Panic or Don't Panic? Dissecting England’s Defeat To Ireland

Mike Tindall· Host0:00

I do find it really hard to judge Ireland on that performance. [laughs] They didn't have to do anything to win that game. It was all given to them by England.

Alex Payne· Host0:07

Is scar tissue in an England jersey a thing?

Mike Tindall· Host0:10

When it goes wrong, it goes very, very wrong.

Alex Payne· Host0:11

I was [censored] frustrated watching it, 'cause I know this team is better. They need to find a way of resetting.

James Haskell· Host0:16

All the hyperbole is just not true. Sack Borthwick. Get Andy Farrell away from Ireland. Never gonna [censored] happen. Get Shaun Edwards from France. Never gonna [censored] happen. That is the luxury of a fan.

Mike Tindall· Host0:26

Yeah.

James Haskell· Host0:27

That is not the reality of a professional athlete. The reason I think this podcast is successful, you tell you how it is.

Speaker 4· Soundbite0:32

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.

James Haskell· Host0:46

What were you doing in Royal Box?

Alex Payne· Host0:49

Working. Crafting.

James Haskell· Host0:52

But you were lurking right behind the Prin- Climbing a greasy pole. Right behind the Princess of Wales.

Alex Payne· Host0:55

Well, I was just taking my seat.

James Haskell· Host0:57

Did you chat to her?

Alex Payne· Host0:58

Uh, I didn't. We were in separate bits- Oh ... of our few tiers.

James Haskell· Host1:01

What hap- what- Busy day.

Alex Payne· Host1:03

Sep- Separate- God, there were a lot of people there though.

James Haskell· Host1:05

[laughs] Separate box, but Fin- Fin Baxter got in the mix, didn't he?

Alex Payne· Host1:07

I quite like the fact that he was tour guide.

Mike Tindall· Host1:09

Well, you didn't s- I have tried, I- I have tried to find out what, what the chats were about, but s- No joy ...

Alex Payne· Host1:14

radio silence.

Mike Tindall· Host1:14

Bit busy with the BAFTAs. Um, he was scooting around on one of those mobility scooters- Oh, yeah ... that you had the other day, 'cause of your foot being Sellotaped back on.

James Haskell· Host1:22

I've never been in Royal Box. Do you reckon they'd let me sit next to her next time?

Mike Tindall· Host1:24

No, I don't think your ilk is welcome up there necessarily.

James Haskell· Host1:26

Oh, I'm not... Uh, oh, really?

Mike Tindall· Host1:28

Well, you can try. I