School is back and Exporting Goods has what you need to win your year. We've got everything from cleats to sambas, dunks and more. Plus the hottest looks from Nike, Jordan and Adidas. Find your first day fits in store or online at dicks.com. Breakfast with Tim Payne and Brent Costello. Three minutes past seven, good morning. Welcome to Essie and Tazzy Breakfast for a Friday action pack show coming your way over the next couple of hours and looking forward to doing it all with a man sitting opposite me. It's not the former test captain. It is in fact my boss that we used Tasmania, Alex Johnston who joined us. By the time being, yeah, good morning. Nice to see you. I think we've done this once before, possibly. And good to have you back. You must have done okay. Well, I'm very pleased to be back and yes, we don't have too much longer working together, Brent. So this is a real treat to get to spend my Friday morning with you. Big fan of the show always listens, so to be able to be here next to you and I'm looking forward to talking to Tim wherever he may be. Yeah, we'll track him down shortly. I believe he's around Dubbo or somewhere. He's driving to Noosa. So he went, I think, yesterday, but she wouldn't be a Dubbo. Yeah, well, I don't know. We'll find out where he is after the preamble, which we start with this morning, Alex. And let's start there because you have got a new job. And a lot of people know you about town actually. I don't think there's anyone in Hobart that knows more people than you. So I don't think you need an introduction, but you are off to work for the Jackie Lemme Network here in Tasmania. As the Chief of Staff, is that the correct title? I think my title is Political Advisor, but we'll have a small team. So I guess I'll have a few hats, but yes, not something that I planned on doing. Obviously love my job at winning and love the team, especially you and Soph. And people I've worked with for a long, long time, but an opportunity came along. And those that follow politics will know that the three JLN MPs are in a very unique position on the crossbench in a minority government situation. And their job is very important. And yeah, after a quick conversation with them, I thought I might have had some skills that would help them navigate some fairly interesting political seas. And I said, yes, took the leap. And I start officially in the middle of the month. So at win for a little while yet, trying to make sure that everything's OK, but of course it will be in fact. I think a few people in the newsroom are just, you know, they might miss me and some of the things I bring, but I don't think they'll miss other elements of my performance brand. Well, that's not true, but it does take me to yesterday because you often, what time do you normally get to work? Probably, I'm not always an early riser, but I'm at least, I'll let you know early in the morning that, you know, I might be a few minutes late. And you're on the group text and I'm all going to be present. You know, I might be starting the day from home, but organizing the day. Yesterday was a little different. It was a little different. So I was in nice. Finally, we had the TSL, which we have quite early on a Thursday morning, and then I was driving back from there about I passed 10 quad to 11. And I see the group text go off and you said I've just slept in. Yeah, no, I owned up to it. I put your hand up. Just sound asleep. And I'm not sure why I didn't have a big night the night before or anything like that. Just the alarm didn't go off or I didn't set it and just slept right through. And I like how you owned it. And I certainly owned up, but I woke up to about 15 missed calls and 75 messages. We're worried about you. No one knew what was going on until we saw that message. We didn't know where you were, what you were doing, if you're okay. And you just slept. And Sophie's on leave this week. So Sophie normally sets the whole day up, you know, has the rundown looking prim and proper by 9.30. Well, it's 11 o'clock and the powers in Wollongong thought, does he's looking a bit light on today? So then my boss started calling around and I saw the missed call, but I thought I'd need to get to my desk. So I'm in a more of a position of authority here to say, look, I'm sorry, I'm late, but I've set up the rundown now. And so there were a few frantic calls. And I think generally she was just worried. We were. We were. We were. Anyway. We were all sleeping. So you were nervous that I didn't make it this morning, but here I am. And a rare, you know, I'm not saying that I'm the earliest starter, but that was a bit of a rare, rare one. Oh, look how I said last night leaving the newsroom. Are you right for tomorrow morning? Yep, I'll be fine. Actually, no, just send me a text just in case. So I made sure I did this morning and you're already awake, which I was impressed about. Yeah. Now, as we said, you're off to work with the Lambeys and I scroll through my phone last night as I do. The first thing I see as I scroll on my phone is new AFL stadium, the wrong priority. Lambe network. This is an article on the Mercury. The state government is being accused of falling asleep at the wheel by prioritizing a new AFL stadium over struggling Tasmanians and Lambe MP says. So there, that's the position or was that blown out of proportion? Oh, well, I'm reluctant to say too much a because I'm an elected member, you know. And I think the staffers should be behind the scenes rather than commentating. And also, I don't start until the 15th of July. But I think that's fairly consistent with what they said throughout the election campaign. And, you know, things have changed on the stadium. Obviously, Labor's position on the stadium means that on paper, it has the numbers in parliament. So there's nothing unhealthy about the crossbench keeping the government on its toes, I wouldn't imagine. Good chance to ask anything political this morning on the Harkorps Open Line. If you've got a question for Alex Harkorps, more than just real estate professionals. 0437 52535 is how you can text us or give us a call 1342 1533. Don't get access like this every day. So make the most of it out there in radio land and get on to our man here who can answer anything political for you this morning. Early text here on the Harkorps Open Line from David of Launceston, question for Brent. Given Andrew Dillon's comments during his visit earlier in the week, is it now a 50/50 choice between Rosnian Kingston for the AFL High Performance Centre? David, that was the impression I got when he said it. But then he was asked a follow-up question with that. Is it 50/50? And he said Rosnian is still the preferred choice. But my gut feeling is that Kingston is very, very well and truly in the mix. Because there's a lot that's got to happen over at Rosnian. Did you get a feeling that he's frustrated? No, no, I didn't actually. They want to build a training performance centre for the AFL and we can't make up our minds. We've got to go to an elected poll and we've got to... Do you think the AFL thinks how hard is it to get an answer down there? Well, we asked that and he said this is all part of the process. Unless it's a front, but I got the feeling. He's a pretty relaxed customer, Andrew Dillon. But he seemed genuinely happy with how everything was progressing. But obviously timelines are tight, he acknowledged that. But at the moment, he said also when it comes to the stadium, that he's seen nothing on his visit here that would tell him that it's going to be delayed. So we'll see where it lands. Very interesting indeed. Now, Hamish has come in with something this morning which pricked my ears up, Ajay. Who is the Hammersan effect? Talking about tight people, LeBron James, right, would be on, I don't know how much. Millions and millions and millions of dollars a year. But apparently, this is from a long time ago, this article, two that Hamish has pointed me to. Apparently, he doesn't pay for Spotify premium. So sticks with the ads. The quote here. He's sitting in there in the locker room and there's hardcore hip hop on and all of a sudden, the commercial will come on for Cleveland State's graduate studies program or something. That just made me laugh. You think someone might have just sent him a code? Exactly. Goodness me. That's pretty tight. We talk about Tim being tight, but that is next level. Who's the tightest person you've ever met? Well, certainly not you. You're very generous and you've even bought me in a hot chocolate this morning, which I appreciate. You've got to get me on the right day, though. It's got to be a winner of about 12 hours of me being paid. It was, well, it was paid yesterday. So I've got lucky. Just all right. Now, you're off to Melbourne this weekend. Melbourne this weekend, which intrigues me because you're a loose customer. I'd probably call you. Yeah, it is. Would you disagree with that? I have an appetite for life, I would say. That's probably better about some of the finer things. We're not finer things. Some of the more decadent things in life. You are a very passionate, excellent supporter. They play at the MCG tomorrow night against Geelong. I think it's been Dyson-Happell's 250th game. A great opportunity to get along and show your support from one of the club. Great. But you're telling me off air that you may not go to the football while you're in Melbourne. Despite being a very big asset and fan, they're flying, they're going, "Well, this year." But your mob on the weekend? Yes. But you would choose. We're just keeping our itinerary loose. Listeners will understand. The real treat, four of us getting together, all around 40 now, doesn't happen very often. I don't have kids' own, step kids in my life. But they all have, well, no, damn doesn't ever have kids. But anyway, the other two do. So it's a treat. And you don't want to sort of lumber yourself with too many things on the itinerary. So we're keeping it loose. Look, it'll get to five o'clock tomorrow afternoon. And we'll decide whether the footy looks good. Or maybe our night will go in a different direction. There's a lot of very good places to eat in Melbourne, Brent. And the MCG is not one of them. Getting a burger and stuff. I respect it. I know you love your food. You love your food more than footy, though, don't you? I do. There's no doubt about that. I'm a passionate food supporter. Yeah. Good. Big fan of food. The bottomless brunch booked in tomorrow morning at a place that looks fantastic near where we're staying. So I'll report back on that. I could do them a bit of damage. Last time we went to bottomless brunch, it was $75 a head. And Sam had, he was a bit poorly after a big night. He had two things. And I had 222 things. And I said, it's only fair if you pay $10 and I pay $140 because we have not got equal value out of this bottomless brunch. That's why we take my young fella Fletch to a buffet. He gets kids' prices, but he goes to town. He loves a buffet. So you feel bad, but runs are hard to see. Absolutely. Now, speaking of food, we've got a $100 KFC voucher to give away to our contributor of the day. That can't be you. You're actually a co-host today, so you can't win that. But if you'd like to win... I don't even know excuse to get a KFC. If you'd like to win that, send us a text on the Harkorts Open Line. Harkorts, more than just real estate professionals, 0437-552535. We'll call us 1342-1533. Big show ahead this morning. The Mavericks, our own Mavericks here at SDN are in town. This weekend, taking on the Sunshine Coast. Lightning at My State Bank Arena tomorrow night. Sasha Glasgow and Lauren Moore from the Mavs will join us here in the studio, which we're looking forward to. Northwest Thunder Guard, Trey Armstrong will join us as well. Hot off his big game last week, hitting a buzzer, beating three to win the game for the thunder. Maddy Reed from Taz Racing will be in the studio, which we're looking forward to. And we're going to go around the state as well, looking at some of the things happening over the weekend. We'll preview the AFL. And we're going to try and track down Tim. In fact, that's what we're going to do right after this at SDN. Tazzy Breakfast. We are powered by Kubota. Take on any job with Kubota's range of tractors, mowers and utility vehicles. It is indeed at 20 past seven. We are powered by Kubota. Take on any job with Kubota's range of tractors, mowers and utility vehicles. Texting here on the Harkorts Open Line. Harkorts, more than just real estate professionals. Gee whiz, two fence sitters. The show should be called "Come and sit on the fence with me" starring Brent Costello. I don't think we did any fence sitting in the preamble, did we? You're a little bit of a fence sitter sometimes, Brent. Sometimes? I admit that. What about when I asked you during the week, do you think of the 29 mayors in Tasmania? There are more men or women, and Brent said 50/50. I said there's 20, there's 29. What do we think, you know? Not even then was he willing to hazard a guess for those playing at home after Saturday's Bilections. 16 women mayors, 13 men, so the women are dominating local government. Brent, you are a great fence sitter. I feel like now in this transition mode between leaving one job and going into a new job that I want to start and want to start well and not put my foot in my mouth. I'm probably guilty of being a fence sitter this morning as well, except when it comes to being all bets are off there. Oh yes, and the great man joins us live. Tim Payne, we're on planet Earth. Do we find you this morning, please? Good morning, splinters. Good morning, AJ. Thanks for having me. I'm just sort of on the outskirts of Melbourne, actually, this morning. She's haven't got far. Goodness me. You meant to be a Dubbo by now. What's going on? No, no, tonight, Brent, tonight. We're starting to hold off both and cruising towards Dubbo as we speak, but I'm about eight hours away at this stage. Now, Tim, you're going to Noosa. Did it just dawn on you that no man has ever looked more like he should live in a place than you and Noosa and just you thought I'm just going to give in to what the mirror is telling me? I thought, well, what a place to go and relax for a little while, AJ, and then hopefully we'll be back in Hobart around Christmas time. Potentially, but we'll wait and see. But no, I'm looking forward to a bit of a sea change. It's not a bad time of the year to be heading up there with the weather in Kazi, and obviously it's beautiful at the moment. So I can't wait to get up there. I wouldn't like to see Brent up there. I think he's more Noosa man in the budgie, Smuggler, Australian along the host street. It'll be like looking in a mirror for you when you walk down the street. It'll be like Tim Payne clones everywhere. Now, how are you keeping yourself entertained on the... How are you keeping yourself entertained on the drive up? What sort of tracks have you got? Podcast or music or what are you doing? Well, yes, that was, obviously, I was in Kazi yesterday driving outside of a lot of phone calls, actually. You know, I'm like on my phone, Brent, so I put them off, put them off, and I've had about people I had to get back to. So I did that yesterday. A few more today, and then I've got some good podcast being sent back through to me, actually, from Brad Kelly. I think you'd know AJ. Yes, old friend of mine. From South Hobart's Daddy Bay Cricket Club. He sent me through some good stuff that I'm going to work my way through over the next two days. Shout out to Kel, who had 41 points in the Sunday stable for the Tasmania Golf Club on the weekend. And he found a rich name in Vayner Form. I have a very, I have a very funny Brad's story, Kelly's story, quickly. When he was at Jane Franklin Hall Tim, they used to put bread, they used to put bread at the bottom of the bay marina to catch all the fat, you know, to come off the sausage or whatever. And help Kel, Kel rolls in about 11.30 one morning and starts tucking in and says to someone, "This French toast isn't much good." True story. He ate the fat bread. So there you go. Oh, goodness me. Now let's talk some cricket Tim. That's what you're good at. And it's been a few days since our exit from the T20 World Cup. How are you feeling about it all? I think like everyone a bit disappointed. I think we had a team that could go all the way. Disappointing in, just a little things really. We spoke about it a while ago, when first in the Scotland game it started, it was that fielding. And when the Australian team or any good cricket team isn't fielding at their best, you start to worry and they're just sort of unraveled a little bit after that Scotland game. Then I think we lost something like, we dropped something like 14 or 15 catches over the two or three games, which is going to be very, very difficult for you to win international performance if you're playing that sort of cricket. So yeah, we didn't quite get it right. Disappointed that we are on our way. I heard you bake the selectors the other day say they should have picked Mitchell Stark. Did you get any feedback on that? Was it perhaps that he wasn't 100% ready to go? Did someone text you and say, "He's up Tim. This is why we did it." I didn't get a text message true on that, but it certainly was a selection thing. I heard Andrew McDonald speak on it. We spoke on the show brand that it is a very difficult position of you when you got three out-and-out well-class guns like Australia do. But as I said at the start of the tournament, I was absolutely picking Mitchell Stark as my number one quick because of the options that he does give you with his left arm, his height, his swing, and then without him playing that game against Afghanistan, we didn't hit our first wicket until they were 110 or 120 and then blown me down in the semi-final. The big left armour from South Africa, Marco against and knocked over. They're opening better in the third armour. There's a big left arm in swing baller. And as I've said to Brett, you've got plenty of times. If you've got a guy that's left arm, you can swing the ball by 150k from 6.7. He's just got to play. His record in first overs of World Cups and big games is incredible. He gets you off to a great start. And I think they'll look back on that as a mistake. Yes, well from my indoor cricket days, Division 3 at Kingborough, I know left arm is one of the most hostile of the face. So I never had much. If Mitchell Stark gets one right with a new ball in your first five or six balls, there's not too many batters in the world that can keep it out. It's particularly right-handed. It's a horrible angle. It's a horrible height. It swings late. And it is quick. You can't adjust to it. So I just think in T20s when you're trying to get wickets early to get teams on the back foot, it's a no brainer that that man has to play. So having said that, why wouldn't they gone for him? Because you make a very compelling case. Is it loyalty to the other two? Why wouldn't you? No. I think what they thought was the wicket was going to suit guys that could bowl cut a little bit more and take the pace off it and just run your fingers over the seam. And that's not what Starky does to be fair. Pat Cummins and Josh Hayes would have much better at that. It's sort of bowing that back of a length into the wicket and changing their pace. Starky's more full straight, trying to blow your stumps out of the ground with a bit of swing or hit you in the pad. So I think it was just a condition thing. They thought that the ball would sit a little bit more in the wicket and that Josh and Pat would be better suited to it. And I'm not arguing the fact that they might have been. But I just think, as I said, I pick Mitchell Stark in every T20 game, regardless of condition. He's my number one class bowler, and then you decide out of the other two. Former test captain, Tim Payne's is very special guest on SC and Tazzy breakfast this morning. Brent Costell and Alex Johnston with you. Tim, who wins the whole thing from here? Tim? I think India, they're going to be hard to beat. I think they've knocked off England this morning, haven't they? So they'll go through, place out Africa in a couple of days' time. So Africa, to be fair, they've played really well this point. They haven't played fantastically well, but they've played unlike South Africa in the fact that they've found a way to win close games in the past, they've lost. So they had a huge win over Afghanistan. I think Boulder Mount 56 in the semi-final. So they're playing well, they're confident. They've got past the semi-final curse, which I'm sure would lift a huge amount of psychological pressure off that playing team because South African teams have struggled at that point so many times. So I think it'd be a good game. I think if both teams were to play at their best, I think India's just got too much firepower. And David Warners retired officially now. Tim from International Cricket. How will you remember his career and the legacy he leaves behind? Yeah, one of the all-time great sprint. I've said that to you many a time, and for some reason, people will want to disagree and get their backs up when I say that. But I think he changed the game of T20 Cricket. Not many people finish their careers and say that they actually had a real impact on the game. You can say Ricky Poning. You can say Adam Gilchrist in White Ball Cricket. I think David Warners took it to another level. He was amazing. The way he came and attacked Test Cricket is an opening batter at a really young age. Scored super quickly and entertained crowd. I don't think there'll be another David Warners for a very, very long time and I think we'll miss watching him play. Well, Jay, it's been great to have you as a guest on my show. It's lovely to hear your voice. As you make your way up to Noosa, are you right to go Monday morning? I'm not sure, but I think I might be playing. Oh, shit. Do go to UK, actually. So we'll have to... Oh, wow. Okay. Well, they've got Wi-Fi on planes these days, Tim. So you can plug into that and do the show. But we do have a very nice replacement as well here. So no real stress. Alex has started very nicely this morning. But drive safely if you need someone to talk to. I know you've probably dodged the early one. I think you would have been sitting on the fence with the Lambie Network putting out that post yesterday. But you are in the chair for the rest of the show that requires an opinion. Yes, no. And you can now fall away. I'll give you a pass with my first up. Well, here's an opinion, Tim. Here's an opinion of those trendy breakfast spots in Noosa. It won't be acceptable to cut the banana with your mouth and put it back in the bowl. It will not be the way to indeed yourself with the Noosa locals. So you better get a knife out. Yeah, that's for in-house and studio only with Brenna. We're going to get to the news. You know how this show works? Drive safely. We'll talk to you soon. See you, Jim. Timothy Payne joining us on the phone on his way up to Noosa. Breakfast powered by Kubota. Take on any job with Kubota's range of tractors, bells, and utility vehicles. Just a reminder. Hey, Michelle, pick out our contributor of the day. You can win $100 to spend at KFC just by texting his hit on the hardcore. It's open line hardcore. It's more than just real estate professionals. 0437, 555-2535. The staff at KFC is so good. I went through the other day. The girl was so nice. She knew. She knew there was no family in my feasting plans, but she didn't say anything. She just politely handed me the meal, and she didn't say anything. I knew she knew. She only gave me one napkin, so she knew it. We're going to get to the news headlines back with more after this. Welcome back to the show. It is 34 minutes past seven o'clock, some breaking news out of the US. Rich Paul is calling teams saying, "Don't take Bronny James. If you take him, he's going to Australia." Can you imagine if Bronny James comes to the MBL? Well, welcome here in Matthew Reed from Taz Racing. Morning, boys. Extraordinary. We'll go to Lakers, won't we? You'd know more about that than maybe. We're the only team that could possibly pick him up, surely. Eventually he comes to Australia. For your circus. It was big when Lamello came in. Imagine if Bronny James comes out. Goodness gracious. Anyway, we got the biggest news out of the US today. You were tuning into the presidential debate. Absolutely. Trump, oh my goodness. I can't imagine what the memes will have after 11 o'clock today. Racing is a way of life. Visit it's whileerace.com.au. Big news for Taz Racing during the week, Snap with Ladbrokes coming back on board and extending their partnership for a further five years. Yeah, that's massive for us, Bronny. And a real shot in the arm for Tazie Racing and a vote of confidence from Ladbrokes is huge. They're as big as they are in the global way during landscape and been super partners for Tazie for the last five or so years. So this partnership will extension or take them past a decade in the state. It gives us some real confidence going forward. There's some great things in the new contract around some works that they'll do to some of our tracks and stuff as well. So given that racing is often in the headlines for the wrong reasons, it's great to be in the headlines for the right ones and have the backing of a company like Ladbrokes who are magnificent to work with. Hey, Joe, I'll let you ask the next question. Because you were there last night on the spot at the Ronald McDonald House Cup. So maybe you'd like to ask Matthew a question about that? Well, yes, Ronald McDonald House, an amazing charity and a friend of mine who's had a lot to do with him and invited me along. So I was pleased to go. It was a good night of racing and the favorite one, the big one. Yeah, Raiders Guide. He was too good. I was surprised they bet even money. AJ about Raiders Guide is a group. One winner in a small field. It always looked like he would be too strong. Of course, it's easy to say that after the race. But no, I was a bit nervous. Brenna with having AJ in the room. Chubes, Taylor was there as well. Media identity, of course, seeing the magnificent job you did there last year. And got a bit of feedback from AJ this morning, which I'll certainly take on board about warming the room up before sort of hitting them with a sledgehammer. But we'll note that for next year. Oh, well, you're going to take feedback on board. Yeah, no, I thought Snapper did a fantastic job. There was just a couple of little things that I would have tweaked. But he'll be good for the run. Absolutely. He'll be good for the run. We'll put the blinkers on next time and maybe change the jock and we'll be absolutely fine then. I should say the fun race he went really well. And the two guest speakers that we had, the Honorable Stephen Parry and Melissa Carlton, were both outstanding. Melissa Carlton, of course, Paralympic gold medalist. And hopefully we'll be able to see a few more coming up next month. And by getting you to MC rather than Brent, there's 10 grand straight in the kick. Exactly. And that's good for a run on McDonald House. It's easy for the kids. Yeah. Sunday Gallup's in Devonport snap and... God's caught. From Hamish, I guess, when you spoke yesterday. I'll address the SCN curse before providing something else that won't win. I was going to come in and just provide a long list of tips that I provided that have quite clearly been cursed in terms of what's happened to them on the race track. The most recent I gave was a leader that missed the kick and was stuck back in the pack and ran up back sides and eventually ran third Brent over. We're leaning into the curse. We're just going to take it full head on. I'm tipping you on this week in Devonport race four, number 10, Roderick's secret. I backed it in Hobart on the weekend at $18 and it was scratched, so it was nice to finally get a return. I'm not sure we'll get $18 this week in Devonport, but I do think it'll be a good each way price. Froggy in the saddle. Probably just needs a bit of luck at the right time. But I'll give you one, probably a little bit outside the market, but I'll hope for the best. Okay. No, no, it's either. It just comes out. No, it's the race number. Magician. No, it's the horse. No, it's the board. Over 110,000 people attend Tasmanian race meetings every year. Racing is a way of life visit. It's whileweerace.com.au. You win some. You'll lose more for French confidential support. Visit gamblinghelponline.org.au. How's your weekend looking, Snap? I'm not sure. Pretty open, to be honest. I can't. We've got a spot of brunch in Melbourne tomorrow, if you're interested. Well, I heard about that. Now, we've got our idea on Sunday, but it's social basketball, and then probably Hawkes West Coast as well. Oh, yes. Yes. To round out what you can do. In nervous setting out a lot of the stadium, Harley's back. And Kelly's back. Yeah, they're short the Hawkes. That's for sure. It's as far as the market goes. It's definitely a danger game, but yeah. It should be a good test for us, actually. You're going well, and we're going well. I'm looking forward to it. We're going to get to a break. Thanks for coming in. We'll see you Monday. It's SCN Tezi Breakfast. Power by Kubota. Take on any job you like with Kubota's range of tractors, models, and utility vehicles. Get us on the Harkorts Open Line. Harkorts results for you. 0437. 552. 535. Plenty of text filtering through on the Harkorts Open Line. Harkorts results for you. One here, it says Morning Lads. What are your thoughts as to where the AFL sees the best time slot of football games? Especially once the multi-purpose stadium is completed. A few years away, I know, but I'm sure they have a sweet spot already in mind. Saturday nights is best, in my opinion. The interest will be a ratings bonanza. That's from Flash in La Troe. What are your thoughts, Ojai? Yeah, don't mind Saturday night at all. I mean, I don't think there's any wrong answers. You can see the upside in all of them. I mean, I don't think we'll get many Friday night games, but if we did, that would be a real treat. You know, knockoff work and wander down. I don't know. I think it goes waxed lyrical about that in the past. But even like a late Sunday game rolling in, you know, just to top off your weekend would be lovely. But yesterday night sounds pretty good to me. What do you think? Well, it depends how we're going. They want to make an impact from the start. So GWS came in and got flogged every week and so did Gold Coast, I guess. So as long as we hit the ground running, I think we can get any time slot we like. Really? Yeah, that's what the TV execs will be pushing for if we're a high rating team. And I think there will be curiosity more so than there was with the Gold Coast or GWS. I think that's right from the outset. There'll be a lot of interest in how we go now. Obviously that'll wane if we're terrible to watch. But I don't think we will be. I think they've learned their lessons from what happened on the Gold Coast. I don't think they'll start with an uncompetitive side. And I think naturally Tasmanian teams, we've seen it with the Jackies, you know, they'll be competitive from the outset. It's going to be fascinating the list building so it all goes and makes everyone happy on the mainland and the other clubs because that's going to be the thing to get right. Morning BC and AJ love the residential college walk down memory lane. There's no doubt that the motto of if we can deep fry it, we will, has never been more accurately applied. AJ smashing it. Good Latrobe highlight. That's from Glossy. Thanks Glossy for your text this morning. With state of origin in NRL this week, thoughts on this for AFL state of origin. Have bottom 10 teams play in by round before the finals. Only need 50 players, 2 out of 10 coaches to agree each year. Also could have a night where they do a draft. Worst case scenario, someone does an ACL, 12 month injury, be back for finals the following year. Winner gets paid 40,000, the loser 20,000. I'm not sure that's going to take off with the state of origin. You want your best players playing. So if the finals teams aren't part of it, there's, you're going to have just the rest left over. And if that's, winner gets paid 40K between how many people? 22, 23 plus coaching staff. It's not going to go very far. Doesn't seem like a massive incentive to me. I mean, I like the idea that was, who was that from? Who was that from? I'm not sure. It was an unknown, unknown texter. I love thinking of ways outside the square to make state of origin work in Aussie rules. But I just, I think the ship sailed. I'm sorry. Like, I just think it would be so hard to convince everyone to buy into it because of the injury worries and because how do you fit it into such an already jam-packed season? No, I'm sorry. I don't, I think it'll be something we look back on fondly. I don't think it'll ever come back. Andrew Dillon came out yesterday and said he wants to talk about it seriously. So we'll see where it lands. But another one here morning, ladies, Alex able to provide an overview on the political process, which is required for the stadium to commence now, Libs and Labor are on side. Robin Hobart sent that one through. Thanks, Rob. So I'm not an expert on the project of state significance process. If you Google that, you'll be able to see these massive terms of reference and the work's already begun. But basically in an nutshell, they're going to go and do all of this work, environmental engineering in conjunction with the design team that they've already put in place. Now, that was a big turning point for me, Brent, when they picked that design team, because obviously come with tremendous credentials, you know, they've done big stadiums before. So that's going to work alongside the planning process. And you mentioned that now Labor's on board. Well, that does help politically because in theory, they'll have the numbers in both houses. If the planning commission comes back and says, yep, green light, we're happy with it. Go for it. So politically, it's a bit easier now for the government. And now Labor has changed its position. But there's so many elements to the project of state significance process. Every single element of the project will be gone over. So just like we're seeing with the high performance center, things won't happen quickly. So I think everyone will need to be patient. Tom, now have a quick look around the state. Thanks to KFC score, big with KFC's footy feast order. Today, the jack jumpers have flagged their interest in a WNBL team after the MBL announced yesterday it had formed a consortium with Wallamy Capital Group syndicate to acquire a majority stake in the league. Christine Finnegan said the jack jumpers will certainly indicate their strong interest in a WNBL team located in Tasmania. A statement from the organization also said that Tasmania jack jumpers are poised to actively engage with the evolving WNBL landscape. We're enthusiastic about the opportunities of opportunities this initiative presents and eager to explore the potential for establishing a WNBL team in Tasmania. No brainer for me, AJ. I think it'll be magnificent. Yeah, it'd be so good. Now Brent, would it definitely be based in Hobart in conjunction with the men's team or could they throw a curveball and have it based somewhere else in Lonnie? I hadn't thought about that. I assume it'd be based in Hobart, but perhaps they'd play more games in the north of the state if we get the facility right up there. Right up there. But you'd think you'd want to share that high performance here, wouldn't you? That would make sense to me. Have them anywhere else, just thinking out loud. Just because of the, I guess, the Torns have been the leaders in terms of, you know, women's basketball for a long time. I know the charges have got their act together now and looking pretty good. But, yeah, just such a rich tradition out of Launceston. It is, absolutely. You know, you could definitely play more games up there. Obviously, the silver dome needs some work and let's talk of a new facility up there as well, but there's no reason why they couldn't play more games up in Launceston. Now a Tazzy football update for the Tasmania Football Club, the Tasmania Devils have announced when more long-awaited merchandise will be released day. Up first on July 8, beanies and scarves and hoodies and sweatshirts and long-sleeve t-shirts on August 5th, caps and tote bags can be ordered from August 26th, which is the same day. The foundation jumper will be re-released. Finally, t-shirts and polo shirts have been released on September 16th. Each of those items we've got for sale from 9am on those respective dates available to foundation members only and limited to one per person while stocks last for the Tasmania Football Club become a founding Devils member today. Take my money. I say. Take my money. Give me one of the lot on one of each. Be magnificent. Rolling wearing a Devils kit. Yes. There's a lot of interest in them. Hope there's some triple XLs in the mix. So, so it returns this weekend. Obviously, we had the state game last weekend. Match of the round being the grand final rematch between the reigning Premier's Kingbra and undefeated North Launceston at Utah. Stadium down south. We have Glenorke and Clarence at KG5. The two arch rivals going head to head and North Hobart will look to get its first win of the season against Launceston. So, looking forward to a nice weekend of TSL footy. Another text in here on the Harcourt's open lawn. Morning gents. Do you read anything to Andrew Dillon and Grano Brine's comments this week regarding having two great options for the HPC and that cost and time frames will be two major assessment factors. If you were picking the HPC location based on these two criteria, where would you choose? That's from David in Hobart. I think I really love the Kingbra hub down there. It's pretty special having all those sports in the one area. I love the Rosney location though. I think it's a great spot. What do you think? Well, I think the Kingbra was the path of least resistance and they had a council that was right on board and they probably would have been ahead of where Eastern Shore is now. But I get it. I absolutely get it in terms of location-wise, closer to the airport, a bit closer to town, that sort of thing. But they'll get a lot closer if it looks like it's a hard sell on the Eastern Shore. The two bids get closer and closer all the time, I reckon. I love these texts from Rob here. Of course, open line. Hi, lads. Now, AJ is with J-L-M. Jackie Lambie. Actually, it's J-L-N, isn't it? J-L-N? Will his role be to distribute Sticky Stadium up your bum stickers? It's from Rob. Yes. Well, the leader of the network certainly did use that colorful language. Look, I'll... You're a friend from coming on that one? Yeah, yeah. I'll keep my bum out of it. Oh, get out of it. We'll go to a break. That was thanks to KFC. It's a good text, though. So, I appreciate it. You highlight the fact that I'm going to have to pirouette beautifully through the next few years, but that's good. Thank you. Thanks to KFC. Score big with KFC with the Colonel's famous chicken chips and irresistible burgers. There's something for everyone ordered today. Don't forget, we're giving away 100 bucks to spend at that beautiful place today. That's in the heart of that one, then. Contributor of the day. Get us on the Heart Chords open line. 0437 55535. Almost time for the news. Just a reminder. 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I'm pleased to say Alex Johnston, that Trey joins us on the line. Morning, Trey. Welcome to the show, mate. Morning fellas. Thanks for having me on. Appreciate it. Well done on that. That was magnificent last weekend. Incredible shot there to win against Eltham. What goes through your head in those situations when the game's on the line, mate? Yeah, that was good fun. Obviously, not too much goes through your head. You try to just go and play by play. It all happens pretty quick when you're out on the floor. So, you've got to be ready to go, I suppose. But I didn't have too much time to really think about it. The ball was just zipped out and made a fly and just had a bit when it went in. It was a good win. It was rough, boys. So, happy with the shot. And your teammate, I obviously thought you were the man for the job because he could have taken the shot, but he threw it off to you. Yeah, obviously, just good decision-making from him, mate. Hey, it was awesome to see you back in Northwest under colors from last year, mate. So, hey, enjoying your time back home after spending some time over there in the States. Yeah, I'm loving it, mate. It's been a lot of fun. It's just good being around friends and getting to play the game and playing for my Uncle Sam as head coach is really fun as well. So, overall, it's just good fun to be playing back home after that time away, and I've loved it. I've really enjoyed it. Growing up on the Northwest Coast, Tuesday, Wednesday night, whenever the basketball used to be, it was a huge event. And I was a Latrobe boy, they used to pack it out, and no bigger names than your dad and uncle in the league in that day. What do you think it is about the Northwest Coast and basketball that makes it such a big sport up there? Yeah, it's huge, and it still is to this day. It's a big sporting community, especially up here on the Northwest Coast. And we have this stretch of eight towns, and every town has its own sort of sporting identity, and its own basketball identity as well. So, I think there's people in the local towns that get around it, and then there's players in the local town, natural competition, especially between those guys that play for the Thunder as well. And overall, this makes for a pretty cool product, I suppose, and something that's pretty unique to our area of the map. I'm glad that traditions got on because it was so exciting. I remember a guy I went to high school with, he got like two minutes one night, but it was the biggest deal in the world, and we basically gave him a ticket tape parade when he came to school the next day. You know, does that still go on when you get a young guy in the court for the first time? Is there a lot of buzz around it? Yeah, definitely. I don't think it's as prevalent, you know, now as it was, you know, 20 years ago, but I think it's still a great moment for young kids, and it's something for them to aspire to as they're developing, because obviously you have your state teams and all that stuff, but I think it's still a milestone for those guys when they get the place seen here, basketball. So, yeah, I definitely think that that special, specialness is still there in the league, so that's not something. We've got the style basketball from Tasmania on the line tray. Armstrong joining us here on SCN Tezi Breakfast Show. We know you signed a DP contract with the Jackies last year, but later requested a release. Reflecting on that a year on, was that the right decision for you at the time? Are you interested in getting back on an MBL roster at some point? Yeah, it was a really tough decision, because obviously it's an incredible program down there with the Jackies. And I'm always a fan and I love watching the first couple of years, but for me, I just needed to step away from the game in general. I had enough to do it with whoever I was going to play for. I just needed a little break and it definitely was the best decision I could have made just for a variety of things that were happening in my life at the time, so I definitely don't regret the decision. And then from now into the future, I'm still sort of deciding which path I want to take, whether I dive into playing or looking to coaching or whatever else. I'm still sort of figuring that out and just trying to have some fun while playing up here, doing that decision-making process. Yeah, cool. Thanks for the honesty. So, you're not sure what you do at the end of this MBL1 season just yet then? No, not just yet. There's a couple of things floating around in my mind right now and just still trying to figure out exactly what that looks like, but it'll definitely involve basketball in some capacity, no doubt. We've got the passion, so. How did you enjoy watching the Jack Jumpers as a fan, mate, with what they achieved a few months ago? It must have been pretty special, being a Tasmanian, seeing us win the championship? Yeah, it was brilliant. And I think the coolest part of it was the whole process was just done the right way, obviously from afar, obviously having close connections within the program in Mark Radford and whatnot, but just watching it as a fan, you could tell that they just kept on getting better and better, and they were really, really good when it matters most at the end of the season. So it was really cool to just watch that whole process and from an expansion team to do that. I think it was just cool for everyone to be involved as a fan, and it was awesome to watch. You mentioned Mark Radford, who I think sort of underrated in the whole Jackie setup, just the most affable fellow you've made. Tell me a little bit about your interactions with him over the years, what would be from an early age, I would have imagined? Yes, so he's been sort of my basketball mentor and a life mentor really for a lot of my life, and it's been really cool to see his journey as a coach and, yeah, you're right, an integral part of what they achieved, no question. I think people don't understand the IQ and the responsibility that he has in that Jackie's coaching setup, so it's very cool to see him succeed, and yet, no, lucky to have him as a mentor, definitely. Can you expand on that a little bit for me? When do you watch a game and you see the timeouts and see how he's right in the thicker things? Do you ever see something that you think he's got his fingerprints on, either a change or something like that, knowing him so well? Can you notice those little things? Yeah, absolutely, and I suppose a big part of it is the way that Jackie's played offensively and been around that for a long time. He's always been a superb offensive coach and has a great deal for the game, and seeing their style of play, and that was a similar style of what played, how we used to play with that personally in state teams. And it's really cool to see the influences he's had on that offense, specifically, and some of their defensive stuff, but it's probably the stuff behind the scenes that general fans don't understand how much work coaches do, so it was cool to see that reward for all his effort over the years in them, in their championship. Great to have Trey Armstrong as part of S.E. and Tazzy breakfast this morning. Trey, obviously, day two, the NBA draft this morning. Where does your brother, Taran, sit in the scheme of things as he moves forward with his basketball career? We've seen him go to a few camps, et cetera, with the NBA. What do you think he sits? Yeah, he's done a really, really good job over the process. I've actually got the draft on TV now, just in case something happens late because he's been, from all reports, he's been right on the fringe of the end of the second round, or something potentially happening in the next couple of days. Post drafts, and he's put himself in a really good position to make something happen for himself. There's a variety of different contracts and things that are available these days, but overall, I think he's worked super hard over the last couple of months and he's done a lot of workouts with teams and he's given himself the best chance to take his basketball forward. So whatever happens, the next couple of weeks or so, he's definitely done us proud. No question. Some breaking news here. Two, Bronny James has been drafted by the Lakers. So, first father, son, duo on the same team in NBA history. There's some breaking news for you this morning here on SCN, Tazzy Breakfast. Now, let's get back to your game with the Thunder this weekend. You're at home against the Diamond Valley Eagles and then looking forward to that this weekend, right? Yeah, really looking forward to that. That game will beat tonight and they're an underrated team. They've struggled throughout the year, but they've their last four, five games. They've beat really good teams and they've been in the mix. So, we're expecting a really tough one tonight. I've got a full roster. They've brought some good team and we're expecting a battle tonight, but, you know, we've been pretty solid. So, we're just trying to get a big win at home throughout the end and we've got to play the right way. So, hopefully, we can do that tonight. Awesome, Treywell. Let's hope you hit another big winner and get the Thunder over the line. Last question from me. You spent some time in the States, obviously playing college ball over there. Who's going to win the great debate today? Are you on Biden or Trump? Oh, yikes. I didn't realize that was today. Can you say option C? I don't know. Sounds like we've got a Kennedy Junior fan. He's going to vote RFK. So, there you go. Very good. Yes. Best of luck for the rest of the season with the Thunder and can't wait to see what you do next. Love your honesty about whether it might be in coaching because that's a very viable path these days. And now, friend Tim Payne is at the same stage of his career, isn't he? He is. Thinking about what's next. Absolutely. Now, I appreciate your time this morning. Trey, you're a starmate. Thanks for jumping on and good luck tonight and tomorrow over in Melbourne as well. Appreciate your time on SCN. Tazzy breakfast. Awesome. Thanks so much, guys. Appreciate it. Trey Armstrong. Star. Yeah, he is of Tasmanian basketball. And I wonder whether he was named after Trey Parker, who, of course, wrote the funniest basketball movie ever, basketball. I should have asked him. I don't reckon he was. I don't think he was. I reckon he might have been. Around that time, South Park's big. What do you think? Anyway, I'll ask him. He's dead. If I ever cross paths with him, maybe not, though. Maybe not. Still time to get in touch with us on the hardcore. It's open line this morning. Oh, four, three, seven, double five, two, five, three, five, or call us 1342-1533. Harcourt's more than just real estate professionals. We are off to a break coming back with a sports update. Thanks to United Forklift and Access Solutions. It's breakfast powered by Kubota. Take on any job with Kubota's range of tractors, mowers and utility vehicles. Time now for a sports update. Thanks to United Forklift and Access Solutions. Nothing beats a cat forklift only from United Forklift. Devon Port in Olveston's Alex Pierce has been brought out for three to four weeks. AJ with a fractured forearm. The Fremantle skipper was in career-best form and in line for his first all Australian jackets. That was disappointing news. Yeah, he's had a terrific season. A real leader on and off the field. Big fan of him. That's a shame. And he links to Alex from Bingford. No, never younger than me. He wasn't around. Obviously taught three time premiership player or what was it? Four time in there and Grant Burchill had to kick the ball in the coldest sack at Shieldwater. But no, no influence on Alex Pierce's career. He looks good though. Two he looks. He does like he's straight out of a calendar. Could be the first captain of the Devils. There you go. Maybe, maybe. Andrew Dillon was in town on Wednesday. Was he ever? Said earlier to meet with Jeremy Rockliff and Grant O'Brien and get an update on the stadium. He confirmed the VFL team is likely to run out in 2026. While O'Brien indicated that the AFLW team could debut before the men, which we thought about? Yes, Alex. You normally have a quieter day on Wednesday. But my goodness, you were straight down to the airport. Walking off the plane. Can I carry your bags, Mr. Dillon? Just some real, just inserted himself beautifully into the conversation. Hammer, when there's some big wigs in town, you will know, Brank Costello is not far away. No, jokes aside. What was your impression of the visit? Crisis talks? No. As the Greens will have us believe. No. I wouldn't have thought so. But nothing really came out of it. Andrew Dillon said it was a regular catch up. I normally do it on Zoom. So it was just good to be in person. I think just an update. They went over to Macquarie Point and had a look around at the side as well. But no, it was a pretty low-key day. In the end, nothing too major came out of it, which is probably a good thing because everything seems to be on track at this stage. You're wet and cold. It was. Can they convince them that they need a roof? Probably. Probably reinforce that. It was cold. Especially waiting outside the executive building for them to come out for an hour or so. We were all pretty chilly. Chris Jordan is returning to the Hobart Hurricanes on a two-year deal. So it was obviously a very disappointing campaign last year. We just can't get it right. The Hurricanes, can we? We just can't take that next step. He was good for us, Chris Jordan. There's no doubt about that. That game in Perth, where he's smacking the ball around everywhere. I think he was our second leading week of take-off. Yeah, it was. The leagues changed the rules a little bit so you can sign a player over the off-season. There's one international before the draft. The draft still happening, but one of those players has already signed on, which is great. It carries also signed a one-year deal with the women's team as we broke here exclusively on Essie and Tassie breakfast a few weeks ago. Froggy Freeman, Jared Freeman. He's taking an indefinite break from cricket to focus on his mental health. Cricket Tasmania said it's supported Jared during this lead period and values the importance of mental health. The organisation hopes to see him return to cricket in the future. Cricket Tasmania continues to support all athletes with appropriate mental health training and education, acknowledging the challenges professional athletes can face throughout their careers. So good to see the organisation's got his back, Ajay. Who steps up as the next spinner, do you reckon? We've got Coonaman now, which is great. No, I hope he's all right. Obviously lots of stories swirling around, but nothing more important than someone's health, so I hope he's OK. Absolutely. Glinoki Knights, round of 32, Australia. Cup game is happening on Wednesday the 7th of August. That date locked in now at Christie Park against Northwest Sydney Spirit. They tell me their chance, I think, the Knights of winning that game. It could be a good draw for them, so we'll wait and see how it goes. Haven't been following the roster of the Northwest Sydney Spirit Brent, so I might have to sit on the fence on that one, Fred. I don't know who the spirit have up front. No, I'm not sure either, but they'll just what they tell me, Ajay, that... A formation they like to play, and I don't know there, but anyway, I'm sure someone's got... Hey, Hammers probably got scouts at the spirit. He can let us know about. No doubt. No doubt. Congratulations to Alana Smith at the Minnesota link. So, we won the WNBA Commissioner's Cup, which is an in-season tournament. That was during the week. As a result of this, Ajay, every player will receive $40,000 US, which isn't a bad little bonus. Matty Goggin, now you can take us through this because he's making his senior debut at the US senior. Open, and you tweeted some scores out this morning. What's the latest, please? Yeah, I'm just going to find it now. So, Matty Goggin only turned 50 on the 13th of June, so he's straight into it, having qualified for his first US senior open, did so by shooting 63 in the qualifying rounds. I'm pleased to tell you, he's right at the point of the end. He's tied 11th, three under three, 14 holes, and he's chasing down seven under as the clubhouse leaders, including Australian Richard Green. So, the US senior open, I know it's a seniors event, but it's worth, I think, $4 million in the kitty. So, Matty Goggin will want to pay a few bills out there at seven mile beach because it's a massive undertaking he's got out there, and we had him on the news during the week, and he said that the plan is still to open some holes at seven mile beach by the end of the year, probably 11. There's a little loop you could do, but really reluctant to get hordes of people on the course, because you don't know how it's going to react. So, the full 18 looking more like March next year, but very exciting. If you love golf as much as I do, Mat Goggin inform on the course and building courses. Absolutely, he is. Hey, this is Sad News. Launceston Tornados will be honoring the life of former player and passionate member of the Tasmanian basketball community, Lisa Gibson in tomorrow's game against Kilseith. Lisa sadly passed away from cancer last week. She's the sister of MBL, great. Adam Gibson so thoughts with the Gibson family, that's really sad news. Way too young, and I know a lot of people who listen to this show were close with Lisa, so our hearts go out to them and Adam and the rest of the family. Absolutely. Hey, let's have a look over some of the footy games this weekend to get your tips, AJ. So, we start tonight at the Gabba, Brisbane and Melbourne. The lines are back. They are back in the biggest way. My goodness, they look potent when they're on. They'll win that by six goals. Don't worry about that. Yeah, I like Brisbane as well. North Melbourne and the Bulldogs. They give the kangas any sniff here after a strong performance. So, a few strong performance. They're going okay, the rules. I said all along, it's going to click eventually. I think they turn the clock on. They turn the clock on. Yeah, I do, too. But not sure they'll beat the dogs. No, and I think Ward laws out. He's a star. He's a star. There's a cloud over the bottom, Pelly, or however you pronounce his name. I saw the ABC had a bit of trouble with that during the week. But no, I think the dogs will prevail there. My man Cade on the text line says they picked a very tall team. I've gone with all the tall timber, the dogs. So, he's a bit worried about what Bevo is thinking there. But I think the dogs still prevail. All right. Sydney, Fremantle. No one can get near the swans at the minute. I tipped GWS last week like an idiot. Sydney, just too good. They'll find a way to win. They will, Gold Coast, Collingwood at Metricon, or whatever it's called these days up there on the Gold Coast. They're good at home. The sun's, aren't they? They are. They look slick. They look slick on their home deck. I'm going to tip the pies, though. I think they really want to be there at the pointy end again. And they've found an earth to couple of good young players as well. I have. They've done a good job. So, pies in a thriller, I say there. I'm going to go. The sun's in an upset. Adelaide GWS do this. And pressure on the crows at the moment, isn't there? This one's at the Adelaide Oval. GWS for you. Yeah, I'm still got GWS stock. I'm not sure why. They've let me down a lot this season. But I just think their best footy is so good when they get that running game going. So, I'll give them one more chance. People first stadium is the stadium on the Gold Coast. Is that right? Yeah. Good. The X front row, looking forward to seeing your bombers take on Geelong at the MCG tomorrow night. AJ, who wins? I think Geelong wins. Really? Yeah, I think they are desperate for a win. And the bombers can afford to drop one, I pray. This might be the one they drop. OK. St Kilda, Port Adelaide. These are the two hardest teams in the competition to tip. I don't think I've got St Kilda right all year. I'm going to go port. One more chance for them that they've been very, very ordering. I said on the Saturday show that they were in the conversation after Sydney for the next best team while I was so wrong. And Damian Gill to his credit immediately texted me and said I was wrong. And that was eight weeks ago and I have been proven to be wrong. But one more chance for Port. Richmond Carlton. Carlton should do that one comfortably. Yeah, no doubt about that. The Blues are the real deal. I'm reluctant to say Brent, but they are. The West Coast made Hawthorne. Tim Kelly's back. Harley reads back. There is sniff the weeks, I reckon, in this one. Hawthorne playing very, very well. Over there, always get a good start. But no, I think the Hawks are pretty gritty. I think they'll win that. But don't, yeah, I wouldn't write the Eagles off just yet. 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I'm in that state of transition. I've got to be very careful about what I say. You haven't started in Europe yet. Until then, you are a journalist, aren't you? I'm fascinated by this, actually. Until then, you are paid to be a journalist. Yes, but you saw what I said on Twitter. I've removed myself from any political decisions at work, and you would have noticed that in practice as well. But why do you have to? Because you haven't started in Europe. No, but you think it's a bad look. You want to protect when? I want to protect me. I want to protect my new employer. Yeah, I think there have been people in the past that have blurred the lines a little bit in that transition or whatever, and I think I'm very careful not to want to do that. As soon as I had made the decision that I was leaving when I let everyone know, and I think it was the right thing to do. Life's full of conflicts, but you just manage them the best you can. Absolutely. We all have conflicts, Alex. I appreciate what you're trying to say. Hey, SCN Stadium has arrived in Tasmania, and is available at Blunston Arena and Utah Stadium for all AFL matches. Listen to the SCN call with zero delay for the ultimate game day experience. Just go to the SCN app. And I think I'm right by saying it's going to be available at my state bank arena tomorrow for the netball, Hamish. Do you aware of that? That's on my script for tomorrow. I don't know if I'm breaking exclusive music, but I'm sure I've read that. Please don't quote me only if I'm wrong though. So that's exciting. And what is exciting as well is we're going to be talking Maverick's netball after the break, because Sasha Glasgow and Lauren Moore will join us in the studio. Two injured stars. Unfortunately, the Maverick's team at the moment, but they'll be there front and center at my state bank arena tomorrow afternoon. Or tomorrow evening, I should say. The Harkorz Open Line Harkorz results for you. 0437 555 2535. SCN Tassie Breakfast powered by Kubota. Take on any job with Kubota's range of tractors, mowers and utility vehicles. Right on 20 to 9, and we've got a couple of super stars in the studio with this AJ from our very own Melbourne Mavericks here at SCN. It's Sasha Glasgow and Lauren Moore. Welcome ladies to Hobart. Morning. Thank you very much. Unfortunately, you're both injured at the moment, which is disappointing for Tasmanian fans. We won't be able to see you in action tomorrow night, but you must be excited that the club's down here and ready to play their first game in Tasmania. Oh, I'm super excited. I feel like the connection with Tassie for us is really important. So we know that the Tassie fans have loved netball in the past, so to be able to connect with them and get my state bank arena going will be very exciting. So we love netball down here, AJ. Obviously, the Collinwood sides play down here in the past, but for me, the diamonds here last year was extraordinary. I've settled out crowd at my state bank arena. The place was rocking, and if we can replicate that tomorrow night, it'll be absolutely awesome. Oh, 100%. I feel like fans here, we've just been traveling around Lauren's system. We went out to Longford last night. The girl was all so excited. So many people are traveling down as well from all over the state. So we're really excited and really proud to team up with Tassie. Sasha, I'm going to be that guy and give you a Tasmanian lesson. First up, Launceston. No Launceston. You know, if you want to get your Tassie, you want to get your Tassie stripes. I know it looks crazy. You see it written down. I know, you know, but just like Melbourne is Melbourne and not Melbourne. Launceston is Launceston, not Launceston. Anyway, so one meal at the moment. No, jokes aside, your relationship with Tassie over the years. If you've been here before, very often, first impressions. Cold morning, but quite nice out there. I think it's really pretty. I was lucky to be a part of fever last year and we got to come and play here against Collinwood. So had my experience, absolutely loved it. We've been here for a couple of days now and we've been really enjoying it. Yeah, it's fresh, but it's beautiful. So lots of good scenery as well. And you're saying off air that little photo shoot today, and maybe Lauren, do you want to talk us through this one or move the mic over? But you're going to pick out some of Hobart's best spots to do a little bit of. You know it. We are very fortunate to pair up with Blondstones. Do I say that correctly? Blunnies? Yeah, you know that. Launceston. Launceston's Blunnies. So yeah, we'll be heading around today and get a nice little snapshot of me and Sasha with some cool new booties on. So watch out for those picks coming through. Up the mountain, maybe? Maybe up the mountain. Yes, I know it's quite windy out there. I've been there a few times. So don't know quite if the hair is going to behave herself, but we'll get them done. You need the boots up there? Yeah, absolutely. Hey Lauren, you were in town. What was it? Probably six months ago when this whole thing was launched that the Mavs would be coming down. You're all excited about the season ahead then. You suffered the ACL, which was devastated when I saw it because I know how excited you were about playing for the Mavs, et cetera. How's it been the last few months in your recovery? Yeah, I feel like this has been one of our big questions I've been asked the last couple of days. It's definitely been a roller coaster of emotions so far. Like have our ups and downs. Sasha and I both said like as much as it sucks that we've seen each other do probably one of the worst things a network could do. It's been quite nice at the same time to have each other. I know that Sasha really can relate to how I've been feeling. That's been great to have a buddy, no offense. But yeah, I'm about three months post-op surgery now. So yeah, until my ACL, among with a few other things, did a good job of it. But yeah, it was quite slow the first couple of weeks to the first two months really. I'm now tracking along nicely. I'm getting quite strong now, which is nice feeling a bit more like myself. So it's been good. A long way to go though. Does recovery from a really serious injury like that go in waves between sort of being super motivated to do everything and then other days like oh my God, I'm so sore. Yeah. Is that a fair thing to say? Yeah, absolutely. I think some days you're like why am I doing this? And then you remember I love netball. I love it. I can do this and being around the girls. So I did it in New South Wales, which is my home state. So I stayed home for quite a while, probably two months. And then I came back to the girls and I feel like being back definitely makes you realize why we do what we do. So it's been good to be around them. But yeah, definitely have up and downs. And Sasha, you fractured your leg please. Don't make me watch the video, but that sounds like a really painful thing to do. Oh, it was horrific. I did it in our first preseason game against the Sunnycoast Lightning. So yeah, we'll see a few of the girls this weekend that I was unfortunately playing against when I broke my leg. So I went up for a rebound and just came down in the contest and heard it was like a gunshot had literally gone off in my leg. And then I looked down and I was like my foot is definitely not meant to be that way. So yeah, unfortunately broke my tibia and my fibula. And now I've got four screws and a nice titanium rod in my leg. So yeah, I've got a little bit longer to go. I'm about four and a half months post-op. So just with, I guess, the extent of the injury and how traumatic it was, just got to add an extra couple of months there. Now, obviously, sorry, but in Brent, but obviously ACLs in Epil 40, very common. That seems like a much more unusual injury was like without being sort of flippant. Was there a stage where you thought maybe I won't play again? Because that seems like a very, very serious break. Oh, it's never happened in netball before, which is, I guess, why the nature of my injury and the rehab process is so unknown. The only really information we've been getting is from AFL experience and probably chatting to doctors, support staff that have gone through an injury with football players. But I play on grass and we're on a court. So I feel like for me, I couldn't even put pressure through my leg. I was like, how am I going to jump and then land on such a solid court? But I've been told many a times with my surgeon that I should get back to full flight applying. It probably seems a little bit far right now, but I feel like as I've been progressing through my rehab and I'm not in as much pain anymore, it feels possible. But I was really lucky I found out that probably just didn't have enough time off and had a few stress fractures there. So a little bit of an underlying issue. So it was nice to know that it wasn't just my body giving up on me. It actually was a bit of evidence there. Sasha Glasgow and Lauren Moore from the Melbourne Mavericks. So our guests in the studio here on SCN Tassie breakfast this morning. Girls, the start for the Mavs has been awesome. Starting something from scratch is difficult, but SCN's obviously done a wonderful job and everyone seems to have got around it too, supporter wise. It's been awesome to watch. Yeah, it's been so good. So I was at home for the first couple of weeks of our season. So it wasn't until maybe round six that I had gone to a home game. It was so cool to come back and see all the fans that we've already grown. I know our last home game was awesome. It was so sad that that was a home game in Melbourne. Sorry, I know that this week is a home game too. But yeah, we were quite upset that that was our last one for the year. It's all come together so well, so quick. But yeah, I think the girls themselves, they're gelling really nicely. Now you can see those connections and the vision of what Tracy, Shane, or the staff had at the start is coming together. So it's been really cool to watch. See what I love watching and that's the celebration. It's like in the rooms of the song and you guys take it to another level. It's been extraordinary to see. Absolutely, it's my favourite part. And you've got a theme song and stuff already too, haven't you? Yes, we do, we do. Yeah, give us a few bars. Right. Oh my God, you're asking too much of me. You can do what you need if you like. All right, I will say a line of it and it does say, baddies on the court. I know, it's a big cringe, but once we're baddies, you had it correctly. Look, I'm not ashamed of it. Oh my God, that's the most 2024, I think so ever. Yeah, we're starting to try and see. You're really going for the TikTok audience, I think. Yeah, you know it, but... Wow, do you know what a baddie is, Brent? No. Look it up. Yeah. No, I promise, when you're screaming and shouting and you've just won, it's... Yeah, makes more sense. Yeah, it slides all day. Okay. So what's on the agenda for you two today? We heard about the memory after a few schools as well. And then what do you do game day? I'm interested in that too. You're just there on the sideline supporting the girls as best you can. Yeah, absolutely. We can be quite involved, especially like, obviously, like, home games. So we'll be at the, in the change room with the girls at the start, go over the game plan. We get to go in half time as well and maybe share some few wise words to the girls. And then yeah, just absolute cheer squads on the side. Yeah, awesome. How about you Sasha? Is it tough watching from the sidelines when you want to be out there yourself? Yeah, it's tough because that's the next to Lauren. So I end up with a bit of like a partial deaf ear. And like, the other day I couldn't work out why I had bruises on my arms and legs. And it's from Lauren when she gets excited and she kind of hits me on the side. But it is hard. I think it's tough because we're in a position where we're able to see kind of things that the girls have been working on in training. Oh, like, just do this. Can you see this? So it's good that we get to go down at half time and be involved in those conversations because we're seeing it from a whole different perspective. And between the two of us, we've almost played 150 games of SSN. So we've got a lot of experience to give. So for us, it's making sure that, yes, we're not physically there, but can we provide so much more to the girls? And what's it look like tomorrow? What sort of challenge do the lightning present? Is it going to be a difficult task to win? Oh, absolutely. I feel like lightning have found some form in the last few weeks. The defence and just from a shooting perspective has been coming together quite nicely. They've got a lot of height and a few diamonds as well, which is difficult to come up against. So I know that winged defence has a massive job as well. Our parmy against Lizzie Watson, just like an individual match up and all over the court is going to be really tough. But I've got no doubt in our girls. We've got a lot of super short prowess, which I think is for us a big point of difference. So hopefully that will get us over the line. Very nice. Anything else from your electric before we wind up? Just a weird one to finish. I've got a Melbourne on the weekend. I'm excited. We don't get to go to the big smoke very often. And I've got a breakfast booking at a place called Maverick on Sunday. Any relation to the team ever eaten there? No? No, I wouldn't even know what suburb it's in. I think it's in the city, I think. So anyway, if Maverick is good, maybe you can have some sort of sponsorship. I'll name drop you guys. I'll pass it on to Hutchie. We already used to be fair. Hey girls, thanks for coming in. It's going to be awesome to be out there tomorrow night to watch the Mavs and the calling in or something bring. You know what? Everything that happens in this city, this guy is involved. He gets to toss the coin. He gets to, you know, what do you want to tell? I'm a big screen operator tomorrow night. Hey. I'm going to be the bull delivered girl as well. Probably probably part of that. Now I'll be trying to rev the crowd up Jack-jumper style, so I look forward to it. We only have one media personality in Hobart. This guy is not true at all. Hey, thanks for coming in. Sasha, go lower and more from the Melbourne Mavericks. Great to see you and good luck tomorrow night. Thank you. Good luck. We're off to our final break of the hour. Mavs do Taz, of course, catch the Melbourne Mavericks as they take on Sunshine Coast Lightning at My State Bank Arena. Tomorrow, tickets are available from Ticket Tech. We'll be back right after this to wrap up the show on SCN Tazzy Breakfast. [MUSIC] Four's neck, great. That was fantastic. The Maverick skills, great to have them in the studio, looking forward to tomorrow night. You won't be there, unfortunately. You're going to Melbourne, so you can't go to the netball. But I will be there. I can't wait. I'm massive on Super Netball coming to Tasmania. I think we should have our own team one day. Be brilliant. Yeah, be absolutely excellent. And just isn't that a great example of athletes these days being more prepared to be themselves when they do media? I think the pennies drop for a lot of sports clubs and they know that if you put people up who have personality and let them shine, then it's so much better for content. It's so much better for stuff you then put on social media. I think the days of the cliched responses, thank God, are slowly dying. You still get them every now and then, you know, one week at a time, whatever. But that's a great example of two people being prepared to speak so candidly about their injuries and about having fun and just 10 out of 10. May there be more of it. Absolutely. Now KFC about you today, $100 to spend at KFC. I think it's got to go to Rob. Yeah, give it to Rob. Just to remind you what he said for those. No, I don't think we need to go over it again. He makes a strong point. Yes, very colourful language about where the Premier could put the stadium. It'll probably end up at Macquarie Point rather than where Jackie Lambie suggested. But who knows? Who knows what the planning process will suggest, Brent? Have you had much to do with Jackie yourself? Oh, over the years, over the years, a long time. We'll just have much direct involvement with the money. No, it'll be... Well, we'll be one big happy family, I imagine. It's going to be fascinating. Can't wait to see how it all plays out for you. Thanks for coming in today. It'd been good to have you. Oh, Brent, it's just a pleasure to spend more time with you. Just go to work and do our other job. Looking forward to that big show ahead on Monday. We're going to keep our guests locked and loaded and surprised. But what I can tell you is Andrew Dillon will join us on the Devil's Advocate from 2 o'clock. Looking forward to that. If you're listening on SCN Tazzy 16-29-AM, the captain's runs coming up next or on SCN Track 16-11-AM. You'll be listening to Giddy Up with Gareth Hall. Have a great weekend. Whatever you're up to, we'll see you Monday. Ciao. Strange individual.
