8 MAY 2024 · On Saturday the Southern Steel netballers broke a 700+ day drought in the ANZ Premiership, with a dramatic overtime win over the Northern Stars. Coach Reinga Bloxham joins The Roar this week (17'21) to talk us through an emotional night at ILT Stadium Southland, the questions she asked herself during the losing streak and the answers she came up with that hold both her and the team in great stead. It's a super-honest look at just what coaching at the highest level is about and it's well worth your time (if we do say so ourselves). Before then, Logan, Nathan & Nick chat through the Steel's win, another JuniorGP podium for Cormac Buchanan in Portugal, Southland Boys High School's fourth-place finish in Japan along with athletics, basketball & club footy. Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every Wednesday for more from The Roar 

30 APR 2024 · This week Southland businessman Reece McDonald joins The Roar. He is one of the driving forces behind the annual Westpac Rescue Helicopter fundraising cycle ride from Frankton to Invercargill which happens on Friday 10 May. We chat through his own personal experiences on the ride and using the service himself, while Nathan & Nick recall their own experiences with an event that is hoping to push through the million dollar mark in funds raised since the first ride in 2011. You can help get them there by supporting via their GiveALittle page here: https://givealittle.co.nz/event/chopperbikeride24 Before that Logan, Nathan & Nick discuss Southland Boys High Schools winning start in Japan, the Southland Sharks' roster moves, more building blocks for the Southern Steel & Woodlands turnaround in Southland club rugby. Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every Wednesday for more from The Roar

23 APR 2024 · Two return guests to The Roar this week. Cormac Buchanan opened his FIM JuniorGP World Championship campaign with a podium finish in the opening round in Italy. We went to Venice to relive a hectic race and just what it meant for the young Southlanders to see the New Zealand flag flying during a podium ceremony(16'39). Meanwhile, half a world away, the Southland Boys High School 1st XV has departed, heading to Japan for the Sanix World Rugby Youth Invitational Tournament. Their Head Coach Jason Dermody talks us through the build up and the amazing experience ahead of his charges and their travelling party (33'00). Before that, Logan & Nick cover off a busy week of news including Steve Mitchell's resignation as CEO of Rugby Southland, the future of Rugby Park, an improved Steel showing, the Sharks' 0-6 start to the NBL and Tori Peeters' Olympic dream being realised. Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every Wednesday for more from The Roar

16 APR 2024 · Former Southland Stag and Highlanders' hooker Greg Pleasants-Tate joins The Roar this week to talk through his rugby career and the new initiative he and his wife Kate have launched to provide sporting equipment to Southland families in need. To find out more, donate or nominate a worthy recipient, visit 'Have A Go Southland' here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558315371437 Before that, Locgan, Nathan & Nick discuss Logan's Voyager Media Award nomination, a tough Monday night for the Steel & Sharks, Southland Boys High's heroic win over King's College and the three Southlanders who are off to the Junior World Track Cycling Championsips in August. Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every Wednesday for more from The Roar

9 APR 2024 · Two special guests this week. Our feature interview is with returning Southern Steel netball shooter Jen O'Connell. She thought the netball door was firmly shut before an injury replacement call-up has seen her return to the premier domestic netball competition this season. As we build up to the Steel's season opener we find out about THAT phone call from Coach Reinga & just how hard her team mate Jeante's head is. We also spend some time with new Southland Stags' signing Sean Withy and find out there was a strong message he wanted to send by returning south. Before all that, Logan, Nathan & Nick look at the latest Southland sporting headlines including the worst kept secret in Southland rugby, whether it's too early to write in the Galbraith Shield top four and a tough start to the Southland Sharks' NBL campaign. Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every Wednesday for more from The Roar

2 APR 2024 · Rugby Southland's Academy Manager Scott Eade is fresh back from helping the Highlanders Under 20s at their recent tournament. We talk through how he and his programme have helped build an unprecedented amount of young development talent, what a new-found relationship with the Highlanders means for Southland's rugby future, recruiting and retaining good young talent in the modern rugby world and building a development pathway that works across the game in New Zealand. Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Threads or X. Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every Wednesday for more from The Roar

27 MAR 2024 · This week, on the eve of the Southland Sharks' 2024 Sal's National Basketball League campaign, we chat with Sharks' veteran Andrew Wheeler. Wheels is the epitome of what it is to be a Shark and as a 2010 original he talks us through the evolution of the organisation and the NBL. Before then the boys talk thought the news every Southland sporting fan didn't want to hear - George Fisher will take no part in the Southern Steel campaign this year. Plus we talk through the end of the club cricket season and the start of the club rugby one. Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Threads or X. Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every Wednesday for more from The Roar

20 MAR 2024 · We get ourselves set for the ILT Southland club cricket final this weekend with a chat with Appleby stalwart Jamie Clark who is closing in on an incredible milestone for the club, one that will probably get his back for another season.  Before then, Logan, Nathan & Nick talk through the incredible scenes at the Southland Rugby League Final, the brilliant win by Fiji Bati, the Sharks' pre-season trip to Greymouth and Nathan's pennants golf debut. Give us a rate and a review if you're that way inclined and follow @theroarpodcastnz on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Threads or X. Got a Southland sporting story or just some general banter to share? Email us at theroarpodcastnz@gmail.com and come back here every Wednesday for more from The Roar

14 MAR 2024 · Logan, Nathan & Nick launch the Southland sporting podcast noone was asking for with Southland motorcycling talent Cormac Buchanan. We find out this super-talented 17 year old from Invercargill has his eyes fixed on MotoGP and won't just be satisfied by getting a start! It's a great yarn on the glamourous and not so glamourous side of life on the bike along with a run-through the latest on the upcoming Sharks, Steel and Stags' seasons. 

3 OCT 2023 · STAGS WIN! We review the Stags' first (and only) win the the 2023 season. How good? And if that wasn't enought, it's the pod you've been waiting for it. Welcome to the 2nd Annual Golden Antlers as we announce our Rookie, Big Mover, Forward and Back of the Year, together with a split decision for the prestigious Golden Antler, the supreme award of the season. To contact the Roaring Pen podcast email us at roaringpenpodcast@gmail.com and make sure to follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/theroaringpen. While we are here, for plenty of great Stags' content and Southland sporting stories visit https://southlandtribune.substack.com/ and follow The Southland Tribune on Facebook and Instagram #AntlersUp