The Niche Cast

This week on the Niche Cast we start by rolling through our favourite Super Smash players, kiwi women in A-League and kiwi blokes in NBL. We discuss Steven Adams' return for Houston Rockets and lay out a funky New Zealand boxing menu featuring David Nyika, Mea Motu and Joseph Parker. Then we have lots of cricket to discuss with Blackcaps vs Sri Lanka and Super Smash where there are some Champions...

This week on the Niche Cast we touch on Jasprit Bumrah's Test record vs New Zealand before highlighting a wave of young talent from Aotearoa including Otago Volts' Mason Clarke, NZ Warriors' Leka Halasima, Wellington Phoenix lads like Luke Brooke-Smith and Reading FC's Tyler Bindon. Then we break down lovely wins for Wellington Phoenix men and Auckland FC in the A-League, where Tim Paine excelled...

This week on the Niche Cast we celebrate Tauranga Whai winning the Tauihi basketball league and offer some of our favourite musical jam. Then we discuss the Blackcaps T20I/ODI squads to play Sri Lanka and weave in the New Zealand 11 selections that include Henry Shipley, Ben Lister, Adithya Ashok, Matt Fisher. We touch on the White Ferns ODI series vs Australia before rolling through a win for Wel...

This week on the Niche Cast we start by rolling through NZ Breakers, Rob Loe and kiwis in NBL then Tauihi finals. Chris Wood's a good mover, NZ Warriors extended two local youngsters with Demitric Vaimauga and Eddie Ieremia-Toeava pushing for NRL footy next season. We chuck out some Blackcaps stats stuff, forecast a younger Test team and preview White Ferns vs Australia. None of New Zealand's A-Le...

This week on the Niche Cast we start with a few of our favourite stinky Blackcaps nuggets after another Test loss vs England and in New Zealand. Then we chat through a few Kiwi-NRL updates like Lennix Tovo training with Rabbitohs and NZ Warriors storylines such as the young wave, Tohu Harris' role and replacing Shaun Johnson's kicking/Addin Fonua-Blake's run metres. NZ Breakers keep losing but Mel...

This week on the Niche Cast we roll through Joseph Parker's next fight, Chris Wood's penalty taking excellence and the Freddie Gillespie/Tacko Fall swap for NZ Breakers. Then we go deep into the Blackcaps vs England mangroves with notes about respecting England's domination of Blackcaps, Blackcaps being mediocre in New Zealand, playing styles, form slumps and plenty more. Plunket Shield rolls alon...

This week on the Niche Cast we start by breaking down the National League football finals and updating the latest youngsters to play for Tall Blacks, before rolling through a hefty New Zealand vs England Test series preview. Nathan Smith seems likely to debut in Christchurch, Glenn Phillips might be underrated and Tom Blundell is out of form but he loves batting against England. There are a few Pl...

This week on the Niche Cast we begin, as we often do, with a chat about the Blackcaps following the limited overs tour of Sri Lanka... leading into some stat crunching about the young players taking international cricket by storm. From there we delve into some of the top performers in the Plunket Shield and Hallyburton Johnstone Shield and then football takes over, with a few takeaways from the la...

This week on the Niche Cast we offer some musical jam and ponder what NZ Breakers are capable of in the NBL. We also chat through the best kiwis in Tauihi before covering all things Wellington Phoenix after the men won 3-0 vs Central Coast Mariners and women lost 0-1 to Canberra United. There are a few National League nuggets as well, then we discuss the Blackcaps T20I series in Sri Lanka and the...

This week on the Niche Cast we touch on NZ Breakers being at the top of the NBL ladder and then we react to the Blackcaps Test series sweep in India. We discuss New Zealand's team contributions, fitness, the end of the golden generation and plenty more kiwi cricket including some Ford Trophy notes. Auckland FC defeated Wellington Phoenix in the Aotearoa A-League derby so we break it all down, from...

This week on the Niche Cast we celebrate a Blackcaps Test series win and how tours of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka led to success in India. White Ferns tied up the ODI series with India and Ford Trophy is humming along with youngsters like Tim Robinson and Zak Foulkes lining up for the ODI/T20I tour of Sri Lanka. Chris Wood is still bagging goals and Elijah Just loves whipping in goals from...

This week on the Niche Cast we head deep into the New Zealand cricket mangroves. White Ferns won the T20 World Cup and had fantastic contributions from a variety of players, including the best female cricketer in the world Amelia Kerr. Blackcaps had a Test win in India after four consecutive Test losses, returning to the kiwi fundamentals that makes New Zealand such a strong cricketing nation. We...

This week on the Niche Cast we start with a bit of basketball as Steven Adams prepares for the NBA season with Houston Rockets and New Zealand Breakers return to NBL action. Then we recap the All Whites wins over Tahiti and Malaysia, with a focus on how Elijah Just, Marko Stamenic and Liberato Cacace are tracking in Europe. After a few NZ National League nuggets, we celebrate White Ferns making th...

This week on the Niche Cast we celebrate Penrith Panthers winning their fourth NRL championship in a row and break down their Kiwi-NRL pipeline. Then we talk through New Zealand's win over India at the T20 World Cup before rolling through some of the best kiwi footballers around the world like Chris Wood, Ben Old and Elijah Just. We also talk about Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues and Charlotte Roche who...

This week on the Niche Cast we celebrate another win for NZ Breakers before chatting through another Blackcaps loss in Sri Lanka and concerning trends in New Zealand Cricket. Losing organisation stuff weaves into Brisbane Broncos who have a similar record to NZ Warriors in recent years despite NZ Warriors enduring far more pandemic era adversity. There are a few NRL/NRLW Grand Final notes such as...

This week on the Niche Cast we celebrate a New Zealand Breakers win with nifty contributions from kiwis Sam Mennenga and Max Darling, as well as checking with New Zealand boxers Joseph Parker, David Nyika, Hemi Ahio and Lani Daniels. Then we go deep into the Blackcaps mangroves after their loss to Sri Lanka in the World Test Championship where we break down Devon Conway's slump and the emerging ex...

This week on the Niche Cast we preview the Blackcaps vs Sri Lanka first Test with notes about kiwi seamers in Sri Lanka and Kane Williamson's birthday cake. White Ferns are also in the mix this week with T20s against Australia ahead of the T20 World Cup. NZ Breakers have had a stinky NBL pre-season but Sam Mennenga is an intriguing New Zealand youngster to watch out for, as well as lads who are pl...

This week on the Niche Cast we chat through a delayed start to the Blackcaps vs Afghanistan Test before going deep into the rugby league mangroves where we find back to back NSST champions St Thomas of Canterbury. Along with Southern Cross Campus winning the girls competition, these results inform us about the state of rugby league in New Zealand and there are lots of indicators suggesting that Le...

This week on the Niche Cast we chat through some heavy NBL pre-season losses for the Overseas (NZ) Breakers before diving deep into New Zealand football. We chat about Chris Wood's performances for Nottingham Forest, transfer movement for Sarpreet Singh and Ben Waine, Max Crocombe with Burton Albion as well as Auckland FC signing Nando Pijnaker. Auckland FC love kiwis and Wellington Phoenix are bu...

This week on the Niche Cast we preview an important phase of cricket coming up for Blackcaps and White Ferns. Michael Rae is snaring wickets in County Championship cricket as well and we discuss mature cricketers who can plug holes for Blackcaps while helping raise the baseline of kiwi cricket. Then we take a moment to admire the identity and playing style of Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, who rol...

This week on The Niche Cast we chat through the state of New Zealand cricket with Finn Allen opting of his Blackcaps contract, recap UFC 305 with wins for Kai Kara-France and Dan Hooker as well as touching on the young Tall Ferns squad preparing for World Cup qualification. Flynn Cameron is an intriguing kiwi ahead of the Australian NBL and break down how New Zealand Warriors are in an awkward spo...

This week on the Niche Cast we recap New Zealand's golden finish to the Olympic games with Lydia Ko, Lisa Carrington and Hamish Kerr leading the way. Stacey Waaka and Tyla King played NRLW soon after winning gold medals for Black Ferns Sevens as well, with Mele Hufanga scoring four tries in a big Broncos win alongside Waaka. New Zealand Warriors lost to Dolphins in the NRL but the young NSW Cup Wa...

The Warriors rollercoaster, Shaun Johnson retires, NRLW check, Olympic happenings, Auckland FC/Wellington Phoenix & more 2:47 - Mindfulness 6:03 - Julius Halaifonua joins Georgetown 12:22 - NZ Warriors deep dive 1:02:27 - NRLWahine nuggets 1:11:01 - Olympics check in 1:18:38 - Auckland FC & Wellington Phoenix 1:33:37 - Flying Kiwis transfers Website: www.theniche-cache.com Patreon: https://www.pat...

The Canterbury Rams won the NBL, Warriors beat Tigers, NRLWahine wraps, Football Ferns + OlyWhites, and good ol' Olympic funk 4:39 - Mindfulness 5:51 - Canterbury Rams win NZ NBL 33:38 - NZ Warriors vs Tigers 1:04:14 - NRLWahine wrap 1:07:33 - Ben Sawyer losing & domestic cricket contract updates 1:13:45 - NZ Football at the Olympics 1:31:15 - Olympic funk Website: www.theniche-cache.com Patreon:...

Olympics are coming, Warriors loss vs Raiders, NBL finals, Aussie Breakers, domestic cricket contracts, and more 5:00 - Mindfulness 7:25 - Olympics warm up 13:13 - Aussie Breakers & NZ NBL finals 41:10 - NZ Warriors loss vs Raiders 57:29 - Kiwi-NRL Broncos and Storm 1:02:52 - NZ wahine in NRLW 1:06:50 - White Ferns & Ben Sawyer 1:15:15 - Domestic cricket contracts 1:26:25 - NZ Olympic football, Fi...