Robert 'Crash' Craddock
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That's a, you know, a similar sort of condition.
And he said to me, he's the same age as Bellamy, 66.
And he said, look, he said, he is a marvel to be continuing to coach.
And he said, that's the hard, he said, I'm resting up, I'm retired.
And he said, but he said the stress of a rugby league coach, man, oh man, that is unbelievable.
And knowing that next year, you cannot be better than you are this year.
He said, that would be a supreme challenge.
It's going well, but I tell you what, there's been a couple of stories written up here, and they are very poignant and timely, that Gather Round makes twice as much as what Magic Round does because, you know, it's shopped around to different venues and different parts of Adelaide and outside Adelaide,
Whereas Brisbane's is just restricted to one ground, Suncorp Stadium.
Now, I love the feel of that.
It's a beautiful thing watching one match end and another start.
For me, it's just about the height of the weekend.
I love watching the spectators rush out of the ground, others rush in, and suddenly, oh, it's a fresh game.
But it does cost you money.
Like, if you took it up the coast and down the coast or to Toowoomba, you would make much more.
But as we sit here...
Gather Round, which makes more than $120 million, that's twice as much as what Magic Round makes.
So which concept do you prefer, Gerard?
Do you like to sort of shop it around or do you think it works better like it is in Brisbane at one stadium?