#11 The Craziest Test Match Ever, Welsh Ticker & England's Tunnel Argy-Bargy

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🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Four happy men in the studio this week after a blockbuster weekend of Quilter Nations rugby. England made it 11 wins on the bounce despite late fireworks in their clash with Argentina, Jim’s beloved Scotland stuck a half-century on Tonga without conceding a point, and Wales showed real ticker in a brave performance against the All Blacks. But the headline act was in Dublin, where South Africa and Ireland produced one of the craziest Test matches we’ve ever seen – five yellows, a red, scrum carnage, psychological warfare from Rassie, and Irish fans and Boks fans going at it online. The lads break down the madness, look at England’s growing depth and midfield options, debate the Curry–Contepomi tunnel drama, assess Wales’ best showing of the autumn, dig into Scotland’s momentum and Townsend rumours, and ask whether France now boast the best young backline in world rugby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Pod, pod, pod.
0:01.0	Rugby pod.
0:02.0	Hello and welcome back to the rugby pod with me, Dan Bigger, and my esteemed colleagues, James Hamilton, Andrew Gude and producer Rod.
0:14.0	Rob, sorry.
0:15.0	I can't believe we've started like that.
0:17.0	We've got three happy men in studio this week and a semi-happy Welshman. They still took 50, though. Jim Hamilton, Scotland. In the big one. The big one. That's not be horrible. We nailed them. Yeah, you did. Kept a clean sheet as well and scored a load of tries against Tonga. Wales. Look good. Yeah. Shored a bit of ticker, didn't they? Showed some ticker. Attack well. Took 50. Everyone's asking what Arevo's arm is. They took Aravo's arm. And so, yeah, we'll discuss all this, won't me, James? Yeah, there's loads going on. We'll be looking at possibly the craziest game of rugby ever, which of course involved the South Africans.
0:55.9	Five yellow cards, a red card.
0:57.8	It could have been, let's be honest, it could have been seven or eight yellow cards.
1:00.4	Yeah, but we will get into it.
1:01.7	I know.
1:02.5	But the big talking point, oh, my scrums.
1:05.6	Oh, my scrums.
1:07.3	Razzie finally gets a win in Dublin, though, and the fans are going at it online and I'm there for it.
1:13.9	All right, so settle back, enjoy and make sure you're subscribed on Spotify.
1:18.4	Oh the boy, here we go that. I've been waiting for this one all weekend.
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