#1 Red Bull Takeover, Saving Grassroots Rugby & Six Nations vs The Rugby Championship

The Rugby Pod

The Ringer

Sports, Comedy, Rugby

4.7 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

We’re back for Season 10 – a decade of rugby chat and we’re kicking it off with a bang. Jim and Goodey’s apology has been accepted… Red Bull have officially landed in rugby union! Newcastle Falcons are no more – the Red Bulls have arrived – and we’ve got Director of Rugby Steve Diamond on the pod to take us inside one of the biggest moves the Premiership has ever seen. We’ve also been busy saving grassroots rugby – Think Ryan Reynolds, Welcome to Wrexham but with worse hairlines... Join us at Rugby Lions RFC on 4th October with Camden Town Brewery (now the official sponsor of rugby, obviously) for a live pod, special guest and a free pint of Camden Hells. GET YOUR TICKETS HERE: https://bit.ly/46FOH8I Elsewhere we’re debating Six Nations vs Rugby Championship, chatting England’s latest training squad, Lee Blackett’s move, WRU cutting regions and loads more so... Settle back, enjoy & make sure you're subscribed on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Pod, pod, pod.
0:01.1	Rugby pod.
0:07.7	Season 10, we're back.
0:09.5	Season 10, we are back, we are back.
0:11.6	A decade of rugby.
0:14.7	Cha.
0:15.1	Have I had to listen and smell your bad breath for 10 years?
0:18.6	Let's not start on a negative.
0:19.9	We're better than that now, Andrew.
0:21.1	We are. But it's good fun though. I haven't seen you for a bit, so we've got to get stuck into each other. Yeah, well, it's great to be back. It is great to be back with the great Dan Bigger in the studio as well, the retired Dan Bigger. Recently retired Dan Bigger. Smaller arms. I've gone for the Andrew Good diet trading regime. What's that? put a few pounds on.
0:38.2	I've put a few pounds on.
0:38.2	Legend!
0:38.7	I've put a few pounds on.
0:39.8	But aside,
0:40.7	I've started doing some, for the Andrew Good diet training regime. What, what's that? Just, you know, just enjoy myself.
0:38.2	I put a few pounds on.
0:38.2	Legend!
0:53.5	I've put a few pounds on. But aside, I've started doing some 5Ks, which has been... Which has been something. I felt like I had to get out of the house. I came back from Australia and I was... You know, he just felt a little bit. Looked to yourself a bit and I thought... never have no never looked himself in the mirror
0:56.4	well let's do the obligatories look to yourself a bit of the thought never have no never looked to himself in the mirror
0:56.4	well let's do the obligatories producer robs in the studio oh robby rob rob
1:00.5	rob's here he's back we're back we're back we've already said that but
1:04.2	we're back again yeah we're back again rob me's back again he's not been sacked we've
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