DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. THE POPE? OH MY GOD. CATHOLICS ARE REELING AFTER THE POPE'S SURPRISE RESIGNATION. POLICE CONDUCT'S IN THE SPOTLIGHT AFTER A TEENAGER CLAIMS SHE WAS SHOVED BY AN OFFICER. AND IS THIS THE MOST RECKLESS DRIVING YOU'VE SEEN? A ROGUE DRIVER BRINGS A BUSY MOTORWAY TO A HALT. THERE WILL BE A NEW POPE BY EASTER. CATHOLICS AND WORLD LEADERS ARE STILL TAKING IN THE NEWS THAT POPE BENEDICT XVI WILL NO LONGER LEAD THE CHURCH. HIS SHOCK RESIGNATION OVERNIGHT GIVES THE VATICAN LITTLE TIME TO SELECT A NEW PONTIFF, BUT THE 85-YEAR-OLD INSISTS HE NO LONGER HAS THE STRENGTH FOR THE JOB. HE'S THE FIRST PONTIFF TO QUIT SINCE THE MIDDLE AGES. THE BBC'S GAVIN HEWITT REPORTS FROM ROME. (SPEAKS LATIN) IT WAS DURING A ROUTINE MEETING WITH VATICAN CARDINALS THAT POPE BENEDICT DID SOMETHING THAT NO PONTIFF HAD DONE IN NEARLY 600 YEARS. HE ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION AND STUNNED HIS AUDIENCE. (SPEAKS LATIN) SPEAKING IN LATIN, HE SAID, 'I HAVE COME TO THE CERTAINTY THAT MY STRENGTHS, 'DUE TO AN ADVANCED AGE, 'ARE NO LONGER SUITED TO AN ADEQUATE EXECUTION OF ST PETER'S MINISTRY.' ONLY YESTERDAY, THE POPE HAD SPOKEN TO A SUNDAY AUDIENCE IN ST PETER'S SQUARE. THE VATICAN SAID THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC MEDICAL CONDITION THAT FORCED HIM TO STAND DOWN ` MORE THE RECOGNITION FROM THE POPE HIMSELF THAT AT 85, HE DID NOT HAVE THE STAMINA TO CONTINUE. ONE CARDINAL DESCRIBED IT AS A LIBERATING ACT FOR THE CHURCH. NO FUTURE POPE WOULD FEEL COMPELLED TO STAY ON UNTIL DEATH. HINTS HAD BEEN DROPPED BEFORE, BUT STILL IT WAS A HUGE SURPRISE. ALL SING SOLEMNLY TONIGHT, AT A MASS IN SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE IN THE CENTRE OF ROME, THERE WAS AN AWARENESS THAT THIS WAS AN HISTORIC MOMENT FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. (SPEAKS ITALIAN) 'IT WAS A SIGN OF HUMILITY AND GREAT COURAGE,' SAID THIS MAN. WHILE THE TIMING SHOCKED MANY CATHOLICS ACROSS THE WORLD, MANY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THE DECISION WAS THE RIGHT ONE. THE CARDINALS RECOGNISED THAT THIS WAS A MOMENTOUS DECISION FOR POPE BENEDICT. IN TWO WEEKS' TIME, HE WILL NO LONGER BE POPE. AND IN MARCH, HIS SUCCESSOR WILL BE CHOSEN AT A CRITICAL MOMENT FOR THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD'S ONE BILLION CATHOLICS. POPE BENEDICT XVI WAS 78 WHEN HE WAS ELECTED IN 2005, MAKING HIM ONE OF THE OLDEST POPES IN HISTORY. THE BBC'S PHILIPPA THOMAS LOOKS AT THE CAREER OF THE THEOLOGICAL CONSERVATIVE. BELL TOLLS HABEMUS PAPAM. THE GERMAN CARDINAL JOSEPH RATZINGER WAS ELECTED POPE AT THE AGE OF 78. SANCTA ROMANA ECCLESIA, CARDINALEM RATZINGER. HE WAS THE OLDEST MAN FOR 275 YEARS TO ASSUME LEADERSHIP OF THE CHURCH, AND HE HAS A HISTORY OF ILL HEALTH. HE WAS BORN IN A PICTURESQUE VILLAGE IN RURAL SOUTHERN GERMANY, BUT HE WAS JUST 6 WHEN THE NAZIS SWEPT TO POWER AND WAS FORCED TO JOIN THE HITLER YOUTH, SPENDING SOME OF WWII IN AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT UNIT BEFORE DESERTING AS GERMANY COLLAPSED. AFTER THE WAR, THE BOOKISH RATZINGER COMMITTED HIS LIFE TO THE CHURCH, INITIALLY CHAMPIONING MODERNISATION. BUT THE VIOLENT PROTESTS WHICH SWEPT EUROPE IN 1968 APPALLED JOSEPH RATZINGER, CAUSING HIM TO REJECT THEOLOGICAL LIBERALISM. AND IT WAS AS A CONSERVATIVE THINKER THAT HE WAS APPOINTED ARCHBISHOP OF MUNICH, THEN CARDINAL, BEFORE POPE JOHN PAUL II GAVE HIM LEADERSHIP OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH. HE WAS INCREASINGLY SEEN AS THE POPE'S ENFORCER, SPEAKING OUT AGAINST ABORTION, CONTRACEPTION, HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMINISM, ROCK MUSIC, EVEN THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS. AFTER THE DEATH OF POPE JOHN PAUL IN APRIL 2005, WHITE SMOKE FROM THE SISTINE CHAPEL ANNOUNCED CARDINAL RATZINGER'S ELECTION AFTER JUST FOUR BALLOTS. BUT THIS TRADITIONALIST POPE FACED CONTROVERSY TOO. THERE WERE VIOLENT PROTESTS IN SEVERAL MUSLIM COUNTRIES AFTER HE QUOTED CRITICISM OF ISLAM BY A 14TH CENTURY CHRISTIAN LEADER. AND POPE BENEDICT'S VATICAN FACED INTENSIFYING CRITICISM FOR ITS HANDLING OF SEXUAL ABUSE BY PRIESTS. BUT IN THE END, POPE BENEDICT'S RESIGNATION IS FOR STILL MORE PERSONAL REASONS ` HIS PHYSICAL STRUGGLE TO CONTINUE. NEWS OF THE POPE'S SUDDEN RESIGNATION HAS SENT SHOCKWAVES AROUND THE WORLD. NOW THE 500,000 CATHOLICS IN NZ JOIN THE REST OF THE WORLD IN WAITING TO SEE WHO'LL TAKE OVER. EARLY MORNING MASSGOERS WOKE TO THE NEWS NOBODY'S HEARD SINCE MEDIEVAL TIMES ` THEIR LEADER OF EIGHT YEARS HAS BROKEN CONVENTION BY RESIGNING. IT'S A HUGE SHOCK. IT'S NOT SOMETHING ANY OF US HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE. IT'LL BE A SHOCK TO CATHOLICS AROUND THE WORLD, AND HE'S BEEN A GREAT LEADER. HE OPENED MY EYES TO THE FAITH A LOT MORE. UM,... GAVE A BEAMING LIGHT OF HOPE. HANDING OVER THE REINS HAS BEEN LABELLED AS A NOBLE MOVE THAT COULD PAVE THE WAY FOR FUTURE POPES TO STEP DOWN AS WELL. IT'S A COURAGEOUS MOVE. IT'S A BRAVE MOVE, AND IT COULD POSSIBLY COULD BE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE. MANY BELIEVE NOW IS THE TIME FOR SOMEONE YOUNGER TO STEP FORWARD. I FELT WHEN HE WAS ACTUALLY ELECTED POPE THAT HE WAS POSSIBLY MAYBE WAS A LITTLE BIT OLD FOR THE JOB, BUT HE'S A GREAT THEOLOGIAN. BUT IT'LL BE INTERESTING TIMES TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NOW. DESPITE HIS AGE AND RELATIVELY SHORT REIGN, POPE BENEDICT (85) WILL LEAVE BEHIND A LEGACY. I THINK THEY WILL REMEMBER HIM AS SOMEONE WHO WAS KIND AND GRACIOUS AND GENTLE, WHO WAS VERY FRIENDLY AND WELCOMING, THAT HE CAME ACROSS AS AN ABSOLUTE GENTLEMEN. A POPE IS NOT AN ANGEL, AND THERE WILL ALWAYS BE CRITICS, BUT I THINK WHEN HISTORY COMES TO BE WRITTEN, HE WILL BE SEEN TO HAVE BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY POPE. THE 1.2 BILLION CATHOLICS AROUND THE WORLD NOW FACE THE END OF AN ERA, AND EXCITEMENT IS BREWING AS CARDINALS HASTILY ARRANGE ELECTIONS FOR A SUCCESSOR. DANIELLE STANBURY, ONE NEWS. POPE BENEDICT WILL STEP DOWN ON FEBRUARY THE 28TH. HE WON'T PLAY ANY ROLE IN HELPING CHOOSE HIS SUCCESSOR, WHO'S EXPECTED TO BE NAMED BY THE END OF NEXT MONTH. BACK HOME, AND ANGLICANS IN CHRISTCHURCH ARE WATCHING WITH KEEN INTEREST AS THEIR NEW 'CARDBOARD' CATHEDRAL MOVES FORWARD ANOTHER STAGE. THE FIRST OF THE CARDBOARD TUBES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. THEY WERE ORIGINALLY MEANT TO BE PUT UP YESTERDAY. HOWEVER, STRONG WINDS DELAYED THE PROCESS. DESPITE THE WEATHER CONDITIONS COMING RIGHT TODAY, IT'S STILL A DIFFICULT PROCESS. IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING THING NOT ONLY FOR THE CRANE DRIVER BUT FOR THE ENGINEERS AND THE ARCHITECTS TO GET RIGHT. BECAUSE THE ROOF OF THIS BUILDING IS VERY INTERESTING; IT RISES UP AND IT, UM, FROM THE ENTRY POINT STARTS TO NARROW. SO THERE ARE NO TWO FITTINGS THAT ARE EXACTLY THE SAME. IT WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS FOR AROUND 100 TUBES, EACH WEIGHING 120KG, TO BE INSTALLED. THE CATHEDRAL IS DUE TO BE COMPLETED IN APRIL. AUCKLAND POLICE ARE ON THE HUNT FOR A MAN AFTER A DEATH AT A HOUSE IN THREE KINGS LAST NIGHT. MICHAEL ROBERTS (48) WAS FOUND DEAD AT HIS HOME AFTER AN ALTERCATION WITH THREE MEN. TWO MEN, A 19-YEAR-OLD AND A 36-YEAR-OLD, WERE ARRESTED LAST NIGHT AND WILL APPEAR IN THE AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURT CHARGED WITH COMMON ASSAULT. POLICE ARE SEEKING A THIRD MAN AS THEIR INQUIRY FOCUSES ON THE MT ALBERT RD ADDRESS AND A VEHICLE FOUND IN WESTMERE. AN INVESTIGATION'S BEEN LAUNCHED AFTER PICTURES APPEARED ONLINE OF A TEENAGE GIRL WHO SAYS SHE WAS INJURED WHEN SHE WAS PUSHED OVER BY POLICE AT AN EAST AUCKLAND PARTY. ONE NEWS HAS TRACKED DOWN ELLA EKETONE (15), WHOSE FRONT TEETH WERE KNOCKED OUT IN THE FRACAS, AND CAN REVEAL THE MOMENT THE POLICE MOVED IN. THIS REPORT FROM KRISTIN HALL. ELLA EKETONE (15) HAS MORE THAN PHOTOS TO REMEMBER SATURDAY NIGHT. HER TWO FRONT TEETH ARE NOW IN A PLASTIC BAG, ALLEGEDLY BECAUSE OF THE POLICE. THE PHOTOS TOO PAINT A GRISLY PICTURE. HERE SHE IS BEFOREHAND, AND AFTER. HORRIBLE. I JUST STARTED BAWLING MY EYES OUT. HUNDREDS OF TEENAGERS TURNED UP TO THIS HOWICK ADDRESS IN EAST AUCKLAND FOR AN 18TH BIRTHDAY PARTY. BOY: OH MY GOD! HOURS LATER, RIOT SQUADS AND A POLICE CHOPPER FOLLOWED. ELLA WAS OUT THE BACK OF THE HOUSE WITH FRIENDS, WAITING FOR A RIDE HOME. SHE SAYS IT WAS THEN THAT RIOT POLICE JUMPED THE FENCE, ORDERING EVERYONE OUT OF THE HOUSE. HE SHOUTED AT ME, 'MOVE THE <BLEEP> OUT OF THE WAY' AND '<BLEEP> MOVE.' AND HE PUSHED ME, AND I DIDN'T FALL. AND HE PUSHED ME A SECOND TIME. AND THAT'S WHEN I TRIPPED OVER. IT'S A SITUATION FRIENDS AND FAMILY STILL FIND HARD TO BELIEVE. SHE WAS DRINKING, BUT THAT WAS NO EXCUSE TO DO THAT. SHE WAS DOING AS SHE WAS ASKED. POLICE DIDN'T WANT TO COMMENT ON CAMERA, BUT SAY WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AT THE PARTY IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AT THIS STAGE. THEY SAY THEY'LL BE INTERVIEWING WITNESSES AND THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE THERE. THE INCIDENT'S NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY. KRISTIN HALL, ONE NEWS. TELECOM HAS APOLOGISED TO ITS CUSTOMERS AFTER EMAIL ACCOUNTS WERE HIJACKED BY HACKERS. SPAMMERS COMMANDEERED ITS XTRA SERVICE, SENDING EMAILS WITH DODGY LINKS TO USERS' CONTACT LISTS. DESPITE THE SPAM, TELECOM HAS QUASHED FEARS THAT ATTACKERS MAY HAVE DOWNLOADED ENTIRE ADDRESS BOOKS TO TARGET LATER DOWN THE TRACK. SO, THERE'S NO PROOF YET THAT THERE HAS BEEN THEFT OF THAT DATA. HOWEVER, IT'S OBVIOUSLY A CONCERN, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH YAHOO!, AS I SAID, 24-7 TO TRY AND GET THE FACTS BEHIND THAT. THE KEY THING WE'RE SAYING TO OUR CUSTOMERS IS ` AND THIS SHOULD BE A REGULAR MONTHLY THING EVERYONE DOES ON THEIR EMAIL ACCOUNT ` IS CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD. MAKE IT A GOOD, STRONG PASSWORD. A MIX OF LETTERS AND NUMBERS AND SYMBOLS. AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE JUST TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF ATTENTION TO YOUR OWN ONLINE SECURITY, COS THIS IS A GLOBAL ISSUE. THAT FROM TELECOM RETAIL CEO CHIRS QUIN. ROMANIA HAS DENIED IT IS THE SOURCE OF MISLABELLING OF HORSE MEAT WHICH HAS TURNED UP IN FROZEN READY MEALS ACROSS EUROPE. THE ROMANIANS SAY HORSE MEAT THAT LEAVES ITS COUNTRY HASN'T BEEN MINCED AND IS CLEARLY LABELLED AS HORSE. THE BBC'S CHRISTIAN FRASER REPORTS FROM ROMANIA. THE RURAL POVERTY OF ROMANIA, WHERE THE HORSES STILL DO MOST OF THE HAULING AND THE PLOUGHING. AUSTERITY'S BITING DEEPER THAN THE COLD HERE, AND WITH NEW LAWS SUPPOSEDLY BANNING THE HORSE AND TRAP FROM THE HIGHWAYS, MANY MORE ARE BEING SOLD FOR SLAUGHTER. COMPARED WITH RECORD PRICES FOR BEEF, HORSE HAS SUDDENLY BECOME A CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE. NOT THAT THEY EAT IT. MOST OF THESE CUTS WILL BE SENT FOR EXPORT. THIS IS ONE OF TWO ROMANIAN ABATTOIRS INVESTIGATED. AT THIS ONE, THEY SLAUGHTER BOTH HORSE AND CATTLE. BUT SUGGESTIONS FROM FRANCE THE HORSE MEAT WAS MISLABELLED AS BEEF BROUGHT A SHARP REACTION FROM THE ROMANIAN PRIME MINISTER. I AM VERY ANGRY,... TO BE VERY HONEST. ONCE AGAIN, HE SAID, THE MORE POWERFUL ARE SHIFTING THE BLAME TO THE USUAL SUSPECTS OF EASTERN EUROPE. THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND, THE MINISTRY HAS BEEN CHECKING THE DOCUMENTS FOR SLAUGHTER AND EXPORT DATING BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF 2012. THERE WERE, THEY SAID, UNOFFICIAL SPOT CHECKS AT BOTH THESE ABATTOIRS, AND EVERY SHIPMENT OF HORSE CARCASS WAS LABELLED AND VERIFIED ACCORDING TO QUANTITY, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THERE SHOULD BE UNDER EU LAW ` AN OFFICIAL PAPER RECORD FROM STABLE TO TABLE. IT'S SURPRISING AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE, THE COMPLEXITY OF PUTTING PROCESSED FOODS TOGETHER. INGREDIENTS ARE SOURCED FROM THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH. THEY'RE BOUGHT JUST PURELY ON ECONOMICS; THE CHEAPEST MATERIALS POSSIBLE. THIS AFTERNOON, THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT SUMMONED THE INDUSTRY TO A CRISIS MEETING WHILE FRAUD INVESTIGATORS DESCENDED ON THE TWO FRENCH COMPANIES INVOLVED. SOMEBODY IN THIS CONVOLUTED CHAIN OF SUPPLY HAS MADE AN UNSAVOURY PROFIT. BUT WHO WAS IT? IN WHICH COUNTRY WAS IT DONE? AND HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN GOING ON? A SYDNEY MOTORIST FACES A LIKELY JAIL TERM AFTER SOME BIZARRE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DRIVING. HIS DRIVING BROUGHT SYDNEY PEAK-HOUR TRAFFIC TO A STANDSTILL. CHANNEL NINE'S LIZZIE PEARL HAS MORE. HAVE A LOOK AT THIS. A MOMENT OF MADNESS ON THE M2. DURING A SUNNY MORNING PEAK AND INTO TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC, A WHITE CAR MAKES A DANGEROUS THREE-POINT TURN. THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT A FATAL MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT ` A MULTI-FATAL MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT INVOLVING HEAVY VEHICLES AND CARS. SHOCKED CCTV OPERATORS READJUST THE CAMERA WHILE, FACING THE WRONG WAY, THE ROGUE DRIVER WEAVES THROUGH TRAFFIC. ONE OF SYDNEY'S MAJOR MOTORWAYS STOPPED WHILE STUNNED DRIVERS TRY TO AVOID A CRASH. THE CAR CONTINUES, TRYING A RISKY CUT-IN BEHIND A CEMENT TRUCK. A BUS HURTLES PAST; CARS HIT THE BRAKES. THEN WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE THE DRIVER HAS WORKED OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, THE CAR PARKS ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC. THE M2 WAS GOING NOWHERE. A MOTORBIKE RIDER SHAKING HIS FIST VENTS THE ANGER OF HUNDREDS BANKED UP BEHIND. BUT THE CONFUSED DRIVER STILL WANTS TO GO THE WRONG WAY. ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYTHING'S STOPPING IN FRONT OF YOU, AND YOU'VE GOT HEAVY VEHICLES COMING STRAIGHT IN BEHIND YOU AS WELL. FINALLY, BACK IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, A MAJOR ACCIDENT IS AVOIDED. POLICE HAVE BEEN HANDED THE FOOTAGE AND ARE INVESTIGATING LAYING SERIOUS CHARGES. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. THEN IN SPORT ` AN UPSET IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE. AND THE AUSSIE SPORTS SCANDAL CLAIMS ITS FIRST VICTIM. 1 WITH ME NOW IS ROGER COULTER FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. NZ REPORTING SEASON UNDER WAY. TURNERS AUCTIONS FIRST. HOW HAVE THEY DONE? THEY SPECIALISE IN THE USER CAR SECTOR. REVENUE UP 4%. THAT WILL FLOW THROUGH TO A PAYRISE FOR INVESTORS. FINANCE AND INSURANCE IS BEING OFFERED TO BUYERS, SO THAT'S WORKING FOR THEM THE CAR MARKET HAS PICKED UP A BIT. SO IT'S A GOOD RESULT FOR TURNERS. THE SHARE PRICE HAS RESPONDED A BIT, BUT GENERALLY QUIET. NZ OIL AND GAS ARE MAKING SOME PROGRESS WITH ONE OF THEIR PROSPECTS. TELL US ABOUT THIS. NZ OIL AND GAS HAS THE TUI FIELD, WHICH IS PAST ITS PEAK, AND THEY ARE UNDER PRESSURE TO GO FORWARD. NEW DIRECTORS APPOINTED TO THE RESERVE BANK. WHO ARE THEY? MOST NOTABLE ABOUT THE TREASURY BOARD MEMBERS WOULD BE RALPH NORRIS. HE IS A FORMER CEO OF AIR NZ. THANK YOU, ROGER COULTER FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. IN MIDDAY SPORT, AUSTRALIA'S SPORTS DOPING SCANDAL HAS CLAIMED ITS FIRST VICTIM. AN NRL PLAYER WITH LINKS TO THE SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS HAS BEEN STOOD DOWN PENDING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE USE OF BANNED SUBSTANCES. A TEXT MESSAGE CONVERSATION HAS SURFACED IN WHICH THE PLAYER APPEARS TO ADMIT USING PEPTIDES AND STEROIDS. CHANNEL NINE'S DANNY WEIDLER REPORTS. CURTIS JOHNSTON IS A MEMBER OF THE RABBITOHS FEEDER CLUB THE NORTH SYDNEY BEARS. 9 NEWS HAS OBTAINED TEXT MESSAGES SENT FROM HIS PHONE IN WHICH HE APPEARS TO BOAST ABOUT HIS DRUG USE. WHEN ASKED HOW TO ACCESS THE DRUGS, JOHNSTON REPLIES... HE SUPPLIED A NAME AND NUMBER. SOUTHS AND BEARS OFFICIALS NOW HAVE THOSE DETAILS. IT'S UNDERSTOOD JOHNSTON IS CLAIMING THE CONVERSATION WAS A JOKE. HE'S BEEN HERE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. HE'S TESTED AT LEAST FIVE OR SIX TIMES WITH ASADA AND HAS COME BACK NEGATIVE EVERY TIME. HOWEVER, JOHNSTON HAS BEEN STOOD DOWN WHILE THE BEARS INVESTIGATE. AND IF THE NRL OR THE AFL THINK THAT EVERY CLUB ISN'T LOOKING FOR AN EDGE, THEY SHOULD THINK AGAIN. IT'D BE FOOLISH TO THINK THAT ESSENDON WERE THE ONLY CLUB THAT WERE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THESE SORT OF PROGRAMMES. UM, AND I THINK WHEN YOU THINK WHAT THESE PLAYERS DO ON A WEEK-TO-WEEK AND A YEAR-TO-YEAR BASIS, I THINK YOU'VE GOT 18 CLUBS THAT ARE VERY WELL COACHED AND OBVIOUSLY ALL HAVE A VERY GOOD HIGH-PERFORMANCE UNIT, AND THEY'RE ALL LOOKING FOR A CUTTING EDGE. THE DOGS' COACH, DES HASLER, WORKED CLOSELY WITH DANK AT THE EAGLES. HASLER HAS NO PROBLEM WITH HIM. STEVE DANK IS A GREAT THINKER. HE'S A GREAT ANALYTICAL THINKER. I'VE GOT NO QUALM` WE-WE WORK ENTIRELY WITHIN, YOU KNOW, WITH THE POLICY AND THE WADA AND ALL THE ASADA GUIDELINES. PENRITH, CANBERRA AND THE NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS ARE THE FIRST NRL CLUBS TO ADMIT THEY'RE INVOLVED IN THE AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION'S INVESTIGATION INTO DRUGS AND MATCH FIXING. THE COMMISSION GAVE PERMISSION TO THE NRL TO NOTIFY CLUBS IF THEY WERE UNDER SCRUTINY, BUT IT'S UP TO INDIVIDUAL CLUBS IF THEY MAKE THE INFORMATION PUBLIC. AUSTRALIAN NEWS AGENCIES ARE REPORTING THAT MANLY, CRONULLA AND NEWCASTLE ARE ALSO MENTIONED IN THE REPORT. FOOTBALL ` WEST BROM HAVE STUNNED LIVERPOOL 2-0 AT ANFIELD TO SNAP THEIR SIX-GAME LOSING STREAK IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE. WEST BROM GOALKEEPER BEN FOSTER PULLED OFF TWO BRILLIANT SAVES BEFORE GARETH MCAULEY HEADED HOME FOR THE VISITORS. LIVERPOOL, WHO'VE WASTED A PENALTY OPPORTUNITY, NOW DEFENDING... AND CONCEDING TO GARETH MCAULEY'S HEADER. ANY HOPE OF A LIVERPOOL REVIVAL WAS KILLED OFF IN THE 90TH MINUTE AS ROMELU LUKAKU SCORED HIS 10TH GOAL OF THE SEASON. SO WEST BROM 2, LIVERPOOL NIL. THE NZ WHITE FERNS ARE ON THE VERGE OF BEING KNOCKED OUT OF THE CRICKET WORLD CUP IN INDIA AFTER SUFFERING A 48-RUN DEFEAT TO THE WEST INDIES LAST NIGHT. THE KIWIS' CAUSE WAS NOT HELPED BY SEVERAL SHOCKING UMPIRING DECISIONS AS THEY LOOKED TO CHASE DOWN THE WINDIES' 207. PLAYERS YELL GREAT BOWLING. GIVEN! NOW, THAT'S A SURPRISE. BEAUTIFUL BALL, SWINGING IN INSIDE EDGE. MASSIVE INSIDE EDGE. OUT! GOING DOWN. OH, THAT'S A POOR DECISION. I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE BALL WAS GOING, AND IT WAS NOT GOING TO HIT THE STUMPS. THE WHITE FERNS WERE EVENTUALLY DISMISSED FOR 159, WITH CAPTAIN SUZIE BATES REFUSING TO LAY BLAME ELSEWHERE. OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF HURT IN THE CHANGING ROOM THIS AFTERNOON, BUT WE JUST DIDN'T PLAY GOOD ENOUGH TODAY. AND THE WEST INDIES CAME OUT, AND WITH THE BAT THEY PUT ON A DECENT SCORE AND THEN EXECUTED WITH THE BALL. AND WE'RE JUST REALLY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE WAY WE PLAYED TODAY. NZ NOW NEEDS AUSTRALIA TO BEAT THE WEST INDIES AS WELL AS WIN THEIR OWN MATCH AGAINST ENGLAND IF THEY'RE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO PROGRESS TO THE FINAL. MEANWHILE, THE BLACKCAPS PLAY ENGLAND AGAIN TONIGHT IN THEIR SECOND T20 INTERNATIONAL. THE MATCH IN HAMILTON STARTS AT 7 O'CLOCK. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. 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