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The Muster- Andrew Alderson: Cricket Season Is Close · The Muster on Hokonui

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  Speaker 1: This is the muster on Hakanui. Andrew Alderson out of
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  Speaker 1: Newstalk ZB joins us on a Friday to look at
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  Speaker 1: a bit of sport ahead of the weekend. G'day, Alders.
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  Speaker 1: How are you? Greetings, Andy.
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  Speaker 2: I'm well. So, yeah, looking for a full slate of sport,
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  Speaker 2: that's for sure, coming up this weekend. But when isn't it,
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  Speaker 2: I suppose, these days, with the calendar as it is?
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  Speaker 1: Well, Term 3 of the schooling year is pretty quiet.
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  Speaker 1: Get to Term 4 and it all kicks off. I
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  Speaker 1: think with sport as well, from now through until Christmas,
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  Speaker 1: there's something happening every weekend. Like the Rugby League World
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  Speaker 1: Cup kicked off last night. I watched that game till
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  Speaker 1: halftime and the argument was there the Kiwis were the
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  Speaker 1: better side, but the Kangaroos are pretty polished as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and just from what I can see, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I haven't watched the highlights and it looked like the
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  Speaker 2: Kangaroos did seize their opportunities. They didn't let them lie and...
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  Speaker 2: A couple of intercepts and also just that great effort
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  Speaker 2: in the air in the 76th minute from Jack Bostock
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  Speaker 2: to leap over his Dolphins teammate Jermaine Asako to snaffle
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  Speaker 2: that bomb and get that hat-trick on debut. That was
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  Speaker 2: a phenomenal way to end it. But I think what
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  Speaker 2: we can take from this is that the Kiwis are
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  Speaker 2: right there or thereabouts. Kevin Walters, Kangaroos coach, acknowledging that afterwards.
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  Speaker 2: Stacey Jones looking to down and outs and distraught as
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  Speaker 2: a result of this season. I mean, that's a 24-22.
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  Speaker 2: It's a cracking start to the League World Cup in Sydney.
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  Speaker 2: I think they've showcased that pretty well. So, yeah, good
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  Speaker 2: on them.
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  Speaker 1: Well, the league's going off at the moment. The All
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  Speaker 1: Blacks are playing the Wallabies this weekend in the return
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  Speaker 1: leg of the Bledisloe Cup. This is 12 times in
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  Speaker 1: a row that we've beaten the Wallabies. They haven't held
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  Speaker 1: the Bledisloe since 2002. Is it kind of getting a
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  Speaker 1: bit meh now, or is it a case of it's Australia,
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  Speaker 1: we just want to rub their nose in it every time?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I can remember when we did have it between
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  Speaker 2: what was about 98 and 2002. That was a bit
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  Speaker 2: bleak too. Yeah, it's quite the cracking weekend to be
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  Speaker 2: in Sydney, actually, isn't it, when you think about, you know,
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  Speaker 2: if you love your code, whatever code it is, that's
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  Speaker 2: the place to be. But I think with this, it's
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  Speaker 2: hard when you don't have a three-test series. I always
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  Speaker 2: feel like a two-test series, it's already wrapped up, you know,
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  Speaker 2: there's nowhere for this series, for it to go now.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's always awkward. I know they do it,
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  Speaker 2: you know, three or even four in the past that
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  Speaker 2: they've had. But Yeah, it does feel flat. Whether you
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  Speaker 2: have to put it on the line every time, ran
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  Speaker 2: for the shield-like or something, if it's at home, I
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  Speaker 2: don't know. Or maybe Wallaby Rugby just needs to get
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  Speaker 2: stronger as a result. But, yeah, it has been in
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  Speaker 2: that cabinet for a fair while now. And, yeah, it
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  Speaker 2: doesn't look like it's going anywhere. And nor, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I thought the Wallabies might have had a chance last weekend. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I know you're dealing with Fort Droseden Park, etc.,
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  Speaker 2: But I think it's indicative of just how far ahead
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  Speaker 2: perhaps the All Blacks and the Springboks are. And the
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  Speaker 2: All Blacks have had that tremendous precursor to it with
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  Speaker 2: the series in South Africa, etc. And it's really got
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  Speaker 2: the match fit and hardened.
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  Speaker 1: Is it arrogance that there isn't a three-test series for
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  Speaker 1: the Bledisloe anymore? Is that how we view Australia?
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  Speaker 2: Possibly. Yeah, there should be. I mean, I suppose they've
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  Speaker 2: got to fit it in, don't they, with what's now
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  Speaker 2: the Nations Championship and the former Northern Tour as well.
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  Speaker 2: You've got to fit it all in there. It's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of test match rugby, so maybe it ends up
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  Speaker 2: being a logistical problem for them more than anything.
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  Speaker 1: The Black Caps get this Indian tour underway. Oh, the
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  Speaker 1: Indy are coming over here. Sorry, these T20s are cranking.
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  Speaker 1: We had Jacob Duffy on the show yesterday. But 8pm
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  Speaker 1: start times, that's past your bedtime almost.
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  Speaker 2: Well, it is indeed. And, you know, I just, I
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  Speaker 2: really can't fathom this. If you want to bring cricket
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  Speaker 2: to a younger audience and to younger people, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you cannot have it at 8pm at night, can you? Plus,
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  Speaker 2: this time of year, it's still chilly outside. around the country,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you're needing your rug and your, you know,
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  Speaker 2: thermos of soup, really, to go head along there if
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  Speaker 2: you're going to have it at that time. I know
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  Speaker 2: it's to deal with the, you know, I guess working
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  Speaker 2: with Indian broadcasters, et cetera, and make it more palatable
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  Speaker 2: for them. But I just think for that New Zealand audience,
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  Speaker 2: you're asking an awful lot, especially on school nights, et cetera,
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  Speaker 2: to go out there and to take your family along and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, get the kids in bed at a reasonable time.
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  Speaker 2: It's just not going to happen as a result. So
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  Speaker 2: I think it's a shame there can't be more done
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  Speaker 2: in that regard to, I guess, create a, what would
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  Speaker 2: you say, a compromise.
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  Speaker 1: Well, the same question I asked you before regarding New
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  Speaker 1: Zealand's attitude towards Australia. Is this Indian cricket's attitude, the BCCI,
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  Speaker 1: towards the rest of the world?
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  Speaker 2: Well, possibly. I mean, they can certainly dictate terms or
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  Speaker 2: is it New Zealand cricket going to them and trying
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  Speaker 2: to make the the tour as palatable as possible. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not sure where the onus lies there, but you've
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  Speaker 2: just got to think of the final product or the
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  Speaker 2: audience that it's going to, and I suppose it is
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  Speaker 2: a massive Indian audience. Perhaps it's going to be more...
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's what? So it's going to be coming
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  Speaker 2: sort of mid-afternoon there. Those games will be broadcast. Whereas
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  Speaker 2: in New Zealand, yeah, I mean, in terms of getting
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  Speaker 2: people to the ground, if you're going to be getting
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  Speaker 2: out of the ground at, you know, 11 o'clock, half
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  Speaker 2: past 11, even possibly midnight... I think that's a difficult sell.
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  Speaker 1: Jacob Duffy on the show yesterday. The players are a
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  Speaker 1: fan of having a New Zealand T20 league, not getting
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  Speaker 1: involved in the Big Bash. What's your thoughts around this?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I tend to agree, mainly because it does limit
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  Speaker 2: the pathway if you just have the one team in
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  Speaker 2: the Australian competition. A flip side to that, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it's worked seemingly for the Breakers, in the A-League, for
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  Speaker 2: the Phoenix, for the Auckland FC, for the Warriors. You
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  Speaker 2: could go along those lines, but then you've only got
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  Speaker 2: one team there, and you really get the beck and
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  Speaker 2: call of the Australia. They can dictate terms to you
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  Speaker 2: in that regard, albeit you do get probably revenue through
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  Speaker 2: the various sources for having that team there. I probably
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  Speaker 2: side with the idea of the NZ20 in that you're
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  Speaker 2: trying to build your own league. You've got things under
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  Speaker 2: your own.
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  Speaker 2: Steam, if you like, if you're trying to create a
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  Speaker 2: business and trying to build it. It's just how they
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  Speaker 2: sell it. New Zealand's not in a particularly good time zone,
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  Speaker 2: as noted with the previous point with the 8pm start
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  Speaker 2: times for the Indian market. So I think it's a
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  Speaker 2: tricky sell, but do they sell it on the basis
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  Speaker 2: of New Zealand's a terrific, clean, green country to come to,
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  Speaker 2: amazing scenery, etc.? But, I mean, the players hopefully will
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  Speaker 2: live up to their promise that they're going to actually
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  Speaker 2: come back and compete in it. But you think that
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  Speaker 2: the price has to be right and they have to
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  Speaker 2: be able to get these investors across the line too.
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  Speaker 2: So it's a real conundrum, Andy, in the bigger scheme
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  Speaker 2: of things. But I don't think the difficulties as well,
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  Speaker 2: the big bash we could have with privatising it through
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  Speaker 2: Australian cricket, have been well documented too. So I don't
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  Speaker 2: think there's any sort of magic solution there either by
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  Speaker 2: having just the one team. So at least this keeps
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  Speaker 2: the pathway open for cricketers in a wider scale.
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  Speaker 1: Well, as far as netball goes, the Plummer Aitken medal,
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  Speaker 1: what's this about?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's just come through today, actually. I think it's
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  Speaker 2: quite a nice touch. Most valuable player for the Constellation
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  Speaker 2: Cup netball series between Australia and New Zealand. So I'll
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  Speaker 2: get the Plummer Aitken medal. Of course, the series starting
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  Speaker 2: four tests beginning on Sunday in Auckland, but named after
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  Speaker 2: Norma Plummer, of course, of Scrubbers fame, with that magnificent
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  Speaker 2: quote back through the years. uh, and Dame Ruth Aitken, uh,
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  Speaker 2: both their contributions spanning generations as well. I hadn't worked
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  Speaker 2: this out actually, but they're both actually World Cup winning
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  Speaker 2: players and World Cup winning coaches. So, uh, they seem
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  Speaker 2: a pretty appropriate combination to have behind this medal. Uh, and, uh,
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  Speaker 2: just as a statistic of note, you, you said of
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  Speaker 2: the day, Andy, that between 2004 and 2011, when they
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  Speaker 2: were coaching those respective teams, 35 times, they played Australia 118,
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  Speaker 2: New Zealand 117. So, uh, That was a tremendous era, really,
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  Speaker 2: wasn't it, with the plumber eight contests?
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  Speaker 1: Norma Plummer was fantastic. She didn't hold back in being forward.
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  Speaker 2: Well, isn't that the quote? Nothing but a bunch of scrubbers.
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  Speaker 1: A bunch of scrubbers.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely outrageous stuff. It just riled people up. It did
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  Speaker 2: build that rivalry up rather nicely, I thought, back in
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  Speaker 2: the day. So, yeah, she's been... recognised for this contribution, Andy,
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  Speaker 2: with this new meal, and justifiably so.
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  Speaker 1: Just to wrap up, you're our South Auckland farming correspondent.
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  Speaker 1: How's life on the land?
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  Speaker 2: Jesus, plenty of growth. I can tell you that at
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  Speaker 2: the moment. Relatively mild, present, plenty of grass. Not many
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  Speaker 2: hay bales have been sold out of the shed this year,
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  Speaker 2: so that probably tells you about the nature of the
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  Speaker 2: winter as well, Andy. So I don't know if we'll
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  Speaker 2: be getting the contractor in this year, but we'll see
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  Speaker 2: how we go between now and then. But, yeah, we've
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  Speaker 2: got a few here to stock on board and just
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  Speaker 2: munching their way through those lawnmowers as they are in
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  Speaker 2: the paddocks and doing rather well. So we're pretty happy
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  Speaker 2: at the moment.
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  Speaker 1: How about you? Down here, we've seen some sunshine. We
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  Speaker 1: spoke to you last month and it was a different scenario,
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  Speaker 1: but we have seen the soil temperatures come up and
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  Speaker 1: the grass growth has occurred. It's a marathon, not a sprint, though.
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  Speaker 1: But look, I mean, you've got all that hay on board,
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  Speaker 1: so anybody who's Pukakoa after some hay, you're the guy
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  Speaker 1: to get a hold of, I suppose. There you go.
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  Speaker 2: That's right. Oh, good plug. Nice one.
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  Speaker 1: I like that.
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  Speaker 2: I like that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, it is great though, seeing that spring growth come out.
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  Speaker 2: And then when you do, you know, when you smell
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  Speaker 2: the mowing grass as well, you know, crickets just around
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  Speaker 2: the corner.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: It's just a great time of year. So, yeah, we're
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  Speaker 2: raring to go.
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Alderson on Newstalk ZB. Always appreciate your time. Enjoy
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  Speaker 1: your weekend. Lovely.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, Andy.
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  Speaker 1: Go the ABs.