{"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":"#38 RFU Back Borthwick, URC Play-Off Race Heats up, Leicester Smash Saints","slug":"38-rfu-back-borthwick-urc-play-off-race-heats-up-leicester-smash-saints","published_at":"2026-05-12T08:42:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rugby-pod-743069/38-rfu-back-borthwick-urc-play-off-race-heats-up-leicester-smash-saints","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rugby-pod-743069","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5726336574.mp3?updated=1778575733","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5726336574.mp3?updated=1778575733","summary":"This week on The Rugby Pod, the lads dive into the RFU backing Steve Borthwick despite England’s worst Six Nations in 50 years, as questions continue to be asked about direction. There’s plenty of beef across the Premiership and URC with Saracens finding form, Leicester battering Northampton, Leinster eyeing top spot and controversy everywhere from croc rolls to red cards and VAR. Plus club takeovers, Ealing to the URC rumours, Halfpenny retirements and a huge live show announcement at Everton’s new stadium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"This week on The Rugby Pod, the lads dive into the RFU backing Steve Borthwick despite England’s worst Six Nations in 50 years, as questions continue to b…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4847,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-rugby-pod-743069/episodes/38-rfu-back-borthwick-urc-play-off-race-heats-up-leicester-smash-saints/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-743069/38-rfu-back-borthwick-urc-play-off-race-heats-up-leicester-smash-saints.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}