The Country 12/06/26: Kevin "Smiley" Barrett talks to Jamie Mackay

We talk a bit of footy with the father of three All Blacks.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Okay, just now, I've got a young I've got a
young farmer, a middle aged farmer. And here's an old farmer.
Can I call him that? That's probably not being kind.
I just I see he's turned up. You might know
this Blokers, the sire of the Barrett clan. But more
importantly these days he's a television star. He's starring on
the Light Force Sola Ads with his boys. Smiley Barrett

(00:21):
come in and say hello, there we go. You might
need to sit down and talk into that. Good to
see you, mate, here's a legend, good Jamie. Yeah, I'll
tell you what. I'm surprised that al I see hasn't
made better use of your services, Smiley, because we could
breed all blacks for a long long time. You've got
a very good track record, mate.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
I just sort of better not be rud and passed
by today. Was just want to Robin this morning. All
I want to go to field is to meet Winnie.
So if she can't, well he's.

Speaker 1 (00:50):
Going to be here hopefully at twelve thirty. And I
won't hold you up. But the footy. How many Barretts
are playing this weekend too? At a free right?

Speaker 2 (01:02):
Yeah? I think yeah, that's it's right, Jamie.

Speaker 1 (01:04):
Yeah, yeah, okay, so call it for me tonight. I mean,
Scott's not going to be obviously playing for the Crusaders tonight.
It's the Chiefs against the Crusaders here in Hamilton. The
town is absolutely you just need to lean over into that.
Call that game for me.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
Yeah, gonna be tough one, Jamie, Yeah, I would have
to go with It's it's that cycle. If the Chiefs
can't get that psych out of the head of the Crusaders, ye,
they're just they are crumbled at the at the final
head of the US. So it'll be a big one.
But that's that's a big mental block for them, I think.

(01:40):
Is that finals footy. But as you know, finals footy,
it sits on the day and hopefully we don't want
to see cards nothing.

Speaker 1 (01:46):
But and the other the other game I think is
more clear cutters and the Hurricanes have been the best
team this season. Jordie's playing really good rugby for the Hurricanes.
They will beat the Blues. Sorry Blues fans out there.

Speaker 2 (01:59):
Yeah, it's but again, Jamie, finals footing, you just don't
know what can happen, you know, And the Blues could
pull out of the bag. But I think it's going
to be fine usual this time here the tracks are
a bit slippery and it would probably suit the Blues game.
But yeah, it's yeah, it's the Hurricanes to lose.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
Okay, one more question for me from me for you
be honest here. How many takes did it gets you
to do your acting piece for the lightful solar thing?
Because you're pretty good, if you don't mind me saying so.

Speaker 2 (02:28):
John's here somewhere in the crowd today, so you could
bet for me. We were there pretty quickly. It was under.

Speaker 1 (02:32):
Budget, under budget. Good to see you. Smiley Barrett an
absolute legend of a dairy farm up and along with
his wife Robin. I think some of the genetics, a
good number of the genetics might come from Robin. But
they've done a great child, great family,