Barely Rugby: Injuries, manifesting & dinner roulette
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In this final episode of the mini-series Meg and Hannah put Harriet to the test - to see how much she has actually learnt about rugby!
Talk turns to fitness with Hannah loving a battle on the pitch...but running not so much - whereas Meg likes the athleticism of the sport.
Puppy yoga and weightlifting get a mention in how to keep fit and we find out about the importance of gym etiquette and avoiding testosterone corner!
Social media gets discussed and how they all deal with trolls online - and how the social norms of body types across the game is changing and that being strong is also important!
Meg and Hannah delve into all things kit - and reveal who's the fussiest! We discover the pair are definitely in the long shorts camp and chat the perils of wearing tight ones (if you know, you know!)
Also the perks of getting free stuff gets brought up and how Hannah always seems to lose when it comes to dinner roulette...
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | Your time starts now. |
| 0:07.2 | You're about to listen to a BBC podcast. |
| 0:09.4 | Absolutely right. |
| 0:11.5 | So, you might like to know that the BBC makes loads of other podcasts. |
| 0:15.6 | Really? |
| 0:16.4 | Wow. |
| 0:17.2 | Many of them are very funny. |
| 0:19.1 | Which I think means... |
| 0:20.3 | A hatful of ha-hars. And energy. Even if you do say so ourselves. I agree 100% to that. Find them all on BBC Sounds. Just tell us a joke. Come on, tell us a joke. Tell us a joke. Come on, tell us a joke. Just search comedy on BBC Sounds. I'm really looking forward to getting stuck in. Hello, Harriet Kemsley here. |
| 0:38.0 | Now, Barely Rugby is a little different to your normal episodes on the Rugby Union Weekly |
| 0:42.1 | as myself and England Rugby stars Hannah Bottoman and Meg Jones do use a bit of blue language from time to time. |
| 0:49.1 | So be warned, there is a bit of swearing in these episodes. |
| 0:52.6 | Enjoy. |
| 0:53.6 | On the Rugby Union union weekly this is barely rugby |
| 0:58.0 | hello and welcome to barely rugby with me comedian harriet kemsley and alongside me are hannah |
| 1:04.3 | bottomen and meg jones two superstar players for the red roses hello hello this is the final episode in the mini-series and as you |
| 1:13.2 | both know, I don't know anything about rugby. So I have some questions about it and some of them |
| 1:18.8 | you might think of ridiculous but we've got this far. So here we go. Okay, first one, does rugby |
| 1:25.7 | hurt? Yes. |
| 1:30.2 | Yeah, in short, yeah. |
| 1:30.6 | Yeah. |
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