The Big Champions Cup Preview ft. Manu Tuilagi, Jamie George & Hugo Keenan

For The Love Of Rugby

Crowd Network

Sports, Rugby

4.8 • 963 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Jamie George, Hugo Keenan and Manu Tuilagi join Ben Youngs and Anthony Watson to preview the greatest club competition in the world, the Investec Champions Cup. Can anyone stop the French clubs? Can Bath really reach the final? And, unfortunately for Hugo “Barry” Keenan, we deep dive into life at Leinster and why they just cannot get over the line in Europe. Play Fantasy Investec Champions Cup against Ben, Dan and Ant: https://www.superbru.com/investec_champions_cup_fantasy/pool.php?p=13104062 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-tickets/artist/5645678 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 🤑 Win money for your rugby club: https://forms.gle/9PrSEohCYiLB4D9R6 📹 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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0:30.1	European rugby is back.
0:31.9	And today, we're all about the greatest club competition in the world.
0:35.6	I think it's getting harder and harder for English teams to do it, which is why Northampton's
0:39.6	run last year was so impressive.
0:41.3	Put your hands up if you ever wanted to lose, and he put his hand up.
0:43.9	He was the only one. He said, I've got the perfect game plan. We took 80.
0:49.3	Johnny, two polo-two.
0:51.3	Heal has got Tommy Freeman who's in for his seconds. Statement of Intense from Jack Willis.
0:58.0	Duke Hall, B O'Doree, are you nothing to James?
1:04.0	We've had five French winners in a row. Who can stop the streak?
1:08.0	I think the winners will be...
1:10.0	Bordeaux. Bordeaux, yeah, correct. We do agree on that one. The Chief is here. It is beautiful chaos. Ben Spencer tells us what it's like to play with Finn Russell. Maverick, calm, flash. And it's the question we ask every year. Can Lentster get over the line? It's the short straw, isn't it? It's been a tough
1:28.4	couple of years in Europe for us getting so close so many times.
1:37.6	For the love of European rugby, presented by Jeku, the official automotive partners of the
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