For The Love Of Rugby

Get tickets for our live shows: https://rb.gy/edowu9 Dan Cole and Ben Youngs play Christmas games that could light up your dinner table this festive period. Plus they’ve finally accepted Sam Underhill’s requests to play George Ezra live on stage in Bath. Vote for us at the Sports Podcast Awards: https://www.sportspodcastgroup.com/sports_category/best-rugby-podcast/ If you want to nominate your local club to take part in our new game, here is the link: https://forms.gle/9PrSEohCYiLB4D9R6 Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What do rugby players do at Christmas? Ben Youngs and Dan Cole bring you the first of two Christmas episodes this festive season. They crack open the chocolates, talk you through pigs and blanket at the club, parties, karaoke, Secret Santa and the fact that George Chuter dressed up as Father Christmas every year. Plus Ben wins some money for a club to go on tour.  If you want to nominate your local club to take part in our new game, here is the link: https://forms.gle/9PrSEohCYiLB4D9R6 Get tickets for our live shows: https://rb.gy/edowu9 Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s been a while since Dan Cole ranted about traffic or his fellow motorists, but he’s back with a bang in this episode. Ben Youngs goes through the best of your listener questions, and they pick an all-time Premiership XV with only one representative from each club.  Nominate your local rugby club to potentially win money here: https://forms.gle/9PrSEohCYiLB4D9R6 Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Get tickets for our live shows: https://rb.gy/edowu9 In this episode, Dan Cole and Ben Youngs deliver a short history of the breakdown, from chaos to violence, right through to the modern day. What does a ruck sound like? Has Ben ever won a turnover penalty? And does Dan deserve to be called The Ruck Inspector? This is the definitive guide to rucking.  Nominate your local rugby club to potentially win money here: https://forms.gle/9PrSEohCYiLB4D9R6 Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nominate your local rugby club here: https://forms.gle/9PrSEohCYiLB4D9R6 In this episode, Joe Marler returns to the FTLOR studio to answer your questions. Ben Youngs and Dan Cole spend most of the episode giggling or confused as Joe contemplates how many jelly babies he can eat in 10 minutes, and queries the legitimacy of every message that gets sent in. He’s also desperate to get the train home.  Get tickets for our live shows: https://fkpscorpioent.com/en/events/for-the-love-of-rugby-presents-draft-night Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Youngs and Dan Cole take their podcast kit to Manchester to document a weekend as Premiership rugby players. They room together, share maltesers and give you an hour by hour guide to away games. Which is mainly just eating.  Ben takes part in a Crufts-style event for Topps Tiles, Pat Lam’s one thousand touches sounds exhausting, and there is no neat way of eating popcorn.  Get tickets for our live shows: https://fkpscorpioent.com/en/events/for-the-love-of-rugby-presents-draft-night Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Get tickets for our live shows: https://fkpscorpioent.com/en/events/for-the-love-of-rugby-presents-draft-night After splitting England in two, Ben Youngs and Dan Cole are friends again. They’re here to answer your questions, which include: What would the Lions team be if you could only pick props? They look ahead to Ireland against Australia and Dan gives the inside story of the final Sunday in England camp, and another killer question from George Martin.  Official Insights provided by Sage.  Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Youngs and Anthony Watson review England’s final game of the Autumn Nations Series as they finally get a win by beating Japan at Twickenham. Scotland entertain and make a real statement against Australia, while the misery continues for Wales as they lose every single game in 2024. Official Insights provided by Sage.  Get tickets for our live shows: https://fkpscorpioent.com/en/events/for-the-love-of-rugby-presents-draft-night Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Ben Youngs hangs out with Adam Ashley-Cooper, Drew Mitchell, Matt Giteau and The Prof in the first week of their UK tour. The lads are already losing their voices after hitting Cardiff pretty hard over the weekend. If you want more, go to https://www.kickoffsandkickons.com/ Get tickets for our live shows: https://fkpscorpioent.com/en/events/for-the-love-of-rugby-presents-draft-night Sign up to have a chance of winning a mini-keg of our beer in collaboration with People’s Captain: https://peoplescaptain.co.uk/ Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan Cole is back from inside the England camp to answer Ben's probing questions on why England lost again at Twickenham. And he's coming out firing. His rants include why England threw to the front of the line-out so much, why they kicked for the corner and he defends questions over England's 'experience'. Our Autumn Nations Series Insights are provided by Sage. Get tickets for our live shows: https://fkpscorpioent.com/en/events/for-the-love-of-rugby-presents-draft-night Sign up to have a chance of winning a mini-keg of our beer in collaboration with People’s Captain: https://peoplescaptain.co.uk/ Get your official Lions tour packages to Australia at https://www.sportsbreaks.com/Rugby/2025-Lions-Tour and use code FTLOR to get £150 off Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is it a crisis? England have lost five games in a row as South Africa become the latest team to win at Twickenham this Autumn. Ben Youngs and Anthony Watson review the weekend’s games and tell you what it’s like to be charged down by Eben Etzabeth and beaten one-on-one by Cheslin Kolbe. Wales get hammered by Australia, France and New Zealand put on a classic, and we ask whether the Ireland team is too old? Our Autumn Nations Series Insights are provided by Sage. Get tickets for our live shows: https://fkpscorpioent.com/en/events/for-the-love-of-rugby-presents-draft-night Sign up to have a chance of winning a mini-keg of our beer in collaboration with People’s Captain: https://peoplescaptain.co.uk/ Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Do Test matches get any tougher than this? Boks Office legend Shimmie (Hanyani Shimange) and World Cup winning captain John Smit join Ben Youngs in London to preview England’s game against the Springboks.  To watch the Boks Office podcast, go to YouTube and search Boks Office. Get tickets for our live shows: https://fkpscorpioent.com/en/events/for-the-love-of-rugby-presents-draft-night Sign up to have a chance of winning a mini-keg of our beer in collaboration with People’s Captain: https://peoplescaptain.co.uk/ Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Get tickets for our live shows: https://fkpscorpioent.com/en/events/for-the-love-of-rugby-presents-draft-night Dan Cole speaks to Ben Youngs from inside the England camp. Does he blame Ben for the Australian performance on Saturday? What’s the mood in camp? And we ask him to offer some perspective on England’s blitz defence. Sign up to have a chance of winning a mini-keg of our beer in collaboration with People’s Captain: https://peoplescaptain.co.uk/ Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Youngs was very wrong. Anthony Watson helps him review round two of the Autumn Nations Series, and eat an enormous slice of humble pie as England lose to Australia at Twickenham. Anthony is £50 richer after the All Blacks beat Ireland in Dublin, and there are questions for Wales who lose to Fiji and end up with Sam Costelow accidentally on the wing for 47 minutes. Plus, South Africa show off potentially the greatest bench in the history of rugby. Our Autumn Nations Series Insights are brought to you by Sage. Get tickets for our live shows: https://fkpscorpioent.com/en/events/for-the-love-of-rugby-presents-draft-night Sign up to have a chance of winning a mini-keg of our beer in collaboration with People’s Captain: https://peoplescaptain.co.uk/ Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

England are due a win, and Australia are next up at the stadium formerly known as Twickenham. Ben Youngs and Anthony Watson preview a huge round in the Autumn Nations Series as South Africa take on Scotland and New Zealand play Ireland in Dublin on a Friday night. After some explosive quotes in Danny Care’s book we also ask if Eddie Jones’s England environment was toxic. Were the players afraid of him? And was Ben on a list of untouchable players? Our Autumn Nations Series Insights are brought to you by Sage. Get tickets for our live shows: https://fkpscorpioent.com/en/events/for-the-love-of-rugby-presents-draft-night Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Youngs ranks his top wingers in the world, and has Springbok legend Bryan Habana to back up his selections.  Is there anyone better than Cheslin Kolbe? How many All Blacks are on the list? Who is the best winger in Britain and Ireland? And where would you put James Lowe? Our Autumn Nations Series Insights are brought to you by Sage. Get tickets for our live shows: https://fkpscorpioent.com/en/events/for-the-love-of-rugby-presents-draft-night Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan Cole is podcasting from a very hot room in England camp as he joins Ben in his virtual studio. Coley gives us an insight into what was said after the game, his old roommate's departure and sticks up for his new room-mate George Ford. He also gets an update from the outside world as Ben's fitness is questioned after the weekend's corporate gigs and sampling our very own FTLOR beer. Official insights provided by Sage. Get tickets for our live shows: https://fkpscorpioent.com/en/events/for-the-love-of-rugby-presents-draft-night Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are England getting closer? Was this their big chance? Ben Youngs and Anthony Watson break down New Zealand’s dramatic win at Twickenham, which saw George Ford miss a last second drop goal to clinch the game. They also explain the new box kick rule, heap praise on Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and Mark Tele’a and tell us who Dan Carter thinks is a future All Blacks captain. Plus Ben uses Sage Insights to build his ultimate player from the opening weekend of the Autumn Nations Series.  Official insights provided by Sage. Get tickets for our live shows: https://fkpscorpioent.com/en/events/for-the-love-of-rugby-presents-draft-night Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Youngs and Anthony Watson react to the news that Beauden Barrett is back at outside-half for New Zealand at Twickenham on Saturday. They ponder whether the England pack can overpower the All Blacks, and ask if George Ford will win the game from the bench. Our Autumn Nations Series insights are brought to you by Sage. Get tickets for our live shows: https://fkpscorpioent.com/en/events/for-the-love-of-rugby-presents-draft-night Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices