Blood & Mud Rugby Podcast

Lee & Josh are melting with the heat as they discuss the weekend action and mull over Warren Gatland's alleged destruction of the British & Irish Lions. There are is also an attempt to determine what separates a great offload from a good one and an attempt to pick a Lions test squad and the expected result. A listener also creates a new award "Shithouse Of The Year".Support this show http://suppor...

Since the last episode there has been what feels like an entire season of rugby and Lee & Josh are dying to get their teeth into the British & Irish Lions loss vs Blues and magnificent win over Crusaders, marvel at the batshittery of England's win over Argentina before casting their eye over the other weekend fixtures. Plus, there's Dragons good news, Sean Holley on a trike, Karl Marx, ringpieces...

The Lions is finally, properly here and Lee & Josh pick apart the stultifying performance vs the NZ Barbarians and there's also all the usual nonsense, Player Spotted, news round-ups, SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings. Added to this we add another incident to the You Dirty Get™ Hall of Fame and preview the Lions vs Blues game. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy f...

It's the end of the domestic season (apart from in France, where there are still 22 weeks to go probably), and Lee & Josh are full of joy about the Aviva Premiership and Guinness Pro12 finals, but not so much about those head-dresses. There's a #SeanHolleySongs James Bond special, a legendary Player Spotted, and the ever-present SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings. We also look at the Lions tour now it's finally h...

It's a week of contrasts and Lee & Josh wallow in the lovely waters of a mostly wonderful weekend of Aviva Premiership and Guinness Pro12 semi-final rugby, but then Lee has something akin to a primal scream type meltdown over James Haskell: British & Irish Lion. He just about manages to pull himself together for the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby....

Lee & Josh continue the midweek so-called magic of the extra episode with the sole purpose of previewing the weekend Aviva Premiership and Guinness Pro12 semi-finals. But of course they also veer off into player spotted territory, more #SeanHolleySongs and some grief laden chat about Chris Cornell. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and...

Lee & Josh tell us what we learned from the European Finals weekend, take a look at Sean Holley's potential greatest hits, choose an unofficial Lions anthem, have a look at some heroically bad seasons around the country and to top it all there's some reminiscing about when Kenny Rogers sang to the England rugby team. All this plus the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings. It's a cornucopia of rugby chatter and blus...

A cheeky midweek preview pod for the upcoming European Champions and Challenge Cup finals, in which we become very worried about Billy Twelvetrees' wellbeing. But, as you know, there is no way we can keep it to on subject so there's also a chat about the Rugby World Cup 2019 pools draw and another installment of Sean Holley's baffling and equally compelling and repellent singing repertoire. Suppor...

The regular season is at an end and the road to the play-offs have come to its entirely predictable end. Lee & Josh mull over the final weekend of ordinary time, have a recycling related player spotted, compile the listener requested Coalition of Chaos XV, update the latest Cuthbert-Plisson Cup winners in #SHITWATCH, and finish as usual with the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings. Support this show http://support...

The seasons heads towards its denouement and Lee & Josh furnish you with what they learned from the weekend's action in the Aviva Premiership and Pro 12, we have a very topical Strong & Stable XV, a KFC related player spotted report and Lee both goes off on one about Men's Health and does "impression" of Gavin Hastings. Absolute scenes. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby...

This week Lee & Josh break down the European semi final weekend, consider some of the Greatest Tries Never Scored, and have a chat with Jamie Wall all the way from New Zealand about what the Lions chances are before he stays with us for the usual dishing out of the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out infor...

We simply can't get enough British & Irish Lions chat at the minute, so here we chew over Warren Gatland's announcement of the 41-man squad for New Zealand. Lee & Josh also marvel and the official Lions squad photos, a listener sends in a cracking "Player Spotted" and there's also a quick look ahead to the massive semi-on in Europe this weekend. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodan...

Lee & Josh finally fall in line and talk about the Lions, which involves arguing over Chris Robshaw vs Justin Tipuric, the tricky third scrum-half, why the centres are a bit rubbish and many other feline topics. We also have a lovely chat with Ben Uttley, director of the Lions behind the scenes documentaries on the previous two tours and teeing up for the big one in New Zealand. All this and the S...

Another bumper week sees Lee & Josh letting you know what they learned from the European Rugby weekend, a new Dai Young jingle, some suggestions for Rugby reality TV series, both of the lads getting extremely cheesed off with Lions chatter and some impressions of Donald & Davey Stott. It really is all happening. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy f...

Domestic rugby returns but we are still here to talk for too long in the same old way. This week: things we learned from the weekend, an earth shattering #SHITWATCH update as the Cuthbert-Plisson Cup heads back to Wales, a chat about the situation at the Dragons, another edition of The Year In Rugbistory and of course, the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmu...

This week's pod is a massive emotional monster, not unlike Big Vern at the end of the Italy match. Sit back and and enjoy as we relive the weekend's Six Nations action, do some effctive metres carried statistical analysis and select our SHIT and GOOD teams of the tournament. We also announce the winners of the Superbru fantasy league and talk some other nonsense, probably. Support this show http:/...

Lee & Josh have a good old chew over the weekend's fixtures, talk cardigans, tweed and other sartorial choices and dish out more SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings to all and sundry. Support 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

A bit later than usual, Josh and Lee preview the weekend's six nations action, introduce the new quiz The Year In Rugbistory, and welcome back old favourites The Rugby Lexicon, You Dirty Get and everyone's favourite feature: Josh having a meltdown over Wales. Never gets old. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Le...

Fresh from their visit to Twickenham, Lee & Josh share a lovely chat with England international Billy Vunipola, discuss the end of rugby as we know it (aka England vs Italy), Josh has a full on Wales-failure related meltdown, Ireland vs France and the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn...

The return of domestic rugby is chewed over and spat out, SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings are awarded, the worlds most disturbing mascot is found, as is a recording of Sean Holley singing a song to Warren Gatland. No, we didn't make the last bit up. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...

Lee & Josh review an epic Six Nations encounter in Cardiff, a decent encounter in Paris and a borderline waste of time in Rome. There's also all the usual, some U20s Six Nations chat and a frankly ridiculous yet delicious Gastronomic XV.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...

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...