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The Rugby Pod

The Future of the Game - Mark Evans Chats to Jim Hamilton

The Rugby Pod

The Ringer

Sports, Comedy, Rugby

4.75.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Former CEO of Harlequins, Saracens, Melbourne Storm and Global Rapid Rugby, Mark Evans sits down with me to give his take on everything from how to grow the game, ring-fencing, salary caps, a global season and what rugby union can learn from other successful sports leagues and teams around the world. It's a great chat with someone who has been at the very top of the game, with a huge amount of experience. Enjoy and if you find it interesting, please give it a share! Cheers. Big Jim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

So on this episode I've got former CEO of Saracens, Harlequin's Melbourne Storm, wonderful blow,

0:06.8

very good at contextualising the nuances, the important part, the commercialisation

0:12.0

of the game of rugby union, and League, it's the powerful, the wonderful Mark Evans.

0:20.4

There's something so romantic about Winter, and I don't know whether that's just because I'm

0:24.0

bit the homebody and I love a five, but I think it's just a holiday period, it's just for me,

0:29.8

it's the most romantic period, and I think anyone who's listened to my records will know that I'm

0:34.8

quite a big fan of romance. Joy in every sip with red carp snout back at Starbucks.

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1:40.8

How do you share my age now? Surely not for an advertising model.

1:59.9

I was at Sarasons and travelled from the Cotswolds to Sarasons because I didn't think I was going

2:15.7

to be playing. I had one eye on retirement, missed something job in the Cotswolds, and I was

2:22.0

just into podcasts. Last season at Sarasons, my mate of a mate approach said, there's a guy called Fred,

2:30.8

he's thinking about getting some ex players or yourself at the next player to do a podcast.

2:37.2

I was doing a series for Sarasons called Don't Mess With Jim, where I was interviewing the

2:40.6

lads. You wouldn't have seen it was on YouTube, Saras TV. They gave me an opportunity to do content.

2:47.1

I was interviewing Marrow, pitch side, Billy, I was not billiard, win between the Vuna Polars and

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