The Wisdom & Experience of Robert Craddock (14.09.26)
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What’s the opening banter and preview for today’s sports roundup?
Now, back to Waitley. Every Monday we get to tap into the wisdom and experience of Robert Craddock. Hello to you, Crash. G'day, Gerard.
Have you declared the Lions over the line yet? That's what I want to
know. Not over the line, but I am holding faith with them. I didn't waver and I thought they would do that on Saturday night, but Crash, I was there at the Gabba. I can't remember the last final after seven minutes you went, oh, this is over.
Yeah, yeah. It's amazing, wasn't it? And I tell you, the underrated acorn on their seat was a column by David King late last week, which ripped the team to shreds in their attitude. And it really hit the mark, Gerard. I know it was a huge talking point within the camp. For those who didn't see it, he come out and basically said, do you think Harris Andrews will be strong enough to to get Lockie Neal to pull his head out of his backside. He said, what about Will Ashcroft and his Instagram posts about the Australian, all Australian snub? There's no I in team, but there is in Will. And then he said, Zach Bailey, have you noticed he's trying to improve his worth to Adelaide by running really well offensively, but not so much defensively.
And it was a huge, and I just think sometimes we underestimate the power of a searing piece of journalism, an outstanding bit of work, I thought it was. And I actually spoke to someone from the Lions. And I said, what did you make of it? And they just said, there was a silence. And they said, oh, he's obviously got his sources, hasn't he? And that's tacit confirmation that he was spot on.
Yeah.
The Lions with a big response. Now they'll do the rest of it at the MCG from here. How's the town feeling about them in Brisbane?
Oh, really optimistic, you know, as in terms of, and it's not an arrogance or anything like that, Gerard.
How are the Brisbane Lions performing and what does the recent journalism say?
It's just that they tread this journey last year, didn't they? And sometimes a little wake-up call at the start of the finals can be good for a top team. And they enjoy the MCG. Remember those years when the Lions couldn't win there? And then suddenly they turned it around. It became their sort of like the, you know, their little field of dreams because they've got some nice memories there. So, look, and it's not a reckless arrogance or anything like that, but just a feeling. And we often talk about them, compare them to the Hawthorne teams, the 1980s, don't we? As in... They might just get a little bit hot and cold throughout the season. Come September, bang, bang, bang. And I just, maybe, that's the feeling, that they can really do this.
Because if they get through Hawthorne and they're playing, you know, the winner of Swans in a very nervous Frio, well, you know, you wouldn't mind being on that draw card, would you?
No, no, you wouldn't. Yeah. The NRL. So expansion. Both codes are embarking on expansion. Your most recent expansion in the NRL was the Dolphins. And in year four, they're into a prelim.
They are. They've gone 13th, 11th, 9th, and guaranteed at least 4th. And they beat Auckland, the Warriors, in Auckland. And it was a really fantastic victory. They're a bit like, let's just say Geelong, Gerard. They're out on the base on the Redcliffe Peninsula. And they love it in the shadows. They just quietly, they get enormous publicity. And yet, guess what? They've won 16 of their last 18 games. They can easily win this. But here's the challenge for NRL teams. When you get to the top like that, A lot of your players, you paid them unders on the way up, and then their reputations grow. They've got about a dozen players like that, and they're all off contract at the end of next year. So they have to pounce now.
The Dolphins need – they're in the preliminary final. They need to win the next two, and it would be a stunning premiership in their fourth year. I like them as a club, Gerard, because they're non-wingers. They just get on in life. They're uncontroversial players. You go out there to training and it's a really light mood. They're sort of laughing at the end of training and all this. And the players all live down in a little water estate down there, which they go to the same coffee shops.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What’s the opening banter and preview for today’s sports roundup?
0:00–1:45
2
How are the Brisbane Lions performing and what does the recent journalism say?
1:45–4:22
3
What’s the outlook for the NRL’s newest club, the Dolphins, and their expansion impact?
4:22–9:51
4
What are the key arguments surrounding Cricket Australia’s privatisation plan?
9:51–19:40
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