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Tony Philp: Hurricanes CEO ahead of the Super Rugby Pacific final against the Chiefs · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: So the Super Rugby Final, Boy, it's going to be
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  Speaker 1: so good at Blockbuster Hurricanes hosting Chiefs and I sold
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  Speaker 1: out caketin sold out in fifteen minutes. The Chiefs chasing
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  Speaker 1: their first title in thirteen years after falling short in
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  Speaker 1: the last three Grand finals. But the Hurricanes are very
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  Speaker 1: hungry to lift the trophy again they won last ten
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  Speaker 1: years ago. Tony philp Is, the interim Hurricane CEO, enjoys
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  Speaker 1: it now. Congratulations, you've got a hell of a match
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  Speaker 1: on your hands, Tony, Oh.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Andrew. Absolutely, we're super excited about tomorrow night.
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  Speaker 1: This sold out Caketon. Does it show that rugby's act
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  Speaker 1: big time, particularly in the capitol?
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  Speaker 2: Oh? Well absolutely, And you know it's a real good
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  Speaker 2: reflection of you know, our city has got them behind
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  Speaker 2: the team and go behind the club and you know,
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  Speaker 2: and also I think it's an opportunity for us to
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  Speaker 2: come together as a community and then bring bitter joy
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  Speaker 2: back to our city again.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, now you are the interim CEO. And of course
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot of debate around the place about the
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  Speaker 1: future of Super Rugby. Is the competition back where it
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  Speaker 1: needs to be because we've seen some pretty full houses
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  Speaker 1: over the last few weeks, or there's still a lot
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  Speaker 1: of work to go to get it back to full health.
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  Speaker 2: I think what we've seen this year is that the
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  Speaker 2: Super Rugby competition is certainly fun of mine for fans
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  Speaker 2: in New Zealand, and it's been really good. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we saw that down in christ Jucture and obviously we've
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  Speaker 2: seen it this year with a home final that fought
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  Speaker 2: up in fifteen minutes. And you know, we're excited about
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  Speaker 2: this year and we're looking forward to what potentially might
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  Speaker 2: come the future.
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  Speaker 1: Can I just say that what I see as a trend,
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  Speaker 1: and I compare this to the Warriors and orkandf C,
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  Speaker 1: is that winners are grinners, and that rugby fans turn
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  Speaker 1: up if you're winning, but they don't turn up when
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  Speaker 1: you're losing, and that's not being faithful to the club.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I think from our point of view,
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  Speaker 2: we know that winning has helped our fans come back
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  Speaker 2: and connect again, and now it's our challenges to make
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  Speaker 2: them loyal to us as we move forward no matter what.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, we've got some ideas and thoughts in
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  Speaker 2: that space around how we can really engage our fans
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  Speaker 2: both on and off the field, and we've seen that
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  Speaker 2: with our match enhancement and we've seen that with a
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  Speaker 2: city this week with brief transportation and what we do
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  Speaker 2: beforehand and also after the game. So we know it's
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  Speaker 2: at the moment it's part of the event as rugby
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  Speaker 2: side of it, but it's not the only part of
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  Speaker 2: the event, and we've got to get better at that.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, you also need a roof. Then again also you
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  Speaker 1: need water, papes and other things. That's Clark laidlaw. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: when he was coach of the sevens, I thought and
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  Speaker 1: then ended up with the Huggins, I thought, hello, sevens
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  Speaker 1: to fifteen, seven to fifteens. He's done a fantastic job.
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  Speaker 2: He's done amazing job. So it's my background too, So
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  Speaker 2: we both transitioned from you know, a seven's environment, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, we both really looked at how we could
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  Speaker 2: take the culture and the environty and the environment we
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  Speaker 2: wanted to create to enhance the performance in the fifteen side.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, we're really proud at what that looks like.
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  Speaker 2: And Clark has been instrumental in making that happen.
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  Speaker 1: Chiefs have lost three Grand finals in a Row, So
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  Speaker 1: they're going to be very very hungry and very very desperate.
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  Speaker 1: Are you hungry enough to give them a fourth?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely? Yeah, Well, our last final was ten years ago
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  Speaker 2: and we've only won one title, so we've got no illusion.
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  Speaker 2: The Chiefs are going to come down here and play
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  Speaker 2: what's going to be an ex game the two best teams,
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  Speaker 2: and we're super excited about taking that challenge on and
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  Speaker 2: doing in front of our home crowd that's going to
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  Speaker 2: be loud and boisterous and make sure that we stay
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  Speaker 2: here the game.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to be in the caramandle in front of
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  Speaker 1: a very big TV with a nice night bottle of
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  Speaker 1: Pinot Noir and I'm so looking forward to it. And
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  Speaker 1: I used to them Wellington, So go the Canes and
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  Speaker 1: all the very best and thanks for joining us, Tony.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks Andrew, we really appreciate it. For more from Early
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