Lawrence Dallaglio | Borthwick arrived ‘shocked and surprised’ at England ‘mess’
Up Front
Folding Pocket
4.6 • 778 Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
As England look to make their mark at the Rugby World Cup, on this episode Simon is joined by a member of the most successful English rugby side of all time. The 2003 World Cup winner and a leader who was inspired by tragedy.
Lawrence Dallaglio was a one club man, a Lion and an England great who was once described by Warren Gatland as ‘the best captain he had ever worked with’. Lawrence joins the show to discuss his life and career which contained success and scandal in equal measure, whilst telling us the mistakes England have made which means they’ve failed to replicate the success of 2003.
Subscribe for future episodes and head to www.youtube.com/@UpFrontWithSimonJordan for full video episodes. 18+ please gamble responsibly.
Warning: this episode contains language that some people may find offensive.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | You need to create an environment that's so good, everyone wants to be part of it and no one wants to leave. |
| 0:04.0 | What he did in English rugby is create that. |
| 0:07.0 | When the police used to knock on the door, not my Lawrence, you must have the wrong address. |
| 0:11.0 | Okay. |
| 0:12.0 | Was that a regular comment? |
| 0:13.0 | Occasionally. I caused a few heartaches and a few headaches for sure. |
| 0:16.0 | If you can catch, you play rugby, and if you can't, I guess they stick me in a boat and you row. Right. |
| 0:21.5 | You're not dealing with a rational human being, right? |
| 0:24.0 | You are having a conversation with someone who's about to go into battle. |
| 0:27.1 | He's got the best win record. |
| 0:28.6 | Yeah, he's got the highest percentage of winning. |
| 0:30.8 | I have to say, picking up from a few things that you said, I'm not entirely sure that you're one of his biggest admirers. No, no, no, no, I like him. I like him a lot. This is up front with me, Simon Jordan. |
| 0:39.0 | I believe there are a lot of vacuous, unformed, unchallenged opinions out there. |
| 0:42.6 | I want to get to the bottom line and cut through the nonsense. |
| 0:45.4 | So with this podcast with William Hill, I'm going to get people with strong views |
| 0:48.8 | who think they can stand them up to proper scrutiny. There's a good chance I might learn something along the way, and more importantly, |
| 0:55.0 | so might you. |
| 0:57.0 | Joining me in today's episode, a man who in his chosen sport reached the very pinnacle, in part inspired by tragedy, |
| 1:05.0 | a captain on both the domestic and international fronts, a one club man. |
| 1:10.0 | He played three Lions tours, securing four six nations titles for England, |
| 1:14.8 | and played an integral part in the historic 2003 Rugby World Cup triumph. |
| 1:20.2 | Lawrence Delalia, welcome to Up Front. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Folding Pocket, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Folding Pocket and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.