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Rugby Union Weekly

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Rugby Union Weekly

BBC

Sports, Sports News, News, Rugby

4.65.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Gareth Edwards, Martin Johnson or Willie John McBride? Who is the most iconic British & Irish Lion of all time? In the first episode of a new six-part series, Matt Dawson and Jamie Roberts join Chris to answer that very question. How many Wales legends of the 70s make the cut? Do any coaches make the list? Find out which former Irish and Lions captain misses out. Plus, Matt reveals which Lions legend inspired his dad to give him two middle names.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy.

0:05.1

My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC.

0:08.7

It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs,

0:13.5

moments and movements, stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous.

0:19.1

And the BBC's position, at the heart of British music

0:21.7

means we can tell those stories like no one else.

0:24.5

We were, are and always will be right there at the centre of the narrative.

0:28.6

So whether you want an insightful take on music right now

0:31.3

or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and infamous moments in music,

0:36.1

check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds.

0:40.0

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:44.0

Five Lives, Rugby Union Weekly.

0:49.5

Hello and welcome to Lions Top Tens,

0:52.6

a new podcast series from the Rugbbyn Weekly and BBC Sounds.

0:56.5

And with the Lions in Australia for their tour over the course of the next six episodes,

1:02.3

we're going to take a forensic look at the good, the great, the bad, the ugly, the memorable,

1:07.2

and the controversial of the British and Irish Lions. No better men to join us for this

1:14.0

look down memory lane. Five tours between them. Count them. Five tours. Matt Dawson,

1:19.3

97-0105 and Jamie Roberts, 09 and 13, both winning lions who have been there where the pressure

1:27.0

and the stakes are at their highest.

1:30.9

Dors, we did this for the World Cup.

1:33.0

We're to go back to 1987.

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