Rugby Awards Special ft. Tom Willis, Meg Jones, Ben Earl & More!
6/11/20261 hr 21 min
Ben Youngs and Anthony Watson have squeezed into their old England tuxedos and donned a pink bow tie as they host a star-studded podcast at the Rugby Awards, celebrating the best players from England, PREM Rugby and the PWR. In this episode, you'll hear from the PREM Player of the Season Tom Willis, England legends Meg Jones and Ben Earl, breakthrough talents Noah Caluori and Archie McParland, Directors of Rugby Geoff Parling and Pat Lam, and rugby's greatest wordsmith Max Lahiff. ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsTom Willis· Guest0:00
Obviously the England stuff is a factor. But yeah, in the end, like, I, I weighed it all up and it just... it's like it was unbelievable last time and it, it's... I'd like to think it'll be even better this time round.
Geoff Parling· Guest0:09
The stats would say that home teams win. We- we get it. But let- let's, let's be the one that goes against that, those records. Let's go, let's go and embrace the whole challenge. Let's embrace this week. Let's embrace the, the hostile crowd of Saints.
Ben Youngs· Host0:22
Boys are coming off the bus. The steam coming off of them. They're at Franklin's Garden Friday night. The pressure's on. Bring it on. I want, like, steam coming off them. Remove their headphones, mate. Just steam coming off them.
Tom Willis· Guest0:32
Came down with Pollock in the car, so he gave me a bit of a briefing. Tin Swift told me not to look at him all camp. [laughs] Dingle, dingle the same. So I was going in, "Oh, God, what's gonna happen?"
Ben Youngs· Host0:41
How'd you get Ellie Kildunne to, uh, Ealing Trailfinders?
Meg Jones· Guest0:44
I have no clue. Um, don't even know if she's gonna be here today, so, um, do you know what I mean? She never replied to my texts.
Ben Youngs· Host0:48
Oh, wow.
Meg Jones· Guest0:49
But, um, but yeah.
Ben Youngs· Host0:49
It's like that now, is it? Hey, what a season, by the way. No, what a season this guy's had.
Pat Lam· Guest0:52
Thank you very much. Thank you.
Ben Youngs· Host0:53
Unbelievable. Unbelievable. Um, how much do you put it down to Sales' defense in, uh, two games?
Pat Lam· Guest0:59
[laughs] [laughs] Um, I mean, they've helped me out a bit, but- Don't answer that question, bro [laughs] No, don't answer...
Ben Youngs· Host1:04
Don't answer that, mate. I don't want to put you on the spot like that. What's it like scrummaging with Thomas du Toit?
Tom Willis· Guest1:08
Oh, he's, uh... He's massive, especially me being, uh, quite young and naïve and still, still learning. I'm like, I just get low, hit hard, Thomas go to work, and then [laughs] I'll try to, try and follow him, so. But he's so good to scrummage against.
Ben Youngs· Host1:20
I've gotta know, right? How would have Coley coped in the Bristol system with 1,000 touches a week, mate? [laughs] You wouldn't have got past the first drill, mate. It ain't dropping it.
Pat Lam· Guest1:29
I tell you, I tell you he would've been fine.