Amateur Rugby Podcast

Mar 01 2025 100 ep. 47 mins 57

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This weekly show will explore the world of amateur rugby union - the people, clubs and stories that make it the lifeblood of the game we love.

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#173 - Josh Jones - One of the worst knees I’ve ever seen

Mar 01 2025 82 mins

My guest this week is TRY IT Rugby Academy Founder - Josh Jones. We talked about the benefits of a Rugby League background, his time in Sale Sharks Academy, what it was like to play for esteemed rugby school - Kirkham Grammar, and the horrific injuries that stunted his playing days. But Josh is still playing for Preston Grasshoppers and coaching England Lambs alongside starting his

#172 - Week 3 Match Reports - 6 Nations

Feb 24 2025 74 mins

The 6 Nations is in full swing now and the middle weekend of fixtures was made up of three very different games. And as usual, I got a load of special guests to discuss everything that happened. For Italy vs France - I spoke with Mike Petretta who spoke warmly about how well France played against his Italians. For England vs Scotland - I spoke with Phil Greenaway and we did our bes

#171 - Week 3 Previews - 6 Nations

Feb 21 2025 40 mins

I spoke with some incredible rugby folk to analyse the upcoming games in Round 2 of the 2025 6 Nations. For Italy vs France - actually that was just me! For England vs Scotland - Former Gloucester Academy coach - Phil Greenaway For Wales vs Ireland - Former S&C Coach for London Scottish - Simon Elkinson Enjoy the games! GET STASH England Rugby Store - https://ers.pxf.io/KjV30v Bri

#170 - Tyler Kania - The Maniac with No Knees

Feb 15 2025 49 mins

CONTENT WARNING - This episode contains many sensitive subjects throughout such as substance abuse, mental illness and suicide. If that will be triggering for you then please feel free to give this episode a miss. Thank you. My guest this week was the star of his US college rugby team, he made a ton of money in tech, and he’s now an author - he is Tyler Kania. Tyler has battled

#169 - Week 2 Match Reports - 6 Nations

Feb 09 2025 63 mins

The 6 Nations is in full swing now and the second weekend of fixtures was made up of three very different games. And as usual, I got a load of special guests to discuss everything that happened. For Scotland vs Ireland - I spoke with Simon Elkinson who had some damning words about the Scottish performance. For England vs France - I spoke with Phil Greenaway and we did our best to u

#168 - Week 2 Previews - 6 Nations

Feb 07 2025 63 mins

I spoke with some incredible rugby folk to analyse the upcoming games in Round 2 of the 2025 6 Nations. For Scotland vs Ireland - Former S&C Coach for London Scottish - Simon Elkinson For England vs France - Former Gloucester Academy coach - Phil Greenaway For Italy vs Wales - Bargoed coach - Huw Jones Enjoy the games! GET STASH England Rugby Store - https://ers.pxf.io/KjV30v Briti

#167 - 6 Nations Match Reports - Week 1

Feb 03 2025 74 mins

The 6 Nations has started and it was a magical first weekend of fixtures. And as usual, I got a load of special guests to add some wonderful insight into what were three great games. For Scotland vs Italy - I spoke with Mike Petretta from the Fratelli D’Rugby podcast. For Ireland vs England - I spoke with Former Harlequins and Connacht player - Dave Slemen. But we started with Fr

#166 - Scott Lake - Rugby for Riley

Feb 02 2025 37 mins

My guest this week is Veor RFC player and Chairman - Scott Lake. Scott has done so much for the game of rugby and the community around Veor RFC in Cornwall that he was awarded the prestigious RFU Volunteer of the Year award. Shortly after that his family received the tragic news that his son, Riley had been diagnosed with the extremely rare Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The rugby fa

#165 - 6 Nations Match Previews - Week 1

Jan 30 2025 74 mins

With the 2025 Six Nations fast approaching, I spoke with some incredible rugby folk to analyse the upcoming games in Round 1 of the 2025 6 Nations. For France vs Wales - Rugby YouTuber - Rugby Merlin For Scotland vs Italy - former player for Cumbernauld RFC - Chris Burns For Ireland vs England - Former Harlequins and Connacht player - Dave Slemen Enjoy the games! LINKS Rugby Merlin

#164 - The BIG 6 Nations Preview

Jan 29 2025 100 mins

With the 2025 Six Nations fast approaching, I spoke with some incredible rugby-folk to get the inside line on each of the Nations. For Wales - Former Dragons Head Coach - Dai Flanagan For England - Former England 7’s Captain - Mike Friday For France - Huge French Rugby fan - Jerome Moisan For Italy - Fratelli D’Rugby Podcaster - Mike Petretta For Ireland - Former London Irish A