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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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Less Kiss and his staff have rung the changes for the second test against Japan. How much is it squad rotation and how much is a changing of the guard? The all Blacks are in South Africa and the Springboks played Argentina, we cover them all and as always do some shouting at clouds. 

As always, we hope you enjoy.

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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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The Joe Schmidt era has ended and Les Kiss and his team are now officially in charge of the show. Happy and I have a look at last weeks games. Reminisce about Schmidt time in charge and have a pretty close look at the first wallaby squad of Les Kiss's tenure.  

As always, we hope you enjoy.

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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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Firstly, apologies for not recording last week, Sometimes life gets the better of you and last week was one of those times. This week we talk mostly about the Wallabies vs Italy game and some team the All Blacks are playing. We discuss Joe Schmidt's legacy in Australia and have a bitch about teams getting easy games when they should be travelling and squad announcements

As always, we hope you enjoy.

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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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A new era in international rugby arrives this weekend. We preview the Australia v Ireland test match and wang on about some other stuff.

As always, we hope you enjoy.

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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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What an end to the Super Rugby season! It'd be safe to say just about no one was expecting the Hurricanes to dominate so easily. 

This week we pull out the ledger and see how close our preseason prediction have been. Spend some time on the final and rate the teams based on where se thought they'd end up.

As always, we hope you enjoy.

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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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Only one game to talk about this week,

A great chat between KARL and Happy but we certainly went down some rabbit holes.

We enjoyed it and hope you do also

Part 2 First one was a PEBKAC

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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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Happy and I talk about last weekends highlights and check out the teams for this weekends semi finals. With no KARL around we even said nice things about the Hurricanes. Later on we manage to find a way to talk about the Reds and Les Kiss' coaching. 

As always, we hope you enjoy.

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Looking at the three Qualifying finals this weekends. Oh, and we have a chat about referee's. A lot. Especially the team for the Chiefs vs Reds.

As always, we hope you enjoy.

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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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KARL Butz and Happy hit up the last round with some interesting fixtures to close out the Super Season.

We get into the weeds and Happy has a most unhappy rant.

We hope you enjoy it.

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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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It's already round 15 with two to go and all to play for.

KARL and Happy get through it tonight with Sully unavailable.

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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.

Farrell nailing a lineout: https://x.com/premrugby/status/2055734778905731101?s=46

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A very unhappy Happy and Sully are joined, this week by KARL, who is apparently the voice of reason. We talk about all the round 14 games and our highlights from last weekends games. Oh, and we have a chat about referee's.

As always, we hope you enjoy.

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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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We have KARL, Happy and Sully on the pod this week. We talk all the team news for round 13 and look at each teams run home. 

As always, we hope you enjoy.

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KARL, Happy and Sully on the pod this week. Super round was a huge success but that doesn't mean there is nothing on this week. Check out all the team news for round 12.

As always, we hope you enjoy.

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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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Five games this week with the highlight, for me, being the Chiefs v Hurricanes match on Saturday afternoon. But there are a good matchups across the entire round. No Karl this week so Butz has stepped in at the last minute.

As always, we hope you enjoy.

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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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Five games this week with the highlight, for me, being the Hurricanes v Blues match on Saturday afternoon. But there are a good matchups across the entire round. No Happy this week so Butz has stepped in at the last minute.

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It's a short round this week, only three games. We run through the teams and then talk about country eligibility. 

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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 one where Happy pushes KARL's buttons and it's spectacular. We also preview roaund 7 of Super Rugby and discuss flyhalves, underpreformers and overproformers.

As always, we hope you enjoy.

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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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Just Happy and KARL this week. Sully is doing real work.

Round 6 of Super Rugby and we get into the weeds.

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