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  <&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One</&>
  <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies</&>
  <&>Victoria University of Wellington</&>

  <&>side one</&>
  <&>17:15</&>
  

  <WSC#MUC024:0005:BT>
      well thank you greg

  <WSC#MUC024:0010:BT>
      we're watching the new zealand women who are on attack at the
      moment

  <WSC#MUC024:0015:BT>
      they're only a matter of fifteen metres from the australian line
      but it's been a tough afternoon for the new zealand women

  <WSC#MUC024:0020:BT>
      they're down by five to nil

  <WSC#MUC024:0025:BT>
      the <.>au</.> stralian women in other words have scored five
      tries

  <WSC#MUC024:0030:BT>
      they led five nil at the break

  <WSC#MUC024:0035:BT>
      we've had about four minutes of play in the SECOND half here at
      avondale in this women's final

  <WSC#MUC024:0040:BT>
      there's been no change to the half time score

  <WSC#MUC024:0045:BT>
      new zealand into what is known as the five metre zone

  <WSC#MUC024:0050:BT>
      that's the score line that you can see there which they must
      cross as we see the new zealander renee motu going across the
      line

  <WSC#MUC024:0055:BT>
      but she was touched by this very good and very effective
      australian defensive screen

  <WSC#MUC024:0060:KL>
      at this point in time brendan with the new zealand team down by
      five points to nil they can't afford to have the luxury of <.>sp</.>
      of spending too much time with the ball in the air <&>18:00</&>
      or the ball on the ground

  <WSC#MUC024:0065:KL>
      they must force the play on the australians

  <WSC#MUC024:0070:BT>
      angela tole with the ball as she slips it to jodie warbrick

  <WSC#MUC024:0075:BT>
      but often as we've seen with the new zealand teams this week
      they don't seem to have a lot of purpose when they get to within
      four or five metres of their opponents' line

  <WSC#MUC024:0080:BT>
      unlike the australians who seem to have a strategy which carries
      them right up to and across their opponents' score line

  <WSC#MUC024:0085:BT>
      as the australian team which is a formidable side unbeaten in
      eleven matches this week here at avondale

  <WSC#MUC024:0090:KL>
      yes <.>they</.> the er new zealand side in particular MUST force
      the pace of the game regardless of where they are on the field
      even though they may only be five metres out

  <WSC#MUC024:0095:KL>
      they must still take the ball on the advantage line and go for
      those good hard yards and a quick play the ball

  <WSC#MUC024:0100:BT>
      there was joanne wong number fourteen <?>who sold the little
      dummy</?>

  <WSC#MUC024:0105:BT>
      she went on her own but a new zealand hand a desperate new
      zealand hand made the touch

  <WSC#MUC024:0110:BT>
      but australia again on attack very quick <,> with the ball as
      they move it and also with tremendous pace

  <WSC#MUC024:0115:BT>
      and there you see just how effective the australians are at
      finishing off their set moves

  <WSC#MUC024:0120:BT>
      this time it was number twelve paulette olden the queenslander
      who scores <&>19:00</&> australia's sixth try

  <WSC#MUC024:0125:BT>
      they lead by six to nil

  <WSC#MUC024:0130:KL>
      yes and you can see that the australians operating off quick
      dumps quick plants dummy half scooping the ball quickly

  <WSC#MUC024:0135:KL>
      and we saw there paulette olden running at the new zealand side
      holding the ball in both hands trying to turn the defence and
      eventually the gap opened up for herself and she cruised in for
      a great try

  <WSC#MUC024:0140:BT>
      so from the re start on half way this is er marie savage for new
      zealand

  <WSC#MUC024:0145:KL>
      that's a bad mistake from new zealand again

  <WSC#MUC024:0150:KL>
      they're starting to feel the pressure of fatigue and tiredness

  <WSC#MUC024:0155:KL>
      they're being tagged from dummy half and turning the ball over
      to the australian side

  <WSC#MUC024:0160:BT>
      this australian team as you can see very aggressive with their
      running

  <WSC#MUC024:0165:BT>
      and you have to say that they certainly look not only faster but
      also a lot fitter than the new zealand team <cheering>and
      tremendous ball skills

  <WSC#MUC024:0170:BT>
      and that's not really <?>part</?> of <,> the sport of touch
      <latch></cheering>

  <WSC#MUC024:0175:KL>
      yeah i <{><[>don't think</[>

  <WSC#MUC024:0180:BT>
      <[>but we'll</[></{> say it was accidental <latch>

  <WSC#MUC024:0185:KL>
      yeah i don't think there was any malice in that though brendan

  <WSC#MUC024:0190:KL>
      i'll just think with the speed of the australian player going
      for the short gap the new zealand girl came in off the wing to
      make the touch but unfortunately there was a little bit of extra
      body contact and the australian unfortunately <&>20:00</&> looks
      er worse for wear but i i'm sure she'll recover

  <WSC#MUC024:0195:BT>
      it's er jodie collins er number seven who was running at full
      speed when she ran into the new zealand defender

  <WSC#MUC024:0200:BT>
      <cheering>of course one of the great attractions of this sport
      is in fact that it is a nonphysical sport

  <WSC#MUC024:0205:BT>
      the only contact</cheering> that you can have with your opponent
      is with your hand

  <WSC#MUC024:0210:BT>
      and it's why the game is so popular and why it attracts such a
      wide range of people to it

  <WSC#MUC024:0215:BT>
      mum dad and the kids they can all in theory and practice play in
      the same team <,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0220:KL>
      yes and in fact there are a lot of modules around new zealand
      brendan where in actual fact that does happen particularly in
      the major areas auckland canterbury wellington

  <WSC#MUC024:0225:KL>
      mix touch and family type touch is very very popular

  <WSC#MUC024:0230:BT>
      but i'd have to say after having watched a lot of the touch out
      here during the week

  <WSC#MUC024:0235:BT>
      after a space of five or six days that's the first time that
      i've seen a player in fact in any way injured <,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0240:BT>
      it's a sport virtually relatively free of injuries but i guess
      there is the odd sprained ankle and the odd bump as we saw there
      that does happen

  <WSC#MUC024:0245:BT>
      but however play continues <&>21:00</&> with new zealand on
      attack looking to post their first try

  <WSC#MUC024:0250:BT>
      we've had eight minutes of play in the second spell so there is
      seventeen minutes of the match remaining and australia the
      defending world champions on target to retain their title here
      in new zealand in ninety ninety one

  <WSC#MUC024:0255:BT>
      as donna morgan slips into jodie warbrick <,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0260:KL>
      again another unforced error by the new zealand side

  <WSC#MUC024:0265:KL>
      jodie warbrick was a little bit aggressive in forcing the
      voluntary touch there and conceded a penalty to the australians

  <WSC#MUC024:0270:KL>
      and unfortunately australians now have possession of the ball
      and are able to advance the ball away from their own goal line
      and take a lot of pressure off themselves

  <WSC#MUC024:0275:BT>
      now ken you mentioned a voluntary touch there

  <WSC#MUC024:0280:BT>
      let's just explain that

  <WSC#MUC024:0285:BT>
      you are in fact allowed to touch your opponent with the ball but
      er you're not as we saw there allowed to <?>push</?> your
      opponent

  <WSC#MUC024:0290:KL>
      no you're not

  <WSC#MUC024:0295:KL>
      but what constitutes a touch now under the er under the new
      rules laid down by the world touch federation is that as soon as
      any form of bodily contact whether it's initiated by the
      attacker or the defender is made it constitutes a touch <,,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0300:BT>
      so new zealand slowing the game down as they try and <,> weave
      their way through the <&>22:00</&> australian defence but it's
      very tight this australian defence

  <WSC#MUC024:0305:BT>
      they're not only very sharp at attack but they're also very
      effective in defending their own line

  <WSC#MUC024:0310:KL>
      yes as is typical with all australian sides they're very very
      competitive and they play the game very intensely

  <WSC#MUC024:0315:KL>
      we see here note the difference in the speed of the play the
      ball in the australians in comparison to the new zealand

  <WSC#MUC024:0320:KL>
      a touch is made ball down and a runner's there straight away

  <WSC#MUC024:0325:BT>
      this is erin vickery with the roll ball <,,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0330:BT>
      australia <.>w</.> infringe and new zealand receive the penalty
      tap and a fresh set of six taken up by angela tole <,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0335:BT>
      slip to stephanie scott

  <WSC#MUC024:0340:BT>
      angela tole again and the new zealanders i think er running out
      of a bit of steam here as they slow the game right down

  <WSC#MUC024:0345:BT>
      i think it's not because it's er deliberate <.>at</.> attempt on
      their part to slow the game down

  <WSC#MUC024:0350:BT>
      i simply think the australians have run them off their feet

  <WSC#MUC024:0355:KL>
      yes definitely brendan and it's been a very very hard week of
      this four or five days of playing touch at this level of
      competition does take the toll on the player

  <WSC#MUC024:0360:BT>
      new zealand and australian teams meeting today <&>23:00</&> for
      the THIRD time this week

  <WSC#MUC024:0365:BT>
      they met twice

  <WSC#MUC024:0370:BT>
      in the two rounds of round robin play new zealand going down
      four two and one nil but australia having much the better of
      this match leading by six to nil at the <?>moment</?>

  <WSC#MUC024:0375:BT>
      and again you see the tremendous speed with which they take the
      ball up

  <WSC#MUC024:0380:KL>
      yes it's a feature of the australian play the way that they've
      got that ability to very quickly complete a set of six and
      advance the football with good yardage out away from their own
      line <,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0385:BT>
      taken up by leanne walker for new zealand fifteen metres from
      the australian line

  <WSC#MUC024:0390:BT>
      marie savage there for erica <?>keresoma</?>

  <WSC#MUC024:0395:BT>
      a <?>good</?> gap there for <?>keresoma</?> and slips it across
      to marie savage but i think the pass was forward or was the
      touch made

  <WSC#MUC024:0400:KL>
      i think the pass was forward there

  <WSC#MUC024:0405:KL>
      so it's a turn over to the australian side

  <WSC#MUC024:0410:BT>
      so new zealand with their best scoring opportunity going begging
      there as that pass was forward

  <WSC#MUC024:0415:BT>
      finding a <?>little</?> gap in the australian defence the score
      remains at six to nil

  <WSC#MUC024:0420:KL>
      again the australians finding no shortage of runners to take the
      ball up around <?>er</?> to play the ball area <&>24:00</&> <,,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0425:BT>
      and away goes janine millen janine millen almost through the gap
      number

  <WSC#MUC024:0430:BT>
      nine in fact is a <drawls>a</drawls> new zealander new zealand
      born australian janine millen

  <WSC#MUC024:0435:BT>
      her parents live here in auckland watching the match today

  <WSC#MUC024:0440:BT>
      and she nearly nailed another put another nail in the new
      zealand coffin with her tremendous speed picked up by the new
      zealand defence

  <WSC#MUC024:0445:KL>
      i think if the new zealand team are going to put any pressure on
      this australian side they REALLY have to force the pace of the
      game and probably not look to string too many passes together
      but just string quick rucks together one after the other and try
      and play behind some real good forward momentum

  <WSC#MUC024:0450:BT>
      seven players on the field at any one time but replacements can
      be made at any time in the game

  <WSC#MUC024:0455:BT>
      a further seven players in what is called the interchange zone
      as away goes stephanie scott for new zealand but the touch made
      by the australian defender <,,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0460:KL>
      yeah it's probably one time in a set of six where you can run
      from from dummy half or from acting half brendan is on the last

  <WSC#MUC024:0465:KL>
      and usually most players try and over run the mark to give
      <&>25:00</&> the the rest of their team mates an opportunity to
      regroup behind them

  <WSC#MUC024:0470:BT>
      moves across to debbie egan

  <WSC#MUC024:0475:BT>
      slip back inside to katrina mar

  <WSC#MUC024:0480:BT>
      there's a big gap there karen smith goes through on her own but
      the touch number fourteen picked up right on the line

  <WSC#MUC024:0485:BT>
      joanne wong maybe karen smith number four the captain should
      have gone on her own there <,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0490:KL>
      oh that's great step from er the the australian girls

  <WSC#MUC024:0495:KL>
      yeah they've got a lot of skill these girls

  <WSC#MUC024:0500:BT>
      <?>it's</?> debbie egan number eight weaving her way <laughs>through</laughs>
      the new zealand defence like david campese

  <WSC#MUC024:0505:KL>
      oh definitely yeah just as good step

  <WSC#MUC024:0510:BT>
      and the overlap

  <WSC#MUC024:0515:BT>
      must be <cheering>another try

  <WSC#MUC024:0520:BT>
      number twelve paulette olden

  <WSC#MUC024:0525:BT>
      it's seven nil

  <WSC#MUC024:0530:KL>
      yeah that's paulette's second try in this second half as well
      and we saw again</cheering> the leadup was a couple of good
      completed sets by the australian side

  <WSC#MUC024:0535:KL>
      and they managed to play behind a lot of good forward momentum
      here

  <WSC#MUC024:0540:KL>
      we'll see the final pass on the one world of sport replay

  <WSC#MUC024:0545:KL>
      paulette olden doing it all right for the australian side

  <WSC#MUC024:0550:KL>
      they now lead seven nil brendan

  <WSC#MUC024:0555:BT>
      two tries for the queenslander in the second <&>26:00</&> spell
      and australia ahead by seven to nil and we've er had twelve
      minutes of play

  <WSC#MUC024:0560:BT>
      thirteen minutes of this world cup final in the women's open
      grade remaining and australia <,> ahead by seven to nil <,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0565:BT>
      and this really is a brilliant exhibition of touch from the
      australian women

  <WSC#MUC024:0570:BT>
      their ball handling skills not to mention their pace <,> is in
      fact at times quite breathtaking <,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0575:KL>
      yeah they certainly have better representation of the best side
      the best women's side in world touch football

  <WSC#MUC024:0580:KL>
      they're very very competitive particularly on defence

  <WSC#MUC024:0585:KL>
      they move up both sides

  <WSC#MUC024:0590:KL>
      they communicate well

  <WSC#MUC024:0595:KL>
      and they always seem to anticipate each other's play well

  <WSC#MUC024:0600:KL>
      they're very good at supporting each other particularly on the
      inside

  <WSC#MUC024:0605:BT>
      and if you've never seen a game of touch football before and
      you've only been watching for the last ten minutes i'm sure you
      will have noticed already JUST how fast this game is played and
      what a a premium is placed on fitness

  <WSC#MUC024:0610:BT>
      this is no middle age leisure sport believe you me

  <WSC#MUC024:0615:BT>
      this is competitive

  <WSC#MUC024:0620:BT>
      you've got to have fast feet fast hands and a fast mind

  <WSC#MUC024:0625:KL>
      and brendan it's certainly no male bastion <&>27:00</&> either

  <WSC#MUC024:0630:KL>
      i've had a lot of involvement with a lot of the top men's sides
      in new zealand and certainly a lot of them would struggle to <?>cut</?>
      the pace with some of these australian girls

  <WSC#MUC024:0635:KL>
      there's some terrific players out here <,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0640:BT>
      slipped across and look at that beautiful piece of hand <?>work</?>
      there from number fourteen joanne <.>wo</.>

  <WSC#MUC024:0645:BT>
      great understanding amongst the australian women here
      <,,><&>4</&>

  <WSC#MUC024:0650:KL>
      i think it's pretty obvious the australian side brendan have got
      the game wrapped up at seven points to nil

  <WSC#MUC024:0655:KL>
      they'll probably take some risk and probably turn on a little
      bit of razzle dazzle and entertainment for the crowd which is
      probably fitting their status as world champions <,,><&>4</&>

  <WSC#MUC024:0660:KL>
      the australians penalised new zealand get the penalty tap <,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0665:KL>
      cindy nga whati with the ball

  <WSC#MUC024:0670:KL>
      the eighteen year old the teenager from auckland

  <WSC#MUC024:0675:KL>
      plays it back for angela tole across to lesley <?>brecht</?> <,>
      angela tole <,,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0680:KL>
      but the ball fumbled by new zealand knocked forward from the
      roll ball

  <WSC#MUC024:0685:KL>
      from the touch brendan the ball must be placed <&>28:00</&>
      right on the mark

  <WSC#MUC024:0690:KL>
      if there's any forward momentum going <?>to the</?> ball you
      turn it over

  <WSC#MUC024:0695:BT>
      there we see a similar mistake from the australians

  <WSC#MUC024:0700:BT>
      if you drop the ball it doesn't matter whether it rolls forward
      or it rolls back possession immediately goes to the opposition

  <WSC#MUC024:0705:BT>
      scampering away is vicky ratcliffe for new zealand but she
      couldn't breach the final couple of metres <latch>

  <WSC#MUC024:0710:KL>
      <?>no</?> she was desperately unlucky there

  <WSC#MUC024:0715:KL>
      she showed good pace to go on the outside

  <WSC#MUC024:0720:BT>
      carol howard

  <WSC#MUC024:0725:BT>
      vicky ratcliffe again

  <WSC#MUC024:0730:BT>
      across to number fourteen michelle crook

  <WSC#MUC024:0735:BT>
      just a metre short of the goal line or the try line

  <WSC#MUC024:0740:BT>
      you can see it there with the orange marker

  <WSC#MUC024:0745:BT>
      that's the line that you must <,> take the ball across untouched

  <WSC#MUC024:0750:BT>
      you don't have to force it once you're across the line

  <WSC#MUC024:0755:BT>
      you simply have to get through untouched <,,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0760:KL>
      again new zealand not helping their cause by trying to string
      too many passes together

  <WSC#MUC024:0765:KL>
      what they should try and do is just try and advance play the
      balls one after the other and try and play behind a good go
      forward which is exactly what the australians are doing now in
      comparison

  <WSC#MUC024:0770:KL>
      if you watch them there they're just looking for forward
      momentum good fast play <&>29:00</&> from dummy half and good
      runners running on <?>with</?> the ball <,,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0775:KL>
      see again two play the balls and the australian side have
      managed to make fifty metres <,,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0780:BT>
      remember you get a set of six touches when you receive
      possession and er if you haven't in fact managed to score a try
      after six touches the ball is turned over to the <.>o</.> the
      opposing side

  <WSC#MUC024:0785:BT>
      as lynelle hardy hardy <,> a new zealander makes the touch
      however or did she

  <WSC#MUC024:0790:BT>
      yes

  <WSC#MUC024:0795:KL>
      i think lynelle hardy was probably claiming that she'd got
      through without the touch but the referee called the touch and
      he was well placed to adjudicate <,,><&>3</&>

  <WSC#MUC024:0800:BT>
      so new zealand with a fresh set of six trying to run the ball
      away from their own goal line to get close to the australian
      line but

  <WSC#MUC024:0805:BT>
      that's the difference between the two teams

  <WSC#MUC024:0810:BT>
      australia seem to be able to move the ball a full length of the
      paddock in <?>the</?> space of three or four <&>30:00</&>
      touches

  <WSC#MUC024:0815:BT>
      and new zealand <,> showing a little more penetration this time
      through stephanie scott

  <WSC#MUC024:0820:BT>
      she nearly stepped away from the australian defence

  <WSC#MUC024:0825:BT>
      a desperate hand picked her up twenty metres from the line

  <WSC#MUC024:0830:KL>
      yeah again she ran from dummy half and if you get tackled dummy
      half in touch football it's immediate turnover to the opposition

  <WSC#MUC024:0835:BT>
      <?>it's</?> the captain of the australian team thirty four years
      of age karen smith number four

  <WSC#MUC024:0840:BT>
      lynelle hardy

  <WSC#MUC024:0845:KL>
      yeah karen smith she's been the captain of australia for six
      years

  <WSC#MUC024:0850:KL>
      she's a great athlete brendan and has represented her country
      well

  <WSC#MUC024:0855:KL>
      this is her second world cup

  <WSC#MUC024:0860:KL>
      great player

  <WSC#MUC024:0865:BT>
      oh great skills there from erin vickery number six <,,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0870:BT>
      and the australians again within twenty metres of the new
      zealand line <,,><&>3</&>

  <WSC#MUC024:0875:BT>
      as debbie egan slips it back for michelle wong try to create
      space out <cheering>wide for vickery and it's opened up for
      vickery

  <WSC#MUC024:0880:BT>
      she scampers through or does she <,,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0885:BT>
      yes that's number eight <&>31:00</&> <,,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0890:BT>
      erin vickery just managed to elude the desperate</cheering> new
      zealand hand

  <WSC#MUC024:0895:BT>
      here's how it happened

  <WSC#MUC024:0900:KL>
      yes very professional effort from the australians

  <WSC#MUC024:0905:KL>
      we saw joanne wong go wide turn the ball back inside to vickery
      <?>who's got</?> chose good leg speed to get over for a terrific
      try from an organised set of six

  <WSC#MUC024:0910:KL>
      planned move from the australian <,,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0915:BT>
      that's er number eight for australia and this is turning into a
      bit of an oldfashioned rout here <,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0920:BT>
      new zealand who kept the australians to a one nil score line in
      their first match and this could be <cheering>the first goal <.>for</.>
      first try for new zealand as away goes carol howard</cheering>

  <WSC#MUC024:0925:BT>
      but again there always seems to be someone there on the line
      with an arm long enough to make contact with the new zealander

  <WSC#MUC024:0930:BT>
      and howard pulled back for the roll ball

  <WSC#MUC024:0935:BT>
      five metres from the australian line is number twelve cindy nga
      whati <,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0940:BT>
      tries to skip away from her opposing player <,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0945:BT>
      we've had eighteen <&>32:00</&> minutes of play

  <WSC#MUC024:0950:BT>
      seven minutes remaining in the world cup final for women here at
      avondale and australia the defending champions with a formidable
      record here this week

  <WSC#MUC024:0955:BT>
      from their eleven matches they've scored a hundred and twenty
      three tries prior to this match and only conceded three and we
      can add another eight so far today

  <WSC#MUC024:0960:BT>
      so a hundred and thirty one tries in twelve games

  <WSC#MUC024:0965:BT>
      outstanding record <,,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0970:KL>
      brendan we don't <.>lack</.> we don't lack that much difference
      between the australians individually

  <WSC#MUC024:0975:KL>
      where they do have a definite cut above us is in their overall
      organisation and their set plays and the way that they execute
      them as a team <,,><&>3</&>

  <WSC#MUC024:0980:BT>
      debbie <?>milford</?> number eleven slips it back to katrina <?>mar
      the</?> vice captain she's through or is she

  <WSC#MUC024:0985:BT>
      no i think she might have been picked up <,>

  <WSC#MUC024:0990:KL>
      an interesting rule in this game as well that even if the touch
      hadn't've been made brendan she wouldn't have been able to score
      because of this competition under these rules the dummy half
      can't score

  <WSC#MUC024:0995:KL>
      they can get over the try line but they must pass the ball to
      another player <&>33:00</&>

  <WSC#MUC024:1000:BT>
      and that's a ploy we've seen many times this week

  <WSC#MUC024:1005:BT>
      the dummy half can't score remember but they can run across the
      goal line

  <WSC#MUC024:1010:BT>
      there they have to find a team mate and make the pass to before
      the try can be awarded <&>33:12</&> <&>end of side one</&>
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