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Speaker 2: Mb Hi There, Jurdi, Good afternoon, Happy Easter, and welcome

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Speaker 2: into Weekend Sport for Saturday, April fourth, Happy sixty sixth

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Speaker 2: birthday to former England cricketer and now one of the

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Speaker 2: We're talking Sport till three. Farewell to Addington the Crusaders.

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Speaker 3: Goth has Fenu the send off it deserves.

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Speaker 4: Final score Crusaders sixty nine Drewer twenty six.

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Speaker 2: The Crusaders last night, farewelling their fourteen year home and

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Speaker 2: style their one hundredth win. There four tries to Cody

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Speaker 2: Taylor on the occasion of his one hundred and fifty

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Speaker 2: game for the Crusaders. What is the legacy of that

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Speaker 2: venue and what has it come to represent to the

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Speaker 2: people of christ Church. Crusader's CEO Colin Mansbridge standing by

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Speaker 2: the chat to us. Your memories and recollections of watching

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Speaker 2: rugby there are more than welcome to, especially those of

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Speaker 2: you in the region, but others who have traveled to

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Speaker 2: watch a game there. Speaking of games, why are there

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Speaker 2: only three Super Rugby games over Easter none of which

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Speaker 2: she'd call must watch blockbusters? No New Zealand derbies, not

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Speaker 2: too much to get excited about. So why have Super

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Speaker 2: Rugby Pacific effectively defaulted over Easter weekend given the fact

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Speaker 2: that there's a full round of NRL and AFL on

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Speaker 2: the other side of the Tasman across the long weekend

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Speaker 2: where a lot of people wouldn't mind watching.

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Speaker 5: But a sport.

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Speaker 2: Jack Mesley Super Rugby Pacific CEO going to explain that

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Speaker 2: to us this hour as well. But a football for

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Speaker 2: you today, All Whites coach Darren Baisley on the show

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Speaker 2: as he now faces the task of narrowing his World

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Speaker 2: Cup squad to twenty six. Wellington Phoenix women's coach be

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Speaker 2: F Priestman also with us. The Knicks will finish second

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Speaker 2: in the A League Women's regular season and go straight

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Speaker 2: into the semi finals, the first time they've ever made

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Speaker 2: the finals. Tottenham legend Ledley King Along Tour with Spurs

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Speaker 2: announced their coming to New Zealand to take on Auckland

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Speaker 2: FC in July, but a life sport this afternoon Basement

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Speaker 2: Reserve and Wellington the third and deciding ODI between the

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Speaker 2: White Ferns and South Africa under Way. South Africa sent

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Speaker 2: New Zealand and they were three for three in the

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Speaker 2: fourth over, including a first baller as you're heard in

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Speaker 2: the news for Mellie Curve at Maddy Green and Brook

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Speaker 2: Halliday have steadied the ship somewhat fifty six for three

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Speaker 2: now after fifteen overs at the base and we'll keep

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Speaker 2: For nearly a decade and a half, Apollo Projects Stadium

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Speaker 2: Mansbridge is with us. It must have been a fairly

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Speaker 2: emotional night there last night, Colin. What did that venue

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Speaker 5: It means very very much.

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Speaker 6: So it's interesting, you know that I've been reading a

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Speaker 2: Very well, said mate, very well said, how proud of

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Speaker 6: So I think it's vitally important, and sport's got a

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Speaker 6: Suddenly you go back and there's something that was foundational

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Speaker 2: I'm sure that will be that will be on the cards.

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Speaker 6: Well, I think we've been so consumed with preparation both

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Speaker 6: And that the official opening the other day, a lot

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Speaker 2: Brilliant And just to finish, what would you say to

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Speaker 2: They've come along, they've they've filled it, and they've watched

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Speaker 6: Well, I think on behalf of the whole organization. And

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Speaker 6: I don't think we'll ever forget it, and they'll leave

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Speaker 2: I bet it will. I bet it will on to

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Speaker 2: the next Colin, look forward to seeing you at super

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Speaker 2: Round and less than three weeks.

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Speaker 5: Time, Chez Piney looking forward to that, mate.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I'm Colin. Thanks indeed, Colin Mansbridge, CEO of the Crusaders,

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Speaker 2: It's only when you go to christ Church to watch

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Speaker 2: It was only supposed to be temporary, wasn't it grime.

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Speaker 5: You know?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean that's that's the point, and that place

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I bet, I bet. And how much anticipation is

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Speaker 2: I bet Graham, I bet well. We've spoken often, haven't

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Speaker 7: Oh yeah, you'll be the last one to see at all.

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Speaker 2: Well, I might, I might. I might have to sort

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Speaker 2: Sure that'll go down particularly. No, yeah, yeah, I'll certainly.

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Speaker 2: You've been a long time contributor to our show. It's

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Speaker 2: Oh eight hundred and eighty ten eighty Chris with you

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Speaker 2: Be twelve thirty two as we farewell Addington for the Crusaders. Anyway,

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Speaker 8: Happy Easter.

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Speaker 8: so tiny there. Every you know, you knew a lot

431
00:23:20,547 --> 00:23:22,507
Speaker 8: of people, and you talk to a lot of people.

432
00:23:22,747 --> 00:23:25,427
Speaker 8: And I always remember feeling sorry for the Reds on

433
00:23:25,467 --> 00:23:30,107
Speaker 8: a very very cold June or July night they played there.

434
00:23:30,187 --> 00:23:32,267
Speaker 8: At halftime you could see the frost on the ground

435
00:23:32,267 --> 00:23:35,787
Speaker 8: and what about Queensland running out with frosts on the

436
00:23:35,787 --> 00:23:39,347
Speaker 8: ground on the sort of temperaceus there used to Well.

437
00:23:39,187 --> 00:23:42,027
Speaker 2: I saw Ryan Crosty last night on the news doing

438
00:23:42,027 --> 00:23:44,427
Speaker 2: a sort of a pregame thing and he said that

439
00:23:44,787 --> 00:23:46,907
Speaker 2: what hell missed the most about it is the fact

440
00:23:46,907 --> 00:23:50,867
Speaker 2: that opposition teams hated coming there, in particular, Chris, as

441
00:23:50,867 --> 00:23:54,027
Speaker 2: you pointed out teams from much warmer places like Brisbane.

442
00:23:55,827 --> 00:23:59,147
Speaker 8: Oh yeah, totally, so, I mean, yeah, it'll best. I

443
00:23:59,147 --> 00:24:02,027
Speaker 8: mean I remember I remember in the early days Timorary

444
00:24:02,027 --> 00:24:05,707
Speaker 8: going there too, you know, I need to watch you know,

445
00:24:05,827 --> 00:24:09,227
Speaker 8: Cannery play rugby League and saw the Kiwis play there,

446
00:24:09,267 --> 00:24:12,987
Speaker 8: you know when it was the league ground and the

447
00:24:13,027 --> 00:24:15,387
Speaker 8: other thing, just touching on what grahamsy before, you know,

448
00:24:15,467 --> 00:24:19,627
Speaker 8: I mean that year before to eleven, I mean we

449
00:24:19,707 --> 00:24:21,667
Speaker 8: had a busload went down to tim roof that game

450
00:24:21,787 --> 00:24:25,627
Speaker 8: they played in Nelson. The amazing thing about two eleven

451
00:24:25,827 --> 00:24:28,467
Speaker 8: was the Crusaders never had a game at home and

452
00:24:28,507 --> 00:24:30,707
Speaker 8: they ended up losing to Queensland in the final.

453
00:24:30,987 --> 00:24:35,387
Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, incredible season, superhuman stuff really given what

454
00:24:35,427 --> 00:24:38,387
Speaker 2: they had to endure off the park. And yeah, they

455
00:24:38,427 --> 00:24:41,107
Speaker 2: were like they were just like nomads, weren't they, Chris.

456
00:24:41,187 --> 00:24:44,267
Speaker 2: They just played anywhere that could take them, well they were.

457
00:24:44,387 --> 00:24:47,947
Speaker 8: And to make the final the year like that the

458
00:24:48,027 --> 00:24:51,947
Speaker 8: year before was absolutely outstanding. So yeah, yeah, I mean yeah,

459
00:24:52,187 --> 00:24:55,307
Speaker 8: I certainly had sex years that the five hundredth All

460
00:24:55,347 --> 00:24:57,147
Speaker 8: Black Tests was played there against France.

461
00:24:57,547 --> 00:24:59,307
Speaker 2: That's right, That's right, it was too.

462
00:25:01,667 --> 00:25:01,947
Speaker 5: Yes.

463
00:25:02,827 --> 00:25:05,027
Speaker 2: I was going to say also with the with the

464
00:25:05,067 --> 00:25:06,947
Speaker 2: timing of the earthquake and not that there's ever a

465
00:25:06,987 --> 00:25:09,347
Speaker 2: good time for this, but of course all of those

466
00:25:09,387 --> 00:25:13,147
Speaker 2: games at Rugby World Cup twenty eleven were scheduled for

467
00:25:13,227 --> 00:25:15,387
Speaker 2: the old Lancaster Park, weren't they and all had to

468
00:25:15,427 --> 00:25:19,787
Speaker 2: be moved away. So the you know, the rugby adoring

469
00:25:19,947 --> 00:25:23,467
Speaker 2: public of the Canterbury region had no Rugby World Cup.

470
00:25:23,467 --> 00:25:25,467
Speaker 2: They had to go down the road to Dunedin for

471
00:25:25,547 --> 00:25:28,947
Speaker 2: those games. It was just you know, for our proudest

472
00:25:29,147 --> 00:25:32,107
Speaker 2: sporting province, which I think Canterbury is, to miss out

473
00:25:32,107 --> 00:25:35,107
Speaker 2: on Rugby World Cup matches in twenty eleven was just

474
00:25:35,107 --> 00:25:36,587
Speaker 2: just so so sad.

475
00:25:37,627 --> 00:25:40,107
Speaker 8: Well, all the All Blacks, if you remember the All

476
00:25:40,107 --> 00:25:42,027
Speaker 8: Blacks all went down there. Most of them went down there,

477
00:25:42,067 --> 00:25:47,307
Speaker 8: you know, and did some training I think on Rugby Park.

478
00:25:47,347 --> 00:25:50,347
Speaker 8: And I remember mar Nan who saying he didn't he

479
00:25:50,507 --> 00:25:53,707
Speaker 8: never got emotional very often, but he said going down there,

480
00:25:53,987 --> 00:25:56,627
Speaker 8: he said he got really emotional when he saw that

481
00:25:56,707 --> 00:26:02,987
Speaker 8: the how stotic you know the Canabary people were.

482
00:26:03,347 --> 00:26:05,987
Speaker 2: Yeah, indeed, I remember that too, Chris, And he was

483
00:26:06,067 --> 00:26:09,227
Speaker 2: right because there was a stoicism about the people of

484
00:26:10,107 --> 00:26:13,307
Speaker 2: Canterbury after that that. I think you know anywhere would

485
00:26:13,307 --> 00:26:14,627
Speaker 2: like to think that they would have dealt with it

486
00:26:14,627 --> 00:26:17,187
Speaker 2: in the same way. You know, most of us outside

487
00:26:17,187 --> 00:26:20,547
Speaker 2: the region never had to. But you know, the fine

488
00:26:20,587 --> 00:26:23,507
Speaker 2: folk of the Canterbury region, you know, just showed such

489
00:26:23,627 --> 00:26:27,067
Speaker 2: resilience and such stoicism during that time and have had

490
00:26:27,107 --> 00:26:30,067
Speaker 2: to go without a lot of stuff, not just sporting things,

491
00:26:30,107 --> 00:26:33,707
Speaker 2: but otherwise as well. Look, I cannot wait to be

492
00:26:33,787 --> 00:26:39,147
Speaker 2: there in three weeks to see the Crusaders fans flood

493
00:26:39,187 --> 00:26:45,787
Speaker 2: that new place, one New Zealand Stadium at Taka and here,

494
00:26:45,947 --> 00:26:49,547
Speaker 2: and as Colin Mansbridge said, anyone who goes in there

495
00:26:49,547 --> 00:26:52,027
Speaker 2: for a bit of a preview just has their breath

496
00:26:52,027 --> 00:26:55,387
Speaker 2: taken away. I simply cannot wait to be there. And

497
00:26:55,907 --> 00:27:00,187
Speaker 2: what a reward for fifteen and sixteen years of resilience

498
00:27:00,227 --> 00:27:04,027
Speaker 2: from those who live in that region to finally have

499
00:27:04,427 --> 00:27:08,467
Speaker 2: the stadium stood up, opening its doors and ready for action.

500
00:27:09,507 --> 00:27:11,907
Speaker 2: Just yeah, just a going to be a cool moment.

501
00:27:11,907 --> 00:27:14,267
Speaker 2: And like I say, it feels as though it feels

502
00:27:14,267 --> 00:27:17,307
Speaker 2: as though this is the completion. Maybe I'm being naive here.

503
00:27:17,587 --> 00:27:19,627
Speaker 2: There may be a lot more work to do, but

504
00:27:19,667 --> 00:27:23,227
Speaker 2: it feels as though this almost completes the rebuild. It's

505
00:27:23,267 --> 00:27:25,027
Speaker 2: taken a heck of a lot longer than most people

506
00:27:25,067 --> 00:27:28,787
Speaker 2: would have thought or hoped, but it is going to happen.

507
00:27:29,307 --> 00:27:32,107
Speaker 2: It is going to happen. Best memory of Addington was

508
00:27:32,147 --> 00:27:35,547
Speaker 2: twenty twelve, says this one the Hurricanes beating the Crusaders there,

509
00:27:35,907 --> 00:27:37,707
Speaker 2: went to the game and got to shove it up

510
00:27:37,747 --> 00:27:41,107
Speaker 2: my brother in law from christ Yeah, well, I mean

511
00:27:41,387 --> 00:27:43,467
Speaker 2: not many teams went there in one, did they? Not

512
00:27:43,547 --> 00:27:45,947
Speaker 2: many teams went there? And one please mention, says Kate

513
00:27:47,067 --> 00:27:50,267
Speaker 2: Raiser and his amazing connection to the Crusaders. We have

514
00:27:50,387 --> 00:27:56,827
Speaker 2: so much to thank him for. Absolutely, Caitlin, Absolutely, it's yeah.

515
00:27:57,427 --> 00:28:02,267
Speaker 2: I really hope Raiser is at te Kaha in three weeks.

516
00:28:02,747 --> 00:28:06,227
Speaker 2: I know that pretty much anyone who's ever represented the

517
00:28:06,387 --> 00:28:10,507
Speaker 2: Crusaders has been invited to functions and such like across

518
00:28:10,547 --> 00:28:13,667
Speaker 2: the weekends. Can you imagine that ovation Razor would get

519
00:28:13,907 --> 00:28:18,307
Speaker 2: at the car They love him down there, They absolutely

520
00:28:18,387 --> 00:28:21,067
Speaker 2: love him down there. I hope that there's a way

521
00:28:20,867 --> 00:28:24,507
Speaker 2: that he can be involved in either an official or

522
00:28:25,067 --> 00:28:26,827
Speaker 2: an unofficial scense. So it'd be nice to think that

523
00:28:26,867 --> 00:28:29,707
Speaker 2: he could be involved in some way because his part

524
00:28:29,747 --> 00:28:33,907
Speaker 2: in the Crusaders legacy is so significant. Twenty two away

525
00:28:33,907 --> 00:28:35,747
Speaker 2: from one hey film.

526
00:28:36,267 --> 00:28:37,867
Speaker 9: Hey pany how are you good?

527
00:28:37,907 --> 00:28:38,227
Speaker 2: Thank you?

528
00:28:39,627 --> 00:28:39,747
Speaker 5: Oh?

529
00:28:39,787 --> 00:28:42,347
Speaker 10: I'm sitting here in Christ here, it seemed it's gonna

530
00:28:42,387 --> 00:28:44,787
Speaker 10: be that this would be a good day for the

531
00:28:45,187 --> 00:28:48,547
Speaker 10: new stadium because it's pretty overcast. She's blowing and it's

532
00:28:48,587 --> 00:28:48,987
Speaker 10: a bit.

533
00:28:48,947 --> 00:28:49,427
Speaker 5: Rough, so.

534
00:28:51,507 --> 00:28:53,307
Speaker 2: Good to have a roof over you if you're watching

535
00:28:53,387 --> 00:28:54,507
Speaker 2: rugby today, Phil.

536
00:28:55,147 --> 00:28:59,827
Speaker 10: Yes, indeed, yes, indeed, I cannot make a comment on

537
00:28:59,907 --> 00:29:01,907
Speaker 10: the game last night too before I get into the

538
00:29:01,947 --> 00:29:02,547
Speaker 10: stadium with that.

539
00:29:02,827 --> 00:29:05,707
Speaker 11: Okay, yeah, please yeah.

540
00:29:05,587 --> 00:29:08,867
Speaker 10: Watch the game night. What a great occasion for that stadium,

541
00:29:08,947 --> 00:29:12,787
Speaker 10: because not only was the football great, but that was

542
00:29:12,827 --> 00:29:16,267
Speaker 10: a beautiful day and a beautiful evening, you know, So

543
00:29:16,427 --> 00:29:18,907
Speaker 10: it finished on a lovely evening as well, went out

544
00:29:20,267 --> 00:29:24,187
Speaker 10: with the being in that way. Yeah, because I wanted

545
00:29:24,227 --> 00:29:26,547
Speaker 10: to ring it up and say if that wasn't a

546
00:29:26,587 --> 00:29:29,467
Speaker 10: forward pass. Last night I was having a beer with

547
00:29:29,667 --> 00:29:30,947
Speaker 10: Elvis Presley in a bar.

548
00:29:34,867 --> 00:29:37,347
Speaker 2: Well, I know he likes christ I know he has

549
00:29:37,427 --> 00:29:39,107
Speaker 2: been spotted their offers, so who knows.

550
00:29:39,147 --> 00:29:45,547
Speaker 10: Philm Alvis was back in the building. But and I

551
00:29:45,627 --> 00:29:48,107
Speaker 10: was gonna say, and and how how does the how

552
00:29:48,347 --> 00:29:51,267
Speaker 10: how does a hooker end up on the wing running

553
00:29:51,267 --> 00:29:53,987
Speaker 10: in a Troy old Cody Taylor right? What a what

554
00:29:54,107 --> 00:29:56,667
Speaker 10: a machine that guy is for Troy is just I

555
00:29:56,707 --> 00:29:59,107
Speaker 10: couldn't believe it's just what a player.

556
00:29:59,827 --> 00:30:01,907
Speaker 2: And I almost like it's almost as I sorry, Phil,

557
00:30:01,947 --> 00:30:04,307
Speaker 2: it's almost as though it was written in the stars

558
00:30:04,347 --> 00:30:06,827
Speaker 2: there last night. A couple of things, Cody Taylor scoring

559
00:30:06,867 --> 00:30:10,787
Speaker 2: four tries, as you say, which is very unusual for

560
00:30:10,907 --> 00:30:14,027
Speaker 2: a hooker, you know, on the occasion of his one

561
00:30:14,147 --> 00:30:17,267
Speaker 2: hundred and fiftieth game, the one hundredth Super Rugby win

562
00:30:17,387 --> 00:30:19,627
Speaker 2: there for the team last night. The other part that

563
00:30:19,707 --> 00:30:23,227
Speaker 2: I thought was almost cosmic in the way that it

564
00:30:23,267 --> 00:30:26,867
Speaker 2: came together was that Mitchell Drummond, who hasn't played for

565
00:30:26,907 --> 00:30:30,627
Speaker 2: the Crusaders this year and wasn't in the original twenty

566
00:30:30,707 --> 00:30:33,747
Speaker 2: three for this game, got the late call up because

567
00:30:33,827 --> 00:30:37,947
Speaker 2: Noah Hotham was unwell. Louis Chapman started, as you'll know,

568
00:30:38,107 --> 00:30:41,347
Speaker 2: and Mitchell Drummond got to come off the bench in

569
00:30:41,387 --> 00:30:45,227
Speaker 2: that game. That's almost as though that was written in

570
00:30:45,267 --> 00:30:48,187
Speaker 2: the stars. That was fate that he, of all the

571
00:30:48,227 --> 00:30:50,467
Speaker 2: players in that team, Mitchell Drummond, who's played on that

572
00:30:50,627 --> 00:30:54,107
Speaker 2: park probably more than anybody else, got the opportunity to

573
00:30:54,147 --> 00:30:57,467
Speaker 2: say farewell. I thought that was you know, sometimes the

574
00:30:57,467 --> 00:31:00,507
Speaker 2: stars align in funny ways, and I was delighted to

575
00:31:00,507 --> 00:31:01,627
Speaker 2: see that happen last night.

576
00:31:02,987 --> 00:31:04,627
Speaker 10: Yeah, so was I because the year now that you

577
00:31:04,707 --> 00:31:07,027
Speaker 10: mentioned that I watched the after view and all that

578
00:31:07,027 --> 00:31:08,547
Speaker 10: sort of thing. Again, I think he was one hundred

579
00:31:08,547 --> 00:31:10,347
Speaker 10: and thirty eight, made him one hundred thirty eight games.

580
00:31:10,347 --> 00:31:12,507
Speaker 10: But yeah, like you say, it will almost make a

581
00:31:12,587 --> 00:31:14,547
Speaker 10: believer if you were a non believer, that there was

582
00:31:14,587 --> 00:31:17,427
Speaker 10: something special going on, that it was all had to be.

583
00:31:17,547 --> 00:31:21,627
Speaker 10: But also I was going to say that, Yeah, that

584
00:31:22,187 --> 00:31:25,147
Speaker 10: twenty minutes in that first half was just dynamic where

585
00:31:25,187 --> 00:31:27,627
Speaker 10: they played, got those two tries, they were just dynamic

586
00:31:27,707 --> 00:31:32,027
Speaker 10: tries and that young fellow boy boy were blessed with

587
00:31:32,227 --> 00:31:35,067
Speaker 10: good locks at the moment. That young fella Hannah JB. Hanna,

588
00:31:35,107 --> 00:31:37,787
Speaker 10: I think was ge He played well in that first half.

589
00:31:37,907 --> 00:31:41,387
Speaker 10: And the defense in the second half of the Crusaders

590
00:31:41,387 --> 00:31:44,147
Speaker 10: were just done real. They made I think they made

591
00:31:44,187 --> 00:31:46,427
Speaker 10: something like one hundred and thirty eight tackles but twice.

592
00:31:46,427 --> 00:31:48,947
Speaker 10: I mean as the drew and the Drews didn't play bad.

593
00:31:49,147 --> 00:31:51,747
Speaker 10: It's just that the Crusaders, the defense and the second

594
00:31:51,787 --> 00:31:54,587
Speaker 10: half was so good in that dynamic twenty minutes that

595
00:31:54,707 --> 00:31:56,347
Speaker 10: kind of blew them off the park. It was a

596
00:31:56,387 --> 00:31:58,667
Speaker 10: bit like playing golf and you start off you're a

597
00:31:58,667 --> 00:32:00,667
Speaker 10: low handicap and you start off with a double a

598
00:32:00,667 --> 00:32:02,547
Speaker 10: triple bogie and then you've got to fight for about

599
00:32:02,547 --> 00:32:04,627
Speaker 10: sixteen holes the time and bring the school back. But

600
00:32:04,827 --> 00:32:08,467
Speaker 10: verygh But anyhow, the stadium, Yeah, I'm a bit of

601
00:32:08,467 --> 00:32:11,267
Speaker 10: a fear weather kind of even coming from the Deep South.

602
00:32:11,307 --> 00:32:13,147
Speaker 10: I kind of like to watch me, so I'm used

603
00:32:13,187 --> 00:32:14,787
Speaker 10: to but a cold I kind of like you watch

604
00:32:14,867 --> 00:32:16,947
Speaker 10: me football on from the couch. So I've never actually

605
00:32:16,947 --> 00:32:19,267
Speaker 10: gone to the Old Girl, but I don't I think

606
00:32:19,507 --> 00:32:21,547
Speaker 10: I don't think we can criticize the Old Girl about

607
00:32:21,547 --> 00:32:23,987
Speaker 10: the facilities not being so flashed because it was already

608
00:32:24,027 --> 00:32:26,067
Speaker 10: ever meant to be temporary, so they weren't making like

609
00:32:26,107 --> 00:32:30,187
Speaker 10: a permanent stadium with great facility. But the thing that

610
00:32:30,267 --> 00:32:33,547
Speaker 10: I remember watching it on the TV, watching all the

611
00:32:33,587 --> 00:32:36,787
Speaker 10: games on the TV, there is that big pole with

612
00:32:36,827 --> 00:32:40,587
Speaker 10: all the winds on the corner. And every time I

613
00:32:40,627 --> 00:32:42,707
Speaker 10: think of that ground, I think of that pole. And

614
00:32:42,747 --> 00:32:44,587
Speaker 10: I was and I was thinking, I was saying to Andy,

615
00:32:45,027 --> 00:32:48,387
Speaker 10: I reckon, it's as they should. Somehow they could take

616
00:32:48,427 --> 00:32:50,947
Speaker 10: that pole and plant it in the new stadium in

617
00:32:50,987 --> 00:32:53,427
Speaker 10: the corner. It'd be fantastic because that's what I think

618
00:32:53,467 --> 00:32:55,787
Speaker 10: of with that ground, And it's been like a par

619
00:32:56,147 --> 00:32:58,427
Speaker 10: It's almost been like a mary Path for the community

620
00:32:58,467 --> 00:33:01,667
Speaker 10: of Christ Chris to like you say, gather there and

621
00:33:02,307 --> 00:33:05,507
Speaker 10: you know, bring joy and that with the get together

622
00:33:05,587 --> 00:33:08,067
Speaker 10: with like the fell I said about, not so much

623
00:33:08,067 --> 00:33:12,987
Speaker 10: about the winning, the coming together and just for eighty

624
00:33:13,027 --> 00:33:15,587
Speaker 10: minutes or whatever, just let yourself go with your worries

625
00:33:15,627 --> 00:33:18,067
Speaker 10: and and just having a good time and enjoying a

626
00:33:18,147 --> 00:33:22,147
Speaker 10: spectacle you know, and that.

627
00:33:21,027 --> 00:33:23,427
Speaker 2: It has felt it has. I love that idea too.

628
00:33:23,827 --> 00:33:27,227
Speaker 2: I love that idea of of somehow transplanting that across

629
00:33:27,227 --> 00:33:31,147
Speaker 2: to the new stadium, having you know, the legacy of

630
00:33:31,187 --> 00:33:35,267
Speaker 2: the Crusaders on display. I'm sure, like I'm sure that

631
00:33:35,307 --> 00:33:37,187
Speaker 2: when teams went there, they were well aware of what

632
00:33:37,227 --> 00:33:39,667
Speaker 2: the Crusaders had achieved. But if they needed any reminder,

633
00:33:39,947 --> 00:33:41,827
Speaker 2: just a quick glance up at that pole with all

634
00:33:41,867 --> 00:33:46,147
Speaker 2: of the championship winning seasons would have been all they

635
00:33:46,227 --> 00:33:49,027
Speaker 2: needed to remind them of where they were and how

636
00:33:49,067 --> 00:33:51,467
Speaker 2: difficult it is to win down there. Good on your pill.

637
00:33:51,587 --> 00:33:53,507
Speaker 2: I'm not sure whether that is something they'll do. I'm

638
00:33:53,547 --> 00:33:55,667
Speaker 2: sure they've thought of it. I wouldn't be at all

639
00:33:55,707 --> 00:33:58,987
Speaker 2: surprised to see some sort of monument to what the

640
00:33:59,187 --> 00:34:02,747
Speaker 2: Crusaders have achieved inside techaha somewhere. That's what I'm looking

641
00:34:02,747 --> 00:34:04,827
Speaker 2: forward to to across that weekend is just having a

642
00:34:04,827 --> 00:34:08,227
Speaker 2: look around, you know, not obviously the game's on the grass,

643
00:34:08,267 --> 00:34:10,987
Speaker 2: but but you know behind the scenes stuff that they

644
00:34:11,067 --> 00:34:14,547
Speaker 2: that they've done, what sort of you know, artwork they've

645
00:34:14,587 --> 00:34:16,587
Speaker 2: got up around there, what the you know, what the

646
00:34:16,707 --> 00:34:19,467
Speaker 2: entrance ways are like, all that sort of thing. I mean,

647
00:34:19,467 --> 00:34:21,267
Speaker 2: we don't get the chance very often do we to

648
00:34:21,307 --> 00:34:24,667
Speaker 2: go to a brand new stadium. Last time was Forsyth Bar.

649
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Speaker 2: When was that belt? I can't even remember when that

650
00:34:26,707 --> 00:34:29,907
Speaker 2: was when that was built early part of the twenty

651
00:34:29,947 --> 00:34:32,947
Speaker 2: tens from memory. In fact, it must have been before

652
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Speaker 2: that because the Raby World Cup games there weren't they.

653
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Speaker 2: I eight anyway, just going to a new stadium and

654
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Speaker 2: seeing all of the little touches, the cosmetic touches if

655
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Speaker 2: you like that that have been thought of and will

656
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Speaker 2: continue to build there. Sixteen away from one mark with you.

657
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Speaker 2: Right after this we're talking the farewell to Addington until

658
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Speaker 2: about one o'clock. Oh eight hundred eighty ten eighty is our.

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Speaker 1: Number, no TMO, no drs, just your call on oh

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Speaker 1: eight hundred eighty ten eighty weekend Sport with Jason five

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Speaker 1: news talks.

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Speaker 2: There'd be news talks there weekends Bort twelve away from One.

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Speaker 2: Tracy says, I was there last night. Shame the game

664
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Speaker 2: wasn't a bit closer. Good one for the Crusaders. Yeah,

665
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Speaker 2: they ran away with it, didn't they. I don't think

666
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Speaker 2: there was any doubt they were going to beat the

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Speaker 2: Fijian drawer down there. Speaking I mean speaking of teams

668
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Speaker 2: who don't like coming to colder places. I think they'll

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Speaker 2: be quite happy to get back to Laotoka. Will the

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Speaker 2: Fijian drew a team?

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Speaker 5: Hey Mark, Yeah, Hi.

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Speaker 12: Poney, just a quick call. So I've done the revolve

673
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Speaker 12: with the Crusader horses for thirty one years and the

674
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Speaker 12: old you know, we lost Jae's Stadium, had the earthquake

675
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Speaker 12: and you know, all those things that happened. But getting

676
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Speaker 12: to the Addington Stadium, you know, we were so privileged

677
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Speaker 12: really to have the luxury to have that stadium built

678
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Speaker 12: so quickly, and people knocked at a bit, but look

679
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Speaker 12: for for us for what we did there with the horses.

680
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Speaker 12: We've loved that place. The Crusaders an incredible franchise. The

681
00:35:54,147 --> 00:35:57,227
Speaker 12: people won that place, they really are something special. But

682
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Speaker 12: that was a very emotional night last night there and

683
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Speaker 12: were there to the staff for the Crusaders and even

684
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Speaker 12: us guys that have do the horses that it was

685
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Speaker 12: a special place and unless you've lived in christ that

686
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Speaker 12: you realize what we went through. And then on the

687
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Speaker 12: earthquake season when we traveled the Nelson five times, went

688
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Speaker 12: to the Hawk's Bay twice, to Maurur like all these

689
00:36:17,587 --> 00:36:20,067
Speaker 12: things we did, you know as a hell of a thing.

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Speaker 12: So we it's a privilege to be involved in that stadium.

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Speaker 2: That was fantastic. So so will the horses be at

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Speaker 2: the new stadium.

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Speaker 12: Yeah, yeah, we're working on that. We've been for a

694
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Speaker 12: couple of looks of taking the horses and for a

695
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Speaker 12: practice run the next week of science if we can

696
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Speaker 12: all make it all work, so we want to do it.

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Speaker 12: The Crusaders want us to do it. The public obviously

698
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Speaker 12: want us to do it. Have been an immense amount

699
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Speaker 12: of texts and emails to everybody about you know, the horses.

700
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Speaker 12: So yeah, we're hoping, well, we're ninety nine percent sure

701
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Speaker 12: we can make it work. You know, we want to

702
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Speaker 12: continue what we've done for thirty one years with the Crusaders.

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Speaker 5: We will.

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Speaker 12: We rode out the very first game and you know,

705
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Speaker 12: first person to come onto the field with us. So

706
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Speaker 12: you know, it's history. We don't want to lose history,

707
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Speaker 12: do we.

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Speaker 2: No has to happen to have and Mark, I'm pleased

709
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Speaker 2: to hear that that it's almost certain that that will happen.

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Speaker 2: I think it has to. Even for people outside of Christchus,

711
00:37:14,667 --> 00:37:17,867
Speaker 2: those those horses have come to represent, you know, a

712
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Speaker 2: part of the match day experience. Anybody who goes there,

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00:37:21,027 --> 00:37:22,827
Speaker 2: you know, for to watch it. You know, if they

714
00:37:22,827 --> 00:37:24,507
Speaker 2: don't live in christ Uch, they come to christ Church

715
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Speaker 2: to watch the Crusaders. The you know, the horses are

716
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Speaker 2: all part of it. I hope it does continue.

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Speaker 12: Made well last night it was pretty steal. The crowd

718
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Speaker 12: really reacted and the funny thing was the good crowd

719
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Speaker 12: and they really were was an emotional right for that stadium.

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Speaker 12: But the horses rapped to the people, it was it

721
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Speaker 12: was incredible. I have to do that, you know, the

722
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Speaker 12: final game and the people are really raresed up and

723
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Speaker 12: they do the same. So yeah, but anyway, it was

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Speaker 12: it was a very cool night in the Crusader the franchise,

725
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Speaker 12: what they do is I don't think people realize how

726
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Speaker 12: special that out for us. It's pretty cool to be honest.

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Speaker 2: Good man, Mark good Well, well, thanks for calling in.

728
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Speaker 2: We're seeing a few weeks hopefully with the horses. By

729
00:38:01,187 --> 00:38:03,107
Speaker 2: the sounds of it, they'll be there. Good on you, mate.

730
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Speaker 2: It's a nine and a half away from one couple

731
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Speaker 2: of texts. Piny Collin spoke about the cathedral effect of

732
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Speaker 2: the new stadium and what the Crusaders mean to christ Church.

733
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Speaker 2: Just look at the Christian type reference of the last

734
00:38:12,587 --> 00:38:15,987
Speaker 2: sentence during Easter, valid reference that describes our identity. What

735
00:38:16,107 --> 00:38:20,107
Speaker 2: did not survive was the old Crusaders emblem. I understand

736
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Speaker 2: the need for inclusiveness, but we should be proud of

737
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Speaker 2: who we are. Thank goodness they kept the names Crusaders,

738
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Speaker 2: christ Church, Canterbury. All the best for a bright future

739
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Speaker 2: in this great city. Thanks indeed about the stadium, says

740
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Speaker 2: this one. My fiance is from North Carolina, where rugby

741
00:38:35,027 --> 00:38:37,267
Speaker 2: simply isn't a thing. It's all American football there. I'm

742
00:38:37,307 --> 00:38:39,347
Speaker 2: a keyw and when she first got here, I took

743
00:38:39,347 --> 00:38:42,067
Speaker 2: her to a Crusaders game and she absolutely loved it.

744
00:38:42,467 --> 00:38:45,187
Speaker 2: She was impressed with how intimate the stadium was especially

745
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Speaker 2: for a professional sports team compared to what she was

746
00:38:48,867 --> 00:38:53,827
Speaker 2: used to in American stadiums. Greg, Hi, mate, yeah you

747
00:38:53,867 --> 00:38:54,507
Speaker 2: get funny.

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Speaker 11: Hey you is the end of an era. O ZM

749
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Speaker 11: Last night and the look the way to see the

750
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Speaker 11: old girl out. But you know, I've had a lot

751
00:39:02,187 --> 00:39:04,347
Speaker 11: of memories. They are great ones. But I won't get

752
00:39:04,347 --> 00:39:07,547
Speaker 11: too goye I when we'll get into winter, because I

753
00:39:07,627 --> 00:39:09,547
Speaker 11: remember what a cold pace it was. I used to

754
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Speaker 11: take a hit for some nights just to keep the

755
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Speaker 11: spiritulation going.

756
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Speaker 2: Not just on the cold nights. I'd imagine Greek.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, well bit of Calvin Ask was nothing like it.

758
00:39:18,907 --> 00:39:23,387
Speaker 11: But yeah, it was a great old venue for you know,

759
00:39:23,627 --> 00:39:26,227
Speaker 11: as a temporary stadium. I mean fifteen years of it

760
00:39:26,307 --> 00:39:30,267
Speaker 11: and we've got a great new stadium coming up. But yeah,

761
00:39:30,427 --> 00:39:32,987
Speaker 11: it had its memories and one of them, a lot

762
00:39:32,987 --> 00:39:35,627
Speaker 11: of them have Razor. So like you said, I hope

763
00:39:35,627 --> 00:39:39,347
Speaker 11: you gets acknowledged when the new stadium opens up and

764
00:39:39,427 --> 00:39:42,107
Speaker 11: all the great work that he did. The last memory

765
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Speaker 11: of his Razor coming out before a final Jean the

766
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Speaker 11: crowd up, and I hope that's acknowledged in the next

767
00:39:49,347 --> 00:39:50,707
Speaker 11: few weeks coming out.

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00:39:51,307 --> 00:39:53,227
Speaker 2: I hope so to agree if you spot me there

769
00:39:53,307 --> 00:39:55,707
Speaker 2: over the weekend, mate, and you can get access to

770
00:39:55,707 --> 00:39:57,627
Speaker 2: where I am, just nip over with your hip last mate,

771
00:39:57,627 --> 00:39:59,467
Speaker 2: we'll just sort of nip around the back and maybe

772
00:39:59,507 --> 00:40:03,147
Speaker 2: just you know, ever ever we settler. Good to get

773
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Speaker 2: your oh one hundred and eighty ten eighties and number

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Speaker 2: seven away from News Talks V.

775
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Speaker 1: When there's a line call, it's your call. Weekend Sport

776
00:40:12,147 --> 00:40:14,427
Speaker 1: with Jason Fine News Talks.

777
00:40:14,187 --> 00:40:17,227
Speaker 2: V coming up four to one. Pinteer, I had that

778
00:40:17,347 --> 00:40:19,787
Speaker 2: spine tingling feeling of a new stadium when I flew

779
00:40:19,787 --> 00:40:22,867
Speaker 2: to London and went to Arsenal's new Emirates Stadium after

780
00:40:22,947 --> 00:40:26,187
Speaker 2: years of going to Highbury. It was just brilliant and

781
00:40:26,507 --> 00:40:30,467
Speaker 2: final text on this topic, Pone. I hope rather Tikaha

782
00:40:30,587 --> 00:40:33,547
Speaker 2: has the same atmosphere as Addington. I've been to many

783
00:40:33,587 --> 00:40:36,747
Speaker 2: games at Addington and the atmosphere and character of that

784
00:40:36,787 --> 00:40:39,787
Speaker 2: stadium is amazing. It's almost a bit sad to lose that.

785
00:40:40,187 --> 00:40:42,747
Speaker 2: I really hope it translates to the new stadium. Yet

786
00:40:42,787 --> 00:40:45,387
Speaker 2: it's a good point and I think what you'll find

787
00:40:46,867 --> 00:40:50,707
Speaker 2: at one New Zealand stadium at Takaha is because of

788
00:40:50,747 --> 00:40:53,987
Speaker 2: its shape, the rectangular nature of it and the roof

789
00:40:54,507 --> 00:40:56,707
Speaker 2: that you will get that. You get it in Dunedin

790
00:40:56,827 --> 00:40:59,307
Speaker 2: a full house down there's amazing. In fact even half

791
00:40:59,347 --> 00:41:03,747
Speaker 2: full at Forsyth Bar there's plenty of atmosphere, so I

792
00:41:03,747 --> 00:41:06,587
Speaker 2: get the feeling it'll be the same at Tekah. Thanks

793
00:41:06,627 --> 00:41:11,027
Speaker 2: for all your calls and correspondence on the legacy of

794
00:41:11,067 --> 00:41:14,507
Speaker 2: that wonderful ground and well, as I say, three weeks

795
00:41:14,507 --> 00:41:17,467
Speaker 2: time will win the brand new Flash Stadium in christ

796
00:41:17,547 --> 00:41:21,027
Speaker 2: Church after one Leedley King Tottenham legend.

797
00:41:22,067 --> 00:41:25,307
Speaker 1: The only place to discuss the biggest sports issues on

798
00:41:26,587 --> 00:41:29,627
Speaker 1: a head off the field, you get a story. It's

799
00:41:29,667 --> 00:41:32,827
Speaker 1: all on Weekend Sport with Jason Vine on your home

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Speaker 1: of Sport News Talks at ME one seven.

801
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Speaker 2: Welcome back into the show. Welcome into the show. This

802
00:41:38,987 --> 00:41:41,347
Speaker 2: is Weekend Sport on Easter Saturday. I'm Jason Pine with

803
00:41:41,387 --> 00:41:46,307
Speaker 2: any McDonald making sure everything runs smoothly. B F Priestman

804
00:41:46,387 --> 00:41:49,627
Speaker 2: this hour, head coach of the Wellington Phoenix Women. History

805
00:41:49,667 --> 00:41:53,787
Speaker 2: making season by them. They will finish second in the

806
00:41:53,827 --> 00:41:57,027
Speaker 2: regular season. They have never before finished in the top six.

807
00:41:57,747 --> 00:42:04,507
Speaker 2: Their second only a record fourteen goal winning margin for

808
00:42:04,627 --> 00:42:07,707
Speaker 2: Canberra later today can knock them out of second spot.

809
00:42:07,747 --> 00:42:10,067
Speaker 2: That won't happen. So what that means is they'll go

810
00:42:10,107 --> 00:42:13,467
Speaker 2: straight through to the home and away semi finals of

811
00:42:13,507 --> 00:42:17,627
Speaker 2: the Women's A League. The teams placed third to sixth

812
00:42:17,667 --> 00:42:21,467
Speaker 2: will play elimination games over Anzac weekend, then home and

813
00:42:21,507 --> 00:42:24,747
Speaker 2: away semis and then the Grand Final. Bev Priestment reflecting

814
00:42:24,747 --> 00:42:27,427
Speaker 2: on last night's went over Adelaide and the season as

815
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Speaker 2: a whole, and then I look ahead to what lies

816
00:42:30,027 --> 00:42:34,227
Speaker 2: ahead for her team with the final series approaching. Just

817
00:42:34,307 --> 00:42:36,347
Speaker 2: updating you from the base in Reserve. Where as you

818
00:42:36,387 --> 00:42:39,627
Speaker 2: heard during our sports news, it's quite the recovery for

819
00:42:39,707 --> 00:42:42,707
Speaker 2: the White Ferns. At the start of the fourth over

820
00:42:43,267 --> 00:42:46,867
Speaker 2: they were three for three, including the wicket off the

821
00:42:46,947 --> 00:42:49,907
Speaker 2: very first ball she faced of Mealy Kerr, who as

822
00:42:49,947 --> 00:42:52,827
Speaker 2: we know the other day scored an unbeaten one hundred

823
00:42:52,827 --> 00:42:55,707
Speaker 2: and seventy nine to guide New Zealand to victory the

824
00:42:55,747 --> 00:42:58,667
Speaker 2: highest evil Women's One Day International run chase at the

825
00:42:58,787 --> 00:43:01,187
Speaker 2: same venue. She was out first ball and when she

826
00:43:01,387 --> 00:43:04,667
Speaker 2: was out it was three for three. It is now

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Speaker 2: one hundred and forty four three. Brook Halliday and Maddy

828
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Speaker 2: Green have put together a very impressive partnership. One hundred

829
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Speaker 2: and forty two, unbeaten one forty five to three. They

830
00:43:15,427 --> 00:43:19,467
Speaker 2: are now Holiday sixty one Green sixty four. So any

831
00:43:19,827 --> 00:43:23,427
Speaker 2: hope that South Africa might have had of rolling the

832
00:43:23,467 --> 00:43:25,427
Speaker 2: White fans though not meant he has been taken away

833
00:43:26,027 --> 00:43:27,707
Speaker 2: by these two. Will keep eyes on it for you

834
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Speaker 2: across the arrest of the show. One of the most

835
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Speaker 2: famous football clubs in the world is coming to New Zealand.

836
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Speaker 2: Tottenham Hotspur will headline the first New Zealand International Football Festival.

837
00:43:41,787 --> 00:43:44,907
Speaker 2: They will face Auckland FC on Sunday, the twenty sixth

838
00:43:44,947 --> 00:43:48,667
Speaker 2: of July at Eden Park. General tickets on sale on

839
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Speaker 2: Tuesday from midday from tickertech Leedley King is Tottenham Hotspur Royalty,

840
00:43:55,947 --> 00:43:59,747
Speaker 2: widely regarded as one of the Premier League's most naturally

841
00:43:59,867 --> 00:44:03,107
Speaker 2: gifted defenders, a one club man who came through the

842
00:44:03,227 --> 00:44:07,747
Speaker 2: youth system and spent his entire profession or Korea at Tottenham,

843
00:44:08,147 --> 00:44:11,787
Speaker 2: making more than three hundred appearances and captaining the club

844
00:44:11,867 --> 00:44:14,787
Speaker 2: for much of the two thousands. He helped Tottenham lift

845
00:44:14,827 --> 00:44:17,547
Speaker 2: the League Cup in two thousand and eight, played in

846
00:44:17,627 --> 00:44:20,987
Speaker 2: the Champions League and earned twenty one caps for England,

847
00:44:21,467 --> 00:44:24,827
Speaker 2: including matches at Euro two thousand and four and the

848
00:44:24,947 --> 00:44:28,587
Speaker 2: twenty ten FEEFA World Cup in South Africa. Today he

849
00:44:28,907 --> 00:44:31,947
Speaker 2: is a club ambassador, with his legacy as one of

850
00:44:31,987 --> 00:44:37,547
Speaker 2: Tottenham's finest modern era defenders remaining firmly intact. Ledley King

851
00:44:37,827 --> 00:44:40,027
Speaker 2: is in New Zealand as part of this announcement and

852
00:44:40,187 --> 00:44:43,547
Speaker 2: joins us in studio. Thanks for popping in, Ledley. How

853
00:44:43,587 --> 00:44:47,067
Speaker 2: excited are you about bringing Tottenham to New Zealand.

854
00:44:47,867 --> 00:44:48,947
Speaker 5: Yes, it's really exciting.

855
00:44:49,627 --> 00:44:51,547
Speaker 13: You know, I'm the lucky one that gets the opportunity

856
00:44:51,587 --> 00:44:53,987
Speaker 13: to come out here and announce it, you know, before

857
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Speaker 13: the team do. And yeah, my first time in New Zealand.

858
00:44:57,227 --> 00:44:59,907
Speaker 13: It's been fantastic and I know how much the team

859
00:44:59,947 --> 00:45:01,947
Speaker 13: you're really looking forward to coming out here and playing

860
00:45:01,947 --> 00:45:02,907
Speaker 13: in front of a new audience.

861
00:45:03,107 --> 00:45:06,227
Speaker 2: Spurs have a massive global fan base and you got

862
00:45:06,267 --> 00:45:08,667
Speaker 2: to little taste of it yesterday at the official announced Yeah,

863
00:45:09,467 --> 00:45:11,787
Speaker 2: with Spurs fans turning out, how important is it to

864
00:45:11,947 --> 00:45:14,827
Speaker 2: connect with those fans physically as well as having them

865
00:45:14,827 --> 00:45:17,307
Speaker 2: obviously tuning in from all four corners of the world

866
00:45:17,347 --> 00:45:18,867
Speaker 2: when you play games in North London.

867
00:45:18,987 --> 00:45:21,827
Speaker 13: Yeah, listen that the players are well aware of our

868
00:45:21,867 --> 00:45:25,387
Speaker 13: fan base around the world. And it's important for us

869
00:45:25,427 --> 00:45:27,187
Speaker 13: to be able to give back to them, you know,

870
00:45:27,347 --> 00:45:29,827
Speaker 13: not just stay in our little comfort zone back in

871
00:45:29,867 --> 00:45:31,987
Speaker 13: the in the UK, but to make sure we explore

872
00:45:32,107 --> 00:45:34,267
Speaker 13: and tried to give our fans a chance to see

873
00:45:34,267 --> 00:45:36,387
Speaker 13: the players up close and personal, you know. And while

874
00:45:36,427 --> 00:45:37,947
Speaker 13: we're out here, it won't just be about the game.

875
00:45:37,947 --> 00:45:39,987
Speaker 13: We'll be you know, we'll be out in the community.

876
00:45:40,147 --> 00:45:42,467
Speaker 13: We'll be out you know, getting involved in the culture.

877
00:45:42,987 --> 00:45:44,147
Speaker 13: And that's something that we always do.

878
00:45:45,107 --> 00:45:47,067
Speaker 2: It must be quite cool for you to turn out.

879
00:45:47,067 --> 00:45:49,067
Speaker 2: I mean you could probably turn up anywhere and have

880
00:45:49,227 --> 00:45:52,667
Speaker 2: your song sung at you by by Tottenham fans. It

881
00:45:52,707 --> 00:45:55,147
Speaker 2: probably happens in London a lot, but downtown auckland On And.

882
00:45:55,427 --> 00:45:57,707
Speaker 13: Yeah, you know what, it never sees this to amaze me.

883
00:45:57,787 --> 00:46:00,547
Speaker 13: You know, I was in Austin a couple of weeks

884
00:46:00,587 --> 00:46:04,787
Speaker 13: ago and it just really shows how kind of small

885
00:46:04,907 --> 00:46:06,587
Speaker 13: the world is at the same time and how so

886
00:46:06,747 --> 00:46:11,347
Speaker 13: connected we are in today's age. Yes, so I've got

887
00:46:11,467 --> 00:46:15,267
Speaker 13: an amazing reception yesterday with my song that the fans

888
00:46:15,347 --> 00:46:17,507
Speaker 13: though all around the world, and you know, it just

889
00:46:17,547 --> 00:46:19,147
Speaker 13: makes me feel so at home. And I know the

890
00:46:19,187 --> 00:46:20,627
Speaker 13: players will as soon as they come out here. And

891
00:46:20,667 --> 00:46:23,267
Speaker 13: they see that the fans, they'll love it.

892
00:46:23,547 --> 00:46:26,227
Speaker 2: This club obviously means a lot to you. Three decades

893
00:46:26,307 --> 00:46:28,667
Speaker 2: worth of your life spent at the clubs, for the academy,

894
00:46:28,787 --> 00:46:31,227
Speaker 2: the first team, and now an ambassador. What does it

895
00:46:31,267 --> 00:46:33,027
Speaker 2: mean to you to be able to continue your legacy

896
00:46:33,187 --> 00:46:34,907
Speaker 2: in an ambassadorial role.

897
00:46:35,147 --> 00:46:38,547
Speaker 13: Yes, it's been fantastic because, you know, the opportunity for

898
00:46:38,627 --> 00:46:41,427
Speaker 13: me to actually go out and really engage and meet

899
00:46:41,467 --> 00:46:43,787
Speaker 13: the fans is something that's you know, it's great for

900
00:46:43,907 --> 00:46:46,907
Speaker 13: me because you know, I went through some tough times

901
00:46:46,947 --> 00:46:48,707
Speaker 13: with my injuries and it was always the fans that

902
00:46:49,427 --> 00:46:51,907
Speaker 13: their support that kind of kept me going and kept

903
00:46:51,987 --> 00:46:55,707
Speaker 13: me driving to keep keep my career going. So now

904
00:46:55,787 --> 00:46:57,467
Speaker 13: to be able to travel the world and kind of

905
00:46:57,627 --> 00:47:01,027
Speaker 13: meet these meet these fans, speak to them, shake their hands,

906
00:47:01,307 --> 00:47:03,307
Speaker 13: it's something that's really important to me and I'm blessed

907
00:47:03,307 --> 00:47:03,787
Speaker 13: to be able to do it.

908
00:47:03,947 --> 00:47:04,067
Speaker 5: Well.

909
00:47:04,067 --> 00:47:06,507
Speaker 2: We've alluded to there as the chronic knee injury. Is

910
00:47:06,547 --> 00:47:09,627
Speaker 2: that really affected you, but then at the same time

911
00:47:09,747 --> 00:47:12,187
Speaker 2: didn't seem to affect you. You played at this level

912
00:47:13,347 --> 00:47:16,067
Speaker 2: despite the knee injury. How mentally tough was it legally

913
00:47:16,107 --> 00:47:16,547
Speaker 2: to start with?

914
00:47:16,867 --> 00:47:19,747
Speaker 13: Very very I think you know, I had this my

915
00:47:19,827 --> 00:47:22,227
Speaker 13: last major operation at twenty six years old, and I

916
00:47:22,267 --> 00:47:24,867
Speaker 13: should have been, you know, entering my prime as a player,

917
00:47:24,907 --> 00:47:27,307
Speaker 13: but instead, you know, I realized I was not going

918
00:47:27,347 --> 00:47:29,027
Speaker 13: to be the player that I hoped I could be,

919
00:47:29,827 --> 00:47:31,587
Speaker 13: which was to be one of the best in the world.

920
00:47:32,867 --> 00:47:34,947
Speaker 13: So then it was about just making sure that I

921
00:47:35,107 --> 00:47:38,187
Speaker 13: was an important influence on my teammates, making sure that

922
00:47:38,267 --> 00:47:40,587
Speaker 13: when I'm playing, we're a better team, regardless of my

923
00:47:40,667 --> 00:47:43,907
Speaker 13: own performance, but making sure now that I am making

924
00:47:43,947 --> 00:47:47,307
Speaker 13: sure that when I'm in the team, the man next

925
00:47:47,307 --> 00:47:48,947
Speaker 13: to me, the man in front of me, are performing

926
00:47:48,987 --> 00:47:51,707
Speaker 13: at their best levels. And you know, I managed to

927
00:47:51,747 --> 00:47:53,267
Speaker 13: do that for five years. I even went to the

928
00:47:53,307 --> 00:47:55,907
Speaker 13: World Cup in twenty ten, four years into not training,

929
00:47:56,507 --> 00:47:58,347
Speaker 13: which is a bit of a crazy story, but it's

930
00:47:58,347 --> 00:47:59,747
Speaker 13: one of them things that when you look back now,

931
00:47:59,787 --> 00:48:02,747
Speaker 13: you say, how did I do that? But it was

932
00:48:02,827 --> 00:48:05,387
Speaker 13: definitely tough, tough mentally not to be around your teammates

933
00:48:05,387 --> 00:48:07,627
Speaker 13: on a daily basis. I didn't train from week to week.

934
00:48:07,987 --> 00:48:09,907
Speaker 13: You know, I spent my time in the gym, in

935
00:48:09,907 --> 00:48:13,267
Speaker 13: the swimming pools, recovering from you know, money would swell

936
00:48:13,347 --> 00:48:16,387
Speaker 13: up after a game, So it was tough, but the

937
00:48:16,507 --> 00:48:18,507
Speaker 13: love of football, the love of being out on the

938
00:48:18,547 --> 00:48:21,387
Speaker 13: pitch and helping my teammates, the direction I got from

939
00:48:21,427 --> 00:48:23,667
Speaker 13: the fans whenever I was in you know, when my

940
00:48:23,787 --> 00:48:25,867
Speaker 13: name was read out in the team sheet. They were

941
00:48:25,867 --> 00:48:27,147
Speaker 13: all the little things that kept me going.

942
00:48:27,507 --> 00:48:29,947
Speaker 2: It's remarkable, But I would imagine playing in the Premier

943
00:48:30,027 --> 00:48:30,867
Speaker 2: League at a hundred percent.

944
00:48:30,947 --> 00:48:32,187
Speaker 5: That's hard. Yeah, it is. It is.

945
00:48:32,507 --> 00:48:34,747
Speaker 2: You know what you've just outlined there. I mean you

946
00:48:34,867 --> 00:48:37,147
Speaker 2: talked about mentally, but physically as well. How were you

947
00:48:37,267 --> 00:48:41,347
Speaker 2: able to prepare your body for the physical rigors of

948
00:48:41,867 --> 00:48:44,587
Speaker 2: the Premier League not even training with the team.

949
00:48:44,707 --> 00:48:47,467
Speaker 13: Yeah, I mean, as I said, I spent a lot

950
00:48:47,507 --> 00:48:48,867
Speaker 13: of time in the gym just trying to keep my

951
00:48:48,947 --> 00:48:55,507
Speaker 13: muscle strong. I couldn't replicate running, so that was the

952
00:48:55,547 --> 00:48:57,587
Speaker 13: difficult part. When I was playing, and I would break

953
00:48:57,627 --> 00:49:00,107
Speaker 13: down with muscle injuries every three or four games or so,

954
00:49:00,827 --> 00:49:01,827
Speaker 13: so that was a tough part.

955
00:49:03,787 --> 00:49:04,227
Speaker 5: Yeah, it was.

956
00:49:04,547 --> 00:49:06,707
Speaker 13: You know, it's hard to explain how i'd how I

957
00:49:06,787 --> 00:49:09,907
Speaker 13: did it. As I said, I had to be very

958
00:49:10,027 --> 00:49:12,227
Speaker 13: mentally strong. I had to kind of convince myself that

959
00:49:12,427 --> 00:49:15,627
Speaker 13: the fitness levels didn't matter. I was playing football and

960
00:49:15,667 --> 00:49:17,467
Speaker 13: I knew how to play football. I had to really

961
00:49:17,547 --> 00:49:20,227
Speaker 13: convince myself that it wasn't about how fit I am,

962
00:49:20,747 --> 00:49:23,267
Speaker 13: how fast you can run. It's about, you know, how

963
00:49:23,307 --> 00:49:25,067
Speaker 13: you read the game, how you see where the ball

964
00:49:25,147 --> 00:49:27,187
Speaker 13: is going to end up. And that's the way I've

965
00:49:27,227 --> 00:49:27,707
Speaker 13: kind of played it.

966
00:49:28,147 --> 00:49:29,747
Speaker 2: You lead the team for a long time as well.

967
00:49:30,107 --> 00:49:33,227
Speaker 2: What kind of captain were your vocal were lead by example?

968
00:49:34,187 --> 00:49:34,307
Speaker 7: More?

969
00:49:34,467 --> 00:49:36,107
Speaker 13: Lead by example? I think I was one of them

970
00:49:36,507 --> 00:49:39,267
Speaker 13: guys that my teammates could depend on, you know, whenever

971
00:49:39,387 --> 00:49:41,587
Speaker 13: I was, you know, going through a tough time, that

972
00:49:41,667 --> 00:49:43,387
Speaker 13: they could look me in the eyes and they knew

973
00:49:43,387 --> 00:49:44,867
Speaker 13: that I was there and I was going to, you know,

974
00:49:45,267 --> 00:49:50,227
Speaker 13: help to dig them out of a situation. You know,

975
00:49:50,427 --> 00:49:53,107
Speaker 13: I think there's so many different types of leaders, and

976
00:49:53,307 --> 00:49:55,387
Speaker 13: I think the most important thing is to be yourself.

977
00:49:55,467 --> 00:49:57,467
Speaker 13: You know, I lead in the way that got me

978
00:49:57,627 --> 00:50:00,587
Speaker 13: the armband in the first place. I like to think

979
00:50:00,627 --> 00:50:03,507
Speaker 13: I had the respect of all my teammates because the

980
00:50:03,587 --> 00:50:05,707
Speaker 13: way I prepared myself, the way I tried to play

981
00:50:05,747 --> 00:50:09,627
Speaker 13: the game. You know, I never took a day off

982
00:50:09,667 --> 00:50:12,667
Speaker 13: in terms of you know, playing the game. I was

983
00:50:12,707 --> 00:50:18,227
Speaker 13: always on it. You know, consistency was important, and you

984
00:50:18,267 --> 00:50:20,507
Speaker 13: know your teammates will follow you in that respect. So

985
00:50:20,627 --> 00:50:22,827
Speaker 13: you know, I've had a great relationship with all my

986
00:50:22,907 --> 00:50:25,467
Speaker 13: teammates throughout the years, and you know, that's something I

987
00:50:25,547 --> 00:50:27,507
Speaker 13: take pride in, you know, just being there for them,

988
00:50:27,547 --> 00:50:30,427
Speaker 13: being in there for them when they're going through difficult moments,

989
00:50:30,507 --> 00:50:32,267
Speaker 13: and yeah, something I really enjoyed.

990
00:50:32,427 --> 00:50:34,907
Speaker 2: You're a one club man, famously a one club man,

991
00:50:34,947 --> 00:50:39,587
Speaker 2: but that is certainly not the common theme and professional football.

992
00:50:39,947 --> 00:50:41,787
Speaker 2: How did you make sure that everybody who came into

993
00:50:41,827 --> 00:50:45,187
Speaker 2: the Tottenham dressing room and brought into the culture of

994
00:50:45,267 --> 00:50:46,787
Speaker 2: what the club was all about a lot of different

995
00:50:46,867 --> 00:50:48,267
Speaker 2: nationalities of course as well.

996
00:50:48,387 --> 00:50:50,987
Speaker 13: Yeah, yeah, yeah, and that's you know, something I enjoyed actually,

997
00:50:51,067 --> 00:50:53,147
Speaker 13: you know, learning from different people, different styles, and you

998
00:50:53,187 --> 00:50:56,027
Speaker 13: can pick things up from you know, people from different backgrounds.

999
00:50:56,747 --> 00:50:58,467
Speaker 13: But the main thing was making sure that everyone felt

1000
00:50:58,467 --> 00:51:03,067
Speaker 13: comfortable in the changing room, allowed to be themselves, not

1001
00:51:03,227 --> 00:51:06,187
Speaker 13: to kind of go away from their beliefs and their

1002
00:51:06,507 --> 00:51:10,107
Speaker 13: the rituals that, you know, being comfortable to still be

1003
00:51:10,187 --> 00:51:13,427
Speaker 13: able to do that, but at the same time making

1004
00:51:13,507 --> 00:51:16,107
Speaker 13: sure that they knew how much it means to play

1005
00:51:16,147 --> 00:51:18,227
Speaker 13: for the club and how much it means to the fans.

1006
00:51:18,387 --> 00:51:20,307
Speaker 13: That you're representing the club. That was something that always

1007
00:51:20,307 --> 00:51:21,587
Speaker 13: took pride in Loft.

1008
00:51:21,587 --> 00:51:24,227
Speaker 2: At the League Cup in two thousand and eight, I'd

1009
00:51:24,267 --> 00:51:26,467
Speaker 2: imagine always special winning a trophy. How special a day

1010
00:51:26,547 --> 00:51:26,667
Speaker 2: was that?

1011
00:51:27,187 --> 00:51:29,427
Speaker 13: It was very special because you know, it's a very

1012
00:51:29,427 --> 00:51:31,307
Speaker 13: difficult thing to do, as we've seen over the years.

1013
00:51:31,587 --> 00:51:34,027
Speaker 13: You know, we've had some great teams since I've retired,

1014
00:51:34,067 --> 00:51:36,067
Speaker 13: you know the likes of Harry Kane and Son and

1015
00:51:36,227 --> 00:51:39,867
Speaker 13: Hugo La Reese and Delhi Ali and you know that

1016
00:51:39,987 --> 00:51:42,467
Speaker 13: group of players didn't manage to win a trophy, So

1017
00:51:42,547 --> 00:51:44,827
Speaker 13: it tells you how difficult it is, you know. Obviously

1018
00:51:44,827 --> 00:51:46,827
Speaker 13: we kind of put that to bed last season by

1019
00:51:47,267 --> 00:51:50,107
Speaker 13: winning the Europa, which was fantastic. We had hundreds of

1020
00:51:50,147 --> 00:51:54,467
Speaker 13: thousands in the streets outside the stadium on the parade

1021
00:51:54,827 --> 00:51:57,107
Speaker 13: and that shows you how much it meant to the club,

1022
00:51:57,267 --> 00:51:59,227
Speaker 13: how much it meant to the fans. But yeah, to

1023
00:51:59,347 --> 00:52:02,507
Speaker 13: have the opportunity to do that, you know, I look

1024
00:52:02,547 --> 00:52:04,427
Speaker 13: back now and I see the pictures of me lifting

1025
00:52:04,467 --> 00:52:06,267
Speaker 13: the trophy and that's something that will say with me forever.

1026
00:52:06,907 --> 00:52:10,547
Speaker 2: Goal against Bradford and ten seconds I see Shane Long's gone.

1027
00:52:11,427 --> 00:52:12,227
Speaker 5: It was nine subtheet.

1028
00:52:12,227 --> 00:52:20,267
Speaker 2: No, it's you saying bolt numbers. Yeah, nine point do

1029
00:52:20,347 --> 00:52:21,427
Speaker 2: you still get reminded of it.

1030
00:52:22,987 --> 00:52:24,867
Speaker 13: Every now and then, But as you say, it's gone now,

1031
00:52:24,987 --> 00:52:26,427
Speaker 13: So you know, I think I held it for about

1032
00:52:26,587 --> 00:52:29,347
Speaker 13: eighteen years or something like that, So yeah, I can't

1033
00:52:29,387 --> 00:52:29,947
Speaker 13: be too greedy.

1034
00:52:30,027 --> 00:52:31,267
Speaker 2: Had it for for a long time.

1035
00:52:31,347 --> 00:52:33,027
Speaker 13: And Shane Long broke it.

1036
00:52:33,067 --> 00:52:33,387
Speaker 5: I don't know.

1037
00:52:33,427 --> 00:52:35,307
Speaker 13: I think he's scored in six seconds or something like that,

1038
00:52:35,467 --> 00:52:37,787
Speaker 13: so he's going to he's going to be having that record.

1039
00:52:37,507 --> 00:52:37,907
Speaker 5: For a while.

1040
00:52:39,307 --> 00:52:43,387
Speaker 2: Tottenham fan's doing a pretty tough at the moment. Seven

1041
00:52:43,467 --> 00:52:46,307
Speaker 2: league games to go one point outside relegation. Are these

1042
00:52:46,387 --> 00:52:47,627
Speaker 2: seven cup finals coming up?

1043
00:52:47,747 --> 00:52:48,107
Speaker 5: For sure?

1044
00:52:48,347 --> 00:52:48,707
Speaker 2: For sure?

1045
00:52:49,747 --> 00:52:51,267
Speaker 13: You know, I don't know if you saw the last game,

1046
00:52:51,307 --> 00:52:54,507
Speaker 13: but the fans really know the importance now of every game.

1047
00:52:54,587 --> 00:52:57,787
Speaker 13: And the last game before we played not in the forest,

1048
00:52:57,827 --> 00:53:00,027
Speaker 13: the fans were there in tens of thousands outside the

1049
00:53:00,067 --> 00:53:04,027
Speaker 13: streets cheering the team in. So it shows how much

1050
00:53:04,067 --> 00:53:06,067
Speaker 13: it means to everyone at the football club. And as

1051
00:53:06,107 --> 00:53:08,227
Speaker 13: you said, seven cup finals from now to the end

1052
00:53:08,227 --> 00:53:12,267
Speaker 13: of the season. I still believe in the team, the

1053
00:53:12,347 --> 00:53:15,307
Speaker 13: group of players. I think there's enough quality there. Sometimes

1054
00:53:15,347 --> 00:53:17,907
Speaker 13: it's just about finding that one win from from from

1055
00:53:17,947 --> 00:53:20,987
Speaker 13: anywhere anyhow, and all of a sudden that confidence and

1056
00:53:21,027 --> 00:53:23,427
Speaker 13: belief comes back and and you get on a bit

1057
00:53:23,427 --> 00:53:25,827
Speaker 13: of a role. So yes, that next one up. It's

1058
00:53:25,827 --> 00:53:27,667
Speaker 13: gonna be a difficult game of my way to Sunderland,

1059
00:53:27,707 --> 00:53:29,787
Speaker 13: which is a tough place to go, but we're gonna

1060
00:53:29,787 --> 00:53:31,547
Speaker 13: have to find something. You know, we've got to say

1061
00:53:31,587 --> 00:53:34,107
Speaker 13: seven games, and you know we're gonna have to put

1062
00:53:34,187 --> 00:53:35,827
Speaker 13: enough points on the board from now to the end

1063
00:53:35,827 --> 00:53:37,107
Speaker 13: of the season to stay up.

1064
00:53:37,507 --> 00:53:39,147
Speaker 2: One of our favorite times here in New Zealand is

1065
00:53:39,227 --> 00:53:41,267
Speaker 2: Ryan Nelson, of course, so you played a little bit

1066
00:53:41,307 --> 00:53:43,067
Speaker 2: worth it the end of your career at top n

1067
00:53:43,227 --> 00:53:45,387
Speaker 2: Did I think he might have his day bo might

1068
00:53:45,427 --> 00:53:46,307
Speaker 2: have been to replace you?

1069
00:53:46,427 --> 00:53:47,547
Speaker 5: It was, yeah, it was.

1070
00:53:47,747 --> 00:53:48,467
Speaker 14: I thought that it was.

1071
00:53:48,787 --> 00:53:50,507
Speaker 13: I didn't know that at the time, but yeah, it's

1072
00:53:50,507 --> 00:53:53,547
Speaker 13: funny how things work out. Yeah, he come on for me,

1073
00:53:54,427 --> 00:53:56,227
Speaker 13: and yeah we did play. We would have played a

1074
00:53:56,267 --> 00:53:59,827
Speaker 13: few games side by side. But terrific guy, ran, great,

1075
00:53:59,867 --> 00:54:02,787
Speaker 13: great character, he's a great captain that you know of

1076
00:54:02,867 --> 00:54:05,507
Speaker 13: his team in the Premier League. And he joined Tottenham

1077
00:54:05,667 --> 00:54:08,387
Speaker 13: towards the back end of his career. I think he's

1078
00:54:08,427 --> 00:54:10,987
Speaker 13: there for about six months or so we needed a

1079
00:54:11,067 --> 00:54:12,787
Speaker 13: boost in the squad and he'd done a great job

1080
00:54:12,827 --> 00:54:14,947
Speaker 13: for us. So yeah, he's really really pleased to have

1081
00:54:14,987 --> 00:54:15,467
Speaker 13: played with him.

1082
00:54:15,507 --> 00:54:15,667
Speaker 5: Yeah.

1083
00:54:15,667 --> 00:54:18,267
Speaker 2: One of the great Chins and football Ryan Nelson. They

1084
00:54:18,307 --> 00:54:20,987
Speaker 2: often often say he led us to the twenty teen

1085
00:54:21,027 --> 00:54:22,987
Speaker 2: Football World Cup. You must be a lucky charm because

1086
00:54:22,987 --> 00:54:25,267
Speaker 2: you're at Eaton Park to watch your White's beak Chili

1087
00:54:25,387 --> 00:54:25,947
Speaker 2: four to one.

1088
00:54:26,147 --> 00:54:29,027
Speaker 13: Yeah, man, did you enjoy the experience? I did enjoy it,

1089
00:54:29,107 --> 00:54:31,467
Speaker 13: and I thought that the Waits played well. Actually it

1090
00:54:31,587 --> 00:54:35,867
Speaker 13: helped that Chile went down to ten men, but they

1091
00:54:35,907 --> 00:54:38,227
Speaker 13: controlled the game well, the all Whites, and you know

1092
00:54:38,267 --> 00:54:40,747
Speaker 13: obviously scored their four goals, so you know they'll put

1093
00:54:40,787 --> 00:54:42,347
Speaker 13: them in good confidence moving forward for sure.

1094
00:54:42,467 --> 00:54:44,347
Speaker 2: Absolutely, all right, A couple of quick fight to finish.

1095
00:54:45,187 --> 00:54:47,987
Speaker 2: Which manager had the biggest influence on you as a player?

1096
00:54:49,147 --> 00:54:54,267
Speaker 13: Biggest influence? I enjoyed all my managers, but I'd say

1097
00:54:54,307 --> 00:54:56,467
Speaker 13: in terms of the influence, I think it would probably

1098
00:54:56,547 --> 00:55:00,907
Speaker 13: be Martinyol. During that period of time, that was when

1099
00:55:00,947 --> 00:55:03,987
Speaker 13: I was a captain of the team, and that was

1100
00:55:04,067 --> 00:55:06,947
Speaker 13: where I started to really grow as a as a player.

1101
00:55:08,067 --> 00:55:09,427
Speaker 13: So I think that was probably the best.

1102
00:55:09,427 --> 00:55:12,867
Speaker 2: Most most talented teammate, a guy you thought, my goodness,

1103
00:55:12,947 --> 00:55:13,787
Speaker 2: how has he done that?

1104
00:55:14,987 --> 00:55:17,147
Speaker 13: Funny enough, it was a guy that didn't really play

1105
00:55:17,467 --> 00:55:20,707
Speaker 13: much at Tottenham was a guy called Adelta Rap. He

1106
00:55:20,827 --> 00:55:23,067
Speaker 13: was a young player at Tottenham, but his talent was

1107
00:55:23,307 --> 00:55:27,067
Speaker 13: was unbelievable. He did go on to have a good

1108
00:55:27,107 --> 00:55:30,187
Speaker 13: career in the end. But other than him, I'll probably

1109
00:55:30,227 --> 00:55:33,467
Speaker 13: say Gareth Bell. Gareth Bell, yeah, if you only chance

1110
00:55:33,507 --> 00:55:35,787
Speaker 13: to see him up close and personal, was special.

1111
00:55:36,467 --> 00:55:38,707
Speaker 2: An opponent who you always knew you were going to

1112
00:55:38,747 --> 00:55:41,707
Speaker 2: get a tough day from him. You marked, you marked

1113
00:55:41,747 --> 00:55:44,427
Speaker 2: the greatest strikers in the Premier League who always gave

1114
00:55:44,507 --> 00:55:45,147
Speaker 2: you a tough game.

1115
00:55:45,227 --> 00:55:47,667
Speaker 13: That they was all tough. Honestly, there was no there

1116
00:55:47,747 --> 00:55:50,067
Speaker 13: was no easy no easy games. You know, I could

1117
00:55:50,267 --> 00:55:55,067
Speaker 13: sit here and name drog Bar, Tierry, Henry. But one

1118
00:55:55,147 --> 00:55:57,707
Speaker 13: that was surprised people was a guy called Kevin Davis

1119
00:55:57,707 --> 00:56:00,627
Speaker 13: who played at Bolton and whenever whenever you played Bolton,

1120
00:56:00,787 --> 00:56:03,547
Speaker 13: Bolton with a very physical team. They played the long

1121
00:56:03,627 --> 00:56:07,467
Speaker 13: ball style and Kevin Davis was a big, strong, powerful

1122
00:56:07,507 --> 00:56:10,507
Speaker 13: forward who fought for everything. So you know, when you

1123
00:56:10,587 --> 00:56:11,867
Speaker 13: played Bowen, I knew it was going to.

1124
00:56:11,867 --> 00:56:12,387
Speaker 5: Be a tough day.

1125
00:56:12,507 --> 00:56:13,507
Speaker 2: Favorite away ground.

1126
00:56:14,227 --> 00:56:16,467
Speaker 13: I probably have to see anfield it was probably it

1127
00:56:16,507 --> 00:56:18,547
Speaker 13: was where I made my debut actually as an eighteen

1128
00:56:18,627 --> 00:56:20,467
Speaker 13: year old, so that's going to always have a special

1129
00:56:20,467 --> 00:56:20,787
Speaker 13: place with.

1130
00:56:20,867 --> 00:56:25,707
Speaker 2: Me and your favorite Tottenham memory other than winning the

1131
00:56:25,787 --> 00:56:26,187
Speaker 2: League Cup.

1132
00:56:26,947 --> 00:56:29,307
Speaker 13: The semi final was pretty special as well. We beat Arsenal,

1133
00:56:29,547 --> 00:56:31,467
Speaker 13: our biggest rival was five to one to reach the

1134
00:56:31,547 --> 00:56:34,427
Speaker 13: final and that was something that's something that will live

1135
00:56:34,427 --> 00:56:35,307
Speaker 13: with me forever for sure.

1136
00:56:35,387 --> 00:56:37,507
Speaker 2: Fantastic Livelie, It's so great to have you in New Zealand.

1137
00:56:37,507 --> 00:56:39,547
Speaker 2: Can't wait to have Tottenham here at the back end

1138
00:56:39,547 --> 00:56:41,427
Speaker 2: of July and they're going to pack out Aden Park

1139
00:56:41,467 --> 00:56:43,107
Speaker 2: to see the game. Thanks for stopping in for a chat,

1140
00:56:43,227 --> 00:56:45,547
Speaker 2: Thanks having me, Thank you for joining us. Ledley King

1141
00:56:45,627 --> 00:56:49,267
Speaker 2: there Tottenham Royalty, Tottenham Icon. Spurs are here to face

1142
00:56:49,307 --> 00:56:52,227
Speaker 2: Auckland f C Sunday, July twenty sixth at Eden Park.

1143
00:56:52,587 --> 00:56:56,187
Speaker 2: General tickets on sale this coming Tuesday at midday from

1144
00:56:56,347 --> 00:56:59,027
Speaker 2: ticket Tech one twenty three. Take a break, Come Back

1145
00:56:59,187 --> 00:57:02,227
Speaker 2: be Of Priestman, coach of the Wellington Phoenix women's side,

1146
00:57:02,907 --> 00:57:06,227
Speaker 2: on securing second place in her first season in charge

1147
00:57:06,227 --> 00:57:07,787
Speaker 2: of the side. Bev Priestman after.

1148
00:57:07,707 --> 00:57:12,827
Speaker 1: This tackles harder opinions, we can sport with Jason Paine,

1149
00:57:12,947 --> 00:57:13,867
Speaker 1: news talks they'd.

1150
00:57:13,707 --> 00:57:16,427
Speaker 2: Be, news talks they'll be and Weekend Sport one twenty five,

1151
00:57:16,467 --> 00:57:19,427
Speaker 2: the Wellington Phoenix women will play finals football for the

1152
00:57:19,587 --> 00:57:20,387
Speaker 2: very first time.

1153
00:57:21,027 --> 00:57:25,427
Speaker 15: Beaf Priestsman and her Wellington Phoenix celebrate they have made

1154
00:57:25,467 --> 00:57:28,187
Speaker 15: the finals for the first time in the club's history,

1155
00:57:28,627 --> 00:57:31,307
Speaker 15: and not only that, they've won to buy to the

1156
00:57:31,387 --> 00:57:32,787
Speaker 15: elimination final round.

1157
00:57:32,987 --> 00:57:35,947
Speaker 2: The ton one over Adelaide's United last night has all

1158
00:57:36,027 --> 00:57:39,147
Speaker 2: but secured them second place on the regular season ladder.

1159
00:57:39,227 --> 00:57:43,107
Speaker 2: Canberra would need to beat Brisbane by fourteen goals later

1160
00:57:43,187 --> 00:57:46,187
Speaker 2: this afternoon to go past the Phoenix on goal difference.

1161
00:57:46,267 --> 00:57:50,107
Speaker 2: That ain't happening. Wellington will finish second and earn direct

1162
00:57:50,427 --> 00:57:54,587
Speaker 2: entry into the semi finals. Coach Bev Priestman is with us,

1163
00:57:54,627 --> 00:57:57,907
Speaker 2: Bev congratulations. How much pride do you take in the

1164
00:57:58,027 --> 00:57:59,787
Speaker 2: side's performance last night?

1165
00:58:01,987 --> 00:58:04,667
Speaker 16: I think in the drum scheme of the game, I

1166
00:58:04,747 --> 00:58:07,987
Speaker 16: think away with our believe right, two flights on the

1167
00:58:08,067 --> 00:58:11,067
Speaker 16: back of the really tight turnarounds we've had and probably

1168
00:58:11,187 --> 00:58:14,147
Speaker 16: two you know, results that we weren't particularly happy with,

1169
00:58:14,267 --> 00:58:17,227
Speaker 16: I think, yeah, they can be immensely proud of you know,

1170
00:58:17,387 --> 00:58:19,827
Speaker 16: stepping up collectively to go and do something. You know,

1171
00:58:19,907 --> 00:58:22,027
Speaker 16: they say Coopers is no good on a Friday night

1172
00:58:22,067 --> 00:58:24,627
Speaker 16: for a traveling team. And I thought we actually looked

1173
00:58:24,787 --> 00:58:28,427
Speaker 16: very controlled in the game. So yeah, super super proud

1174
00:58:28,467 --> 00:58:30,067
Speaker 16: of the of the players and the stuff.

1175
00:58:30,867 --> 00:58:34,707
Speaker 2: Did you since internally a real determination to bounce back

1176
00:58:34,827 --> 00:58:37,147
Speaker 2: from those losses in your last two matches?

1177
00:58:38,907 --> 00:58:41,307
Speaker 16: Yeah, I think to be fair, we we got together

1178
00:58:41,387 --> 00:58:43,267
Speaker 16: as a group, you know, I think the day after

1179
00:58:43,347 --> 00:58:46,507
Speaker 16: the last loss and just openly spoke about you know,

1180
00:58:46,627 --> 00:58:49,467
Speaker 16: sometimes he is a coachy trying bat off, you know

1181
00:58:49,587 --> 00:58:52,267
Speaker 16: how maybe people are feeling where you're sensing that tenseness,

1182
00:58:52,307 --> 00:58:54,707
Speaker 16: and I think going into the week, I just really

1183
00:58:54,787 --> 00:58:57,667
Speaker 16: try to lighten things up and you know, talk about

1184
00:58:57,747 --> 00:58:59,787
Speaker 16: how proud I am with the position they're in and

1185
00:59:00,267 --> 00:59:03,787
Speaker 16: it's our last dance, part one for us, sudden just

1186
00:59:03,867 --> 00:59:06,787
Speaker 16: go out there and do your stuff like work and

1187
00:59:07,187 --> 00:59:10,667
Speaker 16: go and express yourselves. And I thought they did that well.

1188
00:59:11,347 --> 00:59:13,987
Speaker 2: I heard you use a phrase a couple of times

1189
00:59:14,347 --> 00:59:16,107
Speaker 2: leading into this game which I really liked, and that

1190
00:59:16,227 --> 00:59:18,547
Speaker 2: was you said you didn't want the shirt to become

1191
00:59:18,667 --> 00:59:20,627
Speaker 2: too heavy. And I think we can all, you know,

1192
00:59:21,147 --> 00:59:24,187
Speaker 2: understand what you mean by that. How did you lighten

1193
00:59:24,307 --> 00:59:25,947
Speaker 2: the load on your player's shoulders.

1194
00:59:27,707 --> 00:59:31,347
Speaker 16: I think I focused more on us, you know, so yeah,

1195
00:59:31,547 --> 00:59:33,867
Speaker 16: like less about and to be fair, I haven't, but

1196
00:59:34,027 --> 00:59:37,627
Speaker 16: naturally players do look at the table and there's external noise.

1197
00:59:37,627 --> 00:59:41,387
Speaker 16: I think I just focused on the process, did a

1198
00:59:41,467 --> 00:59:44,267
Speaker 16: lot about us, and we only really touched on Adelaide

1199
00:59:44,307 --> 00:59:46,307
Speaker 16: the day before, which is a little bit unlike us.

1200
00:59:47,627 --> 00:59:50,507
Speaker 16: And yeah, I think I just even messaging yesterday in

1201
00:59:50,587 --> 00:59:53,307
Speaker 16: the pregame, you know, I got my assistant to talk,

1202
00:59:53,387 --> 00:59:55,507
Speaker 16: which never happened. She did a great job, and then

1203
00:59:55,907 --> 00:59:57,947
Speaker 16: c J Bott before we went out. So I think

1204
00:59:57,987 --> 01:00:00,267
Speaker 16: I took a little bit of a you know, step

1205
01:00:00,347 --> 01:00:03,347
Speaker 16: back and just got around individuals, had some individual meetings,

1206
01:00:03,747 --> 01:00:07,067
Speaker 16: you know, even sent some highlight realism some players to

1207
01:00:07,267 --> 01:00:09,187
Speaker 16: just you know, remind them how good they are when

1208
01:00:09,187 --> 01:00:11,947
Speaker 16: they're at the best. And yeah, just try to lighten

1209
01:00:11,987 --> 01:00:12,627
Speaker 16: it up a little bit.

1210
01:00:12,667 --> 01:00:15,307
Speaker 2: I think love that. Love that you finished the regular

1211
01:00:15,387 --> 01:00:18,307
Speaker 2: season having scored the most goals thirty eight, although I

1212
01:00:18,307 --> 01:00:20,787
Speaker 2: guess Melbourne City could go past you and maybe Camber

1213
01:00:20,947 --> 01:00:24,827
Speaker 2: might as well, and considered the fewest just seventeen in

1214
01:00:24,947 --> 01:00:27,747
Speaker 2: your twenty games. Which of those two things are you

1215
01:00:27,947 --> 01:00:28,547
Speaker 2: more proud of?

1216
01:00:30,827 --> 01:00:33,387
Speaker 16: Oh, I think both of them are very hard to do, right.

1217
01:00:33,507 --> 01:00:35,987
Speaker 16: Scoring goals is not easy to coach. I think that

1218
01:00:36,147 --> 01:00:40,147
Speaker 16: comes down to individuals believing in themselves. And then I

1219
01:00:40,227 --> 01:00:44,587
Speaker 16: think the defensive record maybe because it's a collective effort, right,

1220
01:00:44,667 --> 01:00:47,347
Speaker 16: it starts from the front. The forwards get all the

1221
01:00:47,387 --> 01:00:49,867
Speaker 16: glory when we score, but they also have to work

1222
01:00:49,907 --> 01:00:52,627
Speaker 16: hard from the front. And I think the collective nature

1223
01:00:52,667 --> 01:00:55,707
Speaker 16: of that is really important. But I do think this

1224
01:00:55,907 --> 01:00:59,627
Speaker 16: team historically has struggled to score goals, so I'm really

1225
01:00:59,667 --> 01:01:01,187
Speaker 16: proud of the fact that they've done.

1226
01:01:01,027 --> 01:01:03,507
Speaker 2: That is We'll ask you about a couple of players.

1227
01:01:03,547 --> 01:01:07,787
Speaker 2: Brook Nunn a standout last night, another goal sucks for

1228
01:01:07,867 --> 01:01:11,827
Speaker 2: the season now and assist and energitical round display. How

1229
01:01:11,867 --> 01:01:13,987
Speaker 2: important is Brooke Nan to your team?

1230
01:01:16,027 --> 01:01:18,867
Speaker 16: I think Brook's more important than she probably realizes. And

1231
01:01:18,907 --> 01:01:21,227
Speaker 16: I think that's speaks of volumes. I think, you know,

1232
01:01:21,507 --> 01:01:24,787
Speaker 16: since she came and joined us like she's she can

1233
01:01:24,907 --> 01:01:27,987
Speaker 16: deliver across she can draw people out of the box

1234
01:01:28,107 --> 01:01:30,427
Speaker 16: where they have to maybe double up and lafferings up

1235
01:01:30,947 --> 01:01:34,187
Speaker 16: players in the box. But I also think off the pitch,

1236
01:01:34,307 --> 01:01:37,067
Speaker 16: she has been here before, right, She's won the thing,

1237
01:01:37,147 --> 01:01:39,627
Speaker 16: and I think in this next few and she's going

1238
01:01:39,707 --> 01:01:43,427
Speaker 16: to become more and more needed. But you know, I

1239
01:01:43,507 --> 01:01:46,467
Speaker 16: look at the journey. You know, she's roommates with pr Lock.

1240
01:01:47,107 --> 01:01:49,547
Speaker 16: She brings you know, a young kids under our wing

1241
01:01:49,627 --> 01:01:52,547
Speaker 16: who you know, let's be real, a lot come very quickly.

1242
01:01:52,627 --> 01:01:55,347
Speaker 16: So I think Brooke adds a lot on the pitch

1243
01:01:55,547 --> 01:01:59,587
Speaker 16: off the pitch, and it's just super hard working and humble.

1244
01:01:59,707 --> 01:02:02,027
Speaker 16: I think, to be honest, she would openly say this,

1245
01:02:02,147 --> 01:02:03,707
Speaker 16: but I think there's been a couple of games where

1246
01:02:03,747 --> 01:02:06,187
Speaker 16: maybe she's got in her own way, but that's because

1247
01:02:06,467 --> 01:02:08,627
Speaker 16: players are targeted a right because they know she's a

1248
01:02:08,627 --> 01:02:10,707
Speaker 16: big threat for this team. And as a player, you

1249
01:02:10,747 --> 01:02:12,027
Speaker 16: have to evolve in that moment.

1250
01:02:12,947 --> 01:02:15,747
Speaker 2: And you've played Gris Jalla, who we've seen much often

1251
01:02:15,747 --> 01:02:18,747
Speaker 2: in recent seasons as an attacking player or seen a forwarder,

1252
01:02:19,267 --> 01:02:21,827
Speaker 2: a wide attacking player. You've played her in a deep

1253
01:02:21,947 --> 01:02:24,947
Speaker 2: lying midfield role this season. What have you seen from

1254
01:02:25,027 --> 01:02:29,507
Speaker 2: her that's been so effective for you in that position? Well,

1255
01:02:29,547 --> 01:02:29,947
Speaker 2: I think I.

1256
01:02:29,987 --> 01:02:32,467
Speaker 16: Remember my first session I took over, and you know,

1257
01:02:32,587 --> 01:02:35,787
Speaker 16: I know jaf from Afar, but I think I just

1258
01:02:36,147 --> 01:02:39,787
Speaker 16: her technique and that physical capability is exceptional. You know,

1259
01:02:39,947 --> 01:02:42,387
Speaker 16: she can play on one touch, but we've seen it

1260
01:02:42,467 --> 01:02:44,627
Speaker 16: this season. She can hit diags in behind for the

1261
01:02:44,667 --> 01:02:48,187
Speaker 16: wing back and things. So for me, like she has

1262
01:02:48,307 --> 01:02:50,547
Speaker 16: done a lot that maybe doesn't get seen as well. Right,

1263
01:02:50,627 --> 01:02:53,787
Speaker 16: I think she's been a defensive rock, especially when we've

1264
01:02:53,827 --> 01:02:56,667
Speaker 16: lost a CJ. Bott in there. And but for me,

1265
01:02:56,867 --> 01:03:00,347
Speaker 16: jar can go all the way. Like genuinely she is

1266
01:03:00,427 --> 01:03:04,747
Speaker 16: a top top player and very very humble, doesn't want

1267
01:03:04,787 --> 01:03:06,667
Speaker 16: any of the accolades. But from her, I think that

1268
01:03:06,787 --> 01:03:10,147
Speaker 16: passing ability in our technical ability is is top draw

1269
01:03:10,307 --> 01:03:14,107
Speaker 16: like beyond New Zealand. I think like internationally she her

1270
01:03:14,187 --> 01:03:16,067
Speaker 16: technical ability is exceptional.

1271
01:03:16,667 --> 01:03:18,467
Speaker 2: You mentioned SJ Bot there, you took her with you

1272
01:03:18,587 --> 01:03:21,147
Speaker 2: on this trip. She's pregnant, of course, hasn't played since

1273
01:03:21,227 --> 01:03:24,387
Speaker 2: late December. What has she continued to add though to

1274
01:03:24,467 --> 01:03:26,467
Speaker 2: the team in an off field capacity?

1275
01:03:28,307 --> 01:03:30,907
Speaker 16: I think she just has an aura of confidence. And

1276
01:03:31,747 --> 01:03:33,347
Speaker 16: you know, it's all right, you're coach saying that you

1277
01:03:33,467 --> 01:03:36,267
Speaker 16: believe in them, and sometimes you have to make them,

1278
01:03:36,547 --> 01:03:39,187
Speaker 16: you know, try and lift themselves up and see how

1279
01:03:39,227 --> 01:03:41,187
Speaker 16: good they can be. But I think when when your

1280
01:03:41,267 --> 01:03:44,867
Speaker 16: skipper does it and someone of CJ's caliber, who's been

1281
01:03:44,947 --> 01:03:49,187
Speaker 16: Oversea's done at all. Really, I think when she speaks

1282
01:03:49,227 --> 01:03:52,307
Speaker 16: it with it's with real conviction and even just much

1283
01:03:52,387 --> 01:03:55,147
Speaker 16: your minus one here in Adelaide, you know, like getting

1284
01:03:55,187 --> 01:03:58,027
Speaker 16: in and around the players and making them feel great.

1285
01:03:58,107 --> 01:04:00,747
Speaker 16: I think like her and you know her math work

1286
01:04:00,827 --> 01:04:05,067
Speaker 16: really well together. I think very very similar characteristics. Right

1287
01:04:05,227 --> 01:04:08,227
Speaker 16: Like no player can question when they question someone if

1288
01:04:08,227 --> 01:04:10,147
Speaker 16: they're working hard enough, because both of them do that.

1289
01:04:10,347 --> 01:04:12,947
Speaker 16: So I think it's just an aura of confidence and

1290
01:04:13,707 --> 01:04:16,747
Speaker 16: like speaks with real conviction, just like she plays, So

1291
01:04:16,787 --> 01:04:18,827
Speaker 16: I think that's what she's She's added really.

1292
01:04:19,227 --> 01:04:22,347
Speaker 2: So seven games for CJ this this season before her

1293
01:04:22,387 --> 01:04:25,307
Speaker 2: pregnancy prevented anymore. You've also played a lot of the

1294
01:04:25,347 --> 01:04:27,547
Speaker 2: seasons where there are other key players, Tessall Murdark will

1295
01:04:27,587 --> 01:04:30,667
Speaker 2: only import she was injured in the very first game

1296
01:04:30,707 --> 01:04:34,267
Speaker 2: alest of one. I'm just two games, Samba, just six games.

1297
01:04:34,667 --> 01:04:38,307
Speaker 2: How have you kept internal spirits high but also achieved

1298
01:04:38,347 --> 01:04:41,027
Speaker 2: what you have without so many key players?

1299
01:04:43,147 --> 01:04:46,187
Speaker 16: I think the mentality of really, you know, like victim

1300
01:04:46,267 --> 01:04:49,067
Speaker 16: mentality wasn't going to help us in those moments. It's

1301
01:04:49,147 --> 01:04:54,827
Speaker 16: next player up its trust and really driving new standards

1302
01:04:54,867 --> 01:04:57,587
Speaker 16: and new heights, right Like you know you're gon't achieve

1303
01:04:57,627 --> 01:05:00,307
Speaker 16: a first right the next one, And to be honest,

1304
01:05:00,387 --> 01:05:02,827
Speaker 16: I think maybe I'm guilty of that, of not like

1305
01:05:03,067 --> 01:05:06,227
Speaker 16: letting them settle, But I think that and I think

1306
01:05:06,427 --> 01:05:10,187
Speaker 16: also immense characters in the dressing room. I think what

1307
01:05:10,787 --> 01:05:13,587
Speaker 16: I really went towards for this game is the family past,

1308
01:05:14,147 --> 01:05:17,107
Speaker 16: and genuinely, you watch this team, especially on ROAG, you

1309
01:05:17,187 --> 01:05:19,627
Speaker 16: get to see a little bit more. There's no people

1310
01:05:19,747 --> 01:05:23,427
Speaker 16: only sit at certain tables, there's no age or experience.

1311
01:05:23,507 --> 01:05:26,747
Speaker 16: I think we have an immense group of individuals and

1312
01:05:26,867 --> 01:05:30,027
Speaker 16: characters that actually love each other and it is a family,

1313
01:05:30,267 --> 01:05:33,267
Speaker 16: and that's not just like fluffy stuff. I think I

1314
01:05:33,427 --> 01:05:35,707
Speaker 16: genuinely see that with the staff and the players, we're

1315
01:05:35,867 --> 01:05:38,227
Speaker 16: very very tight knit group and I think you know,

1316
01:05:38,387 --> 01:05:40,507
Speaker 16: you can challenge each other when you've got trust and

1317
01:05:41,147 --> 01:05:43,107
Speaker 16: you're that close, and I think that's what this team's

1318
01:05:43,147 --> 01:05:43,787
Speaker 16: being able to do.

1319
01:05:44,467 --> 01:05:47,107
Speaker 2: So there's an international break now and you will now

1320
01:05:47,187 --> 01:05:49,867
Speaker 2: skip the first week of the final, so it'll be

1321
01:05:49,907 --> 01:05:52,467
Speaker 2: a month before you'll play again. How are you going

1322
01:05:52,547 --> 01:05:53,787
Speaker 2: to structure that?

1323
01:05:55,667 --> 01:05:57,867
Speaker 16: Yeah, I think we'll get back in this week and

1324
01:05:57,987 --> 01:06:00,627
Speaker 16: then the week that the Ferns come back in will

1325
01:06:00,667 --> 01:06:03,507
Speaker 16: give them that weekend off so that everybody gets a reset.

1326
01:06:03,547 --> 01:06:06,347
Speaker 16: But we'll definitely peel back I think last national windows.

1327
01:06:07,067 --> 01:06:09,027
Speaker 16: You know, we do a lot of meetings and tactical

1328
01:06:09,107 --> 01:06:11,787
Speaker 16: so strip that backlet and get a mental refresh, get

1329
01:06:11,867 --> 01:06:14,587
Speaker 16: the body back, and I think for us now it

1330
01:06:14,627 --> 01:06:18,147
Speaker 16: will be structuring some games behind closed doors once we

1331
01:06:18,227 --> 01:06:20,707
Speaker 16: know our opponent. It will be you know, everything we

1332
01:06:20,827 --> 01:06:24,667
Speaker 16: do moving towards that and then getting ready for knockout football. Right, So,

1333
01:06:24,787 --> 01:06:28,787
Speaker 16: penalty processors, team penalty processes, all the things that come

1334
01:06:28,867 --> 01:06:32,387
Speaker 16: into play in knockout football. We'll be doing a bit

1335
01:06:32,467 --> 01:06:34,587
Speaker 16: of that as well. So it's it's a you know,

1336
01:06:34,747 --> 01:06:36,947
Speaker 16: the players, I hope they can refresh, but I think

1337
01:06:36,987 --> 01:06:39,387
Speaker 16: for the staff now, we don't come this far just

1338
01:06:39,507 --> 01:06:40,027
Speaker 16: to take part.

1339
01:06:40,107 --> 01:06:41,227
Speaker 5: We want to go all the week.

1340
01:06:42,307 --> 01:06:45,667
Speaker 2: Congratulations on a terrific regular season. Be of exciting times

1341
01:06:45,707 --> 01:06:47,987
Speaker 2: for you, for the club being, for the clubs fans

1342
01:06:48,027 --> 01:06:49,787
Speaker 2: as well. Can't wait to see what body door Park

1343
01:06:49,867 --> 01:06:52,547
Speaker 2: looks like for that home semi in the second weekend

1344
01:06:52,547 --> 01:06:55,787
Speaker 2: of May. Thanks for chatting to us today. Thanks Fanny

1345
01:06:56,427 --> 01:06:58,907
Speaker 2: Well the best BI priestsman there, head coach of the

1346
01:06:58,947 --> 01:07:03,387
Speaker 2: Wellington Phoenix Women. What a season incredible really, They've never

1347
01:07:03,507 --> 01:07:07,587
Speaker 2: before made the finals, never been in the top six before.

1348
01:07:07,707 --> 01:07:10,627
Speaker 2: This is their fifth season of existence. They have never

1349
01:07:10,707 --> 01:07:13,907
Speaker 2: before even made the top six. They will finish second.

1350
01:07:13,987 --> 01:07:16,307
Speaker 2: As I said at the start of the chat with BEV,

1351
01:07:16,667 --> 01:07:19,387
Speaker 2: there is a scenario under which they could be passed.

1352
01:07:19,427 --> 01:07:21,547
Speaker 2: But what it would mean, what it would need is

1353
01:07:21,947 --> 01:07:25,907
Speaker 2: for Canberra to win by fourteen goals this afternoon against

1354
01:07:25,947 --> 01:07:29,627
Speaker 2: a Brisbane side that still has the finals in their site.

1355
01:07:29,747 --> 01:07:31,587
Speaker 2: So I think we can take that off the table.

1356
01:07:32,147 --> 01:07:38,867
Speaker 2: It would be a record score and it's highly highly unlikely.

1357
01:07:39,747 --> 01:07:42,347
Speaker 2: So unlikely in fact, is to almost be fanciful. So

1358
01:07:42,427 --> 01:07:46,707
Speaker 2: let's just say the Phoenix have finished second. They scored

1359
01:07:46,747 --> 01:07:49,427
Speaker 2: the most goals this season, or as things stand at

1360
01:07:49,427 --> 01:07:51,747
Speaker 2: the moment, they have once again, a couple of teams

1361
01:07:51,787 --> 01:07:54,627
Speaker 2: could score more than number thirty eight in their twenty games.

1362
01:07:54,667 --> 01:07:58,147
Speaker 2: For a team that has struggled to consistently score goals

1363
01:07:58,507 --> 01:08:03,227
Speaker 2: in the past, they conceded the fewest. That is more

1364
01:08:03,307 --> 01:08:06,227
Speaker 2: impressive probably, and as BEV said, then comes as more

1365
01:08:06,387 --> 01:08:10,547
Speaker 2: of a collective team effort there of being defensively good

1366
01:08:11,067 --> 01:08:13,867
Speaker 2: and so as I also said, to be there the

1367
01:08:14,547 --> 01:08:17,387
Speaker 2: way that the season is structured. There's an international break now,

1368
01:08:18,147 --> 01:08:22,227
Speaker 2: so there's a couple of weekends off. Anyway, the finals

1369
01:08:22,387 --> 01:08:26,227
Speaker 2: begin on ANTIQ weekend, and the way they're structured is

1370
01:08:26,267 --> 01:08:29,627
Speaker 2: that the third place team hosts the sixth place team,

1371
01:08:30,027 --> 01:08:33,907
Speaker 2: and four hosts five. Those are elimination games. The winners

1372
01:08:33,987 --> 01:08:36,787
Speaker 2: go through to the semifinals, up against Melbourne City who

1373
01:08:36,827 --> 01:08:39,987
Speaker 2: are top, and Wellington who are second. They are home

1374
01:08:40,067 --> 01:08:44,627
Speaker 2: and away and so Wellington will play the away game first.

1375
01:08:45,227 --> 01:08:48,947
Speaker 2: That'll be on the weekend of May two and three,

1376
01:08:49,987 --> 01:08:51,787
Speaker 2: and then they will play their home game on the

1377
01:08:51,867 --> 01:08:55,347
Speaker 2: weekend of May nine and ten. Now I don't know this,

1378
01:08:55,947 --> 01:08:58,747
Speaker 2: but it feels as though it could be the Sunday,

1379
01:08:59,307 --> 01:09:02,307
Speaker 2: Sunday the tenth. Please don't quote me, Please don't make

1380
01:09:02,387 --> 01:09:06,267
Speaker 2: plans for that day until it's absolutely confirmed, but I

1381
01:09:06,467 --> 01:09:09,267
Speaker 2: get the feeling it might be the Sunday afternoon at

1382
01:09:09,347 --> 01:09:12,627
Speaker 2: Pottydoor Park. Will certainly be an afternoon game because there

1383
01:09:12,707 --> 01:09:16,627
Speaker 2: are the lights out there aren't some aren't suitable for

1384
01:09:17,067 --> 01:09:21,747
Speaker 2: night games, and Pottydoor Park has been terrific this season

1385
01:09:21,787 --> 01:09:25,827
Speaker 2: when they've had fifteen hundred fans in there. I just

1386
01:09:26,027 --> 01:09:28,667
Speaker 2: hope that they find a way to increase the capacity

1387
01:09:28,707 --> 01:09:31,467
Speaker 2: of that park, put some extra seats in, do whatever

1388
01:09:31,587 --> 01:09:33,907
Speaker 2: is needed to make it a three and a half

1389
01:09:34,027 --> 01:09:38,347
Speaker 2: four thousand seat or capacity ground if you include those

1390
01:09:38,347 --> 01:09:41,707
Speaker 2: who stand as well, and make it an art cauldron

1391
01:09:41,787 --> 01:09:45,467
Speaker 2: that day for whoever comes to take on Wellington Phoenix

1392
01:09:45,587 --> 01:09:48,547
Speaker 2: on the weekend of May nine and ten. It's been

1393
01:09:49,267 --> 01:09:53,347
Speaker 2: been a terrific season for them, a massive, massive improvement

1394
01:09:53,867 --> 01:09:56,747
Speaker 2: on previous seasons. Vicky says, surely Bev has to be

1395
01:09:56,787 --> 01:10:00,227
Speaker 2: in life for the football ferns coaching role. I've forgotten

1396
01:10:00,227 --> 01:10:03,747
Speaker 2: about all the injuries that'd suffered. Imagine what she would

1397
01:10:03,747 --> 01:10:07,067
Speaker 2: achieve with a fully fit squad and how she blends

1398
01:10:07,147 --> 01:10:10,387
Speaker 2: the experience the likes of brook None with younger players

1399
01:10:10,587 --> 01:10:14,507
Speaker 2: like p of Lock. Fab stuff. Yeah, I totally agree, Vicky.

1400
01:10:14,587 --> 01:10:19,147
Speaker 2: I totally agree with that. In a text here you

1401
01:10:19,227 --> 01:10:22,347
Speaker 2: talk about Spurs fans doing it tough after your chat

1402
01:10:22,387 --> 01:10:25,027
Speaker 2: with Leedley, Try being a Watford fan like me. We've

1403
01:10:25,027 --> 01:10:28,787
Speaker 2: had twenty five different managers since twenty twelve and we're

1404
01:10:28,867 --> 01:10:32,067
Speaker 2: already on our third manager of this season. If Spurs

1405
01:10:32,147 --> 01:10:34,347
Speaker 2: go down, we'll be facing each other in the Championship

1406
01:10:34,467 --> 01:10:38,787
Speaker 2: next season. Yeah, a lot of football fans doing it tough.

1407
01:10:39,987 --> 01:10:42,067
Speaker 2: They're still going at the base. In these two Brook

1408
01:10:42,107 --> 01:10:46,747
Speaker 2: Halliday and Maddy Green have added two hundred and eleven

1409
01:10:46,987 --> 01:10:50,707
Speaker 2: unbroken for the third wicket. Halliday is unbeaten on ninety eight,

1410
01:10:50,827 --> 01:10:54,347
Speaker 2: Green unbeaten on ninety five. New Zealand, who were three

1411
01:10:54,507 --> 01:10:59,267
Speaker 2: for three, are two fourteen for three in the fortieth

1412
01:10:59,387 --> 01:11:02,827
Speaker 2: over two hundred and eleven runs from two hundred and

1413
01:11:03,027 --> 01:11:08,827
Speaker 2: eighteen balls. These two have added. And there's the jinx.

1414
01:11:09,587 --> 01:11:14,187
Speaker 2: Brooke Calla Day has just been dismissed court behind for

1415
01:11:14,427 --> 01:11:17,387
Speaker 2: ninety eight. I'm glad. I'm glad I did that, and

1416
01:11:17,907 --> 01:11:19,547
Speaker 2: not that I have the power to do that, of course,

1417
01:11:19,627 --> 01:11:21,787
Speaker 2: But just as I was speaking about it, Brooke Calla

1418
01:11:21,867 --> 01:11:24,907
Speaker 2: Day has lost to a wicket. So two hundred and

1419
01:11:24,987 --> 01:11:28,587
Speaker 2: fourteen for four now is the score at the Basemin Reserve.

1420
01:11:28,707 --> 01:11:31,027
Speaker 2: But it's certainly a lot healthier than it was at

1421
01:11:31,067 --> 01:11:34,627
Speaker 2: three for three. Unfortunately, Brook Halladay not able to bring

1422
01:11:34,707 --> 01:11:37,467
Speaker 2: up three figures. So Maddy Green store there ninety five

1423
01:11:37,547 --> 01:11:39,387
Speaker 2: not out. She'll be joined by Izzie Gazes who batter

1424
01:11:39,467 --> 01:11:42,747
Speaker 2: ready well the other day with Melly Kerr, so she'll

1425
01:11:42,787 --> 01:11:44,907
Speaker 2: come in now as New Zealand target. I'm sure a

1426
01:11:44,987 --> 01:11:48,387
Speaker 2: total of high two hundreds, maybe even into the eschelon

1427
01:11:48,467 --> 01:11:51,867
Speaker 2: of three hundred or so. Let's take a break, get

1428
01:11:51,907 --> 01:11:54,627
Speaker 2: you across the Tasman after this. Adam Peacock will be

1429
01:11:54,707 --> 01:11:58,387
Speaker 2: a very happy manly Sea Eagles fan. First game under

1430
01:11:58,427 --> 01:12:00,187
Speaker 2: their new coach Ki we care and four and they

1431
01:12:00,227 --> 01:12:03,027
Speaker 2: put fifty on the Dolphins. How is he feeling about that?

1432
01:12:03,307 --> 01:12:05,827
Speaker 2: And other sporting matters on that side of the Tasman.

1433
01:12:05,867 --> 01:12:07,587
Speaker 2: Adam peak after this on weekend.

1434
01:12:07,347 --> 01:12:12,387
Speaker 1: Sports, call it how you see it? Follow Weekend Sport

1435
01:12:12,627 --> 01:12:14,227
Speaker 1: with Jason Fine News Talks.

1436
01:12:14,267 --> 01:12:17,027
Speaker 2: They'd be news Talks have been a weekend sport over

1437
01:12:17,067 --> 01:12:19,947
Speaker 2: Easter weekend sixteen away from two. Let's get you across

1438
01:12:19,987 --> 01:12:23,267
Speaker 2: the Tasman for a regular catch up with Australian correspondent

1439
01:12:23,307 --> 01:12:27,707
Speaker 2: Adam Peacock. You no doubt still like furiating and what

1440
01:12:27,907 --> 01:12:30,587
Speaker 2: your manly Sea Eagles did the other night in their

1441
01:12:30,667 --> 01:12:35,267
Speaker 2: first game under new coach Karen Foran putting fifty fifty

1442
01:12:35,427 --> 01:12:36,227
Speaker 2: on the Dolphins.

1443
01:12:36,907 --> 01:12:40,747
Speaker 4: Yeah, piney, good afternoon. It is literally an East the miracle.

1444
01:12:42,667 --> 01:12:46,427
Speaker 4: We kend known for odd things happening and hey look

1445
01:12:46,427 --> 01:12:49,587
Speaker 4: at that. We were grocious for the first three weeks

1446
01:12:49,747 --> 01:12:53,187
Speaker 4: in particular the Newcastle game, which on reflection probably was

1447
01:12:53,267 --> 01:12:56,307
Speaker 4: the one that proved the end for Anthony Sebold and

1448
01:12:56,347 --> 01:12:58,827
Speaker 4: then they were like, oh, well that was the end,

1449
01:12:58,907 --> 01:13:01,387
Speaker 4: but I just in case there's something that comes out

1450
01:13:01,427 --> 01:13:03,227
Speaker 4: of it against the Ruses the week after anyway, they

1451
01:13:03,267 --> 01:13:08,067
Speaker 4: made the call Seabug gone for an end? Was had

1452
01:13:08,107 --> 01:13:09,747
Speaker 4: that kind of effect. You knew it was going to

1453
01:13:09,787 --> 01:13:13,347
Speaker 4: have some kind of effect because he's a really straight

1454
01:13:13,427 --> 01:13:15,787
Speaker 4: up and the down guy who everyone respects. So you

1455
01:13:15,787 --> 01:13:17,267
Speaker 4: get the feel him that the players were going to

1456
01:13:17,787 --> 01:13:22,227
Speaker 4: really put in for him. But to that extent, no, no, no,

1457
01:13:22,587 --> 01:13:23,627
Speaker 4: I just couldn't say that happening.

1458
01:13:23,787 --> 01:13:26,107
Speaker 2: Well, I were fifty two niller hit as well. The

1459
01:13:26,187 --> 01:13:28,867
Speaker 2: Dolphins kind of closed it up with three tries in

1460
01:13:28,907 --> 01:13:32,427
Speaker 2: the last ten minutes or so. But and I saw

1461
01:13:32,507 --> 01:13:34,507
Speaker 2: Kern four Enoughter would say that he was so nervous.

1462
01:13:34,547 --> 01:13:36,267
Speaker 2: He you know, put in about five or six k

1463
01:13:36,507 --> 01:13:38,947
Speaker 2: around around Brisbane with his steps on the day of

1464
01:13:39,027 --> 01:13:41,627
Speaker 2: the game. You know, all the shat about whether he's

1465
01:13:41,667 --> 01:13:44,107
Speaker 2: too young for the job. It's only one game, isn't it.

1466
01:13:44,187 --> 01:13:45,667
Speaker 2: But it's a pretty good start.

1467
01:13:46,627 --> 01:13:47,267
Speaker 5: Yeah. Yeah.

1468
01:13:47,907 --> 01:13:50,427
Speaker 4: The simple thing for a coach coming in one game

1469
01:13:50,547 --> 01:13:52,987
Speaker 4: is to get there because something bad has happened. You're

1470
01:13:53,027 --> 01:13:56,067
Speaker 4: not there because something good's happened. So you've got to reset.

1471
01:13:56,187 --> 01:13:59,107
Speaker 4: And it's the psychological thing first up and kreing for

1472
01:13:59,267 --> 01:14:02,667
Speaker 4: and understands how footy players think. Now the axes and o's,

1473
01:14:02,707 --> 01:14:04,187
Speaker 4: and then the ins and outs and whether or not

1474
01:14:04,267 --> 01:14:06,587
Speaker 4: he has a good enough squad that'll expose itself over

1475
01:14:06,627 --> 01:14:08,787
Speaker 4: the next six weeks. But it is as good a

1476
01:14:08,827 --> 01:14:11,187
Speaker 4: start as you could possibly hope for because it gives

1477
01:14:11,227 --> 01:14:13,187
Speaker 4: him a bit of credit to the bank. It takes

1478
01:14:13,227 --> 01:14:15,147
Speaker 4: a heat away. I was looking at it as a

1479
01:14:15,227 --> 01:14:17,267
Speaker 4: mantanum with the b L and as and what's that

1480
01:14:17,347 --> 01:14:19,467
Speaker 4: going to do for his coaching career long term? But

1481
01:14:20,147 --> 01:14:22,867
Speaker 4: now it's that washes all of that away straight away.

1482
01:14:22,987 --> 01:14:26,107
Speaker 2: Absolutely. Now, speaking of putting fifty on teams, the Panthers

1483
01:14:26,147 --> 01:14:27,947
Speaker 2: did that to the Storm last night, the first time

1484
01:14:28,027 --> 01:14:31,707
Speaker 2: the Storm have conceded fifty since two thousand and three.

1485
01:14:31,867 --> 01:14:34,947
Speaker 2: The Panthers are five from five. So the Panthers are

1486
01:14:34,987 --> 01:14:35,867
Speaker 2: clearly back, are they?

1487
01:14:36,787 --> 01:14:40,867
Speaker 4: Oh, they are far ahead of everyone else at the moment.

1488
01:14:41,067 --> 01:14:43,187
Speaker 4: It is not funny you have it was at the

1489
01:14:43,987 --> 01:14:45,907
Speaker 4: four and against. I think they have plus one hundred

1490
01:14:45,907 --> 01:14:50,547
Speaker 4: and fifty after five games or something like that. It's Yeah,

1491
01:14:50,707 --> 01:14:55,027
Speaker 4: it's insanely good what they're doing. Look, Origin will play

1492
01:14:55,027 --> 01:14:57,347
Speaker 4: a factor, They'll get a stack of players again in

1493
01:14:57,467 --> 01:15:00,027
Speaker 4: for Origin. It's a long season. Can they keep this

1494
01:15:00,187 --> 01:15:05,107
Speaker 4: intensity up? But yeah, when you get to September, look

1495
01:15:05,107 --> 01:15:08,387
Speaker 4: at about three or four Southern Dead games, two in

1496
01:15:08,467 --> 01:15:12,307
Speaker 4: particular Southern Dead games. So you know they're not across

1497
01:15:12,347 --> 01:15:15,107
Speaker 4: the line yet. But you'd be a both human being

1498
01:15:15,187 --> 01:15:16,787
Speaker 4: to suggest that they're not playing in the last game

1499
01:15:16,827 --> 01:15:18,827
Speaker 4: of the season at the moment. But there's one more

1500
01:15:18,867 --> 01:15:22,147
Speaker 4: spot left for the Grand Final. It's just remarkable they're

1501
01:15:22,187 --> 01:15:25,147
Speaker 4: doing and it's very much at their best, their best

1502
01:15:25,187 --> 01:15:27,587
Speaker 4: from a couple of years ago. This is an improvement

1503
01:15:27,667 --> 01:15:30,107
Speaker 4: on that. So it's scary stuff.

1504
01:15:30,227 --> 01:15:32,947
Speaker 2: Yeah, the rest of the NRL absolutely on notice now.

1505
01:15:33,427 --> 01:15:36,747
Speaker 2: Former roll stars Zach Lomax is now playing rugby. Of course,

1506
01:15:36,987 --> 01:15:39,787
Speaker 2: sit to make his super Rugby Pacific Day boo off

1507
01:15:39,867 --> 01:15:42,787
Speaker 2: the bench tonight when the Force play the Reds and Brisbane.

1508
01:15:42,827 --> 01:15:46,387
Speaker 2: How much anticipation and curiosity is there around this?

1509
01:15:47,267 --> 01:15:50,107
Speaker 4: Yeah, there's a fair bit. Actually, it takes a bit

1510
01:15:50,187 --> 01:15:53,267
Speaker 4: super rugby for one reason another doesn't really haven't the

1511
01:15:53,387 --> 01:15:55,787
Speaker 4: mass hut through it does in the rugby union community

1512
01:15:55,907 --> 01:16:00,187
Speaker 4: with the war Tales and Brumbies and Reds. In particular

1513
01:16:00,307 --> 01:16:03,147
Speaker 4: the Western Force, we're not really sure how they proceed

1514
01:16:03,227 --> 01:16:05,227
Speaker 4: because it's on the other side of the country. Club

1515
01:16:05,347 --> 01:16:08,347
Speaker 4: rugby is just about start here, so maybe a void

1516
01:16:08,467 --> 01:16:10,707
Speaker 4: is about to be filled in terms of attention. So

1517
01:16:10,787 --> 01:16:13,147
Speaker 4: it might divert away a bit from super rugby, but

1518
01:16:13,547 --> 01:16:17,427
Speaker 4: in a general sense, yes, absolutely, there's there's a focal

1519
01:16:17,467 --> 01:16:19,787
Speaker 4: point on zach La Max to know that. The thought

1520
01:16:19,947 --> 01:16:22,227
Speaker 4: is that like they've done it right at the Western Force.

1521
01:16:22,267 --> 01:16:25,387
Speaker 4: They didn't rush him into the Chiefs game. They'll give

1522
01:16:25,467 --> 01:16:27,027
Speaker 4: him a bit of time off the bench in a

1523
01:16:27,107 --> 01:16:29,947
Speaker 4: familiar surround of Sun Courts Stadium where he's playing Origin

1524
01:16:30,027 --> 01:16:33,267
Speaker 4: last year. So yeah, I think the expectations are sky

1525
01:16:33,507 --> 01:16:36,587
Speaker 4: high for him, and everyone recognizes in rugby that, you know,

1526
01:16:36,707 --> 01:16:39,227
Speaker 4: the little things that we always talk about, the contact

1527
01:16:39,347 --> 01:16:41,667
Speaker 4: and the body positioning and all of that. They Okay,

1528
01:16:41,747 --> 01:16:43,507
Speaker 4: we know that if Western Force put a bomb up,

1529
01:16:43,547 --> 01:16:45,347
Speaker 4: this guy is going to go up and probably take it,

1530
01:16:46,107 --> 01:16:48,467
Speaker 4: you know, do some good things in that in that realm.

1531
01:16:48,587 --> 01:16:51,427
Speaker 4: But it's those little things that will be a there'll

1532
01:16:51,467 --> 01:16:53,987
Speaker 4: be a sharp eye on from a rugby union perspective.

1533
01:16:54,387 --> 01:16:57,267
Speaker 2: Later tonight it's uncourt all right, and finally to football

1534
01:16:57,427 --> 01:17:01,067
Speaker 2: where former Soccer Roost coach Graham Arnold, who took the

1535
01:17:01,107 --> 01:17:02,987
Speaker 2: soccer Rooster to the last World Cup, as off to

1536
01:17:03,027 --> 01:17:06,067
Speaker 2: the next one, this time with Iraq. I like the

1537
01:17:06,387 --> 01:17:09,267
Speaker 2: asked of the forty eight teams to confirm their qualification

1538
01:17:09,467 --> 01:17:11,707
Speaker 2: during the week. This is a really cool story for

1539
01:17:11,787 --> 01:17:12,387
Speaker 2: Graham Arnold.

1540
01:17:13,067 --> 01:17:15,747
Speaker 4: It's an amazing story and one that I wouldn't have

1541
01:17:15,827 --> 01:17:18,787
Speaker 4: thought possible four years ago when he took the Soccer's

1542
01:17:18,787 --> 01:17:20,507
Speaker 4: to the World Cup. And then a couple of years

1543
01:17:20,587 --> 01:17:23,347
Speaker 4: later he decides that no, my time is up with

1544
01:17:23,467 --> 01:17:25,947
Speaker 4: the soccer whose I can't take this group any further.

1545
01:17:26,067 --> 01:17:28,707
Speaker 4: So he stepped side tape of which had a really

1546
01:17:28,707 --> 01:17:30,227
Speaker 4: good time of it when he took over it and

1547
01:17:31,187 --> 01:17:33,307
Speaker 4: got the soccer Who's automatically to a World Cup. But

1548
01:17:33,867 --> 01:17:35,427
Speaker 4: for only to go off and do this. This is

1549
01:17:35,507 --> 01:17:38,507
Speaker 4: one of the great sporting coaching achievements in the history

1550
01:17:38,547 --> 01:17:41,587
Speaker 4: of Australia. It's certainly up there with hands winning a

1551
01:17:41,747 --> 01:17:46,307
Speaker 4: Europa League with Tottenham impurely a football sense, but yeah,

1552
01:17:46,387 --> 01:17:49,787
Speaker 4: to get this group of players together after so long

1553
01:17:50,147 --> 01:17:53,027
Speaker 4: and get them to a World Cup is just one

1554
01:17:53,067 --> 01:17:57,067
Speaker 4: of the marketpiece basically from arning and good on him

1555
01:17:57,427 --> 01:17:58,747
Speaker 4: he deserves it absolutely.

1556
01:17:58,787 --> 01:18:01,627
Speaker 2: Look forward to seeing how he goes when June rolls around.

1557
01:18:01,667 --> 01:18:04,067
Speaker 2: Always good chatting sport with you, Adam. Enjoyed the rest

1558
01:18:04,067 --> 01:18:05,747
Speaker 2: of your Easter room. We'll latchet again next Saturday.

1559
01:18:06,467 --> 01:18:07,867
Speaker 4: Sounds good, Thanks buddy.

1560
01:18:07,627 --> 01:18:10,627
Speaker 2: No, thank you mate. That's Adam Peacock, our regular Australian correspondent.

1561
01:18:10,667 --> 01:18:14,027
Speaker 2: At around about this time every Saturday afternoon, coming up

1562
01:18:14,107 --> 01:18:16,707
Speaker 2: ten to two, Maddie Green has brought up her one

1563
01:18:16,787 --> 01:18:19,787
Speaker 2: hundred at the base in Reserve. It is her third

1564
01:18:19,947 --> 01:18:23,587
Speaker 2: one hundred and one day internationals for New Zealand, her

1565
01:18:23,667 --> 01:18:26,387
Speaker 2: high score one twenty two, which is scored against Ireland

1566
01:18:26,827 --> 01:18:29,747
Speaker 2: back in twenty eighteen. She is one hundred and five

1567
01:18:29,867 --> 01:18:32,587
Speaker 2: not out off one hundred and four balls New Zealand

1568
01:18:32,587 --> 01:18:34,987
Speaker 2: two one hundred and thirty one for four in the

1569
01:18:35,147 --> 01:18:38,547
Speaker 2: forty second over Brook holiday out a short time ago

1570
01:18:38,707 --> 01:18:42,507
Speaker 2: for ninety eight, so agila agonizingly short of her one hundred.

1571
01:18:42,547 --> 01:18:45,427
Speaker 2: Maddy Green, though has brought up three figures as he

1572
01:18:45,547 --> 01:18:47,947
Speaker 2: Gaze is there with her on seven or five deliveries

1573
01:18:47,987 --> 01:18:51,587
Speaker 2: and New Zealand, who if you missed it before, were

1574
01:18:51,747 --> 01:18:55,427
Speaker 2: three for three, have resurrected themselves and are now in

1575
01:18:55,547 --> 01:18:58,507
Speaker 2: a good position to post a very competitive total. This

1576
01:18:58,667 --> 01:19:01,747
Speaker 2: is the third and final One Day International in the series.

1577
01:19:01,787 --> 01:19:05,907
Speaker 2: Of course, the series is square at one win apiece,

1578
01:19:06,627 --> 01:19:08,987
Speaker 2: so plenty on the line at the basement reserve in

1579
01:19:09,067 --> 01:19:11,587
Speaker 2: this third and final fifty over match between the two

1580
01:19:12,187 --> 01:19:13,707
Speaker 2: nine and a half away from two.

1581
01:19:13,787 --> 01:19:17,827
Speaker 1: News talks heb the big names and the big calls

1582
01:19:17,947 --> 01:19:21,907
Speaker 1: on your home of sport Weekend Sport with Jason Fine

1583
01:19:22,147 --> 01:19:22,987
Speaker 1: News Talks MB.

1584
01:19:23,787 --> 01:19:26,187
Speaker 2: Indeed, it is six and a half away from two.

1585
01:19:26,987 --> 01:19:29,547
Speaker 2: Gays hasn't spent a long time out in the middle

1586
01:19:29,547 --> 01:19:32,467
Speaker 2: of the basement reserve. She's been run out for seven

1587
01:19:32,547 --> 01:19:36,227
Speaker 2: off six deliveries, so New Zealand are currently two thirty

1588
01:19:36,387 --> 01:19:41,907
Speaker 2: three for five. Now, shortly after the dismissal of Brook Halliday,

1589
01:19:42,107 --> 01:19:44,187
Speaker 2: is He Gaze has joined her back in the shed.

1590
01:19:44,667 --> 01:19:47,787
Speaker 2: She's been replaced by the other is He Sharp who

1591
01:19:48,107 --> 01:19:49,747
Speaker 2: is out there yet to face a ball. Maddi Green

1592
01:19:49,787 --> 01:19:52,187
Speaker 2: still there on one hundred and six off that number

1593
01:19:52,187 --> 01:19:55,387
Speaker 2: of deliveries, so you'd have to think that she would

1594
01:19:55,467 --> 01:19:57,507
Speaker 2: need to remain there for the majority of the last

1595
01:19:57,547 --> 01:20:00,027
Speaker 2: eight overs for New Zealand to really push on towards

1596
01:20:00,067 --> 01:20:03,507
Speaker 2: a big, big score three point fifty for both teams

1597
01:20:03,507 --> 01:20:06,267
Speaker 2: the other day at the Basin Reserve, so it's clearly

1598
01:20:07,147 --> 01:20:09,907
Speaker 2: a bit of a batter's wicket there. Hopefully New Zealand

1599
01:20:09,907 --> 01:20:11,827
Speaker 2: can push on and get a few more runs and

1600
01:20:11,947 --> 01:20:15,187
Speaker 2: set to the South African team a very competitive target.

1601
01:20:15,507 --> 01:20:15,627
Speaker 5: Now.

1602
01:20:15,707 --> 01:20:18,227
Speaker 2: Auckland FC want to mention Auckland FC briefly not here

1603
01:20:18,267 --> 01:20:21,027
Speaker 2: from their coach actually, Steve Corriker, after two a one

1604
01:20:21,107 --> 01:20:25,067
Speaker 2: old draw last night against Adelaide United in Adelaide. That's

1605
01:20:25,107 --> 01:20:28,867
Speaker 2: brought them to within three points of Newcastle at the

1606
01:20:28,947 --> 01:20:31,947
Speaker 2: top of the A League Men's ladder with three games

1607
01:20:32,027 --> 01:20:38,147
Speaker 2: to go three points three games. Auckland FC's next game

1608
01:20:38,267 --> 01:20:40,427
Speaker 2: is of the They're all important, but this is this

1609
01:20:40,547 --> 01:20:43,787
Speaker 2: feels like a really big game. Next Saturday, a week today,

1610
01:20:43,827 --> 01:20:46,507
Speaker 2: they take on Melbourne Victory five o'clock kickoff at go

1611
01:20:46,707 --> 01:20:49,587
Speaker 2: Media Stadium. If you are going to be in Auckland

1612
01:20:49,787 --> 01:20:52,387
Speaker 2: next weekend and you'd like to be there, I've got

1613
01:20:52,427 --> 01:20:56,027
Speaker 2: a six ticket family pass which we're going to give

1614
01:20:56,027 --> 01:20:58,267
Speaker 2: away if you would like to be in the draw

1615
01:20:58,427 --> 01:21:02,587
Speaker 2: for it. Simply text AFC and your name to nine

1616
01:21:02,667 --> 01:21:04,307
Speaker 2: two nine two and you're in the draw. As simple

1617
01:21:04,347 --> 01:21:07,667
Speaker 2: as that, AFC and your name sent it off to

1618
01:21:07,787 --> 01:21:10,507
Speaker 2: nine to nine to two. We'll make a drawer at

1619
01:21:10,547 --> 01:21:12,547
Speaker 2: the at the back end of Easter weekend and you

1620
01:21:12,867 --> 01:21:16,027
Speaker 2: and five of your friends or family could be headed

1621
01:21:16,027 --> 01:21:19,467
Speaker 2: along to watch Auckland f C against Melbourne Victory next Saturday,

1622
01:21:20,267 --> 01:21:25,627
Speaker 2: April eleven at go Media Stadium after two o'clock. As

1623
01:21:25,747 --> 01:21:29,227
Speaker 2: mentioned Steve Coricker after last night's game against Adelaide United,

1624
01:21:29,307 --> 01:21:33,827
Speaker 2: it was a cracking game of football. This rivalry between

1625
01:21:33,867 --> 01:21:37,027
Speaker 2: these two teams, already after a couple of seasons, has

1626
01:21:37,107 --> 01:21:42,187
Speaker 2: become really intense. They drew a couple of games last season,

1627
01:21:42,427 --> 01:21:45,307
Speaker 2: Auckland f C had a win the last season and

1628
01:21:45,427 --> 01:21:48,027
Speaker 2: a win this season. Adelaide and I that have never

1629
01:21:48,107 --> 01:21:50,987
Speaker 2: beaten Auckland FC. But last night Auckland f C were

1630
01:21:51,027 --> 01:21:53,347
Speaker 2: given nine yellow cards in this game. That gives you

1631
01:21:53,347 --> 01:21:55,467
Speaker 2: an idea of the ferocity of the game. One of

1632
01:21:55,467 --> 01:21:57,627
Speaker 2: those was to the coach, but even so there was

1633
01:21:57,667 --> 01:21:59,987
Speaker 2: plenty happening out on the grass there at Cooper Stadium,

1634
01:22:00,587 --> 01:22:04,547
Speaker 2: So yeah, Steve Carricker after two also Darren Baisley speaking

1635
01:22:04,547 --> 01:22:08,427
Speaker 2: of football coaches, He's got massive job now, a very

1636
01:22:08,627 --> 01:22:11,867
Speaker 2: important job. He has to narrow his World Cup squad

1637
01:22:11,947 --> 01:22:14,747
Speaker 2: to twenty six players. That's all he can get on

1638
01:22:14,827 --> 01:22:17,907
Speaker 2: the plane to the World Cup in June. He's got

1639
01:22:17,987 --> 01:22:21,267
Speaker 2: far more good players than that, So how will he

1640
01:22:21,427 --> 01:22:24,627
Speaker 2: narrow it down? And which are the selection decisions which

1641
01:22:24,627 --> 01:22:27,227
Speaker 2: are keeping him up most at night if any of

1642
01:22:27,307 --> 01:22:29,747
Speaker 2: them are. And we didn't get to him earlier in

1643
01:22:29,747 --> 01:22:32,267
Speaker 2: the show, but Jack Measley, CEO of Super Rugby Pacific,

1644
01:22:32,547 --> 01:22:35,187
Speaker 2: straight after the twal o'clock News, the.

1645
01:22:35,387 --> 01:22:39,347
Speaker 1: Only place for the big names, the big issues, the

1646
01:22:39,467 --> 01:22:44,667
Speaker 1: big controversies and the big conversations. It's all on Weekend

1647
01:22:44,747 --> 01:22:49,067
Speaker 1: Sport with Jason Vine on your Homeless Sport News Talks

1648
01:22:49,147 --> 01:22:50,507
Speaker 1: MB till No.

1649
01:22:50,627 --> 01:22:50,907
Speaker 5: Seven.

1650
01:22:51,027 --> 01:22:53,987
Speaker 2: This is Weekend Sport until three. Then Tim Beveridge takes

1651
01:22:54,027 --> 01:22:57,827
Speaker 2: over the Weekend Collective Saturday edition. We are here tomorrow

1652
01:22:58,187 --> 01:23:00,587
Speaker 2: maybe Yester Sunday, but that won't keep us away where

1653
01:23:01,187 --> 01:23:04,707
Speaker 2: we're very keen to continue us say Cat, I know

1654
01:23:04,787 --> 01:23:07,747
Speaker 2: I am about Andy. He's keen or not to be

1655
01:23:07,867 --> 01:23:11,427
Speaker 2: here tomorrow on Easter Sunday. Regardless of whether he's keen

1656
01:23:11,547 --> 01:23:14,787
Speaker 2: or not motivated or not. Willing or not, he's going

1657
01:23:14,867 --> 01:23:17,827
Speaker 2: to be here according to the roster I've seen. We'll

1658
01:23:17,867 --> 01:23:20,827
Speaker 2: be bringing you weekend Sport tomorrow with a bit of

1659
01:23:20,867 --> 01:23:23,187
Speaker 2: a focus on cricket actually tomorrow, but more on that

1660
01:23:23,747 --> 01:23:27,627
Speaker 2: when tomorrow arrives. Daylight Saving finishes tonight. Does it that

1661
01:23:27,787 --> 01:23:31,627
Speaker 2: it completely escaped my attention? I guess now you don't

1662
01:23:31,667 --> 01:23:35,627
Speaker 2: really have to do the clocks yourself, do you, Apart

1663
01:23:35,667 --> 01:23:37,667
Speaker 2: from the ones which hang on the wall, the more

1664
01:23:37,747 --> 01:23:41,867
Speaker 2: traditional clocks. The one on your phone just changes automatically,

1665
01:23:41,947 --> 01:23:45,107
Speaker 2: doesn't it. And the good thing about this end of

1666
01:23:45,227 --> 01:23:48,067
Speaker 2: daylight saving is that you're not rarely going to be

1667
01:23:48,187 --> 01:23:51,107
Speaker 2: late for anything because they go back, don't they. The

1668
01:23:51,187 --> 01:23:55,067
Speaker 2: clocks go back, so at the very worse, you're going

1669
01:23:55,107 --> 01:23:57,947
Speaker 2: to be an hour early for something tomorrow if you

1670
01:23:58,107 --> 01:24:02,707
Speaker 2: get your timing's wrong. Anyway, I digress. Darren Baseley's on

1671
01:24:02,747 --> 01:24:04,987
Speaker 2: the show this hour, All Whites head coach. What did

1672
01:24:05,027 --> 01:24:07,227
Speaker 2: he make of the window where they lost to Finland

1673
01:24:07,267 --> 01:24:10,347
Speaker 2: and then beat Chile four to one a week ago?

1674
01:24:11,147 --> 01:24:13,667
Speaker 2: And how is he now going to approach the task

1675
01:24:15,027 --> 01:24:19,547
Speaker 2: of narrowing his squad to a twenty six man World

1676
01:24:19,587 --> 01:24:22,107
Speaker 2: Cup squad? That's all he can take. There are going

1677
01:24:22,187 --> 01:24:24,427
Speaker 2: to be some players who are very unlucky to miss out.

1678
01:24:24,467 --> 01:24:26,827
Speaker 2: Good players won't make the squad. How does he make

1679
01:24:26,867 --> 01:24:27,587
Speaker 2: these decisions?

1680
01:24:28,027 --> 01:24:28,267
Speaker 5: Darren?

1681
01:24:28,307 --> 01:24:31,467
Speaker 2: Basically this out Jack Measley shortly Super Rugby Pacific CEO

1682
01:24:31,787 --> 01:24:33,747
Speaker 2: will keep eyes on what's happening at the basin as well.

1683
01:24:33,787 --> 01:24:36,027
Speaker 2: In fact, I can give you an update right now

1684
01:24:36,907 --> 01:24:39,787
Speaker 2: New Zealand two sixty six for five and the forty

1685
01:24:39,867 --> 01:24:42,787
Speaker 2: sixth over Maddy Green Store there one twenty two unbeaten

1686
01:24:42,787 --> 01:24:45,507
Speaker 2: as the sharps come in. She's got a quick fire

1687
01:24:45,587 --> 01:24:48,347
Speaker 2: fourteen orf eleven balls New Zealand going along at about

1688
01:24:48,347 --> 01:24:50,827
Speaker 2: five point eight two sixty six for five and the

1689
01:24:50,907 --> 01:24:54,467
Speaker 2: forty sixth no doubt targeting that three hundred milestone. In

1690
01:24:54,547 --> 01:24:57,027
Speaker 2: the remaining four bit overs of this one, we'll keep

1691
01:24:57,027 --> 01:24:59,827
Speaker 2: you updated on exactly what's happens at the Basement Reserve

1692
01:24:59,827 --> 01:25:02,387
Speaker 2: in the third and final odio between the White Ferns

1693
01:25:02,467 --> 01:25:05,787
Speaker 2: and South Africa two oh nine, And as we always

1694
01:25:05,867 --> 01:25:08,227
Speaker 2: do at this time on weekend Sport, it's time to

1695
01:25:08,307 --> 01:25:10,147
Speaker 2: get you up to date with some of the stuff

1696
01:25:10,747 --> 01:25:13,867
Speaker 2: that might have escaped your attention. East is a busy time.

1697
01:25:14,747 --> 01:25:18,787
Speaker 2: You can't possibly keep eyes on everything. Luckily Andy has.

1698
01:25:18,867 --> 01:25:23,627
Speaker 2: In baseball, the reigning MVP has got his season's home run.

1699
01:25:23,787 --> 01:25:29,187
Speaker 2: Talley underway, corks it to deep braidfield, What goes back?

1700
01:25:29,387 --> 01:25:29,987
Speaker 3: Goodbye?

1701
01:25:30,227 --> 01:25:30,387
Speaker 1: Oh?

1702
01:25:30,507 --> 01:25:35,187
Speaker 15: Tony finds it and tis it his first extra base

1703
01:25:35,227 --> 01:25:35,827
Speaker 15: hit of the year.

1704
01:25:35,987 --> 01:25:40,627
Speaker 4: His first RBIs three to three as or Tony hits.

1705
01:25:40,427 --> 01:25:44,987
Speaker 2: It out show Hey o'tani leading the way for the Dodgers,

1706
01:25:45,027 --> 01:25:48,467
Speaker 2: a thirteen to six win over the Nationals. A bit

1707
01:25:48,547 --> 01:25:51,147
Speaker 2: closer to home, the South Side rabbit Os have swept

1708
01:25:51,227 --> 01:25:54,867
Speaker 2: aside the faltering Bulldogs to pick up their third win

1709
01:25:55,147 --> 01:25:58,387
Speaker 2: of the NRL season. Still on for Souths on the

1710
01:25:58,467 --> 01:26:02,147
Speaker 2: left side byma Zella stones it, Coloba, Tuckey won't present

1711
01:26:02,587 --> 01:26:05,907
Speaker 2: kick through Tracelers, Rabbitos and Gunners.

1712
01:26:06,707 --> 01:26:12,947
Speaker 3: Mitchel, he's double. It's a gymnast, he's studled up. He

1713
01:26:13,147 --> 01:26:16,347
Speaker 3: rolled end up landing a stall.

1714
01:26:16,347 --> 01:26:20,267
Speaker 2: And the Penrith Panthers continue their butchery of their rivals,

1715
01:26:21,067 --> 01:26:25,347
Speaker 2: absolutely demolishing the Melbourne Storm last night. I haven't got

1716
01:26:25,387 --> 01:26:28,107
Speaker 2: one of these right yet, Jackins.

1717
01:26:28,427 --> 01:26:32,907
Speaker 17: Jacob's donna, They're gonna get fifty and he's gotta double.

1718
01:26:34,827 --> 01:26:35,667
Speaker 1: What a catch.

1719
01:26:37,907 --> 01:26:41,987
Speaker 10: Tom Jacobs twelve in the first five rounds two two

1720
01:26:42,427 --> 01:26:44,267
Speaker 10: four two two.

1721
01:26:44,667 --> 01:26:47,227
Speaker 2: And finally a drawer for Auk of the FC, keeping

1722
01:26:47,307 --> 01:26:50,907
Speaker 2: them clear at number two in the A League Men's competition.

1723
01:26:51,267 --> 01:26:53,587
Speaker 18: Line booked in oh.

1724
01:26:53,587 --> 01:26:57,787
Speaker 4: That is a volley from Gayagos that is pure quality

1725
01:26:58,867 --> 01:27:03,067
Speaker 4: from the Chilean for his first goal of the season.

1726
01:27:03,987 --> 01:27:07,827
Speaker 3: And that is the response Steve Coriker.

1727
01:27:07,587 --> 01:27:10,827
Speaker 18: Was after from his Black Knights to start the second half.

1728
01:27:12,027 --> 01:27:15,747
Speaker 1: When there's a line call, it's your call. Weekend Sport

1729
01:27:16,107 --> 01:27:18,347
Speaker 1: with Jason Fine News talks V.

1730
01:27:19,827 --> 01:27:24,547
Speaker 2: Eleven pasts two. While rival competitions like the NRL and

1731
01:27:24,987 --> 01:27:29,027
Speaker 2: AFL are packing out the Easter long weekend with full

1732
01:27:29,107 --> 01:27:33,307
Speaker 2: rounds of matches, Super Rugby Pacific has just three games

1733
01:27:33,467 --> 01:27:36,747
Speaker 2: sheeduled across the Easter weekend, a decision that has raised

1734
01:27:36,907 --> 01:27:40,787
Speaker 2: some eyebrows among fans. What is behind the lighter schedule

1735
01:27:41,267 --> 01:27:44,427
Speaker 2: and is rugby missing a golden opportunity to stay front

1736
01:27:44,467 --> 01:27:48,747
Speaker 2: of mind over the holiday weekend. Super Rugby Pacific CEO

1737
01:27:48,907 --> 01:27:51,827
Speaker 2: Jack Mesley is with us to give us a bit

1738
01:27:51,867 --> 01:27:56,387
Speaker 2: of insight. Jack only three Super Rugby Pacific games over

1739
01:27:56,467 --> 01:27:59,507
Speaker 2: Easter weekend, while as I say, the NRL and AFL

1740
01:27:59,627 --> 01:28:03,987
Speaker 2: both have full rounds. So why was that decision made.

1741
01:28:04,547 --> 01:28:05,387
Speaker 5: Yeah, go Bani.

1742
01:28:06,347 --> 01:28:09,507
Speaker 14: So we've only got three games this weekend, obviously two

1743
01:28:09,587 --> 01:28:12,027
Speaker 14: in New Zealand and just the one in OZ.

1744
01:28:13,227 --> 01:28:14,267
Speaker 5: Decision was made.

1745
01:28:14,107 --> 01:28:16,747
Speaker 14: Because when we were building out the draw, we had

1746
01:28:17,627 --> 01:28:21,707
Speaker 14: I think it was six home clubs with venues saying

1747
01:28:21,707 --> 01:28:25,027
Speaker 14: they were unavailable. And then we've got two clubs that

1748
01:28:25,227 --> 01:28:30,187
Speaker 14: from religious reasons didn't want to be hosting on Easter weekend.

1749
01:28:30,427 --> 01:28:35,867
Speaker 14: So it left us with few options to schedule the weekend.

1750
01:28:36,707 --> 01:28:38,867
Speaker 14: And you know, when we're working with clubs, historically, our

1751
01:28:38,947 --> 01:28:42,227
Speaker 14: clubs say, you know that Easter weekend is a difficult

1752
01:28:42,267 --> 01:28:46,387
Speaker 14: weekend for them. Quite often people are leaving town, heading

1753
01:28:46,427 --> 01:28:51,147
Speaker 14: to their batch, heading to regional areas and so so

1754
01:28:51,307 --> 01:28:54,067
Speaker 14: that's sort of their preference often is not to play

1755
01:28:54,107 --> 01:28:55,187
Speaker 14: on long weekends as well.

1756
01:28:55,787 --> 01:28:58,947
Speaker 2: I guess it's a big sports watching weekend though, isn't

1757
01:28:58,947 --> 01:29:01,787
Speaker 2: it in terms of eyeballs on televisions. Is there a

1758
01:29:01,907 --> 01:29:04,947
Speaker 2: risk that you're missing a major audience opportunity?

1759
01:29:06,627 --> 01:29:09,147
Speaker 14: Well, yeah, I mean I think it's a very cluttered

1760
01:29:09,227 --> 01:29:12,907
Speaker 14: market this weekend, and there are some big historic games

1761
01:29:13,827 --> 01:29:17,827
Speaker 14: like the NRL and AFL have built thirty years of

1762
01:29:17,947 --> 01:29:21,467
Speaker 14: history of Easter games, and so yeah, it is a

1763
01:29:21,627 --> 01:29:24,587
Speaker 14: very competitive landscape, and some could say, well, we're missing

1764
01:29:24,627 --> 01:29:27,667
Speaker 14: a trick by going up against them, you know. Others

1765
01:29:27,707 --> 01:29:30,467
Speaker 14: could say, you know, we've been quite strategic around how

1766
01:29:30,547 --> 01:29:33,307
Speaker 14: we place our matches and how we do compete, and

1767
01:29:33,827 --> 01:29:37,627
Speaker 14: you know, we're pretty confident with with what we've rolled

1768
01:29:37,627 --> 01:29:39,827
Speaker 14: out and last night was a great example of it.

1769
01:29:39,907 --> 01:29:42,427
Speaker 14: I mean, it's great match down there down there in

1770
01:29:42,507 --> 01:29:45,187
Speaker 14: christ Church and a big crowd, a big crowd there

1771
01:29:45,227 --> 01:29:45,547
Speaker 14: as well.

1772
01:29:45,987 --> 01:29:47,267
Speaker 2: Is there a scense that you have to be a

1773
01:29:47,347 --> 01:29:50,107
Speaker 2: bit strategic, as you've just outlined, knowing that you know

1774
01:29:50,187 --> 01:29:51,787
Speaker 2: you're not the only game in town, and that the

1775
01:29:51,947 --> 01:29:54,907
Speaker 2: likes of the NRL and the AFL have historically big audiences,

1776
01:29:55,347 --> 01:29:58,067
Speaker 2: more teams in their competition, that sort of thing. Is

1777
01:29:58,147 --> 01:30:02,507
Speaker 2: this a strategic decision to almost give Easter weekend to them?

1778
01:30:04,467 --> 01:30:07,467
Speaker 14: Well, I mean I think our I think it's certainly

1779
01:30:07,867 --> 01:30:11,827
Speaker 14: down the list. Our primary kind of motivations are to

1780
01:30:11,907 --> 01:30:14,147
Speaker 14: work with the clubs and what they want for the draw,

1781
01:30:14,787 --> 01:30:18,107
Speaker 14: to make sure that we were supporting them become sustainable,

1782
01:30:18,187 --> 01:30:22,147
Speaker 14: supporting them drive as much ticketing and membership as possible.

1783
01:30:22,227 --> 01:30:25,507
Speaker 14: So that's our primary lens. I think that is a

1784
01:30:25,587 --> 01:30:29,107
Speaker 14: secondary lens in terms of strategically how and where we

1785
01:30:29,227 --> 01:30:31,907
Speaker 14: do compete. I mean in Australia this weekend, it's a

1786
01:30:31,947 --> 01:30:35,427
Speaker 14: difficult weekend. I think we're running. We've got two games

1787
01:30:35,467 --> 01:30:37,267
Speaker 14: in New Zealand this weekend. I think we're the only

1788
01:30:37,907 --> 01:30:39,987
Speaker 14: the only major code playing. I don't think the NRL

1789
01:30:40,027 --> 01:30:42,347
Speaker 14: playing in New Zealand. I don't think the A leagues

1790
01:30:42,347 --> 01:30:45,947
Speaker 14: are playing in New Zealand. So yeah, it's certainly different

1791
01:30:46,347 --> 01:30:48,867
Speaker 14: on different sides of the Tasman as well when it

1792
01:30:48,947 --> 01:30:51,907
Speaker 14: comes to those strategic choices as well.

1793
01:30:52,147 --> 01:30:56,627
Speaker 2: Were your broadcasters comfortable enough with the reduced schedule, Yeah,

1794
01:30:56,667 --> 01:30:56,947
Speaker 2: they are.

1795
01:30:57,107 --> 01:30:58,947
Speaker 14: I mean, I think the other element to this is

1796
01:30:59,027 --> 01:31:03,387
Speaker 14: that being an eleven team competition, with all teams having

1797
01:31:03,427 --> 01:31:06,867
Speaker 14: two buys, we've got to work out where we place

1798
01:31:06,987 --> 01:31:10,067
Speaker 14: those buyers. And so you know, there is a choice

1799
01:31:10,107 --> 01:31:13,427
Speaker 14: here of if we could have a weekend with with

1800
01:31:13,707 --> 01:31:16,467
Speaker 14: only three games, or we could have two weekends with

1801
01:31:16,627 --> 01:31:17,947
Speaker 14: four games as opposed to.

1802
01:31:18,027 --> 01:31:22,027
Speaker 5: Our regular five. So you know what's there's there's a

1803
01:31:22,067 --> 01:31:22,307
Speaker 5: bit of.

1804
01:31:22,587 --> 01:31:25,987
Speaker 14: Strategy in working through the phasing of those bars and

1805
01:31:26,147 --> 01:31:29,027
Speaker 14: how we roll out those bars, and you know we're

1806
01:31:29,107 --> 01:31:30,827
Speaker 14: keen to have as full of schedule as we can

1807
01:31:30,907 --> 01:31:34,027
Speaker 14: as many weeks as possible, and so by working with

1808
01:31:34,107 --> 01:31:36,387
Speaker 14: the clubs on this weekend and only having three, it

1809
01:31:36,507 --> 01:31:39,867
Speaker 14: means that we we get another full week somewhere else

1810
01:31:39,947 --> 01:31:41,667
Speaker 14: in the draw that we can we can bring to

1811
01:31:41,987 --> 01:31:42,827
Speaker 14: bring to our fans.

1812
01:31:42,987 --> 01:31:45,027
Speaker 2: Does this feel like it will be your approach moving forward?

1813
01:31:45,107 --> 01:31:45,267
Speaker 5: Jack?

1814
01:31:45,427 --> 01:31:47,667
Speaker 2: Is as easter likely to look like this and the

1815
01:31:47,827 --> 01:31:48,827
Speaker 2: and the seasons are hit?

1816
01:31:49,707 --> 01:31:52,067
Speaker 14: Yeah, I mean, I think like anything made. And you know,

1817
01:31:52,187 --> 01:31:54,787
Speaker 14: as you know, we've been very upfront that we're going

1818
01:31:54,867 --> 01:31:56,347
Speaker 14: to try some things that we're going to learn, and

1819
01:31:56,867 --> 01:31:59,387
Speaker 14: some things will work and something's warring, and the important

1820
01:31:59,427 --> 01:32:02,387
Speaker 14: thing is we learn and adjust. So so we'll do

1821
01:32:02,467 --> 01:32:05,547
Speaker 14: a review of it for sure, and and you know,

1822
01:32:05,707 --> 01:32:08,187
Speaker 14: take that into the next year. But also going back

1823
01:32:08,307 --> 01:32:10,667
Speaker 14: to sort of one of the key points here is

1824
01:32:10,747 --> 01:32:13,947
Speaker 14: that you know, we had six of our venues unavailable

1825
01:32:14,707 --> 01:32:18,627
Speaker 14: for Super Rugby this weekend, so you know, we'll need

1826
01:32:18,667 --> 01:32:20,187
Speaker 14: to work in with our venues. I think there's a

1827
01:32:20,227 --> 01:32:25,587
Speaker 14: big expo on in your town at the venue for example. Yeah,

1828
01:32:25,627 --> 01:32:27,467
Speaker 14: we'll need to get in and work with our venues

1829
01:32:27,627 --> 01:32:30,267
Speaker 14: and see what's available. And that's a big part of

1830
01:32:30,307 --> 01:32:30,787
Speaker 14: this as well.

1831
01:32:30,947 --> 01:32:34,027
Speaker 2: All Right, just to finish one weekend which is going

1832
01:32:34,067 --> 01:32:36,747
Speaker 2: to be appointment viewing. Is about three weekends away now

1833
01:32:36,907 --> 01:32:40,067
Speaker 2: Super rounds in christ Church. We saw, as you mentioned,

1834
01:32:40,107 --> 01:32:45,147
Speaker 2: the Crusaders farewell Addington last night. Everything on target. Planning

1835
01:32:45,187 --> 01:32:47,947
Speaker 2: going well for super Round in about three weeks.

1836
01:32:48,627 --> 01:32:50,947
Speaker 14: Yeah, going really well, mate, And you know we sort

1837
01:32:50,987 --> 01:32:54,307
Speaker 14: of announced the entertainment and what's going on in town

1838
01:32:54,427 --> 01:32:57,347
Speaker 14: as well, I think last week or the week before

1839
01:32:57,387 --> 01:33:00,587
Speaker 14: which was which was really well received. All preparations for

1840
01:33:00,987 --> 01:33:03,187
Speaker 14: the stadium are going well. There's a lot of test

1841
01:33:03,227 --> 01:33:06,067
Speaker 14: events and smaller events on to test all of the

1842
01:33:06,107 --> 01:33:08,987
Speaker 14: citys and things, but it's it's looking great. I saw

1843
01:33:09,707 --> 01:33:13,427
Speaker 14: Dan Carter kicking goals in the off off the deck

1844
01:33:14,427 --> 01:33:16,387
Speaker 14: down there the other day and we're excited that he's

1845
01:33:16,427 --> 01:33:19,067
Speaker 14: also going to be around for Sunday along with Unsep.

1846
01:33:19,187 --> 01:33:21,267
Speaker 14: So mate, it's going to be just such a great

1847
01:33:21,307 --> 01:33:26,147
Speaker 14: celebration of christ Church primarily, but then Rugby and Super

1848
01:33:26,227 --> 01:33:26,627
Speaker 14: Rugby and.

1849
01:33:26,627 --> 01:33:27,667
Speaker 5: The Crusaders after that.

1850
01:33:27,867 --> 01:33:31,667
Speaker 14: But you know, I think he saw what this all

1851
01:33:31,747 --> 01:33:34,947
Speaker 14: means to the city last night in that game, a

1852
01:33:35,067 --> 01:33:38,507
Speaker 14: great crowd there to farewell the old stadium, and there's

1853
01:33:38,587 --> 01:33:41,827
Speaker 14: just such excitement about about one New Zealand Stadium and

1854
01:33:41,907 --> 01:33:45,187
Speaker 14: the Crusaders moving in to a new home for their

1855
01:33:45,347 --> 01:33:46,067
Speaker 14: for their future.

1856
01:33:46,267 --> 01:33:48,307
Speaker 2: YEP, looking forward to it very much. Indeed, Hey Jack,

1857
01:33:48,347 --> 01:33:50,867
Speaker 2: thanks for providing clarity for us about the Easter scheduling.

1858
01:33:51,027 --> 01:33:52,787
Speaker 2: Look forward to catching up in christ Church in three

1859
01:33:52,827 --> 01:33:55,267
Speaker 2: weeks time. Look forward to appying. Thanks mate, No, thank

1860
01:33:55,307 --> 01:33:58,627
Speaker 2: you mate. That is Jack Measley cel Super Rugby Pacific.

1861
01:33:59,867 --> 01:34:01,667
Speaker 2: You might have some thoughts on the reduced schedule. I

1862
01:34:01,787 --> 01:34:05,707
Speaker 2: know that some people are scratching their heads and wondering

1863
01:34:05,827 --> 01:34:09,067
Speaker 2: why they're there. Isn't rugby to watch across the weekend,

1864
01:34:09,187 --> 01:34:12,547
Speaker 2: where the other codes have have stacked their schedules and

1865
01:34:12,587 --> 01:34:15,347
Speaker 2: in fact spread them out. I mean NRL's the best

1866
01:34:15,387 --> 01:34:18,347
Speaker 2: example of this what NRL have done over Easter weekend.

1867
01:34:18,427 --> 01:34:21,027
Speaker 2: They started on Thursday night with that Sea Eagles win

1868
01:34:21,587 --> 01:34:23,747
Speaker 2: over the Dolphins. There were two games last night, there

1869
01:34:23,747 --> 01:34:26,587
Speaker 2: are another two today, two tomorrow, and then a Monday

1870
01:34:26,627 --> 01:34:29,227
Speaker 2: night game as well, so they've spread their schedule out

1871
01:34:29,267 --> 01:34:31,587
Speaker 2: over Easter and now of course they've got eight games.

1872
01:34:32,547 --> 01:34:36,187
Speaker 2: Super Rugby at most have five, so I guess they

1873
01:34:36,267 --> 01:34:40,467
Speaker 2: could have theoretically gone Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday Monday. But

1874
01:34:40,587 --> 01:34:42,547
Speaker 2: as Jack just said that, I wasn't aware of this,

1875
01:34:42,667 --> 01:34:46,627
Speaker 2: but their hands were tight in anyways, six home grounds

1876
01:34:46,867 --> 01:34:50,027
Speaker 2: aren't available he mentioned Wellington, there's I was on a

1877
01:34:50,067 --> 01:34:54,187
Speaker 2: Wellington day. Oh, Armageddon is on at Wellington today at

1878
01:34:54,267 --> 01:34:58,707
Speaker 2: Henry Stadium. So with six home grounds unavailable and a

1879
01:34:58,747 --> 01:35:02,747
Speaker 2: couple of other teams keen not to play for religious

1880
01:35:02,787 --> 01:35:06,387
Speaker 2: reasons over Easter weekend, then you know, I guess in

1881
01:35:06,467 --> 01:35:09,507
Speaker 2: many ways it's not the worst decision in the world.

1882
01:35:10,227 --> 01:35:11,787
Speaker 2: Of course, we all would have loved to have seen

1883
01:35:11,827 --> 01:35:15,707
Speaker 2: blockbuster super rugby games, perhaps as where you had a

1884
01:35:15,747 --> 01:35:18,227
Speaker 2: bit of time in our hands over Easter if you're

1885
01:35:18,427 --> 01:35:21,547
Speaker 2: perhaps away somewhere at the Batch or somewhere you don't

1886
01:35:21,667 --> 01:35:24,427
Speaker 2: normally live and would have tuned in for some rugby.

1887
01:35:25,107 --> 01:35:29,107
Speaker 2: But the collateral would have been, you know, buyers at

1888
01:35:29,107 --> 01:35:31,587
Speaker 2: other times they've got to get these buyers in. So

1889
01:35:32,187 --> 01:35:35,627
Speaker 2: I must admit I don't actually mind it, which is

1890
01:35:35,987 --> 01:35:39,427
Speaker 2: odd coming from someone who just would watch would watch

1891
01:35:39,427 --> 01:35:42,707
Speaker 2: sport twenty fourths even if he could. But there is

1892
01:35:43,067 --> 01:35:44,947
Speaker 2: a game on tonight obviously which I think will be

1893
01:35:45,267 --> 01:35:48,267
Speaker 2: interesting to watch or listen to. The Chiefs up against

1894
01:35:48,267 --> 01:35:51,707
Speaker 2: the Waratahs, that game underway at five past seven at

1895
01:35:51,827 --> 01:35:55,947
Speaker 2: FMG Stadium in Hamilton. Then the Reds against the Force

1896
01:35:56,107 --> 01:35:59,547
Speaker 2: at sun Corp. I gets the main interest point there

1897
01:35:59,547 --> 01:36:01,987
Speaker 2: will be how Zach Lomax goes in his debut. I

1898
01:36:02,027 --> 01:36:04,067
Speaker 2: think he's coming off the bench tonight. Isn't he for

1899
01:36:04,147 --> 01:36:07,707
Speaker 2: the Western Force? Named among the reserves the former league player?

1900
01:36:07,987 --> 01:36:12,387
Speaker 2: So how will Zach Lomax go? That might be mildly interesting.

1901
01:36:13,467 --> 01:36:17,507
Speaker 2: But yeah, like I say, as I was talking about

1902
01:36:17,667 --> 01:36:19,347
Speaker 2: this with Andy and a couple of others earlier in

1903
01:36:19,347 --> 01:36:23,227
Speaker 2: the week, I wasn't outraged necessarily, but I was like,

1904
01:36:23,467 --> 01:36:26,347
Speaker 2: why haven't they Why haven't they scheduled games? Why haven't

1905
01:36:26,347 --> 01:36:28,747
Speaker 2: they given us something to watch over east of weekend?

1906
01:36:29,307 --> 01:36:32,347
Speaker 2: By the sounds of it, a couple of factors counted

1907
01:36:32,387 --> 01:36:34,627
Speaker 2: against them. So we move on and look forward to

1908
01:36:35,347 --> 01:36:38,947
Speaker 2: next weekend, where there are some quite interesting games to

1909
01:36:38,987 --> 01:36:42,627
Speaker 2: look forward to, not least of which excuse me as

1910
01:36:42,667 --> 01:36:47,067
Speaker 2: next Saturday night when the Hurricanes host the Blues at

1911
01:36:47,107 --> 01:36:50,627
Speaker 2: the stadium. Looking forward to that, Jessica has come and

1912
01:36:50,867 --> 01:36:54,467
Speaker 2: gone at the basin out for six off four deliveries

1913
01:36:54,547 --> 01:36:57,147
Speaker 2: as they get deep into their innings, the White Ferns

1914
01:36:57,227 --> 01:36:59,987
Speaker 2: two eighty five for seven At the start of the

1915
01:37:00,027 --> 01:37:04,027
Speaker 2: forty ninth over. Maddy Green's still there. She's playing a

1916
01:37:04,107 --> 01:37:07,147
Speaker 2: wonderful innings one hundred and thirty two unbeat of one

1917
01:37:07,227 --> 01:37:09,827
Speaker 2: hundred and twenty three balls and she tries to get

1918
01:37:09,907 --> 01:37:12,787
Speaker 2: New Zealand as close to three hundred as possible. There'sll

1919
01:37:12,827 --> 01:37:14,947
Speaker 2: be an exciting run chase to keep eyes on later on.

1920
01:37:15,627 --> 01:37:18,147
Speaker 2: Nancy Petel's coming to join Maddy Green two eighty five

1921
01:37:18,227 --> 01:37:22,027
Speaker 2: for seven New Zealand in the forty ninth over. We'll

1922
01:37:22,067 --> 01:37:23,507
Speaker 2: take a break. When we come back, it is to

1923
01:37:23,587 --> 01:37:26,547
Speaker 2: football again. We go and head coach of our national

1924
01:37:26,627 --> 01:37:29,347
Speaker 2: men's side, the All Whites, Darren Baisley is with us.

1925
01:37:29,387 --> 01:37:31,827
Speaker 2: How does he reflect on the games against Finland and

1926
01:37:31,987 --> 01:37:34,307
Speaker 2: Chile a week or so ago and how is he

1927
01:37:34,387 --> 01:37:37,627
Speaker 2: going to finalize his World Cup squad? Darren Baisley with

1928
01:37:37,747 --> 01:37:39,187
Speaker 2: us when we come back on Weekend Sport.

1929
01:37:39,867 --> 01:37:43,547
Speaker 1: If it matters in sport, it matters here Weekend Sport

1930
01:37:43,747 --> 01:37:46,027
Speaker 1: with Jason Pine, News Talks av.

1931
01:37:48,067 --> 01:37:48,107
Speaker 5: Or.

1932
01:37:48,187 --> 01:37:50,587
Speaker 2: The All Whites have played their final matches before the

1933
01:37:50,627 --> 01:37:54,227
Speaker 2: squad is named for the FIFA World Cup starting in June.

1934
01:37:54,667 --> 01:37:56,587
Speaker 3: We're all at the back of the six shard box again,

1935
01:37:57,027 --> 01:38:00,987
Speaker 3: waiting for this one. Here it comes. I've got the heads,

1936
01:38:01,387 --> 01:38:15,427
Speaker 3: We'll drop here before the way he took his chance

1937
01:38:15,507 --> 01:38:20,347
Speaker 3: with a fluff as a fourth.

1938
01:38:20,667 --> 01:38:25,267
Speaker 5: Oh yeah.

1939
01:38:25,307 --> 01:38:27,907
Speaker 2: A two years lost to Finland and Eden Park last

1940
01:38:28,067 --> 01:38:30,707
Speaker 2: Friday was followed by a four to one victory over

1941
01:38:30,867 --> 01:38:34,667
Speaker 2: Chile at the same venue on Monday night. Head coach

1942
01:38:34,787 --> 01:38:38,547
Speaker 2: Darren Baisley is now facing some of the toughest decisions

1943
01:38:38,667 --> 01:38:41,947
Speaker 2: of his career as he narrows down his twenty six

1944
01:38:42,067 --> 01:38:45,787
Speaker 2: man squad for the upcoming Football World Cup. Darren Baisley

1945
01:38:45,867 --> 01:38:48,227
Speaker 2: with US on Weekend Sport. You said, Darren, you probably

1946
01:38:48,347 --> 01:38:51,947
Speaker 2: learned more from the loss to Finland than you did

1947
01:38:52,307 --> 01:38:54,467
Speaker 2: in the win over Chile. So what were the biggest

1948
01:38:54,547 --> 01:38:58,067
Speaker 2: lessons that you took from these two quite different performances.

1949
01:38:58,987 --> 01:39:01,187
Speaker 9: Yeah, you're right, it was. It was a good window

1950
01:39:01,267 --> 01:39:03,427
Speaker 9: in the end because of the way the games worked

1951
01:39:04,267 --> 01:39:06,867
Speaker 9: in that class game. We went into the Loombo really

1952
01:39:06,947 --> 01:39:11,107
Speaker 9: wanted tired of performances and results together, something you know

1953
01:39:11,187 --> 01:39:13,187
Speaker 9: that we hadn't done and we know at the World

1954
01:39:13,267 --> 01:39:14,787
Speaker 9: Cup we're going to have to go back to back.

1955
01:39:15,307 --> 01:39:17,827
Speaker 9: So when we looked at these games, are still good teams,

1956
01:39:17,947 --> 01:39:21,707
Speaker 9: you know, European, South American, higher ranked teams with good players.

1957
01:39:21,787 --> 01:39:23,907
Speaker 9: But we really thought, you know, off the back of

1958
01:39:23,987 --> 01:39:27,307
Speaker 9: the pretty strong performances in Norway and Columbia game and

1959
01:39:27,747 --> 01:39:30,467
Speaker 9: even Poland away, but you know, these were games that

1960
01:39:30,547 --> 01:39:33,347
Speaker 9: we could really sort of progress and show who we are.

1961
01:39:33,467 --> 01:39:35,987
Speaker 9: So the Friday night game was disappointing. You know, the

1962
01:39:36,027 --> 01:39:38,787
Speaker 9: players came off, they felt flat. You know, they were

1963
01:39:38,827 --> 01:39:41,307
Speaker 9: really disappointed that they showed that they didn't show the

1964
01:39:41,387 --> 01:39:43,907
Speaker 9: crowd who they were and you know how good a

1965
01:39:43,947 --> 01:39:46,987
Speaker 9: team they can be. We had a really good routine

1966
01:39:48,147 --> 01:39:53,027
Speaker 9: on the Saturday after the game, you know, were really

1967
01:39:53,147 --> 01:39:54,907
Speaker 9: reviewed a game. You know, there was there were some

1968
01:39:55,107 --> 01:39:57,667
Speaker 9: things wrong, but there wasn't like one thing that you

1969
01:39:57,707 --> 01:39:59,547
Speaker 9: could just go right if we fix that, you know,

1970
01:39:59,667 --> 01:40:02,307
Speaker 9: that's why the performance was flat. It was it really

1971
01:40:02,507 --> 01:40:06,787
Speaker 9: was just a slight mentality on our defensive as we

1972
01:40:06,907 --> 01:40:10,147
Speaker 9: weren't quite aggressive enough. We weren't quite there when we

1973
01:40:10,267 --> 01:40:12,787
Speaker 9: needed to add pressure, you know, and in possession, we

1974
01:40:12,867 --> 01:40:15,027
Speaker 9: didn't didn't show enough courage. You know at times, we

1975
01:40:15,627 --> 01:40:17,507
Speaker 9: know we didn't play the way we have done over

1976
01:40:17,547 --> 01:40:19,707
Speaker 9: the previous games. So the players, you know, we had

1977
01:40:19,747 --> 01:40:22,267
Speaker 9: a talk, we looked at a lot of clips and

1978
01:40:22,387 --> 01:40:25,827
Speaker 9: it was great. You know, they were really accountable, did

1979
01:40:25,867 --> 01:40:28,147
Speaker 9: a lot of internal talking, asked a lot of questions

1980
01:40:28,187 --> 01:40:30,667
Speaker 9: of each other, you know, and came out of the

1981
01:40:30,747 --> 01:40:33,547
Speaker 9: meeting and determined to you know, not have that again

1982
01:40:33,587 --> 01:40:37,227
Speaker 9: and put that right on Monday and moving forward. So yeah,

1983
01:40:37,227 --> 01:40:39,587
Speaker 9: we felt a staff. Whilst it was an ideal to

1984
01:40:39,707 --> 01:40:43,227
Speaker 9: lose on Friday, the reaction we got and the real

1985
01:40:44,467 --> 01:40:47,747
Speaker 9: probably accountabuilding understanding that came from within the playing group

1986
01:40:48,307 --> 01:40:48,667
Speaker 9: was great.

1987
01:40:48,907 --> 01:40:49,067
Speaker 5: You know.

1988
01:40:49,227 --> 01:40:51,387
Speaker 9: It's something we've been really looking for some leaders to

1989
01:40:51,467 --> 01:40:55,707
Speaker 9: stand up and yeah, and then Monday we got exactly

1990
01:40:55,827 --> 01:40:58,587
Speaker 9: the performance that we wanted, you know. It was it

1991
01:40:58,707 --> 01:41:00,947
Speaker 9: was brighter from from the start.

1992
01:41:01,347 --> 01:41:01,507
Speaker 5: You know.

1993
01:41:01,547 --> 01:41:04,827
Speaker 9: We were more aggressive defensively, more compact, you know, and

1994
01:41:04,907 --> 01:41:06,987
Speaker 9: in possession we did we should a lot of courage

1995
01:41:07,027 --> 01:41:09,347
Speaker 9: and tried to play out and we're better with that

1996
01:41:09,467 --> 01:41:13,867
Speaker 9: decision making. It ended up a good evening on Monday,

1997
01:41:14,227 --> 01:41:16,587
Speaker 9: you know, And I feel like even before the sending off,

1998
01:41:17,387 --> 01:41:19,427
Speaker 9: the game was going that way, and I follow we

1999
01:41:19,507 --> 01:41:22,547
Speaker 9: were on top and it was a much more performance

2000
01:41:22,667 --> 01:41:26,827
Speaker 9: and really did so the people who the players when

2001
01:41:26,867 --> 01:41:27,467
Speaker 9: they play together.

2002
01:41:28,027 --> 01:41:30,067
Speaker 2: That's a great summary of the two games. So as

2003
01:41:30,227 --> 01:41:33,187
Speaker 2: you fair world your squad to the four corners of

2004
01:41:33,227 --> 01:41:36,427
Speaker 2: the world. What were the main messages you gave the

2005
01:41:36,547 --> 01:41:39,027
Speaker 2: team as they hit off, Now back to their clubs

2006
01:41:39,347 --> 01:41:42,747
Speaker 2: and and wait for or I guess continue to show

2007
01:41:42,787 --> 01:41:45,387
Speaker 2: you that they're worth a place in the World Cup squad.

2008
01:41:46,627 --> 01:41:48,667
Speaker 9: Yeah. I mean there was a few messages, you know,

2009
01:41:48,787 --> 01:41:51,147
Speaker 9: one around the two games being you know, that was

2010
01:41:51,187 --> 01:41:53,187
Speaker 9: an example of you know, what we can't do, and

2011
01:41:53,347 --> 01:41:54,987
Speaker 9: that was a great example of what we need to

2012
01:41:55,067 --> 01:41:59,707
Speaker 9: do and when we get together in regards to World

2013
01:41:59,747 --> 01:42:02,467
Speaker 9: Cup selection wise, Yeah, the message was, you know, go

2014
01:42:02,587 --> 01:42:05,307
Speaker 9: back to your clubs, stay fit, perform. We'll be watching.

2015
01:42:05,387 --> 01:42:07,947
Speaker 9: I'll stay in touch with it everybody, and you know

2016
01:42:08,027 --> 01:42:10,507
Speaker 9: we're we're still a good four or five weeks away

2017
01:42:10,547 --> 01:42:13,987
Speaker 9: from actually making those decisions. So I think everybody had

2018
01:42:14,307 --> 01:42:16,667
Speaker 9: different aspects throughout the window, on and off the pitch,

2019
01:42:16,867 --> 01:42:19,627
Speaker 9: you know, put themselves forward, put themselves in a good position.

2020
01:42:20,107 --> 01:42:21,827
Speaker 9: That was the challenge. At the start of the window.

2021
01:42:21,907 --> 01:42:24,187
Speaker 9: I said to them, you know, everyone who's in a

2022
01:42:24,227 --> 01:42:26,667
Speaker 9: different position. We all know the people that are not

2023
01:42:26,827 --> 01:42:30,387
Speaker 9: here in regards to those players that were unavailable for March.

2024
01:42:30,947 --> 01:42:33,227
Speaker 9: So but all you can do is put youlf in

2025
01:42:33,267 --> 01:42:37,147
Speaker 9: a position where you put you makeers have a tough conversation,

2026
01:42:37,427 --> 01:42:39,227
Speaker 9: you know, in a couple of months, and some of

2027
01:42:39,307 --> 01:42:39,867
Speaker 9: them have done that.

2028
01:42:40,467 --> 01:42:43,827
Speaker 2: I was kind of asking, were there individuals who really

2029
01:42:43,947 --> 01:42:46,667
Speaker 2: pushed their claims over this window.

2030
01:42:47,907 --> 01:42:50,347
Speaker 9: I mean, I think there's there's there's game to gain,

2031
01:42:50,427 --> 01:42:52,747
Speaker 9: you know, there's there's some differences in obviously the games

2032
01:42:52,787 --> 01:42:56,387
Speaker 9: and who played certain things in brief games.

2033
01:42:56,587 --> 01:42:57,307
Speaker 5: You know, someone like.

2034
01:42:59,587 --> 01:43:02,867
Speaker 9: The Filay he came on and really added a spark

2035
01:43:02,907 --> 01:43:05,627
Speaker 9: in the second half. You know, Bayliffs came on and

2036
01:43:05,747 --> 01:43:09,667
Speaker 9: looked sharp as well, and Jesse continued that form into

2037
01:43:09,707 --> 01:43:11,707
Speaker 9: the Monday. But when you look through the squad on Monday,

2038
01:43:12,027 --> 01:43:14,707
Speaker 9: I don't think you could really pull anybody and say

2039
01:43:14,707 --> 01:43:17,827
Speaker 9: they were under par. You know, everybody performed well and

2040
01:43:18,147 --> 01:43:21,227
Speaker 9: put themselves in a great position. Friday was a little

2041
01:43:21,227 --> 01:43:24,707
Speaker 9: bit different. You know, there was some some performances, some

2042
01:43:24,827 --> 01:43:28,147
Speaker 9: interdeals and the team as a whole, but yeah, they

2043
01:43:28,187 --> 01:43:31,107
Speaker 9: did that right, so sort of left the camp on

2044
01:43:31,227 --> 01:43:34,507
Speaker 9: a good feeling and left themselves in a good position.

2045
01:43:35,307 --> 01:43:38,067
Speaker 9: And so far as we were tr selected, I had

2046
01:43:38,147 --> 01:43:42,987
Speaker 9: really good, good job and Samich for Las awesome. You

2047
01:43:43,067 --> 01:43:47,307
Speaker 9: know at Pendon and great. You know, everybody, everybody had

2048
01:43:47,427 --> 01:43:49,867
Speaker 9: really good runs throughout the camp. You know, the players

2049
01:43:49,907 --> 01:43:52,667
Speaker 9: that we expected to did, you know, and some of

2050
01:43:52,707 --> 01:43:55,467
Speaker 9: the other players that you know, maybe around that sort

2051
01:43:55,507 --> 01:43:59,307
Speaker 9: of questionable sort of area then put themselves in a

2052
01:43:59,347 --> 01:43:59,787
Speaker 9: good position.

2053
01:44:00,507 --> 01:44:04,307
Speaker 2: You can nine twenty six for the World Cap realistically

2054
01:44:04,427 --> 01:44:07,267
Speaker 2: buys how many spots are still up for grabs.

2055
01:44:08,427 --> 01:44:11,907
Speaker 9: Well with with fitness and availability, I suppose there's there's

2056
01:44:12,547 --> 01:44:14,867
Speaker 9: quite a few programs. We've still got a number of

2057
01:44:14,987 --> 01:44:18,947
Speaker 9: players that are apparently injured, including Westwood and Catcher and

2058
01:44:19,227 --> 01:44:23,627
Speaker 9: bart Boxer pre So we've got sort of too many

2059
01:44:23,747 --> 01:44:27,187
Speaker 9: in that sort of position. But I think there will

2060
01:44:27,227 --> 01:44:30,667
Speaker 9: be back playing pretty soon. Positive they're going to be

2061
01:44:30,707 --> 01:44:33,067
Speaker 9: set for the World carp and and these are players

2062
01:44:33,427 --> 01:44:35,947
Speaker 9: if they are, you know, they do get selected. You know,

2063
01:44:36,027 --> 01:44:38,187
Speaker 9: they're there's some of our better players playing in some

2064
01:44:38,267 --> 01:44:41,307
Speaker 9: of our highest environments around the world, and we have

2065
01:44:41,507 --> 01:44:45,547
Speaker 9: been pretty consistent with selections, and that's important. You know,

2066
01:44:45,627 --> 01:44:49,627
Speaker 9: we can't suddenly throw everything away as we get closer

2067
01:44:49,707 --> 01:44:52,387
Speaker 9: to the to the big tournament. But you know, definitely

2068
01:44:52,467 --> 01:44:56,467
Speaker 9: there's there's spaces. You know, there's definitely conversations on a

2069
01:44:56,547 --> 01:44:59,707
Speaker 9: daily basis being had around you know, the makeup of

2070
01:44:59,787 --> 01:45:04,427
Speaker 9: the squad, and you know, last free spots the bigger

2071
01:45:04,507 --> 01:45:08,307
Speaker 9: number than we've had most of friends twenty three and

2072
01:45:09,347 --> 01:45:13,067
Speaker 9: so there's definitely some extra spaces available. And you know,

2073
01:45:13,187 --> 01:45:16,507
Speaker 9: then we've got we obvious need cover in every position,

2074
01:45:16,907 --> 01:45:19,147
Speaker 9: but then the extra places, you know, well, how do

2075
01:45:19,267 --> 01:45:23,667
Speaker 9: we fill those? We've done the players, We've experienced players

2076
01:45:23,827 --> 01:45:26,547
Speaker 9: with players that add stuff off the pitch, and it

2077
01:45:26,587 --> 01:45:29,547
Speaker 9: goes to our culture and our environment. Do we need

2078
01:45:29,627 --> 01:45:32,027
Speaker 9: back up in certain positions and maybe some players are

2079
01:45:32,067 --> 01:45:35,347
Speaker 9: not fully fit and we need extra backup as apart

2080
01:45:35,387 --> 01:45:38,507
Speaker 9: from just one sort of reserve for each position. So yeah,

2081
01:45:38,507 --> 01:45:41,907
Speaker 9: there's lots going on in the background to make up

2082
01:45:41,947 --> 01:45:44,867
Speaker 9: these sort of decisions. We've got a selection criteria, the

2083
01:45:44,947 --> 01:45:48,987
Speaker 9: players have been sent and then we're watching. I suppose

2084
01:45:49,027 --> 01:45:52,027
Speaker 9: it can is to no one perform in their club

2085
01:45:52,067 --> 01:45:54,707
Speaker 9: for the next and really put pressure on us.

2086
01:45:55,427 --> 01:45:58,467
Speaker 2: How much do you wire up club form worth what

2087
01:45:58,667 --> 01:46:02,347
Speaker 2: players have done previously for you in an all white shirt.

2088
01:46:03,547 --> 01:46:06,027
Speaker 9: Well, when you look at the selection criterias is one

2089
01:46:06,067 --> 01:46:09,627
Speaker 9: aspect it. You know that there's there's eight criterias that

2090
01:46:09,747 --> 01:46:12,867
Speaker 9: we sort of look at, you know, none of them

2091
01:46:12,907 --> 01:46:15,627
Speaker 9: are the one factor. But you know what they've done

2092
01:46:15,667 --> 01:46:18,667
Speaker 9: for us previously in the last window, the last six

2093
01:46:18,747 --> 01:46:22,267
Speaker 9: months windows, you know, is important. You know, coming in

2094
01:46:22,347 --> 01:46:25,387
Speaker 9: and performing for New Zealand is important. Performing for their

2095
01:46:25,467 --> 01:46:29,467
Speaker 9: clubs is important. You know, being fit and available is

2096
01:46:29,867 --> 01:46:32,947
Speaker 9: obviously important. Knowing what they bring off the pitch is

2097
01:46:33,027 --> 01:46:36,667
Speaker 9: really important. So there's loads of different aspects that go

2098
01:46:36,787 --> 01:46:39,547
Speaker 9: into these selections. And yeah, we will be watching their

2099
01:46:39,587 --> 01:46:43,627
Speaker 9: club football, you know, and seeing how they're performing. That's

2100
01:46:43,907 --> 01:46:50,107
Speaker 9: suppose how Locky get slipped from March went away in

2101
01:46:50,107 --> 01:46:55,867
Speaker 9: the Olympics, the great form of hitting results the popular

2102
01:46:55,947 --> 01:47:00,107
Speaker 9: league or who's playing well and yeah he got called up.

2103
01:47:00,187 --> 01:47:02,907
Speaker 9: And you know there's still a month five weeks before

2104
01:47:02,947 --> 01:47:04,907
Speaker 9: selections are made and people have got a lot of

2105
01:47:04,907 --> 01:47:08,147
Speaker 9: club games, so you know, it's it's definitely possible people

2106
01:47:08,267 --> 01:47:11,427
Speaker 9: hit top form and you know, come from I suppose

2107
01:47:11,547 --> 01:47:14,987
Speaker 9: not from nowhere, because I'm not expecting anybody to come

2108
01:47:15,027 --> 01:47:18,147
Speaker 9: from nowhere now, but you know there's that's people that

2109
01:47:18,307 --> 01:47:21,467
Speaker 9: are have been not involved all the time that could

2110
01:47:21,467 --> 01:47:22,867
Speaker 9: suddenly make a really good run for it.

2111
01:47:23,427 --> 01:47:26,787
Speaker 2: Did these two games help clarify your strongest starting eleven

2112
01:47:27,147 --> 01:47:29,147
Speaker 2: or are there still a couple of positions up for

2113
01:47:29,227 --> 01:47:30,147
Speaker 2: Graves there as well.

2114
01:47:31,507 --> 01:47:34,307
Speaker 9: I mean, with so many players unavailable for March, it

2115
01:47:34,587 --> 01:47:37,387
Speaker 9: was a little bit different. I think this window gave

2116
01:47:37,507 --> 01:47:42,747
Speaker 9: us options. We know this were players, you know, there's

2117
01:47:42,787 --> 01:47:45,867
Speaker 9: some of the players that are really strong players weren't

2118
01:47:46,027 --> 01:47:48,507
Speaker 9: work with us was Camp. What we've got now is

2119
01:47:48,587 --> 01:47:51,187
Speaker 9: some really good depth. You know, we see Ben Hold

2120
01:47:51,227 --> 01:47:53,147
Speaker 9: playing left back. I thought he performed very well. I mean,

2121
01:47:53,187 --> 01:47:55,147
Speaker 9: he's been doing that all year for his club, but

2122
01:47:55,267 --> 01:47:57,027
Speaker 9: that was the first time we've looked at him there

2123
01:47:58,107 --> 01:48:01,147
Speaker 9: because of the Francis Debris injury, and I thought he

2124
01:48:01,227 --> 01:48:03,787
Speaker 9: performed really well. So he now becomes a player that

2125
01:48:04,227 --> 01:48:06,587
Speaker 9: couldn't play there if you know, doesn't put pre sure

2126
01:48:06,627 --> 01:48:09,947
Speaker 9: on Libby, we'll see, you know that when Libby is

2127
01:48:09,947 --> 01:48:12,307
Speaker 9: fully fair. I think everybody knows how good a player

2128
01:48:12,547 --> 01:48:14,547
Speaker 9: he is and how important he is for the All Whites.

2129
01:48:15,067 --> 01:48:18,827
Speaker 9: But we've managed to, you know, play without some of

2130
01:48:18,907 --> 01:48:21,627
Speaker 9: these players in recent windows and still perform to a

2131
01:48:21,667 --> 01:48:23,947
Speaker 9: pretty high level and get results at times, you know,

2132
01:48:24,027 --> 01:48:27,867
Speaker 9: not not consistently enough. But I think what we've got

2133
01:48:27,947 --> 01:48:30,587
Speaker 9: now is, you know, we've got lots of good options.

2134
01:48:30,907 --> 01:48:35,187
Speaker 9: We've got a lot of flexibility were plays complain and

2135
01:48:36,707 --> 01:48:41,227
Speaker 9: why or in the composition flexibility in the players. So

2136
01:48:41,747 --> 01:48:45,067
Speaker 9: it does allow us now to as get close to

2137
01:48:45,147 --> 01:48:46,947
Speaker 9: the games. You know, there can be a real fall

2138
01:48:47,067 --> 01:48:49,987
Speaker 9: and confidence say, you know, we can put somebody in

2139
01:48:50,307 --> 01:48:52,427
Speaker 9: it and it won't really make the team dip, which

2140
01:48:52,467 --> 01:48:53,747
Speaker 9: is which is a great place to be in.

2141
01:48:54,667 --> 01:48:57,987
Speaker 2: How will you make your decision around starting goalkeeper? You've

2142
01:48:58,027 --> 01:49:01,027
Speaker 2: got two terrific candidates and Max Crokam and Alex Paulson.

2143
01:49:01,467 --> 01:49:03,987
Speaker 2: He gave them a game each in this window. How

2144
01:49:04,027 --> 01:49:06,707
Speaker 2: will you make your decision come world time?

2145
01:49:07,787 --> 01:49:10,427
Speaker 9: Yeah, it's difficult, you know, they're both very good goalkeepers

2146
01:49:10,467 --> 01:49:16,347
Speaker 9: but different. We can actually naze and season played twenty

2147
01:49:16,427 --> 01:49:18,747
Speaker 9: games and there is one of their top team ship

2148
01:49:18,827 --> 01:49:21,027
Speaker 9: goalkeepers in that day. But you know recently he has

2149
01:49:21,067 --> 01:49:24,547
Speaker 9: lost his place and they boyd Aer a good goalkeeper

2150
01:49:24,747 --> 01:49:29,827
Speaker 9: who's parents playing. No, that's difficult for that, you know,

2151
01:49:29,907 --> 01:49:33,827
Speaker 9: because he had a great run. Alex. Alex's back playing

2152
01:49:34,147 --> 01:49:36,547
Speaker 9: in Poland's performing very well for his club and that's

2153
01:49:36,547 --> 01:49:39,027
Speaker 9: a really good level. So we have You're right, we've

2154
01:49:39,067 --> 01:49:42,027
Speaker 9: got two very good goalkeepers. You know, right now we

2155
01:49:42,187 --> 01:49:44,987
Speaker 9: don't have to make the decision well, what we had

2156
01:49:45,107 --> 01:49:46,867
Speaker 9: planned at the start of this window was to give

2157
01:49:46,867 --> 01:49:50,867
Speaker 9: them a game each and you know, unfortunately that we

2158
01:49:50,907 --> 01:49:53,907
Speaker 9: would have done that back in November, but Alex was

2159
01:49:53,947 --> 01:49:56,227
Speaker 9: injured and missed that thought and Max played both games

2160
01:49:56,627 --> 01:49:59,227
Speaker 9: and played very well. And look at the Columbia game.

2161
01:49:59,907 --> 01:50:02,107
Speaker 9: So they've both had really good moments for the All Whites.

2162
01:50:02,547 --> 01:50:05,027
Speaker 9: They've both had really good moments in their club form.

2163
01:50:06,027 --> 01:50:09,067
Speaker 9: So we'll put that to the side for now. We

2164
01:50:09,187 --> 01:50:10,827
Speaker 9: know we've got two number one, and we've got a

2165
01:50:10,867 --> 01:50:13,947
Speaker 9: whole load of other goalkeepers, you know, to fill that

2166
01:50:14,147 --> 01:50:17,827
Speaker 9: sort of three very good capable goalkeepers, but we do

2167
01:50:17,987 --> 01:50:21,307
Speaker 9: feel that Alex and maxa are fighting for that number

2168
01:50:21,347 --> 01:50:21,787
Speaker 9: one position.

2169
01:50:22,067 --> 01:50:24,387
Speaker 2: Ye, how do you then land on your third goalkeeper

2170
01:50:24,427 --> 01:50:27,107
Speaker 2: because in all likelihood they're not going to play. So

2171
01:50:27,307 --> 01:50:29,227
Speaker 2: do you then look at some of those other criteria

2172
01:50:29,547 --> 01:50:31,707
Speaker 2: you mentioned about how they're going to fit in to

2173
01:50:31,827 --> 01:50:33,307
Speaker 2: the squad, how they're going to be part of the

2174
01:50:33,627 --> 01:50:37,787
Speaker 2: goalkeepers union that is so important inside a larger squad.

2175
01:50:37,867 --> 01:50:40,187
Speaker 2: Do you look more at that or are you still

2176
01:50:40,227 --> 01:50:43,547
Speaker 2: looking at a guy who, if he had to could play.

2177
01:50:44,707 --> 01:50:47,347
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean pretty comfortable that if any of those

2178
01:50:47,387 --> 01:50:50,547
Speaker 9: guys had to play. You know, we'd be comfortable with that.

2179
01:50:50,667 --> 01:50:53,507
Speaker 9: You know, over the last year of the Holy Sale

2180
01:50:53,627 --> 01:50:55,467
Speaker 9: is the one that's out injured, you know, but we've

2181
01:50:55,507 --> 01:50:58,427
Speaker 9: had Oli Sale and Nick Zanev. Obviously, Michael Valde came

2182
01:50:58,467 --> 01:51:01,027
Speaker 9: in in this last tour. Case Simmons, we've had in,

2183
01:51:01,147 --> 01:51:05,107
Speaker 9: Henry Gray, We've had in We've all of those sort

2184
01:51:05,107 --> 01:51:07,747
Speaker 9: of goalkeepers in there environment, so we've sort of got

2185
01:51:07,787 --> 01:51:09,867
Speaker 9: a good idea of how they fit in, what they

2186
01:51:09,987 --> 01:51:13,827
Speaker 9: add on and off the pitch and training pitch. We've

2187
01:51:13,867 --> 01:51:15,267
Speaker 9: watched them all in their club form, so you know,

2188
01:51:16,107 --> 01:51:18,387
Speaker 9: they're very good goalkeepers and could go in if needed,

2189
01:51:18,507 --> 01:51:21,747
Speaker 9: but the chances of that are pretty slim in regards

2190
01:51:21,747 --> 01:51:25,027
Speaker 9: to a third choice goalkeeper playing. So yeah, lots of factors.

2191
01:51:25,147 --> 01:51:28,547
Speaker 9: Probably that's one position that it is key that it's

2192
01:51:28,587 --> 01:51:31,267
Speaker 9: a really good team person. You know, there's a lot

2193
01:51:31,307 --> 01:51:34,467
Speaker 9: of work that person has to do to you know,

2194
01:51:34,987 --> 01:51:37,187
Speaker 9: taking the shots and letting the other'll give us have

2195
01:51:37,307 --> 01:51:40,547
Speaker 9: those moments of rest when needed. It's you know, it's

2196
01:51:40,547 --> 01:51:43,907
Speaker 9: a tough position, but you know, comfortable all four of

2197
01:51:43,987 --> 01:51:45,907
Speaker 9: them that we talked about there, and so shame for

2198
01:51:45,987 --> 01:51:49,107
Speaker 9: Oli that he's not now able to compete with those

2199
01:51:49,147 --> 01:51:52,227
Speaker 9: guys for that position. But yeah, it's another position that's

2200
01:51:52,227 --> 01:51:54,787
Speaker 9: going to be a really tough one to call in

2201
01:51:54,867 --> 01:51:55,147
Speaker 9: the end.

2202
01:51:55,507 --> 01:51:57,307
Speaker 2: The other I want to ask you about was Tommy Smith.

2203
01:51:57,747 --> 01:52:00,787
Speaker 2: He hasn't played for New Zealand since September of twenty

2204
01:52:00,867 --> 01:52:03,907
Speaker 2: twenty four. He I think might even currently be injured,

2205
01:52:03,907 --> 01:52:07,827
Speaker 2: but he's at a fifth tier UK clubs. Is Tommy

2206
01:52:07,867 --> 01:52:10,067
Speaker 2: Smith in contention for your World Cup squad?

2207
01:52:11,467 --> 01:52:18,427
Speaker 9: Yes he is, Yes, he's Tom's different. You know, when

2208
01:52:18,427 --> 01:52:21,667
Speaker 9: you look at a squad of even twenty three, it's

2209
01:52:21,827 --> 01:52:24,187
Speaker 9: very rare that, you know, twenty one, twenty two, twenty

2210
01:52:24,227 --> 01:52:27,107
Speaker 9: three players actually play, you know, and a World Cup

2211
01:52:27,147 --> 01:52:30,147
Speaker 9: squad with twenty six you know, twenty six, twenty five,

2212
01:52:30,307 --> 01:52:32,707
Speaker 9: twenty four, let alone twenty three, twenty two, twenty one

2213
01:52:33,107 --> 01:52:36,267
Speaker 9: potentially won't play. So some you know, with Tommy we

2214
01:52:36,347 --> 01:52:38,867
Speaker 9: do look and go, okay, if you know, what does

2215
01:52:38,947 --> 01:52:41,467
Speaker 9: he add or we look at this for all players,

2216
01:52:41,667 --> 01:52:44,547
Speaker 9: if they're not playing, can they affect the performance? You know,

2217
01:52:44,747 --> 01:52:46,667
Speaker 9: what do they add? What do they contribute and add

2218
01:52:46,747 --> 01:52:50,547
Speaker 9: to the environment and actually the result And Tommy is

2219
01:52:50,947 --> 01:52:53,267
Speaker 9: really good in that environment, you know, he he is

2220
01:52:53,347 --> 01:52:56,147
Speaker 9: a player that can help the team perform on the

2221
01:52:56,227 --> 01:52:59,507
Speaker 9: day by not playing, if that makes sense. That doesn't

2222
01:52:59,547 --> 01:53:01,827
Speaker 9: mean he's definitely going to get selected. You know, he

2223
01:53:01,947 --> 01:53:04,627
Speaker 9: still needs to be able to perform and go in

2224
01:53:04,707 --> 01:53:10,507
Speaker 9: if needed. Every player needs to know pretty but yeah,

2225
01:53:10,787 --> 01:53:15,107
Speaker 9: we do lots of different things. Tommy is Europe and

2226
01:53:15,227 --> 01:53:17,467
Speaker 9: has been for a couple of years. You're really good

2227
01:53:17,907 --> 01:53:22,627
Speaker 9: in that leadership, you know, environment and helping players is

2228
01:53:22,667 --> 01:53:24,587
Speaker 9: the best way to be which is you know, which

2229
01:53:24,667 --> 01:53:28,987
Speaker 9: is a real help at times. So yes, it's one

2230
01:53:29,067 --> 01:53:32,547
Speaker 9: that we'll keep talking about onanisations with Tommy, you know.

2231
01:53:33,067 --> 01:53:38,067
Speaker 9: But also other players want to be selected. So we've

2232
01:53:38,067 --> 01:53:42,667
Speaker 9: got this sexual that we look at and we'll put

2233
01:53:42,747 --> 01:53:47,187
Speaker 9: different importancies on different players. You know, mostly is about

2234
01:53:47,387 --> 01:53:50,187
Speaker 9: are you the best players? Can you go and perform

2235
01:53:50,347 --> 01:53:53,667
Speaker 9: playing win games from New Zealand. That's the most important criteria.

2236
01:53:53,987 --> 01:53:55,667
Speaker 9: But as you build a squad, you know, there's some

2237
01:53:55,827 --> 01:53:58,907
Speaker 9: there's some different needs I suppose in different positions.

2238
01:53:59,587 --> 01:54:01,547
Speaker 2: Just to finish by as you're going to name your

2239
01:54:01,587 --> 01:54:05,747
Speaker 2: twenty six and you're going to you know, affect the

2240
01:54:06,107 --> 01:54:09,467
Speaker 2: career trajectories. Are some of these players, you know, some

2241
01:54:09,667 --> 01:54:12,387
Speaker 2: who you perking and some of who you aren't able

2242
01:54:12,507 --> 01:54:16,507
Speaker 2: to Does that weigh on you, the responsibility of that,

2243
01:54:17,067 --> 01:54:19,347
Speaker 2: I guess, the gravity of the decisions you're about to

2244
01:54:19,427 --> 01:54:20,747
Speaker 2: make it.

2245
01:54:20,827 --> 01:54:21,587
Speaker 5: Does you know?

2246
01:54:21,747 --> 01:54:24,747
Speaker 9: I'm conscious of that. You know, it's such a bat decision.

2247
01:54:25,227 --> 01:54:27,067
Speaker 9: You know, we make a lot of decisions all year

2248
01:54:27,147 --> 01:54:31,147
Speaker 9: around squads and players and starting elevens. You know, constantly

2249
01:54:31,227 --> 01:54:35,547
Speaker 9: having conversations with players, good conversations for good news and

2250
01:54:36,107 --> 01:54:39,827
Speaker 9: possums when it's you know, a challenging conversation whether they're

2251
01:54:39,947 --> 01:54:42,027
Speaker 9: starting the game or not slept in a squad. But

2252
01:54:42,347 --> 01:54:45,387
Speaker 9: this is going to be tough on the core event

2253
01:54:45,667 --> 01:54:48,587
Speaker 9: someone you know that everybody's sort of been gearing towards

2254
01:54:48,627 --> 01:54:51,707
Speaker 9: over the last four years and the biggest event in

2255
01:54:51,787 --> 01:54:56,507
Speaker 9: the world. So yeah, conscious, you know, the decisions we makes,

2256
01:54:56,667 --> 01:55:00,387
Speaker 9: it's not just selection, but all with Simon area and

2257
01:55:00,747 --> 01:55:03,347
Speaker 9: evident We've got that. You know, we have those discussions

2258
01:55:03,427 --> 01:55:07,987
Speaker 9: and they keep me on this sort of every stone.

2259
01:55:08,107 --> 01:55:12,667
Speaker 9: We talk about every reason for every play. Yeah, we'll

2260
01:55:12,707 --> 01:55:17,267
Speaker 9: definitely ensure that the process is thorough, honest, you know,

2261
01:55:17,387 --> 01:55:20,787
Speaker 9: create communication to everybody or they might be some players

2262
01:55:21,147 --> 01:55:24,107
Speaker 9: are not going to be happy and that's that's difficult.

2263
01:55:24,187 --> 01:55:26,587
Speaker 9: But you know, all we can do is be honest

2264
01:55:26,627 --> 01:55:30,267
Speaker 9: and clear with them, and you know we've had conversations

2265
01:55:30,307 --> 01:55:32,667
Speaker 9: in the past, but yeah, this is a bigger, a

2266
01:55:32,747 --> 01:55:35,027
Speaker 9: bigger moment that's going on.

2267
01:55:35,827 --> 01:55:37,587
Speaker 2: When will you name your squad? Have you got a

2268
01:55:37,667 --> 01:55:38,267
Speaker 2: date in mind?

2269
01:55:39,507 --> 01:55:42,987
Speaker 9: Not a concern, yeah, but we you know, because we

2270
01:55:43,067 --> 01:55:45,947
Speaker 9: don't have playing the World Cup squad until after the journey.

2271
01:55:46,347 --> 01:55:49,107
Speaker 9: So some countries, I'm sure, take big squads to the

2272
01:55:49,187 --> 01:55:52,427
Speaker 9: German thi is period just before the World Cup and

2273
01:55:52,427 --> 01:55:55,067
Speaker 9: then make some selections after that went down to that way,

2274
01:55:55,547 --> 01:55:58,387
Speaker 9: We will do that. We'll name our word squad earlier

2275
01:55:58,507 --> 01:56:01,867
Speaker 9: and going to the gym with our World Cups. I

2276
01:56:01,907 --> 01:56:04,227
Speaker 9: think that's fairer. I think it's a big enough squad

2277
01:56:04,387 --> 01:56:07,427
Speaker 9: to not have to carry people to make decisions, you know,

2278
01:56:08,347 --> 01:56:10,747
Speaker 9: even if we've still got some maybe slight injuries that

2279
01:56:10,907 --> 01:56:12,147
Speaker 9: you know, we know are going to be fit for

2280
01:56:12,187 --> 01:56:15,387
Speaker 9: the World Cup. Having a squad of twenty six is

2281
01:56:15,627 --> 01:56:18,467
Speaker 9: big enough to sort of carry that. So we'll make

2282
01:56:18,507 --> 01:56:21,827
Speaker 9: some decisions probably middle of May. We'll get some dates

2283
01:56:21,867 --> 01:56:24,187
Speaker 9: confirmed soon and get that out to the players and

2284
01:56:24,307 --> 01:56:27,147
Speaker 9: the media so everybody knows roughly when this is all

2285
01:56:27,187 --> 01:56:27,667
Speaker 9: going to happen.

2286
01:56:28,787 --> 01:56:30,787
Speaker 2: Well, it's a I was going to say exciting time,

2287
01:56:30,867 --> 01:56:33,907
Speaker 2: challenging time as well for you. I'm sure both things based.

2288
01:56:33,947 --> 01:56:36,907
Speaker 2: Congratulations on the recent window and particular the win over Chili.

2289
01:56:36,987 --> 01:56:39,067
Speaker 2: Thanks for chatting. Has always looked forwards to uh look

2290
01:56:39,107 --> 01:56:42,307
Speaker 2: forward to staying in touches you as your World Cup

2291
01:56:42,347 --> 01:56:44,547
Speaker 2: squad selection becomes becomes confirmed.

2292
01:56:44,747 --> 01:56:46,347
Speaker 9: Thanks planning, Thanks catch up soon.

2293
01:56:46,427 --> 01:56:48,747
Speaker 2: No good to chat, Darren, Thanks and day Darren. Basically

2294
01:56:48,787 --> 01:56:52,427
Speaker 2: their apologies for the slightly dodgy phone line at times

2295
01:56:52,547 --> 01:56:55,227
Speaker 2: during that chat. I'm not sure where as we was

2296
01:56:55,227 --> 01:56:57,267
Speaker 2: maybe a way for easter, but I think we've got

2297
01:56:57,307 --> 01:56:59,027
Speaker 2: the gist of it, the main gist of it our

2298
01:56:59,067 --> 01:57:03,547
Speaker 2: apologies for a slightly dodgy phone line there. So I

2299
01:57:03,627 --> 01:57:06,707
Speaker 2: think the main takeaways are that there are still spots

2300
01:57:06,747 --> 01:57:10,547
Speaker 2: up for grabs. I kind of reckon most football fans

2301
01:57:10,587 --> 01:57:15,507
Speaker 2: could write down twenty two, twenty three of the twenty six.

2302
01:57:16,227 --> 01:57:16,987
Speaker 2: I've given this a go.

2303
01:57:17,147 --> 01:57:17,507
Speaker 5: I reckon.

2304
01:57:17,587 --> 01:57:20,347
Speaker 2: I mean I've tried. I've written what I would suggest

2305
01:57:20,387 --> 01:57:22,827
Speaker 2: would be the twenty six man squad. Maybe we can

2306
01:57:22,867 --> 01:57:25,707
Speaker 2: talk about that another day. But still time for players

2307
01:57:25,747 --> 01:57:27,867
Speaker 2: to push their case as they go back to their

2308
01:57:27,907 --> 01:57:30,427
Speaker 2: clubs now and look to play well for the rest

2309
01:57:30,467 --> 01:57:32,667
Speaker 2: of their club seasons or the next little bit of

2310
01:57:32,747 --> 01:57:36,587
Speaker 2: it before Darren basically confirms his All Whites World Cup

2311
01:57:36,627 --> 01:57:41,267
Speaker 2: squad in the middle of May sixteen. Away from three,

2312
01:57:41,467 --> 01:57:43,867
Speaker 2: the White Fans have posted three hundred and six for

2313
01:57:44,067 --> 01:57:47,107
Speaker 2: seven from their fifty overs, so South Africa will come

2314
01:57:47,147 --> 01:57:49,587
Speaker 2: out shortly and chase three hundred and seven from their

2315
01:57:49,627 --> 01:57:52,307
Speaker 2: fifty overs to win Game three and win the series.

2316
01:57:52,667 --> 01:57:55,267
Speaker 2: Maddy Green a magnificent one hundred and forty one not

2317
01:57:55,387 --> 01:57:57,707
Speaker 2: out of one hundred and twenty eight balls, anchoring the

2318
01:57:57,787 --> 01:58:01,907
Speaker 2: Inningsbrook Holiday, making ninety eight. Those two resurrecting things after

2319
01:58:01,987 --> 01:58:05,427
Speaker 2: New Zealand were three for three early on, including the

2320
01:58:05,467 --> 01:58:08,427
Speaker 2: prize wicket of Melli Kerr, who, after her one seventy

2321
01:58:08,507 --> 01:58:10,467
Speaker 2: nine night out the other day, was out for zero.

2322
01:58:10,867 --> 01:58:13,947
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2323
01:58:15,347 --> 01:58:17,667
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2328
01:58:31,027 --> 01:58:33,307
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2329
01:58:33,427 --> 01:58:35,467
Speaker 2: eighteen to play. If you are and would like to play,

2330
01:58:35,547 --> 01:58:38,067
Speaker 2: call now are eight hundred and eighty ten eighty. We

2331
01:58:38,147 --> 01:58:39,347
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Speaker 2: Yes, it is twelve to three, a sporting chant with

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Speaker 2: a tab. I'm going to get Sonya on the air shortly,

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Speaker 2: give her the choice of three bets. Sonya's going to

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Speaker 2: choose one, will place the bet. If it comes home,

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Speaker 2: is going to take away the winnings. Easily understood, Sonya,

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Speaker 2: You understand what the what the game involves. Yes, I do, excellent,

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Speaker 2: all right, here are your three options. Is always a

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Speaker 2: short and evens and a long short. Is a super

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Speaker 2: Rugby bet the thirty three percent of this week's Super

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Speaker 2: Rugby special. It's Chiefs warrat task tonight, Sonya, and it's

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Speaker 2: the nineteen point five line. What you're basically picking is

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Speaker 2: that the Chiefs will win by less than twenty in

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Speaker 2: general terms. If you choose that and that happens, it's

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Speaker 2: paying a dollar ninety. You would win one hundred and

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Speaker 2: thirty five dollars do you understand that one?

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Speaker 5: Oh?

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Speaker 14: Yes?

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Speaker 2: The Cowboys and Illawarren's special is your Evans Sir George

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Speaker 2: Illawarra Dragons against North Queensland Cowboys winning margin North Queensland

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Speaker 2: to win by thirteen plus. It's paying three dollars twenty

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Speaker 2: five you would win three hundred and thirty seven dollars

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Speaker 2: is fifty and the long for today is the Magic

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Speaker 2: of the FA Cup special football bet Chelsea against port

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Speaker 2: Vale and our own Ben Wayne Place for port Vale.

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Speaker 2: Port Vale to win is paying twenty six dollars. You

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Speaker 2: would win three thousand, seven hundred and fifty. So the

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Speaker 2: war a task to get to within twenty points of

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Speaker 2: the Chiefs, you'd win one thirty five. The Cowboys to

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Speaker 2: Beets and George by thirteen plus you'd win three thirty

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Speaker 2: seven fifty. Port Vale to beat Chelsea you'd win three thousand,

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Speaker 2: seven hundred and fifty. Sonya, which one would you like

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Speaker 2: to go for? I'm definitely going long, Definitely going long.

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Speaker 4: Why not?

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Speaker 15: Sorry?

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Speaker 2: It's not your money, is it? It's not your money?

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Speaker 3: Who knows?

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Speaker 2: Port Vale to beat Chelsea three thousand, seven hundred and

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Speaker 2: fifty dollars? How good would that be?

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Speaker 5: Oh?

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Speaker 2: That'd be great, that'd be great, and even and I

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Speaker 2: ben Wayne our own all white scores the winning goal

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Speaker 2: even better, sonya. Or you're gonna place that bet for you.

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Speaker 2: Kudos to you for going long as I say, you've

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Speaker 2: got nothing on the line. As far as your own money,

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Speaker 2: you could win three seven hundred and fifty dollars. We're

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Speaker 2: bet responsibly. Nine Away from three News Talks.

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Speaker 1: EDB analyzing the plays and getting the insight Weekend Sport

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Speaker 1: with Jason Vine News Talks HEB five and.

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Speaker 2: A half Away from three. That's us for a weekend

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Speaker 2: support for today. Thank you for tuning in Quick look

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Speaker 2: Ahead tomorrow to going to review both international cricket seasons

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Speaker 2: for our black Caps and our White Ferns talk to

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Speaker 2: their respective coaches tomorrow preview the Warriors as well. They

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Speaker 2: take on the Sharks tomorrow afternoon. And also for those

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Speaker 2: who play but the winter sport, grassroots winter sport, what

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Speaker 2: is the best way to make sure that you don't

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Speaker 2: pick up an injury early in the season and then

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Speaker 2: you know, put the carbosh on your on your whole season.

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Speaker 2: Davy Gray is a top sports professional in this area.

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Speaker 2: He's going to join us tomorrow with some great tips.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for listening in Tim Beverage after three with

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Speaker 2: the Weekend Collective. Huge thanks to any McDonald's producing. As

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Speaker 2: per what's our exit song today?

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Speaker 5: Mate?

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Speaker 18: Yeah, Piney because of what you did to Brook Holliday

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Speaker 18: earlier on getting getting a dismissed commentators curse Chason Pine.

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Speaker 18: I've gone for the mockers. The mockers forever Tuesday Morning

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Speaker 18: takes us out.

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Speaker 4: I like it.

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Speaker 2: I like it, nice work mate said tomorrow.

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Speaker 19: Time slap sun Wild. That's last.

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Speaker 20: Without too, my lifecar forever Tuesday morning, without too, my

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Speaker 20: Lascar forever Chuesday Morning, We're that too, my lass gob

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Speaker 20: it Forever's Tuesday Morning.

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Speaker 17: We're out to my lass Goby Forever, Chuesday Morning Without

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Speaker 17: two Miles Forever, Tuesday Morning Without too My Lost Forever

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Speaker 17: Tuesday Morning.

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