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

Wallabies legend George Gregan joins Justin Marshall and Andy Rowe to recap the latest action from the Northern Tour, including the All Blacks' narrow loss to France and the Wallabies' new-found form.

The lads discuss the impact of Joseph Suaalii on the Wallabies, as well as some of the best stories from NRL converts to rugby union in both Australia and New Zealand.

We also look at Antonie Dupont's performance, the impact of red cards, delays slowing down games, what's happening with Wales, and so much more.

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00:00 Intro

01:12 Wallabies Grand Slam hopes

09:13 George Gregan on Joseph Suaalii 

10:44 George Gregan on Rob Valetini 

12:21 GBRANZ talk rugby league converts

23:03 GBRANZ & NordVPN

25:21 GBRANZ on Tom Wright

29:25 GBRANZ talk Red Cards

34:15 Game Review: France v All Blacks (Northern Tour)

40:33 Gorge Gregan on Antoine Dupont 

43:52 GBRANZ & Angel Bay

45:34 Game Preview: Scotland v Australia (Northern Tour)

51:07 Game Preview: All Blacks vs Italy (Northern Tour)

54:18 Game Preview: South Africa vs Wales (Northern Tour)

54:11 Game Preview: Wales v South Africa (Northern Tour)

All Blacks great Sean Fitzpatrick joins Justin Marshall and Andy Rowe for a conversation covering his career and what he’s up to now in the UK.

Sean discusses his involvement with the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, giving us an insight into how they’re using sport to change children’s lives.

We look at how the All Blacks fell out of favour with the New Zealand public and then how they won them back in 1987!

Plus, we get the lads thoughts on the pivotal games from the Northern Tour, including the Wallabies Grand Slam!!!

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00:00 Intro

04:05 Sean Fitzpatrick on Laureus Sport For Good Foundation

15:27 Game Review: England v Australia (Northern Tour)

21:39 GBRANZ & Angel Bay

22:23 Game Review: Ireland v New Zealand (Northern Tour)

26:40 Sean Fitzpatrick on the Cavaliers

33:23 Sean Fitzpatrick on being billeted

36:19 Sean Fitzpatrick on 1987 World Cup Final

41:31 GBRANZ & NordVPN

43:59 Game Preview: France v New Zealand (Northern Tour)

48:00 Justin Marshall on Colin ‘Pinetree’ Meads

55:05 Outro

This week World Cup winning All Blacks legend Zinzan Brooke joins Justin Marshall and Andy Rowe in studio, in London.

Zinzan and Justin share a few stories from their time together in the Black jersey, before Zinny opens up on just how close he came to signing a contract to play rugby league!

Plus, we take a look at the win over England, preview the All Blacks test against Ireland, the Wallabies match against England and South Africa's opener with Scotland.

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The lads are back for the Northern Tour ahead of this weekend's opening test between the All Blacks and England!

Marshy gives us his thoughts on halfback Cam Roigard and how much of a loss Alex Mitchell is to England's game plan.

The lads discuss English fans singing over the haka and JP explains himself after picking the Wallabies to win a grand slam.

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Darren Shand managed the All Blacks for 20 years and takes us inside one of the most successful eras of a sports teams ever.

We discuss the logistics of taking the All Blacks on tour, calling to tell players they've made the squad and Marshy even tells us what he said to Graham Henry when he was told he might not make the team.

Plus Darren opens up on interviewing Graham Henry and Robbie Deans for the top job, while JP lets us know what he said to the Queen to get kicked out of Buckingham Palace.

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We wrap up the 2024 Rugby Championship with Marshy & JP putting together the best XV from this year's tournament.

We review the matches from the weekend, including the Wallabies improvements, the All Blacks new strengths and another piece of silverware for the Springboks.

Plus the lads discus their best streaking stories!

The Rugby Championship 1st XV, Fraser McReight the BEST 7 in the World? Best Streaker Stories & More!

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Former All Blacks record points scorer Andrew Mehrtens is back with his old mate Marshy, joining the GBRANZ team in studio this week.

Mehrts talks us through his illustrious career, including:

Bursting on the scene during Canterbury's Ranfurly Shield era of the mid 90s.
The 1995 Rugby World Cup final in South Africa.
Getting the ball to Jonah Lomu as quickly as possible.
Controversially pulling the fingers at Loftus.
And of course, grooming Dan Carter to fill his boots!

Plus we discus some of the key talking points from the week's Rugby Championship round.

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Former Wallaby Justin Harrison is coming in hot and the lads are feeling the heat, especially Marshy!!!

We start by unpacking whether or not Justin Harrison eye-gouged Justin Marshall during a Bledisloe Cup test match.

Then we dig into the Harrison's childhood, playing for the Barbarians, the 2003 RWC final, almost being eating by crocodiles, his fight with Filipo Levi and the significance of the Bledisloe Cup.

The lads unpick the All Blacks and Wallabies results, and discuss why Cheslin Kolbe is better the Antoine Dupont.

Marshy makes some big calls on changes for the All Blacks and we break down what makes the Springboks so dominant right now.

Then we unpick what went wrong for the Wallabies and how they can bounce back for the Bledisloe!

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Find out why Justin Marshall is so excited about the All Blacks loss and hear why Jeremy Paul thinks the Wallabies have one finger on the Bledisloe Cup!

We break down the good and the bad from New Zealand's loss at Ellis Park and the Wallabies win in Argentina.

Would a captain's challenge prevent howlers from the TMO like the one we all saw in Johannesburg?

Plus, hear how former All Blacks prop Kees Meeuws saved the life of a Wallabies player during the Rugby World Cup.

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