Weekend Sport with Jason Pine
Weekend Sport with Jason Pine on Newstalk ZB brings you all the action and reaction to the sporting weekend.
Episodes
This week, James McOnie from The Crowd Goes Wild joined Piney to discuss he Super Rugby season, Auckland FC's new signings, Alex Paulsen's move to Bournemouth and the NBA finals.
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Former Australian cricket captain Steve Smith joined Piney to talk about his Ashes performance.
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New Zealand teams will feature in every Super Rugby quarter-final, with the Hurricanes pipping the Blues to finish in top spot heading into the playoffs.
The Hurricanes will face the Rebels at home in Wellington while the Blues will host the Fijian Drua and the Chiefs will clash with the Reds in Hamilton.
Rugby experts Bryn Hall and Ant Strachan joined Piney to share their expectations for next weekend.
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The Black Foils have overcome shifty winds and chilly temperatures to sit second overall behind Great Britain after day one of Canada's inaugural SailGP event in Halifax.
New Zealand placed fifth, second and fourth across the opening three fleet races.
Driver Peter Burling discussed the challenging circumstances with Piney.
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Ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, former gold medal-winning hockey player Tony Ineson joined Piney to discuss his athletic success.
Ineson captained the New Zealand national team at 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
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The Crusaders' Super Rugby Pacific title defence is over, after the Fijian Drua beat the Melbourne Rebels 40-19 in Lautoka, to book their own finals spot.
The Drua finish the regular season seventh, one spot above the Rebels, who still make the post-season.
Crusaders chief executive Colin Mansbridge joined Piney to discuss the team's future.
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Ipswich Town FC is Premier bound, and Henry Gray is a Kiwi goalkeeper on the team.
He joined Piney to discuss his journey to Ipswich and his hopes for playing Premier League Football next season.
He told him that they've just got to wait and see for next season, and while there’s talk about slotting him into the number three slot, he just has to wait and see what the club wants to do...
Last month the Lord’s Cricket Ground hosted Armed Forces T20 Day and the MCC’s official Women’s Day.
For the first time in the ground’s 210-year history, both those games were played on the first pitches to be prepared entirely by women.
Kiwi Meg Lay was one of the team and is the first full-time female grounds person at Lord’s.
She told Jason Pine that every day is a “pinch me mom...
The T20 World Cup kicks off tomorrow and our Australian Correspondent Adam Peacock took a look at the chances of Australia and the unpredictability of the format.
He also dug into the struggles of the Matildas, and what ways the State of Origin 1 could go.
He told Piney that there’s no certainty around the WT20 as every one of the eight teams can win it.
“Whether or not that falls ...
The Chiefs are coming up against the Blues in tonight’s Super Rugby Clash.
The Blues are tied for the top spot, slightly ahead of the Hurricanes due to a points differential.
Finlay Christie from the Blues side and Jimmy Tupou from the Chiefs joined Piney as they prepare for their blockbuster match to wrap up their regular seasons.
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The Hurricanes and Highlanders are battling it out this evening.
The Hurricanes are tied with the Blues at the top of the table, the Blues just ahead on a points differential.
Salesi Rayasi of the Hurricanes and Kenny Lynn of the Highlanders joined Piney to preview their much-anticipated clash to end the Super Rugby regular season.
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Significant changes are coming to New Zealand’s rugby game.
NZ Rugby’s governance vote took place on Thursday, and the Provincial Union's Proposal Two has won out.
Peter Winchester is the chair of Canterbury Rugby and spokesperson for the Provincial Unions, and joined Piney to discuss what this vote means for rugby going forward.
He told him that they believe that provincial invol...
Buller rugby legend James Lash joins Piney to talk about being called up as an emergency fill-in for Suburbs rugby.
This move took them from a 27-0 deficit to a 27-28 win to win the Best of the West Cup in Auckland premier rugby.
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Oxford United have managed to snag themselves a spot in the EFL Championship, after beating out the Bolton Wanderers.
Coach Des Buckingham joined Piney to discuss the team's progress.
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James McOnie of The Crowd Goes Wild joined Piney to discuss this weekend's Super Rugby, the A-League grand final, Luka Doncic in the NBA playoffs and James Preston's new record.
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Ahead of Monday's highly-anticipated IndyCar event, one motorsport reporter joined Piney to speculate.
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Mike Hesson, former Black Caps coach and newly appointed Te Korowai board member, joins Piney to discuss how the organisation aims to provide support for coaches.
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Former Olympic boardsailor Barbara Kendall has managed to maintain a solid athletic legacy.
Kendall was the first New Zealand woman to win an Olympic boardsailing medal, at Barcelona in 1992.
She followed it up with silver and bronze medals at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics - and was later inducted into the International Sailing Hall of Fame in 2007.
She joined Piney to discuss her accomplishments ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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It's a banner day for Kiwi athletics.
The late Sir Peter Snell's 62-year-old 800m national record has been broken by James Preston at a meet in Germany - by point two six (0.26) of a second.
It's an Olympic qualifying mark - pending selection by the national committee.
Preston says he's incredibly proud.
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The Crusaders have kept their Super Rugby playoff hopes alive with the upset of the season, beating the Blues 29-27 in Christchurch.
If the Highlanders beat the Drua and deny the Fijians a bonus point in Dunedin this afternoon, the Crusaders will be just two points off the top-eight playoff zone, going into the last round.
Crusaders assistant coach James Marshall joined Piney to discuss the good news.
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