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00:21Hello and welcome to Offsiders, I'm Abbey Jelmy.
00:25It's one of those weekends in sport where fans simply don't know where to look.
00:29In Perth, Australia is dominating the Test match against India, while in Sydney, the
00:33Matildas are getting set for a crucial Asian Cup clash against South Korea.
00:37In Melbourne, the F1 season has started with a bang.
00:41And last night, in Brisbane and Sydney, there were thrilling finishes in the AFL and NRL.
00:49Oh, it's skied, it's straight up, it's over the slips, Corden, and it will be over the
00:54boundary as well.
00:57Annabelle Sutherland creates history here at the Wacker yet again.
01:01Skating off the road and into the fence at high speed goes...
01:07Is that Verstappen?
01:08It is.
01:09Max Verstappen, he is out of the session.
01:11Richard looks up and goes.
01:13He's got Frazier out the back.
01:15Or English!
01:16Wow!
01:16English throws him!
01:17And he struts.
01:19Dogs lead.
01:22What a win for the Western Bulldogs!
01:25And an elegant left foot shot!
01:28He's got it!
01:30The kid has won the game!
01:35Good morning, it's a pleasure to have your company.
01:38It's also a pleasure to have the company of our panel.
01:40I'm joined by Ryan Hoffman, Elyse Keller-Knight and Corbin Middlemass team.
01:43As sports lovers, it is just an absolute smorgasbord, Corbin.
01:47It's arguably the most competitive week to try to get on the back page in the country.
01:51It is incredible, isn't it?
01:52I mean, the first look at so many of the AFL and NRL teams for the new year.
01:56You saw there the women's test match, which is underway in Perth at the WACA ground.
02:00Test cricket back at the WACA, which Abby, you and I as native sandgropers,
02:04there's a special feel to that.
02:06The Asian Cup, as you said, which is on home soil.
02:08And then there's going to be 150,000 people today at Albert Park.
02:12And really for this city here in Melbourne, an incredible stretch too,
02:15where you've got 150,000 going to the Formula One.
02:19Back that up with 80,000 tonight at the MCG.
02:21What are seven hours of sport alone?
02:23Not taking into account everything else going on around the country.
02:26And don't touch your dial if you do hear some cars.
02:27We're just that close to the track that you could probably be hearing it now.
02:30But Elyse, it is for the Matildas.
02:32This is such an important opportunity to potentially win a trophy on home soil.
02:36Do you think it's been hard for them to have the same cut through as the soils of World Cup?
02:40No, I don't.
02:41I think the attendance and the support for the Asian Cup has been awesome.
02:44We've actually already broken the record for tickets sold.
02:46So 250,000 tickets sold already.
02:50So you've broken the record in the group stages.
02:52Yep, absolutely smashed it.
02:53So previously it was held in 2010 from a tournament in China.
02:56So you can show that this tournament that we've held in Australia has really elevated it.
03:00That's phenomenal.
03:01And Ryan, you're here not in Vegas, unfortunate for you.
03:03No, I missed the Vegas trip for the second year in a row, unfortunately.
03:07But the campaign has already started for 2027 to hopefully get myself over there.
03:12But look, another fantastic exhibition of Rugby League over in Las Vegas,
03:17along with the NRL, but also the Super League, just created an amazing atmosphere.
03:21And Peter Volandi's vision of five years of Vegas Rugby League has been fantastic in its first three years.
03:26So looking forward to the next two.
03:27And global domination is the next vision, I think.
03:30He wants it.
03:31And so far what we've seen with Peter Volandi is that what Peter wants, he gets.
03:36So look, who knows, would the next five years after Vegas be Miami?
03:40Will it be London?
03:41Will it be Singapore?
03:42You don't know.
03:43But I wouldn't put anything past him.
03:45I don't know that PVL will love this because we are going to start with the AFL
03:48and the Bulldogs were upset by Premier's Brisbane by five points in a thriller
03:51and the gather last night.
03:53Corbyn, the match had incredible intensity for an opening match, didn't it?
03:57And Brisbane, would we say this is a Premiership hangover?
04:00I wouldn't go that far.
04:02I actually think this last night was good on good.
04:04So there's lots to like about both these teams out of last night.
04:08Keep in mind, by the way, the Western Bulldogs are five weeks more advanced than the Brisbane Lions.
04:12The Lions played in the grand final.
04:14The Bulldogs had the early holiday after not qualifying for the finals.
04:16They became the first 14-win team not to make it.
04:19And so they've had the extra pre-season to be ready to go on this night.
04:23And in the end, 1-11 beats 1-06.
04:25And the side that ends up winning the game kicks eight of the last 11 goals,
04:28come from 26 points down to beat the two-time reigning Premiers on their home patch.
04:32It was a tremendous game of footy.
04:34What a way to start.
04:35And I think we're going to be talking a whole lot about those two teams the whole way through.
04:39We love a high-scoring game.
04:40What we don't like is seeing stars ruled out very early in the season.
04:43And Harris Andrews is going to have something to answer for this.
04:46It was a bit of a stray elbow, let's say, on Artie Jones.
04:48And in the old matrix for the MRO, this would have been three or nothing.
04:52Yeah.
04:52He's either guilty or he's not.
04:54I think the fact that he looks back over his shoulder here,
04:56he knows that Artie Jones is there.
04:57Clearly, he's not trying to hit him with the elbow.
04:59He's trying to put a block on and stop his run.
05:01But he's got it wrong, and he's going to be culpable for that.
05:04We've got a player that's concussed.
05:05That comes back as severe under the matrix.
05:07As I said, in the old world, that would be automatic three,
05:10at least as a starting point.
05:11I think there's a world now that the MRO has the ability to downgrade that
05:15for accidents and circumstances like this.
05:17I think he's probably looking at about one to two weeks.
05:20Yeah, the Lions are also looking like they'll be without
05:21humour cluggage for a while.
05:22So a few concerns there for what their team will look like
05:24in the coming weeks.
05:25But a feature of opening round has been seeing stars in new colours.
05:29I mean, yesterday, former Demon Clayton Oliver featured in the
05:31Giants midfield that steamrolled Hawthorne.
05:34He looked fit, refreshed, and it has to be said happy
05:36after a move to the north.
05:38As does Christian Petrarca, who ran riot for the Suns
05:41against Geelong on Friday night.
05:43Then you have Charlie Curnow just bagging a casual three
05:46for the Swans in his new colours.
05:48They've all gone to strong teams.
05:50And it feels like there's been a real power shift to the north,
05:53particularly with these big names.
05:54Yeah, once upon a time, everyone wanted to come to Melbourne
05:56and play for the big teams in front of the big crowds.
05:58And now it's, let's go to the warmer climates, play up there,
06:01a little bit off-Broadway.
06:02It's not the same kind of attention.
06:04This was the performance, I think, that really stood out,
06:07the Christian Petrarca one.
06:08He's only 30 years of age, and yet because he had the catastrophic
06:11injury at Melbourne and that really soured the latter stages
06:14of his days there, I think people felt like, you know,
06:16the Gold Coast were almost getting damaged goods.
06:18The fact that he's come out and capable of doing that,
06:21the highest-rated game of his career,
06:22they've got themselves a four-carat diamond.
06:24This guy's a star.
06:25And really, if you thought the Gold Coast were just going to be okay,
06:28they're going to be better than that.
06:29It's amazing what you get with players sometimes.
06:31Sometimes the change is as good as a holiday,
06:33and you can get that refreshness.
06:35Just experiencing something, having a new pre-season,
06:38listening to different coaches, it can really refresh a player.
06:40And I think with those three players we've highlighted,
06:42that's exactly what we've seen.
06:44A change of venue, a change of state, it can really invigorate.
06:47The change of state to the Gold Coast, though.
06:48Gold Coast, notoriously difficult to have cut-through, though,
06:52particularly for the NRL.
06:53It is, but I think with what Dim is doing up there,
06:55he's creating an atmosphere, an almost insular Melbourne-type atmosphere
07:00up there on the Gold Coast, leading into what they're about,
07:03but also keeping players' heads on the ground
07:05and being a strong taskmaster that he is,
07:08has really put Gold Coast on stead for a good year.
07:11And, I mean, it has to be said,
07:12the AFL having an opening round in the northern states,
07:15where they all perform well,
07:16and the reigning premiers are the only ones that stumble it.
07:18It would have to be a win for the AFL.
07:20Yeah.
07:20I mean, the first two games were perhaps a little bit worried.
07:23They were entertaining games.
07:24There was a huge swing on night one,
07:25but, you know, one was ten goals, the other one was nine goals,
07:28and yet yesterday it roared to life.
07:30So the Giants, missing eight of their stars, win.
07:32And last night in particular.
07:34I mean, both teams scored three figures
07:36and ultimately the reigning premiers get rolled,
07:38having led the game by 26.
07:39So I think the AFL will be happy with that.
07:42They're going to get 80,000 there tonight,
07:43St Kilda and Collingwood.
07:45So only ten of the 18 teams.
07:47I'm still in the basket that I'd love to see every team play
07:50to open the season.
07:51I think there's a way we can do that
07:52and still put the spotlight on the northern states
07:54at the start of the weekend.
07:56But it's not a bad compromise.
07:58Five games of footy to get us underway.
07:59Well, we've talked about stars being on show
08:01and, I mean, we can't compete with Vegas, can we?
08:03But this is a little bit of star power
08:05that we actually saw in Sydney.
08:07Tom Hanks giving the old goal umpire salute.
08:10Did anyone think I did not have Tom Hanks
08:13at the showgrounds on my bingo card for 2026 Corbin?
08:16I did not see this coming.
08:18So I'm told he's there filming Greyhound 2.
08:21I know the guys on the ABC commentary yesterday
08:23had a lot of fun trying to mix current players' names
08:26into famous titles of Tom Hanks films over the years
08:29and so it did provide a little bit of fodder
08:32and, yeah, certainly he knows where the cameras are.
08:34The TV cameras were able to find him yesterday.
08:37Have you got a favourite Tom Hanks film?
08:38Is there one that sort of stands out?
08:39I'm really excited for it.
08:40If it is Greyhound 2 that he's filming,
08:42I loved the first one.
08:43It was an absolute cracker.
08:44You've got to go with Forrest Gump, don't you?
08:46Run, Forrest, run.
08:47No.
08:48No, Blake?
08:50No, you're like...
08:50I'm out of this.
08:51I wasn't a fan of Thomas or Forrest Gump.
08:53What?
08:54Yeah, no, no, no.
08:55I'll die on that hill.
08:55Okay, okay.
08:56Well, we will take this.
08:57We're going a bit beyond offsiders now
08:59so we will talk about this afterwards
09:00because we will move on...
09:01David and Margaret.
09:02We will move on to the NRL
09:04and the Canberra-Manly clash last night
09:07was an absolute cracker.
09:09Two late tries and a penalty goal to Manly.
09:11Forced golden point before Ethan Sanders
09:13got the Raiders home.
09:14Now, the Raiders were one of the surprise packets
09:16of last season, Ryan,
09:18but they've started out so strongly again.
09:20Are they the real deal?
09:21Are they contenders?
09:21I mean, we know the Panthers are going to be contenders.
09:24We know the Broncos are going to be strong.
09:25Can we this early in the season go,
09:27hang on, they're going to be there or thereabouts?
09:29Well, they were the real deal last year to be quite honest.
09:31They were the most consistent team all season
09:33and it took an unbelievable game
09:35in the first semifinal against Brisbane
09:37to really put the handbrake on their season.
09:40A game that they thought they had already won twice
09:41and I thought it was going to be very similar last night
09:44with them thinking they had the game won
09:46in the final seconds
09:48until a penalty goal after the siren
09:50to let Manly kick two points
09:52and send it into extra time.
09:54I was getting worried that, you know,
09:55it was going to be deja vu for them again.
09:57But look, it's a lot being spoken about
09:59their new halves combination,
10:00a very young halves combination
10:02with Ethan Sanders and Ethan Strange.
10:04But look, both of those players
10:06stood up really well tonight
10:07going up against former Canberra player Jamal Fogarty.
10:10But look, I think it was an occasion of
10:15Canberra really cementing themselves
10:16and reinforcing what Ricky Stewart is about.
10:18He wants to be a tough, resilient team
10:20and I think the worry from that
10:22was they lost a lot of confidence
10:23from that Brisbane game last year.
10:25The game of the century, they were calling it.
10:28It was an unbelievable game of rugby league.
10:30But last night they still showed that resilience,
10:33they still showed that fight back
10:34to get the win
10:35and a great confidence boost for their young half.
10:38I mean, it is a really strong way to start the season
10:39and on the flip side,
10:40the Broncos were completely humbled by Penrith.
10:4326 to nil was the loss,
10:45making it the biggest by defending Premier
10:47that we've seen in 38 years.
10:49And the Broncos, just like a box of chocolates,
10:51you never know what you're going to get, Ryan.
10:52Yeah, certainly.
10:53Well done, Abby.
10:54Very well done.
10:55But look, I think this says a lot more
10:57about Penrith than what it does about Brisbane.
10:59I think Penrith, they're hurting.
11:01They're used to playing in grand finals.
11:03They didn't get to the grand final last year.
11:04They really wanted to start the season with a bang
11:07and flex their muscles.
11:08I'm not worried about Brisbane.
11:10And knowing Malcolm Maguire as a coach
11:12and knowing the talent that they have on the team,
11:14he'll get them back on the right track.
11:17It's not the way they wanted to start the year,
11:18but let's not forget they did go to England
11:20for the World Club show.
11:21It's not an excuse,
11:22but I reckon we'll see the benefits of Brisbane
11:24in rounds four and five.
11:26But Penrith take a bow.
11:28They're once again showing why they've got one of the best systems in rugby league
11:31where after a major disappointment in not making another grand final last year,
11:35they start the season with a bang up north in Brisbane.
11:37We did see the star team seemingly play in Australia
11:40while some lower teams were, lower teams, it's an unfortunate term,
11:43but teams that didn't perform as well last season were playing in Vegas.
11:46Do you think that the NRL got that right?
11:49I think with how it works around,
11:52I mean they had two very well supported teams,
11:54both the Bulldogs and the Dragons.
11:57They're two of the most supported teams in rugby league.
12:00Look, I think the NRL did get it right with the teams that they're sending.
12:03It's going to be interesting next year
12:05because there's five teams remaining and only four spots.
12:08But look, I think what they've done is they're trying to do it
12:12so you do get a bit of a rivalry game over in Vegas
12:14and that's what they did with the Doggies and the Dragons.
12:16And we do need to talk about the Storm because it's death taxes
12:19and seemingly Storm winning in round one
12:21because they had another emphatic win.
12:22I did not see that coming.
12:24To be honest, being a staunch Storm man,
12:26I was a bit worried about Thursday night thinking
12:29Parramatta, another pre-season, they finished off last year so well
12:32I thought they were going to hit their straps come round one
12:35but they were very disappointing.
12:37They were extremely disappointing and for Jason Riles it's deja vu
12:41because they had 50 put on them round one last year
12:44and it was an absolute clinic by the Storm
12:46and a great effort from a lot of players who fill in the jerseys
12:49of fellas who are injured or have been suspended
12:53and a very pleasing start for Craig Bellamy.
12:55What do you make of the fact that the NRL really their first game
12:58in Australia is here in Melbourne
13:00and the Australian rules are obviously starting their season up in Sydney?
13:03It feels like the Battle of the Codes.
13:04I don't know if it's a Volandis thing we're hearing from him more and more
13:06but do you feel like the Battle of the Codes is as hot as it ever has been?
13:09I think it is and can't we all just get along?
13:13The ALF or the AFL whatever PVL calls it.
13:16It has a place but everyone wants to launch seasons in everyone else's backyard
13:20but look very strong crowd down here in Melbourne obviously with a huge weekend
13:24and the AFL are doing well up north so look I think they complement each other really really well.
13:30I mean let's get to football now because the Matildas are happy for everyone to play within themselves
13:34because they are the most popular team in the country
13:36and their Asian Cup campaign continues tonight against South Korea.
13:40Now both teams are through to the quarterfinals but there's quite a bit riding on this game
13:44because a win would allow the Tillys to avoid a tricky quarterfinal against the likes of China.
13:49They will be without Hayley Razo who is out with a concussion
13:53but looks strong in the 4-0 win over Iran on Thursday.
13:58Elyse, where are we seeing this team at?
13:59Because it's been, obviously we've only had wins to this point
14:02but they haven't been as emphatic as we perhaps would have hoped.
14:04I think the squad is building very nicely.
14:07We are on track for a great game tonight.
14:09So to kind of sum up the situation, the team have labelled this as a must win.
14:14They know how important tonight is to win
14:16even though we've already qualified through the quarters.
14:18It's pretty much a game against China ranked 17th in the world
14:22versus a game against a Chinese Taipei, Vietnam type team
14:27ranked outside 40 in the world.
14:29It's a big different scenario for us.
14:31So obviously there's a lot on the line.
14:33We haven't really been challenged yet in this tournament.
14:36First game 1-0 against the Philippines.
14:37Second game 4-0 against Iran.
14:40We've had great squad rotation.
14:41We've used 20 out of the 26 players.
14:43So we've given everyone minutes.
14:45I'm hoping to see the other players get on the field tonight.
14:48But the biggest issue for us has been the goalkeeping issue.
14:51It's been so topical.
14:52So I'm curious to see if Arnold will be back fit tonight.
14:55She's had a minor calf that she's been dealing with.
14:58So, I mean, I would assume that Jo's rested her for these first two games
15:02with the assumption she'll be ready tonight
15:03because she will be tested tonight.
15:05Elise, the 2022 Asian Cup.
15:08So we played Korea.
15:09We lost the quarter-final and that was the end of the tournament.
15:12I think you were back in the team not long after that.
15:14I've heard a couple of the players speak in the lead-up to this game.
15:17And you mentioned not just the opponent,
15:19but I think if we lose tonight or the result doesn't go our way,
15:22we could end up in Perth for a quarter-final as opposed to playing in Sydney.
15:24So there's less travel and everything else.
15:26But how much of that is a motivating factor to this group, do you think?
15:29In a four-year cycle, waiting to get to the next Asian Cup,
15:32knowing that not only we owe Korea one, but we feel like we're capable of more.
15:35And this was the team that stopped us last time.
15:37Yeah, I mean, we were really disappointed with the 2022 performance.
15:41Bombing out in a quarter-final was subpar for what is expected of the team.
15:45We'd been in a final since pre-2006, essentially.
15:48We've been coming first and second in this tournament for a long time.
15:51Winning in 2010, in fact.
15:53So the feelings after that tournament were immense disappointment
15:57and the fact that we're coming up against the team who actually knocked us out.
16:00When he see Jisoo Yuen put away that gold that we eventually lost 1-0 to.
16:07Yeah, this is a moment to kind of rectify all that and get one over them.
16:10We actually played them in two friendlies last year.
16:12We had two wins over them.
16:14So a 1-0 and a 2-0.
16:15So the confidence is with us.
16:17Historically, head-to-head, we've had four wins, one draw and one loss.
16:20So the favour is towards Australia.
16:22So I'm expecting a win tonight.
16:24Yeah, we hope that trajectory certainly continues.
16:26But a sad part of the Asian Cup has been the plight of Iran's players
16:29as war continues at their home.
16:31They stayed silent during the national anthem early in the week
16:35after they were labelled wartime traitors on Iran's state television.
16:39They sang the anthem before the match against Australia on Thursday.
16:42Now, what happens to them when this tournament finishes
16:45is just one of the big questions.
16:47And Foreign Minister Penny Wong was asked about the team's future
16:50on Insiders a little earlier this morning.
16:52We know this regime has brutally oppressed many Iranian women.
16:58And we stand in solidarity with the men and women of Iran,
17:03and particularly Iranian women and girls.
17:06I don't want to get into commentary about the Iranian women's team.
17:13I appreciate you don't want to put them or their families back home
17:15in any greater danger here.
17:17But can I ask, has the government been able to have any direct contact
17:20with these players without their minders?
17:23I can't comment on that.
17:26Sometimes in these circumstances, Elisa,
17:28a non-answer is an answer in itself.
17:30Is this just showing how delicate this situation is?
17:32Yeah, it's been, it's a very sensitive topic.
17:35I mean, everyone's pretty much operating out of fear at the moment.
17:39Everyone's too scared to say anything.
17:40Everyone's too scared to do anything.
17:42At the moment, we're all very fearful for what is going to happen
17:46to these Iranian players when they do eventually return home.
17:49Because I'm assuming they do want to go home.
17:50That's where their families are.
17:52That's where they are from.
17:53And there has been media precautions put in place for press conferences.
17:57There's been lots of layers that have had to happen around the tournament.
17:59Yeah, I mean, it's interesting to think of it from a journalist's point of view.
18:03There's been caution given to them.
18:05You know, be careful of the questions that you're asking.
18:07You've got to put player welfare at full mind.
18:11You know, you're putting these players in a position
18:13where they have to answer questions
18:14that is essentially going to put their families in danger back home.
18:18So there's been a bit of a censor
18:20around how media press conferences have been run at the Asian Cup,
18:23which I think is really good.
18:25But it's certainly a delicate and very sensitive topic at the moment.
18:28Yeah, and I think we use the term brave very liberally in sport,
18:31but really to continue playing in a tournament
18:32when there's this much happening in your lives at home,
18:35they've really been phenomenal, haven't they?
18:37So brave. I mean, the fact that they didn't sing the anthem
18:40in that first opening game was a real statement.
18:43There's been history of this happening as well.
18:46Back in 2022 at the Men's World Cup,
18:48the male team also didn't sing the anthem.
18:51And then there were reports after this informing
18:53that their families had been threatened and et cetera, et cetera.
18:57And then, of course, next game, you see them obliging and singing the anthem.
19:01And that's what we saw in this tournament as well.
19:03So I think the salute also says something in terms of the force behind
19:07them having to do this type of thing.
19:09Well, we certainly hope that, of course, that things progress well for them.
19:13And we hope that they and their families are safe.
19:15And we also hope the Tillys have a much-needed win this afternoon.
19:18But we will move on to the Australian Grand Prix
19:20because it will be run and won at Albert Park today
19:22with the new rules and hybrid engines to be a major talking point.
19:26Now McLaren have some work to do with Aussie Oscar Piastri starting in fifth.
19:30And Lando Norris is going to be in sixth on the grid for the season opener.
19:34And Piastri spoke after qualifying yesterday about the massive gap in the field
19:38between Mercedes and everyone else.
19:40Obviously, we need to find a bit of time
19:44because the sandbags well and truly got dropped out.
19:46So we looked like we were in the mix for pole
19:49and then at P3 we got blown out of the water.
19:53That's about as much emphasis and character you get out of Oscar Piastri as well.
19:56You can tell that he's like, look, it wasn't bad, but it wasn't great.
19:59But can you explain to us, Corbin,
20:00there's been so many changes to the cars between seasons
20:03that as Aussies we watched Oscar and thought,
20:05oh, this year he's going to be out of challenge again.
20:07It's not that simple, is it?
20:09Not at the start. I think he will be in the long run.
20:11So you mentioned the hybrid engines.
20:13The good thing is Mercedes have the best engine
20:15and that's what Oscar Piastri is using.
20:17So the McLarens have the Mercedes engines.
20:20The reason why the silver arrows are so strong at the start of the season
20:23and we've seen them obviously on the front of the grid here
20:24is that they're more advanced in the other developments
20:27that are going on in the car.
20:28So I think McLaren will get there as the year progresses.
20:32Whether it happens this weekend or not is another thing.
20:34I spoke to Tim Hodges about this, who's one of my colleagues
20:36and he's forgotten more about motorsport than I'll ever know.
20:38But he spoke about the fact that, look,
20:41if Oscar Piastri finishes the race today,
20:43he will be on the podium if he's able to do that.
20:48So I think that's the big question today is the attrition rate.
20:51It's early in the season.
20:53There's so much unknown about these cars
20:55and we've even seen that yesterday.
20:56Verstappen obviously not even able to post a qualifying lap
20:59in his round yesterday.
21:02He's been very outspoken about the fact he's not into the rule changes,
21:05but why would you like change when you've been good for so long, right?
21:07And that's it.
21:08So one, we don't know how the cars are going to play.
21:11Two, we've got no idea how they're going to go under race conditions,
21:13which is completely different again.
21:15So it feels like we're going to learn a whole lot today
21:17at the start of the season when it comes to these cars.
21:19And for Piastri, it sort of feels like it's almost secondary
21:24leading into the new season.
21:25I don't know if that helps or hinders him around the fact
21:27that it's his home Grand Prix.
21:28I mean, often in the past when we've had a driver in contention,
21:31whether it was Ricciardo or Webber before him,
21:33it's almost been, you know, can they handle the pressure
21:35and the expectation of the home Grand Prix?
21:37I feel like so much of that is secondary or even, you know,
21:40tertiary or whatever it turns out to be somewhere down the line
21:42in terms of factors today.
21:43First things, how do we get the car through to complete the race
21:46and then we'll worry about all of that somewhere down the line?
21:49Well, it shows our margin of errors are so small.
21:52If he finishes, he's got to be on the podium.
21:54But the question is if he finishes.
21:56And we know that he was devastated
21:57that he actually didn't finish last season as well
21:59because there was a lot of pressure on him, isn't he?
22:00He didn't finish at his home race.
22:01He's a Brighton boy, so he grew up around the corner from the track
22:04and Albert Park is so special for him.
22:06But Corbin, as we were just talking about global politics
22:09and how it's affecting the Matildas
22:10and obviously the Asian Cup campaign,
22:13so too it may affect the GP
22:14because there's questions about whether or not
22:16we might actually get back to back from prison.
22:18Melbourne, is this an actual story?
22:20So the next two races are sort of over to Asia for China and Japan
22:24and then races four and five of the season are currently slated in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
22:29Now, you put your finger in the wind with what's going on in the world,
22:31you'd think that those two races, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, are unlikely.
22:35I understand the Ellen Government has said all the right things about, you know,
22:38we want to keep the door open
22:39and the possibility about holding a second race
22:41and whatever it turns out to be.
22:43I would say it's almost a 0% chance, as it stands right now,
22:46that Australia will get a second Grand Prix.
22:470.01, you're telling me there is a slight...
22:51You think they'd have to keep this set up for like multiple weeks
22:53and go and ask any resident, knock on a door in Elbert Park
22:56and ask them what they think about the fact the race is set up
22:58and even though there's 150,000 people and everything else.
23:01And where the Victorian Government, you know,
23:03who, you know, financially have their issues at the moment,
23:05get banged for their buck is the fact that, you know,
23:06people come in from around Australia and around the world for this race.
23:09I'm not sure with a short run-in in three weeks
23:11whether you're actually going to get that same kind of return for the city.
23:14So I think it would be extremely unlikely,
23:17as much as I would love to see it.
23:20So I guess my advice would be, Abby, is to enjoy today
23:23because it might be 12 months until we get another chance to do it again.
23:26Alright, alright, I thought I'd better ask the question.
23:28We will move on now because we're going to move to cricket
23:30and Australia is dominating the Test match against India in Perth
23:33with Annabelle Sutherland scoring her third consecutive Test century.
23:38India trails by 20 runs with four second innings wickets in hands.
23:42So the match, let's be honest, will well and truly probably be over today.
23:45Sutherland has six wickets for the match in a complete performance
23:49and she really is the heartbeat of this team now, Corbyn.
23:52She's incredible and her test form in particular.
23:56You've got to remember in the women's game,
23:57you might play like a Test match a calendar year.
23:59If you're lucky, you might get a couple.
24:00And she's scored three consecutive Test hundreds now.
24:03And that actually makes it more...
24:04It's giving Elise Perry.
24:05But it makes it more impressive for me given how limited cricket
24:08that the women get the chance to play.
24:10So it's not as if, for example,
24:12it's always great to score three Test hundreds however you do it,
24:14but you could get on a hot streak, for example, and you're in form
24:16and you peel off runs against, you know, a lesser opponent
24:18or whatever it turns out to be.
24:19Her first hundred she made 210.
24:21She waited 11 months.
24:23Second hundred 163.
24:24Thirteen months later comes out and scores 129 here.
24:27So, remember in cricket it takes one ball to get you out
24:30and yet somehow she's able to peel off, you know,
24:32century knock after century knock every time she turns out
24:34in the white clothing.
24:35So, she's a special player.
24:36Lazy six wickets to go along with it.
24:38And I think India need another 20 runs just to make the Aussies bat again.
24:42So, they're miles behind in this game.
24:43Talking about special players, Elisa Healey.
24:45It's been a bit of a farewell tour, but this will be her final game
24:47and it seems fitting that she's going to do it in the whites.
24:49My question is, as the captain, are you in a position
24:52to put yourself up the batting order to make sure she has another swing?
24:55I think it would be un-Australian if she doesn't.
24:57How do you see it?
24:58You guys are the former athletes.
24:59How would you feel if your team mate said,
25:01hey, go out there, it's your last time and get the winning runs?
25:03She usually bats at four.
25:05What would it look like?
25:06Yeah, pushing her up the order.
25:07If I'm her teammate, I'm pushing her up.
25:08She's up there.
25:09Yeah, it would be a case of peer pressure
25:10because I imagine, as he said, the peers would be pushing her up to open
25:15and have a bit of a swing to finish it off,
25:17but I'm sure she'd love it for the average to finish up not out.
25:20She's a character too, isn't she?
25:22She'll be so missed.
25:23There's this playfulness about Elisa Healey that I think
25:26it just will be irreplaceable.
25:28I mean, to think, you know, Lanning, Healey, Perry,
25:31you think, oh, I mean, with the history of Australian women's cricket,
25:35and I'm going to forget people, but, you know, Belinda Clarke,
25:37you sort of think if you're trying to sort of mount a,
25:40sort of a Mount Rushmore for an American term
25:42on, you know, the greatest women's cricketers we've ever had,
25:44there's a chance you could have three of them in the same generation
25:46in what they've been able to do and, you know,
25:49the evolution that women's cricket's taken while they've all been there.
25:52So, Lanning's still playing, but in domestic cricket,
25:54we're losing Healey from the international stage here.
25:58It's sad to see them all go out in and around the same time.
26:01And yet, as we talked about with Annabel Sutherland,
26:03I think Australian women's cricket's still going to be in pretty good hands.
26:05Yeah, they are in very good hands.
26:06But it is one of those ones that I just can't believe
26:08that we're seeing the end of her era,
26:09because it's been such a special one.
26:11But it is time to move on to observations.
26:12Ryan, we'll start with you.
26:13There's a big one going on right now in the World Baseball Classic.
26:17Australia, they're playing Japan tonight.
26:20The tournament is being held in Japan,
26:22and it's just been an amazing thing for Australia.
26:24Australia are 2-0 after being number two seed Chinese Taipei,
26:283-0 in the first game.
26:29On the back of a Travis Benazza bomb.
26:32Let's not think, Benazza is a...
26:35He was the number one draft pick in the 2024 MLB draft,
26:39a very high prospect in the Cleveland Guardians organisation.
26:43But tonight they play Japan.
26:45They kick off at 9 o'clock tonight,
26:46which will be a huge game.
26:48There is...
26:48Last time Australia played Japan,
26:50there was 40 million people watching.
26:51Twice the population of Australia.
26:55And I think for the ticket sales for this game,
26:57there are 380,000 people waiting in the queue
26:59to get tickets for 20,000 tickets to go see this game.
27:02So it's going to be huge, 9 o'clock tonight.
27:04And Otani, just a small name that will be competing in the game?
27:06Just a tiny one, along with Yamamoto, his Dodgers team mate.
27:10They'll be pitching and batting tonight.
27:12So if you can get a watch, it'll be very, very exciting.
27:15Will you be staying up?
27:16Oh, definitely.
27:16Love my baseballs.
27:17You'll be staying up.
27:18Elise, over to you.
27:19In recognition of International Women's Day,
27:22I think I'd just like to call out the fact
27:24that there's a big pay discrepancy
27:26for this AFC women's tournament
27:28that we're watching at the moment.
27:29So at the moment, the prize packet for the women is 1.8 mil.
27:34So they'll be shared amongst all of the teams,
27:37compared to a 14.8 mil for the men.
27:39So we're essentially, as females, getting 12% of the pay package.
27:43So the player unions are making pressure on AFC
27:46to try and close that gap at the moment.
27:48I don't think I have anything to add to that,
27:49except for Happy International Women's Day.
27:51And hopefully we do see some change there.
27:52Corbyn, over to you.
27:54Dennis Cometti.
27:55Yeah.
27:55The Australian Football Hall of Famer.
27:57I mean, what a career that he had, sadly, leaving us on Wednesday morning.
28:03But that smooth, velvet voice, the quick wit, the Cometti-isms,
28:08as they became known, his turn of phrase over the years.
28:11And it's been a sad week, but it's also been an uplifting week
28:16to be able to know that, you know, Dennis Cometti's legacy is secured
28:19in the history of the game and the way that we'll remember him
28:22and talk about him so fondly for years to come.
28:24And to be able to see everyone this week sharing their favourite Cometti-isms.
28:27I sort of remember growing up in WA as you did ABS
28:30and he used to have a whole lot of fun with the Carr brothers
28:32where Josh Carr, of course, and Matt Carr, his brother.
28:35I remember one day they tackled one another
28:37and they were both number nine
28:38and Dennis very quickly comes out with the line
28:40that it's a two-car collision both with the same rego.
28:43It's immaculate.
28:44And then James Walker, who was a teammate of Matt Carr
28:46back in the Fremantle days, you can imagine he had some fun there
28:49saying, you know, Walker to Carr, now that's progress.
28:53He was just an icon.
28:55He's someone that, again, coming from Perth,
28:56we knew that he was so heavily involved in the NBL as well.
28:59He absolutely loved it.
29:00So we will give a bit of a shout-out now to the Townsville Fire,
29:03who won the WNBL Championship as well.
29:06And in the NBL we have the Wildcats,
29:08who will be taking on the Sydney Kings,
29:09because we know who our quarter-finalists are.
29:11And at South East Melbourne,
29:12who will be taking on the Adelaide 36ers
29:14in the men's side of the program as well.
29:16But as you mentioned, Dennis Cometti,
29:17just someone who, he was almost Oprah in Perth.
29:20He went by one name, Dennis,
29:21and everyone knew who you were talking about
29:23and he is just such a special commentator.
29:25But team, thank you so much for your time today.
29:27How difficult it was to get through that many sports in half an hour
29:29is well played, but that's all we will leave you with.
29:32And despite the sadness, as Corbin mentioned,
29:34of his passing, it's been a joy
29:36to relive some magical Dennis Cometti commentary over the week.
29:39Here are some of our favourites.
29:40Thanks for watching.
29:42Brennan finds it on the ground.
29:44Is he carried forward?
29:45No.
29:46Wilson, like a cork in the ocean over his head.
29:50Oh, my word!
29:52Grundy.
29:53Oh, this is interesting.
29:55It's a main event in any stadium in the world.
29:58Jenna pursued by Rioli.
30:00Rioli can't go with him.
30:02Jenna wins the gold medal.
30:04Big kick is on the way.
30:05He's touched it to a nicety.
30:08Ho, ho.
30:10Sentimentary.
30:11Rebound in the middle.
30:12Calling for the football.
30:14Schneider will give it to Rebound.
30:16He will.
30:16Rebound runs in.
30:18Touched up the ball.
30:19Oh, my goodness.
30:21It came up behind him like a librarian.
30:24He never heard of it.
30:26That surprised everybody else in the library of chatting.
30:28Like the name of Herrera is what he'sare body.
30:30Yeah, let's do it.
30:31Great.
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