Inside England with Itoje, Ford and Wiggy
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Danny and Sara take the pod inside England's training base to preview their opening match of the autumn against Australia. Maro Itoje reflects on a memorable summer for him that saw him tie the knot and captain the Lions to series win over the Wallabies. He also talks about the team's aspirations this November and beyond. Are Steve Borthwick's side capable of winning the World Cup in two years? Richard Wigglesworth chats about his move to defence coach and what we can expect moving forward - as well as his admiration for Joe Marler's exploits on The Traitors. George Ford is also on the pod after he was handed the keys to number 10 and we look ahead to the big clash in Chicago as Jack Crowley gets the nod at fly-half against the All Blacks.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:07.2 | The Traitors is back, and this time with celebrities. |
| 0:11.4 | Hang on, why wasn't I asked? |
| 0:13.3 | Betrayals and mind games. |
| 0:15.0 | Behaviour that's usually reserved for backstage is now on national telly. |
| 0:18.7 | I hope someone's told them. |
| 0:20.3 | And once you've watched the latest action, |
| 0:21.7 | join me, Ed Gamble, for the official visualised podcast. |
| 0:25.1 | We'll spill secrets and get to see the celebs react to discovering who the traitors really were. |
| 0:30.5 | And this time, I was in the castle too. |
| 0:34.2 | The Celebrity Traitors Uncloaked. |
| 0:36.3 | Watch on EyePlayer, listen for more on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:40.0 | Five Lives Rugby Union Weekly. |
| 0:45.1 | Sarah, it's been a while. |
| 0:47.8 | It has been a while. |
| 0:49.0 | And we are back, well, I'm back with you, in a place where I've spent a lot of my life, Penny Hill Park. |
| 0:56.5 | I know. We've got a lot to cover Daniel Care, but being here at Penny Hill Park, when was the last time you were actually here at the England training base? |
| 1:04.3 | I think I filmed my retirement video in the next room to us here in 2024 was the last time. In 2024, Six Nations. |
| 1:13.6 | Yeah. Where are the emotions at today? I still shiver a little bit when I drive through the gates. |
| 1:21.8 | Is that a good shiver? No, it's not a good shiver. It's not a good shiver. I heard Ashley talking about it on, |
| 1:27.4 | you know, how do you feel when |
| 1:28.3 | you first go in on camp on a Sunday? And it almost used to depend how you match has just gone at the weekend against some of the players you're about to see. If you, if you've won, you stroll in there happy. And if you think you're going to be playing that week, you're a different person. If you go in and you're like, I'm not, I'm going home in a couple of days. |
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