The Nations Pod

Rugby Union Weekly

BBC

Sports News, Sports, Rugby, News

4.6 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Are England suddenly in crisis? After the heavy defeat to Ireland, Chris, Tom & GRO dissect what’s gone wrong for Steve Borthwick’s side, whether the fallow week has arrived at just the right moment, and if wholesale changes await for Italy. GRO admits he actually enjoyed watching Wales for the first time in a while, but wonders if they could repeat that display against more physical opposition. Tom, meanwhile, refuses to get carried away by Scotland’s back-to-back wins. Plus, Poetry Corner returns as Chris reads out more listeners’ rugby-inspired poems.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.0	On BBC Sounds.
0:09.0	Football from Five Live.
0:11.0	Join the Five Live sport team for exclusive commentaries from the Premier League,
0:15.1	FA Cup and Champions League.
0:16.8	Nice for the Colonel!
0:18.2	Watch a goal!
0:19.7	And stay on top of everything football every day with the Football Daily podcast
0:24.2	and twice weekly join the Wayne Rooney show breaking down the biggest stories from the Premier League and beyond
0:29.9	football from Five Live listen on BBC Sounds
0:34.3	Five Lives Rugby Union Weekly.
0:40.8	Okay, Rugby Union Weekly, Fallow Week.
0:44.0	Three weekends down of the 2026 Men's Six Nations.
0:47.3	Nations Pod.
0:49.3	What better pod to take us into the Fallow Week.
0:52.2	Growing Tom are here.
0:53.7	Wow.
0:57.1	Wow, indeed. Where do you start?
1:02.6	This Six Nations, it's right up there for me as one of the best ever Six Nations.
1:09.3	You don't know which way this is going to go. I mean, nearly all my predictions have been wrong, which is great.
1:17.7	It's wonderful, isn't it? I mean, it's not wonderful for England, but it's pretty damn good if you're a kind of neutral watching this stuff. So a friend of mine, and we are in no way
1:23.1	encouraging gambling or betting, but a friend of mine had to put a cheeky pound on Ireland, Wales
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