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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Fine

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Speaker 1: from News Talks.

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Speaker 2: Ed B seventeen and a half away from two. Big

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Speaker 2: part of our Sunday afternoons the last couple of years

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Speaker 2: has been James Mconi at around about this time. Good

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Speaker 2: to know that the Weekend Sport people got together with

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Speaker 2: your people, James and negotiated another year. Good to have

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Speaker 2: you back.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, great, great negotiations. Thanks Piney. My people and your

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Speaker 3: people obviously agreed terms. And I'm back, baby. I mean,

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Speaker 3: I was down in path here I'm looking at the

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Speaker 3: great White sharks, but I thought, no, I can do

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Speaker 3: this for you.

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Speaker 2: Well, it's great to have you with us for twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty five. Who knows what the year might hold. In fact,

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Speaker 2: want to talk about what the year might hold with

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Speaker 2: you in a moment, But what the years holding at

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Speaker 2: the moment is a fairly cold base in reserve where

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Speaker 2: schrole Anka are making fairly heavy going of it. One

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Speaker 2: forty two for six and the thirty fourth that's not

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Speaker 2: even really a very good total in T twenty is

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Speaker 2: at let alone fifty overs.

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Speaker 3: I don't think i've seen this many half for jackets

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Speaker 3: at a January cricket game in New Zealand. So that's

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Speaker 3: a world record, maybe when you get Guinness out there

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Speaker 3: to test that. But I was really looking forward to

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Speaker 3: watching commandumendous. Now he's the guy who averages seventy four

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Speaker 3: in tests. He's just raced up to I think five

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Speaker 3: for three. So and also the one thing about that

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Speaker 3: I feel like that cricket does lack a little bit

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Speaker 3: of hype. And forgive me, you may have interviewed him

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Speaker 3: earlier in the show Piny, but you know, you know,

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Speaker 3: a batsman who's that talented coming to New Zealand would

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Speaker 3: usually create a bit more of a stare.

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Speaker 2: I think you know, you're right. I haven't interviewed him. No,

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Speaker 2: you're right. I think probably apart from those who follow

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Speaker 2: the Sri Lankan nationals who live now in New Zealand,

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Speaker 2: you're right, I'm not sure that there would be a

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Speaker 2: great degree of knowledge around about Adam as far as

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Speaker 2: New Zealander concerned. I don't know about you, but in

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Speaker 2: the t twenties. I just loved seeing some new guys

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Speaker 2: Mitch Hay, Zach folks, you know Tim Robinson's out there.

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Speaker 2: I'm just really enjoying the freshness of our white ball side.

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Speaker 3: I know, Tim Robinson's an interesting one and he's a big, muscular, hunting,

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Speaker 3: I think we needed to see that new talent come through.

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Speaker 3: And Duffy as well, just showing that he can do

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Speaker 3: good thing about it. Mitch Hay as a as a

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Speaker 3: It's just that the summer really it's going through the

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Speaker 3: cricket is about to disappear after this week.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it is. It's a shame because we always love,

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Speaker 2: you know, watching certainly what I do like watching red

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Speaker 2: and April, and that's just not going to happen unfortunately

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Speaker 2: this year. But look, I am, as I say, enjoying

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Speaker 2: with Mitchell Santner captaining the team. Obviously other matters around tennis.

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Speaker 2: Naomi Osaka is in the final at the ASB Classic

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Speaker 3: Yes, indeed, and I mean, look, I think Naomi Osaka.

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Speaker 3: Tennis really needs her. She is an outstanding talent. Four

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Speaker 3: And now when you look at the tennis landscape and

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Speaker 3: I think we've got Saberlenka from Belarus, Sabina Tech from Poland,

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Speaker 2: Indeed, but yeah, I'd great to see her back up

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Speaker 2: Speaking of climbing up and staying up there, Nottingham Forest

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Speaker 3: Look, I can't believe this because you know, I was

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Speaker 3: watching the part of the man City game when they

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Speaker 3: And also with Chris Wood at the forefront of everything

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Speaker 3: they do, and right up there on the goalscorers list

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm pretty sure it hasn't happened. I can't. I

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Speaker 2: a couple of World Cup qualifiers in March. Speaking of

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Speaker 2: to to, you know, suss out the latest rugby talent

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Speaker 2: remember very well you're telling me about Wallace Atiti and

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Speaker 3: I've atually most of these names people would have heard

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Speaker 3: Fabian Holland, the Big Dutch Awn Locke, I think is

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Speaker 3: like the look of someone who looks like your brother Pony.

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Speaker 2: Certainly heightwise, I think he's got a bit more in

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Speaker 2: about Fabian Holland, the Big, the big hunk of Highlander's lock.

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Speaker 3: So look, I mean the Crusaders, I've already sort of

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Speaker 3: let's go to your team, the Hurricane, so I think

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Speaker 3: well Billy out there. So look, I mean that that's

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Speaker 3: Peter Larkey. I just think those guys and that Hurricanes

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Speaker 2: Yeah, looking forward to that. Yeah, and what about further

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Speaker 3: Yes, Malachai Rampling is probably a seeking to Teti if

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Speaker 3: things about Shay Clark, who will play You remember him

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Speaker 3: I think tall, and it's hard to tell these Sevens players.

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Speaker 3: You can't actually tell me hype until they sidle up

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Speaker 2: I've written all of this down and so a year

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Speaker 2: from now you'll be able to to just celebrate and

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Speaker 3: I know I'm prepared to be absolutely humble, Pony, so

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Speaker 3: please bring that.

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Speaker 2: Bring it on, all right, great to chat for the

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Speaker 2: first time in twenty twenty five. Let's say catch up

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Speaker 2: again next week.

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Speaker 3: Cheers, Pony. See you mate, See.

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Speaker 2: You mate, Dames mcconey. There part of our Sundays again

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Speaker 2: in twenty twenty five and around about this time every

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Speaker 2: Monday afternoon on Weekend Sport Australia have lost a wicket

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Speaker 2: there forty seven for one. Sam Constans out for twenty

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Speaker 2: Kawaja and as far as Sri Lanka are concerned, one

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