Saints' Tommy Freeman and Grand Slam winning captain Marlie Packer I Evening Standard Rugby Podcast

Lawrence returns from his Cycle Slam and, along with Steve Cording, chats to this week’s special guest, Tommy Freeman.
Tommy shares his views on last weekend's Big Summer Kick Off game against Quins, his preferred position on the field, Northampton's hopes for the upcoming Investec Champions Cup semi-final against Leinster and even shows off his card trick skills with the pod’s first ever magic performance!
Marlie Packer also joins Lawrence and Steve to reflect on the Red Roses Grand Slam win against France, as she highlights the top England players from across the tournament and in 'Grow the Game with QBE Business Insurance', she tells us what she hopes can change ahead of next year’s Women’s Six Nations to raise the profile of the championship even higher.
Plus the Evening Standard rugby correspondent, Nick Purewal, is on hand to preview the two Champions Cup semi-finals this weekend, as the guys discuss the chances of Northampton and Harlequins in their respective away fixtures and what it will take to cause an upset against the home favourites.
In partnership with QBE Business Insurance and Voxpod Studios.
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[@smudgersmith2650]

Tommy is.gonna be a superstar, a wonderful player.

[@markcoomber4876]

Asking Tommy his preferred position was a great question!

[@gerardfitzpatrick60]

Going into Croke park ‘ full guns blazing ‘ is bad choice of words particularly as Northampton allegedly educated their players on history of Croke Park

[@shadowcraft666]

Yeah, what an idiotic turn of phrase to use, especially in this context. You'd hope it wasn't intentional and just the usual media training buzzword. Either way, I hope Leinster absolutely smash them on Saturday.

[@9NVRJC51]

It's just a phrase

[@gerardfitzpatrick60]

@@9NVRJC51 is that why LD took it down off twitter ?

[@daithipol]

As an Irishman and a Leinsterman anyone who is offended is just trying to be. I hope the saints are worrying about offending Leinster because that puts them off their game but the Saints should be thinking about having a bloody Saturday rather than worrying about bloody Sunday...

[@Hunchbacc]

Tommy kinda looks like Buzz Lightyear

[@kev63inuk]

Modest guy is Tommy . My opinion is he’s going to be a England great. Looking forward to seeing him on Saturday away to Leinster.