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Jason Pine: Weekend Sport host on the All Whites qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Here we go, Here we go, Here we go. We're
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  Speaker 1: off to the World Cup twenty twenty six. We won
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  Speaker 1: three mil over New Caledonia. And of course the man
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  Speaker 1: making the call for the Telly and also works here
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  Speaker 1: on Newstaloks there be as Jason Pine. Congratulations, Jason. I
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  Speaker 1: thought you played very well.
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  Speaker 2: Look, I'm not sure I had any direct influence on
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  Speaker 2: the game, Andrew, but it's lovely to be here with you.
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  Speaker 1: Tough first half. The New Caledonians were well organized.
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  Speaker 2: They certainly were. Yeah, they came out and made it
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  Speaker 2: very difficult for New Zealand in the first half. And look,
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  Speaker 2: I think a lot of people turned up there last
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  Speaker 2: night and tuned in thinking this is going to be
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  Speaker 2: fairly straightforward, and it didn't take long for those illusions
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  Speaker 2: to be dispelled. I thought New Caledonia were well worth
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  Speaker 2: it and played really well on the first half. Frustrated
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  Speaker 2: New Zealand. You know, any chances they had were repelled
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  Speaker 2: by their excellent goalkeeper Rocky McCaine. And at half time
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  Speaker 2: when they wandered off or New Zealand wanted off, it
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  Speaker 2: was with frustration New Caledonia almost celebrating at half time
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  Speaker 2: the fact that it was still all but in New
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  Speaker 2: Zealand grow into the game in the second half and
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  Speaker 2: did what had to be done. Well.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, we lost Chris Woods, and we worry about it,
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  Speaker 1: but that's that's the thing for Nottingham Forest to worry about.
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  Speaker 1: But here's the thing what I liked about it. In
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  Speaker 1: the second half. We changed stuff a bit. We brought
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  Speaker 1: in Francis Devrez. We've got a whole lot more direct
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  Speaker 1: and suddenly so we changed and we got around the
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  Speaker 1: blanket defense. And that's a good sign for a good team.
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  Speaker 2: Oh look absolutely, yeah. You can't just have one plan,
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  Speaker 2: can you. And Plan A was Chris Wood obviously, and
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  Speaker 2: that you know, for the first time in a long
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  Speaker 2: time didn't work and as you say, he went off injured,
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  Speaker 2: so they changed it up. Francis of Reese, as you say,
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  Speaker 2: came on cost of Barbarusis, I think, made an excellent
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  Speaker 2: impact off the bench, and e Lie just you know,
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  Speaker 2: Barbarusis and just both on the score sheet. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: they It is the sign of a good team that
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  Speaker 2: if things aren't going the way you would hope that
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  Speaker 2: they would, that you you know, that you try something
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  Speaker 2: else and you get success that way. And that's what
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  Speaker 2: happened last night.
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  Speaker 1: So we're off to the Big Gang, but this for
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  Speaker 1: the third time ever, but this time with this opposed
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  Speaker 1: golden generation of players. Should we hope that they get
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  Speaker 1: to the knockout stage?
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  Speaker 2: Well, absolutely, I think that'll be the aim. There's no
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  Speaker 2: way that this team will want to go just to participate.
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  Speaker 2: That that has to now be the base level that
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  Speaker 2: when we get to the World Cup next year, it's
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  Speaker 2: not just to make up the numbers. It's not just
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  Speaker 2: to play three games and then pack the bags and
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  Speaker 2: head home. It's that they have realistic ambitions of getting
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  Speaker 2: out of their group and into the knockout stages. It
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  Speaker 2: is a very good All Whites team, you know, notwithstanding
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  Speaker 2: the fact they couldn't break down New Caledonia for large
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  Speaker 2: periods of last night. This is as good in All
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  Speaker 2: Whites team as I've seen. And look, they will be
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  Speaker 2: off to the Big Dance next year with the full
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  Speaker 2: intention of getting out of their group.
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  Speaker 1: And something's changed about football in a shocking development. My
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  Speaker 1: partner chose to watch the game instead of wait loads
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  Speaker 1: this last night. It'll be interesting to see the ratings,
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  Speaker 1: but obviously you know football's on the rise.
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  Speaker 2: Well of those. Yeah, free to wear last night, which
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  Speaker 2: helps obviously, but no, well, when people like your partner
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  Speaker 2: are choosing, are choosing football over over her regular viewing
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  Speaker 2: habits and look good crowd there last night from Monday
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  Speaker 2: night over twenty five thousand Auckland FC. You and I
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  Speaker 2: have talked about that a lot in the past as well,
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  Speaker 2: and the Phoenix have been around for some time now,
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  Speaker 2: good players all around the world. It will only get
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  Speaker 2: bigger when we go to the World Cup next year.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, pretty healthy time for the round ball code
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  Speaker 2: in our country.
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  Speaker 1: Pack your bags, Jason, looks like you're going to America.
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  Speaker 2: Are we certainly pitching to the bosses Andrew to get
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  Speaker 2: your support.
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  Speaker 1: That'll be helpful, No problem, No problem. I'll carry your
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  Speaker 1: bags for you, Jason Paint.
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