Apr 27, 2026 · 51 min · 16 segments
Is Noah Caluori ready for England? Have we entered a new era for try records? Can Bath topple the best club team in Europe? Chris Ashton, Danny Care and Chris Jones dissect the big talking points from…
Danny CareHost
Chris JonesHost
Chris AshtonGuest
So I think there's more players now, or there's a lot more players now playing that don't even know what relegation was.
They don't know what that feeling of the potential of relegation is, which just created a bottom ha- You were playing anyone in the bottom half, it was a scrap.
There was no 50-point to 40 games where teams just throw the towel in and run away and score eight.
It, there's a, just a lot of players, we've moved past an era, into a new era where the, the lads actually don't know what relegation is, which was a frightening thing sat at the bottom of the league waiting for somebody.
Having said that, I did still think there were a couple of wins this weekend where the team didn't have to win, because as you say, there's no relegation, but they kind of had to win for their coaches, for their fans.
Now, you could, you could say Harlequins in that category, where someone had to lose their game.
I just felt, I felt it was a slightly better weekend from that point of view because Gloucester were talking as if they had to win for their supporters, and not to salvage their season, but to give their fans something.
So that was encouraging I think because we spoke last week, and week before, and week before about the dangers of a, of a closed league, and it, it, it, it can lead to blowouts and, and teams not at it.
I think, you know, when you're trying to prot- protect try records and stuff, you might have to let them go because-
So I think there's more players now, or there's a lot more players now playing that don't even know what relegation was.
They don't know what that feeling of the potential of relegation is, which just created a bottom ha- You were playing anyone in the bottom half, it was a scrap.
There was no 50-point to 40 games where teams just throw the towel in and run away and score eight.
It, there's a, just a lot of players, we've moved past an era, into a new era where the, the lads actually don't know what relegation is, which was a frightening thing sat at the bottom of the league waiting for somebody.
Having said that, I did still think there were a couple of wins this weekend where the team didn't have to win, because as you say, there's no relegation, but they kind of had to win for their coaches, for their fans.
Now, you could, you could say Harlequins in that category, where someone had to lose their game.
I just felt, I felt it was a slightly better weekend from that point of view because Gloucester were talking as if they had to win for their supporters, and not to salvage their season, but to give their fans something.
So that was encouraging I think because we spoke last week, and week before, and week before about the dangers of a, of a closed league, and it, it, it, it can lead to blowouts and, and teams not at it.
I think, you know, when you're trying to prot- protect try records and stuff, you might have to let them go because-
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