Sport Nation Super Rugby and Origin chat
On Sport Nation, Sam questions how anyone neutral party can back the Crusaders in the Super Rugby Pacific Final, weighs in on the Billy Slater-Aaron Woods ‘Grub’ war of words and why the Queensland coach overstepped the mark, predicts the winner of Origin II and answers the question - could a loss to the Panthers derail the Warriors season? https://megaphone.link/ENZL4841253224
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RNZ: Sports-chat with Sam Ackerman
Can the Blues do the impossible…again? Ackermerc’s Sam Ackerman joins RNZ’s Nine to Noon and looks at the Super Rugby Pacific semi finals, Ryan Fox’s early fortunes at the brutal US Open, the World Test Championship being anything but the best of the best, an unusual World Record and how the WTA is leading the way in supporting athletes find the work-family balance.
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2025 Auckland Writers Festival
Event 128 Steve Williams: Together We Roared When Tiger Woods went on an unprecedented majors run between 1999 and 2008, one man stood at his side: his caddie Steve Williams. Together they dominated the PGA Tour and won an astonishing 13 major championships, their sights set on breaking Jack Nicklaus’s record 18 majors. Before they could do so, however, their partnership ended abruptly, and a 12-year period without talking began. Years later, the two reconnected. Sam Ackerman sits down with the world-class caddie to hear about his book Together We Roared, which explores what it’s like to ride alongside greatness and offers an insider’s look at a friendship – both on and off the course – that produced one of the most successful duos in golf histo
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RNZ: Sports-chat with Sam Ackerman
Sam discusses the state of play in the third cricket test against England at Hamilton after the Black Caps posted England 658 to win Radio New Zealand
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SEN (Sydney): The Run Home with Joel & Fletch
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1MGEKDtFH07foC2FxxKhLE?si=a8d49518172740da Stephen 'Beaver; Donald and Sam Ackerman for SENZ join The Run Home with Joel & Fletch
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Bittersweet Departure for Tauranga Teen Chasing NRL Dream
Featured on NZ Herald and Bay of Plenty Times By Sam Ackerman One of the most promising young sporting talents in the Bay of Plenty is about to leave the country. This isn’t a story about a disgruntled athlete throwing his toys and taking his talents elsewhere - rather a grateful one who plans to represent the region as he chases his dreams. 15 year-old Marley Igasan is taking up a contract with NRL heavy hitters the Brisbane Broncos as part of its contracted elite development squad, his recruitment putting him on a pathway towards rugby league’s big time. It wasn’t a hard decision from a sporting point of view, but it was from a personal perspective. “I look at it as a bit of inspiration,” Igasan says. “I’m the only boy they’ve looked at from this
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RNZ: Sam Ackerman on Nine to Noon
8 July 22 Sam Ackerman talks to Kathryn about a week of sport that hasn't been short of a headline. He breaks down why he thinks the Warriors losing arguably their best player might just be a good thing, looks at the message the All Blacks are sending for the second test against Ireland, wades in to the equal pay debate and questions whether bad boy Nick Kyrios is the best or worst thing for world tennis right now. Listen in here https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018848720/sports-commentator-sam-ackerman
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RNZ: Sam Ackerman on Nine to Noon
Sam Ackerman talks cricket, previewing the India versus Black Caps series, Dame Valerie Adams' comeback, is her legacy on the line? Also how young New Zealanders have fared at the Youth Winter Olympics. listen in: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018731110/sports-commentator-sam-ackerman
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