Halftime Oranges Podcast

It was our pleasure to sit down the with legend Alex Nankivell for episode 20 of the Halftime Oranges podcast 🍊.

Nank is a product of the factory Christchurch Boys High, he has notched up over 150 games for both the Tasman Mako and the Chiefs.

Late last year Nank made the shift abroad, signing with Munster where he has been a standout in his 14 games.

It was a great yarn talking about Nanks career so far, particularly his time in Munster and how the competitions in Europe differ from Super Rugby and NPC.

Obviously he is class on the footy pitch but he’s an absolute rooster off it. It was our pleasure to have a yarn with him.

Have a listen and enjoy 🍊

The first round of Super Rugby 2024 is upon us. Dicky and Kegs give their take on this years top 8 and who they think are going to come out on top in the week one clashes.

The boys give their Top 5 all time Super Rugby moments

E17 with Shane O’Leary aka Mr Worldwide of rugby is out!

Shane is an absolute legend. He has played for multiple professional teams, in five different countries and across ten years. He is currently based in Miami with the Miami Sharks for the upcoming MLR season.

Some of his greatest accomplishments are;

Winning the Pro12 with Connacht

Playing international rugby for Canada and playing in the 2019 RWC

Going to Turkey bald and still returning bald 🧑🏻‍🦲

Thanks to Shane for jumping on the poddy with us. Its was a great yarn, you don’t want to miss it 🍊🍊

Your favourite podcast is back with a new episode!

Footy is back into full swing with the 6 nations kicking off and Super Rugby teams ripping into their first preseason games.

We were lucky enough to attend a couple of the games, with Kegs watching Italy vs England and Dicky watching Munster vs the Crusaders. We discuss all the games played over the weekend as well as Kegs's move to Italy.

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The lads are backs for 2024. After the dust had settled from nearly two weeks away Kegs and Dicky jumped back on for a yarn. We discussed our highlights of both London and Malaga and the MVP leaderboard of the Spanish leg of the trip.

Plenty of good stories and laughs from the trip away

In this episode of the Halftime Oranges Podcast, the boys sit down with Flyn Yates, aka Beef Cheeks. Beef has recently moved to Japan to play footy. We discuss his experience settling into life in Japan, the challenges of language barriers, and the differences in rugby divisions. We also touch on his knowledge of his team mascot, his Japanese diet and of course Match Made in Heaven. Listen in and enjoy. Thanks to Yates for sitting down and having a yarn with us. One of the great men to come out of Palmy Boys.

Fun Fact, Flyn has the unofficial biggest rump in NZ rugby.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Background

02:12 Settling into Life in Japan

07:40 Traveling in Japan

17:40 Upcoming Games and Divisions

23:29 Team Mascot and Fun Facts

27:18 Life as a Japanese Division Two Rugby Player

32:12 Language Barriers and Translations

38:46 Embarrassing Moments

46:01 Scrum Training and Team Dynamics

50:20 Favorite and Worst Teammates

50:59 Diet and Food in Japan

01:08:40 Nicknames

The boys have met up in Dublin for a special episode.

Kegs and Dicky are joined by good friend and longtime listener of the show George Mirfin who provides minimal but decent chat.

This week on Halftime Oranges the fellas sit down, yarn, laugh and chat shit between each other. The fellas discuss hot topics of Welsh club rugby initiations, on a bus trip where the boys would to prefer to sit and their favourite beers to drink overseas

Today on Halftime Oranges we sat down with Josh McKay. Josh is a product of Christchurch Boys, he has played for Canterbury, Highlanders, Crusaders and is now running out for the Glasgow Warriors.

In this episode we talk about his time playing footy in NZ, what its like now being based in Scotland and also about a foot injury he suffered last year which put him on the sidelines for 7 months.

Don't miss our new section - 'Match Made in Heaven'

Once again massive thanks to Josh for jumping on board, he's a legend

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This week the fellas lock in on the RWC Quarter finals and lock in their predictions. There was definitely some mixed opinions between the boys and things got a wee bit heated.

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