Brett McKay & great co-hosts

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The long-ish tradition of Great Rugby Chats continues on 8/9 Rugby with an incredible array of guests, and available on YouTube and wherever you pod every week. Tune in every week as Brett McKay is joined by a revolving list of well-known guest co-hosts from all corners of the rugby world, combining to blend the perfect combination of passion, humour, nonsense, and genuine insight. And now in written form on Substack, too! Get great insights from a host of names you know and rugby opinions you respect every week.

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Brett McKay & great co-hosts

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Ep.3 – Unbelievably Honest Review with Charlie Morgan 26.02.2024 1:15:16

Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones welcome Senior Rugby Writer for The Telegraph, Charlie Morgan to The 8-9 Combo, as the 2024 Six Nations looks more and more Ireland’s with every round. Charlie’s written analysis is some of the very best in the game, and in this episode he takes the boys on a proper deep dive into what he saw in Scotland’s wonder win over England at Murrayfield to secur...

Ep.2 – Salad, BBQs and eating Guinness with Simon Raiwalui 20.02.2024 1:05:14

Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones welcome to The 8-9 Combo one of their very favourite guests of the past in former Flying Fijians coach Simon Raiwalui. Now World Rugby’s High Performance Pathways and Player Development Manager, Simon opens up to Brett and Harry about the state of the game in the north and south and particularly why South America is ready to explode, his view of RWC 202...

Ep.1 – Cattle Across London Bridge with Sir Bill Beaumont 13.02.2024 1:03:32

Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones launch the first official episode of The 8-9 Combo with literally the biggest name in international rugby: World Rugby Chair Sir Bill Beaumont. In their maiden episode, Brett and Harry enjoy an engaging discussion with Sir Bill around the legacy of Rugby World Cup 2023 in France, the state of the game internationally, where it is heading and what can st...

Teaser – What have we missed since the World Cup? 08.02.2024 15:36

Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones are catching up on everything that’s happened in the rugby world since the Rugby World Cup Final more than three months ago. In this final teaser episode, Harry and Brett go through a lot of things – but not everything – that’s happened since they last spoke on a podcast platform, as well as taking note of the first week of the 6 Nations, the first seed...

Teaser – Aren’t you those guys from…? 05.02.2024 11:47

Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones are branching out on their own after two wonderful years at the helm of The Roar Rugby Podcast. In this teaser episode, Harry (the grizzly old no.8) and Brett (the unremarkable schoolboy no.9) go into a little detail around the decision to go independent, on why the concept of ‘the 8-9 Combo’ fits what they do perfectly, and what rugby fans can expect w...