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Max King | This feels like a dream

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King recalls Stephen Crichton telling him after a 44-12 loss, "can't wait," before joining Canterbury.

1. The Fox League podcast talks to Max King about the Bulldogs’ 2024 finals push after a win over the Warriors. 2. Darcy McDonald hosts from Belmore Sports Ground, and King is the Canterbury-Bankstown prop whose durability and role matter to the club. 3. The episode asks why Canterbury now feels like a team that expects to win after years of losing. 4. King says the Bulldogs had been sitting out of finals for five weeks before the Warriors game, and he felt jealous watching the boys play so well. 5. He says his right wrist affected his usual habit of carrying the ball in his right hand, so he practiced with his left hand all week. 6. King says the body felt good, the lungs held up, and he got through the game unscathed. 7. He describes the 2024 run as a reward for hard training after seasons where wins were hard to come by and last year ended with heavy losses. 8. King says Canterbury have had the same drills and the same system as last year, but the group now understands the reps better after 12 months. 9. He says the club’s review sessions stay consistent whether they win or lose, and that is part of the standard. 10. King names the Parramatta win on King’s Birthday as his standout result, ahead of the Sharks and Warriors wins. 11. He says he was on the bench when Blake Wilson scored the last try against Parramatta, and the moment felt like a dream. 12. King says the Sharks win mattered because he had gone 0-8 against them across trials and NRL games before that night. 13. He says the Warriors result in Auckland mattered because he had not won there before and the club was changing old losing patterns. 14. King says Stephen Crichton impressed him immediately after Penrith beat Canterbury 44-12, because Crichton shook hands and said he could not wait to go to work. 15. He says Crichton and Connor Tracey help drive the standard, and that every training rep is treated seriously. 16. King says Cameron Ciraldo makes training fun, encourages player-led habits, and spends huge hours at the club to steer the culture. 17. The interview is relaxed and direct, with Darcy McDonald asking specific football questions and King answering with long, detailed examples. 18. King’s tone mixes humour about match payments and injuries with blunt talk about losing, reviews, and standards. 19. Bulldogs fans interested in finals, culture, and player journeys. 20. Listeners wanting a broad NRL roundup with no club focus.

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A grounded Bulldogs chat about recovery, standards, and the mood inside a finals push.

This Bulldogs chat stays close to Belmore and to the feel of a side that has already locked in finals. Max King comes across as relaxed and open about coming back from a wrist injury, with a dry joke about ending up in New South Wales Cup or Ron Massey if the layoff had run…

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Hear Max King talk a Bulldogs finals-clinching win, a wrist-injury comeback, and the standards behind the club's rise.

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