The Nigel Yalden Podcast

Instant Reviews (well ... most of them😆) of Round 15 of Super Rugby Pacific🏉A quick peek ahead to the final round of the SRP regular season🏉

On the first of two episodes this week, Nigel gives his instant (bar one) reviews of the round 15 games in Super Rugby Pacific: * Crusaders vs Chiefs (1:24) * Waratahs vs Brumbies (7:12) * Moana Pasifika vs Reds (13:09) * Hurricanes vs Highlanders (18:18) * Force vs Drua (22:42) He then wraps a bow on the penultimate round before looking ahead to the final week of the regular season (26:42) and some of the permutations at play for the Blues, Crusaders, Brumbies and Reds PS - Stick around to the end of the episode to get details on how you can contribute to second podcast of the week, the End of Month Mailbag for May 2026 📬 Host & Producer: Nigel Yalden "If you like the vibe, please subscribe" https://www.facebook.com/thenigelyaldenpodcast/

Reviewing Round 14 then a brief Round 15 Preview of Super Rugby Pacific🏉A New All Blacks Depth Chart🏉Movie Chat🎬

This weeks episode starts, as always, with our weekly review of Super Rugby Pacific (0:55) rolling through the round 14 games: * Chiefs vs Highlanders (1:45) * Drua vs Waratahs (7:07) * Blues vs Hurricanes (7:47) * Force vs Reds (12:05) Before a very brief preview of the round 15 match-ups (14:30): * Crusaders vs Chiefs (14:48) * Waratahs vs Brumbies (16:45) * Moana Pasifika vs Reds (19:02) * Hurricanes vs Highlanders (19:47) * Force vs Drua (21:01) Then its time for a new All Blacks Depth Chart (23:31) starting with the forwards (24:10) ... obviously 😉... and then the backs (30:01) and Nigel finishes the show with some Movie Chat (38:27) Host & Producer: Nigel Yalden "If you like the vibe, please subscribe" https://www.facebook.com/thenigelyaldenpodcast/

The Dave Rennie Reconnection Project🏉Reviewing Round 13 of Super Rugby Pacific🏉A Chat with Chiefs prop Ollie Norris🏉

Nigel opens this weeks show with some thoughts on Sir Graham Henry returning to the All Blacks as a selector (0:44) & observations on the moves that Dave Rennie has made in his short time as All Blacks coach. Then its on to our weekly review of Super Rugby Pacific (6:09) running through the round 13 fixtures chronologically: * Crusaders vs Blues (6:55) * Reds vs Chiefs (11:10) * Highlanders vs Waratahs (16:06) * Moana Pasifika vs Hurricanes (20:21) * Brumbies vs Force (21:17) And then Nigel finishes by chatting with Chiefs and All Blacks loosehead prop Ollie Norris (23:12) - enjoy 😀 HOST & PRODUCER: Nigel Yalden "If you like the vibe, please subscribe" https://www.facebook.com/thenigelyaldenpodcast/

Reviewing Round 12 of Super Rugby Pacific🏉A Tottenham Hotspur check-in⚽NBA Conference Semi-Finals Thoughts🏀A chat with Auckland FC striker Lachlan Brook⚽

Nigel starts this episode with his weekly review of Super Rugby Pacific (0:58) running through the Round 12 games chronologically: * Hurricanes vs Crusaders (1:22) * Waratahs vs Force (5:23) * Drua vs Highlanders (7:58) * Moana Pasifika vs Blues (9:41) * Reds vs Brumbies (12:44) Then Nigel gives an update on his Tottenham Hotspur fandom with three games to go in the EPL season (16:33) followed by his thoughts on the four conference semi-final series in the NBA Playoffs: * EAST - Knicks vs 76ers (21:17) & Pistons vs Cavs (23:54) * WEST - Thunder vs Lakers (26:52) & Spurs vs T-Wolves (27:55) And the episode finishes with Auckland FC striker Lachlan Brook dropping by (30:35) to talk about the penalty shoot-out elimination final win over Melbourne City before looking ahead to the two leg A-League semi-final against Adelaide United Host & Producer: Nigel Yalden Guest: Lachlan Brook "If you like the vibe, please subscribe" https://www.facebook.com/thenigelyaldenpodcast/

Predicting the Final Month of Super Rugby Pacific's regular season🏉End of Month Mailbag: April 2026📬

Following a very brief review of Super Round (2:00) Nigel undertakes his annual exercise in absurdity of predicting the outcomes of all 24 games that make up the final month of Super Rugby Pacific's regular season (4:36) before diving into a jam-packed mailbag (10:47) PART 1 * David (10:50) share his thoughts on Super Rugby Pacific, Moana Pasifika, EPL and Rochdale vs York City * Carlin (13:35) asks which departing player(s) will be missed most by NZ Rugby? * Ronnie (18:26) has questions about the current owners of Moana Pasifika * Craig R (21:55) wants to know who wins the EPL and do Spurs stay up? * Melanie (23:54) has some concerns about Spanish tennis star Carlos Alcaraz * Matt aka OBC (25:28) brings his traditional six pack, asking about Leicester the Loosie, distribution of All Blacks tests, the Black Ferns PAC4 campaign, the Warriors and the Storm, the NY Jets draft grade and comments on WrestleMania42 PART 2 * Isaac C (34:23) is chatting NBA & NHL playoffs * Craig T (38:09) asks about the B&I Lions touring either France or Argentina, the Springboks sending a weakening squad for the November Nations Cup tests, a third A-League team based in Christchurch & famous movie sites * Isaac H (43:23) wants to know if NZ Rugby has a decision to make about Super Rugby Pacific * Corey (46:03) wonders if Hearts can hold on to win football's Scottish Premiership? * Murray (48:07) asks about the new T20 franchise competition coming to NZ Cricket * Mike (49:36) wants to know who wins SRP - Chiefs, Hurricanes, Crusaders or Blues? * David (53:00) asks about Christchurch Stadium as the "National Stadium" and who hosts Super Rugby going forward * Alex (55:13) Host & Producer: Nigel Yalden "If you like the vibe, please subscribe" https://www.facebook.com/thenigelyaldenpodcast/