Ep 209 - Rapid Saints preview

The lads jump on Zoom to speculate on the team for Saints this coming Saturday now that the Autumn International break is over. 

Which returning players will feature?

Have we succesfullly reduced our Guinness world record breaking injury list to more manageable levels?

Is the officiating team for the weekend more akin to watching a mash up of Last of the Summer Wine and Monarch of the Glen?

And will we win?

All this and not a lot more as we nearly come in under half an hour for the first time since eposide 1!

Transcript

SPEAKER_01: 0:07

You're listening to Bears Beyond the Gate, a Bristol Bears podcast made by fans for fans with three friends who love to club the game and all things bears. Well, boys, short pod, short intro. Um, we've decided to do a very, very quick, rapido mini pod. Uh, we're on Tuesday night. Uh, we've got the Premiership restart for one game on Saturday, but it does actually uh signal the start of a nine-week block of what we might consider to be proper games of rugby rather than kind of Prem Cup games and the odd exhibition match. So I think we've convened. So this we have to set ourselves a deadline of 30 minutes. I don't think we've ever done a pod episode in under 30 minutes. So we are under pressure.

SPEAKER_00: 0:53

But pudding's been prepared, so let's keep it steady.

SPEAKER_01: 0:57

And we're on Zoom for our regular listeners. We're not down the Bristol Beer Factory chat room. We're on Zoom. We've had a bit of a laugh trying to work out how to use it. Lee was like came on, then he disappeared, then he came back again, and he was like sideways on his video. It's uh how how quickly we forget uh lockdown stuff. Anyway, right, boys. So as I said, um we have had a bit of a hiatus for the Autumn Internationals. There has been a bit of rugby, as I'm sure many listeners will know. We had two Prem Cup games and we had the Argentina uh game at uh at Ashton Gate. Um, but the last Prem game we had was the loss at Bath. And of course, the Prem restarts again this Saturday, 5.30 at Ashton Gate against Northampton Saints. And I think it's fair to say that these games have always been quite good for us. Uh, we tend to seem to do well against Northampton Saints after an international period. Uh, and also I would say that despite our kind of worries over the last couple of months about injuries and so forth, I would say now we are starting to see a few people back. And uh, I actually went on a scouting mission down to Exeter Chiefs on Saturday to to check out Jimmy Williams and Max Leath. I may report on that in a minute. Um, but I think what I thought we'd do is is do a kind of something we don't do that often, and we should do more of it, is I'll read out a list of names of people that I think are in contention for selection on Saturday, and you boys are gonna pick, well, a starting 15 to start with, and then then we'll maybe like we'll add the bench on afterwards. So are you ready, boys? This is your challenge. So I'm gonna read out the names and then we'll come to we're gonna see what we think. So I think, uh, and this is based at Tuesday night, about 7:30 on Tuesday night. I think the following players are potentially uh in contention for selection on Saturday. So start with the with the kind of front row or the start with the props, start with the end with the uh with the uh piano shifters. Now I'm gonna say Max Lah. I saw Max Lahiv do 40 minutes at Chiefs. He made a five-meter carry as well at one point, and then and that to me said that boy's fit for this. So I think Laheef's gonna be up for selection. Klosker, George Klosker, I'm not sure about. Um, we're gonna assume he is fit, although there is a little bit of speculation on that. Kawitama, he came on against Chiefs, so he's fit. Woolmore, I'm assuming, is fit. Graham Slaw is, I'm assuming, is fit. Now, of course, there's also Genji to throw into the mix, but we may have to like discuss whether we think Genji will play. When we come to Hooker's, I'm pretty sure Ogre is fit again, but he didn't play on Saturday. But Harry Thacker played Saturday, so he's definitely fit. So Hookers, definitely Thacker, maybe Ogre. Then engine room, Joe Battley, I'm assuming is fit and uh raring to go and get away from his house because he's got a new kid, so he needs something to do. Um, Fitz Harding, obviously, uh the legendary captain Fitz Harding. Um I can't you know his name. Oh Miles, you're good at this. The Georgian Luca.

SPEAKER_00: 4:01

Ivanish Vili.

SPEAKER_01: 4:02

Ivanish Vili. He he should be available. Um, Bill Matter, I think, should be available because Fiji didn't play this weekend. Um and uh oh, sorry, this was the I'm talking, I've gone into the back row, so start again. So I'm going Battley. Now Rubiolo, I think, is available, even though he played Sunday because he's only played two games. Um didn't play against Wales. Joe Owen should be available, and obviously the the newly capped England A, Joe Owen. Steele Barker, he's now fit, he's played all of those Prem games in the Argentina game, and he played on Saturday. He's looking all right. Then Steve Luatur, Fitz Harding, Santi Grandona. I'm not sure about because he I think he has played three times for the for Argentina, so he may be messed this weekend. And then Bill Matter, they're going into the halfbacks, Kira Marmion, I assume, and then Sam Wolstenholm has played three games over this little hiatus period, played on Saturday, so he looks fit, and then we're looking at um number 10. I mean, Worsley played on Saturday and looked really good. So I'd say Worsley's definitely in the running for the 23, but I would have potentially will um Tom Jordan will be back. We haven't seen much of him, but he looked like he came through the uh Tonga game for Scotland unscathed on Saturday. Um, and then big news, Jimmy Williams definitely looked back fit on Saturday. He only did 40 minutes, but I think it was a pre it was a planned substitution at halftime, and he looked back to full fitness. Um, the newly re-signed um Bernard Yancy Van Rensburg, and we may just come back to that in a minute. He's definitely fit. Um, Revolvo, we're gonna assume is available. Question mark on Moroni. Obviously, Moroney went another 80 Sunday against England and looked like you know, he looked like he was a young lad. Whether he's even got a contract at Bristol is is questionable, but he might be back. Uh then we've got Jack Bates, who played on Saturday looked fit. Noah Heward played on Saturday, Gates Chiefs looks fit. Then I'm assuming Lewis Reese Zamit will be back from Wales because there is a Wales game this weekend, but it's out of out of window. None of the English players are playing. And then Benjamin Elizalde, I reckon, is is it up for selection because although he's been with Argentina, he hasn't actually been any of their 23s. No, no. That's it from first team. So that's pretty good, pretty good going, I'd say. You know, it looks like we're getting a few people back. So I don't know, boys, what do you think? If we had to go for a front row, and should we make an assumption that Genji might be rested for this weekend? Because he's played three. I think so. Yeah, we've got, I mean, we've got nine proper games coming. We've got this one weird prem game, then we've got two European home games. Yeah. I think we've got to make a big effort to win because if we can go two from two in Europe, in the we've got a chance when we come back after Christmas, and then we've got those three, four prem games round Christmas. So, you know, it has to be a bit of management. And I think I did the post article yesterday, and I said that Pat's algorithm, selection algorithm, is going to be working overtime in the next few weeks. Because it is a bit of a nightmare to try and sort of patch it all together. So, who wants to go with the front row? Miles, you look like a likely sort of lad that likes to go the distance with the front row. So, what do you like?

SPEAKER_00: 7:27

Yeah, I'd like to well, yeah, I'd like I'd like to see Max Lahid start, you know, even if potentially 40, 50, 60 minutes we might get out of him. You know, he's it'd be it'd be busting to go, won't he? He's had a period of rehab and injury, so I definitely start big Max. Um, yeah, Hooker, you're right, we're not entirely sure. Um, yeah, I I feel I grey sort of is is up the pecking order over over Thacker. So I think you know, he'll he'll be he'll be keen to get get get some match time again. I think Laheef as well. Who's fit? Um I think if you're gonna say Laheef as as tighthead, yeah, so he's gonna be our loose head prop.

SPEAKER_01: 8:11

Got Woolmore, Graham Slaw. That's Closker. Klosker's tighthead though, isn't he?

SPEAKER_00: 8:16

I know, yeah, absolutely.

SPEAKER_01: 8:18

I think start with Woolly, to be honest. Woolley will be champing at the bit. He's probably had about 25 saunas over the last, yeah, you know, and he broke his nose, didn't he?

SPEAKER_00: 8:27

So he's probably desperate for another punch up or something like that. So uh yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01: 8:31

So we're gonna we should we stick with Max at tight head, or grey uh well, Woolly at one, I should say, uh Lu said, or grey cook hooker, assuming he is fit, Max at three.

SPEAKER_03: 8:44

You happy with that, Lee? Sound good to you. I've got funny, I've got a funny feeling that Fats might start it hooker. I just failed it. He's I I wouldn't wanna I think Pat's thinking's gonna be we're gonna go into this block of these block of gains now, and I the one thing we don't need is any more injuries. Yeah, and I I just got a feeling I mean fax is is it it's in safe hands, isn't it? And I I don't I I just feel that that that he might just Pat might just err on a on a side of caution and play Facts instead of uh of Gabs.

SPEAKER_01: 9:21

Yeah, maybe Gabs on the bench. And I think if Gabs is not fit, then the only other option we got is uh Thomas Guilliam, who has played for the Prem. And actually I've seen him play twice. I I like that I like the cut of his jib. He's a jib cut, William. So I I mean I bet he'll be on the bench if one of if O'Grey's not available. Right, okay, that's good. Well Lee, let's come to you then. Let's get for the big boys, the engine room, two locks, starting locks. What are your thoughts?

SPEAKER_03: 9:47

Uh I think it's it's gotta be Joe Batley. He picks picks himself, and I I think, like you said, um I'm gonna get slaughtered for for mispronouncing this name now, aren't I? But I think all Pedro, yeah, Rubelio, I think is uh is is gonna be did I say it right or not?

SPEAKER_01: 10:07

No, Rubiolo Rubiolo, Rubiolo, I mean for God's sake. This guy, he's Pedro, he played 80 against England, he was scrapping with Henry Pollock. Actually, he wasn't scrapping, come on to that. But he just looks like he looks to me like he's one of those prop uh locks that is he conserves his energy very well during a game, but but when he's needed, he he is there. He's and I agree with you. I think if he's on a roll, we I think Pedro will be playing. So I'm with you on that. If he doesn't play, then we've got Joe Owen as well. So I think it's gonna be two out of Owen, Batley, Rubiolo, and then the other one on the bench, and that's that's not bad looking. Okay, Miles, back row.

SPEAKER_00: 10:54

Uh, I think it's sort of it selects itself. I mean, we we've got to go big against Northampton. We really need a home win. Uh um Luatua, Captain Fitz, um and big big Bill, I think.

SPEAKER_01: 11:09

Bill, I think so. I think the only debate might be Lua Tua. They might put Owen at six. You never know if Petro plays mobile six.

unknown: 11:20

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01: 11:20

So if uh you've got Battley, Rubiolo, and Owen, you've got three jumpers in the line out there, and you've then got mobile six as well. So that could be our little um uh and I mean obviously Joe Owen, you know, he's he played for England A. He's gonna be desperate to play somewhere, isn't he? Is Pecker is Pecker is is it up miles or is it down? Is Pecker? I think it's thoroughbred, isn't he?

SPEAKER_00: 11:42

You know, he's got some pace about him too, yeah.

SPEAKER_01: 11:44

Yeah, maybe Stevie would be someone that would keep on the bench to kind of steady the ship if things don't quite go the way we hope, as he has done a lot in the past. Okay, uh I'll do halfbacks. Uh obviously Marmion is gonna start. Wollstone home will have to be on the bench. You've got to have a nine, I think, on the bench. Yeah, and I I think this is the interesting one is do we put Jordan in at 10 or do we save Jordan for 15 and do we put Worsley in at 10? Now I'm gonna because you know let's just push the boat out. I think Worsley has done enough now. I think he is a notch up from what he was last year. I've seen him play, uh I saw him play on Saturday at Chiefs. And the thing about the game at Chiefs on Saturday was there was a lot of Academy players on both sides, and there were a few Prem players, and there were a few players that were prem ready players. And I'm talking Batesy, Williams, LaHeef, they all look like proper prem players, not even second string prem players. And I thought Worsley was in that category. I thought he looked like he was confident, he he he has a bit of a swagger about him. He did a lovely cross kick to uh Aidan Boschoff to score. So I'm gonna put my neck out and I'm gonna say we're gonna start with Worsley at 10. Okay, so think about that. Yeah, I like that. I like that. Marmy and Worsley Axis. Right. Miles, back to you. Centres 1213.

SPEAKER_00: 13:16

Oh too many to choose from now, haven't we?

SPEAKER_01: 13:19

Well, it's almost a glutton of riches. I feel sick thinking about the number of centres.

SPEAKER_00: 13:24

Absolutely. I I mean because okay, I I think Bernard is is a given, isn't he? Yeah, yeah, um, absolutely. Um I mean, do you're right. Do we is Moroni in contract? Do we even need him at the moment? Um Bernard and and uh I think Calabetti probably the centre.

SPEAKER_01: 13:45

Yeah, I mean Calabetti played centre for he played 13 for Fiji, scored a great try against France, looked really good against England. What do you think, Lee? I'm gonna disagree slightly.

SPEAKER_03: 13:58

Good. Um only because I think that if big big Jimmy Williams is fit, Yancy and Big Jimmy in the centre for me, and I personally would play Calavetti on the wing.

SPEAKER_01: 14:12

Yeah, I think the only caveat caveat to that is that is Williams is yes, is he starting fit or is he coming on fit? Could he come on? Is it real I don't know they've got it is he'll only only he knows and Pat knows that and the medical people would you risk someone to start a big game when there's a lot of energy going round because it's a prem restart game? And I don't know. I I it could be either way, couldn't it? I think you're right. Yeah, I like the idea of either of them.

SPEAKER_00: 14:44

I agree with thee, because you know that the that combination when they were fit was uh unstoppable last season. Jimmy uh Jimmy and and Yancey in the in the centre. So yeah, once he's fully fit and got 80 minutes in him, that is an amazing centre partnership. Um while we don't know what's going on with Ibritoia, you're right, then it's not gonna be till New Year at least.

SPEAKER_03: 15:08

I mean, the the the thing for me is if Williams is fit, it's the muscle memory that him and Yancey have, like Charles have just said, yeah they they they do things without thinking about it, and I think it's that kind of fluidity that if he is if Williams is fit, I think he would add something for the Saints game. But obviously, it it is it is a gamble, and we obviously we don't know how fit he is at the moment, do we?

SPEAKER_01: 15:35

The thing we got with Revovo and Tom Jordan is we've got a bit of flexibility around the backs, you know, they could swap around a bit, so you know, Jordan could start 15 and go 10 if necessary, and Revolvo could start 13 and go wing, or could start wing and go 13. So I think somewhere, I I think it's a difficult one. I think we'll leave that one hanging. It could be Revovo. Revovo's gonna start somewhere, I think that's the important thing. He's either gonna be 13 or wing. If he doesn't start at 13, he'll start on the wing and so forth. So I think Jordan, I think we assume if we'll we'll start in the game, we'll start somewhere as well. And I'm we're gambling on 15. So let's just for the moment assume he's 15. So we're looking at one other winger, possibly, or two other wingers, depending on whether Revovo starts 13. So any thoughts, Lee? Any other wingers?

SPEAKER_03: 16:27

I I mean, I quite again, it's it's all down to fitness. We're we're kind of speculating again, but I quite like Noah Heward. Yeah, uh, I I like the fact that defensively he's he's he's on the ball, and I think he's he's just one of those kind of solid, reliable players that you know we we we lean on a little bit and we trust.

SPEAKER_01: 16:48

So yeah, and also he's he's played he's played those games over the the little break, and he played again again, he played fullback on did he play fullback? No, he didn't. He played on the wing against Chiefs because I think Prothero played fullback. So Hoard has had a proper decent hit out, and I think he's now ready for a prem. He'll definitely be in the 23, whether he's on the bench. Yeah, um, and I suppose the other the other person to speculate on Miles is is Jack Bates. Is there anywhere in for him? Because he's also been uh a constant, and he has looked the he has looked class against the boys. So I feel like Batesy, I mean Mike will need Mike will be gutted if he's not playing on you're right.

SPEAKER_00: 17:33

I wouldn't think he's been a stallwart over the last sort of two, three games. Um but you know, from a fans perspective and club perspective, we if fit and if he's available, we've got to get our money out of Reese Samit, unfortunately. So unfortunately, he might he might just make it on the baits on the bench, unless Reese Sammit is injured.

SPEAKER_01: 18:00

I think, yeah, you're right, he's got to play, hasn't he? He's got to play. I think so. Yeah, I think he's you know he played for Wales at the weekend. I mean, this could be that you know the the way that uh I mean, if Jordan plays ten because Worsley doesn't play ten, then that does open up a space in the fullback. It could be that Huad goes fullback, yeah, Reese Samet goes one wing, and then Revovo the other wing, but then that depends on Williams.

SPEAKER_03: 18:25

But how nice is that we're actually getting options to choose from now, which is lovely, isn't it?

SPEAKER_01: 18:30

It is nice back fit again, exactly, and and it's it's fun, isn't it? It's fun when we've got options. So I mean, I think probably I kind of losing track of what we said, but I would have thought it's hard to know about I would have thought we'll go five, three split. It's not like Saints are you know like a lot like playing South Africa, is it? Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00: 18:52

More internationals needing rest than we have, haven't we?

SPEAKER_01: 18:55

So I think we were we were sort of saying Owen, maybe possibly Grondona if he's around. Because I I mean, if I wonder whether Grondona, they're gonna wait and see if Pollock gets selected for Northampton. And if Pollock gets selected, Grondona is gonna be knocking on Pat's door and saying, I am playing. And if those people don't know what I'm talking about, me and Miles do, because we watched it, or actually, did you see it, Miles? Because we'd gone by then, hadn't we? No, I didn't see it. I just so oh no, so basically what happened was that after the game, uh when we were watched it live, because we're even though we're not around the down the Bristol Beer Factory chat room, I will give them a plug because we went down there uh on Sunday to watch the England game, and there was a scuffle on the pitch after the game, and it the camera was like well in there, and it was Pollock and Grant Santi Grandona went as having words with Pollock. Um, and anyway, do you know what I thought I'd do, boys? I thought, let's use our connections in the camp. So obviously, Monday morning I get on Instagram and who do you think I messaged? Straight into Dunny, and I said, Hey mate, Pete here. Hope your rehab's going well. You've always got to like pretend that you you're not interested in just one thing. Then I said, anyway, would love to know what Santi was saying to Pollock post-match yesterday. It looked tasty. Will he even better if they both play on Saturday? And then Dunny did get back to me, not straight away, but he did get back to me. And he said, Hey mate, only saw him briefly today, but think he was more annoyed at curry than classic Pollock just jumped in the middle. So it was quite a diplomatic answer.

SPEAKER_03: 20:30

I I I know, I know the answer. I know exactly what he asked him. I think that he was he was pissed off because obviously Argentinian steak you always have rare, don't you?

SPEAKER_01: 20:43

Yeah, we all agree.

SPEAKER_03: 20:44

Of course, of course. And and I I think he'd seen Pollop the night before and he'd had a medium. Yeah, and I think that was it, mate.

SPEAKER_00: 20:52

I think you're right, and he and he said he said he'd have some awful sauce on it, and that that tipped him over the edge, didn't it? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_03: 20:58

He had to he had to stake Diane's sauce or whatever it's called.

SPEAKER_01: 21:04

Yeah, I mean, I I think actually then in hind now it's all come out that it was all to do with Tom Curry, wasn't it? And uh what happened was Curry took out their fullback with a late tackle, marginal late tackle, but it Dow has turned out he's done his anterior cruciate ligament, which is pretty bad. They were pretty annoyed that nothing got happened, and then I think I heard, I read that Curry went in down the tunnel to saw the Argentinian coaches, went over to say something. They said, get out of our, you know, we're not interested in talking to you. And then he went F off and pushed Contum Pony, shoved it, and then Contum Pony's come out saying he's a bully. Like, how could the refs not even have looked at it because he thought it was done on outcome? Because when it's a high ball catch, you know, when someone goes up for high catch and mistimes it and takes someone out in the air and they land on their head, they get sent off. He's saying, why he's he's done the leg, he's done our knee. Um why um you know, why did he not get sent off? So so there was a lot of to in and fro, and then obviously Pollock, as j Dunny must know him, just diving in. What do you want to say, Lee?

SPEAKER_03: 22:12

I just want to say, I mean, I you know, I hate sticking up for cell players, uh, or or anyone with cell connections, really, but uh curry is uh he's uh a hard player, but he's a fair player. For me, it wasn't there wasn't any any malicious intent in any of that, and it was unfortunate. And I mean these guys are tough bloody people, you know, and yeah, I I just feel like he's getting he's getting uh you know, he's getting beaten with a stick that I I think is a bit undeserving personally.

SPEAKER_01: 22:45

Yeah, and I think uh I'm sure it all come out in the wash a little bit, but I do think that it would be quite amusing if Pollock's playing on Saturday and Santi's playing as well. And maybe I don't think Rubiolo, I was watching out Rubiolo looks like he's the sort of guy that just just bides his time in case it really kicks off. Santi's like he's like an early adopt Santi goes in early, like reconnaissance marine, and then Rubiolo is like in the background, the heavy artillery, if required.

SPEAKER_03: 23:14

Yeah, but yeah, but just think if if Santi's playing and Polit's playing, how much are we gonna save? Bristol Bears are gonna save on fireworks, exactly.

SPEAKER_01: 23:23

Right, boys, I've realised just got a a note saying we've got less than 10 minutes left on Zoom. So there's one other thing. I think we've done well there. I think we've picked a team. Uh we'll you know, it does, it's it's we'll see what happens, and of course, now we've got something to look forward to on whatever Friday when team's announced. Um, but yeah, I've just seen hot off the press uh on the Bristol Forum, somebody has posted who the ref is for Saturday.

SPEAKER_02: 23:49

So who do you think is it?

SPEAKER_03: 23:52

Who do you think is our ref? I can see your face, and I know full well who you're talking about now.

SPEAKER_00: 24:02

Right, yeah, yeah, because if you're smiling, I think Bristol fans realise it can only be one nut job from our previous game. Can't surely yeah, go for it. You say not tempo.

SPEAKER_01: 24:15

It is tempo. Oh man. I mean, there is a bit of a we made Lee, you introduced quite a serious point in that pod after Bath when you said that actually they should kind of pick, potentially they should pick refs linking to certain games. And you know, Tempo had quite a difficult game to ref. It was a lot of argy bargy, but he did kind of get a little bit like he was like a kind of young teacher who's lost control of the class, and and thus his only management strategy is just to get more angry and just whistle louder and then sort of strut over anyway. So tempo, tempo is back. I mean, I don't know, I don't know how that it's it'd be quite interesting to find out how they do allocate, you know, is it just randomly done? Is it like a big lottery at ref hq? They just have all the all the games in a thing, and somebody comes in and picks it out and goes, Tempo, you've got Bristol again. Tempo's like, oh, really? Um, so anyway, it's Tempo, but interestingly, one of his assistant refs, there's two actually, I've never heard of them, and I'm sure there are people out there who have, so apologies for not being a noise on officials in rugby. But one of the one of the linos is Hamish Grant, not Hamish Schmails, Hamish Grant, and then another one is Mike Hudson. So I'm thinking Hamish Grant seems like he's an extra out of Monica the Glen.

SPEAKER_03: 25:34

Wait, wait, what's well Mike Hudson? Sorry, wait a minute. Mike Hudson. Sorry, I know we're on Zoom, but I thought you said something else, Pete. Sorry, but no, I didn't.

SPEAKER_01: 25:45

But if if Hamish Grant is an extra from well, Tempo is something like he's a young version of Compo from Last of the Summer One. You've got Hamish Grant is an extra in Monica the Glen. Mike Hudson, what does he sound like he does?

SPEAKER_00: 25:59

He sounds like a boxer from a sort of like naughty's era.

SPEAKER_01: 26:04

Or he would be like he seems like a 1970s BA pilot. He does the he does the long ball. Mike, this is your captain Mike Hudson. I've been doing this for years. I've had about five affairs with Stuart Ashes, and I am just absolutely loving life. Yeah, I reckon he's a young lad coming through. Um, so anyway, that's uh that's something to look forward to. Tempo. I'm not sure who the TMO is actually. Uh I didn't not sure I got time to find out.

SPEAKER_00: 26:38

Anyway, um one other thing, boys.

SPEAKER_03: 26:42

Let's get on to the good news this week. Go for the good news. Tell us the good news, then Lee. Bernard the Mullet, Jansy Van Rensberg has signed a new well extension to his contract. Of course, we don't know how long this is, but no, it's probably it's probably one in one, isn't it? I guess. Um, but yeah, it's I mean that was fantastic news because we all agree, like we love the guy down in uh BS3, don't we? So it's great to have the mullet around for a bit longer.

SPEAKER_01: 27:14

Well, I don't know if you saw the the kind of social media ring last night. It was uh it was a kind of young lad who actually going into a fancy barber's in Clifton and then sort of says, I'll have what he wants, or something like that. And then you kind of see this barber cutting out a mullet, and then it's just classic, it pans away, and there's his like his little smile, and he goes, Oh, uh, who's next? Or something like that. And I loved it. But it got me thinking that obviously he is a proper first team, first name on the sheet player. So in this social media, they obviously went up Clifton, found some fancy barber at Clifton. But I was just thinking, boys, what if one of the Academy boys re-signed? What sort of haircutting establishment might they use for that? You got any ideas, Lee?

SPEAKER_03: 28:01

Yeah, I fall well. I mean, these this is obviously for Europe in Cameras, isn't it? It's gotta be Dan's barber shop or famed for cutting my hair, Lee's hair, and on on a yeah, in the past, TC's hair as well. That's right, and also uh it have to be academy lads because obviously Dan's pretty reasonable with his prices, isn't he?

SPEAKER_01: 28:27

So and I mean it's cash only and Dan, and that's all the academy boys get paid in as well, I imagine. Socket money, yeah. But there is a a lot of listeners out there are hang are saying, hang on, you said Lee, you said Pete, you said TC. What about Miles? Where do you go for your hair, Miles? North Street, North Street, North Street, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02: 28:50

So south which which one which one? There's about 50. There's 15 barbers on North Street.

SPEAKER_00: 28:57

Well, there you go. Number 40. Number 40. Terry.

SPEAKER_01: 29:00

Well, look, anyway, I'm looking at my zoom. We've got two minutes 53 left on this recording. Right, right. We've done what we achieved. We've we've picked a team, we've had a bit of banter. What else? Anything else?

SPEAKER_03: 29:12

One quick shout, one quick shout out. Go for it. We want to keep we want to keep reiterating this, don't we? Yeah, we want to see loads of bearer supporters in Flanefly. Yeah. Oh we may get it out. Where are we staying, boys? We're staying in the travel lodge. No, no, I meant I meant the pub.

SPEAKER_00: 29:31

I'm I'm telling you in the pub. By Sunday's pod, we'll we'll we'll have remembered and we'll plug it then.

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We're gonna do a pod on Sunday after the Saints game, so we'll tidy up loose ends there. But we were gonna we have found the name of a pub with the help of another listener, and we've decided that we'll we'll do a clarion call. Anyone who fancies coming down, and I may have some spare bears beyond bears hankies as well to give away because I've still got a whole pile of them at home. Um, so yeah, we'll deal with that on Sunday. Obviously, when have another pod Sunday. This is very much a mini pod. Um and Sunday hopefully we'll have had a good good uh a good day down at Ashton Gate. We'll reconvene at the Bristol Beer Factory Tat Room Sunday and uh and and we'll take it from there and we can uh look forward to the European games and and look forward to the Christmas break as and so forth. So boys unless there's anything else you want to add I I feel like we've covered in our my very brief one minute thinking before this zoom our agenda but uh it's been nice to have a quick chat it's getting us it's kind of getting us back into to thinking about rugby properly exactly I think we all we all need a you know a decent game of rugby well local game of rugby to go and watch I mean yeah we're desperate aren't we after this ridiculously long break again yeah okay oil in the ring rustiness fellas we have us three we've got okay we've got the WD 40 out and we're spraying it in the places where it's needed on that note I think everybody out there it's only a few days before the game stay safe look out for team selection on Friday and one two three