PODCAST · sports
Head, Heart and Balls
by TAB Podcasts
Ant, Staf and Nisbo take an off the wall look at the world of rugby, with plenty of banter and a sprinkle of betting.
Episodes
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#99 Brad Smeele & Gareth Lynch
The most inspiring thought-provoking episode we have recorded.Brad Smeele and Gareth Lynch, two incredible and inspiring gentlemen share their stories on how their lives transformed forever in an instant from normal life to an extraordinary life as quadriplegics.
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#98 The Blakes
With the NRL working towards a restart, the Warriors' two Blakes (Green and Ayshford) give us their very honest thoughts on the situation with many laughs along the way.
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#97 Maz Quinn and Paige Hareb
The lads welcome two salty, surfing legends to the blue room, Maz Quinn and Paige Hareb.
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#96 Happy Hour: Gina Crampton and Te Paea Selby-Ricket
A couple World Champion Silver Ferns crash the party. Gina Crampton and Te Paea Selby-Ricket join the boys for happy hour.
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#95 Justin Marshall and Andy Ellis
Justin Marshall and Andy Ellis join the fellas for a very open and funny conversation about their playing days, the transition into work life after footy, beer and meat passions and vision for the future.
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#94 Jordan Taufua/ Marty Banks
Jordan Taufua and the King of Reefton, Marty Banks join us for many laughs!
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#93 Ryan Fox and Christian Cullen
Wrap your eyes and ears around two Kiwi Sporting icons as Ryan Fox and Christian Cullen talk the future of sport, trick shots in isolation and reflect on their sporting memories.
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#92 Joseph Parker
The lads catch up with boxer and recent viral sensation Joseph Parker to see what he's been up to and what's next for him in the boxing world.
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#91 Quaranstream: Jimmy Neesham/ Nigel Beach
An absolute ripsnorter of a show as Black Caps Jimmy Neesham joins the panel talking parties at Chris Gayle's palace, IPL, the Cricket World Cup and isolation dusty feeds. Then one of the most interesting guests we have ever had on. Nigel Beach, elite sports physio and teacher of the Wim Hoff...
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#90 Quaranstream
The Head, Heart And Balls lads aren't letting anything stop them get their show out! They catch up with some NZ athletes and see how they're dealing with self-isolation so far.
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#89 Isolation
The boys discuss isolation with their handy tips. Olympic pentathlete, Rebecca Jamieson phones in from Italy and Blues player Matt Duffie gives us his thoughts as the rugby season takes an unexpected break.
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#88 Seeing Red
Nisbo and Staf give their two cents on red card rulings in Super Rugby. Is the Fiordland Moose real and Muzzy the Cuzzy, TAB's no.1 Warriors fan blows a head gasket ahead of kick-off in the NRL.
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#87 Fightin' Talk
The boys salivate over the Romero v Adesanya title fight this Sunday. Arguably the saltiest sailor in the world, Blair Tuke joins the party and Fraser Grut, a man on a mission filming 10,000 humans' dreams in 30 years talk about his journey so far.
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#86 Anton Lienert-Brown/Kyle Jamieson
Chiefs midfielder Anton Lienert-Brown gets on the blower from Jack's Point golf course as he caddies at the NZ Open for his team-mate. We're also joined by Black Caps hero Kyle Jamieson to talk about his outstanding Test Debut with a slight hangover.
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#85 Lachlan Boshier
Chiefs forward Lachlan Boshier shares a yarn about his granddad giving Nisbo a serve and NZ Gumboot Throwing Champ Kieran Fowler has the boys in tears.
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#84 Brad Mooar/Tyla Nathan-Wong
Scarlets coach, newly appointed All Black assistant coach and Ant’s second dad, Brad Mooar talks life overseas and his future with All Blacks. Tyla Nathan-Wong lets rip with some karaoke after joining the 1000 points club.
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#83 Hamish Bennett
The lads talk Super Rugby before Black Cap, Hamish Bennett joins the show from the squat rack with 12th Man impersonations and Coast to Coast champion Sam Clark has them in stitches.
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#82 Four-peat?
It's a sad week for sports fans around the world as we mourn the death of NBA great Kobe Bryant. Super Rugby kicks off with the boys predicting the Crusaders to fall short of their fourth title in a row and ear wax problems.
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Devin Conway
Staf and Ant are blessed with hearing pleasure in the form of Wellington Cricket run machine, Devon Conway. Staf talks his new Airbnb experience business proposal and Ant fizzes on some new suggestions for half time entertainment at Super Rugby games.
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#80 We're Back
The boys enter 2020 with a hiss and a roar with New Years resolutions. Brad Weber joins the show to discuss the off season and his new contract agreement. Nisbo sheds some light on the new rugby rules while Staff throws Ant under the bus with his attempt to take Genie Bouchard on another date on…
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#79 Feeling Festive
'Tis the silly season to be jolly and the final Show for the year. Staffy sheds light on why he would rather pass Christmas decorations in a bowel movement over sneezing tinsel and Nisbo asks the tough questions like why can’t Santa be a female?
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#78 Rollercoaster Of Nothing
Russian drug cheats, the cons of syncing Fitbit watches with your partner and improving your lie with Patrick Reed. This week's show is a roller coaster of nothingness.
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#77 View From The Couch
With Staf putting the feet up, a couch critic in the form of Tom Hills enters the sweaty box to talk sports. Ant also breaks the news of the horrendous decision he made on a stag-do in the weekend.
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#76 Neil Wagner
The lads go left-field with the sporting agenda. Neil Wagner phones in and takes a wrong turn on the highway and Nisbo discusses who he wants to fight in a Charity Boxing bout.
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#75 Silly Season
With Nisbo rolling balls towards the jack, Staf and Ant talk the silly season, Cup week and Ant’s do's and dont's at this years Christmas Parties,
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#74 Brad Weber/Blair Tickner
The lads rip the band-aid off the Melbourne Cup frivolity and talk plastic surgery and weight loss tips. All Black Brad Weber preps for a Christchurch Cup week bender and Black Cap Blair Tickner provides some top shelf chat.
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#73 Trick Or Treat
The boys share their spooky Halloween stories. Black Caps coach Gary Stead rings in and talks about the English series, cleaning windows and National Nude Gardening day and then we find out from the public who they believe will be the new faces for the All Blacks in the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
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#72 Emotions
The boys regroup and share their thoughts after an emotional long weekend from Heartland rugby to Mitre 10 and of course those RWC semi-finals
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#71 Finals Footy
A big weekend of footy means great guests. Mike Delany gets on the blower and talks Mad Monday and who he wouldn't stand next to in the showers. Miles Davis, our die hard patriotic Englishman gives All Blacks' fans a bollocking and we open the lines to callers who give us an insight into their...
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#70 One Way Traffic
Staf returns from Perth worse for wear. The boys talk about one way traffic in the form of the All Blacks and Mitch Marsh gives HHB a shout out from the WACA.
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#69 Quarter-Final Time
The lads dissect the quarter finals with the help of Japanese correspondent, George Harper Jnr. Ex-Irish International, Niall Hanlon joins the team with his one sided take on the big hit out this weekend and Staf and Ant digress on some heavy hitting topics from mowing lawns to age gaps between...
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#68 James Lowe/Bryn Hall
Today the boys are blessed with the presence of Chiefs relic and Leinster rugby winger, James Lowe, talking home away from home, beers and hair. North Harbour's yappy halfback, Bryn Hall yaps on taking down Canterbury this weekend in the Ranfurly Shield and Nisbo throws himself head first into a...
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#67: UFC243 Breakdown
With Nisbo white-baiting, Staf and Ant try derail the show talking about the sporting bender that was. UFC243 champ, Dan ‘the hangman’ Hooker phones in and talks about the UFC243 white wash by the Kiwis and the lads choose their 3 All Blacks they would want to do Mad Monday with.
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#66 Traffic Troubles
Our guest Marty McKenzie has problems getting to the studio, so the boys do an autopsy on the ABs, touch on the Mitre 10 Cup and go deep with stories from the Deep South.
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#65 Celebrating Japan
The gents talk road trips, white baiting and Ant sheds light on a being the butt of a heated joke. Staffy gets teary talking about Japan and their people and while the boys go deep in the All Blacks v Canada clash
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#64 Pinky Bars
Today on the show, the lads talk about a Walrus and a dog. Mitre 10 is heating up and Aki Seiuli the Otago prop gets on the blower for a laugh ahead of his Ranfurly Shield defence against Waikato. And from the tropics with a Pina Colada in hand, George Worker, NZ cricketer phones in from the...
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#63 World Cup Fever
The full squad is back and pumped to be breaking down the first weekend of the Rugby World Cup.
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#62 Rugby World Cup Preview
The lads say Konnichi wa to the Rugby World Cup, giving you the inside scoop, stats, facts and odds. Join them every Tuesday and Thursday 10-11am on Tracksdie or catch up on iTunes and Spotify.
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#61 Brodie Retallick
This week the lads talk All Black RWC final squad selections. Brodie Retallick talks about his shoulder recovery and Manawatu Turbos joker, Rob Thompson talks jockeys and the Shield challenge.
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#60 Brad Weber Returns
Nisbo is catching some rays and enjoying a few cleansing ales in Fiji, so the boys take the show up a notch talking Steve Smith concussions, hot weather training in Turkey and two special guests in the form of Brad Weber and Muzzy the Cuzzy get Ant giggling and literally falling off his chair.
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#59 Christian Cullen
The lads perform an autopsy on the Bledisloe Cup loss. The G.O.A.T, Christian Cullen phones in and lends us his wisdom around this week's selection bombshells, while Otago skipper Michael Collins has a laugh before the Ranfurly Shield clash against Southland this weekend.
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#58 Grant Elliott/Dwayne Sweeney
Lend the the lads your ears as they look at the Bledisloe hit out in Perth. They also share stories of the recently retired Kiwi icon, Brendon McCullum with Grant Elliott. Finally, Waikato stalwart Dwayne Sweeney stops pumping tin for a few moments to talk about the upcoming Mitre 10 Cup season.
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#57 Dane Coles
This week the boys celebrate cracking the big time on radio with guests All Black, Dane Coles tuning in and yarning about his recent hair cut, party tricks at scrum time and a heated rant from a Warriors fanatic, Muzzy the Cuzzy.
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#56 Te Paea Selby-Rickit
World Cup winning Silver Fern Te Paea Selby-Rickit joins the show to speak to the lads and discuss that epic win over Australia.
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#55 #BackTheBlackCaps
The lads look back on the wild Cricket World Cup final and pay their respects to the heroic effort from the Black Caps.
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#53 Super Rugby Semis
After a huge weekend of Super Rugby the lads get stuck into previewing the games, as we head into Semi Finals this weekend.
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Beyond The Boundary - Week 5
Grant Elliott and the lads are back talking Cricket World Cup as we get to crunch time in the tournament for New Zealand.
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#52 Brad Weber
With the Chiefs over in Argentina for the Super Rugby quarter finals, the lads get Brad Weber on the phone, plus Staf and Nisbo get excited for the Kiwis v Tonga in the league on Saturday.
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Ant, Staf and Nisbo take an off the wall look at the world of rugby, with plenty of banter and a sprinkle of betting.
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Ant, Staf and Nisbo take an off the wall look at the world of rugby, with plenty of banter and a sprinkle of betting.
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