WEBVTT - 25 October 2024: What to expect from All Blacks v Japan 0:00:09.133 --> 0:00:12.013 You're listening to a podcast from News Talks ed B 0:00:12.413 --> 0:00:16.893 follow this and our wide range of podcasts now on iHeartRadio. 0:00:17.413 --> 0:00:20.493 This is Force Fix Howard by News Talk said B. 0:00:22.333 --> 0:00:25.173 Hi there and welcome along to Sports Fix. This is 0:00:25.213 --> 0:00:28.213 the Friday edition for October the twenty fifth, at the 0:00:28.253 --> 0:00:29.733 back end of a weekend, at the start of a 0:00:29.733 --> 0:00:31.373 long weekend on Jason Pine. 0:00:31.213 --> 0:00:35.773 Our long overwhelming sporting weekend, yet another one. I'd suggest 0:00:35.813 --> 0:00:40.493 we probably won't enjoy the same success as last weekend, but. 0:00:40.533 --> 0:00:41.133 You never know. 0:00:41.213 --> 0:00:44.573 I'm Darcy Walter graven Line. Enjoyed all the same, right fighting, Yeah, 0:00:44.613 --> 0:00:46.893 absolutely right, we enjoyed all the same sports. 0:00:46.893 --> 0:00:49.093 What we do and what we talk on the podcast. 0:00:49.693 --> 0:00:51.893 We need to get to Japan. I feel on the 0:00:51.933 --> 0:00:53.053 podcast today does. 0:00:53.093 --> 0:00:55.973 Well Elliott Smith. He gets the fly over the world, 0:00:56.293 --> 0:00:59.213 mounting up huge airpoints to talk about rugby. What a 0:00:59.373 --> 0:01:01.973 life for some people, I tell you. So we're tracking 0:01:02.253 --> 0:01:04.733 down in this Japan accommodation to ever talk about the 0:01:04.773 --> 0:01:08.293 relevance of this Test match, the nature of the test 0:01:08.413 --> 0:01:10.093 That's what we want to get out of this Test 0:01:10.133 --> 0:01:12.653 match because it's a really well it's a strange one, 0:01:12.653 --> 0:01:15.013 and we'll talk about that later on when we're up 0:01:15.053 --> 0:01:16.293 on the leaning right Pony. 0:01:16.293 --> 0:01:18.893 Absolutely right, and the rugby league in christ Jitch on Sunday, 0:01:18.893 --> 0:01:20.733 and some quick picks as well. I've got some thoughts 0:01:20.773 --> 0:01:23.173 on af for the f C too, so let's get 0:01:23.213 --> 0:01:23.613 into it. 0:01:25.413 --> 0:01:31.213 In other news, let's get underway, as always with some 0:01:31.253 --> 0:01:34.493 of them sports stories floating around today. Indian spinner Washington 0:01:34.613 --> 0:01:38.373 Soundar has taken career best figures of seven for fifty 0:01:38.453 --> 0:01:40.973 nine to help dismiss the Black Caps for two hundred 0:01:41.013 --> 0:01:42.773 and fifty nine on the opening day of the second 0:01:42.773 --> 0:01:45.253 cricket Tested poone Yes. 0:01:47.133 --> 0:01:54.093 A put on again best figures ends of ststricket. 0:01:53.613 --> 0:01:55.133 And Test match. 0:01:55.253 --> 0:01:58.253 The Breakers have slumped it to an eighty eight sixty 0:01:58.333 --> 0:02:02.133 two Australian National Basketball League defeat to Southeast Melbourne and 0:02:02.173 --> 0:02:05.573 christ Church has Breakers head coach but t re Copenhan. 0:02:05.773 --> 0:02:07.573 I don't care if you if you miss your shats. 0:02:07.773 --> 0:02:11.133 You know the energy, the effort, especially from the younger guys. 0:02:11.173 --> 0:02:12.693 It has to be in different level. 0:02:12.893 --> 0:02:16.733 And six time Olympic champion cyclist Sir Chris Hoy has 0:02:16.773 --> 0:02:19.733 spoken for the first time since announcing he has terminal 0:02:20.013 --> 0:02:20.933 pross date cancer. 0:02:21.053 --> 0:02:24.373 It's not the news anyone imagines hearing and it obviously 0:02:24.493 --> 0:02:28.053 came as a huge shock. We've taken time to process 0:02:28.093 --> 0:02:30.253 it as a family and I now have a deep 0:02:30.293 --> 0:02:35.093 resolve to turn this incredibly difficult diagnosis into something more positive. 0:02:35.613 --> 0:02:39.453 Leading of Vix, We've got just the ticket. It's sports Vix. 0:02:39.733 --> 0:02:41.013 How my news tours is he? 0:02:42.213 --> 0:02:44.653 Yeah, point Elliott, That's what we call him now. He's 0:02:44.653 --> 0:02:47.853 the commentators. The man's the rugby editaries off in Japan 0:02:48.253 --> 0:02:52.053 currently is he's chasing the All Blacks through the hemispheres. Elliott. 0:02:52.053 --> 0:02:55.773 Welcome to the program. We kick off the second part 0:02:55.973 --> 0:02:59.613 of the season come Saturday evening. You're feeling a bit 0:02:59.653 --> 0:03:01.013 of that energy around there, are you? 0:03:01.053 --> 0:03:05.533 And welcome absolutely. Darcy kanishi Wa from Tokyo. It's been 0:03:05.613 --> 0:03:07.693 a good week here in Tokyo with the All Blacks 0:03:07.853 --> 0:03:11.133 building in to this test. There's a sense of excitement 0:03:11.213 --> 0:03:13.893 there always is in Japan that the fans come out, 0:03:14.133 --> 0:03:17.253 and the Japanese fans absolutely love the All Blacks, so 0:03:17.293 --> 0:03:19.333 they've come out in numbers to support them this week, 0:03:19.533 --> 0:03:21.173 and I think a good way for the All Blacks 0:03:21.213 --> 0:03:24.413 to start this end of year to Japan will provide 0:03:24.453 --> 0:03:27.533 a test tomorrow evening New Zealand time, no doubt about that. 0:03:27.613 --> 0:03:29.973 But you just get the sense that the All Blacks 0:03:30.293 --> 0:03:33.533 like being here, they like being around the Japanese people, 0:03:33.573 --> 0:03:37.453 but are also ready to deliver a performance tomorrow evening kpiyes. 0:03:37.733 --> 0:03:40.533 That's a terrible old term, but it's right. What do 0:03:40.613 --> 0:03:43.293 we expect out of this? We know we're not going 0:03:43.333 --> 0:03:46.213 to lose, well we think that's not the case anyway, 0:03:46.253 --> 0:03:49.053 But what's the point. What do we get? What are 0:03:49.053 --> 0:03:51.133 we trying to achieve out of this game? 0:03:51.933 --> 0:03:55.013 Well, I think first and foremost to win, and let's 0:03:55.013 --> 0:03:58.413 not forget two years ago in Tokyo. Your Blacks are 0:03:58.453 --> 0:04:01.613 pushed very, very hard by Japan. Emerged with a thirty 0:04:01.613 --> 0:04:04.573 eight thirty one victor victory, but it wasn't impressive from 0:04:04.613 --> 0:04:07.613 the All Blacks and they started along the Japan size 0:04:07.653 --> 0:04:10.253 lost a bit of ex varian since the end, some retirement, 0:04:10.333 --> 0:04:13.613 some injury withdrawals. At the moments, they've had a coaching 0:04:13.693 --> 0:04:17.253 change Jeddie Jones now steering the good ship Japan at 0:04:17.293 --> 0:04:19.613 the moment, so there's been some changes around it. It 0:04:19.693 --> 0:04:22.213 very much feels like a team building towards the next 0:04:22.213 --> 0:04:24.973 World Cup from a Japan perspective for the All Blacks though, 0:04:25.333 --> 0:04:27.773 they need to deliver, they need to finish opportunities and 0:04:27.813 --> 0:04:30.973 that's the big thing that they have not really been 0:04:30.973 --> 0:04:33.573 able to do often enough this year. It's gained some 0:04:33.653 --> 0:04:35.853 wins for them, no doubt about that, but you think 0:04:35.893 --> 0:04:39.213 back to South Africa, Missed opportunities cost them there, Sydney, 0:04:39.253 --> 0:04:42.293 missed opportunities constant there and Wellington. They could have even 0:04:42.413 --> 0:04:45.213 blown out the Wallabees more than they did on the night, 0:04:45.253 --> 0:04:48.013 but they missed some opportunities on that night in Wellington. 0:04:48.133 --> 0:04:50.133 So the big thing for the All Blacks is they 0:04:50.133 --> 0:04:52.173 look not only to this week but also the rest 0:04:52.213 --> 0:04:55.093 of the tour is finishing their opportunities. From what I 0:04:55.093 --> 0:04:57.453 can gather, they're very happy with the number of opportunities 0:04:57.733 --> 0:05:00.453 they're getting in games, the number of penetrations inside the 0:05:00.493 --> 0:05:04.013 twenty two that they're making on opposition sides, but they're 0:05:04.053 --> 0:05:06.813 just not finishing them and they need to be more clinical. 0:05:07.173 --> 0:05:10.293 And tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening is a good opportunity to 0:05:10.333 --> 0:05:12.533 try and find a bit more about themselves against the 0:05:12.573 --> 0:05:14.453 Japan side, which is I say, is lacking on a 0:05:14.453 --> 0:05:17.373 bit of experience compared to some of those Japanese teams 0:05:17.413 --> 0:05:18.813 your Blacks have played in the past. 0:05:19.053 --> 0:05:25.333 It's very difficult though, in consistency of selection and combinations 0:05:25.413 --> 0:05:29.293 to create that when you are changing your sides week 0:05:29.373 --> 0:05:32.173 in week out. And this is I won't say a 0:05:32.293 --> 0:05:35.373 second string team, but it is not the run on fifteen. 0:05:35.413 --> 0:05:40.053 It's not the primary twenty three. So what they achieve 0:05:40.293 --> 0:05:42.413 out of this, it's all well and good, but does 0:05:42.453 --> 0:05:45.293 it actually transfer to the thick end of the tour 0:05:45.693 --> 0:05:47.973 without the consistency of the combinations. 0:05:48.893 --> 0:05:50.853 That's a good point, doesn't it. And eleven players have 0:05:50.893 --> 0:05:53.773 jumped on a plane this morning from Tokyo and departed 0:05:53.813 --> 0:05:57.213 early to London to begin preparations for next week, so 0:05:57.853 --> 0:06:00.133 and they'll all be starters. So yeah, that's a fair point. 0:06:00.173 --> 0:06:01.693 You look at that and go, how much can you 0:06:01.733 --> 0:06:05.213 gain in terms of creating and completing opportunities. Well, I 0:06:05.213 --> 0:06:07.133 think that's just a mindset shift from the All Blacks, 0:06:07.173 --> 0:06:09.773 is that if you do complete these opportunities tomorrow night, 0:06:09.773 --> 0:06:12.413 that could flow on further next week. A little bit 0:06:12.493 --> 0:06:15.893 more confidence comes into the camps of those players. There 0:06:15.893 --> 0:06:18.493 will be players that play tomorrow afternoon that turn around 0:06:18.493 --> 0:06:22.533 next week. So chance to state claims as well and 0:06:22.573 --> 0:06:25.693 impressed their selection claim. So if any fee now haven't 0:06:25.693 --> 0:06:28.693 seen much of him in recent times. Steven Peter Feenza 0:06:28.773 --> 0:06:32.173 started the season as the All Blacks first choice fall back, 0:06:32.733 --> 0:06:38.053 then got injured. Patrick coy Bilotto is captaining this team tomorrow. 0:06:38.693 --> 0:06:40.573 You know, he started the season as a first choice 0:06:40.573 --> 0:06:43.773 lock alongside Scott Barrett, but injuries have seen him out 0:06:43.773 --> 0:06:47.333 of the team and two taking his chance. So when 0:06:47.413 --> 0:06:48.973 you balance that out and go there's a number of 0:06:48.973 --> 0:06:52.413 opportunities for these players to stake their claim for more 0:06:52.493 --> 0:06:54.573 test footballer. I think that's where the All Blacks will 0:06:54.573 --> 0:06:57.613 want to get to tomorrow afternoon, a good performance and 0:06:57.653 --> 0:07:00.693 also have players pushing for selection as they build to 0:07:00.773 --> 0:07:02.853 those big three weeks in the middle of this tour. 0:07:03.573 --> 0:07:07.053 So play your way in, play your way out, you'd suggest, 0:07:07.133 --> 0:07:12.293 Even with a superb game from any individual, considering the opposition, 0:07:12.493 --> 0:07:14.933 I should pay more respect to the Japanese than I do. 0:07:15.053 --> 0:07:17.413 As you mentioned thirty eight thirty one was it recently, 0:07:18.253 --> 0:07:21.253 But someone has a barnstormer of a game that necessarily 0:07:21.773 --> 0:07:25.493 actually played them into contention for a start against those 0:07:25.493 --> 0:07:28.733 Big three. We're playing in conversy. If someone has an 0:07:28.773 --> 0:07:31.493 absolute shockra bit more like it's pay more likely you 0:07:31.493 --> 0:07:34.013 can play your way out than play your way in, 0:07:34.173 --> 0:07:35.213 if that makes sense. 0:07:35.973 --> 0:07:38.733 Quite possibly. Yeah, you look at someone though like cam 0:07:38.773 --> 0:07:42.293 Broyguard who has played two games of rugby since March, 0:07:42.693 --> 0:07:46.293 both the counties and the comeback from injury. You know, 0:07:46.333 --> 0:07:48.573 he was anointed as perhaps the All Blacks first choice 0:07:48.613 --> 0:07:50.973 half back with the form that he was in earlier 0:07:51.013 --> 0:07:54.533 on in Super Rugby, but now he has played fewer 0:07:54.573 --> 0:07:57.413 tests than Cordesratama who any debut earlier on this year, 0:07:57.493 --> 0:07:59.773 so he's got a point to prove and stake his claim. 0:08:00.133 --> 0:08:02.773 Wouldn't expect him to start against England, but if he 0:08:02.813 --> 0:08:05.253 has a good match tomorrow then perhaps to start against 0:08:05.333 --> 0:08:08.133 Island is in the offering for Sam, someone like camp 0:08:08.413 --> 0:08:11.093 Royguard Sam PENNI fine, Now another player mentioned there that 0:08:11.213 --> 0:08:13.293 has sort of faded out and not been able to 0:08:13.333 --> 0:08:16.733 take his opportunities. And Wallace a Titi has you stepped him? 0:08:16.733 --> 0:08:20.253 Wallace a ted himself at number eight position that he's 0:08:20.253 --> 0:08:24.013 more familiar with, could stake a claim there and put 0:08:24.053 --> 0:08:28.093 himself in a position. So I guess it will depend 0:08:28.173 --> 0:08:29.573 on the way the game plays out as to how 0:08:29.653 --> 0:08:32.693 much he can read into performances and how things go 0:08:32.813 --> 0:08:36.293 from a team perspective, But I think there are certain 0:08:36.373 --> 0:08:38.933 jerseys and certain roles in this team that are up 0:08:38.973 --> 0:08:41.933 for grabs as they head north. You know, eleven players 0:08:42.013 --> 0:08:44.133 have gone up, but they've still got to fill out 0:08:44.133 --> 0:08:45.773 of twenty three next week, and I think there's a 0:08:45.773 --> 0:08:49.013 few contestable positions. Sevy recent mark to Lea for mine 0:08:49.053 --> 0:08:52.213 will be playing off for one wing position next week, 0:08:52.253 --> 0:08:55.773 assuming Will Jordan starts at fallback against England. Billy Proctor. 0:08:55.773 --> 0:08:58.213 We liked what he saw from him against Fiji and 0:08:58.293 --> 0:09:01.173 San Diego. He's had to hold the tackle bags for 0:09:01.213 --> 0:09:03.013 the last few months since. If he can build on 0:09:03.013 --> 0:09:06.173 that performance in San Diego, he gives some more questions 0:09:06.213 --> 0:09:08.733 to the Goblinic so to Bill black select. So I 0:09:08.733 --> 0:09:12.093 think there are opportunities, maybe not even outside the first 0:09:12.173 --> 0:09:14.253 choice team, but just to get some more game time 0:09:14.293 --> 0:09:16.933 for these players and build that twenty three because I 0:09:16.973 --> 0:09:18.813 don't think the all backs have quite centered on their 0:09:18.853 --> 0:09:21.613 first choice twenty three is yet with these big matches 0:09:21.613 --> 0:09:23.133 to come, Elliot. 0:09:22.813 --> 0:09:25.053 It's worth fair Man on the spot over in Japan. 0:09:25.293 --> 0:09:29.093 He has the call, News Talks, EBB and gold Sport 0:09:29.293 --> 0:09:33.613 get amongst have a listen, Elliet. Enjoy your time as 0:09:33.653 --> 0:09:36.293 the start of a long, long trip for you mate. 0:09:36.413 --> 0:09:38.453 Make sure you're well fed and well watered. 0:09:39.253 --> 0:09:42.373 Yeah, I've managed to do that pretty well in Tokyo, Darcy. 0:09:42.413 --> 0:09:45.573 The foods and the water has been exceptional, so we'll 0:09:45.573 --> 0:09:47.253 look forward to more of that as the too goes on. 0:09:48.133 --> 0:09:53.973 This is Sportsfix, your daily does of sports news, news talksb. 0:09:55.293 --> 0:09:57.733 Talk to FC up and running in Football's A League 0:09:57.773 --> 0:10:00.213 and on the evidence of Game one last weekend, they're 0:10:00.213 --> 0:10:02.853 set to make a bit of a splash. Japanese international 0:10:02.973 --> 0:10:06.773 Hiroki Sakai came with a big reputation and he well 0:10:06.813 --> 0:10:09.693 and truly delivered in Game one. The architect of the 0:10:09.773 --> 0:10:11.813 side's first ever A League goal and the way he 0:10:11.933 --> 0:10:15.733 celebrated afterwards showed signs of a player who was fully 0:10:15.853 --> 0:10:17.893 invested in this club. And the lead up to the 0:10:17.893 --> 0:10:19.853 goal he was fouled. He could have stayed down, but 0:10:19.973 --> 0:10:23.173 bounced up, rejoined the attack and drilled in a cross 0:10:23.173 --> 0:10:25.773 which a Boosbane defender could only divert into his own net. 0:10:25.893 --> 0:10:29.293 It was just one moment of Sarco's overall influence on 0:10:29.333 --> 0:10:33.093 the game, which was significant at the start of this 0:10:33.213 --> 0:10:36.733 club's life. The stated recruitment aim was to prioritize local 0:10:36.813 --> 0:10:39.333 talent in the hometown boy certainly delivered as well, Logan 0:10:39.453 --> 0:10:42.933 Rogerson scoring the side's second goal, Francis Devrees a constant 0:10:42.973 --> 0:10:45.813 thread up and down the left, Liam Gillion repaying the 0:10:45.853 --> 0:10:49.373 faith shine in him with a start and an energetic display, 0:10:49.373 --> 0:10:51.853 and Jesse Rand were coming off the bench providing good impact. 0:10:52.293 --> 0:10:55.973 Sitting at the base of Auckland FC's midfield, Louis Vastrata, 0:10:56.173 --> 0:11:00.253 the side's best player the Belgian age group international, shielded 0:11:00.293 --> 0:11:02.773 the back four to impressive effect. He broke up would 0:11:02.773 --> 0:11:05.933 be attacks and transition the side into attack with a 0:11:05.973 --> 0:11:09.133 great passing range and a bit of a no nonsense approach. 0:11:09.173 --> 0:11:13.373 He will be integral for Strata to Auckland's success this season. 0:11:13.693 --> 0:11:15.733 All great teams, though, are built on a solid defense, 0:11:15.773 --> 0:11:17.573 and on the evidence of Game one, the Black Knights 0:11:17.613 --> 0:11:20.373 will certainly have that. Dan Hall and Ander Pinnaker have 0:11:20.453 --> 0:11:22.773 already formed a solid center back pairing and with for 0:11:22.893 --> 0:11:25.973 Strata sitting in front, the central channel really hard to 0:11:26.013 --> 0:11:30.013 penetrate out wide. SARChI and Devrees we sound meaning reigning 0:11:30.093 --> 0:11:32.853 a League goalkeeper of the Year Alex Paulson had very 0:11:32.853 --> 0:11:35.533 little to do a clean sheet to start, so chick 0:11:35.573 --> 0:11:38.893 that box and as the saying goes, build it and 0:11:39.013 --> 0:11:42.893 they will come, and they did. The sellout crowd provided 0:11:43.053 --> 0:11:46.813 the perfect backdrop to Walkland FC's inaugural a legue match, 0:11:47.013 --> 0:11:49.413 from the celebrities up in the corporate areas, to the 0:11:49.453 --> 0:11:52.973 families and fans in the stands, and the outstanding active 0:11:52.973 --> 0:11:57.173 support provided by the port. Even this early in the 0:11:57.213 --> 0:12:00.773 club's life, Go Media Stadium appeals as a cauldron that 0:12:00.933 --> 0:12:05.213 no away team will fancy visiting, starting with Sydney FC 0:12:05.373 --> 0:12:06.013 this Sunday. 0:12:06.333 --> 0:12:09.733 The Chamber is now in session on Sportsfax. 0:12:11.133 --> 0:12:14.293 Into the Chamber, we go onto our leenas we lean. 0:12:14.333 --> 0:12:19.373 We've heard from Elliott Smith in Japan. I'm looking forward 0:12:19.413 --> 0:12:21.773 to the test match. I'm looking forward more to the 0:12:21.853 --> 0:12:24.173 test matches that follow. But if you look at that 0:12:24.173 --> 0:12:26.173 All Blacks team that's been named for this game tomorrow 0:12:26.173 --> 0:12:29.853 evening darts, who do you think has the most to gain? 0:12:30.013 --> 0:12:32.933 Which player or players have the most to gain from 0:12:32.973 --> 0:12:34.253 playing well tomorrow night. 0:12:34.933 --> 0:12:38.373 That is a very difficult question. There are a number 0:12:38.453 --> 0:12:43.093 of players who are looking to award, not establishing themselves, 0:12:43.093 --> 0:12:47.253 but maybe notching further up in the pecking order. Damien 0:12:47.333 --> 0:12:50.053 McKenzie has to be one of those who's fallen out 0:12:50.133 --> 0:12:54.053 of favor. I'm also interested in Setiti what he can 0:12:54.093 --> 0:12:58.653 do in his customary position of number eight. Those are 0:12:58.653 --> 0:13:02.133 the guys that I will be looking at with most interests. 0:13:02.133 --> 0:13:06.613 And also the debate around eleven and fourteen. Caleb Clark 0:13:06.653 --> 0:13:09.813 as you're eleven. So what happens with these two diminutive wingers. 0:13:10.173 --> 0:13:13.253 Who gets the upper hand may end up plane come 0:13:13.333 --> 0:13:14.813 the real thicking of the two here. 0:13:15.253 --> 0:13:17.093 Yeah, absolutely a couple of guys. I'm going to keep 0:13:17.133 --> 0:13:19.693 a very close eye on. Billy Procter. I think you know, 0:13:19.733 --> 0:13:23.093 he's been criminally under used in the All Blacks this year, 0:13:23.213 --> 0:13:26.533 just that one outing against Fiji. I think if he 0:13:26.613 --> 0:13:29.133 plays well, then he's certainly knocking on the door of 0:13:29.213 --> 0:13:31.173 a center spot, perhaps for one of these end of 0:13:31.253 --> 0:13:33.373 year tests. And I think this is a massive test 0:13:33.413 --> 0:13:36.133 for some a penny female. You know, he has come 0:13:36.133 --> 0:13:38.653 into the All Blacks, he's been sort of branded as 0:13:38.693 --> 0:13:41.733 an enforcer. I don't think he's taken his chances. He 0:13:41.813 --> 0:13:45.013 has a chance tomorrow to muscle up and wear that 0:13:45.173 --> 0:13:47.773 six jumper that he does so well for the Chiefs 0:13:47.813 --> 0:13:50.453 across Super rug Let's see how some a penny female goes. 0:13:50.493 --> 0:13:53.053 But yeah, there are any number of players who I'm 0:13:53.093 --> 0:13:55.493 sure will want to, as you've said, put themselves up 0:13:55.493 --> 0:13:58.413 the pecking order as we get towards the big matches 0:13:58.413 --> 0:13:59.813 on this end of year tour. 0:13:59.933 --> 0:14:01.493 There's only so much they can do right. They've got 0:14:01.533 --> 0:14:03.093 to get the victory plane. It's got to be I 0:14:03.133 --> 0:14:05.893 would say comfortable. They've got to be dominant. The key 0:14:05.933 --> 0:14:08.653 thing here is not being too dominant. And when you 0:14:08.653 --> 0:14:11.613 look at some of those explosive loose four players, let's 0:14:11.693 --> 0:14:14.493 just not get too aggressive and cause trouble. I think 0:14:14.733 --> 0:14:17.773 some of Benny females a fantastic player, but he's always 0:14:17.853 --> 0:14:20.053 right on that cuss, isn't he, which is what we 0:14:20.133 --> 0:14:22.453 love about him. But it can also go too far. 0:14:22.613 --> 0:14:25.573 So it's a difficult balance for him, absolutely, isn't it. Yeah, 0:14:25.573 --> 0:14:27.613 one he's found hard to strike. I think at Test 0:14:27.693 --> 0:14:31.573 level Rugby League hits the Garden City of christ Church 0:14:31.773 --> 0:14:34.213 on Sunday, the last time the Kiwis played the Kangaroos. 0:14:34.213 --> 0:14:36.213 Does the Kiwi's won thirty zerols? 0:14:36.333 --> 0:14:37.013 Right? That? 0:14:37.093 --> 0:14:39.693 Could we be so bold as to suggest a repeat 0:14:39.973 --> 0:14:41.293 in your hometown on Sunday. 0:14:41.333 --> 0:14:45.413 Wait, they'll be absolutely filthy the Kangaroos about that. They 0:14:45.453 --> 0:14:49.093 will have carried that since last November and they'll want 0:14:49.213 --> 0:14:51.773 to come back. But when you look at the Kiwi side, 0:14:52.293 --> 0:14:55.653 I think that under Stacy Jones and the fact that 0:14:55.813 --> 0:14:58.533 a couple of South Islanders in there as well, they 0:14:58.573 --> 0:15:01.053 won't fall over. They won't roll over packed house. What's 0:15:01.053 --> 0:15:04.733 seventeen thousand people? I had the lean to I'm looking 0:15:04.773 --> 0:15:06.933 forward to that. Not only that, but of course you 0:15:06.973 --> 0:15:09.133 can't really call it a curtain because it's not the 0:15:09.213 --> 0:15:12.253 case anymore. But it's the first game as well where 0:15:12.373 --> 0:15:14.533 the fans take on the jell A Ruse. It's a 0:15:14.573 --> 0:15:16.973 wonderful doubleheader in christ It's and so good to see 0:15:16.973 --> 0:15:17.973 the people turning up. 0:15:18.093 --> 0:15:20.133 Yeah, and really turning up as well. And they turned 0:15:20.173 --> 0:15:22.373 up for what the Warriors earlier this year. I guess 0:15:22.373 --> 0:15:25.293 the question always gets asked, should should christ Church perhaps 0:15:25.333 --> 0:15:29.133 be a place where an NRL bid is taken? Seriously? 0:15:29.213 --> 0:15:31.813 I know that Peter Balandi's and Andrew Abdo are both 0:15:31.813 --> 0:15:34.133 in christ Church for this one. I don't know, Das 0:15:34.813 --> 0:15:36.493 my heart says, I'd love to see it. My gut 0:15:36.493 --> 0:15:38.373 says we won't see it well. 0:15:38.133 --> 0:15:40.133 Once see the team, or won't see a victory. Help 0:15:40.213 --> 0:15:40.973 me hear Pine? 0:15:41.293 --> 0:15:44.693 The NRL team in christ Church. Look, I'm looking forward 0:15:44.693 --> 0:15:46.573 to the game. I think that goes. That's going to 0:15:46.573 --> 0:15:47.933 be a cracker. I think you're right. I think maybe 0:15:47.933 --> 0:15:51.613 Australia have the edge in pregame favoritism. But now I'm 0:15:51.613 --> 0:15:53.573 talking about the NRL team and christ Church. I know 0:15:53.613 --> 0:15:55.693 there's been a lot of noise made about it, a 0:15:55.773 --> 0:15:58.173 lot of league fans in christ Church, heaps of them. 0:15:58.373 --> 0:16:00.933 But can you really see an NRL team being stood 0:16:01.013 --> 0:16:01.293 up there? 0:16:02.093 --> 0:16:05.813 No, predominantly because I'm not entirely sure if the NRL 0:16:05.973 --> 0:16:08.373 give two hoots about what happens in New zeal And. 0:16:08.413 --> 0:16:11.053 They've got their talent and when it comes to the wars, 0:16:11.053 --> 0:16:13.853 and that's probably enough of them. They're more interesting going 0:16:13.853 --> 0:16:15.893 to Papua and New Guinea. Still can't work out the 0:16:15.893 --> 0:16:18.693 financial logic behind that one looks so be it, but 0:16:19.093 --> 0:16:23.213 it makes much more sense. And imagine, imagine every other 0:16:23.293 --> 0:16:26.733 week you have a home game under a roof in 0:16:26.853 --> 0:16:30.413 christch How will that be for the NRL. Let's expand 0:16:30.493 --> 0:16:30.813 that way. 0:16:31.213 --> 0:16:33.333 Yeah, we're not going to be the eighteenth team, maybe 0:16:33.373 --> 0:16:35.733 the twentieth, but there are other bids on the table 0:16:35.733 --> 0:16:37.653 for that. Hey, some quick picks from you if I 0:16:37.693 --> 0:16:41.453 could in PC final tomorrow five past three Gold Sports 0:16:41.493 --> 0:16:43.733 where you'll catch the commentary of that one. Wellington or 0:16:43.733 --> 0:16:44.573 Bay have plenty for you. 0:16:45.413 --> 0:16:48.373 I'm still like grimacing over what they have plenty of 0:16:48.413 --> 0:16:51.373 did to Canterbury. So I've got to support them against 0:16:51.453 --> 0:16:54.333 your guys, just because I feel like that means the 0:16:54.413 --> 0:16:57.773 loss was okay, it was justified because they have plenty 0:16:57.773 --> 0:17:00.173 of won it. Look at the end, I don't have 0:17:00.533 --> 0:17:03.653 any skin in any of the teams. I just want 0:17:03.693 --> 0:17:05.133 to see a good game of football and I think 0:17:05.133 --> 0:17:07.933 we'll get it because it's in the afternoon. It's daytime football. 0:17:07.973 --> 0:17:08.093 Bro. 0:17:08.733 --> 0:17:11.573 I want Wellington to win, course, I don't care if 0:17:11.573 --> 0:17:16.013 it's I want Wallington to win the game of rugby 0:17:16.613 --> 0:17:20.733 npball Constellation cut number three or Test number three Sunday 0:17:20.853 --> 0:17:23.853 night and Perth. We don't normally went over there? Can 0:17:23.893 --> 0:17:24.613 we win over there? 0:17:25.253 --> 0:17:27.573 Well, every time we beat them up over here, they 0:17:27.613 --> 0:17:30.933 beat us up back over there again, so that is 0:17:31.253 --> 0:17:35.413 kind of regular programming. And this sounds really unpatriotic. But 0:17:36.133 --> 0:17:39.093 I kind of wouldn't mind if Australia one and then 0:17:39.333 --> 0:17:41.933 one again on Wednesday, just so we can see how 0:17:41.933 --> 0:17:44.853 the players deal with seven minutes each way of extra 0:17:45.013 --> 0:17:48.453 time to determine that they'd be absolutely gassed. And I 0:17:48.533 --> 0:17:52.533 tell you, the ferns are fitter, so I know it's 0:17:52.533 --> 0:17:54.533 a sick fascination. I'd like to see them under that 0:17:54.613 --> 0:17:56.733 kind of pressure. Plainly, I'm gonna key you. I want 0:17:56.733 --> 0:17:58.613 to see that the ferns wouldn't be You know where 0:17:58.613 --> 0:18:00.013 I'm going with that, pliny. 0:17:59.733 --> 0:18:01.373 I do, I do. I know exactly what you where 0:18:01.373 --> 0:18:04.813 you're going. It's a unique proposition, a mini game at 0:18:04.813 --> 0:18:06.853 the end of a four game series. I can't remember 0:18:06.893 --> 0:18:09.573 it happening in any sport ever before. So yeah, looking 0:18:09.613 --> 0:18:12.853 forward to that. And finally, black Caps India. The black 0:18:12.853 --> 0:18:15.733 Caps boalty yesterday for two five nine India sixteen for one. 0:18:15.813 --> 0:18:19.253 What to India get in their first innings. 0:18:19.813 --> 0:18:24.053 I watched most of it yesterday, and I watched what 0:18:24.173 --> 0:18:28.133 Patel could do and how he was manufacturing his delivery, 0:18:28.253 --> 0:18:31.533 and again with Mitchell sat Now now that Purchu is 0:18:31.693 --> 0:18:35.533 showing explosive qualities already, it's turned into a bit of 0:18:35.533 --> 0:18:37.413 a pop a dom it will have done by the 0:18:37.533 --> 0:18:40.493 end of the game. I think if they can they'll 0:18:40.493 --> 0:18:43.373 probably maybe score three three hundred and three fifty. The 0:18:43.413 --> 0:18:45.813 trick here, of course is who has to bat second, 0:18:46.053 --> 0:18:50.373 and it's them, and that's when things get really really interesting. 0:18:50.373 --> 0:18:54.333 Two fifty nine not a dominant score, not a losing score. 0:18:54.413 --> 0:18:56.933 They are still very much in the fixture and those 0:18:57.093 --> 0:18:59.053 runs are on the board. 0:18:58.973 --> 0:19:00.973 Now, I was just you've you took the words right 0:19:01.013 --> 0:19:02.773 out of my mouth, as you so often do. Those 0:19:02.893 --> 0:19:05.453 runs are on the board. It's up to Indy and 0:19:05.493 --> 0:19:07.573 how to get close to or go past it in 0:19:07.573 --> 0:19:10.653 the first innings and trigguing test match in poone playing out. 0:19:10.693 --> 0:19:13.533 That is us in a jam packed chamber for today. 0:19:13.773 --> 0:19:16.813 Thank you very much, Jason Bin. Always a pleasure to 0:19:16.893 --> 0:19:20.293 breathe the air in the room with you there, my friend, 0:19:22.293 --> 0:19:24.133 dissecting the sporting agenda. 0:19:24.413 --> 0:19:28.653 It's Sportsfix with Jason Vine and Darcy Waldergrave. 0:19:28.413 --> 0:19:31.653 And having breathed the air together, that is us on 0:19:32.373 --> 0:19:35.013 another edition of the Sports Fix podcast. At the start 0:19:35.013 --> 0:19:37.133 of a long weekend. I'm not sure whether you're getting 0:19:37.133 --> 0:19:39.893 a long weekend, but if you are, enjoy yourself. A 0:19:39.933 --> 0:19:42.413 new episode of the Sports Fix podcast will drop into 0:19:42.413 --> 0:19:44.733 your podcast feed on Tuesday. 0:19:44.893 --> 0:19:48.653