D'Arcy Waldegrave: Sportstalk host on whether the State of Origin could take place in Christchurch

ARL Commission boss Peter V’landys has revealed a State of Origin game in New Zealand could become a reality.

Reports claim the NRL is in negotiations with New Zealand government and tourism officials to take Origin to either Auckland or Christchurch in 2027.

Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Darcy Watergrave sports store coasters with me.

Speaker 2 (00:02):
He does headed at Pluey Allen.

Speaker 1 (00:04):
So how would the state of Origin and christ Church work?

Speaker 2 (00:06):
How would it work? I don't know. Maybe graham Low
can tell us, Sir graham Lo can tell us, well,
I don't agree that we need a state of origin
here in New Zealand. It's not ours, right, it's not.

Speaker 1 (00:17):
Ours, But why not take I mean, look at it, it's.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
The Australian's competition. It's not ours. We're going to go
over there and flog one of the deciders or they're
teamed him to do it. I would go in a heartbeat.
I would love to go and see the origin here,
but I struggle with the fact that we're removing one
of Australia's most iconic sporting events and putting it in
our backyard. For what I think it'd be the first

(00:41):
time since ninety and eighty seven that the State of
Origin has been played outside of Australia.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
Let me understand your argument against it is simply it's
theirs leave it alone. Yeah, yeah, because that's how they
roll with us, isn't it? Far Lap the Finn brother again.
I'm sorry, So.

Speaker 2 (00:59):
We're going to claim state of origin as our own anturing.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
I know, but I mean the sharing between like the
sharing between us of each other's stuff.

Speaker 2 (01:05):
The NRL don't care about New Zealand, they never have.
They treat us like well, I don't use the team
ust going to be taken off the airways, but they do, mugs.
We are the poor.

Speaker 1 (01:21):
I'm just trying to help you out now.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
I'm not going to say it. I'm not going to
say it. We aren't treated well by the NRRAL adults.
So they don't even turn it up and listen to
the Orca and all the other teams that want to
try and get in. Although Peter Velandi's has said to
the Courier Mail, I think it was that there might
be a chance in twenty twenty seven. So so Graham
Lowe has climbed on only going have it in christ

(01:43):
Church or today you christ Jurase we've got a brand
new stadium, but it only fits thirty thousand people. If
they're going to take it off short, surely you'd take
an Eden part. We could jam fifty five thousand people
in there. They're not there for fun and games, they're
there to make money.

Speaker 1 (01:57):
Truth comes out there to make money. Hey, why' is
Lisa Carrington decided to compete this year? After all?

Speaker 2 (02:03):
Well, somebody got sick. There was an injury in the
K four competition and this is for the World Champs.
You to remember that Carrington has got eight gold medal.
She had a year off. She's gone on investing in
the basketball team, and one of her team mates from
the gold medal winning K four five hundred race has

(02:27):
taken ill. Olivia Brett is not around, so in a flash,
she's already it. She's there a Milano. She's over there Milan.
She's going to compete in that, just that one off
race and we'll see what happens. But I wondered is
she going to be Is she going to be fit enough?
She would never say yes. She wasn't going to be
the goat in the boat.

Speaker 1 (02:47):
That's right, Thank you. Darcy appreciated paddling in a mote.

Speaker 2 (02:50):
Can I carry it? No? I shan't.

Speaker 1 (02:52):
I thought about it for a second. I can't come
look at that toats. Okay, off you go, then, Darcy
water Grave sports stook Hoast.

Speaker 2 (02:59):
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