South Africa's double Rugby World Cup-winning fly-half Handre Pollard joins Ben Youngs and Dan Cole in the For The Love Of Rugby podcast studio to share how his boot kicked England out of two World Cups.
Yes, it still hurts.
Handre takes us inside the South Africa camp and tells us everything we’ve ever wanted to know about being a Springbok. What’s Rassie Erasmus really like? What’s the secret of the bomb squad? And how did he become the ultimate big-game player?
This episode was first released on 13 June 2024.
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00:00 Intro
01:21 Winning the 2023 Rugby World Cup
14:05 What is Rassie Erasmus really like?
19:54 Chasing the Sun & the Springbok team
35:18 Why the Bomb Squad are teddy bears
45:30 How South Africa beat England in 2023
51:48 Why Ben isn't a goal kicker
53:59 The greatest kick of Handre's life
59:07 Beating the All Blacks in the World Cup Final
1:02:12 The differences between the 2019 and 2023 World Cup Finals
1:06:18 What is it like to win the World Cup?
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