# Bath: Now Vs Then Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-the-bad-the-rugby-744352/bath-now-vs-then Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-the-bad-the-rugby-744352/bath-now-vs-then.md Podcast: [The Good, The Bad & The Rugby](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-the-bad-the-rugby-744352) Published: 2026-04-28T23:01:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5198666798.mp3?updated=1778028793 Audio file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5198666798.mp3?updated=1778028793 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-good-the-bad-the-rugby-744352/episodes/bath-now-vs-then Duration seconds: 4468 ## Resource With Bath chasing a historic double and a Champions Cup semi-final looming in Bordeaux, Tins is joined by two proper club legends, and his former flatmates: Matt Perry and Lee Mears. Bath Now: The Finn Russell era, a world-class academy at Farleigh House, 9,000 fans watching Bath University games, and a squad that has traded "hope" for "belief." Bath Then: From Matt Perry earning Β£1.80 an hour in a tea room to the training-ground fights at Lambridge that led Bath to '98 European Glory. Plus Lions Tales and why Paul O'Connell begged the 2009 squad to "sacrifice professionalism" to become friends. 00:00 πŸ›ž Season 6 is sponsored by Continental Tyres 01:15 πŸ† Bath Legends and Hall of Fame 03:35 πŸ₯« Living With Tins 09:08 πŸ«–Perry Pathway to Pro 18:50 πŸ₯Š Training Fights and Culture 22:44 🍷 1998 Bordeaux Glory 28:05 πŸ‰ Bath Today Semi Final Preview 35:08 πŸ“‰ Why Trophies Dried Up 40:46 πŸƒ Card School 45:55 🦁 Lions Tour 2001 Lessons 48:28 ❀️ Lions Tour 2009 Culture 50:57 πŸ€” Should Lions Change? 01:09:12 πŸ’ͺ Grip Strength Challenge πŸ“—The Good, The Bad & The Rugby: Unloaded are now available: https://lnk.to/GBRUnlocked/waterstones Welcome to The Good, The Bad & The Rugby with journalist and former broadcaster Alex Payne, England and Lions flanker James Haskell, and World Cup Winner Mike Tindall. #Rugby #Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-good-the-bad-the-rugby-744352/episodes/bath-now-vs-then/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-the-bad-the-rugby-744352/bath-now-vs-then.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.