The Good, The Scaz & The Rugby

Our new London based Scottish contingent, Rachel Malcolm & Emma Wassell join Elma & Scaz to relive the World Cup & discuss their new life at Trailfinders. Scaz also regails the girls with what happened when she met Shaggy in Dubai, Rachel reveals she can’t use City Mapper and Anastasia makes her bi-annual appearance on the show.

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Two of Harlequins newest signings, Ireland’s Aoife Wafer and New Zealand’s Liana Mikaele-Tu’u join Elma & Mo this week, to look ahead to The Big Game; Harlequins double header against Bristol Bears at Allianz Stadium this December… Aoife with her Six Nations Player of the Championship prowess and Liana with a World Cup medal in her back pocket, we get insight from two brand new team mates who’s outlook on rugby and playing back row differ immensely. Expect tin whistles, that French bite, and somehow... strongman car pushing. Don’t ask, just listen.

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Sheriff Meg Jones is back in town! Our Rugby World Cup winning Vice-Captain rides in on her trusty electric bicycle, to catch-up with the girls on life after the celebration to end all celebrations. The girls dig deep into Meg's RWC journal & the pearls of wisdom she's taken from lifting the World Cup and discuss the realities of life after lifting the trophy... where do you find motivation & energy once you've achieved everything you ever dreamed?

The girls also turn their hand to being Agony Aunts to the listeners... if you've got a question for the girls...

The brief flies far, far away as Elma, Scaz & Mo catch up on their Shrek personas, the PWR, the Nations Series and some SUPERB fanmail from the Blue Tits. The girls get stuck into The Women’s High Performance Rugby Union Coach Review, too. And Mo shares the deets of her new coffee shop venture with England captain & bestie, Zoe Stratford! Get excited about a coffee in MOZO before a Kingsholm matchday!

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World Player of the Year, Canada & Saracens back row with the kicking prowess of a fly half, Sophie De Goede joins the girls to relive the World Cup Final from a Canadian perspective. We get insight on Sophie’s fight back from injury to dominating on the world stage, into the brains of Kevin Rouet & Alex Austerberry, the Canadian coaching team, and into what a blue tit's chest should look like... (according to Mo). 

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We’re rebranding as The Good, The Sass & The Rugby this week, as Emily Scarratt has a new lease of retired life… If that wasn’t already enough, the Rev GRACES us with his presence… commentator & prediction extraordinaire, more commonly known as Nick Heath joins the girls for a PWR preview, an Autumn Nations Series review & an M&S haul of Emily Scarratt proportions

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Our Scaz has retired from rugby... so, Mo & Elma (with a little bit of help from the Blue Tits) pay tribute to the career of the GOAT. To make matters worse for Emily, Elma has prepared a special memorial service to commemorate the kneepads which quietly cushioned history being made. Rest In Peace, Kneepads. The girlies also look ahead to the PWR season while attempting to dodge Mo'ism after Mo'ism. They are SO back.

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ONE HUNDRED & NINETEEN caps for the Red Roses, ELEVEN Six Nations titles & TWO trophies at the biggest tournament in world rugby, Emily Scarratt has done it all. But her story started on her family farm in Leicestershire. 

Listen back to Scaz’s conversation with Elma, shot before the tournament & previously only available on YouTube. They discuss her life as a young girl playing on hay bails to being a world champion looking ahead to the later chapters of her career, 

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Zoe Aldcroft has added her name alongside Katy Daley-Mclean & Karen Almonds' as a world title winning captains of England. Only the third woman to lead the Red Roses to victory. 

Previously available only on YouTube, listen back to KDM & Karen's conversation about England's win in 1994 & 2014.

Back in 1994, Karen lifted the trophy for the first time, twenty years before Katy would lead England to the same victory. The two trailblazers sit down in this episode of Diary of a Captain, to discuss the challenges, battles & joy that led to those t...

The morning after the night before… Elma heads into Red Roses camp to see what state the World Cup WINNERS are in. Scaz, Mo, Meg, Hannah Botterman, Amy Cokayne, Maud Muir, Abbie Ward and captain Zoe Aldcroft join Elma with the trophy, to relive the greatest day at Allianz Stadium! John Mitchell pops by for a chat, too. Safe to say things get weird, quickly.

Warning: Adult themes & swearing.

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Our girls have won the Rugby World Cup!!!!!! On the roof of the Cabbage Patch, only an hour after the trophy lift, Elma, Nick & Anna Caplice review the match, relive atmosphere & the biggest & best moment our sport has ever seen.

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Elma catches up with the woman with her name in the title, Emily Scarratt, ahead of England’s Rugby World Cup Final against Canada this Saturday.

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England take on Canada in the Rugby World Cup Final this Saturday at the home of English rugby. The first English team to make a final at Allianz Stadium EVER. Elma, KDM & Nick critically assess what England and Canada need to do to come out on top.

WARNING: this episode may cause increased heart rate, sweaty palms and long, slow blinks.

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ENGLAND AND CANADA HAVE MADE THE RUGBY WORLD CUP FINAL! The semis couldn’t have delivered more, so Elma & Nick break it all down over a post match pint in the Bristol Beer Factory Tap Room.

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England take on France and New Zealand take on Canada !!!! It’s the semi finals we expected, but calling who will make it through to the final has never been so tough… So, to preview the rugby and bring us all the Queer news from across the World Cup, friend of the show & Kiwi journalist, Alice Soper joins Elma & KDM. We also learn all about US GAY & what it’s like to play Pétanque with France’s coach, Gaëlle Mignot… turns out it’s exactly what you’d expect.

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The Sheriff is back in town. England Vice captain & outside centre, Meg Jones joins Elma for a catch up in the Red Roses team hotel ahead of their Semi Final against France.

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Michael, Ian, Neil & Ben send their regards.

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Fifteen man line outs, scrum mauls & a Mo Hunt 50:22 - Elma & Nick can’t get over the heart, entertainment & joy of the Rugby World Cup Quarter Finals.

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Three of the biggest names in New Zealand Rugby, Portia Woodman Wickliffe, Jorja Miller & Stacey Waaka join Elma to discuss their World Cup journey so far. We learn about the Sailor’s Hornpipe, what it really means to do the Haka and HOW they’ve managed to win SIX Rugby World Cups.

Katy Daley-Mclean also joins Elma in the studio, to preview the Quarter Finals.

If you’re not heading to Exeter or Bristol this weekend to watch the rugby, you can tune in on the BBC:Saturday 13th September:
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Elma & Nick run through everything Brighton had to offer - from the pitch to the beach, they bring you everything you may have missed from behind the scenes! They pay tribute to the nations leaving the competition & briefly look ahead to the next round.

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Most capped Black Fern of all time, Kendra Cocksedge & currently injured Irish stalwart, Dorothy Wall join Elma to preview a GINORMOUS clash between Ireland and New Zealand in Brighton this weekend… & rest of the round three matches!

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Mo & Zoe Harrison join Elma for a mid week catch up at the England Rugby training facility, ahead of their final pool game in Brighton this weekend.

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Elma & Nick have barely caught their breath after South Africa beat Italy, USA drew with Australia and Spain ran Ireland close..  It's been one helluva second round!! Join the big debrief!

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HOME NATIONS IN THE HOUSE!!!!! A trio of former Wales, Scotland & Ireland players - join Elma to look ahead to what rounds two & three have to offer & discuss the good, the bad & the ugly goings on behind the scenes. Elinor Snowsill, Anna Caplice & Christine Belisle give us all the insight from the Welsh, Scottish & Irish camps.

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We’re off & running - & the opening weekend of the Rugby World Cup DID NOT disappoint! Elma & Nick Heath take us on a whistle-stop tour of their journey from Sunderland to Manchester to Northampton.

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England World Cup winning captain, Katy Daley Mclean & commentator, Nick Heath join Elma to discuss all the runners & riders of the Rugby World Cup & make Quarter Finals predictions. The tournament kicks off on Friday night as England take on USA at the Stadium of Light!

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Scaz, Mo & Meg pop by the studio for the final time before the World Cup. They're fresh from the plane from a convincing win over France, in their final warm up fixture, so as per usual chaos ensues. The girls also reflect on their journey to this point, eight years since we last saw Meg & Mo on the world stage in the 15s game, so it's also an opportune moment for Meg to reflect on her year of growth & fresh perspective, a year on from her dad passing away.

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Scaz & Mo are back in camp ahead of this weekend’s warm up game against France. So, Elma’s roped in our favourite fourth wheel, KDM to help her convince the Lionesses biggest fan, comedian Maisie Adam, to LOVE rugby. It’s not a difficult task, Maisie’s onboard from the outset, but she does have more than a few questions…

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There’s another world cup happening this summer - it’s called the IDRC, the International Defence Rugby Competition, which Vodafone are the Principal partner of… where 7 nations of formidable soldiers, sailors and airwomen battle it out to determine the greatest Armed Forces rugby team on the planet.

To find out more, Elma heads to Aldershot Garrison, to visit the UK Armed Forces team, which is sponsored by Vodafone & made up of players from the RAF, the Army & the Navy!

Come and support The Nation's Heroes on The Nation's Network.

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The Rugby World Cup is only four weeks away & our Red Roses are back for Season 6 of The Good, The Scaz & The Rugby with their South African Cat Lady in tow. Life in camp, summer shenanigans & more Mo’isms than you can shake a white elephant at… the chaos has returned for another year! Try not to get goosebumps…

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The morning after the night before… Scaz, Mo, Meg, Katy & Elma debrief on Super Saturday, winning their fourth grand slam in a row & the Women’s Six Nations as a whole. 

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The Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam decider is this Saturday… England and France go head to head at Allianz Stadium. So, Elma’s pulled out all the stops & brought Mr. YouTube himself, AKA Squidge Rugby, AKA Robbie Owen, to chew the fat with our KDM & Nicholas Aidan Heath. Which 10 does John Mitchell pick? Who is England’s best bench? Could France out-scrum England to a win? & how do you turn a love for teen movies into a YouTuber career? 

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It’s Roses v Thistles this weekend, so Emma Wassell returns from north of the border, to join Mo, Katy & Elma in the studio to spill the tea on what’s been going on in camp!

Mo asks the big questions, like why would you throw a baby out with the bathwater? & do they really have ‘Homes Under the Hammer’ in Scotland?

Emma beautifully reflects on her own grief, too, having recently marked a year since her mother passed away unexpectedly during last year's Six Nations.

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Ahead of Mo, Scaz & Meg taking on Ireland this weekend, Elma has hopped across the Irish Sea for an exclusive tour of Ireland’s High Performance Centre, to see what the World Champion beating, Girls in Green have got up their sleeve. Injured Ireland skipper & Gloucester Hartpury second row, Sam Monaghan is back on the show, accompanied by Ireland 15s & 7s scrum half, Aoibheann Reilly & Ireland’s most entertaining prop Niamh O’Dowd, AKA Noddy, AKA Noddia, AKA the late Father Dina. Alongside Niamh’s multiple personas, the gang discuss ACL tear recovery & research, the chronicles of the Niss (Niamh’s...

Fresh from a win at the Principality, our Red Roses, Scaz, Mo & Meg join Elma in the studio for a mid-Six Nations catch up. The girls are on a fallow week day off, so Meg thought she’d extend the break to Elma by taking the reins of the pod. We get a run down of the opening rounds of the tournament, an insight into John Mitchell’s coaching box, & Meg’s reflection on her first run out for England since coming back from injury & losing both her parents. Don’t ask why Voldemort stops by, we don’t know.

Former Wales & Bristol Bears Fly half, Elinor Snowsill joins Elma & Katy Daley-Mclean (her opposite number for many years) to review Round One of the Women's Six Nations. Rabbit holes include, but are not limited to: the importance of menstrual cycle tracking, the number of siblings the Pyrs sisters have and Emily Scarratt’s fake tan rumours.

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CHAOS REIGNS after the full time whistle at StoneX Stadium… where our Mo & her Zo have lifted the PWR trophy for a third consecutive year. Mo, Sean Lynn, Maud Muir & Mia Venner join Elma, Scaz, Meg, KDM & Nick to unpack the madness of the game against Sarries. Not to mention the mascot race to end all mascot races… 

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Katy Daley-Mclean & Nick Heath join Elma to deep dive into this years’ Six Nations & preview the PWR Final, while Mo preps for the final against Sarries & Scazzy’s in England camp. Hope you’re ready for a nausey time.. 

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Mo & her circus are off to the PWR final again - vying for the three-peat, but this time against Saracens! Less than an hour after the final whistle at Queensholm, Elma & Scaz have lured Mo & Gloucester-Hartpury head coach, Sean Lynn, for a debrief. They unpick the game against Bristol Bears, discuss Lynnie legacy at GH and his pride at being given the Wales job…  Nick Heath subs in for Mo & Lynnie’s for the second half of the show, to deep dive into both semi finals & analyse how prepping for the final may differ for Sarries & GH. 

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It’s double-derby-semi-final week, so the girls are Mo-less again. But lucky for us, Loughborough & Red Roses back row extraordinaire, Sadia Kabeya, is in the house, along with the founder of Black Girls Ruck, the podcast & social collective, Anne Onwusiri. Being prominent black women in rugby can be a lonely place, but Anne & Sadia are building a community of rugby fans & players who look like them - which Sadia has kick started by sharing her incredible natural hair journey on social media. The girls discuss their shared experiences, the lack of representation of people of colour in rugby, & what we...

Learning she had a 27cm tumour in her chest, that she mistook for a piece of sour dough stuck in her throat, was not the way Scotland & Loughborough's stalwart second row, Emma Wassell, would have wanted to start this season. But, with the help of her team mates, Rachel Malcolm, Rhona Lloyd & a few others, she’s on her way back to the pitch… Emma & Rachel join Scaz & Elma to relive a story that isn’t for the faint of heart; a story of friendship, courage & resilience.

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Elma, Scaz & Mo are joined by Canadian international hooker turned Red Roses prop, Mackenzie Carson. The girls discuss Mack's unchartered journey from Canada to England, her recent ADHD diagnosis and her on-pitch, head-to-head rivalry with partner, Sarah Bern. Disclaimer: no joke is left un-turned in this episode.

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Loughborough are just coming into their own at the end of this season, beating Bristol Bears & Saracens in recent weeks… so Scaz has invited us to take a look around her house, to see what’s in the water there.

Lightning Head Coach, Nathan Smith, joins Scazzy to tell us all about Loughborough’s pathways & the club he’s building.

Scaz then sits down with one of her youngest team mates, & one of the newest Red Roses, Lilli Ives Campion and a Red Rose of her generation, who is now coaching England U18s Ollie Perry to...

Abi Burton is back in a Red Roses training jersey with her sights firmly on her next XVs cap after the most incredible return to the GB7s team in the summer & an Olympic cycle that now seems like someone else’s life, to her. She joins Elma & Meg to relive her journey from the pitch, to a hospital bed, & back again. She touches on how her muscle mass saved her life, how much she appreciates her body now and how she’ll never get enough of necking pints of gravy fr fun. The Trailfinders back row is firmly back...

Elma’s headed South West to meet the busiest woman in the PWR: nail technician to the stars, Exeter Chiefs Captain & Exeter Uni Head Coach, Poppy Leitch & her team mate, Canada’s Alex Tessier AKA Tess. They discuss Tess’ World Rugby Player of the Year nomination & the nails that went with her outfit in Monaco (of course), as well as the legacy of Jo Yapp in those parts & the programme’s transformation over the last few years under Poppy’s leadership. The trio are then joined by two Exeter Uni’s players, who are also mentees on GSR & Vodafone’s EmpowHER pro...

The girls have been back in England camp this week & the Red Roses’ Vice Captaincy has been bestowed upon our Meg, so Scaz, Mo & Elma hash through what it takes to be a leader in the Red Roses. True to form, Meg is open and honest about leadership, as well as the year she’s had - losing both her mum and dad in quick succession. She proudly tells the girls about the people they both were, as well as the struggles her mum had with alcoholism, in the hope that others affected by addiction don’t feel so alone...

GB7's Head Coach, Giselle Mather joins the girls for the first episode of 2025. When will the GB girls medal? How do we combat the mass exodus of female head coaches in the PWR? Will Giselle be the first ever Lions coach? & what does onomatopoeia mean? Giselle’s got all the answers…

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The GSR family, Scaz, Mo, Elma, Katy Daley-Mclean & Meg Jones meet at the Cabbage Patch for a Christmas dinner with all the trimmings. Trimming include but are not limited to, pigs in blankets, Secret Santa, not-so-Secret Santa & a very special FaceTime with Mo’s grandma. Expect infectious high jinx & festive cheer.

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USA rugby is on the rise, so this week, Kate Zackary hosts Scaz & Elma at Trailfinders Women in Ealing. They might be the new kids on the block, but they’re taking the top teams in the league to task… not dissimilar to the USA on the international stage right now. They discuss Kate’s leadership of both sides, take a look around the place & learn all Whisky Sour Paws’ adventures.

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Scaz’s Loughborough Lightning take on Mo’s Gloucester-Hartpury at Franklins Gardens this Sunday, so to preview the game & all the other big PWR news…cough cough, Ilona Maher 🐻… they’re joined by a pair of siblings who sit on either side of the rivalry; GH & England back row, Sarah Beckett & her older brother, Loughborough's Assistant coach, Charlie Beckett. Things get heated as the team discuss the upcoming game, but luckily the Becketts remembered their FFTJ, so things didn’t bubble over. & Scaz pays her debt to Elma after the Broses lost to the Boks, which it might be worth a trip to...

Mo’s travelled to Wales this week to visit Hartpury’s rivals, Cardiff Met. Twenty three of the squad are going to be competing in the Celtic Challenge this December, so she’s gone to find out what’s in the water over the Severn Bridge... Mo’s joined by Lisa Newton, Head Coach at Cardiff Met, recently retired Wales & Bristol fly half, Elinor Snowsill, who is now Assistant Coach at the uni & Alisha Joyce-Butchers, Wales & Bristol back row, who is mentoring one of the squad, as part of GSR & Vodafone’s EmpowHER programme. Their debate about who Wales’ next Head Coac...

Canadian centre & Olympic silver medalist, Alysha Corrigan, joins Scaz, Mo & Elma this week, to relive the games in Paris & discuss Canada’s ascent to the top of the 15s game. We hear all about Scaz & Alysha’s match up in New Zealand during the World Cup & how Mo thinks her medal box looks like Paddington Bears’ lunchbox. Also Elma won’t drop the killer whale story, so this week Shira’s left it in. You’re all welcome.

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Elma, Scaz & Mo are joined by Aimee Barrett-Theron, the first professional female referee in South Africa who’s been in the middle for the Olympics and Rugby World Cups. Aimee exclusively reveals that she’s autistic & that her neurodivergence is her super power on the pitch! She talks openly about how difficult it is to be the first woman in such a male dominated space & gives us her best comebacks to players when they take things too far. Expect even more chino chat, somehow.

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The girls are back in the studio without a guest this week to get stuck into the burning questions… what should we call the England Men’s rugby team? What is a Wallaby? And Where is Wally? Elma, Scaz & Mo look at the World Cup draw, the autumn internationals, banning the word ladies from women’s sport & Scaz’s green chiiiiiinos… Mo also clears up the Ilona Maher rumours about Gloucester-Hartpury…

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Back to back PWR winners & triple BUCS Super Rugby Champs all live under one roof, at Hartpury Uni in deepest darkest Gloucestershire. Our Mo, their Co-Captian has peeled back the door to her Circus Tent to show us what’s cooking at GH. Her teammates, Kelsey Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 & Georgia Brock 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 join her, along with the Hartpury Uni girls they’ll be mentoring for the season, as part of ours & Vodafone’s EmpowHER programme. Then Mo brings in the big dogs in charge of developing the GH model; James Forrester, AKA Jango, Sean Lynn & Andrew Ford, to unpick how the pathway was forged & talk about what’s next for the girls in...

Scaz & Mo are back… fresh off the plane from Canada & they’ve brought two front row friends with them, in Hannah Botterman & Amy Cokayne. The final game against Canada is obviously discussed, but after nearly four months in eachothers company, it’s hardly surprising that Scaz’s chinos, her friendship with Gaby Logan & her use of the term oojamaflip get far more airtime. To say this episode is the roast of Emily Scarratt, is an understatement.

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Two thousand three hundred fans joined Siya Kolisi at Athlone Stadium to watch the drama of WXV2, after he put out a call to South Africans to come & support the Women Boks with him... so he’s joined Elma & Meg Jones on the pod, to tell us why he loves women's rugby so much. Elma & our Barbie Girl, Meg, also look ahead to the final weekend of WXV & get into what it means for World Cup qualification.

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Scaz & Mo are in Canada, so Katy Daley-Mclean & Meg Jones join Elma to discuss Ireland’s historic win, with their currently injured co-captain, Sam Monaghan. How far can this Ireland team go? What big decisions does John Mitchell need to make? & who would’ve thought Meg Jones was a Barbie Girl?

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Scaz & Mo popped by the studio just before they flew to Canada, to discuss pre-season, WXV, the Black Ferns and Ilona Maher’s world that we’re all just living in. Expect more Moisms, a few Scazisms, lots of rugby & somehow even more silliness, as ever, shepherded by our South African Queen.

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A decade after winning the Rugby World Cup, our Scaz & our Mo & our steering-wheel AKA captain Katy Daley-Mclean, pull their World Cup winning kit back on to tell us all about the best & the worst parts of their most successful campaign in an England shirt. Mo teaches us the science behind pickle juice, Elma says Wye Aye Man one too many times & we unpick THAT Scaz try in the final that almost never was… Donate to Gary Street’s fundraiser: https://shorturl.at/rrFk2

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The PWR season is done & dusted. Mo and the Gloucester girls won, we had a party on the pitch, and now it’s time to wrap up our EmpowHER project, which aimed to connect uni rugby to the elite game. So on the show this week, Elma is joined by Mo & her mentee Em, as well as Scotland captain, Rachel Malcolm & her mentee Tash to discuss what your sock length & hair parting says about your age… and the difference our mentoring programme and Vodafone’s Player.Connect software has made on & off the pitch.

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Our Mo & her Circus came from behind to win back-to-back PWR titles on Saturday!! So, as Gloucester-Hartpury & Bristol Bears fans head to the M5 & the Sandy Park tractor attempts to take the posts down, Elma, Scaz, Mo & KDM wrap up the 2023/24 season on the pitch in the sunshine. They’re joined by fan favourite, Maud Muir (also known as Taylor Swift) & soon to be GB7s Olympian, Ellie Kildunne. Prepare for chaos, end of term fancy dress, an olympic preview & a look ahead to next season…

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Strap in for a nausey twenty three minutes of Premiership Women's Rugby Final build up… Scaz, Mo & Elma dissect Bristol & Gloucester-Hartpury’s match winning game plans & predict how they’re going to face off this Saturday at Sandy Park in the PWR Final.

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Our Mo & her Gloucester-Hartpury girls are off to Sandy Park this weekend to take on Bristol Bears in the PWR Final! So, the woman in charge of the league, Belinda Moore, CEO of the PWR, joins Elma, Scaz & Mo to discuss how the season’s gone & what the future looks like. EQP, funding, sponsorship, TV rights & what headhunters look like are all on the menu… and the final, of course. Tickets to GSR Live Show: https://shorturl.at/Bm6Jr Tickets for the PWR Final: https://shorturl.at/9tZLg

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Mo’s Gloucester-Hartpury fly-half & co-captain, Lleucu George & Zoe Aldcroft, join the gang to look ahead to their semi-final match up against Exeter Chiefs this Sunday. The girls congratulate Scaz on her big mini-league win before discussing leadership, mechanical bulls & what might be this season. Get ready to RTT with The Circus’ brain trust.

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With the Paris Olympics around the corner & the final stop on the Sevens Series in Madrid this weekend, the girls are joined by two of GB7s finest... Abbie Brown & Jasmine Joyce-Butchers. The girls discuss the realities of being part of a programme where funding doesn’t match their competitors and what a shot at medalling in Paris after two consecutive fourth places means to them. The chronicles of the hall pass rumble on, Scaz & Mo make a plea to halt the purchase of croissants, Jaz’s dog story steals the show & Protein Pete gets in on the action.

Scaz finally visits her adopted homeland, Scotland, with her Loughborough teammates, Rachel Malcolm & Helen Nelson. This season the trio have been mentoring students from Edinburgh Uni as part of GSR & Vodafone’s EmpowHER programme - connecting uni rugby to the elite game. So they catch up with two uni players, Cieron Bell & Nicole Flynn, who made it into Scotland’s match day squad last month & their coach, former Scotland player, Claire Cruikshank. They discuss the season that was in the BUCS WNL, Celtic Challenge & the Six Nations… & Scaz can’t hide the fact she loves being dubbed ‘The Beyoncé of Rugby’.

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The business end of the season is upon us, so Elma, Scaz & Mo are taking a peek behind enemy lines at StoneX Stadium. A home semi-final is yet to be booked for Saracens, so the girls are joined by two of their forward pack, Georgia Evans & Donna Rose, to discuss what’s to come… including a match up against Mo’s unbeaten Gloucester-Hartpury. They also get into Wales’ Six Nations, the hate the girls received on social media & their upcoming WXV2 qualification match. Oh & Donna makes Elma blush, Scaz gets obsessed with a cupboard, & Mo can’t believe she was given a bi...

Chaos reigns as Scaz & Mo return from Bordeaux, and relive the big moments from their third consecutive Six Nations Grand Slam title campaign. They delve into Mitch’s impact & his emotional outpouring post-Le Crunch, as well as Ireland, Scotland & Wales’ final round performances. We also find out how many croissants Scaz would swap her shirt for, how many Barbaras are saved in her phone & which common British bird is Mo’s favourite…

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The final round is upon us; will the Red Roses manage back to back Grand Slams? & who will snatch third place, to guarantee WXV1 & World Cup qualification? Elma & KDM have called in the two oracles of women's rugby to answer these questions - the founder of ScrumQueens, the OG women’s rugby website & publisher, Ali Donnelly & BBC Sport reporter & commentator extraordinaire, Sara Orchard. Tickets to our Wales v Italy preview show at the Principality Stadium on Super Saturday: https://tinyurl.com/3mrkwwps To donate to Erinne Reva’s Just Giving: https://tinyurl.com/4sb34chp

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Bottom of the table Wales are having a tough ride in this year's Six Nations, so Elma’s called on our Welsh bureau in scrum half, Ffion Lewis & second row, Gwen Crabb, to give us the lowdown. They talk us through what they would change about the structure of rugby in Wales & interrupt each other more times than we can count… We also get some top tips on podcasting, ACL rehab… and start the Aoife Wafer fan club, courtesy of Gwen. Tickets to our Wales v Italy preview show at the Principality Stadium on Super Saturday: https://tinyurl.com/3mrkwwps

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KDM joins Elma for a Six Nations fallow week catch up & Scaz & Mo pop by… mainly to tell Elma off for sporting an Italian blue shirt during the Italy game. Parma ham, Champagne & Swiss cheese are all on the menu along with thoughts on Jamie George’s appearance and the Italian away day after party. The girls look ahead to their clash with Scotland & KDM weighs in on World Rugby’s coaching framework backtrack and the ball size debate. Remember, to tend & befriend, one & all…

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Elma’s hopped on the train to Edinburgh to visit the the Scotland team in the fallow week of the Six Nations. A win over Wales & a close fought loss to France has been a brilliant start to the Championship for the Scots who’re going from strength to strength. Head coach Bryan Easson, takes Elma on a behind the scenes tour of Hive Stadium, the Murrayfield tunnel & the changing rooms - before Elma sits down with Emma Wassell, Rhona Lloyd & Elis Martin to hear all about life in camp.

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Pull up a chair, the Women’s Six Nations is finally here!! Scaz & Mo are in camp, so Katy’s back alongside Elma to discuss what went down in Cardiff, Parma & Le Mans in Round One & to look ahead to this weekend's match ups... The pair are joined by former Wales winger & 7s Captain turned broadcaster, Philippa Tuttiett… who's had a very unlikely career alongside her rugby journey.

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Elma is joined by Katy Daley-Mclean and Scotland Captain, Rachel Malcolm, to look ahead to the Guinness Women’s Six Nations Championship, at last week’s launch! The trio are also joined by legendary Olympian, Dame Laura Kenny, who announced her retirement from cycling yesterday, & Lionesses Jill Scott & Karen Carney to discuss the trajectory of women’s sport & share their own experiences of competing on the world stage. They also get into Olympic ring tattoos, splitting the G & the unlikely Lioness on the panel…

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Nick Heath joins the girls to give us scoop after scoop on all the runners & riders of the 2024 Women’s Six Nations… whether you’re an expert, or you’re new here - this episode is for you. We hear about Scaz’s return to the pitch, look ahead to the Men’s Six Nations Super Saturday & say a brief goodbye to Scaz & Mo, as they leave us for Red Roses camp. Elma will be here (often joined by Katy Daly-Mclean) every Thursday for the duration of the tournament - bringing you everything you need to know, and all the guests you n...

USA 7s player & TikTok sensation, Ilona Maher, joins Elma, Scaz & Mo to chat about her social media game, her passion for growing women’s rugby and her body positivity mission. She gives Scaz & Mo tips for their own content, discusses jacket potatoes at length & they look ahead to the Paris Olympics this summer. & we promise Scaz will give us the low down on her return to the pitch in the next instalment!

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Scaz & Mo are Elma-less again, but this time, they’re joined by the trailblazing referee, most capped female match official, & newly awarded MBE, Sara Cox. With the new Whistleblowers documentary, Hollie Davidson’s Men’s Six Nations appearance & Aimee Barrett-Theron’s viral ‘I'm not mad, just really disappointed’ moment, refereeing is all over our news feeds right now. Coxy sheds light on how tough it can be in the middle with such grey areas in rugby’s law book, how much she loves coming into England camp to work with the Red Roses & her FIVE hour long kangaroo court session in New Zealand...

With the first ever Women’s Lions tour finally on the horizon, Scaz & Mo (with the help of some Irish, Scottish & Welsh friends) put their heads together to pick a starting IV Lions side. Without picking themselves, they come up with a team that spans the four nations - which makes their hearts hurt at the talent they’ve had to leave out. Oh, and Elma & KDM pop up to Durham to catch up with some of the university rugby team who are part of the EmpowHER project we’re running with Vodafone. To donate to Gary Street: www.gofundme.com/f...

We’re back in action for 2024 - which means two things, it’s ten years since our Scaz & Mo won the World Cup AND it’s thirty years since England did it for the first time. So who better than Gill Burns, the legendary former Red Rose & former President of the RFUW to join the gang to relive that 1994 World Cup win and all the significant ripples the tournament has created since... LINK TO: The First Women's Lions Tour: Why Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGtWKSIj7_Q LINK TO: Sports Podcast Awards to vote for us: https://www.sports...

Christmas has come early for our cat lady, who can’t believe her luck at having two South Africans in the studio with her… the Women Boks captain, Babalwa Latsha & her teammate for club & country, Aseza Hele. Babalwa is such a force that every time she speaks at this time of year, sleigh bells can be heard - that is until Elma asks her to take her reindeer antlers off… Aseza tells the girls about her incredible journey to find rugby & become one of the best No.8s in the world. & Scaz & Mo can’t believe how early on Elma manages...

Scaz, Elma & Mo are joined by the newly announced Wallaroos coach, Jo Yapp… the former Red Rose captain, who for the last decade has been coaching top level rugby in this country… Most recently, she’s steered Worcester through an incredibly tough year, before finally losing their funding & place in the league last month. They discuss Worcester, coaching philosophies, pathways & what’s next for Jo…

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Katy’s invited the girls up to Manchester to meet her boss, & the only female co-owner of a top flight club, Michelle Orange, at Sale’s training ground. They roll out the red carpet & take Elma on a tour, before sitting down with Scaz & Mo to talk about the business of women’s rugby right now… That is until the beans are spilled about Katy’s nightmare group chat mistake…

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The girls are back in action for season four & Mo’s brought her WXV roomie, Meg Jones, with her! Passing round the Percy Pigs, Meg & Mo spill the tea on their time in New Zealand with the Cowboy Crew. They get into Meg’s big hopes to medal in Paris next summer with GB7s & make it back into a Red Roses jersey for the home world cup in 2025. They also look ahead to the new PWR season & someone lets the secret about Scazzy’s ear lobes slip…

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It’s been one hell of a tournament… England beat New Zealand, Sarah Hunter cried, Mo Hunt had a stormer & Marlie Packer was crowned Queen of the Universe (more commonly known as World Rugby Player of the Year). Elma, Scaz & Nick Heath reflect on the inaugural tournament & look ahead to what’s next… until they’re rudely interrupted by a CELEBRATING NATASHA HUNT, a South African guard dog and some bagpipes?

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England take on New Zealand in Aotearoa this weekend, in a replay of last years’ final. So, Elma & Scaz call up a woman who knows a thing or two about this match up… the most capped Black Fern of all time & three time world cup winner, Kendra Cocksedge. The trio look ahead to the clash, discuss the legacy of last year’s tournament and congratulate Scotland & Ireland on their WXV 2 & 3 wins… well, when they manage to steer Elma away from her non-stop Springbok celebrations…

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Ireland’s new co-captains Sam Monaghan & Edel McMahon (AKA Tricky) join Scaz & Elma to talk all things WXV3 and life in Dubai. They’ve been using paddling pools & ice vests to stay cool, but nothing could protect them from Mo’s long range burns about the heat, all the way from New Zealand. Ireland’s rebuild, their decider against Spain, the story of Tricky’s nickname are all on the menu, as well as France’s thrilling one point win AND our big live show news we’ve been teasing you with! For tickets to our live show, head to: https://www.ev...

South Africa’s captain Babalwa Latsha, joins Elma & Scaz to debrief on the Springboks & the Women Boks action over the weekend. Elma couldn’t be more excited to have B on the show - they’re firm friends & now that Babalwa has moved from Cape Town to Guildford to play for Quins, they’ve been braaing together over the summer. The girls get into the captains' photo shoot which had us all laughing & look ahead to this weekend’s WXV fixtures and World Cup semi finals.

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WXV is here… Mo’s off New Zealand with the Red Roses, Elma’s in the All Blacks camp en France, and Scaz reveals she’s had a big old operation on her neck which will hopefully get her back on the pitch before too long! If that wasn’t already enough - they look ahead to the exciting new world of WXV, which kicks off this weekend. Expect more MONUMENTAS Mo-isms, more Elma banging on about the postal service and more Scaz being Scaz, this time (apparently) with jazz hands. Make sure you’re following Good Scaz Rugby on social media...

The Allianz Premier 15s trophy has a new name on it… the Queens brought it home. Gloucester-Hartpury & our Mo are champions of England. While she was busy crowd surfing in the changing rooms, Elma & Scaz hot footed it across the road to the pub garden of Teague’s Bar for a live show for the ages! Katy Daley-McLean joined them to discuss the game & relive the day. And then… just when all hope was lost, a wild Mo Hunt appeared, still in full kit (including her boots) alongside G-H’s Maud Muir & Sam Monaghan, to celebrate & cause some chaos. The woman be...

Our Mo’s made it all the way to the final of the Premier 15s with her Gloucester-Hartpury side, so as a treat, Katy Daley-McLean’s come all the way down from Manchester to join her besties, to review two spectacular semis & look ahead to the big final at Kingsholm. They reminisce about the glory years, talk about Katy’s retirement and her big shiny job at Sale Sharks… And yet the show is stolen by Scaz’s favourite pet when the trio lived together during their days on the 7s circuit; Chardonnay, the fish.

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Jodie Ounsley stopped by for a natter with the girls just before her first day as ‘Fury’ in the BBC’s remake of the classic 90s hit television show, Gladiators! Elma, Scaz & Mo can’t contain their excitement to hear all about the Exeter Chiefs and England 7s winger’s shift from rugby girl to showbiz character; something she’s not found to be the easiest fit. As the first ever profoundly deaf gladiator & England rugby international, there’s very little that’s run of the mill about Jodie’s life. They chat about her impressive campaign to raise awareness about what deaf pe...

Scaz & Mo are in charge this week - without Elma. So they’ve invited their old friend, Vicky Fleetwood over to chat about her very recent retirement. Scaz & Fleeto first started playing together aged 15, when Vicky joined Leicester Forest (East). The pair travelled to uni together and then to Lichfield… so there’s glory days both on and off the pitch to relive, on top of stories from World Cups and Commonwealth Games. It’s safe to say the wheels are firmly off from the start with a studio decked out with pineapples, Scaz & Mo at the helm & Fleeto’s incredible...

It’s round two of Scaz Vs Mo this week, as Loughborough Lightning hosted Gloucester-Hartpury at their new home of Franklins Gardens. Join tour guide Scaz for this Loughborough special, starting with a behind the scenes look at the facilities. From the brand new indoor pitch to the pregame changing room setup, it’s clear the blossoming partnership with Northampton Saints is set to be a good’un. A victorious Mo joins the duo post-game, with a Scottish line up of Rachel Malcolm & Helen Nelson for a pitchside natter. We hear about Scaz & Mo’s recent trip to Pembrokeshire, Rachel’s time in...

Recovered from a Super Saturday for the ages, a croaky Scaz & Elma relive one of the greatest days in the history of the Red Roses. They take you behind the scenes & talk glitter moustaches, crowd surfs and party hats from a day that was bookended by hilarity at The Cabbage Patch. After a day like that & with a home World Cup on the horizon, the question we’re all asking is how do we keep this momentum alive… & lucky for us the RFU’s COO & CFO - & former Red Roses captain - Sue Day, is on hand to discuss the strate...

The girls are back in the studio this week, joined by French legend, Lenaig Corson to look ahead to the weekend’s Six Nations Grand Slam decider, between the Red Roses & France in front of a record breaking crowd. Scaz & Elma can't contain their excitement at seeing their Mo back in white again... but it's not all plain sailing, they also fall our about Scaz's poor social media game. A pair of jubilant Scots, Rachel Malcolm & Helen Nelson, also join the pod - fresh from their triumph over Italy. It’s all going on, but it’s no surprise with every...

With the Red Roses heading to the Emerald Isle this weekend and the storm clouds gathering over Irish rugby, this week Scaz & Elma are joined by a woman who knows a thing or two about dealing with the rain. Ireland’s most capped women’s player, Lynne Cantwell, gives the girls her perspective on the situation from her unique viewpoint, as Women’s High Performance Manager at the South African Rugby Union - where a parallel story has unfolded; the boys in green and the Springboks have both had great success recently and their female counterparts are struggling to progress. We als...

Scotland, Quins & RAF lock, Sarah Bonar joins Scaz & Elma in the studio this week. She’s been kept out of the Six Nations thus far by a broken collar bone (AKA Colly B, who you’ll get to know throughout the episode) - but she still gives us the inside scoop from Scotland’s clashes with England & Wales. Spartans & Scottish rugby feature heavily, not to mention stories from Bonar’s time as a GB rower, her day job in the RAF, her very important business cards and the school assembly bangers that still get her going. And while, we’ll never know...

This week Elma’s said ‘toodlepip’ to Scaz & Mo, as she’s crossed the Severn Bridge to the beating heart of Welsh Rugby, somewhere two Red Roses would not be welcomed with open arms - especially not ahead of a Wales England match up in the Six Nations… Head Coach Ioan Cunningham shows Elma around the Elite Training Centre at The Vale Resort, where both Welsh international sides call home. She gets a behind the scenes look at all the state of the art facilities including the cryo chamber, the judo zone, and the team room to see where Wales have built...

She may not have lifted the World Cup last year, but her words after the final (and everything she’s given the game before and since) have lifted a nation, so join Scaz, Mo & Elma to say ‘toodle-pip’ & ‘cheerio’ to the woman of the moment; Sarah Hunter. She made it down from her ‘Leaving Do’ in Newcastle (AKA England Vs Scotland) to have a chin wag with two of her oldest pals. They re-live all the big, bad, and brilliant moments, from the first cap to the last dance of a captain who’s led the Red Roses for so many years. Mo s...

Come on down to the Six Nations preview show… whether you’re a seasoned nause or you’re taking the plunge for the first time, this episode is for you. Elma and Scaz are joined in the studio by commentator Nick Heath - who’s voice you should recognise from our opening credits. They run through the opportunities, the ones to watch and all the scoops from each of the six camps ahead of the first round. The trio give their two pence on the men’s Six Nations, too and look ahead to the World Cup in the autumn. Scaz expla...