Episodes
Samoan international test rugby player, welfare advocate and now filmmaker Dan Leo never took any prisoners on the field and isn't afraid to hold back when it comes to speaking out. His debut film "Oceans Apart: Greed, Betrayal and Pacific Island Rugby" shone a light in 2020 on the darker side of rugby and pitted Dan directly at odds with some of the game's more influential bodies. He joins the pod to talk about the film, the impact it has had and the ongoing role he plays as the director of...
Published 04/29/21
It's the age old question in Australian football, rugby union or rugby league? To help us navigate this we are joined by actor and raconteur Ben Wood whose voice will also be known to Sydney listeners as the Waratahs and Wallabies match day ground...
Published 04/01/21
One of Australian rugby's best journalists going around, Geoff Parkes is a weekly contributor for the The Roar sports website and author of "A World in Conflict: The Global Battle for Rugby Supremacy", in which he details the complicated and at times...
Published 03/17/21
Rugby union is a game for all and in Australia the rise of the women's game stands out as one of the few positive narratives in recent years. We talk to Wallaroos captain Grace Hamilton about how women's rugby is on the rise and the current challenges...
Published 03/07/21
Just what exactly motivates our schoolboys, colts and junior players who are the future of our professional game? Is it for fun, trophies or just all about getting that all important professional contract? We have an exclusive chat with Jonny McMurtry,...
Published 02/28/21
He’s one of the godfathers of Australian rugby podcasts, a fountain of knowledge on all things rugby and a rabid Queensland Reds supporter, the one and only Rugby Reg. We chat with Reg about the current prognosis of Australian rugby in 2021; the...
Published 02/18/21
Do we have enough talent in Australian rugby? It's a question we ask an ensemble of former Wallabies, such as Adam Freier and Ben Alexander, as well as John Eales, Michael Lynagh and a host of others.We examine our player pathways and how they have...
Published 02/15/21
Does rugby need to change? It’s a question we ask of Wallaby #518 Barry Honan who has played at the highest level and devoted his entire life to skills coaching and analysing the modern game of rugby. The creator of the “Honan Drills” that introduced...
Published 02/02/21
It’s all just a little bit of history re-repeating, or is it? Classic Wallaby statistician and all around oracle Matthew Alvarez joins us for an exclusive interview about how he collects statistics, data and fascinating stories about every Wallaby game...
Published 01/24/21
Someone call Doc Brown, because we're going back in time to a point when the Wallabies ruled the world, and we're hearing it from the troika of legendary captain John Eales, the highly successful coach Rod McQueen and the man in charge of the code for...
Published 01/19/21
First pod for 2021, and it's about us, the fans. Just how hard is it to be a Wallaby supporter at the moment in Australian rugby? Matt shares the email he sent to Rugby Australia that kicked off this whole quest and then we speak to Wallaby fan and...
Published 01/10/21
Merry Christmas and here's some gold, frankincense and myrrh in the form of interviews with three former Wallabies; Michael Lynagh, Peter Fitzsimons and John Eales. They describe how they started playing the game and how they made the Wallabies. In...
Published 12/24/20
A special episode interview with Michael Lipman, the former England International, Australian Schoolboy and Melbourne Rebel. Michael talks about the current pending legal class action against World Rugby regarding player concussion that he and former...
Published 12/20/20
Matt has a new co-host Majdi Slaibi, the director of photography and co-producer of the Gold Digger film. Matt and Maj talk about how they started making the film, Maj's lack of knowledge about rugby union and why that's important and Matt's inability...
Published 12/17/20
Hot off the press, we’re talking about the new Rugby World Cup 2023 draw and hearing from Gordon Bray, the “voice of Australian rugby”. Gordon talks about how he almost sold coffee in Papua New Guinea instead of sports broadcasting and his favourite...
Published 12/15/20
Episode 1 in the search for Australian rugby union
Published 12/11/20