Chris Jones, Ugo Monye and Chris Ashton bring you daily news, reaction and big name guests from the Rugby World Cup 2023.
And look out for our NEW Rugby World ...
Chris Jones, Ugo Monye and Chris Ashton bring you daily news, reaction and big name guests from the Rugby World Cup 2023.
And look out for our NEW Rugby World ...
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Ireland’s party in Paris
Chris, Tommy Bowe and Bobby Skinstad react to Ireland’s 13-8 win over South Africa. They discuss how Ireland faced up to the South African power game, Johnny Sexton’s leadership and the Springbok’s kicking troubles. What will each team take from the game and what it means for the tournament going forward. We also head to Lille to hear from Sara, Matt Dawson, and Paul Grayson about England’s 71-0 victory over Chile. They talk about five tries for Henry Arundell and Marcus Smith’s performance at full back.
23/09/2023
34:16
The big weekend preview
Will this be one of the great weekends in World Cup history? Chris meets up with Tommy Bowe and Stirling Mortlock in the heart of Paris to preview Ireland's showdown with South Africa and talk 7-1 splits. How worried is Stirling that Australia's World Cup could be effectively ended by Wales on Sunday? And is Eddie Jones' reputation on the line in Lyon? We also discuss the news that has threatened to overshadow the whole weekend with Antoine Dupont suffering a fractured cheekbone.
22/09/2023
41:35
The Smith experiment and Farrell's return
It's bonjour from Lille as Sara pods from the England team announcement. She catches up with friend of the pod Marcus Smith who's been given the nod at full-back this weekend against Chile. He reveals it was Kevin Sinfield who first approached him about the playing at 15 and that Danny is suffering from pod FOMO. Captain Owen Farrell is back at fly-half after completing his ban and as Will Kelleher from the Times explains, he's very excited about it. There's also talk of bubble tea and what fans can expect from the city of Lille.
22/09/2023
29:11
The Paris showdown
Chris catches up with All Blacks great Andrew Mehrtens over coffee, croissants and cheese to preview another bumper weekend of World Cup action. We focus on the big showdown in Paris between Ireland and South Africa and ask where would Johnny Sexton rank in the pantheon of all-time greats if Ireland did go all the way this year. We go inside the Ireland camp to speak to scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park and we also get Springbok perspective from World Cup winning captain John Smit on Siya Kolisi and whether the class of 2023 is better than 2019.
21/09/2023
34:20
Rugby World Cup Top Tens: 6. Tries
How many of Bryan’s record-equalling 15 World Cup tries feature in this episode’s top ten World Cup tries? How much will the great Jonah Lomu dominate the list? This is an episode in which Matt Dawson, Chris Jones and Bryan Habana struggle to agree with each other.
Chris Jones, Ugo Monye and Chris Ashton bring you daily news, reaction and big name guests from the Rugby World Cup 2023.
And look out for our NEW Rugby World Cup Top Tens episodes! World Cup winners Matt Dawson and Bryan Habana joining Chris Jones to give us their Top Tens including: Captains, Upsets, Teams, Tries, Controversies, Matches, Coaches and Icons.
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