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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine

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Speaker 1: from News Talks edb.

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Speaker 2: For Reteptions to Please the Robyside the Crusaders return to Doctor.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it seems slightly odd to be talking about super

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Speaker 3: Rugby at the start of November, but there are a

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Speaker 3: couple of things to update you on and tell you about.

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Speaker 3: So great to get the chance to chat with Super

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Speaker 3: Rugby Pacific CEO Jack mes Legada. Jack, thanks for joining

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Speaker 3: us mate super Round in christ Church over an Zach weekend.

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Speaker 3: Tickets have gone on sale.

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Speaker 2: How are you, Barney, Yeah, I mean it's great we're

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Speaker 2: talking super Ragged Pacific in November. You know, it is

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Speaker 2: a it's a long off season, but there's so much

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Speaker 2: that happens in the in the off season. So yeah, excited,

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Speaker 2: exciting times. Yeah. We put super Round tickets on sale

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Speaker 2: to the general public yesterday and the mem has had

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Speaker 2: a first crack at it over the past couple of

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Speaker 2: days as well, and the take up's been excellent. You know,

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Speaker 2: we're really pleased, really pleased with the response so far.

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Speaker 2: And yeah, lots of people are planning to get down

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Speaker 2: there on the ANZAC Long weekend.

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Speaker 3: It's an interesting little proposition for you, isn't it because

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Speaker 3: the stadium isn't you know, One New Zealand Stadium isn't

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Speaker 3: quite finished yet, and I know when you announced Super Around,

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Speaker 3: you know you're very confident, as was everybody, that it'll

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Speaker 3: be ready. You're staying in close touch with those involved

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Speaker 3: in the in the final finishing touches of One New

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we are. We've you know, we've we've got the

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Speaker 2: local Organizing Committee which includes the council and everyone involved

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Speaker 2: down there. Planning is progressing really well. You know, the

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Speaker 2: city and the contractors are all all really excited about

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Speaker 2: where it's at in terms of the in terms of

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Speaker 2: the build and so yeah, we're underway. I mean, the

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Speaker 2: first tickets to be sold in in the new venue

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Speaker 2: for r for Super Round, which is great, and there's

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Speaker 2: plenty of them being snaffled up, so we would certainly

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Speaker 2: encourage people to get in and get them if you're

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Speaker 2: thinking about it. They're going to move pretty quick. Now.

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Speaker 3: There are five games, one on Friday night of course

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Speaker 3: Crusaders Warratas to one Saturday which is Anzac Day, Hurricanes,

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Speaker 3: Brumby's Blues, Reds and then on the Sunday Highlanders, Mowana

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Speaker 3: Pacifica and Chiefs Fiji and Dreuer presumably Jack's Single ticket

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Speaker 3: or single match tickets are available as well as multi

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Speaker 3: day tickets.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we've got we've got three day passes, two day

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Speaker 2: passes and single match tickets available and you know we're

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Speaker 2: trying to make it really accessible, so you know, tickets

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Speaker 2: start as low as as not. You can get a

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Speaker 2: ninety dollars three day pass for an adult and go

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Speaker 2: and see five unbelievable games of rugby and have a

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Speaker 2: great experience in the new stadium. So yeah, lots of

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Speaker 2: options available for people. And yeah, I think we've got

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Speaker 2: you know, we're going to have that opening that opening match,

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Speaker 2: which will just be a big opening party on the

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Speaker 2: Friday night, and then Saturday, of course is Anzac Day,

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Speaker 2: so you know, will we will really sort of will

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Speaker 2: have our two sort of more traditional Anzac fixtures with

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Speaker 2: the Canes playing the Brumbies for the Captain Shout Cup,

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Speaker 2: the Blues playing the Reds for the Sellers Dixon Medal,

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Speaker 2: and you know we'll have a great remembrance services part

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Speaker 2: of Saturday and then Sunday we've got two great Daytimes Footy.

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Speaker 2: We're kicking off at two o'clock and four point thirty.

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Speaker 2: As you said, Highlander is playing more on a Pacifica

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Speaker 2: and Chief's playing the Drawer and that'll be a great

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Speaker 2: the Sunday and have those our two PACIFICA teams play

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Speaker 3: And you're looking forward to Super Round. So tickets on

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Speaker 3: sale now for single matches, for multi day, two and

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Speaker 3: three day possibilities. There now squads, they must be about

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Speaker 3: to be announced officially, are they?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, on Thursday, we're going to release all of the squad.

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Speaker 2: Odds we've got to stagger approach from that'll start at

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Speaker 2: ten o'clock New Zealand time, going through to three pm

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Speaker 2: in the afternoon, and so all of the squads will

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Speaker 2: be released, will be released on Thursday. And there's some

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Speaker 2: really exciting announcements and movements. You know, I've certainly been

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Speaker 2: and a lot of them are playing up up North

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Speaker 3: Yeah, lots of movement in Australia. Yeah, lots of movement

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Speaker 3: in Australia as well, by the sounds of things, you know,

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I think there's been obviously some big, big news

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Speaker 2: ed Med going down to the Brumbies is another big signing.

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Speaker 2: And then here on the his Stakes, Darby Lancaster moving

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Speaker 2: over from the West to the war Retards and of

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Speaker 2: course the ex All Black you know, George Bridge coming

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Speaker 2: back from France is taking Derby spot over in the Forts.

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Speaker 2: So some really big and big movements over in Australia

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Speaker 2: and some great, some great sort of signings in New

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Speaker 3: Looking forward to the squads announced on Thursday, just on

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Speaker 3: the Automation series. Obviously the All Blacks are in Chicago

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Speaker 3: initially to play Island, then up up North Australia are

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Speaker 3: up there. They play England Sunday morning and their first

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Speaker 3: Autumn International. Do you enjoy watching Super Rugby players, you know,

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Speaker 3: albeit in their national sides, coming up against those from

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Speaker 3: on how we're tracking down here.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, And you know you couple that with watching

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Speaker 2: in actions. You know, I love that. And you know

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Speaker 2: when we look at some of the guys like Warner

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Speaker 2: Dean's playing for Japan last week, Who's who's coming coming

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Speaker 2: down to the Canes for Super Rugby next year is exciting,

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Speaker 2: And then seeing Leicester get named in the team to

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Speaker 2: play up in Chicago versus Island. It's going to be

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Speaker 2: great seeing those guys. Those guys mix it on the

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Speaker 2: international stage, as well as all of the big stars

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Speaker 2: for the Wallabies and the All Blacks that play week in,

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Speaker 2: week out in Super But I'm really interested to see

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Speaker 2: how we go. It feels like it's been a long

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Speaker 2: over in Australia and the Wallabies have played a number

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Speaker 2: of Test matches. But yeah, I'm sure we'll see the

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Speaker 2: power of the Pacific come to life over the next

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Speaker 3: And laws are slightly different at international level, you know,

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Speaker 3: you still keep an eye on law interpretations and I guess,

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Speaker 3: you know, think about what might be useful down here

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Speaker 3: as you continue to make the game attractive for players

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, you know, we've our shape of game working

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Speaker 2: group's been been working throughout the off season to finalize

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Speaker 2: our plan for Super Rugby in twenty twenty six and

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Speaker 2: certainly watching the test matches and watching MPC. You know,

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Speaker 2: we're certainly watching very closely and we're working how we

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Speaker 2: want to take it. You know, I think it's reconfirmed

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Speaker 2: a few things for us about what we want to

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Speaker 2: see in Super and you know, I guess our commitment

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Speaker 2: to the fans is we're going to continue to push

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Speaker 2: Super to be you know, the fastest, most exciting rugby

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Speaker 2: you watch you can watch, and we'll be working with

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Speaker 2: our match officials and on the laws as well to

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Speaker 2: make sure that that comes to life in twenty six.

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Speaker 2: To continue the good work that I think we all

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Speaker 2: make sure everyone's set up to success come February to thirteen,

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Speaker 2: which which is going to come around pretty quick.

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Speaker 3: Certainly, is it? Certainly is here we are November. You're right,

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Speaker 3: we'll get to Christmas and then all of a sudden

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Speaker 3: we'll be all on. Great to get the update from you.

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Speaker 3: Jack has always enjoyed the last couple of months of

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Speaker 3: the year. Look forward to catching up as we charge

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Speaker 3: into twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Pinning.

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Speaker 3: Talk to you, Sam, yep, Talk soon, Jack, Jack Mesley.

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Speaker 3: They're super right specific CEO. So those tickets are on

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Speaker 3: sale for Super Round in christ Church across Anzac weekend

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Speaker 3: as we understand it. We're sort of getting fed information

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Speaker 3: which is fairly current. The single match tickets for the

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Speaker 3: Crusaders war Retars on the Friday night the first match

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Speaker 3: are pretty much gone as we understand it. You may

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Speaker 3: have some joy and as far as two and three

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Speaker 3: day passes are concerned, do we hear that three day

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Speaker 3: passes are also close to selling out. Andy, is that

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Speaker 3: what we're hearing? So look, if you want to be

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Speaker 3: in christ Church for what will be an absolutely brilliant

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Speaker 3: occasion super Round, you probably need to get onto it.

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Speaker 3: Just look up Super Rugby tickets. You'll find your way.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, as I say, just be warned that some

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Speaker 3: and some of the three day passes are the allocation

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Speaker 3: already exhausted, which is fantastic. I think we all want

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Speaker 3: to get down there and see this new stadium, don't

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Speaker 3: we very much? Looking forward to that.

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