Inside the Barbarians with Danny, Whitelock and Mercer
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2024
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Chris tracks down Danny, who is a little worse for wear, for a special episode from the Barbarians team hotel in Mayfair. They're joined by some of Danny's Baa Baas team mates starting with All Blacks legend and captain for the week Sam Whitelock. Can Danny convince him to become vice-captain? Zach Mercer talks openly about his move back to the UK and his struggles with England selection. Saracens' new recruit Fergus Burke also joins, plus we discuss the England's team to play Japan and the size of the task that awaits an inexperienced Wales side at Twickenham.
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| 0:00.0 | Boxer turned bouncer Viv Graham was one of the northeast most notorious hard men. |
| 0:06.5 | It was huge, you were strong, we could take anybody out. |
| 0:09.0 | Not many men on earth could match Viv Graham. |
| 0:11.6 | But his life of violence led to his downfall. |
| 0:15.0 | Why did it happen? |
| 0:16.0 | Why did they do that? |
| 0:17.3 | How did Viv Graham build an empire? |
| 0:19.8 | It was the power, the presence, the aura. And who was he, really? |
| 0:24.8 | Gangster, the story of Vib Graham. |
| 0:27.6 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:30.1 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:34.7 | Five Lives Rugby Union Weekly. |
| 0:37.6 | Jonesy. |
| 0:41.6 | We're in Mayfair. You're finally in a barbarian shirt. Oh God, feels good. |
| 0:46.0 | You're looking a little jaded there, Danny. I am a little bit dusty, Chris. Can you talk us through the night? |
| 0:53.6 | What exact details where you went and when you wait, |
| 0:55.9 | what time you finished? |
| 0:57.5 | It was a late afternoon, late afternoon meet. Robbie Dean's awesome coach. |
| 1:06.8 | Spoke to the boys, so we're gonna have an amazing week, |
| 1:09.3 | got to get to know each other, find your voices, |
| 1:11.7 | downstairs, beers on the terrace so instantly you're away we're |
| 1:16.5 | in now we you know you said a lot to a couple of lads and it's always a little bit |
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