Episodes
Join Boks Office host Hanyani Shimange as he sits down with Springbok legends Schalk Burger and Robbie Fleck as they review the final weekend of Guinness Men's Six Nations action. The boys discuss whether Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers would have made good rugby players, the epic test match between France and England and whether Ireland are the best team in the world - this is an episode you won't want to miss! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 03/21/24
Published 03/21/24
How did Italy pull off one of the greatest upsets in Six Nations history? Who will come out on top this weekend in Lyon England vs France and how? How did England manage to dominate Ireland at Twickenham? Plus Borthwick vs Farrell. Hear from our Boks Office cast as they discuss the latest drama in round 4 of the Six Nations and look ahead to the final weekend of Super Saturday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 03/21/24
Join Boks Office host Hanyani Shimange as he sits down with Springboks Jean de Villiers and Schalk Burger and special guest Robbie Fleck. The boys discuss the Six Nations and Robbie makes some bold claims as he asks whether this is the worst England team ever? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 03/21/24
Join Boks Office host Hanyani Shimange as he sits down with Springbok Jean de Villiers and Schalk Burger as they review week three of the Guinness Men's Six Nations. They talk Scotland retaining the Calcutta Cup, whether the Green Machine Ireland be stopped and France's close shave vs Italy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 03/21/24
Join hosts Hanyani Shimange, Jean de Villiers and Schalk Burger as they welcome double Rugby World Cup winner Jesse Kriel to the Boks Office sofa for the first time. The centre talks about life in Japan, working with Rassie Erasmus and who was the hardest team he had to play at the Rugby World Cup! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 03/21/24
Join Boks Office host Hanyani Shimange as he sits down with Springbok Jean de Villiers and England international and British & Irish Lion Matt Stevens as they review week two of the Guinness Men's Six Nations. They ask can anyone stop Ireland, if England were lucky to beat Wales and they give their verdict on THAT Scotland try or no-try against France. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 03/21/24
Join Boks Office host Hanyani Shimange as he sits down with Springboks Jean de Villiers and Schalk Burger as they review the opening round of the Guinness Men's Six Nations. They ask why Felix Jones's defence is misfiring with England after he won the World Cup with South Africa, Duhan Van Der Merwe's brace and Ireland's opening night dominance! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 03/21/24
Join Boks Office host Hanyani Shimange and Jean de Villiers as they sit down with Rugby World Cup winner Schalk Brits and England and British and Irish Lion Brad Barritt to preview the Guinness Men's Six Nations and in particular the opening day clash between Ireland and France, which many think will decide the outcome of the tournament. The boys also discuss the new RugbyPass TV original documentary Whistleblowers and the importance that officials play in our game. Hosted on Acast. See...
Published 03/21/24
We're back live from the Cape Town 7s and Shimmy is delighted to be joined by 3 world cup winners in Bryan Habana, Jean De Villiers and the youngest 2 x World Champion in history in Stormers and Springbok star Damian Willemse. Damian gives us the hilarious inside stories on the the Boks celebrated their World Cup success, why he refused to take his kit off, his drunken tattoo, what makes Rassie such a genius, whether he's going to play at the Olympics next year in the 7s and who should play...
Published 12/11/23
The Boks Office is back open; live from The Stormers HQ in Cape Town and Shimmy, Jean and Schalk are honoured to be joined by World Cup Winner Deon Fourie to hear about his incredible fairytale story; from becoming the oldest Bok debutant in history to lifting the trophy in Paris. We also hear some hilarious stories from the Boks celebrations in Paris, how Rassie gave him his nickname 'Brannas', the trouble the lads got into after a long lunch with their executives, a huge fight with Schalk...
Published 12/08/23
Today we're delighted to be joined by ex Saracens, Stormers & Barbarians hooker Schalk Brits to get his take on all the action from an enthralling weekend of rugby. Plus, with merely 100 days to go until the World Cup kicks off, Schalk takes us through his predictions for how the tournament will play out, including his controversial take on how the Irish will fare. Also, we're treated to many a great Barbarians tale from Hong Kong to Brazil and Schalk shares his Ultimate XV. Enjoy. ...
Published 05/31/23
Today we're joined by great friend of the show Jack Nowell, as we dissect the 2 incredible European finals we were treated to over the weekend, whilst also finding out first hand from both Jack Nowell and a passing Luke Cowan-Dickie the inside story on their personal situations which have made headlines recently. The lads discuss why Leinster have becoming the biggest team of chokers in modern rugby, what effect that will have on Irelands chances in the world cup and why Ryan was pissed off...
Published 05/23/23
What a joy it is to be joined by the second highest try scorer in Premiership rugby history in the legendary Ex England winger Tom Varndell, to hear some incredibly entertaining stories from his wonderful career both domestically and internationally and also garner his thoughts on all the incredible domestic action in the Prem & URC from the weekend. Tom lifts the lid on his career with some hilarious stories such as; Tuilagi' being arrested on a night out in Leicester, getting beaten up...
Published 05/17/23
Today we're in studio and delighted to be joined by England, Blues & Quins centre Joe Marchant just before he packs his bags to head to France for both the World Cup and then to move to his new home in Paris where he'll be playing for Stade Francais. He takes us through why he's made the decision to leave english rugby, his real thoughts on Eddie Jones, how much nicer the England camp is under Borthwick, why his experience playing for The Blues in Super Rugby was so incredible, relives...
Published 05/11/23
Today we're honoured to be joined by Wales, Cardiff & Lions star Josh Navidi, as we celebrate his incredible his career that was all triggered thanks to a chance encounter with Jonah Lomu. We hear about how he's been tragically forced into early retirement through his chronic neck injury, his dads epic escape from Iran during the 1979 revolution, his school boy days playing rugby in NZ, an epic bust up with Bakkies Botha and why Kyle Sinkler was such good fun on the Lions tour to SA. Plus...
Published 05/04/23
We're delighted to be joined by the original Ultimate Beast in Springbok legend Pierre Spies, to hear his incredible story which has taken him from a close shave with death in 2006 and missing out on the world cup in 2007 to fighting back and becoming a SA legend and being the main clog in destroying the Lions in 2009. We also hear how his struggles on and off the field, have led him to nowadays being a Minister in the christian church back in SA. Most importantly he reveals his secrets on...
Published 04/27/23
We're joined by the man of the moment in Scottish and Lions legend Stuart Hogg, who a couple of weeks ago shocked the rugby world by announcing his retirement from the sport at merely the age of 30! We get the inside scoop on why he's really decided to call it a day after the world cup, we get his reaction to Olly Woodburns ridiculous red card on the weekend and Jack Nowelll's punishment for tweeting about it, plus he takes us through his career sharing some of his greatest stories. From...
Published 04/20/23
Today we're joined by a proper legend in Victor Matfield, a man who's represented his country 127 times, won the currie cup 3 times, the super rugby title 3 times, the tri nations twice and the world cup and is widely regarded as one of the greatest forwards in the history of the game. For the first time ever, he reveals his incredible story which started off with him scrapping with Bakkies Botha as teenagers and ended up with them being known as the greatest sporting partnership in the...
Published 04/12/23
We've dragged the lads to the studio in London on a Sunday afternoon to have a couple pints and discuss the highs, lows and controversies from an epic weekend of European rugby, but just as they started to relax into the session, we surprised them with the presence of Kate Ovens (world famous competitive eater) and forced them to take her on in an epic food challenge. Max was late again, Ryan was loose lipped and Kate was an incredible guest - so sit back, relax and plug in for your rugby fix...
Published 04/05/23
Today we're delighted to be joined by arguably the best player in Europe over the last 2 years in France and Toulouse 2nd Row Thibaud Flament to hear about his meteoric rise over the last 5 years, which has taken him from playing fly-half for the 5th XV at Loughborough University to winning every single major honour in Europe in merely a 12 month period. His story is perhaps one of the craziest and definitely the most inspiring in modern rugby, even when he was playing for the worst team at...
Published 03/30/23
We're delighted to be joined by a man who's made the Six Nations team of the tournament in Italian flanker Sebastian Negri, as he helps us dissect all the incredibly entertaining and controversial action from the final weekend of the campaign. We discuss what's been described as 'the worst red card ever shown' and try to work out why Jaco Peyper was so quick to brandish it, if Rugby is being ruined by the amount of red cards and soft officiating going on, why players are now taking...
Published 03/22/23
It is an absolute honour to be joined in studio by a rugby legend in Danny Care to help us breakdown all of the action from a jaw dropping weekend of action in the Six Nations. Danny explains why he believes; this French side is the greatest team ever in the history of the sport, England were so baldy beaten and where the problems lie, Farrell should be the next Lions coach, England need to sort out their problems at the breakdown, who they should pick at scrum half, the frustrations Marcus...
Published 03/16/23
We're joined this week by Wallabies' most capped player of all time, George Gregan. Gregan shares his experiences from his illustrious career, which spanned over a decade and saw him earn 139 caps for the Wallabies. We hear about his early career working with Eddie, sledging Byron Kelleher, the 2003 Rugby World Cup final, coming up against Lomu and Wilkinson, and nearly losing half the Wallabies after a run-in with Crocodiles pre-World Cup camp. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
Published 03/09/23
Today we're delighted to be joined by an England legend in Mike Brown and the most coveted player in the current England team in Ollie Lawrence to help breakdown all the action from another incredible round of Six Nations Rugby. Mike Brown doesn't hold back as he; rips the Welsh apart for their performance, attitude and tactics, reveals he can see England improvements and their philosophy coming through, warns how livid Marcus Smith will currently be in the England squad, admits that he's...
Published 03/01/23