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Going to two World Junior Track Cycling Championships is a great feat. Medalling at both is something again. To do it second time after one of the most horrific mountain bike accidents you will hear is unbelievable. That's Caitlin Kelly's story. We are so appreciative she shared it with us this week on The Roar.
Before then, Logan, Nathan and Nick go over the last week's local sporting headlines including Nathan's stories from Tour of Southland week, Cormac Buchanan becoming the first New Zealander to secure a seat for the Moto3 World Championship for next year and the Southland Sharks' signing of Jonathan Yim as their first ever American coach.
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Newly named Highlanders winger Michael Manson joins The Roar to discuss his naming in Jamie Joseph's Highlanders squad for 2025, just how much he is looking forward to Joseph's infamous preseason trainings and just how fast he could run the 100 in these days.
Before then Logan and Nick review the big sporting stories from the past couple of weeks including Josh Burnett's near perfect week to make it two SBS Bank Tours or Southland in three years.
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On the eve of the 2024 SBS Bank Tour of Southland, Josh Burnett joins the Roar to remember his drought-breaking win two years ago, his securing of a professional contract for Europe for next year and the chances of making it two Tour wins in three years.
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You can't fault the Stags' script-writer. Southland farewelled their season with a record-breaking day at Bekhuis Park on Saturday as the Stags put 59 points on North Harbour.
Coach and Rugby Southland's Director of Rugby Matt Saunders joins us to look back at the finale and reflect on the 2024 season in a warts and all straight-up conversation on the good the bad and most importantly what happens now.
Before then, Logan, Nathan & Nick look at that incredible result, award the third annual Golden Antlers (our Stags' end of season awards), Guy Molloy's decision not to return to the Southland Sharks and a big weekend which included a Silver Ferns' netball test, the Yunca Junior cycle Tour of Southland and some sporting names who turned up in Stewart Island for the Rakiura Challenge.
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When Josh Bekhuis runs out onto Rugby Park (or Bekhuis Park as it has been renamed) this weekend he will become the most capped Southland Stag player in history.
144 appearances is a new mark that will likely never been beaten, made all the more remarkable by his five year stink playing in France and Japan and over 100 Super rugby games.
Josh joins us to give us insights to his remarkable career, his remarkable longevity and just what the record means to him.
Before then, Logan, Nathan and Nick review another Stags performance which promised but ultimately came up short, Benson Boys continued emergence in the cycling world and a big weekend for Southland sport.
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Another Olympic medal was in Southland this week. Women's track cyclistNicole Shields brought her silver medal from the Women's Team Pursuit in Paris back to the south and also took time to share her incredible story with The Roar.
Her 2022 was spent on a couch suffering from Long Covid. 2023 was spent learning to function as a person again. The incredible resilience and courage she showed to get to the start line in Paris blew our minds.
Before then Logan, Nathan and Nick take a look at a tough week for the Stags, Josh Bekhuis' incredible longevity and what a debacle NZR's judicial process seems to be.
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All of us can lay claim to be Stags' fans, but none of us go to the level that this week's guest does and has every year since 1999. Since then, Lindsay Beer has hardly missed a Stags' game, no matter where or when they are playing in New Zealand.
We chat through his love for the Stags, just what makes this team special and get some great yarns from his 25 years supporting the men in maroon.
Before then Logan, Nathan & Nick talk through the Stags hearty effort against Canterbury, five Southlanders picked for national age group and secondary school honoiurs, a big weekend for the Southland Rams rugby league team and an incredible effort from Old Boys AFC in earning promotion to the Southern Premier Football League in 2025.
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rom Southland to Japan to the Highlanders to one of the NRL's gtlamour rugby league clubs.
It's not a well-worn path but Simon Jones has done just that. The Sydney Roosters' Head of Performance joins the boys to talk through that path, the learning curve he has been on and just how you keep bodies together over a brutal NRL season.
Before then the boys bathe in the glory of the Southland Stags' comeback victory over Northland, look at a brilliant age group win and incredible international performances by Corbin Stong and James McLeay.
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Kane Thompson is back in the south for a third stint with the Southland Stags, this time in the coaching box. How did it happen? What's the appeal of the south that has brought him back? And what is it about the Stags' Class of '24 that seems different from recent years?
Before then, Logan and Nick look at the Stags' frustrating and unsuccessful Ranfurly Shield challenge, Southland Boys High School's Southern Schools title along with a busy week for the Southern Steel as their 2025 squad quickly takes shape.
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Eight years ago she was watching the Black Ferns win silver in Rio. Today Alena Saili joins us as a double Olympic gold medal winner, the first Southlander to do so.
She talks us through her Paris experience, what it means for her to do it as a Southlander and gives us a window into her path back from an injury which threatened to railroad her Olympic dream.
Before then, Logan, Nathan and Nick look at the perfect Southland Stags' script in Saturday's Stag Day win over Otago, Southland Boys High School's semifinal school victory, a Southland Olympic wrap up and we send our three southern riders off to the Worlds Junior Track Cycling Championships in China.
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Catch up on the best bits from our chat with newly named Southern Steel netball coach Wendy Frew. She talks about the appointment process, what the Steel will look like under her stewardship and what makes now the right time for her to take the coaching reins.
Catch the full interview along with Southland Stags' co-coach James Wilson in Episode 20 of The Roar earlier in our feed.
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It's the most wonderful day of the year for Southland rugby fans, Stag Day and coach James Wilson gives his take on the day, its meaning and his development as a coach over his Stags' tenure.
Catch the full interview along with newly-named Southern Steel netball coach Wendy Frew in Episode 20 of The Roar earlier in our feed.
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Two Southland players turned coaches join The Roar this week. Wendy Frew takes the reins as the newly named Southern Steel coach. We find out what the 2025 Steel will look like under Frew's tutelage and what made now the right time for her to put her name in the ring for a franchise she served so incredibly well over a 16-year playing career.
Then former Stag James Wilson gets us set for the greatest day on the Southland rugby calendar, Stag Day, previewing the Stag's NPC opener against Otago this weekend.
Before then, Logan, Nathan & Nick discuss Alena Saili's homecoming with her second gold medal, the chances of another Southlander joining her medal-winning efforts, Frew's appointment to the Steel role and we get fizzed up for Stag Day, which will include a minute's silence for the late Kevin Laidlaw.
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The Paris Olympics are dominating the sporting headlines and there's noone better equipped to talk about what it takes to get maximum performance at the world's largest sporting event than Academy Southland's manager Jason McKenzie.
Not only has Jason been part of the NZ Olympic Team previously, but his Academy programme has provided the foundations for five Southland athletes to book their tickets to Paris - Alena Saili (who won her second gold after recording this), Tori Peeters, Corbin Strong, Tom Sexton & Nicole Shields.
Before then the fellas talk through their Olympic viewing, the Stags first steps on the paddock in 2024 and Alex Crosbie's maiden victory in the USA.
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Southern Steel netball coach Reinga Bloxham called time on her tenure with the team she has coached for the last 11 years, for an international opportunity with the Cardiff Dragons in the new UK Super League Netball 2.0.
She reflects on her time with Steel, why now was the time to move on and remembers one of the south's most incredible sporting stories, the Steel's "van crash" of 2017.
Before then, Logan, Nathan and Nick previews Southland's Olympians, Bloxham's emotional farewell game, the Stags' build-up to their first pre-season game against Otago and whether Southland needs to get serious about women's rugby.
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As one season finishes another begins. The Stags launched their season this week, naming their squad for 2024 which includes a new captain. Sean Withy spoke with Logan about the role and his excitement at pulling on the Southland jersey.
Meanwhile the curtain has come down on an adventurous Southland Sharks' basketball season. Head Coach Guy Molloy also joins The Roar to review an adventurous year and how the team stuck together to salvage some pride over the back half of the year.
Before then, Logan, Nathan & Nick chat through the big sporting stories of the past week, including Star's Galbraith Shield and Premier women's club rugby titles and the resignation of Steel netball coach Reinga Bloxham.
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It is Galbraith Shield Final week. We preview the battle for Southland Club rugby supremacy with the two men who will lead their men into battle on Saturday, Pirates-Old Boys' Jakob Harrex and Star's Jordan Stewart.
It's the perfect primer for what should be a great finale to the club season with the defending champions lining up against the form side of the competition.
Before then Logan, Nathan & Nick review Lulu Sun's incredible run into the Wimbledon quarterfinals and the chances of a Te Anau visit at year's end, Jacob Duffy's NZ Cricket contract and the reshuffled Highlanders' coaching box.
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Southland Sharks big man Callum McRae joins The Roar this week, fresh from his triple double performance in the Sharks' road win in Nelson last weekend.
We chat through how the team has navigated a challenging season, what has made the difference over recent weeks and we get some exclusive news on what's next for him on the back of a stand out year.
Before that the boys review Nick's State of Origin experience, the Sharks' winning streak (yes, two games is a streak), preview the Galbraith Shield semifinals and Lulu Sun's incredible run into the third round at Wimbledon.
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From Otautau to the Kansas City Chiefs and two SuperBowl rings. It's not a well-worn path but that's the journey former Southland athletics star Atipa Mabonga has been on over the last few years.
Over the weekend she received her second ring at a glittering ceremony following the Chiefs dramatic overtime win in one of world sport's biggest occasions. We use that as the excuse to talk through her incredible story and get an idea what being part of the NFL's biggest stage is like and we do a deep dive into Taylor Swift, the Kelce brothers, Patrick Mahones and a whole lot more.
Then we take a trip to Quebec where Southland's Josh Burnett claimed an incredible victory in the Tour de Beauce, one of North America's most sought-after cycling titles.
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We are back after our bye week. The Roar returns with another great yarn of a Southlander achieving great things on the world rugby stage. Winton lad Jason Price is Head of Athletic Performance for Toyota Verblitz in Japan.
How did he end up there? What does a Steve Hansen programme look like and how good is Pricey's Japanese?
Before then, Logan, Nathan and Nick chat through the award winners at last week's ILT Southland Sports Awards and discuss the announcement of a new Rugby Southland CEO and the non-announcement of a new Rugby Southland winger.
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