The Good, The Scaz & The Rugby
World Cup-winning Red Roses and best friends Emily Scarratt and Natasha Hunt host the award winning The Good, The Scaz & The Rugby, with their good friend, South African broadcaster, Elma Smit.
Often joined by current Red Rose Meg Jones, the team brings a unique mix of insight, humour, and honesty to the world of women’s rugby.
Their mission? To grow the game and help reshape how women and girls see themselves — through untold stories, raw conversations, and unmatched access across clubs, players, unions, and coaches.
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- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 62 minutes
- Episodes
- 124
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
S2 Ep13: Six Nations Preview with Hannah Botterman & Zoe Aldcroft
The stage is set for the Women’s Six Nations and Scaz is finally back in an England shirt, so for one week only, the woman with her name in the show doesn’t make an appearance. Instead, Elma has draf…
00:54:30 |
Fri 25 Mar 2022
S2 Ep12: Meg Jones, Scaz’s statue & Shirley the cat
England 7s star, Meg Jones, joins Scaz, Elma and Tinds, fresh from Wasps’ historic victory over Quins at the weekend. She relives her career highs, lows and learnings, admits she was grateful for doi…
00:51:09 |
Fri 11 Mar 2022
S2 Ep11: Coaching Tales with Rachel Taylor
Scaz and Elma are joined by Rachel Taylor, AKA Tails, for this weeks episode of The Good, The Scaz, & The Rugby. With an incredible playing career and coaching CV, Tails compares and contrasts her ex…
00:56:24 |
Fri 25 Feb 2022
S2 Ep10: Rowing for Gold with Helen Glover
What’s it like being a two-time Olympic champion, quintuple World Cup champion, and a mother of three? Helen Glover joins Scaz, Elma and Mike this week to talk rugby, rowing and parenting.
Learn mo…
00:55:23 |
Fri 11 Feb 2022
S2 Ep9: The Interview, The Zone and The Kitten with Ruby Tui
Ruby Tui, the woman who gave the most energetic post-match interview during the 7s in Tokyo last summer, joins Elma and Scaz this week. Cat mad Elma can’t help but ask Ruby about her kitten, straight…
00:57:13 |
Fri 28 Jan 2022
S2 Ep8: Sevens Speedster Jasmine Joyce
Sevens star, Jaz Joyce, joins Scaz, Elma and Tinds in a historic week for Welsh women's rugby, as the first female players have been awarded professional contracts by the WRU. Beginning a World Cup y…
00:44:14 |
Fri 14 Jan 2022
S2 Ep7: Mo Ho Ho! Merrrrrry Scazmas!
Scaz, Elma and Mo are back together to see out 2021. There’s awards to dish out, school nativities to relive and rugby to discuss! Mo’s BaaBaas experience and Elma’s cats are also on the menu. It’s a…
01:01:09 |
Fri 24 Dec 2021
S2 Ep6: Kicking, Tinsel, Sass and Nails with Zoe Harrison
England and Saracens Fly Half, Zoe Harrison, one of the standout players of the Autumn Nations, joins Scaz, Elma and Tinds this week. The back-to-back premiership winner and back-to-back grand slamme…
00:46:19 |
Fri 17 Dec 2021
S2 Ep5: When Worlds Collide
This week Good, Bad, Rugby & Good, Scaz, Rugby worlds collide as Alex Payne joins Elma, Scaz and Tinds for a bit of a jolly in the studio. Rugby Union’s eligibility rule changes are on the menu, as t…
00:39:59 |
Fri 03 Dec 2021
S2 Ep4: The Marlie Packer Perspective
Marlie Packer drops in for a chat with Scaz, Tinds and Elma, fresh from England camp and back on parenting duties. She takes us behind the scenes and reveals how karaoke and balloon art have helped t…
00:56:54 |
Fri 19 Nov 2021
S2 Ep3: The Debrief with Simon Middleton
England Head Coach, Simon Middleton is with Scaz, Tinds and Elma this week, to reflect on the Red Roses’ dominance over the Black Ferns. Simon looks ahead to the Six Nations and next year’s World Cup…
00:47:36 |
Fri 12 Nov 2021
S2 Ep2: Live from The Prince with Mo Hunt
Scaz, Elma and Mike are together in the flesh for the first time ever, live from The Prince in Fulham, in a week bookended by two England New Zealand clashes. Mo Hunt joins the team as a special gues…
01:02:13 |
Fri 05 Nov 2021
S2 Ep1: Mucking in at Scaz’s Farm
Scaz and Tinds are back with a bang for Season 2 on the Scarratt family farm. Mike's visit to rural Leicestershire wouldn't be complete without finding out about Emily's childhood ‘helping’ the famil…
00:26:11 |
Thu 28 Oct 2021
S1 Ep11: The Marvellous Mo Hunt and the Premier 15s Final
England World Cup winner and GB Sevens scrum-half Mo Hunt is our final guest of this first series. She joins Elma and her good friend Scaz to look ahead to the Allianz Premier 15s Final on Sunday. Sa…
00:51:06 |
Thu 27 May 2021
S1 Ep10: Simi Pam: On the frontline and in the front row
Bristol Bears prop Simi Pam's electric try in the Allianz 15s against Sale Sharks went viral for obvious reasons: it's not every day you see a prop move like she does. The athlete-turned-rugby player…
01:10:50 |
Thu 20 May 2021
S1 Ep9: Mhairi Maclennan on Sexual Abuse
Athlete, teacher and campaigner Mhairi Maclennan joins Elma, Scaz and Mike to talk about the work she is doing to make women's sport a safer and more equitable place. She almost quit athletics two ye…
00:53:46 |
Thu 13 May 2021
S1 Ep8: Double Trouble: Montell Douglas - Super Olympian
Elma, Emily and Mike are joined by a unique British athlete: Montell Douglas represented Great Britain at the 2008 Olympics in both the 100m and the 4x100m relay. She won relay gold at the Commonweal…
00:49:41 |
Thu 29 Apr 2021
S1 Ep7: World Bantamweight Champion Shannon Courtenay
Elma, Emily and James are joined by the new WBA Bantamweight World Champion Shannon Courtenay for a fascinating conversation about the fight game, toughness and using sport to turn your life around: …
00:50:53 |
Thu 22 Apr 2021
S1 Ep6: Le Crunch - The England/France Rivalry
Elma, Emily and James assess the rivalry between the Red Roses and France in the company of French podcaster Veronique Landew. Why have England been so superior over the last two years, how big is th…
00:40:33 |
Thu 15 Apr 2021
S1 Ep5: Shaunagh Brown, Scaz, Six Nations & Sweets
Elma, Emily and Mike are joined by England and Harlequins prop Shaunagh Brown to dig into her remarkable and varied CV: from the Commonwealth Games hammer final to the Red Roses via the fire brigade,…
00:53:40 |
Thu 08 Apr 2021
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