Brian Moore: Ireland look lost and confused heading into the World Cup

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🗓️ 27 August 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Brian Moore is joined in studio by former Leicester and England hooker George Chuter after Eddie Jones side laid down a serious marker at Twickenham by thrashing Ireland.The pair discuss where the result leaves in England heading into next month's tournament and whether George Ford and Owen Farrell will both start games together throughout the competition.As for Ireland, they look like a shadow of the team that dominated 2018, Joe Schmidt now has to prepare a side to take on Wales in Cardiff and Liam Toland of the Irish Times offers his opinion on where it's going wrong for them.World Rugby made a major statement this week by announcing they will become the first global sporting organisation to adopt gender neutral naming rights ahead of the Women's World Cup in 2021, we get the thoughts of England World Cup winner Sarah Hunter on what it means for the game as well as sports marketing expert Tim Crow on how it can help the game grow commercially.Plus George gives us his story of 2007 where England went from a 36-0 defeat in the pool stages to World Cup finalists a month later.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.
0:07.5	Hello and welcome to Brian Moore's full contact with the Telegraph and Mitsubishi.
0:12.7	We're just 25 days.
0:15.3	That's all we are away from the start of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.
0:20.1	We're with you every Monday here on full contact for the entire buildup and of course throughout the tournament.
0:25.6	England laid down a bit of a marker ahead of next month's tournament by thrashing Island at Twickenham
0:29.6	and we'll be debating where they now rank among the favourites to win the competition.
0:34.6	As for Ireland, well they looked a bit of a shadow. Well, not just a bit.
0:38.3	They did look a shadow of the side that went undefeated in 2018.
0:41.3	And we'll speak to journalists and former player Liam Tolland about what the expectations are now
0:47.3	for Joe Schwitz's side.
0:49.3	We'll be discussing the landmark moment in the women's game after World Rugby became the first major
0:56.0	sporting federation to adopt a gender neutral naming for the tournaments for the next World
1:02.0	Cup in 2021. We'll be speaking not only to sponsorship expert Tim Crow about that but also
1:08.0	the England player Sarah Hunter. But right now I'm delighted to announce that alongside me today is the former England hooker and World Cup finalist George Shooter.
1:16.6	Hello, George.
1:17.6	Good afternoon, all right.
1:18.6	England Island.
1:20.6	I don't think anyone expected a 57-15 score line.
1:25.6	In all these things, it was a case of England being, well, very good actually, and Ireland
1:33.1	not being good at all.
1:35.0	What sort of balance between those two do you think it was?
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