In this episode of Behind the Ruck, Wallabies legend Matt Giteau joins us to discuss the state of Australian Rugby—its past, present, and future. He shares his thoughts on the Springboks’ current dominance, his Player of the Year picks, and the impact of the Giteau Law. Matt also opens up about his podcast, Kick Offs & Kick Ons, with Adam Ashley-Cooper and Drew Mitchell, diving into life before and after rugby.
Rudy and Juan wrap up the episode with a review of the Autumn Nations Series results and a look ahead at the upcoming fixtures.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:41 Line-up, News & Updates
07:05 Matt Giteau Interview
08:19 Wallabies recent performances
19:15 Springboks Discussion
34:26 Discussing KOKO Show
41:13 Matt’s Career
46:25 Results, Fixtures
01:01:32 Outro, Credits
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30 Comments
Get pieter on the show guys please……
What a treat.
Matt "The Goit" Giteau lekker
Lekker 🎉
Love Gits and his honesty. Great person, podcast and
hosts Paigy & Juan!!
I would chose Cheslin Kolbe but Eben & PSDT equally deserving!
Love it Roots & JdJ! Please get PSDT on 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Brilliant as usual 👌🏾👊🏾
I love the koko show and the humor. Great show Pagy and JDJ. Another 1 for the books
S.A love koko show
Love this interview and all the others. Please interview Elton Jantjies too.
Hate to admit it as a saffa, but Aussie blokes are similar to us
Fantastic episode 🔥🇿🇦
Beste rugby podcast! Ekt julle gesê verlede jaar, you two going to the tippity top! Groete🇿🇦🤙
Another top guest well done ouens
Smart guys
I think you guys must invite the 7 players also if you can
Great to see the Aussies finding some form. ABs also on an upward trajectory….
Ahoy gents!!!You guys rock!!🔥💪🏼🇿🇦Thanks for coming back on the best rugby podcast Matt🇦🇺!!!Good evening community from a cold UK. lol,💚👊🏾🤙🔥🇿🇦🙏🫡👆
Matt Gittea is a great guest- enjoyed it thoroughly!
We're sitting here. HE's tackling something, somewhere. I don't think I've had a "lag" like that.
Awesome! Thanks for making an effort to ask interesting questions.
Can't say it enough I just love you guys. The guests are phenomenal.
Good chat you guys are funny 😂
Gosh gentleman you have produced again
I like how you let your guests enjoy and speak
Can you do all of us opposition’s beat the springboks
Just once 😂
Go boys and go Gitt”s
Looking forward to more boys
👍🏾
Giteau is the original boss of the scrumcapped lekker-backs
We need PSDT to tackle World Peace🤣
Matt is an absolute legend of the game. Greatly under appreciated.
Already number one in my world
Matt Giteau!!! What a baller he was❤❤