Become a Creator today!Start creating today - Share your story with the world!
Start for free
00:00:00
00:00:01
Season 5- Episode 12 Part 2- We Can Do Better (Autumn Nations Series & Premiership Round 10)
32 Plays3 years ago
On Part 2 of this week's episode, we dive in to the Autumn Internationals for the week, including the big happenings in Florence and Marseille. Also, something has to be done about the constant attacks by international coaches (OK it's just one) and why. The Premiership has a much better week for us to discuss as well, all 3 matches going down to the wire including the comebacks at The Rec and StoneX. Get yourself something cold to drink and join us for a chat!
Check out the TFRY Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TheFantasyRugbyYanks
Ask us questions via Twitter: Jarrod- jdyke8man & Ben- admrablsnackbar, and #AskTFRY.
Send us your thoughts for the show and questions for upcoming shows via e-mail fantasyrugbypodcast@gmail.com. Of course we welcome feedback via e-mail, twitter or by rating/reviewing the pod on Apple Podcast.
Recommended
Transcript
Introduction and Betting Mishap
00:00:02
Speaker
It is... The Fantasy Europeans. My name is Jared Dyke. I wanted to say it's stupid and let's move on, but then you kept going. I'm Ben Glauser. I don't like any way anybody gambled that. Collusion! Collusion!
Italy vs. Australia Game Highlights
00:00:27
Speaker
Well, there were other internationals. So the first one we'll talk about. Somehow, someway is the third best game of the day. Right. From Saturday. Italy and Australia. Italy, Australia, yes. No doubt. And Capuzzo. Italy, Missouri.
00:00:48
Speaker
Do me a favor. Put that man on every poster you possibly can. And I mean, every poster you possibly can. The kid is dynamite. Dude, he got the ball and I knew it was going to be problems. And I don't think Australia thought that so much, but because they just let him run three. But this is and this was
00:01:09
Speaker
good, smart rugby from Italy. They hung out in the right end of the field. Himasto Allen was actually very good in this. I really, you know, everybody, the broadcaster was like, well, there's no garbisi. I don't know, you know, this Tommy Allen form. I was like, Tommy Allen's playing pretty well. Yeah. I don't know if you've been paying attention and he off the tee wasn't amazing, but in general, very good from Tommy Allen. So, you know, kudos to him and lots of good stuff off of him.
00:01:38
Speaker
And, you know, I like Dave Runny a lot. There's a couple of things in this match, starting with selection that made my eyes bug out a little bit. Like, Ned Hannigan should be nowhere near international level. He's not really. Not a good loose forward. And he's too small to be a lot. He's not a good international level player. He's barely a serviceable, super rugby player.
00:02:06
Speaker
He's not an international player. So I don't know where the fuck you dug him up.
Coaching Critiques and Tactical Errors
00:02:10
Speaker
Send him back. Send him back now. Hopefully that that lesson is learned. But he was maybe that's what it was. Maybe it's like, look, I want to at least give you the shot. And on this tour, Italy is probably the best team to to feature him on. So, yeah, now, you know, poor, very poor. Now you know, for sure.
00:02:34
Speaker
Yeah, now you definitely know. Back to Swain playing in this match, he's a fucking criminal. I thought Lil Cio was very good in this match. I thought he got yanked too early. That's the other thing I question about Dave Runny. I know you want to get Donaldson in.
00:02:54
Speaker
don't pull the guy that's been kicking the whole time off and then make Donaldson make a winning kick for his first bit of action in international rugby. Right. Keep all the CEO in there who's been there and done that at this point. Don't do, don't, yeah, don't, don't make that hard on that kid, on poor Ben Donaldson. That's just, that's just really hard on him. Yeah. Yeah. And then,
00:03:22
Speaker
fucking jake gordon dumbass get away that yellow card and it was it was well set up i was like yep that's gonna be that's gonna be a card he freaking he was i alan he knocked out of bounds right no arms yeah dumb shit what are you doing and that and that was really the the ignition that illy needed didn't need any invite oh yeah give them you have to give a man up they're gonna they're gonna run that's what they will like to do you know that's that's part of their
00:03:52
Speaker
their biggest problem if there is one at the moment is, is them being able to find some space or, and create it. Now you take a man off the field now that you're, you're giving it to him and they don't need, they don't need much. They just need enough. And now you're just giving it to them and they'll, they'll take it. Yeah, it was, and they have, they've got some, so they've got some options now in that back three, especially. And we talked about what's open. Obviously we know about Monte Iwani. We have,
00:04:20
Speaker
Pierre Bruno, who played very well in this game, we have part of Bonnie who's still out there as well. He came into this game and had to hit a penalty to end up being the winning penalty because they had to bring Alan off for an HIA.
00:04:43
Speaker
A lot of bad mistakes. And, you know, they were, people were talking about continuity for Australia and dah, dah, dah. There were a few things that could have gone, gotten better for them. And I think the two biggest ones for me were, um, number one, I think probably a lot of fighting guys just wake on. I know, I know that's everybody there's a lot of people. I think that's
Ireland vs. Fiji and England's Roster Choices
00:05:00
Speaker
all they said. No, I know we're not the only ones over here.
00:05:02
Speaker
Hand again, no way. And then pulling Willisio when you did. Shuttle up him in there. Yeah. Shuttle up him in there. I think if you need to, you know, you pull a center, you pull somebody else, you pull a pole, you know, you move your fullback something. Just don't, yeah, that's not the move to make at the end of the game there. So I feel for Ben Donaldson and Tommy Allen being the class actor.
00:05:24
Speaker
But he is when as soon as Donald's invested he went over to him and consult him like yeah, it's okay, dude You'll have a few of those You'll have a few of those international rugby. Yeah, he'll get more he'll get more opportunities and it's like one of those, you know, maybe this is one of those like I mean, it's not gonna be like the Michael Jordan of rugby, but like, you know, I'm I missed a whole bunch of shit, you know, like these these game-winning kicks That's why I make them when you know when it really counts. So, you know at the end of the day it is a
00:05:55
Speaker
It doesn't matter. You know, there's nothing that really comes from this. So, okay, there's not that much. Yeah, qualifications are decided. Bull's already drawn all that shit, so. Right. So, you're just, you're planning to, you know, play, you know, essentially. So, yeah, like, miss it here so that you learn, you know, you can fix some of your process. Yeah, I agree. Ireland Fiji.
00:06:25
Speaker
You and I both kind of just sitting here watching it with one eye on our TVs right now. Didn't look great from from every from what everyone said. But Ireland just having a firepower that they did it. Yeah, that's just how it is. You know, it's not a sign now. It's just, you know, the Ireland team is good. Yeah, they they they are a team that can play 60% and beat
00:06:55
Speaker
Pretty much any non tier one team, like, you know, top tier one team, you know, they could, they could play it like 70, 75% and still, you know, give Wales or Scotland a pretty decent threshing potentially. Like they're, they're good. It's not, it's not that they know and knock against those other teams. It's just that Ireland are really fucking good and they're just kind of, you know, yawn their way into a way or not really yawn because they, yeah, but it's just, they're not, they're not clicking.
00:07:26
Speaker
No, and you know the fact that Andy Farrell was just like coming out and saying yeah, we were pretty trash and yeah Still expects more of them. So right I give him I give him credit for expecting more of his guys Even though the scoreboard looks pretty pretty knows that the match itself couldn't be better But they picked a lot of young guys and a lot new guys in there so like again that'll happen yeah Yeah Don't need to pick a lot of young guys yeah players
00:07:55
Speaker
I'm like the next guy that we're going to talk about here a little bit. England, Japan. You don't want to play your like 38 year old winger who can't outrun a prop in this match. You'd rather I can't even check out some fresh faces. Yeah. Right. Why the fuck is Johnny May in this match? Why was it announced that Johnny May and Jack Knoll? Why? What?
00:08:22
Speaker
Anyway, I demand answers, but I know none are forthcoming, but no, it's just doesn't make sense. What would be what you wouldn't want to use Ollie Hassell Collins in this match just to get him like, same thing with these other teams that are, you know, looking much better heading into the into the World Cup year. Yeah, like you're you're starting out the same old shit. It's not really doing anything. And to.
00:08:52
Speaker
This is the only thing I wanna go deep into and then we can just discuss, we can touch on a few other things. The whole celebration bullshit that people are fucking giving, Maro especially about in this match.
Sports Celebrations and Cultural Critiques
00:09:03
Speaker
Johnny May does virtually nothing. Yeah, in Japan, get a way of penalty. Right. Cuz Mike Leach was tired and grabbed the ball while he's on the deck. Yeah. Among other things, which is the Cardinals said, you shouldn't do it. Right. It was all Mike Leach's fault. And he saw rates, like he's just,
00:09:19
Speaker
just crushed him and, you know, still and got to his feet and stolen the ball. Right. You can't have it both ways. Yeah. You know, right. Nobody has it. Well, I mean, I can only imagine why they would be upset about someone like Mario Otoji being happy. He stops by that fucking racist song. He'll fucking not yell. Yeah. How about that? Fuck you all. Yeah. So that shit. It's quite annoying. And then
00:09:47
Speaker
Oh, I'm sorry. We can't, we can't, we can't show emotion around here. We just, no, no emotion whatsoever. Fuck off. Yeah. I am. I am. I am celebrating with Wilson as a coach. I am celebrating with my kids as much as they are. And I try and keep my cool, but man, when there's something big out there, I'm celebrating with them because you need to celebrate these things when it comes down to the game, because then you got to have that momentum. You gotta, you gotta feel good about it. You know,
00:10:13
Speaker
Right. Little things add up. The thing is, though, actually, the problem is, and what I saw a bunch of the comments on it is that it's Saracens. They associate that with Saracens. They hate Saracens. And so it's just like so they eat that hate,
Scotland, New Zealand, and Wales Matches
00:10:29
Speaker
baby. Yeah. And it's like you don't and I don't like Saracens because they celebrate and they yell. It's like they're like maybe that they know how important these things are. Like when I'm like you watch the World Series, right?
00:10:42
Speaker
And the baseball is a fucking boring sport. We can we can all agree to that. I agree with that. I remember game five back in 2008 when the Phillies they could clinch and in the first inning Shane Victorino hit just like a what I remember to be like basically a routine single to left field, but it scored like a run.
00:11:04
Speaker
But it was just a routine single that scored a run. And I shouted so hard, I almost passed out. I literally had to steady myself. I was like, whoa, that was yelling. Holy shit. Wasn't the shot that you had. Yeah. Like, no, because it was it was fucking first inning. We had we had barely settled it.
00:11:26
Speaker
Just checking. Like, you know, we may have had a beer or two, but we weren't that deep into our, you know, we didn't have something. This is a long game. We got time. So, yeah. But like, you get when it matters, you celebrate. And like, that's good. And also, as you can tell, annoys the shit out of the other team. Yes. Is it unsportsman? Like, no. Is it psychological? Yes. Yes. I can deal with it. Absolutely. Yeah. I agree with that part. Another.
00:11:55
Speaker
We talked about how 13-shirt for Jones has been kind of a hole. Maybe Guy Porter's the answer. It's funny. And people were pooping on him, and I actually had no issue with his selection whatsoever. I like him as a player. I didn't see him do a whole lot wrong in Australia. That was two bad teams playing each other anyway, so it doesn't matter.
00:12:18
Speaker
I thought he made some pretty big mistakes that I can't recall off the top of my head. It was just one of those, like I noted in my head, Nick, oh, he fucked that. He still responds. It's his first, what, two, three test matches? Exactly. I'm not like, I'm not knocking the guy. It was just one of those like, okay, yeah. But then, hey, he scored a hat trick.
00:12:36
Speaker
I think just a race, but still it was, it was two good tries. Just the same. That's what I thought too. And it looks like I don't know in the, in the, Oh, they fucked those up. Don't worry about that. Yeah. Okay. I just noticed that. I noticed that too. Um, the team, she said three. I didn't think so, but I think that I think one of those is a penalty trying to just happen to be able to see him. Oh yeah. Okay. So yeah, I thought he was good. I thought
France vs. South Africa Controversies
00:12:59
Speaker
it was, it was.
00:13:01
Speaker
Two good tries that were scored by one being in a good place and two having a pace to finish. Cause not everybody's got that, you know, the, the finish on the fast chip through. And, uh, uh, I mean, and let's be honest, Sam Simmons offload there. I am not convinced Billy's able to do the same. And that's me, that's me as a Billy fan, like.
00:13:22
Speaker
I still think Sam Simmons is a superior eight man, but that's just me. I don't, I don't disagree. Although I think Billy and Billy can offload, but he also fucks it up. You wouldn't make that step though. That's the thing. Simmons can make that step and he'd get that much closer to the line and then just, you know, the dude's grabbing his ankles. So he's the offload at that point. Yeah. Well, I, yeah, credit to them. But I also think could have been in this match a little bit better. Yeah. I don't think Slade scores both of those.
00:13:52
Speaker
I don't think he's fast enough. No, I don't think he gets both of those by any means. Maybe one, but maybe both. But yeah, not both. I agree. So yeah, maybe 1313 should go to Porter for a little while. Yeah, I would. And I am. I'm personally a little over two as well. I am. You know, he doesn't play.
00:14:12
Speaker
And he just, he's not the human, he's not the human just wrecking ball that he was in 2019 at the World Cup. There's no denying that he was one of the best centers at that World Cup. But he's just started to roll downhill.
00:14:27
Speaker
Yeah, he has. And again, injuries are piling up. Like it's not somebody you want to depend on there because he might be looking for another answer. And especially if he's at 13. No, if you're going with the Smith and Farrell axis, then you need a runner at 13 because Farrell is your plotter. Yeah, he'll, he'll take the ball in. He'll distribute. He's not going to take off anytime soon.
00:14:54
Speaker
No, he's not being, he's- Although Marcus will. He might be Johnny May, but yeah, but Marcus will. Marcus will. Yeah. Yeah. And, you know, for Japan, I like the way they played. I like their brand. This is the live by the sword, die by the sword type of thing. Yeah. And this is on the other end of it, unfortunately, and that's just how it is. So, if they can sharpen it up just a little bit, I mean, we saw what happened against New Zealand. So,
00:15:23
Speaker
Yeah, I read to them. I don't want to speak heresy. But I just want to say Michael Leach, you've had a great career. Oh, yeah, no, I if he's in this if he's starting for Japan, they have a problem. Yeah, I agree. I agree. I think they can find
00:15:44
Speaker
You know, I think they've done a great good thing by getting him, you know, onto the side of the scrum, because now they have another, another number eight, which is awesome. Um, and he, and he's actually settled in there quite well. So I, I think there's a lot of good with that. And I think they just need to find that one more back rower. And unfortunately, as much as we love Mike Leach for all he's done, he ain't it. Right. It's not, it's not, no, it's.
00:16:10
Speaker
Maybe, maybe he could be, you know, be your final 20 minutes when everybody else is exhausted and, um, Probably his best role. Yep. And he can, you know, he won't get, you know, we'll tucker himself out by the end of the game. Cause it looks bad. Like about 20 minutes in, it started to look, he looks smoke. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And it wasn't, yeah, exactly. Michael Lee, probably, probably had to finish on that try.
00:16:36
Speaker
or on that wing, certainly doesn't get tackled in the fetch. No. But yeah, that's how it goes. Wales, Argentina. This surprised me.
00:16:50
Speaker
Uh, forget about a lot of ways though. But I, again, yeah, that was, this is, yeah, this is normal. I was like, wait, did I even watch this? Then I was like, Oh yeah. I remember the foul try in the, uh, the Roland yellow. And then the arm issue. Unfortunately, this is how whales are going to have to win games.
00:17:12
Speaker
It is. Makes me not excited to watch any Welsh games right now. Jammy motherfucker or is it jammy cunts or whatever they call them. Jammy cunts doesn't sound right. Sounds like a medical problem. Yeah, definitely. No, no, no argument out of me. And again, not unlike
00:17:33
Speaker
the Canadian women last weekend, you got to feel like RG's really put a lot into last weekend at Twickenham and taking down England. So this was probably a bit of a letdown game in a lot of ways. And it's, you know, and they never went to, who's their, they never went to, who's their inspirational leader by all accounts. So.
00:17:57
Speaker
really hard to just get in there. And I know Gus was in there, but he's, he's not the same guy he used to be. He's not the old Gus. Yeah. No, no.
Razzie Erasmus's Impact on Rugby
00:18:05
Speaker
So it's yeah, there's, there's better to come from this team. Honestly, I think they were very flat and Wales did just enough to make sure that they didn't fall to the sword twice because it's yeah. And that's how that is. And
00:18:24
Speaker
We all got a little bit, so it is. Sorry for both Livia and Roland's to both have to be coming off with injuries too. Let's start. Then the second most talked about game on the weekend, France and South Africa and.
00:18:49
Speaker
We'll just focus on the game for a minute and then we can go into the dipshit afterwards. I watched this match and you know what I came away with? What's that? I came up with the enjoyment of watching a fun rugby match. A reasonably fun rugby match. Many of us did. I came away with saying, well, I'm sorry? Many of us did. And I was like, that was a cool representation of rugby. I enjoyed that. Yeah. You know, did I enjoy the, you know, Peter Steph Dutoy,
00:19:19
Speaker
retired now. No, but they both were earned. They both were valid. They got the due punishment that was right. And I was like, okay, cool. This is a fun game. Yes. I'm watching that South Africa team as they started this match before the
00:19:43
Speaker
red card, and I'm thinking, holy shit, these guys are lively, they're spry, they're playing good stuff, what the fuck happened? And then that happened, and they still continue to do it to a point, but that's a big loss right there, not that DuPont wasn't.
00:20:01
Speaker
Yeah, I was, you know, but DuPont was at least second half. And yeah, you know, so I was like, oh, we should obviously the French scored there. The by tribe went over and that was like, oh, okay, this could be interesting. This could be in trouble. Look like the, you know, the dam was going to break for in the spring box, but they didn't. And I give him credit and fuck, I'll even give back credit. Like the way he played.
00:20:25
Speaker
If that's the fact that you have every game for South Africa, you are always going to have a shot. Taking the ball in and trying to keep the play going and picking it up, not being a shithead. Thank you. That's definitely the number two thing. You don't need to do that.
00:20:44
Speaker
And then, and not trying to kick the level off the ball every fucking minute. Like, you know, just fucking play up tempo rugby. He's 100% capable of that. And when he doesn't, it fucking annoys the shit out of me. I'm like, ah, fuck you all.
00:21:00
Speaker
Play good rugby, goddamn it. Don't be stupid. It's just so, it's always so annoying for me.
New Zealand vs. Scotland and Doddie Weir Tribute
00:21:07
Speaker
And that shit happens. I'm just like, what in the actual fuck is this guy doing in some matches? In other matches, I'm like, oh shit, all right, that's it. That's what I wanted, you know? So it's, yeah. And then the, I have no issue.
00:21:26
Speaker
Well, the volunteer try like, I don't know what people are bitching about. Honestly, it's just, I don't know either. I didn't know that was, that was, that was one of the main talking points. Apparently what from fuck back in charge over there. Yeah. No, shut up. No, I yeah.
00:21:49
Speaker
No, that was it. I did not hear it. It's stupid. There's no issue with it. And he's got to stop. He's got to stop. Like, this is this world rugby. Suspend him. Suspend him again. Sit him down until the end of the rugby championship next year. You let him come back to the World Cup. And if he keeps doing it at the World Cup, send him home. Right. Like, this can't be acceptable.
00:22:17
Speaker
Yeah, you want to talk about the shit that taints our sport. That is it right now. Not celebrating fucking shit. That right there. That is the shit that people need to be looking at. Don't worry about what Maro Atoge is doing after somebody wins a penalty for his team. That is the shit right there that's killing us. Right. Because basically, if if South Africa lose, Razi just goes and finds some meaningless call in a game and says, this is why we lost this and the refs are by and he's making it a whole thing. And it's just.
00:22:47
Speaker
It's right. He's he's the he's moved on. I think I called him like, you know, whatever. He's fucking Donald Trump or rugby, right? He is. It's it's it's literally like if you if you see what people are, you know, what the followers are saying on the Twitter, like they are exactly like MAGA, like they're exactly like I certainly expect to see them storming their world rugby. Right. I know. Trying to kill somebody.
00:23:14
Speaker
Right, like I could I could see them doing that because of what he's because he's he's really he's got a hold of them there. They hang on his every word. It doesn't matter whether he's wrong, because he's he's wrong. Right. And he's doing what he's doing for the wrong reasons. But like, they can they spin it so that it sounds like he's doing the right thing. And it's like, but
00:23:35
Speaker
Why do you never notice that he only does it when his team loses and he only talks about calls that went against his team, or that he considers went against his team. Like, dude, it's clear what he's doing that he's, he's, and you know at some point referees are gonna say I'm not doing his matches. Yeah, there has to be a point where somebody if, and we all know.
00:23:58
Speaker
that Barnes, he has his issues with his every record, he's got an issue here and there. You know, his issue is the breakdown. It gets a little messy sometimes. Yeah. But the point being, he's still one of the best in the world. Exactly. So you know, like, who else are you going to go to go for? And I don't mind Nick Barry. So when he went after him, I was like, well, you're a fucking idiot.
00:24:19
Speaker
God, I feel bad for any of the fricking shitty referees that he ends up with. Like, because there are some shitty ones that the world rugby is trying to push forward, like Craig Evans is terrible. Somehow, some wake up and stuff really has gotten an international game already. I'm like, ew, like Dolman at fricking, uh, tweaking them. I was like, the fuck you doing doing an international game?
00:24:39
Speaker
Like, yeah, what's gonna happen when one of them gets it? Like, jeez, just fuck off, Razzie. Like, plain and simple, like.
00:24:50
Speaker
Take your medicine, figure out how to get your team better, and deal with it. 99% of the coaches out there can figure this out. Why the fuck can't you? Come on, man. He's just trolling rugby. And that's not what we're doing. That's not what we're doing. It's not. That's the thing. It's not helpful. It turns everybody off who's not in on that. And what good is that? Doesn't. Yeah. And now, I'm like, you know,
00:25:19
Speaker
I have no problem rooting against South Africa in every match just because I don't want him to win. Right. Shit. Were we going to. Yeah. Yeah. I'm like, OK, keep tweeting these things out because eventually they have to suspend him. Although I think he's there behind that point now, I think after the after this top. They'll suspend him, I think they're trying to just make it through this unless he gives them no other choice. And I feel like that this weekend was was that that would have been my limit.
00:25:46
Speaker
Same. Yeah, you're not wrong. Sunday, I would have been like, no, you're good. No. Go home. It's on again until you, and it would be, uh, there would be conditions for him coming back. It wouldn't just be like, yeah, you're suspended for this long. It's no, no, no, you're suspended indefinitely at least this long until you do XYZ. Right. Some sort of education. Right. Yeah. Agreed.
00:26:15
Speaker
Cause it's, it's damaging the integrity of this sport. No, I, I, there's very few people that were arguing that it's including a lot of people that were big time, set Razzie guys and just like bent up with it as well. Yeah. Even Gatlin is talking out about him. You know, he's doing it. Yeah. Even the most boring man in this sport is has an opinion.
00:26:41
Speaker
Fact, fact, fact. I mean, not that he's that poor, but you know, you know what I mean? Fuck yeah. I get it. Up to Murrayfield, Scotland and New Zealand. I mean, even before the match, man, it's so sexy, gaudy as he is. I was like, Oh man. I didn't realize how bad he was. Like this mountain of a man. Right.
00:27:05
Speaker
No, it was just so disheartening to see that. I'm glad he's there. I really am. Me too. It's like you and I talked. You know, everybody honored him. Yeah. The team's coming over to talk to him. Yeah, that was great. Yeah. And you know, and you and I talked about.
00:27:21
Speaker
Travis Roy and what it did over here in a lot of ways for spine injuries. And obviously Travis Roy didn't get to see the fruits of that because Travis is gone now. Fun fact, Travis Roy's mom was my principal. That's, I did not know that. Yeah, it was my principal. So anyway, nice lady.
00:27:45
Speaker
But a lot of people have benefited from the research of Travis Roy's foundation and other organizations similar to it. And it'll be the same thing for Dottie, unfortunately. There's going to be a lot of good work done for MND. Unfortunately, somebody like Dottie is just not going to see the fruits of it.
00:28:04
Speaker
Um, he'll be remembered for a long time and he's not gone yet. So I'm not going to talk about he's gone yet, but it's just very disheartening to see him. What was just such a mountain of a man as is in that vein. At least he knows that, you know, we're working on it and there is a, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Hopefully. Um, hopefully soon, I should say. And, and we'll, we'll get there. It's just, it's, um,
00:28:32
Speaker
Yeah. It's one of those weird like duality things that this wouldn't, you know, made this might not have happened for me. But I won't get to see the result of it, but it's going to happen. Right. Because and partially because of me. So that's like a result. There's got to be something for him to hang on to. Right. There's some positive there. And the Scotland colors were like that with their numbers being in place. Yep. His colors. Yeah. Like he's great. Real good shit.
00:29:02
Speaker
Yeah, right, right. I appreciate that.
00:29:05
Speaker
Yeah, I do, too. Two games. Kind of clashed with the purple, but that's OK. A little bit. That's all right. They should fix the purple, not the... Yeah, maybe fix the jersey colors, not the colors. Although it was entertaining. It was actually really cool. I did like how they worked, too. It's just weird to see Scotland in purple. I don't associate purple with Scotland. Yeah, a lot of people don't. But it's a cool kit.
Premiership Rugby Analysis
00:29:30
Speaker
Anyway, the game. The game.
00:29:33
Speaker
Well, we thought Scotland were gonna have this for a little while. I guess I was so hopeful. 17.14 and a half. Yeah. 17.14, yeah. And then, yeah. Do you see the jerseys, mate? Like, do you see the fern? Like, yeah. Yeah, don't take your foot off the gas, guys. Keep fucking going. Yeah, and it was just...
00:30:04
Speaker
Talia. Talia scores again. They're just throwing out another winger, like, here, another winger, go have fun. And he was excellent. He was. He was very good. He had over 100 meters. Guy was everywhere, and if you haven't noticed him.
00:30:23
Speaker
Robbery, that's a bet too, but Highway Robbery already survey and not being on the fucking world rugby like shortlist. Like what the fuck? Seriously. He like is not good as the All Blacks have been this year. He has 100% been the best player on this team. Like anybody that says otherwise has not been watching the All Blacks play. Right. And all you have to do is just put Arendelle right off because he's now he has no business being up there.
00:30:48
Speaker
Oh, is he on that list? Yeah. Really? No, I thought that was just a young player. Oh, I'm sure that was for breakout player. That was for breakout player. Was it? Yeah, it was. OK. OK. OK. Thank you. Sorry. The alcohol crisis averted. Still, you can still stick up on the shortlist, though. Like, come on, man. He's been so good.
00:31:09
Speaker
Yeah, he's been brilliant for them. Uh, Bentley Christie, I thought was really good for it. Oh, that's right. Isn't, isn't, isn't, there's Lakhanya Ahm on that? Yes. And I, look, I love Ahm, but he played what, two international matches and he's been hurt? I think so, yeah. This, this, you know, maybe, maybe that's what it was. It was, yeah, he, he, Sylvia should be on there over him because
00:31:32
Speaker
no disrespect to how good is, but there's been a lot of matches being played where he's not been a part of. Right. So I don't know, like, you know, it's unlucky. Yes. And I'm sure he'd sacrifice winning or being on the shortlist for player of the year this year for being on it next year for, you know, winning a World Cup. Yeah. Right. Yeah. So yeah, like, I think this was not the year to do that. Yeah.
00:31:59
Speaker
But Sivia should have been on the list. Anyway, sorry. He's after that. Caleb Clark, I thought, was fucking excellent, too. Yeah, he was good. And so there was a lot of back three work going on in this match on both sides. Duhan was Duhan. Tharcigram, fantastic as well. Oh, he was. Yes. You know, and. The magic. Yeah, like.
00:32:24
Speaker
First off, he pantses. Was it a veally thrown to pass? Or was it stupid? I was so dumb. I was like, I still don't like him.
00:32:33
Speaker
And then, no argument there. And then what, he skins, was it Clark first? I think so. And then Jordy? Done Jordy, yep. It's like, okay, you've announced yourself in the world. Congratulations. I liked R.C. Graham and all, but I did not think that he would be doing that, so. No, no, I agree. Okay, well done. Yes, I agree. I agree.
00:33:02
Speaker
The magic wand reappears for Scotland and look what they can do.
00:33:09
Speaker
Right. Just saying, Gregor. Just saying. Because Juhan had a great match to, like, every one of the backs. I'm like, oh, yeah, you want to do a good one? Getting a decent amount of cash. Harris, I mean, his, yeah, he was excellent defensively because that's what he, that's, that's what he's in there for. So, yeah, everybody did their role really well. He made sure that, you know, Finn stirred the drink. He's the straw that stirs the drink.
00:33:36
Speaker
The 100% is. 100% is. And I hope this is the last business we hear and it won't be unfortunately. You know, like we said, like you and I said, Gregor and Jones might be cut from the same cloth here. Yeah. I hope that's the last we see if we can play a King Hornet 10. Like, yeah, this guy's your 10. Just fucking live with it. All right. Right.
00:34:04
Speaker
You know, and Hastings is better than King Horn anyway. I think so too. Yeah. Right. Exactly. That's that. That sucks. But yeah. So yeah. Sorry. Keep him in the back. He came on in the back. He's a good factory player. Just not nothing to do with that. Nothing to do with that. And how good was Jamie Ritchie? He's bloody good.
00:34:27
Speaker
I mean fucking Hamish Watson has to leave. And Richie's just like, okay. I'll be that seven. You did the work of two players at some point. You really did. He's really good. Huge turnovers. Just was one of the best players on the pitch too. Yeah. If he wanted to, he could leave.
00:34:52
Speaker
He could leave a Scottish club and go somewhere to go to one of the big clubs and either a name in France I'm not saying he has to I'm saying if you want to he definitely could and most clubs would bite your hand off to get him So yeah, I mean I wouldn't mind pairing him with Ben Earl Something like that, right? I mean, you know Billy might retire soon. So I don't know. I don't know when I don't know when we see Billy Billy leave it'll be interesting, right? I
00:35:20
Speaker
Yeah, maybe after the world, I think, you know, yeah, after the world. Yeah, there'll be a mass accident. This happened in 2023 for, for a lot of them, you know, for clubs everywhere. Right. Oh, well, we're still at prime too. Uh, Friday night. I mean, which one was the best one Friday night or Sunday night? We had squeaky bomb time in every prem match.
00:35:48
Speaker
Yeah, it was like this was there was the massive step up this weekend, boys. Real well done. Like this was this was a much better weekend of rugby than last weekend. Yeah, it was by far, by far, but at the wreck. Surprisingly, as we both said. I don't really have a lot of shoes, what Tom Foley was saying with Tom Foley did in this game. Yeah, how is that?
00:36:17
Speaker
Apparently that was, apparently that was a thing at some point. Yes. No, I, there are many games that Tom Foley has completely caught calls up, but there weren't many that I could think about top of my head here. So no, no, I was, I didn't even notice it was like one of those, we got like 10 minutes into the second half and they mentioned Tom Foley being the referee again. I'm like, Oh yeah, it's Tom Foley. It's Tom Foley. Holy shit. Well,
00:36:45
Speaker
Um, and Claire didn't have this one, did she? No, thank God. No, she annoyed me and it wasn't that she was on, she was on Sunday. Okay. Um, so it was a guy we talked about on the fancy corner, but, um, Anthony Watson, coming back and giving his old team a little bit of hell. So, uh, what have you? Yeah. And.
00:37:09
Speaker
Honestly, probably his best performance in a Tiger shirt, if we're honest. Definitely. Definitely. Which is, I mean, you hope that you're going to get that against your old club. Yeah. You got to get up for the one against your old club. Right. For the homecoming. Yeah. I agree. I have the side here. I was going to say, for the same side, Harry Potter is not a 13.
00:37:31
Speaker
Oh no, hell no. Jesus. Stop doing that. Stop doing that. This happened in another match too that we'll talk about. But yeah, no, stop that. You stop that right now. Yeah, the bath, the bathmen.
00:37:47
Speaker
fronting up. That's a statement. This team is getting better. This team is getting better. And that's actually, you know, encouraging for a lot of reasons. They, you know, they were starting to look like they were going to just be everybody's whipping boy. And it was kind of sad. And they were going to add Barbary in the, in the new year when he's healthy. Yeah. He won't get back till the end of the year, but yeah, that's pretty terrifying. They're still, Undertale is not healthy right now. They're an eight, although they've played eight matches. So they're still like, what have you, but.
00:38:17
Speaker
Damn. Yeah, they still have under held to get healthy. Right. Cuts the airport over. That's where it's still going to come back. Bayless, this is Bayless's first match in a bit, so. Right. And then they still have like, you know, getting all in Lawrence and they have, they had a lot that they didn't even play in this match. Right. Like red path was what was he on the bench? He was on the bench. He came in at 53. Right. Was it?
00:38:45
Speaker
Okay, so they did. Yeah. Ollie Lawrence and Jonathan Joseph. So Joe Moog wasn't on this team. Yeah. Right. They've got guys who can play.
Gloucester's Challenges and Newcastle's Success
00:38:53
Speaker
Right. Koka's away with England right now. Right. Koka's away. Matt Gallagher was 11. Like they didn't, you know, McConaughey is still around. If he kind of, you know, comes good. Yeah. I don't know if the Glenville is going to be the healthiest here at all, but.
00:39:07
Speaker
He comes back. That was a I heard that was a pretty bad injury. Yeah, that's good. Yeah, no, that's a huge get for that. And he's still adjusting, too. Like, you know, Ted Hill was was excellent this match. So it's like it's great to see the the Worcester guys showing up and Morozov as well fronted up. They they they were beaten Lester's pack. Yeah, which was kind of a eye opener. Oh, OK.
00:39:35
Speaker
This is, this is a pack. Okay. We have a pack. We have a pack here at bat. Who knew? All right. Thumbs up. The ending. The balls to win it at the end. I mean, just how does one do like, yeah, well, put your button to it. But, um,
00:39:55
Speaker
Yeah, that was like, I want to finish like that's a, that's a, you know, a championship effort right there. So that, you know, that's one of those
00:40:08
Speaker
Okay, they've got it now. They just need to, you know, to make sure that the talent matches and they've got that in common. Scary fucking team. I love you and you love to see it. That wreck is when it's rocking. Oh, it's rocking. It's so awesome. It's something else. Yes. Agreed. So, um, and, and unfortunate for Lester because they're, they're really not like this saying a lot, this loss. Yeah.
00:40:37
Speaker
There are a lot of questions to be over there. Yeah. Yeah. And I know they're missing guys, but still this is they still are. They have had a decent amount of starters. So. Yeah, so some questions to be asked over there for sure. Right. Agreed. Agreed. Let's go over to King's Home and talk about a team that we're worried about. Gloucester.
00:41:06
Speaker
There were some lights flashing last week. With their internationals away, it's not happening very well. But they're turning into alarm bells. You can't lose to this falcon. You can't shit the bed like this. This was very much a bad shitting. It was
00:41:30
Speaker
Gross, you were half asleep. Yeah. And I dare say there's a couple of names that started on this bench for them that I would really like to see them start. And I think the idea before I should start one of them, thankfully, George Barton, I thought.
00:41:43
Speaker
why the hell he's on the bench and Lloyd Evans playing 10. I have no idea, but he is a much better 10 than Lloyd Evans. Lloyd Evans is nothing in my opinion. And Barton's got a shit load of talent within him and still young. So get him in there. And Alex Earl, who they got from, who's one of the Wooster guys. And he's
00:42:02
Speaker
dynamite. So the fact that he's still on the starting on the bench. I know Morris had a had a decent game this game, but he's still kind of meh to me in a lot of ways. Yeah, I was going the other way. I know that Seabrook had to try this match. But I'd much rather have the kid in there. And that's fine. I think from what like had he had a good line, you know, five meters out like good. He Yeah, he'll score that. Absolutely.
00:42:31
Speaker
But you have to get him in just the right situation. And, you know, he won't, he won't make his own space the way some of these other guys will. So. Yeah, I think it's time to let the runners run. Either way. Yeah. Get him in there. And speaking of runners run, don't give Adam Radwin the corner. Like, you know, whoever was out there, how do you run? Whoever did he, did they give him the corner or did he just fucking take it? Either way. Like, don't, you've got to, you've got to just.
00:42:59
Speaker
Sometimes you got to just run the risk and go and try and cut them off. Cause it's like, yeah, nope, nope. Cause once he gets the corner of your, you have problems and they had problems. Yeah, he did. They, yes. Absolutely. You can't let first off.
00:43:14
Speaker
It's a mixed bag here because it's like Adam Radwin will just do that to you for fun. Sometimes he will. But at the same time, at the same time, the positioning has got to get better. Like they they had guys that were just kind of fucking around and he just he was not fucking around. Yeah, no. They didn't watch him with their dictionary. Right. There was like the lead line that launched and he just ran around them. And then the secondary line was like. Hey, look at him go.
00:43:39
Speaker
Nobody made to like, oh, we got to launch now. Nobody came up to meet him. Let him run. We got to run. Okay. Well, now you're running backwards. How's that feel, fuckers? Yeah, right. There were and the scary thing for this and and I think it's more a
00:43:59
Speaker
like Gloucester shit the bed, as you said, as opposed to Newcastle. There was an ample chance to win this game with, what, two guys in the bin for Newcastle? Yeah,
Exeter Chiefs' Victory Tactics
00:44:09
Speaker
yes, for the last eight minutes. Totally modeled it. How do you play two men up and you can't score? Two, yeah, just bottled it completely. So, I mean, Newcastle did the damage to start and then they just went on.
00:44:25
Speaker
Yeah, Gloucester have problems. Yeah, they need to think sort yourself out. Sort yourself out, boys. Because the Cameron Jordan try was also another, I mean, I think it was a good individual effort, but it was like a, you know, a day viewers try, right? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Totally. Like, okay. Yeah. That's true. We don't want to name anything after, you know, he does not deserve that. But
00:44:55
Speaker
We'll go to his team anyway. Sandy butt crack. I have to watch their matches on me. I can't stand that much. It's awful. Yeah. They still do the chance. And it's like they're not even ashamed of it anymore, which is just terrifying in a lot of ways. So any match you lose, it's pretty much karma on your ass.
00:45:21
Speaker
Yeah. Well, it's the game. It was, it was hard to pick a team to root for the other side. You had the King ship bag himself. So it's like, Oh man. Can you all just like go home and we don't play this match at all. Right. But I would also like to, to refer back to our comments in the, uh, the fantasy corner of last week when we were talking about this match, um, where it was like, you know,
00:45:49
Speaker
They might have the talent in a lot of ways, but the exiles just don't have the intestinal fortitude to win a match like this. They don't have the balls to walk into Sandy Park. Because one thing Rob Baxter will do is just lay his balls on the table and pull out a hammer and be like, what do you think? Let's go.
00:46:16
Speaker
And Irish do not have that in them to, to front up and be like, okay. And, and whip them out and throw them on the table. Um, so I, you know, I'm really, I'm cringing myself. Yeah. Right. Yeah. I'm not liking this analogy. I want to stop doing it, but it's kind of, it's exactly what it is. It's like, they don't have the gut. They can't front up like that. And this is what happens. You know, if you walk into Sandy park with, without the ability to front up.
00:46:45
Speaker
you're going to walk out with your tail between your legs. And they didn't. Yeah. Not really news, but more of affirmation. Actually, that goes back to the whole thing about Cutter. You know, you get into business with someone like fucking, I'll say his name and this is when you get into business, someone like Patty Jackson.
00:47:08
Speaker
You're not going to have the balls to win a match like this because that's just, you know, he, you question, I question your spine, spinal integrity there. So, right. And so, you know, if he, right, the same kind of thing. So that's why that that's where we are. It is. I agree. Um, as I was saying, not, not, not more of a news, more of an affirmation, like Tom Pearson's probably this team's best forward. You think?
00:47:37
Speaker
Yeah, this came on made an immediate impact. I know you know this, but yeah, I don't know if you figured it out yet.
00:47:44
Speaker
I don't know, but man, it should have been probably he brought my half, at least. So that was he recognized. Oh, shit, I need to I need, you know, right. Need a spark plug here. And right. And Basham is decent. And so is also OK. So that's all right. Yeah, exactly. So like, sorry, I'm in and out. Yeah, no, it's like Roger shouldn't be the same thing. Like, yep, sorry. You know, you're you're you're you're good at what you do, but we need something different. So right on comes Tom Pearson.
00:48:14
Speaker
And on the other side of the park there for the Chiefs, you and I discussed this and I think this is potentially what a team that would certainly be worth watching if they were to have the stones, which we both believe they don't. Putting Skinner at 10.
00:48:36
Speaker
pushing out, you know, letting hog move on. Let's let hog move on. He doesn't need to be here anymore.
Saracens vs. Northampton Saints Recap
00:48:43
Speaker
No, he's not. He's not what he once was. Push, push Joseph back there. And you have Woodburn on one wing and you have this freaking kid hodge at the other because. Right. Holy shit. Every time he's freaking in, he's doing something great. He's electric. You know, and I'm sorry.
00:49:04
Speaker
Hogg might have it, no might have it, but Hogg definitely has it. Like, come on. Yeah, he's such a dynamic force and attack that Hogg isn't anymore. Let's be brutally honest about it. He can get it done once or twice, but it's not... Hogg just every time he touches it, it's something cool is happening. And don't get me wrong, Hogg used to be that.
00:49:33
Speaker
But that doesn't last forever. You know, just look at Jack Knoll, who also doesn't have it anymore. You know, and then, you know, he's not even nearly that big. Right. Although he'd be more valuable there than on the wing, because at least they can put someone fast in his spot on the wing if they move him to like 13 or something. So if you want to do that, fucking go ahead. I'd rather see Noel at center than Ian Whitten.
00:49:57
Speaker
Oh, God. Hands down. Hands down. That's the answer right there, Bax. There you go. We just solved all your problems. Now go fuck yourself. Right. Stop being correct. Or hear me out and go fuck yourself.
00:50:16
Speaker
This whole five lock situation in the pack for Exeter is just annoying. It is. So, but it's like, again, that's all they had to do was just grind them to death and they did a good job.
00:50:34
Speaker
How about something more entertaining? I mean, at least it was, and at least it was still exciting at the end. Cause there was a, there was a chance, but there was a chance, but neither one of them really, I don't think if it was either team on either side of that, it would have gotten done. Honestly. If we're almost, what's something more exciting though? Let's go to Barnard on Sunday.
00:50:55
Speaker
Saris took it by as long to wake up in this game as you and I did, from our sleep, because it was kind of early here for us. Yeah, we're kind of like, what the hell? 7.15 AM is not late, not early, but, you know, it's like right on the edge of, oh, man, I'm waking up and I'm stumbling out of bed to get my coffee and, oh, hey, drug me gone. I think I was late to the start of the match. Just because I, yeah, it was. Head stops scratching your butt. Yeah, there's something. Oh, yeah, I got to put this on.
00:51:27
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, so this is, and this is where the same conversation we're having again with Saints. How does their defense coach still have a job? I fuck. You go up, you get three tries in 31 minutes, 32 minutes on Saris and you had, it was a Maitland try in there too, but like,
00:51:50
Speaker
still first off mainland shouldn't be scoring against you anyway if you have a number one let that let that be for now because it happened right like at some point you got to be able to just you know get pull up the drawbridge um shut up shop and make sure nothing happens you know you batten down the hatches and yeah there's holes everywhere and it's
00:52:17
Speaker
These two teams, you look at the names on the paper for the both of them, and these are teams that even without their internationals, it's bags of quality on both sides, especially that Saints backline. So you aren't missing much. So the questions are, what the fuck's going on with the defense? And this guy's had his job for way too long, in my opinion.
00:52:40
Speaker
Saints can score, that's never been a problem. They do it on everyone at this point. So now their problem is put teams to like 20 points and you can turn some losses and near losses into big wins. Right. I mean, who the hell puts up 39 at Stonex? That's not Saracens. Right. Rare. It's extremely rare. You do that, you got to win. Oh, you should. You have to.
00:53:08
Speaker
Any club, if you tell them you're going to score 39 points at the Stone X, they're going to bite your hand off and take it because they should win. Yeah. They should win a hundred percent. Yeah. There's no end in that point. It's got to be a win. And yeah, that's to give away. And it was really because of like, you know, somewhat because they had, they just ill-disciplined too. You know, but that to me is still a defensive thing in a lot of ways.
00:53:36
Speaker
Right, but then they said, right, Sarri scored two tries in that time. And then Tom James, because it's his yellow, Sarri scored two tries in that time. Yeah, those are huge. You know, when you talk about Sarri's celebrating things, it's because they understand, you know, there's some teams out there that they get a man up and they relax because they're like, OK, cool, we can just kind of attack, we can just settle in and do our thing and there won't be as much pressure on us. Whereas Sarri's are like, hey, we're a man up. Let's put them onto the fucking pump.
00:54:03
Speaker
Yeah, there's two things that have to happen when you're... There's two things that happen when a team's given a yellow card on both sides of the coin. And if one team relaxes, it doesn't matter which one it is, then the other team will thrive one way or the other. And I feel like the exact opposite happened both times for this, where Sarri's got their tails up and Saints went into a hole. And that is the worst possible combination you can have in that situation. It really is.
00:54:29
Speaker
Especially when Ben Earl is on, he is on a mission right now. And I love every fucking minute of it. It is glorious. 126 meters, Terry. Holy shit. Big guy. Just get out of my way. Wait, first off, I just can't wait till England has a new coach. So we see him. I want to see what he could, what Ben Earl can do an international level. And he will never let him do it. And I don't get it.
00:54:57
Speaker
Could you imagine him? It's like you said, he incorrectly runs around and into space and doesn't just run into the first defender and then have a box kick happen afterwards. Exactly. He's placed too much with ball and hand on the other side of the defense, and that's not that's not too often. Yeah, and he just wants you to hit the hole, hit the gap. Maybe you get a few meters to set up a really cool box kick. That's that's what Eddie likes, and that's why he picks Curry, although I still would have.
00:55:26
Speaker
Curry at six and Earl at seven because that'd be fun. Oh, that would be fun. Yes. Yes. It's like that. Have you seen the the money ball meme?
00:55:38
Speaker
that's being used for some players, like this is so-and-so, he does this and this and this. His weakness is like, you know, his coach, like, oh, it was like for Kyle Pitts, for the tight end for the Falcons. He's fast, he can catch, he can do anything you ask a tight end to do. Problem is his coach never uses him, never calls his name. I've heard. I've been seeing that go around a little bit, yeah. Yeah, to me, like, Tom Curry is like,
00:56:06
Speaker
He's fast, he's really good tackler, he's great on defense. Can't play a lick and attack. Good in the line out. Like everything you want from a number six. And his only weakness is that fucking 80 yards puts him at seven. Exactly. So it's like, you put Curry at six and Ben Earl at seven, you're gonna have a fucking good team. But Ben Curry at seven and a lock at six, yeah.
00:56:34
Speaker
So yeah, no, I can't wait for the next England squad coach that, that actually correctly. Right. Um, last guy and then we'll wrap it up here. Finsmith like just settling in like it's no big deal. Okay. I don't want to.
00:56:58
Speaker
I don't want to put this harshly. So for all the Worcester fans out there, please excuse me. I don't mean it. It's nothing personal, but this might've been worth it just to see what Finn Smith can do with Northampton with like
00:57:14
Speaker
Well, we knew he was moving at some point anyway, so this just accelerated the move. It did. Which could end up being to his benefit as much as it hurt him to obviously leave Worcester, and nobody wanted what happened to Worcester to happen there. Right. But it's absolutely to his benefit, because if there's one thing that Saints produce, it's half-back. Well, you know, that half-back pairing, you know, Scrum and Fly half-third, they'll put them out there.
00:57:43
Speaker
Yeah, because we got the other guy, and he's going to. Right. Good old Scrum half blind. Well done, Gareth. I was thinking of Saints, really, that they will produce good Scrum halves and fly halves, like they know how to pump them out. Right. Yes, I want Gareth to stay. I really do. I do too.
00:58:06
Speaker
I was so glad you can go, buddy. You're good, man. You don't need your whack-a-whales or something. We got Van Zell and... Rube. And Rube, and Jareth. No, Gareth. And yeah, I'm good with that combination.
00:58:27
Speaker
And in the end for the series, I hope we have a front row next week or the next time we play because that was just going downhill fast. That's like, it really was. This could go sideways. Oh man. Oh, students freaking bomber came off. I was like, this is a shitty start. This is, this is not good.
00:58:50
Speaker
as they say. Not good. Right. But I did like the tactics though. When they took out the scrum, it was now the uncontested, and they immediately put it in with Jogen. They're like, okay, you're a runner. You don't have to scrum really at all. Which was the right decision in the whole thing. You know, he still has a lot of growing pains in the scrum. So when he no longer has to hold that down, yeah, is 100% your benefit to get him in there.
00:59:18
Speaker
Yeah. It just, it still takes some balls as a coach to, to kind of, to, to, to do that really. Yeah. Every coach will do that. They'll still be like, yeah, well, you know, I have my plan. I'm going to stick to my plan, you know, Eddie. Yeah. Um, or Dallas and saw that and said, I'm doing it. So I give him credit. All right. So.
00:59:42
Speaker
That is this weekend. All the rugby. Really is. We have our nations. Our nations. Who's playing this weekend? Wales, Georgia, Italy, South Africa, Scotland, Argentina, England, New Zealand. Yeah. Ireland, Australia. Yeah, those two should be good. France, Japan. Yeah, that's kind of nothing. So. Forza, Italia. Yeah, totally.
01:00:08
Speaker
Totally. They've already named their team. The box didn't are changing it up a little bit, so I'll give them credit for that at least. Oh, yeah, they're starting, what, Esther Hazen and... Esther Hazen at 12 and... Fuck at 13. The other 12.
01:00:29
Speaker
tail end a deal. Yeah. Fine. That's not, that's not going to be fun. No, I think that's about right. Yeah. Sorry. Listen, though, Italy will take it. We all know that they're doing good things over there. So it's not a surprise. It's more of a, you know, these little be the growing pains for them, but you know, still more, more good than bad. Yeah. Which is great. Yeah. All right.
01:00:57
Speaker
So that is that. If you've survived this long with us today, thank you very much. Thank you. Sorry for the extended time, but you know, women's road cup, kind of important. Kind of had to get into that. And then there were a few things we had to dig into otherwise, but there's no fancy corner this week. So that's the reprieve. So take a break from that.
01:01:18
Speaker
loads to talk about next week with that, all the other nations to talk about and to get into that. And then we'll start looking at there'll be Champions Cup coming up. When we do the
01:01:33
Speaker
When the MLR gets ready to kick off, we'll pick up the phone and call Bill and get him back in here again. That was, that was, that was hands down our best MLR preview. It was all down to him. So we will do that once again, for sure. But until then, fancy rugby podcast at gmail.com. No sheet this weekend, obviously, but we will get the analytics up for our patrons. Right.
01:01:57
Speaker
So thank you all for being patient and all that good stuff. Hey shit, I don't have to do rankings or anything like that this week. All right. Excellent work for you. Armchair ride. Right. It'll be my, it's my time to shine this week. But until next week, um, enjoy this weekend.
01:02:16
Speaker
A couple of big ones going on, especially the one over at Twickenham and the one in Dublin. That should be, those both should be very good matches. So hang on to your sheets kids. We'll be back next week to talk more from preview and all that good stuff. Until then, okay, enjoy the rugby everyone. Have a good one. Later.