The Aussie Passport x Brisbane Football Review World Cup 2026 Special- Ep9

All right.

Now, Adam, uh, we both went to the game-

Mm

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in Townsville, so I'll pick your brains for the first game.

So I'll...

Actually, before we get into it, what I'll say is how this is gonna work is we're gonna go through game one, game two, and then get, uh, I guess a collective overall thoughts on the series in total, in, in totality.

Something like that.

You know what I mean.

Uh, from there.

But, uh, Adam, yes, we were both in Townsville.

Wonderful atmosphere around town there, and uh, I wanted to throw to you on the first game and what you thought.

Uh, particularly, maybe let's start with, uh, oh, I don't know, the pitch.

I was, I was gonna say, I'll take one step back before the pitch.

I said that, uh, you and I both, we, uh, and our good friend Liam, uh, we, we, uh-

Yes

... we had a beer outside the brewery, uh, and down Flinders Street as well, uh, pregame, and the atmosphere was absolutely electric.

A, a absolute hats off credit to the Townsville City Council, uh, and VenuesLive and, and everyone involved.

That it was a very, very good occasion.

Uh, you could, you could feel the game that was, was on, and it had a big game feeling.

So th- that's first of all, but yes, the, uh, the pitch was a big, uh, a big talking point as well.

It probably was an unwanted distraction.

Look, it wasn't, it wasn't great.

Um, appar- apparently it has been an issue for a while now for football trying to get this ready, but also in rugby league, apparently there were, there was playbook problems in the Cowboys Raiders, uh, game.

I believe there was also a, uh, an NRL women's game as well.