The Ruck
The Ruck is the journalists rugby podcast from The Times & The Sunday Times.
Join Alfie Reynolds, Alex Lowe, Will Kelleher and a selection of guests every week as they provide insight and reports throughout the season, including big name interviews and forthright analysis.
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- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 43 minutes
- Episodes
- 505
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Great Scots, player dissent and the weekend reviewed
Stephen Jones is joined by The Times Owen Slot, Rugby World's Al Dymock, and the finest freelancer around, Adam Hathaway.
They review England's win over Australia, assess where Scotland missed out aga…
00:36:10 |
Mon 20 Nov 2017
Are England really "headache inducing"?
Stephen Jones is joined by Steve James and Stuart Barnes for a comprehensive round up of the autumn internationals.
The panel cover: the difficulty of making a dire game sound exciting as a commentato…
00:38:29 |
Mon 13 Nov 2017
Have the autumn internationals lost their appeal?
Stephen Jones returns and welcomes Alex Lowe from The Times, Sarah Mockford from Rugby World, former World Cup winner and man who works upstairs now, Michael Lynagh.
In a bumper episode the panel cons…
00:40:46 |
Tue 07 Nov 2017
Three Men and a Baby
In a podcast first and almost certain last, Owen Slot welcomes, Ben Ryan, Fiji Seven's gold medal winning coach, Sam Peters from The Sunday Times, and his 6 month old daughter Ella. Ben reflects on w…
00:37:27 |
Mon 30 Oct 2017
One of the great European weekends
Stephen Jones returns from holiday and welcomes Alex Lowe from The Times, Rugby's finest greyhound expert Adam Hathaway and Rugby World's Alan Dymock.The panel comprehensively review the weekend in a…
00:37:40 |
Mon 23 Oct 2017
Saracens, Leone Nakarawa and no easy games in Krasny Yar
Stuart Barnes takes charge for the first time and welcomes Alex Lowe from The Times, resident greyhound expert Adam Hathaway and Rugby World's Sarah Mockford.The panel review the weekends European ac…
00:38:02 |
Mon 16 Oct 2017
The state of the nations...
Owen Slot welcomes Times writers Alex Lowe and John Westerby, and commentator Alastair Eykyn. The panel give their insights on the state of the world's international teams going forwards.At the end o…
00:41:56 |
Mon 09 Oct 2017
Are new rules causing the mass injury pile up?
Stephen Jones welcomes Owen Slot from The Times, Tom Hamilton from ESPN and Alex Spink from The Mirror. The panel pick their highlights of the week, including world cup bids and American football at …
00:34:57 |
Mon 02 Oct 2017
Special Part 2: Will Fraser reflects on life beyond the game
Owen Slot speaks to Will Fraser for the second part of this special.The former Saracens player recalls telling his team mates of his retirement before having to watch them train immediately afterward…
00:22:22 |
Tue 26 Sep 2017
Special: Will Fraser reflects on forced retirement
Owen Slot welcomes Will Fraser for the first part of this special episode.The former Saracens player reflects on having to retire due to serious injury, the nature of his new routine, including being…
00:23:30 |
Mon 25 Sep 2017
The American damp squib and "rugby royalty"
Stephen Jones, Owen Slot and Alex Lowe are joined by rugby royalty in the form of Rachael Burford. They talk about exporting rugby to the USA and developing grassroots players.Also we hear Rachael's …
00:33:29 |
Mon 18 Sep 2017
Crises everywhere you look
Stephen Jones welcomes Owen Slot and Alex Lowe from The Times and deputy editor of Rugby World Magazine, Sarah Mockford.The panel discuss their highlights of the rugby weekend (02.00) what Semesa Rok…
00:34:43 |
Mon 11 Sep 2017
Contracts, new laws and a complete Premiership season preview
The Ruck returns for a brand new season as Owen Slot welcomes Stephen Jones, from The Sunday Times, Alex Lowe from The Times and Adam Hathaway, "Rugby's premier greyhound owner".In this weeks show th…
00:33:17 |
Tue 05 Sep 2017
The Ruck on tour: The biggest Lions series reviewed
Stephen Jones presents the season finale of The Ruck banishing all others to offer his final thoughts on an incredible series which he describes as "the biggest ever". In the shorter episode he pays …
00:11:06 |
Sun 09 Jul 2017
The Ruck on tour: One of the biggest games in history
Owen Slot welcomes Stephen Jones, Peter O’Reilly and Stuart Barnes to preview the deciding test.The panel bill the game as "one of the biggest games in the history of the sport" due to the initial to…
00:35:18 |
Thu 06 Jul 2017
The Ruck on tour: resolute Lions will only be happy with series win
From Auckland, Stephen Jones, Peter O’Reilly and Nick Cain review a stunning second test. Later Owen Slot and Jonny Fordham report from Queenstown.Covered in the podcast: Memories of an incredible we…
00:30:13 |
Mon 03 Jul 2017
The Ruck on tour: second test team selection baffles
The panel are totally confused by Warren Gatland's second test team selection.Stephen Jones, Peter O’Reilly, Owen Slot and Alex Lowe attempt to make some sense of the XV with only Peter offering any …
00:28:04 |
Thu 29 Jun 2017
The Ruck on tour: reasons to believe
Stephen Jones welcomes Owen Slot, Peter O'Reilly and long time sports photographer David Rogers from Getty Images. David has been to nearly every Lions match since 1980 and he recalls the great match…
00:26:02 |
Mon 26 Jun 2017
The Ruck on tour: Warren Gatland won't die wondering...
Ahead of the first test, Stephen Jones, Alex Lowe and Owen Slot analyse Gatland's thinking, decide who's unlucky, and debate whether the logic stacks up for the selection. They also cover: the Lions …
00:27:30 |
Thu 22 Jun 2017
The Ruck on tour: has the shirt been devalued?
Recorded From Hamilton, New ZealandStephen Jones is joined by Stuart Barnes, Owen Slot and Peter O'Reilly. Discussed by the panel: can Henshaw, Williams or Stander force their way into contention dur…
00:27:09 |
Mon 19 Jun 2017
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