Rightio, we've got half an episode here digging into the beauties of the latest round of Plunket Shield cricket from Dane Cleaver and Leo Carter going massive to Mitchell Santner taking some wickets. Plus half a pod getting through some NRL preseason yarns, some Welly Nix yarns, the retirement of Footy Ferns legend Amber Hearn, Izzy Adesanya's dance moves, and a bit of Tall Blacks basketball too.

Recapping a lovely win for the Blackcaps, talking about the role of spinners in home Tests, some excellent bowling plans, Kyle Jamieson's debut, Test Championship points, and more. Plus some opening updates on the Warriors NRL preseason, a couple Footy Ferns in the W-League, and the first White Ferns game at the WT20.

All about the combat sports here. There's chat on the Fury -Wilder rematch and the ramifications if could have for Joseph Parker, as well as the reaction to UFC Auckland and the performances and future prospects of Dan Hooker, Brad Riddell & Kai Kara France... plus Steven Adams is Aotearoa's biggest UFC fan, didya know that?

Kicking off with a few yarns on some local UFC happenings headlined by Israel Adesanya's success at the Halberg Awards (which sparks a chat about the general dullness of the Halberg Awards) before ripping into a whole lot of cricket. From a preview of the White Ferns T20 World Cup expedition to an enjoyable Ford Trophy grand final to that Blackcaps Test squad with a few curious names excluded and a few Test squad predictions from a previous squad going very awry.

First off it's an update on a few Kiwi NRL fellas to keep an eye out for at the Nines this weekend... then it's into the cricket as we chat the Blackcaps' 3-0 ODI sweep over India. From Kyle Jamieson attacking the stumps to Hamish Bennett's ideal role (and his robotic movement) to some all-rounder struggles and a beautiful new opening batting combo as well as a few speccies ahead of the Test squad naming. You know the deal.

From a new name in Kiwi UFC to Tim Southee's ODI role to Taika Waititi winning an Oscar and plenty more, we made sure to catch all the blips on our radars in this one before launching into some kiwi football chat, from a whole plethora of exciting transfers to Ryan Thomas' first goal for PSV to a bit of local Premiership action

The T20 series ended in a messy 5-0 sweep for India but we do find a couple very useful individual performances to focus on as well as chat about athletic cricketers and T20 mentality. Then some prep for the ODI stuff with Neesham and Nicholls joining the crew in top form and a few fringe bowlers getting a rare opportunity to shine (recorded before Mark Chapman was added to the squad too, btw)

Another jam-packed cricket chat, beginning with the very pressing issue of the White Ferns' extended form slump and then getting into some Blackcaps and the state of a strange old summer of cricket. Also, reaction to the Caps' ODI squad and some of the wider selection stuff as well as Todd Astle's red ball retirement.

Gotta start it off paying tribute to a legend, with the tragic passing of Kobe Bryant and how it resonates even on the other side of the world... before cracking into some cricket chat. Are the White Ferns falling behind the rest of the world? Are they getting the support they need? And then the Blackcaps, man... whose positions are in trouble after the Eden Park games and how can we maybe fix things?

It's T20 season now, friend. That means a hefty old podcast talking all about the state of the Super Smash, about the Blackcaps T20 and NZA squads, picking out ideal first XI Twenty20 sides, and previewing the upcoming five game T20 series vs India