Blood & Mud Rugby Podcast

This week there's a slightly sombre note as Lee & Josh mourn the passing of the true legend Joost Van Der Westhuizen; before we then turn it back up to eleven to review the Six Nations weekend, point out two instances of Ronan O'Gara arseholery, dish out the SHIT/GOOD™ ratings and at one point Lee completely loses it over stadium announcers. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmud...

Lee & Josh dive into the Six Nations to size up the squads, pick some teams and make some predictions. We also present the teams for the British & Irish Pie-uns vs The Lardbarians and Josh takes on the fiendish quiz: Peripheral Star Wars Character or Remote Rugby Club. All this and some references to geopolitics. You simply don't get this with other rugby pods. Support this show http://supporter.a...

We reach the milestone of our half century of podcasts caps and to celebrate we have a look at the weekend's European rugby, select the team of the worst players ever to get fifty caps, throw some celebratory SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings around, fume about Will Greenwood's dickie bow, laugh at Carlo Canna's drop goal attempt and have a cracking chat with Alex Shaw about who to look out for in the upcoming U...

Lee & Josh are joined by Sean Wilson for a chat about just what exactly has gone wrong in South Africa, who's fault is it and how are they going to fix it? Some dive-shaming and wistful reflection on what it means for the game; andt here's also the usual round up of the weekend, new depths of farce in the Cuthbert-Plisson Cup than you could possibly fathom and more from our legendary ratings syste...

The lads take a very long look at the shambolic first weekend of the new high tackle directives, Wales feature in a 1990s #YouDirtyGet, the Cuthbert-Plisson Cup returns to its spiritual home and there is the usual round of reviews and awarding of SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more...

It may be new year but your same old pod is back after the festive hiatus to answer a number of questions. Is it fair to sack a DoR mid-season? Is Aaron Mauger getting off lightly? Why does Manu Tuilagi keep breaking? Who are the fifteen most Gittish Lions? Who currently holds the Cuthbert-Plisson Cup? How many players have fallen victim to rugby's Foregone Conclusion Syndrome™? This and more as L...

The are not really full of the festive spirit as they look back over 2016, review the European weekend and lose all sense of perspective about World Rugby's high tackle nonsenseSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Josh & Lee reluctantly bang on about the high tackle nightmare engulfing our wonderful sport, review weekend's happenings, listen and stare in gloriously bewilderment the Sunwolves new promo video and song, throw the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings about and marvel at Mike Phillips's festive sceneSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out inform...

Josh is strangely more positive about England than Lee is and the lads are joined by Tony Fretwell from the RFL to chat through the differences between our two games and what they are currently learning from each other. There's also the usual SHIT/GOOD stuff and return to Wales for the Cuthbert-Plisson Cup...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for p...

Josh and Lee sort of overcome some new computer issues to chat through all the action from the weekend including lots of cards, England's baffling competency, argue if Ireland are better than them, verbally roll their eyes at Wales and tackle other big issues like which rugby players would you most love or hate to take one-way trip to Mars with. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodan...

The two lads take a long hard look at the alleged spree killing that New Zealand inflicted on the poor unexpecting Ireland players, lose their shit over the lack of perspective around high tackles, get all "meh" about England, have very differing views on Scotland and point and laugh and Wales and South AfricSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for p...

Josh is fresh from a trip to the Principality Stadium and Lee is fresh from struggling to get a signal on his Sky box to chat through all the weekend's action, including: Liam Williams - Pugilist Supreme; Marland Yarde is not very good, Slight Return; Scotland and their neverending non-winning ways and a woman with a vomit bib. This plus the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings. It truly is all happening. Support t...

It's a bumper week as Lee & Josh get their teeth into Ireland beating the All Blacks, Wales rolling over and dying vs Australia, check in on the latest shocks in #SHITWATCH, dish out the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings and have a chat with everyone's new favourite Scottish person and part time DJ, Dave The Brick as he tells us all about his forty years at St Boswell's RFC in the lower Scottish leagues. Support...

After some soul splintering technical issues, Lee & Josh finally get a pod recorded that features a lovely chat with Ireland's Robbie Henshaw, momentous #EdinburghShitWatch news, more people who inexplicably like Austin Healey and the usual rounds of reviews and SHIT/GOOD™Ratings. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out informati...

The long wait for the next pod episode is over but my word it's worth the wait. We round up the latest European action, give New Zealand some serious credit, consider whether boat orgies are ever OK, give out some SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings and add another dodgy incident to the #YouDirtyGet Bucket Of InfamySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and...

Lee, Josh and super special veteran legend guest Lenny Woodard talk England judo injuries, Dan Carter's not so awful "crimes" and the important difference between types of steroids before Lenny regales us with tales from his wandering two-code career. Plus there's all the usual review, ratings and a song at the end. So much in there, we're exhausted just typing it! Support this show http://support...

This week, Lee & Josh have the usual mix of reviews, #SHITWATCH and the like. We’ve also have more #99rugbyproblems problems, an extremely controversial "I Don’t Second That Emotion", and some player spotting to report before finishing with a song, like a cruise ship full of misanthropy sailing towards a Mathieu Bastareaud shaped fatberg. Delightful. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bl...

Lee & Josh chat weekend games, SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings, another bizarre ShitWatch Cuthbert-Plisson Cup Final, someone shares their shame in “I Don’t Second That Emotion”, a truly despicable act is this week's You Dirty Get™ and another musical number is added to The Loop playlist. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. L...

The boys are back one day late (apologies) to talk weekend games, #99RugbyProblems, SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings, a ShitWatch in the tempest, a controversial selection for our new feature "I Don't Second That Emotion" and another musical number is launched into The Loop playlist. All this and swearing, what more do you want? Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privac...

A round up of the weekend's domestic and international gubbins, a good bout of moaning about many subjects featuring the Lions, a disagreement over celebrating turnovers before Mourad Boudjellal manages to top us all. There are more entries for our new feature #99RugbyProblems and another song added is added to The Loop playlist. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See a...

The lads are back after the summer break with their novel season preview format, the return of SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings, some Rugby Championship chat, the new #99RugbyProblems feature and the latest addition to The Loop playlistSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c...

It's been such a long season and the lads are so worn out that Lee forgets what number pod we are on and Josh finds a lot of love for Devin Toner; this is is the level we are not operating on.  We review the tours, name our joint Team Of The Tours, add some more entries to the Rugby Lexicon, do the final SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings of the the season, see which players have made it to the pantheon of legend...

Lee revels in England's first ever series win in Australia, Josh not so much, instead indulging in some full-on Wales psychological pessimism. There are some more entries in the Rugby Lexicon, Ruaridh Jackson does Bunga-Bunga and the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings are handed out before The Loop continues on its rugby related musical way. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast...

Lee has to admit something that he really, really doesn't want to; Josh is simultaneously happy and disappointed and Paddy Jackson is given his due. There is plenty of SHIT/GOOD™ to splash around, we enter some words into our new Rugby Lexicon and add yet another track to The Loop - the world's first and only rugby related playlist. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. Se...

Lee & Josh do some serious tour previewing, discuss a You Dirty Get Hall Of Fame incident involving Alan Quinlan's posterior, have a lovely chat with Ulster & Ireland's Iain Henderson and add a very topSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices