Sportstalk with D'Arcy Waldegrave

Do you have a future All Black in the family? If you've been wondering where to send them for school, an intriguing new option will soon be available.

New Zealand Performance Academy Aotearoa is opening a charter school in Upper Hutt for students who are also high performance athletes.

They're working closely with the Wellington Phoenix's academy.

David Dome explained the idea to Jason Pine on Sportstalk.

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Another promising NZ rugby product has decided to look overseas for further rugby opportunities.

Fletcher Anderson is a loose forward who has featured for the Crusaders and was recently named the man of the year, player of the year and defender of the year at the annual Tasman Mako awards.

He has signed for the Welsh Club Scarlets, who play in the United Rugby Championship, and he joined Sportstalk to discuss the move.

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Questions have been asked of the New Zealand secondary schools' rugby pathways after conceding 136 points over two games and suffering consecutive losses to the Australian U18 side. 

The Australian players spend years playing together, going through and going through Super Rugby stages, whereas New Zealand has significantly less for young players

Former All Black and current rugby player agent Craig Innes discussed the issues ...

The Silver Ferns coaching saga seems to be never ending.

Earlier today, it was announced that Silver Ferns selector Gail Parata was resigning from the role in the aftermath of the suspension of Dame Noeline Taurua and in a long Facebook post questioned whether any New Zealand sporting coach was safe.

Former Silver Fern Margie Foster shared the post in support and announced that she would no longer be involved tossing the coin at th...

Matt Payne has become King of the Mountain in a wet weather shemozzle at the Bathurst 1000.

He has joined the high-octane New Zealand pantheon of Jim and Steven Richards, Greg Murphy, Shane van Gisbergen and Scott McLaughlin.

The 23-year-old and his co-driver Garth Tander climbed from 18th to take the title in minimal visibility, sneaking into the lead for the first time when James Golding and Cooper Murray collided with a couple o...

The White Ferns have struggled to fire throughout the first two matches of the women's ODI World Cup, falling short against Australia and South Africa. 

With their third game coming up tomorrow night against Bangladesh, they will know how important a win will be in order to make it to the knockout stages of the tournament.

D'Arcy spoke with White Ferns head coach Craig McMillan to reflect on the opening two matches of the Worl...

Key figures involved in rugby have expressed concerns that kids coming through professional rugby pathways don't always have a plan B if playing professionally doesn't work out.

In this world, it is increasingly important that young kids are developing skills for success in the world as the number of players getting professional contracts is a small fraction of the kids who play the sport.

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The international unions of New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, France, Italy, England, Ireland and Scotland have banded together against the proposed R360 competition, stating that any player that signs to play in the new competition will forfeit their right to compete internationally for their country.

This is despite R360 officials stating that all competitors will be available for international test windows throughout the com...

The Netball NZ saga continues, as it was revealed Dame Noeline would not be resuming charge of the Silver Ferns for the upcoming Constellation Cup and that Yvette McCausland-Durie would once again be serving as the interim coach of the Ferns for the series.

D'Arcy spoke with Yvette to discuss what she knows around what's going on, and how she is planning on leading and uniting the group heading into the Constellation Cup.

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