Thoughts on the All Blacks team for the 1st Bledisloe Cup test🏉A Provincial Rugby preview🏉Talking Pedal 4 Prostate with PCFNZ boss Peter Dickens🚴🏽‍♂️❤️‍🩹

Nigel starts this week's show with his review of the All Blacks second test victory over the Wallabies in Sydney (1:36) First Half (2:05) Second Half (16:51) Post Test Statistics, Standouts and Thoughts (25:49) Then its time to roll through the five big rugby games in New Zealand over the weekend: Black Ferns vs France 1st Test (33:30) NPC Semi-Finals - Northland vs Otago (36:00) & Canterbury vs Taranaki (37:30) HLC Meads Cup Final - Mid Canterbury vs King Country (38:27) HLC Lochore Cup Final - South Canterbury vs Whanganui (41:43) And we finish the episode with some quick thoughts and a prediction on the NPC Final between Canterbury & Northland (48:05) Host & Producer: Nigel Yalden "If you like the vibe, please subscribe" https://www.facebook.com/thenigelyaldenpodcast/

Nigel starts this week's episode by reviewing the All Blacks Bledisloe-Cup-retaining, Eden-Park-record-defending thumping of the Wallabies (0:53): 1st Half (1:50) 2nd Half (14:53) Post Test Statistics, observations & thoughts (27:33) That's followed by a quick look at the All Blacks team for the 2nd test in Sydney (37:58) and the Black Ferns team for the opening test of three against France in Hamilton (41:01) We concluded the show by talking provincial rugby (43:14): NPC semi-finals (43:30) Heartland Championship (aka the Peoples Rugby) Meads Cup and Lochore Cup finals (48:35) HOST & PRODUCER: Nigel Yalden "If you like the vibe, please subscribe" https://www.facebook.com/thenigelyaldenpodcast/

The second show of the week starts with Nigel's thoughts on the 34 player All Blacks squad named for the two test Bledisloe Cup series (1:04) before we are joined by Sydney based rugby league writer for Sportsfreak.co.nz Stephen Gallagher to talk Grand Final Day (8:01) Preliminary Finals reviews (9:52) The Crossland suspension & its impact on the Kiwis RLWC campaign (20:50) NRLW Grand Final preview (22:40) NRL Grand Final preview (26:40) Then we finish with a look at another mega weekend in provincial rugby (42:30) Last round of the NPC (42.45) Premiership & Championship semi-finals in the FPC (47:12) Last round of the Heartland Championship aka The Peoples Rugby (48:25)

This month's mailbag episode comes to you in three parts: PART 1 Craig (1:00) asks about AFL wildcard weekend, defence in NZ rugby, the NZR meeting, EPL & what movie needs a prequel or sequel? Jordan (16:24) asks are Northland that good and Wellington that bad? PART 2 Michael (20:45) is keen for thoughts on the Race of Champions and who should partner Hayden Paddon Blair (24:37) enquiring about ABs selection for the Bledisloe Cup and Northern portion of the Nations Championship Matt (27:55) with his traditional six pack (ish) about the return leg of the RGR tour in a few years, NZR, the Hawks AFL season, the 35th anniversary of the Dream Team, optimism levels for the Jazz and Rangers (NBA & NHL) & wee trip down memory lane Scott (35:45) wants to see more of the ABs in the NPC PART 3 Lauren (43:26) with a F1 travel update & Super Rugby Pacific question Michael (48:13) about the Springboks year round durablity And David (50:23) closes the show asking about Lucas Casey & Daniel Sinkinson's AB potential, the inaugural NFL game in Oz, thoughts on Tottenham's start to the EPL season and some prediction to finish

Nigel opens up this weeks show by unpacking the All Blacks and Springboks test series in totality (1:21) before looking at a highly entertaining and enthralling round 7 of the NPC (17:23) Then he is joined by Sydney based rugby league writer for sportsfreak.co.nz Stephen Gallagher for a review of the opening weekend of the NRL finals series (25:43): Warriors vs Dolphins (26:19) Rabbitohs vs Knights (32:50) Sharks vs Cowboys (34:37) Panthers vs Roosters (35:18) And they end the episode with a look ahead to this weekends Semi-Final match-ups: Roosters vs Sharks (39:30) Warriors vs Knights (42:35)