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The Rugby Pod

#15 European Warriors, Freddie Steward Unfiltered, & 2025 Highlights

The Rugby Pod

The Ringer

Sports, Comedy, Rugby

4.75.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

It’s a Christmas special as Jim, Goodey and Bigs wrap up a huge weekend of Champions Cup action, look back on a cracking 2025, and welcome England full-back Freddie Steward for a very open chat. There’s reaction to Glasgow’s historic comeback win over Toulouse, Leinster grinding it out away at Leicester, big calls on Saracens, the Stormers and the state of the Champions Cup. Freddie talks England momentum, life under the high ball, controversial tackles, TikTok dances, before the lads reflect on the moments that defined the year in rugby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Pod, pod, pod, pod.

0:06.3

Rugby pod.

0:11.3

Hello and welcome back for our Christmas rugby pod.

0:15.3

It's not a special, it's a normal pod, but we're finishing things off with a bang.

0:19.6

Round two of the Champions Cup is in the bag and

0:22.1

my Glasgow Boys. I'm in Glasgow recording. My Glasgow Boys did the unthinkable from 21-0

0:29.1

down with a massive comeback against the Galacticos of Toulouse who clearly don't like the rain and

0:34.6

the wind. They also don't like the 4G pitch either. Let's be honest. And their leggings are out everywhere. Jim, I can't believe you're such a turncoat. You're now Glasgow till you die. I'm Scottish. Well, it's because Edinburgh got hose, but don't worry about that. We'll talk about that a bit later. It's a great result for the Glasgow boys. We'll also be looking back at a tremendous 2025 as a whole

0:56.8

and pick out some of the highlights of the year, James and our friend Daniel. Got a decent guest on

1:01.9

today, lads, as well, haven't we? Freddie Stewart dials in, catch up on all things. England,

1:05.7

Lester, Tigers and being king of the airways under the high ball. Settle back, lads. Let's enjoy it. It's the last one. Let's enjoy it.

1:13.2

Make sure you subscribe on Spotify if you haven't done.

1:15.3

Merry Christmas to every single one of you.

1:18.7

I've always been ambitious and in teaching I've found plenty of opportunities to progress.

1:23.8

As head of English, I now get to support all of the teachers in my department.

1:28.2

They often learn from my advice, though actually, I often learn from theirs.

1:32.2

The support and development we all get from each other is amazing.

1:35.3

It benefits not just us, but every student we teach.

1:38.6

How many of the professions can say that?

1:40.9

Every lesson shapes a life.

1:42.9

Start shaping yours with the minimum starting salary of 32,900 pounds. Search, get into teaching. Just a quick one, Buzz. Have you had any yet? Like the FOSCAST sort of collab was, went down really well, I think, didn't it? Loads of people, like, said to me how, like, cool it was and, like, how they were sort of excited for part two and things.

2:01.1

So I think that went down, that went down quite well.

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