{"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":"The pros and cons of a British and Irish Lions tour to France | The Rugby Bunker","slug":"the-pros-and-cons-of-a-british-and-irish-lions-tour-to-france-the-rugby-bunker","published_at":"2026-04-24T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rugby-bunker-7484343/the-pros-and-cons-of-a-british-and-irish-lions-tour-to-france-the-rugby-bunker","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rugby-bunker-7484343","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR3592553120.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR3592553120.mp3","summary":"Ben Coles (The Observer) and Charlie Morgan (The Times) discuss Thursday's news from Charles Richardson (The Telegraph) that the British and Irish Lions are open to a new touring destination after 2029, with France, Japan and the Americas all possible destinations. Ben and Charlie then discuss the Women's Six Nations and PREM fixtures ahead of the weekend. 01:15 The breaking news about the Lions 14:28 Round three of the Women's Six Nations 23:01 The PREM with Bath travelling to Northampton 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 #britishandirishlions #lionstour #womenssixnations #premrugby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Ben Coles (The Observer) and Charlie Morgan (The Times) discuss Thursday's news from Charles Richardson (The Telegraph) that the British and Irish Lions a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2654,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-rugby-bunker-7484343/episodes/the-pros-and-cons-of-a-british-and-irish-lions-tour-to-france-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/the-pros-and-cons-of-a-british-and-irish-lions-tour-to-france-the-rugby-bunker.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}