Interview with Kayal Iro, Your Mail and Lots Of Shark Talk!

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[00:01:32] We're going to speak to Kyle Iroh who gave us some time down at training, we'll run that interview a little bit later on

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[00:02:23] So the shark's coming off a 34-22 loss to Paramatta almost a week ago as I record this

[00:02:32] And we're sitting in second place equal first with Melbourne

[00:02:38] And it's our second straight loss after winning seven in a row

[00:02:42] So at this point in the season which is halfway if not close to it to be in this spot I'm pretty happy

[00:02:50] Obviously we'd rather be winning than losing at the moment, that's not the case, hopefully we can turn that around against Brisbane

[00:02:57] We last had a three game losing streak towards the end of last year so that's how well the club has been going on the field

[00:03:05] But yes, a 34-22 loss last week and it's a loss that shouldn't have been, we should have won that game even though we were missing the King of Caring by Nico Hines

[00:03:16] And the great captain in Cam McInnes, big losses for the team

[00:03:22] Paramatta had their shippers stars returning in Clint Guthrie and Mitch Moses, they played lights out

[00:03:27] Clint Guthrie ran for the second most meters in his career, Mitch Moses has returned to his great form from before

[00:03:33] But it was a game there that we should have won, we got within six points towards the end of the game

[00:03:40] We were leading six nil at the start of the game, it was a winnable game, we lost it with our defence

[00:03:45] We completed 33 of 36 sets, we didn't do a lot with that ball from time to time throughout the game

[00:03:54] So more points would have been a lot more beneficial obviously but the defence is something that they can and I imagine will fix

[00:04:04] And that's where we lost it, so that was disappointing and I think you'll see a much better defensive effort this week against the Broncos

[00:04:13] Because the Broncos even with a few guys missing from their team are still only pretty red hot up at Suncorp

[00:04:20] And we'll talk about that game shortly

[00:04:22] We will get through your mail and just to start with one from Terry that just came in, he said

[00:04:27] Hi is there any news on injuries to ULA and Dyches? Nothing I can see on the club website, keep up the great work regards

[00:04:33] Terry thanks so much for being in touch, as always appreciate your support

[00:04:37] I did run into Max Bradbury, young prop who came down from Newcastle a few years ago

[00:04:43] He's played at a lower level in the under 20s and he's played in Southbox Cup lately and been impressing as well

[00:04:50] Unfortunately he's done an ACL, his third ACL injury I think the first though on the knee that's hurt

[00:04:57] And he was having surgery I think Wednesday week ago

[00:05:02] So it's bad news for him, he's off contract, it's also what happens there

[00:05:06] Send him all the best, he's been a friend of the show since he came down from Newcastle

[00:05:13] But to answer your question Terry, Hamlin Welley I believe is just a continuation of the injury he's had

[00:05:20] And that'll be a week to week kind of thing as to when he's back

[00:05:25] So not long term but just something that might have to manage

[00:05:29] And Kay Dyches was definitely training with injured players

[00:05:36] So I don't think he's far off from playing Cup Football again

[00:05:42] Whether he's ready for NRL at this stage I'm not sure but he will be back soon hopefully

[00:05:48] But he's training with the injured Brigade

[00:05:52] I'm recording this on the day of Game 1 State of Origin 2024

[00:05:58] And as I've been saying for the last 10 years on the show I'm not a huge fan of the game itself

[00:06:06] Due to the ramifications it has on the club

[00:06:09] Grew up loving State of Origin, could not wait for it

[00:06:13] You know come home from school, icy cold and just sitting under the dune watching with my family

[00:06:21] You know some of the great times, some of the great players, some of the great games

[00:06:25] But once I realised what it did to Club Football and it was particularly during I guess the Goats Paul Gallon's era

[00:06:33] It became quite obvious that it's a huge toll on clubs

[00:06:38] I completely support Nico Hines, completely support Camerkinis

[00:06:42] Josh Hane is with Queensland, it's the pinnacle of their careers in their eyes sometimes

[00:06:49] And I respect that, I respect what the coaches think, they think it's good for the players

[00:06:54] And I'm supportive of that but the spectacle itself I just think could be played another time

[00:06:59] And without Club Football going on, that's the bottom line

[00:07:04] So that's where I stand on that which a lot of you already know

[00:07:07] But I just wanted to say I don't hate State of Origin Football

[00:07:10] I hate the way it is organised and run, I just think there's better ways to do it

[00:07:17] Getting through some lower grade news, Jersey Flags Sharks lost 26-16 against Parramatta

[00:07:26] Played in pretty poor conditions, they play the roosters this Saturday

[00:07:30] So they're hoping to turn around their fortunes

[00:07:34] The game is actually played at Henson Park before the Shark Jets play the roosters

[00:07:41] So kick-offs at 115 for Jersey Flag, kick-offs at 115 for Jersey Flag

[00:07:47] And that'll be followed by the NSW Cup game

[00:07:51] Speaking of the New Town Shark Jets, they ran away with a win 34-18 over the Eels

[00:07:59] And they're very much in the top five at the halfway mark of the season

[00:08:04] It's their fifth win in a row looking for six against the roosters on Saturday

[00:08:09] Jesse Colhoun actually came back and played a really strong game

[00:08:13] And that's a massive positive for the Sharks forward rotation

[00:08:17] And Jaden Barrell also came back from an elbow injury and played pretty good

[00:08:22] So three o'clock, if you can't get to Henson you can watch it on the NSW Rebel League TV website app situation

[00:08:31] Some great players, I mean Liam Eason is unbelievable at fullback

[00:08:35] We've told you about him

[00:08:36] Chris Feyela, I'm a big fan of him in the centre, Sam Stonetree in the wing

[00:08:40] And there's some interesting players throughout that team, Billy Burns in the back row

[00:08:45] Sam Healy on the bench, there's lots of guys to kind of check out when they play next on Saturday

[00:08:53] As we edge towards the start of the NRLW season for the Sharks

[00:09:03] Their second season, they have signed former Gilaroo and NSW representative Nakiah Davis Walsh

[00:09:10] She's 28, she played for the Parramatta Eels before that

[00:09:15] She's obviously represented in the Harvey Norman Women's Premiership as well

[00:09:20] Alright let's get through some mail now, we'll play Kale Iroh's interview soon

[00:09:24] And we'll also preview the Broncos game in a little while

[00:09:28] First of all some of your mail, we heard from Terry before thanks for being in touch

[00:09:32] Terry, Blake wrote to me and it made me laugh because he said three in the trot hurts

[00:09:37] And I had to reply to him and say actually it's only been two

[00:09:40] He says the kicking game and the kick chase was a big let down in the Parramatta game

[00:09:45] Gathe ran for over 200 metres and at the 60 minute mark on one leg

[00:09:49] It seemed like we could absorb the pressure but lacked the ability to build any ourselves

[00:09:54] Controversial topic but is the Iroh experiment over

[00:09:58] What does he do that Talakai can't?

[00:10:01] Talakai is even or better at defence, run metres and attack

[00:10:05] He was huge in the weekend, maybe Iroh puts the 18 on and makes room for another big body on the bench

[00:10:09] Food for thought Blake

[00:10:11] Yeah it's a conversation that's going around a bit Blake

[00:10:14] It's a hard one to kind of hit the nail on the head

[00:10:17] I think there's a lot of unknowns there, I think that for a guy who's only played a handful of games

[00:10:21] He's absolutely killing it

[00:10:23] Now he had the one on one miss which we've spoken about from Pillar to Post

[00:10:26] And everyone has spoken about

[00:10:29] It was one miss, now it's costly

[00:10:32] But he's probably made 20 of those before that that didn't end up in tries

[00:10:36] And we haven't spoken about it

[00:10:38] So I think just focusing on one error is not great

[00:10:42] I'm not saying you're doing that but others are doing it

[00:10:44] What does he do Talakai can't?

[00:10:46] I think that defensively in that position

[00:10:50] From what I've seen over a handful of games

[00:10:54] I think Iroh does shore up the line a bit better

[00:10:57] Run metres are honestly around the same

[00:10:59] On a good day for Iroh they're honestly around the same

[00:11:03] They're not as devastating but they're the same metres, they're still making the metres

[00:11:08] Attack wise I think Kieran Fraser made the point on Monday

[00:11:12] That if he gets more early ball

[00:11:15] We might see him getting more attacking opportunities

[00:11:19] Talakai gets a lot of early ball when he's in the centres

[00:11:22] And Iroh hasn't been afforded that

[00:11:24] So I think that's one thing where he's been disadvantaged

[00:11:27] Probably through no fault to his own

[00:11:30] I do think at some point in the near future

[00:11:34] That Kail may get a rest because it'll be a thing where the coach goes

[00:11:38] Well he's played this amount of football and this amount of time

[00:11:42] He's young, he needs a week or two off

[00:11:46] And it is worth sticking around for the Iroh interview coming up in a little while

[00:11:50] Because he does mention the recovery is a bit harder than what it has been in the past

[00:11:54] So it's an interesting one

[00:11:56] I do think he might get a spell at some point

[00:11:58] But I don't think it'll be because of bad form

[00:12:01] I just think it'll be one of those things

[00:12:03] I think Tom Hazelton is also in that bracket where he may get a rest

[00:12:06] But it won't be due to being a bad player

[00:12:09] So I think for now, we've lost three games

[00:12:12] We're equal first

[00:12:14] I don't think it's time for Mass Change Blake

[00:12:16] But it's nice to know Talakai is there if needed

[00:12:20] Thanks for listening, thanks for being in touch

[00:12:22] A very detailed and great letter from Liam

[00:12:26] Thank you for being in touch, Liam

[00:12:28] I've already replied to you

[00:12:30] But Liam said it was his first time writing to us

[00:12:32] He and his dad listen to the show every week

[00:12:35] And they like what we do, they're big sharks fans

[00:12:39] And especially his dad

[00:12:41] And they watch the games together every week as they have done all their lives

[00:12:45] It's a huge part of their life

[00:12:47] And I appreciate all the detail you have written to us

[00:12:53] Liam, I'm not going to read it out word for word

[00:12:55] Because it's just a tad long for the pod

[00:12:57] But I really appreciate it

[00:12:59] The emphasis on this letter is that your dad isn't in the best of health

[00:13:04] And sometimes that health gets worse during sharks games

[00:13:08] So you need to be careful about that stuff

[00:13:10] I've already written to you with some hopefully helpful advice

[00:13:15] But main thing I wanted to say was thanks for listening to you and your dad

[00:13:19] And just take care of each other

[00:13:21] And I hope that your dad enjoys the second premiership that's coming up in the near future

[00:13:28] Thank you, Liam, don't be a stranger

[00:13:31] So, as Mo says, watching the game last night

[00:13:33] Eels proved way too good for us

[00:13:35] In saying that we still had a decent chance to win the game

[00:13:38] Our defences dropped off a cliff in the past two weeks

[00:13:40] We've conceded 106 points in three games

[00:13:42] I can only imagine how frustrated the team

[00:13:44] And especially the coaching staff would be

[00:13:46] I said in my previous email this is our biggest test to date

[00:13:49] To see if we have the ability to bounce back after a big defeat

[00:13:51] And we didn't

[00:13:52] But which other team in the comp has had to face the potential top five teams

[00:13:57] In five consecutive weeks

[00:13:59] Personally I think Paramatta will play for Eels football

[00:14:02] I thought we looked flat

[00:14:03] Especially if a side gets in our face

[00:14:05] Which is what happened in the past two weeks

[00:14:07] We have Brisbane coming up

[00:14:09] We just don't beat them

[00:14:10] We need to scramble to the bye

[00:14:13] And try to grab a win along the way

[00:14:15] Reset and go from there

[00:14:17] Disappointing but on a whole nine and three

[00:14:19] Good start at the season

[00:14:20] Thanks, Tomo

[00:14:21] Thank you, Tomo, for being in touch

[00:14:23] Look, I'm not disagreeing with you about the scramble to the bye

[00:14:27] And getting a win along the way

[00:14:29] And I think you're hinting at the Dolphins game

[00:14:31] Which is not an easy win

[00:14:33] Believe me, they are so competitive that team

[00:14:35] But I'm not going up to Brisbane without any hope

[00:14:38] I think that the game is there to be won

[00:14:40] They're just gonna have to be smart about it

[00:14:42] We'll talk about that coming up

[00:14:43] Thanks for being in touch, appreciate it

[00:14:45] Our friend RCB said the sharks look tired from the jump

[00:14:48] Defensively very weak and leaky

[00:14:51] It's not the loss of performance in application defence

[00:14:54] It's round 13 but to me it's been off for nearly a month now

[00:14:57] Losing cam was big

[00:14:59] But to lose because what two guys came back isn't good enough

[00:15:03] Also would it kill the sharks to wrap up an offload

[00:15:06] I think it would, some kind of self combustion situation

[00:15:09] And I mentioned on the Monday show, RCB

[00:15:12] That we had last for offloads conceded

[00:15:15] We conceded the most

[00:15:16] Looking at the forward pack, they didn't crack 100 metres

[00:15:19] Does all the work have to be done by the backs

[00:15:21] Is this one of those class projects where a kid throws his name on the end

[00:15:25] But hasn't done anything

[00:15:26] Oh man, don't judge those kids

[00:15:28] I know what you're saying

[00:15:29] And I do wonder myself about why the forwards are not making more metres

[00:15:33] Is it just because the backs do it

[00:15:35] I can't really give you a concrete answer as to why

[00:15:39] Because if the backs didn't do it would the forwards do it

[00:15:42] I don't know

[00:15:43] It all screams they need a freshen up before going into the buy

[00:15:46] Tom looks tired as does Cofusi

[00:15:48] Play them off the bench or give them a rest

[00:15:50] I wouldn't play either

[00:15:52] Origin man either

[00:15:54] Well one of them is definitely not playing

[00:15:56] Had you said to me 9 and 3 to start

[00:15:59] I'm taking it

[00:16:01] But the last two weeks you don't sign up for that do you

[00:16:04] No you don't

[00:16:05] You don't

[00:16:06] The 4201 in particular was distressing

[00:16:09] But equal first

[00:16:11] Going into the second half of the year

[00:16:14] We're gonna take that

[00:16:15] Wise words again RCB, appreciate you

[00:16:18] Neil's been in touch said

[00:16:20] I think I preferred when no one took us seriously

[00:16:22] And we were winning

[00:16:23] As soon as everyone started saying

[00:16:25] We are the real deal

[00:16:26] Our wheels have fallen off

[00:16:27] Is it mental fatigue

[00:16:29] For getting up for the storm and roosters

[00:16:31] Because we dropped our intensity

[00:16:32] And our form is suffering

[00:16:33] Just on that

[00:16:35] I don't have an answer for that one

[00:16:36] But it has been mentioned

[00:16:39] Throughout certain sections of the press

[00:16:41] And that kind of thing that

[00:16:43] When you're up for those games

[00:16:44] And you succeed and you impress everyone

[00:16:47] That pressure to keep it going

[00:16:50] And then the thought in the back of your mind

[00:16:52] Where you can actually do anything

[00:16:54] It may bring in some negativity as far as

[00:16:57] Less effort and that kind of thing

[00:17:00] You can rely on your teammates

[00:17:02] And you get the job done no matter what

[00:17:04] But really you still gotta do that hard work

[00:17:06] So there might be something in that

[00:17:08] You said Kennedy was a standout against Para

[00:17:10] And Hunt and Talakai tried to change the momentum

[00:17:12] We needed to play some footy

[00:17:14] Para's defense wasn't great

[00:17:16] And asked many questions until it was too late

[00:17:18] Yeah I completely agree with that

[00:17:20] Hopefully it's just a glitch in normal programming

[00:17:22] We're back against the Broncos

[00:17:24] Last week was a wake up call against the Premiers

[00:17:26] This week was a slap in the face

[00:17:28] Losing to the 15th place to Eels

[00:17:30] Next week needs to be a victory

[00:17:32] If we're gonna be a true contender

[00:17:34] We have to overcome adversity

[00:17:35] And get back to the hungry vicious sharks

[00:17:37] That got us to the top of the table

[00:17:39] Appreciate your thoughts Sam

[00:17:40] I need a voice of reason

[00:17:41] Up up granola Neil

[00:17:43] Well I appreciate your thoughts for starters

[00:17:45] I think that

[00:17:47] We shouldn't be looking at Para as a 15th place team

[00:17:50] They're only there because of injuries

[00:17:52] We know that

[00:17:53] They'd be a lot higher if they didn't have injuries

[00:17:55] Particularly to their number one playmaker

[00:17:57] They would probably be

[00:18:00] 7th or 6th you would think at least

[00:18:03] They showed they're a decent team when it all gets happening

[00:18:06] They weren't extremely impressive

[00:18:08] But they played a very good game

[00:18:10] And they were the better team of course

[00:18:12] Let's see what happens against the Broncs and Dolphins

[00:18:14] And we'll go from there now

[00:18:16] Thanks for being in touch

[00:18:17] Ashley's been in touch our old friend Ashley

[00:18:19] He says I hope you're well

[00:18:21] I wanted to mention what is taking so long

[00:18:23] For the Leagues Club to acquire a builder

[00:18:25] To build the new Leagues Club

[00:18:27] Been waiting since January

[00:18:30] And always seem to get in the CEO's emails

[00:18:32] The same copy and paste every single month

[00:18:34] Another season with no club

[00:18:36] Ash I know you're struggling with this

[00:18:38] Delay in the club

[00:18:40] And I used to work there

[00:18:41] I know it means a lot to you

[00:18:42] It means a lot to a whole lot of us

[00:18:44] I just think it's not much

[00:18:46] As a member that you can really do

[00:18:49] You can't speed up the process yourself

[00:18:51] So try not to get too down about it

[00:18:54] Or angry

[00:18:55] It will be ready when it's ready

[00:18:57] I don't have a reason as to why

[00:19:00] It's not ready right now

[00:19:02] I know there's reasons out there

[00:19:04] Yes our friend Dino does

[00:19:07] Keep saying the same thing

[00:19:08] But maybe there's nothing else to be said

[00:19:10] How many times can he say it's not ready

[00:19:13] In different ways

[00:19:15] He's in a tough spot

[00:19:17] We've been waiting a lot longer

[00:19:19] Since January obviously

[00:19:20] For a Leagues Club

[00:19:21] It has stretched out

[00:19:22] Let's hope when it's ready

[00:19:24] That it's just perfection

[00:19:25] But I'm taking positives out of this

[00:19:28] Ash

[00:19:29] The Chinese restaurant is open

[00:19:31] I can't wait to get down there

[00:19:32] By all accounts it's killer

[00:19:33] I can't even tell you why

[00:19:34] I haven't been there

[00:19:35] I mean I can be

[00:19:36] No one here about my life

[00:19:37] That restaurant is open and rockin'

[00:19:39] Every day of the week I believe

[00:19:41] The supermarket's open

[00:19:42] The booze shop's open

[00:19:44] The other restaurants are open

[00:19:45] The takeaway places are open

[00:19:47] The barbers there

[00:19:48] Where Kieran gets his haircut

[00:19:49] So everything's getting closer

[00:19:51] The merch store is very very soon

[00:19:54] Opening up there

[00:19:55] In that complex

[00:19:56] And you're gonna love that Ash

[00:19:58] And you'll see some familiar faces in there

[00:20:00] As well which is exciting

[00:20:01] Congratulations to

[00:20:03] Who I'm talking about if she's listening

[00:20:05] But it's coming along man

[00:20:07] And it's just the club is just behind

[00:20:10] I'm not gonna go into why

[00:20:12] Or politics and that kind of stuff

[00:20:15] Is in not the place to do it

[00:20:16] But it's a tough one

[00:20:17] I know you're struggling with it

[00:20:18] But just until you can get there

[00:20:20] I don't want to be a Dino mouthpiece

[00:20:23] Even though Dino and I are cool

[00:20:26] But go to the Kareela one

[00:20:28] Kareela one's pretty good

[00:20:29] It's really good

[00:20:30] It's out of the way for some people

[00:20:32] But it's there, it's great

[00:20:33] And I just think we need to look

[00:20:35] In some positives here Ash

[00:20:36] If you're looking for a place to hang out before

[00:20:38] Or after a game go to the brewery

[00:20:40] At the Harryman's it's awesome

[00:20:42] There's ways around this negativity my man

[00:20:44] And thanks for being in touch, appreciate it

[00:20:46] Adam has been in touch and said

[00:20:48] The mail from Worldwide last week was spot on

[00:20:51] I couldn't believe it when the

[00:20:53] Announcers started yelling sharky sharkies

[00:20:55] Bring back the Jaws music

[00:20:57] If they must have anything

[00:20:59] But it's the wrong time

[00:21:00] As your list in the last week

[00:21:02] Said during

[00:21:04] Attacking plays

[00:21:06] I tend to agree with this

[00:21:08] We need the noise during defensive plays

[00:21:10] Not attacking metal music

[00:21:12] I'd make them listen to Kill Again by Slayer

[00:21:15] I bloody love that song

[00:21:17] I can hear a little bit of Dead Kennedys in the intro

[00:21:19] Cheers for everything

[00:21:20] The game was rank good on you

[00:21:22] For showing up as usual

[00:21:24] Adam you're cool, thanks man

[00:21:26] Appreciate it, appreciate you

[00:21:28] Yeah so last week we had a very wise

[00:21:30] Correspondent tell us

[00:21:32] Not to yell out during

[00:21:34] The attacking plays but during the defensive plays

[00:21:36] Adam has doubled down on that

[00:21:38] I'm tripling down on it

[00:21:39] Alex was in touch, I'm not sure if this is a late email or not

[00:21:42] I'm a weekly listener going all the way back to the glory

[00:21:45] Years of 2016

[00:21:47] You and the boys do such a great job on the pod

[00:21:49] I love tuning in every week to hear your thoughts

[00:21:51] Alex, bottom of my heart

[00:21:53] Thank you very much

[00:21:54] Oh my god there's more

[00:21:55] You always provide a balance and hopeful perspective

[00:21:57] When the team has a bad loss

[00:21:59] And I'm seeking your wise words this time

[00:22:01] As my hope in this season was shattered into pieces

[00:22:04] On Saturday against the Panthers

[00:22:06] It seemed like a team had gone to a new level

[00:22:08] But that loss had patches of

[00:22:10] 2023

[00:22:12] EG Stomman Warriors losses written all over it

[00:22:14] Do you have any thoughts on why this seems to happen

[00:22:16] To the team every now and then

[00:22:18] These losses that we have

[00:22:20] Thanks for the awesome pod

[00:22:22] Up up Alex

[00:22:23] Look I don't have an answer for you

[00:22:25] On that if I did I'd be a

[00:22:27] Very famous NRL coach

[00:22:29] But I think what the coach would tell you is that

[00:22:32] It's still a young team

[00:22:34] Both in age

[00:22:36] And under his guidance

[00:22:38] Finding their feet, finding the way they play

[00:22:40] Now they have a style obviously

[00:22:42] But they're still probably working on

[00:22:44] The negative stuff

[00:22:45] So the losses, why they lose

[00:22:47] Why they concede points etc

[00:22:49] Other thing is you could say is they were up

[00:22:51] For those two massive games

[00:22:53] And myself and a lot of people said

[00:22:55] They were two of the best wins in the club's history

[00:22:58] Particularly the Melbourne game

[00:23:00] And when you're up like that and you're not used to it

[00:23:03] It's probably easy to get pulled back down

[00:23:05] Especially against a team like Penderoth

[00:23:07] Who even without some of their stars

[00:23:09] Are one of the best teams in over

[00:23:11] 120 years of rugby league

[00:23:13] Like they're that good

[00:23:15] How we bounce back this week and moving forward

[00:23:18] That's going to be I think where they're judged this year

[00:23:21] I don't think they're going to be judged on

[00:23:23] The loss or even the power loss

[00:23:25] You said the best part of the night was hearing

[00:23:27] I won't back down playing before kickoff

[00:23:29] You did it

[00:23:31] Man, I didn't hear that

[00:23:33] I probably had Kieran

[00:23:35] Kieran Fraser in my ear doing

[00:23:37] Seinfeld skits or something but

[00:23:39] I didn't hear it and I'm regretful

[00:23:41] So I'll be listening out at the next game for sure

[00:23:43] Appreciate you, thanks so much for being a touch

[00:23:45] Don't be a stranger

[00:23:53] Okay so we got a piece of correspondence

[00:23:55] From the heart of bodyboarding

[00:23:57] I wasn't sure what it was and they've replied

[00:23:59] It was a voicemail and I didn't get the voicemail

[00:24:01] It must have

[00:24:03] I don't know deleted on Instagram

[00:24:05] After a certain amount of time

[00:24:07] But had a great time at Pampers game

[00:24:09] Had travelled down from Port Macquarie with the family

[00:24:11] Unfortunate result on the night

[00:24:13] Hoping they can bounce back in season back on track

[00:24:15] Atmosphere on the night was a little underwhelming

[00:24:17] We had a great time at the game

[00:24:19] And over the weekend in Cronulla

[00:24:21] Quick shout out to the shark sponsor

[00:24:23] Quest Woolaware

[00:24:25] Family stayed right on the ground

[00:24:27] Had a fantastic experience staying so close

[00:24:29] To the stadium and this really added

[00:24:31] To the pregame height

[00:24:33] The rooms are beautiful, customer service fantastic

[00:24:35] All in all a great experience

[00:24:37] Definitely encourage all our regional

[00:24:39] Or out of town sharks fans to make the journey

[00:24:41] To Shark Park and stay at the Quest at Woolaware

[00:24:43] So close to the stadium

[00:24:45] And makes for a great football weekend

[00:24:47] So thank you for being back in touch

[00:24:49] Appreciate it, glad you had a good time

[00:24:51] The atmosphere was down because we lost the game

[00:24:53] It's hard to get up for that kind of stuff

[00:24:55] It's a bummer that's the game you had to see

[00:24:57] I'm really impressed, we had a great time

[00:24:59] We've just dropped

[00:25:01] A million positive words for Quest at Woolaware

[00:25:03] So if they wouldn't mind being in touch

[00:25:05] And sponsoring the show

[00:25:07] Really appreciate it

[00:25:09] During the

[00:25:11] Perumata first half against Cronulla

[00:25:13] In fact probably only

[00:25:15] 17 minutes in

[00:25:17] Sean wrote to us and said

[00:25:19] This rep is giving off Shane Hane vibes already

[00:25:21] And if you don't know what that means

[00:25:23] I think he's referring to the 2003 game

[00:25:25] Go google it if you're too young to remember

[00:25:27] Steve's been in touch about something

[00:25:29] Which I need to reply to you personally

[00:25:31] Which I will

[00:25:33] But before that you said

[00:25:35] All this negative mail

[00:25:37] Take a deep breath we're in first place

[00:25:39] You said though we're not going to win

[00:25:41] Against the Broncos because I'm going

[00:25:43] Thanks for the podcast

[00:25:45] From Steve in Brisbane

[00:25:47] Steve, don't go into the game this week

[00:25:49] You've already told us that you don't see us win

[00:25:51] So even though they come into your home town

[00:25:53] We forbid it

[00:25:55] You're not allowed to go

[00:25:57] And of course I'm kidding

[00:25:59] Go and watch them win for the first time in Brisbane

[00:26:01] Thanks for being in touch I will reply to your other piece

[00:26:03] Of correspondence

[00:26:05] I wanted to give a shout out to a couple of podcasts

[00:26:07] But one in particular

[00:26:09] It's run by a former NRL player

[00:26:11] Keegan Hipgrave

[00:26:13] Who I'm pretty sure was a titan

[00:26:15] Through and through

[00:26:17] Early to the injury I think

[00:26:19] He's got this awesome

[00:26:21] Podcast called Keegan and Company

[00:26:25] And it's basically just one on one interviews

[00:26:27] Mostly with athletes

[00:26:29] But also other people

[00:26:31] And he calls it a mental health and sport podcast

[00:26:33] And it is really

[00:26:35] Really impressive

[00:26:37] And we had

[00:26:39] Our very own NRLW captain

[00:26:41] On there

[00:26:43] Last week in Tiana Penetrani

[00:26:45] And that's a fantastic listen

[00:26:47] Nico has been on there

[00:26:49] But it's just a really good chat

[00:26:51] And Keegan seems like an absolute lad

[00:26:53] And I mean that in a good way

[00:26:55] I didn't really

[00:26:57] I remember him as a player which wasn't long ago

[00:26:59] And his style

[00:27:01] Nothing like what his podcast is like

[00:27:03] So shout out to Keegan

[00:27:05] And also while we're at it

[00:27:07] Want to give a shout out

[00:27:09] To

[00:27:11] The post credits show

[00:27:13] Which is I think just Melbourne based

[00:27:15] And it's run by

[00:27:17] By Lush and as well as Loki

[00:27:19] Two Sharks fans

[00:27:21] Who

[00:27:23] Do a pop culture podcast

[00:27:25] And they do videos and that kind of thing

[00:27:27] But this week they talked about Origin

[00:27:29] And they talked about other

[00:27:31] Just great things

[00:27:33] So give them a check out if you can too

[00:27:35] Check them out

[00:27:37] All over I guess YouTube

[00:27:39] And that kind of thing

[00:27:41] Shout out to those lovely people

[00:27:43] Full mark

[00:27:45] Statician Michael Gillard's been in touch

[00:27:47] And he's referring to the random

[00:27:49] Shark of the week that we play most Mondays

[00:27:51] When we record with Keegan

[00:27:53] We try and record every Monday morning

[00:27:55] Sometimes we don't get to it but

[00:27:57] It's been pretty regular and we do

[00:27:59] A segment at the end of the show called

[00:28:01] Random Shark of the Week where I try and

[00:28:03] I guess out smart

[00:28:05] Due to Dato

[00:28:07] Keegan's

[00:28:09] Brain and Michael said I haven't even got

[00:28:11] Near the past two weeks

[00:28:13] Of Random Sharks of the week

[00:28:15] And says love you work

[00:28:17] So thank you very much Michael for being in touch

[00:28:19] And if we're

[00:28:21] Stumping you and stumping Keegan

[00:28:23] That's pretty good

[00:28:25] Matt has been in touch Matt

[00:28:27] He's also from Melbourne actually and he said

[00:28:29] Sorry to report I'm depressed after listening to the mail section

[00:28:31] In the latest episode

[00:28:33] Granted it's not all sunshine in New Collins

[00:28:35] But bloody hell plenty of our fans need to relax

[00:28:37] So I'm gonna head off to you traveling through those letters

[00:28:39] Big test this week to see how we bounce back

[00:28:41] She is Matt

[00:28:43] He says you keep me sane

[00:28:45] I appreciate those thoughts Matt and

[00:28:47] And yeah last week people were pretty

[00:28:49] Dramatic I think this week it's

[00:28:51] Hopefully a bit more realistic at the very least but

[00:28:53] Appreciate your thought and

[00:28:55] Appreciate your listing that's for sure

[00:28:57] Andrew has been in touch and I'm going to be one of those guys that

[00:28:59] I don't like

[00:29:01] I think he's referring to him not liking it

[00:29:03] The guys who messaged during the game and say all is lost

[00:29:05] But it is what it is and we're in trouble

[00:29:07] We look tired we look lost we look like we're crying out for a buy

[00:29:09] The upside of it is the position we're in on the ladder

[00:29:11] We bought ourselves some breathing space

[00:29:13] Downsides

[00:29:15] Many but the one that comes to mind is

[00:29:17] We've thrown away the advantage of those great winds against

[00:29:19] The Storm and Chooks

[00:29:21] I think tall Tom might

[00:29:23] Need a bench spot to rest up

[00:29:25] Iro will be lucky to stay in first grade

[00:29:27] Jack Williams impact from the bench

[00:29:29] Means too much for us to start it with 13

[00:29:31] Jack has to be a Benchy

[00:29:33] We conceded 30 points

[00:29:35] Three times in a row

[00:29:37] And that's not a defensive mindset

[00:29:39] That's a mindset of getting ahead of themselves

[00:29:41] And reading the good press

[00:29:43] Very very disappointing

[00:29:45] Tigers game hurt

[00:29:47] Penrith games sucked

[00:29:49] But no team in the comp

[00:29:51] Would have been bidding them the night they were in form

[00:29:53] They were in last week

[00:29:55] But tonight against the yields

[00:29:57] Absolutely disappointing

[00:29:59] No excuses other we were not good enough

[00:30:01] And we got what we deserved

[00:30:03] Andrew I agree with most of that

[00:30:05] And thanks for being in touch

[00:30:07] And appreciate all the words

[00:30:09] And especially during a game to be in touch

[00:30:11] Is very appreciated

[00:30:13] The point I want to hit on is

[00:30:15] The downside of not taking advantage

[00:30:17] Of the great winds

[00:30:19] I think that

[00:30:21] Those winds should just stand alone

[00:30:23] And yes

[00:30:25] We should have gone on with it

[00:30:27] Against Penrith and against the yields

[00:30:29] In every game

[00:30:31] But don't think we should

[00:30:33] Throw those winds against those teams out

[00:30:35] I think they're pretty important

[00:30:37] Particularly if we can bounce back against Brisbane

[00:30:39] And hopefully dolphins next week

[00:30:41] So I agree with a lot of what you say though

[00:30:43] I just think that we're going to lose some games

[00:30:45] It's going to hurt

[00:30:47] We're losing games at the moment

[00:30:49] Hopefully that turns around

[00:30:51] Brown Snake has been in touch

[00:30:53] Said five front rowers in the team

[00:30:55] But we don't have a Matt Pryor like Plyo

[00:30:57] Like a line speed kick chase was poor

[00:30:59] Giving way to many offloads

[00:31:01] I'm not sure why Fitsie keeps swapping the edges

[00:31:03] Our halves are defending

[00:31:05] We got caught out on both edges multiple times

[00:31:07] The Will Kennedy hate in the Instagram comments

[00:31:09] Was ridiculous

[00:31:11] I thought he was our best player

[00:31:13] Up up we're not done yet

[00:31:15] Hey, I like that we're not done yet

[00:31:17] Okay so Brown Snake

[00:31:19] We don't have a Matt Pryor

[00:31:21] I think that Matt Pryor is coming next year

[00:31:23] With a different body shape

[00:31:25] Three letters to his name

[00:31:27] One starts with A

[00:31:29] One starts with B

[00:31:31] And there's an F in the middle

[00:31:33] Definitely giving way to many offloads

[00:31:35] Especially when it counts

[00:31:37] I think swapping the edges of the halves

[00:31:39] Might have been due to Trindle coming back

[00:31:41] Rather than Atkinson

[00:31:43] See how that goes this week

[00:31:45] There should be no hate for Will Kennedy

[00:31:47] There should be no hate for anyone

[00:31:49] But anyone speaking negatively about Will Kennedy

[00:31:51] Just isn't watching the game

[00:31:53] Or if they're watching it they don't know enough

[00:31:55] About the game because Will Kennedy has just been

[00:31:57] Remarkable

[00:31:59] Thanks for being in touch

[00:32:01] Loosh from the post credit show

[00:32:03] In Melbourne has been in touch

[00:32:05] And sang some nice things he said

[00:32:07] I said so good to hear your voice sounding on the mend

[00:32:09] I appreciate that

[00:32:11] It has been on the mend

[00:32:13] Today it's probably not as good

[00:32:15] Tomorrow is a step back

[00:32:17] I want to give a shout out to our friend Paul

[00:32:19] And he knows why

[00:32:21] Legend Paul, appreciate you

[00:32:23] Kira was in touch after the

[00:32:25] Eels game

[00:32:27] Said hello guys and Sam

[00:32:29] Scream what is happening to the sharks

[00:32:31] From going great to losing

[00:32:33] To a rubbish team

[00:32:35] Where is that defense

[00:32:37] I'm blaming Origin taking out two best players away

[00:32:39] Why isn't it played on a stand alone weekend

[00:32:41] So nobody loses players

[00:32:43] Niko was missing out this night and so was Cam

[00:32:45] I heard on your show during the week

[00:32:47] And someone mentioned the rubber does last year

[00:32:49] Sliding from first to eight

[00:32:51] And you totally disagreed with it

[00:32:53] Well now I asked the same question

[00:32:55] Was he right

[00:32:57] I don't think so

[00:32:59] I'm sticking by my answer

[00:33:01] That's my answer to you Kira

[00:33:03] Is there a way back now

[00:33:05] Yes there is a way back, absolutely

[00:33:07] You say it's time for change

[00:33:09] Renellities to improve his defense

[00:33:11] Ueli can't hold the ball

[00:33:13] Well he can't hold the ball

[00:33:15] Kira he just dropped at one time

[00:33:17] Which was quite important

[00:33:19] But he set up a try before that

[00:33:21] And did a whole bunch of stuff

[00:33:23] Let's not just focus on these little

[00:33:25] Singular moments

[00:33:27] You do say something needs to change

[00:33:29] We can't afford any more losses

[00:33:31] Well that's even not true

[00:33:33] But you would like to see big tukubak

[00:33:35] You're just a very disappointed person

[00:33:37] You want to cry

[00:33:39] I hope we can do way better next game

[00:33:41] Or it will be desperation times for the team

[00:33:43] And the dolphins won't be easy either

[00:33:45] They won't be easy

[00:33:47] She says go sharks make a sad girl smile again

[00:33:49] Kira I hope you're doing better right now

[00:33:51] There's better times ahead

[00:33:53] Stick with us keep listening

[00:33:55] Appreciate you listening

[00:33:57] Appreciate you writing in Don't Be A Stranger

[00:33:59] Brent says

[00:34:01] Well Brent starts with a saying

[00:34:03] That I absolutely cannot stand

[00:34:05] And Brent it's nothing to do with you

[00:34:07] Respect you

[00:34:09] You say I hate to be the one

[00:34:11] To say I told you so

[00:34:13] Don't

[00:34:15] Brent don't throw I told you so

[00:34:17] As at me please

[00:34:19] One of those sayings I just can't stand

[00:34:21] Also what did you tell me

[00:34:23] Without our two origin stars

[00:34:25] Especially Nico we'll keep the pretenders tag

[00:34:27] I'm hoping they can start putting teams away

[00:34:29] It seems everyone now has worked out how to

[00:34:31] Beat us kick to the corners keep us down there

[00:34:33] I can't wait until Fanua Blake gets here

[00:34:35] Yeah absolutely he'll be a great addition

[00:34:37] Last night against the Eels

[00:34:39] We needed a leader and they were both missing

[00:34:41] In the origin team

[00:34:43] I have no interest in that

[00:34:45] They picked two of our best players

[00:34:47] I'm with you I agree

[00:34:49] They need to play it on a different weekend

[00:34:51] Or at the end of the season

[00:34:53] You and Kiro both agree with me

[00:34:55] And a lot of other people I should say

[00:34:57] I would like to give five players a wrap though

[00:34:59] This is awesome love a wrap

[00:35:01] Royce Hunt, Sionikatoa, Will Kennedy

[00:35:03] Sipatalakai

[00:35:05] Dan Ackinson never stop trying

[00:35:07] Sam you're too soft

[00:35:09] On this team sometimes

[00:35:11] Some things need to be said about them

[00:35:13] Sometimes

[00:35:15] That might seem a bit tough but everyone has an opinion

[00:35:17] Man I'm open to everyone's opinion

[00:35:19] But you gotta be open to my opinion too please

[00:35:21] And

[00:35:23] I'm not too soft on this team

[00:35:25] I just look at it in different ways

[00:35:27] To what you look at it and someone else looks at it

[00:35:29] Different way to you and I

[00:35:31] It's just how the world works Brent

[00:35:33] We all look at it differently

[00:35:35] You say come on sharks get it right

[00:35:37] And soft tries up the sharkies let's turn it around

[00:35:39] Brent we're all in this together as my friend Benley says

[00:35:41] And let's stick with them

[00:35:43] I'm not too soft on them I assure you

[00:35:45] It's just the way that

[00:35:47] I deliver these podcasts

[00:35:49] Is probably different to how you might do it

[00:35:51] Or other people might do it and believe me

[00:35:53] Go hit record

[00:35:55] And do your own one and get your voice out there

[00:35:57] But I just believe that things will turn around

[00:35:59] So and that's not blind hope

[00:36:01] There's reasons why it will turn around

[00:36:03] Appreciate you Brent thanks for listening

[00:36:05] Please keep listening and

[00:36:07] Being touch anytime you like

[00:36:09] Simon sent an awesome article

[00:36:11] Well

[00:36:13] Kind of awesome

[00:36:15] It's from the SMH that's called

[00:36:17] Good Times Never Sim so good until we started singing

[00:36:19] Sweet Caroline and it's a bit of a history on

[00:36:21] How the Boston Red Sox

[00:36:23] Incorporated that song

[00:36:25] And you do say where do I sign up to

[00:36:27] Band this from Shark Park

[00:36:29] Man Sweet Caroline is really

[00:36:31] Getting mixed opinions

[00:36:33] I feel people are coming around a little bit

[00:36:35] Simon's not and I respect that

[00:36:37] I can't get annoyed when I hear it

[00:36:39] I'm sorry

[00:36:41] Jay says I noticed that in the power game

[00:36:43] It seemed that Niko and Cam

[00:36:45] The team just falls apart

[00:36:47] Error rate wasn't bad

[00:36:49] We'll come in to get them then Hamlin Welley

[00:36:51] Dropped the ball

[00:36:53] The games over now move on I think

[00:36:55] Either start Hamlin Welley

[00:36:57] Or root off or send them to the Jets

[00:36:59] Well

[00:37:01] I don't quite get that but Hamlin Welley's injured

[00:37:03] We need Cole Hoon

[00:37:05] And Tuku in the starting lineup

[00:37:07] Well they're both in the 22

[00:37:09] This week Tuku's in the 17

[00:37:11] I think we'll talk about that soon

[00:37:13] Cole Hoon is making a comeback

[00:37:15] You say you can't have Jack Williams starting

[00:37:17] He's more effective off the bench

[00:37:19] Nakora has done nothing lately

[00:37:21] If we lose three straight

[00:37:23] We'll show we won't be in the run in come seasons end

[00:37:25] Three straight losses would be

[00:37:27] Deadly I don't know

[00:37:29] It wouldn't be good for morale

[00:37:31] And for the ladder and everything else

[00:37:33] But it doesn't mean the season's over

[00:37:35] Anyway we're going to win

[00:37:37] As in we're going up there to play

[00:37:39] To win Now this is another

[00:37:41] Steve with another I told you so

[00:37:43] Unless I'm getting really confused

[00:37:45] As I told you last week

[00:37:47] We won't beat the earls and we didn't

[00:37:49] But it seems a lot of shark supporters

[00:37:51] Just blow it off like we were going to bounce right back

[00:37:53] Our defense has gone from best

[00:37:55] To now worst in the top eight

[00:37:57] I had telling you guys last week

[00:37:59] That we're not going to win tonight

[00:38:01] Stop with telling me stuff

[00:38:03] I don't need to be told things

[00:38:05] I made that nicely too by the way

[00:38:07] But I don't get this

[00:38:09] I told you so thing

[00:38:11] I'd tell you how next week's game

[00:38:13] Will go versus Brisbane

[00:38:15] You may not agree

[00:38:17] But we'll cop our third loss in a row

[00:38:19] Why? Our defense

[00:38:21] They will put 30 plus points on us

[00:38:23] I hope I'm wrong

[00:38:25] But I know I'm not wrong

[00:38:27] Well here's the thing Steve

[00:38:29] I'm not picking on you because I've got a microphone

[00:38:31] Or anything else I'm being nice

[00:38:33] We respect you, we like you listening

[00:38:35] Please keep writing in

[00:38:37] Please keep telling me stuff

[00:38:39] You making a statement saying

[00:38:41] We're going to lose by 30

[00:38:43] If we lose by 30 you look like a genius

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[00:38:47] Are we going to even remember that you said that

[00:38:49] Come on man

[00:38:51] Let's just stay strong

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[00:38:57] Thank you for being in touch

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[00:41:44] Alright we're down here at Shark Park

[00:41:46] The boys have just finished training

[00:41:48] This is another quick interview

[00:41:50] For SharkCast podcast

[00:41:52] And the great man Sam Shannazzi

[00:41:54] I'm joined by another great man

[00:41:56] Kaili Roural, thanks for coming on the show

[00:41:58] First question

[00:42:00] Regular first grader now

[00:42:02] How does it feel mentally and physically

[00:42:04] On the body? Have things changed for you

[00:42:06] Or what's going on?

[00:42:08] Yeah I think it's been a massive change

[00:42:10] Really like I'm not used to

[00:42:12] Having a solid body for the next three years

[00:42:14] After game every week too

[00:42:16] So it's been a big change

[00:42:18] But I feel like I'm adapting slowly

[00:42:20] So yeah it's been good

[00:42:22] And you enjoying your footing?

[00:42:24] Yeah heaps, I love every week's challenge

[00:42:26] For me so I wouldn't say I'm a regular yet

[00:42:28] Like I'm still working on to

[00:42:30] I still don't feel like an NRL player yet

[00:42:32] So I feel like I'm still working towards that

[00:42:34] Yeah and I'm enjoying that

[00:42:36] Awesome now tell us about growing up

[00:42:38] Where you're from and sort of your upbringing

[00:42:40] Coming into footy

[00:42:42] Yeah so I was actually born

[00:42:44] Over in England, my dad was playing

[00:42:46] Super League over there

[00:42:48] And then I moved to

[00:42:50] Cook Islands

[00:42:52] When I was turning two

[00:42:54] So yeah I pretty much just say

[00:42:56] I'm born and raised there

[00:42:58] So I grew up in Cook Islands

[00:43:00] Started footy when I was probably six

[00:43:02] Playing for Arangay Bears down there

[00:43:04] That's where my village

[00:43:06] I grew up in Arangay

[00:43:08] So yeah pretty much that's where my journey started

[00:43:12] What's footy like over there? Is it like a big thing

[00:43:14] Like a big cultural thing for

[00:43:16] Guys to play rugby league or what's it like

[00:43:18] Yeah like everyone just loves sports

[00:43:20] All island communities are like that

[00:43:22] So yeah the seasons work definitely there

[00:43:25] So you get to play every sport throughout the year

[00:43:27] So it's only short season so

[00:43:29] I think leagues first and it goes through rugby 7s

[00:43:32] And rugby union then you can play soccer

[00:43:34] Then there's like cricket and stuff as well

[00:43:36] So you get to play everything throughout the year

[00:43:38] So you're always being active

[00:43:40] But yeah that's a cool thing

[00:43:42] Yeah nice and you just mentioned your dad

[00:43:44] Obviously your dad and your uncle

[00:43:46] Pretty big names in rugby league

[00:43:48] What sort of influence and role have they played

[00:43:50] In shaping your career?

[00:43:52] Yeah dad probably a massive one

[00:43:54] My uncle Tony obviously

[00:43:56] He was the coach of Cook Islands as well

[00:43:58] So he's had a bit of influence as well

[00:44:00] Through that but mostly dad

[00:44:02] Just growing up training me

[00:44:04] He's never really pushed me to

[00:44:06] NRL but

[00:44:08] I've always really wanted to follow

[00:44:10] In his footsteps so

[00:44:12] I think that's the main

[00:44:14] The main reason why I'm here today really

[00:44:16] And then other people who sort of

[00:44:18] Influence your career when you come to

[00:44:20] Kranala how did you end up here first of all

[00:44:22] Yeah so it's funny

[00:44:24] I started Covid

[00:44:26] Yeah like 2020 I was up at nights

[00:44:28] But I had a bad injury that year anyway

[00:44:30] So I ended up moving home

[00:44:32] I think not thinking of footy

[00:44:34] Just thinking that's me done footy now

[00:44:36] Because of Covid and then my bad injury

[00:44:38] My back injury

[00:44:40] And then Graham Broly actually contacted my manager

[00:44:42] At the time and he said oh I can get

[00:44:44] Kail over here for 10 week

[00:44:46] Pre-season so I was like oh I may as well

[00:44:48] Take that so yeah that's why

[00:44:50] Yeah coming here for that

[00:44:52] That's how I got in I think it was the 2021

[00:44:54] Pre-season and then

[00:44:56] Yeah

[00:44:58] Came out as obviously

[00:45:00] Like still kind of fresh to it all

[00:45:02] But I had a lot of island boys

[00:45:04] To get around me as well

[00:45:06] And then now I'm mixing and mingling

[00:45:08] With the Aussie boys as well

[00:45:10] So that's been good yeah

[00:45:12] It's a good little career over here

[00:45:14] Let's talk about this week obviously we've got the Broncos

[00:45:16] Up in Brisbane it's another tough one

[00:45:18] Off the back of Origin as well

[00:45:20] Has there been a bit of emphasis on defence

[00:45:22] Obviously we've leaked a few points the last few weeks

[00:45:24] What's sort of the mood at training

[00:45:26] And what are we focusing on this week

[00:45:28] Yeah I think we haven't really

[00:45:30] Changed much of how we prep

[00:45:32] But I think today we obviously

[00:45:34] More we wanted to bring more

[00:45:36] Intensity into our training so

[00:45:38] I hope that just filters into

[00:45:40] Our week and into our game so

[00:45:42] Yeah obviously we just got to work harder

[00:45:44] For each other and yeah good things will come

[00:45:46] I've got a couple of fun questions

[00:45:48] That we like to ask at the end of these interviews

[00:45:50] October 2 2016

[00:45:52] Grand Final

[00:45:54] Where were you and who are you supporting

[00:45:56] Well

[00:45:58] I've got to be honest here too

[00:46:00] Yeah

[00:46:02] I think I was in New Zealand at the time

[00:46:04] So I was living there so

[00:46:06] I can't really remember

[00:46:08] Did you watch the game

[00:46:10] Yeah I do remember like

[00:46:12] Seeing the game but yeah I think

[00:46:14] I was actually supporting Sharks then

[00:46:16] I think

[00:46:18] Because it was Mal Benay

[00:46:20] And then I was going for the underdogs

[00:46:22] I think Sharks were the underdogs then

[00:46:24] So yeah I'm the underdog guy so

[00:46:26] I think that's why I chose them

[00:46:28] And what about your favourite music

[00:46:30] Or artist or what do you listen to

[00:46:32] Pre-game or just during the week

[00:46:34] Things like that

[00:46:36] Yeah more R&B guy or like chill music

[00:46:38] So

[00:46:40] A mixture of like

[00:46:42] Drake mostly and then

[00:46:44] Sizzler and stuff like that just

[00:46:46] Pretty chill music, bit everything

[00:46:48] Thanks for your time, thanks for coming on the show

[00:46:50] And good luck this week

[00:46:52] Thanks brother

[00:46:54] Appreciate it very much, speak to you soon

[00:46:56] Okay welcome back to Shark Cars Pod

[00:46:58] You just heard from Kail Iroh

[00:47:00] Our starting centre

[00:47:02] This year

[00:47:04] And thank you so much to Gary Dover

[00:47:06] At The Chronal Sharks for doing

[00:47:08] That interview for us

[00:47:10] He's a part of Shark Cars Pod

[00:47:12] Of course he's a valued member

[00:47:14] He's one of my good friends

[00:47:16] And I adore him to bits

[00:47:18] So thank you so much Gary

[00:47:20] For doing that really really appreciate

[00:47:22] And I'm sure our listeners appreciate it too

[00:47:24] Thanks to Kail for having a chat as well

[00:47:26] I hope they will catch up with him

[00:47:28] In the near future and hope he has a big game

[00:47:30] This week against the Broncos

[00:47:32] He's probably going to have to

[00:47:34] Because they're going to be fired up for a big game

[00:47:36] But hopefully we'll fight up for a big game

[00:47:38] As well

[00:47:40] So let's get to the team that's been

[00:47:42] Named for starters

[00:47:44] Will Kennedy, Sione Katoa, Jesse

[00:47:46] Ramiyan, Kail Iroh and Ronaldo Milotalo

[00:47:48] Our hearts

[00:47:50] Adana, Kinson and Braden Trindle

[00:47:52] We'll come back to that

[00:47:54] The forward park is

[00:47:56] Thorthom Hazelton, Blake Paraly, Orokin Gafusi

[00:47:58] Back row is

[00:48:00] Britton Nickerah, Sifa Talakai

[00:48:02] In the second row

[00:48:04] And Cam McInnes' name to start

[00:48:06] And captain after his state of origin game

[00:48:08] All being well

[00:48:10] Immediate bench is Jack Williams

[00:48:12] Toby Rudolph, Royce Hunt and Tuku Haatapua

[00:48:14] Extended

[00:48:16] The bench is Marwini Harotti

[00:48:18] Billy Burns, Jaden Burrell

[00:48:20] Nephi Baru and Jesse Colhoun

[00:48:22] You'll note for starters

[00:48:24] There is no Nico Heinz named

[00:48:26] And that was quite shocking

[00:48:28] There's reasons

[00:48:30] The man went into

[00:48:32] Origin with

[00:48:34] A niggling issue

[00:48:36] He's passed that

[00:48:38] He's going to play tonight

[00:48:40] We don't know how that goes

[00:48:42] Godspeed my friend

[00:48:44] We play on Saturday night in Brisbane

[00:48:46] And then we play

[00:48:48] Short turnaround

[00:48:50] You gotta love this competition

[00:48:52] Short turn around during Origin

[00:48:54] For another week

[00:48:56] Thursday at the beautiful shark park

[00:48:58] Into Dolphins

[00:49:00] So the thought bear is they don't want to risk him for Brisbane

[00:49:02] They want to save him for the Dolphins game

[00:49:04] And you can understand why

[00:49:06] I know it sucks

[00:49:08] I know that a lot of you agree with me about this whole origin

[00:49:10] Fiasco and the time of it

[00:49:12] Again, not against Origin

[00:49:14] Just against the way it stops the comp

[00:49:16] But

[00:49:18] That's why he's not named

[00:49:20] And I understand it

[00:49:22] Not happy about it but I understand it

[00:49:24] There is the thought that you could have just named him for

[00:49:26] I guess

[00:49:28] Keep the Broncos wondering what's going on

[00:49:30] But that's not how it went down

[00:49:32] So at this stage your halves will be

[00:49:34] Atkinson and Trindle

[00:49:36] Now on that extended bench

[00:49:38] I'm not suggesting Jesse Colhoun

[00:49:40] Is going to play because I don't think he will

[00:49:42] But I'm told

[00:49:44] He's going to be pretty close to ready for selection

[00:49:46] In the coming weeks

[00:49:48] So that's positive news

[00:49:50] Because he was on his way to establishing himself

[00:49:52] Got a long term injury

[00:49:54] Now he's back, played some cup

[00:49:56] I imagine he'll play again this week

[00:49:58] And then we'll see how he goes

[00:50:00] Siphotel Clidre the second row

[00:50:02] The bench as it stands

[00:50:04] Williams Rudolph Hunt

[00:50:06] And Tukuhatsu Puerh is monstrous

[00:50:08] So it's going to need to be

[00:50:10] The Broncos named a pretty good team

[00:50:12] Most of their origin guys are on the extended bench

[00:50:14] With the thoughts that they will play

[00:50:16] So

[00:50:18] It's certainly going to be a tough one

[00:50:20] We've played them 62 times

[00:50:22] We've won 22 of those games

[00:50:24] Broncos have won 40 of the 62

[00:50:26] They've won 9 of the past 11

[00:50:28] Their 40 wins against us is their most

[00:50:30] Against any team

[00:50:32] The majority of games in recent history have been

[00:50:34] Fairly close

[00:50:36] And I guess for our sake

[00:50:38] We hope it's fairly close this week

[00:50:40] Broncos have won 5 of the past 7

[00:50:42] At Suncorp against us

[00:50:44] The Sharks have the worst record

[00:50:46] Of any current team at Suncorp Stadium

[00:50:48] So aside from western suburbs

[00:50:50] The Sharks 9 wins from 29 games

[00:50:52] 31% is the worst

[00:50:54] Of any current team

[00:50:56] And only west had a worse

[00:50:58] Record

[00:51:00] Having never won there in 6 games

[00:51:02] Before the buy

[00:51:04] Brisbane lost

[00:51:06] 36-34 to the Gold Coast

[00:51:08] At Suncorp

[00:51:10] They're yet to lose back to back games this year

[00:51:12] All 7 of their wins have been

[00:51:14] When keeping their opposition to 18 points or less

[00:51:16] The Broncos are starting their halves

[00:51:18] Well they score the most points in the

[00:51:20] First 20 and the First 20

[00:51:22] After half time

[00:51:24] And they've certainly been starting well enough

[00:51:26] To score the opening try in their past 6 games

[00:51:28] Sharks defence

[00:51:30] Is the best in the second half

[00:51:32] And they've got the best record

[00:51:34] After the half time break

[00:51:36] 20 minutes into it

[00:51:38] Conceding just 32 points

[00:51:40] Very importantly

[00:51:42] Ronaldo Maltolo plays 100th game

[00:51:44] He debuted as most of us remember

[00:51:46] Against the Broncos

[00:51:48] At this venue in 2019

[00:51:50] He had an absolute horror game

[00:51:52] And he's come so far from that

[00:51:54] It's hilarious

[00:51:56] To be fair

[00:51:58] He was given about 7 seconds notice

[00:52:00] Before going on to the field

[00:52:02] After a Josh Dugan

[00:52:04] Injury

[00:52:06] In warm up

[00:52:08] So Ronaldo's 100th game

[00:52:10] He's come so far one of the premier

[00:52:12] Wingers in the game

[00:52:14] He needs one try to equal

[00:52:16] Matty Rogers

[00:52:18] And fourth on our all time tryscores list

[00:52:20] That's the

[00:52:22] The shorter preview of the Broncos game

[00:52:24] This week it's gonna be a tough one

[00:52:26] No one should be in any other

[00:52:28] Mind than it's gonna be tough

[00:52:30] Even if we're in good form

[00:52:32] Which went not

[00:52:34] It would still be a tough game

[00:52:36] In Brisbane

[00:52:38] Hopefully their guys are hurting more than our guys

[00:52:40] Well, we've got one guy

[00:52:42] Playing Cam

[00:52:44] And we're gonna need him

[00:52:46] Hopefully Niko gets through Origin

[00:52:48] Injury free and we march on to the Dolphins

[00:52:50] Next week it's a short turnaround

[00:52:52] Thursday night game down at Shark Park

[00:52:54] It's gonna be a really good game

[00:52:56] And hopefully a good vibe

[00:52:58] Saturday night enjoy the game

[00:53:00] Thank you so much for your support

[00:53:02] As always thanks to everyone who's writing in

[00:53:04] Keep writing in and we'll definitely have your thoughts

[00:53:06] Read out on the show

[00:53:08] Appreciate you all, thank you so much

[00:53:10] We can't play the song

[00:53:12] So we're gonna hear some hip hop

[00:53:14] Abab Krunella

[00:53:32] It's like Cabernet with a chart feet