Extra Time

In Extra Time this week...the Crusaders have wrapped up the Super Rugby Aotearoa title with a round to spare but the real question is what happens in 2021? How many head knocks is too many and where… Read more Audio

After significant investigations into high performance environments in cycling, football and hockey - yet another New Zealand sport is in the spotlight concerning the topic of athlete welfare… Read more Audio

RNZ, Stuff and Locker Room present Extra Time - joining RNZ's Joe Porter on the podcast this week are former All Black Tamati Ellison, who is a coach with the Kanaloa Hawaii Major League rugby side… Read more Audio

World Rugby is proposing to ban trans-athletes from playing in the women's game but will New Zealand Rugby follow suit? And South Africa and Australia haven't been backward in coming forward in… Read more Audio

Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua joins us on Extra Time this week to give her take on the ANZ Netball Premiership and discuss how things are shaping up for the Silver Ferns and just whether or… Read more Audio

Controversy is again threatening to capsize the Americas Cup, with some rather serious allegations thrown at Team New Zealand and its boss Grant Dalton. What does the latest drama mean? And do most… Read more Audio

Professional sport is slowly emerging from the grip of the pandemic but its financial future is far from certain. A recent Sport New Zealand report highlighted the plight of the likes of rugby… Read more Audio

RNZ, Stuff and LockerRoom present Extra Time. New Zealand and Australia Football are celebrating their successful bid to host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. But what will it mean for the women's… Read more Audio

Having had to sit and cool their heels and watch on as rugby league and rugby union returned to the field, the country's top flight netballers finally get to return to the court this weekend with the… Read more Audio