Piney's Power Rankings: Black Caps hold steady, David Nyika makes history and Hayden Wilde dominates

Every Monday, Jason Pine ranks the best and worst sporting moments from the week that was - and everything in between.

This week, he talked about the Black Caps' prowess against the West Indies, David Nyika's victory over China's Wuzhati Nuerlang and Hayden Wilde's big win.

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Speaker 1 (00:06):
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from News Talk Zedbes Power.

Speaker 2 (00:18):
Rankings sway Okay, for the final time in twenty twenty five,
let's rate the weekend Piney's power rankings the best, worst
and in between bits from the last seventy two hours
or so. En the Wellington Phoenix find themselves down at
ten or fourth defeat in five games, three of those
at home, and searching for answers to their alarming form.

(00:41):
Slump Taylor Acumbo trying to land another one on the
time it's it again. Goodness me the Newcastle Jets on
fire and Wellington he's being provider for the first two.
Clayton Taylor lose again on Sunday and you'd have to
think change is coming. Sine the black Caps victory inside
three days and the second cricket teste against the West

(01:03):
Indies at the Basin.

Speaker 3 (01:04):
Okay, never want to hurry anything?

Speaker 1 (01:06):
Will he hurry this? Oh?

Speaker 2 (01:10):
It's them back and he's punked out work. Thus before
the Black Hats take game two of the series, they
went by night workers here at the basin. The third
Test start Sat Bay Oval on Thursday, Cheat chasing the
fox another terrific event on Friday night. But here comes
Hilliot up to the part. They just have to knock

(01:32):
this one in and the title is there for Team Fox,
Dan Elliott. Easy as you.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
Like, into the whole and Team Fox.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
Take out the Manukah Fuel chasing the Fox twenty twenty five. Yeah,
Ryan Fox and Daniel Hilliot combining to claim victory seven
the total of five back to back Toehi National Women's
basketball champions.

Speaker 3 (01:59):
There it is the parkye. They couldn't done it. The
Fire have done it. They are the twenty twenty.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
Five Toy Bascal Champions. They go back to back, the
outlasting the Mainland Poky on their court ninety three sixty six.
In the final in christ Church, six, boxer David Nika
a unanimous decision victory over China's Wusati new ling I
win with extra significance coming just six weeks ter Nika's

(02:29):
Beyonce Lexi Thornbury, the daughter of his trainer Nool, was
diagnosed with head and neck cancer.

Speaker 3 (02:36):
Everybody that came out, everybody watching from home from New Zealand,
from Australia, I thank you from the bottom of my.

Speaker 1 (02:42):
Heart because the last six weeks have been held to.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
The Thornburg family man putting this event together.

Speaker 1 (02:49):
This is what makes Gatton Gatten.

Speaker 2 (02:50):
Five into the top half, where we find Kiwi darts
player Johnny Tata winning his opening round match at the
World Champs in London, beating former European champion Richie Edhouse
in straight sets.

Speaker 3 (03:04):
Point looks like going to for the first hurdle for
the fourth consecutive World Championship. It is a fabulous win
for the New Zealand none of the world jubvid t
Tata and.

Speaker 2 (03:18):
There's no doubt about it.

Speaker 3 (03:19):
Thoroughly sloughly deserved. He jos throw to round two he
has Teja vout the former European champion Ritchie at Harris
in sub style.

Speaker 2 (03:32):
Even more impressive, it was Tuta's debut. He became the
fifteenth Kiwi to grace the World Championship stage, the sixth
to get a win and the first since Cody Harris
at the twenty eighteen nineteen World Champs. Sure a Kiwi
won two at the FIS Free Ski World Cup halfpipe
event at Secret Garden in China, and that's.

Speaker 1 (03:54):
An Eddy nine Luke, Harold and Brews.

Speaker 3 (03:55):
But it's not enough for the win and.

Speaker 2 (03:57):
Finley and Melville ives. He takes his second World of victory.
Finley Melville ives at gold and fellow Kiwi Luke Harold
with silver. The New Zealand Under seventeen boys basketball team
becoming the first New Zealand under seventeen team to win
the osceeany A Cup Ladies and Gentlemen and our gold

(04:20):
medalist for the Oceania Under seventeen twenty twenty five Men's.

Speaker 3 (04:27):
Division is.

Speaker 2 (04:31):
Zila terrific and eighty two sixty two win over Australia
in the final two. Alpine skier Alice Robinson, how good
is she going right now? Becoming the first New Zealander
to win a World Cup Super g race.

Speaker 3 (04:47):
Robertsons nailed it, Robinson had the ges margin and Alice
Robinson will take the lead here today by a taxi bill.

Speaker 1 (04:56):
It's New Zealand.

Speaker 2 (04:58):
Yet a game, the seventh global victory of her career.
Speeding down the Saint Maritz course in Switzer one Hayden
wild T one hundred world champion overcoming and horrific training
creation may to dominate the series and clinch the title
with an emphatic win in the Doha finale.

Speaker 1 (05:21):
The man has come back from the brink.

Speaker 2 (05:22):
It's fair to say that injury.

Speaker 3 (05:24):
Being knocked off his bike in Japan.

Speaker 1 (05:27):
He's a superhero, a super human effort from this kiwri athlete,
Hayden Wild at.

Speaker 2 (05:33):
C one hundred World Chantion.

Speaker 1 (05:37):
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