Brian Moore: Saracens scandal won't cause a rift in the England camp

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🗓️ 28 January 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Brian Moore is back for another series of Full Contact ahead of the 2020 Six Nations Championship.

This week former England centre Tom May is alongside Brian to look ahead to the opening round of fixtures in this years tournament. The pair discuss the effect the Saracens salary cap scandal is likely to have on Eddie Jones squad and also who should line up in the back row in the absence of Billy Vunipola who has been ruled out for the entire competition.

Scotland face a scandal of their own after star fly half Finn Russell was sent home for breaching team protocol. Former Scotland scrum half Rory Lawson joins the show to weigh in on the debate surrounding Russell and explains what the public perception is of head coach Gregor Townsend who retained his role despite a difficult 2019.

Ireland have picked a team with a nice blend of youth and experience for their curtain raiser against Scotland. It's the first Six Nations in charge for new head coach Andy Farrell and we get the opinion of former Ireland back row Alan Quinlan about how the Irish are shaping up under a new regime.

Wales are also starting this campaign under new management. Wayne Pivac has replaced Warren Gatland in charge and has promised an exciting brand of rugby. The defending champions are third favourites with the bookies heading into the competition and former Wales and Lions number 8 Scott Quinnell explains why the Welsh should not be taken lightly.

We're joined also by England Women's captain Sarah Hunter as her side begin the defence of their Grand Slam away to France, and we answer your questions surrounding the likes of Kyle Sinckler, Israel Folau and the new substitution rules.

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0:00.0	The Telegraph Podcasts.
0:04.3	Hello, welcome to Brian Moore's full contact with the Telegraph.
0:25.5	Two months without international rugby and the Six Nations is back this weekend.
0:30.5	Question marks over lots of things because of new squads, new coaches and so on.
0:34.8	And of course, with England it's been a turbulent few months for Saracens.
0:39.4	They've been relegated from the Gallagher Premiership. Of course, they have a large number of
0:44.0	England players. We'll discuss what relegation means for Eddie Jones squad. Will it have any
0:49.4	effect? Scotland, they begin this year's tournament without their talismanan Finn Russell, who seems to like a beer or two.
0:58.0	Breach of protocol is what was said. What sort of protocol doesn't allow you to have a little bit of a beer?
1:03.7	Anyway, they take up Ireland. Ireland come into the tournament under new management,
1:09.6	Andy Farrell stepped into the role after Joe Schmidt resigned,
1:14.4	following, well, he's unable to get Ireland past the quarterfinals of the World Cup.
1:18.7	We'll have the former Ireland back row, Alan Quinlan, to talk us through that.
1:23.6	Another side coming into the tournament with a new head coach,
1:26.8	defending champions Wales.
1:28.4	When Pivac comes in to replace Warren Gatland and he's going to bring an entertaining style of play or so he says.
1:36.3	We'll speak to the former Wales and Lions number 8, Scott Quinell, about what we can expect from the former Scarlance coach.
1:44.0	And England's women will begin the defence of their Six Nations title away to France on Sunday.
1:50.5	And ahead of that game, we'll speak to Captain Sarah Hunter about the prospect of making it back-to-back Six Nations titles.
1:58.3	Alongside me today, delighted to welcome back the former England Centre,
2:02.5	Tom May. Hello, Tom. Hello, thank you very much for having me. Now then, well, let's get
2:06.5	this out of the way, France England. The Sari's players. This whole affair with the salary
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