The Nigel Yalden Podcast

Mar 05 2025 119 ep. 46 mins 6
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Every week, commentator & journalist Nigel Yalden takes sporting observations, interviews, analysis and 25 years of broadcasing experence, sprinkles it with a (slightly random) sense of humour, the occasional dash of pop culture and then blends it with unhealthy levels of coffee. Welcome to The Nigel Yalden Podcast - where Sport, Talk and Coffee collide!

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The Warriors in Vegas🏉Rd3 of Super Rugby Pacific🏉A Random Top Five🎬

Mar 05 2025 34 mins  
This weeks episode starts with Nigel's thoughts, observations & questions following the Warriors opening game of the NRL season in Las Vegas (0:37) before a quick hit on Round 3 of Super Rugby Pacific (15:10) and ending with a Random Top Five of his favourite movie characters played by the late Gene Hackman (21:57) Host & Producer: Nigel Yalden

Chiefs coach Clayton McMillan🏉Rd 2 of Super Rugby Pacific🏉Chiefs Manawa captain Kennedy Tukuafu🏉The End of Month Mailbag📬

Feb 26 2025 53 mins  
This week’s episode starts with Chief coach Clayton McMillan talking about his decision to leave NZ rugby at the end of the current Super Rugby Pacific season to take up an opportunity with Irish club Munster (1:13) before Nigel shares some quick thoughts on the second round of Super Rugby Pacific (10:30) followed by a pre-Super Rugby Aupiki chat with Chiefs Manawa captain Kenned

Relentless: An All Blacks vs Wallabies 6 July 1996 Test Review🏉

Feb 19 2025 37 mins  
In the first of what will be a recurring feature of Old School All Blacks Test reviews, Nigel dives into the relentless, utterly dominant 80 minute effort that he sees as the benchmark by which all All Blacks performances in the professional era should be measured by - the All Blacks vs Wallabies at Athletic Park Wellington on Saturday 6 July 1996 (1:49) The review includes:- The T

Instant Reactions to each game in the opening round of Super Rugby Pacific🏉

Feb 15 2025 46 mins  
Direct from his it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time file, Nigel gives his instant reactions, thoughts and observations to each game of an entertaining opening round of the Super Rugby Pacific:- Crusaders vs Hurricanes (1:22)- Waratahs vs Highlanders (10:51)- Drua vs Brumbies (21:44)- Blues vs Chiefs (29:54) - Force vs Moana Pasifika (37:21) Host & Producer: Nigel Yalden &quo

Chiefs Rugby with Clayton McMillan & Samisoni Taukei'aho🏉Super Bowl LIX Predictions🏈

Feb 04 2025 31 mins  
On this episode, you'll hear Nigel's conversations from Chiefs Media Day with head coach Clayton McMillan (1:00) about the challenges of taking that critical final step and winning a Super Rugby Pacific title, before an infectiously enthusiastic Samisoni Taukei'aho (13:01) talks about his return to rugby following his Achilles rupture last year. Then Nigel finishes the

Talking Boxing, MMA & Wrestling with Brad "B-Rad" Lewis🥊The First Mailbag of 2025📬

Jan 30 2025 78 mins  
Settle in and enjoy as Nigel is joined by the Podcast's resident combat sport expert Brad "B-Rad" Lewis (0:44) to talk about Kiwi fighters in Boxing (1:10) and Mixed Martial Arts (8:10) before looking at the first of WWE's big four, this Monday's Royal Rumble (17:45). Then its time to launch into the first Mailbag of 2025 (35:16) featuring questions (and one seriously good rant) ab

Highlanders Co-Captains🏉The Wallace Sititi Injury🏉NFL Playoffs Conference Championship Predictions🏈

Jan 24 2025 18 mins  
On this Friday night edition, Nigel starts with some Super Rugby Pacific chat about the Highlanders co-captains (0:45) and Wallace Sititi's knee injury (3:11) Then its back into the NFL playoffs, starting with a review of last week's Divisional Round (5:25) before looking at the Conference Championship match-ups starting with the NFC: Commanders @ Eagles (8:25) then the AFC

Five (kinda) new things & Predictions for the NFL Playoffs Divisional Round 🏈

Jan 17 2025 15 mins  
Nigel starts by talking about five things to expect on The Nigel Yalden Podcast this year (0:49) before diving back into the NFL playoffs. First he looks back at Wildcard Weekend (6:26) before giving his mainly-vibes predictions for the four games that make up the Divisional Round - Texans @ Chiefs (7:13) Commanders @ Lions (8:35) Rams @ Eagles (10:06) and finishing with the intoxi

Setting up the Year 🎙️In Defence of Ange ⚽ NFL Wildcard Weekend Predictions 🏈

Jan 09 2025 23 mins  
Nigel starts the New Year with some comments about the year ahead for the podcast before sharing some thoughts on Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou (5:15) Then he gives his occasionally analytical but mostly heart based predictions for the NFL Playoffs Wildcard Weekend (9:31) going in chronological order, starting with Chargers @ Texans (9:43) then Steelers @ Ravens (11:09

The End of Year Awards Show 🏆

Dec 20 2024 15 mins  
In the final show of 2024, Nigel reads out some listener submitted awards for the sporting year (0:35) hands out his own quick-fire gongs (8:45) before finishing with few thoughts, a thank you & a kiwi classic (13:00) Host & Producer: Nigel Yalden Contributors to this Episode: Melanie, Carlin, Dean, David, Marc and Rori HAPPY HOLIDAYS & BRING ON 2025