Blood & Mud Rugby Podcast

Since the last episode there has been what feels like an entire season of rugby and Lee & Josh are dying to get their teeth into the British & Irish Lions loss vs Blues and magnificent win over Crusaders, marvel at the batshittery of England's win over Argentina before casting their eye over the other weekend fixtures. Plus, there's Dragons good news, Sean Holley on a trike, Karl Marx, ringpieces and the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings. It's a cornucopia of chat, some of it even manages to be about 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

The Lions is finally, properly here and Lee & Josh pick apart the stultifying performance vs the NZ Barbarians and there's also all the usual nonsense, Player Spotted, news round-ups, SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings. Added to this we add another incident to the You Dirty Get™ Hall of Fame and preview the Lions vs Blues game.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 the end of the domestic season (apart from in France, where there are still 22 weeks to go probably), and Lee & Josh are full of joy about the Aviva Premiership and Guinness Pro12 finals, but not so much about those head-dresses. There's a #SeanHolleySongs James Bond special, a legendary Player Spotted, and the ever-present SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings. We also look at the Lions tour now it's finally here, where we consider all the important stuff, like what will Jack Nowell's hair be like.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 a week of contrasts and Lee & Josh wallow in the lovely waters of a mostly wonderful weekend of Aviva Premiership and Guinness Pro12 semi-final rugby, but then Lee has something akin to a primal scream type meltdown over James Haskell: British & Irish Lion. He just about manages to pull himself together for the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings.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 & Josh continue the midweek so-called magic of the extra episode with the sole purpose of previewing the weekend Aviva Premiership and Guinness Pro12 semi-finals. But of course they also veer off into player spotted territory, more #SeanHolleySongs and some grief laden chat about Chris Cornell.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 & Josh tell us what we learned from the European Finals weekend, take a look at Sean Holley's potential greatest hits, choose an unofficial Lions anthem, have a look at some heroically bad seasons around the country and to top it all there's some reminiscing about when Kenny Rogers sang to the England rugby team. All this plus the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings. It's a cornucopia of rugby chatter and bluster.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

A cheeky midweek preview pod for the upcoming European Champions and Challenge Cup finals, in which we become very worried about Billy Twelvetrees' wellbeing. But, as you know, there is no way we can keep it to on subject so there's also a chat about the Rugby World Cup 2019 pools draw and another installment of Sean Holley's baffling and equally compelling and repellent singing repertoire.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 at an end and the road to the play-offs have come to its entirely predictable end. Lee & Josh mull over the final weekend of ordinary time, have a recycling related player spotted, compile the listener requested Coalition of Chaos XV, update the latest Cuthbert-Plisson Cup winners in #SHITWATCH, and finish as usual with the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings.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 seasons heads towards its denouement and Lee & Josh furnish you with what they learned from the weekend's action in the Aviva Premiership and Pro 12, we have a very topical Strong & Stable XV, a KFC related player spotted report and Lee both goes off on one about Men's Health and does "impression" of Gavin Hastings. Absolute scenes.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 week Lee & Josh break down the European semi final weekend, consider some of the Greatest Tries Never Scored, and have a chat with Jamie Wall all the way from New Zealand about what the Lions chances are before he stays with us for the usual dishing out of the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings.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 simply can't get enough British & Irish Lions chat at the minute, so here we chew over Warren Gatland's announcement of the 41-man squad for New Zealand. Lee & Josh also marvel and the official Lions squad photos, a listener sends in a cracking "Player Spotted" and there's also a quick look ahead to the massive semi-on in Europe this weekend.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 & Josh finally fall in line and talk about the Lions, which involves arguing over Chris Robshaw vs Justin Tipuric, the tricky third scrum-half, why the centres are a bit rubbish and many other feline topics. We also have a lovely chat with Ben Uttley, director of the Lions behind the scenes documentaries on the previous two tours and teeing up for the big one in New Zealand. All this and the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings too. We really do spoil you.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 bumper week sees Lee & Josh letting you know what they learned from the European Rugby weekend, a new Dai Young jingle, some suggestions for Rugby reality TV series, both of the lads getting extremely cheesed off with Lions chatter and some impressions of Donald & Davey Stott. It really is all happening.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

Domestic rugby returns but we are still here to talk for too long in the same old way. This week: things we learned from the weekend, an earth shattering #SHITWATCH update as the Cuthbert-Plisson Cup heads back to Wales, a chat about the situation at the Dragons, another edition of The Year In Rugbistory and of course, the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings.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 week's pod is a massive emotional monster, not unlike Big Vern at the end of the Italy match. Sit back and and enjoy as we relive the weekend's Six Nations action, do some effctive metres carried statistical analysis and select our SHIT and GOOD teams of the tournament. We also announce the winners of the Superbru fantasy league and talk some other nonsense, probably.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 & Josh have a good old chew over the weekend's fixtures, talk cardigans, tweed and other sartorial choices and dish out more SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings to all and sundry.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

A bit later than usual, Josh and Lee preview the weekend's six nations action, introduce the new quiz The Year In Rugbistory, and welcome back old favourites The Rugby Lexicon, You Dirty Get and everyone's favourite feature: Josh having a meltdown over Wales. Never gets old.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

Fresh from their visit to Twickenham, Lee & Josh share a lovely chat with England international Billy Vunipola, discuss the end of rugby as we know it (aka England vs Italy), Josh has a full on Wales-failure related meltdown, Ireland vs France and the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings.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 return of domestic rugby is chewed over and spat out, SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings are awarded, the worlds most disturbing mascot is found, as is a recording of Sean Holley singing a song to Warren Gatland. No, we didn't make the last bit 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

Lee & Josh review an epic Six Nations encounter in Cardiff, a decent encounter in Paris and a borderline waste of time in Rome. There's also all the usual, some U20s Six Nations chat and a frankly ridiculous yet delicious Gastronomic XV.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 week there's a slightly sombre note as Lee & Josh mourn the passing of the true legend Joost Van Der Westhuizen; before we then turn it back up to eleven to review the Six Nations weekend, point out two instances of Ronan O'Gara arseholery, dish out the SHIT/GOOD™ ratings and at one point Lee completely loses it over stadium announcers.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 & Josh dive into the Six Nations to size up the squads, pick some teams and make some predictions. We also present the teams for the British & Irish Pie-uns vs The Lardbarians and Josh takes on the fiendish quiz: Peripheral Star Wars Character or Remote Rugby Club. All this and some references to geopolitics. You simply don't get this with other rugby pods.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 reach the milestone of our half century of podcasts caps and to celebrate we have a look at the weekend's European rugby, select the team of the worst players ever to get fifty caps, throw some celebratory SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings around, fume about Will Greenwood's dickie bow, laugh at Carlo Canna's drop goal attempt and have a cracking chat with Alex Shaw about who to look out for in the upcoming U20 Six Nations.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 & Josh are joined by Sean Wilson for a chat about just what exactly has gone wrong in South Africa, who's fault is it and how are they going to fix it? Some dive-shaming and wistful reflection on what it means for the game; andt here's also the usual round up of the weekend, new depths of farce in the Cuthbert-Plisson Cup than you could possibly fathom and more from our legendary ratings system.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 lads take a very long look at the shambolic first weekend of the new high tackle directives, Wales feature in a 1990s #YouDirtyGet, the Cuthbert-Plisson Cup returns to its spiritual home and there is the usual round of reviews and awarding of SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings.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 may be new year but your same old pod is back after the festive hiatus to answer a number of questions. Is it fair to sack a DoR mid-season? Is Aaron Mauger getting off lightly? Why does Manu Tuilagi keep breaking? Who are the fifteen most Gittish Lions? Who currently holds the Cuthbert-Plisson Cup? How many players have fallen victim to rugby's Foregone Conclusion Syndrome™? This and more as Lee and Josh welcome in 2017 with the usual mix of outrage and misanthropy.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 are not really full of the festive spirit as they look back over 2016, review the European weekend and lose all sense of perspective about World Rugby's high tackle nonsenseSupport 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 & Lee reluctantly bang on about the high tackle nightmare engulfing our wonderful sport, review weekend's happenings, listen and stare in gloriously bewilderment the Sunwolves new promo video and song, throw the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings about and marvel at Mike Phillips's festive sceneSupport 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 strangely more positive about England than Lee is and the lads are joined by Tony Fretwell from the RFL to chat through the differences between our two games and what they are currently learning from each other. There's also the usual SHIT/GOOD stuff and return to Wales for the Cuthbert-Plisson Cup...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 and Lee sort of overcome some new computer issues to chat through all the action from the weekend including lots of cards, England's baffling competency, argue if Ireland are better than them, verbally roll their eyes at Wales and tackle other big issues like which rugby players would you most love or hate to take one-way trip to Mars with.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 two lads take a long hard look at the alleged spree killing that New Zealand inflicted on the poor unexpecting Ireland players, lose their shit over the lack of perspective around high tackles, get all "meh" about England, have very differing views on Scotland and point and laugh and Wales and South AfricSupport 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 fresh from a trip to the Principality Stadium and Lee is fresh from struggling to get a signal on his Sky box to chat through all the weekend's action, including: Liam Williams - Pugilist Supreme; Marland Yarde is not very good, Slight Return; Scotland and their neverending non-winning ways and a woman with a vomit bib. This plus the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings. It truly is all happening.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 a bumper week as Lee & Josh get their teeth into Ireland beating the All Blacks, Wales rolling over and dying vs Australia, check in on the latest shocks in #SHITWATCH, dish out the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings and have a chat with everyone's new favourite Scottish person and part time DJ, Dave The Brick as he tells us all about his forty years at St Boswell's RFC in the lower Scottish leagues.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 some soul splintering technical issues, Lee & Josh finally get a pod recorded that features a lovely chat with Ireland's Robbie Henshaw, momentous #EdinburghShitWatch news, more people who inexplicably like Austin Healey and the usual rounds of reviews and SHIT/GOOD™Ratings.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 long wait for the next pod episode is over but my word it's worth the wait. We round up the latest European action, give New Zealand some serious credit, consider whether boat orgies are ever OK, give out some SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings and add another dodgy incident to the #YouDirtyGet Bucket Of InfamySupport 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, Josh and super special veteran legend guest Lenny Woodard talk England judo injuries, Dan Carter's not so awful "crimes" and the important difference between types of steroids before Lenny regales us with tales from his wandering two-code career. Plus there's all the usual review, ratings and a song at the end. So much in there, we're exhausted just typing it!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 week, Lee & Josh have the usual mix of reviews, #SHITWATCH and the like. We’ve also have more #99rugbyproblems problems, an extremely controversial "I Don’t Second That Emotion", and some player spotting to report before finishing with a song, like a cruise ship full of misanthropy sailing towards a Mathieu Bastareaud shaped fatberg. Delightful.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 & Josh chat weekend games, SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings, another bizarre ShitWatch Cuthbert-Plisson Cup Final, someone shares their shame in “I Don’t Second That Emotion”, a truly despicable act is this week's You Dirty Get™ and another musical number is added to The Loop playlist.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 boys are back one day late (apologies) to talk weekend games, #99RugbyProblems, SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings, a ShitWatch in the tempest, a controversial selection for our new feature "I Don't Second That Emotion" and another musical number is launched into The Loop playlist. All this and swearing, what more do you want?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

A round up of the weekend's domestic and international gubbins, a good bout of moaning about many subjects featuring the Lions, a disagreement over celebrating turnovers before Mourad Boudjellal manages to top us all. There are more entries for our new feature #99RugbyProblems and another song added is added to The Loop playlist.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 lads are back after the summer break with their novel season preview format, the return of SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings, some Rugby Championship chat, the new #99RugbyProblems feature and the latest addition to The Loop playlistSupport 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 been such a long season and the lads are so worn out that Lee forgets what number pod we are on and Josh finds a lot of love for Devin Toner; this is is the level we are not operating on. We review the tours, name our joint Team Of The Tours, add some more entries to the Rugby Lexicon, do the final SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings of the the season, see which players have made it to the pantheon of legends that is the 2016 Cuthbert-Plisson XV, and add a final track of The Loop. All this and ne'er a dwarf in sight.Thanks for listening and we'll speak to you all again in the pre-season.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 revels in England's first ever series win in Australia, Josh not so much, instead indulging in some full-on Wales psychological pessimism. There are some more entries in the Rugby Lexicon, Ruaridh Jackson does Bunga-Bunga and the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings are handed out before The Loop continues on its rugby related musical way.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 to admit something that he really, really doesn't want to; Josh is simultaneously happy and disappointed and Paddy Jackson is given his due. There is plenty of SHIT/GOOD™ to splash around, we enter some words into our new Rugby Lexicon and add yet another track to The Loop - the world's first and only rugby related playlist.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 & Josh do some serious tour previewing, discuss a You Dirty Get Hall Of Fame incident involving Alan Quinlan's posterior, have a lovely chat with Ulster & Ireland's Iain Henderson and add a very topSupport 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 twosome return with their usual nonsense; finals reviewed, England vs Wales slagged off, SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings, Josh being mad as hell and he's not going to take it any more, and another track for The Loop. So just a normal week realSupport 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 & Josh welcome a special guest to a marathon pod, recorded in a secret location. We review the weekend, throw some SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings about, ask how many of the Saxons squad would get in for Wales and consider the Dragons' high profile* signing.*not high profileSupport 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 & Josh are admiringly underwhelmed by the Big Cup, have a look at some games where rain wasn't an excuse, liberally spray the SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings about, add a famous punch to the You Dirty Get Hall of Fame, preview the play offs and add yet another track to The Loop playlist.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 Lee & a borderline despondent Josh take a look at the final embarrassment for the Welsh regions which now includes #DragonsShitWatch. They also have a wander around Britain taking in the teams that have not had the easiest seasons, throw some SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings about, attempt to address the TMO issue, do a frankly cursory preview of the Champions Cup final and add another track into The Loop playlist.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

As we head towards the play-offs Lee & Josh discuss the weekend's action, England's centre options, throw some SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings about, consider whether some poor behaviour is Jack The Lad or plainly just sad and throw another track into The Loop playlist.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