Kiwi Roots Rugby Podcast

This week we are spicing things up with a totally different episode where we are piecing together our KiwiRoots All Blacks Squad for the upcoming International season.

Joining us in the debate is the charismatic funny man in Sone Finai!

You can expect some bolters to make their debut, the return of some old heads and some debates around who plays 6 & 10!

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Another great Super round of rugby deserved another Super episode. 

We once again dive into all the action over the weekend sharing our thoughts on what unfolded and joining us on debut is good friend Anthony Cuccurullo bringing his all his wisdom. 

We look at some big talking points;

Crusaders loss to the Waratahs - what does this mean?

RTS - can we now say he is the real deal?

Is the gap closing between AU & NZ?

If you would love to join us one the podcast feel free to reach out to us either by messaging the show via our Facebook page or emailing to kiwirootsrugbypodcast@gmail.com.

Thanks again for everyone's support by listening / sharing the podcast and following our social media. 

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A Super Round of Super Rugby deserves a Super Episode to complement the exciting entertainment presented to us over the weekend with all teams playing in Melbourne, AU at AAMI Stadium for round 10.

We have brought in our super sub Sone Finai to join the discussion and bring a new perspective.

With this Super episode we covered all games going through results and sharing our thoughts on some key takings from the games. 

Other features include; Try of the week, MVP, AU/NZ comparisons and our Round 11 predictions.

Besides some good rugby chat there are some good laughs in the mix for all to enjoy.

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Super Rugby Round 9 was a cracker and delivered a game for the history books between the Blues and Crusaders!

This episode we talk about the game of the week (BLU vs CRU), the red card for Scott Barrett, possible All Blacks bolters, resurgence of ex-All Black Julian Savea, our predictions for Round 10 and more banter in between.

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Recently we have been starting our episodes paying tribute to our followers so listen out for your name!

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Felix & Scott breakdown the good and the bad from each NZ game this week in Round 8 of Super Rugby.  

Hurricanes with a painful loss to the Crusaders. Blues hold out a battle hardened Chiefs side to a 25 - 0 victory. Highlanders record their first win for the year!

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Super Rugby Round 7 - What a banger with some epic & exciting running rugby!

This week our man from the South Adam Burns a.k.a Burnsy drives the show supported by Scott and Felix bring our opinions, insights and a bit of humour.

We cover off the results, game of the week (HURvsCHI), highlight play of the week, current standings, Barrett at 12 and Clarkes red card decision.

Round 8 looks interesting and we place our predictions for the upcoming games.

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Felix and Scott dive into another exciting weekend of entertaining rugby both here in NZ and across the ditch! 

Moana Pasifika create history winning their first game in emphatic style topping the Hurricanes which has earned it's way into our Game of the Week feature!

We also award our Try of the Week, Stat of the Week and reveal our MVP picks for the week.

Will the Aussies come and spoil the party later this the year? We briefly discuss this but we would also love to hear your thoughts!

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With Covid interrupting the Super Rugby Calendar we took the opportunity to look at how our Key All Blacks are playing and comment on their form. We discuss the threat of the Wallabies, some Six Nations and touch on the pending men's 2023 Rugby World Cup.

Want to know who we think will win the next Rugby World Cup - tune in to find out!

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Here goes another episode where Felix and Scott dive into round 4 of Super Rugby Pacific.

Game of the week is Crusaders vs Chiefs and special mention game Drua vs Reds.

We discuss how the teams played, who stood out and specials plays that unfolded over the weekend.

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Who will win in this weekends round 4 of Super Rugby. Join us as we share our thoughts!

Hosted by Felix, Scott & Burnsy

Here we go again with another Kiwi Roots episode where we dive into the action that took place in Round 3 of Super Rugby Pacific 2022.

We are joined again by our guest host in Adam burns residing out of Christchurch and claims not to be a Crusaders expert...we beg to differ!

Our game of the week was between the Blues and Chief in the Battle for the Bombays at the epic Eden park i.e The Fortress!

We announce our standout players of the round, Try of the week, Skill of the week and KiwiRoots MVP top 3!

Join us for the chat, the banter and the laughs.

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This episode we switch it up with Felix taking on the hosting reigns supported by Scott. We keep to the same format reviewing our Game of the Week HUR vs BLU. We share thoughts on our honorable mention game which was NZ's Southern Derby HIG vs CRU. We dig a little deeper looking at both defense & attack systems but more importantly what the Hurricanes did in the last 10mins of their match to pull off a heroic win!

We pick our Try of the Week, Skill of the Week and name our 3 players of the week who are rewarded their respective MVP points.

I hope you enjoy the episode.

This episode we talk about the good, the bad and the ugly of Round 1 in Super Rugby Pacific.

We are joined by our guest host Adam who is from Wellington, lives in Christchurch and has a background in sport journalism.

Game of the week is the Hurricanes vs Crusaders so we break this down in detail.

We find out if Christchurch actually pay taxes to ensure they get the refs 50/50 calls going there way.

And more...Join us for the fun and enjoy the episode.

In this episode Felix and myself share our thoughts on the pre season games played in NZ between the NZ based sides. Discuss what we saw from general gameplay, talk about rookies who looked great and also our experienced players already lighting things up!

We share our predictions on Rookie of the Year, Top points scorer, MVP and more!

Tune in for a listen and as always we would love to hear your feedback as it will help us improve our content for you the listeners!

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What a lineup we have in store for us next year! All the 2022 NZ squads including the new team Moana Pasifika are looking full of talent and X factor across the board. It's going to be an exciting year of Super Rugby!

We are joined this week by our first ever guest in Gary Pointon as we go over the teams. 

Gary has grown up loving the game just like us. Grew up in Wellington, lived in Dunedin for a short time and now resides in Auckland so brings to the discussion some diverse points of view and of course his passion for the game. Best known for his ZM on air persona as "Sound Keeper Gary". His other interest include being a Bee Keeper, Wedding Celebrant and running a Twitch channel! You can check him out by searching up his Twitch name "Champagne_Train" and of course give him a like and follow!

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What an epic final weekend of the International fixture window for 2021. The Southern Hemisphere teams all fell victim to some really good teams from the North (England, France and Wales). Here we cover mainly the All Blacks vs France mixed with some chat from games between England vs South Africa and Wales vs Australia. There was a lot of controversary with the way referees utilized the TMO system throughout the whole series by looking for needles in a hay stack which at times decided the outcomes of a game. Frustrating to watch!!

Overall some fantastic rugby was on display by all teams which made this episode a great one to record!

Hope you enjoy!

Scott and Felix check in with each other covering our "Peak & Pit" from our journey through rugby. This gives an insight into us as people and we dive a little into our past.

We lightly cover off the main International fixtures of this weekend (13, 14 & 15 November) however going into greater depth with the magnificent win by Ireland over the mighty All Blacks!

Well done Ireland on a great game!

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Felix and myself catch up on what we have been up to over the last week. He shares his cool initiative he is apart of in WLG helping the todays youth - a programme called "Lupe". 

Scott talks about his move to Palmy and softball season.

We talk about the international season briefly covering other international fixtures before getting into the All Blacks vs Italy game.

As always, hope you enjoy the listen!

Another jingle for bank! this time for Beauden Barrett reaching 100 games for the All Blacks - well done fella!

We again talk about the good and the bad of the All Blacks performance against Wales. 

Hosted again by Scott Pointon and Felix Filipo.

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This episode we talk about the rugby match between the New Zealand All blacks vs USA eagles. 

In addition to this episode we touch on USA rugby history, rugby structure in the US an epic rap jingle in honour of Ardie Savea who is quick becoming a great in the game! 

We welcome any feedback you may have - please email us at kiwirootsrugbypodcast@gmail.com.

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This episode we try a new style of hosting our very own KiwiRoots Awards night! We have created 24 categories from the standard awards to some fun ones for a laugh.

Felix also presents his Ardie Savea Rap for making our form 15 3 weeks in a row during our previous episodes. (featuring background music "Hate it or Love it" by 50 Cent)

We really appreciate you listening and value your feedback.

Feel free to drop us an email with any feedback good or constructive @ kiwirootsrugbypodcast@gmail.com.

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This episode we share our final thoughts on the whole 2021 Rugby Championship setup, the games and the teams. 

We present our Jordie Barrett jingle for making our Form15 3 plus weeks in a row! (every week he made it!). Credit to the Pokemon theme song for the music background.

We select our competition Form 15 which includes some obvious choices, some nice surprises and some honorable mentions.

We accidently invent the Samu Kerevi Ice Cream name called the Samu Keremi and much more silly business goes on.

Hope you enjoy the listen!

This podcast we introduce our very first Jingle for a player who has made our form 15 3 weeks in a row - congratulations to Taniela Tupou!

Here we also discuss our thoughts on the game. Key moments, some fails and players who we thought stood up in the moment.

We select our new form 15 based on the weekends games and set some more homework for the next podcast.

Hope you enjoy!

Here we talk about the aerial assault on the All Blacks and the genius tactical game plan that almost lead to the upset of the tournament.

Again we discuss about our Form 15 and some notable changes.

Also some homework set for both Felix and myself which will hopefully produce some creative genius on future episodes.

Enjoy!

We talk about round 4 game between NZ and Argentina. Update our Form 15. Debut of our new intro!

Enjoy!

Felix takes his turn at hosting. 

We dive into the game of the series so far between South Africa and Australia. 

Great to see the return of Quade Cooper and the Aussies take a much needed win!

Join us on the podcast to hear our opinion!

This episode we share our opinion on the games between the NZ All Blacks and Argentina Pumas game on Sunday 12th September.

We also review our form 15. Some players have earned their right to push other players out from their weekend performance. 

Hope you enjoy.

Hosts: Scott & Felix

This is our very first podcast of hopefully many more so perhaps a little rusty and improvements to be made but all great stories start somewhere!

We break down the game discussing some of our highlight moments, players on form and select our very first ever Form 15 rugby team!

Bledisloe Cup Game 3

New Zealand All Blacks vs Australia Wallabies

Location: Perth, AU

Date: 5th September 2021

Hope you enjoy!