Ford to boss the All Blacks, Ireland worries & optimism for Wales

For The Love Of Rugby

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4.8 • 963 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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George Ford has returned to the #10 jersey as England prepare for a collosal Autumn Nations Series matchup against the All Blacks. Meanwhile, Dan Cole and Ben Youngs have enlisted the help of our favourite YouTuber Robbie from ⁨@SquidgeRugby⁩ for a deep dive into the state of the Wales national rugby team and Ireland's mixed campaign. 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-tickets/artist/5645678 ❤️ Support The 745 Game: https://www.sliderstock.com/745crosscodegame25 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 🤑 Win money for your rugby club: https://forms.gle/9PrSEohCYiLB4D9R6 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You can now watch for The Love of Rugby on Spotify.
0:02.9	That's right, Ben.
0:04.2	Every single episode will be on Spotify in glorious technicolor.
0:09.4	Technicolor.
0:10.3	So how do I look?
0:11.8	Yeah, you look really good to me.
0:15.0	And as to all our episodes on Spotify video.
0:18.1	Right now, you can catch all our episodes on Spotify video. You have our
0:22.5	in-depth analysis of the games weekends on the Monday's episodes. And then we also have some
0:27.4	fun stuff like our Automation Series draft and Anthony Watson giving his expert opinion all the
0:32.2	wingers in the world. And yeah, that's all to come. And guess what, Coley, they've given us a
0:36.5	billboard in Leicester Square and I've seen it, and it's mega.
0:38.8	So drop us a follow
0:39.5	and join in the fun on Spotify. Hit the follow button now for the love of rugby. The All Blacks are in town and George Ford is the man to take them on. We've got a comment from Mark. I love George Ford, but I worry about him under pressure, it says.
0:52.9	I don't, Mark.
0:54.0	Yeah, I've played with him Mark, and I don't worry about that.
0:57.0	And is Steve Balfourke taking a risk, venturing his best players, is becoming more and more important about who is on the field at the end of the game. Plus, the Squidge Rugby Debrie from Wales. You can see enough to go, okay, I think they can be
1:11.4	competitive in a few years' time, but I'm not looking forward to the New Zealand's
1:15.0	South Africa Games, to put it that way. Coles debrief on my front row performance. The league
1:19.3	versus union rig comparison. The league boys all looked in great Nick. Some of the union boys
1:24.5	seem to be enjoying retirement. And more World Cup permutations.
1:30.1	It's huge. This is potentially defining for how your World Cup goes.
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