You were stacking shelves in Sainsville.

Is that right? I actually got rejected by Tesco the week before. And then I got there. There was a lot going on your life for that time. Quinn's hand Tesco's in a week. When I was sold it, I actually had an opportunity to stay in England at Lester with Steve. And the idea of being in an opposition change room, I found pretty tough. It is still quite raw and emotional for me. I don't know. Well, he's well, it's part of it though. I actually look now at what the guys have achieved. I think it's amazing. I think playing a small part in their journey makes me really proud. Alex Payne trying to keep the sight going forward. Haskell takes it on now with just relentless chat and there's Tyndall to add the finishing

touch of glamour and World Cup winning stories, a dominant display by the good, the bad and

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Hello Dream Team. Welcome along to this week's episode of the good, the bad and the rugby,

proudly sponsored as always by our fantastic partners at Continental Tires. Continental Tires are the official tire partner of England Rugby engineered for victory. The award-winning tyres are built to perform, no matter the conditions. So get yourselves involved. Drop us a like, drop us a comment, and make sure you subscribe wherever you get your podcast from. So to this week's show. And this week's guest, Joe Launchbury, 70 C caps for England, a three-time Six Nations champion, an amazing career that saw him play at Worthing in National 2, Wasps, Toyota, Verblitz, and this weekend he plays his final game for Quinn's welcome to you. Is that actually, it is booked in, done and dusted this weekend, or is there still just, is there an asterisk against this might just be the end is that one more tour uh one more encore small asterisk for the moment uh yeah probably probably my last game as we can yeah which i'm pretty pretty certain although quinn's injury history at the moment's uh got a fair few injuries but yeah i reckon to be my last one you might be playing 12 or 13 in a few weeks time if given the way all the injuries are coming out. How easy decision has it been? How are the emotions as you approach what might be the final hurrah? Yeah, it's been a strange week, obviously, announcing more a time. It's been, it's been amazing really. I didn't quite know whether to sort of slip out the back door and not just do a, not really do too much with a post or whether to make a bit of a deal of it.

But yeah, I'm really glad that I sort of announced it formally and went through sort of the right, the right channels. It's been lovely to hear from sort of old teammates from years gone by. And although the results on the pitch have been quite tough and myself getting out on the pitch, I've not played as much as I'd like, but I think I really sort of soaked up my last year

professional and really enjoyed it.

You've obviously heard from lots I'd like, but I think I've really sort of soaked up my last year professional and really enjoyed it.

You've obviously heard from lots of former players, teammates, coaches, I'm sure, and then you walk in here and has to go, Slosh. Respect, perhaps not quite 10 out of 10. I can't believe you're, I can't believe you're retiring. Well, why Slosh, first of all? Well, because he's got the second biggest bum in World Rugby behind Bill Beaumont, Billy.

Bill Beaumont, Billy. Bill Bonmont has a real... What we? Two minute thin. Yeah, Bill Bowman for about 40 years, thought he's being followed the whole time until he realised it was his ass. He could complain to the police. Slosh is not far up. Has a big old slosh bucket. Because when we used to training the gym. Sir Bill, let's do that. Sir Bill, sorry, chair of World Rugby. Yeah, whatever. And then the,

um,

in, a big old slosh bucket. Because when we used to train the gym... Sir Bill, let's do that. Sir Bill, sorry, chair of World Rugby.

Yeah, well...

In the England gym, Eddie and Jones introduce these slosh balls, they're called water in. So when you move around, they slosh around. So, Lord just looks like he's got a slosh ball attached with us. So when he sort of walks all gets going, it kind of, it has its own kinetic energy and can't be stopped.

Right.

So imagine that as you will.

Take that as a tribute.

Or that, Robert, are so when he sort of walks or gets going it kind of it has its own kinetic energy and can't be

stopped right so imagine that as you will take that as a tribute well that's probably

to be a nutdown it really that's like uh the knife message then get fully humble straight away

with uh i can't believe because you i mean you've had an incredible career i was privileged enough

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