#35 Rivalries Boil Over, Rugby Millionaires & Fly Half Journeyman Billy Searle

The Rugby Pod

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🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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The lads are back from Hong Kong, with plenty to unpack from the trip before getting into a big weekend of rugby. Off the pitch there’s fresh investment across the Premiership, Russell signs with Matchroom and questions around the future with Moana Pasifika and the NRL Super League talk. In the Prem, Saints edge Chiefs, Bristol put Gloucester away, Saracens hammer Sale and the race for the top four is wide open. URC wise, Leinster win in Belfast and Connacht get a big one in Cape Town. Leicester fly half Billy Searle joins us after that 62–3 win. We chat form, confidence, life at Tigers and whether England is now in sight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Pod, pod, pod, pod.
0:06.3	Rugby pod.
0:08.0	Hello.
0:13.4	And welcome back to the rugby pod or should I say, Neihoma.
0:17.3	We've been in Hong Kong, aren't we, Andrew?
0:19.3	Landed back home today. Just a cultural visit,
0:23.1	some might say, but we'll get into a little bit of that early on. We'll also be back to
0:27.9	bring you the very best in sports entertainment. We'll talk about Genji scrapping with the
0:33.1	apprentice. Yet again, it's become a thing. Extra and Saints going back and forth until the final whistle and a grudge match that went
0:40.1	to the wire over in Belfast.
0:42.7	We've got a great guest on today as well, James.
0:44.6	A man who's had more clubs than me, if that is possible.
0:48.6	Nearly.
0:49.2	No, he has.
0:50.2	He's had one more than me.
0:51.2	I've done the maths.
0:52.8	I've done the maths.
0:53.6	He's had one more than me. I've done the maths. I've done the maths. He's had one more than me.
0:54.2	There ain't many.
0:54.9	There ain't many.
0:55.9	I think he's the only one in world rugby.
0:57.4	But he signed from Agen over in Prodea to come to our Lester Tigers, James. And he's probably been the informed fly half, not only at Lester, but in the Prem, the whole season. and he's taken Lester up to and into the top four of the prem and hopefully looking
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