The Ruck

Stephen Jones, Alex Lowe and Alan Dymock look back on the final weekend of the Autumn Nations Series including wins for England's men and women. The Times' John Westerby joins the pod after he was in the Stade de France as New Zealand lost for the second week in a row. Plus, they discuss Scotland, Ireland and Wales' Autumn and Jess Hayden rounds up the results in the women's game.

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Alex Lowe and Stephen Jones are back in the studio with Stuart Barnes also joining the show. Following a big weekend of autumn rugby, former Ireland back-row Alan Quinlan looks back on Ireland beating the All Blacks (again!) whilst two time world cup winner Phil Kearns chats about the Wallabies losing at Twickenham and the 2027 World Cup bid. Plus, Jess Hayden rounds up the latest in the women's game.

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Stephen Jones and Owen Slot are joined by broadcasting giant John Inverdale to review all the weekends rugby. They dissect the latest in the Autumn Nations Series, including Eddie Jones' comments on Marcus Smith. Plus, former Scotland captain John Barclay chats about Scotland's victory over Australia. And, Jess Hayden rounds up the latest in the women's game, following another thumping England win over New Zealand.

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Stephen Jones, Alex Lowe, Jess Hayden and Mark Evans look back on a busy weekend of rugby. Including autumn internationals for Wales and Scotland and the latest in the Premiership. Plus there was a big victory for the Red Roses against New Zealand, so the England head coach Simon Middleton joins the podcast.

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Alex Lowe, Stephen Jones and Alan Dymock preview the Autumn Internationals which get underway this weekend. Jess Hayden also looks ahead to the women's fixtures and rounds up what is happening in the domestic game over the coming weeks. Plus, Alex chats with the former New Zealand centre Conrad Smith as Wales prepare to face the All-Blacks on Saturday.

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Alex Lowe, Stuart Barnes and Alan Dymock react to Eddie Jones' England squad for the autumn internationals, including some surprise selections! They also review another entertaining weekend of Premiership action, Jess Hayden rounds up the latest from the women's game and Christian Day from the RPA talks leggings and synthetic pitches.

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Stephen Jones, Alex Lowe and pod regular Mark Evans are back for another busy episode. As well as going through the weekend's Premiership results, they chat with The Times' Jess Hayden to catch up on the opening 5 rounds of the Premier 15s. Plus, why is Welsh domestic rugby struggling? What is going on between clubs and agents in England? And, as always the panel pick their god or goddess of the week.

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Alex Lowe, Alan Dymock and Stuart Barnes look back on the closest round of Premiership fixtures since the 2016/17 season. Plus they are joined by former Australia captain James Horwill to reflect on the conclusion of the Rugby Championship.

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Alex Lowe, Owen Slot and Stephen Jones return to look back on the second week of the 2021-2022 Premiership Rugby season. They are joined by Alan Dymock, the features writer for Rugby World magazine. As well as assessing what is going wrong for Exeter and Bristol the panel are joined by Premiership referee Christophe Ridley to discuss the new law trials this season. Plus, Steve questions Eddie Jones' latest England squad selection and they ask if the Ultimate Rugby Championship can be a success?

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Stephen Jones, Alex Lowe and Owen Slot are back following the first weekend of the new Gallagher Premiership season. They have pod regular Mark Evans alongside them to dissect the opening weekend, including big wins for Saracens and Leicester. Plus, Stephen and Owen give their final thoughts on the Lions Tour now the dust has settled on the lacklustre series.

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