Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - The Burner Phone 17: Hugh Renton... Jono's Lookalike!

Episode Date: May 10, 2023

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It's the Burner Phone where we take your messages that you leave on a special phone that we've got We clear one a day and whatever you say will dictate what happens here on the Burner Phone Very fluid, maybe some would label it disorganised and unplanned but we like to say fluid Now it is funny because when you're coming up with a podcast idea daily, daily podcast idea, Ben, it needs to be sustainable. And so I think it was you that cracked the code

of the burner phone, wasn't it? And what I like about this, it puts, you know, it's like shifting the blame. It's like, well, hey, if it's bad, we put it all on you. You've come up with this. Well, leave better voicemails, you know.

That's great. And that's a great management tactic too is climbing away up the corporate ladder. Create an environment where you can point fingers blame others and move yourself up that's what we've done now uh if i could cast your mind back to a couple of days ago on the burner phone someone just left a message uh of some rugby commentary it was from the alternate commentary collective the acc and it featured a highlanders player. His real name is Hugh Renton, but they call him Jono Pryor because he looks a lot like you, Jono Pryor. Whakatava will feed the loose head scrum.

Jono Pryor will come off the back. Will he take it off the back? It goes Pryor. Pryor has it right in front of the sticks. Whakatava has it. He gives it up to Jono Pryor. Jono Pryor to the line. Just short.

Jono Pryor. Here theyryor to the line Just short, Jono Pryor Here they come, try to Frizzell And Jono, I've got a special surprise For you right now on the phone It's your, well Your kind of lookalike, Hugh Renton Hugh! From the hot, it's Hugh!

Hey guys, how are we? They tracked you down because Ben said I'm going to track him down I'm going to bully him onto the And you got him. I got him. He agreed to come along. Thank you for joining us. It's an honour.

It's an honour to be recognised as Jono and an honour to be speaking to you two lads. I was saying yesterday, you poor bugger. Week in, week out, you get tackled, you get hurt and now you have to kind of look like me. What's more painful? It's pretty close, to be honest. Now, is this because obviously we love the ACC, they do a great job,

they love to give people nicknames. Have you had the Jono Pride nickname before, or is this just something that's popped up over the last couple of weeks? No, this is seriously something that popped up. I came off the training field and seen you guys tag me in a story on Instagram. And then I was like, and then I obviously listened to the recording. And yeah, I do listen to the ACC, but yeah, couldn't quite listen to it whilst I was playing on the field on the weekend.

I can imagine. Couldn't have the earphones on. John, I was saying it's the most excited that anyone has ever sounded when saying his name. So he's very thankful that you're playing well and he's getting his name out there. Yeah, no, it's a good laugh. Like I said,

being known as Jono, it's no Jason Statham, but it's pretty close. Oh, well, and I tell you what, looking at Hugh's body, because I've gone deeper to your Instagram, I'm not going to lie. It's weird, it's creepy. I got to the point where you were in Sydney in your Speedos, okay?

I don't know how many years ago that was, but you have the body of James Bond, doesn't he? He does. He definitely does it, you know, maybe from the neck up. It looks a little bit like Jono Pryor, but from the neck down, not quite the same. What does Jono need to do if he wants to look more like you, Hugh? Oh, geez, I don't know.

Maybe firstly get in the gym and eat a little bit might help I think I need a few stamps on my body to be honest a few tattoos. The good thing for Hugh is he can look forward 15 years and see what it looks like when he gives up rugby and gives up on life

How much training, because we've got you early in the morning, I mean, how much training do you guys actually do in a super rugby season? Yeah, it's quite a funny one because playing rugby, people think, oh, how can you do that all day? But I'm generally at work pretty much from 8 to 5 every day. And that, we do a team training gym and then like mini units within the team too, like those forwards and scrums and all that. So yeah, generally quite a lot.

It's a full-time job to be honest. As I tell you, you do a lot of reviewing of footage. I imagine, do you watch the team you're about to play and what they've done in previous games? Exactly. Yeah, we do that from the start of the week definitely. And that's how we make all our plans for that week.

And plans change every week. And then, yeah, just review our own clips and obviously we haven't been getting the wins the last couple of weeks, so she's been pretty intense review meetings, but no, that's all right. We want to get the wins. Do you get told off on Monday morning if you've had a loss?

Yeah, yeah, you get told off. It's pretty daunting. Guys get in there a bit nervous, but no, you've got to do the job and you've got to put it properly. So, yeah. You're originally from the Hawke's Bay region and now you're down south playing Super Rugby.

How blooming cold is it down there in the South Island in rugby season? Well, honestly, we've had the most unreal summer and weather. It's been super hot. But these last few days, the snow's pushing up from, I see, bottom of the South Te Ana. It was snowing, and it's freezing today, so today will be our actual first cold winter training, but no, it's not too bad, it's been a nice summer. And Hugh, we've done probably a disturbing amount of research on you over the last few days.

You're the head boy at the school in Hawke's Bay. Jesus, yeah, you can't beat me. You lived at Farn College,ke's Bay. Jesus, yeah. You can't beat me. Linden Farm College, mate. That was you, right? Yeah, Linden Farm College, yeah, yeah. Way back when I had hair. When did you decide to give up on hair like Jono? When did that happen?

I only shaved it probably a couple of months ago. I was just like, no, I think I'll do the trim. The boys were digging the diggers into me at training, so I just said, oh, I think I'll do the trim. The boys were digging the diggers into me at training, so you need to cut it off. So I just said, oh, no, I'll do it. So yeah, only a couple of months ago. No, well, good. You've done it at a beautiful time. See, if I went back to my 20s, Hugh, the one thing I would change about my 20s, well, there's a lot probably. One of them was I held on to it for too long. It started to look like seaweed at the bottom of the ocean.

Yeah, I was similar. But hey, it's probably, I've got less stick shaving off, to be honest. You're not hiding anything. It's just like, yeah, I'm bored. I don't have a good hair genetics. But that's it, really. So, Shu, are we, I'm going to say we, you and me, we're on board with you now.

We're a team. We're making the All Blacks. We're going to the World Cup. What are we, I'm going to say we, you and me, we're on board with you now. We're a team. We're making the All Blacks. We're going to the World Cup. What do we do with the guys? Yeah, that sounds pretty good to me if all goes well, eh? Oh,

you're playing really well at the moment. You're a good sport. Really nice to talk to you. Hopefully one day we can meet you in person and I can get the two Jono Prize together.

Yeah, sounds good. I reckon we do it. Lovely to meet you, Hugh. Have a good one, mate. Likewise, you too.