The TRC will probably end the way you think | Two Cents Gets Distracted

[@4pawsrun]

Your wish is my command Tony, Script will be coming in for next week. Dog poops in the forest don’t get picked up 💩

[@hiitforhope]

Love the work you do Brad. Good on you for backing the Boyz!

[@winstonwiggill2824]

Frans Steyn, ex bok, currently the Cheetahs director of rugby, is begging SA rugby to let him enter the Cheetahs into Super rugby

[@Samizouza]

Read about it in the news, he's very keen too even if it includes the Griquas and Pumas with the "main four" up in Europe. He's got 3 years to do it albeit the Kings revival would be great also along with the Jaguares booked for 2026.

[@jameswyatt4443]

It’s funny that you say ‘ex Bok’ as if not every rugby fan knows who Frans Steyn is.

[@winstonwiggill2824]

​@@jameswyatt4443that was for the Ausies. I know NZ & SA listeners are hardcore 😅

[@subbie5498]

​@@jameswyatt4443if you started watching you wouldn't know

[@citedcanvas85]

​@@Samizouzathat woudlnt be a bad idea. Have some teams in super rugby and some in URC. I see that as a win for us in SA

[@footyfin]

Aussie here - if we can somehow come away from the two Bledisloe games with a total of two losing bonus points, that'd be progress 😂

[@kristian762]

I reckon schmidt has been targeting this one from the beginning, and he knows NZ rugby quite well. They might be able to run at least one of the games kinda close

[@Aint_Got_The_Answers_Sway]

Tony tries to drag Mark into the gutter, but he's not having it 😂

[@come_on_munster]

Tony explaining hemispheres and travel 35:08 while looking at the camera absolutely cracked me up! Made my day for some reason

[@JJaeser]

Would definitely watch an Weekly NPC Roundup Video.

[@Bobbydyland]

I have to say, I loved the Super 12. And I'm, loving the URC, I've not been this excited for club rugby since the super 12. I watch all SA games, supporting all team (as I'm a Lions fan so pain in my life). So I watch about 400% of the URC games compared to the Super Rugby at it's peak.

[@kurtjetson1284]

30:15 Tony's "why" was my exact reaction to the format 😂

[@douglaswright2143]

Ah, the early days of Super Rugby! The future looked bright.

[@annJord123]

I feel like getting a dog and moving to New Zealand just to get my dog walked by 4 paws and drinking that beer after watching this video 😂😂😂

[@wesleylang172]

The sum 41 bit was great.

[@TwoCentsRugby]

Far out it was ME that mentioned it and everything 🤣

[@Gufasa1]

Even I remember the sum41 thing you said Mark

[@brucebeath9548]

Always good banter. Thank you.

[@limizo]

If you have no rugby to watch... you can watch the CC semi final between the bulls and sharks. The sharks managed to hold out for 20 odd minutes with only 12 men on the field for a good couple of minutes...

[@jacquie212]

4 years at uni… Friday am before classes, the NZ game, lunch at the pub watching the Aussie game, if no Friday PM class, in the pub until the PM games. Saturday… much the same I guess. Happy memories

[@jacquie212]

The rugby champs, especially now, the 2 games home, 2 away and then 1 and 1 means you can wrap it up effectively in the first 2 games depending on the team you play

[@bryanmoffatt8849]

Calling this 'The TRC...' is a sad case of Redundant Acronym Syndrome, meaning that you are essentially calling it 'The The Rugby Championship...'. Just my 2 Cents. Apologies, I got distracted there; I came here to congratulate you guys on another great episode. Keep it up.

[@bengillies4537]

Actually mate it's called an initialism, plus you can use 'the' when talking about TRC as long as it's being used as an adjective 🤓

[@randomlyfactual1943]

Greatest sequels ever (or, sequels that might beat the original): 10) Puss In Boots: The Last Wish 9) Spiderman 2 8) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 7) Dune 2 6) Top Gun: Maverick 5) Aliens 4) Terminator 2: Judgement Day 3) The Dark Knight 2) Star Wars Ep5: The Empire Strikes Back . . . 1) The Godfather Part II

[@TwoCentsRugby]

Yeah actually a few good shouts there

[@omacburma]

I think Tony is right about what will happen with the South African teams and the URC. Having followed American college sports, we have seen crazy new conferences being created due to television money. If there is a new television deal that pays the Irish, Welsh, and Scots tons of money for a new league combined with the crazy travel they have to deal with, I see it happening.

[@TwoCentsRugby]

Tony struggles to open stuff FYI: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX2nmX2ara-bjJo

[@kalinseevnarayan7957]

I miss the super 12. Would have a dstv steaming device called a drifter and would watch the Friday game morning games at work

[@ChineeseChameleon]

Theglimmer of hope I see for the Aussies is that Schmidt may have an insight into the ABss having recently been part of the setup there (albeit under a different head coach). Also, when he took over Ireland, our first game under him against the ABs was very close and came down to a Ryan Crotty penalty. So maybe it could be closer than is predicted!

[@omacburma]

Mark's son likes the stormers and classic 60s WW2 films. I approve of both.

[@JimmyKip]

Guns of Navarone is a classic! Bridge on the River Kwai next (if you're still wanting to desensitize him - is it child friendly? I dunno, my dogs didn't hate it).

[@TwoCentsRugby]

Funnily enough I'd never seen Bridge until I watched it last week - it was a cracking movie as well

[@hpmmiggie]

Loosing the Bedisloe is like believing in Jonestown and its cool-aid. Yaa, naa... not good.

[@Cobihrt3]

"You can probably come....a little closer" 😂🎉

[@douglaswright2143]

Getting here late, the notifications aren't working.

[@GertMalan]

I watched the original Robocop when I was waaaay too young. And my brother, who watched it with me at the time is four years younger than me. I think I saw it when I was like 9 or 10.

[@TwoCentsRugby]

Yeah man I watched The Blob, Jaws III and a few others WAAAAY before I was ready.... had nightmares for ages

[@gcinamadonsela6193]

Nah even if SA is forced out the URC, they ain't ever going back to Super Rugby, not in a million years 😂

[@Kid_Senekal]

OK, we need Mark's brother on the pod. Can he talk rugga?

[@Ploobermodt]

Briliiant, yeah I got my wake up on Freddy(Nightmare on Elm Street, still had to run home at 10pm...)

[@gcinamadonsela6193]

Tony stays lying to us out here Mark, I'm glad you finally noticed 😂 If it isn't a league or New Zealand Rugby fact I never believe what Tony Says 😅

[@ZachyboRC]

Can you guys do this on a Thursday or Friday? KOKO show and NZ Sky Podcast also comes out on Tuesday. Too many pods to watch at once. By the time I've caught up the squads are out and it's all out of date info...

[@R.A.M.B.O.014]

World cup winners. Aus: 2 England: 1 New zealand: 3 South Africa: 4

[@StarLeo_]

We definitely could hear the burnout 😂

[@TwoCentsRugby]

West Auckland!

[@k0bra3eak40]

Only halfway through, but one thing you guys didn't touch on is the possibility of the Cheetahs and possibly some other Currie Cup teams wanting to rejoin Super Rugby and probably picking a home stadium in Aus

[@matthewvanrensburg3824]

Home stadium in Aus... Dumbest idea ever

[@Samizouza]

​@@matthewvanrensburg3824 They do seem keen on cutting logistics in half with such an idea

[@k0bra3eak40]

@@matthewvanrensburg3824 Why exactly, they're already doing it to be able to play in the challenge cup. At least possibly getting a home stadium in Perth or the likes will see a ton of expats go out to support them and cancel out the biggest issue with the old Super Rugby format

[@matthewvanrensburg3824]

Unlike Champions Cup, the Cheetahs will be out of sync with their fans wrt timezone. Where is the value to the Cheetahs fans here and by association, actual value to Cheetahs. Who's gonna pay money for those tv rights? Champions Cup arrangement also comes with medium/longterm goal that home games are going to move back to South Africa in the future. Timezones. Its not simply a matter of travel, its a matter of product quality, and timezones means Cheetahs in SR will be a non-SA product almost entirely.

[@k0bra3eak40]

@@matthewvanrensburg3824 The same people who used to wake up early for Super Rugby probably and then the South African expats brigade in Australia is my guess. It's a better deal than them falling into obscurity that they are currently facing

[@tsudanie]

Don't tell nz but this should be their backline 15. Jordan 14.Rieko 13.ALB 12.Jordie 11.Talea 10.Barret 9.Roigard As a bok fan every time I see Dmac at 10 I'm not worried - on the bench yes but not starting 10 Same with Sam Cane if his in the 23 I'm not worried- hard honest player but really nothing you can't handle. In a different AB era he would not make the side. .....Would not come close to 1 cap for Springboks

[@Forest9528]

Tony im telling you that if this URC deal happens (it wont) we still wouldent go back to super rugby. We would turn the curry cup into its own league top 14 style qhere its only South African teams (maybe we could give namibia a team as well. Id be happy with that)

[@winstonwiggill2824]

How about if Australia beat NZ this weekend, 1c takes 2 cents for a dogwalk at 4paws?

[@at7512]

POME = Prisoner of mother England

[@Gufasa1]

SA should have half of the teams play up North and half of the teams play South so we can flog both hemispheres

[@kristian762]

I dunno Mark, as far as sequels go, I think Chasing the Sun 2 was better than the first one hey 🍻

[@TwoCentsRugby]

That and the Empire Strikes Back ;)

[@DiannaShamley]

Hmmm I found the first one more emotional

[@kristian762]

​@TwoCentsRugby Return of the Jedi was the best though. I rented that VHS tape so many times as a kid, the local video store ended up just giving it to me

[@kristian762]

​@@DiannaShamleyja maybe a bit more emotional, but the second was far more intense

[@duncanwcraig9668]

prop stock and locking barrels. ho ho. into the brink. ho ho.

[@Aint_Got_The_Answers_Sway]

Tony you pissed mate 🎉

[@Sbu_Phakathwayo]

😂😂😂😂I like this guy

[@emfairclough]

POME - prisoner of mother england = australia 🦘

[@Smegmalicious]

League is the biggest threat to Rugby. Its single handedly killing southern hemisphere Rugby

[@Narapoia1]

Maybe in Aus and NZ, Argies and SA find it irrelevant.

[@bkrause4424]

Woah woah woah slow down there, you can speak for Australia and NZ if you like but not the whole hemisphere. League means nothing in the rest of Southern hemisphere

[@bkrause4424]

Also union is still vastly more popular in the Northern Hemisphere so actually a threat to Rugby is way off. Maybe in one little corner of the earth but the rest of the world, nope.

[@winstonwiggill2824]

Glasgow Warriors have the next Bok coach. Franco Smith. (jic you are wondering why Glasgow are champs)

[@Faust_ZA]

im a saffa i support the scottish female team

[@hpmmiggie]

I suspect the Boks will win by about 3 points. (Don't scold me, fellow Bok fans).

[@myjdjames]

over 2000 in 6 hours.

[@omacburma]

Would the winner of the PNC beat the loser of TRC? I say yes.

[@Cobihrt3]

He is a lovely 😼 😇

[@winstonwiggill2824]

2cents you called it. Boks to pump Los Pumas at home, BUT then in Mbombela, my home stadium, Etzebeth celebrating becoming the most capped Bok ever, Argies spoil the party

[@SimonBarnes]

You're not fooling anyone with that hi-five microphone nonsense talk

[@TwoCentsRugby]

It was honestly a cracking high five 🖐

[@mixmastermootree]

@24 minutes. Fur a smol fee Tony I can learn you to speak good

[@pmarkc3743]

Can you please put in timestamps. As a Saffa only that part interest me. Love the podcast (about us)

[@njabulov.hadebe9102]

Second

[@kobuslouw9533]

first

[@Cobihrt3]

He is a lovely 😼 😇