The Good, The Scaz & The Rugby

Twickenham Stoop is the setting for this week’s show, as Scaz’s World Cup roomie, Amy Cokayne, joins her and Elma for a chinwag. The Harlequins and England hooker became only the third person ever to score a hattrick in a world cup final, was raised in the Land of the Long White Cloud & could’ve been a Black Fern (thank God she moved back home). We hear all about her time in NZ, what Scaz is like...

Sophie de Goede joins Elma, Scaz and Mo to tell her world cup story; a journey of two languages, camaraderie and sacrifice like no other. She’s Canada’s goal kicker, number eight AND captain - a role that you could say she’s been bred for, as both her mum and dad have captained Canada at world cups. De Goede tells the girls all about the experience of leading her team to the semi-final against Eng...

Mo Hunt’s officially part of the crew!! She joins Elma and Scaz as a full time host for the start of Season Three from a kitchen somewhere in the Leicestershire countryside. Mo & Scaz haven’t seen each other since before the World Cup & a lot’s happened for both of them since then, so the girls have got some catching up to do. Scaz give us a full tournament debrief; the thrill of a final at a host...

Scaz, Elma and Tinds take a look back on the season that was and dish out awards for the best of the pod and the best on the pitch… as well as a few choice awards for each other. We also can’t wait to see the high energy Scaz TikTok from the Red Roses camp… or not, as the case may be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

Three incredible Prem 15s athletes and entrepreneurs join Elma in the studio this week to chat about the way the women’s game is viewed, how important the right kit is and the progressive work they’re all doing off the field. Worcester Warriors’ Stef Evans, founder of women’s kit and apparel company Ruggette RFC, Harlequins’ Emma Swords, founder of headwear company BONCEE & Wasps’ Flo WIlliams, fo...

Fee Pocock drops in for a chat with Elma, Scaz and Mo this week. A broken knee, PTSD and an ACL injury plagued Fee’s remarkable England career, so now, motivated by the change she needed in the women’s game, she makes space for female athletes to learn about strength and conditioning and mental health through her coaching business. The girls pick Fee’s brains on training and the menstrual cycle an...

Back in the freshly kitted out GSR studio, Mo joins the gang to catch up with the woman who’s been pitch side for some of the biggest rugby moments this season, sports broadcaster, Ashleigh Wilmot. The foursome have all worked together in various guises & Scaz enjoys being the one to ask Ashleigh the questions for a change. They talk about Ashleigh’s journey into production and presenting, the cha...

On the Sixways Stadium touchline, just after Saracens lifted the Allianz Premier 15s trophy for the third time, Elma, Scaz and Mo reflect on the game and the season that was, with some of the most influential women on the pitch. Player of the match, Party Packer joins them for a pint. Her co-captain, Lotte Clapp (& Lotte’s mum and fiance) pop over for a debrief and a look ahead to the Pacific Four...

Rocky Clark joins Elma and Emily to discuss what it means to have more caps for England than any other human & in turn, what it means to her when this goes unrecognised. They also get into the perils of pet ownership, the infamous Rocky Clark plastic bag, the Prem 15s semi finals… & they have a stab at predicting who’ll be crowned champions next weekend at Sixways. Learn more about your ad choices...

Scaz & Mo join Elma fresh from their Grand Slam winning Six Nations. The girls get into Scaz’s call-up to captain the Red Roses, the hostile French crowd, the underground dug out and England’s unstoppable driving maul. Don’t worry, it’s not all rugby chat, the swimming pool after party and Scaz’s broken coffee machine are also on the agenda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c...

The Red Roses take on Ireland at Welford Road this weekend in Round 4 of the Six Nations, so what better way to look ahead to the clash than with Scaz’s Loughborough Lightning teammate and Ireland legend, Gill Bourke. Elma quizzes Gill on Scaz’s hurling skills at training, and her incredible career in data science; she professes not to be the next Moneyball, but we don’t buy it. She also tells the...

Record breaking crowds descended on Kingsholm to watch the Red Roses dismantle Wales at the weekend; Emily Scarratt’s 99th appearance in a white jersey. Elma and Mike force Scaz to look ahead to her ascent to triple digits by looking back at her first cap in 2008, when Bluetooth ringtones and apple bottom jeans were a thing. The shocking Black Ferns cultural report is also a hot topic, with their...

Smelly socks, sports bras, dry shampoo and a brief visit from Sarah Hunter are all on the in camp menu, with Scaz and Mo. Elma manages to steer them through their post-travel tiredness and delirium to hear about Mo’s first start in an England shirt for a few years, her time away from the Red Roses, her player of the match performance and her love of wordle. And as with any episode with these two,...

Scaz is back alongside Elma and Tinds following the Red Roses’ first win of the Six Nations, her first run out in an England shirt for almost a year. We’re also joined by Victoria Rush, the director and producer of the brand new women’s rugby documentary No Woman No Try, which has taken social media by storm. Don’t forget to get involved with our fantasy Six Nations league… before it’s too late to...

The stage is set for the Women’s Six Nations and Scaz is finally back in an England shirt, so for one week only, the woman with her name in the show doesn’t make an appearance. Instead, Elma has drafted in the Red Roses rehab crew, Saracens and England prop Hannah Botterman and Gloucester-Hartpury and England lock, and current World Player of the Year, Zoe Aldcroft, to join her in the Leicester Ar...

England 7s star, Meg Jones, joins Scaz, Elma and Tinds, fresh from Wasps’ historic victory over Quins at the weekend. She relives her career highs, lows and learnings, admits she was grateful for doing her ACL, highlights the importance of visibility during Pride Month and shares the challenges and joys of having your partner play in the same team as you. They also discuss Scaz’s new statue on the...

Scaz and Elma are joined by Rachel Taylor, AKA Tails, for this weeks episode of The Good, The Scaz, & The Rugby. With an incredible playing career and coaching CV, Tails compares and contrasts her experience in coaching both men’s and woman’s rugby teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn...

What’s it like being a two-time Olympic champion, quintuple World Cup champion, and a mother of three? Helen Glover joins Scaz, Elma and Mike this week to talk rugby, rowing and parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ruby Tui, the woman who gave the most energetic post-match interview during the 7s in Tokyo last summer, joins Elma and Scaz this week. Cat mad Elma can’t help but ask Ruby about her kitten, straight off the bat, but from there they get down to juggling 7s and 15s in the biggest year of women’s rugby to date, the levels of teammate telepathy it takes to be a Black Fern, and reminiscing about their...

Sevens star, Jaz Joyce, joins Scaz, Elma and Tinds in a historic week for Welsh women's rugby, as the first female players have been awarded professional contracts by the WRU. Beginning a World Cup year as a newly contracted player, with sights firmly on New Zealand, Jaz reflects on her olympic journey, her time on the 7s circuit and finally finishing off her teacher training; which Mike saw as an...

Scaz, Elma and Mo are back together to see out 2021. There’s awards to dish out, school nativities to relive and rugby to discuss! Mo’s BaaBaas experience and Elma’s cats are also on the menu. It’s a cracker… so grab a mince pie and join the girls for a holly jolly Christmas party! (WARNING: May contain traces of tinsel...) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn...

England and Saracens Fly Half, Zoe Harrison, one of the standout players of the Autumn Nations, joins Scaz, Elma and Tinds this week. The back-to-back premiership winner and back-to-back grand slammer, tells the team about the battle for the Red Roses 10 shirt and the big Harry Potter social after the Autumn Nations. The team also debate the tackiness of tinsel, the best colour for Christmas nails...

This week Good, Bad, Rugby & Good, Scaz, Rugby worlds collide as Alex Payne joins Elma, Scaz and Tinds for a bit of a jolly in the studio. Rugby Union’s eligibility rule changes are on the menu, as the crack team dream up which other nation they’d want to get a cap for, if it was up to them to pick. Emily and Elma relive their weekend working in various guises on the Baa-baas game, and they discus...

Marlie Packer drops in for a chat with Scaz, Tinds and Elma, fresh from England camp and back on parenting duties. She takes us behind the scenes and reveals how karaoke and balloon art have helped the players to switch off in between tough training sessions and world class performances. We look at the young guns breaking through at international level, and how the Premier 15s is helping to advanc...

England Head Coach, Simon Middleton is with Scaz, Tinds and Elma this week, to reflect on the Red Roses’ dominance over the Black Ferns. Simon looks ahead to the Six Nations and next year’s World Cup, and gives us his take on the players that have stepped up so far. He also shares his thoughts on Emily’s foray into punditry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Lear...