Rugby Pod End of Year Awards & Christmas Spec...

We break down a blockbuster opening round of the Nations Championship, with Ireland edging a thriller against Australia, Scotland lighting it up in Argentina, Wales finally finding back-to-back wins, and South Africa overpowering England at Ellis Park. The lads dig into the big t ...  Show more

We're celebrating our 500th episode as international rugby returns with the inaugural Nations Championship. We preview all the big North v South clashes, including England’s daunting trip to Ellis Park to face the Springboks, an injury-hit Ireland heading to Australia, Scotland’s ...  Show more

Merry Christmas from everyone at The Ruck! Will Kelleher, Alex Lowe and Alan Dymock look back on 2022 by naming their men's XV team of the year, plus a number of other end of year awards! Will chats with England and Saracen's Zoe Harrison to look back on her year, which included ...  Show more

Happy new year! What better way to start 2024 than with the first Ruck of the year. Alfie Reynolds, Alex Lowe and Will Kelleher name a men's World XV of 2023, which is dominated by South Africa and New Zealand who reached the World Cup final. Alfie chats with England under-20 and ...  Show more

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from everyone involved with The Ruck! On this festive episode, Alex Lowe and Stephen Jones look back on 2021 and cast their gaze forward into 2022. Their special guest is the England and Wasps winger Abby Dow who looks back on her excellent year ...  Show more

Alex Lowe, Stephen Jones, Adam Hathaway and Mike Aylwin join forces for the 2019 Ruck Christmas Party. They discuss the battle at the bottom of the Gallagher Premiership and ask if everyone is too good to go down this year, after World Rugby announced it will be reviewing salary ...  Show more