Chris Jones

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1,513 appearances 6 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 15 Sep

Chris Jones’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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So hopefully they're being paid in dollars now.

But, yeah, the reason they're going to America, obviously, is because someone has come up with a very good financial reason to go there.

But this is all about brands, isn't it?

At the moment, it's about your brand.

And they've even branded the tournament.

It's the RGR, isn't it?

So the guys looking to make the money are doing their very best, but...

There are too many competitions out there.

They've just announced ITV in the UK are going to be doing the Rugby World Cup again.

They've done every one of them.

That's sewn up.

So their monies are all now focused on the Rugby World Cup.

They're not suddenly going to be giving tens of millions of pounds because there's this fantastic series between South Africa and New Zealand.

And TV is where the money is.

It's what generates the huge cash flow.

situation in French rugby.

It's why football in Europe is so lucrative.

There just aren't the number of deals out there to be done at the moment because everybody's watching the pound, dollar, rand in their pocket.

So set this up, get it going.

The next series, which will be four tests in New Zealand, you would hope,

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