The Telegraph Rugby Podcast

Ben, Charlie and Charles look back on the final round of the Six Nations which saw France crowned champions following a comfortable home win over Scotland.Elsewhere England produced a stunning display away in Cardiff to end their campaign in style, and heap more misery on Wales, meanwhile Ireland laboured to a win away in Rome.We take a closer look at the general health of the England squad following the tournament and whose stock has risen ahead of the Lions tour and England's tour of Argentina.With the dust now settled on the Six Nations, we take a look at who has laid down a marker for the Lions tour this Summer and ask if Maro Itoje is now the front runner to captain the side.Plus we tackle all your questions as usual!

Ben, Charlie and Charles reflect on a decisive round four of the Six Nations where France dispatched Grand Slam chasing Ireland in Dublin.Charles was in Dublin to witness the scintillating display from the French and in particular their flying winger Louis Bielle-Biarrey.We also discuss how damaging the defeat could be for the Irish who were expected to dominate the Lions tour this Summer, will Andy Farrell have to re think some of his selections if Ireland find themselves finishing third in the Six Nations.Elsewhere we reflect on England's win over Italy, a much more expansive brand of rugby deployed by Steve Borthwick, and Ben gives us his report from Murrayfield as Scotland fight off a spirited Wales comeback.

Ben, Charlie and Charles build up to the return of the Six Nations this weekend after the final fallow week of the tournament.Next up for England is a home clash with Italy, and we discuss if we will see something different from England's attack at the weekend following a pragmatic approach last time out against Scotland.We kick things off with the standout tie of the round between Ireland and France, a win for either side here should all but guarantee the Six Nations title, and in Ireland's case it will set them on their way towards a Grand Slam and a third Six Nations in a row.Former Ireland assistant coach Les Kiss joins the show to pay tribute to the retiring trio of Cian Healy, Conor Murray and Peter O'Mahony after they have announced that Saturday's clash will be their last on home soil.And we answer your questions as ever including plenty on the Premiership Rugby Cup following the quarter finals at the weekend

Former Wales head coach Warren Gatland opens up on his recent exit for the very first time. In this conversation with the Telegraph's Chief Rugby Correspondent Gavin Mairs, Gatland admits he is "hurting", reveals how his exit really happened and opens up on how he would try to fix Welsh rugby.

Ben, Charlie and Charles look ahead to round three of the Six Nations and in particular the Calcutta Cup clash between England and Scotland.Gregor Townsend's side are chasing a fifth consecutive win in the fixture but need to improve from their last outing against Ireland. England will be hoping to build on their last gasp win over France in round two.Former Scotland fly-half Duncan Hodge was the star of this fixture 25 years ago, he inspired the Scots to one of the unlikeliest wins in Six Nations history and he joins the guys to discuss his memories of that day and his former side's chances this weekend.We also take a look at the rest of the weekend's action, including Wales' first game since the departure of Warren Gatland and we tackle your questions as always!

Ben, Charlie and Charles reflect on the second round of the 2025 Six Nations where England came from behind to see off favourites France at Twickenham!Fin Smith impressed on his first Six Nations start, the Northampton man was named man of the match and we discuss how his performance will influence Steve Borthwick's selection at fly half for the remainder of the tournament.Elsewhere Scotland's miserable run against Ireland continued, the defending champions left Murrayfield with a comfortable bonus point win and remain the only side capable of winning a Grand Slam after the opening two gamesThe Telegraph's Gareth Davies joins the guys to discuss the idea Wales could be relegated from the Six Nations following their 14th consecutive lossAnd we tackle all your questions as usual too!

Ben, Charlie and Charles reflect on the opening round of Six Nations where Ireland came from behind in Dublin to see off England in the standout fixture of the weekendIt was a familiar story for Steve Borthwick's side who produced an impressive opening half before fading in the second and ultimately surrendering their lead again.We take a look at what worked, what didn't, and what can be done this weekend against France to give England a much needed win.Speaking of France, they hammered Wales on the opening night thanks to another impressive display from Antoine Dupont, we take a close look at the threat they pose England. As for Wales, we ask if Warren Gatland's side stand any chance of picking up a single win in this years tournament.Plus we take a look at Scotland's win over Italy, we hear from Brian Moore and Sir Ian McGeechan on their wildcard shouts for the Lions tour this summer and we tackle your questions as usual

Ben, Charlie and Charles are back ahead of the 2025 Six Nations and ahead of kick off we are joined by a very special guest, England head coach Steve Borthwick!He joins us to look ahead to England's campaign, discuss this weekend's opponents Ireland and also his memories of the tournament growing upElsewhere the guys analyse Borthwick's team selection this weekend and his decision to opt for a 6/2 split on the benchWe also get stuck into the best of the rest of the weekend's action and discuss the possibility of the Six Nations coming off free to air TV, with the rights deal up for renewal next year