The Front Row Rugby Podcast

The decision has been made; Australia is losing a Super Rugby team. Robbie and Nathen discuss the fallout from a massive weekend for rugby, review the action action from round 7 and look at what's in store for this coming weekend in Super Rugby and Shute Shield

Robbie and Nathen are back to preview an intriguing round six of Super Rugby, with a host of trans-Tasman clashes right across the weekend.

The competition's future hangs in the balance with the axe hovering over several clubs, Robbie and Nathen discuss what the best way forward is as well as wrap up another engrossing round of Super Rugby and 6 Nations.

The records keep falling in Super Rugby with the most points and tries ever scored in a single round. The Force break a two-year home drought, the Brumbies suffer more heartbreak and the Crusaders get out of jail AGAIN. Robbie and Nathen discuss the talking points from round two.

Week one of Super Rugby is in the can with a record total of points for an opening round. Robbie and Nathen look at all the results and how the Aussie teams fared, plus discuss whether or not the "Italian Job" on England in the 6 Nations was fair or was Eddie Jones just being...Eddie Jones!

Super Rugby is upon us once again, so Robbie and Nathen gaze into the crystal ball and (try)to predict how the Aussie teams will fare, pick out some key players and young guns to watch in 2017.

Robbie and Nathen review the inaugural Brisbane Global 10s and the second round of 6 Nations games, plus reflect on the careers of Springboks great Joost van der Westhuizen and Chiefs wrecking ball Sione Lauaki.

It was a busy start to 2017 with the Sydney 7s kicking off the footy season on Aussie shores and Robbie and Nathan are back to discuss the rise of the tournament, as well as look ahead to the new Brisbane 10s and a major upset to start the 6 Nations.

The Wallabies' Grand Slam hopes dashed for another year, the All Blacks machine rolls on and Eddie Jones up to his old tricks. The boys return for one last time in 2016 to wrap up all the action from the Spring Tour, with Robbie back from his European holiday and Nathen just happy that the season's over!

In a week dominated by The Bachelor and a blockbusting 9-year-old going viral in the US, there is still some Rugby Championship games to play and Kate & Robbie preview the Wallabies against Argentina and the All Blacks hosting South Africa.

The REAL Beauden Barrett of the pod world, Nathen, steps in alongside Robbie to preview round three of The Rugby Championship, with both the Wallabies and Springboks under all sorts of pressure. Plus there's a preview of the fourth round of the NRC and the age old question; is it second-five or inside centre?

The All Blacks locked away the Bledisloe Cup for another year over the weekend, but tensions are growing between big brother and little brother! Robbie & Kate discuss the fallout from the game, including the Owen Franks saga, where the Wallabies go from here, plus wrap up the opening round of the National Rugby Championship.

It must be Bledisloe Cup time again because the banter has been flying this week! Nathen and Robbie discuss the key questions facing the first trans-Tasman meeting of 2016, plus what the best City2Surf recovery is and the Richie McCaw jinx that's threatening NZ's Olympics campaign.

The Hurricanes can finally call themselves Super Rugby champions, Norths claim their first Shute Shield in over 40 years and the Aussie womens 7s team are the proud new owners of a little bit of gold. Robbie & Nathen run the rule over a jam packed weekend of footy!

The big dance is here! The Hurricanes and Lions have been the two best teams in Super Rugby 2016 and are set to face off in what should be one of the best finals ever seen. Nathen and Robbie review all the action from the semi finals and look ahead to the decider.

Kate returns to the pod to wrap up the action from the Super Rugby quarter finals - and reveals a massive crush on a certain Lions captain - while Robbie talks Home and Away and rats-tail haircuts.

A shortened pod this week due to work commitments, so the (self appointed!) big guns have been brought in with stats guru Nathan filling in for Kate and joining Robbie to discuss the Super Rugby quarter finals.

It was a record weekend for Aussie teams in Super Rugby...and not the good kind! Kate and Robbie review all the action and count down to what's shaping up to be a sensational final round of action.

Robbie and Kate wrap up round 15 of Super Rugby, one which saw a record number of total points scored over a weekend, discuss the merits of the competition expanding into the Pacific and strange goings on between cheerleaders and mascots!

Kate and Robbie review the third Test between Australia and England and wrap up what's been a huge month of rugby in the southern hemisphere. Plus Ollie Silverton and Driving Maul add their take on things as we gear up for the run home in Super Rugby.