Full Show Podcast: 27 July 2024

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Speaker 1 (00:06):
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Speaker 2 (00:30):
Hello Kiot, good afternoon, and welcome into the seven day
edition of Weekend Sport on News Talk s eDV. It's
July twenty seven. Happy birthday to iconic All Blacks front
rower Bull Allen. Happy birthday, Alan Border, Happy birthday Jordan Speith.
I'm Jason Pineshow producer Andy McDonald. We're with you until three,

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talking sport. The Games of the thirty third Olympiad officially underway,
Paris has delivered a star studded, colorful and fun opening
ceremony along the River sen turning the city's iconic monuments

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into stages for dancers, singers, and various others. The River's
been lit up with waterworks and colour as athletes sailed down.
The first time the ceremony hasn't been confined to a stadium,
and there was a dramatic end as well as superstar
Selene Dion performed on the Eiffel Tower the city at

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Selene Dion's first performance since revealing she's battling a serious
and debilitating medical condition. Emotional stuff. So now we can
get onto the games themselves. New Zealand Chief of Mission
Nigel Avery leads us off today. What does success look
like for New Zealand at these Olympics have if we
obviously assume that medals are one thing, what else has

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to happen for these games to be deemed a success
And how does a chef to mission spend his time
during the Olympic Games. We'll get you on the Grand
in Paris as well with Michael Burgess from the New
Zealand Herald. Inside the Ollie Whites football camp this afternoon too,
with defender Finn Sermon ahead of their second game of
the tournament, having opened with a two to one win

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over Guinea on Thursday morning. Some of the sports obviously
got under way before the opening ceremony.

Speaker 3 (02:37):
Keen for your.

Speaker 2 (02:37):
Medal predictions if you're interested in giving me those the
athletes and teams you're keen to watch, and how deeply
invested you'll get in these Olympic Games over the next
two and a half weeks. Other matters around today, the
Warriors stay alive in the NRAL of twenty eight to
sixteen win over the Tigers last night at Mount Smart.
Assistant coach Slade Griffin with us after one blackaps all around,

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A Rich and Ravendra is on the show. Today will
preview Netball's A and Z Premiership Elimination final. This afternoon
the Tactics against the Mystics at four o'clock in christ Church.
Karen Berger out of the Tactics Chrace Wiki from the Mystics,
Adam Peacock and his regular slot around one forty five
with Australian sporting matters. As you heard in the Sports

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news from Weno, All Blacks captain Scott Barrett in doubt
for the Rugby Championship opener. He copped a finger injury
against Fiji the win in San Diego. He's had surgery
and is now being assessed. The Rugby Championship squad incidentally
is named tomorrow afternoon at three o'clock thirty six. In
that squad it was just thirty two for England and

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fig So three o'clock tomorrow afternoon is when Scott Robertson
will unveil the thirty six man Rugby Championship squad Live
Sport this afternoon while we're on the edge Adam Cup
quarter finals Hibiscus Coast against Coastal Spirit two o'clock this
afternoon in Funga Pooa, Wellington Olympic MANUALEWA two o'clock and Wellington.

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Speaker 2 (04:25):
TALKSB Let's get you to Paris as the Olympics are
set to get underway properly tonight. Heaps of kiwis in
action on day one, or run through some of those
in a moment, but shift the mission. Nigel Avery is
standing by and joins us. Now from Paris. Nigel, we've
got the opening ceremony out of the way. How much
of a successful Olympics is about actually getting to the

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start line.

Speaker 4 (04:50):
We all, Hey, hey Jason, thanks for your time, Thanks
for inviting me on the show. You know, it's getting
the start line's pretty important clearly, and in the B
shape possible ultimately is what we're trying to achieve.

Speaker 2 (05:03):
So tell us about the shape that you arrive and
are you happy with where you are as as the
Games proper are about to begin?

Speaker 5 (05:12):
Yeah? I think so.

Speaker 4 (05:13):
You know, everybody's very excited, you know, clearly, you know,
now sort of crunch time where you know, the competition
is definitely on for most of the team or for
many and this is what they've been training and preparing
for physically and mentally for such.

Speaker 5 (05:30):
A long time. So you know, it's a very very
exciting time for everybody.

Speaker 2 (05:34):
You're shift of mission at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham
two years ago. Can you compare and contrast for us
how much bigger is an Olympic Games?

Speaker 6 (05:46):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (05:46):
I think you know, physically obviously, the size is the
scale as massive. You know, the village although geographically it's
quite compact, it goes up quite a lot as well,
so it's quite dense, and it's the population obviously many
more nations. There's there's more at stake, so just it's bigger.

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But I suppose functionally, you know, we just need to
do the same things as we do for Birmingham. Get
those right, you know, get the athletes to the start
line at the right time, the right place, in the
right fame of.

Speaker 5 (06:19):
Mind and everything, and and let them perform.

Speaker 2 (06:22):
As the games get underway and get going what will
take up most of your time.

Speaker 5 (06:30):
Yes, so at the moment we kind of we're still
welcoming teams and so that's.

Speaker 4 (06:33):
A really important part of our our team culture is
making sure we get that right. It's been really amazing
with the team so far, so we're going to continue
doing that. Obviously, then supporting athletes and teams as they
start progressing through into the competitions. And then you know,
really sadly we're we're fear welling teams as they have
finished and they carry on with either back to New

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Zealand or into their their competition season throughout throughout the world.
So it's you know, we're only just started and some
some some teams they're getting ready to go home soon.

Speaker 2 (07:07):
Indeed, And I guess also this is the pinnacle for
the athletes and they are putting the very final finishing
touches on their preparation. Are you just aware that, you know,
to not get in their way even though you want
to make a connection with them and make sure that
they've got everything they need.

Speaker 4 (07:22):
One hundred percent, So on the gym at the moment
for S and C guy, because at the certain time
we can get in here and without the team's being present.

Speaker 7 (07:30):
So I love it.

Speaker 4 (07:35):
So yeah, So you know, look, we're definitely staying in
our own lane, and you know we're there if they
need them. You know, the view here is it's an
opt in situation, you know, so we will help them
as much as they as they want or need, and
we work closely with team management to make sure you know,
that's the case, you know. And it is delicate, you know,
because you know there's a fair amount of anxiety and
nerves going on, and we just have to be careful

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that we're not trying to be you know, wind people
up overly too much or not engage either. So it's
a real balance and something we've reminded mindful of to
make sure we get right.

Speaker 2 (08:05):
From your experience, Nigel, how much of what happens in
the next three weeks will be stuff that you hadn't expected.

Speaker 4 (08:15):
I don't know, you have to tell you, ask me,
ask me that that three weeks.

Speaker 3 (08:21):
But are you are you ready, for example, are you
ready to fight fires or just to just are you
expecting the unexpected just in case?

Speaker 4 (08:30):
Yes, So we we sort of have some scenario type planning,
you know, what if planning and just to say, well, look,
you know, what would our prices look like if something happened,
and so you know wherever that happening might be. If
that should happen, then at least we've got to here's
a frame of reference we can look to to help
manage that. And yeah, I guess you've just got to
expect the unexpected.

Speaker 5 (08:51):
And plan for what we can control.

Speaker 4 (08:54):
And because that's what we ask the athletes to do,
you know, work on what they can control themselves and
the rest just has to happen around them.

Speaker 2 (09:02):
Apart from metals or what other metrics do you use
to judge the success of the games from a New
Zealand perspective, Yeah.

Speaker 4 (09:12):
So we we survey at the end of the games,
and you know, one of the questions is, you know
you know, what did the environment have to your to
your important to your performance?

Speaker 8 (09:22):
Did it?

Speaker 5 (09:22):
Did it Ai Dad or not?

Speaker 4 (09:24):
You know, we're we're happy with the management and things
like that, so you know, we'd hopefully will score highly
on that. That's what we try to do because we
what we can't do is run on the field of
play and help the athletes out in the pool or
on the tracker in the field.

Speaker 5 (09:37):
That's up to the end.

Speaker 4 (09:38):
But what we can do is try and provide an
environment where they feel happy, safe, secure, welcomed, real try
sense of belonging and and and that just aids puts
obvious the icing on the cake, as it were, from
their performance.

Speaker 2 (09:53):
How important do you perceive it to be that you
were a former Olympian or an Olympian yourself a former
elite athlete as was your predecessor Roberdell. How important do
you perceive that to be in the role of shift mission.

Speaker 4 (10:06):
Yeah, I guess it's important because you have an understanding
of what the ethlets are going through, so you can
really empathize with how they're going and you know what
they might be feeling or thinking. But ultimately, we've got
an amazing team here. Some of which they have been
Olympians also, but others who haven't, but they're contributing just

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as much. And and it's it really is a team
effort of the team behind the team. And I guess
the amazing thing is as the athletes start arriving, as
they have in the last week or so par seculy,
you know, the Olympians who have been there before are
kind of meeting and greeting that team behind the team.
He has a gun, you know, so they walk into
a familiar environment and there's such an amazing thing.

Speaker 5 (10:50):
You know.

Speaker 4 (10:50):
They just love being part of a wider New Zealand team,
not just the you know, the rowing team or the
cycling team for example. They're they're there with others and
it's an amazing environment to be part of.

Speaker 3 (11:02):
Do you still get a buzz as well from seeing
seeing the wide eyes of a first time Olympian?

Speaker 4 (11:09):
You do, because you know we've all been there and
so you know exactly what they're going through. And so
you know, for me that's actually you know, I've been
a bit more time with them and just saving a
few chats and whatnot, because you know they are a
bit wide eyed.

Speaker 5 (11:25):
But we've also got an.

Speaker 4 (11:25):
Amazing group of athlete support who have I think they
have all been Olympians, four of them, and we've got
a wellness team and whatnot, and so we're really cognizant
that we want to make sure that they're not being
overwhelmed by the occasion because it can be quite overwhelming.

Speaker 5 (11:43):
And there's obviously reminding them.

Speaker 4 (11:45):
And they're here to compete, but just also reminding them that,
you know, it's they're good at what they do and
they've obviously been been very successful to get to where
they've got to, which is here, and then she need
to try and replicate that in the field, to play
here and and go for it as best they can.

Speaker 3 (12:02):
We've had the opening ceremony, of course, how nice a
job is it telling the flag bearers that they're going
to be flag bearers?

Speaker 5 (12:09):
Well, I mean, it's the privilege being in my role
full stop.

Speaker 4 (12:12):
But to ask those questions of our team and those
two people, it's amazing privilege and huge honour to be
able to do that and very very special. So both
of them are amazing people, you know, very humble.

Speaker 5 (12:26):
Then we're both kind of blown away by.

Speaker 4 (12:30):
Receiving the call mamosphe worry why why they want why
I wanted to speak with them, because you know, it's
not the sort of thing that you put on your
to do list and say I want to be a
flag bearer.

Speaker 5 (12:39):
It's just something thats it kind of happens, and there was.

Speaker 4 (12:42):
They were quite overwhelmed and obviously very appreciative of honor
to be asked.

Speaker 2 (12:48):
Yeah, I think those emotions prove that you pick the
right people for the job. I have to ask you
quickly about about drone Gate and what played out there
the fall out continued. How do you reflect on what
on what played out with the Canadian football team and
our football films.

Speaker 9 (13:04):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (13:05):
I was obviously very shocking to have received that news,
extremely disappointed, and I guess for the team is you know,
quite unsettling. But I think they responded as well as
they could because you know, once it's in the hands
of the authorities, there's not much more else they can do.
There's no there's no point dropping the bottom lip. They
just have to get on with the game. I spoke
with Elie Riley. Obviously she had immensely disappointing for her

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for her injury, and that was also unsettling for the team.

Speaker 5 (13:31):
But she was, you know, confident the.

Speaker 4 (13:34):
Team will just have to you have to regroup and
and carry on.

Speaker 8 (13:38):
And although we didn't.

Speaker 4 (13:40):
See the game because we were in the middle of
our flabor announcement ceremony, you know they gave it a
great shot, you know, you know one all into the
break was It's a great effort. It just didn't quite
get So now we just have to wait for the
process of the i C Integrity Unit and FIFA's investigation
and see where that lands.

Speaker 2 (14:00):
And just to finish, you're one of our greatest weightlifters.
Would you get the chance to take in that sport
at these games? Have you made a point of making
sure that you get along When David Lichti is involved
in weightlifting, I.

Speaker 4 (14:13):
Would love to see him compete, of course, but it
depends on what else is happening, what's going around, And
to be fair, I haven't really looked at the schedule,
but I want to support as many of the ethics
as we can. But as I mentioned earlier, you know,
I need to be part of the team welcomes going
on as well, so it's a bit of a balance.
But I also I want to get down to see sailing,

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to watch Joe. I definitely watch Aaron compete, So there's
a lot to do, a lot to see, and as
I said before, I'm extremely privileged to be able to
be able to do that. So it's really really looking
forward to the next sixteen days.

Speaker 2 (14:48):
Yeah, we all are back here as well, Nigel, as
you can probably tell, I'm sure you're getting messages of
all sorts and I'll continue to come and we just
can't wait to watch it all happen overnight our time,
of course, and I do look forward to chatting to
you after the games to see if there was anything
unexpected and whether you whether you hit your metrics, and
I know the team around you and yourself.

Speaker 3 (15:07):
I'm going to make sure these athletes are in very
good hands.

Speaker 2 (15:09):
Really appreciate you taking the time for a chat and
enjoy the next couple of weeks.

Speaker 5 (15:13):
Days, Jason, appreciate it if they heard me on the show.

Speaker 3 (15:15):
No, it's good to have you on the show, Nigel.

Speaker 2 (15:17):
Thanks indeed, Nigel Avery, there chift a mission of the
New Zealand team at the start of the games of
the thirty third Olympiad. A right lines open all afternoon
on the Olympics, so I pick up on what you like, oh,
eight hundred and eighty ten eighty opening Ceremony. Look, I'm
not huge on opening ceremonies for sporting events. If I'm
honest with you, I get the need for them. I
understand why you have them, and watching that this morning,

(15:41):
I admire the incredible work which goes into pulling them
all together. But they're really just a curtain raiser to
the real stuff, aren't they The real reason everybody is
in Paris or in France, the actual sport. Now that's
not to say I'm not keen on your views on
the opening ceremony. I am if you, if you watched it,

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what stood out for you? I mean, I can only
begin to imagine the logistical challenge of pulling that together,
and the fact that they didn't just confine it to
a stadium this time. They had it down a river,
six kilometers of river. The security alone must have been

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months years in the planning. So if you had a
look at it this morning, the opening ceremony, if you're
a fan of these things, a fan of the fanfare
and the pomp and the ceremony, can to hear from you,
Oh eight hundred and eighty ten eighty. Some sports, of course,
have already gotten underway. Our two football teams have played
their opening games, and the vagaries of the schedule have

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also meant that our men's sevens team are out of
mental metal contention even before the flame was lit this morning.
Did you see those guys afterwards? Did you see the
sevens guys afterwards? I can't remember a more devastated group
of athletes. They were shattered, crushed, so so disappointed. And

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we can talk about the drones if you'd like as well.
We haven't had the chance to do that. That happened
during the week. We haven't had the chance to chat
about that. Should the IOC have kicked Canada out for
spying on the football foods? I'm sure you're across this story.
Take us wherever you want to go, oh, eight hundred
eighty ten eighty. If there are athletes you're keen on
watching sports that you don't normally get the opportunity to watch,

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But are keen on doing that? Or are you a
fan of a sport that doesn't really get its time
in the sun until the Olympics roll around? Take us
where you like on the Olympic Games. I eight hundred
eighty ten eighty nine, two nine to two on text
back with your calls after this.

Speaker 1 (17:45):
The biggest things in sports are on weekend Sports with
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Speaker 2 (17:54):
There'd be twelve twenty seven a lot of people asking
who's on tonight? You know who shall we be looking
out for. I'll get to the schedule in a moment
and let you know who you can watch and when,
or who you can listen to and when. Don't get
We have through the night commentary right across the Olympics
on Gold Sport and iHeartRadio. I do need you to
set your alarm for ten to seven tomorrow morning. Eric

(18:15):
A fair Weather, all things being equal, provided she qualifies
tonight in the heats, will swim the final of the
women's four hundred meter freestyle tomorrow morning just after ten
to seven. She is a genuine medal chance. We haven't
won a swimming medal at the Olympics since nineteen ninety six.
Eric A fair Weather could change that tomorrow. Oh, eight

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hundred and eighty ten eighty Let's get to the phones
and have a chat about the games of the thirty
third Olympiad and everything associated with them.

Speaker 10 (18:44):
Lionel, Hi mate, oh yeah, hi right, Jason, Yes, good morning.
I just want to give mart dupin'shirts and the soccer
debarco with our girls. Yes, I think the IOC should
take Getada and ban them out of his games because
it's the same as drugs and don't them.

Speaker 2 (19:03):
In my books, well, it's gaining, it's gaining an advance
untage unfairly, Lionel, isn't it?

Speaker 10 (19:08):
And that and that way it is so my books,
they should go out and New Zealand should be warded
the points finished. That's it, no debate because if you
don't take a hard stare, now, what are you going
to get tomorrow, in the next day and the next day.

Speaker 3 (19:23):
Well, that's that's it.

Speaker 6 (19:24):
There.

Speaker 2 (19:24):
You've probably picked up on this as well, Lionel, and
that and that in investigating this, this doesn't seem as
it's not a one off. They've been doing this apparently
if you're if you listen to some reports, they've been
doing this for some time.

Speaker 10 (19:37):
No, that's that's that's that's boy, because that's why they
get away with it. By the time they Friday decide
our years. It should be the Games of Boss and
then it's too bloody late. We don't want to get
a medal in that sense. Here. We want to meddle
now if we can.

Speaker 2 (19:53):
It's a difficult one for them to manage, Lionel. Isn't
because they had to move quickly if they were to
impose sanctions like like, for example, kicking them out or
taking points off them for this game in particular, or
whatever they decided because they're up against time pressure. The
game had to be played and will continue to be played.
You know, Canada will stay in for the meantime anyway,

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and the IOC and FIFA aren't necessarily renowned for moving
it at lightning speed.

Speaker 10 (20:19):
Linel, I know we need somebody there that's got the
guts to say, right, this is it, executive decision and
it's done finished, because now you paint the whole games.

Speaker 2 (20:31):
I guess always. So you think to yourself, Lionel, Okay,
what if they did that? Would there be enormous uproar
about it? And I don't think there would be if
they said, look, we've decided to kick Canada out or
to dop them any points they gain while they're here.
I don't know that there'd be a bit enormous uproar
about that. I think a lot of people would share
your view that it's it's just not really on.

Speaker 10 (20:50):
Of course, absolutely, because you go to the game in
good faith and then they the Canadians sadly reached the
good faith and I think they should play the price.
Players are today players, But if we do it now,
they do not happen again.

Speaker 3 (21:04):
Interesting view, Lionel. Things are you are you? Are you
a fan of the Olympic Games? You're going to be
watching a bit?

Speaker 10 (21:10):
Oh yes, I've recorded all of these right from one
o'clock in the morning because I'm a sports only I.

Speaker 3 (21:16):
Love that, Linel, I love it.

Speaker 2 (21:17):
I look forward to chatting with you across the Olympic
Games then and chatting about what catches your eye.

Speaker 3 (21:23):
Yes, it's a difficult time, isn't it in terms of
time zones.

Speaker 2 (21:27):
Having said that, though a lot of the good you know,
the good stuff, I say, the good stuff. A lot
of the finals, for example in the swimming are at
breakfast time, so it's actually not too problematic in terms
of your sleeping patterns. You know you can and look,
you can always record stuff I've seen a lot of
times on the show that I simply cannot watch live

(21:47):
sport recorded.

Speaker 3 (21:48):
I can't do it.

Speaker 2 (21:49):
I know that it's not live. I know that if
you avoid the score it's the same, and sleep is important,
but I'm just unable.

Speaker 3 (21:58):
To do it.

Speaker 5 (21:58):
I can't.

Speaker 2 (21:59):
I can't the life of me watch watch live sport recorded.

Speaker 3 (22:04):
Calvin, what are you looking forward to?

Speaker 11 (22:06):
Yeah, just about all of it. I liked Lionel seth
African accent. Yeah. Now, Jason as an outra, I've got
a specific athletic question to ask you. But anyway, I
enjoyed you when you're talking to Nigel Avery and you
mentioned the fact that he was weightlifting. I've spoken to

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him a couple of times here in the tron when
I was sitting in this small stadium. He was relaxing there,
and I always knew him more or less as a
long jumper, and I think he did the discuss and
a couple other things. So when he eventually got in
their big time news being a weightlifter, that really really
surprised me greatly, And of course for him to meddle

(22:50):
in it was fantastic. Now I'm sure it was that
his father who put all the money there for the
big stadium. I don't know what it's called at Auckland.
I think it's on the north shore.

Speaker 3 (23:03):
I don't know, Sorry, Kelvin, I'm not sure.

Speaker 11 (23:05):
Yeah, And as father, I think had a big viny
idea or whatever down at Hawke's Bay area or Gisbon
or somewhere around that area anyway, Yes, so not. Nigel
is a fantastic athlete in his own right, and so
was his wife. I can't remember her first name, Stoda.
She was a tall, slim, long jumper. Fantastic. But now

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here's the athletic question. I know the answer, but I
want to test you in a way. All was who
was New Zealand's first person to break the foremanut mile?

Speaker 2 (23:39):
The first New Zealander to break the Foreman at mile? Yes,
well I presume it was John Walker.

Speaker 3 (23:45):
Was it what?

Speaker 11 (23:49):
Murray Helbergh Helberg?

Speaker 3 (23:50):
Of course, yes, I've jumped far too far ahead, Murray Helberg.

Speaker 11 (23:55):
Murray Helbert, Yes, Sir Murray Helberg. And of course you
got to remember great Peter Snell. So Peter Snell.

Speaker 2 (24:04):
Of course I've jumped way to the far ahead, haven't I?
I guess I I thought that when you said form
minut miles because I know how many he's run John Walker,
that is No, you're right it Murray Helberg Peters Now
would have done it plenty of times.

Speaker 12 (24:14):
Yep.

Speaker 3 (24:14):
No, it's a it's a good question, and I've failed
to tease Calvin, I'm afraid.

Speaker 11 (24:17):
Yeah, I'm just trying to keep you on the ball.

Speaker 2 (24:19):
Look, I'm happy for you to do that, mate, right
across the Olympic Games. If you want to call with
any more quiz questions, I'll try to be a lot
more a lot more accurate than with my answers next time.

Speaker 3 (24:29):
How are you, Craig. Have you got some questions for you?
Some quiz questions?

Speaker 8 (24:32):
Yeah, yeah, well yeah I'm not I'm probably the worst
New Zealand In New Zealand, I'm not really going to
be watching the Olympics. I'm not in the smaller and
more into motor racing and stuff like that. Fair enough,
but it says each their own. I mean, I just
have watched rugby. I just don't seem to want to
get don't seem to get into some reason. I think
I justided to understand the rules or whatever it is.
And anyway, my question is two questions, was the New

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Zealand Was the New Zealand sevens? It lost to South Africa?

Speaker 3 (24:59):
Yes, yes, yeah.

Speaker 8 (25:00):
What I don't understand is they've played South Africa in
the pool match and they beat South Africa. Why were
they then playing go there for three again in the
next round?

Speaker 3 (25:08):
Craig, what a tremendously good question.

Speaker 2 (25:10):
I'm going to give you the answer, but I still
don't think it's a very good answer. So normally in
seven's what happens is you have a sixteen team tournament, right,
so there's four polls of four, the top two from
each pool going to the quarters and the bottom two
go into the minor placings nine to sixteen. So there's
never any way that you can play a team that

(25:30):
you've played in your pool until you reach the actual final.
You can meet them in the final, but it is
impossible for you to play a team in the quarterfinal
that you've already played in pool play. So that's the
way sevens normally works. At the Olympics, for whatever reason,
there are only twelve teams involved, so they put them
into four pools of three, three pools of four, The

(25:51):
top two go through and then the best two third
place teams, one of which was South Africa who were
in New Zealand's pool, and by the way the draw
was structured, we had to play them again. It's I
have no idea why they don't have sixteen team there.

Speaker 8 (26:07):
Okay, that kind of leads me into other questions. What's
the Canada in order to barkll have caught with them
if they kicked them out of the Olympics. Does that
mean there would be teams inherently be standing around doing
nothing where they would have been playing Canada through the
different games, or what if they rescheduled the whole tournament.

Speaker 2 (26:23):
Yeah, another very good question, and that's I guess why
they thought to themselves, Man, if we kick them out,
then we are going to be stuck with some scheduling difficulties.
What the one thing they could have done is said, look,
you can play the games, but you won't get any points.
But again, that is that's problematic because would they be
trying that hard?

Speaker 5 (26:41):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (26:41):
Right, even turn up exactly right. So you know, one
thing they could have done is said, right, okay, anyone
who's playing Canada, you get you get a three nil
win for example, you don't play the game, but it's
recorded on the points table as though you've got a
three nil win or something like that game. But it
would have but you're right, it would have thrown things out.
Some teams would have had a full lot of group
games before they reached the knockout rounds. Others would have

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only played two games. So you know, what does that
to do in terms of the fitness levels, the recovery,
all that stuff. There's so many things to unpick.

Speaker 8 (27:11):
All I was thinking was maybe they could make them say,
I don't know how you work it out, but say
that Canada give them, say a points or say negative
ten or negative five or whatever is they points, and
then put them into the competition and they can just
places for normal. But then they have to kind of
give the other teams in advantage. But then they saw are
going to work out, going to go past their negativecore.

(27:32):
It actually getting where in the finals?

Speaker 5 (27:34):
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (27:34):
Yeah, yes, they started they start at minus really yeah
they start at minus one.

Speaker 3 (27:37):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (27:39):
Fun to watch. So yeah, what what particular motorsport do
you follow?

Speaker 8 (27:44):
I like the quite fume, I like the more the
drag racing and the VC cars. Not a fan of
the IF one cars because they tend to be like, well,
I don't know. I call them like screaming little kids
racing around the track.

Speaker 5 (27:57):
They got really high.

Speaker 8 (27:59):
I mean it's like being like being at a day care.
Seem to think.

Speaker 3 (28:03):
But it's good, it's good. I like it.

Speaker 8 (28:06):
But yeah, I was sort of more of the old school,
like the Nascaren places like that. I'm quite a fan
of NASCAR ben the fact that they don't generally have
a lot of computers on board, and it's more the
driver that has to relate information back to the pits
as to what's going on. Things like that that's more
personal and individual. But I do follow Scott Dixon though,
I mean he's been done pretty well. But yeah, and.

Speaker 2 (28:28):
You're still you're still you still follow the Vates in Australia.
I mean it feels I don't know, and you'll know
more than me about this, as though there's not quite
as much star power in the Vight supercars in Australia
now as there has been in the past.

Speaker 3 (28:39):
But you're still you still follow it.

Speaker 8 (28:41):
I still follow it, but I think it's it's lost.
It's a lot of appeal fact that it's gone from
holding versus forward to Chevy versus well, still forward, but
it's gone from the you know, every day Joe that
goes to the team can see the cars and go
oh yeah, and eventually he can go down to the
dealership and buy Carlot then having him similar, whereas nowadays
it's because it's not similar to what cars people drive

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every day. So I think it's lost a little bit
of its magic behind the thing like going to more
of the American cars and stuff like that. But yeah,
it's very interesting. I've been to Bessie's a few times
and you see a bunch of people. They're absolutely plastered
with alcohol, and you think, yeah, how much of the
bracically actually remember.

Speaker 3 (29:20):
Probably not too much, Craig, Probably not too much.

Speaker 8 (29:24):
I stop taking your time anyway, but it's interesting to show.
But I don't have a couple of questions that I'm
not really into sport, and I was just watching.

Speaker 9 (29:29):
A bit of it.

Speaker 8 (29:30):
It was confusing me. I know, I couldn't refigure out
what was going on.

Speaker 2 (29:33):
So no, mate, Craig, I'm here to answer your questions
if I can at any time. And you know what,
if I can't answer them, you know that somebody in
the audience will be able to so, mate, don't think
you're taking up any of my time. Enjoyed the chat.
Thanks for calling in. Oh eight hundred and eighty ten
eighty just on Nigel Avery. I had word through that
Graham Avery. Nigel's dad was a major funder in the
Hastings Sports Park, which includes netball courts, hockey, turf, canoo,

(29:55):
polo facility or where the athletic track and a recently
opened fifty meters indoor swimming pool which also received some
funding from the Shane Jones Provincial Growth Fund. My grandkids
play most of the sport's on offer and it's five
hundred meters from where they live. Thanks Jerupe. Well, yeah,
obviously a family deeply invested in sport in New Zealand. Hamish,

(30:17):
says Jason new Clown. Sport is live. At some point
stop saying I can't watch live sport recorded. You don't
make any sense. What I meant, I guess, Hamish was
if there's something on in the middle of the night,
let's say at three o'clock in the morning, I find
it very difficult for some reason, and it might make
me a clown. I find it very difficult to wake

(30:38):
up at seven in the morning and watch a replay
of the live sport, knowing that it's not live. Yes,
it probably makes me a bit odd, but it's just
something unfortunately that's hard wired into my DNA because I
know that, you know, I could fast forward or I
could look for the result. I know it's silly and
maybe it does make me a clown. I appreciate your text.

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Hamish twenty to one. We're back in a moment linees
open oh eight hundred and eighty, ten to eighty to
talk any aspect of the Olympic Games.

Speaker 3 (31:06):
We'll get to Paris as well.

Speaker 2 (31:07):
Michael Burgess was was I was gonna say, Sideline riverside
he was. He was watching the opening ceremony on the
river send this morning. Going to get his impressions when
we come back here at Newstalk's NB don't.

Speaker 1 (31:21):
Get caught off side Weekends for us with Jason Paine
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Talks MB.

Speaker 3 (31:31):
Sixteen to one.

Speaker 2 (31:31):
The New Zealand heralds Michael Burgess is on the ground
in Paris for the duration of the games, covering all
sorts of sports, including burge i know, one of your
favorite sports, the opening ceremony, How was it?

Speaker 13 (31:46):
No, Al, I'm not a big fan opening ceremonies, so
this was amazing, mate, This was this was the best ever.
I mean, I was lucky to be in Beijing in
two thousand and eight and that was incredible.

Speaker 9 (31:55):
Sidney was good, of course, London was great with James Bond.
But this was amazing. This was the best ever.

Speaker 13 (32:00):
I sort of got a feeling that this should be
the last one because no one's ever going to top this.
You know, it was just absolutely remarkable. No one thought
they could do it on a six kilometer stretch of river,
and they did it. So yeah, the French of they
made themselves proud.

Speaker 3 (32:16):
Pretty ambitious stuff.

Speaker 5 (32:17):
Burge.

Speaker 2 (32:17):
As you say, you know, when you when you're walking
into an Olympic stadium, you're kind of enclosed in a
in a finite area, but six kilometers of river, anything
could have gone wrong, and I'm sure a couple of
things did behind the scenes, but overall, you were, by
the sounds of it, utterly impressed by it.

Speaker 9 (32:34):
Yeah, I mean exactly.

Speaker 13 (32:35):
Right up until about November October last year, they were
still talking about a plan B or a plancy because
I'm still worried mainly about security, but also other things.
They had something like sixty thousand police and soldiers in
Powis today, but you know, mainly for security, and they had,
you know, all these boats on the river. The weather
wasn't great. The weather didn't come to the party's rain windy,

(32:58):
so it was pretty rocky out there. But they did it.
You know, they pulled it off. They pulled off something
that everyone thought was impossible. And as a say, I
think this will ever be top Mates.

Speaker 3 (33:08):
Seriously, all right, well you've been on the ground in
Paris for a week or so. Now just give us
a feel of the city of Paris as it prepares
to host the biggest sporting event on the planet.

Speaker 13 (33:22):
It's been a funny one, mate, because I've talked to
quite a few locals and there's sort of there's there's
mixed feelings. There's quite a few locals that, you know,
a bit negative about the games, and then there's a
lot that are so excited. But one thing I did
notice today really is that all these people have just
flooded in. I just sort of was walking through the
center and you're just suddenly seeing all these fans like
they've just derived from somewhere so or you know, Cuban fans,

(33:44):
An American fans, Danish, Indian. So there's a real sense
that the games is about to begin.

Speaker 9 (33:50):
The preambles always good.

Speaker 13 (33:52):
I mean we've already had, of course, football and handball
and rugby seven's, but it all gets underway tomorrow and
I think I think Paris is buzzing. There's so much
excitement about this French team. The President Macro has already
come out of said he wants them in the top
top five. I think there are eighth to ninth in
Tokyo and they could have their best ever Olympics.

Speaker 9 (34:14):
So that that has really got the.

Speaker 13 (34:16):
Nation going because France is such a proud sporting nation
and they're so good at so many different sports.

Speaker 2 (34:21):
Incredible stuff in the in the first couple of three
days around the football burge and it's been all over
I think every media outlet everywhere in the world. As
have you been by the sounds of it with drone
gate around the Canadian football team. Can you give us
just a bit of an idea of how big this
story has become.

Speaker 13 (34:41):
Oh, it's been huge, mate, It's it's been one of
the biggest stories we ever covered. You know, just wandering
around the media center in Paris, and you know there's
journalist river in the world when they see you in
New Zealand Herald t shirt or you're talking and they
there's people from allderful places that want to talk about
this story because it's just it's just a zinger of
a story. You know, the Espinas are buying the cheating.

(35:02):
It's something that it's really a perfect story in a
media wise, and it's just so bloody bizarre and the
fact that it started off and it's just rumbling and
rumbling and getting getting bigger and bigger, and we've seen
the consequences and the Canadian media still can't believe it.
But yeah, it's been in the it's been in all

(35:24):
the French papers, the Spanish papers.

Speaker 9 (35:27):
No one can quite understand what's gone on.

Speaker 13 (35:29):
And the fact that New Zealand's involved has made it, well,
it's made it pretty cool for us, hasn't it Piny.

Speaker 3 (35:36):
Well, it has.

Speaker 2 (35:37):
It's as you say, it's been leading the news and
sports news cycle for forty eight seventy two hours. But
I guess what we're finding out now is that this
isn't necessarily just a one off thing. They're now talking
about this being something that's been going on for years. Burge.
If some rumors are to be believed, that's the thing.

Speaker 13 (36:00):
Like when this first broke and I did a bit
of digging, I had some Canadian sources telling me, oh,
this guy Bombard, he's gone rogue. He's done it, you know,
as most guys do. They're trying to either impress their
mates or impress a girl. You know, he's done something
stupid to do that. Yeah, but no, that was completely wrong.

Speaker 9 (36:18):
It's not. He's just he's one of the victims.

Speaker 13 (36:21):
The assistant coach has been in on it, other people
have been in on it. It's you know, I think
you're wrote in your column the other day. Spying does
go on in football. There's all sorts of weird stuff
that goes on in South America, even in the Premier League, and.

Speaker 9 (36:34):
It's gone on back in the day as well.

Speaker 13 (36:36):
But probably we're not used to it at the Olympics,
so that's what makes it weird.

Speaker 9 (36:42):
But the fact that's been going on for years.

Speaker 13 (36:44):
You know, you start to think about Canada's gold medal
in Tokyo, you wonder well, wait a minute, and you
also start to think about their underperformance of the World
Cup last year in Australia Zealand because maybe there's.

Speaker 9 (36:56):
Something a bit wrong with the culture.

Speaker 13 (36:58):
So yeah, there's there's quite a few strands to this,
and on hearing that it's still rumbling on, because the
other thing that surprises me, Piney is that normal the
IOC would have made a decision before that game against
the Ferns, but they can't because there's so many layers
to it, so they're still investigating. You know, it's still
and this is not great because the game has been played,

(37:18):
the competitions on, so I think this is going to
roll on, you know, obviously at least into tomorrow.

Speaker 3 (37:25):
Such an interesting tale. What's the weather like?

Speaker 2 (37:28):
You talked about it not being great for the opening
ceremony temperature wise, but warm?

Speaker 3 (37:32):
Is it sticky? What's it like?

Speaker 9 (37:36):
Yeah, there's been he's been warm.

Speaker 13 (37:38):
I'm not going to complain, mate, because everyone else in
New Zealand is at home in winter, so I hate
people who are overseas.

Speaker 9 (37:44):
Reporting in their campaigning about the heat. But it is
it's warm.

Speaker 13 (37:47):
It's that kind of heat where you sort of you know,
you walk from the Metro to the Vedeo and then
you're sort of sweating and your shoes and all that
and you're sort of sweating all day. So it's that
kind of heat. But as I say, I'm not complaining
at all. And then today it's been a bit rainy
and gloomy. Unfortunately there is rain forecast for tomorrow, so
there's a lot of on tomorrow and that will disrupt

(38:08):
a few of them, especially I'm thinking of the tennis
with lu Lusan and Aaron Rautless due to play rolling
bar Us. So hopefully the rain stays away. But yeah,
there is Rainforllcaster tomorrow. But in general the weather has
been has been good, nice, nice summer, warm weather.

Speaker 2 (38:23):
And as a member of the working media at the Olympics,
I know it hasn't you know, started proper yet and
it will really ramp up.

Speaker 3 (38:31):
But are the facilities good? Is it easy to find
out what you need to find out and get to
where you need to be.

Speaker 13 (38:38):
Yeah, it's pretty well organized, like the French always don't
have a great reputation for I guess.

Speaker 9 (38:45):
Organization compared to some other European nations.

Speaker 13 (38:47):
But but look at the stereotypes. I'm throwing in blood.
But no, they've they've been amazing. The the media centers
are great, the transport's pretty good, but the main thing
that stood out is the.

Speaker 9 (39:01):
Volunteers and just all the locals.

Speaker 13 (39:04):
Like you know, most of us media don't speak much
friends or any friends, but they're so helpful.

Speaker 9 (39:09):
They're prepared to put up with our lack of the language.

Speaker 13 (39:13):
So I think it's I've got a feeling, mate, that
this is going to be best Olympic Games of the century.
Better than Beijing, better than Sydney, better than London. Obviously
better than the last two because of COVID and also
Riya it was a bit weird because it was so
far away. So I think this is going to be
an absolute beauty, mainly because of the venues being all

(39:36):
in the city, all these classic venues, and talking to
the athletes, they're so excited about being able to perform
at some of these iconic stadiums and venues.

Speaker 3 (39:47):
Even hearing you talk about a burge, I'm getting excited
about what lies ahead over the next sixteen days or so.

Speaker 2 (39:52):
So good to have you on the ground setting the
scene for us, mate. Look forward to chatting regularly. I
hope across the next two and a half weeks.

Speaker 9 (39:59):
Yeah, me too, mate, and great to talk to you,
and yeah, we can't wait for this.

Speaker 13 (40:02):
I think it's going to be there's going to be
some really good New Zealand performances coming.

Speaker 9 (40:05):
Too, I agree.

Speaker 3 (40:07):
Birds.

Speaker 2 (40:07):
Thanks indeed, Michael Burgess, on the ground in Paris, please
tell us who's up in the next couple of days
for the Kiwis, says this text.

Speaker 3 (40:13):
I will, I will. I'm going to get to that.
I will. We have to get a breakaway. Seven to
one News Talks MB.

Speaker 1 (40:19):
Breaking down the Hail Mary's and the epic fails weekends
for it with Jason Pine, News Talk.

Speaker 3 (40:27):
ZB four to one.

Speaker 2 (40:28):
Jason, I'm looking forward to watching the Olympus coverage as
you get to watch sports you often do not get
to see except when the Olympics are on. My favorite
is diving. My support worker is purchasing the Skygo and
is going to give me the username and passwords. I
can watch all the different channels. By the way, I
wonder what the opening ceremony. Were there more boats than
in America's Cup Broghett, Yeah, I think there might have been.

Speaker 3 (40:47):
Thank you for your text. After one o'clock.

Speaker 2 (40:50):
I will, I promise straight out of the news at
one give you tonight's schedule because there is quite a
bit on as far as New Zealanders are concerned. I'll
do that straight after the one o'clock news and then
we'll get into the Warriors. Slagh Griffin, assistant coach on
the win last over the Tigers final texts. I reckon
just lead the Canadians on and give them the impression

(41:11):
that they'll stay in the tournament, then dock all their
points at the end of pool play. It would be
rather unkind true.

Speaker 1 (41:19):
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Speaker 3 (41:43):
Warriors. They met the Tigers last night at Mount Smart.

Speaker 2 (41:48):
Slade Griffin, assistant coach, standing by for a chat where
in the Ollie Whites camp ahead of their next football
match at the Olympics against the United States five o'clock
tomorrow morning. New Zealand time Finn sermon with us and
across the Tasman with Adam Peacock who was heavily involved
in Olympic coverage on his side of the Tasman too.
So what are thees and aspirations and you know, expectations

(42:10):
of the Australian team at the Olympics.

Speaker 3 (42:11):
We'll chat about that, right.

Speaker 2 (42:14):
I said that I would give you tonight's schedule and
I am going to stick to my word. Right, So,
if you want to listen to the Olympic Games, it's
very very easy to do it. Gold Sport and iHeartRadio.
Now Gold Sport you can listen to just in a
traditional sense in terms of an actual radio, or if

(42:35):
you go into iHeartRadio and look for Gold Sport, you'll
get it streaming on your device. Acause you wonder whether
people still have transistor radios, I'm pretty sure that they do.
I remember, you know, when I was a young boy
and even a slightly older boy listening to sport in
the middle of the night with a transistor radio under
my pillow, maybe a little earpiece. And people still do that,

(42:56):
don't they. I'm pretty sure that they do. If you
want to do that, you can listen right through the
night from seven o'clock every evening until the action stops
as the sun is coming up, and even sort of
into the mid morning. We will have live commentary of
all of the kiwis and action and other events of
note as well, so you won't miss a thing.

Speaker 3 (43:20):
Please join us.

Speaker 2 (43:21):
There are six of us involved in the commentary and
another four or five producing behind the scenes.

Speaker 3 (43:28):
We have been looking forward to.

Speaker 2 (43:29):
This for a long long time and it starts tonight
at seven o'clock. Okay, rowing the rowers kick us off tonight.
Single skulls men's heats. Tom macintosh is first on the
water for New Zealand in the heats of the men's
single skulls. Emma twig is also an action in the
women's heats. Now, the way the heats work and the

(43:50):
rowing is there are six six in the heat. The
first three go through to the quarterfinals. The rest go
to a rapper charge, so you get another chance. Tom
macintosh is actually in the first heat, very first heat
on the water tonight at seven se He's in that
Emma Twiggers I mentioned is in the women's single skulls.

(44:12):
A bit later on we've got the double skulls men's
heats Robbie Manson and Jordan Parry, and the women's heats
Lucy Spores and Brooke Donna Hughes. Quite a bit of
rowing action before we hit midnight tonight. Also before that
Equestrian Day one dressage, Janelle Price, Tim Price and Clark
Johnston involved at the poll as I mentioned before, Erica

(44:35):
Fairweather and Eve Thomas in the heats of the four
hundred meter freestyle tonight, and Hazel vernhannt Is in the
heats of the women's one hundred meter butterfly.

Speaker 14 (44:45):
Now.

Speaker 2 (44:45):
James mcconey mentioned her a little while ago in one
of his slots. He thinks she's a bit of a
smoky for a potential final participation or maybe even a medal,
he said. Hazel overhand and the women's one hundred butterfly.
The tennis she heard birds say before that that might
be weather affected. It's been played at Roland Garross. No
roof there, so Aaron ratl If and Lulu Sun are

(45:07):
in first round women's doubles action from ten tonight after
midnight the women's time trial. In the cycling, Kim Kadsal
is in that. A bit later on the men's time trial.
Lawrence Pithy is in action from about two thirty four.
In the men's time trial. We've got the men's sevens.
They won't be competing for a medal, but they play

(45:28):
in the classification for fifth to eighth. They've got Argentina
at twelve thirty. Win that and they'll play again at
four thirty four, fifth and sixth canoe slalom. Luca Jones
in action from one o'clock. Our men's Black Sticks in
their first hockey match against.

Speaker 3 (45:43):
India three point thirty.

Speaker 2 (45:45):
The Ollie Whites back in action at five o'clock against
the United States, and the surfing round one of the
surfing which is being held in Tahiti. I think not
actually in France, it's in Tahiti. Billy Stamander is in
action at five a bit later on tomorrow morning, Safi
Vetta in the women's first round, and those swimming finals.
Those swimming finals tomorrow morning six thirty for the women's

(46:09):
one hundred butterfly. Sorry, that's a semi final for Hazel
auven Hand if she makes it. And the women's four
hundred meter freestyle final is just after ten to seven
tomorrow morning. All right, now, eric A fair Weather is
one of the fastest in the world over this distance.

(46:29):
I've said this a few times, but only five women
have ever gone under four minutes for the four hundred
meter freestyle. Eric A fair Weather is one of those five.
Of the other four, three of them are at the Olympics,
so it is one of the most stacked fields in
any of the swimming events. Katie Ladecki, Arian Tiitmas and
Summer Macintosh are the other three who, along with eric

(46:51):
A fair Weather will no doubt battle it out for
the medals. So the qualifying tonight she just has to
be one of the eight fastest and then the final
tomorrow morning just after ten to seven. The News TALKSZB
website has more comprehensive times, et cetera of all the
events that you might want to watch, but if you,
you know, just want to keep up todate just listening

(47:12):
to us. Not here on ZB, although we will have
certain events on Newstalk's EDB, but on gold Sport and iHeartRadio.
We have comprehensive through the night coverage of the games
of the thirty third Olympiad Paris twenty twenty four, one.

Speaker 3 (47:26):
Thirteen on News talks head.

Speaker 5 (47:27):
Be weekends for it.

Speaker 3 (47:29):
So to the Warriors we go. They are back on track, twenty.

Speaker 15 (47:35):
Eight points to sixteen in the full time score. The
Warriors keep their season alive, even if it is a
massive mountain. They have feeding the Tigers here tonight here
at Auklord.

Speaker 2 (47:50):
Twenty eight to sixteen. The Warriors betting the Tigers last night.
They ran out to a fourteennerl lead at the break
before the Tigers closed the gap to fourteen to ten
midway through the second half, but a penalty and two
further tries helped the Warriors pick up a crucial two
points in the race for the top eight assistant coach
job the Warriors. Slade Griffin is what it's good to
get the chance to chat to your Slade that having

(48:11):
given it the overnight test and thought a bit about it,
how do you reflect on last night's performance.

Speaker 14 (48:16):
Yeah, we'll review it today with the boys. But it's
probably a bit of a bitter sweet game. We knew
the Tigers are going to be very desperate and not playing,
you know, with nothing to lose, you know, even going
for the short kickoffs and things like that, and they
come over and play very physical, so we got off
to a good start and then kind of for our season,

(48:37):
we had a bit of a period there where we
just did and execute a few things and then defensively
we didn't hold them out, so they would be the
big focus for us. But just good to get a
win and learn. You know, you don't have to lose
to learn, so I'm sure there'll be a few lessons
for us here and yeah, just happy to get the
two points.

Speaker 3 (48:57):
Yeah, when you say a bittersweet, I guess the sweet
part is the two points.

Speaker 2 (49:00):
You know that that that obviously was important after a
couple of close defeats in your last two games. Anything
last night that was significantly better that you were pleased
about compared to the last couple of matches.

Speaker 14 (49:14):
Yeah, we showed a lot of resilience on our tryline,
you know, holding them out there, a bit of position
and chunk a ball down on our goal line and
we held them out there. So it's been a bit
of a work on for us. I thought the boys
did a really good job and the way we carried
the football, you know, our forwards created a lot of
momentum and we had a lot of opportunities there. I

(49:34):
think there's some points out there, but you know, credit
to the Tigers for defending us. But yeah, so we'll
build our nose and have a good look at the
game today. But very happy just to get the web
in front of our fans at month snot you know,
they've been turning up for us and the support's been
unreal And again there was an awesome atmosphere last night.
So I really excited this week against the Elf.

Speaker 3 (49:55):
Yeah, to be showing town. Isn't it a worriys homego?

Speaker 2 (49:59):
How worried were you at fourteen ten when they're back
to fourteen ten?

Speaker 14 (50:03):
Oh, not worried, Like we're always you know, talk about
sticking to the process, stay in prison, just getting back
into that game cycle. So you know that was that
sick and fry was you know, a little bit lucky.
It kind of deflected off the league on a kick
and just landed into their hands and they had a
two v one opportunity. So yeah, it was more probably

(50:25):
why they got down there. They've got a few penalties
which we got to clean up. So just showing a
bit more effort in our defense early on so they
don't get those opportunities at the back into their seats
will be the big one there.

Speaker 2 (50:37):
Look back to last week and obviously Chanelle Harris Devita
had an unhappy night of the off the Boot. I
want to talk about the last night in a minute,
but how much did you have to wrap support around
Chanelle during the week to make sure that he put
that behind him and focused on the next game?

Speaker 14 (50:54):
Yeah, I guess we're a goalkicking coach Daryl Halligan, who's
really good. He's obviously been a goal kicker, so he understands,
you know, that process of figs and loads of kicking.
But Stacy Jones is really good with him. So you know,
Chanelle just he got out on the field and got
some reps in people forget he probably is a third

(51:16):
string kicker. So yeah, I thought he did a good job.
You know, he's seen the crowd get behind him when
he get hit that kick, so yeah, you know, he's
a great guy and he works really hard at his
craft and sometimes yeah, the mental game of football is
just as challenging as the physical. So you know, he's

(51:37):
seen how happy he was when he got that kick,
so yeah, I'm sure he's feeling a lot better.

Speaker 2 (51:41):
It was such a good moment. I was going to
say the little smile when he got one over. It
was it was such a good moment, wasn't it. And
and looking you know, you can see even in his
even in his process looking up, taking the deep breas
all that sort of thing. I know, we're just focusing
on quite a small part of the game here, but
I was. I think most people were just delighted for
him and when he was when he was knocking them over.

Speaker 14 (52:00):
You know, he's a very likable guy, Chanel. He's a
real team player and he brings so much to our
footy team. You know, the way he tackles that he
for his shows and defense guy in the boards around.
You know, we've got to saying that. You know, kicking
doesn't when you lose your games, but it can win
your game. So we don't expect goal kicks to win

(52:22):
us the game. There's always other things. Like last week,
there was a lot of things we got wrong and
unfortunately he bared the brunt of it. So you know,
he took one for the team there and didn't complain.
He just got out on the field and got his reps.
And so yeah, the boys and the clubs behind him.

Speaker 2 (52:36):
Roger two of vasa chick and the number one jersey
last night. Everyone's going to be saying it, Slade, he
should be there all the time. I know you guys
have these discussions until he might coming as any surprise,
you know, with the way he plays pretty much everywhere
he plays. But he was good on the one jersey
last night. You got a view on on on that
and how you manage that moving forward as a as
a coaching staff.

Speaker 12 (52:56):
Yeah, he was.

Speaker 14 (52:58):
It's always awesome to get Roger in the one jersey
and you know what he can do with the ball.
Thing that a lot of people don't see is just
how hard it is defensively getting your line organized and set,
which you know, we're blessed to have another couple of
really good options here and sometimes you just want to
get your best players on the field. So you know,

(53:18):
Chance is an elite fallback. He's really good at all
the things that people probably don't see but we highly value.
So yeah, I don't know how far away he is,
but yeah, it's been great getting Roger and closer to
the ball and giving him more opportunities.

Speaker 2 (53:34):
Do you look at the points table? Do you like
look at it and do the maths and that sort
of thing. Are you the kind of coach who does that?
And things like if you win that and then we
win that and they lose that, we're in the eight?

Speaker 3 (53:44):
Do you do the maths on the table?

Speaker 14 (53:47):
Yeah, I didn't really. It was actually so focused on
just that week. I know it's a cliche, but sometimes
we didn't even know who we had a week or
two away, so you know, I had to have a
look to see where we're at, and we addressed it.
And the more of the story was we just got
to win some footbames. So we're still very processed. Like today,

(54:09):
we'll review the game, then we'll have a first training
session and then we'll really delve into the eels on Wednesday.
So we've got our process we stick to and look,
we just got to win games now. But yeah, we're
just really excited to play again at Mount's Smart. We
haven't had too many games back to back at home,
so it's really good time for the boys to freshen

(54:31):
their bodies up. It's been some time with their family
off the field, and just be ready to go.

Speaker 2 (54:35):
Actually, another guy I want to ask you about was
Mowila Graham Tofa hasn't a lot of a lot of
rugby league this year. But when he has played, he's
I think he's done a pretty decent job. Set up
that last try for Dellan why Tennis alesni act last night.
You'd be pleased to see a relatively new guy to
the NRL playing like he is.

Speaker 14 (54:51):
Yeah, it's an awesome stortory. He come back from Obsovie
I think is pasting and then did a part time
New South Wales Cup and then he ended up going
really well there and earning himself in a preseason. And
he's played really well at New Southwale Cup again and
then he's got two games this year and played really
really strong. He's marked up against Hervey Farmworth again in

(55:13):
the Dolphins game, did a really good job and he's
two from two, so he's obviously doing something right when
he's playing for us. But yeah, again like a young
kid coming in learning his system, learning his craft. Another
preseason is going to be awesome for him to learn
the defensive systems and just really nail them. But yeah,
it's an awesome story.

Speaker 2 (55:34):
Well after a game like at night last night, do
you like lie wake or do you are you knackred?

Speaker 11 (55:40):
Like?

Speaker 3 (55:40):
Do you sleep well after a game, I'm I'm probably
better after a win on imagine, Yeah.

Speaker 14 (55:45):
Better after a win sometimes, Yeah, the adrenaline is still rushing.
Sometimes you just exhausted from the highs and lows and
like the emotional side of it. Yeah, generally like a
couple of coffees before the game as well. Just so
alert in the game. But yeah, it's when you're add
on the field and you feel the energy of the crowd,

(56:06):
you can take a while to wind down. So usually
watch a little bit of a game, look at some
of the stats and the coaches conferences and just get
to go feel for it before. Yeah, but it was
good to go to slip on a wind.

Speaker 9 (56:18):
Nice.

Speaker 3 (56:18):
Well, enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Speaker 2 (56:20):
May don't know, you've got some work to do before
the Eels arrive next Friday back at Mount Smart as
you say, so looking forward to that. Really appreciate you
taking out call this afternoon. No, thank you very much
having me now, thanks for joining us slate. Slay Griffin
there assistant coach of the Warriors, so job done for them.
It must be quite nice to buy on a Friday
night and then sort of watch the rest of the
weekend unfold, knowing that you've banked your two points. Also

(56:42):
last night the Storm beating the Eels thirty two to fourteen.
So today Broncos Bulldogs, that's at five o'clock at sun Corp.
Cowboys Sharks up in Townsville, seven thirty, and then nine
thirty tonight Rooster ce Eagles four plays five at Elian Stadium.
Tomorrow's games Dragons Panthers four o'clock, Dolphins Titans at five
past six, and then the Raiders up against the rabbit

(57:04):
Oz are rare eight fifteen game, So triple header on
a Sunday, as far as the ladder is concerned, And
we always talk about how you know you And I
said that to Slade Griffin, then you know, do you
look at the table and think, okay, well you know
where so many points outside the eight, etc. And they've
got to play them, and we've got to play this
team and all that sort of thing. The Warriors are
as we speak right now, in twelfth place. They're on

(57:28):
twenty one points, three points outside the top eight. Obviously
there are teams quite a few teams above them who
have still got to play this weekend. But as it stands,
I mean all the Warriors can do is she just
keep on winning games. As Slad said, you know that's
all you can do. Keep on winning games, hope other
things go your way, and then see where you end
up at the end of it all. Another home game
for the Warriors coming up against the Eels on Friday.

(57:52):
Nights are back to back home games. They will have
enjoyed last night. I'm sure doesn't seem to matter how
the team are going, a lot of people still turn
up to watch them, don't they. There's another good atmosphere
that looked on tally last night. So the Eels come
to town, that is this coming Friday. That might be
on It's another eight o'clock. It's another eight o'clocker. So
eight o'clock Warriors Eels this coming Friday. If you were there,

(58:13):
if you watch, always came for your thoughts on the Warriors.
So much talk about Roger in the one jersey when
he plays like that. Was that the try the last try,
wasn't it Delan hy Tennis LESNIAX one that was started
basically in his own end goal just about by Roger
tub Varsa Shek when he broke from his own tryline
up to half way beat guys, fended them off, did

(58:34):
his step. This is in what the seventy eighth minute
or something, He's still doing that sort of thing. He
just looks so good, isn't in the one jersey?

Speaker 3 (58:41):
Doesn't he?

Speaker 2 (58:42):
Andrew Webster doesn't seem like the kind of coach who
would not change his mind. You know he's He's said
all along that Taine two o' picky is our number
one fallback chance. Nikol Klukstar is number two. Roger tu
vasa Shek is our third choice full back, not that
he's the third best, but we wanted to play in

(59:03):
the centers if everybody's fit, But the way he played
last night, And I'm not sure what the situation is
around Tane two or picks return or even chance to
koal klickstars.

Speaker 3 (59:11):
But you'd be tempted, wouldn't you to play Roger at fullback?
Your thoughts so welcome?

Speaker 2 (59:17):
One twenty five, eight hundred and eighty ten eighty Marx's
Piney gradually getting into the Olympic mood, looking forward to
some kei wee gold. My favorite athlete down the years
has to be Michael Johnson. I loved his style and
his speed Yeah, he was a He had a very
odd running style, didn't he. Michael Johnson, He kind of
stuck his chest out as he ran. Looked quite awkward,

(59:37):
but man, he was quick. Speaking of Sprince's text, I'm
looking forward to seeing the one hundred and two hundred
meters sprints. Noah Lyles from the United States hilarious in
his media interviews, and no doubt the fastest man alive
is gunning for a new world record.

Speaker 3 (59:53):
Peter asks what the tennis being played on clay? Does
that perhaps disadvantage our players? Yeah?

Speaker 2 (59:58):
I guess lu Lusawn and Aaron Ratliff don't play a
lot on clay.

Speaker 3 (01:00:03):
No one does, really don't do.

Speaker 14 (01:00:04):
Though.

Speaker 2 (01:00:05):
You know the clay court see is a fairly small
part of the international tennis year. But I guess if
you had your choice, you'd play on hard courts. Who knows,
maybe it'll be to their advantage. And Richard said Jason,
when does the All Black squad get named? Richard, I
can tell you tomorrow at three tomorrow afternoon, at three o'clock,
we will have the announcement for you in our Sports

(01:00:27):
News of the thirty six man All Black Squad for
the rugby Championship one six on News Talks, here'd be
This is Weekend Sport. We're back after this.

Speaker 1 (01:00:36):
The voice of Sport on your home of sport Weekend
Sport with Jason Vane and GJ. Gunner homes New Zealand's
most trusted home builder, News Talks.

Speaker 2 (01:00:46):
He'd be one twenty nine. Can you tell us when
Hayden Wild is racing? I can tell you when Hayden
Wild is racing in the triathlon. The triathlon is on
Tuesday at six o'clock in the evening New Zealand times,
a very friendly time on this side of the world
to watch the men's triathlon Hayden Wild and Dylan McCulloch,

(01:01:06):
the two New Zealanders. Hayden Wild, though I said this
to Jack Tame earlier, is a genuine gold medal chance
in the individual men's triathlon. So six o'clock on Tuesday
is when you need to be available to listen to that.
We'll have it for you on Gold Sport and iHeartRadio.
Aiden says, I get the principle of not spying on
other teams, but I wonder what the Canadians might have

(01:01:29):
learned that they couldn't have learned from watching footage from
recent White Ferns matches football fans it is, of course,
are the real drone issue, says Aiden, is not the
one flying above a practice, but the drone of the
New Zealand media and public who think this might have
had a material impact on the outcome of the match.
Please can we not add this to the folklore of

(01:01:51):
New Zealand sport alongside South African Suzi and the Aussie underarm.
Thanks At, and yeah, I'm pretty sure it'll get added
to that. You're right, though, I said. I wrote a
piece for The Herald during the week and said, if
you're going to spy on anybody, why would you spy
on the football Ferns. With all due respect to them,
Canada have some far bigger fish to fry at the

(01:02:14):
Olympic Football Tournament than New Zealand, who, as I say,
with all due respect, are not their stiffest competition. But
that of course leads into the question as to whether
actually they've been spying on all the teams and it
was just New Zealand's drone detection that was more finely
tuned than the others. And there's been a lot of
talk recently in the last couple of days about whether

(01:02:36):
this is actually something that's been going on for some time,
not just at this Olympic Games, but across the last
two or three years in Canadian football. Bev Priestman, the
head coach, has now been sent home. You would have
picked up on this news yesterday. So it's not as
it's just one guy going rogue. It's something that perhaps
has existed in Canadian football for quite some time. Oh

(01:02:58):
one hundred and eighty ten eighty. If you have of
you speaking of football, let's get you to Marseille and
into the Ollie Whites football camp. This is our men's team.
They opened with a two to one win over Guinea
on Thursday.

Speaker 3 (01:03:10):
Nice little all forward into the path of Bayless.

Speaker 16 (01:03:12):
Here's Lochland Bayless sides and so waste New Zealand.

Speaker 12 (01:03:15):
Two one.

Speaker 16 (01:03:16):
Ben Wayne has put them back in front. But give
huge credit to Lochland Bayless who won the ball on
the edge of the penalty area, gone away from a defender,
squdit and Ben Wayne with a finished into the roof
of Guinea's net.

Speaker 2 (01:03:30):
Yeah, a really good start for the Ollie Whites. They
faced the United States in game two tomorrow morning at
five o'clock. Defender Finn's sermon is with us out of
the Oli Whites camp in Marseille, before we talk about
the game against the US fin How pleasing was it
to get a first up win against Guinea? How pleased
were you with that and with the performance of the side.

Speaker 17 (01:03:50):
Yeah, I think the team was extremely pleased. I think
a first a first game result is very important, especially
in tournament football. It's kind of sets the team up positively,
and I think all the boys are just pretty pretty buzzing,
to be honest, to get that result, and it instills
a lot of belief within the squad and that's something

(01:04:11):
that we can take forward throughout the tournament.

Speaker 2 (01:04:13):
You were one nil up until the seventy second minute
getting equalized, but then it didn't take long for you
guys to go ahead again. How pleasing was that ability
to score the second goal so quickly after they had
drawn at level at one all.

Speaker 17 (01:04:29):
Yeah, No, that was fantastic from the team, to be honest,
I think it can be difficult to regroup yourselves after
you concede a goal, especially after you've just been up
one kneel, But I think, I mean, it's not necessarily
a cliche, but it shows a lot of character within
the team to be able to concede and then go
straight back up the other end and score with and

(01:04:49):
like I said, within five minutes. So yeah, it kind
of just speaks about the team and the quality and
and the character within the group.

Speaker 2 (01:04:57):
Apart from the goal you conceded, how comfortable did you
feel defensively?

Speaker 7 (01:05:04):
I felt pretty comfortable.

Speaker 17 (01:05:05):
I mean helps when he got Alex behind you and
you know he's going to make a few saves that
some people might not make.

Speaker 7 (01:05:11):
So yeah, he was calledy the other day. And to
be honest, like.

Speaker 17 (01:05:16):
Defending, defending is is kind of what you make of it.
I think we work on how we're going to defend
and what we want to do in different situations. And
I feel pretty comfortable defending, and I'm sure a lot
of other defenders do as well, because that at the
end of the day, that's kind of a it's our
job to defend the goal. And yeah, I think I
was proud of everyone within the within the team, to

(01:05:37):
be honest, for the defensive performance that they put.

Speaker 2 (01:05:39):
You talked about Alex Paulson another standout in goal from him.
We're kind of getting used to this. You came through
the Phoenix Academy with him, of course, did did it
always feel like he had a high ceiling when you
were you know, when you were young players or younger
players playing together.

Speaker 17 (01:05:56):
Yeah, it's an interesting question because I've never really thought
about it. I think even at the time when we
play together, the kind of the goal was just just
kind of.

Speaker 7 (01:06:07):
The next step.

Speaker 17 (01:06:09):
So we're in the reserves, it was getting into the
first team, and then getting into the first team, it
was then trying to get game time, and then from
there so on and so on. But so so I
would never say I really thought about it from a
younger age. But I mean, it's it's clear the quality
that he's got.

Speaker 2 (01:06:26):
Several of this team, of course, had time playing together
at the at the recent OFC Nations Cup. How has
that been helpful in terms of, you know, forging some connections.
I know you know these guys pretty well, but was
it helpful having that time together in the Islands.

Speaker 17 (01:06:40):
Just like you say, as much time on the pitch together,
you're able to form more connections and and and create
create partnerships with players in and around you and within
the squad. And I think both off the pitch and
off the pitch. That benefits the team, especially in a
tournament like this. Yeah, the Nation's Cup was was great
experience for a lot of US boys to get more

(01:07:01):
time on the pitch together as well as off it.

Speaker 12 (01:07:04):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:07:04):
And while there are you know a number of guys
you know, well, there's a couple of new faces. Lachland
Bayless as a guy who's who's new to the to
the setup or relatively new at a big part to
play in Ben Wayne's goal. How do you quickly integrate
a new player like that into the into the international scene.

Speaker 17 (01:07:20):
Yeah, I think it's I think it's good that you
bring lock you up because I've only I've only played
against him prior to this camp and honestly, he's fitting
so well to our squad and you see it in
the weekend or not on the weekend, sorry, in the game,
just how much of an impact he can have on
a game. And you know, to be honest, I was
super proud of the way that he's he's come in.

(01:07:41):
You know, I think at some time ago he might
have been a traveling reserve or maybe not even in
the squad, and now he's come in, started our first game,
and provided the assist for us to for us to
win the game.

Speaker 7 (01:07:52):
And you know, I'm incredibly prout of him, but also
the boys.

Speaker 17 (01:07:55):
For for getting around him and welcoming into the squad.
I mean, he's made it easy for us because he's
he's such a likable guy and he puts himself out there,
which which is just fantastic for our group.

Speaker 7 (01:08:05):
And he's a he's a great addition.

Speaker 3 (01:08:06):
And how nice to have sarpreach thing on board as well.

Speaker 2 (01:08:09):
I don't know that you would have played a heck
of a lot of international football with Sarpred.

Speaker 3 (01:08:13):
How nice to have a player like him and the team.

Speaker 17 (01:08:16):
Yeah, I haven't. I haven't played a lot with him.
I've been on a couple a couple of tours with
him before. But you know, it's again, it's clear the
quality that he has and the quality that he brings
to to this team. He's a different type of player
that there aren't many of. So the quality that he
brings to us is very important. And when he turns
it on, he seriously turns it on. So yeah, we're

(01:08:38):
very fortunate to have him, and he's he's also been
a great leader for our team and a lot of
boys looked to him during games but also off the pitch,
and I think I think he's fantastic for our team.

Speaker 3 (01:08:48):
All right, game two to look forward to.

Speaker 2 (01:08:50):
Now, how different a challenge do you expect the United
States to be?

Speaker 17 (01:08:55):
Yeah, I expect the United States to be to be fast, strong, physical,
but also also good footballers. They've got a lot of
players playing in good leagues around the world, and and and.

Speaker 7 (01:09:06):
We know there'll be a test.

Speaker 17 (01:09:07):
And I know they had an unfortunate result against against France,
and I think that scoreline potentially didn't do them justice.
So look, I'm really looking forward to playing against them
because I think they'll be a great test for our team.

Speaker 3 (01:09:20):
We're looking forward to it as well.

Speaker 2 (01:09:21):
And speaking of the United States, that's where you'll be
living from now on for the next little while. Anyway,
securing a move to the to the Portland Timbers, can
you just tell us briefly how that all played out?

Speaker 17 (01:09:31):
Yeah, I mean kind of happened quite fast, I think
on my end, having quite fast. I had a few
conversations with some technical staff on their end, and then
spoke spoke.

Speaker 7 (01:09:42):
To the coaching staff a couple of times and kind of.

Speaker 17 (01:09:46):
Really liked what they were saying and the ideas behind
what they were doing, and yeah, went over there a
few days before the Olympics to check everything out and
sign everything off and yeah, no, I'm I'm I'm excited
to be a part of their club now. Like John,
I'm completely focused on on the Olympics first and trying

(01:10:08):
to do as well for this team as possible. But
then I know that in the back of my mind
that Portland's going to be there, and I'm excited to
get going with him as well.

Speaker 2 (01:10:16):
And I guess it brings to an end a pretty
significant chapter in your football career and your life as well.
And that's your time at Wellington Phoenix, which is uh
which see if goes back a few years now, but
you're still a very young player. How do you reflect
on your time at Wellington Phoenix.

Speaker 7 (01:10:31):
Yeah, I've lived in Wellington.

Speaker 17 (01:10:32):
I lived in Wellington for about five years, so that
was that's the call of my life. So it is
a it is a pretty big, pretty big chapter. I
thoroughly enjoyed my time in Wellington. I think the last
year that I had was probably the best year of
my life. It's yeah, there was there was ups and
downs throughout my time in Wellington, but you know, last

(01:10:53):
year there's only got I've only got fond memories of it.

Speaker 5 (01:10:58):
Yeah, it was.

Speaker 7 (01:10:59):
It was fantastic.

Speaker 17 (01:10:59):
I think I grew a lot as a as a
football player, but also as a person. And then just
super grateful for the club for what they've done for
me and the opportunities they provided for me.

Speaker 3 (01:11:09):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:11:10):
Well, you can be really proud of what you achieved
in Wellington. Phoenix colors, Finn, and a really exciting time
ahead for you as you transition into the next stage
of your career. But for now, it's the Oli Whites
in the United States. Thanks for taking the time for
a chat. Made all the best in this next game,
and let's hope you can secure passage through to the
quarter finals.

Speaker 7 (01:11:27):
Thank you very much, Pinee.

Speaker 2 (01:11:28):
Thank you, Finn Sermont out of the Early Whites. Five
o'clock tomorrow morning they take on the United States. A
win and they will make the quarter finals of the
Olympic Men's Football competition. Next s is Pintey. I'm looking
forward to the three day of venting starting tonight. We
may not be in line for a team medal, but
both Term and Janelle Price are world class. I don't
follow the sport other than at the Olympics. Also looking

(01:11:48):
forward to the women's four hundred of free style. Huge
caliber in that field. Thanks Nickie, You're right. As I
said before, four of the five women who have ever
gone under four minutes for the four hundred and three
are in this field, including our own Eric affair with it.
She'll swim in the heats tonight. Just has to be
in the top eight in the three heats. There are
twenty two Across the three heats. There's a head of

(01:12:10):
six and two heats of eight. The top eight times
going to tomorrow morning's final. Can't wait nineteen away from two.
We'll get you to Australia next. How are they feeling
about the upcoming Paris Olympic Games? And I wonder whether
Adam Peacock will be able to not mention the rugby sevens.
We'll have a chat to on when we come back.

Speaker 1 (01:12:28):
The big issues on and after fields Call Oh eight
hundred eighty ten eighty Weekend Sport with Jason Fain and GJ. Gunnerhomes,
New Zealand's first trusted home builder News Talks.

Speaker 2 (01:12:39):
It'd be sixteen away from two let's get you across
the Tasman to Adam Peacock, our regular Australian correspondent heavily
involved in coverage of the Olympics with Stan Sport on
your side of the Tasman, Adam, including this morning, you
were involved in coverage of the opening ceremony.

Speaker 3 (01:12:53):
How did you enjoy it?

Speaker 12 (01:12:55):
Yeah, good o pony, it was, I may mention on
our show. Actually it wasn't so much a ceremony but
to an extravaganza which you don't really come to expect
anything else from the French. And oh they put it
on a show. I looked at it logistically and thinking,
how the hell are they going to pull this off?
Boats going everywhere, here, there and everywhere, but mook spectacular
or spectacular. The French like to be unique, like to

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be standard set as in style, and they lived up
to all of those accusations, if you want to call
those reputations. With what they laid on. It was unreal.

Speaker 2 (01:13:30):
So the pageantry is over and the sport can begin.
It already has begun, of course for various sporting teams.
And I want to talk about the Matilda's in a moment,
But what are Australian expectations ahead of the Olympic Games,
like the people have a middle Talian mind. How do
Australians approach in Olympic Games.

Speaker 12 (01:13:49):
Yeah, they talk metals, They get excited, very patriotic, very
biased as you are during an Olympic Games. For me,
I try to take a bit of a step back
and think, well, I don't like to put an actual
figure on it like you used to get. I like
to go wide with like, okay, let's try and hopefully
we were in between forty and sixty medals, whereas pinning

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an exact number on it. Because the worst thing you
want to come away from an Olympics is if someone
doesn't let up to it for any old reason. And
luck can play a part in some events, and just
someone being better on a day, or maybe you just
didn't perform your best for any old reason. Calling that
a failure I think is really really hard for some
of these athletes train without funding, without putting their lives,

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livelihoods on whole to chase their dream. Talking about the
top end of town with your well paid athletes, I'm
talking the majority of the four hundred and sixty are
going for Australia. It's their moment, so yeah, it's just
going along with them and enjoying all the sport.

Speaker 2 (01:14:47):
And the swimming gets underway nice and early night one
off swimming action tonight for I can talk in similar
time zones, can't.

Speaker 3 (01:14:55):
I just a couple of hours to it.

Speaker 2 (01:14:57):
So is the pool a place where the United States
are in Australia's sites? Is there there's little mini battle
Australia against the United States within the overall Olympic swim
program there is.

Speaker 12 (01:15:09):
I can't see us toppling the US on the metal Taley.
I'd be very surprised if we did. I think it's
going to go back to nine point sixties for US
to have more goal than the US. But they've just
got more depth. Like we were good in certain events
and a lot of events, but the US they're pretty
much there or thereabouts in just about every single event.

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So we just don't have their depth. And they're so
good because they've got more personally, more people to choose from,
and secondly a really good collegiate system where they develop
a lot of their swimmer. So yeah, if we can
get close to them, that's a great result for Australia
and I think half, if not more than half of
our gold medals is going to come from the pool.
So that's a big watch for us in the first week.

Speaker 2 (01:15:50):
Yeah, looking forward to the swimming. Are the Matildas, as
I say, already underway. Are our men's and women's football insides.
I watched the Matildas against Germany yesterday.

Speaker 9 (01:15:59):
I was I mean, I.

Speaker 2 (01:16:01):
Actually really enjoyed the game of football. But Germany, I
don't know. I'll ask for you're analysis. It was a
fairly comprehensive display from Germany. What did you make of
Australia's performance?

Speaker 12 (01:16:12):
No, not up to scratch for that level. If you're
going to expect to get something out of a world
coach well drilled German side with some class players, you
can't play like that, and they know that they've got
to improve. I think tactically the Germans played Australia perfectly.
They didn't try and press this they say, in what's
called a mid block. So basically they go back to

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the middle of the pitch and just let Australia play
around with the ball at the back and then make
decisions that ultimately nine times out of ten didn't come
off and then it set pieces. They were just sleepy
and scored off two corners Germany, so yeah, it's a
wake up cool. Tony get Staff has said that minutes
after the final whistle and it's hard to disagree forty

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eight hours on. So yeah, they need to sharpen up
against Zambia otherwise the whole thing is going to be
over real quickly and they've got to have a big
win against Zambia because the goal difference and trying to
get through to the next phase. But well done to
the Kiwi boys. I watched it on that one. Was
that Ben Wayne?

Speaker 3 (01:17:07):
Yeah it was the Wayne train. Yes, indeed, yep, that.

Speaker 12 (01:17:11):
Was a good to see them get a win. Hopefully
they can go on with it. The US will be
tricky but not unbeatable in the next one, so it'd
be good to see the Kiwi men and the women
over there as well.

Speaker 9 (01:17:21):
Of course.

Speaker 3 (01:17:22):
Absolutely, that's the Canadian spying with a drone story landed
in your consciousness.

Speaker 12 (01:17:27):
Yeah, absolutely, because it's so dramatic. Bet priestman that their
coach's been sent home. Yeah, the Canadian coach, so what
they deserve. You can't do a crack. I don't know
if you saw it pon it, but someone pulled it
out on the internet's a wonderful place. They pulled out
the actual job description for the analyst job for Canada,
like when he got the job, and it said must
have drone flying experience. That was literally part of the

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job speck.

Speaker 3 (01:17:52):
So I love it.

Speaker 12 (01:17:54):
It didn't exactly work out the way they intended.

Speaker 3 (01:17:57):
It's amazing.

Speaker 2 (01:17:57):
That is amazing, and I guess like over here at
the time zones, you know, obviously being in Paris, we
sort of start through the night, stock up on coffee,
that sort of thing. For those of us who work,
we obviously do do. Australian fans do that as well.
You know, you get up for certain events or you're
just stock up on coffee and sort of yards through
the night.

Speaker 12 (01:18:17):
Well, having having a look at the schedule, Pinty, a
lot of a lot of the stuff, like the rowing,
and you'll be all over the rowing because New Zealand's
so bloody good at it. That's on at a decent time.
I think it starts. The regatta starts to night at
five pm our time, probably seven yours correct, and then
in the middle of the day you usually there's your
team sports, but the big stuff for us like swimming, athletics,

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all of that. You've got your finals at four am,
so it's not a ridiculous ass to just get a
couple of hours a shadow. It's not normal, but yeah,
we'll get away with it. Of course we're going to
stay up and see what happens with our men's rugby seven.
Do you want to shut about that for a bit?
A good?

Speaker 2 (01:18:53):
Well, you're taking your six minutes to get there, you know.
I spectacularly failed to mention our exit at the quarter
final stage, where I was going to say we'll be
cheering for Australia now, but I'm not sure that's true.

Speaker 3 (01:19:05):
It might be see, it might be Fi we throw
our allegiance behind.

Speaker 12 (01:19:09):
I think Fiji guan for three is such a good story.
But hopefully it doesn't happen, because that means we've went
bouncing seventy fine of it. The men have played so
well with dance Board, had Michael Hooper and Morgan Toui
with me as part of the coverage, and Hoops obviously
was part of the men's seventh squad in the lead
up and a squad player there, and he knew he

(01:19:29):
saw it. He saw this together and said, this group
and they've got each other's back, big style and mogs
and who actually made a point He said, the field
looks a little skinnier, like not as wide because it's
inside an athletics track. So that's kind of played with
a few tactics that they've come up with. But Australia
have defended so well, and they're going to have to

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against the Fijians who are gone for that three in
a row.

Speaker 2 (01:19:52):
Yeah, so many places to keep your eyes on. I
hope you have a great week at them. And let's
let's reconvene next Saturday and see where the middle tellies
are at for our respective nations.

Speaker 12 (01:20:02):
I think we'll pro rata it with population, all right,
if you view three and move one twelve, it's about
on with everyone's expectations.

Speaker 2 (01:20:11):
So maybe there's nothing that we love more than a
per capita medal table over here.

Speaker 12 (01:20:16):
Is exactly We'll cheer each other.

Speaker 3 (01:20:20):
One, looking forward to mate. We'll chet again next week.
Thanks funny, Thanks Adam.

Speaker 2 (01:20:23):
Adam Peacock, our Australian correspondent deeply invested in the Olympic
Games and coverage over there with stan Sports so we'll
get nice and close to the Australian reaction to the
Olympic Games with Adam Peacock around this time every Saturday
afternoon during the Games and on for the rest of
the year. Eight Away from Two News Talks.

Speaker 1 (01:20:42):
In analyzing every view from every angle in the sporting world.

Speaker 5 (01:20:47):
Weekends for It with Jason fine All.

Speaker 3 (01:20:51):
News Talks five to two Races.

Speaker 2 (01:20:53):
Jason query for you regarding the triathon, how different will
it be for competitors to swim in fresh water rather
than more typical salt water and what are the implications
of swimming both upstream and downstream? Well, right, we had
Hayden Wild on the show a month or so ago
and I asked them that very thing.

Speaker 18 (01:21:10):
It's actually a very tough swim technically and mentally. It's
a it's a it's actually currently assisted going into the water.
So for example, if you know your swim splits, we
did four hundred and fifty meters in four minutes, which
is you know, for example, if you look at swimming pool,

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it's you know, it's fast than the world record in
the four hundred meter and we did, you know, four
hundred and fifty meters, So it's extremely quick current assisted,
but we turn around and we get hit by a
lot of flying water, which makes life hard. So it's
extremely important to be in a really good position in
that first kind of boy turn at four hundred and

(01:21:53):
fifty meters, knowing where you are, trying to kind of
hide yourself behind other athletes to kind of get their
wake to set you up pretty well for the obviously
for the rest of the race. So yeah, I think
positioning is going to be extremely important when it comes
to the swim.

Speaker 9 (01:22:07):
There you go.

Speaker 2 (01:22:08):
I hope that gave you some insight. The men's triathlon
Tuesday at six, the women's triathlon the following night at
the same time, after news at too, Rich and Ravendra
playing Major League cricket in the US, and we'll preview
the elimination final in the A and Z Premiership Tactics
Mystics this afternoon.

Speaker 1 (01:22:26):
The only place for the big names, the big issues,
the big controversies and the big conversations. It's all on
Weekend Sport with Jason Vain on your home of Sport
News Talks.

Speaker 3 (01:22:41):
It be at two oh seven. Welcome back to Weekend Sport.
Tim Beverage is ready to go after three with a
Saturday edition of the Weekend Collective. Before we get to that, though,
I want to preview this afternoon's A and Z Premiership
Netball elimination final in christ Jurge four o'clock Center Pass
Mystics down there to take on the Tactics. Whoever wins

(01:23:03):
faces the Pulse next weekend in Wellington and the final.

Speaker 2 (01:23:08):
Grace Wikip from the Mystics. Caren Berger from the Tactics
with us this hour. Rutched Ravendra out of the United States.
Shortly he's playing Major League cricket over there for the
Washington Freedom Regular correspondence. Marz says, Piney, are you going
to talk about the ran Furley Shield challenge today? If
it was Wellington, you'd be screaming from the rooftops, mate, Mars, Look,

(01:23:32):
I know there is a shield challenge on this afternoon
three o'clock. McLain park Hawks Bay putting it up against Fang,
and I said to Andy, we'll.

Speaker 3 (01:23:42):
Talk about the Shield of Fung and we take it
off Hawk's Bay.

Speaker 2 (01:23:46):
If we win the shield this afternoon, well we'll give
it front and center coverage tomorrow.

Speaker 3 (01:23:53):
You're probably right.

Speaker 2 (01:23:54):
If it was Wellington, I would be probably screaming it
from the rooftops. Wellington had the shield, didn't they till
hawks Bay took it off them and then broke it
in half. From memory anyway, Mass, I appreciate your correspondence.

Speaker 3 (01:24:04):
As always, yours is welcome.

Speaker 2 (01:24:06):
On oh eight hundred and eighty ten eighty nine two
nine two via text or emails to Jason at Newstalk
SEDB dot Co dot Nz eight past two, as we
always do it around about this time, there's time for
you to get caught up on some of the stuff
that you may have missed now. I just want to
warn you that in case you missed it is going
to be Volume US from tomorrow onwards with all of

(01:24:28):
the Olympic stuff. We need to catch you up on.
None of that at the moment, well, not today anyway,
but there'll be plenty of in case you missed it.
Content for Andy McDonald's to get stuck into over the.

Speaker 3 (01:24:39):
Next couple of weeks.

Speaker 2 (01:24:40):
But for today, NRLW underweight the Newcastle Knights escaping with
a twelve ten win over the Roosters.

Speaker 9 (01:24:47):
The Roosters for tell ball, tell her her pushes.

Speaker 16 (01:24:50):
Up to the lap, Tell her her this is with
a shot heartbreaking for her.

Speaker 15 (01:24:58):
The teammates turn to her side, but you Castle have hung.

Speaker 3 (01:25:04):
On and in the men's camp the Storm continue to
march on. At the top of the table.

Speaker 9 (01:25:08):
Here is Muster, the interaction of the back end on the.

Speaker 1 (01:25:11):
Game standing in the tech.

Speaker 15 (01:25:13):
A great bull backer tour happen housing backing up.

Speaker 3 (01:25:17):
Melbourne are in again, lovely hands once more on this
right hand side of the field, and when they hit
the go button, boy they are.

Speaker 2 (01:25:27):
Clinic Storm thirty two eels fourteen staying in Australia at
the AFL Port Adelaide and impress of seventy nine sixty
five win over Carlton.

Speaker 16 (01:25:36):
There is Horton Francis now to kick it all mighty.

Speaker 15 (01:25:39):
Goal as straight as they come, pranticeticular Friday.

Speaker 3 (01:25:47):
Put in line have done it again on the Friday
Night stage.

Speaker 2 (01:25:52):
Further afield to Formula one practice at the F one
Grand Prix in Belgium. Another good weekend shaping up for
McLaren After the first day of practice.

Speaker 16 (01:26:01):
Norris Cross is the line two heads up on Oscar Piastre.

Speaker 3 (01:26:06):
Results of practice.

Speaker 4 (01:26:07):
Lando Norris once again as he was in the Huntrey's
fastest man.

Speaker 3 (01:26:11):
In FB two by two sentands from his teammate Oscar
Piastreet and Lydia Coe.

Speaker 2 (01:26:16):
After a good start at the cp KC Women's Golf Open,
the only.

Speaker 3 (01:26:23):
Bulgy three round of the day.

Speaker 19 (01:26:26):
Under three time CPKC Women's Open, champ Lydia.

Speaker 1 (01:26:30):
Code breaking down the hail Mary's and the epic fields
weekend Sport with Jason lyin News Talk.

Speaker 3 (01:26:39):
Zimb eleven minutes past two.

Speaker 2 (01:26:42):
Major League Cricket is on in the United States, available
for Kiwi fans to watch live and exclusive for the
first time on Prime Video. Every Major League cricket match
available on Prime in New Zealand until July twenty nine.
You can watch anywhere, anytime, on any device, and there
are plenty of kiwis involved, including black Caps all round

(01:27:02):
a ratch and Ravendra who's part of the top of
the table. Washington Freedom failed us there, but all he
can do is watches It.

Speaker 3 (01:27:12):
Sails over his head. What a strike from a rch
in Revenger for six.

Speaker 9 (01:27:19):
Yes, there's no time to settle down.

Speaker 11 (01:27:23):
Second bond that he faces, it's in the slot and
he freezes arms, Bang it goes.

Speaker 19 (01:27:31):
That's a free hitch as well, accepted Glieffully and disappeared
for six.

Speaker 3 (01:27:39):
What a talent this young man is. He makes that
thing looks so ridiculously easy.

Speaker 2 (01:27:45):
Roch and Revenger joins us from the United States, where
he's playing Major League cricket. Great to get the chance
to cheat you is always Rochen. How you how you
enjoying the competition Major League cricket for the Washington Freedom.

Speaker 20 (01:27:57):
Yeah, it's just funny. It's it's been cool.

Speaker 21 (01:27:59):
Obviously playing in the America is not something you experienced
too often, and for me to be empty experience at
such a young age you in Mun's national career has
been pretty cool. I mean there's a lot of things
to do off the field, and the fans have been amazing.
I guess it's been a bit of a flow on
effect from the teach when you walk up that they've
had hair. So it's been an amazing experience so far.

Speaker 2 (01:28:17):
Lots of familiar faces for you as well, Rutch and
particularly Kiwis and Aussie's Lockie Ferguson's there at the Washington
Freedom with you, Travis Heidglenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, the Australian trio.
A bit of a down Under reunion going on.

Speaker 21 (01:28:31):
Yeah, I mean you wouldn't say that's often Keevy's and
Ossie's mixing well together. But no, it's been good. I
think that those Ossies are are great people. See nice
having lockie hair, and we've got a diverse team and
I mean you look at those guys. They know how
to win games of cricket, you know, Henny Smudge and
Maxi both you know, won a World Cup recently so
and they've won so much so they know they know

(01:28:52):
what they're doing. And I guess it's nice to have
like an Aussie environment too. It's I guess similar to
that New Zealand setup.

Speaker 20 (01:28:57):
It's pretty chill.

Speaker 21 (01:28:58):
You know, they let the players do their thing and
a lot of trust and a lot of backing support stuff.

Speaker 20 (01:29:03):
So that's been a pretty cool.

Speaker 2 (01:29:04):
Sofa, I guess with so much chise cricket now, the
nature of it is, you know, you're coming together with
a team of players that you know, you might know
from having played against them perhaps but not really spent
a lot of time with. Do you work you know
pretty hard, pretty quickly on forging relationships in a situation
like that.

Speaker 21 (01:29:22):
Yeah, for sure, I think we're benefiting from having a
great group of guys everyone who cares for each other
and plays for each other and enjoy hanging out with
everyone after the games and off the field, and I
think that goes a long way into building that trust
onto the field. Yeah, it's definitely an interesting and difficult
one because you play with different people around the world
so often and you have a different team.

Speaker 20 (01:29:41):
It's always shifting.

Speaker 21 (01:29:42):
But I mean it's the cool opportunity to get to
know other guys and learn from them and take back
something you know that they do in their games and
hopefully you.

Speaker 20 (01:29:49):
Sort of take it for yourself.

Speaker 21 (01:29:51):
But I think that's the beauty of vitash Creed at
the moment and franchise cricket is you get to mix
with a bunch of people you know and you end
up playing against them quite a bit. So it's always
going to be that competitive rivalry when you come up
against you know, your teammates around the world.

Speaker 2 (01:30:02):
Well, what are the venues like rocht and the wickets
you're playing on in Major League cricket.

Speaker 21 (01:30:07):
So we had a little bit of scent in Raleigh.
I think that's how you pronounce it. In North Carolina.
It was like a I guess they've built it like
built a little stadium around it, and the pitchers there
were very good.

Speaker 20 (01:30:17):
There was a little bit of rain which was slightly negly,
but ended up work. It was really good.

Speaker 21 (01:30:22):
And I guess we've got this stadium in Dallas, which
is a perfect cricket venue, great you know, great seeding,
great pitch, exactly what you see from around the world.
It's just like a you know, a great cricket stadium.
So the pitches have been very good so far. I mean,
it's we always come to an unknown especially you don't
know if it's what it's going to be like in

(01:30:42):
America and stuff. But the way it's been going so far,
they've they've run it really well. You know, the curaders
are doing a great job and it's been producing competitive
cricket and that's all you can really ask for.

Speaker 3 (01:30:50):
Good for your left arm spin, Yeah, it's a little bit.

Speaker 20 (01:30:54):
In the wickets, Piney.

Speaker 21 (01:30:56):
It's been good having like a little bit of a
bowl here and there and when Skipper throws me the ball,
but definitely a little bit of whole little bit of turn.
But I think the nature of the tournament as you
play so many games on a certain pitch, so it's
bound to get a little bit tired, But to be honest,
I've been very impressed with the way the wickets have
held up. We haven't necessarily had like a real turn
and burner as of yet, so and I guess looking

(01:31:18):
forward to the playoffs, I don't think we will get
anything like that. So it's been The pitches have been
up to you know, T twenty standard throughout the tournament.

Speaker 2 (01:31:26):
It's been such a busy twenty twenty four for you,
hasn't It seems like you're going from one cricket assignment
to the next. You had your first IPL season earlier
this year with the Chennai Super Kings.

Speaker 3 (01:31:37):
How do you reflect back on that?

Speaker 20 (01:31:39):
Yeah, that was amazing.

Speaker 21 (01:31:40):
I think being part of the most storied franchise in cricket,
in franchise cricket was pretty amazing, pretty special. A team
that has won you know, five five championships and have
know how to run a clinical ship, you know, it
was it was cool. And being able to rub shoulders
with world class players and have a couple of key
you guys around me to help support me too through

(01:32:01):
that time was great.

Speaker 20 (01:32:02):
I think you take a lot of learning from that.

Speaker 21 (01:32:03):
Obviously, it's a lot of time away from home and
twenty twenty four haven't had too much time in Wellington.
But it's all part of it and I think it's
part of learning and that's the beauty of interest cricket
at the moment. You know, you get to play it
in different environments and different conditions and you're only going
to get better as a player. So it's been an
amazing experience so far, and hopefully I can you know,
keep pushing on with that stuff.

Speaker 2 (01:32:24):
I know you knew this anyway, but did it give
you an even greater appreciation of the deep love that
that people in India have for the game of cricket.

Speaker 20 (01:32:35):
Yeah, it's yeah, the spot on there, Piney.

Speaker 9 (01:32:37):
It was.

Speaker 21 (01:32:38):
Certainly it can be a little bit overwhelming, I think,
especially paying but you know, you know you've got the
fan foo for Downing and everything, and the way the
fans follow.

Speaker 20 (01:32:45):
The team around, you know, even the hotels.

Speaker 21 (01:32:47):
And you can't necessarily leave your hotel too often because
you know, you get recognized and stuff and you get mobbed.
But I guess it puts in perspective makes us very
very grateful that we can put you know, joy and
happiness on people's faces when we're playing cricket and I
think that's probably the biggest thing for me. Being able
to entertain people, entertain the fans that you know, keeps

(01:33:07):
that drive and motivation going. So, I mean the crowds
are amazing, how loud they were in India. It's you know,
it's a real sort of pinches off moment to be
able to be out there and enjoying that.

Speaker 2 (01:33:17):
Yeah, I was going to use that exact phrase, actually,
the pinch yourself moments that you must be having Army.
You're well known in New Zealand now in Wellington, but
you know you can you can walk down the street
without getting you know, peaced too much. But now you're
talking about, you know, not really being able to go
out for a cup of coffee in India.

Speaker 20 (01:33:34):
Yeah, it is. It is a little bit like that.

Speaker 21 (01:33:37):
I think you probably take your freedom a little bit
granted sometimes. Yeah, And obviously it's nice when people wanted
to come to high It's always always nice to know,
you know, you're well, I just recognized by it by
people and because you're playing sport for a living. But yeah,
India is seriously next level. I think, you know, you
can get tired of it. Sometimes, but I think you're
pretty grateful for the position you're in, like I said before,

(01:33:59):
and it's it's a it's a different world over there
with cricket Piney, it's it's it's unbelievable. But I mean
the experiences that I definitely pinched myself. You know, a
year ago you're looking at the same situation and you're like, oh,
I do you know all of a sudden things happened
quickly and you're in those situations.

Speaker 20 (01:34:15):
So it's been a pretty special journey so far.

Speaker 2 (01:34:17):
Yeah, well you may well get the opportunity, of course,
all going well to go back there because the black
Caps have Test matches against India that's the next red
ball assignment for the national side, and then England at home.
I know you love your red ball cricket. How keen
are you to be involved in those Test matches?

Speaker 20 (01:34:32):
Oh, definitely.

Speaker 21 (01:34:32):
I think playing playing for Nazeland personally for me is
you know, whether it's a pinnacle or especially Test matches
against India and England to all the better sides in
will cricket is always going to be amazing fun. I think,
like wife, we just said, the crowds in India are
going to be insane. And obviously back home we saw
the back into the summer the crowds against Australia and

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what great Test matches they were. And hopefully be able
to recuplicate that against England too and do one better
and actually win the serious as time. But I think
you was showed last time England toured and that amazing
game at the basin And and we always love sort
of welcoming the England fans here and they're a competitive
cricket team. And I think you remember summers and you

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know that those are you know, the summers that you
enjoy playing and when you're playing those high profile teams.

Speaker 20 (01:35:18):
So I know it will be fun.

Speaker 21 (01:35:20):
Hopefully the public will get along and you know, have
a great turnout for those tests.

Speaker 2 (01:35:24):
Yeah, and just on Test cricket, the nature of the
game these days is that you play a lot of
white ball cricket. But as I say, I know you
love your red ball stuff. Where is your Test double
one hundred against South Africa and Mount Monganui last summer
rate among everything else you've achieved.

Speaker 21 (01:35:39):
Yeah, like I said, Plane, it's always nice, like you
know the historic meaning of Test cricket and being able
to be involved for all that is amazing and yeah,
definitely rates highly. I think for me, test cricket is
the ultimate test of temperament. And being able to sustain
that for a long period of time and test yourself mentally,
I think that that counts for a lot, and I
think that's that's pure Banning, you know, that's pure Betning

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bliss for me being able to do that for a
period of time and also do that with Kine, who
we all know what to play he is, so I
think again, we talk about pinch yourself moments and that
was one of them. And being able to share the
crease with him and contribute to a team win and
series win was incredibly special.

Speaker 3 (01:36:17):
I bet well.

Speaker 2 (01:36:18):
As I say, very busy time. You are going to
get a break at some stage. Are you going to
get back home for a bit?

Speaker 9 (01:36:24):
Yeah?

Speaker 21 (01:36:24):
I'm actually going to New York after this for a
week and I have a little week at home after that,
and then I'll give in to my prep for the
subcontinent tests. So two weeks off will be hopefully enough
for me to reenergize it.

Speaker 20 (01:36:34):
It's been a busy year so.

Speaker 2 (01:36:35):
Far, it absolutely has. Look it's a busy time for you.
Thanks for taking time out of your schedule right in
for a chat. Always love talking cricket.

Speaker 20 (01:36:42):
With you, mate, Chest Funny, Thanks for having me, mate, Thanks.

Speaker 2 (01:36:44):
No, thank you Ritching for joining us right and REVENGEO
that he's with the Washington Freedom and Major League Cricket. Now,
I can tell you they're already into the final and
they're awaiting the winner of the game between the San
Francisco Unicorns and the Texas super Kings. Now, the San
Francisco Unicorns, this cames on at the moment. I have
just completed their twenty overs two hundred for six Finellen

(01:37:08):
one hundred and one or fifty three balls typical Finelle
and stuff nine fours and five six is there? So
the Texas Super Kings are about to come out and
chase two hundred and one to win. Opening the batting
for them, Devon Conway and fuff du plus ce. What
do you reckon, Andy, San Francisco Unicorns or Texas super Kings.

Speaker 19 (01:37:26):
You know the long steep history of the Texas Super
Kings with their prolific opening batsman, I've got no idea
what I'm talking about.

Speaker 3 (01:37:34):
Piney, Who is there other other opener, fuff du plus
ce and Devin Conway.

Speaker 19 (01:37:38):
Oh, actually, that's a very strong opening here. What can
you tell me about the form of Devin Conway so
far this season of Major League cricket.

Speaker 2 (01:37:44):
I think he's been going okay you think, yeah, Look,
I think he's been heading the ball nicely, excellent.

Speaker 19 (01:37:48):
That's a good, good calculated guess by the by the
looks on your face.

Speaker 3 (01:37:53):
No, yeah, I like the odds.

Speaker 19 (01:37:55):
Of I don't know what I'm talking about.

Speaker 3 (01:37:57):
Man, Now you don't, but I didn't.

Speaker 2 (01:37:59):
It wasn't it funny listening to Rutch and talk about
the Australian guys and calling them by their nicknames. You know,
they call Steve Smiths Smudge, and you know Glenn Maxwell,
Maxi and Trevor's head Eddie. You know, it's funny, isn't it?
Because in the past this never would have happened. They
never would have played with one another in the same team.
They'd just be sledging each other, playing against one another.

Speaker 19 (01:38:17):
It makes me feel a bit uncomfortable because I don't
want them to like each other or else, you know,
foot off the throat sort of thing. I like us
fans don't like the team so why why do we
want our players li like in the Australian team.

Speaker 3 (01:38:30):
When was the last time we had our foot on
Australia's throat?

Speaker 19 (01:38:35):
Let me think of that, all right.

Speaker 2 (01:38:37):
Major League Cricket is available here in New Zealand to
watch on Prime Video. And that final the Washington Freedom
against one of the San Francisco Unicorns or the Texas
Super Kings is on Monday twelve thirty in the afternoon,
So Ruch and Ravendra will be up against one of
Finn Allen or Devin Conway.

Speaker 3 (01:38:56):
Depending on who wins this game. This afternoon two twenty three.

Speaker 2 (01:38:59):
Speaking of games, this afternoon Big Game and Netball about
ninety minutes away in christ Church. It is the elimination
final in the A and Z Premiership, the Mainland Tactics
up against the Northern Mystics for the right to meet
the Central Pulse in the Grand Final next weekend. We're
going to get inside both camps, the Mystics and the

(01:39:19):
Tactics before we close the show at three o'clock. Next up,
Grace Wiki from the Northern Mystics.

Speaker 1 (01:39:27):
One Crouch hold Ngage Weekend Sports with Jason Pame and
GJ Gunnerholmes New Zealand's I was Trusted home Builder News
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Speaker 2 (01:39:37):
News TALKSB two twenty six. What a pleasure to listen
to Rchen, Ravendra says this text year. He's a He's
a terrific young man. He always has been. I remember
meeting Rauchen for the first time when he was fourteen
or fifteen. He was at a cricket fundraiser for the
Wellington under seventeens and it was a quiz night and
obviously they were running the quiz night and helping up

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by just just collecting the answer sheets and all of that.
But then they got these boys, and they are only
boys in nine to seventeens up on the stage and
they had to answer some cricket questions and write and
knew the answers to all of them. He was even
back then, he knew so much about the game. And
someone said to me that kid will be a very
very good cricketer, and it proved to be correct. Two

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twenty seven, two games to go in the A and
Z Premiership Netball Season elimination final this afternoon Tactics v
Mystics in christ Church from four o'clock Full commentary on
Gold Sport at iHeartRadio, Malcolm Jordan and Evonne Willering have
the call for you. The winner will go on to
play the Pulse in next weekend's Grand Final on Wellington

(01:40:41):
And just on that game, that game sold out in
two minutes. Tickets for that game, the A and Z
Premiership Final Pulse against one of the Tactics or the Mystics.
Two minutes it took to sell those tickets out. Terrific stuff.

Speaker 3 (01:40:53):
Let's bring in first of all Mystics, Shooter Grace. Weke Grace.

Speaker 2 (01:40:58):
You're defending champions, of course, how motivated are you to
try and get back to another Grand Final and go
back to back in the am Z Premier Ship.

Speaker 6 (01:41:07):
Yeah, we're really motivated. We're very excited to play this game,
and we kind of feel like we had momentum with
our groups and we know we've known since that Loston
magic a couple of weeks ago that we had to
win every game to make it through to the Hogs
are going back to back and so we're really can'tfull
today and really are good to get going.

Speaker 2 (01:41:24):
What's been behind the excellent recent run the you know,
the momentum you've built and the string of victories that
has got you into this position.

Speaker 6 (01:41:33):
Yeah, I think there's been kind of a few factors.
We've always known we the revaluable bench. We believe we
have a strong team of ten eleven. The posts some
given having our full team back, how we have been
massive for us, training really hard week and week out
with a really strong training environment. So the belief has really
been there from the start of in our groups and
just kind of setting the ship during the struggles and

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turbulent succeeds and has been so important for us to
be able to map the other end feeling really I
guess the juvenator and breed to keep pushing on to
the finals.

Speaker 2 (01:42:03):
Well, some of the disruption has been around you personally,
Oflee with the knee injury you picked up. Tell us
about the rehab and the recovery you went through in
May and June for the knee injury you picked up
at the back end of April.

Speaker 6 (01:42:16):
Yeah, that injury was really unfortunate. I was feeling really
good throughout coming back from through Concup and International, feeling
good in pre season, and so it was a bit
of a painful blow to get hit that with that
knee injury again and saying the kind of same issue,
so we kind of knew we had to do again.
It was ex the months of the World Cup injury,
and so rehab took a little bit longer than we thought.

(01:42:38):
I think I kind of play it down in my
head and was kind of really hard actually to be
sitting out of the season for that long during that
really key middle par But we have an amazing team
of videos and sncy and staff across Listix and to
looker into the massive and supporting Maritans to play. So
I'm very lucky to have them to help me get that.

Speaker 3 (01:42:55):
Separately, so did having the same injury or effectively the
same injury at the World Cup last year and having
to rehab from it again this year did that help?

Speaker 9 (01:43:04):
Did you?

Speaker 2 (01:43:04):
Did you know what the milestones were, for example, on
the way to a full recovery.

Speaker 6 (01:43:09):
Yeah, it's just informed next steps. I think having had
that similar injury and there was quite different. This injury
was a little bit less to there, and you know,
we've done the rehab, so we kind of knew what
I should be hitting leg cretins worlit while, so it
was cool to be able to know what to tack,
But It also kind of played in my mind of
it because you kind of a set there, we did
everything right last time and I've still reinjured, or you

(01:43:30):
do everything right and you still you might not feel
the same, And so it was a bit of and
I guess facts like loogical warfare sometimes with these kind
of things. But just again, great stuff and really happy to.

Speaker 2 (01:43:40):
Be back with the Yeah, I don't want to just
talk about the injury, but just one more question on
it in terms of in terms of being patient around
your return, because I guess you just want to get
back out there, right.

Speaker 3 (01:43:49):
I would imagine that's how you feel.

Speaker 2 (01:43:51):
How hard is it to be to be patient but
also to be deeply motivated to get back out there
as soon as possible.

Speaker 11 (01:43:58):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (01:43:58):
Absolutely, it's a bit of give and take with that
kind of stuff. Like for me, I was really really
itching to get her out. Then I found it really
hard to be on the sideline. It's usually watching the girl.
You know, it's off a few games and have some
hard times, But in the back of my mind, I
know that it's a bigger picture. I know that I
want to be able to play that back in the season.
That's what I'm doing for I know that there's still
international duty this year, there's the next season and the

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rest of my career, which I hope will be long
in injury free, and if I rushed myself back and
end up doing a serious injury or crying surgery, or
end up just continually re injuring the same injury and
being out for eight to twelve weeks every couple of
tours or campaigns, and I'm no good to anyone, And
so it was really, I guess, just taking that time
to really reassesst and believe in what we're doing and

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just had time to get better.

Speaker 3 (01:44:41):
No outstanding.

Speaker 2 (01:44:42):
Well, you returned in around twelve four games back, four wins,
and in each of them the team has scored sixty
plus points. How much have you enjoyed returning and making
an impact.

Speaker 6 (01:44:52):
I loved it. I've loved it. Being injured really kind
of changed the suits of it, and so I'm just
really enjoying it for at the moment, loving playing from something,
being on coll and just being part of the team
with girls who I've known for a long time. So
during those wins with them for the group we had particularly.

Speaker 2 (01:45:06):
Official How much do you embrace the responsibility of being
the main source of points for the teams that you
play in.

Speaker 6 (01:45:15):
Yeah, I'm beginning to relish it. I think I feel
that that is my job and as my strength, and
so I'm enjoying, you know, my role there, and I
love putting.

Speaker 14 (01:45:25):
The goals up.

Speaker 6 (01:45:26):
I'm a bit greedy if anything, so sometimes they make
jokes about being a bit of a ball hoog, and
you know, we have some great goals. Actually can play
the ball as well, so I think I'm willing to
share that responsibility as anything. We've got some really strong,
skid and unique here, so anyone can do the job.

Speaker 2 (01:45:37):
A lot of teams, though, have a fairly simple defensive
strategy when they play the Mystics, and that is basically
stop grace. How do you deal with the attention you
inevitably get in the shooting circle?

Speaker 6 (01:45:50):
Yeah, I think I kind of learned over the years
to take it in my stride. One of my coaches
hell for me, a lot of the time that you
know and play the quite physical or arguably dealty it
to me, that is kind of like a sound of
respect that that's all they've got to give me. And
so I've kind of I've had to work a lot,
you know, mental skilled wives to take the hits and
not take it personally and really nest thing to go
reset myself every quarter. Otherwise you still you do start

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to build up a bit of frustration anger, and that's
in a cheap shot something or a bad take which
ends up being an offensive contact in a turnover. And
so yeah, it's it's definitely hard sometimes because people, when
it's persistent, always dangerous. But that's just part of the
game and goalt, especially with my style, so I'm really
willing to just embrace it. And you got to keep
youing me to keep performing well in those moments.

Speaker 2 (01:46:33):
That's such an interesting situation for you to be in though,
right because I got to imagine that you would be
get you. There would be the potential to get frustrated
when you're targeted, you know, illegally, maybe things aren't getting
called against you.

Speaker 3 (01:46:45):
Has it been hard to keep a cool head on occasion?

Speaker 6 (01:46:50):
Absolutely cool cool head. I don't know anything to gain
from loving my head, and the umpires never going to
reverse the call, so whever is made is made. And
I think I think I've learned this year that speaking
out about what tends to doing is not going to
help me either, And so yeah, the defense we do
their thing I can do mine is we really have

(01:47:11):
to decide above and let it go so we can
laugh about it in the shed. So I was getting
company on court, but it's really not worth It's great idea.

Speaker 2 (01:47:18):
Tactics have had a good season. You're on their home patch,
of course this afternoon. How do you assess the threat
that they pose for you today?

Speaker 6 (01:47:27):
You know, they're at home by castts Wan to go home.
They have been leading this whole season and they you know,
have a great team and so they'll be looking to
win this like we are. And I think I think
we know as a group that we can take this game.
And they're gonna throw our all the stops and make
the pretty changes possible in their attacking the unit as

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well as effectively. You know, they've got a very strong defense.
But Pepeel very confident in what we've got and I
think we want more and so I think that will
happ us a lot tonight.

Speaker 3 (01:47:57):
All right, I can't wait to see how it plays out.

Speaker 2 (01:47:59):
Just before you go, as Nippel innovates, this concept of
a super shot, a two point shot gets discussed a lot.
I know a lot of your goals are from right
under the hoop and you know obviously you know, but
would you be a fan of the of the two
point shot in the AMJ Premiership.

Speaker 6 (01:48:15):
Yes, it's interesting question, I think, especially something that we
need to think about. I'd love to see three point
shot an angel. I think it would changing up with it,
even if it is in the last quarter or last
five minutes of the game. I don't know how that
was implemented, but it was brought me to have to
go in my game. I'd have to learn how to
shoot well or look for my goal packs in those moments,
and I think it really keeps again. It's funny, you know,

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you watch the men's series and ozpms can come back
at any moment because those two points have really changed
to score margins and against passing before. So I think
that's exciting and I think netfore you have to keep
look at the end of that, you know, we have
to keep the sports out of and want to keep
people coming to play our game. So of course there
has given take withth going back to the you know,
doing it for for international, but I think it's an

(01:48:57):
opportunity to get more eyes on am D would be
to change that shooting kind of boundary.

Speaker 3 (01:49:02):
Yeah, we'll see where that goes.

Speaker 2 (01:49:04):
The first point of business for you guys is this
afternoon's elimination final. All the best, Grace, thanks for taking
the time for a chat, Yanks, No, thank you for yours.
Grace saw the best this afternoon. Grace weker out of
the Northern Mystics. In charge of stopping her, or certainly
partially anyway is Tactics defender Karen Berger. So how they
feeling as they look to host this game and get

(01:49:27):
another crack at the Central polse? Who remember a week
ago they played effectively what was a straight shootout for
hosting rights for the Grand Final. The Pols won that
game and we'll host the Grand final. The Tactics now
have to go the other way through the elimination final.

Speaker 3 (01:49:41):
How they feeling? Karen Berger's on the show right after
this You'd.

Speaker 1 (01:49:46):
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Speaker 3 (01:49:57):
Two forty on Weekend Sports.

Speaker 2 (01:49:58):
Let's get you inside the other camp and the Ames
Premiership elimination Final this afternoon. Tactics Mystics and christ You
sent to pass at four Tactics defend. Karen Berger joins
us cuta. Karen, thanks for taking the time. How have
your preparations been for this one, Kidder.

Speaker 22 (01:50:12):
Yeah, it's been a bit of a quick turnaround for us, so,
you know, not as much time on court as we
usually do in a normal prep week, but doing that
for certain reasons to rest the bodies and make sure
that we're at our peak performance tonight. So a bit shorter,
but the times that we were on court, we were
giving it to each other, going hard, so quality not quantity.

Speaker 2 (01:50:36):
So given the strong start to the season, is there
any sense of I don't know, deflation that you that
you're playing in this playing game, this elimination final to
make the Grand Final?

Speaker 3 (01:50:47):
Oh gosh.

Speaker 22 (01:50:48):
You know, it's more frustrations with ourselves, you know, and
having that opportunity to potentially be at the top and
you know, not having that but still staying positive. You know,
we had to remind ourselves coming back after that last
game against the Pulse that we're in the semis. You know,
there's so many teams that would want to be in
this position, and we still have a crack at it.

(01:51:09):
So we to pack ourselves up and stay positive and
you know, give the time and energy to the preps
going into the see me that it deserves. So yeah,
I guess we've probably started with a bang. But like
in any normal season, you know, you've got teams that
start learning to play against each other and so you know,

(01:51:30):
just because you went earlier on the season doesn't mean
you necessarily well towards the end, so but likely to
be in this position. So yeah, Well.

Speaker 2 (01:51:37):
You talked about that strong start, the momentum that you
had at the start of the season. How challenging is
it to rediscover that? Is you hit the hit the
business end.

Speaker 22 (01:51:48):
Yeah, I mean when things are going well, it's hard
to pin point what you need to work on. I
guess that's where our analysis comes in and you know,
figuring out what areas we need to improve, and you
don't really find those areas until you actually have a loss.
So like every loss we've had this season have been
an opportunity for us to learn from it. And it's

(01:52:10):
whether we do learn from that and take that into
the next game. You know, is very crucial, especially prepping
for a semi in a final. You have to incrementally
get better over the season to make sure that you
come the semis in the finals that you've worked on
it and you know what your go to is and
that you've fixed it so you can put a pure,

(01:52:31):
clean performance out there, a sixty minute performance out there.
So hopefully we've done that over the last few weeks
and we can have a sixty performance game today.

Speaker 5 (01:52:40):
All right.

Speaker 2 (01:52:40):
We look at the Mystics since the return of Grace
Wek from her injury. They've gone four and one and
scored over sixty in all but one of those games.
So as a defender, how tough is it to slow
them down? To slow her down?

Speaker 22 (01:52:56):
Yeah, gosh. Whenever we come up against them, they always
ask me which position I prefer, and I say, when
I come up against players like that, I prefer playing outside.
I think the key is to just focus on the
outside and what we can do before it gets to
the back, because she's such a solid target for them
at the back, and you know the ball is going

(01:53:17):
to go in any way, and relying on our keepers
to get the balls is a bit of a bigger
ask so it's up to the rest of the team
to put as much pressure on the rest of the
court and the rest of the players to make sure
that the ball doesn't get there. So it is a
bit of a mental shift from doing your work on
your own to just trying to get ball wherever you
can so as easier.

Speaker 2 (01:53:36):
Or is the strategy actually to stop the ball getting
to the shooting circle, to steal it a bit further
up the court, then try and slow her down specifically exactly.

Speaker 22 (01:53:47):
You know, come going into a jumping race with grace,
you're always going to come off second. I think I've
only ever had gotten one ball off r on a
jump and I still hold on to that one. So yeah,
I think it's very important to not be worried about
the contest of that ball going in, but more so

(01:54:08):
worrying about how it gets now, whether we can get
the ball before it does.

Speaker 2 (01:54:12):
If you do one this afternoon, you face the pulse
again next week in the grand final. Do you give
yourself any you know, any I guess leeway to look
ahead to that the possibility of a grand final, or
or do you really just focus on today.

Speaker 22 (01:54:26):
It's definitely a balancing act because On one side, you
want to put it out there and confidence that you
know you're starting to think about the next one because
you're confident in yourself that you're going to win the
one coming up. But it's also I feel like we
have been guilty in the past, are worrying too much
about the future and not necessarily too much of the
game at hand. So it's definitely a balancing act and

(01:54:49):
having that confidence that we are going forward and we
are going to play the next games, but making sure
that we give the time and effort to the game
that we're coming up, that we actually doing our due
diligence to make sure we actually do win that game,
so that we.

Speaker 2 (01:55:02):
Can look forward, all right, if we doom ot on
the season as a whole. Car eleven and four across
the regular season. Last year you missed the finals. I
know the job's not done, But would you say that
the regular season's been a success and that the team's
pretty happy with how you've gone in twenty twenty four.

Speaker 22 (01:55:19):
Yeah, it's funny, like we're all very happy with our performance.
But you know, unless you're in that final, it doesn't
really matter what you did during the season, how you
got there. And so part of that is acknowledging that
we have had a good season, we are playing really
good netball. But you know, the ultimate is to try
and be in that final. So and that's just the

(01:55:41):
nature of high performance sport that we focus so much
on what we need to improve on and how we
can be better, that we can be quite hard on ourselves.
But that's just the nature of it, and it's part
of high performance support. So unless we're in that final,
how we got there doesn't really matter, does it.

Speaker 2 (01:55:57):
No, No, you're right there, and I know that it's
always team first for you. But a good personal milestone
this season. Fifty games now you've played for the Tactics.
Have you enjoyed the move South?

Speaker 22 (01:56:06):
No, it's been good. I've enjoyed it. I honestly, when
I first moved, I wasn't expecting the move. It was
a bit of a shock to me to also have
thought of to move down to christ Church as well.
But over the last four years it's really grown on me.
I've really started to enjoy it and I've built a
really good support system around myself down here as well.

(01:56:27):
So I've loved it. I love the support we get
here as well, so, yeah, it's been a good It's
come around so fast the fifty Games. I couldn't believe
it when I did get it, but I guess that's
just part of sport when you enjoy it so much
you forget about the time.

Speaker 3 (01:56:43):
Yeah, that's very cool.

Speaker 2 (01:56:44):
And internationally, looking a bit further down the track, Tony
Jamison Cup coming up, have you looked forward at all
to the Silver Ferns fixtures this year.

Speaker 22 (01:56:53):
Yeah, you obviously have to keep that in mind, and
the Ferns team also stays in touch and making sure
that you're taking off what you need to take off
to make sure that you are mentally physically prepared come trials.
So give have had that in the back of my mind,
but you know, not thinking too far ahead because we've
got a job to do here, so taking it day

(01:57:14):
by day. You know, now that it's come a little
bit close obvious to see, there's a bit more thinking
around there and also planning around what you could potentially
look like. So but you never know, there's some amazing
players out there putting their hand up. So come trials
and it's going to be very competitive and we'll see
what comes on that.

Speaker 5 (01:57:33):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:57:33):
Constellation Cup as well.

Speaker 2 (01:57:35):
If we look even further down, you left fond memories
of that final match of last year, was your fiftieth
for the Ferns and MVP performance. I know that's a
long way in the past now, but can do you
take confidence from that sort of thing as you as
you look to you know, to wear that black dress again.

Speaker 22 (01:57:49):
Yeah. I guess when you play a game like that,
not just as an individual, but as a team as well,
it gives you so much confidence in what the team
is capable of doing. And so I guess for us
it's really important to know where we finished off last year,
knowing that we are capable of doing it and stepping
up from there, not going backwards. So especially against the

(01:58:12):
team like Ozzie, you can't afford to give one step backward.
So the standard's been set now we need to make
sure that we just keep going up from there.

Speaker 3 (01:58:19):
Indeed, all right, that's all ahead.

Speaker 2 (01:58:21):
The most important order of businesses this afternoon as you
take on the mystics for a place in the Grand Final. Curen,
really appreciate your time. Thanks for taking the time for
a chat today.

Speaker 22 (01:58:29):
Cool, Thank you so much. To a nice day.

Speaker 2 (01:58:31):
You have a nice day. Too in all the best
this afternoon Karen Karen Berger. They're out of the tactics,
so four o'clock this afternoon, elimination final in christ Churchful
commentary of that on Gold Sport and iHeartRadio Center Pass
at four Malcolm Jordan and Evon Willering have the call
for you Leon on email Piney. The Summer Games are
a fantastic distraction from the ad nauseum of the usual social, political, economic,

(01:58:54):
and worldly headlines. We ingest on a daily basis really
looking forward, especially to see how our Black Fern sevens go.
With Porscha Tyler and possibly Sarah bowing out after the games.
Also our female Chai is with Dame Lisa Carrington leading
the way. We'll be compelling viewing well worth the sleep
deprivation over the next couple of weeks. Absolutely, I totally

(01:59:16):
agree ly on the sleep deprivation is a small price
to pay for being able to just luxuriate, immerse yourself
in so much high quality sport eleven away from three.
So if you are one of those who likes to
get a bit of sleep, it also likes to dip
in and out of sport. The best way to do

(01:59:37):
that is with radio commentary with audio commentary, and we've
got you covered on gold Sport and iHeartRadio, so you
can either listen. You can either listen on you know
you've got old fashioned transistor radio beside the bed or
under the pillow with a you know, your earphone in
so you don't disturb anybody around you, or you can
do it on your device. Just download the iHeartRadio app

(02:00:00):
and then look for gold Sport. And we have wall
to wall coverage starting at seven o'clock every night, going
right through the night until there are no.

Speaker 3 (02:00:09):
More Kiwi athletes anyway to call.

Speaker 2 (02:00:12):
So it's kind of seven at night until I want
to say nine in the morning, and we'll have it
wall to wall for you. And it all kicks off
as I say, tonight. We've had, you know, the last
couple of nights almost bit of a soft launch, I
might say, with football and sevens. But tonight, well look
at this. We're underway at seven o'clock tonight with rowing
the men's single skulls, Tom Macintosh in action. We've got

(02:00:36):
Emma Twig and the women's single skulls and then later
on the double skulls for both men and women. Also
tonight's swimming, We've got hockey, we've got cycling, we've got
canoe slalom, more football, more sevens and then tomorrow morning.
And I've said this a couple of times, but I
don't want you to miss this. Eric A Fairweather and
Eve Thomas are both in the heats of the women's

(02:00:59):
four hundred free tonight. If they make the final, it
is tomorrow morning at six point fifty two officially, so
just after ten to seven tomorrow morning. I don't want
you to miss the chance of eric A fair Weather,
in particular, winning New Zealand's first Olympics swimming medal since
Daniel Loaders double gold in Atlanta in nineteen ninety six.

(02:01:20):
It's a long time between swimming medals for New Zealand.
Eric A fair Weather is absolutely a chance of meddling
in the four hundred three tomorrow morning. It is a
very competitive field with three other swimmers who have gone
under four minutes as she has for this distance. But
heats tonight they go straight to the final. The top

(02:01:40):
eight times in the heats go to the final tomorrow
morning six fifty two. So I don't they maybe set
your alarm for six forty seven or something like that,
and then just tune into Gold Sport and iHeartRadio and
we'll bring you, hopefully some history from the Olympics and
lots more to come, we hope over the next sixteen
days or so eight away from three new stalks, he'd.

Speaker 1 (02:02:02):
Be when it's down to the line. You made a
call on a ten eighty Weekend Sports with Jason Hine,
News Talk zemb.

Speaker 3 (02:02:10):
Five to three.

Speaker 2 (02:02:11):
Don't forget the eventing, Yeah, don't forget the eventing. Aquestrians
on from seven tonight. You forgot to mention you some
my apologies for that. Aquestrian from seven day one of
the three day event, Janelle Price, Tim Price and Clark
Johnston in dressage, followed by the cross country and then
show jumping. So yeah, we've got a proud history, haven't
we at the Olympics of meddling in the three day

(02:02:31):
event and in a questrian. So let's hope that continues.
Thank you for pointing that out. That is the show
for today. We're back tomorrow at midday, hopefully wrapping a
very successful night of sport. We'll sort of peck out
the highlights for you and maybe some of the talking
points and bring them to you tomorrow. Thanks for listening
in this afternoon, Tim Beverage on the radio after three o'clock,
Anny McDonald, thank you for producing the show.

Speaker 3 (02:02:53):
Andy. What have you chosen as an exit song today?

Speaker 19 (02:02:55):
Yes, of course, Jason, I'm a fiend for good classical
French music, and so I've gone for Celine Dion with
her rendition of Edith Piaf's Himala Moore that she performed
actually at the opening ceremony or extravaganza is Adam Pacott
so called this morning.

Speaker 3 (02:03:14):
Thank you, Andy, We'll see you tomorrow and we'll see
you tomorrow too. From midday, What do you.

Speaker 5 (02:03:49):
Yah for?

Speaker 1 (02:04:10):
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