The Rugby Paper Podcast: Episode Four with special guest Michael Owen

This week, host Oliver Little and regular The Rugby Paper and are joined by former number 8 Michael Owen.

Capped 41 times by his country and once by the , Owen will preview this weekend’s crunch v Wales Six Nations fixture, as well as v France and v Italy.

2ECGTCY Rugby Union – Stock – 11/3/06 Michael Owen – Wales Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Paul Harding

Special Michael Owen has been in the role of Director of Rugby at Haileybury College, Hertfordshire since 2013.

Michael is further supporting the WRU Exiles programme. Established in 1980, the remit of the WRU Exiles programme is to identify Welsh qualified players (aged 12 and upwards) who are based outside Wales and may have the potential to play regional or national age grade, and ‘elite’ senior rugby, in Wales.

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Every week of the Six Nations, our guests have made their predictions for the coming weekend.

This week, Michael Owen will fly the flag of the guests as they predict the score of the three Six Nations matches.

 Scotland v FranceEngland v WalesIreland v Italy
Nick Cain17-2825-1841-10
Brendan Gallagher17-3225-1958-12
Oliver Little18-2932-2147-7
Michael Owen (guest)20-1817-1854-24

After two rounds of predictions the table has started to take shape as Oliver Little sits at the top.

  1. Oliver Little – 32
  2. Nick Cain – 29
  3. Brendan Gallager – 26
  4. Guests (Tommaso Allan, Jeremy Guscott) – 24

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