{"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":"French dominance in Europe! Bordeaux hammer Leinster","slug":"french-dominance-in-europe-bordeaux-hammer-leinster","published_at":"2026-05-23T23:08:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ruck-1115414/french-dominance-in-europe-bordeaux-hammer-leinster","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ruck-1115414","url":"https://shows.acast.com/theruck/episodes/french-dominance-in-europe-bordeaux-hammer-leinster","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/theruck/e/6a12335a163f100183908a60/media.mp3","summary":"Alex and Will are in Bilbao to reflect on the Champions Cup final! Bordeaux have won back-to-back titles to join the elite sides in European Club rugby. What makes them so special? It is now 6 years in a row that a French club have been crowned Champions of Europe, how can anyone catch them? What does this defeat mean for Leinster? Their 5th Champions Cup final defeat in a row and is this one the most damaging of the lot? Plus, do EPCR need to do more 'destination' cities for their finals? And will we see a World Cup in Spain!? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Alex and Will are in Bilbao to reflect on the Champions Cup final! Bordeaux have won back-to-back titles to join the elite sides in European Club rugby. W…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2228,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ruck-1115414/episodes/french-dominance-in-europe-bordeaux-hammer-leinster/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/french-dominance-in-europe-bordeaux-hammer-leinster.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}