As this season of the Scrum Down comes to the close, we are sadly marking it with the historic event of London Irish entering administration.In a season which has seen a fantastic Rugby product on the field and lots of success across different formats of the game, it has been blighted by the situations of Wasps, Worcester Warriors and sadly now, Lo…

The Gallagher Premiership season may be over, but there is still a lot of confusion and questions over the future of London Irish. Corbs is joined by the BBC’s Chris Jones, to discuss the latest stories, following on from a conditional extension from the RFU possibly being broken, and how that may affect the fate of the club in the near future.…

This week on the Scrum Down we continue to cover the developing ownership situation at London Irish, with only a matter of days remaining before the RFU's deadline for Irish to play in the league next year hits. To cover this, Alex Lowe joins again, fresh from a trip to Dublin where he watched the Champions Cup, and then we focus on Twickenham and …

Ross Hamilton is back on the Scrum Down to review the semi-final games in the Premiership over the weekend with Saracens and Northampton Saints facing off as well as Sale Sharks and Leicester Tigers.And Alex Lowe is back as we keep on the pulse of the London Irish story, with more clarity on the ownership situation as well as the league preparing c…

On this weeks Scrum Down we look at both the exciting and worrying sides of the Premiership, with Alex Lowe joining to talk about the concerns that are still causing problems at London Irish as well as the latest developments with Worcester Warriors and Wasps.And then Ross Hamilton joins to go through the Premiership semi-finals by the numbers as w…

Alex Lowe joins Corbs to discuss what’s happening at London Irish where the players have not been paid their wages for April.As we’ve had in previous episodes of the Scrum Down, Alex Lowe is the man in the know in the UK to bring us the inside info at the troubled clubs - as he has done with Worcester Warriors and Wasps so far this season. They dis…

On this weeks Scrum Down, Chris Jones and Alex Lowe both join to discuss the big rugby news topics in the UK.They carry on the discussion from last week following Jack Nowell’s tweet and subsequent disciplinary action, before looking ahead to the upcoming semi-finals and discussing if anyone can stop Saracens, they then discuss the RFU’s changes to…

This week's Scrum Down sees the return of Alex Lowe to the podcast, to discuss the state of Premiership Rugby in the UK. From the playoff race to sending-offs and possible bans for Twitter comments, to the future of the league itself with a possible drop to 10 teams including an update on Worcester and Wasps as well as future collaboration with the…

On this weeks Scrum Down, Corbs runs through the past weeks action in the Heineken Champions Cup, discussing travel issues and wage disparities in the teams before touching on his thoughts on what English rugby needs to change and integrate between league and national team to benefit the sport.And then we are joined by USA 7s Eagle Kristi Kirshe to…

London Irish’ Chunya Munga joins Corbs on The Scrum Down fresh off his 50th appearance for the club, the two react to Irish’s big win over Northampton, back to back Premiership Cup Final defeats, the success of the London Irish Academy, the run in to the playoffs ahead for London Irish with two big games remaining and much much more.…

For the final time in 2023, The Scrum Down focusses on the Six Nations which has been won by Ireland, who also won a Grand Slam.Corbs is joined again by Ross Hamilton to break down the numbers from the final round, evaluate the teams and see their progress throughout the tournament as well as look at some of the key stats that have determined the o…

We continue our series of ‘Six Nations by The Numbers’ joined by analyst Ross Hamilton to look at a huge 4th round of the Competition where England got a huge wake-up call, Wales finally found winning form and Ireland continued on their way towards a grand slam.Ross and Corbs disect the weekends matches before looking ahead to the next round of the…

Round 4 of the Six Nations take place this coming weekend - so continue our run of ‘six nations by the numbers’ podcasts, analyst Ross Hamilton is back with Corbs to look ahead to the key statistics that could make the difference between the teams in the tournament this weekend.Af NBC Sports, ross hamilton, nbc, Alex Corbisiero, NBC Sports Rugby

Ross Hamilton is back on the pod to go breakdown the key numbers and stats from each game from the 3rd round of the Six Nations with Alex reacting and adding his insight. And then to talk Six Nations news story’s Alex is joined by the returning Chris Jones of the BBC, they discuss the Welsh player strike drama from last week, the state of the Welsh…

This weeks Scrum Down looks ahead to the third round of the Six Nations with analyst Ross Hamilton. We study the Six Nations match ups by the numbers to see where teams are performing best, how they’re styles match up and what will be the key statistics that could decide the games. And then Joe Schroeder from the Men's USA Sevens joins for a look a…

Following the 2nd round of matches at the Six Nations over the weekend, former Ireland international Luke Fitzgerald joins us on the Scrum Down to discuss Ireland - the standout team of the competition so far.After that, Rugby statistician and performance analyst Ross Hamilton is on the show to break down all of the key numbers across the weekend a…

The Six Nations began in dramatic fashion with Scotland keeping hold of the Calcutta cup following victory over England. To react to this and gloat, Corbs is joined again by former Scotland International, Blair Cowan - who earns the podcasts bragging rights after a correct prediction last episode.And then Chris Jones of the BBC joins to summarize t…

This weeks pod features 3 guests as Alex Lowe joins us to revisit the ongoing saga regarding tackle height and the RFU in the UK, before we transition into the 6 nations.Alex talks about the current situation with England’s team and their chances heading into the tournament, and we also get a Scottish and Irish perspective with former Scottish inte…

2:00 Alex Lowe 2:47 - Tackle Height changes and Upraor 6:33 - why is the RFU doing this now? 10:31 - Double Tackle Laws 13:00 - Will the rules reduce concussion? 14:22 - When will this filter into the professional game? 18:08 - Law Changes overshadowing the Six Nations 24:00 - Sam Sullivan & Cheta Emba 24:20 - Looking ahead to Sydney 25:13 - Lookin…

01:47 - Eddie Jones News 06:46 - Should the RFU have prevented Eddie Jones’ switch? 12:40 - A Strong Australia squad going forward 17:20 - Will Eddie Jones and Warren Gatland both fulfil their 5 year plans? 24:00 - Sinfield and Borthwick announcing 6 nations team 30:40 - England Squad Selections 38:42 - England's captaincy and Owen Farell…

1:55 - Chris Robshaws’ life after retirement. 05:50 - Steve Evans appointment as England’s new attack coach 12:00 - Kevin Sinfield, England and the Six Nations 17:00 - Getting the Twickenham crowd back onside 19:45 - Chris and Corbs’s combined England 15 31:10 - English Rugby now has options 33:55 - Will England appoint a new captain? 41:00 - Team …

01:30 Joe Taufete’e Intro 01:55 - Joe’s Injury Recovery 04:00 - MLR vs Premiership 4:49 - Departure of Steve Borthwick from Leicester Tigers 6:36 - Joe on Kevin Sinfield 7:36 - Should Leicester be worried with changes? 9:38 - Joe on new Head Coach Richard Wigglesworth 11:33 - Joe on Eagles missing on the World Cup 15:15 - Looking Forwards with the …

01:00 Corbs view on England and Steve Borthwick 08:33 - London Irish win against Saracens 13:55 - The ambition of London Irish 16:10 - Toms career and Journey 21:40 - Tom playing under Eddie Jones 24:00 - Has Tom spoken to Steve Borthwick? 25:00 - Tom’s aims for his career 29:30 - Tom using Breath Coach 33:00 - Similarities with Jonathan Fisher…

00:15 Corbs Reacts to 7s and Gary Gold News 06:45 - Steve Borthwick should become the next England Coach 14:00 - Steve Borthwick Tactics 17:00 - England Needing Defensive Improvements 19:30 - Leicester looking for Steve’s replacement 23:00 - Premiership Relaunch 30:10 - Will the restructure fix fundamental league issues? 32:00 - Latest on Wasps and…

1:31 - Eddie Jones Dismissed 1:48 - Chris Jones initial thoughts 2:47 - Alex Lowe initial thoughts 4:11 - Corbs initial thoughts 6:22 - Eddie’s Coaching Staff 8:39 - Eddie’s Failures to rebuild 13:02 - What’s gone wrong since 2019? 16:12 - England ‘botching’ their succession plan 19:26 - Why was Eddie backed until now? 20:40 - Eddie Jones’ Successo…

00:30 - England Chat 03:55 - England Fans booing 05:10 - Ross Young P1 Recap 09:15 - Player development pathways 13:37 - Should USA Rugby take more control of the pathways? 16:20 - Collectivising the Collegiate System 19:25 - Could World Rugby help finance the collegiate system? 24:27 - Is Dan Payne an unlikely fit? 26:30 - Should the USA share the…

4:50 - USA World Cup Reaction 8:29 - How big a blow to USA’s upward trajectory is not qualifying? 11:05 - Where does accountability lie? 13:03 - Ideas for moving forward 19:22 - A possible USA team in SLAR? 23:07 - Would SLAR create conflicts with MLR? 26:31 - Calendars and commercial strategies combining 29:25 - Will the USA completely Re-Draw the…

On this weeks Scrum Down, we start by talking through the past weekends Rugby World Cup Final. Alex talks with Black Ferns Forwards coach Mike Cron about their transformation to world champions in 6 months and then he chats to former England international Kat Merchant about the final and the aftermath for both teams as well as the future of the wom…

1:33 - The Buzz Around the World Cup in New Zealand 2:18 - A sold out World Cup Final 5:06 - England vs Canada 10:01 - New Zealand Vs France 13:21 - The World Cup Final 15:55 - Englands Strengths 22:00 - Chris Jones Intro 22:25 - Autumn Internatioanls 23:39 - Wales vs New Zealand 24:27 - England vs Argentina 31:34 - Is Englands focus too much on th…

1:17 - Intro to Abby Gustaitis 3:00 - The Semi Finals Top 4 4:14 - USA Vs Canada 8:11 - The USA Falling Short 10:27 - Where can the US improve? 15:54 - England vs Canada Selfie 18:46 - New Zealand vs France 23:14 - Corbs and Abby’s vote for the win 26:00 Bryce Intro 26:24 - Preparation in the US Squad 27:18 -The mood of the Eagles 30:45 - Coaching …

01:14 Rob Cain Intro 01:35 Rob’s World Cup Experience 02:09 The USA’s World Cup Journey 03:40 USA vs Canada 08:26 Rob’s job so far 09:54 Professionalism growing in the Women’s game 11:48 What does Rob enjoy the most? 12:51 Intro to Chris Jones 16:00 The Womens game and World Cup 17:36 Can the Red Roses generate revenue in the UK? 21:27 France vs It…

00:43 - Premiership Score Breakdown 02:12 - Premiership Table 03:00 - Wasps Administration 06:11 - Introducing Kate and JoJo 07:00 - USA vs Japan 08:15 - Carrying Momentum into the Canada Game 09:10 - USA vs Italy 13:40 - the USA Experience at the World Cup 16:25 - The USA team commitment 18:50 - What it means to play for your country at the world …

00:00 World Cup and Gallagher Premiership Run Down 5:16 - Alex Intro and Worcester Discussion 9:39 - Worcester's Owners and Myriad of Companies 11:01 - Red Flags ignored by RFU 14:47 - Could Worcester's troubles have been prevented? 23:30 - Could Worcester put a squad together if the club is saved? 27:15 - The Latest on Wasps 29:50 - Relegation aff…

01:57 - Introducing Jonathan 02:55 - Jonathan’s step-up to coaching 03:40 - How things are going at London Irish 05:00 - London Irish’s Identity 08:20 - London Irish’s attacking potential 10:30 - Growth going forward for London Irish’ squad 14:04 - Does lack of relegation help the clubs in the Premiership? 16:20 - London Irish’ Academy 20:00 - Jona…

00:10 Intro And Premiership Run down 02:21 - Alex Lowe Introduction 03:00 - Worcester Warriors 06:00 - Worcester defending a winding up order 08:10 - Worcester’s current owners trying to avoid administration 10:10- Could the owners have avoided the ban from Rugby? 12:30 - Is this a wake-up call for the RFU and Premiership Rugby? 14:50 - The governa…

00:50 - Gary Introduction 3:15 - World Cup Qualifications 4:30 - Losing to Chile 7:05 - Fitness in the camp 11:10 - Warm up games in South Africa 14:15 - Gary’s Frustrations 17:00 - Lack of year-round Rugby hampering the Eagles 19:55 - Passion of the squad 22:00 - Struggles of not having regular camp time with the Eagles 25:20 - The commitments of …

00:10 Intro 01:19 Dan Lyle Intro 01:40 Fiji RWC 7’S Win 04:00 Australia Women’s RWC 7’S Win 07:00 Landscape of USA Rugby 16:00: AJ MacGinty 35:00: MacGinty reflects on Eagles 15’s RWC Path to Qualification 44:00 OutroAf alex corbisiero, nbc sports, nbc, dan lyle, aj macginty

00:10 Intro 01:30 Alex Lowe Introductions 02:04 Developments with Worcester Warriors 04:30 How are Worcester warriors in such a bad situation? 05:00 MPs calling for Administration 06:30 Warriors ownership group responding to administration calls 07:30 Other clubs struggling with debt in the league. 09:30 Are changes needed for the league? 14:10 Wha…

1:08 - Dan Lyle Head of AEG Rugby talks the success of the LA 7's through hardships 5:25 - USA 7's Captain Abby Gustaitis discusses the Sevens Series Landscape and the future of USA Rugby 10:32 - USA 7's Coach Mike Friday relfects on USA Rugby's performance 14:34 - Australia 7's Billy Meakes on Australia 7's teams priorities for the Weekend and mov…

01:45 - Rupert introduction 02:35 - Problems at Worcester Warriors 05:15 - Worcester’s 6 Million Tax Bill 06:10 - Worcester's Tax Bill EXCEEDS their salary cap 06:45 - Where’s Worcester’s money gone? 08:25 - Worcester's Owners Intentions 09:05 - Players Discontent 11:00 - Worcester's Assets 12:15 - Olly Lawrence’s Tweet 15:45 - Where will the playe…

Ahmed is back in charge of the hosting duties for this show as Alex and him discuss all the latest news and reaction of the 2021 British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa. The two analyze the loss to South Africa A, what we learned from both sides and where they are on their preparations before the first test match. Alex also picks his starting Li…

The Scrumdown is back as it's British and Irish Lions Tour time and the only way to watch it in the USA is with NBC Sports! Alex is joined by fellow NBC pundit Dan Lyle to discuss all the latest developments of the tour. The boys talk the current COVID disruptions, what it means for the tour, the performances against the Sigma Lions and Cell C Shar…

Alex and Ahmed react to and break down the European Champions Cup final, which aired on NBC this weekend. They also look at the Premiership run into the playoffs and the latest on the British and Irish Lions tour, which is on NBC Sports this summer.Af NBC Sports

The 2021 British and Irish Lions squad has been selected for the tour to South Africa and Alex Corbisiero and Dan Lyle are here to break it all down. The two start by reflecting on the roller coaster ride that has been if and where the tour will happen, their excitement to be covering it on NBC Sports and what the coverage will look like with the O…

No Ahmed this week allows Alex to wrestle back control of the hosting duties for this show, where he is joined by Dan Lyle to talk all things Champions Cup on NBC Sports. The two review all the weekend's last 16 knock out action and preview the upcoming quarter final match ups.Af NBC Sports

Alex and Ahmed are back again talking all things on Rugby on NBC. They reflect on the finale of the Six Nations, look at the Premiership table, preview this weekend's Champions Cup fixtures and Alex picks his current British and Irish Lions XV, plus the first Chuck Norris comparison in show history.Af NBC Sports

Alex and Ahmed are back with plenty to break down after the "Not so Final" round of Six Nations action. The boys dive deep into the dramatic ending to the Wales vs. France game, talk about their weekend back together at NBC Sports HQ in Stamford, diagnose what is going wrong with England, discuss Eddie Jones' future, preview France vs Scotland, and…

Alex is back from coaching the LA Giltinis in Hawaii and reveals what he learned being back in a professional environment. Ahmed and Alex also discuss the Wales England referee controversy, the effect of the Scotland France postponement on the tournament, the latest developments with the British and Irish Lions tour, plus the current Premiership Ru…

The boys are back again to review the opening round of Six Nations' matches and the fallout, plus look ahead to Round 2. Alex diagnoses where he thinks England are going wrong, makes the case for why Ireland look to have improved despite the loss, confesses his love for France's Antoine Dupont, weighs the prospect of a Six Nations relegation and ra…

Alex and Ahmed review all the weekend's Premiership Rugby action, discuss the potential of the British and Irish Lions playing their tour in Australia and preview the opening round of the 2021 Six Nations.Af NBC Sports