Piney's Power Rankings: Black Caps finish Bangladesh tour on a high and Auckland FC emerge victorious

Every Monday, Jason Pine ranks the best and worst sporting moments from the week that was - and everything in between.

This week, he talked about Auckland FC's big memorable weekend victory, the Hurricanes making the top of the Super Rugby ladder and more!

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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Duncie Wildergrave
from News Talk zedbas power rankings.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
Okay, let's write the weekend Pinty's power rankings, the best, worse,
the in between.

Speaker 3 (00:23):
Bits from the last seventy two hours.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
William Lawson's a tenor forgettable Miami Grand Prix for the
Key were crashing out after as breaks locked up on
lap six and crashing into Pierre Ghasley, who was also
forced to retire. It's basically Lawson moves to the inside
fair enough.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
Ghasly goes down the aside, leaves a lot of racing
room on the inside, but Lawson locks his breaks.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
Next up the Canadian Grand Prix in three weeks. Time
nine snooker player Mark Allen, who missed a guilt edged
opportunity to advance to the World Championship Final at the Crucible.

Speaker 3 (00:58):
One pot away from the final. He's missed it. He
has missed it.

Speaker 2 (01:07):
You could not write a script like this, absolutely inexplicable.
It allowed China's will Yitza to win the frame and
go on to win the match by seventeen frames to sixteen.
Mark Allen will be still wondering how on earth he
missed such a straightforward post. The Wellington Phoenix women going

(01:29):
down to one to Brisbane in the First League of
their A League semifinals.

Speaker 4 (01:32):
Inside by Miller a chance got Brisbane and for Crown
and they have turned it on.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
From one milt out to lead the semi and it's
their talented teenage.

Speaker 4 (01:43):
Striker who has got that jot done.

Speaker 3 (01:46):
Yeah, only half done though.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
The Second League back at Pottydoor Park on Sunday as
the next look to a raise a one goal deficit
and reached the grand finals seven. The black Caps, finishing
their tour of Bangladesh on a high.

Speaker 4 (01:58):
Wins, deployed this fast for six into the grandstands and
that will seal the deal for New Zealand. Take the
match Winders based six wickets. What a knock, What a
shot from Jacob to win it.

Speaker 3 (02:14):
Andy' zillan squaring the series b J.

Speaker 2 (02:15):
Jacobs setting an unbeaten sixty two off thirty one balls
in the third to twenty six Tottenham Hotspur Spurs a
huge win in their fight for Premier League survival.

Speaker 4 (02:25):
That's really searchingly Harrisslaton puts it away.

Speaker 3 (02:30):
How it transformed.

Speaker 4 (02:32):
Tottenham are in scoota Gamander at Villa Park.

Speaker 3 (02:36):
Here they sort of were. They won at two to one.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
It took them one point clear of the relegation zone,
worth three games to play by set of the top
half history at the one hundred and fifty second running
of the Kentucky Derby, Cherie de vou becoming the first
female trainer of a winning horse in the famed race
solo at Serendavold. Big history in the.

Speaker 4 (03:00):
Pentucky Dobbie put a little gade in a final time
of two or two point two seven seconds.

Speaker 5 (03:07):
The first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby.

Speaker 1 (03:13):
Four.

Speaker 2 (03:14):
The Fiji and Drewer at four more Super Rugby history.

Speaker 3 (03:17):
This time it's beating the Highlanders for the very first time.

Speaker 4 (03:20):
And just to the right of the right hand upright
we can.

Speaker 3 (03:22):
Go from sloa is short.

Speaker 6 (03:24):
Over the line and that is I think the.

Speaker 4 (03:29):
Number eight Fai Kai Bata, who has scored in his
fiftieth game for the Drewer. It is history for the
Fijian and Drewer.

Speaker 3 (03:38):
Yeah, that's three wines in their last four.

Speaker 2 (03:40):
Now to move the drawer to seventh on the table,
within striking distance of the playoff.

Speaker 3 (03:44):
Spots with three rounds to play three. Sticking with super Rugby.

Speaker 2 (03:48):
The Hurricanes back to the top of the ladder with
victory over the Crusaders.

Speaker 3 (03:52):
It goes towards your say down the tram tracks drops
it onto his boot, bouncing in over end. Rugard picks
it up. Royguard stores the ry. The Hurricanes go bang
bang at.

Speaker 2 (04:04):
The end of the first half and all of a
sudden they're out to twenty two points to ten.

Speaker 3 (04:09):
With a kickta cup.

Speaker 2 (04:10):
They eventually ran out winners by thirty eight points two
thirty one two. The Warriors a fourth NRL win on
the trot, beating Parametta thirty six fourteen.

Speaker 3 (04:21):
Even the dummy.

Speaker 5 (04:22):
Boyd fuck Paris Devida heavics Juva says sick yit Sir
Roger tu of R Sashick gets a try. This has
been a professional fittish from the professional team. The Warriors
are bearing the Paravata.

Speaker 3 (04:39):
Reel our Yeah, who knows a buy?

Speaker 2 (04:41):
Next and then the Broncos at Magic Round one Auckland
FC and the unmatched drama of a penalty shootout victory.
Next up fourth Melbourne City S seventh penalty.

Speaker 3 (04:57):
There's nanularkitson all stands.

Speaker 2 (05:16):
Leaves leave me in semi final in the most drugmatic circumstances.

Speaker 3 (05:27):
How do you feel about the power rankings tonight?

Speaker 6 (05:29):
Well, it's interesting fin me, the differences in between the
football scoring a goal is quite easy and the snooker
where Mark Allen missed. You called it a straight forward shot.
I think I've missed that hundreds of times in my
snooker playing career.

Speaker 3 (05:44):
Binding.

Speaker 2 (05:45):
Yeah, but to be fair, though, Andy, he's a professional player.
He it's not you know, it would be I mean
be different is like you push you push the button
to play the ads through nine hundred and ninety nine
times out of a thousand. I wouldn't back Mark Allen
to do it because that's not his job. But yeah,
that's true.

Speaker 3 (06:02):
But I'll be not an a. There's all of this.

Speaker 6 (06:05):
You know they to one hundred minute framers, because so
did I? So have I once twice several times. Man,
what's the big big fusses about it?

Speaker 1 (06:14):
All?

Speaker 3 (06:14):
I think you were trying to sing.

Speaker 2 (06:16):
The ball, so weren't you. They were trying their best
not to do it, yeah, extally. Okay, Well I'll take
that on board and we will return with the power
ranking same time next Monday night six and a half

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