New Zealand's top rugby players will share homemade videos on how they are coping during COVID-19 lockdown and keeping fit in a new show airing Wednesday called "Isolation Nation".
With the Super Rugby season in limbo, pay-TV broadcaster Sky Sport is desperate to provide fresh content for subscribers and worked on the concept with New Zealand Rugby and the players' association.
The programme, co-hosted by former All Black Israel Dagg, features gags, inspiring stories and fitness tips from players, who are in the midst of New Zealand's four-week lockdown.
Sky's chief content officer Tex Teixeira said the twice-weekly show demonstrated the players were "born entertainers".
"We've all seen how talented these players are on the field and now we will get to see what makes them tick off it," he said.
"Like everyone else in Aotearoa (New Zealand) they are keen to stay fit, healthy and motivated to get back in action as soon as we have COVID-19 licked, and they're letting us in on how they are trying to do it."
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