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Lawrence Dallaglio shares memories of his childhood, teenage years and the personal circumstances that led him to take up rugby, reflecting on how much it helped change the course of his life, and why it led to him founding his charity, Dallaglio RugbyWorks. 

Alongside Lawrence’s story we also hear from the charity’s CEO, Zenna Hopson, on how RugbyWorks supports excluded and disadvantaged young people across England and Wales, Paul Bashir from Harrison Street Europe who, as an employer supporter, shares why he has been so impressed by RugbyWorks and how being involved with the charity has also benefitted the experiences of his own employees. Plus, two former participants, Ryan Davies and Starr Stanford, explain how their lives have been transformed by the RugbyWorks programme and how they have now come full circle working as coaches for the charity, supporting and mentoring others going through similar challenges.

More information about the work of the charity can be found online at www.dallagliorugbyworks.com

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As the rugby season comes to an end, Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and Evening Standard rugby correspondent, Nick Purewal, are joined by former England Head Coach, Eddie Jones.

Eddie talks about his feelings on returning to Twickenham, why he stayed Head Coach of England for as long as he did, life back in Australia and why he took the job as Head Coach of the Wallabies for second time, his thoughts on the World Cup, and what needs to change in Premiership Rugby.

Plus Lawrence, Sarra and Nick look back at the Premiership Final, sharing their views on both teams and they select their Player of the Week.

Lawrence and Nick also reveal their hopes for the new season, including Lawrence’s thoughts on why some people might want to step aside.

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Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and the Evening Standard’s Steve Cording are joined by former Head Coach of Wasps, Lee Blackett. Lee talks about his experience in the URC and why he’s learned to love his long commute, plus why he chose Bath for the next step of his career and what excites him about the year ahead. He also reveals how other coaches in the league reacted when Wasps fell into administration last year. 

In light of the recent club statement from his former club, Lawrence shares his views on the latest situation with Wasps and the team also review the European Champions Cup Final, discussing what Ronan O’Gara has brought to La Rochelle in his time as Head Coach. 

There’s a divide between Lawrence and Steve on their predictions for this weekend’s Premiership Final and, as always, the team select their Player of the Week. 

Plus Lee gets ‘Tackled’ by Lawrence, revealing the funniest players he’s worked with and why his most memorable rugby moment is not necessarily his happiest. 

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Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and Steve Cording are joined by former Wasps’ and Harlequins’ winger, Josh Bassett. Josh shares the mental and emotional challenges that he’s faced in rugby over the past seven months, reveals why he’s excited to be starting the new season with Leicester Tigers and offers his thoughts on the changes that rugby players feel should be made to help grow the game.

He also talks about life away from the pitch and how his dislike for beer led to starting a drinks business, https://haveasocial.com with his former team-mate, Brad Shields, and why they’re often promoting the brand wearing nothing but swimwear.

Lawrence, Sarra and Steve review the results from the Premiership semi-finals and look ahead to the upcoming European Champions Cup Final. And find out who gets their vote as ‘Player of the Week’.

Plus Lawrence reveals how he ended up singing on one of Tina Turner’s biggest hit singles and in our quickfire question feature, ‘Tackled’, Josh shares which Nicki Minaj song is his karaoke go-to and his most memorable rugby moment to date.

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Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and the Evening Standard’s rugby correspondent, Nick Purewal, are joined by former player and now General Secretary of the Rugby Players’ Association, Christian Day. Christian talks about essential work of the RPA, his agenda for changes to the game and what the men can learn from the personalities in women’s rugby.

Plus Lawrence, Sarra and Nick discuss the final round of the Premiership including the last minute dramas in the West Country and Chris Ashton’s red card, as Lawrence reveals how his own retirement from rugby could’ve ended very differently.

They also select their ‘Player of the Week’ and look ahead to the Premiership semi-finals this weekend, making predictions on who will win and why.

In our quickfire questions feature, ‘Tackled’, Christian reveals which famous chef he has in his phone book and which former Sale team mate he believes is the best rugby player of all time.

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Fresh from winning the Grand Slam with the Red Roses, Simon Middleton joins Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and the Evening Standard’s Steve Cording, as he reflects on what prompted his decision to step down as Head Coach, why Saturday’s world-record breaking game at Twickenham is his best rugby moment and how a wrong turn out of the team’s hotel before the game proved a blessing in disguise. He also reveals what role he’s planning on taking next and his hopes for the future of the game.

Lawrence, Sarra and Steve review the weekend’s semi-final wins for Leinster and La Rochelle, who will now come face-to-face in a repeat of last year’s European Champions Cup Final. They also select their ‘Player of the Week’ and look ahead to the last round of Premiership action coming up this weekend. 

Plus, Simon Middleton gets ‘Tackled’ by Lawrence’s quickfire questions, telling us which two actors he thinks would be best placed to play him in a film, and which song he sang on the team coach after Saturday’s Six Nations victory.

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Lawrence is joined by Sarra Elgan and Evening Standard rugby correspondent, Nick Purewal, as they discuss all the weekend action from Round 23 of the Premiership and look ahead to the upcoming European Champions Cup semi-finals.

With the Premiership season almost over for all but the top four, Lawrence, Sarra and Nick also take a look at some of the strengths and weaknesses of the clubs, including what’s behind Newcastle Falcons’ struggles, whether Harlequins have relied too much on one player and why Lawrence thinks Saracens still need to prove themselves despite being ‘the best team in England’.

Plus find out which players have been chosen in our ‘Player of the Week’ feature.

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Lawrence Dallaglio is joined by Sarra Elgan and the Evening Standard’s Steve Cording plus their special guest, London Irish back-row forward, Tom Pearson. Tom shares what he’s learnt by taking the university rather than academy route into professional rugby, his ambition for getting capped by England and the Exiles mindset ahead of their Premiership game against Saracens this weekend.

Lawrence and Steve show off their stats knowledge when reviewing the weekend’s rugby results, much to Sarra’s amusement, and they look ahead to the upcoming games and how the teams are looking with the final rounds of the Premiership in sight.

Plus, they choose their Player of the Week and Tom gets ‘Tackled’ by Lawrence’s quickfire questions, revealing which song he’d choose to sing at the front of the bus after making his England debut and why his Premiership debut is his most memorable rugby moment to date.

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