{"podcast":{"title":"The Rugby Pod","slug":"the-rugby-pod-743069","podcast_index_feed_id":743069,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ringer-the-rugby-pod","website_url":"https://www.theringer.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/144cf59c-9300-11eb-aedd-1be475feceb5/image/a6bceeba1431b3d75e0789cc62f29fea.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Ringer","episode_count":499,"summary":"The Rugby Pod with Big Jim Hamilton, Andy Goode, Dan Biggar, Producer Rob and weekly guests is the most listened to Rugby podcast in the world. We cover all the latest news, rumours insight and stories, but with plenty of humour, opinions and the best interviews from the game, including current and former internationals. Follow us on social media and send us in your questions to chat through each week.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rugby-pod-743069"},"episode":{"title":"#16 New Year Reckoning, Festive Box Office Rugby, and 2026 Predictions","slug":"16-new-year-reckoning-festive-box-office-rugby-and-2026-predictions","published_at":"2026-01-06T09:13:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rugby-pod-743069/16-new-year-reckoning-festive-box-office-rugby-and-2026-predictions","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rugby-pod-743069","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2165901839.mp3?updated=1767677014","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2165901839.mp3?updated=1767677014","summary":"The Rugby Pod is back for 2026 and the lads kick off the new year by rounding up a huge festive period of rugby before looking ahead to what promises to be a blockbuster year. Jim, Goodey and Bigs dig into the Premiership at the halfway mark, picking their biggest surprises so far, before a deep dive on England’s wing options as Immanuel Feyi-Waboso steals the show and selection debates rage ahead of the Six Nations. There’s statement wins for Northampton, Leicester and Newcastle, big questions for Harlequins and Gloucester. Over in the URC, the table is turned on its head as the Dragons surge, Leinster and Ulster flex their muscle, and the South African derbies deliver some chaos . The lads also preview a massive weekend of Champions Cup action on Premier Sports, fire through some predictions for 2026, and hand out the first Good, Bad & Ugly of the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"The Rugby Pod is back for 2026 and the lads kick off the new year by rounding up a huge festive period of rugby before looking ahead to what promises to b…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4690,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-rugby-pod-743069/episodes/16-new-year-reckoning-festive-box-office-rugby-and-2026-predictions/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rugby-pod-743069/16-new-year-reckoning-festive-box-office-rugby-and-2026-predictions.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}