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Speaker 1: Well, I asked the question. Hither I canceled my Sky

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Speaker 1: subscription today because sport is no place for politics, particularly

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Speaker 1: when you have a group of people talking about unity,

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Speaker 1: but what they really mean is unity of only one side.

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Speaker 1: Goodbye Sky. So that was it. That's what it took,

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Speaker 1: nineteen past four and with me now is Adam Cooper,

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Speaker 1: sports talk host Hecubs. Hey, Ever, does it surprise you

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Speaker 1: that people are that angry about the he koy protest

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Speaker 1: in the Hacker?

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Speaker 2: No, it doesn't surprise me at all. I think people

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Speaker 2: you don't have their fellow concerns. I guess for me,

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Speaker 2: I was watching it yesterday. I didn't realize what was

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Speaker 2: being referenced, and you know, maybe that's on me. It

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Speaker 2: didn't affect my well engagement with the game at all

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Speaker 2: because I got onto the game and I was probably

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Speaker 2: more upset with the way the All Backs were playing

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Speaker 2: and how they finished off the year. So that's where

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Speaker 2: it's at for me. I mean, obviously, I can you know,

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Speaker 2: we don't want too much politics in sport, But I

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Speaker 2: also don't think people that know TJ Peinada should be

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Speaker 2: surprised that he used his fire game after a very

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Speaker 2: distinguished career to do this and push this forward for him.

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Speaker 2: He probably saw it as an opportunity and something you

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Speaker 2: felt strongly about, and that's where it went. But you know,

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Speaker 2: as I said, I got onto the game pretty fast

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Speaker 2: and it was pretty more disappointed with that.

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Speaker 1: We heard anything at all from the NZR or All

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Speaker 1: Blacks management about.

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Speaker 2: This, No, nothing at all. I think what was interesting

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Speaker 2: was I heard a bit of discussion yesterday around a

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Speaker 2: few people that they had actually taken the start of

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Speaker 2: the Haker off the All Black social media channels when

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Speaker 2: they shared the Harker, which I found quite interesting. Is

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Speaker 2: that a statement in itself maybe, but in terms of

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Speaker 2: anything directly other than obviously you know, the captain Scott

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Speaker 2: Barrett and coach Scott Robertson and other teammates who fronted

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Speaker 2: interviews in the press conference's post game. Very little from

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Speaker 2: from ENZR itself around this, and I suspect that will

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Speaker 2: remain for now.

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Speaker 1: Why.

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Speaker 2: I just don't think they'll don't want to be drawn

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Speaker 2: into it at all. You know, what are they going

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Speaker 2: to say? Really, it's it's frustrating that this is the

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Speaker 2: talking point at the end of the year. Really, to be.

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Speaker 1: Honest, this is gonna be honest with you. Don't tell

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Speaker 1: anyone this, but this is why I'm really stuck TJ's

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Speaker 1: leaving because he is such a recidivist. He's such a

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Speaker 1: recidivist with the politics. Say, there was the anti meat thing,

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Speaker 1: and then he was supporting the women's hocker and then

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Speaker 1: he had the ihumato on his armband, and I just

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Speaker 1: got tired of all his politics in sports. So I'm

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Speaker 1: start like, great, good yay for him that he did

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Speaker 1: well off you go, do you know what I mean?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, great service for the game. But as I

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Speaker 2: said that, everyone that knows TJ and has followed his

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Speaker 2: career over the years not have been surprised with what

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Speaker 2: he did yesterday.

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Speaker 1: Hey can we talk about Auckland FC, because how good

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Speaker 1: is this? Nobody thought they'd do four from four?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely not. Now this is a great story, isn't it

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Speaker 2: to start the new A League tenure. No one has,

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Speaker 2: as you say, heither has done this four from four

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Speaker 2: to start the new season. And I guess even more significantly,

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Speaker 2: they haven't even conceded a goal yet. There is not

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Speaker 2: one goal that has got past the defensive lineup or

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Speaker 2: Alex Paulson, their keeper, and you know, everyone that's been

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Speaker 2: following Alex Alton's journey. Obviously Phoenix last year got that

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Speaker 2: signing over to the UK, then got transferred back to Auckland.

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Speaker 2: We all know his credentials, so you know his career

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Speaker 2: has you know, just just you know, had a great

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Speaker 2: moment at Auckland the f C. I will warn Auckland

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Speaker 2: fans who are starting to get all nasty to Phoenix

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Speaker 2: fans down here on Wellington. They're starting to get a

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Speaker 2: little bit loud, a little bit arrogant. All they've had, Heather,

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Speaker 2: is one one trip over to Sydney. They haven't done

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Speaker 2: any of the longer A league journeys. Three of their

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Speaker 2: four games have been on New Zealand soil. So all

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Speaker 2: I'll say is that it's a very long season. Don't

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Speaker 2: don't get too confident too quickly, but it is a

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Speaker 2: very It's been a very enjoyable start to the season

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Speaker 2: to watch, and the Phoenix are in second, so what

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Speaker 2: a great start for the two key we.

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Speaker 1: Have good how good coops, Thanks very much, Adam Cooper,

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Speaker 1: Sports Talk Sports Talk host Rather He'll be back at

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