Brilliant Bordeaux go back-to-back
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
We are podding from the San Mamés stadium in Bilbao after Bordeaux win a second successive Champions Cup crown. Chris and Paul Grayson chat to one of the key man behind Bordeaux’s success, their attack coach Noel McNamara. We also grab a word with Adam Coleman who vows to spend days partying in his match shirt. But where did it go wrong for Leinster? They’ve now lost five finals since their last triumph in 2018. Will there be big changes following this latest defeat? Billy Vunipola rolled back the years to help deliver Montpellier the Challenge Cup as the French claimed another title. With the last six Champions Cup winners all coming from France, why are their clubs in such a strong position and who is best placed to end the streak?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:07.3 | Experience football like never before on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:11.0 | Live commentary from the biggest names and the biggest matches in the Premier League, |
| 0:14.8 | Champions League and internationals. |
| 0:19.7 | Expert Insights on the Wayne Rooney Show. I know it's like, obviously scored two goals in the final and that was an amazing feeling And stay on top of everything football every day With the Football Daily podcast Football from Five Live, listen only on BBC Sound. Five Lives Rugby Union Weekly. |
| 0:42.0 | Rugby New Weekly Saturday evening, San Mamez Stadium, Bilbao in the heart of the Basque Country |
| 0:48.2 | on a gorgeous North Spanish Saturday night, 27 degrees, but a hint of a breeze. |
| 0:55.4 | The sunshine has moved from the centre circle over to one corner of this wonderful stadium. |
| 1:01.0 | This is the definitive Champions Cup reaction pod. |
| 1:04.3 | You're going to hear from the men in the middle. |
| 1:07.2 | Kalen Doris, the Lenster captain, Adam Coleman, the Bordeaux lock, |
| 1:10.7 | and one of the masterminds behind this |
| 1:12.7 | Bordeaux machine |
| 1:14.1 | the Bordeaux coach Noel McNamara |
| 1:16.6 | after Lensder 19 |
| 1:18.5 | Bordeaux |
| 1:19.6 | 41 |
| 1:21.2 | Grace is here |
| 1:22.4 | first of all what a spot Grace |
| 1:24.7 | this is yeah I could live in Bilbao yeah we were i could become basque we were |
| 1:30.3 | here we were here eight years ago weren't we and said it's even better definitely coming back |
| 1:34.9 | we've left it eight years and come back to another finals weekend which was um all french in |
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