Willie Mason

laurie was the coach for the indigenous team and we're just going through some of the teams and i was like oh yeah we're asking him a few questions and uh i go off there's a young kid there's a reuben cotter on the bench can you tell us a little bit about him and at that point he maybe played a game or two and laurie goes look don't know a lot about him but apparently he's a bit of a lock sort of hooker hybrid

And I watched him in that game closely.

He ended up – I think he ended up getting a start and he killed it.

And from that point on, I was like, ooh.

It might have been early, mate.

Yep.

The bench, Max Plath, as expected, come on, did not leave, played big minutes, had to play a crucial role for money there for about 15 minutes while at the back end of the half, did his job.

Already play, mate.

Just defensively.

Yeah, just defensively.

And you spoke about Lindsey Collins.

Lindsey Collins and Trent Learrow got tries off the bench with Cooley Caffee only getting eight minutes.

So the bench did their job.

Big impact from Big Lindsey.

What about the decision to play Trent Learrow so early?

That caught me off guard.

He was good.

Yeah.

Well, the mail and the rumours are that they're not going away now, that if Bally is to finish up at Melbourne this year through the health issues that he's currently got, the strong mail is Billy's going to take it.

Like, Billy's a chance at Melbourne.