Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones welcome former Wallabies, ACT Brumbies, Leicester Tigers, and Melbourne Rebels flyhalf Matt To’omua onto The 8-9 Combo for the first time in 2024, only to learn he’s moved into the podcast they vacated. Now the co-host of Brett and Harry’s former home, The Roar Rugby Podcast, Matt opens up on the promising start to the League One season in Japan for his side, the Mitsubishi Dynaboars, on the very apparent lift in competition quality with the...

Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones welcome Senior Rugby Writer for The Telegraph, Charlie Morgan to The 8-9 Combo, as the 2024 Six Nations looks more and more Ireland’s with every round. Charlie’s written analysis is some of the very best in the game, and in this episode he takes the boys on a proper deep dive into what he saw in Scotland’s wonder win over England at Murrayfield to secure a fourth straight Calcutta Cup. Plus, Charlie offers a wonderful insight into his writing...

Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones welcome to The 8-9 Combo one of their very favourite guests of the past in former Flying Fijians coach Simon Raiwalui. Now World Rugby’s High Performance Pathways and Player Development Manager, Simon opens up to Brett and Harry about the state of the game in the north and south and particularly why South America is ready to explode, his view of RWC 2023 now that he’s four months beyond turning his magnificent Fijian squad into the darlings of the...

Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones launch the first official episode of The 8-9 Combo with literally the biggest name in international rugby: World Rugby Chair Sir Bill Beaumont. In their maiden episode, Brett and Harry enjoy an engaging discussion with Sir Bill around the legacy of Rugby World Cup 2023 in France, the state of the game internationally, where it is heading and what can still be done to improve rugby as a genuine international sporting spectacle, and why it remains...

Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones are catching up on everything that’s happened in the rugby world since the Rugby World Cup Final more than three months ago. In this final teaser episode, Harry and Brett go through a lot of things – but not everything – that’s happened since they last spoke on a podcast platform, as well as taking note of the first week of the 6 Nations, the first seedling shoots of the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season, and a little hint at what to expect when the...

Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones are branching out on their own after two wonderful years at the helm of The Roar Rugby Podcast. In this teaser episode, Harry (the grizzly old no.8) and Brett (the unremarkable schoolboy no.9) go into a little detail around the decision to go independent, on why the concept of ‘the 8-9 Combo’ fits what they do perfectly, and what rugby fans can expect when the first full episode drops around the globe on February 13 and 14 – featuring about as big...