Jason Pine: Sports contributor on Chiefs v Crusaders, Wellington Phoenix

The Chiefs are taking on the Crusaders in Hamilton tonight, who is the favourite to win?

When are the Wellington Phoenix going to impress?

Sports Contributor Jason Pine joins the show to discuss what's coming up in sport over the weekend.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jason Pines here. Hey Jason, Hello Ryan, good to see,
Good to have you in the studio, Good to be here.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Now the Chiefs.

Speaker 1 (00:04):
What's going to happen tonight? Chiefs and Crusaders and Hamilton.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
Well, if you'd asked me a year ago, say well, Chiefs,
because Crusaders were terrible a year ago. But last weekend
they started the new season pretty well. Actually been in
the Hurricanes, they got a few players back. I thought
they looked pretty good. So they go up to play
a chief side though, who in a repeat of last
year's final last weekend beat the Blues at Eden Park.
So you'd say on their home ground the Chiefs would
be favorites. But you know, I've almost feel like we

(00:32):
can't recall the Crusaders underdogs because they're the Crusaders. They've
been so good for so long. It's a very long
winded answer. I think the Chiefs. I think the Chiefs.
I think the Chiefs are favorite to win the game.
I think if Damian McKenzie plays well, the Chiefs will.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
Win the game. That young guy that the Crusaders have
got from Wellington, who was the scaffolder up the Capity Coast,
he's pretty impressive.

Speaker 2 (00:50):
Kyle Priston is the man's name. Yeah, came off the
bench last week when Noah Hothan went off after seven
minutes and gets a hat trick of tries. No player
in Super Rugby history has ever scored a hat trick
on boo. Kyle Preston has he'll start tonight because Noah
Hopame's injury will keep him out for a bit. So yeah,
from the scaffolding and the roofing of the carpany coast
to front and and.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
The Americans would be so miffed they didn't keep them right.

Speaker 2 (01:15):
Yeah, there's been a bit of chat about that.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
I'm sure Ken the Phoenix do you well? Do we
even say this are the Phoeni's going to do anything
impressive ever?

Speaker 2 (01:23):
Wow?

Speaker 1 (01:25):
Obviously I don't. Look, I don't know a lot about football,
you know this. I don't know a lot about anything.
But you know, you've got this team who's been around
for donkeys years and I'm from Wellington. They never win
anything and then the along comes as team there's Johnny
come Lately is and they win everything.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
Yeah, well they're they're on target to win tomorrow as well.
I think anyone who didn't have any skin in the
game would say, Yakland FC, you know, top of the
league by five points. The Phoenix has struggled this year,
but funny things happen in Derby's you know when two
teams doesn't matter where they are on the table, who
are fierce rivals, come together. I think it'll be tighter
than a lot of people expect. Tomorrow, big crowd and
coming twenty seven thousand. They've sold it out, which is

(01:59):
some again, just another feather in the cap of this
Auckland FC organization. A nice day look the Wellingtonian and
me would love to see the Phoenix when I think
it's good for the narrative too. But if you hover
above it, Auckland f C are firm favorite.

Speaker 1 (02:15):
Jason, Thank you very much. We look forward to a
very good weekend, big weekend of sport. Jason Pine with
US Weekend Sports Houses with your midday toll three tomorrow
and then of course Sunday hearing on News Talk Said.

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