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Josh is joined by Squidge Rugby hero Robbie Owen to 'discuss' the 'weekend's rugby'. Which mainly involves talking about the Hollywood potential of the Cardiff Blues, rugby's need to lean into its himbo thirst trap potential and… er… p*nis fencing.

If you've ever wondered what the hell is going on with Welsh rugby all the bloody time, this week Josh is joined by Dan Allsobrook from Gwlad Rugby, who have recently published their alternative survey into the future of the game in Wales.

The Rugby World Cup final, Leinster's woes, and David May. Just three of the things we talk about this week.

The semis are chatted, and the folly of an open filling loop

Lee and Josh are back for the 11th season of the pod, and we start as we mean to continue by talking a load of shite about Butlins. Some rugby stuff settles in at some point, we promise

The wonderful Alice joins Rhi Garth Jones to talk the latest happenings from the World Cup as well putting a few things straight.

The Lions is over, the season is over and we take one last look at everything to let you know what we reckon of it all.

A game for the Lions annals is deconstructed like a Masterchef beef wellington. Except it'll be good.

Later in the week, but all the usual is here, including a run down of the two Lions games.

A whole lot of weekend to chat about, a Test team to ponder, and boiling heat, summer stench.

A lot of rugby this weekend, and what happens if you ask Josh a question at a wedding.

The Lions are properly underway in a different timezone, and we take a look at it all.

The Lions is finally amongst us and so we have a look at how the first game went. There's also news and talk about weddings.

The finals have been completed and notw so has our take on them.

The semis are chatted, as well as Mike Tindall's ideas to turn rugby into and poundshop F1 for people with avios points.

The URC quarters are enjoyed and the last Prem round is pointed at. This and other things for your ears

Euro finals weekend and lots of news.

A hilariously brilliant weekend is discussed before we get to the serious business of the Lions squad.

Lions squad reaction and a good look at the squad photos, plus the business end of the season is considered

Robbie Owen joins Lee to discuss numerous balls and the rugby.

Join Josh and Patricia Viera as they try to get their heads around the Johnny Sexton Lions coach appointment, the imminent return of Steve Tandy to Wales, and much more besides…

Our quadruple century comes around and we mark it by doing a normal episode. Party on!

Loads of news emanating from Wales, Celebrity Erratics, and the European weekend are all considered

We recount our day out in Gloucester, consider who if anyone we wouldn't dance with, and talk about the Women's Six Nations

Join Josh and guest Rhiannon Garth Jones as they dissect an absolutely massive weekend of rugby, including a discourse-heavy final week of the Men's Six Nations, a PWR final performance for the ages, and loads more.

The penultimate round of the Six Nations is deconstructed, along with the Wiggles country album

A not so fallow weekend with PWR semis, mad URC results and plenty more to cover...

Bronwyn is a resident of Kosovo who has spent a large part of her recent leading the development of rugby for women & girls in the Balkan country. We chat about what had to be overcome to achieve this, the incredible stories of the young women playing the game and about a fascinating life spent in Central Europe via the Bronx.

Round 3 of the Six Nations is pulled apart like WillGriff John's dinner.

It's the first fallow week, so what better time to talk about Blur, Vinca Major, and do some previewing of Round 3 of the Six Nations

Round 2 of the Six Nations is fully discussed, including how the WRU are not like Taylor Guitars. You heard it here first.

This Six Nations is here, and we deconstruct the first round of matches like a small child booting a lego house. However, to get all that content, you will have to sign up at patreon.com/bloodandmud

Tournament prospects and round one fixtures are all unpicked.

A stolen phone, best before dates, sausage roll analysis, and the European rugby weekend. All discussed herein.

We are back with very little vengeance for 2025, reviewing the festive rugby and loving a former pod beau in a very real way. As usual, full and ad free episode, plus much more is all yours at patreon.com/bloodandmud

We talk all the news and the weekend and have two - TWO! - quizzes (of varying success) as part of our end of year festive episode.

Round 2 of Europe is chatted over, as well as the latest news and what Lee's Nan doesn't stand for in our ape cousins.

The european storm weekend is pulled apart, among other things

Josh returns to the chat. All present and correct

Josh is joined by Patricia Vieira to dissect the weekend's rugby action, the impending arrival of Cheesemas at McDonalds, Marc Lièvremont's ill-advised extreme sports escapades and live updates about whether Warren Gatland has been sacked yet or not (he hasn't) (at time of writing).

An enormous weekend of rugby gets the requisite length of episode. We honestly spend most of it actually talking about the rugby as well, would you believe?

The internationals have come amongst us, and there's also a barrel-load of news to get through. Join us, why don't you?

Back in the usual Monday slot to bring you a brightness of chat to counteract the dark evenings.

A day later than usual but still with all the stuff you crave about the week in rugby union football. And by crave we mean tolerate.

Another week, another consideration of the rugby plus a surprising Player Spotted and the world's shittest argument

A shambles of a couple of days results in a late pod, but a great one as Lee is joined by Rhi Garth Jones to chew the rugby and other things.

Josh is back from his holiday and joins Lee to pick apart all the usual happenings in a week of rugby. Also features possibly the most perfect Player Spotted ever submitted.

Robbie Owen joins Lee in the absence of Josh to pick the bones out of the opening weekend ponder whether Antoine Dupont is rugby's Will Hunting.

The new season is upon us, so we thought we'd have a go at previewing it; among other things.

Josh is joined by Robbie 'Squidge' Owen to dissect a fascinating weekend of cross-hemisphere rugby… drop goal magic, the best number 8 in the world, what are Wales actually trying to do, ill-advised branding decisions, and whatnot.

The weekend internationals are pulled to more pieces than a Wales lineout call...

We run our eye over the Top14 final and take our annual trip around the leagues paying homage to the heroic clubs for whom "there's always next year"

URC final, Wales v23.82.1298, Lee vs Nature, gambling is not just for old men. All discussed

Lee is back, Josh is back, nearly 2 hours of pod is back.

Josh is joined by newly minted PhD Rhiannon Garth Jones to discuss a wild final week of the URC regular season, two tightly contested Premiership semi-finals, and a weird, bad and confusing Wales squad.

Josh returns from a week of getting up close and personal with the MLR to be joined by Patricia Viera from Ruck N Roll to break down all the action from this weekend's Champions Cup final, the important international differences between McDonalds, and the mystery of Alisha Butchers' 8-hour goldfish…

With Lee in a hotel in Carlisle, Josh is joined by Robbie 'Squidge Rugby' Owen to dissect the weekend's rugby action.

Big Cup semi-finals are to be discussed, as well as waking up taxi drivers and wearing drag.

W6N Super Saturday is looked over, as well as Vunipola, Hogg, and the glorious goings on at Neath RFC.

Rugby, gardening, Tony Hawk, other stuff.

More W6N action and the European quarters to chew over, as well as hard tech on the Titanic

The last 16 of Europe is pulled apart alongside the filmography of The Rock, and irritating bread.

We're back after a blip last week to talk W6N, stressful TV, double Corley and much more.

Lee is joined by Jess Hayden to talk about her new book The Red Roses as well as her journey to and through rugby, including not exactly putting her shoulder into Siwan Lillicrap.

The finale of the Men's Six Nations is pored over, among other things.

The penultimate round of the Six Nations is overshadowed by We Buy Any Car lies...

Back to the first team this week to chat about service stations in Ireland, and the PWR weekend

With Lee away, Josh and Patricia Vieira chat all things round 3 of the Six Nations

Round 2 of the Six Nations is pulled apart and put back together again in a way only we understand.

The Six Nations is here, and we unpick it all as well as some red hot flat tyre chat.

Josh is back and we have a good old chat, including a 6N Preview

Lee is joined by Sam Larner and Will Owen to talk about the Euro weekend, but instead spend most of it talking about whether there is still such a concept as a handling rugby team.

We revel in the glorious filth that is Bordeaux-Begles and much else from the Euro weekend; plus Gladiators nostalgia and Maro's alleged cheeky phone-calls.

Lots of news, including some breaking sad news while we were recording. So we obviously talk about trains and food in cans.

New Year, same old as we consider late stage capitalism exploitation via tractor and the festive rugby

Lee resurrects the Rugby Life episode genre to have a chat with Sei Williams about both his life in rugby and his recent book that considers just how rugby in Wales reached its current state.

The band is back together for our probably final episode of 2023 to chat round 2 of Ewrop and all the usual.

Robbie "Squidge" Owen joins Lee to chat about the European weekend, Christmas decs and cursed console games.

This week we consider whether NOLA Gold coaches frighten their players and whether a South African can put down roots via a bag for life. There's some rugby games in there as well.

Another week, another pod where we talk about rugby at some point, including how many people in the welsh regional squads are clearly not real.

It's more domestic rugby talk interlaced with news, TV, incorrect Bake Off guitars and other such rugby related content

A few days late but just as keen to chat about the week in The Rugby™. Which has been decent on the field, but not so much off it

We chat the final round of the WXV, the return (of the pod) to domestic action, and octogenarian Sky Q.

The tournament is over, so we somehow spend a long time not talking about the final, then even longer talking about it.

Josh is joined by Will Owen to chat about the semis, made up indie bands and much more

It's long(er than usual) as we dismantle the quarter-finals and talk about the worst bar in the entire world, plus other stuff

Lee & Josh reunite to bring you their take on the result of the tournament and all the other action from the final round of Rugby World Cup pool matches.

Against many obstacles, a pod was produced this week as Josh steps up with Will Owen and Patricia Vieira to deliver some chat.

Josh being away presents the perfect opportunity for the return of Mike Bubbins, once occasionally of these parts but now sports podcast behemoth. We chat all about the weekend that win over Aus - among many things.

The second weekend of the Rugby World Cup 2023 is considered, along with the IrePhone and that bloody ITV drop goal chat.

With Lee away, Josh is joined by the inestimable Rhi Garth Jones to pick the bones out of the first weekend of the Rugby World Cup 2023

As we reach our Graham Gooch episode, it brings the RWC 2023 preview to your ears. Includes sartorial comment.

The last of the warm-ups are pulled apart, along with a pitch for an anti-fitness tracker.

We talk cat nosebleeds, barristers we don't recall playing for Wales and the latest instalment of the warm-ups that appear to be having the opposite effect on England

Another week of warm-ups and other unpunishable crimes are discussed

The warm-ups have gathered in earnest and we have something to say about them; plus there's squads, hedge tips and a crying child.

We're back after our break to drive headlong into the pre-RWC action.  

It's our season finale as we take in the two big finals and the daft game at Twickenham. Thanks for all your support this season, as always.

Josh has returned from France to talk skateboarding, leaking kidneys and the European finals

Josh has somehow found himself on holiday, so Lee is joined by Robbie Squidge to look at the semis, northern cultural revolution, and Eurovision.