About this episode

Max Lahiff discusses his memorable 200th Premiership appearance and the Bristol Bears' season finale, alongside insights into the URC quarter-finals.

Bristol’s season is over, but not before Max Lahiff signed off Ashton Gate in style. The Bears may have missed the Premiership semi-finals, but they’ve still got the West Country bragging rights — and after that result which shall not be mentioned — they bounced back in exactly the right way. Max joins us fresh from Friday night after scoring the winning try on his 200th Premiership appearance. Remarkably, it was his 10th Premiership try — matching Ryan Wilson’s career tally of 10 in 222 appearances. We break down the game, the celebrations, becoming an accidental social media sensation, launching Sam Underhill into low earth orbit, and whether we’ve lost a listener in the process. We also look back on an unforgettable weekend in Bilbao — the rugby, the food, the friends and the chaos — before reacting to the internet’s latest attempts to describe Max: •⁠ ⁠The Honey Badger born in the Cotswolds •⁠ ⁠Like Hugh Grant and The Rock had a baby •⁠ ⁠A shoo-in for a Bond villain •⁠ ⁠The Brian Blessed of rugby •⁠ ⁠And multiple comparisons to Lord Flashheart… Then it’s URC quarter-final time. Ryan relives Glasgow’s hard-fought victory over Connacht in a bruising…

People in this episode

Guest: Max Lahiff

Topics covered

• rugby
• URC
• Bristol Bears
• Max Lahiff
• game analysis
• social media
• family dynamics in sports

Keywords

• Max Lahiff
• Bristol Bears
• rugby
• URC
• Premiership
• social media
• Kyle Steyn
• Dan Lancaster

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Bristol, Ashton Gate, West Country, Bilbao

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