Ponga Send-Off, Cleary Debate & player-media tension | Ask Kenty
5/30/202636 min
Kenty answers the questions fans are actually asking.
Kenty dives into the Ponga send-off debate and accidental penalties, unpacks Nathan Cleary and Isaiah Yeo talk, and gives his view on gambling influence, ratings, Todd Payten, player-media tension, Sam Walker, Penrith threats, Warriors injuries, Andrew Johns' Immortal status, Cameron Smith's influence, the evolution of halfbacks and the old Queenslander chant.
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0:00 - Intro
0:49 - Q1: Ponga Send Off
1:43 - Q2: Accidental Penalties
3:14 - Q3: Nathan Cleary
4:00 - Q4: Isaiah Yeo
5:15 - Q5: Kenty as CEO
7:24 - Q6: Gambling Influence
10:02 - Q7: Ratings and Gambling
10:34 - Q8: Todd Payten
13:50 - Q9: Biggest Dragons Signing
14:37 - Q10: Media vs Players
16:42 - Q11: Sam Walker
17:18 - Q12: Cricket Debacle
18:48 - Q13: Penrith Threats
19:30 - Q14: Warriors ACL
21:04 - Q15: Steroids in the NRL
21:45 - Q16: Andrew Johns Immortal Status
25:43 - Q17: Cameron Smith Influence
28:33 - Q18: Structure Changes
31:23 - Q19: Halfback Evolution
32:46 - Q20: Where did the Cane Toads go
33:03 - Q21: Queenslander Chant
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First 90 secondsPaul Kent· Host0:00
With all this stuff with head injuries these days, to sit there and think it's okay that a player gets knocked out with a tackle that's not allowed to be done, I, I think it's just ridiculous.
Warren Smith· Host0:07
G'day, and welcome to Kentie Blitz, Ask Kentie edition. Your Sunday morning. We hope you're out there going for a walk or maybe doing the lawns or whatever you do. Uh, but we're here. Pre-recorded, of course. We're not really [laughs] here on a Sunday morning at 6:00 AM. Uh- Where are you right now then? Where am I? On a Sunday morning, 6:00. Maybe going for a walk.
Paul Kent· Host0:27
Oh, please.
Warren Smith· Host0:27
Maybe going for a walk. Yeah. Um, where are you? In the gym, are you?
Paul Kent· Host0:31
Oh, yeah. Yeah. Pumping iron.
Warren Smith· Host0:32
[laughs] Very good. [laughs] Very good. You'd just be coming home in the old days.
Paul Kent· Host0:36
Oh, please.
Warren Smith· Host0:36
In the old days. Not the new Kentie. That's old Kentie, not Kentie 2.0. All right, let's start off. Steve No Passeran says, "I'm gonna refer..." This is obviously talking about Thursday night's game. "I'm gonna refer to Pong as sending off..." Or Wednesday night's game, sorry. "I'm gonna refer to Pong as sending off as a Kleins clanger from now on. Is that the worst origin refereeing decision and process for coming to that decision you've ever seen?"
Paul Kent· Host1:01
No, I, I think you're wrong. I think, uh, with, uh, in the modern rule, that is, that it was a shoulder charge. That's what's not g- that's what's been left out of a lot of the argument.
Warren Smith· Host1:11
Yeah. Look, Kentie, I think, I think in the modern game you can't be doing that anymore.
Paul Kent· Host1:15
He was concussed. Look- Yeah ... with all this stuff with head injuries these days, like, uh, to sit there and think it's okay that a player gets knocked out with a tackle that's not allowed to be done i- in the, in the rule book- Mm ... uh, as the worst decision, I, I think it's just ridiculous. You know, you mightn't like