Alex Corbisiero is at the USA Rugby training camp at Infinity Park in Glendale Colorado where the Eagles are training and preparing for the Autumn world cup qualifier repêchage in Dubai. Corbs’ special guest on this show is Eagles head coach Gary Gold who discusses the disappointment felt following the losses to Chile and Uruguay, and the issues facing the team. They then look ahead to future Rugby world cups in the USA and how the Eagles can grow their stature on the world stage.

72: USA Rugby Coach Gary Gold and the Path to the World Cup

The Scrum Down with Alex Corbisiero features regular guest Jonathan Fisher and input from other current Premiership Rugby players. A conversation on all things Rugby related from a player's point of view.

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As this season of the Scrum Down comes to the close, we are sadly marking it with the historic event of London Irish entering administration.

In a season which has seen a fantastic Rugby product on the field and lots of success across different formats of the game, it has been blighted by the situations of Wasps, Worcester Warriors and sadly now, London Irish.

Alex Corbisiero is joined by BBC Rugby Correspondent Chris Jones, to chat through news of the administration, what can be done to protect other clubs in the league and how the league can be restructured and what may be next for London Irish

London Irish to Administration and Season's Scrum Down to a Close

The Gallagher Premiership season may be over, but there is still a lot of confusion and questions over the future of London Irish. 

Corbs is joined by the BBC’s Chris Jones, to discuss the latest stories, following on from a conditional extension from the RFU possibly being broken, and how that may affect the fate of the club in the near future.

Season’s Conclusion and Possibly The London Irish with Chris Jones

This week on the Scrum Down we continue to cover the developing ownership situation at London Irish, with only a matter of days remaining before the RFU's deadline for Irish to play in the league next year hits. To cover this, Alex Lowe joins again, fresh from a trip to Dublin where he watched the Champions Cup, and then we focus on Twickenham and the forthcoming Premiership  Final between Saracens and Sale, and to preview the match we'll be joined by Performance Analyst Ross Hamilton.

The RFU Deadline and Premiership Final Preview with Alex Lowe and Ross Hamilton

Ross Hamilton is back on the Scrum Down to review the semi-final games in the Premiership over the weekend with Saracens and Northampton Saints facing off as well as Sale Sharks and Leicester Tigers.

And Alex Lowe is back as we keep on the pulse of the London Irish story, with more clarity on the ownership situation as well as the league preparing contingencies and setting deadliness for the situation to be resolved.

The Highs and Lows of The Premiership Part 2

On this weeks Scrum Down we look at both the exciting and worrying sides of the Premiership, with Alex Lowe joining to talk about the concerns that are still causing problems at London Irish as well as the latest developments with Worcester Warriors and Wasps.

And then Ross Hamilton joins to go through the Premiership semi-finals by the numbers as we anticipating an exciting set of matches with Saracens taking on Northampton and Sale Sharks facing off against Leicester Tigers.

72: USA Rugby Coach Gary Gold and the Path to the World Cup

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