Former England teammates Mike Brown and Jonny May join the dream team for a revealing chat on the intense world of professional rugby. Brown, fresh from retirement and a corporate career change, offers candid insights into the psychological toll of the professional game, and the lads debate contrasting experiences under Eddie Jones. May and Brown also reveal the ups and downs of their volatile relationship on and off the field, including a training ground injury that ended in 11 stitches. Finally, the pair get stuck into an England selection debate ahead of the Autumn Nations Series.

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00:00 🎬 Introduction: Welcome to the Good, The Bad, and The Rugby

01:01 🗣️ Fan Feedback on the previous episode with Peter O'Mahony

03:42 🏉 Mike Brown joins: Life after rugby

04:50 💔 The devastating news of Lewis Moody's MND diagnosis

09:19 🎉 Celebrating Mike Brown's career

10:48 🏟️ Leaving Newcastle

15:47 🎤 Brown's bizarre interview for Southampton FC Academy Director

18:24 🐅 Joining Leicester Tigers: the nervous week's trial

26:00 ⚡ High Performance in Rugby

34:26 🏴 The Eddie Jones Experience

47:20 🚗 Continental Tyres Grip Strength Challenge

50:19 🤝 The Brown-May Relationship

56:49 😡 The "Mr. Angry" Persona

57:57 ⚔️ Clashes with Eddie Jones and Ben Te'o

01:03:55 😬 Brown's "awful" start to international rugby

01:09:00 🔄 The England Fly-Half Debate: Ford, The Smiths, or Farrell?

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