Dumfries & Galloway Rugby Podcast

After capping off what has been a great season at Holm Park over the weekend, we invited Scott Galloway onto the podcast to give us the rundown on how times are changing for the team, the excitement …

Following Shire's strong away win over the weekend that saw them safe in West 1 for another year, we (only John actually) sat down with the notorious Jason Mckie! Jason talks rugby in New Zealand, th…

Another week, another episode and another Scottish international as a guest! Louise Taperell joins us this week to talk Dumfries Saints, her love for the front row and scoring against England in the …

The podcast's first-ever guest, Stafford McDowall, rejoins us here in Season 2 to chat about karaoke choices, Champions Cup rugby at Glasgow Warriors and lining up against Bundee Aki in the 6 Nations…

After taking charge of his final game as Head Coach of Stewartry over the weekend, we welcomed Sandy Currie back onto the pod to chat about his time at Greenlaw, his coaching philosophy and the legac…

Following on from the Saltire Energy Rugby Schools Week, we sit down to talk about the evolution of our beloved sport in schools across the region! John & Ross share their own experiences of school r…

Player-turned-coach Ralph Spernagel is this week's guest in the spotlight as he sits down to chat about captaining a D&G district select team, playing with the likes of Jason White & Gordon Ross and …

Following the recent announcement from the SRU to disband the Super 6, a decision has to be made on how the six teams are integrated back into our league structure.

John & Ross run through each optio…

Our youngest-ever guest, Alex Bryson, is the man in the spotlight this week just a few days after making his debut for Scotland in the U18s! Alex talks Dumfries Saints, Glasgow district rugby and pul…

Fresh from being just one of three Dumfries & Galloway players to be selected for the Glasgow and The West district side, Newton Stewart's Russell Morton is the latest special guest on the pod! Russe…

After making his 300th appearance for Stewartry over the weekend, we welcome (and also blackmailed) club legend Stevie McCulloch onto the pod to talk through what has been a stellar career at Greenla…

Rugby returns to Dumfries & Galloway and we have a number of BIG games scheduled for this weekend in both domestic and National Cup/Shield/Bowl action - The 2023/24 season is almost at a close (wtf) …

As (the majority of) the country takes a break from club rugby action this weekend for the Six Nations, we have a short and snappy episode this time around to chat about some (very) important talking…

For the first time on the podcast, we get the chance to hear all about the amazing work going on down at Park Farm with the Dumfries Women's side as we welcome head coach Richard Kuehnel! Richard tal…

Phaedra Snailham, Glasgow Warriors’ first-ever female try scorer at Scotstoun is our opening guest of 2024! The Stewartry Siren star chats about starting rugby late, her love for scoring and what lif…

With a number of girls and boys in D&G being selected for regional trials and development teams in recent weeks, as well as the announcement of the Men's 6 Nations squad, we dive into analysing the p…

2022 - Check. 2023 - Check. 2024 - In progress!

We're back! For the first episode of 2024, John & Ross chat about the winter break, the fixtures this weekend and how the leagues are shaping up for th…

For the final episode of 2023, we welcome Moffat captain Max Douglas onto the pod to chat about the amazing work the club do in the community, the stellar season they are having this year and what to…

After 17 years and over 300 appearances at Annan, club legend AJ sits down with us to talk about his time as captain, finding love (both on & off the pitch!!) at Violetbank and his aspirations as he …

This week J&R take a look back at the last 50 episodes of the podcast and reminisce on the journey we've been on with over 30 different guests!

In part 2 we review Newton Stewart's game on Saturday (…