June 12, 2026 • 18 mins
On Sports Fix with Jason Pine and D'Arcy Waldegrave for 12th June 2026, NZ has named a strong team for the World road running championships. Alongside a bunch of stars that include Geordie Beamish, Sam Ruthe and Sam Tanner, is a familiar name. Theo Quax, son of legendary middle distance runner Dick Quax, will debut in the 5km road race. He joins the podcast to discuss what it means to represent his country and follow in the legendary footsteps of his old man.
Piney can't contain his excitement for the start of the FIFA World Cup.
And the lads are in the chamber discussing the Super Rugby Semi Finals, and will the Warriors beat the Sharks?
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:17):
This is Sportsfix Howard by News Talks ed BE.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Hello there, welcome into the Sports Fix podcast. Back end
of the week Berg Sporting weekend coming up. It is Friday,
June the twelfth, the fief of World Cups underway, Super
Rugby semi finals, the Warriors back in action, no doubt.
Some race cars.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
I'm Jason Pine here, Bartholona Formula one this weekend and
Lemon the twenty four our Lamon World Endurance Championship. A
couple of keys involved in that as well. But we're
all focused on something completely different than.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Race cars, right Well, no, not at all. Well, we're
able to look in lots of different places, as I
know you will be, as will I. Over the weekend,
I want to kick around a few things in the chamber,
including those Super Rugby semis goes through to the final
and whether the Warriors can get back to winning ways.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
Our guest on the podcast today does Piney. We've got
a good in today. His name is theo Quax. He's
the son of a Dick Quax, one of our great
middle distance runners and he's off to the World champ
so we'll talk to him about that and the Quax legacy.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Looking forward to that. Latterston Sports news coming too, let's
get into it. In other news, let's get things going
as per usual. They look at some of the big
sports stories around today. The fifth of World Cup is
underway by bos.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
The BRT is so on.
Speaker 5 (01:31):
Turf, the biggest ever seen on punisher day one of
thirty nine seems more and two of forty eight. That's
one of one hundred and four in stadium, one of sixteen,
the fief of world curt has never seen the light.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
And Mexico beating South Africa two nil on the opening
match at the Azteca. This morning, the South Sydney rabbit
Os have torched the Broncos forty eight to six to
open Round fifteen of the NRL. The rabbit Os have
returned to the winner's circle after three straight losses, with
a commanding eight tries to one victory, four of those
going the way of the league's all time triscorer Alex Johnston.
Speaker 5 (02:11):
Chops whose chop.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
To that four and the Hurricanes are ready for Semi
final rugby tomorrow. Night they host the Blues, seeking to
make a Super Rugby final for the first time since
twenty sixteen. Here's coach Clark laid Law.
Speaker 6 (02:26):
There's definitely an excitement and you know, an intensity to
the conversations and the prap and it feels like everybody's
you know, getting across the detail where they should be
for a SAMI final. So yeah, I guess we can
take a breath. Note you get into on Saturay.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Night dissecting the sporting agenda.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
It's Sports Fix with Jason Vine and Darcy Waldgrave.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
I'm joined now on the Sports Fix podcast by Theo.
Quax is a middle distance runner and yes he's from
that family. Get a THEO.
Speaker 7 (02:55):
How you doing, Darcy.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
It's good to be here.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
And it's great for you to join us as well.
You've had a heavy had an epic last week, haven't you.
You are gonna follow in your footsteps of your old man.
You're donning the blacks England selected for the World Champs.
Like this is huge, mate, Just talk us through this
and how this has developed and how it sets with
you currently.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (03:18):
No, it's I feel like with my training up here
and my consistency with racing I feel like it's been
a it's been a long time coming, and it's been
it's been a dream of mine ever since I ever
since I was young, and ever since I first learned
about how successfully Dad represented the country, and sitting with me,
it's it still hasn't quite sunk in yet. You know,
(03:39):
September is going to be just around the corner soon,
but you know, feel it feels like a lifetime away still.
But yeah, no, it's it's it's only really dawned on
me the last the last day or so, talking to
family members, talking to mates. I I broke the news
to my coach and my teammates here and and you know,
they they were all ecstatic. And and then I realized
(04:01):
I was like, oh, yeah, this this is something I
should really be ecstatic about. And not not that I wasn't,
but I was just, you know, you kind of try
to keep a bottle on your emotions in the sport.
Speaker 4 (04:12):
When you first started putting on chilts and bumsells a
bit of a run around the place, how old were
you were you were aware of your old man's fine.
Speaker 7 (04:21):
History or yeah, you know, I started I started early
early days, more so than I'd say the average, the
average ki we. I used to go to the local
packaging Athletic club and I used to go down there
on the track nights and do a couple of sprints around.
I just really enjoyed getting outside and just like, you know,
(04:44):
trying all the activities. I was always an active kid.
I was always a sporty kid. I played rugby for
a number of years and then so early days, I
just I kind of just used it as fitness for rugby,
but also just like a really good way to spend
time with your old man, you know. I'd go out
for a run and he'd be there and would just
(05:05):
be there and we'd just be chatting. And so I
I started running consistently fairly early, but I never thought
of it as training. I always thought of it as, oh,
I just get to step out and hang out with
my dad.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
You know, that is so cool, that's heartwarming. So when
did you decide actually, hold on, there might be something
in this. I'm actually quite quick count of that developed.
Speaker 7 (05:25):
Uh, you know, it was early day. The genetics kicked
in early Darcy. Thank goodness that I went to races
and I was like, oh wow, I just kind of
won that comfortably and like, you know, these are these
are small, minor races, you know. Granted I was probably
seven or eight years old doing these, like early cross
(05:46):
country races, and that's kind of when I was like, oh, yeah,
I guess this is something I'm good at. I guess
I'll keep doing it. And it wasn't until I was
about thirteen fourteen and the competition started getting a bit
more serious and the level started getting a bit more
competitive where I was like, Okay, I can actually use
this to I can actually I can actually hopefully make
(06:08):
it fision out of this.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
You've got a rather heavy name in middle distance running.
I mean, you share the same first name the old man's,
you know, was known as Deck. But he's a he's
a Theodorus and you're a Theodore. Is that right?
Speaker 7 (06:23):
That's that's how it goes. And he was he was
a theodorous jacobus I'm a Theodore. My brother's Jacob, which
not a lot of creativity honestly there from other dad.
Speaker 4 (06:32):
But dan't criticize your parents as a bad move, mate.
They gave me everything you've got. So but what about
what about carrying the name of quacks around just that way?
On you does it? Does it lift you up? Do
you feel a responsibility to his name and to the single?
How does that operate internally?
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (06:50):
So when I was younger, he did make a big
deal when I started geting a bit of traction in
the sport, and he wanted to make it a big deal.
He said, Hey, you know you're not doing this for me,
and if you, if you are, you should stop now.
You know, I want you to run because it makes
you happy and you like to do it. And if
you don't, then that's completely fine. You know, I'd be
(07:11):
proud of you if you're if you're doing whatever would
have you. And so I early days it was I
never really felt the expectation of pressure, just because he
was so careful with how we navigated those spaces. Nowadays,
I'm glad that's that's carried on. I still don't feel
(07:35):
any sort of expectational pressure. I look at it more
as like a privilege that I do get to represent
my family name and I do now I get to
represent my country along with it. I think he used
a really good word, their responsibility. I do feel. One
thing I will say is I do feel responsibility to
perform to perform well on these big stages. But I
(07:58):
wouldn't put that down to pressure or expectation. I would
just put that down to you know, a family legacy,
maybe sports FECs.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
We all have our sportings swheat spots, and I think
for me, the Football World Cup is the thing that
I look forward to most of all. Yes, it's been
a long time coming. Yes it's a bloated tournament with
forty eight teams rather than thirty two. Yes, there have
been all sorts of problems swirling around the tournament, as
far as the price of tickets, the price of accommodation,
(08:30):
the gouging on things like transport, the controversy around those
who are allowed and are not allowed into the United
States right now, and the fact that one of the
participating nations, Iran, is at war with the United States.
And without downplaying any of those things or their major significance,
(08:52):
when the football started this morning, I think it's okay
to still enjoy it regardless of any of those other things.
It's still okay to enjoy football for what it is,
to enjoy the sport you enjoy for what it is,
and a World Cup it does not get much bigger
eighty thousand plus packing into the iconic as Tekastadium this morning,
(09:16):
first of all, to get past the opening ceremony, which
I never really liked, but it was okay, I guess.
Lots of color, lots of pageantry, lots of great music
and celebrities out there. But once the football started and
the games begin, there's something that draws you in Mexico.
No team has played more World Cup matches than Mexico
(09:37):
without winning the World Cup. They are perennial participants. They
normally get to the knockout rounds. They don't usually get
past about the round of sixteen or the quarterfinals. This
morning they came up against pretty meek resistance in the
face of South Africa, but they got the job done
and they are up and running. The other two co
(09:57):
hosts of the United States and Canada, start their campaigns
tomorrow and then we rarely get into it. Four games
on Sunday cutter Switzerland, Brazil, Morocco, Hati, Scotland, Australia, Turkey.
Only at a World Cup? Do these games take place?
Only at a World Cup? Do you see the contrast
and styles and tactics and football and cultures, And that's
(10:20):
just on Sunday. It just goes on and on for
the next couple of weeks. So if you are able
just to put the outside noise to one side, not
forget about it, not downplay it, not ignore it, but
put it to one side and concentrate just on the football. Gee,
it's good to watch.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
The Chamber is now in session on Sportsfax, and.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Of the Chamber we go Super Rugby semi finals. Your
team is in one of them, My team is in
one of them. What chance our two teams, the Crusaders
and the Hurricanes, meets in the final next weekend. Let's
try to be objective. Oh well, I've never tried that before.
I'm kind of appreciate you're throwing them my hair as well. Okay, okay,
(11:05):
taking a deep breath, came. The Chiefs are a very
good rugby team. There is vengeance on the mind of
the Crusaders. You cast your mind back to the last
time the Chiefs won a couple of titles. Who did
they dispatch in the semi finals? Oh, that's right, the Crusaders.
So there's a bit of history there.
Speaker 4 (11:22):
In semi finals, you'd suggest, and I hate saying this,
but a home game for the Chiefs. The way they've
been playing right now, it is going to be very
difficult for the Crusaders to get over top of them
in this game. They've lost too many quality players. They've
still got a lot of quality players there. Don't get
me wrong. The only advantage I see Piney is the
(11:45):
ability to perform in pressure moments, and I think the
Crusaders own that space. Is that fair?
Speaker 3 (11:50):
No, it's very fair. I totally agree with that. And
I can be objective about this game because my team
isn't playing in it, and I'll get you to do
the same for Hurricanes Blues tomorrow. In just a moment,
I think this is a coin flip. I honestly believe
it'll be a game decided on moments. And then when
you just said, then you know that these are the moments.
These other times the Crusaders raally step up and historically
(12:11):
have done so, I believe you. I believe the Crusaders
may edge it tonight. The Chiefs have made the last
three Grand finals without being able to get across the line.
If we're honest us, this game is worthy of a
Grand Final. It was the Grand final last year down
in christ Chitch. Whoever wins tonight, will have earned their
place in the actual Grand Final, won't they know?
Speaker 4 (12:33):
When you look at those finals as well, the Chiefs have.
They've not got a monkey on their back, They've got
a troop of baboons on their shoulders. I mean, they've
got a lot to deal with this. They trust in
themselves to know they actually can overturn the Crusaders, they
can get through and compete in a final. That that
must be bearing down on them.
Speaker 3 (12:51):
Surely, I would well, yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
I really don't know the answer.
Speaker 5 (12:55):
You see.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
The thing about it is it wouldn't be a surprise
if either of these teams wins tonight. I think that's
how close it is. It is a lot closer than
the second semi. Beg objective about this with me. Can
you see the Blues winning this?
Speaker 4 (13:07):
I really can't accept one space. I can see only
one and it's an absolute outsider and I sound like
I'm sound like I'm on producer Corbyn Boyd. He's a
massive Blues fans there. When you come to complacency with
a side, and the Hurricanes have played so well, they've
been the form team right the way throughout the year.
(13:30):
They should be appearing next week in the final. They
should have plenty to go straight through and over the Blues.
But if they heck up, if they blink, they might
find themselves in trouble. Predominantly because the Blues are not
a bad football team. They've just had a series of
bad games. How long will that continue? I don't know.
(13:51):
You give them an opportunity, they might just take it.
But it's a dollar three for the Hurricanes, let's face it, a.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
Way to finish that speel.
Speaker 7 (14:01):
Yeah, no, you're right.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
The Blues can win any game of rugby day play.
They've got the players to do it. They've got a
very good rugby team. But they don't have any moment
if that's important. The Hurricanes have plenty of momentum if
that's important. I don't know home advantage for the Hurricanes.
Does that play a part? I don't know home advantage,
But is anyone going to be there over twenty thousand
tomorrow night?
Speaker 4 (14:21):
To ask, there's been a big considerat effort this weekend.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
And rightly so because last Friday, in and albeit terrible
day weather wise, there weren't enough there for a knockout
match or a finals match Tomorrow night Yeah, they ran
a marketing campaign this week which has really worked well.
It's called fill the Tin, and they well, they won't
fill it, but they'll certainly get it a lot fuller
than it was last week's. Yeah, twenty thousand plus there
(14:44):
tomorrow night, and look all going well for the Hurricanes.
They'll be back in a week after that because if
they winn't, of course, they host either the Chiefs or
the Crusaders. So yeah, I guess we'll know in about
forty eight hours or so, or less than that.
Speaker 4 (14:54):
I would just like to see the Blues like that.
They'll probably get beaten, we get that, but to offer
a better performance, to show themselves for who they are,
because there's a lot of chatter around where they shouldn't
be there. They've got no right to be there. It's
just the ager is of the competition structure. Because they've
been terrible. They've leaked so many points. So to show
themselves as who they are as rugby players and actually
(15:16):
stand up and not get destroyed. I think that's important
for the Blues and the Blues fans that they don't
just fold because that's all we've seen.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
Yeah, very very good point. We'll see what plays out
tonight five past seven. Chiefs be Crusaders tomorrow night seven
oh five and Wellington Hurricanes d Blues Quick will and
the Warriors stare back in action after a bye. They
play the Sharks, who have won their last three games.
This is at go Media Stadium, though, and even though
the Warriors lost to the Penrith Panthers narrowly last time
out two weeks ago, Warriors will be favorites for this, wouldn't.
Speaker 4 (15:45):
They wha You look at the Sharks though, they as
you said, they're what's six on the table? I think
it is? And as you said, they're on a bit
of a role right now. They've been winning games. The
Wars have had that that rest. Can they get back
into full my mentum again at home and make it work?
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Well?
Speaker 4 (16:02):
We know how tight the NRL is. The best thing
about this match from a Warrior's perspective, have lost a
number of players, some through injury and some through origin representation,
a lot of kids that possibly a couple of might
make their debuts. The best thing about this though, is
when they played Penrith they got beaten, yes, but they
(16:24):
performed admirably. They looked great. The final score didn't quite
go their way, but there was so much to like
about their performance. So they're not coming from a place
of lack a place, oh, we got folded. What are
we going to do now? They know they've got the game,
and they know it was a very close run thing.
And if you're a conspiracy theorist and you look at
way that game was referee, you think, well Peenmouth got
(16:46):
away with murder. But I'm not a conspiracy theorist. I'm
just repeating, And you.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
Talk about that word performance and I think we'll see
one from the Warriors at go Media tomorrow night, back
in the winner's circle with them, I would say, And
that is us out of the chamber today.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
Right, you better go and get some sleep, mate, because
I think you've got a lot of football to watch
in the next six weeks.
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I pointed out yesterday, I'm getting some replacement surgery on Monday,
so I'm out for three weeks. But I'm sure that
(18:13):
Elliott Smith and Nick Buley and the crew will be
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Speaker 3 (18:19):
Well, there'll be a replacement. And as you go and
have your knee replaced on behalf of everybody. We wish
you all the very best and look forward to joining
you on sportsbooks. When you get back, go well mate.
Speaker 4 (18:30):
Yeah, thank you very much, Jason, And I'm glad you
didn't say luck, because if my surgery relies on luck,
I'm in all sorts of trouble.
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Speaker 2 (00:17):
This is Sportsfix Howard by News Talks ed BE.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Hello there, welcome into the Sports Fix podcast. Back end
of the week Berg Sporting weekend coming up. It is Friday,
June the twelfth, the fief of World Cups underway, Super
Rugby semi finals, the Warriors back in action, no doubt.
Some race cars.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
I'm Jason Pine here, Bartholona Formula one this weekend and
Lemon the twenty four our Lamon World Endurance Championship. A
couple of keys involved in that as well. But we're
all focused on something completely different than.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Race cars, right Well, no, not at all. Well, we're
able to look in lots of different places, as I
know you will be, as will I. Over the weekend,
I want to kick around a few things in the chamber,
including those Super Rugby semis goes through to the final
and whether the Warriors can get back to winning ways.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
Our guest on the podcast today does Piney. We've got
a good in today. His name is theo Quax. He's
the son of a Dick Quax, one of our great
middle distance runners and he's off to the World champ
so we'll talk to him about that and the Quax legacy.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Looking forward to that. Latterston Sports news coming too, let's
get into it. In other news, let's get things going
as per usual. They look at some of the big
sports stories around today. The fifth of World Cup is
underway by bos.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
The BRT is so on.
Speaker 5 (01:31):
Turf, the biggest ever seen on punisher day one of
thirty nine seems more and two of forty eight. That's
one of one hundred and four in stadium, one of sixteen,
the fief of world curt has never seen the light.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
And Mexico beating South Africa two nil on the opening
match at the Azteca. This morning, the South Sydney rabbit
Os have torched the Broncos forty eight to six to
open Round fifteen of the NRL. The rabbit Os have
returned to the winner's circle after three straight losses, with
a commanding eight tries to one victory, four of those
going the way of the league's all time triscorer Alex Johnston.
Speaker 5 (02:11):
Chops whose chop.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
To that four and the Hurricanes are ready for Semi
final rugby tomorrow. Night they host the Blues, seeking to
make a Super Rugby final for the first time since
twenty sixteen. Here's coach Clark laid Law.
Speaker 6 (02:26):
There's definitely an excitement and you know, an intensity to
the conversations and the prap and it feels like everybody's
you know, getting across the detail where they should be
for a SAMI final. So yeah, I guess we can
take a breath. Note you get into on Saturay.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Night dissecting the sporting agenda.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
It's Sports Fix with Jason Vine and Darcy Waldgrave.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
I'm joined now on the Sports Fix podcast by Theo.
Quax is a middle distance runner and yes he's from
that family. Get a THEO.
Speaker 7 (02:55):
How you doing, Darcy.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
It's good to be here.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
And it's great for you to join us as well.
You've had a heavy had an epic last week, haven't you.
You are gonna follow in your footsteps of your old man.
You're donning the blacks England selected for the World Champs.
Like this is huge, mate, Just talk us through this
and how this has developed and how it sets with
you currently.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (03:18):
No, it's I feel like with my training up here
and my consistency with racing I feel like it's been
a it's been a long time coming, and it's been
it's been a dream of mine ever since I ever
since I was young, and ever since I first learned
about how successfully Dad represented the country, and sitting with me,
it's it still hasn't quite sunk in yet. You know,
(03:39):
September is going to be just around the corner soon,
but you know, feel it feels like a lifetime away still.
But yeah, no, it's it's it's only really dawned on
me the last the last day or so, talking to
family members, talking to mates. I I broke the news
to my coach and my teammates here and and you know,
they they were all ecstatic. And and then I realized
(04:01):
I was like, oh, yeah, this this is something I
should really be ecstatic about. And not not that I wasn't,
but I was just, you know, you kind of try
to keep a bottle on your emotions in the sport.
Speaker 4 (04:12):
When you first started putting on chilts and bumsells a
bit of a run around the place, how old were
you were you were aware of your old man's fine.
Speaker 7 (04:21):
History or yeah, you know, I started I started early
early days, more so than I'd say the average, the
average ki we. I used to go to the local
packaging Athletic club and I used to go down there
on the track nights and do a couple of sprints around.
I just really enjoyed getting outside and just like, you know,
(04:44):
trying all the activities. I was always an active kid.
I was always a sporty kid. I played rugby for
a number of years and then so early days, I
just I kind of just used it as fitness for rugby,
but also just like a really good way to spend
time with your old man, you know. I'd go out
for a run and he'd be there and would just
(05:05):
be there and we'd just be chatting. And so I
I started running consistently fairly early, but I never thought
of it as training. I always thought of it as, oh,
I just get to step out and hang out with
my dad.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
You know, that is so cool, that's heartwarming. So when
did you decide actually, hold on, there might be something
in this. I'm actually quite quick count of that developed.
Speaker 7 (05:25):
Uh, you know, it was early day. The genetics kicked
in early Darcy. Thank goodness that I went to races
and I was like, oh wow, I just kind of
won that comfortably and like, you know, these are these
are small, minor races, you know. Granted I was probably
seven or eight years old doing these, like early cross
(05:46):
country races, and that's kind of when I was like, oh, yeah,
I guess this is something I'm good at. I guess
I'll keep doing it. And it wasn't until I was
about thirteen fourteen and the competition started getting a bit
more serious and the level started getting a bit more
competitive where I was like, Okay, I can actually use
this to I can actually I can actually hopefully make
(06:08):
it fision out of this.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
You've got a rather heavy name in middle distance running.
I mean, you share the same first name the old man's,
you know, was known as Deck. But he's a he's
a Theodorus and you're a Theodore. Is that right?
Speaker 7 (06:23):
That's that's how it goes. And he was he was
a theodorous jacobus I'm a Theodore. My brother's Jacob, which
not a lot of creativity honestly there from other dad.
Speaker 4 (06:32):
But dan't criticize your parents as a bad move, mate.
They gave me everything you've got. So but what about
what about carrying the name of quacks around just that way?
On you does it? Does it lift you up? Do
you feel a responsibility to his name and to the single?
How does that operate internally?
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (06:50):
So when I was younger, he did make a big
deal when I started geting a bit of traction in
the sport, and he wanted to make it a big deal.
He said, Hey, you know you're not doing this for me,
and if you, if you are, you should stop now.
You know, I want you to run because it makes
you happy and you like to do it. And if
you don't, then that's completely fine. You know, I'd be
(07:11):
proud of you if you're if you're doing whatever would
have you. And so I early days it was I
never really felt the expectation of pressure, just because he
was so careful with how we navigated those spaces. Nowadays,
I'm glad that's that's carried on. I still don't feel
(07:35):
any sort of expectational pressure. I look at it more
as like a privilege that I do get to represent
my family name and I do now I get to
represent my country along with it. I think he used
a really good word, their responsibility. I do feel. One
thing I will say is I do feel responsibility to
perform to perform well on these big stages. But I
(07:58):
wouldn't put that down to pressure or expectation. I would
just put that down to you know, a family legacy,
maybe sports FECs.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
We all have our sportings swheat spots, and I think
for me, the Football World Cup is the thing that
I look forward to most of all. Yes, it's been
a long time coming. Yes it's a bloated tournament with
forty eight teams rather than thirty two. Yes, there have
been all sorts of problems swirling around the tournament, as
far as the price of tickets, the price of accommodation,
(08:30):
the gouging on things like transport, the controversy around those
who are allowed and are not allowed into the United
States right now, and the fact that one of the
participating nations, Iran, is at war with the United States.
And without downplaying any of those things or their major significance,
(08:52):
when the football started this morning, I think it's okay
to still enjoy it regardless of any of those other things.
It's still okay to enjoy football for what it is,
to enjoy the sport you enjoy for what it is,
and a World Cup it does not get much bigger
eighty thousand plus packing into the iconic as Tekastadium this morning,
(09:16):
first of all, to get past the opening ceremony, which
I never really liked, but it was okay, I guess.
Lots of color, lots of pageantry, lots of great music
and celebrities out there. But once the football started and
the games begin, there's something that draws you in Mexico.
No team has played more World Cup matches than Mexico
(09:37):
without winning the World Cup. They are perennial participants. They
normally get to the knockout rounds. They don't usually get
past about the round of sixteen or the quarterfinals. This
morning they came up against pretty meek resistance in the
face of South Africa, but they got the job done
and they are up and running. The other two co
(09:57):
hosts of the United States and Canada, start their campaigns
tomorrow and then we rarely get into it. Four games
on Sunday cutter Switzerland, Brazil, Morocco, Hati, Scotland, Australia, Turkey.
Only at a World Cup? Do these games take place?
Only at a World Cup? Do you see the contrast
and styles and tactics and football and cultures, And that's
(10:20):
just on Sunday. It just goes on and on for
the next couple of weeks. So if you are able
just to put the outside noise to one side, not
forget about it, not downplay it, not ignore it, but
put it to one side and concentrate just on the football. Gee,
it's good to watch.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
The Chamber is now in session on Sportsfax, and.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Of the Chamber we go Super Rugby semi finals. Your
team is in one of them, My team is in
one of them. What chance our two teams, the Crusaders
and the Hurricanes, meets in the final next weekend. Let's
try to be objective. Oh well, I've never tried that before.
I'm kind of appreciate you're throwing them my hair as well. Okay, okay,
(11:05):
taking a deep breath, came. The Chiefs are a very
good rugby team. There is vengeance on the mind of
the Crusaders. You cast your mind back to the last
time the Chiefs won a couple of titles. Who did
they dispatch in the semi finals? Oh, that's right, the Crusaders.
So there's a bit of history there.
Speaker 4 (11:22):
In semi finals, you'd suggest, and I hate saying this,
but a home game for the Chiefs. The way they've
been playing right now, it is going to be very
difficult for the Crusaders to get over top of them
in this game. They've lost too many quality players. They've
still got a lot of quality players there. Don't get
me wrong. The only advantage I see Piney is the
(11:45):
ability to perform in pressure moments, and I think the
Crusaders own that space. Is that fair?
Speaker 3 (11:50):
No, it's very fair. I totally agree with that. And
I can be objective about this game because my team
isn't playing in it, and I'll get you to do
the same for Hurricanes Blues tomorrow. In just a moment,
I think this is a coin flip. I honestly believe
it'll be a game decided on moments. And then when
you just said, then you know that these are the moments.
These other times the Crusaders raally step up and historically
(12:11):
have done so, I believe you. I believe the Crusaders
may edge it tonight. The Chiefs have made the last
three Grand finals without being able to get across the line.
If we're honest us, this game is worthy of a
Grand Final. It was the Grand final last year down
in christ Chitch. Whoever wins tonight, will have earned their
place in the actual Grand Final, won't they know?
Speaker 4 (12:33):
When you look at those finals as well, the Chiefs have.
They've not got a monkey on their back, They've got
a troop of baboons on their shoulders. I mean, they've
got a lot to deal with this. They trust in
themselves to know they actually can overturn the Crusaders, they
can get through and compete in a final. That that
must be bearing down on them.
Speaker 3 (12:51):
Surely, I would well, yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
I really don't know the answer.
Speaker 5 (12:55):
You see.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
The thing about it is it wouldn't be a surprise
if either of these teams wins tonight. I think that's
how close it is. It is a lot closer than
the second semi. Beg objective about this with me. Can
you see the Blues winning this?
Speaker 4 (13:07):
I really can't accept one space. I can see only
one and it's an absolute outsider and I sound like
I'm sound like I'm on producer Corbyn Boyd. He's a
massive Blues fans there. When you come to complacency with
a side, and the Hurricanes have played so well, they've
been the form team right the way throughout the year.
(13:30):
They should be appearing next week in the final. They
should have plenty to go straight through and over the Blues.
But if they heck up, if they blink, they might
find themselves in trouble. Predominantly because the Blues are not
a bad football team. They've just had a series of
bad games. How long will that continue? I don't know.
(13:51):
You give them an opportunity, they might just take it.
But it's a dollar three for the Hurricanes, let's face it, a.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
Way to finish that speel.
Speaker 7 (14:01):
Yeah, no, you're right.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
The Blues can win any game of rugby day play.
They've got the players to do it. They've got a
very good rugby team. But they don't have any moment
if that's important. The Hurricanes have plenty of momentum if
that's important. I don't know home advantage for the Hurricanes.
Does that play a part? I don't know home advantage,
But is anyone going to be there over twenty thousand
tomorrow night?
Speaker 4 (14:21):
To ask, there's been a big considerat effort this weekend.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
And rightly so because last Friday, in and albeit terrible
day weather wise, there weren't enough there for a knockout
match or a finals match Tomorrow night Yeah, they ran
a marketing campaign this week which has really worked well.
It's called fill the Tin, and they well, they won't
fill it, but they'll certainly get it a lot fuller
than it was last week's. Yeah, twenty thousand plus there
(14:44):
tomorrow night, and look all going well for the Hurricanes.
They'll be back in a week after that because if
they winn't, of course, they host either the Chiefs or
the Crusaders. So yeah, I guess we'll know in about
forty eight hours or so, or less than that.
Speaker 4 (14:54):
I would just like to see the Blues like that.
They'll probably get beaten, we get that, but to offer
a better performance, to show themselves for who they are,
because there's a lot of chatter around where they shouldn't
be there. They've got no right to be there. It's
just the ager is of the competition structure. Because they've
been terrible. They've leaked so many points. So to show
themselves as who they are as rugby players and actually
(15:16):
stand up and not get destroyed. I think that's important
for the Blues and the Blues fans that they don't
just fold because that's all we've seen.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
Yeah, very very good point. We'll see what plays out
tonight five past seven. Chiefs be Crusaders tomorrow night seven
oh five and Wellington Hurricanes d Blues Quick will and
the Warriors stare back in action after a bye. They
play the Sharks, who have won their last three games.
This is at go Media Stadium, though, and even though
the Warriors lost to the Penrith Panthers narrowly last time
out two weeks ago, Warriors will be favorites for this, wouldn't.
Speaker 4 (15:45):
They wha You look at the Sharks though, they as
you said, they're what's six on the table? I think
it is? And as you said, they're on a bit
of a role right now. They've been winning games. The
Wars have had that that rest. Can they get back
into full my mentum again at home and make it work?
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Well?
Speaker 4 (16:02):
We know how tight the NRL is. The best thing
about this match from a Warrior's perspective, have lost a
number of players, some through injury and some through origin representation,
a lot of kids that possibly a couple of might
make their debuts. The best thing about this though, is
when they played Penrith they got beaten, yes, but they
(16:24):
performed admirably. They looked great. The final score didn't quite
go their way, but there was so much to like
about their performance. So they're not coming from a place
of lack a place, oh, we got folded. What are
we going to do now? They know they've got the game,
and they know it was a very close run thing.
And if you're a conspiracy theorist and you look at
way that game was referee, you think, well Peenmouth got
(16:46):
away with murder. But I'm not a conspiracy theorist. I'm
just repeating, And you.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
Talk about that word performance and I think we'll see
one from the Warriors at go Media tomorrow night, back
in the winner's circle with them, I would say, And
that is us out of the chamber today.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
Right, you better go and get some sleep, mate, because
I think you've got a lot of football to watch
in the next six weeks.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
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(17:51):
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then he has got the weekend. It's weekend sport Saturday,
and it's Sunday between twelve midday and three. But as
I pointed out yesterday, I'm getting some replacement surgery on Monday,
so I'm out for three weeks. But I'm sure that
(18:13):
Elliott Smith and Nick Buley and the crew will be
much more than adequate replacement for me.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
Well, there'll be a replacement. And as you go and
have your knee replaced on behalf of everybody. We wish
you all the very best and look forward to joining
you on sportsbooks. When you get back, go well mate.
Speaker 4 (18:30):
Yeah, thank you very much, Jason, And I'm glad you
didn't say luck, because if my surgery relies on luck,
I'm in all sorts of trouble.
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