December 2, 2025 • 19 mins
On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave for 2nd December 2025, The Netball NZ story just keeps on going. The Waikato Bay of Plenty Zone has said enough is enough and has declared their intention for the Netball NZ Chief executive and board to be replaced. D'Arcy is joined by Teams Relationship Manager of the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Gary Dawson to discuss
D'Arcy shares his thoughts on the new format that was used to decide the Supercar champion at Adelaide over the weekend.
And D'Arcy and NZ Herald head of sport Winston Aldworth discuss the draws being decided this week for the Rugby World Cup and the FIFA World Cup aswell as the positive signs for Liam Lawsons F1 future.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:21):
Hi. Welcome on and to the Sports Fixed podcast. Everything
you need to know about sport of a day, that
day being Tuesday, the two of December twenty twenty. I'm
Darcy Wallergrave here courtesy the Fine Folkus GJ. Gardner Holmes,
New Zealand's most trusted home builders. In this edition of
(00:41):
The Fix, we're going to have a chat with former
CEO of the White Little Bay of Plenty Magic and
someone who's still involved in net polomat community, Gary Dawson,
to talk about the continuing ruckus at the highest level.
I've got some words around the chaos of the Supercar Championship.
That format is terrible. I'll say it now before you
(01:04):
hear my rant. And we'll be joined in the chamber
by Winston all Worth. Winston is the Grand Poobah who
is the chief of the New Zealand Heralds Sports Department,
and will chat to him about some pretty big happenings
over the next three or four days in the world
of sport. That's the master plans, so why not hit go?
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Let's do this.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
In News and Today's Tripled dep Sporting gamble, the White Couple,
they have plenty zone in New Zealand Netball have had
enough of the chaos at head office, say all of
the regions have probably had enough as well. But the
White Couple are doing something. They want New Zealand Netball
leadership gone. Toting a Netball Center board chair Nicola confidences
(01:50):
issues have been building quite some time.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
We are unhappy with the way things have progressed in
the last probably year.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Actually, three of the country's five zones must call a
special general meeting for a vote of no confidence to
take place. Everything that's good, it's all good. Even when
it's bad, there is still good to be found. Tall
Black's head coach Judd Flavel is looking up after US
men were beaten to nil by the Aussie Boomers in
(02:21):
World Cup qualifiers. A buzzer beat got the Okas over
the line last night, and Joey doesn't feel as good
without pain, right Judd.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
And here it's now, But these these experiences help us grow.
Speaker 4 (02:35):
And so we'll taps onto the next window.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
And you know our goal was the DK as many
guys can leave it as possible and autunder FC CEO
Nick Becker is hoping the newcast of Defeat over the
weekend reminds his team of last year's outrageous season and
that bat drives them back north on the A League table.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Were third in the table, we were first a couple
of weeks ago. I went on Saturday, pushed back up
there and.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
You know, we'reas.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Focused as we have been and certainly as you I'll
tell you.
Speaker 5 (03:07):
A little bit more good proceedings as you know what
it feels like to give him the finals and we
want to get back in there and win it.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
The second game of the Derby series versus the Phoenix,
is on this Saturday in Auckland and that is today's
triple Dip Sporting Gamble.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
New It's Sportsfix with Dancygreve.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
And as Warm. Welcome to the Sports Mix podcast to
Gary Dawson, former General manager of the Wakpa Bay of
Plenty Magic, also former CEO of the Chiefs franchise of
White Cattle Rugby, Interim CEO of Northern District Cricket and
currently the team relationship manager for the White Cattle Bay
(03:49):
of plenty Magic g Gary, you won't start working, will you? No?
Speaker 4 (03:53):
I need to. There's someone said I suck at retirement.
So I keep getting drag back into some of these roles.
But it's all good in enjoying it.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Well, you're dragged back into this role. And this whole
tumult of New Zealand netball, it's been going on for
such a long time. The latest one is that there's
a possibility that if three centers get together, they could
issue I suppose a demand for a lack of confidence
in the CEO and the board and inject them stage left.
(04:24):
Could you please just isolate what this actually means. What's
the process here? Do you know?
Speaker 4 (04:30):
Well, first of all, let me say that I don't
represent Waktop, the zone that the community part of the
game with Magic, and we're quite a separate entity. But
having said that, you know, obviously the two are connected
and I think I understand some of the motivation behind
what's going on. So the WACTO, ba Aplin his zone
(04:53):
have got a special general meeting on Sunday where they
want to, you know, discuss a number of issues, one
of which is the lack of confidence in the nipple
New Zealand CEO, chairman and board. But also they are
very unhappy with the way that Dame Norling Totter has
(05:14):
been treated. They've got some real concerns from what I understand,
around the an Ze premiership, at the broadcast deal, and
obviously you know the just the general media reporting about
some of the issues or alleged issues within the Netble
New Zealand organizations. So as a sort of I guess
(05:35):
the owners of the game, the stakeholders' frustrated. From what
I can see, they are very concerned, and so they've
taken this step of calling and then a special general
meeting for the WAK a bapp in his own if
if the resolutions go ahead, I think they need to
be joined by two other zones to then create a
(05:58):
water force a special general meeting of New Zealand NELE.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
That's that's my understanding.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
In essence, what's happened here is that someone finally has
put their head up over the parapet and sy to
hold on. And this is something we haven't seen a
great deal if any of so far. People I wondn't
say they're frightened Gary, because I don't know, but people
aren't wanting to come forward and say, hey, this isn't great,
even though it's apparent, I think to all of us.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
Yeah, And I think what I admire about the centers
within the Wacoba a Pende Zone who have called for
this special general meeting is you know that's standing up
and saying, look, there's a process here that we can use.
We're not happy and we want to, you know, just
raise this issue in a formal, proper way, as opposed
(06:48):
to I think what's been going on for the last
four or five months where there's been a lot of
talk and you know, people are angry and frustrated, but
you know there's a lot.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Of heat in all.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
These issues, but no one's actually put a stake in
the ground and said enough is enough. And you know
there is a formal process which we can try and
go down to get this res matter resolved. And I
really admire the zone for for taking the step.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Why do you think it's taken so long for somebody
to stand up and be counter because this has been
going on for well over a year the trouble here,
what's the reticence? Do you think with people in a
netball New Zealand at a higher level.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
Well, I think one of the from a from the
from the zone, what I can see just talking to
the people in the zone is that I think they've
been hoping that the Netball New Zealand board and chairperson
and CEO would would you get these matters resolved, because
that's there, that's their job, and I think they've been
(07:49):
waiting and hoping and giving them the space to do that.
But I think they've finally run out of patients and said, look,
enough is enough and we want to go down the
special General Meeting path to see if we can implement
some real change. And I think that's the key part
to it. I also think too that you know, there's
(08:11):
been a lot of not a lot of information has
come out about some of these issues because of the
you know, the whole thing around confidentiality, and I think
that has also added to a lot of the frustration
that I think is a feeling that there just hasn't
been the transparency and the communication that's needed and so
finally they've said enough is enough and this is what
(08:32):
we want to do.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Dissecting the sporting agenda, it's Sportsfix with Darcy Waldgrave.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
There's a lot of reving going on excuse the pun,
no I don't and the wonderful world of motor sport.
We are only a day away from the decision around
the future of Liam Lawson. I've been steadfast in my
opinion that with himself and Isaac Hadger both appearing in
a lot of social media and advertising work with Ford
(09:02):
or the engine providers for Red Bull next year, that
Liam's definitely got the job. You don't make the guy
there of your campaign if he hasn't got a contract
for next year. But I'll leave that to one side
because I might get proven wrong overnight. I want to
move to another motor sport. And I watched the Supercars
over the weekend as I do habitually. This year it
(09:24):
was a brave new world. They decided to change the
nature of the Supercars Championship and instead of being the
points leader at the end of the season, the champion
now was whittled down from ten As the end of
the series, the final series slowly came to a finish.
What happened over the weekend to me underlying the fact
(09:47):
that this final series is insane. It's not good for
the competition, it's not good for the teams or the drivers.
Brock Feenie out of Red Bull has been the dominant
driver all season. He's been winning everything, fastest laps all
over the shop. The guy is definitely the best supercar
(10:07):
driver of this season. But the way the final series works.
In the very last race of the season, looking down
the barrel of the gun, he got knocked by Ryan Wood,
which didn't help to circulate and go to the back
of the field, still with plenty of time to come
back and win, get the necessary points to win the championship. Unfortunately,
(10:27):
his car went boom, gone one faulty car and one
race at the end of the season and Chas Moster
is crowned the champion, brot Feenie burst into tears and
it's understandable. The dominant driver throughout the entire year and
with a strange twist in the championship cost him a
(10:49):
title that was rightfully his. See the Car's Australia. Get
in the sea. You've made an absolute mistake. It's a
blight on your championship. Get in there and change it
now before your series goes down the gurglar.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
The chamber is now in session on Sportsfex.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
And the door fallings open into the chamber and we're
joined by the self titled Sports Supremo of the New
Zealand Herald, mister Winston all Worth. Winston, you said that,
I'm going to repeat it. I am after all, Ron Burginy.
Thanks for your time, fella. Are you well?
Speaker 3 (11:23):
I'm well, Darcy. It's great to be on with.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
You and thank you very much for joining us. Big
week coming up. Look, plainy, we've got the ruckus with
New Zealand cricket, with New Zealand netball. Let's just push
that to one side like Brussels sprouts on a plate
and look forward. There's a couple of big draws happening
this week, big international draws that are involving New Zealand teams.
Hit go what have we got?
Speaker 5 (11:46):
Well overnight tonight mate, we're going to find out what's
happening at the Rugby World Cup and so we'll know
who the All Blacks opponents are and obviously we'll know
who's going to knock out Wales in the pool play
so and you're probably cross us two much so this
sixth groups, so it's kind of there's a new structure
to it. And on the one level, that kind of
(12:07):
removes a bit of because that means with these six bands,
six tears, the All Blacks are even less likely to
come up against an opponent that could knock them out.
Having said that, because they's not getting too fary ahead
of ourselves in band two at the moment, you've got Australia,
Scotland and Fiji. In Australia can obviously beat us up
on their day. Scotland Gregor Paul tells me that their day.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Is coming any minute now, and yr Fiji's in there too.
Speaker 5 (12:33):
But I like the idea of a World Cup where
big teams can be beaten in their pools. Like, you know,
it wasn't much fun seeing the All Blacks lose that
opened it to France the last time round. Not much
fun as a fan, but gee, it brings great jeopardy
to the tournament and it made those quarterfinal matches, you know,
all the more intense. So so, but yeah, so we
(12:53):
know who we're going to have, we'll know the paths ahead,
and I think this time tomorrow there'll be a lot
of a lot of you know, back of the back
of a napkin hypotheses on who's going to end up
where and who crucially who do we meet in the quarters,
because that's the real thing with no jeopardy in those
pool in that pool play as you arrive in your
knockouts and you're a bit undercooked, right and I think
(13:17):
you know were but perhaps last time getting knocked about
by France that that helped us when we got to Ireland,
didn't it.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
What's the point though of a World Cup. It's to
promote the game or to make a whole lot of money.
So you can understand whether you want to avoid clashes
of the major ceeded early doors. They don't want to.
They don't want to cost themselves a bottom line because
they're they're a bit they're a bit greedy, aren't they.
Speaker 5 (13:39):
And that's the classic thing is too we are you know,
despite our recent the wobbles of the All Blacks, we're
still in the you know, obviously in the top tier
of this sport, and we can we can already sort
of hypothesize that we'll be heading through the playoffs and
the other draw that's coming up later in the week
for the Men's Football World Cup. New Zealanders is very
(13:59):
much in that that bottom tier. And so on the
one hand, with the all blacks. You know, I'm not
so keen on this big inclusive model, but with the
all I'm quite quite glad that it works out in
our favor.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
So what's it likely to occur? Like, we've got how
many teams are playing, like eight and a half thousand,
isn't it everybody in the world some planets as well?
So what's the.
Speaker 5 (14:21):
Best If you've got to teachail the flag on it,
you get to play at the World Cup now like
that they just want to dominate a massive TV schedule things,
so that that's just getting more more teams involved. I
am with you, like I do think a World Cup
should have I like the I like the idea off
a World Cup has the world in it. You know
(14:43):
that there's a lot of people, particularly in Europe, who
who would rather the World Cup was basically the Euros.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
With a couple of South American teams in it.
Speaker 5 (14:51):
But it's if it's gonna if it's going to capture the.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
Global game, then the whole globe has to be there.
Speaker 5 (14:57):
And you know, there's some pretty there's some pretty gnarly
possibilities for for you know, who who the all whites
could line up against and on the one, and you know,
it'd be great to see your boys run out there
against them, Buppet or Missy or Declan Rice or whoever
you preferred, big big team is. But it'd be nice
(15:19):
to see them sneak through too. Because the other thing
about this big crazy draw for four teams in each pool,
top two go through and the half of the best
placed third third ranked teams, So you know, it really
does open the door for that whatever it is, round
of one hundred that comes after the pool play.
Speaker 3 (15:40):
And you know, there was a lot of interest in this.
Speaker 5 (15:42):
Draw for all its fans because we're a decent team
right now and they should be really thinking about getting
to that next stage.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
Well, that's what I'm saying, That's what I wanted to ask.
So you're telling me there's a chance, so we dumb
and dumbering it here, he might actually get beyond it.
Speaker 3 (15:56):
I didn't.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
I didn't think much could surpass Ricky Herbert's men when
they got knocked out. But Tate didn't lose a game.
That was fantastic. Can we go better?
Speaker 3 (16:07):
But that was pretty spish. That was pretty spish. Look
Michael Burgess tomorrow on the Herald. He's run through all.
Speaker 5 (16:15):
The possibilities that could roll out in this draw, and
he's got he's got a best case scenario. He would
have a pool that's got Canada, Austria, katar.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
In New Zealand, isn't it.
Speaker 5 (16:26):
He's also he's also got the worst case scenarios and
that's got us meeting Spain, Columbia, Norway, with the likes
of Argentina and Croatia. So yeah, I think it'll be
a great talker for the weekend. So we have a
great tour tomorrow on the All Blacks prospects for that
next big talk, and it'll also hopefully take our eyes
off a bit off the season that's just gone and
what a shamble so much of it was. And then
(16:49):
comes Saturday morning, we'll be talking about the football schedules.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Mate and overnight tonight of course. And I believe that
if there's the case and Liam Lawson does finally get
the nod, and I think we'll probably get our mate
Alex Powell on tomorrow to talk about that. But she's
looking positive.
Speaker 5 (17:06):
Yeah, all the tea leaves of kind of spilling the
right way for the for the poker Coe Flyers, there's
already coverage you know, we've picked a couple of pieces
up with some pretty well regarded commentators saying he's guaranteed, and.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
There's been a few signs.
Speaker 5 (17:22):
You know, Alex picked up on the fact that he
was appearing and promotional material and I think Yukey wasn't
Yuki Sonoda that the rival.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
I've been banging that drum for weeks now. You don't
put Harja and Lawson and those big campaigns for Ford
who are powering reball next year, if you're not going
to use them. It's an absolute.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
Tell yep, yep, it's a gimme.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
Well, we'd like to think so. Anyway, we'll looking forward
to watching what do you call him, the coolie flyer?
I prefer awesome Lawson and we're hoping the best. And
of course, as you are the Grand Pooba of New
Zealand Herald, you encourage people to climb on the website
or better still gone by a paper.
Speaker 3 (17:59):
Right absolutely, I liked that Grand Pooba. I might run
with it, mate.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
And you're old enough to know where that came from
as well. Winston all Worth, thanks for your time.
Speaker 3 (18:08):
Thanks for leading of X. We've got just the ticket.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
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Hi. Welcome on and to the Sports Fixed podcast. Everything
you need to know about sport of a day, that
day being Tuesday, the two of December twenty twenty. I'm
Darcy Wallergrave here courtesy the Fine Folkus GJ. Gardner Holmes,
New Zealand's most trusted home builders. In this edition of
(00:41):
The Fix, we're going to have a chat with former
CEO of the White Little Bay of Plenty Magic and
someone who's still involved in net polomat community, Gary Dawson,
to talk about the continuing ruckus at the highest level.
I've got some words around the chaos of the Supercar Championship.
That format is terrible. I'll say it now before you
(01:04):
hear my rant. And we'll be joined in the chamber
by Winston all Worth. Winston is the Grand Poobah who
is the chief of the New Zealand Heralds Sports Department,
and will chat to him about some pretty big happenings
over the next three or four days in the world
of sport. That's the master plans, so why not hit go?
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Let's do this.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
In News and Today's Tripled dep Sporting gamble, the White Couple,
they have plenty zone in New Zealand Netball have had
enough of the chaos at head office, say all of
the regions have probably had enough as well. But the
White Couple are doing something. They want New Zealand Netball
leadership gone. Toting a Netball Center board chair Nicola confidences
(01:50):
issues have been building quite some time.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
We are unhappy with the way things have progressed in
the last probably year.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Actually, three of the country's five zones must call a
special general meeting for a vote of no confidence to
take place. Everything that's good, it's all good. Even when
it's bad, there is still good to be found. Tall
Black's head coach Judd Flavel is looking up after US
men were beaten to nil by the Aussie Boomers in
(02:21):
World Cup qualifiers. A buzzer beat got the Okas over
the line last night, and Joey doesn't feel as good
without pain, right Judd.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
And here it's now, But these these experiences help us grow.
Speaker 4 (02:35):
And so we'll taps onto the next window.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
And you know our goal was the DK as many
guys can leave it as possible and autunder FC CEO
Nick Becker is hoping the newcast of Defeat over the
weekend reminds his team of last year's outrageous season and
that bat drives them back north on the A League table.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Were third in the table, we were first a couple
of weeks ago. I went on Saturday, pushed back up
there and.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
You know, we'reas.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Focused as we have been and certainly as you I'll
tell you.
Speaker 5 (03:07):
A little bit more good proceedings as you know what
it feels like to give him the finals and we
want to get back in there and win it.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
The second game of the Derby series versus the Phoenix,
is on this Saturday in Auckland and that is today's
triple Dip Sporting Gamble.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
New It's Sportsfix with Dancygreve.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
And as Warm. Welcome to the Sports Mix podcast to
Gary Dawson, former General manager of the Wakpa Bay of
Plenty Magic, also former CEO of the Chiefs franchise of
White Cattle Rugby, Interim CEO of Northern District Cricket and
currently the team relationship manager for the White Cattle Bay
(03:49):
of plenty Magic g Gary, you won't start working, will you? No?
Speaker 4 (03:53):
I need to. There's someone said I suck at retirement.
So I keep getting drag back into some of these roles.
But it's all good in enjoying it.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Well, you're dragged back into this role. And this whole
tumult of New Zealand netball, it's been going on for
such a long time. The latest one is that there's
a possibility that if three centers get together, they could
issue I suppose a demand for a lack of confidence
in the CEO and the board and inject them stage left.
(04:24):
Could you please just isolate what this actually means. What's
the process here? Do you know?
Speaker 4 (04:30):
Well, first of all, let me say that I don't
represent Waktop, the zone that the community part of the
game with Magic, and we're quite a separate entity. But
having said that, you know, obviously the two are connected
and I think I understand some of the motivation behind
what's going on. So the WACTO, ba Aplin his zone
(04:53):
have got a special general meeting on Sunday where they
want to, you know, discuss a number of issues, one
of which is the lack of confidence in the nipple
New Zealand CEO, chairman and board. But also they are
very unhappy with the way that Dame Norling Totter has
(05:14):
been treated. They've got some real concerns from what I understand,
around the an Ze premiership, at the broadcast deal, and
obviously you know the just the general media reporting about
some of the issues or alleged issues within the Netble
New Zealand organizations. So as a sort of I guess
(05:35):
the owners of the game, the stakeholders' frustrated. From what
I can see, they are very concerned, and so they've
taken this step of calling and then a special general
meeting for the WAK a bapp in his own if
if the resolutions go ahead, I think they need to
be joined by two other zones to then create a
(05:58):
water force a special general meeting of New Zealand NELE.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
That's that's my understanding.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
In essence, what's happened here is that someone finally has
put their head up over the parapet and sy to
hold on. And this is something we haven't seen a
great deal if any of so far. People I wondn't
say they're frightened Gary, because I don't know, but people
aren't wanting to come forward and say, hey, this isn't great,
even though it's apparent, I think to all of us.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
Yeah, And I think what I admire about the centers
within the Wacoba a Pende Zone who have called for
this special general meeting is you know that's standing up
and saying, look, there's a process here that we can use.
We're not happy and we want to, you know, just
raise this issue in a formal, proper way, as opposed
(06:48):
to I think what's been going on for the last
four or five months where there's been a lot of
talk and you know, people are angry and frustrated, but
you know there's a lot.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Of heat in all.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
These issues, but no one's actually put a stake in
the ground and said enough is enough. And you know
there is a formal process which we can try and
go down to get this res matter resolved. And I
really admire the zone for for taking the step.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Why do you think it's taken so long for somebody
to stand up and be counter because this has been
going on for well over a year the trouble here,
what's the reticence? Do you think with people in a
netball New Zealand at a higher level.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
Well, I think one of the from a from the
from the zone, what I can see just talking to
the people in the zone is that I think they've
been hoping that the Netball New Zealand board and chairperson
and CEO would would you get these matters resolved, because
that's there, that's their job, and I think they've been
(07:49):
waiting and hoping and giving them the space to do that.
But I think they've finally run out of patients and said, look,
enough is enough and we want to go down the
special General Meeting path to see if we can implement
some real change. And I think that's the key part
to it. I also think too that you know, there's
(08:11):
been a lot of not a lot of information has
come out about some of these issues because of the
you know, the whole thing around confidentiality, and I think
that has also added to a lot of the frustration
that I think is a feeling that there just hasn't
been the transparency and the communication that's needed and so
finally they've said enough is enough and this is what
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we want to do.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Dissecting the sporting agenda, it's Sportsfix with Darcy Waldgrave.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
There's a lot of reving going on excuse the pun,
no I don't and the wonderful world of motor sport.
We are only a day away from the decision around
the future of Liam Lawson. I've been steadfast in my
opinion that with himself and Isaac Hadger both appearing in
a lot of social media and advertising work with Ford
(09:02):
or the engine providers for Red Bull next year, that
Liam's definitely got the job. You don't make the guy
there of your campaign if he hasn't got a contract
for next year. But I'll leave that to one side
because I might get proven wrong overnight. I want to
move to another motor sport. And I watched the Supercars
over the weekend as I do habitually. This year it
(09:24):
was a brave new world. They decided to change the
nature of the Supercars Championship and instead of being the
points leader at the end of the season, the champion
now was whittled down from ten As the end of
the series, the final series slowly came to a finish.
What happened over the weekend to me underlying the fact
(09:47):
that this final series is insane. It's not good for
the competition, it's not good for the teams or the drivers.
Brock Feenie out of Red Bull has been the dominant
driver all season. He's been winning everything, fastest laps all
over the shop. The guy is definitely the best supercar
(10:07):
driver of this season. But the way the final series works.
In the very last race of the season, looking down
the barrel of the gun, he got knocked by Ryan Wood,
which didn't help to circulate and go to the back
of the field, still with plenty of time to come
back and win, get the necessary points to win the championship. Unfortunately,
(10:27):
his car went boom, gone one faulty car and one
race at the end of the season and Chas Moster
is crowned the champion, brot Feenie burst into tears and
it's understandable. The dominant driver throughout the entire year and
with a strange twist in the championship cost him a
(10:49):
title that was rightfully his. See the Car's Australia. Get
in the sea. You've made an absolute mistake. It's a
blight on your championship. Get in there and change it
now before your series goes down the gurglar.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
The chamber is now in session on Sportsfex.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
And the door fallings open into the chamber and we're
joined by the self titled Sports Supremo of the New
Zealand Herald, mister Winston all Worth. Winston, you said that,
I'm going to repeat it. I am after all, Ron Burginy.
Thanks for your time, fella. Are you well?
Speaker 3 (11:23):
I'm well, Darcy. It's great to be on with.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
You and thank you very much for joining us. Big
week coming up. Look, plainy, we've got the ruckus with
New Zealand cricket, with New Zealand netball. Let's just push
that to one side like Brussels sprouts on a plate
and look forward. There's a couple of big draws happening
this week, big international draws that are involving New Zealand teams.
Hit go what have we got?
Speaker 5 (11:46):
Well overnight tonight mate, we're going to find out what's
happening at the Rugby World Cup and so we'll know
who the All Blacks opponents are and obviously we'll know
who's going to knock out Wales in the pool play
so and you're probably cross us two much so this
sixth groups, so it's kind of there's a new structure
to it. And on the one level, that kind of
(12:07):
removes a bit of because that means with these six bands,
six tears, the All Blacks are even less likely to
come up against an opponent that could knock them out.
Having said that, because they's not getting too fary ahead
of ourselves in band two at the moment, you've got Australia,
Scotland and Fiji. In Australia can obviously beat us up
on their day. Scotland Gregor Paul tells me that their day.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Is coming any minute now, and yr Fiji's in there too.
Speaker 5 (12:33):
But I like the idea of a World Cup where
big teams can be beaten in their pools. Like, you know,
it wasn't much fun seeing the All Blacks lose that
opened it to France the last time round. Not much
fun as a fan, but gee, it brings great jeopardy
to the tournament and it made those quarterfinal matches, you know,
all the more intense. So so, but yeah, so we
(12:53):
know who we're going to have, we'll know the paths ahead,
and I think this time tomorrow there'll be a lot
of a lot of you know, back of the back
of a napkin hypotheses on who's going to end up
where and who crucially who do we meet in the quarters,
because that's the real thing with no jeopardy in those
pool in that pool play as you arrive in your
knockouts and you're a bit undercooked, right and I think
(13:17):
you know were but perhaps last time getting knocked about
by France that that helped us when we got to Ireland,
didn't it.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
What's the point though of a World Cup. It's to
promote the game or to make a whole lot of money.
So you can understand whether you want to avoid clashes
of the major ceeded early doors. They don't want to.
They don't want to cost themselves a bottom line because
they're they're a bit they're a bit greedy, aren't they.
Speaker 5 (13:39):
And that's the classic thing is too we are you know,
despite our recent the wobbles of the All Blacks, we're
still in the you know, obviously in the top tier
of this sport, and we can we can already sort
of hypothesize that we'll be heading through the playoffs and
the other draw that's coming up later in the week
for the Men's Football World Cup. New Zealanders is very
(13:59):
much in that that bottom tier. And so on the
one hand, with the all blacks. You know, I'm not
so keen on this big inclusive model, but with the
all I'm quite quite glad that it works out in
our favor.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
So what's it likely to occur? Like, we've got how
many teams are playing, like eight and a half thousand,
isn't it everybody in the world some planets as well?
So what's the.
Speaker 5 (14:21):
Best If you've got to teachail the flag on it,
you get to play at the World Cup now like
that they just want to dominate a massive TV schedule things,
so that that's just getting more more teams involved. I
am with you, like I do think a World Cup
should have I like the I like the idea off
a World Cup has the world in it. You know
(14:43):
that there's a lot of people, particularly in Europe, who
who would rather the World Cup was basically the Euros.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
With a couple of South American teams in it.
Speaker 5 (14:51):
But it's if it's gonna if it's going to capture the.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
Global game, then the whole globe has to be there.
Speaker 5 (14:57):
And you know, there's some pretty there's some pretty gnarly
possibilities for for you know, who who the all whites
could line up against and on the one, and you know,
it'd be great to see your boys run out there
against them, Buppet or Missy or Declan Rice or whoever
you preferred, big big team is. But it'd be nice
(15:19):
to see them sneak through too. Because the other thing
about this big crazy draw for four teams in each pool,
top two go through and the half of the best
placed third third ranked teams, So you know, it really
does open the door for that whatever it is, round
of one hundred that comes after the pool play.
Speaker 3 (15:40):
And you know, there was a lot of interest in this.
Speaker 5 (15:42):
Draw for all its fans because we're a decent team
right now and they should be really thinking about getting
to that next stage.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
Well, that's what I'm saying, That's what I wanted to ask.
So you're telling me there's a chance, so we dumb
and dumbering it here, he might actually get beyond it.
Speaker 3 (15:56):
I didn't.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
I didn't think much could surpass Ricky Herbert's men when
they got knocked out. But Tate didn't lose a game.
That was fantastic. Can we go better?
Speaker 3 (16:07):
But that was pretty spish. That was pretty spish. Look
Michael Burgess tomorrow on the Herald. He's run through all.
Speaker 5 (16:15):
The possibilities that could roll out in this draw, and
he's got he's got a best case scenario. He would
have a pool that's got Canada, Austria, katar.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
In New Zealand, isn't it.
Speaker 5 (16:26):
He's also he's also got the worst case scenarios and
that's got us meeting Spain, Columbia, Norway, with the likes
of Argentina and Croatia. So yeah, I think it'll be
a great talker for the weekend. So we have a
great tour tomorrow on the All Blacks prospects for that
next big talk, and it'll also hopefully take our eyes
off a bit off the season that's just gone and
what a shamble so much of it was. And then
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comes Saturday morning, we'll be talking about the football schedules.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Mate and overnight tonight of course. And I believe that
if there's the case and Liam Lawson does finally get
the nod, and I think we'll probably get our mate
Alex Powell on tomorrow to talk about that. But she's
looking positive.
Speaker 5 (17:06):
Yeah, all the tea leaves of kind of spilling the
right way for the for the poker Coe Flyers, there's
already coverage you know, we've picked a couple of pieces
up with some pretty well regarded commentators saying he's guaranteed, and.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
There's been a few signs.
Speaker 5 (17:22):
You know, Alex picked up on the fact that he
was appearing and promotional material and I think Yukey wasn't
Yuki Sonoda that the rival.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
I've been banging that drum for weeks now. You don't
put Harja and Lawson and those big campaigns for Ford
who are powering reball next year, if you're not going
to use them. It's an absolute.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
Tell yep, yep, it's a gimme.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
Well, we'd like to think so. Anyway, we'll looking forward
to watching what do you call him, the coolie flyer?
I prefer awesome Lawson and we're hoping the best. And
of course, as you are the Grand Pooba of New
Zealand Herald, you encourage people to climb on the website
or better still gone by a paper.
Speaker 3 (17:59):
Right absolutely, I liked that Grand Pooba. I might run
with it, mate.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
And you're old enough to know where that came from
as well. Winston all Worth, thanks for your time.
Speaker 3 (18:08):
Thanks for leading of X. We've got just the ticket.
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