10 Things That Must Happen Before Season’s End
4/14/20261 hr 9 min
Payno, Hask and Tins draft their ultimate rugby wishlist: blockbuster signings, Bledisloe redemption, Champions Cup reform, and England’s shot at the Springboks. Expect big opinions and bigger laughs as they count down ten season-defining moments that they still want to see unfold this season.
02:00 🤝 Finn Russell x Gregor Townsend Red Bull Link-Up?
10:43 🇦🇺 Can Australia Finally Break Through?
14:05 💨 The “Old Fart” Problem
16:50 🏆 Can Bath Fight on 2 Fronts?
22:15👞 Saints for the Prem?
31:08 🏴Welsh Regions join the Prem?
36:31 🥀Can the Red Roses Finally Be Beaten?
41:01 🔄 Does the Champions Cup Reform?
51:36 🌍 Nations Championship: Game-Chang...
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First 90 secondsAlex Payne· Host0:00
Now this is gonna shake and bake a little bit. We're gonna get some upset clubs in the champ.
Mike Tindall· Host0:03
Yeah.
Alex Payne· Host0:03
Are we happy with Welsh Regions joining the Prem?
Mike Tindall· Host0:05
Rather than being dead, yeah.
Alex Payne· Host0:06
Evolve the Champions Cup format.
Mike Tindall· Host0:09
They've destroyed the format. [laughs] Let's be honest. They- There's no way of looking past it.
Alex Payne· Host0:13
Do you think Eddie Hearn has a growing interest in rugby now beyond Henry Pollock? Do you bring back, dunce da-da-dunce, having signed for sale, Courtney Lawes.
Mike Tindall· Host0:23
Courtney Lawes.
Alex Payne· Host0:24
You've done two years at Pro D2.
Mike Tindall· Host0:25
Yeah, let's see.
Alex Payne· Host0:25
You wanna show us what you got.
Mike Tindall· Host0:26
Yeah.
Alex Payne· Host0:26
He doesn't fear the box.
Mike Tindall· Host0:28
Doesn't care.
Alex Payne· Host0:28
Throw him out there.
Mike Tindall· Host0:29
Yeah.
Speaker 3· Soundbite0:30
Alex Payne trying to keep the side going forward. Haskell takes it on now with just relentless chat. And there's Tindall to add the finishing touch of glamour and World Cup winning stories. A dominant display by the good, the bad, and the rugby.
Alex Payne· Host0:44
Hello, dream team. Welcome along to this week's episode of The Good, The Bad and The Rugby. Proudly sponsored, as always, by our fantastic partners at Continental Tires.
Mike Tindall· Host0:53
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Alex Payne· Host1:04
Now, we're gonna do something a little bit different this week. The season has very much turned for home. We're into knockout territory, and the games are getting bigger and bigger before an enormous summer of international rugby, of course. Today is a show all about what we still want to see happen before this season is wrapped up and put into the archives. So we've actually had a pre-show production meeting. It's a rarity.
James Haskell· Host1:24
Yes, we did, yeah.
Alex Payne· Host1:25
Um- Boni was in there.
James Haskell· Host1:26
She offered the most information.
Alex Payne· Host1:26
Boni was in there, yeah.
Mike Tindall· Host1:27
Most of the ideas came from Boni.
James Haskell· Host1:28
Yeah.
Alex Payne· Host1:29
Yeah.
James Haskell· Host1:29
Yeah, she did.
Alex Payne· Host1:29
And