Justin Rodski

You know, we've had this game since 2009 and we've played a couple of different opponents.

most recently we've been playing against the Rabideaus and it's just one of those really special occasions whether you're across the road at the MCG on Anzac Eve or you know you're at the MCG on Anzac Day or then you come across to Amy Park to watch the storm you know they're all very important moments of reflection for our country and you know we're very honoured and privileged to play a small part in that and you know we continue to do that across this week and into the game on Saturday night with various different events and functions and

whether it be through our jersey and the Rats of Tobruk this year, or we've got Jeff Jackson speaking at a club lunch today.

All of these sorts of things are really important in the build-up in terms of education, not just for fans and for the broader public, but also for our staff and our people internally at the club, because we truly do recognise just how important it is and the acknowledgement that we should, and that's very special.

Well, it's a very good-looking jersey, first and foremost, but the Rats of Tobruk is just such a famous legend of Australian wartime.

So the design really does mark the 85th anniversary of the Siege of Tobruk, which was back in 1941, and it's got a custom chest and back pattern, and it's got the famous...

famous quote from Leslie Moorhead where he talks about there is to be no surrender and no retreat and it's just such a shocking reminder sometimes about just how brutal war would have been and how

unbelievable that experience would have been for those men and women that served.

It's just frightening to think about what they went through.

So, yeah, this is our way of acknowledging and recognising the rats of Tabook, and I think the jersey really does a great job of doing that.

Yeah, I don't think it does.

I mean, it was always a nice fit with the Warriors, obviously, being Anzac.

But in saying that, I think that the NRL, rightly so, said that the Warriors should play in New Zealand on Anzac Day.

So the Rabideaus are very keen to continue this as a traditional fixture with us.

So, yeah, they're a great club to play.

to have on Anzac Day each year.

They're a big club and obviously they always draw a big crowd.

So I don't think it matters who it is.

It's about the occasion and obviously transcends the sport in every sense, particularly obviously in the pre-match.

But no, the Rabideaus have been a great opponent for us and will continue to be hopefully for many years to come.