#42 Inside England’s Dressing Room with Cadan Murley, Prem Top 4 Down to the Wire & URC Semi’s Scraps
6/9/20261 hr 26 min
The Prem season went down to the absolute wire but we have our semi finals locked in as Northampton Saints host Leicester Tigers and Bath face Exeter Chiefs at the Rec. One step ahead of the Prem, the URC has its finalists with Leinster edging the Stormers and Bulls completing a shocking comeback against Glasgow to earn a shot at silverware at Croke Park. Jim, Goodey & Producer Rob break down all the controversy, big plays and bigger players as well as chatting through all the OTHER NEWS from this week… Including a MEGA contract extension for Andy Farrell, changes to The Rugby Championship AND a Springbok coach jumping ship. We also have Cadan Murley in the studio to take us behind the scenes in the England dressing room, previewing their upcoming battle with the Springboks, telling us what an Ellis Genge Pre-Match speech is really like AND what it means to pull on that special white jersey. Sign up to NordVPN by going to http://nordvpn.com/rugbypod to get a Huge Discount off your NordVPN Plan + 4 additional months free. It’s completely risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsAndy Goode· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Pod, pod, pod, pod Rugby Pod. [upbeat rock music] Hello, and welcome back to the Rugby Pod, where the Prem season went down to the wire, but we now have our semifinalists. It's Northampton Saints against the mighty Leicester Tigers in the East mids derby, and it's a kind of Southwest derby with Bath's win at the weekend, meaning they get home advantage over the Exeter Chief, Chief, Chief, Chief, Chiefs, who dominated your Saracens, James.
Jim Hamilton· Host0:35
Andrew, yeah, I will give you that one, but also the URC final is locked in. It is Leinster versus the Bulls, Ireland versus South Africa, Caelan Doris versus Cameron Heineke, Jameson Gibson-Park versus Ambrose Papé, Hugo Keenan versus Willie le Roux. It's all happening in the final of that game. It's basically Ireland versus South Africa.
Andy Goode· Host0:53
And Scrappy-Dappy-Doo's in the tunnels and everything.
Jim Hamilton· Host0:56
There was, yeah. I love that. There's history there. Cannae wait.
Andy Goode· Host0:58
We've also got a very special guest joining us today, the man with the best mustache in rugby. Cadan Murley is gonna be talking all things England as we look ahead to a mouth-watering clash with the Springboks and the Nations Championship. And Jim wants to talk fashion to him 'cause Jim thinks he's got fashion sense.
Jim Hamilton· Host1:15
[laughs] I want fashion. I want fashion. 43 years old, I'm all right. Anyway, you know the drill by now. Settle back, enjoy, and make sure you've subscribed on the number one music podcast media platform in the world. We're here, Goody. It's Spotify.
Andy Goode· Host1:28
We are here, James.
Jim Hamilton· Host1:29
Spotify.