Chris Jones Qatar's Rugby Proposal, Billy Vunipola's Arrest & Stuart Hogg in Rehab

Chris three great stories to talk about well not three great stories but three stories to talk about let's start with the Saudi Arabian or rather the Middle East uh getting their hands into rugby for a start yeah and you know I just can't work out why uh they think they might uh have the uh successful play for this because all they're offering is 800 million pounds over eight years for the Six Nations and for sandas this year out now why would that interest the governing bodies of the major unions can you answer that question yes yes because nobody else is bidding and nobody else is putting anything like that kind of money up I mean when you actually compare that to what some other sports are getting it is peanuts isn't it but I suppose for rugby I mean this is a huge amount of cash oh it is yeah you for the Australian Rugby Union I mean they they would come and play in a tournament for two Packers of crisps and $10 you they're desperate for anybody but you know this is this is big bucks for for Rugby Union at a time when we know that every Union is struggling England are just putting together a new deal uh for their players which would give them a lot more control of their players but they're having to pay 230 million pounds for that over a set period so you know they got to generate that money from somewhere and you've got um cat are offering this sort of money uh what they want is a sort of a Super Bowl weekend where over one weekend they'll play six six playoff matches every two years from 2026 and you know yeah it's I can't see the union saying no to this unless somebody comes up with mormal I don't know if that's America great but I can't see the Americans being able to fund this sort of money as we know major sports are going out to Saudi Arabia and Qatar because they are the big players now so a three-day Super Bowl of rugby what is going to involve six matches the playoff matches uh after the initial games you in this fantastic new nations cup that every wants because it's not more matches for the players and I'm sure they'll be absolutely delighted to be taken out uh as we know the footballers were uh to katar where where it's really cool and great for you know great for rugby you know high-intensity matches uh played in boiling sunshine I'm sure what could go wrong and of course the good news is given some of the other stories we're going to talk about is of course it'll be alcohol free okay right all right so um none of the course is going to influence at all anyone from sansar of the Six Nations because all they're doing is basically going ching ching ching ching very much so I mean this is a massive cash injection isn't it whichever way you look at it yeah and I can't think of any of the unions who are in a pos position at the moment perhaps France could say look we're we're doing okay really with our own TV deal but everybody else will be grasping this money so quickly that I think it's probably a done deal already quite honestly they've asked for a a period of exclusivity and they want to know in a short time whether they're going to be given that by the by the organizers of this Nations cup and I I should think that that that's that's a done deal as well they will get the exclusivity because they're offering so much money it's it's 100 million pounds a year two other stories s and both involving players and both involving off field behavior and both involving off field behavior that has H the headlines for the wrong reasons let's start with the latest Billy vunipola arrested in Spain yes arrested by eight policemen uh uh at 4:30 in the morning uh uh he uh he was hit by two taser shots and people think immediately wow such a such a big blow 20 stone they had to use two tasers as the police said unfortunately when we fired the first one it went into his wallet H you couldn't make it up so they had to shoot him again with a taser and this time they missed his wallet and actually got some fleshy bits and he keeled over and they were able to jump on top of him arrest him he was taken to hospital he had to be restrained in the bed uh while he sort of sobered up uh appeared in court was fined €240 and given a four-month suspended sentence he arrived back uh some hours ago back at stanet airport uh funny enough he didn't stay in mayorca uh to face the music not only from his Club Saron who had given that the players a week off because they're not involved in the European semi-finals this coming weekend and I would think think that the Rugby Football Union will probably want to word with him as well because I think there must be the opportunity for them to bring a a charge of bringing a game into disrepute to come his way and so we may not see him in Saron colors again uh the for the rest of the season which means uh not again for the club because he's off to France unless mon pelia decide what are we buying Chris Jones times times online rugby pass.com final story is about Stuart hog um who has put himself into rehab he was arrested for threatening an abusive Behavior outside his wife's house and then I think his brother or brother-in-law's house right yeah the wife's house in his hometown of high