Jim Dolan: Australian correspondent weighs in on the State of Origin, Super Rugby and Aussie cricket clash

Our Australian Correspondent, gives us the latest from the wonderful wide world of Aussie sport! Highlights include:

• Big decision this weekend that could spark at chain reaction.
• There is a battle to avoid the wooden spoon in Super Rugby.
• It's a big weekend for Aussie cricket in Wales.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the All Sport Breakfast podcast with Darcy
Waldegrave from News Talk ZEDB Jim Dolan.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Good morning, Ody, darsh.

Speaker 3 (00:16):
You sound well, a bullion uplifted. I'm presuming you are
my best. Great way to start. Let's talk about a
chain reaction. What sparks it?

Speaker 2 (00:26):
Well, it's managed to get State of Origin off the
back pages, which is a big feed at the time
of the year. Lucky Galvin from the West Tigers. They've
finally given him permission to negotiate with other clubs, perhaps
with a chance to change before the June thirty deadline,
and so everyone's gone crazy. Despite ruling themselves out of

(00:48):
the pursuit weeks ago, the Bulldogs are now back in.
They and the Eels are said to be offering around
seven hundred and fifty thousand a season, which is much
less than his extension offered by the West Tigers. So
that's one thing that he's willing to leave for less cash.
There's also the one hundred and seventy five thousand dollars
transfer fore the Tigers won for who whoever might sign

(01:10):
him up now while he's got the buy this weekend
to think about it. If he goes to the Eels,
they may then release Dylan Brown to the Knights immediately.
That would mean the Knights would probably have to release
Jackson Hastings to squeeze him in. So there's probably Hastings
on a fire sail somewhere. And if he goes to
the Bulldogs, ironically, the first game he would play could

(01:32):
be in two weeks and that's against the paramatter Eels.
So it's yeah, it's all a bit incestuous, really, yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:39):
What it is. But let's just cut to the chase.
How does this affect the Warriors?

Speaker 2 (01:45):
Come on, matey, don't like Jackson? Would they like Jackson Hastings?
That a discounting price.

Speaker 3 (01:51):
Yeah, we don't need anybody. We're fine.

Speaker 4 (01:53):
Powerful as they come two plays three tomorrow evening the
zeal In time. Wow, that's going to be huge. But
enough alreally, let's get away from rugby League and good
go to Super Rugby.

Speaker 3 (02:03):
Nobody wants the spoon of wood.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
Nobody mmm for the Red They're doing their best to
get in contention with a few losses recently, but they're
just out of the top four. Down the other end
of the table, it's the Force and the Wartars so
they played tonight in Perth to try and avoid that
dreaded wooden spoon particularly well whoever loses with the lowest

(02:27):
in Australian rugby and potentially could still be deserved by
the teams behind them in the Super Rugby table. The
Tars have been rocked in the last couple of days
by the news at Angus Bell, who's taking a sabbatical
next year to chase the money. Sorry, experience playing.

Speaker 3 (02:45):
Sabbatical is right.

Speaker 4 (02:46):
You're supposed to take time off your regular job to
go experience the world and comeback refreshed. Or in rugby pilance,
it's got to the other side of the world doing
exactly the same thing and earn more money.

Speaker 3 (02:56):
Where's sabbatical coming?

Speaker 2 (02:57):
Sorry, well it means they're hoping he'll be back in
time for the world couple seasons. Yeah, so tonight the
Force are welcome. In five Wallabies, they'll be very welcome.
I would imagine in this game. Now the starting side
the experience duo of Carlo Pizano and Dylan Pitch, while
the Wars are as well. Things just keep going from

(03:19):
bad to worst there, but at least Taniela two plays
back in the starting side tonight and it'll also Craig
gets his go at fullback. The Warrita is just happy
to be on a dry track after all the rain
it's been in Sydney this week. It's not going to
be pleasant flaying footing anywhere. And I'd imagine right now
there's mums and dads across Sydney aver Where saying poles

(03:39):
canceled with junior footy games this morning because there's going.

Speaker 3 (03:42):
To be a lot of mud and talking about mud
and rain. Well, I think of Wales hard to play
cricket and Wales and that the Australian is going to
have a crack anyway. Jim.

Speaker 2 (03:53):
Yeah, Well, all eyes from the selectors and fans on
Wales in Glamorgan in particular because the Glamorgan side plays
Middlesex this weekend in a county game and after a
twin in his last hit out, Marnas love of skrugby
really needs some runs. Didn't help that he was caught
for not very many in slip off an Australian bowler

(04:16):
who couldn't get a state contract this year. He also
was out cheaply in the other innings. It's falling to
a similar way poking at one outside of stuff, so
he could be the top order batsman that misses out
of the World Test Championship at Lord's coming up very
very soon and that could lead to a changing in
the garden the Australian team. Cameron Green he can't bowl
yet but his back is allowing him to bat and

(04:38):
he's scoring plenty of runs against Kent in his last start,
while youngster Sam Constace he's got plenty of support again
to be included back on the Australian side. And while
they're battling it out in county cricket getting ready to
place South Africa at Lords. Very interesting Steve Smith's approach
to prepare for the World Test Championship. He's playing in

(04:59):
a T twenty league in the United States of America.

Speaker 4 (05:03):
Perfectly, it does, really because Jim, the nature of cricket now,
if you've got to be so flexible and you're in
that rhythm, I'll play short, I'll play mad, I'll play long,
I'll play so the rhythm's all over the show. So
maybe it works quite well from it and fly from
one side of the world to the other player completely
different version of the game.

Speaker 2 (05:23):
And that are if you want to make plenty of money.
If you want to be true to the game, you
pick one for us that.

Speaker 4 (05:30):
Are they're true to their wallets and on that we'll
let you go.

Speaker 3 (05:36):
Have a cracking weekend, mate, swim safely.

Speaker 2 (05:39):
Yeah, talk to good luck. The Warrior is tomorrow.

Speaker 3 (05:42):
It's not about luck.

Speaker 4 (05:43):
It's about skill and talent and application and luck. The
A League referees, do you know that not one penalty
has been given.

Speaker 3 (05:58):
To Aukland?

Speaker 4 (05:59):
If see, there's not none, nothing, twenty seven matches, none nothing,
So obviously A League reefs have been in cahoots or
the NRL reefs going, how can we makee how can
we do what you've done to your It's conspiracy theory.
It means nothing. I'm sorry.

Speaker 3 (06:18):
Eighteen minutes to eight o'clock.

Speaker 1 (06:21):
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