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The Good, The Bad & The Rugby

S4 Ep28: Rugby’s Greatest Unions: Armstrong & Chalmers

The Good, The Bad & The Rugby

Platform Media

Sports, Rugby

4.42.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

This week we have a first our first episode of “Rugby’s Greatest Unions” where we put together the best playing partnerships that our game has seen.  Hask and Payno are joined by former Scotland half backs Gary Armstrong and Craig Chalmers. They started in the pivotal positions of scrum-half and fly-half on 32 ocassions - including the last time Scotland won the Grandslam back in 1990.  A year later Scotland would make it to the World Cup semi-finals with this starting duo, their best ever finish at a World Cup. Season 4 is sponsored by Continental Tyres. EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/goodbadrugby Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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When you talk Scottish Rugby two names that immediately go up in lights.

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Gary Armstrong and Craig Chalmers.

0:37.3

When we got on the pitch, the communication,

0:39.7

you know, he'd know where I was and he just chuck him

0:42.2

and I'd try and catch him and left right yes

0:44.8

no all the little calls fish and chips ham and eggs what was fish and chips box kick

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right? Jim Telf obviously no stranger to hurt himself,

0:55.0

once said that Gary had an inhuman tolerance of pain,

0:58.0

the hardest man he'd ever coached, he was sometimes referred to as the ninth forward.

1:02.0

Nine times it is ten, I would probably shoot my own players more than another team just to get the ball away.

1:08.3

We're both winners, we both wanted to win desperately.

1:11.5

Who would have thought that you'd be playing England?

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