The Good, The Bad & The Rugby: Australia & New Zealand

World Cup winning Springboks captain John Smit joins former All Black Justin Marshall and host Andy Rowe this week.

Smit and Marshall reveal details of their infamous special forces pre World Cup training camps.

We dig into the impact Eddie Jones had on the 2007 champions and John Smit gives us some amazing stories from his relationship with Nelson Mandela.

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00:00 Intro

06:20 John Smit on Springboks 2003 World Cup Training Camp

10:46 Justin Marshall on All Blacks 1999 World Cup Training Camp

17:39 The effectiveness of training camps

21:33 John Smit on 2007 Rugby World Cup

24:17 GBRANZ & Angel Bay

27:48 John Smit on Eddie Jones coaching at the Springboks

34:02 John Smit on 2007 Rugby World Cup Final

36:45 John Smit on 1995 Rugby World Cup

41:55 John Smit on meeting Nelson Mandela

45:01 GBRANZ & Saily

47:10 John Smit on Barney’s Army (John Smit Foundation)

50:17 John Smit on winning the 2007 Rugby World Cup

Wallabies legend George Gregan joins Justin Marshall and Andy Rowe to recap the latest action from the Northern Tour, including the All Blacks' narrow loss to France and the Wallabies' new-found form.

The lads discuss the impact of Joseph Suaalii on the Wallabies, as well as some of the best stories from NRL converts to rugby union in both Australia and New Zealand.

We also look at Antonie Dupont's performance, the impact of red cards, delays slowing down games, what's happening with Wales, and so much more.

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00:00 Intro

01:12 Wallabies Grand Slam hopes

09:13 George Gregan on Joseph Suaalii 

10:44 George Gregan on Rob Valetini 

12:21 GBRANZ talk rugby league converts

23:03 GBRANZ & NordVPN

25:21 GBRANZ on Tom Wright

29:25 GBRANZ talk Red Cards

34:15 Game Review: France v All Blacks (Northern Tour)

40:33 Gorge Gregan on Antoine Dupont 

43:52 GBRANZ & Angel Bay

45:34 Game Preview: Scotland v Australia (Northern Tour)

51:07 Game Preview: All Blacks vs Italy (Northern Tour)

54:18 Game Preview: South Africa vs Wales (Northern Tour)

54:11 Game Preview: Wales v South Africa (Northern Tour)

All Blacks great Sean Fitzpatrick joins Justin Marshall and Andy Rowe for a conversation covering his career and what he’s up to now in the UK.

Sean discusses his involvement with the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, giving us an insight into how they’re using sport to change children’s lives.

We look at how the All Blacks fell out of favour with the New Zealand public and then how they won them back in 1987!

Plus, we get the lads thoughts on the pivotal games from the Northern Tour, including the Wallabies Grand Slam!!!

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00:00 Intro

04:05 Sean Fitzpatrick on Laureus Sport For Good Foundation

15:27 Game Review: England v Australia (Northern Tour)

21:39 GBRANZ & Angel Bay

22:23 Game Review: Ireland v New Zealand (Northern Tour)

26:40 Sean Fitzpatrick on the Cavaliers

33:23 Sean Fitzpatrick on being billeted

36:19 Sean Fitzpatrick on 1987 World Cup Final

41:31 GBRANZ & NordVPN

43:59 Game Preview: France v New Zealand (Northern Tour)

48:00 Justin Marshall on Colin ‘Pinetree’ Meads

55:05 Outro

This week World Cup winning All Blacks legend Zinzan Brooke joins Justin Marshall and Andy Rowe in studio, in London.

Zinzan and Justin share a few stories from their time together in the Black jersey, before Zinny opens up on just how close he came to signing a contract to play rugby league!

Plus, we take a look at the win over England, preview the All Blacks test against Ireland, the Wallabies match against England and South Africa's opener with Scotland.

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The lads are back for the Northern Tour ahead of this weekend's opening test between the All Blacks and England!

Marshy gives us his thoughts on halfback Cam Roigard and how much of a loss Alex Mitchell is to England's game plan.

The lads discuss English fans singing over the haka and JP explains himself after picking the Wallabies to win a grand slam.

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Darren Shand managed the All Blacks for 20 years and takes us inside one of the most successful eras of a sports teams ever.

We discuss the logistics of taking the All Blacks on tour, calling to tell players they've made the squad and Marshy even tells us what he said to Graham Henry when he was told he might not make the team.

Plus Darren opens up on interviewing Graham Henry and Robbie Deans for the top job, while JP lets us know what he said to the Queen to get kicked out of Buckingham Palace.

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We wrap up the 2024 Rugby Championship with Marshy & JP putting together the best XV from this year's tournament.

We review the matches from the weekend, including the Wallabies improvements, the All Blacks new strengths and another piece of silverware for the Springboks.

Plus the lads discus their best streaking stories!

The Rugby Championship 1st XV, Fraser McReight the BEST 7 in the World? Best Streaker Stories & More!

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Former All Blacks record points scorer Andrew Mehrtens is back with his old mate Marshy, joining the GBRANZ team in studio this week.

Mehrts talks us through his illustrious career, including:

Bursting on the scene during Canterbury's Ranfurly Shield era of the mid 90s.
The 1995 Rugby World Cup final in South Africa.
Getting the ball to Jonah Lomu as quickly as possible.
Controversially pulling the fingers at Loftus.
And of course, grooming Dan Carter to fill his boots!

Plus we discus some of the key talking points from the week's Rugby Championship round.

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Former Wallaby Justin Harrison is coming in hot and the lads are feeling the heat, especially Marshy!!!

We start by unpacking whether or not Justin Harrison eye-gouged Justin Marshall during a Bledisloe Cup test match.

Then we dig into the Harrison's childhood, playing for the Barbarians, the 2003 RWC final, almost being eating by crocodiles, his fight with Filipo Levi and the significance of the Bledisloe Cup.

The lads unpick the All Blacks and Wallabies results, and discuss why Cheslin Kolbe is better the Antoine Dupont.

Marshy makes some big calls on changes for the All Blacks and we break down what makes the Springboks so dominant right now.

Then we unpick what went wrong for the Wallabies and how they can bounce back for the Bledisloe!

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Find out why Justin Marshall is so excited about the All Blacks loss and hear why Jeremy Paul thinks the Wallabies have one finger on the Bledisloe Cup!

We break down the good and the bad from New Zealand's loss at Ellis Park and the Wallabies win in Argentina.

Would a captain's challenge prevent howlers from the TMO like the one we all saw in Johannesburg?

Plus, hear how former All Blacks prop Kees Meeuws saved the life of a Wallabies player during the Rugby World Cup.

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Is Leon Macdonald’s Departure Going to Help the All Blacks? Why the Wallabies are Struggling & More!

Reacting to Leon Macdonald’s Shock Departure from the All Blacks + Previewing this Weekend’s Matches

Reacting to Leon Macdonald’s Shock Exit from the All Blacks, Why the Wallabies are Struggling & More!

One of the greatest players of all time, Christian Cullen, joins the GBRANZ team in studio this week!

Fresh from a round of golf with Marshy, Cullen talks us through some of the biggest moments of his career, including:

His miraculous introduction to the world at the Hong Kong sevens.
Playing alongside Jonah Lomu.
Scoring a hat trick in his first test for the All Blacks.
That try against the Wallabies.
And, he runs through his pick of the current crop of test fullbacks playing around the world.

We're in Australia next week and JP has a big guest lineup, so don't miss out, make sure you hit the follow button!

All Blacks legend Israel Dagg joins the GBRANZ team in studio this week!

The Rugby World Cup winner candidly opens up on some of the key moments that contributed to his successful career, including:

His epic first test try for the All Blacks.
Getting told off by Sir Steve Hansen after scoring the match-winner in South Africa.
Almost going down the wrong path growing up.
Playing a World Cup blinder after getting blind drunk.
And, he also lets us know what changes he'd make to the current All Blacks team.

Don’t miss out on any of the action...
We've got another huge guest next week!

The GBRANZ team is thrilled to welcome their first guest to the studio, All Blacks fly-half Richie Mo'unga! 

In this exclusive episode, the mercurial number 10 sits down with us to share his insights and experiences, covering a wide range of topics:

His ambitions with the All Blacks.
The special bond with Head Coach Razor Robertson.
Life and rugby in Japan.
The Rugby Championship.
And Marcus Smith!

Don’t miss out on any of the action...
Our second episode will be dropping next week!

All Blacks legend Justin Marshall, World Cup-winning Wallaby Jeremy Paul, and kiwi podcaster Andy Rowe team up for GBRANZ: Bringing you the latest rugby news, stories, and much more from Down Under. The Good, The Bad & The Rugby, the biggest podcast in the world, just got bigger.

England beating Argentina, South Africa going back to back and the World Rugby Awards all get covered off in depth from the boys back in the studio.

There has also been the small matter of Eddie Jones leaving the Wallabies and the boys share their thoughts on that saga as well.

Finally the usual segments return for a final time with the ‘Throuples Treble’ thanks to Dabble, the quiz with Four N Twenty and Big RochBallz’ tiny queries all featuring. Enjoy the show and it’s goodbye from us…for now!

Australia's hottest throuple (and Prof) returning for one final time from the city of love, Paris. The awesome foursome look back at the two semi finals from the French capital and get their teeth stuck into this weekend, the battle for 3rd place between Argentina and England, and of course the final between the All Blacks and the Springboks. Of course the usual segments return with another successful treble thanks to Dabble, the quiz with Four N Twenty goes off and Big RochBallz has some tiny queries on Eddie Jones.

The boys will be back with Ruggy Elsom next week for a special final show of the series.

The boys have had their first weekend together watching some epic finals rugby in France and there is plenty to talk about. GBRA review all the action from both games in Paris and Marseille as well as looking ahead to some mouth watering semi final clashes this weekend. In between the regular segments are back including a very successful Throuples Treble thanks to Dabble and of course the return of the Four 'N Twenty quiz.

It’s been a tough month apart but the gang are back together and doesn’t it feel good. GBRA are on tour and the first stop is the old stomping ground of Drew and Gits in Toulon. Mathieu Basteraud joins to tell stories of them all together back in the day and the boys cover off all the World Cup news, including the Wallabies shock group stage exit from the tournament.

GRBA is back with Prof and Swoop in the studio and Gits dials in alongside Drew after landing safely in France. The team rebrand to GBRF as we go full Fijian with their former captain and current giant Nemani Nadolo joining the guys at HQ, as does Wallabies super fan Wildkard. Finally Stirling Mortlock dials in from London as well to talk about the Wallabies failures and cover off anything else that comes into his wonderfully weird brain.

It’s only gone and happened again. The GBRA boys record the show just minutes after the huge Wallabies defeat to Wales. Matt Burke joins to chat through that game, others from the weekends and shares stories of happier times in the gold jersey!

The one you’ve been waiting for as the team are joined by Jeremy Paul to dissect the Australia loss to Fiji and look at all the other second round games. JP shares stories from the 1999 RWC win, times with Eddie Jones and much more.

Former Wallabies captain and rugby’s weirdest legend Stirling Mortlock joins the boys in the studio to talk about the fantastic opening weekend at the 2023 Rugby World Cup and Drew dials in from St Etienne with plenty of stories from his time France!

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The boys are back after popular demand and they have a lot to catch up on. The team look back at all the RWC warm up games and talk everything Eddie Jones from his surprising Wallabies squad to his wild press conference. We also hear about Drew and Darcie’s Christmas in July and we end with a quiz all about Georgia.

The season finale is here and it’s an epic. DC joins the boys and they talk about all things both on and off the field. The Gbrazzers also talk about ‘The Race That Disappointed A Nation’ and there’s a special guest joins the gang in the studio.

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After a BIG weekend in Melbourne the boys are back in the studio to chat through the final round of The Rugby Championship and even invited All Black legend and our French based RWC correspondent Andrew Mehrtens to talk about that game and so much more.

As ever there are big updates on 'The Race That Disappoints The Nation’, our five star reviews and of course Darcie, as well as a rucking good trivia all about 2002.

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The throuple keep delivering on the big name guests and this week it is Argentina coach Michael Cheika who has a chat with the guys down at Coogee Oval.

Cheik is riding high after a famous Los Pumas win over Australia and they talk all things 'Tahs, Wallabies and everything in between.

The boys also talk us through their return to rugby as they laced up their boots for the Queanbeyan Whites and Win The Day charity.

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The huge name guests keep flying in and this week it’s the Wallabies co-captain Michael Hooper who joins the boys in the studio.

We dissect the Wallabies defeat to Argentina, reflect on Hoops’ career and Swoop demonstrates how to perform the perfect tackle. Don’t miss it!

The GBRA boys are back and have got another huge guest, this week it’s Springbok legend Bryan Habana.

This week they look back on the first round of The Rugby Championship, share stories from their time together at the Barbarians and try to keep Gits away from the Mai Tai bar.

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