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Mark Allen

Mark Allen

Northern Irish snooker player

Sep 7, 2026

22:48
How are the thighs on the block? It wasn't the thighs, it was the number of
22:51
goals, thank you very much.
22:53
Was it five? I think it was five.
22:55
I don't know.
22:55
Game changer.
22:58
He's one of the best footballers I've ever seen.
23:03
No argument.
26:29
Do
speaker_9AUDIENCE
22:13
Either set
22:14
day twilight or the set day night game.
22:17
To give them...
22:19
Seven days break.
22:20
Now, we all cop the five and six day breaks that you might get throughout the year.
22:25
Hopefully, in an uneven draw, it somehow evens up even just a little bit.
22:31
But the most important time of the year is September.
23:29
Oh, I just think, well, the Sydney-Brizzy game just
30:02
Now, for people who aren't aware, this is actually big news.
30:06
This is enormous news for the world of golf and particularly for our region, the Australian Open.
30:12
Now, just recently, the PGA Tour took a big interest in the Australian Open.
30:17
And that is mainly because of Adam Scott, who's on the Tour Policy Board.
30:22
Now...
30:23
Adam Scott and the PGA Tour, they saw Live Adelaide and they couldn't believe what they were seeing.
30:28
Nobody could.
34:28
We need a little bit of something else.
0:55
Mm.
0:56
This week is the finals, and the finals have to be pure.
1:01
They have to be perfect.
1:04
And I just feel like Carlton have been absolutely screwed with a six-day break.
1:11
How is this possible? You've got on Thursday night, if you don't know, Freo are playing the Hawks.
1:16
It doesn't matter.
1:17
They've had basically two weeks off each.
3:20
Mm-hmm.
0:27
Either set
0:28
day twilight or the set day night game to give them a seven days break.
0:34
Now, we all cop the five and six day breaks that you might get throughout the year.
0:39
Hopefully...
0:40
in an uneven draw, it somehow evens up, even just a little bit.
0:45
But the most important time of the year is September.
0:49
I mean, I don't care what the AFL were trying to sell last week.
1:43
Oh, I just think, well, the Sydney-Brizzy game just
65:04
Marco, good morning to you.
65:06
Good morning to you, Roscoe.
65:07
No, it's just more madness.
65:09
It is crazy.
65:10
You know, Moor Park, I know this is in Sydney, but what they're doing in Moor Park, this crazy mare up there, taking away the golf course that is the most popular and most used golf course in Australia is one thing.
65:23
But this beautiful little nine-holer in Melbourne that they're talking about is It has so much history.
65:31
It gets so many people started.
65:47
I was saying earlier, Marco, don't let them come for golf courses because it'll be based on the fact that they can portray golf courses as the home of the middle-aged white male whilst it will end up being a reduction in green space.
speaker_0MODERATOR
1:11
I think it's six teams that are down there are gonna be fighting, aren't they?
1:14
Yeah.
1:14
We, we wanna finish as high as we possibly can.
1:16
Um, you know, it's not a, not using that language of just staying in it.
1:20
So we just wanna finish as high as we can.
1:21
Um, we know that we have to beat certain teams and, and try and pick up points against some more established teams in the league.
1:28
So we're under no illusions how difficult it can be, and, you know, like you say, we've had a, we've had a positive start and then it's important to build on that, um, and not, not fall away.
speaker_0MODERATOR
1:52
How do you see yourself going into that?
0:08
Ah
0:08
...
0:08
when the world seemingly is about to explode, not only on him but on the Geelong Football Club.
0:15
Well, if you open all the papers today, you will see that that reason is because the Geelong Football Club has an email trail that apparently clearly shows that the AFL knew-
1:27
Right.
1:28
Now, if this email trail does show that they said, "Hey, listen, we've got Max Rooke in the gun, uh, his case next year may well bankrupt the club.
1:38
We don't know what's going on.
1:40
We've got this other situation with Jake Kolodziejczak.
0:00
Let's get on to this Geelong situation because I've been wondering why the Geelong CEO, Steve Hocking, has been looking so comfortable when the world seemingly is about to explode not only on him but on the Geelong Football Club.
0:15
Well, if you open all the papers today, you will see that that reason is because the Geelong Football Club has an email trail that apparently clearly shows that the AFL knew about this concussion waiver.
0:34
Now, I said yesterday it's not really a concussion waiver, is it? It is a future head trauma contract.
0:40
That's really what it's all about.
0:43
So, I've only got one question.
0:48
If the AFL... knew about this contract...
1:27
Right.
1:28
Now, if this email trail does show that they said, hey, listen, we've got Max Rook in the gun.
22:04
A couple of things have caught my eye that
22:06
I'd like to discuss with you.
22:08
Obviously, the Geelong concussion waiver contract situation.
22:13
I think the concussion waiver is not a good enough name for it because it's not really a concussion waiver, is it? It's a future brain trauma contract.
22:23
contract waiver that's really what it is and there's a couple of points here if there is a concussion panel there can't be an amber light and that's the light that jade called jasmine got yep it needs to be a green light or a red light so that that needs to be fixed up straight away but i think The one sentence last week that has taken everybody's breath away and is now kind of in folklore with the AFL is Steve Hocking saying that not presenting the extracurricular contract to the AFL was a missed step, being one of the great understatements in the history of the AFL.
23:08
So I was kind of hoping maybe we could get some things that are along the same lines.
23:14
For instance, Josh Fraser's time as interim coach at Carlton, winning 10 games and losing two, has been just okay.

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DanAUDIENCE
33:41
You're either... certified as right by a doctor and you can play or you're certified as you can't play and you don't play we're not going to leave it up to the clubs and the players to negotiate it
0:00
Now, speaking about Carlton, they've got a real problem.
0:04
Josh Fraser has won 10 of his 12 as interim coach.
0:09
Now, if he doesn't throw his hat into the ring and Corey Enright or James Kelly coaches his club next year and their start to next year's season is 2-6.
0:22
Mm-hmm.
0:25
What's they got to do?
speaker_1HOST
0:31
And now he's the Messiah again.
0:32
That's right.
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Yeah.
0:08
Oh.
0:09
Now, if he doesn't throw his hat into the ring, and Corey Enright or James Kelly coaches this club next year, and their start to next year's season is two and six-
0:33
Yeah.
0:33
Now, my understanding is that Josh, that one of the reasons is he sees himself as a career coach, and he's at a football club at the moment where if you get the job, they don't care about you-
0:00
The big game in town is the Geelong concussion saga, or is it the Craig Drummond, Steve, it was a misstepped hocking, and Andrew Dillon moment of truth.
0:10
Geelong is having an emergency board meeting today.
0:15
If you've been asleep in the last few days, or had a big one, the key AFL rule that has been broken is Rule 4.3, and it's in the contracts part.
0:23
From the AFL rules, it says, no player shall be engaged by a club other than under the contract of service lodged with the AFL.
0:31
What does this mean in practice? I'll tell you.
0:34
Players can only be engaged under a standard contract of service.
0:00
The, uh, the big game in town is the Geelong concussion saga, or is it the Craig Drummond, Steve, "It was a misstepped Hocking," uh, and Andrew Dillon moment of truth.
0:10
Geelong is having an emergency board meeting today.
0:14
Now, if you've been asleep for the last few days, or had a big one, the key AFL rule that has been broken is rule 4.3, and it's in the contracts part.
0:23
From the AFL rules, it says, "No player shall be engaged by a club other than under the contract of service lodged with the AFL." What does this mean in practice? I'll tell you.
0:34
Players can only be engaged under a standard contract of service.
0:38
Side letters, extra agreements, waivers, or private arrangements that sit outside the standard contract are not permitted.
1:53
Right.
1:53
Waiver.
0:00
Now, there was an article, good to see you boys, in the Herald Sun yesterday.
0:02
It's there today as well.
0:04
And the Australian Sports Commission is warning Cricket Australia, our baggy green cap with the coat of arms on it... could be under threat.
0:14
Now, it's the Australian Sports Commission, yeah, they're talking about the CA board, the independence of it.
0:21
They're worried that the new structure that they're talking about, the Cricket Australia board might lose its independence and therefore we're going to take away the coat of arms on the baggy green.
0:32
I mean, how pathetic.
25:59
What happened to him during the week in the lead up to the game?
26:01
Yeah, his father's been sick for a while, and his father finally passed away.
26:05
So, um, we send out our commiserations to the Fraser family.
26:08
Apparently he lived a lovely life, so well done.
26:12
Uh, but Josh Fraser has got a team coming up who, that had won seven in a row, and people were saying, "Here come the Lions"
26:19
Mm
26:19
... you know, all the way through.
26:21
For him just to be able to speak properly at quarter time and deliver a halftime message and, you know, without thinking about his dad, I think is incredible.
2:46
So first with the introduction, welcome, Mark.
2:49
I'm Mark Allen.
2:50
I'm the, uh, founder of Rural Health Engine, currently located in southern New Hampshire.
2:55
Rural Health Engine, we, we are, uh, among other things, but we're kind of a specialized, a unique technology consulting group.
3:01
I actually prefer to think of us as, you know, innovation liaisons.
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A very deep and, um, broad history with innovation, innovative technologies, spans across numerous industries, but predominantly within healthcare.
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I formed Rural Health Engine.

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10:18
[laughs]
25:48
Look,
25:49
I hate not only that particular action, what you did to Georgiades, but I hate when somebody gets a chase down and they do it because when you go to junior football, guess what's happening? Some poor little kid who's just happy to get a kick here and there in the under-12s.
26:06
Gets a hospital hand pass, can't get rid of it fast enough.
26:09
He gets tackled straight away.
26:11
And the opposition's doing the Ty Gallop style, rub your nose in the ground, make you feel really...
26:18
I hate it.
26:19
God, I hate it.
30:51
That's right.
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Unbelievable
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... [laughs] um, ha- have had good days on radio, probably.
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I mean, he was just unbelie- He was a freak.
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He worked out very early in his career that once he got off to his start...
192:53
Now, the start, you g- you go 100%.
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You're, you're pushing out of those blocks and you're trying to get in h- ahead.
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After that, he ran at 85%.
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You reckon it's done and dusted?
0:14
But, you know, he's a depth player these days.
0:15
Max Holmes and Jeremy Cameron still not playing, so Passion Meter is high, 8.5, 9, and the Ds will get this one done.
0:25
Frio taking on West Coast also tonight, so I don't think many people in this part of the world will be watching, but Passion Meter, nil.
0:52
Hawks,
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Bombers.
0:53
Hawks, Bombers, Passion Meter, always high for this one.
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It's a nine.
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I don't think they're going to win the Bombers again, but the Hawks should cruise.
0:14
But, you know, he's a depth player these days.
0:15
Max Holmes, uh, and Jeremy Cameron still not playing, so, uh, passion meter is high, eight and a half, nine.
0:23
And the Dees will get this one done.
0:25
Freo taking on West Coast also tonight, so I don't think many people in this part of the world will be watching, but passion meter nil.
1:06
Bulldogs, Tigers.
1:07
Uh, Bulldogs and Tigers passion meter, uh, nowhere.
1:11
It's a two.
1:12
Brisbane, Port Adelaide passion meter a two as well, and also North Melbourne, St. Kilda, couldn't care less really, but I reckon, uh, the Roos may well beat the St. Kilda Football Club
0:00
A big highlight of these games too.
0:01
I'll get to the AFL games in a tick.
0:04
Cameron Myers, who Ando has been talking a lot about, the miler who is a superstar, just had a big win in the Diamond League, taking on Scotland's Josh Kerr, who just broke the world record.
0:14
Had a quick look to see when this final is Sunday week.
0:17
So that's going to be one of the big highlights.
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Set your calendar.
0:00
Tim Zoo.
0:01
A lot of boxing people listen to this radio station.
0:04
Tim Zoo is fighting a bloke on Sunday at a place called Afterpay Arena in Sydney.
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Which one's that? Which one's Afterpay Arena? No idea.
0:14
He fights a bloke called Errol Spence.
0:17
Errol Spence is a killer.
0:27
tend to lose these days?
0:28
Yeah.
speaker_3UNKNOWN
83:26
Well, it's a Caddyshack fairytale moment.
83:29
Yeah, just about.
83:30
Look, he was a late comer to golf.
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I mean, he first started having a hit when he was 13.
83:34
He didn't turn pro till he was 24 or 25.
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Um, got on the Australian tour.
83:39
He didn't have a good run at the start, and then kapow, away he went.

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speaker_3UNKNOWN
90:54
love.And Mark, uh, Min Woo Lee, he, uh, just couldn't get below that seventy mark, could he? How, how did you describe his, uh, his, uh, tournament?
1:08
Yeah
1:08
...
1:08
he first started having a hit when he was 13.
1:10
He didn't turn pro till he was 24 or 25.
1:14
Um, got on the Australian tour.
1:15
He didn't have a good run at the start, and then, kapow, away he went.
1:19
He won on all the tours.

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8:31
And Mark, uh, Min Woo Lee, he, uh, just couldn't get below that 70 mark, could he? How, how did you describe his, uh, his, uh, tournament?

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