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Speaker 1: Now Jason Pine Sports Talk hoosters of us that pony, Hello, Heather,

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Speaker 1: how should we rate that three zip win over France?

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Speaker 2: Oh, building block? I think building block towards the tougher

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Speaker 2: test matches ahead. I think France probably punched above their weight.

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Speaker 2: I think they were probably better than a lot of

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Speaker 2: us expected. The All Blacks were at times good, at

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Speaker 2: times not so good. A bit to work on that

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Speaker 2: sort of thing, but three Nils three nil, that was

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Speaker 2: always the entree. I think to the Rugby Championship. Rais

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Speaker 2: has probably found out a bit about who was best

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Speaker 2: fifteen and best twenty three. R He's given a few

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Speaker 2: players daboos. I think you tick a box certainly won't

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Speaker 2: be a three match series that goes down as one

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Speaker 2: of the greats. I'm not sure we're watching it back

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Speaker 2: in its entirety, but I think it probably served a purpose.

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Speaker 1: Do you think that it is? It definitely got better

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Speaker 1: as it went on, right, And do you think that

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Speaker 1: was because we needed to let them settle into the season.

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Speaker 2: Well, actually they were best in Wellington. On Saturday night

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Speaker 2: in Hamilton, I think they took another step back, particularly

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Speaker 2: in the first half. They came home strong, so.

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Speaker 1: That was but Piney that was our B team that

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Speaker 1: we were playing, right, So it's almost like you can't

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Speaker 1: really compare.

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Speaker 2: The two well ten changes. Yeah, I guess you could

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Speaker 2: say that there were a lot of regulars in the

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Speaker 2: so called top team who weren't there. Yes, good point.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, I mean when you give thirty three guys

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Speaker 2: games across three matches, you are going to strike problems

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Speaker 2: with cohesion and connection. So yeah, pretty good point. I

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Speaker 2: think there'll be a lot more cohesive because the team

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Speaker 2: will be a lot more stable selection wise during the

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Speaker 2: Rugby Championship, particularly head of those big games against South Africa.

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Speaker 1: Okay, now, what is going on with Netball New Zealand

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Speaker 1: and the eligibility rules.

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Speaker 2: Just in the last fifteen minutes they've issued a release

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Speaker 2: to say that they have reviewed the Silver Ferns selection

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Speaker 2: policy and now those who are playing overseas can be

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Speaker 2: considered for the Silver Ferns through a formal exemption process.

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Speaker 2: So case in point, Grace wiki playing off short she

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Speaker 2: didn't play in the AMSZ Premiership playing over in Australia,

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Speaker 2: she can now apply for an exemption and can play

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Speaker 2: for the Silver Ferns even though she is not playing

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Speaker 2: in our AMZ Premiership. This is up till now not

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Speaker 2: been possible. Grace Wiki has forced the hand of Netball

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Speaker 2: New Zealand's board here and good on her for doing that.

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Speaker 2: She's basically said, look, I'm going over to Wazzi. Yes

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Speaker 2: I'm getting paid, but I'm there to improve my netball

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Speaker 2: against some of the best players in the world. Can

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Speaker 2: I please play for New Zealand? The board have buckled,

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Speaker 2: and well, you have to give them credit. It did

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Speaker 2: take them a while to beyond.

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Speaker 1: They So have they said yes to her or have

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Speaker 1: they said she should apply?

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Speaker 2: They've said she should apply. But she is the case

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Speaker 2: study herether. Yes, this is the reason for the rule,

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Speaker 2: and years to come we will call this the Wiki rule.

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Speaker 1: But hold on now, poney. Wasn't there some sort of

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Speaker 1: like understanding beforehand that when you had reached one hundred

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Speaker 1: caps for the Silver Ferns, you were then eligible to

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Speaker 1: go play overseas and you could still play for the

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Speaker 1: Silver Ferns.

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Speaker 2: Wasn't there that never been a rule, never been a

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Speaker 2: written down rule. There was an understanding that that might

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Speaker 2: be the case. But as it turned out, the players themselves,

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Speaker 2: some of them thought that I think it was seventy five,

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Speaker 2: and then they found out, actually, no, there's no such rule.

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Speaker 2: That's all. It was like an urban myth.

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Speaker 1: But what are the chances that they say, okay, Grace,

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Speaker 1: you can apply, and then they have some random and

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Speaker 1: arbitrary thing that they measure her against and find that she.

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Speaker 2: Can't, then sack the board. Heather sack the board.

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Speaker 1: So the chances of that happening is zero a zero zero.

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Speaker 2: This is a rule will allow Grace wiki and others,

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Speaker 2: not everybody, but others who are extremely valuable to the

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Speaker 2: Ferns to do both.

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Speaker 1: Yep, excellent, Piney, thank you for running us through it.

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Speaker 1: To appreciate it. That's Jason Pine sports talk host.

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