Rhys Bay on Merewether's premiership chances
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00:00With Rhys Bray from Merida Carlton, Rhys, how's the off-season been?
00:03Defending Premiers, has there been much change?
00:05Oh, not really. We're trying to think.
00:07Like, we can keep things pretty simple and the same.
00:10What worked last year, we'd hope will work this year, and, yeah, it's been a good pre-season, so...
00:14You've got a couple of boys coming back, Lockie Miller and Will Frost.
00:17Yeah, Frosty, we're hoping to get more training, but we'll see how he goes.
00:20But, yeah, you know, Rory, Milton's back, Dobbo's back, all the key boys from last year, so looking forward to it.
00:27Who's someone we may not know much about that's impressed in the early doors?
00:31Yeah, we've got Lomax, Sam Lomax, who's come out from the country area, and Dank's come up from Central Coast.
00:39So they're two boys that have added heaps in the pre-season and will feature a lot throughout the year, so looking forward to it.
00:45Yeah, two years ago you were hunting a grand fowl, now you're the hunted.
00:48Is there a difference, expectation? You think teams are going to be putting X on your back?
00:52Yeah, kind of. We've made a big point this year.
00:55We're sort of not going to be the hunted as such, but we're going to go after other teams and sort of make a point early
01:01and make them chase us from the start.
01:03So we want to go after teams and, yeah, get there in the last week of the final.
01:07I know you're super keen to go back-to-back, but who do you expect to meet in the grand final?
01:12Off the back of last year, you know, there's a big chat around Maitland.
01:15We'll be pretty strong again.
01:16And I think off the back of last year's final, I think Hemmo will be pretty keen, the way they exited.
01:21So, yeah, I think top of that, probably, you know, I think Hemmo will be there at the end.
01:27And rep footy, mate, it's a big year, rep-wise.
01:30I imagine this is our country.
01:32Got a taste of that last year with Australian Rugby Shield.
01:34You're looking to continue on with that?
01:36Yeah, I'm pretty excited for this year.
01:38We've got a good number of greens and then other local boys putting their hand up for Newcastle again this year.
01:43So, yeah, we want to make a good push in that comp.
01:47And then, yeah, country hopefully help in Newcastle later in the year.
01:50So, yeah, excited for that.
01:51Of course, you get to reunite with Jamie Lynn.
01:53I imagine that's always enjoyable, mate.
01:54Yeah, yeah, Jamie's a good character.
01:56He brings a lot to the team.
01:58He's pretty tough and demands a lot.
02:00So, yeah, I enjoy playing under Jamie and I'm sure the other boys will as well for Newcastle, sir.