Dumfries & Galloway Rugby Podcast

For the 50th episode special, John & Ross welcome one of Dumfries & Galloway's top professional players - Alex Craig.

The Scotland and Scarlets star chats through his beginnings at Stewartry, life on…

John & Ross are joined by Dumfries Saints' former player, development officer and current head coach Paddy Coupar this week! Paddy runs through his time as a professional Rugby League player, his vis…

After a year of the Dumfries & Galloway Rugby Podcast, and numerous requests from various listeners, we finally sat down to have a chat with Annan's all-time leading appearance holder and current War…

Now that (most) of our D&G sides have reached the halfway mark in their 2023/24 seasons, we take stock and run through how each and every team in the region have fared so far - league positions, key …

One-club man John Dalrymple is our latest guest on the pod to chat taking on the head coach role at Shire, the future stars in Stranraer and even his (very) quick stint at university!

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On the one-year anniversary of the Dumfries and Galloway Rugby Podcast, we sat down with Glasgow Warrior Gregor Hiddleston to talk about his journey to becoming a pro from Dumfries Saints, life at Sc…

There are 10 different D&G sides running out onto rugby pitches this weekend right across Scotland and they are all involved in their own hugely important fixtures! We have top-of-the-table clashes, …

For the first time ever, we have three guests joining John & Ross on the pod this week! With almost all of the men's sides having a break this weekend, we invited Clare Dooley (Stewartry), Neve Finla…

Dumfries Saints development officer Dom Stewart is in the hot seat this week to chat about travelling Australia, working as an analyst and even his hatred for grime music and crocs!

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This week John & Ross start by discussing some of the highlights from the SRU 4-Year Plan meeting (that they both attended) to share a few brilliant ideas that they picked up from our thriving D&G cl…

Next Monday (25th September) the SRU are holding a meeting to discuss their 4-year plan for domestic rugby in Scotland going forward. With that in mind, we decided to have a wee chat about what you c…

The queen of all trades is our special guest this week as we are joined by player, coach and referee Hannah Stewart! Hannah's love for the game shines through as she chats the about growth of women's…

Off the back of a brilliant win away at Kilmarnock, we invited Annan's new head coach Juan Phyfer onto the pod! Juan spills all on his amazing rugby story, his visions for the Violetbank side in the …

For the first time since starting the pod, we’ve had a change of head coach in the region - giving us the perfect reason to pull in Moffat’s new man in charge Ross McCrosson! Ross lets us in on his p…

The episode we've all been waiting for is here! Leicester Tigers, London Irish, Harlequins, Edinburgh Rugby and Scotland star Scott Steele is our special guest this week, as he shares stories on his …

After taking a break over summer, the Dumfries & Galloway Rugby Podcast is finally back in action for Season TWO! In this first episode of the new series, John and Ross run through what's been happen…

The first season of Dumfries & Galloway's first-ever rugby podcast has come to an end! Before we take a break for a few weeks to get ready for 2023/24, we do one last roundup, with a twist - The DGRP…

In our penultimate episode of Season 1, we invited Dumfries Saints captain Craig Goldie onto the pod! Goldie talks us through his 10 years at Park Farm, a mixed-bag 2022/23 and even what he's got tat…

Ahead of the Scottish Women's 7s Series at Stewartry RFC on June 10th, we invited organiser and RugbyPeople founder Adrian Henry to the pod! Adrian chats to us about his journey, creating a platform …

For the first time on the pod, John takes the reins as DGRP host and is joined by Strength & Conditioning expert Stevie Wilson! Stevie spills his tips and tricks on staying fit over the summer, the k…