#30 Super Saturday Drama: England Click but Fall Short, Ireland's Rebuild & Wales Breathe Fire
3/17/20261 hr 26 min
Three teams in the hunt on Super Saturday and it all comes down to a Frenchman’s boot in a 48–46 classic in Paris. Bigs was in the stadium for one of the all-time atmospheres as England finally clicked… but still found a way to lose it. Is it progress or same old story? Ireland quietly rebuilt after early pressure, found depth, and may have solved their fly-half headache. And Scotland… was this their best shot at a title gone begging? The lads get into it all and lots more. Plus Wales finish strong, Italy crash back to earth, and we wrap...
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First 90 secondsJim Hamilton· Host0:00
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Andy Goode· Host0:06
[upbeat music] All righty then. Here we go. My word, what a final weekend of Six Nations rugby. Three teams were in it to win it on Super Saturday, but in the end it all came down to the Frenchman's boot. Imagine being Ireland. Imagine being England. How have you look at it, mate?
Dan Biggar· Host0:28
Up there with the best tournament ever, surely. Uh, or just the loosest, whichever way we're gonna get into it. England finally turned up for a match this Six Nations. Um, probably should have won it, but does that paper over a little bit of the cracks, Gooey?
Andy Goode· Host0:40
I think to some people it does, but to me it does not, Dan Bigger. [laughs] And we will debate everything around what's gonna happen next. But Ireland, more importantly, for all our Irish contingent, started the tournament under pressure, got hosed by France, and then bounced back, won four on the spin, built a load of depth, strengthened in a few areas, and they finally solved their issue at fly-half.
Jim Hamilton· Host1:02
And Scotland. Was that an opportunity gone for us to win the Six Nations title? We will get into all of it. Of course, we will. So you know the drill by now. If you don't, you need to settle back, you need to enjoy, which I'm sure you will. But the main thing is make sure you're subscribed on the number one music audio platform in the world. It's Spotify. See you soon. This episode is brought to you by Honda. Picking a car is like picking a teammate, and there's a Honda for every kind of player.