A passage from “The Control of Nature” by John McPhee: “In February, 1978, a boulder weighing 350 tons ended up on a residential street about a third of a mile inside the Los Angeles city limits.” Page 223 Weird shit. Good book.

Don’t forget the good stuff

Ten minutes Three questions One game www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDzE...

Trying to work it out

Join us on @89combo.bsky.social — our latest post mortem is up and ready for your consumption

Unperturbed

Great new Ep is out NOW! Pat McCarry joined @bmcsport.bsky.social + @haribaldijones.bsky.social to ponder the lingering questions after #BRUvLIO: - Do the Wallabies have a blueprint to disrupting the Lions? - Which Lions have stormed into contention for the 1st Test? POD: buff.ly/S9lQwlP

What are we thinking?

SA 45 Italy 0

LIVE www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDfs...

Lekkerback (noun): A curiously strong and swivel-hipped, undersized but super powered, unnecessarily scrum-capped wing who cannot be contained. Who is lekker as hell.

Rugby mortis on @89combo : - how well each Lion roared - how Brett thinks + feels - how Toulouse mind gamed - how Rassie made 5-3, 6-2 - how free were New England youtube.com/watch?v=-c5EMw…

Best news from physio: cleared to bike a little.

Franco Smith doesn’t just understand rugby — he understands people. From faith to psychology, from tactics to trust, this is one of the deepest minds in the game. A special mind. A special episode. Only on The Lekker Rugby Pod! @haribaldijones.bsky.social youtu.be/N66yxnFsz8U

My review of Season 4 of The Bear so far: Best show in years. That’s all.

Water rehab day is my best knee day — rugby podcasts in my ears and a feeling of weightlessness in my limbs

She sees me

The best rugby interview I ever ran so far: with Marco Masotti. youtu.be/7nkKdy7Mr3k?...

The great Opal Lee

TJ (not the 9) is a 10/10 guest. Graduated to inside VIP pod pal. youtu.be/_GAZrB_U6DI @89combo.bsky.social