New Zealand’s premier domestic football competition kicked off last week. 

Ten clubs from across the country are taking part in the National League Football competition, with Western Springs qualifying through their win in the Northern League. 

They kicked off their campaign with a 3-0 win over Western Suburbs last week, and are facing a tough challenge this week as they take on Chatham Cup winners Wellington Olympic away from home. 

D'Arcy caught up with Western Springs captain Reid Drake to preview the matchup. 

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New Zealand’s premier domestic football competition kicked off last week.&nbsp;
Ten clubs from across the country are taking part in the National League Football competition, with Western Springs qualifying through their win in the Northern League.&nbsp;
They kicked off their campaign with a 3-0 win over Western Suburbs last week, and are facing a tough challenge this week as they take on Chatham Cup winners Wellington Olympic away from home.&nbsp;
D'Arcy caught up with Western Springs captain Reid Drake to preview the matchup.&nbsp;
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Reid Drake: Western Springs AFC Captain previews their clash against Wellington Olympic

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This weekend is light on Super Rugby action, but the Chiefs are still facing a looming clash against the Waratahs tonight. 

After two tough matches over in Australia, the Kiwi side will be looking to put on a strong performance at home. 

Chiefs prop Ollie Norris joined D’Arcy to preview the clash. 

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This weekend is light on Super Rugby action, but the Chiefs are still facing a looming clash against the Waratahs tonight.&nbsp;
After two tough matches over in Australia, the Kiwi side will be looking to put on a strong performance at home.&nbsp;
Chiefs prop Ollie Norris joined D’Arcy to preview the clash.&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE&nbsp;

Ollie Norris: Chiefs Prop previews the Super Rugby clash against the Waratahs

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Wednesday saw the White Ferns make history in their second ODI against South Africa. 

They chased down a mammoth 347 to win by two wickets, anchored by a true captain's knock of 179 from Amelia Kerr.  

This leaves the series tied at 1-1, with the decider taking place later today. 

Batter for the side, Suzie Bates joined D’Arcy to discuss the series so far. 

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Wednesday saw the White Ferns make history in their second ODI against South Africa.&nbsp;
They chased down a mammoth 347 to win by two wickets, anchored by a true captain's knock of 179 from Amelia Kerr. &nbsp;
This leaves the series tied at 1-1, with the decider taking place later today.&nbsp;
Batter for the side, Suzie Bates joined D’Arcy to discuss the series so far.&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE&nbsp;

Suzie Bates: White Ferns Batter on their victory in the second ODI against South Africa, previews the decider

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Easter is a strange time. For many reasons. I won’t do a deep dive into the relevance of compulsory days off attached to a particular belief code, I thought we were a secular society, but it is what it is right? I’ll take the break.

The idea that folk have a long weekend, loosely associated with an archaic concept, is music to most people's ears. A time to reconnect with family, hang out with friends or hide in a dark room watching sport – whatever floats your boat.

The CEO of Super Duper Rugby Pacific, Jack Mesley, joins Piney on Weekend Sport this afternoon to discuss the peeled back nature of this weekend's round.

Three games. That’s all. A captive audience, some with nothing to do, others hiding from their families, some needing to feed their footy habit. 

You could sensationalise this by saying 40% of the fixtures have been torched, but with such a slim comp, 40% is only two games. 

Still. Over the ditch in the NRL, the games have been stretched over five days. Full noise, full steam, full Easter long weekend programme. Yes, the NRL have the teams to do it with eight games to juggle, but even with five games, you’d hope that Super Rugby could capitalise on the long weekend. 

Negligent? Pragmatic? Meh? 

I’m very interested in what Jack Mesley has to say about this scheduling. With him in charge, the competition has embraced the warm props (the attending fans) and the couch bound eyeballs, so I’m presuming there is logic behind this threadbare showing.

Easter is a strange time. For many reasons. I won’t do a deep dive into the relevance of compulsory days off attached to a particular belief code, I thought we were a secular society, but it is what it is right? I’ll take the break.
The idea that folk have a long weekend, loosely associated with an archaic concept, is music to most people's ears. A time to reconnect with family, hang out with friends or hide in a dark room watching sport – whatever floats your boat.
The CEO of Super Duper Rugby Pacific, Jack Mesley, joins Piney on Weekend Sport this afternoon to discuss the peeled back nature of this weekend's round.
Three games. That’s all. A captive audience, some with nothing to do, others hiding from their families, some needing to feed their footy habit.&nbsp;
You could sensationalise this by saying 40% of the fixtures have been torched, but with such a slim comp, 40% is only two games.&nbsp;
Still. Over the ditch in the NRL, the games have been stretched over five days. Full noise, full steam, full Easter long weekend programme. Yes, the NRL have the teams to do it with eight games to juggle, but even with five games, you’d hope that Super Rugby could capitalise on the long weekend.&nbsp;
Negligent? Pragmatic? Meh?&nbsp;
I’m very interested in what Jack Mesley has to say about this scheduling. With him in charge, the competition has embraced the warm props (the attending fans) and the couch bound eyeballs, so I’m presuming there is logic behind this threadbare showing.

D'Arcy Waldegrave: Why strip back Super Rugby on a long weekend?

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Reid Drake: Western Springs AFC Captain previews their clash against Wellington Olympic

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