The Rugby Pod

The boys are back from Hong Kong with stories to tell as they head straight from the plane to the studio on Monday lunchtime and Goodey predicts John Kingston's departure from Quins a few hours before it happens, while Jim throws Nick Kennedy's hat into the ring! We catch up with Ed Jackson to hear all about his remarkable trek up Snowdon and Mike Haley joins us to discuss Sale's play-off chances, his move to Munster and his Ireland ambitions.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We dissect all of the Champions Cup quarter-finals as Goodey addresses the power of the PRO14, Jim tells us how he was blanked by Stuart Lancaster in Dublin and it's bring your kids to work day on Easter Monday as Jim's son JJ pops in for a brief cameo! All that plus a few decent whispers in The Rumour Mill and the week rounded up in The Goode, The Bad and The Ugly.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Schalk Brits joins us to preview Saracens' trip to Leinster and says they've got a few things up their sleeves and will be bringing pressure that the Irish province haven't experienced yet this season. He also tells us of his plans to play in the Varsity match after retiring. We round up all the weekend's action, preview the other Champions Cup quarter-finals, answer a few of your social media questions and tie up the week in rugby with the Goode, the Bad and the Ugly as well.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're having a Six Nations after party and everyone's invited! Join Big Jim, Goodey, James Haskell, John Barclay, Jamie Roberts, Chris Ashton, Martin Castrogiovanni and Grand Slam winner Jordi Murphy to discuss every team's performance and much more...it's big and you don't want to miss it.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Goodey dials in from the all you can eat buffet in Dubai to call for the head of George Ford, while Irishman Brendan Macken stands in for him in the studio to discuss the men in green’s title triumph and the prospects of making it the best St Patrick’s Day ever by sealing a Grand Slam at Twickenham on Saturday. Oh…and there a couple of ‘special guest appearances’ 😉 in the studio!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Six Nations’ leading try scorer Jacob ‘The Mountain Goat’ Stockdale joins us to discuss his rapid rise to international success and Ireland’s Grand Slam chances. Goodey lists the changes Eddie Jones needs to make to get England back on track, Jim comes to George North’s defence, Nili Latu’s bush shocks everyone and much, much more…  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Big Jim’s got a rival for the title of King of Scotland…we speak to one of the country’s heroes from the weekend’s game against England, Finn Russell. He talks us through that pass, the criticism he took in the build-up, the night out afterwards and what colour Lamborghini he’s getting when he moves to Paris. Goodey and Jim have their own tales to tell from Edinburgh too and we round up the other Six Nations and Premiership action as well.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Big Jim’s back from having a whale of a time in Dubai with tales to tell and a rap of his own to rival Alex Corbisiero’s from last week! Alasdair Strokosch joins us to reminisce about the last time Scotland beat England a decade ago, we round up the weekend’s club rugby and look ahead to this weekend’s Six Nations action.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex Corbisiero joins us in the studio to spit some bars and get Goodey rapping…as well as discuss all of the weekend’s action. We speak to former Wales international James Hook about Rhys Patchell’s performance and Big Jim calls in from Dubes to hail Scotland’s saviour Greig Laidlaw!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From Johnny Sexton's massive cojones and the drop goal that'll never be bettered to Scotland's shellacking and Big Jim having shoes thrown at him in Cardiff, we dissect the opening weekend of the Six Nations and have a chat with former British and Irish Lion and Grand Slam winner with Ireland Stephen Ferris before looking ahead to next week's games.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices