Big Wraps Podcast

And Newshub's sporting experts reflect on how Wellington Phoenix could have handled Steven Taylor retirement better.

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With both teams seemingly on opposite trajectories, Newshub's experts preview this weekend's 100th test between the nations. 

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One of New Zealand's best rugby players - men or women - joins the Newshub all-female line-up.

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And who was the Newshub experts' unanimous MVP of the week...

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And Newshub's sporting experts cast a critical eye over the newlook Super Rugby format.

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And has NZ Rugby put the right man in charge of the All Blacks for the next World Cup? Newshub sports reporters Natasha Payne and Gordon Findlater join host Narelle Sindos to discuss the week's burning issues .

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Or is the embattled All Blacks coach still to face his acid test... Newshub's sporting experts debate this and more.

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A somber tone to open this week with two stories that rocked New Zealand's sporting landscape.

Blackcaps great Chris Cairns is in a fight for his life while Kiwi cyclist Olivia Podmore tragically lost hers. 

Can the All Blacks lock up the Bledisloe Cup for another year and should we be worried following their lackluster finish last weekend?

Dame Noeline Taurua has turned to youth as the new wave of Silver Ferns presents an exciting change in the world of netball. 

And surely not - Can the NZ warriors make a late run at the NRL playoffs? 

Newshub online producer Brad Lewis and Newshub sports reporter Lucy Thompson join host James Regan to debate the big sporting issues in Big Wraps. 

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Aussie netball skipper Caitlin Bassett joins Big Wraps to explain why she's crossed the Tasman to keep her job - and so much more.

How does Bassett handle the mental and physical pressures of captaining her country?

Are rule changes taking too high a toll on Super Rugby and NRL?

Less than a hundred days out from the Tokyo Olympics, is it too late to bail?

And the team deals out their 'MVP of the Week' awards.

Newshub's Lucy Thomson and James Regan join Bassett and host Narelle Sindos to debate these burning issues

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With the US Masters in full swing, Big Wraps asks the question is Bryson DeChambeau ruining golf?

Who are a couple of smokey tips to walk away with the Green Jacket at Augusta?

Is Lydia Ko ready to climb to the top of the golfing world again?

Were the Crusaders exposed by the Highlanders and has that result revitalised Super Rugby Aotearoa?

Who's to blame for Joe Wheeler's racist mishap?

Is the trans-Tasman travel bubble all that it seems for NZ sporting sides in Aussie comps?

And the team deals out their 'MVP of the Week' awards.

Newshub's Grant Chapman and Luke Robinson join host Narelle Sindos to debate these burning issues and more.

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