NextGenRugby Podcast

After the announcement of the first ever NextGenLive Schools Rugby awards, the team debate their nominees for the individual awards!Do you agree with their choices? Let us know in the comments!

The guys are back in studio and joined by regular commentator Sam Bourke to announce a very special new launch for the upcoming season - looking back on the best of the 2025/26 UK Schools Rugby Season!Have a listen, and let us know what you think of what's to come!

A new season looms and the Senior Academy Draft is back! 81 players were awarded Gallagher PREM Senior Academy contracts this year, and like last year the guys are drawing their best XVs from those players!Incredible players to choose from after the Defender PREM Next Gen season, so many tough choices to make, and some outstanding players that don't even make the 3 XVs!Who's XV is best? Angus', Sam's, or Wilf's?

The Junior World Champions Finals take place this weekend with reigning Champions South Africa facing a France side competing in their 5th final in 6 years!Wilf and Angus get stuck into all the finals, and look ahead to that main Junior World Championship Final!

A Bonus Episode to fill the gap ahead of the third round of the U20 Junior World Championships, with interviews with two of the biggest prospects in English rugby - the Northampton School for Boys duo, Jack Lewis and Hugh Shields, direct from Georgia!Could they add a Junior World Championship title to schoolboy rugby glory in a remarkable 2025/26 season for the pair?

After looking back at some of the great players and teams in the previous episode, this week the guys look at the players and teams that they expect to impress in this years Junior World Championships.It all kicks off this Saturday!!