March 11, 2026 • 9 mins
Logan Savory looks at Rugby Park and planning around the stadium as more usage is sought.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Are the stand.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
You were there? What bad, damn and excess is the music?
That song there never tear us apart. If you're a
fan of Port Adelaide in the AFL or Australian rules,
it's the anthem for that club and certainly a sight
(00:25):
to behold. When you've got fifty two thousand people and
the Adelaide Oval cream done scarves over on top of
their head singing that tune, it certainly resonates in a
sporting sense. Logan Severry of the Southern Tribune joins us
this afternoon, saf how's everything in numbers today?
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Oh? All good? Another day in paradise, as I.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Say, another day in paradise for the Highlanders looking to
go to and no over their neighbors, the Crusaders this weekend.
It is fear to say the Sadars or they're almost
foxing at the moment, or are they?
Speaker 1 (00:54):
You know? I'm just just not sure that the Crusaders.
I'm gonna, I'm gonna put themselves on here, but I
don't think they are real power of us this season.
They're an all right team, but particularly without World Jordan,
I think I think they are really quite reliant and
attacked with Wild Jordan and then some other guys probably
(01:15):
just haven't haven't stepped up early in the season less
if I know, and some others. But it's los is
a really important game, doesn't it For both teams, the
Highlanders and Crusaders if they have aspirations for that top
six playoffs, this becomes callite an important game because they
both sort of sit outside of that top six at
the moment, and the loser there will be all we
(01:38):
gap open. So quite an important game this weekend.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
The Highlanders too. In turn, I think the Crusaders are
one and three, but the fact that Blues got the
win at the weekend being past sorry, I think they've
only won like three or four times in the last
twenty years at Eden Park over with Crusaders. I'm crazy figure.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Yeah, yeah, yeah. The blood Blows have been an interesting
one season. They probably haven't been at their best either.
That miniged to get the odd result there. Actually all
of the all the news on teams have been but pitch,
I suppose, but happen and down one thing. I recognized
that the competition as such, if you just look at
it as a complete competition, has been really enjoyable. This season.
(02:20):
Because of that unpredictability, it's really hard to if anyone's
out there that are the tipping conks, It's very hard
to come up with the winners each week, which is
which is great for the competition. Well.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Arguably the Australian teams being on top of the table
is a good thing given their crazy success and maybe
for the competition and could help the game and Aussie
because it needs it.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Yeah, I think I think for the super ragrid competition
to be strong and a really good product, that then
we need those Australian teams to be more than competitive
to hold that interest. I remember a couple of seasons
back you'd put your picks in each week and unless
it was a New Zealand team playing and other New
Yon team, it was all very straightforward. Where we're now.
(03:03):
You know the Brumbies, the Reds, uh, you know the
wire cars that have been had a wheel loit with injuries.
But you know they're all quite competitive, particularly the Brumbies
and the Reds, so it definitely adds to the competition.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
We spoke to you a few weeks back talking about
Rugby Park in the situation I'm folding their sev it
sounds that rugby league's going to be using Rugby Park,
which is fantastic. We just need to get more of
Vince there.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Yeah, that's the that's the key is to get more
use out of it. You know, look at look at
primary purpose over the years has been you know for
rugby and in particular the stacks homes home games. But
I guess the question is that if we're we the
right parers are going to invest you know, potentially eight
(03:52):
a million and bringing it back up to speed, that
it needs to be utilized more. Both for community is
what's happening with the with the local rugby league competition
playing there, but also as you mentioned, the events, and
you know, I've written a weave that we just probably
need to weave it of a bit more ambition and
(04:14):
drive around that to attract some look at things that
might be we might again, I know it's really competitive
market with all provinces and cities looking to attract the events,
but we probably just need to have a better strategy
and a bit of a better ambition to try to
get some events whatever they are to that outdoor stadium.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Well, how optimistic are you said that there is a
strategy in place for Rugby Park for the future.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Well at the moment, there isn't. I mean, that's the
blunt reality of it, and I've acknowledged that in terms
of when I'm talking about strategy around multi use and
getting it utilized more. But that is part of this discussion.
What they basically said that if we are going to
invest the SAYA and then to bring it up to speed,
(05:01):
then on top of that, there also needs to be
a budget, an operational budget to have people in place
to be driving more activity. And that needs to happen
because in recent times it hasn't and that has been acknowledged.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
The Black Caps. They couldn't get the job done over
a brutally good Indian team at the weekend in the
TEA twenty CREFIT World Cup Final, But they haven't got
time to dwell on it because the Protears have landed
in New Zealand and this t twenty five game series
starts off this weekend. For goodness sake.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
About of cricket. Isn't it's gotten? Yeah? It was, I
mean I was really nervous. I mean I thought India
were clear favorites before the tournament started, and then it
looked like they were going to miss out in the semifinals,
and I thought this is what it opened here. And
then they made the semifinals and then they knocked over
England and we drew them in a final, and I
(05:55):
was always a little nervous about that, particularly the ourtful
betting line up, which is it's a crazy bedding bedding
line up, and they just bettered us out of that
game in the first stunnings. But as you said, where
we're straight into a it's been a weird old summer
of cricket where it feels like it's probably it was
supposed to be coming to an end, but they're actually
(06:17):
playing some cricketer on home store and a lot of
guys rested from that World World Cup squad. So I
guess the interest around this series of New Zealand was
will be some of those guys that will get an
opportunity and how they go?
Speaker 2 (06:30):
How would you create how would you rate club cricket
in South And this year at a senior level.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Look, I haven't watched a lot of it. I've I've
caught a but some pieces, but I think it would
be fair to say that there's some struggles there. Uh,
you know, playing numbers, and we've talked about this in
the past and that that generates some issues, but that's
not that's not a new thing. Yeah, So I mean
(06:57):
I haven't watched enough of it to be completely completely
across it, but yeah, I think there's definitely some challenges
there would be fair, so wouldn't it.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
I'll get to share it. The cellphone boys high in
the cricket system sev in the B grade here in
the South and Country comp. They've got two teams involved.
They've got a few adults involved. Looks Jason Rutlers for example,
another pearance. Getting the team up and running and getting
them involved and seeing that level of cricketer young age
has been a really good thing. So there are the
(07:28):
young people still keen to play.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Yeah, Selpho boys are really lucky. They've got, you know,
some good older people involved. You've got lots of Jason
dobbing and whose sons are playing, so he's playing as well.
That's great to help them out. Mark Billcloffe. But former
Volts cricketer is also lining up. So they're really lucky.
(07:50):
In what we need those younger ones coming through because
if those numbers really drop off in the use. That's
when the club cricket will the senior up cricket will
really hurt news to come. I guess the other shining light.
I would have thought a recent use for cricket, and
what's happened out that's, you know, while other other there
(08:12):
has been some struggles. They seem to have gone really
well in terms of building up numbers from junior playing
numbers right through to a couple of senior teams. So
that's another sort of shining light.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
I suppose logan save the South and Treviu and keep
out the great workle Jet again.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Thanks Amy, you laugh out loud with ag proud because
life on the land can be a laughing matter brought
to us by sheer well data working to help the
livestock farmer.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
My father once said, as one door closes, another one opens,
beautiful man, terrible cabinet maker. Okay, that's us, over and
Dunneth for the afternoon. Remember the muster coming to your
life tomorrow from the Wonica show. So Tony, get me
self organized at the highway and I'll catch it from
(09:07):
there tomorrow. The podcast will be going up shortly coincidentally,
enjoy the afternoon. Catch it from Monica tomorrow,
Are the stand.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
You were there? What bad, damn and excess is the music?
That song there never tear us apart. If you're a
fan of Port Adelaide in the AFL or Australian rules,
it's the anthem for that club and certainly a sight
(00:25):
to behold. When you've got fifty two thousand people and
the Adelaide Oval cream done scarves over on top of
their head singing that tune, it certainly resonates in a
sporting sense. Logan Severry of the Southern Tribune joins us
this afternoon, saf how's everything in numbers today?
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Oh? All good? Another day in paradise, as I.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Say, another day in paradise for the Highlanders looking to
go to and no over their neighbors, the Crusaders this weekend.
It is fear to say the Sadars or they're almost
foxing at the moment, or are they?
Speaker 1 (00:54):
You know? I'm just just not sure that the Crusaders.
I'm gonna, I'm gonna put themselves on here, but I
don't think they are real power of us this season.
They're an all right team, but particularly without World Jordan,
I think I think they are really quite reliant and
attacked with Wild Jordan and then some other guys probably
(01:15):
just haven't haven't stepped up early in the season less
if I know, and some others. But it's los is
a really important game, doesn't it For both teams, the
Highlanders and Crusaders if they have aspirations for that top
six playoffs, this becomes callite an important game because they
both sort of sit outside of that top six at
the moment, and the loser there will be all we
(01:38):
gap open. So quite an important game this weekend.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
The Highlanders too. In turn, I think the Crusaders are
one and three, but the fact that Blues got the
win at the weekend being past sorry, I think they've
only won like three or four times in the last
twenty years at Eden Park over with Crusaders. I'm crazy figure.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Yeah, yeah, yeah. The blood Blows have been an interesting
one season. They probably haven't been at their best either.
That miniged to get the odd result there. Actually all
of the all the news on teams have been but pitch,
I suppose, but happen and down one thing. I recognized
that the competition as such, if you just look at
it as a complete competition, has been really enjoyable. This season.
(02:20):
Because of that unpredictability, it's really hard to if anyone's
out there that are the tipping conks, It's very hard
to come up with the winners each week, which is
which is great for the competition. Well.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Arguably the Australian teams being on top of the table
is a good thing given their crazy success and maybe
for the competition and could help the game and Aussie
because it needs it.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Yeah, I think I think for the super ragrid competition
to be strong and a really good product, that then
we need those Australian teams to be more than competitive
to hold that interest. I remember a couple of seasons
back you'd put your picks in each week and unless
it was a New Zealand team playing and other New
Yon team, it was all very straightforward. Where we're now.
(03:03):
You know the Brumbies, the Reds, uh, you know the
wire cars that have been had a wheel loit with injuries.
But you know they're all quite competitive, particularly the Brumbies
and the Reds, so it definitely adds to the competition.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
We spoke to you a few weeks back talking about
Rugby Park in the situation I'm folding their sev it
sounds that rugby league's going to be using Rugby Park,
which is fantastic. We just need to get more of
Vince there.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Yeah, that's the that's the key is to get more
use out of it. You know, look at look at
primary purpose over the years has been you know for
rugby and in particular the stacks homes home games. But
I guess the question is that if we're we the
right parers are going to invest you know, potentially eight
(03:52):
a million and bringing it back up to speed, that
it needs to be utilized more. Both for community is
what's happening with the with the local rugby league competition
playing there, but also as you mentioned, the events, and
you know, I've written a weave that we just probably
need to weave it of a bit more ambition and
(04:14):
drive around that to attract some look at things that
might be we might again, I know it's really competitive
market with all provinces and cities looking to attract the events,
but we probably just need to have a better strategy
and a bit of a better ambition to try to
get some events whatever they are to that outdoor stadium.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Well, how optimistic are you said that there is a
strategy in place for Rugby Park for the future.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Well at the moment, there isn't. I mean, that's the
blunt reality of it, and I've acknowledged that in terms
of when I'm talking about strategy around multi use and
getting it utilized more. But that is part of this discussion.
What they basically said that if we are going to
invest the SAYA and then to bring it up to speed,
(05:01):
then on top of that, there also needs to be
a budget, an operational budget to have people in place
to be driving more activity. And that needs to happen
because in recent times it hasn't and that has been acknowledged.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
The Black Caps. They couldn't get the job done over
a brutally good Indian team at the weekend in the
TEA twenty CREFIT World Cup Final, But they haven't got
time to dwell on it because the Protears have landed
in New Zealand and this t twenty five game series
starts off this weekend. For goodness sake.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
About of cricket. Isn't it's gotten? Yeah? It was, I
mean I was really nervous. I mean I thought India
were clear favorites before the tournament started, and then it
looked like they were going to miss out in the semifinals,
and I thought this is what it opened here. And
then they made the semifinals and then they knocked over
England and we drew them in a final, and I
(05:55):
was always a little nervous about that, particularly the ourtful
betting line up, which is it's a crazy bedding bedding
line up, and they just bettered us out of that
game in the first stunnings. But as you said, where
we're straight into a it's been a weird old summer
of cricket where it feels like it's probably it was
supposed to be coming to an end, but they're actually
(06:17):
playing some cricketer on home store and a lot of
guys rested from that World World Cup squad. So I
guess the interest around this series of New Zealand was
will be some of those guys that will get an
opportunity and how they go?
Speaker 2 (06:30):
How would you create how would you rate club cricket
in South And this year at a senior level.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Look, I haven't watched a lot of it. I've I've
caught a but some pieces, but I think it would
be fair to say that there's some struggles there. Uh,
you know, playing numbers, and we've talked about this in
the past and that that generates some issues, but that's
not that's not a new thing. Yeah, So I mean
(06:57):
I haven't watched enough of it to be completely completely
across it, but yeah, I think there's definitely some challenges
there would be fair, so wouldn't it.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
I'll get to share it. The cellphone boys high in
the cricket system sev in the B grade here in
the South and Country comp. They've got two teams involved.
They've got a few adults involved. Looks Jason Rutlers for example,
another pearance. Getting the team up and running and getting
them involved and seeing that level of cricketer young age
has been a really good thing. So there are the
(07:28):
young people still keen to play.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Yeah, Selpho boys are really lucky. They've got, you know,
some good older people involved. You've got lots of Jason
dobbing and whose sons are playing, so he's playing as well.
That's great to help them out. Mark Billcloffe. But former
Volts cricketer is also lining up. So they're really lucky.
(07:50):
In what we need those younger ones coming through because
if those numbers really drop off in the use. That's
when the club cricket will the senior up cricket will
really hurt news to come. I guess the other shining light.
I would have thought a recent use for cricket, and
what's happened out that's, you know, while other other there
(08:12):
has been some struggles. They seem to have gone really
well in terms of building up numbers from junior playing
numbers right through to a couple of senior teams. So
that's another sort of shining light.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
I suppose logan save the South and Treviu and keep
out the great workle Jet again.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Thanks Amy, you laugh out loud with ag proud because
life on the land can be a laughing matter brought
to us by sheer well data working to help the
livestock farmer.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
My father once said, as one door closes, another one opens,
beautiful man, terrible cabinet maker. Okay, that's us, over and
Dunneth for the afternoon. Remember the muster coming to your
life tomorrow from the Wonica show. So Tony, get me
self organized at the highway and I'll catch it from
(09:07):
there tomorrow. The podcast will be going up shortly coincidentally,
enjoy the afternoon. Catch it from Monica tomorrow,
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