October 11, 2024 • 10 mins
Newstalk ZB Sports News Director Clay Wilson and NZ Herald Sports Editor Alex Powell joined The Huddle to discuss the week's sports news.
The 37th America's Cup is set to get underway this weekend, with Team New Zealand defending its title against INEOS Britannia in Barcelona.
Shaun Johnson has come out of retirement to rejoin the Kiwis for the upcoming international window amid a halfback shortage, with Melbourne's Jahrome Hughes forced to withdraw due to injury.
Meanwhile, the Bathurst 1000 is due to get underway this weekend, and Rafael Nadal has announced his retirement from tennis at the Davis Cup in Malaga.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Friday Sports Huddle with New Zealand Southeby's International Realty,
local and global exposure like no other.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
That'll do us at LN the Events Center in British Columbia,
Edis England who beat the Blackburns forty nine thirty one.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Great to be there and great to be a moment
still and looking forward to the race.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
And so there is a great challenge about us, so
I'm looking forward to getting stuck into it, boost the morale.
And some of these young boys have never played with them.
They grew up watching them. So to get a game
with teachers, I know something that they'll be looking forward
to as well. So it'll be a nice way to
send them off. And tomorrow night, running out of this.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
One, it is diving the sportshuddle and joining us tonight
as Clay Wilson Newstalk ZDB sports news director and Alex
Powell indied held online Sports Editor, Welcome to you both.
Greeting Francisca introduced, Who's getting up at one am on
(01:02):
Sunday morning to watch the America's cap Well.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
I I heard you won't be I've already heard that.
This afternoon I will watch it and I will watch it.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
I'll get up, I won't look at the news and
what't look at my phone, and I will watch it
and very much enjoy it in a prerecorded manner.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Yeah, well I heard what plenty said is that maybe
a lot of people will and I feel like I'm
in this boat. Is maybe see you get up in
the morning and watch those replays. Check in with that.
But then when it gets to the pointing if it
starts to get close, then maybe I'll drag myself out
of bed or pull the phone up in bed, you know,
and watch watch it live at that time in the morning.
(01:37):
But it will be interesting to see how many kiwis
get in and around it, given it's not on our
shores this time around.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
Yeah, I think the races need to be close, don't they, Alex.
They need to be close to draw people in.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
I mean, I think Clay's got it, like absolutely right there.
Kiwis will get behind it if it's close. But also
if Tam he's on, get up and win a few racers.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
That's simple. So that's what they have to do if
they want us on board.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
They've just got to We've been going back and forth
over this Barcelona thing. For a few years now. Everything
that needs to be said has been said. So once
they're out there and if they wint a few then
everyone will get on board. I think that is that symbol.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
Yeah, I think it is. And the other thing too
is I think that any I wouldn't be surprised do
they take out the first two races just because they've
been racing so consistently. There's there'll be sharper on their starts.
I reckon it. We just it might take as little
while to get rolling clay.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
What do you reckon Yeah, potentially. I mean obviously, Tim
New Zealand got the race in the early part of
the time in Barcelona, that preliminary regatta, so they did
get a few of racing under their belt. But of
course these other teams have been going head to head
for the last two or three weeks now, so I
mean there's nothing like a bit of match fitness, so
to speak. So we may see something like that. But
(02:48):
I think it's pretty widely regarded that tam New Zealand
have a fast boat and you know we're the team
to chase in that preliminary regatta, so it'll be interesting
just to see how much Anios has closed the gap
and how much that kind of match fitness plays into it.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
Alex Shawn Johnson's back, I know, how good is it?
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Good?
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Would have been great to see well, I mean yes
and no. The narrative's great that Sean Johnson gets to
potentially sign off on a highe But I mean the
worrying thing is just the Kiwis don't have any other halves.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
When you put us like that, Clay.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yeah, well, I mean that's pretty much what it got
to and it was looking pretty dire, you know, in
the latter part of the season when a few people
started to fall over and we all had our hopes
pinned on Jerome Hughes and then of course played in
the Grand Final and now has been ruled out. So,
like Alex, he is a great narrative. I mean, I'm
a Sean Johnson fan. I love what he's done for
the Warriors and what he's done, who he's been throughout
(03:40):
his career. Will he be enough to turn what is
you know, a really heavily impacted by injury and departures
and people going to rugby union in terms of the
Kiwi's their squad. I don't know if he'll be enough
to perhaps turn that around against the side like Australia,
but who knows. I mean, Sewan Johnson has been mercurial
at times throughout his career and you know what he's
(04:01):
done so far. Wouldn't you want to put it against
him to come in and do something pretty magic for
a Kiwi's outfit that's missing a number of players.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
Aside from Johnson, Alex, are you heavy with the rest
of the Kiwis team?
Speaker 3 (04:14):
I mean, there are so many players that you look
at and go, well, if they were there, that would
just make this team a lot better. But I think
that is the risk of playing international rugby league at
the end of the NFL season. The NRAL takes up
thirty one weeks of the year, so guys are going
to get banged up. I think the positive for Kiwis
fans here is that Australia in a pretty similar boat.
I mean, look, who aren't playing for them just through
(04:34):
four man injury. Nathan Cleary's not there daily, Cherryovers and
James Desco have been dropped. Jake Jaboya which isn't There's
that's both state of origin captains there, So you'd say
Australia are probably slightly in front in terms of the
Pacific Championships, but we saw what this Kiwis team did
last year.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
All right, guys, we're going to take a quick break
back with the sports Huddle in just.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
A moment, the Friday sports Huddle with New Zealand Southby's
International Realty elevate the marketing of your home.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
And on the sports Huddle today I have Clay Wilson
and Alex Powell. Guys, how much of Bathhurst do you enjoy? Alex?
You'll be a fan, wouldn't you?
Speaker 3 (05:09):
I'd love Bathurst. I think in motorsport there's only really
a handful of great races that you get. So inn
f one, you get the Monaco Grand Prix Indica, you
get the Inndy five hundred, NASCAR, the Daytona five hundred,
and Bathurst is our one. So I think this is
a really good time of year to be a motorsport
fan and just park up all weeken and chuck it on.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
How much of it is hype, Alex?
Speaker 3 (05:31):
I mean a lot of it. But that's the whole point.
You know, we need hype for these things because without it,
what's the point?
Speaker 4 (05:36):
You amped?
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Clay Well.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
I used to watch a lot of Bethists and I
used to get a quite off and sit down on
the Sunday afternoon and watch it. Probably not much as
much though anymore. That's probably more of a stage of
life thing, to be honest, But yeah, certainly I think
probably you know, when we had the likes of Scott
McLaughlin and Shane BEng Gersberg and you know, going head
to head or in the contingent for the championship, probably
for you know, your casual key we motorsport fan, there
(06:00):
was a bit more interest. But I mean it's a
great series. It's always super competitive, the coverage is excellent
of it. So if you're someone you know who can
has the time to sit down and watch, you will.
And you know, I have already spoken to a couple
of people this week. You have you know, parties at
their flat plane or parties at their house or you know,
sit out on the deck and put a temporary TV
up kind of kind of style. So I think it
(06:22):
still does happen, and it is, like Alex says, in
our part of the world, something that motorsport fans can
really get around.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
I gave Raffa a very bad rap on his twenty
two Grand Slam career earlier in the show, when I went, oh,
we're losing one of the nice guys. I mean, I
think there's a little bit more to his tennis, to
Nadal's tennis legacy than just we're losing, you know, obviously
part of the big three. Someone did remind me about
Andy Murray. It was a big form, but maybe what
(06:49):
do you see his legacy as Clay.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Well, for me, I was thinking about this, and you know,
obviously I think it is really a big three. While
you know a lot of people loved Andy Murray, to me,
it's a big three. You looked at Djokovic and feder
they sort of people that some people loved, some people
didn't love so much, especially in the case of Jokovic,
and I feel like Nadal was probably the one in
the middle that everyone kind of liked. And I don't
(07:14):
know too many people that really were tennis fans or
sports fans that didn't like Rapha Nadal in terms of
what he was as a tennis player, but also just
his personality such like a dogged, determined athlete who you know,
you really got the best out of his talents. And
while he was incredibly talented, to compete in that era,
you know, you had to have other attributes, and that's
what that was his was to be just so determined
(07:37):
get every single ball back and chase everything down. So
you know, I think, you know, it's very firmly among
that three as players that will be remembered forever in
that sport.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
That was clearly an issue with my tennis if it
was a bit too far away, just really couldn't be bothered.
Alex thoughts on Nadal.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
I really echo a lot of what Clay said. I
think the big thing about in Nadal, and the big
thing about in that regard as you need the rivalries,
and for a lot of time it was Federer b. Nadal.
They were doing it against each other before Jokovic came along.
And obviously, like to be honest, when it came when
I saw the news that he'd retired, in my head,
I thought, didn't already retire because he does feel like
he's just been injured for about ten years now. His
(08:16):
body retired, his body retired, but always good to get
out there and get those last paychecks.
Speaker 4 (08:21):
Why you can, But no, I mean that's crol Alex
I think I don't know if it whate man. You know,
he hasn't played that much in the last few years
because he had the hip operation of various things. But
I don't know, you should be allowed to put the time.
I don't feel like he was out there trying to
turn up when he couldn't perform.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Well, when was the last time he won anything?
Speaker 4 (08:43):
Yeah, I'll just google that. Yeah exactly, Okay, all right,
point made, point made anyway, I still feel like we're
losing one of the lovely ones staying with tennis though,
when Wooden is moving to the electronic line umpiring. That
was the other sort of big news of the week,
which is really just it's sort of a you know,
you just have to get over a bit of tradition, really.
(09:03):
I mean, it's what most of the Grand Slams do,
wasn't it Clay?
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Yeah, And you know what, Like in terms of technology
and sport, I've certainly been someone who's been a critic
of some of it and is still not a big fan,
especially in the likes of rugby and cricket. But I
think tennis, you know, the sport lends itself to it
a bit because you know, the balls in and out,
but the way they do it, the speed they do
it with to have one of the majors not using it,
(09:28):
and I know the French Open doesn't use it, but
of course we have the clay which can define that.
It makes it a bit easier. And I think it
just makes sense, doesn't it. Like it's been around for
so long and all the other tennis tournaments and all
the other majors that you know, it's sad to lose
the tradition. I'm a purist of sport as well. It
is a bit sad in that sense, but I think it's,
you know, a logical decision at the end of the
(09:49):
day for you know, for a massive, massive sporting event.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
Thank you both very much for joining me on the huddle.
That was Clay Wilson and Alex Powell. It is a
six to.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Six For more from hither to Plassy Allen Drive. Listen
live to news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
The Friday Sports Huddle with New Zealand Southeby's International Realty,
local and global exposure like no other.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
That'll do us at LN the Events Center in British Columbia,
Edis England who beat the Blackburns forty nine thirty one.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Great to be there and great to be a moment
still and looking forward to the race.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
And so there is a great challenge about us, so
I'm looking forward to getting stuck into it, boost the morale.
And some of these young boys have never played with them.
They grew up watching them. So to get a game
with teachers, I know something that they'll be looking forward
to as well. So it'll be a nice way to
send them off. And tomorrow night, running out of this.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
One, it is diving the sportshuddle and joining us tonight
as Clay Wilson Newstalk ZDB sports news director and Alex
Powell indied held online Sports Editor, Welcome to you both.
Greeting Francisca introduced, Who's getting up at one am on
(01:02):
Sunday morning to watch the America's cap Well.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
I I heard you won't be I've already heard that.
This afternoon I will watch it and I will watch it.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
I'll get up, I won't look at the news and
what't look at my phone, and I will watch it
and very much enjoy it in a prerecorded manner.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Yeah, well I heard what plenty said is that maybe
a lot of people will and I feel like I'm
in this boat. Is maybe see you get up in
the morning and watch those replays. Check in with that.
But then when it gets to the pointing if it
starts to get close, then maybe I'll drag myself out
of bed or pull the phone up in bed, you know,
and watch watch it live at that time in the morning.
(01:37):
But it will be interesting to see how many kiwis
get in and around it, given it's not on our
shores this time around.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
Yeah, I think the races need to be close, don't they, Alex.
They need to be close to draw people in.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
I mean, I think Clay's got it, like absolutely right there.
Kiwis will get behind it if it's close. But also
if Tam he's on, get up and win a few racers.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
That's simple. So that's what they have to do if
they want us on board.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
They've just got to We've been going back and forth
over this Barcelona thing. For a few years now. Everything
that needs to be said has been said. So once
they're out there and if they wint a few then
everyone will get on board. I think that is that symbol.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
Yeah, I think it is. And the other thing too
is I think that any I wouldn't be surprised do
they take out the first two races just because they've
been racing so consistently. There's there'll be sharper on their starts.
I reckon it. We just it might take as little
while to get rolling clay.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
What do you reckon Yeah, potentially. I mean obviously, Tim
New Zealand got the race in the early part of
the time in Barcelona, that preliminary regatta, so they did
get a few of racing under their belt. But of
course these other teams have been going head to head
for the last two or three weeks now, so I
mean there's nothing like a bit of match fitness, so
to speak. So we may see something like that. But
(02:48):
I think it's pretty widely regarded that tam New Zealand
have a fast boat and you know we're the team
to chase in that preliminary regatta, so it'll be interesting
just to see how much Anios has closed the gap
and how much that kind of match fitness plays into it.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
Alex Shawn Johnson's back, I know, how good is it?
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Good?
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Would have been great to see well, I mean yes
and no. The narrative's great that Sean Johnson gets to
potentially sign off on a highe But I mean the
worrying thing is just the Kiwis don't have any other halves.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
When you put us like that, Clay.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yeah, well, I mean that's pretty much what it got
to and it was looking pretty dire, you know, in
the latter part of the season when a few people
started to fall over and we all had our hopes
pinned on Jerome Hughes and then of course played in
the Grand Final and now has been ruled out. So,
like Alex, he is a great narrative. I mean, I'm
a Sean Johnson fan. I love what he's done for
the Warriors and what he's done, who he's been throughout
(03:40):
his career. Will he be enough to turn what is
you know, a really heavily impacted by injury and departures
and people going to rugby union in terms of the
Kiwi's their squad. I don't know if he'll be enough
to perhaps turn that around against the side like Australia,
but who knows. I mean, Sewan Johnson has been mercurial
at times throughout his career and you know what he's
(04:01):
done so far. Wouldn't you want to put it against
him to come in and do something pretty magic for
a Kiwi's outfit that's missing a number of players.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
Aside from Johnson, Alex, are you heavy with the rest
of the Kiwis team?
Speaker 3 (04:14):
I mean, there are so many players that you look
at and go, well, if they were there, that would
just make this team a lot better. But I think
that is the risk of playing international rugby league at
the end of the NFL season. The NRAL takes up
thirty one weeks of the year, so guys are going
to get banged up. I think the positive for Kiwis
fans here is that Australia in a pretty similar boat.
I mean, look, who aren't playing for them just through
(04:34):
four man injury. Nathan Cleary's not there daily, Cherryovers and
James Desco have been dropped. Jake Jaboya which isn't There's
that's both state of origin captains there, So you'd say
Australia are probably slightly in front in terms of the
Pacific Championships, but we saw what this Kiwis team did
last year.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
All right, guys, we're going to take a quick break
back with the sports Huddle in just.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
A moment, the Friday sports Huddle with New Zealand Southby's
International Realty elevate the marketing of your home.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
And on the sports Huddle today I have Clay Wilson
and Alex Powell. Guys, how much of Bathhurst do you enjoy? Alex?
You'll be a fan, wouldn't you?
Speaker 3 (05:09):
I'd love Bathurst. I think in motorsport there's only really
a handful of great races that you get. So inn
f one, you get the Monaco Grand Prix Indica, you
get the Inndy five hundred, NASCAR, the Daytona five hundred,
and Bathurst is our one. So I think this is
a really good time of year to be a motorsport
fan and just park up all weeken and chuck it on.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
How much of it is hype, Alex?
Speaker 3 (05:31):
I mean a lot of it. But that's the whole point.
You know, we need hype for these things because without it,
what's the point?
Speaker 4 (05:36):
You amped?
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Clay Well.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
I used to watch a lot of Bethists and I
used to get a quite off and sit down on
the Sunday afternoon and watch it. Probably not much as
much though anymore. That's probably more of a stage of
life thing, to be honest, But yeah, certainly I think
probably you know, when we had the likes of Scott
McLaughlin and Shane BEng Gersberg and you know, going head
to head or in the contingent for the championship, probably
for you know, your casual key we motorsport fan, there
(06:00):
was a bit more interest. But I mean it's a
great series. It's always super competitive, the coverage is excellent
of it. So if you're someone you know who can
has the time to sit down and watch, you will.
And you know, I have already spoken to a couple
of people this week. You have you know, parties at
their flat plane or parties at their house or you know,
sit out on the deck and put a temporary TV
up kind of kind of style. So I think it
(06:22):
still does happen, and it is, like Alex says, in
our part of the world, something that motorsport fans can
really get around.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
I gave Raffa a very bad rap on his twenty
two Grand Slam career earlier in the show, when I went, oh,
we're losing one of the nice guys. I mean, I
think there's a little bit more to his tennis, to
Nadal's tennis legacy than just we're losing, you know, obviously
part of the big three. Someone did remind me about
Andy Murray. It was a big form, but maybe what
(06:49):
do you see his legacy as Clay.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Well, for me, I was thinking about this, and you know,
obviously I think it is really a big three. While
you know a lot of people loved Andy Murray, to me,
it's a big three. You looked at Djokovic and feder
they sort of people that some people loved, some people
didn't love so much, especially in the case of Jokovic,
and I feel like Nadal was probably the one in
the middle that everyone kind of liked. And I don't
(07:14):
know too many people that really were tennis fans or
sports fans that didn't like Rapha Nadal in terms of
what he was as a tennis player, but also just
his personality such like a dogged, determined athlete who you know,
you really got the best out of his talents. And
while he was incredibly talented, to compete in that era,
you know, you had to have other attributes, and that's
what that was his was to be just so determined
(07:37):
get every single ball back and chase everything down. So
you know, I think, you know, it's very firmly among
that three as players that will be remembered forever in
that sport.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
That was clearly an issue with my tennis if it
was a bit too far away, just really couldn't be bothered.
Alex thoughts on Nadal.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
I really echo a lot of what Clay said. I
think the big thing about in Nadal, and the big
thing about in that regard as you need the rivalries,
and for a lot of time it was Federer b. Nadal.
They were doing it against each other before Jokovic came along.
And obviously, like to be honest, when it came when
I saw the news that he'd retired, in my head,
I thought, didn't already retire because he does feel like
he's just been injured for about ten years now. His
(08:16):
body retired, his body retired, but always good to get
out there and get those last paychecks.
Speaker 4 (08:21):
Why you can, But no, I mean that's crol Alex
I think I don't know if it whate man. You know,
he hasn't played that much in the last few years
because he had the hip operation of various things. But
I don't know, you should be allowed to put the time.
I don't feel like he was out there trying to
turn up when he couldn't perform.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Well, when was the last time he won anything?
Speaker 4 (08:43):
Yeah, I'll just google that. Yeah exactly, Okay, all right,
point made, point made anyway, I still feel like we're
losing one of the lovely ones staying with tennis though,
when Wooden is moving to the electronic line umpiring. That
was the other sort of big news of the week,
which is really just it's sort of a you know,
you just have to get over a bit of tradition, really.
(09:03):
I mean, it's what most of the Grand Slams do,
wasn't it Clay?
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Yeah, And you know what, Like in terms of technology
and sport, I've certainly been someone who's been a critic
of some of it and is still not a big fan,
especially in the likes of rugby and cricket. But I
think tennis, you know, the sport lends itself to it
a bit because you know, the balls in and out,
but the way they do it, the speed they do
it with to have one of the majors not using it,
(09:28):
and I know the French Open doesn't use it, but
of course we have the clay which can define that.
It makes it a bit easier. And I think it
just makes sense, doesn't it. Like it's been around for
so long and all the other tennis tournaments and all
the other majors that you know, it's sad to lose
the tradition. I'm a purist of sport as well. It
is a bit sad in that sense, but I think it's,
you know, a logical decision at the end of the
(09:49):
day for you know, for a massive, massive sporting event.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
Thank you both very much for joining me on the huddle.
That was Clay Wilson and Alex Powell. It is a
six to.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Six For more from hither to Plassy Allen Drive. Listen
live to news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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