Elliott Smith: Newstalk ZB Sports Reporter talks the Warriors, Super Rugby, Formula 1

The Easter weekend hosted a fair bit of sport, and Elliott Smith joined Francesca Rudkin to delve into the wins, losses, and major players.

They discussed the Warriors' win over the Broncos, the Super Rugby results, and the latest out of Formula 1.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
And to talk us through his highs and lows of
the weekend in Sport. Elliott Smith is with.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Us morning morning.

Speaker 1 (00:06):
Good weekend for the Warriors.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
Very good and I think this will give him a
lot of confidence. I mean, when was the last time
you saw a team taker penalty shot at goal in
rugby league from fifty meters out lid alone and golden
It was a very odd game. The Warriors had it
in control in the end. I don't know whether it
was the conditions, but the Broncos sort of came back
into it right at the end, sent it to golden
point and then dear old Reese Walsho obviously left. The

(00:29):
Warriors makes the era from the kickoff and Luke Metcalf,
who had been shopping off the tee, comes in. Now
is it from fifty meters? You don't really see that
in rugby league ever, but it kind of when that,
you know, on the back of that poor game against
the Storm last week, might just give the Warriors a
little bit of confidence. Or in christ Church this week
for the anzact day game, so quick, quish turn around,

(00:50):
but the Nights are certainly beatable and hopefully this will
swing the Warriors back into the winning ways.

Speaker 1 (00:54):
He is a special game, the Anzact game. Who are
they playing?

Speaker 2 (00:57):
News? Yeah, so they've changed it around. So I've got
a home game. It's in christ It sold out weeks ago.
Should be a pretty special occasions.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
Now a lot of super rugby taking place over the weekend. Geez,
my heart bled for Mina Pacifica because they've been playing
so well and with such heart, and it wasn't a
great game against it.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
It was terrible commentated this game actually, and it was
nil with forty minutes on the clock and it was
five and a half time and then Maida just couldn't
get into the game. And they clearly missed Ardie Savia,
which shows how big his impact has been. But also
when he's not in the team he was on rest
on the weekend, how much they still struggle without him,
and they just didn't have it defensively, didn't have it

(01:32):
on attack. And now you know they're on the outside
looking in, as are the Blues, as other Hurricanes trying
to chase these playoff spots and Super Rugby that are
whittling down by the week. It's becoming very very tight
this race, and you can't really afford to drop too
many points and unfortunately for Mowana they did in the weekend.
They've got a drewer this weekend back at home at
North Harbor Stadium. That's now really a must win for them,

(01:54):
but there's a lot of ground that sees teams still
have to make up the Force and Hurricanes. They drew
both teams and the playoff mix the Blues obviously losing
to the Crusaders on Good Friday.

Speaker 1 (02:03):
So it's a depressing start to Easter.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
Well not so much for our Canterbury list as I'm sure,
but for you, yeah obviously. And yeah, look, I think
it's really really tight and in super rugby, which is
what we want going into these last few weeks of
the seasons.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
Of course Checks did well against the very.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
Good Yeah, came back really well after a pool couple
of weeks with have kind of just looked a little
bit off that lost to the Waratas just swept the Highlanders.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
I love the way you walk in here without any notes,
but you seem to have the rugby schedule in your
head with the person I know I need to text on. Hey, look,
let's touch briefly on the Formula one. Liam Lawson not
quite in the points yet, but good to see him
sort of steadying.

Speaker 2 (02:40):
Yeah, I think so. And look, it was such as
shock to the system. I'm sure he would have been
expecting that full season and Red Bull. Now he has
and it's kind of the mindset shift and it's going
to take him a few races to go. Actually, I'm
back in racing bulls. I've got to start from behind
on the grid because that's the nature of you being
in the development team. So look, you top that time
penalty day and then their race they should have been

(03:01):
probably eleventh finished and twelfth. But I don't know. I
think there's some positive signs there the building and maybe
just some time out of the spotlight in terms of
the international spotlight might actually be good for him. Hopefully
he can just you know, now the spotlight's gone and
it's now on Yuki Snoda and everyone else, and the
way the McLaren's going up the top of the grid
and the standings, maybe just some time out of the

(03:22):
spotlight for Liam Wilson might be a good thing.

Speaker 1 (03:23):
I think so too. Just leave him alone and.

Speaker 2 (03:25):
It's right doing it as well.

Speaker 1 (03:27):
Thank you so much, Elliott, appreciate your time this morning.

Speaker 2 (03:31):
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