What level of playing talent and depth does All Blacks coach Scott Robertson have to work with from 2024 onwards? Nigel looks at the forward (0:16) and back (15:48) stocks available to Razor and company as well as identifying some young prospects and veteran back-up options

Nigel starts the pod by looking at the NZ Super Rugby Pacific squads before briefly touching on the Moana Pasifika, Fijian Drua & Australian squads (0:26) He's then joined by Newshub's Alex Chapman to talk the Cricket World Cup (31:30) and concludes with a couple of questions sent to the NYP Mailbag (1:05:34)

Nigel answers a wide range of questions from the Mailbag with subjects including the Rugby World Cup, All Blacks, NBA, Tottenham, his sporting fandom, WWE and Provincial Rugby (including his beloved Heartland Championship aka The Peoples Rugby) before finishing with a cracking question on sport, technology and media.

The deciding game of Rugby World Cup 2023 is nearly upon us and in this episode, Nigel takes a good hard look at the RWC Final betwteen the All Blacks and Springboks (0:51) shares some thoughts on rugby's new Global Calendar (37:19) chats Coach of the Year (43:54) and finishes with a wee tribute to All Blacks hooker Dane Coles (47:16) ... lets go!

Having safely returned to NZ following his time in France, Nigel runs the rule over the All Black's RWC semi-final win over Los Pumas (0:44) followed by some thoughts on the Springboks edging England in the second semi (29:53)

As he nears the end of his time at Rugby World Cup 2023 in France, Nigel reviews the tournaments final round of pool play (0:28) names his Team of Pool Play (20:50) before finishing with some thoughts, observations and the odd statistic on the four RWC quarter-finals (26:28)

This episode starts with Nigel reviewing the penultimate round of pool play at the Rugby World Cup (0:34) Then he previews final round of RWC2023 pool play (16:24) before switching to the NBA to finish with the Damian Liilard trade and his admiration for Portland GM Joe Cronin (27:29)

With 24 games played & 24 more remaining, Nigel reports in from Toulouse, starting with a quick look at how his prediction pod stacks up against the tournament proper (0:47) before naming his standout forward and back for each nation (6:08) followed by his five favourite games at RWC2023 so far as well as his top three team and individual performances (28:58) then concluding with what he's looking forward to the most in the remaining games of pool play (34:35)

Nigel starts off by acknowledging, in his opinion, the most loyal fans in the NRL (0:21) then addresses the start - if you can call it that - to the NFL season by his beloved New York Jets (7:41) before finishing with a quick look back at the second week of action at Rugby World Cup 2023 (12:42) ... lets go!