1 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:10,547 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport Podcast with Jason Vine 2 00:00:10,707 --> 00:00:11,747 Speaker 1: from News Talk zed B. 3 00:00:12,707 --> 00:00:14,427 Speaker 2: Has been as we always do it around about this 4 00:00:14,507 --> 00:00:17,987 Speaker 2: time on Saturday afternoons our Australian correspondent Adam Peacock to 5 00:00:18,107 --> 00:00:22,027 Speaker 2: update us on sporting matters from across the ditch the 6 00:00:22,107 --> 00:00:26,027 Speaker 2: Rugby Championship. Adam begins tomorrow morning. Your Wallabies up against 7 00:00:26,027 --> 00:00:27,947 Speaker 2: the spring Box and what will no doubt be a 8 00:00:28,067 --> 00:00:32,587 Speaker 2: cauldron at Allis Park and Johannesburg. How optimistic or not 9 00:00:32,987 --> 00:00:33,867 Speaker 2: do you feel about this? 10 00:00:35,227 --> 00:00:39,547 Speaker 3: Yeah? Not really given the given the venue in South 11 00:00:39,587 --> 00:00:42,507 Speaker 3: Africa are pretty you know, ready for it. We're just 12 00:00:42,587 --> 00:00:45,907 Speaker 3: had three brutal tests against the lines as well. Who knows, 13 00:00:46,067 --> 00:00:49,067 Speaker 3: like that old quote Iron sharpen Zion, that that could 14 00:00:49,067 --> 00:00:51,827 Speaker 3: be the determining factor in the Wallabies could really hit 15 00:00:51,867 --> 00:00:54,587 Speaker 3: there rhythm straight away or they could be found out 16 00:00:54,707 --> 00:00:57,587 Speaker 3: in Yeah, let's face it's a pretty challenging place to go, 17 00:00:57,987 --> 00:01:00,107 Speaker 3: giving the opponent, given the crowd and given the altitude 18 00:01:00,147 --> 00:01:04,907 Speaker 3: as well. So yeah, there's yeah, like we hope and 19 00:01:04,947 --> 00:01:07,147 Speaker 3: it's more about that with the Wallaby still under Joe 20 00:01:07,187 --> 00:01:10,267 Speaker 3: Schmith and like we're seeing signs and obviously that last 21 00:01:10,307 --> 00:01:13,187 Speaker 3: test and Sydney was brilliant. But this is a different 22 00:01:13,187 --> 00:01:17,427 Speaker 3: proposition altogether with this mob. And yeah, they're big pack, 23 00:01:17,427 --> 00:01:19,307 Speaker 3: and they're big pack on the bench and they're big 24 00:01:19,867 --> 00:01:23,227 Speaker 3: they dig sillers in the crowd willing them on. So yeah, intimidating, 25 00:01:23,307 --> 00:01:25,267 Speaker 3: but hope that they can they can serve up a 26 00:01:25,267 --> 00:01:26,827 Speaker 3: pretty pretty good performance. 27 00:01:26,947 --> 00:01:28,827 Speaker 2: Now, I thought Nick White had retired, but here he 28 00:01:28,947 --> 00:01:33,027 Speaker 2: is number nine on his back and James O'Connor outside 29 00:01:33,027 --> 00:01:34,267 Speaker 2: of it. Tin it's bit of a throwback. 30 00:01:35,307 --> 00:01:37,667 Speaker 3: Yeah, so James O'Connor out of necessity, it was like, 31 00:01:37,707 --> 00:01:39,547 Speaker 3: and he was in the line squad, so he was 32 00:01:39,867 --> 00:01:42,187 Speaker 3: he was a round about But yeah, you're right, Nick White. 33 00:01:42,227 --> 00:01:45,027 Speaker 3: I mean, we had a famous singer over here in 34 00:01:45,107 --> 00:01:47,787 Speaker 3: John Farnam. He kept on doing farewell to us. He 35 00:01:47,827 --> 00:01:49,827 Speaker 3: had about eight and I don't know, I don't think 36 00:01:50,067 --> 00:01:52,627 Speaker 3: Dave Nobyn did something similar over there or someone else. 37 00:01:52,707 --> 00:01:56,307 Speaker 3: But Nick White just decided two weeks after retiring from 38 00:01:56,307 --> 00:01:57,427 Speaker 3: the Wall of Is to play for the Wall of 39 00:01:57,467 --> 00:02:00,707 Speaker 3: His Again obviously not his choice, but yeah, I look, 40 00:02:00,827 --> 00:02:03,907 Speaker 3: experience will count in an environment like that, so cool head. 41 00:02:04,107 --> 00:02:06,187 Speaker 3: It's probably not the place to be plotting someone the 42 00:02:06,347 --> 00:02:09,507 Speaker 3: age of twenty two, so we'll see if it works. 43 00:02:09,707 --> 00:02:12,387 Speaker 2: Yeah, good point. That's early as to tomorrow morning, and 44 00:02:12,507 --> 00:02:14,907 Speaker 2: Joe Berg let's go to the NRL Round twenty four, 45 00:02:15,027 --> 00:02:17,627 Speaker 2: already delivering the storm, beating the Panthers and Golden Point 46 00:02:17,667 --> 00:02:21,027 Speaker 2: to snap Penroth's nine game winning streak. The Rooster's running 47 00:02:21,027 --> 00:02:22,747 Speaker 2: over the top of the Bulldogs to move into the eight. 48 00:02:22,827 --> 00:02:26,307 Speaker 2: The Warriors squeaking back into the top four. Look, what 49 00:02:26,587 --> 00:02:27,987 Speaker 2: is the top four going to be? Do we even 50 00:02:27,987 --> 00:02:29,027 Speaker 2: know what the top eight's going to be? 51 00:02:29,787 --> 00:02:32,387 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's the trick at the moment, there's a few 52 00:02:32,427 --> 00:02:35,147 Speaker 3: moving parts. The Roosters have come good against expectations, so 53 00:02:35,267 --> 00:02:37,267 Speaker 3: that's a bit of a wild card that's going to 54 00:02:37,347 --> 00:02:39,387 Speaker 3: upset what we thought was going to happen. Mainly but 55 00:02:39,867 --> 00:02:42,867 Speaker 3: the Warriors, I mean everyone presumed that they were going 56 00:02:42,907 --> 00:02:44,987 Speaker 3: to drop off, and they puffed it out last night 57 00:02:45,067 --> 00:02:47,707 Speaker 3: in Auckland, obviously helped by the fact that Dragons had 58 00:02:47,827 --> 00:02:52,427 Speaker 3: three players k including two taking each other out. But yeah, 59 00:02:52,747 --> 00:02:54,267 Speaker 3: I just looked at the Warrior's drawer and it's a 60 00:02:54,307 --> 00:02:57,147 Speaker 3: good one. So I think Andrew Webster last night wasn't 61 00:02:57,267 --> 00:03:00,147 Speaker 3: overly thrilled with the performance that was pretty happy to 62 00:03:00,667 --> 00:03:02,787 Speaker 3: squeak out one, but I think there's a bit of 63 00:03:02,867 --> 00:03:05,227 Speaker 3: improvement to come with the cattle that they've got left. 64 00:03:05,267 --> 00:03:08,387 Speaker 3: The Warriors, yeah, I can see them actually with the 65 00:03:08,467 --> 00:03:12,227 Speaker 3: draw that got and the fact that Penrith have to Yeah, 66 00:03:12,467 --> 00:03:14,107 Speaker 3: they've got two really tough games I think in the 67 00:03:14,147 --> 00:03:15,627 Speaker 3: next couple of weeks. So I think they've got the 68 00:03:15,747 --> 00:03:19,547 Speaker 3: Raiders and the Dogs. So yeah, that last fourth position 69 00:03:19,707 --> 00:03:21,587 Speaker 3: is going to be tight. I don't think the Broncos 70 00:03:21,667 --> 00:03:24,747 Speaker 3: have enough, especially now the top four talking about with 71 00:03:24,787 --> 00:03:28,427 Speaker 3: their helve OUTSI yeah, Penrith and Warriors for that top 72 00:03:28,427 --> 00:03:30,547 Speaker 3: four and then the top eight. I think the Roosters 73 00:03:30,627 --> 00:03:32,947 Speaker 3: go in now after last night that was fantastic against 74 00:03:32,947 --> 00:03:35,227 Speaker 3: the Dogs. So yeah, a lot happening in the next 75 00:03:35,267 --> 00:03:37,147 Speaker 3: couple of weeks in the lead up to the final and. 76 00:03:37,227 --> 00:03:39,987 Speaker 2: To finish today. Some interesting comments from Cricket Australia chief 77 00:03:40,027 --> 00:03:43,307 Speaker 2: Todd Greenberg this week, warning the existing calendar off test 78 00:03:43,387 --> 00:03:46,907 Speaker 2: cricket could lead cricket boards to bankruptcy. He's calling for 79 00:03:46,987 --> 00:03:49,627 Speaker 2: fewer test matches. What do you make of those comments? 80 00:03:50,467 --> 00:03:55,427 Speaker 3: Yes, it's probably a rational thought and it's taking the 81 00:03:55,507 --> 00:03:57,707 Speaker 3: emotion out of it is hard because it is cricket 82 00:03:57,747 --> 00:04:00,147 Speaker 3: and seen around for a very long time. But just 83 00:04:00,227 --> 00:04:02,267 Speaker 3: be honest, like, look at this calendar. This calendar is 84 00:04:02,267 --> 00:04:03,787 Speaker 3: going to look different in the next five years with 85 00:04:03,907 --> 00:04:06,867 Speaker 3: cricket because if you bring in a champion for two 86 00:04:06,947 --> 00:04:11,227 Speaker 3: twenty and the IPL start picking off franchises around the world, 87 00:04:11,827 --> 00:04:14,507 Speaker 3: or ipal owners start picking off franchises right around the world, 88 00:04:14,507 --> 00:04:15,987 Speaker 3: what they have with one hundred over in the UK, 89 00:04:16,067 --> 00:04:17,467 Speaker 3: it's going to happen to here as a big basher, 90 00:04:17,787 --> 00:04:21,067 Speaker 3: say the Indian investments coming as well. This is going 91 00:04:21,147 --> 00:04:23,507 Speaker 3: to be a franchise model where you might have five 92 00:04:23,907 --> 00:04:27,347 Speaker 3: toulaments through the years that those franchises play. So then 93 00:04:27,387 --> 00:04:31,187 Speaker 3: it's the calendar squeeze. And like talking to New Zealand 94 00:04:31,267 --> 00:04:33,947 Speaker 3: favorite Australian Brad haddn't about the fact that the West 95 00:04:34,027 --> 00:04:36,587 Speaker 3: Indies when he was over there, they just had no 96 00:04:36,707 --> 00:04:41,227 Speaker 3: appetise to test cricket. They're players because they they earned 97 00:04:41,227 --> 00:04:43,627 Speaker 3: two hundred grand. If they've got a contract playing test 98 00:04:43,707 --> 00:04:46,587 Speaker 3: cricket for the West Indies, someone like Nicholas Puran is 99 00:04:46,627 --> 00:04:49,267 Speaker 3: on about five million years. I mean, you don't have 100 00:04:49,347 --> 00:04:52,627 Speaker 3: to be a master of economics to realize that what 101 00:04:53,627 --> 00:04:55,347 Speaker 3: choice the player is going to make. So it's just 102 00:04:55,427 --> 00:04:57,467 Speaker 3: going to be exceedingly difficult for these nations to keep 103 00:04:57,507 --> 00:04:59,307 Speaker 3: playing Test cricket with their best players, and you don't 104 00:04:59,347 --> 00:05:01,987 Speaker 3: want them to play Test cricket without their best players. 105 00:05:02,027 --> 00:05:03,947 Speaker 3: So that's I think the balance that they're trying to strike, 106 00:05:04,427 --> 00:05:06,907 Speaker 3: and I'm kind of tight. Unfortunately, there's going to be 107 00:05:07,027 --> 00:05:10,347 Speaker 3: less Test cricket in the future played, which might crystallize 108 00:05:10,387 --> 00:05:12,867 Speaker 3: it a bit and make them more special those Test 109 00:05:12,907 --> 00:05:15,627 Speaker 3: cricket events. But yeah, there changing lands agape for sure. 110 00:05:15,707 --> 00:05:17,187 Speaker 2: Yeah I think he said scarce to be better than 111 00:05:17,227 --> 00:05:19,547 Speaker 2: quantity or something along those lines. But yeah, we see, 112 00:05:19,827 --> 00:05:21,867 Speaker 2: We wait to see how it plays out. Always good 113 00:05:21,907 --> 00:05:24,667 Speaker 2: catching up, Adam, Thanks for your wrap of Australian sport. 114 00:05:24,707 --> 00:05:25,747 Speaker 2: Will do it again next Saturday. 115 00:05:25,867 --> 00:05:26,827 Speaker 3: Cheers, Fine, have a good one. 116 00:05:26,867 --> 00:05:28,667 Speaker 2: You have a good one too, mate, Adam Peacock Out 117 00:05:28,667 --> 00:05:32,307 Speaker 2: of Australia this time or thereabouts every Saturday afternoon. 118 00:05:32,987 --> 00:05:36,187 Speaker 1: For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, listen live 119 00:05:36,307 --> 00:05:39,587 Speaker 1: to News Talk zed B weekends from midday, or follow 120 00:05:39,627 --> 00:05:41,187 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.