Piney's Power Rankings: The Commonwealth Games are done and Dame Noeline Taurua’s redemption arc is complete

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 end of the Commonwealth Games, the Warriors' victory on the Gold Coast and more.

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Speaker 1 (00:06):
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from News Talk zedb daies Power rankings.

Speaker 2 (00:18):
Say, okay, let's right, the weekend Party's power rankings so
much to choose from over the weekend. I've split it
tonight into two, the Commonwealth Games power rankings and the
Non Commonwealth Games power ranking. So let's start with the
non Glasgow Things five. Our NBL basketball finalists, the Wellington Saints, the.

Speaker 3 (00:39):
Fourth seed has dominated the first The Saints will have
an opportunity to go back to back. The reigning champions
storm through to the Grand Final one hundred and twelve
and sixty nine.

Speaker 2 (00:53):
And the Southland Sharks and the South Wand Sharks.

Speaker 4 (00:57):
We'll host the salsand Bil Grand Final in twenty twenty
six and the Sharks come away eighty four to seventy
four winners.

Speaker 5 (01:05):
The final on Sunday afternoon.

Speaker 2 (01:06):
In the Cargo, Richie Mwonga's returned to New Zealand rugby
after three years away.

Speaker 5 (01:12):
Arms out from Paul Williams. Wonga in there, try to
touch his right through him wonner.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
Well. He might have missed the conversion to go in front,
but he's.

Speaker 5 (01:25):
Scored the try that's kevin them the league. It's been
a long way to get it back, but it's been
worth it. The category fans are thinking right now.

Speaker 2 (01:34):
The Lake committed try helping Canterbury beat Auckland on Saturday
night see the Blues women winning their second straight Super
Rugby champions Final.

Speaker 6 (01:43):
Off basin bumping off to your hints around the corner,
comes Rus the captains.

Speaker 5 (01:48):
She reaches out and scores the.

Speaker 6 (01:51):
Try, the Blues landing a hammer blow here in the champions.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
Final twenty four to seventeen winners over the war Taz
in Sydney on Saturday night. Can we Supercars driver Matt
Payne winning two of them three races over the weekend
at the latest events in Perth. But in the West
and Warnery Raceway it's perfect Pain and pen right they
win race twenty five.

Speaker 1 (02:16):
That is one for the box for the championship leader.

Speaker 5 (02:19):
Yeah Mett.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
Pain continues to lead the championship from brock Feenie by
one hundred and eighteen points with six.

Speaker 5 (02:24):
Races to go.

Speaker 2 (02:25):
One The Warriors, glorious on the Gold Coast on Saturday
will come.

Speaker 5 (02:30):
To the lefts my dumb easy guys in for a
double a second post half time tamar La Ma fill
them with a flatboyant dummy.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
Next up this blockbuster against the Panthers at home on
Friday night. Right now to the Commonwealth Games Power rankings.

Speaker 5 (02:52):
Back up to number five. Weightlifter David Lebt.

Speaker 4 (02:56):
David Litt.

Speaker 3 (02:58):
To the New Zealand left.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
A new Games record and a second Commonwealth Games gold
for the gentle giant of New Zealand. Weightlifting judoka Sydney
Andrew's gold in the seventy eight kilogram class.

Speaker 3 (03:17):
I'm growing up and I'm getting more experience under my
belt and obviously this is in the finish for me.
I'm just gonna keep keep going, going.

Speaker 4 (03:24):
And going, and hopefully we can see me on the
podium at the LA Olympics.

Speaker 2 (03:29):
She is our first Commonwealth Games gold medalist in judo
for thirty six years. Free pole vaulter Eliza McCartney is Entnity, No,
she can't.

Speaker 5 (03:42):
It's a gold medal for New Zealand.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
Eliza McCartney has won the gold medal.

Speaker 6 (03:48):
Well.

Speaker 4 (03:49):
Nina Kennedy, we did not expect her to have four
sixty five on her card today as her best height,
but a silver medalist today and a guaranteed gold in
Glasgow for this woman here, redemption.

Speaker 2 (04:05):
For Can't need Yeah, Gold for Eliza McCartney, ten years
on from her Olympic Games, bronze in Rio imagineis joining
her on the podium with a bronze.

Speaker 5 (04:15):
Two our para cyclists, double.

Speaker 2 (04:18):
Gold for our b tandem team Jesse Hodges and Emma Foyd.

Speaker 6 (04:22):
We trained hard and we executed our moves and we
pulled it off and it's just awesome.

Speaker 5 (04:28):
And gold and bronze for Devin Briggs.

Speaker 6 (04:30):
One more lap to go and he's gone out over
a second now, surely he can hold on from here.
It's going to be a big fights, super quick start.
There may be a deceleration.

Speaker 5 (04:40):
No, it's one point five.

Speaker 6 (04:42):
Now, so when the final bend coming up to the
finish line, it's Devin Briggs. It's going to take the gold.
Betal out to one point eight in the end. Sensational
riot from him. Briggs with the one oh five point
five to take gold.

Speaker 1 (04:53):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (04:54):
Great track meet for our para cyclist.

Speaker 2 (04:56):
One of the silver ferns completing Dame Nolan total was
Redemption Arc with netball gold in Glasgow at Golden Daities.

Speaker 6 (05:05):
For news from contenders to champions. The Commonwealth Games sold
belongs Tone Zealand for the first time since twenty ten.

Speaker 5 (05:16):
Was it, in any way cheating? Piney?

Speaker 7 (05:18):
What is this? Who did you consult to tuttoo with
the power rankings?

Speaker 5 (05:23):
No one, So I just you.

Speaker 7 (05:25):
Don't tuttoo with the time honored traditions of Pineese power rankings.
All right, mate, So and in honor of you Twotooing,
I've tattooed a little bit, so I'm going to do
my not power ranking. So let's go the Cowboys having
eighty two put on them on Thursday night against the Roosters,
and at Jason Pine for tattooing with the Pinese power rankings.

(05:48):
You don't just go out there and do that, Piney,
What is this? I'll consider been around since the dawn
of radio.

Speaker 2 (05:57):
I'm not sure it's been around for that long, but
I do take your points. I'll take your feedback on board,
and next Monday night, I presume anyway, we'll go back
to the way it's always been.

Speaker 1 (06:07):
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