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Will Kelleher, Stuart Barnes and Stephen Jones look back on the final of the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup. They ask whether Leinster v La Rochelle was the greatest final in the competitions history? Plus, they preview the Premiership final this weekend and chat to former Sale winger Mark Cueto, who was a part of the 2006 side who last won the Prem for Sale. And, they name their God or Goddess o...

Will Kelleher, Elgan Alderman and Mark Palmer bring you the latest episode of The Ruck. They look back on the Premiership and URC semi-finals following some big results, including Leinster's surprise defeat to Munster. Dan Biggar joins the pod as his Toulon side prepare to face Glasgow in the Challenge Cup final. Plus, the panel preview the Champions Cup final as well! Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

Alex Lowe, Alan Dymock and Stuart Barnes look back on the final round of the Premiership season and preview the semi-finals this coming weekend. Stuart voices his frustration about the dominance of driving mauls, plus Steve Jones interviews Jersey Reds director of rugby Harvey Biljon after the club won the Championship. Alex, Alan and Stuart talk about grief in rugby, Gregor Townsend's new contrac...

Alex Lowe and Steve Jones look back on the semi-finals of the Champions and Challenge Cups. They discuss Leinster and La Rochelle setting up a repeat of last year's final after they beat Toulouse and Exeter respectively in their semi-finals. Producer Alfie caught up with former Red Rose, Rachael Burford, after England won yet another Grand Slam in front of a record crowd at Twickenham. Plus, Alex...

Will Kelleher and Alex Lowe round up all the latest across the Premiership, Women's 6 Nations and the European semi-finals. They are joined by the Chairman of European Club Rugby, Dom McKay, to discuss the challenges facing the Champions Cup from the administrative point of view. Plus, they are also joined by Exeter centre Henry Slade to look ahead to their match against La Rochelle. Jess Hayden t...

Will Kelleher and Alex Lowe look back on the latest round of the Gallagher Premiership as the race for the top 4 hots up. They reflect on Chris Ashton scoring his 100th Premiership try and the controversial red card for Olly Woodburn. London Irish Head Coach Les Kiss joins the show as they prepare for their final two matches of the season, which could see them reach the play-offs for the first tim...

Stephen Jones and Stuart Barnes look back on the quarter-finals in the Champions and Challenge Cups. Jess Hayden joins the show to preview the third round of the women's 6 Nations. Plus, Steve and Stuart name their God or Goddess of the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steve Jones, Adam Hathaway and Stuart Barnes look back on the last-16 of the Champions Cup and ask whether it was one of the greatest rounds in the competitions history? They also look ahead to the quarter-finals this coming weekend, Jess Hayden joins the show to look back on round two of the Women's 6 Nations and they name their God or Goddess of the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

Will Kelleher and Stephen Jones look back on the latest round of Premiership fixtures and also preview the last-16 in the Champions Cup. They chat with RPA General Secretary Christian Day on the 'State of the Game' and what the players would like to gain from the next Professional Game Agreement. Plus, they also look back on the opening round of the Women's 6 Nations with former Red Rose, Rachael...

Stephen Jones and Alan Dymock look back on the conclusion of the men's 6 Nations along with Pete O'Reilly. They assess Ireland's famous Grand Slam as well as covering all the big talking points from victory over England, including Freddie Steward's red card. They are also joined by Jess Hayden to preview the start of the women's 6 Nations this weekend. And, they name their God or Goddess of the we...

Alex Lowe, Will Kelleher and Stephen Jones look back on the latest round of the 6 Nations. They dissect what went wrong for England as they suffered their heaviest Twickenham defeat to France and Wales returning to winning ways with victory away to Italy. Plus, they speak with former Ireland hooker Bernard Jackman as Ireland beat Scotland and are set to win the Grand Slam if they can win against E...

Stephen Jones, Will Kelleher and former Wales captain Sam Warburton look ahead to the penultimate round of the 6 Nations as Wales travel to face Italy, England host France and Ireland meet Scotland. They also speak to Sale Sharks Director of Rugby Alex Sanderson on the club's impressive Premiership form. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex Lowe, Stephen Jones and Alan Dymock look back on the third round of the 6 Nations. They discuss Italy's improvements as they pushed Ireland close in Rome, England's victory over Wales in Cardiff and a missed opportunity for Scotland as they lost to France. Plus, they name their God or Goddess of the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will Kelleher, Stephen Jones and Steve James look ahead to the third round of the 6 Nations. They are joined by former Wales international Tom Shanklin to ask whether Wales v England will go ahead with potential strike action taking place by Welsh players. They also preview Italy v Ireland and Scotland's trip to face France and they name their God or Goddess of the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast...

Will Kelleher, Stuart Barnes and Alan Dymock look back on the second round of the 6 Nations. Including Ireland against France which is being called one of the greatest 6 Nations games ever, Scotland's impressive win over Wales and England beating Italy. Plus, Will chats to the former Scotland international Scott Hastings, who was a part of the last Scotland side to win their opening two matches of...

Will Kelleher, Alex Lowe and Stephen Jones pick the bones out of the opening weekend of the 6 Nations. Including Scotland winning the Calcutta Cup again, Ireland's dominant win over Wales and Italy's narrow defeat to France. They also speak with Gloucester and Italy scrum-half Stephen Varney to look ahead to Italy's trip to Twickenham this weekend and name their God or Goddess of the week. Hosted...

Steve Jones, Will Kelleher and Mark Palmer look ahead to the opening round of the 6 Nations. England host Scotland at Twickenham, Wales meet Ireland and Italy play France. They chat to the former Scotland captain John Barclay to preview the Calcutta Cup, as well as looking ahead to the rest of the matches. Will provides an update on the RFU's controversial plan to lower the tackle height and they...

Will Kelleher and Alex Lowe are at the 6 Nations launch with the 2023 tournament a little under two weeks away. Will chats to the Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend to look ahead to their opening match against England at Twickenham, he also speaks to 6 Nations Chief Executive Ben Morel about the upcoming Netflix documentary and the state of the Championship. Plus, Will and Alex discuss the RFU´s...

Alex Lowe, Will Kelleher and Stephen Jones are on location at Twickenham to react to Steve Borthwick naming his England squad for the upcoming 6 Nations. They also discuss Eddie Jones' return to international rugby after he was named as the new Australia Head Coach, look back on the weekend in the Champions Cup and name their God or Goddess of the Week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

Will Kelleher is joined by Alan Dymock of Rugby World and the Chief Exec of Fijian Drua, Mark Evans! We look back on the recent round of Premiership action including a huge win for Newcastle over Leicester, another defeat for Bristol and a last gasp Owen Farrell drop goal which saw Saracens edge out Gloucester It was a costly weekend for new England head coach Steve Borthwick, Owen Farrell could b...

Will Kelleher, Stephen Jones and Stuart Barnes are here for the first show of 2023! We look back on the recent round of Premiership action including Saracens sublime win over Exeter and also the fallout from Joe Marler's incident with Jake Heenan which saw him subsequently banned for six weeks. Saracens Nick Tompkins joins the show to discuss this weekends game with Gloucester, the departure of Wa...

Merry Christmas from everyone at The Ruck! Will Kelleher, Alex Lowe and Alan Dymock look back on 2022 by naming their men's XV team of the year, plus a number of other end of year awards! Will chats with England and Saracen's Zoe Harrison to look back on her year, which included another 6 Nations Grand Slam and a world cup final defeat. And, the panel say what they would like to see happen for rug...

Steve Jones, Stuart Barnes and Elgan Alderman react to Steve Borthwick being unveiled as England's new coach. He replaces Eddie Jones and leaves Leicester Tigers along with defence coach Kevin Sinfield. They also look back on the latest round of results in the Champions Cup and name their God or Goddess of the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will Kelleher is joined by Stuart Barnes and Elgan Alderman to look back on the Champions Cup. They talk about the format of the competition and whether it needs changing and review the opening round of results. Plus, they discuss Eddie Jones' departure as England head coach and the latest on Steve Borthwick being lined up as a replacement. Finally, Will chats with Northampton Saints captain Lewis...

Will Kelleher, Stephen Jones and Stuart Barnes react to Warren Gatland returning to Wales. They also look back on the Premiership and discuss the negative impact of not having relegation. Plus, they chat to Stormers Head Coach John Dobson ahead of South African sides joining the Champions Cup this weekend! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.