Talking Sport with Matt Burke

Matt is back and he is Talking Sport, not just Rugby!With the Tokyo Olympics starting, it's a great time to talk sport with an Olympic gold medal champion!Kerri Pottharst is also an Order of Australia medallist, a Sport Australia Hall of Famer, motivational speaker, and board member of Volleyball Australia so who better to ask about what it is going to take for the Aussies to bring home medals!

The British Open returns after being cancelled last year due to Covid, and there are 11 Aussies in the hunt for the prize. Min Woo Lee snuck into the field at the last minute by winning the Scottish Open this week.Now number 61 in the world, the 22 year old Perth product is already enjoying the perks of being a dual European Tour winner. He caught up with Bence Hamerli for a chat just hours after collecting the trophy.

Matt sits down with 10 Rugby co-commentator and broadcasting stalwart Gordon Bray. Gordon has been on the air since 1969 and is an icon in the industry. He is also a talented author, M.C. and a Member of the Order of Australia recipient.

This episode we have a multi-World Cup winner! John Eales is the most successful Wallabies captain ever and he joins Matt to discuss his thoughts on the game.

Matt is joined this week by Wallaby scrum half Nick Phipps to get his perspective on the World Cup.

This week our guest is a Wallabies veteran that played 121 test matches in the green and gold.He is Australia’s third highest try scorer in Wallabies history and has scored tries at this year’s Rugby World Cup.Matt Burke chats with the silver fox, the man known to his teammates as Swoop, we are talking Rugby with Adam Ashley Cooper.

Our Wallabies guest this week is one of the most controversial figures on the rugby field, but a man blessed with amazing natural ability on it. He became the youngest ever Super Rugby debutant at the age of 17, and the second youngest Wallaby in Australian rugby history at the age of 18 years and 126 days. He is a versatile 'utility back' that has made one of the greatest Rugby comebacks in the modern game. 2019 marks his 2nd appearance at the Rugby World Cup, his first being back in 2011. This week we talk with James O’Connor.

This week on Talking Rugby with Matt Burke, the 1999 world cup winning wallaby has a chat with his former teammate and current Wallabies defensive coach Nathan Grey.It’s a fantastic chat as he discusses the differences in the game and how much it has evolved since they played. They also talk about one of the biggest games at this year’s world cup, Australia versus Wales, the controversies, the mood in the camp, and how the Wallabies plan on creating their own World Cup history.