Rugby World Cup preview with Nick Evans
The Telegraph Rugby Podcast
The Telegraph
4.5 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2023
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
The Rugby World Cup is just days away which means we are back with you every week from now until the tournament ends!
Ben, Charlie and Charles get stuck into the big talking points starting with England, who enter the competition in disarray following three defeats in four warm-up games and bans handed out to two of their key players in Owen Farrell and Billy Vunipola. We discuss their opener with Argentina and ask if Steve Borthwick's side are capable of pulling out a big performance when they need it most.
Nick Evans, who was part of Borthwick's coaching team during the Six Nations, joins the show to share his thoughts on England's chances and the role Marcus Smith could play after he featured at full-back during the warm-ups.
We also take a look at the standout games this weekend, including Friday night's opener between France and the All Blacks, and get stuck into your questions too.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph Podcasts. |
| 0:04.3 | Oh, hi, everyone. It's been a minute, but welcome back to the Telegraph Rugby Podcasts. |
| 0:19.5 | A quiet week ahead, as you know, with the Rugby World Cup getting underway on Friday. |
| 0:24.7 | Charlie and I are heading out there in the next few days, |
| 0:27.2 | but the mother's favourite Charles Richardson is already there. |
| 0:30.2 | Charles, how are you? |
| 0:31.6 | And where are you? |
| 0:33.3 | Bonjour de Paris. |
| 0:34.5 | I am in Paris. |
| 0:36.4 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:50.5 | I'm sitting in a Paris hotel room, very, very excited for what's to come on Friday night. And potentially Saturday, too, if Georgia can upset the odds and beat Eddie Jones as Australia. But more on that later. |
| 0:56.4 | Very true. Now, after we sat through England's warm-up games over the last month, does it feel like the tide is beginning to turn and you're starting to get a little bit excited, Charlie, |
| 1:01.3 | about the World Cup? |
| 1:02.1 | Yeah, well, we've had a week and a bit since then, haven't we, since we, since we |
| 1:05.9 | endured those four weekends and the bounce. |
| 1:08.0 | But, no, certainly excitement over what should be a really, a really fascinating, |
| 1:13.3 | absorbing tournament, no matter how England do. |
| 1:15.5 | Charles, have you got a vibe already of sort of excitement building over there? |
| 1:19.0 | What's the, what's the atmosphere like? |
| 1:21.4 | Yeah, it's buzzing here in Paris, and anyone who's coming over should be very very excited um there was |
| 1:28.8 | some media drinks last night and there was a real buzz around the place uh however as we know and as |
| 1:34.0 | as has been widely reported there is this little cloud hanging over the tournament now with the |
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