Willie Mason | Part 2 | Reg Reagan, State of Origin & Acting
6/7/202638 min
Welcome to Part 2! Reg Reagan, Greg Bird, and the Cam Murray starter debate all get a run. Wayne Bennett leaps across a room, and the genuine connection in Clubland chat gives insight into NRL Club Culture. Will Forte, The White House, and Party Hardy to close — what a way to finish.
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First 90 secondsMatty Johns· Host0:00
Hey, Willie, on a different note, NFL.
Willie Mason· Guest0:01
Yeah.
Matty Johns· Host0:02
So you had bit of, uh, contact with New York Giants- Yeah ... Oakland Raiders. I think you did your- Yes, yes ... trial at New York Jets.
Willie Mason· Guest0:09
Yeah, I went over there.
Cooper Johns· Host0:10
Oh, did you?
Willie Mason· Guest0:10
Yeah.
Cooper Johns· Host0:10
What year was this?
Willie Mason· Guest0:11
No, 2006.
Cooper Johns· Host0:12
Oh, so you're like- In '06 ... in the peak of your powers.
Willie Mason· Guest0:14
Yeah, fucking oath. Yeah.
Cooper Johns· Host0:15
Yeah.
Willie Mason· Guest0:15
[laughs] They asked me to come over, like the Jets and Giants, so I did their whole, um... So we just finished, we just won the Six, uh, the Four Nations, right? So partied a little bit after that, so I had to go in November. Freezing cold in New York. They flew me over. Stayed in Tribeca Grand. Um, had a good couple of nights there. Still fit, right? So you didn't really have to worry about much. Was... Started to do the combine.
Matty Johns· Host0:35
Yeah, oh, right.
Willie Mason· Guest0:36
So- Yeah, right. Yeah.
Cooper Johns· Host0:37
How'd you go?
Willie Mason· Guest0:38
[laughs] I did, fucking nailed it.
Cooper Johns· Host0:39
Yeah, yeah.
Willie Mason· Guest0:39
Fucking hell. Fucking... [laughs] It's just like, so I ran a 4.6 for the 40. 4.6 for 40 yards.
Matty Johns· Host0:44
Yeah.
Willie Mason· Guest0:45
And did all the other th- whatever their things were.
Matty Johns· Host0:47
Yeah.
Willie Mason· Guest0:47
Like, I, I blew it out of the water.
Matty Johns· Host0:47
'Cause you're mobile. You're mobile.
Willie Mason· Guest0:49
'Cause I fucking... Yeah.
Matty Johns· Host0:49
Yeah, yeah.
Willie Mason· Guest0:49
And my catch radius, so they... I was a defensive end or a tight end. 'Cause I'm 197 centimeters tall, wingspan 2'11".
Matty Johns· Host0:57
Yeah.
Willie Mason· Guest0:57
Right? So they're all about that catch radius- Yes ... and all that sort of shit, and fast. I was quick over 40.
Matty Johns· Host1:02
Yeah.
Willie Mason· Guest1:02
That was my main thing. And soft hands. And then, like, uh, can... And then they sh- showed me, like in defense. So I was just with my manager, and fucking 30 coaches in a, in a fucking, in, um... It was like an indoor thing, right? At the Jets. So they said... Told manager, "Fuck off." And so it was just me and all the coaches just running me through all these drills. [laughs] Like, all these, uh, fucking Oklahoma drills.
Cooper Johns· Host1:26
Wow.
Willie Mason· Guest1:26
Um, me against the offensive line, trying to get to the,