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The Rugby Collective
The one stop pod for all things Gallagher Prem Rugby. Join us as we talk about the latest fixtures, news and results from the Gallagher Premiership, Six Nations and World Cup, hopefully we will have a laugh as we do it.
As another season comes to a close, we leave with you a bumper episode with plenty to indulge in.
Of course the Prem final is covered, the PWR semi finals are also run through, with the final previewed as well.
Our Team of The Season is also named too.
All this and more!!!
POD DROP
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European Cup Reviews
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Season Gradings
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Playoff Predictions
A BIG Pod you DO NOT want to miss.
Huge episode this week...
Play off spots confirmed, two finals to preview and predict, PLENTY of News and a ram packed domestic corner... Are you listening yet...?
Podcast Summary:
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News round
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Top 4 Permutations
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Champ rundown
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PWR Return
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Avoid Glos Rant At All Costs
Huge Episode ahead of this weekend...
We look at European fixtures and results as well as going through the Top 10 Second Rows in the world.
Premiership and Championship is really at the business end of the competition and we cover it all!
Crunch time in the Premiership
European Semi finals beckon
And we give our take on an interesting 15...
An action packed week this week.
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'European' Cup Round Up
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Domestic Corner Returns
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Top 10 Wingers in World Rugby
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Prem Predictions
and most importantly, a WHOLE lot of waffle!
The Premiership just keeps on getting wilders.
A crazy set of results, cards, dodgy calls, upsets, thrashings and 7 minute yellows...
PLENTY going on at the moment.
Ireland prove successful in there search for another 6N title.
Gloucester get their hands on silverware after a Prem Cup victory.
The Premiership (at last) returns!
The W6N is just around the corner too!!
Plenty going on...
Six Nations Final Round
Prem Cup Final
HUGE Round of PWR
Massive Champ Results
Need I say more?
Pod Run-Down:
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Six Nations Preview
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Domestic Rugby Corner (@ThePWR & @Champrugby)
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Our Created GB 7s Team!
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Prem News Run Down
Tune In Now!
With Scotland retaining the Calcutta Cup, Ireland continuing their unbeaten run and Italy holding France to a draw, there was plenty for us to cover.
England A comfortably dispatched of Portugal A, with some players putting their hand up for a first team call up.
We also look at the Champ and Prem Women's rugby.
All this and more, on this weeks episode!
Another Six Nations round comes and goes. James' predictions all came true (annoyingly) and we pick through the games.
Also, the debut for Will's first Domestic Rugby Round Up which features the PWR and Championship Rugby fixtures!
The opening round of Six Nations Rugby has given us some absolute corkers, which we get stuck right into!!!
James praises the top performers in his team of the week.
Of course, as always, we finish off with our predictions ahead of the next round of big fixtures.
We appreciate all the support we get with the podcast, so would appreciate follows, subscribers and those 5* ratings!!!
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Been a little bit of a break for us, but the time is right for our return! We know we have some making up to do, so how about a double pod day?
Starting off with: Premiership Gradings, Love for the @Champrugby and some praise for @ThePWR
A bumper pod episode for you this week. Plenty to get through.
Whether you are on your commute, sitting down to wind back or trying to get through the working day, tune in and enjoy!
This week we round up the Premiership season so far, we look at the leagues biggest improvers, impresses and underwhelmers, another mass debate rages on and of course another round of predictions to be made!
Huge weekend of Prem rugby as most squads will be full noise.
A first derby of the year too, I cannot wait for this one!
What a round of Premiership Rugby - upsets, last minute winners, rising stars... All that and more on this weeks episode!
Some unbelievable World Cup Rugby in the past weekend, with some two massive games this weekend too.
We cover it all and have a lovely nause off with some of the tactics.
Get stuck in to this weeks episode!!!
The Premiership returns at last, and this tantalising ten team league promises to be an absolutely whirlwind season. I for one cannot wait, so for your, long awaited, Premiership fix, tune in to this bumper episode!!!
We are joined by Tight Five Rugby for a preview of the exciting quarter finals this tournament has to offer, so be prepared for:
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A Proper Nause
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Wild Predictions
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An Italy Rant
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An Optimistic England Chat?
All that and more on this weeks episode!!!
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Instagram - @tightfiverugby
A Massive week / weekend awaits and we are here to preview it all.
Teams fighting for next World Cup Qualification, others trying to get a point on the bored and of course, some are aiming to secure their Quarter Final place.
We discuss all this and more, on this weeks Episode, of The Rugby Collective Pod
A day late admittedly, but the boys finally overcome some tech issues to get a pod out for this week! Tune in for all your rugby content
WORLD CUP POD
Huge Fiji Win!
Ref debates (as per)
England Go Two For Two
and a Look Into The Tier 2 Nations and Decide which one is the best!
What a huge opening round of the Rugby World Cup we have just been treated to.
With highlights galore, cards aplenty and of course a nice little bit of controversy, we sit down to look through every talking point of the weekend
Tune in for your rugby hit until the next round begins.
As we are right on the cusp of the World Cup beginning, we run through our predictions from pool standings to finalists whilst also looking at some key players who may be ones to watch and standouts through this years tournament.
We hope you are as excited as we are and that gets you a little bit more in the spirit, because I feel like a kid on Christmas eve!
On this weeks episode of The Rugby Collective, we both create a 15 from the World Cup teams but with one rule, can only have 1 player from each nation. As an example, if you picked the ever-present wonder player which is Dupont, you then couldn't pick the flyer which is Penaud as well.
Simple concept but tougher than you may think... Let us know how you would line your team up on our socials @RugbyCollective
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Episode 4 is here and James and I take on our England 15s after some underwhelming warm ups and using examples from our wonderful previous guests.We also predict Pool A... A foregone conclusion?
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This week we are joined by James' brother Ben, as he runs us through his selection of his England 15.
We also look then to England's group, Group D!
Important to note, this podcast was recorded pre squad announcement and pre warm ups!
As the England squad drops, we get together for a quick bonus pod as we break it down and give our thoughts!
Back again for our second episode of the season. It was a pleasure to be joined by Tom, the face behind PremRugbyNews.
We looked into how Tom would go about picking his England 15 should he be in charge.
We also take a look at Group B which may offer a little more than it seems...
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We have made it to Season 3, we can't believe it either, and we are back with a bang, with our most exciting season yet.
We have the small deal of a World Cup on the horizon, so we will be making our way through each pool, with the help of some special guests. Whilst also putting them in the role of England head coach, forcing them to pick a starting 15 for that opening test.
First in the hot seat, friend of the pod, Matt Hardy - who graciously took time out of his day, dropping exclusives, to have a chat with us about the lay of the land regarding the tough looking pool C as well as some pretty... interesting picks in his England squad!
Here we are folks, the season finale. We have concluded the Premiership Season, we have got our Champions, all that is left is to announce The Rugby Collective Awards!
Big thanks to everyone who has listened and supported this season and we look forward to jumping into the next one!
Please do get in touch via our socials @rugbycollective on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to let us know what you liked, didn't like and what you want to see more of!
As we approach the Premiership Final, we take a look at our Premiership Team Of The Season!
We also look at the Champions Cup Final which saw La Rochelle retain their title!
A preview of the Prem Final is also featured as we look at what Saracens and Sale both bring to the table.
It is well and truly crunch time of this season:
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Premiership Finals
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Champions Cup Finals
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Season Grades
All this and more on Episode 35 of The Rugby Collective Pod!
The final round of the regular season is now done, but don't panic... The Play-Offs are still to come!!!We look at the final round drama, look to the semi finals and begin our season gradings!
Tune in and let us know what you think!
Nice and short episode this week where we talk about the semi finals of the Champions Cup which saw European giants Leinster host Toulouse and holding champions La Rochelle face Exeter.
We also look forward to the final round of Premiership Rugby!
Episode 31 brings us plenty to get our teeth stuck into:
Top 4 is now confirmed.
The race for top 8 is well on with 5 clubs still yet to guarantee their spots
And we pick our top 10 Premiership Number 8s!
All this as well as a couple of rumours, signing news and retirements to cover!
A shorter podcast this week but jam-packed full of content.
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Record Breakers
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Derby Day Victories
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Top 4 Favourites Solidifying
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A 60 Point Smashing!!!
All this and more on this weeks episode!
Massive just does not cut it, the Premiership fixtures are incredibly tough to call, some sides last chance saloon at a top 4 spot, it could see some run away with it, but can you predict the outcomes of this weekends games?
Big Episode This Week!
European Fixtures Back With A Bang
Quarter Finals Among Us
Listener Questions To Discuss!
Episode 28 is live!
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Top 4 shake up
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Off field goings on
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Big signings
All this and more, on the Rugby Collective Pod!
A massive penultimate round of the Six Nations, mixed with a Premiership round offering some massive ties and and even bigger results, we are not short of things to talk about! Oh, and throw in a prop transfer carrousel for good measure!Â
Another long pod this week, the top 4 race continues to heat up which takes the primary focus of the pod. We put ourself in a recruitment mindset and look at which DREAM players we would sign for each Premiership club. Let us know who you would pick for your club!!!
Six Nations of course resumes this weekend with some mammoth fixtures. Let us know @rugbycollective on all socials who you think will take the spoils!
A Bumper Episode This Week, Six Nations, Premiership, Top 4, Wooden Spoon, Grand Slams, Transfers and A Whole Lot More!!!!
Plenty to discuss this week:
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WRU
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6 Nations
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Gallagher Prem
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Coach Changes
All this and more on this weeks episode!
A lot going in in Rugby this week, we try to cover as much as possible! Tune in for Six Nations, Worcester and Wasps goings on, Premiership Returns and "... Is an All-Time Great" Discussion...
A lot to discuss in the bumper episode of The Rugby Collective Podcast.
All things @SixNationsRugby as expected. Some big, big fixtures on the horizon...
Gallagher Premiership reshuffle, Six Nations upon us and some predictions to be made...
This week we look at the seemingly unpopular RFU tackle law changes, we have begun our initial preview into the Six Nations and we review the Champions Cup results and fixtures. All this and more on Episode 19!!!
Episode 18 is one you do not want to miss!
We are joined by @MattHardyJourno of @CityAM who gives some insight into the 6 Nations Netflix docu-series which he broke the news to last year.
We also cover our England 15s and cover some global Rugby news!
With a week derelict of controversial referee decisions, quiet crowds and expected results... there wasn't much to discuss...
If only...
After Will's mistake last week... We are finally back with another Pod Episode!
Prem rugby games coming thick and fast, massive fixtures, huge transfers and a table which is starting to take shape!
Picking up where we left off this week with our gradings of each clubs Premiership season so far. Along with some MEGA transfer news and rumours.
This week we review how the Premiership teams are getting on so far, with appropriate gradings based on expectations, form and game styles. Tune in to see how we think your club has gotten on!
No Prizes for guessing the topic of this episode..
We of course look at international head coaches as well as looking at some Premiership Rugby and a table which is starting to take shape.
Plenty of thunder and lightening in this episode (literally) where James and myself look at:
-The passing Autumn Nations games
-The Team of The Year, as well as making our own
But, most importantly, welcoming back the Gallagher Premiership and the international stars too!
Join us as we discuss:
-Huge Games In The Autumn Nations
-A Prem Rugby Moan
-Re-living of the Red Roses heartbreak
-And A Lot Of Transfers To Cover
All this and more in Episode 12 of The Rugby Collective Podcast!
A lot of Rugby on this weekend so we decide to take it back to basics and just have a good old nause about the Autumn Nations and Premiership fixtures!
The Premiership Table is heating up and the Autumn Internationals are now amongst us, we discuss how some teams will cope with their new look 23s without internationals.
We select our own England sides as if we were in the hot seat.
Another big pod with a lot covered.
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Sarries chance to run away with it.
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Scotland selection debate
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Referee Rant
All this and more on episode 9 of The Rugby Collective Podcast
S2 Ep8 - Bad To Worse For Wasps, More Transfer Movements and An England Squad to Digest!
A lot to cover in the world of rugby this week. Lots of transfers, Wasps breaking news mid recording, Re-signings and our first fan lead section as suggested by Glenn to look at the quality of the Premiership Referees!
Worcester of course take the focus this week with the further developments coming in.
Some great matches to cover from the game week just passed and the one around the corner to cover, the season is getting spicy and some big derbies incoming.
After a week off, we are back with a lot to cover!Â
Huge Fixtures, Transfer Rumours, Confirmed Transfer and massive re-signings!!!Â
You don't want to miss this weeks episode!
After a massive Round 1, we look at what went right, what went wrong and what the hell happened at Kingsholm.Â
Predictions for Round 2 proved difficult this week as we were very much split...
All this and more on this weeks episode of The Rugby Collective Pod...
On this Prem Rugby eve, we finish our season predictions, discuss The Rugby Collective game of the week and get our predictions for the first round of fixtures locked in...
Tune in for the best bit of pre rugby chat.
We are back again and we carry on with some table predictions for the clubs we think might fill spots 8 to 5 in the Gallagher Premiership this season, this may or may not feature some big calls...
We also cover all the Premiership news including transfer movements and the current standings of Worcester Warriors.
After a little break, we are back with premiership predictions, transfer talk (and rumours...) as well as being joined with Gloucester prop Harry Elrington!
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Tune in next week for more Rugby Content!
This is part 2 of the Gallagher Premiership Season reviews with a little bit of International reviewing and predictions going on too!
The season has unfortunately comes to an end, however this is now our time to review everyone's seasons and give them that all important grade.
On this episode we tackle the bottom half of the table and we will focus on the top half next week.Â
We also give our very indecisive and unsure predictions for the coming weeks international ties
As we see the curtain close on another fantastic Gallagher Premiership Season, we see Ellis Genge and Tom Youngs raise the trophy and take the spoils with Leicester Tigers! On this episode me and James breakdown the final and give our thoughts and feelings on the game itself.
We also take a moment to pay our respects to Tiff Youngs and the rest of the Youngs family and how amazing the image of Tom and Ben lifting the trophy with the rest of their family was.
After masses of support and listens on last weeks podcast, we are back reviewing the Premiership semi finals and take a look at the upcoming final.
Also, the winner of the team of the season draft has been announced and revealed on this podcast!
On this weeks pod we have a special episode in which we draft a team of the season between seven fantastic rugby journalists, twitter accounts and podcasts.Â
We spend fifteen rounds drafting our best teams based on this seasons performances. There will also be a competition taking place from Monday 13th of June to see who drafted the best side over on our twitter page https://twitter.com/RugbyCollective so make sure to get your votes in! All of the involved accounts are listed below:
https://twitter.com/premrugbytweets
https://twitter.com/TightFive_Rugby
https://twitter.com/folkonfalcons
https://twitter.com/jam_rugby
https://twitter.com/Mcossalifrancis
https://twitter.com/RugbyInsideLine
Its a slow news week this week but never fear, we have you covered!
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European Rugby
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Fantasy XV Selections
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Premiership Final Round
Join us on this episode of the Rugby Collective Pod!!!
After this round of fixtures we have 2 teams who can secure fourth spot with the final round of fixtures being the decider, but who will get their hands on the final play off spot?!
It's been a busy week in rugby as we have seen European semi finals, a premiership cup final, an England squad selection and we also are on the edge of the penultimate round of the Gallagher Premiership Season
Join us for this episode of The Rugby Collective PodcastÂ
Another great week of Europe has come and gone and we now know our semi finalists!
Join us for another episode of the Rugby Collective pod for all your rugby chat!
All Gallagher Premiership action this week, with a look at how we think this week will effect the final table, with a quick look at the European weekends to come too!
This week we find out who has qualified for the Premiership Cup Final and we discussed who impressed us throughout.
We look at a fascinating Round 23 of Premiership League action and look ahead to what Round 24 may bring as well!
With an explosive couple of weeks in the European cups, Seagrave and I take a moment to reflect on the best moments of the "2-legged" fixtures and who we would put our money on to go and win it.
We also look at some big transfer news, huge injury blows and costly suspensions and take a look at some off field antics with fans who have had too much beer and one in particular who couldn't get it down him quick enough!
All this as well as tuning back in to current affairs with all things Prem Rugby
Hitting the hard topics this week of the current state of play under the current salary cap limit, a busy rumour mill, discussion over the proposals of away ends of course all of your Premiership action here on this weeks episode of The Rugby Collective Pod.
After a big week of Premiership action, of course filled with a lot of controversy, the top four battle takes centre stage with a range of clubs searching to cement their spot. Alongside new rumours about the England head coach job potentially being up for grabs and who we want in those roles.
After a short break, we are back to do a full round up of the Six Nations, we grade every team based on performance and also debate our teams of the tournaments based on individual greatness amongst all six camps.
Now, we turn our full attention back to Premiership Rugby where the top 4, the top 8 and the fight not to finish bottom are all fights worth watching!
The top four battle takes the premise of this weeks episode whilst the close nature of the Six Nations also takes to our attention.
There were several interest card decisions this weekend, we give our views on them and would love to hear yours too!
Fascinating weekend of Six Nations as the table begins to take place, the Gallagher Premiership top 4 battle is anyone's game and Championship get a blow to its development... Again!Â
With a huge Six Nations weekend upon us, and the top four battle heating up in the Gallagher Premiership. Myself and James give our thoughts and feelings on the up coming fixtures as well as a look at some recent results.
We are also joined by Gloucester back row Jack Clement who talks us through how life at Kingsholm is going at the moment.
This week we are joined by Worcester and England star Ollie Lawrence, we discuss his current injury, life under Steve Diamond and also takes full opportunity to banter his team mates!
A wild opener of Six Nations has left us with plenty to speak about and the Prem was pretty active too! Join us for this episode for all your rugby content!
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On this weeks Pod, we cover the unexpected and rather expected Gallagher Premiership results. We take a look forward to how we think the Six Nations may pan out as well as pinpointing which players we have our eye on for the Tournament.
All this and more on this weeks episode of The Rugby Collective Podcast
With star players across all six squads in this years tournament, we go through and pick our dream 15s with the current players the tournament has to offer.
With some exciting re-signings, resignings and new coaching appointments, there is plenty of news floating about the rugby sphere that we cover as well.
This week is all about Six Nations and in particular, the England squad selected by Eddie Jones, tune in to hear about the current squad and hear us discuss (argue) who would make our 28 man squads.
This week we look into the Premiership results, including some shock results involving Bath and Leicester's streaks.Â
We look into some of the big names leaving Wasps Rugby and we also breakdown some refereeing decision made across the week and discuss the consistency involved too.
This week we have a special guest in Jake Morris from Gloucester Rugby talking to us about life at Kingsholm both on and off the field as well as giving an interesting insight to his own personal development too.
We also cover Gallagher Premiership Fixtures and Results and keep listening to hear some interesting transfer rumours...
In this weeks episode, we give some well earnt plaudits to the front row, during a deep dive into the high standards of Premiership Rugby front rows, we rank and categorise the best and most underrated front rows in the league.Â
We of course look into the rumour mill again as well as discussing a big confirmed departure and his potential destinations...Â
This week we look into all of the Premiership fixtures and results as well as taking a step back and look at the league as a whole.
This week we look at the new eligibility laws and how these effect the Pacific Islands in a positive way as well as some names to keep an eye on in terms of nation switches!
This week we cover all international fixtures and results as well as taking a look at the Prem cup goings on.
Some big transfer news and rumours are flying about at the moment and we give our thoughts on the ins and outs.
After a week away from the Pod, James Seagrave and myself take a look at 2 rounds of Prem Rugby. The start of the autumn nations and we talk about some big transfer news as well as a few rumours too! This episode is not one to be missed!
Join us as we look at Premiership Rugby results and upcoming fixtures and discuss how we think the table is shaping up.
We also build a team with a twist, this is a starting 15 but you must have at least 1 player from each Premiership side, who would make your 15?
In this Episode we take a look at the Gallagher Premiership results and fixtures as well as discussing Eddie Jones latest England squad for the Autumn Nations competition.
I am joined once again by my good friend James Seagrave as we take a look at round 3 and round 4 results as well as taking a look ahead to the round 5 fixtures.
We also take a moment to discuss some questionable refereeing calls and the confusion around them.
Tune in every Friday at 10am!
Episode 3 - This week me and James Seagrave look at the fixtures, the goods, the bads, the surprises and how the new rules are effecting the league favourites' performances.
We also award our team of the week for the weekend of Premiership Rugby.
We take a look at the next round of games and Seagrave gives his predictions for how it might go.
Tune in every Friday at 10am and give us a follow on social media @RugbyCollective
Me and James Seagrave take a look at the first round of Gallagher Premiership action, discussing scores and performances.
We give you our combined team of the week, from the players that impressed in their opening fixtures.Â
We briefly touch on the England practice squad and the new inductees who will be looking to earn their first caps.
Finally, we take a look at the next round of fixtures and how we think they will pan out.
Psst, we may or may not have dropped a transfer rumour into the episode too...
This week James Seagrave and Will Hartshorn preview the upcoming Gallagher Premiership season, with a view on recruitment, predictions for the season ahead and for the first round of fixtures