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On Sports Fix with Jason Pine for 16th February 2026, State of Origin is heading to New Zealand for the first time ever in 2027. Rugby League's biggest rivalry will be brought to Eden Park, and alongside this announcement the NRL announced a tweaking of eligibility rules, meaning some on NZ's biggest stars may be able to play as well. NRL CEO Andrew Abdo joins the podcast to discuss what went into...

On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave and Jason Pine for 13th February 2026, this weekend the second round of the Sail GP sailing competition descends on Auckland for a weekend of action. There are 12 teams competing from across the globe with one of those being New Zealand's own the Black Foils. Leo Takahashi is a Flight Controller for the Black Foils and he joined D'Arcy to discuss the weekend. P...

On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave and Jason Pine for 12th February 2026, Black Ferns legend Kelly Brazier announced her retirement from international rugby after an 18 year career. Notable highlights across her time in the black jersey includes two Rugby World Cup titles and an Olympic gold medal. Kelly caught up with D'Arcy to reflect on her career. D'Arcy shares his frustrations with the Warr...

On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave for 4th February 2026, today the team lists were released for the opening round of Super Rugby Pacific. It is headlined by two huge New Zealand Derby's between the Highlanders and the Crusaders and the Blues against the Chiefs. With the selection of a new All Blacks coach still pending are their players who were overlooked under Scott Robertson who are in for a...

On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave for 10th February 2026, earlier this morning New Zealand Olympic snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott won a silver medal in the big air - her fourth total medal. The result sees her move to fifth on New Zealand's all time Olympic medal tally. Juliane Bray is a former Olympic snowboarder who was a flag bearer for New Zealand at the 2010 Winter Olympics and she joine...

On Sports Fix with Jason Pine for 9th February 2026, The Black Foils are looking likely to line up at Sail GP Auckland. The Kiwi boat sustained significant damage in the first event of the series, initially putting them in doubt to make it to the home regatta. However, though a big effort they now appear to be on track for the event this weekend. Co-CEO and diver Peter Burling joins the podcast to...

On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave and Jason Pine for 29th January 2026, after missing out of the first week of the PGA tour last weekend Ryan Fox is making his season debut overnight in Phoenix. He joined D'Arcy to discuss.  D'Arcy shares his thoughts on Brendon McCullum's defence of Harry Brook's antics and his hit out at the media And D'Arcy and Piney discuss the upcoming Winter Olympics...

On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave for 4th February 2026, the 2026 NASCAR season gets underway tomorrow afternoon with the first race day in North Carolina. Shane van Gisbergen is a three time supercar champion and NASCAR driver and he joined D'Arcy to look ahead to this season and what he wants to achieve. D'Arcy shares his thoughts the Halberg awards and Netball New Zealand removing Grace Nwek...

On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave for 3rd February 2026, the hunt for the next All Blacks coach continues and it has been published that the NZ Herald understands that both Sir Steve Hansen and Ian Foster have been approached by New Zealand Rugby to gauge interest levels in returning to the All Blacks coaching group once again. Mike Cron is a former All Blacks scrum coach who spent many years c...

On Sports Fix with Jason Pine for 2nd February 2026, Sam Ruthe has once again wowed the athletics world, with a 3:48.88 mile. It's the fastest-ever indoor mile by a high school student, and easily a world best for a 16-year-old. Athletics NZ CEO Cam Mitchell discusses whether we'll be seeing Ruthe at this year's Commonwealth Games. Piney reflects on the Australian Open, and what might've been Nova...

On Sports Fix with Jason Pine and D'Arcy Waldegrave for 30th January 2026, HYROX returns to Auckland this week with over 11,000 competitors. Former Olympian Felicity Lemke joins the podcast to explain what HYROX is and why it's popularity is booming Piney reflects on 500 games of Wellington Phoenix Plus, the lads are in the chamber discussing pre season Super Rugby getting underway Get 'Sports Fix...

On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave and Jason Pine for 29th January 2026, after a career spanning 16 seasons and 4 championships for the Breakers, Tom Abercrombie is getting recognised as legend of the franchise by having his number 10 retired and lifted into the rafters at Spark Arena. Paul Henare, another Breakers legend who has had his jersey retired and who also played alongside Tom in the 20...

On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave for Wednesday 28th January 2026, All Blacks halfback Cam Roigard has extended his contract with New Zealand Rugby by two seasons until the end of 2029. Roigard joined D'Arcy to share his thoughts on extending his contract. D'Arcy has some thoughts on the Coco Gauff drama at the Australian tennis Open - are there too many cameras following the athletes post matc...

On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave for Tuesday 27th January 2026, yesterday, the criteria for the next All Blacks coach was released by New Zealand Rugby. This stated that they will only consider candidates that have held international head coaching roles and that they had to be a New Zealander. Hamish McLennan is a former chair of Rugby Australia who was with the union when Dave Rennie - a New...

On Sports Fix with Jason Pine for 26th January 2026, NZR have outlined their search parameters as they look for a replacement All Blacks head coach. Interim CEO Steve Lancaster joins the podcast to discuss who the potential options may be. Piney has some thoughts on a big decision Steve Corica has to make. Plus, Adam Cooper is in the Chamber discussing another record breaking performance for middl...

On Sports Fix with Jason Pine and D'Arcy Waldegrave for 23rd January 2026, Another blow for Netball in New Zealand as ANZ Premiership players are facing a 20% pay cut heading into the 2026 season. Former Silver Fern Catherine Tuivaiti joins the podcast to discuss how much this will harm the sport in the future Piney is bullish on the Blackcaps T20 World Cup chances Plus, the lads are in the chambe...

On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave and Jason Pine for 22nd January 2026, despite Scott Robertson stepping aside as the All Blacks head coach a week ago, no one has heard what it has been like for the players and how they contributed to the review process. Rob Nichol is the CEO of the New Zealand Rugby Players Association, and he joined D'Arcy to discuss.  D'Arcy shares his thoughts on Hayde...

On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave for 21st January 2026, after hearing the news that Scott Robertson would be leaving his role as All Blacks head coach, the next question became - who would replace him as the All Blacks continue to build into next year's World Cup? The coach on most people's mind is Jamie Joseph. Lima Sopoaga is a former All Black and Highlanders player who was coaching by Jami...

On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave for 20th January 2026, 8 years after his last race in the WRC1 Hayden Paddon is making his return to the circuit this year. First up is the race at Monte Carlo and he joined D'Arcy to discuss. D'Arcy shares his thoughts on the state of New Zealand Rugby at the moment and how the coaching debacle will affect players throughout the upcoming Super Rugby Pacific se...

On Sports Fix with Jason Pine for 19th January 2026, The Black Caps have made their own piece of history by winning an ODI series in India for the first time. They did this despite not having some of their most experienced players available. Black Caps Head of Selectors, Gavin Larsen, discusses how important this series was for our younger players. Piney can't understate how big of a series win th...

On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave and Jason Pine for 19th December 2025, for the second day in a row a CEO of a major sporting organisation has resigned in New Zealand. Scott Weenink, the CEO of NZ Cricket has resigned following a tumultuous time around the discussion of the future of domestic T20 cricket in New Zealand. Former Black Cap Richard Petrie was one of the cosignatories on an open le...

On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave and Jason Pine for 18th December 2025, big news was dropped in the netball world today.  After a turbulent year with issues around the broadcast deal, and more recently the Dame Noeline Taurua situation, some action has been taken. CEO of Netball NZ Jennie Wyllie was announced to have resigned from the role today effective immediately. D'Arcy is joined by...

On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave for 17th December 2025, Mana Pasifika's bid to join the NRL has hit the headlines again this week with New Zealand-Pacific hip hop artist King Kapisi getting behind their attempt to join the NRL. Geoff Brown is the bid leader of Mana Pasifika, and he joined D'Arcy to discuss what makes Mana Pasifika different to the other bids, interactions with the Christchurc...

On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave for 16th December 2025, the Big Bash T20 league has got underway this week and our very own T20 batsman Tim Seifert bashed his way to a 102 of 56 for his side the Melbourne Renegades last night over the Brisbane Heat. Tim joined D'Arcy to discuss, as well as D'Arcy asking for his thoughts on the future of T20 debate in New Zealand.  D'Arcy shares his thoug...

On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave and Jason Pine for 12th December 2025, the Black Caps 2nd test against the West Indies wrapped up early on day 3, with the bowlers ripping through the West Indies batting lineup. The Black Caps only needed to score 56 runs which they did with ease. Devon Conway helped see the team to victory and he joined D'Arcy to discuss.  Piney shares his thoughts on cr...