Piney's Power Rankings: Silver Ferns ask for Taurua's return, Springboks top Rugby Championship and Niamh Fisher-Black makes history

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 Silver Ferns calling for Dame Noels to return, the Springboks winning the Rugby Championship and more! 

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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Dancy Wildergrave
from News Talk ZEDB days.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
Our rankings say okay, let's right. The weekend Pinety's Power
rankings the best, the worst and the in between. From
the last couple of days. The Breakers throwing away a
twelve point fourth quarter lead to lose by eleven to
the Perth Wildcats. Still searching for that first one under
new ownership.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
They go on the longest ride trip in the NBL.
Here's really, I got.

Speaker 4 (00:40):
Some pumps, pop put me in the game.

Speaker 3 (00:43):
I got him and.

Speaker 5 (00:44):
The Wildcats have rallied. New Zealand led seventy four sixty four.
It's twenty to four since then. Good night, too little,
says Anio nine.

Speaker 2 (00:57):
The Brisbane Lions are mauling of the Geelong Cats and
the AFL Grand Final pick up here.

Speaker 6 (01:03):
By Fletcher a superb the hands from mclaggings and he says,
you run, you're better of this than I am.

Speaker 3 (01:09):
He can sneak one here. Mccluggy rams at home, he's
got another. Just telebration is kick for mccluggings. He's gotta
be in the voting.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
This is one of the great Grand Final victories that
I've ever seen one twenty two to seventy five to
the Lions sat Crystal Palace a very late winner to
beat the Premier League leaders Liverpool shoes he's.

Speaker 3 (01:35):
A kid, you absolutely, but not at all. Crystal Palace
have to build.

Speaker 6 (01:44):
The champions need the eighth committed at stuffage time. The
Liverpool's unfeaturing start to the season is surely over.

Speaker 3 (01:55):
Victory for Crystal.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
Palace, who are the only unbeaten Premier League side now.
In fact, they're eighteen games unbeaten in all competitions, including
the last twelve in the Premier League. Seven. The Silver
Ferns wrapping up the tiny Jamison series and Grace Wicki
taking the chance to ask their coach to come back.

Speaker 7 (02:13):
Noeles, if you're listening, we love you and we miss
you and we want you back here. You've done so
much with this group and the work you've done this
whole year. You deserve to be here and we want
you back Noles, So thank you, Thank you to everyone
for supporting us, regardless.

Speaker 5 (02:30):
Thank you.

Speaker 2 (02:30):
Six the Black Ferns at six third at the Women's
Rugby World Cup.

Speaker 7 (02:34):
Does well to get the skipper to Gregson Sirence and
McGhee who puts her years down and.

Speaker 3 (02:40):
Finds Georgia Miler.

Speaker 6 (02:42):
Georgia Mala, She's done it in my whole tournaments of fos.

Speaker 4 (02:47):
Laura Bayfield and they go back two pack two.

Speaker 2 (02:51):
Back to back victory over France in the playoff for
third and four five top half. The All Blacks are
five back on track.

Speaker 5 (03:00):
And the Wallaby's huffed and puffed, but they can't quite
low the Fortress down and Eden.

Speaker 7 (03:05):
Park the Led Cup and All Black hands for another year.

Speaker 6 (03:11):
Victory the way of the All Black thirty three twenty.

Speaker 2 (03:13):
Four, defending the Fortress and retaining the Bledisloe Cup. Johnny Tata,
you might not have heard of him, a truck driver
from way Nuia Mata, becoming just the second key we'd
have had a nine data in a New Zealand ranking event.
We go.

Speaker 3 (03:31):
Yes, Yes, Tata, John amazing.

Speaker 2 (03:50):
Even better, he did it in the final of the
dp n Z Pro Tour, qualifying him for the World
Darts Champs at Ali Palley for the first time, the
Warriors becoming the first team outside New South Wales to
claim the knock on effect New South Wales Cup.

Speaker 4 (04:05):
Boyd Or Looker put the ball coming through skin head
on Metayer to'll never work and Headie was there LASSI
Lassy will take that tackle and a Warriors are out
twenty twenty five knocking.

Speaker 3 (04:22):
I thinked New.

Speaker 4 (04:23):
South Whiles Cup Grand Final.

Speaker 2 (04:26):
Winners, backing up their minor premiership status with a thirty
points to twelve win over the Dragons in the Grand Finals.
Still with League, the Broncos were a stirring comeback, scoring
sixteen unanswered points to make it through to the NRL
Grand Final.

Speaker 6 (04:42):
Risbone Final play in the game, Walls will run it,
I Bales will run it all the way back of
the city. They're run the way to the Grand Final
and they've tunnet in the extraorditrant.

Speaker 2 (04:54):
Circumstances, the Broncos will play the storm in the final
day in Penrith's hopes of a five peat. One Nave
Fisher Black the first New Zealand cyclist female or male
well to podium in the Elite Road Race of the
World Champs, coming home second at the Road World Champs
in Rwanda, the Elite Women's road Race.

Speaker 3 (05:15):
Fisher Black is just going to cry in this one.

Speaker 2 (05:17):
Home the three medals for the three bravest Riders it
seems out there, but let's wait and see.

Speaker 3 (05:22):
Fisher Black coming home for silver.

Speaker 2 (05:24):
Garcia is going to take a Bronson so well full four.

Speaker 3 (05:28):
That's your medals.

Speaker 2 (05:30):
How good were those darts commentates?

Speaker 3 (05:33):
I was worried that.

Speaker 2 (05:33):
They weren't going to deliver the appropriate level of hype
until they get gave that bellowing, low key truck driving.

Speaker 3 (05:43):
That's fantastic, Poney, marvelous.

Speaker 2 (05:48):
I think they might be a career for you in
domestic darts commentary. Wonderful, wonderful stuff. That's Poney's power rankings
for tonight. They're back again next Mondays.

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