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Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
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That's right. Or just head in the pub and get one off the wood. You know what it is. Four Pines Japanese Lager. Equally chuggable. You are listening to the Outlaw Sport Podcast. What's up, punters and dribblers? Welcome back to Alex World Podcast, home of unqualified opinion and unwavering bias. Here on a Monday, depths of winter. Solstice day yesterday, shortest day of the year.
Just worth noting. Read a book. Read a fucking solstice. Read a book. You gotta know your solstices. 21-21. Not hard. June, December. Get it in the calendar. Get it in. It's important. It's very important. It's of the utmost importance. Historically, it's been a turtleneck lunch celebrating one solstice and the baguette and long lunch celebrating another. We've held up our end of the turtleneck.
Yeah. There's been whispers. There has been whispers. There has been whispers. Yeah. Whether they're fulfilled or not. No, well. Is it different? And I only say that because last year's was missed entirely. Just no mention of it. Glossed over. I like the idea of this year's Turtleneck Long Launch going back to brass tacks as well, going back to like its core, like what it was about.
Back to core values. I don't even know if we've ever had a core value Turtleneck. No, I know. I think it was ideated in that way. Yes, and then it blew out. And then it blew out. Yeah. What are the core values? I don't know. Well, I don't know if you're ready for that. I don't know if you want to know. I don't know if you want to know what that means. No. Again, it's not our year.
It's not our year. This is not our suggestion. It's been suggested that we go back to brass tacks and core values. A bit more exclusive. Is that the word I'd use? Exclusive, not the word. I wouldn't use that word. What about exclusive? I would probably use the term… Core values. Core values. Brass tacks. Cool. Foundational principles is what I would… Again, not our idea. Not our idea.
Nothing to do with us, but... You'll remember famously that the last time we were in the host chair, we hosted... 70 people. 20, probably. Yeah. You know? So... Don't look over here, mate. You know what I mean? Like I've shown that I'm prepared to be inclusive. Well, to spurn foundational core values. Yeah, that's right. In the space of inclusion.
I'm also happy to honour core foundational price tax values. Yeah, I bet. That's not relevant really to you, Tobler. It's merely a conversational point between me and my old mate Tommy Burns. That's all, mate. And it just happens to be recorded and you're asking questions as you like to do. Now, congratulations to you guys for running yesterday. Thanks, mate. I couldn't do it.
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Chapter 2: What are the highlights from the Mick Fanning Golf Day?
Yeah, no, it's a myth, mate. It's a myth. Mate, I actually felt fucking good yesterday and I don't know why. I was frazzled on the way there because- You were super frazzled. So like the night before, there was only one road to get into like where we were parking. And my map did it correctly. It was like, it took me up the road, Victoria road. It took me up the one that I was supposed to go.
So I was like, sweet, it'll do it in the morning. Right. You just start it now. It'll do it in the morning. I'm not really paying attention. It's early. And then, like, I finally get to where I'm going. I'm like, that road's closed. And then I'm like, how the fuck do I get to where I'm going? And then it just kept, like, changing on me.
And I kept running into, like, roadblocks and roadblocks and roadblocks. So I started getting fucking frazzled. I'm going up that fucking – I'm going up bus lanes. At one time, I had to spin over, like, a median strip. Lucky I was in the – Tradyspec. In the Tradyspec Ford wrapped up because – It ate up that median strip. You know, if you're a low car, you're fucked.
Yeah, you're a huge shot. So when I got there, I had like eight minutes till the race started. So I was like- Did you even stretch? No. Huge. But it didn't stretch. It didn't have headphones. Like nothing. Just ripped in. What were you thinking about on that run, mate? Did you go dark? You go internal? It wasn't dark at all. Well, actually, it's kind of meditative once you get into the front.
Mate, it was good. You're running with everyone. It was a sick course, like really flat and scenic. There's a lot of people on the course, like, you know. So it was like a vibe. Yeah, true. So it was fun. It was absolutely fun. And I was saying to you yesterday, I – I didn't redline, redline, so it was quite comfortable. You just went for a run.
You know when you're like, it's like you're in pain and it's all you can think about and that's scat and that's when you need headphones to like just take you to a different place. But it was like it was good. And so where did we run? What was the order of completion? I beat Cody by three and a half minutes or something like that. Okay.
So Eddie came in first at an hour and 51, then Cody an hour and 54, and then me two hours and four minutes. Two hours and four's still good. Not bad. After a fucking Macca's. After Macca's the night before. And four hours sleep. So your second 10 would have just been a pinch slower than you, like, you know what I mean? And he was in a dark place in the first at 11Ks.
Oh, I felt every emotion out there yesterday. It was so brutal, dude. It was at like 13Ks and I was like, I'm not running anymore. I refuse to do this. I'm just going to start doing Pilates and get – And that's going to be my exercise, but I refuse to run because this hurts so bad. And I was having really dark thoughts. It was just brutal. But then you come up and then you're feeling great.
You're like, oh, this is awesome. I love this. And then you crash again and you just got to breathe through it. Where was hurting? My groin and my hips. Groin was starting to get really tight and I was like starting to get a bit of the tummy burns about me. Yeah, fuck. But you just pushed through it. Yes, pushed through it. Were you ever going to stop?
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Chapter 3: How did the conversation shift to the recent rugby league games?
No, it's Australian. It's Australian, mate. Please keep me completely anonymous. Good day, lads. Thought you boys would appreciate some serious Australian culture in the form of a Johnny Howard jacket. These are issued to all soldiers at Kapuka during recruit training and have to be returned once you graduate.
I managed to keep mine and thought what a better gift for an Australian stream than this beauty, pure history. Maybe Cody might be proud of this one. Love what you do, lads. PS AFL dribbler. Yeah, we exist. Keep him anonymous, okay? Happy to do it, mate. I'll keep you anonymous, lad. Sick. Oh, fuck yeah. Look at that. That's nice. That's really nice. That's very nice. Australian Army.
Is that what Johnny was rocking? I don't know. Was he rocking an Australian Army one? Surely not. I like it. No, it's mad. I can't believe they have to give them back. I know. That's such tight ass shit, dude. That seems insane to me. I would steal mine for sure. For sure. Thanks, bro. Thank you very much. What a wonderful gift. What a wonderful gift. Bit snug on old Tommy Burns.
He'll be a bit snug on you, mate. Won't be snug on you, mate. Eddie Sims. Well, I'll tell you what. Tommy missed a bloody squeezing into a large at the McFadden Golf Day. Yes. Tommy. Tommy's squeezing into a lodge. Into a lodge. And it didn't fuck me up like I was expecting. You didn't look like a water balloon. No. Tommy didn't get Tommy. They forgot to get Tommy's stuff. Listen. Oh, no.
Tommy didn't have his own bag. Didn't have my own bag. So they had to cobble me one together, which was just, you know. I mean, I couldn't give a fuck. But it was funny because we got there late. It was like there was only one bag left and it said Hello Sport on it. And so it was just- It did say Eddie Simpson. No, but it said, hello, sport, Eddie Simpson. So it was like just the two.
So then the chick's like, oh, yeah, it was just for both of you. I thought that was weird. And I'm like- Only once we got back and ripped it open, I'm like, well, this is all fucking, this is, there's one pair of shoes, there's one pair of pants. And it was all large. And it was all large. Again, not complaining. I was, last year we didn't even get shit.
Like we just got like a t-shirt or something. We get heaps of stuff there, but not like the, not like the sick cunt clothing. This year we got sick cunt clothing. So I was like, okay, mad. As it turned out, Eddie got sick on clothing. And I was just standing there like – all I wanted was the T-shirt because I was like, everyone's wearing this fucking T-shirt.
And I feel like just – so I was like, don't worry. She was like, oh, no, we'll try and get my – it's fine. Just like there's a fucking T-shirt rocking around. I'll just get one of those. In the end, cobbled me together a bag of goodies. You got this sick Adidas T-shirt, Adidas golf pants, Adidas shoes, golf shoes, like a bunch of stuff. Yeah.
But when I was given the shirt, I go, geez, you got anything a bit larger? He said, no, that is it. I went, all right, Tom, let's see. Let's see how we go here, buddy. In the end, not that bad. Now, I didn't look great in it. But I could have looked way worse. Mate, listen. A couple of weeks ago. Time was. Time was. That would have been a tough day on the course.
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Chapter 4: What insights are shared about the upcoming State of Origin?
It's almost like a fucking virus. I don't know if it happens as much. It does. The amount of people that are flat or too shallow is ridiculous. Throw a peelback 15 metres and you won't get charged down. What the fuck am I talking about? Even that first one that Jamal missed, it was like you- He was right in front. No, but he was way too close and he still didn't get charged down.
So just go back a little bit further. It's not like your distance is an issue. No, they can kick him from 30, 40 out. Yeah. Listen, that was bad. No, that was bad. But like both teams tried to fuck it up as well. It wasn't like the whole game was a bit of a shit fight. It was. It wasn't a pleasure. It wasn't a pleasure to watch. We were clunky. Tommy came back.
The first try we scored, I was like, okay, we on. Yeah, we on here. Was that Ruben? No, Lehigh. That's right, yeah. Beautiful. We missed all conversions. Beautiful ball movement. Yeah. Reuben missed the kick. We missed every conversion. But like beautiful ball movement. You thought to yourself, okay, nice. Looks good here. And then what? Was it 8-6 or 6-4 going into the half? I can't remember.
It was 8-6 going into the half. Huh? 8-6. Yeah, right. Yeah. Three tries to two, no conversions. We'll do that to you. And we also, listen, like we lost that game and it was Devo and we weren't good enough in the clutch moments. I actually saw Rugby League guru Nathan Durkin, if you haven't heard of him. He made a very good comment on his Instagram and I'm going to get it up for everyone, okay?
I'm going to get it up for everyone because I like Nathan Durkin and I think that Nathan Durkin of Rugby League guru fame is a good guy and he makes smart points. And this is on Manly's inability to fucking ice that game. A few months ago, it didn't matter. And now that they're genuine contenders in this comp, all of a sudden their inability to close out tight games becomes a glaring issue.
If Manly are planning to go deep into September, they'll need to get a few of these right on the trot. Like, we can't. We can't fuck that up. But I'll also accept a miss if we're doing it right. Like we weren't setting it up right. If you miss it, you miss it, and that's annoying. Obviously, I don't want you to miss it.
I'm used to having Daily Cherry Evans who's hit more fucking game-winning field goals than any other player in the history of the comp. Well, we've been conditioned to thinking it's easier than it clearly is. Yeah. But it's like. But the setups are all wrong. That's the problem for me. Yeah. Setups are all wrong.
Dude, like just that one just before the end where it was like jinky out to Ruben who then throws in a grubber. Like the whole thing was just so fucking gross. Like it was gross. Fair. And again, that early miss in particular. What am I watching? Yeah. And the conversion to the, the, the Lehigh conversion, the 67th minute to, to that would have taken us out to a 10, eight less. Sorry. Yeah.
He hit the post on that one. Yeah. He hit the post twice. Need to be… Clutch. Clutch. Lacking clutchness. Lacking clutch, dude. Lacking clutchness. We're being a bit manual. Sorry, we're not being manual enough. We're not being manual enough, mate. We're being too automatic. We're way too automatic. I want you to roll through the gears. I need you to roll through the gears.
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Chapter 5: What key moments defined the Titans' recent game?
And then kick that field goal. Three tries this, kick the field goal, and that tries this in the 68th to get him in front. Oh, no, but then, yeah, then Lindsay Smith came back, squared it up, and then it was the droppy to win it in the 79th minute. What a fucking win for the Titans. That jersey, dude. Yeah, I like it. It's sick. You see the Warriors jersey? Yeah, I did. That looked sick as well.
Chapter 6: What insights are shared about the upcoming New Zealand rugby team?
That was cool too. I didn't mind that one either, but. Earls. Yes, Louis. Louis. Christchurch Stadium looks hot. Now the wars. Is that what we heard? The wars. The wars, the wars, the wars. Let's get up photos of that Christchurch Stadium again. Yeah, it looked cool. Chance with four on the trot is huge. Mate, you had a hat trick after 30 minutes. Yeah.
Chapter 7: What are the implications of the Israel Folau saga on rugby?
Yeah. So whereas AKP was injured, obviously, right? I'm assuming. I believe. I'm assuming, Edward. Dude, roof on it? Hey. hey, Allianz, where you at? Give me a roof, you fucking idiot. That looks incredible. It's only 25,000 too, so the atmosphere would be sick. Wow. Apparently it was like a proper wall of sound when they came on, when they ran out. Dick, dick, dude. See, I froth that.
Chapter 8: How do the hosts reflect on the Parramatta Half Marathon event?
I reckon that's mad. Well, I was listening to a bit of Sunday Sinbin, Triple M NRL, as I tried to get Hazel Holiday to sleep at 3.20 in the morning through to 5.20 in the morning when she didn't sleep a wink. What's she doing? Wriggling around and chatting. And it's hard because it makes you filled with rage, but she's being cute and just going like, book, book.
And you're like, oh, you're not asleep, you fucker. Morning. It's like it's not morning. Anyway. It is, actually. No, technically she's right. And I don't like that. But she was right. That the 20th team could be a second New Zealand team. I know there's been whispers about it. It's been mentioned. That's what I'm hearing. But that's what they were sort of discussing. South Island team.
Bit of rivalry between the North and the South. Well, that's just geared up for a little state of origin or island of origin or whatever the fuck. You know what I mean? Like- For sure. I mean, like, yeah, definitely. I just think of the flow and effects. The downstream. Well, it's downstream. It's upstream. It's all around. You know what I'm saying? I completely get it.
But then if you've got that stadium in which to host a 20-a-side, because you've got to get to 20. There's no point having 19. No. 19 makes no sense. No, it doesn't. From a counting perspective. No. And I guarantee there'd be many OCD people who would feel uncomfortable about 19 teams. Well, at the moment, we've got eight games. Next year, we'll have nine games. How do we get to 10 games?
A round. 10's a lot. 10's a lot of rugby league. 10's a lot of rugby league every week. Shitloads of rugby league. I wonder what they're negotiating with this rights deal that's going on at the moment in terms of rounds. I wonder if they'd bring back Monday. God, I hope they're cutting a few. What was that, Wierma? I wonder if they'd bring back Monday Night Rugby League. Yeah, they'd have to.
There's too much rugby league. No, I don't reckon. The clubs hated it because they made no money. No one goes. Then you stretch that. Your round's gone from Thursday to Monday. No, but that's the benefit. Thursday replaced Monday. Yeah, but Thursday has replaced Monday. Scheduling nightmare. Three Sunday. Fucking ball like. Yes, it is. Watch Monday come back.
It'll be three Saturday, three Sunday. Job done. Go to bed. They had three Sunday games yesterday. No, when it goes to 20. When it goes to 20, what is – I reckon four on Saturday probably. No. Well, they could, but I think – You start at like 1 o'clock. 1, 3, 5, 7. The thing is that it's like people – I think the more rugby league on, from a broadcast perspective, the better.
Like the more days you have games of rugby league on, the better. You know what I mean? Two on a Thursday or is that too – No, I do two on a Thursday. Two on a Thursday is too much. Too much. Either way, listen, Monday night was great. I loved Monday night. Don't get me wrong. I loved Monday night rugby league. I'm not going, though. It's great. I'm not going. But no one's going.
No one's going. Absolutely not. No. No, you're right. Yeah, the 9th is a can of four. That's three Saturday. That's three Sunday. That's easy. That's, again, maybe because, like, that Sunday night 6 p.m. game sucks. It's not a great night. It's not a great day. It's 2 o'clock. You could start maybe bang at midday. Is that too early? Are people still getting out of bed on a Sunday at 2 o'clock?
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