27 November 2008

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27 November 2008 Today England Attack Coach Brian Smith shares the secrets he hopes will help inspire England to victory against the All Blacks on Saturday.  Plus we hear from Dan Carter and Danny Cipriani

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20 November 2008 On today’s rfu.com podcast James Haskell vows to stop the Springboks recording their third victory.

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13 November 2008 Andrew Sheridan holds the key to England’s forward battle with Australia this Saturday, that’s according to former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones.  You can hear Jones’ views, and those of England assistant coach Graham Rowntree, Delon Armitage, Danny Care and Wallabies captain Stirling Mortlock on today’s rfu.com pocast.

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6 November 2008 On today’s rfu.com podcast we look ahead to the first Investec Challenge match as England this weekend take on the power of the Pacific Islanders.  Alongside Martin Johnson, we speak to England newcomers Delon Armitage and Riki Flutey and we get the news from inside the Pacific Islanders camp from Saracens prop Census Johnson and London Irish centre Seilala Mapusua

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30 October 2008 On today’s rfu.com podcast we speak Steve Borthwick and Moses Rauluni as the Saracens pair find themselves in opposite camps next week as they prepare to lead their respective teams out as England take on the Pacific Islanders at Twickenham a week on Saturday (November 8).  Plus we hear from Ian McGeechan and the rest of his British & Irish Lions coaching team after it was announced last week.

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23 October 2008 On today’s rfu.com podcast Fraser Waters insists that there is no crisis at English champions turned early season flops London Wasps.
At the other end of the table, Leicester Tigers’ new coach Heyneke Meyer admits he’s pleased with his team’s second place position.    After missing out on the top job with the Springboks and considering offers from around the world, Meyer apparently opted for Welford Road because he felt the club’s values mirrored his own.

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16 October 2008 On this week’s rfu.com podcast we go on safari as we speak to two British and Irish Lions, Jason Robinson and Brian O’Driscoll, and we preview another battle of the big cats, as Leicester Lions take on Rugby Lions in the first round of the EDF Energy National Trophy.

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9 October 2008 Today’s rfu.com podcast features an exclusive interview with Martin Johnson. As well as hearing the England Team Manager’s thoughts on the Pacific Islanders, selection and the ELVs, you can also hear from another former England women’s captain, Gill Burns.  Now President of the women’s Union, Burns explains why hosting the women’s World Cup will be a perfect hors d'oeuvres for the 2012 Olympics.

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2 October 2008 On today’s rfu.com podcast we get the players’ perspective on the new laws as we hear from Saracens fly half Glen Jackson, Bath captain Michael Lipman and Worcester’s former Wallaby, Chris Latham.  Plus we hear how rugby is laying down roots in the football heartland of Southwark, as the London borough’s first adult team play their inaugural match.

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25 September On today’s rfu.com podcast we hear how England’s U20s swapped teamtalks and tactics for combats and canvas in a bid to improve on last season’s second place in the Junior World Championships and we catch up with Help for Heroes stars Richard Hill and Scott Gibbs following Saturday’s charity match.  Finally we find out why Damian Hopley is donning his lycras for a gruelling eight day, 933km cycle across the Pyrenees.

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18 September On this week’s rfu.com podcast we preview two very different matches taking place on successive weekends.  While Jason Robinson and Lawrence Dallaglio are two of the big names dusting off their boots for this Saturday’s Help for Heroes match, two miles down the road at Richmond’s Athletic Ground, ambitious ground-sharing rivals Richmond and London Scottish are preparing for an almighty encounter of their own as they meet for the first time next weekend in National Division 3 South. 

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11 September On today’s rfu.com podcast we hear how England U20s coach Mark Mapletoft plans to mould the next generation of Ciprianis, Cares and Haskells and with the big Help for Heroes charity match now less than 10 days away, we ask some of England’s biggest stars, including James Haskell, who it is that inspires them.  Finally, with the Guinness Premiership now underway we get Wasps coach Shaun Edwards’ initial verdict on the new ELVs

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4 September On today’s rfu.com podcast, Ieuan Evans and Scott Gibbs find out for themselves what life’s like in Iraq as the rugby legends join many others to prepare for the Help 4 Heroes charity match later this month.  With this weekend marking the start of the Guinness Premiership season, we take a look at what’s in store from the likes Raphael Ibanez, Pat Sanderson and Bruce Reihana and coaches Steve Bates and Richard Hill.

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28 August On today’s rfu.com podcast we get behind the scenes as Martin Johnson’s new England squad gets together for the first time.  As well as hearing from Johnson and attack coach Brian Smith, England’s new team doctor Mike Bundy and physio Mike Snelling explain how the medical team plan to keep the players fit and we welcome operations manager Rob Burgess.

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21 August On this week’s rfu.com podcast we hear from Harlequins’ Middlesex Sevens winning captain David Strettle and Brian Williams after the Ipswich man recently became the 100th person to take over as President of the RFU.

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14 August On today’s rfu.com podcast we hear from 2008 IRB Young Player of the Year nominee, England U20s scrum half Joe Simpson and we preview this weekend’s Middlesex Sevens tournament with Saracens coach and former Australian Sevens captain, Richard Graham.

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7 August On today’s rfu.com podcast we hear from a man who’s climbed a mountain, David Barnes, who successfully scaled Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro for charity.  We also speak to someone looking to climb a new mountain, Leeds Tykes new director of rugby Neil Back, as well as England’s Paul Sackey and James Simpson-Daniel, after the two men hit the beach in a bid to encourage more people to take up the sport.

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31 July On this week’s podcast we hear from two voices of rugby retiring from touchlines and one new voice stepping up to the microphone.  You might not recognise their names, but the voices of Alastair Hignell and Andrew Titheridge have been synonymous with rugby on the radio for several decades.  Both retired at the end of last season, making way for newcomer Alastair Eykyn.

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24 July On this week’s rfu.com podcast we hear from the new man in charge at Vicarage Road, former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones, and we speak to the second new addition to the England senior squad Jordan Crane.  The Leicester Tigers Number 8 was voted Most Valuable Player at this summer’s Barclays Churchill Cup after helping England Saxons to a second successive victory.

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17 July On this week's rfu.com podcast we hear from England's new attack
coach Brian Smith and we return to the birthplace of rugby, as Rugby School hosts this year's RFU's National Tag to Twickenham Final..

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11 July on the RFU.com podcast we talk to the Wasps 10 and 12 who are looking to be England’s 10 and 12, Danny Cipriani and Riki Flutey, and we speak to John Fletcher and Giselle Mather as two of the England age group teams leave our shores for tours abroad.  Plus we get Martin Johnson’s reaction to this week’s announcements.
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4 July on the RFU.com podcast we hear from England Team Manager Martin Johnson, Elite Rugby Director Rob Andrew and Premier Rugby Chief Executive, Mark McCafferty.

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27 June 2008 on the RFU.com podcast we hear from the coaches of the England Saxons and England Under 20's aswell as under 20 skipper Hugo Ellis.

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20 June on the RFU.com podcast, you can hear a snap shot of rugby in England from grassroots to the Elite as we focus on England's representative teams in action this weekend

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On the first RFU.com podcast, you can hear a snap shot of rugby in England from grassroots to the Elite as we focus on England in New Zealand, the Saxons campaign in the Churchill Cup as well as a round up on the England Counties and Under 20's teams

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