18. Nick Knowles: Cornish Pirates can be rugby's Wrexham

From re-building homes to building Cornish Pirates into the 'Wrexham' of rugby union.

TV presenter Nick Knowles joins Bill Beaumont and Ian Botham to reveal why he's chosen to invest in the Championship club, what led him from a council estate in London to support them and how he's looking to replicate Rob Mac and Ryan Reynolds is taking the Cornish brand to Hollywood.

We also discuss the latest on the state of domestic and international rugby, debate whether league is more exciting than union and what's Ian's views on the latest goings on in the England cricket camp?

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