Why an Immortal believes Bennett will choose Eels over Souths: Freddy & the Eighth-Ep10 |NRL on Nine

With the dismissal of Jason Demetriou from the South Sydney Rabbitohs everyone is speculating that Wayne Bennett will fill the void, but the Eighth Immortal believes the master coach has another team in his sights. NSW Blues legend Brad Fittler throws his support behind the long kickoff debate and demands the NRL find another way. The Boys share some of their best Alfie Langer stories. Plus, Joey has some unhinged words of wisdom for all the men over 40 years old. All that and more on another weird and wonderful edition of Freddy & the Eighth. Subscribe 👉 https://bit.ly/2lvAJT2 NRL News👉 https://bit.ly/2mPWIV9

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0:00 Back again for Round 9
1:29 Joey’s unhinged take on contact lenses
2:39 Hyphenated XIII
5:02 Guess Who?
7:56 Demetriou is sent packing from Souths
16:34 Joey predicts Bennett to the Eels
18:04 Gus’ push for Brian McDermott to coach
21:16 Spud vs Chief
24:19 Big kickoff hits
26:38 Should long Kickoffs be banned?
28:14 Joey’s Spud v Chief Origin camp story
30:54 Freddy & the Eighth Medal Round 8
34:31 Alfie Langer’s return to Origin in 2001
35:48 The boys share stories of Alfie
39:25 Luke Keary calls time on his career
44:08 Thursday Night Footy Preview
47:00 Friday Night Footy Preview
47:71 Sunday Arvo Footy Preview
50:23 Joey’s words of wisdom for the blokes

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now I’m only going up someone told me that from that board meeting someone’s leaked information to buzz Rothfield there’s another 400 500 play the ball so it’s not the only part of the game that’s right so it’s not the only part of the game it’s a great part of the game poor po plus Underpants is like your nut spoon in heaven this is the maddest place on the planet dancing the only show where you’re allowed to do it without shoes Andrew Jes one of the greatest players of all time cuddles and kisses go a long way especially when you’re in trouble oh the hores bed look at the big fellow going me one to fire they’re very horny and very aggressive to put that to where Sydney stay class I love everyone for making me feel this good welcome to another week of Freddy and the eth it is a drama charged week in rugby league we’ll have all of that covered and a bit of nonsense thrown in as well great to welcome the boys Brad fitler Andrew Johns three good games to cover this weekend on nine The Rundown got tip warnable so did you let’s hurry up so I can responsibly that’s a bucket list for many Australian punters three days in a row you got you got to be a St what um so to speak that’s not a problem what’s happened at s there’s a lot about s yeah we’ll find out Zack ba is going to join us for the news cross into the news I do like this man since I’ve been wearing glasses my eyes are so bad show us look up the problem with you is that like when you’re at work you can’t read anything because you don’t wear your glasses why don’t you just wear them all the time I’ve got no doubt wearing glasses makes your eyes weaker no doubt question I wear I wear disposable contacts yeah yeah they’re good disposable contacts they last a day and you Chuck them out they’re just trying to get them out of your right night time they’re like condoms for your eyes not really Andrew um not really at all uh retirement news as well come up with this crap well there’s two chimpanzees in there wrestling I Le that a while ago uh Luke Ki after signing on with the roosters for next year decided he’s going to hang them up at the end of this season she had a great career we’ll get the boys thoughts on all of that is Wayne going to come back to South GE it looks like it will looked like that’ll be the case kickoffs Banning them really and uh plenty of other stuff to talk about now speaking of chimpanzees our producer Murray has somehow come up he’s come up with the hyper 30 yeah have a look it’s not a bad side what do you reckon you wouldn’t get that under theeler good rowers my God what about the back three when are we gonna say the best of him Pier Paul normally you know what I noticed with all the pomy forwards that come out it’s always a year takes a year yeah he’s well he’s been one of their best Newcastle of someone r with support it would be nice if you get some support around him he’s got AR he’s got arms that’s a fast team I like it it’ be a good team coach okay pick pick two players you’d want to play with without a doubt F Blake and Fisher Harris when you love play behind them man I wouldn’t mind Tabu on your team he’s a ripper yep he looks unreal most improved player there Marshall King so obviously with the H it’s a bit about breeding really isn’t it because someone’s kept their maiden name if you’re going to breed anyone here Andrew yeah who would you breed well for longevity what do you mean not Andrew to breed with but I’m just saying if you want to breed a great football player in the future what are you thinking well they could be sorted I’ll get those contacts out of his eyes that’s um okay I’m going to go adoc car for the fast twitch yes yes yes and then I’m going to go Fisher Harris for the physique and the aggression so what do you what sort of a what sort of the what would the proy be do you think it’ll be a back rower wide running back rower but very very fast but susceptible to suspensions and a good Daner I’m going across with cherry Evans just controlling the game and a pierce Paul and I’m gonna create a 58 skill offload game creator that and who would you and who would and if who who would you be to Crate Andrew johnes who would you need to in that team Andrew there’s no brothers and doer clay doer clay and Clay all right let’s move on guess who I like this these are very clever actually who we going to start with New South Wales or d clay and Jo gray boys who’s this Panthers Broncos 89 back to Panthers not Luke Lewis is it no not Petro Petro went from Brisbane to pen play with a ran testicle not naughty and I think he I think he played without an ACL as well tough BL wow just let me think going back to pen well it’s got to be a for it’s got to be a Ford it’s not a Ford okay oh actually he finished as a Ford started as a back CH Clinton he’s uh he’s still on the coaching [Applause] stuff if you if you rupture your nut and to play with that like I got a as everyone knows I went from a cold to a ging every put the money on first up from the spell did you get any texts about about your guilding operation well everyone’s um tough man P I was in all sorts so to play with a busted nut jeez that do you reckon I all black BL is it Buck shelford he he went off at half time and he actually taped it up himself really well notu he played with one he yeah notu he rupted his yeah he he didn’t have an ACL did he he he play without an ACL I’ve never heard that PR sure that’s happened don’t know Alan M actually played without some part of his knee Nick yeah um where would Peter Wallace be you know you talk the assistant coaches stepping into head coaching roles he’s been assistant for a while dring he’s is he somewhere somewhere there I’ve never really heard like what Peter does there from a point of view of you know most people will sort of acknowledge you know so and so Trent Barrett attack coach I don’t know what he does yeah did I well Ben Gard is there I think Ben does the attack and Peter Wallace does the defense okay that must be the case answer your right question bro I’m just assuming there I don’t know Queensland guess who Manley Queensland Tigers Matt Balon Matt Balon well done Andrew good work I can’t remember him r at the Tigers just Tigers so Matt Balon actually Walker in the only origin game Cameron Smith missed from his de you talk about coaches I understand the things he’s doing up in the Broncos and he’s one of those like Danny V’s tght the nicest BL you would not me a nicer BL so there again he’s doing really good coaching stuff he was is very fit he w a comp he was the hooker when they won the comp was manly yeah absolutely would have won a couple there you go Matt Bellon doing some great stuff up at Brisbane story of the week though we’ve had the first coach bite the dust unfortunately Jason Demetri is sacked uh late yesterday Tuesday if you’re watching us on Play On Demand the attention now has turned to what happens post Jason Demetri Ben Hy for the rest of the year but will Wayne Bennett be back at Redfern Zack Bailey our man from The Newsroom covers all the big stories in Rabia League he’s been camped out at Bunny’s headquarters today Zach it is all happening what’s the latest yeah huge day there yesterday obviously two board meetings first in the morning then in the afternoon which led to Jason Demetrio’s sacking to be fair it looked like it was coming for a couple of weeks but for the first time today in a long time we saw Blake suy the South Sydney CEO front the cameras and he stood there for about 15 or 16 minutes and fielded every question that came from every journalist there the main ones were around why Jason Demetrio was sacked and why now and the the main reasons that stood out he said that they didn’t believe he was the man to change their playing style or management of players which what that’s what really stood out for me so uh they’d given him time JD fronted the board yesterday in the morning and said here’s a document here’s why I should be given the next couple of months to try and turn the club around but obviously the club and the head officials there didn’t agree Zach the the you just said management of players do you think that should be solely on the first grade coach well don’t know for sure that’s a great question Joey but obviously he’s got a team there and they they brought in David ferer during the by week only a couple of weeks ago Ben horby steps in today uh the other the other question was when I said what do you need to what do you need in your next coach uh and he said s with first grade experience in terms of coaching a first team not necessarily in the NRL but maybe in the super league as well but he said it’s a unique team here I know that I’ve worked with him for a couple of years and he kind of laughed when he said that when I followed up with the question of what do you mean by unique he said well every team is unique in terms of the players they have good athletes and the other one the word that stood out he said great personalities but the one thing with the bunnies as you know they’re big personalities the likes of latron Mitchell Cody Walker Jack wden they’re experienced players with big personalties so sorry Zach can you just go back what was the context of the quote a unique team can you I said I said what what do you need what do you want in your new coach the next coach and part of that answer he said it’s a unique team here I know that I’ve worked alongside them for the last couple of years well there’s a first I’ve never heard that does that mean you got a unique up on him oh I’m not I’m not too sure joke anyway the other part of what’s going on of s is everyone’s talking about Wayne Bennett now um how much should we believe in that Wayne is coming back well BL Solly said today that he personally hasn’t spoken to spoken to him I don’t know if that means that people from the club haven’t reached out to Wayne Bennett but he no doubt is at the top of their list he led them to a grand final a couple of years ago he’s obviously with the Dolphins now he has nowhere to go but one thing you you need to knowe is that Wayne Bennett has said in the past that he won’t speak to a CO a club where a coach currently has a job so Jason Demetrio was signed beond this year for the bunnies he has now let go so I dare say that opens the door for Bunny’s management to get in touch with Wayne Bennett Blake soy said today they will be reaching out to Wayne see what his interest is one thing we know about Wayne is that he wants to coach on it simple as that he’s been at the bunnies before and when you talk about unique team and big personalities well Wayne Bennett knows how to deal with big personalities better than any other coach in the league everyone says he’s the best man manager in the game so is it a perfect fit maybe he’s certainly the man that could get the best out of the trail as history shows Zack there would have been a lot of questions flying around there uh I don’t know if this was amongst them Demitri for a couple of weeks has been on tender Hawks why did they punt him with 48 hours to go until they play the next game well we said why wasn’t it two weeks ago during the by week when everybody expected it might happen given that way the clubs the players were away for a couple of days and it would allowed them to get some fresh air the club deal with it and move on with Ben horby stepping in or Dave ferer stepping in as interim coach they said they wanted to give as much time to JD to turn around as possible and in one game so it wasn’t so much two days out from the Panthers result it was the fact that after they lost to the storm a big loss on Anzac Day they said okay we haven’t seen the signs over that twoe period that suggests that he can get the best out of this playing group moving forward as you said though 48 hours out you know out from the biggest game of their year in terms of the toughest opposition it’s not going to be easy for that group to get together reunite and get on the on the padic and put in a good performance so plenty going on down at marra today and no doubt this isn’t the full stop this is just the com on this chapter because everyone will now say well who’s the next coach will they bounce back this uh this weekend this year and also aging roster Damen cook dropped earlier this year um Cody Walker in the LR Mitchell returning from suspension is he a senator he’s a fullback Thank God I’m a rugby league journalist because it means I’ll have a job for the rest of the year hopefully yes indeed you got a busy day coming up we’ll see it all in 9 news tonight thanks Zach appreciate that I I find that so curious so they got flogged by konala and everyone was thinking well this is it but then they said well we saw signs of improvement then they had a buy then they got flogged by Melbourne and they make the call and paor Ben’s got 48 hours to get ready to play penth you wonder why they didn’t do it in the buy it’s just bizarre and I I feel sorry for Demitri having to walk out past the media yesterday and everyone’s asking if he still got a job I mean that’s so unfair it’s a tough is it is it what oh my God it is a tough kid but the joural has found out before so there was two meetings yesterday the one in the morning was supposed to determine what would happen but it didn’t so he left after putting them through a session he walked out of training and all the joury are there asking if he still got a job there it is here and then they have and they have another board meeting now I’m only going someone told me that from that board meeting someone’s leak information to buzz Rothfield before they’ve spoke to Jason demitra is this true I don’t know I have no idea but that would point to mixed allegiances within the club Shenanigans okay who’s been the most strongest Club the last 15 years three Melbourne penth what leag said of them well nothing like said of Melbourne or roosters pen or pen Fisher Harris yeah we didn’t even hear anything about that then all of a sudden it was announced that he’s going to the Warriors and then penrith come out and just go right these are the reasons X Y and Z done in a day yeah it’s true so a few things that were pointed to at board level we understand from the reporting that were concerning one of them is that Dimitri hasn’t developed the younger players and hasn’t picked them enough and one of the one of the things that was cited Michael chamus has written about this in detail today is that when they saw Talis Duncan named at 18th man to play penri the board that was basically the final straw they pick they say he’s not giving the younger players enough opportunity to develop do you see that at South well they’ve just come through a representative season and I don’t think sou um participated in many of the semifinals I can’t be exactly in the juniors in the Juniors so that’s in the 17s 19s have any teams didn’t have any teams so all of a sudden when you’re like that if you’re not if you can’t compete in them grades it’s once again it’s just less pressure pushing forward and if you have a look at their team at the moment you know you got Jo gry who seems like a really talented BL then you got dun Hawkins you got all of a sudden you got three or four BLS who were sort of really inexperienced first couple of games a b like what we’re seeing in camber at the moment and you know what if you’re playing a team that can hold their own like konala did for 10 minutes you’re gone young BLS cannot just withhold that they can’t withstand that sort of pressure so okay and the same happened with South Sydney the one I find Curious Joey and there’s there’s more to it than selection but they bought Sean Key from Manley he’s played what two or three games they’ve moved katangi to prop he’s An Origin back rower he’s a back rower this is very confusing well that happened after the roosters game roosters tailed them up at Alliance through the middle they’ve been tailed up through the middle and then they just then they went and changed everything and dropped over players but you’re right like if you have key there and all of a sudden there’s a system in place and you know they weren’t give him much chance but you know coaching I’m selling a101 Ben be South I I don’t think so you don’t I don’t know does does Wayne want to go to a club where they have to to do a rebuild now Zach just spoke about their Topline players or their highest paid players are over well over 30 you Damen cook who’s coming to the end very close you got Cody’s well over 30 but Cody Cody’s mid-30s y 35 and then there’s the drama with the trail whether he’s a fullback or a center then you got Jack White who’s over 30 we don’t know if he’s going to play center or 5’8 because if Latrell goes back to left Center then does Jack go to the back row Campbell grahe what’s happening with Campell he’s got the sternum operation he’s not going to be back there was another strange one they didn’t decide to send him for surgery until February why wouldn’t they have done it before Christmas like to it seems it seems just from an outsider’s point of view that they they are not on the same page anywhere at that club at the moment like if it was bad if he had a crack Stone him been he was unavailable for your origin last year so he come yeah he come in and I said how are you guys I can’t do much training like seriously what do they do what are they wait until after anyway now Lan ilas has gone and they’ve signed the young pommy do well he hasn’t gone yet but he’s been given permission to negotiate oh okay okay yeah we’ll talk about that a little bit later um I’ve just come out doing the podcast with Gus he’s given a massive push for Bri mcdermit coach coach s well to say he’s a first grade coach in yeah he was so impressive at Newcastle his first day I was here the first day when he add is doing the defense and he addressed the players and showed some clips from the previous year and put a couple of them on show like the you know the high profile Alpha miles and uh the way he delivered it and just his presence and they look they he was in the military armed forces and he was boxing champion you know played at the highest level it’s tough as they come he’s got a real presence to him I could see him coaching n coached 442 games in the Super League he has prob 442 wow who’s the coach at the moment was he coaching Wigan he was coaching wig he coached he played for Bradford and he coached now um was it hfield I did have a look at it before but he has a a very well established BR how much the appointment is around getting the best out of Mitchell Latrell or is that up to LR to win big games you need your best players playing well and without a doubt you know Jason Demetri obviously has gone down a an angle with latr maybe sort of followed What Wayne and the way Wayne does it and at the end of the day most hasn’t worked because you know Wayne’s the only one that can do that he just seems that’s his that’s his greatest asset he just seems to get the best out of players that other coaches can’t and you need your best players playing good and LR is their best player and the other element of this just to wrap it all up across town par matter is struggling and there’s Whispers around the future of Brad arur after 11 Seasons at the club this can often start a domino effect this stuff well I’d imagine if there was two jobs up for offer sou and if param matter if param job came up I reckon Wayne would prefer the paramet job something different well he’s got an affiliation he loved Jack Gibson had a relationship with Ron Massie who they sort of built param matter um I think with Moses and Dylan Brown there um Zack LX is going there Junior Paulo Rian kampbell Gillard strong stronger Squad you’d think more stability in the KE positions now you mentioned that there there would have to be some train of thought at param that if we can get this Blake he might be the final straw in us making a charge well they’re in a grand final two years ago that’s right but they’ve gone backwards things I know that but most do s did interesting times in Rabia League what a great game well once again how come the top clubs don’t how come penth how come Melbourne how come the roosters don’t I suppose The Roosters had a bit of a wobble last year yeah but they point off and then they end up yeah they come good they’re a point of making the grandfa qualifier one one play One play um all right so much to talk about on Fred and the eth of to day it’s been a huge week for rugor League news we’re going to talk about kickoffs next and the famous One Carol versus harrian we’ll show you that but we’ve gone back into the archives here’s a Peter Sterling preview of the big clash between Newcastle and Manley from 19 95 the minor Premiership May ride on the result of this topof the table Clash but both coaches refused to give tonight’s match Grand final billing people like yourself pose those questions to people like myself and other coaches uh you know on the eve of such games but the fact is that it’s it’s another run into the semi you know win or lose uh the uh the key end to the season will be the playoffs last Sunday the SE suffered their first loss at the hands of the roosters and a finger pointing Phil gild while last year’s game at Marathon was anything but friendly har and Terry Hill tonight Terry Hill returns from a twoe suspension for headbutting ready to take on newcastle’s Jamie ano Paul harrian is one of the kns walking wounded while Mark Carol has an injured knee but both props have been past fit and a keen for a head-on Clash know those individual confrontations only add to the SP of the game I think it’s going to be one the forwards and it’s going to be up to myself and GES to lead lead our pack around and take on the Newcastle pack Newcastle is undefeated at home this year and a win tonight would give them a share of the competition lead but manly have won before in front of a hostile Marathon crowd so I am tipping the seagull well later tonight I favor the Western Reds tomorrow the Bulldogs North and the go Coast to win while on Sunday St George Brisbane The Roosters the Warriors and canra in Nine’s match of the day Peter Sterling National 9 News great stuff ster Master you’re good I want I want to watch that game tonight those games were brutal they were so brutal so Chief I used to Che te off on Chief and then every scrum here it is here just are we trying to get the kickoff Band Boom oh so have you got any inside stories about this so look they hated each other hated each other in Camp they hated each other everywhere it was always it was always hostile anyway the trainer comes on and they go Chief you’re off and he goes just give me one tackle give me one tackle and he looks at me I think we’re kicking away from Spud he goes to me kick to Spud kick to him and then so whatever Chief said I did and then that happened should have heard the noise oh so skull on Skull Man every scrum Chief and butsy and Spud and cement they just still headbut each other the headbutts in the scrum oh was awful that noise yeah but that noise that hit was just it was like nothing I’ve heard before on the field oh so that was 95 yeah so that culminated in the end result from that rivalry was the 97 Grand Final and previous to 97 we hadn’t beat them in 13 games is that right yeah I that a guns side see this one here this this these are some great kickoffs that you can remember these are the ones that stand out this one I don’t know if we got a high shot anyway we kicked off there Shane whipy got the ball and bedy hit him on the tri line then Rico went bang and then Timo went bang and then everyone so I kicked off and it landed when landed bounc here we go oh there’s another one this is Dallas Johnson getting cleaned up well this for people saying they have to go low you got to go low on people oh my God he com back on look yeah everyone’s saying you got to tackle low that’s what happens when you tackle low you get knees and hips um but that one before with with Webby so I kicked off soon as the boys hit him I was like and I beat this there’s no way they’re beating this it was a real sign early on this is so good don’t be the kickoff Fred no no no I’m not I’m not here to B the kickoff I love the kickoff s I’m ready I to oh oh and Petro cleans him up with a boot just and there’s one head you don’t coll oh that was awful I used to stand there at the back of the field with Adrian moley oh his head there was just a period there where you get a minute with a front row before they about to tell that when he was running when they were running yeah what would you just be saying he just wared him it was that easy to wind up and he would just run straight as possible he had no footwork and once again you know you just say mate you need to set the standard for the whole game it was such a big moment of the game they are big moments aren’t they huge moments you can set you can set the standard of the game the biggest moment in origin all series is the kickoff for game one yeah mean even calling origin now but that that’s the moment you think about and then you watch the crowd all the lights all the everyone’s cameras on taking photos the great yeah you know what that it needs to be debated we need you need to get ideas from coaches you need to speak to players find out if there’s better Solutions because at some stage someone’s going to try to sue the game don’t play well I’m with you m everyone loves this moment there he is everyone loves this moment the game biggest fol but there’s you know we wouldn’t have got the John Satler coming down on you remember though there’s another 400 500 play the ball so it’s not the only part of the game that’s right so it’s not the only part of the game it’s a great part of the game and everyone who’s involved loves that part of the game but it’s not the only part did I hear a stat that it’s about 3 something per of that’s where the concussions come from kickoff but to your point there there are other collisions within the game if we start if we erode the kickoff then is that it’s only a matter of time before you started rting into those other no there just need to be I think duty of care and at the moment I think you just need to find out percentages and you just need to take a breath and go right is there a way that you can then does this need to actually be looked at or can we do something about it how come the collisions off a long Dropout aren’t the similar do you think because there’s less intensity um maybe because it doesn’t seem to be three guys going in at Force off a long Dropout like a teams go short now I think maybe but I can’t remember off a drop bit more unpredictable where the ball ends like when you’re kicking off it’s easy to kick to a spot then the drop out to spot in it maybe that you sometimes 15 minutes 20 minutes into a game as well you know well when you go back to Chief and spuds theirs wasn’t at the start of the game no anyway let’s talk about Chief and Spud so what about An Origin Camp no there was always on the South Wells props didn’t really get on I can remember time when we’re in a team meeting and I was at lunch or breakfast and I was e and I was sitting with SPID and anyway we started laughing and then I looked over and Chief’s just staring at me because she’s laughing at with SP I it was always there was always frostiness what about in in the leading to the game Newcastle manle lot was very they’re a very antagonizing team man we were you’re not wrong put it politely with boo coach Terry Terry Craig Fields you had Matthew Ridge there’s that much lip going on Terry Hill God God bless him um yeah was was Chief was a bit of extra was he a bit tense yeah yeah Chief was intense Chief the longer the camp got closer to the game that’s when Chief but sorry when he was playing for Newcastle and you planed marle coming up you got no idea you got no idea my front rows back in the day were mad I think they still are was mad but was mad we had Jason Larry Terry Hermanson mate CRA had Quint Quint ponga and LX Johny LX mate Quinton pong Andrew G and uh it was ched Allen gav Allen FR RS were mad M he uh the things he used to say to me at every scrum and he used to call me boy I’m going to get you boy I’m going to do this to you this anyway yes daddy honestly and Quinton pongy was scary scary The Roosters he come the roosters so anyway we eight years after it’s first started we’re playing a test match might have been that test match in England where we got him in Golden extra time 95 we kicked off well he’s don’t be the kickoff and he picked me and charged and I’m like right now or never and I just dropped and going douch and hit him about there and lifted him and ended up on top of him and I went no more boy any he went oh how good’s that so that wouldn’t have happened if they banned the kickoff oh that’s all time the boogy man wouldn’t have stopped boogying me Jee he was tough we lost him a couple of years ago too Terri what he was a good player scary how good is that great Reflections Fred in the eth medal time well no surprise what a performance and you said in commentary Joey that kicking games is close you’ve seen to alen ler he was unbelievable y yep yep y totally unpredictable just looked at space and chased it look at that what a kick he just plays you know what I love how they kick over their knees now they had to change because of the trapping because of the trapping they had to change and they did they found a way well now he’s inside every opposition coaches head every full back’s head they’re thinking I can’t defend in the line Sam walk will kick over me um it was so good to be there to watch him play like an old school halfback with a stick on beard yeah I know he couldn’t grow one couple years ago niik oh hin he killed him he killed him and you know what there was a period of 10 minutes at the start of the game where the ball was in play yeah and you just see canala look comfortable and you could see CRA weren’t looking comfortable and Niko was just Adam in that whole 10 minutes camber just all they could do was actually just hit up hit up for a kick Nik was just Adam atam at and once he broke them camber just couldn’t come back is he ready to play next to Nathan in origin well is there a 58 he’s a halfback I know’ like people say that well he’s mine my two points went to T this was Eric growth senior like what was the tackle breaks do we end up 19 it was a record record no one could tackle him they laded him up with oil look he’ been he’d been to one of those Turkish bars I think you’re lobbying for the job to leather him in oil Freddy this take look at this take that was unbelievable JZ a good player the oil should have worked Sor he is a great player he’s he’s as important to Moses leot and fiser Harris that was his 100th game was it I got this this this lunch Bill’s get expanding we’ve got seven at the top come on lift this week whatever do we get stuck with Sam Walker oh that’s all right we we have to bring Uncle Chris no we’ll get farther down Ben Walker he’s a Fatty’s golfing I know um Chris Walker’s he’s on the straight and arrow now oh I re I reckon you can no no no no no no no one of the great lunatics good fun so Ben and fatty play golf together yeah yeah and they I think it’s pretty competitive like I think it’s yes he’s a good fell Ben Walker Fatty’s all right too but an example of Ben helped coach well pretty much coach see all the way through and it modeled it on 90s halfbacks Stewart um Alfie you see the short kicking game and then you can see how he plays don’t over Coach the kids coming through junior coaches let them play hashtag let the sevens play play do we start a uh W since you a hashtag look at those hash let the sevens play is that a square let’s start a revolution that’s a square start a revolution we’ll get the streets clean very good stories of origin the podcast is back for another season this year it’s origin Through The Eyes of the master Allan Langer and who would ever forget the stunning return back in 2001 this is how it was reported all those years ago looking fit Langer joked about his recall and long flight from England no the jet L’s not a problem M I’ve had a quite a few beers on the way over and slept very well after leaving the Broncos in 1999 and opting to play out his career in England Langer answered a Mayday call from Queensland Coach Wayne Bennett injured maron’s Captain Gordon Talis convinced the ploy is already paying dividends he’s probably the best player that I’ve ever played with so uh I think any worries with like a Elfie lifting at his parents zp switch home it was just like old times Harry and Rita Langer sending their son off footy training it was a bloody surprise me I shouldn’t to swear it was a surprise of our life here oh that’s fantastic what great vision he’s Jimmy Jams he slippers and he’s comodore look like it was 12:00 in the day maybe Al had the old man out on the drink oh wasn’t lying about that I so I had the chance for stories of origin to sort of have an hour with him he doesn’t often talk but it was and he’s he’s a bit shy but once he sort of warms up and he he sort of said you know the comeback greatest week of his life except for the two days at the Brey creeky had with Tommy ronus after it and then he had to jump back on the plane to go and play for Warrington what a performance it’s just you’re playing this game that was my last game and then I came back in 2004 so what was the reaction in the New South Wales Camp when he was picked well who was that who was their halfback who would have been their halfback uh I forget how it all come about Sean Barry on yeah they lost they lost a heap of two injury and I can’t I reckon PA no well I think mate we all knew as a champion always knew he was going to lift but they they played they bashed us that game they gave it to us where do you WR him amongst the great Queens L I always said he was possibly the best club player I’ve ever seen never played for a Str he played in an era where well was Greg Alexander Ricky Stewart uh he got the he started in the Peter Sterling and sort of was on the back of that who was the halfback of the late 80s I’m trying to think in the Australian team would it have been uh sterling sterl sterling tury was that 86 would have been Sterling 90 was Ricky Stewart kangaroo to was you’re talking about so in 90 didn’t he yeah oron possibly the best club player I never played him in his early part of origin we had a pretty good run with against Queensland in the 9s but look at him PA green by the way was a halfback in game two 2001 and I think he may have been injured so you know what the best the best company the best company it’s fabulous story and actually I talked to Ricky for an episode you know that was that was the that was the Rivalry of the 90s wasn’t it Lang of be Stewart it’s a it’s a shame they never played in a grand final Brisbane camber that early ’90s it was funny it’s just they had to pick in in Australia they had to go Stewart Daily I think a couple of times maybe once or twice they went linger daily and it was just the dog’s breakfast yeah right um you know they played one test together in the hes Stuart and Langer Stuart and Langer yeah once wow but then Alfie you had to pick Kevy because kevie knew how Al played and if Al ran there Kevy was there if Al kicked here Kevy knew it was and during the 90s actually Kevy used to come off the bench a lot for the Australian team did he yeah he come on 92 World Cup end UPS throwing the pass to p uh at Wembley 94 I’m pretty sure he come off the bench as well a few times in a I’ve played 5 I’ve played 5’8 outside Al in a test match in New Zealand Str team yes were you playing New Zealand we’re playing New Zealand and I think Kevy pulled out no that was uh Wayne coach didn’t he yeah Wayne coach and I was out too you you didn’t play no I think it was uh yeah I played 58 it was it North Harbor one of those geez i’ never knew that but it was totally different playing well I playing 5’8 didn’t play much 5’8 but playing with alha was just all you did was just following he couldn’t pass that good he couldn’t kick that good but he knew out of win Adam he was just at you he was just at you the all time you just had had to react when he took off you just had to be just supporting him stories of origin the podcast have a look it’s first episode out uh this week last week I think I ruin with him that tour it’s an enjoyable thing to put together boys speaking of har the liver I came home and just put the liver in some vinegar please heal he was such fun he said he never he said he never drunk when he first played origin Alfie they they what a champion L boys now for a player whose career Reon 3 years ago was nearly over with head knocks he’s done a great job to get the most out of himself and the honesty he showed saying I just don’t have the motivation for another um preseason yeah wow had a contract signed it’s going to call time what a selfless decision and that’s the way he played Ultimate Team man one cl Churchill pretty much carried the team that night was that against Melbourne you asked Billy SL he said I was the best kicking game he’s ever been on the end of did IR he caught four balls literally like you know by the time he put his foot out his foot was within centimeters of touching the line he said the whole game was like that there’s a r it was incredible CU Cooper yeah Cooper broke his shoulder with tra picked him with a broken [Applause] shoulder of course he and Adam Reynolds with a hars when South ended that drought he came off the bench pretty sure I remember watching him come off the Ben the bench I think John sudden started at 58 I thought he in might want to check that out I I I was fairly sure that he started at 58 but anyhow um he played two test Australia and actually played an orig game which I you know what I remember the Test match so he played a test match over at Oakland I’m pretty sure was against New Zealand he went on there he carved up within 10 15 minutes they were in front by two or three tries and he got knocked out so he got injured in New Zealand come back is when Jerry Manu took on latr and New Zealand end up winning I thought it was the tongen test he got knocked out I think he played against Tonga no I’m pretty sure remember he got a really bad one in Newcastle yeah one of the saf City one of the safti boys that was a really bad that’s right that was uh before oan we’re going to pick him yeah right and may he got injured a couple of times before origin yeah he did too so injury worked against him big time he end up playing a couple of games yeah had no luck but yeah he would have played much more but yeah that game that SEF got him that was literally the week before I origin I think um you know what we talk about tough guys we just talk about Chap and spot as a as a viewer of the game it’s the little little blacks that are the tough ones aren’t they and he he’s and the big guys always Target them in defense you you’ve got to have the back R was Target yeah Jeff tuvy for instance I pound-for-pound the toughest player ever oh for sure he was ridiculous L tough too tough for his own gooded to just throw his head head at him he’ just get his head in the wrong spot and just actually I can remember he tackled Chief one day and picked him up and literally carried him back 10 15 M I can’t remember what year now it says uh Ki started 5’8 there were the Grand Final y we’re being far too serious I think we need to line it up after the Break um on the way to the break three game series in women’s aing this year the first of them the Thursday of magic round Sun Corp Stadium now wouldn’t you know three game series Freddy two other games in Queensland I know could you imagine it however you can see it all here on N a magic round yeah got to Magic rant go day earlier yeah Thursday night yeah what the second origin the first origin first first of the three games of the women’s is the Thursday night the THS night second in Newcastle and then the third one’s in town sell that in’ll be sell that in Newcastle yep it’s going to be a cracking series you’ll see it all [Music] here teams ready [Music] to power and passion this is intense as foot gets we are ready for origin footage [Music] for the first time in women’s origin history a blockas three match series it’s a huge game for those out on the big stage andal women’s state of origin exclusive live and free only on n and n now bring it on three games for the women three games for the men and it’s great to see women’s origin on the platform it deserves let’s get into our games Thursday night footy good luck Ben HBY rabbito Panthers a core Stadium bit of rain around Sydney she’s going to be a big crowd out there now boys the caretaker coach no and the team winning not good it’s a myth it’s a myth David Middleton the great man sent me these stats since 1998 16 wins from 43 so SE rely on set starts they love Taps to put their set plays on uh from penalties and scrums penr don’t give away penalties and they don’t make Eris so this all points to a pen win I just they’re up against it s we all know that Freddy I they scor they got Moses Le and fer Harris y Nathan second up S MOS is back uh and Tera toa’s back I know they considered 20 points last week that is as good a defensive performance from pen I’ve ever seen they got plent decisions I thought the Cowboys in the a six gathon second half was just yeah they were good they were very good and like when you look at their team sometimes there’s so many new blocks and they just keep funneling them through doing their job how good did Paul alamod go that innocent they must be incredible look you look at Jack coger you know the impact Jack coger had come on and actually steered a grand final win you know with Nathan helped Nathan out a lot in that back yeah 30 minutes whatever he played and then you know goes out to Newcastle gets lost Alam Monte he was the gun kid coming through went to Canby couldn’t get a start in first grade I was talking to an assistant coach who was in around pen there for a while actually no it’s conditioner and he said after training they all just go off in their positions and they do extra work he said obviously you’ve seen Nathan stays out there for an hour hour and a half he said every position they stay he said at other clubs he’s been to especially the clubs down the bottom they finish they’re in they’re gone they’re gone yeah right there’s no hanging around they get in they get their keys and they’re gone Escape get me out of here that’s the sen it’s all the senior players you see the senior players rubs off on everyone becomes a habit just love footy there no one loves it more than Nath it’s a good environment too I got to say you go out there at penth the facility is a great setup you walk from the building straight over to the field and when you want to finish you’re straight into the showers and it’s not the end of the world that their facilities compared to other clubs a B I just mean the setup from a point of view of your setups there your Fields there you walk on and off there’s no one you don’t have to deal with traffic or the public because it’s set off the main road and if you need a bit of downtime there’s always react to one in the leas club Friday night Broncos roosters what a game what a game cob back Ezra man back the man in the middle Victor he’s been named on the extended bench Daniel too last time they met was in vas yeah 2010 he was a remember that he threw a pass Joey Manu over the top I think Brisbane win and win well they are flying Broncos by six wow faster than just [Applause] pass what about that and then it really struggled that day because they had there’s no width they lacked the width it was 5 m short the ground could you imagine if Joseph Mar played when we did in the 90s and how much clean ball he would have got you know who was like him Mary well you think about Mary the way he plays like Jer Manu tall blow Paul McGregor if anyone does could throw the ball around round over the top of BLS sharks sharks on this one what about Shane figan first ever had 60 points put on an anct dat he goes to the Prescott with throwing throwing shots at the sharies it was goal deflection did they talk about the 60 point loss no they just spoke about his comments too good the sharks can stink it up every now and then you’re reckon not this year they haven’t they one game Tigers yeah I know that but one game different sharks outfit you reckon different mentality M they’re flying they’re going good so coming up after this uh they got they got to go to Melbourne yes they play is it Brisbane Brisbane and pen in now they play Magic round is it Brisbane it’s not Brisbane no uh they play the top teams and then they play pen Brisbane play men so magic the the knock on them is they can’t beat the top teams so they knock them over the next month but what I’m saying is I’m GNA judge him on the penth game so they’ll play storm and then I’ll play I’ll find it maybe the roosters they play The Roosters in Magic storm roosters that third one when they pay penth that’s the one where can judge them on where they play two hard games in a row because to win the comp you’ve got to win four hard games in a row and that’s been the knock on they be the Warriors they come from behind to beat them they come from behind to beat the Raiders when they were flying with fgy but M I’m saying the past couple of years yeah past couple of years yeah at the moment there and what they did with camber on the weekend obviously it wasn’t one of the best teams but the 10 cycle they they never they never look like they were you know fatiguing at all they were sharp they getting on their plays I’ll get in position fast I think they’re a good team can they win the comp trying to think they need all their plays they need everything to go their way that’ll be thereabouts uh they need all their forwards will he play again this year don’t know about that um before we go there what happened here I think he’s um getting at the moment yeah yeah but I’m just like what does what does history tell us is this the doping agency no it’s not it’s it’s it’s nothing to do with that I don’t even think there’s been confirmation of that test comeback yet but he’s he’s getting some treatment at the moment so he’s unavailable indefinitely so who was the last person that got caught drink driving I have no idea so you don’t know I have no idea I can’t make that any clearer um how’s your felmer your filmer plums yeah I got a tip for men out there especially men over 40 now I I usually don’t wear underwear it’s the free Bo really but since I’ve had the snip I’ve had to po p plus Underpants is like your nuts spoon in heaven what the fruit the fruit what do you mean the fruit it’s a fruit popour yeah but they get the cream Oh I thought you may put aour Alex mckin used to do just lather it on Alex mckin was a fan of mangoes yeah don’t bring that up lather it on get some underpants on and honestly you will feel the your plums are sending out thank you very much they are in just discovered Underpants for everyone in the world the majority of people Underpants wearer yes he’s not a deant wear want to slap him in anything else that’s my plums not pencil yep over 40 good pair of Underpants good one just one I got oh don’t here we go look Calvin Klein obviously Calvin is a big fan of the show loves it going with a stubble on your Billy buttoned up I’m going to Cook Islands show us again he’s got Rec I I’ve clip it up I’m I’m going to the Cook where you going Sunday night from a 50 f do it there’ll be no Freddy in the E next week what all right there will be who’s go just you and Kate yeah right um there’ll be some Immortal performance who else in the Immortals list could we get in we could we draft in the King get the king to get the king darl what do you get Freddy in the 800th who’s the 800th Immortal do you know who I might ask what about the big man I heard a whisper the whispers are deafening that there may be a footy player who played nrlw for the kns and now plays for the roosters I’ll Filly in for you yeah Millie big shoes to Phil Mill Millie Elliott get your freak on oh Millie Elliot yes fing her food are bigger than yours yeah 100% certainly tougher FR in the for this week I’ve been wound up go and get some por have a great week this year NRL on9 is your One-Stop shop for all that’s right Freddy not about the highlights Action 7 days a week bilon G podcast get them on your drive on the way home Immortal 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