Thanks for the vlog gentlemen. Always entertaining. Was interesting hearing from Sione re the Joseph hit. He’s an exciting prospect and the hype is good for the game! Really hope he gets a start against Ireland.
We had Thanksgiving last week. I had Thursday and Friday off. I watched Bristol live vs Quins. I picked Bristol. You boys looked good!!!! Guinness 0.0 is a life changer. I quit booze. It’s poison for me. I love the non-alcoholic black stuff. Life changer. 🇺🇸🏴🏴🏉
He put in one of the best back performances this year and consistently mauled Ikitau, Kellaway, Suaalii and Lolesio Suaalii's tried to put a big hit on him when he wasn't in the best body positioning and still came off second best to Sione in the contact and failed to stop him too.
Will Skelton has a cheek haha, born in effin New Zealand of Samoan descent!! International identity is multifaceted and international rugby rightly reflects that
Couldn't agree more... and I'm also English. He's transformed SA rugby almost singlehandedly. Just look at the talent he's found and developed. Unbelievable.
We’re English, Scottish and Welsh/French/Malaysian/Chinese (Marc is weird) and we couldn’t agree more!!! Absolutely bizarre, get the conspiracy theories out!
Need to see DuPont play outside of Europe to be in contention for 15's world player of the year. Only a total of 25 minutes of international rugby outside of Europe doesn't cut it
Didn’t cover try of the year in the awards! I don’t get how France got it for a pretty regulation length of the pitch try. Many more fantastic efforts, even in the past week with Madagascar vs Morocco (check it out, seriously!)
I really hope that he and his nanna do this , one because they will have so many memories together , but also to show rugby is big and small , old and young ,players and fans, I hope they show the world the love of the game we all call rugby @@MaulorNothing
Just confused why Ryan thinks PSDT only plays 40 mins?!?!?! The man is a work horse he never stops! He literally never gets subbed unless its for injury or to give the opposition a break. Maybe re-watch the #TRC2024... Also #justiceforOX #RassieforCOTY Sione was a cool guest. Love the show lads!🇿🇦
Still in shock about the world coach of the yr. Seriously it should have been Rassie not a 7's coach who everyone have to google to know who he is. Seriously
@MaulorNothing hot topping on the lips all over the world. Every single pundent podcastor and sport programs are talking about it. To the point where everyone par from the French have to Google that coach to see who he is
Disagree. Rassie has the best team in the world and did what was expected. He also lost to a few teams this year including Argentina. That French coach got the equivalent of Wales in 15s to win a WC. The French 7s prior to this year were nowhere near it.
Gday lads ! Luv ya work! Tony Brown to Springbok …. tripled their forwards skill set. How’s Welsh U 20’s program? LRZ, Manny Faboso, Joe Heyes,Cam Hanacomb ? Would help a lot I reckon, retirements etc$$$ Joseph was a full on rugby schoolboy, prior to nrl grabbing him! Tom Wright also played ! Every NRL clubs have a heap of crosscode players! AFL too! Rugby schoolboys from all over Pacific ,lost to league! Nathan Cleary a Wallaby by late 2025 , add Kalyn Ponga, etc I wish, !
Assume you mean when it’s just the 3 of them then that’s Max. Bristol Bears prop, lyrical genius and laboratory made abs 👍 (if it’s during the chat with Sione then that’s Marc. But you obviously don’t mean him 😂)
How much emphasis do we place on the coach e.g. gatland, when the players are on the pitch, they are professional and do this day in day out and you would like to think that being professional players they can see oppotunities, play for their families and country and when they lose, its the coach that always gets it in the neck. Thoughts?
Yes the coach creates that culture but when your supposedly the best in your country, and completely live rugby, breathe rugby, train rugby, surely thw players need to take some of the heat themselves and take some of the responsibilites themselves.
The japanese players under Eddie in 2015 said that - if he had stayed on in the role, they would have quit. They were very angry at the way they had been treated. Eddie probably got alot further with his Draconian approach owing to the cultural factor of respect for authority and his understanding of that culture than he would have in other Unions, but it seems that he reached his sell by date.
PSdT plays just about 80 minutes every game. Not sure what you are on about 40 minutes. Maybe for Ox but he usually puts in about 60 minutes. Also, how many MotM awards did Ox accumulate this year?
@MaulorNothing yes. Eben would've deserved it too, but comparing the matches played and what they've done, PSdT edges it. Eben has been fantastic as always. It is surprising he isn't in the running every year.
Gatland/Wales - Jones/Japan - they are ex’s for a reason (applies in relationships and rugby 😂) Sione, his Gran and 🏴win - discussions to make an old birds day! (the only way to better the pod - get JF Dempsey on🤭)
Sione - we're sorry RA has been shitty with talent realisation and let you go. Look at your career deliver in the right environment. Good luck with Scotland - they are a serious world threat no doubt. Seen it many times as a Wallaby fan.
World Rugby Awards have become a real embarrassment. Dupont is an average 7s player at best. A lot of players from the other teams were far better than him, even his own team mates are better. I don't know if it's because he's such a great 15s player that he seems to look just okay at 7s. I watched all of the sevens series this year and the Olympics and I'm sure that if different players stats were compared to his that they would wipe the floor with him. He didn't even play enough 7s games during the year and shouldn't have been considered for world player. It is like saying that PSDT only needed to play in the rugby championship and then he would win World Player of the year. What a slap in the face to all of the really great 7s players who played this entire year. A friend of mine said at the start of the year that Dupont would probably win best 7s player this year regardless of if he deserved it because people seem to wear rose coloured glasses whenever he is discussed and they have just been proven correct. The award is for the best player of the year meaning it counts all games and tournaments played in the year not just a handful unless of course your last name is Dupont. I don't really have much of an issue with the other winners, maybe some of the players in the world team (too many kiwis) coach of the year should have gone to Rassie or Cory Sweeney the Black Ferns 7s coach as he won the most 7s tournaments out of any country throughout the year and has won back to back gold medals at the Olympics (2021, 2024). The French 7s coach only won 2 tournaments in the series and the Olympics but I'm still confused why there isn't a 15s and 7s coach award. FYI Rassie and Steve Hansen were both in the same boat the year they won the RWC (2023, 2015), they both also lost coach of the year which is absolutely mindboggling.
Antoine Dupont absolutely deserves 7s Player of the Year, and anyone who says otherwise is a muppet. He came into a French team that wasn't particularly special, whilst Argentina were the dominant force on the circuit. And suddenly France won the Sevens World Series and Olympic Gold all in the space of a few weeks. Antoine Dupont was obviously a huge part of that, and it's not just his on-field performances. Winning Olympic Gold for France in Paris brought so many eyes onto rugby 7s, and Antoine Dupont was elevated to even higher stardom in France
@ I was referencing a few people on Twitter who clearly just hate Dupont because he’s good. Although my two cents is that I don’t think Dupont should have been nominated for 15s player of the year. He only played 3 test matches and he looked a little rusty in both the New Zealand & Argentina games
You must be someone who doesn't follow sevens yearly or only watches it occasionally. France were a good team before Dupont and already had some great players. The sevens series format has changed now because the final winner is not necessarily the best team throughout the year and it's not based on who won the most tournaments. If it still was based on that then Argentina would have won it. Now, If you only win the final tournament then you can win the sevens series. France only won 2 tournaments this year and were ranked 5th but they won the Madrid tournament and that's why they were crowned champions. Argentina's form seem to drop when their best player who was by and far the best sevens player on the circuit at the time got injured. He was so far ahead of any of the sevens players this year and he probably would have won 7s player of the year had he not got injured and it would have been very well deserved. Giving it to a player who played limited minutes is a big cross next to Dupont's name for me. I'm not saying that he isn't a talented player but I think he is a far superior 15s player compared to 7s.
Which is quite an achievement given the current state of rugby lids, and sadly as an Englishman the only world cup any of our players would pick up at the moment. 😆
First time I actually thought Ryan is a turd. Thinking PSDT only plays 40 minutes a game is laughable. Dude never leaves a game unless he is losing a limb.
Also Sione is the man! Very proud to have him represent us
Isn’t he just!! What a boy!
He seems like such a good dude, and what a player. He has to be starting in Aus next year.
That's our captain!....Toonie can piss about with as many VCs as he wants but that's our captain.
Do you feel the same way about all our SA boys playing for Scotland? 😂😂😂😂😂
@@annettekolb3103only 2 actually play because of residency my bro. The other 2 have Scottish blood. Meaning they are Scottish
Thanks for the vlog gentlemen. Always entertaining. Was interesting hearing from Sione re the Joseph hit. He’s an exciting prospect and the hype is good for the game! Really hope he gets a start against Ireland.
Hey Brent, we definitely do too! Good for the Wallabies and good for the game!
what a great guest the wee man Sione is 😅
Absolutely
Great pod lads, great scoup on the guests last few weeks!
Thank you, although it’s thanks to Ryan and we never want to thank him
Great episode ,brilliant guest
Great comment, brilliant human 😁
Top stuff fellas. good luck Max in your next run of games.
Thank you thank you!
Looking forward to this weeks show👍
Yeaahhhhhhhh boi
PSDT played the 2nd highest number of minutes for the Boks this year, so not sure where you getting your stats from..
Stats? That’s a great idea we should get some of those 😂 also Ryan is a plonker
I see you’re new to MoN. Wild stats, bold claims & not actually knowing are the foundation of this pod and that’s what makes it so good
@@GSBWorkingDogs-Rugby and we wouldn't want it any other way, let Rayane Wilisone do his thing
We had Thanksgiving last week. I had Thursday and Friday off. I watched Bristol live vs Quins. I picked Bristol. You boys looked good!!!! Guinness 0.0 is a life changer. I quit booze. It’s poison for me. I love the non-alcoholic black stuff. Life changer. 🇺🇸🏴🏴🏉
Glad you enjoyed the game and glad you’ve found what works for you! Thanks for commenting!
He put in one of the best back performances this year and consistently mauled Ikitau, Kellaway, Suaalii and Lolesio
Suaalii's tried to put a big hit on him when he wasn't in the best body positioning and still came off second best to Sione in the contact and failed to stop him too.
U know ur rugby
Love this pod😂😂
And we love you for loving the pod!
Great episode and Sione was superb. Always first rugby pod I listen to.
And we very much appreciate that!
Now that Mark is in another time zone, his lighting situation makes him look like he's a hostage
😂😂😂 Apparently his hostage set up includes ocean view and en-suite 😜
A day in the life with Max, workouts, nutrition, etc is the content the people want.
And the content they need
Max, as a saffa i hope Bristol win this weekend got some milk and bread money on your team this weekend
Good lad!
Isn’t he just!
Will Skelton has a cheek haha, born in effin New Zealand of Samoan descent!! International identity is multifaceted and international rugby rightly reflects that
Tbf we’ve had Skelts on and he’s absolute bants so fair play with the trash talk 😂
Doing my bit for the algorithm.👍
Love your bit 👍
Best interview!! 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks!!
Rassie should be coach of the year, mental that he didn't get it. I'm English before anyone gets on my back
Couldn't agree more... and I'm also English. He's transformed SA rugby almost singlehandedly. Just look at the talent he's found and developed. Unbelievable.
We’re English, Scottish and Welsh/French/Malaysian/Chinese (Marc is weird) and we couldn’t agree more!!! Absolutely bizarre, get the conspiracy theories out!
Need to see DuPont play outside of Europe to be in contention for 15's world player of the year. Only a total of 25 minutes of international rugby outside of Europe doesn't cut it
If the argument is that props don’t play full 80. How do props win man of the match awards???
We wouldn’t know Max has never won one 😂
18:10 surely englands best back row would be CS at 6 Earl at 7 and Mercer at 8 or am I missing something?
I mean… he should absolutely be in the conversation no?!?
@ he really should, definitely englands best 8 at the moment ripping it up in the prem
Didn’t cover try of the year in the awards! I don’t get how France got it for a pretty regulation length of the pitch try. Many more fantastic efforts, even in the past week with Madagascar vs Morocco (check it out, seriously!)
Fu***** hell. How good a try was that!?!? Also in our humble opinion every try should have a full blown clearance kick + nonchalant cross field kick 👍
Is it just me or can anyone understand why Gab ibitoye is obviously not on Borthwicks radar?
We’re wondering the exact same thing. The most in form winger in the prem
@9:20 actually no PSDT plays 80 min almost every game he plays🤣 cmon Ryan do you even watch the Bok games?
Ryan is beholden to the Algorithm now
PSDT never gets subbed.
Same as Richie mccaw
Sometimes he does, but only to give the opposition some rest.
😂😂😂😂😂
Yes sign me up to nans club , all us ol birds. In the stands , you can call it "ruck with nan and grans" ❤ to nan bless her
Love the name!
I really hope that he and his nanna do this , one because they will have so many memories together , but also to show rugby is big and small , old and young ,players and fans, I hope they show the world the love of the game we all call rugby @@MaulorNothing
Please do more content and videos exploring rugby
👍👍👍👍 anything in particular you’d like us to explore? Always keen to hear ideas!
Defs “poes kak” Ryan !!! 😂😂😂😂 but he did win the GOAT award.
😂
Just confused why Ryan thinks PSDT only plays 40 mins?!?!?!
The man is a work horse he never stops!
He literally never gets subbed unless its for injury or to give the opposition a break.
Maybe re-watch the #TRC2024...
Also #justiceforOX
#RassieforCOTY
Sione was a cool guest.
Love the show lads!🇿🇦
Thanks! Also Ryan’s mouth writes cheques his body can’t cash
@@MaulorNothing😂😂❤
Rumours Scotland going to Fiji next summer...get on the plane boys
Ryan the Kit Man sees you
that'd be an amaaazing trip!
Still in shock about the world coach of the yr. Seriously it should have been Rassie not a 7's coach who everyone have to google to know who he is. Seriously
Bit bizarre wasn’t it. Conspiracy theories abound
@MaulorNothing hot topping on the lips all over the world. Every single pundent podcastor and sport programs are talking about it. To the point where everyone par from the French have to Google that coach to see who he is
Disagree. Rassie has the best team in the world and did what was expected. He also lost to a few teams this year including Argentina. That French coach got the equivalent of Wales in 15s to win a WC. The French 7s prior to this year were nowhere near it.
For the Algorithm "Wind to your sails " Taciqu.
THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUU!!!
Gday lads ! Luv ya work!
Tony Brown to Springbok ….
tripled their forwards skill set.
How’s Welsh U 20’s program?
LRZ, Manny Faboso, Joe Heyes,Cam Hanacomb ?
Would help a lot I reckon, retirements etc$$$
Joseph was a full on rugby schoolboy, prior to nrl
grabbing him! Tom Wright also played !
Every NRL clubs have a heap of crosscode players!
AFL too! Rugby schoolboys from all over Pacific ,lost to league!
Nathan Cleary a Wallaby by late 2025 , add Kalyn Ponga, etc
I wish, !
Sorry. New here. Who is the guy in the top right screen? He’s cracking me up 😂
Assume you mean when it’s just the 3 of them then that’s Max. Bristol Bears prop, lyrical genius and laboratory made abs 👍 (if it’s during the chat with Sione then that’s Marc. But you obviously don’t mean him 😂)
How much emphasis do we place on the coach e.g. gatland, when the players are on the pitch, they are professional and do this day in day out and you would like to think that being professional players they can see oppotunities, play for their families and country and when they lose, its the coach that always gets it in the neck. Thoughts?
Yes the coach creates that culture but when your supposedly the best in your country, and completely live rugby, breathe rugby, train rugby, surely thw players need to take some of the heat themselves and take some of the responsibilites themselves.
Players take the wins and coaches the losses perhaps. Also the boys said this a bit, it goes a lot deeper than just the coach.
The way Max talks about Bok scrum, I would love to see him scrum against the boks. His face would be that of a pig in shit!!😂
It’s the Lahiff wet dream personified
Becarefull - 6 Nations Trophy is Mr. Finns and his tjommies in the nice blue colours!!
The japanese players under Eddie in 2015 said that - if he had stayed on in the role, they would have quit. They were very angry at the way they had been treated. Eddie probably got alot further with his Draconian approach owing to the cultural factor of respect for authority and his understanding of that culture than he would have in other Unions, but it seems that he reached his sell by date.
And yet what do they say about getting back with your exes….
lions captain material
Ooooooooh yes!
#JusticeForOx
Time for a recount
World Player of the Year is for International 15s rugby only. Club and 7s doesn't count. Dupont played 2 games in 2024.
Can you come and do Marc’s job please
PSdT plays just about 80 minutes every game.
Not sure what you are on about 40 minutes. Maybe for Ox but he usually puts in about 60 minutes.
Also, how many MotM awards did Ox accumulate this year?
The real question is did PSdT deserve it more than Eben?
@MaulorNothing yes. Eben would've deserved it too, but comparing the matches played and what they've done, PSdT edges it. Eben has been fantastic as always. It is surprising he isn't in the running every year.
PSDT plays similar position to Eben and makes double the tackles, more turnovers, metres etc etc
@@TheMintedAero1993 back in our box we go 😆
@@coatknight fair play!
Gatland/Wales - Jones/Japan - they are ex’s for a reason (applies in relationships and rugby 😂) Sione, his Gran and 🏴win - discussions to make an old birds day! (the only way to better the pod - get JF Dempsey on🤭)
We’ll get him on!
PSDT playing an easy 40? Check your facts. This year the only player who did more minutes than PSDT, Cheslin & Eben was Jesse Kriel.
Unfortunately Ryan worships at the altar of “don’t let facts get in the way of a good story” 😂
Stuff
C’mon the Algorithm
Ya beauty
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Sione - we're sorry RA has been shitty with talent realisation and let you go. Look at your career deliver in the right environment. Good luck with Scotland - they are a serious world threat no doubt. Seen it many times as a Wallaby fan.
Ryan is not complaining!
World Rugby Awards have become a real embarrassment. Dupont is an average 7s player at best. A lot of players from the other teams were far better than him, even his own team mates are better. I don't know if it's because he's such a great 15s player that he seems to look just okay at 7s. I watched all of the sevens series this year and the Olympics and I'm sure that if different players stats were compared to his that they would wipe the floor with him. He didn't even play enough 7s games during the year and shouldn't have been considered for world player. It is like saying that PSDT only needed to play in the rugby championship and then he would win World Player of the year. What a slap in the face to all of the really great 7s players who played this entire year. A friend of mine said at the start of the year that Dupont would probably win best 7s player this year regardless of if he deserved it because people seem to wear rose coloured glasses whenever he is discussed and they have just been proven correct. The award is for the best player of the year meaning it counts all games and tournaments played in the year not just a handful unless of course your last name is Dupont. I don't really have much of an issue with the other winners, maybe some of the players in the world team (too many kiwis) coach of the year should have gone to Rassie or Cory Sweeney the Black Ferns 7s coach as he won the most 7s tournaments out of any country throughout the year and has won back to back gold medals at the Olympics (2021, 2024). The French 7s coach only won 2 tournaments in the series and the Olympics but I'm still confused why there isn't a 15s and 7s coach award. FYI Rassie and Steve Hansen were both in the same boat the year they won the RWC (2023, 2015), they both also lost coach of the year which is absolutely mindboggling.
Antoine Dupont absolutely deserves 7s Player of the Year, and anyone who says otherwise is a muppet. He came into a French team that wasn't particularly special, whilst Argentina were the dominant force on the circuit. And suddenly France won the Sevens World Series and Olympic Gold all in the space of a few weeks. Antoine Dupont was obviously a huge part of that, and it's not just his on-field performances. Winning Olympic Gold for France in Paris brought so many eyes onto rugby 7s, and Antoine Dupont was elevated to even higher stardom in France
Everyone agrees with that, the boys were wondering whether he deserved to be on World Player of the Year shortlist as well!
@ I was referencing a few people on Twitter who clearly just hate Dupont because he’s good. Although my two cents is that I don’t think Dupont should have been nominated for 15s player of the year. He only played 3 test matches and he looked a little rusty in both the New Zealand & Argentina games
@@fin-ed6oj Fair play! Dupont haters are an odd bunch!
You must be someone who doesn't follow sevens yearly or only watches it occasionally. France were a good team before Dupont and already had some great players. The sevens series format has changed now because the final winner is not necessarily the best team throughout the year and it's not based on who won the most tournaments. If it still was based on that then Argentina would have won it. Now, If you only win the final tournament then you can win the sevens series. France only won 2 tournaments this year and were ranked 5th but they won the Madrid tournament and that's why they were crowned champions. Argentina's form seem to drop when their best player who was by and far the best sevens player on the circuit at the time got injured. He was so far ahead of any of the sevens players this year and he probably would have won 7s player of the year had he not got injured and it would have been very well deserved. Giving it to a player who played limited minutes is a big cross next to Dupont's name for me. I'm not saying that he isn't a talented player but I think he is a far superior 15s player compared to 7s.
Saffa here. Way to ooohhh kak😂😂😂.. who is this unknown coach that won????terrible injustice...hulle is p.....especially kak😂😂😂
INJUSTICE
Slightholme...the worst lid in rugby
Which is quite an achievement given the current state of rugby lids, and sadly as an Englishman the only world cup any of our players would pick up at the moment. 😆
Lid XV incoming
@@MaulorNothing Max needs to up his game to make the squad, he's been at his lid for a while now, he should be a blonde peacock.
First time I actually thought Ryan is a turd. Thinking PSDT only plays 40 minutes a game is laughable. Dude never leaves a game unless he is losing a limb.
As another commenter just said, the algorithm has him now. #prayforRyan
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Great comment
very enjoyable listen as always fellas. keep up the good work!
Absolute KAK Rassie was not World Coach of the year.
Really is
Well, Scotland played well this year (at home👀) . Bet they still won't win a 6 Nation for at least the next 20 years😂😂.
What should your forfeit be if they do? Milk Challenge?
@@MaulorNothing Cinnamon
@@iteamy oooooooh very good!