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Final Siren: Inside the AFL - Season 1 - Episode 03: QClash
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00:04it is the best month of the year and the big business starts tonight the Gold Coast
00:10Suns experiencing September football for the first time we've been chasing a goal
00:18for so long but I almost don't know what to feel we did it we finally got here
00:31given there's a fair bit on the line and we got massive game this weekend a huge final series
00:35where we've got bigger and better goals finals fever is starting to take hold finals football
00:42these games are the games that keep you up at night and these are the ones that mean everything
00:46to you looking back win tonight you're into a prime position to play on the last Saturday in September
00:51when you've got everything to play for you're never out of it it's going to be a tough final
00:55series doesn't take too much to get it wrong in a finals game anything can happen you don't really
01:00get any favors with the draw because you finish first you're putting everything on the line to
01:04get the result for you to advance into the next week I think losers make excuses we don't we're
01:10winners over the top it goes GWS that need the floodgates to open Giddevant can shape it back
01:23there's the gold they were looking for
01:28and they are through to a semi-final
01:31finals are great moments we'll look back on those moments with great disappointment
01:35see you next year the Suns are trying to rise in the West their first final
01:39the crowd goes bananas just before the bounce and you look up there's so much hope in the air
01:45the Gold Coast Suns are a miracle to the last 70 seconds we're not just happy to play in one
01:50final
01:51and then get out of there we need to take it all the way
02:04we've been a club that has been stomped on forgotten but all of a sudden now the narrative's
02:10changed we are so proud of what you've achieved understand we threw it away again what I dream
02:17of the ad is rare final the final siren the last ones there at the end there's true belief that
02:24we
02:24can do that people get excited by the fairy tale of Gold Coast run in the finals but from your
02:41experience what wins out fairy tales or years of hard work people will say last year's run to the
02:47premiership was a fairy tale for us at the Brisbane Lions and it probably was welcome to the 2024 Toyota
02:55AFL grand final so here come the Lions to win a grand final
03:02Reynard has gold he's boomerang it around the boat what about this Brisbane by 60
03:09and the Lions have fought lightning in a ball
03:16we've experienced last year what it is like to get to the top of the mountain
03:21this season we had a lot of doubters can we actually duplicate what we're able to do in 2024
03:28that's our challenge
03:38did you just win at school today it was a draw oh yeah what was the score our tour
03:44finals football is just different the intensity of every game lifts not only physically but
03:50absolutely mentally as well can I never put the buckling or you get set up okay if you're not
03:57at your absolute best you're gonna get beaten it's life or death from here on in your pads
04:01grew a little bit loose now they're good they're good you about so it's nice when you can just have
04:05little moments where you have some fun and get away from all of the expectations being in the
04:09outside world get ready for some chin music mate I hate to lose it see if you can survive all
04:14these
04:14all right how competitive are you with your kids winning against my kids you're gonna be done
04:22yeah that's on camera brother oh just try and survive I'll let him win occasionally what is that out of
04:3010
04:30come on knucklehead sorry once or twice I don't like losing I couldn't hit water if you fell out of
04:37a
04:37boat uh right my turn to bat I reckon maybe I'm still old school but I don't really believe in
04:42participation medals when it comes to my son I want him to be competitive as well certainly maybe
04:52not as competitive as what I potentially am I really pride myself on win-at-all-cost mentality and
05:00that competitiveness has definitely flipped over the line at times which I know that's selfish but I want
05:07to win as much as possible Kempers just bubbling simmering and they are going for Zorko Dane Zorko I
05:15think he really feeds off that competitive part of our game he's not afraid to put himself out there
05:22deep down he's got a genuine hatred for the opposition it's really hard to control
05:30and Zorko's always dabbled in the dark arts tried to get under the skin done whatever it takes
05:36Zorko and everyone wanting to have a crack there a heavy bump by Zorko no surprise that the Zork
05:47involved I want to win I don't like losing my own fan base probably doesn't like me at times
06:02he's a fucking dog I don't know I'm okay with it I don't mind being the villain
06:12I do some stuff that people might not like but I've been able to tick off some pretty wild
06:16achievements that 0.00001 percent of AFL players have ever done to be the oldest player to play 300
06:23games this year at the age of 36 and being a premiership player we're now in the position where
06:31we could go back to back and then potentially win two premierships not many teams can do it and
06:36people talk about just how difficult it is to do I want to hear the mighty rule
06:58going into qualifying final I think for me and a few of the other older boys this week it's
07:02definitely going to be getting around to our teammates and telling them look nothing's given
07:05in this game you've got to earn it 10 9 8 7 put everything you possibly can on the line
07:15to get
07:16the result for you to advance into the next weeks just waiting for camera that the finish and then
07:19we'll do it okay okay you're kicking the balls away is what you're doing oh seven right this
07:27fucking boy where the guy out over the front don't change it up so that with me is like what
07:30you see is what you get I'm proud myself and made a really bubbly character and I'm playing my
07:35best footies I'm out there I'm smiling I'm having fun that guy mucking around and not really
07:41taking things too serious just feel like it's it's giving me really clarity and the way that I
07:45want to play and I roll for the team and it works out wonderful right they're so dangerous
07:50Cam has the ability to turn a game on its head he always manages to pop up when his team
07:58needs him
07:58most and he's able to step up to the pressure that was placed on his shoulders the 2017 pick one
08:09Brisbane Lions selected Cameron Rainer in the Western Jets football club I think anybody who
08:15goes pick number one in an AFL draft has heightened pressure Cameron Rainer you're expected to do
08:22remarkable things as a number one pick an expectation like this that's challenging for a young player but
08:33his trajectory could be headed towards superstardom he's a kid I used to grow up and idolise these
08:40people that played AFL and used to think of them as like gods and would do anything to be able
08:44to
08:44speak to one or see one and get a photo with one and I'm happy to play that role and
08:47the joy I can
08:48bring the fans when I'm playing see the smile on their faces when I run out there is you know
08:53it's pretty
08:56cool he just needs a point I go would be too much will they carry him the last five meters
09:08that he
09:08needs yeah obviously the opportunity to go back to back is unbelievable just really really confident
09:13I'll be lying if I say I don't back us in that we can try and get there and do
09:16it again guaranteed to
09:23win these young kids yeah well the confidence that they sort of possess is you know something
09:29to look up to it's easy to sit here and say we're going to go back to back and anyone
09:36who knows
09:36football certainly understands one how hard is to win a premiership how hard it is to actually win
09:41two if you've done it teams want to knock off the reigning champions so there's always a target on
09:47your back playing finals football it's even bigger we need to mentally be prepared for that every
09:52single time we come out onto the field right if you're not prepared we're not going to be able to
09:59win there's a real energy and a buzz in the MCG tonight two of the best teams we've seen in
10:08a long time
10:11perfect night massive crowd when you map out the road to a premiership of course you want to win the
10:18qualifying final this is arguably the most important game to win because if you win you go straight into
10:25a prelim final so you have a week off a win in that first qualifying final just really sets the
10:32tone for
10:33the weeks to come so they meet again in a big final geelong and brisbane geelong they're an
10:39incredible team they're just playing finals they're playing grand finals they win grand finals
10:52they have different modes their abilities to shut the game down in a few different ways it's just
10:56impeccable the caps prove themselves as one of the greatest teams of the modern era i remember
11:02watching them win premierships as a kid and 14 prelims the powerhouse of the afl they are one of the
11:07greatest teams the games of the scene going out of the MCG it's a very high-pressure environment to be
11:14in when we are underway there's a hundred thousand people in the crowd that adrenaline you get and the
11:20rush of blood you get from the first bounce they just made us look second rate came out and took
11:37it
11:37out of our hands right away so here we go into the second quarter cats by two goals cam rayner
11:43who's had
11:44a quiet night so i had mark o'connor come and stand by my side pretty much everywhere i went
11:49for the whole
11:49game it was tough it's probably the first time i had someone actually play on me to that extent where
11:53every time i came off the ground he was coming off the ground and everywhere i went if i tried
11:57to go
11:57up high he'd come with me if i went deeper he came with me early on i thought i was
12:01trying to get it
12:01done physical but he's obviously he's a big man as well it was challenging players and opposition
12:07give you close checking you know you know they really respect you as a player and you're really
12:12influential in the game so i went to each and every one of the forwards throughout the week and i
12:15said
12:16they're gonna throw some bait at you do not take the bait don't fall for it i went up to
12:20the umpire
12:20and said we're 150 meters away from the ball and i'm consistently getting punched in the back watch
12:25what's going on behind the play
12:45i hit the ground and the umpire's caught it down to the other end what's a final series without
12:51controversy in the rule books it says if you touch someone in the back when you're 150 meters away
12:54they're going to pay for a kick so people are going to hate me for saying this but if the
12:59ball's
12:59nowhere in your area and you're going to lay a finger on me when you're not allowed to then
13:04i'm probably going to dive as well so rayner a chance to insert himself in the contest
13:09kicked the first goal and got blindsided on by the other side and then they caught it back again
13:27second one these are scenes we rarely see cam was probably going to be number one
13:32geelong supporters in the ground and all around the country will be going absolutely ballistic
13:37the chaos reigns at the mcg geelong supporters they're going off their head
13:43beep beep beep yeah plenty of expletives brisbane gifted two late goals controversially
13:53besides those two goals i hadn't really had much of an impact on the game
13:57we just couldn't get a grip on the game their quality and their intensity it was a real warning
14:02shot to the rest of the competition that you know they mean business
14:07we were the hunted
14:10smith
14:11have a listen to this
14:16there it is
14:19the geelong football club march into their 14th prelim
14:24big win to the cats they're through to a home prelim brisbane will go
14:27the long way home
14:29they'll face either freemantle or gold coast in a sudden death semi-final next week
14:42they're long hi buzz hi man
14:45all right
14:47blue bass
14:49when he gets free a pretty historical moment put a lot of belief not only in the playing
14:56group but the whole of the afl what we're capable of
14:58everywhere did i go
15:00bobby you go
15:02i've never felt like that a much elation in a game in my whole entire footy career in life
15:11is there a miracle for one of these two sides in the last seconds
15:18swallow is kicked
15:33it was surprising and quite shocking to see this year not only have they made their first final series they've
15:44also won their first final
15:46so this could be the year they take this club to a premiership
15:52we've been really poor for a long time and sometimes you can lose sight of
15:57why are you playing footy but that game this is this is what it's about
16:03we are the sons of the gold coast sky we are the ones in the red gold blue
16:18the gold coast
16:24buzzing mate it was uh
16:28it's been a hell of a lot of hard work on the gold coast fifteen years in the making and
16:32a lot of the people are finally starting to see what it might become and you know we're really only
16:36scratching the surface i think of how good we can be
16:42so unbelievable that we have given ourselves a chance to play in the grand final
16:47this is the time for the gold coast suns to rewrite the history books
16:51ha ha
16:53woo
16:54yes sir
17:01now there's bigger fish to fry
17:06brin's been in a huge clash at the gabba like you couldn't script it any better and we're not going
17:12to lose this game
17:15i always believed in the club
17:17don't get me wrong there were some times i questioned where we were at and what afl football actually looked
17:23like for the suns
17:25my name is tuke miller and uh all gas no brakes
17:29i think that's probably how i'd describe my game
17:32this is one off and tuke miller
17:34and tuke miller he'd be right up there as one of the hardest workers in the game that i've ever
17:38seen
17:38it's flipped out miller
17:40gold kosher in front for the first time
17:43widely praised for his two-way running
17:48being able to be an offensive threat but certainly a defensive threat as well
17:53tuke miller is such a driving force for the gold coast suns
17:56but he is also the most loyal person in the game
18:00i'm not going anywhere and i'm not believing what we're doing
18:13he was drafted to the gold coast suns ahead of the 2011 season
18:19to a club that over a long period of time hasn't tasted much success
18:25they've been through a lot of hard yards i mean 15 years in the competition they haven't been relevant for
18:30a lot of it let's be honest
18:31for a long time gold coast were the laughing stock really
18:34i mean they were a team that just got belted every week
18:36the sun's just bitterly disappointing with the way they played
18:40talking about big disappointments
18:42gold coast the expectations were a lot higher than what they've been
18:46they've completely underperformed
18:50we had a lot of tough times
18:52we were never good enough
18:53always had losing records
18:56start well finish poorly
18:59we were touted as a team that couldn't retain players
19:03had poor culture
19:04bad organisation
19:06one of the games most sought after free agents tom lynch
19:09has told the gold coast that he wants to join a melbourne team
19:12and the club was pretty quick to react stripping him of his co-captaincy
19:16collingwood is set to make a major play to lure gold coast captain steven may to melbourne
19:22the sun's could be on the verge of losing both of their captains
19:26they'll lead us in our club
19:27i'll never forget the pure anger
19:30it was really disappointing
19:31the blokes that are leading the club don't want to be there
19:34yeah
19:34yeah
19:35good
19:37shoulders
19:37good
19:38when they draft you
19:39i've always thought there's an expectation that you give your all to them
19:44so you've got to do your best to make sure that they get to where they want to go
19:52i like to think a lot of people when they think about me leading it's you know my professionalism
19:57how i train
19:59i love the responsibility of galvanizing boys to achieve something
20:04go on turkey
20:07then the opportunity came to become co-captain
20:11that was like a lifelong childhood dream pretty special and definitely a massive highlight in my
20:17in my career
20:18good job
20:19okay once again i'll say it all the time
20:21these sessions are all about intensity okay
20:23they're never going to be imperfect this one
20:25it's all about embracing imperfection
20:27all we needed to tick off was our intensity and our content
20:30we got both okay
20:31we understand the challenge ahead of us but let's look forward to it
20:34what must we always bring
20:36a fucking smile okay
20:41and i think that we've now got coach and the game plan that brings it all together
20:47it's a really good day for the gold coast suns football club
20:50it's with great pleasure that i announce damien hardrick as the senior coach
20:55in damien we have someone with an incredible track record
20:58but more importantly with the determination and the ambition to take this club on to its first success
21:04i'm very much looking forward to coaching young men and taking us to where we need to go
21:09and that's to uh to raise our first premiership cup
21:12which i'm uh i'm pretty sure will be in the not too distant future
21:15damien hardwick arrived at the gold coast suns as a three time premiership winning coach at the richmond footy club
21:20three flags in four years i mean not only did damien hardwick coach richmond to premierships but he lifted that
21:27club out of the doldrums
21:28he would absolutely be listed as an icon
21:30this guy comes with not just a gravitas but a record of winning big finals consistently and taking teams to
21:40premierships
21:40he sits very high standards and he expects them to be followed
21:44there is nobody better positioned to take this club to a premiership
21:49you know what i've learned over over my tenure
21:59is the game is more than x's and o's
22:01it's connection it's confidence it's belief
22:03it's the ability for you to get the very best out of people to achieve the impossible
22:08a little bit of this week's inspo
22:10anyone know who this logo represents
22:13kingy you're a man of sporting knowledge
22:16well done kingy well done
22:18dallas cowboys i'm going to take you back to uh
22:21the early 90s
22:23dallas cowboys are a special team not only on the field but also off the field
22:26and there's a reason that they won two super bowls
22:28i think dimmer he's a storyteller and he uses other sports
22:32and he tries to like pull out things that are relevant in their team and their dynamics
22:36and kind of instill that in us
22:38the dallas cowboys
22:39he pointed a coach by the name of jimmy johnson
22:41now he had in one of his first training camps
22:44and the young running back
22:46um had started to have an asthma attack
22:50uh on the field so he lied down sort of thing
22:52jimmy johnson cut him on the spot
22:54i don't do asthma was the exact comment
22:56he was a little bit of a hard
23:02our guys have got to understand that there's no reason we can't win it all
23:06the only thing that's going to stop us is us
23:09what they did do though is they developed an identity piece
23:12the importance of that and what that looked like
23:14very similar to us
23:16i probably tend to tell people what they can become
23:19and ask them to rise to that level
23:21the role of the underdog is very very important
23:23it gives us an enormous opportunity to ply our craft
23:27but more importantly to get the result we're after
23:29there's no better place to be
23:31our guys have got to understand that
23:32we act more than well and truly capable of beating any side out there
23:35the two things we've worked on
23:37the grit and connection
23:37they're the difference makers of this organisation
23:40this side is built for fucking finals understand that
23:43the challenge is we've just got to get out of our own way
23:46and we've got to give ourselves permission to win
23:48let's make sure we embrace the role of the underdog
23:51more importantly i can't wait to see you guys
23:53rip a fucking very good opponent apart
23:56let's get it done let's go
24:05do you want to play a game you know
24:07what if i beat you
24:08that's not going to happen
24:09so what can you put on what
24:10twos on twos
24:12fours on fours
24:13and you can put colours on colours
24:14yeah
24:15and what about that
24:17no
24:20and so what about
24:21yeah
24:22red
24:23um
24:24that last week it's a lot to hear
24:27i don't know maybe 80,000 people boo you some
24:30one of the biggest talking points was the controversy
24:32on that Cameron Rainer
24:34was it staging
24:34absolutely
24:35yeah this was disgraceful
24:36every sports story in Australia or
24:39newspaper radio was talking about it
24:42but then the posts and Instagram messages were pretty disgusting
24:46Cam Rainer was trying to get to the Brisbane Olympics for the diving team
24:49should be playing soccer instead of football
24:50right
24:51you're a flog
24:52f**k you Cam Rainer
24:54you know as a mum that breaks your heart
24:56that someone
24:58you know could say something about you and we know that it's not true
25:01our only concern is that you're doing okay
25:05after the Geelong game
25:05the media is always going to talk
25:07they're always going to try and make up stories and blow things out of the water
25:11the media it used to frustrate me a little bit when I was younger
25:13it can consume you a little bit and you start believing what people are saying from the outside
25:17and then you start doubting yourself
25:19the thing that I worry about the most is what the people think about me at the footy club
25:22and inside the four walls
25:23and if I'm doing everything that they ask for me then you know
25:26that's really all that matters for me
25:29I've got another game coming up
25:30the main thing is to try and keep my mindset
25:32and really really steady and really even
25:34if the intensity in the finals is unbelievable
25:36then the mindset's the most important thing
25:49I'm excited for the team
25:51coming from where you were
25:54to where it is now
25:55you know it's just
25:56I am just so proud of you
25:58well I'm climbing
26:00up the ladder
26:03of course
26:04cheers for my son
26:05toke there he is
26:07toke there he is
26:08you know
26:08you know the one thing that puzzles me is
26:10how come you don't have cheerleaders
26:12you know a couple of cheerleaders
26:14yeah
26:14I just think they should have added them
26:18my dad's
26:19yeah he's a unique character
26:21he's a proud son supporter
26:23and if you're within shouting distance
26:25you
26:26you
26:27you'll hear
26:27well you always talk about the belief
26:29I know you send me messages all the time
26:30that you just got to believe
26:31and
26:32yeah
26:32he believes in us
26:33I think that's how much belief
26:36um
26:37we can hear as a team
26:38well he's been there three times
26:39he's
26:40he's gotten the cup
26:41he knows
26:41so he knows what it takes to do it
26:43I'm blessed that he came to our football club
26:45because he definitely put us in the right direction
26:48it was a moment that was probably bittersweet
26:50I think
26:50for myself
26:51he knows what he wants
26:52he knows what he's chasing
26:53and he knows what it looks like
26:54so I think the hardest thing was adapting
26:55and where I was going to fit into that
26:58when Dimmer first started
26:59I'm sitting there going
27:00you know this is
27:00this is my time
27:01I can take on solo captaincy
27:03and I think I'm ready to do that
27:06and then
27:06last year
27:07I sat in Dimmer's office with Wayne
27:09and they told me that
27:11they were going to go in a different direction
27:12with Noah
27:13he's a solo captain
27:16that was hard
27:18that was a hard pill to swallow
27:20and it definitely hurt
27:22yeah
27:23it was brutal
27:23it was like
27:24pretty empty
27:25like
27:26empty feeling
27:27I was really with you
27:29in that pain
27:30I'm not going to lie
27:31it was hard
27:32I was disappointed
27:32and I was like
27:34there's just no way
27:35I thought I'd be dedicated to the sons for so long
27:38being humble
27:39being loyal
27:41but yeah
27:41I mean
27:42wasn't meant to be
27:43I had to make sure I got my head around
27:45how to execute like my role for him
27:47and the team
27:48as best as I could
27:49but I think that's the beauty of
27:51playing in a team
27:52is that you're doing anything for the team
27:53and like
27:55we're starting to see results
27:56so like
27:56when you start seeing results
27:58and what you do makes it
27:59it makes it a hell of a lot easier
28:01so
28:04it took a little bit of time to process
28:05but I think
28:06whether I'm the captain or not the captain
28:08I know that I'm an asset for this club
28:10and help us win games of footy
28:12and
28:12we're in this position that we've never been in before
28:15to be versed in Brisbane this week
28:17in a semi-final
28:18with an opportunity to
28:19go send them home
28:20yeah
28:21I think that we're ready to deliver on that
28:23because it's time
28:24for the tables to turn
28:25and you guys are ready
28:26yeah
28:27absolutely
28:40I think I've played like 28 times in the Q Clash now
28:43because given the circumstances where both teams are at at the moment
28:46it's the biggest Q Clash ever
28:50Q Clash is the game between the Gold Coast Suns and the Brisbane Lions
28:53and it's the rivalry that will get stronger and stronger every single year
28:57it's always been a tough contest in the past
28:59but these teams have genuinely something on the line
29:03so that adds a little bit more to it as well
29:05they're a team that's on the improve
29:07and we're a team that's obviously
29:09you know we want to go back to back
29:11tempest flare on the field
29:12and then there was a rivalry between me and two
29:14and that was obviously spicy
29:20there are two teams based in Queensland
29:21the Brisbane Lions and the Gold Coast Suns
29:23have been our nemesis for a little bit
29:25Brisbane
29:26I don't think they enjoyed the Gold Coast Suns starting up
29:30they would have preferred to have owned Queensland themselves
29:32the Queensland rivalry
29:34in full flight as we head to the break
29:36oh jeez
29:37he is on there
29:40eat my dust
29:42there's hatred in this rivalry
29:44and most of the time it's been the Brisbane Lions
29:47as the big brother
29:49pulling the Gold Coast Suns
29:51and it's spilling over in Q Clash 16
29:54Miller, Zorko, they've got some history
29:57every time we talk Q Clash
29:59you probably talk about Miller and Zorko
30:03yeah we've got into each other
30:04and created a headline or two
30:08I think when things get interesting
30:09is when we start to get on top
30:11or start to get in his head a little bit
30:13that's when things get pretty fiery
30:15outstanding smother
30:16Toot Miller
30:17body on the line
30:18that was always my tactic is
30:20I knew we had a short fuse so
30:22how quickly can I get under his skin
30:24and a few times I did
30:26they are just going at it
30:27every second of the game
30:29there's no downtime
30:31he obviously absolutely towed me up one game
30:34I just didn't shake his hand after the game
30:36in the heat of the moment
30:37I was just so angry that
30:39he did such a good job on me
30:41the man he kind of caught
30:42the vision of that
30:43it blew up and
30:44probably created this like stir
30:47of hatred between Brisbane and Gold Coast
30:49and it turned into a few WWE matches
30:53and some wrestling
30:53and it's just starting to sizzle
30:56didn't shake his hand the first time
30:58and then that sort of escalates
30:59the next time he tags me
31:00and the same thing kind of happened
31:02but they won
31:03Dane Zorko wants a bit of revenge
31:06Zorko made a pretty obvious point
31:08that he wanted to come shake my hand
31:11I think I said he had bad breath one day
31:13when we were winning
31:14and then last year I think he grabbed my nuts
31:17he just thought he grabbed my nuts
31:19oh there was an accusation
31:20he tackled me and just didn't let go
31:23for a couple of seconds
31:23which was uncomfortable
31:25so that little battle continues
31:32Gold Coast they'd absolutely destroyed us
31:35six weeks earlier down on the Gold Coast
31:37like absolutely made us look rubbish
31:47I don't have to motivate Zorks
31:52because this is the biggest
31:55Q clash there's ever been
31:59I went into
32:00and said
32:01I want the role on two
32:02I can shut him down
32:03and then hopefully I can hurt him offensively
32:05if I don't
32:06well at least I know
32:07I'm going to be diligent enough
32:08to get this role done
32:10he goes
32:10well if you want that job
32:11you can have it
32:12and in all my interviews
32:14throughout the whole week
32:14I was like
32:15nah we don't even play on each other anymore
32:17but I knew I was playing on each other
32:18but I knew I was playing on each other
32:24waiting for Zorko
32:25you know what's fucked?
32:26all week all the stuff I've done
32:27I kept saying I won't play on him
32:29and then I was like
32:30my whole
32:31probably the whole day I'll be on him
32:33well we'll shake hands and see you later
32:34but
32:35one of the two
32:42Q clash
32:44Saturday night
32:45up in Brisbane
32:50after a really big loss to Geelong in the qualifying final
32:53we were the hunted
32:54and we weren't ready for that
32:56for us it's about flipping that script a little bit
32:59and no no no we're going to go out there
33:00and we're going to hunt today
33:02we can't lose
33:03you lose you're out
33:06the pressure of coming off a game like Geelong
33:08made me want to get out there again
33:10because I guess once that pressure's on you
33:12it's like you've got nowhere to go now
33:13you can only try and push back through it
33:16so
33:17being able to switch my mindset to going like
33:19alright now here's an opportunity for me to really take control of this game
33:22this is the biggest game that football in Queensland has ever seen
33:26this is what they dreamed of
33:27they wanted big finals in Queensland
33:31between
33:32two clubs
33:35tick
33:35here we are
33:39this has to be the biggest game ever played in the state of AFL football
33:44Q clash
33:45in a final
33:45at the Gabba
33:46you know we want to be the number one team in Queensland
33:49you know we just can't get knocked out against the Gold Coast like we need to play our absolute best
33:53the air thick with anticipation
33:56and a packed Gabba
33:57two teams that have a long history where they don't particularly like each other
34:02some of our best wins have come off losses this year
34:04every time this year we came we had a really bad performance
34:08the following week he's been able to really make amends
34:11they're gonna come right at it
34:13how we fucking respond is up to us
34:15okay we get to choose that
34:16secure the ball
34:17fucking put pressure on
34:19we hunt them
34:20they're worried about us
34:21let's go
34:22let's go
34:22I feel like if we could knock them off
34:24we'd be making a serious statement in the AFL world
34:28we're ready to go
34:29it's the second semi-final
34:31Duke Miller and Dain Zorko lining up
34:34keep an eye on those two they gotta be feisty
34:36very first bounce
34:38standing side by side when he nudged me I'm like
34:42ah fair enough let's go
34:44bye
34:45bye
35:21You
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