Fainga’anuku at 7? Hype or Hit? Could the All Blacks follow the Boks blueprint?
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Coming to you from rugby's greatest fortress, New Zealand's national stadium, Eden Park, is the Aotearoa Rugby Park. Kia ora and welcome to the Aotearoa Rugby Pod. And before we even get going, yes, I'm wearing a Blues jersey. I forgot to bring my Eden Park kit today. Left it at home on the hanger.
Budger, you can thank me, mate. Blues through and through.
I'm sorry to the Chiefs. I'm sorry to my family. I'm sorry to everyone about this. Hey, at least it's downing zero. Jonah, Joely, Errol Brain, all of you guys, you can hopefully appreciate this. Michael Scott.
Always got to have it ready, though, you know.
I knew there'd come a day when this jersey would come in handy. Maybe I should have a Chiefs kit just sitting in the car. You should. Permanently to see how that goes. Plenty of singular. All right, we've got plenty on the show outside of me wearing blues kit today. Let's defying our Anuku. Plenty to talk about there. The hoopla around a centre winger playing at seven. And look, his ball carrying was immense. Everyone's talking about it. Let's have a chat about whether he was playing open side flanker. Let's have a chat about what this means for Leicester Fire and Unuku, where he should play, whether they'll do it against the big teams. We'll get into some detail about, I suppose, what this is and how it worked and what kind of role he was actually playing.
We'll talk a fair bit about SuperRound. Lots of great stuff going on in SuperRound, from high-flying antics, AFL-style stuff, to Golden Point and what that means for the team that loses. All sorts to get into there. We've got lots of content through the week as well. We've got an interview for you to catch up with with Kane Drury, the new under-20s coach who's also in charge of the pathways from the bottom all the way to the top. So his new role and how that could help New Zealand rugby. Plenty to get into there. Of course, if you want to catch the Aotearoa Rugby pod, you can do so at Aotearoa Rugby pod official channels. You can go to stuff.co.nz. You can get written articles, get into the comment section there.
There were plenty there this week. Go to Rugby Pass as well, where you can catch all of our content. So lots of places you can catch us. And please send us an email at arp at vandermedia.co.nz. If you do that, you can go into the draw for the Athletic Supplement Prize. So lots to talk about, lots to get into today, Jipper. Goodness gracious me. I don't know what to do about this.
Well, I'll tell you what. It's amazing that it fit. That same jersey nearly gave me more of a receipt on Saturday night. That's for sure.
It was a roller coaster, but we got there in the end. Yeah. Bryn Hall, of course, coming in from Japan. Bryn, you know, your old team at their new stadium, it was a big weekend for Christchurch.
What makes Leicester Fainga’anuku a standout player for the Crusaders?
A lot of proud people, a lot of people who should be so happy with Superround, the stadium, the team. A great weekend for Christchurch.
an outstanding weekend. And like, I think, you know, even the, the, the ground and the three days pretty much being sold out, which is great for be able to, to look from afar. But if you look at kind of the, the restaurants, the bars, the walk to be able to go to the stadium, how close it has been able to, you know, have your dinner, have some drinks and then walk your, walk into the stadium and talking to players talking to people that live down there there was just such a vibe it's such a festive kind of feel in and around it and then I guess with the rugby as well you could just see that it meant more than rugby to be honest like you know three three setups for three different days the Crusaders were on the Friday but you know I guess with how hungry they have been starved for rugby in such a world-class stadium it didn't matter who seemed to be playing Christchurch just wanted to get out and it looked great and hopefully now you know it's going to be a continuation of having
having it down in cross-stretching, even in the super yard down there.
The only thing everyone was talking about on Friday night, with less defying art.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:44
2
What makes Leicester Fainga’anuku a standout player for the Crusaders?
2:44–5:10
3
How does Leicester's role as a hybrid player impact the Crusaders' game plan?
5:10–5:33
4
What is the significance of the Super Round in the current rugby season?
5:33–5:45
5
How do Golden Point rules affect team standings in Super Rugby?
5:45–7:52
6
What are the implications of Leicester Fainga’anuku's performance against elite teams?
7:52–28:46
7
What are the highlights of the Black Ferns' performance under Whitney Hansen?
28:46–30:29
8
How does the Crusaders' strategy change when facing top teams like the Hurricanes?
30:29–1:08:45
Speakers
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