There is a real festival of international rugby taking shape ahead of the second Bledisloe Cup test between the All Blacks and the Wallabies at Accor Stadium in October.

The Black Ferns Sevens side have been slated to take on the Australian Sevens side in one of three curtain raiser matches to the game making it the first time an international Sevens match has taken place before an All Blacks test.

Cory Sweeney is the head coach of the Black Ferns Sevens, he joined D'Arcy to discuss.

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The Rugby's Greatest Rivalry Tour has brought some life into our national game.

From the drama and epic action on the field with some fascinating encounters, to the theatrics of Rassie Erasmus and Dave Rennie, this tour has had people taking notice of rugby.

D'Arcy caught up with NZR CEO Steve Lancaster who is currently over in South Africa to discuss how it's been on the ground and whether the tour has been a success.

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An insistence all those involved in New Zealand's new privatised domestic netball league will show haste in finalising the important details.

The national body have signed a non-binding terms sheet with investors Anna Mowbray and Ali Williams for a competition starting next year.

A minimum of five teams has been agreed on - but all other details are up in the air.

Netball Players Association general manager Pippa Moore joined D'Arcy Waldegrave to discuss further.

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A host of changes - as expected - to the Warriors starting side for their final match of the NRL regular season against Manly on Saturday.

Te Maire Martin and Chanel Harris-Tavita have again been named in the halves - after both were late withdrawals last week due to hamstring injuries.

Jett Cleary moves back to the extended reserves.

Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad returns from suspension at fullbackwith Taine Tuaupiki going to the interchange, while Adam Pompey is named on the right wing.

Former Warrior Mark Tookey joined D'Arcy Waldegrave to discuss.

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Every Monday, Jason Pine ranks the best and worst sporting moments from the week that was - and everything in between.

This week, he talked about the ongoing EPL season, the All Blacks' disappointing loss in Cape Town and more.

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The Warriors' playing group isn't surprised by Jett Cleary's impressive start to his NRL career.

The roller-coaster win over Newcastle saw the 21-year-old create three tries, kick for more than 200 metres, make 14 tackles and break three tackles with ball in hand.

Warriors assistant coach David Tangata-Toa joined Piney to recap the action.

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Springboks boss Rassie Erasmus has made some comments over the merits of scrummaging - and it's sparked some debate.

Erasmus ranted after his side’s series-levelling win about an alleged All Blacks insinuation that his side uses illegal tactics, including what's known as 'walking around'.

Former All Blacks scrum coach Mike Cron joined Piney to discuss further.

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In this episode of the 100 Years of ZB Podcast, Mike Hosking takes you how Newstalk ZB brought you all the action and emotions from our sporting heroes.

It covers the iconic moments from rugby, cricket, the Olympics, rugby league, football, motorsport, netball and many others.

Mike takes you through how ZB covered the sporting moments that stopped a nation - like the 2011 Rugby World Cup and the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

You'll also hear the big sporting names ZB spoke to over years.

100 Years of ZB - Celebrating a century of New Zealand's conversation. Archival audio from the collections at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.

New episodes every Sunday on iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts - powered by Newstalk ZB.

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