Talking Points:
01:45 Getting his own song and moving to hooker
02:30 Where does he want to play?
03:00 Where he grew up?
03:45 Expectations for this year?
05:45 Rise of Dylan Lucas
07:45 Knights halves for Round 1
08:45 Thoughts on the Raiders
10:15 Who is in Phoenix’s group to Las Vegas?
11:00 Does he know Something About Mary?
12:30 What does he do in the spare time?
12:45 Bradman Best & Bali plans
13:30 Kalyn Ponga
14:00 The English boys look good this year
15:40 His relationship Status
He’s a cracker and he had a lot to do with Newcastle last year performing so well and he’s got a lot to do with while I’m tipping the Newcastle Knights BR to be top four o in 2024 I’m on the record for that I’m pleased to say joining the
Run home with j and Fletch he’s welcoming back Phoenix Crossland good afternoon good day boys how’s it going we going good going good Phoenix Phoenix would it be fair to say there’s only ever been one rugby league player to play first grade with the name Phoenix have you ever heard of another Phoenix
Playing first grade um no I don’t think so I think yeah might be might be the first who who were you named after I got no idea I honestly I don’t think Mom’s ever told me and I think she just like the name to be honest I
Wouldn’t have a clue it’s a beauty I like it there’s been no NRL player Brian there’s been a reserve grader Phoenix Stein Wade um there you go Phoenix vaba infity but not he’s our only first grader oh did hey Phoenix did you get around uh the Vegas double header on the weekend
Well I did we had training but the um the game was playing while we’re doing gym and stuff so yeah it was awesome it looked it looked cool would would have loved to be in there hopefully next year we get the call up but it was um yeah it
Would have been a good trip for the boys the Vegas double header was good brn but not as good as this double header featuring Phoenix Crossland and Maddie Maddy Burton tourist this is Now then Phoenix got his own song Phoenix I don’t know if you’re aware of this song Get get this into you I said the team’s in need we need someone with the fix so get the St back to Phoenix that’s enough yes it’s beautiful thing Phoenix you had a Stormer of a
Year now I know you’re only playing um you you’re probably thrust into the number nine jersey cuz young Braley was out for the year but you took to it like to a duct to water you had you played nine before um no that was my first time
Playing um nine which was yeah it it was a bit different at the start but yeah I think I sued it pretty well and um yeah the position suits me so I I had a lot of fun there and the forward pack we have as well made it heaps easy so I was
Just sort of yeah just doing my job for the team I guess okay so if if the coach came to you and said all Ro Phoenix and I said this to Jacob kirz as well he said he would play fullback that’s that’s where he’d like to play every
Jersey’s there and Adam O’Brien says R Phoenix you’ve got first pick of the board what number do you want what would you take yeah I’d pick nine for sure I think I want to want to start nine and yeah I think that’s my position from now on I
Think what was the Kiwi situation do you qualify for the Kiwi Phoenix yeah yeah I got the um yeah got a call off match but I did my knee against the Warriors so I was out out for selection unfortunately ah I was wondering why you wning the team yeah
Week before it got announced I um had to pull out which was yeah not not the best news but yeah King qualify for kwis uh where were you born mate are you oh Welling Wellington oh Wellington so and you came over here um and we always living up in
Newcastle yeah Central Coast and then moved up to Newcastle properly when I was 15 but Central Coast is pretty much the same thing to be honest and I went to school there as well so pretty much a new boy yeah nice nice now I’ve come up
The top and said I got the knights in the top four and I didn’t have SE in the top eight people hammered me for that they’ve hammered me for the same reason but who cares what I think you tell me why the knights are going to be better place than last year
Phoenix well hopefully we start better than last year I think if we can obviously take the end of last year and replicate that for the start of the year then we’ll have a bit of momentum and get a few more points on the board so um
You know we’ve had a good preseason as well so all the signs are leading that way but you know it doesn’t mean nothing if we don’t turn up Thursday so um yeah I’d put us in the top four obviously and you know play for him so I’d pick us
There as well the camber game is interesting because you beat them comfortably twice throughout the year uh one you really put a job on them down in CRA the semi-final you got to bit rattled there was a couple of Lucky tries there was a short drop out that
Went against as they slide through there was a knock on from I think it was gags uh they pick it up and scored so You’ got a bit shell shock there but it looked to me as though you’ve got their measure but as you said it doesn’t matter for anything come Thursday night
And we do have the call by the way ONN so we look forward to doing all that but what what I noticed with your team Phoenix if you broke the season into two halves the second half I’m not sure if you’re aware of this you probably are is
You guys had the best defense in the comp points per game better than penth better than anyone what was the change why did you just land on that halfway through the year um I’m not too sure I think I’ve said it before like we had that you know
The the first half of the Year other than the Paramount game we we’re getting only done by two points in a try so we sort of we had a little bit of confidence there although we weren’t I in the games we sort of knew what we’re
Doing was work and we just had to put it together for the full 80 and I guess towards the end of the year we just started doing that we have a new um had a new defensive coach last year Bri mcder the big Englishman from Bradford
He’s um he’s done a great job with the with the boys especially the middle so um I think we all just bought into the system at the end of the year and um seen to pay off hey FIS tell us a littleit about Dylan Lucas I saw a
Little bit of him last year and I just I thought to myself gez this this kid’s going to be um a handy first grader uh he’s in the run on side now he’s in he’s in the back row would I be right in saying he did he ever play center was he
A center coming through or was always in the forwards um yeah he was a center I think he played cup um first half of last year in the centers and yeah all before that I’m pretty sure from my memory yeah he’s a center so he’s not
AAL back so he’s had a big offseason has he because he’s he’s gone straight into the into the uh into the side yeah yeah he’s been massive this PR season he’s put on a bit of size um and he tell you that because he never wears
A shirt but he’s been real good this preseason so yeah he’s only spot big deal and I’m excited to see him play now I was just gonna ask I was just G to ask Phoenix about uh what do you like to get up to away from do you surf you got the surfer
Look um well not really to be honest it’s just yeah not really I’m a bit of a fraud it’s just the hair a you like Nathan Brown former George hooker uh I think Adam o’ br’s a smart coach BR I’ll tell you why um and I think they’re in for a big year
So the three games against the grand finalist last year you’re beaten by a point against penth in round seven you beaten by a try in round 15 to the Broncos and then in round 17 you’re beaten by just eight points so so you know internally you can go pretty close
To those big team you know what they did Brian and Phoenix you need to um correct me if I’m right right what what they recognize which I didn’t see any other team do it whenever you get up on the Panthers line Dylan Edwards he puts himself on the short side so therefore
He can push another player infield to give him an extra player the knights got him more than two or three times with a little kick so they get themselves to those tram lines Dylan would park himself on the short side to give him an extra body in the thing they’d shift and
Kick am I right in saying that Phoenix was something that you guys found yeah definitely I think a few fullbacks do that so um yeah Dill obviously backs his speed there too so I think that’s yeah that’s what they do in defense um let’s talk about the halves so Jackie Cog is
Coming off the bench uh I thought he might have started but he’s Adam O’Brien’s obviously gone with the halves that did the job last year will he come on as a seven or is he just there for for backup what’s the plan with um Koga uh yeah I think he’s there
Obviously I think first and foremost if I need a rest which is probably likely first game of the year jump in at nine but um yeah he’s good there to have his um for the halves as well and um yeah I think he’s just there as a good utility
Because he he knows his footy and he’s smart footy player so anyway you put him we do a job teamless Tuesday today came out 4:00 you see your opposing team being camra Phoenix with all the videos you probably get a chance to do more video work for the round one game for
Obvious reasons is it pretty close to the team you guys were expecting to be playing against um yeah that’s the team we’ve yeah we expected to play and all that um like the homework and stuff we’ve done today and yesterday’s all been on the the forwards that are playing and the
Halves as well so yeah we we we guessed that pretty well and um preparation’s been good for that team can I ask was marota on the team list he had a blunder against his last year didn’t he yeah yeah he was in big pami as well he’s someone we’ve been watching and
Obviously you know the the regulars as well T and papali all that he didn’t play um last year in the last game it’s obviously their forward packs their strength Now Phoenix how how much time did you do on video because I’ve just been looking at your Ina Instagram story
You’re just hanging around in ice bars and portable saers all day are you uh are you an ambassador for one of these are you an influencer or you just you’re just trying to get one I’m I’m far from any of those things it was just a
Freebie so I’ll Chuck the story up so just keep the money in the back pocket and and Chuck a story out for that you know that yeah the ice bars are good though I went through this fat and I do you have one every day Phoenix yeah we
Got I at training so I’ll try and jump in yeah once a day at least how long four a 30 seconds I ha the cold n you got to do n you got to do two minutes Phoenix you got to do two minutes because that’s that’s the only benefit
You get I’ve told this many many times before um that it releases nine times the amount of dopamine the cocaine wood really that’s what I’ve allegedly that’s what I’ve heard that’s that’s what you’ve heard I mean I’ve come back from Vegas so I’m on I probably could speak about
It okay Phoenix can I can I ask you this um if we’re speaking about Vegas yes who’s in the Phoenix Crossland posy who who would you take if you had to take three mates over to Vegas or wherever else you want to go who’s the the Phoenix Crossland posy um
Oh uh that’s a good question I’ll take Chris Randall yes Chris Randle because he’s um he’d be like the uh the brick day he just he wouldn’t leave I’d take Jack Johns yes the laughs and I’ll take Jed cod as well he’s good value oh J he’s new yes did you know him
Before Phoenix or he’s just won you over no he’s won me over quite well okay he uh he he never drops the train I got to pick him up every morning so I’ve got no choices so you’re just knocking around each other um Phoenix now we like to do
This with the current crop of players it’s a video You’re going to hear a bit of audio and it’s from a movie I reckon we’ve asked 20 to 25 players and no one’s ever got this so listen to this audio and I want you to tell me what
Movie is this audio from tourist take it away yeah okay s j I just I don’t want her here you know yeah um let’s just relax here okay now uh uh what exactly are we uh looking at here um what do you mean what well I mean um is it the um or
They is it the Frank or the beans I I I don’t know it looks like I think it’s a little bit of both break some vein break some vein what’s that bubble there what do you think there we go have you got any idea what that movie is from Phoenix
Um make the oh it’s so close same genre yeah same genre um you know who Cameron Diaz is yeah you know who Ben Stiller is yes they were in this movie something about are they both in the too what the V the vacation is they Something
About Mary have you watched that movie Phoenix no I haven’t seen what is wrong with you your generation what are you getting around at the moment what are you are you a gamer what do you do to relax you play golf um well I play a little bit of golf I’m
Not a gamer at all I don’t can’t sit in front of a TV for too long bit of golf down the beach with the boys not much really have you got any tattoos got any tattoos no no really not liking Bradman best how how’s how’s man Bradman going
He’s great yeah he’s um booked his trip to barley in the week off so he’s good well that I tell you what when when he came back you went on that run so the Gus ghouls of this world were hammering you and Bradman went over there so maybe
When did you get the buy this year Bradman um I think we’re at after the magic round round 10 perfect 11 is there any any chat about maybe going on a bit of a trip with the boys maybe numia I heard numia is good maybe Vegas I don’t
Know well you would you wouldn’t come back Phoenix no you would not come back you did I had to come back though how’s the man who wore a cape last year kyum ponger is in good shape yeah he’s real good yeah he’s fresh he didn’t didn’t
Play many minutes in the trials R in Cotton wall so he better be right to go he destroyed camber last year Brian absolutely destroyed them he’s G the blonde hair yep what’s all that about they just got him on the edges they just carved them up on the edges yeah what’s
The guy with the blonde hair Phoenix not yours kin’s um I don’t know kin does what does what he wants he always does things that don’t he I think everyone’s just follow is he the teacher’s pet of course he is yeah K yeah you got
To be yeah who’s in for a big year you reckon somebody you know not named KP um I think uh ion the the new English boys the um KP and and pricey Pro is not playing this weekend but I reckon he’ll get a shot um he’ll get a shot somewhere
And I reckon he’s going to carve up when he makes the NL so the two Englishmen kpp is Kai P Paul for the for the rugby league Australian rugby league audience who know him he plays similar to who Sunny Bill oh jeez a r Bill wow that’s what that’s what they reckon in
His highlights are just exactly what Sunny B does is bumping and offloading and just running a Mark Ryan get on the top four train with me you’re welcome you’re welcome listeners get on the top four train with Jolie boy All Aboard you coming Bri or not no I can’t why I can’t
Cuz I’m I’ve already locked in I’m already locked in um all right Phoenix before you go before you go have you got any shows you can recommend us like Netflix shows I watched the good one Boyce wallers universe that’s a great show it was a book it was there’s a
Little bit of made up I don’t think he brother but the show was good yeah it show was good it can’t be take take take you want me to give something what can you give him uh sule until I die if you watch that series Phoenix it’s about
Okay get around that uh the other one I do like is lover stalker killer oh yeah I’m saying that that’s good are you um romantically involved with anyone at the moment Phoenix yeah yeah do you live together uh yes uh engaged no has there been talk of
Engagement uh no there hasn’t how long you been going out together four five years oh a you’re telling me that when those Michael Hill ads come on with those Rings the better half does I’m 23 mate I’m 23 I’m not doing that it doesn’t matter doesn’t matter yes it does no it
Doesn’t you could be engaged and then off you go you’re obviously in love if you’re living together and your um been together for four years is she a she a s Co name Bri sorry well I don’t maybe Phoenix doesn’t want to talk about what’s your partner’s name Mia
Mia yeah is is Mia Mia Crossland’s got a good ring to it it does sounds sounds like a sounds like a um supermodel is Mia the supermodel from the C Coast or neie no she’s from Newcastle okay so it was Newcastle girl yeah what’s her aspirations in live Phoenix what do she
Want to do um she’s actually at Uni at the moment doing psychology my daughter’s doing the same thing wow yeah so are you starting to get both you are you starting to get sort of critiqued no no I’m not she’s any first okay she’s she been on the piss my
Daughter oh hang on hang on we’ve just found some um Frankie Barrett has just let us in on there so it’s so you’re going out the the father-in-law if you did get married is one of the great Newcastle players oh give us a clue Bron had a Stormer in the Grand Final and
Scored two tries he scored William William William William oh you got to marry that family I played with the great great Billy and London Broncos you have to be married into that family what are you doing mate taking my time mate no you can’t cuz oh that that would be a great
Wedding oh it will be a great wedding well well best of luck Phoenix uh look after yourself look after Mia I don’t think it’s well that’s I tell you they royalty up there I thought it was going to be Mia Crossland let me tell you right now it’s going to be Phoenix pedon
That’s what it’s going to be Bri yeah bit like Luke waterhous that’s right that’s right hey Phoenix all the best mate I mean it I can see you boys going very very very deep and they have told us the kpp sunny Bill Williams news I’m
Loving that as well all the best in 24 young men and we look forward to chatting a bit later thanks boys cheers see Phoenix he’s a keeper br
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Great interview with young phoenix. Phoenix Arizona. His going to beliike cooky
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