S13 Ep39: 5th May 2026: CHAMPIONS CUP SEMI FINALS

JB· Host0:00

[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to This. It is the Egg Chasers Rugby podcast, the podcast about rugby that doesn't take yourself or the game too seriously. I'm JB, here in the rugby dungeon with Phil. Hello, Phil.

Phil Largan· Host0:16

Hello, JB.

JB· Host0:17

And Tim. How are you, Tim?

Tim Cocker· Host0:19

Hello, JB. Very well. Hello, Phil. How are you doing?

Phil Largan· Host0:21

Hello, Tim. I'm good, thank you.

Tim Cocker· Host0:22

Yeah.

Phil Largan· Host0:23

Very good.

Tim Cocker· Host0:23

Excellent. All present and correct. All here.

JB· Host0:25

I've, I've gotta say I'm disappointed th- uh, this weekend, boys. I've been disappointed for a few weekends now, actually. Not consecutively, but sporadically. [laughs] We used to have a thing where we would meet up o- on a Sunday to do the podcast, and then go for Sunday bank holiday beers, and we've not done it for maybe 12 months now, and then we missed another bank holiday this weekend. Poor form.

Phil Largan· Host0:45

Yeah, we did, unfortunately. The, the last one, uh, was my fault because I was away in North Wales.

JB· Host0:50

Scumbag.

Phil Largan· Host0:51

This one- This one's my fault ...

JB· Host0:52

where were you?

Tim Cocker· Host0:53

I was at- At Double Bonds? At, at the... It wasn't, wasn't at Double Bonds. I was at the in-laws and also collecting, um, taking my son to pick up his first car.

JB· Host1:02

Oh, well, that is quite exciting.

Tim Cocker· Host1:03

Big father-son moment, that.

JB· Host1:04

And so how does he know how to drive a Porsche? Isn't that not a bit powerful for him?

Tim Cocker· Host1:08

[laughs] [laughs] Um, yeah, it's good. He's, uh, he's bombing around, picking his mates up this evening. As we speak, he is loose. Be w- be warned.

Phil Largan· Host1:16

Good lad.

Tim Cocker· Host1:18

Civilization beware.

JB· Host1:19

Have I made this up? Do you get half the points when you first pass?

Tim Cocker· Host1:22

Yes, if, if you get six- Yeah ... six points within the first year or- Yeah, something like that ... then you, you have to take your test again, so- Oh ... yeah, so it's not half. Yeah, you only got