Rugby Union Weekly

BBC Radio 5 Live 429 - Prem Players Special: Fin Smith, LRZ, JVP & more!

Rugby Union Weekly is presented by Ugo Monye, Chris Jones and Danny Care. Between the bickering and tangents they'll bring you special guests and cover the biggest stories in the game. Get in touch with the pod via 5 Live Sport on social media or email rugbyunionweekly@bbc.co.uk, and remember to leave us your ratings and reviews!

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Episodes

Prem Players Special: Fin Smith, LRZ, JVP & more!

Brilliant Boks and Six Nations Stateside?

Conor O'Shea: Borthwick's contract, overseas rule & Red Roses

Lawes, Morgan & Quirke: The New Signings

We’re back with Itoje, Russell & Janse van Rensburg!

Have we learnt anything from the Nations Championship?

Late TMO drama as 13-man England beat Argentina

The Nations Pod

Nations Championship: Tries and tribulations

Pollock hat-trick helps England end losing run

Slade takes centre stage against Fiji

The Nations Pod: Stick to Egg-Chasing

Musings from the Nations Championship

England blitzed and bossed by the Boks

The Nations Championship is here!

England team and the best Boks ever?

In Jo’burg with Sir Kev

Nations Championship: Good for the game?

Final Thoughts and the England Squad

Saints beat Exeter to the Prem title

Prem Final Preview with Furbank and Baxter

Saints or Chiefs?

Prem play-offs: DOR special

Slade, semi-finals & send-offs

Mark McCall: End of an era

The Sandy Park showdown & Edwards to England?

Brilliant Bordeaux go back-to-back

Bonus: Borthwick on Janse van Rensburg, RFU review & summer schedule

Remembering Scott Hastings

Was this England’s most impressive Grand Slam?

Women's Six Nations: Super Sunday Preview

Noah's Ark, the play-off race & Borthwick backed

Women’s Six Nations: Red Roses continue ‘systematic dominance’

Women’s Six Nations: Smaller balls and bigger crowds

Bordeaux end Bath’s Champions Cup dream

Champions Cup: The big semi-final preview with Henry Arundell

Caluori, try records & semi-finals week

Women's Six Nations: Wales earn bonus point but Red Roses win again

Is the Women's Six Nations competitive enough?

Mismatches and Matchmakers

Women's Six Nations: Record crowds & programme gaffs

The final four and partying with McIlroy

Quarter-finals, TMO controversy & rugby's GOAT

Stadiums, Shoves and Sarries

Big Wins and Big Worries as the Prem Returns

The Six Nations review with Barclay and Warburton

In Paris with Fin Smith & Scotland's Dublin showdown

Nations Pod Guide: Paris

Can England avoid their worst-ever Six Nations?

The Nations Pod