What was that experience like?

Yeah, it was everything I dreamed it would be.

Obviously, the intensity compared to all the other Arnold Games I've played, it was definitely a lot higher.

Sort of found myself holding on there a bit at the end, but yeah, the boys are freaks and it was good to get away, get the week off and move on to a pre-league.

It was pretty mad.

What about the individually?

An absolute brutal battle.

Yeah, obviously that's what you expect when it comes to finals.

What's it like playing with Nathan Cleary? Is it like playing with your dad? Like your dad tells you where to go and you're your mad uncle? What's it like?

Oh, yeah, he's got to sit back and just, I guess, admire it.

It's like the game's just in slow motion for him.

Yeah, he's got to sort of react to what he's sort of doing because, yeah, he's seen a lot of things that obviously I'm not and most of the boys aren't too, but, yeah, it's – The work he puts in behind the scenes, too, it obviously makes sense to why he's as good as what he is.

He's the first to train and last to leave.

He's got to sit back and admire what he can do.

Obviously, you guys can see it on TV every week, but he's a freak.

Is that something that you will now put in your back pocket and take to Perth and want to be that number one playmaker for the club in their inaugural season?

... you know, or your mad uncle or what? What's it like?

like?Oh, yeah.

He's gotta sit back and just, I guess, admire it, eh? Like, it's like the game's just in slow motion for him.

And, um, yeah, he's gotta sort of react to what he's sort of doing 'cause, yeah, he's seen a lot of things that obviously I'm not, and most of the boys aren't too.

But yeah, it's...

The, the work he puts in behind the scenes too, it obviously makes sense to why he's as good as what he is.

Like, he's the first to train and last to leave.

... that you will now put in your back pocket and take to Perth and want to be that number one playmaker for the club in their, in their, um, inaugural season?

What's it like playing with Nathan Cleary? Is it like playing with your dad? Like your dad tells you where to go and you're your mad uncle? What's it like?

Oh, yeah, he's got to sit back and just, I guess, admire it.

It's like the game's just in slow motion for him.

Yeah, he's got to sort of react to what he's sort of doing because, yeah, he's seen a lot of things that obviously I'm not and most of the boys aren't too, but, yeah, it's – The work he puts in behind the scenes, too, it obviously makes sense to why he's as good as what he is.

He's the first to train and last to leave.

He's got to sit back and admire what he can do.

Obviously, you guys can see it on TV every week, but he's a freak.

Is that something that you will now put in your back pocket and take to Perth and want to be that number one playmaker for the club in their inaugural season?

How does it all sit with, you know, with you and Ivan?

Yeah, for me personally, it's just like being basically coming for the halves.

Yeah, okay.

So if a half is to get injured, Probably a bit earlier in the game I'd go on.

So, yeah, it's just being ready for that and, yeah, just preparing the best at training for if I'm playing 80 or, yeah, just got to be ready for anything really.

It's a bit of a different one.

But, yeah, my mindset is just be ready to cover in the halves if someone goes down.

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