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Did the Champions Cup opening weekend deliver?

12/8/2025 • 52 min

Chris, Ashy and Ugo pick apart the opening weekend of the Champions Cup. Was it the shot in the arm the tournament needed? Or were there still too many predictable results? Edinburgh caused the biggest upset of the round in what was a great weekend for the Scottish sides. Can Prem champions Bath go all the way this year? Rieko Ioane made his Leinster debut, Math… Play episode

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Wounded Wales and the English Bok
Keenan & Roebuck: Champions Cup preview part 2
Ashy & Tuilagi reunited: Champions Cup preview part 1
The Nations Pod
The Autumn Debrief
England survive Argentina scare for 11th straight win
The Nations Pod
Comebacks and Capitulations
England topple the All Blacks for 10th straight win
The Nations Pod
Ford and Steward return as England load the bench again
'Boks Office' drama in Paris and England's quest for 10
England see off dangerous Fiji to set up All Blacks clash
The Nations Pod
The 'Pom Squad' and Ireland’s Chicago blues
England battle past 'woeful' Australia
Inside England with Itoje, Ford and Wiggy
Caluori's call-up and chubby club
Emily Scarratt special
Caluori's five-star display and Willis walks
Andy Farrell special
Derby weekend, trolling and R360
Comebacks, rebrands and an Ash Splash
Inside England’s World Cup-winning party
England v Canada: World Cup final preview
Barely Rugby: Tattoos, thongs and awards
Will Canada spoil England’s World Cup party?
The BIG Prem Preview: Part Two
England are in the World Cup final!
Will England make the World Cup final?
The BIG Prem Preview: Part One
Barely Rugby: Injuries, manifesting & dinner roulette
Inside England with Blackett and Chessum
Women's Rugby World Cup: The quarter-final debrief!
Women’s Rugby World Cup: It's quarter-final time!
Barely Rugby: Dating, crazy golf & app mishaps
Barely Rugby: Van life, dogs & colouring by numbers
Wales out of World Cup but England and Scotland progress
Women’s Rugby World Cup: Thrive to survive
Barely Rugby: Touring, dirty bingo & Harry Potter
Women’s Rugby World Cup: The big weekend review
Ilona Maher, LRZ and the 'radical' WRU proposal
Barely Rugby: Stereotypes, celebrity encounters & a zombie apocalypse
The growth of the Women’s World Cup
The big Lions debrief in Sydney
Listeners' special in Sydney!
'Job done but not complete' - Lions aim for whitewash
Lions Top 10s: Tours

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