Thomas “The Tank” Du Toit

About this episode

Thomas du Toit discusses his journey from farm life to professional rugby, including insights on Springbok test weeks and the upcoming match against England.

The Springbok tighthead, the broken grip strength machine, and a bag of homemade biltong. This one had it all. Thomas du Toit sits down with the boys to talk farm life, front row dark arts, Springbok test weeks, and what England can really expect when they rock up at Ellis Park in July. Simply one of the best guests we've ever had. 00:00 🛞 Season 6 is sponsored by Continental Tyres 01:22 💪 Grip Strength Chaos 03:58 🥩 Biltong And Boerewors 12:49 🚜 Farm Kid To Pro Pathway 15:05 🏉 Schoolboy Rugby Rivalries 23:15 🔧 Machinery and Fixing Stuff 30:00 ↔️ Switching to Tighthead 32:04 📚 Loosehead vs Tighthead Explained 34:44 🎭 Scrum Dark Arts Revealed 39:35 🦸 Scrum Combos and The Avengers Pack 50:20 🇿🇦 Springbok Selection Ups and Downs 54:46 ⛰️ England Test - Ellis Park Altitude 01:00:29 👀 England Front Row Talent Watch 01:05:55 🛁 Bath Depth and Will Stuart Praise 01:07:03 🏆 Try Scoring 01:09:15 🎯 Premiership Goal and World Cup Ambitions 01:13:30 🤝 Most Respected Opponent 🔐 EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/goodbadrugby Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee 📗The Good, The Bad & The Rugby: Unloaded are available…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alex Payne, James Haskell, Mike Tindall

Guest: Thomas du Toit

Topics covered

• rugby
• Springbok
• farm life
• grip strength
• tighthead
• England test
• scrum

Keywords

• Thomas du Toit
• Springbok
• rugby
• grip strength
• Ellis Park
• tighthead
• biltong
• farm life
• scrum
• England

Sponsors

Continental Tyres

Mentioned in this episode

Places: England, Ellis Park, Bath

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