Our Mo’s made it all the way to the final of the Premier 15s with her Gloucester-Hartpury side, so as a treat, Katy Daley-McLean’s come all the way down from Manchester to join her besties, to review two spectacular semis & look ahead to the big final at Kingsholm. They reminisce about the glory years, talk about Katy’s retirement and her big shiny job at Sale Sharks… And yet the show is stolen by Scaz’s favourite pet when the trio lived together during their days on the 7s circuit; Chardonn...
Jun 19, 2023•1 hr 24 min
Jodie Ounsley stopped by for a natter with the girls just before her first day as ‘Fury’ in the BBC’s remake of the classic 90s hit television show, Gladiators! Elma, Scaz & Mo can’t contain their excitement to hear all about the Exeter Chiefs and England 7s winger’s shift from rugby girl to showbiz character; something she’s not found to be the easiest fit. As the first ever profoundly deaf gladiator & England rugby international, there’s very little that’s run of the mill about Jodie’s...
Jun 07, 2023•1 hr 16 min
Scaz & Mo are in charge this week - without Elma. So they’ve invited their old friend, Vicky Fleetwood over to chat about her very recent retirement. Scaz & Fleeto first started playing together aged 15, when Vicky joined Leicester Forest (East). The pair travelled to uni together and then to Lichfield… so there’s glory days both on and off the pitch to relive, on top of stories from World Cups and Commonwealth Games. It’s safe to say the wheels are firmly off from the start with a studi...
Jun 01, 2023•1 hr 2 min
It’s round two of Scaz Vs Mo this week, as Loughborough Lightning hosted Gloucester-Hartpury at their new home of Franklins Gardens. Join tour guide Scaz for this Loughborough special, starting with a behind the scenes look at the facilities. From the brand new indoor pitch to the pregame changing room setup, it’s clear the blossoming partnership with Northampton Saints is set to be a good’un. A victorious Mo joins the duo post-game, with a Scottish line up of Rachel Malcolm & Helen Nelson f...
May 17, 2023•1 hr 15 min
Recovered from a Super Saturday for the ages, a croaky Scaz & Elma relive one of the greatest days in the history of the Red Roses. They take you behind the scenes & talk glitter moustaches, crowd surfs and party hats from a day that was bookended by hilarity at The Cabbage Patch. After a day like that & with a home World Cup on the horizon, the question we’re all asking is how do we keep this momentum alive… & lucky for us the RFU’s COO & CFO - & former Red Roses captain...
May 03, 2023•1 hr 19 min
The girls are back in the studio this week, joined by French legend, Lenaig Corson to look ahead to the weekend’s Six Nations Grand Slam decider, between the Red Roses & France in front of a record breaking crowd. Scaz & Elma can't contain their excitement at seeing their Mo back in white again... but it's not all plain sailing, they also fall our about Scaz's poor social media game. A pair of jubilant Scots, Rachel Malcolm & Helen Nelson, also join the pod - fresh from their triumph...
Apr 27, 2023•1 hr 22 min
With the Red Roses heading to the Emerald Isle this weekend and the storm clouds gathering over Irish rugby, this week Scaz & Elma are joined by a woman who knows a thing or two about dealing with the rain. Ireland’s most capped women’s player, Lynne Cantwell, gives the girls her perspective on the situation from her unique viewpoint, as Women’s High Performance Manager at the South African Rugby Union - where a parallel story has unfolded; the boys in green and the Springboks have both had ...
Apr 19, 2023•1 hr 21 min
Scotland, Quins & RAF lock, Sarah Bonar joins Scaz & Elma in the studio this week. She’s been kept out of the Six Nations thus far by a broken collar bone (AKA Colly B, who you’ll get to know throughout the episode) - but she still gives us the inside scoop from Scotland’s clashes with England & Wales. Spartans & Scottish rugby feature heavily, not to mention stories from Bonar’s time as a GB rower, her day job in the RAF, her very important business cards and the school assembly...
Apr 12, 2023•1 hr 20 min
This week Elma’s said ‘toodlepip’ to Scaz & Mo, as she’s crossed the Severn Bridge to the beating heart of Welsh Rugby, somewhere two Red Roses would not be welcomed with open arms - especially not ahead of a Wales England match up in the Six Nations… Head Coach Ioan Cunningham shows Elma around the Elite Training Centre at The Vale Resort, where both Welsh international sides call home. She gets a behind the scenes look at all the state of the art facilities including the cryo chamber, the ...
Apr 05, 2023•1 hr 20 min
She may not have lifted the World Cup last year, but her words after the final (and everything she’s given the game before and since) have lifted a nation, so join Scaz, Mo & Elma to say ‘toodle-pip’ & ‘cheerio’ to the woman of the moment; Sarah Hunter. She made it down from her ‘Leaving Do’ in Newcastle (AKA England Vs Scotland) to have a chin wag with two of her oldest pals. They re-live all the big, bad, and brilliant moments, from the first cap to the last dance of a captain who’s le...
Mar 29, 2023•1 hr 23 min
Come on down to the Six Nations preview show… whether you’re a seasoned nause or you’re taking the plunge for the first time, this episode is for you. Elma and Scaz are joined in the studio by commentator Nick Heath - who’s voice you should recognise from our opening credits. They run through the opportunities, the ones to watch and all the scoops from each of the six camps ahead of the first round. The trio give their two pence on the men’s Six Nations, too and look ahead to the World Cup in th...
Mar 23, 2023•1 hr 20 min
The Cabbage Patch is a home from home for the girls, so this week Scaz & Elma are joined by England and Bristol Bears Lock Abbie Ward in Twickenham's famous rugby pub. They discuss all things pregnancy and motherhood with the Red Rose who will be the first player in the professional age to have a baby and make use of the RFU’s brand new maternity policy. Abbie shares the details of her ambitious plans to be back on the pitch next autumn and the white lies and acting skills she had to employ ...
Mar 16, 2023•1 hr 13 min
It’s on the cards!!!! A two-year feasibility study has confirmed that the first female British and Irish Lions tour is able to go ahead… We don’t know what it looks like yet, but Elma, Scaz, Mo and legendary Irish back row, Claire Molloy take a run up at what they’d like to see. Elma (the smuggler) regales the team with tales of her time embedded with the Springboks during the last Lions tour and Claire gives the girls an insight into her job as an A&E doctor with descriptions of some of the...
Mar 02, 2023•1 hr 10 min
It’s been a huge year on the park for Scottish referee Hollie Davidson, who’s broken glass ceiling after glass ceiling & refereed some of the biggest games in both 7s and 15s - including last years World Cup Final in Aotearoa. She joins the girls to relive the sinking feeling at seeing THAT tackle on the big screen, and they learn about all about Helga, her favourite fan. Mo’s mind is blown by the art of when NOT to blow your whistle, and Hollie also lets us in on what Scaz & Mo are like...
Feb 16, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Mo, Elma & Scaz are joined by their pal and legendary Red Rose, Rachael Burford, to relive some of the best times they’ve spent together on & off the pitch, & celebrate the game changing work she's doing across the world of rugby. Rachael shares that this season will probably be her last on the pitch & that her recent hamstring injury might have even put paid to that. It’s also the morning after the night before, & Mo’s struggling with a terrible hangover after spending the e...
Feb 02, 2023•1 hr 13 min
It’s all about Mo this week, for a Loughborough away day at Gloucester-Hartpury. What better excuse for Elma and Scaz to head to the West Country to see Mo in action for the Cherry & Whites. Mo takes Elma for a nose around the gym & matchday changing room. Then postgame, the girls sit down with her boss, Sean Lynn, to get the goss on Mo at work, his brand new electric scooter, nerf gun fights & the winning culture they’ve built at the club. Finally, teammates, Maud Muir & Rachel ...
Jan 19, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Twickenham Stoop is the setting for this week’s show, as Scaz’s World Cup roomie, Amy Cokayne, joins her and Elma for a chinwag. The Harlequins and England hooker became only the third person ever to score a hattrick in a world cup final, was raised in the Land of the Long White Cloud & could’ve been a Black Fern (thank God she moved back home). We hear all about her time in NZ, what Scaz is like to room with and her work as a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force. The trio are also joi...
Dec 22, 2022•56 min
Sophie de Goede joins Elma, Scaz and Mo to tell her world cup story; a journey of two languages, camaraderie and sacrifice like no other. She’s Canada’s goal kicker, number eight AND captain - a role that you could say she’s been bred for, as both her mum and dad have captained Canada at world cups. De Goede tells the girls all about the experience of leading her team to the semi-final against England - the only amateur team to get that far. And top things off, Scaz, Mo and Elma disagree on Chri...
Dec 15, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Mo Hunt’s officially part of the crew!! She joins Elma and Scaz as a full time host for the start of Season Three from a kitchen somewhere in the Leicestershire countryside. Mo & Scaz haven’t seen each other since before the World Cup & a lot’s happened for both of them since then, so the girls have got some catching up to do. Scaz give us a full tournament debrief; the thrill of a final at a hostile Eden Park, the white wall that faced the Black Ferns Haka, that rainy Australia game and...
Dec 08, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Scaz, Elma and Tinds take a look back on the season that was and dish out awards for the best of the pod and the best on the pitch… as well as a few choice awards for each other. We also can’t wait to see the high energy Scaz TikTok from the Red Roses camp… or not, as the case may be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jul 08, 2022•29 min
Three incredible Prem 15s athletes and entrepreneurs join Elma in the studio this week to chat about the way the women’s game is viewed, how important the right kit is and the progressive work they’re all doing off the field. Worcester Warriors’ Stef Evans, founder of women’s kit and apparel company Ruggette RFC, Harlequins’ Emma Swords, founder of headwear company BONCEE & Wasps’ Flo WIlliams, founder of sports marketing company, The Perception Agency & now working for MATTA, take the p...
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Fee Pocock drops in for a chat with Elma, Scaz and Mo this week. A broken knee, PTSD and an ACL injury plagued Fee’s remarkable England career, so now, motivated by the change she needed in the women’s game, she makes space for female athletes to learn about strength and conditioning and mental health through her coaching business. The girls pick Fee’s brains on training and the menstrual cycle and share their own period struggles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adcho...
Jun 16, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Back in the freshly kitted out GSR studio, Mo joins the gang to catch up with the woman who’s been pitch side for some of the biggest rugby moments this season, sports broadcaster, Ashleigh Wilmot. The foursome have all worked together in various guises & Scaz enjoys being the one to ask Ashleigh the questions for a change. They talk about Ashleigh’s journey into production and presenting, the challenges she faced as a woman working in sport and her post university days working in cruise shi...
Jun 10, 2022•1 hr 6 min
On the Sixways Stadium touchline, just after Saracens lifted the Allianz Premier 15s trophy for the third time, Elma, Scaz and Mo reflect on the game and the season that was, with some of the most influential women on the pitch. Player of the match, Party Packer joins them for a pint. Her co-captain, Lotte Clapp (& Lotte’s mum and fiance) pop over for a debrief and a look ahead to the Pacific Four Series in New Zealand where she’ll be playing alongside her USA team mate & Exeter Chiefs b...
Jun 07, 2022•42 min
Rocky Clark joins Elma and Emily to discuss what it means to have more caps for England than any other human & in turn, what it means to her when this goes unrecognised. They also get into the perils of pet ownership, the infamous Rocky Clark plastic bag, the Prem 15s semi finals… & they have a stab at predicting who’ll be crowned champions next weekend at Sixways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....
May 26, 2022•43 min
Scaz & Mo join Elma fresh from their Grand Slam winning Six Nations. The girls get into Scaz’s call-up to captain the Red Roses, the hostile French crowd, the underground dug out and England’s unstoppable driving maul. Don’t worry, it’s not all rugby chat, the swimming pool after party and Scaz’s broken coffee machine are also on the agenda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more abo...
May 05, 2022•51 min
The Red Roses take on Ireland at Welford Road this weekend in Round 4 of the Six Nations, so what better way to look ahead to the clash than with Scaz’s Loughborough Lightning teammate and Ireland legend, Gill Bourke. Elma quizzes Gill on Scaz’s hurling skills at training, and her incredible career in data science; she professes not to be the next Moneyball, but we don’t buy it. She also tells the team about the head injury that ended her international career, the help she got from Sean O’Brien ...
Apr 21, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Record breaking crowds descended on Kingsholm to watch the Red Roses dismantle Wales at the weekend; Emily Scarratt’s 99th appearance in a white jersey. Elma and Mike force Scaz to look ahead to her ascent to triple digits by looking back at her first cap in 2008, when Bluetooth ringtones and apple bottom jeans were a thing. The shocking Black Ferns cultural report is also a hot topic, with their home World Cup on the horizon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ...
Apr 14, 2022•53 min
Smelly socks, sports bras, dry shampoo and a brief visit from Sarah Hunter are all on the in camp menu, with Scaz and Mo. Elma manages to steer them through their post-travel tiredness and delirium to hear about Mo’s first start in an England shirt for a few years, her time away from the Red Roses, her player of the match performance and her love of wordle. And as with any episode with these two, it wouldn’t be complete without them throwing each other under the bus regularly, especially as they...
Apr 07, 2022•1 hr
Scaz is back alongside Elma and Tinds following the Red Roses’ first win of the Six Nations, her first run out in an England shirt for almost a year. We’re also joined by Victoria Rush, the director and producer of the brand new women’s rugby documentary No Woman No Try, which has taken social media by storm. Don’t forget to get involved with our fantasy Six Nations league… before it’s too late to catch The Lord. We’re league no. 73000. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/...
Mar 31, 2022•59 min
