The All Sport Breakfast

• Dhcamad Armstrong: NZ Heavyweight fighter previews Arsenal-X

  Arsenal-X hits Eventfinda stadium in Auckland this weekend. It is the only hybrid combat sport event in the country where fighters from MMA and Kickboxing meet. Each round the skillset changes with rounds being contested in boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, and MMA. D'Arcy spoke with New Zealand heavyweight and one half of the main event, Dhcamad Armstrong, to discuss what a hybrid combat sport event actually is and preview his upcoming matchup. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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• Artem Sitak: NZ Team Captain on their bid for the Davis Cup

  New Zealand's bid for promotion in tennis' Davis Cup begins in their World Group II tie against Georgia in Palmerston North this afternoon. The winning nation will progress to the Group I playoffs. Non-playing captain Artem Sitak joined D’Arcy Waldegrave to preview the event. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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• Tamati Ellison: All Blacks Assistant Coach previews the second clash against South Africa

  Can the All Blacks claim victory at the capital? On the back of the 24-17 victory at Eden Park they’ll will be wanting to follow that up with another strong performance at Sky Stadium tonight, sweeping the Springboks on home soil. Ahead of the test match D'Arcy caught up with All Blacks assistant coach Tamati Ellison to see how things are in the All Blacks camp. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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• Slade Griffin: Warriors Assistant Coach previews the elimination final against the Penrith Panthers

  The Warriors have qualified for finals football for the second time in the last three seasons. Finishing 6th on the ladder has resulted in a home elimination final, the team facing the four-time defending champions, the Penrith Panthers. D’Arcy caught up with the Warriors’ assistant coach Slade Griffin ahead of the clash to see how the team’s looking heading into their biggest game of the season thus far. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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• D'Arcy Waldegrave: Netball NZ's poor management of the Taurua situation

  It’s been quite the week for Netball New Zealand. The walls came crashing in on Wednesday when it was announced that super coach Noeline Taurua was stood down in the shadow of an investigation into the Silver Ferns high performance programme and environment. The statement was as abrupt as it was unexpected. Netball went into a tailspin as the whole sport, from deep inside to the exterior, flailed about trying to make sense of what had just happened. And we couldn’t. It was a mess. It was clumsy at best, although negligent would be a better description of the handling of the situation. I will give them this though, the lid was well and truly sealed on this chaos. Short of those deep in the interior of this schism, no one knew, or at least no one leaked anything. Then the can sprang open, and the snake popped out to everyone's shock. I understand that at the heart of this issue is an employment tussle, making it difficult to share details of the rupture, but the lack of any detail surrounding the slow collapse of the relationship between the coach, the players, and the administration, leaves huge holes in the narrative. The executive team should’ve done better. They’ve given themselves a black eye. What happens in a vacuum such this? People build their own story. They take loose ends and string them together, creating a macramé mess that ties the sport in knots. There are reckons everywhere. Outrage in some quarters, confusion in others. That the CEO Jenny Wylie was on leave and the chair Matt Whinery was left to face the music created more angst. The whole process was, and still is, being poorly managed. Netball NZ has taken a number of body blows over the past few months, is this the one that will floor the organisation, leaving them prone on the canvas? Only time will tell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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