The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast
By Brett McKay & Harry Jones
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Harry Jones, the grizzly old no.8, and Brett McKay, the unremarkable schoolboy no.9, unite for the short-side set-piece combination you didn't realise you needed in a rugby podcast.
A couple of hosts who came together on a whim in 2022 have become arguably the best - and maybe the only - South African-American-Australian rugby podcast combination in the rugby world, blending the perfect combination of passion, humour, nonsense, and genuine insight. Tune in every week to find out where on earth Harry is podding from, and how on earth Brett keeps it all flowing as they enjoy great rugby chats with an incredible array of guests.
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Ep.90 – The Finale: This has been a blast
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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A message from The 8/9 Combo: “We have some news”
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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Ep.89 – Fresh flowers & missing toothpaste lids with Sean Maloney
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Boks ‘bliterate bleak Boyos
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Nov 29, 2025 |
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Ep.88 – Borthwick’s mind control cult with Huw Griffin
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: France, Boks leave their Marx
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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Ep.87 – Templars and Saintly uniforms with Riaan Louw
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Wallabies tour cannot end quicker
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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Ep.86 – England might be good again with Charlie Morgan
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: France aroused, not hard enough
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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Ep.85 – World Rugby’s Chicago problem with Martin Devlin
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Ep.84 – A Japanese (rugby) inquisition
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Wallabies scrape through forgotten Test
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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the 8/9 Recap: They were VERY wrong at Ellis Park!
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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the 8/9 Recap: Ellis Park was NOT supposed to happen!
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Ep.83 – Was that the last ever TRC with Geoff Parkes
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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TRC Post-Mortem: Stupid mistakes kill Wallabies. Again
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Oct 04, 2025 |
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the 8/9 Tap & Go: Is this South Africa's Rugby Championship to lose?
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Ep.82 – It was all about the closure with Jamie Wall
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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TRC Post-Mortem: Just holding on isn’t enough
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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Ep.81 – Evolution of the humble tackle bag with Reg Clark
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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the 8/9 Tap & Go: How deep doth the fallout run?
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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TRC Post-Mortem: Razor’s edge lost; Rassie rules
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Sep 13, 2025 |
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the 8/9 Tap & Go: Who on Earth wins this weekend?
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Ep.80 – Finally, a Rugby Championship with Marcello Bosch
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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TRC Post-Mortem: Wallabies ball, ABs stand tall
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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Ep.79 – Which team can hold serve with James Horwill
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Ep.78 – Riding all the Wallabies ups & downs with Sean Maloney
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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TRC Post-Mortem: Overconfidence turns to Underconfidence
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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Ep.77 – All the ways we were wrong at Ellis Park with Riaan Louw
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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the 8/9 Tap & Go: Is this year’s TRC already over?
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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TRC Post-Mortem: This WASN’T supposed to happen!
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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the 8/9 Tap & Go: Have the other three teams created depth issues for themselves?
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Ep.76 – Applied like a blowtorch to your arse
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Ep.75 – Let the Good Vibes last with Jonathan Drennan
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Third Lions Test Post-Mortem: Wallabies snap Lions’ brooms
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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Ep.74 – Neverything with Charlie Morgan
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Second Lions Test Post-Mortem: MCG rebirth? Greatest Wallabies loss?
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Jul 26, 2025 |
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Ep.73 – Ferocious composure with Jim Tucker
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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First Lions Test Post-Mortem: Lions good, Wallabies not terrible
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Jul 19, 2025 |
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Ep.72 – Where are the protagonists with Lee Calvert
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Obsessive selfishness on display in Adelaide + Wellington
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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Ep.71 – Brumbies give the Lions a headache with Pat McCarry
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Wallabies survive Fiji + Did Harry fire up the Waratahs?
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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Ep.70 – When you're gassed, you can't think with Ben Darwin
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Lions survive willing contest and terrible fontage
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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Ep.69 – Super Rugby wrap-up… then Lions LIONS! with Geoff Parkes
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Those dastardly Crusaders win again + the French finale will have mermaids?
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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Ep.68 – Chiefs v the ominous Weight of History with Tony Johnson
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Bath + Leinster reign supreme, Super Rugby gets angry, and John Cusack?
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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Ep.67 – Bulls, Bath & Beyond with Riaan Louw
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Chiefs get the finals format Blues, Leinster finally reach a decider
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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Ep.66 – Super Rugby fantasies fulfilled with Sean Maloney
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Sneaky winks, shocking knock-ons, and no-one gets relegated
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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Ep.65 – You cannot tame zebras with Huw Griffin
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May 28, 2025 |
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Weekend Post Mortem: Bordeaux can taste the double after Champions Cup triumph
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May 24, 2025 |
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Ep.64 – Duran Duran vs. the Villains with Lee Calvert
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May 21, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Brumbies take Super Rugby lead, Finalists all set in the URC
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May 18, 2025 |
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Ep.63 – The secrets to Crusaders success with Colin Mansbridge
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May 14, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Chiefs, Leinster, Bath all set for finals
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May 11, 2025 |
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Ep.62 - Lions Squad dissection with Charlie Morgan
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May 08, 2025 |
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Ep.61 – The Champions Cup is saved with Huw Griffin
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May 07, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: The Saints go marching in
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May 04, 2025 |
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Ep.60 – Who is the most average team in pro rugby?
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Where did those results come from?
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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Ep.59 – Crusaders are the Blues, Blues are the Crusaders with Jamie Wall
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Super Point chaos in Perth + Harry’s Munster tales
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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Ep.58 – Pinching stuff from other Leagues with Riaan Louw
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem with Charlie Morgan: Waratahs + Brumbies statement wins, stingy Leinster surge to European favouritism
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Ep.57 - Cascading Uncertainty with Geoff Parkes
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Champions Cup blowouts, Moana Pasifika history
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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Ep.56 – The Eternal Quest for Player Welfare with Conrad Smith
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Ep.55 – Controlling the Volume with Tony Johnson
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Waratahs drought-breakers, Bulls the Leinster heartbreakers
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Ep.54 – Drinking Water from a Firehose with Tane Edmed
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Liberty, Egalite! And a Maul…
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Ep.53 – France Just Go Wildcat with Bernard Jackman
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Louis the Fourth Round King with Riaan Louw
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Ep.52 – Persistent but Not Irritating with Charlie Morgan
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Blues are back + Stormers reign in the Loftus rain
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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Ep.51 – Feeding All of Twickenham with Nils Braude
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: White Jerseys for the Win!
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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Ep.50 - Smoked meats, a pony and a mattress with Sean Maloney
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Super Rugby madness + Zebre boilover
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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Ep.49 - One Book is Not Enough with Geoff Parkes
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Scotland the meek, Ireland predestined
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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Ep.48 – Crime and Punishment
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Weekend Post-Mortem: Ireland Patience Outlasts England Speed
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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Ep.47 – Seven Deadly Sins with Charlie Morgan
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Ep.46 - The Plans to Grow the Game with Brett Robinson
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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What’s Coming in 2025?
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Best of 2024 – the Guests
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Best of 2024 – Cheers & Jeers
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Rugby Year in Review – Gunslingers & Baby Geckos
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Test Match post-mortem 13 – Knock-on, Knock offs in Dublin
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 34 – Clash of Style
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Ep.42 - Replacing the Snake with Patrick McCarry
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Test Match post-mortem 12 – Murrayfield Maul Chokes Winged Wallabies
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 33 – Best be Frontrunners
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Ep.41 – Giving Every Ounce with Dan McKellar
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Test Match post-mortem 11 – Greatest Win of All Time
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 32 – Itching in the Loafers
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Ep.40 – No Lamb Curries with Charlie Morgan
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Test Match post-mortem 10 – Joseph & the Technicolour Dream Debut
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Nov 09, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 31 – Something Out of the Can with John Ferguson
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Ep.39 – Facing the Music with Rob Kitson
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Test Match post-mortem 9 – Ford Misfires, Macca Delivers
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 30 - the Northern Spring Autumn Series Tour preview
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Ep.38 – Defeat of the Consultants with Tony Johnson
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 29 – The Winner Takes it All
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Ep.37 – Sua’ali’i will save rugby and all Law Variations
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 28 – #JerseyTalk
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Ep.36 – Goal-kicking Mechanics with ‘Rocketfoot’ Wihan van der Riet
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 27 – Random Calls in Leicester
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Ep.35 – Couple of French Wingers with James Slipper
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 26 – What Have We Learned from 2024 TRC?
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Ep.34 – Fake Ceilings with Jared Wright
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Test Match post-mortem 8 – Weird Welly-Wonka
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 25 – Sick of Insolvency
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Ep.33 – Familiar Frustrations with Liam Napier
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Test Match post-mortem 7 – Wanted: Good Starting Team
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 24 – Selection Speculation
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Ep.32 – Rassie the God with Sumo Stevenson
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Ep.31 – How Good with Jamie Wall
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Test Match post-mortem 6 – Back to Square One
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 23 – One-Man Bomb Squad
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Ep.30 – Consistently Inconsistent with Marcelo Bosch
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Test Match post-mortem 5 – Boks Escape Razor’s Edge
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Aug 31, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 22 – the 8-9 Draft
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Ep.29 – Calling All Locks with Geoff Parkes
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Ep.28 - Lab Experiments with Jim Tucker
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Test Match post-mortem 4 – Contested then Uncontested
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Aug 17, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 21 – Loaded Benches with Matt Pearce
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Ep.27 – Transient Hyphens with Riaan Louw
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Test Match post-mortem 3 – Brisbane Boilover + Wellington Whackdown
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Aug 10, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 20 – Undisputed Underdogs
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Ep.26 – Under Pressure with Paul Cully
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Ep.25 – One More Angle with Brett Cronan
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 19 – What Have we Learned?
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Ep.24 – Chasing the Sun with Gareth Whittaker
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Test Match post-mortem 2 – World-leading Wallabies snare fourth straight
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 18 – Equine Excuses with Bernard Jackman
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Ep.23 – Grownups with Charlie Morgan
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Test Match post-mortem 1 – Unbeaten!
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Jul 13, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 17 - Swingprops
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Ep.22 – False Countdowns with Sam Larner
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 16 - Horsecollaring
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Ep.21 – Rebuilding the Strategy with Daniel Herbert
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Ep.20 – Robbed of Points with Sam Windsor
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 15 – Vikings are Shrinking
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Ep.19 – Gone to the Birds with Andrew Kellaway
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 14 – Semi Finals, baby
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Ep.18 – Alter Egos with Jamie Wall
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 13 – Toaster in the Bath
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Ep.17 – It’s Cake Enough with Ox Nche
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 12 – Live from the Carpark
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May 29, 2024 |
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Ep.16 – Fully Charged Batteries with Harry Wilson
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May 27, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 11 – Declaration of Intent with Bernard Jackman
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May 22, 2024 |
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Ep.15 – Magic of Melbourne with Kevin Foote
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May 20, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 10 – Penultimate Bizarre Highlights
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May 16, 2024 |
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Ep.14 – Crusaders Schadenfreude with Tony Johnson
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May 13, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 9 – Shoutout to our AI Overlords
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May 09, 2024 |
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Ep.13 – Show & Tell with Tim Horan
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May 06, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 8 – Fingers in Pies
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May 02, 2024 |
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Ep.12 – Rapid Rises and Hijacked Playlists with Lukhan Salakaia-Loto
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 7 – Cannot Roll Over Again
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Ep.11 – Intent Behind Everything with Sean Maloney
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 6 – Battle of the Tous
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Ep.10 – Cohesion up the Wazoo with Simon Strachan
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 5 – Complicated Travel Plans
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Ep.9 – Just Gotta Freewheel with Laurie Fisher
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 4 – Sweet 16
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Ep.8 – State of the URC with Riaan Louw
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 3– Goddam Local Derbies
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Ep.7 – Pools of Sweat with Ned Hanigan
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 2 – Battle of the Cranberry Chinos
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Ep.6 – Breaking it Down with Sam Larner
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Games of the Week 1 – So Very Le Crunchy
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Ep.5 – Unfettered Access with Michael Atkinson
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Ep.4 – Cross-Podination with Matt To’omua
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Ep.3 – Unbelievably Honest Review with Charlie Morgan
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Ep.2 – Salad, BBQs and eating Guinness with Simon Raiwalui
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Ep.1 – Cattle Across London Bridge with Sir Bill Beaumont
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Teaser – What have we missed since the World Cup?
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Teaser – Aren’t you those guys from…?
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Feb 05, 2024 |