Petone Rugby Pod

This week Fridge takes us through some random top 3 lists both relating to club and life outside of the club. This episode has a bit of everything with your regular rugby reviews. We discuss our top 3 influential people at the club and in life as well as our top 3 All Blacks, top 3 exciting players coming through, top 3 volunteers and top 3 Saddle Chat moments. Euge also reminds us how much he lov...

This week the crew has your weekly break down of the Mitre 10 cup & the All Blacks. Euge, Ez and Fridge discuss their favourite sports movies and Huge puts Ez & Fridge through the weekly quiz.

This week the guys review Mitre 10 cup including the Lions Ranfurly loss and also dissect the ABs narrow loss to those Aussies. Huge and Fridge go head to head on a quiz. For random talking points Fridge goes back to conversationstarters.com to get the boys thinking.

With the election in the books the lads come up with a NZ Political XV. The boys talk NRL grand final and Mitre 10 cup as well as covering their favourite comedies. Brought to you by Hellpizza.co.nz

The boys talk test footy, after the All Blacks 16-16 draw at the tuna can, great atmosphere, great to see international rugby back but should some of the players should go back to their original positions? are there a few who should be elevated to the starting XV? The lads mention their favourite commentators and colour analysts of all time and chat about our first ever email account names. Outro...

We sit down with Taurima Morris and talk about strength and conditioning, his move to Auckland and get his gauge on the current NFL and NBA play. Tau also delves back and talks about his move to wellington as a young fulla, Petone Juniors and NBHS before coming back to the village after a stint in Dunners and Straya. Brought to you by Hell Pizza www.hellpizza.com

The boys discuss a gloomy finals day at the Rec, not featuring any Village teams. Hack is back with his hard hitting quiz and a few mind blowing facts. The lads touch on the challenges facing club rugby, and design their dream clubroom/ground scenario. Brought to you by Hell Pizza, go to hellpizza.co.nz

The boys chat about the heartbreak of not being involved in finals day, but cover what has been an otherwise successful season 4/5 senior teams in the top 3 and the first grade side playing up a grade. Hack hits the boys with a quiz then we get into the inaugural Saddle Chat Awards of 2020. Brought to you by Hell pizza Petone, go to Hell and order now! hellpizza.com

To celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori we chat to Joey Hopkins about the origins and creation of the Petone RFC haka - Nga toa o Pito-one. Joey also shares his passion for Te Upoko O Te Ika, Wellington Maori Rugby. We go through the results from the weekend that's been and look forward to the 3 Semifinals featuring Petone teams this weekend, as well as the Prem reserve ma who continue to fight, up th...

We chat about the do or die games this weekend. Special guest Vern Sosefo fills us in on his move to the village, his time in france and becoming a Dad. We talk about more strange moves by Wellington rugby, letting players change clubs on the eve of Jubilee finals. Brought to you by www.nzfsg.co.nz Warning explicit language, the thoughts and ideas on this podcast are the opinions of the Ezra, Euge...

In this episode the boys get pretty critical of Wellington rugby, and some of the AR work from the weekend. We preview who could be in the running for the silverware at prize giving and discuss our favourite movies with rugby scenes. Brought to you by McCormack Group LTD

In episode 20 we talk abouts rugby's most celebrated grubs and villains, Hack rounds up the northern hemisphere grubs, Ez the southern hemisphere, Euge does the kiwi grubs and Fridge picks his PRFC grub xv. We start the interview with our Netballers, Destiny and Amanda who are prepping for a 3rd place playoff this weekend!

We chat to PRFC power couple Dylan and Freya about life and footy, The best and worst things about Rugby and having the second best lemon tree in Petone. The lads draft up their best league team with current village players and Hack drops his first XI PRFC cricket side. Brought to you by Peak Electrical and Gee and Hickton

Ezra tasks the boys with putting together some teams, Hacks team is made up of guys with 4 letters in their last name, Fridge 5 letters, Euge 6 letters and Ezra 7 letters. Did you make the cut? We also chat to club man Benny Martin about his 40th, coming to Petone as a student and his years in the saddle. We quickly touch on murphys irish bar, again. Brought to you by Golden Horse Takeaways 

The boys wrap up old timers day, the faces and clashes on the rec that made the day so special. We preview this weekends games and Sample some mac n cheese from local joint Wholy Mac on Jackson Street. 

Sweet 16, you are having a court session, who do you want to be there? Who is the best judge, sherriff, enforcer? Who is your guitar player? Also we catch up with Rattle aka Jaysin Fale to talk about his time at PRFC, the memories and people that made it so special, as well as touching on the reunion with the 2000 era players they have organised for this weekend to coincide with old timers day. Br...

We are joined by Petone junior, Wellington college and HOBM Eagles legend Otto Rasch. Now residing in the village Otto drops in and we talk about his footy career and all things McBain! The boys also wrap up the scores from the weekend and its Eugene's turn to do some intrusive probing.  

We talk about the great team and individual performances from last weekend and preview the slate of games involving the saddle this coming weekend. We run a Hurricanes draft, picking our own teams from the pool of Hurricanes players in their 25 year history, Fridge has a shocker. Ez keeps the boys on their toes with his probing questions. Brought to you by Tarn Styche Photography

In episode 13 the crew discuss the results from the round and the stand out performances as well as looking to the tough clashes this weekend. We sit down with Black Fern Jax and her husband and coach Fred to talk about the blistering start to the Ponies season, and her blazer game this saturday. The boys name their all time Petone women's XV. Brought to you by Hack's Burgers, available every away...

In episode 12 we are joined by local favourite, ex Petone and Wellington player Murray Blandford and wrap up games from the weekend, we probe Muz with questions about his playing and coaching days. We then debate what are the best grounds and changing rooms in Wellington Club rugby, and what are the worst? As usual we finish with our picks for this weekend, and Fridge offers some terrible betting...

In episode 11 the boys discuss the great little men to grace the saddle over the years, from Jackie Dougan to little Hew and Logan Henry and everyone in between. We are joined by this weeks Prem captain and BLOAT XV member Goochy, we get his thoughts on the Jville clash, upcoming game with Omata and lads who have impressed him so far this season. Ezra confesses his love for nuts and Fridge is back...

10 episodes wowee! Ez, Hack, Euge and Fridge catch up with Prem coaches Pipes and Yappa to talk about their draw for the Swindale Shield and players that have impressed. We touch on some of their approaches to coaching and how they found themselves at the helm at PRFC, we then focus on the clash this weekend with the Jville Hawks. Ezra again asks the hard questions and gets the boys to name their...

We discuss Petone's great captains and other worthy captains in Wellington club rugby, as well as the clubs great leaders on and off the field. We make our picks for the first round of super rugby Aotearoa and Ezra has a few surprise questions for the boys. Jack Ross leaves the boys high and dry once again. We touch on our most memorable nights at the club as we prepare for the Re-Launch do this S...

The boys have a bit of fun this week and Come up with a PRFC BLOAT(best looking of all time) XV, as well as an all time world BLOAT XV. We also comment on the Premier format that was voted on and decided this week and all the other goings on around the club. Brought to you by Deux Chevaux Wines @2deux_chevaux