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For The Love Of Rugby

Pollock Starts for England & Ireland Deep Dive with Tommy Bowe and Donncha O'Callaghan

For The Love Of Rugby

Crowd Network

Rugby, Sports

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Irish rugby legends Tommy Bowe and Donncha O'Callaghan join Ben Youngs and Dan Cole to preview Saturday's huge clash at Allianz Twickenham as England host Ireland in the Men's Six Nations. EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/ftlor Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: UK: https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-live-tickets-adp1630694 Dublin: https://thehelix.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173663616 💳 Open a Tide Business Current Account and receive £100 cashback when you spend up to £1,000 in your first 60 days: https://tide.co/sixnations T&Cs apply 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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If I was Tom Curry, I'd actually be pretty pissed off the way that this season's gone.

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I reckon he's going to perform this weekend, mate, bit between his teeth.

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Do you think the Lions has had an impact? I must say, I didn't play for the final two. He was the Lions tour, but I came back shattered because Rory Best destroyed my liver. So... And next thing I knew, his fork was in my quad. Fairly deep into it as well. Do you need Pollock in that back row? Go on, Colie. He's the forward expert. He's the expert. Yeah, I'm going to hand that over to head of the department, Dan. I think he gives you the ability to break the game open. And I don't think you lose that much defensively, especially with Curry coming into that back road. And the bouncer was looking at him and he said, you're not getting in here,

2:09.1

mate. And he says, and he goes, this is your office. And then he turned around and pointed at the Millennium Stadium and he goes, that is my office. To Lendby in. We go throw us a jog on.

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Right, Colie, Steve Bork has made a few changes ahead of the game on Saturday.

2:35.3

Yes, Ben. The game is against Ireland at Allianz-Twickanum, and it's the early kickoff,

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