About this episode

The episode discusses the recent sanction of Eddie Jones, the Red Roses' Grand Slam victory, and various rugby news including doping bans and South Africa's potential exit from European competitions.

Rugby Unity starts with sad news, marking the passing of Scotland and British and Irish Lions great Scott Hastings, remembered as a top class player and an even better man. From there, the weekend’s rugby storylines fly: England’s Red Roses clinch another Guinness Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam with a 43–28 win over France in Bordeaux, as crowds and revenue figures underline the surge in women’s sport. David Pembroke and Ewen McKenzie then unpack a weekend of monster scorelines across the Prem, URC and Super Rugby, and ask whether attack is now winning too easily. There’s also a sharp discussion on Henry Pollock’s growing profile, South Africa’s talk of leaving European competitions, and Eddie Jones being sanctioned by the Japanese Rugby Football Union after abuse towards match officials. Plus doping bans for Georgian rugby figures and Springbok prop Asenathi Ntlabakanye, and listener questions on World Cup finals venues, Spain’s World Cup bid, and the Nations Championship player availability problem. Also in this episode: ● Tribute to Scott Hastings and his rugby legacy ● England Red Roses win Grand Slam in Bordeaux ● Women’s sport revenue growth and rugby’s commercial gap ● Big…

People in this episode

Hosts: David Pembroke, Ewen McKenzie

Topics covered

• Eddie Jones sanction
• Red Roses Grand Slam
• women's sport growth
• rugby match analysis
• doping bans
• South Africa rugby news
• listener questions

Keywords

• Eddie Jones
• Scott Hastings
• Red Roses
• Guinness Women’s Six Nations
• rugby
• doping bans
• South Africa
• URC
• Super Rugby
• listener questions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Japanese Rugby Football Union, South Africa, Guinness, URC, Super Rugby

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