Harlequins' nightmare before Christmas and Exeter 2.0

Rugby Union Weekly

BBC

News, Sports, Sports News, Rugby

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Danny tells Ashy and Chris about his trip to visit Santa Claus in Lapland and his husky adventure in -37c. We look back at the final weekend of rugby before Christmas as Harlequins are humbled at Twickenham and Exeter claim another big scalp on the road. Where has it gone wrong for Quins since winning the league in 2021? And are Exeter now genuine title contenders? Sale’s struggles without George Ford continue while Danny zeros in on the scrum-halves that are catching his eye this season. Ellie Kildunne scores another wonder try and we answer some of your questions.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:07.0	My Christmas Mix is pure 90s festive nostalgia.
0:11.1	You know, the Christmas songs you listen to on repeat.
0:14.0	Ho!
0:14.3	Ho! Ho! No, no, no.
0:17.5	I'm all about the big hitting Christmas anthems.
0:20.4	Come on, guys. What about those tunes that really slay?
0:23.7	It's Christmas kitchen disco season, surely.
0:26.4	Give me hip-hip-christmas bangers every day.
0:28.6	Those Christmas tracks that are straight out of Lapland.
0:30.9	Get all kinds of Christmassy.
0:32.6	Just search Christmas music on BBC Sounds.
0:36.4	Five Lives Rugby Union Weekly.
0:45.4	Christmas time.
0:48.2	Why am I the anyone in the jumper?
0:49.5	Yeah, I didn't get the memo.
0:52.3	Oh, come on.
0:52.9	You know, you come from the office.
0:54.6	Yeah, I've got a little bit smart. Just look at your calendar, you come from the office. Yeah, I've got a lot of the second of December.
0:57.5	Yeah, I've gone a bit smarter today. If anyone doesn't need a memo about Christmas, it's... Oh, I do love Christmas. It's this man here. Staying on the trouser, though. Yeah, I don't know. That's probably some chocolate. The heroes. The heroes got open.
1:09.5	Did Lapland go well?
1:10.8	Lapland was amazing. It was amazing. It is carnage.
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