April 23, 2025 • 8 mins
The Warriors may have lost to the Storm, but other than that the news is all good at Mt Smart.
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad has signed on with the team until the end of 2027, and they're sitting at 4th on the NRL table.
D'Arcy Waldegrave spoke to Warriors second-rower and occasional centre Kurt Capewell on Sportstalk.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Dancy Wildergrave
from News Talk Zed be.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Charles the Coldklokstad today signed on the line and he's
sticking around for another couple of years as a warrior
in the fallback position. Great news for the club, great
news for him. Maybe not so good for to I
vasaschek Al though things have a nasty habit of changing
in professional contact sport.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
I'm sure we'll agree.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
But he signed, he's sticking around. This is great. Moving
into the Newcastle matchdown in christ Church on and Zach
David joined it now by a cable. He's a center
slash second ROWERU sorry, second roller slash center.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
And he joins us snack. Good ay, Kurt mate.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
I'm very very well looking forward to this weekend's action,
as I'm sure you are as well. Before we look
forward and look to the biggest stories of the week,
I just got to take you back to that game
last week against the has been Broncos. I suppose first
and foremost it must have been nice being a center
and how good to actually beat those guys at the last.
(01:14):
That was one stunning game of football.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Yeah, it was good.
Speaker 4 (01:17):
It was really good to get a break on the
shoulders and get out in the centers and have to
make his men tackle as back as you know, and
obviously to get one up again over my old team,
you know, it's pretty sweet.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
The celebration around the slotting of the winning goal was
huge because he had a rotten old time of metcalf
before that. But you've got to be impressed with the spine.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Of the guy.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Give me the ball, I can do this.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Yeah, it was. He was obviously due.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
He had a rough night with the with the shoe
up until then, but yeah, just to hold his nerve
and be able to put that one through for us
and win us the game. It's credit to him and
the player that he's he's going to be moving forward.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
You don't lie to Kurt.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
What was the thought process like when you saw and
grabbed the ball to kick it?
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Yeah, no, I wanted him to kick it. We obviously
had the wins, so worse scenario is they catch it
on their troll one and we just defender set and
they don't get a crack and field go anyway. So
it was definitely the right decision, and yeah, he came
up with the chuckies.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
You're going to be more had satisfied or at home
getting your shoulders smashed in the upcoming game or not.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Yeah, I'll be.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
Looking looking forward to getting back a bit closer to
the middle where people are a bit slower and there's
probably a bit bit less pressure on the decisions you make,
I guess, but yeah, a bit more comfortable back in
there around around the other slower and older followers.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
He calling himself slow and old, now are you g.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
No, I was talking about the other follows, not myself.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Good point, Hey, welcome returns to the side for this weekend.
Chance is back, Rocco Berry's back as well. In Chance
of course signed on the dotted line today. How important
is that for the future of the club, do you think?
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Yeah, I think it's awesome. Obviously.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
It's something that's been gone on in the background for
Chance the last few weeks, and I think it's great
for him to be able to get that done. Obviously
he's just had the week off with the head knock,
so he's able to sit down and not out a
deal and put them in the paper. So hopefully moving
forward now he's free in the mind and can play
his best footy for us, which would be great.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
There's always argument around his position and playing. He's a
very good fullback, but you've got this Roger Toibasa shick.
He's not fighting around now, he's all broken. But that's
always going to be a discussion with Warriors fans about
who best sits in there. I'm presuming though, that Chance
has got the team's full support in that number one jumper.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
One hundred percent. Mate.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
Obviously, you know the amount of effort he puts into
his game week in week out, and you know he's
definitely brings a lot of energy to our team from
the back and he's been great for us so far
this year and he will continue to be great for
us for the rest of the year, i'd say. And
as to the rest of the fans that you have
their opinions on the team, well, that's just how it is.
(04:06):
They're not the coach, so I just my recommendation to
them is just support the team, no matter who's he
what jersey. And as I've said plenty of times before,
it takes a whole squad to win a premiership, So
it doesn't matter who's playing where and who gets to
wear the jersey in which week, as long as we're
winning games, the show will go on.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Let's talk about the pack. Chatted with Jackson Ford a
couple of weeks ago. What a lovely guy, Jackson forders.
I wouldn't have picked there for a probability, Mitch Barnett
as well up the front yourself near Cordy, Aaron Clark.
A lot of people now are saying, hey, he's really
gelled this team. He's holding this team together with its introduction.
(04:47):
He's a key part of that pack. You're going to
disagree with me.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
Kit, No, he's had a real impact on our team,
actually is, and it's awesome to have him back home
over here playing for a team he loves, and I
think he's playing his best footing. To be honest with you,
he's training hard and on the weekends he's going out
there and given it. He's all so he's only going
to get better and better at time as well?
Speaker 2 (05:09):
What did you make of the efforts of the new
I can call him a freak now because your team's
calling him a freak too. Loqua Hala Sima. He's off
the bench up against the Knights, but wow, how did
he go starting? Do you think you know a good look?
What advice would you give him? What's your impressions?
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Yeah, he's a powerhouse. Mate.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
He's obviously a freak talent, as you said, and you
know he's pretty gifted. So it's awesome to have him
on my team because I'd hate to have to tackle
him every week, but to see what he can do
in the limited amound of minutes that he has had.
I think moving forward, the more minutes he gets, you know,
the more touches the ball he gets, the better our
team's going to go.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
What have we been prepping for this week? You've got
the Knights? What do you know about them? They're sitting
down the bottom of the table. Lesh But that really
doesn't count for squat in the NRL, doesn't, curt.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
No, No, there's definitely no such thing as an easy game,
no matter where any team is. And it's only early
in the season still, so really look at the ladder
and take too much. Yeah, take that into much account.
But mate, they've got a few supstars. Obviously, Calen Ponger.
He's going to keep us on our game, so we'll
have to be on defensively, and I think we're just
probably focused more on us and making sure that.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
We're getting better where you can week out.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
There's definitely still plenty of room throughout our game to improve,
so we'll be working pretty hard. We have been working
pretty hard at training this week, so trying to fix
some things up.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
And what's Andrew been primarily focused on with what you
guys can do. Are there any areas that really have
been given a bit of extra shoulder.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
Yeah, we've just had a few mental lapses throughout the games. Obviously,
we're good in patches and it's just a matter of now,
you know, combining those patches, stringing it together, so we're
good for the full eighty minutes and no lapses in concentration.
And it's not easy, you know, it's pretty tough to
do for the full eighty minutes, especially when it's a
tough game and you're pretty tired. So we just keep
working on that and getting better and better at that,
(07:01):
and then as long as we keep on winning along
the way and learning, I think will be great come
the end of the year.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Looking forward to playing the Apollo Projects, the lean to
down there in christ Church, big fan base and christ
Rous and it comes to rugby league, they'd give you
a bit of an extra shot doing that down on
the mainland.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
Yeah, I'm really excited actually to get down there.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
A few of our boys obviously have some family down there,
and I think it's just a great initiative by the
Warriors to take a game down there.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
It's sort of our home away from home.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
A lot of our fans down there don't get to
see the games live, so expecting the packed house of
Warriors fans and I want to hear them.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
I'm sure you'll hear them. They're quite a noisy bunch
down there. You're sitting forth on the table right now,
you see before. You can't pay too much attention to
where you're sitting now. But actually getting off to a
palpably good start, the energy around must be good. You
must feel like, okay, because I've been watching this team
for twenty five years and you get off to a
(07:58):
bad start, it's a kick in the shins. But you
guys have got off to a good start. So what
do you attribute that to in how important is that
for you guys moving into the middle of the season.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
Well, I don't think we had the best start we had. Obviously,
Vegas was a bit of a spinner in our works.
The trip over there, and obviously losing Round one was
a bit of a dint in our pre season and
what would work so hard for. But I think the
bounce back in the brasilience we've shown since then to
really put on our style of footy and as I said,
try and improve and get better each week. You know,
(08:30):
we're sort of showing seeing results of that. At the moment,
we're still a long way off, you know, where we
need to be, and our best footing will be coming
at the end of the year.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
I'm sure of it.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
And I just think, yeah, like I said, the Razilians
to be able to bounce back after a loss, and yeah,
just continue to keep learning whilst winning.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
That's the challenge that lies ahead.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
For more from Sports Talk, listen live to News Talks
it'd be from seven pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Dancy Wildergrave
from News Talk Zed be.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Charles the Coldklokstad today signed on the line and he's
sticking around for another couple of years as a warrior
in the fallback position. Great news for the club, great
news for him. Maybe not so good for to I
vasaschek Al though things have a nasty habit of changing
in professional contact sport.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
I'm sure we'll agree.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
But he signed, he's sticking around. This is great. Moving
into the Newcastle matchdown in christ Church on and Zach
David joined it now by a cable. He's a center
slash second ROWERU sorry, second roller slash center.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
And he joins us snack. Good ay, Kurt mate.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
I'm very very well looking forward to this weekend's action,
as I'm sure you are as well. Before we look
forward and look to the biggest stories of the week,
I just got to take you back to that game
last week against the has been Broncos. I suppose first
and foremost it must have been nice being a center
and how good to actually beat those guys at the last.
(01:14):
That was one stunning game of football.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Yeah, it was good.
Speaker 4 (01:17):
It was really good to get a break on the
shoulders and get out in the centers and have to
make his men tackle as back as you know, and
obviously to get one up again over my old team,
you know, it's pretty sweet.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
The celebration around the slotting of the winning goal was
huge because he had a rotten old time of metcalf
before that. But you've got to be impressed with the spine.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Of the guy.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Give me the ball, I can do this.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Yeah, it was. He was obviously due.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
He had a rough night with the with the shoe
up until then, but yeah, just to hold his nerve
and be able to put that one through for us
and win us the game. It's credit to him and
the player that he's he's going to be moving forward.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
You don't lie to Kurt.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
What was the thought process like when you saw and
grabbed the ball to kick it?
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Yeah, no, I wanted him to kick it. We obviously
had the wins, so worse scenario is they catch it
on their troll one and we just defender set and
they don't get a crack and field go anyway. So
it was definitely the right decision, and yeah, he came
up with the chuckies.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
You're going to be more had satisfied or at home
getting your shoulders smashed in the upcoming game or not.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Yeah, I'll be.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
Looking looking forward to getting back a bit closer to
the middle where people are a bit slower and there's
probably a bit bit less pressure on the decisions you make,
I guess, but yeah, a bit more comfortable back in
there around around the other slower and older followers.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
He calling himself slow and old, now are you g.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
No, I was talking about the other follows, not myself.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Good point, Hey, welcome returns to the side for this weekend.
Chance is back, Rocco Berry's back as well. In Chance
of course signed on the dotted line today. How important
is that for the future of the club, do you think?
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Yeah, I think it's awesome. Obviously.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
It's something that's been gone on in the background for
Chance the last few weeks, and I think it's great
for him to be able to get that done. Obviously
he's just had the week off with the head knock,
so he's able to sit down and not out a
deal and put them in the paper. So hopefully moving
forward now he's free in the mind and can play
his best footy for us, which would be great.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
There's always argument around his position and playing. He's a
very good fullback, but you've got this Roger Toibasa shick.
He's not fighting around now, he's all broken. But that's
always going to be a discussion with Warriors fans about
who best sits in there. I'm presuming though, that Chance
has got the team's full support in that number one jumper.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
One hundred percent. Mate.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
Obviously, you know the amount of effort he puts into
his game week in week out, and you know he's
definitely brings a lot of energy to our team from
the back and he's been great for us so far
this year and he will continue to be great for
us for the rest of the year, i'd say. And
as to the rest of the fans that you have
their opinions on the team, well, that's just how it is.
(04:06):
They're not the coach, so I just my recommendation to
them is just support the team, no matter who's he
what jersey. And as I've said plenty of times before,
it takes a whole squad to win a premiership, So
it doesn't matter who's playing where and who gets to
wear the jersey in which week, as long as we're
winning games, the show will go on.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Let's talk about the pack. Chatted with Jackson Ford a
couple of weeks ago. What a lovely guy, Jackson forders.
I wouldn't have picked there for a probability, Mitch Barnett
as well up the front yourself near Cordy, Aaron Clark.
A lot of people now are saying, hey, he's really
gelled this team. He's holding this team together with its introduction.
(04:47):
He's a key part of that pack. You're going to
disagree with me.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
Kit, No, he's had a real impact on our team,
actually is, and it's awesome to have him back home
over here playing for a team he loves, and I
think he's playing his best footing. To be honest with you,
he's training hard and on the weekends he's going out
there and given it. He's all so he's only going
to get better and better at time as well?
Speaker 2 (05:09):
What did you make of the efforts of the new
I can call him a freak now because your team's
calling him a freak too. Loqua Hala Sima. He's off
the bench up against the Knights, but wow, how did
he go starting? Do you think you know a good look?
What advice would you give him? What's your impressions?
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Yeah, he's a powerhouse. Mate.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
He's obviously a freak talent, as you said, and you
know he's pretty gifted. So it's awesome to have him
on my team because I'd hate to have to tackle
him every week, but to see what he can do
in the limited amound of minutes that he has had.
I think moving forward, the more minutes he gets, you know,
the more touches the ball he gets, the better our
team's going to go.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
What have we been prepping for this week? You've got
the Knights? What do you know about them? They're sitting
down the bottom of the table. Lesh But that really
doesn't count for squat in the NRL, doesn't, curt.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
No, No, there's definitely no such thing as an easy game,
no matter where any team is. And it's only early
in the season still, so really look at the ladder
and take too much. Yeah, take that into much account.
But mate, they've got a few supstars. Obviously, Calen Ponger.
He's going to keep us on our game, so we'll
have to be on defensively, and I think we're just
probably focused more on us and making sure that.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
We're getting better where you can week out.
Speaker 4 (06:23):
There's definitely still plenty of room throughout our game to improve,
so we'll be working pretty hard. We have been working
pretty hard at training this week, so trying to fix
some things up.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
And what's Andrew been primarily focused on with what you
guys can do. Are there any areas that really have
been given a bit of extra shoulder.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
Yeah, we've just had a few mental lapses throughout the games. Obviously,
we're good in patches and it's just a matter of now,
you know, combining those patches, stringing it together, so we're
good for the full eighty minutes and no lapses in concentration.
And it's not easy, you know, it's pretty tough to
do for the full eighty minutes, especially when it's a
tough game and you're pretty tired. So we just keep
working on that and getting better and better at that,
(07:01):
and then as long as we keep on winning along
the way and learning, I think will be great come
the end of the year.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Looking forward to playing the Apollo Projects, the lean to
down there in christ Church, big fan base and christ
Rous and it comes to rugby league, they'd give you
a bit of an extra shot doing that down on
the mainland.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
Yeah, I'm really excited actually to get down there.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
A few of our boys obviously have some family down there,
and I think it's just a great initiative by the
Warriors to take a game down there.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
It's sort of our home away from home.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
A lot of our fans down there don't get to
see the games live, so expecting the packed house of
Warriors fans and I want to hear them.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
I'm sure you'll hear them. They're quite a noisy bunch
down there. You're sitting forth on the table right now,
you see before. You can't pay too much attention to
where you're sitting now. But actually getting off to a
palpably good start, the energy around must be good. You
must feel like, okay, because I've been watching this team
for twenty five years and you get off to a
(07:58):
bad start, it's a kick in the shins. But you
guys have got off to a good start. So what
do you attribute that to in how important is that
for you guys moving into the middle of the season.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
Well, I don't think we had the best start we had. Obviously,
Vegas was a bit of a spinner in our works.
The trip over there, and obviously losing Round one was
a bit of a dint in our pre season and
what would work so hard for. But I think the
bounce back in the brasilience we've shown since then to
really put on our style of footy and as I said,
try and improve and get better each week. You know,
(08:30):
we're sort of showing seeing results of that. At the moment,
we're still a long way off, you know, where we
need to be, and our best footing will be coming
at the end of the year.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
I'm sure of it.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
And I just think, yeah, like I said, the Razilians
to be able to bounce back after a loss, and yeah,
just continue to keep learning whilst winning.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
That's the challenge that lies ahead.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
For more from Sports Talk, listen live to News Talks
it'd be from seven pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
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