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Our friend Caolan steps in for Enda this week as we take a look back at the legacy of this Fiji team, talk about the departing Johnny Sexton and Dan Biggar as well as previewing the URC! Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateRugbyPod Our Substack: https://thepiraterugby.substack.com/ Caolan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaolanSRugby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...

The lads are joined by a man you probably don't know you know: Rugby Kino! (aka Cian O Muilleoir) to crunch the numbers on the Pool Stages of the Rugby World Cup and see who REALLY should be disappointed with their own performance. Kino's Twitter: https://x.com/RugbyKino?s=20 Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateRugbyPod Our Substack: https://thepiraterugby.substack.com/ Huw's T2 Tracker: https:...

The lads are joined by their friend from Bloemfontein Jade Craig to run the rule over Italy's capitulation against the All Blacks, Fiji's close shave against Georgia, Samoa's regrets and what next for Portugal? Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateRugbyPod Our Substack: https://thepiraterugby.substack.com/ Our T2 tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... Learn more about your ad choices....

The lads are back from their ‘work trips’ to France and give us their stories! We also react to the news World Rugby are considering taking future world cups behind a pay wall and of course discuss the future of Mr Eddie Jones… Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateRugbyPod Our Substack: https://thepiraterugby.substack.com/ Our T2 Tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... Learn more about...

The lads are humbled by the presence of the one and only Francisco Isaac, the Portuguese rugby journalist taking the world by storm. They discuss the stunning performances from Uruguay and Fiji, look at how the rugby calendar should be changed to support T2 sides and catch up on all the latest from rugby's obscurest games. Francisco's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCLNTFlczCkAD-dAkVmM5Q5g Fran...

The lads are straight into the world cup with chat on every. single. game. + why we are so sick of the red card debates and Huw rants about ITV's abysmal coverage. They then look at how badly the fantasy team is going, update the T2 ranking tracker and make their predictions for round 2! We also haven't forgotten about all the other rugby as we cover ProD2, Welsh Premiership, NPC and English Premi...

The lads are joined by Chris & Ni of Dream Team Rugby; a new fantasy rugby platform, to tell them all about their game changing plans for the game and help them select a dream team for the World Cup! Plus: Reaction to Danny Cipriani's controversial new book as well as all the latest from the obscurest rugby matches around the world! Follow Dream Team Rugby on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreamTeam...

The lads are back to discuss Fiji's historic and brilliant win at Twickenham, Huw leads us on a deep dive on South American Rugby ahead of the World Cup and all the usual T2 action and chat! The Pirate Rugby is passionate about growing the game of rugby union and making it more accessible to fans. If you like what we do, you can follow us on Twitter or check out our Substack for more long-form con...

Bula to all our Fijian Subs! This week the lads are going full French! They chat about the latest round of England bans, Enda tells us how to keep on top of the Top14 this year, ProD2 madness and of course every single T2 game under the sun! Huw also debut's a new segment: #TaffsAbroad Subscribe to our Substack for free!: https://thepiraterugby.substack.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.c...

Huw and Enda are back to give their thoughts on Owen Farrell's latest *indiscretion*, a run down of all the latest tier 2 rugby action and a deep dive into how the Drua have transformed the Fijian national side for the better... unless you are Welsh! Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateRugbyPod Check out our Substack: https://thepiraterugby.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choice...

This episode has been published and can be heard everywhere your podcast is available. Welcome to episode 2 where we examine the fragmented rugby broadcasting market. We also look at the big news stories from the week from both tier 1 and tier 2 rugby and we look ahead to the rugby coming your way next weekend on TV. Link to our Twitter (X?): https://twitter.com/PirateRugbyPod Link to Substack: ht...

Welcome to the first ever episode of the Pirate Rugby Podcast. So, who are we and what is the Pirate Rugby Podcast? We are two rugby enthusiasts with a passion for data and talking about the issues that the other podcasters aren’t.  Sadly, we have no affiliation whatsoever with the Cornish Pirates. We model ourselves more like the pirate radio stations from the 70s: broadcasting rugby content that...