August 16, 2024 • 15 mins
On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave and Jason Pine for 16th August 2024, Marcus Wheelhouse discusses the rumors about LIV Golf looking to come to Christchurch
Rumors have been swirling that LIV Golf officials have scouted Christchurch Golf Club for a potential stop on the Tour. Golf coach Marcus Wheelhouse joins the podcast to discuss what this could mean for golf in New Zealand
Plus, Grace Nweke is on the move, Piney and D'Arcy discuss what this means for the Silver Ferns
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:21):
Hello there, Welcome to Friday and a fresh episode of
the sports Flix podcast for August sixteen, Massive sporting weekend
coming up. We say that every weekend they all seem
to be well, it's us again, and for that I apologize.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Here there's a big weekend because it's kind of no
longer the Olympics, so it's a little strange. But I'm
sure we can recharge ourselves, retool ourselves and climb straight
into it.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
I'm ready to retool if you are. Absolutely. I've got
a few thoughts on the All Blacks test. We're going
to kick around this grace and weekend news which has
broken in the last little while. The Warriors tonight. Of course,
who have you got In terms of a chat for
us this afternoon on the pod, Marcus.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Wheelhouse will pro golfers also coached Ryan Fox and of
course loves the game and coaches at a high level,
talks to us about the possibility of the LOUVER tournament
going to christ.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
Indeed, heaps it again in so let's get into it.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
In other news, Let's start, as always, with a look
at some of them exports stories floating around this writ
a Rika Yowani, vowing to keep his response in check
as he returns to the All Blacks run on site
to play Argentina tomorrow night, having them dropped to the
bench last weekend in Wellington.
Speaker 5 (01:31):
Most change of the setbacks and things not always going right,
and this can be one of those emotional responses that
needs to be fully of the progression.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
First, New Zealand Cricket and tend to reward loyalty for
their international sites. This summer, Devin Conways accepted a casual
contract he'll play in the South African Tea Twenties League
in January, but New Zealand Cricket Chief Executive Scott Wining
says the preference remains to select central over casual contracted
players or New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
We are supportive of our players making as much money
as possible.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
However, we also need to think.
Speaker 5 (02:02):
About what's best for New Zealand Cricket and ultimately trying
to put our best players out on the pat but
warding those players that are loyal to our.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
And there are reports Live Golf may come to christ
Church Golf Club next year, but club patron and one
of our greats, Sir Bob Charles, won't be going.
Speaker 6 (02:19):
I just hope it's not on one of the two
golf courses there in Cross Church's being clear water in
the Cross Schurts Golf Club. And if they do, hopefully
they're getting a few million dollars in the bank.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Leading a VEX, we've got just the ticket. It's Sports
VIX now my news Talks Ivy I.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
We're joined in now by Marcus Wheelhouse, longtime golfer, pro
golf coach, as well as you look at the interesting
situation around the possibility of ALIV Golf in christ Church.
Sir Bob Charles himself has distanced himself from the rebel
tour planning and of course it's going to create some controversy.
Has a Live or the LAV Golf to have done
(02:58):
right the way through?
Speaker 4 (02:59):
Marcus, welcome to the show.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
What what's your gut reaction to the fact that there's
a possibility this tour may land in christ Church?
Speaker 5 (03:06):
Hi, Dossy, Well, look on my stance on this is
that I think it is a fantastic opportunity to see
some of the best players in the world, and that's
a pretty rare opportunity in New Zealand. So I'm all
for it. I think that you know, live has its
place in the world of golf, that we're seeing that,
and we're seeing some great players that have signed, you know,
(03:28):
towards that, and so I think, yeah, I think it'll
be fantastic for christ your chance in New Zealand to
have some of the best players in the world playing it.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
So for you. The heats died down a little bit
around the funding of this because of course the Saudi
Arabians have funded so much. Now because it's got so
much money, you think people are just starting to let
go of where that money has come from, with the
bludgeoning I suppose they'd say, of international sport through their funds.
Speaker 6 (03:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
Look, it's obviously controversial, and and that's that stance. I mean,
I'm sort of probably just sort of trying to look
at just from from a golf point of view and
just the opportunity to have you know, those great players
here have a great event. I think New Zealand have
you know, we we bat way above our paygrade. For
(04:15):
for many sports and and golf you know, we do
we do pretty well and on the stage, and I
think that you know, for young people go out there
and see the likes of the John Rams and the Brooks,
kept care and current sort of major champions. I just
think it's such a great opportunity and I sort of,
you know, tend to just sort of think about the
sport and what that could bring from it as a
(04:38):
set of an event point of view.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Do you think that the fans out there can really
determine the difference. They're just interested in the golfers, not
the actual competition. And do they actually buy into the
live to a full stop? Because I feel it's a
it'll be a standalone event. No one really cares about
rankings through that. They just want to see the golf.
Speaker 5 (04:57):
Yeah, look there live seems to me and look I
teach Ben Campbell, who's been in reserve for the Live
Tour all this year. I think it's a you know,
it's a different exp experience to what a normal PGA
tour or tour event is, you know, with music playing
with you know, the concerts they have you know, after
and during the events, and the entertainment they had both
(05:19):
on and off the course, so it is a different
experience and event and I think that's you know, that's good.
I think, you know, we have this this game of
golf that is growing. It's cool now. It wasn't cool
when I was a young fellow. That's sure. I mean
that was another century. But that's you know, when you
look at that, the fact that you know, we've got
a cater for all people and in an entertainment, you know,
(05:43):
that's that comes with many shapes and forms. And so
you know, test cricket, you know, was once the holy grail,
and now look at T twenty and what that has
brung brought to cricket, and so there is room for
other types of I suppose event base and the team
sort of structure live. You know a lot of people
poo poo that, and now they're starting to sort of
see you know that grow as all that side of
(06:05):
things and people getting their head around that. So it
is it has had a shift, and I think again,
I think anything to do with golf is great.
Speaker 4 (06:13):
Sir Bob Charles is not a fan. He doesn't want
it anywhere near the golf courses. He's involved.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
I think I think the quote through their hero was
I want nothing to do and they wouldn't walk.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Across the street to watch at all influential.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
I think he maybe represents the oldest school, not that
you can speak for Sir Bob Charles, but that's that's
quite a statement, isn't it. I'm not interested, I don't
want it here.
Speaker 5 (06:33):
It's not traditional, sure, sure, yeah, And look I know
it's well pretty well and it's as I said, it's
that's just an opinion. And he's more than more than
I suppose right to have his own ownership on that.
So that's that's just a different opinions.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
When it comes to spreading the word of golf. He
touched on that before, it's likely to drag people and
who aren't golf fans, they just are event fans. And
I think the sporting world is rapidly running toward that,
isn't it.
Speaker 5 (07:03):
Yeah. And I think live that you know, slightly different
with you know, they have lots of things offside as well,
where they have lived bars and restaurants where the players
you know, go and have dinner potentially or and I
think you know, the fans get busted from those zones,
not like sale GP and I was down luckily enough
to be down there in March for the for the
(07:24):
Lilton Regatta, and you know, like when you had that
feel of being part of something, you all arrived at
a similar time and you went through it. You know,
it's great, it's that's what it's all about. And the
hype was there, you know, the events over pretty quickly,
the sale GP I'm talking about, and you're out and
it's and it's a really good time. And that's now
now in twenty twenty four, a lot of us a
(07:45):
time for so you sort of sit in that space
where yeah, you want to go and get entertained and
get out. And that's and I think that's where lives
you know sits with the shotgun start for example, all
those you know, those box are getting picked.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
Hey, Marcus Worthhouse as always, mate, thank you very much
for your time. Go well Beast of Black over the
weekend for Aukland.
Speaker 5 (08:04):
Thanks thanks Darsie.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
This is Sports Fix your he does of Sports News,
How News Talks V.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Six nights ago in Wellington, the new All Blacks coaching
staff suffered their first bump in the road, a thirty
eight to thirty defeat by Argentina certainly not on most
people's bing go card, but that's what played out at
a venue which is becoming something of a graveyard for
All Blacks teams in recent times, just one win in
their last seven test matches. They're stretching back to twenty seventeen. Now,
Argentina have never beaten the All Blacks in consecutive tests.
(08:36):
They have won three of the last nine, having not
won any of the previous twenty nine. But the All
Blacks through the years, across a variety of players and
coaching groups, have more often than not shown an ability
to respond to adversity. They very rarely lose twice in
a row at home to the same opposition. And while
last weekend was a shock, I really don't feel as
(08:58):
though it's symptomatic of anything other than one team playing
better than another team in a one off game.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
The last and.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Only previous time the Poomas beat the All Blacks here
in New Zealand and christ Church and twenty twenty two
the bounce back performance was to the tune of a
fifty three to three victory to the All Blacks and
Hamilton the following week, and that's exactly what I'm expecting
Tomorrow night with a frame of reference on this opposition,
a loss stinging their egos and the very proud record
(09:25):
at tomorrow night's venue. I really can't see anything other
than a very convincing All Blacks win which brings us
to the venue, the fortress that is Eden Park, New Zealand,
undefeated there in their last forty nine test matches, forty
seven wins and two draws, the last defeat famously a
twenty three twenty loss to France in July nineteen ninety four,
(09:48):
eleven thousand and three days ago. That record ain't falling.
It's being extended to fifty at the Garden of Eden
tomorrow night.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
The Chamber is now in session on Sportsfax.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
Let's pop inside what used to be called the Chamber,
a self styled lounge, because we want to get a
bit comfortable in here, because we do have a couple
of meaty issues to kick around today, and it's always
good to be comfortable when you are doing such things.
Grace and Wiki will not play for the Silver Ferns
next year. Darci, she won't play for the Northern Mystics either.
New South Wales have secured her services just for the
(10:24):
one year.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
How do you feel about this, Well, she's escaping the
tyranny of New Zealand. It's a terrible thing to say,
we love it here, but I think for all athletes
the opportunity to go away and experience a different style
of sport and indeed a different country is really beneficial.
And we know what the Australians can do, so for
her to throw herself, boots and all into their competition
(10:45):
can only benefit New Zealand netball. Providing she comes back
Piney and she's around, when won't she back again?
Speaker 4 (10:52):
Back for comm Games in the Lake? Indeed?
Speaker 2 (10:54):
Yeah, just twenty twenty five as I understand it, and
that's the press release. Official line is that it's just
twenty twenty five and they expect Grayson Wiki back for
twenty twenty six, the ams at Premiership leading into the
COMM Games and then the Netball World Cup the following Yeah,
this feels very like what the All Blacks do and
the year after.
Speaker 4 (11:11):
A whel don't say it, don't say it. I'll go
and say it. What is it? It's a sabbatical for me?
Does well? It is?
Speaker 3 (11:18):
I well deserved and I think we know how talented
she is, and I think she's going to add extra
strings to said bow by getting into the thick of
the action in Australia. And we know how aggressive they
are over there, so it can only do her well
dealing with the elbows and the knees and everything else
that the Australians bring to the court.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Yeah, indeed, I think it'll improve her as a player,
and that's got to be good for the game as
a whole. We've got to find a couple of shooters
for next year's Internationals, but they're not quite as important
as comp Games or NET or World Cup Live Golf
Mircus Wheelhouse, interesting thoughts from him.
Speaker 4 (11:53):
Where do you land on this?
Speaker 3 (11:54):
I don't like it personally because I don't like the
funding behind it, but I think people are now getting
used to the fact that the center of sport in
the globe now is Saudi Arabia. They're got all the coin,
they've got the gold and the golden rule, they make
the rules. Don't like it, but from a fan perspective,
and we've seen what's happened when they play with roy
at Adelaide, isn't it how many people turn up and
(12:17):
the entertaining side of golf, the party side of golf.
Speaker 4 (12:20):
If they will.
Speaker 3 (12:21):
So it does land and they do do it, you'd
expect big turnout and to generate some income for the
golf club.
Speaker 4 (12:28):
And I suppose you can poop pull it that I
won't be there, but no one cares about that. I'm
not well. I mean, I'm sure they'd love to have
your company there.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
I don't know whether your presence or mind will factor
into the thinking too much at all, but I do
think in this day and age, look any everything's on
the table as far as attracting new eyeballs to a
sport is concerned. Yes, the murky world of where the
money comes from is always going to be a talking point.
But look christ As you're looking for events that they've lost
sale GP. Of course, as long as a Hector's dolphin
(13:00):
doesn't turn up on the fourteenth green at clear Water
or wherever they decide to have it, and I think
we should be okay. So yeah, I mean it it's
nowhere near confirmed, but look, if it does come, then
I think it'll bring as you say, a lot of
a lot of economic benefit to that city and a
lot of new fans to golf.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
Perhaps they pay us to turn up if they're into
paying us some money to be in a rent a crowd.
Speaker 4 (13:23):
I'm there, No, I'm not. I would never do that,
would not soil myself like that.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
As you were saying that, I thought, no, you wouldn't.
Speaker 4 (13:30):
You would, you would, you would.
Speaker 3 (13:32):
Everybody has their price, like a billion dollars.
Speaker 4 (13:37):
Is driven snow, so they really are.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
Hey, logger Wood going to Southland on tomorrow afternoon. Can
you see the log being prized away from those dirty
rotten shield breakers the Hawk's Bay magpiles.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
Well. Leed's hope that South then takes some energy from
the game against Otago where they roll their neighbors and
can take that up to Hawks Bay. I mean they
Hawk's Bay just got through last week, but I spect
to be slightly more stout. But it did something about
the Southern side, who had been so bad for so
long that they might return back to the glory days.
(14:10):
We'd like to think. And of course, coming from the
by nment myself, of course I'm going to back the
Stags to get it done.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Yeah, I'd like to see them get it done as well.
You know, I like it when the shield gets shared
around to places where it doesn't go often. But yeah,
but also of course I think you know the way
that the Magpies treated that log of wood like it
was just a hunker would last year.
Speaker 3 (14:28):
What could South them do to it? I mean, can
they up the ante if they get it? What could
they possibly do? Like shuck oysters on it?
Speaker 2 (14:34):
I reckon it goes into a mimi during duck shooting season,
sits off to one side as a good luck charm
perhaps deep in the South during day.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
As long as they don't shoot it, that's the main thing.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
Keep it away from any firearms. All right, it's very
comfy of the lounge, but we got to get out.
That's us for another.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
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Speaker 4 (15:09):
Dust and if you.
Speaker 3 (15:10):
Want more on sport News Talk ZBB seven and eight
mondayut of Friday is a sports talk myself or Piney.
Of course, Piney's got the reins. I come the weekend
show which is week in Sport from twelve through three
Saturday and Sunday. I don't forget to watch the Indiecar
Championship Scott Dixon sitting third that returns again on Monday morning.
Of course, Israel US back fighting again in Perth on Sunday,
(15:33):
and the All Blacks loss to look forward to.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
HA lots indeed, see you Monday for.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
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Speaker 2 (00:21):
Hello there, Welcome to Friday and a fresh episode of
the sports Flix podcast for August sixteen, Massive sporting weekend
coming up. We say that every weekend they all seem
to be well, it's us again, and for that I apologize.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Here there's a big weekend because it's kind of no
longer the Olympics, so it's a little strange. But I'm
sure we can recharge ourselves, retool ourselves and climb straight
into it.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
I'm ready to retool if you are. Absolutely. I've got
a few thoughts on the All Blacks test. We're going
to kick around this grace and weekend news which has
broken in the last little while. The Warriors tonight. Of course,
who have you got In terms of a chat for
us this afternoon on the pod, Marcus.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Wheelhouse will pro golfers also coached Ryan Fox and of
course loves the game and coaches at a high level,
talks to us about the possibility of the LOUVER tournament
going to christ.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
Indeed, heaps it again in so let's get into it.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
In other news, Let's start, as always, with a look
at some of them exports stories floating around this writ
a Rika Yowani, vowing to keep his response in check
as he returns to the All Blacks run on site
to play Argentina tomorrow night, having them dropped to the
bench last weekend in Wellington.
Speaker 5 (01:31):
Most change of the setbacks and things not always going right,
and this can be one of those emotional responses that
needs to be fully of the progression.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
First, New Zealand Cricket and tend to reward loyalty for
their international sites. This summer, Devin Conways accepted a casual
contract he'll play in the South African Tea Twenties League
in January, but New Zealand Cricket Chief Executive Scott Wining
says the preference remains to select central over casual contracted
players or New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
We are supportive of our players making as much money
as possible.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
However, we also need to think.
Speaker 5 (02:02):
About what's best for New Zealand Cricket and ultimately trying
to put our best players out on the pat but
warding those players that are loyal to our.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
And there are reports Live Golf may come to christ
Church Golf Club next year, but club patron and one
of our greats, Sir Bob Charles, won't be going.
Speaker 6 (02:19):
I just hope it's not on one of the two
golf courses there in Cross Church's being clear water in
the Cross Schurts Golf Club. And if they do, hopefully
they're getting a few million dollars in the bank.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Leading a VEX, we've got just the ticket. It's Sports
VIX now my news Talks Ivy I.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
We're joined in now by Marcus Wheelhouse, longtime golfer, pro
golf coach, as well as you look at the interesting
situation around the possibility of ALIV Golf in christ Church.
Sir Bob Charles himself has distanced himself from the rebel
tour planning and of course it's going to create some controversy.
Has a Live or the LAV Golf to have done
(02:58):
right the way through?
Speaker 4 (02:59):
Marcus, welcome to the show.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
What what's your gut reaction to the fact that there's
a possibility this tour may land in christ Church?
Speaker 5 (03:06):
Hi, Dossy, Well, look on my stance on this is
that I think it is a fantastic opportunity to see
some of the best players in the world, and that's
a pretty rare opportunity in New Zealand. So I'm all
for it. I think that you know, live has its
place in the world of golf, that we're seeing that,
and we're seeing some great players that have signed, you know,
(03:28):
towards that, and so I think, yeah, I think it'll
be fantastic for christ your chance in New Zealand to
have some of the best players in the world playing it.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
So for you. The heats died down a little bit
around the funding of this because of course the Saudi
Arabians have funded so much. Now because it's got so
much money, you think people are just starting to let
go of where that money has come from, with the
bludgeoning I suppose they'd say, of international sport through their funds.
Speaker 6 (03:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (03:53):
Look, it's obviously controversial, and and that's that stance. I mean,
I'm sort of probably just sort of trying to look
at just from from a golf point of view and
just the opportunity to have you know, those great players
here have a great event. I think New Zealand have
you know, we we bat way above our paygrade. For
(04:15):
for many sports and and golf you know, we do
we do pretty well and on the stage, and I
think that you know, for young people go out there
and see the likes of the John Rams and the Brooks,
kept care and current sort of major champions. I just
think it's such a great opportunity and I sort of,
you know, tend to just sort of think about the
sport and what that could bring from it as a
(04:38):
set of an event point of view.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Do you think that the fans out there can really
determine the difference. They're just interested in the golfers, not
the actual competition. And do they actually buy into the
live to a full stop? Because I feel it's a
it'll be a standalone event. No one really cares about
rankings through that. They just want to see the golf.
Speaker 5 (04:57):
Yeah, look there live seems to me and look I
teach Ben Campbell, who's been in reserve for the Live
Tour all this year. I think it's a you know,
it's a different exp experience to what a normal PGA
tour or tour event is, you know, with music playing
with you know, the concerts they have you know, after
and during the events, and the entertainment they had both
(05:19):
on and off the course, so it is a different
experience and event and I think that's you know, that's good.
I think, you know, we have this this game of
golf that is growing. It's cool now. It wasn't cool
when I was a young fellow. That's sure. I mean
that was another century. But that's you know, when you
look at that, the fact that you know, we've got
a cater for all people and in an entertainment, you know,
(05:43):
that's that comes with many shapes and forms. And so
you know, test cricket, you know, was once the holy grail,
and now look at T twenty and what that has
brung brought to cricket, and so there is room for
other types of I suppose event base and the team
sort of structure live. You know a lot of people
poo poo that, and now they're starting to sort of
see you know that grow as all that side of
(06:05):
things and people getting their head around that. So it
is it has had a shift, and I think again,
I think anything to do with golf is great.
Speaker 4 (06:13):
Sir Bob Charles is not a fan. He doesn't want
it anywhere near the golf courses. He's involved.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
I think I think the quote through their hero was
I want nothing to do and they wouldn't walk.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Across the street to watch at all influential.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
I think he maybe represents the oldest school, not that
you can speak for Sir Bob Charles, but that's that's
quite a statement, isn't it. I'm not interested, I don't
want it here.
Speaker 5 (06:33):
It's not traditional, sure, sure, yeah, And look I know
it's well pretty well and it's as I said, it's
that's just an opinion. And he's more than more than
I suppose right to have his own ownership on that.
So that's that's just a different opinions.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
When it comes to spreading the word of golf. He
touched on that before, it's likely to drag people and
who aren't golf fans, they just are event fans. And
I think the sporting world is rapidly running toward that,
isn't it.
Speaker 5 (07:03):
Yeah. And I think live that you know, slightly different
with you know, they have lots of things offside as well,
where they have lived bars and restaurants where the players
you know, go and have dinner potentially or and I
think you know, the fans get busted from those zones,
not like sale GP and I was down luckily enough
to be down there in March for the for the
(07:24):
Lilton Regatta, and you know, like when you had that
feel of being part of something, you all arrived at
a similar time and you went through it. You know,
it's great, it's that's what it's all about. And the
hype was there, you know, the events over pretty quickly,
the sale GP I'm talking about, and you're out and
it's and it's a really good time. And that's now
now in twenty twenty four, a lot of us a
(07:45):
time for so you sort of sit in that space
where yeah, you want to go and get entertained and
get out. And that's and I think that's where lives
you know sits with the shotgun start for example, all
those you know, those box are getting picked.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
Hey, Marcus Worthhouse as always, mate, thank you very much
for your time. Go well Beast of Black over the
weekend for Aukland.
Speaker 5 (08:04):
Thanks thanks Darsie.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
This is Sports Fix your he does of Sports News,
How News Talks V.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Six nights ago in Wellington, the new All Blacks coaching
staff suffered their first bump in the road, a thirty
eight to thirty defeat by Argentina certainly not on most
people's bing go card, but that's what played out at
a venue which is becoming something of a graveyard for
All Blacks teams in recent times, just one win in
their last seven test matches. They're stretching back to twenty seventeen. Now,
Argentina have never beaten the All Blacks in consecutive tests.
(08:36):
They have won three of the last nine, having not
won any of the previous twenty nine. But the All
Blacks through the years, across a variety of players and
coaching groups, have more often than not shown an ability
to respond to adversity. They very rarely lose twice in
a row at home to the same opposition. And while
last weekend was a shock, I really don't feel as
(08:58):
though it's symptomatic of anything other than one team playing
better than another team in a one off game.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
The last and.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Only previous time the Poomas beat the All Blacks here
in New Zealand and christ Church and twenty twenty two
the bounce back performance was to the tune of a
fifty three to three victory to the All Blacks and
Hamilton the following week, and that's exactly what I'm expecting
Tomorrow night with a frame of reference on this opposition,
a loss stinging their egos and the very proud record
(09:25):
at tomorrow night's venue. I really can't see anything other
than a very convincing All Blacks win which brings us
to the venue, the fortress that is Eden Park, New Zealand,
undefeated there in their last forty nine test matches, forty
seven wins and two draws, the last defeat famously a
twenty three twenty loss to France in July nineteen ninety four,
(09:48):
eleven thousand and three days ago. That record ain't falling.
It's being extended to fifty at the Garden of Eden
tomorrow night.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
The Chamber is now in session on Sportsfax.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
Let's pop inside what used to be called the Chamber,
a self styled lounge, because we want to get a
bit comfortable in here, because we do have a couple
of meaty issues to kick around today, and it's always
good to be comfortable when you are doing such things.
Grace and Wiki will not play for the Silver Ferns
next year. Darci, she won't play for the Northern Mystics either.
New South Wales have secured her services just for the
(10:24):
one year.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
How do you feel about this, Well, she's escaping the
tyranny of New Zealand. It's a terrible thing to say,
we love it here, but I think for all athletes
the opportunity to go away and experience a different style
of sport and indeed a different country is really beneficial.
And we know what the Australians can do, so for
her to throw herself, boots and all into their competition
(10:45):
can only benefit New Zealand netball. Providing she comes back
Piney and she's around, when won't she back again?
Speaker 4 (10:52):
Back for comm Games in the Lake? Indeed?
Speaker 2 (10:54):
Yeah, just twenty twenty five as I understand it, and
that's the press release. Official line is that it's just
twenty twenty five and they expect Grayson Wiki back for
twenty twenty six, the ams at Premiership leading into the
COMM Games and then the Netball World Cup the following Yeah,
this feels very like what the All Blacks do and
the year after.
Speaker 4 (11:11):
A whel don't say it, don't say it. I'll go
and say it. What is it? It's a sabbatical for me?
Does well? It is?
Speaker 3 (11:18):
I well deserved and I think we know how talented
she is, and I think she's going to add extra
strings to said bow by getting into the thick of
the action in Australia. And we know how aggressive they
are over there, so it can only do her well
dealing with the elbows and the knees and everything else
that the Australians bring to the court.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Yeah, indeed, I think it'll improve her as a player,
and that's got to be good for the game as
a whole. We've got to find a couple of shooters
for next year's Internationals, but they're not quite as important
as comp Games or NET or World Cup Live Golf
Mircus Wheelhouse, interesting thoughts from him.
Speaker 4 (11:53):
Where do you land on this?
Speaker 3 (11:54):
I don't like it personally because I don't like the
funding behind it, but I think people are now getting
used to the fact that the center of sport in
the globe now is Saudi Arabia. They're got all the coin,
they've got the gold and the golden rule, they make
the rules. Don't like it, but from a fan perspective,
and we've seen what's happened when they play with roy
at Adelaide, isn't it how many people turn up and
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the entertaining side of golf, the party side of golf.
Speaker 4 (12:20):
If they will.
Speaker 3 (12:21):
So it does land and they do do it, you'd
expect big turnout and to generate some income for the
golf club.
Speaker 4 (12:28):
And I suppose you can poop pull it that I
won't be there, but no one cares about that. I'm
not well. I mean, I'm sure they'd love to have
your company there.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
I don't know whether your presence or mind will factor
into the thinking too much at all, but I do
think in this day and age, look any everything's on
the table as far as attracting new eyeballs to a
sport is concerned. Yes, the murky world of where the
money comes from is always going to be a talking point.
But look christ As you're looking for events that they've lost
sale GP. Of course, as long as a Hector's dolphin
(13:00):
doesn't turn up on the fourteenth green at clear Water
or wherever they decide to have it, and I think
we should be okay. So yeah, I mean it it's
nowhere near confirmed, but look, if it does come, then
I think it'll bring as you say, a lot of
a lot of economic benefit to that city and a
lot of new fans to golf.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
Perhaps they pay us to turn up if they're into
paying us some money to be in a rent a crowd.
Speaker 4 (13:23):
I'm there, No, I'm not. I would never do that,
would not soil myself like that.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
As you were saying that, I thought, no, you wouldn't.
Speaker 4 (13:30):
You would, you would, you would.
Speaker 3 (13:32):
Everybody has their price, like a billion dollars.
Speaker 4 (13:37):
Is driven snow, so they really are.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
Hey, logger Wood going to Southland on tomorrow afternoon. Can
you see the log being prized away from those dirty
rotten shield breakers the Hawk's Bay magpiles.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
Well. Leed's hope that South then takes some energy from
the game against Otago where they roll their neighbors and
can take that up to Hawks Bay. I mean they
Hawk's Bay just got through last week, but I spect
to be slightly more stout. But it did something about
the Southern side, who had been so bad for so
long that they might return back to the glory days.
(14:10):
We'd like to think. And of course, coming from the
by nment myself, of course I'm going to back the
Stags to get it done.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Yeah, I'd like to see them get it done as well.
You know, I like it when the shield gets shared
around to places where it doesn't go often. But yeah,
but also of course I think you know the way
that the Magpies treated that log of wood like it
was just a hunker would last year.
Speaker 3 (14:28):
What could South them do to it? I mean, can
they up the ante if they get it? What could
they possibly do? Like shuck oysters on it?
Speaker 2 (14:34):
I reckon it goes into a mimi during duck shooting season,
sits off to one side as a good luck charm
perhaps deep in the South during day.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
As long as they don't shoot it, that's the main thing.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
Keep it away from any firearms. All right, it's very
comfy of the lounge, but we got to get out.
That's us for another.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
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Speaker 2 (14:58):
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Speaker 4 (15:09):
Dust and if you.
Speaker 3 (15:10):
Want more on sport News Talk ZBB seven and eight
mondayut of Friday is a sports talk myself or Piney.
Of course, Piney's got the reins. I come the weekend
show which is week in Sport from twelve through three
Saturday and Sunday. I don't forget to watch the Indiecar
Championship Scott Dixon sitting third that returns again on Monday morning.
Of course, Israel US back fighting again in Perth on Sunday,
(15:33):
and the All Blacks loss to look forward to.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
HA lots indeed, see you Monday for.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
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