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The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast
Author: Brett McKay & Harry Jones
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Harry Jones, the grizzly old no.8, and Brett McKay, the unremarkable schoolboy no.9, unite for the short-side set-piece combination you didn't realise you needed, coming from the rugby podcast double act you already had.
A couple of hosts who came together on a whim in 2022 have become arguably the best - and maybe the only - South African-American-Australian rugby podcast combination in the rugby world, blending the perfect combination of passion, humour, nonsense, and genuine insight. Tune in every week to find out where on earth Harry is podding from, and how on earth Brett keeps it all flowing as they enjoy great rugby chats with an incredible array of guests.
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Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones launch into another Test Match post-mortem before giving it too much thought, with this week's fulltime focus is on South Africa’s 18-12 win over New Zealand with Harry still there in Cape Town, and Argentina’s record 67-27 thumping of Australia in Santa Fe.
It’s South Africa’s fourth straight win over the All Blacks for the first time since 1949, while Los Pumas recorded their biggest ever win over Australia – and it’s the Wallabies worst loss in their history. And all that leading into two Bledisloe Cup Tests…
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Social media: #89Combo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/89combo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo
Brett: https://twitter.com/BMcSport
Harry: https://twitter.com/HaribaldiJones
Make sure you FOLLOW US on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/1BcKhb24YOtwQhKc0S3sDm
Find Brett and Harry’s written work on RugbyPass and The Roar:
Brett: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/contributor/brett-mckay/
Harry: https://www.theroar.com.au/author/haribaldi/
Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/track/oakvale-of-albion/extreme
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Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones are back with another Rugby Championship edition of their end-of-week offering, Games of the Week – where this week Harry has shifted south to Cape Town for the second leg of the Greatest Rugby Rivalry between the Springboks and All Blacks. An intriguing contest awaits, with both sides making changes that hint to potential tweaks of their approach for the game.
In Argentina, an equally fascinating return leg looms between Los Pumas and the Wallabies, though Australia will be without a couple of really important players.
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This week’s Games of the Week:
• South Africa v New Zealand in Cape Town
• Argentina v Australia in Santa Fe
Plus, it’s Round 3 of the Pacific Nations Cup, and the NPC in NZ, and the Currie Cup in South Africa get a mention, too.
Social media: #89Combo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/89combo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo
Brett: https://twitter.com/BMcSport
Harry: https://twitter.com/HaribaldiJones
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Find Brett and Harry’s written work on RugbyPass and The Roar:
Brett: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/contributor/brett-mckay/
Harry: https://www.theroar.com.au/author/haribaldi/
Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/track/oakvale-of-albion/extreme
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Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones are joined on The 8-9 Combo by former Argentinean centre turned commentator Marcelo Bosch, to recap the Wallabies late win over Los Pumas in horrible conditions in La Plata, which now sets up an enticing return contest in Santa Fe – in much nicer weather – this weekend coming.
The return match represents a real contrast, where the game could be both tight and open, the result both close and high-scoring. Argentina and Australia find themselves in kind of similar situations right now, and this week’s episode is a great chance to learn more about rugby in Argentina, where Los Pumas remain the pinnacle, but the pathways have been significantly impacted by the loss of the Jaguares from Super Rugby.
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Social media: #89Combo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/89combo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo
Brett: https://twitter.com/BMcSport
Harry: https://twitter.com/HaribaldiJones
Make sure you FOLLOW US on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/1BcKhb24YOtwQhKc0S3sDm
Find Brett and Harry’s written work on RugbyPass and The Roar:
Brett: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/contributor/brett-mckay/
Harry: https://www.theroar.com.au/author/haribaldi/
Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/track/oakvale-of-albion/extreme
Voiceovers by Chookman + Sean Maloney + Amelia
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Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones love The Rugby Championship, and what better way to consume the international game than to launch into the Test Match post-mortem before giving it too much thought. This week's fulltime focus is on South Africa’s last-ditch 31-27 win overNew Zealand with Harry still there at Ellis Park in Johannesburg.
And head to the 8-9 Combo YouTube channel for an exclusive mini Post-Mortem on Argentina v Australia in La Plata.
Brought to you by Chasing the Sun 2 coming soon to RugbyPass TV – head to rugbypass.tv and sign up for FREE, to watch wherever you are in the rugby world!
Social media: #89Combo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/89combo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo
Brett: https://twitter.com/BMcSport
Harry: https://twitter.com/HaribaldiJones
Make sure you SUBSCRIBE on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/1BcKhb24YOtwQhKc0S3sDm
Find Brett and Harry’s written work on RugbyPass and The Roar:
Brett: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/contributor/brett-mckay/
Harry: https://www.theroar.com.au/author/haribaldi/
Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/track/oakvale-of-albion/extreme
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Brought to you by Chasing the Sun 2 coming soon to RugbyPass TV – head to rugbypass.tv and sign up for FREE, to watch wherever you are in the rugby world!
Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones are back with the next Rugby Championship edition of their end-of-week offering, Games of the Week – where this week Harry is in the carpark of Heathrow Airport in London en route to Johannesburg, to see South Africa v New Zealand at Ellis Park, while Brett is setting his alarm for that blockbuster match, plus Argentina v Australia from La Plata. Two very big games, but for four very different reasons.
Which opposition players would you drop into your side right now? The boys conduct their own Test Rugby mock draft, 8-9 style, and ponder how to make South Africa and Australia better. Or New Zealand and Argentina worse, probably.
This week’s Games of the Week:
• South Africa v New Zealand in Johannesburg
• Argentina v Australia in La Plata
Plus, it’s Round 2 of the Pacific Nations Cup, and the NPC in NZ, and the Currie Cup in South Africa get a mention, too.
Social media: #89Combo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/89combo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo
Brett: https://twitter.com/BMcSport
Harry: https://twitter.com/HaribaldiJones
Make sure you SUBSCRIBE on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/1BcKhb24YOtwQhKc0S3sDm
Find Brett and Harry’s written work on RugbyPass and The Roar:
Brett: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/contributor/brett-mckay/
Harry: https://www.theroar.com.au/author/haribaldi/
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Brought to you by Chasing the Sun 2 coming soon to RugbyPass TV – head to rugbypass.tv and sign up for FREE, to watch wherever you are in the rugby world!
Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones are joined on The 8-9 Combo by highly regarded Australian-based rugby writer and author Geoff Parkes, to consider the mouthwatering third round of The Rugby Championship this weekend coming. A belting weekend of Test rugby awaits, headlined by South Africa hosting New Zealand in Johannesburg, followed by Argentina hosting Australia in La Plata.
With teams yet to be named, Geoff and the guys ponder what level the Rugby World Cup Final rematch will go to at Ellis Park, whether the Springboks are in the middle of a lock crisis, and why Argentina should be a game that Joe Schmidt’s rebuilding Wallabies can back themselves to win, and even with Los Pumas still riding high after winning in Wellington in the opening round.
Social media: #89Combo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/89combo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo
Brett: https://twitter.com/BMcSport
Harry: https://twitter.com/HaribaldiJones
Make sure you SUBSCRIBE on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/1BcKhb24YOtwQhKc0S3sDm
Find Brett and Harry’s written work on RugbyPass and The Roar:
Brett: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/contributor/brett-mckay/
Harry: https://www.theroar.com.au/author/haribaldi/
Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/track/oakvale-of-albion/extreme
Voiceovers by Chookman + Sean Maloney + Amelia
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Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones are joined on The 8-9 Combo by renowned Australian rugby writer and author, noted tourist and regular friend of the pod, the great Jim Tucker, to look back on the second round of The Rugby Championship and the lessons learned for the Wallabies, as they gear up for a now very important tour of Argentina.
The tour comes at a crucial point for the Wallabies and new coach Joe Schmidt; after three wins in July followed by heavy losses to South Africa, Schmidt takes his Australian squad to South America next weekend where wins are necessary but certainly not guaranteed after Los Pumas themselves had an up-and-down tour of New Zealand. Is it more pain, or finally some gain for the Wallabies?
Also, Harry is introduced to that fine Australian publication, The Betoota Advocate!
Social media: #89Combo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/89combo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo
Brett: https://twitter.com/BMcSport
Harry: https://twitter.com/HaribaldiJones
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Find Brett and Harry’s written work on RugbyPass and The Roar:
Brett: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/contributor/brett-mckay/
Harry: https://www.theroar.com.au/author/haribaldi/
Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/track/oakvale-of-albion/extreme
Voiceovers by Chookman + Sean Maloney + Amelia
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Brought to you by Chasing the Sun 2 coming soon to RugbyPass TV – head to rugbypass.tv and sign up for FREE, to watch wherever you are in the rugby world!
Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones love The Rugby Championship, and what better way to consume the international game than to launch into the Test Match post-mortem before giving it too much thought. This week's fulltime focus is on South Africa’s 30-12 win over Australia in the wet west in Perth, and New Zealand’s very much expected 42-10 bounce-back win over Argentina in Auckland.
Social media: #89Combo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/89combo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo
Brett: https://twitter.com/BMcSport
Harry: https://twitter.com/HaribaldiJones
Make sure you SUBSCRIBE on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/1BcKhb24YOtwQhKc0S3sDm
Find Brett and Harry’s written work on RugbyPass and The Roar:
Brett: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/contributor/brett-mckay/
Harry: https://www.theroar.com.au/author/haribaldi/
Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/track/oakvale-of-albion/extreme
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Brought to you by Chasing the Sun 2 coming soon to RugbyPass TV – head to rugbypass.tv and sign up for FREE, to watch wherever you are in the rugby world!
Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones are back with a special Rugby Championship edition of their end-of-week offering, Games of the Week – where this week Harry enjoys a quality chat with world-renowned SuperSport commentator Matt Pearce on the Wallabies-Springboks Test in Perth this weekend, before Brett and Harry also take a look at the return All Blacks-Los Pumas Test in Auckland.
This week’s Games of the Week:
New Zealand v Argentina in Auckland
Australia v South Africa in Perth
Social media: #89Combo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/89combo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo
Brett: https://twitter.com/BMcSport
Harry: https://twitter.com/HaribaldiJones
Make sure you SUBSCRIBE on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/1BcKhb24YOtwQhKc0S3sDm
Find Brett and Harry’s written work on RugbyPass and The Roar:
Brett: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/contributor/brett-mckay/
Harry: https://www.theroar.com.au/author/haribaldi/
Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/track/oakvale-of-albion/extreme
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Brought to you by Chasing the Sun 2 coming soon to RugbyPass TV – head to rugbypass.tv and sign up for FREE, to watch wherever you are in the rugby world!
Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones are joined on The 8-9 Combo by South African rugby YouTube sensation Riaan Louw to launch into discussions around the second week of The Rugby Championship, with return legs of the first games to be played in Perth and Auckland.
Riaan and the guys contemplate where the Springboks might look for improvement, which couple of tweaks from a long list needed the Wallabies can make a difference with, to what degree will the All Blacks bounce back, and how even fewer fears Los Pumas will carry into another game in New Zealand.
Social media: #89Combo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/89combo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo
Brett: https://twitter.com/BMcSport
Harry: https://twitter.com/HaribaldiJones
Make sure you SUBSCRIBE on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/1BcKhb24YOtwQhKc0S3sDm
Find Brett and Harry’s written work on RugbyPass and The Roar:
Brett: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/contributor/brett-mckay/
Harry: https://www.theroar.com.au/author/haribaldi/
Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/track/oakvale-of-albion/extreme
Voiceovers by Chookman + Sean Maloney + Amelia
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Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones love The Rugby Championship, and what better way to consume the international game than to launch into the Test Match post-mortem before giving it too much thought. This week's fulltime focus is on South Africa’s record 33-7 win over Australia in Brisbane, and Argentina’s fantastic 38-30 win over New Zealand in Wellington.
Social media: #89Combo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/89combo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo
Brett: https://twitter.com/BMcSport
Harry: https://twitter.com/HaribaldiJones
Make sure you SUBSCRIBE on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/1BcKhb24YOtwQhKc0S3sDm
Find Brett and Harry’s written work on RugbyPass and The Roar:
Brett: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/contributor/brett-mckay/
Harry: https://www.theroar.com.au/author/haribaldi/
Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/track/oakvale-of-albion/extreme
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Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones are back with the First Rugby Championship edition of their end-of-week offering, Games of the Week – and the first round of the other big ticket annual series in Test rugby is here which means it’s an easy pick for GotWs this week, with two cracking contests to kick off the southern hemisphere’s premier tournament on either side of the Tasman Sea.
This week, unsurprisingly, they’ve picked:
• Australia v South Africa in Brisbane
• New Zealand v Argentina in Wellington
Social media: #89Combo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/89combo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo
Brett: https://twitter.com/BMcSport
Harry: https://twitter.com/HaribaldiJones
Make sure you SUBSCRIBE on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/1BcKhb24YOtwQhKc0S3sDm
Find Brett and Harry’s written work on RugbyPass and The Roar:
Brett: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/contributor/brett-mckay/
Harry: https://www.theroar.com.au/author/haribaldi/
Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/track/oakvale-of-albion/extreme
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Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones are joined on The 8-9 Combo by Stuff.co.nz Senior Sportswriter, and SMH rugby columnist Paul Cully to dig deep into the narratives and the four squads as selected for The Rugby Championship, and to try and work out where the Wallabies, Springboks, All Blacks, and Los Pumas are placed heading into the first round of the premiere southern hemisphere international rugby tournament.
Paul and the guys dig deep into some really interesting narratives surrounding Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and Argentina heading into the first round of the TRC, including the coming together of the first generation of players who have only played Super Rugby, or have only played in the URC – but not across those borders – plus a proper wade into the weeds about the four squads for this year’s tournament.
Social media: #89Combo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/89combo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo
Brett: https://twitter.com/BMcSport
Harry: https://twitter.com/HaribaldiJones
Make sure you SUBSCRIBE on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/1BcKhb24YOtwQhKc0S3sDm
Find Brett and Harry’s written work on RugbyPass and The Roar:
Brett: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/contributor/brett-mckay/
Harry: https://www.theroar.com.au/author/haribaldi/
Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/track/oakvale-of-albion/extreme
Voiceovers by Chookman + Sean Maloney + Amelia
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Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones are joined on The 8-9 Combo by Australian and World Rugby Television Match Official Brett Cronan, to help peel back the layers on how the TMO works in professional rugby, and thus help us all learn a thing or two about part of the game we experience every week, but perhaps still don’t fully appreciate.
In a revealing chat, Brett walks the guys through the ins and outs of the TMO process, the differences between how TMOs operate in Super Rugby Pacific and International Rugby and what the levels can learn from each other, the benefits of referee-TMO partnerships and why he works so well with Australian colleagues Nic Berry and Angus Gardner, and even the codewords they use between other and what a TMO really means when they use certain phrases. You’ll absolutely learn something you didn’t know before in this chat that lifts the lid on on-field communications.
Social media: #89Combo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/89combo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo
Brett: https://twitter.com/BMcSport
Harry: https://twitter.com/HaribaldiJones
Make sure you SUBSCRIBE on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/1BcKhb24YOtwQhKc0S3sDm
Find Brett and Harry’s written work on RugbyPass and The Roar:
Brett: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/contributor/brett-mckay/
Harry: https://www.theroar.com.au/author/haribaldi/
Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/track/oakvale-of-albion/extreme
Voiceovers by Chookman + Sean Maloney + Amelia
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Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones are back with a special edition of their end-of-week offering, Games of the Week – with The Rugby Championship starting very soon, the guys take a look back at the July Internationals and discuss once and for all what we now know about the four TRC sides, and what we should expect when the Southern Hemisphere’s premier Test Match tournament begins on August 10.
Oh, and it’s Conference Finals weekend in Major League Rugby:
EAST: New England v Chicago in Quincy MA on Saturday
WEST: Seattle v Dallas in Seattle on Sunday
Social media: #89Combo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/89combo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo
Make sure you SUBSCRIBE on Spotify!
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Brett: https://twitter.com/BMcSport
Harry: https://twitter.com/HaribaldiJones
Find Brett and Harry’s written work on RugbyPass and The Roar:
Brett: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/contributor/brett-mckay/
Harry: https://www.theroar.com.au/author/haribaldi/
Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/track/oakvale-of-albion/extreme
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Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones are joined on The 8-9 Combo by Director and Producer of brilliant Springboks documentary series, Chasing the Sun, Gareth Whittaker, the man behind the twin series which documented the ‘Boks rise in world rugby and culminating in the 2019 and 2023 Rugby World Cup triumphs.
In this episode less about rugby and more about the art of storytelling, Gareth runs the guys through just how much footage was shot and not used, how many fully developed stories didn’t make the final cut, the contingency storylines in place if the Boks lost the Final or didn’t make it that far, and how his storytelling was shaped by the great sports documentaries of the time and the people who made them.
If you watched Chasing the Sun and wondered how it all came together, so many of your questions will be answered.
Social media: #89Combo
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo
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Brett: https://twitter.com/BMcSport
Harry: https://twitter.com/HaribaldiJones
Find Brett and Harry’s written work on RugbyPass and The Roar:
Brett: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/contributor/brett-mckay/
Harry: https://www.theroar.com.au/author/haribaldi/
Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/track/oakvale-of-albion/extreme
Voiceovers by Chookman + Sean Maloney + Amelia
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Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones love Test Match Rugby, and what better way to consume the international game than to launch into the post-mortem straight after the final siren. This week, the fulltime focus takes in New Zealand’s 47-5 win over Fiji in San Diego, and Australia’s 40-29 win over Georgia in Sydney.
Social media: #89Combo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/89combo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo
Make sure you SUBSCRIBE on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/1BcKhb24YOtwQhKc0S3sDm
Brett: https://twitter.com/BMcSport
Harry: https://twitter.com/HaribaldiJones
Find Brett and Harry’s written work on RugbyPass and The Roar:
Brett: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/contributor/brett-mckay/
Harry: https://www.theroar.com.au/author/haribaldi/
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Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones are back with another international edition of their end-of-week offering, Games of the Week, where the guys are again joined former Ireland hooker turned commentator and pundit Bernard Jackman – direct from Ireland Olympic team duties - for one last look back at lessons learned from the July Internationals, and the importance of the long list of rugby Internationals featuring the so-called Tier 2 nations this weekend.
This week’s International Games of the Week:
• Queensland v Wales, Brisbane
• New Zealand v Fiji, San Diego
• Australia v Georgia, Sydney
• South Africa v Portugal, Bloemfontein
Plus, it’s conference semi-final time in Major League Rugby this weekend.
Social media: #89Combo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/89combo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo
Make sure you SUBSCRIBE on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/1BcKhb24YOtwQhKc0S3sDm
Brett: https://twitter.com/BMcSport
Harry: https://twitter.com/HaribaldiJones
Find Brett and Harry’s written work on RugbyPass and The Roar:
Brett: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/contributor/brett-mckay/
Harry: https://www.theroar.com.au/author/haribaldi/
Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/track/oakvale-of-albion/extreme
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Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones welcome back onto The 8-9 Combo Senior Rugby Writer for The Telegraph, Charlie Morgan to cast an eye back on the second week of July Internationals in the southern hemisphere, and consider the broader implications of this important week where so-called Tier 2 nations are hosted around the rugby world.
With all the two-Test series now done all over the southern hemisphere, the microscope turns to lessons learned by England in New Zealand, by New Zealand from England, who learned more out of South Africa and Ireland and whether they would possibly agree anyway, the size of Warren Gatland’s Welsh rebuild, and whether the Wallabies might be doing un-Joe Schmidt things that actually please Joe Schmidt. Plus, find out what will surely please The Telegraph’s comments section.
Social media: #89Combo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/89combo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo
Brett: https://twitter.com/BMcSport
Harry: https://twitter.com/HaribaldiJones
(Yes, Brett and Harry did used to host The Roar Rugby Podcast!)
Find Brett and Harry’s written work on RugbyPass and The Roar:
Brett: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/contributor/brett-mckay/
Harry: https://www.theroar.com.au/author/haribaldi/
Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/track/oakvale-of-albion/extreme
Voiceovers by Chookman + Sean Maloney + Amelia
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Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones love Test Match Rugby, and what better
way to consume the international game than to react to it straight after the final siren. This week, the fulltime focus takes in New Zealand’s bruising 24-17 win over England in Auckland, and Australia’s workmanlike 36-28 win over Wales in Melbourne.
Social media: #89Combo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/89combo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo
Brett: https://twitter.com/BMcSport
Harry: https://twitter.com/HaribaldiJones
(Yes, Brett and Harry did indeed used to host The Roar Rugby Podcast!)
Find Brett and Harry’s written work on RugbyPass and The Roar:
Brett: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/contributor/brett-mckay/
Harry: https://www.theroar.com.au/author/haribaldi/
Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/track/oakvale-of-albion/extreme
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