Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - BONUS: Laura McGoldrick Weekend Sports Update

Episode Date: September 2, 2022

Jono sounds just like a Radio Sport announcer, we get Laura's hot takes on a Kid end of game comments at the All Blacks, Serena Williams last major tournament, why no-one should consult Meghan Markle, and humiliating yourself as a reporter at sports games.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to a bonus podcast from Jono and Ben on The Hits. We talk sports heading into the weekend with Laura McGoldrick from Brad and Laura in the afternoons. Oh, Benny boy from the afternoon show joined by Laura McGoldrick, lazer, jazzer and bazaar of sports. You don't have to talk like a sports jock when we talk sports. I love it. God almighty, that sounded like radio sport, RIP. But that sounded exactly like how you launch into a radio sport bit.

Big weekend of sport. Ben, you sent some notes out last night. Yeah, I did. Well, Laura McGoldrick, I know you're from Christchurch. And after the game last weekend with the All Blacks, they were outside the stadium talking to people about their reflections on the test. And this little kid, he must have been about five or six. This is what he had to say.

Not great at all. Horrible. No good? No. Nah, shit game. Nah, shit game. Nah, shit game. Yeah. So did he sum up how everyone was feeling in Christchurch?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that was it. Yeah. Simple and succinct, that's how we like to do it in Christchurch. But it was bloody awful. But the weirdest thing about that game, if you go back and watch it, the All Blacks just, there were moments. They had more possession, they had the ball more. The All Blacks just butchered moments, you know, they had more possession, they had the ball more. There was just, the All Blacks just butchered it.

Turn things around this weekend, Hamilton, Saturday night. We're going to win, right? Yeah. I'm not a professional athlete. I don't know if you could tell. Surprised at all, yeah. Do you think they're getting inside their heads out there? You know, if something doesn't go their way, they go,

uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, and it starts a big snowball effect of bad decision-making and simple mistakes. Yes, it could be that. It could be the fact that other teams, and the All Blacks have spent so many years dictating the terms of the game of rugby on the field, like the pace of it and everything, and now teams have learned to do that back to them, and the All Blacks maybe aren't coping quite as well as they should be

in terms of the temperament of the game and the tempo. So I don't know. They are making silly little mistakes. Discipline's a problem. But, you know, we're a year away from a World Cup. We'll be fine. You want to be as positive as you can. And I'm not sure us fans are helping too much.

No, this conversation's probably not helping. No, let's switch things up. Serena Williams, her last major tournament before, she hasn't called it retirement, but she goes to the next phase of her life, and it's been amazing seeing all the celebrities. I don't know if you've seen, there's been, Bill Clinton was there, Hugh Jackman, Rebel Wilson,

Anna Wintour, you know, there are a whole lot of celebs coming out to support her, which is awesome. Yeah, I'm more impressed with the fact that she just blatantly walked out onto court dripping in diamonds and had a train. That's a bougie. I mean, you back yourself, girl. You get out there and you sparkle with your... And matching what her daughter was wearing as well on the crowd, who had a little Instamatic camera. It was very cute.

She was very cute, and she had the beads in her hair, which was harking back to when Venus and Serena first started playing tennis. They had the white beads in their hair when they had the braided, which I thought was pretty cool as well. It's almost like the other players just need to let her win the tournament. Yeah, it'd be nice to have her go out on top, wouldn't it? It would be nice. It would be the right thing to do. It would be, yeah. If they had any sort of heart.

I know you're a big Royal fan, but Serena Williams said she consulted Meghan Markle about her retirement. She said all this on this new podcast that Meghan's got. Yeah, no one should be consulting Meghan Markle. Let's be honest. You've got beef you need to sizzle with Markle, eh? I've got massive beef with that woman.

Don't you come down on the Queen like that. That ain't your place to stay. Number one podcast on Spotify. Knocked off Joe Rogan. Yeah, I did see that. Did you hear her call Mariah a diva? And she said that she goes, you know, now diva is a word I just can't associate with. Like, I just can't.

And Mariah's like, are you joking? Where's the Queen's podcast sitting on the top ten? Yeah, I'm not sure. Not sure yet. And finally, Laura McGoldrick, there was a baseball reporter in the United States who decided at the ground to go down the slide, and it didn't end well. He came in hot. Watch.

All right, here we go. Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! So that's the sound of him smashing into the wall at the end of the slide.

He broke a hand and broke his wrist as well. This was all on just a bit of colour stuff, you know, out and about to bring some entertainment to the TV broadcast. He didn't sound like he was enjoying any part of that trip. No, no, there was not an ounce of joy in his voice at any point of that slide. But, you know, as someone who's done a lot of colour at sporting events, there is the odd chance that you will absolutely humiliate yourself. What colour have you been forced

to do for Sky? Because that's what they call it in the industry. It adds a bit of colour to the broadcast. Yeah, it gives you a little bit of context of what's going on at the ground if you can't be there. Yeah, there's been some interesting cricket shots I've chosen to play in the backyard with the kids in my high heels while Guppy's batting

and then the commentators compare the two of us and our technique, which is not embarrassing at all. Laura McGoldrick, always a pleasure. Go the All Blacks, go the Warriors, go everybody that I forgot to mention. You have a great weekend. You have a great weekend too, guys. Thanks so much. You've been listening to a podcast from The Hits. For more audio, search up Megan Pappas on the 3pm pickup You have a great weekend too guys, thanks so much