1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,199 Speaker 1: Darcy water Grave sports talk host with me. Now, Darcy, 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: I love the fact the winner of the Paul Holmes 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: Memorial Award is actually broadcasting from the Paul Holmes Memorial Studio. 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:12,479 Speaker 1: Is this the Pool Holmes Memorials? I named it that, 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: so for me it is your Honestly, sometimes you are 6 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: a strange man. Thank you. Now, how did more One 7 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: in Pacifica get enough money to poach back a player 8 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 1: from Japan? That I don't know. I'm not on the inside, 9 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: but considering they've lost fifteen players last week, I think 10 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 1: they might have a weave bit of money at the 11 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: bottom of the kiddy because have they lost Artie as well? 12 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:33,879 Speaker 1: Is already going at the end of this year or not? 13 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: I not sure. I'd expect so, but Artie would Artie 14 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 1: would be a pretty penion. Yeah you were, But Artie 15 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: was playing with no. No, they will He's gone back, 16 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:49,840 Speaker 1: isn't he? So they'll cross mid flight? But he would 17 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: have persuaded him. I'm sure it's coming over there. But 18 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: when you lose fifteen and then you get a guy 19 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 1: like Nani that that's great, But how long the club 20 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: will survive? Because we know that, you know, it's managing 21 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: some financial issues. It hasn't made a lot of money. 22 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: Maybe that's changed in the last couple of months with 23 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: the crowds they've turned up, and I hope they do, mate, 24 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:11,960 Speaker 1: I wouldn't. I wouldn't hold out much hope, I mean nothing. 25 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: It's just it's it doesn't make a lot of money 26 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 1: at all, Super Rugby does it. Well, they've got some 27 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 1: sponsors on board, then we working super hard to drag more. 28 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: So we don't know this is all room. You're in 29 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,400 Speaker 1: an inn, you windo. Nothing to be backed up on that, 30 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: but we do know that none of them up be 31 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: is coming back, and that guy is something else. He's 32 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: so much fun to watch, even at the ripe odd 33 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 1: age of thirty two. It could be a draw card 34 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: and maybe a drawer card for other players too, Yeah, 35 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: could be yeah, well you know, maybe league players. It 36 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: reminds me he's not very near of that class, but 37 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: a ton of who may sorry mixing them both up 38 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: are both fantastic centers, but like Mara is still playing. 39 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: It's one hundred and fifty. Yeah, so this guy is 40 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: only thirty two, so he's got a twenty Okay, so 41 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: why would if you were cricket. Why do you get 42 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: a formal all Blacken as the head of high performance? 43 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: How does that work? He joins on the show tonight. Yeah, 44 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 1: so you never listen. I talked to him about that, 45 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 1: because I will. The key for me is the fact 46 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: that he is not a cricketer, which I quite like, 47 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: which means he is detached from the whole cricket framework. 48 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 1: So he doesn't come in with any preconceived ideas. He's 49 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: got no connections to anybody. He's basically a free man. 50 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: It was coming in Brian's stronach roll. Well, he's high 51 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: performance director and he's been walking as high performance director 52 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: of high Performance Sport in z So if anyone understands 53 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: high performance, it's him and that's what it comes down. 54 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: Does that just mean director of fitness? No, no, No. He's 55 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: looking across the black Caps, the under twenties, the White fans, 56 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 1: everybody and trying to work out a way to hone 57 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: their performance so they can get the best out of 58 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: what they've got. So with this case, he needs to 59 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:54,799 Speaker 1: keep the black Caps up at the top two, three 60 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: four in the world, which is where they are at. 61 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 1: What are the leavers that he pulls? I mean with 62 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: a coach. Obviously the coach would go up to the 63 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: bowler and say your techniques have been off, you want 64 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: to rub your feet. They wouldn't say that. The coach 65 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: is sit in the background, let one of his systems. 66 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: Do you know what I mean? It's a matter of 67 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 1: providing the systems behind the scenes that give them the 68 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: best possibility to create. So you're setting a framework, I 69 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: suppose it's the easiest way to put it, and that 70 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:25,799 Speaker 1: Frameank needs to operate to the best interests of the 71 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: coach of the players. They're the two keys and systems guy. Yeah, well, yeah, 72 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: pretty much. And he's been around. I didn't realize he 73 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: had a couple of Master's degrees, Derek. He's a smart, 74 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: smart cookie. He was running a I last spoke to 75 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: him five years ago. I think it was when he 76 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: was the Warataz head coach and super rugby so it 77 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: didn't work particularly well for him, but wonderful rugby player. 78 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: But he came. He's retooled, he's whipped himself out and 79 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: now he wanders into this role and I think most 80 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: of us went well, didn't see that, No, not at all. 81 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: He's a good human being and let's hope it works. 82 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: I just like the fact that he's detached and he 83 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: comes from a background training high performance at Sport New 84 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: Zealand High Performance, So it kind of works well, doesn't 85 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: it totally? I hope, Dars, thank you very much. Looking 86 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: forward to that Darcy autograph sports Stalk host. He'll be 87 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,799 Speaker 1: back at seven for more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive. 88 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: Listen live to news talks. 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