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THE AFTERMATCH

Kirstie Stanway-Thorne
THE AFTERMATCH
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    All Blacks at an 8? How good can D-Mac be, plus Tana Umaga’s fiery spray Beav witnessed!

    2026/10/11 | 34 mins.
    00:00 – Bledisloe Cup: All Blacks Smash The Wallabies01:55 – All Blacks Rate Their 50-Point Performance03:49 – Rating The All Blacks: An Eight Out Of Ten?05:23 – Jordie Barrett: Best Player In The World?07:22 – Who Will Win World Rugby Player Of The Year?08:27 – Black Magic All Black Of The Week09:21 – The Barrett Brothers Back Together11:15 – Damian McKenzie’s Best Performance At 10?14:22 – Should D-Mac Be The All Blacks’ First Five?16:59 – Bushbuck Moment: Tupou Vaa’i’s Brilliant Try18:28 – Cam Roigard Is A World-Class No. 920:31 – The All Blacks Win The Aerial Battle21:29 – Leroy Carter’s Injury And The Hip-Drop Debate22:39 – All Blacks Injury Crisis: Who’s Next?23:40 – What Went Wrong For The Wallabies?25:55 – The All Blacks Bench Makes The Difference27:43 – Could The Wallabies Get Even Better?30:19 – How Tana Umaga Fired Up The All Blacks33:35 – The Bledisloe Cup Record That’s Lasted A Generation34:27 – Who Deserves World Player Of The Year?
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    Beaver's Bunker: breaking down Australia's win over the Boks, & the blueprint to stop them.

    2026/10/07 | 18 mins.
    0:00 - Breaking down the Wallabies' win over the Springboks2:00 - The McReight–Wilson one-two punch off the line out3:23 - Harry Wilson's X-factor and playmaking instincts3:52 - The back three skill clip: four perfectly executed passes7:05 - The Lonergan box-kick blueprint, and Len Ikitau's role7:51 - Targeting Suaalii and Jorgensen in the air9:46 - Why Suaalii was moved to the wing to use his aerial threat11:14 - High praise for the Wallabies' halfback12:00 - Three keys for the All Blacks this week: contain McReight & Wilson, match the skill level, win the kicking battle12:27 - Side note: the URC box-kick rucking farce13:05 - Where the Springboks actually hurt the Wallabies15:40 - Targeting the Wallabies' scrum late in games15:51 - Is this genuinely a good sign for the Wallabies' World Cup hopes?16:09 - Why Saturday won't be a clash of styles, but a shootout
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    Bledisloe Cup preview! The All Blacks just got scarier, why the Wallabies are dangerous, who makes the 23's & win fishing gear!

    2026/10/06 | 19 mins.
    00:00 – Bledisloe Cup Is Finally Here00:48 – All Blacks Squad: Two Huge Returns02:07 – The Barrett Brothers Back Together02:35 – Shannon Frizell: Man Amongst Boys03:32 – Counties’ Incredible Shield Turnaround05:19 – Bushbuck Moment: The Magic Of The Shield06:20 – Who Starts For The All Blacks?08:36 – Four Huge All Blacks Injuries10:16 – Who Makes The All Blacks 23?11:32 – Picking the All Blacks Loose Trio 12:54 – Who Gets The Loose Forward Spots?13:16 – Win Prizes: Pick The Starting Loose Trio13:38 – How Do The All Blacks Win?15:50 – Why Eden Park Is So Special17:41 – Who Will Be Black Magic Player Of The Week?19:10 – Beav’s Bunker Teaser
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    Boks vs Wallabies preview, Handre Pollard's near miss and the Ma'a Nonu haka moment, and a

    2026/09/22 | 32 mins.
    00:47 - Beav's back in the comments section1:58 - Bushbuck Moment debate: Fitzpatrick vs the Ma'a Nonu haka3:12 - Betty's comment: the moment that choked up the stadium3:38 - Your unsung heroes: Handre Pollard and Bodie4:01 - How close Pollard came to starting in Cape Town6:24 - Jordie Barrett's all-round performance, praised by fans6:48 - Your Springbok picks: Marx, Kolbe, Wiese & Etzebeth8:35 - Rookie of the tour: Morné van den Berg9:45 - The Boks' missing players — and how deep their stocks run11:01 - The brutal All Blacks injury list from the tour12:59 - Losing Ardie Savea & Luke Jacobson: reshaping the loose trio14:48 - Could Scott Barrett's return be timely?15:04 - The midfield injury hit: Lienert-Brown, Tupaea & Proctor18:00 - Black Magic Player of the Week: James Ramm's rise20:55 - Could more overseas Aussies sneak into World Cup squads?23:38 - Taranaki's dream NPC season continues23:48 - Bushbuck Moment: Kini Naholo's try24:44 - Taranaki's stacked Super Rugby-laden squad25:43 - Platinum Homes Blueprint: previewing Boks vs Wallabies in Perth28:10 - Why the Wallabies are flying under the radar29:10 - The stat that could favour Les Kiss and the Wallabies30:28 - Is Beav sniffing out an upset?32:05 - Sign-off & push to 20,000 subscribers
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    Humbled but confident: Full series review, Marx, Ardie & the moment that said it all.

    2026/09/15 | 29 mins.
    0:00 - Intro: the postmortem, and why this was the greatest series ever0:50 - The rivalry's return after 30 years, and how it delivered2:44 - Award #1: Best Moment — Ardie Savea's gesture5:45 - Beav's moment: the scrum 6:51 - Award #2: Unsung Player — Kyle Preston the roofer8:14 - Honourable mention: Tupou Vaa'i's versatility at six and lock9:05 - Beauden Barrett's role as water boy and mentor11:04 - Award #3: Player of the Tour15:11 - Rookies of the tour17:01 - Confidence check: 12 months out from the World Cup18:52 - What the All Blacks need to work on before then21:25 - The players missed: Scott Barrett, Fainga'anuku & more24:37 - Diving into the Springboks: why they're so dominant26:41 - Malcolm Marx, Eben Etzebeth & the forward pack's depth28:49 - Final prediction: a World Cup quarter-final in Sydney29:05 - Sign-off & call for comments
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Come for the rugby, stay for The Aftermatch. Join Stephen Donald & Kirstie Stanway every week for the best unfiltered stories, fresh perspectives and unique insights into rugby union.
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