Sportstalk with D'Arcy Waldegrave

D'Arcy Waldegrave returns to recap an exciting week in the world of sports! Highlights for tonight include:  Rugby Players' Association CEO Rob Nicol on the governance vote. Talkback on this featuring, among others, former Police Minister Stuart Nash who thinks the Provincial Unions have made the wrong decision. Auckland FC coach Steve Corica on his first four players. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio....

All four of the players who have been named as part of the A-League side's inaugural roster today have experience representing New Zealand as All Whites or Oly Whites. So they've got some players - do they have any clubrooms yet? Or goalposts? D'Arcy Waldegrave asked head coach Steve Corica about all that on Sportstalk. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You just never know who's going to ring up when the talkback lines open. Turns out former Police Minister Stuart Nash has been following the NZR governance story closely, and he's got some thoughts on the decision the unions have made. He phoned up D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk to air his views. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The provincial unions supporting Proposal 2 have got their way - and their dedicated seats on the New Zealand Rugby board. Before the vote, Players Association CEO Rob Nicol warned that if Proposal 2 got through, the professional players would split from NZR. D'Arcy Waldegrave got Rob back on Sportstalk to talk about what happens now. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

D'Arcy Waldegrave returns to recap an exciting week in the world of sports! Highlights for tonight include:  Reg Dickason of ESI Risk on the terror threat against the T20 World Cup. Talkback - with threats like this, are you satisfied that stadium security is at the level it needs to be. Crusaders lock Quinten Strange ahead of what could be their last match of the season. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystud...

A terror threat has been made against the upcoming T20 World Cup. A pro-ISIS outlet has threatened an attack on the India-Pakistan match in New York. The expert the Black Caps consult with on terrorism is Reg Dickason - and he spoke to D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk about what he makes of this. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are 8 spots in the Super Rugby playoffs and, with one game to go, eleven teams are still vying to get one of them. The Crusaders are one of those teams, but they need a few things to go their way to lock in their ticket to the quarterfinals. Crusaders lock Quinten Strange 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:  Super Rugby tournament director Matt Barlow on why they're not letting Beauden Barrett suit up for the Blues in the playoffs. Talkback - Beauden and whether the current 8-team playoff structure should be more of a 6-team playoffs. Sailor Greta Pilkington on getting the Olympic callup. LISTE...

21-year-old Greta Pilkington is the latest sailor to be named in our Olympic team. It'll be her first Games, and she'll be competing in the single-handed ILCA 6 class. She spoke to D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk about what it's like to realise her childhood dream. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Beauden Barret is an Auckland Blue. He's one of the best players in the world. He's available to play for them in the Super Rugby playoffs. So why exactly are the powers that be putting their foot down and stopping him from playing? D'Arcy Waldegrave got one of those very powers - Super Rugby tournament director Matt Barlow - on Sportstalk to explain. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

Jason Pine returns to recap a full day in the world of sport! Highlights for tonight include: Mark Watson - Former elite kayaking coach on Aimee Fisher beating Dame Lisa Carrington's record. Tony Rogers - Former Olympic runner on James Preston beating Sir Peter Snell's 800-metre record. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After 62 years, Sir Peter Snell's NZ record in the 800 metres has finally been broken. 27-year-old Wellingtonian James Preston managed 1:44:04 at an event in Germany over the weekend, 0.83 seconds faster than Sir Peter's 1962 run at Lancaster Park. Former Olympic runner Tony Rogers spoke to Jason Pine on Sportstalk about why the record has stood for so long and what this means for Preston's future...

There may be a changing of the guard in the offing in the world of kayaking! Aimee Fisher has beaten the great Dame Lisa Carrington in two races in a matter of weeks. Former elite kayak coach Mark Watson spoke to Jason Pine about this 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:   - Former NRL coach Sir Graham Lowe on why he thinks Addin Fonua-Blake's punishment is justified.   - Talkback – What do the listeners think?   - Blues prop Angus Ta'avao ahead of the match against the Crusaders.   LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Blues' match in Super Rugby this weekend looks on paper to be an easy one.    They're up against the basement-dwelling Crusaders, who've won only two games all season.   On the other hand, the Blues usually come up against it when they play the Crusaders in Christchurch.   D'Arcy Waldegrave spoke to Blues prop Angus Ta'avao to get the details on why the team is treating this like a Test Match....

Warriors coach Andrew Webster has stood down one of his star players for skipping the team song.   Addin Fonua-Blake wasn't present for the post-game speech or singing of the team song, which is a breach of protocol. As such, he won't play against the Dolphins this weekend.   D'Arcy Waldegrave spoke to former Kiwis coach Sir Graham Lowe and got his thoughts on whether it was a good choice or not....

D'Arcy Waldegrave returns to recap an exciting week in the world of sports! Highlights for tonight include: Crusaders CEO Colin Mansbridge on the c-bomb. C-bomb talkback. Tom Wilmott on the new support group for coaches that's been formed. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new support group has been formed for sports coaches in New Zealand. Tom Wilmott is a board member of Te Korowai and he explained what it's all about to D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Crusaders CEO has apologised to 1 News's Thomas Mead on behalf of coach Rob Penney. Rob called Thomas the c-word a little too close to a hot mic after a testy exchange. The exchange was over whether Rob has a future at the club - so D'Arcy Waldegrave made sure to ask about that as well as the apology, when he spoke to Colin Mansbridge on Sportstalk. LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener f...

D'Arcy Waldegrave returns to recap an exciting week in the world of sports! Highlights for tonight include: Scott Dixon ahead of the Indy 500. NZ Herald rugby writer Gregor Paul on the governance dispute. Talkback - do we still even care about rugby union? Cyclist Sam Dakin on getting the call-up for the Olympics. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our cycling team has been named for the Paris Olympics. All-up we have 16 cyclists going over - but of those 16, only one will be taking part in the men's sprints on the track. Poor old Sam Dakin! He's a man alone! Except his partner is in the team too - so not really. D'Arcy Waldegrave spoke to Sam on Sportstalk. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Provincial Unions aren't backing down in the face of the Rugby Players Association's challenge on the big governance vote. The Players Association has said that if the Unions' favoured governance model is voted through, governance of rugby will have to split. NZ Herald rugby writer Gregor Paul wrapped up the entire contentious conflict for D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk. LISTEN ABOVE See omny...

It's a big welcome back to Sportstalk for one of New Zealand's greatest ever racecar drivers. Scott Dixon has raced the Indy 500 so many times - even he doesn't remember how many he's done exactly (we looked it up it's 21). He spoke to D'Arcy Waldegrave ahead of Indy 500 number 22. 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: NZRPA chief executive Rob Nichol on the letter they've written on the NZR governance structure debate. Talkback on what Rob had to say. Warriors assistant coach Stacey Jones on breaking their streak and the team named to play the Dolphins. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

The revolving door between Warriors HQ and the hospital continues to spin and spin. Wayde Egan is out injured, but a couple of players are back from injury just in time for the team to try and put back-to-back wins together. Assistant coach Stacey Jones spoke to D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk about the win over the Panthers and the team that's been named to play the Dolphins. LISTEN ABOVE See omn...