The Nations Pod: Review of the Year

Rugby Union Weekly

BBC

News, Sports, Sports News, Rugby

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

After years of podding separately in Cardiff, Stirling and London - Chris, Tom and GRO finally get together to record a Nations Pod in person. They look back at the highs and lows of the game in 2025 which included the Lions tour of Australia and the Red Roses lifting the World Cup. How would you sum up the Lions tour? And how do you best describe another tough year for Wales? Tom challenges the guys to pick one word that sums up each nation's year and the tournaments. They also reflect on the big moments and best performances of the year. And no review of the year is complete without a combined team of the year!

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds
0:02.2	Music, radio, podcasts
0:04.5	And BBC Sounds
0:08.7	Football from Five Live
0:10.9	Join the Five Live sport team
0:15.2	for exclusive commentaries
0:16.8	from the Premier League,
0:17.9	FA Cup and Champions League
0:19.5	Chance to shoot!
0:23.1	And stay on top of everything football every day
0:26.1	with the Football Daily podcast.
0:28.0	I think you've got to earn the right
0:29.5	to play the way that you want to play.
0:31.5	Football from Five Live.
0:33.7	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:37.1	Five Lives Rugby Union Weekly.
0:41.9	Right, it's Robb Union Weekly, and it's that time of year where, all being well, you get together with old friends and family.
0:49.3	Some of them you might see every day.
0:51.0	Some of them, you might only see a couple of times a year, some of them the
0:55.2	relationship might just be through a screen until one very, very happy day when you get
1:01.0	together with some old friends in the same room, potentially for the first time ever.
1:06.3	It reminds me of those stories you see about the lonely old man
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