Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay is impressed with Sam "Lashes" Casey's rugby efforts as he managed to snag an interview with none other than Steve Hansen.
On with the show:
Simon Bridges:
National's under-fire leader is not having a bar of Matthew Hooton's column suggesting Jacinda Ardern is on track for triumph in 2020.
Andy Thompson and Craig Wiggins:
Today's panel ponders progress in the battle against M.bovis and we question how rural New Zealand will watch the Rugby World Cup.
Listen below:
Steve Hansen:
We take our weekly look at Super Rugby, today with an All Blacks coach, courtesy of Farmside - connecting rural New Zealand to high speed broadband.
Grant Edwards:
We take our monthly look at the wool market with the GM of PGG Wrightson Wool.
Chris Bayley recalls playing rugby with legends and running family's Pikiroa Farm.