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In their final podcast of the year Dave Woods, Brian Noble and Justin Morgan review a disappointing 4 weeks for Great Britain after they were stunned by Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby which completed a 4-0 whitewash in their 2019 Lions tour.

Brian Noble and Justin Morgan join Dave Woods to react to Great Britain’s third defeat in three games to New Zealand at the weekend and ask if the Lions brand should have a future, they discuss if coach Wayne Bennett should be the man to lead England to the World Cup and hear the RFL’s Director of Rugby Kevin Sinfield’s thoughts, and look ahead to the next Test in Papua New Guinea with PNG’s media manager Oliver Nombri and Leeds Rhinos and PNG International Rhyse Martin.

St Helens great Paul Wellens and Jon Wilkin join Dave Woods to discuss the privilege of pressure within a top team and why flat pack furniture offers a key life-lesson.

Dave Woods is joined by Scott Taylor, England & Hull FC prop forward and John Kear, Wales and Bradford Bulls Head Coach to discuss Shaun Edwards, Wales rugby union defence coach who is due to take up the head coach's role at Wigan in 2020... or is he, and if so for how long? We hear from Edwards who says he definitely wants to coach in the Six Nations again. The interview is from the Today programme. Plus Scott’s team, Hull FC, became the first to win a Super League game via Golden Point on Sunday when they beat Wigan Warriors 23-22. And we hear from his teammate, Marc Sneyd, who kicked the winning drop goal in extra time.

Dave Woods, Matt Newsum, Robbie Hunter-Paul and Brian Noble discuss a video in which Wigan players Joel and Sam Tomkins are seen abusing bar staff which led to Joel being suspended for four weeks and fined £10,000 and Sam being fined £5,000; plus two of this season's most successful coaches St Helens’ Justin Holbrook and Warrington’s Steve Price talk to 5 live’s Will Perry about a wide range of rugby league issues including their approach to the season, the future of Ben Barba and the challenges facing the new CEO of Super League Robert Elstone.