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On this week's show we have....
DALLAGLIO CALLS TIME
After the World Cup in 2007 the attrition rate amongst the seasoned players at the top of the game was predictably high, but it was Lawrence Dallaglio’s retirement which commanded the headlines. He spoke exclusively with Total Rugby.
SKRUM – CHANGING LIVES IN SWAZILAND
Nowhere was rugby’s ability to change lives more apparent than in Swaziland - a country under threat from one of the world’s most deadly viruses. In January one man started the fight back by setting up a charity called SKRUM.
ELVs: THE GREAT DEBATE
After lengthy trials, the Experimental Law Variations (ELVs) were taken to the higher levels in 2008 and the higher they went, the more scrutiny they came under. We opened up the great debate by airing some opposing views – including those of Richie Dixon , a member of the IRB Laws Project Group, and arch critic Stephen Jones, Rugby Correspondent of the Sunday Times in London.
SIX NATIONS
One side produced the style and substance when it mattered, under a new coaching set-up. We relive some of Wales’ best Grand Slam moments and hear from coach Warren Gatland.
HYDE RUGBY: RAGS TO RICHES
From the other side of the Atlantic came the inspiring rugby tale of PJ Komongnan and his rise from troubled and troublesome youth, to Eagles Sevens star, via the Hyde School in downtown Washington DC.
TIETJENS: ALL-TIME SEVEN
The 2008 IRB Sevens World Series was by now six events old and the outlook was All Black.. New Zealand unbeatable until the final of the sixth event in Adelaide. Peerless coach Gordon Tietjens indulged us by playing some Fantasy rugby, pick his all time Hong Kong Sevens Seven.
RWC: ANOTHER STORY BEGINS
April brought a timely reminder of the global appeal of Rugby World Cup as qualifying for the 2011 tournament in New Zealand began in the Caribbean. Many top sides were already planning for the long term, including England, who appointed Martin Johnson their new Team Manager.
