D'Arcy Waldegrave: Sportstalk host on Scott Robertson's eligibility u-turn

All Blacks coach Scott Robertson is at peace with New Zealand Rugby's non-overseas selection policy.

He's previously urged the governing body to keep an open mind regarding the use of offshore players, like the world champion Springboks.

Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
See there is some funny text coming in about Shortened Street.
There's a really long one that I wanted to read
the whole Ah.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
Here we go.

Speaker 1 (00:06):
Shortland Street should be called Shagg Street because of all
the storylines. If you're just joining us, by the way,
there's some people going to be fired from Shorten Street
in the next couple of days. We're being told Shorten
Street should be called Shagg Street because of all the
storylines revolving around people sleeping with each other. And that's
about it. The writers don't seem to be able to
think of anything else except for the murder twist at
the end of each season. Apart from that, someone turns up,

(00:29):
they get given that special look, and then of course
it's law that they have to have shag and usually
behind their partner's back, which is just wonderful, isn't it.
They introduce a new.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
Table or a chair because they might get the look
and a shk too.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
The thing I like about this text, thanks John, is
that you obviously watch the show. You're still watching.

Speaker 2 (00:59):
The show waiting for a new chair or a new
prop to be insided, something for them to check it.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
A four twenty Darcy water graz he was sport.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
Hey Darcy. People still watching though, that's the question.

Speaker 1 (01:15):
Well not as many as they used to be. But
they're only on three nights a week now, down from five.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
Right Does that mean they need to concentrate the sex
into those three nights?

Speaker 1 (01:23):
It obviously does. Maybe that's why John's copying so much
of it?

Speaker 3 (01:26):
Is this a reflection of most workplaces? Looking around?

Speaker 1 (01:31):
So there is nothing, There's nothing I'd even look at
for a minute out there anyway, Raiser has changed his mind?
What is behind this? So he gets in there and
to inzd Are and he's done a u turn on
his stance, a stance he had in November and then
repeated in January on players playing abroad.

Speaker 3 (01:49):
How about this? How about this for an idea? You
can't publicly disagree with what we want to do with
the inzid Are we pay your wages? Oh no, you don't. Yeah,
look he might be right, Yeah cool, we got that.
We've got a World Cup coming up in a couple
of years. We don't need this. So what you guys
need to do is you need to front the media
and say let's say, okay, all hugs and kisses, it's fine.

(02:11):
He's not going to challenge it anymore. And then behind
the scenes it can be a bigger agitated as he want.
But they need to come together as a unit and
show a united front on their opinions. And you wonder,
it's like in any business. You get that you might
not agree with your bar from what he says, but
for the business and the front of the business, you're

(02:32):
to stand.

Speaker 1 (02:32):
The owner and say argument that he says on it.
There is nuance and you know, let's look at the
example of who's gone off to Ireland, Jordy Barratt. Jordi
Barrett's gone off to Island, So there is nuance. You're
not buying that. You think it's just combined.

Speaker 3 (02:46):
Things change all the time, and the shifting sounds of
international rugby say that you must always be on your
toes and ready to move with the times. Now, what
happens with the ends that are they don't want to
open the Pandora's box fully because they don't know what
might pop out. Okay, but they've kind of had a
wee peek. But are we looking what's going on?

Speaker 1 (03:06):
And he's been brought into line the black cats. Now
the women were meant to play in Dunedin.

Speaker 3 (03:11):
Well they were, but then the rain turned up, because
that's what happens when you schedule a game of cricket
at the start of autumn in Dunedin. Surprise, surprise, but then.

Speaker 1 (03:18):
So then the rain stops and the men start.

Speaker 3 (03:20):
It's been reduced to fifteen overs a side for this
tea twenties, the second of five. That's after Pakistan got
flogged in christ Church on Sunday, just murderalized, and they've
won the toss. They've decided to roll in and have
a field and currently Pakistan it drinks are sixty two
for the loss of four each. Sody has picked up

(03:41):
a couple of quick wickets, so it looks like Pakistan
are rocking. But of course it's a mean old trick.
You get subcontinental players coming in and the first thing
you do is to send them to the Deep South
to play cricket.

Speaker 1 (03:53):
But freezing it's a bit straight. So the women are
supposed to play, they get rained off, so then instead
of in them play when the rain stops.

Speaker 3 (04:01):
The it's a it's a double header. It's all scheduled,
so you've got X amount of time and then you've
got to go to so we couldn't do it. So
that's your tied series or drawn series and the Men.
So hopefully, yeah, hopefully something happens positive. All right, I'm
looking to get a player on in the show between

(04:21):
seven and eight and Agreetor paul a steamed rugby writer
for Newsdi joins Love to seven to talk about the
look forward.

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