rom Southland to Japan to the Highlanders to one of the NRL's gtlamour rugby league clubs.

It's not a well-worn path but Simon Jones has done just that. The Sydney Roosters' Head of Performance joins the boys to talk through that path, the learning curve he has been on and just how you keep bodies together over a brutal NRL season.

Before then the boys bathe in the glory of the Southland Stags' comeback victory over Northland, look at a brilliant age group win and incredible international performances by Corbin Stong and James McLeay.

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