1 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:10,387 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine 2 00:00:10,707 --> 00:00:11,747 Speaker 1: from Newstalk ZEDB. 3 00:00:12,667 --> 00:00:16,947 Speaker 2: Well The All Whites two games away from next year's 4 00:00:17,147 --> 00:00:21,707 Speaker 2: Football World Cup. For the first time, Oceania has direct 5 00:00:21,947 --> 00:00:25,307 Speaker 2: entry into what will be a forty eight team World 6 00:00:25,347 --> 00:00:29,827 Speaker 2: Cup co hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico. Now, 7 00:00:29,867 --> 00:00:34,027 Speaker 2: New Zealand play Fiji in Wellington on Friday, the twenty 8 00:00:34,107 --> 00:00:37,147 Speaker 2: first of March. If they win that, they would then 9 00:00:37,227 --> 00:00:40,787 Speaker 2: play the winner of Tahiti and New Caledonia. That's the 10 00:00:40,787 --> 00:00:43,587 Speaker 2: other semi final if you like, which also takes place 11 00:00:43,627 --> 00:00:45,267 Speaker 2: in Wellington on the twenty first of March. The two 12 00:00:45,267 --> 00:00:48,747 Speaker 2: winners play at Eden Park on the night of Monday, 13 00:00:48,987 --> 00:00:52,467 Speaker 2: March twenty fourth for a place at the World Cup. 14 00:00:52,787 --> 00:00:54,547 Speaker 2: The last time the All Whites went to the World 15 00:00:54,587 --> 00:00:57,987 Speaker 2: Cup was twenty ten in South Africa. They got their 16 00:00:58,027 --> 00:01:01,707 Speaker 2: courtesy of one of the most memorable nights in New 17 00:01:01,827 --> 00:01:05,347 Speaker 2: Zealand sporting history, a one mil win over bah Rain 18 00:01:05,747 --> 00:01:08,867 Speaker 2: in Wellington and on the fourteenth of November two thousand 19 00:01:08,907 --> 00:01:11,467 Speaker 2: and nine. The All Whites goal scorer that night was 20 00:01:11,547 --> 00:01:14,667 Speaker 2: Rory Fellon. Here comes Burdos, right foot it out into the. 21 00:01:23,147 --> 00:01:23,347 Speaker 3: Well. 22 00:01:23,427 --> 00:01:24,827 Speaker 2: We can't hear a thing, but I'm going to tell 23 00:01:24,867 --> 00:01:26,667 Speaker 2: you I think it's Rory Fellon who's down the back 24 00:01:26,707 --> 00:01:29,387 Speaker 2: of the net. The ball came in from Burtosk Rory 25 00:01:29,387 --> 00:01:32,307 Speaker 2: Fellon rose and hitting the ball powerfully past the keeper. 26 00:01:32,747 --> 00:01:35,707 Speaker 2: It's still so vivid when I went now sixteen years 27 00:01:35,707 --> 00:01:37,907 Speaker 2: on or fifteen and a half, sixteen years on from that, 28 00:01:38,027 --> 00:01:40,387 Speaker 2: Rory Fellon is with us on Weekend Sport. What stands 29 00:01:40,387 --> 00:01:42,507 Speaker 2: out most when you think back to that night. 30 00:01:42,427 --> 00:01:45,747 Speaker 4: Rory, are just the great memories that I kind of 31 00:01:45,747 --> 00:01:48,347 Speaker 4: shared with the team, you know, as that whole time 32 00:01:48,467 --> 00:01:50,907 Speaker 4: was a magical time, Like the two thousand and nine 33 00:01:50,947 --> 00:01:54,507 Speaker 4: and ten era was just such a beautiful time in 34 00:01:54,587 --> 00:01:57,907 Speaker 4: New zelland football, I felt, you know. And it was 35 00:01:59,147 --> 00:02:01,907 Speaker 4: a bunch a bunch of mates that kind of trained 36 00:02:01,907 --> 00:02:04,227 Speaker 4: together when they were younger, and they all came kind 37 00:02:04,267 --> 00:02:07,467 Speaker 4: of got to one of the biggest world's biggest stage 38 00:02:07,507 --> 00:02:09,747 Speaker 4: together and it's just it was just a beautiful time. 39 00:02:10,267 --> 00:02:12,147 Speaker 2: It was a different set up back then. You had 40 00:02:12,147 --> 00:02:15,347 Speaker 2: to play a home and away into continental playoffs, so 41 00:02:15,387 --> 00:02:17,627 Speaker 2: you'd been to bah Rain, got a nil ol drawer 42 00:02:18,027 --> 00:02:22,147 Speaker 2: over there. Do you remember being quite confident heading into 43 00:02:22,187 --> 00:02:22,867 Speaker 2: the home league. 44 00:02:24,467 --> 00:02:28,147 Speaker 4: Yeah, so we were confident going into that, into that 45 00:02:28,187 --> 00:02:32,427 Speaker 4: game away, we knew that if we just needed a draw, 46 00:02:32,467 --> 00:02:35,947 Speaker 4: we knew that we could scrap for a draw. And 47 00:02:36,427 --> 00:02:38,107 Speaker 4: we knew that was going to be a hard game, 48 00:02:38,107 --> 00:02:40,267 Speaker 4: but we felt that we had enough in that in 49 00:02:40,347 --> 00:02:44,867 Speaker 4: that team. It was a team of kind of seasoned 50 00:02:44,987 --> 00:02:48,987 Speaker 4: professionals in overseas leagues, you know, so we weren't scared. 51 00:02:49,027 --> 00:02:53,027 Speaker 4: We're you know, good pros. We were tough and we 52 00:02:53,027 --> 00:02:56,227 Speaker 4: were hard to beat, and yeah, we we once we 53 00:02:56,307 --> 00:02:57,987 Speaker 4: knew that we were going to take them back home 54 00:02:58,427 --> 00:02:59,987 Speaker 4: and all we needed to do was get a win. 55 00:03:00,907 --> 00:03:02,667 Speaker 3: We felt that we could do it. Now. 56 00:03:02,667 --> 00:03:05,307 Speaker 2: It was a horrible night in Wellington that won't surprise anybody, 57 00:03:06,427 --> 00:03:06,867 Speaker 2: but it was. 58 00:03:06,867 --> 00:03:09,507 Speaker 3: A great note for us though. That's what we wanted. 59 00:03:09,907 --> 00:03:13,307 Speaker 4: We wanted to be cold, have that wind coming through 60 00:03:13,347 --> 00:03:15,787 Speaker 4: the stadium, and it was perfect conditions for us. 61 00:03:16,347 --> 00:03:18,587 Speaker 2: And I've heard a lot of stories from those who 62 00:03:18,587 --> 00:03:21,507 Speaker 2: were there that right before you walked out onto the pitch, 63 00:03:21,867 --> 00:03:24,467 Speaker 2: the bar rain players have come out, they're shivering, they're 64 00:03:24,467 --> 00:03:27,987 Speaker 2: wearing gloves, you know, trying to stay warm, and you 65 00:03:28,627 --> 00:03:32,187 Speaker 2: basically just started shouting at your team. These guys don't 66 00:03:32,187 --> 00:03:33,867 Speaker 2: want it. They don't want to be here. Is that right? 67 00:03:33,907 --> 00:03:34,627 Speaker 2: Is that what happened? 68 00:03:35,267 --> 00:03:37,107 Speaker 4: Yeah, I pretty much squared up to them and I 69 00:03:37,227 --> 00:03:38,947 Speaker 4: just like, I just looked across at them. I was like, 70 00:03:38,987 --> 00:03:40,947 Speaker 4: look at these guys like wearing their gloves and there 71 00:03:41,547 --> 00:03:43,587 Speaker 4: and their scarves and stuff like that. 72 00:03:43,867 --> 00:03:45,227 Speaker 3: They don't they're too scared. 73 00:03:45,227 --> 00:03:49,027 Speaker 4: They don't want this, so the game gets under There 74 00:03:49,107 --> 00:03:50,627 Speaker 4: was a lot more, there was a lot more kind 75 00:03:50,667 --> 00:03:54,467 Speaker 4: of flavorsome language than that as well. I'm trying to 76 00:03:54,707 --> 00:03:58,587 Speaker 4: I'm trying to. I'm trying to keep it PG here. 77 00:03:57,867 --> 00:04:04,187 Speaker 2: You're sanitizing it for radio. I greatly appreciate. So what 78 00:04:04,347 --> 00:04:06,587 Speaker 2: about the crowd that night, because there was the call 79 00:04:06,587 --> 00:04:09,067 Speaker 2: that went at hate we're white, and I thought I 80 00:04:09,067 --> 00:04:11,547 Speaker 2: thought it was okay, a few people all were white. 81 00:04:11,587 --> 00:04:13,587 Speaker 2: The whole crowd was white. Man, What do you remember 82 00:04:13,587 --> 00:04:14,987 Speaker 2: about the about the crowd that night? 83 00:04:16,347 --> 00:04:18,547 Speaker 4: It was electric from as as soon as we got 84 00:04:18,587 --> 00:04:22,827 Speaker 4: in there. I remember, even before we got there, the 85 00:04:22,907 --> 00:04:27,067 Speaker 4: people walking up to the stadium really early. Usually that 86 00:04:27,147 --> 00:04:29,587 Speaker 4: never happens in football in New Zealand around that time, 87 00:04:29,627 --> 00:04:31,867 Speaker 4: where people walked to the stadium early, But it was 88 00:04:31,867 --> 00:04:35,787 Speaker 4: almost like that kind of fever pitch and an expectation 89 00:04:35,987 --> 00:04:38,547 Speaker 4: of this is a big thing, this is something happening, 90 00:04:38,667 --> 00:04:40,867 Speaker 4: something's going to be something BIG's going to happen tonight. 91 00:04:41,667 --> 00:04:43,947 Speaker 4: And when we kind of got in the bus and 92 00:04:43,987 --> 00:04:45,987 Speaker 4: we got through to the stadium, every you know, all 93 00:04:46,027 --> 00:04:50,347 Speaker 4: the there was like massive lightings cues outside the stadium 94 00:04:50,347 --> 00:04:52,747 Speaker 4: waiting to get in and just you hear this raw 95 00:04:52,747 --> 00:04:55,307 Speaker 4: of all the people, like so the buzz of it 96 00:04:55,427 --> 00:04:59,347 Speaker 4: was unreal. And then you know, usually in New Zealand 97 00:04:59,387 --> 00:05:03,467 Speaker 4: games for warm up there's no one in the stadium. 98 00:05:03,907 --> 00:05:07,547 Speaker 3: It was packed. It was absolutely packed. 99 00:05:08,507 --> 00:05:10,587 Speaker 2: Just brilliant. Yeah, I remember, well. 100 00:05:10,627 --> 00:05:12,387 Speaker 4: Yeah, and just see and just seeing the eighty two 101 00:05:12,427 --> 00:05:15,467 Speaker 4: team walk around and like the you know, the crowd 102 00:05:15,507 --> 00:05:17,547 Speaker 4: we got behind an eighty two team and it just 103 00:05:18,067 --> 00:05:21,107 Speaker 4: kind of put it put shivers down your spine, like 104 00:05:21,187 --> 00:05:24,027 Speaker 4: how how magical that was, you know, And then obviously 105 00:05:24,027 --> 00:05:24,387 Speaker 4: when we. 106 00:05:24,347 --> 00:05:26,707 Speaker 3: Walked out, it was just awesome just just to see 107 00:05:26,747 --> 00:05:27,347 Speaker 3: a white you know. 108 00:05:27,987 --> 00:05:30,307 Speaker 2: So it was goalless for most of the first half. 109 00:05:30,427 --> 00:05:33,547 Speaker 2: Right before halftime, talk us through year goal Rory, what 110 00:05:33,547 --> 00:05:35,707 Speaker 2: do you remember of it? What stands out most vividly 111 00:05:35,707 --> 00:05:36,307 Speaker 2: when you think. 112 00:05:36,187 --> 00:05:40,387 Speaker 3: Back to it, jure obviously. 113 00:05:40,427 --> 00:05:44,427 Speaker 4: I remember it was almost like the Barnsley connection with 114 00:05:44,467 --> 00:05:47,147 Speaker 4: me and Leo because we played football together in the 115 00:05:47,187 --> 00:05:49,707 Speaker 4: youth teams and that and the first team at Barnsley, 116 00:05:50,387 --> 00:05:52,907 Speaker 4: and he would always whip great balls and for me 117 00:05:52,947 --> 00:05:55,627 Speaker 4: and always practice would we would always practice those, you know, 118 00:05:55,667 --> 00:05:58,227 Speaker 4: him whipping balls in for me for my head and 119 00:05:58,267 --> 00:06:00,467 Speaker 4: stuff like that. We worked on it the night before 120 00:06:00,707 --> 00:06:03,307 Speaker 4: and I just remember just him just stepping up, you know, 121 00:06:03,387 --> 00:06:06,587 Speaker 4: putting the famous one arm up and just in that 122 00:06:06,707 --> 00:06:09,387 Speaker 4: ball in their posts, and I just it was it 123 00:06:09,427 --> 00:06:11,427 Speaker 4: was one of them things where it was muscle memory. 124 00:06:11,987 --> 00:06:14,267 Speaker 4: It wasn't planned. It was a kind of muscle memory 125 00:06:14,307 --> 00:06:16,667 Speaker 4: thing where it's just like I went into the flow 126 00:06:16,707 --> 00:06:20,547 Speaker 4: of it, you know, and just thankfully I got a 127 00:06:20,547 --> 00:06:23,027 Speaker 4: great connection onto it and there was no chance of 128 00:06:23,027 --> 00:06:23,547 Speaker 4: saving it. 129 00:06:23,947 --> 00:06:25,627 Speaker 2: So the ball hits the back of the net, what 130 00:06:25,827 --> 00:06:30,627 Speaker 2: happens to you physically? Like, can you actually remember the moment? 131 00:06:30,627 --> 00:06:33,227 Speaker 2: Because I remember you sprinting off and everybody chasing you. 132 00:06:33,307 --> 00:06:35,787 Speaker 2: But what are the emotions when the ball hits the 133 00:06:35,827 --> 00:06:37,547 Speaker 2: net in such a significant match as that. 134 00:06:38,947 --> 00:06:42,187 Speaker 4: Well, well, I'm not the fastest, so but I could 135 00:06:42,227 --> 00:06:43,787 Speaker 4: have I could have been I could have been in 136 00:06:43,907 --> 00:06:47,347 Speaker 4: Usain Bolt that there was so much adrenaline running through me. 137 00:06:47,747 --> 00:06:49,467 Speaker 4: I don't think you're saying Bolt would have kept up 138 00:06:49,507 --> 00:06:49,707 Speaker 4: with me. 139 00:06:50,107 --> 00:06:50,507 Speaker 3: I was. 140 00:06:50,627 --> 00:06:55,227 Speaker 4: It was just like the the kind of the impact 141 00:06:55,307 --> 00:06:56,947 Speaker 4: of that goal when it went in, and the kind 142 00:06:56,947 --> 00:06:59,707 Speaker 4: of roar of the crowd. It was just like unforgettable, 143 00:07:00,147 --> 00:07:03,267 Speaker 4: and it's almost like a such a high that is 144 00:07:03,347 --> 00:07:08,827 Speaker 4: just you can't even contemplate how kind of how euphoric 145 00:07:08,907 --> 00:07:10,987 Speaker 4: I felt at that moment. It was like all those 146 00:07:11,067 --> 00:07:13,147 Speaker 4: years of hard work with my dad in the mornings 147 00:07:13,187 --> 00:07:16,787 Speaker 4: and overseas, you know, kind of fighting and scrapping away, 148 00:07:16,827 --> 00:07:19,227 Speaker 4: and then you have this beautiful moment where it was 149 00:07:19,307 --> 00:07:22,707 Speaker 4: just like I'm going to enjoy this moment, and I did. 150 00:07:22,947 --> 00:07:25,707 Speaker 2: So you're going at halftime, you wonder up and then 151 00:07:25,747 --> 00:07:29,507 Speaker 2: early in the second half, Bahrain are awarded a penalty. Now, 152 00:07:29,547 --> 00:07:32,867 Speaker 2: if the match finishes won all they go through by 153 00:07:32,947 --> 00:07:35,907 Speaker 2: virtue of having scored a goal away from the home 154 00:07:36,027 --> 00:07:40,387 Speaker 2: So as ad Nan the Bahrain player, squares up to 155 00:07:40,427 --> 00:07:42,827 Speaker 2: mark past them for that penalty, what are your emotions 156 00:07:42,827 --> 00:07:43,427 Speaker 2: at that time? 157 00:07:44,747 --> 00:07:52,427 Speaker 4: I was actually on the halfway line praying. I was 158 00:07:52,507 --> 00:07:59,347 Speaker 4: literally praying. I actually was praying. It's one of them 159 00:07:59,387 --> 00:08:01,867 Speaker 4: moments where it's like, oh, this can't happen to us, 160 00:08:01,907 --> 00:08:04,427 Speaker 4: and it's so typically sometimes New Zella and where it's 161 00:08:04,467 --> 00:08:07,547 Speaker 4: like we get so close, but we just don't, you know, 162 00:08:07,707 --> 00:08:09,907 Speaker 4: get there, and it's like I didn't want that to 163 00:08:09,947 --> 00:08:12,347 Speaker 4: be that moment for us, Yeah, because we'd work so 164 00:08:12,467 --> 00:08:15,307 Speaker 4: hard to get there, all of us, you know, individually 165 00:08:15,347 --> 00:08:18,107 Speaker 4: in our own careers and as a team, and to 166 00:08:18,227 --> 00:08:21,027 Speaker 4: have that moment because we all knew that there wasn't 167 00:08:21,027 --> 00:08:22,667 Speaker 4: many goals in that game. It was always going to 168 00:08:22,667 --> 00:08:24,387 Speaker 4: be a tight game. There was never going to be 169 00:08:24,587 --> 00:08:28,707 Speaker 4: loads of goals. And so when past the saber, I 170 00:08:28,747 --> 00:08:30,067 Speaker 4: could have I could have kissed the guy. 171 00:08:30,787 --> 00:08:31,267 Speaker 2: Incredible. 172 00:08:31,267 --> 00:08:33,427 Speaker 4: I was just so it was incredible. It was another 173 00:08:33,507 --> 00:08:36,347 Speaker 4: moment like my goal. And then that was a kind 174 00:08:36,347 --> 00:08:39,467 Speaker 4: of icon iconic moment of the night as well, where 175 00:08:39,507 --> 00:08:42,547 Speaker 4: the where the crowd you know, kind of roared like 176 00:08:42,707 --> 00:08:46,187 Speaker 4: it was a goal. So it was like it was 177 00:08:46,227 --> 00:08:48,707 Speaker 4: just such a magical moment. But I was like, my heart, 178 00:08:48,747 --> 00:08:52,227 Speaker 4: I was nearly having a heart attack. 179 00:08:51,907 --> 00:08:52,947 Speaker 2: How were you? 180 00:08:52,987 --> 00:08:53,147 Speaker 4: Then? 181 00:08:53,227 --> 00:08:55,347 Speaker 2: So he saves it. It's one nil, and but it's 182 00:08:55,347 --> 00:08:56,747 Speaker 2: still quite a bit of the game to go. If 183 00:08:56,827 --> 00:09:00,067 Speaker 2: you took past eighty minutes to eighty five minutes to 184 00:09:00,107 --> 00:09:02,867 Speaker 2: eighty eight minutes, it gets close enough for you to 185 00:09:02,907 --> 00:09:05,227 Speaker 2: start really believing that you're going to do this thing. 186 00:09:05,667 --> 00:09:07,867 Speaker 2: What do you remember about the final few moments of 187 00:09:07,867 --> 00:09:11,187 Speaker 2: the game and whose voices were the loudest ones out there? 188 00:09:12,507 --> 00:09:14,587 Speaker 4: I think everyone was just screaming at each other kind 189 00:09:14,587 --> 00:09:16,627 Speaker 4: of to kind of come back and to defend and 190 00:09:16,627 --> 00:09:18,427 Speaker 4: stuff like that. We got the whole team back and 191 00:09:18,547 --> 00:09:22,507 Speaker 4: just defended for our lives. Obviously, when you're up, especially 192 00:09:22,507 --> 00:09:25,707 Speaker 4: in football, if you're up like that, the team has 193 00:09:25,747 --> 00:09:28,627 Speaker 4: to kind of press you and try to put pressure 194 00:09:28,667 --> 00:09:31,347 Speaker 4: on you to to try and get that goal, you know. 195 00:09:31,987 --> 00:09:34,587 Speaker 4: So we knew if if we were going to concede there, 196 00:09:34,707 --> 00:09:37,747 Speaker 4: we would have been done for. So we pretty much defended. 197 00:09:37,347 --> 00:09:37,947 Speaker 3: For our lives. 198 00:09:37,947 --> 00:09:40,507 Speaker 4: And I actually remember the moment where there was an 199 00:09:40,547 --> 00:09:43,347 Speaker 4: actual free kick and one of the lads got a 200 00:09:43,387 --> 00:09:45,827 Speaker 4: head onto it and passially got the save. It wasn't 201 00:09:45,827 --> 00:09:48,147 Speaker 4: the header wasn't great, but it was like, you know, 202 00:09:48,227 --> 00:09:51,907 Speaker 4: those types of moments in football, they can they can 203 00:09:51,947 --> 00:09:55,507 Speaker 4: really kind of do a lot of devastation to your team, 204 00:09:55,587 --> 00:09:57,987 Speaker 4: you know, because it's all you need is one moment. 205 00:09:59,587 --> 00:10:03,147 Speaker 3: So it was, yeah, it was. It was. There was 206 00:10:03,187 --> 00:10:04,427 Speaker 3: probably the first time. 207 00:10:04,267 --> 00:10:08,627 Speaker 4: In my whole career where I felt complete, complete nerves 208 00:10:08,747 --> 00:10:11,627 Speaker 4: of we can't let this slip through our hands because 209 00:10:11,627 --> 00:10:12,707 Speaker 4: we're so close. 210 00:10:12,427 --> 00:10:16,947 Speaker 2: Now, and then the final whistle goes euphoria. What happens 211 00:10:17,027 --> 00:10:18,667 Speaker 2: immediately after the final whistle? 212 00:10:19,347 --> 00:10:22,907 Speaker 4: For me, it was relief, Yeah, yeah, it was. It 213 00:10:22,947 --> 00:10:27,147 Speaker 4: was just pure relief of kind of the whole kind 214 00:10:27,147 --> 00:10:30,067 Speaker 4: of build up to that, you know, from from where 215 00:10:30,067 --> 00:10:33,987 Speaker 4: we started to that build up to that final whistle. 216 00:10:34,067 --> 00:10:35,627 Speaker 4: I just fell to my knees and I was just 217 00:10:35,667 --> 00:10:38,027 Speaker 4: so thankful that we you know, we made it. 218 00:10:38,107 --> 00:10:38,307 Speaker 3: You know. 219 00:10:39,267 --> 00:10:42,227 Speaker 4: It was just complete relief. And to be fair, I 220 00:10:42,307 --> 00:10:44,467 Speaker 4: was like all the lads were partying that night. I 221 00:10:44,587 --> 00:10:47,987 Speaker 4: actually had it early night. I was so exhausted, like mentally. 222 00:10:48,907 --> 00:10:51,027 Speaker 2: The other story I've heard is about the bus trip 223 00:10:51,147 --> 00:10:53,707 Speaker 2: back from the stadium back to where you were staying 224 00:10:53,707 --> 00:10:57,547 Speaker 2: around Oriental Parade and how long that took because there 225 00:10:57,547 --> 00:10:59,627 Speaker 2: were so many fans out celebrating and what they must 226 00:10:59,667 --> 00:11:01,867 Speaker 2: have clocked that that was the New Zealand team bus. 227 00:11:01,867 --> 00:11:05,667 Speaker 2: What happened along sort of Courtney Place, Oh, it was packed. 228 00:11:06,027 --> 00:11:09,907 Speaker 4: We were along the waterway. So you know, as you 229 00:11:09,987 --> 00:11:13,387 Speaker 4: go from sky Stadium or Caketon whatever you call it, 230 00:11:13,827 --> 00:11:17,267 Speaker 4: along the waterway, yep. And it was packed. There was 231 00:11:17,387 --> 00:11:20,547 Speaker 4: Choca block and there was actually there was a guy. 232 00:11:20,587 --> 00:11:24,387 Speaker 4: There was a guy running after the bus. He was 233 00:11:24,427 --> 00:11:27,307 Speaker 4: actually behind the bus on the main road, like running 234 00:11:27,427 --> 00:11:29,947 Speaker 4: after the bus, and he was. 235 00:11:29,907 --> 00:11:31,147 Speaker 3: There for about ten minutes. 236 00:11:31,227 --> 00:11:34,187 Speaker 4: I was like, this guy is like proper, like he's 237 00:11:34,187 --> 00:11:36,587 Speaker 4: done well, like it's proper, sweating up a storm. 238 00:11:36,627 --> 00:11:37,947 Speaker 3: And everyone was at the back. 239 00:11:37,827 --> 00:11:39,707 Speaker 4: Of the bus like banging on the bus like like 240 00:11:39,787 --> 00:11:42,787 Speaker 4: all celebrated in that and like you could see the 241 00:11:42,867 --> 00:11:46,707 Speaker 4: pure joy in the in the guy's face. And he's 242 00:11:46,747 --> 00:11:48,667 Speaker 4: out there somewhere in Wellington, you know, and he always 243 00:11:48,667 --> 00:11:51,107 Speaker 4: have that memory and always have that memory. 244 00:11:50,787 --> 00:11:53,067 Speaker 3: Of that guy running after the bus. It was brilliant. 245 00:11:53,347 --> 00:11:55,227 Speaker 3: It was just one of those great moments, you know. 246 00:11:55,987 --> 00:11:57,987 Speaker 2: And what this all led to, of course, was seven 247 00:11:57,987 --> 00:12:00,547 Speaker 2: months later you went to the World Cup in South 248 00:12:00,587 --> 00:12:05,747 Speaker 2: Africa and i'mbeating campaign with draws against Slovakia, Italy Paraguay. 249 00:12:06,467 --> 00:12:08,627 Speaker 2: What a moment in any footballer's career to go to 250 00:12:08,667 --> 00:12:10,907 Speaker 2: a World Cup. Very few New Zealanders have done it, 251 00:12:11,707 --> 00:12:14,507 Speaker 2: you know, What was it like going to a World Cup? 252 00:12:15,867 --> 00:12:18,147 Speaker 4: It was surreal because all I ever wanted to do 253 00:12:18,227 --> 00:12:20,747 Speaker 4: when I was younger, too, kind of two dreams was 254 00:12:20,787 --> 00:12:23,027 Speaker 4: to be a kind of a top pro and the 255 00:12:23,107 --> 00:12:24,747 Speaker 4: other one was to play in a World Cup. And 256 00:12:24,787 --> 00:12:26,987 Speaker 4: I didn't ever think I'd ever get close to a 257 00:12:27,027 --> 00:12:30,987 Speaker 4: World Cup, and so to have that dream come to reality, 258 00:12:32,107 --> 00:12:34,907 Speaker 4: it was kind of surreal because I've as a kid, 259 00:12:34,947 --> 00:12:36,867 Speaker 4: you you know, you always dream about playing in a 260 00:12:36,867 --> 00:12:39,187 Speaker 4: World Cup and when you're you know, outside playing with 261 00:12:39,227 --> 00:12:41,307 Speaker 4: your mates, you know, you pretend it's a World Cup. 262 00:12:41,747 --> 00:12:45,867 Speaker 4: And then to actually walk out into that stadium, you know, 263 00:12:45,867 --> 00:12:48,867 Speaker 4: in that first game, and that was a kind of 264 00:12:48,907 --> 00:12:53,067 Speaker 4: another iconic moment with Winnie. But to walk out into 265 00:12:53,107 --> 00:12:56,067 Speaker 4: that stadium, I was just like, Wow, I'm actually playing 266 00:12:56,067 --> 00:12:59,067 Speaker 4: in a World Cup here, and it's kind of it's 267 00:12:59,147 --> 00:13:02,507 Speaker 4: surreal and a lot of these lads, for me, I 268 00:13:02,507 --> 00:13:02,867 Speaker 4: have no. 269 00:13:02,907 --> 00:13:04,507 Speaker 3: Doubt that we'll get to this World Cup. 270 00:13:04,787 --> 00:13:08,067 Speaker 4: A lot of these lads will have those emotions running 271 00:13:08,147 --> 00:13:12,867 Speaker 4: through their heads. You know that they're potentially going to 272 00:13:12,907 --> 00:13:16,307 Speaker 4: be in the biggest, biggest tournament in the world, and 273 00:13:16,347 --> 00:13:19,427 Speaker 4: it's you know, you rarely understand that when you go 274 00:13:19,467 --> 00:13:20,307 Speaker 4: to these World Cups. 275 00:13:20,347 --> 00:13:21,707 Speaker 3: That's so huge. 276 00:13:22,027 --> 00:13:24,707 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's yeah, it's close enough to touch for the current, 277 00:13:25,267 --> 00:13:28,787 Speaker 2: the current crop, the pathway, the road there is slightly 278 00:13:28,787 --> 00:13:31,187 Speaker 2: different from what you went through. But let's hope they 279 00:13:31,187 --> 00:13:32,947 Speaker 2: can complete the job and head off to a World 280 00:13:32,987 --> 00:13:35,987 Speaker 2: Cup next year. Rory love walking down memory Lane with you. 281 00:13:36,027 --> 00:13:38,227 Speaker 2: I get the feeling you'll be reminded about that night 282 00:13:38,507 --> 00:13:41,667 Speaker 2: until the day that you die. Mate. It's something that 283 00:13:41,707 --> 00:13:45,147 Speaker 2: so many people, me included, just have such fond memories of. 284 00:13:45,427 --> 00:13:46,867 Speaker 2: Thanks for joining us for a bit of. 285 00:13:46,867 --> 00:13:48,707 Speaker 3: A chat mate, Thank you so much for having me. 286 00:13:48,747 --> 00:13:51,867 Speaker 2: No, thanks for joining us. Rory fellon there, owner of 287 00:13:52,307 --> 00:13:54,867 Speaker 2: one of the most iconic moments in our sporting history 288 00:13:55,187 --> 00:13:58,227 Speaker 2: November fourteen, two thousand and nine, has goal against bah 289 00:13:58,307 --> 00:14:01,307 Speaker 2: Rain taking New Zealand to the twenty ten Football World 290 00:14:01,347 --> 00:14:02,867 Speaker 2: Cup in South Africa. 291 00:14:02,907 --> 00:14:06,067 Speaker 1: For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live 292 00:14:06,467 --> 00:14:09,587 Speaker 1: used Talk set B weekends from midday or follow the 293 00:14:09,627 --> 00:14:11,107 Speaker 1: podcast on iHeartRadio.