Six Nations: Captains special
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
To mark the opening day of the tournament, Chris and John Barclay are chatting all of the Six Nations captains. You’ll hear from the great Antoine Dupont as France kick things off in Paris. We hear from his opposite number Caelan Doris on Ireland’s difficult prep ahead of the opener in Paris. England’s vice-captain Jamie George talks about the feel-good factor around England as they look to continue their winning run. Dewi Lake speaks openly about the difficulties facing Wales as they head into the tournament looking to avoid a third successive wooden spoon. Michele Lamaro chats about sailing, the Olympics, and Italy’s hopes for 2026. And finally, there is Sione Tuipulotu who is chomping at the bit to captain Scotland for the first time in the Six Nations and banish any painful memories from the autumn.
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| 0:53.2 | against Wales. And today, John Barkley, it is all about the men in the middle, not the, not the refs, but the... I wonder where we're going there. Yeah, in the middle, anyway, the men with the armbands, the men on, who carry that weight of X-Bexam, you've been there. This is the, the pressure, I think, around the captaincy and the Sixth Nations is different. I think there's a different intensity to it. There's a, I think the burden and the mental challenge of the Six Nations is different. The autumn's are great. I think there's more of a carnival feel to the Autumn test with. The team's coming over. You don't play them so often. There's just something hard to say that you get to the Six Nations, the pressure's different, the environment's different, there's more eyeballs on you, there's more awareness of what happened the year before as well. I don't think we often look at an autumn series and think, what happened last autumn? We look at the Six Nations very differently in isolation and we look at it and say where do they go last year and if you're |
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