A statement weekend
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
It’s the first pod of 2026 and there is plenty to discuss with club statements and statement performances on the pitch. Chris, Ashy and Ugo look at what we can and assess the runners and riders ahead of the Six Nations which begins in Paris one month today. Are England finally ready to deliver silverware or will Ireland rise again under Andy Farrell? We analyse the growing issues at Harlequins and Gloucester after damaging defeats at the weekend. What will the coaching reshuffle look like at Kingsholm? And how have Quins gone from champions to languishing at the bottom of the table? We also talk Billy Searle and Adam Radwan’s form at Leicester and Mark McCall’s comments following another Saracens defeat.
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| 0:50.1 | Robbyn Weekly, into 2026 we go. |
| 0:51.8 | Exciting. |
| 0:52.8 | Well, I was going to say that, pause. |
| 0:57.0 | Actually summoned up the energy to say hello. It's exciting, I think. |
| 0:59.0 | How are you feeling? |
| 1:00.0 | How was your festive period not seeing you actually since just before Christmas? |
| 1:04.0 | It was good. |
| 1:06.0 | Kids get far too much. |
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| 1:09.0 | And it's not necessarily, it might be the same for you, but it's not me or my missus, it's the grandparents. |
| 1:16.6 | Oh man, they just shower kids with stuff and stuff and stuff. I'm not complaining too much, but they do get too much. |
| 1:23.6 | But it was a good, we had a good few weeks uh did a bit of traveling i was with hooks |
| 1:27.7 | quite a bit actually yeah we're in the car he just nods off in the car frequently i had three |
| 1:33.8 | sneaks between london and bristol you did her sale on boxing day good shift and then bath |
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