The Silver Fern

@rocky-rockbottom said in Tennis:

come to think of it why is it so stupidly quiet at the tennis? another posh holdover from the empire nonsense. fuck it, bark your nuts off during points, have a soccer sing-a-long, some chanting, turn it into a roaring atmospheric cauldron, might even exhort the players on to greater deeds. It's not snooker. The players are just running around outside smashing a ball as hard as they can, not parsing cock valves to aortas in open heart surgery.

although this brilliant idea might fall apart in quietish lulls between the noise when someone abruptly screams "CUUUNT!" during the service action and the poor bastard goes to pieces. Maybe nick the rugby tenet, respect the kicker, respect the server. Once the ball's in play it's all on

I was listening to Australian Open Radio the other day, even the commentators were saying how archaic it was to be so quiet.

They noted that there was an unsanctioned tournament in the US, where you can actually make as much noise as you want. I thought it was a Billie Jean King one, but I can't find any reference to it online. Apparently the players get used to it quickly. Much like that 'respect the kicker' bollocks in the Northern Hemisphere.

my girlfriend put me on to Sound Opinions. A few podcasts they did a good one on New Zealand music.

If you like QI, there is No Such Thing as a Fish. A random fact, and a background story that goes with it.

I like Planet Money and Freakanomics radio.

Often my window to listen to podcasts is quite short, so I don't really like anything longer than about 30 mins. The Sports Gambling Podcast is OK, but it's quite long, and they ramble a lot.

Being away from New Zealand, I quite like Radio New Zealand's podcasts.

I'm pretty gutted it got the a**se, for all its faults it was a nice escape and generally was a good listen. I've probably listening to RS in its various forms Sports Roundup >> Radio Sport for about 30 years. It's definitely been a bit part of the background noise for a while.

I think it lost its way lately, the cost of live sport must have weighed heavily on them, so they cut it back a lot. I remember when they used to carry a lot more, and that's what I really liked. The constant talkback I could take or leave.

I expect it will make a comeback in some form. They'll probably want to leverage of iHeartRadio, carrying all their league, soccerfootball, and rugby coverage primarily on that, and then simulcasting on ZB for the big matches. Whether that will bring in the necessary funds from advertisers is another question though.

Some things I miss from Radio Sport I'd like them to bring back: I can't recall its exact name, but the interview that Graeme Hill would do with past sporting greats (opening with Reelin' in the Years by Steely Dan). Radio Sports/Sports Roundup used to also play those classic clips of old cricketers spinning yarns of tours past, they probably haven't played them in 20+ years though. (Jim Laker(?) describing the tour of the West Indies way back in the day)

@stockcar86 said in Good podcasts:

No such thing as a fish

A weekly podcast from the QI research team. 4 of them each have a interesting fact of the week, and they then riff of each others facts to fill a 30 minute podcast in front of a live audience each week. Funny, and informational.

Up to 191 episodes now, so a good backlog to work through if you like it.

No Such Thing As A Fish | Nosuchthingasafish

nosuchthingasafish.com | A weekly podcast about interesting facts from the makers of QI.

ha!! I mentioned that about 6 months ago. I've seen them record the podcast, and their BBC TV spin off, So Such Thing as the News. Both excellent.

Incidentally, they're coming to New Zealand next year, worth checking out for sure.

@Canes4life I reckon if you went back pre-amalgamation, you could probably swap in a few old-timers from Titahi Bay or Porirua rugby club too.

Is Ken Laban a secret Fern lurker, this thread sounds like his wet dream.

My school could only think of: Jerry Collins (you could probably add Brenda too), Murray Mexted, Scott Couch, Jeremy Kyne (played for Canada)

Not my school but Mana College at a quick punt. There's probably guys before 1990 that I can't Google easily.

1 Jacob Ellison
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3 Gary Knight
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6 Jerry Collins
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8 Rodney So'oialo
9 TJ Perenara
10 James So'oialo
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12 Tamati Ellison
13 Elvis Seveali'i
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Maybe not the right thread, but I can't quite see where else to put it. Trying to figure out has TV rights to the NPC this season across the globe - Sky NZ, and Stan only? I see RugbyPass don't really exist any more....