The hunter and the hunted, NZ go high, Murray King of the world
New Zealand scored three tries, and we scored none, and that should be the end of the matter. But in a brutal second test against the All-Blacks, did the world’s number 1 side go over the line? Gerry Thornley and Matt Williams on Saturday’s 21-9 defeat.
Barney Ronay talks to us about the very un-British rise of Andy Murray to world number 1.
Plus we discuss Planet Earth II, and contemplate unleashing Bono on the New Zealanders.
Timeless Carrick, booze business, Henrik's son, football comic
Eoin, Ken and Ciaran argue about whether Wayne Rooney deserves to be singled out for doing what every other drinker does.
We talk to cartoonist David Squires about turning football into comic strips and his brilliant new book "The Illustrated History of Football".
And Philip O'Connor reports from Sweden where Helsingborgs fans are in no mood to respect their club legends.
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Long time listener, first time caller Mark Cerasi has broken the PBESO record by having 20 burly Irishmen standing side by side in Berry, New South Wales, Australia. The occasion was Phil Bredin's stag, who you can see sitting in the middle like a giddy school kid. Mark says he represents the generation of ex-pats who have travelled over, survived the carnage and now are steadily being married off to Aussie women and settling down. Mark says “don't worry, we're still fake middle class who can’t afford to live where we rent. We frown at the idiots who fall about Bondi at all hours of the morning giving us a bad name, yet we are more than happy to travel two hours south and carry on the same ourselves”. Is there a worse kind of emigrant?