D'Arcy Waldegrave: Sportstalk host on Auckland FC women’s team starting in the 2027/28 A-League season

The entry of Auckland FC into the women’s A-League competition has been delayed for two years.

It was confirmed on Thursday by the Australian Professional Leagues (APL), the governing body of the A-Leagues, that the new licence will be granted for the 2027/2028 season.

Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
M Darcy water Grove Sports Talk coasters. But that's all
it does.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Hey here there, here you going.

Speaker 1 (00:04):
I'm very well, thank you. So Auckland's got a lady team, have.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
They not yet?

Speaker 1 (00:08):
I'll win two years twenty seven.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
Twenty seven, twenty eight. Oh yeah, well, I'm sure that
most of the team and associated sponsors in the light
would love to have a women's team in the A League.
I wonder if the women's A League is still going
in two years. I'm being a bit cares to come here,
but well, well no, the A League full stops a

(00:32):
bit wobbley, right, so the boys side too, Yeah, I wonder. Look,
i'd like to think it will last, that will survive.
It's probably got more growth than the men quite frankly,
but they've not done a thought maybe next year, but
it's come out now that Nope, we're waiting. It's going
to be two years, so twenty seven, twenty eight. That

(00:52):
will be lovely, thank you very much. So it's good
news coming out of Aka. You've see a lot of
football news around this week. New signings, new players. It's
a football Netball's been on the flavor the last couple pretty,
isn't it.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
What's going on with girls dropping out so much faster
than boys when it's you know that teenage sport age.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
Well, I'm hopefully going to find out more about this.
There's been a study that's come out a sports psychologists
called Don Vatis, and he's going to join us on
the show up after seven o'clock. The study says that
ninety five percent of girls ages eleven to seventeen aren't
active enough, and by age fourteen, girls are dropping out

(01:29):
of sport at twice the rate of boys. Should we
be hugely alarmed by this? Does it actually mean long term?
Who's responsible for this? What's the setup within sport that
makes young girls Gont's not for me? I'm gone?

Speaker 1 (01:46):
Is that what it is?

Speaker 3 (01:47):
Or is it who their their role models are? Because
you know, so many for young men, so many male
role models are sports players, whereas for girls, the role
models are Kardashians. So maybe you don't want, i know,
Darcy well pull that face. So maybe girls don't want
to spend their time running around the hockey field or
the netball court. They want to spend their time going
into whatever that stupid makeup stores and getting their face done.

Speaker 2 (02:10):
You know, I couldn't tell you what that stupid makeup
store is. What it's called. Possibly, I was said, the
one where gangs of tweens go in there and steep.

Speaker 1 (02:18):
That's the one, right, I don't know if they steal stuff.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
They do go with? Right? Okay, Well, I know the
near department of fifteen is kind of leaning toward that.

Speaker 1 (02:27):
See is your? Okay?

Speaker 3 (02:28):
Is yours?

Speaker 2 (02:29):
She's not into sports, her hasband. I've tried my entire
life to get her into sports and she played. No,
she's not. She swims really well, it's a really good swimmer.
Tried itself life saving, tried football, Try cricket, try, just
see our interest in that competitive streak. It just doesn't
do it for it interesting And I don't want to
force her into a situation you must do this, because

(02:50):
that's not gonna work. I've given her plenty of opportunity
right from the get go. Hey do you want to go?
Hey do you want to have a go? But she
tends to art and lingue and things like that, which
is fine, I don't mind.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
But must have been smart at active kids are very
very important.

Speaker 2 (03:10):
So we'll be talking tonight to that psychologist about who's
to blame. Is it just a natural occurrence? What has
to change in the landscape in order to encourage I'm
just talking about young girls. I mean there's plenty of
boys a Bobby too, but encourage teenagers when they get
to that stage to actually stay within sport, although as

(03:33):
a woman coming to the team years is a whole
lot more going on in their heads. Anyway, let's get
to the tab where, of course we always bet responsibly.
This is my tip for you this week. I'm not
entirely sure if you're going to buy into this one.
The Woman's Rugby World Cup is coming up, so let's
go over the weekend. Okay, so that's great. I like
long term, Betsy, because it's kind of a burner. So

(03:54):
long burner, well, you don't have.

Speaker 1 (03:56):
To admit your failure and then in the short term
that's why you like it.

Speaker 2 (03:58):
Carry on, Okay, fine, I don't admit to failure. That
we don't fail, we learn.

Speaker 1 (04:03):
Okay, yep, fail up with.

Speaker 2 (04:06):
Get this though, right? The English women are favorites at
a dollar thirty five. I get that the tournament. New
Zealand women are coming in at three dollars fifty, which
is okay. The Canadians seven dollars. The French are paying
fifteen dollars. If that's not worth a lash, I don't
know what is that is crazy in my opinions, just

(04:26):
a couple of mombs, very very good and they're just
across the ditch from home. I thought maybe they'd be
up equal with the New Zealand women, or maybe even better.
So fifteen bucks on the French women to win the
World Cup. That's where your money's at. R eighteen bet responsible.

Speaker 1 (04:42):
Thank you, Darcy appreciated. He'll be back. Darcy Autograph Sports
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Speaker 2 (04:48):
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