The REP
The REP: Rugby's Economic Podcast is the show that looks at how money, power and politics impact the game that we all love so much. Shining a floodlight on the challenges rugby faces as a global sport and offers suggestions on how they may be tackled. Join aspiring alickadoo, Felix McCabe, as he explores the goings-on off the pitch that dictate so much what happens on it. This is The REP.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 16 minutes
- Episodes
- 9
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2022
Commercial Lions
Every four years the when the British & Irish Lions tour comes around we ask the same question - should it still exist? Join us for Season 1 finale of The REP where we answer this question with refer…
Entertaining Laws
It's a new year and The REP is back! This time we're opening the law book on the changes that have been made to improve the enjoyment of the sport. Both from a safety perspective but also from the fa…
CVC & Private Equity
Happy Christmas to all listeners of The REP! In the last episode of 2020, The REP digs deep into the new relationship CVC has with rugby. Using Formula 1 as a reference point, we look at how CVC's in…
Dreams of a Global Season
Rugby's biggest problem is the overlapping seasons between the international and club games, as well as the north-south split which complicates the issue further. This week The REP dives into the iss…
Financing the Global Game
On The REP this week, we're opening the ledger on how the game of rugby is funded. We look at the 3 prevailing models: the Union Dictatorship, the Japanese Corporate approach and the Sugar Daddy mode…
The Rouse of Amateurism
Building on rugby's global expansion, this week the REP tackles the struggles facing the game in more modern times. The powers at be were finding it harder to cling onto amateurism, despite making a …
Empire, The Global Game
This week the REP continues its story, discussing how the British Empire spread the game of rugby around the world, making it the first global game. We look at the nations who adopted it and made it …
A Game is Born
The REP looks back at rugby's beginning amongst the aristocracy in 19th Century Britain; following the story from William Webb-Ellis to the great split and the birth of Rugby League. The Skip Pass se…
Promo: The REP
The REP: Rugby's Economic Podcast is the show that looks at how money, power and politics impact the game that we all love so much. Shining a floodlight on the challenges rugby faces as a global spor…