The Good, The Scaz & The Rugby

After 18 rounds, 74 matches and 4515 points… Saracens lifted the PWR trophy at a packed Stoop!! Just moments after Marlie & Zoe had lifted the trophy, Elma, Scaz, Mo and KDM are joined by just about EVERYONE who’d been on the pitch today… Rosie Galligan, Rachel Malcolm, Emma Wassell, Alana Borland, Georgia Ponsonby, Kelsey Clifford, Zoe Harrison, Alysha Corrigan, Marlie Packer, Celia Quansah & The...

Underdogs, Trailfinders take on the experienced Saracens in the PWR final this weekend.  Our Meg Jones, Marlie Packer, Sophie de Goede, Kate Zackary, Emma Wassell, Abi Burton and Sophie Bridger join Elma to preview the game on the pitch at Twickenham Stoop  Only one question remains: who will score more?  Celia says Trailfinders will.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc...

Former champions, Saracens will take on the new kids on the block, Trailfinders in the PWR final. We are gutted for our Mo & the Circus, but delighted for our Meg & her West London girlies!  To look ahead to the final AND tell us about her stand off with Jeff Bezos, winning the World Cup in 1994 and what its like to run the start up that is, Premiership Women’s Rugby, is the big boss of the PWR, E...

Jo Yapp is the first-ever British & Irish Lions Women’s Head Coach! On the inaugural tour to New Zealand next year, she will be leading the first ever group of women to play in the famous red jersey against the Black Ferns in Aotearoa. Jo talks about her journey from England captain, to coaching Worcester and the Wallaroos… and what it means to lead this historic new team. We also get some insight...

Red Roses Head Coach John Mitchell returns to the show for the first time since the day after the Rubgy World Cup Final, as a three time Grand Slam winning coach. He & the girls have a heartfelt discussion on the journey he’s had coaching the Red Roses to so much glory and accolade. From his first impressions of Scaz and Mo, to building the world’s best attack, and facing pregnancies & injury, to...

Who will make the PWR semi finals… it could all be sewn up this weekend!! The girls discuss all the runners and riders of the final two rounds before the play offs. Our Mo gets emotional at Zoe Stratford, Tatyana Heard and Sarah Beckett, leaving Gloucester-Hartpury for Sale Sharks at the end of the season. We also get updates on Mo’s BIG win at a Bingo Lingo - you won’t believe what she won - Scaz...

Straight off the flight from Bordeaux, our Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam champions join Elma to debrief on a tournament to remember! Captain Meg, Coach Ems and our Mo discuss the players that stepped up and the PRESSURE Meg felt as captain of a team on a winning streak as long as the Red Roses. Imagine being the captain to lose for the first time in 38 games… Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Here comes LE CRUNCH!The great rugby ball size debate AKA ‘the worst decision anyone’s ever made’, a box-kick masterclass and just a few new tattoos & piercings are on the menu this week… England Captain Zoe Stratford and The Rev, Nicholas Aidan Heath join Mo & Elma to preview the final weekend of the Guinness Women’s Six Nations. The team breaks down England’s win over Italy, celebrate the electr...

Red Roses Coaching duo our Emily Scarratt and her bestie Sarah Hunter have invited Elma for a coaching meeting on the bean bags of Pennyhill Park…England’s Attack and Defence coaches have their say on the missing generation of female coaches in the game, reveal what a week in Red Roses camp looks like for them, and Sarah Hunter gives her take on how Scazzy is fairing in her new gig. Oh and Scaz do...

Three of the women responsible for investing in and building the future of women’s rugby in this England join Elma for a game of ‘Dragons Den’ & a vital conversation around the business potential of women’s rugby. Director of the Women's Game at the RFU, Alex Teasdale, Owner of Sale Sharks, Michelle Orange, and Women’s Sport Consultant, Jenny Mitton put the world of women’s sport to rights in the...

We’re back in England Camp! Elma heads to Pennyhill Park to catch-up with England Captain Meg Jones and our Mosef to check in on the Red Roses and Mo’s knee. The girls unpick a cracker of a day at Murrayfield: the 30, 498 fans who turned out, the piper, the anthems, England’s 1.99 second ruck speed & Demelza Short’s first cap. We get the update on Mo’s injury, we finally witness the cat lady’s run...

England Captain Zoe Stratford and LEGENDARY Ireland back row Anna Caplice break down England vs Ireland, behind-the-scenes commentary life, line out secrets and the reality of transitioning from player to pundit. The girls also share updates on our Mo Hunt and Morwenna Talling’s injuries and what this means for England heading into round two of the Six Nations. We look ahead to their massive Murra...

The Six Nations is BACK and we’re breaking it all down  🏉🔥 Can anyone stop England? Who is Mo’s new roomie? And which players are set to light up the tournament? Elma, Mo and Scaz dive into all the big storylines, bold predictions, and potential shocks ahead of a huge championship. The girls also discuss the future of the PWR and what opening up to new teams would mean for the tournament Learn m...

Fresh off the back of an incredible international refereeing career, Sara Cox joins The Good, The Scaz & The Rugby to unpack why she’s stepped away from the world stage & is excited to continue refereeing at the top level in domestic and European rugby. From reffing World Cups and Olympics to the chaos of that unforgettable New Zealand vs South Africa clash, Coxy shares  her game changing & glass...

Elma’s made the trip to visit Mo’s cafe in Gloucester this week! Just a couple of hundred metres from Kingsholm, MOZO, owned by our Mo Hunt & her Gloucester-Hartpury co-captain and now business partner, Zoe Stratford, didn’t just welcome the GSR team, but 20 of the show’s biggest fans, all thanks to our very good friends at Vodafone! In the week that the England captaincy has changed hands from Zo...

Olympic silver medallist and Canada scrum-half Olivia Apps joins The Good, The Scaz and The Rugby! In a week where top of the league, Gloucester-Hartpury just pipped second placed Saracens in their back yard, we get their 9s to revel in the art (and chaos) of playing scrum half on the big occasions. The girls relive the World Cup final from both sides of the ball and discuss the evolution of Canad...

England Vice Captain Meg Jones is back on the sofa with a brand new clothing line! Repping Magic Meg t-shirts, the girls hear all about Meg and Celia’s engagement, Meg’s vlog ‘cooking with Meg’, and what our rat-tailed sheriff has learnt from coaching while playing at Trailfinders. The girls tackle listener questions, Scaz has a BaaBaas announcement and Mo reveals she’s actually a Minnellial. Watc...

Hollie Davidson is the first woman to referee a men’s Six Nations match and the first person to ref back to back Women’s Rugby World Cup Finals! She takes Elma and Scaz inside the pressure, preparation and reality of officiating at the top level… and unpicks what it’s taken to shatter glass ceiling after glass ceiling. Whistle malfunctions, hacked ref mics, Made In Chelsea club nights and training...

WE ARE SO BACK!! The kitty cat lady, Elma Smit, entrepreneur of the year, Mo Hunt, and England’s brand new Attack & Backs Coach, Emily Scarratt reunite for the second half of Season Six of The Good, The Scaz & The Rugby! The girls dive straight into Scaz’s new coaching role with the Red Roses, the very serious business of choosing a camp roommate, and why crowd surfing at the Grosvenor Hotel shoul...

The gang are back together for a look back at the year that was… Elma, Scaz, Mo and Meg dish out awards for the player, team and coach of the year, as well as Best Mo’ism. They relive the highs and the lows of one of the great years in England Rugby’s history and the impact its had on them individually & as a group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our new London based Scottish contingent, Rachel Malcolm & Emma Wassell join Elma & Scaz to relive the World Cup & discuss their new life at Trailfinders. Scaz also regails the girls with what happened when she met Shaggy in Dubai, Rachel reveals she can’t use City Mapper and Anastasia makes her bi-annual appearance on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two of Harlequins newest signings, Ireland’s Aoife Wafer and New Zealand’s Liana Mikaele-Tu’u join Elma & Mo this week, to look ahead to The Big Game; Harlequins double header against Bristol Bears at Allianz Stadium this December… Aoife with her Six Nations Player of the Championship prowess and Liana with a World Cup medal in her back pocket, we get insight from two brand new team mates who’s ou...

Sheriff Meg Jones is back in town! Our Rugby World Cup winning Vice-Captain rides in on her trusty electric bicycle, to catch-up with the girls on life after the celebration to end all celebrations. The girls dig deep into Meg's RWC journal & the pearls of wisdom she's taken from lifting the World Cup and discuss the realities of life after lifting the trophy... where do you find motivation & ener...

The brief flies far, far away as Elma, Scaz & Mo catch up on their Shrek personas, the PWR, the Nations Series and some SUPERB fanmail from the Blue Tits. The girls get stuck into The Women’s High Performance Rugby Union Coach Review, too. And Mo shares the deets of her new coffee shop venture with England captain & bestie, Zoe Stratford! Get excited about a coffee in MOZO before a Kingsholm match...

World Player of the Year, Canada & Saracens back row with the kicking prowess of a fly half, Sophie De Goede joins the girls to relive the World Cup Final from a Canadian perspective. We get insight on Sophie’s fight back from injury to dominating on the world stage, into the brains of Kevin Rouet & Alex Austerberry, the Canadian coaching team, and into what a blue tit's chest should look like......