Sportstalk with D'Arcy Waldegrave
D'Arcy Waldegrave lives and breathes sport. He loves motorsport and revels in the torment of being a Warriors and Black Caps fan. Whatever the sport, big or small, he’s got a view. His non-stop enthusiasm sees him battle it out with a diverse selection of armchair commentators resulting in a sometimes explosive, but always compelling show weeknights 7pm-8pm on Newstalk ZB.
Episodes
D'Arcy Waldegrave returns to recap an exciting week in the world of sports! Highlights for tonight include:
Rugby Players' Association CEO Rob Nicol on the governance vote.
Talkback on this featuring, among others, former Police Minister Stuart Nash who thinks the Provincial Unions have made the wrong decision.
Auckland FC coach Steve Corica on his first four players.
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All four of the players who have been named as part of the A-League side's inaugural roster today have experience representing New Zealand as All Whites or Oly Whites.
So they've got some players - do they have any clubrooms yet? Or goalposts?
D'Arcy Waldegrave asked head coach Steve Corica about all that on Sportstalk.
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You just never know who's going to ring up when the talkback lines open.
Turns out former Police Minister Stuart Nash has been following the NZR governance story closely, and he's got some thoughts on the decision the unions have made.
He phoned up D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk to air his views.
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The provincial unions supporting Proposal 2 have got their way - and their dedicated seats on the New Zealand Rugby board.
Before the vote, Players Association CEO Rob Nicol warned that if Proposal 2 got through, the professional players would split from NZR.
D'Arcy Waldegrave got Rob back on Sportstalk to talk about what happens now.
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D'Arcy Waldegrave returns to recap an exciting week in the world of sports! Highlights for tonight include:
Reg Dickason of ESI Risk on the terror threat against the T20 World Cup.
Talkback - with threats like this, are you satisfied that stadium security is at the level it needs to be.
Crusaders lock Quinten Strange ahead of what could be their last match of the season.
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A terror threat has been made against the upcoming T20 World Cup.
A pro-ISIS outlet has threatened an attack on the India-Pakistan match in New York.
The expert the Black Caps consult with on terrorism is Reg Dickason - and he spoke to D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk about what he makes of this.
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There are 8 spots in the Super Rugby playoffs and, with one game to go, eleven teams are still vying to get one of them.
The Crusaders are one of those teams, but they need a few things to go their way to lock in their ticket to the quarterfinals.
Crusaders lock Quinten Strange spoke to D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk.
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D'Arcy Waldegrave returns to recap an exciting week in the world of sports! Highlights for tonight include:
Super Rugby tournament director Matt Barlow on why they're not letting Beauden Barrett suit up for the Blues in the playoffs.
Talkback - Beauden and whether the current 8-team playoff structure should be more of a 6-team playoffs.
Sailor Greta Pilkington on getting the Olympic callup.
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21-year-old Greta Pilkington is the latest sailor to be named in our Olympic team.
It'll be her first Games, and she'll be competing in the single-handed ILCA 6 class.
She spoke to D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk about what it's like to realise her childhood dream.
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Beauden Barret is an Auckland Blue. He's one of the best players in the world. He's available to play for them in the Super Rugby playoffs.
So why exactly are the powers that be putting their foot down and stopping him from playing?
D'Arcy Waldegrave got one of those very powers - Super Rugby tournament director Matt Barlow - on Sportstalk to explain.
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Jason Pine returns to recap a full day in the world of sport! Highlights for tonight include:
Mark Watson - Former elite kayaking coach on Aimee Fisher beating Dame Lisa Carrington's record.
Tony Rogers - Former Olympic runner on James Preston beating Sir Peter Snell's 800-metre record.
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After 62 years, Sir Peter Snell's NZ record in the 800 metres has finally been broken.
27-year-old Wellingtonian James Preston managed 1:44:04 at an event in Germany over the weekend, 0.83 seconds faster than Sir Peter's 1962 run at Lancaster Park.
Former Olympic runner Tony Rogers spoke to Jason Pine on Sportstalk about why the record has stood for so long and what this means for Preston's future.
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There may be a changing of the guard in the offing in the world of kayaking!
Aimee Fisher has beaten the great Dame Lisa Carrington in two races in a matter of weeks.
Former elite kayak coach Mark Watson spoke to Jason Pine about this on Sportstalk.
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D'Arcy Waldegrave returns to recap an exciting week in the world of sports! Highlights for tonight include:
- Former NRL coach Sir Graham Lowe on why he thinks Addin Fonua-Blake's punishment is justified.
- Talkback – What do the listeners think?
- Blues prop Angus Ta'avao ahead of the match against the Crusaders.
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The Blues' match in Super Rugby this weekend looks on paper to be an easy one.
They're up against the basement-dwelling Crusaders, who've won only two games all season.
On the other hand, the Blues usually come up against it when they play the Crusaders in Christchurch.
D'Arcy Waldegrave spoke to Blues prop Angus Ta'avao to get the details on why the team is treating this like a T...
Warriors coach Andrew Webster has stood down one of his star players for skipping the team song.
Addin Fonua-Blake wasn't present for the post-game speech or singing of the team song, which is a breach of protocol. As such, he won't play against the Dolphins this weekend.
D'Arcy Waldegrave spoke to former Kiwis coach Sir Graham Lowe and got his thoughts on whether it was a good choice or not.
D'Arcy Waldegrave returns to recap an exciting week in the world of sports! Highlights for tonight include:
Crusaders CEO Colin Mansbridge on the c-bomb.
C-bomb talkback.
Tom Wilmott on the new support group for coaches that's been formed.
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A new support group has been formed for sports coaches in New Zealand.
Tom Wilmott is a board member of Te Korowai and he explained what it's all about to D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk.
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The Crusaders CEO has apologised to 1 News's Thomas Mead on behalf of coach Rob Penney.
Rob called Thomas the c-word a little too close to a hot mic after a testy exchange.
The exchange was over whether Rob has a future at the club - so D'Arcy Waldegrave made sure to ask about that as well as the apology, when he spoke to Colin Mansbridge on Sportstalk.
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D'Arcy Waldegrave returns to recap an exciting week in the world of sports! Highlights for tonight include:
Scott Dixon ahead of the Indy 500.
NZ Herald rugby writer Gregor Paul on the governance dispute.
Talkback - do we still even care about rugby union?
Cyclist Sam Dakin on getting the call-up for the Olympics.
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