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The Good, The Bad & The Rugby

10 Things That Must Happen Before Season’s End

The Good, The Bad & The Rugby

Platform Media

Sports, Rugby

4.42.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Payno, Hask and Tins draft their ultimate rugby wishlist: blockbuster signings, Bledisloe redemption, Champions Cup reform, and England’s shot at the Springboks. Expect big opinions and bigger laughs as they count down ten season-defining moments that they still want to see unfold this season. 02:00 🤝 Finn Russell x Gregor Townsend Red Bull Link-Up?10:43 🇦🇺 Can Australia Finally Break Through?14:05 💨 The “Old Fart” Problem 16:50 🏆 Can Bath Fight on 2 Fronts?22:15👞 Saints for the Prem?31:08 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Welsh Regions join the Prem?36:31 🥀Can the Red Roses Finally Be Beaten?41:01 🔄 Does the Champions Cup Reform?51:36 🌍 Nations Championship: Game-Changer?56:27 🇿🇦 Can England Beat the Springboks in SA? 📗The Good, The Bad & The Rugby: Unloaded: ⁠https://lnk.to/GBRUnlocked/waterstones ----- YouTube: ⁨@GoodBadRugby⁩ IG: https://www.instagram.com/goodbadrugby/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@goodbadrugby Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodBadAndRugby Linktree: https://linktr.ee/goodbadrugby #GBR #GoodBadRugby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Now this is going to shake and bake a little bit. We're going to get some upset clubs in the champ. Are we happy with Welsh regions joining the Prem? Rather than being dead, yes. Evolve the Champions Cup format. They've destroyed the format. Let's feel honest. There's no way of looking past it. Do you think Eddie Hearn has a growing interest in rugby now beyond Henry Pollock? Do you bring back? Having, da-da-d-d-d-d-s, having signed for sale, caught the Lord. You've done two years of ProD-2. You want to show us what you got. Yeah. Doesn't fear the box. Doesn't care. Throw him out there. Yeah. Alex Payne trying to keep the sight going forward. Haskell takes it on now with just relentless chat. And there's Tyndall to add the finishing touch of glamour and World Cup winning stories,

0:40.9

a dominant display by the good, the bad and the rugby.

0:46.4

Hello, Dream Team.

0:47.4

Welcome along to this week's episode of The Good, the Bad and the Rugby,

0:49.9

proudly sponsored as always by our fantastic partners at Continental Tires.

0:53.9

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0:58.2

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1:04.1

Now, we're going to do something a little bit different this week.

1:06.4

The season has very much turned for home. We're into knockout territory.

1:10.0

And the games are getting

1:11.0

bigger and bigger before an enormous summer of international rugby, of course. Today is a show

1:16.1

all about what we still want to see happen before this season is wrapped up and put into the

1:20.6

archives. So we've actually had a pre-show production meeting. It's a rarity. Yes, we did, yeah. Boney was

1:26.0

in there. Boney was in there. Most of the ideas came from Boney.

1:28.8

Yeah.

1:43.7

And as a result of that meeting, we have landed on our definitive list written on the back of a fag packet. What else would you expect? We are talking blockbuster signings, trophies changing hands, and a few long-standing narratives getting smashed to bits, all before the season is done and dusted. So get yourselves involved.

1:44.6

Drop us a comment.

1:46.0

The noise amongst you can let us know what we've missed

1:47.6

and make sure smashed to bits all before the season is done and dusted. So get yourselves involved. Drop us a comment.

1:45.0

The noise amongst you can let us know what we've missed.

1:47.9

And make sure you subscribe wherever you get your podcast because we definitely want to hear from you.

1:51.4

Right.

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