Jason Pine: Sportstalk host reveals how the All Blacks can bounce back following defeat to Argentina

There's hope among fans that the All Blacks can bounce back as they gear up to face the Springboks next week at Eden Park.

The All Blacks crashed to their first loss to Argentina on Argentinian soil - and fourth defeat to Los Pumas overall.

Sportstalk host Jason Pine explains further.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
Jason Pine sports wool Coast Pony, you see what I'm
dealing with.

Speaker 3 (00:08):
Yeah, but rude.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
You help me out here. He's not that bad, jeez,
He's just taking a minute to get them into shape
because they're really run down.

Speaker 3 (00:16):
There's been a lot of reaction, and for me anyway,
a lot of overreaction. I think, you know, there's in
the wake of any all blacks lost, there is a
rush to blame somebody and normally more than one person,
and I think there's Yeah, there's just been a lot
of hyperbole over the last twenty four hours. I think
we all need to take a deep breath and calm down.
It's okay to be emotional about our sports teams, the

(00:38):
ones we love, and it's okay to question them when
things aren't going well. But you know, some of the
suggestions I've heard over the last twenty four hours have
been way out of left field. Look, I think something
has to change and guys like Wallace a tt to
Mighty Williams will come back into the team for South
Africa having come back off the bench yesterday. I've got
everything cross that Cam roy Guard's going to be Okay,

(00:59):
I meet, I think they have to look at changes
in the back three as well. I just wonder whether
Ricco Yowani and Seva Reese are the right guys. I'd
be making some change there as well.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
Okay, Now we do have a problem without our depth
and number nine. Now at the moment, don't.

Speaker 3 (01:14):
We We do because you look what might happen if
Cortes Lotima's rib injury is bad enough to keep him
out of the first South African Test and Roy Guard
has not recovered and we know, no, I hope them
won't be there. Our top three half backs, the ones
we chose or rated did for the French Test and
presumably would have tests and whatever the Rugby Championship are
not there. So we're down to Finlay Christy, you know,

(01:36):
serviceable enough halfback but not in the top three, and
then Kyle Preston, who's never played for the All Blacks before.
So in the biggest test since the last Rugby World
Cup Final, we're pretty thin at number nine.

Speaker 4 (01:47):
Really, would you be doing what Elliot says we should do,
which is calling up Aaron Smith to come back from Japan.

Speaker 3 (01:53):
Look, I'd certainly be on the phone just checking them out. Look,
I mean, you know what, Heather, you could do a
lot worse than getting Aaron Smith back. He's in still
in pretty good shape playing in Japan, you know, for
a hail Mary in SOS.

Speaker 4 (02:06):
We're talking rubbish here, aren't we, Because he don't he's
not eligible, he's playing in Japan.

Speaker 3 (02:11):
Well, you can bend rules, can't you, as needs must
look at they're only New Zealand Rugby's own rules were.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
To break them.

Speaker 4 (02:18):
If we're calling Aaron back from Japan, why don't we
call the handsome one back from Japan as well? Is
that TJ No, the handsome one in number ten?

Speaker 2 (02:25):
Richie?

Speaker 3 (02:27):
It's a different situation together, and that he probably doesn't
want to come back just at the moment. Look, look,
I don't think well, I don't think we're sending out
out of SOSS. I think they'll go with what they've got.
But yeah, look like I said, I think the single
biggest boost of this team would be if came Roy
guards fit for these games.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
Yeah totally. Now listen, are the Warrior's top four? Just
update us where we're at with this.

Speaker 3 (02:46):
Yeah, fourth at the moment, are still in their own hands.
Two games to go, Eels Friday night at home and
then the Sea Eagles away the following weekends. When them
both and they're in they can afford to lose one.
If one of the Broncos or Sharks, in fact, both
of them lose one of their remaining games, they're still
a bit to go. Look it's in their own hands.
They've won two in a row now, off the back
of that sort of three lost period got players coming back.

(03:07):
I'm backing them into the top four once they get there.
Who knows, but given the fact they were thirteenth last year,
if you'd said, you know, to Warriors fans, you'll be
fourth in twenty twenty five, they would bite your handle
for you.

Speaker 2 (03:19):
We'll take it.

Speaker 4 (03:20):
Thank you, Piney, appreciate it. Jason Pine Sports Store Coast.
He's back at seven o'clock tonight for.

Speaker 1 (03:24):
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