Jason Pine: Sportstalk host on the All Blacks bouncing back and defeating Argentina at Eden Park

The All Blacks have bounced back and defeated Argentina - but they'll need to maintain momentum for the Rugby Championships. 

While a convincing win in the rematch with Argentina was a big improvement on an upset loss in the competition opener - 35 of the 42 points they scored at Eden Park came in the first half.

Sportstalk host Jason Pine explains further.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jason Pine sports stalk hosters with us Piney Hullo header. Piney,
you basically predicted the All Blacks Argentina match perfectly. Didn't
you say that they're going to wallop them by more
than thirty points? I?

Speaker 2 (00:11):
Yeah, Look, I wouldn't say that it's good. I deserved
the round of applause because it hasn't been common, hasn't
more often than not of jinst them, haven't.

Speaker 1 (00:20):
I That's exactly right. This is why we were all impressed.
How did you see that coming?

Speaker 2 (00:24):
I just thought that the bounce back from Wellington was
almost inevitable. I just really sensed within that all Black
side from the media they did during the week that
they were really really annoyed by what happened in Wellington,
and before they got on the plane for two really
tough test matches in South Africa, they needed something to
give them a launching pad towards that. And look, that
first half was just a clinic, wasn't it. Thirty five

(00:46):
three at a half time. Second half wasn't quite as emphatic,
but by that stage the job had been done. So yeah,
I just all Blacks teams, regardless of who's coaching and
who's playing having ability to bounce back from adversity, and
good to know that the current iteration has as well.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
So there were a lot of questions about TJ, Pananada,
even Damien to some extent, Damian mackenzie and the forwards.
Have they all redeemed themselves? Well?

Speaker 2 (01:07):
I think those two you mentioned did. I think Damien
McKenzie had his best game of the year at first
five TJ from a very challenging night, and Wellington came
back and was a stand out at Eden Park. So yes,
and the Ford Pack look in fact, they didn't have
any scrums to speak of Reddy and Wellington probably didn't
help them. They asserted dominance in the wet I think
Scott Robertson said afterwards the wet are the better as

(01:28):
far as the Fords are concerned. So yeah, I think
they answered a lot of questions at Edon Park. But
it's going to go up another notch when they get
to the Republic.

Speaker 1 (01:35):
Yeah, it's going to be a tough one. Eight. Now,
what's going on with Israel as Sonja.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
Interesting this say, he's lost three of us last four
now after he lost yesterday to Drinkers dupla see he said, look,
I'm not done. I'll go out of my own terms
things very much and he's probably earned the right to
do that. But at thirty five years of age, I'm
not sure if that's necessarily at the twilight of one's
career when it comes to UFC, but it would have
to be getting towards that. Who he fights next, I
guess is interesting. You know, Israel are the Sonya doesn't

(02:00):
go back down to the bottom and start working his
way back up. He's still a headline name, so we
wait to see who's next. But yeah, I don't think
it was in the script. Losing three out of four,
we wait and see. But if we know anything about Israel,
it's that he'll do it on his own terms, whatever
they might be.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
What do you take from his performance? So, I mean,
is he fighting like a guy who is losing it?
Or is he just is his opponent just better?

Speaker 2 (02:20):
For what I've read and seen from those who know
a lot more about these things than I do, he
made a small error which duplus capitalized on, and the
fight up till then was actually swinging towards Israel. So look,
the fact that he made an uncharacteristic era is probably
something he'll examine. Was it a one off or was
it symptomatic? If something greater, I guess he'll unpack it

(02:41):
and we'll find out in due course.

Speaker 1 (02:42):
Yeah, hey, thank you very much, really appreciate it. Piney,
that's Jason pine sports talk host. Will be back at
seven o'clock tonight for more.

Speaker 2 (02:49):
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