End of an England era

Rugby Union Weekly

BBC

Sports, Sports News, News, Rugby

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Chris heads to England's base in the outskirts of Paris to see Ben Youngs, who will call time on his international career after his 127th appearance on Friday. England's most capped men's player looks back on his illustrious career which spans four World Cups, reveals his favourite moment in an England shirt and why it's the right time to step away. Steve Borthwick is full of praise for Youngs and another England centurion, Courtney Lawes, who has also called time on his career. Borthwick also condemns the online abuse Tom Curry has received this week and how the team have rallied around the flanker ahead of his 50th cap.

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to introduce myself.
0:03.7	My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a load of sport podcasts.
0:08.4	I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with a leading journalist, experienced
0:12.2	pundits and the biggest sport stars.
0:14.3	Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights straight from the players'
0:18.5	mouths.
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0:28.8	dedicated sports fans across the UK.
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0:35.2	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:40.2	Five lives rugby union daily at the rugby World Cup.
0:44.8	Hello rugby union daily, World Cup final week, it is getting closer and closer to the big
0:53.6	dance.
0:54.6	A very special episode of the daily is on the way just to mark your card about what we've
0:59.5	had so far this week, Sarah with Bobby Skinstad and Andrew Murtings, looking at that great
1:04.0	rivalry between New Zealand and South Africa, the nation's pod with the legends that are
1:09.0	garterly so in and Tom English and the final two episodes of our top ten series, looking
1:15.2	at the World Cups themselves and the final, maybe the best at last, World Cup icons still
1:22.7	to come, a look at the New Zealand and South Africa teams and building up to that final.
1:27.5	We're going to have a bit of a focus today on the bronze medal match on Friday night, England
1:32.0	against Argentina and I'm delighted to say we're joined by England men's record cap holder,
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