Jon Fox Davies on 2013, O'Driscoll & All That...

The Good, The Bad & The Rugby

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🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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We’re joined in studio by Jonathan "Fox" Davies, a Lions legend who knows what it takes to win a series. We dissect the "very Test match feel" of the line-up for the Brumbies game and what it tells us about Farrell’s mindset going into the opening test. We delve into the crucial selection calls in the back row and centres, with Foxy offering fascinating insights from his own tours—including the infamous 2013 Brian O'Driscoll decision that placed him at the heart of one of the Lions' most controversial moments. And with Test week fast approaching, we reveal the ultimate first test week prep – what the pros really do. Foxy pulls back the curtain on how elite players gear up for the biggest stage. Plus, we recap England’s impressive win in Argentina—is the best English fly-half currently playing there? Season 5 is Sponsored by Continental Tyres 00:00:00 🛞 Strap in with Continental Tyres! 00:04:10 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England Shock Argentina 00:06:25 🧠 Is England’s Best Fly-Half Playing in ARGENTINA?! 00:12:59 🐉 "Foxy" Unleashes Truth on Wales 00:20:22 🦁 Is THIS the Lions Test Team We’ve Been Waiting For? 00:22:19 💥 The Back Row Debate 00:34:24 🎯 Simon Easterby’s Quiet Power 00:43:04 💪 The Ultimate First Test Week Prep – What the Pros REALLY Do 00:45:04 ⏰ What Top Players Do in the FINAL 24 Hours Before Kickoff 00:50:29 ❌ Brian O’Driscoll… DROPPED. Foxy’s side of the story. 00:56:18 🔵 Is Leinster Cohesion The Lions Winning Formula? 00:59:26 🏉 That Try Against the All Blacks 01:08:25 🇦🇺 Australia v Fiji re-cap 🦁Brisbane Live Show https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=wdHizTsDKESEyggGBlygMllXlDCLktVDgSrU_ZMU0ttUNThFMUxGU0wzRUxBRk5NRVQyRUdEQklPNC4u&route=shorturl 🇦🇺Sydney Live Show https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/the-good-the-bad-the-rugby-%E2%80%93-live-show/181667?previewId=A6935A80-427F-11F0-B10D-EFE2262313DD 🧡 GBR Tour https://myticket.co.uk/artists/the-good-the-bad-the-rugby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Alongside Haskin Me in the GBR studio this week, we have one of the greats. He never lost a lion's series, John Fox Davis.
0:06.7	The most difficult thing on a lion's tour is you don't have time. Physicality is going to be a massive part of this test series.
0:13.0	When you're going to go into that first test, it's emotion. You know, Paul Gustard did it brilliantly well. He gave us each little mirror that had a picture of your opposite man. You finished the game and look at itself with the mirror. Are you going to like what you see? When you look back on that third
0:23.5	test specifically, did you enjoy that? After the second test, because I knew Jamie was going to be fit,
0:28.4	I ended up going out on the Sunday night and I got trollied, woke up in a car parking, Nusa.
0:34.2	How much better the wallaby's going to be? So if Lions are able to be more discipline, have less errors, I don't see Australia being able to compete.
0:42.3	Into the final moments, Alex Payne trying to keep this side going forward.
0:45.9	Haskell takes it on now with just relentless chat largely about himself.
0:49.9	And there's Tyndall to add the finishing touch of glamour and World Cup winning stories. That is how you podcast.
0:56.6	Hello, Dream Team. Welcome along to this week's episode of the good, the good bad and the rugby,
1:00.2	proudly sponsored as always by our very good friends at Continental Tires, the official tire
1:04.2	partner of England Rugby, whether on the rugby field or the road you can trust continental
1:08.1	tyres for exceptional safety performance and grip.
1:11.9	England, what a result in Argentina.
1:14.4	We're going to be talking about that in just a moment.
1:16.2	A team mixed with season internationals and UKAP sending a message to Australia
1:19.7	that they won't be handing back their test jerseys easily to England's 13 lions.
1:24.3	As for the lions themselves, were they just about won.
1:26.4	The team's performance brought into focus one or two questions as well about the makeup of the test team. And we'll
1:31.8	have a little look at those that are playing against the Brumbies this week. Alongside
1:35.4	Hask and me in the GBR Studio this week, we have one of the greats. He never lost the Lion
1:39.8	series. He started all three tests in Australia in 2013, and in 2017, he was casually
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