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 the Black Caps losing out in the T20 World Cup final against India, Sam Ruthe’s victory in the national 1500m final and the Warriors starting off their 2026 NRL season.
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from News Talk zedbas power Rankings.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Okay, let's rat the weekend, as we always do on
a Monday night, Piney's power rankings, the best, worst and
in between. It's from the Sporting Weekend.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Ten.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
William Lawson's at ten, unfortunately stalling on the start line
to lose the chance to challenge for points at the
season opening Australian Grand Prix.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
I honestly have no idea.
Speaker 4 (00:37):
I launched and then moved and the lost all power
and then I couldn't get it back for another five seconds.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
So pretty frustrating is something I review.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
But it's definitely not a clean day.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
I quick turnaround before the Chinese Grand Prix this coming weekend.
Nine the black Caps well beaten by India in this
morning's T twenty Cricket World Cup Final. Perkin and the
line's wick at Gorze Downe and it's all done.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Actually it's India.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
When the bill wodka.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Yeah, the commentator's even losing counter how many wickets Weed lost.
India's top three batter is just too strong, combining for
one hundred and ninety three runs off just ninety two
balls with every New Zealand bowler feeling their wrath sheet
Super Rugby hat trick scorers. Lee Roy Carter puts.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
It out right try.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
That's a great try for had.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
To get in there.
Speaker 5 (01:33):
He had no right to score that try at two
defeats in front of Lee Roy Carter.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
He just went a hard and low Billy Proctor from
the kickoff.
Speaker 4 (01:41):
Bobby's got it.
Speaker 6 (01:41):
Oh, they're running rampart fine Lofo Victor Morbiker.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
And Proctor is gonna score a tried.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
For nine for the.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Hurricanes and Caleb Clark impart by left wing corner.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
It's three three for Caleb Clark hat trick against the Crusaders.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Seven, the Italian rugby team making history in the sixth nations.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Have slim flights, quail at last, saves in shot clips.
I've clutched the rugby universe.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Yeah, Yesterday's twenty three eighteen win in Rome, their first
ever over England six Paul cole At six New Zealand
squash champion beating world number nine Mohammed Zakaria in straight.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Games Championship Bowl for the Qui.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Under this Kwi crowd, He's.
Speaker 5 (02:35):
Not going to get that bar and he's done it
the first time of Askain delights the local crowd here,
Paul coving.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Respect between these two.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
What a woman this is.
Speaker 5 (02:47):
Oh what a celebration, What a moment for coal again,
very special times.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
It is Paul Cole's third New Zealand title. Five into
the top half. Sam Ruth National fifteen one hundred meters
champion with daylight behind him on the home straight on
Saturday night, hazies.
Speaker 6 (03:04):
The a tether straight.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
He doesn't care.
Speaker 6 (03:07):
He knows he's the best. He knows how good he
is and he's showed it again in white sucker.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
E's a Night's Sam Ruth.
Speaker 6 (03:14):
National Champion.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Four being Wayne at four, the all white striker scoring
the winner against Premier League side Sunderland to take his
team Port Vail into the quarterfinals of the FA Cup.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Wayne didn't get it first time, he did second. It's
that man again in this competition. Ben Wayne won it
on Tuesday and he sat Port Vale on the way.
Here on Sunday, the bottom side in League One lead
Premier League Sunderland by one goals and elth.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
The finished that way. Port Vale into the FA Cup
quarterfinals for just the second time in their history. Free
the Warriors a scintillating start to their NRL season on
Friday night the Warriors in.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
The opening game of the season for both these two teams.
Are Warriors have beaten the Sydney Roosters here at go
Media Mount Smart Stadium at Auckland forty two.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Points to eighty. Back of go Media on Friday night
to take on the Canberra Raiders. Two White Ferns skipper
Meae Kerr taking seven for thirty four against Zimbabwe and
Dunedin yesterday.
Speaker 6 (04:30):
Kusha on strike, that's up in the air. Opportunity here
Kerr going backwards taken She finishes with seven. She finishes
on Zimbabwe career bests for the captain merely Kerr not
just her career best but the best ever figures by
a White Ferns bowler in a One Day International and
second only to Tim Southey's seven for thirty three as
(04:52):
the best ever ODII figures by any New Zealand bowler.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
One we stay with Cricket Central District's pace bowler Brett
Randall playing against Northern in Napier yesterday, becoming the first
player in the entire two hundred and fifty four year
history of first class cricket globally to take five wickets
in five balls, trying to stay pretty calm and put
(05:17):
the ball in the same area, not get too greedy.
Speaker 5 (05:20):
So thankfully I was able to do that, and then getting.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Into the huddle with the boys and just literally saying,
what is going on is a real pinchman movement for sure.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
I'm almost certain you can't have an issue with number one, Actually, Piney,
I do, and I'm disappointed in your lack of effort
to find four better bits of sporting thing that happen
over the weekend to put five wickets and five balls
at number five on the power rankings.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Thank you, Andy, six to eight beck in a second.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
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