The Rosbifs Rugby Podcast
Join Rob & Rich, a couple of English Rosbifs on a journey through France’s beautiful game. Come for the musings on the Top14, ProD2 and the French National team, stay for the garnish of French travel and the odd special guest thrown in for good measure.
Episodes
The Rosbifs are back to review a pivotal round of Top14 action as the table begins to take shape. We preview what could be one of the all time Champions Cup Finals between Toulouse and Leinster and discuss the travails of following arguably the most dramatic round of PROD2 action ever via dodgy streams, whether you're a fan or a coach. Nice hit the ProD2 big time for the first time, but will any of this week's barrage hopefuls need...
Rob is back from his latest trip to Beziers, Perpignan and Prades with tales of scorching scenery, scintillating rugby and straight-up sunburn. We discuss all the latest updates from the Top14 as the usual suspects soar and others falter. There's a full preview of the last full round of ProD2 fixtures after another incredible week at both ends of the table, Narbonne and Nice eye up an Alpine showdown to join the promised land, plus...
The Rosbifs are joined by Agen lock Zak Farrance to discuss all things ProD2, from intensive eating at Oyonnax, to getting red carded by an away crowd and the pressures of Phillippe Sella peering over your shoulder. We review a Champions Cup classic between Toulouse and Harlequins and the epic events in Nationale, and there's some trophy diving served up for good measure.
00:00 - 06:10 Entrées
06:10 - 26:02 Champions Cup Semi Final...
It's Champions Cup Semi-Final week, and with the feeding and watering needs of the travelling Harlequins faithful in mind, the Rosbifs run through their recommendations for a belting weekend in Toulouse, including a couple of potential detours to the Nationale Barrage games. After Clermont prove they can still mix it with the best in the league and Perpignan settle diplomatic squabbles on the pitch in Montpellier, we run through al...
Inspired by efforts of those partaking in the London Marathon the previous day, Rob embarks on a similarly torturous journey through the winding backstreets of the French JIFF rules, and the knock-on effect on the sharp end of the Top14 season. We recap all the weekend's action including an agonising defeat for Bayonne in France's premier division, and the end is in sight for ProD2 with just about every outcome still a possibility....
Returning from Costa Rican exile and the Stade Chaban Delmas respectively, the Rosbifs are back to ask, Quins, what have you done?! Our man on the ground by the Garonne reports on a startling reverse for UBB at the hands of sunburnt south-west Londoners as La Rochelle's hopes of a hat-trick of titles fade to Leinster. Stade Toulousain look inspired despite Exeter borrowing Pierre Mignoni's clipboard, and the Challenge Cup is barely...
We discuss a pulsating weekend of Champions Cup action and preview the best weekend in the rugby calendar: the Quarter Finals of the Champions Cup. Will any of the sides manage to pick up an away win? We also dissect the latest from Pro D2 and hear about what the hell is going on at the top of Nationale. In this week’s extraordinary Petit-Fours, we hear the unique way one coach will be preparing before his side’s quarter-final this...
Separate episode looking forward to one of the great weekends in the rugby calendar: the last 16 of the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup. We run through our predictions for the games, give recommendations of the long weekends you could have, and play a Challenge Cup edition of ‘Will the French team bother to turn up?’
01:35 Harlequins v Glasgow
5:13 Bulls v Lyon
7:48 Stormers v La Rochelle
12:14 Exeter v Bath
13:37 Bordeaux v Sarace...
After falling for our April Fools, we have a recipient of the ‘Poisson d’Avril’ filling in for Rich this week after and we talk Mullet Quotas being introduced to Pro D2, hear from our Costa Rican Correspondent, debate whether smoking bans lead to successful French rugby teams and investigate a mystery disappearance during a sin bin period.
10:22 Entrées - April Fools and other news
18:47 Top 14 Games review
18:50 Toulouse v Pau
2...
The Rosbifs dissect a bonkers round of TOP14 action including a game for the ages between Bordeaux Begles and Stade Toulousain at the Matmut Atlantique. Is Antoine Dupont human, and is Maxime 'the Man' Lucu even better? Plus we look ahead to the ProD2 run in, with Rugby's sexiest and most unpredictable league sure to serve up a feast of chaos in the remaining 6 rounds. Also find out why Rich is Castres and Castres is Rich, and Robi...
Welcome to Rosbifs Rugby! Join Rob and Rich for the inaugural Rosbifs Rugby Podcast. We'll be reviewing the end of France's Six Nations campaign and dissecting the state of play in the TOP14, as well as revealing which 1998 football World Cup winner has been inspiring Brive ahead of their ProD2 run-in. Plus find out our recommendations for a night to remember in Bordeaux, and what is the secret ingredient in a 'Sauce Paloise'...
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