Murray Deaker's Sporting Lives

This week Murray is talking golf with kiwi golfer Michael Hendry. Deaks and Michael chat about life as a pro golfer, whether Lydia Ko is New Zealand's best golfer and Michael's battle with leukaemia.  'Murray Deaker’s Sporting Lives' will interview legends of sport, uncovering their stories. Murray Deaker has been interviewing the biggest names in sport for 40 years, and now he's back with a brand...

This week Murray is joined by former All Blacks lock Ian Jones. Kamo and Deaks talk about the 1995 Rugby World Cup final, how McDonalds spared 5 players from the poisoning and they discuss what is so special about the All Blacks, South Africa rivalry. 'Murray Deaker’s Sporting Lives' will interview legends of sport, uncovering their stories. Murray Deaker has been interviewing the biggest names in...

This week Deaks talks to former All Black, Auckland and Manu Samoa coach, NZR President and life member, Sir Bryan Williams. Beegee tells Murray about the crippling fear he had before his debut in South Africa, gives his thoughts on the current rules of the game and talks about the unconscious bias towards the Island teams. 'Murray Deaker’s Sporting Lives' will interview legends of sport, uncoveri...

With the 2023 Cricket World Cup underway, Deaks catches up with former Blackcaps player and coach, Mark Greatbatch.  Mark reflects on the '92 World Cup campaign that he was a part of and gives his thoughts on the current Blackcaps team and tournament taking place in India. 'Murray Deaker’s Sporting Lives' will interview legends of sport, uncovering their stories. Murray Deaker has been interviewin...

This week, to mark the start of the Cricket World Cup in India, Deaks catches up with Black Caps batsman Devon Conway. Devon gives Murray some insight into his success, they talk about that broken hand incident and he reveals his golf handicap, and why his teammates think it should be lowered. 'Murray Deaker’s Sporting Lives' will interview legends of sport, uncovering their stories. Murray Deaker...

This week Deaks is joined by rugby legend Sir Wayne 'Buck' Shelford.  Buck and Murray talk about the current All Black team, how the game has changed since his time, his cancer diagnosis and how important your health is as you age. 'Murray Deaker’s Sporting Lives' will interview legends of sport, uncovering their stories. Murray Deaker has been interviewing the biggest names in sport for 40 years,...

This week, Deaks catches up with New Zealand Rugby Players' Association boss Rob Nichol.  They discuss the Silver Lake deal, international eligibility rules, whether the NPC is fit for purpose and the beauty of the women's game. 'Murray Deaker’s Sporting Lives' will interview legends of sport, uncovering their stories. Murray Deaker has been interviewing the biggest names in sport for 40 years, an...

On this episode, Murray talks to former All Blacks captain and hooker Sean Fitzpatrick. Deaks and Sean chat about his love hate relationship with South Africa, how the referees are impacting the game and how he rates the Northern Hemisphere team's chances at the Rugby World Cup. 'Murray Deaker’s Sporting Lives' will interview legends of sport, uncovering their stories. Murray Deaker has been inter...

On Murray's first episode he catches up former All Blacks coach Laurie Mains.  Deaks and Laurie chat about the current state of New Zealand Rugby, the All Blacks world cup chances and whether Laurie ever got to the bottom of the poisoning saga at the 95 world cup. 'Murray Deaker’s Sporting Lives' will interview legends of sport, uncovering their stories. Murray Deaker has been interviewing the big...

Murray Deaker has been interviewing the biggest names in sport for 40 years, and now he's back with a brand-new podcast. 'Murray Deaker’s Sporting Lives' will interview legends of sport, uncovering their stories. Full of memories, theories, and opinion. And no nonsense! 'Murray Deaker’s Sporting Lives' podcast brought to you by Gold Sport. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.