For The Love Of Rugby

Ben and Dan have nine Premiership winners medals between them... so who better to take you behind the scenes of the big day? Join them at the team hotel and getting stuck in lifts, join them on the team bus and turning up late to Twickenham, follow them into the changing rooms and of course we'll hear about THAT Freddie Burns drop-goal. 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVX...

England fly-half George Ford is in the studio with Ben Youngs and Dan Cole for probably the best interview he’s ever given. How does he run a test match? How did he mastermind England’s wins over Ireland and Argentina? And how he transformed England’s “clunky” attack into something that excited fans towards the end of the Six Nations. 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdq...

Ben and Dan give you their take on an incredible Champions Cup final as Toulouse beat Leinster in extra time. Ben enjoys every moment of Dupont's dominant performance, Dan analyses a failed drop-goal attempt and why can't Leinster get over the line? Plus we look ahead to two huge semi-finals in the Premiership this weekend. 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a...

What's it like to play for Toulouse? Jack Willis talks to Ben Youngs and Dan Cole ahead of the Champions Cup final against Leinster. They chat Antoine Dupont, life in the South of France and what makes Toulouse such a special club to play for. Plus Dan reveals that he asks team-mates to make him look good in open training sessions in front of his family.  📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://form...

The season is ending for clubs all over England, so Dan Cole and Ben Youngs bring you their definitive guide to the end of season social. What can go wrong? Who pays for it? Why does it always seem to involve a bus trip to London? And why wrestlers seems to be an acceptable form of fancy dress but Book of Mormon isn’t. 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a ques...

Try-scoring hero Dan Cole counts down the top 10 tries of his career so far, but was one of them really from 50 yards out? At the end of the longest season, Ben Youngs recalls his pre-season sessions that took place nearly a year ago, there’s a discussion about how Gloucester players will be feeling this week after losing by 90 points, and the revelation that Dan’s children would rather go camping...

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Who are the best club sides you’ve ever seen? Ben Youngs and Dan Cole, as rugby historians, count down the top 10 teams of their rugby lives. They’re allowed to pick any side from the year 2000 onwards.  Agree, or disagree, let them know your thoughts. 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38...

Won’t somebody think of the hookers! Ben Youngs and Dan Cole have uncovered an injustice as Premiership hookers really aren’t paid enough. They analyse Premiership Rugby’s salary cap report, imagine Mike Brown’s presentation on rugby values, ask how tall a back row needs to be and answer more of your best questions. Plus Ben is dressed up, but not for Dan’s birthday.  To donate to The Long Run, cl...

Leinster and Toulouse set up a dream Champions Cup final as Northampton and Harlequins both regret their first half performances on semi-final weekend. Ben Youngs and Dan Cole watched all the action for you, and had time to cut the grass and play bank holiday mini-golf. Plus Ben introduces us to Toby, his pet tortoise, who definitely isn’t massive, and might not even be called Toby for much longer...

Courtney Lawes is back in studio with Ben Youngs and Dan Cole to answer your questions. What really happened between Mike Brown and Ben Te’o in 2019? Who is England’s best tackler? And what would happen if England’s rugby team took on Phil Foden and Harry Kane?   📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VC...

Is Courtney Lawes England’s best ever player? The Northampton captain talks to Dan Cole and Ben Youngs about the art of smashing people, how he became a world class ball carrier and what motivates him to keep getting better.  Plus there's a chat about how the tight five miss at least a third of each game they play in.  📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a ques...

Ben Youngs and Dan Cole are back to reveal the results of what some people are calling the sporting event of the year... the For The Love Of Rugby 2024 Draft!   Ahead of the final weekend of the Women's Six Nations, we look ahead to the Grand Slam decider between France and England. After Ben's scouting mission into the Red Roses camp, can John Mitchell's side claim the championship once more in B...

Ellis Genge and Anthony Watson join Ben Youngs and Dan Cole for an NFL-style draft. Every international rugby player (from the last 12 months) is available for selection as Dan tries to take charge of proceedings. He has a lot of rules, a stats book and a plant pot for a bell. It’s just like the NFL. Get involved and vote for the winning team. Just head to @loveofrugby on Instagram.  Send us your...

How do coaches drop players? And how does it feel when it happens to you? It’s another questions episode as Ben Youngs talks about his dyslexia, and Dan Cole has started thinking about the global structure of club rugby.  Would we change England’s overseas policy? What’s the difference between Premiership standard and international standard? Plus Jordie Barrett signs for Leinster.  Send us your ru...

Dan Cole remembers to podcast, but forgets to text his mum back about the use of his pressure washer. Ben Youngs takes a break from cleaning his decking to analyse the Champions Cup quarters finals, and the latest Red Roses demolition job in the Women’s Six Nations. Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/1nVigrVebg36GhX88 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFv...

Who are rugby’s underrated players? What’s your favourite tour story? And please tell us about the time Eddie Jones tried to shave his own head and left a patch of hair on the back.  Dan Cole and Ben Youngs answer the best questions Reddit users can offer up in this special episode.  Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnet...

Dan Cole and Ben Youngs are back from their weekend in Dublin to review a big weekend of Champions Cup. Leinster and La Rochelle prepare to meet again, Exeter master the wind against Bath at Sandy Park, Northampton and Munster deliver a classic, Dupont and Ntamack are back for Toulouse, and the Bulls need to get themselves to East Midlands Airport as soon as possible. Can Harlequins win in Bordeau...

Are you listening Peter Jackson? Dan Cole and Ben Youngs call out the special effects in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, before turning their attention to Leinster in the Champions Cup on Saturday night. There are airport stories, an invite from the Red Roses and Ben picks England’s three scrum-halves for their summer tour.  Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZ...

What is the greatest rugby shirt of all time? Ben Youngs and Dan Cole are here to discuss the history of rugby kit, which includes the curious case of the precious kit man, Ben breaking a wrist at an England kit launch and the time Dan had to do a Mizuno appearance with Olympic sprinter Marlon Devonish (WATCH HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt4ckW27wVs). Plus Ben makes us all jealous when he...

The Easter holidays have turned Dan Cole and Ben Youngs into grumpy old men. They tell stories of the good old days when men were men and pizza hut buffets were an acceptable fuel source for professional athletes.  There’s a Christmas tree prank, the real reason for Dan’s Stone Cold Steve Austin impression, the origins of Lendrid and a long pause when the lads are asked about their hobbies. 💗 Buy...

Ollie Chessum joins Dan Cole and Ben Youngs to talk about his new role in charge of organised fun in England camp. He’ll tell you why he loves lineouts, how Ben could live in his shoes, and you’ll never guess who he picks to sit next to Antoine Dupont and Dan Carter at dinner. Dan tells a story about the sweatiest bus ever, and we take a deep dive into the Chessum family tree. 💗 Buy a bobble hat:...

Dan Cole has a lot of questions to answer as he returns from England camp for podcast duty. What were his favourite off-field memories? And how many attack sessions were there between the Scotland game and the Ireland game? And in an attempt to become a relevant pundit, Ben Youngs commits to putting George North in a list of the best Six Nations players ever, but struggles to work out the rest of...

Dan Cole gets home from France, has a Sunday roast, puts the kids to bed and then calls Ben Youngs to review the final weekend of the 2024 Six Nations.  Ireland are champions, England are going in the right direction, and the atmosphere in Lyon might be the best Dan has ever played in.  We’ve seen the last of George North in Wales shirt, but what will Dan do next? 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crow...

Dan Cole is in his element as gives Ben a lesson on the history of French rugby. But what does the anthem really mean? And where's the best away day? With Dan facing Posolo Tuilagi in Lyon this weekend, we hear all their tales of the Tuilagi family dynasty. Plus, Ben and Dan pick their ultimate GB Men's Sevens team to take on the Paris Olympics this summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...