For The Love Of Rugby

The Investec Champions Cup returns this weekend so Dan Cole and Ben Youngs are hear with an ultimate preview of the Round of 16. Plus, is Henry Pollock's deal with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Talent Agency a good thing for rugby? And will we be seeing a Geoff Parling vs Craig Doyle bout soon? 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: UK: https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-live-tickets-adp1630694 Dublin: https://thehelix.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173663616 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ruby Tui and Shaunagh Brown are back together to preview the Guinness Women’s Six Nations. They’re joined by World Cup winner and Red Rose Sadia Kabeya for an inside look into England camp ahead of the tournament. There’s plenty to get into... from fresh leadership and coaching changes to squad pregnancies(!) Plus, Ruby and Shaunagh share their table predictions for what promises to be a huge Six Nations. 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: UK: https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-live-tickets-adp1630694 Dublin: https://thehelix.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173663616 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Youngs and Dan Cole dial up their new friends in Cape Town to launch a new South African version of For The Love Of Rugby, Breaking News: We now have a new South African YouTube channel hosted by double Rugby World Cup winners Steven Kitshoff and Trevor Nyakane. If you're a Springbok fan, you can expect new episodes every Tuesday. There'll be deep dives into working with Rassie, winning World Cups, playing with Siya Kolisi and whatever else props chat about in between meals. For The Love Of Rugby South Africa. In this episode, Steven and Trevor tell you how a Springbok alignment camp works, how Rassie and his coaches will have watched the Six Nations. Plus the best props they ever faced, battles with injuries and why everyone loves the Ox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Youngs and Dan Cole answer your questions on becoming a professional rugby player while picking their teams of only Bens and Dans. 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: UK: https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-live-tickets-adp1630694 Dublin: https://thehelix.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173663616 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Youngs and Dan Cole take on the challenge of deciding who is the toughest rugby player of all time. Watch Danny Care & Joe Marler's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICrDBaAbXWk 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: UK: https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-live-tickets-adp1630694 Dublin: https://thehelix.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173663616 💳 Open a Tide Business Current Account and receive £100 cashback when you spend up to £1,000 in your first 60 days: https://tide.co/sixnations T&Cs apply 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

England have lost four matches in a Men's Six Nations Championship for the first time ever. With less than 18 months until the 2027 Rugby World Cup, can they get out of their slump? Luckily, Ben Youngs and Dan Cole are on hand to provide solutions to England's problems. 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: UK: https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-live-tickets-adp1630694 Dublin: https://thehelix.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173663616 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Forget the Oscars, the Six Nations has ended and you've got a ticket to the hottest ceremony in town: the For The Love Of Rugby Men's Six Nations Awards! Dan Cole and Anthony Watson pick their Six Nations XV, Player of the Championship, Breakthrough Player, Moment of the Six Nations and much more... 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: UK: https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-live-tickets-adp1630694 Dublin: https://thehelix.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173663616 💳 Open a Tide Business Current Account and receive £100 cashback when you spend up to £1,000 in your first 60 days: https://tide.co/sixnations T&Cs apply 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Where do we even begin?! France have won the 2026 Men’s Six Nations with a last-minute Thomas Ramos penalty to snatch the title from Ireland’s grasp. The Champions were run close by a resurgent England in an all-timer in Paris. But Super Saturday did not stop there, serving up two more instant classics as Ireland overcame Scotland in an attack-at-all-costs encounter and Wales grabbed their first win in three years with an emphatic victory over Italy. 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: UK: https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-live-tickets-adp1630694 Dublin: https://thehelix.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173663616 💳 Open a Tide Business Current Account and receive £100 cashback when you spend up to £1,000 in your first 60 days: https://tide.co/sixnations T&Cs apply 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's here. The finale of the greatest Six Nations Championship we've ever seen. Super Saturday beckons. Can Scotland win at the Aviva for the first time ever or are Ireland being written off at their peril? Will Italy clinch at an historic third Six Nations victory or will Wales end of a high? And most importantly... can England avoid the Wooden Spoon? 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: UK: https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-live-tickets-adp1630694 Dublin: https://thehelix.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173663616 💳 Open a Tide Business Current Account and receive £100 cashback when you spend up to £1,000 in your first 60 days: https://tide.co/sixnations T&Cs apply 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve Borthwick has named a largely unchanged side to travel to Paris ahead of England Rugby's final match of the Men's Six Nations, against France in Le Crunch. Plus, we answer your questions. Have Ben Youngs and Dan Cole kissed and made up after an explosive podcast on Sunday? 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: UK: https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-live-tickets-adp1630694 Dublin: https://thehelix.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173663616 💳 Open a Tide Business Current Account and receive £100 cashback when you spend up to £1,000 in your first 60 days: https://tide.co/sixnations T&Cs apply 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A wild weekend of Six Nations action has ended with Scotland putting 50 on France and Italy beating England for the first time ever. Ben Youngs and Dan Cole analyse what happens now in a breathless championship. 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: UK: https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-live-tickets-adp1630694 Dublin: https://thehelix.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173663616 💳 Open a Tide Business Current Account and receive £100 cashback when you spend up to £1,000 in your first 60 days: https://tide.co/sixnations T&Cs apply 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ireland defeated a spirited Welsh side in the first match of round 4 of the 2026 Men's Six Nations, but the name on Dan Cole's lips is tearaway loosehead prop Rhys Carré who thundered over for the moment of the championship. 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: UK: https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-live-tickets-adp1630694 Dublin: https://thehelix.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173663616 💳 Open a Tide Business Current Account and receive £100 cashback when you spend up to £1,000 in your first 60 days: https://tide.co/sixnations T&Cs apply 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Youngs and Dan Cole preview the fourth round of the 2026 Men's Six Nations as Ireland host Wales and France travel to Scotland. Plus, we answer your questions and react to the news that Dave Rennie has been appointed as head coach of the All Blacks. 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: UK: https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-live-tickets-adp1630694 Dublin: https://thehelix.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173663616 💳 Open a Tide Business Current Account and receive £100 cashback when you spend up to £1,000 in your first 60 days: https://tide.co/sixnations T&Cs apply 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve Borthwick has made nine changes to his starting XV as England Rugby head to Rome to play Italy in an enthralling Six Nations 2026 matchup. George Ford, Freddie Steward, Fraser Dingwall and Henry Arundell are amongst the casualties; whilst Fin Smith, Seb Atkinson, Elliot Daly and Cadan Murley earn their first starts of the tournament. Ben Youngs and Dan Cole analyse if this gamble will pay off. 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: UK: https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-live-tickets-adp1630694 Dublin: https://thehelix.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173663616 💳 Open a Tide Business Current Account and receive £100 cashback when you spend up to £1,000 in your first 60 days: https://tide.co/sixnations T&Cs apply 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Youngs, Dan Cole and Anthony Watson are joined by a star-studded panel of rugby fans to judge their weirdest and wildest rugby opinions. You have been warned. 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: UK: https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-live-tickets-adp1630694 Dublin: https://thehelix.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173663616 💳 Open a Tide Business Current Account and receive £100 cashback when you spend up to £1,000 in your first 60 days: https://tide.co/sixnations T&Cs apply Vittorio Angelone @vittorioangelonecomedy Buy a ticket for Vittorio's tour: https://vittorioangelone.com/tour Oli https://www.instagram.com/leveluprugby/ Max Brown @MaxBrownYo Ruck Star Lizzie https://www.instagram.com/ruckstarlizzie/ Counteruck https://www.instagram.com/counteruck/ Rugby With Amy https://www.instagram.com/rugbywithamy/ Andrew Forde @AndrewDavidForde Finlay Reith https://www.tiktok.com/@fin_reith Jim Flanagan https://www.instagram.com/jimflano/ Efe https://www.instagram.com/efeosenobua/ Squidge Rugby @SquidgeRugby Victoria Rush https://www.instagram.com/victoriahrush/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just days after their loss against Ireland, Dan Cole and Ben Youngs are at Pennyhill Park for a special episode from inside England Rugby's Six Nations camp. We share an unrivalled insight into the mentality of a team struggling for form, recall the challenges of navigating the media as a player and hear from Ollie Chessum and Jack van Poortvliet. 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: UK: https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-live-tickets-adp1630694 Dublin: https://thehelix.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173663616 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music 00:00 Podcasting from within England Camp 03:26 Are England in Crisis? 09:15 A Players' Mentality in Defeat 17:17 Ollie Chessum: The Aftermath of Ireland 32:58 The Challenges of Interacting with the Media 39:27 Jack van Poortvliet: Inside the On-Pitch Chaos 59:41 Reacting to Eddie Jones 01:05:01 Steve Borthwick's Next Steps Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The latest enthralling weekend of the 2026 Men's Six Nations has concluded with Scotland grabbing a last-ditch victory over a brave Wales in Cardiff and France overcoming a spirited Italy in Lille. Dan Cole and Ben Youngs break down all the action from round 3 and answer your comments from Ireland's victory over England. 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: UK: https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-live-tickets-adp1630694 Dublin: https://thehelix.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173663616 💳 Open a Tide Business Current Account and receive £100 cashback when you spend up to £1,000 in your first 60 days: https://tide.co/sixnations T&Cs apply 🩸 Use code LOVEOFRUGBY to get 20% off your first Thriva blood test: http://thriva.co/ 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andy Farrell's Ireland side delivered a masterclass to thrash England Rugby at Allianz Twickenham to blow the Men's Six Nations Championship wide open. Ben Youngs and Dan Cole analyse what went wrong for Steve Borthwick's side in a record defeat. 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: UK: https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-live-tickets-adp1630694 Dublin: https://thehelix.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173663616 💳 Open a Tide Business Current Account and receive £100 cashback when you spend up to £1,000 in your first 60 days: https://tide.co/sixnations T&Cs apply 🛜 EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/ftlor Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices