The Rugby Run

The Rugby Run with Mark Watson - Full Show featuring former All Black Ofisa Tonu'u reviewing the All Blacks' 50-19 win against the Bulls this morning. We then take your calls on 0800 150 811 to hear your takes on the All Blacks, as well as on the Hilux NPC. Former All Black Kevin Schuler joins Watto to discuss the latest round of the NPC, with Canterbury narrowly defending the Ranfurly Shield at home. Australian commentator Brett McKay from the 8/9 Rugby podcast then joins the show to talk all things Wallabies following their two wins against Japan. We then round out the show by giving you our Player of the Week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Australian rugby commentator Brett McKay from the 8/9 Rugby podcast joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to review the Wallabies' first Tests under Les Kiss against Japan, and look ahead to their matches against Argentina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former All Black Kevin Schuler joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to review Canterbury retaining the Ranfurly Shield against Bay of Plenty, as well as talking about his Manawatu reunion over the weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former All Black Ofisa Tonu'u joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to review the All Blacks' 50-19 win against the Bulls in South Africa this morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rugby Run with Mark Watson - Full Show featuring former All Black Ant Strachan, South African rugby correspondent John O'Connor, and former All Black Kevin Schuler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former All Black Kevin Schuler joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to wrap up the second round of the Hilux NPC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

South African rugby writer John O'Connor joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to review the Springboks' close 17-10 win against Argentina this morning, as well as looking at the opening game of the Greatest Rivalry tour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former All Black Ant Strachan joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to review the All Blacks' opening tour win against the Stormers in Cape Town. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rugby Run with Mark Watson - Full Show. We kick off the show by reviewing the opening round of the Hilux NPC so far, and take your calls on 0800 150 811 to hear your thoughts about how your team went. Watto is then joined by former All Black Ofisa Tonu'u to deep dive and reminisce about the 1996 All Blacks tour of South Africa. We then hear from Cody Nielson to discuss Auckland referees getting a new sponsor on board. We give you our Player of the Week to finish the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Auckland Rugby Event Director Cody Nielson joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to talk about signing a new sponsorship deal for Auckland referees with Auto Trader for 2027 and 2028, replacing Westie Pies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former All Black Ofisa Tonu'u joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to look back at the All Blacks' 1996 tour of South Africa ahead of the All Blacks returning there this month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rugby Run with Mark Watson - Full Show featuring former All Black and Welsh International Shane Howarth, and former Wallaby Tim Horan. Mark looks ahead to the All Blacks' South Africa touring squad named tomorrow, as well as looking back on their three Nations Championship Tests so far. Plus, the NPC starts this week! We hear from some of the coaches of the competition in anticipation of the opening round of matches as part of 'The Coaches Corner.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Producer Brayden has found audio from various NPC coaches from across Sport Nation's shows ahead of the first round of the competition this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Wallabies centre Tim Horan joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to reflect on Joe Schmidt's Wallabies era and Nations Championship Tests against Ireland, France and Italy. They also look ahead to Les Kiss coming in as the new coach for the August Tests against Japan and Argentina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former All Black & Welsh International Shane Howarth joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to preview the All Blacks' South Africa tour squad, which is set to be announced tomorrow at midday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rugby Run with Daniel McHardy - Full Show featuring analysis of the All Blacks' 40-21 win against Ireland at Eden Park. We hear from former All Black and Welsh International Shane Howarth to review the Test match and look ahead to the South Africa tour. We then hear from Australian rugby commentator Brett McKay to review the Wallabies' big win against Italy, in what was Joe Schmidt's last Test match as head coach. Irish rugby writer Oliver Lee joins Daniel to recap the All Blacks Test from an Irish perspective, as well as looking forward to his new rugby magazine issue. We then round out the show with 'The Coaches Corner', hearing from a variety of coaches from round three of the Nations Championship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Irish rugby writer Oliver Lee joins Daniel McHardy on The Rugby Run to reflect on Ireland's loss against the All Blacks at Eden Park last night. We also look forward to Oliver's new rugby magazine issue 'Rugby 2026' coming out next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Australian rugby commentator and host of the 8/9 Rugby Podcast, Brett McKay, joins Daniel McHardy on The Rugby Run to recap a big Wallabies win against Italy in Perth last night and look back on Joe Schmidt's era in charge of the national team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former All Black & Welsh International Shane Howarth joins Daniel McHardy on The Rugby Run to reflect on the win against Ireland, as well as looking ahead to the South Africa tour next month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rugby Run with Mark Watson - Full Show. The first Test of Dave Rennie's All Black coaching era finished with the All Blacks coming out on top in an enthralling encounter in Christchurch at the new Te Kaha Stadium. Mark kicks off the show by dissecting the Test with former All Black Ant Strachan, before hearing your thoughts on the Test on 0800 150 811. We then hear from Stan Sports presenter Nick McArdle, out of Australia, to look back on the Wallabies' first Test in the Nations Championship. We also hear a range of opinions on the opening round of the competition, listening back to press conference audio from the head coaches. Mark rounds out the show by bringing you his Player of the Week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We head inside the All Blacks, Wallabies, Springboks, and English camps after the opening round of the Nations Championship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stan Sports presenter Nick McArdle joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to review the Wallabies' Nations Championship loss to Ireland in Sydney last night, and look ahead to the rest of their season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former All Black Ant Strachan joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to review the first Test match of the year against France in Christchurch, with the All Blacks winning 34-32 to open the Dave Rennie era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rugby Run full show with Millsy, Guy, and Lashes live from the Carlton in Christchurch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sky Sports' Joey Wheeler joins Millsy, Lashes, and Guy to preview Saturday's encounter between the All Blacks and France in Christchurch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Millsy, Lashes, and Guy run through an Agenda for the All Blacks v France Rugby Run special live at the Carlton in Christchurch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rugby Run with Mark Watson - Full Show featuring former All Black Kevin Schuler on his All Black 23 for the France Test in the Nations Championship. Plus, we hear from Australian Rugby commentator Brett McKay on how the Wallabies squad is shaping up ahead of their first Test against Ireland. We also discuss the news around the new Anzac Day Bledisloe Test in Brisbane. To round out the show, Watto names his All Black starting 23 he'd like to see this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Watson names his All Black starting 23 for the Nations Championship Test match against France. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett McKay from the 8/9 Rugby Podcast joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to look at the Wallabies squad named for the Nations Championship and how they might look in their Tests against Ireland, France, and Italy. We also discussed the Bledisloe Test news announced today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former All Black Kevin Schuler joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to run over Dave Rennie's All Black first squad naming and who he would pick in the first All Black 23 of the year for the France Test. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rugby Run with Mark Watson - Full Show featuring former All Blacks Ant Strachan and Shane Howarth reviewing the Super Rugby final with the Hurricanes thumping the Chiefs in Wellington, as well as looking ahead to possible selections for Dave Rennie's first All Black squad announcement tomorrow. Plus, we hear from you on 0800 150 811, we bring you 'The Coaches Corner' and give you our Player of the Week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We play some press conference audio from Clark Laidlaw and Jordie Barrett following their 60-5 win in the Super Rugby Pacific final. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former All Black and Welsh international Shane Howarth joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to look ahead to Dave Rennie's first All Blacks squad announcement tomorrow at midday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former All Black Ant Strachan joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to review the Hurricanes' massive Super Rugby Grand Final victory over the Chiefs in Wellington to break their drought, before looking at the possible All Blacks selections for tomorrow's squad announcement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rugby Run with Mark Watson - Full Show featuring former All Black Ron Williams, Hurricanes head coach Clark Laidlaw, and former All Black Kevin Schuler. Plus we bring you our Player of the Week, and take your calls to recap the Super Rugby Pacific semifinals, before looking ahead to the final between the Hurricanes and the Chiefs at Hnry Stadium in Wellington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former All Black Kevin Schuler joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to look at who he thinks will win the Super Rugby final between the Chiefs and the Hurricanes next weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hurricanes head coach Clark Laidlaw joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to review their semifinal win over the Blues, and look ahead to their home final next weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former All Black Ron Williams joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to look back on the two Super Rugby Pacific semifinals from the weekend, with the Hurricanes and Chiefs moving on to the final in Wellington next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rugby Run with Mark Watson - Full Show featuring Super Rugby Pacific CEO Jack Mesley on the qualifying finals, as well as the state of the competition heading into next season. We also hear from Crusaders assistant coach James Marshall following their win over the Blues in Christchurch. Plus, we take your calls and hear your feedback from the weekend's matches, as well as diving into 'The Coaches Corner,' and we name our Player of the Week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We hear press conference audio from the six Super Rugby Pacific coaches following the three qualifying matches over the weekend, with wins for the Hurricanes, Chiefs, and Crusaders, and the Blues going through as the lucky loser. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Crusaders assistant coach James Marshall joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to look back on the qualifying final win over the Blues, as well as looking ahead to their mouth-watering semifinal clash next week against the Chiefs in Hamilton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Super Rugby CEO Jack Mesley joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to look back at the three qualifying finals from the weekend as well as discussing the state of the competition and how the game is growing both here in New Zealand and across the ditch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rugby Run with Mark Watson - Full Show featuring former All Black Kevin Schuler on the last round of Super Rugby Pacific, 'The Coaches Corner', and we give you The Rugby Run's Player of the Week. Plus we take your calls and read out your texts on the final round before the playoffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We hear from a variety of Super Rugby coaches following the last round of the regular season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former All Black Kevin Schuler joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to review the last round of Super Rugby Pacific, with wins for Moana Pasifika, the Crusaders, and the Chiefs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rugby Run with Mark Watson - Full Show featuring former All Black Shane Howarth, plus we go around the Super Rugby clubs to hear their coaches' press conferences following round 15 of the competition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former All Black & Welsh international Shane Howarth joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to look at who Dave Rennie will be looking at selecting for his first All Blacks squad in the crucial backline positions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rugby Run with Mark Watson - Full Show featuring former All Black manager Darren Shand and Blues assistant coach Paul Tito. Plus, discussions around the severity of concussions and the top performers from the recent round of Super Rugby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blues assistant coach Paul Tito joins Mark Watson on The Rugby Run to review their disappointing loss to Hurricanes at Eden Park on Saturday, and looking ahead to the bye week ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Watson discusses the dangers of concussion in rugby following Damian McKenzie's head knock in the game against the Highlanders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices