For The Love Of Rugby

Dan Cole joins Ben Youngs to react to the news of his omission from Steve Borthwick's England Rugby squad for the 2025 Men's Six Nations. The pair analyse the reasons behind Maro Itoje replacing Jamie George as captain, why Ben Spencer can feel hard done by, and what we can expect from an exciting new crop of players including Tom Willis, Caden Murley and Oscar Beard. 🍺 Come to our BrewDog pub quiz: https://drink.brewdog.com/uk/rugby-quiz 🎟️ Live Show tickets: https://fkpscorpioent.com/en/events/for-the-love-of-rugby-live 🤑 Win money for your rugby club: https://forms.gle/9PrSEohCYiLB4D9R6 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joe Marler drops by the For The Love Of Rugby studio to tell Ben Youngs and Dan Cole about life after retiring as an England rugby player. We learn about the real reason he called time on his international career, his final game for Harlequins, and his new role as Performance Director of Team England Rugby. Yep, we're surprised too. Listen to Joe's podcast, Things People Do: https://podfollow.com/thingspeoplepod 🥼 To find out more about Thriva and personalised blood testing, go to https://thriva.co and use the code LOVEOFRUGBY for 20% off! 🍺 Come to our BrewDog pub quiz: https://drink.brewdog.com/uk/rugby-quiz 🎟️ Live Show tickets: https://fkpscorpioent.com/en/events/for-the-love-of-rugby-live 🤑 Win money for your rugby club: https://forms.gle/9PrSEohCYiLB4D9R6 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fresh from their back-to-back last-minute tries for Leicester Tigers, Dan Cole & Ben Youngs battle flood and snow to reconvene and relive some vintage Premiership Rugby antics. Plus, we pay tribute to the latest entrant to Jamie George who enters the 300 Club, receive some questionable fan art, and take inspiration from Luke Littler to give back to grassroots rugby. 🍺 Come to our BrewDog pub quiz: https://drink.brewdog.com/uk/rugby-quiz 🎟️ Live Show tickets: https://fkpscorpioent.com/en/events/for-the-love-of-rugby-live 🤑 Win money for your rugby club: https://forms.gle/9PrSEohCYiLB4D9R6 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Who’s the strongest? Who’s the fastest? And who lets genetics do all the work? Strength and conditioning guru Tom Tombleson joins Ben Youngs and Dan Cole in studio for a January fitness special that might help you and your teammates out at the start of a new year. Tom was an England coach for a decade and worked with Stuart Lancaster, Eddie Jones and Steve Borthwick at international level.  Get tickets for our live shows: https://rb.gy/edowu9 Check out our new partners Thriva and get 20% off your first blood test using the code LOVEOFRUGBY. LINK: thriva.co If you want to nominate your local club to take part in our new game, here is the link: https://forms.gle/9PrSEohCYiLB4D9R6 Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices