The Lekker Rugby Pod!

By MW Welman and Harry Jones

Blending North with South, Pretoria with Cape Town, data-driven MW Welman spars each week with globetrotting Harry Jones on Saffa-related themes to understand the whole world of rugby as it is and wil... more

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The podcast currently has 126 episodes available.

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September 27, 2024 Episode 26: Why an irate Rassie is duplicating the Rugby World Cup semi-final template for the Springboks!
The great gamble of Santiago lost by a point but Nelspruit awaits, full of redemption and vindication. MW and Harry study how this, the first true knockout match of 2024, mirrors another must win match, the semifinal of 2023 in the World Cup versus Englander i, down to the team shape. The way to understand the complexity of Rassie’s rugby brain is to begin at the end and work backwards. Join us for rugby archaeology!
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1h 14min
September 23, 2024 Episode 25: Why Is Rassie making life harder for himself? How Springbok coach's need to tinker cost the Boks!
Rugby detectives do not attach to one theory too quickly. MW and Harry sift through the evidence of Round 5 to find the causes, culprits and silver linings of the one-point Springbok loss to the Pumas in The Rugby Championship!.

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1h 15min
September 19, 2024 Episode 24: Is Rassie taking a risk with inexperienced Springboks? Or is there a bigger strategy at play here?
Once again, Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus surprised all and sundry with a relatively inexperienced Springbok team, with the backline and bench being the more experienced. Did he structure this team to exploit the Springboks' well-known scoring sprees after half time or does he have something else in mind?
MW and Harry do a proper deep dive into what Rassie might be thinking and how he might intend to attack a high-riding Pumas side.
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1h 1min
September 17, 2024 Episode 23: What we think Rassie is up to with the Springboks – and why Manie REALLY needs a big game!
The Boks try to close out The Rugby Championship one week early in Argentina. But it is the most unpredictable team selection of the year with stalwarts left back home, an ongoing lock shortage, and a need to see more from the supporting cast. MW and Harry speculate as to how Rassie and his merry band of mad scientists will use the Springbok Lab.
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1h 4min
September 12, 2024 Episode 22: Yes, the Springboks are not underdogs anymore, but for how long? Rassie's daunting challenge!
Can the Boks Stay on Top? MW and Harry take a hard look at the end of the Underdog Era and the chances of Rassie and the boys learning to be the favourites in every match. This is an episode which goes deeper into the psychological world of winning in business, sport and life!

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1h 4min
September 09, 2024 Episode 21: Are the Springboks now truly the best team in the world (at last) after beating the All Blacks?
The All Black challenge to Springbok superiority was repelled in Cape Town. Not by much, but by just enough to put several arguments to rest. MW and Harry rip into stadium reviews, anthemology, Hegelian theory, key moments and a wider view of these golden years and how long they may last. Plus, Harry reflects on a homecoming.
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1h 26min
September 05, 2024 Episode 20: What's up with Rassie's Springbok team announcement? Can the All Blacks turn it around? Our preview!
Who has outfoxed who? Rassie and Razor are locked in a tactical vice. Join MW and Harry as they decode who is in whose head.
Win and Rassie is well on his way to mastering the old enemy. Lose and we are back to square one. Draw?
Team mysteries, bench battles and a new fortress!
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1h 4min
September 02, 2024 Episode 19: How the Springboks snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against a determined All Blacks!
MW and Harry went to Ellis Park. Listen to their individual experiences of the monumental Springbok Test win over an excellent but ultimately limited All Black team. Some stood up. Some stepped down. The conversation travels through theme and topic and the triumph!
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58min
August 29, 2024 Episode 18: Is there a bigger rivalry in rugby? The Springboks take on the All Blacks in a World Cup rematch!
The most intriguing rivalry in rugby has always been as much about mind games as physical mismatches. With both the Boks and All Blacks turning the page on the 2023 World Cup, the battle at Ellis Park will set the tone.
Also, the naming of Aphelele Fassi at fullback creates a dozen key questions: all are explored.
MW and Harry fathom what might and could and will happen.
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1h 8min
August 29, 2024 Episode 17: The Boks have a full-blown crisis at lock! What will Rassie do? PLUS: Our Springbok squad!
The old enemy invades Ellis Park with Springbok supremacy on the line. Split the series and the All Blacks leave feeling (too) good. The Boks are better, brainier and faster, but remain underdogs until they show they can handle the mantle of world’s best. A hiccup: lock stocks are battered! Hear Harry reveal inside info to MW real time and the guys ponder with North brain and South madness how to handle it.
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1h 11min

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