1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:04,520 Speaker 1: The Friday Sports Huddle with New Zealand Subbody's International Realty 2 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: find your one of a kind all the board in 3 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:19,959 Speaker 1: full steam ahead North America. New Zealand are going to 4 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 1: the Football World Cup. Our strategy and purpose is being. 5 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 2: To demonstrate to our hybrid multi purpose stadium and its 6 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 2: deputy for a youth of Eden Park. It's the only 7 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 2: solution for Auckland and New Zealand National Stadium. This is 8 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 2: not a duty of care, is it, by any stretch 9 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 2: of the imagination, getting rid of someone up to two races. 10 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: The duty of care is to give him a chance 11 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 1: to try and perform a bit better. Put your arm 12 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: around his shoulder, talk to him about what's going wrong. 13 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:46,520 Speaker 3: Certainly a lot to discuss this week on the Sports Huddle. 14 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 3: News Talk zibb's Andrew Alison with us tonight, Hey, Andrew, 15 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 3: Greeting's Ryan, good to have you, and Nick Burley is 16 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 3: with us too. News Talk Zibe Crusaders commentator Nick, welcome 17 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 3: to you. 18 00:00:58,040 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 2: Good day. 19 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 3: Right, So are we confident because you know Eden Park. Yes, 20 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 3: they've got this vote from Auckland Council, but they're basically 21 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 3: now going cap and hand to council and going cap 22 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 3: in hand to government. It doesn't sound like anyone is 23 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 3: forthcoming with much money. 24 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 2: Andrew, Yeah, it seems a bit anemic, doesn't it. And 25 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 2: I just wonder around the carousel we go again, don't 26 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 2: we And it's sort of stadium fatigue at times when 27 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 2: you had that. Well that ends and are back to 28 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 2: Key Park down at the waterfront a bit more inspirational. 29 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,119 Speaker 2: But as someone I think said in that council meeting, 30 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 2: it doesn't exist as yet whereas Eden Park does. And 31 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 2: Tim Murphy the newsroomicles former Herald editor in his column 32 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 2: saying it's experience over hope. So yeah, I guess we've 33 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 2: got to hope that this retractable roof times. My view 34 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 2: is that if you're going to use Eden Park, and 35 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 2: I think this has been referenced by Simeon Brown as 36 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 2: well at times, as you've got to make it multi purpose. 37 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 2: You've got to break down the regulatory structure and bring 38 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 2: in more concerts to make it pay its way and 39 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 2: allow it to pay its way to the next one capacity. 40 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, and clearly no one else is going to 41 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 3: help pay for it, so you've got to do something. Nick, 42 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 3: What about the need? I mean, is there actually right now, 43 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 3: any urgent sporting need for us to do anything. 44 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 4: That's a very good question, Ryan, and I think that's 45 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 4: probably part of the hesitancy at the moment. Albeit you 46 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 4: know that that financial issue and the unwillingness from government, 47 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:35,679 Speaker 4: central government or the council to pay for it. But 48 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 4: I think the longer as as Andrew alluded to, the 49 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 4: longer we kicked the can down the road, which is 50 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 4: that the stadium issue. It's not it's not going to 51 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 4: go away, and it's not going to get any cheaper. 52 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 4: So we need some some willingness and decisiveness to grab 53 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 4: this issue face on, and at some stage someone's going 54 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 4: to have to take it on Otherwise it's going to, 55 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 4: as Andrew said, it's going to go round and around 56 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 4: the carousel. Issues are going to come up, feasibility studies, proposals, 57 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 4: you name it, and we're still going to be here 58 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 4: with the same issue. 59 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, it's one of those things, a perennial issue 60 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 3: that you would like to be sold, but you just 61 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 3: get the feeling of home people. 62 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 4: I'm lucky down here in christ Is Ryan where we've 63 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 4: finally got a stadium after well coming up fifteen years 64 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 4: post earthquake, and that's been an ongoing battle in itself. 65 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 4: So I'll tell you what. Just get on with it 66 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 4: would be my advice. 67 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,239 Speaker 3: Yeah, and that's coming an on time on budget too, 68 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 3: isn't it next year? 69 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 4: Is it? Yeah? 70 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 3: Well it's sort of. 71 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: It's one of those ones. 72 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 4: Ryan. We don't want to preach it too loud because 73 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 4: such has been the nature of the rebuild over the 74 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 4: last decade and a bit that something might happen last minute, 75 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 4: and it can be over budgets and off time. But yeah, 76 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 4: as things stand April twenty twenty six to Kaha open, 77 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 4: So I can't wait. 78 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 3: Don't want to jinx it, do we? Andrew orders It 79 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 3: and Nick Uley on the Sports Huddle for your Friday Night. 80 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 3: We'll be back lots to discuss, including Rob Penny and 81 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 3: those Crusaders and Liam Lawson, Harby Norman. 82 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: The FREDI Sports Title with New Zealand South Ofby's International 83 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: Reality the Ones with local and global reach. 84 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 3: Twelve to six. Andrew Ordison and Nick Buley on the 85 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 3: Sports Huddle tonight. Interesting peace in the Herald today from 86 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 3: Elliot Smith talking about Rob Penny and the Crusaders. Is 87 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 3: he Andrew do you think he is, in fact, although 88 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 3: many thought he might not be the man to lead 89 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 3: the Crusaders back to a title. 90 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 2: Well, let's states Ryan is looking promising, isn't it sitting 91 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 2: on the table there and up there with the chiefs. 92 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 2: It's probably not Scott Robertson at the moment. I were 93 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 2: more like I think Elliot referencing and more of the 94 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 2: Todd Blackhead era at present, solid but not spectacular. 95 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 4: But I think a. 96 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 2: Few more things probably come into his favor this year, 97 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 2: shrinking injury toll, and I think that it's been a 98 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 2: bit more of a natural order to stored a bit 99 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 2: more stability there. I mean, Nick will know more about this, 100 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:51,040 Speaker 2: having followed the Crusaders close and commentating than I would. 101 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 2: But yeah, it just feels like Rob Pennie is gett 102 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 2: a bit more of his mojo back. 103 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 3: I'd have to agree with that. 104 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 4: Well, you summar your summation there, orders, but it is 105 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,280 Speaker 4: easy to forget last year guys that you know, without 106 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 4: the likes of Will Jordan for an entire season down 107 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 4: to their fifth first five only had Cody Taylor, Scott 108 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 4: Barrett to Mighty Williams to name a few. For a 109 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 4: handful of games it's pretty hard going. Just ask Blues 110 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 4: coach Veron Cootta at the moment how that goes when 111 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 4: you don't have some of your front mine all Blacks, 112 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 4: or the Hurricanes coach Clark Laidler when you're down to 113 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 4: your fifth ranked first five eights. So there was a 114 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 4: bit conspiring against someone. I don't think Rob Penny all 115 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:28,840 Speaker 4: of a sudden has become a good coach compared to 116 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,720 Speaker 4: being a bad coach last year. And look, there's still 117 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,280 Speaker 4: a couple of areas which he's acknowledged too, where you know, 118 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 4: defensively and that they need to improve to be back 119 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 4: where they'd like to be. But there's certainly a scenario 120 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 4: where come June that they're back lifting the silverware. And yeah, 121 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 4: all of a sudden, we're going from a scenario where 122 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 4: very much felt like at the time Rob Penny was 123 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 4: there as a caretaker coach to a situation where when 124 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:56,919 Speaker 4: we finally get into the Takaha Stadium, he's still the 125 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 4: coach in twenty twenty six. 126 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 3: Now, speaking of caretakers, poor old Liam Lawson for just 127 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 3: two races. What do you make of this, Andrew? What's 128 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 3: your take on it? And do you think we'll see 129 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:10,119 Speaker 3: him back in the top flight. 130 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:12,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think we call it. 131 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 2: Mean he's still relatively young twenty three. I find an 132 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 2: absolutely extraordinary story that this can happen. But I guess 133 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 2: if you delve down into it, I mean it probably 134 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 2: raises more questions and answers about whether it's it's driving ability, 135 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 2: is it politics, the pragmatism of it. If you think 136 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 2: about Sunoda coming in in his form hasn't been that 137 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 2: flash either, But if he's coming with you eight figure 138 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 2: sum via Honda as well into the Red Bull coffers, 139 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 2: it's pretty hard to turn it down. I found the 140 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 2: duty of care excuse from Christian Horner. I mean, that's 141 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 2: fifth gear satire, isn't it really When you think protecting 142 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 2: and developing him according it really come on. I mean 143 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:56,479 Speaker 2: just that was extraordinary, so to use that as the excuse. 144 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,280 Speaker 2: So anyway, I think it's some. Yeah, it's gonna be 145 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:01,039 Speaker 2: fascinating to see how pans out. I mean, there's been 146 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 2: plenty of gone before lawsom the seat. With the likes 147 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 2: of the Alex album, Pierre Ghasy, Sugio Peris, and Lawson 148 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:08,919 Speaker 2: joins their ranks all bit temporarily. 149 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, Nick. 150 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 4: Well Look, it made me think, Ryan, I know you're 151 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 4: covering Heather for paternity leave. Imagine if they just gave 152 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 4: you two shows. And then Jason, when Stanley came knocking 153 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 4: and said, you know, don't come back Monday. I think 154 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 4: we can all sympathize with Liam, and I know we're 155 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 4: incredibly proud of him here in New Zealand. But you're 156 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 4: even just reading some of the news articles at globally, 157 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 4: like even by Red Bull Standards orders mentioned their Pierre Ghasly. 158 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 4: You know, at least he got twelve races half a season. 159 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 4: You know it's two and a few things conspiring against 160 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 4: him as well in terms of unfamiliar tracks tracks he 161 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 4: never raced that before racing in the wheat in Melbourne. Look, 162 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 4: I really hope Liam, and by all accounts from people 163 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 4: whill know them, know him a great deal better than me. 164 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 4: He's got pretty thick skin and he'll take this on 165 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 4: the chin and hopefully he can prove people not wrong. 166 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 4: At least. The good thing is he's still in Formula 167 00:07:57,800 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 4: one and gets to go to a track and Sazz 168 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 4: next week where he is a bit more comfortable and 169 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 4: perhaps he can make a bit of a statement. 170 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it says more about red bull management 171 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 3: than it does about Liam Lawson personally. 172 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 4: Totally. 173 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 3: Now very quickly, Andrew will come to you on this. 174 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 3: The rowing at twenty thirty two Olympics is going to 175 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 3: be in the Fitzroy River. Now, this is a non 176 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 3: habitat for saltwater crocodiles. How on earth do you do 177 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 3: you concentrate? Do you take this seriously when these crocodiles 178 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 3: in the river. 179 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 2: Well, that's because you're going to have like a mic 180 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 2: crocodile dundee machete in your boat right as you go 181 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 2: down the course. I suspect you know that't a night 182 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 2: this is a knife. That's sort of style. I love that. 183 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 2: This has been my favorite story of the week. Actually, 184 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 2: this is diplomacy of the IOC. You know, sporting Bodies 185 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 2: will rowing going to issue a feasibility study now over this. 186 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 2: I mean, I think I'll come up against your current 187 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,080 Speaker 2: problems as well. But it would be probably easy if 188 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 2: I just said, yeah, cut the pr and just say 189 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 2: we're not going to race alongside six meters human chompers, 190 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 2: thanks very much, and leave it there, go and raise 191 00:08:58,960 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 2: at Penrith Lake. 192 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think they might have a lot of fans 193 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 3: support for that move too. Andrew, thanks Mate, to God, 194 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 3: to heavy On, Andrew Ldison, News Talks, ABI Sports Reader 195 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 3: Nick Buley News Talks, ABI Crusader's Commentator. 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