Elite Rugby Banter

The gang return to sing the name, "Brodie Retallick!" Anyone who throws mad dummies like him will have his name remembered. Much is made of Namibia qualifying for the World Cup while okes (bar Adam) stick the boot into Handre Pollard for his poor kicking.

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It's a full house at ERB HQ, with the Currie Cup and Rugby Championship the topic of the day's discussions. Amidst it all, Matt corrects Adam about how to pronounce "Outeniqua" (#shocker), Alex tells a story about a South African in Arizona, Ben seems to think highly of Nelspruit, along with Adam ranting about the haka. So, standard.

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The gang convene (with Matt a ship in the night) to discuss the latest news - including SA Rugby halving its professional players and Jimmy Stonehouse's epic guns - the Super Rugby final and our Super 15 XV, Over Achiever and Under Achiever/Disappointing XVs of the season. There is also a testy discussion about whether Angus Gardener got it right. Ant sent us some amazing stats, but Adam failed to read them. We are sorry Ant :(

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The full gang are in the house as they discuss Super Rugby coming to its 2018 end, the return of Zane Kirchner, Ashley Johnson, John Mitchell causes a stir (#standard), U14 B lineout moves and, according to Ben, "It's coming home".

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It's just Matt and Alex (with a brief cameo from Adam) at ERB HQ this week, with Ben away and Adam adulting. The duo discuss the Amanaki Mafi case, how the Super 15 playoffs are as overpopulated as the Scarlets' new jersey and how Tonga could be a force to be reckoned with at the 2019 World Cup.

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It's a full house on a Monday as Adam waxes lyrical about meeting Ben in the flesh, while the gang chat all things Starty McKenzie, among other news topics. Alex gets passions inflamed comparing George Bridget to Rieko, and after makes their predictions for the week(they didn't beat the coin), everyone throws in their suggestions for rules changes that rugby so desperately needs.

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It's a full house as Ben, Adam, "Not Too Bad" Matt and Alex quickly move on from their poor week in the Fantasy universe to looking at a wildcard and safe pick for the last week of Fox Fantasy Super Rugby. Much debate is had, Adam is good at reading, Matt goes rogue (#standard) while Alex and Ben help to make some on-air decisions towards the end of the episode for next week's Fantasy finale.

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Alex, Ben, Matt and Adam return to cast their eyes over the second last week of the Super Rugby treadmill before the playoffs. The Waratahs-Sunwolves game (and its links to wrestling) gets airtime as does Alex's love of Richie Mo. Matt's keypad makes its distinctive noise, Ben tries to not get to excited and Adam apparently said something to Matt on the first day they met that left an impression.

The gang also decide to let The Bitcoin do all the work for them this week for predictions given their track record over the course of the season. What could possibly go wrong?

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It isn't Morgan Freeman or Tim Robbins, but the ERB Redemption for last week's absence is here and Adam, Alex and Matt (Ben had a family engagement) run the rule over all the positions, wonder if DMac will get rested and have some epic bants in a special feature towards the end of the show.

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The gang return, and say sorry for not producing as they promised. They then tackle the weekend's past action, waxing lyrical about the magnificence of Ben Smith, the pure smooth that is Nicolas Sanchez's kicking style, attempting to figure out how the Super 15 log and playoffs actually work, and a look ahead to the second last week of Super Rugby in 2018.

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