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Hosted by The Rugby Journal · sports · EN · 29 episodes
Rugby Lives brings you interviews with people from beyond the sport of rugby to talk about their passion for the oval ball. From the makers of The Rugby Journal. Head to therugbyjournal.com for more.
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Signup to Generate a PitchRugby Lives brings you interviews with people from beyond the sport of rugby to talk about their passion for the oval ball. From the makers of The Rugby Journal.
Rugby Lives is hosted by The Rugby Journal. The show has published 29 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "EP16: Kim Littejohn & Tim Swinson on 'fake' professionalism, saving the 1994 Rugby World Cup & Glasgow glory days" (27 May 2026, 61 minutes), "EP15: Deborah Griffin on life as RFU President, how she founded the women's Rugby World Cup and her love for Richmond FC" (13 May 2026, 76 minutes), and "EP14: Mike Rayer on why Champ Rugby deserves promotion, 20 years at Bedford, Wales memories and Frank Warren" (7 May 2026, 66 minutes).
Rugby Lives publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 68 minutes across 29 episodes.
Booking probability for Rugby Lives is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Rugby Lives requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Rugby Lives's contact route on record: public web form.
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Episode #16
<p>As part of the Vodafone clubs.connected programme, Rugby Lives headed to Highland Rugby Club to meet Kim Littlejohn, former captain of Scotland, and Tim Swinson, who won 38 caps for Scotland. They talk us through...
Episode #15
<p>This week we meet Deborah Griffin, the first female president of the RFU, at her home club of Richmond FC to talk about her long rugby life, and how against all odds she established the women's Rugby World Cup.</p>
Episode #14
<p>Rugby Lives meet Mike Rayer at Goldington Road, the home of Bedford, where he has spent over 20 years at the helm. He talks the state of the Champ, promotion and relegation, retrospective tries and Frank Warren.</p>
Episode #13
<p>Former Harlequins, England and British & Irish Lions coach Bick Best joins Rugby Lives to talk about what it was like joining Harlequins as a working class youngster from East London, how he ascended to become head...
Episode #12
<p>Rugby Lives heads to Hamilton Rugby Club to meet two greats of the Scottish game, Gavin Hastings and Lee Cockburn, who tell tales of the winning Grand Slams for Scotland and what it was really like in the days of...
Episode #11
<p>As part of the Vodafone clubs.connected programme, Rugby Lives headed to Linlithgow Rugby Club to meet Donna Kennedy, who has done more has for Scotland than any other player, and Matt Scott, who not only earned 40...
Episode #10
<p>A born and bred farmer, when rugby turned professional Kenny Logan's life became unrecognisable, from tending to his cows in rural Scotland to living it up in Chelsea and playing for the all-conqueuring Wasps. Now...
Episode #9
<p>The game's most prolific points machine, Leicester and England fullback Dusty Hare joins us on Rugby Lives to talk us through his career highs and lows. There's stories of Maurice Colclough, sheep farming, the Lions...
Episode #8
<p>Playing dustbin cricket in Trinidad, he couldn’t even dream of being Brian Lara because he wasn’t left-handed. Instead, he had to settle for playing rugby for England and becoming a European champion alongside some...
Episode #7
<p>This week we chat to Graham Dawe, the farmer who trained for two years straight to win his place in the England team, was part of the greatest Bath side ever, was in the thick of things at the Battle of Cardiff, and...
Episode #6
<p>Former England and Bath prop Victor Ubogu joins us to talk us through his Rugby Life, from learning the game in the snow drifts of Devon to being part of one of the best club sides of all time at Bath, playing in two...
Episode #5
<p>Julian White has won a Rugby World Cup with England, three Premiership titles with Leicester Tigers and played for the British & Irish Lions, but now the fearsome prop forward spends his days farming his South Devon...
Episode #4
<p>From stories of the unbeaten 1974 Lions to Nelson Mandela, the state of English rugby, and how he was given a life ban from the sport, this is the Rugby Life of Fran Cotton. </p>
Episode #5
<p>A career that crossed borders into New Zealand, South Africa and Canada, brought 58 caps for England and and two British & Irish Lions tours, and the most memorable of international debuts thanks to Erika Roe, this...
Episode #2
<p>The man behind the famous melee ahead of the 2018 Calcutta Cup, we talk to former Glasgow Warrior and Scotland flanker Ryan Wilson about his unusual route to professional rugby, dealing with ADHD and his new love of...
Episode #1
<p>It hadn't even been a year since Wales had made history, winning a first Grand Slam since the 1970s in 2005 under Mike Ruddock, but Tom Shanklin, who had played a key role in Wales' rise back to the top, had a front...
Episode #4
<p>As one of the few players in Welsh rugby history to have won three Grand Slams and been on two Lions tours, former prop Adam Jones has solidified himself as a rugby legend. Now he has the chance to reflect on coming...
Episode #3
<p>As possibly the greatest Lions tourist of all time, John 'Bentos' Bentley has plenty of stories to tell. From getting into a fight with Wade Dooley and thinking Jeremy Guscott was soft, to switching codes and scoring...
Episode #2
<p>From the delights of the early days of professionalism at Bramley Road to the heights of three Lions tours, Richard Hill takes us on his rugby journey. Hear about fights with Lydney RFC in the cup, being mistaken for...
Episode #1
<p>We kick off Series Two with former Wales and British & Irish Lion John Taylor, who remembers when he first came across JPR Williams, the victory of 1971, refusing to play against apartheid South Africa, rooming with...
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