1 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:10,467 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Fine 2 00:00:10,707 --> 00:00:11,787 Speaker 1: from News Talks EDB. 3 00:00:12,827 --> 00:00:16,867 Speaker 2: The longest winning streak in New Zealand provincial rugby history 4 00:00:16,987 --> 00:00:20,827 Speaker 2: has finally come to an end. After thirty nine straight 5 00:00:20,907 --> 00:00:25,987 Speaker 2: victories stretching back over eighteen hundred days to October of 6 00:00:26,027 --> 00:00:30,387 Speaker 2: twenty nineteen, South Canterbury have finally been beaten by their 7 00:00:30,387 --> 00:00:33,307 Speaker 2: neighbors from an hour up the road. Mid Canterbury, playing 8 00:00:33,307 --> 00:00:36,827 Speaker 2: in their first Meads Cup semi final in nine years, 9 00:00:37,467 --> 00:00:41,547 Speaker 2: have won seventeen sixteen with a penalty deep into added time. 10 00:00:41,827 --> 00:00:44,867 Speaker 2: The win was masterminded by Mid Canterbury's first year head 11 00:00:44,867 --> 00:00:47,987 Speaker 2: coach Matt Winter, who joins us now. Matt, thanks for 12 00:00:48,027 --> 00:00:50,827 Speaker 2: your time. Did you sleep okay last night? Ah? 13 00:00:50,987 --> 00:00:53,947 Speaker 3: Yeah, like a baby, like a baby ja. Yep. It 14 00:00:54,067 --> 00:00:59,867 Speaker 3: was pretty special, pretty special occasion, pretty special performance and year. Yeah. 15 00:01:00,627 --> 00:01:02,507 Speaker 3: Very pleased to get it all done mate. Absolutely. 16 00:01:02,667 --> 00:01:04,787 Speaker 2: I heard your chatting on our christ Church News Talks 17 00:01:04,867 --> 00:01:08,507 Speaker 2: EDB show yesterday morning. You talk talked about limiting their opportunities. 18 00:01:08,507 --> 00:01:10,427 Speaker 2: How did you feel when they scored a try after 19 00:01:10,427 --> 00:01:10,987 Speaker 2: two minutes? 20 00:01:11,907 --> 00:01:15,827 Speaker 3: Not great? Kind of not off the script is what 21 00:01:15,867 --> 00:01:19,827 Speaker 3: we're what we planned on doing but yeah, n call 22 00:01:19,947 --> 00:01:23,147 Speaker 3: back and to stay in the game after Yeah, we've 23 00:01:23,347 --> 00:01:26,067 Speaker 3: been down early like that. The South Canterrey are team. 24 00:01:26,107 --> 00:01:27,987 Speaker 3: Once they get a bit of steam up, they're very 25 00:01:27,987 --> 00:01:29,987 Speaker 3: hard to stay with. So yeah, the boys showed a 26 00:01:29,987 --> 00:01:30,827 Speaker 3: lot of ticket. 27 00:01:30,867 --> 00:01:32,827 Speaker 2: And I'm looking at the Yeah, I'm looking at the 28 00:01:33,027 --> 00:01:37,227 Speaker 2: at the scoring action. And you were sixteen six down 29 00:01:37,507 --> 00:01:40,667 Speaker 2: going into the final ten minutes because you were so 30 00:01:40,787 --> 00:01:43,547 Speaker 2: close and hadn't let them get away. Did you feel 31 00:01:43,547 --> 00:01:44,707 Speaker 2: as though you had to come back. 32 00:01:44,547 --> 00:01:49,027 Speaker 3: In you yep, Yeah, absolutely. We talked about it all 33 00:01:49,107 --> 00:01:51,427 Speaker 3: week about it being, you know, been an eighty minute 34 00:01:51,467 --> 00:01:53,267 Speaker 3: game and probably going to take longer than that. Text 35 00:01:53,347 --> 00:01:55,987 Speaker 3: you to want it, to get it, to get it done, 36 00:01:56,027 --> 00:01:58,067 Speaker 3: I suppose, But yeah, we felt that if the longer 37 00:01:58,107 --> 00:02:01,627 Speaker 3: we stayed with them, you know, the better we were 38 00:02:01,627 --> 00:02:03,587 Speaker 3: going to go. And yeah, we got a huge impact 39 00:02:03,627 --> 00:02:06,867 Speaker 3: off our beach. I can't speak highly enough of the 40 00:02:06,867 --> 00:02:08,787 Speaker 3: men that came off the beach what they did for us. 41 00:02:08,827 --> 00:02:11,547 Speaker 3: So yeah, we won in the last teen or fifteen 42 00:02:11,547 --> 00:02:13,027 Speaker 3: minutes on the back of what they did for us. 43 00:02:13,347 --> 00:02:15,947 Speaker 2: Let's go through the last eight minutes, shall we A 44 00:02:15,987 --> 00:02:18,867 Speaker 2: penalty which brought you back to sixteen to nine then 45 00:02:18,907 --> 00:02:21,907 Speaker 2: a try in the seventy fourth to make it sixteen fourteen, 46 00:02:21,947 --> 00:02:24,547 Speaker 2: but a missed conversion. Tell us about that try. Was 47 00:02:24,547 --> 00:02:26,427 Speaker 2: the conversion handy? Was it out wide? What was the 48 00:02:26,427 --> 00:02:26,947 Speaker 2: story there? 49 00:02:27,587 --> 00:02:30,347 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was a try in the corner. We'd finally 50 00:02:30,467 --> 00:02:32,467 Speaker 3: held onto the ball and built some phases which we 51 00:02:32,507 --> 00:02:34,507 Speaker 3: had struggled to do for the first sixty five CEO 52 00:02:34,507 --> 00:02:37,187 Speaker 3: of your minute. So built some phases, got down their 53 00:02:37,307 --> 00:02:40,667 Speaker 3: end and we were chipping away around the fringes and 54 00:02:40,707 --> 00:02:42,667 Speaker 3: then a great path from the base of the rap 55 00:02:42,707 --> 00:02:46,587 Speaker 3: from our half that Kieran mclador, a big Fiji and 56 00:02:46,587 --> 00:02:49,547 Speaker 3: winger right to b Vasa racoda and he gotted it 57 00:02:49,627 --> 00:02:52,547 Speaker 3: down in the corner. So it wasn't an easy kick 58 00:02:52,707 --> 00:02:55,747 Speaker 3: straight into the guts and easily coming off the coast too, 59 00:02:55,787 --> 00:02:57,907 Speaker 3: so it was never going to be an easy kick. 60 00:02:58,787 --> 00:03:02,267 Speaker 3: But yeah, again that's back within range. Was pretty crucial obviously. 61 00:03:02,427 --> 00:03:05,507 Speaker 2: Indeed, so sixteen fourteen, you get to eighty minutes, presumably 62 00:03:05,507 --> 00:03:08,347 Speaker 2: the hood goes then what because by the looks of this, 63 00:03:08,667 --> 00:03:10,627 Speaker 2: you didn't land the winning penalty into about four or 64 00:03:10,667 --> 00:03:13,227 Speaker 2: five minutes in. So tell us about the action after 65 00:03:13,267 --> 00:03:13,587 Speaker 2: the hood. 66 00:03:14,547 --> 00:03:17,747 Speaker 3: Yeah, so same again. Really, we just held onto the ball, 67 00:03:18,187 --> 00:03:21,107 Speaker 3: went a few phases, got turned over well untillor twice, 68 00:03:21,267 --> 00:03:23,827 Speaker 3: and they thankfully kicked it back to us. So we 69 00:03:23,907 --> 00:03:27,627 Speaker 3: managed to work our way back up in the field. Yeah, 70 00:03:27,747 --> 00:03:30,027 Speaker 3: retaining position, keep them under pressure. They gave us a 71 00:03:30,027 --> 00:03:32,627 Speaker 3: couple of penalties. They gave us one which was about 72 00:03:32,667 --> 00:03:37,027 Speaker 3: fifty out. Thankfully it wasn't about five meters closer. Otherwise 73 00:03:37,027 --> 00:03:39,467 Speaker 3: we might have lined it up and it would have 74 00:03:39,507 --> 00:03:41,907 Speaker 3: been a bit touch and go with that win. But yeah, 75 00:03:41,947 --> 00:03:44,427 Speaker 3: it was about fifty out, so kicked it to the corner. 76 00:03:44,907 --> 00:03:48,027 Speaker 3: Went a couple more phases off the lineup. We're lining 77 00:03:48,107 --> 00:03:51,307 Speaker 3: up with a drop goal, and then they stripped it 78 00:03:51,827 --> 00:03:56,667 Speaker 3: off our reserve hooker and as they stripped it, that 79 00:03:57,187 --> 00:03:59,587 Speaker 3: knocked it on into someone in front of them, so 80 00:03:59,587 --> 00:04:02,387 Speaker 3: they're actually offside, which they weren't all that happy about 81 00:04:02,387 --> 00:04:03,987 Speaker 3: with at the time, but just watching it back now 82 00:04:04,027 --> 00:04:06,347 Speaker 3: this morning, it was the right call from the referee. 83 00:04:06,467 --> 00:04:08,787 Speaker 3: So yeah, right in front of the sticks, I mean 84 00:04:08,867 --> 00:04:11,587 Speaker 3: eighty fourth minute, eighty fifth minute I think, and Tom 85 00:04:11,667 --> 00:04:13,787 Speaker 3: Rekey stepped up with ice in his veins and put 86 00:04:13,787 --> 00:04:14,547 Speaker 3: it through the sticks. 87 00:04:14,947 --> 00:04:17,107 Speaker 2: It was pretty handy. I've seen some footage of but 88 00:04:18,107 --> 00:04:20,707 Speaker 2: I guess it's never secure until it goes through. But 89 00:04:20,747 --> 00:04:23,827 Speaker 2: it sails through the whistle goes. What are your emotions? 90 00:04:25,907 --> 00:04:27,507 Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know. If there's a few videos going 91 00:04:27,507 --> 00:04:31,587 Speaker 3: around on my emotions struggling to keep them in the 92 00:04:31,627 --> 00:04:34,387 Speaker 3: best of times, but I certainly couldn't just then. So yeah, 93 00:04:34,587 --> 00:04:38,467 Speaker 3: elation mack. Yeah, absolutely over the moon. It's so very 94 00:04:38,467 --> 00:04:40,467 Speaker 3: difficult to put into words, and even now just talking 95 00:04:40,507 --> 00:04:43,507 Speaker 3: about it today, you still had to put them into words. 96 00:04:43,547 --> 00:04:45,947 Speaker 3: Really how it feels. But very cool. We've got to 97 00:04:46,707 --> 00:04:49,027 Speaker 3: We enjoyed last night, celebrated last night, and you know 98 00:04:49,027 --> 00:04:50,987 Speaker 3: we've got a job to do this week, to go 99 00:04:51,067 --> 00:04:52,867 Speaker 3: up to teams and put one on them too. 100 00:04:53,267 --> 00:04:55,667 Speaker 2: I know, hindsight's a wonderful thing. But going in, did 101 00:04:55,707 --> 00:04:58,347 Speaker 2: you feel like it could be your day? I mean, 102 00:04:58,347 --> 00:05:01,827 Speaker 2: it's a long winning streak, isn't it, thirty nine straight wins? 103 00:05:01,827 --> 00:05:04,827 Speaker 2: Did you feel though that that might be your day? Yesterday? 104 00:05:05,507 --> 00:05:08,867 Speaker 3: Yeah? Always, mate, always? Yeah. Pretty confident or incredibly confident 105 00:05:08,867 --> 00:05:11,707 Speaker 3: in the group of men. We've got the pretty special bunch, 106 00:05:11,747 --> 00:05:14,467 Speaker 3: so we always thought we could do it, but like 107 00:05:14,507 --> 00:05:17,387 Speaker 3: you said, it was it was incredibly tough like that. Yeah, 108 00:05:17,387 --> 00:05:19,867 Speaker 3: they're a press aside and to do what they've done. 109 00:05:19,867 --> 00:05:22,347 Speaker 3: I don't think anyone will have a thirty nine games 110 00:05:22,347 --> 00:05:24,587 Speaker 3: in a row again, so yeah, to be the ones 111 00:05:24,627 --> 00:05:26,947 Speaker 3: to do it's pretty special. But ye know, we always 112 00:05:26,987 --> 00:05:28,827 Speaker 3: felt we were a chance, definitely. 113 00:05:28,707 --> 00:05:31,347 Speaker 2: And it's a pretty pretty short hop down the road. 114 00:05:31,387 --> 00:05:33,907 Speaker 2: Isn't this all just straight line from Ashburton to Maros? 115 00:05:34,027 --> 00:05:35,387 Speaker 2: Do you have any fans come down with you? 116 00:05:36,027 --> 00:05:38,267 Speaker 3: Yeah? We did. Yeah, we had an awesome turnout, the 117 00:05:38,467 --> 00:05:40,347 Speaker 3: lot of m and Kenny Judy in the crowd and 118 00:05:40,747 --> 00:05:42,627 Speaker 3: be a lot of support there. So yeah, we're very 119 00:05:42,627 --> 00:05:43,867 Speaker 3: grateful for that. It was awesome. 120 00:05:44,187 --> 00:05:46,147 Speaker 2: So your last one the Meats Cup mid Calibarry, that 121 00:05:46,347 --> 00:05:49,587 Speaker 2: is in twenty fourteen. You'll face Teams Valley in the 122 00:05:49,667 --> 00:05:52,507 Speaker 2: final next weekend. Have you have you started to refocus 123 00:05:52,587 --> 00:05:52,747 Speaker 2: on that? 124 00:05:53,627 --> 00:05:55,387 Speaker 3: Yeah? Yeah, no, I watched a little bit of Teams 125 00:05:55,467 --> 00:05:59,147 Speaker 3: Value already today, thankfully with the scouting that we've done 126 00:05:59,147 --> 00:06:01,787 Speaker 3: on some other teams that don't play Teams Value already, 127 00:06:02,507 --> 00:06:03,947 Speaker 3: so he had a bit of a look at them. Anyway, 128 00:06:04,427 --> 00:06:06,947 Speaker 3: they're a good side, They're definitely a good side. Yeah. 129 00:06:06,987 --> 00:06:09,667 Speaker 3: That pretty impressive. So it's not going to be easy, 130 00:06:09,907 --> 00:06:12,747 Speaker 3: especially going up there, but yeah, very much looking forward 131 00:06:12,747 --> 00:06:13,907 Speaker 3: to the opportunity, that's for sure. 132 00:06:14,027 --> 00:06:16,667 Speaker 2: How was your phone afterwards to the blow up I did. 133 00:06:17,027 --> 00:06:19,347 Speaker 3: Yeah, people that don't even like me will miss me. 134 00:06:19,467 --> 00:06:22,387 Speaker 3: So yeah, there's quite a few of them, so that 135 00:06:22,507 --> 00:06:25,587 Speaker 3: was awesome. Yeah. I love that. 136 00:06:25,707 --> 00:06:28,147 Speaker 2: I love that. You probably had mad Monday fist of 137 00:06:28,187 --> 00:06:29,627 Speaker 2: but he's playing for tomorrow. Did you're gonna have to 138 00:06:29,627 --> 00:06:30,547 Speaker 2: put them on old for a week? 139 00:06:31,587 --> 00:06:34,547 Speaker 3: No? No, no, no, man, Monday definitely not. We we 140 00:06:34,627 --> 00:06:36,827 Speaker 3: didn't put that off till next week, so that I'll 141 00:06:36,827 --> 00:06:38,827 Speaker 3: probably take Monday off work though, just to watch team's 142 00:06:38,867 --> 00:06:41,707 Speaker 3: valley footage, so I'll put my leave in shortly. 143 00:06:41,987 --> 00:06:44,347 Speaker 2: Brilliant. So I mean, what, this is your first season 144 00:06:44,427 --> 00:06:46,067 Speaker 2: in charge, isn't it correct? 145 00:06:46,347 --> 00:06:46,547 Speaker 3: Yeah? 146 00:06:46,947 --> 00:06:48,627 Speaker 2: So, I mean at the start of the year you 147 00:06:48,667 --> 00:06:50,867 Speaker 2: always say you want to win it, right, at what 148 00:06:51,027 --> 00:06:53,107 Speaker 2: point did you start to think to yourself, actually, we've 149 00:06:53,107 --> 00:06:54,707 Speaker 2: got a you know, we've got a pretty good team. 150 00:06:54,587 --> 00:06:57,907 Speaker 3: Here, I reckon our first preseason game against South in 151 00:06:57,947 --> 00:07:01,587 Speaker 3: Development was pretty special. We were really light on numbers. 152 00:07:02,987 --> 00:07:08,747 Speaker 3: Everyone was sorry. I had a pretty long rugby season, 153 00:07:08,867 --> 00:07:12,587 Speaker 3: so we went in there under strength and they probably 154 00:07:12,587 --> 00:07:14,267 Speaker 3: took us for granted. A little bit, but we managed 155 00:07:14,267 --> 00:07:16,507 Speaker 3: to hold on to a pretty depressive win against End, 156 00:07:16,507 --> 00:07:18,507 Speaker 3: which we hadn't done for quite a few years. So 157 00:07:18,947 --> 00:07:20,667 Speaker 3: I think that was a pretty good indicator early on 158 00:07:20,827 --> 00:07:23,187 Speaker 3: that said that we had something pretty special all right. 159 00:07:23,267 --> 00:07:25,467 Speaker 2: Well, one to go the final of the Meads Cup 160 00:07:25,547 --> 00:07:27,627 Speaker 2: next weekend. Look forward to seeing how that goes. But 161 00:07:27,947 --> 00:07:31,267 Speaker 2: congratulations on and historic victory yesterday. It must have been 162 00:07:31,307 --> 00:07:33,107 Speaker 2: a wonderful bus ride home, mate, Thanks for taking the 163 00:07:33,147 --> 00:07:33,507 Speaker 2: time for a. 164 00:07:33,547 --> 00:07:35,667 Speaker 3: Chat, No worries, Thank you very much, Thank you, Matt. 165 00:07:35,707 --> 00:07:37,907 Speaker 2: Matt went to their head coach of Mid Canterbury after 166 00:07:37,907 --> 00:07:42,947 Speaker 2: they went over South Canterbury yesterday in Timoru seventeen points 167 00:07:43,027 --> 00:07:46,227 Speaker 2: to sixteen. At the same time, Thames Valley went to 168 00:07:46,307 --> 00:07:49,387 Speaker 2: Fonganui and beat them thirty eight fifteen. So the two 169 00:07:49,467 --> 00:07:53,827 Speaker 2: away teams victorious and the meads Cup semi finals yesterday. 170 00:07:53,947 --> 00:07:56,827 Speaker 2: Thames Valley will host Mid Canterbury in the Meads Cup 171 00:07:56,947 --> 00:08:02,907 Speaker 2: final next Saturday. In the Lahure Cup, these score lines 172 00:08:03,947 --> 00:08:07,747 Speaker 2: King Country bet East Coast four thirty one. I guess 173 00:08:07,827 --> 00:08:12,187 Speaker 2: that's not entirely unusual. But in Lavin yesterday hot off 174 00:08:12,187 --> 00:08:16,827 Speaker 2: a new a Carpitty fifty one West Coast fifty two 175 00:08:19,427 --> 00:08:25,187 Speaker 2: fifty to fifty one West Coast, but hot off a 176 00:08:25,267 --> 00:08:28,507 Speaker 2: new a Carpitty yesterday so they will play King Country 177 00:08:28,987 --> 00:08:30,627 Speaker 2: in the final of the Whore Cup. 178 00:08:31,627 --> 00:08:34,787 Speaker 1: For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live 179 00:08:34,907 --> 00:08:38,267 Speaker 1: to news talks b weekends from midday, or follow the 180 00:08:38,347 --> 00:08:39,787 Speaker 1: podcast on iHeartRadio