June 10, 2025 • 4 mins
Sporting royalty joins Jamie at Fieldays to discuss keeping fit after retiring from sport and their roles as Toyota Brand Guardians.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Or at these two need no introduction.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Dame Valerie Adams and he should be Sir Richie McCaw
but he turned it down. Maybe he will be a
wee bit later. But I went to you're both Toyota
brand guardians. Dame Valerie has been for a while, Richie,
you were announced as one this morning.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Welcome to the fold.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Yeah, it's exciting to be involved. There's obviously pretty exciting
with obviously the relationship with New ger Rugby as well.
And yeah, just staked to be on board and come
along with the field days the first time.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
And first day on the tools.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
You've got to turn up at Toyota and go into
a strength competition with one of It was one of them,
with one of the strongest athletes New Zealand has ever produced,
Dame Valerie Adams. And I was there and you are
a machine. You destroyed an all black legend.
Speaker 4 (00:49):
Well I had to beat him at something, right, So,
I mean, you know, the woman power amongst us is
are pretty unique.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
You still look in remarkable shape.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
What are you doing athletically now that you're retired from
competitive shot putting?
Speaker 4 (01:04):
I probably trained like a normal person now I don't
have to carry as much muscle, and thank you so
much for the compliments. No, keep it coming, though, keep
it coming coming.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Well, Richie.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
I would worry about you if you were playing for
the All Blacks now because you'd pick up the ball
and someone would blow you over. There's not much of
you these days because I know you're doing the endurance sport.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Yeah, yeah, well i'd much fear you say that then
that no one would be able to move you because
you go one of two ways and your finish. But yeah,
I enjoy the challenge of that, and it's really just
to make sure you don't stop. You know, as soon
as you stop, the old injury start to get you
and you start to creak. So I sort of figured
that if you keep moving, hopefully you can keep doing
it for a while.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
What amazes me about you especially is the number of
knocks you took in your All Black career when you
were prone over the ball. You were great at that,
but if you were a target for every person out there,
how do your knees sustain what you do?
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Ah? I got lucky, probably like I didn't have any
Mae injuries, which is probably just a bit of luck.
There're certainly we're in tier though I tweaked the knee
a couple of years ago, got a skin. Honest, he
might have a pretty good aren't they. And the guy looked
at me said, there's a bit of weir in tia
there so, but you'd expect that after a few years
of doing that. But just lucky I can still run
and all that sort of stuff and hopefully that carries on.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Dame Vererie, as I said, you're looking a million bucks.
You're very you look very fit and trim. Don't know,
it's complicent, well deserved.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Was before Well no, you were bigger, same same but
I no, no, no, but you had to be for
your sport like he was bigger.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
So what are you so any any body issues for
you in terms of knees, joints.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
I mean, yeah, so I was a little bit unlucky.
I've had eight surgery sports related so knees, ankle's, shoulders.
But that's just the aim of the game, right You're
always training at at your limit every time trying to
gain that sending me over and over again. Now after
twenty five years of the sport, my aim was to
actually still walk and one day hopefully carry my grandkids.
So I can still do that. And obviously, as you say,
(02:59):
I'm looking them million bucks.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
You are indeed now you you also, Dame Valerie, look
a million bucks and your hybrid Highlander.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
How do you like it?
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (03:08):
Absolutely love it. It's a great family car. I'm not
trying to sell you the car, by the way, but
I've been very fortunate and very humbled by the fact
that URD has been by my side for a very
very long time over ten years, and they've been able
to support me throughout my journey as an athlete, but
also now as a moment ongoing work within a community
and within schools and things like that.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
You do a wonderful job.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
And Richie, just finishing with you, you are the new
owner or the caretaker of a brand new land Cruiser.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Yeah, I'm pretty excited about it here. So yeah, and
that's one of those ones. I grew up on the
farm when we were young had a little red Tourter
high Lux and so it's sort of always been. You know,
when you have one of those on the farm, you
don pretty good. So you had to get a chance
to have a land Cruiser.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
You're pretty stated, well, Dame Valerie Adams. Richie mccaught. Real pleasure.
Welcome to the Toyota team. You and Da Dame Valerie.
I better be get it right. No, no, you're a legend.
You're both legends.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Great to have you on.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
We've got another sporting legend coming up shortly as well,
Monty Betham.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
How good z that awesome? Lucky you, lucky me, Thank you. Guys.
There we go. Toyota brand ambassador. Yeah. You can catch
them at the Toyota site this afternoon.
Or at these two need no introduction.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Dame Valerie Adams and he should be Sir Richie McCaw
but he turned it down. Maybe he will be a
wee bit later. But I went to you're both Toyota
brand guardians. Dame Valerie has been for a while, Richie,
you were announced as one this morning.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Welcome to the fold.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Yeah, it's exciting to be involved. There's obviously pretty exciting
with obviously the relationship with New ger Rugby as well.
And yeah, just staked to be on board and come
along with the field days the first time.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
And first day on the tools.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
You've got to turn up at Toyota and go into
a strength competition with one of It was one of them,
with one of the strongest athletes New Zealand has ever produced,
Dame Valerie Adams. And I was there and you are
a machine. You destroyed an all black legend.
Speaker 4 (00:49):
Well I had to beat him at something, right, So,
I mean, you know, the woman power amongst us is
are pretty unique.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
You still look in remarkable shape.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
What are you doing athletically now that you're retired from
competitive shot putting?
Speaker 4 (01:04):
I probably trained like a normal person now I don't
have to carry as much muscle, and thank you so
much for the compliments. No, keep it coming, though, keep
it coming coming.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Well, Richie.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
I would worry about you if you were playing for
the All Blacks now because you'd pick up the ball
and someone would blow you over. There's not much of
you these days because I know you're doing the endurance sport.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Yeah, yeah, well i'd much fear you say that then
that no one would be able to move you because
you go one of two ways and your finish. But yeah,
I enjoy the challenge of that, and it's really just
to make sure you don't stop. You know, as soon
as you stop, the old injury start to get you
and you start to creak. So I sort of figured
that if you keep moving, hopefully you can keep doing
it for a while.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
What amazes me about you especially is the number of
knocks you took in your All Black career when you
were prone over the ball. You were great at that,
but if you were a target for every person out there,
how do your knees sustain what you do?
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Ah? I got lucky, probably like I didn't have any
Mae injuries, which is probably just a bit of luck.
There're certainly we're in tier though I tweaked the knee
a couple of years ago, got a skin. Honest, he
might have a pretty good aren't they. And the guy looked
at me said, there's a bit of weir in tia
there so, but you'd expect that after a few years
of doing that. But just lucky I can still run
and all that sort of stuff and hopefully that carries on.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Dame Vererie, as I said, you're looking a million bucks.
You're very you look very fit and trim. Don't know,
it's complicent, well deserved.
Speaker 4 (02:24):
Was before Well no, you were bigger, same same but
I no, no, no, but you had to be for
your sport like he was bigger.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
So what are you so any any body issues for
you in terms of knees, joints.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
I mean, yeah, so I was a little bit unlucky.
I've had eight surgery sports related so knees, ankle's, shoulders.
But that's just the aim of the game, right You're
always training at at your limit every time trying to
gain that sending me over and over again. Now after
twenty five years of the sport, my aim was to
actually still walk and one day hopefully carry my grandkids.
So I can still do that. And obviously, as you say,
(02:59):
I'm looking them million bucks.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
You are indeed now you you also, Dame Valerie, look
a million bucks and your hybrid Highlander.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
How do you like it?
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (03:08):
Absolutely love it. It's a great family car. I'm not
trying to sell you the car, by the way, but
I've been very fortunate and very humbled by the fact
that URD has been by my side for a very
very long time over ten years, and they've been able
to support me throughout my journey as an athlete, but
also now as a moment ongoing work within a community
and within schools and things like that.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
You do a wonderful job.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
And Richie, just finishing with you, you are the new
owner or the caretaker of a brand new land Cruiser.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Yeah, I'm pretty excited about it here. So yeah, and
that's one of those ones. I grew up on the
farm when we were young had a little red Tourter
high Lux and so it's sort of always been. You know,
when you have one of those on the farm, you
don pretty good. So you had to get a chance
to have a land Cruiser.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
You're pretty stated, well, Dame Valerie Adams. Richie mccaught. Real pleasure.
Welcome to the Toyota team. You and Da Dame Valerie.
I better be get it right. No, no, you're a legend.
You're both legends.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Great to have you on.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
We've got another sporting legend coming up shortly as well,
Monty Betham.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
How good z that awesome? Lucky you, lucky me, Thank you. Guys.
There we go. Toyota brand ambassador. Yeah. You can catch
them at the Toyota site this afternoon.
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