1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,759 Speaker 1: Jason Pine Sports talk Hoosters with me. Hello Poney, Hello, 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: Hey Daniel Hillia. So what did he do? 3 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:08,159 Speaker 2: Right? Yeah? Everything? Just about twenty two under across the 4 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 2: four rounds in seventy two holes of golf. He only 5 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 2: had four bogies across the entire seventy two so par 6 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 2: or better on sixty eight of the seventy two holes. 7 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 2: That is championship winning golf. The conditions were different across 8 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:23,479 Speaker 2: the four days. There was a day when it was 9 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:25,959 Speaker 2: howling and the wind and the rain. Another day it 10 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 2: was beautiful, So he mastered all the conditions, plus the 11 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:32,560 Speaker 2: pressure of his home open. He was the favorite, probably 12 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 2: which adds it's extra little challenge as well. But he 13 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 2: negotiated all of that and and yesterday afternoon parted it 14 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 2: on the eighteenth for a two stroke victory. So good 15 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 2: on Daniel Hillia a week after he got married, and 16 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 2: afterwards he even said, look, this is the second best 17 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 2: day of my life. The best one was, of course 18 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:50,480 Speaker 2: a week ago when we tied the knots. 19 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: So well, Daniel Hillier, well done to understanding the rules 20 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: of marriage. 21 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 2: Indeed, because I feel. 22 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: Like you're going to get more drunk after this win. 23 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: Than you are on your wedding day. And career wise, 24 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: does this change anything for him? 25 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:04,479 Speaker 2: Well, he's already in good form. 26 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: Me. 27 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 2: He's on the dp World Tour, which is the European Tour. 28 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 2: He only narrowly missed out on PGA Tour qualification last year. 29 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 2: He is well on track to do that for next year. 30 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 2: I think this is you know, it's not the start 31 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:17,839 Speaker 2: of anything. He's been a good goal for a while. 32 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 2: But it's another box ticked and another really really good 33 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 2: tournament for Daniel. I think you'll see him on the 34 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 2: PGA Tour in twenty twenty seven. 35 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: Okay, So was it something of a surprise to see 36 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: the Crusaders win at the weekend, wasn't it it? 37 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 2: Oh and two? I thought the Chiefs were going to 38 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 2: beat them, and at fourteen mill ahead, I thought the 39 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 2: Chiefs were definitely going to beat them. But the Crusaders 40 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 2: do what the Crusaders you know usually do. They win games. Look, 41 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 2: I kind of this is different from two years ago 42 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:46,479 Speaker 2: when they you know, they lost their first four games 43 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 2: I think it was, and went on to miss the playoffs. 44 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 2: This seems like a different Crusaders side. Very much a 45 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 2: blip at the start of the season. On Saturday night 46 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 2: they were very good against the Chiefs and Will Jordan 47 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 2: was I think the pick of the bunch, and we 48 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 2: must remember he missed the entire twenty twenty four season 49 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 2: through injury, so yeah, it was. It was not a surprise, 50 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 2: but the Crusaders here that the only New Zealand team 51 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 2: to win over the weekends, so that that was a 52 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 2: bit of a surprise to me. 53 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, now this is so. Phil Gifford has written about 54 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 1: this and said that basically the balance of power shifted 55 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: to Australia. Is it too soon to call that on 56 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: one weekend set of results or is it something? 57 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I think it is. I mean, I feel's 58 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 2: obviously been around for a long time and it's as 59 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 2: I mean, it's a pertinent observation with the Brumbies and 60 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 2: the Warratars at the top of the table at the moment. 61 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 2: But yeah, look, I mean it's still early. I still 62 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 2: get the feeling that the New Zealand teams will get 63 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 2: their act together. 64 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: But usual though, isn't it It is? 65 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 2: And after three rounds here that every team's had at 66 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 2: least one win. That's unusual too, So we always want 67 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 2: even competitions. I think we've got one. 68 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 1: So what's happened? Why is this happening? 69 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 2: It's a very good question. Look, a couple of things. 70 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 2: I think inconsistency among some of our teams. Weather. I mean, 71 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 2: did you see the Hurricanes up against the drawer the weekend. 72 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 2: It was like monsoon. They were playing on a mud bath. 73 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 2: So there's that. I think teams, you know, play well 74 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 2: at home, but others are playing well away. The Force 75 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 2: came a beat Mowana Pacifica. I think it's a combination 76 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 2: of things, you know. I don't think there's any one 77 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 2: reason for it. 78 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, Piney, thank you, appreciate it. 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