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LISTEN TO BEAUDEN BARRETT TALK WITH NIGEL YALDEN ABOVEThere are no false memories in the collective Barrett family treasury and both Beauden and Scott are aware that a ferocious battle with the Springboks looms this week in Wellington.Both of the brothers were instrumental in the 57-0 drubbing the All Blacks handed the South Africans the last time they played in New Zealand, but both are just as aware what it took to win that game.It was a record score and one that plunged South African rugby into a deep state of gloom and ultimately led to coaching change later that year, but for all that it may have seemed a walk in the park, it really wasn't.The All Blacks were in fact second best in most aspects of the contest for the entire first half.They were not on the front foot physically by any means, were dominated in the territory and possession stakes, yet reached the break 31-0 ahead in Albany.What separated the two teams were their respective clinical instincts. The All Blacks had four half chances in the firs

Tomorrow night, the Warriors face the Panthers in an elimination final. It is the first time the Warriors have made it this far in seven years - but how far will they go?There's no better judge than Matt Elliott, a former coach of both teams.He told D'Arcy and Goran that it should be an exciting match. LISTEN TO MATT ELLIOTT TALK WITH D'ARCY AND GORANSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

LISTEN TO GREG ALEXANDER PREVIEW THE MATCH WITH D'ARCY AND GORAN ABOVEWarriors captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is yet to run on his injured ankle and will need to prove his fitness tomorrow before being cleared to play in Saturday's sudden death NRL finals clash against Penrith.The Kiwi international fullback walked freely through the departure gates at Auckland airport today ahead of the Warriors flight to Sydney and showed no signs of the limp that he carried after suffering the injury in last week's win over Canberra.Assistant coach Andrew McFadden is confident the club's Player of the Year will be right for their biggest game of the season but said a decision on Tuivasa-Sheck's availability would be made after tomorrow's captains run at ANZ Stadium.Retiring back-rower Simon Mannering completed light duties at training yesterday and is expected to be fit for his 301st appearance despite carrying a sternum injury."We're hopeful. Roger hasn't run yet but that's just to give him the best chance physically," said

LISTEN TO ANT STRACHAN TALK WITH D'ARCY AND GORAN ABOVEThe All Blacks selectors have chosen to give a trio of players an extra week off to get right.Midfielder Ryan Crotty, flanker Sam Cane and winger Rieko Ioane weren't considered for Saturday's Rugby Championship test against Argentina in Nelson.Crotty and Cane are returning from concussions, while Ioane suffered a grade one hamstring tear in the Bledisloe Cup opener in Sydney.Coach Steve Hansen says another week will be good for the trio, especially Ioane who they don't want to push too hard too soon."I've been calling him the 80 Percenter the last couple weeks cause I don't want him running any faster than that. He ran in the training season barely 100 and it's just a matter of making sure we don't over extend him too early."Richie Mo'unga is trying to keep a clear head following confirmation of his first test start for the All Blacks.The Canterbury first five has been tasked with guiding the World Champions around Trafalgar Park against Argentina on Satu

LISTEN TO GRAEME AGARS TALK WITH D'ARCY AND GORAN ABOVERafael Nadal began his U.S. Open quarter-final as poorly as possible, shut out in a set by a 6-0 score for only the fourth time in 282 career Grand Slam matches.On the previous three such occasions, he'd lost. On this one, he managed to come back to win, although it took 4 hours, 49 minutes and never did get easy for him.The defending champion and No. 1 seed at Flushing Meadows recovered from his disastrous start and other stumbles along the way to beat No. 9 Dominic Thiem 0-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5) for a semifinal berth at a third consecutive Grand Slam tournament, winning a physical, back-and-forth tussle that stretched across and concluded after 2 a.m.How tense and tight was this one? Not only was Nadal two points from losing at 5-all in the closing tiebreaker, but he finished with fewer total points, 171-166.When it ended, on an overhead by Thiem that sailed long, Nadal walked around the net to hug his opponent and whisper words of encouragement.

LISTEN TO STEVE KEARNEY TALK WITH D'ARCY AND GORAN ABOVEBlake Green and James Gavet both return from injury to start in the Warriors' first NRL finals match in seven years when they face the Penrith Panthers in Saturday's sudden-death play-off at ANZ Stadium (7.30pm NZT).Green missed the back-to-back wins over Penrith and Canberra while Gavet was ruled out last week.Veteran Blake replaces Mason Lino providing the Warriors with extensive big-game experience from eight NRL finals appearances since 2008 for Cronulla, Melbourne and Manly as well as title success with Wigan in the English Super League.Gavet, a finals rookie, replaces Bunty Afoa in a side showing a number of players set to play finals football for the first time this week.While Green and Gavet return, captain and just-crowned Simon Mannering Medal winner Roger Tuivasa-Sheck as well as the 300-game man Mannering have been included as they look to recover from injuries picked up in the 20-16 win over the Raiders.Apart from prop Gavet, others named to

LISTEN TO GRAEME AGARS TALK WITH D'ARCY AND GORAN ABOVERoger Federer has been sent spiralling out of the US Open in the fourth round after a stunning charge from Aussie John Millman took their match 3-6 7-5 7-6 7-6.The 29-year-old fought hard to bring the World No. 2 to a tiebreak in the third and fourth sets after a tense tug of war kept locals out of bed late into the night.The victory was Millman's first against a top 10 player. He was also the first Australian to defeat Federer in a grand slam match since Pat Rafter in 1999.The tiebreak went back and forth until Millman found a chink in Federer's armour at 8-7 and forced the Swiss great into an error down the line. Federer was forced to sweat as the humid New York conditions and an unusually inconsistent serve took their toll.The two stars continued to trade games into the third set until Federer broke away and finally sealed a break at 4-2. But Millman was made of tougher stuff than that.After looking to have dropped the set into the 37-year-old's hands,

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck has skipped the NRL's traditional captains call to launch the upcoming finals.While the skippers or co-captains from the seven other playoff teams have gathered in Sydney, the Warriors captain has remained in Auckland to look after his ankle ahead of Saturday's elimination playoff against the Panthers.Second-rower Tohu Harris has represented the Warriors in Tuivasa-Sheck's absence."He stayed home to make sure he's doing everything he can to be right for this weekend, so had to cover him there."LISTEN TO TOHU HARRIS TALK WITH D'ARCY AND GORAN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Breakers have released import player Jerrelle Benimon from his contract, three weeks after confirming the American as a squad member for the upcoming season. Benimon, signed as starting centre, was due to start with the club last week.However personal issues have kept him in the USA.  General Manager Dillon Boucher has been working with Benimon's agent around the delay."Family plays a huge part in the culture here at the Breakers and when we heard from Jerrelle that he was dealing with some family issues we had no hesitation in supporting his request to postpone coming to New Zealand," said Boucher."After further talks we have mutually agreed to release Jerrelle and move forward with a replacement to complete our 2018/19 roster." Boucher is already in talks with contacts in the USA and is confident the team will have a full roster in time for the Breakers pre-season NBA game on October 3 in Phoenix.He says they'd like to replace Benimon before the pre-season tournament in Australia in two and a half weeks

LISTEN TO GRAEME AGARS TALK WITH D'ARCY AND GORAN ABOVECaroline Wozniacki has crashed out of the US tennis Open.The Australian Open champion has been beaten in straight sets by Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko.Wozniacki says things just didn't go her way."I did my best and it just wasn't good enough today. She did really well and I was trying to find everything that I could today, but it just wasn't going that way."Maria Sharapova, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer all made it safely through to the third round.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Simon Mannering's Warriors teammates have nothing but praise for him as he plans to play his 300th NRL game against the Raiders tonight.Warriors hooker Issac Luke has known the backrower since they played together for Wellington in 2004.He says nothing about Mannering has changed in that time - except his hairline."He's always been a competitor, selfless, he's always put the team first, and just the ultimate club man."Former Australian team mate Brent Tate says he is not surprised that Mannering has made it to 30.."So reliable, a great fella, such a great team man."He says it's wonderful that it's fallen on the last home game of the year.LISTEN TO BRENT TATE TALK WITH D'ARCY AND GORAN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

LISTEN TO NOELINE TAURUA TALK WITH D'ARCY AND GORAN ABOVENoeline Taurua has been officially confirmed as the new Silver Ferns coach.Netball New Zealand made the announcement at a press conference at their Auckland offices today, with Taurua replacing Janine Southby who resigned from the role last month.The former Silver Fern will be in charge when the Silver Ferns head to England next year for the Netball World Cup in Liverpool, and will be the first coach to lead the national side while being contracted to an Australian franchise.Last week, Taurua coached the Sunshine Coast Lightning to a second straight Super Netball title, and will continue that role for the final year on her contract with the Lightning.Netball NZ Chief Executive Jennie Wyllie believes the unprecedented move is justified to get the right person into the job as Silver Ferns coach."We have joined with Sunshine Coast Lightning to make this unique position work," Wyllie said."It is a first for Netball New Zealand and we're delighted to be movi

Radio Sport Tennis correspondent Graeme Agars joins D'Arcy and Goran with the latest action from the US Open.LISTEN ABOVE AS GRAEME AGARS SPEAKS WITH D'ARCY AND GORANSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Radio Sport Tennis correspondent Graeme Agars joins D'Arcy and Goran with the latest action from the US Open.LISTEN ABOVE AS GRAEME AGARS SPEAKS WITH D'ARCY AND GORANSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

LISTEN TO BASEBALL NZ CEO RYAN FLYNN TALK WITH D'ARCY AND GORAN ABOVEWhen Steve Mintz joins the Auckland Tuatara as manager for their inaugural season in the Australian Baseball League, he won't be coming alone.Currently coaching within the Texas Rangers organisation, Mintz told the Herald one of the Rangers' top young outfielders Eric Jenkins would be joining him in Auckland."We have one, maybe two other ones that we don't have definites on just yet, but Eric Jenkins is 100 per cent coming over from the Texas Rangers," Mintz said.Jenkins, a 21-year-old speedster who plays in the outfield, was ranked among the top 30 prospects within the Rangers organisation this year and was likely to feature as a 'table-setter' in the batting line up."He can fly," Mintz said. "We like to get him on base, let him steal bases. He can bunt, he can run in the balls and hit them out of the ball park."He can be an exciting player to watch with some of the stuff he can do on the baseball field."Mintz said playing for the Tuatara w

LISTEN TO SIMON MANNERING TALK WITH D'ARCY AND GORAN ABOVEIt's a week of milestones for retiring club legend Simon Mannering who will celebrate his birthday tomorrow ahead of his 300th game in Friday's NRL clash against Canberra.The former club captain will turn 32 before bringing up the triple century of appearances in what could be his final match at Mt Smart Stadium in the final round of the regular season against the Raiders.With the Warriors spot in the upcoming playoffs already secured following Friday's impressive win over Penrith, the club is pulling out all the stops this week to ensure a packed house is in attendance to give the champion back-rower a hero's farewell.Artist Emily Gardner is putting the finishing touches on a huge mural of Mannering inside the ground and the club is set to roll out several initiatives to involve his legion of fans in the lead-up to game day.The tributes began today with the Mt Smart groundskeepers painting 'Mannering 300' across the ingoals on their training field, wh

Nick Farr-Jones, former Wallabies World Cup winner, joins D'Arcy and Goran to preview the All Blacks test against Australia this weekend. Jones was part of the last Australian team to win at Eden Park in 1986.LISTEN ABOVE AS NICK FARR JONES SPEAKS TO D'ARCY AND GORANSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recently appointed Kiwis Coach Michael McGuire joins D'Arcy and Goran to discuss tonight's incredibly important match for the Warriors, as they take on the Penrith Panthers from Mt Smart Stadium.LISTEN ABOVE AS MICHAEL MCGUIRE SPEAKS TO D'ARCY AND GORANSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Wallabies player Matt Dunning joins D'Arcy and Goran to discuss the 2nd Bledisloe test on Saturday.LISTEN ABOVE AS MATT DUNNING SPEAKS TO D'ARCY AND GORANSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Southland coach and former All Black Dave Hewett joins D'Arcy and Goran to talk about the season ahead and their next match against Tasman. Hewett also acknowledges Owen Franks, who brings up 100th test for the All Blacks this Saturday.LISTEN ABOVE AS DAVE HEWITT SPEAKS TO D'ARCY AND GORANSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.