Finals week and Lions call-ups
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
A massive weekend of finals await. Can Bath end their 29-year wait for Premiership glory? Will Leinster finally end their trophy drought? Danny, Ashy and Chris are on the sofa to break it all down. It’s also been a busy week for the Lions with injury and availability issues prompting Andy Farrell to bring reinforcements into camp. Could Argentina be favourites in Dublin? And can the proposed R360 breakaway league succeed? Or is this just rugby’s version of the Saudi league?
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| 0:00.0 | Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy. |
| 0:05.1 | My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC. |
| 0:08.7 | It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs, |
| 0:13.5 | moments and movements, stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous. |
| 0:19.1 | And the BBC's position, at the heart of British music |
| 0:21.7 | means we can tell those stories like no one else. |
| 0:24.5 | We were, are and always will be right there at the centre of the narrative. |
| 0:28.6 | So whether you want an insightful take on music right now |
| 0:31.3 | or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and infamous moments in music, |
| 0:36.1 | check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:40.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:44.3 | Five Lives, Rugby Union Weekly. |
| 0:52.7 | Danny, I was the fancy dress and knee operation. |
| 0:57.2 | Yeah, both are raging success. |
| 1:00.8 | So we'll tell you what, going on this fancy dress social after the op, probably not the best idea. |
| 1:07.3 | Because you've only just realized that. |
| 1:09.0 | I came back and my leg was twice a size, but it was worth it because we had a good crack. |
| 1:13.6 | Did you strap up? |
| 1:14.6 | It was strapped up. |
| 1:15.5 | Yeah, it still didn't work. |
| 1:16.5 | It was strapped up. |
| 1:17.4 | It kind of went with my theme because I was the USA basketball player. |
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