Sportstalk with D'Arcy Waldegrave

D'Arcy Waldegrave returns to recap an exciting day in the world of sports! Highlights for tonight include:  BBC commentator Chris Jones ahead of the first All Blacks test against England. Talkback - how much wiggle room do you give Scott Robertson? Marcelo Montoya ahead of the Bulldogs match. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

D'Arcy Waldegrave has had a rare treat. He got to leave the Sportstalk studio! He grabbed a mic and popped down to the Warriors' media session at Mt Smart. After D'Arc was done scoffing as much free food as he could, he managed to ambush Marcelo Montoya for an interview. Here are the results. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The All Blacks play England for the first time in two years this Saturday. New coach Scott Robertson has a lot to prove with the weight of expectation on him... ...but England has a bit to prove too! D'Arcy Waldegrave spoke to BBC commentator Chris Jones on Sportstalk about how he sees it all playing out. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

D'Arcy Waldegrave returns to recap an exciting week in the world of sports! Highlights for tonight include:  Sir Graham Lowe  Talkback  Portia Woodman-Wickliffe  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Black Ferns legend Portia Woodman-Wickliffe joined D'Arcy Waldegrave to discuss her decision to retire from the International game.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Kiwis Coach Sir Graham Lowe joined D'Arcy Waldegrave to discuss the success of Te Maire Martin at halfback and what that means for Shaun Johnson.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jason Pine returns to recap a full day in the world of sport! Highlights for tonight include: Talkback - What is your "pass mark" for the All Blacks this international season? Interspersed with interviews from the All Blacks and England media sessions. Piney's Power Rankings! LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

D'Arcy Waldegrave returns to recap an exciting week in the world of sports! Highlights for tonight include:  Former All White Fred de Jong on the Euro 2024 Round of 16. Talkback - who should D'Arc root for in the Euros? Motorsport commentator Bob McMurray on whether Liam Lawson is gonna get the Red Bull gig. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The knockout rounds are almost underway in the second-biggest international football tournament in the world. The Round of 16 has been set in Euro 2024. Sportstalk's D'Arcy Waldegrave is, at best, a casual football fan - so he got former All White Fred de Jong on the show for a more well-informed perspective on who's looking ready to win the whole thing. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

Kiwi motorsport fans have been teased with the possibility that Liam Lawson may get a permanent F1 slot. Red Bull boss Helmut Marko has hinted that Daniel Ricciardo may get the chop and Liam will replace him. D'Arcy Waldegrave spoke to motorsport commentator Bob McMurray about how much we can really trust this. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

D'Arcy Waldegrave returns to recap an exciting week in the world of sports! Highlights for tonight include:  Former Maroon and former Warrior Steve Price ahead of the State of Origin. Kiwi surf champ Billy Stairmand ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of New Zealand's favourite non-New Zealand sporting events is back on tonight - State of Origin 2! Queensland are 1-0 up in the series so far, so they could wrap it up for a third straight year tonight. Former Maroon and former Warrior Steve Price spoke to D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk ahead of the match. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Surfer Billy Stairmand is going to the Paris Olympics - but he doesn't actually get to go to Paris. For fairly obvious reasons when you think about it, the City of Lights has delegated the surfing events to Tahiti. Billy spoke to D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk about the Games and about the soon-to-be-built surf park in Auckland he's involved with. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

D'Arcy Waldegrave returns to recap an exciting week in the world of sports! Highlights for tonight include:  John Hart - Former All Blacks coach on the All Blacks selections. Talkback - Would you have made the same selections? Warriors assistant coach Richard Agar on the Cbus Bust-up over the weekend, and the team named to play the Broncos. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...

The Warriors are dusting themselves off after the Gold Coast Grand Catastrophe. They've done their post-match review, which was probably not much fun for anyone, and have named their side for the upcoming match against the Broncos. Warriors assistant coach Richard Agar spoke to D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Right, the All Blacks squad has been named, so now we get to the most fun part of the whole process.... ...appointing ourselves as armchair selectors and arguing about whether we would have picked the same team as the professionals! But before we got to that on Sportstalk, D'Arcy Waldegrave decided we should start with an actual expert on this stuff, so he had a chat with former All Blacks coach J...

Jason Pine returns to recap a full day in the world of sport! Highlights for tonight include: All Blacks assistant coach Jason Holland discussing Razor's first All Blacks squad. All Blacks halfback TJ Perenara ahead of the upcoming test matches. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's been a couple years since TJ Perenara played an All Blacks test match, but he's thrilled to be back on the field. The halfback joined Piney to discuss today's announcement. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scott Robertson has today unveiled his first All Blacks squad. Scott Barrett will step in as the new captain, and he'll lead a side which includes five untapped players. All Blacks assistant coach Jason Holland joined Piney to discuss. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Right, let's start the buildup for the Super Rugby final then. Dalton Papali'i used to be Blues captain, and he's still playing for them in the loosies. He spoke to D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

D'Arcy Waldegrave returns to recap an exciting week in the world of sports! Highlights for tonight include:  Blues loose forward Dalton Papali'i ahead of the Super Rugby final. Talkback - Is Super Rugby just better this year? Why? LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

D'Arcy Waldegrave returns to recap an exciting week in the world of sports! Highlights for tonight include:  NZ Cricket Players Association CEO Heath Mills on Kane Williamson turning down a central contract. Talkback - Is T20 slowly eating the rest of cricket? Boxer David Nyika on signing with Duco and his next fight. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Black Caps captain Kane Williamson has stepped down from the role and announced he won't be signing a central contract for 2025. He'll still be available for the Black Caps, but he'll also be able to play in well-paid T20 leagues around the world. Heath Mills from the Players' Association spoke to D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk about whether every player will be doing this soon. LISTEN ABOVE See...

Duco Events famously helped Joseph Parker to go from being a young, promising Kiwi boxer to champion of the world - and now they want to do it again. Cruiserweight and Olympic medallist David Nyika has signed with Duco, and they've got him another fight. David spoke to D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk about what the future holds. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The "Sold Out" signs are going up at Eden Park - and it's not even for an All Blacks game! All the available tickets to Saturday's Super Rugby final between the Blues and the Chiefs have been snapped up already. Blues CEO Andrew Hore spoke to D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk about why he thinks this proves Auckland is big enough for two rugby codes to coexist. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listen...