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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Weekend Sport Podcast with Jason Pine
from newstalk SEDB, and.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
This time every Saturday afternoon, we have the pleasure of
the company of Australian correspondent Adam Peacock who joins us
now and might want to talk some cricket and some football.
But can we start with Rugby? The wallaby speeding England
in dramatic fashion last weekend at Twickenham? Did anybody see
this coming?
Speaker 3 (00:30):
First time?
Speaker 4 (00:30):
I reckon, I've spoken to you Piney and I'm happy
to start with baking not no, to be brutally honest,
it was a very pleasant surprise when we awoke last
weekend to that result and the manner of it as well,
in that it was so dramatic as the death there.
But yeah, talking to someone from Rugby Australia who I
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know quite well, who has just joined an organization the
last six months, he said that earlier last week everyone's
just kind of got a pep in their step again
what I can there's a bit of dooms don't have
the place over the last couple of years, which is
fair enough. There's been huge turmoil in the joint but
he's been new to the joint. He's just really happy
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for the people who have been there for a while
and have lived through some pretty dark days to have
something like that. And yeah, no predictions about what's going
to go on this weekend, but it's certainly given people
a bit of hope about.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
The next two years, which is massive because there's a
few big things on the horizon with the life to it.
And then it woke up down the track as well.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Indeed, see Joseph Sui. He played really well against England,
but down to the beach for this one against Wales.
What's been the initial assessment of his switched across from
rugby league.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
To rugby Yeah, class, Yeah, you could see it with
some of those silky touches in the midfield, and you know,
he's a great addition and he kind of justified Joe
Schmid what seems on face value of massive gamble. So
he's going to be very good. I think I've probably
done the right thing with him. Like it is a
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hard thing to do back to back, and these tours
are not easy, especially because they don't play anything in
between and there's no real rest. So yeah, they mixed
it up this weekend, but he's certainly a weapon off
the bench.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Let's go to football, the Soccer's and World Cup qualifying
and nil all draw with Saudi Arabia Thursday night. They
play bah Rain Wednesday morning. I've seen some mixed reviews
of the nil all draw online, as as usually the case,
What did you make of it?
Speaker 3 (02:36):
Yeah, it could have been better, it could have been worse,
So I'm not going to bag the crap out of
the result, but I'm not going to sing its praises
or the performance. It wasn't fluid, it was a bit clunky,
but it's where we are and an opposition with a
new coach, so there was a noted bound there about
how they'll play. But yeah, it's with results that have
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gone our way. It's destiny's still very much in our
own hands. Now we go to bah Rain and hopefully
they take this is a huge, a huge game obviously
won't have the stature of it was really good TV
ratings actually the Sprus hell and I'd over here, but
this one's going to be played at probably about four
o'clock in the morning, so there's not going to be
that huge nature about it. But it's in a way
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probably a bigger game against Bahrain because they us over here.
There was a few antics that were going on with
diving and time wasting and carrying on like that, all
suffered a fatality every time they got found. So yeah,
there's a bit of that about it, and hopefully they
take that with the eyes to a bit of vengeance
against Bahrain and get the three points and definitely put
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us on course to qualify automatically to the World Cup.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
So what's the situation that there's different stages of Asian
World Cup qualifying, isn't there? So for example, Australia beat
bah Rain, that would put them in the box seat
for automatic qualification.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Yeah, so we need to finish top two. Japan off
and running. They're gone there are at the top and
they were like they're going to easily automatically qualify. So
we're on six points at the moment. I dare say
we need thirteen to fourteen points to qualify automatically in
this group of six. If it doesn't go away third
and fourth, then go into another stage of qualifying. Because
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Asia now has eight and a half spots, not just
the four and a half which we've previously had. So
there's a few more layers to look out players who
would love because a lot of them in Europe, like
your guys as well, it's hard for them to trouble
with the outside of the well, go back to Europe
perform with their best at their club. It's better for
everyone if we qualify automatically because it means it's less
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games that they have to come back for, you know
what I mean. So yeah, it's crucial. So probably two
wins in a draw gets us through, but it won't
be easy.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
All right, We'll keep eyes on that and back on
Australian soil. A hugely anticipated five Test series against the
Indian cricket team starting in Perth in test matches and
Adelaide that's a day nighter Brisbane, the Boxing day Test
in Melbourne and then in Sydney. Man, what a lineup
Australia against India. How much anticipation around ahead of this?
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Yeah, it's huge And thanks for softening up the Indians
for us finding I'm serious, They're not coming here feeling
great about themselves. There's a lot of questions about the
Indian brigand team. Now they've got a lot of experience
about them, but do they have the ability to tie
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it back all together again on totally different texts obviously,
like Verra Coley's got to make give us a record
area which is over fifty, So I dare say we
see a different Vera Coley. But what about those around him,
like Jay Swell, the very talent and opener never had
to face bowling on these pictures before like this, like
we know you're good? Is he good enough to handle this?
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Rowan Shalma is going to miss the first one of
the first two, if not both at first and second
test with the family a family situation, So yeah, they're
kind of under the microscope a bit, but they're good
enough to come out of it. Our team conversity is
all about it who's going to open And they've chosen
Nathan McSweeney out of South Australia but at the left
field selection if you looked at it from six months ago.
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But yeah, we're pretty settle, our bowling units pretty settled.
So if everyone gets through Unscape the series, it's going
to be a fantastic series that I think Australia has
the edge.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Yeah, we'll certainly be keeping eyes on it over here.
Lots going on, As I say, both sides of the Tasman.
Thanks for keeping us up today. Adam will do it
again next Saturday.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Sounds good.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Thanks Bondy, No, thank you, Adam. Adam Peacock Rive safe,
our Australian correspondent around this time every Saturday afternoon.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
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