On Sports Fix with Jason Pine for 8th June 2026, NZR has secured Tony Brown's services from 2028. He'll join the All Blacks coaching staff as assistant coach. Former All Black and highlander who played under Tony Brown, Lima Sopoaga, joins the podcast to discuss how big a signing this is.
Piney is extremely bullish now that Liam Lawson has found form in F1.
Plus, Adam Cooper is in the Chamber recapping a difficult first test for the Black Caps against England.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Be hello there and welcome into a new week and
into a fresh episode of the Sports Fixed podcast for Monday,
June the eighth. I'm Jason Pint. Great to have you
with us. The news broke first thing this morning that
Tony Brown is coming back to New Zealand rugby, not immediately,
but following next year's Rugby World Cup. He will become
an All Blacks assistant coach from twenty twenty eight onwards
(00:43):
on a two year contract. We don't know yet who
the head coach will be beyond next year's Rugby World Cup.
Dave Rennie, of course has the gig until then. By
the sounds of it, he was heavily engaged throughout this process.
How good a piece of news is this? Former All
Black Lema Soofewanga knows Tony Brown pretty well. He's going
to join us for a chat. We're into the chamber
(01:04):
with Adam Cooper as we talk about the weekends at
Super Rugby Action and rather meek outing by the Black
Caps at Lord's The latest in sports news coming your
way too, so let's get into it. In other news,
let's get you underway. Whether a look at some of
the big sports stories around today. Leam Lawson has equaled
his best career finishing and Formula One race, claiming fifth
(01:26):
in Monaco, his fourth points finish in his last five races.
Cammie Antonelli claimed the race win to tighten his grip
meantime on the overall time, he.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
Survived the restarts, he survived the safety cars, he comes home.
So in Monaco, Jimmyelly makes it five brood Pre victories
in a row.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
The black Caps have fallen to a humbling one hundred
and fifteen run defeat in the first cricketeste against England
at Lord's, follow.
Speaker 5 (01:56):
Them to finish a comprehensive win for England.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
New Zealand all out for one hundred and thirty eight
in their second innings chasing two hundred and fifty four,
and Alexander z Veriev is finally Amend's My Tennis champion.
The German has beaten Italian tenth seed Flavio Kabali in
the French Open final.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
The dissecting the sporting agenda. It's SPORTSFX with Jason Dne.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
You're listening to the Sports Fix podcast. Tony Brown is
coming back to New Zealand rugby. The former Test pivot
will be in All Black's assistant coach from twenty twenty
eight onwards on a two year contract. He's committed to
the spring Box until the end of next year's Rugby
World Cup. New Zealand Rugby Chief Executive Steve Lancaster has
said Dave Rennie was engaged throughout the process and supportive
(02:49):
of the appointment. Let's bring in former All Black and
now Skysport commentator and analyst Lemasofuwanga Lima. Tony Brown's coming
back to New Zealand. This feels like really good news.
What do you make of it?
Speaker 5 (03:01):
All? It's exceptional news, mate. I think it's it's a
great move by ms AU. He's probably one of the
most brilliant minds when it comes to attacking in the world.
So I think they probably realized that made a mistake,
you know that the last two times and not being
able to get him, so to keep their man before
the World Cup and probably before maybe his price goes up.
(03:26):
If South Africa to be successful it's a smart move.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
I guess they probably would have wanted him before. Now
it feels likely, doesn't it that he was locked into
South Africa until the World Cup next year. So does
this feel like the next best outcome for New Zealand rugby?
Speaker 4 (03:41):
Yeah for sure.
Speaker 5 (03:42):
I mean, you know, those those bloats from the Deep South,
like Brownie and Jamie, they operated at that old school
level where if you shake your hand and you say
a deal, then the deal's a deal. So you know,
he probably tried to do things to maybe be available
(04:02):
for twenty seven. But he's a good Southern man and
so he's obviously signed a contract in South Africa and
to get him in twenty eight is the next best
thing I think for the country.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
You know, I'm pretty well Lima and you mentioned there
he's one of the best attack coaches going around. What
specifically does he bring as a coach?
Speaker 5 (04:20):
I think what he brings specifically as a coach is
that he sees the game differently, and he's very innovative
around the way he wants to attack and what he
wants to do and how he see the group of
players that he has and how he wants to attack
with that set of players, if that makes sense. So
(04:43):
I like that he is really innovative. He pushes the
boundaries and he's not afraid to think outside the box.
And I think that's such a great character of his
is that?
Speaker 3 (04:57):
And he was that anyway, And now he's working under
Rassi Erasmus, who's widely regarded as one of the most
innovative coaches in the world. You'd have to imagine that
Tony Brown will come back and even better coach, won't
he That's exactly it.
Speaker 5 (05:10):
And I think for South Africa they would have got
a small glimpse into his mindset and he would have given.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
A lot away as well.
Speaker 5 (05:20):
But he also, like you said, would have gained a lot.
And so when we get him, we get a wealth
of experience from different coaches, different perspectives, different ways of
seeing things, and he'll be able to feed that back
into New Zealand Rugby and the next group of players
coming through the All Bucks.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
It's a slightly unusual timeline than usual, and that he
is contracted from the start of twenty twenty eight. At
the moment, Dave Rennie is only taking the team through
until the Rugby World Cup, So I guess we don't
know with absolute certainty that it'll be Dave Rennie beyond
twenty twenty seven? Would you back Tony Brown to work
alongside Dave Rennie and or to work alongside whoever might
(05:58):
come in after that.
Speaker 5 (06:01):
I mean, I think we just had to back Rends
in the group until the end of the World Cup.
I mean, if they do what I believe they can
do and win a World Cup, then you would never
sack a coach, no, right, So whoever's coming in after
twenty seven, we just worry about that then. But I
(06:22):
think we've just got a back to coaching stuff we
have back. Dave Rennie is an amazing coach, He's just
won the Japanese Top League, and Artie's there and Antonina
Brown's there, so you know, all things point to positivity
for the All Blacks going forward and hopefully they can
bring that William warebalace home. So I'm really looking forward
to this next eighteen months under rens oh sa Am.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
I And how how do you reckon a Dave Rennie
Tony Brown partnership? Would go errick and that'd be pretty
potent if and when that happens, Oh for sure.
Speaker 5 (06:51):
I mean, you know, those two are both world class coaches,
and they both have a different skill skill set. You know,
I've heard from many people that Dave Rennie's he's a
man to bring people together. Andy Brown just loves being
in the background. He loves coaching attack and he's always
(07:13):
wanted to be the best attacks coach attack coach in
the world. And I think he's not a head coach,
and he knows that himself because he doesn't need that pressure.
What he loves his coaching attack and working with someone
like Renz, who is that person who does fit into
that head coaching role, works perfectly and I think they
would turn water into one.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Do you get a sense that Tony Brown has always
wanted to be part of the all Blacks coaching setup.
Speaker 5 (07:41):
I think so. I mean like it it would have
always been in his dream. I think originally though, because
of the way his relationship had worked with Jamie Joe,
it would have always he would have always wanted to
be with him. Right he got the job, I know
that he was asked to do to be a part
of that all black set up. Then he turned it
down because he wasn't with his mate. And those are
(08:03):
the sort of old school values that those two possessed.
But you know, whatever happens in twenty eight happens, and
whoever's a coach, you know, we'll just wait and see.
But in terms of him wanting to be this where
he is now and Coachy or Blacks very much feels
like he's always wanted it. It just had to be
(08:25):
under the right circumstances in it and it seems like
those circumstances are coming back coming to Fruistiona now.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Yes, and a very exciting times for sure. Lima thanks
for joining us on the Sports Fixed podcast. Lima Sooppewanga
on the news that Tony Brown is returning to New
Zealand rugby from twenty twenty eight. Onwards sports. The latest
chapter in a growingly impressive Formula one year for Liam
Lawson played out overnight in Monico, the iconic Monaco Formula
(08:55):
one course. He equalled his best ever career finish, finishing
fifth in that race, and on top of that it
is his fourth points finish in his last five races.
It was a fairly chaosity kaffair at Monaco, a lot
of chaos, double figure penalties, seven drivers failing to finish,
which in many ways makes this even more impressive. Then
(09:18):
you start looking at the driver's standings, and last year
in the driver's standings we found Liam Lawson all the
way down at the tail of the field. After that
points finish and that fifth place finish in Monaco, Liam
Lawson is now inside the top ten in the Driver's
Championship and the eight drivers above him are from the
(09:39):
Big four of Formula One, the Mercedes of Antonelli and Russell,
the Ferrari of Hamilton and Leclair, the McLarens of Piastre
and Norris, and Red Bulls two for Stappin and Hadja,
and then it is Liam Lawson. So to be the
leading driver outside of the Big four is extremely impressive.
He's actually not that far behind Isaac Hadger, just the
(10:03):
three points between he and the Frenchman, and almost as
Cruci because they say this is how you rarely judge
a driver. He has twice as many points as his
racing Bull's stable mate Avered lind Blood now Lin Blaod
came in and he was the wonder kid. He was
the man who was going to take everything by storm.
He was going to come in and rarely tear things up. Well,
(10:25):
it hasn't happened for him, and Liam Lawson has shown
I reckon the benefit of the experience of last year,
and this is why you have to get rid of
this instant gratification mindset in Formula one racing and in
fact in elite level sport. We can talk about that
another day, but remember last year, after just a couple
(10:46):
of races in the Red Bull they decided Liam, this
is not for you. Out you go, You're down to
the racing balls. He couldn't possibly have had enough time
to get used to that car. Now that he's had
a year in the Racing Bulls car, he is used
to it. He has the experience, he knows how to
drive it, he knows how to get points in it.
Liam Lawson mounting a very very good Formula One case,
(11:10):
not just for this year, but for many years to come.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
The Chamber is now in session on Sports Fix.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
On the Sports Fix podcast Let's Pop Inside the Chamber.
Monday's Chamber involves Head of Sport at News talks had
been Wellington, Adam Cooper. A couple of fairly happy Hurricanes
fans in the chamber today. Coops, I thought the Brumbies
were pretty ordinary. That I don't know what you thought
about Friday night, but they didn't really turn up, did
they for a knockout game the Brumbies.
Speaker 6 (11:38):
No, not at all. I mean, you know, he don't
want to take much away from the Hurricanes having a
stellar performance, but they never really felt there was much
in their way, you know, ahead of all those brilliantly
impressive tries they scored sixty six points, they piled on
obviously a perfect kicking night from Reuben Love as well.
It just never felt like the Brumbies were in that
game at all. It was you know, they were already
(11:58):
trailing by thirty od points at halftime. And yes, there
was a a few spells of messy rugby where the
Brumbi's got a few sneak chances and things and got
a few points to their name, but certainly a very
one sided affair in the hurricanes favor. So yeah, their
charge carried on, and they of course waited over the
weekend is to see who their opponents would be. And
I think most people, if they were sort of putting
(12:20):
some fair thought into to the way things should pan
out with form and everything like that, thing's probably played
out pretty predictably from those last two games to go
with the Friday night game as well. So yeah, the
Chiefs advance, the Crusaders advance, and what a mousewatering semi
final that will be on Friday nights. But of course
the Hurricanes, as top qualifiers, get the Blues, who suffer
(12:41):
yet another loss. And here they are in the final
four of the competition, trying to pull off something that
would be nothing short of miraculous if they were able
to suddenly rebound from their horrific run of form in
this latter part of the season and get one over
the Hurricanes. Can't see that happening at all, person.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
Never can I, And I think the Blues. You know,
you compare the Blues to the championship winning side of
what was it only two years ago, under the same coach,
with largely the same group of players, and defensively they
have fallen off a cliff. They conceded fifty two two
points the other day against the Crusaders. In their last
four games of that championship winning season, the quarterfinal, the
semi final, the final, and their last regular season game,
(13:18):
they conceded fifty two points in total in those four games.
All of a sudden they've shipped one hundred and ninety
four points in four games. It's almost as though they've
given up.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
I mean, I know they haven't, but it's just a
shadow of the side that won the championship just two
seasons ago.
Speaker 6 (13:34):
Yeah, and as you say, you just wonder what has
actually happened, because it's almost the same squads. You know,
they're star players that they had then are generally on
the whole still there. The coach is still there. Whether
you know, Vern Cotter's departure has sort of triggered a
bit of oh well, things are changing here. It's time
to wait till you know, Jason Holland arrives and start
the new era. You'd hope not, because you know, Vern
(13:56):
still seems very much invested. He didn't look happy with
the way things were going there, as opposed to you know,
earlier in the season when the Blues were looking ready threatening. Yeah,
they scored that first try and I thought this could
be on here. And then just as you say, the
defensive holes and lapses and the way the Chiefs were
able to just you know, embarrass them right the way
through that game. It was pretty disappointing and You've got
to look at these playoffs and think a sixty point
(14:18):
game on Friday night, that fifty pointer that the Chiefs
are masked on Saturday. It's not a great look for
this competition, isn't it. Where teams in this teams in
these playoffs and the final six are so far apart
from each other. It doesn't show a very strong competition,
does it? Purely on that's those score lines.
Speaker 3 (14:37):
Yeah, I expect the Blues to be better on Saturday
against the Hurricanes. Well, I mean, there's no evidence to
suggest that, but it's a semi final and as you say,
you know here they are eighty minutes away from a
grand final off the back of four straight losses. It's
a funny old scenario. You're right, Chefs Crusaders will be
a belter, That'll be an absolute belter. And look, you
know there's one close semi and it's that one and
(14:58):
one which you know looks as may go the way
of the Hurricanes. But I mean, you can't blame the
Hurricanes for this. You know, all they're doing is playing
what's in front of them, and the Brumbies were poor.
If the Blues don't lift their game, they'll get swept
away in the same fashion, and.
Speaker 6 (15:10):
You hope, and you just before we go, you hope
that the Hurricanes aren't actually haven't actually been underdone these
last two weeks. You know, they took an understrength team
down to meet the Crusaders and they've had the Brumbies
to start things off. Yes, they're playing some great rugby,
but are they going to be tested enough to take
on either the Chiefs or the Crusaders the following week
should they win through I hope so. I think they
probably will be. But it's going to be a little
(15:31):
bit of concern.
Speaker 3 (15:32):
Yeah, I guess that's one of the one of the
little side issues for Clarke Labor on his team to
look at across the week ahead and for them they
hope anyway. The week after that as well a first
Test at Lord's which has ended pretty well pretty quickly.
There was a lot of rain on Day three. Day
four didn't last very long. Scores of one hundred and
forty and two twenty six for England one hundred and
(15:52):
thirteen one hundred and thirty eight four New Zealand. Not
a single New Zealand player got over. I think Glenn
Phillips got forty four not out in the second innings.
That was the highest score of the entire match for
New Zealand. It certainly isn't the way they wanted to
start their their three Test series at the of a
really really busy Test cricket period.
Speaker 6 (16:12):
Yeah, an important period for New Zealand given the you know,
they need some points on this World Test Championship ledger
as well early on with other teams having had a
few more games. I mean, the pitch was you know,
we can talk all about the pitch. It was disappointing.
It's been admitted by the Marley Bone Cricket Club that yes,
it's not good enough. I mean, this is the home
of cricket, for goodness sake, that should be producing the
absolute best crickets going round and it certainly hasn't in
(16:34):
this match or you know, quite a few others of late.
And I think the rain didn't help with the conditions.
But at the end of the day, the black Caps
at England were playing on the same pitch and the
black Caps have come second, come off second best here.
And yes, when in the first innings Kyle Jamison was
your top scorer, one of your seam bowlers who had
also contributed so well with the ball straight before that
innings and then as you say, Glenn Phillips getting forty four,
(16:57):
the highest for his Zealand in a whole Test match.
From the batting perspective, it doesn't bode well at all.
The top order just could not deal with a the
conditions and be some of the inform England seamer. So
I think, despite the conditions, will be pretty happy with
with their efforts, you know, bowling slightly, you know, more
positive signs I think for what's ahead in this England tour,
(17:18):
with Kyle Jamison coming back from injury showing some good form,
Nathan Smith relatively inexperienced comparatively with a lot of the
other seamers in the New Zealand side, getting you know,
nine wickets for the Test and really showing that he
can bowl in some of those conditions over there. So yeah,
just a disappointing. We've built up for this for so long,
you know, in New Zealand England, not just a tour
of England, but a match at Lord's and here it
(17:40):
is in a pretty underwhelming four days finishing up with that,
So yeah, and he's Zealand on the back foot now
within this three match series.
Speaker 3 (17:46):
And well The's have got a bit of time now
they stay in London, they play the second Test at
the Oval, and that doesn't start until June the seventeenth,
So what are we today, the eighth. They've got nine
days to maybe acclimatize to those conditions which will be
fairly similar, ye'd imagine at the Oval. Hopefully the pictures
a bit better, but overhead conditions likely to be the
same at this time of the year. Always enjoy a
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(18:07):
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Be hello there and welcome into a new week and
into a fresh episode of the Sports Fixed podcast for Monday,
June the eighth. I'm Jason Pint. Great to have you
with us. The news broke first thing this morning that
Tony Brown is coming back to New Zealand rugby, not immediately,
but following next year's Rugby World Cup. He will become
an All Blacks assistant coach from twenty twenty eight onwards
(00:43):
on a two year contract. We don't know yet who
the head coach will be beyond next year's Rugby World Cup.
Dave Rennie, of course has the gig until then. By
the sounds of it, he was heavily engaged throughout this process.
How good a piece of news is this? Former All
Black Lema Soofewanga knows Tony Brown pretty well. He's going
to join us for a chat. We're into the chamber
(01:04):
with Adam Cooper as we talk about the weekends at
Super Rugby Action and rather meek outing by the Black
Caps at Lord's The latest in sports news coming your
way too, so let's get into it. In other news,
let's get you underway. Whether a look at some of
the big sports stories around today. Leam Lawson has equaled
his best career finishing and Formula One race, claiming fifth
(01:26):
in Monaco, his fourth points finish in his last five races.
Cammie Antonelli claimed the race win to tighten his grip
meantime on the overall time, he.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
Survived the restarts, he survived the safety cars, he comes home.
So in Monaco, Jimmyelly makes it five brood Pre victories
in a row.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
The black Caps have fallen to a humbling one hundred
and fifteen run defeat in the first cricketeste against England
at Lord's, follow.
Speaker 5 (01:56):
Them to finish a comprehensive win for England.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
New Zealand all out for one hundred and thirty eight
in their second innings chasing two hundred and fifty four,
and Alexander z Veriev is finally Amend's My Tennis champion.
The German has beaten Italian tenth seed Flavio Kabali in
the French Open final.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
The dissecting the sporting agenda. It's SPORTSFX with Jason Dne.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
You're listening to the Sports Fix podcast. Tony Brown is
coming back to New Zealand rugby. The former Test pivot
will be in All Black's assistant coach from twenty twenty
eight onwards on a two year contract. He's committed to
the spring Box until the end of next year's Rugby
World Cup. New Zealand Rugby Chief Executive Steve Lancaster has
said Dave Rennie was engaged throughout the process and supportive
(02:49):
of the appointment. Let's bring in former All Black and
now Skysport commentator and analyst Lemasofuwanga Lima. Tony Brown's coming
back to New Zealand. This feels like really good news.
What do you make of it?
Speaker 5 (03:01):
All? It's exceptional news, mate. I think it's it's a
great move by ms AU. He's probably one of the
most brilliant minds when it comes to attacking in the world.
So I think they probably realized that made a mistake,
you know that the last two times and not being
able to get him, so to keep their man before
the World Cup and probably before maybe his price goes up.
(03:26):
If South Africa to be successful it's a smart move.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
I guess they probably would have wanted him before. Now
it feels likely, doesn't it that he was locked into
South Africa until the World Cup next year. So does
this feel like the next best outcome for New Zealand rugby?
Speaker 4 (03:41):
Yeah for sure.
Speaker 5 (03:42):
I mean, you know, those those bloats from the Deep South,
like Brownie and Jamie, they operated at that old school
level where if you shake your hand and you say
a deal, then the deal's a deal. So you know,
he probably tried to do things to maybe be available
(04:02):
for twenty seven. But he's a good Southern man and
so he's obviously signed a contract in South Africa and
to get him in twenty eight is the next best
thing I think for the country.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
You know, I'm pretty well Lima and you mentioned there
he's one of the best attack coaches going around. What
specifically does he bring as a coach?
Speaker 5 (04:20):
I think what he brings specifically as a coach is
that he sees the game differently, and he's very innovative
around the way he wants to attack and what he
wants to do and how he see the group of
players that he has and how he wants to attack
with that set of players, if that makes sense. So
(04:43):
I like that he is really innovative. He pushes the
boundaries and he's not afraid to think outside the box.
And I think that's such a great character of his
is that?
Speaker 3 (04:57):
And he was that anyway, And now he's working under
Rassi Erasmus, who's widely regarded as one of the most
innovative coaches in the world. You'd have to imagine that
Tony Brown will come back and even better coach, won't
he That's exactly it.
Speaker 5 (05:10):
And I think for South Africa they would have got
a small glimpse into his mindset and he would have given.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
A lot away as well.
Speaker 5 (05:20):
But he also, like you said, would have gained a lot.
And so when we get him, we get a wealth
of experience from different coaches, different perspectives, different ways of
seeing things, and he'll be able to feed that back
into New Zealand Rugby and the next group of players
coming through the All Bucks.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
It's a slightly unusual timeline than usual, and that he
is contracted from the start of twenty twenty eight. At
the moment, Dave Rennie is only taking the team through
until the Rugby World Cup, So I guess we don't
know with absolute certainty that it'll be Dave Rennie beyond
twenty twenty seven? Would you back Tony Brown to work
alongside Dave Rennie and or to work alongside whoever might
(05:58):
come in after that.
Speaker 5 (06:01):
I mean, I think we just had to back Rends
in the group until the end of the World Cup.
I mean, if they do what I believe they can
do and win a World Cup, then you would never
sack a coach, no, right, So whoever's coming in after
twenty seven, we just worry about that then. But I
(06:22):
think we've just got a back to coaching stuff we
have back. Dave Rennie is an amazing coach, He's just
won the Japanese Top League, and Artie's there and Antonina
Brown's there, so you know, all things point to positivity
for the All Blacks going forward and hopefully they can
bring that William warebalace home. So I'm really looking forward
to this next eighteen months under rens oh sa Am.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
I And how how do you reckon a Dave Rennie
Tony Brown partnership? Would go errick and that'd be pretty
potent if and when that happens, Oh for sure.
Speaker 5 (06:51):
I mean, you know, those two are both world class coaches,
and they both have a different skill skill set. You know,
I've heard from many people that Dave Rennie's he's a
man to bring people together. Andy Brown just loves being
in the background. He loves coaching attack and he's always
(07:13):
wanted to be the best attacks coach attack coach in
the world. And I think he's not a head coach,
and he knows that himself because he doesn't need that pressure.
What he loves his coaching attack and working with someone
like Renz, who is that person who does fit into
that head coaching role, works perfectly and I think they
would turn water into one.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Do you get a sense that Tony Brown has always
wanted to be part of the all Blacks coaching setup.
Speaker 5 (07:41):
I think so. I mean like it it would have
always been in his dream. I think originally though, because
of the way his relationship had worked with Jamie Joe,
it would have always he would have always wanted to
be with him. Right he got the job, I know
that he was asked to do to be a part
of that all black set up. Then he turned it
down because he wasn't with his mate. And those are
(08:03):
the sort of old school values that those two possessed.
But you know, whatever happens in twenty eight happens, and
whoever's a coach, you know, we'll just wait and see.
But in terms of him wanting to be this where
he is now and Coachy or Blacks very much feels
like he's always wanted it. It just had to be
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under the right circumstances in it and it seems like
those circumstances are coming back coming to Fruistiona now.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Yes, and a very exciting times for sure. Lima thanks
for joining us on the Sports Fixed podcast. Lima Sooppewanga
on the news that Tony Brown is returning to New
Zealand rugby from twenty twenty eight. Onwards sports. The latest
chapter in a growingly impressive Formula one year for Liam
Lawson played out overnight in Monico, the iconic Monaco Formula
(08:55):
one course. He equalled his best ever career finish, finishing
fifth in that race, and on top of that it
is his fourth points finish in his last five races.
It was a fairly chaosity kaffair at Monaco, a lot
of chaos, double figure penalties, seven drivers failing to finish,
which in many ways makes this even more impressive. Then
(09:18):
you start looking at the driver's standings, and last year
in the driver's standings we found Liam Lawson all the
way down at the tail of the field. After that
points finish and that fifth place finish in Monaco, Liam
Lawson is now inside the top ten in the Driver's
Championship and the eight drivers above him are from the
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Big four of Formula One, the Mercedes of Antonelli and Russell,
the Ferrari of Hamilton and Leclair, the McLarens of Piastre
and Norris, and Red Bulls two for Stappin and Hadja,
and then it is Liam Lawson. So to be the
leading driver outside of the Big four is extremely impressive.
He's actually not that far behind Isaac Hadger, just the
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three points between he and the Frenchman, and almost as
Cruci because they say this is how you rarely judge
a driver. He has twice as many points as his
racing Bull's stable mate Avered lind Blood now Lin Blaod
came in and he was the wonder kid. He was
the man who was going to take everything by storm.
He was going to come in and rarely tear things up. Well,
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it hasn't happened for him, and Liam Lawson has shown
I reckon the benefit of the experience of last year,
and this is why you have to get rid of
this instant gratification mindset in Formula one racing and in
fact in elite level sport. We can talk about that
another day, but remember last year, after just a couple
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of races in the Red Bull they decided Liam, this
is not for you. Out you go, You're down to
the racing balls. He couldn't possibly have had enough time
to get used to that car. Now that he's had
a year in the Racing Bulls car, he is used
to it. He has the experience, he knows how to
drive it, he knows how to get points in it.
Liam Lawson mounting a very very good Formula One case,
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not just for this year, but for many years to come.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
The Chamber is now in session on Sports Fix.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
On the Sports Fix podcast Let's Pop Inside the Chamber.
Monday's Chamber involves Head of Sport at News talks had
been Wellington, Adam Cooper. A couple of fairly happy Hurricanes
fans in the chamber today. Coops, I thought the Brumbies
were pretty ordinary. That I don't know what you thought
about Friday night, but they didn't really turn up, did
they for a knockout game the Brumbies.
Speaker 6 (11:38):
No, not at all. I mean, you know, he don't
want to take much away from the Hurricanes having a
stellar performance, but they never really felt there was much
in their way, you know, ahead of all those brilliantly
impressive tries they scored sixty six points, they piled on
obviously a perfect kicking night from Reuben Love as well.
It just never felt like the Brumbies were in that
game at all. It was you know, they were already
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trailing by thirty od points at halftime. And yes, there
was a a few spells of messy rugby where the
Brumbi's got a few sneak chances and things and got
a few points to their name, but certainly a very
one sided affair in the hurricanes favor. So yeah, their
charge carried on, and they of course waited over the
weekend is to see who their opponents would be. And
I think most people, if they were sort of putting
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some fair thought into to the way things should pan
out with form and everything like that, thing's probably played
out pretty predictably from those last two games to go
with the Friday night game as well. So yeah, the
Chiefs advance, the Crusaders advance, and what a mousewatering semi
final that will be on Friday nights. But of course
the Hurricanes, as top qualifiers, get the Blues, who suffer
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yet another loss. And here they are in the final
four of the competition, trying to pull off something that
would be nothing short of miraculous if they were able
to suddenly rebound from their horrific run of form in
this latter part of the season and get one over
the Hurricanes. Can't see that happening at all, person.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
Never can I, And I think the Blues. You know,
you compare the Blues to the championship winning side of
what was it only two years ago, under the same coach,
with largely the same group of players, and defensively they
have fallen off a cliff. They conceded fifty two two
points the other day against the Crusaders. In their last
four games of that championship winning season, the quarterfinal, the
semi final, the final, and their last regular season game,
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they conceded fifty two points in total in those four games.
All of a sudden they've shipped one hundred and ninety
four points in four games. It's almost as though they've
given up.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
I mean, I know they haven't, but it's just a
shadow of the side that won the championship just two
seasons ago.
Speaker 6 (13:34):
Yeah, and as you say, you just wonder what has
actually happened, because it's almost the same squads. You know,
they're star players that they had then are generally on
the whole still there. The coach is still there. Whether
you know, Vern Cotter's departure has sort of triggered a
bit of oh well, things are changing here. It's time
to wait till you know, Jason Holland arrives and start
the new era. You'd hope not, because you know, Vern
(13:56):
still seems very much invested. He didn't look happy with
the way things were going there, as opposed to you know,
earlier in the season when the Blues were looking ready threatening. Yeah,
they scored that first try and I thought this could
be on here. And then just as you say, the
defensive holes and lapses and the way the Chiefs were
able to just you know, embarrass them right the way
through that game. It was pretty disappointing and You've got
to look at these playoffs and think a sixty point
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game on Friday night, that fifty pointer that the Chiefs
are masked on Saturday. It's not a great look for
this competition, isn't it. Where teams in this teams in
these playoffs and the final six are so far apart
from each other. It doesn't show a very strong competition,
does it? Purely on that's those score lines.
Speaker 3 (14:37):
Yeah, I expect the Blues to be better on Saturday
against the Hurricanes. Well, I mean, there's no evidence to
suggest that, but it's a semi final and as you say,
you know here they are eighty minutes away from a
grand final off the back of four straight losses. It's
a funny old scenario. You're right, Chefs Crusaders will be
a belter, That'll be an absolute belter. And look, you
know there's one close semi and it's that one and
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one which you know looks as may go the way
of the Hurricanes. But I mean, you can't blame the
Hurricanes for this. You know, all they're doing is playing
what's in front of them, and the Brumbies were poor.
If the Blues don't lift their game, they'll get swept
away in the same fashion, and.
Speaker 6 (15:10):
You hope, and you just before we go, you hope
that the Hurricanes aren't actually haven't actually been underdone these
last two weeks. You know, they took an understrength team
down to meet the Crusaders and they've had the Brumbies
to start things off. Yes, they're playing some great rugby,
but are they going to be tested enough to take
on either the Chiefs or the Crusaders the following week
should they win through I hope so. I think they
probably will be. But it's going to be a little
(15:31):
bit of concern.
Speaker 3 (15:32):
Yeah, I guess that's one of the one of the
little side issues for Clarke Labor on his team to
look at across the week ahead and for them they
hope anyway. The week after that as well a first
Test at Lord's which has ended pretty well pretty quickly.
There was a lot of rain on Day three. Day
four didn't last very long. Scores of one hundred and
forty and two twenty six for England one hundred and
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thirteen one hundred and thirty eight four New Zealand. Not
a single New Zealand player got over. I think Glenn
Phillips got forty four not out in the second innings.
That was the highest score of the entire match for
New Zealand. It certainly isn't the way they wanted to
start their their three Test series at the of a
really really busy Test cricket period.
Speaker 6 (16:12):
Yeah, an important period for New Zealand given the you know,
they need some points on this World Test Championship ledger
as well early on with other teams having had a
few more games. I mean, the pitch was you know,
we can talk all about the pitch. It was disappointing.
It's been admitted by the Marley Bone Cricket Club that yes,
it's not good enough. I mean, this is the home
of cricket, for goodness sake, that should be producing the
absolute best crickets going round and it certainly hasn't in
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this match or you know, quite a few others of late.
And I think the rain didn't help with the conditions.
But at the end of the day, the black Caps
at England were playing on the same pitch and the
black Caps have come second, come off second best here.
And yes, when in the first innings Kyle Jamison was
your top scorer, one of your seam bowlers who had
also contributed so well with the ball straight before that
innings and then as you say, Glenn Phillips getting forty four,
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the highest for his Zealand in a whole Test match.
From the batting perspective, it doesn't bode well at all.
The top order just could not deal with a the
conditions and be some of the inform England seamer. So
I think, despite the conditions, will be pretty happy with
with their efforts, you know, bowling slightly, you know, more
positive signs I think for what's ahead in this England tour,
(17:18):
with Kyle Jamison coming back from injury showing some good form,
Nathan Smith relatively inexperienced comparatively with a lot of the
other seamers in the New Zealand side, getting you know,
nine wickets for the Test and really showing that he
can bowl in some of those conditions over there. So yeah,
just a disappointing. We've built up for this for so long,
you know, in New Zealand England, not just a tour
of England, but a match at Lord's and here it
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is in a pretty underwhelming four days finishing up with that,
So yeah, and he's Zealand on the back foot now
within this three match series.
Speaker 3 (17:46):
And well The's have got a bit of time now
they stay in London, they play the second Test at
the Oval, and that doesn't start until June the seventeenth,
So what are we today, the eighth. They've got nine
days to maybe acclimatize to those conditions which will be
fairly similar, ye'd imagine at the Oval. Hopefully the pictures
a bit better, but overhead conditions likely to be the
same at this time of the year. Always enjoy a
chat in the chamber, Coops, thanks for stopping in pleasure,
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piny a fix.
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