D'Arcy Waldegrave: Sportstalk host on Maddy Gordon leaving the Silver Ferns for the Queensland Firebirds

Silver Fern Maddy Gordon has revealed the ANZ Premiership's uncertain future played a major role in her decision to leave the Central Pulse after seven years and three titles.

The 29-test midcourter's joining the Queensland Firebirds in next year's Super Netball in Australia, following teammate Kelly Jackson.

Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Sport with tab multis fast DC and more codes R
eighteen bit responsibility, Garsy water Grave. He doesn't need Alaska, right,
he's got Greenland. Has that happened yet or not? I
don't know.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
This is getting wild regardless, let's move on to sport
and the tab beat responsibly. Let's do this straight away.
I'm playing this game with myself. People might want to
join on, and it's called sub one thirties. So you
find the odds that are sub one thirties and you
think I'm going to multi all of them up to
see what happens. Makes the weekend kind of interesting as

(00:32):
it tracks along. So the South Africans are paying a
dollar ten to beat Dozy in the Rugby Championship, and
New Zeiland are paying a dollar thirty to beat Argentina
and the Rugby Championship. Tasman are playing a dollar eleven
to beat North Harbor Hawks Bay.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Horn got that completely run the wrong way.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
Tasman are paying a dollar eleven, Hawks Bay are paying
a dollar eleven and Wellington are playing a dollar twenty five.
So multi up all five of those and see there
you go. Don't tell look, and it's not advice from me.
Because I'm just like, this is something I do. It's
the sub one thirty. Die to spin at a sub

(01:10):
one thirties and see if it works.

Speaker 1 (01:13):
Over eighteen flag It's never worked.

Speaker 3 (01:15):
Now, see Gordon has confirmed what we all knew was happening. Yes, yes,
So she's off to whom.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
She's off to the Fireferns, Fireferns.

Speaker 3 (01:27):
I'll see what you're doing there, mate.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
Katie Wills is stealing everybody. So I don't know how
many more are going to go over there, but I
believe there are still more announcements in the pipeline expected
to come up in the next twenty the more the
marry for them. And I'm trying to work out if
New Zealanders would like or fans of neck or would
like to see their superstars playing in the Premiership or

(01:50):
they'd just rather see the silver Ferns win gold and
win World championships. What's more important? Do you think Silver
Ferns winning everything?

Speaker 3 (01:58):
Yes?

Speaker 2 (01:58):
And we're willing to go having some of our superstars
on the court. Lock, can I tell way it's opened?
I mean everyone's leaving, but we can't lose everybody because
he's in a netball game yet.

Speaker 3 (02:08):
Not you, ye okay. So at some point, and this
is the this is the argument that Alex, who's Alex,
and the sports team who's really into the netball makes
this point, right, At some point Netball New Zealand has
to say stop. That's enough. Otherwise it's a free for
all and they've got no control. So even just to
create the idea, to create the perception that they've still
got control, they've got to say no to somebody, right,
And they will eventually.

Speaker 1 (02:29):
I don't know when. I suppose we'll find out. Whilst
a few beggins, there's probably some more to come. Just
go back. Tasman are playing North and Hawks Bay are
playing North. Harve excuse me, sorry, I can't read my
own hand.

Speaker 3 (02:40):
Well, I'm looking at it and it's pretty hard to read.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
Mates possible to write neatly like it's just like.

Speaker 3 (02:46):
A series of triangles and pyramids that I can see
over there. The darts, you've got a darty yet.

Speaker 1 (02:51):
A dati a DARTI well not just a DARTI I've
got the world number one.

Speaker 2 (02:56):
Luke Humphreys, the best arty cool hand Luke do you
know what his name? Luke stands for Leeds United Kings
of Europe.

Speaker 1 (03:05):
It was going to be. Find out more about it
when you listen tonight. We've got Luke Humphreys on air
to talk about.

Speaker 2 (03:12):
He's a really affable character, really enjoyble to talk to
and sadly I have no PlayStation in my house because
it eats my time. Same reason I got rid of
my dart board. But after you know, getting up close
and personal, because I'm a bit of a fanboy.

Speaker 3 (03:25):
You're gonna get it out of it.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
I'm off, I'm playing darts again.

Speaker 2 (03:28):
Here we go, Here we go because the Auckland League
of the Darts Masters starts tomorrow and runs through just Saturday.

Speaker 1 (03:36):
Big event for darti's and a great event to get
along too. So if you can get along to that
Luke tonight.

Speaker 3 (03:41):
Thanks always, Darcy Watergrow SportsTalk Coast. You'll be back at
seven with Luke Humphries for more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive.

Speaker 2 (03:49):
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