The All Sport Breakfast

Ryan Fox. What's left to add? The tsunami of Fox has flooded New Zealand's media landscape, sweeping all other sport stories away. Which netball must be most appreciative of. I'd focus on that long-term slow-motion locomotive derailment, but I need positivity this morning, not more handwringing around that fall from grace. Stand down.
Back to Ryan. The plaudits coming his way are richly deserved. No sportsperson encapsulates what Kiwis believe to be who we are, more than this reluctant golfing icon. Because he is an icon now. His success, and the manner of, at the Open, has catapulted him into our sporting iconography. His dad-bod and bandy legged charge up the 18th is a picture we’ll never forget.
The beauty of the guy with a swing akin to a lumberjack having a crack at a pine, is his ambivalent attitude to how he is seen. Not one funk given. Like the famous meme, "Behold the field in which I grow my funks, lay thine eyes upon it, and see that it is barren".
He drinks too much red wine, likes a pie, doesn't mess around on the tees, fairways or greens. Pragmatic in his approach - see ball, hit ball. There is nothing self-important or superior about him or his game. And the global golfing community has bought into it as well. He's a human, warts and all, which reflects the majority of golfers. Out there, having a good time, playing golf for the love of it.
He's very approachable from a media standpoint too, although I expect with his stratospheric profile now, that will understandably change. I've never had an issue locking him in for a chat, and he's never offered anything less than his authentic self.
I spoke with him a couple of years back as he was finding his place in the upper echelon of golf, appearing in major tournaments had started to become a regular occurrence. I asked him if he felt he belonged at that level yet, and how important that was for his game. He said he'd finally started to feel that he did, and it was. No longer starstruck or overwhelmed (not that he ever looked like he was), he felt then that this was his world, his space and he deserved to be there.
Now the world knows what he had grown to know.
And it hasn't changed him.
Outfunkingstanding.
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The NRLW Warriors put on a clinic last weekend in their first match of the season at Mount Smart Stadium crushing the Cowboys 42-4.
They are back in action tomorrow afternoon - when they take on the Eels in Sydney.
Metanoia Fetalaiga is a prop for the side, she joined D'Arcy to discuss.
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We've reached the final round of the NZNBL, and the Auckland Tuatara are hunting for a top two spot in order to get a first round bye in the playoffs.
They take on the Taranaki Airs tomorrow afternoon in what is a must-win if they are to have any chance to secure that spot.
Josh Dilling is a point guard for the Tuatara, he joined D'Arcy to discuss.
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Super Rugby Aupiki has reached its climax with the 2026 Grand Final looming this afternoon.
The Blues Women will be taking on Matatū at One New Zealand Stadium in Christchurch.
Amarante Sititi is starting in the loose forwards for the Blues, she joined D'Arcy to discuss.
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The Warriors picked up another good win last weekend, having beaten the Dragons 20-12 at Mount Smart Stadium.
Tonight, they take on the Bulldogs in another important clash to remain second on the table.
Richard Agar is an assistant coach of the Warriors, he joined D'Arcy to discuss.
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