Ben Ryan: England won't win the World Cup with George Ford at outhalf

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🗓️ 19 August 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The Rugby World Cup is fast approaching and we have a new side at the top of the World rankings.Congratulations to Wales for overtaking New Zealand and for their win against England in Cardiff which propelled them to the top of the list amongst rugby's elite. Former Wales and Lions prop Adam Jones joins the show to talk about the new found pressure on Warren Gatland's side heading into the World Cup this autumn.Former England and Fiji sevens coach is alongside Brian in studio, he runs his eye over Eddie Jones 31 man squad and says Owen Farrell should be wrapped up in cotton wool until the tournament starts, because England have no chance of winning it if he is not playing outhalf.France have a habit of peaking before the World Cup and their former coach Phillipe Saint André joins the show to reflect on their impressive win over Scotland and also about the story behind his new academy https://www.psaacademies.com/New Zealand silenced a few doubters with a convincing win over Australia to retain the Bledisloe Cup, former All Black winger Scott Hamilton gives us his verdict on Sevu Reece and George Bridge after both players impressed in the win.And we discuss the fate of the Pacific Island nations heading into the World Cup and whether more can be done to help develop the sides after it emerged that 18% of the global professional rugby population come from Pacific Island descent.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	The Telegraph Podcasts
0:02.0	Hello and welcome to Brian Moore's full contact with the Telegraph and Mitsubishi Motors in the UK.
0:14.0	Well we're just 32 days from the start of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan and we're with you every Monday here on full contact for the
0:22.9	entire build-up and throughout the tournament. Wales got their revenge over England with a winning
0:28.2	Cardiff and in doing so returned to the top of Rugby World's rankings. Eddie Jones says they're
0:33.2	now favourites for the World Cup and we'll speak with the former Wales and Lions prop Adam Jones to see if he agrees.
0:40.3	France kicked off their World Cup preparations with a comfortable win over Scotland in Nice, a lot more comfortable than most people thought it was going to be.
0:47.3	Phyllis Santandre, the former French coach who was in charge last time France were at the World Cup.
0:53.3	He'll be speaking to us about their chances this autumn and about his new academy.
0:58.0	New Zealand silenced their critics by thrashing Australia to retain the Blederslow Cup
1:03.0	and former Orbach Scott Hamilton joins us to speak about their two new wingers who stole the show on Saturday morning.
1:10.0	And I'm delighted to say alongside me is the former England
1:14.6	and Seven's coach for Fiji and Olympic gold meddlist,
1:18.8	Ben Ryan, a regular contributor.
1:20.7	How are you, Ben?
1:21.3	Yeah, I'm good, Brian.
1:23.4	Let's have a look first off at the Wales England two.
1:28.8	This is personal and it really matters this time.
1:31.6	It doesn't actually in terms of World Cup standings.
1:36.1	But Eddie Jones had a bit of an issue with George North's match winning try because Anthony Watson, who has sinbind, he hadn't left the field.
1:46.0	Now, can have your reflections on the offence itself, the sanction, and then that point of law?
1:52.8	Yeah, so under law, he should have left the field, but, you know, as we know, under law,
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