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
- 507
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Premiership semi-final preview and Jersey's Harvey Biljon
Alex Lowe, Alan Dymock and Stuart Barnes look back on the final round of the Premiership season and preview the semi-finals this coming weekend. Stuart voices his frustration about the dominance of d…
00:59:06 |
Tue 09 May 2023
Red Roses history! And, Déjà vu in the Champions Cup.
Alex Lowe and Steve Jones look back on the semi-finals of the Champions and Challenge Cups. They discuss Leinster and La Rochelle setting up a repeat of last year's final after they beat Toulouse and…
00:46:20 |
Tue 02 May 2023
European semi-finals preview with Henry Slade & Dom McKay
Will Kelleher and Alex Lowe round up all the latest across the Premiership, Women's 6 Nations and the European semi-finals. They are joined by the Chairman of European Club Rugby, Dom McKay, to discu…
00:59:38 |
Mon 24 Apr 2023
Record breaking Ashton and Les Kiss from London Irish
Will Kelleher and Alex Lowe look back on the latest round of the Gallagher Premiership as the race for the top 4 hots up. They reflect on Chris Ashton scoring his 100th Premiership try and the contro…
00:55:24 |
Mon 17 Apr 2023
Who are the Real Madrid of Rugby?
Stephen Jones and Stuart Barnes look back on the quarter-finals in the Champions and Challenge Cups. Jess Hayden joins the show to preview the third round of the women's 6 Nations. Plus, Steve and St…
00:38:54 |
Mon 10 Apr 2023
One of the great Champions Cup weekends!
Steve Jones, Adam Hathaway and Stuart Barnes look back on the last-16 of the Champions Cup and ask whether it was one of the greatest rounds in the competitions history? They also look ahead to the q…
00:48:03 |
Mon 03 Apr 2023
Champions Cup Preview, Christian Day from the RPA and Rachael Burford on the Women's 6 Nations
Will Kelleher and Stephen Jones look back on the latest round of Premiership fixtures and also preview the last-16 in the Champions Cup. They chat with RPA General Secretary Christian Day on the 'Sta…
00:52:24 |
Mon 27 Mar 2023
Ireland win the 6 Nations Grand Slam!
Stephen Jones and Alan Dymock look back on the conclusion of the men's 6 Nations along with Pete O'Reilly. They assess Ireland's famous Grand Slam as well as covering all the big talking points from …
00:50:07 |
Mon 20 Mar 2023
England's heaviest Twickenham defeat! Plus Ireland with Bernard Jackman
Alex Lowe, Will Kelleher and Stephen Jones look back on the latest round of the 6 Nations. They dissect what went wrong for England as they suffered their heaviest Twickenham defeat to France and Wal…
00:53:49 |
Mon 13 Mar 2023
Sam Warburton previews the 6 Nations and Alex Sanderson on Sale's Premiership Push
Stephen Jones, Will Kelleher and former Wales captain Sam Warburton look ahead to the penultimate round of the 6 Nations as Wales travel to face Italy, England host France and Ireland meet Scotland. …
00:47:44 |
Tue 07 Mar 2023
6 Nations Round 3 Review
Alex Lowe, Stephen Jones and Alan Dymock look back on the third round of the 6 Nations. They discuss Italy's improvements as they pushed Ireland close in Rome, England's victory over Wales in Cardiff…
00:47:37 |
Mon 27 Feb 2023
Will Wales v England go ahead?
Will Kelleher, Stephen Jones and Steve James look ahead to the third round of the 6 Nations. They are joined by former Wales international Tom Shanklin to ask whether Wales v England will go ahead wi…
00:47:07 |
Mon 20 Feb 2023
Ireland beat France in a 6 Nations classic! Plus, wins for Scotland and England.
Will Kelleher, Stuart Barnes and Alan Dymock look back on the second round of the 6 Nations. Including Ireland against France which is being called one of the greatest 6 Nations games ever, Scotland'…
00:51:39 |
Mon 13 Feb 2023
New-era England defeated by Scotland again!
Will Kelleher, Alex Lowe and Stephen Jones pick the bones out of the opening weekend of the 6 Nations. Including Scotland winning the Calcutta Cup again, Ireland's dominant win over Wales and Italy'…
00:48:44 |
Mon 06 Feb 2023
6 Nations 2023 Preview!
Steve Jones, Will Kelleher and Mark Palmer look ahead to the opening round of the 6 Nations. England host Scotland at Twickenham, Wales meet Ireland and Italy play France. They chat to the former Sco…
00:43:31 |
Mon 30 Jan 2023
6 Nations launch with Ben Morel and Gregor Townsend
Will Kelleher and Alex Lowe are at the 6 Nations launch with the 2023 tournament a little under two weeks away. Will chats to the Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend to look ahead to their opening ma…
00:48:59 |
Mon 23 Jan 2023
Borthwick's England squad and Eddie Jones returns!
Alex Lowe, Will Kelleher and Stephen Jones are on location at Twickenham to react to Steve Borthwick naming his England squad for the upcoming 6 Nations. They also discuss Eddie Jones' return to inte…
00:48:38 |
Mon 16 Jan 2023
Injuries and suspensions galore for England!
Will Kelleher is joined by Alan Dymock of Rugby World and the Chief Exec of Fijian Drua, Mark Evans!
We look back on the recent round of Premiership action including a huge win for Newcastle over Leic…
00:59:20 |
Mon 09 Jan 2023
Hopes & dreams for 2023, Nick Tompkins talks Sarries, Wales & Owen Farrell
Will Kelleher, Stephen Jones and Stuart Barnes are here for the first show of 2023!
We look back on the recent round of Premiership action including Saracens sublime win over Exeter and also the fallo…
00:59:39 |
Tue 03 Jan 2023
World Team of the Year and Zoe Harrison on her 2022!
Merry Christmas from everyone at The Ruck! Will Kelleher, Alex Lowe and Alan Dymock look back on 2022 by naming their men's XV team of the year, plus a number of other end of year awards! Will chats …
00:54:52 |
Mon 26 Dec 2022
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