The Dropped Kick-Off Rugby Podcast

The Wallabies have named their second team for Japan with Massimo De Lutiis set to become Wallaby 1000, and the Wallaroos have announced their head coach and squad ahead of their 100th Test match. Seems there is a theme.

Nick W returns from his time away from the mic to chew the latest news with Natho.

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Despite the tyranny of distance, Nick and Nathan's love abounds...love for doing podcasts for the people.

Listen up!

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Nick, Natho and special guest Finn Morton from Rugby Pass get together to preview the Les Kiss era, the Japan game, the Greatest (most boring) Rivalry, and the global calendar.

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Nathan and Nick digest - or should we say degustate - the Wallabies thumping win over Italy.

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Nathan and Nick talk Il Cane (Carlo Tizzano) and Il Mago (Harry Potter), the Italy squad, headbutts and culture.

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Where do we go from here? We don't bloody know.

Nick H and Nath give a reaction to Wallabies-France. 

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The boys have lifted the curse and apparently that'll help the Wallabies against France... with Declan Meredith now set for a baptism by fire at Suncorp Stadium.

The Nicks and Nath talk the Wallabies squad, Nations Championship, U20s, Tom Hooper going tot he Reds, and more. 

WARNING: naughty words

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God, we're getting sick of talking about matches like this.

Our first instant reaction of the year, and it's a doozy, as the Wallabies, despite producing some of the best attacking rugby we've seen in years, still lost to Ireland 33-31 in same, last minute, heart breaking fashion.

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It’s time to talk Tahs. Dan McKellar has left the building so Nick and Nathan investigate why.

The handsome duo then cast an eye to the Wallabies - Ireland match, and get some shouts outed.

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The Wallabies squad has dropped, and man, are there some surprises!

The two Nicks dissect this team and how excited it makes us for the 2026 season - with a late cameo by Nathan.

WARNING: naughty words and opinions about LSL being omitted.

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Super Rugby Pacific ends in Australia for 2026, not with a bang but a whimper.

Nick W and Nath rip the band aid off and sit on the cuck chair to discuss the Reds and Brumbies, before exorcising the bad news by talking Super Rugby Women's and the Aussie 7s win in France.

WARNING: bad metaphors and explanations

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Two Aussie sides are in the finals... but how far will they get?

Nick H, Nath and Nick W get honest about the Reds and Brumbies' chances after mixed form over the last few weeks, plus talking Moana Pasifika, victory in the Sevens, and Super Rugby Women's.

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WARNING: graphic analogies, honest opinions and naughty words

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The Aussie sides (bar the Waratahs) got up, and yet, it feels like a loss.

Natho, Nick H and Nick W meet to talk the penultimate weekend of Super Rugby action - and get candid about the Aussie sides' chances come finals, with the Reds and Brumbies locked in so far.

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WARNING: nearly got cancelled a few times for this one.

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Super Rugby is finishing with a flourish.

With Nick W off with the tradies, Nick H and Nath chew the fat on the Tahs cleaning up in Suva and the Force chasing a dream... and do some number crunching to see what finals might look like.

WARNING: a LOT of editing was required. Imagine what we had to cut out.

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Today we acknowledge a great man who took one for the team... Darcy Swain dropped the kick-off in Canberra.

Nick H returns from holiday to chew the fat with Nath and Nick W, and discuss whether the Aussie sides can turn around a flat run of form.

WARNING: A few naughty words said. When the lads come together, the language warning comes up. Something we should probably ponder about at some point.

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Not gonna lie, the rugby has been a wee bit frustrating of late.

After taking a week off to nurse our Super Round hangover, Nick W and Natho reconvene to talk frustrating results in Super Rugby Pacific, the Wallaroos and the Australia U20s.

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It's time for Super Round... and this week has been super in more ways than one with the game suddenly having a lot more cash!

Nick W and Nath chat Super Rugby, the Wallaroos, Sevens rugby and more. 

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WARNING: just one or two naughty words, this one is acceptable for the kids.

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In a special episode ahead of the release of the finale of the new series Boycott! on ABC Rewind, which dives into the history of resistance against apartheid South Africa, The Dropped Kick-Off has an exclusive interview.

Nick W chats with Wallaby legend Anthony Abrahams about his role in the 1969 and 1971 tours against South Africa, and how the lessons from that time still apply today. 

Listen to Boycott here, last episode out April 24 on ABC Rewind: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/abc-rewind

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Hey guys, we've got an Instagram! Oh, and some rugby happened.

Nick W, Nick H and Natho chat about Super Rugby, Les Kiss and the Wallaroos, and also highlight a great place where you can check out your rugby memes. 

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WARNING: naughty words and silly opinions of varying quality ahead

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It's a good time to be a Waratahs fan as the men in blue snap a near decade losing streak in Canberra.

Nick H, Natho and Nick W chew the fat on the latest out of Super Rugby Pacific, the Wallaroos' win over Fiji, Will Skelton's injury and the latest around Massimo De Lutiis, among other news.

WARNING: coarse language and vengeful NSW banter

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When Nath is away, the Nicks will play.

Nick W and Nick H shoot from the hip discussing the latest results in Super Rugby, the coaching movements, the rejigged Wallaroos season and Super Rugby Women's competitions, and more.

WARNING: terrible opinions and naughty words ahead. 

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The Reds are on the rise... with two calls going their way in as many weeks.

Nath, Nick H and one of our resident Queenslanders Andy chew the fat on the latest in Super Rugby, before you uniting to bully England for their rubbish Six Nations campaign.

WARNING: rugby banter comes with swears. Whoopsy.

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Aussies Super sides had a breakdown, and so did we!

Natho and Nick chew the fat for 20 minutes on the latest in world rugby... after doing an hour-long pod that they forgot to record.

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The All Blacks have their head coach... and that man is Dave Rennie. The Brumbies have their man too in Stephen Larkham.

Nick W, Natho and Nick H chat about the latest news out of planet rugby, plus discuss the upcoming weekend of Super Rugby action.

WARNING: few naughty words, you know the jist 

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Tonight its just Happy and KARL chewing the fat.

Are the Crusaders in trouble. What do the Force need to fix. Will normal transmission be resumed in Fiji.

We get deep into the weeds feel free to reach out and tell us your opinion.

Its the pre season so get down to your local rugby club become a member and buy a beer.

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Another week of Aussie teams at the top!

Nick H, Natho and Nick W sit down to talk about that Brumbies win in Christchurch, whether the Waratahs are the real deal, and whether it's panic stations yet for the Western Force.

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We're top of the ladder! Who saw that coming? Not me!

Nick W and Nath catch up on the latest in the world or rugby, including Super Rugby Pacific, RWC 2027 fixtures, law changes, the Sevens, the Six Nations and some good old fantasy news.

WARNING: naughty boys say naughty things like naughty words. Only proceed if you're naughty.

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They’re nervous, we’re excited.

Angus Crichton will Steggles for industrialised Kiwi meat - itself a bit yellow in colour as they sack Razor clam Robertson - as he becomes the 3rd Rooster of recent times to beg for the upgrade from avian to macropod. Nick and Natho are on board to ride the chocobo of delusion in this bloated metaphor.

They chirp:

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The RWC2027 pools have been drawn.

Nick W and Nick H are live and give their instant reactions. 

POOLS:

Pool A: New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong China, Chile

Pool B: South Africa, Italy, Georgia, Romania

Pool C: Argentina, Fiji, Spain, Canada

Pool D: Ireland, Scotland, Uruguay, Portugal,

Pool E: France, Japan, USA, Samoa

Pool F: England, Wales, Tonga, Zimbabwe

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Cricket season has started with a first test victory inside two days! How good!

Oh, and the Wallabies played their last match of the year. The two Nicks and Nath come together for our last instant reaction of the year (and likely second last pod before the season wrap) to talk the end of a rough November tour. 

WARNING: Sad bois

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URGGGGGGHHHHH! 

WARNING: coarse language

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Crap.

The Wallabies are in all sorts of trouble after Italy recorded back-to-back wins. Nick W and Natho welcome back Jack O'Rourke to the pod to dissect that mess of a result.

WARNING: sad bois, honest opinions and naughty words

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Can't promise this is one of our best instant reactions... but then again, it also fits the game we just watched.

Nick H and Natho sit through and dissect the Wallabies loss at Twickenham so you don't have to.

WARNING: Swear words and variable sound quality 

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What's your favourite logo in all of World Rugby?

Fuelled by another Nick H rabbit hole, Nick W and Natho talk about the fringiest of all fringe teams - and maybe also talk about the November Internationals and what a pass mark would be for Joe Schmidt's Wallabies.

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WARNING: naughty words and badly misunderstood context 

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Well, a wins a win.

Nick W and Natho sit down to review the Wallabies tense 19-15 win over the Brave Blossoms to kick off the Spring Tour.

WARNING: naughty words

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The Australian domestic season is done for the year, and what a weekend it was!

Super Rugby AUS comes to a thrilling end, Australia U18s clean sweep New Zealand, Australian Schoolboys cleansweep Fiji - and the future is bright. Nick W, Nath and Nick H discuss - and maybe talk about another Bledisloe match too.

WARNING: a few naughty words be said. We were depressed, be happy you're getting a pod at all. 

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It's Sunday night, and that powers that be demand we be pietous and not mention the referees!

But luckily we record the pods during the week, and this time it's Nick and Nathan discussing the team, the game on the weekend, and everything we'd missed since we last did our pod.

Hopefully this coming Sunday is more Sundae than Sunday.

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Did Andrea strike again?

Nick H (and Dougie), Nick W and Nath give their thoughts on the Wallabies' close loss to the All Blacks at Eden Park, and what things look like ahead for Perth.

Also, the sound quality is quite variable for this one. Apologies, blame Hartman's echoing phone.

WARNING: a few shtss are said oh no naughty stop us

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After 175 episodes, we're ditching the counter! Hoping for some firsts, like this weekend as it's time for the Bledisloe.

Nick H and Natho jump on today to chat about the Rugby World Cup final, the Bledisloe Cup, the chat out of Mungo Ball and the latest results from Super Rugby AUS.

WARNING: a naughty word or two

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So we're sad... again.

Our second instant reaction, Nath flies solo one last time as the Wallaroos bow out of the Rugby World Cup against Canada.

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