Sportstalk with D'Arcy Waldegrave

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 for privacy information.

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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 information.

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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Rugby Players ' Association has fired a shot across NZR's bows. It says that if the NZR board picks the governance structure proposed by the provincial unions, the association will split from NZR. NZRPA chief executive Rob Nichol spoke to D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk. 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: Wayne McLaughlin on his son Scott getting pole position for the Indy 500. Phoenix and Warriors talkback. Piney's power rankings. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scott McLaughlin will be starting at the very front of the grid at the Indy 500. He has pole position, which by no means guarantees a win, but is a significant achievement for a driver who's only been racing Indycar since 2020. Jason Pine spoke to Scott's very proud dad Wayne 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: - ABC football commentator Glen Lauder gives the latest on the spotfixing scandal - Former Phoenix player Ben Sigmund discusses the scandal and the Phoenix semifinal - Blues coach Vern Cotter ahead of the Highlanders game LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Blues are flying high and sitting pretty at the top of the Super Rugby table. They managed to snatch a win over fellow frontrunners the Hurricanes last weekend and they're up against the Highlanders tomorrow. Blues coach "Stern" Vern Cotter joined D'Arcy Waldegrave to reflect on the season so far and to look ahead to tomorrow’s game. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Unfortunately, the Phoenix's big semifinal has been somewhat overshadowed in the sport news today. While no current Phoenix players are implicated in the spot-fixing scandal, it has rocked the entire A-League. D'Arcy Waldegrave spoke to former Phoenix player Ben Sigmund about the scandal, and also got his thoughts ahead of the semifinal. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three A-league players, including a former Phoenix captain and an All-White, have been charged with spot-fixing. They're accused of manipulating the number of yellow cards in two games this season. ABC football commentator Glen Lauder got D'Arcy Waldegrave caught up with the latest on the story. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ZB's own D'Arcy Waldegrave returns to recap an exciting day in the world of sports! Highlights for tonight include: Warriors hooker Wayde Egan on re-signing with the club and what went wrong on the weekend. Warriors talkback. Kiwi UFC fighter Carlos Ulberg on his 12-second win over the weekend. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Zealand has made yet another splash in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Carlos "Black Jag" Ulberg finished his opponent in a mere twelve seconds in St Louis over the weekend, and had time to jump out of the octagon and have a word with UFC boss Dana White afterwards. Carlos told Sportstalk's D'Arcy Waldegrave how he got the job done, and what he and Dana chatted about. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Big old job for the Warriors this weekend. They're up against the high-flying Panthers, loads of the players are out injured and the team's coming off a terrible run of form. One player who is still uninjured and will be suiting up is hooker Wayde Egan and he's just re-signed with the club. He spoke to D'Arcy Waldegrave on Sportstalk. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All Blacks coach Scott Robertson has decided who he wants to be the team's next captain. He's refusing to tell us who it is just yet though, so we're all doing the responsible thing and wildly speculating. Sportstalk's D'Arcy Waldegrave spoke to former All Blacks captain Kieran Read about who he thinks is gonna get his old job. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.