The gang convene (with Matt a ship in the night) to discuss the latest news - including SA Rugby halving its professional players and Jimmy Stonehouse's epic guns - the Super Rugby final and our Super 15 XV, Over Achiever and Under Achiever/Disappointing XVs of the season. There is also a testy discussion about whether Angus Gardener got it right. Ant sent us some amazing stats, but Adam failed to read them. We are sorry Ant :( Music from bensound.com.
Aug 05, 2018•1 hr 40 min
The full gang are in the house as they discuss Super Rugby coming to its 2018 end, the return of Zane Kirchner, Ashley Johnson, John Mitchell causes a stir (#standard), U14 B lineout moves and, according to Ben, "It's coming home". Music from bensound.com.
Jul 29, 2018•1 hr 2 min
It's just Matt and Alex (with a brief cameo from Adam) at ERB HQ this week, with Ben away and Adam adulting. The duo discuss the Amanaki Mafi case, how the Super 15 playoffs are as overpopulated as the Scarlets' new jersey and how Tonga could be a force to be reckoned with at the 2019 World Cup. Music from bensound.com.
Jul 22, 2018•52 min
It's a full house on a Monday as Adam waxes lyrical about meeting Ben in the flesh, while the gang chat all things Starty McKenzie, among other news topics. Alex gets passions inflamed comparing George Bridget to Rieko, and after makes their predictions for the week(they didn't beat the coin), everyone throws in their suggestions for rules changes that rugby so desperately needs. Music from bensound.com.
Jul 16, 2018•1 hr 29 min
It's a full house as Ben, Adam, "Not Too Bad" Matt and Alex quickly move on from their poor week in the Fantasy universe to looking at a wildcard and safe pick for the last week of Fox Fantasy Super Rugby. Much debate is had, Adam is good at reading, Matt goes rogue (#standard) while Alex and Ben help to make some on-air decisions towards the end of the episode for next week's Fantasy finale. Music from bensound.com.
Jul 12, 2018•37 min
Alex, Ben, Matt and Adam return to cast their eyes over the second last week of the Super Rugby treadmill before the playoffs. The Waratahs-Sunwolves game (and its links to wrestling) gets airtime as does Alex's love of Richie Mo. Matt's keypad makes its distinctive noise, Ben tries to not get to excited and Adam apparently said something to Matt on the first day they met that left an impression. The gang also decide to let The Bitcoin do all the work for them this week for predictions given the...
Jul 08, 2018•1 hr 23 min
It isn't Morgan Freeman or Tim Robbins, but the ERB Redemption for last week's absence is here and Adam, Alex and Matt (Ben had a family engagement) run the rule over all the positions, wonder if DMac will get rested and have some epic bants in a special feature towards the end of the show. Music from bensound.com.
Jul 03, 2018•51 min
The gang return, and say sorry for not producing as they promised. They then tackle the weekend's past action, waxing lyrical about the magnificence of Ben Smith, the pure smooth that is Nicolas Sanchez's kicking style, attempting to figure out how the Super 15 log and playoffs actually work, and a look ahead to the second last week of Super Rugby in 2018. Image sourced from: https://pixabay.com/en/sorry-bear-teddy-toy-cute-apology-2798346/ Music from bensound.com.
Jul 01, 2018•1 hr 24 min
Ant becomes the "Anarchist" as he joins Matt, Alex and Adam on the pod pine. They chat about England's deserved victory over the Springboks in Cape Town, where to for the Boks from here, some of the other international games over the weekend, and Matt wonders about Israel Folau's sin bin. Super Rugby rears its head as the gang make their picks for the week, where Ant chooses his moment. Nothing beats international rugby right? Music from bensound.com.
Jun 24, 2018•1 hr 6 min
The gang say happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there, and the Prince of Rants awakes from his slumber to burn all before him. Adam has a pop at the All Blacks, Owen Farrell is compared to a certain Canadian pop star and Matt does his first roast duck. Shout out to friends of the pod, @FantasyXVDraft! Music from bensound.com.
Jun 17, 2018•1 hr 22 min
Alex, Ben, Matt and Adam chat about the weekend's international rugby action, the Blitz Bokke, Wilco Louw's looming spa day and how Ryan Crotty is the Gandalf/Lt. Richard Winters of the rugby world. Alex loses his temper when talking about the Wallabies kit and Ben has a confession, buried late-on in the pod on purpose (naughty naughty!) Music from bensound.com.
Jun 10, 2018•1 hr 22 min
Alex and Ben welcome back Matt and Adam onto the pod, as the gang chat about Dick Sporting Goods Park, the looming Test series between South Africa and England, divisions over Frans Steyn and a brief look at the Australia and New Zealand series, among other topics (including curling). Music from bensound.com.
Jun 04, 2018•1 hr 5 min
Alex, aided by Ant the Analyst and Ben from Tax, steers the ship in Adam and Matt's absence. They discuss the lay of the land in Super Rugby, South Africa losing a bad game of rugby against Wales on the other side of the world, Rieko and stray rugby players wandering around Dunedin. There will be no Fantasy Chat or predictions episode this week with Super Rugby on hiatus. Music from bensound.com
Jun 03, 2018•55 min
Ant joins the Fantasy chat in an attempt to help Matt, Alex and Adam figure out how they left Mafi on the bench last week. One of them can't stop picking Blues as the pod works its way through the back division, while Matt sets up his wildcard pick for OBK in style. Music from bensound.com.
May 29, 2018•20 min
Ant joins Matt, Alex and Adam in looking to the weekend's coming games, including SA v Wales in the USA. Ben mails it in (and very thoroughly), Game of Thrones references abound, and Adam uses a Harry Potter comparison in one of the weekend's match-ups. Tom Banks, the Australian fullback in South Africa over the last two weeks, also gets some well deserved airtime. Music from bensound.com.
May 28, 2018•40 min
The gang are back as they discuss how being able to do it on a cold in Christchurch (Stoke?) is the measure of a good rugby team, World Rugby's new focus on nipples, the weekend's games including the kak-fest that was the Stormers-Lions, and Rassie Erasumus' first Springbok squad. Music from bensound.om. Image from Geof Wilson, at this address: www.flickr.com/photos/17211040@N00/7554791106 Image under this license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en
May 27, 2018•1 hr 3 min
Adam, Matt and a returning Alex cast their over the forwards in this week's Fantasy Chat, with Adam doing his best Ben impression. The great Ardie Savea debate poses a head-scratcher and questions are asked about to do with #YearOfAkira. Music from bensound.com.
May 22, 2018•39 min
Ant (making his predictions debut) brings his cold logic to proceedings as he helps Ben, Matt and Adam figure what on earth is happening in the latest round of Super Rugby, especially with a couple of tough picks this week. Alex is MIA due to a heavy weekend apparently... Music from bensound.com.
May 21, 2018•33 min
Alex takes a break as Ant returns (with his formidable knowledge of actual statistics to boot) as he, Matt, Ben and Adam dissect the All Blacks squad, the latest round of Super Rugby fixtures, briefly touch on the Ashwin Willemse walk-off and discuss why the Stormers require a clean-out. Ant also reveals he is a Sharks fan (!). Music from bensound.com.
May 20, 2018•1 hr 3 min
Ben, Matt and Adam (with Alex mailing it in) assess the back division for this coming week's Fantasy rugby clashes, and if Matt is to be believed, a Little flyhalf casts a big shadow. That, and DDA 2 cracks a mention. Music from bensound.com.
May 15, 2018•25 min
It's another week of Super Rugby, and another week of the Elite Rugby Banter team searching for that elusive GSP. The Coin of Destiny, undefeated thus far, returns once more and one man, against all odds (but according to statistics?), picks the Waratahs to break Australia's never-ending losing streak against Kiwi opposition. Also, Alex was apparently working on something important. Music from bensound.com.
May 14, 2018•39 min
The gang return and heap praise upon the Sunwolves (#Awooo!) for demolishing the Reds, chat about Joe Moody's two/six week ban, Australia's reserve 10s and the weekend's games. Matt also does himself proud in the #Awooo stakes. Music from bensound.com.
May 13, 2018•1 hr 1 min
Matt, Adam and Alex are regaled by Ben's woes at the gym and office, and after selling Malcolm Marx and buying Robbie Coetzee, chat about their the most tasty, salty, and outright interesting Fantasy forward picks for the week. Also, no one knows what Stitcher is. Music from bensound.com.
May 08, 2018•35 min
Alex, Ben, Matt and returnee Adam have a tough time figuring out who is going to win the Stormers-Chiefs and Bulls-Sharks games, but amidst the tough minded thinking, a new coin is flipped and one of the gang think it will be an absolute disaster. Music from bensound.com.
May 07, 2018•41 min
Matt, Ben and Alex are joined by ERB newbie Ant as they chat about the great man that is Lappies Labuschagne, his departure from the Sunwolves, Australia's struggles in Super Rugby and the Sharks putting the hammer down on the Highlanders. Music from bensound.com
May 06, 2018•1 hr 17 min
In a week where they did not have three players starting, the Elite Banter crew make some quick changes, before discussing a rich pick (and not so rich) for each position, with Adam choking (literally) at Matt's mention of Kurtley Beale. Music from bensound.com
May 02, 2018•28 min
Ben, Matt, Alex and Adam assess the wreckage from the previous week's predictions, before diving into whether Damian McKenzie will be fit, a Waratahs' stag party and not reaching an accord on the Stormers vs the Bulls. Music from bensound.com.
May 01, 2018•26 min
The gang are back to chat about the weekend's games and how the Highlanders' scrum led to a roof being built. Thanks to Adam (unintentionally), another name is added to the ranks of the ERB Crew of Specially Nicknamed Players. Everyone also picks their best/worst teams of the season thus far, and a stand-out player. Music from bensound.com and image courtesy of JaumeBG, at the below address under the below license: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Otago_United_v_Waikato_FC_(1).jpg & h...
Apr 29, 2018•1 hr 1 min
Matt is back to help Alex, Ben and Adam figure out how to deal with their epic playing stocks crisis, with a sub-plot being trusting Sunwolves coach Mad Dog Joseph to be somewhat consistent in his team choice. Again, what could possibly go wrong? Music from bensound.com.
Apr 24, 2018•25 min
Ben, Alex and Adam, after coming so close (thanks Brumbies), attempt once more to get that elusive GSP. Adam in particular has a crisis of indecisiveness regarding the Bulls-Highlanders game, but thankfully "The Coin" was not needed. Music from bensound.com
Apr 23, 2018•21 min
