Big Jim Hamilton and Fraser McReight talk Six Nations and Super Rugby on The KOKO Show

This week on KOKO the boys go a little loco because Taylor Swift is in town. We straighten our ties and dust off the shoulders as we put this cruel summer behind us and pen Australian Rugby a little love song.
On the show we are joined by the incumbent Wallaby and Queensland Reds number seven Fraser McReight as we break down their big win over the terrible 'Tahs, as well as all of the week one action from the Super Rugby Pacific. The fellas also take a little deep dive into Fraser’s life with a little game called “McReight or McWrong.”
Although we bleed green and gold on this show, we haven’t forgotten about our frostbitten friends in the Northern Hemisphere, as we unpack the weekend of rugby in the “Six Nations Summation.” Plus, we are joined by a very special guest and the most notable voice in rugby around the world, yes that is right, Jim Hamilton is on the show, as he blesses our pod with all of his sage wisdom, cracking stories and at the end he gets quizzical. So top up your flutes with a crisp Australian sparkling, sauce up your pies and kick back on the lazyboy, it’s time for Kick Offs and Kick Ons.
00:00 - INTROS
04:59 - GITS’ SET REACTION
07:42 - SOCIALS AND SUBSCRIBER BET UPDATE
09:25 - WHAT'S COMING UP ON THE SHOW
10:40 - WALLABIES DOCO CHAT
15:26 - WELCOME FRASER MCREIGHT
18:38 - FRASER ON TAHS WIN, LES KISS AND CONNECTION WITH HARRY WILSON
26:58 - FRASER’S TAKE ON JOE SCHMIDT/ HURRICANES GAME AT SUPER ROUND
28:39 - MCREIGHT OR MCWRONG GAME
35:19 - SUPER RUGBY ROUND 1 WRAP
41:49 - SUPER ROUND PROMO
44:27 - JIM HAMILTON INTRO
46:28 - THE SIX NATIONS SUMMATION
1:06:12 - JIM ON PODCASTING
1:11:11 - JIM’S BRITISH AND IRISH LIONS STORY
1:14:30 - THE KOKO QUIZ
1:22:24 - FAREWELL
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[@peter122]

Loving the show from Ireland lads.

[@DiagonalLawn]

Lads this better not finish in 3 weeks, this is the best rugby podcast. Collab with whatalad? Two cents rugby? Anything to keep the lights on please

[@CagedPaps]

Two Cents is a shout. He deserves to be much bigger.

[@jimoil6372]

If they stick at it their subscriber base would explode you'd think. Just need a bit more Northern H exposure. Maybe if they released the SixNations segment bit as its own video too and threw out the odd short showing the banter. It's easily the most amiable rugby show on.

[@user-vs1ol9on3p]

1:50

[@jacobkay5670]

I agree colab with whatalad. Great podcast. The 1 with my Cornish brother Sam Matavesi, they need to get him on this podcast too.

[@user-lm2wz5qf5o]

Rugby Australia needs this pod to survive!! I live in England love this setup.

[@N1ck0A]

Funniest pod I watch, rugby or otherwise. There’s no way you lot are going away any time soon. Good luck to you fellas, best regards from London.

[@yewthinkyewthink]

Never thought I’d hear the words, “we don’t condone any of that” coming out of Drew’s mouth 😂 Another great pod boys keep it up, love the banter 👍👍

[@PB22559]

The piss taking of swoops not being there at the end 😂 Great show.

[@matthew-tx6is]

What board / company is he on

[@Chmb99]

In a time of dark for Aussie rugby Fraser is a shining light for our woeful wallabies

[@jsut]

Great pod…love the interactions of the boys and Big Jim is a legend.

[@london_to_the_bay]

Keep the lights on fellas.. need the mid week quality rolling

[@Leafy653]

Way better than the Stan rugby shows

[@Chmb99]

Not wrong there

[@thewielloyd988]

Hoilesy on Between Two Posts is pretty good value I reckon though

[@Leafy653]

@@thewielloyd988yeah I agree

[@juicybombay3534]

Stan sport pre and postgames are shit. Way too up there own asses type stuff and rather boring. This is the new era of rugby coverage, raw and uncensored lol

[@petenoosh3028]

Loved this pod lineup during the world cup, still loving it now. I salute you. Keep the lights on boys.

[@OhhLemz]

The best Rugby pod out there. Merch sales alone will keep the lights on. Listening from Byron Bay!

[@gambit4354]

a fan from NZ great to see you on again guys

[@MichaelKaram17]

Rugby pods don't get better than this 😂

[@Quilty2]

Excellent show, lads. Irish fan

[@paulcole]

I watch most of the Brit pods and this is my fave, I enjoy hearing about rugby down under but also catering for us northern legends! Change the name to “The Wallaboys” and have a launch party in Hong Kong. It would be like the next hangover movie 🤣

[@kylelouer4323]

Man how good is Big Jim? He’s got a great thing going

[@Mycloudacoustic]

Keep the faith guys. Great show. Fan from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@curlvader147]

Loving this slice of home from the UK

[@Lucaf_2008]

Same 👍🏼

[@user-li5qw7bo7y]

Brilliant work, Big Jim segment was great 🎉Keep it going guys

[@909ride7]

Vibes were immaculate

[@shadowcraft666]

Yeah gotta say, this show is top tier. Keep her lit boys - great craic, really enjoying each episode.

[@nickybutt9733]

Big Jim can be extremely arrogant, but one of best pundits in the game.

[@davidpeters3857]

Great craic,Big Jim what a great guest

[@kathybryan3374]

So pleased to have found this podcast again, long may it continue!

[@sambobly]

Excellent show yet again

[@EoinORiordan]

great to have you all nback in full flow !! YOLO KOKO....

[@codycoe-baker9107]

Big Jim in HK! Letsgoooo

[@Mojo16011973]

Big Jim is a TV natural.

[@Alex-mj5dv]

Big Jim could throw you a bone .. he’s big time now. Peeeellllll baacckkkk !!

[@andre.dippenaar_pt]

Love this. Keep it up boys

[@benjaminkendall2520]

Love the banter! Get some betting sponsors???

[@jonkelly1920]

Great show guys!

[@timlawrence6272]

Top drawer sh#ts n giggles, love it👌🏼

[@Cssssssst]

Love this show 🔥

[@stephenmccusker7910]

Great stuff lads

[@Iiseoin]

Big Jim do it 😂

[@lolbotx]

Great pod boys

[@kickoffsandkickons]

BUY YOUR KOKO MERCHANDISE - www.budgysmuggler.com.au/thekokoshow 🔥

[@ShaiHulud300]

Jim is actually very funny 😹

[@johnmartin7370]

I could listen to this all week, love it. I reckon Big Jim has a point about the name though it's kinda meh. The Wallaboys works or Chilled Wallaboys or The Wallocx Gig or Load of old Wallox. You could sell off your current T Shirts as a "must have keep in the pack collectors item" when you change the name. Only the current 6K subscribers can buy them when you relaunch the name and you will sign a few of them randomly because you luvs us sooooo much. Sorted. This is the way the future of sports casts looks. Keep it lit as we say in Ireland when were not singing.

[@ryanalessi2921]

Can’t wait to buy a shirt

[@Relmwood]

Great show lads

[@frasermonteith5665]

enjoying this!

[@roryokelly-lynch3006]

3 more weeks is criminal! You need more time!

[@arpatel76]

Great show gents

[@longshot6566]

Boys! Keep this thing going, best rugby pod out there! Sort your sh*t out.

[@rossventer1233]

Matt Gits is back in the building

[@billbobby461]

Question is why? Just started watching here

[@drewmitchell4188]

He’s been training with San Diego Legion for the MLR but he’s back for a while before heading back!!

[@rossventer1233]

@@billbobby461 mate you gotta go watch the first ones, we need to get the viewership numbers up before the ship sinks completely 🤣

[@Nick_Lyall]

Would be a great shout to get Archie Curzon from the RigBiz Podcast on KOKO

[@matthew-tx6is]

The Gollum joke 🫣🫣

[@kylewestman5400]

Podcast podcast podcast!!!!!

[@DirkJacobsz]

Eddie Jones and Stan - what a combination

[@camcyoung]

Get around it Jim see you down under

[@jackmallick6615]

Adam Three-Dads should be his new name if you hit 50k

[@joepavel5447]

If I had the cash lads (which I did have once) I would sponsor you, BUT I havent got a pot to p**s in now. To get you through until a sponsor comes have you not considered CROWDFUNDING. You have a lot to offer and I am sure the rugby family would gladly sponsor you.

[@lloydcrawford4152]

Big Jim do it

[@Mad_Intalect]

LOL, "the Iceman" is Chuck Liddell, former MMA fighter. Gits actually does look like him with that haircut now that he mentions it.

[@ziister]

See you in HK Big Jim

[@timlawrence6272]

Big Jim do it, HK 🐉

[@hamishclark547]

will be a good 3 weeks....

[@kickoffsandkickons]

The Snorkatron is one of them. 💪

[@nukefluke]

​@@kickoffsandkickonsYes! Amazing guest from the WC.

[@callumroles9988]

When’s the merch due fellas 🫃🏻

[@Twiztedpenguin]

Commenting so there's a few more cents in the new-studio-decor jar

[@mrdrevilporkchop666]

Will the merch be available in the uk?

[@kickoffsandkickons]

It will be soon. In the process of setting it up. 👍

[@brogangordon4327]

BIG JIM DO IT!

[@thewielloyd988]

Dust off your old Backline brand and get some batches of Backline Bitter brewing to bankroll this thing Bloke In A Bar style. I’d buy a few cases.

[@jimcorlett]

It’s 🤬🤬🤬🤬awesome loose as a goose

[@michaelrussell9977]

Big Jim for Hong Kong

[@CagedPaps]

As a Scotland supporter Jim represents the bad times. Needed English players to fill the squad but they'd be players who wouldn't get anywhere near the England squad. Now at least our foreign born players are decent, even if we'll never get a Grand Slam with out without them. It's nice to not wonder how many you're gonna lose by.

[@daithipol]

But as an Irish man who lived in Eng who has relations in UK who dream would have loved to play for Irl and would support irl in all sport, is big Jim not just English by accident of birth. His heart seemed always in it wrt Scotland.

[@CagedPaps]

@@daithipol Obviously he says that now and I don't doubt what he once believed - who am I to say otherwise. I'm also not putting him down but he wasn't good enough to play for England snr. He played for England u19/21 though, played most of his career in England apart from a short run at Edinburgh but this was after he first played for Scotland. So I'm sure he has a Bonnie Scotland tattoo and feels more connected to his dad's Scottish side rather than his mum's English side. But he wasn't homegrown talent and Scotland were desperate for anything they could get. I don't mean to bad mouth Jim specifically.

[@matthew-tx6is]

What management board is swoop on ?

[@kickoffsandkickons]

Norths Rugby.

[@njmayhew]

Another great show guys! Really hoping that your show gets to continue - surely Swoop knows lots of well connected people to help with your finances?! re Jim McHamilton, just hilarious that the Scots are still moaning about 'the try that never was'...the 'fan slam' lolol...get over yourselves - if you need the ref making a coin flip decision to win then you don't get to bitch and moan...take ownership of your own performance. The greatest squad I have seen Scotland have in over 35 years - I am including their 1990 Grand Slam winning side - and yet they have won sod all.

[@icewhite1981]

Comment "for the algorithm"

[@Sineadhawk]

Or just subscribe!

[@icewhite1981]

@@Sineadhawk done and done, but you can only do it once

[@Sineadhawk]

@@icewhite1981 yeah so hit the little bell button so you get alerts when they upload

[@icewhite1981]

@@SineadhawkYeah I get that, but when I say for the algorithm I mean KZbin measuring viewer engagement but monitoring numbers of comments on videos and then deeming something to be "popular" thus surfacing it to more people. They use this alongside views/subs to decide if stuff gets to viewers homepages.

[@Sineadhawk]

@@icewhite1981 no but subscribing it still affects algorithm

[@TheBigJimShow]

Breaking news*. I’m heading to Hong Kong.

[@kickoffsandkickons]

How good!

[@TheBigJimShow]

@@kickoffsandkickonsthe first day will be.

[@kickoffsandkickons]

🤣🤣

[@Leafy653]

😁

[@RugbyDebuts]

Get Ben Kimber on. Or in a ring with Biv.

[@frostysfreeway2320]

Great contribution . Do you think Duhan Van de Merwe attained his physique naturally?

[@thomasluke980]

Stop it. Why ask the question? Because he is South African?

[@frostysfreeway2320]

@@thomasluke980 Hmm, appears I’ve struck a nerve Pharma man? Do you have a vested interest in Rugby’s dirty secret?

[@thomasluke980]

@@frostysfreeway2320 get a life

[@frostysfreeway2320]

@@whenisasnakeatail4933 He’s “above” where somebody with his natural genetics should be. He was a scrawny kid that started , ahem, “bodybuilding” as a late teen and then boom he became this freakish size. Let’s not kid ourselves We will soon start to see the first early deaths from all the heart issues that accompany taking this moronic stuff

[@midgetarmy154]

can I be honest, can any Scotland fan think, yeah we have a great team when they have 20 imports, as a Welshman if we had to bring in 20 foreign players that wouldn't be my Welsh team any more. I understand the need to fill a few key positions as a small nation its sometime a necessity, but more importantly it highlights the issues with grassroots rugby in Scotland and allowing that abuse of bringing in talent hides the issues that NEED to be addressed. Sounds like sour grapes....maybe it is....not really, stats wise we should have beaten them with a new developing team so I'm happy how Wales are progressing, I'm just more concerned for real Scottish rugby. It would be interesting to see a real conversation around how importing players effects Scottish rugby overall

[@markclements6046]

As a Scotsman I see your point, I've lived more than half my life here in England , so not 100% in touch with what is happening back in the auld country , however it is plain to see to that there is a problem with the grass roots game , I think they mentioned on tv that the France game was the first time in over a hundred years that no players from the Scottish borders had represented Scotland, , as much as the results have been very good , it really doesn't feel like a Scottish team at times

[@maartenkuppers]

Could you guys illegaly stream the super rugby games please? I'll pay for the neck tattoo :)

[@scootermcgoot]

First! : )

[@lelandneville]

show is great but you need to get on the beers again so biv can go on a rant

[@LeMerch]

Does anyone watch rugby in Australia?

[@johnnievanderwalt6910]

Sorry Jim. Ireland are in fact NOT the number one team in the world! 1.🇿🇦 2.🇮🇪 #🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@Gavingrant440]

Big Jim do it!!!

[@Hay_good_lookin]

Big Jim do it!

[@user-lm2wz5qf5o]

Big Jim do it

[@garethmaybury5218]

Big Jim do it!