{"podcast":{"title":"The Ruck","slug":"the-ruck-1115414","podcast_index_feed_id":1115414,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/d0e840b0-f5fe-47d3-b781-71019347fb0b","website_url":"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/podcasts/the-ruck","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61ba0ecc1a8cbe70e43cf148/1767917470701-837c1e75-c823-43db-bad3-e27646e9eeac.jpeg","author":"Reynolds Alfie","episode_count":575,"summary":"The Ruck is the journalists' rugby podcast from The Times & The Sunday Times. Join Alfie Reynolds, Alex Lowe, Will Kelleher and a selection of guests every week as they provide insight and reports throughout the season, including big-name interviews and forthright analysis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T18:20:55.688798+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ruck-1115414"},"episode":{"title":"England back to winning ways: But did we learn anything?","slug":"england-back-to-winning-ways-but-did-we-learn-anything","published_at":"2026-07-11T19:23:27+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ruck-1115414/england-back-to-winning-ways-but-did-we-learn-anything","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ruck-1115414","url":"https://shows.acast.com/theruck/episodes/england-back-to-winning-ways-but-did-we-learn-anything","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/theruck/e/6a52982fe31e37bb56d1fbf3/media.mp3","summary":"England absolutely dismantled Fiji 73-8 to return to winning ways on the second weekend of the Nations Championship. Fiji were ill disciplined and lacking accuracy as Steve Borthwick's side put them to the sword. From Merseyside Alex Lowe and Will Kelleher reflect on a bizarre and messy match. They ask what can England take away from the victory given that Fiji were so poor? Does this ease the pressure on Steve Borthwick? Or is the real test how they get on next week against Argentina? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"England absolutely dismantled Fiji 73-8 to return to winning ways on the second weekend of the Nations Championship. Fiji were ill disciplined and lacking…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2027,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ruck-1115414/episodes/england-back-to-winning-ways-but-did-we-learn-anything/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ruck-1115414/england-back-to-winning-ways-but-did-we-learn-anything.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}