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A quick chat about the All Blacks and their chances in Rugby World Cup 2019.

 The All Blacks take on South Africa in Round 2 of the Rugby Championship. I break down all the action and give my predictions. 

Warren Gatland is coming home to coach the Chiefs in Super Rugby, but his arrival caps off a difficult two years for the franchise.  This is the story of what will go down in history as "The Colin Cooper Experiment".  

Accidental Offside is back as we marvel at the brilliance of the 10 x Super Rugby champion Crusaders and dissect the first All Blacks squad of 2019. 

I am joined by Ryan Nixon, the Head of Content at the popular Tribe Sports App. Tribe is a live-scoring and commentary app that brings coverage of a wide range of sports, including rugby. Ryan talks about what it takes to bring Tribe to mobile devices, the future of the app, and also his previous career as a professional rugby referee turned high school teacher. Tribe can be downloaded on Apple's App Store as well as Google Play simply by searching 'Tribe'.

Jamie Wall is a freelance sports reporter who currently works for RNZ and Maori Television as their main rugby guru. In our chat, Jamie talks about his career covering rugby so far, how he got started by writing a blog, mainstream vs independent media, and the highlights of his time working in the field so far.

As always, there's a lot of "minnow" action at the Rugby World Cup. Can Fiji topple Australia? Will Japan go through to the finals on home turf? There will be upsets, but trying to predict where they'll be is as tough a task as ever.

Paul, the guy behind DrivingMaul, joins the show to discuss his successful independent rugby platforms in a wide-ranging interview that is well with the 90-minute listen!

With D'Mac's season-ending injury, the rugby media have gone into overdrive speculating who could fill the void. On the inaugural edition of the Accidental Offside podcast, I weigh in on who I think could be the real contenders once the first All Blacks squad of the year is announced.