The Championship - Ben Gulliver chats with Jim Hamilton

The Rugby Pod

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Sports, Comedy, Rugby

4.7 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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In this episode, Jim chats with a fellow Covskin and a Championship stalwart Ben Gulliver about his career and life playing in the second tier of English rugby. Ben played over 300 times in the championship and experienced the highs of playing alongside his hero, Zinzan Brooke, to the lows of having to undergo 21 operations. The guys chat through the challenges the league faces in terms of funding and supporting players, but also the importance of the competition whilst taking a trip down memory lane when their careers overlapped. Ben is also a big supporter of the women's game and talks about how he sees it evolving. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So on this episode I'm joined by a fellow Cofsky.
0:04.0	He's played over 300 games in the championship.
0:08.0	We go back a long way, 20 odd years.
0:10.0	Good friend of mine, the great, the powerful Ben Glover.
0:15.0	There's something so romantic about Winter.
0:18.0	I don't know whether that's just because I'm a bit of a homebody and I love a five.
0:21.0	But I think it's just the holiday period.
0:24.0	It's just for me, it's the most romantic period.
0:27.0	And I think anyone who's listened to my records will note that I'm quite a big fan of romance.
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1:34.0	I'm a midday gauze, a shoulder of some whiskey and a shoulder of some almond beer.
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