England's Toughest Challenge & Player of the Year Controversy

For The Love Of Rugby

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4.8 • 963 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Ben Youngs & Dan Cole have called in the Anthony Wat-bomb Squad to preview England's final Autumn Nations Series clash against Argentina. The trio also question the World Rugby Men's Player of the Year shortlist and evaluate the new Nations Championship that looks to revamp the international calendar. 🎫 See us in Dubai on Thursday 27 November: https://www.mcgettigans.com/shop/events-concerts/for-the-love-of-rugby-live-podcast-jlt-p-762.html 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-tickets/artist/5645678 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 🤑 Win money for your rugby club: https://forms.gle/9PrSEohCYiLB4D9R6 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	Steve Bork has named his England team to face Argentina this weekend.
0:33.7	Imagine being told for those reasons that you're not playing.
0:40.3	You'd be raging in it?
0:42.3	No?
0:43.3	Oh yeah.
0:44.3	No, of that just me?
0:45.3	Yeah, of course.
0:46.3	World Rugby have named an interesting shortlist of men's player of the year.
0:49.3	I'm going to be totally honest.
0:50.3	I think this list is absolutely awful.
0:52.3	You should win it.
0:53.3	If it doesn't win it, let's go
0:55.2	riot. And what actually is the Rugby Nations Championship? It takes away from, in my opinion,
1:03.5	from what happens every four years, which is the World Cup. You talk about growing the game and
1:07.6	trying to make this fair for everyone. fair for everyone, while Fiji are playing
1:11.2	all of their games across the Nations League are away games. So how is that fair in the slightest?
1:16.2	That's good to see you sit on the Fed's game.
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