Will Greenwood's Rugby Podcast

A jam-packed pod this week as we look ahead to the 2020 edition of the Six Nations.

Will and Rupert hear from England internationals Joe Marler, Mo Hunt and Hannah Botterman as they enter the final stages of their preparation. They are also joined by 2007 World Cup finalist Nick 'Minty' Easter who gives his two pennies worth ahead of the Northern Hemisphere's Rugby showpiece.

Will & Rupert were in Wapping this week for the Guinness Six Nations launch. They caught up with the great and the good of the European game. Some of the highlights were Fabien Galthie's suit/trainers combo, Will giving his A-Level French an outing and Sarah Hunter's reservations about wearing 'full kit' in the middle of the day!

This week, Rupert & Will spoke to EPCR Chairman Simon Halliday regarding the current state of play with the European club competitions. Will reviews Round 5's results and plays 'Mystic Meg' in picking his quarter-finalists. They also discuss the key talking points from the Wales & Scotland squad announcements.

This week, Rupert & Will were joined by Saracens interim CEO, Edward Griffiths, as the club work towards balancing the books by the June 30 deadline.

Lewis Moody called in from the South Pole and gave us an update on his journey.

Will also gives his 2020 predictions and wraps up the festive rugby action.

In this festive episode, Will Greenwood is joined by James Gemmell to look back and reminisce over his favourite moments of the past decade. They include Lions Tours, World Cups and James Haskell's infamous pitchside 'sing-song'.

Will also tells us how he spends his Christmas and how he once tried to set up an all-singing and all-dancing end of season fixture between the European Champions and the Super Rugby Winners in Abu Dhabi.

On the pod this week, former England captain Lewis Moody joins Will and James as he prepares to embark on an Arctic adventure to the South Pole.

We discuss the challenges he and his team will face - frost bite to polar bears, endless daylight to mental darkness, and the driving force behind them - raising vital funds for Brain Tumour research through the Lewis Moody Foundation.

The former Leicester Tigers team-mates also run the rule over the latest European action, and the prospect staring their old club in the face: relegation from the Premiership.

On this week’s pod we sit down with ‘Agent of the Stars’ Duncan Sandlant. The Global Director of Esportif has brokered some of the biggest player deals in Rugby Union and he is widely regarded as the global leader in the management of rugby coaches.

We discuss Ian Foster’s appointment as Head Coach of All Blacks and closer to home Will says England should consider their former Head Coach Stuart Lancaster when forming their new coaching group.

All that plus our Champions Cup round-up and preview.

In this bonus episode, Rupert Cox sits down with Mike Friday to discuss all things sevens related. Mike tells us how he became involved with the England set-up, his time with Kenya and now with USA. He also shares some classic tales of what life is like on tour and also how tough it can be dealing with the work/life balance factor.

Glasgow Warriors head coach and newly-appointed Australia head coach, Dave Rennie, joins Will & Rupert on this week's podcast. He talks about life in Glasgow and why he picked Australia. The duo also dissect the latest round of the Gallagher Premiership and look ahead to the back-to-back fixtures of the Champions Cup.

World Cup-winning Springboks captain Siya Kolisi popped into Sky this week. He sat down with Sky's CEO of Future Sport, Barney Francis and they discussed a number of topics including the victory over England in the final, the trophy bus tour, his upbringing and his love for Liverpool Football Club.