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157: Sam Warburton (Pt 2)

Ep. 214
Welcome to this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero. This week is the first time that there is a FOURTH person in the room.  It’s the first GUEST EPISODE and Elis, Mike & Steff have invited former British & Irish Lions rugby captain Sam Warburton to the bar.  Sam is now a podcaster himself, his pod is called “Captains with Sam Warburton” and in each episode Sam is joined by a world class sports leader.  Episodes include Jonny Wilkinson, Sir Chris Hoy, Heather Knight and Troy Deeney.  You can listen here: https://podfollow.com/captains-with-sam-warburton This is Part 2 of this week’s episode.  Part 1 is out every week on Wednesdays  If you want to listen to the full podcast every TUESDAY, including THIRTY MINUTES of bonus content not available on the free version, then head to either  https://anchor.fm/nata-media/subscribe or  https://www.patreon.com/distantpod DISTANT POD LIVE  We’re playing Islington Assembly Hall in London on 22nd May 2023. We're opening this year's Podcast Show LIVE festival. https://tourlink.to/SDSPTPS FAT WHITES x DISTANT POD If you want to help us fund defibrillators in locked cabinets outside sports clubs around the country then click on this link to buy our new range of Coffees: Distant Pod x Fat Whites. You can buy 3 different roasts - Mike’s is called The Barryista, Elis’ is The Paper Pants Ripper and Steff’s is The 3am Run Club. https://fatwhites.square.site/  DOWN THE CLUBHOUSE You can watch us on BT Sport's Down The Clubhouse https://www.bt.com/sport/watch/bt-sport-shows/down-the-clubhouse    THIS WEEK’S EPISODE Sam Clip: Jonny Wilkinson’s Drop Goal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqswfjkPm2k  Sam Clip: Michael Owen’s Goal v Germany 2001 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUHTT2VnKao  PATREON/SPOTIFY EXTRA SECTION (ONLY via https://anchor.fm/nata-media/subscribe & https://www.patreon.com/distantpod ) Mike Clip: QRL U7s https://www.instagram.com/reel/Coxo_28A1ag/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Sam Clip: Lennox beating Mike Tyson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBYQBSNN0PE  Elis Clip: Charlie Faulkner try v Ireland  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MoUA4GYG5pM&pp=ygUOV2FsZXMgdHJ5IDE5NzU%3D Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices




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