Rnz: Extra Time

In this week's edition of Extra Time: The Breakers basketball team and their fans celebrate back-to-back Australian titles; The England Rugby Union is after the World Cup winning assistant All Blacks coach Wayne Smith; We talk to a young sprinter after the national Olympic track cycling team is named; The Warriors prepare to lose their tackling machine Michael Luck at the end of the NRL season; The Auckland City footballers get up off the canvas and look ahead to the Oceania Champions League final and; English netball import Jo Harten on the challenge of playing 'down under' with the Tactix.

In the programme this week: the Hamilton V8 Supercar race - will it be the last time New Zealand hosts a round?; The All Black halfback Jimmy Cowan tells us why he's off to England; We talk to former Crusader now Hurricanes midfielder Tim Bateman, who has job of marking Dan Carter in his 100th super rugby game; We mark 100 days to go until the London Olymics; and Wellington triathlete Kate McIlroy hopes she can finally make it to an Olympics after injury robbed her of the opportunity of competing at the Beijing Games.

In the programme this week, we talk tactics with the Breakers guard Daryl Corletto as the New Zealanders plot the defence of their ANBL title, we talk to Hurricanes lock and former All Black Jason Eaton about his desire to reclaim the black jersey, we pick the brain of Bike New Zealand's high performance manager Mark Elliot after the track cycling world champs in Melbourne, we catch up with women's K1 200 kayaking world champion Lisa Carrington as the New Zealand canoe squad head to Europe for their final preparations before the London Olympic games and we speak to the West Coast Fever and former Australian netball coach Norma Plummer about her challenging new role.

In this week's edition of Extra Time we talk to the Sir Alex Ferguson of Sevens Rugby, Gordon Tietjens, who's signed on with the New Zealand Rugby Union through until the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. We look into the confusion over qualifying standards, which has lead to the world junior shot put champion Jacko Gill giving up on the London Olympics. The Warriors and the Blues ruminate on how to turn their seasons around and we hear why the Southern Steel won't be the also-rans of the trans-Tasman netball competition.

We review the Black Caps series against South Africa with former New Zealand captain, coach and selector Glenn Turner. The trans-Tasman netball competition begins this weekend with New Zealand teams trying to end Australia's domination. The Phoenix farewell midfielder Tim Brown and we hear from Hurricanes skipper Conrad Smith on his side's unexpected Super rugby efforts. And the itsy bitsy teeny weeny bikini, won't be de rigeur for beach volleyball at the London Olympics.

We hear from the All Blacks and Blues loose forward Jerome Kaino who's decided to leave New Zealand rugby for Japan, fellow All Blacks loosie Victor Vito talks about the Hurricanes match against the Blues where he'll come up against several former teamates, the Phoenix striker Chris Greenacre talks about his new role ahead of the side's final regular season match against A-League competition leaders the Central Coast, the Olympic men's football team's hopes of a place in London mid-year go on the line in Taupo, and cyclist Julian Dean's Olympic dreams are over after breaking his leg.

We speak to former All Black Warwick Taylor about his memories of the late New Zealand rugby legend Jock Hobbs, we talk to All Black Aaron Cruden after the first five re-committed to the Chiefs and New Zealand rugby for another two years, we examine the future of the New Zealand franchises as the NZRU looks to a new Super Rugby investment model, we catch up with Camper's helmsman Rob Salthouse as the Team New Zealand boat prepares in Auckland ahead of leg five of the Volvo Ocean Race to Brazil and we pick the brains of the young Warriors centre Konrad Hurrell as he soaks in his debut season in the club's top side.

In Extra Time this week, we're on board Team New Zealand's boat Camper as they head towards Auckland and the finish of leg four of the Volvo Round the World Yacht Race. Wayne Smith discusses adjusting from All Black to Super rugby coaching, the Auckland high jumper Liz Lamb talk about the heights she'll have to reach to get to the London Olympics and the Silver Fern mid courter Laura Langman reflects on the trans Tasman netball competition's pre-season tournament.

In Extra Time this week the trans-tasman netball season is around the corner and one of the more intriguing aspects of the competition will be whether one of the country's most successful coaches can turn around the fortunes of one of the worst performing teams. We talk to Robyn Broughton about her new challenge at the helm of the Wellington based Pulse. Ironman legend Cameron Brown talks about defending his New Zealand crown. The former All Black Tamiti Ellison discusses his decision to return to New Zealand to play rugby after a two-year stint in Japan. And the Christchurch mountainbiker Anton Cooper talks about his rise to the top.

In Extra Time this week rugby's at the top of the agenda with the resumption of the Super rugby competition. We examine the impact of the World Cup on the season ahead and talk to Dave Rennie about the weight of expectation having taken over the reins at the perenial underperforming Chiefs. We continue our Olympic buildup when we're joined by world champion shot putter and New Zealand Sportswoman of the Year Val Adams and sixteen years after her last international Rebecca Rolls tells us why she's back in the New Zealand women's football team.

In the programme this week...We talk to the New Zealand football coach Rikci Herbert after the former player committed to the All Whites through to the next world cup, we catch up with the Phoenix star striker Paul Ifill as the third placed Wellingtonians head into the business end of the regular season, we pick the brain of one part of the world champion rowing pair of Hamish Bond and Eric Murray as they continue their path towards the London Olympics at the New Zealand nationals and we speak to the Warriors back Jerome Ropati and coach Brian McLennan about filling the problematic centre position and the upcoming NRL season.

In the programme this week...We catch up with All Blacks captain Richie McCaw after the men in black cleaned up at the Halberg sports awards, we talk to the New Zealand football coach Ricki Herbert as the All Whites begin their preparations for the upcoming friendly against Jamaica, we pick the brain of the All Whites newest squad member Dan Keat, we talk to a rather unhappy New Zealand women's hockey coach Mark Hager after their disappointing Champions Trophy tournament and we cover the glitz and glamour of the biggest night in New Zealand sport at the Halberg awards in Auckland.

In this edition of Extra Time the new chief executive of New Zealand Cricket, David White, discusses John Wright's future as Black Caps coach, we talk to a Christchurch woman who hopes to become the first blind woman to complete the Coast to Coast. Rugby sevens coach Gordon Tietjens puts the case for fulltime Sevens contracts and the NZ women's hockey coach Mark Hager reflects on the side's Champions Trophy campaign.

In the first Extra Time programme of 2012, we mark the 50th anniversary of Peter Snell's world record mile at Cooks Gardens in Whanganui. We talk to the New Zealand women's hockey team as they prepare for the Champions Trophy tournament in Argentina. The Wellington Phoenix skipper Andrew Durante ponders his team's rise up the A League ladder and tennis officials take on the grunters and shriekers of the women's game.

In the final edition of Extra Time for 2011 the sports team of Barry Guy, Stephen Hewson and Murray Williams look back at the sporting year, which was dominated by the Rugby World Cup. The team also hands out a few sporting awards.

In the final edition of Extra Time for 2011 the sports team of Barry Guy, Stephen Hewson and Murray Williams look back at the sporting year, which was dominated by the Rugby World Cup. The team also hands out a few sporting awards.

This week a disgraced All Black has been suspended for four matches and says he won't drink for a year. The New Zealand Rugby Union isn't sure Zac Guildford will be able to keep his word, though, and we hear why, despite that, he's still been given another chance. With the men's Champions Trophy tournament over Hockey New zealand's chief executive discusses the re-appointment of the women's coach, who explains why he has foregone a return to Queensland for another three years. With just over seven months to go before London hosts the Olympics, we talk to the New Zealand Olympic Committee's new secretary-general and one of New Zealand's current crop of world champion rowers. And as cricket fans savour the second test win over Australia in Hobart we get a more grassroots view of the game from a former assistant national coach.

The New Zealand men's hockey team has reached the last four at the Champions Trophy for the first time since 1978. But the defending champions, the Australians, are poised for a record fourth consecutive title - we talk to their coach about the state of the game in Oceania. New Zealand cricket's new chief executive, David White, talks about the challenges he faces. We get an insiders' view on 16-year-old shot putter Jacko Gill who threw an Olympic qualifying distance this week, and the former All Whites skipper Steve Sumner recalls playing the late great Brazilian footballer Socrates at the 1982 World cup in Spain.

In the programme this week : the Black Sticks men have a rare chance to play the world's top teams at home; New Zealand hockey's chief executive discusses the importance of the Champion's Trophy at North Harbour; the Super Rugby sides are back into full training; we look at some of the newcomers to Auckland for next month's Heineken Open tennis tournament.

Are the Australian cricketers so vulnerable the Black Caps could win a test match there for the first time in 26 years? Double Olympic cycling medallist Hayden Roulston laments the selection policy for the London Games, Katrina Grant eagerly anticipates her return to the international netball stage and we reminisce with the legendary speedway rider Barry Briggs, who's back in the country for the Burt Munro Challenge in Invercargill.