Derby weekend, trolling and R360

Rugby Union Weekly

BBC

Sports, Sports News, News, Rugby

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Danny, Ugo and Ashy review an action-packed derby weekend. Has Marcus Smith played his way into contention at fly-half this autumn? We also pick our England backline as it stands and there is an interesting shout from Ashy at inside centre. Could Bath really go the whole season unbeaten? How worried should Gloucester fans be this season? And after the top unions decided to block international players from joining R360, where does this leave the rebel-league?

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0:58.0	So Derby weekend, we've just had lads, but big question is who was the winner for social media battle? Because it's gone off a little bit, hasn't it?
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