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Amateur Rugby Podcast

Dec 14, 2025

Now, Ben and I have never actually met, but he came with a very strong recommendation from a former team-mate of both of ours Geoff Griffiths. Ben has experienced all different sides of rugby over a lengthy playing career and his story is one that I really wanted to share with you.

This interview was recorded in...


Dec 7, 2025

My guest this week is Orkney RFC’s Glen McLellan.

We talked about:

  • The travel challenges of playing rugby on a remote island
  • Long away trips every other weekend!
  • The Come Ashore Cup
  • The joy of being involved in Penguins RFC, including plenty of tour stories
  • Coaching kids in Mexico

This is a proper rugby episode - I...


Nov 30, 2025

Former Cheltenham RFC President - Dave 'Towner' Townsend was my coach for Cheltenham Colts back in 1995/96 and is also the father of Matt Townsend from Episode No.2.

Sadly, Towner is no longer with us, but it was lovely to hear his voice once more and to listen to all the nuggets of wisdom gathered over a lifetime in...


Nov 25, 2025

The 2025 Autumn Internationals are in full swing, and the fourth weekend of fixtures did not disappoint. Join me as I discuss Ireland vs South Africa and England vs Argentina.

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Nov 10, 2025

The 2025 Autumn Internationals are in full swing, and the second weekend of fixtures did not disappoint. Join me as I discuss Scotland vs New Zealand, England vs Fiji and France vs South Africa.

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