Owen has been a great servant of Saracens, England and the Lions. Good luck to him in France!!
@jamesnewto7 ай бұрын
This is so good for Owen. He is playing outside the coming superstar 9, Le Garrec, with Kalisi and so many top players. Even more, he is in the web of Lancaster. Can’t wait for Faz 2..0. Can you imagine the two Wiganers, GOD (Edwards) and Faz jr speaking French together? The world is not ready for that.
@marcdaniels90797 ай бұрын
😂😂😂LOL
@MiniMatthew7 ай бұрын
Where were the kind comments when he played for England? I'm happy for him and don't blame him. He put up with English media for way longer than anyone could. Fair play to him.
@MattyJ0467 ай бұрын
Bang on - media (and public) hounded him unnecessarily and forced this. Credit to him for taking the step across. Our loss. Their gain.
@garykivell7 ай бұрын
Best wishes to you Owen, great player and great servant to English rugby 👍
@nicansionnaigh7 ай бұрын
Good luck to Owen, hell of a player. Him and stu meeting up ain’t good for us here in Leinster. But we rise to the challenge
@nicolasmaligner87537 ай бұрын
Bienvenue Owen! I really hope you'll shine as Sir Wilko did for Toulon. Great news for the Top 14 anyway. Cheers from Brittany.
@herb20787 ай бұрын
Unfortunately a lot of casual rugby fans who didn’t have a clue and a big big mouth ruined it all. The abuse and lack of respect he got was disgusting and should never have happened. Don’t blame him at all. Best of luck Faz
@BenDavies-on4hr7 ай бұрын
He could have learnt how to tackle…
@herb20787 ай бұрын
@@BenDavies-on4hr classic Welsh keyboard warrior 😴 shows how soft the games got when people cry about a 10 tackling people too hard! Embarrassing
@BenDavies-on4hr7 ай бұрын
@@herb2078 not too hard, just illegally.
@herb20787 ай бұрын
@@BenDavies-on4hr 😂 give your head a wobble soft lad
@christianwithers73357 ай бұрын
"Ruined it all" ...in ten years time he will reflect and be very glad it any casual fans made him leave. He will experience so much off the field and his family will thrive and love the lifestyle
@Markwhoami7 ай бұрын
GBR is the dominant scrum of podcasts 👍 I wish Owen Farrell all the best after giving his all to Sarries and England. As a Sarries fan I’m sad to see him go, but he’s been amazing for years and he deserves huge success. As for Sarries I’d like to see Marnie Libbock replace him, a good international player that Mark Mcall could turn into a great one. Let’s hope all the Faz haters can finally be silent now and then forgotten. Faz was and is a world class player. Cheers Faz
@randyschwaggins7 ай бұрын
That's it in so far as England is concerned. Im sure OF will be great at Racing and will sign off his international career in style with the Lions. Kudos to the man...👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@davidbanks41687 ай бұрын
Good luck to him. Hope he gets more time for the things he wants to do and less grief off the media.
@georgebutts47347 ай бұрын
I think the RFU have run English rugby the same way as the establishment have run our country. Rugby in England is in a mess and it’s only the players that seem to be paying the price. Good luck Owen good move.
@thereader66677 ай бұрын
All massive tories mate.
@christianwithers73357 ай бұрын
Keep your politics out of our sport thank you
@jb94337 ай бұрын
One of the greatest players to pull on an England shirt. Leaves a massive hole in the national team.
@wanderer55987 ай бұрын
Barring any injuries a stint at racing should mold him into his "final form". International 10's mature in their mid 30's. Playing in the top 14 against such varied opposition should really see him reach his full potential.
@user-eq9jv5uf7d7 ай бұрын
You might want your 10's to be maturing a little earlier than mid 30's as thats generally when they retire.
@wanderer55987 ай бұрын
@@user-eq9jv5uf7d Hardly. Look at Sexton 38 or Carter 35. If you can make it to that age bracket without injury you have a tactical knowledge advantage due to experience. There's a reason guys are still playing test rugby in that position well into their 30's. You really should learn more about the game mate.
@user-eq9jv5uf7d7 ай бұрын
@@wanderer5598 Sexton was a dinosaur at the RWC at least 2 years past his prime, hardly any 10's are still playing international rugby at his age let alone being anywhere near their prime. DC was on top of his game well before his mid-thirties as was Jonny Wilkinson which is just as well really considering they both retired in their mid thirties funnily enough.
@BootsontheTable7 ай бұрын
Good luck to him, he deserves the experience of France and escaping the idiots who hound him for no good reason. I hope we see him back for England but if not thanks for everything he has done
@celtic333ful7 ай бұрын
Great move by Lancaster. He now has his "Sexton" at Racing. He has a general on the field who will drive his vision.
@JKMeZmA7 ай бұрын
Get that financial security further set, great stuff 👍 doesn’t need the stress and hassle from fans anymore. Done plenty
@timwannell64777 ай бұрын
Good on him 👏👍 All the disgusting trolling has worked out for the better for him.
@user-vi5qq1nj7j7 ай бұрын
How come all these rugby players can go and work in France? As a chef I'd love to go, learn the language, learn the cuisine but can't seem to do it.
@ianunwin7 ай бұрын
take the payday Owen you deserve it who knows maybe the old farts will see sense and allow players to represent their country wherever they choose to play.good luck sir and thank you for your service.
@LukeP31367 ай бұрын
It would harm England rugby if players were in France and Japan they would not be released to train as much. Not to mention developing players would not have as many opportunities to test themselves against the best in our Prem.
@alexdonner90817 ай бұрын
Gutted to see him go as a Saracens fan, but no complaints about him going - he deserves a move like this. I still don't think you should write him off playing for Saracens/England again - he's signed a 2 year contract which leaves open him returning for a Last Dance at 34/35 yrs old - Sexton played until 37.
@2011hwalker7 ай бұрын
nah, england are better without him long term. Incredibly dull to watch england with him at 10.
@wjbss36476 ай бұрын
I’m English and I hope we’re shit in the 6 nations so people see what we’re missing and hopefully people will finally be honest about Marcus smith I.e he’s a very good club player
@johntrlong7 ай бұрын
The very best of luck to you Owen.
@patrickchilds29876 ай бұрын
It’s a great signing for 92.
@jamesnewto7 ай бұрын
On the discussion point of Sarries and the future at 10, I have a left field solution. Go get Ross Byrne from Leinster. He is a big unit and would fit in to the Sarries way.
@wanderer55987 ай бұрын
1000% we'll see him back in a white shirt lad just needs a break.
@jonathanteppler78077 ай бұрын
Off topic - where/when/how can we get GBR mugs? (As in the coffee mug, not you lot!) :)
@schnozz877 ай бұрын
Don't blame him for walking away from England. It's one thing getting endless abuse from SA fans (even when their heroic captain constantly says what a great guy Farrell is) but the garbage and endless abuse from England fans is hard to understand. The prawn sandwich brigade who never rose above the ranks of their school 2nd XV always bang on about "he can't tackle, he's arrogant" etc but the truth is they've pushed one of the best players of his generation into turning his back on England. Good on Farrell and I hope Paris is good to him!
@bulltraderpt7 ай бұрын
I thought Arundell didn't get along with Farrell at the world cup?
@patrickchilds29876 ай бұрын
No Arundel got a hair dryer on the training pitch. The captain sets the standards that is his job . Happens all the time, I suspect Arundel will be looking forward to playing with him
@nathanhealey-potter86847 ай бұрын
Would love it if he came on the show!
@romainviry31857 ай бұрын
Hé s a great player no doubt. I wonder what will be the French fans reaction though. Hé s not particular loved here.. he will definitely get a special treatment on the pitch Hoping for him he ll have a chance of proving he s a good man as advertised in England The fans from opposite teams will root for him to get smashed (legally, no tucked elbows 😅) and cheer on every single mistake he will make. Part of the welcome process 😂
@tobymcflurry2587 ай бұрын
Hope Faz smashes it in france, hes a legend of English rugby. Absolute disgrace how hes been treated here in recent years, good on him for taking a money move and leaving the toxic english press and fanbase.
@kenjukes28457 ай бұрын
Owen's not that Northern - he went to school in Harpenden, Hertfordshire
@thereader66677 ай бұрын
He’s about as Northern as a northerner can be. Where he went to school is arbitrary.
@happynogod16467 ай бұрын
Best wishes to Owen and family. From what I have seen you had unjust criticism to someone that served England so well. I have lived and worked in France for more than ten years so here is my advice. If you drive forget roundabout etiquette. Embrace the food and culture it is what the French do best. However if you are like me take a load of Patak's sauces and dark chocolate biscuits and your preferred tea bags. Your kids will be well educated as is most of the French population. Learn the language or at least attempt because hey it's worth it and it gives you a new skill. I wear an English red rose (sorry fellow Yorkies) on my back when I am in the factory where I work in Toulouse and it creates such a friendly banter very much like working in Blighty where you can be critical and friendly in the same breath
@mickconners93777 ай бұрын
Hask needs to stop the rising inflections
@stuartbowie66037 ай бұрын
One other Wiganer who has done rather well in France so far, is Shaun Edwards. Sure that will help him settle there too. Good luck Faz!!
@brianbarcroft91677 ай бұрын
Hope that all those over the top "I hate Farrell" idiots are happy now. Meanwhile, over here in France, we can't wait to see Racing and Farrell against Toulouse, La Rochelle, Bordeaux.....
@Badlighter7 ай бұрын
Should speak to Franck Mesnel who played 10 or 12, for the Racing RFC and France in another era.
@mygoogle14827 ай бұрын
Great, maybe Farrell can come back to proper international form and then get selected on Merritt and form not historic leadership capability. Given up listening to these guys as Haskell only sees his playing experience, ie jones was great and shouldn’t have been questioned because he was loyal to Haskell. Great very useful. Of course, it should be very developmental for Farrell. He will be taking himself out of his comfort zone and therefore pushing himself to levels he has not been to before.
@jonbrook40097 ай бұрын
Far too honest for the people in these comments.
@samurock1007 ай бұрын
This is going to be great for Rugby
@mikec25057 ай бұрын
Well Finn couldn’t get Racing over the line. Neither could Johnny Sexton. Or Dan Carter. Perhaps Faz will be the missing piece in the jigsaw…
@jimcorlett7 ай бұрын
Carter won top14
@SmcdMcd-d2k7 ай бұрын
Johnny was a baby playing for racing. He was no where near as good as he was in the latter stages. It’s also not just down to one player
@mikec25057 ай бұрын
@@jimcorlett I was thinking more of the big one, really….
@jimcorlett7 ай бұрын
Fair enough but in France the top14 comes first though🤷♂️😂
@siglo27647 ай бұрын
finn russell came back from racing now back in the uk at bath
@SeanT6497 ай бұрын
Great signing for them he’s an excellent player.I hope the unfair press he got played no part in it and the that he makes a good few bob.
@tylerbennett98856 ай бұрын
Does this mean Farrell with play for France in the rwc and 6 nations
@philsimon44577 ай бұрын
Nothing but best wishes for Owen Farrell! May be the British media circus will realise how wrong it is to push all the wrong ‘personal’ buttons on social media and in the press! I hope he and his family will enjoy some peace in this amazing country that I am lucky enough to call home! 😊
@thereader66677 ай бұрын
RFU need to look at what they did with Anthony Watson and prepare to do that with other players. I think we are going to loose so many good players to France and it will cost us. Happy for Owen, this is is the right decision.
@bonusfishfox17 ай бұрын
Love this GBR do I win a prize 🤣
@user-sd3hb6ru1w7 ай бұрын
Lots of positive comments, fair enough. However, does anyone else think this has been badly handled by OF? Taking a break for mental health quickly turned into a lucrative contract in France. Was he being honest from the start? Not saying anything one way or another, but it doesn’t look good.
@NTL5787 ай бұрын
Yeah, I do think that's the constant stick and scrutiny made him want to join Racing, but I think the fact he was joining Racing was more of a factor of him not wanting to play in the 6N. He knew all the talk would have been about him possibly playing his last 6N, and the game vs France would have been overload. To be clear, I don't think that means he handled it badly etc. I just think he realised the whole of the 6N would have been constant talk about his move, and unless England won the tournament constant criticism and calls for Smith to play.
@patrickchilds29876 ай бұрын
Why has he done that is dishonest?
@MARTINA-gc3tq7 ай бұрын
Well thanks very much Matt Dawson and your hater buddies.
@paulbismuth107 ай бұрын
He won't be paid as much as now ( sources says around 450000-500000 € a year, though nobody saw the contract), it's not the Eldorado like 10 years ago. But Paris is maybe too big for a quiet man like him, however i wish him the best at Racing 92. I hope he pulls up a Wilko.
@patrickchilds29873 ай бұрын
Turns out he will be the highest paid rugby player in the game . Good luck to him
@LaChartre7 ай бұрын
Good for Owen; escape the toxic English bubble, make some cash with zero pressure! Thank you for everything Fazza!
@christianwithers73357 ай бұрын
Is he only going there for a rematch with Henry ? 🤕👊
@LukeP31367 ай бұрын
He is a marquee player on a reported £800k a year. Add 25k a pop for 8 england games a year. Hes doing this to extend his career not playing as many intense games and get experiance for his coaching career
@SmcdMcd-d2k7 ай бұрын
He’s doing it because all the abuse he has to put up with too
@marcdaniels90797 ай бұрын
Every game in the Top 14 is super intense
@pauldavies72517 ай бұрын
"What"? The top 14 is way higher intensity than the premiership & they don't rest players that get paid a million quid a year
@LukeP31367 ай бұрын
Racing pumped Perpignan, Poo and Oyannex at home this year. A club team full of internationals or leading England who everyone wants to beat (Italy excluded 🤣). I think statistically the top 14 is slower too.
@AuxaneST7 ай бұрын
Faz in the Paris suburbs in an Olympic year... Interesting. Hope he hammers some hate of defeat into this gang of insta starlets... Can't wait to hear his Geordie French à la Shaun Edwards... 😂
@chrishicks11917 ай бұрын
Won't be the only Sarries player that ends up in France next year
@jonbrook40097 ай бұрын
I've nothing against OF at all. I always thought he came across as an alright bloke in his interviews and couldn't understand the negativity toward him personally. However, as a 10 I think his moment has passed. He had a period playing for England where he did a good enough job but he's hardly an 'electric' fly half or even that creative. After the 2019 world cup he went right off the boil and his last couple of games for Saracens have been error-strewn at best. We all ride a wave at times but that wave eventually hits the beach and the ride is over. Good luck to him at Racing, hope he makes a fortune and enjoys it but I can't see his style gelling with the French way of doing things. And, with all the respect in the world, I hope we never see him again in an England shirt. Time to look forward...
@tomjoyce63657 ай бұрын
Just remember that Racing tried to sign Marcus Smith first
@patrickchilds29876 ай бұрын
That’s because his contract wasn’t signed . It’s irrelevant
@mrjayq7 ай бұрын
good for him
@mikedee1717 ай бұрын
Congrats Owen
@emmettculleton71657 ай бұрын
He’s going to thrive he was wasted in England. Good luck Owen
@maverick41777 ай бұрын
Good on him, he is probably sick of the press and arm chair nobody’s criticising him every week for something And the number of young and top flight internationals that are going there Shows how weak the premier game has become Hardly growing our domestic game
@clemfandango6197 ай бұрын
Does Tindall believe he is a less 'rounded' person than Haskell for not playing in France? 'Sake.
@dougsaunders81097 ай бұрын
Why would he not go, good luck Faz enjoy it Edit: French with the most northern of English accent
@dino-xi8vd7 ай бұрын
2 year deal will mean he can always come back to a english club to open him up for the world cup
@chrismilner18837 ай бұрын
Good luck Owen
@julianfoster40157 ай бұрын
Please Don't say Rassing ninety two. It's either Racing 92 or Rassing quatre vingt douze
@user-mi9nb3iy4s7 ай бұрын
After all the grief he’s suffered at the hands of so called rugby fans, is it any wonder that Owen Farrell has decided that he’s had enough of the English rugby scene. Everyone will be sorry to see him leave Sarries and for the tenure of his time in France, England too, but it’s a well trodden path for great players as they head towards the the twilight of their careers; Wilco, Dan Cater et al, so true rugby fans will only offer their best wishes to Owen and his family.
@Adam__U7 ай бұрын
Good on Faz, media are rotten here. You have a limited shelf life as a player, go make hay while the sun shines. Might make the RFU look at their players playing abroad policy, probably not and just wishful thinking on my part that the dinosaurs in charge of English rugby will listen but you can always dream.
@mikecahill39897 ай бұрын
Didn’t the french Boo him more than the English fans🤷♂️Tuto Binuto!
@rivenwizz7 ай бұрын
He will play for Lions before he plays for England (if he ever does). Big loss for England and sarries.
@bowlingarry7 ай бұрын
Best of luck to Farrell he took alot of unfair snide criticism, some of it clearly due to his northern/RL background. Unfortunately rugby union in general has suffered massively since covid.. It doesnt seem to engage people as it did... rule changes and refs consistently killing it are turning people away. Thats before you debate clubs dying before our eyes and the RFU mercilessly taking fans for granted with higher and higher ticket prices and second rate merchandise
@nickmoran32367 ай бұрын
Quade Cooper - next Sarries 10.
@ayewgueye0067 ай бұрын
Mannie Libbok would be more exciting
@ericguillerm51527 ай бұрын
Will he get booed in France or applauded????
@usarugbyleagueunionfan7 ай бұрын
Damn. I thought he was coming to RFCLA or Rugby Football Club Los Angeles in MLR
@EnglishVeteran7 ай бұрын
Good luck Owen.
@JJCGamingYT7 ай бұрын
HE IS FINALLY GONE!
@robertcornelius80567 ай бұрын
Reading l’Equipe which is the sports bible where every fan has their say , I don’t think he will be popular at Racing
@patrickchilds29876 ай бұрын
I think he is a great signing for 92 and I’m sure when he arrives the fans will get behind him
@aledwyn60177 ай бұрын
Not a huge fan but owes sarries nothing
@jep19127 ай бұрын
Couldn't care less. Stayed too long, just like the Vunipola's, Tuilagi, May, Cole.
@HuwEvans.7 ай бұрын
What a great fan you are 🙄
@matthewbazeley29847 ай бұрын
We would of been obliterated in the game against South Africa if not for Cole, Marler and to a lesser extent May
@LaChartre7 ай бұрын
woah, look out for the tough guy!
@RazorMouth7 ай бұрын
I thought he was still in tackle school.
@rob.17 ай бұрын
Hilarious. Brilliant
@bonzocov7 ай бұрын
You must be a real high achiever....or loser😊
@siglo27647 ай бұрын
worst keep secrett in rugby
@ghotio19277 ай бұрын
Why is this such an issue ? You guys are a walking contradiction . One minute you say the press is too harsh next thing you question every thing he does .
@georgerobson74287 ай бұрын
They were pretty positive on the whole thing if you actually watch the video, the only questions were asked towards each other and each one was answered with positivity and support for Farrell, bit of a pointless comment tbh
@ghotio19277 ай бұрын
I cant remember them doing the same for all the other english players who went to France ..... and they were eligible for england too , they're obsessed with him .@@georgerobson7428
@ghotio19277 ай бұрын
Its not about them being negative its the constant gossip about anything farell does .@@georgerobson7428
@Sweetjadie7 ай бұрын
Saracens the cheats. He was only kept at Saracens with the cheating money. It meant that Saracens never developed a proper buisness model or club fandom, developed a £40.8 million debt and the league is still unwinding from the issues. It meant we had to watch games that were silly stacked and other teams had their players poached. Ashton, Wigglesworth, Hodgson, Daly, etc where all poached with cheating money to surround him. Meanwhile the horrid atmosphere on the pitch was dreadful, often coming from Farrell. Because he has never been at a community club he never developed a rapport with fans which spilled over to England. Borthwick says now that things have to change with England meeting fans expectations - Farrell going is the best chance of that happening. Goodbye and good riddance. As for the future of Saracens, first they need to pay back their debts from proper commercial activities before they go bust, not cream off the profits from those activities as some sort of extra payments to players. Second develop a fly half from their academy!
@patrickchilds29876 ай бұрын
Ok Karen. Have another cry and put on your big boy pants and move on like everyone else has ffs. I love it when people like you bring up the Saracens cap like it is a unique situation that hasn’t happened to most clubs at some point . Nor are Sarries responsible for the problems in the current league, what a stupid thing to suggest , yes they have brought players from other clubs just like every other rugby club does . They also have one of the most successful academies in Europe . Sarries is a community club , if you go there you will see the level of engagement they have with the local community as well as how much he is loved by the Sarries fans . All clubs have debt and Sarries are managing theirs more successfully than most. I get you don’t like Sarries or Farrell and that’s fine. Don’t go there, no one is going to miss you . Interested at your lack of knowledge about how debt is managed and how it is repaid. I’m guessing that you are not interested in the management of debt in other clubs and how players all clubs pay for their players. I’m pleased for Farrell going to 92 and he won’t have to put up with bs from people like you.
@Marius_vanderLubbe7 ай бұрын
No loss. He is a nothing rugby player.
@shonunezekiel7 ай бұрын
Why would Racing sign a 'nothing' - and what does that make you?!
@Marius_vanderLubbe7 ай бұрын
Oh dear - not a fan of free speech, shonun?@@shonunezekiel
@marcdaniels90797 ай бұрын
Bok fan much ??? 😅😅
@Marius_vanderLubbe7 ай бұрын
@@marcdaniels9079 😄.
@HuwEvans.7 ай бұрын
Van Der Lube 😂😂😂😂😂
@Valhalla888887 ай бұрын
Farrell is a good old Irish name and his uncle played for Ireland, guess they migrated to England from Ireland during the potato famine as many did! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Farrell