The Rig Biz Podcast

Today we're joined by one of our most entertaining guests ever in Gethin Jones; who takes us through his incredible career that took him from Sales Rugby Academy to Blue Peter to dating one of the most famous singers in the world in Katherine Jenkins and of course becoming a broadcasting legend in the process. Gethin entertains us with yarns about; Initiations at Manchester University, Getting MOT...

We're honoured to be joined by Ex Welsh Captain Ellis Jenkins on the podcast today, as he takes us through his incredible career, from the highs of making his debut against the All Blacks and winning the European cup with Cardiff in Bilbao - to the lows of Eben Etzebeth tearing up his knee and forcing him on the sidelines for over a year. We also hear hilarious stories about - how he met his famou...

We're delighted today to be joined by world cup winning all rounder Liam Plunkett all the way from the USA. He does not hold back at all as he lets rip on; the ECB after they dropped him a week after winning the World Cup, the failure of 'The Hundred', why he thinks many more England stars will turn their back on domestic cricket for the Major League Tournament he's overseeing in the USA and why E...

We're joined by 'King Kenny' today on the podcast, one of the loosest rugby players ever to play the game and yet one of the most succesful for club and country. We find out his hilarious tales from; shovelling shit on his neighbours, being forced to get his balls out at a high end function, Shaun Edwards crazy ways, Warren Gatland's drinking obsession, how he charmed Gabby Logan, what Lawrence Da...

Welcome back to the Rig Biz podcast and today we're delighted to be joined by Stade Francais & Italian utility back Paolo Odogwu, to hear about his crazy recent ride in rugby. 12 months ago he was training with England under Eddie Jones and playing for Wasps, then suddenly he was made redundant and without a job until Stade came to rescue him and last week he decided to turn his back on Englan...

Today we're overjoyed to be joined by England centre and all round charming bastard in Henry Slade to discuss his incredible career so far both on and off the field. We discuss his outrage at all his bestmates leaving Exeter and leaving him on his own, his thoughts on seeing the back of Eddie Jones, his punchup with Dave Ewers at a bingo hall in Exeter, the day he almost died from his type 1 Diabe...

Today we're joined all the way from the other side of the world by Melbourne Rebels Captain and Wallabies Flanker Rob Leota to hear about his rapid rise over the last couple of years in world rugby. He gives us some hilarious stories on his experiences in London's best strip clubs during the autumn series last year, how he won $55,000 in one minute, his desires to see Archie naked working out on O...

We're honoured to be joined by the second highest try scorer of all time in Tom Varndell, a true rugby legend, but most importantly an incredibly loose bloke who's remarkably still playing rugby, now for his 11th club. He takes us through his incredibly loose memories of his Leicester days; where he was caught wanking with a vibrator up his bum, getting beaten up by Martin Johnson and Julian White...

Ladies & Gents, you're in for a real treat today, as we're joined by Italian International Monty Ioane - to hear his incredible story which has taken him from growing up in Melbourne as a naughty teenager to Paris to New Zealand to Italy and then recently back to where it all began in Melbourne. His cousin Wallabies legend Digby Ioane decided to take an 18 year old Monty along with him to Stad...

Today we're delighted to be joined by the most famous comedic British influencer on Tik Tok in William Hughes aka What Willy Cooks, to hear how he gave up a shitty job as runner in a media agency making £20k a year to become a globally famous cooking influencer, who now has his own; Burger range on deliveroo, is on billboards in France and counts the likes of Davina McCall as super fans of his wor...

We've done it ladies and gentlemen, we're the official winners of the 'Best Sports Comedy Podcast' at the global 'Sports Podcast Awards' and we owe it all to you, and to say thank you we've lined up an incredible guest today in England legend Graeme Swann. He's our most hilarious guest yet and tells some incredible stories and shares secrets about the likes of; Kevin Pietersen, Freddie Flintoff, P...

We're overjoyed to be joined by England and Bath legend Matt Banahan, to celebrate his incredible story, which took him from being a nightclub bouncer in Jersey to becoming a star for England and Bath over many years. He grew up a hockey prodigy before someone finally saw sense and shoved him on a rugby pitch - from that he went from second row to flanker to winger in a season and ended up signing...

Today we're delighted to be joined by Scottish superstar Sione Tuipulotu as we celebrate his incredible career so far which has taken him from Tonga via Melbourne to Japan and eventually to Glasgow - where he's become the national hero and was a stand out player in the recent Six Nations. He talks us through; struggling to adapt to Glasgow life, his Girlfriend threatening to leave him when he ment...

Today we're joined by Saracens Captain & legend Jackson Wray, a man who’s won 4 premierships and 3 champions cups, but for some reason, has never got a call up to play for England! We discuss; being stuck next to Owen Farrell on a long bus journey, regional clubbing in Essex, Alex Goode's shit chat, begging Eddie Jones for an England cap, fracturing his head and not realising, micropenises in...

Today we're joined by one of Englands most recent debutants in Ollie Hassell-Collins, who turns out to be a huge fan of Archie Curzon and even uses his quotes to inspire him pre-match and in his personal life. We discuss everything from what it was like in camp with England this Six Nations and making his debut against Scotland and the initiation that followed to why he paints his nails, has Harry...

Today we travel to the North East of England where we're joined by the King of Newcastle in Gary Graham, a man who's not only the loosest guest we've ever had in 3 years on the podcast, but is also one of the most controversial, when he publicly turned his back on Scotland to play for England and then turned his back on England to go back to Scotland. He tells us about; the shocking abuse he got f...

Today we're joined by the most inform backrow forward in the world right now in Italy's very own Sebastian Negri to discuss his incredible story which has taken him from having his families farm ransacked in Zimbabwe & being attacked by Mugabe's army to becoming the most sought after forward in world rugby. We discuss everything from; him slipping into Jack Savorettis' DM's but being blanked,...

Today we're truly honoured to be joined by the hottest property on tiktok in Big John, a man who's amassed over 2 million followers for his love of Chinese food, his robust physique & his usage of the word 'Bosh'. We discuss with him everything from; his meteoric rise and how it came about, his thoughts on influencers boxing, his hatred for 'wokeism', how his business went bust and he nearly w...

Today we're truly honoured to be joined by a Sprinbok legend in Flip VDM and we have a lot of fun celebrating his incredible career which took him from playing alongside Viktor Matfield and Bakkies Botha for the Bulls to winning the Heineken Cup alongside Benders at Clermont. Ironically his career finished with him enrolling at Cambridge University and him playing alongside ex Australian captain a...

Fresh from leading his side out at Twickenham on the weekend, we're delighted to be joined by Italy and Harlequins fly-half Tommaso Allan to discuss Italy's incredibly resurgence and find out which of the team actually have any banter. Tommy reveals to us; why Capuozzo' may look sexy but he's actually got no C.H.A.T, how he beat Dombrandt up at the bottom of the ruck at HQ, what it's like competin...

We're delighted to be joined by our greatest friend of the show in Freddie Burns, who's just landed in New Zealand where he's going to be playing Super Rugby for the Highlanders. We discuss; how the move came about, what he's going to miss, why he broke down in tears on the radio, how he managed to bag his stunning girlfriend, what Borthwicks like on the piss, his biggest hangover, when he had to...

After 3 months of non stop researching and investigating we managed to track down Ryan Caldwell, who was living off grid almost in rural Norther Ireland and who the outside world hadn't heard from in years. Once upon a time he was an Irish international rugby player but of late he's better known as a multi convicted drug dealer, addict and criminal. That was until he served multiple prison sentenc...

Today we're joined by Ruaridh Jackson, a man who won over 30 caps for Scotland as recently as 2019, but who is better known for his off the field antics where he is known to enjoy the social side of life to its extremes. In this interview he takes us through all the hilarious untold stories from his career playing not only for Scotland but also for - Glasgow, Wasps and Harlequins. From finding out...

Today we're joined by one of our greatest friends of the show in Sky Sports & Amazon Prime Broadcaster Simon Thomas for somewhat of a 'Dry January' special. Simon has recently passed his 1 year anniversary of being sober and in this deeply personal interview he takes us through the horrendous struggles and relationship he's had with alcohol over the years. After suddenly losing his wife, his l...

Today we're delighted to be joined for a new series by a man who's been described as 'the hardest man in rugby' in Carl Fearns and it doesn't take long for you to realise how he's acquired this reputation. As a working class scouser, Carl is a rare breed in professional rugby and has battled with his demons on and off the pitch throughout his incredible career so far. From acquiring a serious gamb...