Kiwi Roots Rugby Podcast

What a thrilling 2 games we had over the weekend! and the highly anticipated All Blacks Squad announcement for the 2022 Ireland tests and Rugby Championship. This episode is led by Felix supported by Scott and we give our thoughts on the 2 games over the weekend between Crusaders vs Chiefs and Blues vs Brumbies. We review the new looking AB's squad, talk about 6 new caps, players who missed out an...

Scott and Felix discuss the latest Super Rugby QF, NZ Black Ferns, PNC Team announcements and the inclusion of some faces as a result of the eligibility law change recently plus more! If you want to stay up to date with Kiwiroots or get in contact you can find us on: Facebook & Youtube - @Kiwiroots Rugby Podcast Instagram & Tiktok - @Kiwiroots_rugby Email - kiwirootsrugbypodcast@gmail.com...

In this episode we speak with Peter Russell, Head Coach of the Manawatu Turbos discussing his coaching journey from an amatuer in the Wellington club scene during the late 90's / early 2000's through to his eventual professional career here in NZ and abroad. Peter has a an amazing story where his success came from his ability to create an environment where hard work was the norm and players were w...

This episodes starting lineup is Adam up front being supported by Scott Pointon & Felix Filipo on the outside! We are now getting closer the the business end of the season and we figured its time we talk seriously about who will make the Top 8! After much deliberation we have come to an agreement on who we think will win. did we get it right you think? We brought back one of our original jingl...

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! You will have the opportunity to get in...

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 g...

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 ta...

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. Please follow us on Facebook by searching for Kiwi Roots Rugby Podcas...

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! Join us in the show, share your feedback on our Facebook page - just search up Kiwi Roots Rugby Podcast.  Or if you are...

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 intere...

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...

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! Enjoy the episode! If you would like to share your feedback p...

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. Enjoy the Ep. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scott-pointon7/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

Who will win in this weekends round 4 of Super Rugby. Join us as we share our thoughts! Hosted by Felix, Scott & Burnsy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scott-pointon7/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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! W...

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 p...

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 wa...

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...

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...

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 syste...

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...

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 yo...

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. We would also love to hear any feedback you may have and you can reach us at kiwirootsrugbypodcast@gmail.com Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: htt...

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. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice messa...

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...