The Rig Biz Podcast

We're honoured to be joined by multi-award winning TV and Film star Jamie Bamber to hear about his incredible career on the big screen - from Band of Brothers to Battlestar Gallactica he's done it all. He also happens to be a resident of Stockwell so we hear about his thoughts on; Clapham, Chariots Spa in Vauxhall, Kiss Chase, getting weird sexual messages from a Brazilian fan, how he deals with h...

Today we're joined by one of our greatest ever guests in 2019 Springbok World Champion and Saracens legend Schalk Brits, whereby he reveals his greatest stories from 20 years as a professional. From brutal initiations at school, to getting barred from one of London's most famous nightclubs due to Matt Giteau's antics, to a 4 day orgy in Barcelona with the Sarries boys, to drugging his 2019 teammat...

We're honoured to be joined by multi BAFTA & Novello award winning actor, writer, musician, MC, DJ Hugo Chegwin aka DJ Beats from the incredible show 'People Just Do Nothing'.  He's on wonderful form as he regales us with stories of; how the lads were all bought together via their mutual love of smoking weed, how the show went from being mini youtube clips to becoming the most watched comedy s...

We're honoured to be joined by a Springbok legend in Joe Van Niekerk to celebrate South Africa's incredible World Cup victory, but more importantly to hear his incredible life story, which took him from being SA Player of The Year, to winning 4 European Titles and being inducted into Toulon's Hall of Fame, to retiring and setting up his own psychedelic/hallucinogenic retreat in Costa Rica and much...

As the World Cup boils up to it's natural crescendo, we're delighted to be joined by All Blacks legend and Ex-Captain Justin Marshall to preview the World Cup final and immerse ourselves in his incredibly loose and entertaining tales. From messy nights out with Gavin Henson in Cardiff to medieval initiation ceremonies in Canterbury to Andrew Mehrten measuring the lads penis's to some special priva...

For the first time in our history we join you live (poolside) from a lovely 5 star hotel that we were meant to be meeting our guest Niko Matawlau in, sadly; he's been kidnapped, Archie's fallen in love with a wrongun, Haskell can't stop partying, England are somehow into the semi-finals, Ryan Wilson's stopped breathing next to us and the worlds falling apart.....so strap in for an incredibly enter...

Today we're joined by a an absolute legend both on and off the pitch, a man who is the second highest scorer for the All Blacks in rugby history and has some of the most hilarious stories we've ever heard. From rooming with 'insomniac' Jonah Lomu with his weird eating and viewing habits, to abusing South African fans in the stadium, to shitting himself in a board meeting in Sydney and giving Nelso...

We're truly honoured to be joined by a man so respected that he has his own statue outside Wembley Stadium, the one, the only - Martin Offiah. Martin is the highest scoring rugby league player of all time with an incredible 501 tries to his name, but he started out playing union for England 7s and finished his career playing under Warren Gatland for Wasps. He treats us to 30 minutes of the greates...

We're truly honoured to be joined by Scotland's highest try scorer, a 3 times British & Irish Lion and a man who is as much fun on the pitch as he is off it. In his first long format interview since he retired, Hoggy sits down with us and shares countless incredibly hilarious and loose stories from throughout his career, from breaking his nose on his toilet bowl whilst throwing up to abusing E...

It's finally here -  after 150 Episodes we've managed to get on one of our greatest ever guests in the man, myth and legend - Mathieu Bastareaud! He does not hold back on any controversial tales, opening up on an epic career which saw him become a triple european champion and a global sporting icon, but mixed in with a fair bit of controversy. For being dropped for partying too hard, using his loc...

We're honoured to be joined by a legend of the game in Stephen Donaldson, a man who famously kicked the winning points in the 2011 World Cup Final, having been called up to the squad a few days prior. Beaver had been dropped by the All Blacks for the World Cup and so decided to go on a 3 months long piss up and fishing trip across NZ, where he put on a lot of weight and decided to turn his back on...

It's the 3rd and final day of the lads SAMURAI World Cup trip to France and Archie is barely alive! ---------------------- BUY SAMURAI CLAPHAM FALCONS STASH NOW! We're delighted to be partnering with SAMURAI on this series and you can now buy our limited edition Clapham Falcons Stash for this upcoming rugby season here - Join The Team Now! https://www.samurai-sports.com/collections/clapham-falcons...

Forget the last 3 years, we're incredible at Rugby and we're going to win The World Cup + a loose night in Marseille. -----------------  BUY SAMURAI CLAPHAM FALCONS STASH NOW! We're delighted to be partnering with SAMURAI on this series and you can now buy our limited edition Clapham Falcons Stash for this upcoming rugby season here - Join The Team Now! https://www.samurai-sports.com/collections/c...

We're in Paris, Archie has gone missing and France have destroyed the All Blacks! See you all tomorrow for more adventures in Marseille. --------------- BUY SAMURAI CLAPHAM FALCONS STASH NOW! We're delighted to be partnering with SAMURAI on this series and you can now buy our limited edition Clapham Falcons Stash for this upcoming rugby season here - Join The Team Now! https://www.samurai-sports.c...

Today we're joined by a World Cup winner, a Sprinbok legend, a test centurion and the highest scoring centre in the history of the sport in Jean De Villiers. He lifts the lid on his incredible career; from his school days facing a horrific illegal initiation for his cricket team, the highs of winning the World Cup in 2007, partying with Nelson Mandela, the lows of losing to Japan in 2015 and getti...

For the start of our World Cup Special series we're truly honoured to be joined by the most exciting Fly Half in World Rugby currently in Paolo Garbisi, to hear about his incredible rise from a Venetian school boy who'd never heard of the sport to becoming Italy's pin up boy. We discuss; his incredible rise to the top, the secret to a great handshake, why you should judge a man by his watch, Itali...

Attention! We're delighted today to be joined by TV Star and Ex SBS and Royal Marine Commando Jason Fox to hear his incredibly moving life story which takes him from the council estates of Luton in the 80s to becoming one of the most respected soldiers in the world, to being discharged with PTSD and flirting with suicide. We discuss; his drinking problems and the trouble he got into at school, the...

He's back - our most capped player of all time in England, Highlanders and now Shokki Shuttles Fly-Half Freddie Burns joins us once more to bring us up to speed with all the craziness which has been happening to him of late and it's all incredibly loose and entertaining.  From breakups, horrific sexual encounters with Japanese ladies, abusing Ruck Rugby, getting rinsed at his brothers wedding, the...

Today we're delighted to be joined by Ex London Irish and now Stormers winger Ben Loader to hear about his incredible meteoric rise over the last couple of seasons which has resulted in him becoming the first English player to play for the Stormers in decades. We hear about his upbringing at Wellington, his rivalry with his millionaire brother who plays football for England and Porto, the desperat...

It's a true honour to be able to be joined by one of Australia's greatest sons in James O'Connor, a superstar on and off the pitch and a man who's had one of the most scintillating careers imaginable. When James became one of the youngest players to ever debut in Super Rugby and for the Wallabies his life changed over night and he became the most famous rugby player in the world. This non stop med...

Today we're joined by another World Cup Winning Springbok in Bob Skinstad, a man who nowadays works in the City and eats at some of London's best Michelin Starred restaurants, but previously was one of the most talented rugby players of his generation. His story is as harrowing as it is exhilarating, involving triggering a brutal Bar Brawl with Kiwi's legend Justin Marshall, becoming South Africa'...

Pinned down at a Mariupol steelworks, after a month-long siege and running out of supplies, Aiden was part of the mass surrender of over a thousand Ukrainian troops, in April 2022. Then his real ordeal began. Singled out for his British passport, Aiden was interrogated, tortured, stabbed, turned into a propaganda zombie, tried by a kangaroo court and then sentenced to death. A victim of a catalogu...

After 3 years you would have thought that we would have seen it all? We've had nearly 150 guests on this podcast and yet this week we were caught off guard. We were unaware they still made legends as wonderfully entertaining and as god damn loose as Luke Cowan-Dickie - but thank God they do! All I can say is get your headphones plugged in right away and enjoy quite possibly our greatest ever guest...

We're honoured to be joined by the man of the moment, in England opener and the 4th highest scorer in this Ashes Series the wonderful Ben Duckett for his second cap on the show. He gives us the inside stories on; how the England team celebrated their epic victory at Headingley, his thoughts on Alex Carey cheating at Lords, why England are now favourites, England's secret 4 day non stop piss up in...

We're honoured to be joined by rugby royalty today in a man who's won practically every trophy available in rugby and is still to this day one of the most recognisable faces in the world - Bryan Habana. Bryan is on incredible form from the very get go and doesn't hold back any punches as he completely takes Archie Curzon to task on his; business track record, hairstyle, and supposed penchant for p...