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The Continuous Call Team – Full Show Saturday 15th June 2024

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Now, live, right across Australia, the continuous Colton. Good man, delivers the ball, then the pass on the outside of the fullback, he's gone straight through, he comes back on the inside, he beat one, he beat two, and Crichton's in! Crichton scores the try, 18-14.

the cub. Oh, pitch beyond dreaming, Big D. With Mark Levy, Daryl Broman, Paul Galland and Alana Ferguson. It takes more effort to chew a crust than it does a sandwich in the middle. I don't think you've ever been worried about effort in chewing. That's the one thing you haven't been worried about. I'm conserving my energy. You have something for lunch and you go, phew, that was a big chew. Ha ha ha.

That took more bite force. Give me some skin. Yes. Wow, that was a big chew today, Beverly. These are sponsored when I boxed many years ago, but not anymore, so still get free stuff. No, I don't. Buy stuff offline. Offline. Offline. He buys stuff offline. Buy sport and laughter right across your weekend.

What have you made of Rabbits and all this talk about him coming out of retirement for one more? I'll tell you how this all came about. Rabbits said, look, this stuff that gets written about me, I know nothing about. It's just ridiculous. Of course I wasn't coming back having retired three years ago. And the people that put it out there need to be really ashamed of themselves publishing it all. His son Mark put it on social media. That's how it started. Mark Warren put it on social media.

I said to Rabs, you're blaming all the journalists for having you wheeled out. Mark put it on social media. Let's get Rabids back for one more game. I didn't know that. Must talk to the kid. The Continuous Call team, thanks to Maccas, Harvey Norman, Lowe's, Ram Trucks, Uber, Brydon's Lawyers, First Choice Liquor, Karcher, 1-800-GOT-JUNK, Castrol and Westpac.

Tyrell Sloan was a special guest on the Continuous Call team. While organising it on the Friday night, Chris, the Dragons media manager, asked Tyrell Sloan if he'd like to do an interview with the Continuous Call team. Tyrell replied, who's it with? He said, Mark Levy, Daryl Broman, Paul Gallen and Flannery. Jaden Seward butted in. Daryl Broman, is he the one that sings We'll Be Riding on the Horses? Yeah. Zach Lomax, he chimed in with, that's Daryl Braithwaite, you idiot. LAUGHTER

And now on 2GB Sydney, 4BC Brisbane and network stations across Australia, it's time for the Continuous Call Team. Yes, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome along to another Saturday afternoon with the Continuous Call Team as the National Rugby League supports the Mark Hughes Foundation with the Beanie for Brain Cancer round.

Over the last nine years, the football fraternity has helped sell more than a million beanies and raise over $30 million for research into this insidious disease, which kills more children than any other disease and receives less than 5% of federal funding.

It's obviously a cause very close to our hearts at the moment because of the health battle confronting our great mate and colleague David Morrow, who's actually recorded an emotional message, which I'll share with you shortly. Davey wanted to encourage you, our listeners, to dig deep and buy a beanie at the footy at select IGA stores or at Lowe's to support the Mark Hughes Foundation. And he's also sent through a beautiful photo of his wife, Christine, and his two daughters,

Emily and Lucy proudly wearing their beanies while visiting Thirsty in the Prince of Wales Hospital. And I'll put that up on our websites as well. Now, look, it got me thinking, what could we do as a continuous call team to raise some money for the Marquees Foundation? And I thought, well, why not auction a long lunch?

with Daryl Bryman, Paul Gallen, Mark Riddell, Josh Morris, the Continuous Call team. Con Deedee's is a generous man, and he's come to the table, pardon the pun, to offer up one of the Deedee's group of restaurants to host the lunch. So we'll be running an auction throughout the afternoon on 131873. All you need to do is simply give us a buzz, put in a bid to have a long lunch with the Continuous Call team. All of the money raised will be going straight to the Mark Hughes Foundation.

And I reckon we should start the bidding this afternoon at $1,000. So if you or your business would like to put through a bid, the number to call 131873 and we'll give you a running tally throughout the afternoon before we announce the winning bid in the final half hour of the program before 5 o'clock before we launch into some footy. So 131873 the number.

In the meantime, plenty of footy to talk about today with the State of Origin teams to be named over the next 24, 48 hours. G. Latrell Mitchell put up his hand for selection last night as South Sydney beat Brisbane 22-12. That's three in a row for the Bunnies. They also racked up 40,000 points in Premiership history as Alex Johnston moved to second on the all-time leading try scorers list behind the great Ken Irvine. North Queensland climbed up the ladder with a 34-16 win over Canberra.

And on Thursday night, Hamaso Tabui Fido scored the individual try of the season as the Dolphins held on for a 30-28 victory over Cronulla. Three games today, including Parramatta and the Roosters, where Mitch Moses will be out to impress and force his way into the New South Wales team. Leichhardt Oval getting $40 million. A facelift out there. Lockie Galvin's agreed to stay at the West Tigers. And Brandon Smith, what does the future hold for the Cheese after he copped a breach notice?

and was dropped for missing a team meeting at the Roosters. As always, we'd love to hear from you. 131873. You can email us via the websites where you click onto the feedback icon and you can text us as well. 0460 873 873. Let's welcome the continuous call team. Alana Ferguson's here, Darrell Broman and Paul Gallen. Good afternoon to your team and big man. Such an important weekend in the NRL. The Mark Hughes Foundation and the NRL for the

Beanie for brain cancer. Yeah, it's been going for a little while now, hasn't it? Ever since Mark was diagnosed with the brain cancer and he's done a phenomenal job and he's still, I don't know if he's out of the woods but he's still fighting all the way with it and we know the same thing with David. I went and saw David this week and he's

battling on. I wouldn't say he's great, but he's still out there doing his best and I suppose that's all you can do, but it's a fantastic what Mark Hughes and his group of fans

family and business partners I suppose he's got has done it's just incredible did you say they've 30 million dollars I actually spoke to him on Thursday night at Shark Park over 30 million dollars and they've sold over a million beanies it's amazing isn't it now you know we all buy one every year I mean and a lot of people have jumped on board no Lowe's have jumped on board with them they're 25 dollars I think and uh mate they're the best money you'll spend I mean it

all the money goes to a fantastic cause and he looks good, doesn't he? He looks really good. He's fought and fought and fought and I know he still has tests and still going through what he has to do but, mate, it's a fantastic thing he's done. He was a

He got everything out of himself as a player, you know. I don't think he played for Australia, but he certainly played for New South Wales and probably won... I imagine he won a couple of comps, I think, with Newcastle as well. So he was a really, really good player, but fantastic last... You know, what he's done is just phenomenal and congratulations to him. Football-wise, I must admit, I...

Even though I'm a big Sharkies fan, I did watch Thursday night, but I was a bit pooped by about halftime. Went to bed. So I didn't really see a lot of that. And I was in transit most of last night. But I did see a bit of the Rabideaus-Broncos game. Now, Latrell Mitchell...

In the first half in particular, I didn't see a lot of the second half. He was just phenomenal. And, mate, he's a must. He's got to be in their side somewhere. I don't know where they would put him in the centres. I mean, they might even consider putting him at fullback. He's so good. He's such a good player. And I know I said last week as a Queenslander, I don't want him playing.

You know, I don't want him playing for New South Wales because he is a threat. He's an X factor, a big X factor. But surely they'll pick him. Surely they'll pick him. When do they pick? Tomorrow night? Tomorrow night will be the Blues, Queensland, Monday morning. Okay. Well, we'll see what happens. But I would expect there'd be a few changes in the New South Wales side. But...

you know, we'll wait and see what happens. We'll wait and see what happens. Fergo, good afternoon to you. The beanies look fantastic yet again this year and the one thing I wanted to touch on with you, the Hammers try on Thursday night in that Sharks game. One of the best individual tries we'll see in a long, long time. Unbelievable, wasn't it? I was trying to get a head count on how many players he actually gassed, but

And then right at the end too, when he got Will Kennedy and he just changed his tempo a little bit. Yeah, he's an absolute freak. Lovely bloke too. It's a shame he's a Queenslander, but he's on fire at the moment. Tell you what I love about the Beating for Brain Cancer round is just how much everyone embraces it. They've done a brilliant job. But I think my favourite part and also just aligning it with going to the footy as a kid and it being such an important part of the week

or when the Sharkies got a home game for me anyway, is just the players running out and really embracing it as well. They run out onto the field. There's so many kids that go to the footy these days or even if they're watching on telly, but they see that and they see their heroes wearing the beanies. They chuck them on straight after the game as well. I just think it's awesome that the

entire NRL communities embraced it because everyone in the crowd's got them as well. We actually, we got a really cool email from our boss at Channel 9 after that Thursday night footy. I'm pretty sure it was after Thursday night, not Friday night footy, saying that

At the game, that was the most beanies that they'd sold aside from when they first... Wow. Yeah, aside from the first game when it initiated back in 2016. Isn't that great? So, yeah, just incredible that everyone's embracing it. Obviously, we know how important it is and it goes...

to such a critical space. But I just think the way that the NRL communities embrace it has been incredible. Fergo, I haven't had a chance to ask you, but are you available for a long lunch that we're auctioning off? I was going to ask you. She wants in. She wants in, Fergo. As I was doing the introduction of the show, well, I'm thinking to myself, I haven't asked Fergo, so I can't include her in the names, but now you're in? Chuck her in, mate. Fergo's in for a lunch. I've worked it out. You can stay at Levy's place. Oh, wow.

We'll just get you a trip home. Just me leaving the cat. What's the cat's name again? Kevin. Kevin the cat. I'm tipping you for sleeping with the cat. Sounds like a night in paradise. Don't put her in that awkward position, Daryl. Sorry. Paul Gallen is here. Afternoon, G-Stream. Hey, guys. Good afternoon, everybody. Speaking of that lunch, you know what? Made $1,000. Oh.

I'm going to pay $2,000 right now. Really? Mate, it's already at $2,000. Someone's got to pay $2,000. I'm in for $2,000. Seriously. Well, I noticed the horse at your Gowra's phone through wanted to put up $1,100. We're going to have to do a little bit better than that. Oh, here we go. I'm at $2,000. Hang on, hang on. Here we go. We've had Sam from Liverpool call through. He's donating $4,000, a bit of $4,000. Good on you. So we've gone from $1,100 to $2,000 to $4,000. Thank you, Sam, for your generosity. So this will be rolling on Friday.

throughout the afternoon. We want to raise as much money as we can for the Mark Hughes Foundation. Big thank you to Conditi's. Two people, two listeners, and the continuous call time. That's worth a fortune. Which restaurant is it? Do we know? We'll make a decision once we settle on a date, but they're all fantastic. Great food and even better alcohol. Exactly. I might be able to have a drink by then. How about the...

Let's hope not. Look, I'll tell you this is where I think the NRL will get themselves in trouble. We all go on about the tackle and the origin, which, as I said, was a send-off the way they interpret things today. But Jordan Ricci, I like Jordan Ricci. He's a really good bloke. It's my daughter's favourite player. How wasn't he sent off? He should have been. That's what I mean. But this is where they get themselves in trouble. In the biggest stage, seven minutes into the biggest stage in the game, they go and send a bloke off, which, as I said, I'm not saying it was a wrong decision. But then last night, a bloke gets hit with – doesn't even have the ball in his hand.

And because he's not knocked out, doesn't get sent off. And he's got two weeks from the judiciary too. You're right. It was a send-off. Absolutely it was a send-off. But, Paul, how often do we talk about consistency? Every week. It's just frustrating. Especially for me when it's Queensland, New South Wales. It's just frustrating. It's not just especially for you. It's for everyone. Well, it is for everyone. It is frustrating for everyone. That's the thing. It's not all about you, Gal. Gal, on your Sharks, I went along on Thursday night. Thank you to you and the Sharks. It was a very wonderful night in the tent. Yeah.

It's not the chairman's tent. I get in trouble for calling it the chairman's tent. Steve Mace comes over and goes, don't call it the chairman's tent. I said, well, the corporate hospitality was wonderful. And I don't get the opportunity to go to the footy and just enjoy it. I'm usually working. He enjoyed himself over everybody. He enjoyed himself. Oh, I behaved myself. 100%. You had a great time. I was seated next to the new federal member for Cook, Simon Kennedy, who reminded me that I bagged him leading up

of the pre-selection. But we got along like a house on fire by the end of the night. He's a good fella. But, Gal, I wanted to ask you this. It seems like following on from that game on Thursday night, it was all about Nico Hines. Nico Hines missed the conversion attempt.

The Sharks were trailing 22-0. I think that's important to make mention of when we're talking about the context of that game on Thursday night. Do you agree? Yeah, that's not Nicko's fault, the fact they're down 22 points to nil. That's a club issue. They've had an issue with their first halves all year. From the very first round of the competition, I think they're down...

It might have been 18-0 with the Warriors. They come back and won that. They've been down at halftime multiple times this year and come home and won. And again on the weekend, they hit the lead, 26-24 at one stage, I think. So their first halves are without doubt an issue. It's something they've got to address and got to fix up pretty soon because they can't keep chasing. This competition is hard enough without being down 22 points. It really is. So they've got to fix that up. They've got the bye next week. That's the most disappointing thing, that 4-point turnaround. Had they won that, they'd go into the bye and

They get four points, but they're blowing that. And look, as we know, the Dolphins haven't won a lot of games outside of Queensland. So it was a big opportunity for them to really stand their authority on the competition. They've still won more games than any other team in the comp, so they're still going okay. A lot of other teams would rather be where they are than where they are themselves. But, yeah, look...

It was disappointing nights. Being out 22-0 and they get beaten at the end of the day when Italy were disappointing, but no, that's footy. Yep, fair enough. All right, 131873, the number. You can email us via the website. You can text us as well, 0460 873 873. So Sam at Liverpool has bid $4,000 for a long lunch with the Continuous Call team. All the money raised going to the Mark Hughes Foundation. Now the horse at Ugowra is back in contact with us. He's on the open line. Hello, horse. Are you there, horse?

Hello? You there, horse? The big horse is gone. All right, we'll put you back to the switch. Apparently he wants to donate $6,000. Maybe he's going to go for a fortune. That might be the problem. Honestly, what do you reckon this will get? I'm saying I reckon we'll get $10,000. You reckon? Mate, it's a big day. Honestly, there's eight or ten of us. There'll be eight of us there.

Plus listeners. It's a big day. And it'll be great. You can chew the fat with Gal, Big Man, Fergo. Is Con going to come along? Con will be there. He loves a long lunch. Con, our man Con Deedees from the Deedees group of restaurants. I'll tell you what, he's been a sponsor of this show and 2GB in general for a long time now.

Wonderful family, Daryl. They used to have a great place at Bulldogs, I think. I can't remember whether. I don't think it's there anymore, but he used to have a restaurant at the Bulldogs. It was phenomenal. I remember going along to a lunch with you at one of the Dee Dee's group of restaurants with Arthur Laundie, and there was a big group of people down there. Beautiful food. So if you'd like to make a donation, the horse at your gower has gone up to $6,000. So there you are. 131873, the number. Quick break. When we return, Mark Hughes will join us from the Mark Hughes Foundation. Great to have you with us. 131873, the number.

Ian's a proud father. He says, hey, boys, Ian from Dungog here. Proud dad moment today. My six-year-old daughter, Alia, played her first game of footy for the Clarencetown Snakes, and she scored two tries. Good stuff. Good on you.

Alea, well done and good luck on your rugby league journey. Six years of age and maybe one day representing New South Wales in state of origin. Bring that on. Both the men's and women's this coming, well, over the next couple of weeks anyway. We've got a 10-day preparation for the men's game with the teams named

Sunday and Monday. Of course, you can donate to the Marquees Foundation, 2gb.com and 4bc.com.au. You can go to our websites and there's a link there to take you straight on through. Hi, Team Sandy. It's Kirrawee here. I was at the Sharkies on Thursday night and the Hammers Try was breathtaking. The whole stadium was in awe.

And then, of course, the Wayne Bennett press conference said the Hammers try was really close to Steve Rinoff's in the 92 grand final. So I had a look at the Pearls highlights reel. We forget how bloody amazing that bloke was. What speed and talent. If the Hammer becomes half as great, he'll also be remembered forever. Love the show as normal teams. Settled in to listen for the Arvo. Take care from Sandy. Good on you, Sandy. Thank you. 131.

873 the number. Well, as we've touched on, the NRL is joining forces with the Mark Hughes Foundation this weekend for the eighth annual Beanie for Brain Cancer round. It's already raised over $1 million, over $30 million, I should say, and they've sold over a million beanies.

And I mentioned at the top of the program, survival rates have increased by only 1% over the last 30 years. Brain cancer kills more children than any other disease. Only 2 out of 10 people diagnosed will live more than 5 years. And it kills more people under 40 than any other cancer. I'm pleased to say the man behind all of this, Mark Hughes, he's on the line with us right now. G'day, Mark.

G'day, Mark. Mate, wonderful to catch up as always. I was talking to you at the footy on Thursday night about what you've been able to achieve with your foundation. Mate, you must sit back and think to yourself, wow, we're making a huge difference for the sufferers of this insidious disease.

Yeah, sure, mate. And, you know, all due to the NRL being around, being for brain cancer around it, it's really propelled us to another level. And the support we get from the whole community, particular rugby league community during this time is, you know, it's overwhelming actually. But then you, you know, you read out those stats and you hear those things that you just mentioned on there and it,

It keeps me motivated to... We've got to improve these for so many people, you know? Yeah, and I've got to say a big thank you to you, Mark, because you asked how our great mate David Morrow is going at the moment. He's in hospital. And I'm going to play a little message that he's recorded for you, Mark, and also our listeners who are tuning in to the continuous call team. You'll obviously be able to tell that he's quite frail at the moment. Davey, it's very tough to listen to when you think back to his big, booming voice. But here's a message...

From David Morrow to Mark Hughes and our Continuous Call team listeners. To all the Continuous Call team listeners, this is just a message from David Morrow, wishing you all the best, especially you, Mark, and the Foundation and all those that get behind the Foundation and give it a lift every year. I can't understand what some of you have been through. I can now. I tell you what, it's tough. It's a tough road to row.

And I thank you, Mark, for everything you've done to help so many lift their spirits and try and find a way to beat this unbelievable, hideous bloody disease. And, mate, honestly, thanks for all your support and everyone else that's given me support. And don't forget the beanies. They're fantastic. Keep your ears warm throughout the winter. I've spoken the world with friends and others that I've had out of footy

because without them I'm not sure we've even got this far. I'm not lucky, really I'm so lucky. Thanks for all your support and please support the Mark Hughes Foundation. Every cent counts towards the most underfunded research project in Australia. We need it. Every cent helps. I'm going okay.

as well as can be expected, as they would say in doctor's terminology. Yeah, he's really battling at the moment, Mark. But when I mentioned to his family that you were sending your well wishes to him, he was overjoyed. He had a smile from ear to ear, mate. And it's another reason why we need people to buy those beanies. Yeah.

Yeah, well, yeah, so David has always been a huge supporter of what I've been doing. I've always looked forward to talking to him every year. And, yeah, that's, you know, that's hard listening, that. And that's the realities of brain cancer. And it's devastating to me and everyone listening, really.

But, yeah, it's why we keep going at this. Yeah, and we've got to keep going because, you know, the more and more money we raise, Mark, the closer we will get, hopefully, to one day finding a cure for what can only be described. I mean, I said insidious. It's a bastard of a disease, isn't it?

Yeah, it's the absolute worst. I get so many stories and hear so many things, such as David's, and I just want to stop it. Like, I've had a gut pull. Like, I just... I need to crack the code to this thing. So I'm not going to stop. And I know some people probably think, oh, this bloke's back on again this year. He raves on. You know, we can't get rid of him. But I hope you're not going to get rid of me because...

I want to stick around and see this to the end myself so that the Morrow family and so many others don't have to go through this garbage. Well said, mate. Where are you at with it yourself, mate? You've been battling it for quite a while now. How's your health?

Yeah, Daryl, going great, mate. I'm just so grateful. I feel fit. I'm healthy. I get scans every five months. I'm going unbelievable from 10 years ago to be here now and be going so well is just amazing. So I'm going to keep running with the ball, um,

I've got a good crack at this and, yeah, I'm representing people like David and so many others that don't get the opportunities that I'm getting. Yeah, you're incredible, mate. I mean, in awe of you every time I see you with that big grin over your face, just out there helping everyone else. But, hey, I was just chatting before about we got an incredible email off our bosses that the Mark Hughes Foundation had the largest night of sales on Thursday night since the opening night.

eight years ago. How important is that to you and how does that make you feel just knowing that the momentum is on the rise and it's still going, people are still at it?

It's unbelievable, Alana. And you guys at Channel 9 just go well over and above, like all the media, but particularly you guys at Channel 9, what you do for us. And just stuff like, I think I was on at halftime of the Women's State of Origin for two minutes talking about it, and I think we sold $50,000 worth of beanies in 20 minutes. And I don't know the stats on the other day, but we had our best ever day because of all the coverage we're getting from all the networks, all the radios,

All the teams. This awareness, the money's one thing, but the awareness we get and people wanting to help us post Beanie Round really sets us up for the year because we have inquiries flooding in of different people that want to get in and help, and it doesn't happen without good people like yourself.

getting on there and helping us. Well, Mark, I was driving to work this morning thinking, what could we do as a continuous call team to try and raise a bit more money for your foundation in the hope of trying to find a cure and raise more money for research? And what we're going to do this afternoon is auction off a long lunch with the continuous call team. We've already taken a bit of $7,000 from William at Balmoral. Just stay there for me, Mark.

because I want to bring in Michael, who I believe is a real estate agent listening to us in Sydney. Are there, Michael? Hey, mate. Hello, Michael. What's your real estate agency's name there, Michael? Daystar First National, mate. We're based at Reesby. Fantastic. Did you want to make a bid in our auction, mate? Yeah, well, I'm certainly going to push it up for you and I'm certainly committed to it. $10,000. Oh, wow.

Good on you, mate. Wow, mate. That's fabulous. If I can get a chair, I'll get there as well. Oh, well, Bert, mate, you can't drink, can you? You're allowed to have a drink. I might devalue the thing, but no, that's good. Well, Michael, thank you very much for that. A $10,000 beard. Mate, you're a superstar. And look, we're going to continue to push this throughout the afternoon. We're on air right throughout the afternoon before we launch into some footy at five. So we'll keep it going, Mark, and see how much money we can raise for the Mark Hughes Foundation and

Obviously, we'll be pushing that message to Bayer Beeney from Lowe's, from IGA, and also at the footy this weekend. You keep up the fight, mate. It's wonderful to catch up.

Legend, Mark. And I did send David a text message yesterday. I hope he got it. But, yeah, it was really great to talk to you, guy. You're all legends, and thanks for the support. Good on you, buddy. There he is, Mark Hughes from the Mark Hughes Foundation. Beanies for brain cancer around in the NRL. So we've gone from 1,000 to 1,100 to 2,000 to 4,000 to 7,000. And Michael Sleeman, a real estate agent in Sydney, has just put up $10,000 for a long lunch with the Continuous Call team. If you'd like to make a bid...

You can give us a ring on 131873 and please buy those beanies this weekend. All I wanted in retirement was to feel confident with my money. So I picked an income account with my industry super fund. Now I take enough for day-to-day things, splash out when I fancy, and the rest can grow over time. Stick with your industry super fund in retirement. Visit compareyourretirement.com today.

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. Consider the fund's PDS and whether the product is right for you. 131873, the number 2GB.com. Click onto the feedback icon if you would like to join us. Look, thank you to all the wonderful messages coming through in support of Davey. To hear his voice is obviously quite emotional for a lot of people. Kara says on the Gold Coast, Davey, so sorry to hear you battling so much.

I buy a beanie for brain cancer every year and that now means even more knowing that it helps people like you who give other people like me so much joy. We're sending you our best wishes and all our strength for your fight. Lots of tears here, boys. Love, Davey from Cara. Thank you, Cara. Leslie says, boys, no dry eyes here after listening to David Morrow. Stay strong, thirsty.

Barb's listening. Mark, that made me cry hearing David's voice. I lost my son-in-law five years ago, aged 41. He was the most beautiful human being I have ever met and in his last weeks raised $30,000 for the Mark Hughes Foundation. My family no longer give each other Christmas gifts. Christmas gifts are a donation to the Mark Hughes Foundation. Stay well, Davey, from Barb. Gabbard Mulgower, God bless Davey. He's such an inspiration and has brought so much joy to many.

thinking of him always please support the foundation everyone and paul writes we love you david what a bloody shocking disease a tear in the eye listening to the great man thank you very much for the messages folks 0460 873 873 and andrew what we might do is um we might put together all of the text messages and the emails that we've been sent over the that will we will be sent over the course of the weekend and uh when i go in to see him in the next uh week or two i'll i'll give him a

a bound folder full of all the wonderful messages that have come through from our listeners because you mean a hell of a lot to him and the continuous call team means a hell of a lot to him as well with the photos that he's got up on the wall. 131873 0460 873873 if you'd like to send us a text. Now, Gal, you were telling me that off the back of last week that you've had quite a lot of

of feedback. I have. What's happened? Last week's show must have been really good. People really loved it from what I hear. So I got lots of feedback about, first of all, my cutting of the sandwiches. And when you go to a cafe, rather than asking for triangles...

No, rectangles? Which one? I'm asking triangles. You get triangles. So cutting a triangle. You cut across. Yeah, cut across. That is a whole lot better. So I had lots of people agree with me there. Probably, I reckon, 10 to 15 messages about that. But I had this really one interesting one from a guy named Michael. I was talking about a pair of shoes last week that I wore into Shast one day, and the bloke in there is a...

What do they call them guys? A sneaky guy? Loves the sneakers? And I had a pair of shoes on that were worth $1,500. You'd be a sneaky guy if you were hanging around with them. I'd just gotten back from Bali. You and he figure it out. I'd just gotten back from Bali. I had these pair of shoes on. He goes, oh, you've just been to Bali. I said, yeah. He goes, mate, they were $1,500, them shoes, if they were real. I said, they are real. Look.

They are. Sure enough, they are. I had a message from a bloke named Michael. He sent me a video of a guy who has a pair of $40,000 Nikes on. What? $40,000 Nikes. They look like a pair of Nikes from Back to the Future, but they are worth $40,000. I'll tell you what blows my mind more about that. I'll show it for the video. I just had a look at it.

And not to say this disrespectfully, but he looks like your average bloke. Like, he doesn't look like he's swimming in cash. His dead set looks like he's... You know what he did? What? He sold a car. Yeah, see, that is ridiculous. He sold his car to buy a pair of $40,000 Nike shoes. Well, if he sold his car, he's going to have to walk a lot. He sure is. A lot of these $40,000 pair of shoes are going to take you a fair way. But I was sort of wondering, what have you bought or what have you spent a lot of money on that...

probably really isn't worth it. Like, is a pair of shoes for 14 grand worth it? Like, if you're filthy rich, and it's a drop in the ocean, but if you're, you know what I mean? If you're selling your car to buy shoes, he's off his head. He's off his head. That's a good question. When I was a younger bloke, before I bought a house and did all those sorts of things, and, you know, I was in my early teens, I was working, I was working at the races and all that sort of thing. Paycheck to paycheck. I got talked into buying an $8,000...

It's like it was a CD player and big speakers, surround sound system and all that sort of thing. I reckon I used it about four times. Mate, I did the same thing. I went to Harvey Norman, bought this massive TV, this big stereo surround sound system. I walked out and pooped myself. I was really, I was like, oh, I can't do this. I rang Steve Rogers. Steve Rogers rang Harvey Norman, got my money back for me. LAUGHTER

Thank God. Honestly, I reckon I would have spent the same, five or six grand on it. Ridiculous. In the old days, the TVs were so expensive. Compared to today, like the TVs today are cheap. Cheap as. Remember when the plasmas first come out? They were like 10, 20 grand. Yeah, they were. They were expensive. But they were special. Like no one had anything like that. We had a, I can't remember what we had. We paid a lot for a big TV when I was living at Barden Ridge and

I didn't regret it because we've got to... I reckon TVs are the... Just getting off subject, I reckon they're the best value of any bit of electrical equipment you ever buy. How often do you watch your TV? You can buy a really good TV now. What about your phone? Yeah, but phones are sort of...

I'm a bit anti-phones. I am. A little bit, but TVs, I love TV. You can get a 75-inch TV for $1,500. You can get them for $2,500. You watch them for six or seven years or probably more. I mean, I think they're as good a value as anything. Well, I think that's a good question from you, Gow. Let's get our listeners involved. What's something you've bought, you've paid massive overs for, that you probably think to yourself now, gee, I'm an idiot for buying that?

131873, the number. 0460873873. What about shoes? Has anyone bought a crazy expensive pair of shoes? Like 40 grand for a pair of shoes inside. Well, mate.

The sneakers I have on are $1,500. This bloke has got to be a multi-cazinia. The sneakers you're wearing are $1,500. They're $1,500. They're gone goose. What the hell's that? They're crap. $1,500 for them? They're made in Venice. Oh, get out of here. You're going too much money. It's not my only pair. $1,500 for a pair of shoes. But listen, I'm a tomboy. I don't like jewelry. I don't like hands.

So you have multiple pairs of them. You like gambling? I like sneakers. Nah, my husband does that. Yes! He takes the load. We love guys. I'm a $5 multi kind of girl.

$1,500 pair of shoes. All right, well, take a break. Let us know what are the things you've bought, you've paid massive overs for. I mean, $40,000 on a pair of shoes is a bit rich. What else have you bought out there, folks, that you think to yourself, oh, gee, I probably didn't need to spend that sort of money. I'm sure we've got collectors out there as well. 1318730460873873. We are the Continuous Call team.

131873, the number, 2GB.com. Click onto the feedback icon if you would like to join us. I just was sent a very interesting photo, ladies and gentlemen. A very, very interesting photo. Love it. South Juniors, right now.

for the 2010... the 10-year reunion of the South Sydney Grand Final. And guess who's on the table sitting next to one another? Michael Maguire and Latrell Mitchell. Yeah. Bring on the new blues. I can understand. I can understand Latrell... Don't get me wrong. He should be putting his hand up to play because everyone should be available. But...

Let's not forget, game one, everyone was pook-handing him. You remember, Levi, I picked him on a Tuesday and you were even asking questions about it. And I said, mate, trust me, he's the type of guy we need. No one wanted him. Now all of a sudden we're begging him for him to come back like we're a little bit... Is it hypocritical, the word? Fickle. Very fickle. Well, not necessarily because the bloke got suspended. No.

No, no, no. He was back. No, no, no. Listen. So Suoli is suspended. So we've got a gap to fill in the team. So we're not being hypocritical. He would have been in my team anyway, as I said. But you can't accuse other people of being hypocritical when Suoli is picked in the first place. He gets suspended and now Latrell Mitchell is going to be included in the team. But listen, everybody was talking about him like he's no chance. That'd be ridiculous. He wouldn't be in the top 10. Now all of a sudden one guy's out and he's back.

I don't think everybody did. I remember on the Tuesday show, Marcus, you were right. You were well and truly... No, no, no. Just hang on a second. I was simply doing my job and questioning your selections. This is the same bloke who included Jack White in his New South Wales team. No, no, no. Jack White has retired from Origin Football. Hang on a second. And Jack White was asked to come back by the coach. The coach asked him to come back. Jack White had addressed that on TV about two weeks before the team was picked, saying he's asked me to come back, but I'm not going to come back. I'll leave it up to the young blokes. So I wasn't too far away, was I? Can we get back into it? Look, you don't...

Shane Flanagan just texted me. He's right. He said, of course, last week was a good show. Hello? Shane, haven't you got to prepare for a game of football? He loves this program. Well, you know we're in a punters' syndicate, and we're supposed to be all having a bet on each race in Brisbane. My understanding is either Shane or one of them was very late. You're supposed to have your tips in by 11. It might not have been Shane, but one of them didn't have it in in time, and it's embarrassing. That is. It's not hard, is it? Rules are rules, I would have thought. It's not hard.

Yeah, but when it's Shane, the rules always get stretched. Because this bloke who runs it is a Shane suck. Not Peggy. Who's that? David. Gentle? Gentle. He's a good man, David Gentle. He's a good man, but he's a Shane suck.

We were talking about things you've paid overs for and then regretted. Tim's been in touch. My ex-wife's engagement ring. Huge price, even bigger regrets. Yeah. Oh, that would have cost him plenty. Marie's at Strathfield. Hi, Marie.

G'day, guys. How are you? Good, thank you. Look, I've got a bit of a story about some Golden Goose sneakers that I paid about $1,200 for. And Erin mentioned them earlier. Now, when you buy these shoes, they're a bit scuffed up, and that's the appeal of them. And I had my mother come over to my place and saw I had some dirty sneakers, so she took it upon herself to give them a good scrub. And when I found them, I thought, these aren't what I bought. Hmm.

Does she try and clean them? I hope you find her for that. Is it Mari or Marie? Marie with an IE. I was mortified. Yeah, that's actually horrendous. Well, were you mortified when you found out your name was Mari? Yes, I had to do walking in the mud.

These blokes have no idea what Golden Goose sneakers are. No idea. And that is atrocious behaviour from her. Golden Goose? Why are they so good? I've never heard of them. Just show me the shoes again. Obviously, look at you. You better meet him. I'm sorry, I would not pay $1,500 for that. Show me your shoes. You wearing Skechers or something? No, I've got boots on. I've got Skechers. Of course you do. They're very cheap. Actually, have a go at Big Mind Shoes and you're commenting on Golden Goose. Paul

head in. Yeah, we all paid $1,500 for them. I paid $20 for these, you idiot. I wouldn't bloody wear them if someone paid me $1,500. That's such a liar. That is such a liar. You are a liar. I do like cats as much as gals. Thank you very much. More than me. I'd wear them on the boat. I'd wear them fishing. That's it. You would wear them if someone paid you $1,500. You know why you wear them? Because they're comfortable and I don't give a rat's. I like Crocs.

Oh, they're despicable. That's actually another topic in itself. Do you still get cracked heels from wearing thongs? No, I don't wear thongs anymore. I refuse to wear thongs. You give it up. They give me cracked heels, so I don't wear them. Did you say yuck to thongs? What's wrong with thongs? No, I said yuck to cracked heels. Cracked heels are the pits. Did you ever have them? Not really, I don't think, no. I haven't had them for ages because I don't. They used to come when I wore thongs. I don't wear thongs.

Just don't wear them. I can't do Crocs. I can't do Crocs. I reckon they're ranked too. A lot of the boys wear them these days. I see a lot of the Sharkies boys wearing them to training. Yeah, well, they're a thing. They're cool at the moment. Are they cool at the moment, really? Of course they are, yeah. I reckon they're crap. Do you like them, really? What if they offered you a sponsorship deal for them? No, different story. Ben, you're...

I'd cash in. Yeah, I do like them, to be honest. Do you really? I wear them all the time. Are they comfortable? Very. You watch next week. This idiot over here will go, mate, how good are Crocs? They're made in touch. You're preaching to the choir right there. She is the best. You think I'm good. She's got me covered tenfold when it comes to freebies. Trust me. Yeah, but I didn't get paid what you did to

play footy mate I've got to get it where I can so pull your head in actually I did laugh Fergo I saw something on your Instagram the other day you're standing there with your husband or something you're going yes what wall should we put here or you know I'm thinking oh Fergo on fire

Beautiful. On the way to the break, thank you, Marie, for your call. There's nothing more exciting than going to the footy. With minutes to go, the players are switched on. There's a huddle in the locker room. The coach gives you one last pep talk as the players get their game faces on. They then run onto the field to the roar and excitement of the crowd. That's everything you'll experience when you get to a game on time. Here's the play. With Uber Reserve, you can reserve an Uber ride in advance from 30 minutes up to 90 days. That's your ride to and from the game this weekend.

helping make sure you don't miss any of the footy action. Just head into the Uber app, conditions apply. Reserve now, ride later with Uber Reserve. 131873, 2GB.com, 4BC.com.au. Click onto the feedback icon if you'd like to join us. Hi, John here. I had a Chinese student living with us. His parents were sending him $10,000 a week to get by. What? Yeah. All he did was party and was never home until his parents asked for his results.

He was packed up and shipped home quick smart. But when he left, I went into his room and there were a pair of Christian Louis Vuitton shoes worth $5,000 and they fit me.

Holy. $5,000 for shoes. I can't believe people pay that. That's just unbelievable. It is crazy. Anyway, boys, Mooney from Denman here. Levy keep getting stuck into the wordsmith gal and up the Tigers this afternoon. Why is he up gal? No, I don't know. Because he goes to the Tigers? Because gal's annoying. Boys, honestly, I'm so over the Latrell thing. Mitchell is hot and cold. His last State of Origin appearance was a flop.

Yes, he Mitchell is a polarising figure, but what's the obsession with this guy from Paul? Well, when he's good, he's good. We can do things that other players can't do, mate.

You know, his strength is just powerful. Do you know what? He's a good player. He's in my team. He's in my team, but I completely understand where Paul's coming from. I find him one of the most frustrating players in the NRL because he's that good and because he's only that good when he chooses to be. So I think there's a bit of credit in what he's saying and it's a fair comment. But at the end of the day, holy dooly, he's unstoppable when he wants to be. Was his words there like he wouldn't pick him?

Is that what he was trying to say? Well, I'd say so. I'd say so. It's ridiculous. Exactly. As I said before game one, I would have had him there for game one. He should have been there. When did you say that? I said it when we got to pick our team. I had him in my team every single time. I think you're cranky. Settle down. Just take a big, deep breath. Just a big.

I'm fine. I'm just explaining. I just hate it when people don't listen properly. Look, I know you sat next to Nate Miles yesterday and you got very cranky. No, I wasn't cranky at all. We'll talk about that after the next hour. You do a lot of stuff for nothing. No, I've done that because it was for the children's hospital.

Okay, good. That was for nothing. You know what? I'll talk about it later after. What do I always tell you? What goes around comes around. Next time I invoice something, the invoice will be extra large. That's what I do. I give plenty because when I take, I take a lot. Let's hope we're not getting you next time. Well, I'm sure you didn't do the hot air balloon for free, did you, Gow? No, I did. That was part of my nine deal, actually. Oh, you did that for free too? Yes.

And that was hard. Aren't you off contract? I'm off contract, yeah. I'm off contract. Well, it's funny. I had a conversation with his Cronulla Sharks boss on Thursday night at the footy, Kylie, who's lovely. I said, Kylie, you know, I noticed that things need to be done here. I said, just take the money off Gow. He doesn't need it. He's got plenty. And she said, yeah, well, we're going to have to sit him down for a contract renewal shortly. And I said, oh, is that right? He told me it was on a lifetime contract. She said, rubbish. I thought he did it for nothing. Believe me, I'll be fine because I got her a...

Spinalese pillow the other day. Oh, you paid full freight for that too. I'm in the good books. Did you pay for that one? I did pay for that one. Of course you didn't. Break them back with more. We've got three games for you this afternoon. We'll call two of them, of course, at three o'clock. That match at Leichhardt Oval, West Tigers, Titans. Score updates on that one. 5.30, I'll be calling the footy with the boys, Darrell and Paul, Warriors and Stool. Matt Thompson on swimming duties over the last week, and he's done a brilliant job for Nine's Wide World of Sports.

And Chris Warren in the chair to bring you Parramatta and the Roosters. That match at 7.35. News comes up next. All I wanted in retirement was to feel confident with my money. So I picked an income account with my industry super fund. Now I take enough for day-to-day things, splash out when I fancy, and the rest can grow over time. Stick with your industry super fund in retirement. Visit compareyourretirement.com today.

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So he's made a successful return. Having said that, the Warriors are leading the Western Suburbs Magpies by 36 points to six with six and a half minutes left in the second half. That leads us to the first of today's three games with the West Tigers taking on the Titans. Shane Richardson is going to join us.

in the next 20 minutes as well. Alex Twold and Alex Lobb are both out after suffering head knocks at training. So Brent Naden goes to the wing. Fa'atapai starts in the centres. Reuben Porter in the front row. Heath Mason and Jordan Miller are onto the bench in 20 and 22. And for the Titans, David Fafita's out with an ankle injury. Cleese Haas to the back row. Aaron Clarke will start at lock.

And Jacob Alec-Wineke joins the bench in jumper number 20. The Tigers and Titans will update the scores on that one. 5.30, I'll bring you the action between the Warriors and the Storm. And 7.35 tonight, it's the Eels and the Roosters. Last night, South Sydney beat Brisbane by 22 points to 12. North Queensland over the Raiders, 34 points to 16. And in Thursday night footy, the Dolphins...

held on for a 30-28 victory over the Cronulla Sharks. Of course, the Beanie for Brain Cancer round, raising money for the Mark Hughes Foundation. And we're having our own little auction here today to try and raise some money for the foundation, for Mark Hughes. And we've taken a $10,000 bid.

from Michael Sleeman, who's a real estate agent in Sydney, for a long lunch with the Continuous Call team. That auction's going to continue throughout the afternoon, so if you're a business owner or you've got some cash that you'd like to make a donation to the Mark Hughes Foundation, you can always give us a ring on 131873 and put in your bid. But you've got to beat that $10,000 bid from Michael, the real estate agent in Sydney. 131873 is the number. Just on tonight's game, team, between the Roosters and Parramatta,

Brandon Smith's been dropped for missing a team meeting during the week. It's been one of the big talking points in the game. And Brandon, the cheese, he appeared on the Buy Round podcast with James Graham and explained exactly what happened. Done by me, first of all. I went out for a coffee with my missus. She doesn't like when I take my phone out because I ignore her. So I left my phone at home. And then when I got home...

And like, the reason it's my fault is because you check the schedule before you get to sleep. Yeah, and then, you know, a lot of rumours go up and about because I got a breach and

yeah I guess I was starting to think I was going to get sacked myself so uh yeah it was a pretty epic couple of days and um thankfully I went in today and it was all good it put me I noticed that it's not good enough obviously um so I was the first one in training this morning I feel like I let people down and I don't like letting people down so that's definitely made me want to chill out a bit and um you know focus on uh what's really important and

And it's something so little like that can, not really little, but something that, yeah, I just needed, I guess. Yeah, Ferg, I would have thought in a team environment, you can't be missing team training sessions, especially at a club like the Roosters. Nah, it's a bit strange too. I'm glad he changed the fact that he said something so little because it's really not. I mean, you got one job.

to train and play footy. You've got to turn up to every session. It's hardly convincing what he said. I mean, just dribble what he just said. And he was having a little bit of a laugh about it. You know what you've got to do. I mean, it's a team game. You know when you train. Come on.

Well, the alternative is you forfeit your $800,000 a year and go and work on a building site or do something else and understand the real struggles in life. Exactly. You wouldn't know the tough days of work if it slapped him in the face by the sounds of things. And at a club like the Roosters, Garen, I think you made the point recently that these sorts of things don't usually get out there, which makes me think, you know, if you're going to breach a player, they're really not happy with Brandon Smith. Yeah, we spoke about it on our Tuesday show yesterday.

The Roosters are a club who manage to keep everything in-house. Nothing gets out. Nothing gets out that they don't want to get out anyway. So for me, it's a bit weird. They've had a few things this year. Obviously, the Fafida one, the Angus Crichton one at the moment, they're trying to re-sign him. A couple of other players have probably got their nose out of joint because of the amount of money they offered last year.

for feeder. So, yeah, interesting times at the Roosters. They've got such a good squad, but they just don't know if you can quite back them totally at the moment. I don't know what's going on there. I don't know the place that Harmonia's at the moment, but, yeah, the fact that that got out, I think, is a little bit weird and they must be pretty cranky with them at the moment, but hopefully for him...

He pulls his head in and gets back on. He's a good player. I'll say this. He's probably playing the best footy I've seen him play for the Roosters. When he left the Melbourne Storm, he was playing great. He didn't have a good year last year, obviously, but he's playing some pretty good footy for the Roosters this year.

Hopefully, as he said, pulls his head in, gets back on the field and plays well. Well said. Now, team, you know that when our team members make little mistakes, we highlight them from time to time. Josh Morris was on the touchline last night resembling Ian Thorpe in a bodysuit for swimming because he was cold and obviously prepared. But he was rattled in his post-match interviews, which can be very difficult. You've got to think of questions on the fly and everything else.

And Josh decided for his first interview last night to get Damien Cook, who's been on this program. And, well, let's just say Cookie threw him under the bus. Here is Josh Morris. Yeah, I got little Cookie here, mate. What about that? Scrappy conditions, but that first half he must have been impressed with. Are you sweet? You good? Got your question right? LAUGHTER

He was rattled after that, Josh. He couldn't bring himself back together. It's a shame because he's a professional, Josh. He's very good at what he does. Did he ask Cookie whether he's going to go to the Dragons? No, he didn't, I don't think. Tell you what, Cookie had a blinder last night. He did. He was on fire. He's a good man too. That was another big story this week, wasn't it, about him being offered a two-year deal at the Dragons. So watch this space. Look, the other issue that I needed to raise about another teammate of ours,

Mark Piggy Riddell. That's who he does. I received the text message from his wife during the week. It's a photo of Carly and Piggy, and might I just say, Piggy is batting overs. We're getting a lot of photos from everyone's wives. I was about to say, everyone's wives. Every time I'm in here, you've got a photo from someone else's wife. I have my spies. He's very sneaky. I'll wait until I read out the ones from Guy. He is punching, by the way. Wait until I read out the ones from Guy about you, Fergo. No.

Morning, Levy. Here is some ammo for the weekend. Thoughts on day spa packages. Mark enjoying a rose petal foot soak. He really did enjoy it. 90-minute hot stone massage followed as well. So did he go by himself? He should have taken guys. Or the family. Well, with his wife. Oh, that's good. That's nice. But, mate, seriously, a former athlete enjoying a rose petal foot soak. Leave him alone. Not only that. Are you serious? Listen, it's new. Are you kidding? That is crazy.

Soft. Oh, my God. Thank you, Fergo. It's not soft. This world we live in these days, and you can call that soft. Putting your feet in flower water. Rose Petalona, you'd be getting a massage. You'd be getting a whole lot more. 100%. I'd do that. I'd get pedicure occasionally. Yeah, I'd go. I'd take my missus. I'd go for sure. Pedicure's like 20 minutes. Listen, you two need to work out one at a time, not both at the same time when you're talking. We're saying the same thing. No, but it doesn't matter. It's very hard for listeners to decipher what you're saying. But I'll say this to you two.

Why would you go and put your feet in rose petal foot soak as grown men? Because that's what you do. No, it's not what you do. It's something for the women to go and do. So why can't I play? In this day and age, are you really going to talk about men and women being different? You have lost it.

gave me a voucher for a 90 minute foot soak in rose petal water, I would let it expire. You don't just sit there. You don't just sit your feet for 90 minutes. You probably sit there for 20 minutes, then you get your feet massaged, then you get the hot rocks. There's plenty to do there. Have you been, have you? No, I haven't been, but I would. I've got to say this. I've heard that when Gail does get the 20 minute foot massage, she does get hot rocks. LAUGHTER

Would you believe I never got a massage this morning?

Listen. Two weeks in a row. Two weeks in a row. No, listen, stop. I've warned you once. I'm not going to keep warning you about this. Annie doesn't appreciate it because she's texted me and alerted me to it, okay? Mate, I'm worried about Annie. You've got Annie texting you. Seriously. You've got Piggies Mrs. texting you. You seem to be... Well, I've got a few from Bev about you, but I'm keeping them up my sleeve. She wouldn't know anything about me because we're in different rooms. Oh, no, she knows a fair bit. She knows a fair bit. I just find it amazing that...

that this man this former athlete who claims he's a man of the people is now getting rose petal foot soaks and 90 minute hot stone massages well so it's you and alana against me and gal we're a team gal gives five i think it's good mate i think it's you get pedicures ever uh look when i go to bali and fiji i do yeah yeah well i don't in australia but look i'm not against them definitely not against them and definitely not against massages not against pampering yourself have you

You've earned it. Go and get it. I've been papering myself for ages. Oh, stop it. Look at that face. Look at that face. You're a sicko. All right. Well, I'm intrigued as to now that you two over there say that there's nothing wrong with, and I'm not suggesting there's anything wrong. Well, yes, you are. No, I just find it surprising that Mark Piggy Riddell, this, you know, the claims to be a battler from the western suburbs of Sydney, is now getting rose petal foot soaks.

Good on him. It's something for me that I would suggest that maybe you'd send your wife or your partner off to go and get it. Go together, mate. Together. He's done it with the picture with his wife, isn't he? Look, I'll stand corrected. If you're a bloke out there and you've ever had a rose petal foot soak, 131873 the number. I might even send you a prize. 131873 the number. If you or anybody you know have had a rose petal foot soak followed by a 90-minute hot stone massage. Have you been to Bali?

Yes. Have you had the little fish eat your feet? Oh, yuck. No. You don't like that? You don't like that? Come on. God, come on. You don't like someone nibbling on your foot? Exactly. Exactly. You don't like that? I actually have a foot fetish. I don't like feet. Yuck. What? Really? Wait. You don't like feet? I was reacting to you having a foot fetish. I don't like feet. Yeah, I love feet. Absolutely not. They're revolting. So, I just want to get this clear. You're a sicko. You're anti-the-

the little fishies eating your foot. Absolutely. Hey, aren't you getting your foot massaged? Don't love it. Oh, you're weirdo. Do you like a massage in general, like a back massage? Yeah. You know what, in my day. It has to be hard, though. It has to be hard? Yeah. Well, it won't take long. It might take you a bit longer than normal. Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.

Daryl, you're a cheeky dick. I'm actually quite a good shoulder massager as well. Prove it. Okay, you want one? Funny you say that. I done one this morning on my daughter. She woke up with a stiff neck. Hang on, hang on. Just for people in culture listening, Alana Ferguson has agreed to a back massage from Daryl Prime. No, it's a shoulder massage. Or a shoulder massage. I mean, it's quick, but it's good pressure. What do you expect?

Good pressure. In a while between drinks. So, Gail, did you just say you're into feet? Yeah, I like feet. Yeah, I pay that a bit more. What? I like touching feet. Very happy with that. Thank you very much. You touch your own? Hands. I love hands. I love my daughter's hands. You're even wearing...

willing to touch that foot. Why are you massaging Daryl's foot? Put it there. I'm not going to. I'm a lover. No, I'm a lover. What is happening? I love my daughter's hands. My baby rubies are so soft and cute. Yeah, I think kids are a different story. No, I like everyone's.

Yuck. I'm going to get my brother to send me his feet. They're very soft for a man. Well, mate, I did a lot of great stuff as a bricklayer. See, feel mine. Feel mine. They're rough. See, they're hard. Well, gentlemen. Despicable. Gentlemen, it looks like I win. Of course you win. No blokes have rung through saying that they've ever had a rose petal foot soak. Thank you very much. Prosecution rests your honour. Yeah, you win. Fergo and Levy win again. Yeah. Big man, gal,

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that bid of $10,000 it'll go to a very worthy cause and as we've touched on throughout the afternoon obviously a very very worthy cause close to our hearts given the health battle confronting David Morrow at the moment 131873 the number Andrews at Concord West hello Andrew

G'day, boys and girl. How are you going? Very well, mate. Very well. Look, I have had a rose petal oil massage, right? It's rose petal oil and it's hot. Look, I must admit, it did smell funny and, you know, like, oh, look, I'm a bit with a gal, you know what I mean? Like, I'm a tiger supporter. I need as much pampering as I can get. LAUGHTER

Good on you, mate. You know, if you worked hard enough for it, you can get it and you deserve it. Good on you. And I'm with you. 100%. If you can get a bit of pampering, a bit of love, all for it. So, Andrew, just take me through the rose petal foot soak. So you obviously put your feet in the water. Do they then apply the rose petals? Mine was a rose petal oil massage. There's a difference to me.

Right. They do the feet as well. Yeah, but see, that's okay if you ask me because a massage is a massage. Listen, Piggy wasn't sitting there for... But it's a rose... Listen, just shush for a second. A rose petal foot soak is a rose petal foot soak. Yeah. I have an issue with that. He wasn't sitting there for an hour and a half. He would have sat there for probably 20 minutes then had his feet massaged with the rose petal oil like this bloke did. What's wrong? What's wrong?

He got a whole body massage with rose petal oil. That's completely different. Piggy done the same thing. He had his foot day at a rose petal foot soak, and then he had a massage with the hot rocks. The wife said it. The wife said it. No, I think you're wrong. She said it. Read the text out again. Oh, shush. 131873, the number. Thank you for the call, Andrew. By the way, if you ring through and get to air this afternoon, you're into the draw for the $200 meat tray voucher from Stapleton's Quality Meats. Absolutely beautiful meat.

Of course, Mark, our man down there, we'll look after you at Carrilla Village in Southgate, Sylvania. Dallas, is it Moorbank? Hello, Dallas. How you going, boys? Good, thank you, mate. Well, Fergo's here too. Yeah, mate, I went for the rose petal massage and the hot rocks. Matt's just got it for me for Valentine's Day, you know what I mean? Yeah. So I went along, didn't know what it was going to be like.

And it was fantastic, mate. I couldn't give it enough praise. It was fantastic. The only thing, the bloke came in later to give me the foot rub and he had really rough fingers, mate. And the only thing worse I could think than that was when they didn't play out on the score on the 21st. Thanks for the call, Dallas. Appreciate it. You had to ruin it.

I don't know what it is about Dallas at Moorbank. He calls through under different names and he whinges us about the tab not paying different things. Do you actually remember them, do you? It's the same person. He does it every week. He's got to get some new material. As I keep saying, Dallas, ring the tab. 131873, the number. 2GB.com. Click onto the feedback icon if you'd like to join us. That's not a tick for us. No, I'm taking it. Okay. Levy, I can just see you and Kevin the cat off to the parlour to get pampered. No.

From Gary. Yeah. How's the cat going? He's still there. So you feed, like you do look after the cat, right? Yeah, I look at, he got fed. Yeah. When? This morning. Okay. He's got this habit, right? So I sleep with my door closed because I don't want him coming in while I'm asleep. And he just meows, doesn't stop meowing all morning. Feed me, feed me, feed me. Yeah.

Anyway, so I finally feed him. He's never happy. That's the problem with cats. You know what? They're ungrateful. Look, this might shock you, but cats can't talk. So that's why they meow to get a little bit of attention. Yeah, but I've heard cats meow from time to time. He just doesn't shut up until you feed him. Do you ever just pat him and sit there and he starts purring? No. You don't do that? No. Well, there's the problem. You've got to give him the attention. Why? Because that's what cats like. It's my house, my rules, gal. But, you know, you share the house with Kevin. Mm-hmm.

No, Kevin's come into his house. Yeah, but he didn't want to open up the door. He could have said no. And when the sister left, he could have said, take the cat with you. But he never. He said, yeah, leave Kevin here. By the way, there's a drama. I got a message this morning from my sister who's in London. It's her cat.

How's her boyfriend going? Well, they're now engaged and she's now having a baby. So there you are. Congratulations, Michelle. That's great. And Imran Khan or whatever his name is. You've got Kevin in life. That's his name, Imran. I call him Imran Khan. Yeah, but whatever his name is, surely you know. I've never met the bloke, so I don't know. Anyway, so she sent me a message. Did they get engaged after she fell pregnant? I wouldn't have a clue. Anyway, so she sent me a message at 3 o'clock this morning from the UK. We're planning on coming to Australia in November. Can we stay with you for a month? Ha ha.

And I said, no. I bet you they'll stay. She'll stay with you. I said, I'm happy for you to stay a week, but you can't stay a month because I'll be off at the same time and I need my space. Yeah, well, that's true. Why don't you go away for a holiday and let them look after Kevin McKay? That's on me and Liv. He has a holiday. When is it? In November. That's when you'll be at your best. Why don't you go down to Melbourne for the Melbourne Cup or

I'd be going there. I don't need to go to Melbourne for a party. I can do it in the Sutherland Shire of Sydney, Big Martin. 131873, 2GB.com. Click onto the feedback icon if you would like to join us. I wish I could read out some of these messages that are coming through. Mark Alana, Big Martin G-String. Levi, I was listening to Clinton Maynard on Tuesday night, Wednesday morning, and his question of the day was, do you prefer cats or dogs?

Clinton was on one of his daily walks when he saw a bloke walking a cat on a lead. After the conversation you guys had on air about having a cat on a lead, my immediate thoughts were of you walking Kevin. I understand he lives in Engadine and you're in Sylvania, but obviously you don't want anyone in your area to see you as Engadine is only around the corner.

Love the show as always. I'm on the computer today. I can't leave you a heart emoji from Rebecca. No, it's not me at Engadine. Quite clearly, I don't walk Kevin the cat on a lead. No. Do you ever take Kevin for exercise? No.

He's an inside cat, Darren. How do you know that? Have you tried him outside? Hey, boys, does Levy sit there like Dr. Evil patting Kevin the cat? Maybe you should. Maybe you should give him more attention. You know what you should do? Why don't you take him and let him be the mascot of your new restaurant? Kevin the cat. Just sit him on the window. There's health and safety regulations, Darren. You can't have a cat in a restaurant. That would turn people away. Exactly. Okay, put him on the outside then.

He's not an outside cat. Oh, dear. Oh, my goodness. Kevin the Cat, is he a ginger like Daddy Levy? Just asking, what is wrong with these people? Anyway, we'll take a break. Come back with Shane Richardson, the boss of the Tigers.

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the State, Federal and Inner West Council have all pledged $40 million, all combined I should say, to upgrade the eighth wonder of the world. So what does that mean for the West Tigers? Will they continue playing games at Leichhardt Oval? I should say the West Tigers have been campaigning hard for years to try and get some money for Leichhardt Oval, so I thought we'd catch up with their boss, Shane Richardson, and he's on the line. Afternoon to you, Shane.

G'day, mate. How are you? Mate, very well. Obviously, this is really encouraging news for the inner west, in and around Balmain, the spiritual home of the Tigers. $40 million, that's a hell of a lot of money to upgrade the eighth wonder of the world. Yeah, it's a long way from the $100 they required, but it's still a good start for it all. And I just want to make a point clear, we may not have featured many photos on the news, but it wouldn't have happened without the West Tigers standing up for this ground. And I think it's really important that that's noted.

So what does it mean for the club itself, Shane? Because Peter Volandi's made it clear at the press conference yesterday it's a West Tigers decision whether they continue playing games at Leichhardt Oval given the field will be, well the ground will be, upgraded. Are you committed to playing at Leichhardt?

Well, we've never been not committed to not playing at Oak Lake. What we've said is the number of games we play will be dependent on the facilities themselves. You know, we need to grow our ground. We're in the bottom of Sydney clubs as far as corporate and commercial goes. And what we need to do is grow our ground and grow our capacity. So, you know, this is a good step forward. And we'll play a part in our stadium strategy, which we'll come out with before the 30th of June. And we'll talk about it at the board meeting on Tuesday. But it's another little...

another little niche in a boat for putting this strategy together. So what will the $40 million be spent on, Shane? Obviously, the existing grandstand needs an update. Am I right in saying that there'll be a new facility at the northern end of the ground? The concept is that, first of all, they're going to upgrade these dressing rooms so that we can play more female football here because there's not enough dressing rooms to be able to play

double-headed from women here at the ground, which is atrocious. The toilets have got to be upgraded because they're just disgraceful. And then on top of that, we'd like a grandstand at the northern end of the ground, which would have corporate facilities and extra seating. But we're going to sit down with the council and work out... The $40 million has been pledged. We're going to work out the timelines of when it's going to come in and what they're going to do to upgrade it so that we can play here on a more consistent basis.

Shane, I know like I know there's a bit of a bit romantic with it with the Tigers, so to speak, but.

Look, I don't know this for sure, but I would imagine that your bigger junior nursery is out at Campbelltown. Is there any talks to upgrade the ground out there at Campbelltown or play more games out there? Yeah, to be fair, Campbelltown have already got grants for that to upgrade the ground. That'll happen over the next two and three years. And that's really what I'm saying. It depends on the grandstands being built, whether at Leichhardt or Campbelltown, is about what the capacity is and when we can play there. So it's not just a matter of saying, well, we're going to stay there and play there.

It depends on when the reconstruction starts and what parts of the grounds they've got to cut down to do the reconstruction. So everybody gets very excited about these things, but we put a lot of thought and a lot of timing into exactly working out those sort of essential stats and information, and we'll come up with a decision based around that that best suits us over the next three years. Mate, what...

What sort of capacity do you think you can get at Leichhardt Oval, Crabb was? Well, I don't really see the capacity dramatically increasing. I mean, you're talking 3,000 extra. But, I mean, they put 2,800 extra seats in that just lets people stand. So, you know, I don't know. I haven't sat down and went through all the details. But that's what I'm saying. It's a very nebulous situation at the moment.

when you don't know these details i will sit down and work out the details and uh work out a plan around uh the construction and when it happens it won't happen for another another 12 to 18 months so that's just the fact well it's good that you signed on for ceo being four years you're in it for the foreseeable future anyway shane what about the conversation about lockheed galvin's future is he going to be at the club for the next couple of years do you think

Usual rubbish. At the end of the day, you know, it took about a two-minute meeting with Lachie Ginn's parents to discuss it. Lachie doesn't want to go anywhere. And certainly his parents are steeped in West Tigers juniors. Most of these kids who are going to play today have played with Lachie. And James and Tracy, his parents, are committed to his progress through West Tigers. So he'll be with us at least for the next two years, hoping for a long period after that.

How did that all come about, Shane? Was it a bit of manager talk trying to get a bit more money here or was there some unease there with Lockie himself?

I think, mate, young kids of his age and just coming into first grade, there's a lot of head noise out there and there's a million experts that tell the kids things. And, you know, at the end of the day, the only people who really care about him, in my opinion, are his club and his close family and friends. So at the end of the day, mate, this is not unusual. I've been through this before. But I've got to say this, mate, it was... And one thing I really want to clarify here is the points that his mum made before I even started to speak to him at their house

was that they were absolutely no doubt about the handling of Lockie and his hand. They were involved with the specialist. They spent three hours with him. They discussed it with him. They were completely au fait and comfortable with every part of the treatment of Lockie. So it makes me sick in the stomach when I hear these rumours going around about these wonderful people we've got in our high-performance department as if they don't care about our kids.

Well, I'll tell you now they do. And more importantly, his parents think they do. All right, well said. I want to qualify that straight away. Well said. Benji Marshall. Everyone seems to be infatuated with Benji as the coach. Obviously, he was a great player and everything else. I've been on record on the various programs I host saying, you know, you've got to give the bloke some time. He's in his first full year as an NRL coach, and he's getting some good players next year to work with. Benji Marshall, you're obviously backing him. He's the right man for the job moving forward?

Yeah, well, we've got a really good relationship. We fought this from day one. I never knew Benny Benji before I got here, so there was no background to that. But now we sat down over a 90-day period in the club and mapped out a plan for the football and for the administration side. And Benji's been involved with both. He knows what's going on. We haven't deviated one iota from those plans, whether it be moving to the south-west, ground, stadia,

Our squad, which was nowhere. We believe we needed to change our squad around, which we've done. That's never easy and never popular. But if we hadn't done it, we wouldn't be in a position to be able to bring extra players in that we need. So, you know, Benji's on board with everything. We'd like to have won more games. But, you know, let's be honest today. I mean, we've got the youngest team in the history of the NRL playing today, 23-year-olds, the average. You know, we've got nine players under the age of 23.

I mean, we've got four players on the bench. You've got to combine three games, first grade amongst them. Benji's doing a magnificent job with these young kids. We've debuted nine players in first grade. The next place is the South with four. I mean, this has been a tough year for Benji. He's handled it with aplomb. It's difficult, but I've been here before. I know what we have to do. We've got to stick solid. We've got to trust our kids and trust that we can be patient with them, and they'll come through. If we don't do that, the alternative is to allow News Limit to pick us.

Mate, you sound like you're enjoying this challenge at the Tigers. I love it. I've got nothing to lose, mate. I'm 60, I'll finish when I'm 72, hopefully with another premiership. I'm loving it, mate. I still am. Good on you, Richard. The more they try me, the better I like it.

Hey, Richo, before you go, we've been talking throughout the afternoon about our great mate David Morrow, who's facing his battle with brain cancer at the moment. You've known Thirsty for a long, long time. We've just got to encourage people to buy those beanies, don't we, mate?

We do, mate. And, mate, Thirsty, you know, had a few little challenges later in his career. But, mate, as a person and a human being, Thirsty was a great mentor for me. I used to live around the corner from him, walk my dogs past every morning. He'd put crap on me the whole time about walking these little miniature schnauzers. But, no, I love Thirsty, mate. And we all get to buy a beanie. And no one looks worse in a beanie than I do. But I'll have one on today as well. Good on you, Richo. Good luck to your Tigers this afternoon, mate. We'll catch up soon.

Bye, boys. Thanks so much. Bye. There he is, Shane Richardson, the boss of the West Tigers. And, gee, sounds like he's got some fire in the belly, big man, doesn't he? You know, as he says, he can't let newspapers pick the team. They've got a plan. They're going to stick to it. Hopefully there's a light at the end of the tunnel. We've all had dramas at various times with newspapers, haven't we, over the years? But, I mean...

Look, he's got to run the place. They've lost nine in a row. It's tough. Like, it's really tough for everyone at that club. I mean, they're all doing their best. As much as, you know, the supporters and maybe people on the outside who don't know what's going on don't think so, they're all doing their very best. And as he just said, did he say he's got nine blokes under 22 playing today? Of course they're doing their best. That side, when you look at that West Tigers side,

If you would have picked your team at the start of the season, I reckon eight of those blokes wouldn't have got a look in. They've got a lot of new blokes. You know what the problem is? Shane Richardson, I've heard nothing but good things about him. I was speaking to Pitback Cronulla about him and they said he will help turn the West Tigers around. But I think where West Tigers fans will...

you know, they struggle with all this talk. They haven't played semifinals since 2011 or 12. Like, we're hearing the same story year in and year out. We've got a young team, we've got this and that. Well, it's because they can't recruit anyone. And the blokes they do recruit, they have to pay heavy overs for. Which affects you going forward because if you pay heavy overs for someone, you can't buy someone else. Didn't they have a team last year in the junior competition that won the competition? Yeah, they've got great juniors coming through. Are they coming through?

I'd say they will be. From the team plan today, I think there's five guys who played in one of the Howard Matthews side or something like that. So they are coming through. But as you know, Big Man, the difference between Jersey, Flagg and first grade, it's light years, really. This is a game they can win today. You know, this is the type of game they will win. I mean, I haven't picked them and I'm not saying they will, but this is the type of day where back's against the wall, where the young kids just come out and produce something. So hopefully if you're a Tigers fan, they can. I actually think...

I know this is what second last v last. I think this, I'm really interested in this game because I love watching these sides battling at the bottom, battling for victories and whatever. The Titans, I think, are on the back of three or four straight losses. I don't know what it is, but they beat Brisbane a few weeks ago. Who are you tipping, big man? I tip the Titans, but I must admit, I did it before I realised Fafida was out. Yeah, I'm with him. Fafida's a big out, but I'm still tipping the Titans. Virgo? Yeah, I went Titans.

Titans, okay. Thank you, team. Now, we've got the continuous call team Saturday footy quiz for the $150 Lowe's digital gift card to be won. The Who Am I quiz on Saturdays will give you three clues. Once you know the answer, 1-300-722-873. I made my NRL debut for the Warriors in 2017 before spending a few years at the Canberra Raiders and then returning to the Warriors.

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when they were walking past his house and he often felt the need to call the council. Who puts the bin on the street? The claw comes out and picks it up, puts it in the back and goes. Oh, that's good. So when it's hiding on the footpath or behind a car, how's the claw going to get to it? Well, you put it in the right spot. You can't, depending where I live.

Because you put it so you don't interrupt the traffic flow, like most of the eastern suburbs that I know of. So someone comes along and puts the bin out on the street, so then when the truck comes down the street, they can pick the bin up.

What are the sort of things you complain to council about? Would they have your email sort of on direct reply because they've got a few emails from you? No, no. You wouldn't be considered one of those, you know, angry residents. No, I sometimes ring them, as do other people in our street, when we get an abundance of garbage dropped in the street. When you ring, is it like this? Brr, brr.

Hello, Randwick City Council Mayor. Mr Mayor. David Mora. No, we haven't got a Mr Mayor, we've got a female mayor, so it wouldn't be Mr Mayor, would it? How's she going? Is she doing a good job? No. LAUGHTER LAUGHTER

You are so predictable. Ah, David Morrow. Yeah, a lot of love for the great man today as well. And look, the other thing that Davey loved was his trips to Fiji and a cocktail at eight in the morning. The Continuous Call Team. Another season 2019 highlight. What's your favourite cocktail? Oh, I don't know, mate. Because I'm not a cocktail drinker. Sometimes I'll have one in the morning, you know, just put a lining on my stomach. In the morning? In the morning? In the morning?

You're talking about 8 o'clock. Yes, I'll have the eggs Benedict in my mouth. Get us a fluffy duck and throw an egg on top of that. The difference between the Sheraton and the Western is the Sheraton, it's...

It doesn't have any champagne. You go to the Western for breakfast, there's French champagne. It's a no-brainer. Well, it just gets you going first thing in the morning. So what time do you have a champagne? Late.

I'm running like quarter past. He says, look, why sucky? Bottle of vacant champagne. Look, my wife won't be down till about lunchtime. Leave the bottle and have a couple of glasses. I might meet Bob here for a drink with him. He's a good guy, Bob. Hey, Bob, another bottle of champagne for me and why sucky?

I said champagne, not with juice, you idiot. Oh, you nuts. What do you mean you blow till the woman's having champagne at eight o'clock? It's not unusual. It's so unusual. Sometimes you get there and they've already got empty bottles. I was going to say that.

Yeah, that's because that's from the night before. He says, Wysocki, I'll just have a couple of bacon and eggs, throw some champagne there. I'm in my pyjamas, but I'm going to go home, put my rashy on and my sluggles, and then I'll meet you at the pool bar, Wysocki, and could you get me a fluffy duck and also a cowboy? I won't say what the first one is. But one of those, I'll just have a shot of that as well. And while you're at it, get some chippies out. Actually, those cowboys are very popular. I know, they're very popular.

He said, and then if you can get some rashers, why sucky, for the afternoon. I do drink the Fiji bitter. It's just too bad. Oh, David Morrow. What time do you go to bed?

Six? No, no, no, no. Well, you've got to go to dinner. There's some lovely restaurants. But when you get out of bed in the morning and say to Christine, I'm just going down for breakfast. She knows you're not coming back. No, no, she comes to breakfast with me. Normally I'm the first one up. You're being in bed.

for 17 hours you've been non-composite I can imagine you going into bed just ripping all your clothes off and just going falling back on the bed laughing

Oh, the great man. That is funny. His noises are not good. He loved going over to Fiji, didn't he? He loved going there. But I love the way how he's just straight-faced and 8 o'clock. Yeah, yeah. What else is he doing at 8 o'clock? He always puts a lining on your stomach. I just want to play you quickly one of the greatest things he's ever said on the Continuous Call team. Here it is. I get gout when I don't drink. LAUGHTER

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Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. Consider the fund's PDS and whether the product is right for you. Now, just a bit of breaking news from Emily Cowell at the Daily Telegraph. A man's been taken to Liverpool Hospital after being attacked at a sporting event at Campbelltown. Emergency services were called to Campbelltown Sports Stadium at around midday today after reports of a stabbing. Paramedics worked on...

a man in his 20s who was taken to Liverpool Hospital in a stable condition with stab wounds to his back and abdomen. Crime scene investigators are currently on the scene and have urged anyone with information to contact Crimestoppers. So, repeating, a young bloke in his 20s has been stabbed at Campbelltown Sports Stadium at a sporting event. I don't know if there's any rugby league out there today. If you're...

familiar with what's happening at Campbelltown Sports Stadium today, you might be able to help me. 131873. I certainly hope it's not a rugby league game out there at the moment, given the West Tigers are playing at Leichhardt, but that's the information we're getting at the moment. So we'll stand by for some more from police and all of that. 131873, the number. Hello, team. I love the show so much and look forward to it every week.

Listening to you whilst my little girl Cecilia is taking a nap on my shoulder. She too loves you guys. Keep it up and go the Dragons from Jimmy. Thank you, Jimmy. A Dragon supporter with little Cecilia. That was gold from Dudley. Love thirsty. A funny man. Stay strong from Dave. And Greg says at Hayman Island, they have champagne and vodka at breakfast. I can't imagine doing that that early.

vodka and champagne. Depends if you're getting ready to send it. It depends what your day's like. I've been... I've definitely done that. I've got to the airport at times before it's six in the morning. The boys are into it. Or a bourbon. Is that trips away maybe? Yeah. Yeah.

I'm going on a trip away to Bali this year, actually. With who? A couple of boys. No, five blokes I grew up with. Just the boys? Yeah, just the boys. And they're going to come back, probably take the family to Thailand. Hang on, hang on. Is Hoag's going? Hoag's... Oh, no, no. He might not be there, actually. He's un-mean-aring at the moment. But that group of blokes, yeah.

Good luck, Barley. Yeah. Plus, you've been off the drink for a while. Yeah, I'll be letting it go over there. I'm sure you will. I'll be back on there. Well, what a great place to make a return to the drink. Yeah. Barley. I'll tell you what. Iraq. Is that what it's called? I reckon you'll get me before then. 131873, the number, tgb.com. Click onto the feedback icon. A couple of people asking us to discuss this nude beach story in the paper. We might do that after the news.

which comes up at three o'clock. You're listening to the Continuous Call team. We've got the game getting underway shortly between the West Tigers and Gold Coast Titans at Leichhardt Oval in front of a big crowd. Looks like it's just started raining out there as well. It's been a wet 24 hours in Sydney town, so we'll update the scores on that one as we take you around the grounds. At 5.30, we'll bring you a live coverage of the Warriors and the Melbourne Storm. And then at 7.35 tonight, can Mitchell Moses...

play himself into a New South Wales origin jumper. That's most of the talk at the moment. Moses to replace Nico Hines in the seven jumper for the New South Wales Blues. Michael Maguire to name that squad tomorrow night. And Billy Slater to name the Queensland origin side on Monday morning. And there's some doubt around Jermaine Hopgood, which we'll tell you more about in the next hour as well. We've got a break for some news. We'll come back with the next hour of the Continuous Call team on this Saturday afternoon.

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Uber Reserve. Last night in the three games, well, the two games that were played, the South Sydney Rabbitohs had a good win over the Brisbane Broncos to make it three in a row. Alex Johnston becoming the second most capped try scorer.

as far as tries go in the National Rugby League and Premiership history, passing Billy Slater, and he's a few behind Ken Irvine now. 22-12, Rabbitohs over the Broncos. North Queensland beat Canberra 34-16, and the Dolphins too strong for the Sharks. In the end, they held on for a 30-28 victory. 5.30 this afternoon, Warriors take on the Storm, and at 7.35 tonight, Chris Warren to bring you the Eels and the Roosters, and I'll be on deck for that 5.30 game, given Matt

Thompson is doing the swimming at the moment for Nine's Wide World of Sports. And we were just wrapping, Tomo. Yeah, he's done a great job. Great job that he's done. And we'll check in with him at about 4.30 to find out how it's been all week. And obviously with that swimming team to be announced later on tonight as well. Just quickly, Brydon's Lawyers brings us the judiciary update, protecting your future.

When winning is all that matters, you need Brydon's lawyers on your side. A few charges out of last night that we mentioned earlier today. Latrell Mitchell's copped the fine for contrary conduct for joining that, I guess you'd call it a melee, running a distance. Jordan Rickey, though, he's copped two matches with an early plea, three if he's found guilty at the judiciary.

for the off-the-ball hit on Cam Murray. Richie Kenner, or as Josh Morris called him last night, Richie Kenner, careless high tackle on Selwyn Cubbo, $1,000. What about he tried to smother? Oh, well, I did play with him. That's what they called him, Richie Kenner. I said, mate, I don't mean to be rude, but does he look like a Richie Kenner?

He's a Richie Kenner. Everyone calls him Richie Kenner. See, he only got fined for that, did he? He only got fined. Oh, wow. $1,000. Sebastian Kriskop defined for a high tackle on Tom Dearden and Chad Townsend. What's he like with his money? He's got to pay $1,800 for a careless high tackle on Matt Timmercore. So that's the charge sheet. DP, I should say, brings us the injury update. The iconic brand. Hmm.

You know and trust, feel at work. Tom Starling, he failed his HIA, so he'll obviously go through the issues there. Ben Hornby will join us in the next 20 minutes. He can give us an update on the rib injury suffered by Latrell Mitchell, but from all reports, he's A-OK. And a latter update for Ducks Hot Water, built stronger to last longer. The Raiders sixth on 18 points, Broncos eighth on 16 points. The Cowboys are one spot back after moving to ninth on 16 points.

And South Sydney up to 14th on 12 points. That's the latter update. Thanks to Ducks Hot Water. Look, another story that I noticed in the last 24, 48 hours involves you, Paul Gallen. A story that says a stunning comeback for New South Wales origin legend turned prize fighter Paul Gallen could be on the cards. Please tell me this is not true. It's not true. It's absolute garbage. I didn't even know about it until this morning. I was in Melbourne yesterday, of course. Yeah, it's rubbish. It's just...

It's Barry Hall. He wants a rematch. He'll get knocked out by Curtis Scott. That's three fights, not one win. So he's going nowhere. Good record. As I said, he's a desperate. Like he's 47 years of age fighting for maybe 20 or 30 grand. Like seriously, why would you bother?

Anyway, it's not true. I have not had a discussion with anyone and it won't be happening. It would be costing lots and lots of money to get me out of retirement, I can tell you that. I'm glad you're on record. The price was right. It would be a big price, Daryl. I'm glad you're on record. Daryl, you received a lovely letter that you wanted to share with us. Yeah, I did. As you... Well, you probably... Some people would know. I do a bit of stuff for Starlight. I'm an ambassador for them and I thoroughly enjoy my association with them because I love Starlight because they...

They tend to help families that need help the most, the Starlight Children's Foundation. And I don't do a hell of a lot with them, but I try and get there three or four times a year and just do them a bit. But I got a letter from the people who I deal with at Starlight from one of the families that have had a child in at the Starlight Foundation.

I'll just read it. It says, hello, team at Starlight. My name is Lola, and when I was nine, my brother was involved in a freak accident. He was airlifted to Sydney Children's Hospital, where he remained for nearly a year, while my mum lived in Ronald McDonald House. My dad and I would drive up to Sydney from Canberra every Friday afternoon and drive back home on a Sunday night so I could go back to school.

During my time that we were in Sydney, every single day I was in the Starlight Express room. I would wait outside until the doors opened and stay until the doors closed. Somehow, during the most horrible time in my life that I will probably ever experience, the memories I hold are so beautiful. The reason for me contacting you guys is because one of the captains in particular, Captain Cabbage, and they have a number of captains there,

She wore silver shoes that would light up when she walked. A bit like yours, Alana, when she walked. And during this time, she was my favourite person to spend time with. She gave me a break from caring for my family and she allowed me to actually live my childhood while I was maturing so quickly from the whole situation. Captain Cabbage was honestly the person who saved me and helped me avoid worse trauma or memories.

I'm now 18 years of age and I will be in three weeks. Well, I'm going to be 18 in three weeks. And before I start this new chapter of my life, I want to thank her for everything she did for me. I think of her often when I'm trying to figure out the type of person I want to be. My dream was and still is...

to be a Starlight Captain at some point in my life. I want to save sick kids or kids who are a sibling just like me. I think that Captain Cabbage would be happy with where I am now. I've been helping children with disabilities to learn skills such as riding bikes, swimming and dancing for four years now. Since I was 14 and I was old enough to work, it was my first job I found and I gave my gratitude to Captain Cabbage because she showed me

That is what it was about and what I was meant to do in my life. Now, in regards to the whole organisation, thank you guys so much. Thank you for the background people who we don't see on the floor. Thank you to the volunteers and thank you to the captains. I will forever be grateful for the Starlight Express room. You guys are more than captains. You're superheroes. It's beautiful. Oh, that is nice. It is beautiful. I've always said this about Starlight, and I love Starlight,

Those rooms that they have in Ronald McDonald House, invariably the kids who get sick are from families who can least afford it.

And what they do, the kids go to hospital. They have a room for them. And McDonald's sponsor it, obviously. They have a room for them in Ronald McDonald House. And the parents can stay down. Or maybe it might be just one parent, given the fact, you know, a lot of the people are from the country and they've got farms and stuff. You know, they've got to earn a living somehow. So, you know, sometimes...

But sometimes it's just the mother might stay while you've got a sick child or whatever. I just think it's beautiful. It is beautiful. I've got a history of Ronald House. When I was a youngster, when I was probably seven or eight years of age, I used to go and mow lawns there, the one at Westmead. And some of the stories, some of the kids you see in there, it's just so sad to think families have to go through that. And it is, yeah, that's a really nice big one. It is beautiful. When I read it today, I thought, jeez.

You know, and they've got different sort of captains who work there. I mean, it's their job. But they're fantastic. You know, whatever they are. Captain Cabbage, whoever. Captain Cauliflower, Captain Peter. When you go to hospital, they've got them in the hospitals. It's brilliant. It's so good. I remember the last time I went there would have been, I think it was the last time I played Origin. And we were actually out on our drink night.

And there was a young kid I was seeing at the time, and I got a phone call saying he's not too good. So I left the drink, and I went back and saw him. And unfortunately, he passed away a couple of weeks later. But to see him, the fact he was in that, running with Donald House, and his family were comfortable and doing as best they possibly could was nice to see. And, yeah, I take my hat off to the work that people do. Like some of them captains, as you said, like what they must see, what they must go through, the joy they put on the kids' face and the family's faces, it's a really, really good job. They just give them some...

some time without worrying about stuff. Just to forget about it, don't they? The Ronald McDonald houses and also the Starlight Rooms are just full of happiness, you know, and they spread it. And they're fantastic. I love the whole organisation. Someone's just said, how is the girl's brother now? I don't know, Mary. I haven't been told. But...

I mean, that just shows you from a young girl who was nine years of age, she spent a whole weekend at the hospital. But also, how beautiful of Lola. She's just about to turn 18. That's pretty young. That's an old soul to be able to recognise how important...

that foundation is and what they've done for her and obviously her aspirations to do the same thing and give back the same way. They're obviously helping raise those kids to a degree. It's incredible. There'd be hundreds of stories like that, Alana. You know, people who... And as I said before, it's most times...

the people who can afford it least are affected. Yeah. And it's really tough. But that's a beautiful story. Well, well done to you too, Daryl, because you've been an ambassador for many, many years. And I know the difference you make and the smile you put on the kids' faces as well. Because, you know, you come in here and have some fun and put smiles on our listeners' faces. But it's a credit to you for joining in and helping a very, very important organisation in Starlight. And Louise Baxter, the boss, does a fantastic job as well. We'll take a break. Six all the score. Justin Olam scored for the Tigers.

And that's for Uber Reserve. Six all West Tigers, Gold Coast. 15 gone in the first half. Yeah, back around the grounds for Uber Reserve. Six all the score, West Tigers and Gold Coast. 18 gone in the first half. Six all the score, West Tigers and Gold Coast as we take you around the grounds. And I should acknowledge Mini Rabs who's working with us today. He's been in the Starlight Room. He's had his health battles as a kid. And he came on air with me when I was filling in for Ben actually to share his story. And it really pulled at the heartstrings. So good on you, Mini Rabs.

It's great to see you working with us here at the Continuous Call team. Now, the Saturday footy quiz for the $150 Lowe's digital gift card. Question number two, or clue number two, I've played 104 first grade games and have a double-barreled surname. I've played 104 first grade games and have a double-barreled surname. One more clue to come, then you can give us a buzz on 1300 722 873. Now, Gal,

You mentioned that you're in Melbourne during the week, and I actually spoke to Brad Fittler about this on Wide World of Sports. You went up in a hot air balloon. Yeah, I can say there's no stage that I feel in danger or anything, but I can honestly say, of all the red tape we've got to jump through to do anything these days, air ballooning is just...

Pretty crazy to me. Like, honestly, you get in a basket that's just above your waist, but all you do is you step on, like, a step, you jump in a basket, there's a bit of plough with an inch thick underneath you, there's no harness, there's no, like...

What are they, tourniquets or things like that? I don't know if it's called a tourniquet. Probably not a tourniquet. You're not strapped in. You're not strapped in. A harness, whatever you want to call it. It is absolutely crazy. Hot air goes into this balloon, it goes up, and it just goes wherever the wind wants to take it. It is unbelievable. Are you saying when it goes up...

You've got no control over where you go. So the bloke who's flying it... How do they get it back to where you need it to go? You just... Wherever you land, you land. I'm telling you right now. No way. Believe me, I didn't believe it either. I was talking to the bloke who's flying it. Okay, he is a pilot. To fly these things, you do have to do a pilot's course and a pilot's license. So they are a qualified pilot. But he's telling me, he goes, mate...

I've got a fair bit of control on it going up and down. He goes, I can make it go up pretty quick. I can make it come down very quick. He said, but as far as floating where we go, it's wherever the wind wants to take us. And I was just like, that's true. Wherever the wind wants to go. So what they say is at different levels, the wind goes in different directions. So the day we were down there, the highest height we hit was about 1,050 feet. What? He goes, we came up to 3,000 feet. What?

But we won't today because the wind's going different directions at different heights, even altitudes, whatever they say. So we only went to about 1,000 feet straight out of the MCG. That was sort of a bit of a fluke. It was obviously there promoting the origin. When we come down, you literally just drop down. So how far did you land from where you took off? Well, I don't know Melbourne that well, but I reckon we were in the air for probably 40 minutes.

probably 40 minutes in the air. So they go, so they, they go, they can go for about two hours, two and a half hours. There's enough gas. Literally, this is the other thing. They're just gas bottles. I'm not joking. You're not pushing the barrel. There is a bloke standing there and he's a little bit, and there's probably 10 gas bottles. And I said, mate, is that not literally the gas that is making this thing float? He goes, yeah. I said,

I said, how much do you bring up? He goes, we generally bring up double than what we need, just in case something happens. So I'll just ask you. So you're saying if you take off from X, you don't necessarily land at X to finish the whole thing? You go wherever the wind takes you. Well, I would have thought that.

there's pretty much zero chance you're coming back to where you started. No, you don't. You don't. That's the whole point. So what? They just chuck them on a trailer to get them back. That's all they do. So we got picked up at about quarter six in the morning and there was four cars with the trailer with the big thing on the back. That is rogue. We drove into a park.

They get this big fan. They blow the air in the fan. Then all of a sudden, the basket's laid on its side. They hook the gas up, light the fire. The fire starts going up. Eventually, it makes the hot air balloon float up. And all there is is a couple of bits of string that they pull the string down and it opens up a big canopy at the top of it, which lets the hot air out, which makes it drop. So when the blow goes off, there's a hot air balloon floating past us.

they're talking to each other. Like not, not walkie talkies going, where are you going to land? I'll land down there. Where are you going to land? Like that was unbelievable. The bloke goes, I'll land a bit further than you. He goes, yeah. Next second, he's dropped down, went straight through a tree. Like literally, you heard, you heard him yell. Well,

the people in the tree go duck duck so they've ducked down they've gone straight through a tree no they weren't saying duck and just dropped straight down next second we've come down and we were and we were we weren't going to run into them because we hit the deck but we hit the deck hard like we whacked down but what the danger is then because it's going this way the danger is the head of what air balloon going forward onto them smothering them so we had some bloke

We were supposed to land somewhere a little bit further back. The blokes radioed him. He just charged and ran and just jumped on the back of our basket so it wouldn't roll over. It's insane, honestly. I can't believe. Who else went on a go? Me, Danny Cart.

Smithy, Freddie. Anyone pike it up? Cameron Munster. Cameron Munster was pooing himself. Was he? So I was a bit nervous. Look, I can convince myself to do things and make myself do things. So I did talk myself into it. But Cam was not happy at all. He was quite...

He was quite scared. There was one, the eighth immortal Andrew Johns pulled out. He didn't go on it. He was too scared, so he didn't jump on. But Cam Munster was very concerned. Is that right? He wouldn't look out the air. Out of interest, can you hot air balloon anywhere in Sydney? Do they do that sort of thing here? No, I don't think they do. I don't think they do. I don't think they do it in Sydney. Don't they have one down Camden Way or something? I'm not sure. I might be wrong. That's the skydiving. It might be skydiving. But we're in the city one in Sydney.

Yeah, we were in the city. That's crazy. Seriously, I just think about how hard it is to do things in a day. So did you land in a park, did you? In a park. And you didn't know where you were? No idea. And then the cars just come and picked everything up and off you went. Exactly right. And your certs aren't legal. Well, nine rennets, I presume it is. No, it's legal. As I said, the bloke's got to be a pilot to fly them, but...

I was just, I was amazed by the whole thing, as you guys are. People don't believe you, but it's true. Everything I said is true. What was on the balloon, New South Wales emblem or something? No, there wasn't actually. Well, I'm intrigued. To our listeners, have you ever been hot air ballooning? I actually did it once in Canberra and similar thing. They pick you up really early and you help them set it all up and everything else.

And I'm afraid of heights, so I was pooping myself as well. But I remember it being quite a memorable... I was only really young, but it was quite a memorable experience. Is it Turkey where they do it, where it looks incredible? Yeah. I'll say this. When you're up there... I'm Googling. When I got over my fear and I was just chilling out looking at it,

It's quite peaceful. Like, when you get up there and they turn... While you're up there. Because when they turn the gas on, it's really loud and it gets pretty hot on your head. But when they turn it off, it's quite peaceful just sitting there and just floating and no one talking. It's quite nice, but...

I was a little bit scared. So you were up there for 40 minutes and didn't say anything? No, no. We're talking to each other, Matt, but there's times where you just sort of run out of conversation and I think everyone was just enjoying the views and enjoying the fact you're 1,000 feet in the air and it is quite peaceful. So did they tell you about any close calls they've had, you know, like landing and nearly hitting?

and buildings and that sort of thing. Oh, yeah, heaps. Yeah, heaps. So they're talking about how they run into trees all the time. So how do you take evasive action in a hot air balloon? You can't. You've got to float up or down. All that control is the fact you go up or down. That's it. As I said, the bloke comes straight past us. He was dropping down and went straight through a tree. And I don't mean just clip the top of it. I mean everyone had to duck down because they went straight through a tree. Yeah, right.

131873, the number, 2GB.com. Click onto the feedback icon if you'd like to join us. 0460 873 873. A couple of people here are saying that there's a Parramatta Park has ballooning each year. I don't know, though, if the Parramatta Park one, you actually go up in them. I think that's more just the balloons they have in the air as show type things. But I'll stand corrected if I'm wrong.

definitely do hot air ballooning near Camden. See them some mornings around 7am from Ben's. So there you are.

Levy, what would have been the insurance bill for that flight from MG in Brisbane? Well, luckily we're a part of a billion-dollar organisation in the Nine Entertainment Company. Life insurance, hello! And also, g'day, guys. Loving the show. Yes, the hot air balloons basically land wherever the wind directs the balloon whilst up there. They have a general idea of wind patterns, but there's no guarantee. And around Narellan and Camden, I see these up every morning. I'm away to work at about 5.30 or 6.00

and I look absolutely, well, they look absolutely awesome. Have a great weekend from Grant. Thank you, Grant. 131873, the number. Katie's on the Central Coast. Hello, Katie.

Hello, guys. I absolutely love you guys. And, Gal, I have to say, I couldn't stand you as a player, but now I absolutely love you. Thank you. That's okay, Tega. I love you, but you've got to be nicer to your wife, please. Actually, I've got to join in on a quick story about my wife. Okay, go on. This morning, she was very, very – well, I was very cranky because I have a lunchbox, right, which I take everywhere, and I've had it for many, many years. And I was very cranky because –

When she was packing my lunch today, she couldn't find my lunchbox. Wow. And what else did you say? It's your job. Where's my lunchbox? Blah, blah, blah. Carry on, carry on. Anyway, so she got me another lunchbox, which says, world's coolest dad, which is pretty cool. Anyway, I've got to work today. I'm sitting here.

I've looked here, I put my feet up, and there's my lunchbox. I've left it here from last week, so I'm going to have to owe my wife a big apology. So I'll be nice to her now. I'll be nice tonight. Sorry, Annie. She'll buy her a rose petal foot soak. Hey, Katie, you know, she's busy enough looking after four kids while he goes to work, but she's still got to pack his lunchbox. You'd think he could do it himself, wouldn't you?

Just a bit, mate. Just a bit. You're a bit old enough now to be able to do it yourself. But we still love you. I love you now, but I hated you as a player. Thank you. But anyway, I 100% do back you with the hot air ballooning. I took my partner up there for his 40th birthday. They do it up the Hunter Valley. And you're 100%. We took off at like a quarter to six in the morning on someone's farm.

up in the air, off we went and we ended up in someone else's dairy farm, God knows where, landed with all this tall grass that went thump and the people before us the day before, it was so packed. They got cancelled because it was too windy. So we had like 24

people in the one basket with this poor little guy and all of his, you're dead right, all the gas around him. And you're sort of looking at going, oh my God, this seems a bit dodged. But anyway, and off you went. And then we, as I say, we landed in this dairy paddock in the middle of nowhere. Hills, they were on walkie-talkies trying to tell each other. We had to stand there for 45 minutes freezing because it was in the middle of winter last year. And we were trying to work out where each other were, but they couldn't find it.

It took them forever to find it. But, yeah, so you do. You just go up and then you end up anywhere. So I hunted back here. How do you get back to where you started, though? Do they get a bus or something to pick you up? Yeah, there's a car. There's a car. Yeah, we got in a minibus from the Crowne Plaza at Hunter and they take you out. And then you just have these guys come back in the minibus and they're just driving around mad trying to find where you've landed because they can lose you. So you land in people's farms anywhere, anywhere where there's open areas where you land. So, Katie, important question. Would you go back and do it again?

No, not on your life. Good on you, Katie. Thanks for the call. You're in the running for the $200 meat tray voucher from Stapleton's Quality Meats. In fact, I reckon Katie's top of the leaderboard. Great call. 131873, the number. The balloon would never run out of hot air as long as Gower's in the basket from Jay. And hi, team. Hunter Valley, Cessnock, Wine Country have hot air balloon rides daily, several up each day. Looks amazing from the ground and even better from the air. They call farmers or landowners and let them know they're going to land in their property.

and the collection team are there where you land. Awesome experience. You should try it from Chris in Newey. 131873, the number 10-6, Gold Coast leading West Tigers, 12 to play in the first half. 10-6, Gold Coast leading West Tigers. We do that for Uber Reserve. Now, the Harvey Norman clearance continues this weekend with plenty of savings in-store and online. Smart TVs have been priced to clear. You'll save $500 on Samsung's 65-inch TV,

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Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. Consider the fund's PDS and whether the product is right for you. Paul Gallen, Daryl Broman, Alana Ferguson, Mark Levy, the Continuous Call team. Eight minutes left in the first half at Leichhardt. 10-6 Gold Coast leading West Tigers. 10-6 the score, the Titans leading the West Tigers. We'll be joined by the interim coach of the Rabbitohs, Ben Hornby, in just a second. In the meantime, road train Jason's been in touch. He says the G-string has a lunchbox packed.

by Mrs G for his big day of work. Did Mrs G write one pine sauce on a brown paper bag for today? Love the show, guys, from Road Train Jason. That brings back some memories of school. Kelly writes, hey, continuous call team. I love, love, love Gow. And I want you all to be nicer to and about him, please. Loved him on the field and love him off the field. Always have and always will. From Kelly at Crookwell, formerly of Kirrawee. So there's a bit of love for you, Gow. Oh, thank you. A lot of ladies love you.

They do because I'm a nice guy. Really? You know I am. No, you're not a nice bloke because you didn't shout me lunch the other day and I'm dirty on you. It was your shout. You sat there and watched me go to the counter. I paid for myself. Everybody listening at home, right? So we go to lunch. Last night, South Sydney had a 22 points to 12 win over the Brisbane Broncos. They made it three straight wins. Gee, this bloke's been doing a great job as the interim coach of the Rabbitohs. I speak of Benny Hornby. He's on the line. G'day, Ben.

How's it going? Mate, very well. Congratulations on the victory last night. G. Latrell Mitchell ran right and you must have been impressed with the Rabideau's performance to beat the Broncos. Yeah, it was a great performance. Each week we've been trying to get better and the Broncos were obviously a good test last year's grand finalists. We put in a good first half and we held on in the second. Yeah, it was pleasing. Why do you think the change, mate, is it...

Do you think it's Luttrell? I actually think it's your forwards have just aimed up a bit better. I thought your forwards were quite disappointing in the early stages this year.

I think everyone's playing better, to be fair. Like I said, when I took over, we'd been losing for a while. So there's some habits that probably crept in and we've been able to slowly sort of work those out of our game and it's making everyone look better. When you stop making errors and giving penalties away, it makes it a lot easier. I'll tell you what else stood out to me, the effort areas and defence as well, but just chasing everything, working so hard for every last thing.

Yeah, the boys have been really working hard on that. It's something they want to get better at and we've been trying to train it as best we can. At the end of the day, the players are out there doing the hard stuff, so if they want to do something, we can help them and they can see it in their game if they want to work hard enough at it. I personally think Jack Whiten's move to 5A has been great. Katie Walker, obviously, in the halves is good. It's a shame some of the halves were injured, but you must be happy with the way they're going the past three weeks?

Yeah, they're starting to grow. Obviously, the first week we tried to do it, Cody got hurt, couldn't play. So Jack had to go out there by himself and work with Dion. But yeah, they've had two games together now. I think there's still a fair bit of improvement in them. So yeah, it's pleasing to see Jack get a chance in the halves and Cody obviously putting the team first and moving to the other side of the field. Do you think you might lose a couple of the boys to Origin duties? No.

I'm not sure, to be honest. I think obviously Trell's got a bit of support behind him at the moment. So assuming he could probably make the team. But the other guys, I'm not too sure what they're just going to do with the side. So whoever they pick, I'm sure they'll have plenty of good players and we'll be getting the win. What about for your South fans out there? I mean, you struggled this year, there's no doubt about it. You've now won four games, though. The season's not over for you guys. Do you want to make that top eight?

Yeah, well, at the moment, we just concentrate on winning each week. Like I said last night, we've got a team that can win every game if we play at our best. So all we've got to concentrate on is playing at our best. So if we keep that mindset and we keep training hard, then good things will happen for us. Mate, you've got a good player still out of the side, Campbell Graham. Where's he at, mate?

Yeah, Campbell's ticking along. He had a scan not too long ago, so the bone's starting to grow back. So, yeah, he's still a few weeks away, though, to be honest. He'd be probably past around 20. So, yeah, he's still got a little ways to go. Ben?

Ben, how are you enjoying being a head coach at the moment, mate? I mean, every man and his dog is being linked to power of matter. I think I'm right in saying you're happy at South to work under Wayne next year. But to be thrown in the deep end with what happened with Jason, Demetriou and everything else, has it been a challenge for you, but one you've enjoyed?

Oh, it's been great. Yeah, I really enjoyed the challenge. As I said, we'd been losing there for probably a year. So it was a tough challenge, but we've started to turn it around now and now it's about keeping that going. So, yeah, I've loved every minute of it. It's not the ideal way to get a job, but it is an opportunity for me as well. So I'm just trying to take it with two hands and the boys have been great. So down the track, Wayne's obviously signed on for a couple of years. Would you like to maybe one day be the legitimate head coach of the South Sydney Rabbitohs?

Well, that's my goal. I want to be a head coach, so I've made no times about that. That's what I want to do. So if it's here or somewhere else, then I'm just trying to put my best foot forward in whatever role I'm doing. And if I do that, the rest will take care of itself. Well, good on you, mate. Well, it's a pressure position, but

you're handling it well at the moment three straight wins for the Rabideaus and as Gail mentioned four for the season let's hope it continues I'm a South Sydney supporter and they looked pretty good last night off the back of Latrell Mitchell's performance as well enjoy your weekend Ben we'll catch up soon

Thanks for having me. Good on you, buddy. Ben Hornby, the Rabbitohs interim coach. And like I say, the South Sydney Rabbitohs finally getting a few wins on the board. Back around the grounds, we do it for Uber Reserve. 10-6, Gold Coast leading West Tigers. Three minutes left in the first half. 10-6 the score, Gold Coast leading the West Tigers. Just back to you, Paul, for a second. It was your shout during the week.

Oh, so I can talk about it now? Go for your life. Okay, okay. So I get asked to go to lunch. Yeah, no worries, my shout. We get to lunch. Levy doesn't turn up. He's not there. So I've shouted lunch. We sit down. Ten minutes later, Levy walks in the restaurant. I'm sitting there eating my lunch, and then I said, I'll get it. It already paid for it. He didn't say that. I tell you. And then did I not buy you coffee? Gow, whispering doesn't count, mate. Exactly. No, no, no, I didn't whisper. Did I not buy you coffee after that?

Hey, big spender. You don't want all the coffee? You're a champion. Did I not buy you coffee again today? It's actually Daryl's share. No, it's Daryl's share. But I bought it again. I'll share it on Sundays. No, you probably won't. Not here Sundays. Do you work Sundays? But, Gow, Gow, Gow, for a bloke that's got millions and millions of dollars in the bank, just let me fit. You've had your say. Now it's my turn. That's how it works on this, okay? Most of it's under his yard. Yeah, exactly. Or in the gutters, which has been problematic with the rain over the last 24 hours. But what I'm going to say to you is this, Gow.

When we go out for a shout and I'm spending, you know, $100 on lunch for all of us, okay, and then you, Mr. Big Spender, says, I bought you a coffee. Mate, a coffee's $4.50. Listen, you weren't there. So you're going to have to buy me a few more coffees before we level out the school. I have no problem having a shout. You know this. I know you care about me being a tight ass and all this blah, blah, blah. You know I'm not. You know when you say you know this. I am willing to shout. We don't know that. You weren't there. So what about this? Hang on a second. Yes.

and bought a thing over here. Would you? Shush, please. Give someone else a go. Listen, you're turned off for a reason. Ferger, big man. I've gone along to this Sharks game on Thursday night. There's a young bloke by the name of J.P. Denefski just been signed by the Sharks and a mutual friend of ours, Oliver, has got him to the club.

And apparently part of the view was a couple of tickets into this corporate area. So we've gone along. So what does this imbecile do? He comes up and goes, oh, it's my shout. I got you in here. It's my shout. It's my shout. So I've spoken to the boss of the Sharks, Dean O'Meara Tester. I've spoken to Gal's boss, Kylie, and they assure me Gal had nothing to do with it. Ha!

So if it wasn't your shout and it had nothing to do with you. No, no, you turned off. You turned off for a reason. You're a GRUB. We're off to a break. Back with more. Anne says, Libby, I have to side with Gal on this one. He was going to shout, but you weren't there. From Anne. Thank you, Anne. 131873, the number. I was there. He just chose not to. No, you were not. Phil's at Winston Hills. Hello, Phil.

G'day, guys. I'm a long-time caller, and I really respect what you do. And you brought a tear to my eye, big man, because I won a meat tray earlier this year, and about two weeks later, my son developed stage 3 cancer. That's terrible, mate. I'm sorry to hear that. Yeah. How old's your boy?

He's 33. He's my youngest son. Look, they've redone the hospital, as you probably know, out at Penrith.

Yeah, I haven't been out there for a while. Absolutely fabulous. Yep. And, you know, just listening to what you've said and Gallen and your contribution and, you know, I used to work in the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney and we used to sponsor the Starlight Foundation. Right. And you do a magnificent job and I just, look, I was in the Navy. I'll take my hat off to you, mate, because...

You know, it's got nothing to do with me. I just happen to represent them occasionally and I get a chance to go out and, and see the work they do. Um, and I love doing it because I, you know, I'm not there all the time, but I try and do my bit for them. And, and I do know what they do, um,

Phil, the stuff they do is just incredible. Absolutely incredible. And I know it's not just Starlight. There's so many different outstanding organisations who are trying to look after people of all ages. But Starlight are mainly for children and their families, and they just do it brilliantly. Yeah. Can I ask one question? Of course you can. My son...

would love well I would love to give him one of your show bags and I'm happy to donate the cost or whatever to the Starlight Foundation or the Hughes Foundation and just another call out dry July that's for the councillors foundations as well so

And I'm a little bit sad at the moment, but he's pulling through. He's a strong lad, but I tell you what, what you do is magnificent. And I don't mean that in any way derogatory or... I know I have some funny comments about you over the years, but no, I just...

Yeah, I'm gobsmacked. Well, Phil, you stay strong for your son, mate. And the least we can do is send you... You know what? I'll send you a continuous call team show bag, but I'll also send you a signed footy jersey from Complete Blinds and Create Merchandise. That way he can wear his continuous call team jersey signed by the team.

And he can also use the stubby holders and wear the caps and all that sort of thing to show everybody that he loves this particular program. You're a good man, Phil, and we love hearing from you on a regular basis. And our thoughts are with you and, of course, your son at this very difficult time, mate. So you look after yourself and pass on our well wishes to your son.

Thanks, guys. Good on you, buddy. You look after yourself. That's Phil at Winston Hills. 131873, the number, 2GB.com. Click onto the feedback icon if you'd like to join us. Halftime at Leichhardt, Gold Coast 10, West Tigers 6. 10-6 the score as we take you around the grounds for Uber Reserve. Barbara's at Fairfield. Hi, Barbara.

Hi, Mark and team. Hello there. Great show today. Thank you. Just ringing in to let you know that I did do the hot air balloon. Ooh, where did you do the hot air ballooning, Barbara? In Kenya, over the Mara. Oh, wow. Oh, wow. How cool. How high did you guys go there? I don't know how high, but it was pretty high.

And quite out of my comfort zone. Were you concerned where you were going to land? No, no, no. They had it all planned and beautiful hot breakfast and everything after it. Well, I'll tell you what was quite concerning when we went up, when we first went up.

We floated straight out of the top of a cemetery. Oh. That was, I was like, oh, I don't know about this. Well, we had all the animals below us, so, you know, if you'd have come down in the wrong place, maybe. What sort of animals were down there? Is there tigers there? Yeah. What sort were there? Well, elephants, you know, in the national park. I'm a fan of elephants. In Kenya. That's so cool. That could be dangerous, though.

A little bit frightening, but they do it, well, every day. A lot of balloons go up and, you know, you don't hear of any incidents. So you definitely do it again, Barbara? I do it again, yeah. I don't know about over the city, but like in a big area like that, yeah. Well, it might be a nice gift for those people listening, thinking about doing it. It might be a nice gift for your special person or maybe a birthday present or something. For someone you don't like. LAUGHTER

I'd say that, Paul. Thank you, Barbara, for the call. And you're in the draw for the meat voucher as well for Stapleton's Quality Meats here in Sydney Town. As we've been telling you, it takes a lot for your team to make it to the top of the ladder. Grit, determination, commitment. But it all boils down to a player's attitude and mindset before a game. It's hard work all season. But you know what isn't hard work? Uber Reserve.

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131873 is the number. Alana Ferguson, Paul Gallen, Daryl Broman, Mark Levy. Hi, Gal, from Mitch. FYI, there are no tigers in Africa, only lions. Oh, Mitch, listen. Is that true? I was just saying off air, when you talk in the media, like everything is taken literally. I understand. You know, I actually didn't understand that. But when thinking about it, you're probably 100% right. So you're probably right. No, when I thought about it, I thought, OK, maybe he's right. Yeah.

And let's be honest, you guys all said the same thing. You said, surely there's tigers there. I said, no. There's definitely lions. I'm going to make a statement. I would say there's tigers in Africa. I can actually... Do you reckon there is? Yeah. But the tiger population is not very... There's not a lot of tigers left. They've got zoos over there. I feel like every zoo that I've been to, they always say they're from

Indonesia or China. I would have thought China. Virgo's right. Tigers do not live in Africa but are found across 13 tiger range countries in Asia. Tigers live in parts of the Indian subcontinent, parts of Southeast Asia and South China and Siberia. Africa has other big cats including lions, leopards and cheetahs. I think Africa needs to import some tigers. Get a tiger. Well, they've got everything.

Everything else. Why would they not survive in, you know... I'm just thinking it might be like the rabbits. When they bring rabbits out, they might just escalate and go crazy. Well, I don't think tigers is quite as... Well, there is a story today which we might touch on a story in relation to pandas in the next hour. There's a wang wang and foo knee that are being taken back to...

to China because they haven't been breeding. Is that a joke? I'm serious. In Adelaide, Adelaide Zoo, they're shipping them back to China because they're not breeding. Wang Wang and Fu Ni. Wang Wang needs to use his Wang Wang. That would be Fu Ni if he did that. The fact that we're on the same page is not okay. The problem is Wang Wang and Fu Ni no bang bang.

Are they both males? No, no, male and female. So that might be why. Anyway. You all right, Gail? Where are they? They're not wagging anyway. The story goes, hang on, let me find it here. The Chinese Premier leaves in Australia, right? Right. And while much of the talk is centred around a likely announcement about lobster tariffs,

two new giant pandas are replacing the beloved Adelaide Zoo pair named Wang Wang and Fu Ni, who will be returning to China later this year. Wang Wang and Fu Ni arrived at Adelaide Zoo in 2009, and the decade-long contract has been extended to end of this year. But during that time, and despite the efforts of zookeepers and the pandas themselves, the notoriously sex-shy creatures have failed to conceive. Oh.

Foonie, the female panda, has been seen in the past climbing her tree, this tree being the one she climbs when she's ready and willing, where she's understood to bleat a little like a sheep, her way of flirting with Wang Wang.

At this point, Wang Wang will start... You're making this up. At this point, Wang Wang will start twerking around the place, marking his territory. But Wang Wang needs to time his run appropriately, don't we all? If he gets into Funi's tree before she's ready, she'll swipe him away with a grumbling grunt. The Pandas only have a 36-hour window conceive every year.

36 hours every year. Yep, 36-hour window to conceive. That's a very small fertility window. That sounds like me. LAUGHTER Oh, wow. I'm phony. You're not Wang Wang. LAUGHTER I'm not phony. You're Wang Wang, don't go bang, bang, no more. The problem is Wang Wang is saying, hello, prostate. Anyway, so there you are. That might be the problem with Wang Wang. Maybe he's shooting bullets. Shooting blanks. LAUGHTER

So anyway, so well, maybe you can, Daryl, put your thinking cap on, right? Because I'm really concerned for Wang Wang and Foonie. Maybe they need a little bit of... I don't think the problem's Foonie. I think it's Wang Wang. But he's got 36 hours. You'd think he'd be like a rat up a drainpipe. Or in this case, Foonie's tree.

All right, put your thinking caps on. How can we, let's just say, get them in the mood? We'll take a break and be back with more Continuous Call Team. Righto, we've got two pandas in need of some help from our listeners and the Continuous Call Team. Mark's been in touch. Wang Wang needs some oysters when he's chewing on some bamboo. So let's come up with some ideas on how we can get

these pandas in the mood down at Adelaide Zoo. 131873, the number. You can text us, 0460 873 873. They've got a 36-hour window you can conceive every year, maybe some mood music, what sort of music we're going to play, a bit of lighting, mood lighting as well. We'll get your calls after the news, which comes up after a very short break. 10-6 Gold Coast leading the West Tigers, and later this afternoon, we'll bring you some live action here on the Continuous Call team. A break for some news, back with plenty more fun.

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10-6 the school Gold Coast leading West Tigers as we take you around the grounds for Uber Reserve. 5.30 this afternoon. I'll be on deck with Daryl and Gal to call the Warriors and Melbourne Storm. Big Man, you were just saying to me in the corridor you're looking forward to this one and I tend to agree with you. It should be a beauty in Auckland. Quite surprisingly, the Warriors are favourites in this game. I'm saying that the favourites haven't had a great record in the last few weeks, have they?

since Origin sort of started. The favourites have fallen off the wayside here, but I'm a bit surprised that the Warriors are favourites. In saying that, I have tipped them. I thought they were really good last week. Sean Johnson back. And the Storm, I know a lot of people think they can win their comp. I'm not one of them. I don't think they can. I just think they've got some good players in really important positions. I understand that.

But I also think they've got a few blokes who are sort of just treading water a little bit in other positions. So, yeah, I can't have the Melbourne's film to win the competition. This game is interesting too, Big Man. Just watching it. The Titans just cannot put the Tigers away. They've had so much ball in good areas of the field, but just can't capitalise. The Tigers are just hanging around. They butchered one just before half-time. It was 30 seconds to go. The full-back is a good player, Kinney, but it was a shocking decision from him. He burst through...

He had a player on his inside, and I'm not sure who it was, come to the fullback and he threw a dummy. I'm...

Hello, the fullback tackled him. And that just, you know, it's just a bad decision. When you've got bloke in the clear, you've got to give it to him. And then later on tonight, Fergo, Parramatta and the Roosters from Combank Stadium. I guess all eyes will be on Mitch Moses as he potentially takes over the number seven jumper for New South Wales, replacing Nico Hines. All eyes are on Mitch Moses. He's got to be the front runner, doesn't he? You'd think so. He's got to have it. His kicking game is next level football.

And I also think Gus made a really good point during the week. Just his confidence in just coming in and being the general and just owning it. I think that's also crucial as well, which he did. Like it was so noticeable when he came back for Parra, how much of a difference it made in just sitting on the sideline for that first game. He doesn't stop. He

He doesn't stop talking to his teammates. It doesn't matter if it's attack, if it's defense. He sets those expectations really high and they perform underneath him. So, yeah, he's crucial for Parra, but also...

pretty big game for him. I reckon he'll be in the Blues number seven jersey. So we'll bring you those two games, Warriors Melbourne and later tonight the Eels and the Roosters. Of course last night Rabideau's over the Broncos 22-12. Cowboys beat the Raiders 34-16 and on Thursday night it was all about the hammer wasn't it? Hamaso Tabui Fido with that

Long range try. Brilliant individual effort. 30 points to 28. The Dolphins held on for a victory over the Cronulla Sharks. Now, look, just on the Gold Coast, Titans are out there at the moment. They've signed Carter Gordon from Rugby Union. And, Fergo, you might be able to shed some light on the sort of player that Carter Gordon is. But this is what Des Hasler had to say about young Carter making the switch to rugby league. Yeah, he's a big club, I think, so he can play a...

a number of positions, so we've got that versatility

as well. But he can cover a number of positions. It would be fascinating to watch his transition into rugby league. You obviously combine your rugby league duties with your rugby union commentary on Stan's sport, Fergo. What can we expect from Carter Gordon next year at the Titans? You know, I'm a big Carter Gordon fan. So what happened was in rugby union, the Melbourne Rebels, they went gangbusters. So all those players have to

Join another super rugby side if they want to. Carter Gordon's chosen to come over and give league a go, but he's an excellent player. He's a fly half, so he's got the number 10 on his back, so he's one of the ball players, but he's just so gutsy. He's sort of like...

You know how Nico, when they're coming onto the ball, he's just constantly scanning and just he needs people to come onto the ball. It doesn't matter if something doesn't go his way. That's Carter. He'll shrug everything off. He's always looking busy, looking to attack. He's got a brilliant attacking game. But yeah, it's almost like he's playing his first game ever because he just doesn't care. He gets out there. He loves footy.

And he's just happy to have a crack. So I'm really interested to see how he goes in league. He's very talented, very skillful. It'll just be, you know, that transition and how long it takes him to adjust. It was interesting that he said that he was quite versatile because he's a dead set ball player.

I guess that means you could put him in the halves, potentially a ball playing fullback role. He's not big enough to play lock or anything. Why do you think he's jumped ship? Because not a lot of them do. You know, because they're usually on a reasonable wicket with the ARU. Why do you think he's done it? Do you know if he's got a history of playing? He's got a background? I actually, I don't know. And it's actually, it's come about quite quickly.

because it was expected that he was actually going to go to the Tars. The Tars sort of need a player like him. So I think everyone was sort of expecting him to go there and it was kept pretty hush-hush. It all just sort of came about a week ago, some whispers, and then it was confirmed straight away. So it's all still a little bit of a shock.

But certainly exciting for rugby league because, yeah, he's a gun. All right, we'll wait and see how he goes. Carter Gordon making the shock switch to the NRL 10-6. Gold Coast leading West Tigers. That's after 15 minutes of play in the second half at Leichhardt. Now, team, this Wang Wang and Foonie Panda story... We're going back to that. We're back on the Wangs.

We're back on the Wang Wang. The text messages are just pouring in because our listeners desperately want to help the pandas, Wang Wang and Funi. Can we help the big man out first? Greg says, lads, Wang Wang needs those pills Piggy gave to the bull from Greg.

The Panthers need blocker Roach back as Lovegod playing some smooching music. Fair dinkum, 36 hours only. Imagine if it was grand final day. Oops, maybe next year from Joey. Is that normal, like, for Panthers? I don't know. I'm not familiar with it. 36 hours window of opportunity? Are they nearly extinct? Did someone say that or did I make that up? I think so. Maybe that's why. No, you wouldn't think there'd be a lot of them around. I haven't seen many. Have you seen that? LAUGHTER

I wonder if the 36-hour period means that's just when the woman is fertile. I'm sure the big fella wants to have a go for now, man. All right. It's amazing what Dr. Google can tell you, right? A female panda has a cycle once a year in the spring for two to seven of those days, and she's only actually fertile for 24 to 36 hours. That's what it means. That's a tiny window of opportunity. Many times scientists are forced to rely on artificial...

Oh, really? So IVF for pandas? Exactly. How good. A bit dangerous. If they are in danger of becoming extinct, that's a great idea, don't you think? Well, I highly doubt the pandas would have their flow apps going to figure out when they're fertilising or when to get onto it. That's what most chicks do. Check the app. All right, darling.

on here. Is there actually an app these days? It's called Flow. Got a calendar on the fridge? Any female in between the ages of 20 and 35. Can I put it on? I think it's just F-L-O. Look, I have IVF babies so I don't need to track anything. I'm pretty sure it's F-L-O and it tells you your fertile window. Is that named after Greg Florimo? I think it's named after you're a woman's flow.

But, yeah. MG and Brisbane team, Adelaide, just easy. Send them on a winery tour, some of the best in the country. That'll get the creative juices flowing, so to speak. Thank you very much for that. Continuous call team. I think the zoo needs to call in Fooey Fooey Moy Moy to sit down with Wang Wang and have a chat about the birds and the bang bang from Adrian in the Blue Mountains. Thank you very much for that.

It's Matilda here. If Wang Wang wants to get going, he needs a rose petal foot bath followed by a massage. That's not a bad idea. Referencing Piggy earlier in the day. What about the love god from Eric? Maybe Levy can message the Panthers at the zoo. Could get him in the mood. Thank you very much for that. Anyway, look.

This is a great show. We cover all the big issues. This is a great show. But, Darrell, I mean, you are the love god. What would be sort of the music you'd put on, maybe some mood lighting? What would be your advice for Wang Wang and Fu Ni? Well, I don't know what monkeys sort of – what are they? They're pandas. Pandas are from the monkey family. No, they're not. That's a complete lie. No, you just make things up. You do. You know what they should do?

There's the obvious answer. What? The monkeys. Just get the monkeys in. The music from the monkeys. Hey, hey, the monkeys. People are going to monkey around. What do they say? We're too busy singing. You know the monkeys used to be a TV show, Gail. Really? Did you know that? No, I had no idea. I probably wasn't born then, was I? How old are you? 42. 81 I was born. Maybe you weren't.

Is this Shrek? Shrek, yeah. Bucky's singing. Shrek didn't sing. No, Shrek's singing. Oh.

Anyway. Well, I think Monkeys music, mate. Monkeys were big in my day. They had a great TV show. It was a great show. I think the Beatles had a TV show. There was a number of the bands who had TV shows in the old days. I thought Mother Nature would be a little bit smarter than that. To make a woman furtive for only 36 hours of the year, that's... That's asking to be listening. That is, isn't it? That's like...

Well, it reminds me, Daryl, of some of the comments you've made about, you know, God doing a wonderful job with the human body. God has done a great job in general. I can't remember exactly the stuff he's done, but he's done some really good stuff. You're dirty on him for putting the nose smack bang in the middle of your face. I think it makes it hard to kiss. What's that? Are you correct yet?

That's actually a very good point. Well, you know when you kiss, you've got to go. Don't encourage him, Ferger. What way do you go? Do you go left or right? Well, I haven't done it for about 50 years. Well, in your dreams. Close your eyes. I would probably go right if I was kissing. Yeah, I go right. I don't know why. I just would. What way do you go?

See, I think if God had his chance again, I think he'd put his nose on your forehead. No. Why? It'd be easier because it'd be out of the way when you're kissed. No, it wouldn't if you have a runny nose or run into your eyes. Yeah, that's true. That's a very good point, Marcus. Why do you think you have hankies?

He'd blow your nose. I think in general he's done a really good job. I think most body parts, I think you would agree, he's done a pretty good job. Is there an area where you would like to change a body part somewhere, Kel? Let's just think about it for a little while. No, I'm quite comfortable with my body. Everyone's body. I don't think he's done a bad job. Do you like the way... He's got hair in various parts of your body, right? It depends what time we're talking about. I'm not going into detail about this, but...

Why do men have whiskers and girls don't? Some girls do. Well, some do. That's debatable. Let's be fair. My grandmother had whiskers. Yeah, but not many do. Not many do. Like, blokes, if you want to, you can grow a beard. Women, in general, can't grow a beard. Right. So do you think that's a little bit sexist?

Have you ever had a beard, Gail? No. How often do you shave? Every day? Pretty much every day, yeah. Well, blokes and... Do you like whiskers on a bloke? No. Well, I hate the feel of it. I don't like hair either, even on a woman. I wouldn't want a woman to be hairy. One of my pet hates is laying in bed and Guy will try and...

I always face away. So he'll try and like spoon me basically. And if his whiskers touch my back, swinging arms, like don't. You've got that back. They bloody prickle. It's your husband though. It's not open slather just because you're married, mate. Yes, it is. Man, we had this discussion this morning when she knocked me back. So you'd be happy to get

prickly legs, just put all over your nice soft back. As I said, I don't like hair on women when my wife isn't hairy. So if Annie started growing so hair on her back, would you be disappointed? Absolutely. So Gals made a statement, he doesn't like hair on women. Yeah, I don't think many blokes do. So are you happy for Annie to go bald on her head? Yeah, would you prefer a bald head? And no eyebrows. We're talking various body parts.

I've got an issue with the monobrow. I was at the shops the other day and a bloke had one of the best monobrows I've ever seen. I just thought to myself, you'd look in the mirror, wouldn't you, and go, I'm going to separate those two things. It's a very easy thing to get rid of, isn't it? Is it? Yeah. They just tweeze it out, don't they? You wouldn't pluck it, would you? You'd just shave it. Wax it. No, you can't shave it. You can't shave it. Shouldn't you get, like, permanent...

Laser. Laser. Laser's great. Is it? That's great. Girls laser everything these days, like legs, arms, everything. Don't look at me. Well, my wife does. So what? Does it hurt? No. No.

How long would it take to laser a rose? A togo hurts a lot more wax. It takes multiple times, doesn't it, laser? Yes. That turns to once. It takes multiple times. Maybe like five or six sessions and then like once a year. So to be a woman. Plenty of blokes get laser. Yeah, that's true. A lot of blokes get laser. But to be a woman, it must cost a lot more to be a woman than to be a bloke, to look after yourself. Yeah.

Because you've got makeup. We don't wear makeup. Eye shadow, all that sort of stuff. Lipstick. I mean, most blokes don't wear that stuff. So it must cost a woman a hell of a lot more to look good than what it does blokes. What are you talking about, Kel? Nothing. Some people also. But don't you think? I think as a general rule, yes. As a general rule, yes.

Yeah. It's a fair statement. What are they saying? Beauty's pain? You get your eyebrows done. You might – some people – I don't know. I'm pretty close to a bloke though. Yeah, like they get their nails done. They get their hair – like hair –

If you want to. But blokes can do that, obviously. But as a general, I think that's a fair statement. Yeah, I think it's fair. Yeah, 13107. It's like, I went and got a haircut during the week. And it doesn't take me long. I even get a discount. Sure, you do it yourself. Well, I've hardly got any left. So that's the problem. But there was a young bloke sitting alongside me at the barbershop. And he's carrying on at the bar. He goes, mate, are you going to do this? And I'm not happy with this. I'm like, mate, it'll grow back for goodness sake. You could look like me. I said it to him.

I said, mate, you could look like me. What's worse? How much does it cost to get your hair done? So you found another issue. I paid $25. Yeah, it's about $25. That's about right, I reckon. I tell you what, chicks' hair, if you're dyeing your hair. What do yous pay? You guys. Mate, my missus paid $200 the other day. I couldn't believe it. Get her hair done. You killed me. Yeah, haircut. Killed me. Haircut. That's one of her friends. $200. If I was to pay to get what I get done. Yeah, you don't pay for it. No, it would be about $400 a time. $400? Yeah, 100%. That's cut and color. Cut and color. Cut and color.

Why don't you just give Annie a number one or something? I wouldn't find that attractive and that would affect me. It would affect me on Saturday morning. Do you still sit under the big, like, blow things off the wall? That's to make the...

If there's hairdressers out there, please don't quote me. But I think it's to make the colouring process a bit quicker. I think if you do it without that, it's actually better for your hair. So why does it cost so much, Fergo? $400 is a lot of money. That's a bloody lot of money. I don't know. But I've got heaps of mates that have been, for instance, blonde. They would get all their hair done with blonde foils. And now they're only getting like half a head of foils because it's so expensive. And obviously cost of living. So what, they're blonde on one side and dark on the other? No. Yeah, exactly. Two-tone hair.

That seems like a good idea. So they're getting half and half done. Do you think that's funny? Not half. Not the left and the right. It's like laying through it. You know when the hairdresser picks up the little mirror and shows you the back of the head? I say to my mate, don't bother. I've got nothing back there. Don't show me. I don't want to see it. I'm happy with what you've done. I know you've blown up with just about everybody out there doing stuff. You've done your best. Have you ever, like, when they've shown you the back of the head, said, no, I don't like that?

No way. You couldn't. Has anyone ever done that? No. But you've thought it. I've thought it before and I've never done it. 100% I've thought it before. I don't like it. I would never say it. What about mid haircut when you're looking in the mirror and you're thinking to yourself, this isn't going the way I thought it was going to go. Do you say anything or just let them finish? I don't know that I've made any bold moves like that, to be honest. That's a really good point because I took my young boy for a haircut last week and he wants a different haircut. Hmm.

And he told me after the fact, he said, mate, why don't you just tell them? He goes, oh, I don't want to tell them. I do the same thing every time. They know what's going on. I feel bad if I tell them. Yeah, I would feel bad too. My mate, no, you can tell them. They're not going to mind. Get whatever you want. So next time, he might get a different haircut. Got a mohawk. Yeah. I don't actually know. What does he want to get? I think he wants to get it shorter. I think he almost wants to get...

Yeah, because he's got like a cowlick at the front of his hair and it does look weird. Like when he does, his hair looks pretty cool, but he doesn't like the cowlick at the front. So I think you might get it. Maybe not shaved off, but a bit shorter, I reckon. I feel for hairdressers too in the conversation department. Imagine having to sit there and talk to people all day. But they must be good at it. They must love a chat. You've just got the little throwaway lines. It's like cab drivers. I was in cabs plenty of times this week because I was down in Melbourne. We're not getting a cabber to talk. God, they can chat.

So now you're dirty on cab drives. Well, they just chat. I'll tell you what you do get from your hairdresser. Goss. Ooh. Like, they've always got a few. So is the hairdresser saying, what about Beryl down the streets down there? 100%. Really? Or, or.

These ones. When she leaves, I'll tell you something. Oh, how good. Sign me up, sister. All right. 131873, the number. We're talking haircuts. Fergo's paid for $400. No, no, no. Stop, stop, stop. She does not pay for anything. Okay. Well, I'm intrigued as to what women are paying for their haircuts these days. I mean, we're in a cost of living crisis. $400 for a haircut. Dear, oh, dear. It's not just cut. It's colour. Cut, cut, cut.

That colour, it's a blow-dry. It's the work. You leave it looking pretty glamorous. See, I was talking to a young bloke down the gym the other day. He's one of the trainers. He's always got his hair a- I said, mate, do you get a haircut every week? He said, yeah. I said, do you get a haircut every week? That's expensive. He goes and pays $50 a week for a haircut just to have the fade thing done. That's often. I said, what a waste of money. Just let it grow, champion. How much are PTs getting? I've looked on Instagram before. I thought I saw you literally...

last couple of days, put a post up of a haircut. I did. You did? Yeah, bro. What was the name of that hairdresser? Louise Richmond. There we go. Louise Richmond, we salute you. She went to school with my mum. It's a family friend. Louise, if I haven't had a haircut. She's in Guymere. Really? Yeah. Oh, they've bombed another one. That's all right, gal. If you go and see Louise Richmond. Louise Richmond in Guymere. Louise Richmond, she can colour your hair like you've been doing for the last 10 years. We're off to a break.

Back with more. Back around the grounds for Uber Reserve. Ten minutes left in the second half. 12.10, West Tigers leading Gold Coast. And speaking of Uber Reserve, whether it's a flight, important meeting, a footy game, you name it, Uber Reserve helps you plan ahead when you can't be late. Reserve now, ride later with Uber Reserve. 12.10 the score. West Tigers leading Gold Coast. Ten minutes left in the second half for Uber Reserve. Julian's at Liverpool. Hello, Julian.

G'day, good people. Happy Saturday. Happy Saturday to you too, mate. What have you got for us, Julian? Hey, that's a doozy. I'm just hearing right now that the Tigers are up over the Gold Coast. That's a bit of a good one. I hope they go all the way through. It'll be nice. Yeah, well, you've got another nine minutes, 12.10. Still a long way to go, Julian. Yeah, that's true. We still do. Yeah, you're right about that. Hey, look, I was just pulling up about the subject of the haircut.

I actually thought I'd say something. I said to my missus, look, a bit of backstory, I've done Australian Air Force cadets for the longest time in the world and all I've known is a one to a two on the sides and back and a nice trim on the top. And my missus said,

And my barber knows the same as well. And the one time I said to him, it was only Wednesday, I said to him, hey, mate, I'm going to cut a mullet in. And he goes, oh, yeah, you're getting a mullet, getting a mullet. I said, yeah, no worries. We had a bit of a yarn chatted away and he starts cutting my hair and he starts going around the back and cutting the back off. I said, hey, Naz, are you cutting a mullet in? And he goes, a mullet?

I said, yeah, you're cutting a mullet. He goes, far out, man. I didn't know you actually were serious about it. I said, yeah, I'm serious about the mullet. It was a big change for me to go from a one to a two on the back and sides to a mullet. I'll tell you that, but he was pretty upset about it. He let me have the haircut for free, so I guess if you want to have a haircut for free, you change your hairstyle. Good on you, Julian. Thanks for the call, mate, and thank you for your service. Duncan's in Brisbane. Hello, Duncan. Yeah, g'day, Mark. Gentlemen, hello. How's it going? Hello, mate. Go for your life. Hey.

Hey, mate, first, Levy, thank you for sending me that continuous call jersey a few weeks back. And I noticed all your ugly mugs were on the front of it. And my question is, how much money have you guys spent on hair products over the last, I reckon, zero? Yeah, not much. Not much. Zero from me. There's not much you can do with Daryl's, mine, Piggy's, or Gal's. Oh, Josh has still got a little bit. He's sort of fading away.

Back here, but anyway. That's all right. In 400 years' time, the aliens are going to land on Earth and find all this old data and imagery, and they're going to be confused as to why the lovely Alana was sitting around with you, bloke. She's fitting in beautifully here on the continuous call, team. She's just as crazy as we are. Thanks for the call, Duncan. Maureen's at Silverdale. Hello, Maureen.

Hi, how are you? I was just listening to your comments about prices. I think Alana's more on the knob because I have many clients that come and spend, well, today, for example, $580, $349, $248. It's normal. Maureen, you're rich. You're swimming in it. You're rich, Maureen. I wish. But they come from all over the place. Guys have colours, colours, treatments.

They had the monobrow wax. Hey, Maureen, can you back up what Fergo said earlier about a little bit of gossip in the hairdressing salon and maybe a little whisper into the ear of the client, I'll wait till she's gone and I'll tell you what's going on in her life?

I've had a business for 44 years and I do several generations. We actually don't allow the staff to do that, not at all. But we have quiet spots where clients can come, sit there, do their work. If they don't want to be talked to, we don't talk. I mean, yeah, I suppose I do have clients that come in, may I say, that this is probably a bit cheeky, but the wife cuddles.

And the husband comes and the husband's extra comes as well. Whoa! For real? Are you talking about a mistress?

Well, whatever, however you want to say it. Do they all know about each other or not? No. Oh, that's good. That's great. This is juicy. This is what I'm saying. This is what I'm saying. It all happens. She must be able to keep some very good secrets. The husband and the mistress would know about the other one. Yeah, the husband and the mistress would be aware. I don't even tell my staff who they are. Hey, Maureen, hey, Maureen, you've just told half of Australia. Ha, ha, ha, ha.

No, that was so... No, but no names. No names. No names. Well, Maureen... There's more than one as well, by the way. Did you get any details? Did you ever chat to them about it or you used to stay away from the chat? No, no chat. No, no chat. Been around for too long. No chat. Get you into trouble. Well, Maureen, I was about to say give your business a plug, but you probably don't want to because they might be listening. Oh.

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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is the 18th man while for the Storm, Jack Howarth comes onto the bench in 19. Bronson Garlick drops out and is now the 18th man there for the Melbourne Storm. And we'll call that game for you at 5.30. There's a few people getting in touch saying, yeah, you're right, boys. And Fergo, my son gets his haircut every Thursday at Fade and pays $65. It's a lot of money for a haircut every week.

And Levy, I gave up on haircuts at 50. It's getting where I can't reach to brush it. Thank you, Rob. Tigers in to put the little seal of the deal and the West Tigers faithful celebrating up on the hill. 16-10, West Tigers leading Gold Coast. And there's three minutes to play in the second half. 16 points to 10.

the West Tigers leading the Gold Coast Titans. Well, I spoke to Mark Piggy-Riddell last night about how the Riddell household has just been infatuated with the swimming. And I've been watching it all week as well in preparation for the Olympic Games. And some of the performances from these Australian swimmers have been phenomenal. And our man, Matt Thompson, has been front and centre calling all of the action. And might I say, ladies and gentlemen, he's done a brilliant job. And I thought we'd have a catch up with him. And he's on the line from Brisbane right now. Matty, good afternoon to you.

Hello, boys. I'm infatuated with piggy as well, so that's great. Mate, how's it been? Because, I mean, we've all been blown away by some of the times these swimmers have been setting at the Olympic trials. I mean, have you been sitting there blown away with your co-commentators in respect to the performances of the Australians? I think we're all blown away by the extraordinary depth of talent that is in this team at the moment. I think it's unequivocal that it's the best team

Australian swim team that we've ever had, particularly with the women. You think back to the clash between Arnie and Molly and Titmuss, like smashing the world record in that unbelievable race in the 200. The 100 last night was also sensational. Shanna Jack's been able to get through three individuals from in the 100. Then she looked bomb-proof in the 50 today. Kayleigh McEwan and then Kyle Chalmers is...

They're showing that there's still a little bit of life left in him. And then Cameron McAvoy, Elijah Winnington's been sensational. But we have the most talented swimming team probably ever. And it's a genuine possibility we could go to Paris and come back beating the United States, which has only happened once previously in Olympic Games. That was in 1956.

You must be pumped for the Olympics, Tomo. You're killing it, mate. Have you had... I know you just rattled off a few of the races then, but do you have a favourite moment so far from the trials? Thanks, Ferga. It's hard to go past the Titmuss world record, isn't it? I mean, it was out of this world. But it's really interesting. They have the same coach.

They're training partners, and yet they are each other's greatest rivals in that one event, that 200. So Molly and the world champs in Fukuoka for 2023 mowed Ariane down and just beat her and beat the world record. And she gets cranky, Ariane, when her world record gets broken. So I think she'd use that as motivation. And then similarly, she's come out and reversed the

reverse the standings here. It's really fascinating that they can train together and I'm pretty sure they're good mates and whatever, but yet when it comes to swimming time, they are the fiercest of rivals and they're the best in the world by some margin. So that dynamic really fascinates me, but

I'd say that's been the standout moment, but there's been so many. Even the multi-class swimmers, it's been great to see them mixed in with those that are looking for places on the Olympic team this week. The Paralympic team was picked last night, the Olympic team tonight, so it's been a week full of highlights. Mate, congratulations, firstly. You've done a fantastic job. Has there been any disappointments that you can think of? Well...

Not off the top of my head, Daryl, but there's been a couple of circumstances where you've got athletes who have won, but there's the qualifying time. There's been a situation where I think Josh Yong in the breaststroke made the team by 0.01. I think there's a circumstance where someone's missed the team by 0.01. So look, there's clearly some devastation amongst athletes who

They put everything in to try and get onto the Olympic team. That being said, though, look, Swimming Australia set these qualification benchmarks at such a level where you probably have an idea if you're going to get there or not. You know, they're really tough. I mean, you're talking about

you have to swim at a level that would probably get you to an Olympic final to even make a team. And it's done that way to make sure that Australia stands the best team and is competitive. So, you know, they do it for a reason and no one's guaranteed a start. But, yeah, there are. There is disappointment. You can see it.

You can see it on the faces of the athletes. Mate, if you swim the qualifying time, just tell me, are you automatically picked? Are you definitely in? You've got to finish 1-2. You've got to swim the qualifying time. Okay, 1-2. Okay, as long as you finish the qualifying time. What if you finish, say, second and you just miss a qualifying time? Can they, like, retrospectively include you in the team? Is that possible? They can.

Well, they can, yeah. Young boy Will Petrick actually swims the 400 IM tonight. He won the 200 IM, and he won by quite a margin. He was very impressive, actually. He lowered his personal best by two seconds, but missed the qualifying time by less than a second. Now, if they...

If they haven't exhausted the quota they could pick, and I could be... I think, I think, and I might be wrong, I think it's about 24 men and women. So you've got that threshold. So if they don't pick that number, there is...

direction for the selectors to say you know this guy swam really well we're going to put him in anyway so uh you can you can do that but you know the safest way to do it of course is to swim the time and once you get there you're on the team well it'll be another great night tonight maddie before they name that olympic team and uh well done to you uh to gian rooney to james bracy to thorpey to the rest of the other team on the coverage this week it's been edgier seat stuff and your calling has been brilliant too mate and we'll

Catch you back next weekend right here on the Continuous Call team.

Thank you, gents. Have a good afternoon. I actually had a little nap earlier and I woke up. The Tigers led 12-10. They've won 18-10. Yes. The Tigers at Leichhardt. Did you think you were dreaming? Yes, it's very good, Dale. I miss you, gentlemen. I'll see you next week. See you, mate. There he is, Matt Thompson, our colleague from the Continuous Call team in Nine's Wide World of Sports. He's had a big few weeks calling Origin and then backing up for the swimming. He's done well. He's done a brilliant job. I'll tell you what I've loved this week of the swimming. We've been watching you at home.

Whenever a race comes up, I'm like, what's going to win? What lane number's going to win? The kids have got no idea. The fastest is in like three, four, five. Lane seven, lane eight, I reckon four. And I'm winning like nine times out of ten. They finally realise it. Can't you just give them a bit of joy in the kids? Win to win, win to win. They pick first. They got to pick every single time. It wasn't until a few races in, Cody realised lane four's the one to pick.

Lane four is the fastest qualifier. You know that, don't you? I know that. That's what I said. Normally they win. Normally. 3-4-5 normally win. And you know he's right, Levy. Yeah, of course. He's always right. I know that. In my opinion, I am anyway. That's all that matters. Very good. 18 points to 10. The Tigers have beaten the Titans. Here's Abbey Corosau with Larapie. So good just to get the win for them. And obviously thankful to everyone at LACA coming out. It's one of the best grounds in the world.

I just saw you go up to the young guys that got their chance. I mean, it's a week where you lost another two players. I think I counted three games of first grade experience on the bench. Backs against the wall stuff. What did you say to them? Oh, look, that's exactly what it was. You know, we had a laugh about it yesterday. One of the youngest teams to ever be fielded in an NRL. And I told them that's a great challenge. It's like, imagine if we won that game, you know, with that legacy it sort of leaves for us and these young guys. So it was great to get the win, you know.

It has been such a tough couple of months. Well documented. So what was the talk like from Benji at half-time when you're only just down on the scoreboard here? Yeah, no, he was talking about...

You know how well we did to hold in there against the wind that first half that a lot of ball down in our end and he's trying to go out there that second half, you know, make sure all that intent in that first start. So it's always trying to do. You finished the game back where you belong, where you love at nine. Talk us through that try at the end for, for new ball. Yeah. Look, yeah, we're already in the lead. You know, we didn't really need to come up with anything or score points. So we just wanted to keep knocking that door in and it was a fluke to be honest. Yeah, we worked out.

What about this place? I mean, honestly, you guys have to play here every week, surely? It just brings something out in this team. 100%. It's something about like a... But no, honestly, these suburban grounds and just the noise, you know, these fans, they really ride you, especially when you're doing well. And it's not even the tries they go for. They love all the big hits and, you know, all the energy plays. So it's great. Yeah, well done. Happy Coruscant. Channit Lara Pitt on Fox off the back of an 18-10 victory. West Tigers over the Gold Coast Titans. The Harvey Norman clearance continues this weekend.

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Well, look, this one started at even money earlier in the week. So it just shows how good the Warriors are doing over there in New Zealand. And with the sellout crowds that they're having, they're doing fantastic. But I really like how the Storm played. The Storm was so consistent. I'm all for the Storm on this one. All right, Storm to win for George Rose. What about your same-game multi? The punters are loving them, Georgie.

I reckon I'll get this one up today. I've got the Storm head-to-head. I've got big Nelson Asafa-Solomona coming off the bench, scoring a try, any time try scorer. And I've got total match tries under eight and a half because I reckon both of these teams will be tackling their butt off today and they won't be letting too many through. Well, if you get up, you'll be getting a dividend of $15.48. So if you want to follow George Rose, folks, Storm head-to-head, Asafa-Solomona any time try scorer and total match tries under eight.

$8.50. $15.48. It's $2.10 for the Storm. $1.73 the Warriors. George Rose, you enjoy the footy, mate. We'll check in tomorrow.

Cheers, mate. If I get that one up, I'll be shouting tonight. Have a good one. He can shout us too tomorrow. Thank you, legend. There he is, George Rose from Pointsbit. What are you really gambling with? For free and confidential support, go to gamblinghelponline.org.au. Wonderful to have you with us, the Continuous Call team, and congratulations to the West Tigers on their victory at Leichhardt Oval. 18 points to 10, West Tigers over the Titans. Fergo, before you head off,

You've got a night off too after working today. You can enjoy some family time. Let's get your tips on the footy. We kick things off our coverage anyway. Warriors and Storm. Oh, tip the whas. Up the whas. Up the whas for me. Sean Johnson back. Yeah, big inclusion. And also, Tamari Martin's been an absolute gun. I'm a big fan. He's killing it. I'm glad they're pairing up in the halves. They are playing good footy. I think they're one side who can come from the...

bottom part of the ladder to make an impact in this competition. I think it's a really open competition. What about tonight, Fergo? Parramatta Roosters, the other game? No, I took the Roosters. Roosters in that one. All right. Well, you've been fantastic. Enjoy a quiet night at home and we'll see you on the telly soon. You back tomorrow? I've actually got tomorrow off. Oh, Sunday off. Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Good.

Feed up. Enjoy it while it lasts. Will do. All right. See you, Fergo. There she is, Alana Ferguson, our continuous call team member. Congratulations to Katie at Yamina Beach who spoke to us about hot air ballooning in the Hunter Valley. Katie, you've won the $200 meat tray voucher thanks to Stapled and Quality Meats.

And Michael from Daystar First National Real Estate based at Reavesby. Michael, thank you for your generosity from the real estate agency as well. The $10,000 to the Mark Hughes Foundation. Michael, you'll be coming to a long lunch with the continuous call team. The third and final trivia question for you in the quiz. If you know it already, you can give us a buzz on 1300 722 873. 1300 722 873. The third and final question is, I scored a double last week against the Cowboys.

So he started at the Warriors, went to Canberra, returned to the Warriors. He's played over 100 first-grade games. He's got a double-barrelled surname. And he scored a double last week against the Cowboys. If you know the answer, 1-300-722-873. The Melbourne Storm out there warming up as we speak. The Warriors back in the dressing rooms, half an hour away from kick-off. The Warriors and the Storm coming in from New Zealand. And well done to Josh from Nelson, who's won the $150 Lowe's digital gift card.

The answer to the quiz today, or the Who Am I? Chance Nickel Klukstar. So Chance Nickel Klukstar is the answer today. And congratulations to you, Josh. $150 Lowe's digital gift card coming your way.

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