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Ladies Wot Pod
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The Ladies Wot Pod podcast is a place for the latest about Northampton Saints. Lis Saunders and Claire Jones talk all things Northampton Saints and rugby. We want to bring a different view of supporting this magnificent rugby club!
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Where Lis and Claire eat their gifts from EPCR - rather nice ginger Dazzles! We talk about that great win in the howling gale - we do name our Ladies Wot Player of the match and we almost give the Sgt Wilson award to the referee but we don’t! We talk about TV rights and how we ended with Premier Sports. And we talk about toddler tantrums and drssing rooms. We congratulate all those that made their European debuts and our debutant at No 8.
We also talk about Lis, Stuart Barnes and a chip!
It’s a packed pod!
Do subscribe, like or give us a rating - it really helps the pod!
Have a listen and enjoy!
Much love, the Ladies Wot Pod
Where Lis and Claire talk about a busy week where Lis met a smelly Lion, Claire had fun with the cameras at the StoneX and both Claire and Lis saw Bedford Blues win a cup - the first for twenty years. We have news from training where the wind did blow. We do award the Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and the Sgt Wilson Award. Lis continues her adventures with the Go Pro - she filmed events at Goldington Road.And we have a rant about Ticketing Apps!We have news of Towcester Under 11s and 8s - get better soon Harry!!It’s a packed pod!Do subscribe , like or give us a rating for the pod - it really helps!Have a listen and enjoy!Much love, the Ladies Wot Pod
Where Lis and Claire talk about that trip to Glasgow where Claire watched the Saints against Glasgow Warriors and West of Scotland against Lasswade. We talk about our torn loyalties between the Red Roses and Scotland. And we again have a rant about the SRU and their treatment of the Scotland women. We received some feedback about trips to the loo and seeing things that you would rather not see. We have news of matches at Saracens and the up and coming Battle of Bedfordshire as the Blue launch their new away shirt.We have news of Towcester Under 11s and 8s - get better soon Harry!!The season starts soon and we are very excitedDo subscribe , like or give us a rating for the pod - it really helps!Have a listen and enjoy!Much love, the Ladies Wot Pod
Where Lis and Claire talk about a busy week after the excitement of the Live Show. We celebrated the lovely Mr and Mrs Cooper’s marriage and Lis drank some terrible gin in Ghent. We saw a very young Saints team win at a packed Goldington Road at the Mobbs Memorial Match; Claire headed off to Loughborough. We talk Women’s Rugby World Cup; and look forward to the quarter finals.Towcester Under 11s are back!!And the photo on the title sequence is Graham McKechnie telling himself off for calling Tom Matt - oh how we laughed!Thank you to everyone who has told us where they listen - we have a lot of dog walkers, drivers and people sneaking a peak in the office! And Lis tells of use doing a particular public service for two listeners!Do subscribe , like or give us a rating for the pod - it really helps!Have a listen and enjoy!Much love, the Ladies Wot Pod
Where Lis and Claire were Live at the Royal & Derngate! We’ve added some behind the scenes footage - it was all so much fun!Thank you to everyone who came, made it happen, to Daisy HJ, CB, George and Curtis and you for watching this video. We had a blast!And to know what happened - you’ll have to watch it!Do subscribe , like or give us a rating for the pod - it really helps!Have a listen and enjoy!Much love, the Ladies Wot Pod
Where Lis and Claire talk about The Blakiston Challenge won by Toby Thame but fiercely fought over by the twenty odd competing players. WATCH TO THE END OF THE POD for something that no other player has ever done.Claire has a new list of tasks she has to complete before the pod as she apologises to Lis for last weeks’ sound issues.Claire also talks about the Blues match against Blackheath which marked the start of Dean Adamson’s Testimonial Year. Lots of events so do get behind this stalwart of the Blues.We talk Women’s World Cup, a new job for an old friend and a returning Welshman.All that and Claire managed to overheat her camera!But most exciting of all LADIES WOT POD IS GOING LIVE!! Thank you to everyone who has already bought a ticket - we’ve been blown away by the support! There are tickets left and we would hate anyone to miss out on our very first Live Pod!!8pm 27 August at Lola’s Bar at the Royal & Derngate Theatre - see us in action with some special guests!Tickets here: https://royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/ladies-wot-pod-live/Come along, join us and the IT Dept for the usual fun!Do subscribe , like or give us a rating for the pod - it really helps!Have a listen and enjoy!Much love, the Ladies Wot Pod
Where Lis and Claire talk about a very busy week where Claire went to Stowe and saw the players coaching; Lis and Claire visited Lola’s Bar and are blown away by the number of tickets sold; and there have been several visits to the Gardens for training where there are more returnees; a lost soul back from Belfast. But best of all, Lis has a new voice activated camera which she was wielding at Goldington Road.And the big pre-season news comes from Harry and Towcester Under 11s.We talk about the Women’s World Cup as the Gardens is undergoing a transformation. Plus news from around the game.Good to hear the horses prefer the shorter episodes!Apologies for the slight echo on some of Lis’ audio - we will ask the IT Department to batter the gremlins for next week’s episode!But most exciting of all LADIES WOT POD IS GOING LIVE!! Thank you to everyone has already bought a ticket - we’ve been blown away by the support! There are tickets left and we would hate anyone to miss out on our very first Live Pod!!8pm 27 August at Lola’s Bar at the Royal & Derngate Theatre - see us in action with some special guests!Tickets here: https://royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/ladies-wot-pod-live/Come along, join us and the IT Dept for the usual fun!Do subscribe , like or give us a rating for the pod - it really helps!Have a listen and enjoy!Much love, the Ladies Wot Pod
Where Lis and Claire talk about their time at Saints Pre-season training. Lis rescues a player’s ice lolly, is mesmerised by a man mountain and talks weather on pitch 2. Claire has more buttons to press as she tries out her prize from the golf. We learn that Claire’s photos are used in ways she never knew about and that one player’s grasp of Franglais is already making our new fly-half errrrr feel at home. We welcome meow new players to the club and muse when we will see the international returnees.We also talk about the Lions, the new season’s fixtures and Claire looks forward to the next week of pre-season. It’s a remarkably packed pod but no long enough for the horses!But most exciting of all LADIES WOT POD IS GOING LIVE!!8pm 27 August at Lola’s Bar at the Royal & Derngate Theatre - see us in action with some special guests!Tickets here: https://royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/ladies-wot-pod-live/Come along, join us and the IT Dept for the usual fun!Do subscribe , like or give us a rating for the pod - it really helps!Have a listen and enjoy!Much love, the Ladies Wot Pod
Where Lis and Claire talk international tours because Lis was on tour in Argentina with England. There she won an award, road a horse and drank a lot of gin! She discussed wayward passes with a Saints hooker, bumped into an international referee and had an altercation with a racoon. We talk England, Lions, Scotland and congratulate Zimbabwe. Claire meanwhile talks Scotland where a recently departed Saints CEO has been making his name in the world of golf. Claire talks about her amazing comeback win at the home of golf.And we talk pre-season as all three of our clubs are back.But most exciting of all LADIES WOT POD IS GOINF LIVE!!8pm 27 August at Lola’s Bar at the Royal & Derngate Theatre - see us in action with some special guests!Tickets here: https://royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/ladies-wot-pod-live/Come along, join us and the IT Dept for the usual fun!Do subscribe , like or give us a rating for the pod - it really helps!Have a listen and enjoy!Much love, the Ladies Wot Pod
Where Claire leads Lis astray again - we talk of episode 76 but it’s actually episode 77! We made up a list of awards which we had a load of fun handing out - it was a chance for both of us re-visit the highs and lows of this season and a lot of fun moments. And it’s a chance for us to say thank you to all of you, our wonderful listeners.Claire’s button pushing lost form - there is a sound gap during the comedy moment award where I have accidentally muted both of us!This will be the last pod whilst we take a summer break - we’ll be back with news of our very exciting Live pod soon!Do subscribe, like or give us a rating - it really helps the pod!Have a listen and enjoy!Much love, the Ladies Wot Pod
Where Lis and Claire talk about the final games of the season against Gloucester. We said some goodbyes and celebrated some very young debuts. Towcester Under 10s and the International Man of Mystery were on tour and did the Saints proud. We award the Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and the Sgt Wilson award. We send our very best wishes to Saints’ skipper, Ed Prowse.We talk rugby this summer as several Saintsmen will be representing their respective countries.And we say thank you to every one who has listened, watched and sent us messages as we had a record breaking week last week.Do subscribe, like or give us a rating - it really helps the pod!Have a listen and enjoy!Much love, the Ladies Wot Pod
Where Lis and Claire talk about how very very proud they both are of the Saints lads - it wasn’t to be in the Champions Cup Final; we do have a rant about the refereeing but not in the way you would expect; we are both startled by the rate the Dazzles are growing and for once we don’t pick the LWP Player of the Match or award the Sgt Wilson award. The whole team get the Ladies’ plaudits.We congratulate James Burridge on his wonderful documentary about the Academy. And we talk about how optimistic we are for the future - the new Academy intake are discussed.Documentary link here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0l91fkx/how-northampton-saints-are-working-to-find-the-next-pollockAND we have a BIG announcement - the Ladies Wot Pod are going to do a LIVE SHOW!! We will be doing a live show at the Royal & Derngate during the Women’s Rugby World Cup. Look out for details about our show in August! Do subscribe, like or give us a rating - it really helps the pod!Have a listen and enjoy!Much love, the Ladies Wot Pod
Where Lis and Claire talk about another busy week at the Saints - we talk about the superb Saints Annual Dinner and congratulate the winners; we talk about the Saints last game of the season at a packed cinch stadium at Franklin’s Gardens where Lis was late for Haloing whilst she fixed her lovely new shirt; we celebrate the amazing win against the Saracens but Claire is still in recovery after the ‘singing’ in the first half; we have a straight shoot out for the Sgt Wilson Award and a brilliant Ladies Wot Pod Player of the match. And we talk about those that were awarded their caps and those that we say farewell to. And Lis had a her big moment giving out the prize for the Saints Supporters Club Player of the Season.And we are very excited about that huge game in Cardiff.Do subscribe, like or give us a rating - it really helps the pod!Have a listen and enjoy!Much love, the Ladies Wot Pod
Where Lis and Claire talk about their busy week at the Saints. We talk about the trips to Exeter where the youngsters did us proud, we talk about our time at training where Lis received fashion tips from Big Tree, we learned what a Lions prop said to Elliot MM in a recent game and we’re both impressed by our young Italian centre.We talk about our pride (get it?!) as Saints have four Lions in their year’s touring squad. We may have awarded the Sgt Wilson award in perpetuity as a result! We talk about Cardiff, the last game of the season and it’s the Awards Dinner!And we look forward to the last game of the season as it’s time for more awards and a few goodbyes.Do subscribe, like or give us a rating - it really helps the pod!Have a listen and enjoy!Much love, the Ladies Wot Pod
Where Lis and Claire over excitedly talk about that wonderful Saints win in Dublin - we talk through the weekend in Dublin, Lis’ eels in Ely and the magnificent game which means we are again in a Final.We do name our Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and give out the Sgt Wilson Award. And Claire gives her review of the Shoe Army song.Do subscribe, like or give us a rating - it really helps the pod!Have a listen and enjoy!Much love, the Ladies Wot Pod
Where Lis and Claire talk about Saints’ cracking win against Bristol Bears. We revel in the performance of the pack particularly the front row - Lis does a particularly good Ellis Genge impression. We reveal which player took one for the team to enable Mitch’s try. We celebrate the wonderful Kev the Kitman’s magnificent 700 games for the club. We choose our Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and a certain front rower wins the Sgt Wilson award after many attempts. And we congratulate the team who made the Saints Foundation Day happen.We have news of Towcester Under 10s and Under 7s end of season festivities where the International Man of Mystery talked about playing rugby with your mates!And yes, we assess that Henry Pollock dive!Do subscribe, like or give us a rating - it really helps the pod!Have a listen and enjoy!Much love, the Ladies Wot Pod
Where Lis and Claire talk about the battling win in the frozen North as Saints took the five points against Falcons including choosing our Sgt Wilson and LPW Player of the match award winners. Both of us have a fondness for Kingston Park and believe that we have to have rugby in the north of England. We talk a lot about the weather, the PA at KP and so many debates and tries. We celebrate the Blues brilliant win at Ealing, the current Championship league leaders. We give our Ladies Wot Pod Player of the Match and there was only one winner of the Sgt Wilson Award.We have news of Towcester Under 10s at the Saints Easter Community camp.Do subscribe, like or give us a rating - it really helps the pod!Have a listen and enjoy!Much love, the Ladies Wot Pod
Where Lis and Claire talk about the fine Saints win against ASM Clermont Auvergne. DrT and Harry are special guests - Harry tells us about his great time at the game and his new player heroes! DrT takes delivery of his Dazzles and bemoans the time it took for the biscuit to arrive. We talk about the match including the trauma of the runout for Claire, the fabulous tries and brilliance of the scrum. We go seriously left field for the awards - both the LWP Player Of the Match and the Sgt Wilson award. We applaud the wonderful Clermont supporters.We also talk Bedford Blues, the changes to Championship and we wish Hazel Halter a happy birthday - we think Hazel is our oldest supporter as she is 100 years old.We say farewell to Dan Biggar as he announces his retirement at the end of the season.And we look forward to the Quarter final against Castres!Do subscribe, like or give us a rating - it really helps the pod!Have a listen and enjoy!Much love, the Ladies Wot Pod
Where Lis is on her holiday whilst Claire is still in Cambridgeshire. Sadly, Lis is still being plagued by vikings. We talk about Saints trip to Salford and the remarkable performance of one particular Saints player, Henry Pollock. We also, recognise the efforts of the two Saints scrum halves who covered the fly half role. We again talk about refereeing and the inconsistent use of the TMO and the time it’s taking to review things. We award the Sgt Wilson award to a man who calmed the referee with his dulcet Geordie tones. And no awards for guessing who gets LWP Player of the match. And Claire says thank you to a Saints prop who gallantly stepped up to help her on Friday.We talk about Bedford Blues brilliant win at Goldington - what a performance from Will Maisey and our newest lock, Ed Prowse. We do a roundup of the Women’s Six Nations.Claire talks about Bloodgate, the new podcast from the BBC about Harlequins in 2009 - she chatted to Alastair Eykyn about the podcast and her tiny part in the story.And we have huge news from Towcester - proud Granny moment!!And we look forward to the arrival of ASM Clermont Auvergne - the Ro16 here we come!Do subscribe, like or give us a rating - it really helps the pod!Have a listen and enjoy!Much love, the Ladies Wot Pod
Where Lis and Claire talk about events at the Gardens on Friday. Claire thanks those that were concerned for her welfare, Lis has a theory about Dave Rogers’ cameras and shares the story of her chat with a lad and his Grandad about the players. We also talk about the Women’s Six Nations and particularly about the Lightning players who were playing for their respective countries. Claire talks about her first trip to The Hive as a photographer where she loved taking photos of the Scotland team. We name our LWP Player of the Match and hand out the Sgt Wilson Award.We do talk about refereeing and the inconsistent use of the TMO and the time it’s taking to review things.And we end with a story about Freemo, Lis’ student days a rugby tours to Wales.Do subscribe, like or give us a rating - it really helps the pod!Have a listen and enjoy!Much love, the Ladies Wot Pod