Tom Pearson on London Irish and the race for the top 4 and Chris Ashton makes it to 100 tries
Evening Standard Rugby Podcast with Lawrence DallaglioShow Notes
Lawrence Dallaglio is joined by Sarra Elgan and the Evening Standard’s Steve Cording plus their special guest, London Irish back-row forward, Tom Pearson. Tom shares what he’s learnt by taking the university rather than academy route into professional rugby, his ambition for getting capped by England and the Exiles mindset ahead of their Premiership game against Saracens this weekend.
Lawrence and Steve show off their stats knowledge when reviewing the weekend’s rugby results, much to Sarra’s amusement, and they look ahead to the upcoming games and how the teams are looking with the final rounds of the Premiership in sight.
Plus, they choose their Player of the Week and Tom gets ‘Tackled’ by Lawrence’s quickfire questions, revealing which song he’d choose to sing at the front of the bus after making his England debut and why his Premiership debut is his most memorable rugby moment to date.
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