Jarrod Bear: Auckland Rugby CEO on Auckland Grammar hosing the final round robin NPC Clash

Auckland’s final round robin NPC clash will look a little bit different this week. 

They’re saying goodbye to Eden Park and hello to the field at Auckland Grammar, taking the game back to the grassroots. 

Auckland Rugby CEO Jarrod Bear told Heather du Plessis-Allan that it’s an opportunity to get out to different corners of Auckland, they’ve had great feedback. 

He said that Auckland Grammar has a fantastic connection to the game, not only with their participation opportunities, but also in the number of All Blacks and Auckland players they’ve produced over the years.  

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now Auckland's final round robin round robin NBC clash is
going to look a little different this week because it's
good bye Eden Park Hallo Auckland Grammar's number one field,
just the latest provincial side to say see you to
the empty stadia and take the game back to the
grassroots and Auckland Rugby CEO Jared bears with me.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
Now, hey Jared, morning Heather. What a great morning in
Auckland this morning. The sun's out, blue sky is great.

Speaker 1 (00:21):
It is actually looking good after the last few days
of bad weather. So is it looking good for the weekend.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
Then yeah, Well it's Awkland, so the sun will always
appear during the day at some point. All right.

Speaker 1 (00:31):
What's been the reaction to going to the number one
field at a year? People loving it?

Speaker 2 (00:36):
Oh, it's great feedback. It's an opportunity for us to
get out to different corners with an Auckland and Auckland
Graham's got a fantastic connection to the game of rugby,
both with what they do, participation opportunities, but also the
number of All Blacks and Auckland players that are produced
over the year. Over the years and this time around
we're playing Plenty, which is for the Bay of Plenty,

(00:57):
John Drake Boots, which has played between the two teams,
and John Drake was also a pupil at or Congresmen,
so there's a nice king engineer as well.

Speaker 1 (01:04):
Jared, how do the broadcasters feel about it, because I
imagine it makes their job just a wee bit harder
because they haven't got the broadcasting infrastructure there.

Speaker 2 (01:12):
Well, that actually gets thrown onto us to make sure
that we come up with infrastructure. So Skoy's been really
supportive of us going to alternative venues. It's some incremental costs,
so it's not a plug and play that we enjoyed
eating Park, but this time around, the carbs have all
lined up and it's just going to be a great
experience that we can put on in The broadcasters are
on board, but at the event itself, it's going to

(01:33):
be a bit of a festival day. We've got a
garden bar which we'll have a DJ, We've got a
massive kids activation zone, We've got a wishy pie played
in competition, so there's going to be plenty on you
good stuff. Listen.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
I'm getting a text saying Captain's Beer is an actual
beer brand. But I read your press releases. If Captain
Beer was floating around like some sort of mascot.

Speaker 2 (01:51):
What is it? Now it's a beer brand, so they're
they're sponsoring the garden bar that we're telling.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
Me Captain's Beer is floating around?

Speaker 2 (02:01):
Yes, yes, correct, Okay, Well I'm.

Speaker 1 (02:03):
Glad you explained that Jared best of luck with it
is Jared Bear, Auckland Rugby CEO.

Speaker 3 (02:07):
So it's beer Bar. Just to avoid any confusion.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
Yeah, that's Bear. So it's Jared Bear and it's mascot.
The beer is not a mascot. The beer is Thank
God for this person. Captain's Beer is a new beer
brand owned by Jordan, Jordie and Bowden Barrett and it's
the new sponsor of Auckland Rugby. And then Sam said
to me in my ear that he can't find any
proof of that. But I can't you find proof of

(02:32):
that Captain's be exists. Oh, we don't know that the
Barrett's own it. We don't know that the Barrett's own it,
but we know it exists.

Speaker 3 (02:40):
Has given our conversation earlier in the week about Boden
Barrett and whether people like him or not. It could
be a beer that leaves a nasty taste in half
the population's mouth that.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
I feel like he would be doing himself a lot
of favors if he started to be a brand, because
that's one thing most of us can agree on, us
a good time on a beer brand.

Speaker 3 (02:57):
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