Six Nations: How do England stop France and the GOAT Dupont?

Rugby Union Weekly

BBC

Sports, Sports News, News, Rugby

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Is Antoine Dupont the greatest of all time? Chris and Ashy quiz England senior coach Richard Wigglesworth on what makes the French scrum-half so special. Are there any weaknesses in his game and what attributes make him so unique? England take on the favourites for the 2025 Six Nations at Twickenham this Saturday. What lessons have they learned from their defeat in Dublin? It's seven successive defeats in a row against tier one nations and Ashy says it's time to stop the rot, but how do you tackle a French side full of so much flair and confidence? Hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie is back on the pod to give following his first Test start since 2022. He gives us an insight into the intensity of training this week and the challenge of facing the French up front.

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0:00.0	Sir Alex Ferguson is the most successful British manager of all time.
0:05.0	Nobody is above him or this football club.
0:08.0	So how did an apprentice toolmaker from Glasgow become one of the most iconic figures in sporting history?
0:15.0	His strength of character, his determination, the fight on him.
0:18.0	He can be persuasive, he can be charming. He can be frightening.
0:21.4	I'm Kelly Cates, and this is Sporting Giants, Sir Alex Ferguson.
0:25.8	I didn't want to feel. I couldn't feel.
0:27.9	Listen on BBC Sounds.
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0:35.9	Five Lives, Rugby Union Weekly.
0:42.1	Hello, Rugby Union Weekly.
0:43.6	Another daily podcast, Wednesday morning.
0:46.5	And we are in the England camp, Chris Ashton.
0:49.8	Hello.
0:50.4	Hello.
0:50.8	Good to see you last time we saw you.
0:52.2	It was in Dublin.
0:52.8	Did you have a good weekend?
0:53.9	Great, actually. Amazing weekend. First time I've last time we saw you as in Dublin. Did you have a good weekend? Great, actually.
0:54.6	Yeah, amazing weekend.
0:55.4	First time I've been to Dublin without being in a team.
0:59.2	As such, I know I have a team here at the BBC.
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