D'Arcy Waldegrave: Sportstalk host on several sports getting axed from the 2026 Commonwealth Games

Rugby sevens, hockey and T20 cricket have been axed from the Commonwealth Games, but netball has survived.

15 sports have been binned off for the slimmed-down 2026 event in Glasgow.

Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Darcy Watergrave SportsTalk host with us at nineteen past four.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Hey does hello, Heather, So who's in the all black
squad that you were interested in? This is for the
Japan game?

Speaker 3 (00:08):
Well, I think that Love and Lark Eye the two
interesting ones the debtime that have turned up. Course, Petter
Lucky comes with so much around him after his performances
this year, but because we've lost all of our sports
to injury, it's like next came off the rank, get
up there and in and we're looking forward to seeing
what he does. How intense it is for him it is,

(00:29):
I hate to say it is only Japan, and I
don't really want to dismiss the efforts of another team
because that normally comes back and bites you in the backside.
But I'm not playing, so it doesn't really matter. So
Ruben Love would be good to watch too. Across the
team itself. I think Pasilio tossi Its is only his
first start, second test, coming in as a prop. What

(00:54):
a setiti getting to watch him play in his proper
possision of number eight. I think there'd be a lot
of people would and see that, and some of Benny
fin Now coming in at six. It's been ineffective to
a degree, so a lot on him. But like most
of these all blacks Japan game, the Japan aren't expected
to test the No, it's a case of everyone's had

(01:18):
a cup of teen to lie down. They're going to
come back now. They're going to blow some cobwebs out
and then get ready for the mentorys Ireland and Fronts
and a number of these guys. Cam Roygard is starting too,
I might add, it shouldn't really brush over that one.
He's a rather important part of this situation is set
up so roy Guard are looking to blow lots of

(01:39):
cob webs. He can start from that first up.

Speaker 1 (01:41):
So we've finally got the ten sports that are going
to be included in the Commonwealth.

Speaker 2 (01:44):
It becomes official tonight.

Speaker 3 (01:45):
It's not one hundred official yet.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
But where are you getting this list from?

Speaker 3 (01:48):
Pretty much?

Speaker 2 (01:49):
Where's this list from?

Speaker 3 (01:50):
Well, it's the preferred list, it's the apparent list. Number
of sid this is what we believe that I'm.

Speaker 4 (01:59):
Surprised things out why because you've got the facility. You're
really doing your swimming thing there and diving is quite
a spectacular thing to watch, right, it's much more spectacular
than watching bowls for God's sake.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
So you've got the there's a lot.

Speaker 3 (02:14):
More common wealth fill, isn't it. There's a lot of
Commonwealth nations that actually play bowls, so it's more reflective of.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
A lot of common nations who do diving.

Speaker 3 (02:23):
I'd say that's on the ground because it is. It's
a lot thicker the bowls world, and they don't really
have anywhere else to stretch the execuname I mean, is.

Speaker 1 (02:32):
The deciding factor here where the bowls is at the
Olympics or divings out there?

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Like is it going to be the pinnacle for the
sport and bowls? This is the pinnacle for bowls, whereas diving.
You're going to take it to the Olympics, aren't you.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (02:43):
I got the sports that around and there's a lot
of power versions of this as well, athletics, swimming, artistic
gymnastics not a sport, track, cycling, netball, weightlifting, box and
two bowls three on three basketball. I'm sorry, it's an
interpretive dance. I know you've got to be very fit.

Speaker 2 (03:00):
Why are they including crap like this if they want?

Speaker 3 (03:02):
I don't know. And it's all based on judging, which
always blows myagming out of the water because I love boxing,
but that's basically judging. They don't knock the other guy out.
It does come down to interpret of dance violence.

Speaker 1 (03:13):
It's strange, not sorry to see the back of hockey though.

Speaker 2 (03:17):
That's right.

Speaker 3 (03:18):
It doesn't ruby seven at the Olympic. I know. For
me though, this is an event that is desperate to
be euthanized, but no one's really willing to load up
the bolt and pop it. Yep, you know.

Speaker 2 (03:30):
Yeah, well it's euthanizing itself at this right, I suppose
it is. While we tune in.

Speaker 3 (03:34):
For our people are gonna buy into this.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
And watch basketball.

Speaker 3 (03:40):
It's been cut from nineteen down to ten of these
that is gagging.

Speaker 1 (03:44):
All right, Das listen, thank you. I've got to get
onto toury you mate, So yeah, all that good?

Speaker 2 (03:49):
Thanks you. I appreciate it. Darcy water Grave, sports talk host.

Speaker 1 (03:53):
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