URC Unloaded S3 E16

[Music] [Laughter] there he is good evening right on Q some from Shanks it’s round 17 URC unloaded and as usual delighted to be joined by my code host Tom shank and Steph Ferris who we had a lovely well step and I spent Friday Saturday together Shanks you uh you had a slightly different Friday but you joined us on Saturday and we had a great we had a hell of weekend of rugby actually big results Shanks how are you you were quite tired on Saturday when we saw you just with fatty gay if you’re French I was just laughing I was just laughing at a photo that flashes up for those that are watching um this show not listc corporate there’s a there’s an old photo of Steven Ferris and his his hair is wind SWAT I would say it’s like he’s been in a convertible car you’re about 10 kilos lighter in that as well yeah Stevie how are you you telling as you’re a little bit tired oh mate I don’t know what it is I think it’s just the life has been sucked out of me spending too much time with you boys I’m only joking I was good good G weekend R good joke what is tell me this JB we worked our socks off on Friday night then we worked our socks off on Saturday night what was Shanks doing in Belfast what was the need for him in Belfast don’t know don’t know I asked the same question seriously the same questions the Stuart MOSI you were like where’s my mate Stuart moski where is he hi St thanks you you got a mix it up toenails talk to us about your Friday mate you had a big Friday oh yeah had a good Friday boys had a good Friday was it yeah just raising loads of money for K Parkinson’s and the Matt hampson Foundation that’s why I couldn’t make it I really wanted to come over to where were you again Edinburgh oh yeah edin I really wanted to come over to Edinburgh uh but I was too busy just bloody raising Millions for for charity so it was Mike Tindle golf day it was amazing quite a few of the boys there you’d know um law was there Ro Lawson was there um who wasse there Rob Kerney was there I BET’s good golfer is he rob KY Bri at fadin really good because we we had like a a sort of celeb oh God I know I’m a celeb um leaderboard and I was like second well I was I was playing off six so I was second and he was off your was he something like that yeah and he was just way and to be fair I didn’t even I didn’t have to put twice I don’t think on any green one one putt give me next hole get off lovely jely the old chin was it um well Lads it was a hell of a weekend we’ll get into it it was um lots of big results I think fair to say we’re still trying to plan our golf trip end the season golf trip producer Ben has assured us is looking like we will be playing somewhere near monster is it a d Mana we’re going to be at well that’s on the basis that monster finish um top seeds and get through to the final so which we think might happen we think might happen because it’s all shaking up uh we’re gonna start with Stevie’s favorite team we were all there we all at the kingspan I got to say that’s the best atmosphere I’ve seen at the kingspan for years and I know it’s easier it was similar in edinb the night before sun’s out end of the season but it was class like it kind of felt to me like this is who oler are and I think we probably didn’t know who oler were for a long time but you boys you boys are there yeah but the thing like summer rugby right the sun shining everybody’s G out for a late lunch few pains in the afternoon they get to the ground early they’re mingling with their mates have another few pains like before a ball was even kicked you could even feel like there was a bit of a buzz around the place so like I just don’t get why we’re turning up on a wet and windy November December everybody’s pissed off and stand there in the piss and re like this match was unbelievable and one of the reasons why it was unbelievable was because the weather conditions were good the atmosphere was good and both teams well more so ster Roose to that and it was class like oler from minute one didn’t care that it was lster coming to Belfast they got tore into them a lot of the young guys stood up cormack is auku D mccan um stock deal was back to somewhat his best I know you’ve you think shank said he’s been recapturing a bit of form and it’s mostly down to confidence but like it’s just it’s really really frustrating when you go and watch oler all season long and they’ve been pretty average and then as soon as they change manager all of a sudden guys are given a bit of confidence and it’s the same group of players it’s the same group of players it’s the same people that are turning up but uh as monster have shown you get on to a bit of momentum momentum uh and the boys are loving it at the minute and obviously John Cooney knocked over a winning penalty to seal the deal so not brilliant night in Bast really enjoyed it anybody who I’ve spoken to can’t wait to go to the next game uh which is probably going to be next season at all stre just to support the lads because it was such a good night best atmosphere I’ve been to this year honestly all it was yeah I think so there’s been some W I don’t know like C I I don’t think the RDS is great for atmosphere they just expect no they don’t expect the big big win and so almost yeah I thought I thought it was amazing sorry Shanks no I was goingon to say like Ci Barth was really good um in the in European game because it was just a loose game but I don’t know I just think the weather beautiful day some great R close to the end pH hardly any handling erors hardly any scrums how much time do we waste resetting scrums because you’re getting handling errors in the W and the way I agree I think the only thing that might change would be I was think to Flat about this is that if if we have if we have less scrums we’re going to have we’re going to have maybe less sort of short larger Less Mobile players you think which means yeah there’s going to be less space there’s going to be because you know you want you need props on the field one to scrummage but the other is because they aren’t just as mobile as others so yeah the only worry would be it would turn a bit like rubby leak and we don’t I still think you can get horsed off the ball and scrums I think that yeah I get I get I thought what flat are saying about I just wonder if you still need power you still need you can still score and lens to show that that try you know does it make teams be more creative more accurate more inventive because we haven’t really spoke about lens they were po and it was actually a it was pretty good side out you look at the players on the pitch Kean Healey Al aloa ker Kean James Ryan Keenan Jimmy O’Brien natti pretty pretty damn good side that they they were I know they’ll play a different side as week can and it won’t be oh they lost three in a row but when was the last time lensa didn’t finish in the top two maybe Ben can tell us that because I don’t I can’t remember last time they didn’t have a home quarterfinal and it’s looking quite unlikely that they will get a home quarterfinal yeah it is yeah yeah yeah well speak speaking to a few of the speaking to a few of the Ulster players after the game I’m um just on my way out the gate and um obviously in really good form but then but then then they’re sort of they’re sort of looking at who are they going to get obviously they’re CF now into the top eight but who who are they looking at for a quarterfinal surely they don’t want to have to go away to the bills in Petoria like you probably don’t want to have to go I I think oler would prefer an RS stby away from home whether it be a moner or ler yeah yeah like all all the support would travel down make a day out of it hopefully the again the weather’s half decent um I’m sure the bus bus loads of people will be going down to to either doublin olymic so yeah it’s it’s just so much riding on this last weekend even though they’re see if and signed geez lad you don’t want to be jumping on a long haul flight over to to play the Bulls and form there as well well yeah I mean what’s the chances of then coming home from that and being in decent neck to play to play a semi-final if somehow you do win yeah yeah trick I thought also were class I really did they could have won by I’ve not seen much of him he’s like I think it’s too simple say he’s the missing piece of the jigsaw but I think aler missed like a CIA or veran or you know Nick Williams that kind of Stephen Ferris step Ferris yeah you know someone like that who’s a big old unit who carries the ball like Tim’s playing really well but not not the same kind of power as isuku and he’s got a great name as well so tell boys the the’re missing piece 10 you get I think who’s gonna play 10 there next year get World Class 10 that’s the jigs off oh they don’t have the cash I don’t think Shanks no I know where’s steepen kiss off’s money gone um IND in Step k bank steis retainer com c Islands yeah well I think you’re right need 10 who’s gonna play 10 next year Stevie I know we’re GNA go on yeah it’s it’s Nathan do isn’t it and there’s a lot of chat that Richie Murphy’s son who started for the AR under 20s could be would be possibly um joining I know there was his name and Max steens and a couple of other younger lanster guys names were being banded around there a week or two ago so listen he’s I can’t remember his first name he’s a a good young player like really good young player but Nathan do shown that he’s played a couple of games and hasn’t really went his way either so like Billy Burns has actually been playing reasonably well the last few games and if anything the the success of all has been because him and Cooney have played very well control games the pack are getting front football cormer get a chuk as you said in the back row certainly giv them that front fot as well Shanks but um yeah I I gotta say a were very good at the weekend but lanster really surprised me they they really surprised me how how poor they were like you’ve just got like a moment of Brilliance from Billy Burns but then you’ve got like the flip side is you got a charge down and then a Miss tackle on that ey that that’s the only thing that sort of lets him down a little bit I think I think he’s a wonderful player but you just you probably want that consistent level a little bit Yeah because got some great backs some really exciting backs well yeah on the other side of it Harry bur was was pretty poor and uh Harry burn was sketchy he was real sketchy kicking game intercept I Hugo Keenan was class I mean geez watching the warm not not much he was in a team that was pretty poor that weekend thought he was class any joining the sevens John I think did you hear that he’s joining the S he that today Island sevens Run Forever one of those guys um last time not finish in the top two was 20145 season good start there you go there you have it um we’ll move on to the second game well we me and you covered the Stevie I thought it was another class game best atmosphere I’ve seen at Edinburgh edur monster game of man real quality again you spoke about like in the sun loads of levers loads of emotion in the stadium um and Ed got pipped Ed got pipped all all came off that probably that um I wouldn’t call it scrap but the RG snyman follow through hit on Ben Healey turns into penalty turns into seven points that was the game yeah yeah I think so John it like it was again another night brilliant night for rugby antoon fresh in the first half was brilliant individual try the chiper with the top on the reg gather um obviously run a really good line for the Ben heaty try as well or sorry for the Jack rarley try as well and for me monster anytime they had the ball they were able to get across the the advantage line like every single time and then it was an unforced error or a penalty or you know a really good piece of Defense by edenburgh that kept them out where edin every any anytime they were carrying the ball they were getting smoked and they were like you know it was really really struggling to to gain any mo momentum in their attack and I did feel like after watching the game and the highlights back that the right team did win in the end even though it was a pretty cheap one for um edmmer Toby give away Ben Healey and the Rd s and you can see it how I think it was Bill mat but Bill mat doesn’t even come in and fall on or he sort of like Falls over the top of him and um but it was Ben Healey that started the scuffle so like it it was a it was a cheap penalty and um a little bit prity by the the referee but in saying that it did feel like monster deserved to win on the night I agree four Twi to St I was dropped do what do you think of the uh Conor Murray yellow I’ve chatting to a few people in around Scotland this week saying should it been a penalty try I I I think it’s right decision I also think if if that ball comes out they definitely or yeah I but you can’t tell if it’s definitely going to come out and it’s you know there’s not going to be a fumble on the first pass like um so for me it was it was absolutely the correct decision that H it was a yellow card and did they score straight after that anyway was it like not like a pick and jam straight after that they scored no no they they got turn Sor it was fumbled wasn’t it yeah it was fumbled was fumbled yeah monster that’s the difference between monster and Edinburg like tight fine margins edin get a line out 20 was it 23 26 go to the corner which was a big call given like the the the table and maybe two points would have been enough any anyway but then they yeah they got lineup wrong you know difference of like an inch or whatever and they yeah they’re sitting in seventh now with a pretty what about this lad what about this now just we just talking about and obviously moner then so we think m going to finish top do we do you think they’ll be ster next weekend because because by the time kickoff is so kickoff is going to be 5:15 ster are going to know what they need to do and whether whether it’s seven teams go through or eight teams go through because the week before we’ll know whether the sharks have won the challenge cup so oler they’ll fancy go under monster for a quarterfinal game rather than going to Bulls if Bulls finish second won’t they yeah yeah yeah throw the game yeah it’s just no I’m just I’m just saying they’re gonna throw the like the to like the to fans like the Tottenham fans when they play and they played Man City they lost but Arsenal didn’t win the league so imagine they pass second you got to start looking you got to start looking at who you fancy because no chance to fancy Bulls I don’t care who you like that is that’s what time the Bennett and adur G Shanks what time’s the Bennett and adur G Bennett Edinburgh is one o’clock yeah it’s one o’clock on Saturday Saturday week yeah so they will know exactly what they need to do to finish in the right position yeah because you you want to stay away from the plls i i massively agree with you like yeah going monster is an easier task especially like an Irish team like oler you’re GNA have a way support um the Bulls at the moment are just on fire I know a lot of teams are but this table is hot up it’s it’s it’s actually really exciting um at least it gives me something to focus on because no Welsh team really is going to get in unless Ben edenburg get zero points the Sharks don’t win um and ospr get five points do you fancy the bills to do you fancy the bills to get the wi I we’ll talk about it afterwards it doesn’t matter move on John H we can move on then this was I don’t think I didn’t see this one coming Lions 44 glas 21 with a red card John with a red card they’ve done this before with a red card I’m sure of it this season yeah they beat they beat yeah yeah yeah they did do you know I I was in I was in Belfast walking around sat down ordered a ordered a nice P Guinness it was really slow service by the time the pr GL yeah pre-show just get it was it was it was out my system by the time we got to my dad you probably wasn’t out your system from the night before um but they I ordered the beer but time I got back and had the game back on they conceded 26 points like I would say the one thing I would say is the one team or one place maybe other than the Bulls if like well let let You’re Gonna Lose a man do it at altitude in the scatch and heat when they’re used to it and I I I think it’s worth a player playing at that altitude tries John where amazing ptus is try was it was the the best try of the round it’s going to be up there his best try of the weekend just inter linking play I mean they were they were scoring tries the Vander mura triy AA van no is AA Vander mura yeah v mura um try off the turnover was mad I think I think they’re one of the best teams off like when they get in behind you when they get in behind you like skill level they’re quite frustrating team to watch but they I think the most improved team this year Glasgow just imploded how’ you how do you go in 10 minutes and concede four tries and not get a grip of the game or do something different because they also played with two in the sbin as well yeah the Bulls yeah very Scottish yeah there he is wait waited for that I who someone guy came on got Sim then came on came back on and got red card I can’t remember who it was um but Glasco went from top thinking we’ve got Zeb final week so win here and we basically got top spot home quarter home semi maybe a home final and now they’re looking like as things depends on whether the John depends on weather like if it’s the same weekend as we’ve just had then there’s going to be lots of tries and bonus points if it’s if it’s a bit wet and a bit rainy you’re not going to get as many tries I don’t think um so comes yeah I can’t see the Bulls slipping up at home it’s at the shark sharks so Ian we talk about the sharks in a second they got pumped again but I can’t see depends depends how the Sharks do against Gloucester because I think if they lose they’re going to be up for it um if they lose it’s like well who cares season’s done well if they win they’re through anyway so they’re just going to be yeah that’s true yeah yeah that’s true yeah um yeah I don’t know what to say about Glasgow I just yeah I thought they going they’re my favorites as well John I picked them at the start I thought this was it and they it’s the last couple of weeks it’s just let you down yeah yeah and they actually played quite well in the first half like they played pretty well in the first half squandered a couple opportunities and then just let the door open a little bit and the lands [ __ ] they were brilliant really good what you say did you swear them I said flip and act they were so good flip and flip they were good were good but Glasgow I chat some of the media guys yesterday feels like they uh all the talkers that Glasgow blown up you can imagine if you’re a Glasgow player thinking yeah I just think we what better chance do we have to get home well well maybe that’s the problem John maybe they took their eye off the ball maybe all the Glasgow players just expected to pitch up after their brilliant win the week before or what two points out of the game the week before and go okay we we know we’re a better team than the Lions we’ll just pitch up and hopefully and then after 20 minutes they’re winning the game everything’s going well and then couple couple of sucker punches like in you know before you know it they’re bar their head in the sand and they’re at the gate like so yeah maybe they they just thought it was a bit of a gimme and um come back to Hond I think it’s I think that’s one of the hardest places I think that’s a I know lions are in ninth but they won uh won nine games I don’t know what the stat is how many of those are at home be huge number like end of season boiling hot yeah you could tell like they were gassed like 10 10 15 minutes in dry mouth just hanging at their asses but we shall wait and see whether I mean Glasgow still technically can finish top two they I mean the Technic can finish top but you’d assume they’re going to get five points from Ze so they’re going to finish on 65 so it’s yeah well we’ll chat about we’ll chat about predictions when we get down um we chat about bulls chat about glas sorry Bulls yeah reference it’s it’s no it’s no coincidence we’ had a great weekend of rugby because the weather’s been good that’s just it I mean we’ve had some great scores and the blls they were really good um Moody scores quite easily really off a driving line up and the first three tries the Bulls scored were all from backs um which was what sort of shows you where they attacked um Benetton a lot of people just think you know they they muscle people up front which they do but they’re so well drilled behind now hen was back and looked really good taking it really flat to the line arens again shows his strength Kel could have scored a hat-trick but he doesn’t he ends up passing to Moody who scores a hattrick um Laro was good counterattacking they got really skillful players like quality Top Class players um and they got bags of pace theyve got a big pack they got big carriers and people sort of I don’t know a lot of people just think oh you know they’re just they’re just good up front they good set piece they’re good power but they probably got I don’t know maybe the best backline I think Moody aroner creel creel’s having a of seas pretty tast hon is back as well yeah yeah was watching I was watching the game on Premier player on my iPhone um I can’t remember why and like watched like the last five 10 minutes of the first half then flicked it off then flicked it back on and was messaging gav going why does it keep showing the replay the same tries he’s like because it’s half time like analysis or like it’s I was like it’s frozen it’s frozen like sort this thing right sorry guys s Bill’s favorites who’s favorite no I don’t know they are they are mons to lose in the court finals yeah yeah yeah true because they take the top seed then true yeah good luck going out there and claiming a win I Know M did it last year to the stor so it can’t be done but I don’t know I’m just looking the Bulls went away to ler about a couple of years ago and got the got a big result so yep yeah good experience getting on the road and getting the right right results so oh it’s going to be class Lad last couple of weeks it’s gonna be awesome oh amazing well here with my dark horses for the season they let me down Stevie you picked Scarlets at least so uh con big win for scarlet this week boys big win for scarlet but Connor they still had an outside chance but they are pretty much well they still got mathematical chanelling but pretty much dead and buried a dead and buried dead buried ler at the RDS last it wasn’t a great game bit Scrappy couple moments of class the try um who scored whoy scored David David DAV was class um yeah just leaka stepped up massiv last two weeks like he was he was very good against Conor he was very good against the dragons he’s had a a couple of big weeks for him you know they picked up two wins on the road um climbing up the table and five teams can win this boys maybe four now I’m sort of slipping away from Glasgow a little bit on hurt my yeah they’ve hurt me I’ve lost a bit of confidence I was disappointed in con to be honest with you I know we watched 20 minutes in the truck but just watched another bits of it back like there so much possession opportunities um probably hurting massively from the week before as well last home game against a Stormer side that were absolutely there for the taken like they were and they couldn’t they couldn’t follow it through um and this is going to be a concern there’s chat just on Conor about Sam Prendergast signing for them from lster I know he’s sort of third fourth choice at ler played a number of games off the bench this season but he could be going there because JJ hr’s out with a long injury Jack card’s been in and out of the side as well so um what’s space I think it’ll be a brilliant signing for for for them obviously his brother ke printer gas plays in the back row for conut so uh be handy enough move for him but yeah disappointing I think conut started the season off so strong um we had Pete Wilkins on on the Pod and he was in really good spirits but not it uh hasn’t F fallen for them and they’re going to have to build over pre season maybe get a few recruits in there as well and sort of bolster that side so everyone of losing someone like Baki at all yeah well I tell you what sh there was a chat there over the last month that monster because antoon fresh was is leaving monster that Bundy Aki could could go down there Bundy’s 34 years old I’m not sure monster would or the rfu would say well here we’ll switch over to another Province for two years and then he might you know B bondy might disappear off the France for a couple of years and and make really good money um he still really fit he’s still putting in good performances but I think those performances are going to be in a Conor Jersey okay con it through and through Shanks um Welsh side the good thing about these Welsh Derbies is it means a Welsh side can win a game Ospreys 26 took the dragons three wins three wins this weekend um been really good um dragons were were pretty poor again 20 penalties they gave away discipline’s being a huge issue All Season Wy penalties mostly because mostly because they’re just defending for lot the time and and you yeah and you’re gonna you’re gonna I don’t know you’re gonna be more ill disciplin defending than you are in attack um Morgan Morris had another lovely game I think he was man of the match it’ be interesting to count out how many man of the matches he’s got they got to be looking at him internationally sets up really nice try for Ruben Morgan Williams when Dragons Were down to 13 men just a little shift around the blinds side great offload to Ruben Morgan Williams um Jack Morgan and D Lake they’re back boys both back yeah yeah both got on the team sheets so D was probably a little bit quiet um last week um a lot more busier this week Kieran Williams scores a try very glasgo es was in the line out and it was it was actually a poor throw um but grabs it and sneaks over so you can sort of you sort of looking at Glasgow maybe looking at what they do with line outs with Stafford McDow in there with other backs in there Kieran Williams was in the lineup which is a little bit strange but I don’t I mean I just hyped on about what great weekend of rugby it was this game didn’t light up like other games you know it wasn’t the be the greater spectacle because you know there was no points from 60 to 80 minutes and up to 36 minutes it was 60 but the ospre needed Five Points to stay in the hunt they got five points which puts a lot of pressure on them this weekend or two weekends time now when they play Cardiff um it says away from home but it’s at the City Stadium C City Stadium it’s Judgment Day I don’t know why it’s the last game of the season they’re doing Judgment Day when everything’s done and dusted really for me it needs to be earlier calling it Judgment Day and there’s nothing on it apart from from apart from if three results go the osprey’s way they can qualify John you might know the answer to this are the shields gone the wel no they are not watch watch there they’ll be celebrating them still guess guess who top of the AR Shield Lads monster is it is it is it not like no it’s not is it no you’re right well Ben saying something shows how important they are we don’t have a bloody clue what’s going on with the shield aler top of the R so it’s like the result against each other they need to get those you know when you see like hub caps on the side of the road and just lob them because it means ABS nothing the mini leagues well yeah there you go well every every baited breath to see I mentioned that the after like um end of season dinners silverware this year on The Shield here’s her Shield should be a bogey prize man you got you got to go Night Champion that was last year Bo was like the ospr couple years ago wasn’t it well sh fire fireworks went off in the background yeah iers to be fair were GED about it as well they were GED they got told you have to get a photo done here um imagine um we talk about Cardiff there Cardiff beat the most disappointing team in the league we thought I thought the shots had turn the corner but they haven’t yeah they they flew 20 odd people though John to London so it was yeah maybe second second and a half team um so there was a lot of unknown players that I haven’t watched too much of um and they got a red card and it was definitely a red card after 20 minutes um so they were down to 14 men um but I don’t know I think cardiff’s defense was pretty good I think GTH Jenkins is having a quite positive effect on Cardiff um Alan Lawrence Ben Donald did a bit of a job up front um for Cardiff um which got him off to a really good start Willis halah Hollow played and scores a really nice try off a lineup just a couple of steps as you imagine what he does bit of power as well um so all in all it’s pretty decent performance I mean you can only play what’s in front of you um you know it’s it’s a South African team they went out there they got um bonus Point win um Mason Grady came off the bench looked pretty sharp Ben Thomas started at 10 which is probably um maybe looking at him in the future but I don’t think so I think he’s probably more of a 12 than a 10 I I don’t know if you can sort of in between anymore I think 10 is so specialized you can cover a little bit but it was um a decent enough performance I would say from Cardiff you don’t often go to sou Africa and Come Away with Five Points so well done well another team another world team they got an away win Scarlet’s made another win bonus Point try uh G Jen G Jenkins G Davis that’s a blast from the past yeah it is G Davis never SE a man who farts more in my life but he two the weekend two the week yeah great Accolade he sends me clips still I left Scarlets six years AG still sends me whatsapps of himself farting but he scored I want a group called only farts John invite you in if you want get me on that the longest one the longest one so far is like 15 seconds well he scored his 50th try of the U see so G DAV still going still going well but of big dogs perform well John big dogs stepped up so he was one of them and he needed to after last week um but I thought Ryan Elias was good um tame plumtry has been yeah back very good now he was bit of ill disciplin last week against ster yeah wasn’t great yeah it was a bit shocking but I don’t know Steve like he’s he has a pretty decent Dimension to that he’s good carrier yeah he’s powerful nice little tip on for Elias TR the offlow which I think was forward which G Davis ends up scoring his first try which goes to Ryan comia goes over the top um capat flap gets away with it um but I don’t know like Tommy Lewis Eddie James youngsters coming through looking pretty sharp Johnny Williams looking pretty decent staying fit so I mean it’s too good Scarlet good on the Scarlets are genuinely for finishing like easy to limp out now end of the season sitting in 14th or whatever it is not many wins but fair play to them I think I was we were impressed them up in um when they played Edinburgh a few weeks ago yeah um something something to build on for next year but that is last three games has been really good to build on they lost two and they won zebra which is the first time they’ve won a away in home I think in two years which is they there you go just we producer Ben we’re just chatting about Baki going to moner but apparently moner have just signed Tom farell today you know that Ste yeah I heard I heard that yeah I heard that oh yeah yeah yeah yeah me too why don’t you bring up early M we talking C from going to then you liar I’m I’m not Tom far is a good player but he’s not a Baki or he’s not an Anton frish like so and the way is it Sean O’Brien has been playing anytime he’s been called upon he’s been classed so yeah I think it’ll just be a good signing obviously our qualified to to bolster their backline what age group what age are we saying sha o Brian is roughly do we I don’t know 28 okay all right he’s one of those that has because he has a mustache1 he he was at con he was at con and then um yeah they were looking him to sign on and exor were obviously in the hunt he’s 26 and exor in the hunt and then he just signed for exor and I think Conor were devastated that they lost him obviously didn’t work out at exitor and then monster have been rubbing their hands together because he’s he’s so durable rarely injured plays right across the back line well back three in centers and yeah anytime he touches the ball he makes something happen he’s solid in defense he looks like a 1960s porn star but um he’s yeah he’s he’s a he’s a handy player to have in your squad oh it’s my [Laughter] dad I’m not going down that that’s a slippery he watching VHS is he Stevie still yeah like me in commentary about Ruben Ker’s Mom hey you were just about to jump in Shanks weren’t you yes right let’s move on let’s move on before we get this show canell they might want to do this next year uh rant of the week anyone got a rant I mean it was a great weekend be yeah yeah you no you you two Lads you two Lads are gonna absolutely agree with me why do we have to wear boots on the pitches well you don’t if you don’t bring them with you yeah you don’t when you don’t bring them with you and then after the game every single family member of the players coaching staff physio bag men security staff all walking on the pitch in trainers or shoes but yeah when we have to go and do an interview with richy Murphy sitting on a seat in beside the tunnel in the dogouts we have to wear boots like who’s making up these rules where’s the common sense look weird didn’t it just look weird we’re all in like boots stupid chinos and a shirt Stevie did you figure out who took your license out your boots yet or your trainers uh well I’m gonna say it was Tom Shanklin because he was the one that put it up on his his Instagram so wow yeah what I’m not well snitches get stitches so I’m not saying anything mate okay prison rules someone before went on there he wasn’t very happy as I as I said the shoes are feel like they’re a lot more comfortable now so it was a blessing did you favor did you favor yeah um CH any rans are you happy this week you’re happy just to recovered and be home and um that composite decking I got rant about that it’s it’s no good it’s no good no I’ve had it for a year well it’s it’s so like it’s a dark one as well so it’s like a it’s either like a black or dark gray but it’s really hot on your feet when it gets out and also the one I got is moves and breaks too much so I’ve had it replaced okay so I’m not a big fan of it right uh what did you get wood decking at the moment I think it’s wood but going to stain it some slabs M yeah I got slab barbecue area so I just wanted problems man he’s loaded and I’ve got rant and we want winter rugby Lads ha Winter rugby it’s just come on bit of Common Sense look at the games at the weekend none of the and if anyone says oh yeah but how are we going to play cricket no one plays Cricket in Scotland Ireland or Wales or Italy so who or’ll be fine no one played Cricket so just get on with it and make that change start the season now John shouldn’t we like I mean the games are going to be better yeah Crowds Are G we could ski more over yeah we can go to Dubai at Christmas instead of going to the MDES in the summer like you know it’s it’s just it’s a win-win all right imine that the USC Final in Dubai so you you have semis um Home Advantage depending on where you’re ranked but then they pick a venue for the final which means everyone can prep a little bit for it everyone can budget a little bit for it and we go out to Dubai for the URC final yes please yes please well there we go RI here we come stay that anatara hotel John that you get everyone to stay at oh he loves that hotel that’s a there a three halfar that hotel Jim Jim Jim John Barkley Jim Hamilton Rory Lawson my dog in a three star hotel Stevie come on if I had one um next next section inbox section now this has been a little bit hit or mess recently Lads we’ve had some odd questions but Ben these are the best ones I’m not sure if they’re the best ones or they’re just the only ones but hopefully we get a question up okay JB looks absolutely mythed only smiles in the last five minutes when he realizes the chat is coming to an end I’m not sure that’s a question it’s basically just saying you boring Blen professional about to say my job tonight is to present Lads it’s not to give a p just to present just to host let you guys shine and that’s what I’ve done so you beat John you’re thep Tye guy turn you know like when you do got like Hill Sprints or June Sprints and you try to give a 100% you got 10 reps you’re the type of guy finish good one saves it to the last one one of them I’ve got I’ve got pretty miserable resting face I I’ll give him that I get I got in trouble at school I get I get told off in work meetings because what’s the matter I’m like nothing this is just what my face looks like just like that’s what your belly looks like shank just like that’s what your hair looks like Stevie we can’t help these things um Ben a smart is there another one good seeing the three of you together on Saturday but also you seem to genuinely all get along is that the case no sh first is it genu I can’t even remember Saturday LS I just I remember I remember there was a Viking helmet involved there was remember Jesus Christ there was 50 Shades of Gray there was uh some q&as after um boots and that’s it rest is is a blur get on you were feeding me John that’s what John John I had so much to eat I won’t bore you with what I ate but it was a lot and John was forcing me then to have an ice cream so I had to have a biscotti ice cream and I said to him you’re like you like the Witch and hansing gr just feeding me up you have to put me in a cage and eat me didn’t even want it what’s the we what’s the we sitting that Shanks are are you above 110 I can’t I got I got a big coming up I’ve got a few holidays planned this summer so all I let this week I’ve been mostly in soup so dreamy soup soup soup hot dog soup mate that’s a well special hot dog soup what I do is I bite the end of each sausage off and then suck the soup through it apart from you see unloaded what’s your favorite podcast and why a good one this is a good one I’ve got one called at the moment I’ve just there’s not enough episodes left so I’ve watched want to make Spotify there is um one which is called gossip mongers which is very funny um that is Joe Wilkinson and David Earl who are both on afterlife it’s basically they read they read out stories which um listeners have sent in like true stories which have happened and it’s the funniest say gossip mongers gossip I got I got Wilson on it Ryan Wilson and it was he loves it so that but there’s only a few episodes you have to um listen to them but the other one I’ve been listening to is real survival stories which is quite good that a lot a lot of cliffs and a lot of sea uh people lost at sea but they survived I listen to a couple I listen to two bears one cave one cup two bears one cup three caves no it’s two bears one I was going to say cup again two bears one cup Tom seura and uh ber ker two American comedians uh every week and I listen to One Call which similar to your is called the Honeydew Ryan cair and he talk his his tagline is highlighting the low lights so he gets comedians on and tells funny story and he gets members of the sort of general public not celeb talk about it’s people people that have like been run over by trains and lost their legs or people that are born with four vaginas and stuff is is what good it’s very good very very good oh and he does one called the way backs I’m not the name one the way same guy Ryan cair the way back is talking about do you remember Volvos that the old day when you had to the seats in the back with used to face out the back of the yeah and he’s talk his like a nostalgic looking back through comedians childhood memories pretty funny first what about you I’m just looking just looking through just looking through here do you listen to anything to jimes English anything goes would you listen to any of his podcasts is I’m always looking for James James English is the the Scottish BL who like interviews is quite dark like um whether they they are like worked in the sex in Industry whether they’ve been in prison whether they’ve killed people gotten away with it worked in the military worked in gangs or been involved in gangs um you would recognize James English if you seen a picture of him um on his interview and sty is pretty good but yeah it’s it can be pretty dark at times I’ve been listenting a few episodes of that recently just because I’ve been working with you more so um been interested more in the dark um the big gym show you gym show yes the big gym show he loves it he’s been quiet recently big gym not not many on there um fairness to him it’s pretty good if if anybody’s listening um last one from me is smartless smartless yeah look up yeah it’s pretty good right next question with Hugo Keenan and Antoine Dupont off to the Olympics which Olympic sport would you three have been good at and drw bakon apparently that’s why he hasn’t been playing for allar over the last couple of weeks rumor has it which sport would you have been good at Javin Irish champion thank you very much the Caton I be me my dad did the Caton for Britain so it’s in the blood table tennis I was say table tennis I was born in Hong Kong and I used to play a lot of it I’m really good I’ll beat you I’ll beat you 100% table tennis I every every outing we go on WE there’s a place called Kongs in Cardiff um it’s like it’s got table tennis down there and I get to the point I get to the point where you want a quick game so we play to 11 and if you want take me on it’s 20 pound and I clean up I’ll beat yous you’re on I’m like a wall mate I’m like a wall the wall a concave wall um there was actually there was actually a um a massure for the ARs team called Willie the wall Bennett so there that’s just for the listeners out there Willie the wall Bennett who’s actually just retired this year and he just stood in the middle of the table with his Bat no forehand backhand the wall yeah were you Cardiff and parksy was there shs yeah he was good at table tennis was unbelievable table tennis sounds like you gotta get some of this on on tape because there’s a lot of talk here if if John rugby was an Olympic sport I would I would win that oh the best player ever played against that was a uh I don’t know if your boys might remember him he was a prop started off at Richmond I went to University with him called Gary Powell no doesn’t well he was okay so he he played at C he played at Richmond he’s my age um and he was oh yeah Pary yeah yeah he’s he’s the best I’ve ever played sounds like we an alternative Olympics maybe URC Olympics um we did we actually did a pretty good at darts as well by the way yeah all the heavier Sports when you beat Michel vaner give me a sh thanks will you we did a um end of season two on you remember Sam Pinder played scrum half first Glo for tallad yeah P he was awesome arranging social pind yeah remember Pinder Pinder he arranged um end the season thing up when we trained and we did uh Glasgow Warriors Olympics and you Events first event was the marathon and you had to choose someone from your team um so you had to choose first one Marathon know didn’t know what it was it was all set up and first one was the Centurion so 100 shots of beer in 100 minut so they you had seven guys sat in like a cage seven and couldn’t leave until they until they bowed out Tom Evans bowed out like 24 24 shot lagger so I know he’s going out in the cou I here but he can’t drink sh um what’s our last bit Lads quick look at the epcr finals oh no let’s let’s talk about sorry preview round 18 before we get to that we’ll quickly zip through this um lster conut at the RDS hi ler L Point yeah yeah glasgo Zeb Glasgow bonus Point Victory 60 dto which which is which so who’s had more wins out of Glasgow and and ler because they’re both on 60 points at the 12 each so so they got 12 wins each so it comes down to points difference so points difference um is higher with ler so ler are going to finish probably third by the looks of it glasg Go fourth well stormers Lions what you going for their lons stor it’s um well it’s lions for me come on chanks you pretend that the lions are going to beat them all stormers or lions is it yeah he told me the Lions oh the Lions away they’re playing unb [Music] no okay they could win that was worth it um bennetton versus Edinburgh vers Ben benon beniton edra oh I just think in the heat what it’s going to be hanging hanging um Skarlet dragons Scarlets Jud Judgment Day Judgment Day end of the season um yeah Scarlets Scarlet Scarlet Scarlets sharks Bulls Bulls bullan Bulls monster olster monster yeah I would agree with that team like there’s only every teams wants to put out their strongest team now because they want to climb up the table have an easy draw some insight Cardiff versus ospray second game of Judgment Day ospray ospray yeah I think spr as well just too good just I don’t know old school up front yeah yeah agree um and then quickly Lads on the epcr finals Gloucester versus Sharks ah tough is it sharks it is never buks never man glosser got pumped by 90 points two weeks ago yeah they put out the pub side though man some joiners playing yeah but yeah but so did sharks start at the weekend against ciff like they’re put out their thirds in fact I don’t know I said that I’m gonna go sharks I think they got way way too much power oh there we go I forgot how bad gloss they were an R I don’t know I think I think it’s more of a Home Advantage for glester as I do for lster um less travel so I’m g go gler you aren going down you two boys going at the weekend you going to either game no um negative no next week I’m scared SC different kind of skiing um ler versus to Lou Champions Cup final at the to honestly don’t know like I honestly don’t know on yeah but John you were there Shanks you were there the lster up and in defense at the weekend was like that’s different team though mate play and that’s the thing I know I know I know but it’s it’s it’s never good get into a massive week off the back of a result like that either Shanks no I get that but I don’t guys back as well like van def Fleer Jameson gibes him Park J James low they were really good against the Ospreys I know it’s the only OS it was the ospr but they just they were on cruise control then and one easy I I just think it’s at it’s at Tottenham Hots spur Stadium like to L you know they they don’t speak much English they’re going to be French it’s going to feel more like an away game than it would do for lster who can speak to people who is you know they can read read you know it is though they’re English speaking so it’s going to feel more like a home game to ler because they speak English they’re going to be able to read stuff they’ll be able to converse with people you know whilst the French team they coming but L played ler played lell in Dublin last year couldn’t have got any more Home Advantage than that and they lost what’s last ler lose four is it this fourth Final in a row yeah can you well anyway no no yeah you’re i g ler i g I’m going to lose then just to Shake It Up um Lads that’s it that’s it we got one more oh no we don’t we got one more round to go um yeah you can catch catch those games couple weeks time enjoy the rest of your week smile John five seconds left smile [Music]