The All Sport Breakfast

The All Sport Breakfast

Join Newstalk ZB's D'Arcy Waldegrave as we kick start your Saturday Morning with The All Sport Breakfast.

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November 7, 2025 5 mins

The Hockey Premier League gets underway this weekend, with four sides from across the country taking part in the six round competition.  

The Central Falcons get their season underway when they take on the Hauraki Mavericks in Napier.  

D'Arcy spoke with Black Sticks and Falcons striker Hope Ralph to discuss the opening match and the competition as a whole as it enters its second year. 

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The 6th and final round of the 2025 New Zealand Rally Championship goes down this weekend, this time with the Rally of Whangarei.  

Caleb MacDonald is behind the wheel, and he’ll be looking to close out the year by winning his first championship. 

He caught up with D'Arcy to preview the event and delve into a crash that looked to derail his championship aspirations 

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It’s now the 7th round of the GJ Gardiner Homes Tauihi Womens Basketball competition, and the Northern Kahu have struggled a bit to date, remaining winless.  

On Sunday they take on the Southern Hoiho at Eventfinda Stadium and will be looking to put on a strong performance and pick up their first win of the season. 

Haliegh Reinoehl is a Power Forward for the Kahu, and she joined D'Arcy to preview the game as well as chat...

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A major game of international rugby league is on the horizon. Tomorrow afternoon the Kiwis and Toa Samoa face off in the grand final of the Pacific Championships in Sydney. 

After a dominant display over Tonga last weekend, winning 40-14, the Kiwis will look to build on that performance as they take on Samoa again.  

D'Arcy spoke with Kiwis prop Moses Leota to preview the match. 

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It's New Zealand derby day in the A-League and with both Auckland FC and the Wellington Phoenix sitting unbeaten and in the top 4, its shaping up to be another cracker.  

Auckland currently hold the bragging rights, having won all three encounters last year, but that adds to the atmosphere as the Phoenix will be looking to spoil the party at home. 

Sam Cosgrove is a Striker for Auckland FC and he joined D'Arcy to reflect ...

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More derbies.   

The energy around today’s Phoenix v Auckland FC derby points to one thing: the A-League has got it right with the introduction of a second NZ team to their competition.   

Which begs the question, why aren’t there more in other Australian competitions where New Zealand has a stake?

The answer, I presume, would be something like “it’s an Aussie comp, you’re lucky to have one team there, sit down ...

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Game two of the All Blacks’ Grand Slam tour goes down tomorrow morning as they take on Scotland at Murrayfield.   

Scotland are looking like a much stronger team this year, led by key playmaker Finn Russell with many thinking they have a chance to beat the All Blacks for the first time in their history. 

Du'Plessis Kirifi is coming off the bench for the All Blacks and he caught up with D'Arcy to discuss life on tour ...

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No ifs, buts or maybes. No excuses. No shoulda coulda woulda.  

Scott Robertson needs to come home from the Northern tour undefeated. 

4 zip. Grand Slam in tow.  

Am I expecting too much? Hell no. 

This is Razor’s mid-term exam. After being awarded a 4 year contract by NZR, an oddity in itself, the faith must be repaid. Repaid to the NZR but most importantly to the fans. 

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The second year of the NextGen NZ Championship gets underway this weekend, after a successful first season of motorsport last summer. 

The first race weekend of the season goes down at Hampton Downs Raceway. 

Broc Feeney, the man at the top of the pile in the V8's so far this season is racing at the event and he caught up with D'Arcy to talk about the series. 

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The Kiwis are back in action this weekend in the third round of the Pacific Championships. They are set to take on Tonga at Eden Park on Sunday afternoon.

They will be looking to make it two from two in the competition and set up a rematch with Samoa in the final next weekend after beating them 24-18 in round 1, meanwhile Tonga will be looking to bounce back after suffering a disappointing defeat 34-6 against Samoa last weekend.

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With the massive test match tomorrow morning its only right to hear from the other side of the world in Ireland.

Gordon D'Arcy is a former Irish international who played 82 tests between 1999-2015. He also represented the British and Irish lions across two tours. 

Gordon caught up with D'Arcy to share his thoughts on the match.

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This Sunday the Auckland marathon is happening which brings thousands of people from across the country to Auckland for the pinnacle running event.

Achilles NZ is an organisation that is working to making all running events accessible for disabled people across the country. They organise regular training for their athletes with a number of them signing up for the marathon this weekend.

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Auckland FC picked up their first win of the A-League season in their first hit out at Mt Smart last week when they defeated Western Sydney 1-0. They will look to make that two in a row when they face off against Adelaide United at home once again.

Cameron Howieson is a midfielder for Auckland and he spoke with D'Arcy to preview the match.

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A big test match looms tomorrow morning. All Blacks vs Ireland, Soldier Field Chicago. The site of the All Blacks first defeat to the men in green 9 years ago. It sparked a tightly contested rivalry between the two sides, with them splitting the last 10 matches at 5 wins a piece.

The All Blacks will be looking to get their grand slam started with a win.

Leicester Fainga'anuku is coming off the bench for the All Blacks and he caught...

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The first two series for the Black Caps have been troubled with repeated bad weather and cricket fans will be praying it stays away for the 3 ODI's coming up against England over the next week. 

Adam spoke with G Lane, head of the ACC to preview the ODI's and touch on the cricket scheduling throughout this 'spring' of cricket.  

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After a 0-0 draw to start their second A-League season Auckland FC return home this weekend as they take on the Western Sydney Wanderers on Saturday afternoon. 

Louis Verstraete is a midfielder for the Black Knights and he spoke to Adam to preview the clash. 

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The Silver Ferns suffered another heavy defeat on Wednesday night, losing 68-51 to Australia in Sydney. If they are to keep the Constellation Cup they must win the first game in the New Zealand leg of the series in Hamilton on Sunday night. 

Adam spoke with Silver Fern midcourter Kate Heffernan to preview the third match of the series on Sunday. 

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This Labour Weekend's Twizel Hard has reached its 40th birthday with three events to choose from across the long weekend, a mountain bike, kayak and off-road run.

Dean Nelson is the chairman of the event and he spoke with Adam about what's in store this weekend. 

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A big motorcross event is happening this weekend with the Hard Adventure Enduro going down in and around Taupo over the long weekend. With 150 riders taking part its setting up to be a thrilling day of motorcross. 

Sean Clarke is the director of the event and he spoke with Adam to tell us more about the Hard Adventure Enduro.

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We have reached the end of the NPC season with a southern derby final going down tonight between Canterbury and Otago. The two form teams of the competition met earlier in the comp, when Otago wrestled the Ranfurly Shield away from the Cantabs and will looking to pull of the upset again. 

Christian Lio-Willie is the number 8 for Otago and he caught up with Adam to preview the game. 

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