The Lekker Rugby Pod!
Blending North with South, Pretoria with Cape Town, data-driven MW Welman spars each week with globetrotting Harry Jones on Saffa-related themes to understand the whole world of rugby as it is and will become: making a plan but being ready to throw it all out the window.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 124
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Episode 24: Is Rassie taking a risk with inexperienced Springboks? Or is there a bigger strategy at play here?
Once again, Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus surprised all and sundry with a relatively inexperienced Springbok team, with the backline and bench being the more experienced. Did he structure this team…
Episode 23: What we think Rassie is up to with the Springboks – and why Manie REALLY needs a big game!
The Boks try to close out The Rugby Championship one week early in Argentina. But it is the most unpredictable team selection of the year with stalwarts left back home, an ongoing lock shortage, and …
Episode 22: Yes, the Springboks are not underdogs anymore, but for how long? Rassie's daunting challenge!
Can the Boks Stay on Top? MW and Harry take a hard look at the end of the Underdog Era and the chances of Rassie and the boys learning to be the favourites in every match. This is an episode which g…
Episode 21: Are the Springboks now truly the best team in the world (at last) after beating the All Blacks?
The All Black challenge to Springbok superiority was repelled in Cape Town. Not by much, but by just enough to put several arguments to rest. MW and Harry rip into stadium reviews, anthemology, Hege…
Episode 20: What's up with Rassie's Springbok team announcement? Can the All Blacks turn it around? Our preview!
Who has outfoxed who? Rassie and Razor are locked in a tactical vice. Join MW and Harry as they decode who is in whose head. Win and Rassie is well on his way to mastering the old enemy. Lose and w…
Episode 19: How the Springboks snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against a determined All Blacks!
MW and Harry went to Ellis Park. Listen to their individual experiences of the monumental Springbok Test win over an excellent but ultimately limited All Black team. Some stood up. Some stepped down…
Episode 18: Is there a bigger rivalry in rugby? The Springboks take on the All Blacks in a World Cup rematch!
The most intriguing rivalry in rugby has always been as much about mind games as physical mismatches. With both the Boks and All Blacks turning the page on the 2023 World Cup, the battle at Ellis Pa…
Episode 17: The Boks have a full-blown crisis at lock! What will Rassie do? PLUS: Our Springbok squad!
The old enemy invades Ellis Park with Springbok supremacy on the line. Split the series and the All Blacks leave feeling (too) good. The Boks are better, brainier and faster, but remain underdogs un…
Episode 16: We have a theory why Rassie picked Nico Janse van Rensburg! PLUS: We rate each coach's performance!
Beyond benches and burpees: what traits make a Bok in Rassie’s world? What is the one thing most valued by coaches like Daan Human and Tony Brown? Which players need to have more caps than their age…
Episode 15: Why Rassie wants brains as well as brawn in the Springboks! Our Perthfontein deep dive! @Springboks
Everybody knows the Boks are hard, big, tough and stubborn. But are they now the smartest team in The Rugby Championship? Brainier than the All Blacks? MW and Harry explore these and other rugby her…
Episode 14: Why Rassie isn't really bothered about the Rugby Championship! PLUS: Perth Preview! @Springboks
The Springboks have controversially named one of the least capped starting teams in recent memory to maintain their lead in the Rugby Championship. MW and Harry debate how much that championship rea…
Episode 13: So what exactly happened? We dive deep into the Springboks v Australia and All Blacks v Pumas games!
Much hype for Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and he showed why! But what about that high school third team industrial engineer late bloomer from Maties with the buttoned up jersey and major attitude? MW a…
Episode 12: Your BLOCKBUSTER preview of the Springbok/Wallabies Test! It's the Rugby Championship!
Wondering who’s who and what’s what in the Wallabies as the Springboks try to lift the Brisbane curse? MW asked Harry all the questions he could about the matchup, lineups, philosophies, rivalry, and…
Episode 11: The Springboks need to dominate this Rugby Championship! Or do they? MW and Harry cross swords!
Springbok fans want it all: blood new players like the lekkerbacks to mesh with 75-cap veteran winners so we win every World Cup but also stay on top by using continuity and finally win a bloody Rug…
Episode 10: What is wily Rassie Erasmus cooking up at the Springboks?
Episode 9: Can we really say Antoine Dupont is the Rugby GOAT? Is he even the greatest scrumhalf we've seen?
How do we know a GOAT? When can we see it? What’s the basis? Is it technical or in service of a team style? How many GOATs are in action at one time? Is rugby conducive to GOATism? Join rugby skeptic…
Episode 8: Is Sacha now ahead of Manie in the pecking order? Is there really depth to the Springboks?
How deep is the Boks' depth? Join MW and Harry as they ponder how a runaway 10-try win in Bloemfontein reveals true Test qualities. The precise Pretorian and the wayward Capetonian measure the merit …
Episode 7: Outsmarted And Outplayed: How Ireland Stunned South Africa!
Bok business is still unfinished. No tries at Kings Park for the Tony Brown attack scheme and a series of calamities ended in last minute heartbreak for Saffa fans desperate to shush resilient Irela…
Episode 6: Rassie's Boks unveil a brand spanking new style with Tony Brown, but is it really Springbok rugby?
Episode 6: Time to reflect after a weekend of helter skelter Test Rugby action! MW and Harry review the major internationals, and do a deep dive into the Springboks' new game plan. Is it working, wi…