The Sandy Park showdown & Edwards to England?
6/1/202658 min
All eyes are on Sandy Park this weekend as Rob Baxter and Mark McCall go head-to-head for one last time. Danny, Ugo and Chris look back on Exeter’s impressive win at Leicester that sets up Saturday’s showdown with Saracens for the final play-off spot. Who will come out on top? Will anybody other than Northampton rotate this weekend? It’s now only one win in five for Bath, what is behind their recent slump? Newcastle produced one of the comebacks of the season to stun Sale for a first win since January. There were four home wins as the URC quarter-finals went to form, but who is favourite to life the title in June? Plus, what next for Shaun Edwards amid reports he could be leaving France? Should unions be making a move if one of rugby's most decorated coaches becomes available? There’s also Worcester's Championship play-off triumph to discuss and Jo Yapp's appointment as the first women's British & Irish Lions head coach.
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Danny Care· Host0:51
[upbeat music] CJ, you look like you're in a forest. Whereabouts are you?
Chris Jones· Host1:01
I literally am. Literally am, Woburn Forest.
Danny Care· Host1:05
Oh, what a place.
Chris Jones· Host1:06
Just finishing a little Center Parcs stay.
Ugo Monye· Host1:08
Sell it to me. I've never done it.
Danny Care· Host1:10
Oh, Ugs.
Chris Jones· Host1:11
Well, I don't know, how, how would you sell it, Danny? Just, it's, there's so much to do. You know sometimes when you've got kids in the holidays particularly, and even though you've got so many things to do, you're sometimes racking your brains, you're like, "Oh, go to the park again." The number of activities, the number of, like, things to do, to see, you could fill your day