1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: How do you, Paul Elison, good morning, how are you good? 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: Big weekend of sports, playoff time for MPC and we 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: can let some all blacks loose. I think there's about 4 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 1: seven of them that'll be spotted over. 5 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 2: The weekend, well three of them. Tonight will be an 6 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 2: action for Whitehadow who've been a bit patchy this season 7 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 2: against Otago in Duneed and that's seven oh five. I'm 8 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 2: calling that game on gold Sport and that is one 9 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,760 Speaker 2: where Otago will work out whether they really are contenders 10 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 2: this year or possibly pretenders because they have been really 11 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 2: had a dream run in the competition so far, a 12 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 2: record win against Auckland last week. In the entire history, 13 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 2: they've never had a margin like that when they won 14 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:43,480 Speaker 2: by fifty one to seventeen. But welcoming them back into 15 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 2: the White Shadow fold as Sammapeni, Fenale, Luke Jacobson and 16 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 2: Anton Lennart Brown. They won't have had much time with 17 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 2: the team because a couple of those guys have just 18 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 2: come back from Australia on at the weekend and then 19 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 2: had one run with them and then they came down. 20 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 2: But it'll be an interesting class. These these are interesting 21 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 2: ones over the weekend of obviously the four quarter finals 22 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 2: by a plenty Tasman tomorrow at ten past four and 23 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 2: when they played first time round by a plenty one 24 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 2: map by thirty seven to seven. But you look at 25 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 2: that Tasman side, they've got plenty of names, plenty of stars. 26 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:16,680 Speaker 2: They just need to be a bit more consistent than 27 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 2: where they've been. And then tomorrow night at ten past 28 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 2: seven it's Hawks Bay against Taranaki and when they played 29 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 2: first time round it's being hosted in Napier at Hawks 30 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 2: Bays home ground. Taranaki won mat by thirty eight to 31 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 2: twenty four, so these things are hard to pick these games. 32 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 2: Then Canterbury on Sunday that'll probably be the clearest margin, 33 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 2: I think, because they really bounced back to good form 34 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 2: last week and they're winning wet conditions against Taranaki. That's 35 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 2: ten past two Sunday afternoon. So yeah, I'm picking Otago 36 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 2: and Canterbury the two South Island sides to get through. 37 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 2: I'd love to see Tasman in there as well, and 38 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 2: then maybe Hawks Bay. We'll wait and see. We'll know 39 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 2: that come Sunday evening. But by that stage you would 40 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 2: have almost parked up and had a Sunday afternoon on 41 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 2: the couch. If you're looking at the Great Race, the 42 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 2: one thousand k race from Bathurst first started in nineteen sixty. 43 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 2: They go around the track one hundred and sixty one 44 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 2: times to cover that one thousand kilometers distance. And I 45 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 2: had to look back through the record books that when 46 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 2: it started in nineteen sixty the average speed over that 47 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 2: over that period was ninety six kilometers an hour. Fast 48 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 2: fast forward to twenty twenty four the average speed is 49 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 2: one hundred and sixty seven k. Interesting, how things have 50 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 2: just changed so much over that sixty five year period. 51 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 2: New Zealand had done pretty well, Shane van Gisberg and 52 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 2: winning in twenty twenty, twenty twenty two and twenty twenty three. 53 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 2: The last one was Richie Stanaway, so it was a 54 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 2: New Zealand combination. And this year a lot of focus 55 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 2: on Ryan would only twenty one years of age, but 56 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 2: he's up against some pretty experienced guys like s Brock 57 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 2: Feeney and Jamie Wimcup as a combination, Will Brown and 58 00:02:56,919 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 2: Scott Pie and Cam Waters and Mark winder Bottom and 59 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 2: Matt Payne and Garth Tanda, So yeah, it'll be interesting 60 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 2: and Chas Mosteatt and Fabian cult Ard as the other 61 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 2: one to keep an eye on. 62 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: Crashed practice yesterday, thankfully walked away on skates, so now that. 63 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 2: I'll get that right for Sunday. He was the winner 64 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,079 Speaker 2: in twenty twenty one, so yeah, it's a big, big 65 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 2: day out. A lot of things can happen over that 66 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 2: one thousand kilometa journey, but a lot of motorsports fans 67 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 2: will have their eyes on that Women's Cricket World Cup. 68 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 2: New Zealand And almost into a must win situation now 69 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 2: after losing to Australia and South Africa in the early 70 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 2: rounds and then South Africa beat India overnight as well, 71 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 2: so they put themselves into a good spot. 72 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 1: We need to. 73 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 2: Play Bangladesh tonight at ten thirty, win that one and 74 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 2: then take on Sri Lanka on Tuesday ten thirty again 75 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 2: at night. Those matches are being hosted in India. 76 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: Of course. 77 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 2: National Premiere Rugby League Final Counties menecause Stingway hosting the 78 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 2: Canterbury Bulls at Massi Park and Auckland that Sunday at 79 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 2: midday and the New Zealand Breakers and nb our action 80 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 2: against the Melbourne Phoenix that is at four point thirty 81 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 2: at the Spark Arena on Sunday, the one from five 82 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 2: so far, so it's been a pretty disappointing start for 83 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 2: the Breakers. I'm not sure what I'll be doing after 84 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 2: getting through Otago Whiteato tonight. I think I've got to 85 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 2: rest for a weekend. Not sure about you.