Episode 36 - Cardiff Finale & Fallout - Lucu Masterclass & What Happened After the Final Whistle

The Rugby Pod

The Ringer

Rugby, Comedy, Sports

4.8 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

It was the European finale in Cardiff and Jim, Goodey and Bigs unpack an epic weekend of Champions Cup and Challenge Cup action. We dive into UBB’s first-ever title and whether Saints were undone by early injuries, French power, or just Lucu & Jalibert magic. There's post-match beef, Alex Coles stepping up, and debate on what this means for some Lions hopefuls. Plus, Bath look ruthless in dismantling Lyon to claim silverware, with some controversy along the way. We preview the URC quarter-final line-up and try make sense of a chaotic final round in the Prem with top four still up for grabs. Settle in and subscribe on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Pod, pod, pod.
0:01.1	Rugby pod.
0:06.7	Hello and welcome back to the rugby pod where you will find us reeling from a stellar weekend
0:12.6	of EPCR Challenge Cup and InvestTech Champions Cup finale.
0:18.7	Action over the weekend.
0:19.8	It was unbelievable.
0:20.5	Someone may need to check, Andrew, your pulse, after the phone calls I was receiving on
0:25.9	Saturday night.
0:26.7	But you see what I've done there?
0:27.4	The pulse, it's doing the rounds.
0:28.5	It's global relevance now.
0:31.3	Poor Henry Pollock.
0:32.6	I don't think it's poor.
0:33.6	I think it's a good thing.
0:34.3	But Jolly Banta's been all over it. I even saw some stuff in Australia where there was some fingers on the pulse as well
0:39.7	because that's the meme of the weekend, as it is.
0:45.8	It's been hell of a weekend, Andrew.
0:47.5	It has, and I'm slightly vulnerable, James.
0:49.5	You can probably hear it in my voice.
0:51.0	But it was an amazing weekend.
0:53.5	Spent a bit of time with some good people.
0:55.7	And yeah, I'll be quite quiet today, I reckon, on the podcast, because I'm tender.
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