to keep going.

SPEAKER_01 2:50

Indeed. Well, if it makes you feel any better, the highlight of my weekend, which I was actually buzzing for, and this shows how old I'm actually getting. We bought a new iron. Oh wow. And do you know what? I've never looked so crease-free in my life. What did you go for? Um, some brawn thing. It wasn't the most expensive thing, it wasn't the cheapest thing, but it glides like I'm that's one of the big steam-based ones, or just only it's a little little manual, little um nimble thing that just has this little cord at the back that goes around, you're not getting caught up. And nice, you know, you're just able to get in those areas and you're just able to just look fresh. I don't think my shirts have been ironed so much in their life. I was so excited to get a new iron and ironing board. So treating ourselves, you know what I mean? Living the dream, treating ourselves. But um, some big dramas today in the NRL. Big Zaki Lomax. Yep, very much so. Huge implications, I think, for um where he ends up, what he does with the next stage of his career, but also I think it's a win for contracts, yeah, and an actual contract meaning what it is. Yeah, so yeah, 100%.

SPEAKER_00 3:57

Um, but to be fair, when he does arrive at the storm, if he does end up arriving at the storm, like it's just ridiculous. That's that's as we were discussing last week, they've now got they'll have the two best aerial threats.

SPEAKER_01 4:07

At least it can't be until October or November 1, 2027.

SPEAKER_00 4:11

So he's gonna have to just take a year out.

SPEAKER_01 4:15

But there was some chat. I was listening on the radio on the way over here, triple M that like there are a few teams that because the ills want someone in return, right? They want a player in return. So a few teams that are potentially sniffing around that could offer some players and shock horror manly were one of the teams that are like, oh, you never know, could offer Jason Saab or Ruben Garrick to get Zach Lomax over. But Garrick's gonna be Garrick for a year, because that that would then be the remainder of what Zach Lomax. Well, I know Zach Lomax had a five-year deal, so I'm chatting more for there, but it'd see him out on the till that end of 2027 bit where they agreed to. Um I wouldn't be mad at it.

SPEAKER_00 4:52

I wouldn't be mad at it one bit. But it but it is also funny that a storm are going to be playing the Eels on Thursday, so that's uh Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 4:57

Can you imagine if it would have all like if it would have come to a conclusion for the storm and they would have got him ahead of the Eels? That would have been absolute madness. But I do like I said, I do think that for the integrity of what a contract means, it now stops any player going um uh I want to go on another venture, I want to do something else, and then two months later turn him around and go into um another team. But where do you think he's gonna end up? I think rugby union, if I'm being honest.

SPEAKER_00 5:24

Yeah, uh he'll have it, he'll have a year in in union.

SPEAKER_01 5:27

Um World Cup 27. Yeah, wallabies. Yeah, I reckon we could see him, I reckon he could be there. That's one thing. Did we mention that last week? I don't know. We're going to the uh World Cup final, we've got tickets to the rugby world cup final. Depend like I think we we're very much jumped ahead of the uh oh, we planned England's route to the final, yeah, and it's not looking good at the getting uh spanked by Scotland, and then who did we play last week? Oh no, there isn't again again. Sorry, I meant the week before Ireland. We got towed up by Ireland, fumbled by Ireland, and then got absolutely turned over by Scotland. Yeah, um, at least we beat Wales though, which are our main competition in our group, but they took Scotland close last week as well.

SPEAKER_00 6:04

So it could be an interesting, it could be an interesting 12 months, I could say.

SPEAKER_01 6:08

It can be, and I'm we are gonna be watching um how England develop closely because we've invested a fair bit of coin into planning the fact that England are gonna win their group and get as far as they can in the competition. But look, we've got tickets to semi-finals, finals, quarterfinals, whichever, whatever it's gonna be, it's gonna be a fantastic event to go to.

SPEAKER_00 6:25

Again, again, showing the the availability of tickets. Like I think what we've we've spent$500 on uh the pool game against Wales, quarter final, semi-final, and final.

SPEAKER_01 6:36

Um it helps to be a part of the 2027 people that got one of those super fan passes.

SPEAKER_00 6:41

And then it's what the about 250 quid, I think, equivalent, where it's a day out in Twickenham. You're paying north of that. So I think we've done quite well there.

SPEAKER_01 6:51

We have, and it just adds another one to those sporting things. Hopefully, we don't have to fork out for for much more sporting event-wise. We've we've done a fair bit.

SPEAKER_00 6:59

I'm okay at the moment.

SPEAKER_01 7:00

Yeah, I know. Tell me about it. Um, Vegas kicked off over the weekend. It did. It's like it feels like a round minus one. It doesn't feel like the NRL's probably kicked off yet.

SPEAKER_00 7:11

No, yeah, and it and to to be fair, uh it's quite funny how we ended last week by saying we'll probably be sat here with uh with a with a knights and a dragons win. Very close there. Very close. Um, yeah, it was great, it's great, it's great, always great to have a mix there. Um, super league, um, as well as as the two NRL games. So it it just it just shows the the growth, but it also shows the difference in in in atmospheres as well, I think.

SPEAKER_01 7:38

We've said this a million times before. Like this, it could be such a tri well, it is a tribal sport over here, but it's not tribal to the level of what the whole KR fans and what the Leeds fans were um passionate about at the weekend, like they were chanting the whole game. I read this thing that the DJs just didn't bother playing music at what at some point because the crowd were just going absolutely bonkers, and you could see even the celebrations at the end after Mike Acevo just absolutely torn them apart, even though unfairly he was being interviewed by Fox whilst the rest of the team were over getting a photo in front of the crowd. But they the both teams, even though whole KR got smashed, their fans were like fantastic as well.

SPEAKER_00 8:21

Different, different, it's different gravy. Um, and it's it it's they have the a little respect as well, which which you know gets gets gets the crowd going. Um, but just just shows there's as we've always said the massive difference, and it it can it could get like that. Yeah over here just needs to needs a little bit of a segregation, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 8:40

Not that it's something we advocate for, but segregate segregation with bits.

SPEAKER_00 8:45

Definitely having to explain yourself on that one, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 8:48

But fans, segregating fans, home and away fans is the pathway I was going down. Yeah, but uh two NRL games obviously happened and we both got the first one wrong. We thought the uh Queensland Cowboys were gonna do over the Newcastle Knights, but the the Cowboys look in trouble already.

SPEAKER_00 9:07

Yeah, and I don't know whether it was a case of the Knights just look looked good because they were playing the Cowboys, or it was a case of the Knights uh could actually be okay. Um we were saying just before we started recording we started recording Fleshed Fletcher Sharp was looking ridiculous.

SPEAKER_01 9:23

If he would have if he hadn't have done his what's now turned out to be his PCL, he's out for three weeks. I reckon they would have absolutely torn the cowboys apart. He was causing problems all over the park. He was phenomenal, phenomenal. The only uh the only thing that I was I'm not quick to judge like what the Knights Cowboys because we haven't seen the rest of the competition.

SPEAKER_00 9:44

No, no, and that's and that's and that's what I mean. I was uh when I was sat watching it, it was a case of is this really a a statement of where they are as as as teams? Because I don't you can't, as you say, you just can't compare to anything. I suppose you can compare to the dragons bulldogs, but even that didn't really set the world a lot.

SPEAKER_01 10:01

Nah. Um I look at the next few fixtures for the Cowboys, right? They've got the Tigers at Lycart, Tigers have got around a by around one, so they're gonna be absolutely pumped for that. Lycart Oval's gonna be in on fire. That's gonna be difficult for them. They've then got the Titans, see how they start the season last year. The Titans started the season well, even though they lost to the Bulldogs, they were free-flowing, high scoring. Then they've got the Storm, then they've got the Dragons, which will be interesting to see, and then they've got the Broncos, then Manley. Like then the Sharks, then the Bulldogs, then the Eels, then the Roosters. That I can't I can't see them winning a game. If they don't win, if they don't beat the Tigers or the Titans, I can't see them winning a game before round. Yeah, it's gonna be a long they might get their first two points in round 15 when they have their bye, which is potential carnage. I think Todd Payton's walking on absolute tightrope if he doesn't get a result next weekend. I know there was a review that said um he's got until round 10.

SPEAKER_00 11:02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 11:03

There's too many coaches sniffing around NRL jobs to be saying round 10.

SPEAKER_00 11:07

100%. And with the way the whole KR are going at the millet moment, I don't know how long much much longer Willie Peters uh has got. So I mean they won the world club challenge, which yeah, you could say saved him for a bit, but they haven't done two world domestic batteries. Um they could be he could be, and there's enough NRL teams that are gonna are sniffing around him.

SPEAKER_01 11:27

So it's well Brad Off, Leeds Leeds uh coach, he wants to come back to the NRL. Like I heard them talk about it earlier on um the bye round. Like, if you had a choice of Perth, Cowboys, or PNG, you're picking Townsville every day of the week because they're an established team, so you know what you're getting with the Cowboys, whereas those other ones you don't really know what you're getting. Um, but yeah, they are in dire straits. What was your thoughts of the uh Bulldogs Dragons?

SPEAKER_00 11:56

Um I think it's been very much attacking the right right edge for the Bulldogs. Uh Lucky Galvin enjoys that little little pop-off to Preston, yeah. Um which which they they scored from, which which was really and it it is quite funny when you talk about referee and inconsistencies. Um the line and the pass that he passed he he did to Preston. Look forward, look forward, but then later in the game got called for it. And I was like, there's not a lot of difference between those two. They they they seem ideas.

SPEAKER_01 12:31

It's exactly the same shape as well, weren't it? Like he was pretty much running at the same defender and was going to step him and go in, and then got called forward. Um, also, I don't think the the refs are that red hot on head contacts at the moment either, because I think Crichton was very lucky to we got done, he got done, but again, it it seems like Reese Walsh, Crichton, and Cleary can't get a suspension for a high shot. Like they can literally do whatever they want and not get a suspension. Fines handed out. Um well, I don't know. Yeah. The the controversy comes with the the call for me. It's a 50-50, right? Is it uh loose carry?

SPEAKER_00 13:07

Is it a strip? I th I I thought I thought it was a loose carry personally. I don't think it was a strip. I don't think there's enough in there. If because if that had been challenged, uh it would have been it would have been overturned because he there's no there's no strip in motion in in there.

SPEAKER_01 13:22

Yeah, and he's it looks like he's pulling his arm away, not at the ball, he's pulling his arm away. And then you think that um uh there's 40 seconds to go, game probably ends in a draw. Dragons walk away from that and go, it's a good result. Like we didn't play the best at points we did, but we defended well, and we've come away from a team that uh hopefully going to be battling for the the top four, and we've got a draw from first game of the season, which is a great result. So it's like you're talking about in flag football, it's the consistency because didn't someone do something similar in the first half? I can't remember who it was, but um, and it got called a loose carry. So it's the consistency of of the calls that that we want, and we just want a fair game.

SPEAKER_00 14:04

We just want yeah, we just want a fair game. But uh what one thing I do have to laugh laugh at is the amount of people that lined up to try and take the the the extra kick, especially for for dragons. I think they had Val Holmes have an attempt, they had uh Daniel Atkinson again. They were just all lining up to try and try and have it have a uh have a crack at it, and it they were just they're getting nowhere near. I know some of them had the legs, but they were just so wide.

SPEAKER_01 14:31

Like I look back at our um ladder predictions now for last week, and we had the dragons, cowboys, and knights in the bottom three. I don't think like it felt they felt like that first game, like a bit of a low-quality game. Again, don't want to judge too early, but I think we might be on the right lines of having them towards the bottom of the table. It just all depends how the knights go about Fletcher Sharp for a few weeks and then how they go beyond that. See if Dylan Brown lives up to his money.

SPEAKER_00 14:57

And then and that's the thing is Ponga Ponger looked on as well. So that's that that that's also good if you that he he stays fit. Um, but again, if they just if they have their their injuries far too early, it could cause it could cause issues for them and and they could drop quite quickly.

SPEAKER_01 15:12

Yeah, well, let's get into round one proper. Let's get into um having a look at this. Is something that we're gonna do, try and not look at team sheets until we film this. So I've avoided the Manly team sheet for uh this week. We kick off on Thursday night, 8 pm, down in Melbourne, as you mentioned earlier. We got the Melbourne Storm at$1.42 against the Paramount Ears at$2.89. Um, where you going?

SPEAKER_00 15:47

Uh just looking at the uh team lists here as well. Um that was it. So just looking at the ears, the gentleman that we were trying to I was trying to remember was Josiah Papaliti last week. He was the one that carved it up against Manley. Um looking at it from I think this could be a close game, you know. Um I am going with the Storm as it is at home and uh probably continue from last year and be the flat trap bullies. Um but I can I can I I've got I'm just gonna the way I was with the Tigers, probably at the start of last season, I'll probably be with the Eels. Um and and want them to do well, but um no, I'm gonna go for the Storm in this one.

SPEAKER_01 16:34

Yeah, same, I think. Storm probably got a bit too much, although not having Eli Cartoa will be an interesting one. Not having um coats as well, being out for a few weeks. Be interesting to see how they go under the highball, especially because that was one of their main weapons. I reckon the ills could cause a scare here, but maybe not necessarily an update. So I'm gonna go update. Upset, so I'm gonna go storm.

SPEAKER_00 17:03

That brings us into Friday uh six o'clock at the Go Media Stadium in Auckland, uh, where we've got the New Zealand Warriors at$2.57 against the Sydney Roosters at$1.51.

SPEAKER_01 17:16

Yeah, we got DCE making his first competitive performance for the Sydney Roosters playing six. And did you see um Andrew John's interview with him and Walker? He took a few pot shots in the uh in it. He was like, Oh, I'm at a club. I decided to join a club that I feel um something like they could they could back up what they were saying when they meant winning a title or something like that. It was a bit underhanded, a bit tongue-in-cheek. It was um for me though, the roosters are just too good. Like their wingers are something else. No wanganitawas an absolute weapon, Sam Walker's too good, their forward pack as well. Just they're animals, yeah. I think they're all animals. Um I reckon the roosters in this one.

SPEAKER_00 18:07

Yeah, I I think I agree with you on that one. Um, I was just looking at the the New Zealand, the Warriors back line there, and it's it's it's a solid back line, but then you you you put in the comparisons and you're just like the only win, maybe sort of I I can't even justify anything to be honest. Like the the roosters just stand away with it, and they've they've got the they've got the the the Mongrel up front to be able to back it up as well. Um so I mean the Warriors have a good front row, but then the the Roosters match it for me. Yeah, um so I'll go I'm gonna I'm gonna join you with the with the Roosters.

SPEAKER_01 18:41

Then what a game we have at 8 pm at the Suncorp in Brisbane. We have the$1.70 Brisbane Broncos, new logo Brisbane Broncos against the next year new stadium, Penriff Panthers, at$2.16. Tough one this. Both we've got to be in our top four.

SPEAKER_00 19:03

I'm I'm gonna go for Brisbane because it's in Brisbane. Um I think especially at the Song Corp, it's it's gonna be I think it's gonna be an end uh end-to-end end-to-end game. Um but I'm just I'm just I think the Broncos are just gonna pip it.

SPEAKER_01 19:22

I'm gonna go Panthers. I reckon from what I saw of the Broncos in the Club World challenge. A bit worrying, will you? I think they're just slow starters, and I've got a feeling that Penrith are gonna come out their gates just absolutely firing. And I reckon the Panthers are gonna get this one done.

SPEAKER_00 19:40

Okay, brilliant. And then that brings us into uh Saturday, the 5 30 kickoff at the Ocean Protect Stadium in Sydney. Has it been renamed? I was just I was just looking. Um I mean obviously it's Shark Park, but yeah, it's uh Ocean Protect. How nice. New sponsors. There we go. Um, we've got the Sharks at$1.25 against the Titans at$4. That is that is a wild for an omen opening game of the season.

SPEAKER_01 20:12

I'd be tempted to lump on that, you know, because anything can happen in the opening game of the season. Definitely with the sharks as well. Sharks and like the Titans, I don't think are too terrible. They've got like new coach, few good-looking players in there, not attractive. I mean, good looking on the ball, like in preseason, they looked all right. Nah, sharks gonna get it done at home, yeah. Sharks are gonna get it done at home.

SPEAKER_00 20:38

Sharks at home. I think, yeah, 100% uh they'll they'll they'll do it, but yeah, they'll just get over the line, I think.

SPEAKER_01 20:46

And then it's the first rollout at Brookie Oval, four pines apart. We have the$1.91 Manly Sea Eagles against the$1.93 Canberra Raiders. First time we're looking at the team sheet.

SPEAKER_00 21:04

Ah, okay.

SPEAKER_01 21:08

Okay. Who've we got? Sab Kona Garrick at centers, Brooks Foggity, Paseka Takihaho, that was kind of Simkin, Oliquato, Ben, Jake. Big man, big man at 14, Joey Walsh, love to see that.

SPEAKER_00 21:29

That's the big I think so what's what will happen there? I reckon Walsh will come on and Brooks will go to nine.

SPEAKER_01 21:35

Yeah, because uh Brandon Wacom's at 19, so we haven't got a natural nine to cover cover on the bench. Yeah. Core, we've gone forward heavy.

SPEAKER_00 21:45

Kobe Heavyton, Ethan Bolleball, Nathan like, yeah. Okay. I'm not mad at this sign up. No, I'm not mad. I like it. I'm not I like my only change I would make would maybe put Kobe at 13 and Jake in at um in at 10. But Other than that, I can't wait to see Biseka back. It'd be really good. Like you look you look at the back lines, you go Trovoyovic Weeks, Turbo, Saab, Tamale, probably just Tamali. Saab defensively. Kola Sasagi. I'd say cola. Yeah. Without a shadow of a doubt. Garrick Chris, I think they're very they're very similar.

SPEAKER_01 22:23

I'd say Chris is more powerful.

SPEAKER_00 22:27

Chris is more powerful. Um, whereas Garrick is just very more skillful. Yeah. Defensively, I think I'd say they're on par, and then you've got Lee Hapawata and Xavier Savage, two exciting players. Um and then Ethan Strange, Luke Brooks, Mal Foggati, Ethan Sanders. Like, I I reckon Manley just picked that in the back line.

SPEAKER_01 22:44

Be interesting to see how they go about Fogerty. Like first competitive game, they didn't do too well in the preseason.

SPEAKER_00 22:49

So that that the the game would be won in the forwards. Yeah, and that's and that's what Manley needs to do is they need to shut down the likes of Tom Stalin, Hudson Young, Corey Horse.

SPEAKER_01 23:01

Didn't we get we got turned over by this third game of the season? No, fourth game of the season last year, didn't we? We battered them. Oh, did we batter them? Yeah. All that I can remember, maybe because I'd had a few too many four-point Japanese lagers. Yeah, we put about 30-40 points past them. I thought you'd say 30-40 pints. Um we probably did, but yeah, I just remember them scoring early. And did we just go on the rampage after that? We must have.

SPEAKER_00 23:23

Um, yeah, we we I I can't remember what it was away, but yeah, we beat them 40-12 at home. Ah, yeah. So third game of the season. Boys are gonna be up, but where's your cash? Uh Manly. Uh people will know this by now. I do not bet against them. Um, we lost 28-12 to them at their their place. So um, but no, I'm gonna I'm gonna go for Manly. I'm going Manly, I'm going Manly 13 plus. Manly 13 plus.

SPEAKER_01 23:50

I reckon Jamal Foggetty is gonna be sticking, but then saying that, Kayra Weeks knows he's been training under those Foggity high balls all of last year, so he might be able to be better positioned. It's different with Brookie Hill and about different and the ocean breeze coming off, you know, it's gonna be swirling about all over the gaff. So we'll see, but yeah, manly 13 plus.

SPEAKER_00 24:08

Uh, and then the only game on the Sunday, um, five past four up at Suncorp Stadium. We've got the Dolphins at a dollar eighty-four again against the Rabbit Hoes at two dollars. I think this could be one of the closest odds, odds games.

SPEAKER_01 24:21

I reckon this could be a good game, you know. Be interesting to see again what the rabbit hows are like, um, not in preseason mode, in competitive mode, but these are these are two promising teams going up against each other. Like both of these are going to be fighting for top eight. I've got the dolphins in the top four. I think they uh have got the potential to go well this week this year. I look it, they're both stacked. Could Alex Johnson break the record as well? You know, was he need three more tries? He might not do it this week, but um, I definitely think he'll he'll get one core tough on this one. I think the Dolphins for me.

SPEAKER_00 24:57

Yeah, I'm gonna go for the Dolphins as well. Big big Morgan Knowles has been named as well in the second row. Good to see. Um, with old uh Herbie in there as well. Um bit of a British contingency up there in the Red Cliff area. Um might might Dolphins might be starting my second team. Um but but no, I've I I I think I think the Dolphins are just gonna just gonna nip it. Yeah, it'll be a very good like there's some very good fixtures this weekend.

SPEAKER_01 25:25

I look at I do look at the Rabbit O's pack. I know I've tipped the Dolphins, but Fafita was outstanding against Manley. Kaloma Tungi is a workhorse, but then saying that not a lot else. Not a lot else. Well that like respect to them, they are NRL players, but I look at Dolphins, I think yeah, they've potentially got it. And you look at the bench as well. Yeah, um, obviously uh Brandon Smith out of a calf muscles, so that's probably upset the Apple cart a bit for their plans, so yeah, yeah, Dolphins.

SPEAKER_00 25:55

And that's it for our uh our tips. Let's just see how many we get wrong. Um so I think we're we're we're always in quite the low, low end of the things with our tips. Um so be good to get the first round on the way, even though I'm gonna be out at Black Talion again this weekend for the uh for the for the juniors tournament as I'm I'm helping out the coaching there again. Um so I'll I'll be keeping up to date. I'll be like the last the last game on the Saturday finishes at how big are we going on Saturday, by the way? Not very casual, casual, just a casual. I'll be finishing up at five, quarter past five, five thirty. So I'll be legging it to then get down the ground. So you can you and Chris can have a a can waiting for me when I when it when it gets sat down. Fair play, fair play. Um that everything? I think so. Any other sport? Uh blues have just getting battered, got battered by Middlesbrough this morning. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_01 26:49

That was fun. Chelsea against Arsenal, Arsenal, the tactics at corners from Arsenal. Just grabbing on, like just blow blow a whistle round. Everton are the exact same as well. Yeah. Um, but no, if um oh subscribe. That's what we want people to do. That's that's always what we want people to do. So if you've enjoyed this episode and if you're new around here, hit that like button, subscribe, uh, follow along to see how terrible we do in our tips, and you can join our tipping competition as well. So get get signed up. I think there's a couple of people that are involved, but I'll stick we'll stick the description. We'll stick the description, we'll stick the link down in the description below. But yeah, hit that subscribe button and follow along to see what we do next week, and we'll catch you in the next one.

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