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- 🇺🇸US · Rugby#33100K to 300K
- 🇩🇪DE · Rugby#5730K to 100K
- 🇨🇦CA · Rugby#7030K to 100K
- 🇦🇺AU · Rugby#1245K to 30K
- 🇬🇧GB · Rugby#1455K to 30K
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Episode 187: Why Rassie Is Fast-Tracking a New Generation of Springboks | Jon Cardinelli
Jun 24, 2026
Unknown duration
Episode 186: URC Final LIVE Preview with Harry Jones | Lekker Rugby Pod
Jun 19, 2026
Unknown duration
Episode 185: Jacques Nienaber: A Deal with the Devil? Gráinne Seoige Explains
Jun 10, 2026
54m 13s
Episode 184: Damian Willemse’s "Why": From Somerset West to the World Stage | Lekker Rugby Pod
Jun 10, 2026
42m 13s
Episode 183: Is Jacques Nienaber The Sacrificial Lamb for Leinster’s Failures? Birthday Special Lekker Rugby Pod
Jun 3, 2026
1h 05m 09s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/24/26 |  Episode 187: Why Rassie Is Fast-Tracking a New Generation of Springboks | Jon Cardinelli | A year out from Australia 2027, Rassie Erasmus is fast-tracking players most coaches would wait on. Riley Norton at 21. Paul de Villiers stacking man-of-the-match awards at the Stormers. A bomb squad being rebuilt from scratch. The Nations Championship squad is not a holding pattern. It is a blueprint.Jon Cardinelli, one of SA rugby's sharpest analysts, joins Harry Jones on The Lekker Rugby Pod to decode what this next wave of Springboks tells us about 2027.In this episode:Why Riley Norton and Paul de Villiers are being fast-tracked ahead of the All Blacks seriesThe evolution of the bomb squad and why the second hooker might not be a hookerThe prop selections that break every convention about age and experienceElrigh Louw's omission and the silence Rassie left around itRecorded before Rassie's Nations Championship press conference. Some of what Jon and Harry decoded here, Rassie confirmed later. The Elrigh question, he didn't touch.If you enjoy the show, the best thing you can do is LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and hit the BELL so you never miss an episode.On this episode of The Lekker Rugby Pod, MW Welman and Harry Jones are joined by rugby journalist Jon Cardinelli. | — | ||||||
| 6/19/26 | Episode 186: URC Final LIVE Preview with Harry Jones | Lekker Rugby Pod | Can the Bulls pull off the upset of the year in Dublin on Friday?With the URC Final days away, MW Welman and Harry Jones go live to break down the Leinster and Bulls team announcements and make the case for why this final might not be the foregone conclusion many expect. The Bulls' front row is the story, and Leinster know it.In this episode:Why the Bulls' pack could be Leinster's worst nightmare in DublinAndrew Porter's withdrawal and what it signals ahead of the finalThe team announcements broken down and what they revealHarry Jones heads behind the scenes with the Bulls on match day Friday | — | ||||||
| 6/10/26 | Episode 185: Jacques Nienaber: A Deal with the Devil? Gráinne Seoige Explains✨ | Jacques Nienabercultural clash+5 | Gráinne Seoige | LeinsterSpringboks+1 | South AfricaIreland | rugby cultureJacques Nienaber+5 | — | 54m 13s | |
| 6/10/26 | Episode 184: Damian Willemse’s "Why": From Somerset West to the World Stage | Lekker Rugby Pod✨ | Damian Willemserugby performance+5 | Damian Willemse | StormersLeinster | Somerset WestDublin | rugbyDamian Willemse+8 | — | 42m 13s | |
| 6/3/26 | Episode 183: Is Jacques Nienaber The Sacrificial Lamb for Leinster’s Failures? Birthday Special Lekker Rugby Pod✨ | Jacques NienaberLeinster Duplicity+3 | — | LeinsterIrish media+1 | Dublin | Jacques NienaberLeo Cullen+5 | — | 1h 05m 09s | |
| 5/29/26 | Episode 182: Stormers' Norman Laker & Seabelo Senatla on Building the Best Defence in Europe | Lekker Rugby Pod✨ | defensive strategiesrugby tactics+3 | Seabelo SenatlaNorman Laker | StormersCardiff+1 | — | Stormers defencerugby+5 | — | 58m 00s | |
| 5/27/26 | Episode 181: The Only URC Playoffs Preview You Need | Harry Jones and Huw Griffin✨ | URC playoffsrugby analysis+4 | Harry JonesHuw Griffin | BullsMunster+6 | — | URCplayoffs+7 | — | 1h 11m 05s | |
| 5/25/26 | Episode 180: Is Leo Cullen Finally Running Out of Road at Leinster? | Pat McCarry✨ | Leinster RugbyChampions Cup+3 | Pat McCarry | LeinsterBordeaux+1 | Bilbao | Leo CullenLeinster+6 | — | 1h 03m 54s | |
| 5/24/26 | Episode 179: The Stormers' Three Kicking Rules (They Can't Say Out Loud) | Gareth Wright & Imad Khan✨ | kicking rulesrugby strategy+4 | Gareth WrightImad Khan | StormersDHL Stadium+1 | Bishops | kicking rulesrugby+7 | — | 34m 19s | |
| 5/20/26 | Episode 178: Strife Rumours at the Stormers, URC Playoffs and European Cup Finals Preview | Lekker Rugby Pod✨ | Stormers internal situationURC playoffs+4 | Harry Jones | StormersURC+9 | — | StormersURC playoffs+7 | — | 52m 29s | |
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| 5/18/26 | Episode 177: What Dave Rennie Told Martin Devlin About the All Blacks✨ | All BlacksDave Rennie+5 | Martin Devlin | NZRAll Blacks | AucklandSouth Africa | Dave RennieMartin Devlin+6 | — | 1h 03m 47s | |
| 5/14/26 | Episode 176: How Welsh Rugby Made the Stormers' Scrum So Dominant | Brok Harris & Sazi Sandi✨ | scrum philosophyWelsh rugby+4 | Brok HarrisSazi Sandi | DHL Stormers | WalesGrahamstown+2 | scrum penaltiesrugby coaching+5 | — | 50m 11s | |
| 5/13/26 | Episode 175: The URC Knockouts Are Almost Set. Some Teams Are Hot. Some Teams Are Not. | Lekker Rugby Pod | Harry Jones has one word for Leinster going into the URC knockouts: ominous. But is it by design, or did they just get hot at the right time?On this week's Lekker Rugby Pod, the Harry Index sizes up every team with a seat at the table. The Bulls are back from the dead and looking dangerous. The Stormers are quietly building toward something big. Glasgow are leaking. And Munster? There is a lot going on at Munster right now.MW and Harry also call the final-round fixtures, including one upset nobody else is picking. | — | ||||||
| 5/10/26 | Episode 174: The Coach Doesn't Always Know What the Stormers Will Do. That's the Point | Dawie Snyman & Ruhan Nel | The Stormers are second on the URC log, and yet their attack coach sometimes has no idea what's coming next. That is not a gap in the system. That is the system.Dawie Snyman has spent many years building the Stormers attack around one idea: give the right players the freedom to express themselves and trust what follows. On this episode, he and captain Ruhan Nel break open how that philosophy actually works: How the penalty decision gets made in real time on the field, why the new aerial contest rules have reshaped modern attack, what playing on a 4G surface does to a team that likes to use its feet, and what "peaking" looks like for a squad nobody can quite pin down. Real answers, Not press-conference ones.Ruhan Nel also unpacks his journey from trials rugby at Tuks to Stormers captain, and what sevens taught him about reading a 15-man game. | — | ||||||
| 5/6/26 | Episode 173: The French TMO Footage Drama: Our Take on Rugby's Online Debate✨ | TMO processrugby commentary+4 | — | BordeauxBath+3 | — | TMOrugby+7 | — | 51m 00s | |
| 5/6/26 | Special: Then Jake White Called: The Real Origin Story of Megafoon Rugby and Lekker Rugby Pod!✨ | origin storyrugby+3 | MW WelmanHarry Jones | Megafoon RugbyLekker Rugby Pod | South AfricaPretoria | rugbyMegafoon Rugby+6 | — | 1h 00m 36s | |
| 5/4/26 | Episode 172: Why Franco Smith Is the Coach Every Team Wants | Jamie Lyall✨ | coachingrugby culture+4 | Jamie Lyall | World RugbyRugbyPass | GlasgowFree State+2 | Franco SmithJamie Lyall+5 | — | 1h 02m 39s | |
| 5/3/26 | Episode 171: Carrying Grief, Chasing Glory: Rito Hlungwani and Ben-Jason Dixon on the Stormers | Lekker Rugby Pod✨ | griefleadership+4 | Rito HlungwaniBen-Jason Dixon | DHL StormersURC | — | rugbyDHL Stormers+6 | — | 57m 08s | |
| 5/1/26 | Episode 170: She Called Out Harry Jones. He Listened | Gráinne Seoige✨ | Ireland vs South Africarugby culture+4 | Gráinne Seoige | Connacht | IrelandSouth Africa+2 | Gráinne SeoigeIreland+8 | — | 54m 16s | |
| 4/29/26 | Episode 169: Which URC Teams Are Actually Built for the Playoffs? Harry Runs the Numbers✨ | URC playoffsrugby analysis+3 | — | URC | — | URCplayoffs+4 | — | 55m 16s | |
| 4/27/26 | Episode 168: Why SA Rugby and Scotland Are Made For Each Other | Jamie Lyle✨ | SA RugbyScottish Rugby+3 | Jamie Lyle | — | South AfricaScotland+1 | SA RugbyScottish Rugby+5 | — | 38m 07s | |
| 4/26/26 | Episode 167: Dobbo and Brannas get Real about the Stormers' Crucial Stretch | Lekker Rugby Pod✨ | StormersURC+4 | John DobsonDeon Fourie | StormersURC | — | StormersURC+6 | — | 35m 02s | |
| 4/22/26 | Episode 166: Has the URC Made the Irish Teams Our Biggest Rivals? | Pat McCarry✨ | URCIrish rugby+4 | Pat McCarry | URCLeinster+3 | South AfricaIreland | URCIrish teams+7 | — | 55m 50s | |
| 4/15/26 | Episode 165: Why Lions Fans Never Leave (Even When It Hurts)✨ | Lions fanssports loyalty+3 | Riaan Louw | The Lekker Rugby PodLions | — | Lionsrugby+5 | — | 40m 19s | |
| 4/14/26 | Episode 164: He Was the Stormers | Harry Jones on Chippie Solomon✨ | tributerugby+3 | — | StormersWestern Province rugby | — | Chippie SolomonStormers+3 | — | 7m 44s | |
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