The Sandy Park showdown & Edwards to England?
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
All eyes are on Sandy Park this weekend as Rob Baxter and Mark McCall go head-to-head for one last time. Danny, Ugo and Chris look back on Exeter’s impressive win at Leicester that sets up Saturday’s showdown with Saracens for the final play-off spot. Who will come out on top? Will anybody other than Northampton rotate this weekend? It’s now only one win in five for Bath, what is behind their recent slump? Newcastle produced one of the comebacks of the season to stun Sale for a first win since January. There were four home wins as the URC quarter-finals went to form, but who is favourite to life the title in June? Plus, what next for Shaun Edwards amid reports he could be leaving France? Should unions be making a move if one of rugby's most decorated coaches becomes available? There’s also Worcester's Championship play-off triumph to discuss and Jo Yapp's appointment as the first women's British & Irish Lions head coach.
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| 0:12.2 | from an unforgettable Premier League season. |
| 0:14.6 | Wow, these fans have got absolutely wild. |
| 0:18.1 | And all the build-up to an incredible football summer to come. |
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| 0:28.5 | Just coming to the club was already a dream control, a privilege. |
| 0:31.2 | Never saw or dreamed about being the captain of the club. |
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| 0:36.8 | Five Lives Rugby Union Weekly |
| 0:39.3 | CJ |
| 0:45.3 | You look like you're in a forest |
| 0:48.3 | Whereabouts are you? |
| 0:49.3 | I literally am |
| 0:51.3 | Woburn Forest |
| 0:52.3 | Oh what a place. |
| 0:56.0 | Just finishing a little centre park stay. |
| 1:09.3 | Sell it to me. I've never done it. Oh, Oogs. Well, I don't know. How would you sell it, Danny? There's so much to do. You know, sometimes when you've got kids in the holidays, particularly, and even though you've got so many things to do. |
| 1:10.4 | You're sometimes racking your brain. |
| 1:11.6 | You're like, oh, go to the park again. |
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