#31 Springbok Verdict on Six Nations | Domestic Rugby Returns, Glasgow Go Top & Bath Dominate
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🗓️ 24 March 2026
⏱️ 86 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Pod, pod, pod, pod. |
| 0:06.3 | Rugby pod. |
| 0:11.4 | Right then, lads, domestic rugby is back. |
| 0:14.5 | It is back. |
| 0:16.3 | I was going to say with a bang. |
| 0:17.8 | Yeah, let's say it is with a bang. |
| 0:19.1 | Let's get some energy. |
| 0:20.6 | Right, we love a little bit of domestic ruggers. Some absolute crackers this weekend. Glasgow, despite an injury list as long as Ray Vaux's arm, they beat Leinster at Scotston, and it was edgy, it was chaotic, and there was a lot of argy-bargy, if you can say rubbing. There was hair rubbing, hair rubbing, pal. It was a belting weekend. Lester, our Lester, got the better of Bristol's on Sunday to me up to third in the prem. Gloucester, your Gloucester James, pall more misery on your nemesis team, the Harlequins. Worst run they've had in 20 years is it something like that yes it is |
| 0:56.5 | just saying just saying just saying just saying it with a smile on your face exeter chief chief chiefs |
| 1:02.3 | also had a big win over sale to get them into the top four as well and rob your redballs the newcastle redballs |
| 1:09.0 | they nearly did it nearly so close they nearly did it. Nearly, so close. Nearly, nearly, nearly. |
| 1:13.3 | Did it at Saints, but Bath are the big talking point. Jim, how are the skid marks for Saracens? |
| 1:19.5 | Salary cap. I'm joking. I am joking. Fair play to Bath and everything that's going on there, |
| 1:26.9 | and we'll get into that |
| 1:27.7 | part of it. Absolutely, we will. But we've also got a very special guest, a springbok centurion, |
| 1:34.3 | captain, a bull of a man. It's the powerful, the wonderful, Jean de Villiers will be joining us |
| 1:39.5 | from the Southern Hemisphere, giving us a perspective on his views if the Six Nations is better than |
| 1:46.8 | the Rugby Championship. More importantly, a bit of North versus South interaction. What I'm saying, |
| 1:53.6 | can anyone beat South Africa from the Northern Hemisphere is what we're going to ask him. |
| 1:56.8 | So settle back, enjoy and make sure you've subscribed on the number one audio, podcast, music, platform there is in the whole wide world. |
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