Finn Russell, Mike Brown and a Hollywood A-Lister
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2024
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
For our last pre-season pod, Danny and Chris head into central London to chat to one of the Premiership's biggest stars in Finn Russell. We hear all about his parenting skills after becoming a dad for the second time and how fatherhood has changed him as a player. He also talks Lions selection, life in the Prem and his desire to win a title. They also chat to Mike Brown who claims he's never been interviewed on the pod despite playing 300 games with DC. He reveals what keeps him motivated at 39, gives plenty of insight into Michael Cheika and where it went wrong for Tigers last season. Plus, we hear all about Danny rubbing shoulders with a Hollywood A-lister while at a 40th birthday party in Surrey at the weekend.
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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. |
| 0:05.0 | My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC. |
| 0:08.0 | It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs, moments and movements, |
| 0:14.7 | 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 means we can tell those stories like no one else. |
| 0:24.6 | We were, are and always will be right there at the center of the narrative. |
| 0:28.6 | So whether you want an insightful take on music right now or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous |
| 0:34.9 | and infamous moments in music check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:38.6 | BBC Sounds music radio podcasts. |
| 0:44.0 | Five Lives Rugby Union Weekly. |
| 0:50.0 | Right Danny, great to see you early the week. |
| 0:51.0 | You too, we're back again because we're putting out a |
| 0:54.6 | fourth and final pre-season pod. We've had Michael Checker, we've had Beno, George |
| 0:59.7 | Furbank, we've been Marcus Smith. The big names don't stop there. The big names keep coming. |
| 1:04.3 | Because we found ourselves in Central London. |
| 1:05.8 | We have. |
| 1:06.8 | We've been joined by two very, very special guests, who's coming up. |
| 1:10.6 | Okay, before we introduce the first first he's probably the most important |
| 1:13.4 | he's probably one of the most exciting rugby players on the planet I would say and |
| 1:19.2 | we're sat with him in a room with the Premiership Trophy that very, very nearly got his hands on last year and if you're |
| 1:27.8 | a betting man you would have a stab that he might have a great opportunity this year of putting |
| 1:32.3 | his hands on it. |
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