Thomas “The Tank” Du Toit
5/12/20261 hr 20 min
The Springbok tighthead, the broken grip strength machine, and a bag of homemade biltong. This one had it all. Thomas du Toit sits down with the boys to talk farm life, front row dark arts, Springbok test weeks, and what England can really expect when they rock up at Ellis Park in July. Simply one of the best guests we've ever had. 00:00 🛞 Season 6 is sponsored by Continental Tyres 01:22 💪 Grip Strength Chaos 03:58 🥩 Biltong And Boerewors 12:49 🚜 Farm Kid To Pro Pathway 15:05 🏉 Schoolboy Rugby Rivalries 23:15 🔧 Machinery and Fixing Stuff 30:00 ↔️ Switching to Tighthead 32:04 📚 Loosehead vs Tighthead Explained 34:44 🎭 Scrum Dark Arts Revealed 39:35 🦸 Scrum Combos and The Avengers Pack 50:20 🇿🇦 Springbok Selection Ups and Downs 54:46 ⛰️ England Test - Ellis Park Altitude 01:00:29 👀 England Front Row Talent Watch 01:05:55 🛁 Bath Depth and Will Stuart Praise 01:07:03 🏆 Try Scoring 01:09:15 🎯 Premiership Goal and World Cup Ambitions 01:13:30 🤝 Most Respected Opponent 🔐NORD VPN : https://nordvpn.com/goodbadrugby 📗The Good, The Bad & The Rugby: Unloaded are available: https://lnk.to/GBRUnlocked/waterstones Welcome to The Good, The Bad & The Rugby with journalist and former broadcaster Alex Payne, England and Lions flanker James Haskell, and World Cup Winner Mike Tindall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsThomas du Toit· Guest0:00
I think the current looseheads are phenomenal at the Springboks, so the, the training is more difficult than the game. It's, it's very important that you just get your fundamentals right before you start thinking about the dark arts.
Alex Payne· Host0:11
Just give us a sense of what awaits England at Ellis Park.
Thomas du Toit· Guest0:14
Altitude. [laughs] [laughs] It's a ex- experience that you can't explain to anyone. You need to be there. You need to live it and feel it.
Alex Payne· Host0:21
Do you feel enriched by having been here?
Thomas du Toit· Guest0:23
Completely. Yeah. Uh, as in, as in completely changed me. Understanding what a proper rugby club is supposed to look like. I've had the best time.
Speaker 30:32
Alex Payne trying to keep the side going forward. Haskell takes it on now with just relentless chat. And there's Tindall to add the finishing touch of glamour and World Cup winning stories. A dominant display by the good, the bad, and the rugby.
Alex Payne· Host0:46
Hello, dream team.
James Haskell· Host0:48
Welcome.
Alex Payne· Host0:48
Welcome along to this week's episode of the Good, the Bad and the Rugby. Proudly sponsored, as always, by our fantastic partners at Continental Tyres.
James Haskell· Host0:55
Continental Tyres are the official tyre partner of England Rugby. Engineered for victory, their award-winning tyres are built to perform no matter the conditions.
Alex Payne· Host1:04
Do get yourselves involved in the comments section. Make sure you're subscribed wherever it is you get your podcasts. And today we have got a man mountain in the studio, Thomas du Toit of Bath and the Springboks. From the boy who grew up on a farm in the Western Cape, to the man who's gone on to become arguably the best tighthead prop on the planet right now. How are you?
Thomas du Toit· Guest1:20
I'm very well, thank you. Thanks for having me.
Alex Payne· Host1:22
Before we even get into it, we're gonna start with our Continental Tyres grip strength challenge. The mountain hath arrived in studio. [laughs] There's no mucking about. There's