Charles Richardson is joined by Charlie Morgan to reflect on the Lions win over the First Nations Pasifika XV in their final midweek match.The match was seen as a final opportunity for some fringe players to stake their claim for Test selection on Saturday morning but few put their hand up in the narrow victory.Owen Farrell impressed playing at inside centre and we ask if his performance was enough to see him break into the 23 for Saturday. We also discuss if his link up with Fin Smith is something we could see with England in the autumn.Elsewhere, Charles gives us his report from England's tour of Argentina and who impressed during their time away.And we tackle your questions as usual too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Lions overpower Australia to take series lead
The Lions are 1-0 in the Test series against Australia!Alan and Charlie reflect on the match in Brisbane where the Lions overpowered the Wallabies. The Telegraph's Chief Rugby Correspondent Gavin Mairs checks in from the Suncorp Stadium and is full of praise for Tom Curry, who was sensational after having his selection doubted.There's also praise for his back row partner Tadhg Beirne, who was named the official man of the match on the night.The all Scottish midfield of Russell-Tuipulotu-Jones also comes in for high praise after an excellent performance, but there are questions to be asked of the back three and if their place is under threat for the second Test next weekend.We also ask if Australia's second half performance will give them confidence of levelling the series next weekend and discuss what kind of team will play the final midweek match on Tuesday. We tackle all your questions as usual, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Lions thrash AUNZ in final warm up game
Alan and Charlie reflect on the Lions thrashing of the Australia/New Zealand invitational on Saturday morning in Adelaide.The Telegraph's Chief Rugby Correspondent Gavin Mairs checks in after Andy Farrell's post match press conference to deliver news of Garry Ringrose's injury which has ruled him out of the opening test next Saturday.There's praise for Huw Jones who could start at outside centre in Ringrose absence, elsewhere Ben Earl put in a man of the match display and could have forced himself into the test 23Owen Farrell made his first appearance on tour as well, we ask if his impressive cameo will have been enough to see him feature against the Wallabies.Away from the Lions, we round up the rest of the international including a first win in 18 for Wales! And we tackle your questions as usual too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Lions edge past Brumbies in unconvincing win
Alan and Charlie unpack the latest Lions win down under over the Brumbies in Canberra!Andy Farrell picked what many considered to be his strongest side on Wednesday morning but the de facto Test team failed to fully click in a number of areas.The biggest concern came in the first half when full-back Blair Kinghorn was taken off with an injury leaving the Lions looking very light at full-back. Our Chief Rugby Correspondent Gavin Mairs joins the show to discuss what Andy Farrell had to say about the Scotland international.Elsewhere, there were positive performances from Ollie Chessum, Dan Sheehan and Gary Ringrose On the other end of the scale, we ask if Tom Curry has played himself out of the Test side with an underwhelming performance at openside. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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More questions than answers in Lions win over Waratahs
Alan and Charlie pick the bones out of the latest Lions win down under, their third in a row, but by far their most unconvincing.The Telegraph's chief rugby correspondent Gavin Mairs joins the show from Sydney to offer us his thoughts on the disjointed performance and who in particular played themselves out of the test picture.Despite the performance, there is praise for the set piece, both the scrum and lineout were impressive and Scotland duo Huw Jones and Scott Cummings both put in their best display on tour so far.The biggest story of the week has undoubtedly been the call up of Owen Farrell to replace Elliot Daly, we speak to our man in Argentina, Charles Richardson, to see how the news has been received by the rest of the England camp.We also tackle all your questions as usual too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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