Piney's Power Rankings: 'Phillies Karen' sparks outrage, NRL scheduling raises eyebrows and the All Blacks defend their Eden Park record

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

This week, he tore apart the 'Phillies Karen' incident and the NRL kickoff timing, and more.

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Speaker 1 (00:06):
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Speaker 2 (00:19):
Yere Monday nights when we write the weekend, the best
of the worst, and the in between bits from the
last twenty four to forty eight hours. Let's go ten.
Ten is the baseball fan who's been nicknamed Phillies Karen
demanding a ball thrown into the crowd be given to
her instead of the boy it was thrown to.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
A little infighting here.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
You know, he did give it who I would assume
is his son.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
Okay, did give it to the young that this leady's
got to get it under control. Ugh, what is going on?
That is weird?

Speaker 2 (00:58):
Yeah, thoroughly embarrassing incident that, regardless of whose fault, shows
the worst of humanity. Nine the woeful Newcastle Knights completely
rolling over in their final game of the NRL season
to well and truly earn the wooden spoon.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
At full time.

Speaker 2 (01:17):
They've taken down the Newcastle Knights and handed them the
wooden spoon.

Speaker 3 (01:22):
Paramatta that people in the Knights sixty six points to tip.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
I guess there's always next season for Andy McDonald's Newcastle Knights.
Cheat eight is the nonsensical scheduling of the NRL Finals,
the Warriors clashing with the All Blacks on Saturday night,
a situation the Warriors had a great solution to avoid.

Speaker 4 (01:41):
Ideally, it would have been better if it just had
two hours to ourselves and then two hours for the
All Blacks and let all the all the sports fans
and people in this country watch it.

Speaker 2 (01:51):
Far too sensible, Far too sensible, Cam George, get your
two screens ready for Saturday. The Warriors themselves, even if
it all went down hill after this, they've earned a
spot by what they did after nine seconds. So Gay
two of round twenty seven underway on Fox League Hour,
will bounce it absolutely.

Speaker 3 (02:11):
Oh false side, I don't believe this. You are kidding me.
That didn't happen, Yes it did. We have seen a first.

Speaker 2 (02:24):
It has to be James Fisher Harris after nine seconds,
scoring the tries six. Pittsburgh quarterback Aaron Rodgers with some
fighting words after defeating his former team, the Jets.

Speaker 3 (02:36):
I was happy to beat everybody associated with the Jets.

Speaker 2 (02:41):
Not a lot of gray area there. Five into the
top five, where we find the Wallabies down by three
points to Argentina. With time running out, they were rewarded
a penalty and faced with a choice to find it.
And now what do you do, Michael Hooper?

Speaker 1 (02:58):
How much does a draw give you? Leading into the
Rugby Championship? Are they going all in?

Speaker 2 (03:06):
And the outcome of that great decision? Have I hit
the jackart wing tazl the have victory for courage over
caution for a sky sport rugby commentator Jeff mc tainsch.

(03:29):
The more observant rugby viewers would have heard him commentating
the rand Furley Shield match on Saturday afternoon, crising it
on fifteen hour Canterbury and the party maybe underweight christ
Church and then ninety minutes later he was calling the
All Blacks.

Speaker 3 (03:43):
The next chapter in the Great Rivalry is underweight.

Speaker 4 (03:46):
At Eden Park.

Speaker 2 (03:47):
An absolutely heroic effort to answer a late SOS call
and rush to Eden Park for the biggest test of
the year. And what a job he did. Free Canterbury
are at three, claiming the rand Furley Shield in emphatic fashion.

Speaker 5 (04:00):
Emphatic Channabury have won the ran Philly Shield.

Speaker 2 (04:05):
They've come torect Parking in Chicago.

Speaker 3 (04:07):
Canabrey win the rain Filly Shield for the seventeenth.

Speaker 2 (04:11):
Time, the third holder in three weeks. Can Tasman take
it to four from four this coming weekend. Two the
Black Ferns smashing Ireland in their final pull match to
the Rugby World Cup. This morning letting leaking up on
the outside, Sirnson McKee Jorja.

Speaker 3 (04:27):
Miller trying to get on the outside. Oh, pall back
and found what have we just seen?

Speaker 2 (04:35):
What are the tries of the world job really kicking
in together? Black Ferns just in time for the knockout
stages where they'll meet South Africa in the quarter finals.
But they're not number one. That has to be the
All Blacks defending Eden Park in what will go down
as an all time rugby classic.

Speaker 5 (04:54):
Back for Preston turn McKenzie into the stands and the
All Blacks defend the Fortress twenty four to seventeen and
at all time chess match between these two nations.

Speaker 2 (05:12):
At least the Newcastle Knights were in bottom. Yeah, thanks Fining,
It was very nice of you. You know, I think
this Australian results. After doing a day of talkback where
we mostly actually agreed we would have taken a drawer.
Shows how meek and cowardly. We all are gutsy, good

(05:36):
on them, may good on them, good on them, And
I worked out it's a difference a draw versus a
losing bonus point. It's a difference between one point, so
I may as well go for it. Why not so
good to see, good to see from the from the Wallomies.
Those are Piney's power rankings. They're back next Monday night.

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