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Rugby Pass Podcast: A Sense Of Occasion

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This week on the Rugby Pass podcast Scotty reunites with pod legend Mark Stafford. The theme of the episode is ‘A Sense of Occasion’ and topics include the diabolical Rubik’s Cube that is the 2017 Super Rugby draw, the necessity of an All Blacks vs England game this year, the Brangelina split and Mark’s childhood get-rich-quick scheme.

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cw 10 minutes ago
Top five individual performances for the All Blacks in 2025

I am starting to appreciate the crucial importance of the Loosehead and de Groot was massive this year. I can think of only one scrum where he was penalised and that was disputable. The mark of how good he is, is how bad the forwards look when he is off the field.

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JW 19 minutes ago
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Incorrect. TB was waiting for a call and Joe simply wasn’t going to coach till the next WC, he could have done a 2 year gig but his omission was out of respect for Fosters take at the time that the whole thing was upsetting the players.

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JW 22 minutes ago
Everyone knows Robertson is not supposed to be doing the coaching

*Head Coach.

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JW 24 minutes ago
Everyone knows Robertson is not supposed to be doing the coaching

We?

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Blackmania 1 hour ago
Everyone knows Robertson is not supposed to be doing the coaching

Robertson n'apporte clairement rien sur le terrain. Mais est-ce le rôle d'un entraîneur-chef ? Juste superviser et ne plus être sur le terrain ? Je ne pense pas. Je ne crois pas non plus que Galthié, Borthwick ou Erasmus restent en dehors du terrain.

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Gameon 1 hour ago
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England 3rd number of players in the top

50 here behind S.A. and NZ. Where are England in the world rankings ? Sometimes we see what we want to see



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ck 1 hour ago
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ck 1 hour ago
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NB 2 hours ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

Well they tried the first B/R option v Toulon and it didn’t look so hot!

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NB 2 hours ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

He had an opportunity to work at Newcastle but not sure they had the squad budget to match their ambition!

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NB 2 hours ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

Sometimes the allure of the ‘mercurial’ is such that 10’s are not taught to make the right decisions consistently… It’s all very well ‘playing what’s in front of you’ but you still need a background of knowing how to run the right lines, passing across your body while running straight or slightly unders, and Marcus has never done that.

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fl 2 hours ago
Henry Pollock's Northampton Saints put Bulls to the sword

Yes, this is why they need to stop saying that they beat the Bulls

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NB 2 hours ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

Natural progression of pro rugby Toko. With the academies grooved in the physical developments occur far earlier, and some of the mental ones too!

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NB 2 hours ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

He’s the guy who has transferred from Tonga to the ABs right?

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NB 2 hours ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?



Northampton v Bulls just now will be interesting

Not for very long Toko!



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NB 2 hours ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

I don’t see France being ably to play through Eng at will P. The ABs picked a big back row against Eng and never looked like they could do it.

Eng’s biggets concern right now is finding the right bloke to repalce Will Stuart!



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NB 2 hours ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?



The blocking law change has created a bit of a renaissance for Steward though.

Not so much on D tho. Time was if you kicked to Freddie with a protective shield around him it was 100% a clean catch. But even he is suffering in a one on one contest v the chaser now. The chaser can always do enough to prevent a clean receipt now.



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NB 2 hours ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

Yes Jack Willis is one player who could even improve the current Eng back row. He’s tall at 6’3 so can win lineout and he has enough 8 about him to do some heavy carry work. That is one aspect of his game which has improved hugely at Toulouse.

I’d still have Sam Underhill at 7 though.😉



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NB 2 hours ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

Only a matter of time before George Hendy makes a big Eng 23-man squad surely…

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NB 2 hours ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

Young Henry is creating a bit of a problem for himself isn’t he? Even as a Saint he’s cast mostly as a ‘finisher’ not a ‘starter’. Does he want to be a run-on player, or the world’s best relief pitcher?

Right now you have to start Ben Earl because he is far more robust on heavy carries than Henry. Can you imagine Henry carrying over 20 times versus the ABs as Earl did? No.



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