Michael Vaughan
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I think the final was my 35th test and I only lost four times.
Right, so real confidence.
Which was quite strange for that time and we were playing Australia, we'd never lost them.
So from my point of view, Ian Bolshaw, Josh Lucy, Jason Robinson, Ben Cohen, Steve Thompson,
Ben Kay, from their point of view, half the team, that was the norm, was winning.
We didn't play well in that World Cup, but to get it done in the end and have it done in the way that it happened was amazing.
People will never forget it.
That's what's so lovely about sport, isn't it?
I mean, you get these sort of golden moments.
I mean, what was a highlight of that one for you?
I mean, the whole thing seemed to be swept along, not on the archery, Oki, if I'm sure, but just down the road.
I could hear the cheers coming up from all of you.
Because it kind of really built up, didn't it?
That whole question with the equestrianism as well.
It was, you know... The atmosphere of 2012 was just amazing.
You think about it now, like London's generally... I'm not doing London any disservice, but it's grumpy.
You know, people don't really want... During that 2012-11, everyone was... The volunteers were amazing.
Everything was...
The backdrop of where the dressage was was incredible.
Nothing else mattered apart from... We think World Cups are big, but actually when you do cover an Olympics, the sheer scale of it and all the different angles... You're still riding, by the way.