Six Nations: Doris returns and France go 7:1
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Chris is joined by Johnnie Beattie and French rugby journalist Paul Eddison to dissect the teams for round four. Does this France team need to win in Dublin to silence the French critics? There are plenty of talking points after Fabien Galthie named his team on Thursday, he's opted for a 7:1 split on the bench again and brought Romain Ntamack straight back in. We discuss Jamie Osborne's selection on the right wing and what Simon Easterby is hoping to gain from it. And how is Johnnie feeling about Wales visiting Murrayfield? Are there even nerves creeping in despite facing a team that's lost its last 15 matches?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts, Five Lives, Rugby Union Weekly. |
| 0:08.2 | Right, Rugby Union Weekly, it is now Friday morning, as we edge ever closer to match |
| 0:13.9 | week four, a tantalising, highly anticipated match week four of the 2025 Six Nations. So much to come. So much has gone |
| 0:23.0 | this week. Special with Jamie George, special on the England team with Danny Sara and Fraser |
| 0:29.1 | Dingwall. We discussed Ireland at the start of the week. And we will discuss Ireland again this |
| 0:33.5 | episode along with Scotland, along with Wales and along with France, because they've all named |
| 0:37.3 | their team in the last 24 hours. Some great guests on the pod. First up, friend of the pod, |
| 0:43.0 | back for your annual appearance. Paul Edison, sport beat zone, expert on French rugby and everything |
| 0:48.7 | else besides. Good to see you again, Paul, for your annual appearance. Maybe we should try |
| 0:53.0 | to make this more than an annual appearance. |
| 0:55.7 | What have you ended up so far? |
| 0:57.3 | I think it's been good fun so far. |
| 0:58.6 | This weekend will be, I think, a defining one in terms of how we remember the championship, perhaps, |
| 1:03.5 | because if results go one way, we could have a slightly less appealing final weekend. |
| 1:11.2 | Could say dead duck, if you want. You could say dead duck if you want. |
| 1:13.3 | You could all diplomatically and less appealing. |
| 1:15.5 | Dead duck, I think, would be a bit strong because there would be a slam on the line. |
| 1:18.9 | There would be. |
| 1:19.6 | Yeah, it would be. |
| 1:20.3 | And slams are never won easy, but we've never had a slam being won by a team against Italy, have we? |
| 1:24.5 | Indeed. |
| 1:25.2 | So, yeah, I think that will be interesting. But yeah, this |
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