1
00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:10,547
Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Fine

2
00:00:10,707 --> 00:00:11,747
Speaker 1: from News Talks EDB.

3
00:00:12,707 --> 00:00:16,667
Speaker 2: Sal GP hits Los Angeles this weekend for the fourth

4
00:00:16,667 --> 00:00:21,387
Speaker 2: event in the current season. The French sale GP team, meantime,

5
00:00:21,467 --> 00:00:25,867
Speaker 2: has announced new investment from a very high profile athlete,

6
00:00:26,187 --> 00:00:31,627
Speaker 2: coalition Capital, which is owned by French football superstar Killian Imbarpe,

7
00:00:32,147 --> 00:00:35,307
Speaker 2: has become a new partner and his Inspired by k

8
00:00:35,627 --> 00:00:39,947
Speaker 2: M Association will become the French team's official charity partner.

9
00:00:40,267 --> 00:00:43,787
Speaker 2: Sal GP CEO, of course, is Sir Russell Kotzer joins

10
00:00:43,867 --> 00:00:46,067
Speaker 2: us now, Sir Russell, thanks for your time killing em

11
00:00:46,107 --> 00:00:49,867
Speaker 2: Barbe one of the biggest names in global sport. How

12
00:00:49,867 --> 00:00:52,867
Speaker 2: big is this for you to have him associate himself

13
00:00:52,907 --> 00:00:54,427
Speaker 2: with salgp.

14
00:00:54,947 --> 00:00:57,107
Speaker 3: Oh, I think it's fantastic news.

15
00:00:57,667 --> 00:01:00,347
Speaker 4: You know, it brings more eyeballs onto the sport and

16
00:01:01,387 --> 00:01:02,227
Speaker 4: you know, great news for.

17
00:01:02,147 --> 00:01:04,027
Speaker 3: The French team too obviously with.

18
00:01:05,507 --> 00:01:09,107
Speaker 4: You know, I mean to have a sports star of

19
00:01:09,147 --> 00:01:12,227
Speaker 4: that sort of profile involved with them is great, you know,

20
00:01:12,467 --> 00:01:13,707
Speaker 4: it as was you know.

21
00:01:13,867 --> 00:01:17,427
Speaker 3: When when said Sebastian Vettel, you.

22
00:01:17,387 --> 00:01:22,427
Speaker 4: Know, partner with the German team, that was you know,

23
00:01:22,587 --> 00:01:27,307
Speaker 4: also significant the for the Germans and as a result

24
00:01:27,347 --> 00:01:29,507
Speaker 4: of that, you know, I mean that that they're getting

25
00:01:29,547 --> 00:01:30,867
Speaker 4: a lot more coverage in Germany.

26
00:01:30,907 --> 00:01:32,827
Speaker 3: They're on zendif now.

27
00:01:32,667 --> 00:01:35,867
Speaker 4: And we know from ticket sales from that event that's

28
00:01:35,867 --> 00:01:38,587
Speaker 4: coming up and in August it's going to be a

29
00:01:38,627 --> 00:01:41,627
Speaker 4: fantastic event, you know. So these sort of things help

30
00:01:41,667 --> 00:01:46,587
Speaker 4: a lot, and you know, absolutely thrilled to have involved.

31
00:01:46,627 --> 00:01:49,107
Speaker 4: And I think I believe he's going to be at

32
00:01:49,147 --> 00:01:52,987
Speaker 4: the New York event at the Bardla Sol GP New York,

33
00:01:53,067 --> 00:01:57,107
Speaker 4: So that's gonna be fun to hopefully meet him there.

34
00:01:57,267 --> 00:01:59,227
Speaker 2: Absolutely. I was going to ask about the Central Pe

35
00:01:59,347 --> 00:02:02,107
Speaker 2: events in France and September, but I guess that kind

36
00:02:02,107 --> 00:02:04,187
Speaker 2: of falls in the in the European football season. But

37
00:02:04,267 --> 00:02:07,467
Speaker 2: any chance to man himself like popping to the French event.

38
00:02:08,667 --> 00:02:12,347
Speaker 3: Who knows? I mean, as I said, I understand that he's.

39
00:02:14,027 --> 00:02:15,547
Speaker 4: The plans are being made for him to be in

40
00:02:15,587 --> 00:02:17,587
Speaker 4: New York, so.

41
00:02:16,827 --> 00:02:17,707
Speaker 3: So that would be great.

42
00:02:18,467 --> 00:02:22,307
Speaker 4: Are you going to be in Center Paige Jason? Is

43
00:02:22,307 --> 00:02:23,947
Speaker 4: that one that's on your character? Well?

44
00:02:24,827 --> 00:02:26,787
Speaker 2: I would never I would never turn down a trip

45
00:02:26,827 --> 00:02:30,427
Speaker 2: to Center Pe, Sir Russell, as you would know, how

46
00:02:30,427 --> 00:02:33,547
Speaker 2: do commercial deals like this come together? Is it? Is it?

47
00:02:33,587 --> 00:02:36,107
Speaker 2: Each of the individual syndicates who go out to the market,

48
00:02:36,147 --> 00:02:39,227
Speaker 2: do you, as the overriding organization get involved. How how

49
00:02:39,227 --> 00:02:40,907
Speaker 2: do these commercial deals work?

50
00:02:41,787 --> 00:02:41,867
Speaker 1: Now?

51
00:02:42,107 --> 00:02:45,827
Speaker 4: In this case, this is the teams occasionally you know,

52
00:02:46,747 --> 00:02:51,227
Speaker 4: well not occasionally. We also get approaches from outside entities

53
00:02:51,547 --> 00:02:56,867
Speaker 4: as to you know, especially now that's quite a regular thing,

54
00:02:57,027 --> 00:03:01,547
Speaker 4: you know, as to which teams are available to take

55
00:03:01,587 --> 00:03:05,667
Speaker 4: investment and so forth. But some of the teams are

56
00:03:05,707 --> 00:03:11,667
Speaker 4: also selling parcels of equity now in their teams. And

57
00:03:11,707 --> 00:03:16,987
Speaker 4: we're about to take Team thirteen and fourteen to market. Well,

58
00:03:17,147 --> 00:03:20,827
Speaker 4: there will be a fairly structured process behind that this time,

59
00:03:21,907 --> 00:03:27,267
Speaker 4: so they'll go to market soon and then we know

60
00:03:27,347 --> 00:03:30,587
Speaker 4: that there are potetual buyers out there that will be

61
00:03:31,387 --> 00:03:33,587
Speaker 4: bidding for those next two teams.

62
00:03:33,587 --> 00:03:38,067
Speaker 3: So, you know, it's exciting time for SOLGP.

63
00:03:38,187 --> 00:03:42,547
Speaker 4: We're growing pretty rapidly and you know, if I'm honest

64
00:03:42,587 --> 00:03:46,307
Speaker 4: with you, I never thought we'd be selling teams at

65
00:03:46,347 --> 00:03:49,587
Speaker 4: these sort of premiums, you know, even two years ago.

66
00:03:49,667 --> 00:03:53,147
Speaker 3: It's it's it's amazing to see the growth.

67
00:03:53,147 --> 00:03:55,987
Speaker 2: Because you added Brazil and Italy of course for this

68
00:03:56,067 --> 00:04:00,347
Speaker 2: season to take it to twelve. So fourteen, is that

69
00:04:01,067 --> 00:04:03,987
Speaker 2: what your plan is? For the next ol GP season.

70
00:04:04,467 --> 00:04:04,987
Speaker 3: Yes it is.

71
00:04:05,107 --> 00:04:07,667
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, so we'll we go to a seven and

72
00:04:07,747 --> 00:04:10,187
Speaker 4: seven format, you know, meaning seven on one side of

73
00:04:10,227 --> 00:04:14,307
Speaker 4: the draw, seven on the other and race more races

74
00:04:14,307 --> 00:04:18,507
Speaker 4: at each of the events. So yeah, that's exciting news.

75
00:04:19,147 --> 00:04:19,347
Speaker 3: You know.

76
00:04:19,467 --> 00:04:24,267
Speaker 4: And you mentioned the new Bartle of Brazil Seltip team.

77
00:04:25,187 --> 00:04:28,547
Speaker 4: They've they've just signed two new sponsors which makes them

78
00:04:28,587 --> 00:04:32,867
Speaker 4: profitable already, you know, which is fantastic and similar story

79
00:04:32,947 --> 00:04:35,547
Speaker 4: for the British as well, where they've just signed JP

80
00:04:35,707 --> 00:04:40,827
Speaker 4: Morgan and HOWD and Insurance, so that takes them into

81
00:04:40,867 --> 00:04:44,387
Speaker 4: a similar position, which is great news for the for

82
00:04:44,547 --> 00:04:46,987
Speaker 4: everyone involved. You know, the model is for these teams

83
00:04:46,987 --> 00:04:52,427
Speaker 4: to become profitable and as other facets of the business grow.

84
00:04:52,507 --> 00:04:55,747
Speaker 4: Of course right now it's reliant on sponsorship revenue, but

85
00:04:56,387 --> 00:04:58,667
Speaker 4: as the other parts of the business grow, you know,

86
00:04:58,747 --> 00:05:03,107
Speaker 4: for example obviously the broadcast and then licensing rights and

87
00:05:03,867 --> 00:05:08,667
Speaker 4: participation in their own home events as well well, that

88
00:05:08,667 --> 00:05:09,587
Speaker 4: that'll only get better.

89
00:05:10,347 --> 00:05:14,947
Speaker 2: Sale gp Auckland's massive success when you were here in January,

90
00:05:15,907 --> 00:05:18,147
Speaker 2: have you made any progress? Remember when you joined us

91
00:05:18,187 --> 00:05:20,147
Speaker 2: on the broadcast that day you talked about wanting to

92
00:05:20,467 --> 00:05:21,987
Speaker 2: make this a long term thing. I think you talked

93
00:05:21,987 --> 00:05:24,787
Speaker 2: about a five year deal with Auckland. Any progress in

94
00:05:24,947 --> 00:05:27,347
Speaker 2: locking something like that and over the next few years.

95
00:05:27,867 --> 00:05:29,947
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, we're in the final stages of.

96
00:05:31,827 --> 00:05:37,107
Speaker 4: Concluding the twenty twenty six calendar, but that's now involving

97
00:05:37,187 --> 00:05:41,147
Speaker 4: quite a few venues that have multi term agreements, you know.

98
00:05:41,187 --> 00:05:43,267
Speaker 4: So the long term vision is that go to twenty

99
00:05:43,267 --> 00:05:46,987
Speaker 4: plus events and have events at the same time every year.

100
00:05:47,067 --> 00:05:52,667
Speaker 4: So it's in discussion with Auckland that we are doing.

101
00:05:52,387 --> 00:05:52,947
Speaker 3: A new.

102
00:05:54,427 --> 00:05:58,867
Speaker 4: Four year term with a right of two year extension

103
00:05:58,987 --> 00:06:01,867
Speaker 4: or all go straight to a six year term, so

104
00:06:01,987 --> 00:06:05,547
Speaker 4: that's in discussion or six season term that's in discussion

105
00:06:06,427 --> 00:06:10,347
Speaker 4: now and I think it's I think it'd be great

106
00:06:10,387 --> 00:06:13,067
Speaker 4: for both parties. I mean, when you look at other

107
00:06:14,027 --> 00:06:16,707
Speaker 4: sports events around the world, you know, look at what

108
00:06:16,747 --> 00:06:22,347
Speaker 4: they do in Australia with the Melbourne you know, with

109
00:06:22,507 --> 00:06:27,587
Speaker 4: the tennis and the or the Melbourne Cup, you know,

110
00:06:27,627 --> 00:06:30,787
Speaker 4: as two examples of sort of iconic annual events that

111
00:06:30,867 --> 00:06:34,267
Speaker 4: happen and over time people get to know that those

112
00:06:34,267 --> 00:06:35,067
Speaker 4: events are on.

113
00:06:35,147 --> 00:06:39,627
Speaker 3: And you know, we had a great we just got

114
00:06:39,627 --> 00:06:41,067
Speaker 3: the economic impact.

115
00:06:42,227 --> 00:06:45,667
Speaker 4: Return the study on that from back from Deloitte's and

116
00:06:45,827 --> 00:06:48,427
Speaker 4: indicated that it was thirty six million US dollars for

117
00:06:48,467 --> 00:06:51,227
Speaker 4: the Auckland event sixty two million Kiwi dollars.

118
00:06:52,067 --> 00:06:54,107
Speaker 3: That's that's fantastic and that will.

119
00:06:53,907 --> 00:06:57,787
Speaker 4: Only grow as you as you you know, sort of

120
00:06:58,027 --> 00:07:01,467
Speaker 4: becomes a fixed event on the calendar annually.

121
00:07:02,747 --> 00:07:05,427
Speaker 2: If I'm involved in this from an Auckland point of view,

122
00:07:05,467 --> 00:07:07,987
Speaker 2: I'm biting your hand for the six year deal. Do

123
00:07:08,027 --> 00:07:09,627
Speaker 2: you feel confident you'll get it?

124
00:07:10,427 --> 00:07:14,147
Speaker 4: I think I think all parties are pretty aligned there

125
00:07:14,187 --> 00:07:16,547
Speaker 4: that we all want to get it done. From a

126
00:07:16,547 --> 00:07:19,547
Speaker 4: SUBLDP perspective, it was a magnificent event.

127
00:07:20,027 --> 00:07:22,867
Speaker 3: I think it worked for Auckland City as well. You know,

128
00:07:23,107 --> 00:07:24,107
Speaker 3: it worked for New Zealand.

129
00:07:24,187 --> 00:07:28,427
Speaker 4: So you know, if you look at the return on that,

130
00:07:29,307 --> 00:07:35,347
Speaker 4: you know Deloitte study, you know, fifteen times plus return

131
00:07:35,467 --> 00:07:39,507
Speaker 4: is not a bad return. And as I said, because

132
00:07:39,507 --> 00:07:43,107
Speaker 4: it's an annual event that grows over time. So yeah,

133
00:07:43,107 --> 00:07:45,507
Speaker 4: we're excited about it. And I think the authorities and

134
00:07:46,147 --> 00:07:49,387
Speaker 4: you know on the other side, which are obviously Auckland

135
00:07:49,387 --> 00:07:54,707
Speaker 4: City and MB are equally motivated to try and conclude

136
00:07:54,947 --> 00:07:56,827
Speaker 4: arrangements and get a deal in place.

137
00:07:56,867 --> 00:07:57,907
Speaker 3: But we'll see.

138
00:07:57,987 --> 00:08:01,027
Speaker 4: As I said, we're announcing our calendar or a big

139
00:08:01,027 --> 00:08:04,107
Speaker 4: part of our calendar in a few weeks time, so

140
00:08:04,507 --> 00:08:05,707
Speaker 4: hopefully Aucland's on it.

141
00:08:05,787 --> 00:08:08,347
Speaker 2: Yeah, look for to seeing Auckland on it. Absolutely, you're

142
00:08:08,427 --> 00:08:11,227
Speaker 2: in Los Angeles at the moment for this weekend, followed

143
00:08:11,267 --> 00:08:14,267
Speaker 2: immediately by San Francisco. How much you're looking forward to

144
00:08:14,307 --> 00:08:15,147
Speaker 2: the next two weekends.

145
00:08:16,467 --> 00:08:18,027
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's gonna be great.

146
00:08:19,467 --> 00:08:24,307
Speaker 4: I mean Los Angeles the the role its Los Angeles

147
00:08:24,307 --> 00:08:29,587
Speaker 4: Sel Grand Prix that's going to be probably lighter to

148
00:08:29,707 --> 00:08:33,427
Speaker 4: moderate wins. And then obviously the Oracle San Francisco Sel

149
00:08:33,507 --> 00:08:36,827
Speaker 4: Grand Prix. We all know what San Francisco delivers, particularly

150
00:08:36,907 --> 00:08:40,067
Speaker 4: this time of the year. It's we may see the

151
00:08:40,107 --> 00:08:44,587
Speaker 4: strongest wins of the season in San Francisco, and that's

152
00:08:44,587 --> 00:08:45,827
Speaker 4: gonna be quite a challenge for.

153
00:08:45,787 --> 00:08:47,627
Speaker 3: The for the for the team.

154
00:08:47,747 --> 00:08:50,627
Speaker 4: So two very different events, you know, from a New

155
00:08:50,707 --> 00:08:51,747
Speaker 4: Zealand standpoint.

156
00:08:52,827 --> 00:08:55,427
Speaker 3: It's interesting. I've been looking at the data.

157
00:08:55,547 --> 00:09:01,267
Speaker 4: Recently and the Kiwis and the Spanish by far the

158
00:09:01,267 --> 00:09:05,467
Speaker 4: best at gaining positions during the race. That's the good

159
00:09:05,587 --> 00:09:09,227
Speaker 4: news the users that both of them have been starting poorly.

160
00:09:09,827 --> 00:09:13,227
Speaker 4: Now we know that that Pete Building knows how to

161
00:09:13,267 --> 00:09:14,427
Speaker 4: start when he needs to.

162
00:09:14,747 --> 00:09:16,507
Speaker 3: You know he can start well, so.

163
00:09:17,347 --> 00:09:20,227
Speaker 4: They'll be no doubt looking to tidy that up and

164
00:09:20,347 --> 00:09:22,467
Speaker 4: I think if they do, they stand a real chance

165
00:09:22,467 --> 00:09:23,387
Speaker 4: of winning here.

166
00:09:24,747 --> 00:09:25,827
Speaker 3: And in San Francisco.

167
00:09:26,827 --> 00:09:30,947
Speaker 4: So right now, right now, the Australians are averaging their

168
00:09:30,987 --> 00:09:33,667
Speaker 4: position at mark one, which is a pretty strong indicator

169
00:09:33,707 --> 00:09:36,067
Speaker 4: of how they've started. The Australians are averaging two to

170
00:09:36,147 --> 00:09:40,027
Speaker 4: three places better than then all the other teams, so

171
00:09:41,147 --> 00:09:43,587
Speaker 4: that gives you a huge advantage, you know, and the

172
00:09:43,667 --> 00:09:47,347
Speaker 4: Kiwis are not very good. You know that they are

173
00:09:47,827 --> 00:09:50,827
Speaker 4: averaging around sixth at turning mark one, which is.

174
00:09:51,467 --> 00:09:52,187
Speaker 3: Not so great.

175
00:09:52,307 --> 00:09:55,187
Speaker 4: So so they've got a tidy that up and if

176
00:09:55,187 --> 00:09:57,147
Speaker 4: they do, I think they're going to be right in there.

177
00:09:57,227 --> 00:09:59,307
Speaker 4: You know that they're clearly they've clearly got the boat

178
00:09:59,307 --> 00:10:03,467
Speaker 4: speed and the the I think they sell well tactically

179
00:10:03,507 --> 00:10:05,507
Speaker 4: positioning the boat well around the race course, and that

180
00:10:05,587 --> 00:10:09,307
Speaker 4: means they gained generally, you know that boats well. If

181
00:10:09,347 --> 00:10:11,387
Speaker 4: they can get off the start line and improve that

182
00:10:11,507 --> 00:10:14,387
Speaker 4: even by one or two places on average, they're going

183
00:10:14,467 --> 00:10:15,187
Speaker 4: to be right in there.

184
00:10:15,267 --> 00:10:17,587
Speaker 2: It's pretty tight though for Russell, isn't it After three events?

185
00:10:17,587 --> 00:10:20,827
Speaker 2: Great Britain, Spain, Australia, New Zealand all within four points

186
00:10:20,867 --> 00:10:24,427
Speaker 2: of each other. The top seven separated by just twelve points.

187
00:10:24,747 --> 00:10:27,627
Speaker 2: Does this feel like the most competitive sole GP season yet?

188
00:10:28,547 --> 00:10:31,067
Speaker 4: Well? Yeah, there's been three different winners, hasn't there, you know,

189
00:10:31,387 --> 00:10:34,787
Speaker 4: and so far in the three events, I think the

190
00:10:34,867 --> 00:10:37,947
Speaker 4: thing about the British is when you look at their data,

191
00:10:39,067 --> 00:10:42,307
Speaker 4: they start well, they're a little bit behind the Australians

192
00:10:42,547 --> 00:10:46,387
Speaker 4: in that regard, but they start well. They they actually

193
00:10:46,427 --> 00:10:50,587
Speaker 4: don't lose places around the course. It's really interesting, you know.

194
00:10:50,627 --> 00:10:53,427
Speaker 4: So where the Australians have lost some places downwind on

195
00:10:53,467 --> 00:10:54,707
Speaker 4: the on occasions and so.

196
00:10:54,627 --> 00:10:57,627
Speaker 3: Forth, the British just haven't lost anything, you know.

197
00:10:57,707 --> 00:11:02,387
Speaker 4: So where they turn mark one that position from there

198
00:11:02,427 --> 00:11:05,027
Speaker 4: on in it's been upside for the British or they've

199
00:11:05,027 --> 00:11:08,987
Speaker 4: stayed the same, you know, and that's that consistencies meant.

200
00:11:08,747 --> 00:11:10,547
Speaker 3: That they're leading the role.

201
00:11:10,387 --> 00:11:14,547
Speaker 4: Ex SALGP Championship at the stage, you know. So however,

202
00:11:14,627 --> 00:11:15,787
Speaker 4: you know, the next two events are going.

203
00:11:15,707 --> 00:11:16,507
Speaker 3: To be pretty different.

204
00:11:16,667 --> 00:11:19,347
Speaker 4: They'll be very different I think from what we've seen

205
00:11:19,427 --> 00:11:23,107
Speaker 4: so far, and we could see a real shake up,

206
00:11:23,267 --> 00:11:25,107
Speaker 4: you know. And as I said, if the Kiwis in

207
00:11:25,107 --> 00:11:27,027
Speaker 4: the Spanish can get off the start, and we know

208
00:11:27,067 --> 00:11:31,347
Speaker 4: that both those teams can win, so we shall see,

209
00:11:31,547 --> 00:11:32,107
Speaker 4: we shall see.

210
00:11:32,107 --> 00:11:34,627
Speaker 2: And just back to the French. Sydney was the first

211
00:11:34,667 --> 00:11:36,467
Speaker 2: time we've seen them compete. They missed the first two

212
00:11:36,467 --> 00:11:38,747
Speaker 2: with equipment problems, but they had a couple of top

213
00:11:38,747 --> 00:11:42,147
Speaker 2: three finishers in Fleet Racing and Sydney to finish sixth overall.

214
00:11:42,267 --> 00:11:44,187
Speaker 2: Have they sort of themselves out the gears all sorted?

215
00:11:45,427 --> 00:11:46,147
Speaker 3: Yeah, they're boats.

216
00:11:46,187 --> 00:11:50,267
Speaker 4: We will hopefully called boats on the starting line this time,

217
00:11:50,747 --> 00:11:53,387
Speaker 4: barring any unforeseen.

218
00:11:55,307 --> 00:11:58,027
Speaker 3: Situations like we had in Sydney with the US team.

219
00:11:58,067 --> 00:12:02,747
Speaker 4: But anyway that, yeah, they've been I was super impressed

220
00:12:02,747 --> 00:12:05,187
Speaker 4: with their performance because they missed the first two events

221
00:12:06,067 --> 00:12:10,187
Speaker 4: through no fault of their own, and came out sailing

222
00:12:10,227 --> 00:12:11,227
Speaker 4: really well in Sydney.

223
00:12:12,947 --> 00:12:17,027
Speaker 3: So yeah, that was an impressive performance.

224
00:12:18,947 --> 00:12:21,107
Speaker 4: That you know that that they obviously performed well last

225
00:12:21,147 --> 00:12:23,707
Speaker 4: season too and just through through you know, a place

226
00:12:23,747 --> 00:12:27,307
Speaker 4: in the final away on the last day in San Francisco.

227
00:12:28,307 --> 00:12:31,427
Speaker 4: But I would have learned from that and you'd expect

228
00:12:31,507 --> 00:12:34,187
Speaker 4: them to be pretty strong. And they're obviously that they're

229
00:12:34,187 --> 00:12:37,627
Speaker 4: another team that's that's that's in a great position commercially

230
00:12:37,667 --> 00:12:41,987
Speaker 4: as well, which obviously allows them to you know, plan

231
00:12:42,067 --> 00:12:45,907
Speaker 4: ahead and bring more up and coming members into their squad.

232
00:12:46,987 --> 00:12:48,027
Speaker 3: So obviously with.

233
00:12:48,067 --> 00:12:51,027
Speaker 4: This, you know, sponsorship of a corps, I know that

234
00:12:51,067 --> 00:12:55,267
Speaker 4: they've got some other big announcements pending, you know, and

235
00:12:55,307 --> 00:12:59,587
Speaker 4: obviously announcing Bape's participation.

236
00:12:59,107 --> 00:13:02,027
Speaker 3: Is only going to help that. So that, Yeah, will

237
00:13:02,067 --> 00:13:03,707
Speaker 3: there be a strong team in the future. Of course

238
00:13:03,707 --> 00:13:04,707
Speaker 3: they are going to be.

239
00:13:04,747 --> 00:13:08,307
Speaker 4: You know that they've got I think nationally they've got

240
00:13:08,347 --> 00:13:12,307
Speaker 4: a very strong Olympic program, so they've got a good

241
00:13:14,347 --> 00:13:18,667
Speaker 4: pathway of young athletes that it happened to in the future,

242
00:13:19,707 --> 00:13:21,667
Speaker 4: you know, the French will be strong for some time.

243
00:13:21,707 --> 00:13:24,867
Speaker 2: I think, yeah, driven well by Quentin Lapere of course.

244
00:13:25,227 --> 00:13:26,867
Speaker 2: Sir Russ, Well, just while I've got to you before

245
00:13:26,867 --> 00:13:28,827
Speaker 2: you go. I'm sure you've seen heard the chat about

246
00:13:28,827 --> 00:13:32,147
Speaker 2: the America's Cup potentially returning to Auckland as well in

247
00:13:32,227 --> 00:13:35,067
Speaker 2: twenty twenty seven. Team New Zealand and discussions around at

248
00:13:35,107 --> 00:13:37,027
Speaker 2: the moment. I know it's not not anything to do

249
00:13:37,107 --> 00:13:38,987
Speaker 2: with you now, but is that something you'd like to see?

250
00:13:39,027 --> 00:13:41,187
Speaker 2: Would you like to see Team New Zealand defend on

251
00:13:41,307 --> 00:13:41,827
Speaker 2: home waters?

252
00:13:43,387 --> 00:13:45,907
Speaker 4: Yeah, Well, as you know, I sort of stepped out

253
00:13:45,907 --> 00:13:48,067
Speaker 4: of the America's Cup some years ago, so I haven't

254
00:13:48,107 --> 00:13:51,827
Speaker 4: really been close to it. I mean, it's America's Cup's

255
00:13:51,827 --> 00:13:56,227
Speaker 4: obviously a great event. You know, Soldier piece quite different.

256
00:13:56,267 --> 00:13:58,427
Speaker 4: As I said. You know, we're an annual event, and

257
00:13:58,507 --> 00:14:02,507
Speaker 4: we're building a calendar of twenty plus events a year

258
00:14:02,987 --> 00:14:06,467
Speaker 4: and growing the number of teams, and you wrap and

259
00:14:06,547 --> 00:14:07,507
Speaker 4: grow for a sole GP.

260
00:14:08,387 --> 00:14:10,987
Speaker 3: But the Americans comes, you know, one of the oldest, I.

261
00:14:10,907 --> 00:14:14,067
Speaker 4: Think the oldest sporting competition in the world, So there's

262
00:14:14,107 --> 00:14:15,907
Speaker 4: some prestigure attached to that for sure.

263
00:14:17,027 --> 00:14:19,507
Speaker 2: Well, Sir Russell, all the best for LA this weekend

264
00:14:19,507 --> 00:14:21,747
Speaker 2: in San Francisco. I'll keep an eye out for my

265
00:14:21,787 --> 00:14:24,987
Speaker 2: own vite to Santrape in September. Thanks so much for

266
00:14:25,027 --> 00:14:28,467
Speaker 2: joining us on zed BE this afternoon. Thanks Jason, Thanks

267
00:14:28,467 --> 00:14:31,147
Speaker 2: for Russell So Russell Coots, their CEO of salgp out

268
00:14:31,187 --> 00:14:34,147
Speaker 2: of Los Angeles, where the next even gets underway around

269
00:14:34,747 --> 00:14:36,507
Speaker 2: ten o'clock tomorrow morning, New Zealand.

270
00:14:36,547 --> 00:14:40,187
Speaker 1: Time for more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine. Listen

271
00:14:40,307 --> 00:14:43,547
Speaker 1: live to News Talk zed B weekends from midday, or

272
00:14:43,627 --> 00:14:45,547
Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.