Weekend Sport with Jason Pine
Weekend Sport with Jason Pine on Newstalk ZB brings you all the action and reaction to the sporting weekend.
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Kiwi para-athlete Adam Hall has been selected for a record 6th Paralympic Games.
He’s off to Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games in March.
Set to match the achievement of para-athlete and swimmer Graham Condon and parachuter Michael Johnson, he’ll be the first Kiwi to appear at six Paralympic Winter Games.
He joined Piney to discuss his career and what it means to be selected for the sixth time.
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With the first All Blacks game of the season kicking off tonight, it’s time to take a look back in time.
Andrew Hore, former All Black and RWC winner, now a farmer in Otago, joined Piney to reflect on his career and life post-rugby.
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Scott Robertson's first All Blacks team of the season raised a few eyebrows.
The team selected to go up against France at Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium features four uncapped players, with a few major names relegated to the reserves.
Former All Blacks Captain Taine Randell joined Piney to discuss the selection choices and preview tonight's clash against France.
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The Junior Tall Blacks incredible run has continued at the Under 19 World Cup in Lausanne. New Zealand has surged to an historic quarter-final win against the hosts Switzerland, booking their place in the semifinals against USA
Down by six points at halftime, the junior Tall Blacks won 84-70 - the first time they've made the semi-finals of the global event in this age group.
Head coach Matt Lacey joined the show to chat...
On the Weekend Sport with Jason Pine Full Show Podcast for 5th July 2025, Piney brings the show to you from Emerson’s bar in Dunedin ahead of the All Blacks first test of 2025.
Among the names that feature are former All Blacks Jeff Wilson, Tom Donnelly, Taine Randell, and Andrew Hore.
Also popping in was para-athlete Adam Hall, who has just been named to his 6th Paralympic games.
Matt Lacey, head coach of the Ju...
One of the most watched sporting events in the world gets underway tonight as the Tour de France sets off in Lille.
Only one Kiwi is competing in this year’s race, 22 year old Laurence Pithie hoping to score a few stage wins for Germany’s Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe.
Sam Bewley is over in France as well, the Director of Sport for Israel Premier Tech.
He joined the show to discuss the scale of the race, and what he hop...
Both teams have their share of debutants in tonight's clash at Forsyth Barr Stadium.
On the All Blacks side, both Fabien Holland and Christian Lio Willie are set to make their debuts in front of their home crowd in Dunedin.
Tom Donnelly was assistant coach for Otago when the pair made their NPC debuts for the team, and joined Piney to reflect on their journey to the national team.
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A new All Blacks season kicks off tonight at Forsyth Barr Stadium.
The boys in black are taking on France's Les Blues in the first of three matches, aiming to break the tourist's winning streak.
All Black and Otago Rugby legend Jeff Wilson joined Jason Pine to discuss how the All Blacks will look to improve in Scott Robertson's second year at the helm.
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This week, Piney was joined by the one-and-only James McOnie—broadcaster, wordsmith, and master of the perfectly timed zinger—for a rollicking ride through the world of rugby and rugby league.
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On the Weekend Sport with Jason Pine Full Show Podcast for 29th June 2025, we are joined in studio by All Blacks coach Scott 'Razor' Robertson.
First up we focus on the upcoming 2025/26 summer of cricket with Beige Brigade co-host and host of the BYC podcast Paul Ford. Also, Black Cap Bevon Jacobs joins the show to talk his first season in the IPL and the upcoming Black Caps tour of Zimbabwe.
Also, Alex Powell out of th...
Liam Lawson will start sixth at Formula One’s Austrian Grand Prix, and is the highest-placed of the four Red Bull-backed cars ahead of both teammate Isack Hadjar and world champion Max Verstappen.
For the first time since Saudi Arabia earlier this year, Lawson will start ahead of his Racing Bulls teammate – who was eliminated in the second qualifying session (Q2). Hadjar will start 13th.
NZ Herald sportswriter Alex Powell joined Pi...
Mixed martial artist Kai Kara-France wants to use his flyweight title fight this afternoon as a platform for Māori culture.
The Kiwi will face Brazilian champion Alexandre "The Cannibal" Pantoja at UFC 317 in Nevada - his second title attempt.
Sky Sport UFC analyst Ravinder Hunia joined Piney to discuss.
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Bevon Jacobs is hoping that sharing a changing room with Indian cricket superstars such as Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah will serve him well for his country.
The Auckland batter's the only uncapped player in the 15-man squad for next month's T20 tri-series against South Africa and hosts Zimbabwe.
Jacobs was part of the Mumbai squad in the latest edition of the Indian Premier League - in an unusual case of cracking an IPL contract...
All Blacks coach Scott Robertson has revealed why they opted to bring Dalton Papali'i into camp again following the injury to Wallace Sititi.
Sititi is out for the series against France with a high ankle injury, with Blues flanker Papali'i whistled in as injury cover after missing the initial squad and Christian Lio-Willie moved into the squad proper.
Robertson says Ethan Blackadder - who also missed out - was unavailable to come ...
The Black Caps and White Ferns are staring down the barrel of a packed summer schedule, according to a new release from NZ Cricket.
New Zealand have released their schedule for the upcoming home summer, with a combined 59 international fixtures for both the men's and women's sides.
BYC podcast co-founder Paul Ford joined Piney to discuss.
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New Zealand punters will no longer be able to bet with overseas bookmaker under new laws that will come into effect next week.
TAB NZ will become the sole legal provider of online sports and racing betting, with a number of politicians saying it could provide a major boost to the nation’s betting industry.
The law change has made it illegal for offshore operators to accept bets, and have introduced stronger powers to pr...
On the Weekend Sport with Jason Pine Full Show Podcast for 28th June 2025, we talk referee abuse, starting with Mike Hester, NZR’s Participation Development Manager, and grassroots ref Rob Harman.
We also talk the new betting laws with TAB NZ CEO Nick Roberts and football with All Whites coach Darren Bazeley and Auckland City CEO Gordon Watson following their historic 1-1 draw with Boca Juniors.
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Australia and New Zealand are set to clash again later this year, this time on the football pitch.
The All Whites will be playing the Socceroos in a two-match series for the Soccer Ashes trophy in September.
Coach Darren Bazeley joined Piney to discuss the upcoming battle, as well as look ahead to next year's World Cup – an event the All Whites have qualified for.
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SailGP will be making waves in Auckland again in 2026.
After being omitted from the first announcement of venues for next season, the league has confirmed it will return to the City of Sails on the weekend of February 14-15 next year.
The event will be the second of 12 on the calendar and is the last on the global foiling league’s initial four-year agreement with New Zealand Major Events to host regattas in New Zealan...
A call for New Zealand Rugby to protect referees more.
The Horowhenua Kapiti Rugby Union has postponed fixtures this weekend after a referee was so seriously abused he had to be escorted to his car over safety fears.
Last month, the union said in response to escalating abuse towards match officials – highlighted by a person threatening to stab a referee – that they would cancel all senior club games if behaviour didn’t ...
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