Brett McKay
@bmcsport.bsky.social
Rugby writer and commentator🏉+🎙the non-Harry part of the 8-9 Combo Rugby Podcast (@89combo.bsky.social)
Sport Comms & Media. Ex-ABC Sport🏌️golf lover, 📈 spreadsheeter, pie researcher, unknown to baristas 😠
Sport Comms & Media. Ex-ABC Sport🏌️golf lover, 📈 spreadsheeter, pie researcher, unknown to baristas 😠
An open question for AUS rugby fans (or rugby fans in AUS)
What's missing in our rugby coverage? What would we love to see, but can't really find?
And is web/online the main source, or we exploring elsewhere now?
Very slight @89combo.bsky.social motives, but I'm more curious than anything else..
What's missing in our rugby coverage? What would we love to see, but can't really find?
And is web/online the main source, or we exploring elsewhere now?
Very slight @89combo.bsky.social motives, but I'm more curious than anything else..
December 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
An open question for AUS rugby fans (or rugby fans in AUS)
What's missing in our rugby coverage? What would we love to see, but can't really find?
And is web/online the main source, or we exploring elsewhere now?
Very slight @89combo.bsky.social motives, but I'm more curious than anything else..
What's missing in our rugby coverage? What would we love to see, but can't really find?
And is web/online the main source, or we exploring elsewhere now?
Very slight @89combo.bsky.social motives, but I'm more curious than anything else..
So, pools locked in. Australia gets NZ, yay.
But running 2nd in Pool A puts the Wallabies on the opposite side of the draw to Boks and ABs.
ENG the likely QF opponent, you'd think...
#RWC2027draw
But running 2nd in Pool A puts the Wallabies on the opposite side of the draw to Boks and ABs.
ENG the likely QF opponent, you'd think...
#RWC2027draw
December 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
So, pools locked in. Australia gets NZ, yay.
But running 2nd in Pool A puts the Wallabies on the opposite side of the draw to Boks and ABs.
ENG the likely QF opponent, you'd think...
#RWC2027draw
But running 2nd in Pool A puts the Wallabies on the opposite side of the draw to Boks and ABs.
ENG the likely QF opponent, you'd think...
#RWC2027draw
The final @89combo.bsky.social Weekend Post-Mortem is done, with @haribaldijones.bsky.social & I running through the Boks record win over Wales in Cardiff
Live now, everywhere: open.spotify.com/episode/0u5l...
Live now, everywhere: open.spotify.com/episode/0u5l...
November 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The final @89combo.bsky.social Weekend Post-Mortem is done, with @haribaldijones.bsky.social & I running through the Boks record win over Wales in Cardiff
Live now, everywhere: open.spotify.com/episode/0u5l...
Live now, everywhere: open.spotify.com/episode/0u5l...
All the feels and all the WR TotY tweaks are on all the pod platforms everywhere too.
Just search for the @89combo.bsky.social , or just click this 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/1vkN...
@haribaldijones.bsky.social @huwgriffinrugby.bsky.social
Just search for the @89combo.bsky.social , or just click this 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/1vkN...
@haribaldijones.bsky.social @huwgriffinrugby.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
All the feels and all the WR TotY tweaks are on all the pod platforms everywhere too.
Just search for the @89combo.bsky.social , or just click this 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/1vkN...
@haribaldijones.bsky.social @huwgriffinrugby.bsky.social
Just search for the @89combo.bsky.social , or just click this 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/1vkN...
@haribaldijones.bsky.social @huwgriffinrugby.bsky.social
It's a very different - and very short - Weekend Post Mortem for the @89combo.bsky.social out just now
The @haribaldijones.bsky.social 8-part of the 8/9 was otherwise detained in Springboks celebrations in Dublin, and so... I just hit record!
Out now everywhere: open.spotify.com/episode/7r5w...
The @haribaldijones.bsky.social 8-part of the 8/9 was otherwise detained in Springboks celebrations in Dublin, and so... I just hit record!
Out now everywhere: open.spotify.com/episode/7r5w...
November 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
It's a very different - and very short - Weekend Post Mortem for the @89combo.bsky.social out just now
The @haribaldijones.bsky.social 8-part of the 8/9 was otherwise detained in Springboks celebrations in Dublin, and so... I just hit record!
Out now everywhere: open.spotify.com/episode/7r5w...
The @haribaldijones.bsky.social 8-part of the 8/9 was otherwise detained in Springboks celebrations in Dublin, and so... I just hit record!
Out now everywhere: open.spotify.com/episode/7r5w...
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
But wait, there's MORE!
This also happens to be a MAJOR milestone episode for the @89combo.bsky.social , in that a matter of hours before we recorded, we cracked...
10,000 YouTube subscribers!!
Thank you all so much, @haribaldijones.bsky.social & I literally can't do this without you all.
This also happens to be a MAJOR milestone episode for the @89combo.bsky.social , in that a matter of hours before we recorded, we cracked...
10,000 YouTube subscribers!!
Thank you all so much, @haribaldijones.bsky.social & I literally can't do this without you all.
October 9, 2025 at 4:06 AM
But wait, there's MORE!
This also happens to be a MAJOR milestone episode for the @89combo.bsky.social , in that a matter of hours before we recorded, we cracked...
10,000 YouTube subscribers!!
Thank you all so much, @haribaldijones.bsky.social & I literally can't do this without you all.
This also happens to be a MAJOR milestone episode for the @89combo.bsky.social , in that a matter of hours before we recorded, we cracked...
10,000 YouTube subscribers!!
Thank you all so much, @haribaldijones.bsky.social & I literally can't do this without you all.
Substantial, meaty @89combo.bsky.social TRC wrap is out all over the pod platforms, too
open.spotify.com/episode/5C4E...
Geoff + I tackle homework set by @haribaldijones.bsky.social !
open.spotify.com/episode/5C4E...
Geoff + I tackle homework set by @haribaldijones.bsky.social !
October 9, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Substantial, meaty @89combo.bsky.social TRC wrap is out all over the pod platforms, too
open.spotify.com/episode/5C4E...
Geoff + I tackle homework set by @haribaldijones.bsky.social !
open.spotify.com/episode/5C4E...
Geoff + I tackle homework set by @haribaldijones.bsky.social !
October 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
What is possibly more tragic than death, digital content slop?
October 2, 2025 at 6:29 AM
What is possibly more tragic than death, digital content slop?
Available throughout the pod universe, too.
Click. Subscribe. Play. Smile.
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Click. Subscribe. Play. Smile.
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October 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Available throughout the pod universe, too.
Click. Subscribe. Play. Smile.
open.spotify.com/episode/0Jec...
Click. Subscribe. Play. Smile.
open.spotify.com/episode/0Jec...
And we're live on the pods everywhere too!
Get us in your ears! #TheRugbyChampionship
open.spotify.com/episode/2tjj...
Get us in your ears! #TheRugbyChampionship
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September 4, 2025 at 6:59 AM
And we're live on the pods everywhere too!
Get us in your ears! #TheRugbyChampionship
open.spotify.com/episode/2tjj...
Get us in your ears! #TheRugbyChampionship
open.spotify.com/episode/2tjj...
New @89combo.bsky.social out all over the pod platforms too.
@haribaldijones.bsky.social me @seanny202.bsky.social the #Wallabies. It's all good..
open.spotify.com/episode/79mX...
@haribaldijones.bsky.social me @seanny202.bsky.social the #Wallabies. It's all good..
open.spotify.com/episode/79mX...
August 28, 2025 at 5:50 AM
New @89combo.bsky.social out all over the pod platforms too.
@haribaldijones.bsky.social me @seanny202.bsky.social the #Wallabies. It's all good..
open.spotify.com/episode/79mX...
@haribaldijones.bsky.social me @seanny202.bsky.social the #Wallabies. It's all good..
open.spotify.com/episode/79mX...
'Neverything with Charlie Morgan' feat. Harry's Rugby Writers Colloquium is up and about on all the pod platforms, too
open.spotify.com/episode/75sj...
open.spotify.com/episode/75sj...
July 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
'Neverything with Charlie Morgan' feat. Harry's Rugby Writers Colloquium is up and about on all the pod platforms, too
open.spotify.com/episode/75sj...
open.spotify.com/episode/75sj...
A little teaser of what's coming soon on the latest @89combo.bsky.social episode, a noise I won't forget in a hurry
@haribaldijones.bsky.social gets all literary, and @charliemorgan.bsky.social & I get our words read back to us
A weird feeling, but a great chat nonetheless...
@haribaldijones.bsky.social gets all literary, and @charliemorgan.bsky.social & I get our words read back to us
A weird feeling, but a great chat nonetheless...
July 30, 2025 at 1:40 AM
A little teaser of what's coming soon on the latest @89combo.bsky.social episode, a noise I won't forget in a hurry
@haribaldijones.bsky.social gets all literary, and @charliemorgan.bsky.social & I get our words read back to us
A weird feeling, but a great chat nonetheless...
@haribaldijones.bsky.social gets all literary, and @charliemorgan.bsky.social & I get our words read back to us
A weird feeling, but a great chat nonetheless...
July 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
And this @haribaldijones.bsky.social is what Queensland are wearing on Wednesday night - a throwback to what they wore against the Lions in 1899!
June 29, 2025 at 5:29 AM
And this @haribaldijones.bsky.social is what Queensland are wearing on Wednesday night - a throwback to what they wore against the Lions in 1899!
For what it's worth, @haribaldijones.bsky.social thinks the #SuperRugbyPacific Final is going to be a touch tighter than I do.
Here's his prediction on the latest @89combo.bsky.social episode..
Here's his prediction on the latest @89combo.bsky.social episode..
June 18, 2025 at 8:27 AM
For what it's worth, @haribaldijones.bsky.social thinks the #SuperRugbyPacific Final is going to be a touch tighter than I do.
Here's his prediction on the latest @89combo.bsky.social episode..
Here's his prediction on the latest @89combo.bsky.social episode..
#SuperRugbyPacific Final is here.
@haribaldijones.bsky.social & I got into trying to pin down a winner on the latest @89combo.bsky.social Ep, where we were joined by the great Tony Johnson..
@haribaldijones.bsky.social & I got into trying to pin down a winner on the latest @89combo.bsky.social Ep, where we were joined by the great Tony Johnson..
June 18, 2025 at 8:27 AM
#SuperRugbyPacific Final is here.
@haribaldijones.bsky.social & I got into trying to pin down a winner on the latest @89combo.bsky.social Ep, where we were joined by the great Tony Johnson..
@haribaldijones.bsky.social & I got into trying to pin down a winner on the latest @89combo.bsky.social Ep, where we were joined by the great Tony Johnson..
URC Grand Final
Premiership Final
Super Rugby Pacific Semi finals
Top 14 Barrages
John Cusack films
@haribaldijones.bsky.social & I got through it all in the latest Weekend Post Mortem
Like or Subscribe to the @89combo.bsky.social wherever you pod:
open.spotify.com/episode/47n6...
Premiership Final
Super Rugby Pacific Semi finals
Top 14 Barrages
John Cusack films
@haribaldijones.bsky.social & I got through it all in the latest Weekend Post Mortem
Like or Subscribe to the @89combo.bsky.social wherever you pod:
open.spotify.com/episode/47n6...
June 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
URC Grand Final
Premiership Final
Super Rugby Pacific Semi finals
Top 14 Barrages
John Cusack films
@haribaldijones.bsky.social & I got through it all in the latest Weekend Post Mortem
Like or Subscribe to the @89combo.bsky.social wherever you pod:
open.spotify.com/episode/47n6...
Premiership Final
Super Rugby Pacific Semi finals
Top 14 Barrages
John Cusack films
@haribaldijones.bsky.social & I got through it all in the latest Weekend Post Mortem
Like or Subscribe to the @89combo.bsky.social wherever you pod:
open.spotify.com/episode/47n6...
New Weekend Post Mortem out for the @89combo.bsky.social - the first of a few Grand Final editions to come.
This week: Leinster and their regained ruthlessness...
This week: Leinster and their regained ruthlessness...
June 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
New Weekend Post Mortem out for the @89combo.bsky.social - the first of a few Grand Final editions to come.
This week: Leinster and their regained ruthlessness...
This week: Leinster and their regained ruthlessness...
I don't have a spreadsheet to clarify the #SuperRugbyPacific finals format, but I do have a cut-price explanation..
@89combo.bsky.social
@89combo.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I don't have a spreadsheet to clarify the #SuperRugbyPacific finals format, but I do have a cut-price explanation..
@89combo.bsky.social
@89combo.bsky.social
By #SuperRugbyRound round, it's worth looking at how each team tracked.
Splitting out the NZ teams and then AUS+DRU, the momentum over the backend of the season is clear.
BLU were only in the top six for 2 of 16 rounds, while WAR+FOR crashed out in the last month..
Splitting out the NZ teams and then AUS+DRU, the momentum over the backend of the season is clear.
BLU were only in the top six for 2 of 16 rounds, while WAR+FOR crashed out in the last month..
June 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
By #SuperRugbyRound round, it's worth looking at how each team tracked.
Splitting out the NZ teams and then AUS+DRU, the momentum over the backend of the season is clear.
BLU were only in the top six for 2 of 16 rounds, while WAR+FOR crashed out in the last month..
Splitting out the NZ teams and then AUS+DRU, the momentum over the backend of the season is clear.
BLU were only in the top six for 2 of 16 rounds, while WAR+FOR crashed out in the last month..
The #SuperRugbyPacific formlines make for interesting observing as well.
HUR won 5 straight to storm into 4th, and BLU won 3 of their last 4 to scrape into 6th..
HUR won 5 straight to storm into 4th, and BLU won 3 of their last 4 to scrape into 6th..
June 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
The #SuperRugbyPacific formlines make for interesting observing as well.
HUR won 5 straight to storm into 4th, and BLU won 3 of their last 4 to scrape into 6th..
HUR won 5 straight to storm into 4th, and BLU won 3 of their last 4 to scrape into 6th..
So then, the final #SuperRugbyPacific standings after the end of the home and away season.
The Bonus Point split has intrigued me all season:
32 x 3-try+ & 31 x >7pt BPs certainly speaks to an awfully tight competition!
The Bonus Point split has intrigued me all season:
32 x 3-try+ & 31 x >7pt BPs certainly speaks to an awfully tight competition!
June 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
So then, the final #SuperRugbyPacific standings after the end of the home and away season.
The Bonus Point split has intrigued me all season:
32 x 3-try+ & 31 x >7pt BPs certainly speaks to an awfully tight competition!
The Bonus Point split has intrigued me all season:
32 x 3-try+ & 31 x >7pt BPs certainly speaks to an awfully tight competition!