Emily Scarratt special
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Sara sits down with England great Emily Scarratt to reflect on her illustrious career. After 17 years, two World Cups wins, 11 Six Nations title, a World Player of the Year gong and 119 caps for her country, ‘Scaz’ has finally hung up her boots. What is the best moment of her career? What is next? We hear about her upbringing on a farm in rural Leicestershire and how that prepared her for a career in rugby. We hear all about the celebrations in Ibiza following the 2025 World Cup win on home soil this summer. As well as the triumphs, Scarratt also looks back on the heartache and setbacks she suffered.
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| 0:11.4 | Hang on, why wasn't I asked? |
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| 0:44.9 | Well, welcome to a really special episode of Rugby Union Weekly. |
| 0:50.1 | We've had a few recently. |
| 0:51.3 | Do go back in your feed if you want to hear from the Ireland and British and Irish Lions head coach Andy Farrell that Ashley and I spoke to last week. |
| 0:58.8 | But our focus this week is going to be on someone who has had quite an exciting, dramatic, busy 24 hours. |
| 1:10.2 | Because after 17 years at the Coalface, 119 caps, two Rugby World |
| 1:16.4 | Cup wins, Emily Scarratt has retired and she joins us on the pod now. Hello, Emily. How are you? |
| 1:22.7 | Hello, yes, very well. Thank you. Yeah, it's been a hectic 24 hours, but it's been good. Now, you say it's been a hectic 24 hours. When we got the news on Tuesday night, I turned round to the Rugby Football Union and said, right, I'll get in the car, I head up to Loughborough first thing the next morning. I'll be ready to speak to Emily. Just tell me when she's available. You didn't speak to anyone on the day it was announced, did you? |
| 1:46.8 | Maybe I was just super naive to it, and it was probably a poor day to announce, but as a |
| 1:52.5 | working girl now, I was at Luffra all day, meetings, sessions, etc. |
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