Today we were lucky enough to be able to talk to Manumaua Letiu 

Manumaua is 19 years old playing for the Crusaders in Super Rugby Pacific. He also played in the u20 rugby world cup where they placed 3rd. He made his debut for the Crusaders in round 1 against the Hurricanes. 

Today were lucky enough to have Paul Holocher with us . Paul has had an amazing career. He has played in Austria and Major League Soccer in the US . He played 1 cap for the US national team.  

Paul was the Academy Director for MLS club Houston Dynamo

Paul is the current Head of academy and methodologies at Christchurch united.  

Today we are lucky enough to have Keeley O’Hagan . Keeley was born in Otaki. She is a high jumper who cleared 1.82m when she was just 15 years old. Keeley has a PB of 1.89m. She has done so much in her career so far including representing New Zealand on several different occasions. We are very excited to have her on the Podcast.

Heremaia is a 24 year old winger who has played for Northland, and this year made his debut for The Crusaders against the Fijian Drua. He played for The Blues, club rugby for Auckland Grammar and he came through the academy at Counties Manukau, being selected for a New Zealand U20s camp. We’ve loved watching him break through tackles and make some great runs. We’ve wanted to talk to him for a while so we’re really happy he’s here. 

Today we are lucky enough  to have Jamie Hannah with us.

Jamie is a 21 year old lock for The Crusaders. He made his debut for the Crusaders in 2023 when he played against the Brumbies. He played for the New Zealand Under 20’s team in 2021.

Today we have Amy Rule with us.

Amy is a tight-head prop for Matatū and Canterbury. She has played professional rugby in Aussie for the Brumbies. She was also part of the women's Rugby World Cup winning team. 

Today we had Macca Springer with us.

Macca is a rugby player for the Crusaders and the Tasman Mako. He also played in the u20 New Zealand World Cup Team. The positions that Macca plays are Wing and Fullback. It’s also his 21st birthday on Friday. 

We are so lucky to have Rivez Reihana joining us today.

Rivez currently plays for the Crusaders in Super Rugby Pacific and Northland in the Bunnings NPC. Rivez plays Fly-Half and Fullback. 

Laura Bayfield is a professional rugby player who plays lock for Canterbury in the FPC and Matatū in Super Rugby Aupiki. Laura has also played rep rugby for the Black Ferns 15. Her skills don't end there though, she is also a New Zealand Army Engineer (who also loves Moana).

Today we are very lucky to have the new head coach of the mighty Crusaders, Rob Penney with us.

Rob is a former rugby union player who played as a loose forward for Canterbury. Rob has coached lots of teams including Canterbury, the Waratahs, The New Zealand under 20s and so many more.