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5 Lives, Rugby Union Weekly

Hello, Chris Jones here. Welcome to this bonus episode of the Rugby Union Weekly Podcast

and with Europe back this weekend, I've sat down with the Lentz to Senior Coach Stuart

Lancaster, the former England boss, a couple years on from his last pod appearance, absolutely

loads in this over the next hour, here what makes Lentz to tick as they target a fifth

champion to cup. Why is Johnny Sex in the best player Lancaster's ever coached you'll

hear Lancaster's thoughts on the six nations, the secrets behind the French slam, why Ireland

will be a force at the next two World Cups and beyond. What should the next England coaching

team look like and what's next for Lancaster himself? All that coming up, enjoy.

5 Lives, Rugby Union Weekly

Stuart, 2020 January, the last time we caught up for the Rugby Union Weekly Podcast.

Yeah, challenging times to him was like, I wasn't it, and we had this period of, well,

I was back in Leeds really, where we are now and sat there thinking, how can I keep

the players stimulated and we came up with this virtual game against the Crusaders,

was actually the highlight of lockdown for me. A virtual game? Yeah, so we contacted the

Crusaders coaching staff and I was a bit to Scott Robertson and I said, listen, why

don't we have a virtual game? So essentially over four weeks, the coaching staff shared

ideas. So the week one, we presented on Lentz's strengths and key success factors and the

evolution of defence in the Northern hemisphere. Second week, they did Crusaders success

factors, the evolution of attack in the Southern hemisphere. Third week, we presented on how

we beat them if we played them. For a full preview where we thought they're

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