In this rapid fire, school holidays episode Nigel reviews a largely predictable All Blacks Northern/End Of Year tour squad (0:40) before spending more time on the far more intriguing & enlightening selections of the All Blacks XV squad (4:35). He then previews the four NPC quarter finals in chronological order - Wellington vs Counties Manukau (13:17) Bay of Plenty vs Hawkes Bay (15:03) Taranaki vs Waikato (16:51) and Tasman vs Canterbury (21:08) - before finishing with details of an impending milestone (23:16)

Host & Producer: Nigel Yalden

Today's episode starts with Nigel's late night, vibes-only review of the All Blacks win over the Wallabies in Wellington on Saturday night (1:26) and a quick NRL Grand Final pick (14:35) before an in-depth conversation with the wonderful sports story teller Suzanne McFadden, who shares her story telling origin story, her process around telling long form stories, the trials, tribulations and emotions of writing a book, her collaboration with Honey Hireme-Smiler on her book "Honey - My Story of Love, Loss and Victory" and having other story teller in the house (16:24)

Host & Producer: Nigel Yalden

Guest: Suzanne McFadden

Nigel finishes the month by diving into the mailbag, answering questions on the Kalyn Ponga situation, the Blackcaps, NFL, AFL, NRL, NPC, his beloved Tottenham, Formula 1, the Black Ferns, the Breakers and multiple questions around the All Blacks including injury cover, the End of Year Tour, depth issues, overseas players and blooding new players.

Host & Producer: Nigel Yalden

Contributors: Craig, Nathan, David D, Matt (aka OBC) Damien, David L, Blair, Issac and Lauren

On this episode, Nigel looks at the 1st Bledisloe Cup test between the All Blacks and Wallabies in Sydney (0:32) including 1st half stats speaking volumes (10:25) Nigel talking in circles about the ABs bench balance 😂 (21:00) post test thoughts (23:55) 2nd half stats (24:40) mentality (32:00) and changes (33:13) before finishing with letting you know what coming up on the podcast over the next ten days (36:37)

Host & Producer: Nigel Yalden

A nice little half hour episode starts with Nigel looking at the All Blacks team for the opening Bledisloe Cup test in Sydney (0:42). He then shares his thoughts on the format for Super Rugby Pacific 2025 (6:54) before finishing with his NPC Tiers (12:10) ... lets go!

Host & Producer: Nigel Yalden

Nigel finally gets around to reviewing another intriguing test battle between the All Blacks and South Africa in Cape Town. The observations include delays in play (5:30) the All Blacks attack in rhythm (12:12) halftime thoughts (14:29) the Springboks turn the screw (18:55) start of the final quarter (21:00) the Willie le Roux yellow card (21:45) ten to play (25:31) before finishing with some post test thoughts (28:30) and a look ahead to the ABs upcoming tests with the Wallabies (32:05)

Host & Producer: Nigel Yalden

In this episode, Nigel reviews a fascinating test match between to the two old foes in Johannesburg. His breakdown includes the Mbonambi try (5:30) a kicking at altitude story (11:25) interesting halftime stats (15:45) ABs fast start to second half (16:49) and the turning point of the game (23:45) before ending with summations, conclusions and observations (29:00)

Host & Producer: Nigel Yalden

Nigel answers an awesome range of listener submitted questions on NZ cricket contracts, the ABs coaching departure, the NFL, rush defences, the Americas Cup, Leroy Carter to the Chiefs, AEW All In, US College Football, stadium naming rights, the NRL bunker, the AFL playoffs & David Nucifora to Scotland Rugby.

Host & Producer: Nigel Yalden

Contributors: Carlin, David D, David L, John, Issac, Matt (aka OBC) Corey & Richard

Nigel looks at the All Blacks bounce-back win over Los Pumas at Eden Park, thus continuing their three decades long unbeaten streak at the venue (0:50) before sharing some thoughts, questions, likes and dislikes from the first five tests of the ABs 2024 campaign (29:00)

PS - Next week is an end of month Mailbag episode ... you all know what to do 😉

HOST & PRODUCER: Nigel Yalden

Nigel's back to breakdown Los Pumas victory over the All Blacks in Wellington (0:37) Then he's joined by his combat-sport & pro-wrestling guru Brad "B-Rad" Lewis to review WWE Summerslam (29:50) then dive head-long into previewing the UFC 305 card featuring kiwi mixed martial artists Israel Adesanya, Kai Kara-France and Dan Hooker (37:20)

Host & Producer: Nigel Yalden

Guest: Brad Lewis