Your hosts take you on a journey attempting to select 15 things from a defined category for an ultimate rugby first XV.
Ben and Willy play Wordle 15 times in an ambitious attempt to place a five letter word in each rugby position. It's not as bad as it sounds. Enjoy!
We are all back this episode to discuss all things meaty. If you enjoy a bit of BBQ you'll love this one. We also briefly talk about vegetables at the end for all you lovely vegetarians out there. Enjoy!
This week two Northern Irish men shoehorn 15 Scottish things onto a rugby team. Did tartan make it? What position got selected for Irn Bru? Listen for the answer to these and other pressing questions of our time. Enjoy the show!
We are back for a third season! This week Willy and Ben tackle the good book and produce an eclectic first fifteen of biblical proportions. Enjoy the show!
Three tired men attempt to make sense of the last 14 episodes and construct a coherent rugby team. Did your favourites make it on? Probably not, although we do discuss the Fonzy paradox at length. Enjoy the show!
14 sitcom characters and Oliver Hardy shoehorned into a rugby team. It's the penultimate show of the season. Play along at home and enjoy!
We turn the tables on Ben this week and make him guess our mediocre team of quiz and game shows. Where would you put Countdown? Did the Krypton Factor make it on? These and many other questions answered in almost the penultimate episode of Season 2. Enjoy!
After a wee break the lads are back with a wonderful team made up of things in Willy's shed. Get down to your shed, clear a space and sit down to enjoy an hour of shed based rugby shenanigans . Quick fire sevens and the usual nonsense a plenty. Enjoy!
Our British Lions special with some Lions tour chat and a wonderful team of African animals to celebrate the upcoming tour of South Africa. Harness your inner Mufasa and see if your favourites make it on. Enjoy!
This week Mick and Willy set their sights on 15 wonderful women. A team of funny, talented and courageous ladies awaits your listening pleasure. Chosen just after the restrictions lifted this is one of our favourites. Enjoy!
Ben always comes up with the goods and this week is no exception. He has selected a rib tickling selection of comics old and new, dead and alive. Join Mick and Willy as they delve inside the Gaffer's brain and try and guess who he's put where. An equally hilarious sit com sevens and the usual rambling nonsense. Enjoy!
We are back after the mid season break. Villains, bad guys and meanies. The lads you love to hate all together on a spectacular first XV rugby team. After Little Britain, Willy turns the tables on Mick and makes him name 15 film Baddies, with limited success. We have also turned quick fire sevens into seven minutes of hate. If you have ever wondered what two middle aged eejits get most annoyed about when they visit the petrol station, this is your lucky day. Enjoy!
The rugby brain is back with a foodie team of lovely condiments and sauces. Listen as Mick, Willy and Ben argue over where pepper, mustard and vinegar should go to make a perfect first XV. It's as fascinating as it sounds. Royal family quick fire sevens and the usual nonsense. Enjoy!
Not only is this weeks episode a whole week early but we've added 20% extra bonus material. You lucky ducks. Listen as Willy tries, with limited success, to guess Mick's excellent first XV team of Little Britain characters. Lots of laughs and bad impressions. Did Anne get a place? Where did Mick put Andy? Listen to find out. Enjoy!
The rugby brains of the podcast is back with a special valentines / 6 nations themed team of French things. Join Mick and Willy as they try and guess Ben's eclectic first XV of things that define the nation. An Irish quick fire sevens and a bit of proper rugby chat at the end. Enjoy!
Mick tries to guess Willy's first fifteen of dead leaders. Some good, some bad but all interesting. Usual nonsense, quick fire sevens and if you listen carefully, three blind mice played on beer bottles.
Things from the best decade ever. Join Mick and Willy on a rambling wistful tour of the 90s seen though the lens of a 1st XV rugby team. Advice on surviving lock down, a sevens of nasty diseases and much much more. Enjoy!
After months of media speculation the Gaffer's secret identity is finally revealed! Join the Mick and Willy as they try and guess Ben's somewhat passive aggressive team of "Things that get dropped". This episode contains our favourite quick fire sevens team of all time so play along and enjoy the show!
A bit like the covid, we're back with a bang in 2021. A New Year, a new series and a new format of your favourite podcast about things on a first fifteen rugby team. This week, things found in the second coldest place in your house, the fridge. Enjoy!
We select 15 things from our previous 14 shows to bring you sixty minutes of spectacular nostalgic nonsense. Joined by special guests all the way from the land down under, it's as good as gold. Grab a stubby, fire up the barbie and enjoy the show!
One day late for Halloween, here's our monsters special. Spooky samples and a lot of waffle about what goes where(wolf) on a rugby First XV of m onsters. Lower your standards and get ready to hide behind the ball. Enjoy!
A rugby team made up of sports stars. Spoiler: there's no rugby players. Great players of all sorts of sports from past and present (well, mostly the past). Enjoy the show!
Mick and Willy tackle TV shows old and new this week. Did Airwolf make it on? What position? Is your favourite box set on the team? Listen for the answers to these burning questions! Plus the usual rambling nonsensical mildly amusing chat.
This week, everybody's dirty secret - The Middle of Lidl. Following an excellent listener suggestion, Mick and Willy discuss in depth the rugby prowess of a fortnight's worth of Lidl tat. Play along at home and enjoy!
Episode 10 is here at last! With a special mystery guest and more cartoon characters than you could shake a comically over sized stick at. Bare with us as we trial a different format this week but, rest assured, it's up to our unusually low standards. Has your favourite cartoon character from childhood made the team? Do comic book characters count? Spoiler, they do (a bit). Enjoy!
Join Mick and Willy as they rummage around their respective tool boxes (and find out whose is bigger) to select a First XV of Tools. Tools picking tools for a ultimate 15 of the best rugby players in the world if they were tools that would fit in a fairly large toolbox. Usual drivel throughout but with a new bit. Listen and play along at home. Enjoy!
Tired out after last week's Annoyances, Mick and Willy attempt to relax with a little bit of gardening. Joined by a suitably chilled out special guest from Chicago, listen as the trio meander down a mossy path towards a First XV of Garden Vegetables. Featuring the usual digressions, laughs, quick fire sevens and The Gaffer. Does your favorite garden produce make the final XV? Listen and find out.
Listen as Mick and Willy shoehorn their pet hates into some semblance of a First XV of Annoyances. They're old, grumpy and over the covid so it's a long one this week - sit back, get comfy and moan along. A wee bit sweary this one as you might expect - but only a wee bit. Enjoy!
Joining Mick and Willy this week are Mark and Steve from Australian podcast "What Podcast Should I Listen to Next". Reminisce with these old friends as they stumble their way towards a First XV of boozy drinks. Some occasional swearing in this episode and the usual rambling nonsense. The Gaffer is back - listen to the end for his verdict on the lads' choices. Enjoy!
The pilot of the controversial Gaffcast. We've given the Gaffer his own show. Let us know what you think!
Fifteen of Things goes world wide this week with Mick and Willy rambling their way through a 1st XV of global cities. Quick fire sevens, more nonsense than you could shake a stick at and a few laughs along the way. Enjoy!
A very family friendly show (no bad language - just bad puns) this week - listen as Mick and Willy manage to ruin a perfectly good First XV of Breakfasts made by Mick's niece, Catherine. The usual nonsense, a long chat about the full fry and quick fire sevens. Enjoy!
Mick and Willy are joined this week by a special guest who knows his onions when it comes to rugby. A bit longer with more in depth discussion for the rugby fans but hopefully with enough craic added to keep the addicts happy. Enjoy!
Mick and Willy take you on another journey of rambling musings about what 15 things will make the first XV. This week, incoherent chat about popular music bands. Enjoy.