Episode 58: Nick Kennedy, Aly Hogg, Rob Vickerman, and Jamie Wall

The Telegraph Rugby Podcast

The Telegraph

Sports, Rugby, News, Sports News

4.5 • 679 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

We've reached the very sharp end of the season as the Premiership played out its final weekend. We now know it's Exeter versus Newcastle and Saracens against Wasps in the semi finals.Nick Kennedy, former London Irish Director of Rugby, joins Brian Moore in the studio to discuss the season's quality, the varying demands of a DoR, and looks ahead to the Champions Cup final.We speak with Ally Hogg, Newcastle Falcons back row, about reaching the play offs and how Dean Richards has brought success to the club.In the southern hemisphere, Western Force were back playing rugby and with some new laws to test. Rugby writer Jamie Wall debates the pros and cons of these laws, and how well they were received.Plus former England 7s captain Rob Vickerman, tells us about the upcoming rugby World Cup in San Francisco, and bemoans the lack of structure around the 7s setup in England.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	The Telegraph.
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0:05.0	Hello and welcome to Brian Moore's full contact in association with the Telegraph.
0:17.0	I'm Brian Moore and this week I'm joined in the studio by the former London Irish Director of Rugby, Nick Kennedy.
0:22.4	Hello, Nick.
0:22.9	Hi there.
0:23.7	Well, premiership has come to the very, very sharp end.
0:28.6	Wasps will face Saracens at Aliens Park, Lester Tiger Secure Champions Cup place for next season.
0:35.8	And Bath have also got into the Champions Cup
0:38.6	with Matt Bannerhan signing off with a hat trick for his club.
0:42.6	John Kingston signs off at the stoop in an ignominious manner
0:46.5	with a crushing defeat to Exeter who topped the table
0:49.6	and they will also obviously be in the playoffs.
0:53.4	We'll be talking about Pro 14. We'll be talking about Pro 14.
0:55.7	We'll be talking about sevens just later on.
0:58.9	Nick, what do you think of the quality of the premiership this year?
1:02.9	It's been very, very high,
1:04.4	especially from our point of view,
1:06.7	going into it from the championship.
1:10.1	I've been at some fantastic games.
1:12.1	If you look at last week, Newcastle against Tigers,
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