The Squidge Rugby World Cup Retrospective

Robbie Owen

A hooligan's game recalled by idiots

  • 1 hour 54 minutes
    2007 #47 - Bronze Final: Argentina 34-10 France (with Josh Gardner)

    Blood & Mud's Josh Gardner once again joins us to discuss his favourite aspect of rugby: the bronze final. We discuss Rugby 08, Bernard Laporte and Radiohead's In Rainbows at length.


    Thanks to Josh (@joshgardner) for joining us. You all listen to the Blood & Mud podcast already, but you can find him on there every week on all good podcast apps.


    Theme music is Allez Allez (La Pena Baiona).


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    28 April 2024, 12:10 pm
  • 1 hour 56 minutes
    2007 #46 - Semi-Final 2: South Africa 37-13 Argentina (with Thala Msutu)

    RugbyBits' Thala Msutu joins us to relive his favourite Springbok team of all time's semi-final victory over Argentina. Meanwhile, we talk John Travolta, Beat Poetry, Steve Walsh and who was slow in the turn.


    Thanks to Thala (@ThalaMsutu77 on Twitter) for joining us. He's an excellent follow, and a passionate & knowledgeable rugby lover. The RugbyBits pod (@RugbyBits) is available on all good podcast providers.


    The theme tune is once again Allez Allez/La Pena Baiona.


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    12 April 2024, 12:35 am
  • 1 hour 39 minutes
    2007 #45 - Semi Final 1: England 14-9 France

    It's semi final time, as England edge out France in a cagey encounter. We talk romcoms, coins, Charles Dance and Neil Young in the meantime.


    Theme tune is La Pena Baiona aka Allez Allez.


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    5 April 2024, 12:31 pm
  • 1 hour 53 minutes
    2007 #44 - South Africa 37-20 Fiji (with Riaan Louw)

    Rugby YouTuber Riaan Louw joins us to look over the last Quarter Final, as South Africa get the better of Fiji. We discuss Riaan's channel, his origin story, Jaque Fourie, Russian commentators and IMDb.


    Thanks to Riaan (@Ringo26 on Twitter) for joining us. Please go and visit his YouTube channel, you'll absolutely love it.


    Theme tune is still Allez Allez.


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    29 March 2024, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 37 minutes
    2007 #43 - Argentina 19-13 Scotland

    We move onto the third quarter final, as Argentina wash Scotland away. We talk about Pele, public wifi and personal pseudonyms.


    Theme tune for this episode is Allez Allez / La Pena Baiona. What a belter.


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    12 March 2024, 12:00 am
  • 2 hours 11 minutes
    2007 #42 - New Zealand 18-20 France

    It's a big one today. We watch one of the most well-documented games in the history of the Rugby World Cup, and analyse all of the talking points: the Haka, the pass, the Dusautoir performance, the game management... everything. We hope you enjoy.


    The theme tune for this episode is Allez Allez again because it straight up bangs


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    6 March 2024, 12:57 am
  • 1 hour 40 minutes
    2007 #41 - Australia 10-12 England

    We've made it to the first quarter final of the 2007 series, as England edge Australia in a dramatic encounter. We talk about Marseille, Mick Morgan and Masterchef along the way.



    The theme tune for this episode is Bayonne's chant "La Pena Baiona" (AKA Allez Allez) and basically it's such a massive banger it might just be the theme tune for this series now lol


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    20 February 2024, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 36 minutes
    2007 #40 - Ireland 15-30 Argentina

    We're back! We're finally back! To watch back the final pool game of 2007! Argentina knock Ireland out, but instead we discuss French bangers, Gus Pichot's fashion sense and the NHS.


    Thanks for your patience, and sorry it's taken us so long to get back to this. We've missed it!


    The theme music for this episode is Bayonne's chant "La Pena Baiona" (aka Allez Allez), as discussed in the episode.


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    13 February 2024, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 27 minutes
    2023 #14 - Argentina v Wales
    We reflect on Wales' quarter final loss to Argentina

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    15 October 2023, 12:02 am
  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    2023 #13 - NZL v URU, FIJ v GEO, NZL v ITA, FRA v ITA, WAL v GEO + TGA v ROM
    Today, we wrap up a bunch o' games from the last round of pool action.

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    13 October 2023, 11:40 pm
  • 1 hour 17 minutes
    2023 #12 - Portugal vs Fiji
    We take an hour to get hyped about Portugal's incredible upset win over Fiji.

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    8 October 2023, 11:29 pm
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