The Ruck Rugby Podcast
Hosted by Alfie and Charlie and Will and Elgan and Alex · The Times
3.8from 265 ratings
- 600
- Episodes
- 194
- Transcribed
- 265
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
- 2M
- YouTube views
About The Ruck Rugby Podcast
The podcast they play in heaven. Join Alfie, Alex, Will and Charlie along with the best of The Times and The Sunday Times rugby writers as they ruck over the best games and biggest names from the domestic season and the international calendar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- The Times
- Category
- news · sports · sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Feb 2017
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
194 of 600 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Do England have a culture problem?
2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Nations Championship preview: Who should be England's fly-half?
26 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Rain-soaked Prem thrills, Borthwick's squad and Mitchell's England dilemma
Inside a recent episode
Do England have a culture problem?
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] How aligned are they? How often do we hear of England players talking about how much they love playing one way and then they turn out on a Saturday or Sunday for England and they're playing a different way. There's a lot about the England set-up that doesn't talk or speak of alignment to me at all. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on The Ruck Rugby Podcast
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Mark Palmer
- Joe Heyes
- Ollie Chessum
- Juan Carlos Martin 'Hansen'
- Dewi Lake
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 1,897,429
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 3.5 / 5
- 32 ratings
- Spotify
- 3.9 / 5
- 233 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 52
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 97
Contact The Ruck Rugby Podcast
- Guest appearances
- Does not typically book guests
Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.
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Questions about The Ruck Rugby Podcast
Who hosts The Ruck Rugby Podcast?
Alfie and Charlie and Will and Elgan and Alex host the show. Published by The Times.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Ruck Rugby Podcast take guests?
The show does not typically feature guests, based on episode analyses.
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