Lawrence Dallaglio’s Rugby Podcast

Join England legend Lawrence Dallaglio as the Evening Standard Rugby Podcast brings you all the latest news.

Throughout the rugby season, the former England captain will be joined by sporting and celebrity guests to deliver insight, analysis and a lot of humour.

This week, Lawrence and Steve are joined in the studio by Lawrence’s World Cup winning team mate and former Leicester and Harlequins centre, Will Greenwood.

As well as giving his review of the Investec Champions Cup semi-finals, Will shares why he thinks the policy of only allowing players from English clubs to play for the national team is a good one, sparking a debate with Lawrence.

He also offers his assessment of the Premiership run-in, tells us what he loves about coaching his local rugby club and reveals his thoughts on whether he may yet have a future coaching for England.

Plus, Evening Standard rugby correspondent, Nick Purewal, is on hand to offer his predictions for Round 17 of the Premiership.

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Lawrence returns from his Cycle Slam and, along with Steve Cording, chats to this week’s special guest, Tommy Freeman.

As Lawrence completes the last stretch of his Cycle Slam, Steve and Nick are joined by England captain, Marlie Packer, who reflects on the team’s Women’s Six Nations campaign so far.

With Lawrence away on his Cycle Slam, Steve and Nick are joined by Harlequins’ tighthead prop, Will Collier, to chat about Quins' momentous victory in Bordeaux.

Lawrence and Steve are joined by former London Irish player, Henry Arundell, who tells us about his new life with Racing 92, what he’s learnt so far from French rugby and what it’s really like having Siya Kolisi as a team mate.

Lawrence and Steve review the drama of the Easter weekend Premiership action plus Marlie Packer is back to give us the inside scoop on all things Red Roses.

Lawrence, Steve and Nick assess the return of the Premiership as the clubs face The Run-In to the end of the season.

Lawrence and Steve welcome former Saracens and England lock, George Kruis, to the studio for a chat as they round up the end of the Six Nations and look ahead to the return of the Premiership.

Lawrence and Steve are joined by former Leinster and Ireland centre Gordon D’Arcy, as they review the Six Nations Round 4 contest at Twickenham.

Lawrence and Steve are joined by Ben Kay as they look ahead to Round 4 of the Six Nations, with a specific focus on Saturday's England v Ireland game at Twickenham.

Lawrence and Steve are joined by former Scotland captain, John Barclay, as they look ahead to this weekend’s Six Nations games with a special focus on the Calcutta Cup fixture at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Lawrence is joined by former Wales player, Shane Williams, who holds the record as top try scorer for his country, and Evening Standard rugby correspondent, Nick Purewal.

Lawrence, Steve and special guest, Jiffy, deliver their analysis of the opening weekend of the Six Nations before looking ahead to Round 2. The trio also pay tribute to rugby legend, Barry John.

Lawrence and Steve are joined by former Leicester, England and British and Irish Lions player, Ben Kay MBE, as they look ahead to the start of the Six Nations.

Lawrence and Steve review the weekend’s rugby action from the Investec Champions Cup and look ahead to the return of the Premiership.

Lawrence and Steve bring you all the latest rugby news from the Investec Champions Cup, discussing the highlights from the weekend’s games before looking ahead to the match-ups and possible outcomes from Round 4.

Lawrence and Steve get festive with a chat about Christmases past and present, reminiscing on family traditions, and their best ever presents as children.

With Sarra away and Lawrence on his sick bed, Steve Cording hosts a one-to-one chat with Bath Rugby Assistant Coach, Lee Blackett.

Trigger warning: this episode discusses themes of mental health, self-harm and suicide. For support and help, please see the links below.

At a time when high profile players and officials are taking a break from international duties to protect and prioritise their mental health, Lawrence, Sarra and Steve welcome Simon Trower onto the podcast to discuss some of the issues surrounding this topic.

If you or a friend or loved one need help and support with mental health, please contact one of these charities: Brave Mind, Samaritans, Mind, Shout

Lawrence, Sarra and Steve are joined in the studio by life-long Harlequins’ fan and Michelin star chef, Michel Roux Jr.‌ Michel chats about his experiences at The Stoop, who he supports when it comes to ‘Le Crunch’ and what meal he thinks epitomises the game of rugby.

Lawrence sits down for a one-to-one chat with former England captain, Martin Johnson, as they mark the 20th anniversary of lifting the Webb Ellis Cup in Australia.

Lawrence, Sarra and the Evening Standard’s Steve Cording are joined by Red Roses' captain, Marlie Packer, to chat about the exciting changes in women’s rugby.

Lawrence, Sarra and Steve are joined by Rugby World Cup final referee Wayne Barnes.

Lawrence, Sarra and Steve take one last look at the Rugby World Cup.

Recorded in front of a live audience at Samsung King’s Cross, Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and Steve Cording are joined by former Wasps and England player, James Haskell.

Lawrence, Sarra and Steve are joined by Irish rugby legend, Brian O’Driscoll, as they reflect on the end of Ireland’s World Cup dreams and look ahead to the semi-finals in Paris.

Lawrence, Sarra and Steve are joined by England and Toulouse flanker, Jack Willis, who gives an update on his injury and an insight to England’s Rugby World Cup camp.

Lawrence, Sarra and Steve are back in the studio with their special guest, TV presenter - and an iTunes number one artist! - Nick Knowles.

Lawrence and Steve welcome former Scotland international Kenny Logan, who joins them as he travels from Edinburgh to Paris in his Rugby World Cup Challenge in memory of Doddie Weir.

You can follow Kenny’s journey on Instagram @kennylogansrwcchallenge or donate here

Lawrence is safely back from France and is joined in the studio by his old mate Jason Leonard and Steve. They discuss rooming together on England duty and how they went out on a flyer before actually checking in.

Having headed to France for the Wales v Australia match, Lawrence finds himself unexpectedly waylaid on the continent. After tracking him down on French public transport, Steve Cording tackles the rumour that our former England captain has been seen wearing a Wales jersey. Is it true?

Lawrence, Sarra and Steve welcome Australia’s Head Coach, Eddie Jones, back onto the podcast. Eddie reflects on the Wallabies defeat to Fiji, what he’s thinking ahead of the crucial upcoming fixture against Wales, how he feels watching England in action and, now at his fifth Rugby World Cup, shares his opinion on how the game is changing.

Lawrence, Sarra and Steve are joined by Welsh rugby legend Jonathan Davies, aka Jiffy, to chat through the opening weekend of the Rugby World Cup.

Lawrence, Sarra Elgan and Steve Cording are reunited as they preview the upcoming Rugby World Cup along with special guest, Mike Tindall.

Ahead of the new season, Lawrence catches up with Steve Cording from the Evening Standard to discuss what’s gone wrong with the England team and who he thinks is to blame. Plus, Lawrence also talks about his new book, The Boys of Winter, in which he revisits every member of the 2003 Rugby World Cup winning squad and coaching team to ask them how did it change your life?

Lawrence Dallaglio shares memories of his childhood, teenage years and the personal circumstances that led him to take up rugby, reflecting on how much it helped change the course of his life, and why it led to him founding his charity, Dallaglio RugbyWorks.

More information about the work of the charity can be found online at dallagliorugbyworks.com.

As the rugby season comes to an end, Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and Evening Standard rugby correspondent, Nick Purewal, are joined by former England Head Coach, Eddie Jones.

Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and the Evening Standard’s Steve Cording are joined by former Head Coach of Wasps, Lee Blackett. Lee talks about his experience in the URC and why he’s learned to love his long commute, plus why he chose Bath for the next step of his career and what excites him about the year ahead.

Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and Steve Cording are joined by former Wasps’ and Harlequins’ winger, Josh Bassett. Josh shares the mental and emotional challenges that he’s faced in rugby over the past seven months, reveals why he’s excited to be starting the new season with Leicester Tigers and offers his thoughts on the changes that rugby players feel should be made to help grow the game.

Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and the Evening Standard’s rugby correspondent, Nick Purewal, are joined by former player and now General Secretary of the Rugby Players’ Association, Christian Day. Christian talks about essential work of the RPA, his agenda for changes to the game and what the men can learn from the personalities in women’s rugby.

Fresh from winning the Grand Slam with the Red Roses, Simon Middleton joins Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and the Evening Standard’s Steve Cording, as he reflects on what prompted his decision to step down as head coach.

This week, Lawrence Dallaglio is joined by Sarra Elgan and Evening Standard rugby correspondent, Nick Purewal, as they discuss all the weekend action from Round 23 of the Premiership and look ahead to the upcoming European Champions Cup semi-finals.

Lawrence is joined by Sarra Elgan and the Evening Standard’s Steve Cording plus their special guest, London Irish back-row forward, Tom Pearson. Tom shares what he’s learnt by taking the university rather than academy route into professional rugby, his ambition for getting capped by England and the Exiles mindset.

Lawrence is joined by Sarra Elgan and Evening Standard rugby correspondent, Nick Purewal, as they round up the results from the weekend’s European Champions Cup Quarter Finals.

Lawrence is joined by Steve Cording and rugby correspondent, Nick Purewal, plus special guest and World Cup winning former Red Rose, Kat Merchant.

Lawrence, Steve and Nick chat through the results from Round 21 of the Premiership including the London Irish players dazzling at the annual St Patrick’s Party game and how Bath pulled off a five-try victory against Exeter. Plus, the guys select their Player of the Week.

In the final Six Nations Special, Lawrence Dallaglio is joined by Steve Cording and Nick Purewal from the Evening Standard to review the results of the championship and discuss where each nation stands ahead of the World Cup later this year.

Lawrence is joined by Steve Cording and Nick Purewal from the Evening Standard, plus special guest Gonzalo Quesada, the former fly-half for Argentina and current Head Coach for Top 14 club, Stade Français.

In this special live episode, Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and Steve Cording are joined this week by one of England Rugby’s most celebrated Red Roses, Emily Scarratt.

Lawrence is joined by Steve Cording and Nick Purewal to discuss all the latest rugby news. Their special guest is London Irish Head Coach, Les Kiss.

In a special live episode, Lawrence is reunited with co-host Sarra Elgan and joined by England and Bath centre, Jonathan Joseph, along with Steve Cording from the Evening Standard.

This week Lawrence Dallaglio is joined by the Evening Standard’s Steve Cording and rugby correspondent Nick Purewal, plus Leicester fly-half/centre Jimmy Gopperth, as they review Round 2 of the Six Nations and look ahead to the return of this weekend’s Premiership games.

Lawrence Dallaglio is joined by the Evening Standard’s Steve Cording and rugby correspondent, Nick Purewal, plus special guest Martin Castrogiovanni to discuss the opening round of this year’s Six Nations.

Lawrence is joined by the Evening Standard’s Steve Cording and Nick Purewal. Plus their special guest is former fly-half Craig Chalmers, who earned 60 caps for Scotland, toured with the British & Irish Lions in 1989 and appeared 13 times for the Barbarians.

Lawrence Dallaglio is joined by Steve Cording from the Evening Standard and former Saracens’ and England lock, George Kruis.

Lawrence Dallaglio, Steve Cording and Nick Purewal are joined by former Wallaby lock, Justin Harrison. Justin recalls his debut for Australia in 2001 and the historic win against the British & Irish Lions.

Lawrence is joined by the Evening Standard’s Nick Purewal and Steve Cording to chat about the fast-moving situation at the RFU and what a new head coach for England needs to bring to the table.

Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and ES rugby correspondent, Nick Purewal, are joined by former Springbok captain, Bob Skinstad, who talks about his early days playing for South Africa.

Harlequins’ loosehead, Joe Marler, chats to Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and Nick Purewal about being mentored by Jason Leonard; his Beyonce inspired tracksuit, why he loves podcasting and his personal hopes for the next World Cup.

Lawrence Dallaglio and Evening Standard rugby correspondent, Nick Purewal, are joined by former New Zealand scrum-half, Justin Marshall. Justin chats about his favourite memories in an All Black jersey, what he learned by playing club rugby in the UK and why he’s frustrated with the current All Black set up.

Harlequins’ loosehead, Joe Marler, chats to Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and Nick Purewal about being mentored by Jason Leonard; his Beyonce inspired tracksuit, why he loves podcasting and his personal hopes for the next World Cup.

Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and Steve Cording are joined by one of the most accomplished rugby coaches, Warren Gatland, whose teams have included Galwegians, Connacht, Ireland, Wasps, Wales, the Chiefs and three British and Irish Lions tours.

As he approaches his 100th Test cap, and looks ahead to becoming the most capped international referee of all time, Wayne Barnes joins Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and Steve Cording to chat about his rugby career, including the best and worst aspects of being a ref.

Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and Steve Cording are joined by Sale Sharks’ fly-half, Rob Du Preez. They chat about his early years playing rugby and which fellow South Africans had a hand in him swapping Durban for Manchester.

Recorded live at The Twickenham Stoop following a game between Harlequins and Leicester Tigers, Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and Steve Cording are joined by three Quins players; Alex Dombrandt, Emily Robinson and Cadan Murley.

Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and Steve Cording are joined by Northampton Saints’ scrum-half, Alex Mitchell, who chats about Saints training session, what he’s learned from Dan Biggar, and why he thinks rugby is changing.

Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and the Evening Standard’s Steve Cording are joined by Red Roses’ back-row, Marlie Packer, who chats about preparations for the World Cup in New Zealand.

Lawrence Dallaglio, Sarra Elgan and the Evening Standard’s Steve Cording welcome Exeter Chiefs’ captain, Luke Cowan-Dickie.

This week’s special guest is the most capped Harlequins player of all time, and former England full back, Mike Brown, who shares his future plans away from the rugby field, discusses who he thinks should be in England’s starting back three and also reveals which superhero he’d most like to be.

In this special live episode, recording at the world famous Cabbage Patch pub in Twickenham, Lawrence is joined by fellow England World Cup winner Kyran Bracken, London Irish and Australia prop Ollie Hoskins and World Cup winning Red Rose Claire Purdy to chew over England’s second test against Australia as well as Ireland’s historic win against the All Blacks.

Sarra Elgan chats to Lawrence and his guest, former England and Saracens centre Brad Barritt, about their experiences of playing at Twickenham and what gets said in the changing rooms before a game.

Lawrence is joined by Wasps’ Jack Willis, Cherry Jam podcaster Ed Price and ES sports journalist Will Macpherson.

In this special episode Lawrence is joined by Simon Massie-Taylor, the CEO of Premiership Rugby, and also by former Leicester, Lions & England player, Ben Kay.

Sarra Elgan sits in for Lawrence again this week and is joined by Leicester, England and Lions legend, Ben Kay; captain of Harlequins women’s team and former England centre, Rachael Burford; and host of the Sale fan podcast, The Shark Tank, James Madeley.

Lawrence is joined by Leicester scrum-half, Ben Youngs, former Northampton player and co-host of The Saints Show podcast, Lennie Newman, and ES Sport journalist, Will Macpherson.

With Lawrence away, Sarra Elgan stepped in as guest presenter. Joining her to discuss all the weekend Premiership action was Leicester, England and Lions legend, Ben Kay, ES journalist Will Macpherson, and Michael Wood, who is co-host of the award-winning Two Woods, Four Quarters: A Harlequins Podcast.

Lawrence is joined by Sir Clive Woodward and Harlequins captain, Rachael Burford. The men’s Six Nations may be over but conversations around England’s lack of performance continue.

Lawrence welcomes Scottish legend Greig Laidlaw to the podcast and after discussing Italy’s amazing win, Ireland’s victory and France’s Grand Slam the talk inevitably turns to England and the future for Eddie Jones.

Lawrence is joined by TV & radio presenter, Carol Vorderman, Newcastle fan and host of the Folk on Falcons podcast, Philip Mundy, and ES sports journalist, Matt Majendie.

Lawrence is joined by England rugby ace, Emily Scarratt, ES sports journalist, Simon Collings, and Saracens fan and host of The Fezcast, Jez Denton.

Lawrence is joined by rugby royalty and one of the greatest players of all time, Brian O’Driscoll (BOD). Plus Bill Pulling from the London Irish ‘Exile Nation’ podcast.

Lawrence is joined by London Irish legend, Topsy Ojo, ES sports journalist, Will Macpherson, and Bristol fan and host of the Bears Beyond the Gate podcast, Tony Cox.

Lawrence and former France back Thomas Castaignède discuss England’s performance in Rome against Italy and look ahead to round three of the Championship.

The Evening Standard’s Will Macpherson brings the latest rugby news, and hosts the in-show quiz “Over the Line or In the Bin” where Lawrence and guests vie to be crowned the champion of rugby trivia: do you know how the Calcutta Cup was made?