March 25, 2025 • 4 mins
Piney talks All Whites skipper Chris Wood the day after New Zealand secured qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey guys, Piney here with an extra little addition of
football fever for you. At chat to Chris Wood the
morning after New Zealand qualified for the World Cup in
the US, Canada and Mexico next year. Chris would of
course going off injured in the game against New Caledonia
last night, so I started by asking him about the
injury and how serious it might be.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
To be fair, I can't say too much because I
don't know at the moment. I get it checked out
today and get some scans on and things like that,
but hopefully it's nothing too serious. Landed awkward awkwardly, I think,
and I've just got to deal with what comes out now.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
So it's your hip, What part of the specific part
of your body is it? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Hip and rib It's just one of those that just
felt a lot of pain and couldn't push off with
it through my leg and once it happens, I can't
run and the best thing is to get off and
let someone else do a job, because I'd be letting
the team down.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Yeah, what are the emotions of that time? Because I'm
sure you want to stay on right, you want to
guide your team to the to the World Cup. What
of the emotions that go through your head. Is your
better with that, but also with what's best for your
body and for the team.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Yeah, I think I think you have to think about
the team first. I was doing nobody in any favors.
I couldn't couldn't move, couldn't couldn't defend, and couldn't help
any info those one or two minutes that I tried
to stay on and things like that, I was letting
the side down just not being able to do what
we needed to do, and especially in a big game
where everybody had to be counted for. So, yeah, you
have to do the right thing. And I think Base
(01:27):
called it very early. He saw it, and I think
it was the right thing to do.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
So describe how it was on the bench before the
first goal. You're sitting there, you can't unpack the game anymore.
It's still nil nil. Do you then become a bit
of a fan like like us and get a bit nervous? Not?
Not really.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
I think the longer the games goes on, probably we've
got a bit more nervous. But I still had a
huge belief in our team. We've done well in the
first half. It just didn't go in for us second half.
We were doing well and started well and we believed
there was always going to be a goal. Were just
to make sure we weren't doing anything wrong at the
other end, and the defense was fantastic in that sense.
(02:06):
And yeah, and when box he put that goal, and
I mean when when kind of felt like here we go,
we're ready to kick on now. And he's been been
a champion of all ways for a long period of time,
so it's special that he was a score his first
goal on that big occasion.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
If there was a sweepstake and you could pick, you know,
your your favorite top goal scorer, I think your eyes
would have passed over Michael Boxer, wouldn't they.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Yeah, potentially with us with with this history record of it,
but special goals, special moment, special man. So yeah, it's
fantastic for him, and yeah, we're very happy for him.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
And there's a lot of talk about the young players
and this team and rightly so. But then you look
at Costa barbarusis another guy and as mid thirties he
comes on, you know, in unexpected circumstances he provides a goal,
So you know there's a there's a bit of this
experience thing, isn't there?
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Yeah, definitely, that's I think that's a good balance we
have between this team and I'm costed unfantastically while coming on,
especially after the heartbreaker last time and him then and
getting simtap and things like that. I'm sure he desperately
wanted to achieve something great and be a part of
history and do something in the right note. And he
(03:10):
done in both games, scoring in both games, and in
the semi final and final to put us Aside through
to the World Cup. It's fantastic. So he's going to
be very proud of himself.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Do things like this sinking immediately, Chris, or like, do
you sit here You're going to a World Cup next year?
Has that sunken?
Speaker 2 (03:25):
I think it's sins In overtime you get snippets of
it all, and I think it's going to be just
continuous now until the World Cup. Got a lot to
look forward to. When more teams get get qualified. You
see your names with them and you're thinking, ah, could
we be drawn with them? Drawn with them? And then
when December comes around we find out where we're going
to be based and who we're going to be playing.
(03:46):
That's the true excitement.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Yeah, and regardless of who it is. I know you're
on record as saying we're not just going to make
up the numbers. We're not just the forty eighth team there.
You want to win matches and get out of that group, right.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Yeah, I believe, I believe we can. I have the
belief in this team, and the team's got more than
enough quality and experience to be able to do something.
And yeah, we want to. We want to do as
well as the two and tim team, but even go
one better. It's not gonna be easy. It's the world
stage and it's just one of those we have to
believe in and make sure. Right, that's what we've been
working the last two years.
Hey guys, Piney here with an extra little addition of
football fever for you. At chat to Chris Wood the
morning after New Zealand qualified for the World Cup in
the US, Canada and Mexico next year. Chris would of
course going off injured in the game against New Caledonia
last night, so I started by asking him about the
injury and how serious it might be.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
To be fair, I can't say too much because I
don't know at the moment. I get it checked out
today and get some scans on and things like that,
but hopefully it's nothing too serious. Landed awkward awkwardly, I think,
and I've just got to deal with what comes out now.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
So it's your hip, What part of the specific part
of your body is it? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Hip and rib It's just one of those that just
felt a lot of pain and couldn't push off with
it through my leg and once it happens, I can't
run and the best thing is to get off and
let someone else do a job, because I'd be letting
the team down.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Yeah, what are the emotions of that time? Because I'm
sure you want to stay on right, you want to
guide your team to the to the World Cup. What
of the emotions that go through your head. Is your
better with that, but also with what's best for your
body and for the team.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Yeah, I think I think you have to think about
the team first. I was doing nobody in any favors.
I couldn't couldn't move, couldn't couldn't defend, and couldn't help
any info those one or two minutes that I tried
to stay on and things like that, I was letting
the side down just not being able to do what
we needed to do, and especially in a big game
where everybody had to be counted for. So, yeah, you
have to do the right thing. And I think Base
(01:27):
called it very early. He saw it, and I think
it was the right thing to do.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
So describe how it was on the bench before the
first goal. You're sitting there, you can't unpack the game anymore.
It's still nil nil. Do you then become a bit
of a fan like like us and get a bit nervous? Not?
Not really.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
I think the longer the games goes on, probably we've
got a bit more nervous. But I still had a
huge belief in our team. We've done well in the
first half. It just didn't go in for us second half.
We were doing well and started well and we believed
there was always going to be a goal. Were just
to make sure we weren't doing anything wrong at the
other end, and the defense was fantastic in that sense.
(02:06):
And yeah, and when box he put that goal, and
I mean when when kind of felt like here we go,
we're ready to kick on now. And he's been been
a champion of all ways for a long period of time,
so it's special that he was a score his first
goal on that big occasion.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
If there was a sweepstake and you could pick, you know,
your your favorite top goal scorer, I think your eyes
would have passed over Michael Boxer, wouldn't they.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Yeah, potentially with us with with this history record of it,
but special goals, special moment, special man. So yeah, it's
fantastic for him, and yeah, we're very happy for him.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
And there's a lot of talk about the young players
and this team and rightly so. But then you look
at Costa barbarusis another guy and as mid thirties he
comes on, you know, in unexpected circumstances he provides a goal,
So you know there's a there's a bit of this
experience thing, isn't there?
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Yeah, definitely, that's I think that's a good balance we
have between this team and I'm costed unfantastically while coming on,
especially after the heartbreaker last time and him then and
getting simtap and things like that. I'm sure he desperately
wanted to achieve something great and be a part of
history and do something in the right note. And he
(03:10):
done in both games, scoring in both games, and in
the semi final and final to put us Aside through
to the World Cup. It's fantastic. So he's going to
be very proud of himself.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Do things like this sinking immediately, Chris, or like, do
you sit here You're going to a World Cup next year?
Has that sunken?
Speaker 2 (03:25):
I think it's sins In overtime you get snippets of
it all, and I think it's going to be just
continuous now until the World Cup. Got a lot to
look forward to. When more teams get get qualified. You
see your names with them and you're thinking, ah, could
we be drawn with them? Drawn with them? And then
when December comes around we find out where we're going
to be based and who we're going to be playing.
(03:46):
That's the true excitement.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Yeah, and regardless of who it is. I know you're
on record as saying we're not just going to make
up the numbers. We're not just the forty eighth team there.
You want to win matches and get out of that group, right.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Yeah, I believe, I believe we can. I have the
belief in this team, and the team's got more than
enough quality and experience to be able to do something.
And yeah, we want to. We want to do as
well as the two and tim team, but even go
one better. It's not gonna be easy. It's the world
stage and it's just one of those we have to
believe in and make sure. Right, that's what we've been
working the last two years.
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