The Outside Centres

After a bit of mourning, Dan and Niall finally made the wrap up for the world cup.

Dan and Niall look back on the pool stages that were and ahead to the knockout stages still to come. Has the hypothesis been dismantled or just slightly tilted?

With the flagship event for world rugby kicking off this Friday, Dan and Niall review the various storylines at play going into the pool stages, and try to get a sense of where the pitfalls could be for the favourites in each pool.

After a successful international window for the north hemisphere, Dan and Niall look at where that leaves world rugby, how the run-in to the world cup could look. They also try to make sense of what beating the all blacks, South Africa or Australia actually means.

With the next world cup just under 2 years away, Dan and Niall take a look at how teams are shaping up, who is riding high, who are on the up and who are looking to be living on past glories.

After a tumultuous season and a mish-mash of tournaments in the last 12 months, Niall and Dan try to figure out where teams are and how things are shaking up with the lions having been announced too.

With the culmination of the Pro14 and a historic undefeated league campaign by Leinster, we now take a look ahead at the Heineken cup and how the various leagues will have set up their teams for the knockout stages this weekend.

With rugby in the northern hemisphere back, we take a look at what the different leagues are doing with respect to this season whilst preparing for a truncated 2020/21 season and the impact this will have on international games.

In a world where there is no rugby, until the 13th of June, Niall and Dan have kept themselves entertained through looking at self help books. Vaguely at the actual books and more about the idea of the books and a few of the ideas in the books.

In the lockdown era we look at how this has been effecting clubs and World Rugby, how might rugby look going forward and what can rugby as a whole do to continue growth of the sport.

We briefly look at where the chips lie now for the Heineken cup quarter finals, a look at how the teams have been selected for the 6 nation's, and a brief touch on a financial scandal happening in Saries at the moment, in case you haven't heard.

Review of the first 4 rounds the champions cup and some of the interpros in this Christmas season, and a shameless plug for @IanMadigan

Our longest podcast this year, to follow what felt like a long world cup, from the early excitement of Japan to the peak of South African rugby. We've tried to wrap it all up, with a brief view towards what this means for the current state of rugby

So, this is the first transcontinental Outside Centres podcast. After hours of trying to get this to work, we finally got a recording. Please forgive the lack of welcome to the podcast, if we had to do it one more time it was getting scrapped! But here we go, our wrap up of the groups and preview of what lies ahead, we even made predictions again, let's see if they all are wrong again... Enjoy!

After high demand, we're back with a preview of the world cup! Kicking off in 2 and a bit days time, we look at who really stands a chance in what's been labeled the most open world cup since 1987!

With the pinnacle of most year's northern hemisphere rugby calendars, 6mas is here, with it all kicking off in Paris this year. We look ahead to how we expect things to play out this year and some key factors for each side.

With the group stages over and the quarter finals set, we briefly look back at what has been, look and the various roads to the final and who we feel wikl get there. We also take a look at what the pro 14 has to offer, seejbg the fjrst impacts on squad selection from international team selections for the 6 nations.

With the quarter final picture starting to take shape, we look at what the last round of pool games has to offer and take a look ahead at where the cards may fall after the weekend.

With the christmas interpros wrapped up and the final rounds of the Heineken Cup pool stages, we look at where the teams are comibg into the new year.

A look back at the H Cup round 4 games and a look ahead at the Christmas line up of games in the Pro14

Half way through the Heineken Cup group stages, we take a brief look at where the pools stand at the moment and how the quarter finals are shaping up.

With the culmination of the November internationals and the recent world rugby awards, we see how the international landscape has shifted and the dust has settled from an action packed November series and the impacts this might have on the world cup in 10 months time and how things might look.

After the World Rugby mandated 2 week November International window, we are back with some analysis of the crucial games that have happened so far in the November series. With crunch games that have grown the hopes of some nations, dashed the hopes of some and just about managed to let a head coach keep his job, this international window has thrown up some tasty matches and has left all of us wanting more.

With the Pro14 back in action, teams were readjusting from European rugby, with the weight of the upcoming internationals looming large. Some sides were impacted and some sides took their opportunities. With a brief look towards the November series, we look at how teams are lined up and if hype has risen expectations for some and dashed hopes for others.

After the first stint of Heineken rugby comes to a close, we let the dust settle and look at how the pools are shaping up. With some upsets and some dominant performances, we get a clearer image of the hierarchy of European rugby. From a potential sleeping giant reawakening, to the wheels falling fully off a waning power, there has been no shortage of interesting results from the first 2 rounds.

After a tense opening week of European rugby, we look back on any early indicators coming out of round 1 in the champions and challenge cups, and briefly forward at what round 2 has to offer.

With the first six weeks down in the Pro14 and the league table starting to make a bit more sense as things settle down, we take a look at how the opening weekend of the new season in the Heineken Cup.

A look at the latest round of games, some interesting news stories from the past week of rugby and a look forward to a clash of the Irish Titans as Leinster take on Munster in the latest renewal of an age old rivalry.

Looking back at week 4 of the Pro14 and the implications of home advantage in rugby, with a brief look forward at the Irish derby games on in week 5 of the Pro14.

Pro14 Week 3 recap with our standout moments from the round and our actual interview with Squidge Rugby's Robbie Owen! Enjoy!