The Good, The Bad & The Rugby

His coach told him to keep the guns in the holsters. Ryan Lamb never listened. The cult Gloucester fly-half who helped light up the Premiership at just 20 years old joins Alex and Tins for a GBR classic. From locking a teacher in a cupboard to calling Stuart Lancaster "Steve", Lamby holds nothing back. He relives the iconic Bristol promotion playoff, his love-hate relationship with Dean Ryan, why he thought Premiership rugby was "quite easy," and what it's like running Plymouth Albion on their promotion charge. Honest, hilarious, and completely unfiltered - this one's not to be missed.

00:00 🛞 Season 6 is sponsored by Continental Tyres

02:48 🌊 Cornwall Cults & Secret Beaches 

05:01 🎯 The Plymouth Dream & Five Year Plan 

24:05 🔍 The Most Complete 10 in England right now?

24:24 🚪 "I Locked A Teacher In A Cupboard" 

25:27 🚀 From School Trials To Prem Finals

27:10 🔫 Keep The Guns In The Holsters? Never

30:46 😬 The Curse Of Gloucester - So Close, So Many Times

34:30 😤 Ryan’s Cantona Moment

37:55 😤 Dean Ryan's Stress Ball

45:28 🚗 Driving Away From An England Camp

50:16 😱 "It's Happening Again" - That Bristol Playoff 

54:47 😂 Called Him Steve. Never Got Capped

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Welcome to The Good, The Bad & The Rugby with journalist and former broadcaster Alex Payne, England and Lions flanker James Haskell, and World Cup Winner Mike Tindall.
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With Bath chasing a historic double and a Champions Cup semi-final looming in Bordeaux, Tins is joined by two proper club legends, and his former flatmates: Matt Perry and Lee Mears. 

Bath Now: The Finn Russell era, a world-class academy at Farleigh House, 9,000 fans watching Bath University games, and a squad that has traded "hope" for "belief."

Bath Then: From Matt Perry earning £1.80 an hour in a tea room to the training-ground fights at Lambridge that led Bath to '98 European Glory.

Plus Lions Tales and why Paul O'Connell begged the 2009 squad to "sacrifice professionalism" to become friends.

00:00 🛞 Season 6 is sponsored by Continental Tyres

01:15 🏆 Bath Legends and Hall of Fame

03:35 🥫 Living With Tins

09:08 🫖Perry Pathway to Pro

18:50 🥊 Training Fights and Culture

22:44 🍷 1998 Bordeaux Glory

28:05 🏉 Bath Today Semi Final Preview

35:08 📉 Why Trophies Dried Up

40:46 🃏 Card School

45:55 🦁 Lions Tour 2001 Lessons

48:28 ❤️ Lions Tour 2009 Culture 

50:57 🤔 Should Lions Change?

01:09:12 💪 Grip Strength Challenge

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Welcome to The Good, The Bad & The Rugby with journalist and former broadcaster Alex Payne, England and Lions flanker James Haskell, and World Cup Winner Mike Tindall.

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From stacking shelves at Sainsbury’s to 70 England caps, Joe Launchbury joins Payno and former teammate Hask for an emotional retirement special. He reveals the "heartless" moment Wasps collapsed, the truth behind Eddie Jones’ psychological mind games, and his decision to move to Japan over Leicester. From 2015 World Cup heartbreak to “slosh” banter, this is an unfiltered look at the integrity & resilience of one of England’s most respected players.

01:42 🔥Retirement Decision

02:22 💦 The Story Behind “Slosh”

15:06 🛒 Sainsbury’s Shelf Stacker 

22:49 🐝 Wasps Breakthrough

30:11 ⭐ The Biggest Star Signings

35:04 💔 Finals Heartbreak: 2017 vs 2020

37:45 🥲 The End of Wasps

48:44 💪 Grip Strength Challenge 

56:59 😠 2015 RWC Man of the Match

01:03:05 🔗 Best Lock Partnerships

01:07:17 🧠 Eddie & Steve

01:10:17 🦁 Lions “What If” Scenario

01:11:48 🌅 Life After Rugby

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Wayne Barnes returns to GBR to discuss his transition from World Cup Final referee to the RFU Board - and the tension brewing over the future of English rugby. As a member of the RFU Board, he’s at the center of a massive vote on April 24th that could change the governance of English rugby for the first time in 20 years.

01:08 ⚖️ Online Abuse and Accountability
03:02 🌱 Life After the Whistle
04:17 🏛️ Inside the RFU Boardroom
10:10 🏉 Community Game Priorities
12:14 📅 April 24 SGM Explained
15:19 🎯 What Success Looks Like
20:54 🎤 Final Pitch and Sign Off
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Payno, Hask and Tins draft their ultimate rugby wishlist: blockbuster signings, Bledisloe redemption, Champions Cup reform, and England’s shot at the Springboks. Expect big opinions and bigger laughs as they count down ten season-defining moments that they still want to see unfold this season.

02:00 🤝 Finn Russell x Gregor Townsend Red Bull Link-Up?10:43 🇦🇺 Can Australia Finally Break Through?14:05 💨 The “Old Fart” Problem 16:50 🏆 Can Bath Fight on 2 Fronts?22:15👞 Saints for the Prem?31:08 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Welsh Regions join the Prem?36:31 🥀Can the Red Roses Finally Be Beaten?41:01 🔄 Does the Champions Cup Reform?51:36 🌍 Nations Championship: Game-Changer?56:27 🇿🇦 Can England Beat the Springboks in SA?

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