For Ruck's Sake Giles Jagger, Tom-Henry Jones and Will Dagnall
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Weekly podcast discussing everything going on in the world of rugby union - matches, stories and controversies. Primarily focusing on northern hemisphere rugby
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83: RWC Semi Final Review and Final Preview
We discuss New Zealand's dominance over Argentina and the incredibly tense battle between England and South Africa in the two semi finals. We look at the key selection masterstrokes or mistakes by Rassie and Borthwick, why Ben O'Keefe was the wrong appointment by World Rugby and how England lost after such a strong performance. We also do a deep dive into the technicalities of the decisive scrum and why the penalty was given against England as well as chat about how scrums fit into the modern...
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82: RWC QF Review and Semi Finals Preview
We discuss what was arguably the best ever weekend of international rugby with Argentina, New Zealand, England and South Africa making it through to the semi finals. We analyse how those teams won and what the match ups are going to be like in the semis. We answer all the big questions like: Where can Ireland go from here? Why was New Zealand's defence able to shut Ireland down? Did France only lose because of poor refereeing? How will South Africa exploit England's weaknesses?
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81: RWC Pool Review and QF Preview
We look ahead to the Rugby World Cup quarter finals and discuss how each team got there. We chat about most of the highly debated topics from the week such as: Would Scotland have qualified if they were in a different pool? Do England have to drop one of Ford or Faz? Is it too early to rush back Dupont? Can the All Blacks stop Ireland?
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80: RWC Week 3
We discuss all the matches from the third round of the World Cup including the epic Ireland v South Africa, Wales essentially knocking Australia out to qualify themselves and England's win over Chile. We look at the biggest talking points of the week such as did South Africa's 7-1 split backfire? Is Eddie Jones going to get sacked? Will Marcus Smith continue to play at 15? What can World Rugby do to help the Tier 2 nations be more competitive?
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79: RWC Week 2
We discuss all the action from week two of the Rugby World Cup. We look Uruguay testing France and Portugal testing Wales and analyse how South American and European rugby has improved. We also chat about England's second win, Fiji getting a much deserved win and what's going wrong with Australia.
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78: RWC Week 1
The Rugby World Cup has finally kicked off so we're here to discuss all the matches of week one. We look at the much anticipated opener between France and New Zealand, George Ford's dropkicking masterclass against Argentina and the epic but controversial Wales v Fiji. We discuss the key talking points from the weekend like if Wales should have had more yellow cards and if Farrell can get back in the England team.