The Good, The Scaz & The Rugby

The Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam decider is this Saturday… England and France go head to head at Allianz Stadium. So, Elma’s pulled out all the stops & brought Mr. YouTube himself, AKA Squidge Rugby, AKA Robbie Owen, to chew the fat with our KDM & Nicholas Aidan Heath. Which 10 does John Mitchell pick? Who is England’s best bench? Could France out-scrum England to a win? & how do you turn a love...

It’s Roses v Thistles this weekend, so Emma Wassell returns from north of the border, to join Mo, Katy & Elma in the studio to spill the tea on what’s been going on in camp! Mo asks the big questions, like why would you throw a baby out with the bathwater? & do they really have ‘Homes Under the Hammer’ in Scotland? Emma beautifully reflects on her own grief, too, having recently marked a year sin...

Ahead of Mo, Scaz & Meg taking on Ireland this weekend, Elma has hopped across the Irish Sea for an exclusive tour of Ireland’s High Performance Centre, to see what the World Champion beating, Girls in Green have got up their sleeve. Injured Ireland skipper & Gloucester Hartpury second row, Sam Monaghan is back on the show, accompanied by Ireland 15s & 7s scrum half, Aoibheann Reilly & Ireland’s m...

Fresh from a win at the Principality, our Red Roses, Scaz, Mo & Meg join Elma in the studio for a mid-Six Nations catch up. The girls are on a fallow week day off, so Meg thought she’d extend the break to Elma by taking the reins of the pod. We get a run down of the opening rounds of the tournament, an insight into John Mitchell’s coaching box, & Meg’s reflection on her first run out for England s...

Former Wales & Bristol Bears Fly half, Elinor Snowsill joins Elma & Katy Daley-Mclean (her opposite number for many years) to review Round One of the Women's Six Nations. Rabbit holes include, but are not limited to: the importance of menstrual cycle tracking, the number of siblings the Pyrs sisters have and Emily Scarratt’s fake tan rumours. Tickets to GSR’s Principality live show ahead of Wales...

CHAOS REIGNS after the full time whistle at StoneX Stadium… where our Mo & her Zo have lifted the PWR trophy for a third consecutive year. Mo, Sean Lynn, Maud Muir & Mia Venner join Elma, Scaz, Meg, KDM & Nick to unpack the madness of the game against Sarries. Not to mention the mascot race to end all mascot races…  Tickets to GSR’s Murrayfield live show ahead of Scotland v Wales on Saturday 22nd...

Katy Daley-Mclean & Nick Heath join Elma to deep dive into this years’ Six Nations & preview the PWR Final, while Mo preps for the final against Sarries & Scazzy’s in England camp. Hope you’re ready for a nausey time..  Tickets to GSR & The PWR Pod’s live show at the PWR Final: https://tinyurl.com/mtsyv2ac  Tickets to the PWR final: https://tinyurl.com/4etwmry6 Tickets to GSR’s Murrayfield live sh...

Mo & her circus are off to the PWR final again - vying for the three-peat, but this time against Saracens! Less than an hour after the final whistle at Queensholm, Elma & Scaz have lured Mo & Gloucester-Hartpury head coach, Sean Lynn, for a debrief. They unpick the game against Bristol Bears, discuss Lynnie legacy at GH and his pride at being given the Wales job…  Nick Heath subs in for Mo & Lynni...

It’s double-derby-semi-final week, so the girls are Mo-less again. But lucky for us, Loughborough & Red Roses back row extraordinaire, Sadia Kabeya, is in the house, along with the founder of Black Girls Ruck, the podcast & social collective, Anne Onwusiri. Being prominent black women in rugby can be a lonely place, but Anne & Sadia are building a community of rugby fans & players who look like th...

Learning she had a 27cm tumour in her chest, that she mistook for a piece of sour dough stuck in her throat, was not the way Scotland & Loughborough's stalwart second row, Emma Wassell, would have wanted to start this season. But, with the help of her team mates, Rachel Malcolm, Rhona Lloyd & a few others, she’s on her way back to the pitch… Emma & Rachel join Scaz & Elma to relive a story that is...

Elma, Scaz & Mo are joined by Canadian international hooker turned Red Roses prop, Mackenzie Carson. The girls discuss Mack's unchartered journey from Canada to England, her recent ADHD diagnosis and her on-pitch, head-to-head rivalry with partner, Sarah Bern. Disclaimer: no joke is left un-turned in this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Loughborough are just coming into their own at the end of this season, beating Bristol Bears & Saracens in recent weeks… so Scaz has invited us to take a look around her house, to see what’s in the water there. Lightning Head Coach, Nathan Smith, joins Scazzy to tell us all about Loughborough’s pathways & the club he’s building. Scaz then sits down with one of her youngest team mates, & one of the...

Abi Burton is back in a Red Roses training jersey with her sights firmly on her next XVs cap after the most incredible return to the GB7s team in the summer & an Olympic cycle that now seems like someone else’s life, to her. She joins Elma & Meg to relive her journey from the pitch, to a hospital bed, & back again. She touches on how her muscle mass saved her life, how much she appreciates her bod...

Elma’s headed South West to meet the busiest woman in the PWR: nail technician to the stars, Exeter Chiefs Captain & Exeter Uni Head Coach, Poppy Leitch & her team mate, Canada’s Alex Tessier AKA Tess. They discuss Tess’ World Rugby Player of the Year nomination & the nails that went with her outfit in Monaco (of course), as well as the legacy of Jo Yapp in those parts & the programme’s transforma...

The girls have been back in England camp this week & the Red Roses’ Vice Captaincy has been bestowed upon our Meg, so Scaz, Mo & Elma hash through what it takes to be a leader in the Red Roses. True to form, Meg is open and honest about leadership, as well as the year she’s had - losing both her mum and dad in quick succession. She proudly tells the girls about the people they both were, as well a...

GB7's Head Coach, Giselle Mather joins the girls for the first episode of 2025. When will the GB girls medal? How do we combat the mass exodus of female head coaches in the PWR? Will Giselle be the first ever Lions coach? & what does onomatopoeia mean? Giselle’s got all the answers… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcast...

The GSR family, Scaz, Mo, Elma, Katy Daley-Mclean & Meg Jones meet at the Cabbage Patch for a Christmas dinner with all the trimmings. Trimming include but are not limited to, pigs in blankets, Secret Santa, not-so-Secret Santa & a very special FaceTime with Mo’s grandma. Expect infectious high jinx & festive cheer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more ab...

USA rugby is on the rise, so this week, Kate Zackary hosts Scaz & Elma at Trailfinders Women in Ealing. They might be the new kids on the block, but they’re taking the top teams in the league to task… not dissimilar to the USA on the international stage right now. They discuss Kate’s leadership of both sides, take a look around the place & learn all Whisky Sour Paws’ adventures. Learn more about y...

Scaz’s Loughborough Lightning take on Mo’s Gloucester-Hartpury at Franklins Gardens this Sunday, so to preview the game & all the other big PWR news…cough cough, Ilona Maher 🐻… they’re joined by a pair of siblings who sit on either side of the rivalry; GH & England back row, Sarah Beckett & her older brother, Loughborough's Assistant coach, Charlie Beckett. Things get heated as the team discuss t...

Mo’s travelled to Wales this week to visit Hartpury’s rivals, Cardiff Met. Twenty three of the squad are going to be competing in the Celtic Challenge this December, so she’s gone to find out what’s in the water over the Severn Bridge... Mo’s joined by Lisa Newton, Head Coach at Cardiff Met, recently retired Wales & Bristol fly half, Elinor Snowsill, who is now Assistant Coach at the uni & Alisha...

Canadian centre & Olympic silver medalist, Alysha Corrigan, joins Scaz, Mo & Elma this week, to relive the games in Paris & discuss Canada’s ascent to the top of the 15s game. We hear all about Scaz & Alysha’s match up in New Zealand during the World Cup & how Mo thinks her medal box looks like Paddington Bears’ lunchbox. Also Elma won’t drop the killer whale story, so this week Shira’s left it in...

Elma, Scaz & Mo are joined by Aimee Barrett-Theron, the first professional female referee in South Africa who’s been in the middle for the Olympics and Rugby World Cups. Aimee exclusively reveals that she’s autistic & that her neurodivergence is her super power on the pitch! She talks openly about how difficult it is to be the first woman in such a male dominated space & gives us her best comeback...

The girls are back in the studio without a guest this week to get stuck into the burning questions… what should we call the England Men’s rugby team? What is a Wallaby? And Where is Wally? Elma, Scaz & Mo look at the World Cup draw, the autumn internationals, banning the word ladies from women’s sport & Scaz’s green chiiiiiinos… Mo also clears up the Ilona Maher rumours about Gloucester-Hartpury…...

Back to back PWR winners & triple BUCS Super Rugby Champs all live under one roof, at Hartpury Uni in deepest darkest Gloucestershire. Our Mo, their Co-Captian has peeled back the door to her Circus Tent to show us what’s cooking at GH. Her teammates, Kelsey Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 & Georgia Brock 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 join her, along with the Hartpury Uni girls they’ll be mentoring for the season, as part of ours & Vo...

Scaz & Mo are back… fresh off the plane from Canada & they’ve brought two front row friends with them, in Hannah Botterman & Amy Cokayne. The final game against Canada is obviously discussed, but after nearly four months in eachothers company, it’s hardly surprising that Scaz’s chinos, her friendship with Gaby Logan & her use of the term oojamaflip get far more airtime. To say this episode is the...