Do as you please"?

Yeah, it's, you know, the little general in Stacey Jones has been around for a long time and been, been in these sort of situations for, you know, a number of years since he come into the Kiwi, Kiwi camp.

So I think it's important there, Joel, just to, you know, find, find, find a, a, a balance between how you wanna, um, you know, play and your style of play and also to play into your strengths of the, um, you know, our personnel.

Um, and, and, and just finding a, a h- happy, hap- happy medium.

Um, and also too, empowering the players to, you know, have a, have a fair bit of input too also, and we feel like we've, we've done a pretty good job at, at that so far.

So, um, just with a short preparation it's, you know, it's really important that we honor the f- the fundamentals of the game.

Um, you know, the game has been going for a long time, so, you know, it's gonna be around, you know, the battle of field position, honoring the ball and, and, um, you know, tackling hard and, and then just adding a little bit of, um, you know, sprinkle of, you know, that, that magic dust on, on top.

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Do as you please"?

Yeah, it's, you know, the little general in Stacey Jones has been around for a long time and been, been in these sort of situations for, you know, a number of years since he come into the Kiwi, Kiwi camp.

So I think it's important there, Joel, just to, you know, find, find, find a, a, a balance between how you want to, um, you know, play and your style of play and also to play into your strengths of the, um, you know, our personnel.

Um, and, and, and just finding a, a h- a happy, hap- happy medium.

Um, and also to empowering the players to, you know, have a, have a fair bit of input too also.

And we feel like we've, we've done a pretty good job at, at that so far.

So, um, just with the short preparation, it's, you know, it's really important that we honor the f- the fundamentals of the game.

Why did he have such a big leap this year, Steven?

Do as you please"?

Yeah, it's, you know, the little general in Stacey Jones has been around for a long time and been, been in these sort of situations for, you know, a number of years since he come into the Kiwi, Kiwi camp.

So I think it's important there, Joel, just to, you know, find, find, find a, a, a balance between how you want to, um, you know, play and your style of play and also to play into your strengths of the, um, you know, personnel.

Um, and, and, and just finding a, a, ha- a happy, hap- happy medium.

Um, and also to empowering the players to, you know, have a, have a fair bit of input too also, and we feel like we've, we've done a pretty good job at, at that so far.

So, um, just with the short preparation, it's, you know, it's really important that we honor the f- the fundamentals of the game.

Um, you know, the game has been going for a long time, so, you know, it's gonna be around, you know, the battle of field position and honoring the ball and, and, um, you know, tackling hard and, and then just adding a little bit of, um, you know, sprinkle of, you know, that, that magic dust on, on top.

Why did he have such a big leap this year, Steven?

Is, is it yourself and Stacey in the team or is it, do you hand it over to the players and say, "Kalyn, you've got the white hot form at the moment, do as you please"?

please"?Yeah, it's, you know, the little general in Stacey Jones has been around for a long time and been, been in these sort of situations for, you know, a number of years since he come into the Kiwi, Kiwi camp.

So I think it's important there, Joel, just to, you know, find, find, find a, a, a balance between how you want to, um, you know, play and your style of play and also to play into your strengths of the, um, you know, personnel.

Um, and, and, and just finding a, a, a happy, hap- happy medium.

Um, and also to empowering the players to, you know, have a, have a fair bit of input too also, and we feel like we've, we've done a pretty good job at, at that so far.

So, um, just with a short preparation, it's, you know, it's really important that we honor the f- the fundamentals of the game.

Um, you know, the game has been going for a long time, so, you know, it's gonna be around, you know, the battle of field position and honoring the ball and, and, um, you know, tackling hard and, and then just adding a little bit of, um, you know, sprinkle of, you know, that, that magic dust on, on top.

Why did he have such a big leap this year, Steven?

Do as you please.

Yeah, it's, you know, the little general in Stacey Jones has been around for a long time and been in these sort of situations for, you know, a number of years since he came into the Kiwi camp.

So I think it's important there, Joel, just to, you know, find a balance between how you want to, you know, play and your style of play and also to play into your strengths of the, you know, our personnel and just finding a happy medium and also to empowering the players to, you know, have a fair bit of input too also.

And we feel like we've done a pretty good job at that so far.

So just with a short preparation, it's, you know, it's really important that we honour the fundamentals of the game.

You know, the game has been going for a long time.

So, yeah.

How do you feel about those comments? Well, getting back to the under sevens, firstly, the grand

But, uh, take us through Dane Gagai and, um, the reasons that Stacey wanted him in the team.

Yeah, I think he's really, um, you know, passionate to represent his family and he ...

I think it's on his mum's side.

So, um, you know, he spoke to Stacey and, and sort of got, got the ball rolling through, through the NRL.

So, um, you know, I'm only just starting to get, get to know Dany.

He, he come into camp, uh, yesterday, so, uh, it's still early days, but, you know, looking forward to, um, you know, chowing down with him over the next couple of weeks.

But didn't he have a magnificent, uh, final series? He was, you know, the form center of the competition and, uh, yeah, it's exciting for the, uh, the Kiwis going forward.

Do you think it's had an impact on, on the way the squads have been shaped for this Rugby League World Cup?

That's not an easy job, either, to separate those plays.

Yeah, that's right, Randy.

And...

The luxury we've got, mate, is a lot of our players have gone deep into the final series and they're battle-hardened and they're in great form.

If you look at Phil Wyatt and Fisher Harris, Moses Leota, Joe Tarpany, senior players, they're in their old club land and been great Kiwis for a long time.

So, yeah, it's exciting times and then we've got some exciting halves and OBs off the back of that, so Our expectation is high and something we're looking forward to over the next couple of weeks,

Do you think it's had an impact on the way the squads have been shaped for this Rugby League World Cup?

I think it's a credit to a lot of the Pacific Nations guys who want to represent their families and their heritage.

But, uh, take us through Dane Gagai and, um, the reasons that Stacey wanted him in the team.

Yeah, I think he's really, um, you know, passionate to represent his family and he ...

I think it's on his mum's side.

So, um, you know, he spoke to Stacey and it sort of got, got the ball rolling through, through the NRL.

So, um, yeah, I'm only just starting to get, get to know Daney.

He, he come into camp, uh, yesterday.

So, uh, it's still early days but, you know, looking forward to, um, you know, throwing down with him over the next couple of weeks.

Do you think it's had an impact on, on the way the squads have been shaped for this Rugby League World Cup?

But, uh, take us through Dane Gagai and, um, the reasons that Stacey wanted him in the team.

Yeah, I think he's really, um, you know, passionate to represent his family and he, I think it's on his mom's side.

So, um, you know, he spoke to Stacey and, and sort of got, got the ball rolling through, through the NRL.

So, um, you know, I'm only just starting to get, get to know Dane.

He, he come into camp, uh, yesterday, so, uh, it's still early days, but, you know, looking forward to, um, you know, throwing down with him over the next couple of weeks.

But- Didn't he have a magnificent, uh, final series? He was, you know, the form center of the competition and, uh, yeah, it's exciting for the, uh, the Kiwis going forward.

Do you think it's had an impact on, on the way the squads have been shaped for this Rugby League World Cup?

I think it's a credit to, you know, a lot of the, uh, the Pacific Nations guys who wanna represent, you know, their families and their heritage.