The Nations Pod
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Do we now know Andy Farrell's Test team? Chris, Gareth Rhys Owen and Tom English assemble for the Nations pod take on the Farrell's 23 for the Brumbies game on Wednesday. Who is in need of a a big performance in Canberra to nail down a Test spot? They reflect on a tricky few days for the Lions tour after an unconvincing display against the Waratahs and Joe Schmidt's comments about Australia after they scraped past a spirited Fiji in Newcastle. There’s more Owen Farrell chat as Tom and GRO clash over his call-up. We also praise England's resounding victory in Argentina but it was a different story for Wales in Japan. Where do Wales go from here?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.2 | Five Lives, Rugby Union Weekly. |
| 0:10.3 | Okay, Monday lunchtime, Nations Podtime, |
| 0:12.7 | the Terence Crawford of BBC Podcasts. |
| 0:14.9 | Groh and Tom are here. |
| 0:17.0 | Tom, we're in Canberra. |
| 0:18.6 | Yes, in Canberra, feeling a little bit groggy. |
| 0:23.3 | The lurgy has hit me. |
| 0:24.9 | That's not because of the Australian colloquialism for alcohol. |
| 0:27.3 | It's because you're feeling under the weather. |
| 0:28.9 | Yeah, feeling it a bit under the weather. |
| 0:30.5 | I'm pushing through heroically. |
| 0:33.3 | But, yeah, so if I cough and splutter a little bit, I apologise to all listeners. |
| 0:38.0 | Is that why you weren't front and center of the Andy Farrell Press conference I've just listened to? |
| 0:43.6 | Do you take a back seat from the jousting? |
| 0:45.8 | I stood away at the side. |
| 0:49.9 | Stayed out of the great man's face on purpose. |
| 0:54.0 | So you don't really want to be the one that infects the Lions coach, do you? |
| 0:59.8 | No. |
| 1:00.7 | Towards the end of the Gatlin regime, which is the one argument I will use to sympathise with coaches. |
| 1:08.8 | We have to do these press conferences. |
| 1:10.7 | Lauren Jenkins, Garth Griffiths and I found ourselves |
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