The Kiwis have named their end of year squad and it's a good one, we chat some of the new faces and dig into the halves picks and expunge upon the new theory of The Warriors Curse. Not to mention the big narratives from the Kiwi Ferns and also the Nines World Cup as well. Then it's time for football chat, beginning around 31:00, with a pair of Flying Kiwis celebrations before cracking into that opening defeat for the Nix. There's love for the McCowatt/Cacace combo, appreciation for the rare breed that is 'A-League Battler' and patience for the Nix as a work in progress.

Kicking it off with a little mention of Ryan Thomas making his debut for PSV and repping the Flying Kiwis... then it's all in on the UFC and the NRL. Huge win for Israel Adesanya, huge win for Dan Hooker, and an especially huge win for City Kickboxing. Plus how do the Roosters keep winning? Culture and recruitment with a little brilliance thrown in on top.

First off, as per, we begin with some Flying Kiwis roundups before charging full steam into this Joseph Parker news. No fight against Chisora, JP's been bitten by a spider. Weird one but weirder still is the state of his career. Then it's a full on celebration of kiwi MMA ahead of UFC 243. Not just the Whittaker vs Adesanya top fight but the whole card which is stacked with talent from Aotearoa (and Australia)

And then there were just two remaining. Roosters vs Raiders for the 2019 NRL title... we've got all sorts in our preview pod here, from reminiscing upon the two beaten semi-finalists to finding value in player recruitment to a celebration of defensive footy to of course plenty of Kiwi NRL angles as well.

Starting with a Junior Kiwis break down, then previewing another round of NRLW footy where NZ Warriors are making some incredibly weird decisions. Then there is a full #KiwiNRL preview of NRL semi-finals where most of the funk sits in the forwards; the involvements of Sia Soliola and Joseph Tapine for Canberra Raiders, plus how impactful will Brandon Smith be for Melbourne Storm.

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Beginning with a few yarns on the NRL finals games coming up and then diving into the whole Corey Webster thing with the Breakers before getting deep on some Flying Kiwis excellence. Then to top it all off there's a wrap on some player signings ahead of the new Premiership season. Yeah we cover some bases on this one, mate.

Sio Siua Taukeiaho made a dominant return to the Roosters team, while Melbourne Storm were sub-par in their loss to Canberra Raiders. Shaun Johnson didn't quite lead Cronulla Sharks deep into Finals footy as hoped, but Braden Hamlin-Uele did exactly what he's done all season. All the #KiwiNRL chat from Finals week one and then a full wrap of the first round of NRLW footy.

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The third version of our special pod for Patreon subscribers is the last one we'll dangle out there as a taster (so get in on www.patreon.com/elnichecache if you dig) and you'd better believe it's a wild ride full of spiritual and philosophical golden nuggets. From the obligatory weather chat to the zen wisdom of Kane Williamson to the poison of resentment to the legacy of the hippie dream to the Age of Aquarius

There was a weird ol' Under 19 Junior Kiwis wider squad announced that gets some attention before wiggling into NRLW and #KiwiNRL Finals previews. Every NRLW team has a #KiwiNRLWahine in it, while there is no shortage of fellas who could have a serious influence on Finals footy in the NRL. Whether it's Dylan Brown stepping up for Parramatta Eels or Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad coming under the Melbourne Storm microscope, it's going to be lovely.

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The Blackcaps have wrapped up their T20 series in Sri Lanka and are on a little hiatus now, leaving us to discuss Colin Munro's pretty mud 2019 so far, where Hamish Rutherford fits into the Caps picture, how the upcoming Plunket Shield could be a platform for a number of players trying to crack the international stuff, and whether the Blackcaps need to take a more specialist approach to T20 cricket ahead of the World Cup next year