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Alice Soper & Les Elder

21 episodes

13 hours ago

Les and Alice live for women's rugby and know it's about time our community got the coverage we deserve.

Former Black Fern captain Les Elder and sports journalist Alice Soper are teaming up to make sure women's rugby gets full credit. With fifty years of footy between them, there's no one better placed to be your guide to all the action on the march towards Rugby World Cup 2025.

The inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki Championship captain and 2024 Best Sport Podcast host are taking the analysis out of their DMs and into your ears. Unpacking all the intrigue, key moments and players so you know exactly what to be watching for.

Join them each Monday to ensure our women get Full Credit.

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Les and Alice live for women's rugby and know it's about time our community got the coverage we deserve.

Former Black Fern captain Les Elder and sports journalist Alice Soper are teaming up to make sure women's rugby gets full credit. With fifty years of footy between them, there's no one better placed to be your guide to all the action on the march towards Rugby World Cup 2025.

The inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki Championship captain and 2024 Best Sport Podcast host are taking the analysis out of their DMs and into your ears. Unpacking all the intrigue, key moments and players so you know exactly what to be watching for.

Join them each Monday to ensure our women get Full Credit.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episodes (20/21)

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The World Cup Kicks Off

Alice is about to jump on a plane and Les is ready to set her alarm because the Rugby World Cup is finally here! We have all the dates for a Black Ferns fan's diary. A rundown of the hype we are seeing on social media and discuss the teams we are excited to see. Before finally naming the side we think should run out against Spain in the Black Ferns opening match of pool play.

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13 hours ago

1 hour 5 minutes 54 seconds

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FPC Feedback Sandwich

Two week's out from the Women’s Rugby World Cup, we're breaking down the final pre-tournament clashes. A review of England vs France and Canada vs Ireland to determine who's peaking? Who’s tweaking? And what it all means heading into the big dance. Plus, we dive into the detail from the opening round of the Farah Palmer Cup. Serving you a sandwich of the good, the bad and the work ons for our favourite domestic competition.

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1 week ago

53 minutes 16 seconds

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Lessons On What's to Come

With the Black Ferns XV drawing their series with the Springboks women, Alice and Les unpack what we can learn from this tour and about our potential quarterfinalist opponents. Alice has another spreadsheet to dissect with England having announced their World Cup squad. And the Farah Palmer Cup is about to kick off leaving even more rugby to sink our teeth into!

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2 weeks ago

53 minutes 28 seconds

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Black Ferns World Cup Squad

The guessing is over! Les and Alice now have the official Black Ferns Rugby World Cup Squad list to unpack. What does this tell us about the style of play we should expect at this tournament? And the state of play here in Aotearoa? We give you our take and the stats behind the team named to chase our 7th World Cup title.

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3 weeks ago

1 hour 4 minutes 18 seconds

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How Ruby Tui Can Make the Cut

A development team has been named to travel to South Africa. Les and Alice speculate on what this mean for our World Cup Squad and the growth of our game. Before discussing how it is Ruby Tui could still make the cut.

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4 weeks ago

51 minutes 51 seconds

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Naming our World Cup Squad

The last test has been played and now we all wait until the Black Ferns name their World Cup Squad on the 25 July. So while we wait, Alice and Les have their best guess at how this team may come together and name their own World Cup Squad.

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1 month ago

1 hour 12 minutes 3 seconds

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Les and Alice are back after a month's break to get you up to speed on all the bits and pieces of women's rugby news you may have missed. They then unpack the Black Ferns trial game and try to name their game day 23 for the final test ahead of our World Cup squad announcement.

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1 month ago

54 minutes 40 seconds

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Our MVPs for Pacific Four

The Pacific Four Series has come to a close, with the Black Ferns winning their 3rd title. But who were our MVPs of each of the teams that played? And who was the overall MVP of the tournament? Les and Alice run through their picks and the games they will be watching now that most teams take a break for the month of June.

Alice references an article with links to these games in this episode, you can find that article here.

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2 months ago

32 minutes 24 seconds

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Our Greatest Winger of All Time

As Portia Woodman-Wickliffe makes history in North Harbour, Alice and Les dig out some old footage of the original top try scorer for the Black Ferns. They unpack the final round of the Pacific Four Series and name their in-form 15 - disagreeing on their halfback!

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2 months ago

1 hour 5 minutes 56 seconds

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A classic in Christchurch see nothing separate the Black Ferns and Canada. Les and Alice unpack that action, our play of the week alongside the fiery match between Australia and USA. We name our top performers of round 2 of the Pacific Four Series before Les shares how she used to handle selection pressure.

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3 months ago

1 hour 13 minutes 57 seconds

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The Black Ferns 2025 international season is underway with a win over the Wallaroos. Now we've completed round one of the Pacific Four Series we can name our in form 15 and for the first time, we have access to the game highlights so can explain to you what we are keeping an eye on.

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3 months ago

57 minutes 46 seconds

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From the Tri-nations series in 1999 to the Pacific Four Series of 2025, Alice and Les talk through the history of the Black Ferns test international schedule. They then discuss questions put to New Zealand Rugby after the confirmation of an male Black Ferns coaching lineup and share answers given to them by women in the coaching pathway. Finishing with a comparison the Black Ferns team list they picked with their panel, to see if they would make any changes now that the Pacific Four Squad has been announced.

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3 months ago

1 hour 3 minutes 14 seconds

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Unpacking Aupiki 2025

A full panel of experts is assembled to unpack the 2025 season. Black Ferns #173 and #191, Chelsea Semple and Kristina Sue as well as contributions from commentator Taylah Johnson, help to pick the MVPs of each team and debate the selection of the first Black Ferns side for the Pacific Four series.

PLEASE NOTE: This was recorded before Portia Woodman-Wickliffe made her announcement which is why she doesn’t feature in panel discussions

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3 months ago

1 hour 27 minutes 14 seconds

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The Aussie Connection

The Aupiki season has come to a close but there's still plenty to play for with the first ever crossover match between our winners and the winners of the Super W. Wallaroo #186, Sera Naiqama, joins us as we talk about how the Blues and the NSW Waratahs have got here and what we can expect from this historic match up.

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4 months ago

59 minutes 37 seconds

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The Aupiki Final Preview

Les and Alice wrap the details of the last round and talk through changes to this week's in form 15. They then get stuck right in profiling of the two teams that will be battling it out in this week's final. What makes the Blues the favourite? Why shouldn't you write off Matatū?

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4 months ago

50 minutes

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Glass Half Full

This week, Les and Alice need your help picking a starting 7 for our in form 15 because the flanker talent is just too good! We talk about what's left to play for in the final round and the signs of growth we have seen from the competition this year.

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4 months ago

1 hour 1 minute 44 seconds

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Systems of Success

This week, Les and Alice take a look at the high performance system Aupiki operates within. Asking questions of coaching development, talent identification and where our sevens talent slots into the Black Ferns World Cup Plans.

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4 months ago

1 hour 9 minutes 44 seconds

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Les and Alice talk through the weekend's action and pick their in form 15. At the halfway point, we take a look at the top line stats before we put this competition back into it's wider context. Explaining what being an Aupiki player really entails and what we would prioritise from here.

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5 months ago

59 minutes 43 seconds

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Is Portia going to the World Cup?

Les and Alice unpack the action from round 2 and what it says about how the franchises are travelling. They name their in form 15 before discussing whether this competition is setting our Black Ferns up for World Cup success.

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5 months ago

47 minutes 3 seconds

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Talk Nerdy to Me

An upset and a demolition have kicked of the 2025 season. Matatū edging the Chiefs Manawa, 31-25, before the Blues showed why they are the team to beat going up 50-10 over the Hurricanes Poua. Les and Alice review the matches and name their in form 15 from the opening round of Super Rugby Aupiki. Before they roll up their sleeve to talk nerdy, digging into the key stats teams will want to work on in the weeks ahead. Game on!

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5 months ago

48 minutes 4 seconds