Rugby Rivals - Sir John Kirwan & Victor Matfield

Sir John Kirwan and Victor Matfield preview the Nations Championship from both sides of rugby’s biggest rivalry. What’s ahead for the All Blacks and Springboks as they head north?

South Africa face Italy, France and Ireland, while New Zealand take on Scotland, Wales and England. With a place in the final at Twickenham up for grabs, there’s plenty riding on the next three Tests.

Join an All Blacks legend and a Springbok great for a look at the challenges ahead, with national pride firmly on the line.

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Rassie has picked six uncapped bolters, and Etzebeth, Kolbe and Pollard are all out injured. JK and Victor go head to head on the controversial Springbok squad, then debate NZ Rugby’s decision on the future of Super Rugby.

In this episode:

🟢 The Bok squad for the Nations Championship: six new caps, four World Cup winners missing
🟢 Ahmed, de Klerk, Giliomee, Muller, Norton and Tshituka: are they ready for Test rugby?
🟢 NZ Rugby keeps Super Rugby Pacific and the NPC. Is the competition finally safe, and what does it mean for SA and the rest of the world?

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The All Blacks have swept the Bledisloe Cup, but are they the best team in the world again? Sir John Kirwan and Springbok great Victor Matfield break down the All Blacks’ 43-21 win over the Wallabies in Sydney.

A near-perfect first half had New Zealand 36-7 up at the break, with seven tries on the day including doubles to Josh Moorby and Beauden Barrett, plus Barrett’s 70-metre intercept on halftime. Then came the chaos: a depleted bench, a Chay Fihaki yellow card, and the All Blacks finishing the Test with 13 men.

Just weeks after losing 3-1 in South Africa, have the All Blacks closed the gap on the Springboks? JK and Victor go head to head on the 2-0 Bledisloe sweep, the Wallabies under Les Kiss, and what it all means heading into the Northern Tour.

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Sir John Kirwan and Victor Matfield break down the All Blacks' first Test since the Springbok series, and it was a statement.

New Zealand scored seven tries to three to beat the Wallabies 50–19 at Eden Park. That keeps the Bledisloe Cup in New Zealand for a 24th straight year and extends an Eden Park unbeaten run that goes back to 1994. But it was only 17–14 at the break. Was this as dominant as the scoreboard says?

JK and Victor dig into Damian McKenzie's first start at 10 this year, Scott Barrett's return to the second row, what it means for the return leg in Sydney, and whether the Boks should be paying attention.

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All Blacks legend Sean Fitzpatrick sits down with the world's greatest athlete, two-time Olympic decathlon champion Daley Thompson, in this episode of Winning Matters, brought to you by ALTRAD.

Daley won decathlon gold at Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984, broke the world record four times, went nine years unbeaten, and became the first athlete to win Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European titles and hold the world record. Together, he and Sean break down what really separates winners: practising how to compete, not just how to train; planning years ahead; learning from the habits of the best; and why the fear of wasting your talent matters more than the fear of failure.

CHAPTERS
Chapters

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:12 Welcome Daley Thompson
00:02:10 Training twice on Christmas Day
00:03:49 Why it was never a sacrifice
00:05:49 Finishing 18th at his first Olympics
00:08:04 Where the drive came from
00:12:58 From football to athletics
00:18:34 Turning losses into positives
00:19:37 Ten events, one thing
00:21:21 Finding the decathlon by accident
00:22:27 Practising how to win
00:24:58 What winning really means
00:27:54 Learning from Caitlyn Jenner
00:32:36 Fear of failure vs wasted talent
00:37:40 Using the crowd as fuel
00:38:20 Seoul 1988 and dealing with defeat
00:40:14 The training diary prediction
00:44:11 Why the Olympic village breaks athletes
00:45:51 Rivalry with Jürgen Hingsen
00:46:47 Nine years unbeaten
00:47:39 How he'd train athletes today
00:49:36 Life after retirement
00:50:23 Daley Thompson's Decathlon
00:52:56 Growing up robust
00:54:31 Are today's athletes as tough?
00:56:36 Winning in a team
00:57:24 Thanks & ALTRAD

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