School is back and Exploding 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. We're right on 20 to 9 and we've got a couple of Superstars in the studio with this AJ from our very own Melbourne Mavericks here at SCN. It's Sasha, Glasgow, and Laura 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 Tazzy for us is really important. So we know that the Tazzy fans have love 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 sell 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 girls also 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 Tazzy. Sasha, I'm going to be that guy and give you a Tasmanian lessons. First up, Launceston. No Launceston. You know, if you want to get your Tazzy, you want to get your Tazzy 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, one meal at the moment. No, jokes aside, your relationship with Tazzy 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 Collingwood. 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? I'll 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 Blunstones. Do I say that correctly? Blunnies? Yeah, you know that. Blunstones, Blunstones, Blunnies. So yeah, we'll be heading around today. 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. Maybe up the mountain, yes. I know it's quite windy up 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 were becoming down. You're all excited about the season ahead then. You suffered the ACL, which I 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 rollercoaster of emotions so far. I have our ups and downs. Sash and I have both said as much as it sucks that we've seen each other do probably one of the worst things that Annabela could do. It's been quite nice at the same time to have each other. I know that Sash really can relate to how I've been feeling. So 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. Yeah, it was quite slow the first couple of weeks to the first two months really. But 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. 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. 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, 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 sunny coast lightning. So yeah, we'll see if you're 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 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 legs. 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 going to add an extra couple of months there. Now, obviously, sorry, but in Brent, but obviously ACLs in netball, footy, 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 of playing. 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's a home game too. But yeah, we're 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 jelling really nicely. Now you can see those connections and the vision of what Tracy, Shane, all 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 the love in the rooms and 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. Give us a few bars. Oh, my God. You're asking too much of it. 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. Baddies on the court. You had it correctly. Look, I'm not ashamed of it. Oh my God, that's the most 2024. Yup. The theme song ever. Yeah, we're starting to try and see it on. We're really going for the TikTok audience. 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. OK. So what's on the agenda for you, too, 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 game. So we'll be at the... In the chain 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 gets 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. And we're like, 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. Defense 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 wing defense 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'll get us over the line. Very nice. Anything else from your electric before we wind up? Just a weird one to finish. I'm going to Melbourne on the weekend. I'm excited 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, then maybe you can have some sort of sponsorship. I'll name drop you guys. I'll pass that on to Huchy. Yeah, Huchy will be alive very much. 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 out of something brand new. You know what? Everything that happens in this city, this guy's involved. He gets to toss the coin. He gets to, you know, I'm a big screen operator tomorrow night. Hey. It'll be the ball delivery and go as well. Probably probably part of that. Now I'll be trying to rev the crowd up jack-jump and stall. So I look forward to it. We only have one media personality in Hobart. It's not true at all. Hey, thanks for coming in. Sasha, glaze guy Laura Moore from the Melbourne Merries. 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're back right after this to wrap up the show on SCN Tazzy Breakfast. (upbeat music)
