Episode 59: Stuart Hogg, Jack Conan, and Ben Coles

The Telegraph Rugby Podcast

The Telegraph

Sports, Rugby, News, Sports News

4.5 • 679 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

It's been a busy week with touring squads announced, players switching clubs, and silverware heading back to Ireland.Ben Coles, Telegraph rugby reporter, is alongside Brian Moore in the studio to discuss the Eddie Jones' latest selection, Danny Cipriani's move to Gloucester, and the upcoming Premiership semi finals.Stuart Hogg joins the podcast ahead of Glasgow Warriors' meeting against Scarlets in the PRO14 semi finals to tell us how he's found the season, what impact the South African clubs have made, and which of the Scottish young players we should be watching in the Summer.Champions Cup winner, Jack Conan, makes his podcast debut and says it's business as usual following Leinster's victory over Racing 92 at the weekend as they get ready to face arch rivals Munster for a place in the PRO14 final.Plus Brian and Ben discuss the news that there could be a Pacific Islands Super Rugby team on the way soon.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 Podcasts.
0:07.0	Hello and welcome to Brian Moore's full contact in association with the Telegraph.
0:19.0	I'm Brian Moore and this week I'm joined in the studio by the Telegraph rugby reporter Ben calls.
0:24.2	Hello, Ben.
0:25.0	Hello, Brian.
0:25.7	So much to talk about.
0:28.2	Touring squads,
0:29.9	semifinals,
0:31.5	people moving clubs,
0:33.5	Lensster winning,
0:34.7	no more Anglo-Welch,
0:36.6	who'll get the Quinn's job,
0:38.0	and should there be an Ireland inclusion team in the Super Rugby competition?
0:44.2	Ben, let's start with the England touring squad.
0:47.9	Normally with Eddie Jones, you can understand where he's going,
0:51.5	even if you don't necessarily agree with it.
0:53.5	Some of these selections, I can't see the point of.
0:56.0	Okay.
0:57.0	I mean, I know players like Tom Curry and Cameron Redpath are hugely promising, but bearing
1:05.0	in mind there are no midweek games, only test games, a lot of this squad are not going to feature at all.
1:11.6	And if you're going to take people like that for experience, why not do that in a few years' time when they are considerably more experienced,
1:20.6	there'll be better players and will take more out of that experience.
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