Big Wins and Big Worries as the Prem Returns
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Can anyone stop Bath? And how worried should Harlequins and Saracens be? The Prem is back as Ugo, Danny and Ashy assess the weekend’s action, with Bath looking a level above the rest. But can Northampton challenge them? There’s also high praise for Geoff Parling as he continues to impress, guiding Leicester into the top three. But it’s a different story for Harlequins, with questions mounting both on and off the pitch, including whether they can keep hold of Marcus Smith if results don’t improve. Saracens, meanwhile, have little to smile about after conceding 62 points. Plus, with the Men’s Six Nations set to name its Player of the Championship, is there any real contender to Louis Bielle-Biarrey?
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| 0:11.9 | What a line-up. |
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| 0:44.3 | Ashton Monsier Care, the tripod is back and so is the Gallagher Prem with a bang. Boys, how are we? |
| 0:46.3 | Good to see you both. I've... |
| 0:48.3 | I had a bit of a mixed end of Six Nations, to be honest, DC. |
| 0:53.3 | I went up to Newcastle for an event for the last |
| 0:58.4 | game of the Six Nations which we were obviously so close but it was Mother's Day the |
| 1:02.2 | day after and my missis didn't know that I was staying over in Newcastle first problem |
| 1:08.0 | so I didn't get back for Mother's Day morning. So she was on her own with the kids. |
| 1:12.3 | And then the dog decided to be sick and there was about 15 diaries and six spew all over the |
| 1:21.4 | house, Mother's Day morning. And I rolled in at three o'clock in the afternoon. She's out of her mind, dog sick. And I gave her the Mother's Day card that I had, and she opens it up, and it says, Happy Birthday Birthday, Inside. Oh, happy Mother's Day. I had a stink, lads. Do you know what? I thought I was bad because I actually went on Cobb and Rugby tour, all the under-eights to under-elevens. |
| 1:46.0 | I went on that and I didn't get back to Sunday lunchtime. I felt bad. So I went quite big with a present. |
| 1:52.0 | But yeah, actually to give your misses 15 diarrhea poos for Mother's Day and turned up with three. |
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