Paul and Glenn are back for another action-packed fun episode. This week in our ANZAC Day special, we look at the Trans/Tasman rivalry between Australia and New Zealand in sport. We also pay our respects to the Australian and New Zealand soldiers who have served in war and those who have lost their lives.
In this episode some of what we will discuss include.
- The close rivalry in netball between the two countries and the prestigious trophy they play for every year.
- The history of Rugby League between the two nations and the tough, brutal encounters.
- An infamous brawl that took place on the sidelines between two forwards in a Rugby League test in 1985 and the two culprits involved.
- The dominance of New Zealand rugby in the Bledisloe Cup. And in Super Rugby.
- New Zealand teams that play in some of Australia’s national sporting competitions eg, New Zealand Warriors, the Breakers.
- Australia and New Zealand at the Olympic Games.
- How Aussie Rules was the first time the two nations played sport against each other in 1868.
- The history of Cricket between the two nations in all three formats of the game.
- History of Soccer between the nations and appearances at the World Cup.
- New Zealand’s impressive performances in horse racing and motor racing.
- Some well-known New Zealand racehorses and V8 Supercar drivers.
We have our Claps and Slaps for the week and Glenn has a crackin joke. We also have our Quiz and Who Am I? and Where Are Now? segments.
Australia and New Zealand rivalry sources
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzac_Day
2. Sport and war. By Australian war memorial. Google, arts and culture.
3. NZ pocket guide.com ‘the new zealand/australia rivalry:what you need to know’, by Robin C, 2024.
4. The university of Queensland, australia. Sport, war and society in austalia and new zealand’, martin crotty and robert hess, routledge, 2016.
5. aph.gov.au ‘the anzac connection: trans-tasman ties in the century since beersheba’, by chris seed, parliament of australia, n.d.
6. foxsports.com ‘mad tuesday: 11 things you never wanted to know about the trans tasman sporting rivalry’, by trevor marshallsea, 3/5/2016.
7. The guardian.com ‘trans-tasman rivalry: off-the-pitch clashes between australia and new zealand’, by michael safi, 30/10/2015.
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93New_Zealand_sports_rivalries
9. The spinoff.co.nz ‘rating the best trans-tasman sporting rivalries’, by alex braae, 23/4/2021.
10. newshub.co.nz ‘five factors in the nz-australia sporting rivalry’, 29/10/2015.
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation_Cup
12. https://diamonds.netball.com.au/ConstellationCup2023
14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_at_the_Olympics#:
16. Diamonds netball.com ‘australia netball team. Our history. The history of the australian diamonds is the history of netball’, n.d.
23. https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/38953/new-zealand-bred-melbourne-cup-winners
24. stuff.co.nz ‘kiwis conquer bathurst 1000: shane van gisbergen, richie stanaway record historic win’, by david long, 8/10/23.
25. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_van_Gisbergen
26. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Richards_(racing_driver
29. New zealand.com ‘maori haka’, 100% pure new zealand. N.d.
30. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_vs_New_Zealand_in_rugby_league
31. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Dowling
32. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Tamati
33. Nz herald.co.nz ‘league: tamati reveals racial abuse sparked infamous brawl’, by nzpa, 26/10/2008.
34. Carlaw park legends ‘kevin tamati/greg dowling dance’, cdl episode 4.22/4/2019.
35. A centenary of rugby league 1908-2008, the definitive story of the game in australia, ‘1985 mortimer magic’, by ian heads and david middleton, macmillan press,2008.
36. Daily telegraph.com ‘greg dowling stouch with kevin tamati defies trans-tasman test rivalry’, by robert craddock, 26/4/2015.
37. Inside aotearoa ‘fight: kevin tamati v greg dowling’, 16/4/2018.
