National sport

Yeah.

Have you ever watched the National Sport of Turkey? No.

Oh, it's great.

It's Turkish oil wrestling.

I like to do that to the Warriors sometimes.

But you can't sit here and tell me, Brad, there's... more than enough room for the Warriors to operate as well as they are and then have the National Sport or Rugby Union continue to be successful on the world stage.

Definitely.

Why do we have to choose between

Look at the distance.

Two minutes after nine, Sport Nation mornings.

Well, sport can be pretty cruel, can't it? There's this Greek legend about a guy called Sisyphus.

Now, stay with me on this.

That wasn't a great look.

But hey, tell us as well just how much enjoyment you had while it lasted about why you will follow this team all the way up and down that hill no matter what.

That's what we're about this morning, the first hour on Sport Nation Mornings.

Richie Barnett's going to be along very soon.

Very good morning, team.

Welcome along to Sport Nation.

It is 6.01.

I was in record mode.

I've been to a lot of All Black Test matches obviously, I've been privileged to be there both as a supporter and as a broadcaster and gee there are some tense crowds at Test matches and I think sometimes you look at the Warriors and you think win or lose, you can go there and you can get a lot off your chest.

in 80 minutes and walk away feeling, you know, regardless of result, walk away feeling quite inflated by the whole experience, which is somewhat different sometimes when you go and watch the national rugby team playing.

6.15 here on Sport Nation.

You were Scotty and Sammy Meyer in the Alpha running the cutter for us.