Are Ireland favourites for the World Cup?

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🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Ben, Charlie and Charles reflect on week two of the Six Nations, which included a thriller in Dublin as Ireland got the better of France in a battle between the two best sides in the world.

We speak to the former Ireland international Alan Quinlan about what makes this Ireland side different to the Grand Slam winning teams under Joe Schmidt and if the Irish can maintain their relentless form to challenge for the World Cup at the end of the year.

We also unpack England's first win under Steve Borthwick which had both positive and negative aspects. We hear from the England head coach who urged fans to be patient after a mixed showing against Italy.

After Scotland backed up their win at Twickenham by beating Wales, we ask if this is finally the year Gregor Townsend's men can compete for the title.

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0:00.0	The Telegraph Podcasts.
0:04.3	Hey everybody and welcome back to the Telegraph Rugby podcast.
0:19.4	It was another weekend packed full of great action in the Six Nations,
0:22.7	especially in Dublin, we think you'll agree.
0:25.7	With Scotland also creating a bit of history and England getting a first win to
0:29.4	under their new head coach, Steve Balthwood.
0:32.7	You're joined as ever by myself, Ben Coles, along with Charlie Morgan.
0:35.9	Hi Charlie.
0:37.0	Hi, Ben. And also this week,
0:40.0	he's not being chased out of an Italian cafe for hogging all the Wi-Fi. It's Charles Richardson.
0:44.8	Hello, Charles. Hello. What actually happened last week, Charles. Did you have to sort of make
0:49.7	peace with a cafe at? Yeah, so he'd sort of taken umbrage with the fact that I'd been sitting there in his
0:55.3	cafe for two hours recording this podcast and he came over towards the end of the recording
0:59.2	and sort of started shouting and gesticulating at me in Italian.
1:02.7	If you can gesticulate in Italian, I think you probably can.
1:06.4	And so yeah, I had to settle up the bill very quickly or he wanted me to buy lots more
1:10.3	stuff and get lost, really.
1:13.3	Just making friends wherever you go.
1:15.6	Yeah, that famous Rome hospitality.
1:18.0	Relief to see you, really.
1:19.9	Made it.
1:20.8	Yeah, made it back, yeah.
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