Greg Martin on Leon MacDonald Leaving the All Blacks, Ron Coote, Brisbane Broncos

Greg Martin kicks the show off every single Thursday out of Brisbane Greg bomb show news here um just an hour or so ago Leon McDonald has quit the All Blacks mate he's walked away gone how about that whoa uh now uh my suspicious Vibes go up and go there he's done something wrong that's normally what happens but I'm thinking rugby league has he just had enough or is there a family issue eding news well all I saying in the official press releases um is that him and Scott Robertson have had I quote robust discussions differing opinions and decided that the best thing for the team uh was they went their separate ways man this is a huge deal video review that was what the f are you doing with this backline what we're talking well I I would I would think after the first two tests against England that there's probably a bit of that you know there's a hell of a lot of coaches involved and several of these guys have been head coaches of Super Rugby sides uh and then of course they're all in the All Blacks together and I mean obviously you don't agree on everything but these two guys were tight man they worked together in 2017 their ex- teammates he was the first guy on board with Scott Robertson was Leo McDonald I know this is wonderful I love seeing sorry I I don't like seeing all black rugby in disarray um wow oh man that's no good because I've seen them in action while I commentated over the years they were real tight I would have thought and he's a real thinker Leon McDonald so something's gone wrong yeah yeah there's been a fall of philosophy would you call it well you know for for a guy to walk away from such a highly paid lucrative job that he has got for the next four years and if we win a Rugby World Cup he's probably got for the rest of his life if he wants it that's I mean you just think about the economics involved here there's no Super Rugby jobs going in New Zealand mate so he's quit and quit the salary as well well there's a super rug few Super Rugby jobs G over one or two in Australia yeah yeah no but mate this is something serious whether it's philosophy or attitude or oh God Ron well good luck to you I hope you don't get it together before we play you in about a month oh W this all black versus spring Box series man are you looking forward to this as a as a as a neutral as a guy who loves rugby yeah that's the Grand Final for the these two next week so the preliminary and Grand Final um we see you B behav properly on the weekend you didn't whatever that was you put out week one against Argentina was silly but um you behave properly South Africa Shez they're good mate they squeezed we popped yeah Grand Final Mate this is the game these are the two games of the next two weekends of course they are well it's not until next week is it yeah next week so it's week afterno so you're getting ready a week early I mean look this is all we're talking about at the moment and and look the America's Cup is underway tonight I mean there's you know there's Shan Johnson's farewell to tomorrow but I mean but this is this is big you don't like the America's Cup mate yeah you bloody won the thing in 1983 you're the first country to Win It Off America 83 plus 41 years all about I know you guys still love your sailing and you're probably that's where you probably won some of your medal actually we won one gold medal but uh yeah who cares Sailing sailing is one of the worst spectator sports ever they try to get us involved but you're going that's three kilometers away what's happening out there yeah it's a TV sport they actually do it bloody well I re on the TV with the graphics and things couple of rugby league things uh before we get into your your your your wallabies Ron cot was he the right choice to become the 14th Immortal ah well as a young man there was a thing called Rugby League week and my dad because living showing up in Brisbane I grew up a rugby league player until I went to private school and they make you play rugby there's a bit of History so my dad bought me a roosters Jersey when I was in 1973 um and I wore that and wore it they win won the premiership 1974 75 he was the best player for them both those years so I was aware of Ron and it also Rhymes to the Aussie word for having sex are you aware of that I don't know if you know aie have my God that makes him Immortal that makes him doubly Immortal well that's why Les kiss is so happy too because after you've had a few beers you're going on to have a Les kiss um if you're part of the urban Urban vacula You're Famous already uh Ron cot was he won six premierships M I know the M work with on radio said oh man only had eight teams but really you you're the best team six times and you're one of the main players in that then he C in Australia and he did everything I think then he started all right so it wasn't just on the field he's a legend because he went to C in hospital in the year 200000 and said rugby league doesn't look after our BLS who are down and out you know and he said let's start a thing called men of League which has come family of league and League now looks after everyone and I reckon that's part of the reason he got it yeah fair enough too uh you know and I suppose he's always debate as you know how far back do you go or do you start actually um you know honoring the guys who have just retired I like the fact that you know that that they do dip down into history like this and people are then forced to find out who this guy was and and you know when you stack up since him uh Glenn Lazarus the brick with eyes won five premierships with three different teams but I don't know anyone that's won six mate yeah that's right well I'm not going to say Kevin Walter even five but he'll never become an immortal I wouldn't think oh mate it's a bit random and I don't know they make it up as they go along sort of thing but it was you know it was special for them last night everyone feels all right um I reckon as they die being an immortal as they die you should always have 13 of them on hand yeah it's not a bad idea actually it's not bad your Broncos does she hello sorry hello love you go all right bye bye stop talking to Marty sorry about that mate is anyone in Brisbane still believing that the Broncos can make the eight or is it or is it already gone mate uh no well I think was it last week they had to win eight out of their last four games to make it this week they got to win all three and the dragons have to lose two out of their three so that's everybody in Brisbane now knows that equation the Dolphins are on the same thing right so dolphins and brisban are about the side