The Lions squad pod with Itoje and Farrell
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
We are at the O2 for the Lions squad announcement. Fresh from presenting the show, Ugo joins Chris to dissect the 38-man squad. Andy Farrell talks through his selection and why he decided to take Henry Pollock on tour and make Maro Itoje captain. Marcus Smith, Fin Smith and Finn Russell are on the plane, but could there be another fly-half added further down the line? Meanwhile Itoje sits down with us to reveal all the details about the captain’s dinner and why he feels now is the right time to be leading the Lions.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Giovanna Fletcher and I am a runner, which feels odd as I still find getting |
| 0:07.1 | out the door quite a challenge, but I'd love to help you become a runner too. My new Coucher 5K |
| 0:12.9 | podcast from BBC Sounds has inspirational guests like Lindsay Burrow, Joe Wiley and Charlie Marlow. |
| 0:18.4 | I'm really trying to reframe my brain. |
| 0:21.2 | This is my time and I get to do this. |
| 0:23.7 | And hopefully I can motivate you to go from Couch to 5K. |
| 0:27.6 | You never really regret a run. |
| 0:29.3 | Might do at the time. |
| 0:31.3 | The Couch to 5K podcast. |
| 0:33.6 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.1 | BBC Sounds. |
| 0:39.6 | Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:42.4 | Five Lives, Rugby Union Weekly. |
| 0:49.9 | So welcome to the O2, online squad announcement day. |
| 0:53.6 | And Hugo, I don't know about you, but it's a funny time, isn't it? |
| 1:01.0 | A few hours on, a lot of emotional energy has been spent by a lot of people, not least just self-hosting the whole event. |
| 1:09.7 | And now it feels a period of calm and reflection, but still plenty to talk about, as there always would be when a lion squad's been named. |
| 1:12.4 | It's one of the biggest days in the sporting calendar, full stop. |
| 1:13.4 | 100%. 100%. |
| 1:15.4 | First time live audience. |
| 1:18.1 | You know what it's like for the players. |
| 1:20.1 | The 70 odd that got the letter all waiting and expecting. |
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