Barely Rugby: Van life, dogs & colouring by numbers

Rugby Union Weekly

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🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

On episode three of the pod Harriet digs deep into the lives of Hannah and Meg before their actual day jobs as professional rugby players!

Meg tells the tales of being a delivery driver and the issue of not having toilet breaks - and Hannah on working as a painter and decorator.

The chat then turns to how Hannah and Meg both switch off - Meg's girlfriend is her hobby and looking after her dog, whereas Hannah likes colouring by numbers and is an actual golf fashionista!

All the big questions get answered too - like could Hannah be a swimwear model?

And does Ilona Maher finally, finally pick up the phone to Hannah?

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:04.9	Hello, Harriet Kemsley here.
0:06.8	Now, Barely Rugby is a little different to your normal episodes on the Rugby Union Weekly,
0:11.2	as myself and England Rugby stars, Hannah Bottoman and Meg Jones, do use a bit of blue language from time to time.
0:17.9	So be warned, there is a bit of swearing in these episodes. Enjoy.
0:22.7	On the Rugby Union Weekly, this is Barely Rugby.
0:27.3	Hello and welcome to Barely Rugby with me, comedian Harriet Kemsley and two of England women's
0:32.7	biggest names, Hannah Butterman and Meg Jones. Hello. Hello. Now today the topic is about life before our actual day jobs.
0:41.8	Did you both have an unusual job before rugby became a full-time thing?
0:46.7	I think you're better than me.
0:48.7	I didn't really work.
0:50.0	I was just a school kid.
0:51.4	You've never had a proper job.
0:52.7	I've been on the doll.
1:10.9	Since I was 17, I've been in the professional set up. See, I have a friend in comedy that's never had a proper job. And it's just kind of baffling. Did you have a job when you were like as a teenager? No, I didn't know. I just I just did lots of sports. Yeah. I had a privileged life. That's mad. Yeah. Okay. During COVID, I was an Amazon driver. Okay. Yeah, because we... That must have been a real wake-up call. Yeah, it was. Yeah, toilet break's not really a thing. So yeah. You're in at 5am and then you probably leave about 4pm without having to we. I was really good though. really good. I was so good. They wanted to do like a documentary on me. But then I,
1:11.0	um, we leave about 4pm without having to we. I was really good though. I was really good.
1:27.7	I was so good.
1:28.8	They wanted to do like a documentary on me. But then I, um, rugby got back on the card. So I was like, got to go. Sorry. Who decided that they wanted to do a documentary? Sorry. And my manager. That's the, my manager. You are so good. Well, I don't know. And what makes you good at it?
1:24.4	Maybe you're just really good at it.
1:25.6	I was super fast.
1:26.5	I was going to say, is it like the speed of which you get the passes out?
1:29.5	Quality. that power. Well, I don't know. And what makes you good at it? Maybe you're just really good at, I was super fast.
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