Bench Opinions

Dec 11 2024 17 ep. 57 mins 1
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Three friends talking all things sports. Whether it’s the latest football news from the Premier League, results from the 2. Bundesliga, Rugby updates from the URC and International Series or random tidbits from Golf, F1, Tennis and more, we have opinions on all of it and we are going to share them. As the old saying goes, opinions are like..., everybody has one!

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Episode 18: Cape Town 7s, Ashworth sacking and Potgieter's near miss at the Million Dollar.

Dec 11 2024 69 mins  
Max joins the the boys on the couch from South Africa, donning a fresh sunburn. This week the boys cover Round 1 of the European Champions Cup and Challenge Cup, the Cape Town 7s and all major results from the past Premier League round. A big debate breaks out on the quality of Dan Ashworths signings and whether that was a contributing factor to his sacking. The episode rounds out

Episode 17: The Coastal Derby, City's struggles and the World Test Championship

Dec 02 2024 70 mins  
Another week, another episode. Ireland took on Australia in the final game of the Autumn Nations Series and the URC resumed with wins for Leinster, Munster, the Bulls and the Sharks among others. Ruud van Nistelrooy is the new Leicester coach, Amorim is saying and doing the right things as the United coach and Liverpool continue to dominate in the PL and UCL. The boys close out the

Episode 16: Autumn Nations Series Wrap, PSdT wins, Rassie robbed

Nov 26 2024 80 mins  
Dom is back and the team is complete. This week they look back at the Autumn Nations Series, rating the major Nations' performance and discuss the World Rugby awards. Dom gives his opinion on Amorim's first game in charge of Manchester United and Max doubles down on his Liverpool title prediction. Tune in for hot takes, wild opinions and everything inbetween.

Episode 15: A weekend in London, Springboks beating England and the Rugby World Player of the Year

Nov 20 2024 72 mins  
Claus and Max sit down on the couch this week without Dominic to talk all things Rugby including the past weekend's Autumn Nations series results with the Springboks beating England, Australia tearing apart Wales, and France and Ireand squeezing past New Zealand and Ireland respectively. The boys discuss the nominees for Breakthrough- and Player of the Season and they have a debate

Episode 14: Scotland Trip, Coote conspiracy and Paul vs. Tyson

Nov 13 2024 42 mins  
Dom and Max join Claus from the kingdom of Fife to discuss their trip to Edinburgh to watch Scotland vs South Africa, the Southern Hemisphere Teams' dominance over the aforementioned Scotland, Ireland, England and Italy and Liverpool extending their lead in the Premier League. They have strong opinions on Paul vs Fury and delve into the David Coote controversy. Tune in for some lau

Episode 13: Hyrox, Liverpool consistency and facing up to the Haka

Nov 04 2024 59 mins  
Dominic and Max survived their Hyrox championship and join Claus on the couch to discuss Liverpool's impressive start to the Premier League season, Arsenal and City's shock losses and more action from the Premier league weekend. Dominic takes another dig at F1 drivers and the boys debate what an acceptable response to the Haka looks like, with England losing to New Zealand and Scot

Episode 12: El Classico, Stormers in trouble and Ten Hag out

Oct 29 2024 60 mins  
A big week in sports with Barcelona thumping Real Madrid, Carlos Sainz winning the Mexican Grand Prix and Plenty of action from the URC and the Premier League. The boys unpack the Sharks return to form, the Stormers struggles at the bottom of the log, and the Lions potential for the remaining season. Dominic gives his verdict on United sacking Erik Ten Hag and Claus and Max reflect

Episode 11: Rugby Law changes, first time DP World Tour winners and Liverpool to win the league

Oct 21 2024 53 mins  
Claus, Max and Dominic are back on the couch discussing all things sport. A lot of action to look back on including the F1 race in Austin, the Women's T20 final, a record equalling 9-hole play-off at the Andalucia Masters, Arsenal's shock loss to Bournemouth, a solid display from Liverpool and good wins from Everton and Brigthon. The South African Franchises had a successfull week

Episode 10: URC discussions, Nadal retiring and women's sport

Oct 16 2024 59 mins  
The trio is complete again with Claus returning after his operation. The boys discuss Nadal's retirement, some cheap tactics by Libya in the Afcon Qualifiers, women's sport and URC results from Gameweek 4 with one eye on big games for the Sharks and the Stormers coming up in week 5 of the competition. Tune in for plenty of amateur opinions and bold calls regarding the Bulls.

Episode 9: DP World Tour, Man Utd's Manager and a weekend in Scotland

Oct 08 2024 35 mins  
The boys are one man down with Claus missing out this week. Dom and Max discuss their golf weekend in Scotland, Tyrell Hatton winning on the DP World Tour, Premier League results, potential Manchester United Managers and URC results with an eye on some mouth watering derbys coming up this weekend with leinster taking on Munster and Cardiff facing the Scarlets. Tune in for some laug