Andrew Alderson: Sports Journalist talks the Black Caps, Super Rugby

It was a massive blow for the Black Caps, narrowly missing the Champions Trophy. 

India claimed the win by four wickets, chasing 252 to beat New Zealand. 

Andrew Alderson joined Andrew Dickens to dig into the clash and wrap the weekend’s sporting events. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
So what a time to be alive?

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Do you need a hug? I'm we're following a support
group for all the black Cap supporters because you're alway
let down at the last hurdle. But you know, the
scores are virtually similar. There was just six balls and
it we did well but not well enough.

Speaker 1 (00:16):
Yeah, India has paced that pretty well, I think, and
starting with roche Chama with his seventy six off eighty three,
but they've got through the two fifty two required winning
with focus. I think, just what over to spare, give
or take? And yeah it was it was pretty convincing
display by India all up, I think. Well, Darrel Mitchell
was kept new zeeling the contest with sixty three of

(00:36):
one hundred and one balls. It looked like it was
a bit of a dropping from the Sahara the pitch,
and it really it was. I hate slodelineless.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
I hate Dubai's ground. Well, I love the ground, I
hate the wicked and I do not like the games there.
They're always a bit weird.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
Well, the fact that the very fact that's controversying itself,
the fact that's in Dubai because India wouldn't play in Pakistan.
But that aside done convincingly and New Zealand put up
a good fight and I was just over the course
of the timent just a standout factor or too really,
but Glen Phillips is catch of Shubun Girl and everyone
should go and watch that today. That's a blinder, it's

(01:13):
short cover, just one hander. Again, he's just just a
phenomenal fielder.

Speaker 2 (01:18):
Remember we talked about the Golden Generation. I mentioned this
earlier in the program, the Golden Generation. Look at this,
we've got Golden Generation two point zero.

Speaker 1 (01:25):
There's some terrific players coming through and that has been
helped by Mitchell Santner's captaincy as well. That was the
other point I was going to mention today New Zealand
getting hit early with the pace attack and just brought
the left orthodox is on himself and Ruts and Ravendra
and immediately and just just chuck. He's dimmed the flows.
So I thought, yeah, he's been he's been excellent in

(01:45):
that role so far.

Speaker 2 (01:46):
I'm putting my hand up. We should host the next
ACC Champion Trophy, thank you very much. That would be
great for business for our hotels. Exactly. Rugby the Rise
of Australian and Ireland rugby. They caught up. Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:57):
I think that's that's great for the competition. Not so
good for the New Zealand teams of the course. Of
course Harland is having the buy but and Crusader is
getting a win. But Chiefs and Hurricanes with the well
and in the Blues as well getting beaten by the Brumbies.
I think it's great for Pacifica rugby, doesn't it. That's
that's what the competition.

Speaker 2 (02:16):
Needsner Pacifica in particular. Yeah, you know, so good. And
they're using North playing great for the North Harbor Stadium,
you know, it's all.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
I'm all for that. I think it's that's awesome. So yeah,
sort of a shot in the arm for Super Raby.
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