Andrew Alderson: England v France ruby, Warren Gatland's coaching future, and sport of the weekend

England played France in a good 'good old rugby' showdown over the weekend, beating the French side by just one point.

Fans are bringing into question Warren Gatland's coaching abilities after a 14th straight defeat for Wales. 

Newstalk ZB's Andrew Alderson joins the show for a rundown of the weekend's sport. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Orderson on Sport. Hello, Matt Greeting's Andrew Ireland seventeen Scotland
eight transmission as usual.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Yeah, well it's such a strong side Ireland in Scotland
Triney vested Murray Fields in Edinburgh. But yeah, it looks
like Ireland have the advantage at least at this point
they're controlling that one.

Speaker 1 (00:20):
But the big story over the weekend other than you know,
England France. What a great game to watch. I loved it,
loved it, lots of fun, just good old rugby. It
wasn't good rugby, but it was fun rugby to watch.
But the big question was actually tries, as posed by
Terry who texted me at ten minutes past five this
morning and said, could you please ask Andrew Orderson how
is Warren Gatland still in a job?

Speaker 2 (00:40):
Well, he's got to be struggling when you lose to Italy.
It's in two years running in a fourteenth straight defeat
for a while, so it's not working out for Warren
Gatland second time round, and obviously had a success with
the Lions or relative success leveling the series in New
Zealand back in twenty seventeen, long time ago, A long
time ago, and yeah, it's the clock sticking here. Rumors

(01:05):
are swirling, so we'll see what see what happened?

Speaker 1 (01:07):
What do they call him the Great Redeemer or that was?

Speaker 2 (01:09):
There was Graham Henry, Graham Henry with a long line,
and he's the coach. We can't take away Warre and
getting this set of terrific coaching Korea. But those results
are starting to stack up, and well fourteen of them.

Speaker 1 (01:21):
Tell me about Tianne Welpton. Yeah, well, christ it's gatory sprinter.
Tian Weldon broke the sixty meter record for New Zealand,
I think sitting six point five just a few weeks ago.
And now he's run the second fastest one hundred meters
ten point one to oh so, just point two of
a second outside that record set by Eddie. I was saying,

(01:41):
Keith back in twenty twenty two, who took it over
from his father Gus net record was there for years
ten point one one. I remember being at school when
Gary Henley Smith at ten point four. So we're getting
story getting down there. He was in school with the
was it I don't want to age you here, was it?

Speaker 2 (01:58):
Is it the seventies?

Speaker 1 (01:59):
Yeah, yes, yeah, I'm not laughing. Some of the generation.
It was the Begley brothers and Gary Henley Smith for
by one hundred or con Grammar took it out every
single time. Anyway, he was quite handy at the thedn't
go to the Conor games. Yeah yeah, all right, but
go to on Tian and we're getting here, we're getting
a dynasty with a sprinters and now final.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
Zoey Hobbes as well, so it's it's yeah, it's a
remarkable how these things swings aroundabouts. And we had of
course with throws now and also i mean you have
Eliza McCartney in the pole vault over the years. Yeah,
just different ones that come up at different times. But yeah,
good good work from her.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
Good stuff. Andrew Ortison with Sports News.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
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