D'Arcy Waldegrave returned to wrap another day of sports news! Highlights for tonight include:

Dean Lonergan - Boxing Promoter and Former Kiwi International - On the new Runit Championship coming to New Zealand.

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Nick Mills - Wellington Saints Owner - On the Indian Panthers being suspended.

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Optimism from the Indian Panthers' boss that his club will be able to return to the NBL this season.

The Panthers have been handed an immediate and indefinite suspension from the basketball league - amid serious allegations of payment issues and poor treatment of players.

The ban will only be lifted if the club meet the NBL commission's conditions.

CEO Parveen Batish is confident the Panthers will be back.

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New Zealand Rugby has warned Kiwis of the significant risks linked to a new “run it straight” sport, which has rival participants run at each other with full force.

“Run it straight” is touted as a new combat sport that attempts to mirror actions seen in rugby league, union and AFL matches.

It features opposing individuals – a ball runner and a tackler – run full speed at each other with the goal of trying to bowl each other over.

The Runit Championship League hosted its inaugural live tournament in Melbourne last night, and a similar event is set to come to New Zealand this month.

Former Kiwi and boxing promoter Dean Lonergan joined D'Arcy Waldegrave to discuss concerns surrounding a new sport being introduced to New Zealand.

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Confidence from Les Kiss that he can pick up where current Wallabies rugby coach Joe Schmidt leaves off.

The Queensland Reds coach will claim the Australian job mid next year.

Schmidt will continue beyond his planned exit later this year - adding the Wallabies end of year tour and the start of the new Nations Championship in July 2026.

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NBL basketball officials say they're considering options regarding the future of the Indian Panthers after meetings involving all 12 clubs today.

In a statement, the league says they were made aware last Friday of delayed payments to players, before meeting with Panthers ownership on Monday.

The league was informed yesterday that players had been paid - and told plans were in place for the Rams game to proceed, before players elected not to take to the court.

Panthers CEO Parveen Batish admits players were being short-changed, but says he'd solved the matter before the game.

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D'Arcy Waldegrave returned to wrap another day of sports news! Highlights for tonight include:

Bill Harrigan - Former NRL Ref Boss - On the big crackdown on head knocks.

Slade Griffin - Warriors Assistant Coach - On their unchanged side to play the Cowboys.

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The Warriors have named an unchanged lineup to face the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL's Magic Round in Brisbane on Saturday.

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Former NRL referee Bill Harrigan feels common sense needs to be taken into account when determining the severity of high tackles.

It follows round eight of the competition, where 18 players were sin-binned, 15 of those for head high contact.

One of those was Rabbitohs fullback Latrell Mitchell, who was given his marching orders after a hit on Storm winger Sua Fa'alogo, who appeared to be slipping before the collision.

Harrigan points to that incident as one he disagrees with.

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