Josh Morris | Part 1 | State of Origin, Twin Dynamic & Media World

Matty Johns· Host0:00

Welcome to the podcast today, and you're about to listen to episode one. After you've finished, head straight over to episode two. Okay, enjoy. Thanks for your service, so much fun, mate.

Cooper Johns· Host0:08

I, you know what's funny?

Josh Morris· Guest0:09

Oh, great.

Cooper Johns· Host0:10

The first time, the first time I ever met, uh, Josh and Brett was at an OBS lunch.

Josh Morris· Guest0:15

Yeah.

Cooper Johns· Host0:15

Do you remember that?

Josh Morris· Guest0:15

Oh, yeah.

Cooper Johns· Host0:16

I was like 18.

Josh Morris· Guest0:17

Yeah, it was just before I signed with Souths, 'cause I remember Cookie was there as well.

Matty Johns· Host0:19

Oh, we're rolling, aren't we? Let's just keep rolling. This is good.

Cooper Johns· Host0:22

Well, yeah, yeah.

Matty Johns· Host0:23

This is good. We're on.

Cooper Johns· Host0:23

I know.

Matty Johns· Host0:23

Let's do it now.

Cooper Johns· Host0:24

So, uh, yeah. Uh, first impressions of Josh, uh, w- were very highly... Mate, I thought you were a very respectable young man.

Matty Johns· Host0:31

[laughs] Well, mate, I'll tell you- And I, and that's what I said to him.

Cooper Johns· Host0:34

I said, "Mate," I said, "You know, it, it-" Downplays this ... I said, "Mate," yeah, I said, "L- listen, I don't know much about rugby league, but I know one thing. The game will repay you back the heart of your work, and you keep at it, kid, you'll do all good things." He said, "I've played 300 games."

Matty Johns· Host0:45

Couldn't agree with you more.

Josh Morris· Guest0:47

My career- You don't know much about rugby league ... went like that after that brief encounter as well, so.

Cooper Johns· Host0:51

Yeah, I think you w- retired three years later, so.

Matty Johns· Host0:53

[laughs] I'll tell what he did. Remember Jackie got the dark mist? Coop gets, Cooper gets the dark mist. You'll see it every now and then.

Cooper Johns· Host0:58

Red mist.

Matty Johns· Host0:58

For no apparent reason, uh, you're right, a dark cloud, red mist, it actually des- descends on him, and all of a sudden he gets really, really dark at that lunch, and he, uh, he turns. [laughs] Remember that?

Josh Morris· Guest1:08

Yeah, he gets real irritable.

Cooper Johns· Host1:10

Yeah.

Matty Johns· Host1:10

Remember Fletch go, even Fletch goes, "Mate, what's the matter with the young bloke?"

Josh Morris· Guest1:12

Nah.

Matty Johns· Host1:13

I said, "Oh, he's a fuckwit."

Josh Morris· Guest1:14

[laughs] [laughs] Nah, it's 'cause I couldn't, um, I couldn't drink.

Matty Johns· Host1:18

Oh, no. Oh, geez, mate, so, so sorry about that.

Cooper Johns· Host1:23

Yeah.

Josh Morris· Guest1:23

I think it's- Is my mic, is my mic cut now? There you go. You're back.

Cooper Johns· Host1:27

What the hell, man?