Ellis Genge on leadership, Leicester and the Six Nations
The Telegraph Rugby Podcast
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🗓️ 31 January 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
We're edging closer to the big kick off for the 2022 Six Nations!
Joining Brian for the final preview before the opening round of fixtures is the former England centre Tom May.
Tom offers his insight into who should feature in England's backline after it was confirmed Owen Farrell will play no part in the upcoming campaign and with Joe Marchant struck down by Covid, Tom offers his thoughts on who the latest midfield combination should be.
Elsewhere we hear from Leicester captain Ellis Genge, who talks at length about his maturation as a player, his approach to leadership and the loss of Owen Farrell, and how he expects the Six Nations campaign to pan out.
Ireland come into the competition off the back of a very strong Autumn. We get the thoughts of Liam Toland of the Irish Times on what the expectations are for Andy Farrell and his side ahead of their curtain raiser with Wales in Dublin.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph Podcasts. |
| 0:04.3 | Hello and welcome to Brian Moore's full contact with the Telegraph. |
| 0:23.8 | Well, we are less than a week away from the start of the 2022 Six Nations |
| 0:28.1 | and we will be looking in depth at the weekend's games in our final preview before the big kickoff. |
| 0:35.0 | The debates surrounding England's backline has intensified because not only |
| 0:38.6 | has it been confirmed that they will be without their captain Owen Farrell for the entire |
| 0:43.0 | tournament. Joe Marchant of Queens has gone down with COVID as well. Farrell suffered a freak ankle |
| 0:50.0 | injury and we'll see what it means for him to be sidelined until mid-March. |
| 0:55.2 | We'll discuss what, if any, the effects of his absence will be, both in terms of |
| 1:01.6 | England in general, but on the backline in specific terms. |
| 1:05.8 | If England can go without Farrell for a whole six nations, perhaps it might be a useful |
| 1:09.3 | exercise head of the World Cup. One man who is hoping to have a big go impact over the next two months is Ellis Genge. |
| 1:16.1 | The Leicester captain is enjoying a fine season at club level. Delighted to say he'll be speaking to |
| 1:21.1 | us about what he expects his role to be ahead of a Scotland game this weekend. |
| 1:25.4 | Elsewhere, we'll get an in-depth look at Ireland, |
| 1:28.5 | and their opener against Wales in Dublin this weekend. |
| 1:31.5 | We'll be speaking to Liam Tolland of the Irish Times |
| 1:34.0 | to see if the Irish are confident of carrying forward |
| 1:36.6 | their impressive autumn form into this tournament. |
| 1:39.8 | We'll also recap on the weekend's action in the premiership. |
| 1:42.8 | Delighted to welcome back alongside me, the former England Centre. |
| 1:46.8 | Tom May. Hello, Tom. |
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