{"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":"Historic weekend leaves three nations in the running","slug":"historic-weekend-leaves-three-nations-in-the-running","published_at":"2026-03-09T14:33:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ruck-1115414/historic-weekend-leaves-three-nations-in-the-running","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ruck-1115414","url":"https://shows.acast.com/theruck/episodes/historic-weekend-leaves-three-nations-in-the-running","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/theruck/e/69aeda3843610154c372924b/media.mp3","summary":"What a weekend of 6 Nations action! Italy recorded their first-ever win against England, Scotland produced one of their best performances to put 50 points on France and Wales continued their revival in defeat to Ireland. Alfie, Elgan and Charlie look back on all the action and ask where this weekend ranks all-time in 6 Nations history? They also discuss what makes Scotland so impressive after their victory gives them a shot at the title on Super Saturday? How damaging was the defeat for France and what does it mean that they will miss out on a Grand Slam for the second year running? Plus, how will England regroup after their defeat in Rome? *** Allianz Future Fund | Allianz Insurance Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"What a weekend of 6 Nations action! Italy recorded their first-ever win against England, Scotland produced one of their best performances to put 50 points…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3242,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ruck-1115414/episodes/historic-weekend-leaves-three-nations-in-the-running/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/historic-weekend-leaves-three-nations-in-the-running.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}