February 7: NRL Nines Excursions, Captain Roger, Hadlee-Chappell Happenings & Duco's Purse

The NRL Nines have come and gone for another season, not that there are too many conclusions to be drawn. There's a brief chat about the coverage/reputation of it plus a few notable young NZers to impress, but mostly the rugby league convo centres around el nuevo capitan of the Warriors... Roger 'Mr 200' Tuivasa-Sheck. Too young... or the man to take this squad into the future? (Also Tohu Harris is joining in 2018, one of the Doc's faves). The Blackcaps won back the Hadlee-Chappell, we talk middle order batting as well as death bowling with a focus on the tricky task of turning the strike over in international cricket. Oh and also a special spotlight for the many half-ass Indian seamers to have travelled to our shores (almost as bad as the kiwi spinners to have gone to theirs). Duco won the purse bid for Joseph Parker's next fight which is massive and the Wildcard breaks that down as well as Sean Mark's first great snare of his GM career: Yogi Ferrell... who no longer plays for his team. That's it right there in a nutshell, have a listen and spread the gospel. Viva El Niche Cache.