Nights Out and Lights Out with Brian O'Driscoll - Good Bad Rugby Podcast #49

The great Brian O’Driscoll is on the show this week, joining Alex Payne, James Haskell and Mike Tindall to give his take on the Lions in South Africa. He also reflects on the key moments that shaped his reputation as a world-class operator on and off the pitch - from hat-tricks in Paris to hangovers in Queenstown. We also find out what it’s like to share a room with Mike Phillips, a boxing ring with Austin Healey, and a fairway with Tiger Woods.
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[@kenprice5558]

I enjoyed the interview with Brian O'Driscoll tremendously. I have long admired his tremedous abilities as a rugby player, but he came across in the interview as such a genuinely nice guy. Modest and unassuming, and obviously great fun to be around.

[@tomsmullen6117]

O'Driscoll, he was some player an absolute joy to watch he could just find space where others could not he gave us some great times. Well said, Tindall at the beginning as an Irish lad of course we would be pissed with some of the things he says but he seems like a really good guy

[@hungstephenc]

Huhuuiji

[@hungstephenc]

Uuouimhohmkjoihkuku

[@daviddeane]

Tindall’s monologue at the start should go viral, best most visceral detailing of the shit show at Wembley. Needs to be an inquiry. The team deserved better.

[@carpusbarsum]

Priti Patel sees far right racist thugs as her base. Her priority is cracking down on protests against her & Johnson's corrupt cabal.

[@jamesthew7941]

Mike and James speaking about their own experiences in the first 13 mins. Brilliant insights. No snobbing of football, recognition of the event, the spectacle. Really appreciated!

[@robcousins231]

Let's be frank about this. Every two years 20,000 English rugby fans make their way over to Dublin. Does anyone believe there are not gargantuan quantities of Alcohol taken over that weekend? Yet has there ever been so much as a pint glass dropped in anger? Over 140+ years? Of course not. The publicans, taxi drivers, hoteliers etc all say the English are the best fans as they spend huge money and tip the best and are polite and cause no trouble. It's football that has the issue. England rugby fans, the Barmy Army in Cricket, Rugby League fans all behave themselves always.

[@fergalbannon4614]

Ha ha. You're not great tippers, but supper guests and great fun. I wanted England to win in 03. But in football I want anyone else to. Its a pity for a team of lovely fellas.

[@peteryoungpeteryoung965]

Same in Cardiff, they reckon there is 300,000 pissed up people on the streets of the city after the England game, never any trouble. TBH most football fans are ok it's only a minority of thicko's but they seem to have a higher % of them in England than other countries.

[@robcousins231]

@@fergalbannon4614 I’m actually Irish!

[@robcousins231]

And before anyone starts, this isn’t a class thing. Rugby League is the most working class of sports in the North of England. Whole families go to the games in communities like Wigan, Warrington, Bradford, Castleford etc. When they go to Wembley they sit together and sing abide with me….it’s just Football that attracts this extreme fringe.

[@MrIanito]

Word

[@daffyddlewis9103]

BOD.. the GREATEST northern hemisphere player of the 21st century.

[@neillairdofglencairn7216]

Not sure I can find any more superlatives for the guest spot.🏉🏉🍻🥂⚡️ but just keep them coming.💥💥🐐🐐goat.

[@candycain2327]

He is not the greatest player of all time, not even close

[@patrickyoung3503]

Mighty interview , a lovely insight into the game of Rugby on & off the pitch . On Brian a Legond .

[@danadams05]

It’s a shame the beginning of the show needed that but we’ll said. Then fantastic guest and a great show. Keep it up GBR

[@eoinfinn9508]

Sexton, ROG and BOD done. POC soon would be ideal

[@michaeldoughty1782]

Supershow, top guest, gotta love the BOD! Keep up the great job folks.

[@Adamrussell2001]

Excellent show!

[@bencarpenter6884]

I love the Jack Nicolson quote from the Departed you're a product of your environment

[@carolinemc3]

Would be great to see Paul O’Connell on next!

[@Tronickification]

Well said Mike tindall

[@gazbgroundwork1123]

Best guest yet I think.

[@peteryoungpeteryoung965]

Rugby fans are nothing like football fans. I have never heard rugby fans boo the oposition's national anthem.

[@mariamoyles189]

Other than Scotland. V England lol.

[@BS2Dos]

For the record, It’s not BOD. It’s THE BOD. When there’s only one of something, the noun always takes a definite article. The fucking Lions, man. I can’t put into words how much I love them. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@seanbrennan3698]

GOD

[@davidwilliams5325]

Legend

[@scottiramage317]

Wow 2 amazing centres in 2 consecutive weeks Edit - as a Quins fans it’s bittersweet about Marcus - so glad he’s being recognised for what we’ve seen over the last three years - were gonna lose him for the 6 nations now 🥲

[@anthonybrady2779]

Him and Keith Wood, but more so Brian changed the way Ireland players see themselves.

[@ac2244]

I'd very much like to go on a night out with Alex Payne and end with lights out.

[@kgkg-nk6rd]

Great show gents 👏👏👏

[@bradleyeaton228]

Well said Tinds! Need to eradicate hooligans worldwide...zero tolerance approach must be adopted!

[@mariamoyles189]

Coolest and best rugby player BOD

[@thedarkhugheshughes2640]

Fair play mike

[@RugbyandBeaver]

Payne, Haskell and Prince Andrew's brother in lawl don't have too much going on in their collective heads. Very few decent observations over the course of over an hour...that said O'Driscoll brought a bit of freshness to their tired laddish format.

[@mw-ob9ti]

In a rare change, i agree with Tins re: football

[@oldno.8943]

Great show again. One of my best mates should be captaining the the England police game from open side.. he’s got wheels but has the glassiest of glassy jaw though, if you can’t catch him just bang him out… in a well spirited charitable kind of way 🤙🤙

[@ignacio9590]

The best ever Bod.

[@8435hcnmxfh]

The best ever

[@simundo2424]

So interesting to hear his opinions. Probably because he is an English pod, but he doesn’t appear to have a high opinion of Welsh players, now or of his era.

[@Michael-hk6dj]

BOD is looking great. Very fresh and young looking....not aged a day

[@yoe91]

55:10 Haahaa !

[@mhcronje]

Difference between rugby and football fans for you. Different class of individual.

[@TheDandob1982]

Not true. Look at Scotland fans throwing a bottle at Eddie Jones and harassing him outside a train Station. Look at South African fans fighting inside and outside stadiums. Look at South Africa fans attacking The Lions coach, 2013 I think.

[@mhcronje]

@@TheDandob1982 If you compare the number of occasion where English football fans act like holligans it will outnumber ANY rugby related fan hooliganism any day of the week. Fact.

[@TheDandob1982]

@@mhcronje There are lots more football fans so it follows that there is more hooliganism. But you can’t paint rugby as innocent because I could give you a thousand examples to the contrary. By the way, every national team is followed by a small proportion of hooligans, not just England.

[@gunner4life568]

@@mhcronje well to be fair there isn't any heated historic rivalry in rugby like there is in football and there aren't many rugby fans so the pool is too small to have those kind of fans. Compare the saracens average attendance to any of the football teams based in London. Rugby is also not the most welcoming sport around unless you are from one of those rich private schools rugby fans are alway condescending to people from other sports which is why people are always put off by it . if you can please tell me how many of the 2019 England RWC squad are from public school I bet it would be a handful

[@Alex-pt5no]

@@TheDandob1982 The difference in 'class' of fans is not just down to football being more popular. Yes there are examples of idiotic rugby fans and I've been at games and heard abuse of refs, players etc that goes beyond acceptable. But there is simply no comparison to football. Huge fan fights resulting in injury and sometimes death? football, not rugby. Consistent cases of widespread crowd racist behaviour? football, not rugby. And I'd challenge any responsible parent to take their young child to a football match and not spend the game covering their ears. There is a hooligan culture that runs through both clubs and national football teams. That simply does not exist in rugby union, anywhere.

[@tjsteenekamp6588]

Rugby is a game played by hooligans and watched by gentlemen. Soccer is played by gentlemen and watched by hooligans..

[@seanbutler9789]

Rugby is a savages game played by gentlemen, soccer is gentleman’s game played by savages*

[@theflaver]

one of the differences between rugby and football fans...

[@yoe91]

1:11:24 lmao

[@richardgill1950]

Surely theres a t shirt in that. Horses, they're not to be trusted.

[@benbenester1229]

No matter how hard I try, I just can’t take to James Haskell. I think he drags the pod cast down.

[@heyitsmol645]

ssss

[@channelwanderer7010]

2 things pain me about Brian O Driscoll. 1 because he is Irish I fell i call him Ryan too many times ( mental block) 2 he got speared in his prime. He would very possibly been the best rugby player ever had that not happened. He and Dallaglio got taken out very cynically.

[@donalcoleman]

Jj

[@sedwards7428]

what is this that every one of you and guests..come from good private schools. massive leg up in life..anyone there represent the 98%?

[@JasonConlan75]

I ca only disagree with Tinds on 1 thing and that's when he said if they win it would be the best night ever but if they lost it would be board up your shops unfortunately a lot of trouble started before the game like the amoeba who put a firework up his arse and the disgusting state they left the area around the stadium in was abhorrent thankfully rugby doesn't attract these mouth breathing creatures.....

[@marlenefitzpatrick9307]

Ugh as

[@Goneinthehead]

All bullshit,football is bad because it’s a club issue. This happens all over the world between football clubs especially same city clubs which translates then into a country gang. It’s not a class issue. In Ireland we have our first sport which is Gaelic sports where 80k fans meet every year and all mix in the stadium together and there is no issues and same between the Gaelic clubs. Rugby is our fourth sport after soccer and soccer between clubs in Ireland is the same as the rest of the world. Fighting and mayhem. Everyone in Ireland relish the 6 nations and the all Ireland finals in Gaelic however when soccer comes to town everyone runs.

[@nickybutt9733]

BOD is a fairly arrogant man, but when you've achieved what he has, you can afford to be.

[@motomoto8383]

Good man nicky

[@HenryDube72]

Nope, you can't afford to be outrageously arrogant because of your achievements. Greatness in sport can be easily dismissed as mere recreational skill that doesn't add anything to society, see how an ego can be easily diminished?

[@davidflynn1894]

Don’t see how he is arrogant at all

[@markknopflerisnot]

Didn't feel any arrogance emanating from BoD

[@candycain2327]

@@markknopflerisnot yes there is, he's an egomaniac and of course he's going to come across as a good bloke on camera, especially with other former players but I've heard many stories about him treating fans and public like shit He's so far up himself its not funny