Blake Austin

So day to day, I was probably top 10.

But when that clipboard was out, man, I was top two or three for sure.

Yeah, and I used to.

And I used to get, like, on the day of a fitness test, I used to drag the mood of everyone in the organization down because I knew that it helped me win the fitness test.

I'd really oversell just how sucky this was going to be.

But there was always one dick of an essence there that used to go, I'm not telling you what we're doing.

What do you get out of not telling us?

I love Christchurch.

So having my ear to the ground in the recruitment space, Christchurch has actually become a little bit of a hotspot.

Obviously, for years on end, many of recruiters go to Auckland and don't venture too far past that.

But of late, some of the best qualities come out of Christchurch.

They've got a brand new stadium.

My fear is we've finally, like I feel we've finally got the Warriors to a point where

that we can be so proud of our product over there.

So obviously a declining union, I think, has probably sped up the game's opinion on that region.

I think there is blood in the water.

So knowing Peter Volandis, when there's blood in the water, you strike.

I reckon that's what's led us down the path to picking, because Queensland seems obvious.

I can't really think of anywhere else.

You don't want to jam another team in Sydney.