It's Only Sport podcast | The Platform
It's Only Sport (IOS), hosted by multi-award winning sports broadcaster Martin Devlin and produced by Lachlan Waugh, brought to you by The Platform. IOS is the only truly independent sports radio show in New Zealand. Catch the best bits of every show as well as a collection of interviews with the biggest names in New Zealand sport uploaded every weekday, as Martin brings his unique blend of wisdom, enthusiasm and humour to tackle the hottest sporting news and topics. Head along to The Platform website or download The Platform app and listen to IOS live, 1-4 on weekday afternoons. Subscribe to Platform Plus and you can access full replays of IOS.
Episodes
June 20, 2024 • 8 mins
Greg Martin - former Wallabies fullback and Triple M breakfast radio host in Brisbane - joins Martin Devlin on It's Only Sport as he does every Thursday. Two simple-minded, middle-aged men talking about MEN'S things that MATTER. This week, Marto and Marty discuss the Super Rugby Pacific final and whether Australians care at all about the match, the upcoming second State of Origin clash and its impacts on the NRL, memories from the ...
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Ali Williams - 2011 Rugby World Cup winner, and former All Blacks and Blues lock - joins Martin Devlin on It's Only Sport, looking ahead to Saturday night's Super Rugby Pacific final between the Blues and Chiefs at Eden Park in Auckland. It's the first time ever the two sides will meet in a Super Rugby finals match let alone a decider, with there being five of the previous 22 competitions won between them (the Blues in 1996, 1997 a...
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June 19, 2024 • 16 mins
It's tiiiiime! Mark 'Watto' Watson and Martin Devlin return for another energetic episode of the ATM (Apologise to Me!) podcast, where they get together and fiercely debate a variety of sporting topics of relevance in New Zealand and around the world. On episode 88, Watto and Marty discuss the at times frustrating Sky Sport sideline commentators on rugby and league coverage, the Blues-Chiefs Super Rugby Pacific final in Auckland th...
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June 19, 2024 • 57 mins
On today's podcast, It's Only Sport host Martin Devlin dives deep into the biggest sports news story of the day in New Zealand - Black Caps whiteball skipper Kane Williamson turning down a central New Zealand Cricket contract for the 2024-25 season. Williamson is instead putting pen to paper on a 'casual playing contract' allowing him to play in overseas Twenty20 leagues while also representing New Zealand on occasion. Firstly, Dev...
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Bryan Stronach - New Zealand Cricket high performance manager - joins Martin Devlin on It's Only Sport to cover off a number of topics. First off, they dissect the news of Black Caps whiteball skipper Kane Williamson rejecting a NZC central contract. Williamson will instead sign a 'casual playing deal' that will allow him to play in overseas T20 leagues, similarly to what Trent Boult has been doing the last two years. Then, Stronac...
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June 17, 2024 • 45 mins
Martin Devlin and Tony Kemp present episode 14 of the Rugby League Hour, brought to you by MicroBio Solutions. Every Monday during the 2024 NRL season on The Platform, Devlin - host of It's Only Sport - is joined by one of the best rugby league analysts going around in Kemp, the ex-Warriors coach and Kiwis representative.
First off, Marty and Kempy recap the action from round 15 of the NRL season, which featured a number of surprise...
First off, Marty and Kempy recap the action from round 15 of the NRL season, which featured a number of surprise...
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June 17, 2024 • 10 mins
Longtime golf writer Graeme Agars joins Martin Devlin on It's Only Sport following Bryson DeChambeau's victory at the 2024 US golf Open at Pinehurst No. 2. On the final hole, DeChambeau made a brilliant sand save on his third before sinking a short putt for par, proving enough for a one-stroke victory over Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy. Agars and Devlin dissect an eventful final day that included both DeChambeau and McIlroy surren...
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June 17, 2024 • 13 mins
Justin Marshall - 81-test All Black and now one of the best rugby commentators around the world - joins Martin Devlin on It's Only Sport, recapping the two Super Rugby Pacific semifinals. The Blues fought off a valiant Brumbies side winning 34-20 in Auckland, before the Chiefs upset the top-seeded Hurricanes 30-19 in Wellington a day later. That sets up a Blues-Chiefs decider at Eden Park - the first time the two sides have ever m...
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Greg Martin - Triple M breakfast host in Brisbane and former Wallabies fullback - joins Martin Devlin on It's Only Sport as he does every Thursday. Two simple-minded, middle-aged men talking about men's things that MATTER. This week, Marto and Marty discuss old men operating technology, Carter Gordon leaving rugby to join the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL, the Super Rugby Pacific semifinals, and more.
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June 13, 2024 • 51 mins
On today's podcast, It's Only Sport host Martin Devlin steadies himself, lifts his bat and smacks a slew of sports topics over the rope for six, including the Black Caps vs West Indies at the Twenty20 cricket World Cup and the Super Rugby Pacific semifinals coming up this weekend.
First off - as always - Devlin delivers a sermon, this time on two new assistant coaches being added to the All Blacks ahead of the test season. That make...
First off - as always - Devlin delivers a sermon, this time on two new assistant coaches being added to the All Blacks ahead of the test season. That make...
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June 13, 2024 • 12 mins
Warriors utility Dylan Walker joins Martin Devlin on It's Only Sport ahead of his side's mouth-watering NRL match against the Melbourne Storm in Auckland on Saturday evening. The Warriors are on a three-game winning streak highlighted by victories over the Penrith Panthers and Dolphins, who both sit inside the top four. During that three-game run Walker has started at lock, but he'll come off the bench this weekend. He talks to Dev...
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Danny Morrison - former New Zealand cricketer and now a well-regarded commentator of the sport around the world - joins Martin Devlin on It's Only Sport. Morrison is at the Twenty20 World Cup calling games, and was in attendance to watch the Black Caps' abysmal display in their opening 84-run loss to Afghanistan in Guyana. The performance was one of New Zealand's worst in recent memory, and makes their next clash against the West I...
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Longtime sports broadcaster and radio host Miles Davis joins Martin Devlin on It's Only Sport as he does every Wednesday, talking all sorts of nonsense about a variety of sporting codes. This week, Miles and Marty tuck into the Twenty20 cricket World Cup and the poor starts to both England and New Zealand's campaigns, the upcoming European football Championships, the Super Rugby Pacific semifinals this weekend, and much more.
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June 12, 2024 • 55 mins
On today's podcast, It's Only Sport host Martin Devlin focuses on two rather large sports stories circulating around New Zealand at the moment - the Black Caps' Twenty20 cricket World Cup campaign and Shaun Johnson returning to the Warriors starting side for their NRL match-up with the Melbourne Storm.
First off, Devlin delivers a sermon talking about Johnson's return for the Warriors and whether or not it was the right move by coac...
First off, Devlin delivers a sermon talking about Johnson's return for the Warriors and whether or not it was the right move by coac...
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June 11, 2024 • 57 mins
On today's podcast, It's Only Sport host Martin Devlin continues the post-mortem into the Black Caps' horrendous defeat to Afghanistan to open their Twenty20 cricket World Cup campaign, virtually making their clash with the West Indies on Thursday morning (New Zealand time) a must-win to qualify for the Super 8 phase of the tournament. Devlin delivers a sermon firstly, admitting he wouldn't mind seeing the New Zealand men's cricket...
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June 11, 2024 • 14 mins
It's tiiiiime! Mark 'Watto' Watson and Martin Devlin deliver episode 87 of the ATM (Apologise to Me!) podcast, where they get together and fiercely debate a number of sporting topics relevant in New Zealand and around the world. On this episode, Watto and Marty talk about the Black Caps' horrendous showing in their opening match at the Twenty20 cricket World Cup and who's to blame, the Super Rugby semifinals coming up this weekend,...
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June 11, 2024 • 12 mins
New Zealander Ryan Fox joins Martin Devlin on It's Only Sport ahead of the third men's golf major of the year - the US Open at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina. Fox comes off a brilliant performance at the Canadian Open, where he finished in a tie for seventh at 10 under par, but was in the lead by as many as four strokes at one stage during the third round. He's finished 38th tied and 75th in the first two majors of 2024 (The Ma...
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June 10, 2024 • 48 mins
It's time for episode 13 of the Rugby League Hour, hosted by Martin Devlin and Tony Kemp and brought to you by MicroBio Solutions. Every Monday during the 2024 NRL season on The Platform, Devlin - host of It's Only Sport - is joined by one of the best rugby league analysts going around in Kemp, the ex-Warriors coach and Kiwis representative.
To kick off proceedings, Marty and Kempy recap action from round 14 of the 2024 NRL season. ...
To kick off proceedings, Marty and Kempy recap action from round 14 of the 2024 NRL season. ...
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June 10, 2024 • 15 mins
The Tight 5! Everyday on It's Only Sport, host Martin Devlin and producer Lachlan Waugh discuss and debate five separate sporting topics making noise in New Zealand and around the world. On this occasion, Marty and Lachie talk about the Black Caps' embarrassing loss to Afghanistan at the Twenty20 cricket World Cup, the Super Rugby Pacific quarter-finals, the Warriors thumping the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL, and more.
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June 10, 2024 • 13 mins
Justin Marshall - ex-All Blacks halfback and rugby commentator for Sky Sport - joins Martin Devlin on It's Only Sport as he does every Monday, recapping the Super Rugby Pacific quarter-finals that saw all home sides win. The Chiefs, Hurricanes, Blues and Brumbies booked their tickets to the final four, making it three straight years the semifinals have featured the Blues, Brumbies and Chiefs. Marshall and Devlin discuss the strengt...
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