Tony Johnson

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7,552 appearances 26 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 3d ago

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DSPN -RUGBY · Are The Springboks UNSTOPPABLE? | Tony Johnson Breaks Down The Greatest Rivalry Series · 14 Sep 2026 podcast

We want a more entertaining uh spectacle. voice-verified

We want something that's less confusing for the fans. voice-verified

We want to grow the audience of the game, particularly in Australia, and complicated laws are not going to help us do that. voice-verified

But the fact of the matter is I think New Zealand now is going to have to have a think about this and maybe go back to uh voice-verified

to to super rugby and say, look uh yes it's great for the product, but it's not great for preparing our teams, our international team, our showcase team, the team that matters the most for the realities of international rugby. voice-verified

Yeah, I think it comes down to just positive intentions. voice-verified

Now, what with the point that I'm making is that I think you can still keep the game ticking over. voice-verified

Uh and it's just it's just the things like the the the the meetings before the line outs and players going down injured or whatever to slow the game down. voice-verified

They don't tolerate that at all in super rugby and I think that's a good thing and I'd I'd like for them to stick with that. voice-verified

There are just sort of other things that maybe uh voice-verified

Letting that go, letting that go, or if the scrums go down and the balls in the back just keep playing. voice-verified

Um I think they've got to find they've they've got to move the dial, certainly they've got to move the needle back more towards international rugby for the benefit of the top teams. voice-verified

But I think they can do that without compromising the spectacle. voice-verified

They've just got to yeah, they've got to find a way around that. voice-verified

Now talking of uh super rugby and that of course it means next up for the all blacks it's Blederslow Cup. voice-verified

Australia will actually get a run against the Springboks, which is going to be really interesting to me. voice-verified

Uh they've been involved, they've had a couple of games against uh the Pumas and I think they're always really hard to get a a gauge. voice-verified

The Pumas between World Cups uh are often very hard to kind of fathom out where are they at. voice-verified

I think put a ring around it. voice-verified

They'll be good by the World Cup next year. voice-verified

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