The Nations Pod
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2026
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
You’ve heard from Gregor Townsend, Sione Tuipulotu and John Barclay after Scotland’s latest Calcutta Cup triumph. Now it’s the turn of Stirling and Limerick’s finest - Tom English. He talks Chris and GRO through his range of emotions at full-time one week after that chastening defeat in Rome. After another stellar display, is Finn Russell now Scotland’s greatest ever player? Can he guide them to a Triple Crown? And can we persuade GRO it’s a big achievement? Things get even better for Tom when a listener shares a poem all about his favourite player. As for England, how will Steve Borthwick react to that defeat in Edinburgh? Will we see a change in personnel or a change in tactics? What can we expect from Ireland this Saturday? Is there enough x-factor in Andy Farrell’s side? We also touch on Wales as GRO tries to find the positives following another heavy defeat.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Steve Bracknelly, are the assistant manager of Sunday League team, the Royal Oak FC. |
| 0:12.0 | Are you sick of changes to our beautiful game? |
| 0:15.0 | Five minute stoppages for VAR checks. |
| 0:17.0 | VAR, the talking point again after a five minute plus delay. |
| 0:20.0 | Cryotherapy ice chamber. |
| 0:22.9 | Owls in back at socks. |
| 0:25.3 | XG double pivots and inferred wingbacks. |
| 0:28.2 | The game's well and truly gone and I'm here to bring it back. |
| 0:31.9 | Games gone. |
| 0:32.9 | The Steve Bracknell podcast. |
| 0:34.9 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:38.0 | Five Lives Rugby Union Weekly. |
| 0:43.8 | Okay, Rugby Union Weekly, Tuesday afternoon, Nations Pod Time. |
| 0:47.4 | As always, I keep saying this, one of the most eagerly anticipated Nations pods in years of beaming Tom English. |
| 0:55.4 | I'm more stirred looking, |
| 0:58.1 | but now and I was a smile breaking out of the face of Garrette Rizowing. |
| 1:00.1 | Let's go to work, guys. |
| 1:07.3 | And for those listening last week, Tom said the last, I don't want to paraphrase you, Tom, |
| 1:09.1 | but did you say the last thing I want to see? |
| 1:09.7 | No. I said, I said if Scotland win, it will kill me. |
| 1:15.3 | I got a message from Alan Roberts on X, |
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