RugbyBits
RugbyBits focuses on the Springboks, the United Rugby Championships and #SaffasAbroad, while also looking at the big news and results all over the rugby world. The podcast is co-hosted by Jared Wright, Kuhle Sonsiki, Shaun Lilford and Thala Msutu. Visit our webiste at rugbybits.com
Episodes
Kooks and Shaun review the fifth and final episode of Chasing the Sun 2, it gets going with the shocking claims by Tom Curry towards Bongi Mbonambi after what he thought was a racial slur.
We carry on with the thoughts around the 7/1 split and go through the #RWC2023 Final
Kooks and Thala come together to do a quick podcast reviewing the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup quarterfinals and look forward to round 14 of the URC.
We discuss Leinster’s great week in exorcising the La Rochelle ghost, signing Jordie Barrett and their social media entering their villain era. We discuss the issues with the South African teams in Europe and the flight issues that hounded the Bulls. We also celebrate the Sharks ma...
Kooks and Sharks are at it again as they focus on the South African sides in the Champions and Challenge Cup.
They look at sides which simply can not lose, Sharky makes a bold prediction and Kooks' hot take will make the South African's happy.
#ChampioncCup #ChallengeCup #RugbyUnion #Stormers #Bulls #Sharks #Cheetahs #Lions #Springboks #JasperWiese #HandrePollard #FinnRussell
Kooks and Shaun go through the Chasing the Sun 2 episode rollercoaster as the Springboks prepare for and play Ireland in #RWC2023
Kooks and Shaun talk about the opening episode of Chasing The Sun 2 as all South Africans relive the amazing RWC2023 win with incredible insights from the Springbok camp
Shaun and Thala review round 12 of the URC which saw all 4 South African teams win their matches.
We first look at the Stormers victory over Edinburgh and Shaun (who watched live) raved about how good Damian Willemse looks live and the encouraging signs from Wandi Simelane’s performance.
For the Sharks game, Thala discusses whether the Sharks have finally found the right formula of Boks and youngsters in their team, how impressive ...
Thala and Kooks look back at the 6 Nations, the winners and losers from the tournament
Shaun and Kooks are joined by a surprise guest as we discuss the 6 Nations and Super Rugby shock results.
This weeks first phase we discuss what song our favorite players would run out too.
In the Six Nations we discuss if England have recipe to beat Ireland, Gregor Townsend is on the chopping block and how incredible the Italian midfield was.
Kooks, Shaun and Thala are joined by SA rugby Twitter bad boy AP Cronje to review the South African derbies in week 11 of the URC.
We first react to the Bulls breaking their seven match losing streak against the Stormers with a convincing win at Loftus. AP breaks down how the Bulls have improved this season, we discuss why Johan Goosen should always wear his Grey College socks and whether the Stormers should start to worry now that...
Kooks and Shaun go through the weekends rugby and start the pod with picking 15's players suitable for the 7's game, Ireland and the war machine, Duhan suitable for the Boks and mixed feelings about Italy's final penalty
We welcome back Jared Wright as he returns at the perfect time as we discuss the Springboks and all the rugby going on.
Shaun and Thala review week 2 of the Six Nations.
We start at the controversial no try call at the end of Scotland v France and debate whether the officials got it right. We also discuss why all the Scotland losses against the better teams all feel the same and whether France played a lot better than most give them credit.
Moving onto England v Wales, we look at the positives for the young Wales team for as they fought to a narrow ...
Francisco Isaac joins us again as Thala and Shaun pick his brain about the 2024 REC after two rounds, red cards and all the South Africans involved
Kooks, Shaun and Thala review the first round of the Six Nations which saw 3 away wins.
We start by discussing the player, try and moment of the round with love being shown for Joe McCarthy’s performance and the Duhan van der Merwe try among others.
We begin by reviewing Ireland’s dominant victory over France. We look at how Ireland shut the French out, the big performance of Jack Crowley, the failures in France’s rucking and kicki...
We certainly run out of time but Francisco takes us through a bit of the weekends action, talk about the tournament format and the disruption in teams due to coaching changes along with everyone waiting on World Rugby to confirm RWC2027 qualification. Francisco talks warmly about the retiring Rayner Parkinson from Germany and a look at his career #SaffasAbroad
Kooks, Shaun and Thala come together for a comprehensive preview of the 2024 Six Nations which starts this weekend.
We look through each team and the changes made to the squads since the 2023 Rugby World Cup, we discuss the players we are looking forward to seeing and what a pass mark will be for each team.
Which team do we think will win the Grand Slam and which surprising team do we think Wales will get the wooden spoon from Ita...
Thala and Shaun review the weekends Champions Cup action. They talk about the Sharks...AGAIN and have a look at the Round of 16 fixtures.
We pick our winners to go through to the Quarter Finals try and unpack what is going on with the Sharks, Owen Farrell and how the Bulls and Stormers nearly slipped up.
Enjoy
Kooks and Shaun get 2024 underway as they take a look at the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup action from the weekend. We talk Finn, Antoine, Damian, Hacjivah and much more.
We then dive into what 2024 will bring and a look at contenders for the Springbok jersey as well as what this year will bring for France, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, England and more.
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