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RCV Presents the Wallabies vs Wales - Preview Series

Rugby Club of Victoria

Ahead of the July tests between the Wallabies and Wales, we hear some unique perspectives on the rivalry between the two proud rugby nations from players, administrators and broadcasters, with a slight Victorian twist. DON"T MISS: Wallabies v Wales preview dinner with special guests, Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt & Wales coach Warren Gatland. 10 July at the Olympic Room, Melbourne Cricket Ground. https://www.rugbyclubvic.com/event-details/wallabies-v-wales-test-match-preview-dinner

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40:20

Episode 5 - Georgia's Big Opportunity: Rama Chand

RCV Presents the Wallabies vs Wales - Preview Series ·

2024/07/16

You wanted more so we delivered. Whilst the Welsh carninval has left town, a fresh opponent arrives on our shores in the form of Georgia. They are next up on the Wallabies' schedule in what will be their first test in Australia since the 2003 Rugby World Cup. In a quirk of fate, their director of rugby, Rama Chand is well-known in Australian rugby circles, having worked across a number of roles at the Queensland Reds before uprooting his young family to Tbilisi. Rama tells us all about the

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28:01

Episode 4 - The Lions, the GP and the Boardroom:...

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2024/07/13

The episodes are dropping thick and fast now. In today's episode we chat to Welsh & British Lion superstar Jamie Roberts, who also comes with unique qualifications as a Cambridge graduate and trained doctor. Jamie is an excellent advocate for the modern player, speaking eloquently but also openly and honestly about the challenges they face, along with the game itself. He also takes us through some fond memories playing for the Lions and some big Welsh victories over England. Believe it or not,

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32:31

Episode 3 - The Dawn of Rugby's Professional Era:...

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2024/07/10

In today's episode, 1991 RWC winning backrower Simon Poidevin joins the show to talk about his view of the Welsh rivalry prior to the World Cup era, the game's transition into the professional era and it's future through the eyes of his son who plays professionally in the United States. Poido's post-playing career has been even more remarkable, not only being in the in the broadcast booth for Channel 7 in the Wallabies' other RWC final victory (in 1999) but also leaving a significant impression on

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22:40

Episode 2 - Leading Welsh Rugby into a New Era: Abi...

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2024/07/05

In today's episode, we get the Welsh perspective on the upcoming series directly from the Chief Executive Officer of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), Abi Tierney, who is accompanying the team on tour and bringing her family for their first trip to Australia. Abi started with the WRU in January 2024, following a distinguished in public service in the United Kingdom, which included ensuring passport renewal kept pace with demand in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. She shares her early thoughts

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28:26

Episode 1 - The Link to Victorian Rugby: Ewen McKenzie

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2024/06/24

Our first guest is Ewen McKenzie, who boasts the rare distinction of being both Victorian-educated and a Wallabies world cup winner. Ewen talks us through his time in the Scotch College rugby program, how he was picked for Victorian schoolboys rugby honours and even representing Harlequins in the Dewar Shield. Later we reflect on 1991, the big group stage win over Wales at Cardiff Arms Park, the charm of the stadia in the Welsh regions during the group stages and the successive victories over

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39:13

Season 2 Ep 2 - Africa 🇺🇬🏉🏆🇳🇦

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2023/09/14

Ahead of RWC 2023, we take a closer look at the teams you won’t know so much about. Our second episode focuses on rugby in Africa, which will be represented by defending champions and direct qualifiers, South Africa, as well as their neighbours Namibia, who won the 8-team qualification tournament last year. Our guests today are the captain of the Ugandan national team, Magomu Ivan, and Harry Jones, who talks us through Namibian rugby, as well as what is holding the rest of the continent back when it

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36:03

Season 2 Ep 1 - Latin America 🇧🇷 🏉 🇨🇱 🇦🇷 🇺🇾 🏆

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2023/08/31

We’re back! Ahead of RWC 2023, we take a closer look at the teams you won’t know so much about. Our first episode focuses on rugby in South America, which has exploded in this World Cup cycle, despite all the challenges of COVID-19. The establishment of the first franchise-based, professional rugby competition in the region, Superliga Americana de Rugby, subsequently rebranded as Super Rugby Americas, directly led to the strengthening of Chile such they qualified for RWC 2023 directly. This cycle

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57:00

Ep 15: Life on the whistle - Olympic referee Paulo...

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2022/08/19

This week we are fortunate to speak with leading global 7s referee Paulo Duarte just before his departure to Los Angeles for the final stop of the HSBC 7s World Series for 2021-22. Paulo’s face will be instantly recognisable to 7s fans, with career highlights including the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo in July 2021, the world tour and many European events. We speak to Paulo about life on the refereeing circuit, his experiences in dealing with less experienced players and countries, with referee

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46:51

Viva Chile (Part 2) 🇨🇱🏉🏆🏟️🇦🇷

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2022/08/06

This week we complete our chat with Chilean-based rugby journalist and photographer, Matías Matus Acebo, who helped us preview their decisive RWC win over the United States. Three weeks on, ‘Matt’ tells us the impact the surprise victory has had on the ground in Chile, the opportunities stemming from it and the challenges which lie ahead. We also check in with his preparations for the imminent World Rugby 7s Challenger series event in Santiago, get his perspective on the trajectory of Latin American

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45:32

Ep 14: Hong Kong - the host with the most! 🇭🇰🏉🏟️🏆

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2022/07/29

This week we venture to Hong Kong, catching up with Sports Editor of the South China Morning Post, Josh Ball, in the wake of their RWC 2023 qualifying defeat to Tonga which sent the Pacific Island nation through to the final tournament in France. Luckily Hong Kong have another chance to qualify, but we don’t waste the chance to hear about the toll of COVID on professional sport on the island, learn more about what makes the famed HK 7s event tick and get the full picture on the rather impressive

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34:36

7s previews with leading broadcaster Dallen Stanford...

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2022/07/24

In a real treat for 7s fans, we get Dallen’s thoughts ahead of the upcoming HSBC series finale in Los Angeles, the RWC 7s World Cup in Cape Town and the Commonwealth. Prior to that, we quiz our man on his experiences in Japan in 2019 as well as his thoughts on some other key structural issues in world rugby and some specific to the USA. To close the show, our host downloads his observations after the European qualifiers for the RWC 7s were confirmed in a qualifying tournament in Bucharest last week

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35:21

Ep 13: USA vs Chile re-cap & 7s previews with leading...

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2022/07/22

This week our guest is leading broadcaster Dallen Stanford, who calls RWC and HSBC Series 7s matches for World Rugby, as well as Major League Rugby and USA Eagles fixtures. In this first part, we recap last week’s big return bout between USA and Chile which saw Los Condores qualify for their first ever RWC appearance (and which Dallen called live from Colorado); we also cover the state of play in American rugby including the MLR and debunk some of the myths about the relationship between the USA’s

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19:03

BONUS: Chile qualifies for RWC 2023 🇨🇱🏉🏆🏟️🇫🇷

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2022/07/17

Yes, that just happened! Chile are now in group D for next year's Rugby World Cup in France, alongside England, Japan, Samoa and their neighbours, Argentina, after defeating the USA over 2 legs. To celebrate, we've pulled together the highlights of our three South American rugby experts to appear on the show this year, and re-cap their thoughts on Chilean rugby and their expectations going into that match. Key segments: [4:45] Ignacio Chans, El Observador, Uruguay, March 2022 [7:10] Victor Ramalho,

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22:56

Ep 12: Viva Chile (Part 1) 🇨🇱

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2022/07/16

This week, Chilean-based Argentine sports journalist and photographer Matías Matus Acebo reports in on last week’s first leg of the RWC qualifier between Chile and USA in rainy Santiago as well as previewing the return bout this weekend in Glendale, Colorado. He also provides his take on the early success of Selknam in the Superliga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) and the exciting news this week of the revival of the World Rugby Challenger series for emerging 7s countries, for which Chile will host the

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20:21

Ep 11: RWC Qualifying Update - action everywhere!...

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2022/07/08

In a bit of a bonus drop, our host takes a quick pause from a summer holiday to bring you all the latest happenings with our emerging nations and their Rugby World Cup aspirations, with this upcoming weekend – and the next one – being critical for qualifying. Key Segments [0:00] Americas region qualifying: Chile vs USA this weekend in Santiago (followed by a return leg in Glendale, Colorado on July 16. (Check out Ep 4 for a profile of the USA’s prospects, and Eps 1 & 10 to get an understanding of

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19:37

BONUS: International rugby perspectives 🌎🇺🇸🇨🇱🇺🇾🇪🇸🏆🏉

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2022/06/10

Here we threw a few miscellaneous topics at our man to get the Latin American perspective on the growth of the game and how the national teams of Chile & Uruguay (Los Condores & Los Teros) are shaping up ahead of some big upcoming fixtures. Key Segments [0:00] USA vs Chile, preview of RWC 2023 qualifiers in July (and comparison in standard between MLR & SLAR) [5:15] Los Teros of Uruguay, how are they looking for RWC 2023 and their upcoming test series against Japan [9:15] Spain’s potential expulsion

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06:10

BONUS: SLAR Final review 🏉🏟️🏆 (Peñarol 🇺🇾 d. Selknam 🇨🇱)

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2022/06/08

Victor called the title decider for ESPN Brasil and tells us the story of how it all went down in this short re-cap. Plus we revisit the pre-tournament prediction of our inaugural guest, Ignacio Chans. Follow us on Twitter: @OutsideCTRpod Follow us on Instagram: @outsidectrpodcast Connect with us on LinkedIn: “Outside Centre: Rugby’s new territories” Email: outsidecentrepod@outlook.com

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58:48

Ep 10: Brazil - Samba e offload 🇧🇷

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2022/06/03

This week we journey back to where it all started, in South America, to speak with Victor Ramalho, of Portal do Rugby and matchday caller for ESPN Brazil, in his final days as an ‘outsider’ before commencing a new role within Brasil Rugby. With season 2 of the Superliga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) having just concluded, we get an update on the state of play there in the wake of a season that featured some surprising outcomes, as well as what other progress is being made in places like Peru and

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40:22

Olympics - Korean style (Part II)

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2022/05/26

In the second part of this interview, Andre starts by updating us where women’s rugby is at Korea and what would be necessary for it to succeed. We then hear the story of Korea’s participation in the Tokyo Olympics, the whirlwind of being outsiders to qualify to matching it on debut with the mighty New Zealand All Blacks 7s team in the unique environment of crowdless stadiums (due to COVID-protocols). Finally, we hear about Korea’s upcoming attempts to qualify for the holy grail, the Rugby World Cup

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35:07

Ep 9: Olympics - Korean style (Part I) 🇰🇷

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2022/05/23

In the first part of this interview, Korean-born, American-raised Tokyo Olympian Andre Jin Coquillard tells his incredible story. From getting into rugby in high school, playing collegiate-level and even professional rugby on the west coast of the United States (for Berkeley & the Seattle Seawolves respectively) to coming back to his homeland and spearheading a 7s program that has resulted in qualification for two of the sport’s biggest competitions. He also walks us through the establishment of

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