Off The Back Seat: Fan Edition – Mike McRoberts

Off The Back Seat: Fan Edition – Mike McRoberts

From Mad Monday by The Alternative Commentary Collective

June 10, 2026 · 28 min

About this episode

Mike McRoberts shares his experiences as a diehard Warriors fan and his journey through three decades of following the team.

In this episode of Off the Back Seat: Fan Edition, Manaia Stewart and Ben Hurley pick up Mike McRoberts in the back of a brand-new GWM Cannon Alpha Plug-in Hybrid! You think you're a diehard? Mike McRoberts has watched the Warriors in a flak jacket. The legendary newsreader has spent three decades following the Wahs from wherever the news took him, including sneaking VPN streams at 3am from active conflict zones, just to watch them lose to the Dragons. Worth it? Apparently, yes. Mike takes the boys back to where it all started... March 10, 1995, fresh off the plane from Christchurch, through to leading Pukana Cam in front of a stunned Suncorp crowd at Magic Round, and the player-issued jersey so tight it nearly required surgery to remove. (He's still wearing it. It's a winning shirt.) Plus: why this Webster-era squad is the best he's ever seen, the rise of "Up the Wahs", and why the Warriors finally feel like New Zealand's team. Save at the Pump and Go with More across the GWM Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid Range. Mad Monday is brought to you by Four'N Twenty! Follow The ACC on  Instagram or  Facebook or  TikTok Subscribe to The Mad Monday Podcast now on iHeartRadio…

People in this episode

Hosts: Manaia Stewart, Ben Hurley

Guest: Mike McRoberts

Topics covered

  • Warriors
  • sports fandom
  • New Zealand rugby
  • Mike McRoberts
  • GWM Cannon
  • Magic Round
  • fan experiences

Keywords

  • Warriors
  • Mike McRoberts
  • GWM Cannon
  • sports
  • rugby
  • fan edition
  • Magic Round
  • New Zealand

Sponsors

Four'N Twenty

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: GWM

Books & works: Pukana Cam

Places: Christchurch, Suncorp

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