The Ruck

Lawrence Dallaglio, Owen Slot, Stephen Jones and Stuart Barnes reflect on defeat for England in Paris in the Six Nations and discuss how the RFU let Shaun Edwards get away. Plus, Alasdair Reid on a stuttering start for the Scots against Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Jones is joined by England star Marlie Packer, former England captain Catherine Spencer and Wasps Ladies Director of Rugby Giselle Mather to preview this year's Women's Six Nations and discuss wider issues within the sport. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lawrence Dallaglio is joined by Times experts Owen Slot, Alex Lowe, Peter O'Reilly and Alasdair Reid to look ahead to the Six Nations. Plus, Kyle Sinckler's move to Bristol Bears and do Marcus Smith and Alex Dombrandt deserve an England call-up? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lawrence Dallaglio is joined by Owen Slot and Alex Lowe at the England Six Nations squad announcement as well as rugby commentators Alastair Eykyn and Martin Gillingham to discuss relegation for Saracens and Eddie Jones' new "No No.8" policy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Owen Slot, Lawrence Dallaglio, Stuart Barnes and Alex Lowe review the latest action in Europe, discuss the likely quarter-final line-up and look ahead to Eddie Jones' Six Nations squad. Could England really play a flanker at No.9? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lawrence Dallaglio is joined by Owen Slot and former Saracens Director of Rugby, Mark Evans, to discuss the latest comings and goings down Hendon Way. Will there be departures from the playing squad? And what do Premiership Rugby need to do next? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a special festive edition, Owen Slot is joined by Stephen Jones, Stuart Barnes and Alex Lowe to pick a Team of the Decade, nominate their Rugby God of 2019 and make some New Year predictions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex Lowe, Stephen Jones, Adam Hathaway and Mike Aylwin join forces for the 2019 Ruck Christmas Party. They discuss the battle at the bottom of the Gallagher Premiership and ask if everyone is too good to go down this year, after World Rugby announced it will be reviewing salary cap rules we ask which sport can rugby borrow a leaf from, and we look ahead to what we would like to see from the game in the new year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Jones, Owen Slot, Stuart Barnes and Alex Lowe discuss the set-to between Saracens and Munster, wonder why some English clubs have been slacking in Europe and ask where next for Rob Howley following his betting ban. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lawrence Dallaglio, Owen Slot and Stuart Barnes discuss the weekend's European action, decide who have been the players of the tournament so far and ask if the Lions have got it right with their schedule for South Africa Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Owen Slot, Lawrence Dallaglio and Alex Lowe discuss Eddie Jones, Northampton's success and what Leicester need to do to avoid relegation. Plus, Ollie Thorley on his favourite Christmas carol and how Tina Turner launched Lawrence's singing career Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lawrence Dallaglio, Owen Slot and Stephen Jones are back from Japan and it's fair to say they don't see eye-to-eye on the Saracens scandal. Plus, all the news and views from the second round of European action Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the final show from Tokyo as Lawrence Dallaglio, Owen Slot, Stephen Jones and Alex Lowe reflect on England's defeat to South Africa in the Rugby World Cup final and the last seven weeks in Japan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lawrence Dallaglio is joined by Owen Slot, Stephen Jones and Alex Lowe to look ahead to the Rugby World Cup final. Find out why everyone's confident of an England victory and which member of the Dallaglio family Owen Farrell used to babysit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Jones is joined by Owen Slot, David Walsh, Alex Lowe and Gavin Rich to discuss the Rugby World Cup semi-finals. And find out why Lawrence Dallaglio believes the victory against the All Blacks was England's greatest-ever performance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lawrence Dallaglio is joined by Owen Slot, Stephen Jones, Alasdair Reid and Alex Lowe ahead of England and Wales in Rugby World Cup semi-final action. Jones lays into Jones and find out which England star loves Disney films... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lawrence Dallaglio is reunited with Times colleagues Owen Slot, Stephen Jones and Alex "Arthur" Lowe in Tokyo as they review the quarter-finals. Find out why Lawrence has been linked with the Wallabies job and if Arthur wins the ultimate World Cup quiz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lawrence Dallaglio's arrived in Japan, where he's joined by Owen Slot, Stephen Jones and Peter O'Reilly to look ahead to a mouth-watering weekend of Rugby World Cup quarter-finals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lawrence Dallaglio is joined by Owen Slot, Stephen Jones, Peter O'Reilly and Alex Lowe after Japan beat both Scotland and Typhoon Hagibis to reach the quarter-finals. Plus, the boys find out what it's like to be in the middle a major meteorological event Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lawrence Dallaglio is joined by Owen Slot and Stephen Jones, who are sitting out Typhoon Hagibis from the 28th floor of their Tokyo hotel. What are the implications of World Rugby's decision to cancel two matches and should Scotland v Japan go ahead? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a bonus edition of The Ruck, Stephen Jones is in conversation with David Walsh, chief sports writer for The Sunday Times. They discuss doping in rugby, the fall of Alberto Salazar and Lance Armstrong as well as the success of the Rugby World Cup in Japan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lawrence Dallaglio is joined by Owen Slot, Stephen Jones, Alex Lowe and Steve James. Find out who upset Owen Farrell's mum, who thinks England will be tempted to take it easy against the French and why Wales will love being under the radar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lawrence Dallaglio is joined by Stephen Jones to review this week's World Cup games, and of course preview England v Argentina. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lawrence Dallaglio is joined by Owen Slot, Stephen Jones and Peter O'Reilly to review Japan's historic victory over Ireland and a win for Wales against the Wallabies. Plus, Jonesie sees how the other half live with a tour around a Tokyo pod hotel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lawrence Dallaglio is joined by Owen Slot, Stephen Jones and Alasdair Reid of The Times as well as Sir Clive Woodward to assess England's first two fixtures, more refereeing ricks and if we can expect an upset this weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rugby World Cup winner Lawrence Dallaglio is joined by Owen Slot and Stephen Jones to look back at the opening weekend of the Rugby World Cup. They discuss ropy refereeing, Fergie-time for England and the intricacies of Japanese toilets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lawrence Dallaglio, Owen Slot and Stephen Jones ask whether Wales will miss Rob Howley, how a death metal singer is helping the hosts and you too can learn Japanese with Jonesie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lawrence Dallaglio and fellow Times and Sunday Times rugby writers Stuart Barnes, Stephen Jones and Owen Slot complete their Rugby World Cup preview. They discuss favourites South Africa and New Zealand, the hopes of hosts Japan and ask if Australia have been written off too soon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rugby World Cup winner Lawrence Dallaglio is joined by Ruck regulars Owen Slot, Stephen Jones and Stuart Barnes to ask if England, Wales, Ireland or any of the other Northern Hemisphere sides are in with a chance of lifting the Webb Ellis Trophy. For more award-winning journalism visit thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eddie Jones is one of the finest, sharpest and most inventive coaches in rugby union and this year he will lead England to a World Cup.In this episode of the new in-depth Times Sport podcast, LifeTimes, he describes how he has always been an outsider, why his drive to create conflict once led him to kiss an opponent and how he has had to evolve as a coach and a person.In an hour with Matt Dickinson he also speaks of his grandparents’ experience in an American internment camp, the mistakes he made with Australia and the books he believes have made him a better coach.Make sure you go and subscribe to LifeTimes so that you never miss an episode, including the opening show with Paul Pogba and the second episode with England forward Fran Kirby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shambles of the season...In the final Ruck podcast of the series Stephen Jones welcomes Owen Slot and Alex Lowe to pay tribute to Exeter and praise Saracens after a breathtaking Premiership final.Plus the panel select their articles of the year, stories they missed, the best interviews and a favourite venue before highlighting what England need to add to compete in Japan.  Finally Owen and Alex pick their top five Stephen Jones rants of the 2018/2019 campaign.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coaching, culture, recruitment, the salary cap, all of the above?Owen Slot heads to the pub with former players Alistair Hargreaves, Chris Wyles and Will Fraser to try and find the definitive answer ahead of the Premiership final. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Jones welcomes Stuart Barnes, Alex Lowe and Adam Hathaway to assess every Premiership clubs season. The panel then predict and preview the Premiership semi finals and Pro 14 final. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Owen Slot, Mark Evans and Michael Aylwin reflect on Saracens triumph, and who who can stop them in future. Then Mark and Micheal talk about their new book, arguing rugby is now at a crossroads where a number of issues will either be resolved or cause the sport to decline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Jones sits down with Lawrence Dallaglio to remember his career in Europe and preview the Champions Cup final.  Dallaglio also delivers his assessment of Wasps season and explains why the world cup winning team of 2003 need a pathway to influential positions in the game.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Owen Slot is joined by Ben Ryan, Chris Jones and Alex Lowe.The questions to the panel are: Is this really the most exciting Premiership ever? Who is the best signing of the year? We also speculate on who the next England coach might be and Ben Ryan gives us the details on Rugby X - what's being called the T20 of Rugby and why it's necessary for rugby's future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Jones travels to Franklin's Gardens ahead of the decisive Premier 15's final between Saracens and Harlequins on Saturday. Captains Lotte Clapp and Rachael Burford explain what victory would mean for their respective sides before expanding on the recent revolution in the women's game.Coaches Gary Street and Alex Austerberry reflect on preparing players who can be balancing jobs with training and the influx of new young talent into women's rugby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Saracens, football behaviour and half games Stephen Jones presents from Franklin's Gardens with Owen Slot, Nick Cain and Adam Hathaway. Is football behaviour creeping into rugby, who shone in the Champions Cup, why isn't every nation in for the Saracens coaching team, can the cuts to grass roots rugby be explained and will the relegation battle continue to the end of the season? Finally do you back Slot or Jones on the new half game proposals? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Owen Slot and Stephen Jones sit down with referee Wayne Barnes to review the week in rugby. The panel discuss great rugby comebacks in honour of Tiger Woods, the fall out from Israel Folau and Billy Vunipola's social media comments and the Champions Cup semi-finals.  PLUS Wayne Barnes on how he'd make the game safer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the second part of a special programme brought to you by our colleagues at talkSPORT, marking ten years since Bloodgate, an incident that shook the sport of rugby. We bring you a talkSPORT studio panel hosted by Russ Williams, alongside journalist Mark Souster and former Harlequins player George Robson, to look back on the events of that day and discuss if we can expect more repercussions to come for the sport. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

talkSPORT presents Bloodgate: 10 Years On The scandal stained the reputation of Harlequins and the image of Rugby. We return to April 12 2009 and speak to some of the key individuals involved in the match, the subsequent cover-up and fall-out. This includes Tom Williams - the player at the centre of Bloodgate. In addition, we interview some of the biggest names in the sport including Sir Clive Woodward, Brian O'Driscoll, Michael Cheika, Lawrence Dallaglio and Nigel Owens. We also uncover new evidence and allegations that point towards widespread cheating practices that go to the very top of Rugby. Presented by former Times Rugby correspondent Mark Souster.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Jones welcomes Rochelle Clark, Christian Day and Owen Slot for a packed review of the weekends action and detailed focus on RPA charity Restart Rugby. First the panel review the Premiership games after another amazing weekend which leaves Newcastle v Leicester as the potential match of the season. Then RPA player liaison officer, Christian Day outlines the Restart Rugby project which helps players both current and former with coping with a range of issues. All the Premiership clubs are raising awareness and funds this weekend.Finally Rochelle previews the Premier 15's semi-final weekend.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex Lowe, Mark Evans and Adam Hathaway have the final word on the European quarter-finals, discuss where next for World Rugby and back Alex Goode for a late run into Eddie Jones' squad for Japan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Owen Slot, welcomes Alan Dymock, Sam Peters and Rory Teague.They cover Leicester's relegation threat and the laws of the game being reviewed in Paris.  Also Rory Teague unpacks his time coaching at Bordeaux and debates the cultural differences between French and English rugby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Owen Slot is joined by fellow Times and Sunday Times writers Stuart Barnes, Stephen Jones and Adam Hathaway to review the Six Nations and ask what next for the Northern Hemisphere hopefuls with the Rugby World Cup not far away Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Owen Slot is joined by Stephen Jones, Lawrence Dallaglio and England women's captain, Sarah Hunter to discuss the penultimate week of this year's Six Nations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Owen Slot is joined by Stuart Barnes and Ben Kay to discuss fighting in training, Saracens and the salary cap, new plans for the 'World League' and predictions for the weekends Six Nations matches.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Was Wales win a one off? Can Wales win the World Cup? Did England have a plan B? Owen Slot welcomes Sarah Hunter, Stephen Jones and Ben Ryan to unpick the latest round of the six nations in both the men's and women's games. PLUS The panel debate whether up to 600 tackles in a match is too much, and if the spectacle is getting worse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded in Cardiff, Sam Warburton tells Stephen Jones why Wales must pick a team which plays to their strengths not England's weaknesses, why he's more excited as a fan than he was as a player and why he fears England will edge the match. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

6 NATIONS Week 3 Preview Stephen Jones is joined by Mark Evans, Alex Lowe and Steve James to preview a huge Six Nations match between England and Wales this weekend, look forward to the weekend's other games and pick their God or Goddess of the week Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.