• EP 8 - Dartford to the Dordogne with Zak Farrance
    May 8 2024

    The Rosbifs are joined by Agen lock Zak Farrance to discuss all things ProD2, from intensive eating at Oyonnax, to getting red carded by an away crowd and the pressures of Phillippe Sella peering over your shoulder. We review a Champions Cup classic between Toulouse and Harlequins and the epic events in Nationale, and there's some trophy diving served up for good measure.

    00:00 - 06:10 Entrées

    06:10 - 26:02 Champions Cup Semi Finals

    26:02 - 29:45 Challenge Cup Semi Finals

    29:45 - 1:02:42 Interview with Zak Farrance

    1:02:42 - 1:13:35 Top 14 Previews

    1:13:35 - 1:20:50 Pro D2 Previews

    1:20:50 - 1:29:45 Petit-Fours & Digestifs

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • EP 7: How to Win in Toulouse
    May 1 2024

    It's Champions Cup Semi-Final week, and with the feeding and watering needs of the travelling Harlequins faithful in mind, the Rosbifs run through their recommendations for a belting weekend in Toulouse, including a couple of potential detours to the Nationale Barrage games. After Clermont prove they can still mix it with the best in the league and Perpignan settle diplomatic squabbles on the pitch in Montpellier, we run through all of the Top14 action and ProD2 highlights including a famous win for Dax in the Landes derby. Find out why the Mont-Saint-Michel trophy may have found it's resting place for the foreseeable, and it's Buy One, Get One Free on Castres Olympique and err, Alice Cooper gig tickets...

    00:00 - 07:00 Entrées

    07:00 - 39:15 Top 14

    39:15 - 62:25 Quins in Toulouse

    - 39:15 - 48:57 Rosbifs’ Recommendations for Toulouse

    - 48:57 - 53:51 Trip Options - Nationale 1 Play Offs

    - 53:51 - 1:02:25 Champions Cup Semi Final Preview

    1:02:25 - 1:12:36 Pro D2

    1:02:36 - 1:21:05 Petit Fours & Digestifs

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • EP 6: JIFFs and Quiffs
    Apr 23 2024

    Inspired by efforts of those partaking in the London Marathon the previous day, Rob embarks on a similarly torturous journey through the winding backstreets of the French JIFF rules, and the knock-on effect on the sharp end of the Top14 season. We recap all the weekend's action including an agonising defeat for Bayonne in France's premier division, and the end is in sight for ProD2 with just about every outcome still a possibility. Nationale approaches it's last round of the regular season, and a barber pays an unexpected visit to Normandy...

    00:00 - 05:24 Entrées

    05:24 - 16:45 JIFF Rules & Why Do We Care?

    16:45 - 39:39 Top 14

    39:39 - 52:47 Pro D2

    52:47 - 57:20 Nationale

    57:20 - 1:07:56 Petit-Fours & Digestifs

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • EP 5: Quins, Qu'est-ce Que tu as Fait?!
    Apr 16 2024

    Returning from Costa Rican exile and the Stade Chaban Delmas respectively, the Rosbifs are back to ask, Quins, what have you done?! Our man on the ground by the Garonne reports on a startling reverse for UBB at the hands of sunburnt south-west Londoners as La Rochelle's hopes of a hat-trick of titles fade to Leinster. Stade Toulousain look inspired despite Exeter borrowing Pierre Mignoni's clipboard, and the Challenge Cup is barely discussed whilst we probe instead how Homer Simpson would organise a Stag-Do. Find out why the locals are so impressed with Rob's ability to 'get the badge in', plus the usual previews of the Top14, ProD2 and a sombre but celebratory digestif.

    00:00 - 02:15 Intro

    02:15 - 09:17 Entrées - Bordeaux Trip

    09:17 - 24:36 UBB v Harlequins

    24:36 - 34:15 Leinster v La Rochelle

    34:15 - 39:00 Northampton v Bulls

    39:00 - 46:22 Toulouse v Exeter

    46:22 - 59:34 Top 14 Previews

    59:34 - 1:06:10 Pro D2

    1:06:10 - 1:08:35 Nationale 1

    1:08: 35 - 1:17:48 Petit-Fours & Digestifs

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • EP 4: The Best Rugby Weekends of the Year?
    Apr 11 2024

    We discuss a pulsating weekend of Champions Cup action and preview the best weekend in the rugby calendar: the Quarter Finals of the Champions Cup. Will any of the sides manage to pick up an away win? We also dissect the latest from Pro D2 and hear about what the hell is going on at the top of Nationale. In this week’s extraordinary Petit-Fours, we hear the unique way one coach will be preparing before his side’s quarter-final this weekend and discover how the film Platoon was recreated in the Basque Country.

    00:00 - 04:20 Entrées

    04:20 - 66:56 Champions Cup reviews and QF Previews

    - 04:20 - 28:36 Harlequins v Glasgow | UBB v Saracens

    - 28:36 - 47:56 Leinster v Leicester | Stormers v La Rochelle

    - 47:56 - 51:44 Bulls v Lyon | Northampton v Munster

    - 51:44 - 1:06:56 Exeter v Bath | Toulouse v Racing 92

    1:06:56 - 1:13:15 Challenge Cup

    1:13:15 - 1:21:52 Pro D2

    1:21:52 - 1:24:54 Nationale

    1:24:54 - 1:37:59 Petit-Fours & Digestifs

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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • EP 3: Part 2 - Champions Cup & Challenge Cup Last 16
    Apr 5 2024

    Separate episode looking forward to one of the great weekends in the rugby calendar: the last 16 of the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup. We run through our predictions for the games, give recommendations of the long weekends you could have, and play a Challenge Cup edition of ‘Will the French team bother to turn up?’

    01:35 Harlequins v Glasgow

    5:13 Bulls v Lyon

    7:48 Stormers v La Rochelle

    12:14 Exeter v Bath

    13:37 Bordeaux v Saracens

    18:13 Leinster v Leicester

    19:12 Northampton v Munster

    19:52 Toulouse v Racing

    28:00 Challenge Cup previews

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    35 mins
  • EP3: Part 1 - Action-packed Easter Weekend
    Apr 5 2024

    After falling for our April Fools, we have a recipient of the ‘Poisson d’Avril’ filling in for Rich this week after and we talk Mullet Quotas being introduced to Pro D2, hear from our Costa Rican Correspondent, debate whether smoking bans lead to successful French rugby teams and investigate a mystery disappearance during a sin bin period.

    10:22 Entrées - April Fools and other news

    18:47 Top 14 Games review

    18:50 Toulouse v Pau

    26:06 Montpellier v Stade Francais

    33:04 Bayonne v Toulon

    46:43 Perpignan v Castres

    49:17 Lyon v Bordeaux

    51:56 Racing v Clermont

    55:16 La Rochelle v Oyonnax

    57:05 Pro D2 Roundup

    67:24 Nationals 1 Roundup

    74:05 Petit Fours & Digestifs

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • EP2: Barnstormer in Bordeaux & ProD2 Hots Up
    Mar 28 2024

    The Rosbifs dissect a bonkers round of TOP14 action including a game for the ages between Bordeaux Begles and Stade Toulousain at the Matmut Atlantique. Is Antoine Dupont human, and is Maxime 'the Man' Lucu even better? Plus we look ahead to the ProD2 run in, with Rugby's sexiest and most unpredictable league sure to serve up a feast of chaos in the remaining 6 rounds. Also find out why Rich is Castres and Castres is Rich, and Robins Tchale-Watchou and Perpignan's kitman get a shout out.

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    1 hr and 11 mins