{"podcast":{"title":"Rugby Union Weekly","slug":"rugby-union-weekly-443156","podcast_index_feed_id":443156,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p04q5p2n.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04q5p2n","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0lwzd23.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":334,"summary":"Rugby Union Weekly is presented by Ugo Monye, Chris Jones and Danny Care. Between the bickering and tangents they'll bring you special guests and cover the biggest stories in the game. Get in touch with the pod via 5 Live Sport on social media or email rugbyunionweekly@bbc.co.uk , and remember to leave us your ratings and reviews!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T08:18:49.557524+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rugby-union-weekly-443156"},"episode":{"title":"Slade, semi-finals & send-offs","slug":"slade-semi-finals-send-offs","published_at":"2026-06-08T02:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rugby-union-weekly-443156/slade-semi-finals-send-offs","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rugby-union-weekly-443156","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nqp0c8","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0nqp04h.mp3","summary":"Exeter are into the Prem play-offs and Ugo, Ashy and Danny are joined by Henry Slade to reflect on a memorable win over Saracens, and the Chiefs’ remarkable transformation. Slade also discusses his outstanding form after ending the regular season finishing as the league’s top points scorer. We also break down the final round of the Premiership season, including Bath securing a home semi-final thanks to Thomas du Toit’s try-scoring exploits. With Northampton hosting Leicester and Bath welcoming Exeter, will we get an away win in the play-offs this weekend? Plus, it's report card time for those teams that didn’t make the play-offs. We also round up the URC semi-finals after Glasgow’s dramatic collapse against the Bulls, discuss Leinster’s latest shot at silverware, and react to Andy Farrell committing to Ireland until 2031.","meta_description":"Exeter are into the Prem play-offs and Ugo, Ashy and Danny are joined by Henry Slade to reflect on a memorable win over Saracens, and the Chiefs’ remarkab…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3278,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rugby-union-weekly-443156/episodes/slade-semi-finals-send-offs/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rugby-union-weekly-443156/slade-semi-finals-send-offs.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}