1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,400 Speaker 1: Jason Pine sports talk hoosters with me right now, high 2 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: piney hallo. How good could Sam Ruth be? 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 2: Amazing? I love listening to his granddad. How cool it was, couse. 4 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 1: And this kid's not going to get a big ada. 5 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 2: I don't think so. No, he seems to be from 6 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 2: very good stock, his granddad, his dad been. The times 7 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,600 Speaker 2: I've chatted to him and heard others speak with him, 8 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 2: he seems very level headed. I saw and you would 9 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 2: have seen Sam Ruth turned up to be a guide 10 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 2: for a vision and paired runner a couple of weeks 11 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 2: ago at an athletics meet. He didn't want to advertise 12 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 2: he has turned up and helped out. Look he of 13 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 2: course will be in the glare of the spotlight. You 14 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 2: know a year ago, if you'd said Sam Ruth, no 15 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 2: one knows what you're talking about. Now, he's hot property. 16 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,559 Speaker 2: So if he can keep his head and keep improving 17 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 2: what he's doing at sixteen, Heather, I mean middle distance 18 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 2: runners are supposed to reach their peak in their mid 19 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 2: to late twenties, is that right? It's astonishing what he's doing. 20 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 2: So I guess the other you know, red flag potentially 21 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 2: be burnout? Might it all be? Happening a bit quickly 22 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 2: for him. But man, what he's doing at the moment 23 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 2: is turning heads everywhere. And look, he's he's got to 24 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 2: go to the con Games this year. It just seems 25 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 2: so obvious to me, that is, if he wants to, 26 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 2: if that's part of the plan. We'll hopefully get some 27 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 2: more more sort of clarity on that in the next 28 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 2: couple of days or so. 29 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: Did I read somewhere though that the whoever our committee 30 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 1: is that that is in charge of the con Games 31 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:25,960 Speaker 1: is the Olympic Committee, isn't it? 32 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 2: Yes? 33 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, in did I read somewhere that they may have 34 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: to re look at what they are doing because of him, 35 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:33,400 Speaker 1: like they had not factored a minute at all. 36 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,559 Speaker 2: Well, I think what I think Athletics New Zealand also 37 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 2: have fact to do that, because I mean, the sports 38 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 2: themselves say here's the people we're recommending. I think the 39 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 2: NZOC for the most part just rubber stamp then and say, yep, 40 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 2: we trust you. I think Athletics didn't didn't foresee what 41 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 2: Sam Ruth has done, say a year ago when they 42 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 2: started planning. He's on the long list as I understand it. 43 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 2: There's eighteen spots up for grabs. Hither you can't tell 44 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 2: me there are eighteen more where the athletes ahead of him. 45 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: He's on the short list. Now, Okay, So Auckland FC. 46 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: I had a look at their stats and they might 47 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: be in a bit of a rush, mightn't they. 48 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,679 Speaker 2: Okay, here's January lost draw, win, lost, draw loss. It's 49 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,920 Speaker 2: one win in six by my maths, Heather, Look, I 50 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 2: don't want to luxuryate in Auckland FC's a little slump. No, 51 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 2: I'm not at all. I'm not at all like. Look, 52 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 2: I've got no firm footing being from the capital. But look, 53 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 2: it's it's adversity. They haven't had the face in their life. 54 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 2: They had an amazing first season and for the first 55 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 2: part of this season they were carrying on the same way. Look, 56 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 2: it's not catastrophic. You'd rather have a slump in January 57 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,239 Speaker 2: than in April May when the silver wear is handed out. 58 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 2: But yeah, but are thinking to do for the for 59 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 2: the powers that beat Auckland hash. 60 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 1: I mean having said that, though, when you actually look 61 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: at the table, they are still third. 62 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 2: Oh totally. Look it's such a tight table and we 63 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 2: shouldn't get carried away. Look, I think we're those of 64 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 2: us outside of Auckland if we are that were inclined 65 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 2: to clutching its straws a bit here to try and 66 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 2: find something going wrong. Look, you're right either they might 67 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,359 Speaker 2: well beat Sidney FC on the weekend and go back top. 68 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 2: Who knows. Look, yeah, it's it's just a really interesting 69 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 2: little challenge for the for the management team and for 70 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 2: the player. So as I say, have had very little 71 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 2: in the way of adversity in the in the short 72 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 2: life of the club. 73 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: Piney always good to talk to you. Have a chat 74 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: to you again next week, mate, Jason pine our sports 75 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 1: talk host. 76 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 2: For more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 77 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 2: news talks. 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