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Late Tackle: A Greek and a Scot walk into a bar

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Watch as Harlequins flyhalf Demetri Catrakilis opens up about his comeback from a life threatening throat injury and The Rugby Pod’s Jim Hamilton brings a fresh look at England’s current state of affairs.

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Catrakilis recently returned to action following a lengthy lay-off to recover from the injury and shares what his rehab entailed from the sixth minute.

Anton van Zyl, Morgan Newman and Howie Kahn makes special mention of an inexperienced Blitzboks team and their amazing comeback in the second half of their Cup quarterfinal match against Australia at the Vancouver Sevens. Watch that from the second minute.

Catrakilis is asked to compare the differences between the French Top 14, Super Rugby and the Premiership in the 13th minute.

Following on from the Bismarck du Plessis and Mohamed Haouas fist fight, Catrakilis lets the team on a car deal he had with Haouas, which led to him asking Fijian centre Nemani Nadolo to provide some backup in the 16th minute.

Anton explains to Morgan how the bonus point system works in the 20th minute.

The Six Nations gets the spotlight from the 21st minute as Hamilton provides a fresh voice to look into the current state of England’s form while also having a slight dig at Springbok Eben Etzebeth.

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Ed the Duck 6 hours ago
How Leinster neutralised 'long-in-the-tooth' La Rochelle

Hey Nick, your match analysis is decent but the top and tail not so much, a bit more random. For a start there’s a seismic difference in regenerating any club side over a test team. EJ pretty much had to urinate with the appendage he’d been given at test level whereas club success is impacted hugely by the budget. Look no further than Boudjellal’s Toulon project for a perfect example. The set ups at La Rochelle and Leinster are like chalk and cheese and you are correct that Leinster are ahead. Leinster are not just slightly ahead though, they are light years ahead on their plans, with the next gen champions cup team already blooded, seasoned and developing at speed from their time manning the fort in the URC while the cream play CC and tests. They have engineered a strong talent conveyor belt into their system, supported by private money funnelled into a couple of Leinster private schools. The really smart move from Leinster and the IRFU however is maximising the Irish Revenue tax breaks (tax relief on the best 10 years earnings refunded at retirement) to help keep all of their stars in Ireland and happy, while simultaneously funding marquee players consistently. And of course Barrett is the latest example. But in no way is he a “replacement for Henshaw”, he’s only there for one season!!! As for Rob Baxter, the best advice you can give him is to start lobbying Parliament and HMRC for a similar state subsidy, but don’t hold your breath… One thing Cullen has been very smart with is his coaching team. Very quickly he realised his need to supplement his skills, there was talk of him exiting after his first couple of years but he was extremely shrewd bringing in Lancaster and now Nienaber. That has worked superbly and added a layer that really has made a tangible difference. Apart from that you were bang on the money… 😉😂

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