May 4, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min · 19 segments
Full episode at patreon.com/bloodandmud The European semis are fully considered, as well as the undisputed worst performance of the weekend in the commentary box. As well as plenty of padding around…
It was hot off the press last week, George.
I do apologize that it's not quite so hot off the press now.
"Hot off the press of the cracking win over Exeter, I have a decent but mundane player spotted for you gentlemen." This was the Gloucester win o- over Exeter.
"Whilst out on my run this evening in Cheltenham, I was steadily plodding along when a large and burly figure came around the corner of Bath Road wearing an equally bulky looking Jec- with an equally bu- bulky looking jet black Staffy." So a big man, big, with a little bit of s- bit of stocky Staffy as it is.
"His baseball cap was down and he was wearing a simple T-shirt and jeans combo.
No shorts or flip-flops," sadly.
Bucking the trend.
"It very quickly struck me that this particular gentleman was none other than soon to be no longer director of rugby at Gloucester, George Skivington."
"He appeared to be with his good lady friend, so no more was said as I trotted on by, almost stopping then and there to inform you of the sighting live, but the run I was on was slightly more important," he says.
Why, George? What were you running for? You running for a bus?
Were you running to save a child from a burning building? If you weren't, then I don't see how anything, I don't see how it could be a more important-
[laughs]
Even that's debatable whether that's important or not.
But you could've took a five-minute break on that.
But uh, no, it's, um...
It was hot off the press last week, George.
I do apologize that it's not quite so hot off the press now.
"Hot off the press of the cracking win over Exeter, I have a decent but mundane player spotted for you gentlemen." This was the Gloucester win o- over Exeter.
"Whilst out on my run this evening in Cheltenham, I was steadily plodding along when a large and burly figure came around the corner of Bath Road wearing an equally bulky looking Jec- with an equally bu- bulky looking jet black Staffy." So a big man, big, with a little bit of s- bit of stocky Staffy as it is.
"His baseball cap was down and he was wearing a simple T-shirt and jeans combo.
No shorts or flip-flops," sadly.
Bucking the trend.
"It very quickly struck me that this particular gentleman was none other than soon to be no longer director of rugby at Gloucester, George Skivington."
"He appeared to be with his good lady friend, so no more was said as I trotted on by, almost stopping then and there to inform you of the sighting live, but the run I was on was slightly more important," he says.
Why, George? What were you running for? You running for a bus?
Were you running to save a child from a burning building? If you weren't, then I don't see how anything, I don't see how it could be a more important-
[laughs]
Even that's debatable whether that's important or not.
But you could've took a five-minute break on that.
But uh, no, it's, um...
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