We're in Auckland as Steve Borthwick names his team
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Chris has made it to Auckland – short of both sleep and a suitcase – and he heads into the England hotel as Steve Borthwick names his team for the first Test with the All Blacks. Borthwick tells us what he wants from Marcus Smith after picking an unchanged backline, and why Fin Baxter and Ollie Sleightholme are both set for their debut. Vice-captain Henry Slade is on the pod to give some jetlag tips and to reflect on his journey from Test rookie to one of the squad’s senior players. And Alex Mitchell discusses the Northampton influence in the team and why Saturday could be a memorable day for English sport.
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| 0:43.6 | Five Lives, Rugby Union Daily. |
| 0:47.0 | Rugby Union Daily, Tuesday morning and we are on the ground in New Zealand. |
| 0:55.0 | We've made it to Auckland. We're in the England team hotel. |
| 0:58.0 | We're short of sleep. We're ready to... |
| 1:00.0 | Sorry? |
| 1:02.0 | And a suitcase? being heckled by our producer Adam Hicks who has pointed out |
| 1:06.9 | unfortunately correctly that I am without a suitcase we waited for hours at the carousel. It never came. It is somewhere, I understand, between |
| 1:17.6 | Doha and Auckland, one of the biggest distances you can fly in the world. |
| 1:23.7 | So I'm making this one set of clothes, |
| 1:25.8 | lasts as long as possible. |
| 1:27.3 | We're sure to sleep. |
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