# Episode 169: Which URC Teams Are Actually Built for the Playoffs? Harry Runs the Numbers

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Podcast: [The Lekker Rugby Pod!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lekker-rugby-pod-6941520)
Published: 2026-04-29T15:33:45+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mw-welman8/episodes/Episode-169-Which-URC-Teams-Are-Actually-Built-for-the-Playoffs--Harry-Runs-the-Numbers-e3il8os
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Duration seconds: 3316

## Resource

This is what it looks like when MW and Harry get a room to themselves.No guest. No agenda. Just Harry Jones with a spreadsheet and MW with the questions to make sense of it. Harry has been running numbers on the URC's nine playoff contenders, not just the table, but the categories underneath it: how teams carry, how they defend, how they use the set piece, how they kick and get the ball back. He brings a framework to a race that still has everything to play for, and MW pushes him on every assumption.This is what the Lekker Rugby Pod was built for. MW and Harry, no guest between them, knowing the game well enough to disagree on it. Harry also runs the Harry Index, MW updates the Megafoon Rugby schedule, and there is a story about a Connacht fan, a six-page letter, and an upcoming guest you will not see coming.The Lekker Rugby Pod. MW Welman and Harry Jones. Classic.

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