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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hey guys, welcome to another episode of the Waterland podcast presented to you by Betcha. And here's a little sample of what's about to come in this episode.
I used to be out there playing rugby with myself all day long, no matter the weather. I'd run my goals up on a piece of paper, I'd put them on the wall, and one of them was an all-black and all that type of stuff. I got a little cracked for the Southern Stags. Last year I was in there for a little bit.
Like, it was a full-on crowd there, and I was like, geez, look, I'm actually about to go on here. An hour into the party, I ended up on the roof, and then I fell off the roof, and I It somehow landed on my bin.
Chapter 2: What inspired Jayden Broome to pursue rugby?
And then afterwards, I was on camera for a couple of weeks, fully paralyzed. Couldn't move. I couldn't move anything. I was stuck. My head was, like, stuck on the right side, and that was it. She sat me down, and she said that, Jaden, if you decide to play rugby, like, it's an odd matter of if you're going to die, you're going to die. It's hard to come to terms with it.
Like, I thought I was supposed to be here for rugby. Now that's taken away, just like that.
Well, lad, well, today is a young guest whose story goes far beyond rugby. The proud kid from Gore was someone who could be seen outside with a rugby ball in his hands anywhere people went. He captained just about every team he played for from all the Southland age grade sides to his first 15 in year 11.
He even captained New Zealand Māori schoolboys to success over the New Zealand schools and even got in a pre-season game for his beloved Stags. He was an incredible talent with the work ethic to match. But in 2025, everything changed. An accident left him fighting for his life. He was placed in an induced coma and forced to take the toughest battle he'd ever had to face.
He tackled this challenge like he has everyone in his career, head on, with determination. He's an inspiration. And of course, he is a massive lad. It is the great Jaden Broome. Welcome, mate.
Thank you for having me, mate. It's unreal and dramatic. You enjoy that one? Did I get it right? Yeah, it was cool. Actually, I was quite, I think I was a bit self-conscious about the intro way because I, you know, like the breath on episode and then eating the can ready and I was like, I was like, geez, how am I going to match that? Hey, like I've actually never played professional rugby.
Like I had that wee pre-season game, but I haven't professional. I was like.
i was like to my mate i even him i was like i was like i might actually like good enough to even like be on here but um yeah no there was unreal i'm stoked to have you on i know you've driven a long way up from gore to come on and um yeah shout out to your um car sponsor who's given you an opportunity to use their car to get up here who was that so it was it was regional ford and gore the um
Oh, they've helped me a lot over the years, eh? So it's just a wee bit of back story. I live with just my mum. Yeah. So single parent. And she never had a license, never had a car. So I had training in Invercargill once or twice a week in Invercargill. So I had to... Had to transport down there, and we didn't have a car, so I was constantly trying to figure out ways to get there.
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Chapter 3: How did Jayden's childhood experiences shape his rugby career?
And I was like, I don't want to be known as a rugby player that goes to Southern Boys. I'm more than just a rugby player. It's quite ironic that now I'm facing giving up rugby. But yeah, at that time I was thinking about like, Oh, I'm not just a reg player. I'm more than just a reg player.
Yeah. What else were you doing at the time? Um... Working at the freezing works I hear, like you're doing some big shifts at the freezing works in the summer.
Yeah, so that was my main job and that's quite funny actually because me and my mate, we used to work there and we used to actually listen to Waterblade podcasts all the time. At the freezing works? Yeah, because we're the Bluetooth headmuffs. Oh yeah, yeah.
And we put them on and we would listen to like all sorts of podcasts, like I remember like Brian Mitchell's, like Morgan Mitchell's all the time. Oh, that was Southland Legends. Oh yeah, they were unbelievable. So yeah, we used to listen to play, like, We used to be, like, on the spot. We used to be, like, saying to each other, like, have you listened to the new podcast?
Come out and stuff like that. That's cool. And now you're on it, mate. Yeah, I know.
Yeah, it's pretty unbelievable work. You'll be listening to yourself next freezing work visit.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, they'd be unbelievable. But, yeah, me works was what I did. And then I was – rugby was definitely my main focus. I have little, like, cups in my life that I, like, poured my life into. For example, rugby was probably the over –
bearing like thing I put my life into and then probably under that was probably like kabake oh yeah I quite loved that um it's called like my social life so I'm up with my mates I'm making sure that you know I'm having a laugh with my mates and then also my mental health all that type of stuff and um Yeah, I've kind of had to really look at that recently.
You know, with my brain injury, I probably can't fly into uni next year. I've got to like, you know, take the necessarily steps back, step backs. Yeah. Because, yeah, I know. So I'm trying to like study, one cup, my social life, mental health, all that type of stuff. Make sure they're all full, not like sticking my study and then leaving little for men to wear out and all that stuff.
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Chapter 4: What led to Jayden's life-changing accident?
And at the end of your schooling year, you make the New Zealand Māori school boys side?
Yeah, it was unbelievable. I actually...
i remember a little bit from that like from selection which was tough i remember i was just on the phone with the coach actually i was just asking him about like um some information i might have missed and stuff like that but actually it's quite funny i remember i was going to the training i was still training for the first thing and i got a phone call and it was a coach and he was saying like hey mate do you have like time to speak and
And I was like, oh, no, I said, I'm going for training. He said, after training, call me. So I was like, oh, jeez, why is he ringing me? Yeah, and then after the training, it was me and mum, we were together in a room, and then I put on my speaker, and he said, show away, congratulations. And I was like, oh, jeez. Jeez, I just couldn't believe it.
A kid from a little school, like a little rugby school, is now on the national stage with people from all sorts of schools around the country. I was like, I was pretty like, I don't know how many times they had to explain in that team where our goal was. Like everyone was like, oh, where is this goal? And I had to pull out the map all the time and say, oh, down there.
But yeah, there's people all over the country asking that. Yeah. Um, so I remember like mum was like, you know, crying and like jumping around and I was like, you know, it might not be the biggest opportunity, but me being on national stage at a young age and to keep in the team is, it's just, it was just like kind of like the dream coming true. Yeah. Slowly. The start of it, eh? Yeah.
Did you feel like you're good enough when you went into the camp and like playing against and with these guys? Yeah.
Yeah, there was something I had to realize. Yeah. Because obviously I was playing kids from Heaven and Boy High School, Auckland Grammar, all that type of stuff. And I was from my little school and I was a little player. And I remember sitting there, it was actually Coach Martin told me that you're actually, you're good enough. Like you're in this team because you're good enough to be here.
You're not, you're not just in here to like make numbers up. And I was like, okay, I have to actually realize that because I remember sitting in the changing room sometimes and I was like, well, geez, am I good enough to be here? Yeah. But they said like, no, you're good enough to be here for a reason. Make sure you're... It's a similar situation to this podcast, actually.
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