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Speaker 1: From our sports desk Khi Nick Buley. Morning, Luke, so

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Speaker 1: Rugby's worst kept secret documented in the Guardian this morning

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Speaker 1: that our mid Canibury Hammers will get a shot at

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Speaker 1: the ren Fury Shield to take it off Otago July

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Speaker 1: the twenty fourth. That's assuming they defended against the Old

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Speaker 1: Golds North Otago, which they probably should the months before.

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Speaker 1: The only catch we've got to drive all the way

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Speaker 1: down to Alexandra for it. This is because Otago reckon

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Speaker 1: that we're a real chance and they don't want to

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Speaker 1: be embarrassed under the roof.

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Speaker 2: Oh look, I'm happy to subscribe to that conspiracy, Luke,

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Speaker 2: But no, as the Hammers should, they should definitely get

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Speaker 2: a round for the shield challenge. They've been a class

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Speaker 2: above the last couple of years in the Heartlane competition

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Speaker 2: under Matt Winter and I know that should be some occasion,

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Speaker 2: and I'm sure that the community in behind the Hammers. Well,

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Speaker 2: there will be a few buses heading down make a

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Speaker 2: week end of it.

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Speaker 1: The trip home would be euphoria. I don't want to

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Speaker 1: get to ahead of myself because we've never won it

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Speaker 1: in fifteen attempts, but got a good feeling about the

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Speaker 1: side to rugby tomorrow night and it is the pen

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Speaker 1: ultimate game at the Apollo Project Stadium before we moved

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Speaker 1: to the new Takaha. Crusaders are hosting the Highlanders. Wasn't

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Speaker 1: that long ago that we were beaten by them under

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Speaker 1: the roof and Dunedin round one. Really need to get

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Speaker 1: the season back on track now.

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Speaker 2: Nick, Yeah, I think that's fair to say. Look at

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Speaker 2: it as a long season and you hear these cliches

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Speaker 2: that have turned out that sef rugby competitions aren't won

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Speaker 2: in February and March. But at the same time you

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Speaker 2: don't want to be too far behind the chasing and

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Speaker 2: the chasing pack. So the Crusaders sort of bungled their

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Speaker 2: way through the opening four rounds. I think it's fair

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Speaker 2: to say that certainly signs of encouragement there and that

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Speaker 2: went over a quality team like the Chiefs. But at

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Speaker 2: the same token, the amount of drop ball ill discipline. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: there's been some concerning factors or themes and the losses

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Speaker 2: to the Highlanders, the Brumbies and most recently the Blues.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, as you say, looking to make amends tomorrow night,

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Speaker 2: they get Will Jordan back, which of course is a

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Speaker 2: big factor they're starting at fullback and really interesting to

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Speaker 2: see young Johnny Lee in the famed number seven jersey. There.

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Speaker 2: Luke Crusaders has come through the Across College factory, farmed

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Speaker 2: up to Tasman for a couple of years at NPC

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Speaker 2: and through injury he comes in via the wider training

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Speaker 2: group to get his first start and first cap for

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Speaker 2: the Crusaders. So looking forward to seeing what sort of

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Speaker 2: impact he has in the loose forward ranks.

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Speaker 1: Fresh meat. Well he can be inspired by Shaifi Harky

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Speaker 1: to the other end of the spectrum celebrating his fiftieth

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Speaker 1: appearance tomorrow nights, so that will add is a bit

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Speaker 1: of motivation. Hey, super quick mate. In cricket, I see

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Speaker 1: that the black Caps have well I'm assuming successfully made

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Speaker 1: their way back to New Zealand. No easy feat flowing

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Speaker 1: around the globe at the moment, and so to the

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Speaker 1: pro Teas. So out of Todonger on Sunday we've got

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Speaker 1: the first of five t twenties and I'm wondering what

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Speaker 1: the heck is the point We've just had the World Cup.

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Speaker 2: I know, and this is an ongoing issue with the

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Speaker 2: state of international cricket and we're fixtures fit in. We

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Speaker 2: barely have any international cricket the height of our summer

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Speaker 2: here in New Zealand as it is very much sort

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Speaker 2: of dictated to by the Big three of England, Australia

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Speaker 2: and most importantly India. So this series really feels without

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Speaker 2: without being two to the point of waste time really,

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Speaker 2: but particularly after a Pinnacle event. I'll be curious to

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Speaker 2: see what sort of interest that Garners and even looking

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Speaker 2: at the squads have been named. I think there's only

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Speaker 2: a handful of guys backing up from the T twenty

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Speaker 2: World couple, or even those who are are only playing

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Speaker 2: about two or three of the five game series, so

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Speaker 2: will be interesting interesting to to see what sort of

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Speaker 2: motivation South Africa come down here with. We'll come across

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Speaker 2: here with. I know in the past it was a

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Speaker 2: couple of summers ago, but they sent a test team

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Speaker 2: that barely resembled their first string side. So yeah, but

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Speaker 2: I hate live sport on the weekend amongst everything else.

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Speaker 2: I'll give it a look and see what it's like.