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Rugby Union Weekly

The Tuilagi Gambit

Rugby Union Weekly

BBC

Sports News, Sports, Rugby, News

4.65.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Chris Ashton makes his long-awaited pod return and tells Danny and Chris about his move to Leicester Tigers. They look ahead to the big game at Twickenham this weekend and chat to England centre Manu Tuilagi. He talks chess, rooming with Marcus Smith and his 10-year unbeaten home run. We look at Scotland's game with Grand Slam chasing France and discuss the possibility of South Africa joining the Six Nations.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts

0:04.6

Five lives rugby union daily

0:12.0

Jones are you strapped in?

0:13.2

What's going on?

0:15.4

We've got a very elusive but a big big guest today.

0:20.0

Elusive? Who can it possibly be?

0:22.4

Big name in World Rugby, big name.

0:24.4

Okay, we're talking like a rich in McCore.

0:27.8

Johnny Wilkinson's pretty elusive.

0:30.4

Doesn't do a lot of media to see.

0:32.0

Yeah, someone that's been very quiet

0:34.4

on the media front recently.

0:36.0

He's a characteristically quiet.

0:38.0

I'm characteristically quiet.

0:39.8

Incredibly a characteristically quiet.

0:42.0

I think I know what you're getting at.

0:43.2

We've managed to track down somehow our rugby union

0:47.6

weekly daily co-host Chris Ashton.

0:50.2

He's back on after...

0:51.8

He's back!

0:52.8

How many months are we talking?

0:55.8

Yeah, it's been a while, hasn't been a while.

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