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February 13, 2023 Ireland beat France in a 6 Nations classic! Plus, wins for Scotland and England.
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 a Championship. And, the panel name their God or Goddess of the week.
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52 min
February 06, 2023 New-era England defeated by Scotland again!
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.
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49 min
January 30, 2023 6 Nations 2023 Preview!
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 name their God or Goddess of the week.
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44 min
January 23, 2023 6 Nations launch with Ben Morel and Gregor Townsend
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 tackle height changes for the community game, the latest from the Champions Cup and name their God or Goddess of the week.
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49 min
January 16, 2023 Borthwick's England squad and Eddie Jones returns!
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.
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49 min
January 09, 2023 Injuries and suspensions galore for England!
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 be banned for England's Six Nations opener after being cited for a dangerous tackle, meanwhile Luke Cowan Dickie and Tom Curry look set for a spell on the side lines after picking up knocks.

There is some positive news coming from the England camp, Nick Evans has been added to their backroom staff, Mark Evans talks about his role in bringing him from New Zealand to the UK and what impact he could have as part of Steve Borthwick's team

And as always we have our God and Goddess of the week!
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1 hr
January 03, 2023 Hopes & dreams for 2023, Nick Tompkins talks Sarries, Wales & Owen Farrell
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 Wayne Pivac from Wales and the return of Warren Gatland ahead of the Six Nations

Plus there's a bit of England chat as Steve Borthwick made further changes to his backroom staff as well as our God and Goddess of the week!
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1 hr
December 26, 2022 World Team of the Year and Zoe Harrison on her 2022!
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 rugby in 2023.
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55 min
December 19, 2022 Steve Borthwick is the new England coach!
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.
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42 min
December 12, 2022 The Confusing European Cup and Northampton's Lewis Ludlam
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 Ludlam following their European defeat to defending champions La Rochelle and his views on Eddie Jones, who gave him his England debut.
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50 min

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