James O’Connor joins the lads this week to walk us through his phenomenal and often misunderstood career. He talks to us about being the youngest player to line out in Super Rugby and for the Wallabies, struggling with alcohol, fame and partying, as well as playing in London, Manchester and Toulon before returning to Australia. One of the most talented players of his generation, he gives us an incredible insight into the highs and lows of his career so far and what his plans are next. Max and Ryan also cover off the Champions Challenge Cup Finals and the jubilant scenes in La Rochelle. #RugbyPassOffload #S2 #EP36
0:00 Intro
5:16 Champions Cup Review
10:45 Ryan on Glasgow facing Leinster
12:38 Challenge Cup Review
15:27 Eben Etzebeth Incident
18:06 James O’Connor on life in the sticks
21:40 James’ Barbarians experience
26:58 His amazing start to rugby at 17
32:45 Rugby is too much about stats
34:33 Learning the difficulties of social media as a sports star
35:55 Life in Melbourne in 2012 with Danny Cipriani and Kurtley Beale
41:00 SaviourWorld
43:35 Marmuka Gorgodze saving him on the team bus in Toulon
46:50 His Wallabies test experience against the Lions in 2013
53:49 His time at Toulon
57:58 Why it was so tough playing in the UK
1:03:00 His ordeal in Paris
1:05:17 His return to the Wallabies
1:07:45 England Series and Eddie Jones
1:10:00 Best coach played under
1:11:00 Best player under
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35 Comments
This is the highlight of my week!!! Seriously love your show lads!!!
Love this show. My favourite of the rugby podcasts. Great to have current players as the main hosts.
So Ryan do you guys think you can beat leinster in the quarter fiinals
Great show, love the humor + off the ball stories combined with proper rugby opinion and knowledge on the show. 👍🏻👍🏻
Very good looking young fella, a lot of fame early, he's done well to turn everything around.
Great int
What an interesting character JOC is. As honest an interview as I've ever seen.
Always look forward to the Off Load podcast. Best highlight of the week as usual
Rugby and sport in general need characters like James…likeable rogues!
Glad that he is still part of Auzzie team.
Awesome show every week
Top craic once again,.as good as any rugger podcast out there……..love Jocks honesty
James is actually very likeable, genuine oke!
Great content 👍
I forgot all the wild haircuts he's had across the years!
Wow that’s cool as❤️👍
YES! TIME STAMPS!
Respect…. to the Aussie guy JOC…from a kiwi
Max Lahiff's name calling – 'Dutchman' and failed attempt to do an Afrikaans accent does this show no favors. Also shows some jealousy and frustration on his part, probably because he consistently gets dominated by big men from South Africa. Will rather be watching other shows in future….
Lmfao Ali Williams would be a wild episode 😂 I can see it getting loose about 2 minutes in haha
Fantastic interview gents. So much respect for that young man James O' Conner to be so honest about his shortcomings
Great interview. James come across very well 🙂
My all time fav is such an inspiration❤JOC 😘👌🏿
What a missed opportunity. High profile athlete talking candidly about drug and alcohol problems and presenters trying to bring it back to how hammered he got for bants! Its like asking a recovering alcoholic to talk about how drunk they used to get, pathetic!!
Great interview. James O Conner should be remembered for the way he singlehandedly dismantled teams early on in his career .Best of luck to him!
Enjoyed the interview lads. James was very candid. Glad everything worked out for him.
Great interview, James was incredibly honest and candid, another Aussie legend on the show. My best rugby podcast, relaxed, no bullshit, and it's really entertaining.
Great to see him turn it around.
The smallest forehead in Rugby.
JOC, one of the Legends.
This is the best interview I have seen on your show so far, I remember watching Joc's whole career and seeing all the ups and downs and its great to see his actual honest perspective on the events that happened as opposed tot he crap that was fed to us by the media which created a fair bit of hate in the Aussie public towards the lad. Great to see him happy in a better space with a big smile!
Another great show! Wow, what a dude JOC is!
Its a bit boring ,watch Fletch & Hindy on Fox Rugby League, just to get some idear,s .
Good one guys I've always liked James hes definitely had an interesting career/life of ups and downs but thats the journey ha.I like his honesty and how he isn't making any excuses which is refreshing. He has done well since he has come back to Aus and good luck to him for the rest of his rugby career.
James has been through a lot. The boys demonstrated what good and empathetic listeners they are, on top of being their usual entertaining selves. This show has real heart, there really is nothing else like it.
Interesting character need these people in are sport