September 9, 2026 • 9 mins
Nathan Burdon says that Woody Kirkwood's recall to the Stags is one that rewards persistence.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
T-T-T-Turvy Flakes!
Speaker 2 (00:02):
T-T-T-T-Turvy Flakes! T-T-T-T-Turvy Flakes! T-T-T-T-Turvy Flakes!
Speaker 3 (00:11):
Welcome back to the muster. Southland Rural Support Trust presents
Brunch On Us. These events are occurring over the next
couple of weeks in various locations around the province. So
take the opportunity, if they're coming to your area, to
take a bit of time off farm while the hard
yak is going about and go and connect with people,
have a coffee and a snag on them. So details
are on their Facebook page as well. Southland Rural Support
(00:32):
Trust doing a great job at the moment. Our resident
sporting guru is Nathan Burden. Good afternoon, Nath.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Straight off the cuff, Woody Kirkwood is back for the Stags.
This is the redemption story we want.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Yeah, just possibly, well, not possibly, definitely the unluckiest man
in Southland rugby by some margin, eh? He had two
seasons blighted by knee injuries and he's just worked so
hard to and shown so much resilience to get himself
back into a position where the Stags can name him
(01:05):
in the starting line-up for this game against Bay of Plenty. So,
I mean, I'll have my fingers and toes and everything crossed,
hoping that he can get the debut. I guess this
will hopefully be the actual debut, get the debut that
he deserves after all the hard work that he's done.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
I'm just chuffed to see a country player starting for
the Stags.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Yeah, it was such a great story in 2025. A
guy that, you know, he's on the tools all day,
but he's still putting in that effort to get to
the gym early mornings, getting to trainings after work, doing
all that hard work to earn himself a contract in 2025,
and then gets injured in the pre-season game, has to
miss the whole Stags campaign. And then the same thing
(01:48):
happens again. Misses and can't play any club footy. So
great that the stag's off the back of it. A
couple of what I'm hearing, some quite impressive performances for
South and Country. He's earned himself a spot in the
Marine jersey for South. for the game on Sunday. So, yeah,
go well, Big Woody.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Yeah, his dad, Herop, he's not the best rugby watcher,
he's told me himself. It was bad enough for the Barbers,
so he'll be doing a bit of pacing up and
down at Rugby Park. But, look, Woody, all the best.
And on with the Stags as well after last week. Well,
let's be honest, the less said the better. I gave
up at half-time.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Yeah, there's no positives really to put on that performances there.
It was a really disappointing outing in Pukekohe and I
think if you talked to any of the players or
any of the people involved in the management of the team,
they wouldn't be hiding away from that. It would have been,
and I understand it was, a fairly open and frank
(02:49):
review on the Monday. But I guess the best thing
about sport is you only have to wait for a
week to turn it all around. But it is a
bit of a challenge. This is a strong Bay of
Plenty team that will be coming down. Possibly not as
strong as they have been for the last couple of years,
but definitely a talented side for all of that.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
The one thing I will say, I'll wait and skip
to the interview with Sean Withey at the end of
the podcast. End of the show, I was going to
call it. It was a little bit of a show
in the second half, but he looked genuinely grumpy.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
He looked really frustrated. That's what you want.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
I mean, yes, it's the Stags, and we're going to struggle,
but the fact that Withey wants to– he was so
grumpy in that interview.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
That's what I liked.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Yeah, well, I mean, Sean Withey's just one of those wholehearted– Yeah,
he just gets stuck in, doesn't he? If you had
15 Sean Withies, then you probably wouldn't have a performance
like we had against counties. But, you know, just the
mistakes were so hard to watch, weren't they? And the
Stags actually put themselves in positions to score on numerous occasions,
(03:55):
but it just seemed like it was sort of cut
and paste. They'd get themselves into the 22 or even
within 10 metres of the goal line and just managed
to come up with a fumble or some sort of turnover.
And then on the other side of the ball, the
defence just wasn't good enough for a representative team in
the first division of the MPC, and the scoreline showed that.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
The All Blacks have got this, arguably, an exhibition game
against the Springboks in Baltimore.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Are you reading much into this?
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Well, it's... You know, it's a money spinner for New
Zealand rugby and for South African rugby. It feels like
a bit of a bolt-on. Originally, this was always talked
about as a four-test series, and then all week we
were told it's actually a three-test series in South Africa
plus one game in Baltimore. It'll be interesting to see
(04:47):
how the whole thing unfolds in another attempt, I suppose,
to roll out a game in the States and get
a bit of buzz going over there so the All
Blacks need a win, let's be honest but it'll be
some sort of challenge considering some of the personnel that
they'll be missing particularly Artie Savia, there'll be quite a
(05:10):
rejig when that team gets named obviously the loose forwards,
the midfield are going to need some sort of a
rejig there. Will it be Richie Moanga's chance to come
back into that all-black jersey? So, yeah, there'll definitely be
enough storylines to keep us interested.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
New Zealand Warriors, they're in the playoffs. They've got the
Dolphins at Mount Smart, although if their next game, because
they've got two bites of the cherry at home, qualifying second,
the next game, by the sound of it, is going
to be at Eden Park, courtesy of Peter Volandis, who
pretty much runs the NRL.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
It's all about the money.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Yeah, two bites of the cherry. But, gee, they'd love
to win this one and give themselves a week off
and guarantee that next home game, wouldn't they? That would
be a great outcome. The Dolphins, lots of pressure on them,
their first ever playoff game. So, yeah, this will be,
(06:03):
I mean, the occasion's going to be huge. Just talking
to someone this morning who was at the last round
Robin game and just buzzing about the crowd atmosphere. that
they get there at Mount Smart or Go Media. So, yeah,
it is a shame that they'll, you know, it almost
seems inevitable that they're going to be changing venues, but
(06:23):
the mighty dollar definitely plays a part in this day
and age, doesn't it?
Speaker 3 (06:27):
It's interesting the rhetoric coming out of the Australian media
claiming the Warriors are just schmuzzling all over Rugby Union
at the moment. It's not getting to that point, but
you can't argue the fact the Warriors are getting a
lot more airtime.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Yeah, definitely, and I think a lot of it is
the type of game, and the Warriors have just been
so consistent all season, haven't they? This is not a
team that in those other years that we remember where
the Warriors did make the playoffs and got into this situation,
they got there by some razzle-dazzle at the right sort
(07:01):
of times and some results going their way, but the
Warriors have well and truly earned their place in that
top two and playing just some really great, colourful football.
You don't have to be a league fan necessarily to
want to switch on and watch them each week. They're
just a great entertainment package and watching them play at
home in front of their home crowd and the way
(07:22):
they engage with their people is just a joy to watch.
It's been a great season and I'd love to see
them kick on.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
Just finally as well, we'll touch on this. I had
Murray Heath on the show yesterday. You guys had him
on your Raw podcast this week. The Get Together, the
1970s Southland team.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Yeah, you'd love to be a fly on the wall
for this reunion, wouldn't you? Although it'll be a big
shift over the weekend for these guys, but the stories
are going to be great, and what a joy to
bring that generation back together, probably for one last time,
and hopefully this is sort of a sign of things
to come, that the union and people who are good
(08:02):
at organising these things, like Heathie, who's just a a
legend when it comes to bringing people together. This is
something that they can continue with in the future.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Good on you, Nathan. Enjoy the weekend. Dantlers up.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Dantlers up, mate.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Laugh out loud with Ag Proud, because life on the
land can.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Be a laughing matter.
Speaker 3 (08:23):
Brought to us by Shearwell Data, working to help the
livestock farmer. Two cannibal friends were sitting together over lunch,
politely sipping their afternoon tea.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
One looked across the table and asked.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Hey, word around the village is that you and your
boyfriend had a massive blowout argument last night. Oh absolutely,
she nodded, it was dreadful. So where do things stand
between the two of you right now? The woman paused...
took a delicate sip from a teacup, smiled and replied, well,
right now, I'm just letting him stew. I reckon we
(08:55):
might do an extended dad joke session tomorrow because we can, right?
Speaker 2 (09:00):
That's us for the afternoon anyway. I'm Andy Muir.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
The show is brought to you by Peter's Genetics. You have,
of course, been listening to The Muster. Potty's up shortly.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
See you tomorrow.
T-T-T-Turvy Flakes!
Speaker 2 (00:02):
T-T-T-T-Turvy Flakes! T-T-T-T-Turvy Flakes! T-T-T-T-Turvy Flakes!
Speaker 3 (00:11):
Welcome back to the muster. Southland Rural Support Trust presents
Brunch On Us. These events are occurring over the next
couple of weeks in various locations around the province. So
take the opportunity, if they're coming to your area, to
take a bit of time off farm while the hard
yak is going about and go and connect with people,
have a coffee and a snag on them. So details
are on their Facebook page as well. Southland Rural Support
(00:32):
Trust doing a great job at the moment. Our resident
sporting guru is Nathan Burden. Good afternoon, Nath.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Straight off the cuff, Woody Kirkwood is back for the Stags.
This is the redemption story we want.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Yeah, just possibly, well, not possibly, definitely the unluckiest man
in Southland rugby by some margin, eh? He had two
seasons blighted by knee injuries and he's just worked so
hard to and shown so much resilience to get himself
back into a position where the Stags can name him
(01:05):
in the starting line-up for this game against Bay of Plenty. So,
I mean, I'll have my fingers and toes and everything crossed,
hoping that he can get the debut. I guess this
will hopefully be the actual debut, get the debut that
he deserves after all the hard work that he's done.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
I'm just chuffed to see a country player starting for
the Stags.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Yeah, it was such a great story in 2025. A
guy that, you know, he's on the tools all day,
but he's still putting in that effort to get to
the gym early mornings, getting to trainings after work, doing
all that hard work to earn himself a contract in 2025,
and then gets injured in the pre-season game, has to
miss the whole Stags campaign. And then the same thing
(01:48):
happens again. Misses and can't play any club footy. So
great that the stag's off the back of it. A
couple of what I'm hearing, some quite impressive performances for
South and Country. He's earned himself a spot in the
Marine jersey for South. for the game on Sunday. So, yeah,
go well, Big Woody.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Yeah, his dad, Herop, he's not the best rugby watcher,
he's told me himself. It was bad enough for the Barbers,
so he'll be doing a bit of pacing up and
down at Rugby Park. But, look, Woody, all the best.
And on with the Stags as well after last week. Well,
let's be honest, the less said the better. I gave
up at half-time.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Yeah, there's no positives really to put on that performances there.
It was a really disappointing outing in Pukekohe and I
think if you talked to any of the players or
any of the people involved in the management of the team,
they wouldn't be hiding away from that. It would have been,
and I understand it was, a fairly open and frank
(02:49):
review on the Monday. But I guess the best thing
about sport is you only have to wait for a
week to turn it all around. But it is a
bit of a challenge. This is a strong Bay of
Plenty team that will be coming down. Possibly not as
strong as they have been for the last couple of years,
but definitely a talented side for all of that.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
The one thing I will say, I'll wait and skip
to the interview with Sean Withey at the end of
the podcast. End of the show, I was going to
call it. It was a little bit of a show
in the second half, but he looked genuinely grumpy.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
He looked really frustrated. That's what you want.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
I mean, yes, it's the Stags, and we're going to struggle,
but the fact that Withey wants to– he was so
grumpy in that interview.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
That's what I liked.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Yeah, well, I mean, Sean Withey's just one of those wholehearted– Yeah,
he just gets stuck in, doesn't he? If you had
15 Sean Withies, then you probably wouldn't have a performance
like we had against counties. But, you know, just the
mistakes were so hard to watch, weren't they? And the
Stags actually put themselves in positions to score on numerous occasions,
(03:55):
but it just seemed like it was sort of cut
and paste. They'd get themselves into the 22 or even
within 10 metres of the goal line and just managed
to come up with a fumble or some sort of turnover.
And then on the other side of the ball, the
defence just wasn't good enough for a representative team in
the first division of the MPC, and the scoreline showed that.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
The All Blacks have got this, arguably, an exhibition game
against the Springboks in Baltimore.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Are you reading much into this?
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Well, it's... You know, it's a money spinner for New
Zealand rugby and for South African rugby. It feels like
a bit of a bolt-on. Originally, this was always talked
about as a four-test series, and then all week we
were told it's actually a three-test series in South Africa
plus one game in Baltimore. It'll be interesting to see
(04:47):
how the whole thing unfolds in another attempt, I suppose,
to roll out a game in the States and get
a bit of buzz going over there so the All
Blacks need a win, let's be honest but it'll be
some sort of challenge considering some of the personnel that
they'll be missing particularly Artie Savia, there'll be quite a
(05:10):
rejig when that team gets named obviously the loose forwards,
the midfield are going to need some sort of a
rejig there. Will it be Richie Moanga's chance to come
back into that all-black jersey? So, yeah, there'll definitely be
enough storylines to keep us interested.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
New Zealand Warriors, they're in the playoffs. They've got the
Dolphins at Mount Smart, although if their next game, because
they've got two bites of the cherry at home, qualifying second,
the next game, by the sound of it, is going
to be at Eden Park, courtesy of Peter Volandis, who
pretty much runs the NRL.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
It's all about the money.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Yeah, two bites of the cherry. But, gee, they'd love
to win this one and give themselves a week off
and guarantee that next home game, wouldn't they? That would
be a great outcome. The Dolphins, lots of pressure on them,
their first ever playoff game. So, yeah, this will be,
(06:03):
I mean, the occasion's going to be huge. Just talking
to someone this morning who was at the last round
Robin game and just buzzing about the crowd atmosphere. that
they get there at Mount Smart or Go Media. So, yeah,
it is a shame that they'll, you know, it almost
seems inevitable that they're going to be changing venues, but
(06:23):
the mighty dollar definitely plays a part in this day
and age, doesn't it?
Speaker 3 (06:27):
It's interesting the rhetoric coming out of the Australian media
claiming the Warriors are just schmuzzling all over Rugby Union
at the moment. It's not getting to that point, but
you can't argue the fact the Warriors are getting a
lot more airtime.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Yeah, definitely, and I think a lot of it is
the type of game, and the Warriors have just been
so consistent all season, haven't they? This is not a
team that in those other years that we remember where
the Warriors did make the playoffs and got into this situation,
they got there by some razzle-dazzle at the right sort
(07:01):
of times and some results going their way, but the
Warriors have well and truly earned their place in that
top two and playing just some really great, colourful football.
You don't have to be a league fan necessarily to
want to switch on and watch them each week. They're
just a great entertainment package and watching them play at
home in front of their home crowd and the way
(07:22):
they engage with their people is just a joy to watch.
It's been a great season and I'd love to see
them kick on.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
Just finally as well, we'll touch on this. I had
Murray Heath on the show yesterday. You guys had him
on your Raw podcast this week. The Get Together, the
1970s Southland team.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Yeah, you'd love to be a fly on the wall
for this reunion, wouldn't you? Although it'll be a big
shift over the weekend for these guys, but the stories
are going to be great, and what a joy to
bring that generation back together, probably for one last time,
and hopefully this is sort of a sign of things
to come, that the union and people who are good
(08:02):
at organising these things, like Heathie, who's just a a
legend when it comes to bringing people together. This is
something that they can continue with in the future.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Good on you, Nathan. Enjoy the weekend. Dantlers up.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Dantlers up, mate.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Laugh out loud with Ag Proud, because life on the
land can.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Be a laughing matter.
Speaker 3 (08:23):
Brought to us by Shearwell Data, working to help the
livestock farmer. Two cannibal friends were sitting together over lunch,
politely sipping their afternoon tea.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
One looked across the table and asked.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Hey, word around the village is that you and your
boyfriend had a massive blowout argument last night. Oh absolutely,
she nodded, it was dreadful. So where do things stand
between the two of you right now? The woman paused...
took a delicate sip from a teacup, smiled and replied, well,
right now, I'm just letting him stew. I reckon we
(08:55):
might do an extended dad joke session tomorrow because we can, right?
Speaker 2 (09:00):
That's us for the afternoon anyway. I'm Andy Muir.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
The show is brought to you by Peter's Genetics. You have,
of course, been listening to The Muster. Potty's up shortly.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
See you tomorrow.
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