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Speaker 1 (00:00):
With me right now, as Jason Pine, sports talk host
who's been covering the Olympics for ages. Now Piney Halo,
Hello head, before we get into the Olympics, what happened
to the All Blacks? Then? What they do wrong?
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Yeah, a few things. You know, you can talk about
not wanting it as much. I don't think that's the case.
They had a lot of unforced errors. I think they
kicked probably a bit too.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Much and found tj well No.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Well, he was one of the corporates, I think. Yeah,
But I also don't know that the kicking from Damien
McKenzie or Jordi Barrett was that good either. So exiting
out of their own twenty two was a work on
This will be interesting because first time this coaching staff
has overseen a loss. How will the week be under
razor how will we react? They're here in Auckland now
for a backup test against Argentina Eden Parks Saturday night.
(00:41):
What do they say? You win or you learn? Hopefully
they've learned a bit and we'll have a bit of
showing on Saturday that laid out. Yeah, those core roles
are interesting a and they now have a specialist throwing
coach as well, Corey Flynn a former All Blacks hooker,
and so straight away you like, we'll hang on mate,
Why is the throwing not going to our guys? That
core role far more as a very very destructive rugby
(01:02):
player when he's running with the ball in his hands,
but his core role will still throw the ball in
the line out. So yeah, there's a bit of work
to be done there as well.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
It feels a little bit like because just as you're
pointing out right, the basics of rugby were not being
done to the standard that you would expect the All
Blacks to do them, and so it just feels like
they're all a bit like sixes and sevens about wobbly.
It's like they're not comfortable in the roles they're playing.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Is that Yeah, that's I wrote down the word chaotic
when I was watching it on SA night. You're right,
the kick pass catch, run, will not run, kick pass catch,
those three basics of rugby they just weren't doing as
well as they should at this level. Yeah, they'll be
better for it, your hope. I wonder how you coach
coach unforced eras out because you can only train under
so much pressure in a training situation, right, it's never
(01:46):
going to replicate a Test match, So how do you
replicate that pressure so that unforced eras are trained out
of you? If you know so, that'll be an interesting
little work on for them as well.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Jeez, I mean frustrating. And also what's going on with
TJ's hair?
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Yeah, that's an interesting It just getting uglier and.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Uglier every week. But that was the peak of ugliness,
wasn't it.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Well. I don't like to comment on hairstyles. As you know, Heather.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Pony yours is perfectly suited for the fact that you're
bald on top. But I mean he is willingly making
himself baled on the signs. I think his appearance in
future matches should be contingent on what's going on with
his hair, don't you think.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Well, I'd prefer to focus on his core roles as
are half back. I could not.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Focus on it for the fact that I was looking
at that hideous mullet. Okay, now, what was your favorite moment?
Can you go past Hamish curve?
Speaker 2 (02:27):
I can't, I can't go, Unfortunately, I can't. It sounds
cliche because it was. It's a lot of people are
saying that was their favorite, but it was my favorite. Yeah,
and a sport that is, you know, global, truly global
track and field is done in every country on Earth,
and the high jumps kind of one of the glamour
events on the track. But just the way it was achieved,
the drama, the the you know, the tension, and just
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the utter joy of him doing it.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
I just absolutely love thought about all those guys coming out.
Are they all like, you know, pulling signs to the
crowd and they're all being slick ricks and then out
comes Hamish and he's like, oh yeah, I'm from New Zealand.
And the humble guy gets the goal.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
So key we a And I think that's right across really.
I mean look you look at Dame Liza caring To,
look at Alise Andrews, look at Hamish cur look at
Finn Butcher. Yeah, they're just authentic, down to earth normal
key we stall. I love it on them.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
I loved it too, Hey, Piney, thank you very much.
Enjoy it. Jason Pie and Sportstalok Coaster has done it
amazing job covering the Olympics for us. Here on News
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Speaker 2 (03:21):
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