The Good, The Bad & The Rugby: Australia & New Zealand

The Good, The Bad & The Rugby: Australia & New Zealand

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  • JP Goes Missing After Wallabies Get Smashed | Bledisloe Review + Cam Roigard

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    The All Blacks put 50 on the Wallabies at Eden Park, and Kieran Read called it in the group chat before kick-off. Andy, Justin Marshall and Kieran break down the second-half blowout: the lineout penalty that swung momentum, Damian McKenzie at 10, the Barrett brothers’ dominance, and how the All Blacks owned the air and the 22.

    Harry Wilson takes the Harvey Norman Effortless Moment (and the best No. 8 in the world debate kicks off), Jeremy Paul goes missing in action, and the boys get into where the Wallabies went wrong, their midfield crisis heading to Sydney, and why the Bledisloe should be a three-test series.

    Plus, All Blacks halfback Cam Roigard joins Andy straight out of the team review on sniping around the ruck, the shorter kicking game, and playing with D-Mac.

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    The Good, The Bad & The Rugby Australia & New Zealand – with Andy Rowe, Justin Marshall, Kieran Read and Jeremy Paul.

    CHAPTERS
    00:00 Intro
    00:38 All Blacks put 50 on the Wallabies
    02:20 The lineout penalty that swung the game
    05:05 D-Mac at 10: where does he sit?
    08:06 Winning the physical battle: the Barrett brothers and Tupou Vaa’i
    12:17 Shopify
    13:42 How the All Blacks owned the air and the 22
    18:11 Changes for Sydney: Fabian Holland and the 5-3 bench
    24:31 Harvey Norman Effortless Moment: Harry Wilson
    26:53 Wilson vs Wiese: best No. 8 in the world?
    28:12 JP goes missing
    29:59 Marshy on losing the Bledisloe and the three-test series debate
    32:13 Wallabies’ tactical errors and soft points
    37:50 Can the Wallabies bounce back?
    41:50 The Wallabies’ midfield crisis
    47:33 Cam Roigard joins the show
    50:00 Sniping around the ruck
    53:16 The shorter kicking game and the Gilbert ball
    54:54 Playing with D-Mac
    56:16 Should the Bledisloe be a three-test series?
    57:32 Outro

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    1 hr 1 min
  • Bledisloe Preview: Lonergan, Barrett's Return & the All Blacks' Turnover Problem

    The Bledisloe Cup heads to Eden Park, and the Wallabies arrive fresh off a big win over the Springboks. Kieran Read and Justin Marshall are joined by Jeremy Paul to preview the clash. JP thinks the Wallabies have their best shot at Eden Park in years.

    The episode opens with a tribute to former Wallaby hooker Nathan Charles following his MND diagnosis. The panel talks about his remarkable story, the rugby community rallying behind him, and the search for a cure.
    They also cover:
    Hunter Paisami's suspension and what it means for the Wallabies midfield.
    Ryan Lonergan's kicking game and why he's this week's Harvey Norman Effortless Moment.
    The battle of the loose forwards and the All Blacks' lack of turnover ball.
    Scott Barrett and Shannon Frizell returning.
    Richie Mo'unga at 10 with Ruben Love out.
    A 6–2 bench split and the case for Caleb Tangitau
    Score predictions.
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    CHAPTERS
    00:00 Intro
    00:45 Nathan Charles and the fight against MND
    07:03 Wallabies preparation and Eden Park
    08:19 Ikitau injury and the Paisami suspension
    12:24 Harvey Norman Effortless Moment: Ryan Lonergan
    15:08 Donaldson at 10 and the Wallabies loose forwards
    18:22 Wallabies game plan
    22:13 JP's prediction
    22:55 All Blacks loose forward debate
    24:56 The turnover problem
    34:38 Scott Barrett and Shannon Frizell return
    39:13 Mo'unga in for Love
    43:52 Back three and the aerial battle
    49:30 Bench balance: 5–3 or 6–2?
    54:46 Score predictions and outro
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    59 min
  • 11 Men, 1 iPhone & a Famous Win: Wallabies Stun the Boks 42-38

    The Wallabies beat the Springboks 42-38 in Perth, and they finished the game with only 11 men on the field. Andy is joined by Wallaby Jeremy Paul and former All Black Justin Marshall for a quick reaction to one of the strangest Test matches ever played.

    JP is thrilled and a bit shaken. Marshy calls Andy out for jumping on the bandwagon. The boys look at Len Ikitau's world-class return at 13, the TMO comms failure that had the referee taking calls on a mobile phone, and four Wallabies in the bin at once. They also cover Rassie's call to bring on eight replacements together, Harry Wilson's captaincy and choice to take the points, and why the Boks couldn't use a four-man advantage to win it.

    Marshy gives his common-sense fix for refereeing without a TMO. Plus Fraser McReight's big game, and a look ahead to the Bledisloe Cup opener at Eden Park.


    Chapters

    • 00:00 – Intro: the Wallabies' famous 11-man win
    • 00:38 – Marshy calls out Andy's bandwagoning
    • 01:28 – Suaalii on the wing and Len Ikitau's class at 13
    • 03:26 – The elephant in the room: TMO failure and "phone-gate"
    • 04:39 – Four in the bin: were the yellow cards fair?
    • 06:51 – Sympathy for referee Andrea Piardi
    • 09:11 – Free-to-air exposure and a huge sporting weekend
    • 11:04 – Why not just use the touch judges?
    • 12:43 – Perth as the 2027 World Cup opener and Rassie's eight-man bench change
    • 13:40 – Marshy's fix: refereeing without a TMO
    • 15:19 – How the delays affected the game
    • 17:07 – "Were you cooked?" JP on 42-17 becoming 42-38
    • 17:30 – Set piece, the red zone and Harry Wilson taking the points
    • 19:38 – Beating the blitz, and where the Boks went wrong with a four-man advantage
    • 22:14 – Fraser McReight: "a player and a half"
    • 23:19 – Next up: Bledisloe Cup at Eden Park
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      26 min
    • "It's Dangerous as Hell" Jeremy Paul Unloads on Rugby's New Scrum Rule | Boks Take the Series 3-1

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      Four tests, four weeks, 49 players β€” and the All Blacks come home 3-1 down. Kieran Read and Jeremy Paul are back in studio with Andy to work out what actually separated the two sides, and whether the gap is as big as the scoreline says.JP returns from a holiday that involved two kids in hospital, eleven days in Bali and the Jonah Lomu premiere β€” including the small matter of the try Jonah took off him in the 2000 Bledisloe.

      Kieran breaks down the blueprint from test one that the All Blacks couldn't repeat: parity at set piece, holding the line, and taking the pressure without giving away the penalties that let the Springboks kick their way up the park. Eight penalty goals to zero across the series tells its own story.

      Then it gets loud. Andy reads out All Blacks assistant coach Neil Barnes' post-match comments on the refereeing, and JP launches into a full-blooded rant about the new brake foot ruling at scrum time β€” why he thinks it's dangerous, what referees should actually be looking at, and the simple fix nobody in World Rugby has landed on.

      Plus: the selection calls that didn't land, Reuben Love and Cam Roigard as the long-term 9-10, whether Ardie Savea is being used properly, Jordie Barrett's claim as the world's best 12, Ethan Blackadder's return, and JP making the case that a Les Kiss Wallabies side beats the Springboks in Perth β€” and then the All Blacks at Eden Park.

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      57 min
    • Tamaiti Williams on the Superbug That Ate His Spine | And Where to now for the All Blacks

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      Four months in a hospital bed. Four screws in his spine. Eighteen kilos gone. And the first thing the doctors told him was that he might never walk again.
      All Blacks and Crusaders prop Tamaiti Williams sits down with Andy and Kieran Read for his most open interview yet on the illness that stopped his season dead. Not an injury β€” an illness. An MRSA superbug that settled in his back and, as he puts it, burned him out from the inside like a tree on fire. He takes us through the night he was rolling around in 10-out-of-10 pain arguing with his wife not to go to hospital, the spinal fusion, coming off morphine, the panic attacks, and where his comeback actually sits right now (no date β€” but he’s been cleared to run, with day one of pre-season in November).
      Then Tamaiti puts his front-row hat back on to break down the Springbok scrum: what makes Ox NchΓ© so hard to hold, why mindset is half the battle, and why he’d meet fire with fire rather than run from it.
      Justin Marshall joins live from South Africa after the third Test at Soccer City β€” a Test he reckons was the real decider. Marshy on where the game slipped away, what Dave Rennie said to him at full-time, and a firm answer to the question everyone’s asking: are the All Blacks in danger of becoming rugby’s version of Bazball? Plus what has to happen in Baltimore.
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      πŸ“‘CHAPTERS
      00:00 β€” Intro
      01:08 β€” "What actually happened?" β€” Tamaiti on the injury that wasn't an injury
      01:57 β€” 10 out of 10 pain, and the superbug they couldn't identify
      02:49 β€” Four screws, a fused spine & "a tree burning from the inside"
      03:45 β€” "One of the first things they told me is I might be in a wheelchair"
      04:36 β€” Fading away: 140kg down to 122kg in hospital
      05:11 β€” Morphine, coming off the meds & the panic attacks
      07:07 β€” The road back: no date, just six-week blocks
      08:08 β€” Cleared to run β€” day one pre-season, November
      09:47 β€” Can it come back?
      10:14 β€” Front-row masterclass: what makes Ox NchΓ© so hard to stop
      13:13 β€” A word from Surfshark
      14:58 β€” How do the All Blacks get parity with that Springbok scrum?
      17:23 β€” Pancaking, hinging & painting good pictures for the ref
      19:07 β€” Where the third Test was lost: turnovers & Ruben Love's yellow
      20:32 β€” Leroy Carter targeted: Kriel and de Allende going at his left shoulder
      22:20 β€” Fearless Player of the Week, brought to you by Gallagher
      23:45 β€” 12-all at half time β€” then the game slowed right down
      25:27 β€” Giving the Springboks credit: why champions dictate
      26:10 β€” Cutting out the errors that kill momentum
      28:27 β€” Line-out speed & the breakdown: where the game is won or lost
      29:06 β€” Justin Marshall live from South Africa: inside Soccer City
      31:28 β€” Regroup: what the All Blacks do with the series on the line
      35:08 β€” Personnel or game plan? Marshy on what Rennie changes
      37:47 β€” "Are we in danger of being rugby's version of Bazball?"
      41:10 β€” What happens in Baltimore: persevere and believe
      43:06 β€” Outro
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      46 min
    • Kieran Read on Rassie's F-Bombs, the Mind Games and the Third Test

      The All Blacks lost the second test in Cape Town but were they actually that bad?

      Andy Rowe is joined by former All Blacks captain and two-time Rugby World Cup winner Kieran Read to break down a game that turned on two minutes at the start and an aerial battle the All Blacks still can't win.

      Read explains the untidy exit that had New Zealand seven points down inside two minutes, why the Springboks changed their defensive picture (14 in the line, nobody hunting the ruck) and what that means for the way the All Blacks attack. Plus the accuracy numbers: South Africa took 4.8 points from every 22 entry, New Zealand just 2.8 from nine.

      There's the 2009 parallel (Matfield, box kicks and the series that changed how New Zealand played the game) and why the All Blacks are still catching high balls the old-school way. Pieter-Steph du Toit's 100th test. Then there's Rassie. The suit and tie, the team sheet handed over half an hour before kickoff, the F-bombs in the press conference and the complaint that the All Blacks are planting seeds in the media (from the man who put out an hour-long video on the referees during the Lions series). Read's take: "coaches have been doing this for a long time, but Rassie is the absolute king of it." Plus the scrum row it all came from: "we're not walking around, we're scrumming." And what changes for the third test, including Sam Darry, a six-two bench and where Rieko Ioane fits.

      Over the Tasman, the Wallabies win 27-21 in Argentina, Les Kiss loosens the structure, and Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii starts on the bench β€” would you put him on the All Blacks wing to catch our high balls?

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      46 min
    • "It's Psychotic Over Here" | All Blacks Stun Springboks at Ellis Park

      The All Blacks have gone to Ellis Park and won five tries to one and Marshy was standing in the middle of it.

      This week Andy is joined by Justin Marshall live from Johannesburg, still dusty, still 30 years on from '96, and Kieran Read in studio after a 3am alarm and a duvet on the couch with his boy. They break down how the All Blacks were under the pump for 40 minutes and still walked off with a scoreline that flattered them, the three unnoticed effort plays that swung the whole test, and why nobody in that squad celebrated like the job was done.
      Then Marshy finally does some homework and brings in former Springbok World Cup winning captain John Smit, who watched from the stands next to Francois Louw. He's honest about what he saw, the scrum that should have won it, the unforced errors he hasn't seen from this Springbok side in years, and what Rassie might do in Cape Town. He also explains what this tour has done to South Africa: green shirts every Friday, nothing getting done, and for the first time in the country's broadcasting history, more people watching rugby than football.
      Plus: the points-per-22-entry stat the coaches are obsessed with, why Fabian Holland has become crucial, whether George Bower has forced a start, and a proper appreciation for Matt Carley telling the TMO no.
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      Three tests to go. How good.
      ─────────────────────────────
      πŸ“‘CHAPTERS
      00:00 Welcome β€” Marshy in Joburg, Reado in studio
      00:58 "The most amazing feeling" β€” Marshy at Ellis Park
      02:48 3am alarm, duvet on the couch, watching with the boy
      04:11 Why this tour has brought back the old-school tours
      06:07 The 1996 generation gap (and the frosted tips)
      07:50 Why the All Blacks didn't celebrate
      08:39 Under the pump β€” how were we only one point down?
      10:10 The points the Springboks left out there
      12:33 The three effort plays that swung the test
      13:08 Jordie Barrett's hand of God
      14:57 Altitude, fatigue and a spongy Ellis Park
      16:20 Fearless Player of the Week, brought to you by Gallagher
      18:12 The 22-entry stat the coaches are obsessed with
      21:21 Why the Bok ball carriers are so hard to stop
      23:40 GUEST: Springbok World Cup winning captain John Smit
      25:47 Smit on the first half: "the scoreboard didn't reflect it"
      28:05 What can Rassie actually change for Cape Town?
      29:52 Do the Boks go back to the old formula?
      32:44 "It's psychotic" β€” what this series is doing to South Africa
      37:10 Respect for the haka: the quietest Ellis Park's ever been
      38:58 Smit's message to the Boks: "we haven't become a bad team in one day"
      40:56 Reacting to Smit β€” a nation in mourning
      41:20 "We've stuck our foot all the way in their house"
      42:47 Why Andy still isn't confident
      44:18 Fabian Holland's engine and Tupou Vaa'i at lock
      45:51 The front row β€” does Bower start in Cape Town?
      48:42 The Lions game and managing bodies through the tour
      49:41 Matt Carley, the TMO, and letting the game flow
      53:49 Wrap
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      57 min
    • The Blueprint To Beat The Springboks | Kieran Read & Justin Marshall

      Justin Marshall joins us live from Pretoria, three tour games deep, one week out from Ellis Park and the mood in South Africa is exactly as cocky as you'd fear. Andy, Kieran Read and Marshy get into the arrogance ("if the All Blacks draw the series, that's a result for THEM"), why South African rugby is booming from schoolboy level up, and the recruitment problem that's got them worried about 13-year-olds on retainers.

      Then the serious business: how the All Blacks are actually tracking after three from three, the injury watch on Will Jordan, Cam Roigard and Damian McKenzie, the loose forward puzzle, whether lineout height should be driving selection, why Argentina handed us the blueprint for beating the Boks and why a Springbok side that's short of minutes might be more vulnerable at altitude than anyone's saying.
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      πŸ“‘CHAPTERS
      00:00 Intro β€” Marshall live from Pretoria
      01:28 "Can the All Blacks beat the Springboks?" β€” the arrogance question
      03:09 Cape Town to the Highveld: what the crowds are like
      03:45 The Crusader who reckoned altitude was no problem
      04:59 Why South African rugby is absolutely fizzing
      06:58 What NZ can learn β€” NPC crowds and grassroots passion
      08:41 The lost art of the tour
      09:22 Is South Africa now ahead of us on depth?
      11:33 13-year-olds on retainers: South Africa's recruitment worry
      13:11 Three from three β€” how are the All Blacks tracking?
      13:26 Injury watch: Will Jordan, Cam Roigard, Damian McKenzie
      14:40 Managing a 44-man squad, and Rennie's "not satisfied" message
      16:56 Finding the width: the attacking blueprint
      18:24 Beating the blitz β€” why unpredictability is everything
      20:35 The loose forward puzzle: Segner, Lakai, Tupou Vaa'i at 6
      22:06 6-2 bench, and three wingers for two spots
      24:13 Should lineout height decide selection?
      25:52 Gallagher Fearless Player of the Week: Ruben Love
      29:58 Kolisi out β€” who jackals for the Boks now?
      30:40 Segner's answer to the Kirifi debate
      33:01 Are the Springboks undercooked?
      35:25 The prep gap β€” and why Read isn't buying it
      36:25 Argentina handed us the blueprint
      37:48 Altitude, fatigue and the hurt locker
      40:28 The mental side of altitude: "your body says you can't go on"
      42:39 Slowing the game down, and what a captain can do about it
      44:17 Final word: "This All Blacks team can beat the world champions"
      46:17 Outro
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      48 min
    • We Win It In Pretoria": Bunce & Marshall Relive 1996 β€” The Historic All Blacks Series Win in South Africa

      30 years ago the All Blacks won their first test series on South African soil.

      Andy Rowe sits down with two men who were there: Frank Bunce and Justin Marshall. They relive the 1992 return tour after apartheid, the intimidation of Ellis Park, Jonah Lomu's 1995 World Cup, and the week in Pretoria where Sean Fitzpatrick told the team: "There's no way we're going to Ellis Park with the series on the line."

      Plus: the Michael Brial fight, the famous "too old, too slow, two tries" headline, Bunce's legendary partnership with Walter Little, why the All Blacks haven't settled a midfield since Ma'a Nonu and Conrad Smith, and whether this All Blacks side can win the series again.

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      00:00 Intro: two members of the '96 All Blacks in studio

      00:28 1992: the first tour back after apartheid

      02:19 Danie Gerber: greatest centre ever?

      03:56 Ellis Park: walking into the lion's den

      07:31 1995: Jonah Lomu changes rugby forever

      11:58 Running out for the '95 World Cup final and Mandela

      14:25 Turning the page to the 1996 tour

      15:13 The midweekers: why a squad of 36 won the series

      17:03 Tri Nations battles and Bunce's winner in Brisbane

      19:28 "We win it in Pretoria" β€” Fitzpatrick's message

      22:16 Facing that Springbok side

      24:07 John Preston, Zinzan's drop goal and the pivotal moments

      26:23 The goal-line stand

      28:40 The toughest Springboks Bunce ever faced


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      51 min
    • ALL BLACKS SQUAD for SOUTH AFRICA: Who Plays Fullback? Kirifi & Hotham Unlucky

      The All Blacks squad to tour South Africa is out and the boys have questions. Seven wingers but no out-and-out fullback, only three halfbacks, five injury-prone locks, and Damian McKenzie named at first five but destined for the back field. Justin Marshall and Kieran Read drop into what it's actually like touring the Republic: altitude, boot parties, beer cans at the bus, and why four Tests in a row is like playing four finals.

      Plus: Ethan Blackadder back from the wilderness, how to build the loose trio around Ardie Savea, the unlucky ones (Du'Plessis Kirifi, Noah Hotham), what happens if Richie Mo'unga gets the call, and how you even prep a squad for games every three days.
      ─────────────────────────────
      πŸ“‘CHAPTERS
      00:00 Intro
      00:31 First reactions to the squad
      02:31 Seven wingers β€” so who plays fullback?
      04:12 Only three halfbacks: Ratima on the bench all tour?
      05:02 George Bell and the fourth hooker call
      06:31 The lock stocks: injury concerns
      08:04 Bench impact β€” matching the Bomb Squad
      10:20 6-2 split or backline flexibility?
      15:18 Ethan Blackadder back from the wilderness
      17:44 We need our best ball carriers carrying
      20:13 Harvey Norman Next Gen Moment: Timoci Tavatavanawai
      22:07 The unlucky ones: Kirifi & Hotham
      25:44 What the selectors want from their loose forwards
      30:54 Building the game plan around Ardie Savea
      34:05 The Josh Jacomb surprise
      36:48 What if Richie Mo'unga gets the call?
      37:58 Playing in South Africa: altitude & atmosphere
      41:46 Touring the Republic: boot parties & hospitality
      44:52 Games every three days β€” how do you prep?
      46:48 Where should the Test team play? Tour strategy
      49:11 First Test excitement & why the timing is perfect
      50:26 Wrap-up
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      53 min

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