Brian Moore: France are back, but England still the team to beat
The Telegraph Rugby Podcast
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4.5 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2020
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Seven months after it was due to conclude, the longest Six Nations in history is finally over.
Joining Brian in studio to look back on the tournament is former Fiji Sevens coach and Olympic Gold Medalist Ben Ryan.
Congratulations to England who have lifted the trophy for a third time in five years after getting their required bonus point over Italy on the final day. A 'proud' Eddie Jones says attention will now turn onto the upcoming autumn international series as he looks to develop his young squad even further.
Elsewhere it was a tournament to forget for Wales who finished fifth and registered their fifth defeat in a row when losing to Scotland on the final day. We chat with former Wales and Lions fly half James Hook to discuss the feeling from Welsh supporters surrounding new head coach Wayne Pivac who has struggled since taking charge.
We also assess the campaigns of both France and Ireland who played out an entertaining finale in Paris on Saturday night, many think that the French were the most deserved winners of the tournament this year but Brian believes there are still holes in their game.
And we hear from the British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland who's been speaking for the first time in the build up to the 2021 tour of South Africa.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
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| 0:34.3 | Only seven months after it was due to finish the longest six nations in history. |
| 0:38.3 | It's finally over. Congratulations to England who were crowned champions after securing a bonus |
| 0:43.5 | point win over Italy. Pretty uninspiring first half from Eddie Jones side, but he said afterwards |
| 0:49.6 | that he was proud of his players and lifting a third Six Nations title in five years wasn't a bad achievement. |
| 0:56.0 | We'll be discussing the fallout from the win in Rome and we'll be looking ahead to England's |
| 1:00.5 | up-and-coming autumn series, starting with the visit of Georgia in two weeks. |
| 1:06.4 | Was a Six Nations to forget for Wales from champions? |
| 1:10.1 | They had their worst tournament since 2007, finishing in fifth. |
| 1:14.5 | Their defeat at home to Scotland made it five in a row under new coach Wayne Pevac and |
| 1:19.3 | seven defeats in their last eight games. |
| 1:22.5 | Former Flyhalf James Hook will be joining us to dissect their tournament and look at what |
| 1:26.7 | he thinks needs to change |
| 1:28.3 | for PIVAC if he is to remain in charge. |
| 1:31.3 | We'll also round off the Six Nations action with that entertaining finale in Paris where |
| 1:37.3 | the French halfbacks ran amok and stole the show but just fell short of lifting the trophy. |
| 1:43.3 | We'll also be hearing from the head coach of a British |
| 1:46.0 | and Irish lion, Warren Gatland, who's been speaking with a telegraph about the tour and |
| 1:51.0 | some of the players he's keeping an eye on. As ever, we're answering your questions and we'll |
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