{"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":"#21 Six Nations Is BACK! Previews, Predictions & Scotland Legend Andy Nicol","slug":"21-six-nations-is-back-previews-predictions-scotland-legend-andy-nicol","published_at":"2026-02-03T12:04:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rugby-pod-743069/21-six-nations-is-back-previews-predictions-scotland-legend-andy-nicol","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rugby-pod-743069","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT6088190995.mp3?updated=1770120621","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT6088190995.mp3?updated=1770120621","summary":"It’s a full-noise Six Nations Special as Jim and Goodey tee up a massive opening weekend, with Ireland v France on Thursday night in Paris, England v Wales at Allianz, and Scotland’s trip to Rome. The lads dig into squads amid key absences, new faces and some bans, plus predictions for all three games, and a reminder to join the Pod’s live alternate commentary watch-along for France v Ireland on Thursday night on Youtube. We also have a brilliant sit-down with Scotland and Lions legend Andy Nicol, who reflects on Calcutta Cup glory and Gregor Townsend. We'll cover tournament predictions, some big law-change debates, RWC 2027 fixture news, and some listener questions to round things off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"It’s a full-noise Six Nations Special as Jim and Goodey tee up a massive opening weekend, with Ireland v France on Thursday night in Paris, England v Wale…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4274,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-rugby-pod-743069/episodes/21-six-nations-is-back-previews-predictions-scotland-legend-andy-nicol/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-743069/21-six-nations-is-back-previews-predictions-scotland-legend-andy-nicol.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}