Brian Moore: England's Men & Women on track for impressive 2021
The Telegraph Rugby Podcast
The Telegraph
4.5 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 28 December 2020
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
2020 has been a difficult year for most and the sport of rugby union has been no exception.
Joining Brian to look back on the year is former England and London Irish winger Topsy Ojo.
Despite difficult circumstances off the pitch, England's men and women both enjoyed huge success on it. Eddie Jones led his side to Six Nations glory and also lifted the inaugural Autumn Nations Cup, we reflect on how the team performed and look ahead to their chances in the upcoming Six Nations.
As for the Women's side, they went a full year undefeated and end 2020 as the number one ranked side in the World. Head coach Simon Middleton will now turn his full attention to the World Cup in New Zealand and he joins the show to discuss how he plans on going all the way next Summer.
The British and Irish Lions return in 2021, but how is the tour going to look? Hosts South Africa are without a game of competitive rugby since lifting the World Cup in 2019, and with the Covid-19 vaccine yet to be rolled out, the prospect of fans in stadiums for the tour is a very strong possibility. We speak to Sports Editor of the Daily Maverick, Craig Ray about the Springboks preparations for the tour and the newly announced 'Rainbow Cup' which will see South Africa's Super Rugby franchises square off with the teams in the Pro 14.
Plus we discuss the latest from the Gallagher Premiership, what the delay in the start of the Championship could mean for Saracens England stars and we look at some of the amazing work done by volunteers at grassroots level in what's been a turbulent year on and off the pitch.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:02.0 | Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Full contact. |
| 0:09.0 | In association with Mitsubishi Motors, |
| 0:34.5 | with less than a week to go until the end of one, if not the most challenging years |
| 0:39.4 | in recent history for rugby, we'll be looking at how it's been affected and how it can bounce |
| 0:44.2 | back in 2021. England's men had a year to remember. They bounced back from a World Cup final |
| 0:50.3 | defeat to lift the Six Nations and then followed that up with success in the |
| 0:54.2 | Automations Cup and we'll be reflecting on their impressive year and analysing how they can build |
| 0:59.8 | on it for 2021. It's also been a year to remember for England's women who went another year undefeated |
| 1:05.4 | lifting the Grand Slam in the process. The Red Roses have soared to number one in the world |
| 1:10.1 | rankings and we'll be speaking to their head coach Simon Middleton about his preparations for next year's World Cup, which is just nine months away. |
| 1:18.1 | 2021 will also see the return of the British and Irish Lions. Warren Gatlin leads the side of the third consecutive time, this time for a test series against world champions South Africa. |
| 1:28.9 | Head of this series, it's been confirmed that South Africa's four super rugby franchises |
| 1:33.6 | will be taking part in the Rainbow Cup, which is an end-of-season tournament alongside teams |
| 1:38.6 | from the Pro 14. We'll be speaking to the leading South African journalist Craig Ray |
| 1:43.6 | about the state of South African rugby in the lead-up to the series next year. |
| 1:48.0 | We'll also be rounding up the weekend's action in the Gallagher Premiership |
| 1:50.9 | and looking at how the competition will be looking heading into the new year. |
| 1:55.4 | As ever, we'll be taking a close look at some of the work being done at grassroots level |
| 1:59.0 | as part of the Mitsubishi |
| 2:01.1 | volunteer recognition program and alongside me today, former England winger, Toxy Ojo. |
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