We take a look at the Super 14 semi-finals, and look forward to the final. Will it be Crusaders, again? Also, Scottie Dixon takes out the Indy 500; more role-playing with Megan; Chelsea slip up at the Champions League final, Ferrari crash out at Monte Carlo, the Kiwi cricketers collapse, and the CoC kick some kiwi canoers (rowers, actually, but the alliteration was going so well) out of their hotel.

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Scott Dixon (or Scotty-D as we call him) has won the Indy 500! The biggest race in American Motorsport.

Starting from pole, Dixon had a good strategy for the marathon race:

"I was trying to save fuel and just see how the car was in traffic," he said.

"We were trying to work on it all the time. I think the car had a
little too much drag in it but coming towards the end as long as we got
a bit of a jump on those guys I didn't think they were going to get
past us."

Also of note was second place getter Brazilian Vitor Meira who briefly held the lead near the end of the race. Meira drives for a small budget one-car team: Panther Racing. Quite the achievement considering the money involved in this competition.

Also luckily for Dixon, competition rival Tony Kanaan was knocked out early in a collision with another driver. Danica Patrick was also knocked out after colliding with Ryan Briscoe in the pit lane. She went to "clean his clock" when security intervened.

Someone not named Danica wins Indy 500 [Deadspin]
Pole sitter Dixon races to first Indianapolis 500 victory [ESPN]

The first weekend's matches of the World Cup are done and dusted, the Dropkicks cast their eye over the results, and make their predictions for the upcoming matches.

Also, some Athlete of the Week action, featuring the Namibian rugby team, Scott Dixon, Roger Federer, Doug Howlett and Justine Henin-Hardenne.

(Editor's note: the winner of the Dick of the Week may come as a surprise, as they're not actually mentioned anywhere else in the podcast. This was due to some over-eager audio slicing and dicing by the aforementioned editor. Rest assured, they deserved it.)

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