Stephen Larkham
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Oct 1, 2026
Ian PriorGUEST
I guess, again, I was lucky in I was a bit of a student of the game, learning, watching super rugby, those kind of things growing up, trying to mimic what my heroes were doing on the screen and trying to figure it out on the run.
Ian PriorGUEST
But it wasn't until I went professional where, you know, you start to see how someone like a Stephen Larkham, I was really lucky to work under Stephen Larkham for two years.
Ian PriorGUEST
And for our first year at the Brumbies where we had three Wallabies, fast forward 12 months later, we had 14, I believe.
Ian PriorGUEST
He would literally sit there and watch every game we played on a Monday.
Sean MaloneyGUEST
... to go well.
Sean MaloneyGUEST
And, and what a great, what a great tip of the hat to guys like Larkham and the rest of them at the Brumbies to bring him on, on-
Brett McKayHOST
Mm
Sean MaloneyGUEST
... and up to that point, and he's had to bide his time, and now he's just, well, he's one of the best getting around-
Dan McKellarGUEST
... a player.
Dan McKellarGUEST
And I've said it a number of times over the years, that I think we're in such a rush to, um, you know, put someone as the next Steve Larkham or the next, uh, Phil Kearns, who- whoever it might be.
Brett McKayHOST
Mm.
Dan McKellarGUEST
You know, like, we put pressure on players off the back of playing one or two good games.
AndyHOST
And the agent made it very clear.
AndyHOST
And then you're sort of going, so did they decide that they didn't want to give him the money? And that was the message? Or did Roundtree decide that now you're too old and this is just my call and it's quite beyond the money? And then you're going, I'm like, why is Raintree even having this conversation? And it looks like Raintree's having the conversation because Van Graan was the director of rugby and Larkham was the senior coach, even though Van Graan is very obviously the coach.
AndyHOST
And I think of the coach as the guy, the description I think of is the one that... was given in Fanning's book, as you wrote about, about Leo Cullen just going, look, Leo does all the shit jobs so that the coach can coach.
AndyHOST
But, like, somebody has to do all the shit jobs.
Zelim NelHOST
Johnny Wilkinson added his kicking ability in terms of kicking for posts and his physicality in contact.
Zelim NelHOST
And Stephen Larkham, great creative player who kind of pulled the strings in that Brumbies and Wallabies side.
Zelim NelHOST
20 years ago but sasha is a solo points machine like he can probably improve in some of those decision making aspects that made dc such an amazing player but he can do things physically that none of those guys can do speed wise he'd leave them for dead in a sprint some of the stuff that he has done in terms of creating opportunities to score and scoring tries with ball in hand is more what you'd expect from an outside back.
Zelim NelHOST
Like at 10, at first receiver, this guy can step you and burn you and beat you and break a tackle and all of those things.
Jamie LyallGUEST
Um, what a player.
Jamie LyallGUEST
The, the one that we should have had in Scotland that we never had, uh, was Stephen Larkham.
Jamie LyallGUEST
I don't know if any of you are familiar with this story, but for a while when Scottish Rugby were looking for investment, they ha- they actually sort of handed Edinburgh over to, to private ownership, the Carruthers Brothers, um, which pr-proved to be a very short, ill-fated, and slightly controversial time in charge before the union took it over again.
Jamie LyallGUEST
And they were about to sign Stephen Larkham from the Brumbies.
Jamie LyallGUEST
This is about two thousand and five, six, so kinda not quite peak Stephen Larkham, but still Wallaby Stephen Larkham, and it never...
Jamie LyallGUEST
It was in Rugby World, there were interviews with him, and it-- the whole thing went, went, fell on its backside, and it never happened.
Jamie LyallGUEST
Um, so that's the one we were deprived of.
Mark KeohaneHOST
So it is a very technical challenge, and I think what makes them dangerous is that the Boks probably don't treat them subconsciously with the same respect as they do the All Blacks.
Mark KeohaneHOST
There's something about the Wallabies that, I don't know what it is, but we just don't seem to be able to pick ourselves up for them like maybe we used to in the George Gregan, Larkham days.
Mark KeohaneHOST
So we've gotta treat these guys with respect.
Mark KeohaneHOST
They will be technically good.
Mick CollissGUEST
The number 10's basically the quarterback, and you look at Australian number 10s in the past where we've been, we've been good.
Mick CollissGUEST
You had, you know, Mark Ella right back in the '80s, then Michael Lynagh when they won the World Cup in '91, Stephen Larkham when they won it in '99.
Mick CollissGUEST
So just the last, I reckon the last 20 years, we've really struggled to have a, a good number 10.
Mick CollissGUEST
And even now, so Carter Gordon, he was the man.
TommyHOST
Champ, he's already made a difference.
Drew MitchellHOST
No, well, the most interesting match-up, the experienced Stephen Larkham at the head coaching for the Brumbies up against Lachie McCaffrey.
James RochfordHOST
Mm.
TommyHOST
I don't wanna give Lachie a lot of air time, but I'm happy to bag-
Kieran ReadGUEST
Yep.
Jeremy PaulGUEST
Because he had a g- first he had a good 9, 10 for starters, right? [laughs] Gregan and Larkham.
Jeremy PaulGUEST
But his ability to shut down, like, the outside threat, as well as he is your, he's your guy that is leading, leading up the defenses.
Jeremy PaulGUEST
He's talking.
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