On Sports Fix with Jason Pine for 13th April 2026, Sunday racing at Supercars in Taupo had to be cancelled due to the threat of Cyclone Vaianu. Owner of Taupo International Motorsport Park, Tony Quinn, joined Piney to discuss how much of blow that was to the event.
Piney tries to get inside the mind of Andrew Webster, and attempts to figure out his halves logjam.
Plus, Max Towle is in the Chamber, discussing Rory McIlroy going back-to-back at The Masters.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:21):
Hello there, Welcome to a new week. Welcome to a
fresh episode of the Sports Fixed podcast. It's great to
have you listening. In Monday, April thirteen, off the back
of a wild and wet weekend in many parts of
the country, and the weather compelled the cancelation of Day
two of Supercars at Topor. As we look back on
(00:43):
that decision now, how do they reflect upon it? Hindsight's
always twenty twenty, of course, but was it the right
decision to cancel the second day at Topor and tag
another race onto what's coming up this weekend at Ruapoona.
We'll get you to the owner of Topor Motorsport Park,
Tony Quinn, on the podcast today, there's a debut in
(01:05):
the Chamber for Wellington's news toal he'd been newsreader and
sports fanatic, in a particular golf fanatic Max Toll As
we chew over Rory McElroy's back to back Masters victories
and I've got some thoughts on an upcoming selection headache
for one of our elite coaches. Latist and sports news
coming as well, so let's get into it. In other news,
(01:30):
let's get going with a look at some of the
big sports stories around today. The big story Rory McElroy
has become the fourth golfer to win back to back
Green jackets at Augusta, joining Jack Nicholas So, Nick Faldo
and Tiger Woods. McElroy now a sixth time major winner.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
I just can't believe I waited seventeen years to get
one Green jacket and you know, I get two in
a row. It's just sort of the way. I don't know.
I think all of my perseverance that this golf tournament
over the years has really started to pay off.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
A Premier League football return for Chris Wood. They're on
their feet for Chris Wood, the player they've missed so
badly on the field in the Premier League for the
first time since the eighteenth in October. Yeah, the All
White skipper has played twenty five minutes in Nottingham Forest's
(02:20):
one old draw with Aston Villa and West Tiger's coach
Benji Marshall is down playing a third straight win in
the NRL A feat they last achieved in twenty eighteen.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
We's going to keep.
Speaker 5 (02:31):
Working hard as simple as that, you know, like it's
a marathon this season.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
I've heard a few people say it's not a sprind
like we're still got twenty one games.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Legend dissecting the sporting agenda. It's SPORTSFX with Jason Tis.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
You're listening to the Sports Fix podcast. A major blow
for one of New Zealand's biggest motorsport weekends. The final
day of the Supercars round at top Or wiped out
as severe weather was predicted for yesterday. A tough call
in any circumstances, a Marquee International event, big crowds on
site and momentum building after a successful opening day, but
(03:05):
with cyclone Velu approaching, organizers decided to cancel Sunday's racing.
Let's bring in the owner of top Or Motorsport Park,
Tony Quinn. Tony, thanks for joining us. Can you take
us inside the moment the call was made, how and
when that was the decision made to cancel Sunday's racing.
Speaker 6 (03:24):
The decision was taken at the last, the very last minute,
and it was influenced by the Civil Events making a
statement that you know, the seclement would be coming and
you know, people need to look after themselves, and there
was more a case of public safety. They didn't pick
(03:44):
on the event as such. It was just they were
just trying to keep every safe and you know, so
we were able to cram a bit more events into Saturday,
which you know, for the people that were there that
had a three day ticket or whatever. People that were
there on Saturday actually got quite a bit of value.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
It was quite a good day.
Speaker 6 (04:07):
We had two exciting versus and ever we left on
Saturday quite feeling quite accomplished.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
Quite happy.
Speaker 6 (04:17):
And then of course Sunday came and we were all
went into the big storm that must have gone somewhere
else because it certainly wasn't in Temple.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
I mean there was wind.
Speaker 6 (04:26):
And rain, but me being brought up in Scotland, it
was just another Scottish summer's deed to me.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
How frustrating did that make it? Then? That I know,
you have to follow advice and Civil Defense are making
these decisions based on the predictions that they're getting from
the Met Service and such like, But how frustrating was
it when yesterday was actually okay and you could have
gone ahead.
Speaker 6 (04:51):
Yeah, I mean, it's obviously a bit frustrating. But the
trouble with Hainsay is that they can do that, you know,
every he looks back and say, you knows, very few
people can look forward and get it right all the time.
So and the trouble with the weather is that it's
the same in Australia where I live. I mean, and
they come out sometimes and say there's going to be
massive storms and rainfall and we get, you know, twenty
(05:14):
mili of rain and it's really not much. I don't
know how that system works nowadays. I know that the
government spend a fortune on computer programs and stuff to
try and try and guesstimate whether the weather's going to do.
But clearly they don't get it right all the time.
(05:35):
But you know, I'm certainly no expert. But look, if
you know, the history books will show that that you know,
nobody got hurt in the process. It's probably not bad result,
to be fair, And I have to tell you that
the actual result for the racing for the supercars was
(05:55):
very good. Regardless it was, it was still a great event.
Over the day and a half two days, it delivered
in spades. I thought, I thought it was very good.
So we're all going down to christ Church now and
hope that they don't have a weather event because I
think that that you know, that event is going to
(06:16):
be a good event for them too.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
And I'll be there so you know it'll be you know, I.
Speaker 6 (06:22):
Think they're going to try and squeeze in another race
increastures to try and make up for the television loss in.
Speaker 4 (06:31):
From Temple.
Speaker 6 (06:32):
But look, I think in general we're all said and done.
I think it was a good weekend with a good result,
and you know, we all were able to go to
church or got our moms.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
On Sunday, so every should be happy.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
That's the spirit, Tony. How about communicating all out because
you know, thousands of fans there on the Saturday and
planning to come on the Sunday. How did you manage
expectations and communicate so quickly in that situation.
Speaker 6 (07:01):
Yeah, Look, I mean I think it's important to comprehend
that the event, we simply supply the venue. The whole
event is run by Supercars and they're a well oiled machine.
They would know how to get the communication out. You know,
they were working closely with the government and council.
Speaker 4 (07:21):
So look, I.
Speaker 6 (07:21):
Think I think all said and Dane, it wasn't a
bad result for the conditions that were supposed to happen. Now,
just because it didn't happen doesn't mean to say that
they wouldn't have happened. So how foolish would we all
look if we disregarded the advice and you know, people were.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
Hurt or worse, you know, you know.
Speaker 6 (07:42):
So I think I think everyone's quite happy. Man Like
I said before, the racing was good. The crowds were
quite happy. You know, we'll get an extra race at
christ Church for the television guys and happy days.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
I think it's all good. Don't worry about it.
Speaker 6 (08:00):
Onwards and next, onwards and upwards.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
That is the spurt. And we hit a k we winner.
We had a well there you go.
Speaker 6 (08:07):
Well it was a bit and he you know, he's
a he's one of my favorite. He's a bit of
a Ladican and he deserves a win. He's coming, he's
coming of age and he hasn't lost that that mongrel spirit,
if you like. He still wants to win everything, which
is very very healthy and the sport's going to benefit
(08:29):
by his you know, by his Kiwi talents. Another another
Kiwi has spade loads of talents.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
So it's all good and we're back next year mixt
year in Typo, aren't.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
We Yes, yes, yes, no, no, we'll be back bigger
than ever. I would say.
Speaker 6 (08:45):
It's you know, every time we do these events, we
learn and we learn what people want and what they
expect and everything else. So we're going to put on
sunshine next year. Will be forty five degrees in the
in the pits, and people will complain about about the
too hot. It'll be too hot next year.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
It's always a delight to Chetty. Thanks so much for
taking the.
Speaker 4 (09:07):
Time, No problem, Thank you.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
The one and only Tony Quinn, owner of Topaor Motorsport Park,
joining us on sports Fax. Sportsfax, you often hear that
the problems elite coaches want the most are selection problems.
They like it when they have more players available who
are playing very, very well than they have spots in
their team. Selection headaches are the best headaches. You often
(09:34):
hear them say, Well, Andrew Webster in the not too
distant future will have a selection headache to make and
it'll come in his halves. Luke Metcalf, as we know,
came back from that very very long injury break after
his acl last year to take his place on the Warriors'
side for the loss to the Tigers in Round four.
(09:55):
He also played against the Sharks the following week, but
then re injured himself a different injury, a hamstring, and
wasn't available for the game against the Storm on Saturday night.
In came Chanel Harris Tavita to partner Tanner Boyd, who's
been excellent pretty much all season, and the two of
them very quickly picked up where they left off. You'll
(10:16):
remember they played in the first couple of games of
the season in the six and seven Jumpers, the wins
over the Roosters and the Raiders. Harris Devita was then
injured for the game against the Knights, and then Metcalf
was preferred once he was available. So what does Andrew
Webster now do when Luke Metcalf is available once again?
(10:38):
Absolutely terrific rugby league player. There is no getting away
from the fact that he is one of the best
playmakers going around and presents a compelling case to be
in the best side for the Warriors, and I think
that's why there was such temptation to get him back
a little bit earlier than predicted, so he and Tanner
Boyd could set about the process of meshing together as
(11:01):
a combination. It didn't really work. It's a small sample size,
I know, but Luke metcalf maybe in hindsight, might have
been left to come through reserve grade or perhaps see
you out a couple more weeks before he was reintroduced. Regardless,
when he is fit and available again, what will Andrew
Webs to do. It's not so much now about where
(11:23):
Luke Metcalfe will play, but will he play. Harris Tavita
and Boyd have incumbency at the moment. Maybe Luke metcalf
is just going to have to buy this time.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
The Chamber is now in session on Sportsfix.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
On the Sports Fixed podcast. Let's pop inside the Chamber
and it's a debut appearance and a news talk to
be Wellington for Max Toll. Max. I wanted to get
you in because I want to talk golf and I
know this is a sport dear to your heart as
a player yourself but also an observer. Rory mcewlry has
gone back to back. This looked so unlikely after his
third round. What did you see from him in the
(12:02):
fourth round at Augusta that got him back to back
green jackets.
Speaker 5 (12:05):
Well, coming into the tournament, Rory wasn't in the best
of four, and there were real doubts that he could
pull it all together. But then again, it is Augusta,
It's the Masters, it's the great one off tournament where
if you've played it before, and you've played it well,
and you've even won it before, the odds are you're
going to have another good tournament. Rory obviously got off
of that flyer twelve under and the chasing packet six
(12:27):
after two days, and you thought from there it would
be near impossible to blow it. What's incredible to me
is then he played some pretty average golf. As you
say on the Sunday morning hour time. Today he looked
like more of the golfer he was the first two days.
I wasn't spraying it about as much, and I saw
an incredible stat that. So, even as he led by
six shots after two days, he was second to last
(12:50):
out of the field of ninety one players in driving accuracy.
And he had a six shot lead through two days
at the Masters, and he was the second worst player
off the tee. What is often said about Augusta is
if you can hit it long, you can sort of
get past the trouble a little bit. And Rory scrambling
his chipping and pudding on the first two days was elite.
It just wasn't as good day three, and then today
(13:11):
pulled it together a bit, hit some great shots when
he needed to, and the rest of the field just
couldn't really make a charge at him. Justin Rose, it
looked like for a moment Scotty Scotty Scheffler left his
charge a bit too late, which is what he's been
doing all year, basically thrilling final day and so glad
it was after what could have been a procession after.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
Two Indeed, so how much would the fact that he
won it last year have played a part here? Because
had he done what he did in round three, having
not had a green jacket and in his collection, would
that have played on his mind in round four? I
guess another way of asking that is is was he
less encumbered by history today because he'd already won this thing?
Speaker 5 (13:53):
Absolutely? And you just had to sort of read between
the lines and his post round comments all through the
weekend that he's basically been telling media almost in a
borderline arrogant way. Look, I already have a jacket. If
I don't win the tournament, it's no big deal. I
already have one rory. The past few years, obviously, he
got out of a storming start to his career, winning
tournaments left right and center majors as well. Until last year,
(14:16):
he was sort of starting to develop a bit of
a reputation as being a choker who couldn't quite pull
it together in the big moments. Jack Nicholas famously before
this tournament told him no doubles, Just don't get doubles
and you'll win the tournament. Yesterday he had a couple
of bad doubles, bad shots. Today this morning, even on
the second or third hole, he had a horrendous double
(14:36):
three putting from four feet and you thought, is he
going to choke again? But he's done it before, He's
won it before. He plays the course more than I
think any other player in the field. He literally takes
a private jet to Augusta to play the course after
dropping his daughter off at school. He knows the course
so well and eventually, yep. I think it was the
confidence of already having one under his belt that got
(14:57):
him through today.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
All right, so well on Ruorey mcelroight back to back,
just the fourth player to do that. Can we bring
things a bit closer to home and something close to
the heart of both you and I and Hurricanes Before
this weekend there's a lot of talk around Max about oh,
they haven't played anybody. They've only played the Highlanders of
the other New Zealand sides and they dealt to them
under the roof in Dunedin. Now that they have played somebody,
(15:20):
in fact, the Blues, who were second on the table
before the meeting on Saturday, can we now say that
the Hurricanes are genuine Super Rugby contenders or are you
more willing to wait until after the Chiefs this coming
weekend and the Crusaders the following Yeah.
Speaker 5 (15:38):
I think this coming weekend will be the big game
at the first big Mammoth game of the season. But
I think on what we've seen so far, the Hurricanes
should probably be number one contender for the title. Touch would.
I don't want to jinx anything, but I think they've
played the best rugby and it doesn't matter the opponent.
You know, you still have to beat these teams. You
still have to beat the Highlanders in Dunedin, a Highlanders
team that earlier this season beat the Crusaders. Yep, they're
(16:00):
no easy beat necessarily and they're playing some great attacking rugby.
They've certainly stepped up in notts On last year. They're
throwing it a they're running it around. You know, he
cam royguard might be the best player in the country.
Still just prock to you know. Their backs are just
having good seasons and they're moving it around with real
abandon which is perhaps not what they did last year.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Can ask you about an unsung hero in my eyes,
I know he's not unsung internally, but that's Warner Durn's beast. Absolutely.
But I said, next him on a plane and he's enormous.
When he still to get his luggage at the end
get out of the overhead locker, his head was touching
the roof of the plane. He's massive, huge unit, very
quietly spoken off the field, but seems to have taken
to super rugby like a duck to water. He's only
(16:44):
here for a year, man, I'll be trying to keep.
Speaker 5 (16:45):
It absolutely and you know, for a big gun at
that to move like that as well, and he moves
pretty pretty damn well. With the ball, had a big
charge over the weekend that he just looked unstoppable, players,
you know, clinging on to him as he's dragging them
up the field. If I were a defender, if I
were a back trying to stop that, I'd be terrified
if he was charging at me. Absolutely, he's had a
terrific season.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
He is indeed have the Hurricanes up until now. Thanks
for popping into the chamber. Max, Oh, I get you
back in here sometime again soon.
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Hello there, Welcome to a new week. Welcome to a
fresh episode of the Sports Fixed podcast. It's great to
have you listening. In Monday, April thirteen, off the back
of a wild and wet weekend in many parts of
the country, and the weather compelled the cancelation of Day
two of Supercars at Topor. As we look back on
(00:43):
that decision now, how do they reflect upon it? Hindsight's
always twenty twenty, of course, but was it the right
decision to cancel the second day at Topor and tag
another race onto what's coming up this weekend at Ruapoona.
We'll get you to the owner of Topor Motorsport Park,
Tony Quinn, on the podcast today, there's a debut in
(01:05):
the Chamber for Wellington's news toal he'd been newsreader and
sports fanatic, in a particular golf fanatic Max Toll As
we chew over Rory McElroy's back to back Masters victories
and I've got some thoughts on an upcoming selection headache
for one of our elite coaches. Latist and sports news
coming as well, so let's get into it. In other news,
(01:30):
let's get going with a look at some of the
big sports stories around today. The big story Rory McElroy
has become the fourth golfer to win back to back
Green jackets at Augusta, joining Jack Nicholas So, Nick Faldo
and Tiger Woods. McElroy now a sixth time major winner.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
I just can't believe I waited seventeen years to get
one Green jacket and you know, I get two in
a row. It's just sort of the way. I don't know.
I think all of my perseverance that this golf tournament
over the years has really started to pay off.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
A Premier League football return for Chris Wood. They're on
their feet for Chris Wood, the player they've missed so
badly on the field in the Premier League for the
first time since the eighteenth in October. Yeah, the All
White skipper has played twenty five minutes in Nottingham Forest's
(02:20):
one old draw with Aston Villa and West Tiger's coach
Benji Marshall is down playing a third straight win in
the NRL A feat they last achieved in twenty eighteen.
Speaker 4 (02:30):
We's going to keep.
Speaker 5 (02:31):
Working hard as simple as that, you know, like it's
a marathon this season.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
I've heard a few people say it's not a sprind
like we're still got twenty one games.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Legend dissecting the sporting agenda. It's SPORTSFX with Jason Tis.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
You're listening to the Sports Fix podcast. A major blow
for one of New Zealand's biggest motorsport weekends. The final
day of the Supercars round at top Or wiped out
as severe weather was predicted for yesterday. A tough call
in any circumstances, a Marquee International event, big crowds on
site and momentum building after a successful opening day, but
(03:05):
with cyclone Velu approaching, organizers decided to cancel Sunday's racing.
Let's bring in the owner of top Or Motorsport Park,
Tony Quinn. Tony, thanks for joining us. Can you take
us inside the moment the call was made, how and
when that was the decision made to cancel Sunday's racing.
Speaker 6 (03:24):
The decision was taken at the last, the very last minute,
and it was influenced by the Civil Events making a
statement that you know, the seclement would be coming and
you know, people need to look after themselves, and there
was more a case of public safety. They didn't pick
(03:44):
on the event as such. It was just they were
just trying to keep every safe and you know, so
we were able to cram a bit more events into Saturday,
which you know, for the people that were there that
had a three day ticket or whatever. People that were
there on Saturday actually got quite a bit of value.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
It was quite a good day.
Speaker 6 (04:07):
We had two exciting versus and ever we left on
Saturday quite feeling quite accomplished.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
Quite happy.
Speaker 6 (04:17):
And then of course Sunday came and we were all
went into the big storm that must have gone somewhere
else because it certainly wasn't in Temple.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
I mean there was wind.
Speaker 6 (04:26):
And rain, but me being brought up in Scotland, it
was just another Scottish summer's deed to me.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
How frustrating did that make it? Then? That I know,
you have to follow advice and Civil Defense are making
these decisions based on the predictions that they're getting from
the Met Service and such like, But how frustrating was
it when yesterday was actually okay and you could have
gone ahead.
Speaker 6 (04:51):
Yeah, I mean, it's obviously a bit frustrating. But the
trouble with Hainsay is that they can do that, you know,
every he looks back and say, you knows, very few
people can look forward and get it right all the time.
So and the trouble with the weather is that it's
the same in Australia where I live. I mean, and
they come out sometimes and say there's going to be
massive storms and rainfall and we get, you know, twenty
(05:14):
mili of rain and it's really not much. I don't
know how that system works nowadays. I know that the
government spend a fortune on computer programs and stuff to
try and try and guesstimate whether the weather's going to do.
But clearly they don't get it right all the time.
(05:35):
But you know, I'm certainly no expert. But look, if
you know, the history books will show that that you know,
nobody got hurt in the process. It's probably not bad result,
to be fair, And I have to tell you that
the actual result for the racing for the supercars was
(05:55):
very good. Regardless it was, it was still a great event.
Over the day and a half two days, it delivered
in spades. I thought, I thought it was very good.
So we're all going down to christ Church now and
hope that they don't have a weather event because I
think that that you know, that event is going to
(06:16):
be a good event for them too.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
And I'll be there so you know it'll be you know, I.
Speaker 6 (06:22):
Think they're going to try and squeeze in another race
increastures to try and make up for the television loss in.
Speaker 4 (06:31):
From Temple.
Speaker 6 (06:32):
But look, I think in general we're all said and done.
I think it was a good weekend with a good result,
and you know, we all were able to go to
church or got our moms.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
On Sunday, so every should be happy.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
That's the spirit, Tony. How about communicating all out because
you know, thousands of fans there on the Saturday and
planning to come on the Sunday. How did you manage
expectations and communicate so quickly in that situation.
Speaker 6 (07:01):
Yeah, Look, I mean I think it's important to comprehend
that the event, we simply supply the venue. The whole
event is run by Supercars and they're a well oiled machine.
They would know how to get the communication out. You know,
they were working closely with the government and council.
Speaker 4 (07:21):
So look, I.
Speaker 6 (07:21):
Think I think all said and Dane, it wasn't a
bad result for the conditions that were supposed to happen. Now,
just because it didn't happen doesn't mean to say that
they wouldn't have happened. So how foolish would we all
look if we disregarded the advice and you know, people were.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
Hurt or worse, you know, you know.
Speaker 6 (07:42):
So I think I think everyone's quite happy. Man Like
I said before, the racing was good. The crowds were
quite happy. You know, we'll get an extra race at
christ Church for the television guys and happy days.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
I think it's all good. Don't worry about it.
Speaker 6 (08:00):
Onwards and next, onwards and upwards.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
That is the spurt. And we hit a k we winner.
We had a well there you go.
Speaker 6 (08:07):
Well it was a bit and he you know, he's
a he's one of my favorite. He's a bit of
a Ladican and he deserves a win. He's coming, he's
coming of age and he hasn't lost that that mongrel spirit,
if you like. He still wants to win everything, which
is very very healthy and the sport's going to benefit
(08:29):
by his you know, by his Kiwi talents. Another another
Kiwi has spade loads of talents.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
So it's all good and we're back next year mixt
year in Typo, aren't.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
We Yes, yes, yes, no, no, we'll be back bigger
than ever. I would say.
Speaker 6 (08:45):
It's you know, every time we do these events, we
learn and we learn what people want and what they
expect and everything else. So we're going to put on
sunshine next year. Will be forty five degrees in the
in the pits, and people will complain about about the
too hot. It'll be too hot next year.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
It's always a delight to Chetty. Thanks so much for
taking the.
Speaker 4 (09:07):
Time, No problem, Thank you.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
The one and only Tony Quinn, owner of Topaor Motorsport Park,
joining us on sports Fax. Sportsfax, you often hear that
the problems elite coaches want the most are selection problems.
They like it when they have more players available who
are playing very, very well than they have spots in
their team. Selection headaches are the best headaches. You often
(09:34):
hear them say, Well, Andrew Webster in the not too
distant future will have a selection headache to make and
it'll come in his halves. Luke Metcalf, as we know,
came back from that very very long injury break after
his acl last year to take his place on the Warriors'
side for the loss to the Tigers in Round four.
(09:55):
He also played against the Sharks the following week, but
then re injured himself a different injury, a hamstring, and
wasn't available for the game against the Storm on Saturday night.
In came Chanel Harris Tavita to partner Tanner Boyd, who's
been excellent pretty much all season, and the two of
them very quickly picked up where they left off. You'll
(10:16):
remember they played in the first couple of games of
the season in the six and seven Jumpers, the wins
over the Roosters and the Raiders. Harris Devita was then
injured for the game against the Knights, and then Metcalf
was preferred once he was available. So what does Andrew
Webster now do when Luke Metcalf is available once again?
(10:38):
Absolutely terrific rugby league player. There is no getting away
from the fact that he is one of the best
playmakers going around and presents a compelling case to be
in the best side for the Warriors, and I think
that's why there was such temptation to get him back
a little bit earlier than predicted, so he and Tanner
Boyd could set about the process of meshing together as
(11:01):
a combination. It didn't really work. It's a small sample size,
I know, but Luke metcalf maybe in hindsight, might have
been left to come through reserve grade or perhaps see
you out a couple more weeks before he was reintroduced. Regardless,
when he is fit and available again, what will Andrew
Webs to do. It's not so much now about where
(11:23):
Luke Metcalfe will play, but will he play. Harris Tavita
and Boyd have incumbency at the moment. Maybe Luke metcalf
is just going to have to buy this time.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
The Chamber is now in session on Sportsfix.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
On the Sports Fixed podcast. Let's pop inside the Chamber
and it's a debut appearance and a news talk to
be Wellington for Max Toll. Max. I wanted to get
you in because I want to talk golf and I
know this is a sport dear to your heart as
a player yourself but also an observer. Rory mcewlry has
gone back to back. This looked so unlikely after his
third round. What did you see from him in the
(12:02):
fourth round at Augusta that got him back to back
green jackets.
Speaker 5 (12:05):
Well, coming into the tournament, Rory wasn't in the best
of four, and there were real doubts that he could
pull it all together. But then again, it is Augusta,
It's the Masters, it's the great one off tournament where
if you've played it before, and you've played it well,
and you've even won it before, the odds are you're
going to have another good tournament. Rory obviously got off
of that flyer twelve under and the chasing packet six
(12:27):
after two days, and you thought from there it would
be near impossible to blow it. What's incredible to me
is then he played some pretty average golf. As you
say on the Sunday morning hour time. Today he looked
like more of the golfer he was the first two days.
I wasn't spraying it about as much, and I saw
an incredible stat that. So, even as he led by
six shots after two days, he was second to last
(12:50):
out of the field of ninety one players in driving accuracy.
And he had a six shot lead through two days
at the Masters, and he was the second worst player
off the tee. What is often said about Augusta is
if you can hit it long, you can sort of
get past the trouble a little bit. And Rory scrambling
his chipping and pudding on the first two days was elite.
It just wasn't as good day three, and then today
(13:11):
pulled it together a bit, hit some great shots when
he needed to, and the rest of the field just
couldn't really make a charge at him. Justin Rose, it
looked like for a moment Scotty Scotty Scheffler left his
charge a bit too late, which is what he's been
doing all year, basically thrilling final day and so glad
it was after what could have been a procession after.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
Two Indeed, so how much would the fact that he
won it last year have played a part here? Because
had he done what he did in round three, having
not had a green jacket and in his collection, would
that have played on his mind in round four? I
guess another way of asking that is is was he
less encumbered by history today because he'd already won this thing?
Speaker 5 (13:53):
Absolutely? And you just had to sort of read between
the lines and his post round comments all through the
weekend that he's basically been telling media almost in a
borderline arrogant way. Look, I already have a jacket. If
I don't win the tournament, it's no big deal. I
already have one rory. The past few years, obviously, he
got out of a storming start to his career, winning
tournaments left right and center majors as well. Until last year,
(14:16):
he was sort of starting to develop a bit of
a reputation as being a choker who couldn't quite pull
it together in the big moments. Jack Nicholas famously before
this tournament told him no doubles, Just don't get doubles
and you'll win the tournament. Yesterday he had a couple
of bad doubles, bad shots. Today this morning, even on
the second or third hole, he had a horrendous double
(14:36):
three putting from four feet and you thought, is he
going to choke again? But he's done it before, He's
won it before. He plays the course more than I
think any other player in the field. He literally takes
a private jet to Augusta to play the course after
dropping his daughter off at school. He knows the course
so well and eventually, yep. I think it was the
confidence of already having one under his belt that got
(14:57):
him through today.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
All right, so well on Ruorey mcelroight back to back,
just the fourth player to do that. Can we bring
things a bit closer to home and something close to
the heart of both you and I and Hurricanes Before
this weekend there's a lot of talk around Max about oh,
they haven't played anybody. They've only played the Highlanders of
the other New Zealand sides and they dealt to them
under the roof in Dunedin. Now that they have played somebody,
(15:20):
in fact, the Blues, who were second on the table
before the meeting on Saturday, can we now say that
the Hurricanes are genuine Super Rugby contenders or are you
more willing to wait until after the Chiefs this coming
weekend and the Crusaders the following Yeah.
Speaker 5 (15:38):
I think this coming weekend will be the big game
at the first big Mammoth game of the season. But
I think on what we've seen so far, the Hurricanes
should probably be number one contender for the title. Touch would.
I don't want to jinx anything, but I think they've
played the best rugby and it doesn't matter the opponent.
You know, you still have to beat these teams. You
still have to beat the Highlanders in Dunedin, a Highlanders
team that earlier this season beat the Crusaders. Yep, they're
(16:00):
no easy beat necessarily and they're playing some great attacking rugby.
They've certainly stepped up in notts On last year. They're
throwing it a they're running it around. You know, he
cam royguard might be the best player in the country.
Still just prock to you know. Their backs are just
having good seasons and they're moving it around with real
abandon which is perhaps not what they did last year.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Can ask you about an unsung hero in my eyes,
I know he's not unsung internally, but that's Warner Durn's beast. Absolutely.
But I said, next him on a plane and he's enormous.
When he still to get his luggage at the end
get out of the overhead locker, his head was touching
the roof of the plane. He's massive, huge unit, very
quietly spoken off the field, but seems to have taken
to super rugby like a duck to water. He's only
(16:44):
here for a year, man, I'll be trying to keep.
Speaker 5 (16:45):
It absolutely and you know, for a big gun at
that to move like that as well, and he moves
pretty pretty damn well. With the ball, had a big
charge over the weekend that he just looked unstoppable, players,
you know, clinging on to him as he's dragging them
up the field. If I were a defender, if I
were a back trying to stop that, I'd be terrified
if he was charging at me. Absolutely, he's had a
terrific season.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
He is indeed have the Hurricanes up until now. Thanks
for popping into the chamber. Max, Oh, I get you
back in here sometime again soon.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
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