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Offsiders 2026 03 08 Episode 3 Engsub
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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.
00:32While in Sydney, the Matildas 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.
00:53And it will be over the boundary as well.
00:56Well, Annabelle Sutherland creates history here at the WACA 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.
01:12Richards looks up and goes.
01:13He's got Frazier out the back.
01:15For English, English throws him.
01:17In his cross.
01:19Dogs lead.
01:22What a win for the Western Bulldogs.
01:25And an elegant left foot shot.
01:28He's got A.
01:30The kid has won the game.
01:36Good morning.
01:36It'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 Corbyn, Middlemass team.
01:43As sports lovers, it is just an absolute smorgasbord, Corbyn.
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,
02:16where you've got 150,000 going to the Formula One.
02:19Back that up with 80,000 tonight at the MCG.
02:21What a 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, Elise, 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 we saw as a World
02:40Cup?
02:41No, 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.
03:04No, 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, along with the NRL, but also the Super
03:19League, 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.
03:28And 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?
03:37Would 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 PBL will love this, because we are going to start with the AFL.
03:48And the Bulldogs were upset by Premiers Brisbane by five points in a thriller and the Gabba last night.
03:53Corbin, 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.
04:05So 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.
04:13The Bulldogs had the early holiday after not qualifying for the finals.
04:17They 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 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.
04:52He's either guilty or he's not.
04:54I think the fact that he looks back over his shoulder here, he knows that Artie Jones is there.
04:58Clearly, 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.
05:02And 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, at least as a starting point.
05:11I think there's a world now that the MRO has the ability to downgrade that for accidents and circumstances like
05:17this.
05:18I think he's probably looking at about one to two weeks.
05:20Yeah, the line's also looking like they'll be without him or cluggage for a while.
05:22So a few concerns there for what their team will look like in 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 Giants midfield that steamrolled Hawthorne.
05:34He looked fit, refreshed and, it has to be said, happy after a move to the north.
05:38As does Christian Petrarca, who ran riot for the Suns against Geelong on Friday night.
05:43Then you have Charlie Curnow just bagging a casual three for the Swans in his new colours.
05:48They've all gone to strong teams.
05:50And it feels like, Corbin, there's been a real power shift to the north, particularly with these big names.
05:54Yeah, once upon a time, everyone wanted to come to Melbourne and play for the big teams in front of
05:58the big crowds.
05:58And now it's, let's go to the warmer climates, play up there, a little bit off-Broadway.
06:02It's not the same kind of attention.
06:04This was the performance, I think, that really stood out, the Christian Petrarca one.
06:08He's only 30 years of age.
06:10And yet, because he had the catastrophic injury at Melbourne, and that really soured the latter stages of his days
06:15there,
06:15I think people felt like, you know, the Gold Coast were almost getting damaged goods.
06:19The fact that he's come out and capable of doing that, the highest-rated game of his career,
06:23they've got themselves a four-carat dom, and this guy's a star.
06:26And really, if you thought the Gold Coast were just going to be OK, they're going to be better than
06:29that.
06:29It's amazing what you get with players sometimes.
06:31Sometimes a change is as good as a holiday, and you can get that refreshness.
06:35Just experiencing something, having a new pre-season, listening to different coaches,
06:39it can really refresh a player.
06:40And I think with those three players we've highlighted, that'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.
06:49Gold Coast, notoriously difficult to have cut-through, though.
06:52Particularly for the NRL.
06:53It is, but I think with what Dimmer's doing up there, he's creating an atmosphere,
06:57an almost insular Melbourne-type atmosphere up there on the Gold Coast,
07:02leaning into what they're about, but also keeping players' heads on the ground
07:05and being a strong taskmaster that he is, has really put Gold Coast on stead for a good year.
07:11And, I mean, it has to be said, the AFL having an opening round in the northern states
07:15where they all perform well, and the reigning premiers are the only ones that stumble it.
07:18It would have to be a win for the AFL.
07:20Yeah, I 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, but, you know, one was 10 goals,
07:28the other one was nine goals, and yet yesterday it roared to life.
07:30So the Giants, missing eight of their stars, win.
07:33And last night in particular, I mean, both teams scored three figures,
07:36and ultimately the reigning premiers get rolled, having 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, St Kilda and Collingwood.
07:45So only 10 of the 18 teams.
07:47I'm still in the basket that I'd love to see every team play to open the season.
07:51I think there's a way we can do that and still put the spotlight on the northern states
07:55at the start of the weekend.
07:56But it's not a bad compromise, five 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 that we actually saw in Sydney.
08:07Tom Hanks giving the old goal umpire salute.
08:10Did anyone think I did not have Tom Hanks at the showgrounds on my bingo card for 2026, Corbyn?
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 had a lot of fun
08:24trying to mix current players' names into famous titles of Tom Hanks' films over the years.
08:29So it did provide a little bit of fodder.
08:32And, yeah, certainly he knows where the cameras are.
08:35TV cameras were able to find him yesterday.
08:36Have 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, I'd love the first one.
08:43It was an absolute cracker.
08:45You've got to go with Forrest Gump, don't you?
08:46Run, Forrest, run?
08:47Yeah.
08:48No.
08:48No?
08:49Blake?
08:50No, you're like, I'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.
08:55OK, OK.
08:56Well, we will take this.
08:57We're going a bit beyond off-siders now,
08:59so we will talk about this afterwards because we will move on.
09:01David and Margaret.
09:02We will move on to the NRL.
09:04And the Canberra-Manly clash last night was an absolute cracker.
09:09Two late tries and a penalty goal to Manly.
09:11Forced golden point before Ethan Sanders got the Raiders home.
09:15Now, the Raiders were one of the surprise packets of 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 in 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 in the final seconds
09:48until a penalty goal after the siren
09:50to let Manly kick two points and 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 what been spoken about,
09:59their new halves combination,
10:00a very young halves combination with Ethan Sanders and Ethan Strange.
10:04But look, both of those players stood up really well tonight
10:07going up against former Canberra player Jamal Fogarty.
10:10But look, I think it was an occasion of Canberra really cementing themselves
10:16and reinforcing what Ricky Stewart is about.
10:19He wants to be a tough, resilient team.
10:20And I think the worry from that was 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.
10:32They still showed that fight back to 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.
10:4326-0 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 about Penrith
10:58than what it does about Brisbane.
11:00I 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.
11:05They really wanted to start the season
11:06with a bang and flex their muscles.
11:08I'm not worried about Brisbane.
11:10And knowing Malcolm Maguire as a coach
11:13and knowing the talent that they have on the team,
11:14he'll get them back on the right track.
11:16It's not the way they wanted to start of the year,
11:18but let's not forget,
11:19they did go to England for 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, you know, Penrith take a bow.
11:28They're once again showing
11:29why they've got one of the best systems in rugby league,
11:31where after a major disappointment
11:33in 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...
11:42Lower teams, it's an unfortunate term,
11:43but teams that didn't perform as well last season
11:46were playing in Vegas.
11:47Do you think that the NRL got that right?
11:49I think with how it sort of 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
12:02with the teams that they're sending.
12:03It's going to be interesting next year
12:05because there's five teams remaining
12:06and only four spots.
12:08But look, I think what they've done
12:11is 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
12:18because it's death taxes
12:19and seemingly Storm winning in Round 1
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,
12:28thinking Parramatta, another pre-season.
12:30They finished off last year so well,
12:32I thought they were going to hit their straps
12:34come Round 1,
12:35but they were very disappointing.
12:37They were extremely disappointing.
12:38And for Jason Riles, it's deja vu
12:41because they had 50 put on them Round 1 last year.
12:44And it was an absolute clinic by the Storm.
12:46And, you know, great effort from a lot of players
12:48who are filling the jerseys of fellas who are injured
12:51or have been suspended.
12:53And a very pleasing start for Craig Bellamy.
12:55What do you make of the fact that the NRL,
12:57really their first game in Australia,
12:59is here in Melbourne,
13:00and the Australian rules are obviously starting their season
13:02up in Sydney.
13:03It feels like the Battle of the Codes.
13:04I don't know if it's a Volandis thing
13:05we're hearing from him more and more,
13:06but do you feel like the Battle of the Codes
13:08is as hot as it ever has been?
13:09I think it is.
13:10And can't we all just get along?
13:12Because I think everyone...
13:14The ALF or the AFL, whatever PVL calls it.
13:16...has a place.
13:17But everyone wants to launch seasons
13:19in everyone else's backyard.
13:21But, look, very strong crowd down here in Melbourne,
13:23obviously with a huge weekend.
13:25And, look, the AFL are doing well up north.
13:27So, look, I think they complement each other
13:29really, really well.
13:30I mean, let's get to football now,
13:32because the Matildas are happy for everyone
13:33to play within themselves,
13:34because they are the most popular team in the country,
13:37and their Asian Cup campaign continues tonight
13:39against South Korea.
13:40Now, both teams are through to the quarterfinals,
13:42but there's quite a bit riding on this game,
13:44because a win would allow the Tillys
13:46to avoid a tricky quarterfinal
13:47against the likes of China.
13:49They will be without Hayley Razzo,
13:50who is out with a concussion,
13:53but looks strong in the 4-0 win over Iran on Thursday.
13:58Elise, where are we seeing this team at?
14:00Obviously, we've only had wins to this point,
14:02but they haven't been as emphatic
14:03as 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,
14:12the 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,
14:21ranked 17th in the world,
14:22versus a game against a Chinese Taipei,
14:25Vietnam-type team,
14:26ranked outside 40 in the world.
14:29And it'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 Philippines.
14:37Second game, 4-0 against Iran.
14:40We've had great squad rotation.
14:42We'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.
14:57So, 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, we lost in the quarterfinal,
15:10and 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, you know,
15:21the result doesn't go our way,
15:22we could end up in Perth for a quarterfinal
15:23as 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,
15:29do you think, in a four-year cycle,
15:30waiting to get to the next Asian Cup,
15:32knowing that not only we owe Korea one,
15:34but 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 quarterfinal was subpar
15:43for 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
15:59who actually knocked us out,
16:00and he seeded Jisoo Yuen put away that gold
16:03that we eventually lost 1-0 to.
16:06Yeah, this is a moment to kind of rectify all that
16:09and get one over them.
16:10We actually played them in two friendlies last year,
16:12and we had two wins over them, so a 1-0 and a 2-0.
16:15So the confidence is with us.
16:17Historically, head-to-head, we've had four wins,
16:19one 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
16:28has been the plight of Iran's players
16:30as war continues at their home.
16:31They stayed silent during the national anthem
16:34early in the week
16:35after they were labelled wartime traitors
16:37on Iran's state television.
16:38They sang the anthem before the match against Australia
16:41on Thursday.
16:42Now, what happens to them
16:43when this tournament finishes
16:45is just one of the big questions,
16:46and Foreign Minister Penny Wong
16:48was asked about the team's future
16:50on Insiders a little earlier this morning.
16:52We know this regime has brutally oppressed
16:56many Iranian women,
16:58and we stand in solidarity
17:00with the men and women of Iran,
17:03and particularly Iranian women and girls.
17:06I don't want to get into commentary
17:09about the Iranian women's team.
17:13I appreciate you don't want to put them
17:14or their families back home
17:15in any greater danger here,
17:17but can I ask,
17:18has the government been able to have
17:19any direct contact with these players
17:21without their minders?
17:23I can't comment on that.
17:26Sometimes in these circumstances,
17:28Elise, a non-answer is an answer in itself.
17:30Is this just showing how delicate this situation is?
17:32Yeah, it's a very sensitive topic.
17:35I mean, everyone's pretty much operating
17:37out of fear at the moment.
17:39Everyone's too scared to say anything.
17:40Everyone's too scared to do anything.
17:43At the moment, we're all very fearful
17:44for what is going to happen
17:46to these Iranian players
17:47when 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
17:55put in place for press conferences.
17:57There's been lots of layers
17:58that have had to happen around the tournament.
17:59Yeah, I mean, it's interesting to think of it
18:02from a journalist's point of view.
18:03There's been caution given to them,
18:05you know, be careful of the questions
18:07that you're asking.
18:08You've got to put player welfare at full mind.
18:11You know, you're putting these players
18:12in a position where they have to answer questions
18:14that is essentially going to put their families
18:17in danger back home.
18:18So there's been a bit of a censor
18:20around how media press conferences
18:21have been run at the Asian Cup,
18:23which I think is really good.
18:25But it's certainly a delicate
18:26and very sensitive topic at the moment.
18:28Yeah, and I think we use the term brave
18:29very liberally in sport,
18:31but really to continue playing in a tournament
18:33when there's this much happening
18:34in your lives at home.
18:35They've really been phenomenal, haven't they?
18:37So brave.
18:38I mean, the fact that they didn't sing the anthem
18:40in that first opening game
18:42was a real statement.
18:44There's been history of this happening as well.
18:47Back 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
18:53informing that their families
18:54had been threatened and et cetera, et cetera.
18:57And then, of course, next game,
18:59you 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
19:05in terms of the force behind them
19:07having to do this type of thing.
19:09Well, we certainly hope that, of course,
19:11that things progress well for them.
19:13And we hope that they and their families are safe.
19:15And we also hope the Tillys
19:16have a much-needed win this afternoon.
19:18But we will move on to the Australian Grand Prix
19:20because it will run and won at Albert Park today
19:22with the new rules and hybrid engines
19:24to be a major talking point.
19:26Now, McLaren have some work to do
19:28with Aussie Oscar Piastri starting in fifth.
19:30And Lando Norris is going to be in sixth
19:32on the grid for the season opener.
19:34And Piastri spoke after qualifying yesterday
19:36about the massive gap in the field
19:38between Mercedes and everyone else.
19:41Obviously, 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 peak three, we got blown out of the water.
19:53That's about as much emphasis and character
19:55you get out of Oxford Piastri as well.
19:56You can tell that he's like,
19:57look, it wasn't bad, but it wasn't great.
19:59But can you explain to us, Corbyn,
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.
20:10I 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
20:22at the start of the season,
20:23and we've seen them obviously on the front of the grid here,
20:25is 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,
20:35who's one of my colleagues,
20:36and he's forgotten more about motorsport than I'll ever know.
20:39But he spoke about the fact that, look,
20:41if Oscar Piastri finishes the race today,
20:43he's expected to be, he will be on the podium
20:46if he's able to do that.
20:48So I think that's the big question today,
20:51is the attrition rate.
20:52It'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, you know,
20:57not even able to post a qualifying lap
20:59in his round yesterday.
21:02And so...
21:02He's been very outspoken about the fact
21:04he's not into the rule changes,
21:05but why would you like change
21:06when you've been good for so long, right?
21:08And 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
21:12under race conditions,
21:13which is completely different again.
21:15So it feels like we're going to learn
21:16a whole lot today at the start of the season
21:18when it comes to these cars.
21:20And for Piastri, it sort of feels like
21:23it's almost secondary leading into the new season.
21:25I don't know if that helps or hinders him
21:26around the fact that it's his home Grand Prix.
21:28I mean, often in the past,
21:29when we've had a driver in contention,
21:31whether it was Ricciardo or Weber before him,
21:33it's almost been, you know,
21:34can they handle the pressure
21:35and the expectation of the home Grand Prix?
21:37I feel like so much of that is secondary
21:39or even, you know, tertiary
21:40or 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
21:45to complete the race?
21:47And then we'll worry about all of that
21:48somewhere 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?
21:55And 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
22:00and he didn't finish at his home race.
22:01He's a Brighton boy,
22:02so 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
22:07global politics and how it's affecting the Matildas
22:10and obviously the Asian Cup campaign,
22:13so too it may affect the GP
22:15because there's questions about whether or not
22:16we might actually get back-to-back from pre's in Melbourne.
22:19Is this an actual story?
22:20So the next two races are sort of over to Asia
22:23for China and Japan
22:24and then races four and five of the season
22:26are currently slated in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
22:29Now, you put your finger in the wind
22:30with what's going on in the world,
22:31you'd think that those two races,
22:33Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, are unlikely.
22:35I understand the Ellen government has said all the right things
22:37about, you know, we 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...
22:50Come on, Adelaide.
22:51They'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 financially have their issues at the moment,
23:05get banged for their buck is the fact that, you know,
23:07people come in from around Australia
23:08and 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
23:14for the city.
23:14So I think it would be extremely unlikely
23:17as much as I would love to see it.
23:21So I guess my advice would be, Abby, is to enjoy today
23:23because it might be 12 months
23:25until we get another chance to do it again.
23:26All right, all right.
23:27I thought I'd better ask the question.
23:28We will move on now
23:29because we're going to move to cricket
23:30and Australia is dominating the test match
23:32against India in Perth
23:33with Annabelle Sutherland scoring
23:35her third consecutive test century.
23:38India trails by 20 runs
23:39with four second innings wickets in hands.
23:42So the match, let's be honest,
23:44will well and truly probably be over today.
23:46Sutherland has six wickets for the match
23:48in a complete performance
23:49and she really is the heartbeat of this team now, Corbyn.
23:52She's incredible
23:53and 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
24:07given 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
24:14however you do it
24:14but you could get on a hot streak, for example,
24:16and you're in form
24:16and you peel off runs against, you know,
24:18a lesser opponent
24:18or whatever it turns out to be.
24:20Her first hundred she made 210.
24:21She waited 11 months.
24:23Second hundred, 163.
24:2413 months later, comes out and scores 129 here.
24:27So remember in cricket,
24:28it takes one ball to get you out
24:30and yet somehow she's able to peel off,
24:32you know, century knock after century knock
24:33every time she turns out in 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
24:40just to make the Aussies bat again.
24:42So they're miles behind in this game.
24:43Talking about special players,
24:44Lisa Healy, it's been a bit of a farewell tour
24:46but 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,
24:51as the captain,
24:52are you in a position to put yourself up the batting order
24:54to 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 teammates said,
25:01hey, go out there, it's your last time
25:02and get the winning runs
25:04and have the money?
25:04She 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'd be a case of peer pressure
25:11because I imagine, as he said,
25:12the 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
25:18to finish up not out.
25:20She's a character too, isn't she, Colton?
25:22She'll be so missed.
25:23There's this playfulness about Elisa Healy
25:25that I think it just will be irreplaceable.
25:28I mean, to think, you know,
25:29Lanning, Healy, Perry,
25:31you think, or, I mean,
25:33with the history of Australian women's cricket
25:35and I'm going to forget people
25:36but, you know, Belinda Clark,
25:38you sort of think if you're trying to sort of
25:39mount a sort of a Mount Rushmore
25:41for an American term on, you know,
25:42the greatest women's cricketers we've ever had,
25:44there's a chance you have three of them
25:45in the same generation
25:46in what they've been able to do
25:48and, you know, the evolution
25:49that women's cricket's taken
25:51while they've all been there.
25:53So, Lanning's still playing
25:54but in domestic cricket
25:54we're losing Healy
25:55from the international stage here.
25:58It's sad to see them all go out
26:00in and around the same time
26:01and yet, as we talked about
26:02with Annabelle Sutherland,
26:03I think Australian women's cricket
26:04is still going to be in pretty good hands.
26:05Yeah, they are in very good hands
26:06but it is one of those ones
26:07that 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
26:15in the World Baseball Classic.
26:17Australia, they're playing Japan tonight.
26:20The tournament is being held in Japan
26:21and it's just been an amazing thing
26:24for Australia.
26:24Australia are 2-0
26:25after beating number two seed
26:27Chinese Taipei, 3-0 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
26:37in the 2024 MLB draft.
26:39A very high prospect
26:40in 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
26:56for this game
26:57there are 380,000 people
26:58waiting in the queue
26:59to get tickets
27:00for 20,000 tickets
27:01to go see this game.
27:02So it's going to be huge
27:039 o'clock tonight.
27:04And are tiny just a small name
27:05that will be competing in the game?
27:06Just a tiny one
27:07along with Yamamoto,
27:08his Dodgers team mate.
27:09But they'll be pitching
27:11and batting tonight.
27:12So if you can get a watch
27:14it'll be very, very exciting.
27:15Will you be staying up?
27:16Oh, definitely.
27:16Yeah, I love my baseball.
27:17You'll be staying up.
27:18Elise, over to you.
27:19In recognition of
27:20International Women's Day
27:22I think I'd just like to call out
27:23the fact that
27:24there's a big pay discrepancy
27:26for this AFC women's tournament
27:28that we're watching at the moment.
27:30So at the moment
27:31the prize packet for the women
27:33is 1.8 mil.
27:34So that will be shared
27:35amongst all of the teams
27:37compared to a 14.8 mil
27:39for the men.
27:40So we essentially
27:41as females
27:41getting 12%
27:42of the pay package.
27:43So the player unions
27:45are making pressure on AFC
27:46to try and close that gap
27:47at the moment.
27:48I don't think I have anything
27:49to add to that
27:49except for happy
27:50International Women's Day
27:51and hopefully we do see
27:52some change there.
27:53Corbyn, over to you.
27:54Dennis Kometty
27:55the Australian Football Hall of Famer.
27:57I mean
27:58what a career
27:59that he had
28:01sadly leaving us
28:01on Wednesday morning
28:03but that smooth
28:04velvet voice
28:05the quick wit
28:06the comedisms
28:08as they became known
28:09his turn of phrase
28:10over the years
28:11and it's been
28:12it's been a sad week
28:13but it's also been
28:15an uplifting week
28:16to be able to know
28:16that Dennis Kometty's
28:18legacy is secured
28:19in the history of the game
28:20and the way that we'll
28:21remember him
28:22and talk about him
28:23so fondly
28:23for years to come
28:24and to be able to see
28:25everyone this week
28:26sharing their favourite
28:26comedisms
28:27I sort of remember
28:28growing up in WA
28:30as UD Dabs
28:30and he used to have
28:31a whole lot of fun
28:31with the Carr brothers
28:32where Josh Carr
28:33who of course
28:34and Matt Carr
28:34his brother
28:35remember one day
28:36they tackled one another
28:37and they were both
28:38number nine
28:38and Dennis very quickly
28:39comes out with the line
28:40that's a two car collision
28:42both with the same rego
28:43it's immaculate
28:43and then James Walker
28:45who was a teammate
28:45of Matt Carr
28:46back in the Fremantle days
28:48as you can imagine
28:48he had some fun there
28:49saying you know
28:50walk at a car
28:51now that's progress
28:53he was just an icon
28:54he's someone that again
28:55coming from Perth
28:56we knew that he was
28:57so heavily involved
28:58in the NBL as well
28:59he absolutely loved it
29:00so we will give a bit
29:01of a shout out now
29:02to the Townsville Fire
29:03who won the WNBL championship
29:05as well
29:06and in the NBL
29:07we have the Wildcats
29:08who will be taking on
29:08the Sydney Kings
29:09because we know
29:09who our quarter finalists are
29:10and at South East Melbourne
29:12who will be taking on
29:13the Adelaide 36ers
29:14in the men's side
29:15of the program as well
29:16but as you mentioned
29:17Dennis Cometti
29:17just someone who
29:18he was almost Oprah
29:19in Perth
29:20he went by one name
29:21Dennis
29:21and everyone knew
29:22who you were talking
29:23about
29:23and he is just
29:23such a special commentator
29:25but team
29:25thank you so much
29:26for your time today
29:27how difficult it was
29:27to get through
29:28that many sports
29:28in half an hour
29:29is well played
29:30but that's all
29:31we will leave you with
29:32and despite the sadness
29:33as Corbin mentioned
29:34of his passing
29:35it's been a joy
29:36to relive some magical
29:37Dennis Cometti commentary
29:38over the week
29:39here are some of our favourites
29:40thanks for watching
29:41we'll see you next week
29:42Brenner
29:43finds it on the ground
29:44as he carried forward
29:45no
29:46Wilson
29:47like a cork in the ocean
29:48over his head
29:50oh my word
29:52Rundi
29:53this is interesting
29:55it's a main event
29:56in any stadium
29:57in the world
29:58turn up a shoot
29:59by Rioli
30:00Rioli can't go with him
30:01Jenner wins the goal middle
30:04Big Digg is on the way
30:05he's judged it
30:07to a nicety
30:08ho ho
30:10centermen of the
30:11rebound in the middle
30:12calling for the football
30:13Schneider
30:14will he give it
30:15to the rebounding
30:15well
30:16rebound runs in
30:17touched up the goal
30:19oh my goodness
30:21it came up behind
30:23in one
30:23in the library area
30:24we've never heard of it
30:25but I'm surprised
30:26everybody else
30:27in the library
30:28are chatting
30:29you
30:29you
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