{"podcast":{"title":"The Rugby Bunker","slug":"the-rugby-bunker-7484343","podcast_index_feed_id":7484343,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NSR8346935830","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7eea3982-841e-11f0-8877-1b607f3fd1da/image/999337bb2564acb72f40c7aadcdbd70a.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Rugby Bunker","episode_count":32,"summary":"The Rugby Bunker gives you the insight and tactical understanding you need, hosted by Ben Coles (The Observer) and featuring regular guests including Charlie Morgan (The Times). Listen for expert analysis from established rugby journalists, with regular features plus a range of guests, and improve your knowledge of the game each week by joining us in The Rugby Bunker.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-27T00:17:24.608357+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rugby-bunker-7484343"},"episode":{"title":"Can Bath beat Bordeaux-Bègles? When do England pick Calouri? | The Rugby Bunker","slug":"can-bath-beat-bordeaux-b-gles-when-do-england-pick-calouri-the-rugby-bunker","published_at":"2026-04-30T11:09:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rugby-bunker-7484343/can-bath-beat-bordeaux-b-gles-when-do-england-pick-calouri-the-rugby-bunker","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rugby-bunker-7484343","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2850676126.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR2850676126.mp3","summary":"Ben Coles (The Observer) and Charlie Morgan (The Times) are back to break down this weekend's Champions Cup semi-finals - Leinster v Toulon and Bordeaux-Bègles against Bath - before discussing when Noah Calouri should make his England debut and paying tribute to the retiring George North. 02:00 Bordeaux-Bègles v Bath preview 14:20 Leinster v Toulon 24:45 When will England pick Noah Caluori? 36:23 Tribute to George North Follow Ben's Substack: https://theofffieldreview.substack.com/ Ben's work for The Observer: https://observer.co.uk/contributor/ben-coles?type=read Charlie's work for The Times: https://www.thetimes.com/profile/charlie-morgan #rugbyunion #rugbyanalysis #rugby #rugbynews #championscup #bordeauxbegles #ubb #bathrugby #toulon #leinsterrugby #georgenorth #noahcaluori Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Ben Coles (The Observer) and Charlie Morgan (The Times) are back to break down this weekend's Champions Cup semi-finals - Leinster v Toulon and Bordeaux-B…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2371,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-rugby-bunker-7484343/episodes/can-bath-beat-bordeaux-b-gles-when-do-england-pick-calouri-the-rugby-bunker/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rugby-bunker-7484343/can-bath-beat-bordeaux-b-gles-when-do-england-pick-calouri-the-rugby-bunker.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}