Speaker 0· Host0:00
[upbeat intro music] G'day, welcome to Kentie Blitz, your daily hit of NRL news. And Kentie, big news with your former sparring partner, Ben Ikin- [laughs] ... leaving the QRL.
Paul Kent· Host0:11
Yeah, he, uh ... Obviously, it's, uh, the news has broken. He's left the QR- well, he's leaving the QRL after Origin, uh, to take up new opportunities, so- Mm.
Speaker 0· Host0:20
I mean- I wish him all the best ... he talked to you about moving to Coders though, or?
Paul Kent· Host0:24
Uh, look, it's like this, Roz. I've, I've known about this for some time. Okay?
Speaker 0· Host0:32
He's moving away from the QRL?
Paul Kent· Host0:33
I knew ... Yeah. I, I ... Look, he's b- ... He called me ... I'm not gonna say too much, okay?
Speaker 0· Host0:39
All right.
Paul Kent· Host0:39
It's up to Ben to say what he wants to say.
Speaker 0· Host0:41
Out of respect to him, yeah.
Paul Kent· Host0:42
Uh, but he called me up t- a few months back, uh, with what is probably gonna now happen, um, and just sort of picked my brain, my thoughts on different things. And we've been over different ideas and things and whatnot. And anyway, long story short, he asked me to keep it to myself, uh, which I will until he's ready to, to speak about it. Uh, r- I knew it was coming. I didn't know when it was coming, but I knew it was, at some point, it was gonna happen, uh, before Origin. Um- Has he ever lived in London before? [laughs] Well, look, I, that ... No, he hasn't. I can tell you that for sure.
Speaker 0· Host1:21
Super League might be good.
Paul Kent· Host1:22
Well, look, you can speculate all you like.
Speaker 0· Host1:24
[laughs] Okay.
Paul Kent· Host1:25
You know, but I'll say this, his, his friendship, uh, to me, is more important than being first with the

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