Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · 8h

It's an off-week, so let's RECAP!

A #RugbyChampionship fave, with @haribaldijones.bsky.social at Ellis Park and @BMcSport.bsky.social screaming into a blanket as the Wallabies pulled off a win over the Springboks that WAS NOT supposed to happen!

buff.ly/wPSDmXB

Out on the pod platforms too!

1 1

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · 6d

And, we've hit a MASSIVE milestone!

Our sincere thanks to everyone.

1 1 1

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · 6d

Chunky wrap of #TheRugbyChampionship with Geoff Parkes joining @haribaldijones.bsky.social + @BMcSport.bsky.social is everywhere in the pod world, too!

buff.ly/YVAtT3o

1 1 1

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · 6d

Want a comprehensive of what maybe the last edition of #TheRugbyChampionship ever?

Go no further.

@haribaldijones.bsky.social set @BMcSport.bsky.social + Geoff Parkes some homework, and the results are one chunky chat!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-sg...

Was that the last ever TRC | the 8-9 Combo with Geoff Parkes

The Rugby Championship has been run and won for 2025, but the real question would seem to be has it been run and won forever? Rugby writer and author Geoff Parkes joined Brett McKay and Harry Jones…

www.youtube.com

1 1 2

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · 10d

The final Post-Mortem of #TheRugbyChampionship for 2025 is live everywhere on the pod platforms now, too

megaphone.link/COMG2962176382

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · 10d

A delayed, but more philosophical TRC Post-Mortem is live everywhere now.

@BMcSport + @HaribaldiJones dig into the Wallabies shooting themselves in the foot, and the All Blacks releasing the pressure valve.

Plus Los Pumas-Springboks too.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ0n...

Stupid mistakes kill Wallabies. Again | The Rugby Championship Post-Mortem

The All Blacks have swept the Bledisloe Cup series, and Brett McKay and Harry Jones pull it all apart in another TRC Post-Mortem for The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast. A relatively even first half contest…

www.youtube.com

1

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · 12d

Tap & Go in pod world, too!

@BMcSport.bsky.social @HaribaldiJones.bsky.social #TheRugbyChampionship

buff.ly/o8XzHdh

Megaphone Embeddable Player

buff.ly

1

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · 12d

New Tap & Go!

Three Questions, @BMcSport.bsky.social, @HaribaldiJones.bsky.social in another airport... GO!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv7p...

the 8/9 Tap & Go | Is this South Africa's Rugby Championship to lose?

It’s the final round of The 2025 Rugby Championship this weekend, with a couple of key southern hemisphere matches to be played in Perth and, er… London? Brett & Harry ask the key questions for TRC…

www.youtube.com

1 1 1

Reposted by The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast

Brett McKay @bmcsport.bsky.social · 14d

Available throughout the pod universe, too.

Click. Subscribe. Play. Smile.

open.spotify.com/episode/0Jec...

1

Reposted by The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast

Brett McKay @bmcsport.bsky.social · 14d

He's tucked up in bed now, but it was great to have Jamie Wall back on the @89combo.bsky.social this week, joining @haribaldijones.bsky.social & I for a deep dive into the Auckland #BledisloeCup fallout.

Perth still looks like a lottery this weekend!

youtu.be/qOu2TwGnHvk

It was all about the closure | the 8-9 Combo with Jamie Wall

YouTube video by The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast

youtu.be

1 1

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · 13d

Our great chat with Jamie Wall is all across the podcast landscape, too.

Good chat. Meaty.

buff.ly/4Bn6uOn

Ep.82 – It was all about the closure with Jamie Wall

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast · Episode

buff.ly

1

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · 13d

Great to have Jamie Wall back on the pod this week, joining @BMcSport.bsky.social + @HaribaldiJones.bsky.social for a deep dive into the Eden Park Bledisloe fallout, and look ahead to the coin toss of a contest in Perth this weekend

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOu2...

It was all about the closure | the 8-9 Combo with Jamie Wall

With the Bledisloe Cup decided for another year, but the return Test and The Rugby Championship still very much up in the air, Kiwi rugby journalist Jamie Wall joined Brett McKay and Harry Jones on…

www.youtube.com

1 1

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · 17d

#TheRugbyChampionship Post-Mortem live all across the pod platforms, too

buff.ly/8eq6h55

@BMcSport.bsky.social @HaribaldiJones.bsky.social #NZLvAUS

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast

Podcast · Brett McKay & Harry Jones · Harry Jones, the grizzly old no.8, and Brett McKay, the unremarkable schoolboy no.9, unite for the short-side set-piece combination you didn't realise you needed…

buff.ly

1

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · 17d

RECAP: #TheRugbyChampionship Post-Mortem after Bledisloe 1 in Auckland last night

@BMcSport.bsky.social + @HaribaldiJones.bsky.social get to the heart of #NZLvAUS on our YouTube channel:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTDG...

Just holding on isn’t enough | The Rugby Championship Post-Mortem

The All Blacks have retained the Bledisloe Cup for another year, and Brett McKay and Harry Jones feel like the nine-point margin was about right on another TRC Post-Mortem for The 8-9 Combo Rugby…

www.youtube.com

1 1 1

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · 18d

First #BledisloeCup Post-Mortem is live on the 8/9 YouTube channel now too.

@bmcsport.bsky.social @haribaldijones.bsky.social #TheRugbyChampionship

youtu.be/CTDG_KPDT1w

Just holding on isn’t enough | The Rugby Championship Post-Mortem

YouTube video by The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast

youtu.be

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · 18d

First #BledisloeCup Post-Mortem is live on the pods now!

@bmcsport.bsky.social + @haribaldijones.bsky.social get to the bottom of the 33-24 result in Auckland...

open.spotify.com/episode/2xUO...

(YouTube dropping shortly)

1

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · 19d

Our new Ep with Rhino Rugby CEO Reg Clark is out everywhere in pod world too!

buff.ly/2IF7S9y

1

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · 19d

New episode! Rhino Rugby CEO Reg Clark joined @BMcSport.bsky.social + @HaribaldiJones.bsky.social for look behind the curtain into how rugby equipment is developed:

Balls & training aids - tackle bags, crash pads, scrum machines! Hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfS1...

Evolution of the humble tackle bag | the 8-9 Combo with Reg Clark (Rhino Rugby)

Global CEO of Rhino Rugby equipment Reg Clark joined Brett McKay and Harry Jones on The 8/9 Combo Rugby Podcast to get into the weeds about a rarely-thought, but crucial part of the modern game: the…

buff.ly

1 3 2

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · 27d

Live everywhere in the podcast universe too.

Fallout. Favourites. Freedom. Get it all in your ears.

@BMcSport.bsky.social @HaribaldiJones.bsky.social #TheRugbyChampionship

buff.ly/a5sCq4J

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · 27d

New Tap & Go! @BMcSport.bsky.social + @HaribaldiJones.bsky.social contemplate the fallout from TRC Rd.4, which has left us with the tightest tournament in the history of rugby, ever.

youtu.be/Wsp6sz58e5I

the 8/9 Tap & Go | How deep doth the fallout run?

We keep saying The 2025 Rugby Championship is the tightest one yet, and so it remains after four rounds. Everyone has two wins and two losses. Everyone has won and lost at home, everyone has won and…

youtu.be

1

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · 28d

Live everywhere in the podcast universe too.

Fallout. Favourites. Freedom. Get it all in your ears.

@BMcSport.bsky.social @HaribaldiJones.bsky.social #TheRugbyChampionship

buff.ly/a5sCq4J

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · 28d

New Tap & Go! @BMcSport.bsky.social + @HaribaldiJones.bsky.social contemplate the fallout from TRC Rd.4, which has left us with the tightest tournament in the history of rugby, ever.

youtu.be/Wsp6sz58e5I

the 8/9 Tap & Go | How deep doth the fallout run?

We keep saying The 2025 Rugby Championship is the tightest one yet, and so it remains after four rounds. Everyone has two wins and two losses. Everyone has won and lost at home, everyone has won and…

youtu.be

1

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · Sep 13

Out on the all the pods too - even your platform of choice!

@BMcSport.bsky.social @HaribaldiJones.bsky.social try to make sense of it all in the latest TRC Post-Mortem

open.spotify.com/episode/06sq...

1

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · Sep 13

#TheRugbyChampionship Post-Mortem #4!

@BMcSport.bsky.social @HaribaldiJones.bsky.social a ripper in Sydney, a blowout in Wellington!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU1h...

Razor’s edge lost; Rassie rules | The Rugby Championship Post-Mortem

The Rugby Championship is officially nuts. After four rounds, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, amd Argentina all have four wins. Brett McKay and Harry Jones try to make sense of it all on…

www.youtube.com

1 1 1

The 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast @89combo.bsky.social · Sep 11

New episode with former Argentinean centre Marcelo Bosch is out on all the pod platforms too - have you liked and subscribed?

@bmcsport.bsky.social @haribaldijones.bsky.social #TheRugbyChampionship

buff.ly/4yDLaNK

1