This week, James McOnie from The Crowd Goes Wild joined Piney to discuss the Super Rugby season, the Masters and the Warriors beating the Storm.

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The Northern Stars are set to begin their 2026 campaign, with their upcoming season-opening ANZ Premiership game against Auckland rivals the Mystics this afternoon.

Centre-pass is set for 4pm.

Northern Stars captain Mila Reuelu-Buchanan joined Piney to discuss.

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There's growing debate over whether we need to keep score in youth-focused sports.

Countries like Norway are rethinking their youth competitions - with no official score keeping and less focus on winning.

Coaching guru Wayne Goldsmith joined Piney to discuss.

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The Hurricanes have continued to keep their form alive, and beat out the Blues 42-19 in Wellington.

It was a match that many had circled on the calendar as the two teams came into the contest in the top spots on the ladder.

Hurricanes head coach Clark Laidlaw joined Piney to discuss.

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Golf's Masters is no longer a foregone conclusion.

Defending champ Rory McIlroy has seen his record six-shot lead gobbled up on Day 3, and he's now even with American Cameron Young at 11-under-par.

Golf correspondent Graeme Agars joined Piney to discuss.

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The Warriors' 17-match losing streak against the Melbourne Storm is over.

The Wahs have gone back to second on the NRL ladder with a crushing 38-14 win over their bogey team.

Warriors assistant coach Stacey Jones joined Piney to discuss.

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After the turmoil of the last six months, there’s some good news for netball.

The ANZ Premiership will be available on free-to-air TV, with TVNZ taking over the broadcasting of the competition.

Head of Sport at TVNZ, Melodie Robinson told Piney they got some really good results when they experimented with it last year, and they’ve seen year on year growth with their previous experiments.

“What that’s saying to us is if you put it on free to air, you make it accessible. You schedule it the right way, then Kiwis are gonna come and watch.”

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