The Squidge Rugby World Cup Retrospective

Rugby journalist/author/columnist/presenter Jessica Hayden joins us to watch Spain take on the team she knows better than anyone: the Red Roses! We get Jess' backstory, including how she accidentally started her rugby career. We also discuss Gary Lineker's niece, sassy Spanish coaches and an England player who hunts burglars.Thanks so much to Jess (@jesshaydenrugby on Instagram, @_JessHayden on Twitter) for joining us and sharing her knowledge. If you're interested in more of what you heard, please check out her work with Contested (@ContestedApp), and give her book "The Red Roses" a read - it's excellent and well worth your time.Link to Gary Street's fundraiser as mentioned by Jess: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/WRWC2014-garystreet?utm_term=weQZPD3WE

In a regular feature of this podcast, Draft Rugby's Harry and Nelson Dale join us to discuss the Wallaroos hammering someone. And this time it's.... Wales. We discuss our in-person meeting, the story of Lyon, David Campese and checkers.You can follow Draft Rugby online at @DraftRugby, or the Dales individually at @Nelsonhdale and @harrisondale88. The lads claim they'll start recording podcasts again, at some point. But in the meantime, drop them a follow!Theme tune remixed by Davoli.

Rugby writer Matt Merritt is our guest today, as we watch the opening game for a legendary England team. Whilst we're there, we discuss Matt's tips for getting free beer, the Tweenies, Jerry Collins' three sisters and an England player with a number one single.Theme tune remixed by Davoli.

Julia Singer AKA Rugby Julia joins us to watch her beloved US Eagles hammer a battling Kazakhstan side. Amongst a critical analysis of the state of Twitter, we dissect Julia's choice to adopt Wales as her second team, discover more inspiring stories and assess Siya Kolisi's career prospects.

Former Wales winger Philippa Tuttiett joins us (!!!) to provide actual insight and analysis on the pod talk about Wales' pre-World Cup prep, hair, and nutmegs.Thanks so much to Philippa (@PhilippaTuttiett) for giving us her time, as well as so much quality insight. She has a brilliant new PWR-themed podcast with Nick Heath (previous guest of the podcast and all-round diamond of a man) named The Power Pod (@thepowerpod_ on Instagram). Please give them a listen for more great chat about women's rugby.Theme tune mixed by Davoli.

After a big week for Irish rugby, it's time to talk about the opening game of an era-defining World Cup campaign for them! As well as their win over the USA, we discuss Netflix series YOU, James Bond, Kilimanjaro and many many other relevant topics.Theme music is a remix of "World in Union" by Davoli.

It's time for the Wallaroos and the Springboks! We go in depth on a game of two halves, that felt more like a game of one half. In the meantime, we talk Tarantino, Oasis, language and the bizarre stories of some Australian rugby legends.Theme tune is a remix of World In Union by Davoli. Check out his album "Notes For A New Year" on all good streaming platforms. Sound of the summer.

We carry on our celebration of the 2014 World Cup, as we watch Canada's 31... 5? win over Spain. Who knows, we're still not sure about Schrodinger's Conversion. We talk about nothing other than the game, so don't worry about that.The theme music for this is a new version of "World In Union", remixed by Davoli.

We kick off the 2014 World Cup with the Black Ferns' crushing of Kazakhstan. We dig into the history of rugby in Kazakhstan, discover a new cult hero and briefly mention the other team that were playing, I guess.Bear with us, we should have a fun new theme tune next week! For now, enjoy the absolute belter that is the Kazakhstan national anthem.