The Roar - A Southland sporting podcast

Southland Stag Michael Manson sure has made his mark on the World Sevens circuit after making his debut in Singapore early in February. We chat about his experiences in the All Black Sevens and how it is likely to assist his 15s game.Before then Logan and Nick chat through the big sporting stories of the past week including Southland cricket's strong finish to the Hawke Cup representative season, the Stags' and Sharks' signings and yet another national bowls title travelling south. Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube.Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every week for more from The Roar.

This week we chat with a man who is potentially across more Southland sport than anyone. Andrew Moreton is SBS Bank's Partnerships Manager. It's the definition of a wide-ranging conversation as we chat through the Tour of Southland, NZ Golf Open, Highlanders, Stags and club rugby, the Southland Sharks and track his age group walking athletics career.Before then Logan, Nathan & Nick have their own wide-ranging chat on the big sporting stories of the past week, headlined by the Invercargill City Council's review of Rugby Park's future, the weather taking away Invercargill's only first class cricket day of the season and the start of the Highlanders' Super rugby campaign. Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube.Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every week for more from The Roar.

The Volts are coming to Invercargill and Southland cricket umpire Pete Pasco will be standing in the middle for the game.We chat to Pete about his journey from player to umpire, the challenges of getting tough decisions right and get in a decent rant about cricket rules.Before then Logan, Nathan and Nick relive tragic umpiring stories from their past, chat about Logan's article and his time with Jayden Broome following the young rugby player's comeback from a horrific head injury and the joy we all received in seeing Michael Manson in space for the NZ 7s men's team.Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube.Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every week for more from The Roar.

Southland's Josh Burnett takes us on tour to review the week's racing that saw him claim an historic third Tour of Southland title and we look at what comes next ahead of the Elite Road Nationals and upcomign season in Europe.Before then Logan, Nathan & Nick look at the big sporting stories from the last week including Tour week, Waikoikoi's T20 club title and a rain-soaked weekend at Teretonga.Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube.Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every week for more from The Roar.

One of the the south's biggest international sporting events roars into life this weekend with drivers from eleven different countries lining up in the Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Trophy as part of the Ascot Park Hotel Teretonga Park International meeting at Teretonga Park.Motorsport commentator Richard Craill joins us on his first visit to Invercargill to preview the weekend and give us some of the great strories behind some of the brightest talents in the motorsport world who will be in Invercargill this week.Before then Logan and Nick talk through the big sporting stories of the week including the three Southland Tour Leaders in the first four days of the SBS Bank Tour of Southland, Benson and Lucia Boys' double at the ILT NZ Criterium cycling champs, the big names lining up for the Southland Sharks in 2026 and the Southern Steel's new assistant coach.Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube.Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every week for more from The Roar.

We are back for the new year, just in time for one of the big weeks on the Southland sporting calendar as the rescheduled SBS Bank Tour of Southland commences following Invercargill's hosting of the NZ Criterium championships on Saturday.Cycling Southland President and the voice of the sport in the south, Julian ineson joins us to look at the event rescheduling and just what it takes to deliver a quality bike race for 69 years and counting.Before then Logan, Nathan & Nick look at the big sporting stories of the Christmas break and the bizarre sports that got them through the holidays.Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube.Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every week for more from The Roar.

You thought we were done for the year. So did we. Then Jacob Duffy went out and broke Sir Richard Hadlee's 40-year record for most wickets across all formats in a calendar year. There was no way we were letting that pass without chatting to the man himself, (even if we were much more excited than Jake was about the numbers).We chat through his year, the pride he has in helping his country win games of cricket and a very special message from Sir Richard himself.Before then, Logan, Nathan and Nick talk through Jake's incredible year and make a water-tight case for his 2025 as the greatest year ever for a New Zealand bowler. We also take the chance to recognise a very special occassion as the ILT Academy Southland programme celebrated 20 years this week. Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube.Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every week for more from The Roar.

Southland sport's premier podcast awards are back. Today we award the second annual Goldies as we look back at the sporting year that was 2025.Who will take out the Golden Goldie (yes that name needs some work) as our Athlete of the Year, the Rising Star, Most Likely to Smash it in 2026, Best Export, Best Import, Unsung Hero and the highly controversial Podcast Guest of the Year.We are as surprised as you that we have made it to the end of another year, but all jokes aside we do feel very lucky to have been joined by some outstanding Southlanders throughout the year and we greatly appreciate you giving us your time.Have a great holiday break with whanau and friends and here's to another cracker of a sporting year in 2026.Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube.Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every Wednesday for more from The Roar

For 20 years, the Academy Southland programme has given young Southland sporting talent the tools to become world class athletes and world class humans and has it delivered!We reflect on one of Southland sports most successful ventures with the man who has been its driving force for the vast majority of that time, Jason McKenzie.Before then, Logan, Nathan and Nick look at the big sporting stories of the last few weeks including Jacob Duffy's maiden five wicket bag for the Black Caps, a shock announcment from Netball South and Daniel Jones' historic Kepler Challenge win.Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube.Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every Wednesday for more from The Roar

Jimmy Taylor is about to cap one of the most successful school rugby careers that has seen him claim one national, two South Island and three Highlanders Schools titles. As he prepares for his SBHS swansong this weekend we reflect on an incredible last three years and discuss what's next.Before then Logan, Nathan and Nick discuss Fletcher Morgan's selection for the NZ Men's Sevens, Jacob Duffy earning a test spot and Josh Burnett's return for the rescheduled SBS Bank Tour of Southland.Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube.Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every Wednesday for more from The Roar

Five months ago Scott Eade was in the thick of preparing the Southland Age Group Representative campaign in his role overseeing the Rugby Southland Academy programme. Today he joins us to discuss his meteoric rise to Stags Head Coach and his lessons from the craziness that was the 2025 Stags' season.Before then, Logan, Nathan and Nick look at another outstanding week for Jacob Duffy in the Blackcaps, the end of Cormac Buchanan's rookie Moto3 GP season and the ILT Academy Southland End of year celebrations.Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube.Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every Wednesday for more from The Roar

It's 2018 and Emma Cumming (as she was then) has the track cycling world at her feet. She ends the Commowealth Games with a silver and bronze medal and as the fourth-ranked Women's Team Sprint combination in the world! Everything was going to plan. Until it wasn't.Five years later she hangs up her cycling career having battled injury demons that ultimately took away one of the south's most promising sporting careers just as it seemed ready to flourish.In a raw, unfiltered and honest conversation, Emma joins The Roar to tell us her story. It's one of resilience, of dealing with what might have been and of embracing new opportunity.Before then, Logan, Nathan and Nick look at the big Southland sporting stories including the newly-named Stags' assistant coaches, Southland's increased Super rugby precense and another week of Jacob Duffy winning cricket games for the Black Caps. Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube.Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every Wednesday for more from The Roar

Southland cyclist Marshall Erwood is fresh off the plane from Chile where he was part of the bronze medal-winning New Zealand Men's Team Pursuit at the World Track Cycling Championships (along with fellow Southlanders Nick Kergozou and Tom Sexton). We chat with Marshall about the incredible start to his elite career and on his accident that was one of the stories of last year's Tour of Southland. Before that, Logan, Nathan and Nick chat through the big Southland sporting stories of the last few weeks including Scott Eade's appointment as Southland Stags' coach, the rescheduled Tour of Southland cycling race and the start of the Southland club cricket season.Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube.Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every Wednesday for more from The Roar

One of the iconic week's on the Southland sporting calendar returns in November with the 69th edition of the SBS Bank Tour of Southland. We chat with new Tour Director Waine Harding on his long association with the event and the new initiatives in place for 2025.Before then Logan, Nathan and Nick talk through the big Southland sporting stories of the week including Nic Souchon pulling on an Otago jersey for the NPC semifinals, Sean Withy & Jack Taylor's selections in the All Blacks XV squad and Nick Brown's pre-season Volts' opportunity.Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube.Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every Wednesday for more from The Roar

Moto3 GP rider Cormac Buchanan is on a whistle-stop trip home before his bucket-list round at the Australian Grand Prix next weekend. We take the chance to chat through his rookie season, the ups, the downs, the physical and mental toll and a long list of "pinch me" moments.Before then, Logan, Nathan and Nick pick over the 2025 Stags' season, look to what's needed in the off-season, Wendy Frew speaking out on the dramas surrounding Dame Noeline Taurua and Netball New Zealand and the end to the Southland Rams' NZ Premiership campaign.Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube.Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every Wednesday for more from The Roar

Incredibly the international cricket season starts next week and Southland's Jacob Duffy is always up for a chat on The Roar. We preview the upcoming Chappell Hadlee Series against Australia and a packed international schedule to follow and take a look back at Jake's test debut in Zimbabwe in August and his experience in The Hundred in the UK.Before then Logan, Nathan & Nick take a look back at the Stags' struggles, the strong southern influence in both the Silver Ferns and NZ Under-21 netball teams and Tori Moorby (nee Peeters) outstanding throw at the World Athletics Championships.Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube.Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every Wednesday for more from The Roar

In a netball off-season of drama and players fleeing New Zealand netball for Australia, the Southern Steel has emerged in relatively good shape with seven returning players and two new Aussie recruits on their books for 2026. Head coach Wendy Frew talks us through the recruitment process and on her learnings from her first year in the job.Before then Logan, Nathan and Nick discuss the week's big sporting stories including the Stags' short but rewarding Ranfurly Shield tenure, Sevu Reece's long-awaited Stags debut and some very interesting changes ahead for the SBS Bank Tour of Southland.Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube.Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every Wednesday for more from The Roar

What a time to be alive. The Ranfurly Shield is Southland's for the first time since 2011. We look back at a Stags' performance for the ages to lift the log of wood in Waikato on Sunday night and hear from Stags' coaches James Wilson and Scott Eade who have both now been involved in Southland Shield victories as players and coaches.We also hear from a man who epitomises what it is to be a Stags Fan, Michael "Tinners" Stuart who was right in the thick on the action at the conclusion of Sunday's historic win.Before then, Logan, Nathan and Nick wax lyrically about the Stags, review Southland Boys High third-placed finish at the national 1st XV Top 4, look at another week of player announcements from the Southern Steel and at the start of the Southland Rams rugby league season.Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube.Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every Wednesday for more from The Roar

Southland Stags' hooker Jack Taylor joins The Roar to look at the Stag's incredible fortnight, registering back-to-back wins in the NPC for the first time since 2014 and set to try and lift the Ranfurly Shield in Hamilton on Sunday. Plus we take a look at his younger brother Jimmy's chances of captaining his old school, Southland Boys High, to another national secondary schools title in Palmerston North this weekend.We also fully unpack the chair throw from Stags' coach Nathan White at halftime in the Manawatu game which appears to have single-handedly turned the season around! Before then Logan, Nathan and Nick look at the big stories of the last week including the Stags, Boys High, the Southern Steel's first player announcements for 2026 and also hear from Nathan White ahead of Sunday's Shield challenge.Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube.Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every Wednesday for more from The Roar

Former New Zealand Under 19 national golf champion Liam Hewitt joins us to talk through his life as a caddy at St Andrews in Scotland. It's a fascinating insight into a young golfer who gets to walk the most famous fairways in the world for his day job.Before then, Logan Nathan and Nick look back at Southland Boys High School's incredible South Island secondary school rugby title, the Stags' unbelievable second half comeback in Friday night's win over Manawatu and yet another stunning performance by pro cyclist Corbin Strong on the roads of Europe.Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube.Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every Wednesday for more from The Roar