Champions Cup: The big semi-final preview with Henry Arundell
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Can Bath reach a first Champions Cup final since 1998? Do they have the gameplan to beat the holders Bordeaux in their back yard? Chris and Ashy look ahead to what promises to be an epic semi-final weekend. Henry Arundell is on the pod to discuss Sunday’s showdown in the south of France and what it would mean to reach the final with his boyhood club. We also catch up with Toulon and Scotland scrum-half Ben White as he looks to claim a fourth star for the French giants.
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