The Telegraph Podcasts.

Hello and welcome to Brian Moore's full contact in association with Telegraph and QBE, a brand new rugby podcast.

I'm Brian Moore and joining me in the studio today is the Telegraph's excellent, the Ruby News correspondent, Gavin Mayors. Good evening, Gavin. Good evening, Brian. Joining the show today, we's the telegraphs excellent. The Ruby News correspondent, Gavin Mears.

Good evening, Gavin. Joining the show today, we'll be hearing from James Simpson-Daniel,

Richard Hibbard, Paul Cook and Alex Brune, plus hearing from the team behind the team,

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Right, on with the show, Gav.

Lots to talk about, as there always is.

Let's start with the premiership.

Thumping win for Leicester against Bristol.

Is there any, what do you think about Bristol's chances of staying up?

It's looking increasingly difficult, Brian. I think we've already mentioned, Sail, have had a great win today against Wasps and that's really taken them well clear now of the safety zone.

I think we're seeing results going against Bristol and it's just

seeming like they're beginning to run out of time and possibly now already looking to sort of

think about trying to get promotion again from the championship next year. This is difficult and one of

the reasons why I mooted this and it was a partial, not a full ring fencing of the premiership, is the situation de facto is this.

In the championship there are only two or three teams that have the wherewithal and the facilities to come up and there are only two or three teams that actually want to come up whatever they say

yeah and when you have a promotion and relegation every year it turns the battle to get up

and the battle to stay up from the premiership into a one year you know all-or-nothing fest where

if you get into trouble or if you want to get up the temptation is not

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