6 Jun 2023

Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

From Nine To Noon, 11:45 am on 6 June 2023
New Zealand coach Wayne Smith with the Rugby World Cup winners trophy.

Black Ferns coach Wayne Smith with the Rugby World Cup trophy. Photo: Andrew Cornaga / www.photosport.nz

You know the big names, but Sam says the Kings Birthday's honours list also gave a well-deserved spotlight to some of sports grassroots heroes. He dissects the list with a sporting lens and looks at the Super rugby shakedown for the upcoming playoffs.
 

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