On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave for Tuesday 6th May 2025 former Warrior and Kiwi Lewis Brown takes a look at the Wah’s class of ‘25. A dogged defensive effort against the Cowboys after scooting off to a big lead...and they stood resolute in the face of the vibrant Queenslanders. What’s changed? Can it last? Where did it come from?
D’Arcy reflects on the horrible news of the death of Kiwi Superbike rider Shane Henderson.
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The Warrior for mkiwe as we dare dream that the
Warriors might actually have something going on this year. I've
got some opinion around the tragic passing of Shane Richardson.
And we joined the chamber by Alex Powell, sports news
journalist from the New Zealand Herald. All of this of
(01:04):
course and association with the fine both J Gardner Holmes,
New Zealand's most trusted home builder. Let's get amongst.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
In other news.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
And today's athletes speak.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Is it our year?
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Sorry? Their year? Warrior's success is not under my influence.
I'm just an interested bystander. AnyWho goover kron former storm
and roosters. Half now on the microphone is all over
the Rise and Rise of Wars seven metcalf and he
knows a week bit.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
About that jersey.
Speaker 5 (01:39):
And the other way is the communication about canaty around kill.
He's doing both spoken about his skill and passing the
running game. They're the things that are half gained respect
for the rest of the team.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
There is a new world snooker champion and the first
man from Asia to achieve that lofty height, victorious at
the Crucible and ready to drain some frothies, as Zusn
Koon celeb.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
Yeah, maybe you have have a good drink today.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
It's still nothing confirmed in the broadcast space bird Meat
for New Zealand have a master plan and says there
will be a twenty twenty six a en Zed Championship.
Fern skipper Meli and Echanacio has faith in the process
regards it's being.
Speaker 6 (02:31):
Quite upper in the air. You know it's for however long,
so it is quite strange, you know, to feel like
you have no idea what's happening with your job. So yeah,
it definitely is a relief to know that it's being
worked through right now, and that's six franchises you know
will be going ahead.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
Score a try pot of black and stick it in
the mets. That's all done, and that's sport in a flash.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Use add It's Sportsfix with Dancie Valdegrave.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
We're joined now in SPORTSFX podcast by a former Warrior,
former Kiwi Lewis Brown, as we look at the rise
and the rise of the Warriors. Welcome to the podcast.
Lewis and the Warriors looking likely right now. Lot don't
want to get too carried away, but you know it's
like when you were playing, it's our year, So what
do you reckon? How are they going to go this here?
(03:19):
Because they've shown everything so far.
Speaker 7 (03:22):
Yeah, it's the biggest question, isn't it you know, consistency.
You know, they've probably shown all areas of their game.
You know they're you know, obviously the negatives. You know
where they've sort of you know, got beat round one,
come out a bit flat, you know, the whole the
whole Vegas thing sort of I feel like got to
them a little bit, a lot of travel and then
you know, sort of found their straps and have really
(03:43):
sort of hung hung their hat on their defense, and
not not just the way they defend, but the belief
that they're having each other. Like you know, like you know,
we speak about the game in the weekend against the
Cowboy study to twenty six. You know that that game
in the last two or three years, we would have
lost that by twenty The way that they showed resilience,
the back to back efforts and you know the position,
(04:06):
you know, fifty five forty five.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
You know, the way we defended our line. It's just
like really proud.
Speaker 7 (04:11):
It's something I really haven't seen for a long time
for especially for like a really really like we've got
a pretty young core of boys in that team, you know,
like you know, the young half the outside backs of
very young.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Our back roles are young, you know, so you know.
Speaker 7 (04:26):
To be helped to have their attitude and you know,
had that DNA that what webe talks about completing the
sets and you know, the DNA for the Warriors has
given themselves an opportunity to actually compete in the game.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
And you know, on the weekend they did that.
Speaker 7 (04:39):
And you know, I spoke to someone yesterday from the
club and I think the way that they won the game.
I preferred them to win it thirty to twenty six,
and you know running away thirty to.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Thirty to ten.
Speaker 7 (04:50):
You know it's it's you know, so many lessons you
can take out of that good win, especially you know
the defense in the second half. But you know, Rogu
Leagus about momentum, it is always going to change. And
you know for the for the Warriors, you know, they
won that game. And I'm really really proud, and I'm
sure that the whole country and the whole fan base
is really about the young group of boys, how they
(05:10):
turned up for each other at Magic Run.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
You had the score and what was it thirty sixth
fifty eighth sixty third minute and you said you want
them to win like that, you're a massacrest thuis brown.
But the fact that they managed to actually up and
defend for those last handful of minutes and not let
it slide. And you take into account what happened last year,
the amount of games they lost by between two and
(05:34):
six points was off the hook. So where did the
steel come from? What do you think projected to that
place where they could defend after having a healthy lead
then living it slide.
Speaker 7 (05:45):
Oh, just attitude I think, you know, like a lot
of people don't really understand, but been on that line
and turning another team away that's had so much more
momentum for like, you know, fifteen to twenty minutes, it
actually builds confidence and it builds energy, you know, like
it's it's you know, stuff like that. You know, you know,
a lot lot letting people in. It's it's a massive
confidence built, especially for a young young core like that.
(06:07):
And you know they like the platform very very early,
you know, and things were going our way, you know,
heading into halftime, we were looking good until obviously dead
and pinched one there next to that, right next to
the left hand upright, and you know it was game on.
You know the Cowboys that you know, they've you know,
no no lead is safe against his Cowboys team. They've
got strike pay everywhere, especially in attackmo. You know, drink
(06:30):
water dead and he's a running half. We saw that
in the weekend and then you know, obviously we had
some injuries and then obviously Luki so Kurk cake Well
gets put put in the centers and they were really
you know, really isolated him out there. But you know
that the boys around him and Hi himself did his
job and they keep turning ugh for each other. So
a massive confidence lifter, you know, coming and coming as
(06:50):
probably like you know, outsiders as well. You know people
were calling us underdogs, but you know the way that
Lukie Metcalf stood up and you know the way that
him and Chanel really complimented each other, the way that
the way that way Egan's going to about his work
around the ruck, very very smart.
Speaker 4 (07:07):
And then and Clark mate, like, you know, the kid,
the kid is a warrior, a junior warrior, and you.
Speaker 7 (07:13):
Know he's come back to the club of a point
to prove and he's really doing that. I feel like
he's been a real buyer of the years, a real
buyer of the season, and he's really fitting that. You know,
he's wearing thirteen, but he's ultimately playing that utility role
through the middle.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
And you know those those stocky boys you.
Speaker 7 (07:27):
Know under five five, five eleven, you know, one hundred
killows and that's the tough to handle.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
And you know he's got good good ball schools.
Speaker 7 (07:34):
You know, obviously coming back you know background of a
hooker and you know the way that he leads our
line speed in a kickchase as well.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
And he's really really.
Speaker 7 (07:42):
What I love about Aaron is the way he leads
the effort areas as well. Kick chase, mark a pressure, kick, pressure,
et cetera like that. You know, that's just that's the
small things that that get us across the line. Now,
the small things that made us one. In the weekend,
We've got.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Just the ticket. It's sports Vix News Talks Ivy.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
Rist Easy Shane Shane Richardson lost his life in a
motorcycle accident. He was one of two riders who died
after an eleven bike incident at the British Supersport Championship event.
Quey Morgan McLaren Wood was also involved but suffered only
minor injuries. It's awful news to wake up to and
(08:25):
I'm just a bystander for his friends, his family and
fellow competitors. My heart goes out to you as you
process this tragedy. On the back of every Laniard or
Swinger when you go to motorsport events, it says motorsport
is dangerous. There aren't many sports, if any where you
(08:47):
risk losing your life as part of what you're doing.
In the nature of competition, these devotees to motorsport know
exactly the risks they are taking on. They are addicted
to the adrenaline, They love what they do, and if
they spend too much time thinking about the ultimate sacrifice,
(09:10):
they wouldn't go out there and do. It reminds me
of when Emma Davies Dixon, in reference to her husband
Scott Dixon, said once around the accidents at IndyCar, I
thought it was my turn, meaning she thought she was
going to be yet another widow in motorsport for the
(09:33):
wife and two kids of Richardson. This is a reality
right here, right now. When I watch motorsport and I
see a big accident, I don't go, yeah, look at that,
because I know at the other end of these big
accidents what the ultimate result can be. It's horrific, it's frightening,
(09:55):
but these athletes are willing to sacrifice at all in
the name of speed. Veil Shane Richardson, Ride in peace.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
The Chamber is.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
Now in session on Sports vag A, fresh from the
Hill of Sports News desk.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
It is Alex Pell. Welcome to the chamber. Alex, good afternoon.
Speaker 8 (10:16):
Thank you for having me, and.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
It's a great excuse to talk race cars. Why are
we here, Well, we're talking about the Warriors. Well, injury
crisis later on the piece, if you can call up
that compared to last year, but problematic. At least they're
not getting whistled out of the game. But that's for
the next time. Let's talk about Formula one. Let's talk
about what's happening with Lin Lawson, because suddenly the energy's
(10:38):
gone across the road to another driver doing another one
of the rookies. Looks like he's walking the plank.
Speaker 8 (10:46):
Oh, I don't know if he's walking the plank as
much as he's been pushed off it, but it sounds like, yeah,
the Alpine are going to follow suit, follow Rebell as example,
and make a bit of a change just six races
into themselves.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
They too harsh, these teams on these young drivers. Do
they do they even give them enough rope or not.
Speaker 8 (11:02):
I wouldn't say they harsh on the young drivers. I'd
say the harsh on the drivers for so let's not
forget Daniel Ricardo getting sacked as well. He's not exactly young,
but no, so, I mean, the story here is that Alpine,
over the course of the off season signed Franko Colopinto
to a reserve driver deal for what's reported to be
five million euros a season. Franko Colobinto was the guy
who went into Williams last year and they sacked Logan Sergeant,
(11:23):
who finished the season quite well. Was meant to be
in the mix for the red Bull seat that lem
Lawson eventually got, but Red Bull said no, they don't
want to. They kept riding his car off. So Alpine
snapped them up and now it looks like they're going
to use them.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
And they're going to use them as a teammatee with
Pierre Ghastly. I suppose if you look at pure results
in that team Alpine, between Doing and Ghastly, and you
could say peer's quite like he do right or not?
Speaker 8 (11:46):
Yeah, but Gasly's got form in the book. You know
he's been there for what six years? Ghazzly, who was
Bretan Hartley's teammate as I remember so way back then.
I think that was what his rookie or his second
year on the job. I think that's a really solid
driver pairing, don't you. Ghasly and Colobindo.
Speaker 3 (12:02):
Well, as long as Colopinto can keep it off the AMCO,
that's it's the main thing. But I think that with
drivers like this, you need that enthusiasm, you need that
ability to go I'm really going to push this thing,
and every now and then I'm going to end up
in the weeds. But that's the way it goes. They
like that aggression. That's the nature of Formula One. It
mentioned poor Liam Lawson. You wrote a great piece over
(12:26):
the weekend, was it week in the Yes that I
always track it, Yeah, around around the trouble at Mill
that Liam's had. I'm not entirely sure if I can
remember a driver so soon to the season having so
many issues that some of them about him, a lot
of them aren't about him as well. Do you think
that Red Bull the Racing Bulls carry that and go, yeah,
(12:49):
we've cocked up, He's cocked up.
Speaker 8 (12:52):
I know for a fact that Racing Balls absolutely love
Lem Lawson. They love the work he brings the team
off the track, how much he helps in the cars development. However,
Racing Balls is a subsidiary of Red Bull, and if
Red Bull don't see Liam Lawson as a potential candidate
to be a Red Bull driver long term, he doesn't
have much value to them. As we've seen with you
who was sort of parked there because he bought in
(13:14):
eight figures a year from from Honda. Pierre Gasley was
left there until he just got to move to LPN.
So it's not as though it's without precedent. I think
we are expecting too much to Slemilson, Like it's only
been six races this season, Like that's not a lot
of Grand Prix to get through. You know, you have
to give them time. You can't just come in.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
How much more time has Hadja had his teammate because
he's out calling him at the moment he's he's he's
the guy and there that's fine, you've got to beat
your teammate. But when the competition of those twos are
well and good, but when your equipment isn't playing the game,
it makes it hard. But you're not helping yourself when
your equipment is working, falling fout on the marshals, right,
(13:57):
that's all on him.
Speaker 8 (13:58):
Well, Haja has had two more races, But that's the
whole point is that he you know, he got the
start of season, he got a pre season. You're right,
Lean Malwson has brings some of this on himself. He's
going for these risky overtakes, dive wing into corners and
getting pinned for it. But that's what he should be doing.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
As we go back to Coloropendo, He's got that risk
reward situation. I'm going to beat you. I'm getting into
that corner and drivers look in their winger. It's not
that they're probably do and go as him.
Speaker 8 (14:24):
Yeah, I mean you and may have both covered limb
since he was a teenager, you know. And if he
stops doing that, then that's when I'd be worried because
that means he's not a race So that means he's
just a driver, and we want.
Speaker 3 (14:33):
Him to be a racer. We do, and we want
him to move on up to red booll. I got
to say it. It may sound awful, it was quite
quite like what Yuki Sonoda's doing when he's actually on
the track.
Speaker 8 (14:43):
I think Yuki has done comparatively quite well given the
disadvantage he's got and coming into that seat. But that's
what you know, one hundred races worth experience brings.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
Absolutely it does. Right, Let's move away from that before
we start saying, oh my god, who's going to beat McLaren.
Let's just let that one go for another time go
to the Warriors. What a burner there on. What a
great start to the season. Unlike last time this weekend
the close ones are won and that is epic for them.
Speaker 8 (15:10):
But injury injuries, man, oh my god, they've lost a couple,
more so Rocker berries out when the Hampston injury. The
poor bug I just cannot stay fit. You know, he'll
he'll come in for one week and then be out
for three done a hamstring. The big one for me,
not in terms of what the team loses, but in
terms of what it means to play the Warriors. Ed
cost he's done as collarbone, saving a try early against
(15:33):
the Cowboys and played the whole game like that just
shows what's going on this season, like they want to
be out there for each other. We talked earlier today
off Mike obviously about Aaron Clark and what he's given
to the team. But they spoke to them after the
game and said, oh, how good is it to be
playing at the Warriors. He said, yeah, I'm here playing
with my mates. I love this team. You know that's
going to take some beating. You know, they are going
to turn some teams over because like the NRL is
(15:54):
quite disjointed. You know, there's a lot of politics. There's
a lot of you know, stuff going on behind the
scenes that you don't hear, where players are sort of
going after each other. But to have a united front
like that. And Andrew Webster said that in his media
conference today, Like the difference between last year where everything
sort of went wrong and this year where that's everything's
gone right so far, is that the unity of the team.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Look Houtma is also going very right this year. No,
he's gone on top. Oh really's gone Guinness, Yeah, okay,
here you go. No, they don't pay much attention to
that because my lead is so sick. I wouldn't make
any comment or anything else. So they're out. But there
was also the return of three very influential players, and
(16:36):
I keep forgetting that that there are three guys there
who you build a team around that are sitting on
the sideline. Andrew webs is going, oh no, when you
come back, I'm I've got a few decisions to make.
Speaker 8 (16:46):
And I hope be loving it. If you said when
James Fisher Harris limped off against the storm that they'd
be three and oh, you know, that's that's amazing, huge
reads so much. Barnett like he's just such an underappreciated
well and I don't really think is. I think he
was under appreciate it. Now I think we do slowly
understand and.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
Him and Jackson Forden and now they're actually their room together,
they lived together at the moment I'm talking to ford
and talking to Barnett about it. But yeah, you're right.
But then Fisher Harris is going to come back. He'll
be sitting a touchline going hold on, hold on, I
want a part of this. Roger two of Vasa check,
Dulan Wattony Zeleishnaiak. Those are two huge names in the sport.
Speaker 8 (17:24):
Yeah, you think what they've done so far this season
and they've not even had their two best wingers.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
No, well, I Picky is doing a fantastic job. The
guys are coming up. Cosey did well, So there is
an injury issue, but that's the nature of the NRL.
Your thoughts on the reliability of the guys stepping up,
We've got to say right now, you'd have to say
they've got this because that's what they're proven. Over the
(17:50):
last handful of round.
Speaker 8 (17:51):
We hear a lot, not just in the atit in
sport of the next man up mentality. You know, it's
not about you, it's about doing your role for the team.
And that's what the Warriors have basically had the whole time.
Pandurine like, if you look at Andrew Ibster's Warrior's tenure,
I would be amazed if there has been a single
week in three years where he's had every one available.
It feels like someone's always out and they just get
(18:11):
through it.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
That's the nature of the NRL players break. She's a
rather vibrant and brutal competition. Out of the New Zealander
Herald's sports decks, mister Alex Pale, thank you so much
for joining us in the chamber.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
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We release this Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Make sure
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the Fix today to be talking with Lewis Brown from
The Warrior for mkiwe as we dare dream that the
Warriors might actually have something going on this year. I've
got some opinion around the tragic passing of Shane Richardson.
And we joined the chamber by Alex Powell, sports news
journalist from the New Zealand Herald. All of this of
(01:04):
course and association with the fine both J Gardner Holmes,
New Zealand's most trusted home builder. Let's get amongst.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
In other news.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
And today's athletes speak.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Is it our year?
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Sorry? Their year? Warrior's success is not under my influence.
I'm just an interested bystander. AnyWho goover kron former storm
and roosters. Half now on the microphone is all over
the Rise and Rise of Wars seven metcalf and he
knows a week bit.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
About that jersey.
Speaker 5 (01:39):
And the other way is the communication about canaty around kill.
He's doing both spoken about his skill and passing the
running game. They're the things that are half gained respect
for the rest of the team.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
There is a new world snooker champion and the first
man from Asia to achieve that lofty height, victorious at
the Crucible and ready to drain some frothies, as Zusn
Koon celeb.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
Yeah, maybe you have have a good drink today.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
It's still nothing confirmed in the broadcast space bird Meat
for New Zealand have a master plan and says there
will be a twenty twenty six a en Zed Championship.
Fern skipper Meli and Echanacio has faith in the process
regards it's being.
Speaker 6 (02:31):
Quite upper in the air. You know it's for however long,
so it is quite strange, you know, to feel like
you have no idea what's happening with your job. So yeah,
it definitely is a relief to know that it's being
worked through right now, and that's six franchises you know
will be going ahead.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
Score a try pot of black and stick it in
the mets. That's all done, and that's sport in a flash.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Use add It's Sportsfix with Dancie Valdegrave.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
We're joined now in SPORTSFX podcast by a former Warrior,
former Kiwi Lewis Brown, as we look at the rise
and the rise of the Warriors. Welcome to the podcast.
Lewis and the Warriors looking likely right now. Lot don't
want to get too carried away, but you know it's
like when you were playing, it's our year, So what
do you reckon? How are they going to go this here?
(03:19):
Because they've shown everything so far.
Speaker 7 (03:22):
Yeah, it's the biggest question, isn't it you know, consistency.
You know, they've probably shown all areas of their game.
You know they're you know, obviously the negatives. You know
where they've sort of you know, got beat round one,
come out a bit flat, you know, the whole the
whole Vegas thing sort of I feel like got to
them a little bit, a lot of travel and then
you know, sort of found their straps and have really
(03:43):
sort of hung hung their hat on their defense, and
not not just the way they defend, but the belief
that they're having each other. Like you know, like you know,
we speak about the game in the weekend against the
Cowboy study to twenty six. You know that that game
in the last two or three years, we would have
lost that by twenty The way that they showed resilience,
the back to back efforts and you know the position,
(04:06):
you know, fifty five forty five.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
You know, the way we defended our line. It's just
like really proud.
Speaker 7 (04:11):
It's something I really haven't seen for a long time
for especially for like a really really like we've got
a pretty young core of boys in that team, you know,
like you know, the young half the outside backs of
very young.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Our back roles are young, you know, so you know.
Speaker 7 (04:26):
To be helped to have their attitude and you know,
had that DNA that what webe talks about completing the
sets and you know, the DNA for the Warriors has
given themselves an opportunity to actually compete in the game.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
And you know, on the weekend they did that.
Speaker 7 (04:39):
And you know, I spoke to someone yesterday from the
club and I think the way that they won the game.
I preferred them to win it thirty to twenty six,
and you know running away thirty to.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Thirty to ten.
Speaker 7 (04:50):
You know it's it's you know, so many lessons you
can take out of that good win, especially you know
the defense in the second half. But you know, Rogu
Leagus about momentum, it is always going to change. And
you know for the for the Warriors, you know, they
won that game. And I'm really really proud, and I'm
sure that the whole country and the whole fan base
is really about the young group of boys, how they
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turned up for each other at Magic Run.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
You had the score and what was it thirty sixth
fifty eighth sixty third minute and you said you want
them to win like that, you're a massacrest thuis brown.
But the fact that they managed to actually up and
defend for those last handful of minutes and not let
it slide. And you take into account what happened last year,
the amount of games they lost by between two and
(05:34):
six points was off the hook. So where did the
steel come from? What do you think projected to that
place where they could defend after having a healthy lead
then living it slide.
Speaker 7 (05:45):
Oh, just attitude I think, you know, like a lot
of people don't really understand, but been on that line
and turning another team away that's had so much more
momentum for like, you know, fifteen to twenty minutes, it
actually builds confidence and it builds energy, you know, like
it's it's you know, stuff like that. You know, you know,
a lot lot letting people in. It's it's a massive
confidence built, especially for a young young core like that.
(06:07):
And you know they like the platform very very early,
you know, and things were going our way, you know,
heading into halftime, we were looking good until obviously dead
and pinched one there next to that, right next to
the left hand upright, and you know it was game on.
You know the Cowboys that you know, they've you know,
no no lead is safe against his Cowboys team. They've
got strike pay everywhere, especially in attackmo. You know, drink
(06:30):
water dead and he's a running half. We saw that
in the weekend and then you know, obviously we had
some injuries and then obviously Luki so Kurk cake Well
gets put put in the centers and they were really
you know, really isolated him out there. But you know
that the boys around him and Hi himself did his
job and they keep turning ugh for each other. So
a massive confidence lifter, you know, coming and coming as
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probably like you know, outsiders as well. You know people
were calling us underdogs, but you know the way that
Lukie Metcalf stood up and you know the way that
him and Chanel really complimented each other, the way that
the way that way Egan's going to about his work
around the ruck, very very smart.
Speaker 4 (07:07):
And then and Clark mate, like, you know, the kid,
the kid is a warrior, a junior warrior, and you.
Speaker 7 (07:13):
Know he's come back to the club of a point
to prove and he's really doing that. I feel like
he's been a real buyer of the years, a real
buyer of the season, and he's really fitting that. You know,
he's wearing thirteen, but he's ultimately playing that utility role
through the middle.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
And you know those those stocky boys you.
Speaker 7 (07:27):
Know under five five, five eleven, you know, one hundred
killows and that's the tough to handle.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
And you know he's got good good ball schools.
Speaker 7 (07:34):
You know, obviously coming back you know background of a
hooker and you know the way that he leads our
line speed in a kickchase as well.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
And he's really really.
Speaker 7 (07:42):
What I love about Aaron is the way he leads
the effort areas as well. Kick chase, mark a pressure, kick, pressure,
et cetera like that. You know, that's just that's the
small things that that get us across the line. Now,
the small things that made us one. In the weekend,
We've got.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Just the ticket. It's sports Vix News Talks Ivy.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
Rist Easy Shane Shane Richardson lost his life in a
motorcycle accident. He was one of two riders who died
after an eleven bike incident at the British Supersport Championship event.
Quey Morgan McLaren Wood was also involved but suffered only
minor injuries. It's awful news to wake up to and
(08:25):
I'm just a bystander for his friends, his family and
fellow competitors. My heart goes out to you as you
process this tragedy. On the back of every Laniard or
Swinger when you go to motorsport events, it says motorsport
is dangerous. There aren't many sports, if any where you
(08:47):
risk losing your life as part of what you're doing.
In the nature of competition, these devotees to motorsport know
exactly the risks they are taking on. They are addicted
to the adrenaline, They love what they do, and if
they spend too much time thinking about the ultimate sacrifice,
(09:10):
they wouldn't go out there and do. It reminds me
of when Emma Davies Dixon, in reference to her husband
Scott Dixon, said once around the accidents at IndyCar, I
thought it was my turn, meaning she thought she was
going to be yet another widow in motorsport for the
(09:33):
wife and two kids of Richardson. This is a reality
right here, right now. When I watch motorsport and I
see a big accident, I don't go, yeah, look at that,
because I know at the other end of these big
accidents what the ultimate result can be. It's horrific, it's frightening,
(09:55):
but these athletes are willing to sacrifice at all in
the name of speed. Veil Shane Richardson, Ride in peace.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
The Chamber is.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
Now in session on Sports vag A, fresh from the
Hill of Sports News desk.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
It is Alex Pell. Welcome to the chamber. Alex, good afternoon.
Speaker 8 (10:16):
Thank you for having me, and.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
It's a great excuse to talk race cars. Why are
we here, Well, we're talking about the Warriors. Well, injury
crisis later on the piece, if you can call up
that compared to last year, but problematic. At least they're
not getting whistled out of the game. But that's for
the next time. Let's talk about Formula one. Let's talk
about what's happening with Lin Lawson, because suddenly the energy's
(10:38):
gone across the road to another driver doing another one
of the rookies. Looks like he's walking the plank.
Speaker 8 (10:46):
Oh, I don't know if he's walking the plank as
much as he's been pushed off it, but it sounds like, yeah,
the Alpine are going to follow suit, follow Rebell as example,
and make a bit of a change just six races
into themselves.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
They too harsh, these teams on these young drivers. Do
they do they even give them enough rope or not.
Speaker 8 (11:02):
I wouldn't say they harsh on the young drivers. I'd
say the harsh on the drivers for so let's not
forget Daniel Ricardo getting sacked as well. He's not exactly young,
but no, so, I mean, the story here is that Alpine,
over the course of the off season signed Franko Colopinto
to a reserve driver deal for what's reported to be
five million euros a season. Franko Colobinto was the guy
who went into Williams last year and they sacked Logan Sergeant,
(11:23):
who finished the season quite well. Was meant to be
in the mix for the red Bull seat that lem
Lawson eventually got, but Red Bull said no, they don't
want to. They kept riding his car off. So Alpine
snapped them up and now it looks like they're going
to use them.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
And they're going to use them as a teammatee with
Pierre Ghastly. I suppose if you look at pure results
in that team Alpine, between Doing and Ghastly, and you
could say peer's quite like he do right or not?
Speaker 8 (11:46):
Yeah, but Gasly's got form in the book. You know
he's been there for what six years? Ghazzly, who was
Bretan Hartley's teammate as I remember so way back then.
I think that was what his rookie or his second
year on the job. I think that's a really solid
driver pairing, don't you. Ghasly and Colobindo.
Speaker 3 (12:02):
Well, as long as Colopinto can keep it off the AMCO,
that's it's the main thing. But I think that with
drivers like this, you need that enthusiasm, you need that
ability to go I'm really going to push this thing,
and every now and then I'm going to end up
in the weeds. But that's the way it goes. They
like that aggression. That's the nature of Formula One. It
mentioned poor Liam Lawson. You wrote a great piece over
(12:26):
the weekend, was it week in the Yes that I
always track it, Yeah, around around the trouble at Mill
that Liam's had. I'm not entirely sure if I can
remember a driver so soon to the season having so
many issues that some of them about him, a lot
of them aren't about him as well. Do you think
that Red Bull the Racing Bulls carry that and go, yeah,
(12:49):
we've cocked up, He's cocked up.
Speaker 8 (12:52):
I know for a fact that Racing Balls absolutely love
Lem Lawson. They love the work he brings the team
off the track, how much he helps in the cars development. However,
Racing Balls is a subsidiary of Red Bull, and if
Red Bull don't see Liam Lawson as a potential candidate
to be a Red Bull driver long term, he doesn't
have much value to them. As we've seen with you
who was sort of parked there because he bought in
(13:14):
eight figures a year from from Honda. Pierre Gasley was
left there until he just got to move to LPN.
So it's not as though it's without precedent. I think
we are expecting too much to Slemilson, Like it's only
been six races this season, Like that's not a lot
of Grand Prix to get through. You know, you have
to give them time. You can't just come in.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
How much more time has Hadja had his teammate because
he's out calling him at the moment he's he's he's
the guy and there that's fine, you've got to beat
your teammate. But when the competition of those twos are
well and good, but when your equipment isn't playing the game,
it makes it hard. But you're not helping yourself when
your equipment is working, falling fout on the marshals, right,
(13:57):
that's all on him.
Speaker 8 (13:58):
Well, Haja has had two more races, But that's the
whole point is that he you know, he got the
start of season, he got a pre season. You're right,
Lean Malwson has brings some of this on himself. He's
going for these risky overtakes, dive wing into corners and
getting pinned for it. But that's what he should be doing.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
As we go back to Coloropendo, He's got that risk
reward situation. I'm going to beat you. I'm getting into
that corner and drivers look in their winger. It's not
that they're probably do and go as him.
Speaker 8 (14:24):
Yeah, I mean you and may have both covered limb
since he was a teenager, you know. And if he
stops doing that, then that's when I'd be worried because
that means he's not a race So that means he's
just a driver, and we want.
Speaker 3 (14:33):
Him to be a racer. We do, and we want
him to move on up to red booll. I got
to say it. It may sound awful, it was quite
quite like what Yuki Sonoda's doing when he's actually on
the track.
Speaker 8 (14:43):
I think Yuki has done comparatively quite well given the
disadvantage he's got and coming into that seat. But that's
what you know, one hundred races worth experience brings.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
Absolutely it does. Right, Let's move away from that before
we start saying, oh my god, who's going to beat McLaren.
Let's just let that one go for another time go
to the Warriors. What a burner there on. What a
great start to the season. Unlike last time this weekend
the close ones are won and that is epic for them.
Speaker 8 (15:10):
But injury injuries, man, oh my god, they've lost a couple,
more so Rocker berries out when the Hampston injury. The
poor bug I just cannot stay fit. You know, he'll
he'll come in for one week and then be out
for three done a hamstring. The big one for me,
not in terms of what the team loses, but in
terms of what it means to play the Warriors. Ed
cost he's done as collarbone, saving a try early against
(15:33):
the Cowboys and played the whole game like that just
shows what's going on this season, like they want to
be out there for each other. We talked earlier today
off Mike obviously about Aaron Clark and what he's given
to the team. But they spoke to them after the
game and said, oh, how good is it to be
playing at the Warriors. He said, yeah, I'm here playing
with my mates. I love this team. You know that's
going to take some beating. You know, they are going
to turn some teams over because like the NRL is
(15:54):
quite disjointed. You know, there's a lot of politics. There's
a lot of you know, stuff going on behind the
scenes that you don't hear, where players are sort of
going after each other. But to have a united front
like that. And Andrew Webster said that in his media
conference today, Like the difference between last year where everything
sort of went wrong and this year where that's everything's
gone right so far, is that the unity of the team.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Look Houtma is also going very right this year. No,
he's gone on top. Oh really's gone Guinness, Yeah, okay,
here you go. No, they don't pay much attention to
that because my lead is so sick. I wouldn't make
any comment or anything else. So they're out. But there
was also the return of three very influential players, and
(16:36):
I keep forgetting that that there are three guys there
who you build a team around that are sitting on
the sideline. Andrew webs is going, oh no, when you
come back, I'm I've got a few decisions to make.
Speaker 8 (16:46):
And I hope be loving it. If you said when
James Fisher Harris limped off against the storm that they'd
be three and oh, you know, that's that's amazing, huge
reads so much. Barnett like he's just such an underappreciated
well and I don't really think is. I think he
was under appreciate it. Now I think we do slowly
understand and.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
Him and Jackson Forden and now they're actually their room together,
they lived together at the moment I'm talking to ford
and talking to Barnett about it. But yeah, you're right.
But then Fisher Harris is going to come back. He'll
be sitting a touchline going hold on, hold on, I
want a part of this. Roger two of Vasa check,
Dulan Wattony Zeleishnaiak. Those are two huge names in the sport.
Speaker 8 (17:24):
Yeah, you think what they've done so far this season
and they've not even had their two best wingers.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
No, well, I Picky is doing a fantastic job. The
guys are coming up. Cosey did well, So there is
an injury issue, but that's the nature of the NRL.
Your thoughts on the reliability of the guys stepping up,
We've got to say right now, you'd have to say
they've got this because that's what they're proven. Over the
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last handful of round.
Speaker 8 (17:51):
We hear a lot, not just in the atit in
sport of the next man up mentality. You know, it's
not about you, it's about doing your role for the team.
And that's what the Warriors have basically had the whole time.
Pandurine like, if you look at Andrew Ibster's Warrior's tenure,
I would be amazed if there has been a single
week in three years where he's had every one available.
It feels like someone's always out and they just get
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through it.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
That's the nature of the NRL players break. She's a
rather vibrant and brutal competition. Out of the New Zealander
Herald's sports decks, mister Alex Pale, thank you so much
for joining us in the chamber.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
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