Ben Youngs, Dan Cole and Anthony Watson bring you their ultimate guide to the 2025 Six Nations Championship. 

Is it now or never for Scotland? 

Five-time Six Nations winner Conor Murray joins us as he prepares for an Ireland camp without Andy Farrell, Liam Williams tells us some of the young Wales players are too quiet and Squidge Rugby tips France to potentially win a grand slam. Plus England have a new captain in Maro Itoje, but they also have one of their most important players back as they bid to win away in Dublin on the opening weekend. 

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One of England's greatest-ever wingers Anthony Watson joins Ben Youngs and Dan Cole to announce his retirement from rugby.

A five Test capped British & Irish Lion who made pivotal contributions in the series against New Zealand in 2017 and South Africa in 2021, Ant retires having won 56 England caps scoring 23 tries, leaving him 8th on the all-time top try scoring list.

Ant will be joining For The Love Of Rugby throughout the Men’s Six Nations to provide the best analysis of rugby’s greatest championship.

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Dan Cole joins Ben Youngs to react to the news of his omission from Steve Borthwick's England Rugby squad for the 2025 Men's Six Nations.

The pair analyse the reasons behind Maro Itoje replacing Jamie George as captain, why Ben Spencer can feel hard done by, and what we can expect from an exciting new crop of players including Tom Willis, Caden Murley and Oscar Beard.

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Joe Marler drops by the For The Love Of Rugby studio to tell Ben Youngs and Dan Cole about life after retiring as an England rugby player.

We learn about the real reason he called time on his international career, his final game for Harlequins, and his new role as Performance Director of Team England Rugby. Yep, we're surprised too.

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Fresh from their back-to-back last-minute tries for Leicester Tigers, Dan Cole & Ben Youngs battle flood and snow to reconvene and relive some vintage Premiership Rugby antics.

Plus, we pay tribute to the latest entrant to Jamie George who enters the 300 Club, receive some questionable fan art, and take inspiration from Luke Littler to give back to grassroots rugby.

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Who’s the strongest? Who’s the fastest? And who lets genetics do all the work? Strength and conditioning guru Tom Tombleson joins Ben Youngs and Dan Cole in studio for a January fitness special that might help you and your teammates out at the start of a new year. Tom was an England coach for a decade and worked with Stuart Lancaster, Eddie Jones and Steve Borthwick at international level. 

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Dan Cole and Ben Youngs start potentially the last calendar year of their professional careers with a blood test. Ben sets out his manifesto in case he’s ever in charge of World Rugby, and then quickly realises it needs more thought. Plus Dan recalls his best ever individual performances - which are 13 years apart.

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Dan Cole and Ben Youngs review their first year in podcasting, which includes splitting the country in two, recording in New Zealand and Japan and our favourite Freddie Burns story. In this episode you’ll hear from Martin Johnson, Courtney Lawes, Handre Pollard and Michael Cheika plus the best of Ben’s tales from the memoirs of a former England player.

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Dan Cole and Ben Youngs review their first year in podcasting, but probably too soon after they come home from the supermarket at Christmas. In this episode, you’ll hear from Ellis Genge, Joe Marler and George Ford as we bring you some of our favourite moments of 2024. Plus there are behind the scenes stories of early records in Ben’s kitchen and the time we managed to not record the best rugby podcast of all time. 

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Dan Cole and Ben Youngs play Christmas games that could light up your dinner table this festive period. Plus they’ve finally accepted Sam Underhill’s requests to play George Ezra live on stage in Bath.

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What do rugby players do at Christmas? Ben Youngs and Dan Cole bring you the first of two Christmas episodes this festive season. They crack open the chocolates, talk you through pigs and blanket at the club, parties, karaoke, Secret Santa and the fact that George Chuter dressed up as Father Christmas every year. Plus Ben wins some money for a club to go on tour. 

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