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The mic is hot and the game is on. You're listening

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to News for the Nation podcast by Aces Nation,

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where we talk about nutrition, sports performance,

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the journey of a student athlete, and more. I'm

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Claire. I'm Zach. Time to level up. Welcome back

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sports fans. Today we are wrapping up Six Nations

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Full Contact, our review of this entire series

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going over episode seven and eight today. um

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i'm talking about the champs from a couple of

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years ago you know uh so first of all i just

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want to put it out there if you listen to our

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last one we kind of predicted who we thought

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it was going to be claire you were right you

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called it ireland they were the winners i got

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to stick with my people that's right you know

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but what's crazy is like um the french team like

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i predicted they were there right they were they

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were both just kind of neck and neck So to kind

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of start us off, going through both the episodes

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here, we saw early on that the show really started

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to highlight a couple of different players. Scotland's

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Stuart Hogg. And then I know as we get towards

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the end of it, Ireland's Johnny Sexton. Yeah,

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which I mean, they're both great players who,

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interestingly enough, both retired after the

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season in this documentary. But one of the things

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that kind of stood out when they were going with

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Stuart Hogg is just. I think he was riding a

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horse in one of the episodes at his farm, and

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then they went to like this house where he was

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with his dad and they were talking about growing

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up and stuff like that, but was just. how long

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he has played in the Scottish rugby system and

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also they went through some of his like injury

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stuff like man that dude's beaten up from the

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When he started playing I think for Scotland

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for like the nation when he was like 19 or something

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like that and then continued on to play but when

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they showed a couple footage where he was like

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taped up he was in the pool doing some movement,

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like active recovery type of stuff. So I thought

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that was cool to go and see somebody who was

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really kind of a seasoned vet. Didn't necessarily

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go the same way when they were showing Johnny

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Sexton, but I remember when the two of them played,

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they both had really key injuries at the end,

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which kind of led into the final. game of the

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season, which was like I know Stuart Hogg had

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to come off because they also had his replacement,

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his backup on the Oh, he had a crazy name and

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I can't remember off the top of my head. But

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anyways, so they were showing his backup quite

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a bit, you know, and how talking about how skilled

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he was and he didn't get the cap because Stuart

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Hogg got his 100th cap. And, you know, I think

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For me personally, like I think that was good

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for them to give him that 100 start, you know

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for his country So that's a big -time deal for

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it guys have been in it for that long or that

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close Can you imagine he retired after 99? I

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don't know. Would he have retired after 99 you

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think? Who knows because he wouldn't have gotten

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hurt in that game. So he actually may have started

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the next week so interesting to think about the

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scenario that could have been but Oh, yeah, if

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he retired and he had 99 I think he'd probably

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be upset with the organization for a while, you

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know and Probably just be a little frustrated.

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But yeah I thought those two different dynamics

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where they were showing us some veteran players

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and kind of like their Battles and their importance

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to the team and stuff like that was good for

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me to see and in episode seven And then then

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we got to eight and it was you know crunch time

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we're looking at championships and you know fall

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out from other games and stuff like that so um

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we were kind of talking off air about nutrition

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stuff i wanted to bring up some of the quote

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-unquote nutrition elements that i saw uh and

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maybe rightfully so because we're in the locker

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room did you see the the food and and refueling

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stations that they kind of had there like hydration

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area they had a couple of tables like it was

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like during halftime in the locker room and it

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was like walking out for warm -ups or walking

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out for the game I swear they had like fruit

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and all different types of I don't know bowls

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trays of stuff like I couldn't tell what most

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of it was but the fruit I knew it was fruit obviously

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um I thought that was interesting to see there

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um As being like seriously some of the most highlighted

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nutritional elements that we got in this series,

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right? Maybe I wonder if I maybe skipped over

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it because that to me is just like routine because

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that's what we do in American football or at

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least my experience with it At the collegiate

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level is that's what we had at halftime. We had

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two big folding tables There were snacks. We

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had dietitians and interns walking around with

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trays of snacks trying to get guys to eat stuff

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at halftime. Um, so I, I mean, I remember that

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pretty clearly, like food was readily available,

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which I think it should be. So it was, it was

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kind of nice to see that, that, you know, they

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had like a similar system to try and make sure

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that these players are able to last throughout

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the whole game. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, really, really

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tough, tough hole like match to go from first

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half, second half, and just all of the the bruising

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and the non -stop movement that they have to

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do, you know, it's incredible. Yeah, and it being

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so, so physical. Oh yeah, it's incredible, right?

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You think about, even when they get into like

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little scrums, it's, you're pushing at a really

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high force amount, right? Or just holding, you

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know, isometrically to be able to hold position

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before the ref signals go. But anyways, yeah,

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it was interesting that I think we called this,

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right? Where it wasn't going to be as much of

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as we wanted to see, right? We want to see like

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more of this stuff, right? So they brought sports

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psychology in quite often, right? Early in that

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episodes three or four, they introduced it and

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started to like have them there, which was interesting

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because from a holistic approach, right? That's

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part of it, right? And so we're seeing pieces,

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but we didn't really get, we got training. um

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like strength conditioning training early on

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too but i think that's probably how shows for

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sports fans go like not for like professionals

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right they show you that stuff early and then

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like later they just want the drama of the sport

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itself and more about the players yeah it does

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it was still it was still a good watch i enjoyed

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I enjoyed watching it and they are coming out

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with another season of it. So that'll be interesting

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to see. Oh, and they fit the 2024 season. Yeah.

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So that'd be interesting to see kind of, kind

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of some of the storylines happening in that one.

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So yeah. As the games went along, Oh, let's,

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let's go back. Let me not pass over this. You

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did mention that you saw or you heard them speak

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about a nutritionist in one of the episodes before

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they were about to travel or something like that.

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Yeah, I can't remember which team it was. I remember

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it being a woman's name. My memory is so bad,

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but just the coach reminding them to make sure

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all their meals were set with Kelly, like, or

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I think that's what they said, Kelly, you know,

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make sure you know what your breakfast needs

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to look like. Make sure you know what your meals

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need to look like so that we can, you know, have

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all of the pieces. of the puzzle in place and

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we're ready to go and there's no questions about

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anything. So I did appreciate that because up

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until that point, it was kind of unclear unless

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we maybe did our own research. If they had any

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sort of nutrition support, if there was something

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on staff, if they were contracting with someone,

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are the players supposed to just figure that

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out on their own? Didn't know. So I think that

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kind of alluded to the fact that probably most

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of these teams have some sort of nutrition support

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on staff. Yeah, which is great because they need

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it. And then we also looked up for sure that

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some of the teams have nutritionists on staff.

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So until the last episode, though, was really

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where a lot of anticipation was, particularly

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on the part of France. France went into their

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last game and they won rightfully so and they

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won a fifth point or something right like they

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got They won that fifth. Yeah, they won that

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bonus point Which was big for them because they

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needed that And then they were just waiting in

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the locker room Afterwards and they were watching

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that England Ireland game and they needed England

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to win and what was crazy about that England

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Ireland game is that One of the players for England

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his dad coached Ireland in that game. So his

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father coaching against son And I think that

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father won Six nations when he was a player for

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England, they did show some old old pictures

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of that Anyways, yeah, that was an interesting

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storyline Johnny Sexton playing in that game

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was an interesting storyline because he had gotten

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injured and they weren't sure about it. Yep.

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So yeah, I was just and then obviously Ireland

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ended up winning. Yeah, one of the England English

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players got a red card. Yeah, but you saw like

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it got got overturned. Yeah, got overturned afterwards,

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like maybe like after the game, like maybe a

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few days later, something like that. Interesting,

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because what does that mean? Like, does a red

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card in rugby mean you're out for like multiple

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games and it gets overturned and you're like,

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you can start the next season? Like, I don't

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what is that overturning mean? Because the game

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is over. The season's over. Yeah. No, what is

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that effect? I guess I don't know. So if I'm

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not mistaken from me watching Welcome to Wrexham

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with this is in soccer, though. OK, so I would

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assume some similar rules apply to cards. If

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you're given a yellow card, I think you pay a

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small, I think you pay a fine and you just can't

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get another one the next game or else you'll

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have to miss, right? If you get a red card, you're

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obviously suspended for the next game. I think

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you probably end up with some type of fine as

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well, but I wonder if, if they had another game,

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he wouldn't be able to play, right? But I think

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maybe the main thing is you're immediately disqualified

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from the game, which I really didn't like because

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Ireland they had a guy get a red card early in

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the game and they were playing yeah they did

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they were playing down and England had some advantage

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right and then that happened and now it was even

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it was neck and neck again and it was just uh

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oh it wasn't good for England right they needed

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the more they needed more opportunities yeah

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um yeah so it was just unfortunate how that kind

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of played out for them Although that game was

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much closer than the French game. I feel like

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that one was kind of like the game right before

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the French playing. Who did they play? Wales.

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I feel like that was kind of like when I was

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at Florida State and we weren't very good at

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the time and we would play Clemson and you could

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just tell that they were much better than us.

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Yeah, I mean it was. I think they handled it

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pretty well at the end, right? I think they went

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up a few scores and kind of separated from them

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as the game went on. But yeah, that England -Ireland

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game stayed pretty intense, I think, throughout

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the most part. But then I think later on, once

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they got even again. Yeah. Irish pulled away

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a bit. Yeah, they did. Actually, I take that

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back. I think England got the red card first

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and then Ireland got one later. uh but it was

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it was too late at that point because they were

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playing a man down and it was just like you couldn't

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fill all the gaps or you know have everyone you

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know man on man so they had obviously had the

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advantage into scoring points so yeah it was

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interesting that it got overturned later on um

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a demo. Let's go! Johnny Sexton retired. Kieran,

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the Italian coach who's Australian. That guy,

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they didn't renew his contract. Interestingly

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though, the Welsh coach pledged four more years.

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Warren Gatlin, I think is his name. I thought

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that was really interesting that they gave him

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four more years. They only won one match and

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that was against Italy. And his wife said that

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then I think it was, I know you love a good challenge.

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So yeah. Well, he's up for it because he's got

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a long way to go. He does. I mean, but they were

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so good early on when he was there. Oh, yeah.

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Gosh, the fly half for Scotland. He became the

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first million dollar rugby player. Finn Russell,

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Finn Russell, that's his name. Yeah, I think

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he was one of the first ones highlighted in the

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whole series. Yeah, yeah, because they did the

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offensive guys or the fly halves, the two marquees

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early on. Who else? The big Italian guy that

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speaks really good English. I can't think of

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his name right now. Oh, yeah, the South African

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or the he's from Zimbabwe or something. But yes,

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Italian team. yeah he got he got engaged which

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is great because they were kind of showing us

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a little bit of that relationship early on um

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what what else what else am i missing here from

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the closing uh what happened what happened next

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part of the show other the scottish player that

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retired because of his needs yeah yeah i think

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that was i think that was about it Oh, and then

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they showed at the end the French French coach

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he was like, you know, they they wanted they

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were really Focused on yeah really focused on

00:16:02.820 --> 00:16:08.940
winning next year Yeah, okay, so out of all of

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those Storylines that we saw With what storyline

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that they didn't show you are you interested

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in knowing about? That's a good question. I think

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overall in terms of like highlighting players,

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they did a good job. So I'm going to go back

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to storyline in the sense of more behind the

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scenes of like what the players do day to day

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with their training and nutrition and recovery

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and kind of the nitty gritty stuff that I would

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want to see that Maybe not everybody else would,

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but at least highlight it a little bit more,

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I would say. Yeah, I agree. I think that they

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were missing maybe... Do you remember any interviews

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with any strength coaches? Like even a couple

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of words or something? No. I mean, they might

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have shown their faces when they were in the

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weight room, but even the weight room, it wasn't

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like... They never really talked about... their

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training it was just kind of like yeah we go

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in the weight room like two times a week or whatever

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or if i'm angry i go in the weight room and lift

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some more and that's how i blow off steam but

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that was about it it was not really talking about

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like um a lot of the the programming or like

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the thought process behind it or like if there's

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anything particular that the strength conditioning

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coaches do I think that would be interesting

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to see just to kind of compare for the viewer

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team to team like maybe what is Ireland doing

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that Italy's not or what is France doing that

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Wales isn't maybe even off the field and in practice

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and outside of like coaching and players that

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would be interesting for me to see because To

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us, I think that plays a huge role in separating

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a good team from a great team. Yeah, I think

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even to get an interview from a dietitian or

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one of their strength coaches or whatever the

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title is that they have for them would be good

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because I would want to hear them talk about

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what those players need to do or need to eat.

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Yeah. to be able to play rugby at a high level.

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I think that would be important information or

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at least valuable information for people watching

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to know is like, oh, OK, so that sport, they

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need to do blah, blah, blah. You know, I think

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that would that would be interesting, even if

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it's like. Within the first first half of the

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episodes, right, it's just a couple of minutes,

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you know, here or there. Exactly because then

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you're kind of setting it up and by like the

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last four episodes you're kind of getting into

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like the more anticipation of the championship.

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But also obviously might be different if there's

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different players maybe there's new obviously

00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:09.099
some like Italy needs a new coach so they would

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be interviewing those people but otherwise it

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would just be the same thing over again and you

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know after a while that can get. Kind of boring

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if you're just watching the same thing over and

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over again You've got to add I feel like they

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should add different components just to keep

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it a little bit more entertaining and Differentiate

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it from the first season Right. I know that they're

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gonna have new players right for the guys who

00:19:35.619 --> 00:19:38.940
retire they're gonna be Injecting the new people

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and what it's like for them to be now the top

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person on each team so There'll be some continued

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:52.940
drama of what happened, what we saw from the

00:19:52.940 --> 00:19:55.599
first season and stuff. So hopefully they will

00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:57.519
add some different elements that they didn't

00:19:57.519 --> 00:20:00.700
have last season. So I don't know, we'll see.

00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:04.539
But okay, so at the end of episode eight, when

00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:07.279
they were giving all the like, this is what this

00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:09.759
person's doing now, this is what this person's

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doing now type of thing. They only gave us a

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few were there any other people that you wanted

00:20:16.789 --> 00:20:23.910
to know about that they didn't show you Hmm I'm

00:20:23.910 --> 00:20:28.829
trying to think I Don't think they really highlighted

00:20:28.829 --> 00:20:32.430
any of the French players But maybe there was

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nothing noteworthy to mention of you know, they're

00:20:34.750 --> 00:20:38.309
just kind of coming back for next year So maybe

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that's why they didn't do that. But that stood

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out to me that there were no French players at

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the end. But like I said, maybe they just didn't

00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:51.779
have any noteworthy life events or career changes

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or retirement that it was not worth noting. Yeah,

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there was a Welsh player. He was an older guy.

00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:13.349
I'm trying to think about the guy's name. Off

00:21:13.349 --> 00:21:14.869
the top of my head. He's an older guy. He had

00:21:14.869 --> 00:21:18.150
been there for I know it's so bad when that happens,

00:21:18.170 --> 00:21:22.690
but Anyways, there was a Welsh player who was

00:21:22.690 --> 00:21:24.750
older who had been there I think for their last

00:21:24.750 --> 00:21:28.930
championship in 2019 I wanted to know that guy

00:21:28.930 --> 00:21:33.309
retired or not. And also I wanted to know if

00:21:33.309 --> 00:21:38.930
that Younger kid that they highlighted if he

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was like gonna be more consistent and starting.

00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:44.480
Those were a couple of things that I really wanted

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:48.220
to know because I think obviously French coach

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:54.200
secure, Irish coach secure. England's probably

00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:57.099
fine too. Probably secure even though they had

00:21:57.099 --> 00:21:59.640
the like last minute get that guy because the

00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:06.259
other person left. Right. Yeah, Scottish coach,

00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:10.200
good shape. So I'd be I was really interested

00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:12.420
to know about those couple of players because

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:14.920
everyone else I felt like is gonna return right

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:18.519
you talked about I think even the Italian kid

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:21.519
that was actually from Wales, but his grandparents

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:26.319
are from Italy I think he's gonna be fine Mm

00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:28.859
-hmm French players are all good. I think all

00:22:28.859 --> 00:22:32.450
the Besides the people who retired they'll be,

00:22:32.450 --> 00:22:35.250
you know, all fine and whatnot. So I was really

00:22:35.250 --> 00:22:37.849
just interested in those couple of players. But

00:22:37.849 --> 00:22:41.009
yeah, I'm glad that they I think it really adds

00:22:41.009 --> 00:22:42.950
some different element that they showed us that

00:22:42.950 --> 00:22:46.029
that red card got overturned. That was that was

00:22:46.029 --> 00:22:49.690
an interesting thing was like, wow, you know,

00:22:50.309 --> 00:22:53.009
in probably in England's mind, they're thinking

00:22:53.009 --> 00:22:56.539
that they don't make that call. we win that game

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:58.819
right you know as soon as they got the news for

00:22:58.819 --> 00:23:00.140
that they were like you gotta be kidding me we

00:23:00.140 --> 00:23:02.440
lost that game because of a bad call or a call

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:06.480
they got overturned yeah that's always that's

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:09.480
always hard but that's part of part of the game

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:13.539
that is and so um it'll really kind of play into

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:18.500
the motivation that england has for next year

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:21.220
when they play them i mean i shouldn't say for

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:24.029
next year for this past year when they played

00:23:24.029 --> 00:23:27.670
them. So I'm sure some internal motivation was

00:23:27.670 --> 00:23:32.650
happening from that result. Yeah, absolutely.

00:23:32.990 --> 00:23:41.410
I mean, I'd be upset. No doubt. All right, Claire.

00:23:41.630 --> 00:23:47.930
So what would you say summing up the entire documentary?

00:23:49.990 --> 00:23:57.849
Would you? recommend who is your favorite team

00:23:57.849 --> 00:24:01.089
that they covered? You know, or like what was

00:24:01.089 --> 00:24:04.630
one of your most enjoyable moments from watching?

00:24:06.789 --> 00:24:09.289
I think overall it was good. I think they did

00:24:09.289 --> 00:24:12.730
a good job of showing the personal lives of the

00:24:12.730 --> 00:24:16.619
players, their professional life as athletes,

00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:19.839
the coaching staff, kind of the team dynamics.

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:24.200
And I think that played really well into what

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:26.220
they were trying to convey and then also have

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:28.400
us have a better understanding of what was going

00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:31.940
on on the field and kind of the team dynamics

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:34.200
and the rivalries and such. So I think they did

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:38.650
a really good job. I enjoyed it. I don't know

00:24:38.650 --> 00:24:41.410
that one moment stands out to me. I think just

00:24:41.410 --> 00:24:44.029
in general, I really enjoyed watching the matches.

00:24:44.609 --> 00:24:47.869
Um, I feel like just that increased intensity

00:24:47.869 --> 00:24:50.710
and kind of like anxiety of like anything could

00:24:50.710 --> 00:24:54.609
happen. Who's going to get hurt. Um, just was

00:24:54.609 --> 00:24:57.630
interesting to watch because you don't know what's

00:24:57.630 --> 00:24:59.509
going to happen. You know, like going into it,

00:24:59.509 --> 00:25:02.970
you could say, yes, this team is better, but

00:25:02.970 --> 00:25:05.390
anything could happen. And it's really anybody's

00:25:05.390 --> 00:25:08.720
game if somebody were to get hurt or somebody

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:11.759
gets ejected from a red card. So I really enjoyed

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:15.299
watching the matches having not known who was

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:19.759
going to win and what happened that year. Yeah,

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:22.940
it was great too. I thought they also did a great

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:26.799
job with just how they presented it. Some of

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:29.599
the camera angles during the matches were great

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:31.680
because you don't really see them because I watched

00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:36.720
this past season. So you don't always get those

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:39.200
views and that was nice that they brought all

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:44.440
these different Backstories and personal lives

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:46.660
and things so you you honestly felt like you

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:49.839
got to know this Player as a human being a little

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:51.940
bit more and you probably connected in some way

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:55.039
or another to these people. So Yeah, I also agree.

00:25:55.039 --> 00:26:00.460
I think one of my most memorable moments it's

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:03.250
like Kind of later on when they got into more

00:26:03.250 --> 00:26:05.829
technical elements of the sport because I don't

00:26:05.829 --> 00:26:10.569
know the sport as well I'm like that I Would

00:26:10.569 --> 00:26:13.250
say maybe I'm just one step ahead of a casual

00:26:13.250 --> 00:26:15.130
fan I'm not like a die -hard fan or anything,

00:26:15.210 --> 00:26:18.569
but I act I actually like to watch it and I know

00:26:18.569 --> 00:26:21.690
like about what time that those those games come

00:26:21.690 --> 00:26:26.730
on on Eastern time in the States so I Enjoy watching

00:26:26.730 --> 00:26:28.789
them. I really do. I just I enjoyed learning

00:26:28.789 --> 00:26:31.089
a little bit more about it and kind of what these

00:26:31.089 --> 00:26:34.950
coaches have to go through when they're coaching

00:26:34.950 --> 00:26:39.480
and what the players you know maybe just is me

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:41.839
being a former football player, just being able

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:43.700
to relate to kind of like what these guys are

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:47.559
dealing with from a context or perspective. So

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:49.900
that thought was great. Honestly, I didn't see

00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:52.220
as much snow as I thought I was going to see

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:56.099
in there. And I didn't see as much indoor training

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:57.900
as I thought I was going to see. A lot of people

00:26:57.900 --> 00:27:00.180
trained outdoors most of the time. And it was

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:02.859
like over the winter time. So I thought that

00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:09.440
was very, very interesting. Yeah. I would definitely

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:11.279
recommend it. I think, you know, you should watch

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:14.180
it and it's only eight episodes. Chances are

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:16.839
you get done watching it and then the other the

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:18.279
other season is going to be out pretty soon.

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.920
So you probably watch the other one. You might

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:23.240
even start watching rugby. Who knows? Who knows?

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:28.680
Yeah, who knows? All right. Any closing thoughts?

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:33.119
No, I don't think so. Like we said, it was a

00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:35.720
good documentary. If you're interested in learning

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:39.380
more about rugby or just want a good sports documentary

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:42.339
to watch and you've watched all the other ones,

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:45.660
Six Nations is a good one to add to the list.

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:48.299
Definitely. I would definitely recommend that

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:50.420
people watch it, especially if you want to see

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:54.579
something a little outside of what you may normally

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:56.740
have known if you didn't grow up around rugby.

00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:01.880
Are there any other sports documentaries out

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:03.740
right now that you're interested in watching?

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:10.259
That's a good question. I don't. I'm not super

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:14.119
aware of a ton that are out, but the a few that

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:18.420
I have. Watched either like previous seasons

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:21.859
or like some of I really like drive to survive

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:27.660
the Formula One. Yeah, that one's. Really good.

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:30.279
I think I liked that one better just because

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:34.539
it's more intense. Not that the stakes are higher,

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:38.200
but I would say the danger and injury level is

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:45.000
higher. If you crash in a particular way, you

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:50.069
could instantly die, unfortunately. There's that

00:28:50.069 --> 00:28:52.289
factor to it and there's just like more drama

00:28:52.289 --> 00:28:55.549
between The teams because you know, they're all

00:28:55.549 --> 00:28:58.970
together every single race. So there's you like

00:28:58.970 --> 00:29:03.309
see the tension between the I forget what they're

00:29:03.309 --> 00:29:07.369
called, but the Like the owner not the owners,

00:29:07.410 --> 00:29:09.849
but the coaches I guess I know they're not called

00:29:09.849 --> 00:29:13.609
coaches. I'm forgetting the name So I really

00:29:13.609 --> 00:29:17.160
like that one and then What is the golf one?

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:20.599
Full swing, I think it's called. Are you thinking

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:26.180
of crew chiefs? Like pit crew people, like crew

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:28.700
chiefs, like, hey, this is how we need to take

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:32.799
care of your car. No, it's like the head guy.

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:36.920
Manager? I guess it's a manager. Yeah, team manager.

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:41.299
Anyways, yeah, full swing is also one that's

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:43.279
out there that I've heard is pretty good. It's

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:47.619
not one that I necessarily sought out, but I

00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:50.119
like caught glimpses of it and I was, I just,

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:52.579
it caught my attention and I'm not a golf person.

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:55.279
So I would definitely rather watch that than

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:58.359
like sit and watch golf. Yeah, true. Cause you

00:29:58.359 --> 00:30:00.359
can just get these little elements of it and

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:03.900
get the highlights, right? Yeah. I with golf,

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:07.279
if I'm in person, fine. Like I can totally do

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:12.779
it, but just on TV, it just is not for me. Yeah,

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:17.420
I think the two that are out right now that are

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:21.059
Interesting to me is number one receiver, which

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:25.119
is I think the next part of the It's like the

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:27.779
continuation of the quarterback Document that

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:31.160
they had but focusing on receivers And then there's

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:33.119
another one out called sprint and I don't know

00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:35.309
what it's about I'm sure it's about sprinters

00:30:35.309 --> 00:30:37.589
because that's what who's on the cover but I

00:30:37.589 --> 00:30:40.730
think it's just about maybe the life of a sprinter

00:30:40.730 --> 00:30:42.970
and the training and whatnot what it takes to

00:30:42.970 --> 00:30:45.309
be the some of the one of the fastest people

00:30:45.309 --> 00:30:49.089
in the world so yeah those would be interesting

00:30:49.089 --> 00:30:52.670
for sure but I guess we'll get to those when

00:30:52.670 --> 00:30:56.829
we get to those huh yeah thanks for listening

00:30:56.829 --> 00:30:59.849
everyone we will catch you on the next one see

00:30:59.849 --> 00:31:00.269
ya