From Dorking RFC to international rugby, England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line chats with George Kruis about his life and career so far. The Saracens lock opens up about playing with England cricketer Jason Roy at his local club, how he got into the professional game later than most and how he relaxes away from the pitch using the time to focus on his business, walk his dog or go fly fishing.

On this podcast you'll also hear from Ben Youngs and Ruaridh McConnochie as they take the Three Tracks challenge with Lewis Ludlam and Manu Tuilagi open up about their guilty pleasures.

The pod has will continue to run for England's matches out in Japan and will be speaking to players within the camp.

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Lewis Ludlam is the latest player to sit down with England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line as season four continues and the Northampton Saints flanker talks about his musical past, including the instruments he taught himself to play and being in school productions, his intriguing family ties and how he nearly ended up on an episode of Bargain Hunt.

The forward also talks about the struggles he had at club to becoming an England international, how he got himself into painting and how he repaid a particular primary school teacher with match tickets for his England debut. You'll also hear from second row George Kruis has he talks about his dream dinner with the guests, food and ambience.

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As season four of England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line continues we sit down with wing Joe Cokanasiga as he talks about his nomadic upbringing in Fiji, Germany and Brunei, how Eddie Jones prepared him for his international debut and his pre-match superstitions before every game. He also discusses breaking physical records at Bath, how he deals with the psychological aspects of rugby and how he views his playing style.

There's also another edition of Overrated or Underrated as Jack Singleton interviews George Ford and Courtney Lawes on a range of topics including Love Island, Disney remakes and gravy.

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One of the legends of the game sits down with England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line as Jonny Wilkinson speaks in a way you will not have heard before.

The former England fly half opens up on a range of topics about being an obsessive child which helped him develop his skillset, how before England games he would get so anxious he would not want to play and what it feels what he remembers about winning rugby's biggest prize in 2003.

Wilkinson also opens up on topics like how he would have kicking competitions with both of his feet, his mindset when it came to making big hits in the tackle and his initiation song after making his debut as a winger against Ireland.

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The England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line gets up close with Leicester Tigers centre Manu Tuilagi as he talks about growing up in Samoa with a rugby-mad family, learning to play the game with plastic bottles and going from watching Jonny Wilkinson win on the biggest stage in 2003, to playing alongside him. He also opens up about on coffee wars in the England camp, Elvis the dog and what Ed Sheeran song he sang for his initiation.

Also on the pod this week is Ben Youngs taking the Dreaming of Dinner challenge with Ruaridh McConnochie, while hooker Jack Singleton dishes the dirt on his guilty pleasure.

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The England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line continues the fourth series by delving into the life of Exeter Chiefs hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie as he discusses becoming one of the best in the world at Call of Duty, how he earned a games console fishing with his dad and life growing up in Devon with England team mates Jack Nowell and Henry Slade.

On the pod you also hear from Kyle Sinckler who talks you through Dreaming of Dinner where he talks through the famous people he would invite around and what he would cook them, while Courtney Lawes takes on the Three Tracks Challenge telling you three meaningful songs from his life.

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The England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line gets up close and personal with Harlequins prop Kyle Sinckler this week as he discusses his route in the game from football, growing up in south London and how it was having a mum who worked for the police.

Sinckler also discusses about how he only keeps a close group of friends, the bond he has with his French bulldog and his relationship with Ellis Genge. You also hear from centre Manu Tuilagi as he discussed his guilty pleasures with Lewis Ludlam.

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As series four of England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line continues we sit down with defence coach John Mitchell who speaks about how he got into rugby after being a promising basketball player, what it is like being head coach of the All Blacks and the personalities within the England coaching staff.

Mitchell also opens up on a night that changed his life when he was working in South Africa and his home was burgled and he was stabbed, reflecting on how how he now looks back on that evening.

You also hear Red Rose wing Jess Breach on the pod this week who tackles the quickfire questions including her three favourite dinner guests.

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England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line sits down with Exeter Chiefs centre Henry Slade to talk about his life and career so far as he goes in depth about David Beckham being his first sporting idol, his first steps into the game at Ivybridge Rugby Club and how he relaxes by colouring in. He also reveals how his diagnosis for diabetes came about, the tears of joy his family had following his international debut and life with his dog Frank.

Also on the podcast this week Red Roses forward Vicky Fleetwood speaks about her love of candles, being an early riser and her story about an Easter egg, while team-mate Abbie Scott takes on the three track challenge about what music she has an emotional connection to.

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The England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside returns for series four ahead of the summer Quilter Internationals as Ugo Monye sits down with scrum coach Neal Hatley.

Talking in-depth about his life and career, Hatley reveals why he moved from Lancashire to Zimbabwe as a child, why hot showers became a driver in his early rugby career at school and how he progressed from a full back to the front row. He also speaks about how Eddie Jones approached him for the job, answers who in the current squad he would compare himself to and how he relaxes outside of the game. You will also hear from Red Roses prop Sarah Bern who discusses her three sporting heroes and why they mean so much to her.

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