What’s on the cards in the first week of the Super Rugby quarter-finals?
Weekend Sport host Jason Pine talks to Heather du Plessis-Allan about what we can expect.
And the Black Caps have a new coach in Rob Walter – what are his biggest challenges?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jason Pine Weekend sports host Piney Heather Rob Walter. What
do we know about him?
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Well, a new black Caps coach looking forward to seeing
how he goes. I know you're yearning with him in
just over an hour. A couple of things I reckon
he has to kind of do straight away. First one
is what does he need to change? And that might
be not a lot because this team isn't a shambles,
there's not a dumpster fire he comes in. But all
new coaches kind of want to stamp their mark, right,
They want to put their imprint on things. So what
(00:27):
does he change? What doesn't he The other one is
the ever changing international cricketing landscape where more and more
players are saying, you know what, I don't want a
central contract. Thanks for offering, but I'm not going to
take it. Instead, I'm going to free myself up to
play in the various T twenty leagues around the world
and line my pockets that way. And it's a sensible
decision for a lot of players, you know, likes of
(00:48):
Kin Williamson, Devin Conway, Tim Sifett and others are not
taking up the central contract there. They're being freelancers basically,
they're cricketing freelancers and if the scheduling fits, yes, they'd
love to play for New Zealand, but they're not going
to take up a central contract. So how does Rob
Walter deal with the two different types of player who
are going to be playing for news.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Somebody said to me today, the reason that we couldn't
possibly have had two coaches, one for the Red Bull
one for the White Ball is because we don't have
enough players, good players to go around and actually make
two different teams. Is it true?
Speaker 2 (01:18):
I think yeah. And I heard John Bracewell, a former
player and coach, allude to that yesterday, saying there's too
much crossover and so you might get that battle between Okay,
hey he's my player and he's my player, whereas if
you're all format then there's just one voice. So yeah,
it's possible. I don't think it's one overriding reason not
to do it. I'm quite glad they haven't, but I
(01:39):
would have been curious to see what it would have
been like if they had done it.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Now, what do you make of the way that the
finals playoff is working? How it's working in Super Rugby?
It seems a bit of a shambles.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Yeah, it's a bit hard to understand, and people when
they hear it go, what lucky lose or what do
you mean? What are you talking about. They've done it
so that they get three games this weekend. That is
the sole reason they have done it. Were the top six,
you know, the most logical thing is one and two
go through to the semis, get a buye in the
first week, three place six, four place five, the winner
is going to the semi finals. That's the most logical thing.
(02:10):
But that only gives you two games this weekend. They
wanted three games this weekend to fans for broadcast the dollars. Basically. Yeah,
so they've come up with this idea where you know,
the lucky loser, the highest ranked loser goes through. Unfortunately,
the scheduling means that by the time the Brumbies play
the Hurricanes tomorrow night, they might both know that it
doesn't matter what the score rest they both go through.
So that's the folly of the system. Also, the Chiefs
(02:32):
know if they were to lose to the Blues tomorrow,
which I don't think they will, but if they do,
they're still going through because by being top of the table,
they will be the highest ranked loser, so there's a
few little vagaries about the system.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Either I see Hey Piney, thank you as always and
congrats on your win. That's Jason pine We can sports,
want to we want to thing at the Radio Awards
last night or Piney. Of course he did. He'll be
back tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive. Listen live to
news talks it'd be from four pm weekday, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
Jason Pine Weekend sports host Piney Heather Rob Walter. What
do we know about him?
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Well, a new black Caps coach looking forward to seeing
how he goes. I know you're yearning with him in
just over an hour. A couple of things I reckon
he has to kind of do straight away. First one
is what does he need to change? And that might
be not a lot because this team isn't a shambles,
there's not a dumpster fire he comes in. But all
new coaches kind of want to stamp their mark, right,
They want to put their imprint on things. So what
(00:27):
does he change? What doesn't he The other one is
the ever changing international cricketing landscape where more and more
players are saying, you know what, I don't want a
central contract. Thanks for offering, but I'm not going to
take it. Instead, I'm going to free myself up to
play in the various T twenty leagues around the world
and line my pockets that way. And it's a sensible
decision for a lot of players, you know, likes of
(00:48):
Kin Williamson, Devin Conway, Tim Sifett and others are not
taking up the central contract there. They're being freelancers basically,
they're cricketing freelancers and if the scheduling fits, yes, they'd
love to play for New Zealand, but they're not going
to take up a central contract. So how does Rob
Walter deal with the two different types of player who
are going to be playing for news.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Somebody said to me today, the reason that we couldn't
possibly have had two coaches, one for the Red Bull
one for the White Ball is because we don't have
enough players, good players to go around and actually make
two different teams. Is it true?
Speaker 2 (01:18):
I think yeah. And I heard John Bracewell, a former
player and coach, allude to that yesterday, saying there's too
much crossover and so you might get that battle between Okay,
hey he's my player and he's my player, whereas if
you're all format then there's just one voice. So yeah,
it's possible. I don't think it's one overriding reason not
to do it. I'm quite glad they haven't, but I
(01:39):
would have been curious to see what it would have
been like if they had done it.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Now, what do you make of the way that the
finals playoff is working? How it's working in Super Rugby?
It seems a bit of a shambles.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Yeah, it's a bit hard to understand, and people when
they hear it go, what lucky lose or what do
you mean? What are you talking about. They've done it
so that they get three games this weekend. That is
the sole reason they have done it. Were the top six,
you know, the most logical thing is one and two
go through to the semis, get a buye in the
first week, three place six, four place five, the winner
is going to the semi finals. That's the most logical thing.
(02:10):
But that only gives you two games this weekend. They
wanted three games this weekend to fans for broadcast the dollars. Basically. Yeah,
so they've come up with this idea where you know,
the lucky loser, the highest ranked loser goes through. Unfortunately,
the scheduling means that by the time the Brumbies play
the Hurricanes tomorrow night, they might both know that it
doesn't matter what the score rest they both go through.
So that's the folly of the system. Also, the Chiefs
(02:32):
know if they were to lose to the Blues tomorrow,
which I don't think they will, but if they do,
they're still going through because by being top of the table,
they will be the highest ranked loser, so there's a
few little vagaries about the system.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Either I see Hey Piney, thank you as always and
congrats on your win. That's Jason pine We can sports,
want to we want to thing at the Radio Awards
last night or Piney. Of course he did. He'll be
back tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive. Listen live to
news talks it'd be from four pm weekday, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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