CSB - Jim Dolan - Australian corespondent

Talkiing all things Aussie sport.

• Aussie Golf Open
• Selection issues for Aussie cricket team
• Wallabies. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Field to the shearing shed. It's the Country Sport Breakfast
with Brian Kelly on goldsp Long.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
It's time to cross the ditch. Now catch up with
our Australian correspondent Jim Filly if he's in Sydney. You'll
need his gum boots on Morning Gym Morning BK.

Speaker 1 (00:27):
Yes, there has been a little bit of precipitation, but
not as bad as in Wollongong. You certainly would need
more than gum boots. At the map at I don't
know what they've done, but they've certainly been attracting the rain.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
I've just seen some images actually of Double Bay in
Sydney and they had some some pretty severe flooding there
overnight as well.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
Yeah, I had a few storms and things straight through
across in the South Houst, but that summer, so it's
got to be ready to make sure the gatters are clear.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
That's it you did right there, right the big name
locals miss fire in Melbourne.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
Yes, it was the open for the men and the
women and it's the little an American Riggs Johnston who's
the Australian men's champ, holding off all comers in the
final round at Kingston heat as the fair few players
had a chance and actually had their share of the
lead or outright lead at the time, but the American
held on eighteen under three ahead of Curtis Luck, who

(01:20):
was a little unlucky in their closing holes, but he
learned from the experience, and the very experienced Mark Leishman
he had his chances too. He finished the shot backer
type a third. So it was a good final round
for the men, but it was the women's that was
just incredible. G A Shin, who's been a winner. He
had previously flew out of the block, started with a birdie,

(01:43):
had an eagle thrown in there too, and a double
buggy just to give the others a sniff. Leading by
as much as six in the final round, she won
by two. She's a popular player, the Korean veteran, always smiling,
but I think if I played golf like her, I'd
smile a bit more often. To her, she just had
a fantastic round, and then all of her countrymen had
hung around and that had under the champagne or beer shower.

(02:06):
They just took bottles of water over. So it's a
very wet winner.

Speaker 2 (02:10):
It's quite a name for that winner. Of the means
opens Ruggs Johnson.

Speaker 1 (02:15):
Yeah, if you had you heard that, I said, where
do you think Riggs Johnson comes wrong? You'd say America
is straight away typical American name.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
Absolutely one Aussie is making selectors take note. Tell us
about the story.

Speaker 1 (02:29):
Yeah, I wish we had a few more. It's the
team batting star Sam Constance from New South Wales continues
to show the selectors he's ready if he's needed for
this test. Hereies against India. It was a rain affected
tool match with the pink ball in Manica Oval. He
scored one hundred and five from just as many balls
as wickets fell around him. At Marnica Oval, I think

(02:51):
they lost five to seven at one stage, so things
weren't going great and he just looked like he's playing
a different game Constant. So maybe selectors will take the
Aussies do gather in Adelaide to prepare for the pink
ball Test that starts this week. Josh Hazelwood is out.
That's a big blow for the Aussies. Mitch marsh is doubtful.
So Sean Abbott and bow Webs that have been added

(03:12):
to the squad. Will selectors make major changes? We will
have to wait and see.

Speaker 2 (03:19):
Yeah, absolutely look forward to that one. And the Wallaby
is so near yet so far against Ireland on the
weekend and rugby, Yeah it was a.

Speaker 1 (03:28):
Loss, but an Australian rugby supporters I think can see
a light at the end of the chunnel. Joe Smith's
return to lends out Road almost an upset against the
highly regarded home team. They were celebrating the one hundred
and fiftieth anniversary of Irish rugby. They also welcome back Smith.
They had some individual players bringing out milestones and yeah,
the Wallabies has almost crashed the party. They stepped up early,

(03:49):
they led at half time, but they were sober overswamped
while swamped in the second half by the Irish. With
the crowds to fort the Wallabies did show enough to
suggest that continue needed improvement to get fans here a
little bit excited and of course some relief from officials
at the British and Irish Lions who are coming here
next year and there will be plenty of Irish you

(04:10):
will imagine in that touring party. So I think that's
going to be a big sports sporting moment in twenty
twenty five.

Speaker 2 (04:17):
You give Joe Schmidt Thessie the wall of his coach
of past mark for his season.

Speaker 1 (04:22):
Yeah, I think he's doing all the right things and
getting improvement out of the players and the key players.
So hopefully they can add a few more younger players
coming through and blood those and maybe the World Cup
might be something to aim for in a couple of years.
But yes, if we can get a hand on the
Bledderslow Cup too, that would be good.

Speaker 2 (04:41):
Good luck and what it looks like, well done to
to your Rossie sevens team to beating the Black Ferns
in the final out of Dubai and the World Series
event this morning twenty eight twenty four.

Speaker 1 (04:54):
Way's going on. Yes, I'm just glad you didn't mention
the soccer. The Matilda's copped it from Braziligain. Yes, I
saw that.

Speaker 2 (05:00):
Actually, and the Aussie piastre's holding your flag up well too.
For McLaren in Formula one, yes.

Speaker 1 (05:08):
That's coming to an end and there's a little bit
of excite murder about Oscar for next year, so this
fingers crossed the gets a good car.

Speaker 2 (05:15):
Good on you, nice to chat mate, Have a great week.

Speaker 1 (05:18):
I'm looking forward to it and stay out of the puddle.

Speaker 2 (05:22):
Jim Dolan Ossie correspondent here on the country's