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The trio also talked about the skill of keeping your Captain's Challenge to the dying minutes with NZ, Canterbury and Manly coming up trumps at the weekend.
The panel applauded the appointment of Kevin Walters as Kangaroos coach and also played the Quiz and "Yay or Neigh" game with Zane, Joel and Sam questioning how the NRL's salary cap will cope with Cameron Munster looking likely to earn $2 million per season at the Perth Bears.
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