Full Transcript for 'AFL IS PAYING $3M FOR KYLIE?!': Why V'landys is RIGHT to bin NRL GF entertainment | NRL FINALS

purist. 00:02:08 Speaker 2: Yeah, but you're a footy. 00:02:09 Speaker 4: Zero. 00:02:09 Speaker 2: You're a nerd. 00:02:10 Speaker 4: You're a purist. 00:02:10 Speaker 3: Zero. 00:02:11 Speaker 2: And respectfully, football nerd. 00:02:13 Speaker 3: I do not care at all. No, he's just a nerd. I've actually gone and seen Tones and I. I actually like Tones and I. 00:02:19 Speaker 2: Yeah. 00:02:19 Speaker 1: Yeah. 00:02:20 Speaker 3: What about the baguettes. 00:02:22 Speaker 4: Or Tones and I? 00:02:23 Speaker 3: Well, I got dragged by my wife. 00:02:24 Speaker 4: Oh, I was going to say. 00:02:24 Speaker 3: But I actually didn't mind it. You bought tickets to that concert? It was at the Animal Theater a couple of years ago, yeah. 00:02:29 Speaker 4: Wow. I saw. 00:02:31 Speaker 3: Kept getting delayed because of COVID. 00:02:32 Speaker 4: What's that guy's name who sings, you were amazing? Oh, Lloyd. 00:02:36 Speaker 3: Lloyd. 00:02:37 Speaker 4: Yeah, I saw him at the ML. 00:02:38 Speaker 2: What's his name? 00:02:39 Speaker 4: That was my wedding song. Matt Lloyd and Jack Lloyd. What's his name? 00:02:43 Speaker 3: Alex Lloyd. 00:02:44 Speaker 2: Alex Lloyd. 00:02:44 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:02:45 Speaker 3: I know the song. 00:02:46 Speaker 2: Yeah. 00:02:46 Speaker 4: That's great. 00:02:48 Speaker 3: Thanks, Brent. 00:02:49 Speaker 4: But Barnes, he'd be awesome. 00:02:50 Speaker 2: John Stevens. 00:02:51 Speaker 1: Do you reckon this gets rectified? I'm over the moon because all the money is going to grassroots junior league. 00:02:57 Speaker 4: Yeah, you love that. 00:02:57 Speaker 2: And I love my junior league. 00:02:58 Speaker 4: What are they going to give? 00:02:59 Speaker 3: What are they going to give in common? Like $ 3 million on it? 00:03:02 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:03:02 Speaker 3: What a waste of money. 00:03:03 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:03:04 Speaker 2: It is a waste of money. 00:03:05 Speaker 3: Seriously. 00:03:05 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:03:07 Speaker 1: I'd. 00:03:07 Speaker 4: I'd love it if they got some of those old, old, I use affectionately. 00:03:13 Speaker 2: Well, they're very popular, mate. 00:03:13 Speaker 4: Some of those old Aussie rockers up there. John Stevens would be awesome. Imagine if he did some, he wants to do like a John Farnham tribute. Any payment goes to the John Farnham charity. 00:03:22 Speaker 2: Oh, that's nice. 00:03:23 Speaker 4: It's a great idea. 00:03:23 Speaker 3: Yeah. 00:03:24 Speaker 4: Right? Johnny Stevens, he's a rocker from way back then. And he's a league fan. 00:03:29 Speaker 2: Yeah. 00:03:29 Speaker 4: He's a Warriors slash Storm fan, I think, John Stevens. Yeah. But he'd be great. You can't lose. If it offers galore. 00:03:35 Speaker 1: Because I haven't actually asked PBL this one, but have you thought there's going to be a backflip of sorts? 00:03:40 Speaker 4: I don't think so, no. I don't get the impression there will be. 00:03:43 Speaker 1: It would only be on the basis of the artist donating

it to charity where PBL just goes, oh, that's a no-brainer. 00:03:49 Speaker 4: Which, I mean, that's not a bad idea. 00:03:50 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a great result. 00:03:51 Speaker 4: Yeah. And those guys would cost a fraction of what Bones and I would cost. 00:03:55 Speaker 2: Let's just go back to Mick. 00:03:56 Speaker 1: What would you like? Because you don't care, how are you going to fill your space between... NRLW Grand Final Full-Time Siren and NRL Kickoff. 00:04:06 Speaker 3: Talking to people. There's plenty of types around for us. 00:04:08 Speaker 4: Can I guess what you'd like? You know when they get punters out of the crowd and. 00:04:13 Speaker 3: They go catch footballs? You know what I'd rather see? You know what I'd rather see? 00:04:17 Speaker 2: Mascot race? 00:04:17 Speaker 3: Grand Final Sprint. Give me that any day of the week. 00:04:20 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:04:21 Speaker 3: Really. Then some band that I don't generally care about performing in. But the acoustics are rubbish. You can't hear them anyway. 00:04:27 Speaker 4: That's a good idea. $ 100, 000 of the winner. 00:04:29 Speaker 3: I'd rather see that. 00:04:30 Speaker 1: Do you think that appeases to all fans that are there? 00:04:34 Speaker 2: Because there are one-time fans at Grand Final. 00:04:36 Speaker 3: You know what it's more for, I reckon? 00:04:38 Speaker 2: One-game fans. 00:04:39 Speaker 3: I'm not sure it's around the crowd. It's probably more the people watching at home and the broadcaster. Absolutely. Channel 9 are filthy. 00:04:44 Speaker 4: The funders would love to see that, though, I reckon. 00:04:46 Speaker 3: What's that? 00:04:47 Speaker 4: Jason Saab v. 00:04:48 Speaker 1: Josh. 00:04:48 Speaker 4: Oh, no, no, no. 00:04:49 Speaker 3: I'm talking about the entertainment, right? Like the people that are at the game. 90% aren't going. 00:04:53 Speaker 2: For the- That's background noise. You think it's background noise? 00:04:56 Speaker 1: Yeah. 00:04:57 Speaker 3: Mostly, right? But it's for the TV broadcast where I can get that, right? Nine are filthy. 00:05:02 Speaker 4: This all got out because nine were filthy. There was no entertainment. 00:05:05 Speaker 1: Yeah. 00:05:06 Speaker 3: I mean- That's what I can understand. 00:05:08 Speaker 4: Maybe the coverage should get better. 00:05:10 Speaker 2: Have you got the backstory? 00:05:11 Speaker 3: I can understand that. 00:05:11 Speaker 2: Have you got the backstory how this story got out? 00:05:14 Speaker 4: Well, my understanding was that Peter notified nine that there would be no entertainment, and that's how it filtered out. 00:05:22 Speaker 2: Through the nine. 00:05:23 Speaker 4: Nine were not happy about it. Right. That's how it got out. That's my understanding. I stand corrected. 00:05:28 Speaker 1: Do you think the nine relationship with NRL is strong at the moment or fragile? 00:05:32 Speaker 4: Not particularly, no. No, I don't think so. 00:05:34 Speaker 3: It should be kind of strong.

Didn't they just do a new broadcast? 00:05:36 Speaker 2: They did do a new broadcast. 00:05:37 Speaker 4: But nine had to do it out of necessity, Mick. 00:05:39 Speaker 2: It doesn't feel right. 00:05:40 Speaker 4: Yeah. I don't think it's as strong as a Fox relationship, Dave. 00:05:44 Speaker 3: Gus Gould's in doubt too. Big news. 00:05:46 Speaker 2: So run us through this. 00:05:48 Speaker 3: Are you talking prelim or grand final? Prelim and grand final. 00:05:52 Speaker 4: Did we ever get an update on how severe it was? 00:05:55 Speaker 2: This is 12 months, almost 12 months to the day that he was in hospital last year. 00:05:59 Speaker 3: Yeah, for that heart condition last year. But yeah, Gus has got a back issue. There were some fears that he was going to have a surgery on it, but he's avoided surgery so far. 00:06:09 Speaker 4: He never got back to you? 00:06:10 Speaker 3: He didn't get back to me, no. 00:06:12 Speaker 4: We send our best wishes to Gus, though. His back injuries can be. 00:06:16 Speaker 3: I doubt he's there on Friday if he's got a fly. But hopefully I'll be at the games I won't be watching Of course the big Are you going to Brisbane? No on Sunday Oh I can't see Friday I'll be watching Fox. 00:06:28 Speaker 4: Yeah Yeah Yeah hopefully he's alright Because Of course Back injuries can be A nightmare right So We wish you our best Gus We know we Bag you sometimes. 00:06:39 Speaker 3: But You've bagged him plenty Yeah But hope you're good Hope you're good buddy Hope you pull. 00:06:43 Speaker 4: Through Hope you're good Make it to the grand final We understand Stop. 00:06:46 Speaker 2: Talking Enough. 00:06:49 Speaker 1: We understand the prelims are on, but there hasn't been a major story this week that our colleague Brent Reid broke early this week, and it is in relation to Latrell Mitchell's future. 00:07:00 Speaker 2: At South Sydney. 00:07:03 Speaker 1: It comes as somewhat of a surprise. However, if you had been following the commentary of South Sydney, they have some 20 players. 00:07:12 Speaker 2: Off contract for the end of 27, and. 00:07:16 Speaker 1: Probably a month or two ago, Blake Solley made the comment that we aren't doing anything until the finals are over. We'd been obsessed with Penrith not doing anything until the finals were over and a couple of other clubs, but we sort of let South Sydney sleep, get through the cracks a bit. And so we get to this situation where the finals are over for us. And the question is asked, what are you doing with Luttrell? 00:07:40 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:07:41 Speaker 2: And here we are. 00:07:42 Speaker 4: Yeah. And look, I mean, they're not in any rush, although Dave– I get the sense we'll know more next week, next Tuesday. They've got a board meeting next Tuesday where Luttrell's future will be on the agenda because deals of that magnitude itself, they've got to be ratified by the board. 00:08:00 Speaker 2: Yeah, at a board level. 00:08:01 Speaker 4: So there's a chance, I imagine, next Tuesday they will make a decision about how this progresses, whether they put an offer to Luttrell, how significant the offer is. So there is a chance they put an offer to him before, as early as next. 00:08:14 Speaker 2: Week, right? 00:08:14 Speaker 4: Mm-hmm. Then we've got to see how it plays out. But that story obviously came out this week because the indications were they were in no rush. Now, because it's now come out, I think that's fast-tracked things. That's had the result of, I guess, Luttrell's camp and South Suspoken. And Wayne's come out publicly and said he wants to keep Luttrell. But next Tuesday is sort of D-Day for Luttrell and his future at South Sydney, I reckon. 00:08:42 Speaker 1: All my communication with South Sydney is a real sense of, absolute disappointment the way this season ended, meekly out of the finals. 00:08:52 Speaker 2: That was their first final appearance since 2022. 00:08:56 Speaker 1: This is a club that has– it's a well-run club. It has massive resources. It has the super coach at the helm. It has a roster with origin players, the Larks, and they're just fed up. 00:09:09 Speaker 2: It's a line in the sand moment. They've got to make some. 00:09:12 Speaker 1: Tough calls to get it– To get into the premiership contention, they need to fix their spine. 00:09:18 Speaker 2: How do you do that? You need to free up significant cap money. 00:09:22 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:09:22 Speaker 2: And it feels like. 00:09:22 Speaker 1: Luttrell slash Cody could be the four guys. Cody shouldn't be the four guy at all. 00:09:28 Speaker 2: Well, he's a cheapie anyway. 00:09:29 Speaker 3: The Cody situation's completely different to Luttrell. They need to keep Cody for next year. They will not play finals 40 without Cody Walker next year. That's clear as day for mine because you talk around the spine, he's still their most valuable player in that 1-6-7-9. 00:09:42 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:09:44 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's an interesting one because it's not just Luttrell. That's a November 1 guy. Brandon Smith, Campbell Graham, Jack White. 00:09:49 Speaker 4: Tellus Duncan. 00:09:50 Speaker 3: Tellus Duncan. I think it's Tevita Totola one. I'm not sure around Tevita Totola. 00:09:55 Speaker 4: I think Tellus Duncan's close to getting done, Mick. That's my impression. 00:09:58 Speaker 3: Yep, same. 00:09:59 Speaker 4: Because that was the one. guy that when they put all those talks on hold, he was the one guy they kept negotiating with. 00:10:05 Speaker 2: Penrith have a pecking order with their recruitment. It feels like Talis is number one. 00:10:08 Speaker 4: Oh, he is number one. 00:10:09 Speaker 3: But he's the only one that they've been actively speaking to. That's right. 00:10:13 Speaker 4: And his deal's gone to the board. The board's ratified it. 00:10:16 Speaker 2: It'll get done. 00:10:17 Speaker 4: It's on the table for Talis to go. Tick off, basically. 00:10:19 Speaker 3: Yeah, so it's an interesting time for Souths

because they've got to be mindful of not blowing up 2027 as well because all these players are contracted there for next year. And with Payne and Haas' arrival, you'd still see them semifinals bound next year. 00:10:34 Speaker 2: What do you mean by blowing up? 00:10:36 Speaker 3: Well, if they tell all these blokes that they're not wanted. 00:10:39 Speaker 2: There's 20. 00:10:40 Speaker 1: There's not going to be three then. 00:10:43 Speaker 3: The ones I mentioned, Dave. 00:10:44 Speaker 4: There's eight or so marquee ones. 00:10:45 Speaker 3: David Fafita. They're the ones I mentioned, right? So they're the ones- Campbell Graham, Jack White. And you'd have to assume Campbell Graham, Jack White, and Brandon Smith, at the very least, they're in for pay cuts. 00:10:57 Speaker 4: Yes. 00:10:58 Speaker 3: Right? David Feed, I think, has been of great value for what they got out of him this year. 00:11:04 Speaker 4: Yeah, because they're only paying about half his contract, right? 00:11:06 Speaker 3: But the other guys would face pay cuts to remain at South, if they do stay at South, and You know, I've said it before, I don't think Brendan Smith's a dummy half. 00:11:17 Speaker 1: No, I didn't think when they signed, Roosters signed him. 00:11:20 Speaker 3: So they haven't fixed that issue going forward for next year either. So the fullback situation, you know, they need, Matt Dufty had an outstanding season for what they got him for and things like that, but. Ideally, Jai Gray's the week in, week out. 00:11:36 Speaker 4: They seem to have lost faith in Jai Gray, don't you think? That's my impression. 00:11:39 Speaker 2: They did. 00:11:40 Speaker 3: Well, they need to put the work into him in the preseason to whatever deficiencies they think they have in his game, they need to fix that because he needs to be their long-term fullback with what they've paid for him and how they've kept him. So there's a lot of uncertainty around South Sydney, and I can't blame them for blowing it up and not starting again. But Wayne's got a shelf life. 00:12:01 Speaker 1: Right? 00:12:01 Speaker 3: So Wayne wants to win a comp. So if you're going to turn it over, you need to turn it over quick. There's no time for rebuilds or anything like that. So they must have a plan in place. We saw they moved Keon. They got Payne Haas pretty quickly under cloak and dagger. So maybe there's something brewing in the background. 00:12:19 Speaker 1: All roads lead to next Tuesday with the board meeting, Rudy. However, Pete Bedell has broken today on Codesports that the Perth Bears are circling. or at least interested in picking up Luttrell. There's two things I'm interested in is how much and also how soon. 00:12:36 Speaker 4: Well, I think Pete's speculated around $ 1. 7 million with third parties included. That's obviously per year, right? So Mel's got a great relationship with Luttrell, coaching with Australia. There's immense respect between those two guys. And as I said, the figure Pete's mooted is about around the $ 1. 7 million. Well, he has to take that. Because they've got that marquee allowance over there they can use just to guarantee third-party deals. It's significant money. We would imagine Souths aren't going to get close to that. 00:13:04 Speaker 3: No clubs getting close to that. 00:13:05 Speaker 4: So it's going to be a big decision for Luttrell. The issue is, Dave, he can't speak to Perth until November 1. Let's not forget that. 00:13:13 Speaker 2: Or maybe the board meeting gives him permission. 00:13:15 Speaker 4: Well, they might give him permission. They may very well. Matt Rose might request that. I haven't spoken to Matt about it, but if the deal's not where– Make a decision at that Tuesday board meeting to make Luttrell an offer, and that deal's not where Luttrell and Matt would like it to be. It wouldn't surprise me if they asked for permission to go to Mark and Ellie and have a look around. 00:13:37 Speaker 1: You don't think that Matt's already asked for a ballpark figure on what you think you are thinking of extending Luttrell for? 00:13:43 Speaker 4: I think there's probably been some discussions, yeah. I think there's probably been some indications. 00:13:48 Speaker 3: It's not any 1.7. But again, the board. 00:13:51 Speaker 4: Might meet next Tuesday and go, well, you know what? Maybe we give them a bit more. They're not going to give him 1.7. That's pretty clear, right? But maybe they go, we'll give him a bit more. I've got to say, I suspect that 1.7 has probably got ratchet clauses in the two, so it could go beyond that, well beyond that. 00:14:06 Speaker 2: Perth, I would support that every day of the week for Perth. 00:14:11 Speaker 4: Oh, it'd be a great signing. 00:14:13 Speaker 3: Yeah, they need that. 00:14:14 Speaker 2: They need that shift. 00:14:16 Speaker 4: We've all been begging them for not signing marquee players. He is a marquee player, Mick. 00:14:20 Speaker 3: 1.7? 00:14:22 Speaker 4: It's with third parties. That's not cap pure cap money. 00:14:24 Speaker 3: What's the cap then? What are we saying? 00:14:27 Speaker 4: 1.4? 1.2 maybe? 00:14:28 Speaker 2: Okay. 00:14:28 Speaker 4: 1.2 with a ratchet. 1.4. 00:14:30 Speaker 2: Mick, I'm going to come with you on the 1.7. 00:14:31 Speaker 4: No, but that's including third parties. 00:14:33 Speaker 3: All right. What are we saying? 00:14:35 Speaker 4: Let's say 1.4 without a ratchet. 00:14:38 Speaker 2: Let's say 1.4. They probably have to go there, Mick. 00:14:40 Speaker 3: 1.4 without a ratchet for Perth. 00:14:43 Speaker 2: Still a little bit much, but- A lot of money. 00:14:46 Speaker 4: Mate, he's a huge figure in our game. 00:14:48 Speaker 3: We don't need to repeat this. We understand he's a great player. He's a marquee player. We all think he's a gun. 00:14:54 Speaker 4: And we've all bagged Perth on a sign in their game. 00:14:57 Speaker 2: He doesn't like doing media. Perth would want him to do media. 00:15:01

Speaker 3: He could get on board. He can get on board with it. 00:15:04 Speaker 4: Mate, the media over there will be. 00:15:05 Speaker 3: He'll get on board with it. I don't think that's going to– It won't be. 00:15:07 Speaker 4: Like you bludgers ripping into him. 00:15:08 Speaker 3: I don't think that will be an issue for him because he handles himself well. When he does speak, he handles himself well. I was hoping Perth would sign a billboard. 00:15:16 Speaker 2: He's a billboard. Yeah. 00:15:18 Speaker 3: Yeah. 00:15:18 Speaker 4: I think he's a game changer for them. 00:15:20 Speaker 3: Can he play fullback? Will he play fullback? 00:15:23 Speaker 4: No, he's going to play centre. Maybe six? No, no, no, no. Maybe centre? He's a good centre. 00:15:32 Speaker 3: He's what they need, definitely. 00:15:34 Speaker 4: You just don't want to pay him. 00:15:37 Speaker 3: No. That's a lot of money. When you look at the players that make... It's not a lot of money. Okay, would you give him 1.4 or are you giving Harry Grant 1.4? 00:15:46 Speaker 4: I'd give Harry Grant more than 1.4. Well more. 00:15:49 Speaker 3: Because really you had the story today around Harry Grant's future. And for mine, if I'm going to put all my eggs into a basket, that's the basket. 00:15:58 Speaker 4: Yeah, but I'd be giving... Like Latrell... Just say it's 1-7, right? It's 300 marquee, 1-2 with a ratchet. I'd give Harry 1-4 with a ratchet. I think he's that good a player. 00:16:08 Speaker 2: So the- Background the listeners on the Harry situation. 00:16:11 Speaker 4: So Harry's got an option in his current contract for the 2028 season that he has to take up by November 1. If he doesn't take the option up or he turns the option down, he becomes a November 1 player. 00:16:22 Speaker 2: This November 1. 00:16:23 Speaker 4: In that he's off contract at the end of 2027. 00:16:25 Speaker 2: 2027. 00:16:26 Speaker 4: Melbourne are very confident they'll convince him to not only take up the option, but to extend. But at the moment, he hasn't taken it up. 00:16:32 Speaker 2: How old's Harry now? 00:16:33 Speaker 4: Harry's 28, I think. 00:16:35 Speaker 3: Yeah, 28. 00:16:36 Speaker 4: 28. But he's elite. Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course. Like if he goes to– the guys we're talking about at the moment going to November 1, right? Nathan is by far number one if he gets there. Harry's, for me, number two. 00:16:50 Speaker 3: Of course. 00:16:51 Speaker 1: Yeah. 00:16:51 Speaker 4: And then Luttrell's maybe number three. 00:16:53 Speaker 3: And probably not that far. No. Nathan's clearly number one. 00:16:57 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:16:57 Speaker 3: The gap between Nathan and Harry is smaller than the gap between Harry and number three, whoever put number three. 00:17:02 Speaker 2: On the list. 00:17:03 Speaker 1: Yeah. 00:17:04 Speaker 4: So. Maybe they go after both of them. Wouldn't that be a story? 00:17:08 Speaker 3: And they're surfing in Perth. 00:17:09 Speaker 4: We've got to watch out for

the Noah's Ark. A few sharks, though. 00:17:12 Speaker 3: A few sharks. 00:17:13 Speaker 4: A few sharks. 00:17:13 Speaker 3: Yeah. 00:17:13 Speaker 2: He could turn up somewhere else, though, Harry. Head back to Queensland. 00:17:17 Speaker 3: Ooh. 00:17:17 Speaker 4: You hearing something, Dave? 00:17:18 Speaker 3: No, I just. 00:17:18 Speaker 4: You're very close to Josh Hanna, eh? Ooh. 00:17:21 Speaker 2: What's their hooker situation? We've got a young hooker coming through. 00:17:24 Speaker 4: That's got Jai Billish, but he's a few years off. 00:17:26 Speaker 3: Pascoe there now. 00:17:27 Speaker 4: Oli Pascoe. Mate. 00:17:30 Speaker 2: They're pretty tight. They've been offloading players to find cap space. 00:17:34 Speaker 4: It's not until 2028, remember? He'd be a game changer. 00:17:39 Speaker 3: You just make room. AJ Brimson will be gone probably. 00:17:41 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a good point. 00:17:42 Speaker 3: You just find space for Harry Graham. 00:17:45 Speaker 4: Look, I think Harry will stay as a captain of that footy club. Bit of uncertainty down there at the moment. 00:17:50 Speaker 3: I'm not so sure, really. 00:17:51 Speaker 4: Venture? Okay. Wow. They have signed- Well, they've got. 00:17:54 Speaker 2: The Munster situation unfolding as well. 00:17:56 Speaker 3: Craig Bellamy situation. 00:17:57 Speaker 2: You don't think money's talking to Harry? 00:17:59 Speaker 4: They've signed a young kid named Jai Bowden, who's like the Queensland under-19 hook or whatever. They've signed him until the end of 2030. 00:18:05 Speaker 2: Is he related to Russell Bowden? 00:18:07 Speaker 4: I don't know. No, it's spelled differently, I think. Oh, okay. 00:18:10 Speaker 3: But there's a- Russell Bowden, famous B post-tri celebration. 00:18:14 Speaker 4: There's a long-term plan beyond Harry, but obviously that's down the track. 00:18:18 Speaker 2: Down the track, yeah. 00:18:19 Speaker 4: They wouldn't be planning not to have Harry in 2028, I imagine. 00:18:21 Speaker 2: Interesting times for the storm. 00:18:23 Speaker 4: It's going to be a crazy November 1. 00:18:25 Speaker 1: Hey, fellas, thanks to the all-new Samsung Galaxy S26 FE, we are showcasing the best. 00:18:31 Speaker 4: What battery? That's got the best battery life in the business. 00:18:34 Speaker 2: You're obsessed with batteries. 00:18:35 Speaker 4: I hell love batteries. 00:18:36 Speaker 3: He drives a Tesla, that's why. 00:18:37 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right. 00:18:38 Speaker 4: Battery life, baby. 00:18:39 Speaker 2: It can't be battery life, Dave. 00:18:41 Speaker 1: The Samsung S26 FE has the best, most powerful battery you have ever seen in a phone. 00:18:46 Speaker 4: Fact. 00:18:48 Speaker 1: We're showcasing the best of week two of the finals, Mick. What was your favourite moment? It was two cracking games. Yeah. 00:18:55 Speaker 4: Well, one cracking game. 00:18:56 Speaker 2: Well, one dominant win by the Chooks. 00:18:57 Speaker 3: I'm going to head to New Zealand. Dan Gagai, flick pass, Matt Gidley-esque. 00:19:01 Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:19:03 Speaker 3: I like that. 00:19:04 Speaker 4: What a renaissance he's had, Dan Gagai. 00:19:06 Speaker 3: He wasn't as good as he was in week one of the finals where he was nine and a half out of ten, but still had that big moment, beautiful board, set up his wing-up. Yours, Reid, man. 00:19:15 Speaker 4: I'm going to go with Robbie Toyer. Oh, yeah. Great Queenslanders performance for the Roosters. He was unbelievable on the weekend, Robbie Toyer. Man, that kid gets better every week. 00:19:24 Speaker 2: I tell you what. 00:19:25 Speaker 3: Dang, you're like a Queenslander too, Reedy. Wow. 00:19:27 Speaker 4: Origin, baby. It's coming home. 00:19:29 Speaker 2: What about Knights fans, right? 00:19:30 Speaker 4: Next year, it's coming home. You know it, Vic. 00:19:32 Speaker 1: We captured some of this footage a couple of days ago at Knights training where the fans could come along. 00:19:39 Speaker 4: I love it. 00:19:40 Speaker 1: They are coming down the M1 like you wouldn't believe. 00:19:45 Speaker 3: Bad weekend for you last week, Dave. Sharks into your Warriors. Yeah, no, it wasn't great. Bang, bang. 00:19:49 Speaker 4: Yeah. how many tickets have been sold for the Sunday game? 00:19:52 Speaker 1: I don't know how many in total have been sold. All I know is the Knights numbers. He sits at around 30,000 coming down the M1. 00:19:59 Speaker 4: That's going to be a big crowd. 00:20:02 Speaker 3: Massive. 00:20:03 Speaker 4: If they win that game, it's going to be amazing. 00:20:06 Speaker 1: Hey, we've also got some– Fan moments, their favourite fan moments from the weekend's games submitted by our Codesports readers. Look at how Alassime is in. Oh, that try in the corner. 00:20:17 Speaker 4: He's a machine, that guy. 00:20:19 Speaker 2: Sadly for the Waz, it wasn't enough to get them the win. 00:20:22 Speaker 3: Billy Smith's tackle on Braden Trindle. 00:20:24 Speaker 4: Oh, yeah, that was a great tackle. 00:20:25 Speaker 2: Yeah, that was a beauty. What about DCE's trip on Tee Wilden? 00:20:28 Speaker 4: That wasn't such a great tackle. 00:20:30 Speaker 2: No, it was terrible. Should have been Sinbend. 00:20:32 Speaker 4: Fair call. 00:20:32 Speaker 3: No, it wasn't a Sinbend. 00:20:36 Speaker 4: I'm with you, Dave. 00:20:37 Speaker 2: How wasn't that a sin bin? 00:20:39 Speaker 4: Price scoring moment. Mate, he was five metres from the line. 00:20:44 Speaker 1: Mate, the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE picked it up. 00:20:47 Speaker 2: It was a sin bin. 00:20:48 Speaker 1: Fellas sold out is Suncorp Stadium. Dolphins versus Roosters preliminary final. What a story the Dolphins are. Yeah, they are still in their infancy, I would argue, as far as their Establishment. 00:21:02 Speaker 2: As an NRL club. 00:21:03 Speaker 4: Couldn't find my coffee. 00:21:04 Speaker 2: What's going on? 00:21:04 Speaker 3: He's lost. 00:21:05 Speaker 2: This is the problem

with Rudy. He just gets lost. 00:21:07 Speaker 4: Forgot where I put it. 00:21:08 Speaker 1: Okay. Google Maps to find your coffee on the ground. 00:21:12 Speaker 4: Samsung would do that for me. Dolphins. LCS 26 FE. 00:21:16 Speaker 2: Dolphins, Roosters. 00:21:17 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:21:18 Speaker 1: It's the newbies versus the heavyweights, isn't it? 00:21:22 Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know which way it's going to go. 00:21:25 Speaker 3: That was so good when they played. The Dolphins were amazing when they played the Roosters, you know, at the back end of the season. 00:21:30 Speaker 2: They've beaten them twice. 00:21:31 Speaker 4: Twice this year. 00:21:31 Speaker 3: Yeah, but that last game was something else for mine. But they don't get a lot of pre-season predictions right. I said at the start of the year, Roosters, Panthers, Grand Finals. So now we're at the prelim, I can't jump off. 00:21:46 Speaker 2: You're tooting your own horn, aren't you? I can't jump. 00:21:48 Speaker 4: He's giving himself a rap. 00:21:49 Speaker 3: No, I'm just saying that's the reason I'm tipping the Roosters. And I can't jump off. 00:21:53 Speaker 4: Honestly, the ego of this bloke. 00:21:55 Speaker 1: The unfortunate part of that is he also said the Sharks wouldn't lose another game. 00:21:58 Speaker 3: Regular season game. And they went on a... I never said Cronulla were going to win the comp. I said regular season game. 00:22:05 Speaker 2: That doesn't really matter. 00:22:06 Speaker 3: And they were... It took me so long to get to that point, Dave. I know it does, mate. Of backing the Sharks in. They let you down badly. 00:22:15 Speaker 2: So Penrith Roosters, GF. That's what I'm going for. You know what, Mick? You've just reminded me of something. 00:22:19 Speaker 1: They were sensational, the Dolphins, last time they played the GF. 00:22:22 Speaker 3: They were so good. 00:22:23 Speaker 2: And I've got this. 00:22:24 Speaker 4: I've got this. 00:22:26 Speaker 1: See, I tipped the Roosters to get them on a premiership and be there on grand final day. 00:22:31 Speaker 4: You did. 00:22:32 Speaker 1: Suddenly, I'm feeling this nervousness that, I'm worried about the way DCE and Walker play in this prelim final because I've liked the way the Roosters have played. See, I like Walker, but they've played with more structure with Cherry Evans and Savala. 00:22:54 Speaker 3: But as we've seen with the Warriors, structure doesn't get you grand finals. Mm-hmm. 00:22:59 Speaker 2: So walkers are good in. 00:23:01 Speaker 4: Need it. 00:23:01 Speaker 3: You need that off the cuff ad lib play. 00:23:03 Speaker 2: Particularly against the Dolphins, who can play off the cuff? 00:23:07 Speaker 3: Sorry, with the Warriors, what got them to the second week of the finals was eventually their downfall in terms of the amazing structure, great set pieces, ability to plug and play halves, which we all commended them for for so long. But when plan A doesn't work, they didn't have

someone to go to plan B. Sam Walker gives you a plan B. 00:23:27 Speaker 1: My other concern for the Roosters is I just don't– I thought it was like a– it's a real false sense of security the way they beat Cronulla. 00:23:36 Speaker 4: Oh, hell yeah. 00:23:38 Speaker 3: Why? 00:23:38 Speaker 1: Because you don't plan to lose your halfback in the first two minutes. Then you lose your centre, which impacts your bench, of losing Talakoy, who was their best player. 00:23:49 Speaker 2: So that changed everything. 00:23:50 Speaker 4: I think they win anyway. 00:23:51 Speaker 2: Mate, they should have won by 60. 00:23:52 Speaker 4: The win was flattering because the opposition was so poor lost their halfback, 5-8 plan with one arm, lost the center, threw everything out of kilter. Look. 00:24:03 Speaker 3: They won by 30, right? 00:24:04 Speaker 4: I understand that. 00:24:05 Speaker 3: In the second week of the finals. 00:24:06 Speaker 2: Yeah. And you know what I think, Mick? 00:24:08 Speaker 3: But they still won by 30 in the second week of the finals. 00:24:09 Speaker 1: I understand that. 00:24:10 Speaker 2: You know what I think, Mick? Everything stuck. I'm talking flick passes, Teddy caught a try on his shoulder. 00:24:15 Speaker 3: I get this. 00:24:16 Speaker 2: Marky Mark scooped one up. 00:24:17 Speaker 3: I think we were a little bit harsh on their performance. 00:24:19 Speaker 2: They were good. 00:24:20 Speaker 4: We're not bagging their performance. 00:24:21 Speaker 3: They were good. 00:24:22 Speaker 2: But also Trindle dropped one over the line too, Wilton. But there were moments. 00:24:26 Speaker 3: Yeah, the biggest moment was Adam Finnell-Black set restart just before halftime. 100%. That was the moment that sort of that try killed him. 00:24:34 Speaker 2: And that's against a team without their halfback and one shoulder. 00:24:37 Speaker 4: I think you've got to remember the Dolphins have beaten them. As you mentioned, the Dolphins have beaten them already twice this year. They've had two weeks to prepare for this game. 00:24:45 Speaker 2: Massive advantage. 00:24:47 Speaker 4: And I just think we've forgotten how– not forgotten– But sometimes you underestimate how good the Dolphins. They've won 16 of their last 18 games, I. 00:24:56 Speaker 3: Think it is. 00:24:57 Speaker 4: They've been ridiculously good. Look, it wouldn't surprise me if the Roosters win, but I think the Dolphins will win. 00:25:04 Speaker 1: It really feels like a flip of the coin. 00:25:07 Speaker 4: Yeah, it does, yeah. 00:25:09 Speaker 2: But I'm on with you, really. 00:25:10 Speaker 1: The more, you know, I said from the top I wasn't sure, but as I start to talk about it, it's their form against the Chooks previously. 00:25:17 Speaker 2: They won't have any fear. 00:25:18 Speaker 4: It's interesting they had stage fright though, Dave. Young Izzy Katoa, big game for him. 00:25:23 Speaker 3: Well, I've said it. 00:25:24 Speaker 4: They've got guys who've played

big games, but this is different, I reckon. 00:25:27 Speaker 1: His biggest game was in the Pac Champs final last year. That's his biggest game of his career, and he wasn't great at all. Tonga versus New Zealand. 00:25:36 Speaker 2: Yeah, experience, that's key. 00:25:38 Speaker 1: And this is what DCE's been brought to the club for this month. 00:25:41 Speaker 3: Yeah, but he's got a lot of help. Teddy, Reece Robson. Bruce Robson was sensational. 00:25:46 Speaker 4: He was great, yeah. 00:25:47 Speaker 3: He was outstanding. Nafahu Wise just made a great– He's a machine, that guy. 00:25:50 Speaker 2: Well, he only played 14 minutes. Unbelievable. 00:25:52 Speaker 3: That's all he needed to do. They didn't want to have to risk him to put him back on. 00:25:55 Speaker 2: Unbelievable. 00:25:56 Speaker 3: So, yeah, it should be a great matchup. Dolphins have had an amazing season, and the Roosters will probably– What they. 00:26:04 Speaker 1: Can't do is what they did against the Warriors and give the Roosters a head start because the Roosters are much– Smarter than the Warriors. 00:26:11 Speaker 3: Yeah, but when they played them a couple of weeks ago, they conceded the first try. 00:26:14 Speaker 4: Conceded the first try, yeah. 00:26:15 Speaker 3: And then for the first 20 minutes, they defended their backsides off and found a way. The defense got them back in the game. 00:26:20 Speaker 2: I remember that, yeah. 00:26:21 Speaker 3: And that was the game. Seriously, that was the game where I'm like, I've been high on the Dolphins, but that was the point where I go, they can actually win the comp here based on that defensive effort. So they were amazing. It should honestly be a 10 out of 10 game. 00:26:35 Speaker 4: That was the game where everyone went, They can defend their way to a victory. 00:26:38 Speaker 1: Yeah. 00:26:38 Speaker 4: We all knew they could score points. 00:26:39 Speaker 2: That's a good point. 00:26:40 Speaker 4: But that was the night we went, okay, they can defend as well. 00:26:44 Speaker 1: Yeah. 00:26:44 Speaker 4: And they've been great since. They're in rare touch. 00:26:49 Speaker 2: If the Roosters don't go through, thoughts? 00:26:53 Speaker 4: I said it about the Sharks. It's a failure. It's a failed season because they should be playing in a grand final. 00:27:01 Speaker 3: Nick, I'd still give him a pass, Mark, for making a prelim. 00:27:04 Speaker 4: But– Actually, I shouldn't say failure. Actually, I thought about this the other day. There's a great clip of, who's that basketballer? The Greek basketballer, Gunn. And then someone asked him after a season, is your season a failure? And he said, no, because we learned something. It's not a failure. What I would say is it's a disappointment. That's a better term, I think. I don't think failure is a very... Yeah, it's not a very nice turn. Watch that clip, you'll learn a lot. 00:27:32 Speaker 3: It's not a failure if you make a pre-league. 00:27:34 Speaker 4: Yeah,

it's a disappointment, I think, though. 00:27:35 Speaker 3: They'll leave with unfinished business, like the Warriors left with unfinished business, like South Sydney left with unfinished business, and they all went different stages of finals. 00:27:44 Speaker 2: Falling short is probably, they've fallen short. 00:27:46 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a disappointment. 00:27:48 Speaker 1: They should be in a GF. You've convinced me, Rudy, I'm going with the Dolphins. 00:27:51 Speaker 2: I think this can be one hell of a story. 00:27:54 Speaker 4: Tight game, though. 00:27:55 Speaker 3: No one will be cheering the Dolphins harder than Brent. 00:27:57 Speaker 4: Ha, ha, ha. Otherwise, there's a formal apology coming Monday night. But anyway, we'll see. 00:28:02 Speaker 3: Rooster's just for that formal apology. 00:28:04 Speaker 1: I would say Sid Foggs is coming down the highway. But Sid Foggs doesn't exist anymore. 00:28:11 Speaker 3: Doesn't it? 00:28:12 Speaker 2: No. No, not as a franchise. Sid got rid of it and onsold it. 00:28:17 Speaker 3: Isn't it still on the buses? 00:28:18 Speaker 2: Only the team bus. 00:28:21 Speaker 3: Ah, like a nostalgic thing. 00:28:22 Speaker 2: Something like that, yeah. 00:28:23 Speaker 3: I thought I'd seen it. Yeah, you've seen it. 00:28:25 Speaker 2: You've seen it. Okay. 00:28:27 Speaker 1: However- Our last correspondence with the Knights officials are eight buses changed train times to accommodate for some 25,000 to 30,000 Newcastle Knights fans. 00:28:43 Speaker 2: This is an unbelievable story. 00:28:46 Speaker 4: Man, crazy. 00:28:47 Speaker 2: If they get to the grand final. 00:28:50 Speaker 3: Stop it. 00:28:50 Speaker 2: It could happen. 00:28:52 Speaker 4: I'm not really. 00:28:53 Speaker 2: That's a game of footy. 00:28:54 Speaker 4: I don't expect them to win, but it wouldn't shock me. I didn't think they'd win last weekend. And my man KP's on fire, baby. Anything could happen. 00:29:03 Speaker 3: It's a real interesting one because no side probably takes more risks inside their half than Newcastle Knights. No side scores more tries than the Knights inside their own half. But if you're not at 100%, this Penrith side is going to punish you. So everything needs to come off. They need to be 10 out of 10 to give themselves a chance. I just love watching them play because of– like usually– These things don't come together generally. Usually you've got this risk take inside, so you think they concede a lot of points, but they roll their sleeves up and can get down and gritty. Phoenix Crossland on the weekend. 00:29:35 Speaker 4: You love his performance. 00:29:37 Speaker 3: Mate, he jumped on three loose balls in that second half. He was sensational. Those moments go unnoticed because they're not highlight reel things where you've got Kalen and Bradman and Fletcher Sharp, but they don't win the game without Phoenix Crossland diving on those three loose balls. He was desperate. Love it. Love to see it. 00:29:55 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:29:56 Speaker 1: You're saying you don't think it'll happen, Penrith make you pay. The way you're talking is though you've forgotten. 00:30:05 Speaker 2: That Nathan Cleary's on one leg. 00:30:07 Speaker 3: Yeah. It's like he has one arm, Nathan Cleary one leg. 00:30:11 Speaker 4: And that's why I reckon, I think I said the other day, Penrith are as vulnerable, I reckon, as they have been a long time in terms of, well, they didn't. 00:30:19 Speaker 1: If you're sitting in a prelim right now, both Roosters and Dolphins as well, You are sitting there going, this is. 00:30:25 Speaker 2: Our greatest chance to win a comp. 00:30:27 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:30:27 Speaker 1: Because with Yo, Yo being Yo, we're going to reflect on these two injuries as– we have never seen two season-ending injuries get to a grand final. 00:30:41 Speaker 3: It's a big– They're season-ending. 00:30:43 Speaker 2: Yeah. 00:30:44 Speaker 4: But Nathan's obviously– there was footage of him running, I think, yesterday. He's a tough boy, man. And no one prepares– as well as he does. No one does as much to get himself right for a football game, both mentally and physically, as Nathan Cleary. And I think he's obviously going to find a way through it. 00:31:02 Speaker 1: Yeah. 00:31:03 Speaker 4: And if he's on the park, I think you're going to get the best of Nathan Cleary. 00:31:06 Speaker 1: What will be interesting is because, you know, look, again, we can only speculate because it was only explained as a stress-related foot injury, not necessarily a break or a tear or. 00:31:18 Speaker 2: Whatever it may be. 00:31:19 Speaker 1: But we would assume there's going to be painkillers there. And the 80 minutes, does he play the 80 minutes? And how much kicking does he do? That's the watch and see. 00:31:29 Speaker 3: It's interesting that Jack Hogger's not slotted at six because for mine, he's a better kicker of the footy than Jack Cole. 00:31:34 Speaker 4: They'll change that, don't you think, Mick? 00:31:35 Speaker 3: I'm not sure. 00:31:36 Speaker 2: Late change. 00:31:37 Speaker 3: You'd think given, and Jack Hogger's got the ability to control the side a little bit more and take a little bit of pressure off Nathan. So I'm surprised by that unless there is a late switch and, Big game for Blaisdell Mungy if he does start at centre because you know where Newcastle are going to be going. 00:31:54 Speaker 4: Yeah. It's interesting, Dave, you spoke about painkilling. I don't think if it's a stress fracture in his foot, I don't think he can get it needled up, right? So he's just going to have to play through pain by the sounds of it. But as I said, mate, like I say it all the time, one of the most underrated things about Nathan Cleary is how tough he is. There's not many tougher blokes in our game than him, so. he'll find a way to get in the field and he'll make an impact. 00:32:21 Speaker 2: Blaze Talangi, that's a good one. 00:32:22 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:32:23 Speaker

2: Where do we see his future panning out? Because it has just been. 00:32:27 Speaker 3: Not at Penrith. 00:32:28 Speaker 2: You don't think he'll be? 00:32:28 Speaker 4: I don't think he'll be there next year. 00:32:30 Speaker 3: Next year? 00:32:30 Speaker 4: No, I don't think so. 00:32:32 Speaker 2: He's on contract next year. 00:32:33 Speaker 4: I know he's on contract, yeah. But they've got a lot of balls in the air. They're trying to re-sign a lot of guys. They can find a way... If he leaves, it frees up a lot of cash for them, which they can use to keep Nathan and assorted other players. 00:32:48 Speaker 2: Martin Yeo. 00:32:49 Speaker 4: Yeah. So I don't think he'll be there next year. 00:32:51 Speaker 3: Because they're still at Cogger and then Jack Cleary comes in as that backup half. So Jack Cole's obviously leaving. Blaise De Lange potentially leaving as well. 00:32:57 Speaker 4: And he's a guy who, you know, sometimes clubs, I shouldn't say they want to, you know, sometimes clubs want to move on from players. Now, I use that respectfully, right? Because they've got a lot of options and he's sort of a third man out at the moment, right? But sometimes clubs... and players go their separate ways and they're players who aren't necessarily saleable assets, right? Clubs will take place to loan you. Like he's a guy I'll have no trouble finding a home in another football club. 00:33:28 Speaker 3: That was a long way to get to that point. I know. 00:33:30 Speaker 4: I didn't want to say that they want to move on from him because I don't know if that's. 00:33:33 Speaker 3: The case, right? I think it's fair to say they would. I think it's fair to say that given what he's on and the fact that they've got the cover there. 00:33:40 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:33:41 Speaker 3: If they can use that money to forward pay Zio, Nathan Cleary, whatever they do in that cap space, capitalise on a couple of hundred thousand, they would. So I don't think it's disrespecting him. 00:33:54 Speaker 4: And again, there's a lot of clubs, mate. There's a lot of clubs it'll take. Oh, I understand. We'd love to have Blaise Talang. 00:33:58 Speaker 3: Good player, mate. 00:34:00 Speaker 2: On the flip side, quickly, Tyson Frizzell and Bradman Best. Frizzell. I think he ends up at the West Tigers. 00:34:09 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:34:09 Speaker 3: Bradman best. 00:34:10 Speaker 2: I think he's firming by the hour to go to Parramatta. 00:34:12 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:34:13 Speaker 3: He's a November 1 guy, Bradman. 00:34:14 Speaker 1: Yeah. 00:34:14 Speaker 3: So Frizzell's for next season. 00:34:16 Speaker 1: Yeah. 00:34:17 Speaker 3: Bradman's for the year after. But we had it in the column a couple of weeks ago that nothing's changed for mine, I think. 00:34:24 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:34:24 Speaker 3: We'll see what happens November 1. 00:34:27 Speaker 4: He'd be a great sign of power. He's a good footballer. 00:34:30 Speaker 3: Yeah. I agree. He's that strike centre that they've long craved. 00:34:34 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:34:34 Speaker 2: He could save roles his career. 00:34:37 Speaker 4: Well, he's coming here after. 00:34:38 Speaker 3: That's the problem. 00:34:39 Speaker 2: I think Rossi will get there. He'll get to the start line at 28. Yeah. 00:34:42 Speaker 4: Hopefully. He's a good fellow, Rossi. Yeah. 00:34:47 Speaker 3: Are we all tipping Penrith? 00:34:50 Speaker 4: Oh, man. 00:34:50 Speaker 2: I'd love to tip Newcastle, but yeah. 00:34:52 Speaker 3: Do it. 00:34:52 Speaker 4: Go on. 00:34:53 Speaker 1: Do it. 00:34:54 Speaker 2: I'm going the Knights. 00:34:55 Speaker 4: Wow. 00:34:55 Speaker 3: Usually we influence Reedy. That was easy. That was easy. No, Penrith. 00:34:59 Speaker 4: Penrith. 00:35:00 Speaker 2: Guys, it's that time of the week. 00:35:01 Speaker 1: It's my favorite time outside of debating what we're having for dinner. where we discuss the BS messages of the week from our readers. Go to codesports.com.au, leave your BS message, get. 00:35:15 Speaker 3: It off your chest. 00:35:15 Speaker 1: Seriously, all the fact that DCE should have been sin bin, the way I hate double movements, tries being slow mode. 00:35:24 Speaker 2: What have we got, Reedy? 00:35:25 Speaker 4: So this one's from Panda Stevens. If a club offers Luttrell $ 1. 3 million, is that then his notional value? What do you think? Yeah. It's the Hudson Young example, right? 00:35:38 Speaker 3: Yeah, it is. Well, not so much because South could offer him a meal at 1.1 and the NRL would approve it. 00:35:47 Speaker 2: Yeah. 00:35:48 Speaker 4: I think it's only potentially his notion of value if he leaves South. 00:35:51 Speaker 3: If he leaves the club. 00:35:52 Speaker 4: To stay at South, I don't think they have to pay him. 00:35:56 Speaker 3: So if the Chiefs offered Hudson Young 1.1 and Canberra offered him 900, there wouldn't be an issue. 00:36:01 Speaker 2: The real question is what's the buffer? below 1.3, that the NRL would approve. 00:36:08 Speaker 3: I'm saying, like, so if the Chiefs offered Hudson Young 1.1 and the Raiders offered him 900, I think the NRL would approve that deal. 00:36:15 Speaker 1: I feel like you're putting a 200K buffer between the host club. 00:36:20 Speaker 3: At the top end, but not 200 to 400. 00:36:23 Speaker 4: What becomes interesting, though, is if Souths don't get a deal, want to keep him, don't get a deal done by November 1, just say he gets offered 1.4 by November 1. 00:36:33 Speaker 3: Perth. 00:36:33 Speaker 4: Perth. What happens then? What if South Suriname won? That's when it gets interesting, I reckon. But I think the host club, the current club, always gets a deservedly so. 00:36:45 Speaker 2: Discount. 00:36:45 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's fair enough. 00:36:46 Speaker 4: So, no, I think the answer to that is no, Panda Stevens. Jeff's asked, any update on the Tigers' assistant coach? Any updates here, guys? 00:36:56 Speaker 1: I've heard that Benji's on holidays at the moment. 00:36:59

Speaker 4: Okay. 00:37:00 Speaker 2: And there's no decision in the next week or two until he gets back. 00:37:05 Speaker 3: Fair enough. He deserves a break. 00:37:07 Speaker 1: Yeah. 00:37:07 Speaker 4: Give us those people on LinkedIn time to get their applications in. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:37:10 Speaker 3: I'll take their resume. 00:37:11 Speaker 4: Dash has said, why is it all a focus on the Dolphins' recruitment and retention in the final series? Why aren't we focusing on the game? Dash is not happy because we've been talking about Herbie Farmworth and Hammer and All these guys, Jack Bostock, because they're all November 1 guys. 00:37:26 Speaker 2: Well, I would argue that it's hugely critical to their success. 00:37:30 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:37:31 Speaker 2: The future of those players being at the club. 00:37:33 Speaker 4: And they're star players. 00:37:34 Speaker 3: Let me answer that. You write a football story, three people read it. You write a contract story, triple the amount of people read it. 00:37:39 Speaker 2: Nine. 00:37:40 Speaker 3: Well, I'll just say it. You know what I mean? People love that stuff. I love talking about footy, but it's all good and well for people to want us to talk and write about different things, but. 00:37:53 Speaker 4: Yeah, they'll tell you that's what they want, but it's not really. They want to know whether they're getting a player. 00:37:59 Speaker 1: Anything in your mailbag, Mick? 00:38:00 Speaker 4: I've got one more, though. 00:38:01 Speaker 3: Sorry. 00:38:02 Speaker 4: I've got one more from Willow. Willow's asked for my cookbooks coming out. 00:38:09 Speaker 3: We haven't gone behind the curtain of our text exchange. 00:38:11 Speaker 1: Stay tuned. 00:38:12 Speaker 4: Oh, the short soup. 00:38:14 Speaker 3: The short soup. 00:38:14 Speaker 2: Yeah, what about this? Landslide victory. 00:38:18 Speaker 3: This is unbelievable. From Brent Reid. 00:38:20 Speaker 2: From our poll, I put up a poll. 00:38:22 Speaker 3: Why did you do it? Because we were in a text exchange. 00:38:24 Speaker 1: Well, we were in a text exchange about what we were– I wasn't feeling great last week, remembering I had final fever. Yes. 00:38:30 Speaker 4: And– You made yourself some short soup. 00:38:35 Speaker 2: I was making some short soup. 00:38:36 Speaker 3: And I'm like, how good is it? I wanted to feel a bit better. 00:38:38 Speaker 2: And Mick says, how good's short soup? Really chimes in, what the hell is she talking about short soup? Never heard of it in my life. 00:38:43 Speaker 3: Never heard of it in my life. 00:38:44 Speaker 4: Short soup. 00:38:45 Speaker 3: Blown away. Blown away. 00:38:46 Speaker 4: But I was vindicated in the end. 00:38:48 Speaker 2: I put a poll up. Have you ever heard of short soup before? 00:38:53 Speaker 3: And really- Apparently it's called wonton soup. 00:38:55 Speaker 4: Yeah, wonton. See, I have heard of wonton soup. 00:38:57 Speaker 1: What we garnered was that there were a host of Queensland people- But residents. 00:39:03 Speaker 3: But they say this, right? 00:39:05 Speaker 2: That hadn't heard of short soup. 00:39:06 Speaker 3: Okay. 00:39:07 Speaker 2: And country. And country New South Wales. Country folk. 00:39:09 Speaker 3: It was quite geographic. 00:39:10 Speaker 4: Yeah. 00:39:11 Speaker 3: But. 00:39:11 Speaker 4: It's a Sydney thing. 00:39:12 Speaker 2: So we worked out it's a Sydney thing. 00:39:14 Speaker 3: It's a Sydney thing. How long have you lived in Sydney for? 00:39:17 Speaker 4: 25 years or so. 00:39:18 Speaker 2: 26 years. 00:39:19 Speaker 3: So has that tipped the scale on? 00:39:21 Speaker 4: I've never ordered short soup. I've never eaten short soup. I don't know what it is. Well, I do now. 00:39:25 Speaker 2: Yeah. 00:39:25 Speaker 4: Actually, you know what? I don't think I've ever had wonton soup either. But now that you've brought it up, I plan to make it. We are. 00:39:33 Speaker 2: And this is a shout out. 00:39:34 Speaker 4: I'm off dumplings at the moment. 00:39:35 Speaker 2: This is a shout out. 00:39:36 Speaker 4: I bought a dumpling basket, Dave, and I've been eating so many dumplings. I'm actually sick of them. Anyway, sorry. 00:39:42 Speaker 1: We have a relationship with Hawks Brewery. and we are taking our Samsung Galaxy S26 FEs out to the Hawkesbury. 00:39:52 Speaker 2: Inside the Hawkesbury is a Chinese restaurant. 00:39:54 Speaker 3: I've eaten there. 00:39:55 Speaker 1: And we are having a short soup review. 00:39:57 Speaker 4: Any sponsor's product? 00:39:59 Speaker 2: Hawkesbury. Hawkesbury and Samsung Galaxy S26 FE. 00:40:04 Speaker 4: Are we dead chicken again? 00:40:05 Speaker 2: We're trying the short soup. 00:40:06 Speaker 4: Are we going there? 00:40:08 Speaker 2: We are now. 00:40:08 Speaker 4: Yes. 00:40:12 Speaker 2: Stay tuned for more meal updates with Rudy. 00:40:15 Speaker 1: I can't believe no one didn't pick up on the fact that this was very Northern Beaches. I'm not having soup tonight. 00:40:22 Speaker 2: We're having Wagyu beef. 00:40:24 Speaker 4: I love Wagyu beef. I'm going to Japan in January. 00:40:29 Speaker 2: Not a steak. You didn't say I'm just having steak. 00:40:32 Speaker 3: You said Wagyu. 00:40:33 Speaker 4: It was a special occasion. 00:40:35 Speaker 3: Well, Thursday night. It's Friday night. 00:40:39 Speaker 2: Just quickly, any meal updates tonight? Stay tuned for our texting show. 00:40:44 Speaker 4: What's that meal you stole? 00:40:46 Speaker 3: Cleftico. 00:40:47 Speaker 4: Cleftico, yeah. 00:40:48 Speaker 3: I haven't had that for ages. It was good, eh? 00:40:51 Speaker 4: It was very good, yeah. 00:40:54 Speaker 1: Hey, thanks for joining. Enjoy prelim footy. Catch us next week on the Code NRL show.