The Alickadoos: Recent Episodes
Chris Knight, Luke Treharne, & Harry McNulty
A podcast loosely associated with Rugby Sevens sharing journeys, insight, stories, and shenanigans from across the rugby sevens world.
Hosted by former Wales 7s winger Chris Knight and joined by Ireland 7s player Harry McNulty and Wales 7s captain Luke Treharne
Luke and Chris review the recent HSBC Sevens Grand Finale and relegation battle in Madrid
Bore Da, Knighty, Doc and Harry are all reunited this week. They discuss the third and final challenger 7s series results and how the Grand final in Madrid is shaping up.
Harry discusses his debut modelling gig with buggy smuggler and Knighty explains why he walked up the highest mountain in Wales 3 times in 9 hours.
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Bore Da, this week Knighty and the Doctor jump into the action from the Singapore 7s. The final tournament of the World SVNS series league saw New Zealand women and Argentina men clinch the league titles.
Great Britain 7s secured a top 8 spot and their places on the series for next season. The top 8 teams will now compete in Madrid for the grand final while the bottom four teams will play the top 4 challenger series teams to see who will be relegated from the World SVNS series.
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Luke and Chris preview the forthcoming Singapore 7s alongside rounding up the recent 7s news.
Bore Da! We're up to a full house with Knighty, Doc & Hazza. We dive into all the action on and off the pitch around the Hong Kong 7s. Hazza secured a bronce medal with Ireland and Doc had a big weekend of content creation with some rugby legends!
Bore Da! This week Knighty and the doctor are joined by the French try-scoring sensation Aaron Grandidier-Knanang. They discuss France 7s breaking the 19 year wait for a tournament win, playing with Dupont and Aaron's unconventional pathway into professional sport.
Bore Da! Luke and Chris Talk to current Great Britain and former Scotland 7s captain Robbie Fergusson, talking all about the current GB set up, how he got into 7s, and his thoughts on both the Olympics and his future in the game.
Bore Da! This week Knighty and Luke had the absolute honour of sitting down and speaking to Olympian, cross-code superstar, and Black Ferns Sevens Icon Tyla King.
We discuss her journey to the pinnacle of 7s, breaking the record, maintaining motivation, and how the current season is panning out for the Black Ferns 7s into the Olympics.
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Bore Da! This week Knighty and Luke discuss all the action from the LA7s this past weekend. France took their first tournament win 19 years by beating GB men in the final. And the Blackferns looked dominant all weekend to take back to back wins in Vancouver and LA.
Bore Da! This week Knighty & The Dr dive into all the action from the Vancouver 7s this weekend. Including an incredible first tournament from Antoine Dupont. They also look ahead to the LA 7s this coming weekend.
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Chris chats about his recent hike up to the summit of Kilimanjaro and we preview the forthcoming HSBC Sevens Series tournament out in Vancouver.
Bore Da, This week Luke catches up with one of of our great mates with an incredible story, Oscar Dennis. Oscar was a Kenyan 7s star until he was injured during a hit-and-run.
Bore Da: Luke and Chris review the Perth 7s, discussing Ireland Women's famous first-ever victory on the World Sevens Series alongside the dominance and brotherhood of Los Pumas 7s.
Bore Da, This week Luke and Knighty preview the Perth 7s including why Australia is such a great place to play rugby.
Bore Da, This week Luke and Harry discuss all the action from the first leg of the challenger series in Dubai where Kenya Men and China Women reigned supreme. They also discuss Louis Rees-Zammit's move to the NFL, a decision that has split the rugby world!
Bore Da & Happy New Year! Knighty is away in Scotland so Luke & Harry discuss everything 2024, from New Years Resolutions for the SVNS series and the upcoming challenger series this weekend.
Bore Da & Merry Christmas! In the final episode of the year Luke & Knighty discuss some of the best social media clips from this years men's and women's series.
Clip 1: Akuila Rokolisoa Goosey Magic
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Clip 2: Portia Woodman goes Beast Mode
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Clip 3: Yet another Jas Joyce chase back
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Clip 4: Matteo Graziamo taking names
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Bore Da! This week Luke and Knighty discuss all the action from the Capetown 7s including the madness at the pitchside pool.
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Bore Da, Luke & Chris review all the action from this weekend's epic Dubai 7s including Knighty getting starstruck by Dan Carter!
Teagan Levi:
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Jorja Miller
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Selvyn Davids
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Akuila Rokolisoa
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Luke and Chris preview the forthcoming 2023 Dubai 7s alongside chatting about the announcement of the new World Rugby 7s Challenger Series.
00:30 Introduction
03:45 Pacific Games
05:10 World Rugby 7s Challenger series.
13:00 What's great about the Dubai 7s
18:00 Men's Preview
25:20 Women's Preview
31:40 Luke and Chris's favourite Dubai memories
38:00 This is, This isn't 7s
40:00 Underhyped or Overhyped
We discuss Japans qualification for the 2024 Olympics, Dupont and Hoopers switch to 7s, alongside previewing the 2023/24 season including the series new format and venues.
Chris, Luke, and Harry are back. In this episode we catch up on, and review a summer of Sevens action which included Olympic qualification for Europe, America, Africa, and Oceania. We also preview the forthcoming Asian games, talk about Antoine Dupont's switch over to 7s, alongside Ireland 7s winning team of the Year. 22 minutes onwards for strictly Rugby 7s chat.
Luke and Chris catch up with Harry to reflect on Ireland 7s season, the forthcoming Rugby Europe tournaments and the New York City 7s alongside the teams quest for Olympic qualification.
Chris and Luke review the 2023 Twickenham 7s and reflect on the men's end of season awards.
Luke and Chris review the weekends 7s action from Toulouse, giving their thoughts on both the women's and men's tournaments, alongside looking ahead to the forthcoming Twickenham 7s.
Luke and Chris chat to Jarryd Harris aka The Rugby Guy.
A social media sensation, Jarryd "Attempts to make people smile with fun and unique rugby content", and has amassed over 200,000 followers on both Instagram and TikTok.
Alongside being the owner of the longest place kick and best goose step in World Rugby, he has created content alongside some of the biggest players, teams, and brands.
In this episode we chat to him about the origins, journey, and future of the The Rugby Guy, his world records, how he goes about creating content, the highs and lows of being a content creator, alongside balancing family life.
Chris and Luke chat with USA 7s player Ilohna Marr about all things rugby and social media.
We touch upon her journey into rugby and what made her successful, the growth of the global game and USA 7s, how she grew and developed a huge online presence, alongside how she balances both rugby and social media.
Luke and Chris chat about Lukes social media exploits in Hong Kong and Singapore, The Melrose 7s, alongside the World Rugby Challenger Series
Luke and Chris chat about and preview the forthcoming Hong Kong 7s and Luke shares his top tips for anyone visiting for event for the first time.
Luke and Chris debrief the last two legs of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, chatting about both the Men and Women's exploits in Los Angeles and Vancouver.Â
Luke, Harry, and Chris chat about how each of them worked their way into the professional Sevens game, alongside sharing some of their favourite stories from their time away on tour.
Don’t meet your heroes unless they’re Paul O'Connell.  Luke Harry and Chris discuss Sydney 7s, Belfast, Hong Kong and loads more.Â
Chris talks about getting engaged alongside catching up with Luke and Harry about The recent Hamilton 7s and the forthcoming Sydney 7s, including why Sydney is such a good venue for the World 7s Series. Â
Luke and Chris catch up after the Christmas break to chat about the Cape Town 7s, the men's and Women's World Series standings, alongside the forthcoming Hamilton 7s in New Zealand.Â
Chris, Luke, & Harry chat about the recent Dubai 7s, epic captains photos, and why the Cape Town 7s is such a good tournament.Â
Luke and Chris chat about why the Dubai 7s is such a great tournament, alongside sharing some of their fondest memories of the series event, and previewing both the Women's and the Men's Pools ahead of the weekends action.Â
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Chris and Luke chat to Australia 7s player Henry Hutchinson around the recent success of the Australia 7s team, what motivates him, alongside his and the teams goals for the forthcoming year.Â
The crew chat about the recent World Rugby Player of the Year nominations and answer the following questions:Â
- What would you change about 7s and why?
- What’s the best thing you’ve learnt or piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
- What other World Series team would you play for?
- What World Series team would you chose to have a night out with?
- Would you rather have a mullet and no facial hair or be bald and have amazing facial hair?
Chris, Luke, and Harry review the 2022 Hong Kong Sevens. Chatting about what the boys got up to on their night out in Wan Chai, The infamous South Stand, and Australia's incredible victory.Â
Chris, Luke, and Harry discuss the upcoming Hong Kong Sevens after its three and half year hiatus. They talk about why the tournament is one of the best on the World Series alongside previewing the groups and giving their predictions.Â
Chris and Harry chat to Luke about not being offered a GB 7s contract, Â stepping away from rugby 7s, and making the move over to Hong Kong.Â
Chris and Luke reflect on the recent Rugby Europe tournament in Bucharest which acted as a final qualifier for the Rugby 7s World Cup in Cape town later this year. Luke also chats about the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Luke and Chris review the past two weekends of action from stops 5 & 6 on the HSBC Mens Sevens World SeriesÂ
Chris, Luke, and Harry discuss the Spain legs of the HSBC World Sevens Series alongside the benefits of the invitational 7s circuit.
Chris, Harry & Luke return for season two of the Alickadoos ahead of the Dubai 7s.Â
We chat about the Dubai 7s, how Jerry Tuwai had his phone hacked, and why the Fijians had a reputation for being mischievous in the hotels on the World Series.Â
Harry chats us through playing for Monaco in Super sevens series in France and Luke updates us on Team GB alongside letting us know what on earth is happening with the Sevens World Series.Â
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Chris & Luke are Joined by GB & Scotland 7s Winger Max McFarland. Max has 84 World Series tries and has represented Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics. We chat about his journey into rugby, including his time in Russia and how he ended up playing for Scotland alongside his time in Tokyo and how he is the lizard wresting champion.Â
Chris is joined by Sevens Superstar and Welsh Wonder woman Jasmine Joyce.Â
Jaz currently plays for Team GB on the World series and has featured in two Olympic games. She has also represented Wales at both 7s & 15s, featuring in a Commonwealth games and a Rugby World Cup and has played for the Barbarians.Â
The band are back together post Tokyo.Â
Luke Treharne talks us through the 'This is 7s' YouTube video about his disappointment of not being selected for Tokyo alongside giving us the latest updates from both Team GB & the 7s World Series.Â
Harry McNulty give us an overview of his time in the Olympic village including collecting pins, drinking with the Kenyans, and being a flag nonce. He also gives us some insight into the Vegas trip with the LA Giltinis and updates us on his current contract situation.Â
From Fijian Flair to Black Ferns dominance Luke and Chris review the Women's & the Men's Olympic 7s competitions.
We also discuss if Jerry Tuwai is the GOAT of Fiji 7s, why quarter finals shouldn't be scrapped, and how we should all be more Ruby Tui.
Myself and Luke Treharne give a rundown of both the Men's and Women's Olympic Sevens Pools.
We offer our two pence on;
- Squad selections,
- Players to look out for,
- Which teams will progress from the groups,
- Who we think will win the competitions
Whatever happens its set to be  two epic competitions which we cant wait to watch.Â
Harry McNulty is going to be an Olympian!
He chats us through the Monaco repechage and Ireland sevens qualification for the Tokyo Olympics.
We also speak about the teams preparation for Tokyo and how Covid is going to effect the entre Olympic experience.Â
Oh and he lets us know where he's going to be getting those rings tattooed. Â
The band are back together for a World exclusive news story - Harry McNulty returns to Sevens!Â
Fresh off the plane Harry chats to Luke and Chris about his return to Ireland to help the sevens team secure a spot at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics.Â
We also talk about his last couple of weeks with the LA Giltinis including breaking his hand, playing in a $5 billion dollar stadium, and meeting both Nicole Scherzinger and Steve-O.Â
Luke Treharne also updates us about life In the GB Sevens camp, including how the recent matches against the USA & Ireland went and when will the team for Tokyo be selected .
Chris and Luke speak to Wasps Ladies fly half Megan Jones. ⠀ ⠀ A utility back who's comfortable at fly half or centre, Meg has been capped for both England 15's and England 7s, winning Bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and helping England to the 2021 Six Nations title. ⠀ ⠀ She is currently involved in her second Team GB 7s camp having been selected as a non playing reserve for the Rio 2016 tournament aged just 19. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ In this episode we discuss everything from; ⠀ Her journey into rugby and how she manages 15's and 7s .⠀ ⠀ Life in the Women's GB 7s camp. Equal pay and what more can be done to balance the books.⠀ ⠀ The Women's Six nations and how it should become a stand alone tournament. ⠀ ⠀ How is best to grow the female game.⠀ ⠀ Her favourite memories on and off the field.⠀ ⠀ Her future rugby goals and the possibility of a women's Lions series .⠀ ⠀ .
Chris Knight and Luke Treharne are joined by Scotland 7s International and Edinburgh winger Jamie Farndale.Â
Jamie, who is Edinburgh's youngest ever debutant and has 43 caps for Scotland 7s, speaks candidly about;
- His journey into the game of 7s
- Those two iconic Twickenham cups wins over South Africa and England
- The disappointment of not being selected for Team GB in 2016
- Vulnerability, and why he's risking it all to try and make it to Tokyo
- His future Rugby plans
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Luke, Harry, and Chris are back together for Episode 5.
Luke Treharne joins us from the Team GB sevens training camp up in Loughborough. Providing us some behind the scenes insight on how the camp works and why its completely different to anything he's ever experienced before.Â
After escaping the Bermuda triangle, Harry McNulty talks us through his first week with the LAs Giltinis. Letting us know how good Matt Giteau actually is, what they have to do for their initiation, and how Adam Ashley Cooper has established a new club song.Â
Spoiler alert its not Wonderwall.Â
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Chris Knight is joined by current Ospreys Back rower Sam Cross.Â
Crossy has over 100 appearances for Wales 7s on the World Series, two senior Wales International caps alongside winning a silver medal at Rio in 2016.Â
We chat everything from his journey into the Wales 7s set up, why he left for 15s, what the Olympic 7s experience was like alongside some of his favourite memories on and off the field.Â
Oh and he tells us about the time he got stuck on the circle line.
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An episode all about Ireland 7s Harry McNulty.Â
He talks us through the teams incredible four year journey from the depths of Europe's division C onto the Sevens World Series.Â
We also talk about his alter ego Saltynuts, as he explains how he got his nickname, how he grew his social media account to 15,000 followers and his reasons for wanting to travel the world. Â
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An episode with an alarming amount of rugby 7s chat.
Chris, Luke, and Harry discuss;
- Our favourite ever 7s teams only comprising of one player from each nation.
- The best players to transition from 7s into 15s.
- Why Cardiff and Dublin should host a World Series tournament.
- our favourite stops on the 7s World Series.
Plus plenty of other nonsensical chat thrown in for good measure like why Tom Brady kisses people on the mouth.Â
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In this episode Luke Treharne plugs his entire life, Harry McNulty explains how he got his nickname, alongside why he's leaving Ireland 7s for the USA, and we discuss why Fiji is a must visit for any rugby fan.Â
Oh and there is some 7s related chat thrown in for good measure too.Â
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