The Good, The Bad & The Rugby

Having recently retired from England duty Courtney Lawes sits down with Payno, and two of his old teammates Hask and Tins, to reflect on a fantastic international career. Season 4 of GBR is in partnership with Continental Tyres. 🎟️ TOUR TICKETS: https://bit.ly/GBRTourTickets 🎟️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Who are the top 10 stars of the men’s the game right now? We have pulled together a shortlist of 20 players who we think are the brightest names on and off the field right now. They wouldn’t necessarily make a World XV but they back up their deeds on the field with a willingness to try things off it. Joining us at GBR GQ is Steve Martin, CEO of M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment, Steve has 30 plus...

An exclusive interview brought to you by British Airways… Bristol Bears & England lock, Abbie Ward is the first woman to benefit from the RFU’s maternity policy. In late January this year, she announced she was pregnant & over the summer, she gave birth to beautiful baby, Hallie. So, Abbie’s good friend, former teammate and fellow mother, Katy Daley-McLean headed to Bears’ High Performance Centre...

It’s our final show from France and Alex ,Tins and Ben Kayser reflect on an extraordinary 7 weeks.  What was our favourite game? Who had the best fans? Who makes our Tommy Hilfiger Team of the Tournament?  Shop the new collection in one of the Tommy Hilfiger Stores or online (link below) and make sure you sign up to become a Tommy Together Member. You’ve just missed out on an amazing chance to win...

An exclusive interview brought to you by British Airways... Just a month out from the start of the Premiership Women’s Rugby season, Worcester Warriors have had to withdraw from the league after losing their financial backing. So, Elma headed to Sixways Stadium, to sit down with Red Roses & Worcester legend, Lydia Thompson. Lydia lifted that infamous trophy in Paris in 2014 & has been scoring worl...

Payno & Tins are joined by Benjamin Kayser the day after South Africa became FOUR-time World Champions. The boys give their reviews of a historic night, Sam Cane's red card as well as discuss the news that broke during the record that Eddie Jones is to leave Australia.  Let us know your thoughts on the game in the comments. Season 4 of GBR is in partnership with Continental Tyres. #springboks #all...

Alex & Tins are together one final time as they look ahead to the huge weekend of action. Will Rassie Erasmus's huge selection decision pay off? Mystic Mike returns to give his final predictions with City Index and the boys pick their players to watch this weekend, brought to you by Tommy Hilfiger. Sign up to become a Tommy Together Member to Shop the new collection to Win a Family Trip for yourse...

Payno, Hask & Tins are joined by former New Zealand great Justin Marshall as we look ahead to the Final in Paris. With 3 titles between them who will take the lead in the battle to be the greatest Rugby nation ever? Season 4 of GBR is in partnership with Continental Tyres. EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/goodbadrugby Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Sign up to...

Alex Payne is joined by two World Cup Winners to discuss the semi-finals… England’s Mike Tindall and South Africa’s 2007 Captain John Smit. England face the Springboks this Saturday in The Rugby World Cup Semi-final. The boys also pick out 1 player from each semi-finalist for their 'Tommy's one to watch' courtesy of Tommy Hilfiger and Mystic Mike is back and predicting the weekend ahead which is b...

England have made the Rugby World Cup Semi-Finals. Payno, Hask and Tins look back at one of the great weekends and preview this week’s game against the World Champion Springboks. Season 4 of GBR is in partnership with Continental Tyres. EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/goodbadrugby Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! 🎟️ TOUR TICKETS: https://bit.ly/GBRTourTickets 🎟...

An exclusive interview brought to you by British Airways… Alex meets up with Tins’ 2003 teammate, Kyran Bracken, who twenty years on from lifting the trophy in Australia, has a twenty year old son, who’s following in his footsteps in the famous England number 9 jersey. Charlie Bracken is in the senior Saracens squad & is an England U20s player! So, Alex meets the pair at the the club where Kyran f...

Tins and Hask return for Le Petit Pod in Marseilles as they react to the England team announced by Steve Borthwick for the huge quarter-final clash against Fiji. Mystic Mike also returns and the boys wanted to show their love for one particular  Season 4 of Good Bad Rugby is brought to you by Continental Tyres. 🎟️ TOUR TICKETS: https://bit.ly/GBRTourTickets🎟️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

Hold on tight Dream Team the Rugby World Cup Quarter-Finals are here. We preview the most exciting rugby weekend of the year from the perspective of the pool winners… our English trio are joined by Shane Horgan (Ireland), Ben Kayser (France), Jon “Fox” Davies (Wales). Season 4 of GBR is in partnership with Continental Tyres. 🎟️ TOUR TICKETS: https://bit.ly/GBRTourTickets 🎟️ Learn more about your a...

🎟️ TOUR TICKETS: https://bit.ly/GBRTourTickets 🎟️ With only a few weeks left of the Rugby World Cup, France coach Shaun Edwards joins us on Le Petit Pod.  Shaun opens up about the mood in the camp, and what happened when he met Kylian Mbappé plus he gives us an insight into just how big the next few weeks are for the players. Tins also joins us as Mystic Mike returns to make huge calls ahead of th...

On this week's show, we check in with Ellis Genge as England prepare for their final pool game v Samoa. We also hear the extraordinary story of Tonga’s Pat Pellegrini who 2 weeks ago was playing for Coventry, and last weekend scored against the World Champions. 🎟️ TOUR TICKETS: https://bit.ly/GBRTourTickets 🎟️ Season 4 of GBR is in partnership with Continental Tyres. Learn more about your ad choic...

As the gap closes between Tier 1 & 2 Uruguay have been one of the great stories of this RWC. We catch-up with No.8 Carlos Deus ahead of Los Teros' first Test v the All Blacks. Plus Mystic Mike congratulates Wales (but doesn't apologise) following his predictions last week. Season 4 of GBR is brought to you Continental Tyres. 🎟️ TOUR TICKETS: https://bit.ly/GBRTourTickets 🎟️ Learn more about your a...

Following Ireland's win over the Springboks we bring a touch of Hollywood to GBR HQ as Actor and Ireland superfan Jamie Dornan joins the lads.  Season 4 of GBR is in partnership with Continental Tyres. 🎟️ TOUR TICKETS: https://bit.ly/GBRTourTickets 🎟️ #englandrugby #rugbyworldcup #rwc2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex, Hask and Tinds find themselves by the sea in Conti Carlo and make their predictions for South Africa v Ireland, Scotland v Tonga & Wales v Australia. Season 4 of GBR is brought to you Continental Tyres. 🎟️ TOUR TICKETS: https://bit.ly/GBRTourTickets 🎟️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An exclusive interview brought to you by British Airways… the origin story of the dual coder, whose trademark step and acceleration devastated opposition across rugby league & rugby union. Twenty years on from scoring THAT try in 2003, Jason Robinson’s invited Tins to his first-ever rugby club, for a trip down memory lane, to relive the glory years and reflect on the place where it all began for h...

This week’s episode comes from the heart of Nice at the Mercure Hotel Centre Notre-Dame,  where Payno, Hask and Tins have been based for the England game. In the week where Fiji beat Australia and Eddie Jones said he deserved to have baguettes thrown at him, we bring you all the reaction from France. We head into week 3 of the tournament with all 4 of pools led Northern Hemisphere teams. Season 4...

🎟️ TOUR TICKETS: https://bit.ly/GBRTourTickets 🎟️ Bosh! On this weeks Petit Pod, we meet TikTok sensation Big John. Plus Mystic Mike makes his predictions for the 2nd weekend of the Rugby World Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 🎟️ TOUR TICKETS: https://bit.ly/GBRTourTickets 🎟️ The Rugby World Cup is underway and Alex, Hask & Tins set sail on the GBR Cruise. The lads lift the lid on life on-board and react to all the Rugby in France. Ford’s Drops, Sexton’s Records and a little bit of Baywatch are on the all-inclusive buffet menu. Season 4 of GBR is in partnership with Continental Tyres. EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://n...

The Rugby World Cup is underway, so Tins managed to get us a meeting with the Patrons of the WRU, RFU & SRU at Windsor Castle. Hask & Alex can't believe their luck at being invited along to have tea with Tins' mother-in-law + The Prince & Princess of Wales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

🎟️ TOUR TICKETS: https://bit.ly/GBRTourTickets 🎟️ It’s Rugby World Cup week and Alex and Tinds are joined by some elite level guests, with France, Ireland & Scotland in focus.  Scotland Head Coach Gregor Townsend dials in from their training camp in Nice. Former Internationals Ben Kayser and Shane Horgan discuss the pressure on their respective nations as hosts and World No.1’s. Plus Mystic Mike m...

Tins, Hask and Payno are reunited at GB&R HQ and prebrief on everything England following the sides first ever defeat to Fiji. They are joined by Lawrence Dallaglio, a man who knows not only how to win World Cups, but how to get campaigns back on track when they that aren’t going to plan. The former No.8 also discusses the release of his new book The Boys of Winter which tells the inside story of...