Ellis Genge | “Rugby has a class problem that it NEEDS to fix!”

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Soccer, Football, Sports

4.6 • 778 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode we are joined by a top England Rugby International, who in recent times won the Premiership title with Leicester Tigers before returning to his roots with Bristol Bears. Ellis Genge faced early struggles in his life, growing up in the working class area of Knowle West in Bristol. An angry young man who faced problems in school and with the law, he found solace in an unlikely place - Rugby. A sport which helped him channel his anger and where he found belonging and structure.

Now the star of the ‘Full Contact’ Netflix documentary series and a well respected leader for club and country, Ellis has been capped for England 58 times, lifting the Six Nations trophy in 2020 after finishing as runner-up at the World Cup in 2019. He joins the show to talk about his unconventional journey in Rugby. His career under head coaches Eddie Jones and Steve Borthwick whilst giving his unfiltered opinion on the issues the sport faces in 2024 and beyond.

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0:00.0	I got necked four times in the Academy at Bristol.
0:03.0	I was on the only player I think ever in rugby to have a good behaviour bonus in their contract.
0:08.0	Eddie rang me and went,
0:10.0	Gain, now this is, mate.
0:12.0	And I was like, no.
0:13.0	Eddie fucking Jane.
0:14.0	I don't like some of the things that Clyde Woodward write.
0:18.0	Yeah, you're not alone there, man.
0:20.0	I just see Red when I go on the pitch and I was so angry and ferocious and I was getting
0:25.6	scraps in game.
0:26.6	Do you think rugby's got a bit of a class problem?
0:30.6	It's definitely got a class problem, yeah.
0:33.6	Yeah.
0:34.6	This is up front with me, Simon Jordan.
0:36.6	I believe there are a lot of vacuous, un uninformed, unchallenged opinions out there.
0:41.3	I want to get to the bottom line and cut through the nonsense.
0:43.3	So on this podcast with William Hill, I'm going to get people with strong views who
0:47.3	think they can stand them up under proper scrutiny.
0:50.3	There's a good chance I might learn something along the way, but more importantly, so might you.
0:57.0	Joining me in today's episode, a top England rugby international who in recent times
1:01.4	won the Premiership title with Lester Tigers before returning to his roots with Bristol.
1:06.2	His rise comes via an unconventional rugby beginnings, overcoming personal and social challenges.
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