Ben Symes

you're blindsided by the players that you hoped would be there, would be there, the likes of Jay Numa, Jack Boylan, then obviously the Victor Oz and Vuna comments last night, throw a little bit into a mix, yeah, to be honest, he probably just slipped everyone's mind, it's a very good point, he wasn't brought up by Hamer as well in the opening address, so look, maybe he doesn't tell you where he stands.

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What seat are you sitting in there, Matthew Grant?

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My dream is obviously to have WrestleMania at Croker.

I have to perform in that.

That would be top of my bucket list.

Hamer, obviously this is the first time we've spoken to you since the playoff game in March.

How have you kind of had time to process that and I suppose are you still dwelling on it?

Obviously, it's not the camp that maybe Arden fans would have hoped for to have and maybe looking towards the World Cup, but there's some pretty exciting players in the squad.

I think one name that people are going to get drawn to is Jade Numa.

What have you seen from him maybe at underage level for Arden than at Benfica that you decided to call him up?

Obviously, there's players who are in the squad who maybe have had a handful of caps, but now it's their time to shine, the players who can't make it, obviously players still playing with their clubs.

The likes of Andrew Moore and James Abanko at Conor Coventry with a couple of caps to their name.

What are you looking from them in this camp when they're maybe seen as more senior players in this one?

What can you learn from those experienced players, but also the inexperienced?

Am I correct in saying you have a longer time with the squad this time than you usually will in a normal break?

What kind of differences or changes in habits or routines can you learn from that?

I'm sure you would have seen Stephen Bradley's comments last night with Victor Ozinvuna and kind of saying he has no problem with a player like that getting fast-tracked to the senior team.