Our special guest this week is Liam Messam.  He is a 2 time commonwealth games gold medalist with the All Blacks Sevens, 2 time Super Rugby champion with the Chiefs, NPC champion with Waikato and Rugby World Cup champion with the All Blacks.  He talks about life on and off the field. Tune in to hear his inspiring story.

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Bailey Mackey is from Gisborne and is an award-winning producer, writer, and director.   He is the former President of the Ngāti Porou East Coast rugby team and a former player of the famous 1999 side that won the NPC division 3 championship.  He was recently elected on to the NZ Rugby Board.  Tune in to his amazing story.

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Tune in to hear the amazing story of Richie Kahui....from Tokoroa to the big time!   

An NPC winner with Waikato, a Super Rugby double champion with the Chiefs and a world cup winner with the All Blacks.

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Paora Ratahi is the Content Producer for Sky TV NZ and has produced a number of shows and documentaries about high profile rugby players and teams over the years from the Hurricanes and Warriors to Nehe Milner-Skudder, the Barrett brothers, Savea brothers, Aaron Smith, Israel Dagg, Kieran Read, TJ Perenara, and Portia Woodman - the list goes on!

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Podcast WORLD EXCLUSIVE: The incredible journey of Japan rugby captain Michael Leitch.

Tune in to hear our full podcast with special guest Todd Clever, the most capped player in United States rugby union history. Todd has played at multiple World Cups and played in many countries including New Zealand where he played with the late great Jonah Lomu.

Honey Hireme-Smiler is a top multi-talented sports athlete and a current player of the Kiwi Ferns rugby league team. Honey has won two rugby league world cups, a rugby sevens world cup and a rugby league nines world cup. Honey is a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to rugby league and is widely considered as one of New Zealand’s greatest ever sportsperson.

Wayne Smith nicknamed "The Professor" played 35 games, 17 of those were test matches for the All Blacks. He was head coach and spent 16 years as assistant coach of the All Blacks. Considered to be a rugby tactical genius, he has four Super Rugby titles under his belt, two for the Crusaders and two for the Chiefs. Most notable achievements are the two back to back Rugby World Cup wins in 2011 and 2015.