1 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:10,427 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine 2 00:00:10,707 --> 00:00:13,267 Speaker 1: from Newstalks EDB kind of. 3 00:00:13,227 --> 00:00:15,667 Speaker 2: Take it own, kicks down field, where the belts going 4 00:00:15,827 --> 00:00:17,387 Speaker 2: take it down looking for it for a bit enough 5 00:00:17,427 --> 00:00:18,627 Speaker 2: gone that he's. 6 00:00:18,427 --> 00:00:19,507 Speaker 1: A judgment of horst. 7 00:00:19,627 --> 00:00:22,307 Speaker 3: It'll be a tryin to check. 8 00:00:22,227 --> 00:00:23,787 Speaker 1: Me anyway where we come from. 9 00:00:23,987 --> 00:00:26,667 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's Paul Ellison on the call last night of 10 00:00:26,747 --> 00:00:30,707 Speaker 3: the Highlanders against the Hurricanes. Unfortunately for the Highlanders, they 11 00:00:30,747 --> 00:00:32,787 Speaker 3: couldn't get the job done, even though they led for 12 00:00:33,067 --> 00:00:35,827 Speaker 3: various stages during the game. The Hurricanes got up by 13 00:00:36,227 --> 00:00:40,067 Speaker 3: twenty points to eighteen off the back of a monumental 14 00:00:40,147 --> 00:00:44,067 Speaker 3: defensive effort in the last ten minutes. Hurricanes coach Clark 15 00:00:44,147 --> 00:00:46,427 Speaker 3: laid laws with us from Duneeda Airport, the team about 16 00:00:46,467 --> 00:00:49,067 Speaker 3: to fly home. How tense were the last ten or 17 00:00:49,107 --> 00:00:51,107 Speaker 3: fifteen minutes last night, mate? 18 00:00:52,187 --> 00:00:57,147 Speaker 2: Yeah? Pretty tense. Yeah, you know, I think we felt 19 00:00:57,147 --> 00:01:00,867 Speaker 2: like we'd minute difficult for ourselves. You felt like we 20 00:01:00,907 --> 00:01:04,627 Speaker 2: were on top for big parts of the game, but 21 00:01:04,667 --> 00:01:06,867 Speaker 2: then then they sat before halftime, you know, and then 22 00:01:06,867 --> 00:01:09,107 Speaker 2: we scored again, and then you know that sort of 23 00:01:09,187 --> 00:01:12,387 Speaker 2: kicks through and the bounds of the balls that felt, 24 00:01:12,427 --> 00:01:13,867 Speaker 2: you know, it felt like one of those nights where 25 00:01:14,187 --> 00:01:17,987 Speaker 2: you know, maybe I was going to get awaareness. So yeah, 26 00:01:17,987 --> 00:01:19,787 Speaker 2: this sort of composure that we managed to show in 27 00:01:19,827 --> 00:01:22,747 Speaker 2: the last ten to fifty minutes, you know, the massive 28 00:01:22,787 --> 00:01:26,867 Speaker 2: sets and defense, Yeah, it was super pleasing to get 29 00:01:26,907 --> 00:01:27,907 Speaker 2: on the right side of a tight one. 30 00:01:28,467 --> 00:01:30,307 Speaker 3: How many tecos do you reckon your time made in 31 00:01:30,307 --> 00:01:31,307 Speaker 3: the last ten minutes? 32 00:01:31,307 --> 00:01:36,507 Speaker 2: Well, say, well, somebody said one hundred. Wow last night 33 00:01:36,627 --> 00:01:38,027 Speaker 2: you said to me, we made a hundred tackles in 34 00:01:38,027 --> 00:01:40,907 Speaker 2: the last time minutes. I'm not sure if that's if 35 00:01:40,987 --> 00:01:45,307 Speaker 2: last accurate, but man, we made a lot. And yeah, Cory, 36 00:01:45,427 --> 00:01:48,467 Speaker 2: Jane and in the defensive group, yeah, they've been in 37 00:01:48,507 --> 00:01:50,107 Speaker 2: the last couple of weeks, you know, around some of 38 00:01:50,107 --> 00:01:53,307 Speaker 2: our defense and send. The last week up in Auckland, 39 00:01:53,347 --> 00:01:55,107 Speaker 2: we felt we didn't defend well enough or for long 40 00:01:55,187 --> 00:01:58,947 Speaker 2: enough period. So that was a real focus when we 41 00:01:58,987 --> 00:02:02,347 Speaker 2: took that to the extreme last night. But yeah, really 42 00:02:02,387 --> 00:02:06,707 Speaker 2: pleasing to show that sort of heart and real care 43 00:02:07,067 --> 00:02:08,107 Speaker 2: to try and get the wins. 44 00:02:08,707 --> 00:02:10,787 Speaker 3: There's the commitment, of course, of making those tackles, but 45 00:02:10,827 --> 00:02:14,027 Speaker 3: also the discipline, you know, when you're only two points ahead, 46 00:02:14,427 --> 00:02:17,267 Speaker 3: any indiscretion and you know, I get kickable penalty points, 47 00:02:17,307 --> 00:02:19,227 Speaker 3: so you must be placed with the discipline as well. 48 00:02:20,267 --> 00:02:22,547 Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's exactly you know, I think the whole 49 00:02:22,547 --> 00:02:25,107 Speaker 2: competition you've seen that if teams get ball and keep ball, 50 00:02:26,307 --> 00:02:29,467 Speaker 2: it's difficult to sort of stay on side and then 51 00:02:29,507 --> 00:02:32,547 Speaker 2: not give away a cheap penalty. So yeah, as you say, 52 00:02:32,627 --> 00:02:34,827 Speaker 2: for ten to fifteen minutes, you know, obviously had that 53 00:02:34,907 --> 00:02:38,667 Speaker 2: shot at goal that they didn't manage to take, and 54 00:02:38,667 --> 00:02:40,707 Speaker 2: then after that we were, you know, were as clean 55 00:02:40,707 --> 00:02:43,867 Speaker 2: as we needed to be. And yeah, you go over 56 00:02:43,907 --> 00:02:45,667 Speaker 2: there was, I say, with a tight win. 57 00:02:46,107 --> 00:02:48,587 Speaker 3: One of your assistants, Jamie Macintosh, hit on the radio 58 00:02:48,587 --> 00:02:53,547 Speaker 3: this morning, Duplessy corif he's smart mouthguard measured over one 59 00:02:53,667 --> 00:02:57,147 Speaker 3: hundred points of contact in an eighty minute performance. How 60 00:02:57,147 --> 00:02:59,627 Speaker 3: big was his performance for you last night? 61 00:03:00,627 --> 00:03:06,867 Speaker 2: Yeah? Huge? Yeah, I mean he's he's an awesome hurricane. 62 00:03:07,067 --> 00:03:10,907 Speaker 2: You know, he loves the team. He puts his arm, 63 00:03:11,027 --> 00:03:14,787 Speaker 2: soul into his preparation and his performance every week. And 64 00:03:14,827 --> 00:03:16,907 Speaker 2: I think what you're seeing now is a real maturity 65 00:03:16,987 --> 00:03:20,947 Speaker 2: that's given him that consistency. We had some really good 66 00:03:20,987 --> 00:03:24,747 Speaker 2: charts and off seasons. Yeah, just around How does he 67 00:03:25,667 --> 00:03:28,227 Speaker 2: keep mature and how does he take his game. You know, 68 00:03:29,067 --> 00:03:30,867 Speaker 2: he's not going to make massive shift in his game now, 69 00:03:30,867 --> 00:03:34,387 Speaker 2: but the consistency is what you're saying. And yeah, the 70 00:03:34,427 --> 00:03:36,227 Speaker 2: amount of what he's done both sides. You know, he 71 00:03:36,267 --> 00:03:38,667 Speaker 2: carried the ball, you know he was he was out 72 00:03:38,667 --> 00:03:42,027 Speaker 2: on his feet, wasn't he at the end? So yeah, 73 00:03:42,067 --> 00:03:43,947 Speaker 2: he should be really proud of his performance last night. 74 00:03:43,987 --> 00:03:48,107 Speaker 2: And yeah, we're really enjoying the joining his way, the 75 00:03:48,147 --> 00:03:50,787 Speaker 2: way he's leading the team. And I think that responsibility 76 00:03:50,827 --> 00:03:52,387 Speaker 2: really thrives on Urickon. 77 00:03:52,427 --> 00:03:54,187 Speaker 3: Scott Robertson is looking. 78 00:03:53,987 --> 00:03:58,227 Speaker 2: At him, Oh, I guess so. I'm sure they're looking 79 00:03:58,227 --> 00:04:01,787 Speaker 2: at all players. Yeah, I think I'm making a conscious 80 00:04:01,787 --> 00:04:04,787 Speaker 2: effort not to get too distracted around all Blacks. And 81 00:04:05,787 --> 00:04:07,427 Speaker 2: I said to some the last night asked me the 82 00:04:07,547 --> 00:04:09,947 Speaker 2: sort of similar question. He played like a Hurricanes captain, 83 00:04:10,307 --> 00:04:13,067 Speaker 2: you know, and that's that's what we need and we 84 00:04:13,107 --> 00:04:16,107 Speaker 2: want from him, you know, So we'll, you know, we'll 85 00:04:16,107 --> 00:04:17,347 Speaker 2: try and get the best out of him and if 86 00:04:17,347 --> 00:04:20,267 Speaker 2: it's good enough at the back end of the year 87 00:04:20,267 --> 00:04:23,267 Speaker 2: to make all Blacks, then then cool. But yeah, something 88 00:04:23,307 --> 00:04:25,627 Speaker 2: I noticed last year, it's a really difficult team to make. 89 00:04:26,707 --> 00:04:28,307 Speaker 2: We were a number of players that played really well 90 00:04:28,387 --> 00:04:31,227 Speaker 2: last year and didn't quite make it. So see that 91 00:04:31,307 --> 00:04:32,107 Speaker 2: was all the people to. 92 00:04:33,547 --> 00:04:35,547 Speaker 3: The sort of out layer in the year you welcome 93 00:04:35,587 --> 00:04:38,307 Speaker 3: back a sph more in tyrol Lomix. Last night they 94 00:04:38,387 --> 00:04:39,307 Speaker 3: kind of throw Okay. 95 00:04:40,307 --> 00:04:42,347 Speaker 2: Yeah they did. I think it's a little bit stuffing. 96 00:04:42,387 --> 00:04:46,227 Speaker 2: So we're starting a little bit underdone, you know, starting 97 00:04:46,227 --> 00:04:49,467 Speaker 2: the season late and sort of walking into that type 98 00:04:49,467 --> 00:04:51,867 Speaker 2: of game. But now they were both they were both 99 00:04:51,907 --> 00:04:54,507 Speaker 2: fine this morning, and yeah, it's nice to see a 100 00:04:54,507 --> 00:04:57,067 Speaker 2: scrump penalty, isn't it. You know, we got some kind 101 00:04:57,067 --> 00:04:59,627 Speaker 2: of hear that sort of tight period of the game. 102 00:04:59,707 --> 00:05:02,907 Speaker 2: And yeah, to say, I thought the team last night 103 00:05:02,987 --> 00:05:04,707 Speaker 2: looked looked a bit more like the team we thought 104 00:05:04,707 --> 00:05:07,107 Speaker 2: we would have at the start of the year. And 105 00:05:07,147 --> 00:05:09,547 Speaker 2: it's obviously been a cookie start to the season with 106 00:05:09,947 --> 00:05:13,507 Speaker 2: you know, Injy's and players away and you know, when 107 00:05:13,507 --> 00:05:15,827 Speaker 2: I had one game in wanting, you know, so to 108 00:05:15,827 --> 00:05:19,147 Speaker 2: play five games. Yeah, we're maybe a couple of show 109 00:05:19,187 --> 00:05:22,027 Speaker 2: them what we wanted. But yeah, it's quite nice going 110 00:05:22,027 --> 00:05:24,507 Speaker 2: in the bye week to sort of reset. It's been 111 00:05:24,507 --> 00:05:27,627 Speaker 2: a big haul since was it the fifth or sixth 112 00:05:27,627 --> 00:05:30,507 Speaker 2: of January till now so so Yeah, everybody's ready for 113 00:05:30,547 --> 00:05:33,307 Speaker 2: a few days off, and yeah we'll look ahead to 114 00:05:33,667 --> 00:05:35,067 Speaker 2: the water tas at the back end of the week. 115 00:05:35,627 --> 00:05:37,867 Speaker 3: Why do you think Bilin Sullivan passed the ball to 116 00:05:37,907 --> 00:05:39,907 Speaker 3: came Roy Guad when he was basically out of the 117 00:05:39,947 --> 00:05:42,907 Speaker 3: lawn himself for that second try. 118 00:05:43,667 --> 00:05:45,387 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, it's actually a funny thing about that, because 119 00:05:45,387 --> 00:05:49,307 Speaker 2: that's actually something I quite enjoy when I was coaching Simmons. 120 00:05:49,387 --> 00:05:51,347 Speaker 2: We we've done a big start on the difference between 121 00:05:51,427 --> 00:05:55,907 Speaker 2: kicking inside the fifteens and outside the fifteens. So maybe 122 00:05:55,907 --> 00:05:59,067 Speaker 2: I have to blame for thinking about stuff like that, 123 00:05:59,147 --> 00:06:03,387 Speaker 2: you know. So and like Alimentley, we got inside the 124 00:06:03,427 --> 00:06:05,547 Speaker 2: fifteen and we kicked the conversion, won by two points, 125 00:06:05,587 --> 00:06:08,787 Speaker 2: you know, so sometimes people think it's a little bit 126 00:06:08,787 --> 00:06:13,827 Speaker 2: of showboating, but actually getting inside and scoring inside the 127 00:06:13,827 --> 00:06:16,987 Speaker 2: fifteen and kicking the conversion. You know, last week we 128 00:06:17,307 --> 00:06:19,067 Speaker 2: missed a conversion that would have given us a chance 129 00:06:19,107 --> 00:06:24,027 Speaker 2: to win the game against Molana outside the fifteen. So yeah, 130 00:06:24,067 --> 00:06:26,107 Speaker 2: maybe maybe I have to play for that fair enough. 131 00:06:26,147 --> 00:06:27,667 Speaker 3: Well, good tonight, there's a method on it, and that 132 00:06:27,707 --> 00:06:30,387 Speaker 3: savings does translide across the Fifteen's good tonight. Just before 133 00:06:30,387 --> 00:06:32,027 Speaker 3: you go, I think I can hear your flat being cold. 134 00:06:32,427 --> 00:06:34,587 Speaker 3: How big a win is this for you? 135 00:06:36,427 --> 00:06:38,507 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's big in the context of what's happened the 136 00:06:38,587 --> 00:06:42,347 Speaker 2: last few weeks. You know, I thought we played really 137 00:06:42,347 --> 00:06:45,067 Speaker 2: well against Considers for most part, and you know, we 138 00:06:45,067 --> 00:06:48,547 Speaker 2: we maybe could have could have won that game. We 139 00:06:48,547 --> 00:06:51,227 Speaker 2: obviously beat the Druer. I thought we should have beat 140 00:06:51,267 --> 00:06:52,787 Speaker 2: the Blues. You know at twenty nine to twenty one. 141 00:06:54,187 --> 00:06:57,627 Speaker 2: We're opportunities there to close that game out, and then 142 00:06:57,627 --> 00:07:01,267 Speaker 2: we played poorly against Molana, you know, so they saved 143 00:07:01,307 --> 00:07:03,627 Speaker 2: me a tricky start, so to get a win. You 144 00:07:03,667 --> 00:07:05,667 Speaker 2: can see the competition is going to be super tight, 145 00:07:06,347 --> 00:07:09,267 Speaker 2: and winning your home games and picking up a couple 146 00:07:09,307 --> 00:07:12,187 Speaker 2: away from home, it's probably going to take you pretty 147 00:07:12,227 --> 00:07:14,867 Speaker 2: close to those playoffs. So we're well aware of what 148 00:07:14,907 --> 00:07:18,267 Speaker 2: the competition is going to look like. But you start 149 00:07:18,307 --> 00:07:20,427 Speaker 2: digging yourself a pretty deep hole, if you know, if 150 00:07:20,467 --> 00:07:22,227 Speaker 2: you lose again last night, and then we've got a 151 00:07:22,227 --> 00:07:24,107 Speaker 2: big book of games after the bye with some really 152 00:07:24,107 --> 00:07:27,227 Speaker 2: tough games. So so yeah, it was it was. It 153 00:07:27,307 --> 00:07:29,067 Speaker 2: was a big win. It was important to get back 154 00:07:29,107 --> 00:07:32,627 Speaker 2: on track, and as I say, the Buys, you know, 155 00:07:32,787 --> 00:07:35,947 Speaker 2: come out quite a nice time where we can reset 156 00:07:35,987 --> 00:07:38,947 Speaker 2: and then get ready for a big six block six 157 00:07:39,027 --> 00:07:40,267 Speaker 2: game book in the middle of the season. 158 00:07:40,547 --> 00:07:42,907 Speaker 3: Congrats on the victory, Clark enjoyed the Biwick. Thanks for 159 00:07:42,947 --> 00:07:45,187 Speaker 3: the check mate to thank you, no, thank you Clark 160 00:07:45,187 --> 00:07:48,267 Speaker 3: Clark like lovel from duned Newport Hurricanes flying home with 161 00:07:48,347 --> 00:07:51,227 Speaker 3: the win from last night's game against the Highlanders. 162 00:07:51,747 --> 00:07:54,947 Speaker 1: For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live 163 00:07:55,027 --> 00:07:58,307 Speaker 1: to news talks it'd be weekends from midday, or follow 164 00:07:58,347 --> 00:07:59,987 Speaker 1: the podcast on I HAD Radio.