Blood & Mud Rugby Podcast

The Lions have (sort of) lift-off, a wonderful premiership final, Boyz II Men. It's all in here*This is the edited public version of the podcast. If you wish to hear the full two-hour episode then head to patreon.com/bloodandmud to sign up - subs start from £20 for a WHOLE YEAR and you can still listen on Acast, Apple Podcasts and most other pod players, plus you'll get extra episodes and access to the private VIP lounge Facebook group*Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Benetton become the kings of all space and time, Bristol are thick as porridge, Exeter are very good rugby team. We talk all that, plus plenty more besides*This is the edited public version of the podcast. If you wish to hear the full two-hour episode then head to patreon.com/bloodandmud to sign up - subs start from £20 for a WHOLE YEAR and you can still listen on Acast, Apple Podcasts and most other pod players, plus you'll get extra episodes and access to the private VIP lounge Facebook group*Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The regular season is over, and we let joy be unconfined as we consider what it all means. Also, the return of War AnimalSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lee returns from a week of no gravel and having to visit Yorkshire in a surprisingly decent mood.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Lee otherwise engaged in DIY (of course), Josh is joined by Phil Lewis to chat all the latest.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Euro finals, Eurovision, honesty sessions, reluctant doctors, other stuff*This is the edited public version of the podcast. If you wish to hear the full two-hour episode then head to patreon.com/bloodandmud to sign up - subs start from £20 for a WHOLE YEAR and you can still listen on Acast, Apple Podcasts and most other pod players, plus you'll get extra episodes and access to the private VIP lounge Facebook group*Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Weekend chat, Baboons, anteaters and a Scottish "You're So Club" are all in here, among other things...*This is the edited public version of the podcast. If you wish to hear the full two-hour episode then head to patreon.com/bloodandmud to sign up - subs start from £20 for a WHOLE YEAR and you can still listen on Acast, Apple Podcasts and most other pod players, plus you'll get extra episodes and access to the private VIP lounge Facebook group*Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Josh is back from his travels and joins Lee to talk Lions, Anteaters, the weekend and loads of other stuff you didn't ask for.*This is the edited public version of the podcast. If you wish to hear the full two-hours-plus episode then head to patreon.com/bloodandmud to sign up - subs start from £20 for a WHOLE YEAR and you can still listen on Acast, Apple Podcasts and most other pod players, plus you'll get extra episodes and access to the private VIP lounge Facebook group*Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lee is joined by Robbie of Squidge Rugby to talk the most constitutionally challenging Lions bolter pick ever, the Euro weekend and much more*This is the edited public version of the podcast. If you wish to hear the full two-hours-plus episode then head to patreon.com/bloodandmud to sign up - subs start from £20 for a WHOLE YEAR and you can still listen on Acast, Apple Podcasts and most other pod players, plus you'll get extra episodes and access to the private VIP lounge Facebook group*Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

*This is the edited public version of the podcast. If you wish to hear the full two-hours-plus episode then head to patreon.com/bloodandmud to sign up - subs start from £20 for a WHOLE YEAR and you can still listen on Acast, Apple Podcasts and most other pod players, plus you'll get extra episodes and access to the private VIP lounge Facebook group*Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

*This is the edited public version of the podcast. If you wish to hear the full two-hours-plus episode then head to patreon.com/bloodandmud to sign up - subs start from £20 for a WHOLE YEAR and you can still listen on Acast, Apple Podcasts and most other pod players, plus you'll get extra episodes and access to the private VIP lounge Facebook group*Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After an illness related hiatus we're back with all the Euro lowdown, the Women's Six Nations, News, digger injury updates and the return of War Animals feature a never before featured species.*This is the edited public version of the podcast. If you wish to hear the full two-hours-plus episode then head to patreon.com/bloodandmud to sign up - subs start from £20 for a WHOLE YEAR and you can still listen on Acast, Apple Podcasts and most other pod players*Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Six Nations has finally come to and end and we somehow manage to talk for hour without mentioning Wales winning it. What we do mention is Leinster's genitally challenged humanoid army, Stu Lancaster's necromancy shame, what it must be like to negotiate with the Michelin Man, and some spotted action in Hong Kong.*This is the edited public version of the podcast. If you wish to hear the full plus-two-hours episode that features Six Nations round up and Lions team and squad chat then head to patreon.com/bloodandmud to sign up - subs start from £20 for a WHOLE YEAR*Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We chat Six NAtions, News, Josh's surprisingly qualified despair, insults, dog prison, All Blacks in coffee shops and lament as the last days of Big Light or Lamp are upon us. *This is the edited public version of the podcast. If you wish to hear the full two hour episode (plus other extras) then head to patreon.com/bloodandmud to sign up*Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two-plus hours of Six Nations, Masterchef, Cameo (not the band), news and loads of other stuffSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We chat about all the latest news, make some 6 nations predictions and contemplate how much people are willing to pay for tat on Facebook.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lee has a chat with rugby writer James Stafford about his rugby journey; taking in Barry Plastics RFC, Dublin 4, London, confusion over the fear of rain in Prague and his love of the history of the sport, something that he's poured into his brilliant new book "An Illustrated History Of Welsh Rugby".Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's St David's Day and Josh is happier than a leek in shit at the result and Wales's beckoning #JamSlam.There's also a lot of 80s US sci-fi miniseries and guttering chat.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There's much to talk about: red cards, France living in a leper colony, not texting Wayne Barnes, Six Nations predictions and more...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Round two of the Six Nations is considered, alongside ginger dinners, ridiculous teams names and we pose and important question: "who is rugby's Freddy Adu"?Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Six Nations 2021 is here so we chat about Richmond sausages, shaving our heads and self-flagellationSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Premiership returns and so we spend ages talking about Waitrose, biscuits, documentaries, crap classic fiction and Lee's holiday rules and how they should translate to the Sevens Circuit.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're joined by Robbie Owen of Squidge Rugby fame for two plus hours of chat about the weekend, rugby journeymen, what Tom Brady looks like, Chris Ashton of the CIA, vegetable family groups and so much more.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All of rugby is being suspended. We have a chat about that and lighten the mood with the return of a War Animal, some tips for lockdown walking games and find out what Josh is 7th best at in his locality.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're back to consider a litany of news in rugby, including Lions, transfers, sackings, Dimes, and far too much time talking about provincial welsh telecoms.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are on a break from the main pod, but we thought we'd cheer you all up with a deep dive on the recent concussion case news in rugby. Of course, we know nothing about the law and so thought it best we get Ben Cisneros of Morgan Sports Law on to explore the issues the case raises, the procedure and jurisdictions it's under and whether rugby should be very worried.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Automation Clunge is over and we have a look at the state of each nation come the end. Plus, Argentina racism update, more global calendar news and rugby is about to be bankrupted apparentlySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The future of ruby is doomed, apparently, so we thought we'd better talk about that plus the weekend and Pablo Matera's wrongness.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Autumn Nations Clunge is given a full airing and we have a fuming reaction review to the Oceans Apart documentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Autumn Nations Cup is here, so we do our best to talk about it in-between the usual digressionsSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's remembrance week, so we select a suitably outstanding War Animal. There's also a notable retirement, matchmaking, and a rugby landlord.Oh yeah, and some rugby games as well, sort of.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Six Nations climaxes, so we take all that in and consider posh crisps and Tavis Knoyle's poor local reputationSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

6 Nations and the Premiership Final all in one weekend you say? We have a chat about that, BB King in a chair, Eurovision, a War Animal and some other stuff.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The euro weekend is digested - we have some nice stuff to say about Exeter and Finn Russell, would you believe - and we're joined by friend of the pod Luke Upton to talk about the Hard Men Of RugbySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Prem semis, Bledisloe 1, war animals, inter-era down the park rehydration trends, the unnerving flatness of Suffolk. This and much moreSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The unfinished final weekend of the Prem, the brilliant opening weekend of the Pro14, uncomfortable chats with workmen, and fundraising war animal action. All here.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lee is back to help Josh navigate the European Weekend, rats and rubbish cola.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Lee busy with More Important Things™ Josh and Robbie 'Squidge Rugby' Owen dissect the weekend's European rugby action. By which we mean that they talk about toilet roll, a novel squad selection proposal, and of course, another heroic military animal. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There's a big Pro14 Final to talk about and lots of news. So naturally we end up talking about when Al Pacino's career went bad and of course more War Animals.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Another week, another 100+ minutes of chat vaguely resembling a rugby podcast.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All the usual including some rugby in betweenSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After an interesting week, we're back to talk return of the Pro14, dressing room pizzas, tiny prams and large men and other stuff.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The original lineup returns to happily welcome the Premiership and all it's maladroit wonder back to our lives.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Lee on holiday, someone thought was a good idea to let Josh and Robbie do a podcast without any supervision. The result? We set up the Ruckley Cinematic Universe, have the most tear-jerking Military Animal chat yet, and pen a heartfelt love letter to Richard Fussell…Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Squidge joins us again to chat all the latest news, terrifying mascots, and a Northern only Lions tour, among other stuffSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lee has talk to Melanie Squire & Meagan Wilson of the Iroquois Roots Rugby organisation from Ontario. They tell us how they found rugby, what part their community plays in their mission and what they think of the recent branding decision by Exeter.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Josh is back to join Lee, and we've kept Robbie in for good measure to talk trans participation, transfers and the efficacy of warfare animals.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Josh laid up, Lee is joined by Robbie - aka Squidge Rugby - to consider the news, putting kids to sleep, the lidl centre aisle Alun Wyn Jones, the economy of Poland, the extent of communism in Cardiff and some rugby matches.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

200 up everyone! And we tip our bats to the pavilion by doing very little different to any other week. Obviously, we wade armpits deep in the Exeter branding argument, though.Party on!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We do lots of news, a minimal amount of rugby action and look at some classic clips.Wales squad crossbar challenge - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8sng2 Rugby Special, April 1987 - https://youtu.be/IkZYdGliil0 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bloodandmudrugby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices