ONE AGAINST THE HEAD

Wow, how luck we were to witness four amazing RWC 2023 quarter finals, a real mix of drama in the afternoon games and simply the best rugby ever in the evening games. France, Ireland take a bow, but you are going home, with your heads held high, as are Fiji and Wales. So just four games out of 48 remain, with Argentina v New Zealand (how great was that Irish win) on Friday evening and England (sti...

The 10th RWC is only a week away but don't panic as the OATH panel has analysed each of the four pools and predicted who will make the quarter finals, semi-finals and who will win the tournament. And no expense was spared in order to ensure the panel was refreshed and ready to get off that fence to tell you exactly how it will be over the next couple of months en France. Oh yes, thanks to Dominic...

Week 5 of Six Nations 2023 awaits - Super Saturday - and just an Irish Grand Slam on the line in Dublin for the first time ever!! The prodigy returns

 Al Buckle goes solo to share his reflections on Scotland's historic Calcutta Cup win on Saturday, the first (with crowds) since 1983, and Scotland's third win a row against England, which now sees them ranked at all time high of 5th in the world, ahead of England and Australia. HOWEVER, it will mean nothing for the players and the fans unless they can back it up with a home win against Wales...

Last week the Four Home Nations made history by all winning their games against Southern Hemisphere opposition on home soil on the same day - it has never been done before. Can history repeat itself or will the Kiwis, Aussies, Safas and Argies repeat the clean sweep of Week 1?  Distinguished panellists, "Swiss Tony" Harjette, Tim "Oracle" Bradley, James "To Be Sure" McKillop and Mark "Valleys...

Four weeks in and the tournament climaxes this weekend with Super Saturday. Our expert panel of "Don" Tony Harjette, James McKillop and Al Buckle review Round 4 games and look forward to final round of games of Six Nations 2022. Wales v Italy - with home nation so impressive at Principality, the only question is how much they will win by and Italy are not playing Scotland so will be average....

Three weeks in and panel of Mark Jones, James McKillop and Al Buckle review Round 3 games and look forward to penultimate weekend of Six Nations 2022. Wales v France - is this French side the real deal or will Wales impressive home form continue and upset the pommes cart? England v Ireland - Eddie has picked the lightest English backline ever so will the best Irish team for years be able to win th...

Two weeks down of 2022 Six Nations so panel analyse the two big games of the third weekend, especially Wales visit to Twickenham: England v Wales - can the return of Manu get England back on track for the Championship? Scotland v France - can the Scots shorn of 5 first pick forwards compete up front against the French and give Finn the front foot ball he needs to put pressure on the only unde...

Back again so soon after last week's predictions on how each team would fare in Week 1: Ireland v Wales - is there anything good for Welsh coaches to analyse about a dominant Irish performance? Scotland v England - how did Scots stay within a score of England and why did the momentum shift in last 20 mins to allow Scots to retain Calcutta Cup? France v Italy - how can Italy stay competitive for 80...

OMG, to say we are excited is lying, we are really looking forward to the return of the 6N, crowds and too much Guinness. A reduced but tight cast of 3 Celts and an Englishman debate starting line ups, result predictions and who will finish where after five games. Eddie picks on form, so the Scot is worried... Daly at centre so the Englishman is worried... Ireland can't even fi...

The party is over, the series is lost, the Safas are now Lions victors as well as world champs. WD to the Lions players for surviving a gruelling trip, playing no warm up games of any substance and only coming up 3 points short in a tough contest, and WD to the South African players for coping with COVID, getting over the line ahead and coping with Rassie Erasmus. Solo Al pod with 10 minutes of 3r...

Two Englishmen, one Irishman and a 9/16 Scot chew the fat over a convincing Safa victory in 2nd Test and assess whether Gatland's 6 x changes to the 23 man squad will bring it home this weekend. Result prediction split between panel with 2 for Lions and 2 for South Africa - it will be tight but if Lions pack can get parity, Finnsanity to win it with converted try in last 10 minutes. Come on Lions!...

Marks Brothers and almost all the Band back together apart from Tim for an epic 1st Lions Test "WIN" review and 2nd Test review. Five ex players, refs, coaches and supporters chewing the fat over a small half - lots to discuss from #Rassiegate, Nic Berry (the ref), starting team changes and who will win Saturday. It's coming home...Lions by 4 Chris "Journeyman" Harris becomes a Test Lion

Broacasting live and raw from the Duke, Queens Road pub in Marlow, not Capetown, South Africa. New cast members debate the most creative Lions starting team in recent memory, including Don Tony Harjette, Peter "Safa" Sandstrom and James "who is Ali Price" McKillop plus a cameo from Steve "Landlord" Blake. Most excited the panel have been since Japan 2019 - bring it on - Lions to win by 10. Kings L...

Every other serious rugby podcast has marked its own Lions squad submission post the announcement yesterday and we are no different - well in fact we are in that we clearly know what we are talking about with 30+ out of 36/37 players, so you need not go anywhere else. Bring on July! Stephen Jones favourite player gets the nod

OATH team dissect the 36 man squad options available to Warren Gatland and his management team ahead of the big announcement on 6th May, including an update on SA player availability and review of European  Champions  Cup and Challenge Cup semi finals. Reduced OATH cast of Ali "Finn at 10" Buckle, Mark "still smiling" Jones and James "Oh Ulster" McKillop. Too many back row, not enough ce...

A review of the final Round 5 games including the France v Wales nail bitter and Ireland v England, plus chat on "should Eddie stay or should he go", France v Scotland final game preview and Lions tour latest.  Most of normal OATH crowd featuring Mark "Triple Crown" Jones, James "we are getting better"" McKillop, Mark "Triple Spoon" Evans,  Ali "Scots could beat France in Paris" Buckle a...

No intellectual analysis or debate this week, just Al Buckle on a rant regards incompetence of Six Nations Organising Committee, English Prem and French Top 14 clubs, World Rugby, RWC 2023 ticketing, French Government, etc We will be back next week to review Round 5 games and 6N table implications. Where is your mask?

A preview of Round 4 games - (undefeated) Wales v Italy, England v (undefeated) France plus Scotland v Ireland. Plus we share OATH listener score predictions, debate Sarries loss v Pirates, review Lions Tour latest, European Champions Cup last 16 draw and Tim gives us a review of Southern Hemisphere  club games from last weekend. Most of normal OATH usual suspects featuring Mark "Triple Crown...

A review of Round 3 game England v Wales including those two French ref decisions, what Wales did well and where England go from here. Plus we air 15 OATH listener comments on match and an update on France v Scotland debacle. Reduced OATH line up featuring Mark "Triple Crown" Jones, James "One Out Of Three Ain't Bad"" McKillop and Ali "Give us the points Frenchies" Buckle. Pardon lads, revenge for...

A quick review of Round 2 games and Zandergate, followed a detailed preview of Round 3 fixtures this weekend, including the French farce of a postponement of Scotland  game, England v Wales &  Ireland v Italy  team news and score predictions, plus analysis of 5 x red cards in Prem this weekend, Joe Simmonds conversion routine and did Johnny May jump or dive? Full OATH line up, e...