{"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's 'alarming' defeat to brilliant Ireland","slug":"england-s-alarming-defeat-to-brilliant-ireland","published_at":"2026-02-21T22:59:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ruck-1115414/england-s-alarming-defeat-to-brilliant-ireland","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ruck-1115414","url":"https://shows.acast.com/theruck/episodes/englands-alarming-defeat-to-brilliant-ireland","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/theruck/e/699a38ec240b4a2d754a0bbd/media.mp3","summary":"England's hopes of a 6 Nations title went up in smoke as they lost to Ireland at Twickenham. Following a loss to Scotland a week ago, Steve Borthwick's side produced another lacklustre and dreadful performance. Alfie, Will and Charlie try to pick through the bones of a galling defeat which will ask major questions of this England team. Will it be a performance which ends England careers for some players? Is this 6 Nations campaign salvageable? And, why have the wheels come off so spectacularly? Plus, they chat about Ireland's excellent display! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"England's hopes of a 6 Nations title went up in smoke as they lost to Ireland at Twickenham. Following a loss to Scotland a week ago, Steve Borthwick's si…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2248,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ruck-1115414/episodes/england-s-alarming-defeat-to-brilliant-ireland/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-s-alarming-defeat-to-brilliant-ireland.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}