November 8, 2024 • 12 mins
Sports journalists Lavina Good and Nikki Styris joined Heather du Plessis-Allan for the Sports Huddle.
The All Blacks are set to take on Ireland in Dublin in a rematch of last year’s Rugby World Cup quarterfinal – but will be without Codie Taylor and Beauden Barrett due to injury.
Formula 1 drivers have lambasted the FIA over its clampdown on swearing, telling president Mohammed Ben Sulayem to treat them like adults and mind his own language.
Former rugby league coach Sir Graham Lowe has launched a bid for an NRL license for Christchurch team Southern Orcas – one of three from the South Island trying to form part of an expanded league.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Friday Sports Huddle with New Zealand, Southeast International Realty,
local and global exposure like no other.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Check it out Sudsy tb Hey Slam Ireland has beaten.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
The All Blacks.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
The culmination of a historic wake in Chicago.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Just need to get it out.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
In the Irish The Final four thirty two twenty two,
The crumbling of an All Black empire before our eyes
say something. It's a bad alay funny All Blacks bald
head finals on a sports title of that's this evening,
(00:45):
Nicki Styra, sports journalist, Lavin a good sports journalists and commentator,
High ladies, good.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
Evening, or how col I lay thang? All right?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Looking forward to them ripping that out tomorrow. I'm gonna
I'm gonna be waiting for it, Lavina. What are you
recking tough game of the year for the All Blacks?
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Ah? Yeah, I reckon actually to be honest, Yeah, I think, yeah,
I think with the way the Irish number one in
the world and the All Blacks have looked a little
vulnerable over the past six to eight months, and yeah,
I don't know, like lots of people are saying that
you All Blacks can come through and win out and
after that game against England they're feeling very confident. But
(01:23):
I've not reckoned the Irish.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
I've got it. I'm gonna tip the Irish.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Done with the Irish and done with the Green Heather.
Oh no, Nikki, what do you reckon?
Speaker 4 (01:30):
I'm going to have to agree with Lavina there.
Speaker 5 (01:32):
I think the Islands the Irish side are going to
be too good and obviously that massive home advantage, and
you know, on paper these teams are fair the eaven
But I think the big change here is the loss
of Cody Taylor and you know, and bod and Barrett,
because I don't feel like Damien McKenzie is quite the
number ten that we need in the starting pack.
Speaker 4 (01:54):
But hey, anything can happen, and he's Mets Rugby, can't
you all right? Nikki? Is this still like there was?
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Remember when the Irish started first started beating us all
those many years ago. At the time we said this
is the one team you didn't mind losing too, because
everybody loves the Irishes. It's still like that.
Speaker 5 (02:12):
Well from a personal note, yeah, I mean I love
the Irish, so I don't think any anybody who's a
patriotic all black supporter likes losing to any team, but
if you had to pick one, and maybe maybe Ireland
would be it, But no, I'm staundraying away.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
All right, Levina. I was asking the question obviously because
things like it's been so friendly and nice with them
for ages and then the Johnny Sexton thing happened, and
I just wonder if it soured it.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Yeah, I think it did. I mean like from nineteen
oh five to what twenty thirteen, it was all all blacks,
all blacks, all blacks, and then there was no expectation
at all that the Irish would be able to be
an all blacks team, and then they did it, and
then they did it consistently and now it'll come down
to tomorrow morning and I think there's a few nervous
people out there. And I agree with Niki some of
(02:57):
the selection process. I mean, we don't have Boat and
Barrot out there, and that's concern. And Gamien mackenzie was
honestly picked as the number ten first of all, but
he hasn't really you know, represented like.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
We would hope.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
But I really feel as though the pressure right now
is on the All Blacks, and even though they're not
known as number one in the world at the moment.
But they're the ones that have to perform and try
and win, and if they don't, I mean, like the
All Black critics, which are the fans that love the
All Blacks, they'll be the first to come down hard
on them.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
Are you, Levina?
Speaker 3 (03:25):
You don't sound like you're convinced by d mac.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
No, I'm not, no, no, not at all.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Ah.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
I feel as though he's a magnificent player and he
plays rugby really well, but I don't feel like he's
an orchestrator. I don't feel like he has that kind
of manner that can take aside, you know, make those
decisions and you know, and like the kicking game, like
he's got a great kicking game, but in terms of
like decision making when you're kicking and why you're kicking
and why it's that kick, I feel as though he actually,
(03:54):
I actually feel like Damien McKenzie doesn't feel comfortable with
that role either. You know, I don't feel like he's
playing his best rugby because when he's not playing for
the All Blacks he's magnificent, because he doesn't have that
sense of I have to create something special now to
try and win a game.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
Have we got in his head?
Speaker 4 (04:11):
Then?
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Is that what's going on?
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (04:14):
I don't know if different players different attitude, I think Heather.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
What do you reckon? Is it just as confidence or
what's up?
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (04:22):
Look, I personally feel like Damion McKinnie is just the
type of player that he just needs a little bit
more space, a little bit more time. And perhaps that
does come down to playing multest match football. But Boden's
got that under his belt. He just us his decision
making it seems to be better under pressure. And I
think with the Irish Pack, they're going to come at
them hard, especially in that first sort of half an hour,
(04:42):
and if Damien's put under pressure, then potentially he's going
to make some poor decisions.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
And also I think he's playing the wrong position. I
think I don't think he's first five. I reckon he
plays so much better. Like you said, think he needs
space and time and for that he shouldn't be first five.
He should be playing full back. That's where he gets
that opportunity to read the bl play and players best rugby.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
What do you think about that? And a key bold call?
What do you say?
Speaker 4 (05:06):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (05:06):
Look, no, I'm comfortable with him there, but I just
would prefer he was coming off the bench. I said,
you know, you've got a big, big problem when you
start dealing with the Jordi Barretts and the Will Jordans
and other players that can fill those fillback positions. So yeah,
look that's selection thing. I'm no selector. I can only
go from what I've seen out there. And he was
(05:26):
fabulous off the bench as a as a you know,
a bench first five against England, and it's just a
shame he doesn't get to play that role at Theain
this week.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Now, Navina, what do you make of punishing these F
one drivers with a fine for saying a swear word
in a press conference?
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Ah goodness, it's so interesting, isn't it. I think it's
really come to like F one make lots of money.
Broadcasting sport make lots of money, lots of money, and
a lot of the drivers have come out and said, like,
you want to make money out of us because where
we can be expressive and be dramatic and that's how
you make money with shows and stuff. But every now
(06:01):
and then we might drop an expletive and I don't
think the viewers would be so perturbed.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
By it.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
It just comes down to someone in charge that actually
doesn't like someone swearing that like they swear and their
drivers and there, and I feel as though the drivers
are unhappy with that decision, the fact that they're not
allowed to do that. It doesn't bother me so much.
I think it almost adds to the drama.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
But to buy it. But here's the thing. Okay, so
we were talking about the nikky just yesterday actually because somebody,
Emily Maitler's of the BBC, dropped the It was sort
of I think she said batshit frankly on one of
the American channels's.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
Even great word.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
Yeah, and they bleeped it and they were like, oh jake.
They kept on apologizing. Well anyway, what I realized from
it though, what it reminded me is that in New
Zealand we love a swear word.
Speaker 4 (06:47):
Right.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
We're Australasian, so we swear all the time. So maybe
maybe it's different. Maybe if they're trying to appeal to
an American audience, they get really offended by that stuff.
Speaker 5 (06:54):
No, I don't agree with you being the only reason
I'll say this is because my darling husband, who really
loves to.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
Get involved in my conversations, pointed out that in American sport,
you know, in the NFL basbook, they swear all the time.
Speaker 5 (07:09):
Yeah, they do, and the coach you see them swearing,
and it sort of seems to be an accepted part.
They do it on the podcast, you know, they are
very expletive. So I don't think it's necessarily an American thing.
I think where the difference comes in it's, as he
points out, also, it's about image. It's about what image
do you want to portray out there? And then if
one it's very proper, it's McLaren it's Mercedes, you know,
(07:30):
it's it's it's very expensive companies brand and image at stake,
and so you know, swearing, they can see that it
tarnishes that image and they don't like that, albeit that
this has come from the f one governing body, this decision.
So I think sometimes the you know, the drivers, they're
just going to have to suck that up. And who
wouldn't for the money they get paid.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
They beep it out.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Anyway, they beep it out.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
It's all good.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
Been buck Slovina. You could buy a brand new y well,
I don't know if you can buy a European car.
But you could buy a brand new calf for fifty
thousand dollars about today.
Speaker 4 (08:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Yeah, that's a lot of coin. And that's where it hurts.
The driver's most is in the back pocket.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
Okay, we'll take a break, come back to you guys,
and just the Friday Sports Title with New Zealand Southeby's
international realty, local and global exposure like no other. Right
your back of the Sports title, Nikky Styrus and Levina
good Nick. I'll tell you what I was surprised by, right,
Sir Graham Low launching a bid for an NRL license
with the Southern ucas. What I'm surprised by is we've
got three different groups of people now in the South
(08:27):
Island who reckon that they can make this thing work,
and they've got money behind them. How can they be ignored?
Speaker 5 (08:35):
Ah to have a crystal ball who knows how the
NRL operate and what their set of criteria was, And
it sounds like it's a Graham Lower was a bit
baffled by, you know, what they wanted as well, And
I mean he's kept pretty tight lipped, says it's a
sort of an NBA issue, but whether that's the case,
or whether they just they just don't want another New
Zealand team in their competition, so they're making it as
(08:56):
hard as they can.
Speaker 4 (08:56):
I wish I could give you more than that, but
I don't actually know. I think it would be great
for New.
Speaker 5 (09:01):
Zealand Rugby League to have another one, just like we've
now got on the football, but.
Speaker 4 (09:07):
To get it across the line could be tricky.
Speaker 5 (09:08):
I mean, I think there's a lot of teams in
Australia that are you know, sorry more you know areas
that want to have more NRL teams just from the
Australian regions themselves. So and they get to competition, Yeah,
they do it as an Australian competition.
Speaker 4 (09:22):
Maybe we just need to start one here.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
No, I think we've tried our own little competitions before.
Speaker 4 (09:28):
Lavina.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
You've got a good oil on it, do you know
what's going on?
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Yeah, I'd love to see another New Zealand team in
the NRL, but the National Rugby League of Australia does
not want that, and in fact they don't even want
the Warriors doing well. They just want to control the situation,
get bums on seats and the product of the NRL
is fabulous, but to have another New Zealand team there,
it would just kind of take the fan base away
(09:52):
from somewhere else and they don't want to. I would
love to see it, Heather. I really think it would
be fabulous, but I don't think it's going to happen,
regardless of how much money or how much support.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
You have no conspiracy for that too.
Speaker 5 (10:03):
You know, if they had a team from christ Church
and they started penalizing them like they penalized the Warriors,
and you start seeing, you know that this christ Chitch
team losing in the same fashion that the Warriors do,
then maybe they asked questions about unconscious by But don't
get me started on that.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
Are you Are you a Jason Paris? Are you are
you of review that they.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
Do?
Speaker 3 (10:22):
You think they pin us deliberately.
Speaker 5 (10:24):
I think that there has definitely been matches where they
have not wanted to see New Zealand team win Lavena.
Speaker 4 (10:31):
That's a big.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Here's the thing. I think there's a lot of New
Zealand Rugby league fans that think the same as NICKI,
and I've watched a lot of the Warriors games, going,
oh my goodness, that is a bad call, bad call.
I have seen so many bad calls from referees throughout
the NRAL, in all games, throughout all situations, not just
against the Warriors. So I couldn't say that I totally
agree with Nicky on that one. But I do know
the NRL does not want another New Zealand team.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
They want to control.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
They've got a great brand, it's a great competition, and
as we've seen over the years that so many fans
of rugby are turning to rugby league because it's a
great competition, great brand, it's fantastic, and they don't want
to They do not want to turn that pot upside down.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
But you know how this is going to work, Nicky,
how this is going to work is you and I
have listened to Levina and we've heard her common since
and then then as soon as we see the next call,
we're going to believe it again.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
Penalty. She's got an Australian accent.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
You know she's biased, She's I.
Speaker 4 (11:26):
Just don't like to bring that up, now, would Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
I was just going to say, Lena, I heard that.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
I'm not entering this argument.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
Heard Levina, I heard you won quite well on the Melbourne.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
Cup Oh my goodness, Heather, I have it. I have
a twenty year old daughter studying in America and she
was born on Melbourne Cup Day.
Speaker 4 (11:45):
Two decades ago. Yes, every year I.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Put money on to and eleven to an eleven, and
every year I lose money, lose money, lose money. And
for the first time ever, I went to put money
on two good odds. I thought great eleven, was like,
oh my god, sixty five bucks. You can hitting, No way,
no way, put a little bit on there. And then
I was celebrating and happy and so happy. And then
the election came and then Trump won, and then I
was depressed and depressed and depressed.
Speaker 4 (12:09):
I still depressed head.
Speaker 5 (12:10):
So do you know what, though, Heather, I don't know
one person who either didn't do an easy bet bet
on the color of the name of that horse, or
even't got a friend whose last name is night and
they didn't even back it because it was such an outsider.
And yet and you think, you think, how on earth
could you have picked out in the million years you know? So, hey, hey,
well done to you.
Speaker 4 (12:29):
To Vina. Yeah, I'm flattered, and.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
I'm going to put it all on island. To Maroniki
just saying oh.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
Lord, okay, and then you're going to be depressed all
over again. Hey guys, thank you very much appreciated our
sports huddle, Nikkys Styrus and the avena good eate away
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Speaker 2 (00:11):
Check it out Sudsy tb Hey Slam Ireland has beaten.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
The All Blacks.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
The culmination of a historic wake in Chicago.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Just need to get it out.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
In the Irish The Final four thirty two twenty two,
The crumbling of an All Black empire before our eyes
say something. It's a bad alay funny All Blacks bald
head finals on a sports title of that's this evening,
(00:45):
Nicki Styra, sports journalist, Lavin a good sports journalists and commentator,
High ladies, good.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
Evening, or how col I lay thang? All right?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Looking forward to them ripping that out tomorrow. I'm gonna
I'm gonna be waiting for it, Lavina. What are you
recking tough game of the year for the All Blacks?
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Ah? Yeah, I reckon actually to be honest, Yeah, I think, yeah,
I think with the way the Irish number one in
the world and the All Blacks have looked a little
vulnerable over the past six to eight months, and yeah,
I don't know, like lots of people are saying that
you All Blacks can come through and win out and
after that game against England they're feeling very confident. But
(01:23):
I've not reckoned the Irish.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
I've got it. I'm gonna tip the Irish.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Done with the Irish and done with the Green Heather.
Oh no, Nikki, what do you reckon?
Speaker 4 (01:30):
I'm going to have to agree with Lavina there.
Speaker 5 (01:32):
I think the Islands the Irish side are going to
be too good and obviously that massive home advantage, and
you know, on paper these teams are fair the eaven
But I think the big change here is the loss
of Cody Taylor and you know, and bod and Barrett,
because I don't feel like Damien McKenzie is quite the
number ten that we need in the starting pack.
Speaker 4 (01:54):
But hey, anything can happen, and he's Mets Rugby, can't
you all right? Nikki? Is this still like there was?
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Remember when the Irish started first started beating us all
those many years ago. At the time we said this
is the one team you didn't mind losing too, because
everybody loves the Irishes. It's still like that.
Speaker 5 (02:12):
Well from a personal note, yeah, I mean I love
the Irish, so I don't think any anybody who's a
patriotic all black supporter likes losing to any team, but
if you had to pick one, and maybe maybe Ireland
would be it, But no, I'm staundraying away.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
All right, Levina. I was asking the question obviously because
things like it's been so friendly and nice with them
for ages and then the Johnny Sexton thing happened, and
I just wonder if it soured it.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Yeah, I think it did. I mean like from nineteen
oh five to what twenty thirteen, it was all all blacks,
all blacks, all blacks, and then there was no expectation
at all that the Irish would be able to be
an all blacks team, and then they did it, and
then they did it consistently and now it'll come down
to tomorrow morning and I think there's a few nervous
people out there. And I agree with Niki some of
(02:57):
the selection process. I mean, we don't have Boat and
Barrot out there, and that's concern. And Gamien mackenzie was
honestly picked as the number ten first of all, but
he hasn't really you know, represented like.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
We would hope.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
But I really feel as though the pressure right now
is on the All Blacks, and even though they're not
known as number one in the world at the moment.
But they're the ones that have to perform and try
and win, and if they don't, I mean, like the
All Black critics, which are the fans that love the
All Blacks, they'll be the first to come down hard
on them.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
Are you, Levina?
Speaker 3 (03:25):
You don't sound like you're convinced by d mac.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
No, I'm not, no, no, not at all.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Ah.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
I feel as though he's a magnificent player and he
plays rugby really well, but I don't feel like he's
an orchestrator. I don't feel like he has that kind
of manner that can take aside, you know, make those
decisions and you know, and like the kicking game, like
he's got a great kicking game, but in terms of
like decision making when you're kicking and why you're kicking
and why it's that kick, I feel as though he actually,
(03:54):
I actually feel like Damien McKenzie doesn't feel comfortable with
that role either. You know, I don't feel like he's
playing his best rugby because when he's not playing for
the All Blacks he's magnificent, because he doesn't have that
sense of I have to create something special now to
try and win a game.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
Have we got in his head?
Speaker 4 (04:11):
Then?
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Is that what's going on?
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (04:14):
I don't know if different players different attitude, I think Heather.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
What do you reckon? Is it just as confidence or
what's up?
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (04:22):
Look, I personally feel like Damion McKinnie is just the
type of player that he just needs a little bit
more space, a little bit more time. And perhaps that
does come down to playing multest match football. But Boden's
got that under his belt. He just us his decision
making it seems to be better under pressure. And I
think with the Irish Pack, they're going to come at
them hard, especially in that first sort of half an hour,
(04:42):
and if Damien's put under pressure, then potentially he's going
to make some poor decisions.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
And also I think he's playing the wrong position. I
think I don't think he's first five. I reckon he
plays so much better. Like you said, think he needs
space and time and for that he shouldn't be first five.
He should be playing full back. That's where he gets
that opportunity to read the bl play and players best rugby.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
What do you think about that? And a key bold call?
What do you say?
Speaker 4 (05:06):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (05:06):
Look, no, I'm comfortable with him there, but I just
would prefer he was coming off the bench. I said,
you know, you've got a big, big problem when you
start dealing with the Jordi Barretts and the Will Jordans
and other players that can fill those fillback positions. So yeah,
look that's selection thing. I'm no selector. I can only
go from what I've seen out there. And he was
(05:26):
fabulous off the bench as a as a you know,
a bench first five against England, and it's just a
shame he doesn't get to play that role at Theain
this week.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Now, Navina, what do you make of punishing these F
one drivers with a fine for saying a swear word
in a press conference?
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Ah goodness, it's so interesting, isn't it. I think it's
really come to like F one make lots of money.
Broadcasting sport make lots of money, lots of money, and
a lot of the drivers have come out and said, like,
you want to make money out of us because where
we can be expressive and be dramatic and that's how
you make money with shows and stuff. But every now
(06:01):
and then we might drop an expletive and I don't
think the viewers would be so perturbed.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
By it.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
It just comes down to someone in charge that actually
doesn't like someone swearing that like they swear and their
drivers and there, and I feel as though the drivers
are unhappy with that decision, the fact that they're not
allowed to do that. It doesn't bother me so much.
I think it almost adds to the drama.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
But to buy it. But here's the thing. Okay, so
we were talking about the nikky just yesterday actually because somebody,
Emily Maitler's of the BBC, dropped the It was sort
of I think she said batshit frankly on one of
the American channels's.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
Even great word.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
Yeah, and they bleeped it and they were like, oh jake.
They kept on apologizing. Well anyway, what I realized from
it though, what it reminded me is that in New
Zealand we love a swear word.
Speaker 4 (06:47):
Right.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
We're Australasian, so we swear all the time. So maybe
maybe it's different. Maybe if they're trying to appeal to
an American audience, they get really offended by that stuff.
Speaker 5 (06:54):
No, I don't agree with you being the only reason
I'll say this is because my darling husband, who really
loves to.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
Get involved in my conversations, pointed out that in American sport,
you know, in the NFL basbook, they swear all the time.
Speaker 5 (07:09):
Yeah, they do, and the coach you see them swearing,
and it sort of seems to be an accepted part.
They do it on the podcast, you know, they are
very expletive. So I don't think it's necessarily an American thing.
I think where the difference comes in it's, as he
points out, also, it's about image. It's about what image
do you want to portray out there? And then if
one it's very proper, it's McLaren it's Mercedes, you know,
(07:30):
it's it's it's very expensive companies brand and image at stake,
and so you know, swearing, they can see that it
tarnishes that image and they don't like that, albeit that
this has come from the f one governing body, this decision.
So I think sometimes the you know, the drivers, they're
just going to have to suck that up. And who
wouldn't for the money they get paid.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
They beep it out.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Anyway, they beep it out.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
It's all good.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
Been buck Slovina. You could buy a brand new y well,
I don't know if you can buy a European car.
But you could buy a brand new calf for fifty
thousand dollars about today.
Speaker 4 (08:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Yeah, that's a lot of coin. And that's where it hurts.
The driver's most is in the back pocket.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
Okay, we'll take a break, come back to you guys,
and just the Friday Sports Title with New Zealand Southeby's
international realty, local and global exposure like no other. Right
your back of the Sports title, Nikky Styrus and Levina
good Nick. I'll tell you what I was surprised by, right,
Sir Graham Low launching a bid for an NRL license
with the Southern ucas. What I'm surprised by is we've
got three different groups of people now in the South
(08:27):
Island who reckon that they can make this thing work,
and they've got money behind them. How can they be ignored?
Speaker 5 (08:35):
Ah to have a crystal ball who knows how the
NRL operate and what their set of criteria was, And
it sounds like it's a Graham Lower was a bit
baffled by, you know, what they wanted as well, And
I mean he's kept pretty tight lipped, says it's a
sort of an NBA issue, but whether that's the case,
or whether they just they just don't want another New
Zealand team in their competition, so they're making it as
(08:56):
hard as they can.
Speaker 4 (08:56):
I wish I could give you more than that, but
I don't actually know. I think it would be great
for New.
Speaker 5 (09:01):
Zealand Rugby League to have another one, just like we've
now got on the football, but.
Speaker 4 (09:07):
To get it across the line could be tricky.
Speaker 5 (09:08):
I mean, I think there's a lot of teams in
Australia that are you know, sorry more you know areas
that want to have more NRL teams just from the
Australian regions themselves. So and they get to competition, Yeah,
they do it as an Australian competition.
Speaker 4 (09:22):
Maybe we just need to start one here.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
No, I think we've tried our own little competitions before.
Speaker 4 (09:28):
Lavina.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
You've got a good oil on it, do you know
what's going on?
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Yeah, I'd love to see another New Zealand team in
the NRL, but the National Rugby League of Australia does
not want that, and in fact they don't even want
the Warriors doing well. They just want to control the situation,
get bums on seats and the product of the NRL
is fabulous, but to have another New Zealand team there,
it would just kind of take the fan base away
(09:52):
from somewhere else and they don't want to. I would
love to see it, Heather. I really think it would
be fabulous, but I don't think it's going to happen,
regardless of how much money or how much support.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
You have no conspiracy for that too.
Speaker 5 (10:03):
You know, if they had a team from christ Church
and they started penalizing them like they penalized the Warriors,
and you start seeing, you know that this christ Chitch
team losing in the same fashion that the Warriors do,
then maybe they asked questions about unconscious by But don't
get me started on that.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
Are you Are you a Jason Paris? Are you are
you of review that they.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
Do?
Speaker 3 (10:22):
You think they pin us deliberately.
Speaker 5 (10:24):
I think that there has definitely been matches where they
have not wanted to see New Zealand team win Lavena.
Speaker 4 (10:31):
That's a big.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Here's the thing. I think there's a lot of New
Zealand Rugby league fans that think the same as NICKI,
and I've watched a lot of the Warriors games, going,
oh my goodness, that is a bad call, bad call.
I have seen so many bad calls from referees throughout
the NRAL, in all games, throughout all situations, not just
against the Warriors. So I couldn't say that I totally
agree with Nicky on that one. But I do know
the NRL does not want another New Zealand team.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
They want to control.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
They've got a great brand, it's a great competition, and
as we've seen over the years that so many fans
of rugby are turning to rugby league because it's a
great competition, great brand, it's fantastic, and they don't want
to They do not want to turn that pot upside down.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
But you know how this is going to work, Nicky,
how this is going to work is you and I
have listened to Levina and we've heard her common since
and then then as soon as we see the next call,
we're going to believe it again.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
Penalty. She's got an Australian accent.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
You know she's biased, She's I.
Speaker 4 (11:26):
Just don't like to bring that up, now, would Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
I was just going to say, Lena, I heard that.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
I'm not entering this argument.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
Heard Levina, I heard you won quite well on the Melbourne.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
Cup Oh my goodness, Heather, I have it. I have
a twenty year old daughter studying in America and she
was born on Melbourne Cup Day.
Speaker 4 (11:45):
Two decades ago. Yes, every year I.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Put money on to and eleven to an eleven, and
every year I lose money, lose money, lose money. And
for the first time ever, I went to put money
on two good odds. I thought great eleven, was like,
oh my god, sixty five bucks. You can hitting, No way,
no way, put a little bit on there. And then
I was celebrating and happy and so happy. And then
the election came and then Trump won, and then I
was depressed and depressed and depressed.
Speaker 4 (12:09):
I still depressed head.
Speaker 5 (12:10):
So do you know what, though, Heather, I don't know
one person who either didn't do an easy bet bet
on the color of the name of that horse, or
even't got a friend whose last name is night and
they didn't even back it because it was such an outsider.
And yet and you think, you think, how on earth
could you have picked out in the million years you know? So, hey, hey,
well done to you.
Speaker 4 (12:29):
To Vina. Yeah, I'm flattered, and.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
I'm going to put it all on island. To Maroniki
just saying oh.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
Lord, okay, and then you're going to be depressed all
over again. Hey guys, thank you very much appreciated our
sports huddle, Nikkys Styrus and the avena good eate away
from Sex.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
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