CTK-52:Rassie’s Rugby Laboratory: Could an 8–0 Bench Work?

Cut The Kak · Oct 23, 2026 · 1h 9m · transcript

Could the Springboks pick eight forwards on the bench? Chad and Byron take the hybrid-player debate to its inevitable conclusion: more props, more scrums and absolutely no apologies.

This week on Cut the Kak, we unpack the European rugby action, make our URC predictions and ask what’s gone wrong with the Wallabies against the All Blacks.

There’s also an NPC final to argue about, with Northland chasing a fairytale against Canterbury, and women’s rugby giving us plenty of reasons to keep watching.

Then we get into the Rugby League World Cup. We watched it. We tried. We have questions.

On the…