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The boys are back with Highlanders co-captain and new All Black Timoci “Jim” Tavatavanawai — the Fijian powerhouse on his incredible rise from a village in Fiji to the All Blacks. Jim opens up about his debut, his mum’s sacrifices, and his love of steak & cheese pies!

Plus:

🏉 Prem Rugby: Bristol’s 12-try thriller, the growing injury crisis, and why 19-year-old Noah Caluori is the real deal.

🔥 Tom Willis to leave Sarries and the rumours why… Harlequins chaos and Exeter’s Ikitau & Hooper turning up the heat.

💪 Henry Slade — finally getting the credit he deserves.

💬 URC: Leinster lose again, Munster kings of Ireland, Crowley confirmed at 10 for Ireland, Stormers flying, Ulster unbeaten.

🎙️ Guest: Timoci “Jim” Tavatavanawai

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This week we’ve got a the bath beast on the pod — South Africa’s World Cup–winning prop and fresh Rugby Championship champion, Thomas du Toit.

We get into the Boks’ brutal battle with Argentina, that record demolition of the All Blacks, Bath’s big season, transfer gossip (billions of rand?!), and why Rassie Erasmus apparently wants every prop to kick goals and run 90 metres for fun (or not)

Plus: the “freak athlete” question that reveals who’s the most ridiculous physical specimen in the Bok camp.

🏉 Rugby chat also includes:

•⁠ ⁠Rugby Championship finale — Boks pip All Blacks on points difference (+57 vs +8)

•⁠ ⁠Wallabies’ campaign autopsy & Argentina’s underrated rise and why the All Blacks get negativity while continuing to win 

•⁠ ⁠URC madness — Leinster lose both, Zebre win both, Bulls’ revenge thriller

•⁠ ⁠Premiership chaos — Bristol’s injury crisis, Northampton’s wild 37–35 escape, Leicester’s monster comeback vs Quins

•⁠ ⁠Rugby360 rumours — new funding model, centralised finances, and what it means for the game

😂 Plus: “Props who look like Max Lahiff shouldn’t be allowed.”

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Another breaking news chat from the boys, in response to the latest news on R360...with the Unions officially in opposition, will the new league still run....and more importantly has Mike Tindall (and his big money backers) picked up the phone and given Max a call yet??

Full Episode on it's way...you can blame Marc and his ever lavish lifestyle for the delay!

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Diamond Out, so who's in...??

The Maul Or Nothing Boys chat about the breaking news and through a mixture of inside intel and wild speculation, discuss what's next for Rugby's hottest Franchise!

Some names in the frame:

1:21 - Phil Dowson & Gregor Townsend

5:17 - Rassie Erasmus

10:17 - Jonny Wilkinson

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We’re back with pure MoN chaos — and this week, it’s the one and only Mack Hansen in the house!

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🔥 In this episode:

•Mack’s Andy Farrell tattoo swing vote for the Lions

•Inside Connacht: summer pre-season vibes & first impressions of Stuart Lancaster.

•Lions gossip: Mack’s big bromance and did he win naked wrestling?

•Rugby Championship heat: Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is the star of world rugby right now

•Springboks to win Rugby Championship? but Argentina’s shot at history.

•Wallabies and All Blacks in a thriller

•Premiership madness: LRZ & Tom Jordan debuts, Bristol’s injury crisis, Saints vs Exeter pandemonium, Saracens stamping memes, and Bath vs Quins chaos.

•URC round-up: Stormers hammer Leinster, Glasgow steady, Cardiff’s rollercoaster win

•Plus: the best fan comments read out by Ryan.

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0:32 - Ryder Cup Chat

4:52 - Bears Game 1 - Tom Jordan lights up 

9:41 - Ryan has too many voices in his head

13:26 - Mack Hansen Joins us

16:03 - Lions Tour reflections

19:21 - Wrestling with Gengey

20:39 - Mack’s most surprising Tourist

22:22 - Stuart Lancaster has arrived in Connaught

26:49 - Mack’s infamous Tattoo

29:51 - The Rugby Championship Roundup - Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu🤤

34:22 - Kolbe’s Clanger!

38:01 - New Zealand v Australia - much closer than the final score suggests

43:28 - Congratulations to the England Roses!

45:49 - Prem Roundup

49:57 - URC Roundup

54:56 - Any Other Business / The Max Wax & Ryan Ramble

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We’re back, baby! Season 3 of Maul or Nothing kicks off in pure chaos with Bristol Bears’ brand-new superstar Tom Jordan – the Scotland fly-half, centre, full-back, kit man, and occasional massage therapist who somehow does it all.

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•Life in Bristol – how’s Tom settling into the Prem?

•What the hell happened in Portugal 

•Who’s impressed (and who’s entertained) him most at Bristol so far?

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•⁠ ⁠Scotland Lens: eyes on the autumn & Six Nations – how was the summer tour, what about playing the All Blacks in November?

•⁠ ⁠He Talk us through his journey from high school to Glasgow…

•The Premiership & URC preview: dark horses, disasters waiting to happen, and Newcastle Red Bulls’ transfer frenzy.

•Our famously awful predictions – back and worse than ever.

•Plus: the LRZ celebration and whether Louis Rees-Zammit is as fast as we hope he is

And a brand new section of stupidity. This time on ChatGPT and what the boys use it for (dream deciphering and having Steve Jobs run the rule over Maul or Nothing’s podcast structure) 

Rugby’s most entertaining breakdown is back – bigger guests, more banter, and even worse predictions. Strap in.

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It’s the Maul or Nothing Season Finale — and the Wallabies have the final word. Australia take the Third Test 22–12 in a weather-soaked Sydney to deny the Lions a 3–0 whitewash… the Series ends with just a ONE point swing on aggregate 😬

We’re joined by Tom Wright, fresh from the win, to unpack the Wallaby camp’s reaction, what changed after the MCG, and how it feels to go toe-to-toe with the Lions in a nail-biting series. He talks Skelton’s energy, getting stuck into the argie-bargie with Big Will behind him, and his take on the Carlo Tizzano red card controversy.

But that’s just the start…

💥 Nick White — the perfect setting for the arch sh*thouser, and an emotional final Test in Wallaby gold.

🐾 “Little bow legs” and barking brilliance — was this peak Nic White?

🍻 Henry Pollock chinning Guinness with Andy Powell — and earning rave reviews

🌧️ Lightning delays & chaos — Ryan relives the 35-minute pause and the torrential downpour that made this one of the most disrupted Tests in memory

🎭 Who was the ‘Ryan Wilson’ of the Lions? Who did the Aussies love to hate?

🗣️ Scenes — Alex Cuthbert riding Ryan after his try (and winded celebrations) The Bromances and was Ryan a Lions squad Klingon, hanging around with the boys 

🦁 Squad rotation debate — did Farrell bottle a chance to test wider players? Was 3–0 worth the fatigue risk?

✌️ Legends Game 2 Recap — brutal hits, broken bodies and fierce pride as Lions Legends faced the Classic Wallabies again.

🤝 Ryan & Owen Farrell bury the beef — finally, after years of needle, they’re Sarries bros now.

We also break down:

•⁠ ⁠🇦🇺 Nella Tupou stays green & gold despite move to France — is scrapping Giteau’s Law the right call?

•⁠ ⁠🏆 Man of the Tour (Lions, Wallabies & Legends)

•⁠ ⁠🎉 Post-series celebrations & behind-the-scenes madness

This is the raw, unfiltered Lions Tour wrap-up you’ve been waiting for. From Skelton’s shadow to Farrell’s final call, this ep has it all.

Can you also add to the blurb at the end. We’ll be back for season 3 in September with more elite guests and utter gibberish from Ryan and Max so stay tuned!

08:30 - Ryan's not the VIP he thought he was

11:38 - Which Lions sent it - Pollock impressing Powell

23:57 - Was the 3rd test selection right

30:21 - Ryan’s Legends try and being ridden by Cuthbert

37:56 - Players of the Series

39:42 - TOM WRIGHT JOINS

42:42 - His favourite test & the Atmosphere!

48:30 - Big Willy Style

51:07 - Nic White tribute

52:52 - Farrell & Su’Ali ‘chat’

57:46 - Jac morgan x Carlo Tizzano

01:01:03 - pAUSitivity in camp

01:06:52 - News roundup - R360 & Newcastle Red Bull Falcons

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The British & Irish Lions take on the Wallabies in a thunderous 2nd Test — and we’re pitchside at the MCG to soak it all in!

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Can the Lions seal the series in Melbourne? Or will the Wallabies rise from the ashes and force a decider in Sydney? Ryan, Marc, and Max (still recovering…) break it all down with raw reactions, live analysis, and legendary cameos.

🔥 Lions Legends vs Classic Wallabies Recap:

Ryan laces up alongside icons like Andy Powell, Alex Cuthbert, Mike Tindall, Tommy Seymour & Jackson Wray — but how did they fare against a stacked Aussie lineup of Giteau, AAC, Drew Mitchell & Naiyaravoro?

🎤 Post-Match Reactions from the Heart of the Action

Sitting right in front of Henry Pollock, Sione Tuipulotu, Marcus Smith, and James O’Connor, Taniela Tupou, Nic White, the boys soak in the tension, the tries, and the tackle-fests.

👊 Special guest Jackson Wray joins us for a full Lions-Wallabies Test 2 breakdown: selection calls, game changers, atmosphere, and who stood up when it mattered.

🎉 What a match. What a result. What a night. Don’t miss this episode of Maul or Nothing.

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The British & Irish Lions are up and running — ruthless, composed, but was the whole thing missing an ingredient? Farrell nailed every call, Curry and Beirne beast mode , and Finn Russell painted a masterpiece 🎨

In this, the 100th episode of Maul or Nothing, we unpack the fallout from the First Test, analyse what the Wallabies can change, and look ahead to Round Two. Plus: Max is back in pre season, ouch. Ryan’s been on a lash-fuelled jolly in Aus, and the Dirt Trackers get their moment but can it count and has it ever?

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1️⃣ First Test Fallout

🧠 Farrell masterclass – every decision right?

💥 Back row brilliance – Curry & Beirne dominate

🎯 Midfield vindicated or vulnerable to Ringrose return

🎨 Finn Russell’s control, creativity, and class

🎭 Was the drama lacking?

🚪 Is the squad door still open for anyone?

2️⃣ Wallaby Worries 🇦🇺

🤕 Can Australia recover?

💪 Would Skelton & Valentini have changed everything? Will it change something. Power up needed 

3️⃣ MoN Moments

📢 Max’s pre season

✈️ Ryan’s flights & another golf buggy incident with Andy Powell

👋 Fan encounters and new debuts from Down Under

4️⃣ Looking Ahead: Second Test Preview

🔁 Ringrose returns – reshuffle in midfield?

🏗️ Chessum to 6, bench vacancy opens

❓ Second row selections – who starts?

🧠 What’s Farrell’s next chess move?

👀 Kinghorn v Keenan – who wears 15?

🎯 Kinghorn’s boot – good enough for the bench?

💭 Should Farrell be in the 23 if he’s not kicking?

5️⃣ Word on the Dirt Trackers + Pasifika 

😤 Who’s smashing down the Test door?

🚜 Tupou, Salakaia-Loto, Uru, and Gamble cause chaos

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The First Test is here — and the Lions are flying (albeit vs average opposition)! After ripping through AUNZ in their most dominant showing yet, Test XV selection has sparked major debate. Who’s nailed on? Who’s out? And who’s thrown the entire backline into chaos?

We break down Henry Pollock’s statement performance and celebration 😘 back row battles, the Ringrose & LCD concussion blows, and Faz Jr is causing selection headaches? Duhan’s tries vs defence? 6–2 or 5–3 split off the bench?

Plus, the rest of the rugby world delivered drama:

•Wales finally break their losing streak!

•Scotland gift Fiji a historic win – and Tier 2 rugby erupts.

•England handle Argentina, Springboks stir controversy, and the All Blacks obliterate France.

Get ready for Test Week. It’s about to get spicy

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