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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Andrew Sevil.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
How are you good, Mike? How are you very well?
Speaker 1 (00:03):
We're just got a problem with Jason at the moment.
You can't here, so I don't know what's going on there.
Did you How much of the christ Church thing did
you watch?
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Yeah? Quite a bit.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
I thought it was. It was outstanding. Game changing. Came
to mind when I saw those drone shots of the
of the stadium in the evening shots of pictures of
thousands walking up with the stadium through christ Church City.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Mike, I thought it was magnificent.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Great, great weekend for christ It's thoroughly deserved after that
city's been through so much. Should have been built years ago.
But great to see and the big thing for me, Mike,
the icing on the cake.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
It on TV.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
It looked fantastic. Yes, the crowd is right on top
of the sidelines. The lighting is state of the art.
Clearly it looks crisp and light on a TV screen,
which counts for a lot these days.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Yes, it does does very emotional in christ Here's a
lot of people I talked to, very emotional time for them.
It's got Forsyth bar vibes to me in terms of,
you know, it's got It's a similar sized stadium, isn't it.
And it's got a roof and therefore it looks sort
of the same.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
So I mean, I haven't I didn't go at the weekend,
but it looks I think it looks better because it
looks as though the fans are even closer than Forsaith Bar.
Whether that's the pitch of the grand stands or the
roof just looks more enclosed. I think Dunedin Stadium now
(01:29):
has has a problem with, or has had a problem
of recently, of luring acts and luring big events, and
I think it's probably worse for him even now that
christ you just up and.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Running, Jason. I was parked outside the Chemist Warehouse and
I was listening to you. You were down there at
the pub with your mate from Super Rugby, Waxing Lyrical,
and you clearly had a time of your life.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
Unbelievable, Mike. Everything Andrews says is absolutely bang on. It's
a it's a wonderful venue, a great weekend and it
had a Sevens vibe to me, the way the Sevens
used to be. Everybody was wearing their colors, there was
a mood of celebration that the arena. The venue is
absolutely brilliant. It is. It has got an even vibe
(02:15):
in terms of how close you are. But the sads right,
I think the steepness of the stands. Even if you're
up in Rose or whatever they call it down there,
you're still right on top of the action. The city
was buzzing. It's walkable. Give it, give give christ you
super around for the next three years, you know, lock
it in and make it an appointment were to come.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Try and try to park your emotion for one moment.
Because this, of course, is the conversation knew was entirely predictable.
We should have a super around, it should travel around
the country. Was the success of the weekend? About christ
Church and its new facility versus gathering a handful of
teams together and playing some rugby? I mean, in other words,
if you do it again, will it be the same?
Speaker 4 (02:55):
Well, well, I mean quite possibly it was because it
was brand new. But I mean I feel as though,
you know, what is the option that you wait for
a new stadium to be built before you have souper
around there. I think you know, you say, well, it
was a great success, let's build on it. Let's let's
have people remember what it was like there over the
weekend people, as sav says, watching on television cheap as
(03:17):
I'll get there next year and watch my team player.
I kind of feel as though it needs to be
built on rather than just sort of written off as
a one off just because it's a new venue.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Yeah, I think Super Rugby Mike needs to needs to
think long term and lock it in for a couple
more or three more years, assuming there's the money there
from christ Church in z or whatever that arm of
the tourism board down there is. The biggest challenges might
keep keeping the fans, keeping the local fans engaged that
(03:50):
went to the games over the weekend. The Crusaders' success
will have a big bearing on that, and also the
big challenge for christ Search Stadium now is securing enough
stuff to put on in the coming year. Look look
at when Dunedin first opened.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
It was new.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
It was Chris everyone he wanted to go, everybody wanted
to stay something there and it's fallen off in recent
years and christ Church has to ensure for them that
doesn't happen because it costs a heck of a lot
of money to run a blomen stadium.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Do you know something there I have not seen, Sam,
and I thought of you as soon as I was
showing the picture of it. A twice deep fried pie.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
That no, I think it caught my attention to and
I think it's from one of the flash restaurant he
type booths at the stadium.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
The pie right, and then it's put between two slices
of bread.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
I think at seventeen dollars that seemed value for money
to me very much.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
So what did you eat? Jason?
Speaker 4 (04:53):
I had look they brought the media some some club sandwiches.
I had they understand if you would have if you
would have been a gas, you would have been a gas.
Sad at what was I know? I shouldn't be I
shouldn't be tried. They looked after us, but there was
no cues for food that I could see. It was
one that you know they've worked out that people don't
(05:15):
want to stand in a line for twenty one minutes
while the game's on or at a half time getting
their food and beverage. And even if you are in
a queue, there's screens up there that you watch. Obviously
thought of a lot.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Yeah, you'd like to think with the design models these
days and after all these years, you'd get it right, right,
you get the way people walk in there's no funneling,
there's no bottlenecks, and same.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
With food and beverage.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
You have to ensure that it is designed properly so
that doesn't happen, which which it sounds like it has all.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Right, Fury v Joshua Jason you excited? Signed the same on?
Speaker 4 (05:50):
Yeah, yeah, back end of the year. I think Joshua's
got a comeback fight, hasn't he? In Saudi Arabia? Obviously
in the middle of the year by the sounds of it.
On Eddie Hearn's come out, hasn't he? And said it's
on Put it in your diary. Do a Leaper concert
you'll enjoy that. Sad not quite James Rain, but a
Leaper is going to perform on.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Is it on Netflix?
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Netflix? I've got them?
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Oh, okay, okay, So that's all part of your package.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Yeah, it's free. I watched the fight the other day
with Fury that was free. I mean, at some point
they're going to have to start charging, aren't they, Because
I mean, what's the point of doing live sport if
you can't make people.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Yeah, a lot of people will look forward to it.
There's there's been a fair amount of beef between the
two over the years. Usually Fury is a colorful character, Joshua.
People love them, will hate them. I cannot believe there's
one person in the world who I'd pick not to
enjoy Home with the Furies, and it's you.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
But you are apparently.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Absolutely immersed it. It's such. It's honestly, if you get
past the frippery, of which remind you of your.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Own household, it's not so far removed from your.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Own house, not dissimilar, but there are some quite moving
there's a it's wonderful combination. There's quite moving moments and
some just outrageously funny moments, mainly from the kids. And
so it's it's it really is.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
A lot of the time.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Well, he's a well thought out bloke and gets quite emotional, right.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Yes he does, and you and you see, you see
what's made him. It wouldn't have the same cutos I
don't think if he wasn't who he was. I mean,
he's one of the greatest sportsmen ever.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
There's anyone else to be boring, right.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Exactly, and so so it is well worth watching now
as far as you're concerned, say, have the one hour
fifty nine thirty. That is that for real or not? Really?
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Yeah, well it has to be obviously because he's got
the time. I don't know about the running shoes. Have
we gone too far? What is the ninety grams?
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Ninety nine grams.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
The thing is, if I put those on, I wouldn't
be running.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
You'd run faster, you'd run faster. You wouldn't do one,
you wouldn't do one fifty nine.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
But if they weighed, if they weigh ninety grams and
I put them on, I'd blow them out on the
first team meters.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
But you wear them once. See, I don't know people
understand that you pay your thousand bucks for these shoes.
They've got carbon in the bottom, so they spring you forward.
You wear them once and then you throw them away.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
They're obviously legal, of.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
Course, but they obviously work. I mean if he's run there,
But did you see the bloke who came second.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
Yeah, that's that's where it goes out really dodgy. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
Imagine coming home and saying and saying to your partner,
I went under two hours for the marathon and they said, oh, well, congratulations,
you won the race. Well, I didn't, actually.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Well, and that was his first ever of marathon. That's
the that's the really weird. I mean, I'm assuming the
guy was running other distances and stuff like that.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
It was probably inevitable, though, wasn't it beating going?
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Some They did the maths, it's it's twenty one k's
an hour. I mean it's.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Fifty was it two or three minutes fifty for a k?
Speaker 4 (08:50):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Forty two times you're virtually sprinting.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
Yeah, it's crazy. It's it's crazy how how fast they
are going over such a long just as we had
the blog that did an under controlled conditions, didn't we
a couple of years ago? Yeah, but this was in
a competitive thing. I mean, surely it can't just be
the shoes. Yes, they might help you out, but they're
not gonna put They're not going to, you know, shave
five minutes off your time, aren't they.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
You still have to be I think Jason to run
there it's good.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Yeah, I think it's right, and you have to be
reasonably good at running just in general.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Just a tip.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
My my highlight if Ronnie had won, would have been
my highlight, but he lost. It's not my highlight anymore.
But my highlight of the weekend was Friday, particularly carried
over Saturday, but my highlight on Friday was the NFL Draft.
And you you cannot overstate the life changing emotion involved
(09:49):
with these guys being picked. You know, like it's like
they're all sitting there and they're all got the bling
and the families there on the sofa, and then you know,
coach McDermott rings up and he goes, do you want
to be what? And they just like it's amazing to watch,
and it's in front of tens of thousands of people
as well, goes.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
On to two days, who's coach McDermott.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Well, you know, I'm just it doesn't matter who coach
McDermott is. I'm just saying there are coaches ringing up
changing young men's lives.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
I saw a clip a very emotional young man. He
played for the Navy football team and they hardly ever
get drafted those military how the players and the military teams,
and he got drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
He's from Pittsburgh. He was in tears.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Your whole life has changed TV, just like that.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
The guy now see what would you do, Jason so Mendoza,
who was the number one pick. He's gone to the
Raiders who are the most useless side in the NFL
by so far. It doesn't matter. So you're the man
and you would want to go to a team, and
yet the useless side pick here, so you're stuck with them.
So what do you do?
Speaker 4 (10:50):
Well, that's how the draft works, isn't it. The bottom
side gets the number one pick, so the best player
normally goes to the to the worst team.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
But you know, if you want to get out of there,
wouldn't you?
Speaker 3 (11:00):
Over the years has been the odd holdout, hasn't there
where they don't sign and there's all sorts.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Of pilava and who ha.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
But I would imagine I could think of worse places
to be for young men in his early twenties making
millions in Vegas.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
I suppose, yes, sir, all right, nice to see you guys.
Does it make you want to take up running those
set when you see.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
That I took I took my I wasn't in crazy,
so I took my talents or lack of it, to
the far North and had Anzac Day in Kaitaia on Saturday.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
Mike, it was. It was good times. It was a
great good time. You are great.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Yes, very early up at four good just come a
great remembrance service put on by the local, local people.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
And yeah, it was a great day.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
Good stuff. Lest we forget.
Speaker 4 (11:41):
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