What’s All The Ruckus?
A brand new rugby podcast showcasing international rugby stories outside the top nations in depth that you won’t hear anywhere else 🌍 Episodes out weekly with guests ⭐️
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 28
- Years Active
- 2025
The emergence of rugby in Grenada | Head coach Rob Edison
This week we swap cold Scandinavia for the warm Caribbean to discuss Grenadian rugby with Head Coach Rob Edison.
In the podcast, we discuss Rob’s plans for Grenada, as well as his unique coaching traj…
How to get over 70 caps for a Tier 3 nation | Finland legend Thomas Finell
On today’s pod we are joined by Finnish rugby royalty Thomas Finell.
With a staggering 70 caps to his name, Finell is certainly a Tier 3 stalwart who has experienced all the highs and lows of playing…
Denmark's preparation for the Rugby Europe Trophy | Head coach Andreas Robertson
This week we are joined by former Danish sevens player and current Denmark XV Head Coach Andreas Robertson.
Currently ranked 60th in the world, Andreas discusses Denmark’s recent promotion from the R…
Canada's Pacific Nations Cup and Rugby World Cup preparation | Head coach Steve Meehan
This week we welcome Canadian Head Coach Steve Meehan onto the podcast.
With over 20 years of coaching experience which has taken Steve from his native Australia to Bath in the English Premiership, C…
What qualifying for your first ever World Cup feels like | Hong Kong China hooker Alex Post
We are back with a very exciting guest this week, with Hong Kong China hooker Alex Post on to talk all about their recent qualification to the 2027 World Cup (their first ever).
Having played for his …
The recent rise of Algerian rugby | Head coach Adrien Buononato explains
We have Algeria head coach Adrien Buononato on the pod this week, to talk about their meteoric rise over the past year.
They have risen up 10 places in the World Rankings and now sit in 43rd, and with…
How Zimbabwe qualified for the 2027 Rugby World Cup | Sables player Matthew McNab reveals all
Today we have one of our most topical episodes of all time, because we have Zimbabwe player Matthew McNab on the pod to talk about their recent World Cup qualification.
Matthew came back after two yea…
Karl Savimaki | One of Tier 2 rugby's most travelled coaches shares his story
Apologies for a late upload, we had some technical issues when exporting the audio file, but they're all sorted now.
This episode is definitely one that is worth the wait. We have a coach that has wor…
How rugby competes with cricket in Pakistan | Pakistan's head coach Gert Mulder
This week, we have someone involved in both one of the biggest names in rugby as well as one of the smallest.
Gert Mulder is with the Blue Bulls organisation in South Africa, which includes URC side V…
Graham Smith: The World Cup winner now developing Estonian rugby
We have our first ever World Cup winner on the podcast today, Graham Smith.
Graham was part of the coaching staff that led England women's to the 2014 World Cup alongside head coach Gary Street.
Now he…
England Visually Impaired (VI) scrum-half Aaron Fowler on the recent developments of the sport and the future of VI rugby
We have got a slightly different episode this week, which is not necessarily tier 2 but is an interesting rugby story from outside of what is usually reported.
England's Visually Impaired (VI) team ha…
"A lot of our players don't want to come back" | Nili Latu | Tonga's assistant coach on the struggles of competing for players
This week we have some Tier 2 royalty in former Tonga international and now assistant head coach, Nili Latu.
Latu was once the record appearance holder for his nation (but has since been surpassed) an…
"No playing kit, no balls, nothing" | Alex Laybourne | Ep 2 with Sweden head coach
We have our first ever repeat guest on this week, with Sweden head coach and friend of the pod Alex Laybourne joining us.
Hugely appreciate him coming on at late notice, we originally had another gues…
“It was all by accident” | How Dan Aylward-Mills founded the Federation of Lesotho Rugby
We have one of our all-time favourite episodes, talking to the founder of the Federation of Lesotho Rugby, Dan Aylward-Mills.
When he arrived in the country, only six people were throwing a rugby ball…
"15s is a closed shop" | Mike Friday | Former USA, Kenya and England sevens head coach on how rugby can innovate
This week we have rugby sevens royalty, Mike Friday.
A former played and head coach for England, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever head coaches in sevens due to his work with the USA, …
"Sevens was the frontrunner for Jamaican rugby" | Rhodri Adamson | Former Jamaica 7's player
We have former Jamaica 7's player Rhodri Adamson on this week to talk about his career and what rugby is like in the Caribbean nation (apologies for the late upload).
Given that 7's has recently been …
"The feeling of pride still gives me goosebumps" | Mert Zabci | Türkiye's rugby captain and all-time leading try scorer
This week we have Türkiye's captain and all-time leading try scorer, Mert Zabci.
An absolutely brilliant guest who had plenty of stories about his own career and what it is like playing for a country …
Anthony Posa: Croatia's head coach speaks about the passionate rugby culture in the country
We are back with our weekly guest episode and we are staying in the Balkans to speak to Croatia head coach Anthony Posa.
Of Croatian heritage, Posa played himself at a high level in his native New Zea…
Mark Barrett: Building a brand new rugby culture in Kosovo
We are back with our weekly guest episode, this time with a unique guest from Kosovo rugby, Mark Barrett.
As one of the newest countries in the world, Kosovo have only been playing recognised internat…
Josef Webber: Balancing influencer life with aiming to play for the Belgium national team
Welcome back to What's All The Ruckus, we have a slightly different guest for you all today
Josef Webber is very well known on social media for his short form videos that mainly look at the gym, but r…