If you're thinking, "I should go for a run today," but it looks like it could rain. Sierra says, "Save on epic rain jackets." If you're also thinking, "But I can't go out in these beat-up old running shoes." Sierra says, "Save on top brand running shoes." And if you're still thinking, "But I'm also busy performing brain surgery." Well, then we say, "Do you really should have led with that?" Sierra, let's get moving to your local store. Like now, go. Breakfast with Tim Payne and Brent Costello. Happy Friday, welcome to SCN. Tazzy Breakfast, three minutes past seven Brent Costello here. And I look down the screen and I see Tim Payne in the United Kingdom. Hello, Tim is throwing his arms around like he can't hear a thing. And he's shaking his head at me, so we're off to a flying start. All the testing pre-show, it was all working beautifully. And now Tim can't hear me on the line. But that's okay. We'll power on without the great man until we fix him up. We've got a big show ahead for you this morning. Hobart Hurricanes, Captain Nathan Ellis will be our special guest. The BBL fixture for this summer has been released. And we'll talk to Nathan about that as well. As is time in the World Cup as well. Hawthorne head of coaching, performance and development. Brent Raton will be on the show as well, of course. We've got a big game coming up at Utah Stadium tomorrow. An absolute cracker actually between Hawthorne and Fremantle, which really had to pick a winner in that game. Fremantle third on the latter, of course. And Hawthorne always very, very good at Utah Stadium. Good all-key night, Coach. James Sherman will join me as well. We'll have questions without notice. We'll go around the state as well for the latest in sport. You can get us on the hard courts open line as always, hard courts more than just real estate professionals. You can call us 1342-1533. Or you can send us a text as well. 0437-5535-0437-552535. And we've already got a text in on the hard courts open line, hard courts results for you. It's from David of Launcest and it says, "With no WBBL content for Utah's stadium in the coming season is Northern Tasmania in danger of losing its only BBL home game in Launceston. What would that do for the statewide presence of the canes and the development of Northern cricket?" Well, we can say, David, that this morning there is no game scheduled for Launceston for BBL cricket. And my mail on that is there's no cricket there this summer because something's happening with Utah's stadium with the redevelopment, I believe. So I'm not sure if that's the ground itself or the going zone with the redevelopment in the concourse and the stands, et cetera. But I'm told that's why there was no cricket in Launceston this summer because of the redevelopment happening at Utah's stadium. So we'll get to the BBL fixture a little later, as I said, with Nathan Ellis. So we'll have the big game for you from Utah's stadium tomorrow as well. And of course, SCN Stadium has arrived in Tasmania and is available at Blunston Arena and Utah's stadium for all AFL matches. Listen to us on the SCN call with zero delay for the ultimate game day experience. Just go to the SCN app. And just for calling this morning, you could win a double pass of the game tomorrow, Fremantle versus Hawthorne on Saturday. Let's hear footy fans thanks to Bank West. We might go to an early break here. Try and get Timmy back on the line because we've got a lot to talk to him about. It's SCN, Tazzy Breakfast powered by Kubota. Take on any job with Kubota's range of tractors, mowers and utility vehicles. Thanks for joining us. There's actually been quite a bit of love, which has been nice. Yeah, I don't know. I think it seems to be. All they want to talk about is Richard Pant and the babysitter. So that one seems to have hit a note with them. I get less and less about the Virat Kohli abusing me, which is good. But no, all in all, it's actually been a really good tournament. Actually, it's been really good fun. I'm not sure if you've watched a hell of a lot of it, but... I've watched every bowl, Tim. Probably. Yeah, it's probably. Well, how would you describe it? It's a glorified... Hit and giggle. A glorified charity game? Some of the... Obviously, once bowlers retire, it is a little bit difficult to come back and bowl at any sort of pace. So it has been funny watching, you know, some past legends getting, like, absolutely pasted. It's been hilarious. I don't know if you caught wind of Xavier Doherty's figures yesterday, but in the T20 game, he bowled four overs for 74. Oh, I didn't say that late. He did what I did say. He literally placed it. What I did say was Benny Dunk hitting at 100 off 35, I think it was. Wow. And, as I said, the bowlers are... It's a glorified-headed beast, but some of the strip ball striking from Ben Dunk and Dan Christian in the last few games has been extraordinary. He actually feels sorry for them. But we did have a funny story yesterday. I don't know if you guys remember... Some of our listeners will remember Tino Best, who used to play for the Western. He used to run in the bowl as fast as he possibly could. And he probably bowled about 145. If you ask Tino, he bowled 190. But he was carrying on yesterday when Christo and Dunkie were spanking them around the park. Because there's been a bit of a gentleman's agreement where the... The quick... So we've got Nathan Corden isle and Sittle and Dale Stain's here and obviously being here. There's a few that can still let it go a little bit. And they've had a bit of a gentleman's agreement that you can't ball bounces. So you can't go over the shoulder at all. And Dunkie and Christo were going berserk yesterday. And Tino, for some reason, took a disliking to Dunkie. And so he ripped into him and he said... "These games like this, these competitions are set up for S-H-I-T cricketers like you." And Dunkie was like, "Oh thanks mate, I'm glad you're playing a... You know, or a tied legend's game, I'm getting absolutely ripped by one of the blokes." And he said he was relentless on him, like every single ball. So some of it's been quite comical. And then Brett Lee, sort of a ball that was about shoulder high and we got a wicket. And Tino was singing out from up in the viewing room. So we gave him a few verbals back and he nearly lost his mind, but it has been... It's been very, very funny at times. What have you been up to, Brenna? What have I been missing down there? The Prince of Hobart. Yeah, not too much. Not too much actually. It's been a pretty quiet week, so no, nothing to report. I don't think what I do have for you though, Tim, is something we didn't get to on Monday and at 8.51 a text came through from Sally P, which is your mum. Do not. And it says, "Brent, please ask Timothy why he's not wearing pads, especially after copying one on the knee." And that emoji where you put your hands up like that, no one can save your mind. But the sort of confused emoji, three of those. Yeah. Well, Brent, again, the legend's being the legend's league. It's not the smoothest running competition and logistics haven't always been great, but what hasn't arrived a couple of things. We've got about five helmets between us. Why are they blue? Why are they blue? Of those helmets, they are blue. Why? They look ridiculous. It looks silly. I know. I know. You don't have to preach to the court. You didn't even get the covers for them these days. Just get a green cover and chuck it on. Well, we have a look at the helmet. I'll walk out there. They'll put a big, huge badge on it and stuck it up. But we had about five helmets arrive, navy blue in colour, and no, we're here keeping pads. So I just said, "Look, I'll be fine." I took it on and then, wouldn't you know, second game, someone chopped up the inside of my knee. But so far, so good. So hopefully I get through it without getting smacked in the shin. Although yesterday's pitch was starting to stay a little bit low. So we will wait and see, Brent O, but otherwise I would have them on. Now, just quickly, because we're going to get to around the state. Did you catch up with Sam McClure's response to you on the '20s podcast? No, I didn't. Okay. Well, I'm going to... I didn't come a place here. Yes, here it comes for you now. Before I hear it, I just want to say, "I hope you agreed." Let's have a listen. Okay, so first of all, we're hearing that. A couple of things. Firstly, whenever someone qualifies that they're a big fan of yours, but it's never a good thing. It's like the Jeff Kennedy. I don't want to sound racist, but the next 20 seconds usually sounds racist. Yeah. Having said that, I am a big fan of Tim Perkins. We haven't clipped him yet. I'm not going to clip him because I've got just bucket loads of respect for what he's done for our country and for cricket. But I would disagree on that. I've lived in both, and it is, in my experience, it is substantially colder in Hobart than it is in Melbourne, just because of the wind chill factor, because it is an island that's closer to Antarctica. I think it's colder. Maybe I went a little bit hard on the rain, and maybe I went a little bit hard on Bass Strait tipping over into Belray given it's the wrong side of the actual island. It's not even vaguely close. And I'm glad that Tim agrees with me on the other stuff. Maybe. And I'm also glad that this podcast is having that much cut through that we're getting played on mainstream radio. There you go, Tim. Thoughts? Happy with that, Brando? No, I think he was right. I do agree with him. I do like Sam. I don't know him, but I like his work, as I've said. But he was wrong. And that's okay. He didn't quite admit it, but he said he's lived in them both, and in his opinion, it's a hell of a lot colder. I've obviously done a bit of research on this, Brando. I can tell you, particularly in the winter months from sort of May through to the end of September, there is exactly, on average, over the last 50-something years, one degree difference. Yep. I reckon I had this debate with Sam on sports day quite a few times, and I think my memory serves me right in saying that he lived here till he was two, or something quite young. So how do you remember I don't know between them? And I'm sure he may have come down to one of the games at Bellery, but it was one of those four or five degree nights. And it is freezing. But that happens in a lot of states. Yes. It does. Australia, but it is. I had a look. Because I want to double check it. So I can remember someone sent through a table once to us on Twitter, and it had all the thing, and I found it. And it was like literally 50 years of data on whether in his fairness to him, no brain, in the summer months, there is sometimes three to four degrees difference over that 50 years. So they do have slightly warmer summers, but the winters are virtually identical. We've got some tickets to give away to Hawthorne versus Fremantle tomorrow, thanks to Bank West to appreciate their support of the show. Let's hear it for the fans, thanks to Bank West. And we want your favorite memories of Hawthorne in Tasmania. We've got one here from Daniel O'Brien on X. He says, "Surely Syringate is the Clubhouse leader." That's hard to argue. Another one here on the Harkle's Open line. I'm a massive Hawks fan. I love watching my Hawks win at Utah's. I'm not sure who that one's from, but thanks for texting in your Hawks memory here. Time now, Tim though, to go around the state. Thanks to KFC, score big with KFC's footy feast order today. Cricket Tasmania is hopeful of hosting the first ever test match at a roofed state. Cricket Tasmania Chairman David Boone and CEO Don Baker front of the media on Monday after the Mac Point concept designs were released. Boone called the design very good, and cricket can be played there, but red ball cricket will need to be tested possibly through some, excuse me, some Sheffield Shield games in cooperation with cricket Australia. The height of the stadium's roof was extended to open the possibility of playing test cricket there after using Hawkeye data on the average height trajectory of balls. Boone believes the stadium is Tasmania's best opportunity to bring high-quality international cricket back to the state. Baker also confirmed cricket Tasmania is still interested in building its own high-performance centre. I was there for all that. Tim, any questions? No, all pretty clear cut. I hope it can go ahead, Brenna. In other cricket news, the BBL fixed a drop this morning. No games in one system and no Christmas Eve match for the Hurricanes. The first game of the season is on December 19 against the Renegades at GMHBA Stadium. The first home game is a couple of days later on the 21st at Blunston against the Scorchers. The W BBL fixture was also released earlier in the weekend. Hurricanes won't play any games in Launceston at Utah Stadium. Instead, there's four games at Blunston Arena and a home game, Brenna, against the Scorchers at the SCG. Every team in the WBL will now play 10 games instead of the previous 14 with a focus on more prime-time games at the bigger venues, Brenna. We were absolutely darted by the WBL fixture. I'm not sure if you've seen it, Tim, but the Hurricanes must be bitterly disappointed with what they've managed to secure there. They've got three, I think, the three home games or four home games, all during the week, all past six o'clock at night, I think. When you're trying to pull a crowd in, that's not great. Well, that's not uncommon. They've played home games way before. That's a regular thing in the WBL. No, that's true. There's less games, so that's not a bad point. But I guess they've still got to try and condense it somehow. Is it part of a festival of cricket or something, maybe? Yep. Jacob Despart and Stuart McSwain became the latest Tasmanians to punch their ticket to the Olympics earlier this week. It's Despart's first game. He's in the mix to compete in the men's four by 100 relay. And it's McSwain's second straight trip to the games. He's been selected in the men's 1500 and 5,000 meter events, Tim. Big TSL weekend, Brenna, the Northern Derby at Windsor Park between Launceston and North Launceston, North Hobart host, Kingborough at North Hobart Oval and Clarence is heading down to Sky, bustle oval in the water. They'll take on the bombers for the speak-up, stay chatty cup. Kingborough premiership coach, the T-dog Trent Bulma, has also inked a one-year extension with the club during the week, which will help usher them into the Southern Premier League next season. That's exactly right. And the boomers are left for Abu Dhabi. They have warm-up games against the U.S. and Serbian next week. How about this with Jack McVay up against LeBron James? It's extraordinary. And Jack had this to say about LeBron on his podcast during the week. I'm really hoping I can get a post up and shoot a one-foot fade away and get a bucket on him. And that's what I'm trying to do, trying to have some fun and learn how to compete at that level. How good, Tim. It's one o'clock in the morning, I think the broadcast here, but I'll certainly be setting my alarm to get up and watch that. It'd be awesome. Setting up for a pracky go. Absolutely. It's a dream time. It'd be awesome. You are? Yes. Yes. I'm used to it, Tim. I'm getting up watching you the last couple of weeks. Is it just a little bit? I mean, what are the chances of LeBron hearing the podcast? Probably not. Probably not. Will LeBron want to singly me out and say, "Come on then. Here's a chance." Maybe. Maybe. Yes. I think he might. If it gets... We've got a Texan here on the hard court tape line. Wasn't Sorengate secure to Freo? I think I'm fucked up. I think I said your favorite Hawthorn memory. We want your favorite AFL memory in Tasmania. So, Sorengate does qualify, and it was definitely secure to Freo, because I remember it very, very well indeed. Other thing just to wrap up around the state, Tim, the Red Bull Hardline is returning to Medina for the second straight year next February, which is exciting as well. That was thanks to KFC. Score big with KFC with the Colonel's famous chicken chips and irresistible burgers. There's something for everyone ordered today. We love you, Tex, this morning on the hard court's open line. 047, 5552535, or even give us a call. 1,342, 1533, because why, Tim? What do we got on offer today for our listeners? I don't know, Brennan. What ever were you calling the game up there on the weekend? Yes. Yes, yes. You are? Yeah. Is it a... Do you get to go on spend a day with Brent Costa? I'll go in the box. No, it's not that, Tim. It's a $100 KFC voucher for our contributor of the day. Oh, what? Did you hear me? Yes. Okay. Go again. Just for laughs, yeah. What else? He got nothing. A work experience day with the Prince of Hobart. Oh, wouldn't that be something? Actually, we didn't get to that. Actually, we'll keep that for Monday. You got the email. I got the other day about the awards. Oh, my goodness. Me. Yes. I want to deep dive into that, so we'll keep that for Monday, because there's a bit packed there, and I also got a photo sent to me with the Prince of Hobart yesterday, too, which I want to put on our socials at some point. Did you? I got it all first with the definition. We'll unpack all that. Hey, big show ahead this morning. We've got a bit of a cricket flavour. Hobart Hurricanes, Captain Nathan Ellis. Brent Leibold joined us as well from the UK. We're going to get into the studio. What are you laughing at? You said on Monday I'm going to try and get Brent Leibold. What were you? Oh, my. What happened? Did you actually ask him or not? No, I didn't actually. He's family here, so I let him go. All right, OK. We could say he's not coming on. Well, that he wasn't. He said on Monday I'm going to get Brent Leibold. Brent, you went, I said, you know what? I might ask him. That's what I said. And you didn't. That is. As usual. No, he's got his family here, so I let him go. But you went on X and promoted it. Yes. Knowing full will, that it had one. No, I didn't. No, I didn't know that. I just assumed my man wasn't going to tell Fibs. No, it hasn't been for him. He sent him a message to me saying, "Brent's going online spreading misinformation." I know it's a bit loose around that stuff now. Who said so? Not honouring his bets. Listen, I know he might seem like he's a little bit dishonest and a bit untrustworthy, but he's not. He's just trying to have a joke, and I know that he'll eventually join a gym and... Course I will honour that bet as well. Course I will. Who's for now? Who was asking you about that? I've kept them at bay for you. I'll just keep it at that. Breakfast powered by your vote. I told you, Tim, it's $100 a voucher at the KFC. The contributor of the day? Yep. And ticket to the footy for your favourite AFL moment at your park / utaz stadium. 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Particularly Pete McFarlane coordinating that from a TAS Racing perspective. So, yeah, the new building in Devonport, it's going to house the jockeys. It houses the club. It houses the media. It's a massive, massive building there. And a lot's gone into spriting to get that done. So, we get to use that in anger on Sunday. It's not the official launch. I think that's in a couple of months' time. Bit of a trial run on Sunday to see how everything goes there. So, looking forward to getting inside that and seeing what it looks like. On the track, three meetings to go in the season. Johnny Black is four clear of Glenn Stevenson and probably what is down to a two-horse race for the trainers' premiership. So, looking forward to getting up there and trying to find a winner. I think I'm going to tip you on Lad's race four, number five, Pashionna. It's a horse that's made its way down here. It was trained by Kieran Marr. It's now with Adam Trinder. It's trialled up like it will be winning. And I'll give you one out wide. Rockhampton tomorrow. There's a horse called Hype that ran second in the Devonport Cup this year. I think it won the Sheffield Cup or the Golden Mile. One of the lead-ups to the Devonport Cup. He's going around at Rockhampton tomorrow and I think it could stack up to that race. It's about $15 so worth something to try. Oh, juicy. Okay. And something else you wanted to talk about this morning was the Greyhound adoption program. Some good dogs still looking for a home. Brent, not one of them. I don't think he even picked up on it. Well, I think he's just used for public events. Media, things like that is your namesake, Brent. Yeah, he was in there again yesterday, Brent. Oh, I see. Yeah, he was there. He's still looking for a home. So, if anyone's listening, looking for a Greyhound to adopt Brent, the Greyhound named after the great Brent Costello, wants to give up his life as a media dog to just settle down and just be looked after. So, they were in there yesterday. They were great. One of the Greyhound adoption team staff members was in for a little presentation, but they're just great to have around the office. They chilled out. They're cruisy. We've seen from when they've come in here to the studio. So, gaptas.com that I use the place to go to. If you're interested in adopting one of the Greyhans. Brent, I reckon you should get on. Gap and take Brent. He's had a hell of a life. He's been a star on the track. And now he's the face of the ambassador. He's the ambassador for the Gap program. It's time he has a rest. And I think he'd snuggle up nicely next to you. My house is not big enough for two Brents, Tim. It's just not. But he deserves to go to a nice home. And we'll find him one because he's a star. As a U, Matthew, read over 110,000 people attend Tasmanian race meetings every year. Racing is a way of life. It's while we race.com.au. You win some. You lose more for friend confidential support. Visit gamblinghelponline.org.au. A text in here from Bear Robinson, who's obviously listening on the Hogwarts Open Line. I haven't been 60.5 keg since grade eight. However, I'm more than comfortable. I have Tim Payne covered in a cardio session at Joey Edwards Gym, which is called Un-Racked. Oh, he's got a plug in there as well. A lot of parents anytime, anywhere, Bear. And I didn't think Bear would be weighing in at 60 kilos. But there is an old saying, Breno in sport, is train hard, play easy. And maybe with the Bear on the back of the interval, which is training hard to play easy every weekend. Hey, snap back. Nice to see you. Good luck with your Hawks tomorrow up in one session. We'll see you Monday. We will. Off to a break here on S.E. and Tazzy breakfast. Right after this, questions without notice here on S.E. and Tazzy breakfast for a Friday. On S.E. and Tazzy breakfast, questions without notice. It is indeed. It's pretty self-explanatory. And I've got the new ball today, Tim. And what are you doing? Putting some lipstick on in the break there. Okay. Ush. Lip balm. Sorry. Lip balm. Should the Brown Low's best and fairest eligibility rules be scrapped in light of Isaac Heaney's suspension, Tim? Not just in light of Isaac Heaney's suspension, Brent, but I just think the game in general, what people are getting rubbed out for now is very different to what it used to be decades ago. Yeah, so I would like to see it scrapped. What about you? Okay. Yeah, I think it needs a tweak. And I think it needs a tweak for the Rising Star because Harley Reid can't win it. Obviously, Sam Darcy can't win it. It's going to be a hard one, though, isn't it? Because, like, you want things like Isaac Heaney's, you just can't be rubbed out of a Brown low for. But if someone was to punch someone in the face or do something horrific, then you'd still like there to be some sort of consequence. Although, if we just say it is the best player in the league and someone misses four weeks and still wins it, then maybe that's okay. Yep. There's too many inconsequential acts now and accidents that people are getting rubbed out for. And that's going to cost him a Brown low. And to me, that just doesn't sit right. I don't think it'll sit right with many football fans, if any. That will summed up, Tim. Brent, what did you make of the way Adam Simpson was treated on his way out the door at the West Coast Eagles this week? From the back page of the Western Australian to the fact that the West Coast Eagles, your mob, released a two-sentence statement announcing a premiership coach's departure. Start with the Western Australian. Disgraceful, disgusting, horrific, embarrassing, go on and on, Tim. You would have seen it, did you? Yeah, I would have said a bit embarrassing for them. And very disrespectful to him. Disrespectful is a good word. Yep. No, I thought it was useful. But what he's done? Yes. Yes, he's had a bad run, but he won a premiership. His winning record before COVID was extraordinary. And they've dished that up. And then the West Coast putting out a two-cent statement. No, not good enough. And it was very blunt and horrible. And now they're trying to make up for it with all these social media posts, these soppy posts. You know, he's got his great journey with us. Do it properly from the start. It was disgusting. Tim? Yeah. Even when it's not a premiership coach, Brent, I think it should be done. Yes. Definitely. Just a few in element. The clubs need to get better at it. The risk of asking you another Ben Stokes question I'm going to anyway. What did you make of him talking about the ashes just before their test series against the West Indies started? Here's what he had to say about the ashes. For me, it's about progressing this team. And, you know, we've been a team who's especially the first two years. We've been very focused on the here and now and what we need to do. Whereas, you know, two years is a long time for something to sort of be fine then. But for me, and you look at where we've got to go in 18 months time to Australia, we want to win that earn back. We've got an incredibly talented and exciting group of young fast bowlers coming through at the moment. So, given them the experience of playing international cricket, getting test matches under their belt, we'll put us in a much stronger position to hopefully go out to Australia and win the ashes. Ports? I don't think it's uncommon for teams at Australia and England to have an eye on the ashes. I think if you go back through the history of cricket, particularly in the last 20 or 30 years, if you lose an ashes, a lot of people lose their jobs and it is seen as the pinnacle of test cricket for both of those teams. So, I don't think it's unusual to have an eye on it this far out. However, in this day and age, we also play for the World Test Championship, which is also prioritised. And I think what it tells me is, when you're coming last like they are, I would imagine if they were right in the mix for the Test World Championship, and Jimmy Anderson wants to play on and he's still bowling as well as he is, he would be. But the fact that they are out of that, they cannot win it. It makes sense, like an AFL team, to start your rebuild for your next big trophy, your next big assignment, which is the ashes. So, that makes complete sense to me for that reason. Okay. All right. You're hit. Brennae, considering the boomers have drawn the pull of death at the Olympics against Canada, Spain and Greece, do you expect them to make it out of that group stage? And if so, who are we beating? Yeah, it's going to be difficult, isn't it? I think we could beat Greece to spot them having Yarnas. But yeah, the other two. It's going to be tough. Spain obviously ranked pretty high. I think they're second in the world. Canada's got the likes of Gil just Alexander, my man, and Dort and all these NBA guys, other NBA guys. So no, look, it's going to be difficult to think, but look, we've done it before, haven't we? We've won bronze, obviously, so I won't say we can, but it will be tough. It will be tough. I wouldn't fall off my chair. I'm not saying we're going to beat all three of them, but I wouldn't fall off of my chair if we beat them. Any of those three? No, we definitely put it. We're pretty good, and we're getting better at basketball. No, there's no reason why we can't for sure. We're just we have. We've got the pull of death, haven't we? That's a pretty tough first. It's the Olympics. It's a world cup. It's correct. Everything's going to be tough. There are many easy games. Yeah, that's the nature of the beast. You're right, though. Our team looks good. I don't mind it. Tim, as someone who wants to be a head coach one day, do you think most of the criticism coaches receive from the media, and this is back to your earlier question, and the public is a bit out of step? Not really. I just think it's part and parcel of it, to be honest, Brent. I think when you become a senior coach or a head coach, you know what you're signing up for, and I think the good ones know that that's how it's going to be, and they embrace it. I think you've just got to accept that when you are the head of an AFL club, the head of a cricket team, most of the time the buck is going to stop with you at some point. At some point in time, along the way, you're going to get criticized by media, you're going to get criticized by fans, you're going to get criticized internally, and that is all part of it. I think the best coaches embrace it, and they expect it, and they take it on, and I think it's one of the things in my past job. I think I've been really well trained for, because the Australian Wicked Keeping spot is exactly the same. It's your one person, it's the most critiqued job in the world, everyone's got an opinion on it. I think that's where I've built my beliefs around that. I think if you sign up to be a head coach, you've got to accept that that's coming, and that's part and parcel of it. All right, we're going to get to a break, just quick without a hard score. I'm going to ask you this next one quickly, Bruno. Next coach, West Coast Eagles, who is it? Quick, go. Dean Cox, that's where I like anyway, and I think he'll be the front runner. Why would you like that? Andy joins us. Why? Because I was used to play for us. Well, he did, he's a club legend, but he's gone away and done his apprenticeship at a very good football club. He said, "Nee, he's got that relationship already we've done a lot of people." Yeah, they have. But I think Dean Cox would be great, Ash Hanson would be great, Jamie Grande would be great. Another buzz player. Yeah, three of them. And I honestly wouldn't mind if it was just hard. We'd better get to it right before you say it again, Andy. Just a quick text in here from a fan of the show, Aefield Tasmania's head, Damien Gill, says, "Can Vouch for the Big Bears cardio game at Unracked? The Undisputed Best Jimin Hobart. He's a workhorse to the bear, and I think he will surprise you." That's from Damien Gill. Just a reminder, if we've got a $100 KFC voucher to give away to our contributor of the day, make sure you get us on the hard courts, open line hard courts results for you. 0437, 555-2535. It's breakfast powered by Kubota. Take on any job with Kubota's range of tractors, moles and utility vehicles. Right on eight o'clock here in Tasmania, right on 11pm at night where I find Tim Payne in the UK. You awake there, Timmy? I am Brenner, I am. What's your fault? Is that your alarm or what? What's that going on? No, that was a face time, actually. Who was it? It was a family, it would be Charlie Payne. But I was thinking in the break, Brenner. Maybe we get the Big Bear and Gill involved in a rest point challenge, because you've been no competition, let's be honest. Well, on the last one, they can come in and we can have some sort of cardio challenge. Well, I'm not going to be part of that, because it might be any good. No, I said we'd sub you out. You can come in and promote it. I'll be the referee. Yes. Anyway, we've got a big guest coming up after eight o'clock, Tim. So we're going to get to the news. But just a reminder, let's hear it for the home of footy. Just call for calling. Just for calling us this morning or texting us. You can win a double pass to Freo Hawthorne tomorrow. Let's hear it for footy fans. Thanks to Bank West. Fans and weekend plans, of course. It is Bank West. Just give us your favourite memory of AFL here in Tasmania, and you can win those tickets to the footy tomorrow. Breakfast power bike about to take on any job with Kubota's range of tractors, moles and utility vehicles. Here comes the news. We're coming back after that with the great man, Nathan Ellis, the captain of the Hobart Hurricanes. Not sure if you've got the news on over there, Tim, but in breaking news from the US, Joe Biden has just referred Zelensky as or introduced Zelensky as President Putin. So he's flying Joe Biden at the moment. That might just be enough. As well as I do in a library in the morning. It makes man's ready mistakes. He's got a press conference coming up at 8.30, and that will be a must watch. I'm off to take that live. Do you have to go? I think it's time. Hey, Brenna, just a quick one. You know the AFL, the giveaway. Does it have to be AFL? It's going to be VFL, AFL. Oh, look, just tell us your story, Tim. I'll judge it after that. Oh, I just had someone text in who said that they would nominate your call of the tablespoons and port Melbourne game. What do you call it? Amos Boo Cannon. Let's move on. I don't think it'd be tough to beat. Who's text that in place? Don't give away your sources, you tell me. That's true. That is true. All right, let's talk some cricket, which is what you're good at. This man is good at cricket as well. He's just come back from the T20 World Cup, of course. He's the captain of the Hobart Hurricane. It is the great man Nathan Ellis. Hey, Nathan. Welcome back to the show. Morning. Have you got my name right? That's a good start. Yes, it was. Hey, how am I? It's been a busy time for you. How was your trip overseas and you enjoyed it all? Yeah, it's been good. It's been busy, as you said. It was a couple months in the IPL where I probably didn't play as much as I would have liked. And then over to the Caribbean, where I managed to play a few games, the run sports games, probably came home a little bit earlier than we would have liked. Good to get a couple weeks in Tazzy before I jet off again, but definitely a couple of down here. Some of you sort of forget pretty quick. So it was a bit of a shock to reality when I got back. Hey, Danley, great to hear your voice, mate. Can I just ask you quickly about the IPL? How frustrating is something like that when you're probably sitting there knowing that you can make an impact in a side that, let's be honest, is struggling and you don't seem to get a go over the last couple of years? Yeah, I mean, I've never won to sort of want to big up myself or make any bold claims, but it was a little bit frustrating at times. But it's more the make-up of slides, which I think is the reality of P20 Cricket with the limited amount of overseas that I'm able to play. It really comes down to the make-up of your local players, and it just wasn't right for me to fit. We needed some batting, and obviously that's not my strength. So it wasn't meant to be, I managed to play one game, which is better than nothing, but yeah, as I said, we would have liked to play more, but not meant to be. Hey, we're at the World Cup now. Are you getting back, Dan, mate? What was that, sorry? Will you be heading back, or do you go into the draft next year? No, so I think it's a big draft this time around. I'm not sure on how many retention for the numbers and that sort of thing. So to be honest, I've got no idea. I'll do what I'm told. I'll wait to see what happens, but yeah, I know it's a big draft, but who knows how many retention's and who's going where. Yeah. So I think about the World Cup, mate. As you said, disappointing. With the finish, how would you sum up the experience from your perspective? Oh, personally, I loved it. Any chance I get to be around the Australian setup is brilliant for me. I absolutely love being a part of it. I think the really exciting thing about the T20 Cricket or the T20 International Cricket at the moment is there's so many good sides and it feels like it's getting to the point where the lesser or the smaller nations or the not so big cricketing nations are able to mix it with the bigger nations. And we saw this tournament with a few upsets and some really competitive games. Obviously, as you said, it was a little bit disappointing to come home a little bit earlier than we would've liked, but personally, I get to be a part of that setup to get a taste of a T20 World Cup as a fully fledged player. It was brilliant in something that I'll never forget. Now, you've made the most of your T20 opportunities, limited ones. You've had to sit behind the big three who we all know are amazing balls. Has there been any indication that any of those three will play less white ball cricket going forward from either them or cricket Australia? I mean, I wouldn't be pretty good at conversations, but with the schedule coming up, they've got a bit of a break now and then it's a bit of a test summer. So, who knows? I know there's the Champions Trophy early next year, which is the one day cricket over in Pakistan. The thing is that with them all bowling and doing so well in white ball cricket, so I can't give them hanging out with this big fan soon when they're doing so well. But, as I said, that's not for me to be a part of. I'm not the conversations that I'd be pretty to. But, yeah, as I've said before, to play alongside them, and then what's happening about it is going for me and it's something that I'll try. And then it's going to take a little bit of pieces from their games and use it in mind moving forward. But, yeah, it feels like at the moment they could just go forever and keep doing well forever. How about Hurricane's Captain Nathan Ellis is our guest here on SCN. Tazzy breakfast on a Friday morning. Nathan let's talk Keynes and you're back, obviously, in the captaincy role. You're confident the group has what it takes to bounce back after a tough season. Absolutely. I mean, the list that we have won't change a hell of a lot. And in saying that, I think that's a really big positive. I love the idea of continuity and a bit of consistency in the squad. You pair that with the actual players we have. I think we've got a super strong list and it's time for us to get something to show for it. So, I'm really excited about the schedule that's come out. But, yeah, it really came to the tournament. You know, the year is going so far, it's going to be the best time again. So, yeah, he's hoping we can bring home some silverware and what's a really exciting time to be a sportsman in Tasmania. You must be really happy that you've managed to lock away Chris Jordan, who's signed up for multiple seasons after a really strong year in his first season for you. Yeah, and I think the biggest thing for me and something that I've said on the show before, is I really value off field presence in an overseas. And I think he brings that in spades. It was one thing him performing well with the bat and the ball for his last year. But I think the stuff he brings off the field was his experience and his knowledge and is willing to sort of help young players and these and some of the more senior players. I think that was invaluable. But to get his full availability and to get two years locked away, get sort of a really big step in the right direction for the hurricane. What did you personally learn from your first season as captain, right? It's impossible to keep up with the over-eight. But one thing, I think that's something that will be an ever long challenge for me, I feel. But no, absolutely. I really loved my time as captain. It was something that I went in a little bit, probably bright-eyed and bookytale, not knowing how I'd sort of react or how I'd go. My biggest reservation was probably that I didn't know how it was going to affect my bowling. So on a personal note, I felt like I was able to sort of compartmentalise and still be able to switch on and focus on my own bowling when the time came. But moving forward now, I'm just going to keep learning. I'm really lucky. I've got some really close mates within the squad, some good staff to help. And I've got some experience heads in waiting, CJ, to sort of hold my hand along. It sort of pulled me up in areas that they think I could do better or pat me on the back on things that I've done well. So under no illusions that it's going to take time and more experience, become a great captain, but felt like I handed it okay and other than the over-eight. Hopefully, I can do a better job this year and go a step further. And make the BBL fixture drop this morning. If you had a chance to have a look of it, then if you have, what are your first impressions of it from a home at Hurricane's point of view? Yeah, well, I think the first and foremost, obviously, we usually had a Christmas Eve game and we had some time around here. So that was the first thing I saw, is we're travelling Boxing Day, playing your mod on the 27th in Adelaide. But outside of that, I think the schedule's brilliant. We've got a lot of time in Hobart. We have no Perth trip. So, yeah, I think it's a good opportunity for us to invest in Hobart. And I said in the earlier part of the interview, it was a really great time to be here in Adelaide. Sort of a one-of-year body that this year. Unfortunately, no mom's first in game with the redevelopment of the stadium up there. It was a great trip and the boys have gone up there. But I'm saying that until the schedule and some of the downtime we're going to get. Yeah, I think it's a great schedule for us. And I think you'd be pretty tired, like I am. You would have been sitting up watching the World Championship of Legends cricket tournament over in the UK, no doubt, and been able to take your eyes off that. But have you assessed our man's performance over there so far? The disgusting thing is, I actually probably watched more of that than I would like to admit. [LAUGHTER] So, I'm not going to lie. I've always watched the game on before us. Yeah, so when the last few games have been the dunking in Dan Christian, so it's been good, but it's been painful, pain in his little cameos, and I imagine there's a few sore bodies around. Oh, boy, he's there ever. He's there ever. Hey mate, thanks so much for joining us. I know you're doing some media later this morning, so I appreciate you jumping on with us first and having a chat. All the best, what were you off to after you said you're back away in a couple of weeks? Were you off to back to England? Yeah, we got 100, and then there's a white ball series over there, so it'll be in the next couple of months in England. Excellent. No, we'll see yet, Nelly. What was that, sorry? No, we'll see yet. Yeah, there was an opportunity, I signed with Seattle, but unfortunately I have to pull out just through CA, sort of, just needed some time away from the game a little bit for the little break, which I understood and sort of lapped up some time in Tazzy. It's been good. Well, mate, thanks again for jumping on with us this morning. Good luck for your time over in the UK. We'll catch you when you get back home. Brilliant. Thanks, guys. Have a good one. Nathan Ellis, captain of the Hobart Hurricanes, joining us to talk. All things cricket here on SEM Tazzy breakfast, loving your text on the Harkorps Open Line this morning. Harkorps, more than just real estate professionals. 0437, 55535. We'll give us a call, 1342, 1533. Also, after your favorite footy memory here in Tasmania, thanks to Bank West. Let's hear it for the home of footy fans and weekend plans. Thanks, Bank West. And you can win tickets to the footy tomorrow. We'll take on any job with Keboza's range of tractor's mowers and utility vehicles. We're off to a break. Right after this, though, we're coming back with Brett Ratton from the Hawks to preview the blockbuster in Launceston tomorrow against the Dockers. That's next here on SEM Tazzy Brecky. Welcome back to the show. Tom to talk some footy now in a massive game coming up in Launceston tomorrow afternoon where the home team Hawthorne will host third-placed free mantle and joining us on the line to preview the big clash is Hawthorne, head of coaching, performance and development. Brett Ratton, welcome to the show, Brett. Yeah, great to be on. Big game, mate, isn't it? Free mantle, just cruising along nicely. You guys had a little hiccup last week up before that. Absolutely flying. So it's all set up for a huge game. Yeah, it should be nice to get back there. Launceston, it's a gram. We went quite really well. And, you know, after last week, we probably learned a fair bit. You know, you played along with your long, very good team. And, yeah, we sort of just off the pace slightly. But as we know, we're a young group and we're still growing. So, you know, we took a bit out of that game. Yeah, you certainly are, Brett, a young group. What do you take into tomorrow playing against the top four side? I've been really impressive this year. Yeah, it's probably one of those ones when you sit back on the Monday and we review the game and you've had a look at the tape and all that. It just felt like we were just off the pace, you know, with, you know, a half a metre away, a metre away. Just a bit reactive, not proactive. And when you play, you know, you're along with, you know, you can't do that. We just gave him a hit start. We gave him field position at the start of the game. And then we'll play and, you know, catch up footy, which was challenging. Now, Brett, Utah Stadium, traditionally made a fortress for Hawthorn. Does the club still consider it a pretty big advantage by coming down? It has, especially, I guess, when you're coming up Western Australia and saw that it's got to be able to travel to get there. Yeah, I think, you know, this year, it's been very good down there. You know, it's something that, you know, we want to create if we can and make it really challenging for teams to come to long system and, you know, have a win against us. So we think it's an advantage for us. You know, we've played good footy this year and beat some good things. So we're looking forward to it. Made in a new role of head of coaching and performance and development. How impressed with Sam Mitchell, have you been? And I guess when you look back to him as a player, did you see him as someone that would become a senior coach? Yeah, well, I was very fortunate to spend six years at Hawks as an assistant and Mitchell was playing. So I got to witness first hand and I did all the stoppages and all the set plays in my first three years. And then I was in the field coach for a few years here. And he was one that was very proactive as a player trying to get into that coaching space and help the team. And he liked to strategize and think about it. I've just watched that first hand transfer, you know, from the player. And then now the witness, he was a coach. He's been very impressive and he's still building as a young coach. He's been very impressive so far. Brett Ratton from the Hawthorne footy club's our guest on S.E. and Tassie breakfast this morning. Brett, this week we saw Adam Simpson leave the Eagles, of course, and that's someone you briefly worked with during your first stint at Hawthorne. Is it a former head coach yourself? Do you think more needs to be done about how coaches are treated by the industry? We saw that pretty nasty front page from the West Australian a few days ago. And what do you think about that? Oh, well, it's a nature of the game. We know what we're stepping into, but I think there is a duty of care to the person and the family. I think when sometimes it goes beyond the job and becomes personal, I think that can become a real issue for anyone dealing with that. So it's a heart space. The media trying to do their job, the coach trying to, you know, coach the team to win and not everyone can win. That's the hard part about it. So I just think there's a fine line and, you know, saying to do what you want done to yourself, don't go to other sort of scenario. I don't think you need to just be a little bit careful in that space. Do you think with that media scrutiny and social media scrutiny, and even just sort of the difference in how you have to coach young players coming through the system now, do you think it's become harder than ever right now to be a head coach in an AFL-40 team? I think the more that we broaden, I suppose, the competition, you know, that can make it harder to tell them, maybe get a little bit less. So time to develop players might take a little bit longer, and then that will probably challenge clubs patients, I suppose, at some point. So it's probably more challenging than ever. You know, with the management of staff and everybody, it is in a one-man job. I spoke to Neil Craig when I was coaching the Blues, and he just finished up at Adelaide. And back then, that would have been in 2008, 2009. We just sat down at a cup of tea and he was talking about, you know, it's not a one-man job, and that was back then, and that's 15 years ago. And it's only grown with players on lists, and the requirements of a senior coach has just grown even more. Yeah, no doubt about that. Speaking of coaches, you've had a little bit to do with his own Little John, of course, that we love here in Tasmania. First question about him is, do you think he has the attributes to be a senior head coach one day in his own right? And secondly, how excited are you about Tasmania entering the AFL in a few years' time? Well, the first question is, I've got to ask this a couple of weeks ago down in Tasmania, I did a conference there with some people, and they asked about Zane, and he's going really well as a young coach. And he shows all the skill sets of, you know, hopefully developing. To become a senior coach, you need that opportunity to present in front of a panel and get the chance to showcase what you can do. But I think he's going really well in the coaching space, and, you know, a good communicator, knows the game, good with relationships. So I think he's setting a good foundation to give himself a chance. And then he's just probably got to wait for that opportunity. Hopefully it comes in, you know, five to ten years. We'd go through sort of a career plan with him, sit down and work out the steps he needs to take and be prepared for some of these opportunities down the track, if they can come. And the devil's coming up right there. I think it's fantastic for Tasmania, full stop, you know, just to have the team, when you think about some of the great players that have been, you know, that have come through Tasmania with the board ofks and the Richardson's and the hearts and all these things. I'm going back a long way, but it's just great to see, you know, as you're having your own team. And, you know, that'll be interesting how it all plays out. I think, you know, we're, you know, Brendan taking the reins there as a CEO. I think they'll have a look at the models of two WS and Velco sums, how they came into the competition and even go back a little bit further. We bought Adelaide and Fremantle, how they stepped in to the competition. So I think they've got some good taste studies here and maybe how to shape it. But it is a different team and a different part of Australia. But what I do know is bring feedback to Tazie and an able team there. I think it's good for the go. Brett, do you think with that appointment of senior coach, it's going to be coming? With your experience in the industry, you think it's important that they go for a tried and tested coach or would you be happy to take the pun on, on and up and come up? I think it depends what the philosophy is. The club is about, do they want to, you know, have somebody with the experience? I think the board and their board can go through that. Or do they want to have somebody that grows with the players? And that'll be important. And what if you do it one end? If you have an experienced coach, you've probably got to have a younger coaching group with him. And if you go the other way with a junior coach, you've probably got to have a bit more experience around to help him with some of the other things that he has to deal with as a senior coach. But I think both models work. I think with a senior coach, it doesn't matter who it is, it's the support you have around him that is so critical and helps make the coach what he does so well and allows him to play to his strengths. So I think that's really important is also the people around it. Hey, before we let you go, Brett, can you tell us about the Walk for Epilepsy that you're involved in? Yeah, well, it's going to kick off in Tassie. It's going to be all around Australia, but Tassie will be on October 1st. It's in 25 days, you could walk a total number of 100 kilometres or run or ride up to you. It doesn't really matter, but one in 25 people will experience epilepsy in their life. So it's just about creating awareness and some more support around that. My young listener has epilepsy, so that's where the connection comes. And having seen it firsthand, there's different forms of epilepsy, but just to deal with that can be very challenging. But just to create awareness, people would have it and how we can support them is really critical. Magnificent, mate, that's a great course, so well done for getting involved with that. And all the very best for tomorrow as well. As we said, a massive game, Hawthorne versus Fremantle at Utah Stadium, 145 bounce. You can catch the call here on SCN, Brett Ratton, good luck, and thanks for joining us this morning. Thanks, Tim, and thanks, Brent. Breakfast powered by Kubota. Take on any job with Kubota's range of tractors, mowers, and utility vehicles. Still loving your text coming through on the Harcourt's Open Line Harcourt's results for you. You can get us on 0437, 552535, and a reminder, we've got a $100 KFC voucher to give away to our contributor of the day. But for now, here come the news headlines. Just let it run, Link. Magnificent. One of the great songs. He's been in good form this morning, Lincoln. Bit of third-eyed blinds. It doesn't miss. Bit of Dave Dobbins. He's going well, our man. Speaking of going well, this man is as well. It is the coach of the Glenaukey Knights Soccer Club, James Sherman, who's got his team into the Australia Cup, which is coming up in a few weeks. I'm also going very nicely, too, in the local MPL competition. Sherman, good morning. Welcome to the show. Good morning. Thank you for having me. Mate, we've got you on because you've got something pretty close to your heart and important to promote, which is coming up. Tell us all about it. Yeah, well, tomorrow we've got to be game against Devon Port Strikers. And after that, I've organised a fundraiser for a little girl called Luna from Brisbane. She's got neuroblastoma, which is a really rare form of cancer. Luna's had a pretty rough run of it, pretty much straight away. And yeah, we're looking to put some money towards her cause to get the best treatment possible in the United States. Great cause, James. What's the connection with Luna? So, pretty much, you know, I found Luna and her story on the Rare Cancer Australia website. My mum last year passed away from a rare cancer, and obviously an awful situation for anyone that has to go through that sort of thing. But certainly one of the hardest parts of that journey was finding out some of the options for mum and the costs associated with them, just astronomical in terms of the amounts of money required for quite often the best treatment. And Luna is going through that sort of situation herself, so her and her family are really having to battle to find the funds to get her the best treatment. And yeah, I just feel like everyone can probably help out in some way, and I'd like to do that. Mate, that's fantastic. Well done to you for getting behind that. That's really a good thing to do. Hey, big game as you said tomorrow. The strike is obviously very hard-tuned to beat any time you come up against them, but I just feel this year's MPL is closer than ever, isn't it? It's really up for grabs the title. Certainly it's been one of those seasons so far where the top teams haven't really managed to get the better of one another too often. It's starting to potentially show now, I think, in the middle to the back half of the season teams of getting a little bit of an edge, and hopefully we have that over Davenport tomorrow. And then of course the website that our listeners can go to, or do you just want them to come along to the game tomorrow against the strikers? So if you want to head on to the Glandorkey Knights Facebook page, there is a link to an event called Unite for Luna, and it's a tri-booking website. You can pre-purchase a ticket, so all proceeds will go towards Luna. Or if you'd just like to make a donation, you can head to the Rare Cancers Australia website and really simple and easy on their page there on their website. There'll be a profile, and Luna's profile is on that, and you can just make a tax-deductible donation via that. But yeah, I mean really anything you could possibly do would be amazing. Brilliant mate, before I let you go Australia Cup only a few weeks away now, which is tremendously exciting. Of course you qualify through the LACASL Jack Cup here in Tasmania and then play in a national competition. You must be pumped to be heading on to the big stage. Yeah, look, certainly the last couple of days probably started to turn my attention towards that. Obviously we've got a big game tomorrow. But yeah, we're looking forward to getting up and playing against Northwest Sydney Spirits. So I think it's going to be a big challenge for us. We've got the potential to cause an upset there, I think. We'll have to have a little bit of luck and be bang on the money throughout 90 minutes. You never know what can happen. Well mate, yeah, massive time ahead for your club will down and organising this fundraiser, and good luck against The Strike is tomorrow. And thanks for having a chat to us on Becky this morning. Take care. James Sherman, coach of the Glen Orkey Alliance, joining us on the show. Harkorts, open line, Harkorts results for you. Texting here, it says Morning Gents. Very disappointing that once again we have a JJ's and Hurricane's home game scheduled on the same day at the same time. I think there's actually a couple. There might be two, I think, that clash. Which is a little disappointing if you want to go and watch both. But I'm not sure what the way around it is, Tim. Because as we spoke to Krista, I'm fitting in about before. It's all about venue or availability. I'm sure that's the same with plants and arena as well. It's just the fixture on a national scale as well. It's just a very tricky thing to navigate. Certainly is. It seems to be getting harder and harder by the year, to be honest. But it is disappointing. You would have thought a little bit of communication could sort that out. Pretty quickly. Yeah, but it's a jigsaw puzzle, isn't it? It's not just Tazzy is the focus. Is it for Cricket Australia or the NBA? It's the whole competition. No, no, but even now, even now that they've been released, could we just move one an hour or two? We'll move them both. Matt and Lena Valley goes on to say also, can we get a campaign going to get Hobart Hurricanes to start using Kane Train Again hashtag? Which the fans love using. Instead of the other stuff they've run with the last few years, looks like they're going with force of nature this year. Which immediately bring the Kanes to mind when you hear it. We both take control. It's worth favour. I don't want force of nature. I might ride a tune for the strikers, he's your winner. I reckon we need to get to a break. That's what I reckon. Yeah, you would rip it off, wouldn't you? You would, and you'd claim it as your own, I'll just say it now. You can text us as well on the hardcore. Excuse me, you know this story. What? Self and Stuart Williamson, the physio, right? Yeah, I know that one, but then you'd try and claim it again in an hour. I would be ripping it off. I'd be using it again. It is the tune Tim. It's the tune to Ansco Marching Tim. It's not your song. We're going all right. We're going all right. Bricky powered by Kubota, take on any single job you like with Kubota's range of tractors, mowers and utility vehicles. So the way we're set up here, Tim and I can't talk to each other during the break. All I can see is waving and carrying on China. What do you want? Tell me. Oh, how frustrating. I just want to talk to my mates in the break. It does feel lonely with that. Too much to ask. What did you want to tell us? Is it safer on air? I just want to chat. I want to know what's going on next segment. I want to know what we're talking about. I want to know what Hamish is doing over there. You're the one that took yourself into the UK, Tim. So it's your fault. I feel a little bit left out. You guys look like you're having a really good chat. We are. I'm not eating cakes. It's quarter to midnight. I'm sitting in a big room by myself. Over time. Hey, I'll tell you what. Speaking of KFC, a lot of people want our $100 voucher for being our contributor of the day. A couple more texts in here. This one's from Robert says Morninglads. Great memories of the annual healing football association versus West Coast representative games. Healing always too good on the grass. However, could not beat the West Coast on the gravel. Regards from Rob in Hobart. Thank you, Rob, for your text. Another one here, Morninglads. They never lost a game on the gravel. I wouldn't have thought so. Another one here, Morninglads. I watched the heany message tweet after his suspension was upheld last night. Did you see that too? Oh, is that heany? Yeah, I did. A message. You'd have thought he'd got six weeks. Suck it up Sydney and move on. I've watched Colby's run versus the Gold Coast 30 or 40 times. Brilliant. Kid is a gun. That's from Flash from La Trobe. And another one here. I'm on a roll because it gets annoying. This is from Matt and Leonard Valley with these games on at the same time and day. The venue availability line is a surfy, surely. Bluntson is not being used for anything other than BBL during January. Same with most other BBL venues. So why year after year schedule a home clash in Hobart? Yeah, that's a K-mat, but it's the other venues around the country as well. It could be a whole snowball of things, couldn't it Tim? And it's TV. TV. It's such a complex thing, the fixture. Can we go back to the Isaac heany one though? That was one of the weirdest things I've ever seen. Why were we on there getting thanked for our support and all of it? You turned around and pushed someone and you copped a one week suspension in a game of football. What was that? I think that feel like he's winning the brown low, Tim. He's not going to win it now. I think it's more to do with that, isn't it? Well, maybe Brent, but it's really, you know, it's not that important, is it? And we've just had Brett Raton's going on a walk for epilepsy. We've just had James come on with a rare cancer for learning. We're worried about a bloke who misses one game of football for pushing someone in the face. We're doing sorry videos and thank you for my support and it's like, well, I appreciate that you might not win the brown low and you've got your best play. It's out for a week, but it's hardly the end of the world, is it? Probably not. When you put it in perspective, you just did 30 seconds a game. No. Let's whip through the game this weekend. I've been robbed out. I probably shouldn't have been. I'm not going to win the brown low, which I probably should have. I'm a little bit upset about. I don't think it was a terrible decision. I look forward to coming back. See you next week. Okay. Collinwood, you're long tonight at the MCG. Who do you like? It's an interesting matchup, this one. That's a lot of 50th game this weekend. Yeah. They're in good nick at the minute, aren't they? And Collinwood, a few injuries, of course. Yeah. They're always hard to beat. They had a rough four or five weeks there. I've watched them in the second half against my team, the bombers, they were excellent. They were great again last week. They've got star players across every area of the ground. And they know how to win big games. Although you and I didn't have them in their eight, Brent. They're coming. They are coming. Hawthorne Freeo tomorrow. Live on SCN. Tazzy, who do you like? I like the Hawkers up at Utah Stadium because they do play well up there. And I don't think Freeo will love coming down if it is as Sam McClure. So it might be a bit cold and Utah Stadium is close. Er to best rate. So the water could be spilling over. And I don't think the Dockers will handle it all that well. All right. Sydney North Melbourne. This one's at the SCG. Sydney. Comfortably, Brent A. North coming. Good though, I think. Bulldog's Carlton. North showing. Great signs. They are. Bulldog's Carlton. Bulldog's Carlton. The blue is looking really good. What are we going to give us a tip for any of these games? I can. I'll go a long tonight. Hawthorne tomorrow. Sydney. I'll go Carlton as well. I read an article saying the jungle drums might start beating for Luke Beveridge if they lose this one. The dogs Tim. For some reason, they always seem to be beating for Luke Beveridge. He's a little bit like Adam Simpson without the amount of losses at the moment. I feel like any time they have a bad week, they're coming for Beveridge. What else we've got? Adelaide St. Kilda at the Adelaide Oval. Crows for me. So Melbourne Essendon, MCG tomorrow night. I'm going for, oh, that's a toss of the coin. Melbourne, I think. So when's that Saturday night? Although Max Gorn not playing. So maybe I might go the bombers, actually. I'll change my tip. I'm going to go the bombers as well. I think I'll have to get up at about 10am to watch that one, Bruno, on Sunday morning here. Gold Coast Adelaide. That can't be. Can it? It's got to be poor. Oh, poor Adelaide. Oh, poor Adelaide. Hamish. Is it poor Adelaide? Oh, yeah. I'll tell you what. It's hard to find good help, Rob. I'm going to have to go to the actual AFL app to do the producers' work for him, Tim. I think you have it right. So it's Adelaide St.Q. So it's poor Adelaide Gold Coast. Yep. Oh, I'm going to go with poor Adelaide. Red. Oh, on the Gold Coast. Gold Coast are made home. Well, I'm Kenny Hinkley to get as far up the ladder as he possibly can, just to see what unfolds over here. Warren Treadway, and the board, and everything else. Warren Treadway. Crowd booing him. What big was in Treadway? Oh, they really like Kenny, and they tend to come at him. They do. I like him too. He's done pretty well. He's done everything he said for winter premiership to be fair, and he's been in a couple of times. Alright, let's get moving. We'll get to a break. Rich from GWS. Second last game of the round. Giants. Giants for me. And can West Coast do the unthinkable under a new coach in Jared Skofield and beat Brisbane, Tim at home? No, they cannot. Brent, they'll get beaten by at least 10 goals. Alright. For our AFL wrap, we're off to our final break of the morning. Still time to get us a quick text on the Harkorts, open line Harkorts, results for you. 0437, 5552535. It's Brecky powered by Kubota. Take on any job with Kubota's range of tractors, mowers, and utility vehicles. 857, almost closing time here on SC and Tazzy Breakfast. Tim, we've got our winner though for our contributor of the day. They win $100 to spend at KFC. Who is it? Brent, I've gone a little bit tactical. Tactic who I am going to give the KFC $100 voucher to Bear Robinson. His contribution to this morning show firstly and secondly because if I am going to take him on in a bit of a cardio challenge, I'd like him to have a bit of KFC in his belly first because he's going to need every bit of energy he can get. Okay, Bear, $100 to spend at KFC is heading your way. You'll be able to buy dinner for the family tonight, which will be good. Hey, what's going on with you the next couple of days? And you're into the semi-finals against India. Yep, that's tomorrow morning about 1.30. So 1.30 a.m. for you tonight or tomorrow morning, Brent. Maybe a bit later, I'm not sure. Okay, and then the finals Sunday early as Monday for us. Straight back, same thing. So it's a four, five o'clock start here, so I think it's about 1.1.30 most night. So Saturday night, Sunday night hopefully. Otherwise we'll be knocked out tomorrow by India and then I'll probably be playing golf on Sunday before flying home Sunday afternoon. And won't be on the show Monday, I'll be on my own again, the Brent Costello show. Hey, just for calling in today. And texting is, we've got the double pass giveaway to Fremantle vs Hawthorne tomorrow. Hey, make sure to announce the winner of that during the day. Thanks to Bank Wesleyts here at 4 The Footy Fans. We're done though, Tim. So yes, no you on Monday and hopefully we'll have you back from noosa next Friday then. Good luck over the weekend. I can't wait, Brent. I'm looking forward to getting back in the studio actually soon, but I bet everyone has a great weekend. Pain gone for a globe!
