Carlos Spencer
Retired New Zealand rugby union playerWikipedia
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Nov 4, 2026
John KirwanGUEST
I always remember my first day on the job, my first game on the job, And the Blues team was pretty good.
John KirwanGUEST
You know, Joe Levandetti, Carlos Spencer, Charles Rickerman.
John KirwanGUEST
It was a pretty good football team.
John KirwanGUEST
And I'm the manager.
Sean HillHOST
What are you usually guys for Halloween, Surly? My favorite
SearleyHOST
one was Carlos Spencer.
SearleyHOST
Okay.
SearleyHOST
Wasn't scary.
SearleyHOST
I just really wanted an excuse to dress up as Carlos Spencer.
SearleyHOST
I remember from my ninth birthday, Dad took me to North Harbour Stadium to watch the Blues play, and it was a wet night, and I waited about two hours after the game outside the tunnel because the ground announcer said they'd be signing autographs.
SearleyHOST
Well, they never came, so I wrote a letter, and Carlos Spencer sent me back a poster signed by him and a handwritten note, and I still have it to this day.
SearleyHOST
Shout out to you, Carlos.
Will JamesGUEST
Yeah, so we finished first by a country mile, had a home semi-final against Leicester and lost at home.
Will JamesGUEST
in the semi-final so yeah and I think that was the coaching set up changed after that I think that I think Dean was at a point where he was like well I can where do we go from here how do we sort of structure this and how do we actually go on and get better? Because some of the players he had in the squad, you know, Carlos Spencer was with us at that point.
Will JamesGUEST
There was so much, Leslie Vonicolo.
Will JamesGUEST
I think Leslie was there that year.
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Will JamesGUEST
times I've played with them you know sort of sort of been in the moment where you know been sort of immersed in that sort of thing so yeah that's probably where my thought process is led really
PaulHOST
Yeah, like a team who didn't quite make it.
PaulHOST
You could have Freddie Burns and Carlos Spencer, Bob Shaw and Tyndall.
PaulHOST
The amount of Lions and World Cup winners you'd have
Mark StaffordHOST
That's awesome.
Mark StaffordHOST
I actually got a book, Carlos Spencer's biography, signed by Carlos when he was coaching the Hurricanes ages after he finished playing.
Mark StaffordHOST
Made him one of those proud Horofanua ex-resident, grew up in Horofanua, as did Carlos.
Mark StaffordHOST
And I just said to Carlos, I've got a mate from Horofanua.
Andrew SimGUEST
Like Tony Brown, not the most athletic.
Andrew SimGUEST
He wasn't Carlos Spencer, but it's his cognition, his ability to read patterns.
Andrew SimGUEST
And if you start going to the combine and you could test people's ability to hit off both sides, And that's a reflection of their cognition because a lot of sports players, they get to the major league and they can't pick up the curveball.
Andrew SimGUEST
They can't read the patterns.
Mark WatsonPANELIST
Look, he's got X factor, hasn't he? He's got stuff in his game that you just cannot coach.
Mark WatsonPANELIST
It's sort of Carlos Spencer.
Mark WatsonPANELIST
There's an Andrew Mertens look about him when he takes the ball to the line, which is what I think we have been lacking at times.
Mark WatsonPANELIST
But again, it's that old saying, isn't it? If you've got a forward pack going forward, it's easy to do, and they set the platform.
Jase ReevesHOST
It was weird.
Jase ReevesHOST
And I thought to myself, I'm like, you know how back in the day, I don't know if you remember this, but Tana Umanga and Carlos Spencer did the same thing, overextended their knee and they were out for a couple of weeks.
Jase ReevesHOST
Remember that? Yeah.
Jase ReevesHOST
Those injuries.
Jordie BarrettGUEST
No. No.
Jordie BarrettGUEST
Would you ever, would you ever copy any of like your hair- like any rugby star's haircuts? Like a Carlos.
Jordie BarrettGUEST
Yeah, I remember- Like a Carlos Spencer.
Jordie BarrettGUEST
Yeah, exactly right ... no, not the Carlos, but I remember when I was like 12 or 13 and I used to like Michael Clarke, so I actually gave myself a bit of a Kenner.
Tom BirminghamHOST
He's our boy.
Jordie BarrettGUEST
Tried to look like Michael Clarke.
Alex ChapmanHOST
You go back to that Opiki final where Matatu were physical, up the guts, keeping it tight sort of footy.
Alex ChapmanHOST
And then you compare that to the Blues, who ended up winning, and they were free-flowing, loose players, He had Carlos Spencer's fingerprints written all over and he's an assistant coach there.
Alex ChapmanHOST
And the Blackburns now are starting to show this different sort of identity under Whitney Hanson where they want to be expressive and look at how often they run from inside either their own goal line or inside their own 22 that they want to engage and entertain and... probably for themselves as well as the fans, play enjoyable and fun rugby.
Alex ChapmanHOST
So yeah, with Anna Richards now involved as well, who's certainly a character.
Chris PatersonGUEST
Um, I, I think we have to ask ourselves what-- It, it used to frustrate me a wee bit as a player and what is a 10? Like everybody's idea, everybody talks about we need this 10, we need this stand-off, this, that, and the next thing.
Chris PatersonGUEST
But what is it? Like, is it a 10 like at the moment Sasha Feinberg and Gumulo, or is it a 10 like somebody more pragmatic? Like Jonny Wilkinson was different to Dan Carter was different to Carlos Spencer.
Chris PatersonGUEST
So I think there's, there's maybe an assumption that a, this 10 does everything and it's all encompassing and it's one style of play.
Chris PatersonGUEST
It's totally different styles of play and totally different characteristics depending what your team needs.
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