For The Love Of Rugby

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Ben Youngs hangs out with Adam Ashley-Cooper, Drew Mitchell, Matt Giteau and The Prof in the first week of their UK tour. The lads are already losing their voices after hitting Cardiff pretty hard over the weekend.

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Dan Cole is back from inside the England camp to answer Ben's probing questions on why England lost again at Twickenham. And he's coming out firing.

His rants include why England threw to the front of the line-out so much, why they kicked for the corner and he defends questions over England's 'experience'.

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Is it a crisis? England have lost five games in a row as South Africa become the latest team to win at Twickenham this Autumn. Ben Youngs and Anthony Watson review the weekend’s games and tell you what it’s like to be charged down by Eben Etzabeth and beaten one-on-one by Cheslin Kolbe.

Wales get hammered by Australia, France and New Zealand put on a classic, and we ask whether the Ireland team is too old?

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Do Test matches get any tougher than this? Boks Office legend Shimmie (Hanyani Shimange) and World Cup winning captain John Smit join Ben Youngs in London to preview England’s game against the Springboks. 

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Dan Cole speaks to Ben Youngs from inside the England camp. Does he blame Ben for the Australian performance on Saturday? What’s the mood in camp? And we ask him to offer some perspective on England’s blitz defence.

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Ben Youngs was very wrong. Anthony Watson helps him review round two of the Autumn Nations Series, and eat an enormous slice of humble pie as England lose to Australia at Twickenham. Anthony is £50 richer after the All Blacks beat Ireland in Dublin, and there are questions for Wales who lose to Fiji and end up with Sam Costelow accidentally on the wing for 47 minutes.

Plus, South Africa show off potentially the greatest bench in the history of rugby.

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England are due a win, and Australia are next up at the stadium formerly known as Twickenham. Ben Youngs and Anthony Watson preview a huge round in the Autumn Nations Series as South Africa take on Scotland and New Zealand play Ireland in Dublin on a Friday night.

After some explosive quotes in Danny Care’s book we also ask if Eddie Jones’s England environment was toxic. Were the players afraid of him? And was Ben on a list of untouchable players?

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Ben Youngs ranks his top wingers in the world, and has Springbok legend Bryan Habana to back up his selections. 

Is there anyone better than Cheslin Kolbe? How many All Blacks are on the list? Who is the best winger in Britain and Ireland? And where would you put James Lowe?

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Dan Cole is podcasting from a very hot room in England camp as he joins Ben in his virtual studio. Coley gives us an insight into what was said after the game, his old roommate's departure and sticks up for his new room-mate George Ford.

He also gets an update from the outside world as Ben's fitness is questioned after the weekend's corporate gigs and sampling our very own FTLOR beer.

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