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Olen Shannon Maldonado, käsintehtyjä artesaanitua teitä myyvän jauji-lahjakaupan perustaja. Valit sinu Shopify-koska-alustoja testatessani totesin sen ehdottomasti yhdeksi helpokäyttöisimmistä alustoista. Minulla oli tärkeää pohtia kehittymistämme tulevaisuudessa. Kaikki myyntiin tarvittavat työkalut, kuten varaston suunnittelu ovat kätävästi dashboardissä. Aloita ilmainen kokeilu Shopify-piste komsi-vustolla. 9 podcast. Tämä on jälkeen kokeilu, joten se on tärkeää. Ja olen tärkeää, että joten olen jälkeen, että se on tärkeää. Ja se on tärkeää, että se on tärkeää. Olen tärkeää, että kokeilu on kokeilu. Eikä se on tärkeää, että jatkoin on tärkeää. Mutta olen tärkeää, että jatkoin ei ole tärkeää. Ja se on tärkeää, että jatkoin on tärkeää. Täällä on koko rinävätein luosin, ja kaiken minua on huomioon. Hän on jäänyt koko vahvoja, että luosin on koko vahvoja. Täällä on koko vahvoja, että luosin on koko vahvoja. Tän eiä koko vahvoja, mutta luosin on koko vahvoja. Aika ei ole koko vahvoja, but mitään koko vahvoja. Täällä on koko vahvoja, mutta luosin on koko vahvoja. Aika ei ole koko vahvoja, mutta luosin on koko vahvoja. Täällä on koko vahvoja. Brad Filler, Welcome Back to Stories of Origin. You retired from RIP football firstly in 2001 after ten series, but you're only 29. Why did you give it away? So ten years and one was just one of those years. Two thousand was an incredible year. We won state of origin three nil, Rooster has got to the ground final, and we're part of the Olympics. It was just one of those years I got gold and boot, incredible. So 2001 comes along, things aren't going so good. And I got named most over at a player. And I was sitting there thinking, "Leading on one to play." And the year just got really hard. And it was funny, the game two, two thousand and one was one of the best games I ever played. I just put so much energy into it. And then by game three I just was totally deflated. It was the hardest thing I've ever done, playing game three two thousand and one. Gus was part of the Rooster, and we sort of had a bit of a chance, you know what? Played enough. The Harvey Norman series for 2001 with a resounding victory. A sad night for Brad Filler for the next static night for Queensland and for Queensland rugby league in particular their coach who equaled Arthur Vietsen's coaching record tonight particularly for Alan Langer. You mentioned how hard that 2001 series was. Your last game first time around was Alfies comeback, was it not? Did you ever think at the time that the door might be open at some stage for you to do the same thing? No, I think my mentality at that stage 2001 was all one of the year to finish. For the Roosters we made the semis and I remember just burnt on the bus on the way home. I think the dragons had to beat Canberra for us to get hunted out because we finished six. And I was nearly hoping that was going to happen. Wow. Yeah, it was awful. And then it did. By the time we got home on the bus, we'd found out we were out of the semis. So pretty much that year, it was just, I don't know why. And we still, you know, we finished six. I wasn't an awful season for the Roosters. It mostly shows how good a team we had at the time. A lot of the people I've spoken to on this podcast have talked about, yes, origins physically demanding, but the emotional side of origin is the hardest thing. Is that sort of what you're getting out there with how hard it was in 2001? And could you put into context what they mean? What about the emotional side of things? Is it getting yourself hyped up because the occasion's so big? Well, game three, 2001, there was a moment in my bedroom before we got to the grand. Roin Gurdler came in. And I did that send him my bed and just had my own wreck. I've just got no energy. I was just, you know, I never felt like that before. I just felt that flat. We just had a bit of a maim, but we're really good mates. I played him as a junior, knew him all the way through. And obviously he played a pen-ruth. Yeah, we just had this maim, and he said, well, let's just go and do our best. And our best wasn't that great. They'd birded it pretty easily, Queensland eventually. So, yeah, that was the bottom in my bedroom before the game, before I got on the bus. There was a bit of a deal made about my last game. You know, that was all wonderful, but I think it just added to the pressure and just the way I was feeling. It was quite amazing, actually, because going to a plate was one of my best games I ever played. And, you know, I just couldn't replicate it. And that was just the way that year went. So, yeah, there was no thinking anything about anything. That was just one of those years where it was just a struggle the whole way through. Did you think about retiring from the game? Full stop. Totally. Absolutely. Made a really good made-em-one, actually, sat me down, and we sort of opened up and said, mate, I think I've had it. And then he actually turned it around. He said, as a turning part of my life, he said, well, as the last time we did something for someone else. And that's why I stopped working for Father Chris Riley. Wow. Yeah. I lived in the city, and I started working with Father Chris Riley. Youth Officer Street, which we're going to King's Cross. We need to have food, vans and all that stuff like that. And it just turned my whole mentality. So, by the end of that year, I'll just totally twist it my life. And then, from that period on 2002 onwards, they were the best years I've ever played by far. I was just, because I was in control of me. The grand final of 2002 is over. Ricky Stuart's Sydney Roosters have won over Daniel Anderson's New Zealand Warriors. But there it is held along by Brad Fettler. So Gus came back for his second go as Blues coach. 2002, 2003 and 2004. 2002 was a drawn series. So Queensland Retainer Shield. 2003, the Blues win. And then we get to 2004. And there's a bit of drama before game 1, because two of the blokes that were picked, Mark Gazznier and Matthew Minnichell, I get booted from the camp for a bit of carry on in the traditional bonding session. Too much drinking. Too much drinking. And associated antics. In what's been a build-up, never experienced before in 25 years of Origin Football, both teams completed their on-field preparations today. Gull's decision to quit at the end of the series is seen by some as pure motivation for a team that has deeply heard its coach. "Bidily disappointed." "We are in Golden Point extra time. A shot from Timberts has got the high. It's got the weight and the crowd goes up. It still awards the points. The Blues have won Origin 1. A field goal. They scored Kimberts, who scored their own try. What a night. But Sean Timbers kick a field goal. Yeah. The Blues won Neil up. You had to go up to Suncorp, so Gus made the call ahead of game 2, not game 3. It's interesting. Well I think Gus always was a bit of a realist about Star of Origin. There was one of the great things, you know, he's relationship with Star of Origin, because when you looked at their team that a pretty good team, -Kiitin, että se on tullut. Billy and Cameron Smith and then they're all young boys coming through and they're down in Lockheed and Webkey and Petro and anyway Gus rings me before game 2 and I remember I lived on the beach of Colory and we got beaten on the weekend by the Bulldogs and this had a bit to do with it because I really tongue it just gave Hojár bath like it was a great game I think Willie and upscore and three tries so sticky is filthy. It's just filthy when you got beaten just hated the world. So anyway phone call comes and as he's asking I just sort of say how long did I take the ring and I'll play and I remember my first instinct was when jogging up the beach I'll get myself sorted, get myself ready, train straight away and I was sort of heading in to camp that night. So you know I'm ready for this, I was at the right age, I was fit, I was just ready and then so sticky calls me just as I'm about to leave my house to go into camp and he goes what are you doing? I said I'm going into camp and he goes no you know we were training. So anyway so I go into the rooster and he's filthy, sticky filthy and then we're training at the dog track at Winnie Park and there's these massive stairs they used to go up and it was into the grandstand and we had our gym at the top and they were rowing machines lined up, there was bikes lined up, he just flogged us, absolutely flogged us. Anyway so I went into camp and I got crook. So this is game two, I was sunk or was he only told me I would play the sunk or and I got crooked out week I was pretty much crooked the entire week. Now 32 and in his final year of football, Fittler says he'll be as nervous next Wednesday as he was when he ran out for his first origin game 14 years ago. I should have been getting extra attention for a day or two and you know do I really want to do that and you know yeah and I do. But during the game the one thing I do remember out of that game was that I thought I thought we should have won. We gave as good as we got. The Billy Trial was pretty brilliant and you can't forecast that. I remember I do remember Lockheed just having a couple of big plays at some stage in the game. Get away the lockout. Lockheed's pass out to Tony and Scott. Really Tony, look at the lead. Down to lockout, he kicks. Slainer picked it up on the outside. Slainer down the ground. He kicks a game. He'll get there. He's on the. He's on the. Yeah I remember walking off thinking it wasn't overwhelmed. I thought we gave as good as we got so I thought we should could have won but we didn't. Remember Danny Badeiros came up to me in the shed and said mate you're playing in the last game and I went right out. I'll play. See you well Freddie Fiddler. Will the Billy on a winning note? Fiddler kicks us. The Saturday was on the way. It was almost a change of the guard for New South Wales at that stage wasn't it but a lot of those younger guys, a lot of the young penraith guys who won the comp in 2003 were in the team. The wingers? Yeah. The Seniors were dragons boys. They were both, we were gazing at played his first game. It was amazing Trent Barrett. So the two games I played with Trent Barrett at Halfback probably the best two games I've never played in my life. It was just something, you know, we just worked well together. Both running halves and wherever he was I was and we'll never too far away from each other. Barrett. Barrett turns it back. Fight in Siddler. They got to see you isolated. He's kicked out. Down into the car. They don't remember them leading and then when I watched the highlights they kicked the goal and they're actually Billy Slater scores a try. Gads gets one. I hooked up with Gads a couple of times and I just realised how potent Gads was. That were the days we're giving early balls to Gads near and Gidley in those blokes. It worked because they had great footwork, they had great passes and they're really good footy players. I like five-eighths, Halfback's the incentive boys. Now, a dummy don't worry, Melee, Now the Fiddler cuts out his handmatch. Gads near, Gidley scores. Gidley scores. Oh, that's you. Gidley. Fingers back in the most famous of them all. Mark Gads near. Scores on Aurecone's A-Boo. And very well constructed by New South Wales. Where's he right amongst the senators you play with Gads near? Well, he just, well, the blokes he can give the ball to and no sum's going to happen. I play with Justin Hodges at the Roosters. Gads just had something about he normally dominate, not many times he got beat by the opposition centre. So it's pretty close here, isn't it? They kick the penalty goal and then Billy scored the try. So despite the end score, the game was pretty neck and neck early on. Yeah. I realised actually when I looked at their team when they ran out and actually had good or a team at what? Obviously the Smiths and Sliders and those blokes are very young and up and coming, but you got Webkeys, Seven of Sievers down in Lockhear. I remember that play. That was the one thing I really remember because Craig Wing was the Roosters half-back hooker. And we had a call called Henry. And Henry pretty much meant I get the ball. So I had the Roosters if I called Henry, it was pretty much give me the ball. That was our overriding call and pretty much I was always the one calling it. Henry, Henry, Henry. And I remember sitting there and just looking up and I was sort of trying to be as quiet as possible on the blindside and just waiting for the right time and you see Wing is actually looking out to the left. And I think I'm not even sure if you can see he's his prick up when I just went Henry. And he just went bang his ball and then I recognised there was a three on two and he got Willie and Gazzna on a blindside. So I thought it was a safe play. Wing again, fit the cause of blindside. He goes to Gazzna. Gazzna. He's in the Gazzna. Gazzna. Gazzna. Gazzna. And he's in there. There's a moment actually where which I forgot all about was when many took out Matt Sink in goal. He actually saved this try many and he saved another try as well but he took out Matt Sink in goal and most of all he should have been Sink. Minnetjele is interfering. Desperate tackle leave on Minnetjele. Did he actually have a couple of tries say as many scored a try he was unbelievable. Well I got to play with him for so long and so fit. He was just one of those fit blokes who just kept turning up. It wouldn't matter what time of the game it was. That goes Minnetjele. Minnetjele. Willie get it back. Willie get it back. Yes he does. Wonderful last minute. That's a superhuman effort there. Great play for the run. So this is the loot running try. You can't break the back here. You were leading 188 and this extended the margin so you're probably never going to get beat from this point on. Yeah you could feel that as well. Once we got in front you could feel we're just coming running downhill. Fit lab goes behind Kovac and ring. Ring gets on the rune. Rune these in in the corner. So brilliant score. The blows are chance to lead. 22 to 8. Sean Timins had a big series. We really suited that team. If you ever look at that team where you got two halves or five eights you got a Sean Timins who's like a lock five eight. The whole team was pretty much all ball playing all ball runners. And when it works when it works well like everyone's big. You look at the size of our team. None bigger than Willie Mason. Once again Billy Slater shows us how it's done. Up the middle now. Here's Big Willie Mason counting down the ground. Slater's after him. Mason and Slater. Slater and Mason. Mason Slater. Mason has dropped it. He's he dropped it. He's dropped it. Right around. If he has a run by the big man. If he has it it's one of the. In the beauty of this game actually comes back when I look at the players who Queensland had. You know you got blows like me Crocker Flannery who I played with and all of a sudden the billies and those young blows coming through. And that's the one thing I remember and they're all young. Like I was old that was my last year. And I remember Billy coming at me. I knew I had Billy covered. It was one of those awesome moments and this is the thing I remember is turning around and they're all rushing at me. Lock your charge down. No knock on. I never saw a true love with the world. It's the world. Not many people get the perfect send off. But that's as close as you would have got in Origin I reckon. To win the series and score that try. It was almost like it was pre-arranged. When you get that moment, the even better moment is when you hear the commentary. When you listen to that at the end of it, it gets played every now and then during the origin series. That's when it sort of actually sinks in a bit more. -Four Freddy's! That's a great match for the goal. Loving every second of that, you can't knock the football on if you charge it down. Tonight, Brent fitness joins a great rolling lose as one of the leading players was involved in a winning game to win a series on home turf in their final represent. The goal is a nice start. The goal is a great start. It's a great start. and we get thumbs up and finally I get all those Thank you You and Gus you've done a lot together in the game but you obviously have a very close relationship and you do a very emotional when you embrace after that So he's the most successful new South Wales coach what made him so good at origin? Because the game was so emotional he was so good at getting you into an emotional state and had your ability for some reason that you'll never overcooked you're always prepared and you're prepared physically and he just had you in a state that you were playing for people playing for someone bigger than yourself and it was your teammates and your state and somehow in a couple of times I got him into speak to the players when I was coaching and just he has this way of just twisting words, twisting the occasion, redirecting your thoughts into your teammates and your South Wales You sort of see people lift around people with a great leaders? I think the one thing I noticed with Gus is there were players there that I found sometimes didn't react to people talking they're more action sort of players like I say Lazo, Chief was easy, he had Chief hooked for the time he walked in but there was other people like Lazo and say, "Enjureding House" and people were so I'm actually not as excitable as some of the other players but you could see when they were latched on and they were incredible players of that level especially them too they really stood out to me they were more from the early 90s but yeah he just had an ability to hook everyone He gave you confidence too because your camps never felt rushed if you were having a drink or whatever it was and never felt like you know what we need to do something else it was always in control of the moment and I think that made the camp so enjoyable I don't think anyone walked away from a camp where Gus was a coach we didn't go you know what that was one of the most memorable great part of my life The Blues of one, the Blues have shed off Red St Laurent's film girl in the best possible fashion 36 to 4-0 He's one of the six areas, film girl from 8 to these co-publish only last month There's an emplace I wouldn't like to be in the middle of Henry Daly So you debuute in Origin in 1990 and that Trius could there was in 2004 Can you reflect for us on how different Origin felt at the start to the end Yeah and you know I can only relate it also it's better relating it also to now Now from the start I walked into the team where the coach barely knew my name That makes it hard And in 2004 by then everyone knew each other Regardless of whether I'd met them every I knew each other compared to now Now it's massive, now it's another level The level of pressure on these blokes is just another level and you know that's why coaching was such an honour and it was so fantastic Because you know it is so intense it's just walking around and every single person knows what's going on So the difference between 2004 and 1999 was massive But the difference now to 2004 is the same difference again I do say when I go back and look at say even the small clips I said he only played for about 10 minutes I think in the first game in 1990 But the players are played against as Mal Wally, Jean Miles These are blokes out you know I watch this and eight year old kid just counting like you know That must have been a spin out They dominated so much and like you're just in a horror They're like bigger than anyone because on the biggest moment they used to kick winning Now you're not coaching and I feel with you you have the ability to take the emotion out of Particularly your work on the sideline and with us in the commentary box But when it comes to origin time does the blood still get pumping behind your cool demeanor? Yeah, there was a clip where I walked out in the camera followed me out onto the field And I kept trying to take myself because that's sort of the last things I remember They're one of my favorite moments and I love watching the players walk out now I always go over near where the tunnel is I love looking at their eyes and love looking at their demeanor and you know that's what takes me back to when I played It's that moment like I forget most of the stuff that happens in the game and I look back at that game I was pretty involved I was pretty happy with with the highlights but the walking out and even just acknowledging you know what You're a part of it you know and at times you hand-ridden and at times you went really well So I think that's the really satisfying part that comes out and it's a part I love I love watching them walk out because it's not an easy thing to do Playing at that level it's you test a lot of you and it's good to watch I think it did alright Six all wrong back to a night of history in the city of Melbourne where the final chapter is about to be written Vitha was out there for himself Rows is going to be away The crowd started to sing with the 20s It's going to be eight fires Chance for both teams Fairytales aren't common in sport but few would dispute Brad Fittler deserved his special send-off of 2004 A charge down try and a seventh series win in what was the last game for him as a player and Phil Gould as a coach Fittler's career resume is stunning On top of his origin achievements he played 336 first grade games He won two premier ships one as a teenager for Penrof and the other as captain of the roosters He led Australia to the world cup in 1995 among 40 tests for the kangaroos He's truly in the conversation to become a rugby league immortal Next up our final episode in this series of stories of origin featuring the athletic freak affectionately known as GI I sit down with Greg Ingles Buckingham, what did you say this? I siege mentality you know coming back in the Suncorp you coming into our house and you know coming back up here You're not going to get away with it that easy or guess we had that that attitude with it I'm Matthew Thompson thanks for listening