For The Love Of Rugby

Ben Youngs and Dan Cole are joined by HSBC ambassadors and Rugby World Cup winners Ellie Kildunne and Ruby Tui to crown the For The Love Of Rugby 2025 Awards! 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-tickets/artist/5645678 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https...

Round 2 of the Investec Champions Cup draws to a close so Dan Cole and Ben Youngs gather in the For The Love Of Rugby studio to review the action. Leinster defeated a gritty Leicester Tigers, Glasgow Warriors produced a stirring comeback to beat Toulouse and Bath's tournament hopes were slashed in Toulon. 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/for-the-love-...

Northampton Saints, England & Northampton Saints scrum half Alex Mitchell joins Ben Youngs and Dan Cole to preview another huge round of Investec Champions Cup action! 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-tickets/artist/5645678 🚘 Book a test drive at your local Jaecoo dealer: https://jaecoo.co.uk/find-a-dealer 🎮 Join the Official F...

A thrilling opening weekend of Investec Champions Cup action has culminated so Ben Youngs and Dan Cole have gathered in the virtual For The Love Of Rugby virtual studio to pick over the action. 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-tickets/artist/5645678 🚘 Book a test drive at your local Jaecoo dealer: https://jaecoo.co.uk/find-a-dea...

The draw for Men's 2027 Rugby World Cup has been made so Ben Youngs & Dan Cole take it upon themselves to predict every single game to find out the winner. 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-tickets/artist/564567 🏥 Get 30% off at MedExpress, check your eligibility with code FTLOR: https://www.medexpress.co.uk/ 🎮 Play Fantasy Inve...

Jamie George, Hugo Keenan and Manu Tuilagi join Ben Youngs and Anthony Watson to preview the greatest club competition in the world, the Investec Champions Cup. Can anyone stop the French clubs? Can Bath really reach the final? And, unfortunately for Hugo “Barry” Keenan, we deep dive into life at Leinster and why they just cannot get over the line in Europe. Play Fantasy Investec Champions Cup aga...

Ben Youngs & Dan Cole are joined by South Africa rugby legend Bryan Habana to analyse a victory over Wales that was marred by an eye gouge by Eben Etzebeth. Meanwhile, it's been an incredible weekend at Emirates Dubai 7s: we've been bowled at by Sir Jimmy Anderson, coached the next Beauden Barrett and Red Roses World Cup winner Emily Scarratt drops in to tell us about her evening with Shaggy. 🎟️ F...

Ben Youngs and Dan Cole react to the 2025 World Rugby Men's 15s Dream Team and pick their team of the Autumn Nations Series. 🩸 Use code LOVEOFRUGBY to get 20% off your first Thriva blood test: http://thriva.co/ 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-tickets/artist/5645678 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCt...

England have won eleven games in a row, but everyone is talking about what happened in the tunnel after the match. Argentina coach Felipe Contepomi accused England flanker Tom Curry of being a “bully” and pushing him. Meanwhile, South Africa definitely bullied Ireland in Dublin in one of the most dramatic games of rugby we’ve ever seen, Wales are getting better under new coach Steve Tandy and a fr...

Ben Youngs & Dan Cole have called in the Anthony Wat-bomb Squad to preview England's final Autumn Nations Series clash against Argentina. The trio also question the World Rugby Men's Player of the Year shortlist and evaluate the new Nations Championship that looks to revamp the international calendar. 🎫 See us in Dubai on Thursday 27 November: https://www.mcgettigans.com/shop/events-concerts/for-...

Less than 24 hours after he kicked England to an iconic victory, fly-half George Ford joins Ben Youngs and Dan Cole to break down the gameplan that defeated New Zealand's All Blacks in the Autumn Nations Series. 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-tickets/artist/5645678 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtc...

Ireland v Australia. Italy v South Africa. Scotland v Argentina. Wales v Japan. How good. Not done with just talking to George Ford straight after his MOTM performance against the All Blacks, Ben Youngs & Dan Cole are back in the For The Love Of Rugby studio to dissect the rest of the weekend's biggest games! 🏥 Visit MedExpress.co.uk to check your eligibility and get 30% off with code FTLOR. 🎟️ F...

Legendary Rugby World Cup-winning Black Fern and Olympic gold medalist Ruby Tui joins Ben Youngs and Dan Cole to try and do the impossible as they rank the top 10 men's players to have donned the famous All Blacks shirt for New Zealand. 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-tickets/artist/5645678 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey:...

George Ford has returned to the #10 jersey as England prepare for a collosal Autumn Nations Series matchup against the All Blacks. Meanwhile, Dan Cole and Ben Youngs have enlisted the help of our favourite YouTuber Robbie from  ⁨@SquidgeRugby⁩  for a deep dive into the state of the Wales national rugby team and Ireland's mixed campaign. 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: https://www....

Dan Cole & Ben Youngs have been thrilled by a pulsating weekend of Autumn Nations Series rugby and are here to break down the action. England overcame a physical and well-drilled Fiji, Scotland were *so close* to making history and beating New Zealand for the first time, and South Africa survived 40 minutes of rugby with 14 men to beat France in Paris. 🎟️ Get a ticket to our 2026 Live Tour 13th Fe...

Anthony Watson joins Ben Youngs and Dan Cole to preview a mouthwatering weekend of Autumn Nations Series rugby. It's the battle of the hemispheres as Six Nations champions France host Rugby Championship victors South Africa; England aim to avenge their 2023 home defeat against Fiji; and Ben's got a punchy prediction as Scotland aim to make history and beat New Zealand. 🎟️ Get a ticket to our 2026...

Ben Youngs and Dan Cole are hitting the road to take For The Love Of Rugby on tour in 2026! Listeners can access the presale now using code THB: 13th February - Edinburgh (Night before the Calcutta Cup!) 19th February - Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London 9th April - Birmingham (Live Draft Night) 19th April - Cheltenham 25th April - Dublin 26th April - Manchester 28th April - Exeter 29th April - Cardif...

🎟️ Get a ticket to our 2026 Live Tour using code THB 13th February - Edinburgh (Night before the Calcutta Cup!): https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-artist-presale 19th February - Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London: https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-artist-presale 9th April - Birmingham (Live Draft Night): https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-artist-presal...

Dan Cole and Ben Youngs are joined by YouTube’s finest Squidge Rugby and Max Brown to draft their ultimate rugby teams ahead of the Autumn Nations Series. 🏥 Get £40 off at MedExpress, check your eligibility with code FTLOR: https://www.medexpress.co.uk/ 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/s...

Squidge Rugby joins Ben Youngs and Dan Cole in the For The Love Of Rugby studio to preview a huge month of international rugby. How have Australia developed since impressing against the British & Irish Lions? Who will take the grudge match in Chicago between Ireland and New Zealand? And what crazy new plays will Rassie Erasmus deploy with South Africa? 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https:...

It's all change for Steve Borthwick's England ahead of the Autumn Nations Series. Tom Willis has announced his move to Bordeaux, ruling him out of international rugby duty, whilst his Saracens peer Noah Caluori burst onto the scene with FIVE tries against Sale. Meanwhile, Dan Cole and Ben Youngs salute the retiring Emily Scarratt, analyse the Leinster v Munster thriller at Croke Park, and pay trib...

Dan Cole and Anthony Watson are at the EPCR launch day to talk to a stellar cast of rugby stars! Oh yeah, and we've got a podcast car... Henry Pollock joins the show to tell us about his whirlwind first year of rugby and how he's going to back it up this season. Trevor Nyakane gives us an insight into what it's really like to be in the middle of a Springbok scrum - featuring his signature shuffle!...

Andy Farrell, the Ireland and British & Irish Lions Head Coach, joins Ben Youngs on For The Love Of Rugby for a fascinating deep dive into an approach to leadership that has taken him to the peak of both codes. From being a teenage captain at the forefront of rugby league, to guiding his son Owen through the ranks in union, Andy has reached the pinnacle through a steely determination to continuall...

Anthony Watson and Ben Youngs are back at Twickenham’s Allianz Stadium, to chat with some of the league's biggest stars. Johann van Graan reveals the secrets behind Bath's famous treble, England's next generation Seb Atkinson, Chandler Cunningham-South, and Asher Opoku-Fordjour drop in, and we catch up with Ollie Chessum about his successful British & Irish Lions tour! 🏉 Win a professional market...

What happens after a World Cup? How can it make you feel, and why we need to talk about it.  Ben Youngs and Dan Cole are joined by Heather Lewis from rugby’s mental health charity LooseHeadz, who are on a mission to save lives by placing a mental health lead at every rugby club around the world. Find out more and get involved at LooseHeadz.co.uk To find out more about Heather's research you can he...