George North
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Nov 3, 2026
Lee CalvertHOST
It's unbelievable.
Josh GardnerHOST
It's like, imagine if Shane had Jason Robinson speed, but could also truck like George North in his prime and has the density of a big winger.
Josh GardnerHOST
But he's built like Shane.
Josh GardnerHOST
He's remarkable.
HarleyPANELIST
We need our pack to shift that weight of carrying more because we don't have it in the centres.
HarleyPANELIST
And our wingers aren't necessarily the sort of people you can come in off the line and bludgeon a la George North and that was Cuthbert.
HarleyPANELIST
Even Josh Adams, you can't really do that with him anymore because he will break.
HarleyPANELIST
We're probably looking at Dav Jenkins, Ben Carter starting second row.
Tom ShanklinHOST
Shane on my right, Nigel behind me, on my left.
Tom ShanklinHOST
And the opposing team is Gethin Jones, George North and Scott Quinnell.
Tom ShanklinHOST
So we're going to have a bit of chat, a bit of fun around that.
Tom ShanklinHOST
So really looking forward to that.
Will JamesGUEST
so there was some quality players Shane Williams was in that squad he was good Gareth Thomas albeit coming towards the end of his career you know he was he was captain and he was I mean he was a very good rugby player you know really accomplished rugby player 90 odd caps for Wales Daffy James sort of these guys who were sort of Colin Chavis, still there, thereabouts, and he was like 30, he must have been 33, 34 at the time, and he was still dominating.
Will JamesGUEST
So it was just before that sort of cohort of players like George North and that cohort that went on to make Wales really successful, it was just before when those guys were just sort of breaking in.
PaulHOST
So you ticked off going to a World Cup and you went back to Gloucester.
PaulHOST
So I think you were at Gloucester for seven years or round about that.
Dodge WoodallHOST
yeah
Jamie RobertsGUEST
because I I'd been in a quite a rigid system I think it was certainly at test level that was quite direct we had a very direct team yeah with Wales and I was I was a big part of that alongside some giants in our back line you know John Davis Alex Cuthbert George North Mikey Phillips some big big lads and we were very direct as a side and it was a winning formula you know we've done really well with that side but Quinns played the game a different way Who was your back line at Quinns? Oh I know you're testing me.
Jamie RobertsGUEST
Obviously, Danny.
Jamie RobertsGUEST
Yeah.
Nikki AndersonHOST
Although COVID is typically seen as the tipping point, we need to rewind to before 2020, all the way back to the golden era of Welsh rugby.
Nikki AndersonHOST
Go back 15 years, and Wales boasted stars like Sam Warburton, George North, Leigh Halfpenny, and Justin Tipuric.
Nikki AndersonHOST
They were all the product of a brilliant academy system.
Nikki AndersonHOST
At the time, the Welsh Rugby Union could have over 100 players per age group getting individual attention from senior coaches.