Sports Fix

On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave for June 10 2025, it’s rugby season but NZ cricket won’t have a bar of it, with another major announcement - although it does have a rugby angle. NZC’s new Manager of High Performance is former All Black Daryl Gibson. Why him? What does he know about cricket? Does that even matter? We’ll find out when he joins D’Arcy on the Fix. 

D’Arcy tries to work out if NZR CEO Mark Robinson has been good, bad or ugly for the game he leaves at the end of the year.  

In the Chamber, D’Arcy and New Zealand Herald’s  Alex Powell talk smack around Daryl Gibson, Dan Vettori’s new gong and the potential for Liam Lawson to climb back into a Red Bull machine. 

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On Sports Fix with Jason Pine for 9th June 2025, Mark Robinson has announced he'll be stepping down as NZR CEO at the end of the year. He joins the podcast to talk about his last 6 years in charge.

Piney is convinced the best is yet to come for Ryan Fox.

Plus, Nathan Limm joins the chamber to discuss another win for the Warriors, and a dramatic first round of Super Rugby finals.

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On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave and Jason Pine for Friday June 6 2025.

The Black Caps new coach has been announced. Former Proteus white ball boss, former Otago, Central Districts and NZA taskmaster Rob Walter has been handed the role. D’Arcy has a yarn with the new kid on the block.

Jason climbs into the Super Rugby Pacific qualifiers - some epic encounters ahead, regardless of your understanding around the draw.  

In the Chamber, Piney and D’Arc chew some fat around the new coach, the weirdly successful Wahs season (so far) and a taste of V8 petrol too.

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On Sports Fix with Jason Pine and D'Arcy Waldegrave for 5th June 2025, Super Rugby finals are underway this week, D'Arcy catches up with Chiefs lock Josh Lord ahead of their match against the Blues.

D'Arcy offers his thoughts on whether he wants Noak Djokovic to surpass Margaret Court.

And the lads are in the chamber to discuss Roland Garros and Super Rugby.

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On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave for Wednesday June 4 2025, the Black Caps head coach of the last seven years is set to leave the role. Gary Stead joins D’Arcy as they look at the good, the bad and the ugly of his very successful tenure. He’ll also let us know what his crowning glory was as the coach.

D’Arcy can’t work out the discord around the Super Rugby Pacific finals fixtures. It’s really not that hard to understand. An outstanding Super season, and people want to have a moan about the schedule? Really? D’Arcy has a moan. Ha! 

In the Chamber is Newstalk ZB’s director of sport Clay Wilson. Has NZ Cricket made an error in not retaining Stead in the test match coaching role? Will David Nyika have enough to comeback from his heavy defeat and but Nick the Greek on his bum? 

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On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave for Tuesday June 3 2025, New Zealand cricket’s top 20 contracted players were named today. Gloveman Mitch Hay, thought to be the future of international ‘keeping for the Black Caps, joins us to talk life as card carrying member of the leading players in the game in New Zealand

D’Arcy isn’t concerned about the absence of Mitch Barnett for the Warriors, it’s a team game right? He’s just one man. Is he wrong? D’Arc that is, not Mitch.

In the Chamber is Newstalk ZB sport journo and the voice of rugby Elliott Smith. What of this new fangled rebel rugby competition R360? Who’s behind it, will it get foothold?  Elliott and D’Arcy touch on the NZC contracts too.  

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On Sports Fix with Jason Pine and D'Arcy Waldegrave for 30th May 2025, rumours swirl around whether NRL superstar Nathan Cleary is going to switch codes and play Union. Former Wallaby Tim Horan joins the podcast to discuss whether there is legs to these rumours.

Piney offers his thoughts on what we can expect in the final round of Super Rugby before the finals.

And the lads are in the chamber to discuss who will be the next head coach of the BlackCaps.

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On Sports Fix with Jason Pine and D'Arcy Waldegrave for 29th May 2025, the Crusaders finish their regular season with a match against the Brumbies in Canberra. Crusaders utility Chay Fihaki joins the podcast ahead of that to discuss how they're preparing for that, knowing they've already booked their place in the playoffs.

D'Arcy offers his opinion on State of Origin and the effect it has on Kiwi and Pasifika players.

And the lads are in the chamber to discuss Patrick Tuipulotu deciding to stay on in New Zealand.

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On Sports Fix with D'Arcy Waldegrave for Wednesday 28th May 2025 - tired of sideline referee bullying and the rest of the vitriol aimed at volunteer officials, Horowhenua-Kapiti Rugby Union introduced a hard-line policy. If behaviour continues, we’ll cancel next weekend’s senior rugby. CEO Corey Kennett joins the Fix to explain the firm hand. 

D’Arc has a moan around, well, moaning F1 drivers, the entitled rich kids that most of them are. 

In the Chamber is NZ Herald sport writer Christopher Reive, talking about tonight’s Origin stoush and the continuing saga of the America’s Cup protocol.  

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The tragic death of a young man engaged in a copycat game of Run it Straight has further strengthened the calls for this type of exchange to be banned. But it’s education first. To talk to us about the incredible threat to health that human collisions bring, we speak with Professor Patria Hume, AUT Prof. of Human Performance.  

Like a rapidly deflating balloon in a room full of spectators, AKFC stumbled at the last. Their fluffing of their lines against Melbourne Victory, underlines and puts in italics one of the oldest cliches in sport. D’Arcy expands.

In the Chamber is NZ Herald sport scribe Alex Powell who yarns with D’Arc around Lawson’s great F1 weekend, the Wahs' stumble and the sadness of social media driven combat sports. 

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