The Continuous Call Team – Full Show Sunday 9th June 2024 02:04:52

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with only a minute or two to play. With Mark Levy, Daryl Broman, Mark Riddell and Neil Breen. I note there's a very special guest waiting on line, Andrew from the eastern suburbs of Sydney. Are you there, Andrew? Yes, I am. It's a very sad night, Mr. Someone. LAUGHTER

What are you doing? These poor old nights. Can I ask what your life's become when you've got to ring us at 5 to 11 on a Friday night? I know. How sad is it? He wins a jumper at least. We'll send him a jersey. Light sport and laughter right across your weekend. Anybody with a name starting with H is automatically Big H. Anybody. Anybody.

It could be Harry, it could be Henry, it could be Harold. Harish. G'day, Big H, how are you? Harish. Harish, our number one tech man. I always walk into the box, I'm like, g'day, Big H. What if the bloke's five foot two, is he still Big H? Doesn't matter, he gets Big H. The Continuous Call team, thanks to Macca's, Harvey Norman, Lowe's, Ram Trucks, Uber, Brydon's Lawyers, First Choice Liquor, Karcher, 1-800-GOT-JUNK, Castrol and Westpac.

Did you get in and do any tiling today? No, I did that earlier in the week. Right. Let me just say this, Piggy. I'm a great grouter. Have you? Really? I'm a great grouter. Have you learned a lot from this process over the last... I'm starting to regret doing this, Piggy. It's become very, very, very frustrating. No, you've only got, what, three or four weeks still opening? Soft opening. Yes. It'll be soft, all right. It usually is with you. LAUGHTER

And now on TGV Sydney, 4BC Brisbane and network stations across Australia, live from Blue Bet Stadium Penrith, it's time for the Continuous Call Team.

Ah yes, good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Welcome along to the continuous call team as we do it from the foot of the mountains ahead of the blockbuster between Penrith and Manly. The State of Origin players backing up for their respective teams and there was some talk Dylan Edwards might play for the Panthers today but the fullback's been ruled out after missing Wednesday night's match for New South Wales. These two teams actually met back in round five with the Sea Eagles winning it 32-18 at Brookie but this has become a fortress for the mountain men who haven't lost back-to-back games at home.

since 2019. In the two o'clock game, we've got the Melbourne Storm taking on the Newcastle Knights. Fletcher Sharp to make his debut at fullback for the Nova Castrians and we'll update the scores on that one as we take you around the grounds for Uber Reserve. In the three games played yesterday, well, Latrell Mitchell, he pushed his case for a spot in the New South Wales team with a dominant performance.

as South Sydney beat the Gold Coast 46-12. The Warriors still missing some star power, but they keep winning. They made it three in a row with a 42-12 win over North Queensland. And the Sharks reclaiming top spot for the time being on the ladder with a 22-12 win over Brisbane. And they clawed their way back

from 12-4 down at half-time. We'll find out what the boys thought of their games last night. Neil Breen's got all the news for us as well. The North Sydney Bears declaring they're ready to go if they're included in the NRL's plan for a 20-team competition. We've got Penrith, the Warriors, Canberra and Cronulla, the frontrunners, to book their tickets to Las Vegas next year. And the West Tigers, gee, they're in all sorts of trouble. Lockie Galvin becoming the latest player to ask for a release.

which has reportedly been rejected by the club. As always, we'd love to hear from you this afternoon, 131873. You can email us via the website where you click on the feedback icon and there's the text line, which is up and running on 0460 873 873. Daryl Broman, Mark Riddell and Neil Breen are alongside me. Good afternoon to you, gentlemen, and big man.

You spend a bit of time out here at the foot of the mountains. It is a picture-perfect day, and I reckon we will have a bumper crowd come 4 o'clock. I think we should. It's a great day out here. It looks like the rain's gone for the moment anyway, and the field looks fantastic. You'd think they'd sell this out to you today. Long way to travel for the manly people, but, you know, they're going reasonably, the Seagulls, without being great.

Did I say good afternoon to everybody? Greeny and you two, Pig? You have now. Good afternoon. Good afternoon to you guys and to all our listeners. Well, it's a big, big day today. We're giving our guts. We'll be grilling you, Levy, about your new restaurant. Do we have to? The grouting, the tiling, your new... The staffing. New barista and all that stuff. It's going to be a day.

Your parking worries me there, though. You're worried about the parking. No, I've come up with a solution. I'm sure we're going to delve into that a little later, big man. Just don't. Can we just not start, please? I mean, I've got to deal with this tomorrow. Thankfully, Ray's going to be with me tomorrow. It's only a short one tomorrow. You might have to deal with Ray as well. He'll jump on board, I think. No, Ray and I are fine. I think Ray's got an issue with you two idiots.

But anyway, if you're going to give it to me, you know, I now know what he put up with for years and years. But all I'm going to say to you two, because I think Neil Breen will be with me, bring it on. Bring it on.

You're giving it to me. Because I'm going to give it back to you. No problemo. Here we game on. Well, I'm going to start it off by giving it to you, Piggy Riddell. Good afternoon. You've put $30 on a card for your young bloke, Harry, to come out into the football. Keep going. I'll let you finish. And what's he just roaming around by himself? No, no, no. He's actually out to lunch with the family today. Good afternoon to... Out to lunch? He's out to lunch. Geez, he's become a Riddell quickly, hasn't he? He's out with...

you know, we've got family up here. So he's out with Carly's family and Carly and the kids and all that. What, do you get a round of drinks at the bar? Well, no. He's coming here later this afternoon to catch up with his mates. So they're going to watch the game here. What my issue is, and we'll get into it a little bit later, is that it's becoming more and more frequent, his requests for...

to be put on his card that he's got. So that's my issue. This card that kids have now, and I obviously don't have kids. It's a Spriggy, it's called. So it's called a Spriggy, and you just put money. It's like a debit card. It's exactly like a debit card. You can either have the card, but, you know, Harry's got it on his phone. Does he just tap it? Yeah, he's got it on his phone. He just walks in and says, hey, g'day, champion. Tap that. Yeah.

Guess another packet of chips. Just put it on this one. Tap it on there, yeah. And that's what he thinks. Does he have the same problem as you when it's your shout come like a mad Monday? Does he get up and go, yeah, just eight Canadian club and fries, please? Because you love doing that with roundabouts. I do love doing that. But no, no, no, no, he's not doing that. But I don't want to get into it too much, but I'm going to tell this part of it. I gave him another 50 yesterday for the movies with his mates.

And it got to something like $37. So he had $13 remaining. Do you reckon he kept that so he could use it today? No. No, he wandered off to BCF with his mates and bought a fishing lure. And spent the whole $50. Is BCF like BWS?

No, no. B-C-F-E, fun. Hey! Anyway, anyway. He's going to be here later. Big H is here. How old is Big H? Big H is 13 now, so you can look after him. So how much do you reckon he chews through a day? 50, roughly? No, not a day. On the weekends, 50 a week at least.

How much? It's ridiculous. 50. Now, Bruner's here with some breaking news. This hardly qualifies as news. Bruner, hello, mate. I'm going to save my breaking news. Oh, okay. Well, we've been on air for 10 minutes. We haven't mentioned the football. This is why we're number one. You know the card thing with kids, right? Because they think that is money now, right? Because they never have any money. So last week, we were at the Roosters match and

And so some friends of ours came to the game. When you guys were calling the game, I went and sat with a couple of the families, and my wife was there, and Harry was with us, my boy Harry. Big H. He turned 10 on Friday, Big H. Oh, happy birthday, Harry. Happy birthday, Big H. Well, that's just after you. That's good timing. But one of the other dads, yeah, just after me, one of the other dads...

His kid was being taken by another set of parents. So he gave the kid, take this to get the other kids an ice cream, had his debit card, right? So Barnaby, the kid's name, who had the debit card, said, oh, a few of the kids are hungry, Dad, to one of the other dads. He said, oh, we'll get them some chicken wings and chips or something, right? There were six kids there. He's gone up.

He's got six sets of chicken wings and six chips, and they've sat down in the club there. Then he's got them an ice cream. And so my mate, Dave, gets a distress call from the other dad, Mark,

because he's getting alerts on his phone. He goes, what's going on there? Like, my card spent $200 at the football. And let's not forget, this is after your big age had the biggest peachy of MGM. Oh, that's right, yes. But as kids these days just think, oh, can I have your card to get this bing? Oh, I got it. There's no value on the currency. You think that's going to stop when they get over, say, 15? No. It's worse. Why don't they get to 30 or something like that?

Out of interest, Piggy, just while we're talking about kids and everything else, Big Willis, your youngest boy, we spotted him sledging the players as they ran onto the field on Friday night. Wasn't a good look. Have you spoken to him just to find out what happened? Yeah, he thinks he's a TV star these days. Oh, right, of course. Because people in the family have gone back and recorded it and sent it, and he's obviously seen it now. And we've asked him what he says, but he was actually looking like he was high-fiving him

The Tigers fans. It's hard to high-five with the middle finger. Apparently, he was giving it to them. Yeah, like this. He's nine. High-five, high-five. Anyway, he had a good night at the 40. See, I've been told by Chris Warren, the West Tigers media manager and our colleague. How's he flew? Is he all right? Well, apparently, when Benji Marshall walked out of the tunnel, there was a young bloke hanging over the fence going, how bad's your team, Benji? It was Big Willis. What?

Mate, even your son's in the pit bull bench. Who knows what he said. Anyway, he had fun. He had fun at the footy. Big Man, you called a bit of footy last night. What did you think of the three games? I suppose you'd say, on terms of the betting markets, three upsets. Yeah, I think the last one was certainly an upset. The Sharks beating Brisbane. I would have thought Brisbane, even though they haven't been in red-hot form, I would have thought, even though the fullback was out as well,

The Sharks hadn't been in red-hot form either. They'd been poor, 42-0, and then they were beaten last week easily by Parramatta, who'd been down towards the tail of the ladder up until that win. Sharks were outstanding. 12-4 at half-time, they were down, they came out, and within about 10 minutes, they were leading easily, and they never took the foot off the pedal. I've got to say...

It's a pretty obvious Royce Hunt's off contract. I mean, what about his performance? He was nearly man of the match, Royce Hunt. He was only out there for about 25 minutes. He just demolished the Broncos forwards. He gave them an unbelievable go forward. But they had a lot of good performers. The game we called...

They were really never going to lose that game, the Warriors. They came out with the right intent. I thought their first half was really good. Cowboys were flat, though. They're in the back of, what, three wins in a row, the Cowboys. They upset win the week before against the Roosters. And the Warriors, I think, are in the back of two in a row. I now think the Warriors, in particular, can force their way into the eight. I think they're a good enough side. They still have a couple of blokes to come back, but they were...

You know, close enough to full strength last night. I've got to say, Chance Nicholl clock start at fullback was just phenomenal last night. They got a couple of forwards who were outstanding as well.

But Ford was one of them, former Dragons bloke. What about this Tamari Martin? To think that his career was virtually done, remember, because he was suffering from the bleed on the brain and the headaches and all that sort of thing. But he's just resurrected his career and he's playing good football. Especially considering Sean Johnson and the injury to him and he's come back, come into that team. You know what they have got? They've got a good spine. Wade Egan's a quality player. No doubt about that. Nickle Clockstar is a really good player.

He showed that last night. You know, you had, well, you talked about Tamari Martin and Harris Tevita. They were very good last night as well. And they've got two, the half and the 5-8 to come back in should the 5-8 come back. And, Piggy, on the early game, South Sydney, that's another good win for them. Yeah, against the Titans, yeah. You talk about players with a point to prove. Gee, Big Latrell Mitchell put his hand up to replace Suoliti for the Blues. No doubt he did. Yeah, he was great yesterday afternoon. They couldn't handle him.

He did a really good job. I think that's what everyone wanted to see from Latrell. They want to see that over the next couple of weeks. And you would be very surprised if he doesn't fill that position that, you know, Sawali's left open off the back of that suspension. So, you know, another good game. And you'd think he'd be coming into the team. Now, Daryl, we've heard from you, Ree, Origin. We've heard from you, Piggy, Ree, Origin, over the course of the weekend. Brainy, I'd love your thoughts, and I'm sure our listeners would as well. You're a Queenslander.

A bit deflating with what happened in the seventh minute of the game. There will be some changes, you would think, for New South Wales. Just before I get your thoughts on Queensland and the Blues, this is what Billy Slater had to say on the Sunday footy show earlier in relation to Rhys Walsh, who was on the receiving end of that Suoliti tackle. He's the Queensland coach. Yeah, I spoke to Rhys yesterday, actually, and he's recovering well from this incident, which, to be fair, I don't really like watching it too much, but...

yeah, like he's, um, he's in good spirits. He'll go through, uh, the 11 day protocols and, um, you know, he won't play again. Um, obviously for the Broncos in the next couple of weeks, he didn't play last night. He won't play again next week. Um, so yeah, the good thing is, is that he's, um, he's doing okay. Yeah.

It's deflating when the biggest, you know, glamour boy, poster boy, whatever you want to call him in the NRL gets taken out of an origin game, but also when it becomes 13 on 12, all of a sudden the Blues chances, they're done, aren't they? It was all over.

I was at home watching it. Obviously, everyone else in my family is a New South Wales supporter, including my wife and kids. The kids were born here. I'm the only Queenslander in the house. And as soon as it happened, I said, the game's over. And we all knew that. Even as a Queenslander, I found it hard to get excited about it after that. It was sort of like...

watching the match because you know you're interested in rugby league and state of origin but it was just a deflating feeling for everybody i have though throughout the course of the week watched with absolute interest the commentary that's gone on about the new south wales team and who didn't aim up and someone didn't do this and someone has to do that and nico this and you know he's had his chance and he's got to go and all this stuff none of them got to go

They were 12 on 13. I don't think you can judge Nico Hines on what happened out there the other night. People said he's kicking game, but they were under pressure all the time because they were one less man. There was always less time. Their team had more fatigue. I don't think we got a good look at New South Wales and what New South Wales can do at all in the slightest because it just wasn't a normal game of football. It's the usual pylon, isn't it, in New South Wales when the Blues lose a game. Yeah.

The point I made on Wide World of Sports on Friday night, and Piggy, I think you agreed with me, was that to play state-of-origin football with 12 men, but to also play the majority of the game and keep the scoreline to 20 points to 10... Yes, Queensland ran away with it in the last, you know, 15 minutes...

I think that just goes to show how brave the Blues were. So people ruling a line through the Blues heading into the MCG in Melbourne, jeez, you're very, very brave doing that, given you'd think New South Wales are going to be fired up, ready to make amends for what happened in Sydney, Briony. Well, they hung in there as best they possibly could. And

I suppose Queensland might have come out at the start of the second half and thinking, well, this is going to be fairly simple. New South Wales aimed up. There was a few big hits. Liam Martin, we've all spoken about it. And then eventually the damn wall burst and there was nothing more they could do with 12 men. I just think there just needs to be some cool, calm heads in New South Wales to go, hey, we didn't get a proper crack at it. We've got to go to Melbourne. We have to win. Forget about the fact the third and deciding match, if it is won, is going to be at Suncorp. Worry about that later. We've got to go to Melbourne and we've got to win.

What did you think, boys? Changes for New South Wales and Queensland, if any. What do you think? For the Blues, I don't think there'll be too many changes. I just mentioned about Luttrell. I think if he plays really good football in the next week as well, off the back of yesterday, I think he'll come into the centres.

If Mitchell Moses has a really good game tomorrow against Canterbury, I think he will come in because I think he would have been in there had he not been out for as long as he was. I think he actually would have been in front of Nico. So I think he'll come in. I don't think there'll be too many changes other than that. I really don't. I think

I think they'll all get another chance. All they can do now is focus on Melbourne, focus on their preparation. That's all they've got control over and making sure they put a good performance in down in Melbourne. What about you, Big Man? Yeah, I think those two, I think they will come in. I think, you know, providing Mitch Moses gets through the game when tomorrow and plays reasonably well, I think he'll come into the side.

As a Queenslander, I don't want to see Luttrell in the team, but I think they'll pick him. I think they're mad if they don't pick him because he's an X-factor player. He gets under the skin. He's like Gallin with me. He's a villain. You need a villain. You've got to have a villain. You know what? He's a good player. We all know he's a good player, and when his mind's on the job, I don't know if there's any history between him and Madge, is there? I don't think so. I've got no idea. The question I've got, and I said it the other night, does the captain retain his spot?

Yeah, I think he will. I think he will be in the team. So the 29-minute thing, Piggy, and it's a question that everyone's asking now, run with the pump, where was the skipper?

But it was a rotation issue, right? Yeah. Well, obviously when you lose, and we spoke about this on Friday night. I feel like I'm saying the same thing again. Josh and I both spoke about it. Unfortunately, when you lose a player for a send-off, it ruins your rotation straight away. And you actually lose your middle rotations because you're using your rotation. You've only got eight rotations left.

or interchanges as it is. So when you lose one of those players and you've got to use a couple of those interchanges on edge players and someone going into the centre... Instead of front row. You're going to lose that. And it is disappointing that he didn't play more minutes. If there was 13 on 13, I think he plays 40 or 50 minutes for them. But the fact is they have obviously had to look for a different player to play in the middle because they only had 12 players. I don't understand that. Why would they have to have a different player playing in the middle? If he's a middle forward, tell me why they need...

Well, I think they went with more leg speed, with players that were a little bit more mobile that could cover the ground because you've got less players on the field. So you're saying you take away from your middles to put blokes out wider? Well, you've got to because you've got to... So you have four edge players on one side, you have four edge players on the other side and you have four middles. When you lose a player...

every team will lose a middle because it's easier to cover than not having a centre out there. Can I say this to you, though? This is what I said before. He's your captain. Agreed. Now, look, if I'm captain of a team and we get a player sent off...

I want to be out there. I want to be the bloke leading the way, trying to win a game for your state or your club or whoever it is. It doesn't matter. But if I'm a captain, particularly when you're a man short, I want to be on the field. I want to be on the field leading the way. And that's what I would have thought that everyone in New South Wales would have liked to have seen the captain out there doing something. He was set on his butt for 40 minutes. Is that the problem having a front row as a

as a captain. Well, that could be. But at the end of the day, all your front rowers are only going to play that 40-minute period anyway. And I think that's why he went with Isaiah off the bench as the vice-captain, because they knew that he would be on the field to cover that and to make the decisions for the team. Well, it makes for an interesting debate, doesn't it, as we head to Melbourne, the MCG for game number two, Queensland, one up in the series. 131873, the number you can email us via the website's

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Geoff says on the text line, what a fantastic story about Piggy's son buying a fishing lure. Pete's sitting at home on their iPhones and laptops, doesn't he? Yeah, well done. You should be proud of him. I am proud of him. I'm very proud of him. Shane at Budgeram says, can you use a Spriggy card for a tab account? Asking for a friend who thinks it would be a great idea to hide his deposits from the wife. No.

I should tell you the other story. I think I told you, big guy. A springy account. A springy account. I was sitting with Harry, my Harry, big H, watching Williams football last Saturday. Right? Yeah. Start of the game, kicks off. My William tackles to make a few tackles. They get the ball back. William runs and scores a try, a first try. What do you think Harry said to me? He said, geez, daddy would have paid a bit for first try scorer. LAUGHTER

I swear, I looked at him, I went, that's my boy. That's where your money's going. He plays front row for his team. Well, he goes, Dad, he would have paid a bit for his first try score. Oh, this is gold. That wasn't the issue. It was up at 11 o'clock that night watching Cannington Dogs.

He had the same game multi on it. I'll tell you this story. Did our man get that up yesterday, the same game multi? I read something that he might have got it up. I think he did. $9 or something was the price. So well done. You're only losing a small fortune now. From points spent. Let's catch up with the Cronulla Sharks. Coach Craig Fitzgibbon off the back of their 22-12 win over the Broncos last night. It sees them move to the top of the table again. He's on the line. G'day, Fitzy.

Afternoon, gents. How are we? Made very well. You'd be pretty happy with that one, I would have thought, beating the Broncos at Suncorp.

Yeah, I thought it was a really strong performance. And probably the most important thing, we were looking for a response for our performances in the weeks previous to that. So I thought we got that. I thought it was a pretty intense game and we controlled most of that. So yeah, there's different ways of winning. And to control a pretty handy Brisbane Broncos outfit, they're hard to hang on to. So I thought we did a good job there.

Yeah, Fitzy, what pleased you most about it? Like the fact that you were down and then you found a way in that second half? Yeah, I thought, to be honest, downing probably had us a little bit confused about the scoreboard. I actually thought we were doing alright. We were in control of the physical energy of the game. I thought we were making good metres. We did get the points due to they were defending their trial line quite well and then

If you look at how they jagged their points, one caught us on a blown ruck and a kick deflection. So I thought we were actually going all right. The scoreboard suggested otherwise. And then really pleased in knuckling down, hanging onto the ball, playing our footy and turning them around. And I just thought we had a good physical edge about us last night. I think the game changed a bit when you threw Royce Hunt out there, mate. I thought, and I know on TV, on commentary, they were glowing in their praise of him. His stats were phenomenal. He had 24 minutes left.

88 metres, six tackle busts and offload and made 10 tackles. It's a fair effort. Yeah, he's all power, Royce. He's hard to hang on to and...

You know, we've sort of... Our interchange guys have been playing pretty strongly the last few weeks. I mean, Jack Williams goes under the radar. Big Tooks, he's only 22, Big Tooks, and he's been playing strongly for us as well. And we have been using Sifu there a little bit as well, but we put Tommy back there as well. So I thought all those guys definitely shifted energy, but none more so than Royce's...

Yeah, he got on it. Just got him on just at the right time. We were starting to get a bit of traction back in the game. And, yeah, he's hard to hold. See, one thing you're not short of, a front row, is, geez, you've got something there. And they're all pretty handy players. Yeah, yeah, we've worked pretty hard on them. They've been in the club for a long period of time now. Obviously, we brought in Oregon at the start of last year. I think Oregon's starting to find his straps. But we have had...

And we've had a lot of injuries through our forwards throughout the course of the year and still haven't had a real stable line-up in our middles and front row. We've got Toby back into the starting lineup, which was good for us. Toby's an important player for us. We've still got Brad and Ewelly to come back. So, yeah, we've got a good rotation of guys there and you need it, particularly coming into the back end and particularly after this origin period with Cam being disrupted there.

Craig, we know he's had his issues this year and they've been well documented and he's addressing them. But gee, Braden Trinder was good last night.

Yeah, he's a good player. Very good player. He did. He got a real painful lesson and it is well documented. But what he can do, he's got a different dimension to his attack, Tricky. And obviously playing with Akko last night, he took most of the control there. But when Tricky's at it, he's got a wonderful kicking game and he really backs his instincts. You just never know when he's going to

take someone on and he's got that sort of cheek about him. He's a terrific kid but he's learned a painful lesson and we're glad to get him back in and

and get some consistency back into his 42. One last one, Fitzy. It relates to Las Vegas next year. Your CEO, Dino Mezzatesta, has been buttering us up on the continuous call team with beautiful food down there at Pointsbet Stadium, the brisket, the Asian Bay Chinese. Oh, the Asian Bay Chinese. The Philly Steak. Philly Steak. Have you been there, Fitzy, by the way? The Asian...

How did you go there? Well, last week, yeah, we got a good inaugural feed. I want to hit the yum-char though. I can do the yum-char there. I can do the good feed at the moment. Can't go wrong with a good yum-char. But Penrith Warriors, Cronulla, Canberra, they're reporting today the four clubs in the box seat to go to Las Vegas. That's obviously something you want to do, Fitzy?

Yeah, I think based on what we saw there last year, what a terrific spectacle just for the game in general. And, you know, for us as the Sharks, as you know, we're still waiting for our development and club to reopen. I think to have the opportunity to travel and get over there and see something different, I think it would be an amazing experience for the players and the staff that get to come along. So, I thought Gisele did a good job of it.

last year. It'd be hard. We were all sitting at home envious last year. I was just thinking about the staff going. How many staff would go there? Who would miss out? Well, I'm hoping the GM, he gets to tell the staff that miss out because I'm not doing it.

I've got to pick a team and leave players out every week so he can leave the game. Actually, I should ask you about Nico Hines. Obviously, state of origin the other night. How's he pulled up, Fitzy? And in your opinion, does he hold on to his spot for game number two?

Yeah, I don't have an opinion on whether he holds his spot or not due to I just have no control over that. I've got zero input into that. What I would say is I think Nicko's a realist at the moment. I thought he certainly didn't shrink. He had a couple of moments of execution there. I reckon if he had his time again, he would have chose a different kick and

a couple of different plays there, but what I did like about it, he didn't stop going after the game. He got plenty of touches, plenty of involvements and had a crack, but at that level, you know how important the execution of things is. What I'm really looking forward to today is we've sort of been unsettled with him due to injury and

in and out and whatever. He's getting it back, getting some good footy into him. And he's got to get out there for the Sharks and make it undeniable. And there's some pretty good candidates back on the field now. So the ball's in the guys' club there. Well, I think I speak on behalf of your supporters and this continuous call team. I know the players are getting some raps at the moment, but I think you deserve a big rap. Making the move from an assistant at the Roosters to head coach at the Sharks is

You're making a good fist of it. You should be enormously proud of yourself, Fitzy. Keep it up and we'll hopefully see plenty more wins coming the way of the Sharks and some finals footy in 2024. Appreciate your time as always. Yeah, no worries, lads. Enjoy your hour. Thanks. Good on you, mate. Craig Fitzgibbon. We'll have to head down there for a yum char with Fitzy.

He might even have the credit card. I'm okay with yum cha, but I'd rather just order my own stuff. The issue with yum cha is you seem to be hungry afterwards. I'm not a yum cha-er. Yum cha, you sort of feel guilty if you don't order something and they walk past. Like, poor bugger walking past with the bad stuff. No one's ordering off of him. You feel sorry for him. What about the little stamp? I went to yum cha once and it was like...

I'd been back to preschool with all the stamps. I said, did I eat that much? I'm a little bit like you there. I'd rather just go and have lunch. So you're dirty on a yumcha? Yeah, I don't think I'm a massive yumcha. I'm actually, I've got breaking news for you. I do have a birthday coming up. I'm actually going there for my birthday. Yumcha? No, not yumcha. Oh, the Chinese. The Asian. Asian. Asian Bay. So we're the sergeants. I heard.

I heard you. But I'm going there with the family, so I'm looking forward to it. So what have you got coming up? Which birthday? July, isn't it? No, June. June. 22nd. What number? 68. 68? Wow. Don't say that. I'm off contract, you imbecile. 68? 68? I didn't know Darren was off contract. I didn't know he was off contract, did you? Yeah, I've told you before.

It's funny, Luke Davis is all over me like calamine lotion. I've been texting him four times and I've heard nothing. He's got some bigger issues at the moment. He's looking after the Olympics. The Olympics? He's already done that. The Olympics, he's not doing a very good job. Listen, can I give you a little tip? What?

Your contract will be sorted out post-Olympics. It's not going to be sorted out in the weeks leading up to the Paris Games. It's all hands on deck. Says who? Because there's a priority list. That's you saying that. What's the priority list? You're not one of them. I think I am. Hello. Oh, please. Ratings. You just sit tight and don't worry about it. I'm worried about it. You should be sitting tight and worried about Pronto's parking. There's plenty of parking. Now, listen. There's two issues. He's the worst guy ever.

There's two issues that always are raised by Daryl this year. He's like a breaking record. Oh, Cam Pereira's the quickest player in the NFL, I believe. And two, I'm off contract. I'm off contract. And three, no parking at your restaurant. Oh, there's plenty of parking. We're off to a break. Back with more.

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Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. Consider the fund's PDS and whether the product is right for you. If you were watching the Sunday footy show earlier, you would have seen an interview with Mark Hughes, the former Newcastle Knights champion that he is. Great bloke, legend. He's had his health battles and obviously started the Mark Hughes Foundation. Next weekend is the Beanies for Brain Cancer round and at

really takes on an extra interest for us or extra motivation for us to get the word out there given our great mate David Morrow's battles with brain cancer at the moment. The big walk is taking place as we speak and a good friend of the program, Glenn Gorick's a part of it and he's on the open line. G'day Glenn. G'day Mark and boys, how are you all? Mate, very well, thanks for holding on the line. We just had to get through Fitzy and everybody else we just had a chat to. Where are you up to and what's the plan over the coming days?

Well, mate, I just enjoyed listening to all that to tell you the truth. And just before we get going, I think I'll go back on the shark sport again if they're going to Las Vegas. Why not? Why not? Look, I'm at Catherine Hill Bay at the moment. I've come down towards Lake Marlborough. I started at Newcastle at...

Donald Jones Stadium this morning at 6am with the organiser. And I'm heading to Shark Park where I'll meet Dino Mesutester and we'll do an on-field presentation for the Mark Hughes Foundation on Thursday night. So that's what we're doing. Fantastic, mate. And the thing about this weekend, I mean, everyone pitches in and I know you've done it in years gone by. It's great to see so many people on board buying their beanies and then through other fundraising efforts like the one you're currently doing.

Yeah, look, the one I'm involved in, the three blokes, you know, Stu Laundie, the great Stu Laundie, who's a Canterbury Bankstown sponsor, he started this walk probably about five years ago with three mates and they did what Gallen would probably do and get chafed up and they all fell to bits and got lost in the middle of the night. Anyway, it's turned into a celebrity walk now. There's 60 invited celebrities and they'll all meet at the SEG on Saturdays

on Friday morning and head back to Newcastle. Look, the collective groups raised close to a million dollars and the Mark Hughes Foundation has raised about 35 million at this point all through the Beanie sales and it all goes into research to help our mates of ours like Dave Morrow and the others that we've got to struggle with.

Yeah, well, well done to you, Glenn, and well done to everybody taking part. And we'll obviously be pushing it extremely hard next weekend, the beanies for brain cancer round. And obviously, Dave, if you're listening, people like Glenn and everybody out there will be doing as much as they can to raise as much money for support and raising awareness and hopefully one day finding a cure to this insidious disease. You're a good man, Glenn. Go well, mate, and look after yourself.

Yeah, thanks, Mark. And all the boys, you're great. The show's, there's a reason it's the number one show, and it's because of you, Blake. So thanks for everything you do with charity and all the fun you have as well. Thank you. You're a good man. Good on you, Glenn. Thank you, mate. That's Glenn Gorick, who's raising money for the Mark Hughes Foundation. Good on him. And we'll obviously have some special things planned next week. What I was thinking, boys, and I'll have to run it past our management, is

Maybe we can put together a couple of auction items and do a little auction next weekend and try and raise some money for the Mark Hughes Foundation. Maybe get some sponsors on board and maybe a lunch with the continuous call time. I'm just sort of floating some ideas. It's just a way in which we can do our part for the Mark Hughes Foundation. Lunch at your new joint. Yeah, we can do that. Lunch at Ballet Park. We can do that. Ballet Park. Well, that's my idea. Can you stop it?

Greeny? That's my idea. That's how he's going to solve it. He's a bit touchy about the post. We don't need to keep talking about the little post. Levy's going to put the white coat on and he's going to do the valet parking. No, that shan't be happening. Park it round the back. Is there parking round the back? I don't think Lindsay's sort of cottoned on to our show being a bit of a G up.

Lindsay says, guys, isn't the story of Piggy's young son seeing junior football as a gambling opportunity rather than a game really disturbing? It demonstrates exactly what is wrong with the relationship between the NRL, its broadcast partners, and gambling wagering companies from Lindsay. Lindsay, it's a G up. Oh.

Oh, for goodness sake. Didn't you tell me something about your son in gambling or something? What did you say before, Bruni? Yeah, so Harry turned 10 on Friday and he had his birthday party yesterday in the local park and the kids were running around and hooning around. He got his presents. So this morning...

He was opening up his presents. He got, you know, a rooster's football and a soccer ball and all the things you think a little 10-year-old boy would get. But one envelope from one of his friends, he's opened it and he goes, Dad, look, had a 50 in it. Oh, stop. $50. I've gone, I wouldn't mind a 50 for my birthday. Anyway, and then I went back into the kitchen. He goes, oh, Dad, there's something else in this envelope. And I said, what is it? And he goes, they're lotto tickets. And I've gone...

I said, hang on, I'll be out in a second. I went out there. There were two scratchies. How did he go? He's 10. LAUGHTER

You can't. Hang on a second. You're lindy. Anyway, I taught him how to play and he won three bucks. Oh, God. He got three bucks. But my wife and I were in hysterics that he's 10 and his little mate and his parents have given him two scratchies for his 10th birthday. Has he gone back and collected and got another lot of scratchies? No. He'll be on the road to ruin already. We picked up the three bucks at the news agency this morning and he pocketed it. Oh, God.

Look, just before people ring up, of course you can't go and buy lotto tickets and thingo ticket scratchies under the age of 18. Yes, we understand that. That's just what's happened. Well, firstly, I was shocked about the 50 because I kind of have a limit for Harry's mate's birthday parties of about 30.

You know what I mean? You're a type, you know what. Oh, no, I reckon 30, you can get a decent bill. There are only little. I gave my nephew, my nephew turned, what was it? He's 14. Yeah, but I gave him a $100 note. Yeah, but he's your nephew. But he's your nephew. Very different. He turned 38. My mum and my stepdad go, oh, mate, that's a bit much. Just give him like 20 bucks. How old is he? He's 32.

Yeah, but you're the rich uncle, so it's all right. No, I'm not rich. I'm a backpacker. He gave him $100. See, this brings me to another point. Get him scratches next time. I might do that. In this day and age, like most people when you go to a wedding, give cash now, correct? Yeah. Nearly everyone gives cash. Wishing well. No one gives them a toast or a kettle or all the stuff you used to get in the old days. I went to a 60th last week and gave a meat voucher. What do you give? Like if you go to a wedding, right, and let's say they're,

They're friends, but not super close friends. What do you give them? Cash, how much? Well, I thought, and this is a generalisation, I thought it was always you had to sort of cover...

your ticket at the wedding, if that makes sense. So just say it cost $150 or $200 per person, then if you and your wife went, you'd give them $300 or $400. So how do you know? Well, I don't know. I think you have to assume. Right. Would you say if you went to a really super posh one, you'd give more? No.

No, I think there's a limit. Have you given 500 ever? You have. You have. Yeah, but I also think it depends on whose wedding it is.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. No, no, no. It's like you go to a pack of weddings and you give them $500. It might be a cousin. Yeah, but there's really... And then it might be a friend. There's really good mates and there's just mates. So I think that's got something to do with it. Most weddings I go to, I have to emcee, so I don't take a present. I think that's a legitimate thing. Well, you don't take a present. If you're not going to pay me to emcee your wedding, I'm not bringing you a present. Mate, but if you're...

Do you emcee weddings for friends? Well, I emcee every wedding I've been to, I've had to emcee because I talk for a living. How many weddings have you emceed? Probably 25. I reckon I've done 15. Paid? No. Never. Did you take a present? Just for my friends. Actually, the last one I did was Chris O'Keefe and Yvonne Samson's. I can't remember if we took a present to that. Really? I just think O'Keefe's listening once in a while. So you're saying you went to their wedding and didn't give them anything? Well, my wife would have been in charge of that. I

I can't remember. I'll tell you what I did give at that wedding. Your wife would have been... That many payouts to that many people who were there. It's not funny. Well, see, this is the thing, right? If I'm going to have to give my time to MC, which means I can't get on the drink, I've got to be sensible until after the formalities, I think that's the reason why I shouldn't have to give a present. I would assume you still give a present. I would think you should give a present. Whenever I MC... My present is MCing the wedding. Yeah.

How dare you? I do the same thing when I emcee charity events or East Rugby Union season launch, all these things that I do all the time.

I never buy raffle tickets or anything. It's interesting you say that because I've got a rule. If I've got to emcee a charity function, I never charge. But if I'm emceeing a function where people are going to make money and they want me to come along, well, I'll obviously charge them something. Charity, nothing. If I'm doing something like a charity thing, I just do it and then I leave. Fair enough. What if you're not doing a charity thing?

What if you're getting paid? I want some cash. Yeah, well, if you're getting paid, it's a corporate gig then. I've got to get to a break. Shane at Budrum, just off the back of Lindsay's message. Wow, Lindsay sounds like fun. His wild night out would be putting his PJs on Inside Out. Thank you, Shane. We'll take a break. Be back with more.

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Two games this afternoon, score updates on the Storm and the Knights, and we'll bring you live action of the Panthers and Manly. And Ray will be with us tomorrow, King's birthday public holiday at a core stadium to call the Bulldogs and Parramatta to wrap up round number 14. Yeah, John's in Brisbane. He says, Well, that's actually where he is this afternoon. He's shouting.

And his other son, I've actually had a message from Carly Riddell. That $3 he spent on the fishing lure was actually a half-box trifecta on the races. LAUGHTER

131873, the number, 2GB.com, 4BC.com.au. And look, a quick plug for tomorrow. Holiday Monday footy, not only in the NRL, but down at Wentworth Park. Two o'clock kick-off, the Glebe Dirty Reds taking on Wright Eastwood. Gates open at one o'clock, entry $10, and kids under 16 get in for free.

Now, there's a fair bit of concern for one of the North Sydney players here in the New South Wales Cup. He's now sitting up, which is good news, but the two club doctors are out there attending to this injured player in the New South Wales Cup, but the good news is they've now set him up. So we'll stand by for some more news on this player in the New South Wales Cup competition. He's now standing up and he'll be making his way from the field. So there was some concern, but it looks like he's going to be OK. Yes, he's walking off that bench.

far side of the field. We've got a break for some news. We'll come back with the next hour of the Continuous Call Time.

Yeah, welcome back. Continuous call team. Thank you, Mossy. And great to see Carl Chisel reuniting for another tour. We've got the New South Wales Cup continuing where it's the North Sydney Bears 12 leading the Panthers 0 with 19 to play in the first half. So 12 points to nil. The Bears leading the Panthers here in the New South Wales Cup. Later this afternoon, we'll bring you live coverage of

Penrith and Manly as Round 14 continues. And we've got the first half underway at Amy Park where it's nil all between the Storm and the Knights, nil all between Melbourne and Newcastle as we take you around the grounds for Uber Reserve. In the three games played yesterday, the Sharks beat the Broncos 22-12. If you missed our chat with Craig Fitzgibbon, we'll put that up on the website for you. Warriors, big win over the Cowboys, 42-12. And Latrell Mitchell announcing himself potentially today

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That's it, Queensland. On the continuous call team, the Queensland Report with Peter Persoltis. Queensland's everywhere. Queensland's everywhere.

Yes, well, I'm glad that I ran into Peter Basaltis at the back of the commentary box here at Penrith because I feel the need to get him on to explain the events of yesterday because the last time I was with Salty was Wednesday night at Origin for our joint Wide World of Sports broadcast and we were interviewing the eighth immortal Andrew Johns, who'll be joining us in the next 20 minutes.

and there was a declaration made by Joey that he was taking Salty to the races. Yep. Ten races at Royal Randwick. He's backing up today. Eleven races. Eleven races, 10.30 start. Backing up today to call some footy live and free on nine, Peter Basaldas. Afternoon to you. Hello, Peter.

Hello, Mark. Hello, everyone. I'm all good. You're all good? Yes, all good. I had a good day yesterday. As Brainy just said, 10.30 start. Were you there at 10.30? No, we got there for race three. What time did you finish? What time did the footy finish last night? Because we had to watch the footy. And what else did you do?

In Carmins or somewhere? Where did you go? A couple of screeners. Screeners. That's in Clovelly. Clovelly Hotel. You have to use two hands. Oh, God. He's already said, he came in, he said, oh, this game here, this is when big man used to play. Oh.

It started. It's on. No, he doesn't use two hands. The bloke next to him helps him while he's sitting in the little baby seat. Actually, you know, just one thing you guys have got to give, the player you've got to give more raps to, I think, from going back to Origin on Wednesday night is Jadon Sewer. No, I'm not great, guys. See, I pushed Jadon Sewer. I pushed him.

To be in that side, but I've now reneged on that. Well, let me just share with our listeners that may not have heard this yesterday. Tyrell Sloan was a special guest on the Continuous Call team, Piggy, Brainy and Salty. And while organising it on the Friday night, Chris, the Dragons media manager, asked Tyrell Sloan if he'd like to do an interview with the Continuous Call team. Tyrell replied, who's it with? He said, Mark Levy, Daryl Broman, Paul Gallen and Flannoy.

Jaden Sewer butted in. Daryl Broman, is he the one that sings We'll Be Riding on the Horses? Yeah. Zach Lomax, he chimed in with, that's Daryl Braithwaite, you idiot. LAUGHTER

He doesn't handle it well. Look at him. I haven't handled it well. As I said, he's well-named, sewer. He's an Irish inquirer. So am I. And he's a Queenslander. You've bought 99 of them. I don't care. I've forgotten him already. So what Queenslanders do, Daryl? No, it's too late.

I love that song, though. I'm recording a podcast with Billy on Tuesday. I'm going to say, Darryl's off Jaden's sewer. You know what Billy will say? Me too. Thank you. Billy will say me too. Thank you. He's a good bloke, Bill. So, did you back a winner yesterday? In your bag of fruit? Take me through it. What did you do? You've got to wear a suit, jacket and tie here. Is that right?

What's wrong with that? You see, in Brisbane, it's optional. You can still go in slacks and a shirt and jacket or tie is optional. Really? But, yeah, full suit. It was a good day. G'day to everyone we met yesterday. Who did you meet? Any underworld figures? Hang on a second. Hang on a second. Who did you meet? Just some wonderful people at the turf club yesterday. Were you in the chairman's room? No, we were in a level four in a suite up there.

You claim to be a man of the people, Salvi. Level four. Well, it was a great day. So who was in the box? It was you, it was Joey. Anybody else of note? We didn't know anyone else. To be honest, one redheaded guy and we said, oh, Fatty's...

Son. He was born in 1991 when Paul was at the Roosters. And, yeah, so he actually didn't know who his dad was. That might have been Paul. So you never know. There you are. All right. I've never been in a suite at the races. Have you, Piggy? Yes, you have. Of course he has. Of course he has. You, Brady?

You been in a suite? I've been to Peter Volandi's chairman's suite. Oh, I've been in there. I've been there. Well, I took David Morrow into Peter Volandi's chairman's suite and PVL got up and was introducing everybody. And he said, and ladies and gentlemen, David Morrow, who's been calling the races since, you know, the 1970s and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Davey stood up. He said, it was actually the 60s, Peter. LAUGHTER

Oh, Davey. Beautiful. Did you get an invite, Darrell? No. Did you go anywhere? Yeah, I've been a few times. I had to pay, though.

Hey, can you get your feet off my chair please? Hammy's are stretched. Your hammy's are stretched? What from? They're stretching. I had to walk up the toilet before. How many steps? That's not... Have you ever been up the toilet next door? That's where they do the video ref, you idiot. What?

Well, it's all the same thing. And while I'm at it here at Penrith, like I dug the first sod of dirt here for them. You dug the well. That's basically what I said. I'm anti the toilets they've got up here. Why? Because there's women and men in the same room. Unisex. So what if you sit down there, right? You go there and there's a woman in the store. Let's say Danica's in the one next to you. You sit down and go... I mean...

You know Danica's in there. What are you going to do? Can we clarify which one made the noise? Oh, Salty. Salty. This will get back to Danica. Andrew, go and alert Danica to what Peter Masolio has said about it. Does Salty know what's been going on at Channel 9 lately? It's been a bit of controversy.

Can I just point out something to Big Mom, though? What? Just a few metres on from that shared toilet facility are proper toilets, men's and women's. Men's and women's. So can you go there? Did you not hear about my hamstring? What, it's sore, so you can't work an extra five metres.

Let me look at my watch. Oh, here we go. Check those 5,000 steps. Is this the freebie? He's only done 30 now. No, I've got paid to wear it. 1,400. That's a lot better than the freebie. Big day. How many steps have you done today? 1,000. 600. That's embarrassing. Just having a look at your settings. That's for the week. That's for the week.

I actually live in my house. Where do you live? Down the back. I've done 9,834 today. Doing what? Walking. Where? Around with the dog and stuff and family. What, in circles? Just walking around the house in circles. Blocks. Blocks. No, that's what Daryl does. He puts the watch on the little puppy dog's paw and just runs him around the backyard. Yes, 5,000 steps. That's not a bad idea. See, unlike you blokes, I don't live my life through my watch. LAUGHTER

It's coming from the bloke who's paid to wear it. That doesn't matter. Yes, it does. Hardhat watch is magnificent. Oh, there's a little freebie. So you get the watch and you know how it tells you a great start to the day or a little bit slower. How many steps have you done? Hang on, I've got to go to it. Do you have one of these? No, I don't have mine. So yours would be biased because last night you would have done three back and four forward. No. Trying to get home. 3,000 steps. Sideways. 3,000 steps.

That's the thing. If you have a big night, if you have a late night after midnight and you've got your watch on until, say, two or three in the morning, not that I was out that late last night. Starts up the next day. You're clocking up steps. The next day it says, way to go. You're well ahead of your goal usually for this time of day and you're getting up going, oh, my goodness, I feel horrible and all that. But the watch is giving you a big boost. Big boost. Yeah, it's good because you're ahead of the game. I like it.

Peter, just before you go and get some preparation done for your great call on Channel 9, I played a clip from the Continuous Call Team Weekend Detention CD yesterday, and obviously you'll be a part of Nine's Olympic coverage. You'll be calling the weightlifting, I believe. Shooting. Oh, shooting as well? Shooting. Okay, well...

Piggy, you've done 872 steps. How many has Piggy done? Don't worry about it. Don't live your life through your phone or your watch. 872. Well, I literally woke up, had a shower, got ready, breakfast, jumped in the car and drove up here. I haven't done anything. You haven't even cracked a foul. Our good mate Gerard Duffy. What's he done? We checked his step count one night on his watch. At night, remember, 140. LAUGHTER

Here's a question for our listeners. I'm going to give a listener, you've got to ring through if you can better Piggy Riddell for a lower step count than what was it? 874. If you've done less than 874 steps today on your phone or on your watch or on whatever, 131873 and I'll give you a show. And also, the car parking's right there, so I've only had to walk 50 metres. Well, you're out of throwing a defibrillator. LAUGHTER

So if you've done less than 873 steps, 893 steps, 131873 is the number, you give us a ring. Now, Salty, back to you. The weekend attention CD. I played this a couple of times yesterday. You're going to be a part of the Olympic coverage. Is it true this is you ringing through to speak to Ray all those years ago, wanting one day to call the swimming? Little Jones in wave one. LAUGHTER

They're about to take off. Beep. And they're off. Nathan Jones is already at the 15-metre mark. She's winning. Oh, they're nearly there. She touches the wall. She's won. She's had a new record. Good call, Toby. I want you to do that starting beep again. Beep. Was that you? No.

I wish I was that young. That would put me, that was on air about 20 years ago, so that would mean I'm still in early 20s. And I was actually working around the grounds that day when he rang in. Now, look, you've got a bit of explaining. No, no, no, no, you stay there. You stay there. Let's bring in our great friend and colleague from Channel 9, Danica Mason and Peter Vesalius. You can tell Danica what you just said about your colleague that's fronting the

coverage this afternoon. Danica, good afternoon to you. Have I been good afternoon? Have I been thrown under the bus here? I want to know. Bye, Salty. Bye, Salty. This is what I said, okay? Danica, this is what I said. I said, Danica Mason is now ahead of James Bracey. Oh, you've got to suck it.

Danica, what he said was you're in the toilet and you did a pop-off. LAUGHTER You've got to give it some context. No, just explain. Look, she's got to get on the telly. Just explain. So you're off the toilet tab because they're unisex. I don't like unisex toilets. You don't want to go to the unisex because you said that Danica might be in the next cubicle and you said, what if you lot off a little pop-off and Salty says, we need to differentiate who did the pop-off. Yes, that's exactly what happened, Danica. So Salty is off you. LAUGHTER

I'm on you. You're a champion. I'm against the unisex cubicles because often I have to use, at certain games, there aren't any female toilets near the sidelines. I often have to use the men's toilet and it is disgusting. I don't understand what goes on in there. I can tell you there's a lot going on in there.

Oh, yeah, there's a lot doing. We were on the Sunday...

We had about four minutes six weeks ago to grab a glass of water, go to the toilet if we wanted to. Anyway, so Luke, Kiri and I walk out and he asked me where the toilets were. I directed him to the men's toilet and there's a woman's toilet that's actually closer to the studio. I went to walk in there, walked in on Brad Fittler. LAUGHTER LAUGHTER Gentlemen's just falling apart! LAUGHTER

Well, this needs to be addressed by Peter Volandis and Andrew Abdo. If we could put a team in Papua New Guinea, we need to get Danica a toilet. Exactly. Don't give the press any more ammo on Channel 9. See you, Danica. That's Danica Mason. She'll be there on Channel 9 this afternoon. What have you done to our colleague Salty? He's the biggest issue at 9 at the moment, this one. LAUGHTER

Mr Costello's shoulder charge would have got you six weeks in the NRL. But anyway, Salty, you have a great call this afternoon. Keep up the hydro lights and the water. No, I'm good to go. You'll be all right. Have a good call. Good to go. Thanks, Daryl. Peter. We're going to take a quick break. See you, Salty.

We'll invite you to the Randwick one day, boys. We'll have a good time. Level four. We're going to take a quick break. Other side of this, if you've done less than Piggy Riddell's 893 steps, I'm going to give you a prize. 131873, the number. They're coming through thick and fast. If you've done less than 893, firstly, you need to have a good look at yourself. Two, I'm going to give you a prize. 131873, break back with more. Well, ladies and gentlemen, the board's lit up.

Piggy Riddell has set a new world record for the least amount of steps. In half a day. Half a day, he's done 893. I'll double that by the time I get down on the sideline, do the interviews and get back up. Well, I was going to say, you don't move from the sideline. How's that going to win for you? Well, I've got to chase the players around after the game. All right, let's whip through these and see what we can do as far as people that have done less than you. Bruce is first up in Cronulla. Hello, Bruce. G'day, mate. How's it going? Good, thank you, mate. How many steps today, buddy?

397. And what would you say that was most of them were racked up from doing, Bruce?

Well, I got out of bed, there was some. Went to the bathroom. That's a bonus. Picked up the car. 372. Righto. Well, at the moment, you're top of the leaderboard. Gary's at Alexandra Hills, line five. Hello, Gary. Afternoon, boys. Hello, mate. How many have you done? Not proud, but 333. What have you done today? Is yours on your wrist or is it on your leg, your what?

If mine's on my leg, I've got a big band on it, mate. It's on my wrist. Thank you, Gary. Thank you, Gary. Well, Danica was in the next cubicle. Line two, Marty and Canberra we go next. Hello, Martin. How are you going? Good, thank you, mate. How many have you done? This is a world record.

My phone's showing me 136. What did you do that just waking up? I'm a taxi driver, mate. 136. So you've literally probably just walked outside, got in your cab, and that's it. I got up at 5.30 this morning, mate. Mate, why do you put yourself through it? Just throw the watch away right now. Yeah.

Thank you, Marty. 136 steps. You're the new leader. Let's keep going. Tony's at peak. So we've gone from 397 to 200 to 136 to now. What's Tony at peak? Hello, Tony. I'm 93. 93 steps. Way younger.

Oh, you mean the steps? 93. What have your dad just said on the toilet all day? Well, I've gone to and from the loo. I've had an operation, so I can't put my foot down. That's an excuse. That's all right. Good on you, Tony. We'll take a couple more. So now we've got a 93. 93, that's going to be hard to fit. Surely we won't have anybody fitting that. Wendy at Rydalmere. Hello, Wendy. Yes?

Yes, I can be better. I got 88 today. And I only got out of bed and went to the Facebook, my computer. Thank you, Wendy. All right, we'll snag one more in. Surely Wendy wins at 88. Paul at Castle Hill. G'day, Paul. Yeah, g'day. How you doing? Good, thank you, mate. Your tally? Yeah, 63 today. Yeah.

63? I'm laying in the car with a seat laying back, listening on the digital radio to the continuous call team. Got up this morning, had a shower. The wife started yelling at me because I don't take her anywhere, so I went and sat in the car. Been here for about four and a half hours. Getting some chafing on the double chin, mate. Oh.

Oh, Paul. Stop the fight. You win. No. Paul, congratulations. Thanks to Complete Blinds, we'll send you a continuous call team show bag. You've got the hats, the stickers, the stubby holders and everything else. Good on you, mate. Thank you very much. There you are. Thanks, mate.

I did 1,600. I'm overexerting myself. You've had a big day. I'm going to stop. 1,600. Throw the watch away. For those people that don't realise, if you've got an Apple iPhone, if you go onto the health app, which is the little heart, it tells you your step count. I've only done 1,445.

872. You're going backwards. Not a lot. Not a lot at all. 131873, the number 2GB.com. Click onto the feedback icon if you would like to join us. Is that your week? Yeah, no, that's the day. Show us your week. No, that's the day. Go on. No, get away. Go up the top of the week. Oh, that is pathetic. Oh, my God. You haven't cracked 1,000 any day this week. Yes, I have. Oh, you have not. That's 5,000.

That's probably 3,000. Click on it. This one? Yeah.

Oh, 2,000. Mate, he's done 2,000 steps. That's appalling. Yesterday was a quiet day, 1,650. You're a former athlete. Yeah, but I jump in the car to go to the gym, then I train, and then I jump in the car and I go home. So it's actually not steps. Okay, fair enough. That's appalling. We're going to take a break. We'll come back with plenty. Jeez, you've done a few, Brainy. 17,000? 17,000 yesterday, 10,700. Jeez, you'd think you'd look a bit better doing all those steps. Oh, no.

By the way, are we having some donuts, Daryl? I'm not shouting. Why not? Because you tried to pull the wool over his eyes. You leave him. First thing you said, geez, I'm hot. It's hot in here again today. Where are we going to park? LAUGHTER

Why is that funny? Why is that funny? I think it's funny. Oh, it's funny. I know it gets to you. No, no. So what's happened? Darryl's... So the food's been delivered. We've all had some lunch and Darryl was late getting here. Yeah, I'll get some donuts. And we hit Darryl's lunch and he was very, very cranky. And he goes, I was going to get some donuts, but it wasn't open and I'm glad it wasn't now. So I'm not shouting donuts. He spat the dummy. Yeah, he spat the dummy over his hidden lunch. No, I'm getting donuts as long as Gowan doesn't have any. Yeah.

We'll take a break. Come back with more Continuous Call Team. Continuous Call Team on Sunday afternoon. Daryl Broman, Mark Piggy, Riddell, Mark Levy and Neil Breen. We've started a new cause off the back of our brief conversation with Danica Mason. Hashtag Danica deserves a dunny on the sideline. And I think it's going to take off, big man. We get things done here at 2GB and 4BC. Yeah. If we can put a team in Papua New Guinea, we can get Danica Mason a dunny on the sideline.

I don't know how that would go for it, to be honest. Imagine everyone just crowding around and just listening in. Not on the field. You said on the sideline. No, no, no. In the tunnel. It's access to one. In the tunnel, even worse. Access to one. But you started it talking about the unisex toilets here at your former home ground. Anyway, let's bring in... I'm anti-unisex toilets. Let's bring in Andrew Johns, the eighth immortal, who was racing yesterday with...

Our great mate, Peter Basaldas. Hello, Joey. Hello, boys. How are you? How are the races, mate? Could not back a winner. Could not back a winner.

Back to about five seconds as usual. But, yeah, do it responsibly. How'd Salty go with you? Was he a good wingman? Would you classify him as a wingman or what would you do? Hard running back rower. LAUGHTER He was good, Salty. He's a good bloke. But, no, he wasn't stumbling or wobbling. There was no HIA, unfortunately. LAUGHTER 110. LAUGHTER

What a great preparation for his call today. Out with the eighth for a day at the races. Sorry, then he sounds like John Laws. The naked wild turkey. What about the Savo, mate? Panthers and Manly. Thankfully the sun's out. We should have a big crowd for what will be a good game. I can't believe that Manly are outsiders in this one. Considering the players, they're

They've got out Penrith, Talon May, Nathan Cleary, Liam Mahn, Dylan Edwards, all these players. Last week against the Dragons, the second half, they just got rolled. Manly's nearly full strength. So I think I'm tipping Manly. I think Manly will win. What about the Manly side so far this year, Joey? They've had six wins, I think, from the 12 games. Have you liked what you've seen? Yeah, in patches. In patches, they're a bit up and down. But when it sticks, especially in the day, they're a better team in the day because they like to use the ball and

Jeez, the halfback, Daley Cherry. He just keeps getting better and better. I saw him downstairs. He's 35. I said, mate, you could play until you're 38 or even longer. Because I can't remember. He's had no major lower leg injuries or... I wouldn't think so, no. Mate, he's

He's just durable. He's a super player. I mean, you remember the early days when he started playing for Queensland. They were all bagging him. Yeah, they were all off him. They were off him. And then he turned them around by playing pretty good. And he's been there probably a decade since. And he's just a superstar. What a player he is. Well, the other night, he was the best player on the field by a mile. He just... Jeez, he played well. Hurts to say. Mm-hmm.

Anyway. Brainy. Brainy. Hello. Brainy. I was just watching Joey. He went for Daryl's donuts. Did you see that? He did not. He'd had a good chop at the donuts there. Did you touch those donuts? You're not a good advertiser. I am. At least I paid for these ones. Where's my card?

Joey, I did want to ask you, this time of year the footy's kind of funny, juggling origin commitments, players backing up. They have got a few backing up, Manly. That could be tough for them. Yeah, look, people talk about backing up. Once you're on the field, it can be a bit of a drag leading into it. Once you're on the field, you're sweet. I think we make too much of the backing up, especially if you're playing the halves. You're not getting beaten up too much. I can understand if you're playing in the middle or...

playing at hooker and you're making 50 tackles. But once you're out there, your adrenaline's running. I think they make it too big a thing.

than what it is. And then after the game, you have three or four days off and you're fine. One last one on origin. I know you spoke on the footy show today. Changes, potential changes for New South Wales. What are you doing with the team if you're the coach? Well, Luttrell's the first bloke picked. They've just got to pick him. They've got to pick him at left centre and then Stephen Crichton on the right. He's a good player, Stephen Crichton. Obviously, Nico's going to be under all sorts of pressure. I think it's Mitchell Moses' position to lose over the next couple of weeks. And then if you pick...

Moses, Diego combination, and you think Game 3 last year, Moses and Cody Walker went really well. Cody got me out of the match. Diego, them two, even Jake Trebrojic. Is Jake under pressure? I don't know what happened with the rotation of the bench, but... He's got to be under pressure. He's got to be. He was off for about 50-odd minutes. So...

The one I keep talking about is does my head in. What's Victor Radley doing playing for the Poms? Like, honestly, if you've got him and Payne Haas and Cameron Murray in the middle out there rotating, playing huge minutes, and Victor's made for Origin. I just wish he was available. Where's your head at, Victor? I think he wants to be a Queenslander, though.

He's in English. How dare you? He's a bomb. Anyway. We'll pick him. Doesn't matter. Good to see you, Joey. Good calling the Savo, mate. Yep. There he is. Andrew Jones. What about the enthusiasm? That's my stuff. Joey. Joey. He's got his booklet. He's got all my notes on it. What do you mean notes? You've never done notes in your 20 years working on this show. Hub. Which one? Something hub.

Not that one. Not YouTube either. 1-318-723, the number. Fake. I will say this. They're looking reasonably fresh, the eighth and little salty after a day at the races yesterday. I thought you were talking about the donuts. Yes, so was I. You know what? I'm going to make you guys wait another five minutes before you can eat them. Really? Not an issue. Okay, I'm going to make you not have any. LAUGHTER

They are fresh, though. Like, Joey 10, 15 years ago wouldn't look like that after a day at the races. No. He's a new man.

Is he? I don't know about that. Just some news from the Telegraph. Michael Maguire has ruled himself out of contention for the Parramatta coaching job. EELS CEO Jim Sarantinos has confirmed that Maguire has declared his primary focus is on coaching the Blues. Maguire had been on a short list of coaching options to replace Brad Arthur. However, in the wake of a conversation with the Blues coach in the last 48 hours, Parramatta has decided to move on without the former Rabideau's premiership winning coach. Ah.

Here he is. Jeez, everybody's popping in to see us. Cuzz-o. Wayne Cousins. Hey, Cuzz-o. Even as an away game. Cuzz-o, I thought you'd use some donuts this week. Take a couple. Francis Wieners. Mate, I had one the other week. I don't know if it was as big as the one I had before. It was a smaller wiener than I thought. Oh, Daryl. 131873, the number, 2GB.com. Click onto the feedback icon. On the topic of food, guys, Cadbury Chocolate this week has brought a new block of chocolate. Wait for it. Mudcake. Mudcake.

Sounds a bit rich for me. Love the show from Stephen in Earlwood. Yeah, I wouldn't bag it till I tried it. Mudcoach sounds all right to me. We might have to get it. Oh, you know what I had last night? Gals aren't he suing to it. I don't know who had it last night. As I walked out of the studio to swap over with the B team, Josh Morris had a big block of top deck. Oh, yeah. Massive big block. Now, I don't know who brought that in. Did he bring it in? Josh brings it in. He loves top deck now as well. So I started like dreaming about it. I only had three squares. I drove all the way home. My mouth was dribbling.

I needed top deck. Got home, darling, you'd bought the massive block of top deck. It was just sitting in the fridge waiting for me. Did you save some for tonight? Yeah, I did. I only had three or four. Did she say anything when you got it out of the cupboard? Yeah. What do you think she said? No, this is what she said.

Like really loud. Or when you get the chips out. It's so hard. You've got to try and sneak them in. You know, you put them. Do you ever? I've got the kids. As soon as I open the packet. But I've got to try and slip them in my pocket or something because I'm in the other room watching the same show she's watching. Why don't you have a stash hidden in your room?

So you don't have to go out. That's a very good idea. In the cushions or the pillows. Or the dogs might get to a drink. Oh, yeah, that's true. Have you got a little bar fridge in your little man cave? I've got a big fridge in my man cave, yeah. Fridge freezer, a big one. So you are living separate lives, aren't you? Oh, basically, yeah. Have you been known to not off in the man cave and not go to bed? Well, I'm glad you brought that up. Oh, Levy. Levy. Levy. Look.

I don't want to dob her in. Yeah, I probably have. You are dobbing her in. By the way, 12-6 Newcastle leading Melbourne. 12-6 the score. Sorry, Darren. She went out. She does very rarely goes out, but it was one of the girlfriend's birthdays. I think it was last Saturday. I can't recall what day. It was last Sunday. Sunday, yeah. She was texting in saying she's on the wine. Yeah, she had a wine, and that's a bad. She said, oh, no, I'm on the wine at like 1 a.m., 1 p.m., I should say. Anyway, I got home because Sunday, I don't know what time I get home. So I get home at 8 o'clock or whatever.

She's home, which is good news. That's a tick, right? Yep. She's on the lounge watching her shows on TV, you know. What show? With the dog. Survivor on. She always watches that sort of stuff. She loves that sort of stuff. Yep. Anyway, so I go in the other room, watch whatever I do for about, say, 45 minutes. Try and watch footy or whatever's on.

Anyway, I've had enough. I'm ready for bed. It's like 8.30, quarter to nine. So I walk out, turn my TV off, walk into the main lounge room. Here she is on the lounge with the two dogs either side, TV on. No!

That's not the issue, though. Is it, big man? I had to make a decision. There's decisions to be made when you're in a situation like that. Just stop, Darrell. Just stop for a second. Is this the story you really want to tell on air? No, you've got to go home to Bev tonight. Oh, she probably won't be listening. Anyway, so the decision I had to make, it's not what you think it was. It was, do I turn the TV off and the lights off and just wake her up or just let her go? I went option B.

I just let her go. You just left her there. Went to bed, turned the lights off upstairs, started going to sleep. About two hours later, I hear, hmm, hmm. So she's obviously waking up. TV's on. The light's on. And then she said, oh, I'm going to go to bed. Better go to bed.

Oh, how good's that? Oh, Bev, if you're listening, shall we salute you? Oh, dear, oh, dear. Simon in Tamworth says, just before we get to a break, my wife got one of those Fitbit watches as a promo when the Samsung S7 were catching on fire as a gift to say to stay with Samsung. One morning she had it on after finishing, well, let's just say playing under the sheets.

It made a notification, people hurt, and Tech saying, well done, you've had an elevated heart rate workout. I hope you all get a giggle. Love the show from Simon and Tamworth. On that note, we'd better take a break. We'll come back with more. Yeah, welcome back. Continuous call, team. Great to see Wayne Cousins. He said, Levy, tell everybody at 3 o'clock that we're 1 to 17, and Ray Vega's the 18th man. It's quarter to 3, so we're close enough. So there you are, the team news from the manly media manager. Yeah.

Mate, it's 1-17. It's not exactly Earthshatter. What if he's not right, though? You know what? Wouldn't it be funny if they're not 1-17? Cuzz-o. He's going over to your restaurant, too, he said. Oh, is he? Yeah. Oh, good on you, Cuzz-o. Does he live in Manly Wake? Yeah, he's over north. He's over north side. He's near...

Daly Cherry Evans. Yeah, he's next door neighbour to Cherry Evans. Wouldn't that be a punish for DCE? Poor bugger. Have the media manager next door. What's he doing? He'd do DCE's lawn though, wouldn't he? Wouldn't he? Keep him sweet. Harry says, I really miss watching you dribblers having so much fun and delivering us much entertainment. Why are we not allowed to view anymore? Can you ask Harry? Harry? Is he working on the problem? Yes, Harry is on the case.

Our man, Harish. Big H. It's a little bit above his pay grade, though, Harish. So it's not really his decision to make at this stage for people watching us when we're out here on the webcam and everything. So apparently it uses up too much bandwidth, I was told. It's basically too hard. I don't think the web's as good out here, is it? There's only so much bandwidth you can use. Just run me through what bandwidth is, Piggy.

It's the bandwidth of the band. It's the width of the band. It stretches. That's true. Yeah, you're right. And unfortunately, it stretches too far when we bring the cameras as well. And if you bring the cameras, sometimes the band will break. So you don't want a broken band. Because you don't have enough bandwidth. Mm-hmm.

But can I raise a point? Yeah, please do. Aren't we the biggest media company in the nation? Yeah. At the moment, we are. But we can't. Under the bump. We can't have a camera put us on telly. What about these two, Blase? You can see the headlines tomorrow on the Telegraph. Channel 9 has poor bandwidth. What have you done? That'll be where it'll be written.

Anyway, 131873, the number. Afternoon, Levy. Thank you so much for the pink heart information on my phone. I had no idea the steps were recorded. I don't need a $1,200 watch now from Billy. Well, Billy, consider it a little tip from me to you. Good on you, buddy. What have you got, Bruno? You got a little present for the big man. Yeah, well, I'm filthy I didn't bring Top Deck.

But I sort of looked at it today. Oh, wow. But I like to get people's thoughts about this one. Are those Scorched Peanut bars? Yes. I love them. I thought he would. I love them. Because they're old school. Yeah, good stuff. Scorched Peanut bars. Thank you. And I liked, I know you don't like the word buzz on there, but honeycomb flavoured buzz. Hang on, can we? I didn't mind that, Kit Kat. Honeycomb Kit Kat. Can we read it? Can we read it correctly, please? This is a Kit Kat honeycomb flavoured buzz. Buzz.

Just throw it on the floor and stomp on it for a while. Oh, look, our very own Buzz has walked in. Hello, Michael Chambers. Chambers is here. Do you want some honeycomb, Buzz? He likes Buzz. You know he's part time kid cat these days, little buzzy boy. Anyway, there you go, Daryl from Brainy. Thanks a lot, Brainy.

Oh, can you be a little bit more, you know? No, no, I do appreciate it. Thanks a lot. These scorched peanut bites are the best. He threw the buzz bar. Brent, if I was you, I'd stop bringing it in for him. There's just absolutely no respect from the big to you. No, I love him. None at all. Queenslanders. Oh, now you want to bring up the whole Queensland thing. You've just thrown his chocolate around as if you don't care. Only because of the naming of it. I mean, you'd think they'd try and sell some of these, wouldn't you? Michael Chammish, you can get the scoop here.

Danica Mason's appealing for the NRL to put women's toilets downstairs after it was brought to their attention by Daryl Bryman that the unisex toilets at Penrith are problematic. Unisex is an issue. Exactly. They're getting a hold of your stadium. They need to get one of them portaloos and put it down there. If they don't have the facilities down there, just get one of those blue portaloos. Imagine if there's 20,000 people here and Danica walked into a portaloo, it'd be like a moth to the flame. Push it.

People everywhere going... Imagine like semi-final time. Out they come, the Panthers. Out they come. Les Danica going into a port-a-loo over there. Around the port-a-loo and out they come onto Panthers Stadium. Here they are, the Panthers. Oh, hang on. Liam Martin's put his shoulder into the port-a-loo there, champion.

131873, the number tgb.com. Click onto the feedback icon if you would like to join us. My watch gave me a congratulations elevated heart rate workout message. I was eating a pizza at Costco. How big is the pizza at Costco? Only $15. What's the biggest pizza in Sydney for the lowest price? Costco. That one from Paul. Well, Costco eats your pizzas up. Right up as well, don't they?

Costco. I thought they're cold at Costco. I don't know. Does he eat a cold pizza? I've never been to Costco. No, they have a cafe. A cafe there. Do they? It's like when you go to Ikea as well. How many Costcos are there around? The hot dogs are like a dollar or... Nothing. Nothing. It's all cheap. Three Costcos in Sydney. Did you know that? No. I'll tell you exactly where they are. Where are they, Harry? One's at Liverpool. Liverpool? Don't know where the other two are. Keep me going.

Yeah. Auburn. Auburn. Yeah, where else? One near the People's Champions Place out west somewhere. Castle Hill somewhere out there. There'd be one there. Yeah, right, okay. So three Costco. Have you been leaving? I've never been to an Aldi. I've never been to a Costco. Never been to an Aldi. We used to do all our shopping at Costco in England when I was over in England. That's where we used to go. We had a long way to travel. Yeah, I know. So it's Costco. Imagine bringing the shopping bags and having to do two trips. Costco.

These pizzas are making me thirsty. Costco's where you buy in bulk, yeah? Yeah. Costco, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What would you buy in bulk? Mate, when I was over there, and I haven't been to the Costco's here, but just when I was in England, we used to buy a slab of toilet paper. There'd be a full, like a pallet, a pallet.

So the whole square of a pallet, but obviously only yay high, you know, and that would service us for a while. Is this you and your family? It's just me and Carly. Mate, well, I wanted to know. You can choose your words a little bit different there. Why? Service us. Yeah, well, you know, services for that time.

But, yeah, I used to love it in England. I haven't been in Australia. That's actually my phobia, running out of toilet paper at home. That's what people bulk buy during COVID. So I like the idea of bulk buying toilet paper. I bulk buy a lot of things. Really? Like what? Well, all those things that are a pain in the backside when you go shopping at Woolworths or Coles. Oh, you know what I've had trouble getting lately? So I buy it in bulk so I don't have to do it often. You know what I've had trouble getting lately? Kitty litter. Kitty litter.

Well, I don't have to get kitty litter. For bloody Kevin the cat. Because if you... I bought some other kitty litter and put it in the tray. Why don't you just put some sawdust down? Well, no, I put this other kitty litter because it's the one that doesn't sell out quickly. But he won't go to the toilet in there, so I had to go and get some other stuff. Really? I never thought why it doesn't sell out quickly. Because that's no good. Cats even hate it. Mate, they go and do their toilet on the kitty litter. Why does it matter what it is? Because when you're doing it, like, it's like the toilet paper you buy. Do you buy the cheapest? No.

No way. No way. Hello. Hello, three-ply, four-ply. Hello, shiny. Listen, I've got two words for you, cost of living crisis. I've got two words for you, bottom feeling. You can't, you cannot skimp on that. You can't skimp. You know, on the separate toilet thing, Carly wouldn't let you use the same toilet she does, would she? Yeah, we use the same toilet.

What's wrong with that? Don't you have your own toilet at home? You are an elitist. He's got his own throne. That's hardly Brady's throne room. It's out of respect for others, Darren. Okay, while we're on that subject... No, no, no, I've got to go to a break. Back with more in a sec. The other Costco we were thinking of is at Marsden Park. Thank you to those listeners who are getting in touch to let us know. 131873, the number. Look, just quickly, Brydon's Lawyers...

Brings us a judiciary update, and I should get you a score update as well. Halftime in Melbourne, Newcastle 12 leading the storm 6. 12 sixths the score, Newcastle leading the storm. My apologies, I've been a bit slack on these score updates in this last half hour, which has been very funny. Brydon's Lawyers Judiciary Update. Protecting your future when winning is all that matters. You need Brydon's Lawyers...

on your side. Just the one charge out of last night, Sam Verrills, dangerous contact. He'll pay a fine with an early guilty plea. And a latter update thanks to Ducks Hot Water, built stronger to last longer. And when it comes to the Ducks Hot Water systems, if you're a plumber, go and see the team at Ducks Hot Water because the people of Sydney, the people of other parts of Australia need a Ducks Hot Water system. Following yesterday's results, Cronulla on top of the table on 22 points.

Brisbane on 16 points in seventh position. The Warriors up to 10th on 15, while the Cowboys drop to 12th on 14. The Titans remain on 10 points in 15th, and the South Sydney Rabbitohs move off the bottom into 16th, also on 10 points. No, sorry, halftime, 18-12. Melbourne Storm leading the Newcastle Knights. That score not updating on my screen, so there you are. 18 points to 12, Melbourne leading Newcastle. Halftime, we do it for Uber Reserve.

Halftime in Melbourne, 18 points to 12, Melbourne leading Newcastle. And in the second half here at Blue Bet Stadium, it's North Sydney 20 leading Panthers 6, and that's after 18 minutes of play in the second half. And, of course, first grade kicking off here in about an hour's time. The Panthers up against the Seagulls. We'll bring you a full call with myself, Mark Piggy-Riddell, and Daryl Broman. A break for some news, back with the next hour of the call time. We'll be right back.

Now, back to the best team in the business, the Continuous Coal Team. Yeah, welcome back as we do it from the foot of the mountains ahead of the clash between Penrith and Manly, which kicks off in an hour from now. The team uses through Penrith. Liam Martin's out with a foot injury.

Luke Garner will start in the back row with Matt Eisenhuth returning from a head knock on the bench in jumper number 20. Preston Rickey is the 18th man, while for Manly they line up 1-17. And yes, Ray Vega is the 18th man, so our man Cazzo, he got them right. So there's the team news there for the changes for Penrith and Manly. Leading into the game, you'll hear with the continuous call team and playback underway in Melbourne at Amy Park.

where it is, of course, the Melbourne Storm leading Newcastle by 18 points to 12. Last night in the three games, well, the first one was yesterday afternoon on the Gold Coast. Latrell Mitchell announcing himself as a potential replacement for Joseph Okuso-Suolii, as he wants to be now known. The Rabbitohs beating the Titans by 46 points to 12. The Warriors beat the Cowboys by 42 points to 12. 46 points to 12 as the Rabbitohs over the Titans.

And in the later game, the Sharks, with that upset win over the Broncos by 22 points to 12. Our number 131873, you can email us via the websites and plenty of text messages today, 0460873873. Daryl Bromance here, Mark Piggy-Riddell, my name's Mark Levy, and Neil Breen with some breaking news. Breeny, there's a fair bit happening on this Sunday afternoon. Yeah, there sure is, boys. Look, Cameron Munster has been on...

Fox League this afternoon. Remember a couple of weeks ago they said he was going to be out long term and they thought maybe round 20, you know, bring him back for a run to the finals. He said today he's still around 12 weeks, 10 weeks, sorry, from taking the field. That is round 24. We're in round 14 at the moment and he's saying around 10 weeks. It's been the strangest injury, hasn't it?

Well, he actually popped in. We spoke to him. He popped in to see us on Wednesday night at Origin. Firstly, he's a great bloke, lovely fella, and he's a real character. Piggie, you were asking him about the groin because it stems from his hip. From his hip, yeah. I actually spoke to Jason Riles about it when it first happened. Was it at Magic Round? Were we up there? I think it was at Magic Round. I think it was. Reeled out of that tackle. Reeled out of the tackle, and it was right in front of me. And I remember speaking to Riles about it, and he said, yeah, it's all good.

stems from his hip injury so he actually has to have the hip operated on which I then think will fix the issue of the groin so that's it was sort of that's how it worked and that's how I got it explained to me and then that's how he sort of explained it to us on Wednesday night so it makes sense now that

you know, he's still going to be out for a fair while for the Melbourne Storm. So another 10 weeks. Brady, the other question I had for you, it seems, and we were talking about this prior to coming on air this afternoon, expansion. Every time we sort of open a newspaper on a Sunday, there's another expansion story. You obviously understand how the media and the papers work and everything else. Where are we sort of at with expansion and how many teams are we going to have in the comp and everything else?

Well, it's been an interesting exercise over the past several months. And obviously, Peter Volandes is a master administrator through Racing and Rugby League. And he's also a master user of the media, if you like. The Sunday newspapers generate a lot of eyeballs, always have. Then you get to run off onto shows like this, Sunday night news. So you always get maximum bang for your buck. And he's been doing a lot of

the expansion news through the Sunday newspapers. And he's basically doing it sort of death by a thousand cuts in terms of getting everybody on board because we're going to have the PNG team. We're going to have the Perth Bears. And now today we're learning, yep, it looks more than likely it'll be a second New Zealand team rather than a fifth Queensland team.

And I've spoken to a lot of clubs and I was calling clubs mainly about PNG. What do you think about this PNG situation? Because I was trying to get on top of this $170 million claim that's in from the clubs. And I found out a little about that.

And the clubs basically are resigned to the fact there's going to be expansion because Peter Volandis, the boss of the commission, is just going to have his way. He's not going to take no for an answer. He'll argue about 20 teams means there's an extra two games a week, which means we can get more money for broadcast rights and generate more money for the game. The situation with PNG is that the clubs are really worried about it. They're worried about security.

They're worried about longevity. They're worried about the location, the full-time playing at a pub on New Guinea, what they're going to need, all of those bits and pieces. But they're resigned to the fact it's going to happen. So that led the clubs to put in a claim that they wanted to share a $50 million licensing fee. So you've got $600 million on the table from the federal government. What happens when federal government money's rolling around? Think of, you know, Ray Hadley's Pink Bats.

Think of the NDIS. These things, when you've got to wash with money, everyone wants a piece of it. So it looks like the clubs basically...

to appease them will get a share. They'll get $3 million each or so out of a $50 million licensing fee. But they also want $2 million a year for the term of it, like for 10 years, over and above the salary cap. So the salary cap this year is $11.25, plus they get a $300,000 allowance for senior players and for players they develop. So let's just say $11.5 million. The NRL gives them that cash.

11 and a half. There's your grant. They want 13 and a half. They want $2 million over and above. So you start eating into the money, right? So that's basically about 170 million over that period of time. And then the clubs might be happy with the situation going forward. But what the NRL will argue is, but we get more money for broadcast rights and all of those things.

But then there's the question of the PNG government. I've put a pile of questions a couple of times now to the PNG government to zero response. Like, what do they want? Do they want a board position? Do they want a piece of the cash? Or are they happy for the NRL to spend the cash? The PNG government want the cash. They want all sorts of programs in Papua New Guinea to support this, such as domestic violence programs and all of those things, because they think this will be a real social play in Papua New Guinea.

But anyway, it's going to be interesting how it plays out, but there's going to be that money flying left, right and centre. Where's the money? Just...

I know I'm stupid. Tell me, PNG come in the competition, who's paying who money when PNG come in? Australian government. The Australian government are paying the NRL. Yeah, the NRL. Paying the NRL $600 million to let PNG come in the comp. That's because of the political situation in the Pacific. With China. Yeah. But whether any of that $600 goes directly to the PNG government, I think they'll want some. Mm.

I don't think there's any doubt about it whatsoever. But it's one of those things where we need to see the full details. But I suppose the point I'm trying to make here is the clubs have got these questions...

But they're resigned to the fact it's going to happen. They understand that the Valandes is determined. When is the commission going to make a decision or is that sort of up in the air? Well, there was speculation about the month, next month, July, but it's more than likely towards the end of the season or just after the season. Right.

That we'll find out about. I know the Ben Fordham show had a date the other day. I think they were talking about September 16 or something like that. I think you'll find towards the end of the season. But they're going to go for it and they're going to go for it hard. And they'll want all of these new games and all these new teams to be a part of the new TV deal. See, the thing about the expansion with the Dolphins was it was simple because the Dolphins, as Daryl knows...

is a juggernaut up on the Redcliffe Peninsula, and there is stacks and stacks of money involved with that club. So financially, they're fine. Do the Perth Bears have the same finances? They'll have to have them. And the second New Zealand team? Remember, the Auckland Warriors, New Zealand Warriors, had all sorts of problems financially for a long time. So one of the things the clubs will be loathe to do is support clubs that can't afford to pay for themselves.

Brentie, my problem with PNG, and I know they love their rugby league, which is great, and I'd love to see them in the comp, but, jeez, I can see a lot of obstacles. If I'm a player... There's hundreds of them. First of all, first obstacle, if I'm a player and PNG make me an offer, I don't want to go and play in PNG. Can you name a player, put his hand up and say, yeah, I'd love to play in PNG? Who? I think it will be the realm of...

young players desperate for a go and older players looking for that end of life, not end of life, end of career. Okay, for instance, this week... I'd go to England to hit a PNG. Well, for instance, this week, Marty Chapow has basically been told by the Broncos he's finished at the Broncos, but he wants to get a new deal. Is that the type of player that ends up there? You know what I mean? I don't know whether... Has he got any PNG...

blood in him? No. But see, if I'm to look at this from a rugby league's fan point of view, it's all well and good that the government's throwing $600 million at it. I get all that and the ARL commission loves money. I get that. But if this team's not going to be competitive, it ain't going to work.

The Dolphins have worked because they've been successful. People have jumped on the bandwagon. They've already had that support there. Yes, Papua New Guinea rugby league man, I get all of that. But if the team's not going to be successful, how are people going to get on board? And it's going to be just a belting every week. I don't know. And then do we end up in the position like we've seen in the past where clubs fall by the wayside? And what's to happen...

after, you know, the current government and all the money runs out. Where does the money come from to support the PNG team? Yeah, does the coalition government support it going forward? That's what I mean. They're my questions. But anyway, it's fascinating to watch. We all want what's best for rugby league, and when there's $600 million on the table, it's hard to say no. But at the same time, what is the knock-on effect for the actual integrity of the competition, if you know what I mean? Yeah, well, off the back of what we're saying about young players going there and then obviously the ones at the back end of their career...

What's going to happen is if the young players do decide to go there because they want an opportunity, the other clubs will just cherry pick them off. Pick them off. Because the young players will go, yep, I've made it now. Beautiful. There's my one or two seasons. I'm over to Cronulla. I'm over to Penrith. I'm over to wherever. I mean, I don't seriously think young players will want to go there. No, but they'll go there if they get an opportunity. Well, I don't know if they will pick. I don't know.

They will. If they're going to leave, say you're living in Brisbane or the Gold Coast or Sydney or wherever you are, you've got all your mates, you've got everything going on, you might not be able to crack it for a spot in one of the sides that are currently playing in the competition. It's a big move, in my opinion, if you're a 17 or 18-year-old, to say, yeah, I'll go up to PNG and play up there. That's a big move. I think you actually just said it. If they can't crack it.

If they're not cracking it, I guarantee you, players are going to want an opportunity. So they're going to want to go somewhere where they can show what they can actually do. So they'll go for an opportunity. But my issue will be once they do prove themselves and they are, you know, found to be NRL footballers, the good clubs just go, bang, see you later. And being a realist here, though, what happens when a player is kidnapped or something happens to a player in Papua New Guinea? Because let's face facts here, it can be a very volatile country at times.

Tough job. And that's something that the ARL Commission and the NRL has to wrestle with because it's all well and good to get $600 million. You're going to have to virtually build a compound. What's needed in a compound? Security. What else is needed? Food. You're going to need all these. It's going to cost a lot of money to set up. $600 million is a lot of money, right? It's a lot of money. We all know that.

But at the end of the day, that's not going to be in the back of anyone's... any young bloke's head who's going to move from, let's say, the Gold Coast. You know, I know it's an extreme example. Say you're living on the Gold Coast. Someone says, oh, mate, I'll give you $150,000 to go and live in PNG for a few years. But see, the other aspect to this argument, Brainy, and you coming from a news background, is how does the Australian government sell it to the Australian people who are struggling to pay their bills at the moment...

And I know the political angle to this is important with the threat of China and all that sort of thing in the Pacific. But how do you as a Prime Minister go to the Australian people who can't pay their electricity bills at the moment and say to them, we're going to give a billion dollar game, the National Rugby League, $600 million just to protect ourselves in the Pacific? Well, it'll be one thing to tell...

the league fans of Queensland and New South Wales that. It'll be another thing to tell the people who live in Sturt in Adelaide. Oh, by the way, you're paying for an NRL team in Papua New Guinea. They go, what? So when I've spoken about this topic in the media to people from interstate, like on radio stations interstate,

They don't know about it. They kind of go, hang on, who's paying for it? And you go, oh, it's the federal government. And they go, what, the federal government's paying for an NRL team? What, in Papua New Guinea? They actually don't know about it. And when it dawns on them... Because in that sense, you know, well done to the NRL for getting the deal done if it's over the line. But secondly, then it falls back on the Labor government at the moment. They've got to sell it. They've got to sell it to the Australian people. Good luck!

Good luck. So anyway, it's a fascinating discussion and one worth having on this Sunday. 131873, the number, 2GB.com, 4BC.com.au. And you can text us, 0460873873. Now, the Melbourne Storm have scored through Tyron Wishart and Nick

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I was just pointing out number 19 for the Panthers in their New South Wales Cup side. He's the biggest bloke I've seen in years. He's a big boy, isn't he? Have you seen a Sofa Solomona at all? Yeah, yeah.

Well, it's been years since I've seen a Sofa Solomon. I'll tell you what, I'm with you, Bernie. He's a big, big train. Mate, that guy's a huge human. I wanted to bring this up. It was in the paper today. The NRL contemplating a fly-on-the-wall documentary as part of its next Las Vegas expedition as it closes in on finalising the teams to open the 2025 season in the United States of America. Now, as we've reported, it is, by the looks of things, Cronulla.

Canberra, Panthers and Warriors who look like going to Las Vegas in 2025. They're in the box seat anyway. How do we feel about a fly on the wall documentary, gentlemen? Are you talking about the teams or the commentary teams? I think we need a documentary on our trip

It's a lost face. Well, let's face it, we're going to be much more entertaining. Oh, no doubt. I would have liked to fly on the wall documentary on the trip when you guys went over there and I was somewhere else. But you guys, when you went in to that place and shouted the bottle of... What was it? Vodka. Vodka. How much did it cost you? 1800 Australian.

Still paying it off. That'll bring the fans back. Still paying it off. What was it? It was just a normal bottle of vodka. 1800 Australian. And when they added all the gratuity onto it and the tips and all that sort of thing, it was $1800 Australian that worked out. Filthy. What was your per diem? $60 a day from the 30p.

Did you go with Big Note and yourself? Was he Piggy? No, you weren't Big Note. See, how it worked, and for those people that don't know, Piggy used his contacts to get us into a nightclub. So we jumped the queue and got in a special little area and all that sort of thing. What place were you at? I can't remember. Caesar's Palace? No, I can't remember where we went. So were there plenty of chicks there or what?

Hang on. No, no. There's a smother on here. We can't remember what place we went. Where was it? Look, I'm going to say it. Oh, that's where it was. Where was it? Marquee Nightclub in... I can't remember. Las Vegas. Yeah, it's in Vegas. Well, I'm going to say this, Piggy. Yes? I was very underwhelmed with the nightclub we went to. Really? Why? Because it was crap.

What was the music like? It was like a library. They had books all over the walls. Here I was thinking we'd go into this massive nightclub. There'd be lights and everything. Mate, we stood behind a DJ who I think he was a little bit out there. I liked him. He was a lovely bloke. I was just thinking to myself... Well, that's where they put us. They put us literally on the...

Did they know you were? On the stage behind the DJ. You got seated. Yeah, and we had our own valeria. Why didn't you just stay at the casino and sit in the sports book? Well, it was first night. We got excited. Anyway, so did you get spare handcuffs or anything? Well, we've got a spare handcuff. Just in case. Wasn't that you? Hello.

So we've gone into the... Jay wasn't my back daughter. He did. I blew up. He got dead. I blew up. Anyway, so we've all gone in there as a team, and Luke Davis, our content manager, he was there. Luke was in the fetal position. Did he have to shout? No. Why was he in the fetal position? He just forgot how much vodka he was putting in his drinks. It was a little bit too much vodka there, Lukey boy. Oh, boy.

So anyway, so we've gone into this place and I thought, well, I'll do the right thing. Pinky's got us in. I'll buy the... Because you had to buy a bottle of spirits for the table. That's how they get you. That's how they get you. 1800. So I said, oh, stupid me. Rookie mistake. Pinky, I've got this. LAUGHTER

That's how I felt today after the donut. Okay. No worries. So about two hours later, the lovely lady's come over and she's gone, you're paying the bill? And I went, yeah, I'm paying the bill, you know. Here we go. Good sort. I'm paying the bill. I opened the thing and went...

What was the gratuity? $200? We'll put it this way. I think the bottle of vodka was about $1,000 Australian. Yeah, I think they're usually $800 to $1,000. So what, you spent $800 on all the little tips and stuff? Pretty much, yeah. I think they saw you coming. Can I just say something here? The times I've been to Vegas, the last time I was there was in 08. I've sat at the tables or whatever and I've...

And then you just tip them and they give you a free drink. And you spent...

A thousand US on a bottle of vodka. You're an imbo. You're an imbo. And nearly 2,000 Australian, yep. Mate, they saw you coming. They said some galah is on a bus from LA now. Imagine what they said. Book a table for him. You're opening up some bad wounds here. Imagine when the bird walked into the place where you order the drinks from, said, what about this Aussie guy? He's a complete imbecile. There's no girls there, big man. There are no girls at a disco.

There's another great bit of work from you, Imposiles. So you went, it wasn't a gay club, was it? Well, here was my chance, Gary. I was thinking to myself, you know, here's a chance for Levy out in Las Vegas, find a future Mrs. Levy, little something, something. Yeah, gay club. I've walked into a gay nightclub. Oh!

I'm dead set walking to the Blue Oyster Bar. You're going to start spreading vicious rumours. Well, mate, it looked like a gay nightclub. Did it? I don't know. Did it? No. If there were no birds there and it was full of blokes, I'm tipping it's a gay nightclub. Not that there's anything wrong with that, Piggy, but here I am thinking we're in Vegas, we'll go to some fancy nightclub. We ended up in a library-looking joint. In a what? It looked like a library. Yeah, well, that's what it was. Yeah, it was decked out. Well, mate, a lot of gay people are very learned.

So I'm tipping it was a gay nightclub. No, it wasn't. It was a gay nightclub. Who was there? Luke was drunk there. Who else was there? Well, one of the Walker brothers was living when we walked in. With one of his mates. Friend. Walker's on. Walker's on. No, Walker was out. He was out. Literally. One of them walked out with his friend.

They were holding hands when they picked him. It's his new friend. So basically you think all of this is going to make a fly on the wall, Doc O. Absolutely. I think you're right. It's a winner. What I would be doing is I'd be putting a body-worn camera on Josh Morris because he just sort of disappeared at times. But what about – because you guys phoned me and I was at home when you were doing the show from Las Vegas.

And I could tell that J-Moz had nothing. He was an awesome guy. So I just kept saying, oh, yeah, and you go, what's happening in the league back there? I'd like to know what J-Moz thinks about this. And I peppered him with about three or four. He had nothing. You weren't getting nothing if you heard him on air. LAUGHTER

Stand by for the text message. You'll be listening. I heard that. One thing we can't do is allow them to film the bus ride home because Piggy and Josh, I think you passed out for about 12 hours, didn't you, on the bus? Yeah, and the whole way home pretty much because we just... Look, it was the last night and we did have expectations. What do you mean it was the last night? You did it every other night we were there. We were there four days and I think you slept one. No, the last night. Obviously, the game was on and then we all got back to the...

hotel we were staying at and we all went down to the bar and then... I was smoking cigars at one point with Sneezo, wasn't I? And then we moved to that middle bar where you were doing that and then it was really good atmosphere because all the sort of players and staff from the different teams would all come and mingle. You were smoking cigars with Sneezo? Yeah. How did that happen? Sneezo loves us. He's my man. No, no, no. He's our man. He loves us.

As soon as he saw the continuous call team, he made a beeline for us. Came over and sat down. He came over and joined us. Did you mention the fact you just spent $1,800 on a bottle? He might have shouted. Actually, I didn't. He said he was going to cover it. Yeah, he did. Did he really? He did. Steve's OUO in $1,800. He's probably forgotten. No, look, it was my mistake. No, but yeah, we ended up there, didn't we? And then you went to bed, I think. When did you go to bed? Went to bed. Went to bed. No, that was perfect. LAUGHTER

I don't want to think about that. A little accident's going to happen. What was I going to say? You went to bed. The reason I went to bed was because we had a roster of 32 radio crosses to do back to Australia from Las Vegas. And I think I did 30 of them because these two idiots were on the drink all day. Mate, I did every one that I was required to do. No, you didn't. Yes, I did. How many? Two. What about the one? Two.

What was the big party they had in the street there? Yeah, I did that one. What was that street called? Can anyone remember? Oh, the Fairmont Street. The Fairmont Street. So we've gone to the big NRL Las Vegas launch, Brainy. Was that down in the old strip? Yeah. So I'm getting messages from, I think, 3AW and 4BC were trying to do a cross to Josh. And they went, we're struggling to get a hold of Josh. Do you know where he is? I looked up in the middle of people. He was sculling three beers. LAUGHTER

I said, look, ring me, I'll do the cross. So there's one that I had to do. Yeah, I did mine. Piggy Riddell had the feature on one night on one of the poker machines. So I did the... Because otherwise he was going to lose the money that he'd won. So it was a nightmare. But this time, if we go next year, you'll all be fulfilling your commitments. Yeah, that's fine. I'm happy to do that. But I think we need a documentary.

Not only for the listeners to get a bird's eye view into what happens, but also so I can remember. What happened? What happened? Oh, what happened? Oh, my goodness. I didn't give myself a hammering over there. No? I'm a bit older than you, though. Well, I was sitting on a table at 7.30 in the morning on that first night. Was

Was it a gambling table or just a table? Yeah, and I didn't even know what game I was playing. The guy was explaining it. It wasn't roulette. You were sitting on the table. No, because we were all playing roulette, and then I went off, started playing on another table. I didn't even know what the game was. Look, I've got an admission to make. You know Dino Mesutesta looks after us, the boss of the Sharks? Yep. That morning we went to the nightclub. So we got back at about 6 o'clock in the morning because we –

The reason we got home so early in the morning is because we actually got... You didn't run out of money. No, no, no. We got to Las Vegas at about midnight. So we thought we've gone out. We're only out for a few hours, but I've walked back into the hotel at six in the morning. Yeah, because you never know what time it is. And Dino Mezzatesta's got his walking gear on and he's walking out of the hotel. And Dino goes, oh, g'day, Levy. How are you going? I said, yeah, Dino, just put it out for a walk, champion. He goes, mate, you're in jeans and a shirt. I said, yeah, I'm just getting home from a walk. See?

So there it is. It's on record. Dino, I admit that I was out of tour law. It was a good trip. It was a great trip. You were trying to win the 1800 back at a poker machine. Do you reckon Gal would like a camera on him while he was over there? No. No. He'd like a camera on him every other time. Bicep curling the CEO of the Nine Entertainment Company on the casino floor was probably a moment he'd choose to forget. What do you think about the four teams that they've chosen to go? I don't care who goes.

Who are they? I forgot. You said them before, didn't you? Cronulla, Canberra, the Warriors, and Penrith. Well, it makes sense. I think the Warriors, they should go. Warriors and Penrith, I understand. They've got a Raiders over there in the NFL. They've got a Panthers in the NFL. So they're obviously going to look at that. So the names, China gets people. That's how the Raiders, you would think, get there as well, wouldn't it?

Las Vegas Raiders and then the Canberra Raiders. I think they should consider having the World Club Challenge over there as well. Well, I think there was talk about at least a Super League game being played over there. I think that's a good idea. And I think the Wigan Warriors were one of the teams that actually wanted to go over. There were a lot of pommies over there anyway.

There's Zach Lomax down there with the white and light blue shirt on. I thought he looked familiar. Out here to watch, obviously, one of his mates in the New South Wales Cup competition. Good on him for coming out here and having a look around. 131873, the number, 2GB.com. I just remembered, too, when you backdoored it and left me at the nightclub. Me and Josh. You left me with Andrew and Luke. Yeah, we were having a great time. And Renee Gartner. And we've had to get back.

to the hotel at somewhere and these two idiots have just disappeared. We went back to our hotel to the table. It's our first night in another country and I thought we'd lost Josh and Piggy, but they did it deliberately. Unbelievable. Anyway, we'll take a break, come back with more. You're listening to the Continuous Call team. We go back around the grounds and we do that for Uber Reserve. An update for you from Amy Park. 34-22, Tyrone Wishart in for try number two. So 34-22, Storm leading the Knights. 14 minutes left in the second half. We do that for Uber Reserve.

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Brini, I've protected you for 14 rounds of the competition, but I think you've been on the show long enough that I can read out an email that's critical of you. Are you happy for me to do that? Bring it on, Levy. One of our listeners says, boys, when Brini gets excited, don't you think he sounds like Jenny Little? Oh, that's not fair. LAUGHTER

That's not that bad, actually. That's not bad. Wait till you get some of the really nasty ones that come through. See, the problem with the text line, and I said this to the boys yesterday, you know how you can see the text line? And Bruni's a radio professional. In the old days, it just used to be the email and the open line.

So the emails that were critical of, say, Darrell and Piggy and Gal, I would just proofread and delete. Never to be seen again. But the text line stayed. They were very critical of Darrell yesterday and he didn't handle it very well. Did you, Big Man? No, I didn't. Well, because Galen annoys me.

I think you let him get into your head. No, I'm trying to get into his head, but it's working both ways, I think. You're both into each other. Because he's now telling me what I really think. He said, you know I'm right. And I said, no, I don't. We've worked out why Zach Lomax is here. According to Jason from Darlington Point...

Zach Lomax is there watching his Tamora mate, Matt Stimson, who plays for the North Sydney Bears. So there you are. There you go. Our listeners are our best researchers. Thank you very much for that. 131873, the number. Mark, you are correct. I stayed at Caesar's Balcony Bar. It cost me $5,400. Scotch vodka ouzo, three bottles, two hours. Please move on, boys. I'm having very, very bad memories. Thank you very much. I reckon he would have had a headache.

Three bottles of it. I like Uzo. And Steve at Blacktown says there's only two people you want in Vegas, if you ask me. They are John Stanley and David Morrow. David Blacktown. Well, Dave, he's anti the United States. He doesn't like Vegas. He doesn't like America. Not his guy. He doesn't like Americans either. There's many things he doesn't like in life, but just tick up America as one of them. I reckon John Stanley would be good in Las Vegas. He'd be like Rain Man, count the cards and everything. He's very intelligent, John. Is he? Oh, yeah.

Very, very intelligent. Speaking of John Stanley, Darrell, you rang me on the way out here today. You were listening to Luke Grant's number one award-winning program. You've got an issue with our Olympic highlights. I know. I love the fact when they go to an ad and they, you know, because the Olympics are coming up and the Nine Network have got

the rights to it all and everything. And there's a number of our people going over there, which is fantastic. And they play replays of, you know, previous gold medal events and they're exciting and everyone's pumped up and everything. I was just thinking about John Stanley's call of the archery yesterday as opposed to these ads we're running. And I'm wondering why John Stanley's archery call can't get...

you know, a highlight package because it's a gripping call. Right. Have you heard it, Brandy? I've heard it. Have you heard it, Pete? No, I haven't. No. It's a great call. It is a great call. I think you're being harsh because as he explained to us yesterday, he was in the...

In the, what did he call it, the flash zone. Yeah, flash zone. Where you interview all the athletes after they compete for him. So he can't yell and scream. Why not? So he's had to whisper like he's covering a golf tournament. Here is John Stanley covering archery, Simon Fairweather in the year 2000. He's composing himself. The first sign actually that he may perhaps be starting to feel this pressure, but he hardly needs to get into the centre of that target. He needs a four. Four.

to win the gold medal. He fires... And he's got it, an eight. And Simon said that he's the gold medalist in the individual archery.

Oh, brilliant. Yeah, brilliant. I actually thought that was good. Did you think he went up about 10 seconds after everyone started cheering and everything that he might have realised that he'd got it? Garrel, there's a thing in rodeo called theatre of the mind, right? So you can hear the bow hit the target, the crowd's gone up, and John Stanley with a simple, he's got it. Perfect. Beautiful. Why don't they use that on the promos then? Because it's not as exciting as, you know, Gordon Gray calling...

What about the people's champion calling some of the hurdles and the swimming and stuff like that? It's magnificent. Go, go. But the Gordon Bray one, we keep playing that one. I think it's the men's K4 in the canoe in Beijing. You know what? To our production team, it might be worth updating them. We have heard the same ones over and over. Roll that one over for sure. What about some like...

Like some of the sailing gold medals or the swimming or the athletics. Like Sally Pearson or someone, you know, like for the great moments. Exactly. When she didn't know if she'd won or not in London. With all due respect to the K4. I remember that that was on the last weekend in Beijing. I want to say something controversial about controversy because I watched it again during the week because I think it was the 30th anniversary of the Shane Warne Ball of the Century and

And I think Richie Beno stuffed up the call. Oh, no. How dare you? How dare you? Why? What did he do? It was the ball of the century. Mike Gatting didn't know what happened. And all he said was, he's done it.

No, he hasn't. He hasn't done it. He's done the best ball of the century. Oh, jeez. No one's ever said anything like it. Mate. Dig it out and play it. Right-o, Jeannie Little. Why don't you come up with what you should have said? You're bagging Richie Bennett. Oh, that's hard. You are a disgrace. Wow. Darlings, I can bag Richie. Well, okay. Well, here's your opportunity. He moves in, bowls the ball. Shane Warne.

What should Richie have said? He's bowled him. It's unbelievable. This is the ball of the century. Oh, that wasn't bad. No, it's all right. What did Richie say again? He's done it. He's done it.

He's done it. He's done it. Mate, Richie is the greatest cricket commentator ever. And you're bagging him. I'm just bagging John Stanley. It's a lot of difference. You're kidding. You're kidding. He'll be real rigged shortly.

He's going to ring in soon. He won't stand for it. Yeah, and there's also another issue. Hannah, is Hannah working with us today? Yeah, hurry up. I've got to go to a break. I hope you're listening, Hannah, because he said that you told him that I'm dirty, that I'm not going to...

Yeah. As he is. I never said that. Hannah's telling a fib. How dare you? Hannah is telling porkies. Excuse me. How dare you? Don't spit on me. How dare you criticise one of our team members? I'm not criticising. I'm just pulling her into line. Sit down and shush. She's telling lies. What do you mean you're pulling her into line? Oh,

I'll pull you into line in a minute. You did say it. Sit down and shush. Did you see the rating? Shut up. We're off to a break. Back with more. 131873, the number, 2GB.com. Click onto the feedback icon if you would like to join us. Back around the grounds, we do it for Uber Reserve, and it is the Melbourne Storm still leading Newcastle this time by 34 points to 22, and there's five left in the second half. 34-22, the Melbourne Storm leading the Newcastle Knights.

Hi, Mark, it's Ava here. I played soccer today and we won. And I've just finished watching my friend Sydney play and she won too. To celebrate, Dad's taking me to Messina Ice Cream. I think he secretly likes it more than me. Love the show. And please say hi to the big man for me. That's little Ava, the daughter of Graeme, who does all the... Hi, Ava. How's Graeme going? Is he being good? He's going very well. Good on you. Enjoy that ice cream, Ava. I love it too. Good work. Actually, I got a text message from Graeme the other day.

Let me see if I can find it. It was Friday night, Piggy, as we were about to go on air. Right. And it was just a shot of a schooner glass that's full saying, enjoy your night. That's rude, isn't it? Actually, did you send that to me? I saw that as well. Oh, did you? I woke up next morning. I was asleep at the time. That's from Graeme. Enjoy your night. It's got some head on it. It's a beautiful man. That schooner. Have a look at it. Jeez. Looks like he's got ice cream on the top. That's from Messina. Do you like Messina?

I love it. Beautiful. Mate, it's hard to dislike any ice cream, to be brutally honest with you. And I did have the Choc Magic. I've got that at home now. Ice Magic? Oh, yeah, that's it. Did you get some? Yeah, darling got some the other day. How good. Very nice. Did you put it on your ice cream? Yeah, I put it on everything. You know what? It doesn't go hard on anything else. What?

Take a break. Yeah, welcome back. Continuous call team. We'll lock the boys' tips in in just a moment, but I've got to give you the next two clues in the Sunday footy quiz. So I've run out of time here, so I'll play two and three. Yes, I know, round 14. You'd think I'd get it right by now. Here is clue number two. Jordan, I love coaching him. He's the hardest man in the world to coach. The boys just, they love playing with him.

Yeah, that is, of course, clue number two. We'll play it again for you. Jordan, I love coaching him. He's the hardest man in the world to coach. The boys just, they love playing with him. Yeah, I've spilt something on the desk that's quite sticky. Clue number three, here it is. He doesn't even buy his own coffees. He's fine. He's earned a lot of money outside of footy, so I'm still going to be snipping him for some cash.

I think he played number seven for the Blues on Wednesday. We'll play it again for you. He doesn't even buy his own coffees. He's fine. He's earned a lot of money outside of footy, so I'm still going to be snipping him for some cash. If you've got the answers, 1-300-722-873, 1-300-722-873, you'll win yourself a $150 Lowe's digital gift card.

The sticky thing on the desk was a clue to the answer, Piggy. Yeah, I wondered why you were there. I wonder because I've got some here too. Look who it is here. Sticky stuff on the desk. That's just because you're a grub. That's what I thought. I've been here since the last time I was here. Now, boys, McDonald's. Make it McSmart with the new McSmart meal from Macca's. Two burgers, small fries, small soft drink for $6.95. T's and C's apply. I'll get a play to watch, a tip.

I'll get a first try scorer for First National Real Estate and a bold prediction for Taubmans. Vicky, you can go first given you've got to get it on the sideline. Mate, I'm sticking with my tip earlier in the week. I'm tipping Penrith. My player to watch, I want to watch Jack Cole, the young six for the Penrith Panthers. First try scorer, I'm going Taruva. All right, thank you. Daryl Broman, you're next.

I'm going Penrith to win. First try score, I'm going to go Brian Tottle. Player I want to watch is James Fisher-Harris. I thought he was a bit off last week. He wasn't at his best. I think he might fire up today. And what was the last one you wanted me to do? Bold prediction. My bold prediction is this.

Penrith to win in Golden Point. Golden Point, extra time, righty-o. What about you, Brainy? What are your tips this afternoon, please, sir? I'm tipping the Panthers at home. Great football side. Paul Alamotti to be the first try scorer. My player to watch is Isaiah Yeo. I think he's the leader of this team. What a fabulous player. And my bold...

prediction is that Alamotti will score a double. Oh, okay. Thank you, boys. Just quickly, Davey from, or Pete, I should say, from Greenmount near Toowoomba. My apologies, boys, if you've already commented on this, but I noticed that Livid, I think he means Vivid, is on down there at the moment. I miss hearing Davey's comments on it. That was always entertaining. Please pass on my best wishes to Davey. You want me to pretend I'm Davey? Go for your life. Just a load of crap.

I hope there's no daytime fireworks here. That's the other thing he doesn't like. We'll take a break. Panthers and Manly heading back into the sheds when we return. Live action here at the foot of the mountains, the Panthers and the Sea Eagles.