And then there were three…Is there one last Six Nations shock?
The Ruck
Reynolds Alfie
3.4 • 566 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Super Saturday is almost here as the 2026 6 Nations reaches its conclusion.
Who will win the title as France, Scotland and Ireland are all in the running?
In a championship that has had plenty of twists and turns, will there be another shock on the final weekend?
Alfie, Will and Alex are outside a Parisian cafe to look ahead to the weekend. They dive deep into England's struggles by tackling a mountain of listener questions and explaining what has gone wrong for Steve Borthwick's side. Will he remain as the head coach? Will they stick to the kick heavy gameplan? And, is Lee Blackett having any impact as attack coach?
Plus, who will win between Ireland and Scotland in Dublin? The winners will go to the top of the table ahead of France v England. And, can Wales win in the 6 Nations for the first time in three years or will Italy win to have their best ever championship?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome along to the Ruck, the journalist's rugby podcast from the Times and the Sunday Times. |
| 0:20.6 | Last week, we were in Rome. |
| 0:22.3 | Today we are in Paris. |
| 0:23.8 | Welcome along. |
| 0:24.3 | My name's Alfie Reynolds. |
| 0:25.4 | Alongside me is Alex Lowe and Will Keller. |
| 0:28.0 | How are you, gents? |
| 0:29.0 | Feeling fresh. |
| 0:29.8 | Yeah, we're good. |
| 0:30.7 | Very good, thank you. |
| 0:31.6 | Nice couple days in Verona. |
| 0:33.1 | I was going to say, you followed England to Verona. |
| 0:35.5 | So what was that like after their first ever defeat against Italy |
| 0:39.1 | Verona is an exceptionally lovely place isn't it Alex? Yeah it's beautiful I'd love to go back there I was |
| 0:44.4 | chatting to my partner at home we're going like imagine doing like Milan Verona bologna as a little |
| 0:50.4 | sort of 10 day trip it was lovely old city, Shakespeare and stuff everywhere, |
| 0:55.1 | Romeo and Juliet balconies, nice sunny weather. |
| 0:57.4 | And then, Alex, we did a bit of slow travel, didn't we? |
| 1:00.9 | Got the train from Verona to Milan and then Milan to Paris over the Alps. |
| 1:05.2 | Through the Alps, yeah. |
| 1:07.0 | We swapped trains, unscheduled stop, surrounded by snowy mountains. |
| 1:11.9 | It was actually amazing, yeah. |
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