Should Van Rensburg be in the England squad?
The Ruck
Reynolds Alfie
3.4 • 566 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Steve Borthwick's latest England training squad includes Benhard Janse Van Rensburg, who has qualified on residency grounds. Does it make sense for him to be parachuted directly into the set up? Or is it a bad look for the RFU and their talent pipelines?
Alfie Reynolds, Charlie Morgan and Will Kelleher chat about that and the news that South African sides might pull out of the Champions Cup. Is this a good or a bad thing for the competition?
Bordeaux attack coach Noel McNamara speaks to Will ahead of the Champions Cup final this weekend as they take on Leinster. The lads reflect on the end of the Women's 6 Nations as the Red Roses won the title again. And, they review a 'disgraceful' defeat for Bristol in the Prem as Pat Lam's side conceded over 90 points.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, this is the Ruck, the journalist's rugby podcast from The Times and the Sunday Times busy show on the way, |
| 0:21.4 | the end of the Women's Six Nations. |
| 0:23.2 | The Prem running is hotting up and we've got the Champions Cup final to look ahead to as well. |
| 0:28.3 | I'm Alfie Reynolds alongside me in studio today is Will Keller. |
| 0:31.7 | Hello. |
| 0:32.4 | And Charlie Morgan. |
| 0:33.7 | Hello, pal. |
| 0:34.3 | How we doing, boys? Lots to get into on the show today. |
| 0:36.4 | Huge. And this is our smartest |
| 0:37.6 | pod ever, I would say. I'm very much. We're not on video today. It's not videoed and I am very much |
| 0:43.8 | letting the side down as well in terms of those states. Do you explain why? Yes, so today it is the annual |
| 0:48.9 | the annual Rugby Union Writers Club lunch. And listen to this. We have the Pat Marshall Trophy with us. |
| 0:57.0 | Which is... It's more impressive than it sounds. Explain for people that don't know what the |
| 1:00.6 | Pat Marshall is. So every year the Rugby Writers Club membership vote for their personality of the year. |
| 1:06.5 | It can kind of be anyone. And we've been awarding it since 1976, so it's one of the longest running prizes of its type. |
| 1:14.8 | And the first award went to Mervyn Davis, the Great Lions and Welsh Number 8. |
| 1:20.0 | And we've been doing it every year since. |
| 1:21.7 | And so there will be a new winner this afternoon. |
| 1:24.4 | The holder is Louis Biel Berry. |
| 1:25.8 | The holder is Louis Biel Barré, who will get on two later in the pod, I'm sure. |
| 1:30.4 | But there's been some great, taking you slightly behind the curtain, we have the names on the |
| 1:36.3 | trophy here, and there are a few typos. |
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