July 3, 2024 • 7 mins
D'Arcy Waldegrave has had a rare treat. He got to leave the Sportstalk studio!
He grabbed a mic and popped down to the Warriors' media session at Mt Smart.
After D'Arc was done scoffing as much free food as he could, he managed to ambush Marcelo Montoya for an interview. Here are the results.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Dancy Wildergrave
from News Talk z'd be.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Macello Montoya joins the program.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Macello, you guys would be pretty ripped after last week,
A lot of pressure off your shoulders. I'm sure you
don't like to talk about the pressure, but you can't lie.
It must have been huge going into that match.
Speaker 4 (00:25):
Oh, I think the pressure was more so from internal.
Speaker 5 (00:28):
You know, we know the team we are, we know
how we can play when we put our foota together,
so it was more internal.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
And more from us.
Speaker 5 (00:35):
I don't pay too much attention to what happens outside.
I don't have any social media, so I don't really
see any of that kind of stuff. But in saying that,
you know, it's wouldn't say relieved, because I know the
footy weekend play. But I think more importantly for us,
it's about being a bit more consistent with the way
we want to play our.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
Game and getting our game on a lot more.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
There would have been a wee bit of say tension,
But when you guys had all that ball at the
start but you didn't manage to convert, what was the
feeling like around there? You would have gone back to
a few of the other day's game, got and take
advantage of this.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 5 (01:08):
I think for us as a team, it's important to
embrace those moments. Like I said before, they got to
embrace that fight there. Team's going to come out and
defend really, really well, and you know, you just should
be able to sustain that, I guess, and then stay
committed to your game. I think the perfect example was
on the weekend, watched the Melbourne Storm game against Camera
and Camera held him out the whole half. I think
(01:29):
Storm scored a one trial six year at half time,
but they had all the position and Camera held them
up and Storm just kept doing it and doing it
and doing it, and they ended up getting the lollies.
But you know, that's the kind of team that we
want to be to make sure when it gets tough
like that, understand that.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
You know we're playing that RL so teams, teams preview
us and they.
Speaker 5 (01:48):
Understand our game, so they're going to defend our shape
as best they can. And for us, it's about not
getting flustered about that, but then also just applying the pressure,
applying it and then taking our taking the options when
we can.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
It's finding that calm place, isn't it going?
Speaker 3 (02:00):
If we keep fighting, we keep punching, we're eventually going
to get through. Don't panic, which is sometime the team does.
We're going to try this miracle pass. We're going to
try something. We've got a score that that wasn't really
around over the weekend exactly.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
And it's a great point.
Speaker 5 (02:14):
You know, we're going to make sure when we're in
that moment, just keep sticking to our game plan, like
I said, and if it doesn't come off, we stick
toward again, keep doing it until we break them somewhere else.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
So you know, for us, that's what I said. It's
it's about doing.
Speaker 5 (02:26):
That more consistently for longer period of time and emb
embracing that challenge when it's air.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
You've got half in the seven who's having the time
of his life right now, and tell us about the
way he's behaving around the club over the last few
weeks because he feels like he's he's really settled into
his role.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (02:44):
No, it's nice to see those boys play good footy,
you know. It's at the same time, it's unfortunate for Sean.
You know, I'm very close with Sean and to see
him injured. It it hurts because I know what it's
like being injured. At the same time, I feel like
those boys have come in and done an awesome job.
You know, they're really professional in the way they prep
and the way they play on the field. They're very
in sync. So look, that's going to only build stronger
(03:04):
over the weeks. And I think, you know, when he
gets out of there and talk.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
About being professional, I think Shawn's long beyond the oh
my god, someone's going to take my position because you know,
in the game of rugby league he will be back
at some stage. But he's carrying that well. He's comfortable
in that space, knowing that he's part of a team.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
Yeah, and that's why I love Sean so much.
Speaker 5 (03:24):
He you know, the way he approaches he's training, the
way he approaches a game. You know, he just wants
to help us get better as a team. And you
know that makes us better knowing you know what he's done.
You know, like as a player, you don't have to
talk about what he's done in the game. You know,
he's played over to fifty on r OLD games. He's
he's done it. You know, besides being in the comp
he's played for his country. You know, he's won a
Golden Boot. So like, I don't need to go on
(03:46):
about what Shawn's done. You know, he's a freak at
the game. But just to see the other side of
him and that nurturing side of him as a player,
it's pretty cool, you know, as a person, isn't isn't
outstanding human being? And you know, I just love being
around his presence and yeah, he's a special person.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
Well that's maturity, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
The longer you've been around, the longer you've been walking
the earth and casting his shadow, the more comfortable you
come within your space.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
It must be great seeing that.
Speaker 5 (04:09):
No exactly, no exactly, And it's I guess as you're
getting older, you know your role, you know what to do. Yeah,
And at the moment, he's been awesome with the way
he's being. He's working on his rehabit on his body.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
So yeah, Roger to you vas shick, But the fun
over the weekend, that's got to be good this guy.
And you talk about hard workers, I think he might
be right up there with all of them.
Speaker 5 (04:28):
Oh yeah, And what he brings to the team is
what I said about Sean he's done everything in the game,
and then he just brings up professionalism and the way
he trains away he preps. That's the person when you
see him on the field, that's the person you want
to be like, and that's the person you want to
play for. So when you see someone like that doing
it day in day out, there's no excuses for us
younger boys to be doing it as well.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Say younger boy, you've been around a while yourself. That's
quite freaked out.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
You've played nearly eighty games for the Warriors. It's madness.
Speaker 5 (04:57):
Yeah, I say young just to make me feel a
bit better, but I am catching up to those boys.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
However, it's it's pretty cool to be able.
Speaker 5 (05:05):
To lace a bit of those boys. And yeah, I
mean to play for this great club. It's very special
and something a hold close to my to my heart.
I love love being in New Zealand and love being
here at the Warriors.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
So yeah, hopefully you can stay longer.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
In the press conference, you mentioned Big Steve Price, someone
that you really look up to. Absolute legend that Blake
playing under both jerses that you've played and too. How
cool is it to have someone like that around to
on a gay light when on a daylight, when these
guys turn up.
Speaker 5 (05:31):
To talk to Oh, it's cool, you know, just to see,
I guess, the legacy that he's left in the game,
not just at the Warriors, at the and at the Bulldogs,
but what he's done for the game, and obviously playing
Origin like he's he's done at all.
Speaker 4 (05:46):
You know, he's won a comp, he's one comp.
Speaker 5 (05:47):
So he's a special person, Pricey and just to see
him around it's pretty awesome. He's very dense, earth easy
to have a conversation with. And to have him me
on the weekend was pretty cool, you know, knowing that
he's known me since I was young, followed the Bulldogs
and then he's over here coming over here.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
To watch us play as well, but also to see.
Speaker 5 (06:03):
All the other old heads as well around Like we
see where we're pretty lucky here to have Stacy and
Stacy Jones as one of our coaches. You know, what
the Hofs done for us, it's unreal as well. And
then other players around like Monty as well. It's you know,
you forget these guys that have won that jersey and
they've you know, put some hard, hard work into that,
into that jump or so.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
I talked to.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
Steve last week and he told me that he was
coming out and said, if you still got any old
jerseys you're going to wear?
Speaker 2 (06:30):
And he gets, oh, mate, there's no way I could
fit into any of that. Did he turned up on
an old jersey?
Speaker 4 (06:35):
They did it? He didn't wear one.
Speaker 5 (06:37):
But he's still a big man price he meant, he's
huge as a monster.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
So no, he didn't bring a jersey, but we're gonna
have to get him a new one.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
I reckon tell us about playing against your old team.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
I suppose you've been here so long now it kind
of dissiplates, doesn't it. You don't really think too much
about playing the dog. Is any your guys around from
when you were there that you still have a relationship
with it and like to put your shoulder through?
Speaker 5 (06:57):
Yeah, No, it's a great point. There's there's literally no
one there when I was there. It's a totally different
different club, different rosters. So but there's some people there
that I've bet we're there on the stuff when I
was there, and it's cool, you know, to catch up
with them when they're over here after the game and
stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
But look, it's a great club. It's a great club.
Speaker 5 (07:14):
But like you said, I've been at the Warriors for
so long now it's you kind of forget that I
was there. But yeah, look obviously it wasn't for them,
I wouldn't have played in a row. So it's, you know,
like you always got to show respect in that sense. Butte,
when we go over there on the weekend, we're going
to get the two points.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
For more from Sports Talk, listen live to News Talks
it'd be from seven pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Dancy Wildergrave
from News Talk z'd be.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Macello Montoya joins the program.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Macello, you guys would be pretty ripped after last week,
A lot of pressure off your shoulders. I'm sure you
don't like to talk about the pressure, but you can't lie.
It must have been huge going into that match.
Speaker 4 (00:25):
Oh, I think the pressure was more so from internal.
Speaker 5 (00:28):
You know, we know the team we are, we know
how we can play when we put our foota together,
so it was more internal.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
And more from us.
Speaker 5 (00:35):
I don't pay too much attention to what happens outside.
I don't have any social media, so I don't really
see any of that kind of stuff. But in saying that,
you know, it's wouldn't say relieved, because I know the
footy weekend play. But I think more importantly for us,
it's about being a bit more consistent with the way
we want to play our.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
Game and getting our game on a lot more.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
There would have been a wee bit of say tension,
But when you guys had all that ball at the
start but you didn't manage to convert, what was the
feeling like around there? You would have gone back to
a few of the other day's game, got and take
advantage of this.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 5 (01:08):
I think for us as a team, it's important to
embrace those moments. Like I said before, they got to
embrace that fight there. Team's going to come out and
defend really, really well, and you know, you just should
be able to sustain that, I guess, and then stay
committed to your game. I think the perfect example was
on the weekend, watched the Melbourne Storm game against Camera
and Camera held him out the whole half. I think
(01:29):
Storm scored a one trial six year at half time,
but they had all the position and Camera held them
up and Storm just kept doing it and doing it
and doing it, and they ended up getting the lollies.
But you know, that's the kind of team that we
want to be to make sure when it gets tough
like that, understand that.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
You know we're playing that RL so teams, teams preview
us and they.
Speaker 5 (01:48):
Understand our game, so they're going to defend our shape
as best they can. And for us, it's about not
getting flustered about that, but then also just applying the pressure,
applying it and then taking our taking the options when
we can.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
It's finding that calm place, isn't it going?
Speaker 3 (02:00):
If we keep fighting, we keep punching, we're eventually going
to get through. Don't panic, which is sometime the team does.
We're going to try this miracle pass. We're going to
try something. We've got a score that that wasn't really
around over the weekend exactly.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
And it's a great point.
Speaker 5 (02:14):
You know, we're going to make sure when we're in
that moment, just keep sticking to our game plan, like
I said, and if it doesn't come off, we stick
toward again, keep doing it until we break them somewhere else.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
So you know, for us, that's what I said. It's
it's about doing.
Speaker 5 (02:26):
That more consistently for longer period of time and emb
embracing that challenge when it's air.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
You've got half in the seven who's having the time
of his life right now, and tell us about the
way he's behaving around the club over the last few
weeks because he feels like he's he's really settled into
his role.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (02:44):
No, it's nice to see those boys play good footy,
you know. It's at the same time, it's unfortunate for Sean.
You know, I'm very close with Sean and to see
him injured. It it hurts because I know what it's
like being injured. At the same time, I feel like
those boys have come in and done an awesome job.
You know, they're really professional in the way they prep
and the way they play on the field. They're very
in sync. So look, that's going to only build stronger
(03:04):
over the weeks. And I think, you know, when he
gets out of there and talk.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
About being professional, I think Shawn's long beyond the oh
my god, someone's going to take my position because you know,
in the game of rugby league he will be back
at some stage. But he's carrying that well. He's comfortable
in that space, knowing that he's part of a team.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
Yeah, and that's why I love Sean so much.
Speaker 5 (03:24):
He you know, the way he approaches he's training, the
way he approaches a game. You know, he just wants
to help us get better as a team. And you
know that makes us better knowing you know what he's done.
You know, like as a player, you don't have to
talk about what he's done in the game. You know,
he's played over to fifty on r OLD games. He's
he's done it. You know, besides being in the comp
he's played for his country. You know, he's won a
Golden Boot. So like, I don't need to go on
(03:46):
about what Shawn's done. You know, he's a freak at
the game. But just to see the other side of
him and that nurturing side of him as a player,
it's pretty cool, you know, as a person, isn't isn't
outstanding human being? And you know, I just love being
around his presence and yeah, he's a special person.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
Well that's maturity, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
The longer you've been around, the longer you've been walking
the earth and casting his shadow, the more comfortable you
come within your space.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
It must be great seeing that.
Speaker 5 (04:09):
No exactly, no exactly, And it's I guess as you're
getting older, you know your role, you know what to do. Yeah,
And at the moment, he's been awesome with the way
he's being. He's working on his rehabit on his body.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
So yeah, Roger to you vas shick, But the fun
over the weekend, that's got to be good this guy.
And you talk about hard workers, I think he might
be right up there with all of them.
Speaker 5 (04:28):
Oh yeah, And what he brings to the team is
what I said about Sean he's done everything in the game,
and then he just brings up professionalism and the way
he trains away he preps. That's the person when you
see him on the field, that's the person you want
to be like, and that's the person you want to
play for. So when you see someone like that doing
it day in day out, there's no excuses for us
younger boys to be doing it as well.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Say younger boy, you've been around a while yourself. That's
quite freaked out.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
You've played nearly eighty games for the Warriors. It's madness.
Speaker 5 (04:57):
Yeah, I say young just to make me feel a
bit better, but I am catching up to those boys.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
However, it's it's pretty cool to be able.
Speaker 5 (05:05):
To lace a bit of those boys. And yeah, I
mean to play for this great club. It's very special
and something a hold close to my to my heart.
I love love being in New Zealand and love being
here at the Warriors.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
So yeah, hopefully you can stay longer.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
In the press conference, you mentioned Big Steve Price, someone
that you really look up to. Absolute legend that Blake
playing under both jerses that you've played and too. How
cool is it to have someone like that around to
on a gay light when on a daylight, when these
guys turn up.
Speaker 5 (05:31):
To talk to Oh, it's cool, you know, just to see,
I guess, the legacy that he's left in the game,
not just at the Warriors, at the and at the Bulldogs,
but what he's done for the game, and obviously playing
Origin like he's he's done at all.
Speaker 4 (05:46):
You know, he's won a comp, he's one comp.
Speaker 5 (05:47):
So he's a special person, Pricey and just to see
him around it's pretty awesome. He's very dense, earth easy
to have a conversation with. And to have him me
on the weekend was pretty cool, you know, knowing that
he's known me since I was young, followed the Bulldogs
and then he's over here coming over here.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
To watch us play as well, but also to see.
Speaker 5 (06:03):
All the other old heads as well around Like we
see where we're pretty lucky here to have Stacy and
Stacy Jones as one of our coaches. You know, what
the Hofs done for us, it's unreal as well. And
then other players around like Monty as well. It's you know,
you forget these guys that have won that jersey and
they've you know, put some hard, hard work into that,
into that jump or so.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
I talked to.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
Steve last week and he told me that he was
coming out and said, if you still got any old
jerseys you're going to wear?
Speaker 2 (06:30):
And he gets, oh, mate, there's no way I could
fit into any of that. Did he turned up on
an old jersey?
Speaker 4 (06:35):
They did it? He didn't wear one.
Speaker 5 (06:37):
But he's still a big man price he meant, he's
huge as a monster.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
So no, he didn't bring a jersey, but we're gonna
have to get him a new one.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
I reckon tell us about playing against your old team.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
I suppose you've been here so long now it kind
of dissiplates, doesn't it. You don't really think too much
about playing the dog. Is any your guys around from
when you were there that you still have a relationship
with it and like to put your shoulder through?
Speaker 5 (06:57):
Yeah, No, it's a great point. There's there's literally no
one there when I was there. It's a totally different
different club, different rosters. So but there's some people there
that I've bet we're there on the stuff when I
was there, and it's cool, you know, to catch up
with them when they're over here after the game and
stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
But look, it's a great club. It's a great club.
Speaker 5 (07:14):
But like you said, I've been at the Warriors for
so long now it's you kind of forget that I
was there. But yeah, look obviously it wasn't for them,
I wouldn't have played in a row. So it's, you know,
like you always got to show respect in that sense. Butte,
when we go over there on the weekend, we're going
to get the two points.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
For more from Sports Talk, listen live to News Talks
it'd be from seven pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
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