Podcasts

Podcast #18 - Stephen Donald kicked the winning penalty that won New Zealand the Rugby World Cup on home soil in 2011 and his story of the build-up called "The Kick" was made into a movie! He's now launched drinks brand "GRINS".

It's always good to catch up with Beaver and chat about old times and new.  We talk about his new business venture with a couple of old All Black and Chiefs team-mates, GRINS, and what the future...

Podcast #17 - Sonny Bill Williams. Former NZ Heavyweight Boxing Champion, 2x Rugby World Cup Winner, 2x NRL Premiership Winner, Olympian, Bachelors Degree holder, Dedicated family man and Muslim.

It's always good catching up with Sonny Bill and seeing what new ceilings have been broken in his life.  This time when we caught up he had just come off a 5-week training camp in Ireland and Eng...

Podcast #16 - Melodie Robinson. Former Black Fern & Black Ferns Sevens player, x2 Rugby World Cup Winner, 1st Women rugby commentator and host on Sky TV, TVNZ General Manager - Sports & Events and Founder of The Wonderful Group

It's a huge honour to have on the show this week, Melodie Robinson.Mel played for the Black Ferns from 19996 to 2002 winning 2 World Cups and also represented the Black Ferns Sevens.  Not bad for...

Podcast #15 - Lusiano Afeaki. Former Hong Kong Rugby International. Co-Owner of the first UFC Gym in Australia and current Co-Owner of Crunch Fitness Gym with 18 sites across New South Wales and Victoria. Proud of his Tongan Heritage and his family

It was great to catch up with my old friend Luch on the podcast and talk about his path from Tonga to New Zealand (Petone), Hong Kong to Australia, and how his life took some unexpected turns alo...

Podcast #14 - Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, National Rugby League Premiership winner, Dally M Medal winner, Captain and Property Investor, Metaverse enthusiast and Family Man

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck has had a glittering career, winning a Rugby League Premiership with the Sydney Roosters plus many awards as an individual including the Dally M Fullback of the Year and the  ...

Podcast #13 - Eugene Bareman, Co-Founder and Head Trainer at City Kick Boxing. Two time Coach of the Year and Head Coach of UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya, Dan Hooker, Kai Kara-France, Brad Riddell, Shane Young plus many more.

I always look forward to catching up with Eugene because I always learn something.Eugene started with kickboxing as a way to get fit for rugby when he played for the Massey Rugby Club, where his ...

Podcast #12: Tana Umaga - First All Black Captain of Pacific Island Heritage, has played over 300 games of first class rugby, coached in France and New Zealand and Co-Founder of Viktual+

The last episode of TUTT for 2021.  It's been a roller coaster last few months after stepping away from The Blues to focus on our new health and wellbeing supplements company, Viktual+, with my w...

Podcast #11 - Bundee Aki

It is always good to catch up with my close friend Bundee Aki about what's going on in life and rugby.We obviously chat about his recent game against the All Blacks and how he felt after the win ...

Podcast #10 - Jonny Wilkinson

I catch up with Jonny after he's just landed on holiday outside of England, just got into his holiday home and he's made time to chat to me after 10 years.  I feel very honored!  (and also why ou...

Podcast #9 - Ross Taylor

I catch up with Luteru Ross Taylor.  He's sitting in another quarantine hotel, this time in India before the Black Caps test series, which starts this week.   He's a bit nervous as he hasn't hit ...