1 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:10,547 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine 2 00:00:10,707 --> 00:00:12,907 Speaker 1: from News Talk zed b Heve. 3 00:00:12,947 --> 00:00:15,147 Speaker 2: On Saturday afternoons, we crossed the Tasman catch up with 4 00:00:15,187 --> 00:00:18,107 Speaker 2: our Australian correspondent Adam Peacock who joins us. 5 00:00:18,107 --> 00:00:18,187 Speaker 1: Now. 6 00:00:18,427 --> 00:00:20,307 Speaker 2: Are we chatted a bit about the cricket last week? 7 00:00:20,307 --> 00:00:22,027 Speaker 2: You didn't really want to chat about it? Then the 8 00:00:22,067 --> 00:00:24,627 Speaker 2: T twenty cricket. Of course we should we talk about 9 00:00:24,627 --> 00:00:27,547 Speaker 2: it today. Do you feel like talking about the cricket today? 10 00:00:28,107 --> 00:00:33,547 Speaker 3: Ah? No, Yeah, they got what they deserved in not 11 00:00:33,627 --> 00:00:36,347 Speaker 3: making the sup rise, but they smashed Demand by nine 12 00:00:36,387 --> 00:00:40,587 Speaker 3: wickets overnight. I dare say that would have been the 13 00:00:40,627 --> 00:00:44,787 Speaker 3: most due celebration of an Australian men's cricket team victory 14 00:00:44,827 --> 00:00:50,387 Speaker 3: on the international stage in recent memory, if not ever. Yeah, 15 00:00:50,547 --> 00:00:54,707 Speaker 3: they go away from Sri Lanka having not got anywhere 16 00:00:54,787 --> 00:00:58,027 Speaker 3: near where they wanted to unfortunately. So yeah, in the end, 17 00:00:58,107 --> 00:01:00,907 Speaker 3: Zimbabwe and trying to deserve to go through, especially Zimbabwe 18 00:01:00,987 --> 00:01:04,147 Speaker 3: who beat Sri Lanka the other day, So they're obviously 19 00:01:04,187 --> 00:01:05,347 Speaker 3: a contender for the whole team. 20 00:01:05,467 --> 00:01:08,547 Speaker 2: Yeah, and well in Sri Lanka as well, So yeah, 21 00:01:08,547 --> 00:01:11,187 Speaker 2: they've obviously mastered the conditions and I guess what the 22 00:01:11,187 --> 00:01:13,667 Speaker 2: shorter formats the teams come closer together. But you'd still 23 00:01:13,667 --> 00:01:16,187 Speaker 2: expect Australia to be there. Have you been able to 24 00:01:16,187 --> 00:01:20,307 Speaker 2: crystallize you know what didn't go well? Why they haven't 25 00:01:21,027 --> 00:01:23,707 Speaker 2: delivered on what they always deliver on at tournaments. 26 00:01:24,547 --> 00:01:27,987 Speaker 3: Yeah, just didn't play well. If Steve Smith was there, 27 00:01:28,027 --> 00:01:34,107 Speaker 3: maybe it's different. Maybe the bowling was exposed. Yeah, and 28 00:01:34,467 --> 00:01:37,827 Speaker 3: just tactically couldn't stay on top of it unfortunately. And 29 00:01:37,987 --> 00:01:40,747 Speaker 3: Mitch marsh by all the planning was that Mitch marsh 30 00:01:40,867 --> 00:01:43,867 Speaker 3: is the captain, he opens the batting, he gets hurt 31 00:01:43,947 --> 00:01:45,747 Speaker 3: a couple of days before the first game, and then 32 00:01:45,787 --> 00:01:48,347 Speaker 3: it becomes a bit of a problem and it felt 33 00:01:48,387 --> 00:01:50,707 Speaker 3: like from that moment on they're all playing catch up. 34 00:01:50,747 --> 00:01:53,867 Speaker 3: Tim David wasn't available for the first game, So yeah, 35 00:01:53,907 --> 00:01:56,267 Speaker 3: it's just a bit clunky the whole thing. You've got 36 00:01:56,307 --> 00:01:58,547 Speaker 3: a couple of guys out of form and over here 37 00:01:58,627 --> 00:02:01,147 Speaker 3: Cam Green is the you know, the poster boyd for 38 00:02:01,187 --> 00:02:03,587 Speaker 3: copying it when things go wrong with Australian cricket and 39 00:02:04,107 --> 00:02:05,067 Speaker 3: he's in the firing life. 40 00:02:05,147 --> 00:02:08,827 Speaker 2: Can so Steve Smith went over eventually? Didn't he did? 41 00:02:08,827 --> 00:02:11,307 Speaker 2: He did he play or not my. 42 00:02:11,307 --> 00:02:13,467 Speaker 3: Blurry eyes this morning when I got up, I haven't 43 00:02:13,507 --> 00:02:16,627 Speaker 3: had another look at the scorecard. I don't think he did. Okay, 44 00:02:16,707 --> 00:02:19,267 Speaker 3: I'm pretty sure they stuck with the team that got 45 00:02:19,307 --> 00:02:23,467 Speaker 3: themselves into this situation. So yeah, Steve or Steve Smith 46 00:02:23,507 --> 00:02:27,947 Speaker 3: gets out of the whole escapade is a bucket loader, 47 00:02:28,027 --> 00:02:31,227 Speaker 3: frequent flying points. That's all I can think of. 48 00:02:31,427 --> 00:02:33,067 Speaker 2: Well, you're right, ex So I've just checked the scorecard 49 00:02:33,107 --> 00:02:35,507 Speaker 2: and you're right he didn't play. So so yeah, just 50 00:02:35,547 --> 00:02:39,307 Speaker 2: a just a round trip up and back for Steve 51 00:02:39,347 --> 00:02:41,787 Speaker 2: Smith and a few more stamps in his passport if 52 00:02:41,787 --> 00:02:44,267 Speaker 2: they still do that sort of thing. Alright, let's stay 53 00:02:44,267 --> 00:02:48,187 Speaker 2: overseas Winter Olympics. Six medals as we speak today for Australia, 54 00:02:48,187 --> 00:02:50,347 Speaker 2: three goal to silver and a bronze. It's a pretty 55 00:02:50,347 --> 00:02:51,547 Speaker 2: good haul, isn't it. 56 00:02:52,307 --> 00:02:57,307 Speaker 3: Yeah, best ever. That's our most successful games ever. So yeah. 57 00:02:57,667 --> 00:03:03,267 Speaker 3: The most recent medal he was an aerial scheme silver medal, 58 00:03:03,747 --> 00:03:07,187 Speaker 3: so Daniel Scott and yeah that's our fifth medal in 59 00:03:07,227 --> 00:03:09,707 Speaker 3: that event. So we've always been pretty good at that event. 60 00:03:09,747 --> 00:03:12,427 Speaker 3: It's pretty much the events where we can, yeah we can, 61 00:03:12,667 --> 00:03:15,547 Speaker 3: we need snow time and they go overseas and play, 62 00:03:15,627 --> 00:03:19,347 Speaker 3: but they can also train it without needing snow that 63 00:03:19,747 --> 00:03:23,387 Speaker 3: I know. For aerials, they have this jumping facility up 64 00:03:23,467 --> 00:03:26,147 Speaker 3: in Brisbane where it's basically water based, so they can 65 00:03:26,747 --> 00:03:30,427 Speaker 3: do all everything there is to do aerial skating. So yeah, 66 00:03:30,547 --> 00:03:33,507 Speaker 3: just facilities, a narrowed focus on certain events. Like we're 67 00:03:33,547 --> 00:03:35,387 Speaker 3: not trying to get together on an ice hockey team 68 00:03:35,387 --> 00:03:37,827 Speaker 3: and compete on the world stage. We select the events, 69 00:03:37,827 --> 00:03:40,347 Speaker 3: we want to fund them and do well in them. 70 00:03:40,387 --> 00:03:41,587 Speaker 3: So how care weys going? 71 00:03:41,667 --> 00:03:41,867 Speaker 1: Yeah? 72 00:03:41,867 --> 00:03:45,027 Speaker 2: No, very similar. Actually we had higher hopes I think 73 00:03:45,067 --> 00:03:47,867 Speaker 2: to have our best ever games, which would have been 74 00:03:47,907 --> 00:03:50,787 Speaker 2: four medals. We're going to end up with three. So 75 00:03:50,867 --> 00:03:53,147 Speaker 2: but similar sort of stuff. We're not putting an ice 76 00:03:53,187 --> 00:03:56,107 Speaker 2: hockey team together. There's no New Zealand curling team or 77 00:03:56,147 --> 00:03:59,267 Speaker 2: anything like that. But in snowboarding and free skiing, you know, 78 00:03:59,467 --> 00:04:02,027 Speaker 2: we get good bang for our bucks, so you know, 79 00:04:02,147 --> 00:04:04,467 Speaker 2: similar to you, I guess we don't have the you know, 80 00:04:04,627 --> 00:04:08,067 Speaker 2: the conditions you know, all year round to allow our 81 00:04:08,107 --> 00:04:10,747 Speaker 2: top athletes to train, et cetera. But yeah, I think 82 00:04:10,747 --> 00:04:12,667 Speaker 2: we punched above our weight when it comes to snow sports. 83 00:04:13,387 --> 00:04:15,507 Speaker 3: Absolutely. And also another gold medal, the son on the 84 00:04:15,547 --> 00:04:19,987 Speaker 3: medal tally was for Danika Mason, the TV presenter, who's 85 00:04:20,027 --> 00:04:23,467 Speaker 3: a great person. She's good fun. But she decided to 86 00:04:23,507 --> 00:04:25,347 Speaker 3: go on air on our morning breakfast show the other 87 00:04:25,467 --> 00:04:28,827 Speaker 3: night other day and there's nighttime over there, and I 88 00:04:28,867 --> 00:04:31,747 Speaker 3: think she went to lunch but didn't eat lunch. She 89 00:04:31,907 --> 00:04:33,707 Speaker 3: just asked for a bottle of vo maybe and then 90 00:04:33,787 --> 00:04:37,427 Speaker 3: just kept going. I'm not sure, but yeah, she got 91 00:04:37,467 --> 00:04:39,667 Speaker 3: some headlines and even the Prime Minister comment and so 92 00:04:39,747 --> 00:04:43,107 Speaker 3: that's I did make the call over here that if 93 00:04:43,147 --> 00:04:45,307 Speaker 3: the Prime Minister is able to kind of comment on 94 00:04:45,387 --> 00:04:47,067 Speaker 3: things like that and have a chuckle about them, it 95 00:04:47,147 --> 00:04:49,547 Speaker 3: means we're living in a society that's not going too bad. 96 00:04:49,907 --> 00:04:53,867 Speaker 3: You know, we've got our issues, but that's that's one 97 00:04:53,907 --> 00:04:57,187 Speaker 3: of the topics of the day. That's kind of capturing 98 00:04:57,227 --> 00:05:01,787 Speaker 3: the nature nation's attention. We're a pretty good society. Stands. 99 00:05:01,867 --> 00:05:03,947 Speaker 2: Couldn't agree more, couldn't agree more. We had a tuckle 100 00:05:03,947 --> 00:05:06,947 Speaker 2: over here about that footage as well. Finally, today the 101 00:05:06,987 --> 00:05:10,307 Speaker 2: Matilda's Squad, your women's football squad name for the upcoming 102 00:05:10,427 --> 00:05:14,467 Speaker 2: Asian Cup which is being hosted in Australia. Decent squad, 103 00:05:14,547 --> 00:05:17,067 Speaker 2: Any surprises, No, not really. 104 00:05:17,147 --> 00:05:19,267 Speaker 3: It was twenty sixth. They've gone to twenty six of 105 00:05:19,307 --> 00:05:22,347 Speaker 3: these big tournaments now instead of twenty three, so there's 106 00:05:22,387 --> 00:05:26,147 Speaker 3: no real hard luck stories. I think he's gone pretty 107 00:05:26,147 --> 00:05:30,067 Speaker 3: well with what everyone thought. Joe Montemurro the coach who's 108 00:05:30,107 --> 00:05:32,507 Speaker 3: got a lot of respect in the group. So that's great. 109 00:05:32,627 --> 00:05:34,827 Speaker 3: We've moved on from making a semi final in the 110 00:05:34,827 --> 00:05:37,267 Speaker 3: World Cup. We've found someone that hopefully is going to 111 00:05:37,307 --> 00:05:39,427 Speaker 3: get the most out of this group players. Very experienced 112 00:05:39,467 --> 00:05:41,867 Speaker 3: for the group of players. The key is though that 113 00:05:42,387 --> 00:05:44,467 Speaker 3: a few of them are out of season. They're playing 114 00:05:44,507 --> 00:05:47,067 Speaker 3: in America so they haven't started their season yet. Others 115 00:05:47,107 --> 00:05:49,747 Speaker 3: are not playing the consistent minutes they want to at 116 00:05:49,827 --> 00:05:53,827 Speaker 3: European clubs. Sam Kerr is still being managed coming back 117 00:05:54,067 --> 00:05:56,387 Speaker 3: having a role she plays. The key for me is 118 00:05:56,427 --> 00:05:58,787 Speaker 3: Mary Fowler. A lot we could be playing teams who 119 00:05:58,827 --> 00:06:01,027 Speaker 3: are just going to sit off us. She's the one 120 00:06:01,107 --> 00:06:03,027 Speaker 3: that's got the magic in adverts to be able to 121 00:06:03,107 --> 00:06:05,707 Speaker 3: unlock all that She's barely played at all, stay lot 122 00:06:05,747 --> 00:06:09,387 Speaker 3: twenty minutes after coming back from an ACL. So it'll 123 00:06:09,427 --> 00:06:12,107 Speaker 3: be about minutes management for some of our key players 124 00:06:12,187 --> 00:06:15,147 Speaker 3: in the group stage. But that can trip you up 125 00:06:15,227 --> 00:06:17,347 Speaker 3: sometimes as well, if you're going to get too cute 126 00:06:17,387 --> 00:06:20,227 Speaker 3: with it, so yeah, it'd be intriguing how they manage 127 00:06:20,267 --> 00:06:22,667 Speaker 3: the situation. In all probability, we play Japan in the 128 00:06:22,747 --> 00:06:24,707 Speaker 3: semi finals, so it's all roads lead to that one. 129 00:06:24,867 --> 00:06:25,067 Speaker 1: Yeah. 130 00:06:25,067 --> 00:06:27,587 Speaker 2: Indeed, we will talk about it more as the tournament 131 00:06:27,587 --> 00:06:31,547 Speaker 2: gets underway next month and across March. But is there 132 00:06:31,987 --> 00:06:34,667 Speaker 2: I mean, is there a good interest? The Matilda's always 133 00:06:34,667 --> 00:06:36,787 Speaker 2: seemed to sell out stadiums wherever they go. Is it 134 00:06:37,027 --> 00:06:38,467 Speaker 2: going to be similar for the Asian Cup? 135 00:06:39,267 --> 00:06:41,907 Speaker 3: Yeah? Yeah, for the Matilla's games. Yes. The key for 136 00:06:41,947 --> 00:06:44,387 Speaker 3: tournaments like this is and you guys experience with the 137 00:06:44,427 --> 00:06:46,747 Speaker 3: World Cup is that, Okay, if your home nation is 138 00:06:46,787 --> 00:06:47,947 Speaker 3: not playing, what are you going to do about the 139 00:06:47,987 --> 00:06:50,307 Speaker 3: event around that? And if we can get crowds of 140 00:06:50,387 --> 00:06:52,667 Speaker 3: ten to fifteen thousand of the other games, that's a 141 00:06:52,707 --> 00:06:55,547 Speaker 3: great result, and I think we will so there'll be 142 00:06:55,667 --> 00:06:59,707 Speaker 3: enough interest there. But yeah, it's good now since that 143 00:06:59,827 --> 00:07:03,227 Speaker 3: World Cup and Ilway was you Weomen's football is just football, 144 00:07:04,107 --> 00:07:07,467 Speaker 3: Like it's just interesting to watch football, so I'll watch it. 145 00:07:07,587 --> 00:07:09,867 Speaker 3: And I think that's broken down a bit as well 146 00:07:11,107 --> 00:07:13,747 Speaker 3: in a wider sense with people who traditionally would only 147 00:07:13,787 --> 00:07:16,707 Speaker 3: watch men's football and now they watch women's football because 148 00:07:16,707 --> 00:07:19,387 Speaker 3: it's football, if that all makes sense, and hopefully that 149 00:07:19,507 --> 00:07:21,627 Speaker 3: continues for this Asian Cup yep. 150 00:07:21,747 --> 00:07:23,747 Speaker 2: Absolutely Look we'll be watching over here as well and 151 00:07:23,827 --> 00:07:26,907 Speaker 2: I'm seeing how our Australia go as we always do. 152 00:07:27,027 --> 00:07:28,627 Speaker 2: Good to chat to you, Adam, ensure the rest of 153 00:07:28,627 --> 00:07:30,667 Speaker 2: your weekend, Adam, we'll chat again next Saturday. 154 00:07:30,827 --> 00:07:32,507 Speaker 3: Well thanks finding no, thank you, Adam. 155 00:07:32,547 --> 00:07:36,227 Speaker 2: Adam Peacock, Australian correspondent. 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