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The Telegraph Rugby Podcast

Brian Moore: Club matches between hemispheres look great on paper but they have to stay there

The Telegraph Rugby Podcast

The Telegraph

Sports, Rugby, News, Sports News

4.5679 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

After the Champions Cup semi finals it's Saracens and Leinster who are left to fight it out for Europe's top honour next month. With Brian Moore to discuss it all is former Scotland full back Hugo Southwell. Listen as they discuss how Saracens were able to overcome Munster, the booing of Billy Vunipola, and the importance of Ben Spencer to the side. For an Irish perspective we speak with former Leinster man James Downey on their win over Toulouse and just why the French side played Dupont at fly half rather than scrum half. We speak with London Irish winger Topsy Ojo on the return of the Exiles to the Premiership after they beat Richmond at the weekend to secure promotion. The Full Contact book club opens as we delve into the history books to speak with author David Beresford on his work, "Brothers in Arms", on the 1980s French golden generation to find out where they are now. Plus we speak with Harlequins Ladies coach Gary Street about the Premier 15s final as his side get ready to face Saracens this weekend.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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The Telegraph.

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Hello and welcome to Brian Moore's full contact with the Telegraph.

0:11.0

Well, the semi-finals of the Champions Cup have come and gone, and that leaves us with

0:17.0

a Leinster versus Saracen's final with me to discuss all this and the Challenge Cup and all sorts

0:22.4

of other things is the former Scotland and regular contributor and co-host to the podcast of

0:29.2

Hugo South. Hello Hugo, you're looking well in bedecking your shorts. Nice weather, isn't it?

0:34.2

I'll tell you what, it's a bit hotter down here having a phone now from Edinburgh. Probably five degrees warmer, but it's good to be back here and good to be able to discuss

0:42.0

an eventful weekend.

0:44.1

Why don't we start with Saracens?

0:45.6

And although the scorelines, say, 3216 win over Munster, I thought it was a bit more clear

0:52.3

cut than that.

0:53.1

Yeah, I think it was a bit more clear-cut than that. Yeah, I think it was a bit more clear-cut.

0:55.0

And, you know, as much as Saracens took a while to grind down a resolute Munster team,

1:00.0

you know, you always felt they had too much.

1:01.5

You always felt they had another gear.

1:03.0

And their big players paid a big part in the game.

1:06.2

And the likes of Billy Vinopola, the likes of Michael Rhodes, the likes of Alex Goud, Owen Farrell. They're

1:11.7

all at the top of their game and it's when you get to these crucial games, semi-finals,

1:16.0

you need those guys to step up. They did exactly that.

1:18.4

Munster couldn't get into the wrecking pattern that they've had around the breakdowns.

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