First TEST WEEK of the year, new Nike Springbok jerseys, what is Eddie Jones cooking and rugby transfers

Jared, Shaun and Thala can finally look forward to a Springbok TEST WEEK and preview South Africa hosting Australia.

The boys break down the 23 selected, discuss which players have the most to prove or gain to get into the Rugby World Cup squad, look forward to how Manie Libbok goes and the debut of Jean Kleyn. We also discuss the injury to Ox Nche and worrying depth and loosehead prop.

We then give our review of the new Springbok home and away jerseys produced by Nike. Hear Thala’s takes on the ventilation panels (#FreeTheNipple) and the debate about yellow versus gold.

We then try to figure out what Eddie Jones might be cooking. We look at likely debuts for Tom Hooper and Carter Gordon and what can we expect from the Aussies.

We then quickly preview the Argentina v New Zealand game, review the Baby Boks qualifying for the U20 World Championship semi finals and the proposed World Rugby Championship starting in 2026 and what it’s implications are for Tier 2 nations.

The First Phase question this week looked at transfers between Rugby World Cup nations and we discussed transfers of Nic White and Damian Willemse, Will Skelton and Hugo Keenan and Jean Kleyn going to Ireland (wait haven’t they done that already?)