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“Are Will and Alex the only people who like the Haka, appears so - keep in touch lads.
Will lecturing us on kiwi culture, a little rich from someone so young.”
Paul R... via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
11/01/24
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“I love listening to the pundits and past players, but this is the best counterpoint, giving me an even fuller and more rounded appreciation of what’s happening in the game week by week.”
Paul, N12 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/04/24
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“Thoughtful, entertaining and unshowy. Always worth listening.”
BC 2951 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
06/04/24
“Decent pod, thumbnail looks like it’s from 1960s Victor comic though.”
gano11 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
05/20/24
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“These things are always going to be subjective, hence the mixed reviews, but from my perspective this is one of the best rugby podcasts. Professional, insightful, timely! Give it a go, I’d say!”
Andy E-S via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
04/15/24
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“I used to really enjoy this pod… but some of the presenters are just so constantly negative. So fed up that I’ve stopped following it”
I can't use my cape via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
02/14/24
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“This is by far the worst podcast out there.”
saiyanbenji via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
01/29/24
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“Why do you continually slag quins off especially Macus Smith.. now he’s not test match level? Really?”
Bankersbonus1 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
01/29/24
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“The Ruck is a podcast of The Times- a newspaper group that aspires to write for all of the UK: that’s England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland- right? Just checking- because unless you are only interested in English rugby, it’s largely irrelevant to the sports fans in other parts of the UK....”Read full review »
Artaneboy via Apple Podcasts ·
Ireland ·
01/27/24
“Cannot stand Stephen Jones on this pod. His negative attitude and language towards certain players is unacceptable. Have an opinion by all means, but keep it professional and respectful. His views often contradict themselves, and his vision for the Champions Cup to be successful moving forward,...”Read full review »
m a earle via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
01/23/24
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“More Jamie George please. Refreshingly open and honest; he definitely will have a role in rugby and rugby / sports media after he finishes playing.”
vinrouge1938 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
01/10/24
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“Pls get rid of that pompous, clueless moron. It will make the show more enjoyable all round.”
SteaminWillyDman via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
11/12/23
“Never heard so much hate for South African rugby. You boys need to get over it. You are the only pod that’s slating the winners on the Monday post tournament. So negative about everything. Also your views on how bad a tournament this was is unjustified, all you winge about it is the average...”Read full review »
Koos in Engeland via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
11/07/23
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“I’m not a South African supporter but this podcast about the World Cup final is so cynical. A team won and the negativity around them from you guys I believe is extremely disrespectful. How can you complain about cards and then congratulate the referee…. You’re finding excuses to take away the...”Read full review »
Djbarra via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/01/23
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“A great rugby podcast soiled by Mr Jones. His opinions often seem irrational and irresponsibly biased. His comments on the quarter finals this weekend were ludicrous (“DuPont was off his game”, refereeing has taken a massive step back”). And his loathing of South African rugby is palpable to...”Read full review »
Stixieyoubaby via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/16/23
“Always intelligent and engaging, the podcast has the perfect balance of opinion and positivity for the game - love it.”
lulu@lunch via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
10/10/23
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“Really enjoying this podcast over the Rugby World Cup!”
Waratah91 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
10/09/23
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“Should be renamed the English Times podcast. Used to be good but now going down the ‘bants’ route with stories about how much sleep the journalists had on their big nights out. Hilariously biased and one eyed. Still meanwhile writing off Wales in relation to the mighty Engerlund. Offensively...”Read full review »
Fore! via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
09/25/23
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“Jones is not only ignorant, arrogant, I’ll-informed, xenophobic and out of date, he frequently makes statements that are factually untrue and manages to twist any story about any team into a rant about England. Get back to propping up a bar in the valleys you obsolete cretin.”
Piers1409 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/25/23
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“Regular listener.
England may appear currently to be a shambles but as long as they defeat Samoa in their final group match the benevolent draw means they could meet Australia, Fiji or Wales in the quarters.
By then injuries and suspensions will have kicked in. None of these have the squad...”Read full review »
Wales10! via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/30/23
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“What a load of dross! SB hasn’t got a clue, just 40 minutes of waffle and moaning and personal jibes. Get it if you don’t like a certain player or disagree with a head coach, but at least try to look at both sides rather than moan like a pair of miserable old goats! Won’t be listening to this...”Read full review »
JacksDC22 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/16/23
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“A kind description of Stephen Jones contribution to this podcast would be that he is consistently anti Irish. A more realistic view might be that his comments are consistently racist.
After weeks upon weeks of anti Irish sentiment from SJ without any challenge from Will at any point.
On a...”Read full review »
Ed Orio via Apple Podcasts ·
Ireland ·
05/24/23
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“One eyed commentary facilitated by the Stephen Jones fan club. Lots of more insightful rugby intelligence available elsewhere. Don’t waste your time here.”
*No10* via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/04/23
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“Great pod but I cannot abide listening to the cantankerous Stephen Jones so will be switching off.”
Johnny 2606 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
03/20/23
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“Stephen Jones is the very worst of journalism - this is just a platform for him to vent his dislike of Marcus Smith. Abject.”
law13lag13 via Apple Podcasts ·
Switzerland ·
03/08/23
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“SJ waxes lyrically about Finn Russell as a player of skill and flair. Marcus Smith is such a player but he hates him saying it hasn’t worked. The reason is that he has Farrell next to him. Give him some flair 12 and 13 and it could be brilliant.”
Steelhead21 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
03/01/23
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“This was my first listen and having heard Jones trot out the vacuous sjw mantra “sexism, racism and misogyny” with a smug pomposity that is vomit inducing, it will be my last. To paraphrase some idiot; there is no place in the game for fatuous woke pronouncements.”
Halo Thane via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
01/31/23
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“Much better now it has an actual presenter with A bit more balance across the nations. The Will Kelleher bit live from the airport was very very odd though.”
Jon Turko via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
07/11/22
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“Listen to lots of these. This latest one after the final went along the lines of “let’s talk about the prem final” then talked about how sarries should’ve won for 15 minutes, how they’re favourites next year, and how Leicester need to rebuild next season as one player is leaving. No mention of...”Read full review »
jnsurnrjfifkend via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
06/20/22
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“Could, and should, be so much better. It’s actually slightly embarrassing for the other contributors who are erudite, articulate and genuinely interesting.”
TJ1981B via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
03/07/22
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“If i could’ve given it a big fat ZERO i would have. Don’t worry you don’t have to change anything because i won’t be listening to it again, unless im having trouble sleeping. This would send anybody off to sleep before you had taken two 10mg Zopiclone.”
Roger Dismal via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
02/25/22
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“Does Stephen Jones watch any rugby whatsoever? If he does, that makes it even worse”
iantesh via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
02/16/22
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“I’ve enjoyed The Ruck over a couple of years, but having taken a break from it (since that dreadful episode after an England win in the autumn series) I returned this week, and am sorry but I do not want to listen to (or read) Stephen Jones anymore. I am sure he is a lovely guy in real life, so...”Read full review »
beatsy10 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
01/21/22
“Jones is a complete clown and the worst sort of journalist- bigoted , blinkered and sensationalist.”
Anorak201 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
01/17/22
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“Really good episode. The stats stuff was really interesting. More please.
Requests - can we have much less spite and nonsense about Eddie Jones, except when it is newsworthy. Speculation about what he may or may not do about Farrell, Smith and Ford is very painful. When he has named a squad or...”Read full review »
PDAJ 2 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
01/14/22
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“Have absolutely loved the last couple of shows with Alan and particularly Mark, who have both brought a different perspective on the game. More of the same please!”
Wato12 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
12/10/21
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“Great pod, insightful & detailed. Covering all the rugby news at the time.
Very enjoyable when John Inverdale is on with his insights. He gets what the public think at the time.
Stephen Jones however is rude, obnoxious & so out of touch. He never goes into camps & environments to...”Read full review »
PhilNic91 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
11/30/21
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“The second worst thing about "the ruck" is losing Lawrence Dalaglio, the worst thing is keeping Stephen Jones's. He is rude, over opinionated, repeatedly talks over the tip of others/interrupts, it's just bad manners and boorish.
I used to enjoy the podcast, more Jones just robs...”Read full review »
MikeHRC via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
11/20/21
“Stephen Jones has lost it. Opinions are fine but let’s have some balance. it is painful to listen to his barrage of bitter prejudice. Last weeks comments on England match were cringe worthy and to characterise Stuart Barnes observations as “drivel” was unforgivable. Loving the wider range of...”Read full review »
a in gx via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
11/18/21
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