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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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!
Join the growing audience for this deep Bok dive pod!
Harry's X (Twitter) account: https://x.com/haribaldijones

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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
August 23, 2024 Episode 16: We have a theory why Rassie picked Nico Janse van Rensburg! PLUS: We rate each coach's performance!
Beyond benches and burpees: what traits make a Bok in Rassie’s world? What is the one thing most valued by coaches like Daan Human and Tony Brown? Which players need to have more caps than their age? Why did Razor cut his attack coach? MW and Harry dig into the Championship thus far and take on the topics nobody else will.
Join the growing audience for this deep Bok dive pod!
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1h 18min
August 19, 2024 Episode 15: Why Rassie wants brains as well as brawn in the Springboks! Our Perthfontein deep dive! @Springboks
Everybody knows the Boks are hard, big, tough and stubborn. But are they now the smartest team in The Rugby Championship? Brainier than the All Blacks? MW and Harry explore these and other rugby heresies on this deep dive review.
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1h 13min
August 15, 2024 Episode 14: Why Rassie isn't really bothered about the Rugby Championship! PLUS: Perth Preview! @Springboks
The Springboks have controversially named one of the least capped starting teams in recent memory to maintain their lead in the Rugby Championship. MW and Harry debate how much that championship really matters in Rassie’s grand scheme!
Perth will provide a few more answers than Brisbane!
Join the growing audience for this deep Bok dive pod!
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1h 10min
August 12, 2024 Episode 13: So what exactly happened? We dive deep into the Springboks v Australia and All Blacks v Pumas games!
Much hype for Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and he showed why! But what about that high school third team industrial engineer late bloomer from Maties with the buttoned up jersey and major attitude? MW and Harry dig deep into one of the best Bok blindside run on debuts in history, and also cover Razor’s sharp pain in Wellington caused by the Pumas’ claws.
Visit Harry's X (Twitter) account here:
https://x.com/haribaldijones
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1h 10min
August 08, 2024 Episode 12: Your BLOCKBUSTER preview of the Springbok/Wallabies Test! It's the Rugby Championship!
Wondering who’s who and what’s what in the Wallabies as the Springboks try to lift the Brisbane curse? MW asked Harry all the questions he could about the matchup, lineups, philosophies, rivalry, and what is at stake for Sacha and the boys!

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1h 5min
August 05, 2024 Episode 11: The Springboks need to dominate this Rugby Championship! Or do they? MW and Harry cross swords!
Springbok fans want it all: blood new players like the lekkerbacks to mesh with 75-cap veteran winners so we win every World Cup but also stay on top by using continuity and finally win a bloody Rugby Championship with 1000 caps in first and second XVs!
MW and Harry debate how Rassie & Co may approach the rest of this year, when and how Siya Kolisi and Willie le Roux will ride into the sunset, and what the Full Tony might look like!
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1h 10min

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