For The Love Of Rugby

For The Love Of Rugby

England's most capped men love rugby. Ben Youngs is a scrum-half so he’s spent most of his 127 games chatting away to team-mates, opposition and referees. His mate Dan Cole is still in the England squad, and has cult hero status thanks to his no-nonsense approach to most of life’s events. They’ve spent 20 years together at Leicester Tigers, toured together for the British and Irish Lions, and now podcast together every week. They'll bring you their ultimate guide to rugby's biggest games, give you a behind the scenes tour of Twickenham, and tell you what really happens inside an England camp. They’ll also have guests, and they will be some of the biggest names in rugby.

Episodes

July 6, 2025 70 mins
Congratulations to George Ford who joins England’s 100 club with an absolute masterclass as England win in Argentina. Ben Youngs and Dan Cole give their analysis of that game and answer your British & Irish Lions questions, two days after that pretty uninspiring performance against the Waratahs.  💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 To get 20% off your first Thriva blood test, click...
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Andy Farrell's Lions faced their toughest test yet on Australian soil as the New South Wales Waratahs kept them to a scrappy 21-10 victory on Saturday. Former Lions Ben Youngs and Dan Cole have assembled on the final whistle to unpack the action. 📋 Have your say in our FTLOR survey: https://forms.gle/1MQ32bQwxzVKa7B79 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 📺 Watch For The Love Of Rugb...
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Sound the alarm! Ben Youngs and Dan Cole jump into podcast mode for the news that Owen Farrell is on his way to Australia. His Dad has also named the latest British & Irish Lions team to play the Waratahs on Saturday with an A-list front row and a new captain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Ben Youngs, Dan Cole and Rory Best are team-mates again. This time to watch the Lions in action and bring you their reaction. 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 🤑 Win money for your rugby club: https://forms.gle/9PrSEohCYiLB4D9R6 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a questio...
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The Lions are on their way to Brisbane, potentially with a new scrum-half on the way. Ben Youngs and Dan Cole break down life on the road for rugby’s greatest travelling circus as they fly four hours across Australia to face the Reds. They answer your questions, review the Top 14 final and South Africa’s latest brutal victory.  To get 20% off your first Thriva blood test, click here: thriva.co and use the code LOVEOFRUGBY �...
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June 28, 2025 34 mins
The British & Irish Lions’ first match on Australian soil ends in victory as Andy Farrell’s side dispatch the Western Force in Perth. Ex-Lions Dan Cole & Ben Youngs are in the For The Love Of Rugby studio to bring you on-the-whistle insight and analysis of the win. 📋 Have your say in our FTLOR survey: https://forms.gle/1MQ32bQwxzVKa7B79 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 📺 Watch F...
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In 2013, the British & Irish Lions headed to Australia with the aim of winning their first tour in 16 years. This summer the Lions return Down Under and Tom Youngs, Dan Cole and Ben Youngs have finally shaken their hangovers and are finally ready to tell the inside story of the last great victorious, glorious and notorious victory. 🏦 Save more, earn more—up to 4.48% AER (variable). Interest rates are tiered, with the top rate f...
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Quite possibly our most requested guest ever joins today’s podcast, it’s Ben’s brother Tom Youngs! A former Leicester Tigers captain, England hooker and Lions Test starter, Tom joins us in the For The Love Of Rugby studio to wind back the years with tales of Youngs youth, explain how he’s become a viral farming influencer, and why he’s accepted happiness in retirement. 🩸 Use code FTLOR to get 20% off your first Thriva blood tes...
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The 2025 British & Irish Lions tour has begun! Andy Farrell's team may have suffered defeat in Dublin at the hands of a superb Argentina, but there are plenty of positives for the squad to take to Australia. 🌏 Download SAILY in your app store and use code FTLOR at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase: https://saily.com/ftlor 🏦 Save more, earn more—up to 4.48% AER (variable). Interest rates are tiered, with th...
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June 18, 2025 41 mins
Not-so-fresh from a final end of season social, Ben Youngs and Dan Cole are joined in the For The Love Of Rugby studio by their former Leicester Tigers skipper and current Pumas captain Julian Montoya to preview the first game of the 2025 British & Irish Lions Tour against Argentina in Dublin. 🌏 Download SAILY in your app store and use code FTLOR at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase: https://saily.com/ftl...
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June 15, 2025 48 mins
It's the morning after the night before. A hungover Dan Cole & Ben Youngs are reunited at Welford Road, their home for two decades, to pore over Leicester Tigers' defeat to Bath Rugby in Saturday's Premiership Final. 🌏 Download SAILY in your app store and use code FTLOR at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase: https://saily.com/ftlor 🏦 Save more, earn more—up to 4.48% AER (variable). Interest rates are tie...
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Ahead of their final match as professional rugby players on Saturday's Premiership Final between Leicester Tigers and Bath, Ben Youngs and Dan Cole take you behind the scenes of the greatest day in domestic rugby. Join them at the team hotel and getting stuck in lifts, join them on the team bus and turning up late to Twickenham, follow them into the changing rooms and of course we'll hear about THAT Freddie Burns drop-goal. 🏦 ...
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June 8, 2025 64 mins
Ben Youngs and Dan Cole are not quite finished yet. In a nail-biting Premiership Playoff, Leicester Tigers clinched victory over Sale Sharks to join Bath Rugby in the final at Twickenham's Allianz Stadium on Saturday. In this episode, you'll be taken inside what Michael Cheika said to his team at half-time, experience the raw final whistle emotions and hear from the one and only Freddie Burns! 🏏 Listen to For The Love Of Cri...
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Ben Youngs and Dan Cole are back in the For The Love Of Rugby studio to take you inside Leicester Tigers camp as they prepare for their Premiership play-off against Sale Sharks on Saturday. Also, with news that a breakaway franchise league called R360 has emerged, we ask the question as to whether anyone actually wants another revolution in rugby. 🏏 Listen to For The Love Of Cricket: https://podfollow.com/1818436692 🩸 Use ...
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Who is the Michael Jordan of the Leicester Tigers Last Dance season? Ben Youngs and Dan Cole give the inside story on an emotional day at Welford Road as they got to run on with their kids (and not George Martin), before a standing ovation as they walked off together after 43 minutes. Only to secure another home game next week in the semi-finals.  Plus Anthony Watson joins for the second half as we pick our ultimate Lions squad ...
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In 2009 Sir Ian McGeechan came back to save the Lions, four year after their disastrous tour of New Zealand. He initially left Tom Croft out of his squad, but through a combination of hard work, scrabble, Alan Quinlan getting banned and Crofty being in the form of his life - he started the first two tests! It was the most brutal test series we’d ever seen, and in this special episode Crofty takes us inside the squad that took on th...
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After 118 caps for England, two British & Irish Lions tours and over 340 appearances for his boyhood club Leicester Tigers, Dan Cole has decided that the time is right to hang up his boots at the end of the season. In this episode, we celebrate the career of a true rugby legend, hear from famous faces from the sport, and discover what comes next for one of England’s greatest ever players. 🏦 Save more, earn more—up to 4.22% AER...
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Bordeaux Bègles are Champions of Europe after defeating Northampton Saints in the 2025 Investec Champions Cup Final. Ben Youngs and Dan Cole have gathered in the virtual For The Love Of Rugby podcast studio to analyse the action. Elsewhere Bath Rugby secured their second trophy of the season as they romped to a win against Lyon in the EPCR Challenge Cup final. Plus, with the news that a Club World Cup is in the works, is this wha...
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Part-time guitarist and full-time tackle monster Sam Underhill joins the show to preview Bath Rugby’s Challenge Cup Final against Lyon on Friday.   Sam takes us inside a Bath dressing room that has gone from rock bottom to front runners in the Premiership across just three years, discusses his England Summer Tour ambitions, and just how he became a tackle machine. 🎟️ Get tickets for both European finals here: https://www.etic...
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Geoff Parling is the new Leicester head coach, Danny Care is retiring and Northampton are trying to win the Investec Champions Cup. Saints, England and Lions scrum-half Alex Mitchell joins Ben Youngs and Dan Cole to look ahead to Bordeaux in Cardiff this Saturday.  Get tickets for both European finals here: https://www.eticketing.co.uk/principalitystadium/Events?preFilter=45&preFilterName=EPCR%20Finals%202025?utm_source=EPCR&utm...
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