January 13, 2026 • 7 mins
White Ferns and Otago cricketer talks about growing up in the Maniototo on a sheep and beef farm, and how a rural upbringing has influenced a career in high-level sport.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, we're going to talk a bit of a bit
of cricket, a bit of farming, some some weather now,
because apparently where our next guest is today it is
very very chilly. That is Dunedin White ferns and Itaigo
cricket are out injured at the moment. Eden cass and
joins us.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Now.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Eden, Hello, how are you doing?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Hello? I'm good? Thank you? How are you? Yeah? Good? Good? Good?
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Now you're bearing up because one Michelle Watt has been
telling me how cold it is in Dneda. Is she
actually on the money?
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Yeah, it hasn't been so summary down here. I must say.
We're kind of hunting for some dinner stuns at the moment.
But you know where you used to it down here.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
You hail from the money at told I imagine it'd
be a bit different over there at the moment. Beautiful
time of the year.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Yeah, I think it's a little bit warmer than here,
which is nice. But I'm looking forward to going home
on Friday and seeing my family and you know, getting
back to my roots, which will be nice.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Yeah, yeah, fantastic. Now, injury wise, were you you're not
playing at the moment, how's things going on that front
elbow injury.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
I think, ah, yes, no, I'm still injured and I'll
be injured for a while. But month post surgery and
I'm already out of my brace, which is good. So
tracking along nicely with my rehabit things and slowly getting
into things. But yeah, I'm still very grateful to be
involved around the girls and cricket things and stuff. Just
trying to keep myself busy.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Yeah, So elbow injury, like gnally, I guess, tricky, tricky
to kind of fix.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Yeah, it's a nigglie weee joints. They had to actually
take a graph out of my hamstring tender and put
it into my elbow, so some high tech stuff. But
I had a great surgeon and he's done a he's
done a beautiful job and we scar watch, you know,
better wounds and things like that. But no, it's it's
been great, which, yeah, annoying to be out of the season,
(01:53):
but you know, I've always got next season and come
back better and strong, which will be nice.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
You play but a golf too, don't you as well?
So you have had to sideline that as well too,
I suppose.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Yeah, I haven't plaid around the golf for nearly a
year now, so I'd also just bought a driver just
for I got injured, and somehow Dad has scammed it
off me. At the moment, I would definitely be asking
for that back because he's a bit of a club
thrower when he gets a little bit angry on the
golf course, so he can not be throwing the surrounds.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Yeah, okay, so yeah the driver is a boomerang Dad.
That's okay, good call. Good cool with your recovery, how
long do you expect to be out and you get
will you stick to spend a bit of time over
on the farm. I know you've done a bit of
milking and all those sorts of things.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Yeah, I've said I'm mostly going to be out for
six months, but I like to try to prove everyone wrong.
But not pushing it obviously, but yeah, I'd love to
get back on the farm during this period. I know
it will still be quite busy day to day with
my rehab and things, as I'm just trying to throw
everything into that at the moment and see what my
(02:58):
progress is like throughout that. But yeah, bit of dairy
farming back in the day. I haven't done it in
a while. I haven't needed to, but I don't know
if i'd bound to put cups on at the moment
with a middle arm, so it probably gets me out
of it a little bit.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
We'ereabouts is home exactly. She can bee farm pretty close
to rain fairly.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Yeah. Mom and dad have a little block and gimme burn,
so I'm up there. And then my grandparents used to
also own a farm and gimme a burn, nas be
so yeah, but we no longer have all of that,
so Dad just works on the farm for a local filthmith,
which he really enjoys as well, which is good.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Gimmer Burn. What's that? Gimmer Burn? I love that name
and I've never heard of it, and I kind of
like to think I'm a bit of a geography buff
as well, you know.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Yeah, gimmer Burn. There is a hall and that's about it.
So oh, there's actually a cricket purch actually, I take
that back. So they've got that going.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
For them a whole. But they're sort of the way
with a lot of New Zealand these days, isn't it.
But I'm going to have to get there one day,
give a bit. So tell me what when you when
you live in and I have to be careful how
I frame this relative isolation, although I have been to
ranfill in the Mannio Tolto. You have to, I guess,
(04:19):
have a certain resilience and can do attitude to be
able to crack into high level sport. Can you sort
of talk us through what makes you tick on that front?
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Yeah, definitely. I think that also probably comes worth the
amount of work that my parents did for me at
a young age. You know, like you said, we're a
little bit isolated than the Minnetoto, so they did a
lot of driving for me to you know, the likes
of Cromwell, Queens Town, Janedan all over the place just
for trainings and sports as well, because you know that
(04:54):
age where my brother and I we played a lot
of sports such as rugby, hockey and also cricket, so
there was a lot of running rounds that they had
to do after us, which now I look back, I'm
very appreciative of that because there's a big reason for
where I have got to today. And then also, you know,
sending me after boarding scores also helps my dream of
(05:17):
you know, trying to crack top sports. So yeah, there's
a lot of factors that have gone until where I've
got today. But I definitely put it down to my
mother and my father doing that for me.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Great parents say, and you think about it too when
you don't not only their time, but you know, you
don't as a kid think about seventy cents a kilometer
when you know, you know all those things. When you
add up all that sort of it's incredible what appearance
do now.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
I've been paying for my pictures, so I fully understand that.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Yeah, we get we work it out eventually, right sees
the sixty year old still feeling like he's in his twenties.
I guess for a community like the money at Alto,
how do people show how proud they are of you?
And you know you're obviously in integral to the day
to day life. It feels like anyrea of people want
are proud of their people.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Put it that way, Yeah, one hundred percent. I'm very
grateful for the community that I've grown up and you know,
I get a lot of messages every time I go home,
you know, talking to someone in the street, and you
know that goes a long way just for me as
a person and for my career as well. To see
the difference that I've made within my community community, especially
(06:27):
with you know, the young ones as well. I try
to go on to some trainings whenever I'm home and
things like that, which I'll be able to do a
bit more this year with being out and probably home
more so I am looking forward to getting more involved
in that space. But yeah, no, I do love the
way that my community has kind of supported me through
all of it. And then my dad was actually saying
(06:49):
how a lot of them actually comes to games just
to watch, you know, they like for me. And then
also you know Kate and Bakeley who's also from the Miniatato.
So yeah, very appreciative.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Hey, great stuff, Eden, w'sh you all the best with
your recovery, and you know, I look forward to the
day when the people of the money are Toto are
doing what the people of Kura are doing. You know,
a statue of Richie of course, statue of Eding Carson
and ran fairly fantastic. Great to chat and what'sh you
all the best, Thank you very much for that.
Well, we're going to talk a bit of a bit
of cricket, a bit of farming, some some weather now,
because apparently where our next guest is today it is
very very chilly. That is Dunedin White ferns and Itaigo
cricket are out injured at the moment. Eden cass and
joins us.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Now.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Eden, Hello, how are you doing?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Hello? I'm good? Thank you? How are you? Yeah? Good? Good? Good?
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Now you're bearing up because one Michelle Watt has been
telling me how cold it is in Dneda. Is she
actually on the money?
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Yeah, it hasn't been so summary down here. I must say.
We're kind of hunting for some dinner stuns at the moment.
But you know where you used to it down here.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
You hail from the money at told I imagine it'd
be a bit different over there at the moment. Beautiful
time of the year.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Yeah, I think it's a little bit warmer than here,
which is nice. But I'm looking forward to going home
on Friday and seeing my family and you know, getting
back to my roots, which will be nice.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Yeah, yeah, fantastic. Now, injury wise, were you you're not
playing at the moment, how's things going on that front
elbow injury.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
I think, ah, yes, no, I'm still injured and I'll
be injured for a while. But month post surgery and
I'm already out of my brace, which is good. So
tracking along nicely with my rehabit things and slowly getting
into things. But yeah, I'm still very grateful to be
involved around the girls and cricket things and stuff. Just
trying to keep myself busy.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Yeah, So elbow injury, like gnally, I guess, tricky, tricky
to kind of fix.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Yeah, it's a nigglie weee joints. They had to actually
take a graph out of my hamstring tender and put
it into my elbow, so some high tech stuff. But
I had a great surgeon and he's done a he's
done a beautiful job and we scar watch, you know,
better wounds and things like that. But no, it's it's
been great, which, yeah, annoying to be out of the season,
(01:53):
but you know, I've always got next season and come
back better and strong, which will be nice.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
You play but a golf too, don't you as well?
So you have had to sideline that as well too,
I suppose.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Yeah, I haven't plaid around the golf for nearly a
year now, so I'd also just bought a driver just
for I got injured, and somehow Dad has scammed it
off me. At the moment, I would definitely be asking
for that back because he's a bit of a club
thrower when he gets a little bit angry on the
golf course, so he can not be throwing the surrounds.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Yeah, okay, so yeah the driver is a boomerang Dad.
That's okay, good call. Good cool with your recovery, how
long do you expect to be out and you get
will you stick to spend a bit of time over
on the farm. I know you've done a bit of
milking and all those sorts of things.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Yeah, I've said I'm mostly going to be out for
six months, but I like to try to prove everyone wrong.
But not pushing it obviously, but yeah, I'd love to
get back on the farm during this period. I know
it will still be quite busy day to day with
my rehab and things, as I'm just trying to throw
everything into that at the moment and see what my
(02:58):
progress is like throughout that. But yeah, bit of dairy
farming back in the day. I haven't done it in
a while. I haven't needed to, but I don't know
if i'd bound to put cups on at the moment
with a middle arm, so it probably gets me out
of it a little bit.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
We'ereabouts is home exactly. She can bee farm pretty close
to rain fairly.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Yeah. Mom and dad have a little block and gimme burn,
so I'm up there. And then my grandparents used to
also own a farm and gimme a burn, nas be
so yeah, but we no longer have all of that,
so Dad just works on the farm for a local filthmith,
which he really enjoys as well, which is good.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Gimmer Burn. What's that? Gimmer Burn? I love that name
and I've never heard of it, and I kind of
like to think I'm a bit of a geography buff
as well, you know.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Yeah, gimmer Burn. There is a hall and that's about it.
So oh, there's actually a cricket purch actually, I take
that back. So they've got that going.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
For them a whole. But they're sort of the way
with a lot of New Zealand these days, isn't it.
But I'm going to have to get there one day,
give a bit. So tell me what when you when
you live in and I have to be careful how
I frame this relative isolation, although I have been to
ranfill in the Mannio Tolto. You have to, I guess,
(04:19):
have a certain resilience and can do attitude to be
able to crack into high level sport. Can you sort
of talk us through what makes you tick on that front?
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Yeah, definitely. I think that also probably comes worth the
amount of work that my parents did for me at
a young age. You know, like you said, we're a
little bit isolated than the Minnetoto, so they did a
lot of driving for me to you know, the likes
of Cromwell, Queens Town, Janedan all over the place just
for trainings and sports as well, because you know that
(04:54):
age where my brother and I we played a lot
of sports such as rugby, hockey and also cricket, so
there was a lot of running rounds that they had
to do after us, which now I look back, I'm
very appreciative of that because there's a big reason for
where I have got to today. And then also, you know,
sending me after boarding scores also helps my dream of
(05:17):
you know, trying to crack top sports. So yeah, there's
a lot of factors that have gone until where I've
got today. But I definitely put it down to my
mother and my father doing that for me.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Great parents say, and you think about it too when
you don't not only their time, but you know, you
don't as a kid think about seventy cents a kilometer
when you know, you know all those things. When you
add up all that sort of it's incredible what appearance
do now.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
I've been paying for my pictures, so I fully understand that.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Yeah, we get we work it out eventually, right sees
the sixty year old still feeling like he's in his twenties.
I guess for a community like the money at Alto,
how do people show how proud they are of you?
And you know you're obviously in integral to the day
to day life. It feels like anyrea of people want
are proud of their people.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Put it that way, Yeah, one hundred percent. I'm very
grateful for the community that I've grown up and you know,
I get a lot of messages every time I go home,
you know, talking to someone in the street, and you
know that goes a long way just for me as
a person and for my career as well. To see
the difference that I've made within my community community, especially
(06:27):
with you know, the young ones as well. I try
to go on to some trainings whenever I'm home and
things like that, which I'll be able to do a
bit more this year with being out and probably home
more so I am looking forward to getting more involved
in that space. But yeah, no, I do love the
way that my community has kind of supported me through
all of it. And then my dad was actually saying
(06:49):
how a lot of them actually comes to games just
to watch, you know, they like for me. And then
also you know Kate and Bakeley who's also from the Miniatato.
So yeah, very appreciative.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Hey, great stuff, Eden, w'sh you all the best with
your recovery, and you know, I look forward to the
day when the people of the money are Toto are
doing what the people of Kura are doing. You know,
a statue of Richie of course, statue of Eding Carson
and ran fairly fantastic. Great to chat and what'sh you
all the best, Thank you very much for that.
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