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URC Quarterfinal preview, goodbye Lions and Sharks and a rant about the SVNS

Jared and Thala round up the URC regular season and look forward to the upcoming quarterfinals.
We preview the Bulls hosting Benetton and the Stormers traveling to Glasgow. We discuss what can the Bulls do about the 20 minute periods where they fall away and how the Stormers can overturn their away record. Jared calls Ospreys the Castres of the URC and Thala thinks Ulster might have the best chance at an away win.
We also bid farewell to the Lions and Sharks by reviewing their season, who their best players were and what can they look forward to next season.
We then do a roundup of other rugby news. We discuss Northampton facing Bath in the Premiership final, the upcoming Super Rugby quarterfinals and the Crusaders falling out, the craziness of the Pro D2 and have a rant about the SVNS finals in Madrid.

Sharks celebrate hard, Leinster fade again

Thala is back as all but one of the team look back at the brilliant Sharks win and how Toulouse put Leinster down in their third straight loss.
 
We dive into the Sharks journey and are surprised about the strays they caught celebrating.
The Champions Cup and Challenge Cup is over for this season, time to focus on the domestic competitions with the URC, Premiership and Top 14 wrapping up
 

Stephan Lewies on RugbyBits

Kooks and Shaun welcome Stephan Lewies to the show as he chats about living the dream of becoming a Springbok, winning the Currie Cup and beating the Crusaders. He chats about the incredible leadership of Joe Marler, raucous parties after Springbok wins and winning the Premiership title in a year that had everything

The Sharks turn things, a weekend review

Kooks and Shaun take control of the pod this week discussing how close things were in the Champions Cup Semi Final's as well as the Sharks amazing comeback in the Challenge Cup.

Chasing The Sun 2 Episode 5 Review

Kooks and Shaun review the fifth and final episode of Chasing the Sun 2, it gets going with the shocking claims by Tom Curry towards Bongi Mbonambi after what he thought was a racial slur. 
 
We carry on with the thoughts around the 7/1 split and go through the #RWC2023 Final

Sharks Challenge Cup redemption, Leinster’s great week and Kooks answers his critics

Kooks and Thala come together to do a quick podcast reviewing the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup quarterfinals and look forward to round 14 of the URC.
We discuss Leinster’s great week in exorcising the La Rochelle ghost, signing Jordie Barrett and their social media entering their villain era. We discuss the issues with the South African teams in Europe and the flight issues that hounded the Bulls. We also celebrate the Sharks making the semis of the Challenge Cup.
We then preview a big week in the URC with must-win matches for the Lions against Leinster, the Bulls v Munster and the Stormers v Ospreys. We also look at the key matches this weekend in the URC race to the playoffs.
Finally, Kooks provides us with an injury update and a statement to people criticizing him for complaining about the 6:45 am Springboks v Wallabies kickoff.

Champions Cup Round of 16 Review

Chasing The Sun 2 Episode 3 Review

Champions & Challenge Cup Preview

Kooks and Sharks are at it again as they focus on the South African sides in the Champions and Challenge Cup.
They look at sides which simply can not lose, Sharky makes a bold prediction and Kooks' hot take will make the South African's happy.
#ChampioncCup #ChallengeCup #RugbyUnion #Stormers #Bulls #Sharks #Cheetahs #Lions #Springboks #JasperWiese #HandrePollard #FinnRussell

Chasing The Sun 2 Episode 2 Review

Kooks and Shaun go through the Chasing the Sun 2 episode rollercoaster as the Springboks prepare for and play Ireland in #RWC2023