November 20, 2024 • 19 mins
On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave and Jason Pine for Thursday 21st November 2024, former Australian cricketer Mike Whitney talks about the upcoming five match test series against India at home.
D'Arcy delivers an opinion piece on why David Campese should be commended for his apology.
Plus, the lads join the panel to discuss the possible All Blacks side to play Italy on Sunday morning.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
It'd be hello there, and welcome into a fresh episode
of the Sports Fix podcast for Thursday, November the twenty first. Already,
I'm Jason Pine. Greetings, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Darcy Waldergrave,
and we've got some sport to talk, including no we have.
If you're not here for sport, you're on the wrong podcast.
If you're here for sport, well stick around because there's
(00:43):
a massive test cricket series starting tomorrow in Western Australia,
five mouth watering test matches Darce between Australia and India.
I love it when these two cricketing powerhouses collide.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
I don't know if India are a powerhouse anymore. I
read somewhere someone wrote down, oh you know.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Someone, someone's woken the sleeping giant of Indian cricket.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
I'm like, they're not a sleeping giant. They are asleep
after the first test, this is New Zealand. They're still
coma tosed in the third test. They're not sleeping. They
are in a coma. I don't know what they're going
to do now though, right the Indians and I know
someone that his name is Mike Whittney, fantastic Australian fastpola
from back in the day. He joins us to discuss
the upcoming five Test series.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Well, they could do anything. We'll find out what exactly
they will do. Well a preview of it anyway too.
I want to also ask you a couple of questions
about the All Black Side to Face Italy, which will
be named just after midnight tonight. So a bit to
get through. Let's get into it. In other news, let's
start by checking out some of the big sports stories
(01:47):
around today. Phoenix women's coach Paul Temple has shared a
little bit of light on why import Emmon Chabelle's stint
with the club was so brief. The Algerian international has
headed home just two weeks into her contract due to
what's been labeled unforeseen circumstances.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
There's a certain degree of privacy that we have the
respect in terms of the man as well. She's somebody
that we've we're just getting to know her and conscious
that we wanted to do the right thing by her.
And by the club as well, So it's just trying
to get a situation where that could happen.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
The Breakers believe the feb International window has come at
a very good time for them. His head coach, but
Terry Copenan.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
We need that reload and we need to use this
time smartly. We had great stuff for the season, but
we can relax too much mentally. We have a few
days off and then we go back to work and
tried to get better and continue our our season.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
And Andy Murray has saluted retiring tennis great rep and adal.
Speaker 6 (02:39):
Humility, hard work and most importantly respect for everybody. You're
probably the only tennis player ever to never throw in
their racket and anger leading.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
A VIX, We've got just the ticket. It's Sports Fix, News.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
TALKSVY Australia India Test Series in Australia. Quite frankly, Mike Whitney,
it doesn't come any better than this. Welcome to the
show mate, How are.
Speaker 7 (03:05):
You up, Das. I want to talk about New Zealand
Indian in India.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
First, well you're not allowed to because I've already pulled
that one completely apart. But you can give us a
couple of sentences how good, mate, We soften them up
for you.
Speaker 7 (03:17):
Mate, I just well, I hope you just haven't poked
the bear. That's my only problem. I hope they go
We're not going to go through that in Australia. But
would you have ever have thought in your wildest dreams
that anyone could beat India three nil and a three
three test series in India? But our brothers across the ditch, Mate,
they played, Williamson didn't play. I mean there were players missing.
(03:40):
They were just so good and that's got to be.
I don't know, maybe Yiganson, is that the greatest series
in ever? It's got to be. And I'm not a
gambling man, dark, but you would have got like thousands
to one on that happening. I mean, just unbelievable. So
I was so look and I actually was trading some
(04:05):
emails with Sir Richard because we still look a bit
and I used her up to nil at that stage,
and I went to Sir Richard, can you imagine if
it's three nil? And he went, oh, how unbelievable that be?
Well a week later.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
At three nil, nice name dropping there, Mike wren'ty class bro.
Speaker 7 (04:24):
So I'm still reminding him that I blocked him out
in eighty seven Melbourne and you know he doesn't like that.
Then we get on the nicer thiegs.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
We'll never forget that and you still have respect because
they call him Sir Richard. So absolutely, there you go.
So the big question here is three nil is so
embarrassing for Indian hearing a silent Indian stadium. It's just incredible,
but incredible. What are the takeaways? What do Australia take
out of those three tests and try and apply in
(04:54):
this five Test series? Was there any any big alarms,
any big flags going this is what you need to do? Like,
what did you see?
Speaker 7 (05:01):
Look what I thought the Kiwis did so amazingly was
no matter what pitch they prepared, the I could bowl
on that either with their seimas and your spin bowlers
were just fabulous to catching the furl play things. I mean,
everything was just really good. So our guys will look
at that, mind you. Our first Test is in Perth.
Not sure whether that's going to turn too much, but
(05:26):
look there, it's so interesting. Made Shama's not here, the
captain's not here. So Jasper Boomras captaining at least his
first Test when's the last time that two opening bowlers
of captained two sides in a Test match. I can't
remember the last time if any Patrick and Jasper Boomra.
You know, look, dars As, you know it's going to
(05:47):
start at the toss. Who wins the toss and whoever
wins the toss and what decision they make. Well that's
the first hour in the first session and then the
first day and that it rolls out like that, I think.
But look, this is the incredible thing that's been happening.
India have got a T twenty side playing in South
Africa and those games are ben incredible. They've also had
(06:11):
an Indian A team, a full squad out here playing
against our Australian A and a couple of other games
and then their full Test squad comes out. Now these
are three independent squads, Like, there's not a lot of
crossover in the players there. How big is the group
of players they've got to play from pick from when
(06:33):
you can have two or three international sides in each
category traveling around the world and play, so they've got
a very big pool. And after you guys whack them
through nil, they're going to have a really good look
in themselves and go we're not going to do that again.
So we need to go to Australia and beat them.
And they've done that before here, so we've got to
(06:54):
really be up for it. So are we up for it? Well?
The question mark is is the open amc Sweeney who
captains he state but that's four for them? Is he
going to be up for it?
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Who else is the pressure on Mike? Whitn't he? Where
else does it pulls? Where are the tender places where
India might choose to try and put an elbow in?
Speaker 7 (07:14):
Well, you hear all this talk at the moment dark
like Osmond's thirty eight? How long is going to be
up for it? They're going to be chasing him off
the wicket boom and those guys are world class bowlers
and they've got a couple of really good spinners as well.
You know, let's not forget that. So how's was he going?
He's got a few runs, probably not the start of
the season he won Marnus. Well, he's been a bit
(07:36):
down the last year and humon he was averaging in
the sixties. I think he's last couple of seasons he's
averaged forty seven or something that's not too shabby, but
for his where he is and where his average is,
he's a little bit down and he'll want a big score.
He wants to scross some runs. Then he got Steve Smith. Well,
he's looked really good. I've watched Stephen very closely at
the start of this domestic cricket and the internationals that
(07:59):
he's played. I can see that burning desire in his eyes.
Not that he's ever lost that, but when Smudge's really
locked on, he's really locked on, and I feel that
he's going to be really locked on and then the
rest go from there. I mean, those top three or
four are the ones that have got to score with
the bolk runs and there's some question marks around how
they're going. I mean, Smithy hasn't had the best couple
(08:21):
of years either, so who's in the wings waiting? Well,
there was a lot of talk about Vancroft and whole
sorts of people coming into the side. Those guys are
very experienced, you know, Marcus Harrison Bancroft have made ten
thousand first class runs each but can't get in the side.
They pick a young McSweeney hedging their bets. He bats
(08:44):
four how come we're letting him open But the captain's
free state and he can play. So there's a few
mysteries around us, there's no doubt about that.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
What about the fact that it's a five Test series?
We are so jealous over here in New Zealand we
never get the joy of a five tists series. They
are excellent cricket fans. I don't know, maybe they don't
want to get embarrassed five Knielbis, but you've got it.
So how keenly and disipated as this from the cricketing public,
I don't think it gets.
Speaker 7 (09:10):
Big massive Look, people are starting to say it's equaling
the Ashes, you know, and excitement and stuff like that.
I don't think I could say that the Ashes sits
alone in its spot and that'll always beyond for young
and old, you know. But India in the last couple
of years were the last ten years, as you know,
they've lifted themselves in the cricket, the IPL, the money,
(09:33):
the amount of players they've got down, stuff like that.
The last five Test series we had against India here
I actually played in ninety one two. Now, why if
we had to hate from ninety one to two to
twenty twenty four to play another five Test series against India.
I don't know why that happens us. It's ridiculous because
when you play a five test series, you're pretty much
(09:54):
guaranteed that you're going to get a series win, aren't you.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Mike Whttney, thanks very much for your time. May you
look after yourself? We're talking in scene.
Speaker 7 (10:01):
I'm sure love your gaskt on your rather my pleasure
leading a fix.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
We've got just the ticket. It's sports Fix powered by
news Talks, is he?
Speaker 3 (10:11):
David Campeaz has said, I'm sorry, well kind of anyway.
The former Wallaby winger, a force in the golden days
of Australian rugby, was severely critical of the appointment of
Joe Schmidt when he took the role as the Wallabies
head coach. We're only talking a couple of months ago,
(10:31):
but he had a right crack, he said. We always
seem to get a coach that has never won anything.
We always seem to get the second best Kiwi coach,
never the first best. He said. Look, Joe may have
won a six Nations, but the World Cup is the
ultimate for any sport player or coach, and he hasn't
won anything. He had to go. But now he's turned
(10:53):
around after a stunning couple of matches for the Wallabies
and said, you know what, he's proven me wrong. That
says a whole lot for the character of David Campeze.
He's a prickly character. He does say some upsetting things,
and of course he played in an upsetting way way
back in those days. In fact, he was at fallback
(11:15):
the last time the Wallaby's won at Eden Park way
back and what nineteen eighty six. He's been a fall
on the side of New Zealand rugby for quite some time.
But for him to turn around publicly and say I
got it wrong and I'm sorry is music to my ears.
I think in general most people, if you hide from
(11:37):
the truth, if you deny what you said, if you
carry on piling on from your initial era, it's hard
to get any form of forgiveness. But when you turn
around and go, hey, I made a mistake, I got
it wrong, let's move on, people are extraordinarily forgiving. And
I suppose in essence, the Wallabies fans don't really care
(12:00):
what David Campezi says now because in Joe Schmidt they've
got a coach that may well indeed propel Alien rugby
back into the healcion days when David Campezi used to
play the game. Good on your campo, well said my son,
and well said publicly. He might be eating a bit
of crow dining on a bit of humble pie, but
(12:22):
it's appreciated.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
The chamber is now in session on Sportsfax.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Let us convene in the chamber as we kick around
a couple of sporting issues. Want to talk about India
Australia shortly, but can we start with the All Blacks
final test of the season. It's a lead turin freezing
culture and by the sounds of it, just after nine
Sunday morning, New Zealand time, the team is named just
after midnight. Ask can I direct you to a couple
of positions and ask you for your view on what
(12:51):
you would do, not what you think they will do.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
That's all what you would do. Let's that again, right? Yeah, exactly,
direct away mister Pine.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Midfield jerseys twelve and thirteen to start, please, I think.
Speaker 3 (13:04):
You could change the entire team. So whoever's on the
bench isn't played right cross the board. That doesn't to
me matter whether it's one through fifteen, let's just roll
the dice because Italy are nothing, and I'm really disappointed
that this series is ending with a game against Italy.
It's a real hvisit that's deflating a balloon lin it
fart around the room. So I'd say, given hour roll,
who wants a crag in the midfield? What do you
(13:26):
put Ardie sa there? And it's center. I've always wanted
to see him there.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
I'm not sure that he'll get the thirteen jersey. What
I've written down here, I agree with you. I think
there should be wholesale changes. Guys should get games who
haven't got games. And to that end, I'd be giving
David Harvey a run at second five. We've hardly seen
David Harvelly all year in an All Blacks jersey. I
think he might have had two tests off the bench
(13:49):
and that's it. I'd be starting him Anton Lennart Brown
outside others, I would like to see Rupert Love get
a game, and I'd like to see Stephen Petafetta at
first five. What say you in the ten jersey?
Speaker 3 (14:00):
I think that's a great idea. We know what's going
on in ten. There's been far too much pulling of
hair and gnashing of teeth. We lost Harry Plummer. He
sits wight in the pecking order anyway, With all due respect,
good twelve, good ten. I think you need to test
some of these other guys that are next in the
qube because you know what rugby's like dollars to donuts.
(14:22):
Someone will get broken in half in super rugby. I
don't want that. I don't wish for that. But teens
have got targets on their backs, on their knees, on
their heads. So give Peter effect. I look, he's basically
a fullback, isn't he? But I think he's comfortable in
that first five roll. So why wouldn't you, again, as
you said, wholesale changes you have to, don't you?
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Apart from a couple of departing players sam Kin TJ. Pettinada.
Now I know there's no room for sentiment necessarily in
All Blacks team selection, but I would be flabbergasted if
sam Kin and TJ Petanada aren't in the twenty three.
When it's named just after midnight tonight, I think Kine
starts and I think TJ probably comes off the bench
with Roy guard starting.
Speaker 3 (15:03):
Yes, and you've got two good things there. One we've
got no argument about who leads to And if it's TJ.
Petty and Arra, which it should be, it'll be an
absolute rousing Harker because he'll pull on all the spirit
of his last few years of the All Blacks and
he'll deliver it. So there'd be something to watch. I
don't normally watch Hacker, but d you go? I think
that'd be fantastic. And Sam Kane, look, you've got to
give them the captainy, don't you. Regardless, let him lead
(15:25):
the men into combat one last time, and I think
that would be a fitting tribute to a man who's
done so much for the jersey he should leave on there.
No tell me I'm wrong, right Piney, I.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
Can't tell you you're wrong as you were talking. You see,
you saw me nodding my head in agreement. Yes, I
think Scott Barrett will probably play, you know, I think
he and Patrick Twey pilottu will probably lock the scrum.
But yeah, I look, I wouldn't mind at all if
Sam Kine leads them out. But I guess we wait
and see till tomorrow morning, when this team is.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
Named if he's not that kind of guy though, and
saying that he'll go now I'm not the captain and
give it to someone else. That's not my time. Don't
focus on me, focus everything out, because that's the way
he rolls here. So I'll just coun to my idea
immediately after a good thought process. I'm sorry, that's all right.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
Look, many a good thought process has has been pole
axed shortly afterwards by the introduction of logic. But never mind,
let's move to this five test series. Look, I love
my test cricket, as I know you do. And in
a friendly time zone like Australia, it's just the next
sort of five weeks or whatever it is Perth and
then Adelaide, then Brisbane, Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, and
(16:33):
then early in the new year in Sydney, Australia, India.
You'll be taking a bit of this, and I would
imagine the.
Speaker 3 (16:39):
Huge amount of this. I've already written messages to my
mind dearest and dares saying I'm really sorry. I'll catch
you in mid January because the time is perfect for
avoiding all of your responsibilities and watching TV. What we
love about this, Piney is that even though dominoes have
to fall in order for the black Caps in the
(17:00):
World Test Championship Final. They start here and from what
I can gather, we need an Australian victory and we
need an Australia in victory three two and Dad will
put us in a good stead ahead of obviously South
Africa and Sri Lanka.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
Okay, that's so, that's good, Sums. I hadn't even thought
about that. All I thought about was just how much
I love watching test cricker from Australia. So look, while
well that extra information, I'll be keeping an eye on
that as well. There's a day night Test and amongst
all of us as well, the Adelaide Test between December sixth.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
Watching who watches those? I mean, come on, day night
pinkball test, craker, It's ridiculous. It's a lottery. I'm sorry there,
I'll take it back.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
I'm not watching that will I think. I think the
last time I love a Boxing Day Test. We all
love a Boxing Day Test. And then the Sydney Test.
You know, it could all be on the line for
the fifth Test. Yeah, border gavescar trophy, bring it on, hey,
just before we exit the chamber, the draw for the
twenty twenty five NRL season is out. I'm not quite
(18:02):
sure what to take from this. I see though the
wartor are the Warritors, They're not. The Warriors will play this, yes,
just once each next year. That's a fairly friendly draw
for us.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
What's balance, isn't it? Isn't that how it should be,
as opposed to taking on other teams that are much
better than you twice saying it skews the draw ridiculously,
So I'm all over. That maye a bit of a
fair shot with that. And of course there's a BIGANZAC
fixture as well, isn't there, Pony Yeah, down.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
In christ Church the Warriors. We're playing an ANZAC game
in christ Church, which would be great. And of course
we've got the return of the women as well. The
nrlw will be boosted by the inclusion of the Warriors,
or the reinclusion of the Warriors in twenty twenty five
as well. Much more to come on that dusk. We've
run out of time in the chamber. The next appointment
is as fast approaching for whoever gets in here after us,
(18:50):
So let's let's leave it there and chat again tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
It'd be hello there, and welcome into a fresh episode
of the Sports Fix podcast for Thursday, November the twenty first. Already,
I'm Jason Pine. Greetings, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Darcy Waldergrave,
and we've got some sport to talk, including no we have.
If you're not here for sport, you're on the wrong podcast.
If you're here for sport, well stick around because there's
(00:43):
a massive test cricket series starting tomorrow in Western Australia,
five mouth watering test matches Darce between Australia and India.
I love it when these two cricketing powerhouses collide.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
I don't know if India are a powerhouse anymore. I
read somewhere someone wrote down, oh you know.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Someone, someone's woken the sleeping giant of Indian cricket.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
I'm like, they're not a sleeping giant. They are asleep
after the first test, this is New Zealand. They're still
coma tosed in the third test. They're not sleeping. They
are in a coma. I don't know what they're going
to do now though, right the Indians and I know
someone that his name is Mike Whittney, fantastic Australian fastpola
from back in the day. He joins us to discuss
the upcoming five Test series.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Well, they could do anything. We'll find out what exactly
they will do. Well a preview of it anyway too.
I want to also ask you a couple of questions
about the All Black Side to Face Italy, which will
be named just after midnight tonight. So a bit to
get through. Let's get into it. In other news, let's
start by checking out some of the big sports stories
(01:47):
around today. Phoenix women's coach Paul Temple has shared a
little bit of light on why import Emmon Chabelle's stint
with the club was so brief. The Algerian international has
headed home just two weeks into her contract due to
what's been labeled unforeseen circumstances.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
There's a certain degree of privacy that we have the
respect in terms of the man as well. She's somebody
that we've we're just getting to know her and conscious
that we wanted to do the right thing by her.
And by the club as well, So it's just trying
to get a situation where that could happen.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
The Breakers believe the feb International window has come at
a very good time for them. His head coach, but
Terry Copenan.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
We need that reload and we need to use this
time smartly. We had great stuff for the season, but
we can relax too much mentally. We have a few
days off and then we go back to work and
tried to get better and continue our our season.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
And Andy Murray has saluted retiring tennis great rep and adal.
Speaker 6 (02:39):
Humility, hard work and most importantly respect for everybody. You're
probably the only tennis player ever to never throw in
their racket and anger leading.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
A VIX, We've got just the ticket. It's Sports Fix, News.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
TALKSVY Australia India Test Series in Australia. Quite frankly, Mike Whitney,
it doesn't come any better than this. Welcome to the
show mate, How are.
Speaker 7 (03:05):
You up, Das. I want to talk about New Zealand
Indian in India.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
First, well you're not allowed to because I've already pulled
that one completely apart. But you can give us a
couple of sentences how good, mate, We soften them up
for you.
Speaker 7 (03:17):
Mate, I just well, I hope you just haven't poked
the bear. That's my only problem. I hope they go
We're not going to go through that in Australia. But
would you have ever have thought in your wildest dreams
that anyone could beat India three nil and a three
three test series in India? But our brothers across the ditch, Mate,
they played, Williamson didn't play. I mean there were players missing.
(03:40):
They were just so good and that's got to be.
I don't know, maybe Yiganson, is that the greatest series
in ever? It's got to be. And I'm not a
gambling man, dark, but you would have got like thousands
to one on that happening. I mean, just unbelievable. So
I was so look and I actually was trading some
(04:05):
emails with Sir Richard because we still look a bit
and I used her up to nil at that stage,
and I went to Sir Richard, can you imagine if
it's three nil? And he went, oh, how unbelievable that be?
Well a week later.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
At three nil, nice name dropping there, Mike wren'ty class bro.
Speaker 7 (04:24):
So I'm still reminding him that I blocked him out
in eighty seven Melbourne and you know he doesn't like that.
Then we get on the nicer thiegs.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
We'll never forget that and you still have respect because
they call him Sir Richard. So absolutely, there you go.
So the big question here is three nil is so
embarrassing for Indian hearing a silent Indian stadium. It's just incredible,
but incredible. What are the takeaways? What do Australia take
out of those three tests and try and apply in
(04:54):
this five Test series? Was there any any big alarms,
any big flags going this is what you need to do? Like,
what did you see?
Speaker 7 (05:01):
Look what I thought the Kiwis did so amazingly was
no matter what pitch they prepared, the I could bowl
on that either with their seimas and your spin bowlers
were just fabulous to catching the furl play things. I mean,
everything was just really good. So our guys will look
at that, mind you. Our first Test is in Perth.
Not sure whether that's going to turn too much, but
(05:26):
look there, it's so interesting. Made Shama's not here, the
captain's not here. So Jasper Boomras captaining at least his
first Test when's the last time that two opening bowlers
of captained two sides in a Test match. I can't
remember the last time if any Patrick and Jasper Boomra.
You know, look, dars As, you know it's going to
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start at the toss. Who wins the toss and whoever
wins the toss and what decision they make. Well that's
the first hour in the first session and then the
first day and that it rolls out like that, I think.
But look, this is the incredible thing that's been happening.
India have got a T twenty side playing in South
Africa and those games are ben incredible. They've also had
(06:11):
an Indian A team, a full squad out here playing
against our Australian A and a couple of other games
and then their full Test squad comes out. Now these
are three independent squads, Like, there's not a lot of
crossover in the players there. How big is the group
of players they've got to play from pick from when
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you can have two or three international sides in each
category traveling around the world and play, so they've got
a very big pool. And after you guys whack them
through nil, they're going to have a really good look
in themselves and go we're not going to do that again.
So we need to go to Australia and beat them.
And they've done that before here, so we've got to
(06:54):
really be up for it. So are we up for it? Well?
The question mark is is the open amc Sweeney who
captains he state but that's four for them? Is he
going to be up for it?
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Who else is the pressure on Mike? Whitn't he? Where
else does it pulls? Where are the tender places where
India might choose to try and put an elbow in?
Speaker 7 (07:14):
Well, you hear all this talk at the moment dark
like Osmond's thirty eight? How long is going to be
up for it? They're going to be chasing him off
the wicket boom and those guys are world class bowlers
and they've got a couple of really good spinners as well.
You know, let's not forget that. So how's was he going?
He's got a few runs, probably not the start of
the season he won Marnus. Well, he's been a bit
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down the last year and humon he was averaging in
the sixties. I think he's last couple of seasons he's
averaged forty seven or something that's not too shabby, but
for his where he is and where his average is,
he's a little bit down and he'll want a big score.
He wants to scross some runs. Then he got Steve Smith. Well,
he's looked really good. I've watched Stephen very closely at
the start of this domestic cricket and the internationals that
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he's played. I can see that burning desire in his eyes.
Not that he's ever lost that, but when Smudge's really
locked on, he's really locked on, and I feel that
he's going to be really locked on and then the
rest go from there. I mean, those top three or
four are the ones that have got to score with
the bolk runs and there's some question marks around how
they're going. I mean, Smithy hasn't had the best couple
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of years either, so who's in the wings waiting? Well,
there was a lot of talk about Vancroft and whole
sorts of people coming into the side. Those guys are
very experienced, you know, Marcus Harrison Bancroft have made ten
thousand first class runs each but can't get in the side.
They pick a young McSweeney hedging their bets. He bats
(08:44):
four how come we're letting him open But the captain's
free state and he can play. So there's a few
mysteries around us, there's no doubt about that.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
What about the fact that it's a five Test series?
We are so jealous over here in New Zealand we
never get the joy of a five tists series. They
are excellent cricket fans. I don't know, maybe they don't
want to get embarrassed five Knielbis, but you've got it.
So how keenly and disipated as this from the cricketing public,
I don't think it gets.
Speaker 7 (09:10):
Big massive Look, people are starting to say it's equaling
the Ashes, you know, and excitement and stuff like that.
I don't think I could say that the Ashes sits
alone in its spot and that'll always beyond for young
and old, you know. But India in the last couple
of years were the last ten years, as you know,
they've lifted themselves in the cricket, the IPL, the money,
(09:33):
the amount of players they've got down, stuff like that.
The last five Test series we had against India here
I actually played in ninety one two. Now, why if
we had to hate from ninety one to two to
twenty twenty four to play another five Test series against India.
I don't know why that happens us. It's ridiculous because
when you play a five test series, you're pretty much
(09:54):
guaranteed that you're going to get a series win, aren't you.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Mike Whttney, thanks very much for your time. May you
look after yourself? We're talking in scene.
Speaker 7 (10:01):
I'm sure love your gaskt on your rather my pleasure
leading a fix.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
We've got just the ticket. It's sports Fix powered by
news Talks, is he?
Speaker 3 (10:11):
David Campeaz has said, I'm sorry, well kind of anyway.
The former Wallaby winger, a force in the golden days
of Australian rugby, was severely critical of the appointment of
Joe Schmidt when he took the role as the Wallabies
head coach. We're only talking a couple of months ago,
(10:31):
but he had a right crack, he said. We always
seem to get a coach that has never won anything.
We always seem to get the second best Kiwi coach,
never the first best. He said. Look, Joe may have
won a six Nations, but the World Cup is the
ultimate for any sport player or coach, and he hasn't
won anything. He had to go. But now he's turned
(10:53):
around after a stunning couple of matches for the Wallabies
and said, you know what, he's proven me wrong. That
says a whole lot for the character of David Campeze.
He's a prickly character. He does say some upsetting things,
and of course he played in an upsetting way way
back in those days. In fact, he was at fallback
(11:15):
the last time the Wallaby's won at Eden Park way
back and what nineteen eighty six. He's been a fall
on the side of New Zealand rugby for quite some time.
But for him to turn around publicly and say I
got it wrong and I'm sorry is music to my ears.
I think in general most people, if you hide from
(11:37):
the truth, if you deny what you said, if you
carry on piling on from your initial era, it's hard
to get any form of forgiveness. But when you turn
around and go, hey, I made a mistake, I got
it wrong, let's move on, people are extraordinarily forgiving. And
I suppose in essence, the Wallabies fans don't really care
(12:00):
what David Campezi says now because in Joe Schmidt they've
got a coach that may well indeed propel Alien rugby
back into the healcion days when David Campezi used to
play the game. Good on your campo, well said my son,
and well said publicly. He might be eating a bit
of crow dining on a bit of humble pie, but
(12:22):
it's appreciated.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
The chamber is now in session on Sportsfax.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Let us convene in the chamber as we kick around
a couple of sporting issues. Want to talk about India
Australia shortly, but can we start with the All Blacks
final test of the season. It's a lead turin freezing
culture and by the sounds of it, just after nine
Sunday morning, New Zealand time, the team is named just
after midnight. Ask can I direct you to a couple
of positions and ask you for your view on what
(12:51):
you would do, not what you think they will do.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
That's all what you would do. Let's that again, right? Yeah, exactly,
direct away mister Pine.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Midfield jerseys twelve and thirteen to start, please, I think.
Speaker 3 (13:04):
You could change the entire team. So whoever's on the
bench isn't played right cross the board. That doesn't to
me matter whether it's one through fifteen, let's just roll
the dice because Italy are nothing, and I'm really disappointed
that this series is ending with a game against Italy.
It's a real hvisit that's deflating a balloon lin it
fart around the room. So I'd say, given hour roll,
who wants a crag in the midfield? What do you
(13:26):
put Ardie sa there? And it's center. I've always wanted
to see him there.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
I'm not sure that he'll get the thirteen jersey. What
I've written down here, I agree with you. I think
there should be wholesale changes. Guys should get games who
haven't got games. And to that end, I'd be giving
David Harvey a run at second five. We've hardly seen
David Harvelly all year in an All Blacks jersey. I
think he might have had two tests off the bench
(13:49):
and that's it. I'd be starting him Anton Lennart Brown
outside others, I would like to see Rupert Love get
a game, and I'd like to see Stephen Petafetta at
first five. What say you in the ten jersey?
Speaker 3 (14:00):
I think that's a great idea. We know what's going
on in ten. There's been far too much pulling of
hair and gnashing of teeth. We lost Harry Plummer. He
sits wight in the pecking order anyway, With all due respect,
good twelve, good ten. I think you need to test
some of these other guys that are next in the
qube because you know what rugby's like dollars to donuts.
(14:22):
Someone will get broken in half in super rugby. I
don't want that. I don't wish for that. But teens
have got targets on their backs, on their knees, on
their heads. So give Peter effect. I look, he's basically
a fullback, isn't he? But I think he's comfortable in
that first five roll. So why wouldn't you, again, as
you said, wholesale changes you have to, don't you?
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Apart from a couple of departing players sam Kin TJ. Pettinada.
Now I know there's no room for sentiment necessarily in
All Blacks team selection, but I would be flabbergasted if
sam Kin and TJ Petanada aren't in the twenty three.
When it's named just after midnight tonight, I think Kine
starts and I think TJ probably comes off the bench
with Roy guard starting.
Speaker 3 (15:03):
Yes, and you've got two good things there. One we've
got no argument about who leads to And if it's TJ.
Petty and Arra, which it should be, it'll be an
absolute rousing Harker because he'll pull on all the spirit
of his last few years of the All Blacks and
he'll deliver it. So there'd be something to watch. I
don't normally watch Hacker, but d you go? I think
that'd be fantastic. And Sam Kane, look, you've got to
give them the captainy, don't you. Regardless, let him lead
(15:25):
the men into combat one last time, and I think
that would be a fitting tribute to a man who's
done so much for the jersey he should leave on there.
No tell me I'm wrong, right Piney, I.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
Can't tell you you're wrong as you were talking. You see,
you saw me nodding my head in agreement. Yes, I
think Scott Barrett will probably play, you know, I think
he and Patrick Twey pilottu will probably lock the scrum.
But yeah, I look, I wouldn't mind at all if
Sam Kine leads them out. But I guess we wait
and see till tomorrow morning, when this team is.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
Named if he's not that kind of guy though, and
saying that he'll go now I'm not the captain and
give it to someone else. That's not my time. Don't
focus on me, focus everything out, because that's the way
he rolls here. So I'll just coun to my idea
immediately after a good thought process. I'm sorry, that's all right.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
Look, many a good thought process has has been pole
axed shortly afterwards by the introduction of logic. But never mind,
let's move to this five test series. Look, I love
my test cricket, as I know you do. And in
a friendly time zone like Australia, it's just the next
sort of five weeks or whatever it is Perth and
then Adelaide, then Brisbane, Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, and
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then early in the new year in Sydney, Australia, India.
You'll be taking a bit of this, and I would
imagine the.
Speaker 3 (16:39):
Huge amount of this. I've already written messages to my
mind dearest and dares saying I'm really sorry. I'll catch
you in mid January because the time is perfect for
avoiding all of your responsibilities and watching TV. What we
love about this, Piney is that even though dominoes have
to fall in order for the black Caps in the
(17:00):
World Test Championship Final. They start here and from what
I can gather, we need an Australian victory and we
need an Australia in victory three two and Dad will
put us in a good stead ahead of obviously South
Africa and Sri Lanka.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
Okay, that's so, that's good, Sums. I hadn't even thought
about that. All I thought about was just how much
I love watching test cricker from Australia. So look, while
well that extra information, I'll be keeping an eye on
that as well. There's a day night Test and amongst
all of us as well, the Adelaide Test between December sixth.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
Watching who watches those? I mean, come on, day night
pinkball test, craker, It's ridiculous. It's a lottery. I'm sorry there,
I'll take it back.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
I'm not watching that will I think. I think the
last time I love a Boxing Day Test. We all
love a Boxing Day Test. And then the Sydney Test.
You know, it could all be on the line for
the fifth Test. Yeah, border gavescar trophy, bring it on, hey,
just before we exit the chamber, the draw for the
twenty twenty five NRL season is out. I'm not quite
(18:02):
sure what to take from this. I see though the
wartor are the Warritors, They're not. The Warriors will play this, yes,
just once each next year. That's a fairly friendly draw
for us.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
What's balance, isn't it? Isn't that how it should be,
as opposed to taking on other teams that are much
better than you twice saying it skews the draw ridiculously,
So I'm all over. That maye a bit of a
fair shot with that. And of course there's a BIGANZAC
fixture as well, isn't there, Pony Yeah, down.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
In christ Church the Warriors. We're playing an ANZAC game
in christ Church, which would be great. And of course
we've got the return of the women as well. The
nrlw will be boosted by the inclusion of the Warriors,
or the reinclusion of the Warriors in twenty twenty five
as well. Much more to come on that dusk. We've
run out of time in the chamber. The next appointment
is as fast approaching for whoever gets in here after us,
(18:50):
So let's let's leave it there and chat again tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Dissecting the sporting agenda. It's Sportsfix with Jason Vain and
Darcy Waldergrave.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
And that is us for the Sports Fix podcast for today.
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Speaker 3 (19:12):
Does Tell your friends, tell your family, tell everybody and
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yoel on boarders, Piney and I yell about sport, sometimes
slightly misguided and insane, but it's sport all the same.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Right Piney indeed, and we do it on the radio
as well. Do we better promo as they call it
in the game our radio shows as well, take it away.
Speaker 3 (19:34):
Sports Talk from seven to eight Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
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and Sunday with weekend Sport. Therego, did it just like
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Speaker 2 (19:48):
Nice work?
Speaker 1 (19:48):
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