#28 Wildest Six Nations Round Ever | Scotland Stun France, Italy Rock England

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🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Absolute chaos in the Six Nations this week and we're here for it. Jim, Goodey and Producer Rob react to one of the wildest rounds the tournament has ever seen: Italy’s historic first-ever win over England in Rome, piling the pressure on Steve Borthwick, Scotland producing a sensational 50-point performance to blow France away at Murrayfield, and Ireland grinding out a tough win over Wales in Dublin. The lads dig into what’s gone wrong for England, how Scotland executed their gameplan to perfection, and look ahead to a massive final round with the title still in play. We get all the inside chat and reaction from pitchside at Murrayfield . Sign up to NordVPN by going to nordvpn.com/rugbypod to get a Huge Discount off your NordVPN Plan + 4 additional months free. It’s completely risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Pod, pod, pod, pod.
0:06.2	Rugby pod.
0:08.0	Scotland.
0:13.8	Come on, Paul.
0:15.3	Join in with me, mate.
0:17.0	Scotland.
0:17.1	You sound Scottish, Jim.
0:18.8	Well, Paul's definitely Scottish.
0:20.2	Everyone is absolutely buzzing.
0:23.0	Oh, my Scotland.
0:25.3	Was that the greatest round of Six Nations action ever?
0:29.3	Rhetorical question, it was.
0:31.3	Anyway, it's been the wildest Six Nations ever.
0:33.4	We're going to be looking into it today.
0:35.5	Yes, we are.
0:36.7	And I'm joined by my good friend and disgruntled England fan. I don't even know if you're a fan, but who cares? Andrew Goode is here. And I'm sure, Andrew, you will be bringing a few strong opinions to the table today. And it's a lovely Scottish table. You can say that again, Jim. On today's pod, we will of course be looking at Italy's historic win over England in Rome. Their first ever win, I'll be saying Steve Borthwick's got to go because he's got to go. And basically, I feel Scottish as well, Jim, because I come up to Scotland. I've invested in the community. No, no, no. I feel a little bit Scottish. No, you're absolutely not.
1:11.6	You're not.
1:12.6	This Scotland victory belongs to Scotland and me, basically.
1:16.6	It was unbelievable performance in Murrayfield.
1:19.6	And thank you for Finn for putting the extra three points to make it a 50 on France.
1:26.6	And aside from that, anyway, calm down, calm doing, calm
1:30.6	doing. We'll be looking back to Dublin on Friday night where Wales made Ireland work very hard for
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