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And now on 2GB Sydney, 4BC Brisbane and network stations across Australia, it's time for the Continuous Call Team. Ah yes, the Queenslanders enjoy a big week and the Dragons thumping the West Tigers. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, welcome along to the Continuous Call Team. After, well I suppose you'd say a controversial start to the State of Origin series with

Rhys Walsh knocked unconscious and Joseph Akuso-Suoliki serving a full-match ban for what the NRL says was a reckless tackle. We were all expecting another great contest between New South Wales and Queensland out at a cool stadium, but it was all over after seven minutes because everyone knows it's virtually impossible to win a game of football when you've been reduced to 12 men, especially in that arena. Having said that, the referee Ashley Cline made the right call and the Marines can only beat what's in front of them

and Daley Cherry Evans and Tom Dearden guiding the Queenslanders to a 38-10 win over the Blues to take a 1-0 lead in the Origin Series. Billy Slater's warning they haven't yet scratched the surface as they head to the MCG in three weeks with a chance to make it a third straight series win. But Michael Maguire's already plotting revenge with a team that showed plenty of heart

And I think that's been lost in the debate about the Suoliti tackle. Let's not forget New South Wales played with 12 men for 73 minutes of origin footy. And the scoreline didn't change for most of the second half when it was 20 points to 10. They'll obviously need a replacement centre. Liam Martin's also in doubt for game two. And the other question mark for mine is the halfback, Nico Hines, given his kicking game simply wasn't up to scratch. So enter the fray is Mitchell Moses.

We'll find out what the boys think in just a moment. And look, I've spoken to a few people this morning at the New South Wales Rugby League about this insinuation that's out there at the moment and a suggestion that there was a plan to eliminate Rhys Walsh from the game. And understandably, the rugby league officials in New South Wales are furious because no one goes out there to hurt someone. Yes, there was a target on the fullback's back,

because he's one of the most exciting players in the game but to suggest Suolii deliberately took him out of the game is defamatory and totally unacceptable it was a tackle that went wrong I'm sure we've got plenty of people listening today who'd like to have their say about the Origin opener the lines are open 131873 you can email us via the websites and you can text us 0460 873873 I also want to congratulate all those involved in the women's Origin series because the game on Thursday night in Newcastle was a

Belter. The Maroons levelling the series with an 11-10 win over the Sky Blues in the driving rain and the rapid rise of the women's game is something we should be enormously proud of. While in the NRL, St. Georgia Lawara climbed into the top eight with a 56-14 win over the West Tigers who capitulated in the second half.

Zach Lomax broke the Dragons' point-scoring record with three tries and 10 goals for a personal haul of 32 points. And look, I know Benji Marshall's in his first year as coach of the West Tigers, but they are dreadful and not showing signs of any improvement. That's enough from me. Let's welcome the continuous call team. Daryl Broman, Paul Gallen and Shane Flanagan back with the team. Good afternoon to you fellas and big man. Gee, it's been a big week for the Queenslanders. Well, they've had a pretty good week, haven't they, winning both the women's and the men's game. They...

And they deserved, I think, to win certainly both of them. I thought the women's game was actually a really good game. I enjoyed it. And they were down by a margin. And they really didn't look like winning at any stage until they drew level. And then from then on, to me, they looked more likely to win. So it was a great performance from them. Yeah, mate, it's been a great week to be at Queensland. I'm sure Gail wouldn't appreciate that. But, you know, we'll do. We'll remain modest and...

We'll just move on, hopefully win the second game. Come on, give it to him, Gow. Here's your chance. No, I'm just waiting for him to open his mouth, then I'll just give it to him. How are you, Gow? I'm okay. G'day, Gow. Had a big week, plenty of commitments, plenty of things on, but it's been an okay week. At this point in the other night, obviously the Blues got beaten, and then the girls the next night got beaten. Look at him laughing. Take your finger off your butt and you're one back.

It's very frustrating walking in here and having to deal with Daryl Browman. Do you agree with me, though, Gal, the brave performance from New South Wales, given they were reduced to 12 men? Absolutely. Look, at 20 points to 10, they were actually on top. And there was a moment there where...

Liam Martin came out and had a big tackle. Someone else straight after him had a big tackle. Force and error. And I thought, God, if we can score here, get back to 20 points to 16. Like, I started believing we could get home. Like, after seven minutes of the game, we virtually knew, as you said, it's probably over. But at 20 to 16, if they had have got to 20 to 16...

I think the Queens would have pooped themselves, to be honest. And look, we may have put off a miracle, but it wasn't to be. Look, everyone's been critical of Nico Hines, and I understand why, but I thought he tried the other night. Nico's the type of player that when something goes wrong, he can easily get under his shell and

and almost turn it up but he didn't he tried for 80 minutes he went for 170 metres or something he goes a half that's a lot because he did take the line on a hell of a lot there were moments in the game he'd want back but yeah look I don't think I feel like the criticism aimed solely at him is a little bit unfair but

wait and see what happens in a couple of weeks. So he holds his position, in your opinion? Well, look, I'd like to see him hold his position because I think he'll be a better player for it. But whether he does or not, that's up to match. And Daryl, just before we welcome Shane, on Wednesday night, you were critical, and rightfully so, of Michael Maguire keeping Jake Trubojevic on the bench. He only played, what, 27 minutes in that game the other night? Well, mate,

I would have thought if you're captain of a side and you're down to 12 men, they need leadership and they need something out there. If he's going to be captain of the side, he's got to be playing more than 27 or 29 minutes. If he's only going to play that, he shouldn't be in the team. So which one is it?

You have him as a captain to inspire your team. You're down to 12 men. That's where captains come to the fore, lead the way. He wasn't on the field for most of it when they were down to 12 men. So I found it an amazing decision. He's either in the team or he's not. I

I don't understand. What do you think, Gail? Well, I don't think he's in the team where he's not because of that. I mean, as a captain, I agree. I would have loved to have been on the field if I was him, and I'm sure he wanted to be on the field also. I don't know what happened, but there's always a front rower or two during the game that only gets 25 to 30 minutes. He was one of them, unfortunately. Unfortunately, he had the C next to his name. I do agree with the fact he would likely have been out there trying to inspire his team, but the

The fact is he wasn't. So you're happy that he played. You're happy that your captain played 29 minutes of that game. I'm not happy that my captain played that amount of time. But what I'm saying is there's always a front row, if not two, that only play around 25 to 30 minutes in the match. That's just the way it is. Unfortunately, it was Jake Taborich the other night as the New South Wales captain. Probably shouldn't have happened, but it did. We can't change it now. What's happened has happened. You can't sit there and say he shouldn't be in the side. Why? Why?

Because why shouldn't he be in the side? He's the best player for the position. Well, mate, why is he captain? Why does he play 29 minutes? Well, maybe he shouldn't be captain. Maybe Maguire made a mistake there or maybe he forgot about him. I don't know what happened, but I'm saying Jake should be in the team. I don't think there's a person who would...

ever questioned Jake's position in that team. As a captain sitting on the bench for that period of time, yes, everyone's questioning that. I'm with you on that. But his position in the team is warranted without a doubt. All right, well, you can jump on the line and have your say on Origin, folks. 131873, the number. You can email us via the website. You can text us 0460 873 873. And on the way to our next panellist on this Saturday. When the Saints are marching in.

Do you actually know that song? Yeah, of course I do. Oh, okay. Shane Flanagan is back with the continuous call team. Flano, good afternoon to you and congratulations on a big win last night. Yeah, thanks, Mark. It's great to be back. G'day, Daryl and Paul and everyone, all the listeners out there. Yeah, it was a really good second half and...

I wasn't displeased with the first half. I just thought, you know, there was a couple of things. Obviously, there was a disallowed try to Kyle in the first half and then post that they went down and scored. So that was a big turnaround. We're actually, you know, looked a little bit stronger and powerful when we had the football, but we just didn't have enough of it in good field position in the first half. And I thought if we were patient in the second half, we'd get the job done and

I was really pleased for the boys. They did a really good job and really professional in the second half. So that was good, and it's great to be back here. Senior management rang me a couple of weeks ago and said, could you come back? We've got something special for you. So I haven't heard it, but...

We'll have a listen, eh? He's the man turning things around at the Red V. What about Shane Flanagan? He's done much the same to the Dragons. Shane Flanagan era starts in the best way possible. He's a Premiership winning coach who united the Sutherland Shire. The siren sounds. Frenella have won it. You can turn the line now.

And he's the ultimate media professional. If he can finish a try, that boy, he can make contact at least five metres out and he still gets there. He knows his way to the try line. Shane Flanagan. Yeah, well, you know you've made it when you get an intro, Mark, eh? You didn't see that coming. Oh, you know, that is unbelievable. You know the one thing you missed out there? And you've said it a couple of times this year. I want a grand final. I want a grand final. You've said it a couple of times this year.

You've said it a couple of times this year. Yeah, well, I have to keep you relative, Paul. Relative? Relevant. Relevant. He's a media professional. Relevant. Keep him relative. Shane, I'll say this to you, and I'm glad you've dropped the coaching persona and now got into gibbering mode. Yes. Now that you've got your own opener, you need to perform. I know. So there'll be no heads on the desk.

that in no big statement's like, last time I was in this room, I won a premiership. Well, if we talk about amount of words and contribution, I've done as much as Josh Morris. I could probably go home by now. Now he's sledging team members. Oh, Flannoy. Well, obviously, we'll talk more about the Dragons later in the show, and Tyrell Sloan's going to join us. Flannoy, what were your thoughts on Origin Wednesday night in general, Queensland beating New South Wales?

Yeah, I think I agree with what the boys have said. There's been some outstanding banter out the back before we come on, and I'm looking forward to Gal and Daryl to get a bit deeper into that. But, yeah, it was all over after that seven or eight minutes with the send-off. It has to be in the modern game. I heard some people talking about, you know, was it a send-off? Of course it was a send-off. You can't hit players in the head. And, you know, the argument that he slipped over, so what?

So what? You cannot hit players in the head. What if I would have argued with you about that? Oh, Gail did. You can't hit players in the head these days. You know, if...

We want people to come together and watch our game and, you know, mums and dads to put their boys and girls in this competition. You can't do it. Hang on. Did you not think it was a send-off? No, I've said it was a send-off. I said in the modern game and the way the game's refereed and officiated today, it's a send-off. But I was asked by James Bracey last night, what could we do differently in the future to ensure a game like this is not over after seven minutes?

And I said, maybe we should take into consideration the fact that Rhys Walsh slipped over. So what do you want him to do? Have longer studs in his boots or something? If he has to, he has to. But he slips over flat. It doesn't matter, Gail. Well,

What do you mean it doesn't matter? It doesn't matter. There was forceful contact with the head. He's got to go. He said himself, okay, Rich Walsh slips at the last second. Slips. He can't control what Rich Walsh does. My question to you would be, what did Suwali do wrong? In that situation the other night, it's a send-off. I'll tell you what he did wrong. It's a send-off. I'll tell you what he did wrong. He made contact with the head illegally.

But how's it illegally? He made contact with the head, gal. Because Reece Walsh slipped over. Oh, turn it up. He was slipping, but it does not matter. He slipped over. He got him in the head. I know he got him in. Gal, the bloke... Listen, just listen to me for a second. No, no, no. I've heard this crap all week. Do me one favour. It's not crap. Let's go. When you've got the pin-up boy in rugby league lying there with his eyes rolling around in the back of his head, kids watching on saying, Mum and Dad, why are Reece Walsh's eyes rolling back in his head? What do you think? Joseph Suoli, he should spend 10 minutes in the sin bin? No.

Please. It's a send-off every day of the week. The other night, no. The other night, no. I'm saying currently the way the game's refereed, it's a send-off. It was a send-off. And he was sent off. But in future, taking into consideration what happened to Reece Walsh, he slipped over. He's here one second. All of a sudden, he's there. When he made contact, he's out of 45. I agree with you. I agree with you. And I think you've answered the question. You said he should have been sent off in the modern game. Yes. But the question was asked of you, what should we do to stop that?

that one side plays with 12 men. Well, you know, what do you do if you put another player back on? Players are still going to be fouled then, you know. We're going to go backwards and go take out their best player. I know you didn't say that. I know you didn't say that. But the rules are the rules. And if a player gets hit in the head and it's forceful contact, you know, before you run out on the field, you're probably going to be sitting in the dressing room. So you've got to play by the rules.

But it was an accident. Accidents happen, Paul. Last night, okay, there was a situation. I spoke about this earlier. There was a situation a few weeks ago, Paul.

I think Melbourne Storm played the Newcastle Knights. Okay, Leo Thompson runs through his rookie. Nothing but ice for the ball. Hits Papanow's and Papanow's hits the ground. Gets straight back up. He got suspended and copped a week. Last time in your game, Zach Lomax, the same thing happened. Knocked the bloke out cold on the ground. The bloke was out cold on the ground. Yes. Gets taken straight off. Yet Zach Lomax is in charge. That was an accident. That was a total accident in which a bloke got knocked out cold. Yet no action is taken. There are accidents in the game. That's my point. But the

The Sua Lee could have done something different. What could he have done? He could have tackled him around the legs. He could have gone over the ball tackle. He could have done a lot of things rather than hit him in the head. So it's not an excuse because you know, you've played the game. You've made more tackles than anyone. So you know there's lots of different types of tackles you could have made in that situation. In that situation, his job is to go and pressure Reece Walsh. Do you agree? He could have gone over the ball, over

He was going to hit him hard, mate. He was going in to hit him hard. Yeah, because he did a tackle selection before he got there. He picked his tackle, what type of tackle he was going to do as he went in. And Reece Walsh, the height of Reece Walsh changed. Yes. And that's where it went wrong. Yes. Okay. Reece Walsh changed. He did not. Paul, you have made plenty of tackles and people have come out from marker and changed the position of the ball carrier's head. And you have changed your tackle. It's just no excuse, mate. Well, I just –

We're going to agree to disagree, I suppose, because at the end of the day, Rich Wiles slipped. So Wiley can't control that. Why is Daryl laughing? I don't know. Because he's got you and me arguing. I agree with you. We're not arguing. Is this what it was like watching you and Gal in your office back in the Sharks days? No, Gal, this is what's going to happen. This was fantastic. I'd probably listen a bit more back then. But listen...

Look, at the end of the day, Joseph Suoliti is serving four weeks out of the game for a tackle and for an incident in the game that was frowned upon and I think would have concerned a lot of people watching the game. We need to make sure the game is safe. We know that the NRL is taking a dim view and punishing contact with the head. And I applaud Ashley Cline for having the kahunas...

In a big game, at a crucial moment in the game, seven minutes in, to give a player his marching orders for a tackle that was dangerous. And the biggest spectacle in the game, the game was over there and then. And again. And whose fault's that? It's a send-off. It's Swire Lee's fault. I'm not saying it's a send-off. The other night was a send-off. I'm saying in future, we should look at the situation and evaluate the whole thing. Was there contact with the head? Yes. Was it forceful? Yes. Did Rhys Roll slip over? Yes. Did he contribute to it? Yes. That's my point. So, Paul, I'll give you this one. So...

We've talked about this, defensive patterns and styles. Instead of up and in defence on Reece Walsh there and putting yourself out of position because you know now that if you come up and in and make a tackle to shut someone down and it goes wrong, you hit him in the head, you've made a defensive decision. What if he just stays in shape and then they push him to the sideline and he makes an outside shoulder tackle? It's a throw-in.

But what happens there, Flannery, it was a three-on-two situation. If you sit back and let Reece Ross dictate you in a three-on-two situation, he's going to strip you every time, every day of the week. That's how good he is. So their job was to go and pressure him. That's his job. Yeah, pressure him, not hit him in the head. Reece Ross, he didn't mean to hit him in the head.

He did not meet... I think everyone agrees it was an accident. I think everyone agrees with that. It was an accident. But, Gal, you've still got to be punished for what's happened. You've still got to be punished. Which is why he's been sent off, which is why he's copped four weeks on the sidelines. And it doesn't matter whether it's state of origin, NRL or junior football. You make contact with the head, you are going to be punished. Have I?

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Yeah, so it was just about that swell he hit. So I reckon they made the right call with that send-off, honestly. I was a bit iffy on it at first because, you know, he's one of my favourite players, one of the really good players in the game. But I reckon with that call, forceful contact to the head, regardless of if he's slipping or not, I reckon it was the right call. Yeah, fair enough too. Good on you, River. Thanks for the call, mate. 131873 is the number. Bruce is in Brisbane. Hello, Bruce. G'day, team. How are you? Good, thank you, mate.

Mate, regarding that turn off and the origin, mate, that suggestion that Rhys Walsh was deliberately targeted was a load of rubbish. Mate, it was just a tackle that went wrong. But, you know, you go back 10 to 15 years ago, that would have been one of the hits of the year. Exactly, yeah. Well, the game's changed and for obvious reasons with, you know, concussion and all of the talk about the long-term effects and everything else.

And I should make the point, no one is actually saying it. There is just a lot of people insinuating that it was a deliberate act. Thank you, Bruce. I appreciate the call. 131873 is the number. Troy's at Milperra. Hello, Troy. Hey, mate. How are you? Good, thanks, mate.

Yeah, mate, with Suleiky, the big hit, like, fair enough, it was the send-off. But in a game like that, why can't they bring an extra man in that takes that position? Well, let me ask the boys this, because this is one of the comments that's followed on. So if a player is sent from the field, one of the ideas I heard was, so it's 13 on 12 for 10 minutes.

and then a replacement player comes back onto the field, not Suoliti because he's been sent off, but you get back to a 13-on-13 situation. Daryl, how would you feel about that?

I don't think I like it. Look, I can understand why people are saying it, and I think I saw Matt Rogers say a similar thing. So the player goes off for 20 minutes. They have one man short for 20 minutes, and then they're down to 16 people, but they can use a player on the field. I think, you know what, I haven't thought about it a great deal. I don't like tampering with the game all that much, and I think it's hard to change the rules for State of Origin to the way the games are enforced today.

Monday to Friday. That's not our game. That's not our game. I think if it's foul and deliberate play, a player should deserve to get sent off and you shouldn't be able to bring someone back in the game. Because I'll tell you this, could you imagine we have an 18th man and Flannoy was a coach who sent someone, go out and take their best player out. Go out and take their halfback out of the game for the game ahead of him, take his head off, you'll get sent off, but that's all right. Only 10 minutes, we're down to 12, we can bring someone else on. No,

Coaches and players will work out a way to bend the rules. So I'm saying no to that one. If it's foul and deliberate, sent off. Mark, I just think, you know, a little bit what Daryl said, changing the fabric of the game. I remember once, you know, Saints were playing a big game at the cricket ground and I was playing in lower grades and Craig Young got sent off off the kickoff. And...

And it's been part of our game for a long period of time. Even back then, he hit him high, hit him with an elbow or whatever it was, and the game was ruthless back then, and there was a lot of foul play. But the game has always had this rule in place. And whilst we're talking about it because we thought it ruined the spectacle, I'm sure there's a lot of people north of the border don't think it ruined the spectacle. They're quite happy. You know, Gail mentioned deliberate there. I'm prepared to say I think,

99% of send-offs aren't deliberate. No, of course not. I don't think any of them are deliberate. I think they're nearly all accidents. I don't think there's any... The way the game is played now, I don't think anyone deliberately goes out there to foul somebody. They're all mates these days, Darrell. But I don't think anyone...

Anyone with half a brain doesn't go out to deliberately take someone out. Whereas, you know, maybe 40 years ago that did happen. Yeah. You know, maybe that did happen 40 years ago. It doesn't happen today. None of them are deliberate. No, there's not that many send-offs anymore anyway. When's the last time you saw a deliberate act on a footy field? Never. That's why I can't believe some of this talk that we're hearing coming out of Queensland is they think that it was deliberate.

And Flannery, I've been with you for 20-odd years. Not once has I ever had a coach or a player say, go out and take this bloke out. Do whatever you've got to do to get rid of him. Are their players targeted? Absolutely. But legally, no one ever goes out to take someone out illegally. And that's not what happened the other night from a New South Wales point. Without a doubt, it didn't happen. So if anyone's thinking that, stop it.

131873 is the number, 2GB.com. Click onto the feedback icon if you would like to join us. Michael Maguire was asked yesterday about this insinuation that the tackle was deliberate. He was also asked about the Jake Trebojevic staying on the bench and only playing 27 minutes. This is what the New South Wales coach had to say. That's ridiculous. Yeah. They've got their opinions, which...

I'll hold my tongue on that one. But, you know, he was out just going out to make tackle and Bruce was slipping underneath as Joe was coming down at him. It was just an unfortunate act. Now, Jaz, the number seven for the Blues is always going to be criticism in a losing side. Do you believe Nico deserves a second chance or another chance in the Origin Arena? I've got to have time to review the game and have a look at what I see and I'm not going to make any comment about any player.

I'll talk to the players first and I want to do that today and I'll get around to them all today and talk about their experiences and what they felt out there because obviously when you're playing in a game with 12 men it shifts a little bit.

and the different pressures come at you and the opportunities of how you play. But, yeah, we'll definitely review that and then I'll have a look at what we've got. Just speaking of 12 men, like Jake, the skipper, played, I think, 25 minutes and then you only used him in the last four. Can you just explain the rotation there? Yeah, I was trying to get Jake back out, but obviously with the back rowers and then trying to get the balance of the guys on the edges. So we had back rowers in the centres and we had to move Stephen Crichton across to the other side. So it was really just the balance of the bench that got him. I was actually going to put him out quite a number of times, but, you know, obviously he went for two hits.

Yeah, because people are working a lot harder when you've got the 12 men and then you've just got to look at all of a sudden, you know, might be a back rower that, you know, felt the fatigue more than the middles. And I thought some of our middles were phenomenal. Yeah, that's Michael Maguire speaking the day after State of Origin during the week. Nick's in Canberra. Hello, Nick. G'day, how you doing? Good, thanks, mate.

Yeah, just a question. Ryan came out in his press conference and said you can't plan for having a man sent off, but surely you can plan for in the game these days for someone being sent off for 10 minutes like your centre. It just seemed that right edge league like a sieve for 10 minutes there and they didn't have a plan in the New South Wales coaching. So I'm just asking maybe Shane what he thought of that. Surely there should have been a better plan in place.

Yeah, without a doubt. I mean, even at NRL level, you go in with a plan, whatever number goes off, who goes there, whether it's a fullback, a winger, a centre, or your hooker, whether it's especially these days with the HIA. So I'm sure they would have had a plan, but as you said, it took 10 minutes of, you know, really important game time for them to come up with a solution and...

I was really gallant and interested to get your thoughts on the New South Wales bench with two back rowers, genuine back rowers in Hudson Young and Homoli Olukawatu. When you carry two edge back rowers, unless you're really confident they're going to play in the middle, which Homoli did, and I think it burned him because, you know, you're in the washing machine in the middle, you're up back, up back, and you're making a lot of tackles and you've got to work really hard. I thought they'd come back to bite New South Wales in the end.

Yeah, look, I thought Liam Martin and Stephen... Not Stephen Croton, Angus Croton can both play in the middle, in my opinion. So I thought... Look, I thought the team was OK. I didn't think there was an issue with the team. The bench, I thought, was good. I thought Lenny coming off the bench played really well. Those two guys didn't have a problem with being on the bench. As I said, Liam Martin and Angus Croton are good enough to play in the middle for me. And Angus Croton is a bloke who can play in the centres too if you need him to. So I...

I had no issue with the team. All right, Nick, thanks for the call, mate. Let me just quickly mention a few of these messages. Tom says Suolii should have set himself to tackle Walsh around the legs or waist. Another one here, Suolii also slipped because he had no control. He was parallel to the ground.

at one point. And David Mansfield says, boys, it's like criminal law. The perpetrator is arrested and charged with the offence. Any mitigating circumstance only applies to the sentence penalty. Any foul play needs strong penalties as a deterrent to stop our best players being targeted. Leave the rules as they are, and Big Man keep giving it to Gal from Dave at Mansfield. Keep them coming, 0460 873 873, and you can give us a ring on 131 873. We are the continuous call team.

Mark Levy, Shane Flanagan, Daryl Broman, Paul Gallen, the Continuous Call team. Look, we'll get stuck in having some fun in the next hour of the program. Obviously, everyone wants to talk about State of Origin the other night. We're about to catch up with Ben Eichen, the Queensland Rugby League boss. Jeez, the Queensland Origin legend, he struggled getting into the sheds, I read as well. Didn't have a pass on Ben Eichen and the security wouldn't let him in. Disgraceful. Ben's on the line, eh, Ben?

Morning, gents. Or afternoon, I should say. Mate, don't they know who you are? The security guard didn't. He was a sort of an older ethnic gentleman with an accent. And so I knew I didn't have my pass. I sort of tried to sneak in behind our chairman, Bruce Thatcher. As soon as Bruce went through, he stepped in front of me. He said, where's your pass? I said, oh, mate, I'm with him. He said, no pass, no get in. Oh, yes.

Well, mate, you got it in the long run. But anyway, got to have your pass on, Ben. Got to have your pass on. Congratulations on the win the other night. 38 points to 10 in the end. Obviously, 13 on 12. The big talking point was the tackle on Reece Walsh. But Queensland with a 1-0 lead as we head to the MCG in Melbourne.

Yeah, I was at the stadium, of course, with many other people and it sort of took the wind out of the game a bit, it felt like. But in the sort of contemporary version of rugby league, you're trying to put players...

safety and well-being first and you know the concussion issue was only going to grow in the game and I get it right it was an extreme tackle he didn't miss by much but he was off his feet Joseph Sewell I think Reece Walsh ended up off his feet it was high and forceful and I reckon look if one of our players had done the same thing he's off the field as well but

And I will say this, as much as the margin was significant by the end, I don't think it reflected most of the game. I thought New South Wales, in fact, with 12 men, were very brave for a long time. So I expect they're going to be better in game two in Melbourne. I'm sure they will be, Ben. Mate, I'm interested in your thoughts on Billy Slater, who has really taken to coaching, well, brilliantly. He seems very level-headed. He's obviously very Queensland-oriented.

And I don't know what his situation is with Queensland. Have you re-signed him for more years or what's the story? Because there's no doubt there'll be clubs chasing him. Yeah, I don't disagree, big man. He's in the first year of a three-year deal. So we did his first two years and then we extended him at the end of last year. Um,

Look, I haven't been coached by him, but I've had numerous conversations with him. He's very deliberate in how he goes about things. He's got a deep understanding of the Origin environment. He knows exactly how his team wants to play. And then in the lead up to the series, he watches a whole lot of NRL football to sort of pick out the players that he thinks is going to

be able to best execute his game plan. So everyone does it different. Bennett does it different from Bellamy, does it different from Flanagan, et cetera, et cetera. The thing I like about Bill is he knows how he wants his team to play. He gets the players that he believes can do that and then makes those apologies about how he goes after it. It's very clear to him and therefore very clear to his players.

Hey, Ben, it's Flano here. Yeah, a lot of talk about, obviously, the send-off and then Queensland going away with a really convincing win in the end. But how is Reece Walsh? You know, probably everyone sort of forgot, talked about the tackle, but how is the young man? I think he's OK, Flano. I think he sort of, he was walking around the hotel from all reports the next morning looking for a Panadol, but I sent him a text and it was, you know, he tends to be a bit,

Prone to the dramatic, Bruce, but he's very measured. I see he's out for two games with the Bronx. I see they're wrestling for this weekend. Yeah, 11 days, which puts him out for tonight's game and then next Friday's game against the Rabbitohs, which means he gets no footy going into Origin 2. So it'll be interesting to see what Billy does there. I mean, I have nothing to do with the team selection, but I'm assuming he gives Bruce another go because he didn't play a whole lot of footy coming into the first Origin. Yeah.

But, look, he's OK. He'll bounce back. He's at sort of... He's not at the peak of his powers at the moment. He's not far off. And, you know, Queensland are a more significant threat while he's on the field. So I suspect if, you know, he's feeling OK in his head, by the time Game 2 rolls around, he'll be full-back again.

Because as a game, he's our superstar. He's the most recognisable player at the moment. And he's had two bad HIAs. And we just don't want to see this. We need him in our game for 10 years, not for 10 minutes. And plus, think of all the teenage girls that we've now attracted to rugby league that we didn't have as a market before. Well, weren't you around in the late 70s?

Hang on, are you putting yourself on the same pedestal as Reesy, boy? Did you hear the sniff? Did you hear the sniff, maybe? Oh, big bar. Yeah, you're right, Flannery. I mean, player protection. As players, the game becomes more high profile. You know, security of tenure, you know, as a coach and a player becomes...

becomes more tenuous. You know, there's more money in the game. It becomes more competitive. And players these days, the forces...

that the game generates away in front of what they were in the 70s. Sorry, Big Barn, but it's a tough, hard game that's moving quicker every year. And so as the game evolves, the rules around them need to evolve to ensure that our best and brightest like Reece Walsh are spending more time on the field than they are off it. All right, fantastic. Ben, congratulations on the win. We'll see you in Melbourne for game number two.

Thanks, Chance. There he is, Ben Eichen, doing a great job, the boss of the Queensland Rugby League and obviously a pretty handy player back in his day as well. On the way to the break, do what Gallon thousands of Australians have done, make the switch to the premium Spinal Ease pillow. Go to SpinalEase.com.au. That's SpinalEase.com.au.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, as we welcome you back to the Continuous Call team, Mark Levy, Shane Flanagan, Daryl Broman and Paul Gallen. You'll remember last week there was an incident at Penrith when a bird flew into the commentary box at the foot of the mountains and Paul Gallen squealed. He jumped up and was absolutely petrified.

Well, a presentation to be made on this Saturday afternoon. You'll remember that the footy show had Stuffy the dog. Yes. Well, I'm pleased to report that the continuous call team now has Gal the pigeon.

There it is, ladies and gentlemen. Gal the pigeon. I was actually a little bit concerned it was going to be real. That's why I'm standing here. Mate, that's a real pigeon. It's just one that's been stuffed. Is it okay? So there you are. I'll take him home. Did they kill it before they stuffed it? Actually, I wish it was an owl. My daughter, Macy, loves owls. I'll say this is a type of owl. Can you have a thought? Is Macy stupid or something? She'll know that's not an owl. She probably will.

And just for the record, this is not the actual bird that flew into the window. The bird is A-OK, living somewhere in Penrith. It feels very real. It is real. That's a real pigeon. You stuffed a real pigeon. Yes. Is that legal? It's Gal the pigeon. Is that legal, stuffing a real pigeon? Yes, of course it's legal. I don't think it is. How did they unstuff, like get rid of everything inside its guts? Just scoop it out and stuff it. Out of what area of its mouth? Its mouth's not big enough. To use one of yours, Darrell, from all those years ago, Ingham's Chicken Stuff'em. Ingham's Chicken Stuff'em.

Thank you, guys. Thank you very much. So that'll be sitting in... Take a note for the kids. No, no, no. That's remaining here in the studio. Oh, staying here, is it? Yeah, it's going to be sitting next to you wherever we are on the continuous call team. I hope there's no fleas and stuff on it. I'll tell you a quick story about Gal. Can we just have a photo with Gal and the Pigeons so we can put it up on our website, please?

I think he got one, didn't he? Bryce Gibbs got a big fish. A real big, obviously a dead fish. I think it was a mullet. And he put it in Gal's locker, you know, the overhead locker. Gal used to go in there. After training one day, everyone knew about it. So everyone's sitting around and Gal trots in and opens up the locker and this big fish fell out.

He was so scared. One of the toughest men I've ever seen. He just ran across the other side of the dressing room, squealing like a little schoolgirl. I'm going, look at this big, tough origin bloke. You should have seen him last week. So the pigeons flown in the back door at Penrith, right, and hit the window and fallen behind the TV. He's nearly shoulder-charged me into the next room. When I hit you...

It was a solid hit. Initially, I was just scared. But then when I thought, oh, God, we're lucky we didn't go for that wall. So, anyway, we've now got Gal the Pigeon. 131873, the number. Look, the other thing that I need to report is that our colleague, John Stanley, is not too happy.

about something that happened on the show last week, Darrell, and it involves you. So I'm going to play the audio to you. This involves the quiz that we had last week, and one of the questions to you, Darrell, was who hosts the 2GB nights program, to which you replied words to the effect of some old bloke. John Stanley had his right of reply during the week. Here he is. The continuous call team was doing a little pop quiz thing and asking each other questions.

And I was actually a little bit offended because it seemed that after many years on air, one of the main members that continuous called him didn't even know who I was.

But then my assistant producer Hannah here, who works with them on a Sunday, tells me that Daryl Broman spent a good part of yesterday afternoon grumbling behind the scenes that he had missed the cut to go to the Olympics and that I'd taken his spot and he wasn't happy. He kept mentioning it, so that probably explains this. Who's the host of 2GB Nights?

Some old bloke. 2GB Knights, John Stanley? Yeah. Good. He's a team player. I'm asleep at night. There we go. Listen again, because this is a bloke. He's not happy, and apparently he was complaining about it. How come he's going, and I'm not? Here it is. Who's the host of 2GB Knights? Some old bloke. 2GB Knights, John Stanley? Now, you know what? Darryl Broman is... I had a look at it. He's six months younger than me. Six months. The cat fits.

Anyway, I just wanted to put that on the record so that any of you who heard it knew what the back story was. Gee, John Stanley's off you, big man. How would he be going to the Olympics? What's he going to do over there? Have you not heard his call of the archery? Brilliant. LAUGHTER

Have you not heard it? Just play it. Play it if it's so good. Have you never heard it? No. All right, I'll put it up. I'll get it on the Patreon. I'll play it for you when I can. But you know what? Some old blokes look old and some don't. And I'm one of the last ones. I don't look old. He does. So he's 68, is he?

He's 60. He looks about 80. Daryl, and I know you've done some wonderful commentary. Weightlifting. Slobber-dobber-noff-an-immitch, or whatever his name was, and the Harold Holt call, the swimming. This is...

Live commentary of archery. Let's have a listen. Which is a very difficult sport to commentate, Daryl. Of course, must be a crap call. Here's John Stanley in 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 to win the gold medal. He fires. And he's got it. An eight. And Simon said that if the gold medal is...

Brilliant. Brilliant stuff from John Stanley. He sounded like whispering Ted Lowe. He didn't want to put him off. He didn't want to put the bloke off. Was that an Aussie winning that? Yeah, Simon Fairweather, 2,000. Well done, Simon. Well done, John. Yeah, I didn't think the call was that good. Did you think it was good? Well, I thought he'd done okay, yeah. We'll give you a chance to do it later on if you want to have a crack, Jabba Jaws.

What, in Paris? In archery. In Paris. Paris. I'd be better about you. Mate, you'd be pointless ending you to Paris, a city of love. Hello. Breaking back with more. Welcome back. Continuous call team. 131873 is the number to ring. Everything under control over there, Darrell, with the pigeon? I thought that sounded like my tummy. Just on John Stanley, I'm going to out Flanno here. Flanno's a Dragons coach.

He's not a rap on him either. No, no, I didn't say that, Daryl. What did you say? I just said, he sounds like he's whispering to the one person in the stadium. It was the Sydney Olympics. And it was packed. Please, archery, come on. Mate, it was the Sydney Olympics. It was packed. They would have gave tickets away. All right, righto, you jabber jaws, you and you, one and two. I'm going to get John Stanley. We'll see if we can track him down after the news, and we'll get him to explain himself. But I want you two to have a crack at trying to call archery. Oh.

I reckon you'd be lost, to be fair. Why don't you play some of my great swimming and other ones I did? Oh, we've heard that over and over again. Because they're good. That's why you never hear the John Stanley one, because it's crap. LAUGHTER

What do you mean it was crap? It's quality. Play it again. He only needed a four. That's all he needed. He's got eight. Worst commentary of all time. Have a listen to this. He's composing himself. The first sign, actually, that he may perhaps be starting to lose pressure. He only needs to get to the centre of the target. He needs a four. He needs four. To win the gold medal. He fires. And he's got it. And Simon says that if the gold medal is...

CHEERING

In the individual archery. Oh, yeah. There's no one there. Have a listen to the crowd. You know that crowd. There was a bigger crowd at the Olympics than there was to watch your stupid dragons last night. Breaking back with more. Righto. We'll let our listeners decide. Daryl Broman versus John Stanley as far as Olympic commentary is concerned. John will be with us after the news at 2 o'clock. And a reminder, of course, Uber Reserve. If you're looking for something to do or heading out to an event tonight, make sure you book with Uber Reserve. We've got a break for some news. We'll come back with more.

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A continuous call team 2022 highlight. Flanno, Flanno, Flanno, Flanno. You've made a declaration in the first hour of the program that you have the same tone as Peter Ovenen, that velvety voice who reads the Nine News at six o'clock for our listeners in Sydney. We've printed off a Nine News script. Are you ready to have a crack at reading some news? I am, Mark. All right, let's hit the opener and you can take it away. Let's go. Let's go.

Yes, the SES has issued the all-clear to more Sydney residents to return home after major flooding. Evacuation orders have lifted for parts of Camden, Mulgoa, Emu Plains... Oh, this is terrible! More rain is forecast for Sydney today. No, no, just stop. Just stop. Just stop. There's an area where you've got to breathe and stop. LAUGHTER

You have to use some sort of expression too, some different tones. You just abused a 10-year-old boy. Float, I'm going to give you one more opportunity, right? Mark, I don't want to do it. No, listen, when you start the news, Peter Overton, what's the first thing he says? Good evening. Good evening, Peter Overton, National Nine News. It's not Peter Harvey, it's Peter Overton. So we're going to give you one more opportunity. Just start off nice and friendly. You're welcoming people into your living rooms.

Good evening, I'm Shane Flanagan. And then you get into the news, okay? All right, here we go. Bang, bang. Yeah, good evening, Shane Flanagan, National 9 News. It gets worse! You're going to sound like you want to be there, you fool! I'll make Peter over to him. He'll be in the fetal position listening to this. Look, it's too much pressure, you blokes. He's just going to take the mickey out of it. So, as a Fox Sport presenter and Channel 9...

I'm withdrawing my application. Peter Avery can keep his job. By the way, what's to do with those glasses? Yeah, I found them in the car. They're pretty good. Jeez, we've got Dave. He's got his Elton John glasses that he wears, and I don't know what they are. I hope they're your wives. Ah, yes. Welcome back, Continuous Call team. And, yeah, Shane Flanagan making his return to the Continuous Call team, and he's even done some production during the week to set himself up.

He's the man turning things around at the Red V. What about Shane Flanagan? He's done much the same to the Dragons. Shane Flanagan era starts in the best way possible. He's a Premiership winning coach who united the Sutherland Shire. The siren sounds. Canelo have won it. You can turn the line now.

And he's the ultimate media professional. If he can finish a try, that boy, he may contact at least five metres out and he still gets there. He knows his way to the try line. Shane Flanagan.

Yeah, it's interesting, Flanno, given the opener that you've had made for your appearance this afternoon, there's a phrase in there that says the ultimate media professional. Do you remember this, Flanno? Yeah, the actual surface has got grass right across it, as you would expect at this stadium, but it is wet. The grass is wet. Ultimate media professional. Yeah, well, that's when I was young and a rookie. It was two years ago. Yeah, well...

Anyway, it's good to have you back, Flano, and congratulations on the win last night, of course, and Georgia Lawara beating the West Tigers 56 points to 14. Three games this afternoon, Titans, Rabbitohs. In an hour from now, we'll update the scores on that for Uber Reserve. 5.30, Matt Thompson here for the Cowboys and the Warriors, and Chris Warren in the chair to bring you the Broncos.

And the Sharks, of course, State of Origin Wednesday night went the way of Queensland. Women's Origin went the way of Queensland. So a decider in Townsville for the women. And game two of the State of Origin series will go to the MCG in Melbourne. Now the team news is through on the Titan South Sydney game. Phil Sammy's been ruled out after failing a fitness test on his hamstring. So Bo Firmer moves to the centres. Cleese Haas to the back row. And Keenan Palacios starts at lock.

Jaden Campbell, he's back from a knee injury and jumper number 19 at 5'8", so a big in for the Titans. Chris Randall to hooker, Sam Verrills to the bench. Tanner Boyd is the 18th man. While for South Sydney, they line up 1-17. Dion Tauper is the 18th man and Jai Arrow playing his 150th match

against his former club. So there you are, the Titans in South Sydney getting underway in the next 50 minutes from now. Now, Big Man, we played John Stanley's archery call earlier and you and Shane Flanagan have taken him to task.

about the fact that he was whispering. Shane said there was no one there. I pointed out to him that it was the 2000 Sydney Olympics, so it was packed. For those people that missed it, here's John Stanley. 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.

That to me sounded brilliant. That sounded to me like COVID when they used to just put the crowd where no one was there. They used to put the background crowd. What's the time difference between here and Paris? They'll put a few to sleep.

Daryl. What? It's one of our men. The bloke you've referred to as that old bloke.

Yeah, it was a slip of the tongue. Hannah, she's in trouble too, Neil. She's telling stories. John Stanley, number one at night. He's on the line. Hello, John. Very disappointing. Very disappointing, this. Mate, well, did you hear your call? That was disappointing. Well, can I just make a point, Daryl? As someone who has actually called at the Olympics and called a gold medal, I don't think you've still yet to make your debut. Is that right? That's true. Ah, yeah.

Because what happens, I'm serious, what happens is they set up a flash zone and the flash zone is a couple of metres away from where the archers are and that's where you have to position yourself to be there for the interview straight after the winner. You have to get the winner straight away. So that's where Ray told me to go. Flash zone. So then I was also told I've got to call it. So I was calling it on my phone in that flash zone and you weren't allowed to do that. So I was standing up the back

holding the phone up on my shoulder, trying to call it and not get kicked out of the place. So I thought it was quite an achievement, but that's okay. Don't worry about that. I'm being bagged by... You've upset him now, Daryl. Well, it seems to me as though you've gone against protocol at the Olympics. That's unheard of. You're not supposed to call from the flash zone and you call from the flat zone. You're going to get... Scared all. You're going to get barred for life. LAUGHTER

Well, yeah, that's what you're about. But this is the thing, and not only did you call me some old bloke, you also said you didn't know who I was. Now, you know who I am. You know why? Why? You know who I am, because every time I play your famous swimming call involving Harold Holt, I get a call from management, can you please stop doing that? Because Broman keeps putting in an invoice. LAUGHTER

Every time. Wanting royalties, which isn't surprising. Do you get royalties? I haven't got any royalties as yet. Should I get royalties for that? Do you know? No. This is going to start something. No, John, what have you done? Now, look, well, John... How old are you, by the way? Hang on a second, John. We're all about constructive criticism, right? And given these two blokes alongside me, and Paul Gallen supported you, and he's a shark and you're a dragon, so that's wonderful on Gal's part. But Flano and Big Man, you've heard John's call,

How does he improve it for the next opportunity he gets at the Olympics? Well, I've changed my opinion. I've done a backflip. Oh, yeah. I've done a backflip. Look, because under the circumstances, and if Ray told him to go and do it, I understand that he was in, what was it, a flash zone? Yeah. And that's a pretty heavy area. And to be on a phone like he's gone against protocol. So I flipped.

As long as he doesn't tip against the Dragons again for the rest of the year. Well, he doesn't tip them all the time. You know that. Could I just ask you, what was your question? How can he improve on that call? I think it would sound better if he just said nothing. That's...

That is harsh. Mate, the bloke won a gold medal. Simon Fairweather's moment and John's covered it beautifully. John Stanley's never won a gold medal. He needed a four and he covered everything he needed to do. He called it exactly the way it needed to be called. Oh, so you think it's a good call? What else could he have done? He had to be quiet because he was in a flash zone and then when the bloke hit the eight which he needed, he called.

He's already going to get chucked out of the joint. Anyway, show some enthusiasm. All right, Darryl. Like my swimming corn. All right, Darryl. Get up on your feet and I'll give you the sound effects for the archery and you show him how it's done. Okay, who's doing it? So Simon Fairweather. Fairweather, friend. He needs five points to win. Okay. And you're in the flash zone. Let's go to Darryl. Let's go to Darryl Broman in the flash zone. No one wants to see that. Well, punters, people of Australia, stop.

Stand up. Get ready to cheer. Because Simon Fairweather, even he couldn't miss this one. He only needs five points. He pulls it back. Bling.

Oh, it's a bullseye. Give me five. Give me five, everybody. This bloke's an Australian and now a world champion, Simon Fairweather. Let's go back to John Stanley. Yes, I think he's won now. Fairweather's been disqualified because there's an Australian bloke screaming in the flash zone. Fairweather's been relegated.

And the Canadians won the gold medal. John, can I ask you a question? In that flash, was it possible for the archer to hear you? Is that why you had to be quiet? That is actually the sound. When you actually hear the sound of the bow, we're only about four or five metres away. That's why I'm with you. That's why you had to be quiet. Because if you were there...

carrying on the way you just carried on, you would have put the bloke off. I wouldn't. You know what I wouldn't have done? You wouldn't have put the bloke off, you missile. I wouldn't have turned up late for the event. I would have been where I should have been in the box calling it like with enthusiasm, not doing a bling, bling, bling. But I don't mean to pull you up here, Daryl. As someone who's going to host our Olympic coverage, I would think that the commentators... I'm not doing it, am I? No, no, no, but I would think our commentators are not going to be standing there calling a gold medal going, give me

five, yeah, baby. Why not? Hadley wishes he could have said that at some stage. Give me five. Instead of, go, girly, go, go, go, go, go, girly. Why are you picking on Hadley? I just want to bring him in because I know he's a good friend of John's. Can I just mention something else? You call me some old bloke. I'm actually, I'll admit it, I'm older than, I'm seven months older than you, but guess what? You know who's older than both of us? Hadley.

Yeah, exactly. Mate, how old are you now? Well, I'm actually now 68. Oh, because I got something here from Susan saying you're turning 70 in November. Yeah, well, that's what... Hadley's got me at 75 and 80 and... Yeah, but tell me the truth. You stumbled a bit there. Are you 70 in November? No. He is. Hadley's 70 in November, is he? Yeah, he's old too.

He's really old. All right. John, I was trying to stick up for you. I thought it was a great call, and I look forward to spending some quality time with you during the Paris Olympics. All right. As long as Flanagan organised me into the presentation night. Well, you know...

Well, you're there, John. You don't even tip him half the time. You can't have him in the presentation. No, no, no. He picks and chooses when he tips his dragons. Yeah, that's all right. That's been previous years. He's on them for the rest of the year. He's already put his tips on for round 26. Did you tip him last night? Yes, I did. Of course I did. Who are you going to tip when they come up against the Melbourne Storm? I'll be tipping the dragons. Oh, I don't know about that. Rock solid, Jonathan. By the way, have you got your dragons jacket from Flannoy yet?

No, I had to go and buy my own. When I let you down. No one asked me about it. I would have got him one for sure.

You know when I knew I was done, when I bought it, when you put it on him and then he said, oh, yeah, sure, and then it was raised, the actual jacket, and I think he realised how much they cost. He went, oh, that could be a problem. Righto, John. See you soon, mate. Happy 70th, mate. Congratulations and happy birthday on the big 70. 131873, the number. So, John Stanley, you've heard his archery call. I'm going to let our listeners be the judge here, Darrell. You've heard John Stanley. Don't embarrass me. Now,

Look, you can have your pick, Daryl. Do you want me to play your swimming call or your weightlifting call? I think weightlifting. Weightlifting. Ladies and gentlemen...

You'll be going head-to-head for the weightlifting duties on Channel 9 with Peter Basaltis, Little Salty, the hairiest man in rugby league, being handed the microphone to call weightlifting, and he'll be channeling this great man, Darryl Broman, who did this all those years ago. Here he is. Look at this weight. Never before attempted. 485 kilos he's got, ladies and gentlemen. There he is. He's rubbing some flour into his hands. LAUGHTER

Was he baking a cake? He's thrown a bit on his groin because he's a bit chafed as well down there. Here he is. He walks over. He's stalking, stalking these weights as he walks up. There he is. He bends down. Sorry. Excuse me. Sorry about that. No, that's a snort.

Walker, stop. Stalk it again. Stalk it away. Bend down to pick it up again. I've never seen that happen before. Not in a final round. Cleaner. That's very... Well, they've had to substitute him with the third best performer. This bloke's like nothing left. Poor old... He's out of the equation now, so it's...

The other blokes won by default. Trey, one, two, three. Yes, and I don't think Slobodovodovinovic has ever been seen or heard from again. Slobodovodovinovic. Look, we can't play one without playing the other. Here's, of course, Daryl Swimming Hall. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, take your marks. Take him! No. You do the gun. You don't have to take him. You do the gun. Set.

racing and Thorpe has begun brilliantly. He's gone underneath with the pedal pop kick he's developed lately and he's come up in front of Zeller. Phelps is there with him. Look at Van den Hoogenband swimming strongly in lane one. Gary Hall Jr. trying to stay at his shoulder. Dodd Fraser's flying out wide. Conrad and Murray Rose are tared off because he's a 1500 metres swimmer. How's he going to win the 100? But

Thorpe, Thorpe still in front as they get up to the 50 metre mark. Nicole, how's that for a 50? That's a 12.6 split. OK, Thorpe still in front as they turn. Thorpe made a brilliant turn. Van der Hoogenbeek is challenging now. Here comes Emile Zeller and Murray Rose has come from nowhere. Thorpe in front, Van der Hoogenbeek, Phelps, and who's this? Who's this steaming down the outside? It's Harold Holt.

He's come from nowhere. Harold Holt of 100. What an unbelievable swim. Where's he been for the last 41 years? Harold Holt. Oh, Holt. One of the greatest comebacks of all time. Has nosed out Ian Thorpe in unbelievable circumstances.

Harold Holton. Beautiful stuff from you, Daryl. You know that all happened in one day at Brookvale. We obviously didn't have much going on. Some of my best work, you know. You've heard them, Gal, haven't you? I hadn't heard them. Haven't you? No, I haven't. Very good. I actually thought the first one was real. You told me it was real. Yeah, it was real. I'm being reminded as well. I mentioned Peter Basaltus.

Peter Basaltis actually rang the continuous call team as a young man attempting to emulate Ray in calling the swimming. And I've actually got the clip here that featured on the weekend attention CD. Here is a young Peter Basaltis calling the continuous call team. Lethal Jones in lane one. We're about to take off. Beep. And they're off. Lethal 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. I want you to do that starting beep again. Beep.

He's come a long way, Salty. He's come a long, long way. He's gone from that to Pataloo with the goal to now calling the rugby league and weightlifting for Channel 9. We're off to a break. We'll come back with more on the way to the break. Do what Galen thousands of Australians have done. Make the switch.

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Mixin Bundy says, can you imagine Big Man trying to whisper into the phone at the archery? Big Man wouldn't know what a whisper is. Well, he's all about the entertainment, the Big Man. Daryl, call on the swimming. Thanks, Lever. You can hear Blocker in the background bringing back the old days. Listen to the show forever. Thank you, Russ.

And I've got to say, Bozo cracks me up in that one. It makes me laugh out loud every time. Just the best from Rob. Yeah, impersonating the great Nicole Livingston. It's a 12.6 split. Yeah, he did a good job. I liked his work that day. Great stuff. Now, time to talk to one of the Dragons. And he had some great news this week, of course, re-signing with the club. I speak of Tyrell Sloan. But, Darryl,

Shane and Paul Gallen. It's been brought to my attention that last night when our producer, Andrew, our executive producer, was organising the interview, he put through the request to the media person for the Dragons, whose name is Chris, I believe. And last night, so we organised for Tyrell Sloan to come on the show, but this is what's unfolded. Tyrell asked the Dragons media manager, Chris Kennedy, who's it with? Chris replied, Mark Levy, Daryl Roman, Paul Gallen and Flannoy.

Jaden Sewer chimed in. He said, Darryl Broman, is he the one that sings We'll Be Riding on the Horses, yeah? Zach Lomax has chimed in with, that's Darryl Braithwaite, you idiot. He's not happy. Oh, he's not happy. And he's a Queenslander. He does not know who you are. He's got no idea who you are. I did push strongly for him for state of origin selection, Jaden Sewer, as we're all aware. Well, that's a ceasing, isn't it? So you're going to cut him from a winning side, going to cut him? Yep.

Well, let's find out if that's exactly what happened. Tyrell Sloan's on the line right now. Hey, Tyrell. Hey, mate. How you going? Good, thank you. Is this true? Did Jaden Sewell think the big man is the guy who sings horses? Yeah, we were sitting there after we sung the team song and, yeah, CK, I met you. We just lost you there, Tyrell. We got you back.

See, that'll teach sewer. See, rock solid you, Queenslanders. I think we've lost you there, Tyrell. We'll see if we can get you back and you can tell us what happened last night. Just on the fullback, Flannery, you've obviously had a lot to do with him the last few months. That's great news, re-signing him for St. George of Lawara long term. So it's a good deal. Yeah, it is a good deal. It's a good deal for Tyrell and a good deal for the club. He's a wonderful young man. And I'm not just saying it because, you know, I'm at the Dragons and

You know, he's on the line, but getting to know him this year, he's polite, he's well-mannered, he does a lot of stuff in the community. He's proud of his Indigenous heritage.

He's always doing stuff for young kids and that around the Wollongong area. And, you know, his footy is getting better week to week. He's made a real point of improving his defensive qualities. He's always been a flashy offensive player, but he's really put a focus defensively. And, you know, he's getting better each week. And I'm really looking forward to watch the growth of him over the next two years, three years. All right. I think we've got him back on the line. You there, Tyrell?

Yeah, sorry, bro. I just connected the Bluetooth. That's all right, mate. No worries in the world. So you were telling us about Jaden Seward not knowing who the big man was.

Yeah, I was saying, yeah, after the game, we sung the team song and we were sitting down after it and the boys opened a few beers there. But, yeah, you hit it right on the head there. Whatever Sue was talking about, me and Loie just stood there and laughed. This can't be true. It's true. This can't be true, Tyrell. Seriously. So, Tyrell, did you know who he was?

Oh, yeah, I know a big man. I said straight away off the footy show, like, oh, come on. Fair enough, fair enough. He's become a little bit of a... Mate, when you speak to Sewer, well-named, by the way... LAUGHTER

Let him know he's lost my support. The Queenslanders are turning on each other again. Rock solid they are, aren't they? Rock solid. Hey, Tyrell, 56 points to 14. Seven unanswered tries in the second half. It was a night out for the Dragons, wasn't it, mate?

Yeah, it was a good win. You know, first half was not our best performance and something that I feel like we're trying to work on is get a full game of consistency to do some footy and, you know, second half we come out there and responded and, you know, we just, you know, went back to what we do is just run hard and, you know, let our spine step up and, you know, finish off the points there. Mate, it must look good. It's,

it's funny with you blokes because when you win a game you invariably do it well and you know maybe not win easily but when you've lost games this year you've lost by big margins any idea why that is? Yeah I think it's just when we focus on us and we get our attitude right you know we after a couple of wins there we've

we've probably gone in to get a bit complacent and, you know, I think we're doing it better than what we are, but, um, now as a team and, you know, with our, with our leaders there, the senior boys, uh, we've got to step up and, you know, make sure, you know, we just start some training throughout the week. Um, you know, we notice when, you know, something's not up to standard and, you know, we step right onto it and,

I feel like when we do that, we can go into games with a defensive mindset and back our D. But that's something I said we're trying to work on is get back-to-back performances and

continue to work hard and get some wins. Yeah, Toro, when he's winning, you definitely defend well. I've said that to Flannoy multiple times. You keep teams sort of 12, 14 points to get the win. He's got to find out how to do that most weeks if he can. But for yourself, Percy, what's Flannoy done for you? Has he given you any self-confidence? Has he taught you anything else in the game? What's he done for you as a coach?

Yeah, well, Flano and Dino, you know, Dino's our defensive coach. You know, we both work really hard every week. You know, there's always different shapes coming at me and I'm always the one that's getting spotted on the line. But for me, I just love being under Flano. You know, he puts belief in me, you know, week in, week out. And, you know,

gives me a message you know individually what to do and what to bring to the team and um you know obviously my my focus is my defense and you know when i get that right i know my attack will come and um you know as i said i just i just love being on the phone you know he believes in me um you know he wants me you know step up and and even do more and um i know i know my attack game can take care of itself but um as i said it's always just been my defense i need to work on

Tyrell, I wanted to ask you about the new deal, mate. Two more years signing through until the end of 2026. That's obviously a great show of faith in you from the coaching staff, the club, and it's nice to have that weight lifted off your shoulders knowing you're going to be there for the next couple of years.

Yeah, it's good. I was very happy to get that deal done and it's good to see that the club believes in me and now my time to put the faith back in them and repay them for what they do for me. But as I said, I'm a well-known boy. I grew up in the area and I never really wanted to go anywhere else. I love playing the Red V week in, week out and

Um, you know, the group of boys we've got now, it just makes it, makes it even more special. Um, and I was, I was happy to see, you know, the boys, you know, come back from origin and back up and only two out of the three did cause I saw it played pretty crap, but, um, you know, I'm very happy with staying and I'm looking forward to, you know, what we can, what we can do for the rest of the year and, you know, years to come. Good on you. That's really interesting. You listen to Tyrell talk. Um,

Which he's getting better at, you know, in a group. Like, it's hard to talk in a group of men in, you know, a video room and you're worrying about saying something that's not right so you don't say it. But, you know, he's growing in that stature. But it's really, from a growth perspective and from my perspective, is hearing someone talk about loves the Dragons and wants to play for the Dragons because...

I reckon we've lost that. Not just the Dragons, but a lot of clubs, it's become about money and becoming about your career because everyone keeps saying you only got a short career, you got a short career. Well, there is that. And I understand that part of it and you've got to make the most of it. But also, I look at Gal, there's also this bit of pride and passion about the club you play for and Tyrell's definitely got that. Good on you. Good on you, mate. Tyrell, just on those team meetings Flanagan talks about, does he still use the word wood duck and things like that?

Well, he is a wood duck, Tyrell. Well, there you go. He's calling you a wood duck. So I imagine he's still... Shane, you know how you just said it's very difficult for a young bloke to get his say in? You just be quiet for a second. Hey, hey, Tyrell's hung up. Oh, he's hung up.

He knows when not to comment. I was going to give him an opportunity. Anyway, terrific to catch up with him. Andrew, just give him a ring and thank him for his time. He seems like a really respectful young man. Good luck to him. He is. And as I said, sometimes you look at a young man like that and you sort of cast an opinion without knowing him. And he is one of the top class young men in this world. You know what he can do? I was pleased that he said you gave him a lot of support and

and, you know, stuff, which is great. I mean, from a coach, you must be...

enjoying someone saying something like that because, you know, he was like under a bit of pressure at times this year because his defence hasn't been 100%, but he's clearly working on it. Well, the art of coaching, I believe, is, you know, like if I've got Paul Gallen, I don't need to be able to put my arm around Gallen, you know, come on, mate, we need you to do this, need you to do that. He doesn't need any more confidence. No. He's a grown man and he's played origin and all that sort of stuff. I need to do other things with Gallen. But, yeah,

But Tyrell, he needs someone to believe in him and put your arm around him and tell him what he's doing right. Sometimes not always the things that he's doing wrong, which I think is – that's why Tyrell's being coached a little bit. Mate, you're not doing this. You're not doing that. You're not doing this. Well, I focus a fair bit on what he's doing right and keep improving. He could be a great, great player. He's got –

Attack-wise, well, he's probably got the odd rough age, but not much. He's pretty natural attack-wise, but his defence has certainly improved. When you've got a bloke who's got his level of skill and his pace, et cetera, et cetera, he's a massive plus for you blokes. I agree, and the main thing is the ability to want to learn and want to get better. He knows he's got so much improvement, so that's a great thing for me, to be able to work with a kid that just wants to swallow it all up.

Flano, just before we move on to other things, just while we're on the Dragons, you must be delighted as the coach. That's seven wins this year. You're inside the top eight for the time being. Last year, I think the Dragons won five games in total. So you've already eclipsed that 14 rounds into the competition. And to see the happiness and the excitement from the Dragons fans, who can be tough to please, you must be delighted with what you've been able to achieve early days in your coaching career at the Dragons. Yeah.

Oh, yeah. Like, I always thought that it was achievable. I don't think we've overachieved. Well,

We've just sort of gone along. I reckon we probably should be one more win ahead. If I'm being really critical of the group, I thought there was one or two games there that we could have got and we needed to nail one of them. So we're going where I expected us to be. It's a good club, a big club. The supporters are sometimes hard to please because they want to win and a lot of them have been brought up through that winning era. And obviously...

winning 11 comps in a row. I know it's a long, long time ago, but it still lives there. As I said, it's a really big club and I just need to change a few things. The players are all on board now. They're working really, really hard at training and better things to come. I want to ask you about the Ben Hunt situation from last year when he was

Well, it was reported he wanted to leave, he wanted out, and he wanted to go to the Titans. Yep. How did you and him handle all that together? How's that come? Well, if you just put it in black and white, put it in one side of the piece of paper, the club wasn't winning. He lost his coach that he had a lot of faith and belief in, Anthony Griffin. And...

And on the other side, there was some clubs that were circling that were telling him, yeah, we've got success. We're going to play semifinals. We'll give you the same amount of money and we'll extend your contract for a couple of years. And would you be interested? And I understand that...

You know, there were some negatives at the Dragons at that time, but I had no relationship really with Ben. I had to build a relationship over, you know, when I got the job halfway through last year. So I built that with him and some trust and belief and involved him in decisions that we were making on and off the field, recruitment, training, everything we did, I included him in it, which I did with Gal, which I do with all my leaders because they're part of it and

build that relationship and now he's seeing it and he's part of it now so like when we play bad or something doesn't work it's not just Ben Hunt it's the whole system has fallen down and as I said he feels part of it and he's running training and running when we train how we train so it's just a whole club situation and I just think Ben can see what we're trying to build at the club and he's on board. One of the criticisms if there is one Shane is that you haven't signed

um, too many players. And you did say early days that you were a recruitment coach. Have you got anyone in mind that you're looking at, at this stage? Obviously you're losing Zach Lomax at the end of the year, which is going to free up some money. Are there any sort of names on the, on the radar or any insights you can give the fans? Yeah, well, I don't know if that's true to be honest, Mark. So, uh,

This year, you have a look at our best team this year. I know he's not a big name, but Tom Eisenhuth has been outstanding for us week in, week out. He had one bad week a couple of weeks ago. He had to play in the centres. He's been great for us, you know, good value. Luciano Lulua is a very, very good player, you know,

So, you know, he's... And Ray for Taylor Mariner has been... Last week, he was man of the match. So I think we have, you know... Obviously, Kyle came to the club. We've changed a few things around there. We'll get some more recruits next year. We'll get three or four for next year on top of the three or four we've already got. Mm-hmm.

So, you know, that's seven out of our starting 13. But you have missed out on a few along the way. You know what I mean? And we have missed out on a few. But the thing that I've got to get across mainly to Dragon supporters is they haven't left to go to another club. They've stayed at their same club. They said, oh, you know, you didn't get Thomas Deard and you didn't get so-and-so. They stayed at their own club. And I'm comfortable with that. If they moved and went to another club and we miss them...

That's a miss. That's a dead set miss. You'd start to say, why did they not come to us? But they stayed at their own club. So that's fair, fair. Well, I'm glad you've had the opportunity to answer that because, you know, Dragons fans I speak to that want to be overly critical, they say, well, we haven't signed any players. And I say, well, I can put the question to Flano and I'm glad you've made that clear to Dragons fans that may be a little amused by the signing and recruitment. And also...

On the back of last year, they won five games. So it's hard to paint a picture and tell a story. Hey, boys, we're going to get better. We had one origin player last year. Now we've got three. Next year, I hope I've got four or five. And the club's changing. So now when I go and tell a story to a player that I want to come to a club, hey, listen, we're on the border of the eight now. We're going to get better next year. Come and join us. And it's not like sort of pie in the sky. It's sellable. It's sellable.

All right, fantastic. Good stuff. All right, we're going to take a break. We'll come back with plenty more. You're listening to the Continuous Call team. Paul Gallen, Daryl Broman, Shane Flanagan and Mark Levy. Quick break. Back with more. Wolfie's been in touch. We do our tips on a Friday night on the races for the Saturday. We do it for points bet. And it looks like Piggy's tipped a winner. He's tipped Yongalass at Belmont. Race two, number two, and it's got the cash at $6.00.

So Piggy, he's back in the winner's circle. Belmont race two, number two, Yongalas. And if you're following the races, Josh's tip comes up later on today. Race seven, number eight, Sweet Baby Boom. Race seven, number eight, Sweet Baby Boom. Speaking of tips, Paul, did we get to the bottom of what happened this week with you submitting two lots of tips? I didn't submit two lots. It was a mistake. Right.

And unfortunately, Darrell... So you did submit two different... No, no, I don't believe I did. It was a mistake. I sent them to the wrong person, yes. I meant to send them to Luke Davis, but I actually sent... Who did I send them to? Murray. Yeah, but you sent different tips to them both. Yeah, that's my decision. I can tip who I want. Why would you send them to a different person? Maybe to... Because Channel 9... Because there's one tipping comp with Channel 9, there's one tipping comp with 2GB. Yeah.

That's the point. So you tip different teams in both contexts. I can tip who I want when I want. That's my decision. I think it makes you look like an imbecile. Why does it? Because it just shows lack of clarity. No, it doesn't. Because you're tipping... Say today's game, for example. Let's say you tipped the Tigers last night in one and then the Dragons in another. I didn't do that. Yeah, but that's an example of it, you imbecile. I tipped the Dragons.

Daryl, I've just gone to the email for the exact evidence for full transparency. So I saw an email from Ray Hadley during the week. I know Paul Gallant is claiming he sent the wrong tips in. Can someone refer him to the rules concerning tips not received within the specified time? He tipped one from five and now trials me by three for our $500 charity bet.

Oh, my God.

So for the 2GB tipping competition, Paul, you tipped one from five. I know and I've accepted that. I've moved on. You just argued it. You said you didn't. No. What do you mean I said I didn't? You just argued against what we just said. It was a mistake. I sent them to the wrong place. I sent them to the wrong place. I meant to send them the other way around. How was it...

But you still tip different sides. Yeah. But I meant to send them ones to the other bloke. I sent them the wrong way. So you sent the different tips to the wrong bloke. No one cares about that. Everyone cares about the fact you're tipping different teams. I can do what I want. Oh, yeah.

You are a suck because then you can say, I tip them, I tip them, I tip them. You are just playing the system. You are really despicable. The punters pick up on that very easily. Well, are you getting nervous given that Ray's pointed out? There's 14 weeks to go. You're three behind him, $500 on the line, Gail. What have I said to Ray? What have I said to Ray from day one? Matters where you finish, Raimondo, not where you start. Raymond, he doesn't like being called Raimond. He loves you.

Do you reckon? No. It can change very quickly. Oh, believe me, I'm a little bit concerned about that. Now, there's nothing more exciting than going to the footy with minutes to go. The players are switched on. There's a huddle in the locker room. Flannoy gives one last pep talk as the players get their game faces on. They run onto the field to the raw excitement of the

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an event when timing is everything. You're on to a winner with Uber Reserve. Patricia's sticking up for gals. She says, big man, it's up to Paul who he picks. Nothing to do with you and he can tip two totally different picks if he wants from Patricia. I think it just shows an attitude problem. You know why he does it? I've done it once. Patricia, you know why he does it?

It's because he can then big note himself saying, yeah, I tipped that winner. No, that's not the reason at all. It's because last week I was a bit undecided about a few of them. That's why. That was a real reason. Just like this week, I tipped two different in the, what was the one I texted yesterday? Warriors-Cowboys game. I didn't know who to tip. So you've tipped a different one. I'm thinking there's another reason for it. Of course there is. If Raimondo didn't catch on to it, he would have said, oops, I'm sorry.

I'm supposed to send them to the other person. I'll tell you why he's doing it, Flannery. I want three out of five. I'll tell you why this bloke's doing it. He's hedging his bets. So he either wins the 2GB comp or he wins the Channel 9 competition. Maybe that's smart. You, my friend, are a cheat. No one cares about the Channel 9. There's not one single person over at Channel 9 that cares where they finish. You care. Yeah, I do.

I've worked for you. I don't even know what the result is of that one. The only one that matters is the 2GB one. I now feel sorry for you because you're missing a chromosome somewhere. LAUGHTER

You care, Paul. The Channel 9 one, I don't even know where we're up to. I don't even know who's where. But the 2GB one, I do know. Mark, I've got a back, Paul, in picking different teams and different tipping comps. It's like taking a place bet on horses. If you're not convinced something will win for sure, you double your chances. He's a smart man from Mersey. He's smart. We are the continuous call team. Well, Daryl, off the back of the criticism level, your direction, there's a rap that I'm going to give you now. And it comes from our great mate, Roger Lindemann.

I've got an email from Rodgie and Gary Morris that says, Darrell, we want to thank you and send you a heartfelt thanks for helping the Morris Children's Fund yesterday because they raised $40,000, which considering the cancellation of a golf day was a fantastic result. Seriously, mate, the enormous work you do for the charity is sometimes overlooked. For you to take the time out to drive from Cronulla to Moorbank in crappy weather,

and put on a fabulous show for those in the room as worthy of praise and recognition. So, Darrell, on behalf of the children, supported by the Morris Children's Fund, we salute you and thank you most sincerely. So, good on you, big man. Rog, he's a good guy, mate. He's done a lot of stuff for all of us over the years, and I was happy to help him out yesterday when Shane couldn't go because he had the footy that last night, and...

I took over from Shane. It was good. Look, I'm reading a few emails here, and there's a lot of people who are just off their heads. Some people are actually agreeing with Gail. From Patricia. Big man, I don't think Gail's a big no to you. Thanks, Patricia. You are. Just delete that. She knows. What about this one? This is another one. Anne, the females are against me.

Hi, Levi. I think the reason Big Man looks younger than John Stanley is the fact that Big Man sleeps on his own. Which that would indicate to me that women age you, if that's what Ian's saying. I should let our listeners know, right, so there's a screen in front of Daryl and Shane and they can read your text messages. But what used to happen, we only used to either get a phone call or an email. So a lot of the abusive and critical emails, I would just sort of proofread and then delete. The boys wouldn't see them. But now Daryl and Paul and Shane see all of

the messages that come through. I intentionally stay right away from it. I don't want to see the rocks. You'd just be permanently blowing up. I don't agree with people being able to do it. It is another one. Misguided.

G'day, Leaves. Brogan puts crap on Gell. At least Gell doesn't live at home alone. I still get a bit of lovin'. Why are you 67? I'll be right. Me and John Stanley. I've got one of those special beds at home. It'll still be getting used. Spinalese mattress. Can you use that by yourself? I didn't use it today, actually. You're off. I was off today. Hey, stop it, please.

He's just got to get some more of those little blue tablets. Breaking back with more. Rob says, hey, boys, if sleeping on your own makes you look younger, what's Levy's excuse? He looks 50, but he's 39. From my knowledge, he always sleeps on his own, and it also means sleeping with cats doesn't make you look younger. Thank you, Rob. Or should I say Brad Pitt? Do what Gal and thousands of Australians have done. Make the switch to the premium Spinal Ease pillow. Go to SpinalEase.com.au. That's SpinalEase.com.au.

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Australia's longest-running sports program, the Continuous Call Team. Michael McGuire's not the one missing tackles and not giving their guts in a game of football, so to speak. Do they need to take some responsibility themselves? Of course they do. Today they wouldn't want to leave their house. You'd be that embarrassed. I know in my day I lost a game 60-0 and I didn't want to go to work. The next day I didn't go. You wouldn't have gone to work too many Mondays. No. LAUGHTER

It was actually a Wednesday. Oh, he's on fire early, flat out. If Darryl was my coach and he said, I'm not going down at half time, I'd be going, yes, yes. We're enchanting this second half, boys. We can solve this ourselves. You three finished? LAUGHTER

I did some coaching, you know that Shane. Yeah, I know, Wayne got rid of you. Yeah, no, because I was a threat, you know that. Anyway, I'm surprised, well, he did get me on board at the Sharkies when they won the comp that year. I said, I better get this bloke down here to give them a pre-match chat before the Canberra game and produce the magic once again. He spoke to all my bench players because that's where he usually came from. LAUGHTER

Welcome back. Next hour, the continuous call team. Yes, Shane Flanagan on the panel this afternoon with the big man, Darrell Brayman. Paul Gallen is here. Mark Levy's my name. And we've got play underway on the Gold Coast where it's nil all between the Titans and South Sydney. That's after seven minutes of play in the first half. We do that for Uber Reserve. Nil all the score, Gold Coast and South Sydney. Last night, Flano and the Dragons had a big win.

over the West Tigers. They ended up winning the match by 56 points to 14. 5.30 this afternoon, Matt Thompson will be here to call the Cowboys and the Warriors, and Chris Warren on deck for the Broncos and the Sharks at 7.35. And as far as the Origin Series is concerned, Queensland 1-0 up in the series.

after that win over New South Wales on Wednesday night. We had an in-depth discussion about that in the first hour of the program. And well done to each and every one of those people that went along and supported the women's origin match in Newcastle on Thursday night. Queensland sneaking home to win it 11 points to 10 to send the series to a decider in Townsville in three weeks' time. This is what the two coaches had to say, Tani Norris and Kylie Hilda, at full time. That was insane. Yeah, that's true origin football. It's so good for our game.

to play a game of footy like that for the crowd and for how well these girls just know what it's, what it takes to be a Queenslander and win games like that. I'm so proud of them. I think the frustrating thing for me as a coach is that we were so dominant probably for the majority of that game and then we just allowed Queensland to get back in and top and then they, you know, Lauren Brown, her being on the field, I knew that that's what they'd be setting up. I could see it. Great for the game. It's won all and we'll, we get to go back to work and get up to Townsville and

yeah, try and get the shield up in Queensland. We've seen you play better up in Queensland anyway. And in Townsville. Don't go so great in our own state. Yeah, Tani Norris and Kylie Hilda there speaking to the media after the game the other night. And Alana Ferguson will join us later on to discuss what happened on Thursday night. Our number 131873. You can email us via the website's

And you can text us 0460 873 873. Paul Gallen, Damien Cook making a break, linking up with the Trell Mitchell. And Big Trell opens the scoring for South Sydney. They lead four points to nil. Yeah, went straight through the centre. Good quick play of the ball. Markers weren't set. Damien Cook too smart. A dummy half straight through the middle and...

Big Latrell backs up as all good fullbacks do and gets a try. All right, 4-0 kick to come. South Sydney leading Gold Coast. That's after nine minutes of play in the first half. We do that for Uber Reserve. Am I right in saying, Darrell, you're prepared to blow up about something right now? I'm stewing about something now. Can you hit it, please?

Since I've had my prostate out, I have a propensity to want to go to the toilet a lot.

Not too much else. No. Well, it often happens when I'm driving along, right? I feel as though I have a need to do wee-wee. And when it comes upon me, it's emergency station. It's serious stuff. Well, I was driving down King George's Road the other day, probably on my way to the football. It wasn't this weekend. Probably last weekend. Whatever.

And I needed petrol as well, and I needed to go toily. So I went into one of those cheap ones on King George's Road. You know, the petrol's always cheap down around there, around Canberra area. Yeah, Wally Park area? Around there. I know the one you're talking about. Yeah, very cheap. So I filled the cart with petrol. I could hold on a little bit, so I got out, filled the cart with petrol, wandered in to see our mate inside the petrol station. I said, Champion, here's my cart for the petrol. Where's your toilet? We don't have a toilet.

I said, what? It's written on the sign out the front. He said, we don't have a toilet. I said, where do you go? He says, none of your business. So I'm now outraged by the fact that there's service stations without toilets out there. Every service station in Australia should have a toilet in it. Who's with me and who's against me?

Well, I'm always against you. Yeah, so you're happy to go to a service station with no toilets. Well, you know what? You had to be nicer. They'll sell you chocolates. They'll sell you soft drinks. Is that why the petrol's cheaper? Nah, you know what it is? Yes! There's no doubt. I'm telling you right now. Without a doubt, I haven't taught there. They've got to talk. They just didn't like you. And you were rude and you were probably arrogant. I was rude. I went into the paper.

Your whole demeanour would have been rude and arrogant. They would have thought, stuff you, I'm not going to let you use my toilet. That's what they would have thought. So it made you go way outside. How dare you? You weren't even there. I was as pleasant as I always am. And you know what? The punters love me. That's assault. That is assault, Paul. Sorry, Peter. Hey, that just touched me. You touched me. That sure did just touch you. I bet you've had a few of them touch you.

Can you imagine if it was your house and Darryl come up and said, I need to use your toilet? Would you think twice? I wouldn't let him in. It's not a house, it's a service station. I would not let you in. It doesn't matter. I'm telling you, if you're listening, Minzy, every service station in New South Wales should have a toilet in it. They do have a toilet. And I'm telling you, it didn't have a toilet. I guarantee it had a toilet. It didn't want you to use it. He did not want to be a nice guy to you because you were not nice to him. And where was the toilet?

The toilet would have been there somewhere. Where? Where do you reckon he goes to toilet? Judy does 12-hour shifts and doesn't go to the toilet? They don't do 12-hour shifts. I bet they don't. He probably does 24-hour shifts. He probably owns the joint.

Oh, 24-hour shifts. Mate, he probably owns a joint. He's working his backside off there. He's using his own toilet. He did not want you to use his toilet. He's not using the toilet because he didn't want to pay for the flushing and the toilet paper. Every service station should have a toilet. Every one. Did you ask nicely? Yes. Of course I did. When did I not ask nicely? That's why he wouldn't let him use it. I went in and said, mate, do you want to give me your toilet? He said no. I said, what?

You don't have a toilet. He said no. Well, there you go. Not once in your conversation then did you say please or thank you. Not once. Not once. Hey, mate, have you got a toilet? Daryl, I'm with you. Hey, mate, can I please use your toilet? How about that? I'm with you. Sorry, Gail. How about Menace? How about using Menace? Paul, Paul, Paul. It's in the name, service station. It's providing a service. And a service station should have a toilet available to paying customers. Daryl's just filled up. He's just used a toilet.

Yeah, spout. To fill up his petrol tank. Spent about $110. He needed to use another spout and it was unavailable. And he didn't have a toilet. Does that give you the right to be arrogant and rude? I wasn't arrogant. You just admitted you never used matters. I didn't admit it. You're the one who admitted I didn't use it. You just said you went up to the bloke and said, hey, mate, where's your toilet? Close your toilet. How about, hey, mate, can I please use your toilet? More importantly, what happened after that? Taught him a lesson. I went around the back.

Wasn't it? You did a big Willie Mason. What? Didn't he urinate in public? I wasn't in public. I've done that. I've done that too. Everyone does. It cost me 10 grand. 10 grand? 2012. Where was that at? Were you being arrogant?

No, it wasn't. That's the most expensive way you've ever known. No, it wasn't. And the coppers were absolute jerks about it too. Yeah, they are. Did they say, can you please pass this over? Well, I'll tell you what happened. About two years after it, a copper would come up to me and he goes, mate, do you remember me? I said, no, in a bar. And he goes, go on. Half called me on. I actually rang the police about him. And the police were actually very much against it. And the sergeant of his...

platoon or whatever you want to call it. Station. He station rang me and said, mate, this bloke's a pain in the bum. Do you want him sacked? I'll get him sacked. I said, no, mate. I don't want him sacked. Did you say please to him?

Were you arrogant? No, I wasn't arrogant at all. Well, can we just get back to the issue at hand here, which is Daryl's lack of toilet at this service station? I wouldn't imagine too many service stations out there wouldn't have a toilet available. They'd all have one, mate. They should all have one. I think Daryl solved the problem. I think he solved the problem anyway. Let's go out the back. No, just throw him in. It looks like he's wearing a nappy. No. Me? Are you wearing a nappy? Where are you wearing a nappy? Not at the back. Now? Are you wearing one now? Yeah.

You got nappy on your head. To me, you just went to the toilet. You didn't see it, did you? No, because you went to the toilet. You had your pants right around your ankles. I saw that. I didn't see the nappy, no. You weren't going too good either, Johnny Holmes. I must admit, so we have a five-minute news break at the top of the hour. I walked into the toilet and all I heard was...

This has been a great show. This has been a great show. I just want to paint a picture for our listeners. Daryl standing at the trough with his pants around his ankles and a sniff. This has been a great show today. I think it's off the back of Queensland's fishery.

He was into me once again. Oh, dear. All right, well, 131873, the number. Have you ever experienced this where you've walked into a place and they've said, sorry, no, we don't have a loo because I can't imagine too many of them are there. 131873, the number. By the way, South Sydney 10, leading Gold Coast nil. Ten points to nil. South Sydney leading Gold Coast. 15 minutes gone in the first half. We do that, of course, for Uber Reserve. Phil's at Winston Hills. Hello, Phil. Hello.

Oh, g'day, boys. Love the show. Thank you, mate. Now, Big Mark. Yes. Why don't you get one of those things that the truckies use? What do they use? They don't have to pull over for a pee-pee. But if you knocked on my door, mate...

I'd let you in, don't worry, because I'd have to take a sample, though, because I reckon in a few years' time it'll be gold. It'll be worth millions. Oh, Jesus. Seriously. Mate, I would never stop at someone's house and ask if I could use their toilet. No one's ever done that, have they? Well, hold on, have you done it, Liam? No, no, I had a... You know the people that knock on your door and try and sell you things? I had a young bloke say to me, can I use your toilet when I live there? Really? I let him because he was busting.

And I remember, I think you guys shot me down for letting somebody into the house to use the toilet. You've got to go. You've got to go. You had some stranger in your house. Yeah, but he was there for five minutes. It doesn't matter. How do you know what if he's in there to do something bad? Mate, what are you going to steal from the bathroom? A cake or soap? Who cares? What if he's in there to... Gal?

He'd count the sheets of paper. He said you're only going to do a whiz. I've actually got an admission to make. I have a phobia of service station toilets. I can probably count on my left hand how many times I've had to use a service station toilet. They are putrid.

Well, not all of them are, mate. Some of them are. They're disgusting. Some of them are, but not all of them are. The most disgusting ones are, say, like when you go to a footy ground or you go to somewhere away and there's all the portaloos. Yeah. They're disgusting, them ones. I don't like them ones. I don't like the back one out there. Number ones only. 131873. Hi, guys. My local petrol station in Condal Park does not have a toilet. This is...

Hi, Tim. I think you'll find that quite a few service stations no longer let the public use the toilet as it would be a nightmare cleaning up after people that do not clean up after themselves. Yeah, that's probably a fair point. That's probably a fair point. No, it's part of the service. You reckon? I know not everyone cleans up after themselves. Oh, here's another thing that gets me. We'll settle down. What about when you go to the service station, you walk up to the counter and you say to, oh, mate,

So, champion, can I have the key to the toilet? Yes. And he hands you the filthiest looking piece of wood with a key on the back of it, and you've got to go and take that to the toilet. You're talking about germs, Daryl. Filthy.

I haven't noticed the wood being that dirty. Or a little piece of plastic, whatever it is. Disgusting. Well, they do that so they don't lose them. But, mate, I think... Talking about service stations, Mark, what about when you go to the service station and then they go to the counter, have you got flybys? No. Do you want a chocolate? No. Do you want to buy two of these? No. Just pay for my petrol. Yeah, yeah.

Please, you say no to two chocolates? Why are you so angry? No, I say no. You buy them for little, then. I said no. That happened to me this morning. What happened? I got petrol and bought something else. What did you buy? I bought a mussel meal, which I wouldn't have went today. A mussel meal? Like a meal that I'll eat for dinner later? Mr. Mussel. He asked me the same thing. Do you want to buy a chocolate? I said no, thanks. Let's keep going with callers. Thank you for the call, Phil. Sam's at Londonderry. G'day, Sam.

How are you? Good, thank you, mate. I was on my way to Appen trialling dogs because I was trying the odd greyhound and the 7-Eleven on the way there was absolutely busting. Mate, they had no toilets. 7-Eleven? It's disappointing. See, that surprised me, 7-Eleven. I

I know the one Daryl's talking about. I can see that one not allowing Daryl to use a toilet. Because you're an imbo, and you wouldn't have been polite. But 7-Elevens, I thought they would have had a toilet for sure. Well, what if I was being an imbo and impolite at 7-Elevens? The toilet's there, ready for you to use. You can do what you want there.

He just said they're not there. Yeah, I don't know if I'm lying. I think you've only told me a few. I think she's lying now. He's calling our caller a liar. You're a disgrace, girl. You just change everything. But see, I always get done for the upsell. You go in there and say you fill up 80, 90 bucks of petrol and old mate says, go and get a dollar coffee and I'll give you a free donut. What?

There's nothing wrong with that. How can you say no to that, Darrell? That's good value. How can you say no? He sees you walking in and goes, I'm going to get this bloke for a donut. Well, I'll have you know, Shane Flanagan. He said, G'day, Homer.

That my little mate down at 7-Eleven, he usually gives me a free box of Krispy Kremes and I bring him in for you, Daryl. He did, of course. He does. What do you mean, of course he does? He sees you walking in and goes, this bloke's had some donuts and he's about to get another one. Mate, that shirt you were wearing last night was a bit tight. Maybe you should get a bit bigger. By the way, why are you giving it to me? I want to give it to you. Fancy the Dragons, this first grade rugby league club that's, you know, going along great guns. Just tell our listeners where you hold your press conferences after games. Toilet.

In our gymnasium? In the gym. Yeah, well, we're building a high-performance facility and Wynn Stadium will be upgraded. Oh, when? In 10 years' time? Well, we don't own it, Wynn Stadium. It's a state government stadium. Oh, so now you're up Minzy? Yes. Give us some more money. Well, Flycar got a little bit of money. No, I think their plans to... I think they're going to do something with the entertainment centre down there and obviously that precinct...

needs a bit of an upgrade, so look forward to that. All right, thank you. 131873, the number Troy's in Gosford. Hey, Troy. Yeah, afternoon, guys. Daryl, I'm with you, mate. I was in Punchbowl and Marigville on Thursday. No toilet in the cheap servos. Cheap fuel, but no toilets. No toilets in the cheap servo. Did Carpareira just score a trophy? Well, mate, there should be a rule, and I'm absolutely serious here.

You're there, I think, to serve the public. You're there to make money. We can't have everything. Oh, come on. Well, you go for cheap petrol, you can't get a toilet too. One or the other. Put the petrol up a little bit. Go and spend an extra couple of bucks on petrol. How much did the toilet cost you? I've got no idea. How much did the toilet cost you?

I would have thought, Darrell, it's a requirement to have a toilet on premises if you're operating a business. It definitely would be. I don't know that there is a problem with this. Well, you two are old plumbers. What do you reckon? Well, any premise, you'd have to have a toilet. Any workplace would have to have a toilet and a hand basin, someone for the staff to go. But

They've just obviously got a rule that they're not going to use it to the public. That's exactly the situation, particularly people who don't use their manners. Listen to this imbecile. You're the most manless person I've nearly ever met. That is not true at all. You're also a liar. That is not true at all. You're also a bad loser. Bad loser as well. Well, you're a bad winner. I'm a good winner. You're a bad loser and a bad winner. Listen, you two argumentative you-know-what. He's already dropped one of his... Oh, shush, would you? It's 10-4, South Sydney leading Gold Coast. Break your record.

Yeah, we definitely got the front door, good buddy. Mercy sakes alive, looks like we've got us a con, boy.

Yes, Khan Pereira scores the try for the Gold Coast Titans and as has been the case over the last 12 months. He's fast. Every time the Titans play and Darrell sees him, he says, geez, he's the fastest person in rugby league. He's faster than most. Jaden Campbell lining up the conversion attempt. South Sydney 10, Gold Coast 4. Now, the Harvey Norman clearance sale continues this weekend. Make the most of the footy season and save over

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Take us around the ground. South Sydney 10, Gold Coast 6. 15 minutes to play in the first half. 10 points to 6, South Sydney leading the Gold Coast play continuing there. 131873 is the number. 2GB.com. Click onto the feedback icon if you'd like to join us. Bill's at Rockdale. Hello, Bill. Hi, boys. How are you? Very well, thank you. Good on you, mate. Welcome to the show.

I'm 100% with big man. I've got diabetes, so I need to go to the loo every two hours. I find 7-Eleven do not have toilets.

So I suggest, big man, to carry spare paper coffee cups. It's not paper. Bill, Bill, Bill. Thank you, Bill. Thank you, Bill. Thanks for the call. We might lose that one. Look, I've got a few issues in that area, Bill. I do have stuff that I could possibly, you know, maybe do a wee in. Thank you. You get a plastic bottle before you get a paper cup. You know what? Seriously, you know what I do do quite often? I stop at Macca's on the way in here. And, you know, besides going to the toilet, I might give myself a little treat. LAUGHTER

131873, the number. Gary's at Boondall in Brisbane. Hello, Gary. G'day, guys. Good show. Thank you, mate. I didn't go to the service station. I went to the IGA. Hmm.

the local one, and I was really, really busting. And I said, could I use your toilet, please? And they said, yep, no troubles, and went out to the toilet. How good's that? You know why? That's service. You said please. You said please. Oh, listen to this bloke. He said please. He was nice about it. Why do you keep intimating that Darryl was rude? He's made it clear numerous times that he walked in, was polite when asked you to use the toilet. He never said please or thank you. No, he never. I probably did. You just said you never. The way you spoke, you said, excuse me, mate, can I use your toilet? You said I'd never.

Never. Okay. You never said pleasant things. I'm going to read one more email on this and we'll move on to more pleasant things. It's from Dawn. No, read three more emails and just get rid of Gallen. No.

It's from Dawn. Mark and boys, last year we had a middle-aged bloke ring the doorbell who asked if he could use our shower. We refused. He said his hot water service was broken. He was dressed reasonably but had bare feet and no towel or anything else. He went next door and they said after that he continued going house to house. We see a lot of weird things, but this was really out there from Dawn. That is weird.

Well, I wouldn't let anyone come in. I'd probably let someone go to the toilet, but I'd follow them in, so to speak. No, I wouldn't follow them in the toilet, but I'd certainly go to the bathroom and wait for them. I wouldn't let them just roam around my house. All right, Mark's at Parramatta. One more. Hello, Mark. Hi, Greg. I deliver fridges and stuff to service stations, and about 80% of the service stations never have toilets that customers can use. Really?

Really? I don't know. Maybe I don't. Well, I don't go to that many service stations. I'm a creature of habit. I go normally to the same one. Look, I've got an idea for you, Darrell. Why don't we get our man Neil Breen to do an Occurrent Affairs story on why service stations are not providing toilets for their customers? That's a good idea. He can walk up to the counter with a camera and say, where's your toilet? He can say, that's hardly breaking news.

Brainy's breaking news Have you heard our great mate Brainy on a Sunday Flannery? Yeah he's very very good He's had a couple of good Good stories Good subjects lately yeah Yeah this is the little opener we've made for him

On the continuous cold tame, this major breaking news just in. This barely qualifies as news. Brainy's Breaking News. He's very good, Brainy. Very, very good. A bit boring. Very good. No, he's not boring at all. How dare you? Are you serious? I was just asking the question. I didn't say he was. I said, is he? Mate, have you listened to your performance today? An outstanding. Really? Any chance you can bring some entertainment to the table? No, there isn't.

So, in other words, no. That's what he's saying, no. Where's Gal? He hasn't said anything for two seconds. I told you that. Flano started strong. You know, he got his own opener made and everything else. Ever since, terrible. Come on.

Come on, man. I'm with you, Shane. You've been great, Shane. Thanks, mate. Mate, you said nothing after you lost your argument at the start of the program. I haven't lost any argument. You've had your sad head on for the rest of the afternoon. Mate, I'm not sad at all. I'm not talking anymore because everyone's giving it to me. You're like the sport little kid that doesn't get his way and now you're socking in the corner. Mate, I'm not socking one bit. Yes, you are. No one's lost. I didn't lose any argument. Yes, you did because you're an imba. No, I never. You argue with yourself. That's why you don't lose anything.

You're a bad loser, though. Shocking. You're a bad winner. Michael Basaltis is the cousin of Peter Basaltis. Oh, good. He's been in touch. Hey, mate, make sure you get Salty on for a Queensland report today. I believe he might be at Roundwick Racecourse. Could be an earn on the cards for him today. Well, I do know he's at the races because he was going along with Andrew Johns. Hmm.

And I think he's calling the football tomorrow, Salty, so he might be in a world of hurt. I've also heard Salty may have had an indulgent night a couple of nights ago. What can you tell us? Well, I can't tell you anything, but I've heard it was a big night. Imagine him and Joey at the cross tonight. It's going to be fantastic. I actually think Joey went home. I've heard Salty may have had a couple of beverages. Salty liked to let his hair down. There's a fair bit of hair to let down, just quietly. I don't know. You'll have to ask him.

I don't think we should get him on because he's probably in the jibber-jews, but we can always check him in tomorrow. Let's get him on. It looks a little bit like Danny DeVito. Yes. He does. He does. Little Danny DeVito. And for those people who missed it earlier, you may remember that a very young Peter Basulda has called through to Ray Hadley on the Continuous Call team wanting to be a swimming commentator. Little Jones in wave one. They're about to take off. Beep.

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Well, Silva Havili bringing the ball back from the kick-off. It looks like he's done his hamstring or his calf. Cody Walker's actually had to help him off the field with one of the trainers and then the other trainers come over to finally take his other arm to support and take some of the weight off his leg. So Silva Havili looks like he's done something to himself. 16-6 South Sydney leading Gold Coast. That's with nine minutes left in the first half. On the way to our next guest, Natalie sent us an email during the week from Toon Gabby. Good afternoon, boys.

Just emailing in regarding the King Gutho's 200th game on Monday. I haven't seen anything regarding a suitable fuss being made. I understand that Gutho's 200th game falls on the King's birthday weekend, which is appropriate. Does anyone have any connections at Buckingham Palace...

Perhaps King Charles could send a shout-out to our king, congratulating him on his 200th game. Appreciate you finding out what is happening. Thank you in advance. Well, Darrell, I know you've got contacts here, there and everywhere. Do you reckon you could make contact with the palace and see if we can get a cheerio from His Majesty? Yeah, well, I haven't. I've never spoken to King. You were tight with Lizzie. Yeah, well, I've got an OAM offer.

No, I don't really have any contacts there. I'd like to think that would happen, though, but I love the King. See, I know you're a bit anti the King, Gatho, aren't you, Flannock? You don't think he's that good a player. Am I correct in saying that? That's a bit harsh. Well, he said it.

I might have said it once before. I just thought a period of time he was just sort of flattened out a little bit and there was a bit of hype about him. But to his credit, he had a couple of weeks off. He was playing busted for a lot of weeks there with a knee injury. And then they decided, OK, look, we've just got to bite the bullet and get this fixed up. And then he came back last week and he was outstanding. So I'm quite happy to eat my words. I think he's a great player.

Well, they had a good win last week over the Sharks, and I'm reliably told this man was very, very happy. The interim coach of the Parramatta Eels is a league legend himself in Trent Barrett. He's on the line. G'day, Trent. Hello, mate. How you going? Mate, very well. Congratulations on the win last week. Obviously, you'd love to back it up Monday against the Bulldogs in King Gutho's 200th game. Yeah, we would. They've had a good week, and obviously it's a big occasion for Gutho. He's been a great player for a long time, and, you know, it's...

He's been our captain. It's a big occasion for him too. So, dogs are going well though. They're defending really good, not giving too much away. So, we're going to have to play good, but we'll be okay. Baz, I know you had Moses out for a fair amount of time there, but for me, your forwards were getting trampled. That was sort of where you're losing the game. Then he's come back last week and all of a sudden everything just clicks. Your forwards were going forward, you win the battle on the ground, everything clicked for you. Do you think you'd have that impact?

It's probably more the confidence that Guthrie and Mitch, I suppose, give the rest of the team, Gal, but I think they went back to, we cut things back. It's pretty simple. We've had a pretty disruptive few weeks, you know, and it's never nice when you have a change of coach, but I think we just went away from working hard for each other, you know, and our kick chase and our work from marker and our kick pressure and all those little things and,

Our forwards did that last week. They ran a bit harder. Where Mitchell turns the ball over to gives us a bit of a leg up. He's probably one of the best kickers in the game. So that certainly helped. But our forwards did play well last week and they're going to have to win on Monday. Baz, you've had experience at both these clubs. Is the feeling still there between these two clubs? You know, like...

Like when they play, everyone said, oh, it goes back to the 80s. When they did have a great rivalry, is it still around, the rivalry between the Dogs and the Eels? Yeah, I think so. I think, you know, the modern play is a little bit different to even when, you know, we played Gal. I think a lot of the players from different clubs live together too now and half of them live in Cronulla. So they're all friends and we didn't really have that when we played and social media has probably brought them all together. But there is a rivalry there. I think it's probably more between the fans and the...

and, you know, senior players in the club than anything. But, you know, that'll be reflected in the crowd we get. I think they're expecting 30,000 or 40,000 there on Monday, which would be good. But it's an important game for us. Like, we need the win to stay in touch. We still think we can make the semifinals, but this week's huge for us. Jermaine Hockgood was great during the week, Baz. We expect him to back up.

Yeah, he comes through fine, Flannoy. So much like your two last night, Lomax and Benny Hunt, they were great last night. We need Maney to be the same. You didn't like Sewell? No, Sewell. Well done, guys. Well done, mate. Nah, just stick with them two. They, yeah.

Yeah, no, look, when they come out of an origin side, they always come back with a lot of confidence. And you can see last night, particularly with Zach, he's been playing fantastic. And Hoppy's, the amount that they learn in there, being around the best players in the game, we're expecting him to play well. But he's fine. He trained yesterday, did a little bit yesterday. Yeah, he'll start for us on Monday.

Baz, Parramatta are obviously looking for a new head coach going into next season. Are you going to put your hand up for it? Yeah. Yeah, look, I don't even want to say too much the first few weeks. And without, you know, it's always a hard one when, you know, you're very close to the head coach and when there's movement there. But, you know, we've all got to move forward as well. And, you know, it's...

It's something that I've really enjoyed. Parramatta's a really good club. It's a very stable club and we've got a good side. And I've found this experience completely different to the last two I've had. Yeah, I'll certainly... I'm in a good position where I'm there. So I'm sort of...

you're in the shop window every day with the powers to be but it's certainly going to help if we can continue winning games and I'd love an opportunity to coach them long term but that's a little bit in our control I suppose. We go out and keep winning and that will help but

you know, my main focus is the players, mate. I've just got to get them to win this week and prepare them as best we can. Before you go, Trenton, we've got to let you go. I wanted to ask you a question about your great mate, Mark Piggy-Riddell, who's a member of our team.

Where is he today? Well, he's got Saturdays off. He's knifed the big man to get his co-commentary duty on a Friday. But now, Paul Gallen is obviously here on Saturdays. Piggy's with us on Sundays. Piggy tells me that, you know, he makes out that he gets around Shell Harbour as if he owns the place. You know, he knows everybody. He does. He's got a table down at the bar at the marina there and everything else. Can you just clear up whether or not Piggy is well-known down there and whether he has any pull anywhere in Shell Harbour?

He gets around a little bit, the big fella. So he's got a couple of good mates here. Trent Marron's down here. I think Borny was living here for a while. Zach Lomax is here. Half the Dragons live down this way. So there's a few here. But I drove past his house before and the car was in the driveway. He doesn't like the cold. He'd be inside eating and with a blanket on the lounge. He never leaves his house. You know with him. I mean, you've known him for a long time, right? Yeah.

You know how his weight fluctuates? Like he goes from on a diet to being fat, then he's on a diet again. He's amazing. He puts it on, takes it off all the time. Why is that? Do you know?

I don't know. I know I say to him, just find some consistency there, mate, and find a weight in between. But he will go mad. His mate owns the F45 down here, or one of them. And he will lose 12 or 15 kilos, but then he rewards himself by putting it back on. Oh, beautiful. We'll replay that to him tomorrow. You're a good man, Trent. Good luck on Monday, mate. We'll see you out there.

Good on you. Thanks, fellas. Thanks, mate. There he is, Trent Barrett, one of the good guys in the game. Bulldogs and Eels coming up on Monday. We'll be there to cover that one. Ray Hadley's going to call that game for us on the King's Birthday public holiday. Bulldogs and Eels, 4 o'clock kickoff on Monday, and we'll be on air from 3 o'clock. By the way, Cody Walker has scored a try here for South Sydney, so they've skipped out to a 22 points to 6 lead over the Gold Coast. That's with two minutes left in the first half. South Sydney 22, Gold Coast 6,

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Stop it. Go to SpinalEase.com.au. SpinalEase.com.au. Beware of cheap imitations. Nothing feels like the original. Sometimes you shouldn't do stuff when the camera's on, Gail, with your Spinal Ease. What did I do? You'd be able to do it and flicking the money around and...

Spotty leaves don't pay me. You still don't get paid anything. Yeah, just like you didn't get paid for the dog food commercial either. That's right. Your product, that's right. Plenty of product. Did you get paid for the, we won't mention the bedding company, but did you get paid for that commercial I saw during the week?

No, no, no, no. He's too good at the G-string. No payment. 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. Hi, Mark. Big crowd at Box Village to watch the Penrith and Cronulla Junior match.

you should have wandered up and called the match for the crowd. Perhaps man of the match award could be for your new little restaurant opening. Well, I know they get some big crowds down there. It's the Guy Mear Gorillas home ground, isn't it? Yeah, I think it was for the Luke Lewis trophy today. It's a selection of...

A-grade players from the Sutherland Shire versus the Penrith. Yeah, and they play for the Luke Lewis Trophy. And obviously with all the rain that we've had in Sydney, they were looking for a ground to play. And I think they played at the Gorillapin. I drove past there most Saturdays on my way to the footy or an ear. And the crowds and the kids playing the footy, it's fantastic. And then further up, you've got Bellingara netball courts. The thing is with the kids' footy, I feel sorry for the kids' kids.

As soon as there's a little bit of rain, and Gal will be more across this, and he's shaking his head, they just call it off. And I know they've got to look after the grounds, but sometimes it's just a sprinkle of rain and they're off. As soon as the bird goes to the toilet on the ground, they shut it. Yeah, unfortunately. Seriously. Really? Oh, mate, it's ridiculous. As soon as there's any sort of rain, it's shut. Some counts as worse than the others, like...

You know, I understand it's pretty, like it's reasonably early in the year, I suppose, and there's probably still 10 games to go. So the fields get wrecked. I do understand it. But honestly, if there's a drop of rain, they shut the fields. Hi, team. Congratulations to King Gutho on 200 games on Monday. Has to be a special for any time try scorer, I reckon, from Troy from the Power of Cave podcast. Congrats also to former guest and great bloke Flano.

For the Dragons' last two wins, that one from Troy. Good boy, Troy. I like Troy. I've done one with him. You've done one, Gail. Have you done one with him, Gail? What's that? A podcast with Troy. I don't do podcasts. I did a podcast during the week. I said I don't do podcasts. I don't care what you do. I don't do podcasts. Because I don't do them. It's in my contract. I can't do them. Jeez, he's a bit short today, isn't he? I don't care what you do. I don't do them. I answered the question. You asked why I don't do podcasts. I'm not allowed to.

That seems strange. Just give him back to the fans, Paul. Podcasts seem to be the way to go in the future. I don't do podcasts. I don't do them. Poor old Troy at the Paracove podcast, desperate to give back to his loyal legion of supporters by speaking to a great of the game. I'm not denying he's a great player. Hello? Hello? I can't do them. It's in my contract. Do I have to say it again? When you say you can't do them, are you no good at them? No, I'm not. That's the reason. Geez, he'd be argumentative on a podcast, wouldn't he?

He's just agreed with me. He's no good at them. That's unbelievable. I've never done one. Well, you wouldn't be any good. I just asked the question from one of our listeners earlier whether we have any contacts with Buckingham Palace. If there's one man who has contacts with the king, it would be David Morrow.

He would likely have known the King since he was a little boy. Missing you and we love you, Davey, from Daniel at Sinclair. Thank you, Daniel. Well, you'll be pleased to know, and I'm happy to report, that I actually sent Davey's daughter, Emily, a message during the week just to make sure he's doing okay. And she came straight back saying he's doing okay, been busy watching the tennis and the football. You'll love this bit, Daryl. What?

David's decided that Payne Haas needs to be dropped. He's very opinionated. He never misses an opportunity. Anyway, after there's a loss, he reminds me a bit of Tommy Radonikis because after, you know, leading in, positive, positive, after a loss, he wanted them all gone.

It's a funny thing how just little things, you know, ring a bell sometimes. Every time the Dragons put on that red jersey, not the red V, just the red one. Oh, no, don't do it. I think of David Morrow. Why do they wear that jersey, you know? He doesn't like the red one. Is that your away one? Yes. He hates it.

Despises it. We'd be sitting here doing the show and then all of a sudden we'd get a shot coming through from an away game and that's the noise you'd hear. What's wrong, Davey? They're wearing the bloody red jerseys. Yeah.

We love you, Dave, if you're listening to us. Hope you're doing all right, buddy. We're off to a break. We'll come back with more. Clue number two in the Saturday quiz. Thanks to Lowe's Menswear, the $150 Lowe's digital gift card to be won. Clue number two, I've played 107 first-grade games and I have the nickname Drinky. I've played 107 first-grade games and have the nickname Drinky. Don't call yet. One more clue to come and then you can give us a ring on...

Excuse me, 1300 722 873. 1300 722 873. That's to win the $150 Lowe's digital gift card. And Daryl, I read a commercial earlier in the day for the wonderful people at Lowe's. All the winter favourites are back at the moment at Lowe's. You can get

the polar fleece and all those sorts of things keep you warm this winter. Well, they've got everything you need for winter, don't they? I think they've probably got the beanies as well. Yep. The beanies for brain cancer round, which is coming up very shortly. Mr. Modelling, Mr. doing the job? Yeah, well, I do a bit there. I'm not their full-time gal. I never have been, but they've got new big people. So they've got rid of you? No, I'm still doing it. But you're not their number one anymore? I think I'm their number one. I might be just a bit out of their pay rate.

Who's muscled in on your territory? Oh, well, Matt Cooper's muscled in. Oh, yeah.

I'll tell you what you are struggling with. What's wrong with him? Nothing wrong with him at all. He's very vocal on social media, Matt Cooper. I had to stop following him. I just wish I could understand what he's saying. That's what I meant. I couldn't listen to it anymore. He does a bit of it and there's others, but I still do. I'm not doing as many TV ads as I once did, but I'm doing a lot of other stuff. So you're on the outer. You're still an important part, Darrell. I'm getting old. Well, Darrell, when people walk past Lowe's, they look out for the big man and when he's not there...

It's outrageous. Exactly. And a quick cheerio to Bruce. Hi, lads. Listening to you legends on the 2GB website from a cruise ship in Alaska looking at some amazing scenery. Never miss listening. Good on you, Bruce. Hope you're having a great holiday. And we actually had a couple of people listening to us. I think Holly was a name. Watch out for icebergs over there, bro. Well, Holly was listening to us last night from base camp at Mount Everest.

So that's the first time we've, I think, ever had somebody listening to us from base camp at Mount Everest. I've never been to Mount Everest. I don't know too many people who have either, Daryl. Do you know a girl? No. Well, didn't Matty Johnson do it a couple of years ago? Not Mount Everest, I don't think. No. No.

It's the tallest man in the world. You'd get good reception there, wouldn't you? Because they've got the... They're high up. Shane, just go back to sleep. We're off to a break back with more. South Sydney leading Gold Coast by 22 points to six at halftime. The Rabbitohs in front 22 points to six at halftime. And two games coming up for you later on tonight. Matt Thompson and Chris Warren will be here to call all of the action right here on the Continuous Call team. A break for some news. Back with the next hour of the show.

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Yeah, welcome back. Next year, the continuous call team, my final hour and Shane Flanagan's final hour before Matt Thompson, Daryl and Gal take over after five to bring you some live rugby league action right here on the continuous call team. Speaking of live rugby league, it continues on the Gold Coast with South Sydney up 22 points to six over the Gold Coast Titans. Later on tonight, Cowboys Warriors at 5.30, then at 7.35, the Broncos at 7.30.

and the Sharks' Matt Thompson. Chris Warren will be here to call all of the action. Last night, the Dragons thumped the West Tigers 56 points to 14. And during the week, State of Origin Wednesday night, the men's won by Queensland 13 on 12 in the end. So we head to the MCG in Melbourne Wednesday.

with New South Wales needing to win to send the series to a decider, and a decider coming for our women's origin teams after Queensland snuck home to beat New South Wales in Newcastle in atrocious conditions, but high-quality stuff in Newcastle, and we'll catch up with Alana Ferguson in just a second to review what happened.

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entertainment that they're after each and every Friday night Saturday and Sunday with the continuous call team so to each and every one of my colleagues congratulations on your hard work but as I've said to them during the week we'll keep delivering some great content for our listeners right across Australia so a big thank you to all of our wonderful listeners by the way question number three or clue number three in the Saturday quiz thanks to Lowe's menswear

If you've got the answer, 1-300-722-873. I'll line up at fullback in the clash against the Warriors tonight. I'll line up at fullback in the clash against the Warriors tonight. Go to the phones, 1-300-722-873. 1-300-722-873. Well, off the back of me mentioning Origin, I thought we'd have a chat to our great mate and team member, Alana Ferguson.

She's in Canberra covering some super rugby, but she was there in Newcastle on Thursday, having a close eye at the women's origin match. And I'm pleased to say, Fergo's on the line. Hello, Alana. Hello, legend. How are we? Very well, thank you. And congratulations to you on the success of the continuous call team, a very valued member of the team. But Fergo, we were talking last week about the rapid rise of the women's game and it was on display Thursday night. What a cracking game.

How good was it? The bloody Queenslanders got us in the end. But it was a good game of footy. I tell you what, I got there about three hours, no, about two hours before kick-off. The rain just started coming down and it was horrendous conditions. The game and as I was walking to my car to leave, the rain stopped. I'm like, you are bloody kidding. But I think the best thing about it was it didn't affect the footy whatsoever. So...

I thought it was a great game, Alana. It was fantastic. I think what it has done, it's just shown what a wise decision it was to play three of them, given the fact it's won all at the moment. It was won all last year. I think Queensland won on like a for and against basis. But this year, there's a decided to be made played up in Townsville, which I think is fantastic for the women's game.

Yeah, I'm with you. It was probably the best way for it to play out in terms of the game itself. I mean, three games is here to stay, which is incredible. Even just there was so much momentum after the first game, but we cracked the magic million for game two. Over a million viewers tuned in for the whole thing, which is...

just incredible. So the game's going from strength to strength. But as you said, Big Mom, like it was a high quality game in horrendous conditions. They played some bloody good footy. And actually, I think that's probably a great representation of where women's footy is at at the moment. It doesn't actually matter how crap it is outside. They still played

excellent footy and could show they could do it the tough way as well. So pretty cool. I hope it's a dry pitch in Townsville, though. I'm not going to lie. Virgo, Queensland shook up their spine for game two after the loss for the Blues. Can you see many changes, if any? Changes for Queensland, Gail? No, sorry, for the Blues because they got done.

Nah, I reckon. Nah, not at all. I actually think the Blues were the better side for the whole game. They outplayed them. It was just always going to be dicey that they only had six points on the board at and after halftime, and that's sort of what got them. But nah, I can't see them making any changes. I certainly wouldn't if I was Kylie Hilder. I'd be pretty confident in the team. And as she said, but I actually said it before the game, I thought the wet conditions suited...

Queensland much more, particularly with how they changed up their lineup. Ali Brigginshaw moving to seven, but Lauren Brown in at hooker. They had four genuine kicking options and we have one in Rachel Pearson and Corbin can kick, but she's not a natural kicker. So it definitely suited their style of play. And as I said, if it's a dry track, they'll be laughing. They were all over them for most part of the game.

Alana, I know you're a staunch Blues supporter, but what about Lauren Brown? I was late to tune in. We trained for the Dragons on that Thursday night. And when I switched on, I saw number four at dummy half and I saw her actually kick the goal, which was, you know, a pressure goal. And then to come up with the field goal, like...

We don't want to compare the women's game to the men's game, but I don't care wherever you are, that is a huge kick in those conditions. Slippery, the ball to bounce and get good connection on it. That was an amazing field goal.

Yeah, 100%. And she's an unbelievable player. She actually didn't play, chose not to play Origin last year because she wanted to go through the process and get her fireys to become a firey. So she chose to sit out. So she came back into the squad and into the team this year. And her, that late move to hooker was probably the best decision that, even better than Ali Brigginshaw owning the number seven. And we saw it play out at high pressure when,

when they needed it. She came up with two massive kicks. As you said, the conditions were absolutely horrendous. It would be hard for Nathan Cleary to kick a drop call in those conditions, but she did it. She did it brilliantly, and it's not the first time either. She's done it in NRLW. I've seen her do it in footy on the weekend as well, in normal comp. She's a

excellent player she's probably the best utility that we have in the entire game in women's rugby league at the moment she can play in the centre she can play in the half she can play hooker but yeah she proved to be the difference in the end um fergo before you go um of course you were with us at penrith last week when the pigeon flew i already know what you're gonna say gal's new pet yes gal the pigeon it's in here what are your thoughts

No, I'm a fan. Did you surprise him with it? Did he poop himself again? Yeah, he pooped himself. No, I didn't. I thought actually I was concerned about what you were going to do, but when you brought it in, I was actually quite...

I like that. I don't mind him. Little gal. Look at him. Little fella. You going to get him on the next pet ad, gal? Well, I'll tell you what. I'm sure there's some bird food from Vita Pet. I'm sure there's some more cash floating around for you. No cash, just dog food. I just need dog food. And take my little man home to bird food. If gal the pigeon is anywhere near Buddy, I think Buddy might have it as bird food. Divide a pit, mate. Bird food.

I'm not sure if they do make bird food, actually. I'm just concerned with my dog and feeding him the best nutritious meal I can from Vitapen. All right. Fergo, stay warm in Canberra. Of course, the Brumby's in action tonight for our Canberra listeners. You can see it all there on StanSport. Go well, Fergo.

Thank you. Hey, congrats. I know a couple of good wins back-to-back. How good was that? It's very good at the moment, but a long way to go. Spoken like the true coach. See you, LaFergo. There she is, Alana Ferguson, part of the Super Rugby coverage tonight on Stan's Sport and, of course, Wide World of Sports.

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And the winner of the Archibald Prize, the painting, which is actually a painting of Tim Winton,

who's a conservationist, Tim Winton. It was a painting done by Sydney-based artist Laura Jones. But a few people have made the point that the portrait of Tim Winton actually looks like Peter Stirling. Now, I present to you Exhibit A. What do you boys think? And I know it's radio. Yeah, it does. But I was wondering, like,

Maybe it is him. I'll be honest, I got painted for the Archibald Prize. Did you? Yeah, I did. A few years ago. I didn't win that. A long time ago. But I mean, I was painted for it. So maybe it is him. It might be. It looks like Sterlo. What do you boys think? Yeah, I think it is. Looks like he's been out in the sun a bit. So is that a bloke?

Yes. So sit the lady next to the pitcher. She's the lady who painted. She's the painter, so it's not supposed to be her. No. Okay. Maybe it is still her. It might be. You never know. No, it's Tim Winton, yeah. Oh, is that the pitcher? Yes. Oh, I thought...

You don't listen. I'm just looking at the picture and it does look like Stirling. Well, the picture isn't what you're supposed to be looking at. He's asking you about the painting. Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. The picture he's got in his hand, painting, whatever you want to call it, picture, painting. Can I just make a comment? Look, I know I don't understand art. No, I'm not big on it. Is that deserving of a $100,000 prize?

Well, I wouldn't be buying the picture. It depends what it's up against. I wouldn't buy it either. It looks like a kid's painting, to be honest. I've never been to a museum, but people that go along and just stand there and stare at a painting for 15, 20 minutes. Really? Yeah, I'm with you. It depends if you've got any artistic bone in your body or something. I mean, a lot of people, we're not all rugby league followers and stuff. Everyone's different. They probably think about you going to a pub, having bets on a sit-down thing and drinking beers. That's ridiculous boring.

That's probably what they think. Well, they need to wake up to this. I'm sorry, but going to the pub on a Saturday and having a bet,

Better than standing there looking at that for 20 minutes. I agree. I'm with you. But that's just different. Everyone's different. Well, look, congratulations to... The point of me bringing it up was it looks like Peter Sterling. Congratulations to the Sydney-based artist, Laura Jones, who's won $100,000 and she becomes the 12th woman to win the prize in its 103-year history. When you're saying she got $100,000, that's what she won. That's the prize. So what would she sell it for, do you think?

Well, now that she's won $100,000 for that painting and it's an Archibald winner, I'm assuming the price would skyrocket. Do you ever watch those shows like on TV when you take it to the... What's it called? The American one where you go and sell... Antique shows. Antique shows, things like that. Do you? Mm-hmm. Are you amazed by some things that people sell? Try and sell? Yeah. I've got old stuff at home and I'm wondering whether it's worth anything. Like I got like an old... You know those things you play on your TV when you get a little...

Nintendo. Nintendo. I've got an old Nintendo. I've never used it. It's worth nothing. No, I think they're back for now. I think all the old games are back. You reckon it's worth something? I'll tell you the other thing that's worth more money than I thought, shoes. So I had a pair of shoes I wore in the Sharks one day and the trainer goes, oh, you've been to Bali, have you? I said, yeah. Why? He goes, is that what you bought them? I'm like, I had a pair of, they're called Nike Elephants and I had no idea, but I was giving them. Mm.

And I said, what are you talking about? He goes, mate, they're worth about $1,500, them shoes. I said, no, they're not. He goes, mate, I'm telling you. He got on his phone, showed me the Nike Elephants, $1,500. Haven't worn them since. There was a trainer at the shop. There was a trainer at the shop. Yeah, it was him. Matty J. Matty J is what he told me. He used to collect shoes. I went straight home, took a picture of every pair of shoes I had. I've got a fair few. He's unbelievable.

Not one of them is worth any more than what I bought them for. But this one pair of Nike Air Elephants were about $1,500. What did you pay for them? Nothing. I got given to me. Where are they now? In Bali. They're in my cupboard. You got given shoes in Bali? No, no, no. I'd just gotten back from Bali. So he thought I'd bought them in Bali like a fake pair of Nike's. But they weren't fake. They're real. I'd love Cody to go in there one day and say, I'll just borrow a pair of dad's shoes, get in the park and kick with them. Yeah, I know. And the guys down there with the Nikes. Make them dirty. But no, I haven't worn them since. Dead set. I've not put them on since.

Yeah, there is a market for it. I just love when I see you on social media. Cody gets his present from Jeet Up, the clothing. He opens it up and puts it, yeah, this is my one, Dad. Jeet Up, is that like an account with them as well? No, I don't have an account with them, actually. They used to sponsor me when I boxed many years ago, but not anymore, so...

Still get free stuff. No, I don't. Buy stuff offline. Offline. He buys stuff offline. Oh, golly. Big Burgess has scored here for South Sydney. Latrell Mitchell lining up the conversion attempts. Buy it offline.

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Back around the grounds, we do it for Uber Reserve and of course if you're heading out and can't be late, remember Uber Reserve, the hassle-free way to help you stay on schedule. Reserve now, ride later with Uber Reserve. South Sydney, 28, Gold Coast, 6. That's after 18 minutes of play in the second half. 28 points to 6. South Sydney leading the Gold Coast as we see a tackle here on Latrell Mitchell who's come off second best, boys. Did we see anything illegal? The second man in might have got him, but he

but he clipped the bloke before. He got two. I think the first one just flung over the top and the second one got in. But, I mean, this is one of those ones you stay down for a penalty. Like, I think these ones, if you're going to stay down and the referee doesn't see it and the touch doesn't see it, like, there's not a lot in it. You've got to go for a HIA. Like, it's not part of the game. Yep.

We can't have players lying down to get penalties. He's actually got up on his haunches. He's looked at the referee, shook his head about seven times, basically just intimating I got hit in the head. And it probably went for 15 seconds. They've been going for 30 seconds to a minute now. And look, he's still lying up. He hasn't got a penalty, but...

Look, I think them ones, I maintain, if a referee and two touch judges generally within 20 or 30 metres of an incident don't see nothing, I think it should be play on. If you're going to lay down, you should have to come up for a HIA. All right, score remains 28 points to six. South Sydney leading the Gold Coast midway through the second half. That's for Uber Reserve. What have you got for us, G-Train? Yeah, I was at the cafe this morning and I ordered a sandwich and the sandwich come out and I actually asked for it to be cut short.

In triangles. Now, I want to know what way people... Four triangles or two? No, no, no. Straight across, two. I want to know what way people like their sandwiches cut because I've got to be honest, I know it doesn't change the size of it. I know it doesn't. But when it gets cut in triangles, I reckon it looks and feels a whole lot bigger than what it does when it's cut in rectangles straight across. So you're saying... I'm being serious. You're saying if you cut it in triangles, it's bigger. I know it's not bigger.

But you think it is. I think it is. It feels bigger. To me, it feels bigger and better to hold a triangle like that. So if you're hungry, you say cut it sideways. Yes, I'm serious. Do you think it tastes better if it's cut into fours? No, no. To me, that's...

I don't mind it in fours. Fours is like babyish for me. Honestly, when it's cut straight down the centre into triangles, sorry, rectangles, I feel like I just munch it away and it's gone within seconds. But I feel like when it's in triangles, nice and big, in my hand, it takes two hands sometimes to do it.

Two hands. Well, because it goes like that and then triangle across there, I feel like holding two hands. How big is a piece of bread? You've got to hold it in two hands. Probably a little bit bigger than a normal bit of bread. It's at a cafe. If it's cut in triangles, you've got to use two hands to eat it. Look, you don't have to, but I do. I use two hands to eat it and it feels a whole lot bigger and I feel like it's more filling. But if it's rectangular, you can hold it in one hand. Yeah, I just grab it and smash it straight out. Thank you, Doug. I eat it.

I'm just wondering, what do people like? Do people prefer triangles, rectangles? What do you like? I think most places you go to, they go sort of diagonally. I think triangles are better. Is it like the two kilos of potatoes? It's the same point. I know the sandwich is not bigger, okay, which way you cut it, but to me it feels bigger, just like Broman's ridiculous...

That's not ridiculous. What I said was right. Two kilos is two kilos. It's not. But there's more skin on two kilos of small potatoes than there is on two kilos of big potatoes. Paul's saying there's more sandwich if you cut it in triangles. That just feels bigger. He's an imbecile. It feels bigger and better. I want to know what people like. Well, I wouldn't be just using it on that sandwich if I was you.

131873, the number if you'd like to weigh in. This happened to me a couple of weeks ago. I was sitting at a cafe down near me, and the adjoining table, it would have been, I reckon, probably in his early 50s, he cut his crust off his sandwich. And I thought that's something the kids did, but it was a grown man doing it. Do people still do that? I do that. Do you really? I don't really like the crust. Really? I don't find it tasty. It's the same as when I eat pizza. I don't eat the crust on the pizza, but I eat crust on my sandwich at a cafe.

Sheesh, what's wrong with you? Yeah, I did. Last night at Channel 9 before work, we were having pizza. And like, what are you doing? I said, I don't eat the crust. I just don't like the crust. I don't know adults that cut...

Crust off their toasts or off their sandwiches. I don't cut it off all the time, but I sometimes don't eat it. You need to toughen up. I don't want to eat it. You need to toughen up. Mate, at my age, I can eat whatever I want. It's crust, mate. Why do I need curly hair? Look at you. It doesn't help you. It's crust. It doesn't help you one bit. Crust gives you curly hair. Why would a unit like you, and I know I'm a unit before you give it back to me, why would a unit like you cut your toast off your bread?

Cut your toast off the bread. Cut your crust off the thing. Because I don't like it. Oh, you don't like it. So when you butter your bread, your toast, right? Yeah. Do you butter it right to the crusty bits? Absolutely. No, you don't. Yes, I do. Yes, everyone does. You butter the inside. Oh, rubbish. How far inside? Like a centimetre inside your bread? Yeah, about that. Oh, you're an idiot. You are, honestly. You need to grow up. Yeah, you have issues. What?

Why do I have issues? You need to butter your toes. I'll eat what I want to eat. Do you like eating pumpkin? Yes. Well, I don't. Because you're an idiot. No, because you're an idiot. Look what the pumpkin's done to you. It's made you a complete raving lunatic. I want to do an experiment here. Do we have anybody listening who still cuts the crust off their bread

As an adult. 131873, the number. I thought it was one of those things restricted to young kids who didn't want to eat their crust, Flannery. You've got young grandkids now. Yes. Little Lenny probably doesn't like eating his crust. I didn't say I'd cut it off. We'd take it off because we don't want him to have curly hair. I didn't say I'd cut it off. I just don't eat it.

Boys, the triangle is Pythagoras' theorem. A squared times B squared equals C squared. So the diagonal is longer. Algebra is useful from Lincoln. Did you get that? 100%. Just tell us through what's Pythagoras' theory. A squared by B.

A squared plus B squared equals C squared. It's not times. It's not times. It's plus, isn't it? No, it's a multiple. I think he might be wrong. I think it's plus. No. So Abraham Lincoln's wrong. No, I'm saying whatever his name is. His name's Lincoln. Abraham. He could be wrong. All right. 131873, the number. By the way, if you get...

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131873, the number, 2GB.com. Click onto the feedback icon if you would like to join us. Good tech, Rebecca. Rebecca. Wow. I wish I could read it out on air. Thank you very much. Let's get to callers. Marina, is it Dural? Hello, Marina.

Hi, I can't stand the crust. I'm 56 and I still cut the crust off my sandwiches every time I have them. What don't you like about them, Marina? I just don't like the feel of it. It's gross. It's hard to chew. Do you cut your sandwich into triangles or rectangles? Which one?

Triangles. Yeah. Triangles. See, I reckon I've got something. I wonder something here. I reckon people like triangles better. Thank you, Marina. You're in the running to win the $200 meat tray voucher from Stapleton's Quality Meats. Did you just say, Daryl, that it's harder to chew? It is. Crust is harder than the sandwich. It's harder to chew. How much harder? Seriously. Are you saying it's not harder, man?

Well, I don't think it's harder. I'm not saying it's harder to chew. No, it's not. It is. Because the same bite force to bite the bread, you bite the crust, and it still crushes. You need more bite force to bite the crust. No, you don't. You don't. Okay. Okay, smart aleck.

When they make the bread, why don't they just make a crust? You know, a whole bread's a crust. They do. They do the top and bottom of your loaf of bread. What about the middle? It's bread. If it's so good for you, why don't you make a whole crust, you imbeciles? Because it's got to end somewhere. They've got to make an ending. That's why. Yeah.

It's like a border. Like a photo has a border. Yeah, a frame. You need a border, a frame, yeah. That's what it is. Do you eat the frame? Well, you can if you want. No, you don't. You said it takes more effort to chew. It does. I don't think you've ever been worried about effort in chewing. Yes, I have.

That's the one thing you haven't been worrying about. I'm conserving my energy now. Even on my watch. So, you know, your smart watch tells you how many steps. It tells me how many chews I do a day now. You mean to tell me you walked in on Wednesday night and you said, I've done 5,000 steps today, Levi, according to my new watch. So now you're suggesting, you know, a tough bloke. Oh, it takes more effort to chew my crust. I mean, seriously, you need to toughen up. I'm telling you and I'm telling you and I'm telling particularly you.

It is a fact. It takes more effort to chew a crust than it does a sandwich in the middle. So you have something for lunch and you go, phew, that was a big chew. That's a more bite for you. Give me some skin. Yes. Wow, that was a big chew today, Beverly. Okay. I'd rather an easy chew today. Answer this yes or no. Answer this yes or no, Jabba Jaws.

If you eat a T-bone, do you eat the bone? No, you don't. It's just a bone. Thank you. I rest my case. You've got no case. Well, it's harder. The bone's harder than the meat. Of course it's the bone, you idiot. And so is the crust. No, the crust isn't bone. The crust is the part of the bread. It's the border of the bread.

Daryl, Daryl, don't do what you always do and come up with stupid analogies that suit your argument that don't fit the argument. They do fit the argument. It's a brilliant analogy. I'll tell you why they don't fit the argument because when was the last time you saw someone eat the T-bone? The actual bone. Dogs?

They chew on it. They don't eat it. They chew on it. Oh, they don't eat it. They chew on it. They do. They chew the little bits of meat right off it. What does it do? It just evaporates the bone, does it, once they chew on it? Yes. They eat it, you imbecile. They clean their teeth with it. That's what it's for. They do. 131873 is the number. I'll tell you what, I do love those sourdough. It's beautiful. No, it's too hard. What about the crust on sourdough? You like that?

No, I don't. It can't leave his mouth the other day. True blood. True blood. It was a tough chew. Mate, you want a tough chew. You're whinging about crust. I see your crust and I raise your sourdough. See, that's exactly my point. He's agreeing with me now. I nearly needed stitches after my sourdough incident. You must have eaten it at a million miles an hour. Karen's online. Hello, Karen.

Hello, how are you going? Good, thank you, Karen. Good. Well, hubby's got to be the most fussiest person that I've ever met. He has to, or I have to, cut the crust off and then butter the bread from corner to corner. It has to be absolutely perfect. Fine. Beautiful. Karen, your husband, I bet you love him.

Hey, listen, guys, we've been married for 37 years. Yeah. So we were high school sweethearts, and if he wants his crust cut off, I will absolutely do that. Oh, you are one hell of a woman, Karen. Beautiful. I wish I'd met you like 37 years ago.

You've got darling. Stay there, Karen. She can cut my crust any day. I'm going to send you, Karen, a continuous call team show bag. Thanks to Complete Blinds. They specialise in blinds, curtains, as well as all external shading. Troy and Marty have been in business for 20 years. So a big thank you to Complete Blinds. Stay there, Karen. We'll get all of your details. Back around the grounds, Uber Reserve, 34 points to six. South Sydney leading Gold Coast with 13 to play in the second half. Kylie's in Gosford. Hello, Kylie.

Hey, guys, I agree with the big man. Don't like the crust on things. Thank you. And I agree with Gal. Don't like crust on pizza. But, Levy, my dentist advised me against eating sourdough because you can actually break your teeth. Ah, see. Mind you, he probably should have encouraged me to eat it because you get more money out of it. But, no, he said...

Well, Levi had third-degree cuts to his mouth after eating sourdough. Third-degree cuts. Third-degree cuts. That's what he had, third-degree cuts. No, I didn't have third-degree burns. I just cut myself on the sourdough toast. You've got the worst gums. No, they overcooked the sourdough, and there was me trying to eat it. It was like a crouton.

And the spiky bit got stuck into the root. Well, you can't eat a crouton either. No, no, no. So it was cut triangular, and the pointy bit of the sourdough was really, really hard, and I jabbed myself in the thing and got some blood coming out of me. You've got to take your time when you're eating, I've found. You just go... As we've discovered from you, Darrell, obviously it takes a hell of a lot of effort to get through crust. Ha!

That took a while to spit that one out, Lee. Thank you, Kylie, for the call. 131873, the number for those callers online. Don't go anywhere. We'll continue with your calls after the break. On the way to the break, do what Gallum thousands of Aussies have done. Make the switch. Premium Spinal Ease pillow. SpinalEase.com.au. That's SpinalEase.com.au.

Laurel from the 4BC Breakfast Show is listening. She says, Gals right, Levy. I've measured the sandwich and depending on how you cut it, if you cut it into two triangles, the sandwich is bigger. That one's for Laurel. I told you. I told you. Laurel's off the chops as well. Another one here from Stephen who says, I can go one better, Levy, with the crust on the bread. My brother eats the kiwi fruit with the skin on.

Well, I know people who do that. The furry skin, yuck. Does Big Man eat the crust on his meat pie or is it too tough for him? From one of our listeners. No crust on meat pie. Yeah, there is the border of it. The pastry. It's a border. That melts in your mouth, particularly if you've got a Gallo's one in there. Mate, if you can eat the outside of a... the pastry of a meat pie and you think it's harder to get through a...

crust on a bread, you're off your chops. I'm off my chops? Yeah. Have you heard some of the crappy you've said today? No. I've been on fire thinking about it. Well, hold on. What about your restaurant? Aren't you making thick bread there? I don't know yet. I thought you said that last week. We're doing thick sandwiches. Oh, yeah. We're doing the big sandwiches. What about the pizzas? The pizza's going to be thin and crispy or thick? Well, they're proper Italian pizzas, so I don't know. That's up to the pizza shop. Mate, if they're proper Italian, I'm coming because I love proper Italian pizzas. Have you been to Italy? No.

I do like Italian pizza. Have you been to India? Get that India. Or get that India. I'd like to go to India. Why? Would you really? I would. But India's a beautiful, beautiful place. You don't give it the credit it deserves, I don't reckon.

I've never spoken about India in my life. It just sort of plays on the top of my list to go to. Well, you just said the way you spoke there, it was if you don't want to go there. I don't want to go there. I've got no reason to go there at all. What's in India you want to go see? Given our earlier conversation about you needing to go to the toilet, I think it might be problematic for you in India. Why? Mate, you get a dodgy vindaloo. Hello. I don't order dodgy ones. I get the good ones. Well, mate, you might get one. 131873, the number. Kerry, is it DY? Hello, Kerry.

Hello. Hello there, you're on the air. Hello, I'm just wondering how a big man would go when he has a breadstick at a... I never have a... Never have a breadstick? No, I just gouge the middle bit out and put a bit of butter on it. Of a breadstick? Yeah, and I cut it off and I use it like a little cup to drink stuff out of. The skinny breadsticks? Yeah, baguettes. Don't you know what a baguette is? How thick are you talking? A couple of inches thick. How thick do you want it to be?

I presume she's talking about a breadstick like that, like a skinny one. Like a pen. That's a very skinny baguette. There are breadsticks like that. They're about that long and they're very skinny. Most of them are about an inch to an inch and a half to two inches thick. Yeah.

Using your mentality, Gav. Yeah, can I have a chicken, lettuce and mayo breadstick, please? I mean, that doesn't happen. You get it on a baguette, which is wider. Thank you, Kerry, for your call. 131873. Mark, speaking of sandwiches, did you hear the bloke who invented fairy bread died recently? Hundreds and thousands turned up to his funeral. Thank you, Tim. It's an oldie but a goodie. Truth, if you cut a sandwich into squares, you have crust on two sides.

A triangle doesn't have two sides. Therefore, if you don't like crust, a triangle is edible from Jenny. What imbecile said that? She's not an imbecile. Mate, there's two crusts on the side of a triangle. She's not an imbecile. Well, that's an imbecilic whatever it is. No, no, no. Listen, listen. What she's saying is, Daryl, if you cut the sandwich in half,

a triangle, you have crusts on two of the sides. The other side is bread. If you cut it down the middle, you've got crust, crust, crust. Therefore, you've got three sides that are crusts. Well, that's not a square. That's a rectangle. So what she's saying is to eat the triangle to hold it easy. You hold it like that and just munch into it. Well, why doesn't she say that? She said if you cut the sandwich, it's not a rectangle. It's squares. Listen, shush. Yeah.

You need to apologise and retract your comment. She's not an imbecile. Okay. Next time you do this, Jenny, you imbo. No, she's not an imbo. It's a rectangle, not squares. Oh, gee whiz. That's hard. I'm trying to look after you here, Jenny. Thank you for your text message. Because you agree she's wrong. No, she's right. I'm 65 and cut crusts off dieting. You save on average 60 calories per two slices of bread. That's my point. There's another point. I don't think that's worrying today.

No, that's another point. I just forgot to spit it out. Mark, I make work lunches for my wife and myself every morning. My wife is 65 and I cut the crusts off her sandwiches. I got sick of throwing out uneaten crusts from the day before. Gal, I'm with you. A triangular sandwich feels bigger. Michael is at Camden. Hello, Michael. Hi, boys. How are you going? Good, thank you, mate.

Mate, Gail's 100% right. Triangles all day, crust on. Big man, you're wrong. What am I wrong? He's always wrong. He said if you cut them into triangles, it's bigger. I said it feels bigger. You said it's bigger. It feels bigger, it does.

It doesn't feel bigger. You blokes are feeling the wrong things. Listen, hang on. Just hang on one sec. Everyone's talking over the top of one another. Michael, it's your turn. Go for your life. When you've got a nice big steak sandwich and you're cutting a triangle, you can get to the corners easy. Easy way to eat it. Exactly right. So you're saying a steak sandwich is better tasting in triangles? No.

Yeah, mate. It's definitely better tasting in triangles. And it's bigger. Thank you, Michael. Appreciate the call. Back around the grounds. We do it for Uber Reserve. Why do I do this? It's Matt outside. Matt want to come on early. I'm going to headache. 34-12, South Sydney leading Gold Coast. Six minutes left in the second half. Now, many things in life are unpredictable.

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Now it's time for PointsBet's new NRL experience. You win some, you lose more. For free and confidential support, visit gamblinghelponline.org.au. Yeah, George Rose is our man from PointsBet, and he's on the line, eh, George? Hey, boys. Mate, we cover all the big issues on this show, as you know, and knowing that you like a feed like us, Daryl cuts the crust off his bread because it says... He claims that it involves...

What did you say? Effort. Too much chewing. More effort to chew the crust than it does the bread. Are you with the big man or against him, George? Big man, there's a lot of things I love about him, mate. I'll support you every step of the way on most things. Is there a but here? Mate, you're a grown man. You're a grown man. You can't be cutting crusts off. I don't cut them off. I just don't eat them.

This is what Levy puts words in my mouth. I don't cut them off. I just don't eat the crust. They're superfluous to my needs. And that's when you have a sandwich, you don't have the meat hanging over the crust. So either way, you don't eat the... I don't eat the crust. The crust. No, I don't like them.

My seven-year-old does the same thing, and I can't believe it. I've got to go through and I've got to eat the crust for him. See, there's a method in my madness. No wastage on George's plate, that's for sure. All right, mate, well, let's get into the footy. Cowboys $1.77, $2.05. Outsiders, the Warriors, in this game coming up at 5.30 that the boys will call. How do you think this one will pan out? Are you with the favourites here, the Cowboys, or could the Warriors sneak home and win?

No, well, look, I don't mind the Warriors. I really don't mind the Warriors in this one. They've

They have had an up-and-down season. I'll be honest, they've had an up-and-down season. But the last two wins that they've got, they've been really impressive. And Cowboys will have a few guys coming back from the origin. It was a tough game, a lot of work in that. So I reckon the Warriors can get it done. All right, so Warriors to win as Cody Walker goes in again to make it 44 points to 12, I should say. Looks like he's done something to his right leg. He's torn his calf for his hammy.

We might be cramping, hopefully. Hopefully. It's just a cramp late in the game. But this is a big win to Southside. Either way, 44-12 with a kick to come. Still two and a half minutes left in the second half. So South Sydney, big winners here this afternoon. Just back to the Warriors-Cowboys game. George, your same game multi. A three-legger today, I believe?

I do have a three-legger here. I've got the Warriors for the win. I've got Dallin Mateni, Zalesniak, any time try scorer, and Scotty Drinkwater, any time try scorer. I thought Drinkwater was really good for them last week. All right, so $9.30, I'm being told, by the team at points. Bet $9.30 about a Warriors win. Dallin Mateni, Zalesniak, any time try scorer, and Scott Drinkwater, any time try scorer. And before you go, George, you were down in Wollongong last night to watch the big win to the Dragons over the West Tigers. Back-to-back wins for the Red V? Mate.

Mate, they were outstanding. Half-time, I thought the Tigers were special, though. The Tigers turned it on that first half, but then Zach Lomax, how good is he playing? I'm loving him. Yeah, fantastic. A personal all of, what, 32 points, a club record. So well done to him. Good on you, George. Enjoy the footy, mate, and we'll check in tomorrow.

Cheers, boys. Have a great Arbor. That's George Rose from Pointsbet. You win some, you lose more. For free and confidential support, go to gamblinghelponline.org.au. 131873 is the number. Yes, Flano? I used to love seeing George Rose run out in that white Red V jersey. You remember, Georgie? Mate's

Stop picking on us, Blayden. You are harsh. He's just wrapped your club. Yeah, it was a sight for us. Just showing everyone different shapes and sizes can play this wonderful game. Oh, I've never listened to you. I love George Rose. He led the way. I coached him at the Roosters. Yeah, he's a classic. I think that's the best way to describe him, chubby. He led the way for a lot of us. Someone said that to me the other day. They said, geez, Lever, you're a heap. I said, no, I'm just chubby.

Cuddly. You are cuddly. How are you going with chicks? Is there anything going on there? Going well. Thank you, Darren. 46 points to 12,000 in the gold goes. Sorry, Mr Cuddly. 90 seconds left in the second half. Marina from Dural. 56 still cuts the crusts off of bread. Congratulations, Marina. You've won the $200 meat tray voucher. Thanks to Mark and the team at Stapleton's Quality Meats down there at Carrilla and Southgate at Sylvania. So $200 voucher.

worth of meat coming your way, a voucher anyway, that you can spend at Stapleton's Quality Meats. 46 points to 12. South Sydney leading the Gold Coast. A minute left in the second half.

Before you go, Shane Flanagan, 46 points to 12. Full-time South Sydney has beaten the Gold Coast. Latrell Mitchell, he scored a try and he kicked, what, six goals by my count this afternoon for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, prompting the question, do you think Michael Maguire might include him in the centres for the New South Wales Blues? What say you? I think they have to and sitting next to a proud Queenslander, he doesn't want him in the side.

Because, you know, he can score a try. He can create something. He's a big body. He's played in that... He can be especially... I know he's playing fullback, but he can play centre at that level. So I think they nearly have to. Yeah, OK. You've been good today, Shane. Thank you, Mark. I really appreciate that. With your own opener and everything that I had no knowledge of. And apparently my facial expression was priceless when you played. Well, it was, especially when...

I went to the next room where they played the audio of it and you had no idea. Yeah, sadly, Kane won't be with us for the rest of the season. No, congratulations on last night and, mate, continue for the St. George of Luara Dragons. Good to see you, buddy. Thank you very much. There he is, Shane Flanagan, the coach of the Dragons, joining us on this Saturday. Now, the Harvey Norman clearance sale continues this weekend. Make the most of the footy season. You can save over $1,100 on a new king-size TV, 86-inch smart TV,

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So the first of three games this afternoon go the way of South Sydney, 46 points to 12 over the Gold Coast Titans. South Sydney, 46, Gold Coast 12. Up next, Cowboys and Warriors. The boys will call that for you from the interactive studio, Matt Thompson, Darrell Broman, and, of course, Paul Gallen. And then later on tonight, the Broncos and the Sharks with Chris Warren, Josh Morris, and Spiro Christopoulos will be with us on this Saturday night. Jamie Soward is off. I'll be back with you tomorrow from Penrith.

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