Episodes
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The End of Month Mailbag: October 2026📬... recorded in early November🤦🏽♂️
Well it took a while but he got there ...eventually. Here is the end of month mailbag for October (recorded in early November) PART 1 Craig (1:09) - Rugby League World Cup, A-League, Super Rugby Pacific & War Movies Joe (9:40) - Calf injuries & the Raeburn Shield The Raeburn Shield (12:05) - the...
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The "Thoughts After" Pod featuring the All Blacks squad, Black Ferns 2nd Test with France, NPC Final & NZ Super Rugby Pacific squads🏉
This weeks episode is a series of thoughts & reflections after the naming of the All Blacks squad for the Northern potion of the Nations Championship (1:46) the Black Ferns second test win over France in Whangarei (12:43) Canterbury's victory over Northland in the NPC Final (23:08) and the...
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Different but the Same: An All Blacks vs Wallabies 2nd test review🏉The Rugby Weekend in New Zealand🏉A Quick Preview of the NPC Final🏉
Nigel starts this week's show with his review of the All Blacks second test victory over the Wallabies in Sydney (1:36) First Half (2:05) Second Half (16:51) Post Test Statistics, Standouts and Thoughts (25:49) Then its time to roll through the five big rugby games in New Zealand over the…
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Seen That Movie Before: An All Blacks vs Wallabies First Test Review🏉Thoughts on the All Blacks & Black Ferns teams🏉A Provincial Rugby Preview🏉
Nigel starts this week's episode by reviewing the All Blacks Bledisloe-Cup-retaining, Eden-Park-record-defending thumping of the Wallabies (0:53): 1st Half (1:50) 2nd Half (14:53) Post Test Statistics, observations & thoughts (27:33) That's followed by a quick look at the All Blacks team for the...
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Thoughts on the All Blacks team for the 1st Bledisloe Cup test🏉A Provincial Rugby preview🏉Talking Pedal 4 Prostate with PCFNZ boss Peter Dickens🚴🏽♂️❤️🩹
Nigel opens the show with his thoughts on the All Blacks squad that will face the Wallabies at Eden Park on Saturday night (1:24) before running through another big weekend of provincial rugby (13:19) NPC quarter-finals (13:32) Heartland Championship aka The Peoples Rugby semi-finals (24:19)…
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Thoughts on the All Blacks Bledisloe Cup squad🏉NRL & NRLW Grand Final Day with Stephen Gallagher🏉Provincial Rugby Predictions🏉
The second show of the week starts with Nigel's thoughts on the 34 player All Blacks squad named for the two test Bledisloe Cup series (1:04) before we are joined by Sydney based rugby league writer for Sportsfreak.co.nz Stephen Gallagher to talk Grand Final Day (8:01) Preliminary Finals reviews...
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The End of Month Mailbag: September 2026📬
This month's mailbag episode comes to you in three parts: PART 1 Craig (1:00) asks about AFL wildcard weekend, defence in NZ rugby, the NZR meeting, EPL & what movie needs a prequel or sequel? Jordan (16:24) asks are Northland that good and Wellington that bad? PART 2 Michael (20:45) is keen for...
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Unpacking the All Blacks vs Springboks Test Series🏉Reviewing Round 7 of the NPC🏉Talking NRL Finals Footy with Stephen Gallagher🏉
Nigel opens up this weeks show by unpacking the All Blacks and Springboks test series in totality (1:21) before looking at a highly entertaining and enthralling round 7 of the NPC (17:23) Then he is joined by Sydney based rugby league writer for sportsfreak.co.nz Stephen Gallagher for a review of...
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And that's why they're the World Champs: An All Blacks vs Springboks 3rd Test Review🏉Round 6 of the NPC🏉NRL Finals Series with Stephen Gallagher🏉Nigel's Mainly Vibes Minimal Research NFL Picks🏈
Welcome to a four part episode which starts off with Nigel speaking glowingly about Springboks impressive victory over the All Blacks in the 3rd test in Soweto (0:56): 1st Half (1:35) 2nd Half (11:41) Post Test Stats, Observations and glance ahead to Baltimore (20:26) Then its a review of round 6...
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Boks Bounce Back: An All Blacks vs Springboks 2nd Test Review🏉Round 5 of the NPC🏉Mainly Vibes AFL playoff picks🏉
Nigel starts this week's show by reviewing the Springboks 33-26 win over the All Blacks in Cape Town, thus levelling the series at 1-all (2:13): 1st Half (2:52) 2nd Half (15:59) Post Test Stats, Observations & Press Conference shenanigans (28:00) That's followed by a look at round 5 of the NPC...
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Efficiency Wins: An All Blacks vs Springboks 1st Test Review🏉Thoughts on ABs vs Lions & Both teams for the 2nd Test🏉A brief Black Ferns vs Wallaroos Review🏉Reflections on Round 4 of the NPC🏉
Nigel starts this weeks show with his review of the All Blacks 1st test win over the Springboks at Ellis Park (1:05) 1st Half (3:10) 2nd Half (13:47) Post Test Statistics and Observations (27:05) Then its a quick look at the Springboks squad for the 2nd test (32:45) a brief inspection of the...
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Building up to the 1st test between All Blacks & Springboks🏉
Recorded over the course of the last five days, Nigel covers a raft of rugby subjects as he and a fair majority of rugby fans slowly build to the first test between the All Blacks and Springboks at Ellis Park: MONDAY ABs vs Bulls review (1:35) ABs injury and replacement update (4:47) What Nigel...
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Thoughts on the All Blacks tour games against the Stormers & Sharks🏉Round 2 of the NPC & some People's Rugby Chat😉Talking NRL with Stephen Gallagher🏉
A pod of two halves with the first half focusing on rugby union: Thoughts on ABs vs Stormers (0:57) then ABs vs Sharks (5:24) Observations from Round 2 of the NPC (9:05) and a brief (but vitally important) look at the Heartland Championship aka THE PEOPLES RUGBY! (14:26) Before Sydney based Kiwi...
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Quick Thoughts on Round 1 of NPC🏉Reviewing Summerslam with Brad "B-Rad" Lewis🤼♂️Reaction to the All Blacks squad to play the Stormers🏉
Nigel starts this weeks show with some quick thoughts, observations & opinions on the opening round of the NPC (0:44) before his combat sport guru & "That Sweet Pop" podcast co-host Brad "B-Rad' Lewis drops by to review WWE's latest premier live event SummerSlam (5:49) Night 1 (7:10) Night 2...
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Reactions to the All Blacks Tour Squad to South Africa🏉The End of Month Mailbag: July 2026📬
Before diving into the traditional End of Month Mailbag, Nigel gives his reaction to the 44 player All Blacks squad to tour South Africa (0:50) Then its onto a two part mailbag: PART 1 Corey (12:22) looking for some NRL & AFL predictions Nigel (15:34) on the relevance and significance of the...
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Ryan Fox lifts the Claret Jug⛳ Building Nicely: An All Blacks vs Ireland Test Match Review🏉A Quick Preview of the Super Rugby Aupiki Grand Final🏉
Nigel opens the show with his reaction to Ryan Fox winning the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale (0:49) followed by his review of the All Blacks Nations Championship win over Ireland at Eden Park (4:46) 1st Half (5:16) 2nd Half (20:23) Post Test Statistics, Thoughts and Observations (33;52)...
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Just A Step: An All Blacks vs Italy Test Review🏉A Tribute to Sir Sam Neill🎬💔
This weeks show begins with a review of the All Blacks 47-17 win over Italy to go two-from-two in the Nations Championship: 1st Half (0:46) 2nd Half (15:36) Post test stats and thoughts (28:24) And then Nigel pays his respects to New Zealand screen great and all-round top kiwi bloke Sir Sam Neill...
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It's A Start: An All Blacks vs France Test Review🏉Quick thoughts on the ABs squad to face Italy🏉
On this episode, Nigel looks at the first All Blacks outing of 2026, an enthralling 34-32 win over Six Nations champions France: 1st Half (0:49) 1st Half stats & thoughts (15:00) 2nd Half (16:43) Final stats & post test observations (29:25) Then Nigel concludes with a quick run through the ABs...
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Thoughts on the first All Blacks team of 2026🏉Dave Rennie defines "Optimistic Rugby"🏉A couple of last minute Mailbag contributions📬
On this episode Nigel gives his thoughts on the All Blacks squad to face France in Christchurch this weekend (0:51) and you'll hear ABs coach Dave Rennie define what playing optimistically looks like to him (7:11). Then Nigel responds to a couple of mailbag contributions (7:50) that barely missed...
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The End of Month Mailbag: June 2026 📬
As we reach the middle of the year, Nigel dips into the Mailbag with contributions from: Skottie (0:28) asking about the NBA off-season, All Blacks in South Africa & Richie Mo'unga's availability status Jack (4:05) throws some names into the mix for the 10 extra players to go to the Republic…
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A Super Rugby Pacific Grand Final Review🏉Reaction to the All Blacks Squad🏉Excitement for the Maori All Blacks Squad🏉
On a very rugby centric show, Nigel starts by reviewing the Hurricanes rampaging victory over the Chiefs in the Super Rugby Pacific Grand Final (0:40) First Half (2:40) Second Half (16:40) Post Match thoughts on the Hurricanes (26:38) & Chiefs (31:00) Then it is time to react to the first All...
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The Super Rugby Pacific Grand Final Preview Show🏉
The ultimate week of the Super Rugby Pacific is upon us, culminating this Saturday night in Wellington. Nigel starts the show by looking at the semi-final performances of the Hurricanes & Chiefs (1:11) before a quick report card on the vanquished Crusaders (12:14) and Blues (15:24) Next you'll…
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Reviewing the Super Rugby Pacific Quarter-Finals🏉Thoughts on the Semi-Finals + A Chat with Chiefs fullback Isaac Hutchinson🏉Jason Pine's World Cup Preview⚽Observations on the NBA & NHL Finals🏀🏒
A very (very) full show starts with Nigel looking at a lopsided opening weekend of the Super Rugby Pacific playoffs (1:00) before saying goodbye to the last two Aussie sides (13:15) followed by looking ahead to the semi-finals (18:18) including a chat with Chiefs fullback Isaac Hutchinson (24:10)...
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Wrapping up the Super Rugby Pacific Regular Season & Looking ahead to the Quarter-Finals🏉Stanley Cup Final preview with Logan Swinkels🏒Thoughts on the NBA Final🏀
Nigel opens the show by reviewing the final round of the Super Rugby Pacific regular season (1:10) report cards on the five teams who missed the top six (10:43) and a look ahead to the first weekend of the playoffs (20:48) Then the shows resident ice hockey expert, Sport Nations Logan Swinkels...
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The End of Month Mailbag: May 2026📬
We conclude the month of May with a three part dip into a bursting-at-the-seams Mailbag: PART 1 Isaac (0:58) is asking about NBA & NHL playoffs Alex (6:52) chats boxing & the Southampton spying scandal David (11:41) wants to know what Spurs need to do to avoid another EPL relegation battle next...
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Instant Reviews (well ... most of them😆) of Round 15 of Super Rugby Pacific🏉A quick peek ahead to the final round of the SRP regular season🏉
On the first of two episodes this week, Nigel gives his instant (bar one) reviews of the round 15 games in Super Rugby Pacific: Crusaders vs Chiefs (1:24) Waratahs vs Brumbies (7:12) Moana Pasifika vs Reds (13:09) Hurricanes vs Highlanders (18:18) Force vs Drua (22:42) He then wraps a bow on the...
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Reviewing Round 14 then a brief Round 15 Preview of Super Rugby Pacific🏉A New All Blacks Depth Chart🏉Movie Chat🎬
This weeks episode starts, as always, with our weekly review of Super Rugby Pacific (0:55) rolling through the round 14 games: Chiefs vs Highlanders (1:45) Drua vs Waratahs (7:07) Blues vs Hurricanes (7:47) Force vs Reds (12:05) Before a very brief preview of the round 15 match-ups (14:30):...
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The Dave Rennie Reconnection Project🏉Reviewing Round 13 of Super Rugby Pacific🏉A Chat with Chiefs prop Ollie Norris🏉
Nigel opens this weeks show with some thoughts on Sir Graham Henry returning to the All Blacks as a selector (0:44) & observations on the moves that Dave Rennie has made in his short time as All Blacks coach. Then its on to our weekly review of Super Rugby Pacific (6:09) running through the round...
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Reviewing Round 12 of Super Rugby Pacific🏉A Tottenham Hotspur check-in⚽NBA Conference Semi-Finals Thoughts🏀A chat with Auckland FC striker Lachlan Brook⚽
Nigel starts this episode with his weekly review of Super Rugby Pacific (0:58) running through the Round 12 games chronologically: Hurricanes vs Crusaders (1:22) Waratahs vs Force (5:23) Drua vs Highlanders (7:58) Moana Pasifika vs Blues (9:41) Reds vs Brumbies (12:44) Then Nigel gives an update…
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Predicting the Final Month of Super Rugby Pacific's regular season🏉End of Month Mailbag: April 2026📬
Following a very brief review of Super Round (2:00) Nigel undertakes his annual exercise in absurdity of predicting the outcomes of all 24 games that make up the final month of Super Rugby Pacific's regular season (4:36) before diving into a jam-packed mailbag (10:47) PART 1 David (10:50) share…
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Reviewing Round 10 of Super Rugby Pacific🏉WrestleMania42 with Brad "B-Rad" Lewis🤼♂️NBA Playoffs Predictions🏀
As has become the norm, Nigel starts the show by reviewing the most recent round (10) of Super Rugby Pacific: Blues vs Highlanders (1:05) Waratahs vs Moana Pasifika (6:45) Chiefs vs Hurricanes (7:54) Brumbies vs Drua (11:09) Force vs Crusaders (13:30) Then he is joined by co-host of "That Sweet...
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Reviewing Round 9 of Super Rugby Pacific🏉Thoughts on Black Ferns vs USA🏉All Things Football with Jason Pine⚽
On this weeks episode, Nigel opens with a review of Round 9 of Super Rugby Pacific: Highlanders vs Brumbies (1:10) Chiefs vs Moana Pasifika including reaction to the announcement that MP will end at seasons end (5:25) Drua vs Force (11:42) Hurricanes vs Blues (13:14) Reds vs Crusaders (15:33)…
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🎆🏉The Super Rugby Pacific Mid-Season Extravaganza🏉🎆
Having reached the halfway point of the Super Rugby Pacific regular season, Nigel quickly reviews the trio of round seven games (1:58) in chronological order: Crusaders vs Drua (2:45) Chiefs vs Waratahs (4:00) Reds vs Force (7:18) Before presenting his mid-season report cards for all eleven…
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Reviewing Round 7 of Super Rugby Pacific🏉NZ20 Cricket with Alex Chapman🏏
After reviewing round 7 of Super Rugby Pacific (0:57): Moana Pasifika vs Highlanders (1:42) Brumbies vs Waratahs (4:53) Hurricanes vs Reds (7:40) Blues vs Drua (11:35) Force vs Chiefs (13:07) Nigel is joined by Sport Nation morning host & journalist Alex Chapman to talk about NZ20 cricket (15:51)...
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The End of Month Mailbag: March 2026📬featuring thoughts on Dave Rennie's All Blacks Coaching Team🏉
The End of Month mailbag starts with Nigel's thoughts on the coaching team assembled by All Blacks coach Dave Rennie (0:56) before answering the mailbag questions of: David (14:00) on Domestic T20 Cricket & the NBA Bryan (26:10) asking about commentating on Sky Sport Nathan (31:21) wants to know...
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PSA for Warriors fans🏉Reviewing Round 5 of Super Rugby Pacific🏉Details for next week's End of Month Mailbag📬
Nigel starts this week’s show with a Public Service Announcement for Warriors fan (0:35) before reviewing round five of Super Rugby Pacific (3:09) in chronological order: Hurricanes vs Force (3:30) Drua vs Brumbies (5:57) Crusaders vs Highlanders (9:27) Reds vs Waratahs (13:33) Blues vs Moana...
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The Opening Month of Super Rugby Pacific🏉Talking Lacrosse with Sian Keys🥍Nigel's Five Favourite Best Picture Oscar Winners🎬
On an eclectic episode, Nigel starts with a rapid review of Round 4 of Super Rugby Pacific (1:30) before taking a broader look at the opening of the competition, beginning with the bottom five (2:30) then the top six (12:50) & finishing with a couple of brief overall observations (21:55). Then…
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Reaction to Dave Rennie appointment as All Blacks coach🏉Reviewing Round 3 of Super Rugby Pacific🏉Chats with Chiefs first five Damian McKenzie & Auckland FC striker Lachie Brook🏉⚽
On today's episode, Nigel shares his thoughts about the appointment of Dave Rennie as All Blacks coach through to the 2027 Rugby World Cup (0:54). That's followed by his weekly review of Super Rugby Pacific, rolling through the round three games: Moana Pasifika vs Force (7:45) Reds vs Highlanders...
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Reviewing Round 2 of Super Rugby Pacific🏉A chat with Chiefs wing Emoni Narawa🏉The End of Month Mailbag: February 2026📬
On a loaded show, Nigel starts off chatting round two of Super Rugby Pacific (0:47) running through the five fixtures chronologically: Hurricanes vs Moana Pasifika (0:57) Waratahs vs Drua (2:08) Highlanders vs Chiefs (3:55) Force vs Blues (6:56) Crusaders vs Brumbies (8:12) That’s followed by a...
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Reviewing Round 1 of Super Rugby Pacific Round🏉Nigel's Go-To Pick-Me-Ups😆
Nigel starts this week's episode by looking at the opening round of games in Super Rugby Pacific (0:47) rolling through the five fixtures in chronological order: Highlanders vs Crusaders (1:19) Waratahs vs Reds (3:12) Drua vs Moana Pasifika (4:24) Blues vs Chiefs .. featuring a law book rant!...
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Super Rugby Pacific Tiers & 2026 Title Prediction🏉Chats with Chiefs loose forward Simon Parker & Chiefs attack coach Roger Randle 🏉Talking Combat Sports & Pro Wrestling with Brad "B-Rad" Lewis🥊
Ahead of the start of Super Rugby Pacific, Nigel begins the episode by ranking the eleven teams & makes his prediction for who wins it all in 2026 (0:52) before chatting with Chiefs loose forward Simon Parker (12:16) & Chiefs attack coach Roger Randle (17:34) about their SRP opener against the...
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A Pre-Super Rugby Pacific All Blacks Depth Chart 🏉 Cricket with Daniel McHardy 🏏 My Mainly Vibes Minimal Research Pick for Super Bowl LX 🏈
On a tidy wee three part episode, Nigel opens with a pre Super Rugby Pacific All Blacks Depth Chart (0:50) complicated by the absence of a key component - an All Blacks coach - starting with the forwards (2:36) before rolling through the backs (9:38) Then head commentator on Sport Nation's Summer...
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The End of Month Mailbag: January 2026📫
This episode sees Nigel diving into a bulging-at-the-seams mailbag for the first time in 2026, attacking a myriad of questions, thoughts & observations in three parts: PART 1 Murray (0:37) asking about the next generation of Blackcaps Carlin (4:01) on players potentially in the All Blacks mix &…
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The Scott Robertson "Departure" with Jamie Wall 🏉 Mainly Vibes, Minimal Research Picks for Week 3 of the NFL Playoffs 🏈
The main feature of today's episode is a conversation with Radio New Zealand sport journalist, author & long-time member of the All Blacks press corps Jamie Wall seven days removed from New Zealand Rugby sacking Scott Robertson as All Blacks coach (1:18) Then to finish its another installment of...
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Reaction to Razor's Removal 🏉 Mainly Vibes, Minimal Research Picks for Week 2 of the NFL Playoffs - The Divisional Round 🏈
On today's show, Nigel shares his thoughts on the early end to Scott Robertson's tenure as All Blacks head coach (0:36) before providing his vibes-guided NFL picks for this weekend's Divisional Round of the playoffs (7:24) in chronological order: Bills @ Broncos (8:53) 49ers @ Seahawks (10:25)...
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Mainly Vibes Minimal Research Picks for Week 1 of the NFL Playoffs🏈
Nigel welcomes in 2026 by indulging in his start-of-the-year guilty pleasure, the NFL (1:56) giving his vibes based selections for the games in the opening week of the playoffs aka Wildcard Weekend: Rams @ Panthers (2:03) Packers @ Bears (3:12) Bills @ Jaguars (4:50) 49ers @ Eagles (6:29)…
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The End of Year Mailbag 📫Tribute to Rob Reiner 🎬
Nigel bids farewell to 2025 with a three-part year ending mailbag: PART 1 Melanie (1:27) on the Netball NZ Fiasco & Carlos Alcaraz Lauren (3:57) on Formula 1 David L (5:20) on Liverpool's EPL title, Otago's Ranfurly Shield win & MLB's World Series And Matt aka OBC (8:49) is also talking Formula 1...
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Hurricanes coach Clark Laidlaw🏉The NBA Cup Playoffs🏀Nigel needs your help📫
In this lean episode, hear current Hurricanes head coach Clark Laidlaw talk about the team's former head coach and ex-All Blacks assistant coach Jason Holland joining his coaching team for Super Rugby Pacific 2026 (1:10) followed by Nigel's thoughts on the NBA Cup playoffs (8:25) and finishing…
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The (One-Day-Late) End of Month Mailbag: November 2025 Edition📫
The November Edition of the End of Month Mailbag comes to you in three parts and a day late 😆 Part 1 focuses on rugby with questions from Brendon (0:28) Murray (2:50) David L (8:11) and finishing with an OBC Six-Pack from Matt (12:00) Part 2 talks cricket with contributions from Corey (25:21)...
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That Was Fun: An All Blacks vs Wales Test Match Review 🏉
On this episode, Nigel reviews the final All Blacks test of 2025, the very entertaining 52-26 win over Wales in Cardiff: 1st Half (0:57) 2nd Half (11:03) Post Test Statistics and Thoughts (18:58) A very brief reflection on the All Blacks 2025 campaign (25:00) And then finishes the show with a...
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