Lions 3rd Test Preview LIVE from Sydney

The Good, The Bad & The Rugby

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Sports News, Sports, Rugby, News

4.5 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

James O'Connor joins Alex Payne, Mike Tindall, and James Haskell at the Establishment in Sydney to break down the highly anticipated third and final test match. Expect some incredible, stories from tour past and present. From the scandalous antics of the British & Irish legends to a passionate defence of Owen Farrell, the crew covers all the talking points, with Haskell giving his trademark unfiltered takes, including a truly wild story involving a dragon and a boat. Season 5 is Sponsored by Continental Tyres 00:00:00 🚗 Strap In with Continental Tyres 00:03:45 🐶 Lions legends' antics in a Sydney cafe 00:08:15 🧹 The controversy around the clearout of Carlo Tizzano 00:13:30 🎤 Introduction of special guest James O'Connor 00:24:00 🦁 A full breakdown of the Lions' team selection for the third test 00:31:00 🛡️ A passionate defense of Owen Farrell 00:38:00 🇦🇺 Analysing the Wallabies' team selection 00:45:00 👨‍🏫 James O'Connor on his role as a mentor to the young Wallabies 00:49:00 ✂️ The "Tailor-Made Lions" segment 00:55:00 🐯 James O'Connor's future with Leicester Tigers 00:58:30 🔮 Final predictions for the third test 📗Signed copies of our new book The Good, The Bad & The Rugby: Unlocked are now available to pre-order @Waterstones. Pre-order to secure your copy here: https://lnk.to/GBRUnlocked/waterstones 🧡 GBR Tour https://myticket.co.uk/artists/the-good-the-bad-the-rugby Welcome to The Good, The Bad & The Rugby with journalist and former broadcaster Alex Payne, England and Lions flanker James Haskell, and World Cup Winner Mike Tindall. #Rugby #Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening Dream Team, live tonight at the establishment.
0:03.5	We've got 500 in, 500 Lionsmen!
0:08.5	Yes!
0:09.6	I'm England's most carded player of all time.
0:12.0	I apologize to absolutely f*** no one.
0:14.8	The award-winning moment is the beautifully legal clearout of Jack Morgan.
0:20.8	James O'Connor, ladies a gentleman.
0:22.6	I'm just amazed by Jock's hair, the volume with the thickness of it.
0:27.6	That man went to war.
0:28.6	But the first step now is to be consistent and do a job on Saturday.
0:32.6	Into the final moments, Alex Payne trying to keep this side going forward. Haskell takes it on now
0:40.9	with just relentless chat largely about himself and there's Tyndall to add the finishing touch of glamour
0:46.3	and World Cup winning stories. That is how you podcast. Ladies and Judge, good evening to you all.
0:53.0	Have you had a good tour?
0:54.9	Yes! It's like Panto season, this, isn't it? How much fun have we had over the last... Well, we've been a lot of fun. Yeah, it's good. Highlights? There's been a few, obviously... I tell you what, I mean, Brisbane was amazing. Obviously, MCG. What an experience, what a day. I thought the positivity around the whole event was amazing.
0:53.3	I think Australia MCG, what an experience, what a day. I thought the positivity around the whole event was amazing.
1:12.8	I think Australia is just what a place.
1:16.4	You know, beautiful vistas, incredible things to see.
1:19.9	They put on a brilliant spectacle.
1:21.7	MCG, was it 90,000 odd thousand people turning up to watch the game.
1:25.4	I mean, one slightly dubious highlight was the Lions' legends are in town, legends in quite a loose sense of the word. It's sort of anyone that's kind of played rugby. If you ever played 30 seconds for any team, you were qualified. And I met a few of them in a cafe. I met a few of them in a cafe for a little coffee and things escalated. The coffee was quickly
1:45.5	replaced with some beer and there's a couple of bigger gentlemen who play for the legends.
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