{"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":"The Sandy Park showdown & Edwards to England?","slug":"the-sandy-park-showdown-edwards-to-england","published_at":"2026-06-01T15:51:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rugby-union-weekly-443156/the-sandy-park-showdown-edwards-to-england","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rugby-union-weekly-443156","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nphdtc","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0nph5hq.mp3","summary":"All eyes are on Sandy Park this weekend as Rob Baxter and Mark McCall go head-to-head for one last time. Danny, Ugo and Chris look back on Exeter’s impressive win at Leicester that sets up Saturday’s showdown with Saracens for the final play-off spot. Who will come out on top? Will anybody other than Northampton rotate this weekend? It’s now only one win in five for Bath, what is behind their recent slump? Newcastle produced one of the comebacks of the season to stun Sale for a first win since January. There were four home wins as the URC quarter-finals went to form, but who is favourite to life the title in June? Plus, what next for Shaun Edwards amid reports he could be leaving France? Should unions be making a move if one of rugby's most decorated coaches becomes available? There’s also Worcester's Championship play-off triumph to discuss and Jo Yapp's appointment as the first women's British & Irish Lions head coach.","meta_description":"All eyes are on Sandy Park this weekend as Rob Baxter and Mark McCall go head-to-head for one last time. Danny, Ugo and Chris look back on Exeter’s impres…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3500,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rugby-union-weekly-443156/episodes/the-sandy-park-showdown-edwards-to-england/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/the-sandy-park-showdown-edwards-to-england.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}