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The Ruck is the journalists' rugby podcast from The Times & The Sunday Times. Join Alfie Reynolds, Alex Lowe, Will Kelleher and a selection of guests every week as they provide insight and reports throughout the season, including big-name interviews and forthright analysis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Times hosts The Ruck, a sports show with 564 episodes published.
The inaugural Nations Championship starts this weekend but does rugby need it? Do fans even know or care what it is? Will Kelleher, Alex Lowe and Charlie Morgan are in South Africa ahead of England's match in Johannesbur
Northampton Saints are the champions of England! They beat Exeter Chiefs 26-17 in the final to be crowned champions for the second time in three years. Alfie Reynolds, Alex Lowe and Charlie Morgan look back on the match
Northampton Saints will play Exeter Chiefs in the Prem final on Saturday. Alfie and Will are at Sandy Park in Devon as they look ahead to the match and chat to Exeter's Director of Rugby Rob Baxter and winger Olly Woodbu
Northampton will face Exeter in the Prem final! Charlie Morgan and Will Kelleher join Alfie Reynolds to look back on the semi-final weekend which produced two excellent matches as Northampton beat rivals Leicester and Ex
The Prem rugby semi-final line-up is confirmed: Northampton hosts rivals Leicester and Bath play Exeter. Alfie Reynolds, Alex Lowe and Charlie Morgan preview the semi-finals and ask is this the hardest season to predict
With one week of the regular season remaining Alfie, Will and Elgan look ahead to the final weekend in the Prem. They chat about the crunch fixtures as Bath host Leicester and Exeter play Saracens and ask who will make i
Alex and Will are in Bilbao to reflect on the Champions Cup final! Bordeaux have won back-to-back titles to join the elite sides in European Club rugby. What makes them so special? It is now 6 years in a row that a Frenc
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 t
Despite England having their worst ever men's 6 Nations campaign why has an RFU review backed Steve Borthwick in his role as head coach? Alfie, Alex and Will discuss the RFU's decision, what needs to change for England a
Bordeaux and Leinster reached the Champions Cup final after defeating Bath and Toulon, respectively. The defending champions Bordeaux now have a chance to win back-to-back titles, while Leinster will hope to finally end
Shane Christie was one of the brightest rugby stars in New Zealand before suffering multiple concussions, leading to a brain injury that would slowly take everything from him. And his experience is far from unique. In th
The British & Irish Lions are exploring the possibility of touring Japan, Argentina or France. Is this a dangerous erosion of tradition? A shameless money grab? Or a brilliant thing to propel the Lions into a "different
It was a week of contrasts in both the Prem and Women's 6 Nations. In the Gallagher Prem the league continues to attract new investment but Sale were humiliated at home on Sunday, whilst Gloucester, Newcastle and Harlequ
Alfie Reynolds, Elgan Alderman and Charlie Morgan look back on the Champions Cup quarter-finals. They ask which was better...Bath and Northampton's epic high-scoring tussle at The Rec? Or the heavyweight clash between Bo
The last-16 of the Champions Cup delivered! Following an exciting weekend Alfie Reynolds, Elgan Alderman, Alex Lowe and Mark Palmer look back on the action. They chat about the competition finally bursting into life with
Following a trio of showpiece matches at big stadiums in the Gallagher Prem Alfie, Will and Charlie are back in studio to review the action. They discuss Geoff Parling's fiery altercation with broadcaster TNT before Glou
Sir James Dyson has become a 50% shareholder at Bath, so what does that mean for the club and for English domestic rugby? Will it cement the clubs place at the top of the PREM for years to come? And it will it encourage
The 2026 6 Nations is over! One of the great championships went down to the final kick of the final match. Thomas Ramos knocked over a penalty to break English hearts and deny Ireland the title. The morning after the eve
Super Saturday is almost here as the 2026 6 Nations reaches its conclusion. Who will win the title as France, Scotland and Ireland are all in the running? In a championship that has had plenty of twists and turns, will t
What a weekend of 6 Nations action! Italy recorded their first-ever win against England, Scotland produced one of their best performances to put 50 points on France and Wales continued their revival in defeat to Ireland.
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