In the Bin Rugby Pod

We have come out of our isolation bunkers and are joined by one of our regular contributors, Ben Cisneros, to wade through the legal minefield resulting from the Coronavirus outbreak. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby Ben Cisneros - @ben_cisneros and @rugbyandthelaw

Rugby has been as sparse as an intellectual front rower, so we discuss pandemic repercussions for the leagues, a Six Nations team of the tournament and a XV least likely to get infected. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

Super Maro leads England to a comfortable victory over Wales in an incident packed game while France avoid coronavirus, but revert to type with a case of Vahaamahina syndrome. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

It’s ball street crash as more bad financial news hits rugby with speculation the Six Nations will be taken off free to air tv. Transfer news galore, a review of domestic action and a Six Nations preview minus the coronavirus affected Dublin game. Follow us on Twitter & Facebook @InTheBinRugby

We review round 3 of the Six Nations where; England’s pick and mix XI give Eddie a sugar high in a powerful win over Ireland, France ride their luck, but continue to show their strength as contenders and Rome hosts a snoozefest. Follow us on Twitter & Facebook @InTheBinRugby

RFU release their own horror story by slashing the Championship funding, Dai runs away from Wasps and Sarries have more problems than Jay-Z. We also preview this weekend’s colossal Six Nations fixtures. Follow us on Twitter & Facebook @InTheBinRugby

Wales new style of play was evident, but they only succeeded in offloading maximum points to a revitalised Ireland. Ciara gets MOTM in an atrocious game, edged by England at Murrayfield and France keep Italy at arms length. Follow us on Twitter & Facebook @InTheBinRugby

France open with a win as England are more hospitality than brutality. Ireland scrape home in a game where Hogg was slippery in attack and also handling. Italy lose again. Follow us on Twitter & Facebook @InTheBinRugby

It’s the most wonderful rugby time of the year again as the Six Nations is upon us. In this week’s pod we preview the tournament, going through team by team and discussing their pros, cons and chances. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

We have special guest Ben Cisneros from Rugbyandthelaw.com to discuss the details of Saracens blowing the fez off the salary cap, how Premiership rugby are less transparent than a brick wall and then we finish up with the last round of Champions Cup games. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

We are back after our winter hibernation to discuss the latest round of Champions Cup action where; In not particularly shocking news, a rugby player still gets to the bar despite being 60 metres away, Vakatawa shows his power and French referees make strange decisions. Follow on Facebook and Twitter @InTheBinRugby

We review all of the round four games in the Champions Cup, where it was a good weekend for canny gamblers as the favourites secured big wins, whilst elsewhere Munster had some polite nutritional advice before Saracens ultimately snack on victory and Glasgow have a shock loss at home. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

We're back to review round 3 of the Champions Cup, and there were tight games aplenty this week, but not the Saints who got taught a lesson and hit a blue wall. The weather had a huge impact in several games, but none more so that at Thomond Park, where it’s was almost as unplayable as a French ref. Follow on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

Back to domestic action where in the Prem; Saints purify the woeful Tigers, Bristol and London Irish share the spoils. Whilst in the Pro 14 the Benetton hype train threatens to derail and Leinster’s young guns have too much fight for the Warriors. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

After a 3 week World Cup hangover induced hiatus, we are back to round up the opening European fixtures and discuss a certain club’s punishment. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

Kolisi sits on the throne after a well deserved and historic victory for SA. NZ win a game nobody cares about and Matt Dawson gives a prediction no one agrees with.

Sam makes NZ look over the hill in a brilliant England performance while SA edge Wales in one of the worst games ever in World Cup knockout history. We also preview the final, can England repeat that performance or will South Africa drag them into a dog fight.

England prove to be a force that can’t be Cheikd, NZ dazzle to prevent a Best ending for Ireland, Wales Peyper over the cracks and SA eventually blossom to progress. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

Japanese magic and Scottish despair, labouring wins and too much talk about typhoons to bear. A roundup of the final games of the pool stage and a nervous look ahead to the pre Radradra finals. Like and follow on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

In a week almost as predictable and uninspiring as a Clive Woodward opinion, we gloss over the predictable hammerings and focus on who will come out of Pool A, have we learned anything about SA and is Jamie George the best hooker in the world. Follow on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

Round two of the World Cup is in the books and had the best game of the competition so far, Ireland'sTitanic tragedy two 2 and a Samoan kick dead to keep Scottish hopes alive. We go through all games since we recorded last week and answer your questions. Gives a follow on Facebook and Twitter @InTheBinRugby

Just like Andy’s good jokes, the WC is back after 4 years. We discuss the big games, why people are stupid for writing off NZ, French refereeing (obviously) and Fiji finally causing an upset. Amongst many other things as we seemed to digress a lot. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

We're back, did you miss us? Finally the World Cup preview you have all been waiting for. More unstructured than a Fiji sevens game and more unpredictable than Finn Russell at ten. Like a good 13 we weave our way through the groups getting you ready for the biggest rugby event of the century.

It’s time for the final pod of the season we start with the news as Wales announce a Barbarians fixture. Then on to the reviewing the premiership final and what a game it was as Saracens were just too good for the Chiefs. We have a quick chat about England’s win over the Baa baa’s before we finish with our end of season awards. News - 02.19 Exeter vs Saracens – 10.25 England vs Barbarians – 35.53 Awards – 44.52 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

It was Pro14 final and Premiership semi final weekend so we review all three games, which went exactly as we predicted. We finish by previewing next weekends premiership final and having our regular features. News – 02.20 Pro14 final – 13.53 Prem semis – 26.20 Features – 43.48 Follow us on Twitter & Facebook @InTheBinRugby

Slightly later then usual we are here to review the weekends rugby action. We start with the Pro14 semi finals where Glasgow thrashed Ulster and Leinster outlasted Munster to make Saturdays final. Then on to the final weekend of the premiership where Saints landed the last play off spot and Bath snuck into next seasons Champions Cup. We finish we our regular features and predictions for the up coming games. Pro 14 – 2.54 Prem - 31.02 Features - 52.32 Predictions – 58.46 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

Back from Newcastle and slightly broken we recap a fantastic Champions Cup final which saw Sarries have to much for Leinster. We touch on Clermont’s Challenge Cup victory and look ahead to the Pro 14 semi finals and the final weekend of Premiership action. Follow on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

With Paddy on holiday Andy is joined first by Ali Stokes to review a pivotal weekend of Premiership action that sure Newcastle relegated and the final play-off spot become no clearer. In the second half of the show Padraig Kelly from The2ndRow joins Andy to discuss the Pro14 semi final qualifiers where Ulster were to good for Connacht and Munster scrapped past Benetton.

We try and stick to the rugby this week and look back at two huge Champions Cup semi finals, which have resulted in the final most predicted at the start of the season. Why were Saracens to good for Munster, what were Toulouse thinking with their selection and is that Leinsters best performance of the season. We have quick Bin Juice before looking ahead to the weekend domestic action. Saracens vs Munster – 01.17 Leinster vs Toulouse - 23.20 Bin Juice – 35.42 Predictions – 41.20 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

It was a quiet week in the rugby world and we are to discuss it. First up we give our two cents worth on the Folau and Billy situation, then it’s a full premiership round up followed by the Pro 14. We finish with our usual features and then look ahead to the big Champions Cup semi finals this weekend. News – 01.20 Premiership - 19.58 Pro 14 – 45.12 Features – 01.07.26 Euro preview – 01.12.10

On this weeks pod Andy and Paddy discuss the todays news about the poor finances of Premiership clubs, then delve into a great weekend of action. First up it’s the Premiership and the continued decline of Leicester Tigers and Gloucester’s march to the play-offs. Then in the Pro 14 it’s all aboard the Benetton hype bus. We have our regular features and predictions. News – (02.37) Premiership – (18.31) Pro 14 – (53.15) Features – (01.13.16) Predictions – (01.18.00) Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

After a week off we are back with a jam-packed show to make up for it. We review a cracking weekend of Champions Cup quarter final action, from Beirne’s dive to Sarries dominance to Stockdale’s drop and sexual tries in Paris we have you covered. News – Tigers hire Ford & McGrath transfer. (01.51) Edinburgh vs Munster – (10.04) Saracens vs Glasgow – (24.43) Leinster vs Ulster – (34.21) Racing vs Toulouse – (46.16) Features – Try & hit of the week and Bin Juice. – (58.25) Predictions – (01.06.37) Follow on Twitter & Facebook @InTheBinRugby

Andy and Paddy are here to review the final weekend of this years Six Nations, starting with Wales grand slam win over Ireland, England and Scotland mad draw and then France robbing the Italians in Rome. We also give you our team of the tournament before finishing with our regular features and predictions for the weekend domestic action. Wales vs Ireland – 01.45 England vs Scotland – 23.13 Italy vs France – 46.05 Team of the tournament – 52.46 Features – 01.11.42 Predictions – 01.18.58 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

Andy and Paddy are back by themselves this week to review the latest round of Six Nations action as Wales move closer to a grad slam with a win over a disappointing Scotland. England rout a Italy at HQ and Ireland beat France in a glorified training game. There is also a quick recap of an eventful round of premiership action and our usual features before we preview and predict the final round of Six Nations games. Scotland vs Wales – 02.25 England vs Italy – 22.22 Ireland vs France – 33.52 Premiership round up – 46.40 Six Nations preview – 56.56 Features – 01.12.23 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

The boys are back with a bumper show this week covering a mad week of news from around the rugby world with three guests. First up Andy & Paddy are joined by Ben Cisneros and Ali Stokes to discuss the World League fiasco and Saracens creative accounting. Then Andy Paddy take a look at the weekends Premiership action. Then Rory Boyd joins to chat about the weekends Pro 14 games and the all goings on with Welsh regions this week. Finally we look ahead to a huge weekend of Six Nations actions and make our predictions. News – 01.00 Premiership – 30.55 Pro 14 – 49.25 Six Nations – 01.20.39 Follow us @InTheBinRugby on Twitter and Facebook

The boys are back to review a crucial weekend of Six Nations action. Starting off with Wales monumental win over England in Cardiff, where we are briefly joined by Ali Stokes. Then on to a resurgent Frances big win over the Scottish and finishing with Irelands scrappy win over Italy. We finish with our regular features. Part 1 – Wales vs England (01.30) Part 2 – France vs Scotland (30.25) Part 3 – Italy vs Ireland (48.41) Features – Try & hit of the week and Bin Juice (01.07.43) Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

Andy & Paddy are back but they are not alone. Ali Stokes joins the boys to review an entertaining try filled round of Premiership action focusing on Northampton’s massive win over Sale and Gloucester huge win over Chiefs. Then it’s on to the Pro 14 where Benetton & Connacht cemented their places as play-off contenders and Leinster had a scare from Zebre. We finish with a look ahead to massive weekend of Six Nations and preview all the games and make our predictions. Part 1 – Premiership round up. (01.47) Part 2 – Pro 14 round up. (47.37) Part 3 – Six Nations preview (01.07.42) Follow us on Facebook and Twitter @InTheBinRugby

Andy and Paddy are back to review the second round of the Six Nations. Paddy survived his visit to Edinburgh to tell us about Ireland’s bounce back win over Scotland at Murrayfield. Then on to England’s win over a self-destructing France at Twickenham and finally Wales labored win over a resilient Italy in Rome. We’ll have our regular features and finish with our predictions for this weekends domestic action. Part 1 – Scotland vs Ireland (03.10) Part 2 – England vs France (27.09) Part 3 – Italy vs Wales (47.46) Part 4 – Try of week, hit of week and Bin Juice (58.34) Part 5 – Predictions (01.12.15) Follow on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

After an epic weekend of Six Nations action we are back to review the games and one of us is much happier about it the other one and you do not need to be Einstein to work out who. We’ll start with England’s monumental bonus point win in Dublin, then on to France going peak France in Paris on Friday night and finally a routine Scottish win at home to poor old Italy. We will as always have our regular features; try of the week, hit of the week and Bin juice and we round with our predictions for round 2 of the Six Nations. Part 1 – England dominate Ireland in Dublin. (01.44) Part 2 – Wales comeback to beat imploding French. (25.14) Part 3 – Scotland canter win of Italy. (40.51) Part 4 – Regular features and predictions. (01.06.45) Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @InTheBinRugby

Two pods in two days we are spoiling you. This is the second of our Six Nations preview pods and today we are looking at Scotland and Ireland with the aid of Gary Heatly and Andy McGeady. We will go over both teams’ squads and discuss their respective chances in this year’s tournament before predicting where they will finish. Finally we give you our predictions for first weekend’s matches and how we see the final table finishing. Part 1 Scotland with Gary Heatly – (00.35) Part 2 Ireland with Andy McGeady – (37.18) Part 3 Predictions – (01.31.31) Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @inthebinrugby

We are back for the first of two pods this week previewing the Six Nations. First up it is England and Wales who we cast an eye over with the help of Adam Hathaway and Robert Rees. They help us go over both nations squads and pick their teams for the opening round before finishing by telling where each team will finish in the table. Part 1 England with Adam Hathaway – (00.39) Part 2 Wales with Robert Rees – (36.50) Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @inthebinrugby

Another week and another huge weekend of rugby for us to review, we dive into discussing every Champions Cup, that was played, but some more the others. There is lot of moaning and Bin Juice even by our usual standards as well as our regular features try and hit of the week. We finish off by predicted this weekends Pro 14 games. Pool 1 – Leinster cruise past Wasps and Toulpuse do just enough against Bath. (04.08) Pool 2 – Munster win brutal battle with Chiefs and Castres pinch on against Gloucester. (26.17) Pool 3 – Saracens make it a perfect six from 6 six and Cardiff condem Lyon to worst ever group performance. (42.47) Pool 4 – Ulster fight back to beat Tigers and Racing win thriller with Scarlets. (51.52) Pool 5 – Edinburgh down Montpellier to make quarters and Newcastle can’t hold against Toulon. (01.06.09) Features – Try of the week, hit of the week and bin juice. (01.18.22) Predictions – We tell you who will win this weeks round of Pro 14 games. (01.28.15) Please like and share on your podcast platform of choice and give us a follow on Twitter and Facebook @inthebinrugby

We’re back from our pod day out at Kingsholm to dissect a brilliant weekend of Champions Cup rugby. We discuss every game, some more then others and give our predictions for next week’s final round of games. Pool 2 – Munster hammer Gloucester and Exeter stay alive. (02.06) Pool 1 – Leinster down Toulouse and Bath scrape past Wasps. (22.58) Pool 3 – Saracens qualify and Glasgow down Cardiff. (34.58) Pool 4 – Ulster up set Racing and Scarlets burst to life. (48.35) Pool 5 – Edinburgh get famous win in Toulon and Montpellier keep hope alive. (01.00.39) Features – Try of the week, hit of the week and Bin Juice. (01.09.41) Predictions – The final round of games predicted. (01.21.14)

The boys are back after the festive break and full refreshed to rule of the rugby world. Starting with the news and CVC’s investment, Steve Diamonds conduct and ring fencing. Then its mid season review time looking at the Premiership and Pro 14 and adjusting our league predictions accordingly, before we finish with a preview of the penultimate round of Champions Cup matches. CVC investment – 03.05 Steve Diamond chat – 12.55 Ring fencing chat – 24.15 Premiership half term review – 35.07 Pro 14 half term review – 58.39 Champions Cup preview – 01.17.46

Andy and Paddy are here again to go group by group through the Champions Cup and how it all stands after four rounds whilst reviewing another scintillating weekend of action. They also tell you who will be qualifying from each group and giving you their tries and hits of the week. Also Paddy has a few choice words about Wayne Barnes’ performance in Castres. Pool 1 - 03.14 Pool 2 - 17.28 Pool 3 - 28.29 Pool 4 - 36.55 Pool 5 - 46.55 Features - 53.22 Predictions - 01.01.32

The Champions Cup is back and Andy and Paddy are here to review a brilliant weekend of action. From Gloucester’s shock win at Sandy to Racing turning on the style against a rejuvenated Tigers side all the games are dissected and discussed for your listening pleasure. We also don’t hold back in Bin Juice where moaning flagless fans and the EPRC are on the receiving end of rants. Pool 2 – Gloucester vs Exeter and Munster vs Castres (2.48) Pool 4 – Scarlets vs Ulster and Racing 92 vs Leicester Tigers (17.11) Pool 3 – Lyon vs Glasgow Warriors and Saracens vs Cardiff Blues Pool 1 – Bath vs Leinster and Wasps vs Toulouse (40.16) Pool 5 – Edinburgh vs Newcastle Falcons and Toulon vs Montpellier Features – Try of the week, hit of the week and Bin Juice (01.01.51) Predictions – Results and next weeks games (01.11.44) Gives us a follow on all social media @inthebinrugby and please subscribe and rate on you podcast provider.

Its back to domestic action this week as we review a great round of action the Gallagher Premiership and Pro 14. Starting with Quins win over Exeter and Bristol’s romp against Tigers. In the Pro 14 we look at Glasgow’s 14 man win against Scarlets and Munster thumping of Edinburgh. We have all our regular features and Andy can’t help but have a massive rant in Bin Juice. We finish with a look ahead and preview of the weekend Champions Cup action. News – 01.40 Premiership review – 04.45 Pro 14 review – 39.14 Features – 01.47.00 Preview & predictions – 01.09.05

Two pods in two days we are spoiling you. Today we are joined by Jeff Neville from The Loose Head to review Irelands successful autumn games and discuss their squad depth. Then we have Robert Rees who will helping us cast an eye over Wales unbeaten autumn fixtures and chat about how their squad is lining up.

We're back! After two weeks for Andy to have a honeymoon we return with one of two pods this week to review the autumn internationals. First up we have one of Fleet Streets finest Adam Hathaway to break down England's performances and discuss their options going forwards. In part two Gary Heatly returns to the pod to dissect Scotland's campaign and breakdown their players performances.

Bonus Pod! Ali Stokes from crashballrugby.com had a chat with former Exeter Chief Matt Jess about his transition from player to coach and his journey from Cornwall club rugby to Premiership Champion. Enjoy

We’re back to discuss a controversial opening weekend of Autumn International rugby, and it gets heated. We open by chatting about the world rugby player of the year shortlist, then on to that quiet affair at Twickenham between England and South Africa, and certain decision involving Owen Farrell splits the room. Next we examine Wales win over Scotland before looking at Irelands rout of Italy in Chicago. Finally we run through the Pro 14 results from the weekend before finishing with our regular features, try of the week, hit of the week and bin juice. World player of the year run down – 01.47 England vs South Africa – 07.58 Wales vs Scotland – 35.05 Ireland vs Italy – 45.18 Pro 14 round up – 55.22 Features – 01.00.48 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @inthebinrugby Head over to crashballrugby.com for the latest news and reviews.