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#43 Prem Semi Shockers: Exeter Rebuild, Saints Attack on Fire, From Bottom to Top with Callum Chick & a FIERY URC Final

6/16/20261 hr 22 min

Prem Rugby delivered absolute chaos this weekend as Exeter Chiefs pulled off one of the great playoff comebacks, overturning a 16-point deficit to stun Bath at The Rec and book a place in the Premiership Final. We break down Rob Baxter's masterclass, Northampton Saints’ attack on fire against Leicester Tigers and preview a cracking final at Allianz Twickenham this weekend. Joining us this week is Northampton back-rower Callum Chick, who reflects on Saints' semi-final triumph, his move from Newcastle and what was Goodey like to play with as a young lad… We also look at a blockbuster URC Final between Leinster and the Bulls, will it be 4th time lucky for the South Africans or a homecoming parade in Dublin? 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

Clips

From Holidays To Twickenham
Plugging Holes At Newcastle
Saints Tougher Than People Think
Inside Saints’ Training Week

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Jim Hamilton· Host0:00

    [upbeat music] Pod, pod, pod, pod.

  2. Andy Goode· Host0:06

    Rugby Pod.

  3. Jim Hamilton· Host0:06

    [upbeat music] Right then, lads, let's get into it. Oh, my word, what a weekend of Prem semifinal action. I don't think I've seen a better semifinal than that Northampton/Leicester, and the Bath/Exeter one wasn't far away. Rob Baxter's band of brothers stormed the Rec and sent the big spenders of Bath packing to think again. What a result, what a story. The Chiefs are back. Can they finish the job, lads?

  4. Andy Goode· Host0:39

    Well, we'll be breaking down all the big talking points from Exeter's epic win, including Rob Baxter and his dad bod taking his shirt off. I loved that in the change rooms afterwards.

  5. Jim Hamilton· Host0:47

    I wouldn't say it was a dad bod. [laughs] He actually was in better shape than 98% of- Oh, yeah ... dads.

  6. Andy Goode· Host0:53

    He looked amazing. He looked amazing. Uh, plus we're gonna talk about the belter up in Northampton where Leicester threw everything at Saints, but came up just short. So what that means is next weekend's Prem Rugby Final will be Saints against Exeter Chief, Chief, Chief, Chief, Chiefs, hoping that Faye Oboso's got a new top to wear 'cause some Bath fan chucked some pish on him, uh, at Allianz Stadium. It'll be a belter.

  7. Dan Biggar· Panelist1:14

    We've also got Saints backrow and former Newcastle Falcons/Red Bulls captain Callum Chick joining us to chat about that semifinal victory. Rob, control yourself. [laughs] Um, life at both ends of the Premiership table and what it take

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