The Rugby Bunker

Ben Coles (The Observer) and Charlie Morgan (The Times) are reunited to discuss new contracts for Henry Pollock (not for £1m) at Northampton and Steve Borthwick with England, breaking down what they both really mean. They then discuss this weekend's final match in the Greatest Rivalry series between New Zealand and South Africa in Baltimore. Video version on YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Coles (The Observer) is joined by New Zealand journalist Liam Napier (New Zealand Herald) ahead of the huge third Test at Soccer City, as the Springboks and All Blacks battle to go 2-1 in the Greatest Rivalry series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Coles (The Observer) is joined by Daniel Gallan (RugbyPass, The Guardian) to pick through New Zealand's win at Ellis Park last weekend, before turning their attention to the second match in Rugby's Greatest Rivalry in Cape Town this weekend. Follow Ben's Substack: https://theofffieldreview.substack.com/ Ben's work for The Observer: https://observer.co.uk/contributor/ben-coles?type=read Daniel's work for RugbyPass: https://www.rugbypass.com/contributors/daniel-gallan/ #rugbyunion #rugbyanalysis #rugby #springboks #allblacks #greatestrivalry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Coles (The Observer) is reunited with Charlie Morgan (The Times) to discuss what they have seen from New Zealand so far in their warm-up wins over the Stormers and Sharks in South Africa, before digging into which England players have received enhanced Elite Player Squad contracts. Follow Ben's Substack: https://theofffieldreview.substack.com/ Ben's work for The Observer: https://observer.co.uk/contributor/ben-coles?type=read Charlie's work for The Times: https://www.thetimes.com/profile/charlie-morgan #rugbyunion #rugbyanalysis #rugby #rugbynews #springboks #allblacks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Coles (The Observer) is back to explain why there was no episode last week, due to working on a big project for The Observer on concussion in rugby and the influence of the neurologist and plagiarist Paul McCrory, before catching up with New Zealand journalist Liam Napier (New Zealand Herald) in Cape Town ahead of the start of the 'Greatest Rivalry' tour with the All Blacks travelling around South Africa. Subscribe to watch on YouTube. Follow Ben's Substack: https://theofffieldreview.substack.com/ Ben's work for The Observer: https://observer.co.uk/contributor/ben-coles?type=read Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices