July 17, 2024 • 41 mins
Elliott Smith fills in for D'Arcy to recap an exciting day in the world of sports! Highlights for tonight include:
NZ's Chef de Mission Nigel Avery ahead of next week's Paris Olympics.
Black Caps head coach Gary Stead ahead of the team's next cricket season.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Darcy Waldegrave
from News Talk ZEDB.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Evening and welcome to sports Talk for Wednesday, the seventeenth
of July twenty twenty four. Elliott Smith in for Darcy
Watergrave tonight. Darcy back with you tomorrow night, when there's
plenty to chewovering, including an All Blacks team to play
Fiji in San Diego. But coming up Tonight's on the program,
we talk the Olympics very very shortly with New Zealand
(00:34):
chift of mission Nigel Avery. We're just over a week
exactly until we get underway in fact early hours of
Thursday morning. Next week seven's and men's football and women's
football gets underway in the couple of days before the
opening ceremony. We will chat with Nigel Avery very very
shortly and get a sense of how Paris is preparing,
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how the New Zealand team is preparing, the security, everything
else like that. It feels like, to an extend, the
Olympics are flying under the radar a bit, but we're
all going to be into it this point next week,
so Nigel Avery joins the program very very shortly. We
also talk the black Caps and the summer of cricket
schedule announced today for both the Black Camps and the
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White Ferns. I think in numbers at forty one potential
days of international cricket across eight cities from November right
through to the end of March. When you look in
the Black Caps and the White Ferns. Now we already
knew the three tests for the black Caps against England
at the start of the summer. The rest of the
schedule locked in fair to say, fairly white ball here
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at heavy when you look at the black Caps schedule
just those three tests, a lot of one dayers and
heaps of twenty twenties as well. Gary Stead, black Caps coach,
joins us this hour as well to look at that schedule,
but also touched on a number of other issues around
the game, including whether he's settled on a white ball
cricket captain as yet. Of course, came Williamson turning down
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his contracts with New Zealand Cricket, opting out to go
play the South African Tea twenty in January, so we
chat about that as well. Gary staid to join the
program before the hour is out on a number of
cricket issues. But at eight and a half after seven
it's time four s today. No the bits me busy
twenty four hours in sport and as I mean to,
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the black Caps will play just the one Test series
in the upcoming home summer of cricket. There's six tours
inbound for the men's in women's teams, three Test series
for the men against England in November. Starting the calendar,
the black Caps will play Sri Lanka and Pakistan across
T twenty and ODI series before visiting Pakistan in February
and March for a tri series and the Champions Trophy.
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Black Cat Tom Latham celebrating the new calendar with a
broken finger.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Yeah just yeah, training on Monday.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
Just got a ball on the finger there.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Yeah, broken unfortunately, but not too long time frame which
is good. About four weeks or they're about so I
shouldn't this any cricket. The White fans start with three
one days against Australia. Get in December, who returned for
three T two and he's in March to also meat
Sri Lanka for a mix format series the same month.
As I said, goxtent on the programmer, but later Gareth
Southgate stood down as England football manager, saying the time
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has come for the team to begin a new chapter.
Former FAHG Greg Dyker has assessed his tenure.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
He got us to the.
Speaker 5 (03:23):
Two finals and the semi final and international tournaments in
the last eight years. That's a pretty good achievement. You know,
if you look back at the forty years before it,
we were not that successful.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
So I think he did pretty well.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Tiger Woods and says he's not going to retire, and
is aimed at barber Colin Montgomery for suggesting he should
do just that and quit golf. Last major for Tiger
Course coming at the twenty nineteen Masters. Sixty one year
old Montgomery has seduced Woods consider his future after he
missed the cut at last month's US Open. As the
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countdown to the Open Championship at Royal Troon starting tomorrow
night continues, Woods has other ideas. As a past champion,
i'empt Tom's sixty, Carlin's nine.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
He's not a pass champions, so.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
He's not examp, so he doesn't get the opportunity to
make that decision.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
I do as a bit of a Mike drop from Eldrick.
They call him missus doubt fire I think they call
colhim Mo Gomer. I'm not sure he'll be throwing too
many barbers back at Tiger Woods Way. After that, the
Warrior is tonight back in their state of origin representatives
as they count down to the new South Wales and
Queensland Designer in Brisbane for Mitch Barnett making his origin
debut for the Blues off the interchange, Cape Bull starting
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in the second row for the Maroons team Mattemurrat and
there Corde see the team's going to enjoy the game
at a dinner this evening.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
I'm not too sure whether they're going to divide the
tables or not.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Let's who you know what perhaps has got.
Speaker 4 (04:46):
You know, I'm happy for those two and you know,
hopefully by Ni gets in his offtion in which he
will and he'll go there and have a big.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
And some sad news unfortunately to finish us off on
Sports Today, Australian rugby league commentator David Morrow has passed
away following a battle with brain cancer. He was seventy one.
You might remember him if you listen to the rugby
league commentaries on the radio back in the day on
across the ABC and two GB via Radio Sport. Last
week it was announced he'd been inducted into the NRAL
(05:14):
Hall of Fame. Passing away today. Distinctive voice and the passion.
Check out this passion. There is nothing wrong with him.
But you eediot on the sideline, don't read the rubble
out of the hands. It's gone backwards. Hell, this big
out of the hand just backwards and then it floats forward.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
That is not a don't know what the teas.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
A distinctive voice. David Morrow one of the great Australian
rugby league commentators on Radio Rest and Piece, and that
is Sport today. We count down continues to the Paris Olympics,
a week away from starting the opening ceremony next Saturday morning.
But we've got sevens and football underway two days before
the opening ceremony, so early I was next Thursday morning.
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Nigel Avery is into his first Olympic Games as the
New Zealand team shift of mission and joins us now
on Sports Talk. Nigel, thanks so much for joining us.
Set the scene in Paris if you could for us.
Speaker 6 (06:14):
I haven't seen too much of Paris because it's been
from a airport to a hotel for a few nights
and then to the village for I think we've had
I think we're three nights in now. Look, it's looking
really good. We drove past the Start de France. That's
all dressed beautifully obviously, the Olympic greens beneath the Eiffel
Tower suspended in there looks amazing. They just said their
best of your day celebrations here a couple of nights
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ago and you know, five weeks for half an our
type thing.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
So it's looking really good. The village.
Speaker 6 (06:41):
We're the first shift a mission meeting a couple of
days ago, and the comments from people have been to
many games is that they thought that the village readiness
was the best I've seen. And the bumping period, which
is where you bring all your stuff in your dress
and all that, it has been really I guess uneventful
and really nice.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
And we've we've experienced the same thing. So it's going
really well.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
How how is the dressing up in the putting everything
together going? I think the canoe slalom and first in
a couple of days time. So is he on track?
Speaker 6 (07:12):
We will be on track, yes, So we've actually had
a crew that come over from the UK actually to
help sort of put up sort of the more significant
significant window decals, and then we're waiting on posters and
banners and all that sort of stuff. So we're going
to crew a very energy, energetic and enthusiastic people ranging
from physios, nurse, doctor cons helping out and it's going
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to be all hands to the pumps in the next
few days in readiness for those ethics, but we will
be ready in it. I should point out that we're
also having to look after so the ethics are staying
off site for example, you know, rowing and canoeing, we're
staying out of paras Acdany and likewise with the sailing
team down and Marseilles, making sure they have the equivalent
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of what has been in the satiny the Olympic villages
and their locations.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
What are you hearing from I guess athletes ahead of this,
Given I guess the COVID Games of twenty twenty one,
this feels like, you know, not a restart necessarily, but
for those athletes that were there Cup in twenty twenty one,
they get the full experience this time around. Is that
what you're hearing?
Speaker 6 (08:17):
Yeah, Like I've spoken to many of them, and I
also said, hey, Look, this is the second your second
time is the first time olympian, you know, because that
will be so different.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
But I think the common thing is.
Speaker 6 (08:26):
That a huge amount of family and friends traveling to support.
So it's obviously some latent demand. Obviously couldn't go to Tokyo,
so hey, let's go to Paris, and so lots of
friends and family support. So that's just gonna be so
so good for those ethics because we know that they
perform better when the other ones are there watching.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Can you start them obviously first in and then it's
sort of a steady trickle from there as you prepare
for for next week.
Speaker 6 (08:51):
Yeah, the fourth that will be pretty heavily turned on
when when rugby show. So we're looking forward to them
as well. So they really do bring a lot of
energy and obviously part of our our welcoming process. You
know that we're taking to Hakka. You know, clearly as
those medals given out for that, they would they would
sweep the podium for because that just brings so much energy.
So we're looking forward to them. But look, every athlete
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is critically important, you know, to us, and we will
support them and the best way we can, so let's
right across the board and whichever location they're at.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
How do you balance out I guess with the rugby
sevens team starting early on footballers as well, but the
sevens you know they're starting a couple of days early
is So does that change your preparation in terms of
how you roll out the athletes village and get everyone in.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
No, not really. I mean, look, it's just the day
they start.
Speaker 6 (09:40):
Obviously, were lots of notice of that, as have Rugby
in particular, so they're preparing for that and were prepare
our support services around that as well, So it's no
different really, it's just the time that they start.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Having been personally in Paris last year for the Rugby
World Cup, obviously security was paramount. Then what are you
seeing and are you assured that everything is being done
on a security level to make these safe games?
Speaker 3 (10:07):
Yeah? I think I think it is.
Speaker 6 (10:09):
So all the briefings we've had leading into the games,
just the journey in a private uber from an Airbnb
the first couple of nights to the village. As soon
as we hit Saint Denis, there was like pockets of
police at each corner. There's groups of police in the
village that are ready to respond to things should that
need be. So I think we've got quite confidence in
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their ability. They're taking it very very seriously, as they should,
but I guess you know, there's still going to be
the lone wolf actor that might pop up, So we
just have to be villigent, just going to be careful
and do the smart things like traveling in any big city.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
One hundred and ninety five athletes the official number for
these games. Is it good to have that list finally
locked in and loaded and ready to go?
Speaker 3 (10:56):
Yeah it is, Yeah, it is that.
Speaker 6 (10:59):
So it's an amazing group of people, amazing group of kiwis,
and just super looking forward to sort of meet them
here on the ground. As I said, I've spoken to
a number of them, probably most, and they're very excited, obviously,
very tuned in and engaged to what's going to happen
in the next sort of three weeks or so, and
just really looking forward to to sort of seeing that untold.
Speaker 2 (11:22):
Plenty of headlines and I'm sure they'll continue about the
River sen what's the latest around that and the competition
with the triathletes and everything going on there.
Speaker 6 (11:32):
I think overall positive, but we had some testing results
that pop up just before we left, so about a
week ago, I guess, and they were really positive. It's
all depended on rain, and so we had quite a
significant downpour a couple of nights ago that almost tropical
went on for maybe twenty thirty.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Minutes, so that probably wouldn't have helped.
Speaker 6 (11:50):
But it's quite a fast flowing river, so it does
clear out quite rapidly. So there's fine where the forecast
the next four days and we hope it'll just carry
on not too hot, of course, but I hope that
it will carry on as a normal trifle.
Speaker 7 (12:05):
Just on that.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
How is the heat and I guess it's probably a
bit too early for forecasts and everything like that, but
how prepared are you around the heat issue and how
hot Paris can be in the summer.
Speaker 6 (12:16):
I'll guess the initial look the initial consumer was unpacking
containers and heat. Unfortunately, it was actually quite cool, so
from our perspective, which is not really that important, but
it was actually quite pleasant. But yeah, it's heading into
the sort of low thirties in the next few days,
which you know, that's okay. It's when it hits into
the mid to late thirties could be a problem. But look,
(12:38):
we've got heat strategy in place with you know, sort
of the cold pools, you know, slushies, ice fests, all
that sort of stuff, And I think, look, you know,
we're not that far away from the history of Tokyo
three years ago where it was a significant factor, and
so all the the any so the federations that they've
got that dial them as well.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
So we just have to manage it as best we
can and be prepared as best we can.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
And just finally, how prepared are you? I mean, how
many spreadsheets have you got to How excited are you
for your first Olympic Games? Is the shift a mission?
Speaker 4 (13:11):
A lot?
Speaker 6 (13:11):
Super excited of course, a huge, huge privilege and just
an amazing honor to lead the team. So we're pretty
focused on the setup phase, which we're now got a
few day trips to support and welcome in both the
football teams and sailing, and then it just rolls into
welcoming the other teams.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
And I haven't really looked.
Speaker 6 (13:29):
Much further than that because my experience in Birmingham was
a planned land of be Jesus out of it and
it was all all turned to custod in the first
morning so I'm just going to maybe just look at
it in a few days in advance, but I'll certainly
be getting around to support as many as many PLATE
people as I can.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
Nigel Avery joining us on News Talk ZBB. He is
the New Zealand team shift a mission for Paris twenty
twenty four getting underway basically a week tonight. Really, when
you think about it, Thursday morning, early hours of next week,
the sevens and football underway. You hear all the big
moments here on News Talk ZBB and over on Gold
Sport and iHeartRadio. We've got a rugby test, a golf
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major in a state of origin decided to get through,
as well as a couple of other things Before we
get to that point, but I want to talk about
what a successful Olympic Games looks like like for New
Zealand on the back of our chat with Nigel. How
many medals would constitute a success for New Zealand Because
we're all going to get into it over the next
few weeks, aren't we around watching virtually every sport that
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we possibly can. Over a two week period, there was
twenty medals in Tokyo eighteen and Rio thirteen in London,
and then we had dined five, four and six on
the previous four before going back to nineteen ninety six.
So as New Zealand is, what does success look like
at this year's Olympic Games? And what events do you
circle in the diary or make sure that you absolutely
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can't miss over the couple of weeks? What are the
ones that remain on the TV? What are the ones
that you're always tuning in for you can't miss? Clear
people out of the house. So I've got to watch this.
Do you become a handball expert for two weeks? I
know people that watch handball for once in four years
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and then forget about it once the Olympics are over
them back into it four years time. What are those
Olympic sports that you just can't miss? And what does
a successful Olympic Games look like for New Zealand this year?
Oh eight hundred eighty ten eighty nine two nine two
for eight text messages, we count down to Paris twenty
twenty four. Here on Sports Talk it is twenty one
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after seven twenty four or after seven on news Talk
ZIB talking the Olympics. We're just a week away from
it getting underway. What are the events that you're circling
in the diary to watch this year's games. They're ones
that you'll always watch. Are the ones that you watch
because there's a kere we involved. What's your balance? For me,
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it's you know, you hear these names, you hear the
you know the track and field athletes around the four
years and you see that one hundred meter race, never
miss the one hundred meter final, never ever missed the
one hundred meter final. Whoever's competing in that couple of texts,
let's go to the lines on ninety two nine. So
Zoe the sprinter and a fifteen hundred meter runner, I reckon,
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we're in for a couple of Zoe. It's a tough
ass to win a sprint medal at the Olympics, but
if she makes the final, that's a great achievement for
Zoe Hobbes. Isn't it how cool to have a sprinter
in those blue ribbon events at the Olympics, Very very
rare for New Zealand, and a quality athlete at that
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fifteen hundred meter runners as well. I mean, there's a
lot of depth in New Zealand sport at the moment.
Tordy Beamish, he's going great guns. James Preston on the
go as well. I think it's almost more special when
you have the Yeah, I say it, when you have
those new Zealanders compete in those major Olympic events. I
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know you're very Olympic special, but seeing them compete and
those big track events or the big swimming events, that's
what I really really love, seeing those new Zealanders on
the world stage like that. To be honest, I like
everything at the Olympics, but just when you zero then
you see New Zealand competing in the one hundred meters.
That's really cool to me. Looking forward to seeing Zoe's
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a couple of text in for Zoe Hobbs. Another one
says always the one hundred meters, two hundred meters, four
hundred meters and four by one hundred meter relay for sure,
Q makes a high up more interesting than usual this
year for sure as well. Yeah, absolutely, Hamish, Kurt is
a real real chance of a medal, A real chance
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of a medal. Some of the if it's he put
up this year very very high are the ones that
improve as well. Kind of Bell has been going great
with the discus. You never know about shot put as well.
It feels like the Americans have Kine have locked that
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one down away from Tom Walsh and Jack o'gil recently,
but you never quite know. One fel says. The size
and gender mix of the contingent already a success the
men's high jump, women's tennis doubles, the equestrian It's about
fifty fifty, isn't it Looking at that team one hundred
ninety five named for the Olympic Games. Wouldn't it great
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if LULUs, saying could back up and do well at
the Olympics. Ian reckons the surfing, the sprints and the golf.
I was watching an interview Ian with Lydia Coe about
three weeks ago, and she was asked about the Olympics,
and to be honest, I kind of reckon that she
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wanted to win an Olympic goal more than a major.
She doesn't want a major for a quite a while now.
But she was very, very proud of the fact that
she won a silver in twenty sixteen, bronze and twenty
twenty one, and I think this is gonna be her
last Olympics, judging on what she was going for. But
she just seems zeroed in. I'm going to the Olympics again,
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very much looking forward to seeing Lydia co compete in
the golf. Another one sees the sevens. I'll tell you what.
The men's sevens is wide open at the moment as well.
The women sevens should beat the Black Ferns Australia in
the final. All going to Bland Knockwood. The sevens is
wide open. Argentina won the World Series this year in
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New Zealand's right up there. There's a whole host of
other teams could be anyone's medal. Can't wait to call
that On News Talk Zbat and Gold Sport Marz with
this one anything Track and Field Elliott, I can't wait,
Zoe Hobbes especially. I watched Sprint on Netflix and it
was epic. Yeah, that is on my list to watch
(20:06):
at some point. Added to the list, Muzz the track
and Field Sprint on Netflix. I've heard it is very
very good, so it mus Your recommendation are like gold
to me. Thank you very much for the text on
nine to two at nine two this evening. Another sport
that I'm interested to see it. Look, I'm gonna be honest,
(20:29):
I don't know that it should be at the Olympics,
but it's new at the Olympics this year. And then
it's breakdancing because to me it goes against the way
that the Olympics are, which they are very much that
historic feel, you know. I know they've added newer sports,
but breakdancing feels like they've just jumped in time fifty
(20:52):
years and gone right, how can we get down with
the kids, let's add breakdancing. I've got no idea how
it's going to work. We're doing the commentary here at
news Talks here being gold sport, I'm not sure who's
been allocated breakdancing. Might put my hand up for it,
because that could be quite fun. I know I've seen
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a few jokes that Scott Robertson could be quite the
handy breakdance of New Zealand. I think you might be
tied up unfortunately for the New Zealand Olympic Committee in
this time. But I'm intrigued to see how the breakdancing
goes at this year's Olympics. So I'm never quite sure
how these new sports are going to fit. In golf,
I think worked has worked pretty well in the last
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couple of editions sevens. I think really does belong at
the Olympic Game. There's been others, cricket. I don't know
about cricket coming in in twenty twenty eight. I'm do
we really need another cricket event? Do we really need
another cricket event? But breakdancing for some reason, I like it.
I want to see the speed climbing as well as
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a couple of great kiwis that are possibilities there as well.
And that's what makes the Olympics so good, doesn't it.
When those especially when this those kiwis that come out
of nowhere, like Natalie Rooney in twenty sixteen, Eliza as
well when she won in twenty sixteen. Those ones that
come out of nowhere and you don't expect it. Those
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are when the cool stories happen at the Olympic Games.
Graham's looking forward to the men's diving. Always highly entertaining.
Speaker 4 (22:28):
The diving.
Speaker 2 (22:30):
I don't know how they do it. I don't know
how they do it, but very very entertaining to watch it. Look,
we've had a whole list of sports, haven't we in
the last few minutes on nine two nine two, And
that's the beauty of the Olympics. Of course, something for
everyone virtually at the Olympic Games. Cameron says this the Olympics.
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Snoop Dogg and Kevin Hart win for me. Are they
on the American broadcast?
Speaker 3 (22:55):
Is that right?
Speaker 2 (22:55):
I think Snoop Dogg and Kevin Hart. I thought there's
a black from Saturday Night Live. There's going to be
jumping that must be doing some weird stuff in the America.
But they love the Olympics. But how do we get
the Snoop Dogg coverage down in New Zealand? Is there
a new I's gonna we can get scribe or someone
(23:18):
to do some commentary for New Zealand to see the
New Zealand equivalent of Snoop dog I don't know.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
There's an interesting text as well. Should have wood shopping
and sheep dog trials, but they're going to have break
dancing and wood shopping. Very talented in New Zealand. Wood shop.
They could get us a middle or two sheep dog trials.
What about darts? Could get darts at the Olympics. That
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is a sport that would actually quite suit the Olympics.
I think they take on more importance now personally with
the Commonwealth Games seemingly dead in the water. And now
for these Olympians, they don't get the Commonwealth Games. In between,
they might get a World Championship, they might get something else.
But I don't know if the Compwealth Games are going
to be resurrected. You hear all sorts of rumors, you
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see reports that someone stuck their hand up and they
want to host it, But I'm not overly convinced that
they're going to happen, at least in twenty twenty six.
So do the Olympics take on more importance with the
Compwealth Games in this part of the world or part
of the Comwealth no longer happening. Oh one hundred and
eighteen eighty nine ninety two for a text. Keep those
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texts coming in. It's got to Chris Evening, Chris Evening,
Vinnie Haydn.
Speaker 4 (24:39):
I went to the Olympics in the year two thousand, Sydney,
yep sid the Olympics. It was considered the greatest Olympics
of all time. I'm not sure too sure how everybody
else feels about that, but that's how everybody felt about it,
and certainly at the time anyway, I really enjoyed watching
the basketball the Americans, and I liked watching the the
(25:05):
running kept the Freeman.
Speaker 2 (25:07):
Did you see that? Do you see Kathy Freeman?
Speaker 4 (25:10):
Yeah? I was there. Yeah, I'm from I'm basically I'm
from about one hundred years of sports journalism. But eventually,
guess what we did. We end up getting a real
job and starting careers and but it's still it's still
our hobby.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
That's beautiful. Do you know what I actually not in
New Zealander, Chris, but that Kathy Freeman, just the everything
that had stood for and being in Australia. That's one
of my favorite Olympic moments. Who are winning that race?
Speaker 4 (25:35):
It was just I just remember hearing the sound of
the crowd. The crowd exploded yep, as soon as the
race started. It was it was actually it was. It
was a surreal moment. Yeah, me and my me and
my little brother got to watch that.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
You lucky thing, Chris.
Speaker 4 (25:50):
Yeah. And another thing I liked watching was the so
I've got boxing, basketball and the athletics. Those are my
three favorite. And I saw young I saw Sean Marks
dunk on Yeoman. That was quite I always like watching
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the New Zealanders. I get some sort of form of
pride from it.
Speaker 2 (26:16):
Yeah, absolutely, And when you got sure sure sure Mark's
dunked on.
Speaker 4 (26:22):
Yeah, yeahelieving. You can watch it on YouTube. I'm not
one one person to spin no, no.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
No, but I'm sure. But Yao Ming is just an
absolute giant of a human and so I'm not make sure.
Speaker 4 (26:34):
March small Mark from out there at Reggye Toto College.
He got the he got the big dunk. And then
and here's another thing I got to do. I got
to meet Evander Holyfield, the greatest boxer of all time,
who's who's a one cruiserweight world title and heavyweight. Wow,
I can set him the greatest of all time. So
he watches all the The thing I like about the Olympics,
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it's elite sport. Yeah, it's a big tast It just
doesn't get any better than that. And you're an environment,
You're in an environment where you're surrounded by sports people
and you nearly feel like a sports person yourself, even
though you're not. And all the trains were free. Suddenly
did a great job. We stayed at Manly, yep. That
(27:16):
the all the all the events we at Olympic Stadium
and Homebush stadium and that all the trains were free
to just jump on in town.
Speaker 3 (27:24):
It was.
Speaker 4 (27:24):
It was an amazing event. And then the finale was
the fireworks.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
Off have a brig right, Yes, I can remember that, yep, yep.
Speaker 4 (27:32):
Yeah. So I would recommend you going or are the
people out there, I would recommend putting it on their
bucket list to go to the Olympics. I mean, Paris
is a great city, Yeah it is. Yeah, It's just
it's just put it this way. Memories are worth more
than silver and gold than my book. Anyway.
Speaker 2 (27:51):
Well, see chres nice to hear from you this evening.
You're on one hundred and eighty ten eighty. A couple
of texts before we hit the brake. Squash should be there, agreed, Haymish.
I think it's twenty twenty eight. They've knocked on the
door five times, I think, and finally the IOC has
opened up and let's hope Paul Cole is still absolutely
killing it by then twenty twenty eight and La Squash
(28:14):
will be there, another one, sees. I hope they had
the final of the sevens on the last day of
the competition at the Stadium Alligate and both New Zealand
teams are in, so do I, but they're doing them
doing it a weird way. Two days of men competition
day off for the opening ceremony, need them back into
it and then the men's finals day. Then the women start,
I think a day later because they've got to get
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the stadium at Star Defrance clear for the track and
field the following week and roll out the purple track
around the venue. So they quite early on the sevens.
But let's hope both New Zealand teams are in its.
Appreciate the texts. Twenty two away from eights on news
Talk ZB with more of your texts and Gary Stead
not far away as well. The black Caps coaches to
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join us. It is nineteen away from eights on news
talk zbe a couple more texts. On the Olympic front,
Ken says this hay and Wild in the triathlon proper
gold medal chance and teenage on at a decent shot
at the mixed relay medal two. That is from Ken. Yeah,
(29:19):
Hayden Wild and alex Y at the Comwealth Games went
toe to toe and I think from what I have gathered,
the course should suit hat and Wild, although as we
heard from with Nigel Avery. There is the possibility that
they have to cut the swim leg in the river
sin if it's you know, had a bit of pollution
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and they may not know that till the day of
So whether that affects Hayden Wild's medal chances, I'm not
entirely sure, but you know, they should have really had
a backup plan to that. Hopefully medals come their way.
Thank you very much, Ken Eric if you weather this
is another in the woman's four hundred meter freestyle, and
(30:00):
Henry with this one, Athletics is a must. But Zoe
Hobbes were a big ass to win you I think
probably a bit beyond to win with the other talent
around there from the Caribbean and America, et cetera. But boy,
how good would it be to see here in the
one hundred meter final. Seven's credit goal should not be
their breakdowns, no way. Even Tom Walsh is not sure
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to get gold. Go Zoie Hobbs, sure you'll have to
run the best he can to win a medal, Sobil
Sam Tenor, thank you very much, Henry. Yeah, I think
in regards to Tom Walsh, those Americans, Ryan Kraser, especially
Joe Kovax is still kicking around. They got that shot
put kind of lockdown. Some maybe a bronze you might
be able to sneak or papes. I hope that one
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of those other boys have an off day in Paris.
It is seventeen away from eight on News Talks.
Speaker 3 (30:46):
Here'b forget the refs call.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
You make a call on eight Sports Talk on your
home of Sports Talks.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
Well, the international shoed deal for the summer is we
already knew about the three tests against England to start
the summer, Hagley over and christ Jug at the end
of November, then onto the Basin Reserve in Sedn Park.
The rest of the summer filled in for the black Caps.
They have Sri Lanka in T twenties and one days
either side of the New Year. Then they're off to
Pakistan for a tri series and then the Champions Trophy
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and then they come back in mid March and play
some more T twenties and odii's there. The White fans
also welcoming Australia and Sri Lanka over the course of
the summer. Gary stead To spoke with him earlier. Today
is the New Zealand Cricket launched the summer of cricket
and began by asking him about the prospect of having
the home summer lockdon.
Speaker 7 (31:40):
I think there's three fantastic teams that are coming over here.
Obviously England to kick off the Test series as a
big one. We had a fantastic series with them last
time that they were over so getting to play three
Tests as always was magic as well from I think
from a purest point of view. Then Sri Lanka and Pakistan,
who come here as well in between the ICC Champions Trophy,
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are two very, very competent teams and I think it's
nice to play that sort of the style that they play.
Sri Lanka are an exciting team. They have a few
Malinger like type bowlers in their lineup, so that seems
to be becoming the norm. I think a little bit
more when you play against teams like Sri Lanka.
Speaker 2 (32:20):
I've got a bit of cricket to come before then,
But how much have been watching England West Indy series
and taking a note there? Obviously no James Anderson coming
down he's retired, but a few new players on the
scene for them.
Speaker 7 (32:30):
Yeah, Atkinson obviously come onto the scene and Bolb beautifully
in that Test match. He's obviously got some pace. We've
seen him in the white Ball series and Stus in
the past, so I think he'll be a handful over here.
But look, I mean Lowell teams they you through stages
of transition, and England have gone through that. I think
with BroadOn Ansen now and I guess with us Wagner
(32:51):
left last year and there's been a few changes over
the last few years and what our team looks like.
So you can think back to the winning the World
Test Championship and we've now lost the likes of Ross
Taylor and Klinder grond Home Neil Wagner. So Trent Boltz
certainly looks a bit for all teams.
Speaker 2 (33:07):
It does three ODI eyes before the World Cup, sorry,
before the champions Trophy then some in Pakistan. Is that
a big enough warm up for the Champions Trophy?
Speaker 7 (33:16):
Well, I think I think we're coming off some game.
Well we are coming off games for Sri Lanka before
then as well, so there'll be three OD eyes there. Look,
I mean the good the advantage of being in Pakistan
is a climatization playing on their wickets and we're playing
Pakistan and South Africa who are two very very competent
sides as well. So I think in terms of readiness
(33:38):
and competition, then then that's as good as what we
could ask for.
Speaker 2 (33:41):
Is that just how worll cricket goes. You sort of
want to the next thing, and you move on from
one thing to the next, and you don't have a
lot of time to prepare or conditionize for for various things.
Speaker 7 (33:49):
I think over the last three or four years, what
I've seen is that's happened more and more. You gather
a team three or four days before the first game
wherever you are in the world, and you go on
and you play your best you can. And I think
the franchise leagues around the world have only added to
that more so, I think it's become the norm now
and I think will be the norm in the future.
Speaker 2 (34:10):
So frustrate you as a coach that you know, the
franchise leagues are the not the pinnacle necessarily, but the
financial pinnacle of the game, and now international cricket has
to sort of play a little catch up or squeeze
them when they can.
Speaker 7 (34:21):
Yeah, no doubt about it. I think international cricket for
me was still the thing that people aspire to, and
I hope that continues to be the case in New
Zealand because I think that's very, very important.
Speaker 3 (34:33):
And whilst a number of.
Speaker 7 (34:35):
Guys haven't taken contracts for US, don't lose sight that
they're still very committed to New Zealand and want to
play for New Zealand. It's just these opportunities do pop
up from time to time, and.
Speaker 2 (34:43):
I Kin Williamson obviously you see's taking this contract overseas
and not taking a New Zealand contract, and so he'll
be available for the entirety of the home summer, but
there's just that so of that friaking league that he
won't be that he'll be wayful.
Speaker 7 (34:55):
Yeah, I think one of the things with Cain that
him and I are talking about is his longevity in
the game. And I'm sure New Zealand fans want to
see Kan Williamson play for as long as they can.
So my hope is that we can and plan things
well with Cain that we could have him playing for
another three or so years and right through to another
World Cup potentially, and that's what I'll certainly be aiming
(35:15):
to do with him, and then we work backwards from
there and say, well, what's this look like in his
schedule in the future, And like, I think, if Caine
plays nineteen out of twenty five games, it's still a
good result for New Zealand.
Speaker 2 (35:28):
How much more of Lucky Ferguson, for example, might we
see in New Zealand Jersy though, Well.
Speaker 7 (35:33):
Lucky's still again shown He's made it very clear to
me he still wants to play for New Zealand. Again,
he's got an opportunity in a different league to Caine
and the UAE League and he's taken that up. And
I think it's certainly recognizing that players are at different
stages of their career, and there's no doubt Cain Lockey
are at the back end of their careers. So it
(35:54):
comes down to I think them making the decisions that
best suit their family of where they're at right now
in their careers.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
I'm sure you've reviewed the T twenty World Cup. What's
that told you?
Speaker 7 (36:05):
It's frustrating And I think, yeah, you walk away from
it feeling a bit lost and empty. Really, I think
there were a number of contributing factors. The way we
didn't get perhaps the games under our belt that we
wanted to at the start and sort of just having
the players really ready in firing for that first game.
(36:28):
So I think we all have to look at ourselves
around that and what that looks like. But certainly things
were changed and flipped on our head from what we
were expecting in the past with ICC events, and that's
causing I think some of the frustration. Afghanistan played very
good cricket against us, and certainly we went under estimating
them and to see them go right through to the
(36:50):
semi final wasn't a huge surprise to me. And then
we've got beaten by an outstanding innings from Rutherford against
West Indies, and I mean, if you win that, it
could have been a very different tournament and look very different.
So I think we've got to be careful. We don't. Yeah,
we don't blow it up completely, but obviously it was
a disappointment and frustrating.
Speaker 2 (37:10):
You mentioned the ICC. I mean, were you expecting war
warm up games or is this feedback being sent to
the ICC.
Speaker 7 (37:15):
Yeah, Look, we knew that our players weren't going to
be there when our original games were scheduled and asked
for later ones, which was denied.
Speaker 3 (37:25):
In the past.
Speaker 7 (37:25):
You've never been able to put staff on a field
to play, yet Australia seemed to be able to do that.
They're the sort of frustrations that irked me. It was
only at the twenty twenty three World Cup that we
weren't allowed to have a staff member even run drinks
for us, So they're the sort of changes that did
happen and worked against us at that tournament.
Speaker 2 (37:42):
How committed to you to still be in the coaching
all three formats?
Speaker 4 (37:45):
Garing?
Speaker 7 (37:46):
Look, I mean that's always up for discussion. I've been
with the team for a long time and I certainly
love working with this group of players. I think the
thing that's important to me as we keep trying to
get better every day and as long as we're seeing
that from the players, and I'd be certainly motivated to
keep working with them.
Speaker 2 (38:03):
You've got a White Bull captain two points. How far
down the train you with those conversations with who you
want to appoint or who you're talking to.
Speaker 7 (38:09):
Yeah, look, I think we've still got a couple of
options to keep considering. We don't have a White Bull
series until November, and then that's plunked between a very
very busy test series as well. So in preparation potentially
for an England series. So that's part of our thinking.
But I can say I think the decision we get
(38:30):
to will it be about the long term future of
certainly ODI cricket, and we'd want that captain to go
through and captain right through to the ODI worked up for.
Speaker 2 (38:38):
Us, say White Bull captain. Could you split that again
down to od i's and ten twenties.
Speaker 7 (38:43):
Absolutely it could be, and you could go Test and
ODII captain together as well. So I think there's different
options to look at it, and I think the way
the changing landscape of the world is at the moment
then that those sort of conversations aren't out the realms
of possibility.
Speaker 2 (38:56):
Was it an exciting day when that? Should you get
to released? Look forward to the home Star? I thanks Gary,
Thanks Aliet Chez. Gary Seed's with me a bit earlier
on today at the season launch for New Zealand Crickets.
I mean, personally would like more tests, but I'm a
purist in that regard. I know that T twenty plays
pays the bills and one day cricket we just can't
quite shake off. I love more test matches in the
(39:18):
that is almost eight away from eights on News Talks here,
but it will take a break, come back and wrap
up the show. After this, it sticks away from eights
on News Talks. ZBD on with this on nine two
nine two. Cricket and rugby needs strong domestic competitions or leagues.
International sport is fool's gold. Interesting take, I guess with
(39:38):
international cricket, they've just been so marginalized now really by
the franchise competitions around the globe, and now you've got
came Williamson decided he's going to go play the said
African Tea twins, and that's slightly different because you know
there's no Black Caps cricket and he could have really
got an exemption, but he's opted out of a contract.
But it feels like the trickle is becoming a little
(39:59):
bit of a flag a floods, Locky Ferguson opting out
as well Adam Milne. At some point the Internet National
Cricket Council needs to kind of confront this issue which
is staring down at them and figure out ways for
both internationals and domestic franchise competitions to move forward. But
doesn't look like they're in any hurry.
Speaker 3 (40:21):
To do that.
Speaker 2 (40:23):
Another texts, I hope the All Blacks are playing at
Alice Park this year, Elliott, they are, I can tell
you that in late August. I think it is the
thirty first of August if my memory serves correctly, and
then off to Cape Town a week later. Both commentary
is live on Newstalk ZBB. Very much looking forward to
(40:43):
being there on the ground for news Talk ZBB when
that test rolls around at Alice Park. Will be special
to see how the All Blacks go. Speaking of the
All Blacks team out for the Fig Test at eleven
o'clock tomorrow, I shall Darcy will have some reaction for
you when he's back on the show tomorrow. Interesting to
see how many debutants they roll out as well. They've
(41:04):
got what five in camp at the moment if you
include Sam Darius coming to Patrick Towey, but lot too
so how many of the five remaining ones with Cot.
There's Ratama debuting at Eden Park. Will they blood next week?
That is a question of course for tomorrow. Have yourselves
a good evening and enjoy your origin football. Let's hope
that a side is better than Game one and Game
(41:25):
two and not a blowout, have yourselves a good evening.
My thanks to NS Milicice. We'll see you next time
on News Talk ZIBB.
Speaker 1 (41:31):
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Speaker 2 (00:13):
Evening and welcome to sports Talk for Wednesday, the seventeenth
of July twenty twenty four. Elliott Smith in for Darcy
Watergrave tonight. Darcy back with you tomorrow night, when there's
plenty to chewovering, including an All Blacks team to play
Fiji in San Diego. But coming up Tonight's on the program,
we talk the Olympics very very shortly with New Zealand
(00:34):
chift of mission Nigel Avery. We're just over a week
exactly until we get underway in fact early hours of
Thursday morning. Next week seven's and men's football and women's
football gets underway in the couple of days before the
opening ceremony. We will chat with Nigel Avery very very
shortly and get a sense of how Paris is preparing,
(00:56):
how the New Zealand team is preparing, the security, everything
else like that. It feels like, to an extend, the
Olympics are flying under the radar a bit, but we're
all going to be into it this point next week,
so Nigel Avery joins the program very very shortly. We
also talk the black Caps and the summer of cricket
schedule announced today for both the Black Camps and the
(01:17):
White Ferns. I think in numbers at forty one potential
days of international cricket across eight cities from November right
through to the end of March. When you look in
the Black Caps and the White Ferns. Now we already
knew the three tests for the black Caps against England
at the start of the summer. The rest of the
schedule locked in fair to say, fairly white ball here
(01:39):
at heavy when you look at the black Caps schedule
just those three tests, a lot of one dayers and
heaps of twenty twenties as well. Gary Stead, black Caps coach,
joins us this hour as well to look at that schedule,
but also touched on a number of other issues around
the game, including whether he's settled on a white ball
cricket captain as yet. Of course, came Williamson turning down
(02:02):
his contracts with New Zealand Cricket, opting out to go
play the South African Tea twenty in January, so we
chat about that as well. Gary staid to join the
program before the hour is out on a number of
cricket issues. But at eight and a half after seven
it's time four s today. No the bits me busy
twenty four hours in sport and as I mean to,
(02:24):
the black Caps will play just the one Test series
in the upcoming home summer of cricket. There's six tours
inbound for the men's in women's teams, three Test series
for the men against England in November. Starting the calendar,
the black Caps will play Sri Lanka and Pakistan across
T twenty and ODI series before visiting Pakistan in February
and March for a tri series and the Champions Trophy.
(02:45):
Black Cat Tom Latham celebrating the new calendar with a
broken finger.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Yeah just yeah, training on Monday.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
Just got a ball on the finger there.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Yeah, broken unfortunately, but not too long time frame which
is good. About four weeks or they're about so I
shouldn't this any cricket. The White fans start with three
one days against Australia. Get in December, who returned for
three T two and he's in March to also meat
Sri Lanka for a mix format series the same month.
As I said, goxtent on the programmer, but later Gareth
Southgate stood down as England football manager, saying the time
(03:16):
has come for the team to begin a new chapter.
Former FAHG Greg Dyker has assessed his tenure.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
He got us to the.
Speaker 5 (03:23):
Two finals and the semi final and international tournaments in
the last eight years. That's a pretty good achievement. You know,
if you look back at the forty years before it,
we were not that successful.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
So I think he did pretty well.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Tiger Woods and says he's not going to retire, and
is aimed at barber Colin Montgomery for suggesting he should
do just that and quit golf. Last major for Tiger
Course coming at the twenty nineteen Masters. Sixty one year
old Montgomery has seduced Woods consider his future after he
missed the cut at last month's US Open. As the
(03:57):
countdown to the Open Championship at Royal Troon starting tomorrow
night continues, Woods has other ideas. As a past champion,
i'empt Tom's sixty, Carlin's nine.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
He's not a pass champions, so.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
He's not examp, so he doesn't get the opportunity to
make that decision.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
I do as a bit of a Mike drop from Eldrick.
They call him missus doubt fire I think they call
colhim Mo Gomer. I'm not sure he'll be throwing too
many barbers back at Tiger Woods Way. After that, the
Warrior is tonight back in their state of origin representatives
as they count down to the new South Wales and
Queensland Designer in Brisbane for Mitch Barnett making his origin
debut for the Blues off the interchange, Cape Bull starting
(04:36):
in the second row for the Maroons team Mattemurrat and
there Corde see the team's going to enjoy the game
at a dinner this evening.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
I'm not too sure whether they're going to divide the
tables or not.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Let's who you know what perhaps has got.
Speaker 4 (04:46):
You know, I'm happy for those two and you know,
hopefully by Ni gets in his offtion in which he
will and he'll go there and have a big.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
And some sad news unfortunately to finish us off on
Sports Today, Australian rugby league commentator David Morrow has passed
away following a battle with brain cancer. He was seventy one.
You might remember him if you listen to the rugby
league commentaries on the radio back in the day on
across the ABC and two GB via Radio Sport. Last
week it was announced he'd been inducted into the NRAL
(05:14):
Hall of Fame. Passing away today. Distinctive voice and the passion.
Check out this passion. There is nothing wrong with him.
But you eediot on the sideline, don't read the rubble
out of the hands. It's gone backwards. Hell, this big
out of the hand just backwards and then it floats forward.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
That is not a don't know what the teas.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
A distinctive voice. David Morrow one of the great Australian
rugby league commentators on Radio Rest and Piece, and that
is Sport today. We count down continues to the Paris Olympics,
a week away from starting the opening ceremony next Saturday morning.
But we've got sevens and football underway two days before
the opening ceremony, so early I was next Thursday morning.
(06:02):
Nigel Avery is into his first Olympic Games as the
New Zealand team shift of mission and joins us now
on Sports Talk. Nigel, thanks so much for joining us.
Set the scene in Paris if you could for us.
Speaker 6 (06:14):
I haven't seen too much of Paris because it's been
from a airport to a hotel for a few nights
and then to the village for I think we've had
I think we're three nights in now. Look, it's looking
really good. We drove past the Start de France. That's
all dressed beautifully obviously, the Olympic greens beneath the Eiffel
Tower suspended in there looks amazing. They just said their
best of your day celebrations here a couple of nights
(06:36):
ago and you know, five weeks for half an our
type thing.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
So it's looking really good. The village.
Speaker 6 (06:41):
We're the first shift a mission meeting a couple of
days ago, and the comments from people have been to
many games is that they thought that the village readiness
was the best I've seen. And the bumping period, which
is where you bring all your stuff in your dress
and all that, it has been really I guess uneventful
and really nice.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
And we've we've experienced the same thing. So it's going
really well.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
How how is the dressing up in the putting everything
together going? I think the canoe slalom and first in
a couple of days time. So is he on track?
Speaker 6 (07:12):
We will be on track, yes, So we've actually had
a crew that come over from the UK actually to
help sort of put up sort of the more significant
significant window decals, and then we're waiting on posters and
banners and all that sort of stuff. So we're going
to crew a very energy, energetic and enthusiastic people ranging
from physios, nurse, doctor cons helping out and it's going
(07:34):
to be all hands to the pumps in the next
few days in readiness for those ethics, but we will
be ready in it. I should point out that we're
also having to look after so the ethics are staying
off site for example, you know, rowing and canoeing, we're
staying out of paras Acdany and likewise with the sailing
team down and Marseilles, making sure they have the equivalent
(07:56):
of what has been in the satiny the Olympic villages
and their locations.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
What are you hearing from I guess athletes ahead of this,
Given I guess the COVID Games of twenty twenty one,
this feels like, you know, not a restart necessarily, but
for those athletes that were there Cup in twenty twenty one,
they get the full experience this time around. Is that
what you're hearing?
Speaker 6 (08:17):
Yeah, Like I've spoken to many of them, and I
also said, hey, Look, this is the second your second
time is the first time olympian, you know, because that
will be so different.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
But I think the common thing is.
Speaker 6 (08:26):
That a huge amount of family and friends traveling to support.
So it's obviously some latent demand. Obviously couldn't go to Tokyo,
so hey, let's go to Paris, and so lots of
friends and family support. So that's just gonna be so
so good for those ethics because we know that they
perform better when the other ones are there watching.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Can you start them obviously first in and then it's
sort of a steady trickle from there as you prepare
for for next week.
Speaker 6 (08:51):
Yeah, the fourth that will be pretty heavily turned on
when when rugby show. So we're looking forward to them
as well. So they really do bring a lot of
energy and obviously part of our our welcoming process. You
know that we're taking to Hakka. You know, clearly as
those medals given out for that, they would they would
sweep the podium for because that just brings so much energy.
So we're looking forward to them. But look, every athlete
(09:14):
is critically important, you know, to us, and we will
support them and the best way we can, so let's
right across the board and whichever location they're at.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
How do you balance out I guess with the rugby
sevens team starting early on footballers as well, but the
sevens you know they're starting a couple of days early
is So does that change your preparation in terms of
how you roll out the athletes village and get everyone in.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
No, not really. I mean, look, it's just the day
they start.
Speaker 6 (09:40):
Obviously, were lots of notice of that, as have Rugby
in particular, so they're preparing for that and were prepare
our support services around that as well, So it's no
different really, it's just the time that they start.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Having been personally in Paris last year for the Rugby
World Cup, obviously security was paramount. Then what are you
seeing and are you assured that everything is being done
on a security level to make these safe games?
Speaker 3 (10:07):
Yeah? I think I think it is.
Speaker 6 (10:09):
So all the briefings we've had leading into the games,
just the journey in a private uber from an Airbnb
the first couple of nights to the village. As soon
as we hit Saint Denis, there was like pockets of
police at each corner. There's groups of police in the
village that are ready to respond to things should that
need be. So I think we've got quite confidence in
(10:32):
their ability. They're taking it very very seriously, as they should,
but I guess you know, there's still going to be
the lone wolf actor that might pop up, So we
just have to be villigent, just going to be careful
and do the smart things like traveling in any big city.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
One hundred and ninety five athletes the official number for
these games. Is it good to have that list finally
locked in and loaded and ready to go?
Speaker 3 (10:56):
Yeah it is, Yeah, it is that.
Speaker 6 (10:59):
So it's an amazing group of people, amazing group of kiwis,
and just super looking forward to sort of meet them
here on the ground. As I said, I've spoken to
a number of them, probably most, and they're very excited, obviously,
very tuned in and engaged to what's going to happen
in the next sort of three weeks or so, and
just really looking forward to to sort of seeing that untold.
Speaker 2 (11:22):
Plenty of headlines and I'm sure they'll continue about the
River sen what's the latest around that and the competition
with the triathletes and everything going on there.
Speaker 6 (11:32):
I think overall positive, but we had some testing results
that pop up just before we left, so about a
week ago, I guess, and they were really positive. It's
all depended on rain, and so we had quite a
significant downpour a couple of nights ago that almost tropical
went on for maybe twenty thirty.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Minutes, so that probably wouldn't have helped.
Speaker 6 (11:50):
But it's quite a fast flowing river, so it does
clear out quite rapidly. So there's fine where the forecast
the next four days and we hope it'll just carry
on not too hot, of course, but I hope that
it will carry on as a normal trifle.
Speaker 7 (12:05):
Just on that.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
How is the heat and I guess it's probably a
bit too early for forecasts and everything like that, but
how prepared are you around the heat issue and how
hot Paris can be in the summer.
Speaker 6 (12:16):
I'll guess the initial look the initial consumer was unpacking
containers and heat. Unfortunately, it was actually quite cool, so
from our perspective, which is not really that important, but
it was actually quite pleasant. But yeah, it's heading into
the sort of low thirties in the next few days,
which you know, that's okay. It's when it hits into
the mid to late thirties could be a problem. But look,
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we've got heat strategy in place with you know, sort
of the cold pools, you know, slushies, ice fests, all
that sort of stuff, And I think, look, you know,
we're not that far away from the history of Tokyo
three years ago where it was a significant factor, and
so all the the any so the federations that they've
got that dial them as well.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
So we just have to manage it as best we
can and be prepared as best we can.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
And just finally, how prepared are you? I mean, how
many spreadsheets have you got to How excited are you
for your first Olympic Games? Is the shift a mission?
Speaker 4 (13:11):
A lot?
Speaker 6 (13:11):
Super excited of course, a huge, huge privilege and just
an amazing honor to lead the team. So we're pretty
focused on the setup phase, which we're now got a
few day trips to support and welcome in both the
football teams and sailing, and then it just rolls into
welcoming the other teams.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
And I haven't really looked.
Speaker 6 (13:29):
Much further than that because my experience in Birmingham was
a planned land of be Jesus out of it and
it was all all turned to custod in the first
morning so I'm just going to maybe just look at
it in a few days in advance, but I'll certainly
be getting around to support as many as many PLATE
people as I can.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
Nigel Avery joining us on News Talk ZBB. He is
the New Zealand team shift a mission for Paris twenty
twenty four getting underway basically a week tonight. Really, when
you think about it, Thursday morning, early hours of next week,
the sevens and football underway. You hear all the big
moments here on News Talk ZBB and over on Gold
Sport and iHeartRadio. We've got a rugby test, a golf
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major in a state of origin decided to get through,
as well as a couple of other things Before we
get to that point, but I want to talk about
what a successful Olympic Games looks like like for New
Zealand on the back of our chat with Nigel. How
many medals would constitute a success for New Zealand Because
we're all going to get into it over the next
few weeks, aren't we around watching virtually every sport that
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we possibly can. Over a two week period, there was
twenty medals in Tokyo eighteen and Rio thirteen in London,
and then we had dined five, four and six on
the previous four before going back to nineteen ninety six.
So as New Zealand is, what does success look like
at this year's Olympic Games? And what events do you
circle in the diary or make sure that you absolutely
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can't miss over the couple of weeks? What are the
ones that remain on the TV? What are the ones
that you're always tuning in for you can't miss? Clear
people out of the house. So I've got to watch this.
Do you become a handball expert for two weeks? I
know people that watch handball for once in four years
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and then forget about it once the Olympics are over
them back into it four years time. What are those
Olympic sports that you just can't miss? And what does
a successful Olympic Games look like for New Zealand this year?
Oh eight hundred eighty ten eighty nine two nine two
for eight text messages, we count down to Paris twenty
twenty four. Here on Sports Talk it is twenty one
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after seven twenty four or after seven on news Talk
ZIB talking the Olympics. We're just a week away from
it getting underway. What are the events that you're circling
in the diary to watch this year's games. They're ones
that you'll always watch. Are the ones that you watch
because there's a kere we involved. What's your balance? For me,
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it's you know, you hear these names, you hear the
you know the track and field athletes around the four
years and you see that one hundred meter race, never
miss the one hundred meter final, never ever missed the
one hundred meter final. Whoever's competing in that couple of texts,
let's go to the lines on ninety two nine. So
Zoe the sprinter and a fifteen hundred meter runner, I reckon,
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we're in for a couple of Zoe. It's a tough
ass to win a sprint medal at the Olympics, but
if she makes the final, that's a great achievement for
Zoe Hobbes. Isn't it how cool to have a sprinter
in those blue ribbon events at the Olympics, Very very
rare for New Zealand, and a quality athlete at that
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fifteen hundred meter runners as well. I mean, there's a
lot of depth in New Zealand sport at the moment.
Tordy Beamish, he's going great guns. James Preston on the
go as well. I think it's almost more special when
you have the Yeah, I say it, when you have
those new Zealanders compete in those major Olympic events. I
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know you're very Olympic special, but seeing them compete and
those big track events or the big swimming events, that's
what I really really love, seeing those new Zealanders on
the world stage like that. To be honest, I like
everything at the Olympics, but just when you zero then
you see New Zealand competing in the one hundred meters.
That's really cool to me. Looking forward to seeing Zoe's
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a couple of text in for Zoe Hobbs. Another one
says always the one hundred meters, two hundred meters, four
hundred meters and four by one hundred meter relay for sure,
Q makes a high up more interesting than usual this
year for sure as well. Yeah, absolutely, Hamish, Kurt is
a real real chance of a medal, A real chance
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of a medal. Some of the if it's he put
up this year very very high are the ones that
improve as well. Kind of Bell has been going great
with the discus. You never know about shot put as well.
It feels like the Americans have Kine have locked that
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one down away from Tom Walsh and Jack o'gil recently,
but you never quite know. One fel says. The size
and gender mix of the contingent already a success the
men's high jump, women's tennis doubles, the equestrian It's about
fifty fifty, isn't it Looking at that team one hundred
ninety five named for the Olympic Games. Wouldn't it great
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if LULUs, saying could back up and do well at
the Olympics. Ian reckons the surfing, the sprints and the golf.
I was watching an interview Ian with Lydia Coe about
three weeks ago, and she was asked about the Olympics,
and to be honest, I kind of reckon that she
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wanted to win an Olympic goal more than a major.
She doesn't want a major for a quite a while now.
But she was very, very proud of the fact that
she won a silver in twenty sixteen, bronze and twenty
twenty one, and I think this is gonna be her
last Olympics, judging on what she was going for. But
she just seems zeroed in. I'm going to the Olympics again,
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very much looking forward to seeing Lydia co compete in
the golf. Another one sees the sevens. I'll tell you what.
The men's sevens is wide open at the moment as well.
The women sevens should beat the Black Ferns Australia in
the final. All going to Bland Knockwood. The sevens is
wide open. Argentina won the World Series this year in
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New Zealand's right up there. There's a whole host of
other teams could be anyone's medal. Can't wait to call
that On News Talk Zbat and Gold Sport Marz with
this one anything Track and Field Elliott, I can't wait,
Zoe Hobbes especially. I watched Sprint on Netflix and it
was epic. Yeah, that is on my list to watch
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at some point. Added to the list, Muzz the track
and Field Sprint on Netflix. I've heard it is very
very good, so it mus Your recommendation are like gold
to me. Thank you very much for the text on
nine to two at nine two this evening. Another sport
that I'm interested to see it. Look, I'm gonna be honest,
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I don't know that it should be at the Olympics,
but it's new at the Olympics this year. And then
it's breakdancing because to me it goes against the way
that the Olympics are, which they are very much that
historic feel, you know. I know they've added newer sports,
but breakdancing feels like they've just jumped in time fifty
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years and gone right, how can we get down with
the kids, let's add breakdancing. I've got no idea how
it's going to work. We're doing the commentary here at
news Talks here being gold sport, I'm not sure who's
been allocated breakdancing. Might put my hand up for it,
because that could be quite fun. I know I've seen
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a few jokes that Scott Robertson could be quite the
handy breakdance of New Zealand. I think you might be
tied up unfortunately for the New Zealand Olympic Committee in
this time. But I'm intrigued to see how the breakdancing
goes at this year's Olympics. So I'm never quite sure
how these new sports are going to fit. In golf,
I think worked has worked pretty well in the last
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couple of editions sevens. I think really does belong at
the Olympic Game. There's been others, cricket. I don't know
about cricket coming in in twenty twenty eight. I'm do
we really need another cricket event? Do we really need
another cricket event? But breakdancing for some reason, I like it.
I want to see the speed climbing as well as
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a couple of great kiwis that are possibilities there as well.
And that's what makes the Olympics so good, doesn't it.
When those especially when this those kiwis that come out
of nowhere, like Natalie Rooney in twenty sixteen, Eliza as
well when she won in twenty sixteen. Those ones that
come out of nowhere and you don't expect it. Those
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are when the cool stories happen at the Olympic Games.
Graham's looking forward to the men's diving. Always highly entertaining.
Speaker 4 (22:28):
The diving.
Speaker 2 (22:30):
I don't know how they do it. I don't know
how they do it, but very very entertaining to watch it. Look,
we've had a whole list of sports, haven't we in
the last few minutes on nine two nine two, And
that's the beauty of the Olympics. Of course, something for
everyone virtually at the Olympic Games. Cameron says this the Olympics.
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Snoop Dogg and Kevin Hart win for me. Are they
on the American broadcast?
Speaker 3 (22:55):
Is that right?
Speaker 2 (22:55):
I think Snoop Dogg and Kevin Hart. I thought there's
a black from Saturday Night Live. There's going to be
jumping that must be doing some weird stuff in the America.
But they love the Olympics. But how do we get
the Snoop Dogg coverage down in New Zealand? Is there
a new I's gonna we can get scribe or someone
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to do some commentary for New Zealand to see the
New Zealand equivalent of Snoop dog I don't know.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
There's an interesting text as well. Should have wood shopping
and sheep dog trials, but they're going to have break
dancing and wood shopping. Very talented in New Zealand. Wood shop.
They could get us a middle or two sheep dog trials.
What about darts? Could get darts at the Olympics. That
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is a sport that would actually quite suit the Olympics.
I think they take on more importance now personally with
the Commonwealth Games seemingly dead in the water. And now
for these Olympians, they don't get the Commonwealth Games. In between,
they might get a World Championship, they might get something else.
But I don't know if the Compwealth Games are going
to be resurrected. You hear all sorts of rumors, you
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see reports that someone stuck their hand up and they
want to host it, But I'm not overly convinced that
they're going to happen, at least in twenty twenty six.
So do the Olympics take on more importance with the
Compwealth Games in this part of the world or part
of the Comwealth no longer happening. Oh one hundred and
eighteen eighty nine ninety two for a text. Keep those
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texts coming in. It's got to Chris Evening, Chris Evening,
Vinnie Haydn.
Speaker 4 (24:39):
I went to the Olympics in the year two thousand, Sydney,
yep sid the Olympics. It was considered the greatest Olympics
of all time. I'm not sure too sure how everybody
else feels about that, but that's how everybody felt about it,
and certainly at the time anyway, I really enjoyed watching
the basketball the Americans, and I liked watching the the
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running kept the Freeman.
Speaker 2 (25:07):
Did you see that? Do you see Kathy Freeman?
Speaker 4 (25:10):
Yeah? I was there. Yeah, I'm from I'm basically I'm
from about one hundred years of sports journalism. But eventually,
guess what we did. We end up getting a real
job and starting careers and but it's still it's still
our hobby.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
That's beautiful. Do you know what I actually not in
New Zealander, Chris, but that Kathy Freeman, just the everything
that had stood for and being in Australia. That's one
of my favorite Olympic moments. Who are winning that race?
Speaker 4 (25:35):
It was just I just remember hearing the sound of
the crowd. The crowd exploded yep, as soon as the
race started. It was it was actually it was. It
was a surreal moment. Yeah, me and my me and
my little brother got to watch that.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
You lucky thing, Chris.
Speaker 4 (25:50):
Yeah. And another thing I liked watching was the so
I've got boxing, basketball and the athletics. Those are my
three favorite. And I saw young I saw Sean Marks
dunk on Yeoman. That was quite I always like watching
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the New Zealanders. I get some sort of form of
pride from it.
Speaker 2 (26:16):
Yeah, absolutely, And when you got sure sure sure Mark's
dunked on.
Speaker 4 (26:22):
Yeah, yeahelieving. You can watch it on YouTube. I'm not
one one person to spin no, no.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
No, but I'm sure. But Yao Ming is just an
absolute giant of a human and so I'm not make sure.
Speaker 4 (26:34):
March small Mark from out there at Reggye Toto College.
He got the he got the big dunk. And then
and here's another thing I got to do. I got
to meet Evander Holyfield, the greatest boxer of all time,
who's who's a one cruiserweight world title and heavyweight. Wow,
I can set him the greatest of all time. So
he watches all the The thing I like about the Olympics,
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it's elite sport. Yeah, it's a big tast It just
doesn't get any better than that. And you're an environment,
You're in an environment where you're surrounded by sports people
and you nearly feel like a sports person yourself, even
though you're not. And all the trains were free. Suddenly
did a great job. We stayed at Manly, yep. That
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the all the all the events we at Olympic Stadium
and Homebush stadium and that all the trains were free
to just jump on in town.
Speaker 3 (27:24):
It was.
Speaker 4 (27:24):
It was an amazing event. And then the finale was
the fireworks.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
Off have a brig right, Yes, I can remember that, yep, yep.
Speaker 4 (27:32):
Yeah. So I would recommend you going or are the
people out there, I would recommend putting it on their
bucket list to go to the Olympics. I mean, Paris
is a great city, Yeah it is. Yeah, It's just
it's just put it this way. Memories are worth more
than silver and gold than my book. Anyway.
Speaker 2 (27:51):
Well, see chres nice to hear from you this evening.
You're on one hundred and eighty ten eighty. A couple
of texts before we hit the brake. Squash should be there, agreed, Haymish.
I think it's twenty twenty eight. They've knocked on the
door five times, I think, and finally the IOC has
opened up and let's hope Paul Cole is still absolutely
killing it by then twenty twenty eight and La Squash
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will be there, another one, sees. I hope they had
the final of the sevens on the last day of
the competition at the Stadium Alligate and both New Zealand
teams are in, so do I, but they're doing them
doing it a weird way. Two days of men competition
day off for the opening ceremony, need them back into
it and then the men's finals day. Then the women start,
I think a day later because they've got to get
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the stadium at Star Defrance clear for the track and
field the following week and roll out the purple track
around the venue. So they quite early on the sevens.
But let's hope both New Zealand teams are in its.
Appreciate the texts. Twenty two away from eights on news
Talk ZB with more of your texts and Gary Stead
not far away as well. The black Caps coaches to
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join us. It is nineteen away from eights on news
talk zbe a couple more texts. On the Olympic front,
Ken says this hay and Wild in the triathlon proper
gold medal chance and teenage on at a decent shot
at the mixed relay medal two. That is from Ken. Yeah,
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Hayden Wild and alex Y at the Comwealth Games went
toe to toe and I think from what I have gathered,
the course should suit hat and Wild, although as we
heard from with Nigel Avery. There is the possibility that
they have to cut the swim leg in the river
sin if it's you know, had a bit of pollution
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and they may not know that till the day of
So whether that affects Hayden Wild's medal chances, I'm not
entirely sure, but you know, they should have really had
a backup plan to that. Hopefully medals come their way.
Thank you very much, Ken Eric if you weather this
is another in the woman's four hundred meter freestyle, and
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Henry with this one, Athletics is a must. But Zoe
Hobbes were a big ass to win you I think
probably a bit beyond to win with the other talent
around there from the Caribbean and America, et cetera. But boy,
how good would it be to see here in the
one hundred meter final. Seven's credit goal should not be
their breakdowns, no way. Even Tom Walsh is not sure
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to get gold. Go Zoie Hobbs, sure you'll have to
run the best he can to win a medal, Sobil
Sam Tenor, thank you very much, Henry. Yeah, I think
in regards to Tom Walsh, those Americans, Ryan Kraser, especially
Joe Kovax is still kicking around. They got that shot
put kind of lockdown. Some maybe a bronze you might
be able to sneak or papes. I hope that one
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of those other boys have an off day in Paris.
It is seventeen away from eight on News Talks.
Speaker 3 (30:46):
Here'b forget the refs call.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
You make a call on eight Sports Talk on your
home of Sports Talks.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
Well, the international shoed deal for the summer is we
already knew about the three tests against England to start
the summer, Hagley over and christ Jug at the end
of November, then onto the Basin Reserve in Sedn Park.
The rest of the summer filled in for the black Caps.
They have Sri Lanka in T twenties and one days
either side of the New Year. Then they're off to
Pakistan for a tri series and then the Champions Trophy
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and then they come back in mid March and play
some more T twenties and odii's there. The White fans
also welcoming Australia and Sri Lanka over the course of
the summer. Gary stead To spoke with him earlier. Today
is the New Zealand Cricket launched the summer of cricket
and began by asking him about the prospect of having
the home summer lockdon.
Speaker 7 (31:40):
I think there's three fantastic teams that are coming over here.
Obviously England to kick off the Test series as a
big one. We had a fantastic series with them last
time that they were over so getting to play three
Tests as always was magic as well from I think
from a purest point of view. Then Sri Lanka and Pakistan,
who come here as well in between the ICC Champions Trophy,
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are two very, very competent teams and I think it's
nice to play that sort of the style that they play.
Sri Lanka are an exciting team. They have a few
Malinger like type bowlers in their lineup, so that seems
to be becoming the norm. I think a little bit
more when you play against teams like Sri Lanka.
Speaker 2 (32:20):
I've got a bit of cricket to come before then,
But how much have been watching England West Indy series
and taking a note there? Obviously no James Anderson coming
down he's retired, but a few new players on the
scene for them.
Speaker 7 (32:30):
Yeah, Atkinson obviously come onto the scene and Bolb beautifully
in that Test match. He's obviously got some pace. We've
seen him in the white Ball series and Stus in
the past, so I think he'll be a handful over here.
But look, I mean Lowell teams they you through stages
of transition, and England have gone through that. I think
with BroadOn Ansen now and I guess with us Wagner
(32:51):
left last year and there's been a few changes over
the last few years and what our team looks like.
So you can think back to the winning the World
Test Championship and we've now lost the likes of Ross
Taylor and Klinder grond Home Neil Wagner. So Trent Boltz
certainly looks a bit for all teams.
Speaker 2 (33:07):
It does three ODI eyes before the World Cup, sorry,
before the champions Trophy then some in Pakistan. Is that
a big enough warm up for the Champions Trophy?
Speaker 7 (33:16):
Well, I think I think we're coming off some game.
Well we are coming off games for Sri Lanka before
then as well, so there'll be three OD eyes there. Look,
I mean the good the advantage of being in Pakistan
is a climatization playing on their wickets and we're playing
Pakistan and South Africa who are two very very competent
sides as well. So I think in terms of readiness
(33:38):
and competition, then then that's as good as what we
could ask for.
Speaker 2 (33:41):
Is that just how worll cricket goes. You sort of
want to the next thing, and you move on from
one thing to the next, and you don't have a
lot of time to prepare or conditionize for for various things.
Speaker 7 (33:49):
I think over the last three or four years, what
I've seen is that's happened more and more. You gather
a team three or four days before the first game
wherever you are in the world, and you go on
and you play your best you can. And I think
the franchise leagues around the world have only added to
that more so, I think it's become the norm now
and I think will be the norm in the future.
Speaker 2 (34:10):
So frustrate you as a coach that you know, the
franchise leagues are the not the pinnacle necessarily, but the
financial pinnacle of the game, and now international cricket has
to sort of play a little catch up or squeeze
them when they can.
Speaker 7 (34:21):
Yeah, no doubt about it. I think international cricket for
me was still the thing that people aspire to, and
I hope that continues to be the case in New
Zealand because I think that's very, very important.
Speaker 3 (34:33):
And whilst a number of.
Speaker 7 (34:35):
Guys haven't taken contracts for US, don't lose sight that
they're still very committed to New Zealand and want to
play for New Zealand. It's just these opportunities do pop
up from time to time, and.
Speaker 2 (34:43):
I Kin Williamson obviously you see's taking this contract overseas
and not taking a New Zealand contract, and so he'll
be available for the entirety of the home summer, but
there's just that so of that friaking league that he
won't be that he'll be wayful.
Speaker 7 (34:55):
Yeah, I think one of the things with Cain that
him and I are talking about is his longevity in
the game. And I'm sure New Zealand fans want to
see Kan Williamson play for as long as they can.
So my hope is that we can and plan things
well with Cain that we could have him playing for
another three or so years and right through to another
World Cup potentially, and that's what I'll certainly be aiming
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to do with him, and then we work backwards from
there and say, well, what's this look like in his
schedule in the future, And like, I think, if Caine
plays nineteen out of twenty five games, it's still a
good result for New Zealand.
Speaker 2 (35:28):
How much more of Lucky Ferguson, for example, might we
see in New Zealand Jersy though, Well.
Speaker 7 (35:33):
Lucky's still again shown He's made it very clear to
me he still wants to play for New Zealand. Again,
he's got an opportunity in a different league to Caine
and the UAE League and he's taken that up. And
I think it's certainly recognizing that players are at different
stages of their career, and there's no doubt Cain Lockey
are at the back end of their careers. So it
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comes down to I think them making the decisions that
best suit their family of where they're at right now
in their careers.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
I'm sure you've reviewed the T twenty World Cup. What's
that told you?
Speaker 7 (36:05):
It's frustrating And I think, yeah, you walk away from
it feeling a bit lost and empty. Really, I think
there were a number of contributing factors. The way we
didn't get perhaps the games under our belt that we
wanted to at the start and sort of just having
the players really ready in firing for that first game.
(36:28):
So I think we all have to look at ourselves
around that and what that looks like. But certainly things
were changed and flipped on our head from what we
were expecting in the past with ICC events, and that's
causing I think some of the frustration. Afghanistan played very
good cricket against us, and certainly we went under estimating
them and to see them go right through to the
(36:50):
semi final wasn't a huge surprise to me. And then
we've got beaten by an outstanding innings from Rutherford against
West Indies, and I mean, if you win that, it
could have been a very different tournament and look very different.
So I think we've got to be careful. We don't. Yeah,
we don't blow it up completely, but obviously it was
a disappointment and frustrating.
Speaker 2 (37:10):
You mentioned the ICC. I mean, were you expecting war
warm up games or is this feedback being sent to
the ICC.
Speaker 7 (37:15):
Yeah, Look, we knew that our players weren't going to
be there when our original games were scheduled and asked
for later ones, which was denied.
Speaker 3 (37:25):
In the past.
Speaker 7 (37:25):
You've never been able to put staff on a field
to play, yet Australia seemed to be able to do that.
They're the sort of frustrations that irked me. It was
only at the twenty twenty three World Cup that we
weren't allowed to have a staff member even run drinks
for us, So they're the sort of changes that did
happen and worked against us at that tournament.
Speaker 2 (37:42):
How committed to you to still be in the coaching
all three formats?
Speaker 4 (37:45):
Garing?
Speaker 7 (37:46):
Look, I mean that's always up for discussion. I've been
with the team for a long time and I certainly
love working with this group of players. I think the
thing that's important to me as we keep trying to
get better every day and as long as we're seeing
that from the players, and I'd be certainly motivated to
keep working with them.
Speaker 2 (38:03):
You've got a White Bull captain two points. How far
down the train you with those conversations with who you
want to appoint or who you're talking to.
Speaker 7 (38:09):
Yeah, look, I think we've still got a couple of
options to keep considering. We don't have a White Bull
series until November, and then that's plunked between a very
very busy test series as well. So in preparation potentially
for an England series. So that's part of our thinking.
But I can say I think the decision we get
(38:30):
to will it be about the long term future of
certainly ODI cricket, and we'd want that captain to go
through and captain right through to the ODI worked up for.
Speaker 2 (38:38):
Us, say White Bull captain. Could you split that again
down to od i's and ten twenties.
Speaker 7 (38:43):
Absolutely it could be, and you could go Test and
ODII captain together as well. So I think there's different
options to look at it, and I think the way
the changing landscape of the world is at the moment
then that those sort of conversations aren't out the realms
of possibility.
Speaker 2 (38:56):
Was it an exciting day when that? Should you get
to released? Look forward to the home Star? I thanks Gary,
Thanks Aliet Chez. Gary Seed's with me a bit earlier
on today at the season launch for New Zealand Crickets.
I mean, personally would like more tests, but I'm a
purist in that regard. I know that T twenty plays
pays the bills and one day cricket we just can't
quite shake off. I love more test matches in the
(39:18):
that is almost eight away from eights on News Talks here,
but it will take a break, come back and wrap
up the show. After this, it sticks away from eights
on News Talks. ZBD on with this on nine two
nine two. Cricket and rugby needs strong domestic competitions or leagues.
International sport is fool's gold. Interesting take, I guess with
(39:38):
international cricket, they've just been so marginalized now really by
the franchise competitions around the globe, and now you've got
came Williamson decided he's going to go play the said
African Tea twins, and that's slightly different because you know
there's no Black Caps cricket and he could have really
got an exemption, but he's opted out of a contract.
But it feels like the trickle is becoming a little
(39:59):
bit of a flag a floods, Locky Ferguson opting out
as well Adam Milne. At some point the Internet National
Cricket Council needs to kind of confront this issue which
is staring down at them and figure out ways for
both internationals and domestic franchise competitions to move forward. But
doesn't look like they're in any hurry.
Speaker 3 (40:21):
To do that.
Speaker 2 (40:23):
Another texts, I hope the All Blacks are playing at
Alice Park this year, Elliott, they are, I can tell
you that in late August. I think it is the
thirty first of August if my memory serves correctly, and
then off to Cape Town a week later. Both commentary
is live on Newstalk ZBB. Very much looking forward to
(40:43):
being there on the ground for news Talk ZBB when
that test rolls around at Alice Park. Will be special
to see how the All Blacks go. Speaking of the
All Blacks team out for the Fig Test at eleven
o'clock tomorrow, I shall Darcy will have some reaction for
you when he's back on the show tomorrow. Interesting to
see how many debutants they roll out as well. They've
(41:04):
got what five in camp at the moment if you
include Sam Darius coming to Patrick Towey, but lot too
so how many of the five remaining ones with Cot.
There's Ratama debuting at Eden Park. Will they blood next week?
That is a question of course for tomorrow. Have yourselves
a good evening and enjoy your origin football. Let's hope
that a side is better than Game one and Game
(41:25):
two and not a blowout, have yourselves a good evening.
My thanks to NS Milicice. We'll see you next time
on News Talk ZIBB.
Speaker 1 (41:31):
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