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Late Tackle Episode 13: An Exeter cult hero and Spanish bust up

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Watch as referees are once again thrown into the spotlight following a major incident in Belgium and England loose forward Don Armand speaks about his career and being an Exeter cult hero.

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Armand, who came off the bench in England’s final Six Nations match at Twickenham, had an interesting career at Western Province and the Stormers before heading to the Premiership to join Exeter Chiefs – watch his full interview from the third minute.

England’s poor Six Nations performance and questionable player management is placed under the microscope in the 15th minute.

The big debate about whether the gap between the Super Rugby teams is closing occurs in the 21st minute. Case in point, Ireland’s improvement.

Springbok and Lions scrumhalf Ross Cronje gets a call in the 25th minute to speak about edging the Sunwolves in Round Five and how much Warren Whiteley’s presence is missed.

Spain’s behaviour following their defeat to Belgium – which resulted in them not automatically qualifying for the 2019 World Cup – takes centre stage from the 35th minute.

The conversation concludes with an in-depth discussion into Round Six of Super Rugby in the 39th minute.

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Nations Championship: 'The data shows the north has finally caught up with the south'

The Six Nations produced so many compelling games and so much of action packed moments that you can only conclude that its the best international comp out there at the moment except for a world cup. If Wales improve it will be even better especially given the strides Italy have made in recent times. The Rugby Championship is now taking a hiatus in a year it really should be building toward something better which is terrible considering the competition was so tight last year. The Nations Champs promises much but one gets the feeling that the 6 Nations teams will not be at their peak given its at the end of their long season. In terms of rugby quality and entertainment Id rather watch the 6 Nations over everything else other than a world cup right now. The North arguably offers more in terms of entertainment than the South at club level as well. The Prem, the Champs Cup, URC and Top 14 all feature plenty of scoring and different playing styles while Super Rugby seems to be the same thing game in game out. While the South tries to speed up the game artificially with new trials and law variations the North has shown you can do it with good refereeing which penalises cynical play harshly and encourages positive actions on the field. In terms of entertainment the North wins. In terms of winning? They are making strides but until they win another world cup or get a team to rank number 1 again for an extended time again they cant really say they are better than the South.

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