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The Squidge Rugby World Cup Retrospective

BONUS: Christmas Blankety Blank with Ben James and Tom Savage

Merry Christmas! WalesOnline's Ben James and Three Red Kings' Tom Savage both return to the pod to analyse Sky Sports' 2011 Christmas advert, a Christmas message from Dan Carter and Richie McCaw, and Championship team Nottingham Rugby's attempt at 2011 Christmas number one. We stumble upon topics such as James Haskell's tiny penis, McCaw's friendship with Fidel Castro and Tom's anecdote about Munster's sin bin.


A huge thanks to Ben (@benjames1796 on Twitter) and Tom (@MajorTomSavage or @threeredkings) for joining us for this slice of festive chaos.


Theme music by Tom Rosenthal, with generic Christmas bells added to the background by Will Owen.


On behalf of the Squidge Rugby World Cup Retrospective podcast, we would like to wish all of our listeners a very happy Christmas.

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